Westin Lake Mary

... the local weather with my cousin Maureen that lives in the Orlando area I was more convinced that I made the right decission, but then my cousin Maureen suggested I still go but stay at her place, which is what we ended up doing, and I am glad I did because my kids and I had a great weekend and I got to spend some time with my cousin Maureen that I very much enjoyed.

Rebecca, Christopher and I ...

... crowded town Disney was all it had.

Magic Kingdom , Disney World.
The Disney's Magic Kingdom was very close to where we stayed , yet we managed to lose our way and got there only by mid-day.But upon arriving there we learnt that it was open till twelve in the night and we had plenty of time.The park came across as a perfect them park with it being divided into different zones on a particular theam

Today we went for a drive and visited a walmart store - we found some good bargains on t-shirts etc. One interesting thing is that Ipods and other electronics now cost about the same as in the UK. bought a card reader for $13 only to find where I'd hidden mine when we got back to the hotel. so I now have two....

we had the great joy of seeing 3 juvenile alligators in a ...

... get a family portrait taken. Talk about a fun, but crazy time! We had everyone staying in one house, which included 8 children under the age of 12, and were helping with packing the entire house for a cross-country move! We also attended the children's piano recital and had a baby shower for Danielle & Maddie! The rest of the summer slowed down and we were able to finally relax a bit. We spent a few days at a cabin in St ...

... hundreds of people off the site in no time in a superbly co-ordinated way. We topped this by getting lost in the Orlando road maze in the dark but made it back to the hotel by 11 pm I can only say it was a most magical day and for once it was great to be just a big kid !!!!!!!!! Tuesday 4th Universal Studios. Started with "Jaws', then 'Men in Black', saw the "Blues Brother Concert (twice), 'Shrek', 'Terminator' - which was a live actor show with effects and motion and the best ...

... I grew up with Disney, mainly the late eighties and early nineties era musicals, all of which are featured here. I literally grew up watching The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast over and over again, and this show just completely epitomizes the magic of Disney for me. And yes, I'll admit I cried. I got teary-eyed during the "Part of Your World" scene and then completely lost it during "A Whole New World." And then, even more ...

... You Can Dance." We were sad to see Natalie go since we all think she's better than Donyelle, but it was definitely time for Ivan to go. I'm way too addicted to that show! When it was over mom, Mike and I played a game of California Rummy which Michael again won. He was always dealt amazing cards; I don't know how he did it! We were done playing by 11:30 when I went into my room and read "Their Eyes Were Watching God" for about an hour, before falling asleep at 12:30.

... was only a twenty minute wait so we got on line and walked straight through the first part of the line. We were stopped a few feet away from the entrance and we spent the ten minute wait watching the video of Shrek that they were showing, and talking about how much my little cousin Alison would love the attraction. Ten minutes later we were in the pre-show room and this attraction has a really long pre-show. We all stood in a dungeon ...

... next to another guy and he could hardly move his legs. Mom was on the aisle and offered to switch with him but he said he was fine. A vendor came around selling popcorn in a Cirque Du Soleil bucket which mom bought. The popcorn was really good. The bucket was cute but we ended up giving it to Alison to play with in the bath. Mom and dad went to get drinks while Mike and I hung out. A few minutes before the show started the two main clowns came ...

the 4 of us went back to universal studios. road some more rides. then got to stay because the ace convention rented out the park out to them selfs. got to go thru alfred hitchcock 3-d making of art (movies). we saw birds. then we got to do a murder she wrote type of show. it was so much fun. wish i would have gone thru it again.