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Tinks Twinkle and Tinsel Tour Day 17 Swimming MK and Mini Golf 30th December
Cast
Jakki 44 Loves all things Disney and Christmas
Steve 50 Joining us a week later also loves Christmas
Aodhan 9 Wants to see the Holiday Fireworks
Niamh 8 Cant wait to see Minnie in her Holiday finery
Saturday 30th December
The forecast for today and tomorrow was hot and sunny with cooler weather on Monday. We decided to take advantage of that and spend some time by the pool and re schedule our Sea-World visit until Monday. DD and I were up at half 7 and the boys slept on. They woke just after nine and once we all had breakfast we set off for the pool.
It was busy but we found a table and soon the kids were splashing away while Steve and I had a coffee. With that out of the way it was time to get in. We had great fun and spent ages watching the ducks and ducklings that live around the pool area.
The weather was hot and sunny so the pool was a great place to be. And we loved the geyser that erupted on the hour every hour.
We stayed by the pool until about half 1 then DS and I came up to the room and DH and DD came up about half an hour later. We got showered and changed and caught the boat across to MK - the boat is a great way to get to MK as it drops you right near the turnstiles. Our first stop was an ice-cream from the Main Street shop and we sat and ate these overlooking the castle. When wed finished we went into Tomorrowland but as expected it was busy so we went on the TA then over to Indy Speedway for the kids, from there we walked over to the carousel and once the kids had ridden that we decided to leave. They wanted to pull the sword from the stone and as I went to take their photo I slipped on the wet pavement and fell over. Once DH stopped laughing he helped me up and took the photo. I was OK but I grazed my leg and hurt my pride.
The parade had started up in Frontier Land so we made our way down to Town Square and watched it from there as it wasnt too busy. About half way through the parade a gentleman who appeared not to speak English tried to plonk his grandson down on top of DS and DD. There wasnt really a space and their autism doesnt allow for too closer personal contact with strangers and DD in particular started to get agitated. He and I had a conversation and he soon got the message and moved about 10 yards away where there was some room (dont know why he didnt do this in the first place). We enjoyed the parade and left once it had finished.
We got the boat back to WL and picked up the car. First stop was Golden Corral for DS as it was Steak and Steak night. He had his steak and pasta and said he would recommend this restaurant to anyone he knew who was going to Orlando. We left Golden Corral and headed to Super Target to see if we could get another suitcase. They didnt have any so we went to LBV factory outlets, which werent far away. I was looking for the luggage shop that was there but it seems to have gone and there was no where selling cases. We were getting tired so didnt bother going anywhere else. We can try again tomorrow as the parks will be far too busy for us. We had a note to say that MK, MGM and Epcot will open at 7am tomorrow so I am expecting them to be wall to wall.
Next up was mini golf and we tried Fantasia Gardens for a change. We got there just after 7pm and our tee time was 7:38pm. The time soon passed until it was our go. We had great fun although DS and DD got annoyed and upset when they couldnt get a hole in one on each hole. While we were playing we got to see some of the fireworks from Fantasmic which was cool. We finished our golf and were back in the room just after nine. DD spotted the Electric Water Pageant and we rushed down to the beach to watch it. We were all tired so it was bed just after 10pm
Weather Hot & sunny shorts and T-shirts even for golf
Cast
Jakki 44 Loves all things Disney and Christmas
Steve 50 Joining us a week later also loves Christmas
Aodhan 9 Wants to see the Holiday Fireworks
Niamh 8 Cant wait to see Minnie in her Holiday finery
Saturday 30th December
The forecast for today and tomorrow was hot and sunny with cooler weather on Monday. We decided to take advantage of that and spend some time by the pool and re schedule our Sea-World visit until Monday. DD and I were up at half 7 and the boys slept on. They woke just after nine and once we all had breakfast we set off for the pool.
It was busy but we found a table and soon the kids were splashing away while Steve and I had a coffee. With that out of the way it was time to get in. We had great fun and spent ages watching the ducks and ducklings that live around the pool area.
The weather was hot and sunny so the pool was a great place to be. And we loved the geyser that erupted on the hour every hour.
We stayed by the pool until about half 1 then DS and I came up to the room and DH and DD came up about half an hour later. We got showered and changed and caught the boat across to MK - the boat is a great way to get to MK as it drops you right near the turnstiles. Our first stop was an ice-cream from the Main Street shop and we sat and ate these overlooking the castle. When wed finished we went into Tomorrowland but as expected it was busy so we went on the TA then over to Indy Speedway for the kids, from there we walked over to the carousel and once the kids had ridden that we decided to leave. They wanted to pull the sword from the stone and as I went to take their photo I slipped on the wet pavement and fell over. Once DH stopped laughing he helped me up and took the photo. I was OK but I grazed my leg and hurt my pride.
The parade had started up in Frontier Land so we made our way down to Town Square and watched it from there as it wasnt too busy. About half way through the parade a gentleman who appeared not to speak English tried to plonk his grandson down on top of DS and DD. There wasnt really a space and their autism doesnt allow for too closer personal contact with strangers and DD in particular started to get agitated. He and I had a conversation and he soon got the message and moved about 10 yards away where there was some room (dont know why he didnt do this in the first place). We enjoyed the parade and left once it had finished.
We got the boat back to WL and picked up the car. First stop was Golden Corral for DS as it was Steak and Steak night. He had his steak and pasta and said he would recommend this restaurant to anyone he knew who was going to Orlando. We left Golden Corral and headed to Super Target to see if we could get another suitcase. They didnt have any so we went to LBV factory outlets, which werent far away. I was looking for the luggage shop that was there but it seems to have gone and there was no where selling cases. We were getting tired so didnt bother going anywhere else. We can try again tomorrow as the parks will be far too busy for us. We had a note to say that MK, MGM and Epcot will open at 7am tomorrow so I am expecting them to be wall to wall.
Next up was mini golf and we tried Fantasia Gardens for a change. We got there just after 7pm and our tee time was 7:38pm. The time soon passed until it was our go. We had great fun although DS and DD got annoyed and upset when they couldnt get a hole in one on each hole. While we were playing we got to see some of the fireworks from Fantasmic which was cool. We finished our golf and were back in the room just after nine. DD spotted the Electric Water Pageant and we rushed down to the beach to watch it. We were all tired so it was bed just after 10pm
Weather Hot & sunny shorts and T-shirts even for golf
