DisneyWorld Day 4- 2nd November

Today we had a character dining Breakfast at Grand Floridian Resort and Spa at 1900 Park Fare which is a restaurant in this resort. At this character dining experience there was a Buffet and IT WAS GOOD!!!

Now onto the characters.  Here you met Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Mary Poppins, Alice from Alice in Wonderland and the Mad Hatter.

So after our wonderful breakfast we had plans to go to Animal Kingdom but it started to rain and it was very overcast so we decided to go to the outlet shops.  This may not sound like my cup of tea but I had a deal with Dad which was if I behaved he would take me to the Games Arcade. So I held in all my complaints and hope it will all pay off.

We spent about 5 and a half hours at this centre and bought heaps of stuff.  I even got some clothes and shoes.

So I am holding Dad to his deal even though he may try to deny it.

Later that night we had to go to Fort Wilderness camp site for the Hoop Dee Doo Musical Revue.  We caught the boat to the camp site.  In this show the Pioneer Hall Players put together a set of musical numbers which were quiet old songs.  The Pioneer Hall Players had a competition to find members of the audience who came from the furtherest away. One of the guys came to us and Mum said we came from Australia so the spot light shone on us and we got to wave to the audience.  When the spotlight shone on us we couldn't really see much but as time progressed we got used to it. I thought this show was really good and at the end the kids got to go around the hall and they gave the kids a washboard with a spoon to make noise on it but you couldn't keep it.  We caught the bus back to our lodge as it was still raining when we came outside.

Overall I enjoyed the day except for the shopping!

As always; REPORT and have fun on your next holiday!!

DisneyWorld Day 3- 1st November

Today was a sleep-in day after last night's Halloween Party!! We had breakfast at the Whispering Canyon Cafe downstairs. Then later on we went to EPCOT!!! Epcot is the land of tomorrow with technology based attractions.

First of all we went to see Pluto! As we were lining up Pluto had to leave as he needed some water and treats.

Then we set off to "The Land" as we had FP+'s to Soarin'. There was a bit of a mix-up with our FP+'s as the original time was 4:35-5:35 but Dad changed them to 12:30-1:30 and the time that Dad had changed it to didn't show up on the system so that took a while. But eventually they worked and we went on Soarin'. I thought it was ok because we had seen it all before on Soarin' Over California from DisneyLand, 3 years ago. Soarin is a simulated hang glider type ride where you are taken up in the air in the low light in a chair lift type bench seat.  Then a large screen shows certainn places in California and it gives you the feeling that you are soaring through these scenes.  In some scenes wind rushes by your face and smells are released to give you the feeling that you are in that area soaring above those locations.

After that we went on the Living with the Land which was too educational for my likings and after thst the lady said that it was made for adults!! Living with the Land showed how over time humans have used and abused the land.  They used the land for farming and agriculture and sometimes they knocked down trees to make things that polluted the environment. We also saw an American Farmhouse adn what the land was like before the farm and after the farm.  Inside the Farmhouse was a history of the farming of the USA. At the end of the farmhouse it showed some ways that you could help the environment and after that you went into Disney Environmental Experiment labs where they experimented by using certain types of plants and grew them using different methods.  Some of these were with recycled water, restricted sunlight hours and growing vertically.

Then we went and saw the Circle of Life an Environmental Fable. This was Timon and Pumbaa wanting to build a resort type wilderness village in the African Savannah by which they stopped the water from flowing down stream to other animal. Simba came up to get a drink and he got splashed as they were doing construction work by effectively daming the stream.  He told them a story all about how us humans have gone from using the circle of life and that they should allow other animals to use the circle of life.  Simba told Timon and Pumbaa that they were like humans in developing things which destroyed the circle of life.  So once he explained this to them they realised and broke the dam to allow the stream to flow freely.  This again had a very strong environmental message and we were encouraged to recycle, reduce and reuse.

The next ride we went on was Mission Space which was a simulated rocket launch to Mars where each one of the riders is either navigator, pilot, commander or engineer.  You can choose either Orange which is intense or Green which is non-intense one and we chose the green one and were the only ones in our ride so we had to go without a engineer but we made it to Mars and back.  I thought this ride was pretty good.  I was the pilot and that was fun.  I was a little nervous before the ride but when on it, it was fun.

After our wonderful day at Epcot we headed off to Saratoga Springs which is another resort from which we could catch a shuttle bus to Downtown Disney where we had a dinner reservation at Planet Hollywood.  As we walked in to Planet Hollywood there was a green screen and a photographer.  You stood in front of the screen and got your photo taken which you could then buy later after they had imposed a back ground in the photo.

