9/7/11, Blizzard Beach & Kissimmee

Hot, hot, hot. 100 degrees here today. Add the humidity and you get an idea of how difficult it is to breathe. We paid a second visit today to Blizzard Beach. This is a great water park, though David seems to have developed a preference for the huge wave in Typhoon Lagoon. We arrived at 11am and found a nice spot next to the kiddie pool. David is getting very confident in the water and began to practise swimming underneath. He is thrilled that he can hold his breath for 18 seconds. We slid down some water slides and went up Mount Gushmore on the chair lift and came back down on a thrilling family raft ride.

Walking around is a problem as the concrete pavement is so hot. Disney being Disney have tried to combat this by sprinklers hidden in bushes and fence posts that actually soak the pavement.

Stopped off on the way home in Publix. The store on H27 is always nearly empty. It is a totally different shopping experience to Walmart. It is twice as expensive and the staff actually take your shopping to the car for you. Customer service...American style. David has invented his own form of personal entertainment as we travel to and from the parks. He makes up adventure stories where we all need to play a part. I Spy gets a regular run. Yesterday,  David....."I spy with my little eye, something beginning with i"...........Mum and Dad gave up....Davids says, "It's going to rain!"

David went to the MacMillan's villa for some play time while Alison and I headed out on the town. We headed to Downtown Kissimmee for a bite to eat in the Outback Steakhouse. I managed to put away the 20 ounce New York Strip. and their famous Bloomin Onion...

Bloomin Onion

Leave some for me!!!

We then went to see the traditional Sat night car show in the Old Town.

Picked Dave up on the way home and returned to the villa to find that the mad American washing machine had moved across the utility room. The thing weighs a ton!! Weird!!