The Godfather's Live Trip Report, photopass added post #442

[Cyrano]

Looks like you all had a fun time at Hoop De Hoop Revue

 

[katiec]

Looks like everyone is having a fab time

Loving the TR Wayne - thanks for taking precious holiday time to do it

Katie x

 

[Sapper383]

Looks like you had a great time at Hoop de doo, can't wait to go next month

Well done Matt, fab news

 

[Chilly]

brilliant photos from the hoop de doo, looks like loads of fun

 

[happyj]

Well done Matt.

 

[amacspad]

Hi Wayne, thank you for the fab pics of the hoop de doo, luks great and can't wait to go! Big well done to matt, you must all be made up, now you all can really relax and enjoy the rest of your hols!

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Debs xxx

 

[cliveywolves]

Well done Matt, :0)
See you at the DIS meet next week.

 

[Pegasus928]

First - and most important - well done to Matt for his exam results. Must be a huge weight off your mind and you can now start to enjoy your holiday to its fullest
And yes Wayne - I did notice Dizzys clothes You've made me feel like a nagging Mum now

Looks like you all had a fab time at the review, must put that on my ever growing list of things to do for the next time we go.
Looking forward to the next installment

 

[wayneg]

Next morning we were all going seperate ways, Karen, Lucy & Lily went off on the bus to MK, I drove Matt to the Orlando Sentinel, Downtown Orlando then dropped Paul off at the Florida Mall to do some shopping, he is the only shopper amongst us. I then went to MK to join the others and wait for texts to collect Matt & Paul.
Probably best leaving Matt to post all the details of his trip to the Sentinel, he is just typing his blog now.
The editor who arranged his visit lined up a full morning meeting reporters & editors, she bought him lunch and came out to meet me when I collected Matt around 2pm.
Matt met Dewayne Bevil, I think he wants his job, Dewayne spends 3 days a week in the theme parks for a living, combined with writing would be Matt's perfect job. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/attractions/orl-bevil-columnist,0,99422.columnist
On the way back down we collected Paul but while we were there Matt went in and bought himself an Ipad 2.
Back to OKW to get ready for evening meal at Akershus, Norway.
Wasn't too sure about this meal, turned out to be really nice, although a little rushed, First we got 2 photo's with Belle at the entrance, the meal is an entree & dessert brought to the table but also a cold meat, salad & seafood buffet. Everytime we tried to goto the buffet another princess came around. By the time we had seen the 4 princesses our entree had arrived, we all enjoyed those but then the server(earning her ears) wanted to bring the dessert. I told her no, it was time for the buffet. I then went and got a really nice plate of seafood. I asked for a drink which she forgot so asked again, Karen and Matt said I was abrupt but I had seen her more interested in preparing the bill than bringing my drink. I am sure she will get a lot worse than me to deal with, at least she got her 18% off me. If she was not earning her ears I might have had words.
This was a meal we did for Lily but really glad we experienced it, its very good value for 1 credit seeing 5 princesses & getting a photo included(2 for us a party of 6)

 

[jtlover]

Great photos Wayne

Do you mind me asking which Ipad 2 Matt bought and are they a lot cheaper than here? Looking to buy one myself in October.

 

[Linda67]

Another fantastic update

Great to see so many smiling faces at the HDDR

Congratulations to Matt on his excellent exam results; I am off to read his blog now

 

[wayneg]

Great photos Wayne

Do you mind me asking which Ipad 2 Matt bought and are they a lot cheaper than here? Looking to buy one myself in October.

He got the mid sized one, 32gb Wifi. $637.94 which worked out at £386.16, a saving of £93 on UK price of £479. The wifi version prices are $499(16gb), $599(32gb) & $699(64gb) all +6.5% tax.

 

[Scrap_Vamp]

Can't believe I've been back a week and am only just catching up! Have just sat and read the thread from the beginning and now need to go and read Matt's blog.

Big congratulations to Matt on those results I was in school for results day yesterday (first time for three years!) so it is great to hear success stories.

Looking forward to reading about the rest of the trip

 

[cliveywolves]

He got the mid sized one, 32gb Wifi. $637.94 which worked out at £386.16, a saving of £93 on UK price of £479. The wifi version prices are $499(16gb), $599(32gb) & $699(64gb) all +6.5% tax.

I was going to buy an ipad 2 when we get over there later this month, untill I got a call from vodafone last week, I dont know if this offer is avaliable to everybody but they offered me, ipad 2 16GB 3g & wifi for FREE yes £0, with a 24mth contract @ £22.40 for the data plan etc. I went for this as i didnt have to lump out £400 up front and it also comes with 3g and data bundle which I wouldnt of got by buying one from the US.

 

[alibeau]

Congrats to Matt on his results, great news

Love reading your updates and piccies are fab too

Ali

 

[jtlover]

Just a quick post as its 5:30am here, Matt could not sleep due to AS level exam results so we just rang to get them. Now none of us can sleep.
He took 5 exams
Critical Thinking C
English Lit B
English Language A
Sociology A
Psychology A

The last 3 are what he is continuing onto A level next year so he is very happy right now.

Kenny, Dizzy has different clothes on right now but camera seems to be catching him in that shirt all the time.

Just seen this part of your report - WELL DONE MATT - really pleased for him

 

[Tinks1984]

I've caught up!! Massive congrats to Matt on his exam results, great going and now I hope he's much more relaxed and enjoying his holiday! Hope he enjoyed it at the OS too!

Some great pictures of Lily with the Princesses, it looks like she's much more settled with the face characters.

And all that food - wow! I don't know how you keep up with where you're all eating each day

Looking forward to hearing more

 

[wayneg]

Hectic few days again, Paul, Lucy & Lily now gone home & EMH in MK last night, got to bed 2:30pm.
Back to Thursday, MK in the morning to see the fairies & Tiana plus a few rides. Ate at Cosmic Rays, no pics just standard CS. In the afternoon we rang Karen's Mum and Lucy's Mum on the Ipad via Skype, we tried a few days back on our HTC Wildfires with no luck but on Ipad it works perfectly, I loaded £10 of credit before we came away, after calls to get Matt's results and these 2 calls(plus test calls I wasted a few pence) I have spent 65p of the £10, still £9.35 of credit.
Evening we had planned to eat at Liberty tree tavern but decided to go online and see what else was available, we felt LTT was very similar food to Garden grill where we ate only a few nights back. The online system gave me 29 restaurants to choose from, we chose Grand Floridian Cafe, having eaten here twice before we knew we should get a good meal.
Arrived very early (20-25mins) but they seated us straight away. we were not disappointed with the meal, probably my favourite steak of the trip, I had rib eye with garlic fries sprinkled with parmesan cheese, delicious.

Matt makes Stitch look short now.

After the meal a look around the hotel to pass a bit of time, rain was really heavy outside.

 

[Mrs Doubtfire]

Well done to Matt on his exam success

I have to say , the latest pictures from the GF cafe look the best yet

Thanks for all the updates and enjoy the rest of your holiday.

 

[Sapper383]

The food at the GF cafe looks lovely....what was the name of the desert with the chocolate Mickey???....I want one