We survived Disney!

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Hurrah!! We spent two weeks at Disney in Orlando and survived!!! Not only that but we had a good time!

Off we went, the entire family, all ten of us, via Virgin Atlantic to Orlando only to find we had brought British weather with us. The first few days were cold, raining, thunder & lightening storms and had a tornado watch in our area. But, hey, we're English, we don't let little things like that put us off. We put our macs on and set forth for the parks. Gatorland & Epcot were first, we thought we would get the least exciting ones over with first. The kids thought they were good, they love anything to do with animals. There followed in quick succession, Magic Kingdom, Universal Studios, Sea World, Animal Kingdom, Islands Of Adventure, MGM, Discovery Cove, Kennedy Space Centre, and most weirdly, a visit to the Cassadaga Spiritualist village.

Our youngest traveller had his fifth birthday while we were there and we had lunch at the Crystal Palace with Winnie the Pooh and all his friends, it was great! We also had breakfast at Cinderella's Castle with all the Princesses which the girls loved (and I've got the pictures to prove it!)

I went on lots more rides than I thought I would, I must be getting brave! My favourite was Splash Mountain, have a look at the picture, see the terror in everyones face! But I wasn't going up Everest to see the Yeti!

The water parks were brilliant, Typhoon Lagoon, and everyones favourite, Blizzard Beach, we all wished we had spent more time there.



Disney is fantastic for families and worth every penny. But by the time we came home I think we were all theme parked out! Until next time of course!
I might expand on the holiday further, another day. Bye for now!

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