From Mickey Mouse to The Wildcats - Live Trip Report

[Tink2312]

Great updates and I'm really enjoying reading Matt's blog too. I don't know if I could move from Swan suite to ESA, I think I'd have to do it the other way around.

 

[disneyholic family]

A day at Coco Beach sounds a great way to unwind away from the parks.

Interested in your thoughts on your new accomodation?


Whilst police/special services may not be outwardly visible, rest assured there would have been assigned keepers.
The Royal Family holiday in Deeside and go on candid walk abouts....oh really!
Grampian Police Force spent a considerable amount on this security.

Reid, the point isn't the amount of security, which is necessary in this day and age....
the problem is that they go about it in a way that so completely disrupts anyone around them for miles and miles and miles...
without a thought for the little man who has to live with the consequences...
the president does have a whole fleet of helicopters to use.....and he sometimes does....and sometimes doesn't...much to the major inconvenience of those around him...(and not just the president...the VP, the secretary of state etc etc etc)....

 

[wayneg]

Not sure it can get much hotter here, been here many times in summer but this year seems hotter than ever. Spent this morning on SeaWorld, came out after lunch. Now by pool in hotel where a party has just started with bbq. This evening we are trying to decide between Cheesecake Factory or Mannys, tough choice

 

[Claire Bear]

I'd love to try Cheesecake Factory but we won't have a car. I think I'll find the heat a bit of a shock when we arrive on Thursday! But we plan to spend a lot of afternoons swimming. Enjoy the rest of your day.

 

[wayneg]

I'd love to try Cheesecake Factory but we won't have a car. I think I'll find the heat a bit of a shock when we arrive on Thursday! But we plan to spend a lot of afternoons swimming. Enjoy the rest of your day.

Just couldn't holiday here without car. Yesterday was over to cocoa then onto port Canaveral to see Disney fantasy set sail, in the evening out to Hunters creek for a meal, most of our days we would struggle with no car.

 

[Claire Bear]

We wouldn't have enough time to visit all the amazing places you do though, on this trip. Maybe if I can persuade DBF to go to Florida again we'll get a car. Heading your way tomorrow, going swimming at the Village Hotel Tingley

 

[wayneg]

We have chosen cheesecake factory, Mannys tomorrow

 

[wayneg]

OMG!!!
look at all that luggage!!!

Looks a lot but its only 1 suitcase each, a bit of had luggage and a few bags to transport things like soda, cookies etc between the 2 hotels.

It was heaving in Vegas - 30 min wait for a table

Definitely the quietest restaurant we have eaten at this trip, almost all have been full or nearly full, tonight at cheesecake factory we were told a 70 min wait, turned out to be 75 mins, Hash House was more than half empty the whole time we were in.

A day at Coco Beach sounds a great way to unwind away from the parks.

Interested in your thoughts on your new accomodation?

I am not a fan of beaches but Lily and Matt enjoy the beach so I just stand and wait, chasing off pigeons(Karen has a bird phobia). After the beach though we went to Port Canaveral, that is a great few hours having a drink, watching the fisherman return the clean & fillet their catch then wave off the ships. We all had a great day.
The hotel is good, inroom we have full american fridges with ice maker, little kitchenette with dishwasher, sofa. Its not a luxury hotel but it was £32/nt incl breakfast, it does the job.

We have a day planned at Cocoa, where do you normally park?

We always park right next to the pier, large car park which costs $10 before 4pm, free after 4pm http://cocoabeachpier.com/cbp/
At port Canaveral we park next to Grills http://www.grillsseafood.com/ large free car park.

Great updates and I'm really enjoying reading Matt's blog too. I don't know if I could move from Swan suite to ESA, I think I'd have to do it the other way around.

Would have preffered the other way around but I booked the ESA first at the low rate, I then got the deal at the Swan for the first 8 nights. Obviously the Swan is a better hotel but there are things I really dislike about better hotels like being hassled by valet parking on arrival, bell boy wanting to take your luggage etc, Swan is not half as bad as pulling up at somewhere like AKL but still I much prefer a small offsite hotel where I can do what I want in my own time instead of being rushed.

 

[wayneg]

Saturdays Pics.
President Obama's cars.




Lunch at Grills, Port Canaveral






Cocoa Beach


Called at disboards.com welcome centre but it was closed.


Watched lots of fish being cleaned, this King fish about the biggest we saw.


Waved off the Fantasy, we saw a few UK travellers onboard.






Lovely evening meal at Logan's Roadhouse

 

[Linda67]

Wow, how exciting to have seen the Presidential motorcade

Odd that the DIS welcome centre at PC was closed, I thought they were always open when a ship was in port

Great updates as always

 

[Happy Tappy]

Another great update.

I'm getting hungry looking at those sweet potato fries! I might have to go to TGI Fridays tonight!!!

 

[wayneg]

Odd that the DIS welcome centre at PC was closed, I thought they were always open when a ship was in port

Opening times on the door said close Saturdays 3pm.

 

[disneyholic family]

interesting that they didn't close both sides of the highway...
here, even for lowly sos kerry, they close both sides of the highway...for the entire length of the highway for as long as he's on it...(or she, back when the sos was a she)...and of couse for the pres and VP...annoying as all get out....grid locks the entire country as a result..

anyway....we'll be holding a flag on our sailaway too, though not a union jack
i don't know if we'll be on the port everglades webcam next sunday, but you can watch for us if you have absolutely nothing else to do...

 

[disneyholic family]

i absolutely adore the pictures of Matt and Lily...
your son is such a nice person....the way he relates to Lily is proof of that!!!!!!
i know lots of kids his age who wouldn't be bothered to give her the time of day!

 

[RDP]

Love the pictures of the Fantasy, reminds me of last years holiday, one of the best ever! 5 days to go then we are back at the world! Love the pictures of the Food also! Have a great time.

 

[jockey]

Fab pics .....the president really is a sight to see.... I am lucky to have seen quite a few in my time at the airport....and just a few weeks ago got lots of pics beside af1 it's an amazing aircraft

 

[Mrs Doubtfire]

Wayne, great pictures of Cocoa beach and the food.....

Thanks for posting the Cocoa beach links.

 

[sandshal]

Wayne those Logan's photos look a million miles away from the meal we ate there a couple of weeks ago, they look delicious, ours was just plain awful ....... Maybe we just hit a bad night!

 

[dixonsontour]

Enjoying your updates

 

[wayneg]

Sunday we went to Seaworld, in the evening we ate at Cheesecake Factory and had another great meal.