and now Florida!

Val said:
You'll be fine, be vigilant and use common sense. Go and enjoy your holiday, I know I will when I go in September.
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stokie_93 said:
I'm dribbling at the thought of the Cheesecake Factory mate, been waiting to go back since I last went. I remember my little brother at the time having a 'Childs' burger slider meal. It was meant to be 6 'mini' burgers and fries, it was basically 6 normal cheeseburgers on a plate! :whoo:

saw the fireworks there last time and will be doing exactly the same this time!

Cannot wait to go, it's like going a different planet altogether!

What was your favourite park?
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The menu is huge at the Cheescake factory, ate there a couple of times, we ended up having a main course and a piece of cheesecake and 6 spoons.
The downside was how popular it was, we had to wait anything up to 70 minutes to get a table.
 
What we did with the Cheesecake Factory was go there first. They give you a buzzer so then go looking around the shops and the buzzer alerts you to when a table is free. You do have to wait but boy is it worth it.

Favourite park, that is like asking which is your favourite child. Blimey, we loved Universal Studios (especially for The Simpsons area), Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom. We had a great day at Animal Kingdom which I did not expect so we felt even better about that. The only slight disappointment was Epcot which just looked hugely dated to me. We did not get to any water parks so they are on the list for next time. I'm not sure how you can have a bad time at the parks, they just make you feel happy. I am hugely envious.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
What we did with the Cheesecake Factory was go there first. They give you a buzzer so then go looking around the shops and the buzzer alerts you to when a table is free. You do have to wait but boy is it worth it.

Favourite park, that is like asking which is your favourite child. Blimey, we loved Universal Studios (especially for The Simpsons area), Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom. We had a great day at Animal Kingdom which I did not expect so we felt even better about that. The only slight disappointment was Epcot which just looked hugely dated to me. We did not get to any water parks so they are on the list for next time. I'm not sure how you can have a bad time at the parks, they just make you feel happy. I am hugely envious.
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yeah I've heard it gets busy - is there no option to book a table?
We are planning to shop at the mall anyway so not an issue!

Islands of Adventure is my favourite but I know a lot has changed since I last went! Massively excited for Harry Potter stuff as i'm a huge Harry Potter fan :whistle:

I didn't like Epcot last time but I do remember the Mission:Space ride which was brilliant when I went on it.

I'll try not to rub it in mate :thup:
 
They don't take bookings unless you are a large party, just double checked that on their website.

I was talking to someone a few weeks ago who has been since the new Harry Potter section was opened, we were there for some rides but not the whole new bit, and they were beside themselves with how good it is. I believe there is going to be a Star Wars section in a couple of years. That will be fantastic, very excited for that. I will have to be prised out of that zone, so many pictures to get with me and every character, scene setting etc.
 
The buzzer for the Cheesecake Factory cannot betaken beyond the lifts / escalators in to the mall as it doesn't work beyond there - best to warn you about that one.

I think Disney have the Star Wars bit, we had friends who took their kids to Jedai training there !
 
Lord Tyrion said:
They don't take bookings unless you are a large party, just double checked that on their website.

I was talking to someone a few weeks ago who has been since the new Harry Potter section was opened, we were there for some rides but not the whole new bit, and they were beside themselves with how good it is. I believe there is going to be a Star Wars section in a couple of years. That will be fantastic, very excited for that. I will have to be prised out of that zone, so many pictures to get with me and every character, scene setting etc.
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thanks for that matey.

Yeah i'm beyond excited for the Harry Potter side of it! As far as i'm aware haven't they got a bit of star wars stuff there now? I think there's a Star Tours ride I believe it's called.

Did you do the big coasters?
 
stokie_93 said:
thanks for that matey.

Yeah i'm beyond excited for the Harry Potter side of it! As far as i'm aware haven't they got a bit of star wars stuff there now? I think there's a Star Tours ride I believe it's called.

Did you do the big coasters?
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I was at Universal at Easter for and went on both the Harry Potter rides as there is one in each Universal park. I nearly threw up on one of them, I hear it was pretty spectacular but I had my eyes closed for most of it ;) Other one was slightly more bearable, that was the one in the same park as The Simpsons stuff. If you do not have early entrance to Universal then one possible tip is not to run straight to the HP rides as soon as the gates open, as everyone else in the whole world does. And I noticed that the biggest queue time for the HP rides was always straight after the park opens, if you waited an hour or so the queue time reduced by 20 to 30 mins.

Said it before but best bit of the whole theme park thing was saying to my wife, "just off to Moes for a Duff" and then going to Moes in The Simpsons part and indeed having a duff beer whilst sat at the bar. Priceless.

I think the current Star Wars stuff is at the Disney's Hollywood Studios park at the moment before they build a new bit for it at the main Disney World park. But I may be wrong.

Enjoy, it is great. If you are any kind of space person then I'd also recommend Cape Canaveral. We lucked out as there was a launch the day we were there, but it was brilliant even without that. We paid a bit extra for the launch control centre tour and it was excellent.
 
