( Photo taken from top of Swiss Family Robinson house looking down) We were up even earlier than usual this morning, if that is possible. For our first day at Magic Kingdom, I had a sneaky plan of attack to beat the crowds. We had a breakfast reservation that placed us inside the park 50 minutes before opening. It was also a 'Character meal' which means Disney character come to your table to sign autographs and pose for photos. The 7 yr old was so very excit...

7th- We were up early and lined up for our second day at Epcot. Yet again, our system of running to get Fast-passes for the super popular rides worked a treat! We also got to visit the countries we had missed. The big disappointment was that the one real souvenir I wanted for myself is no longer sold in 'Canada '. Anne of Green Gables..... Boohooey!!! Our lunch in 'France' involved escargot ( snails) and real French onion soup. By the time we got home we ...

The medical concierge ( mobile doctor attached to the resort)came at 1:30 in the morning and after inspection, declared the 7 yr old had an infected ear, pharyngitis and start of respiratory infection. He stayed for ages being friendly and doing some chemical swabby test for a weird throat illness that he didn't have. I think that test must have helped to hike the bill up so much, but I nearly died when he wrote out the rd riot. I am in the wrong business. Me...

Too tired to write much today- but i was too tired yesterday so i have made myself. 4th Today was a bit of a grumpy day. We were out of our place by 10:30 and off to Downtown Disney for our fun lunch reservation. It was a day where the rain was spitting gently down, not at all unpleasantly. We dined at Rainforest Cafe, a kids dream of a restaurant with life size jungle animals that come to 'life' every 15 minutes and a forest storm every 20 minutes without r...

Up at 6 this morning! We headed in to Islands of Adventure by 6:30 and were walking to line up by just after 7 for rope drop ( gates opening) at 8. All the onsite hotel guest get in an hour early so we saw them racing in. We were first in the common folk line though! Yay! I bought a book with infor on all the rides at both Universal and Disney and including touring plans set out by actuaries who specialise in working out how to minimise line-waits and maximi...