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Cruising on Star Princess Part 6 A day of sun, sea and quizzes

If you have never cruised before then wondering what you will do when the ship is at sea is a question that is frequently asked. Unless you already been cruising you won’t believe how much there is to do – or not – it’s all a matter of choice. You ca...
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Chilis

Over the past few months there has been a big transformation within Championsgate. Since we last visited there has been a CHILIS restaurant built just behind the petrol station. Chilis is located just after the slip road on Exit 58. If you lik...
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Bahama Breeze at Rolling Oaks Common

Bahama Breeze is the most recently opened Rolling Oaks restaurant and although there are several other branches around the Orlando area we had not eaten at Bahama Breeze until our last trip. Here you will find steak, chicken and fish dishes as well a...
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Days Out – driving on Daytona Beach

Just about an hour’s drive from Orlando is Daytona Beach. The name alone instantly conjures up images of everything and anything to do with motor vehicles, speed and excitement. For many of us a quintessentially Floridian experience has to be to driv...
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Busch Gardens

Wild Life, Rides, Show’s and much more. A fantastic action packed day out at one of Florida’s premiere theme parks. Situated at Tampa, approximately 1 hours drive from Orlando, Busch Gardens should be treated as a long day out. We lef...
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International Drive

WonderWorks WonderWorks is an amusement park for the mind with 35, 000 square feet of “edu-tainment”. The attraction combines education and entertainment with more than 100 hands on exhibits tha...
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Sci-Fi Diner at Disney's Hollywood Studios

If you want to go back in time and reminisce about the old drive in from the 50’s and 60’s, the Sci-Fi dinner in Disney’s Hollywood studios is a restaurant you should visit. This restaurant is great for kids and those who have never experienced a dri...
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Wheelchair User's guide to Universal Studios

I am not the world’s most adventurous thrill seeker so this by all means is not a comprehensive list. I hope another wheelchair user more adventurous than I am will add to this. First of all – if arriving by car – do bring your disabled blue...
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Disney Shopping

Everybody wants to buy souvenirs for either themselves or for friends and family back home. Ideally they want to buy from the park they are visiting. One thing to bear in mind is that all the parks owned by Disney World, sell the same souvenirs inclu...
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An Evening at Downtown Disney

Having had recommendations from guests who had stayed at our villa we decided to spend a few hours at Downtown Disney to go on the new Characters of Flight balloon ride and then have a meal. It has been variously advertised as a bird’s eye vi...
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Key West Adventure

Key West is situated at the southern most point in the Continental United States, only 90 miles form Cuba. It is 4 ½ miles long and only 1 ½ miles wide. It is approximately an 8-hour drive from Orlando. We did it in one go which I would n...
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Driving USA

When you arrive in Florida for the first time, the prospect of driving in a foreign country can be really daunting. Don’t Panic. Once you’ve got used to it, the open roads, comfortable and easy to drive cars, and holiday vibe make driving the fun ...
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New whale show at Seaworld – ‘One Ocean.’

One of my favourite shows at Seaworld was the ‘Believe’ show with Shamu, the killer whale. This show highlighted both the intelligence of these orcas, and their amazing ability to learn from, and interact with, their trainers. I have always sat spell...
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Beef O'Brady's

After you have just completed 18 holes on your favourite golf course you are feeling quite peckish but you don’t feel up to a formal sit down meal. You don’t need to look much further than to Beef’s ! As soon as you walk in to one of these ch...
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Kennedy Space Center IMAX

No trip to Florida should end without a visit to the Kennedy Space Center. When you are so close it would be criminal not to visit the most historic place in America – from where all the space missions leave. It is situated about 60 minutes drive fro...
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Airboat Charters

Many visitors will at some time probably take an airboat ride during their trip to Florida. The majority of holidaymakers will take one of the many ‘standard’ boat rides – e. g. turn up and share a trip with six to ten strangers, on a predetermined r...
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Changes over 35 years - part 3

Here we are back again in 1993, all alone, just the two of us. Time is moving on - too fast! Back to the story. Highway 192 now led up to Highway 27 and the area we know as Davenport and Clermont. Villas were starting ...
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Supermarkets in Orlando

Most people staying in a villa will enjoy the freedom of being able to eat when and where they want. The beauty of a villa is not being constrained to a set time to eat every day. Many people who stay in a villa think this factor is one of the main r...
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Lake County Parks

With nearly 100 parks in the area Lake County is fortunate with many open spaces for enjoyment. Some of the larger parks include national forests, state forests, state preserves and state parks. Most of these parks offer trails (footpaths) fo...
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Wet N Wild @ Christmas

Doesn’t sound like the normal thing to do on a Florida Festive Period Vacation, but 2006 was a great year weather wise with temperatures higher than the normal for this time of year, so getting the bathing costumes out and hitting the Water Slides of...
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Amounts to Tip in the U.S.

The term, ``TIP'', was considered to be an acronym for “To Insure Promptness''. Nowadays, tips are more or less expected. The wages in the service industries in the United States are very poor and they rely on their tips to make a living and unles...
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LA FORCHETTA RISTORANTE ITALIANO - A real Italian restaurant

This delightful real Italian restaurant opens at 2pm every day just after Papa has started up his huge ovens. It stays open until quite late at night, depending on how many people are still wishing to eat. It is a wonderful place for a late lunch or ...
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WHERE TO EAT TODAY?

Now there is the million-dollar question! There are so many places to eat in the Orlando area that you could almost spend a whole lifetime trying them all out. There are places to suit all budgets and tastes from basic fast food to fine...
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Snooty the Manatee

As many, if not all, of you will be aware manatees are an endangered species in Florida and they are looked upon with great affection as lovely benign creatures that would do no harm to anyone. It is often difficult the resist the lure of bei...
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All about Universal’s Islands of Adventure Florida

Universal’s Islands of Adventure opened in May 1999 as part of a large expansion to the existing Studios. This was part of a large plan to turn the whole facility into a resort complex with hotels, restaurants and shops. The theme of the park is port...
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