Orlando Guide - CAT OWNER DIARY
Preparing to pack on a rainy Afternoon
A great way to spend a rainy afternoon in the sunshine state.
If like me you usually leave your packing to the last day, I found on a recent trip where we had a rainy afternoon my time would be best spent removing all those labels from the garments I had recently purchased for my family...
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My Florida holiday diary day 5
My Florida holiday diary day 5
Yet another early start. We have a lovely breakfast outside on the deck, watching the eagles soar above and the mist on the water as the sun rises.
After breakfast we sit and discuss what we would like to do for the day. PLEASE…. can we play in t...
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My Florida holiday diary. Day 1
My Florida holiday diary.
Day1.
We arrived at Orlando airport after a long but enjoyable (I love travelling) flight from England in the UK, but the bright Florida sunshine was making us feel wide awake. We rode on the monorail in the airport to go to collect our baggage, and then o...
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My Florida holiday diary. Day 2
Day 2
MAGIC KINGDOM !
We all decided for our first day we would visit the magic Kingdom, as jus looking up main street to Cinderella castle is just an awesome sight! It is just a perfect start to what is going to b e a perfect holiday for us girls!
We have breakfast and get re...
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My Florida holiday diary. Day 3
Day 3
After a magical and very long day at the Magic kingdom yesterday we decided to do something more relaxing……a water park. Typhoon Lagoon was chose and we got our swimwear and sun cream and set off to the park. It was a lovely sunny day, as always, and after renting a locker we got re...
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My Floriday holiday diary day 4
Day 4
Another lovely sunny and warm day!
We had breakfast on the pool deck watching the amazing sunrise over the lake (we were up early, still in the British time zone) and told the girls we were going to see the animals at Disney Animal Kingdom. This is a lovely park, but so ...
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Our 4th July Celebrations. Pt 1
This was the second time we had been in the US for Independence Day celebrations. On the previous occasion, having visited Boston just a few days earlier, visiting Independence Hall and taking in the history of the War of Independence, we expected great things on July 4th. By the time Independence D...
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Our 4th July Celebrations. Pt 2
As we approached Celebration via the I4 and World Drive, the roads were unusually quiet. With the excision of one notice, advertising the free park and ride from Celebration Place, there was nothing to indicate that the town would be busy or parking difficult to secure - how wrong we were! As we tur...
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Our 4th July Celebrations. Pt 3
Apart from the food on offer there was plenty of entertainment to be had.
We had missed the judging of the fancy dress competition whose theme was An All American Salute To The Cinema, but those contestants who had not opted to change in to something cooler could still be seen mingling wit...
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Our 4th July Celebrations. Pt 4
By this time we had resigned ourselves to being inside the restaurant when the fireworks display began, but in the hope that we get seated early and have finished our meal, we arrived at the restaurant some 10 - 15 minutes before our scheduled time. The party in front of us who had not made a reserv...
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The first time we holidayed in Florida.
The first time we went to Disney was in 1979 and it was to California. We were having an adult holiday and our friends wanted to go so slightly reluctantly we went along.
Well, of course, we were captivated and could not wait to go back. We determined that next time it would be to Disney...
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Our first stay in a Florida Villa.
Having told you about our first holiday in Florida, I thought I would share with you our first villa holiday.
We had had a great first holiday in Florida, oh yes we did. But being confined to a hotel room was not so great. Kids fighting, a parent snoring, nocturnal visits to the loo, ter...
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The Panhandle
The Panhandle
We made our first trip to the Panhandle this winter (January 2012) and stayed in a small townhome at Navarre Beach. It is usually about 10 degrees cooler there than in Orlando. Although we found this area ideal for a base, if we had the younger members of the family with us,...
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Our trip to St. Augustine
Our trip to St. Augustine
On our visit to the villa last September we decided to have a 2 night visit to St Augustine.
We left Davenport about 10 in the morning and set off on out journey. It was a pleasant 2 hour drive with no problems.
We stopped at the Best Western just...
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Birthday Treat/Sailing
Well had a funny sleep overnight as it seemed to be cold, cold in Florida! We have been over in November and Feb but never in January, so this was a first. Jeff got up early and turned on the heating for a while. We had some breakfast and the day started to heat up quite nicely.
We hit the s...
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The Holiday of a villa owner
Just arrived at the airport exhausted as usual. Collect car and head off “home”. That first thrill of arriving and going to our villa never wears off. We stop at Publix on the way to pick up our groceries for the next few days, tea, coffee, milk etc. Sort our selves out and relax until American time...
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New York to Florida – Our East Coast Trip 2010
New York to Florida – Our East Coast Trip 2010
Last October my Husband Dave and I took a trip to see the sights of New York followed by a drive down the East Coast to Florida. We took my close friend Fiona on what she terms as her trip of a lifetime! ! ! ! Poor Dave had 2 women and a Sat Na...
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First Evening in Florida
After months of planning and anticipation we finally arrive at Orlando International Airport on the way to our villa.
