Blogs from Orlando, Florida, United States, North America - page 70

Today, much to my joy, we were to spend shopping. The rest of the family wanted to take advantage of cheap US prices, and in honesty I needed some bits as well, so we headed to the Mall at Millennia (stupid name I know). The mall was rubbish, like Bluewater but smaller, though there were much less hoodies there. I wonder though where men in Florida get their clothes from, as there was hardly any menswear shops there. This could explain why they dress like 1970's throwbacks. The only thing I bought was a book on Che Guevara, but this was mostly to try to shock the people I'd seen with those God Bless America bumper stickers. That was pretty much it for today. Lazed around the pool in the afternoon and secretly got a bit ... read more

Today was the American holiday of Thanksgiving (though my suggested re naming of it would be a much more interesting festival), and as a result a lot of shops and stuff were closed. However, the theme parks weren't, so we decided to go to Universal Studios, which I'd also been to before, but not for about 10 years. It was a bit disappointing in all honesty. The attractions were dated and nothing much seemed to have changed from when I was last there. However, I did manage to win by a huge margin on the Men in Black ride (I scored 360,000 the next best was about 30,000). We'd finished the park by about 3 so went back to Islands of Adventure to go on some proper rides. Unfortunately, my dodgy stomach had resurfaced, so this ... read more

Hello one and all!! It's been a little while since I last I last wrote anything, but it's certainly been a very busy week!! In between working odd hours and sleeping to get over the odd hours, I've been out doing stuff in the parks with my friends as much as possible, so there hasn't been much time to sit down and write all about it! But now, here I am :) Last week saw Disney start gearing up for Christmas - now in my opinion, Christmas starts on December 1st and not a moment before, but given that this year I am living in the very heart of the American dream I think I'm going to have to make an exception and just get into the spirit! Over the last weekend the annual Gingerbread House ... read more

Good afternoon one and all!! I have survived another week in the thick of Mouse-land - and today is a month to the day that I have been here!! It's gone really fast, only 5 more to go... This week has been particularly tiring due to a combination of finishing training at work and that most commerical of American holidays....Halloween!! As you can imagine, the combination of Halloween and Walt Disney World has the sound of tills ringing in many people's mind, which is very true, but it was also a huge amount of fun being in the hotel and seeing all the little kids dressed up beyond all recognition in a variety of amazing outfits!! I went to two Halloween parties this week - one at Building 30 and one at my old housemate Pat's ... read more

Day 3 - EPCOT Today was one wet day. It rained almost the whole day, and not just a little bit, but downpours…We were pretty well soaked by the end of the day. We still had a great time, though. Ryan and I did Mission: Space, while Joshie and Mom spent some time in the control room, planning and having fun. We then headed to Test Track, but it was closed because of the rain. We did, however, grab a fast pass to come back @3:50-4:50, so we went to hit some of the other great rides. Ryan and Josh both loved the Finding Nemo Ride, and Turtle Talk with Crush was the absolute coolest thing. Ryan was so excited, as he got to talk to Crush, and the attraction is 100% interactive, so Crush talked ... read more