When I want to have a vacation that is chock full of “going and doing” instead of “lay back and relax” I try to head to the Orlando area.  I absolutely LOVE how many fun and exciting things that there are to do in the Orlando area!  I could easily live there for several years, on a hiatus where I didn’t have to work and just spend every day doing fun and awesome things!

I guess one reason that I love the Orlando area so much is that I really enjoy people watching when I go places.  So if I go to an amusement park, when I get tired from all of the walking I like to sit down on a bench with a cold beverage and a snack and just watch the people going by.  If I’m lucky I might even strike up an interesting conversation with someone who is doing the same thing. 

My brother Phil just came back from a Mardi Gras celebration in the Universal Studios Amusement Park in Orlando.  He said it was an awesome experience, and he certainly made me want to go there too!  I love Universal Studios anyway, I like going to the shows and to some extent I enjoy some of the rides.  I’m not a big thrill seeker, so I tend to avoid the thrill seeking rides like roller coasters.  But I do see lots of people do enjoy those rides, and when I go there I am more than happy to let the folks that I am with go on those rides while I sit and people watch!

Since Phil had so much fun doing the Mardi Gras celebrations at the Universal Studios, I am just going to have to try to go do their Mardi Gras next year.  I’ll be trying to buy Discount Universal Tickets online before I go, though.  Every dollar saved on the tickets is another dollar I can spend buying souvenirs!