Our Orlando archive
24 stories, arranged in the order they happened.
We said that we wouldn’t do it again after last time, or that at the very least we would try a few other places in the world and give it a few more years until we went back. Ann was espe...
Read the story →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 l...
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It’s been a long wait (think it was around the 500 day mark we booked), and it’s felt like we were never gonna get there at times but it’s finally here! So off we went leaving everything...
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Instead of a summary this time around, I’ll try to sum up the day in a few words and sentences with a TLDR (too long; didnt read). Mostly to save me from repeating myself too much but als...
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TLDR: Epcot. A slightly later start today though a pretty full and non stop day once we began. Spaceship Earth up first, squeezed into the Ellen’s Energy Adventure, then Test Track with a...
Read the story →TLDR: Not much happening today, breakfast, shopping, hotel, pool (ish), games room, winner, dinner, bed. It was good to chill out and get some down time and due to this it means I’m finis...
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TLDR: Hollywood Studios today. Absolutely non stop for the first five hours, attraction highlights include Frozen Sing Along, Star Tours, & Indy. Oh and some awesome guy won Toy Story Man...
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TLDR: Islands Of Adventure, the first of the Universal Parks. Waited longer than expected to get in the park, though kicked off with a bang once we did. Harry Potter world essentials incl...
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TLDR: Change of plan from Volcano Bay, due to its alarming popularity we ended up on a pool/shopping day. Kids loved the pool and didn’t want to leave. At the shopping malls, the kids spe...
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TLDR: Patrick’s Birthday at Universal. Later start, birthday wises and cards before the park. Few rides for the younger and older kids and then a killer roller coaster. A new ride through...
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TLDR: Animal Kingdom. The new area of Pandora is absolutely stunning, great scenery and even better rides, especially Flight Of Passage - its phenomenal. The other noteworthy attractions...
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TLDR: Seaworld this morning. Lunch pretty much inside a Shark aquarium. Amazing experience! Hit a few Roller Coasters including Manta which we’ve done before and Kraken which we haven’t....
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TLDR: Breakfast at hotel for a second shot, then pool for a bit. Headed to Disney Springs and picked up some artwork and not much else. Then finally on to Magic Kingdom to hit a few of th...
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Not much happening today (except for the obvious celebration of Independence of the USA from The British Empire), so Ill keep it short so as not to bore you (and will skip on the TLDR if...
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TLDR: Short one today, quick breakfast then hit our first water park - Typhoon Lagoon. Lazy River, big tidal waves, play area and more lazy river. Sun to begin with, rain to finish. Hoote...
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TLDR: Island of Adventure in the morning, Universal in the afternoon. Spent lots of time doing Harry Potter things today including some previous attractions (Forbidden journey & Dragon Ch...
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TLDR: Mum and dad left today so said our goodbyes and headed to the Shopping Malls. Picked up another few games for myself and the boys and Ann finally got her new Apple watch. Home and r...
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TLDR: Longest park day yet and one of the best. Met loads of characters. Took loads of photos. Kids became Jedi’s and battled against the formidable Darth Vader. Hit the shows we missed f...
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TLDR: Not too much today. Got up late, packed some cases in preparation for leaving next week :( Had a huge lunch at Hash House A Go Go followed by a few hours at the lovely Volcano Bay w...
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TLDR: Universal & Islands for the last time to catch up of rides we’d missed including ET & The Mummy. We also hit some rides for a second & even third time, but just the ones we really l...
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TLDR: Tiredness is setting in for all of us. Animal Kingdom today after a hearty breakfast. Pandora stuff in abundance for today, as well as the Nemo show and a few others we missed first...
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TLDR: Unplanned visit to Epcot to take one last peek. Test Track, Nemo, Soarin’ & Spaceship Earth all done before the rain decided we weren’t going to continue. Home, changed and dinner....
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TLDR: An amazing jam-packed final day at Magic Kingdom. We done LOADS of rides, met some lovely princesses, watched a show or two, had an awesome lunch with Tigger and friends and stared...
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So we made it to the airport relatively painlessly and I’m sitting waiting at the gate for my flight while I write this up. No short version today - you’re just gonna have to persevere bu...
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