AMcC, good warning about the buzzer, I didn't know that.

Skokie, I get sick on rides so I don't go on them. I'm the bloke sitting at the end with the bags. It doesn't bother me as the parks are so great to be in. My wife and kids go on them all though. I'd probably be prepared to be sick on the Millennium Falcon though, ha ha. As long as they promised me a picture with Yoda afterwards. That's the great thing about Florida, it turns you into a kid again.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
AMcC, good warning about the buzzer, I didn't know that.

Skokie, I get sick on rides so I don't go on them. I'm the bloke sitting at the end with the bags. It doesn't bother me as the parks are so great to be in. My wife and kids go on them all though. I'd probably be prepared to be sick on the Millennium Falcon though, ha ha. As long as they promised me a picture with Yoda afterwards. That's the great thing about Florida, it turns you into a kid again.
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Ive been going every year for the last 10 years and although we don't do parks now it's good to go back every now and then. We too your 7 year old niece last year and it was magic at Disney. Definitely turns you into a kid again.

Sorry to hijack your thread Robin
 
Isn't it every day news someone getting shot over in the US - it's going to be when the gun laws are so relaxed
 
Liverpoolphil said:
Isn't it every day news someone getting shot over in the US - it's going to be when the gun laws are so relaxed
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Val said:
An american shooting is no surprise IMO
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It may not be a surprise when you post 2.5 hours after myself and the facts become far more apparent, but the breaking news first thing in the morning with little information was that a gunman had been shooting indiscriminately at a nightclub that was specifically being hosted for teenagers (not adults) and that an unknown amount of deaths of children had occurred, I think that's a bit different to the everyday shootings that go on in the states! But hey, let's just pigeon hole the deaths of an 18 & 14 year old and multiple casualties of children from 12 years old as just another day in the U-S of A?

Off the back of the mass murder at the Gay nightclub only 6 weeks ago, is it no surprise when breaking news of another nightclub shooting, but this time full only of children (teenagers) gives initial cause for concern before all the facts are realised?
So I'm sorry I posted it, obviously we must have a quota on here somewhere between the 2 teenagers and the 49 in Orlando before it becomes newsworthy!
 
These days of 24 hour news channels mean everything can be reported without many facts checked.
Add into that, with the current climate of Global Terrorism and conclusions are jumped to too early, every time it's Terrorism first, everything else next.
This time last year, this may not have even made the news over here. After all, gun crime and shootings over there is an everyday occurrence.
Not sure of the exact figures but last year there were about 15 gun related murders in Britain - in USA there were about 27 gun related murders on Christmas Day alone....OK, there's a few more Americans than Brits but that shows how common these things are.

And it won't change anytime soon...
 
Imurg said:
These days of 24 hour news channels mean everything can be reported without many facts checked.
Add into that, with the current climate of Global Terrorism and conclusions are jumped to too early, every time it's Terrorism first, everything else next.
This time last year, this may not have even made the news over here. After all, gun crime and shootings over there is an everyday occurrence.
Not sure of the exact figures but last year there were about 15 gun related murders in Britain - in USA there were about 27 gun related murders on Christmas Day alone....OK, there's a few more Americans than Brits but that shows how common these things are.

And it won't change anytime soon...
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Obviously I realised there was a lot of gun related murders in America,but 27 on that One day is crazy.
 
It's a terrible thing what's happened there, thoughts with the families.

We really should be shocked by these sort of incidents, but sadly it's too common. How any why they are so steadfast on their gun laws is beyond me.



Getting back to the fun side of Florida, I'm off there tomorrow :ears:
It's my first time. Doing the 4 parks and 2 at Universal. Any deffo do tips?? I hear discovery cove is a must?
just gotta negotiate one last day of work before I can consume myself in all things Disney :clap:
 
davemc1 said:
It's a terrible thing what's happened there, thoughts with the families.

We really should be shocked by these sort of incidents, but sadly it's too common. How any why they are so steadfast on their gun laws is beyond me.



Getting back to the fun side of Florida, I'm off there tomorrow :ears:
It's my first time. Doing the 4 parks and 2 at Universal. Any deffo do tips?? I hear discovery cove is a must?
just gotta negotiate one last day of work before I can consume myself in all things Disney :clap:
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Discovery cove is brilliant, have to do the dolphin swim, if you do get there early you'll get a decent time for your dolphin swim, also pay the extra for a cabana the starfish ones are the best, they're round the pool where you swim with the dolphins,it's you own little private space you get sun beds towel/waiter service and a free fridge inc beers, kissimee boat tours is good, it's away from the main tourist ones it's on lake kissimee, brilliant, and if you want a relaxing day away from the parks go Anna Marie island, amazing place check out the sandbar restaurant, it's on the beach, we go every year, you can't not enjoy yourself, have a good un
 
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