One of the three mountains in the Magic Kingdom, Space Mountain is a great fun roller-coaster in the Tomorrowland area of the park. As one of the major attractions in the park, you will definitely want to either do this ride early, or get a FastPass,...
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Disney is generally thought of as the ultimate vacation for families and children. But what if you don’t want to leave your “other children” at home? Leave it to Disney to think of everything, including the best and most caring way to accommodate ...
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I’ve been visiting Orlando for longer than I care to remember and honestly believed I’d find nothing much to do at a water park. When I finally visited my first one last year I learned how wrong I could be! The whole family, who I must admit enjoy sw...
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What’s so great about Universal Studios? Islands of Adventure 4
In the last part we had just visited Ripsaw Falls and got wet, well if you fancy something a bit more sedate and dry then why not visit Popeye’s Me Ship The Olive this is ...
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Epcot was Disney Worlds second theme park to be opened. The park is split into two parts, the Future World Pavilions and the World Showcase. Here are some little fun facts. • Epcot was opened 1st October 1982 after three years of construction...
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If you want a good night out I would recommend city walk at Universal. There are lots of places to go to you can either visit the movies. The theater has 20 screens so there is sure to be something you would want to see Or just have something ...
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Four parks in one day? Is it possible? Most people would think that it wasn’t but, always up for a challenge, we thought it was worth giving it a go. It wouldn’t be possible to go on every ride, or visit every attraction in each park of course, but w...
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As we all know, Florida is famous for its many attractions and theme parks, but one of the fewer known activities is a hot air balloon flight. We have flown in a hot air balloon on 3 occasions now and each flight has been completely different ...
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Spend a few hours in Frontierland and you will witness what it was like to live in America’s past. You will see frontier America in the days of the covered wagon and the stage coach, and understand how the railroad played such a big role in the futur...
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Extending South from Ormond Beach is the lively and boisterous Daytona Beach. As many as 200, 000 students descend on the beach for Spring Break. They pour in in their thousands from all over US and Daytona Beach is was of the most sought after desti...
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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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Prime Outlets Fancy a day of shopping where you don’t really have to shop until you drop, as all the stores are in easy walking distance? Then take a trip to Prime Outlets at the end of International Drive. Driving there is easy, just take I-4...
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I am now of any age (sad, but true) when I can just remember what is now called The Golden Age of Hollywood. I cannot remember all of the 100 years that this new show is celebrating, but getting closer! !
The stars were really big stars the...
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Disney Theme Parks just get better and better, have you ever wanted to fly above the clouds and see what it would be like to be a bird? Then this new attraction from Disney is for you. You can find it in The Land in Epcot, so remember to co...
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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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Disney’s Hollywood Studios opened in 1989 although in those days it was named MGM Studios. It is not only the third and smallest theme park in Walt Disney World Resort, but also it is a fully fledged working TV production facility although most of it...
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One of the best theme parks in Orlando the whole family really enjoyed this day out. However when we go again we are making a change to the day. As it is an hour’s drive away from our villa we would eat on the way back, and not back in Orla...
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We decided to give this event a try last year after reading about it on the Disney website (we hadn't found this forum at that point) We really didn't know what to expect other than maybe the park would be a little quieter since it is a separately...
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With the latest Star Wars release (the Force Awakens) being released in cinemas, Disney are keen to push the Star Wars brand as much as they can (not that they really need to push it all that hard! ). Until the new Star Wars Zone is built at Magic Ki...
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As villa owners our guests often ask us what are the ‘must do’ attractions at each of the parks. Obviously this does depend on the age and make up of your party however these are our ‘must do’ rides and attractions at Disney’s Epcot. Mission S...
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As villa owners our guests often ask us what are the ‘must do’ attractions at each of the parks. Obviously this does depend on the age and make up of your party however these are our ‘must do’ rides and attractions at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. ...
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On our recent holiday at our villa my Mother and I as usual woke about 4.30. Normally when this has happened in the past we sit and drink coffee and delight in being back at the villa and talk about how we want to spend our holiday. Last time...
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Our kids love the Pooh family so this had to be a good choice – and we were not disappointed. I phoned from the UK and booked priority seating 60days before we wanted to visit. Priority seating means that whilst it guarantees you a table, i...
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It’s a small world after all, it’s a small world after all, it’s a small world after all it’s a small, small world. This is the haunting tune to one of the most popular rides for Disney’s youngest guests and their parents/carers. Originally b...
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The Magic of Disney through a Child' s Eyes My first memory of The Magic Kingdom is taking my three year old daughter. The excitement was mesmeric. “Are we there yet? ” We had just parked our car and were heading to the tram to take us...
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