Everyone is very impatient to get through immigration but unfortunately this is a process that never seems very quick. Once we get our luggage we go on the Monorail over ...
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Our First Day in Orlando
After months of anticipation and planning we are finally waking up for our first day at our villa. I am never sure whether it is jet lag or sheer excitement but it is unusual for any of the family to sleep after 6. 00am.
If fact one year when my Mother and I both woke at 4. 00am we quic...
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Weeki Wachee Springs
Following a recent visit to Florida some friends of ours mentioned that they had set out to visit Weeki Wachee Springs and see the mermaids, but had turned round due to bad weather. So, on our latest trip my wife and I decided to go and see exactly what our friends had missed.
Driving west a...
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Disney Celebration Cruise...Wishes
I wanted to do something special for my husband’s 50th birthday and after looking on the Disney World website at all the behind the scene tours, came across the Speciality Cruises under the More Magic, Other Recreation section and thought this sounded a little different. You don’t need Disney park e...
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Diary of a homeowners vacation - 12
Wednesday 10 October.
Well I woke up this morning and decided I was staying so had quite a lot to sort out.
The sun was high in the sky but I resisted the temptation for a quick dip as I needed to get onto a few folks. Most importantly I had to get hold of the other half to make sure ...
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Diary of a homeowners vacation - 14
Thursday 11 October
Well I awoke early this morning and felt all pleased that I could just roll over and snooze and not have to get up and pack and tidy the villa away! However the sun was welcoming me and so I decided to get up and have a quick swim in the pool and catch some rays of lovely ...
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Diary of a homeowners vacation - 11
Monday 08 October (Columbus Day)
Woke up as normal routine and decided it was time for another shopping trip. I had actually forgotten it was the Columbus Day weekend and some bargains would be waiting for me!
I decided on the short trip over to the 192 as I wanted to go to a certain ...
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Diary of a homeowners vacation - 13
Well I woke up Tuesday morning and decided to stay around the villa and try to relax which I find quite difficult to do as I get bored easily. After a light breakfast, I decided to lie by the pool as it was glorious again.
It was so hot I decided in the pool we go. We rarely have the pool he...
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Diary of a homeowners vacation - 5
SUNDAY
We awoke to a rather nice and sunny Sunday morning and after breakfast we decided to go and surprise a few folks.
First of all we wanted to check out the garden and pool so for the first time since I arrived on Wednesday I went out onto the pool deck with hubby while he walked ...
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Diary of a homeowners vacation - 6
Monday
New month, new week. Well as hubby was in town we had decided to try and have a bit of a holiday this trip, no DIY on the calendar!
Had such a crazy week I can’t remember what we did exactly during the day Monday but it involved dossing around the villa and pool generally chil...
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Diary of a homeowners vacation - 7
Wednesday
Well I like to go to the Gulf Coast at least one day per trip and today was the day, so we got up early and pottered around the villa getting organised and packing a little cooler with cold drinks and Scooby snacks and left the villa about half 9.
We had a pleasant trip ove...
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Diary of a homeowners vacation - 8
THURSDAY 04 OCT DAY 9
We just pottered around the villa today as we were planning on going out in the evening to Universals Halloween Horror Night event.
Probably also spent half the day on the phone as norm and just chilling oit by the pool etc! We then left the villa around 4 pm and...
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Diary of a homeowners vacation - 9
FRIDAY 05 OCT DAY 10
Just sort of chilled around the pool and villa again as we did not get back til 1 am last night. I pottered around and hubby had to go to the Ford garage to pick up some parts for our American car back home so I just did my thing around the villa as we were out that eveni...
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Diary of a homeowners vacation - 10
SATURDAY & SUNDAY 06 & 07 OCT
Had a chill day around the villa and pool, then had a tuna sub from Subway at Champions Gate for lunch. Hubby had a sub that seemed to have every ingredient that Subway sell! It is such a good value price too for a filling lunch.
Only time I actu...
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Diary of a homeowners vacation - 1
I promise not to bore you with every detail when it comes to vacationing as an owner as it can be dull hearing about trips to home Depot etc.
Although life is never dull for an owner on vacation and here is the beginning of one such trip over 16 sunny days.
As normal we had an uneven...
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Diary of a homeowners vacation - 2
Thursday Day 2
……was an uneventful day to start with, up early as you do on day 1 but manged til after 6 am, just pottered around then decided mid morning that shopping was the order of the day as I had been here over 12 hours, so off I went off with car keys, cards in hand and a bottle of wa...
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Diary of a homeowners vacation - 3
Friday Day 3
Got up around 8 am and decided I needed to start catching up with folks and I had two chums I wanted to catch up with in particular. I logged onto this great forum to see if one chum was up and she was logged on so I decided I would go round there first.
I showered and go...
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Diary of a homeowners vacation - 4
SATURDAY DAY 4
Another chill day planned today as I was expecting some great company tonight!
Just pottered around the villa again and decided that I really should unpack the bags and bags of shopping, so an hour or so later I had sort of organised it all. Had a healthy bite to ea, it...
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