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 […]
Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World, Florida
As a toddler my eldest ignored regular clothes and generally dressed herself as Tigger with wellies on, or occasionally as Cinderella or a mermaid. She’s now fifteen and adored Disney’s Magic Kingdom when we visited Florida this summer. She berated her Dad and me for not taking her there when she was younger, but was […]
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 […]
Family Days: Getting lost at Walt Disney World
Did J K Rowling get the idea for magical places being ‘unplottable’ after a visit to Disney World? I think she may have done. Despite being armed with maps and guidebooks we managed to lose our way nearly every time we drove to Walt Disney World during our recent two-week trip to Orlando. There are […]
