Category: Destinations
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Walt Disney World – 21st August
Monday 21st August We are back. Double park Manning special. Our last time in EPCOT and Hollywood Studios. Lots to pack in and get covered. We grabbed a quick breakfast that included Koana Toast (sort of banana cake mixed with sour dough), pancakes and more pancakes. The restaurants here are top notch and that elevates…
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Walt Disney World – 20th August
Sunday 20th August Our first full day at the Polynesian, we headed to reception as we had a few problems actually getting into our room last night. The technology is great when it works, but when it doesn’t you are back to speaking to someone at a reception desk. We decided that after the amount…
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Walt Disney World – 18th August
Friday 18th August We had a chilled morning, spending time at the pool, this is the beauty of coming for three weeks. If we decide to have a day or half day at the pool we can. We spent half a day at the pool, then attempted to do a very Katy Manning thing, two…
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Walt Disney World – 17th August
Thursday 17th August 6:30 alarm is placed into Daddy’s face. Daddy needs to get up while Mummy activates two more snooze buttons. Elliott is awake asking Daddy questions about today, Nathaniel is asleep and hiding under his pillow when Daddy asks him to get ready. We head for the Skyliner heading towards EPCOT (Experimental Prototype…
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Walt Disney World – 16th August
Wednesday 16th August Today was “called” as a rest day. We have hammered the parks since we arrived and it was time for a long sleep and a chill by the pool. The weather stated rain and thunderstorms…let’s see! We took some time to explore the Art of Animation hotel as the scale of this…
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Walt Disney World – 15th August
Tuesday 15th August Happy Birthday to Nate, Happy Birthday to Nate, Happy Birthday to Nathaniel, Happy Birthday to you. Our tiny Nato Potato turns 5 and what better place to celebrate than Disneys Hollywood Studios! We asked Nate what he wanted to do for his birthday and he replied “build a lightsaber” so we changed…
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Walt Disney World – 14th August
Monday 14th August We are in Epcot for our first visit. Epcot is two large circles, one has all the big rides and the second has all the countries of the world. Epcot has some very popular rides, the newest one the $550m Guardians of the Galaxy ride had a 95min queue by the time…
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Walt Disney World – 13th August
Sunday 13th August Happy Sunday! Normal Sundays feel lazy and relaxing, but not today, we have Hollywood Studios to explore! We grabbed some toast from the new hotel restaurant and travelled in style over to Hollywood Studios. Mummy and Daddy had a discussion about when the name changed from MGM Studios to Hollywood Studios. The…
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Walt Disney World – 11th August
Friday 11th August It’s Friday. Mummy called another rope drop last night, this time Animal Kingdom. Rope drop is earlier due to the stupid lovely animals. We awake at 6am, Nathaniel is told, we are leaving you in the room if you don’t wake up! We grab the party bus at 06:40 only a few…
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Walt Disney World – 10th August
Thursday 10th August Today was a non-park day, we headed to Disneys Typhoon Lagoon! Water park fun and games for all the family. The Lagoon doesn’t open until 10:00 so we indulged in a well deserved sleep. After the cereal + cup incident from yesterday we decided to head to the restaurant for a tasty…