Epcot a theme park for adults and children Part1
Epcot has to be my favourite park out of all the Disney Florida parks, although Magic kingdom has that something magical making it a special place, the park I like visiting best is Epcot
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Aquatica is Seaworld’s new Water Park and it opened in March 2008. If you like Water Parks you will love this one it has a dolphin plunge, lazy river rides, racing slides, interactive play areas and as many as 36 slides! There is fun for all the fami...
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Star Tours can be found on the far side of Disney Hollywood Studios, beyond Echo Lake. Characters from the Star Wars films, such as Chewbacca, can sometimes be seen outside the Star Tours attraction. My brother thinks this is the best ride in...
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The first time I decided to ride Tower of Terror I was with my two children. My daughter and I reached the lift doors and chickened out. Feeling highly embarrassed we were escorted to the shop, where we waited for my son to return from the Twilight Z...
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Guided Kayak Tour Cocoa Beach is around an hour away from your lovely Orlando vacation rental home and perfect for a day away from the mouse. A great way to spend a morning (or afternoon) is a guided kayak tour...
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The Orlando Museum of Art is located in North Mills Avenue in Orlando. This will be roughly about an hours drive from your vacation villa.
This museum has been up and running for around 90 years and the richness and depth of the exhibits ...
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Character Dining : Restaurantosaurus – Character Dining When we’re talking dinosaurs, we are talking huge, and that is certainly what you’ll get at the Breakfastosaurus “all you care to eat” character dining buffet....
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If you are lucky enough to be in Florida in February or October you can visit the Silver Spurs Rodeo and see some of America’s top rodeo riders in action. Before Disney farming was the main industry in this part of Florida and so there is a cowboy he...
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Children, and sometimes even the adults, will enjoy dining with the Disney characters. Although Disney cannot guarantee that the character of your choice will be at the restaurant whilst you dine, here is a list that may help you to choose your favou...
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Applebee’s was founded in Atlanta in 1980. and has restaurants worldwide operating in 49 states and 17 countries. Along the Hwy 27 at Berry town centre there has now opened a new Applebee’s. Ideally situated for all the communities along the ...
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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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A fan of the movies? Then you will just love Universal Studios Orlando. From the second you drive in, you are welcomed by Movie Characters. The Car Parks are named after movie characters making it easier to remember where you left your car. Ev...
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The next time you're standing in line for a ride at The Magic Kingdom look at the walls. Check out the sculptures. Survey the landscaping and then look closer. You might just see three circles - two small, one large. Doesn’t that look a mouse head...
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Boggy Creek has a large campground and we went to the two Airboat ride locations on their vast property. This was the Southport location at the end of Southport Rd. You travel onto Poinciana Blvd off 192 and keep going for about 18 miles. When...
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A trip to the Boardwalk makes a pleasant and relaxing half day or alternatively an interesting evening out. The Boardwalk Hotel is between EPCOT and Hollywood Studios and is one of the resort hotels around a lake. A lot of people go there jus...
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Park Hopping Part 2
Our plan for today' s park hopping day was to visit Epcot, Disney' s Hollywood Studios and the Magic Kingdom, we weren' t sure how much we would achieve as it was early June and half term for UK schools so there was...
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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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Jim Carey' s Seaside in Florida
I dare say if it were not for the attention Hollywood brought to the coastal town of Seaside then it would just be be of a number of small towns dotted along the 30A in the Panhandle , but the fact it was ch...
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Antartica-Empire of the Penguins is a brand new ride at Seaworld that has literally just opened. Seaworld is often overlooked in favour of it' s bigger and brasher neighbours but a lot of my guests vote it their favourite and I am inclined to agree. ...
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What’s so great about Universal Studios? Islands of Adventure 1
Previously I have written a number of articles all relating to how wonderful the Disney parks are ion Florida and I thought it was about time I wrote a more about the Univ...
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If there is one single feature that tempts children and adults alike to Florida, it is the astounding quality and sheer number of its theme parks. Once these were all provided by Disney, but now three main players compete for the tourist dollar an...
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If you thought that the only animal shows you would be watching at SeaWorld were all involving water and whales, dolphin and sharks you would be very much mistaken. Tucked away in the middle of the park is a very different kind of show with performan...
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Universal Studios the largest working film and television studio outside Hollywood. You never know who you might meet. Five years ago I was lucky enough to see Tom Hanks working on a new TV series. Universal Studios - where you ...
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If you are about to spend Christmas in Orlando, there are a few tips I can offer you. First, do not be surprised if people wish you happy holiday, they are not commenting on your trip to America, but wishing you Merry Christmas, they just seem to hav...
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If you are lucky enough to be in Orlando in either February (as we were) and want to try something completely different, then you may like to don your cowboy hat, pull on your cowboy boots and head off to the Silver Spurs Rodeo in Kissimmee to sample...
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