Florida with Colin & Pat

Our 15 day holiday to Florida was eagerly awaited by everyone who looked forward to a special trip full of fun and excitement and I have to say that everyone had a fabulous time. After all meeting up and checking in at Gatwick airport it wasn’t long before we started our adventure when we boarded our Virgin Atlantic flight to Orlando.

Upon arrival we collected our 15 seater bus and headed off to our 2 villas that were located just 15 minutes from Disneyland. Everyone was pleased with our spacious accommodation and happy that everyone had their own rooms and that not only were the 2 villas next to each other but they also had their own swimming pools.

During our stay in Florida we ventured out to the parks on 9 of the days that we were there, visiting The Magic Kingdom.....Disney Studios.....Disney Animal Kingdom.....Epcot.....Sea World.....Islands of Adventure......Universal Studios and the highlight of our trip Discovery Cove, where we were all lucky enough to swim with the dolphins!!!! Our dolphin’s name was Diego and even those amongst us that couldn’t swim very well were helped to fully partake in the experience. What a great day we all had!!!

We were also very lucky to have great weather for the time that we were in Florida. Over the 15 days we only had 2 short showers and the temperature was ideal for our entire group.

In the parks everyone enjoyed many of the rides....those that all could participate in such as A Small World, Pirates of the Caribbean, the Haunted House etc and then there were the rides that just a few dared to go on such as Space Mountain and The Hulk!! One of the favourites enjoyed by all was the ever popular E.T. and I have to say that Pat’s favourite was Harry Potter!! We also saw many shows, from a country Bear Jamboree to the brilliant stunt shows. We all got wet in the rapids at Animal Kingdom, loved the Safari experience where we saw many animals up close, were entertained by the whales, dolphins and sea lions in Sea World and of course were thrilled to meet Mickey, Minnie and friends in several of the parades.

We had several BBQs around the pool and travelled out to a number of restaurants which included a very nice Spanish/Cuban restaurant in the town of Celebration, but that was probably just tipped by the Irish pub in Downtown Disney where we had a great night celebrating Carina’s birthday.

Even though we managed to do so much everyone was unanimous that they would love to return to Florida and a few didn’t even want to return home.

We certainly had a fabulous holiday to remember and I for one am looking forward to our return next year!!!