POST#91: DISNEY WORLD PART 5

Hey guys! Today it's the fourth installment in the Disney World series! And today we're visiting... *drumroll*... Universal Studios! So we drove to Universal, and after we parked, we entered. So the first ride we went on was E.T. It was awesome! I got to sit at the front where E.T's basket is! So after that we went to the Springfield U.S.A area, and it REALLY LOOKS LIKE SPRINGFIELD! We went to Moe's Tavern to eat some snacks and drink some sodas, and then we got on the Simpsons ride. IT WAS AWESOME!!! It felt like a roller coaster, but we weren't actually moving on a track, we were actually on a little car being controlled! Cool, I know. So after the Simpsons ride, we got on the Men In Black ride, and the set was pretty cool! It was the Alien HQ and there were doors that said "Fingerprint removal", "Break room", etc. We got on, you get on a moving car, got laser guns, and started shooting the aliens! I got a pretty good aim, but I somehow got a low score... After the MIB ride, we got on the "Disaster!" ride. It's like an acting set, where people actually get chosen to be part of a "film" (I was chosen to be a stunt woman), and then they show the film to you. I had to jump onto The Rock's arms (edited of course with a little Hollywood magic)! Then we went on the Transformers ride, which was AWESOME! I went on it not one, but TWO times! The Transformers fight right in your face! It's REALLY COOL. Then, we went on the Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem ride, and the posters they have about the Minions on the line area are really cool! When you enter the ride, it looks like you're inside Gru's house! Then you get on a little car that moves around with the Minions and the girls (Margo, Edith and Agnes♡) around their adventures in the ride. After the ride, there's the HUGE Despicable Me gift shop, in which you can get t-shirts, plushes like the Fluffy Unicorn and a giant Minion, and lots of other cool Despicable Me merchandise. After the ride, we moved onto Islands of Adventure, and got on the Spider-Man ride, and got on it TWO times! It was AWESOME and Spider-Man and his enemies fight right in your face! It's really cool! It was actually the only ride we got on from Islands of Adventure, because it was getting near closing time and we had to go. Universal Studios was really fun! I loved it!

Happy weekend!

Maria.

POST#90: DISNEY WORLD PART 4

Hey guys! Today it's the third installment of the Disney World series! So, the third day I went to the Kennedy Space Center! AWESOME, I know right? So we entered, and the first thing we did was go on the bus tour. It was recommended to take it as soon as you get there because it closes really early. We took the (awesome) bus tour to the museums that are a little bit far from the visitors center, then came back to the visitors center and visited the new ATLANTIS museum, where we saw the real Atlantis Space Shuttle! Yeah, the real one! We also got on a simulator to experience how little a tunnel in the ISS (International Space Station) can be. Then we got on a Space Shuttle launch simulator, in which you get a chance to experience a (fake, but very similar) space shuttle launch.
Then, it was really close to closing time, and we had to eat dinner, so we ate at a Cape Canaveral seafood and meat restaurant called Grillz, and the food was really good! KSC was AWESOME!

Happy weekend!

Maria.

POST#89: DISNEY WORLD PART 3

Hey guys! Today I'm telling you what I did in Magic Kingdom :) First we went to Tomorrowland, and then we went to Stitch's Great Escape. Then, we went to the AWESOMEST ROLLER COASTER EVER (I was nervous and I came out pumped!): Space Mountain!!! After that we stopped to rest a little bit and eat a snack, then we moved on to the Astro Orbiter. It gives you an awesome birds-eye view of Magic Kingdom. Then we moved on to Fantasyland, where we went on It's a Small World. It's awesome because it gives you a peek at the world's different cultures! Then we ate lunch, and then we went to Mickey's PhilarMagic. After that, we moved on to Frontierland, and got on another of the most AWESOMEST ROLLER COASTERS EVER: Big Thunder Mountain Railroad! After Big Thunder, we got on Splash Mountain. You honestly don't get as wet as people tell so (just a little bit from the waist up), and you don't go directly into the big drop, you go through several little fake drops and an It's a Small World kind of ride, and at the end is when you go to the big drop. Then we entered Adventureland, and got on Pirates of The Caribbean, it's theme is Old San Juan's port! Anyway, after that we got on Aladdin's Carpet Ride, which is like the Astro Orbiter, but you go a little bit lower, and instead of a rocket, it's a magic carpet. After that, we returned to Main Street U.S.A. and ate dinner at Casey's Corner, which is a really good hot dog place. After we ate, we got our places for the projections they play at the castle (which, BTW, ARE AWESOME!), watched them, and then watched the (AWESOME and really impressive) fireworks. When the firework show finished, it was really late, so then we left and returned to our hotel.

Next week comes part 4 in the Disney World Trip Series! Beware!


Happy weekend!


Maria.

POST#88: DISNEY WORLD PART 2

Hey guys! Sorry, this is gonna be a short post :( I've been really busy and tired... I've gone to EPCOT, Magic Kingdom, Universal Studios, Kennedy Space Center, Animal Kingdom, WonderWorks, Ripley's Believe it or Not, and today I'm going to Hollywood Studios :) I'll write a whole series about the vacation, so look out...

Happy weekend!

Maria.

POST#87: DISNEY WORLD!!!!

Hey guys! Today I went to Disney World in Florida!!!! My parents woke me up today at 3am to surprise me, and I literally jumped out of bed and ran to my closet to see what I would wear (we were leaving right to the airport). We got on a plane to Orlando, then we got off the plane and boarded a bus to Disney. We arrived to our room, relaxed a litte bit, and then we went to Downtown Disney to eat at House of Blues and to shop a litte bit. I'll give you more details on the next blogpost :-)


Happy weekend!


Maria.

POST#86: VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT

Hey guys! Today I went to my school's annual volleyball tournament. I was originally there just to serve my hour long volunteering shift, but I eventually stayed way after my shift because lots of my friends were there. It was AWESOME! By the way, I got in the Dance Club :-)


Happy weekend!


Maria.

POST#85: ANNE FRANK

Hey guys! Today we're talking about Anne Frank. The reason why I'm talking about her is because I'm learning about her in school.So who's Anne Frank? Anne Frank was a Jewish girl who lived during World War II and therefore the Holocaust. She was born in Frankfurt am Main in Germany and was 4 when Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany. Hitler was the leader of the Nazi Party, a political party that hated Jews. It wasn't good news for the Franks, so they moved to Holland. They had a normal life there until Anne was about 12 when Hitler invaded Holland and started putting restrictions against Jews and sending them to concentration and extermination camps, thus starting the Holocaust. The Franks knew they had to go into hiding quickly. They went into hiding along
with the Van Pels family, which she changed the name to Van Daan in the diary, and later a man called Fritz Pfeffer, whom she called Mr. Dussel in her diary, for the next 18 months. They eventually were caught and sent to concentration camps. The only one who survived was Anne's dad, Otto Frank. Anne died of typhoid in 1944, just 2 weeks before the camp's liberation by British troops.

Happy weekend!

Maria.