Kissimee quick

Orlando downtown is uneventful and like any other but we're in this vicinity because south of here is the house we'll be spending the next 10 days.
It's on what looks like the typical American housing estate that you see in the movies but what we haven't seen since we've been here. The large white houses are dotted around an 18 hole golf course which also serves as the back garden's view. It's all lush grass, small lakes and sandy bunkers. Thanks to the hospitality of Eric we've got our own room in this excellent house with attached swimming pool. After the amount of miles we've racked up and the almost constant travelling we find ourselves getting some healthy sleep end up lazing about the pool for a good few days. Suddenly I've never felt soo tired.


OK so we had to do it. We were too close not to. A day in Disney World just had to be done, didn't it? It's a kid-based theme park really and only has a couple of traditional rollercoaster rides. The main attractions here are the film and cartoon based attractions by the way of new 3-D movies combined with indoor rides. We've not seen this many English people since we'd left home. They're easy to spot too as they generally have red faces and are seen walking, of all things, near wide, busy roads in town.
Disney do a fantastic job with detail and the effort put into every ounce of the park is impressive. It's no wonder that kids love it. For me it was a little dull, especially the nightly parade through the fake streets, but worth a visit just to see how good Americans are at this stuff. Either way you can't deny the showmanship all rounded off by excellent fireworks put on each evening. Going to Disney World is an occasion no matter how old you are but at least I know I'll never have to go back ever again, don't even think about children! It's a long tiring day in baking sun but some comedy moments keep it entertaining, like the lines of overweight people driving around the queues in mobility scooters whilst trying to stuff a Flintstone's style turkey leg into their cake hole.
On our budget a visit to Disney would be otherwise impossible but thanks to free lodgings we manage to save enough to be able to visit a couple of other local theme parks. Even now though we begin to wonder if we'll have enough cash left to see out the trip, unless we sell the car early.