Swiss Family Treehouse
The Swiss Family Treehouse opened in 1971 and is located in Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. It is just before the Jungle Cruise in Adventureland. It is not a ride but a walk-through attraction. The treehouse is a reproduction of the treehouse, whi...
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Choosing a villa - Hints
Thinking of traveling to the sunshine state and meeting that very famous mouse? Wow! what a fantastic holiday you will have, but lots of planning is needed to make sure you enjoy your trip.
What ever ages you are traveling with, be it wit...
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Dining with Shamu
Next time you plan a trip to Seaworld you might want to think about booking to ‘Dine with Shamu’. Well Disney can do character meals but here you get real live killer whales for company while you eat! That takes a lot of beating! I would recom...
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Seasons 52 sophisticated grill and wine bar.
Seasons 52 sophisticated grill and wine bar. Seasons 52 is a very sophisticated grill and wine bar located on Sand lake road. Their food is extremely healthy and they only use natural cooking techniques such as grilling over oak and mesquit...
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Typhoon Lagoon-13
We all love water parks and when you visit Orlando these park should be high up on your priority list of parks to visit. Let’s start by talking about Typhoon Lagoon. This park is situated on the Disney World complex close to Magic Kingdom. ...
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Eating Out - Our Personal Favourites
The choice of wonderful places to eat is enormous and of course everyone has different requirements. We always like to try new places but there are some places that we always visit every trip. To put this in context we are a retired couple with one n...
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Epcot World Showcase - The American Adventure
Epcot World Showcase - The American Adventure The American Adventure is, as would be expected, one of the larger pavilions in Epcot' s World Showcase and is the southern most point of Epcot. The US display is the official host of World Showcas...
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The Town of Celebration
The quaint and pretty town of Celebration is an oasis amidst the hustle and bustle of the theme parks. Created by Disney in 1994 and launched to celebrate the life and times of a typical American town, Celebration is a pleasant mixture of bot...
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Breakfasting out .
How often do you go out for breakfast at home? 4 times a year? twice? never? Well Americans go out for breakfast routinely and I think I know why.
Most restaurants serve breakfast and rather than the full English or Continenta choices we ...
Viewed 66 times since 31 December 2011.
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Islands of Adventure is Great
I want to tell you all about this fantastic park and why I think it’s one of the premier theme parks in Orlando. Universal Studios is made up of 5 Islands with the most cutting edge rides, shows and attractions ever created to challenge even the m...
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Ride Guide - Peter Pans Flight
Situated in Fantasyland, opposite It’s a Small World, Peter Pan’s Flight is a ride through the film version of J. M. Barrie’s classic story, Peter Pan. You sail through the skies aboard your very own pirate ship as you explore all of the areas of the...
Viewed 198 times since 17 March 2011.
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Bahama Breeze
As this was recommended to us by several different people within the space of a couple of days, we decided to give it a go. Upon arrival we had two choices either to sit indoors and have the option of choosing from the main menu or to eat out...
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Logan' Roadhouse
For a great family meal, with a ‘Western’ atmosphere and with something to please everyone Logan’s Roadhouse on Hwg 192 is a restaurant that is always our first port of call when we arrive on vacation in Florida. The first thing you will see a...
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Orange Blossom Balloons
On our first visit to Orlando, we decided to combine a long held dream to fly in hot air balloon with the opportunity to get off the normal tourist beat and see some of the areas more natural assets from a different perspective. Our children who were...
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Fort Lauderdale – Home of the Swimming Hall of Fame
We had a purpose in travelling away from Orlando in 2004, my daughter is a keen swimmer (though no Michael Phelps), and had read about the Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale. As she was keen to go, and we were keen to do something a little d...
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Oak Point
Oak Point, situated on the County Road 54, is a small, quiet and largely owner occupied residential community. It is predominantly surrounded by conservation and pastureland, hence the wide variety of wildlife that can be seen around and ab...
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Gaylord Palms - Villa de Flora
We were lucky to be taken to Gaylord Palms by a friend as we would not have thought of venturing into the enormous convention centre. It is worth visiting just for the experience of seeing what can be done in an indoor atrium but the Villa de Flora a...
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50’s Prime Time Café – Disney Hollywood Studios
Our teenage daughter’s love this restaurant, just off the main street running through the centre of Disney Hollywood Studios. As the name of suggests the restaurant is linked very closely and designed in the style of the 1950s. However it doesn’t end...
Viewed 413 times since 8 February 2011.
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Upgrade to premium class? - YES!
Often when we fly to Florida we try and upgrade our seats to premium class. Lots of people ask us if it is really worth the extra cost. Firstly we flew out in May and our flight tickets (booked through Travel Republic) cost approximat...
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Westridge
The Westridge estate is situated between the I4 at junction 58 and the 192, it is a pleasant community that is part residential and part short term let villas which gives an ideal mix and a easy and laid back sort of feeling to the estate. It also gi...
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Rainforest Cafe-7
The Rainforest Café in Downtown Disney is a great place for a special meal out for all the family, but it is particularly suitable for children. You can experience the excitement of eating your meal to the accompanying sounds of thunderstorms and ani...
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Via Napoli At Epcot
This restaurant has opened since we last visited Epcot and we were delighted when some guests at our villa told us about their experience there. Apparently it is owned by a large restaurant group which has more than fifty restaurants in America. ...
Viewed 501 times since 17 October 2010.
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Tips on self catering at your rental villa
You will probably need to think about what you will want to buy if you are not planning on eating out too often and for breakfasts. The two best supermarkets are Publix and Walmart and are very comparably priced. American food is often packed in boxe...
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General Tips For Theme Parks
Some tips to help you get the most out of your day at the Theme Parks. Where possible buy your tickets before you go to the parks, you will probably get them a bit cheaper but more importantly save time queuing at the Ticketing Booths. Viewed 721 times since 24 May 2010.
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Mickey’s Halloween
As with most people when they holiday in Orlando one of the first things we did was visit The Magic Kingdom. As we finished the day there the park started to get ready for the evening event of Mickey’s Halloween, we tried to get tickets for that e...
Viewed 722 times since 1 September 2008.
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