Just as our food came out I felt a little sick like I was going to vomit but I didn't.  So Mum took me to the bathroom and then outside for some fresh air.  We went back in and Dad and her finished their dinners but I didn't eat anything as I still felt unwell.  Mum then took me outside for some fresh air and I did start to feel a bit better.  After this we headed off back to our lodge.

As always; REPORT and have fun on your next holiday!!

DisneyWorld Day 2- Halloweeen.........BOO!!

Today is Halloween! We weren't going to the park until 4pm as we had special tickets to attend Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party.

So Dad and I spent the morning at the pool in our resort. There was a really cool water slide there! Here's a picture of me on the slide:

EVERYWHERE you go in Magic Kingdom it's all decorated for this HUGE holiday!! The Halloween party opened for party guests at 4 but the party didn't start until 7.30pm.

I went as Captain America from the Marvel films and the comics by Stan Lee. 

Americans get really into the spirit of Halloween and there were some really elaborate costumes like Jack Sparrow, Mad Hatter, the Minions from Despicable Me, Cruella de Vill and a whole family of Wallys from Where's Wally. 

At 4pm we went to the park and we had FP+'s (FastPass+'s) for Tomorrowland Speedway so Mum and I went on it and of course, I was driving!!

We also went on Pirates of the Caribbean. It seemed like an old ride. It was a boat ride with one drop but it was very dark and we had no idea where it was going or what was coming up. Mum screamed because she said she had no idea how far the drop was and it wasn't a big drop. I thought this ride was an ok ride but I wouldn't do it again if there was a long line up, if it was short Yes I would do it again.

The Magic Carpets of Aladdin was like One Fish Two Fish from Universal Studios. I loved this ride and enjoyed it because when you go up and down (which you can control your little carpet) I like that feeling of weightlessness. 

After these rides the party began.  We went Trick or Treating.  There were certain locations where you could line up and get "treats" which were Candy as the Americans call our lollies or chocolates! We Trick or Treated at the Liberty Square Riverboat location in Liberty Square, at Splash Mountain in Frontier Land and at Storybook Circus in Fantasyland. I got about 3 bags full of lollies and chocolates.

We saw the Happy HalloWishes Fireworks Spectacular from the border of Frontierland and Main Street USA.  The fireworks were really cool and during the fireworks Cinderella's Castle lit up in different colours.  We met Jane & Terk from Tarzan and Alice from Alice in Wonderland.

We saw Mickey's Boo to You Halloween Parade at 10.30pm.  We had a wonderful position in Frontierland.  The parade was led by the Headless Horseman followed by your favourite Disney Pals which were Micky, Donald, Goofy, Pluto, Daisy and Minnie along with other Disney characters and after the nice characters came the Disney Villains like Malificent, Captain Hook, Mr Smee and the Ghosts from the Haunted Mansion and some others that I didn't know. 

DisneyWorld Day 1- 30th October

Our first day at DisneyWorld was certainly a memorable one! We left Loews Royal Pacific Resort at 10am and our chauffeur drove us to Disney's Wilderness Lodge. When we got into the lobby we all instantly thought; Grand Californian Resort from DisneyLand 3 years ago.

I was given the MagicBands, Mum was given the handbook and Dad.....well he was given the rubbish!!!

The one on the left says Ferb (Dad) in the middle we have Candace (Mum) and of course, Phineas (Me!!). Dad asked the lady about Flag Family. So I now get to raise one or all of the flags on November the 6th on top of the lodge.

We then headed up to our room, level 6. The highest accommodation floor (with level 7 being the club). Here's the view!!

After about half an hour in our room we set off for the Magic Kingdom! We just went for a bit of a wander in the magic kingdom for a few hours. We also went to Tom Sawyer Island!! 

Magic Kingdom is the main park which is a copy of the entire DisneyLand park. After that we hopped back on the boats to get to our hotel. When we got back we had to go to Hollywood Studios (one of the three other parks-there are 4 parks) for Toy Story Midway Mania, Star Tours and Fantasmic as we had Fastpass+'s for them. 

Dad and I thought that Toy Story and Star Tours was excellent. Mum had to close her eyes in Star tours as the seats move. But other that that she was fine.

Toy Story Midway Mania was where you are in a carriage and you get to blast targets in 3D!!!! Ooooooooooo ahhhhhhhh!! In every different screen you use a different type of shooting apparatus (eg. darts, balls ect.) and see some of your favourite pals from Disney-Pixar's Toy Story movies. You try and hit the targets to get more points!! Dad came 1st on 108,000 Me in 2nd on 58,000 and Mum in 3rd on 48,000.

In Star Tours you get to go onto a cruiser with C3PO trying to fix it when it's ready to take off. R2D2 is in the top of the ship. In this one out of 54 scenarios, there is a rebel (NO that is not YOU or you or any of you people!) where was I, Oh yes; there is a rebel alliance spy on board and C3PO has to safely guide us away from the Republic who are trying to....get the rebel spy. It was........AWESOME!!

