Life's about experiences. These are mine.
Today was down to be a quiet day but didn’t end up that way. The plan had been to have a late breakfast at Perkins followed by shopping in the afternoon and then in to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner. We managed the first part successfully and a bit of the shopping too after which …
Continue reading “USA '14 – Day 13 – Dial one, get one free”
As we get ever closer to the end of the holiday the realisation starts to dawn that you only have so many trips to the parks left and so there is much debate about what we should do when. We are also haunted by the thought that this will be the last time that we …
I am not sure why we haven’t done this before but today we took a trip to the coast to get a boat out of St. Pete Beach to find some dolphins. This is relatively a long way away and so requires me to do something before we that I hate – filling the car …
Continue reading “USA '14 – Day 11 – The Thompsons – dolphin hunters”
Today was (mostly) a boy free day as Helen and I decided to do something slightly more cultural while Alex sat in misery in front of the Man United game! We went to visit Winter Park, somewhere we hadn’t been previously and has been recommended in the guide books. Helen noted that it had a …
It’s unusual for it to rain while we are in Florida, in fact I can only remember it doing so on three previous occasions. Today was the fourth time. The good thing about rain here is that it is warm and clears quickly and when it does the temperature drops back down to something more …
Today was another “rest” day starting with a breakfast at Perkins. I have downgraded from a Tremendous Twelve to a Magnificent Seven – I still feel full once I reach the end of the seventh item. I wonder if they have a Dieters Double? There was no theme park scheduled for today and instead we …
Magic Kingdom is huge, busy and the most difficult park to get in to. You drive to the car park and then either walk or take the tram to the “ticketing & transportation” centre where you have to transfer either to a monorail or boat to actually get to the main gate. I don’t know …
EPCOT is a real mix of rides and tranquil spaces in the form of the World Showcase, a dozen countries represented by a famous buildings. The UK has a pub, of course! However, the boys aren’t that keen on that part of the park (it’s “boring”) so we only did the rides. As we had …
Today’s park was Universal where we had planned a route to include the Simpsons ride, Men in Black, Jaws and then the Beetle Juice show. The park was very quiet and so we were quickly onto the first couple of rides without any fuss at all. The Jaws ride proved more problematical in that it …
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I’ve said this before but Disney’s Animal Kingdom is a beautiful place to be as it is by far the lushest and greenest of any of the parks, Disney or otherwise. It’s a real pleasure to be there and to just wander around. Of course there was some serious rides and entertainment to be had …