"THE MUMMY'S REVENGE"
Well - it's that time again!
Time to put pen to paper (or finger to keyboard!) and write the trip reports from last year's holiday.(August 2005)
OK - Now I know that I promised that after my very - very late entry for trip reports from 2004 (aptly titled the 7 months late trip reports!) that I would try to be quicker next time - but I'm afraid it just doesn't work like that.
I have to be in the right frame of mind to recall all of those little anecdotes and incidents. It really does take me about three or four months to be able to look back with fondness and realise how much of a brilliant time we had.
It's not that I don't know this at the time of our return home - but I get so depressed at the thought of not being able to get back to Florida immediately that I have to put it all to one side while I come to terms with "reality".
It now looks highly unlikely that we will be returning this year - DS1 is getting married so we will not be able to afford it this year. So I guess this is the closest I will get to Mickey - by re-living last years highlights through these reports.
Anyway..... enough of the violins.....dry your eyes........it's time to get the trippies underway.
Right -
Now then children -
Are you sitting comfortably? -
Then I'll begin.........
The cast for this - our 3rd trip - was as follows
LENA - age immaterial - goddess of love - a beauty to behold - slender figure - glowing complexion - wonderful wife and mother of my three beautiful children - of course you realise that I'm only writing all this drivel to avoid another smack around the ear!
Favourite ride - Splash Mountain
Favourite park - Animal Kingdom
Favourite food - Boma Buffet (Animal Kingdom Lodge)
RICKY - age 16 - inquisitive type (read nosey!) - food lover (read greedy!) - Laid back (read lazy!) - Intellectual (read geek!) Very amiable (read "I don't care") and very friendly (when he's after something).
Favourite ride - Splash Mountain
Favourite Park - Discovery Cove (likes a bit of luxury our Ricky!)
Favourite Food - Twinkies, Double stuff Oreos, Krispy Krème Donuts, Cookies & Cream Ice Cream, Reeses Pieces, IHOP 3 cheese omelettes and Minute Maid Lemonade (get the picture?)!!!
HANNAH - age 10 - Reese Witherspoon Wannabe! (Think - Legally Blonde and lots of pink!) - Always willing to take the high road (above everybody else!) - No sense of time (or direction or cost or - well - just no sense really!) - astounding mind changing ability (hers - not mine!)
Favourite Ride - Splash Mountain
Favourite Park - Blizzard Beach
Favourite Food - Chicken Tenders & Fries (McDonald's)
JOYCE (Mother-in-Law) - age....nicely matured - nervous car passenger (understatement!) - Nervous flyer (understatement of the year!) - Un-adventurous eater (understatement of the decade!) - Slight tendency to worry about - well - everything really (understatement of the millennium!)
Favourite Ride - Pirates of the Caribbean
Favourite Park - Hyde Park!
Favourite Food - A nice Cold Guinness
CYRIL (Father-in-Law) - age unknown but can remember national service, horse drawn carriages and a time when children were seen but not heard (must have been quiet in Disney then! - bliss I'm thinking) - I'm not saying that he's very old but when he was a boy the Dead Sea was only a little bit sick - willing to try anything in the way of rides(even to the detriment of own health!) - Willing to try nothing in the way of food (if it's not chops and roast potatoes it must be full of garlic and spices!) - Happy to tag along with the rest but has a slight tendency to wander off! - Easily distracted by bright colours and Disney characters - ability to loose his hat anywhere (and everywhere!).
Favourite Ride - All 3D shows (especially Mickey's Filmharmagic)
Favourite Park - Magic Kingdom
Favourite Food - Macaroons and Danish Pastries
ME - Tim - age 46 (but still about seven at heart) - Patron Saint of Disney - I have read all the books, been on all the boards, planned and planned and then planned some more for luck! I've got the Passporter (deluxe leather bound version!) which contains a laminated / colour coded copy of "The Plan", hole punched map of the US192 & International Drive (printed off from the internet) - I bought all the up to date park maps from EBay 6 weeks prior to going (Yeah - that was me......Mug!), made the ADR's 90 days prior to departure and left nothing (and I mean -NOTHING!) to chance.
Favourite Ride - Splash Mountain
Favourite Park - Epcot
Favourite food - Little pineapple cheesecakes with white chocolate base (Boma)
Before I get too much criticism . I do love my family very much (even my in-laws!) and although I may poke fun at some of them well all of them really it is only done tongue-in-cheek and is in no way meant to offend anyone OK Joyce? Heh! Heh!..........
The title of these reports - inspired by a ride in Universal and Joyce (Mother-in-Law)!
The journey will involve a train to Gatwick, a night in the Gatwick Travel Lodge and a flight - Travel City Direct Jumbo - Sunshine Upper Deck (hopefully a little more leg-room!) from Gatwick to Sanford Orlando.
Destination - 4 x Bed Villa with pool on Highlands Reserve @ Regal Palms.
10 x Day Disney Passes and 14 Day Universal 2 Park Passes for all.
Car = 7 x seater from Dollar Car Hire. (I wonder if we will get "Happy" back from last year!)
Cost - DON'T ASK!!!!! - trying not to think about that.....still paying for it!
Well - that's us........
OK - If you are still interested then read on - at your own peril!
Well - it's that time again!
