Wednesday, 5 March 2014

Looking forward

As I mentioned, yesterday was 20 weeks until we go on holiday to Orlando, and as always, there are lots of things for us to look forward to, and despite the fact we have been to Florida rather a large number of times already, there's always new things to do.

Things we are planning that are new to us (were already there last time we went):
  • A meal out at The Wave restaurant at the Contemporary Resort;
  • Maybe trying out the other water park - Typhoon Lagoon;
  • Hunting out a new out-of-the-world restaurant to try - maybe Kobe, or a local BBQ;
  • Our trip to the coast to chill out for a few days at Vero Beach; and
  • Getting up early to watch the sunrise over the ocean.
And then there are things that will be new since we were there last time:
  • Checking out the progress in turning Downtown Disney into Disney Springs, and whilst we're there maybe having a game of bowling (as well as playing some pool) at Splitsville;
  • A new roller-coaster (the seven dwarfs mine train) at the Magic Kingdom, the first one of those in a pretty long time;
  • A new parade to watch at the Magic Kingdom as well - I wonder if it will still be scaring the smaller children;
  • More Harry Potter stuff at Universal with Diagon-Alley and the Hogwarts Express open by then (maybe I'll have to admit defeat and actually read some of the books before we go this year); and
  • enjoying park-based coffee stops thanks to the arrival of Starbucks in the parks, as well as an exclusive members only "Vienna Latte" from the Joffreys coffee stands.
Crossing off those days!