Florida 2004

  

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It was only a matter of time before we went to Florida again, this was to be the tenth time that I had been to this state, the first being in 1989.  Whenever I tell anyone I am going back to Orlando they always ask me why? the reason is that I am a big kid.  Rather that the usual two weeks, we decided to spend three in the hope of doing a lot more things, and relaxing a lot more when we were there.
August and September 2004 was also a record time for Hurricanes, with Frances, Ivan, Charley, Bonnie and Jeanne.  We where there when two of these hit, the first Ivan missed the Disney area so there was no problems for us but the second Jeanne passed directly overhead which meant we were confined to our room for a day.  To be perfectly honest I did not think that it was that big an event, just a lot of panic by people, just a long as you stayed indoors nothing bad could happen to you.  What made me laugh was before it hit we went to the supermarket to stock up on water and snacks to last us through the next day.  The amount of people panic buying was ridiculous some people had shopping trolleys overflowing with food, I don't care how hungry you get you can't eat that much in one day, this of course meant that queues reached to the back of the store.  The hurricane itself also did not seam that impressive and I have seen more powerful storms during my trips to Norway.

Apart from the hurricane the holiday was very enjoyable, we did all the usual things, theme parks, water parks, roller coasters, etc.  This year I was determined to do something new which was a Segway tour around EPCOT center, more details of can be found in that section below.

Our hotel for the trip was the Disney All Star Music, it is one of the Disney value resorts and although it is about double the price of a hotel on International Drive I think that it is great value for money as it includes admission to all the Disney parks, the use of Disney transportation on site and you can enter the parks an hour early.  This was the fifth time that I have stayed in a Disney hotel and I can't see myself staying in any other resort in the Orlando area.

Below you can go to any of my photo albums divided by park.

 

Photographs

Disney's Magic Kingdom

Disney's EPCOT Center

The Disney MGM Studios

Disney's Animal Kingdom

Universal Studios

Islands of Adventure

Busch Gardens

Seaworld

Kennedy Space Center

Downtown Disney

Disney Allstar Music Resort

Disney's Blizzard Beach 2004
 
Misc. Florida Photographs
 

 

Videos

I have also created a small 4 minute video with all the highlights from the Walt Disney World set to some music.  It has the Magic Kingdom, EPCOT Centre, MGM Studies and Animal Kingdom.

If you want to download the video click on the image to the left or HERE.  You could also right click and "save target as" to your desktop.

The file size is 15 megs so I recommend that only broadband users try to view it. 

Here is a short 2 minute video of the highlights of Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure.

If you want to download the video click on the image to the left or HERE.  You could also right click and "save target as" to your desktop.

The file size for this video is about 7 megs, so it is smaller than the one above but I still only recommend broadband users try to download it.

A short 2 minute video that I have created that show the highlights of Seaworld, Busch Gardens and Kennedy Space Centre.

If you want to download the video click on the image to the left or HERE.  You could also right click and "save target as" to your desktop.

The file size for this video is about 9 megs.

 If you like these videos be sure to leave a message on my guest book, if I get some positive feedback I will start to add more videos for my other trips.

 

If you are planning a trip to Orlando I would highly recommend this Brits Guide to Orlando, I found it very useful whilst over there.  You can order it direct from Amazon.com by clicking HERE or from Amazon.co.uk their British site by clicking HERE.
You may also be interested in the Lonely Planet Guide To Florida.  You can order it direct from Amazon.com by clicking HERE or from Amazon.co.uk their British site by clicking HERE.

 

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