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Disney World Magic Kingdom

January 3, 2012

Magic Kingdom is the main Disney park – the one with Cinderella’s castle in it. The plan was to spend four evenings there, to try and avoid the worst of the queues and the heat. It didn’t work out like that because it’s such a palava to get there. You park your car, then take a tram to one entrance, then take either a monorail train or a ferry across a massive lake to get to the actual entrance…

Disney Hollywood Studios

January 2, 2012

Our first Disney park in Florida. I think people don’t realise that Disney World is so big, it is actually separated into four different parks. In this one, the theme is film…

Universal Islands of Adventure in Florida

December 31, 2011

I think I’ve pretty thoroughly covered Harry Potter World, so here’s the rest of the park…

Harry Potter World, Universal Islands of Adventure, Florida, Part 2

November 3, 2011

And yes, there is even more to say about this wonderful place…

Harry Potter World, Universal Studios Islands of Adventure, Florida. Part 1

October 18, 2011

This was the thing that did it for us. In the past we may even have been a bit snobby about other people who went to Orlando on holiday, (that sort of holiday wan’t our thing,) but when they made Harry Potter World our opinions changed entirely. I mean, it’s Harry Potter World! Read on for reviews and tips.

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Monarch Airways and The Dibb

October 4, 2011

We really treated ourselves for our summer holiday this year, and decided to go and do Orlando, Florida. I’ll be doing loads of reviews of the various places we visited, but for today I’ll be concentrating on the airline.

Stourhead lake and garden, a National Trust property in Wiltshire

Stourhead National Trust Property in Wiltshire

There aren’t many National Trust places near us, so on a year when we’re not travelling round England, we tend to visit the local places several times. Stourhead is one of these, and although I’ve done the gardens a couple of times, I’ve only just visited the house. These are my thoughts on whether it’s worth the visit…

2011 Glastonbury Review

Glastonbury Review 2011 – Circus & other bits

We missed the circus tent last year due to the intense heat under canvas, however this wasn’t a problem for the first few days! On Friday we got to spend an hour or so in the circus big top, and on Saturday we watched The Infinite Monkey Cage in the Cabaret tent. Here’s my review of those sorts of acts I saw.

Glastonbury Festival 2011 music review

Every year I intend on looking at the line-up and discovering some new bands before we go by looking their songs up on You Tube. Mostly, I run out of time and don’t do it at all, or I do it too soon and forget their names by the time of the festival. Next year I will I will I will! I want to know more good music! Anyway, this is my round-up of the musical acts that I did go and see.

Glastonbury Festival 2011 Review

It will definitely be remembered as a muddy one, that’s for sure! My daughter can talk for hours on the different types of mud; its consistency and texture and her favourite types! A little bit of mud is not too much of a problem when it’s wet, it is when the mud starts to dry out it becomes more of a problem. It turns to glue. Getting out of the Other Stage field after Jessie J was nigh on impossible. My feet got stuck with every step and it was very painful struggling with my boots. Other than that, I’m not complaining – we were due a muddy one really.

The fence is on its way up!

Activity is happening over at Glastonbury festival site. Here are the pictures! The second one is to show it in context to the stone circle, at the top right. Sorry about the haze – on a rare clear day, I’ll take more.

orlando seaworld review

Seaworld, San Diego, California

The home of many killer whales called Shamu. This is my guide and advice if you’re thinking of going…