Friday 18 October 2013

Day 14 Universal and Islands of Adventure

After a slow start and a late decision to go back to Universal, we missed breakfast.  We ended up around lunch time stopping at the Beverly Hills Boulangerie at Universal Studios sharing a couple of Breakfast Croissants. 


We were quite impressed, they tasted lovely and were a reasonable portion for park food.

Think we probably had a few snacks at the villa - trying to finish whatever was left in the fridge, plus crisps!

We decided to try the Outback Steakhouse tonight.  This was a bit difficult to find as it was hidden behind some shops just off the 192 but it was well worth searching for.

Unfortunately we didn't take pics as I had left the sd card in the netbook at the villa and Keith didn't have his phone.  Starter was obviously going to be their famous Bloomin Onion, looked a bit like this ...
Looking back at the receipt, for mains we had:
Keith - Alice Springs Chicken, Linda - 6oz sirloin, Sarah - Chicken Tenders and Stephen - Burger.   Total with drinks $83.67 (approx £53)






Day 13 SeaWorld

Unfortunately I can't remember what we had for breakfast this day (that's what happens when you leave it a couple of months before finishing off the trip report!)  I would think that we probably had something in the villa before we left as we got to SeaWorld early today.

While watching the Shamu show we bought some snacks.  Keith had some crisps (probably Lays!), Sarah had a packet of popcorn and I had a Shamu shaped pretzel - this was pretty awful - very dry and tough! Would sadly have to advise not to bother with this.  We also took a couple of frozen drinks in with us.


Whilst waiting to see if the rides reopened after the afternoon storm we stopped (I think) at the Cypress Bakery.  Keith and I shared a carrot cake while Sarah and Stephen had a slice of chocolate cake.  These were both very yummy.



The kids had both mentioned that they would like to have a chinese takeaway and stay in for the evening.  Keith isn't a big fan of chinese takeaway so we decided to pop to Berry Town Centre and get the kids a takeaway (sorry no pics but think they had rice, sweet and sour chicken and a chow mein dish).  They said it was very nice.

Keith and I decided that we would leave them in the villa while we went to the Santa Fe Cattle Co just a bit north on the US27.  Wish we had been earlier in the holiday as we would definately have returned for a second visit.

We started with the Texas Toothpicks (strips of onion and jalapenos).  These were amazing.

For mains we had a "Wagon Full".  A sharing platter of steaks, ribs and chicken plus 4 sides - think we had caesar salad, coleslaw and 2 x fries.  This was a huge amount of food, but it was fabulous and excellent value for money.  Nearly forgot to take a pic - some food already gone by the time I remembered.

No room for dessert unfortunately.
Can't find the receipt for this but have a menu which says the Toothpicks were $7.99 and the Wagon Full $29.99.  Total for food + tax (without drink) - $40.25 (approx £25).   Keith had a beer and I had a diet coke.