At the end of our last trip to Orlando - Easter 2012, I said that I thought that would be the last for a while as my children were not particularly keen and after 8 visits decided that they had enjoyed some of our holidays in other parts of the world more. We had spent a couple of years living in China which meant we were able to travel across asia.

So this year we had a new year trip snowboarding in Switzerland, spent a week in an expensive but strange hotel in Tenerife (honestly I thought I was on holiday in the Trafford centre as it was all marble, fountains and oversized furniture!), had our main holiday touring British Columbia in an enormous RV (at least it felt enormous when we picked it up, at the end of 18 days with a 14 and 12 year old I as longing for some proper doors and space!) and my wife and I are sneaking a cheeky week in Barbados next month (thanks grandma for coming to teensit for the week). All of them great, but for me none quite as much fun as a fortnight in Orlando.

The good news is that I have managed to talk them all into an early Easter trip to my favourite place next year. The children finish early for the holiday so we are off from the 27th March - 12th April. I have just booked an amazing looking villa overlooking the golf course at Reunion (of the places we have stayed this was by far our favourite). This time we will be taking Lynn's mum and dad as well and we are being joined there by Lynn's sister and husband who live in California and her niece will also be flying down to spend a few days with us along with her Fiancee. So a full house.

I am after a bit of advice. Last trip the children were particularly fed up with the theme parks and we spent a couple of days at some of the state parks (their suggestion) which we all enjoyed a lot. So part of the deal is that we will spend limited time (I have not pushed for a definition of the word limited in case the really mean next to none) in the parks. There is something really wrong when mum and dad want to and the kids don't! I have been picking up ideas of other things to do instead, but would welcome your thoughts about the most amazing places you have spent time outside of the parks. We have decided not to stay elsewhere in Florida as with us all arriving from different parts of the world we wanted to keep the same base, so it would need to within a sensible distance.

I find that excited feeling developing again, something I really don't get so strong for a holiday anywhere else.