Time to put pen to paper (or finger to keyboard!) and write the trip reports from last year's holiday.(August 2005)
OK - Now I know that I promised that after my very - very late entry for trip reports from 2004 (aptly titled the 7 months late trip reports!) that I would try to be quicker next time - but I'm afraid it just doesn't work like that.
I have to be in the right frame of mind to recall all of those little anecdotes and incidents. It really does take me about three or four months to be able to look back with fondness and realise how much of a brilliant time we had.
It's not that I don't know this at the time of our return home - but I get so depressed at the thought of not being able to get back to Florida immediately that I have to put it all to one side while I come to terms with "reality".
It now looks highly unlikely that we will be returning this year - DS1 is getting married so we will not be able to afford it this year. So I guess this is the closest I will get to Mickey - by re-living last years highlights through these reports.
Anyway..... enough of the violins.....dry your eyes........it's time to get the trippies underway.
Right -
Now then children -
Are you sitting comfortably? -
Then I'll begin.........
The cast for this - our 3rd trip - was as follows
LENA - age immaterial - goddess of love - a beauty to behold - slender figure - glowing complexion - wonderful wife and mother of my three beautiful children - of course you realise that I'm only writing all this drivel to avoid another smack around the ear!
Favourite ride - Splash Mountain
Favourite park - Animal Kingdom
Favourite food - Boma Buffet (Animal Kingdom Lodge)
RICKY - age 16 - inquisitive type (read nosey!) - food lover (read greedy!) - Laid back (read lazy!) - Intellectual (read geek!) Very amiable (read "I don't care") and very friendly (when he's after something).
Favourite ride - Splash Mountain
Favourite Park - Discovery Cove (likes a bit of luxury our Ricky!)
Favourite Food - Twinkies, Double stuff Oreos, Krispy Krème Donuts, Cookies & Cream Ice Cream, Reeses Pieces, IHOP 3 cheese omelettes and Minute Maid Lemonade (get the picture?)!!!
HANNAH - age 10 - Reese Witherspoon Wannabe! (Think - Legally Blonde and lots of pink!) - Always willing to take the high road (above everybody else!) - No sense of time (or direction or cost or - well - just no sense really!) - astounding mind changing ability (hers - not mine!)
Favourite Ride - Splash Mountain
Favourite Park - Blizzard Beach
Favourite Food - Chicken Tenders & Fries (McDonald's)
JOYCE (Mother-in-Law) - age....nicely matured - nervous car passenger (understatement!) - Nervous flyer (understatement of the year!) - Un-adventurous eater (understatement of the decade!) - Slight tendency to worry about - well - everything really (understatement of the millennium!)
Favourite Ride - Pirates of the Caribbean
Favourite Park - Hyde Park!
Favourite Food - A nice Cold Guinness
CYRIL (Father-in-Law) - age unknown but can remember national service, horse drawn carriages and a time when children were seen but not heard (must have been quiet in Disney then! - bliss I'm thinking) - I'm not saying that he's very old but when he was a boy the Dead Sea was only a little bit sick - willing to try anything in the way of rides(even to the detriment of own health!) - Willing to try nothing in the way of food (if it's not chops and roast potatoes it must be full of garlic and spices!) - Happy to tag along with the rest but has a slight tendency to wander off! - Easily distracted by bright colours and Disney characters - ability to loose his hat anywhere (and everywhere!).
Favourite Ride - All 3D shows (especially Mickey's Filmharmagic)
Favourite Park - Magic Kingdom
Favourite Food - Macaroons and Danish Pastries
ME - Tim - age 46 (but still about seven at heart) - Patron Saint of Disney - I have read all the books, been on all the boards, planned and planned and then planned some more for luck! I've got the Passporter (deluxe leather bound version!) which contains a laminated / colour coded copy of "The Plan", hole punched map of the US192 & International Drive (printed off from the internet) - I bought all the up to date park maps from EBay 6 weeks prior to going (Yeah - that was me......Mug!), made the ADR's 90 days prior to departure and left nothing (and I mean -NOTHING!) to chance.
Favourite Ride - Splash Mountain
Favourite Park - Epcot
Favourite food - Little pineapple cheesecakes with white chocolate base (Boma)
Before I get too much criticism . I do love my family very much (even my in-laws!) and although I may poke fun at some of them well all of them really it is only done tongue-in-cheek and is in no way meant to offend anyone OK Joyce? Heh! Heh!..........
The title of these reports - inspired by a ride in Universal and Joyce (Mother-in-Law)!
The journey will involve a train to Gatwick, a night in the Gatwick Travel Lodge and a flight - Travel City Direct Jumbo - Sunshine Upper Deck (hopefully a little more leg-room!) from Gatwick to Sanford Orlando.
Destination - 4 x Bed Villa with pool on Highlands Reserve @ Regal Palms.
10 x Day Disney Passes and 14 Day Universal 2 Park Passes for all.
Car = 7 x seater from Dollar Car Hire. (I wonder if we will get "Happy" back from last year!)
Cost - DON'T ASK!!!!! - trying not to think about that.....still paying for it!
Well - that's us........
OK - If you are still interested then read on - at your own peril!
Am at work at the moment so can't give it my proper attention - looking good so far though and I will have a proper read later at home 
Caroline 
