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Orlando Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Orlando, United States
Last Park day :(
So today was our last park day. All week the two oldest boys (who are louder and therefore have the biggest vote) had been wanting to do Animal Kingdom (for Expedition Everest, the safari and the wet raft ride) and Hollywood Studios (for the stunt show, ...
Make absolutely sure that you have a fork!
We spent the morning in Epcot, lunch at the Wilderness Lodge, and back to Epcot to finish out the ...
City of Lake City and return home
... City of Lake City. Kind of unusual for a town name, oh well. This is a cute town. About 140 miles north of Orlando. It was a nice drive. They have a little main street that they are trying to revitalize. They are the county seat for the county ...
Last magic kingdom
Getting up is getting harder - even for early riser Mr Scott. We got up early to be in through the gates of Magic Kingdom at about 7.45am We had boked today's Crystal Palace breakfast as a "back up" in case we hadn't been able to make the other ...
Boston to Orlando, Flordia
... the flight and had a whole row to ourselves and it was a good flight which we watch a movie and had a little sleep. Arrived into Orlando at 5.20pm pick up our bags and then went and tried to find our Rental Car Company, which ended up not even being to ...
Disney World
Was up and ready for a fun day at Disney World, both Graeme and I were pumped so we jumped in the car and drove 30 minutes to get to the park then paid the $10 to get into the park with a car. Then we jumped on the mono-rail and arrived at Disney World's ...
Anxiously awaiting a new adventure
As I remember, I was very exciting about going to a lush tropical island in the Grenedines. Little did I know what was in store for me. I imagined sitting by the pool with little umbrella drinks and walking on sandy beaches at sunset. Well.... Little ...
Back in the air!
Well, off I go again. Just a short couple of weeks. I am sure a nice respite for my co-workers! Just think, no more 12 days of Dianne's birthday. No more football tossing. No more interruptions! Just because my holiday is over doesn't mean the fun ...
Lights, Cameras, Action / Universal Studios
Today, the temperature was in the high 40's, so I canceled my tee time. This allowed me to spend most of the day exploring Universal Studios. The park is laid out in several blocks like a true production studio. To one side there is a ...
Makeover and Magic Kingdom
A very special day today as it was the day for Lara's makeover into a princess. She had been asking incessantly which day it was scheduled for! We had a bit of a lie in and headed out to Downtown Disney about 9.30am. We all went for a family photoshoot ...
Our First Trip Together
We visited Island of adventures in Orlando Fl on our first month together. A group of friends including Flako, Guille, Pito, Maite & Rosalia headed up to orlando. Yusniel and Felix arrived on the 2nd ...
Hollywood Studios - Disney Day 6
We got a very late start this morning because we didn't return from the Magic Kingdom yesterday until 1am. The crowds were very light today at Hollywood Studios. This park is the one that everyone remembered the least so everything seemed ...
Time to say goodbye
Up this morning to do the last bits of packing, leaving waking the children until we had to. We were JUST out the door by 10.00 which was whn we needed to be. And at about 9.55 Duncan had managed to step on a stone tortoise outside and smash it. We ...
We left at 7am
On our way early. We got to California at 12pm - California time. Bill & Becky were at the airport. Went out in the boat, did some wakeboarding and out for mexican food. We're still on Florida time.Got fix that over the weekend. ...
Just being a regular turist for 1 day ...
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Walt Disney World
... the good folks at Walt Disney World were in charge of getting our bags to our resort hotel room. We were on-time into Orlando airport and a clear and sunny day. They have a fantastic people mover type system to shuttle to the main terminal and ...
Rope Drop at Magic kingdom
For the uninitiated "rope drop" is when the park opens. At magic Kingdom there is a little opening ceremony with Mickey and friends arriving on the steam train and singing a song to start the day and open the park for the day And today we were ...
ONE WEEK TO GO!
Well, only one week to go! I bet you are wondering... just what will they get into THIS time? To give you a sneak peek at the itinerary, it includes the Rhine River, Cologne, Paris, Brussels, Bruges and Amsterdam with a lot of stuff in ...
Fun in the Sun - Orlando
We had quite a long trip up to Orlando from the Keys with loads of straight roads. The highlight was passing through Lake Placid where there are loads of lakes. Didn't see any scary big Crocs though! We arrived at the Hawthorn Suites and again were ...
Short weekend at home
Greetings! After a long hiatus, I am giving this travelog another round. Lot's of travel, for work and fun. However, it always seems to end up that even trips for work end up being a lot of fun! I am going to try to fill in a couple recent ...
Avis does NOT try harder!
Most of you have already heard this story, complete with animation for emphasis. I'll record it later for those of you who didn't get to enjoy the story telling in person. So here goes. I wake up an find Columbia in the midst of a ...
Return to Orlando just to make the map work
This is just to let everyone know that the return trip from Toronto did not take 36 hours like last ...
The tourist trap that is Orlando
... there numerous times. So tomorrow is my day trip to Tampa and Clearwater. I really like Orlando and there's tons to do, but it all costs a lot of money so if you're broke you will get bored (and ...
Back to Orlando
A short note to get me back home. The second time through Salt Lake on the 4:52 flight in two ...
Universal, Emeril's, Blue Man Group...
... the incredibly tall bamboo just inside the driveway to Universal. We never did get around to using the water taxis we saw though. Universal Orlando can be done in one day, but would be better in two days. We went first to Universal Studios park. I would ...
Day 1 Orlando
We got up and had a wonderful free brekkie. Ash even had a waffle shaped in a mickey mouse head !!! We had an appt at the other hotel to listen to our timeshare speel, and then went off to Epcot Centre at lunch time. It ...
Disney World (Spring Break 2011)
For our Spring Break we flew to Orlando and visited Walt Disney World. We visited all four theme parks and one water park. We met many characters and Megan even got to compete (and made it through several rounds) of the American Idol Experience! ...
Off to the Themeparks of Orlando
Went back to orlando again my parents and my brothers this time... Visited Disney's Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Universal Studios, Blizzard Beach... oh yeah and I got a kiss from Cinderella, again. Not sure on these dates but I was 15 when this ...