Universal Studios. WARNING!! More spoilers ahead! Since we had to check out that morning we didn't manage to get to the Theme park until about 10 o'clock. As we entered through the gates we were already aware that it was going to be a scorcher of a day. We quickly headed for the first queue we saw to get out of the sun. This turned out to be the Shrek ride and after waiting the obligatory 5 mins we were ushered in to what is a combination of 3D cinema with...

Islands of Adventure and Harry Potter World WARNING!! Serious spoiler info in this blog...do not read if you dont want to know every detail of the Harry Potter World rides and the rest of the park!!! After a lovely night's sleep in a proper bed we got up early and finally had our long awaited shower!! Feeling refreshed, if still sore from the sunburn, we walked back to Universal to arrive there just after opening time (9am) and entered the Islands of Adven...

Tickets and Arabian Nights After another uncomfortably hot night in Bertha we resolved that today would be about getting the Air Con fixed if possible and finding cheap tickets for Harry Potter World. So after asking the rest stop attendant for directions to a local garage we set off. We found a garage in the general area he had suggested but unfortunately they didnt have time to look at Bertha but sent us to another garage down the road. This was a Shell garag...

Driving throught the Everglades. Not a very exciting day today really, we drove from the rest stop into the Everglades for a couple of hundred miles eventually reaching Busch Gardens where we stopped to get some food at IHOP! The road was very long, very hot and very straight, there was a river or canal that ran alongside it most of the time that helped to provide some entertainment as there were various birds sitting along the edge, herons, pelicans, cranes et...