Later that night we had Fantasmic. In this show, the Disney villains are trying to stop Sorcerer Mickey Mouse. If you have seen Fantasia, this will all make sense. If you haven't then go out and buy that movie!!  Sorcerer Mickey's powers are created by dreams. So they try and wear his powers out!!

At 9pm we left Hollywood Studios and  went to Dinner at the Wilderness lodge resort. The Whispering Canyon cafe. They yell and throw stuff like napkins, straws at you. What do ya think of that dinner? It's obviously meant to be funny but we couldn't see the funny side of it. Americans!

Now anyone can comment on these posts!!

As always; REPORT and have fun on your next holiday!!

Universal Studios Orlando- 29th October

In Universal Studios we went on the Simpsons ride which was a Krustyland roller coaster simulator which I thought was AWESOME. At one point you get to go into Maggie's mouth and Marge says "Maggie, take them out. You don't know where they've been." Despicable me minion mayhem was another simulator but it wasn't that good. Men in black alien attack was another one we went on as well as ET Adventure.

We saw these shows: Animal Actors on location was just like the Hollywood Animal Actors. We also saw Terminator 2 3D, Beetlejuice's graveyard revue which was where Beetlejuice turns Frankenstein, The Wolfman, Frankenstein's Bride and Dracula into rockstars. In the horror make-up show some Universal make-up artists show you the tricks that they use for horror movies.

I though this show was really cool!!

After 2 days at the parks we were off for DisneyWorld!! 

As always; REPORT and have fun on your next holiday!!

Universal Islands of Adventure- 28th October

On Monday we caught the water taxi to Universal's Islands of Adventure with early access to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter for hotel guests. We went through Hogwarts and had breakfast at the 3 Broomsticks the next day. I got a Ron Weasley wand from Olivanders.

The Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry 

Me in front of The Three Broomsticks 

We went on one fish two fish in Seuss Landing where you're in a fish hoisted into the air on an arm, while being squirted with water by various statues. You get to control the fish via a joystick in it. 

Dad and I on One Fish Two Fish

We also went on the Dr Seuss carousel, the high in the sky Seuss trolley train ride, Pteranodon flyers in Jurassic  Park which was where you go on these hangliders which were dressed up to look like Pteranodons and you go on a track above the whole of Jurassic Park. I thought this ride was a bit freaky compared to some of the simulators we went on as you are in real air and not a virtual world. Popeye and Bluto's barges in Toon Lagoon was by far my favourite ride in Islands of Adventure. You go onto these circular rafts and are taken around Toon Lagoon through a river that is rapidly flowing like white-water rafting. We went on it 4 times and got very, very, very WET!!!!

Dad and I on our 3rd turn on Popeye & Bluto's Barges

"Hello there Aussies!!"

Storm Force Acceleration in Marvel Super Heroes Island was basically a copy of the Mad Hatter's Tea-Cups but the faster you spin the more power X-Men's Storm gets to defeat the evil Magneto. The Spiderman ride was cool but also a bit scary.You go into the Daily Bugle (a newspaper where Peter Parker works) and are taken into a 3D simulator, You go through New York helping Spiderman save the town against all of Spiderman's enemies. At one stage you drop but that was it. The shows we saw were The 8th Voyage of Sinbad which was an okay stunt show and Poseidon's Fury in which we all got wet by Poseidon.

As always; REPORT and have fun on your next holiday!!

Final Days in Hollywood- 26th + 27th October

We went on a Hollywood Hills tour and saw a million celebrity gates!! We saw a few houses from afar like Hillary Duff's house, Kristen Stewart's house up-close as well as Bruno Mars' house. There was one house in the hills that had a giant "D" on it and that D was from the original DisneyLand sign which was made from wood. Disney sold the wooden one on eBay for $40 000. That house belonged to Hollywood actor; John Stamos. We saw the Hollywood bowl and a very foggy downtown LA.

This was by far the best house we could see up close. This is George Clooney's house. George Clooney just happens to have the same birthday as me!! But he isn't born in 2003 he's born in 1961!!

We passed the location from the final scenes of Pretty Woman where Julia Robert's character lived and Richard Gere climbed up the the fire escape. Mum & Dad thought the teachers would like this.

We also could see from our hotel the church that was used in Sister Act movies with Whoopi Goldberg

The next day we were off to LAX for an 8:40am flight to Orlando, Florida. After a 5 hour Virgin America plane trip we  arrived in Orlando. Our driver's car needed to be jump-started. So after a bit of a wait at MCO(Orlando Airport) we finally made it to Loews Royal Pacific Resort which was a Hawaiian themed resort. 

Look what I found in Hollywood!

As always; REPORT and have fun on your next holiday!!