We've seen some increadible history on this trip. Most of it so old that we can't really takei it in. Today was a full day of history on a scale that I can fully appreciate it, even if the kids can't. It's all the more important because literally tomorrow, NASA begins the final decomissioning of the Space Shuttle program. Starting tomorrow the Discovery orbiter will begin being loaded onto a 747 to be transported up to the Smithsonian for permanent exhibit on Apr...

Somehow the easter bunny managed to track us down here in Orlando, missing home on a day like today, but hard to beat what we got up to. A very lazy start (they're becoming more common) got us to Epcot by 11:30. The big attraction here is Soarin' - the fast pass return was already sold out so we queued the estimated 75minutes, then the additional hour to get on the ride. 2 hours! No way the ride could live up to that wait, and it didn't. If I hadn't been to Univ...

Disney has been tremendous fun, but thrills, not so much. A slow start to the day saw us getting into Universal Islands of Adventure by lunch time. Straight out of the block it is awesome. Hulk - my first propoer grown up coaster in 20 years. Gab and I tagged on single rider queues all day long. I did Dr Doom's Fear Fall - pretty much the Batman ride from the Gold Coast so Gab didn't bother with this one. All four of us went on the 3D Spiderman movie, Emerson s...

Firstly I can report there are plenty of non-believers here in the US. Disney's Hollywood Studios carpark was 75% full at 9am this morning. Again its Spring Break this week yet with a few tips we're still getting to see and do everything we want. Best tip of the week, get to Hollywood Studios and fast pass toy story straight away. It ended up with a 2hr queue and a 7hr fastpass queue! Was well worth it, the kids had a ball way better than the buzzlightyear shoo...

Big sleep in today after last night. We didn't leave the hotel until an indulgent 11am. Today we hit Animal Kingdom, everyone had put this place down as "just a morning" no way, it's a place full of things for the kids to tie them up for days if they're into this sort of thing. Our half day left well over half the park unexplored. We fastpassed the rapids ride then went off to see the the hard life for bugs show. I've never sat through one of these multi-sensory...