Packed up and checked out of our home (hotel) of the last four days and made an hour drive north east along the Florida Tollway to Cape Canaveral. It was 60 miles and we had to pay 3 different tolls totalling $3.50.... not bad for a high speed roadway, but with the number of vehicles on the road someone is making an awful lot of money from road users.We crossed the Indian River waterway which continues right down to where we were at Melbourne yesterday, and had t...

Up early again to get the shuttle - this time to Hollywood Studios - much cooler today and many, many more people about at opening time. We saw a few interesting shows and watched an excellent stunt show with cars and bikes, but once again for us we were ready to go by the afternoon.Sue and I got a bus back to the main road and then jumped on the wrong connection and had to get dumped on the side of the freeway and walk 2 miles back to our hotel in the rain!!!The...

Had a nice sleep in this morning and then fired up the SUV and headed west for the coast. The main drag through Kissimmee was lined with hotels, motels, gift shops and take out places for about 15 miles before we came across open country which we saw all the way to the town of Melbourne. There we saw the Indian River inlet (or estuary or whatever you would call the area of water) which is separated from the ocean by a narrow strip of land joined by numerous large...

Caught the shuttle right on time and got out to Disney World just as the place opened up - good timimg - and we had a look around enjoying a few of the rides without having to queue at all. But by 10.30am it was different matter with thousands of people arriving and making the place very crowded and resulting in long waits to see anything. Not really my scene as I hate being in big mobs of people and I was very glad to get away mid afternoon. Greg and Jasmin stay...

It was about 250 miles to Orlando from Talahassee and we made it by early afternoon and were immediately hit with the heat and humidity. Only about 85F but with such high moisture that it feels like you are carrying a weight on your body.We checked out a few hotels - the place is full of holiday makers - and found one in Kissimmee not far from the theme parks, that was quite reasonably priced and had vacancies. Got the usual American double ie 2 queen sized beds ...