Florida! - Week 3 in Key West

So this post will conclude my holiday in Florida and for our final week we were in Key West, relaxing and baking ourselves in the hot sun.

Here are some of the photos I took:

The Key West peel-n-eat shrimp is very famous! They literally just boil it and it doesn't have any seasoning because it is so tasty! This was a starter portion so I had it as a main meal and it was incredibly filling.

Mile 0, we went on a bus tour around the island and this is one of the most photographed sights.

This is the view from the top of 'Hemingway's Lighthouse'. It was only 88 steps up to the top but there was no handrail and nowhere to stop, so we were all terrified and had legs like jelly at the bottom.

We went on a sunset cruise on a glass-bottom boat for our final night, we saw turtles and jellyfish and all sorts swimming over the coral reef aaaand...

 

...My Mam's boyfriend proposed to her! My step-sister was being sea-sick over the side of the boat while it happened, poor thing.

As it was the start of lobster season, I finally got to try some! It was so delicious, I had a mixed grill of lobster, shrimp and scallops.

So that concludes my holiday to Florida! We had an amazing time!

Thanks for reading and if anyone is planning a trip to Florida and would like to ask any questions then do not hesitate to ask!

:)

Florida! Week two- Universal

I haven't posted for ages, once again, as I have been in Barcelona! I will be posting about that trip in the near future.

BUT for now I am going to talk more about Florida!

Week two:

We drove from our villa in Windsor Hills to stay at the Portofino Hotel in Universal Studios.

Its done out like a little Italian village! Its so beautiful!

Staying on the Universal resort meant that we had transport directly to the park every day and could go as much as we wanted, we also had passes which meant that we could jump straight to the head of every queue!

You can buy these 'express passes' in the park, but it is cheaper to book them in advance, I would recommend them because although you pay more money, the day is so much more enjoyable without the hassle of hour long queues.

The best part of Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure for me is without a doubt the Harry Potter world! I love being able to go to all of the shops and see inside the castle!

Towards the end of the week we travelled to Port St Lucie, where my Auntie lives. We had a great weekend chilling by the pool and soaking up the sun after a busy couple of weeks!

I will be posting about our third and final week in Key West very soon!!

Thankyou for reading and thankyou for all of the comments people leave :)

If anyone has any questions do not hesitate to ask!!

Florida! Week One- Orlando

Hi!!

I haven't blogged for such a long time... but this was because I had literally no way of posting due to being in Florida on a family holiday for 3 weeks!

I'm going to post briefly about each week because if I blogged about each day I would go on forever...

Without further ado, I will start with week one.

So our first week, we were in Orlando visiting the Disney parks. We stayed in Windsor Hills resort in a villa. As unfortunately I am not yet 21, I could only enjoy home-made mojitos by the pool in the villa :(

One evening, we went to Downtown Disney, it is soon going to be transformed into a more family-orientated place for a night. I loved Lady and the Tramp as a child so I was over the moon to see some bushes shaped like them!

Typhoon Lagoon is our favourite waterpark, I am not a huge fan of waterslides, but I love the lazy river and the wave pol! The waves can get up to 6 foot and knock everyone all over.

We went to the Rainforest Cafe in Animal Kingdom, this is my favourite Disney park as it is so chilled out and I love seeing all of the animals. I had a shrimp platter at the Rainforest Cafe, this incluede coconut shrimp, garlic and chilli shrimp and shrimp wrapped in mozzarella and bacon with a side of Caribbean rice.

Disney's Hollywood studios was so fun! I love the Hollywood Tower Hotel (the twilight zone) it is so creepy but so crazy, you are dropped in a lift down several stories... several times! So crazy.

We did a lot more than just visit these parks but unfortunately we did not have a good day at the Magic Kingdom.

The 'fast pass' system in Disney has been changed so that you must pre-book any fast passes, which we did not know.

I would urge anyone who is planning on visiting any Disney Resort to look into this as it really ruined our day, we couldn't get on any rides. However.. after this day, we managed to book our fast passes for other attractions at other parks in advance and had a much better time :)

Thank you for reading, if anyone has any questions do not hesitate to ask!