A week in review: We have got a lot going on!

As a pass holder, there is no better time than when all of the parks have a lot of announcements to tell us about. This week, we had a coaster open at Busch Gardens Tampa, Universal announced creatures we will be seeing in their newest Harry Potter addition (Hagrid’s Magical Ccreatures Motorbike Adventure) and their christmas festivities, and Disney announced an update to the rivers of light show at Animal Kingdom and it is called: ‘Rivers of Light: We are One.” With so much going on, its hard to keep up!

As of April 19th, 2019, Busch Gardens Tampa now has Florida’s tallest launch coaster. With Tigris being officially open, it gives a unique experience for its riders. It launches you back and and then shoots you more than 150ft forward forth through the gate and takes you through its loops and twists at over 60 mph. I personally cannot wait to go tackle Tigris and feel the power and adrenaline coming from this coaster.

Now at Universal, Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure has announced what creatures we will be introduced to. They have told us so far we will have Centaurs, Cornish Pixies, Fluffy the Three-Headed Dog, Devils Snare and also revealed what a Blast-Ended Skrewt looks like. The teases and information the teams at Universal are releasing just make it that much harder to wait until June 13th.

We have the dates for Universal holidays going on from Nov 16th to Jan 5th. Christmas in “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter,” will be transformed again into a wonderland of magic with the Christmas lights show in Hogsmeade and all of the christmas performances in Diagon Alley. We will also once again have Universal’s Holiday Parade featuring Macy’s and everyone’s favorite mean one The Grinch will be back in his Who-liday spectacular; and of course Manheim Steamroller will be back to perform their amazing hits.

We also have Disney updating the Rivers of Light show to “Rivers of Light: We are One.” It will debut as an update tying in the original music score and some new themes to create a new arrangement. They are trying to go for a more emotional story that brings together the story of man and human. It is planned and set to release Memorial Day 2019.

As more things are revealed, I will keep you posted on all things new. As this busy week comes to a close, I appreciate you reading and look forward to my weekend at Epcot Flower and Garden Festival! I will review it next week and give you “the dish” on all things food and drink there. Until next time, see you at the parks!

Halloween Horror Nights 29 House Announcement!!!

Well we now have a second house announcement for Halloween Horror Nights 29 and everyone could not be more excited. The team has announced the first original house and it is titled “Nightingales: Blood Pit.” In the description of this house on https://orlando.halloweenhorrornights.com/site/hhn/details/announcements we see that we will be taken back to the gladiator fighting games and trying to survive these nightingale banshee-types as they try to feed.

This will be the second time we will see the Nightingales at this event. Back in 2011 we had Nightingales: Blood Prey where these creatures were taking over the looks of WWI nurses and feeding on the bodies of the wounded soldiers. Since this house people have wanted a second story to come out with these creatures, but there was always a question on whether we would see them again and how they would do it.

HHN will be running this year on select nights from Sept 6th-Nov 2nd. Right now we have only two ticket offers available for BoGo Sun-Fri and will be available until June 5th and Premier Annual Passholders can get their free ticket. Make sure to take advantage of these offers while you can if they are available to you.

More news to come soon. With 8 more houses, 5 scare zones and the show/shows to announce, I will definitely be keeping you posted and up to date on the latest events and all things HHN as they are revealed.

Thanks for reading and until next time, see you at the parks!

Solo trips to the park: a do or don’t?

Today I decided that I did not want to go in to work because it has been a stressful week and I wanted to get away and chill for a bit. For me, the parks help me with that. So I requested the time off, got up and got dressed and made my plans. I decided to go to Epcot because I had not gotten my Pluto “Passholder” magnet yet and today was the last day.

When I told my fiance my plans, he looked at me like I was weird. He does not see how anyone could possibly have fun in the parks by themselves and thinks it would be lonely. Here is what I told him how I felt about going solo in the parks.

Prior to today I have gone to the parks by myself 4 other times. In every single case, I managed to have a good time and today was no different. There are many pros and cons to going alone every once in a while and I see mostly pros.

Yes you are alone so you mostly do not have anyone to talk to, but if you are outgoing like me and not afraid to strike up a conversation with someone then you will occasionally meet new people and talk about stuff. It can be fun and sometimes cool. If you are the type of person who cannot do this, then either do not go solo to the parks or plan on a day of silence and bring your headphones and listen to music. I myself did a mixture of both talking and headphones and listened to Disney music so it was fun.

The other fun part of it is that you get to decide the day. When you go with a group, you end up having to make sure everyone is happy. Whether it be the rides that someone “must do,” or “won’t do” to I want to eat “this,” but not “that.” When you go alone, there is no compromise or conversation needed when deciding where to go, eat or do.

I do have to say one con for me is driving alone. I live in Tampa so to go to the parks is a one and a half to two hour drive, and obviously with no one else there, the drive is all you. If you do not have that drive, then I can see this being something very easy and fun to do.

So overall, unless you have a fear of being alone which happens and is totally understandable, I think this is something that people can do and is nice every once in a while. While I will always prefer going with my fiance first or friends, until you’ve gone alone don’t knock it until you tried it.

Thanks again for reading, and until next time, see you at the parks!

The Journey Begins

Thanks for joining me!

On my newest page, I will review all things Theme Parks and Passholder among the Florida Parks! I have passes for many years and am constantly told I am an elitist and should be payed for this, so I consider myself to fall into the “Passhole” category.

Each week I will discuss whatever the newest topic is within the parks and my thoughts on it and also any topics or questions from others as well as they come along.

Once I get setup, you will soon see links to other social media pages where I will take comments, topics and ideas as well!

I cannot wait to get started on this article either and I gotta say I hope you enjoy.

Until next time, See You At The Parks!