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
This is post 9 of 9 in the series “Caramel Latte Kiss in America” 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 …
Miami and the Everglades
This is post 8 of 9 in the series “Caramel Latte Kiss in America” 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 …
Flanigans Seafood Bar and Grille, Surfside
This is post 7 of 9 in the series “Caramel Latte Kiss in America” 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 …
Animal Kingdom
This is post 6 of 9 in the series “Caramel Latte Kiss in America” 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 …
Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure
This is post 5 of 9 in the series “Caramel Latte Kiss in America” 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 …
Eating and Drinking around Epcot
This is post 4 of 9 in the series “Caramel Latte Kiss in America” 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 …
IHOP, Orlando
This is post 3 of 9 in the series “Caramel Latte Kiss in America” 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 …
Hollywood Studios
This is post 2 of 9 in the series “Caramel Latte Kiss in America” 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 …
The Magic Kingdom
This is post 1 of 9 in the series “Caramel Latte Kiss in America” What better way to spend my first day in America than at the Magic Kingdom? Despite arriving in Orlando at about midnight, we were all wide awake at 7am and raring to go. Unfortunately, my excitement was thwarted by some much …