Whirly Dome Orlando, What an awesome place!!!

So a couple of weeks ago my 11 year old brother came to visit me in Orlando.  Of course there are tons of things to do, but it get expensive really fast!  Of course we took a visit to the Magic Kingdom one day and hit the beach on another, but I decided to look for something new and exciting.  I had heard about the Whirly Dome before, but I didn't know a whole lot about it other than it involved some sport where you drive around in bumper cars.  So I hit the internet and did a little research and I lucked out! I found out that for $25 on both Thursdays (which it was at the time) and Sundays you could get 4 hours of unlimited whirly ball and laser tag!  So we hopped right on it and were on our way 30 minutes later.  When we arrived at Whirly Dome we were immediately impressed!  There were 2 whirly ball arenas a laser tag course and a bunch of arcade games as well as pool and air hockey.  There is also 2 nice bar areas and they had a good selection of food as well as beer and liquor.  We jumped right into a game of whirly ball and fell in love instantly.  So basically you have 2 teams of up to 5 people, you're either on team red or team yellow.  You drive around in bumper cars and you have a scoop that you use to throw around a wiffle ball.  The goal is to fling the ball at the goal which is similar to a basketball goal without the actual hoop.  The game is 10 minutes long and the team that scores the most goals wins the game.  The game was an absolute blast!  racing around and smashing into opponents was very gratifying and hearing the alarm go off when you scored a goal was great! There was some frustration involved however, because sometimes if you didn't hit the goal hard enough or in the right spot the goal would not be counted!  That happened several time throughout our games, but didn't really effect how much fun that we had when it was all said and done!  With each game we got more and more comfortable and started adding more and more strategy.  My little brother loved to be the bruiser focusing on disrupting the other teams scoring by smashing into their cars, it was hilarious to watch!  All in all I would give Whirly Ball an A+ for fun factor.  We also played laser tag, air hockey, and played hot shot basketball and while fun, they are all pretty standard so I won't really go into a review of those!  I will say that we loved whirly ball so much that we came back 3 days later and had just as much fun!  If you want to go on any of the days other than Thursday or Sunday I recommend looking for a groupon! we found a deal that included 4 tickets for whirlyball/laser tag for $25 and that's almost as good as the unlimited deal when you figure out how many games you can actually fit in anyways.  With all of that being said I highly recommend checking out Whirly Dome on I-Drive for a fun new experience!!!

It’s not Luck!

So it’s no secret that I like to have fun.  I like to travel as much as possible, going to concerts, party, going to theme parks, and generally just enjoying life.  I have been pretty successful at filling my life with excitement.  I get bored really easily so it’s almost like fun is an addiction that I absolutely just need to fill.  With that said, there’s one thing that people say to me that makes me want to break things. People say to me “you’re so lucky, I wish I could do all of those things!”  It literally drives me nuts!  I find it downright offensive when any of the things I do are called luck. Luck? No I didn’t win the lottery, I’m not a millionaire, I didn’t even find a golden ticket in my wonka bar!  All of the fun things that I do that they consider “luck” are part of decisions that I have made, often times calculated decisions.  Now with that said, I am lucky that I have flight benefits (my mom works for delta), but previous to that I did have an airline job myself for two years.  So yeah it’s nice that she works there, but if she didn’t I’d still find a way to feed my travel addiction, like get another airline job myself, or work out deals with my old work friends.  If you want something, you just have to make it happen!  One other thing people often use as an excuse not to have fun is time, they don’t have time off of work blah blah blah. Well that’s why I do what I do, as of right now I work marketing events and promotions as my main source of income (there is a link for my guide to working promotions at the top of this page).  That work is always contracted for a certain amount of time, which allows me to pick and choose what I want to work and allows me to leave nice chunks of time in my schedule (they usually pay pretty well too).  Also, I know how to find work like this all over the country, so a lot of times my trips might also involve me working as well. 

In addition to working events and promotions, I work seasonally for both Walt Disney World and Universal Studios.  Working jobs seasonally allows me to pick up hours when I’m in Florida, but also gives me a tremendous amount of flexibility that a full-time or even part-time job don’t allow.  Just this week I work at both them parks and have a promotion I’m working.  So I mean it’s pretty simple, you decide what you want and then you make decisions that allow you to do just that.  You wanna travel but you think it costs too much? Get an airline job! You like going to Disney World but you think it’s too expensive? Get a seasonal job there and work 150 hours a year and you get in free for the entire year! Need free time? Consider contract work or work a couple of seasonal jobs!  It takes a little research and a little work, but it’s not rocket science, and it most definitely is NOT LUCK!!!

Nick's Top 10 Walt Disney World Attractions

Rock 'N' Roller Coaster at Disney's Hollywood Studios

I'm sitting here at Minneapolis International Airport waiting to get on a flight to Orlando.  I figured I might as well share my top 10 attractions at Walt Disney World, so here they are!!! tell me if you think I left anything off!!!!

Nick's Top 10 Walt Disney World Attractions

1. Aerosmith Rock 'N' Roller Coaster
2. Expedition Everest
3. The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
4. Toy Story Midway Mania
5. Spalsh Mountain
6. Space Mountain
7. Soarin
8. Kilimanjaro Safaris
9. Test Track
10. Pirates of the Caribbean