A few days together

Let’s start off by saying our apologies for a few days of no blogs….we have been too tired at night to type!

Well, Miami is exactly the same as the movies. Palm trees and salmon pink paint everywhere! We really wanted to walk onto a beach in Miami, but could not find parking anywhere. We eventually found a spot, and as we were getting out a guy warned us that we would be towed away if we did not pay for the parking on the app. We didn’t have the app, so decided not to take a chance! We did find a public parking area, and paid for our parking – $2 gave us 5 min. We ran to the beach, had a quick look and ran back to the car! The drive to Orlando (on the wrong side of the road) was long and pretty boring!

We dropped our rental car at Orlando airport and got a tax to our hotel at Disney – All-Star Music. It was delightful! All buildings are decorated with something to do with music.

On Sunday we visited Magic Kingdom – the original and most traditional park. It was very busy – it is nothing to queue for a ride for more than an hour. Unfortunately, they have done away with Fast Passes and now have Lightning Lanes, but they don’t work very well at all! Having said that, we thoroughly enjoyed the rides we managed to get on. The detail in the decor, the characters, etc are unbelievable. We have never seen so many strollers (prams) in our lives. Next to every attraction, there are stroller parking lots. And they are like mini car parking lots! We watched the most amazing fireworks display, all focusing on the Magic Castle. It was indeed magical!

We really enjoyed the rides and the scenery. Unfortunately, due to Covid there are no character meet and greet. Everything is at a distance.

Everything is very expensive! 2 x 500ml cooldrinks is about R150. Water is a little cheaper, but not much!

On Monday we visited 2 parks. Hollywood Studios and Epcot. We thoroughly enjoyed both. The rides were great.  The 3D and 4D rides are amazing!  We left Epcot, returned to our hotel, collected our luggage and Ubered to Endless Summer, our hotel at Universal. The lady who checked us in asked where we were from. On hearing SA, she replied. “I have always wanted to go there. To Africa.” Clearly, she doesn’t realize that Africa is a very big continent!