Return of the blog, there it is, return of the blog, come on...
I have some bad news. I know you’ve already been subject to my incessant ramblings on the lead up to our trip over the last few weeks, so this is a heads up - it’s about to get a whole lot worse! Yes, your daily news update from our wee famile for all things Florida will be back shortly for 21 fun-filled days (for us anyways). I can’t not continue doing it though, it’s tradition and I’ve already had a few queries if we’re going to see a return this year, so wouldn’t want to disappoint my adoring blog fans (or indeed maybe just fan, you know who you are :smiley wink: ). Oh and for those of you who are new here - hiya! This is a wee blog of our family trip to Flori.. (well, you can read, you know what it is, right?). Anyway, here are just a few thoughts prior to kick off next week…
Ohana means family…
It’s gonna be slightly different this time around, our party size extends out to my brother and sister and their families as well as my parents again. So there’s a total of 15 men, women and children all travelling stateside - at separate times though so no opportunity for any Home Alone style events occurring (not that I think Patrick couldn’t handle being Home Alone - well as long as Harry & Marv didn’t disrupt his online gaming that is :P). Itinerary done (which I can’t for the life of me pronounce correctly) and Fast passes are all booked for the Disney parks. Only thing I didn’t manage to get was a FP for the new Flight of Passage in Pandora, Animal Kingdom due to its popularity - it does look amazing, so hopefully we’ll manage to get on it at some point.
Tee minus seven…
T-shirts have now finally been delivered after some major sizing & copyright issues from different companies (I mean how do you… nope, nope I promised myself I wouldn’t rant about it again, positive thoughts Gerry - woosah! - ok, lets continue). First full day is Magic Kingdom so look out for an epic group pic of our tee’s then :)
Food, glorious food!
I’ve also started scouring restaurant pages and emails in eager anticipation of one of the key things on holiday: food! (well for me at least). I’m glad to see Millers Alehouse still sporting one of my favourites from last time around - Alaskan Snow Crab! Grace said she wanted to have that too so we’ll probably end up sharing a plate (though I think it would be really funny just to get one for herself, even just for a photo op). Every time I mention it now (which is quite a lot), she gives me a wee nod and high five without saying a word :). And in preparation for the (big thunder) mountains of food, I’ve been struggling through the Sacred Heart diet this week - it’ll be worth it though, I just need to keep my focus on a return trip or two to Hooters and I’ll be fine (for the endless wings, obviously ; ).
Blogs, V-logs & F-logs
OK so that last one isn’t really a thing (but I’m gonna just say that if Facebook-logs do become a thing, then I invented it right here). Regarding the blog, I’ll try to stick to the same format as before, summary then detail so you don’t always need to read page upon page on the intricacies of what I had for breakfast on a particular Tuesday or my personal best for the number of cups of coffee I consumed before midday. One thing though - I must do better with posting photos and videos! Toying with the idea of v-logging some of it buuuut not sure if you peeps really want to see my stupid face first thing in the morning. I definitely want to do more live-ish videos at the very least, we shall see.
And with that, I bid adieu for now… spk soon :)