TinkTatoo
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Tinks Tiki Fest Tour Day 18 Gatorland 10th August
Cast
Me 45 Never tires of going to Florida
DH 51 Designated Driver and Now Eligible for a Senior Discount
DS 10 Six Trips later and still hunting for Yu-Gi-Oh Cards
DD 9 Wants to be a Pirate Princess
Friday 10th August
I was up a 7am this morning followed by DD whos feet were hurting. What happened yesterday was that she burned her toes walking around TL with no shoes on. The two big toes are very sore and the others are all slightly burnt too. A word of warning to please wear water park shoes as the concrete areas are very very hot and kids feet wouldnt be as tough as adults. I put some plasters on her big toes and she said that felt better but I dont think shed be up for loads of walking at Universal. I also washed and put plasters on her cut hand plus some antibiotic ointment.
DS was next up, Im strict on bedtime at home as I know that DS needs at least 10 hours sleep but here he can decide for himself when he goes to sleep. I dont think hes been staying awake that late but the constant late nights and full days are getting to him and hes very tired this morning. It looks like a change of plan is called for so once DH gets up we decided to switch to Gatorland but we dont tell the kids.
Weve never been here before and I hadnt really considered it but I read a good review of it in a trip report so we decided to give it a go. Its in Hunters Creek right by a Super Target so even if Gatorland blows out the entire day wont be lost. We set off armed with a discount coupon and arrived about 9:40am. By the time we parked and paid to get in we were ready for the first show, which was gator wrestling. It was a good show and the two guys doing it were funny and informative. Afterwards the kids had their photo taken on a gator.
We spent a good couple of hours looking around and watching the 3 shows, there was a great one with spiders and a very big snake.
There was also a guy walking around with various animals for the kids and adults to look at and touch.
There were some walkways out over the lake where you could see some really big gators
As it was very hot we let the kids cool off in the splash area where they happily spent an hour or so. They had a great time here although we saw quite a few kids who were not wearing water shoes slip over.
Once they were nice and cool we went on the little train ride, fed a few gators and saw some of the many parrots that were here
We didnt want to eat here so we got directions to the nearest McDs for lunch which was only 5 minutes away. When we got back to Gatorland we did some more stuff and finished off in the splash park again.
We finally left about half 3 and we were all exhausted from the heat. I changed the kids clothes and we went into Super Target where we bought some bits and bobs. I got a takeaway pizza for DD but she was just too tired to eat it. DH and I had a Starbucks coffee and decided to get a Subway near the villa and I said Id cook pasta for DS.
We stopped for gas on the way home ($2.63 a gallon) and then the Subs. DD was feeling rough so I packed her off to bed with Gatorade to drink and once shed rested and had plenty to drink she felt loads better. We spent the evening chilling and all had an early night (although I have the feeling DS stayed up late again)
Tomorrow - who knows I will see what everyone is like in the morning. It could be Mini golf, Disney Quest, Cinema or all of those or perhaps Universal although thats looking unlikely.
Cast
Me 45 Never tires of going to Florida
DH 51 Designated Driver and Now Eligible for a Senior Discount
DS 10 Six Trips later and still hunting for Yu-Gi-Oh Cards
DD 9 Wants to be a Pirate Princess
Friday 10th August
I was up a 7am this morning followed by DD whos feet were hurting. What happened yesterday was that she burned her toes walking around TL with no shoes on. The two big toes are very sore and the others are all slightly burnt too. A word of warning to please wear water park shoes as the concrete areas are very very hot and kids feet wouldnt be as tough as adults. I put some plasters on her big toes and she said that felt better but I dont think shed be up for loads of walking at Universal. I also washed and put plasters on her cut hand plus some antibiotic ointment.
DS was next up, Im strict on bedtime at home as I know that DS needs at least 10 hours sleep but here he can decide for himself when he goes to sleep. I dont think hes been staying awake that late but the constant late nights and full days are getting to him and hes very tired this morning. It looks like a change of plan is called for so once DH gets up we decided to switch to Gatorland but we dont tell the kids.
Weve never been here before and I hadnt really considered it but I read a good review of it in a trip report so we decided to give it a go. Its in Hunters Creek right by a Super Target so even if Gatorland blows out the entire day wont be lost. We set off armed with a discount coupon and arrived about 9:40am. By the time we parked and paid to get in we were ready for the first show, which was gator wrestling. It was a good show and the two guys doing it were funny and informative. Afterwards the kids had their photo taken on a gator.
We spent a good couple of hours looking around and watching the 3 shows, there was a great one with spiders and a very big snake.
There was also a guy walking around with various animals for the kids and adults to look at and touch.
There were some walkways out over the lake where you could see some really big gators
As it was very hot we let the kids cool off in the splash area where they happily spent an hour or so. They had a great time here although we saw quite a few kids who were not wearing water shoes slip over.
Once they were nice and cool we went on the little train ride, fed a few gators and saw some of the many parrots that were here
We didnt want to eat here so we got directions to the nearest McDs for lunch which was only 5 minutes away. When we got back to Gatorland we did some more stuff and finished off in the splash park again.
We finally left about half 3 and we were all exhausted from the heat. I changed the kids clothes and we went into Super Target where we bought some bits and bobs. I got a takeaway pizza for DD but she was just too tired to eat it. DH and I had a Starbucks coffee and decided to get a Subway near the villa and I said Id cook pasta for DS.
We stopped for gas on the way home ($2.63 a gallon) and then the Subs. DD was feeling rough so I packed her off to bed with Gatorade to drink and once shed rested and had plenty to drink she felt loads better. We spent the evening chilling and all had an early night (although I have the feeling DS stayed up late again)
Tomorrow - who knows I will see what everyone is like in the morning. It could be Mini golf, Disney Quest, Cinema or all of those or perhaps Universal although thats looking unlikely.
