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Disney's Animal Kingdom Live Shows

Festival Of The Lion King Join Simba, Timon, Pumba and a host of their jungle pals, in this spectacular musical production that puts you right into the heart of their tribal celebrations. Featuring state of the art lighting and sou...
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Disney's Magic Kingdom Tours

Backstage Magic Tour : A rare opportunity to discover the behind the scenes wizardry, imagineering and special effects that ensures the Magic Kingdom® lives up to it’s world famous reputation as “the most magical place on earth”. A unique insi...
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Busch Gardens, Tampa Bay

Busch Gardens is located approx 60-70 miles west of Orlando near Tampa. It is a cross between a zoo & a theme park a little bit like Chessington World of Adventures in the UK, only much bigger & better. Before driving the hou...
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Pal Mickey

Have you ever thought to yourself “Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have my very own personal guide to help me navigate my way around the Disney parks”? Well, help is now at hand in the shape of a talking Mickey Mouse, an interactive ten and a half inch s...
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Lake County

Lake County, often not thought of as a short term rental area but it now has some of the newest of the holiday rental homes in the Disney area. Most are within a twenty minute drive of Disney while remaining a largely undeveloped area. Lake C...
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Hollywood Studios Florida

We were halfway through our 2 weeks holiday when we decided we would spend a day at the Hollywood Studios. As with all the Disney Parks arrive early and avoid the queues by buying your tickets in advance, we made sure we got there shortly a...
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"Wishes" at the Magic Kingdom

We let the children have a restful morning and set off for the Magic Kingdom at around lunchtime. We were determined that the little ones would stay awake for the “Wishes” spectacular firework display that evening. It was a lovely day to be i...
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Unsung Heroes #2

In the first of these two loosely linked articles I extolled the virtues of the Java Hut Café on the A1A between Flagler and St Augustine. Our second delightful, , , , , but unexpected, encounter happened on the other side of the state. T...
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Swimming with Manatees

I have recently being looking at a Swimming with the Manatees Tour, my niece is longing to do this and as it is her birthday soon I have thought of taking her next time we go to our villa in Orlando. She loves these gentle giants and I think ...
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Lunch at Celebration

No holiday at our villa is ever complete without at least one visit to Celebration. For us it is just a couple of miles along the 192 but if you are approaching from the I4 west you get off at Exit 64 onto the 192 east and at the third set of traffic...
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Our first Family day in Epcot

Where shall we go today? ? ? EPCOT ! ! ! ! I will never forget my first visit to Epcot. It is now several years ago since our first visit, and it always remains our family’s favourite park. I thought you might like to share our experi...
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The Journey into Imagination Pavilion - Epcot

This Pavilion, which is sponsored by Kodak, has been a part of Epcot since it originally opened and I can remember going to it with my family for the first time in the late 1980s. I find over the years it has probably changed more than any o...
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La Nouba - Cirque du Soleil

An evening at Cirque du Soleil I had heard much about La Nouba but despite several trips to Orlando had never found the time to go amongst everything else there is to do in Florida. This year as a Christmas/New Year treat I thought it would be...
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Some excellent places to eat in the Orlando area

Here are some of my favourite places to eat in the Orlando area. Romano’s Macaroni Grill This was recommended to us by a family who stayed at our villa. We had driven past it on many occasions but didn’t think it looked very exciting...
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Family Magic Tour – 2 hours of Heaven! (Magic Kingdom)

Not having too much knowledge about this tour at the Magic Kingdom we didn’t know what to expect but did know it was about 2 hours long and you met a character at the end, so we booked it about 7 days in advance. We turned up about 10 minu...
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Epcot

Whatever your age there is something to interest you at Epcot. I will give you just a taster of what to expect and leave you find out the rest when you visit yourself. Your are greeted by Spaceship Earth, a very large silver ball which contai...
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Magic Kingdom Dining Experiences

Character Dining : Once Upon A Time Breakfast (Cinderella’s Royal Table) : There can be no better way to start your Disney day than being greeted by Cinderella in the glorious dining room of her magical castle, to enjoy a pr...
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Animal Kingdom

From the minute you arrive you can feel the excitement grow, we were quite fortunate as when we were heading for the entrance, Mickey Mouse, Minnie, Donald Duck and most of the Disney characters were there to greet us along with many other people hea...
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Soarin' at Epcot

Soarin’ at Epcot is a wonderful experience. It is perfect for everyone over the height of 40 inches. It is gentle but not dull, and each time you try it you will notice something that you didn’t see the first time. It is in the Land section of...
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Magic Kingdom - Fun Facts

Please find to follow some fun facts about the Magic Kingdom, however please be warned - only read if you really want - it may give away some of the magic! • The Magic Kingdom first opened on the 1st October 1971. • It had been such a...
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How many people visit the parks?

When you see the visitors pouring through the gates of the theme parks in Orlando, do you ever wonder how many visitors each park attracts in a year? Well I certainly have and I made it my business to find out and I would like to share i...
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Ride Guide – Mickey’s Philharmagic

Set in the heart of Fantasyland, Mickey’s Philharmagic is a stunning 4-D movie. What is 4D? It is a 3D movie with the added dimension of special effects to make the experience much more immersive. You enter the theatre for Mickey’s Philha...
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Our Long Day at Hollywood Studios Part 5

The girls were slightly disappointed that we were not going to the Starring Rolls Café as they wanted one of their famous cup cakes however we said if they didn’t have a dessert at the Brown Derby they could have one later. We were all ve...
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Lights, Motors, Action!

This was a new attraction that none of us had seen before. It was being built on part of the old Backlot Tour the year before when we were over in Florida and we were eager to watch this attraction as it had been heavily advertised. As with a...
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What’s so great about Universal Studios Part 2

In part one we visited Despicable Me Minion Mayhem and for the brave Hollywood Rip Ride Rocket but what next? Well it just has to be Shrek 4D this is one show not to be missed especially if like me you’re a big fan of the original movie. There...
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