Characters

You can’t go all the way to Florida and not be excited to meet your favourite character. Male, female, children or adults if we were all to be truthful we all have our favourite! No matter if I had already met Minnie Mouse that day, if I saw her again an hour later I would be standing impatiently to see her again (much to my mum and dads delight). On our first visit to Florida, we waited one and a half hours just to see Minnie Mouse. Other characters tend not to be in such high demand therefore waiting time isn't as long. Waiting to meet either Minnie or Mickey takes a long time but if you do not want to wait in the long queues you can book breakfast, lunch or dinner with the characters at various venues for example the place we visited was Disney Beach Club Resort. It is a very popular way of meeting the characters so to avoid disappointment book well in advance. They generally come round table to table, stopping to interact with each party. The food at the venue is fantastic too!

Disney offer character dinning at the following venues:

• Disney Beach Club Resort
• Cinderella's Royal Table
• Fantasmic Dinner package
• Chef Mickey's
• The Crystal Palace

If you would prefer just to see the characters and not too bothered about meeting them, Fantasmic is the perfect place to do this. Fantasmic is a show that takes place at Hollywood studios every night, weather permitting. This year we had to attend three separate nights due to the weather. In my opinion, it is worth the wait! The link below shows a small video of the show Fantasmic.

To add to the excitement of the show a lot of people book the Fantasmic dinner package in advance, this includes a meal and VIP seating to watch the show. There are two different locations that you can choose from, a standard dinner package would be:

• The Hollywood Brown Derby: $62.99 for adults; $21.99 for children
• Mama Melrose’s Ristorante Italiano: $44.99 for adults; $17.99 for children

Heading down Main Street in Magic Kingdom you can't miss the Cinderella Castle that is regularly the backdrop for the parade, shows and fireworks that feature many of the beloved Disney characters.

The magic kingdom parade is another way of seeing the characters instead of waiting in the queues. There are different parades that are specific for the time of year, for example:

• Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade
• Easter Pre-Parade
• Main Street Electrical Parade
• Mickeys Boo To You
• Mickeys Once Upon a Christmastime Parade
  
  

YAYYYY during this blog we decided to book Florida again for THIS DECEMBER! So I will be telling you all about what we are planning to do while visiting Florida this year! As always I am SOOO excited!

Florida Theme Parks

Hello again! Today I will be talking about the theme parks in Orlando Florida. So as I have already said in my previous blog, Orlando Florida is known as theme park capital of the world. All of the theme parks offer something for everyone but there are some that are better suited to a certain age. Magic Kingdom is suited for more younger age groups with lots of characters floating around, smaller attractions and the must see Magic Kingdom Parade.

Bush Garden in my opinion is more suited for adults as there are very few attractions that kids are able to go on due to the height restrictions for example Cheetah Hunt, Montu, Kumba, Sheikra and Falcons Fury. This picture was taken last year on our very first time on Falcons Fury. (we weren't smiling half way up!)

If you think that is high click on the link below to see what is in process in Florida at the moment!!! (My stomach dropped just watching it)


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There are of course lots more theme parks for example, Epcot, Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, Universal Studios, Universal Island of adventure and the amazing water parks: Blizzard Beach, Tyfhoon Lagoon and Aquatica. No matter what park you go to, buying the pictures that are taken during the rides are always expensive. Can you tell we taken the cheaper approach?

When I was younger my all time favourite theme park was MGM, which is now known as Hollywood Studios. Hollywood studios has two main rides: Hollywood Tower of Terror and Rock n Roller. If your wanting to experience these big attractions, arrive early so you don't have to wait in the queues as there is no fastpass+ available! Along with the two big attractions there are a few mini rides for children. Disney's Hollywood Studios has a lot of shows that are worth going to see. For example, the Frozen sing along, Muppet Vision 3D, Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular and my all time favourite Fantasmic, which I will be blogging about separately.

I was wrong about animal kingdom, the first couple of times I had been to Florida, Animal Kingdom was my least favourite park and I would moan to my mum and dad not to go. I would have much rather have gone and enjoyed meeting the characters and going on the roller coasters . However, as I got older I began to appreciate the small details through out the park. (Still isn't my favourite but its worth a visit) If you’re an animal lover, Animal Kingdom is a breath taking place to visit.  You can’t go with the expectations of lots of exciting roller coasters, there is only one: Everest. The Video below shows a Video I had taken of two elephants playing together on our safari tour.

My next blog will be about the Characters in Disneyland Florida!