Filed under: Christina, Uncategorized | Tags: birthday, Blue Man Group, City Walk, life, Orlando night life
Blue Man Group was amazing. I definitely had a great time. I would like to see it again some time soon.
We started the evening at Chili’s, with our room mate, Amber and Christina’s sister, Sarah. Two for ones all day is never a bad deal. We realized as soon as we were seated that we had a lot less time than we originally thought. So we ordered drinks and and appetizer. Time came down to a crunch, and we had to leave. We pissed off the server by canceling the last drink. I would have felt bad, but she was just standing at the bar shooting the shit with the bartender when we approached her, after having waited on the drink for over 15 minutes. Amber and Sarah stayed, and ordered dinner.
Christina and I made it to City Walk and the show right in the nickof time. Poor Christina had to pee since we had left the restaurant and the bathrooms were packed, plus we were short on time. We were seated about 5 minutes prior to the show starting.
The show was quite the experience. I good blend of visual effects, humor and live music really does make it appeal in some way, to everyone.
When we got back to the house, we had a glass of wine with our room mate and her girlfriend “homegirl.“
I wish I had take the camera with us to City Walk. I’ve been really bad about carrying it with me lately. All in all, I think Christina had a great birthday. She said she had the best birthday ever. =)
Filed under: Christina | Tags: AAA, birthday, Blue Man Group, City Walk, life, love, Margaritaville
Christina’s been talking about going to see The Blue Man Group for the past 2 years that I’ve know her. Each year she talks about getting a bunch of people together and going for her birthday. It never works out. No one can afford it. (Insert other excuses here). This year I decided I was going to take her.
I found out that I could about a $30 discounton each ticket with my AAA card. So I call the AAA office, to inquire about times. They confirmed that there were indeed tickets still available for the night of Christina’s birthday. I asked if I could purchase the tickets at their office location and the woman said “come on down.”
I hop in my Jeep and travel 40 minutes across town to their location. I arrive, then I’m informed that the tickets are not available to purchase at the office. The deal is an online only offer.
At this point, I’m irritated. I just used a quarter tank of gas, paid tolls and then was told I couldn’t buy my tickets. I drive back home, in what has now become 5 o’clock traffic. 5 o’clock traffic on the 408 sucks, simply put.
I get home, log on to the internet, and go back to the AAA website. Nowhere on the site does it say “PURCHASE HERE” or “BUY NOW.” I know this discount has to be done through the AAA website, and not Universal’s site because the woman at the office told me so. So, now I’m pissed.
I dial the same 407 number from before, and explain my dilemma. I called, was told I could purchase tickets ar the office, was told upon arrival that I couldn’t, follow the representatives instructions and visit the site, just to be discouraged again because the site is not designed well.
The phone representative does his apology/sympathy thing. I know that drill, I answer phones for a living. He pulls up the webpage on his computer, and compeltely agrees that it’s not user frienly. He walked me through the series of steps, and my tickets are purchased. Awesome.
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So, Christina’s finally going to see The Blue Man Group. I made her a card with The Blue Men on it, since I didn’t have physical tickets to give her. She’s so excited.
We’re metting friends for dinner and drinks before the show at Margaritaville. I’m excited too.
Event recap to come. =)
