Markmom18 Posted August 28, 2015 #1 Share Posted August 28, 2015 (edited) Hi, This was our 2nd day in Orlando. We arrived at the airport yesterday ( Wednesday, August 26th). Walking out of the MCO terminal we were greeted by RAIN, lots of RAIN! Our taxi guy safely & slowly maneuvered through flooded streets and very LOUD crackling thunder and lightning. Surprisingly, once headed towards the Hyatt Grand Cypress our journey was quite calm. We made it here and are enjoying this wonderful resort!! This morning we woke up to clear skies and hot weather. After llounging by the pool and then taking one of the little Buggy cars around the resort. We stopped for lunch. It was after lunch the BIG rain, THUNDER & Lightening began! We stayed at the lunch place for about 1 1/2 hours. Then headed back to the same building as our room. Of course it turned to sun later in the afternoon The pools re-opened and it was back to "normal" We sail Sunday to the Western Caribbean on RCCL. Hoping things will have gone well and we can board the ship and go to our scheduled Ports. Stay safe, . Bobbi Edited August 28, 2015 by Markmom18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefighterhoop Posted August 28, 2015 #2 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Hope you have a safe trip, and hopefully the weather cooperates as much as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monorail81 Posted August 28, 2015 #3 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Walking out of the MCO terminal we were greeted by RAIN, lots of RAIN! Our taxi guy safely & slowly maneuvered through flooded streets and very LOUD crackling thunder and lightning. It was after lunch the BIG rain, THUNDER & Lightening began! We stayed at the lunch place for about 1 1/2 hours. Then headed back to the same building as our room. We sail Sunday to the Western Caribbean on RCCL. Hoping things will have gone well and we can board the ship and go to our scheduled Ports. That's very typical for this time of year in that part of Florida. We used to live very close to your hotel... We're also sailing on Sunday and crossing our fingers we can board. At this point, I don't particularly care all that much about WHICH ports as long as we go somewhere. Lol! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markmom18 Posted August 28, 2015 Author #4 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Thank you Firefighter, we hope so too! We're from SoCal and have been used to very little rain. So, being here in this rain paradise has been quite the change. On a side note : This afternoon after snacks and a couple smoothies the waitress just brought over 2 big glasses of water. We didn't request any. It just felt wasteful for her to dump it out, but we assumed that's what she did since we pushed them aside, and never took off the top of the straw cover. 😀. Bobbi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markmom18 Posted August 28, 2015 Author #5 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Hi Monorail, Yeah, I understand going to any port. Still ..... We hope it all works out that we keep the original ports. Since, we didn't get travel insurance though...:(. Let's hit the seas anyway, and maybe tender at Gilligans Island! :D Bobbi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorisis Posted August 28, 2015 #6 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Welcome to Florida. The weather you experienced is pretty typical of summers down here, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monorail81 Posted August 28, 2015 #7 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Hi Monorail, Yeah, I understand going to any port. Still ..... We hope it all works out that we keep the original ports. Since, we didn't get travel insurance though...:(. Let's hit the seas anyway, and maybe tender at Gilligans Island! :D Bobbi Haha! We're in the same boat as far as the insurance (and probably on the same ship...). We're local, so I guess we don't feel like we "need" it. We might rethink that thought after this. Gilligans's island - love it!!! :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hukoli Posted August 28, 2015 #8 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Enjoy your vacation! I'm still working in Finland, flying to Florida tomorrow. See you Sunday on Freedom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules815 Posted August 28, 2015 #9 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Enjoy your cruise! We'll be boarding FOS on 9/6. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollyeilis Posted August 28, 2015 #10 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Welcome to Florida. The weather you experienced is pretty typical of summers down here, Yep! It *is* normal. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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