alanm
05-04-2011, 19:43
Thursday March 24th
Day off today, we made a conscious decision before we came to not try and do it all, no point being shattered after three days so it was early starts, early finish, time to relax in or by the pool everyday, dinner out in the evenings around 6pm and then if we fancied, mini golf or a quick drive to Downtown Disney for a walk around, stop for a drink and listen to some live music or watch whatever other entertainment was going on, buy some sweets and people watch.
Cirque du Soliel this evening, a fantastic show for all the family and well worth the admission price, dinner afterwards at Raglan Road the only place we ate that didn't have prices on their menu, good food but nearly double what we were paying elsewhere.In Downtown Disney we also ate at Planet Hollywood and T-Rex, when eating closer to the villa on 192 we enjoyed Outback Steakhouse (ribs are great), Houlihans (enjoyed the pot roast), Longhorn Steakhouse and Applebees. We had three breakfasts out, first day at IHop, $54, wasn't overly impressed, the two other mornings it was Houlihans, $34 and far superior in my opinion. Drivers be carefull, most of the above do two for one drinks in the evening so for example if you ask for a G&T and a Bacardi & Coke, you will get two of each, great if you are the passenger though. Cost of dinner & drinks for us on average was $65-$70 + tip per night
Friday March 25th, Universal today, again pretty quiet, Straight on to Rip Ride Rocket, no wait then on to the Mummy, no wait, followed swiftly by the Simpsons excellent, Shrek 4D is excellent also, Denise & Ewan did Jaws, I headed to MIB with Keelin, met up again and done ET. Denise and Ewan did Mummy again and Ewan did Rip Ride a couple of more times. Terminator 3D seems a little dated now compared to others.
Saturday March 26th - Epcot, Probably my least favorite but that doesn't mean it's not good, really enjoyed Soaring, would have liked it to be a bit longer, everybody heads for this attraction first, get your fastpasses and ride at least once, Mission Space is also good,Turtle talk with Crush is worth a visit if you have kids. The World Showcase part of it isn't great for Kids (not mine anyway) I'd like to go back and have a better look without the kids, maybe next time[msnsmile] It is a good park though for meet & greets, you can do Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy or Pluto all in one go, we also caught another couple of Princesses.
Sunday March 27th - Aquatica
This is a good clean water park we all enjoyed it, no real hair raising slides but all good fun, can't compare it to other water parks in Orlando as haven't been to any others, it has a very good not so lazy river, well worth a visit if you require a lazy day.
Monday March 28th - Sea World
The thunder, lightening & rain didn't put us off, enjoyed a half day here, coasters not operating due to the weather, really wanted to do Manta, anyway paid a few $ to let the kids feed the dolphins, very cute, caught the Orca show, not as good with the trainers out of the water but still enjoyable, walked around for a while looking at different bits & bobs until the rain and cold got the better of us and we took refuge in the Florida Mall where Denise carried out a sneak attack on Applecrumble & Fish or something like that:D
Tuesday March 29th -IOA
Back to IOA and straight up to Harry Potter. Tip - they will not allow bags of any type on the Forbidden Journey, you will have to join a huge line for lockers (free) so NO BAGS or if like us you are going to do a child swop, you can bypass this loooooong line on the left, even at that it took us 45mins to reach the ride, glad we done it but personnally I wouldn't again, after lunch popped in to Universal Studios for a couple of hours.
Only one more full day left [msnsad]
Day off today, we made a conscious decision before we came to not try and do it all, no point being shattered after three days so it was early starts, early finish, time to relax in or by the pool everyday, dinner out in the evenings around 6pm and then if we fancied, mini golf or a quick drive to Downtown Disney for a walk around, stop for a drink and listen to some live music or watch whatever other entertainment was going on, buy some sweets and people watch.
Cirque du Soliel this evening, a fantastic show for all the family and well worth the admission price, dinner afterwards at Raglan Road the only place we ate that didn't have prices on their menu, good food but nearly double what we were paying elsewhere.In Downtown Disney we also ate at Planet Hollywood and T-Rex, when eating closer to the villa on 192 we enjoyed Outback Steakhouse (ribs are great), Houlihans (enjoyed the pot roast), Longhorn Steakhouse and Applebees. We had three breakfasts out, first day at IHop, $54, wasn't overly impressed, the two other mornings it was Houlihans, $34 and far superior in my opinion. Drivers be carefull, most of the above do two for one drinks in the evening so for example if you ask for a G&T and a Bacardi & Coke, you will get two of each, great if you are the passenger though. Cost of dinner & drinks for us on average was $65-$70 + tip per night
Friday March 25th, Universal today, again pretty quiet, Straight on to Rip Ride Rocket, no wait then on to the Mummy, no wait, followed swiftly by the Simpsons excellent, Shrek 4D is excellent also, Denise & Ewan did Jaws, I headed to MIB with Keelin, met up again and done ET. Denise and Ewan did Mummy again and Ewan did Rip Ride a couple of more times. Terminator 3D seems a little dated now compared to others.
Saturday March 26th - Epcot, Probably my least favorite but that doesn't mean it's not good, really enjoyed Soaring, would have liked it to be a bit longer, everybody heads for this attraction first, get your fastpasses and ride at least once, Mission Space is also good,Turtle talk with Crush is worth a visit if you have kids. The World Showcase part of it isn't great for Kids (not mine anyway) I'd like to go back and have a better look without the kids, maybe next time[msnsmile] It is a good park though for meet & greets, you can do Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy or Pluto all in one go, we also caught another couple of Princesses.
Sunday March 27th - Aquatica
This is a good clean water park we all enjoyed it, no real hair raising slides but all good fun, can't compare it to other water parks in Orlando as haven't been to any others, it has a very good not so lazy river, well worth a visit if you require a lazy day.
Monday March 28th - Sea World
The thunder, lightening & rain didn't put us off, enjoyed a half day here, coasters not operating due to the weather, really wanted to do Manta, anyway paid a few $ to let the kids feed the dolphins, very cute, caught the Orca show, not as good with the trainers out of the water but still enjoyable, walked around for a while looking at different bits & bobs until the rain and cold got the better of us and we took refuge in the Florida Mall where Denise carried out a sneak attack on Applecrumble & Fish or something like that:D
Tuesday March 29th -IOA
Back to IOA and straight up to Harry Potter. Tip - they will not allow bags of any type on the Forbidden Journey, you will have to join a huge line for lockers (free) so NO BAGS or if like us you are going to do a child swop, you can bypass this loooooong line on the left, even at that it took us 45mins to reach the ride, glad we done it but personnally I wouldn't again, after lunch popped in to Universal Studios for a couple of hours.
Only one more full day left [msnsad]