Shawn's & Michelle's Vacation
Our Hotel	Universal Studios	Islands of Advent.	Citywalk
The Proposal	The Fireworks	The Flight	Etcetera
The Hard Rock Hotel We spent our week at the Hard Rock Hotel. The hotel is located within the Universal Resort properties. Select one of the pictures below to see more.
	A view of the Hard Rock Hotel from the bridge to the theme parks. The entire area around the hotel was a beautiful garden with beautiful trees and flowers. The water is part of the canal system that connects the hotels and parks. If you didn't feel like walking, you could take a water taxi instead!
	Here's a picture of the pool and the glowing neon guitar on the hill just beyond. We spent a good part of our first day in this pool, Michelle came back on Wednesday.... while I snuck out to take the ring to Emeril's. :-)
	Another shot of the pool, this time in the opposite direction with the hotel in the background. The pool had a beach on one side, snack/drink bar on the other, two whirlpool spas, underwater music, and a huge slide.
	Here's one of the Hard Rock Hotel at night. Staying here was definitely worth it.... Not only did the hotel just open up this spring, but staying here gave us early access to the parks plus front of the line access all day!
	This is the main lobby in the hotel.
	Another view of the hotel's main lobby. Here you can see a wedding party that was coming in just as we were checking out. Not hard to believe that people would use the facilities here for wedding receptions, the place is beautiful!
	Michelle and I in the hotel lobby as we were waiting for the shuttle back to the airport. The first picture of her in her new engagement ring since the proposal. :-)
	One of the many collections of memorabilia on display throughout the hotel. This is one of the outfits worn by Paul Stanley of KISS.
	This is a sculpture in the driveway area of the Hard Rock Hotel.