Orlando Vacation Recap - We went to Epic Park!

 

I spent last week in Orlando! It was my first real vacation in about 5 years. Ever since my company started letting people work remotely (mainly because they had to in 2020 from the pandemic) I have always brought my work laptop with me. Crazy to think this is the first time I unplugged from work in 5 years. I even worked through the month I was in New York when my grandma was in the hospital and eventually passed away. There was just no one to cover me. This time my manager told me I needed to take a week off, she pretty much mandated I unplug. It was really nice not to have to work at all. I didn't even check my emails, which to be honest I am a little worried at how many emails I'll have waiting for me when I log in Monday morning. 😩 

For a whole week, my sister, and her friend Kevin, Jared and I just ate our way through Orlando and spent a whole day at Epic Universe. Here are my photos from last week.

We stayed at a Marriott resort, which had a lazy river, a hot tub and a nice path where you can walk between other Marriott properties. There were tons of birds and a sign that let us know there were snakes and alligators which made me super paranoid when walking the path at night. 😬

I've somehow hit the bird watching stage of life already. It totally just happened out of nowhere.

Why are his wings so holey? 😢

I love palm trees. I want one in my backyard someday. 

Tried Orlando dim sum at YH Seafood Clubhouse. Some dishes were really good, but the shrimp rice noodle rolls were too doughy and thick.

The last time we were in Orlando, we discovered this amazing ramen joint called DOMU that had the best wings and happy to announce our memory of how good this place was stayed true. The ramen is easily better than anything we can get in Atlanta. DOMU is a Michelin recommended restaurant.

Epic Universe!

I mainly wanted to go to the Ministry of Magic. I'm a pretty big Harry Potter fan and it did not disappoint. Inside of the Ministry of Magic was insane. I am so impressed with how detailed it was. I took a lot of video and will upload some clips to my Instagram stories because photos really does not do it justice. 

Mac & Cheese cones. These were surprisingly good.

My sister and I got to meet Toothless! We waited until an hour before the park closed to do the meet and greet, otherwise it is a 90 minute wait during the day. If you go around 9 pm, the wait is just a few minutes. He is too friggin cute. So cute that I had to buy this backpack. It took up most of the room in my luggage. 😂

Yes I am still a kid.

I also really wanted this Harry Potter bear, but it was either him or Toothless. I'm sad that you can't buy him online. I did find him on eBay, so I might go that route. I'm a sucker for teddy bears and stuffed animals. Just ask Jared. 😆

Full moon.

More palm trees! 😍

Pio Pio is probably my favorite restaurant in Orlando. I aways get the chicken soup, plantains, rice and avocado for my meal. 

Celebrated my sister's birthday at The Ravenous Pig. The food here was amazing! Another Michelin recommended restaurant.

Our last meal was at Jaleo. It's one of Jared's favorites. 

The week flew! I guess when you're having fun time flies. It's too bad our flight going home was delayed 4 hours because of the government shutdown. We were at the airport for 8 hours. We got home at 1 am in the morning and I was so tired that I did not get to record my full review of Go Forth Good's Mini Hoffman bag. In the meantime I have a quick video showing my Go Forth Goods collection and will be reviewing each one soon! They're currently having their 30% off Black Friday sale until November 15th. I'm tempted to order another bag. 😂 That's it for me, hope you all have a wonderful week!