Taking up 40 square miles, across 4 theme parks, Walt Disney World can be a pretty overwhelming prospect when you first arrive. After a pretty epic trip to the parks, here’s my top 10 tips to have the best Walt Disney World Trip ever. buy a rain poncho Look, I know you’ve spent weeks planning your holiday wardrobe or …
Return to the Magic Kingdom
After the torrential rain on our first visit, Dave and I decided to spend our last day in Orlando by going back to the Magic Kingdom. The Magic Kingdom was so different in the dryer weather! There seemed to be something happening around every corner we turned, with street performers, vintage vehicles driving around, the …
Miami and the Everglades
We spent a few days in Miami, staying in Miami Beach. I’ll confess that a lot of time was spent on sun loungers by the hotel pool or on the beach. We did manage to stroll around the area of Surfside on one afternoon. Miami Beach is a mix of art deco and Cuban looking …
Flanigans Seafood Bar and Grille, Surfside
While we were in Miami, we stayed in the Surfside area of Miami Beach. On our third day, Dave and I peeled ourselves from the sun loungers and took a little stroll in search of some lunch. We ended up in Flanigan’s Seafood Bar and Grille. The restaurant felt so American to us visting Brits, with …
Animal Kingdom
Animal Kingdom is an usual park, mixing rides with shows and animals. This was the last park we did as a family. The newly opened Pandora was our first stop. The whole area is based on the planet of Pandora from Avatar, and is incredible to see. The place is lush with plants, with amazing models of glowing plant …
Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure
The Universal resort in Orlando is made up of three parks; Universal Studios Florida, Islands of Adventure and Volcano Bay. We didn’t bother with the water park, but we visited Studios and Islands. We started off at Islands of Adventure. Naturally, we headed straight for the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. You step through an archway and are transported to …
Eating and Drinking around Epcot
Epcot is one of the most iconic Disney World parks. With the famous Spaceship Earth golf ball, and the lakeside World Showcase, I was super excited to visit this one. We started in Future World, which is decided to innovation and technology. We both really enjoyed the relaunched Mission Space, but beware if you have trouble with enclosed spaces. …
IHOP, Orlando
We couldn’t be in America without visiting some of those classic American food joints. IHOP, or International House of Pancakes, was top of my list of places I wanted to try while we were stateside. We found the IHOP nearest our hotel, and set off on our last day in Orlando. We were planning to head back to the Magic …
Hollywood Studios
Disney’s Hollywood Studios is their movies themed park, home to zones themed on Star Wars and Pixar. This was our second park and the second I stepped through the gate and say the beautiful Hollywood Boulevard, I was hooked. The boulevard is all themed on the golden age of Hollywood, and retro obsessive that I …