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Q&A: Are we doing too much?

Question: We are thinking of going for 19 nights, in February and are planning on doing WDWR, Universal, Discovery Cove, SeaWorld, Aquatica, Busch Gardens. How exhausting is the time out there and do you think we are being too ambitious. It’s going to be a holiday of a life-time so want to try and cram as much in as possible but [...]

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Q&A: Fair-skinned in Orlando advice

Question: We are thinking of going in February, I have an 11 year old and 7 year old daughter both fair skinned like myself what are your thoughts? Answer: I’m joining you and your kids in the fair-skinned tribe, so I understand the risks of being outside so much in the sun. However, you’ve picked a [...]

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Starring Rolls

Starring Rolls, located on the corner of Sunset Boulevard at Disney’s Hollywood Studios is probably one of my favourite quick service restaurants at Disney World, for a whole variety of reasons: I love the name – I’m always one for a pun – located in the film themed park, it is Starring Rolls/Roles – like [...]

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FASTPASS and Express Plus Pass

For first time visitors, these passes, which enable to you access rides via a shorter queue at Disney and Universal, can be pretty confusing given that there are different options and they work differently in the two resorts, so I figured I’d give you the low down on how these work. Disney’s FASTPASS Is it worth it? YES – [...]

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Coral Reef Review

Coral Reef is located in The Seas in Future World at Epcot. It is a restaurant we’ve been to many times before and always make a point of visiting on each trip. Despite there being lots of really good restaurants in Epcot, it really is one of our favourites. (Apologies for the awful photos in [...]

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The International Flower and Garden Festival

Every year, in the spring, Epcot hosts the International Flower and Garden Festival. The festival runs for a couple of months – this year from 7 March to 20 May and features a number of events during this time, including speakers, presentations, themed weekends and even a concert series. For most people however, it is the displays around the [...]

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Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey

Set in Hogwarts itself, THE ride of the entire Universal parks has to be Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey. The castle is amazing and the ride itself is incredible and very hard to describe, but I’ll do my best! The outside of the castle, is exactly like you see it in the films – [...]

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The Wizarding World of Harry Potter

We don’t usually go to Universal on our trips to Orlando any more. I know that puts us in the minority for British visitors, but unlike Disney, we just don’t feel a need to go back. For us, it is everything that Disney isn’t – it doesn’t have the quality of service, it doesn’t have [...]

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Tangierine Cafe – Review

The Tangierine Café  is the quick service restaurant located in Morocco in World Showcase, in Epcot. I don’t know how, given the kind of food it sells, but for some reason we had always passed this restaurant by, so for our latest trip we decided that we were definitely going to give it a try. [...]

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Deluxe hotels – are they worth it?

If we don’t already have a Walt Disney World holiday booked, then from time to time, you’ll find me checking the prices for our next one. And yes – that included the day we got back from the last trip! So far, every visit we have stayed at a Moderate resort – or Old Key [...]

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