Introduction
Welcome to my 2017 trip report. Hopefully you know who we are by now as this is my sixth trippie (links to the others at the bottom of the thread if you'd like to catch up with our previous Florida / New York holidays) but here's a quick introduction to the cast:
Here's us on South Beach in Miami on day one of the holiday:
We are:
Me, Michelle (38, Disney / Florida lover, chief
planner, perfectionist and drill sergeant which can make for stressful moments on our trips)
DH, Mat (40, converted Disney / Florida lover, goes along with what I tell him re Florida holidays)
DD1, Seren (10 when we left, turned 11 on the trip, Disney and Harry Potter fanatic who still loves all the character meets etc)
DD2, Freya (9, Disney and Harry Potter fanatic, our little free spirit)
You can read all the background to the trip in the pre-trip report but to summarise, this holiday was two years in the making after we had to cancel our 2016 trip. The plans went through many iterations that even I struggled to keep up with, but in the end we went with:
BA flights to / from Miami / Heathrow
One night at the Kimpton Angler's Hotel in South Beach
Two nights at the Hard Rock Hotel at Universal
Six nights at Cabana Bay Beach Resort at Universal
Seven nights at Disney's Boardwalk Villas
We had a fantastic holiday, and the new title reflects many of the major themes of the trip. Although the title sounds pretty negative, we really did have a fab time and the puke and lack of planning didn't really have much of an impact on how much fun we had
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Here we go then:
Pre-trip Report
Summary and Highs / Not-So-Highs
Day 0 - Pre-travel Day - Travel to Heathrow
Day 1: Travel to Miami and South Beach
Day 2: Drive to Orlando, Islands of Adventure and Margaritaville
Day 3: Islands of Adventure, Universal Studios, NBC Grill and Sal's Market Deli
Day 4: Islands of Adventure, Universal Studios, Check-in to Cabana Bay, Disney Springs and Magic Kingdom
Day 5: Animal Kingdom, Cabana Bay, Raglan Road and Disney Springs
Day 6: Typhoon Lagoon, Premium Outlets, Super Target, Bahama Breeze and Hollywood Studios
Day 7: Epcot, Cheesecake Factory, American Girl, Cabana Bay and Epcot
Day 8: Animal Kingdom, Tusker House and Disney Springs
Day 9: Disney Springs, Blaze Pizza and House of Blues
Day 10: Magic Kingdom, Be Our Guest and The Boahouse
Day 11: Early Morning Magic, Ample Hills Creamery and Epcot
Day 12: Hollywood Studios, Bahama Breeze and Magic Kingdom
Day 13: Winter Summerland, Magic Kingdom and Tony's Town Square
Day 14: Ohana Breakfast, Monorail Resorts and Disney Springs
Day 15: Seren's birthday Magic Kingdom, Cinderella's Royal Table, Crystal Palace and Winter Summerland
Day 16: California Grill Brunch, Epcot, Raglan Road and Disney Springs
Day 17: Bon Voyage Breakfast, Fantasia Gardens and Heading Home