Renaissance Orlando Airport Hotel

... of julie attached). 10/10<br><br><br>dudley do rights rip saw falls - an absolutly brilliant water ride. if your hot (and we were) and need cooling quickly this is the ride. 10/10<br><br>poseidons fury - interesting but not great IMHO, 5/10.<br><br>look at the pictures for more info, we were very hot and needed lots of cooling - fortunatly the water rides were there. Oh Yes, we also saw a tutle...<br><br>

... was interesting to see christmas decorations on lampposts as we walked along in 80 degree temperatures.<br><br>after a salad lunch we went into the hotel pool and chilled and relaxed looking at the little lizards running around.<br><br>we also discovered that some idiot has forgot to pack the memory card reader - so no pictures from the cameras until i buy one (doh).<br><br>apparently we are near to the world largest gift shop (see picture), the use the doors to get a sense of scale

... them.<br><br>arrived in Orlando at approx 16:20. by the time we had the car it was dark, so after being awake for hours had to relearn how to drive on freeways in the dark... it was a bit scary.<br><br>arrived at the best western and am quite pleased with the hotel it has excellent swimming pools and hot tubs - so we hit those before going to bed.<br><br>we''re back.....<br>

The day was warm and clear -- attended a few sessions and managed to talk another walk around the Shingle Creek Nature Trail. <br><br>In the evening, a colleague and I went to the Morse Museum of American Art to see the Tiffany glass -- I particularly wanted to see the Tiffany windows they had on display ...

... he admitted "it would be a lot easier on me". I replied, "I know it is and that's why I ordered it in advance". Sorry Charlie, he who hesitates is lost. <br><br>I would like to be able to tell you what went on during the flight, but I got my seat, went through my normal ritual to get comfy, and zonked out. <br><br>We arrived in Frankfurt the next day and that's when the "adventure" began.<br><br>Au Revoir!

... leisurely look at some of the less popular shows and also make use of the fastpass for the busier rides. One of the shows I was really taken with, and Christie too, was a show called one man's dream. It was about Walt Disney himself and his brother, Roy. This show really brought home some of the things I was already beginning to realize about what these theme parks, and the resorts are really about and which are generally elusive to most, as was ...

... 50 dollars and I got my self a rolling bag which I had wanted to buy in London but ended up with a small suitcase instead a month back. I also found at Gap 8 dollar for a shirt for JM which was a great fund. T and me went into the girls section and got her a sweater Ralph Rauleigh( sorry spelling) and she was talking about Hanna Montana clothes which my nearly six years old thought that I liked ,when I tried to tell her that gold pants wasn´t something I ...

... or anything. It's more like I'm wondering if I might find some answers to questions that I didn't even know I had. Perhaps I'm wondering: Will the Holy Land can make me "Wholly"? Regardless I'm sure it will be an interesting, educational and possibly even soul-stirring experience and we could all use a little soul-stirring now and then. In fact, it might be time for the shaken not stirred. I read in one guidebook that some people have these ...

... be willing to try something else, though. After our second snack of the day we made our way over to Germany. We had already been to Germany but I wanted to get some chocolate. A friend of mine all through elementary school was first generation German and she would go visit family in Germany every year and bring me back the best chocolate ever. I wanted to get some German chocolate to bring home and I had seen it in one of the stores the other day, so we headed ...

... for it. After the ride, we went into Imageworks and the whole place was empty. We conducted music with our arms on the screens right when we entered the area which was fun. We all remembered doing this back in 1992. A lady on the other side of this area called us over to a huge camera and told us about how it was the biggest camera in the world, but we didn't think it was real. We looked and smiled, though, and what do you ...