So it has arrived ...... the last day of our great American adventure ....... The day dawned with beautiful blue clear skies and after breakfast and packing as much as I could we headed for the "cool" pool as the kids call it. I took up my position on the beach chair with book in hand while the kids hired some tubes and hit the water. Lunch was had on the pool deck - beef sliders and mudslides ( beef sliders are tiny burgers - three to a plate - mini h...

Friday in Orlando As our time in the USA grows closer to the end we set off to use up our 3 day Universal Studios pass and to catch the rides we didn't get the other days. So it was straight for the Ripit Rocket ( I think that's it's name!) .as my stomach was not playing the game I opted to sit this one out and anyone who knows me knows my love of the fast and thrill seeker rides so I wasn't the happiest camper!!

Today was kick back day. Especially when we found Barck Obama was coming to town and taking over Disney !! Half of Magic Kingdom was closed off for his visit so our figuring was (once we realized he had not come to welcome the Smiths from Australia to the USA ) everyone would head for Universal to get away from the whole Obama thing so we stayed away. Turns out that it was a gorgeous day and we hung by the pool after breakfast at Zimmies, the restaurant. After a ...

Today we headed back to Universal Studios to check out the Universal Studios side of the Park. It was to be a lovely hot day with showers coming later. Our goal was to hit the big ride of the park first before the crowds came in but alas and alack! It was closed hoping to be opened later in the day. Sad face:( Our next ride was the Mummy ride and unexpectedly it was a great ride - no scare factor but I think we are beyond fear now! Thoroughly enjoyable! From here...

The day started with Jack doing his fitness training before we had breakfast and headed off for Blizzard Beach the Disney Water Park, the last of our ventures into Disney from our pass we had bought. It was a beautiful warm sunny day getting to a predicted 25 degrees Celsius . Today was to be the pick of the days to week and why we headed for the water park. I had had enough of rides and being without my glasses and the queasy feeling and yucky head that comes ...