As I sat in the tram and watched the flames devour the truck I could feel their power and heat from where I was sitting, a few metres away. Suddenly water poured into the canyon around us, the flames died and the tram carried us on to the next stage of the tour. I was […]
Cooling down at the Orlando water parks
As the current sweeps my ten year-old son and me along we’re both laughing. My husband and teenage daughter have already managed to escape the water and are waiting for us. My son’s laughing with joy while I’m laughing partly because this is really fun and partly to hide a slight fear that we may […]
How to avoid the queues at Disney World
I can’t believe how much difference a library book made to our recent family holiday to Orlando. I dashed in for some guidebooks before we left and my haul included the Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World. It’s a brick of a book, 848 pages thick, and I imagined it would give the inside track on […]
5 things I learnt at Discovery Cove, Orlando
Discovery Cove in Orlando is like no other theme park I’ve ever heard of or been to. It only admits around 1300 guests each day and when you arrive it’s like checking in to an exclusive hotel. Your entrance ticket includes swimming with dolphins and as much as you’d like to eat and drink from the […]
