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Today we left Miami and travelled to Orlando, it took longer to check in and get through security than the actual time on the flight (I wasn't in the air long enough to even watch a full episode of the Simpsons). So at the Orlando airport we caught the Disney Magical Express bus and yes it is as over the top as it sounds but it is cute, all part of the Disney experience I guess. Well check in was easy and the room is great although there is no fridge (you have to request one at an extra cost).we pretty much just dumped off all our stuff in the room and headed straight to downtown Disney for some shopping. It is all so cute with Disney music playing and the shops are crazy and the Disney souvenirs you can buy, just about everything you can imagine is made into merchandise. We went to a place called the house of blues for a very late lunch/early dinner and it was awesome, check out the pics of Andrews baby back ribs, the meat was just falling off the bone. I had chicken tenders, they were slightly spicy and really nice. We have found that not many mains come with salad so you have to order it as a side. At the house of blues it was called an appetizer and I had kept it to eat with my main but the waitress kept asking if I had finished with it before my main came out, they probably thought who is this weird aussie wanting her salad with her main course.
There is a huge cinema at downtown Disney with 24 cinema screens and the movies are only $10 way cheaper than at home, if we have some spare time we hope to go along and see a movie before we leave here. We have put our little travel buddies in the window so everyone can see them, everyone does it here, especially with the towels that are in the shape of Halloween animals etc. At the resort we brought a souvenir bottomless mug. You can fill it anytime anyday with coffee, tea, hot chocolate or soft drink (soda is what they call it here).
The only bad thing so far is I think I am getting a cold or something. I have a sore scratchy throat. It's probably from getting on and off all the cold air conditioned buses and going in and out of the hot humid weather but trust me it will take more than a cold to spoil my trip and keep me from getting out and about.Anyway as this is a travel day there is not much else to say but stay tuned.
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