http://www.ourdisneyholiday.com Our Disney Holiday Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:50:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My darling wife in her spare time from sorting out our next Disney holiday (yes we are going yet again...) is now putting her passion for baking and designing cakes into a business. http://www.daisybakes.ie is her new website which she will be adding to over time with details of her wedding ... http://www.ourdisneyholiday.com/2010/03/daisybakes-ie-is-now-up-and-running/ Unfortunately real life intervened while trying to remember all the activities on our 2008 Disney holiday so never got to finish writing those up. Suffice it to say that we had a fantastic holiday which was capped by a very special moment on our last day. We went to Hollywood Studios, ... http://www.ourdisneyholiday.com/2009/01/planning-our-2009-disney-holiday/ We liked Disneys Hollywood Studios so much yesterday that we are back again! Oh and if you are noticing that the dates on these posts are soo not in sequence, I'm writing this up from my physical diary as I get the time. Again up early, this time even early enough ... http://www.ourdisneyholiday.com/2008/09/day-6-back-to-hollywood-studios/ At this stage we have the early morning routine sorted and to be perfectly honest it does make for the best way to see the parks during the busy season. They are not crowded at all, can get onto whatever ride you want without major lines forming. All in all ... http://www.ourdisneyholiday.com/2008/08/day-5-disney-hollywood-studios/ Yikes! It was a hot day today. 94 and counting. We made our usual early start and got over to Animal Kingdom just after it opened. Even at this hour Animal Kingdom was crowded. It is a very different experience than that at the other Disney Theme parks, smaller roads, not ... http://www.ourdisneyholiday.com/2008/08/day-4-animal-kingdom/ Image via Wikipedia Two days of disney and time for a break. Our son is fascinated by rockets, spaceships, astronauts etc. so time for a break from Disney and we head over to Kennedy Space Center. KSC is about 45-50 miles from Orlando, took us over 1hr to get there with ... http://www.ourdisneyholiday.com/2008/08/day-3-kennedy-space-centre/ Image via Wikipedia Our second day we knew would be tough, had a good nights sleep but today is the day jet lags hits so we decide to take it easy. Women, unfortunately, for relaxation like to go shopping...not sure how that works but hey gotta suck it up... Walmart is ... http://www.ourdisneyholiday.com/2008/07/day-2-dealing-with-jet-lag-and-magic-kingdom/ After our relaxing break back at the villa & pool, we decided to head back to Magic Kingdom. From the car park we decided to take the monorail rather than the Ferry, takes about the same length of time, although the monorail I think runs more frequently as there are ... http://www.ourdisneyholiday.com/2008/07/first-day-at-magic-kingdom-part-3/ We had figured that it was going to get quite hot in Disney, we were there in June after all and it didn't disappoint! 90F (32C) as an average day time temp! Booked a pool home for this reason. The plan was to get into the parks early, while cooler and ... http://www.ourdisneyholiday.com/2008/07/dealing-with-the-florida-heat-in-disney/ Image via Wikipedia Main Street, Magic Kingdom at the opening is a wonderful place to be. Most of the staff are out of their shops in their costumes welcoming you to the park. If you've arrived early enough you've seen the opening ceremony with Mickey and co arriving on the ... http://www.ourdisneyholiday.com/2008/07/first-day-at-magic-kingdom-part-2/