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louisbourg
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Status: offline |  Posted - 13 May 2008 : 22:01:41  
| hi everyone
got back yesterday after the most fantastic 2 weeks in very sunny florida
i really will try to keep this short as not to bore you all 
had a great flight no delays but couldn't get sat together which was a bit upsetting , not a good start , but that was soon forgot as we arrived in the airport in florida
went to the car hire , we had a bit of a queue , we ended up been near the end of the line , anyway armed with all my info no thank you we don't need to buy the toll road card , and no thank you , we really don't want to upgrade to the special offer of a 7 seater mini van for only another £90 , (just felt we had already paid enough for the car hire (which i know we did ) and no we really didn't want the sat nav either , i had all the maps we needed , i know i carried them in my hand luggage 
anyway , the girl wasn't too fussy on us then, oh well , gave us our number and off we went
WELL , there were only a few cars left in the lot , and our number was right up the far end , and on its own ....
no that couldn't be right it was tooooo big
must be a mistake we thought , we asked the lady attendent , said there must be a mistake , she looked over the paper , and said no maa'm thats your number thats your car OH WOW WEE a shiny white 7 seater chrysler town and country how very fantastic  she said take it it's yours , we all had a good laugh and off we drove laughing all the way
we headed straight for walmart for a well deserved pack of buds and of course some essentials
and only got a little lost 5 mins from our villa , so we did great armed with our goodies and of course an autograph book for daniel (only $1.97)we made our way to our villa
oh wow , we arrived what a lovely home we got everything we had hoped for and then some
daniel got lost a few times
we got sorted and then cracked open the beer and sat outside at our pool , how quiet and well just wonderful so relaxing , we headed to bed as we had had a long day
next morning after managing about 6 hours sleep woke up at around 6am , we had birds walking around ourside the front and squirrels on the back , and a rabbit too
had some breakfast then we called up for our park tickets which we had arranged to be delivered to our villa from the site (please don't waste time looking round for better prices or service , it dosn't get any better than this !!
FANTASTIC SERVICE and a lovely guy brought our tickets within 45 mins from calling as arranged , we got booklets and everything and he was only too happy to answer a couple of directional questions we had
ABSOLUTELY RECOMMENDED !!!!!
Epcot for our first day
we were so happy as it was all so clearly sign posted
got to epcot around 9.30
had the most wonderful day , went on mission space first .......ooooh it was great , but i did close my eyes now and then
test track , i was a bit scared , but daniel had it in his plan , so well , had to do it it was good, and i enjoyed it i am not really into the big rides, none of us were , but we all enjoyed everything we went on
honey i shrunk the audience , some funny bits but not really our cup of tea
soarin was amazing , the smells the wind , just loved it fantastic we walked round all the worlds and daniel got some autographs
Epcot was our best day for getting autographs .daniel wasn't really too into the idea at first , but when i said i would give him $2 for every one he got , he soon made a swift move to get his one which was in the UK and was mary poppins
oh bless him , he went up and said can i have your autograph please , and she said what a nice young man he was for asking so politely
we had a full day and heading home at around 7pm , the day just passed so quick
went to applebee's for supper in berry town and that was really lovely , 2 for 1 beers and the food we found was really nice , and very reasonable we thought
in bed for around 10pm after my 2 beers round the pool (i was the dd so no beer till touch down
we returned to Epcot again the following week in the late afternoon to see the fireworks which were amazing , well worth a trip and then we rode nemo ....no wait , and spaceship earth , very nice too
DAY 2 MAGIC KINGDOM
again up at the crack of dawn headed out at around 9am , after sitting round the pool again , we loved it out there , so peaceful , made the coffee taste great
we made our way to the ferry , and well that first site of the castle  just amazing
we took notice of the advice , and didn't hang around main street too long , which was pretty hard as it was so breahtaking we headed up to ride big thunder mountain followed by splash mountain
these were like the first taster for daniel of the rides , to see how he would go , and he LOVED them , we got pretty wet , but we soon dried out in the very hot sun
we didn't wait more than 15 mins for either ride and some of the rides we got straight on with no wait at all
and thats been the same in every park and every ride , we were so lucky
we also did philharmagic(fasntastic)
snow white
pirates of the carribean
haunted mansion , about 30 mins wait
buzz lightyear
space mountain
and the indie speedway
we also went back again for the spectro magic parade and the fireworks wishes
no words to describe those , just out of this world , but then it is isn't it
the fireworks at mk made epcot look like a local display and i don't mean that disrespectful , but , well , its all too much to believe
well have to leave it there for now work tomorrow
but the next instalment won't be so long i promise 
and i hope i will be able to post a few pics too
thank you all very much again
sharon |
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Status: offline | Posted - 13 May 2008 : 23:17:11
| loving it Sharon...sounds fab....dont make it to short we love reading all about others trips helps keep us going till we get there again!!!
thanks for thinking of us with your trip report..... dont make us wait to long |
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Status: offline | Posted - 14 May 2008 : 00:16:07
| Oh Sharon it sounds like you have had a wonderful time.
I am like the others I love to hear about everyone elses holiday because it keeps me going until its my turn.
Looking forward to your next instalment
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Status: offline | Posted - 15 May 2008 : 04:26:43
| | Your reports are great Sharon. Im not going to Florida this year but anyone reading your reports will be really exited. Glad you had such a great time. |
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Status: offline | Posted - 17 May 2008 : 14:40:18
| Great to hear you had a good time Sharon.
We are still in Florida, we have another week yet.
We are having a great time, and up to now we have done everything on our itenary, plus more.
Had an embarrasing moment(well 2 moments really) in Typhoon lagoon the other day....
I entered the wave pool and got knocked off my feet, and couldnt get up !! (I should have remembered from the last time)
Later on another wave pulled the top of my swimsuit down, very very embarrasing
A lady who was nearby told me the same had happened to her !
It gave everone a good laugh...............
Well better go things to do
Ellie
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