Happy 18th Birthday Liam. Not such a late start today, I managed to get a full 7 hours sleep for the first time in days. We made our way to Universal Studios and were blown away by the size of the place. Liam chose to do Islands of Adventure for his birthday and we had a blast. It started with the Spiderman ride, followed by Skull Island reign of Kong, Jurassic Park River Adventure and then on to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - we were only half way thro...

We managed to sleep in this morning, nothing planned before heading to Newark airport to catch our flight to Orlando. Another Uber ride into New Jersey which is a stark contrast to New York. Southwest airlines was great to fly with, so cheap and no extra charge for luggage, or food and drinks. We had an awesome Uber driver who managed to get us to the hotel, well eventually. We checked in and went to TGI Fridays for dinner - best steak I've ever had and the ...

We were supposed to start early but getting the boys up and at em is a difficult task. We were going to use our Hop On Hop Off bus pass to get us downtown but a late start meant we had to take the subway. What an experience that was. You climb down a few flights of stairs and immediately there is this overwhelming heat that hits you. It took us a bit to work out the ticketing system (still not sure we have it right) but eventually we were in the heart of the ...

Late start to the first full day, jet lag and lack of sleep had hit us hard and we slept until 11.30 am. The only thing that woke us was the lady trying to get into our room to make the beds. I dragged the boys out of bed and we got going. Of course we were all hungry so headed to Hard Rock Café for lunch, breakfast, um not sure what it was. After a fill of burgers and fries we headed around Times Square, brought tickets to a comedy show we probably won't see...

The morning started bright and early at 3am with a trip from Bendigo to Melbourne airport. Thanks to Ian and Vic for driving us there and picking us up. We arrived at the airport checked in and then headed to the Qantas Business lounge which was a surprise for the boys. They loved the free breaky, coffees etc. and it didn't take Liam long to find the pancake machine. After breaky we boarded flight QF 93 from Melbourne to Los Angeles. The flight was uneventfu...