Blogs from Orlando, Florida, United States, North America - page 73

I myself am not a fanatic on the big theme park operations.......tho Disney does get me sucked in a few times a year ...I'm such a kid at heart ! rencently , this past summer to be excat , the hubby and i went to visit our daughter in Orlando and decided to visit this most recent attraction as far as theme parks go .... to the Orlando area . Before you continue reading ...let me say i am in no way trying to bad talk any operation so the opinions are strickly from my own point of view . With that said....... i will give you a brief description of my one and only day at this theme park . When we got up to the gate we didnt have a very long wait to ... read more

Edens 12th Birthday Yippee Theme park # 5 and once again a very hot day. Arrive for the early park start and having learnt how to use the fast ride tickets book the most popular rides early (to avoid lining up with the hoards). Favourites were the high school musical show (Jewel), Stunt show, 3D Muppet show and an interactive robot racing game. The heat and long cues has stifled our enthusiasm however we have learnt to focus on those rides that hold the most interest and then move on to air conditioned comfort. Enjoyed the over sized turkey leg for lunch (David) and on leaving mid afternoon returned to our resort and hung around the pool ... read more

Lynn & Co (tm) decided they were off to the Magic Kingdom for the day, so I waved them off and embarqued on a day of shopping. Off to Walmart to pick up a new mobile, 18 bucks bought a little Motorola with 10 bucks calling credit. Managed to spend another 100 bucks on nothing in particular. An hour in traffic saw me outside the Florida Mall, wallet in hand ready to take advantage of the best dollar rate in 26 years. Planning to buy a Macbook, I headed to the Apple store and passed a good hour or so playing with the Iphone and the Mac books. After finally convinvcing myself another 1500 bucks of debt was no big deal, I presented myself at the register and asked for the black Macbook of my ... read more

Well, what can I say about the USA. Everything is bigger, louder, crazier, brighter, weirder and fatter! I spent my first week off the ship in Orlando with Lisy and Wee Jimmy (Cruise Director from Carnival) and had an absolute blast! Orlando has so much to offer and is so exciting. It's like the Surfers Paradise of Australia. We visted Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure and SeaWorld, there was plenty of shopping, great meals out and way too many cocktails and tequilla shots. For those of you who know either Lisy or Wee Jimmy, you know exactly how much fun they are and can probably imagine the fun filled week we had. By the time I flew to West Virginia 6 days later, I was exhausted and so sick, not a great way to start ... read more

Day 42, 5 July 2007 - Disneyland Animal Kingdom and Epcot Another full on day! Animal Kingdom from 9am until 12.30: Its tough to be a Bug 3-D movie; Kilimanjaro Safari; Kali River Rapids; Everest Roller Coaster and Dinosaur ride. Epcot from 1pm until 8.30pm: Mission Space ride; Test Track ride; Seas with Nemo ride; Soarin ride; Living with the Land ride; Circle of Life movie; Journey into the Imagination ride; Honey I Shrunk the Audience 3-D. Again another great day and a slightly earlier finish to this one! After we'd done all the rides we wanted to at Epcot, we took a walk around all the 'countries', which were great. Unfortunately all the restaurants were booked, but we ended up getting fish and chips from 'England' and sitting on the lake eating them, which ... read more