The observant amongst you may have noticed that overnight this post was showing as something of a holding message due to connectivity challenges. These have now been resolved, and I am very pleased to announce that this post is being composed on my new MacBook Air - more about that later!
Day 4 dawned bright and warm, and so we decided that we could wait no longer for our first trip to the Magic Kingdom. We got the bus from our resort - hardly any wait at all - and the bus driver was friendly and helpful once again when it came to getting the scooter up the ramp and into position.
Once we'd arrived at MK we wandered down Main Street, stopping to enjoy a little bit of singing from some performers who appeared on a horse-drawn carriage, and as seems to be tradition, our first stop was at the Buzz Lightyear ride. Again, as always, modesty forbids me from reporting here about who achieved the highest score.
Again, in keeping with tradition it was off to the Transit Authority followed by a showing of Philharmagic, before it was time to have a morning drink and snack (funnel cake, waffle, and then - only because they came in rather sweet holiday souvenir mugs - a couple of ice creams!)
By now the park was getting fairly busy and so we decided to make our way back down Main Street and onto the train for a tour around the park, before heading out and back onto the bus (no wait at all) back to our resort.
Here we had a bit of a rest, as well as playing some table tennis, having lunch, and having a dip in the pool, before deciding that a trip to Mall at Millennia was in order. We all got something from the shops, although I must admit that certain members of the party did rather better than others. John and I made a beeline for the Apple store, and despite them not being able to explain why John's iPhone was having some trouble with connecting to a US network (conclusion being that it is all O2's fault) John decided to buy himself an iPad 2 and I bought this rather lovely MacBook Air).
We should have taken a photo of me clutching the bag outside of the store - then I could have updated the photo in the banner at the top of my web page!
We decided against eating at the Mall (a bit of a shock seeing as there was a Jonny Rocket's there - but we'd had a burger at lunchtime), and so with the help of the iPhone (although Siri let us down) we found the nearest Denny's, where Nicky and John had a gallon of OJ each, and Jake "slammed it up".
Now that I have my MacBook, I can get some photos uploaded to Flickr, and so here are a few from our first few days of holiday. (Note that in keeping with an Apple-powered holiday, all photos were taken on my iPhone!)
Day 4 dawned bright and warm, and so we decided that we could wait no longer for our first trip to the Magic Kingdom. We got the bus from our resort - hardly any wait at all - and the bus driver was friendly and helpful once again when it came to getting the scooter up the ramp and into position.
Once we'd arrived at MK we wandered down Main Street, stopping to enjoy a little bit of singing from some performers who appeared on a horse-drawn carriage, and as seems to be tradition, our first stop was at the Buzz Lightyear ride. Again, as always, modesty forbids me from reporting here about who achieved the highest score.
Again, in keeping with tradition it was off to the Transit Authority followed by a showing of Philharmagic, before it was time to have a morning drink and snack (funnel cake, waffle, and then - only because they came in rather sweet holiday souvenir mugs - a couple of ice creams!)
By now the park was getting fairly busy and so we decided to make our way back down Main Street and onto the train for a tour around the park, before heading out and back onto the bus (no wait at all) back to our resort.
Here we had a bit of a rest, as well as playing some table tennis, having lunch, and having a dip in the pool, before deciding that a trip to Mall at Millennia was in order. We all got something from the shops, although I must admit that certain members of the party did rather better than others. John and I made a beeline for the Apple store, and despite them not being able to explain why John's iPhone was having some trouble with connecting to a US network (conclusion being that it is all O2's fault) John decided to buy himself an iPad 2 and I bought this rather lovely MacBook Air).
We should have taken a photo of me clutching the bag outside of the store - then I could have updated the photo in the banner at the top of my web page!
We decided against eating at the Mall (a bit of a shock seeing as there was a Jonny Rocket's there - but we'd had a burger at lunchtime), and so with the help of the iPhone (although Siri let us down) we found the nearest Denny's, where Nicky and John had a gallon of OJ each, and Jake "slammed it up".
Now that I have my MacBook, I can get some photos uploaded to Flickr, and so here are a few from our first few days of holiday. (Note that in keeping with an Apple-powered holiday, all photos were taken on my iPhone!)