So yesterday was kinda exciting...
Last night we sat the kids down to have a ‘serious talk’ with them. We made sure there were no distractions, TV was off, iPads closed. They could feel a storm was coming, the look on thei...
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2015
26 stories, arranged in the order they happened.
Tickets booked... check! Excited kids... check! Excited adults... check!
T minus 100 days and counting until we head off to Florida for our 2015 Summer Holiday and really. cannot. wait!!! :D Holiday preparation has been set in motion and currently involves tot...
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Throwback Thursday! With just over three weeks to go until…
Throwback Thursday! With just over three weeks to go until we go Back To The Future… Great Scott! Florida sorry 😉 I thought I’d share some images from our last visit (I did actually prom...
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Day Zero
A quick word to those seeing this for the first time – or for those who have forgotten my mindless ramblings from last time – this is our family’s holiday blog, where I (mostly) tell you...
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Day One... or not Day One.
Actually not, sorry. We got in really late after dinner and although I’ve been working on it since we got in, there’s too much still to add and photos to process that I didn’t want to pos...
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Day One - Take Two
**Ahola!** Isle. Aloha Isle, apparently the place to be to get the famous Dole Whip, a soft serve ice-cream (which also comes in float form). This was one of the items on the to-do list a...
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Day Two
**Abridged** Father day, got a t-shirt :) Headed to Epcot and managed to get some of the newer rides in that we missed last time, including Test Track, which was amazing and Soarin’ which...
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Day Three
Relatively short one so only one little update for Monday. Rest day today so everyone got up a little later - which felt great! Headed to the hotel for breakfast for quickness (but lazine...
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Hollywood Studios (Day 4)
**In Summary…** Hollywood studios today (though you might have guessed that already ;). No breakfast as we had last night meal quite late and it was more like three meals rolled into one...
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Animal Kingdom (Day 5)
**Synopsis** Animal Kingdom today and another early start - I’m actually quite looking forward to tomorrow to get a bit of a rest :) Had some breakfast in the hotel as our schedule was qu...
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Typhoon Lagoon (Day 6)
I turned the alarms off last night so we woke up a little later today. Nothing on the agenda apart from going to Typhoon Lagoon water park for a few hours and then the Golden Corral buffe...
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Universal Studios (Day 7)
So I woke up really tired and (technically) forced myself to go in for a shower. Yeah it’s weird. As you probably guessed I am not a 35 year old, I’m only 8 and my name is Patrick - I’m t...
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Seaworld (Day 8)
**The Short Of It.** We had dinner booked in Seaworld for today so headed out for some breakfast to IHOP before heading off. Had a debate about me ditching Seaworld and attending the Walk...
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Magic Kingdom: Take 2 (Day 9)
Only one update today as it was a long day and dont want to repeat myself too much. So it was Magic Kingdom for a second time (first time for the parents) and everyone, apart from my dad...
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The best laid plans... (Day 10)
Not much happening and no pics to share so gonna be a really quick and early one today. We planned for Aquatica but as there was a 90% chance of thunder & rain forecast, we canned that an...
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Islands Of Adventure (Day 11)
We had a great day for Patrick’s birthday today and went to Islands of Adventure to celebrate it. We made it onto Harry Potters Forbidden Journey (exceptional), Jurassic Park (got soaked)...
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Epcot: The Return (Day 12)
**Quick Summary.** Got up at nearly lunchtime, grab a quick coffee and headed to Epcot. Kicked off with Spaceship Earth, then two mum & dad hadn’t done before Soarin’ & Test Track. Apart...
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Daytona Beach (Day 13)
Wee short update for today so no summary needed. Slept in this morning so we hurriedly got up and headed off to breakfast at the hotel. Patrick was still really tired and kept falling asl...
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Shopping (Day 14)
It’s a pretty short one today so no pics, no summary. Buffet breakfast at Golden Corral (minus the walking dead memes this time, soz). And what do you do when you go to a buffet for break...
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Shopping (Day 15)
Shopping… Again. Busy busy day being Independence Day (down with the British! Woohoo! Etc etc etc…) so hit breakfast then the other outlets for some final purchases. First shop, Converse....
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Universal & Islands (Day 16)
I’ve kinda scrapped the summary because I’m not getting a chance throughout the day to add anything. So it’s all or nothing from here on in (not long to go now though :) Up early-ish and...
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Hollywood Studios (Day 17)
Early start to get ahead of the weather but slept in slightly - partly due to me having a very surreal dream experience about the new Star Wars movie, it wasn’t just that the movie had co...
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Day 18
Parentals go home today so no real plans for the first half of the day. We penciled in Hollywood Studios for fireworks later, if, IF the weather holds up. Woke up and out of bed at 9 and...
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Day 19
Penultimate (full) day here on hols and still loving it. Little bit of a crammed agenda ahead but we’re highly motivated to just power through - the impending weekend will be a monstrous...
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Day 20
Last Day. Home tomorrow :( Spent most of the morning trying to get everything squeezed into our cases, while the kids slept on. We bought two extra cases here too and they were filled pre...
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Final thoughts (Day 21)
A few words on today’s events (which now happened yesterday) and some final thoughts about the holiday to come. **It’s time to go…** Sitting on the plane ready for take off. A slight dela...
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