Fantastic Florida

A group of us went to Florida in May 2008, all adults may I add and we had the most fantastic time, this was my first visit to Orlando and it certainly wont be my last. Yes we did do all the parks and practically did not stop for 2 weeks but this destination can be as full and action packed as you want or there is still plenty of opportunity to relax if you wish. I would definitely consider a 2 center of a week in the parks and then followed by a week on the beach if you don't want to constantly do the parks and attractions.

We stayed in a gorgeous villa which was perfect for us as there was 9 in our group. We hired 2 cars so that not everyone had to do the same thing and this worked really well.

Now onto the parks it is very difficult to pick my favorite but I would say it would be between Busch Gardens and Universal studios. Busch Gardens is about an hours drive from Orlando but I think it is definitely worth the drive as personally I found the animals here better than at Animal Kingdom and the rides are brilliant. Universal is a must and seemed to have the best rides overall. Magic Kingdom I just had to do as I had not been before but if I went back I probably would not visit there again unless travelling with young children who want to see all the characters. I did find the parade very spectacular. Epcot fireworks are well worth seeing.

As well as the parks we did bogey creek airboat rides, a helicopter trip over the parks and also did plenty of shopping in the fantastic outlet stores...I nearly had to buy an extra suitcase to get everything home...