Apparently, it’s a thing! Lololol you do yourself a disservice, always look so well put together in the parks.
Every trip report I see something I’ve managed to overlook!
Just getting caught up! Took a few days to visit my brother in Nova Scotia. He and his husband bought a beautiful house right on a bay on the Atlantic. Gorgeous!
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Oh lordy that sounds a stunning place to live! Nova Scotia looks absolutely beautiful and I hear the nicest folks live there.......Just getting caught up! Took a few days to visit my brother in Nova Scotia. He and his husband bought a beautiful house right on a bay on the Atlantic. Gorgeous!
I did steady nights for 10 years while I was still a floor duty nurse. On the weekend I would come home and Andrew would have coffee made. A healthy splash of Baileys helped me sleep
We can still get Carolan’s here in Ontario. I agree it is creamier
I hope they`re very happy living there, and it`s nice to be able to go visit too!!
We love M'Ville and make it a point to eat there at least once every trip. Vivo is definitely a fave, love the piccata. On the trip with just DD and I the margarita threw me for a quite a loop and I was very drunk. LOLWe were stuffed from lunch! Some folks don`t like Margaritaville and of course each to their own, but for simple dishes done well this is one of the better places to eat in Citywalk. I think Vivo tops them all to be honest despite not being an Italian fan, it has always impressed us so much. But, for M`Ville, food is good. We do miss the larger menu they used to have many years ago, and the nachos is half the size it used to be when you compare pictures form when we got the loaded nachos back in 2010 I think it was. Don`t get me wrong it`s still a decent size......but somewhat less than it used to be.
The Legacy Store is in an interesting one for fans of older movies, lots of memorabilia as well as merchandise from older movies like ET and BTTF. They do have some cute little items to buy.
We love old pictures from the movies Universal have made over the years.....the old horror classics especially, but as well as them, seeing scenes from Jaws and the like being made were so interesting too. There are several places around the parks that have these engaging pictures from many years ago....I don`t like to think how many years ago Jaws was made!!!
I also didn`t realise how much Lucy and Desi Arnez had to do with Universal movies and also developed shows like Star Trek, Mission Impossible and Mannix through their production company. Reading up on the history of the Parks and movie industry is compelling reading for sure. And again, little props around from their time at Universal.
After we had looked through both stores in Citywalk and yes, picked up a few items including a Spider-Gwen mug.......quite small but very girly and the face appears when the mug gets hot, I like it a small mug now and again.
The boat took around 10 minutes to arrive today, but we were in no rush to get home, so we waited in the sunshine, well, we stood under the fan until one arrived and it is always nice to sit in the cool breeze as we enjoy that short boat ride back home again. I think we almost had the boat to ourselves again today.
We had arranged to chat to Kyle on facetime when we got back in today, so sent him a message to say we were back in the hotel, and a few minutes later he called us and we could catch up. He was so happy as he only had one day left this week and next week to work too then he`d be finished in this job......so he was beaming and counting down the days!!! He was doing great and busy, so we only chatted for 15 minutes or so then he was off.
I sent off a few emails and then realising it was a little later than usual, we set off to walk to the Club Lounge.
It was busy tonight, really busy, so we got ourselves settled at a table and one of the lovely young ladies brought us a glass of red each and we watched the world go by a little.
We had tried the Beef Bulogi stir fry last week and although it was nice, it wasn`t very stir fry like, it was more like a casserole, so feedback had been given by staff and tonight Lindsey asked if we would try it and see what we thought.........
We loved it.
I have to say, that dish was one of the nicest we had ever eaten in the lounge. It was very much like a stir fry and full of flavour. Being honest, we had been beginning to feel a little hungry so we rather unusually helped ourselves to a plate each and we really enjoyed it. I did add Tabasco to mine, but nothing unusual there....I like spicy!
We did have 2 small plates of this beef dish and some salad......and now we wouldn`t be eating dinner out tonight! We were full up.....finally!
It was lovely in the lounge tonight again, we chatted to several folks over the couple of hours we were in there which is always a nice experience. We didn`t rush away and stayed to chat to Lindsey for a while and arranged to meet her in the park tomorrow to do the Horror Make up Show together......we all loved that show and as she was going to be in the park we would meet up for a little while before she went to work.
Eventually we set off to walk back to Sapphire.
We didn`t feel like going into Citywalk or one of the parks tonight, so we meandered into Strong Water.......where else!
Tonight we opted to have a table instead of sitting at the bar.....we were feeling a little sloth like after such a large meal........so we sat down and Maggie wasn`t in tonight, so we had Manny looking after us. We know him of course, but he said to us tonight he had never once taken care of us.......and he was right. It was usually Maggie unless we sat at the bar and had Lenny and co look after us. We did like Manny too, but we do like everyone in there, it really is an amazing bar with some fabulous people.
Tom popped out as there was no one sitting out there tonight. We do like sitting out on the balcony, but you can smoke out there, so we choose not to go out and eat where folks are smoking.....not nice for us. But, it is lovely.
Our favourite guy Lenny had told everyone else tonight he was in fact leaving Strong Water. He had been talking for a while about several things, but to hear it was finally happening, well, it was ultra sad to us. Along with Fernando and Maggie, he IS Strong Water Bar!! But, we also wanted him to be happy. So of course we wished him well and he reminded us we`ll still see him outside of work when we visit.....which will be lovely.
Since then he has decided he`ll be in SW one night a month which we were happy to hear. He is just the coolest guy, a lot of fun and he really knows his rums and every other drink under the sun! His last night here would be the same night as our last night, we`d make sure we were in those nights.
We had ordered a bottle of red wine, no cocktails tonight, but we did order dessert a bit later, much later when we realised the time.
Time passes faster than light in here. Everyone is so lovely and you do have a wonderful evening chatting to everyone as the evenings progress.
Tom ordered the Chocolate Cake again and I went for the fairly small but oh so tasty Coconut Flan.......
It was again, later than planned we left the bar. We managed to get a good chat with Lenny which was lovely. So, I did feel a bit better about him leaving after that, you know when you know something is coming but just don`t want to hear it?? That was us with Lenny, don`t want to think of him not being there.
We said our goodnights which were infamously described once as being like Frank Sinatra goodbye tours.......never ending.......lol.......well, we wouldn`t like to miss anyone out!!
But, back to our suite soon enough and we chilled a little but it was late and it wasn`t long till we hopped into bed absolutely shattered tonight.
More park time tomorrow...........
2 glasses of champagne......and very nice they were too! 
......but this is such a pretty park and this little area is lovely.
Carole, I just wanted to thank Tom for the fabulous photos he takes. He has a good eye for subjects that most of us overlook. I love looking at his photos
We, too, miss Jaws. That ride was so much fun and we looked forward to it every time. I don't know why it was stopped. I know the movie Jaws was a long time ago, but that shouldn't play into getting rid of a fabulous fun ride like Jaws was.
Do you remember the "old" King Kong ride where you were in a warehouse (I think) and Kong actually grabs your car and drops you down to floor level? That was a fantastic attraction, and I miss it too.
Guess I sound nostalgic today but seeing the old Jaws memorbilia sparked it I think
I have a question that you might know about? My husband might have to use an ECV due to nerve damage in his legs, on our next visit. Are the boats compatable with an ECV? He can walk with a cane but couldn't do the entire parks. I was just wondering if you have seen ECV;s on the boats?
Thanks so much,
Ruth
