Wednesday
Arrived in Orlando after a good flight.
Got to the villa about 6.30 p.m. where my daughter and her boyfriend were waiting having arrived the previous day.
Went to Manny's for dinner although I wasn't really hungry and had the 2 for 1 fajitas.
Excellent as always!

Thursday
Breakfast at the clubhouse followed by the obligatory trip to WalMart for supplies.
DH and Claire's boyfriend then went off to play golf so my friend (Jacqui)and myself walked back down to WalMart for a proper look around.
After their round of golf DH and Chris hadn't had enough so wanted to go to Edwin Watts and look at clubs! I decided to be brave and have my first proper experience of driving in Florida, although I have driven around the community before! Went to Eagle Ridge Mall and got some good bargains in the sale at J. C. Penney. The others met us there and we had dinner at Garfields - disappointing after Manny's!

Friday
Had breakfast at home then DH and Chris went off to play golf again!! Jacqui and I sat around the pool until lunchtime when we met the others at the clubhouse to eat.
We all then went to Premium Outlets to do some shopping. I didn't really enjoy it as I prefer the big stores like Sears, J.C. Penney and Dillards for shopping.
Wanted to try Bahama Breeze for dinner, but it was getting late and they had a waiting time of 1 hour, so we went over the road to Golden Corrall. We weren't very keen when we walked in, as it was a self service buffet, but the food was really good! Then had to dash back to the cars as it was bucketing down!

Saturday
Breakfast in the villa again and then we went our seperate ways! Claire and Chris went off to do an airboat ride and DH, Jacqui and myself went to Cypress Gardens as we had tickets and had booked seats for the Lonestar concert in the evening.
Had lunch at Ruby Tuesday just outside the Cypress Gardens entrance. Highly recommended.
Walked round the gardens, saw the ice show and water ski show - both very good. Didn't do any rides though.
The Lonestar concert was really fantastic - better than I was expecting.








<span style="color:red">If anyone is planning to visit Cypress Gardens in the near future, please be aware that it is up for auction on 26th September, so it's future is sadly not assured!!
At the moment only the gardens are open Monday to Thursday - no shows or rides.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday is as normal with everything available.</span id="red">