Orens First Florida Trip - part 7/8 day 10 added

**Mrs Brizzle** · 21-03-2008, 15:52

I am getting a bit behind with my reports as we are running out of time and trying to cram as much action into our last couple of days. Here is Monday's report.

Day 9

We had planned to go to a beach this morning but nobody was feeling like going. The girls wanted to try out the new pool and mother in law really only comes for the retail therapy. So I set up camp under a parasol and Neil dropped his mum at Premium Outlets for 3 hours. They were surprised to find a multi story car park has gone up since our last trip and also construction has started on another 110 shops that are due to be completed by Fall this year – yeah we are back in December! The Dixie Stampede building has not changed but the sign has been taken down and it looks a little bit sad ;-(

Neil returned to join us at the pool and we got Oren togged up for a family swim, the pool was bath temperature and he is loving the water

the girls are like fish but the UV is strong and we are struggling to stop Libby burning despite all the usual precautions. After the swim Neil takes the girls to meet his mum at premium as she has promised to buy them new Sketchers. I went back and fed Oren and put him down for a nap, plus I got to read a magazine! The others returned but the girls were without trainers as Sydney couldn't decide! As they are buy one get one half price this means Libby also has none – ah well I will have to go next time!

We relaxed for a couple of hours and then headed out for an early dinner as we needed to feed everyone before myself and Neil went for an adults only evening at Pleasure Island. It was St Patrick's day and there were celebration's at Downtown Disney. Being Premium Annual Pass holders means we get free entrance and we wanted to take advantage of having a babysitter as we wont have anyone in December.

We chose Perkins for Dinner as we wanted a quick meal and somewhere not too far. Neil was pleasantly surprised to find they now serve beer as they hadn't last time we visited. I opted for a Chicken and Bacon sandwich with honey mustard dressing and fries, Neil went for an Omelette with hash browns and a muffin, mother in law had Butterball Turkey with dressing and the kids went for their usual pizza and macaroni cheese, Sydney chose a fruit burst drink – god knows what colorings were in this as it turned her whole mouth blue!

Food done and dusted we dropped the others home and drove to Downtown Disney, we parked at the Cirque de Solei end and walked through to Pleasure Island. It was a fun atmosphere with lots of people dressed up in St Patrick's gear, there were also 'characters' roaming around dressed in green costumes – there were Leprechauns and a Punk with 'Sham Rocker' on the back of his leather jacket with a massive green mohican and fake guitar. There were many other photo opportunities and guess what – I forgot the camera arrghhhh!

We had an outside drink and a wander and then got our wristbands for the clubs at 8 Trax and went in there for a bit, it was still quite empty so we moved on to the Adventurers Club. This is a very surreal experience! It is like the impromptu street entertainment at MGM but in a house environment. The actors wander around in character and there was a butler and a maid who were very amusing and a guy in a flying jacket with a huge martini lol! It's hard to explain but there are things on the walls that move and songs to sing and pledges to take and you move from room to room with the characters. We stayed while but Neils beer was truly awful for some reason and tasted like water so we left. We poked our heads into Sound Stage but it was empty so we went back to 8 Trax for a bit, the night was still young and the spring breakers were just getting started for for us old fogeys it was bed time so we headed home.

Ham and cheese omlette

Seniors butterball turkey
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**Newhomebuyer** · 21-03-2008, 16:38

I am loving your reports and I really appreciate the food photos.
Thank you for taking the time to share. For those of us who haven't been over for a little while it is a good way to get a bit of a Florida fix.

**kokomo** · 21-03-2008, 17:00

Brilliant, I am also loving your reports, thanks Heidi.[clap]

**ShirleyD** · 21-03-2008, 17:37

Glad to hear about the car park at Premium outlets. I hoped that was why half of it was closed when we were there in January

**LiesaAnna** · 21-03-2008, 18:40

again am enjoying every bit of your holiday, almost feels like im there with you..... thanks again for sharing this trip with us...... looking forward to the next part......

**mizzy** · 21-03-2008, 22:22

Loving the trip reports but OMG Heidi are you ill mrs? you forgot the dessert [laugh][laugh][laugh] and i'd thought we'd agreed there's always room for dessert [msnwink]

**Paula D-S** · 21-03-2008, 22:28

Sounds like you are all having a fabulous time.

**Mrs Brizzle** · 22-03-2008, 02:53

Thanks guys, glad you are enjoying the reports. We are counting down the days now and I hate it, so much we didn't do! Oh well there is always next time[clap]

Sorry for my lack of dessert I did have one today at the Cheesecake Factory

but that report is still to come, I am still on Tuesday!

Day 10

Today we were on mission to do a park, we got up earlyish and headed for IHOP [ihop] I had Pancakes,sausage,hash browns and eggs but the sausages were different to the norm and I didn't enjoy as much as usual.

Breakfast done we headed for Magic Kingdom and it was busy, we opted for the boat but still had to wait in the crowds. We got into the park and had a photopass picture in front of the castle with Oren. Then we headed for Tomorrowland and did the Laughter Floor and Buzz Lightyear, after this the wait times were too long and wandered off around to Toon Town where the kids played a little in the play parks.

I fed Oren his bottle and then we wandered some more, it was really hot and busy so we decided to make our way out of the park past the castle. The girls saw that a show was about to start so we stopped to watch it and it was really good with Mickey and crew in their Year of a Million Dreams costumes.

Show over with we started our way down Main Street and I saw a small roped area that said 'Parade Selection Area' the girls really wanted to do it so we spoke to a cast member and got ourselves in the Family Fun Day Parade in the tambourine group! So I ended up pushing Oren in his buggy down Main Street in a parade and the girls waving and playing tambourines!

Later on we grabbed a Burger on the way home and then took a dip in the pool before taking the girls to Fantasia Mini Golf. There was a party for a group of Japanese tourists across from the golf and it was very cabaret Spanish style including the Birdy Song.
Once we finished we wandered through the Swan/Dolphin to the Boardwalk for a couple of hours in the evening where the girls love watching the entertainers. We did catch a few fireworks from EPCOT and on leaving the girls tried the hula hoops outside Atlantic Dance Hall.