If you wish to see Orlando at Christmas you will need to book early as these weeks get booked up way in advance.
If you are planning a holiday over or near the Christmas period, do go and see the Walt Disney World, Epcot Theme Park. There t...
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This is Disney’s first and for me the best of Disney’s three Water Parks. I have two favourite parts of the park the first being the Storm Slides, three body slides which have you twisting and turning through tunnels, caves and waterfalls...
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The island of Cozumel lies 12 miles off Playa del Carmen on the east coast of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsular, 30 miles south of Cancun. Cozumel is 30 miles long and 9 miles wide, and this relatively flat island has an interior covered by parched scrub, ...
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If you are starting to wilt from all the walking round The Magic Kingdom in Disney World, it is always a good idea to stop for a break at a café or snack point for an ice cream or a box of pop corn. Alternatively, why not go to one of the man...
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Test Track at Walt Disney World’s EPCOT is an awesome ride and definitely recommended. Replacing the World of Motion, the attraction was scheduled to open in May 1997, and then again in August 1998, but the complexity of the computer systems ...
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Busch Gardens – Roller Coasters Busch is one of our family’s favourite places to spend the day. Although popular, it is never as crowded as the Disney/Universal Parks. One thing that they excel at is Roller Coasters . Up until this year...
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When you are traveling along the 192 if you pass Old Town you cannot miss it, you will be very aware of the giant Ferris Wheel. You can see the Bunjee Jumping from other roads miles away. It is like an old fashioned fair and is a combination ...
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If you take an hour’s drive along the 192 to the Space Coast you will arrive at Melbourne. As this is probably the nearest beach area to Orlando visitors often drive here for a day at the beach but there is more to do in Melbourne than sunbathe.
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The city of Venice was the original inspiration for the Italian Pavilion. The shops and architecture are really the featured attractions in this Pavilion. The architecture is a reproduction of the Doges Palace in Venice. As it was impossible ...
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Weeki Wachee Springs was named by the Native Americans known as the Seminoles. It means winding river.
No wonder the Seminoles chose to settle here with its endless oportunities to fish and hunt. They lived happily here until the coming o...
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Finding Nemo – The Musical takes place in Walt Disney World’s Animal Kingdom theme park in the one thousand five hundred-seat theatre “Theater in the Wild”. This theatre was originally built for Tarzan Rocks. Having seen both of these productions I c...
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Harry Potter World at Universal from an Unbelievers Point of view. They drove me mad, the kids, my wife, my oldest sons girlfriend, I have never been a subscriber or fan of the Harry Potter thing and I really wasn’t interested in visiting the...
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We have annual passes to Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure, so we were delighted that our Florida trip gave us the opportunity of sampling the newly-opened section of the park - the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. We had heard that the park...
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Disney put on certain events at quieter times of the year to attract more guests to EPCOT. The major two are the Food and Wine Festival in the fall and the Garden Festival in the spring. While many of the popular things do appear for many years they ...
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La Nouba, Cirque Du Soliel's astonishing show, housed in it's own purpose built, multi million dollar theatre at Down Town Disney, is quite simply an un-missable and totally exhilarating experience for all the family. With a modern day comb...
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I am often asked what my favourite attractions at Universal Studios are and so I thought I would sit down and put pen to paper and list them A favourite attraction would have to be the Blues Brothers every time we visit the Orlando studios I m...
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This is the continuation of our Segway Tour at Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground Before your tour begins you will be shown a short video and then given some training. Even though we had been on a Segway twice before we still had to...
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Disney Theme Parks just get better and better, have you ever wanted to fly above the clouds and see what it would be like to be a bird? Then this new attraction from Disney is for you. You can find it in The Land in Epcot, so remember to co...
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On completion of the makeover Leah was given both of the make up palettes, both of the nail varnish' s, the face jewels that had not been used and a pink princess comb, everything was wrapped carefully in tissue and put into a Disney carrier bag. How...
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Kraken takes its name from a mythical sea creature and Seaworld has depicted this in the form of a large multi-coloured monster dragon eel, a distant relation of the moray eel. Next to Krakens viewing area is a cave where you can view incubating embr...
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We love dining at Red Lobster – it seems like it’s never the same place twice! That’s probably because of the different promotional periods that they run throughout the year like my own personal favorite, Lobsterfest. I’m a lobster lover and always h...
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Most visitors to Orlando will probably dine in the restaurants whilst visiting the theme parks, at your villa or at the many eateries along the 192 and surrounding areas. One thing you may not know is that there are many fine restaurants in the Walt ...
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Blizzard Beach is one of the Disney water park themed around a ski resort, yes really a ski resort! The water park is opened from 10 till 5 generally and longer operating hours in the summer months and local holidays such as Labour Day and the likes....
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No sooner had we left the quay than the crew spotted two female dolphins with their young so we spent some thirty minutes circling in the harbour waiting for them all appear. We were rewarded a view of them on a number of occasions. We were told by t...
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This new Arctic ride is a ' visit the South Pole experience' and is part of a large area which has been made to give the feel of being in a large cold place.
As usual, leave strollers outside.
There are is a cafe. shop...
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