Category: USA 2023
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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…
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Walt Disney World – 9th August
Wednesday 9th August We are committed. It’s Magic Kingdom, it’s rope drop time. We need to get to the bus stop by 7am, our alarms are set for 6am, the only thing that can derail the plans is Nathaniel everything. When you wake at 6am and need to get the children dressed, backs packed and…
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Walt Disney World – 8th August
Tuesday 8th August It’s time for Disney Day 1. Animal Kingdom, let’s go! So much to see and experience. First thing was getting into the park, we left slightly later than planned and arrived around 10ish. We weren’t here to see the animals, we just wanted to scope things and get the boys on a…
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Michigan Fenton Day – 6th Aug
We woke up to a surprise in Michigan, not more chickens sacrificed to the fox god. Rain! We haven’t seen the stuff since we arrived, we have been so lucky with the weather. It rained and it rained and it didn’t stop all day. It was lovely and cool, but what do you do with…