Ah, the magic of Animal Kingdom, Kevin enjoyed it, but I think the Fogg’s are a little past this Tired place with its twee rides and animals that look oh so happy.

Yes we did ride this one I’m afraid

Whilst meeting new hairy friends

Followed by a new experience for Kevin, a trip to a Japanese Steak House for a Sumo 8 course meal (which was actually 8 US courses so effectively enough to feed a small family for a week)

Another fun, long and tiring day followed by a dip in the pool.

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A full day of exploring St. Augustine with Mrs Fogg and Kevin in the blazing 90 degree heat.

First stop is the tram tour around the city

And while 2/3 of the team go exploring I get a hair cut and cut throat razor shave on my beautiful locks, now it’s smooth as a babies bum

Time then for Kevin to experience a new first, chowder followed by fried alligator tails

Onwards to the lighthouse with 219 steps, only to find it closed, so instead a walk along the beach and a paddle in a beautifully warm Atlantic

Finishing off with a 3hr drive back and time for Kevin to sample baby baby ribs at a smoke house

All bellies full, time to waddle off to sleep

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An eventual up and out to Kennedy Space Centre, all things rockety with the worlds funniest “unintentionally so” bus tour of platform 39a (where most of the shuttles took off and the same 5 stats being told to you over the 45 minute tour), being told “I’ve told you this so I can tell you that”, to “if you follow the powerline down to the tree out of the left window you will see the bald eagles nest” apart from there was miles of powerline and thousands of trees, along with the brilliant “if you look to the right in this small pond we have alligator, they weren’t there earlier, so must have gone for lunch”. But all told a good day with some cracking rockets and the worlds worst simulator, the shuttle that is supposed to make you feel like you are in a take-off, but actually feels like you are sat on a slightly rickety train.

On then up the coast to St. Augustine through torrential rain and an evening at the St. George Inn and a superb surf n turf at OC Whites

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Ok, the rundown is this:

1. Tiny Hogfarts ride, very tame and extremely lame
2. Duelling Dragons Blue Dragon, fast, upside down and feet dangling. slightly tingly on this one
2. Duelling Dragons Red Dragon, faster more upside down with feet dangling. Bit of a buzz
3. Harry Potter 3D ride, cleverly done with sense fooling video and motion. Impressive quality made you feel like you were flying. ‘Twas ok
4. King Kong 3D ride, excellent concept taken to the next level with 360 degree 3D simulation, hydraulics and story where you really felt immersed. Very good.
5. Spider-Man 3D, another simulation with the same concept as Harry Potter, but again cleverly done. Good, but not King of the Kongs
6. Dr Seuss Cat in the Hat, why oh why!
7. Kiddies Merry go round, now we are just getting silly
8. Log Flume, but of a drubbing but a real scream
8. Popeye and Blutos Bilge-Rat Barges, a complete and utter drubbing, soaked head to toe and all the way to your undies, but FUN
9. Jurassic adventure, Dull
10. The Hulk, g-force induced roller coaster that rocks. This one left Kevin so terrified she couldn’t speak properly for hours after. I wanted a second go but they closed it for the storm.

A good days fun, followed by a heavy thunderstorm adding to our overall drenched demeanour.

Topped off with a trip to Bubba Gumps for shrimp.

Tomorrow then it’s off to Keneddy Space Centre and St.Augustine.
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Universal Studios Islands of Adventure is the order of the day, complete with the other side of Hogfarts from Barry Trotter the Wizard. And then onto Jurassic Park with some kick ass Rollercoasters along the way

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Cos the Knights are getting darker, here all week thank you!

Another fantastically hammy American version of medieval times at Medieval Times, where you cheer for your actor, sorry Knight to battle for the hand of the “fair maiden” (you need an awesome imagination there), whilst eating soup, chicken, potato and corn on the cob with ya fingers.

Kevin managed to catch the flower thrown by our knight, much to the annoyance of Mrs Fogg who no doubt will replace Kevin’s contact lens solution for deep heat in the night.

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Yet another fun packed day, after the Speshul Olimpiks Crew dried off, we headed up for an airboat ride into the glades which was oh so cool, checkout the cyberman fashion headgear

Checkout Mrs Fogg’s new handbag


Kev’s obviously wondering what gator burger tastes like by that look

Then off to the Mall at Millenia for the Cheesecake Factory

Next stop is Medieval Times and a spot of fake jousting, where all your food must be eaten with fingers only and mead is the order of the day (sorry Pepsi)

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In the real olympics you have 5 interlaced rings, in the Speshul Olimpiks you have a rubber ring and 3 floatations devices.

And today’s contestants for the Speshul Olimpiks in synchronised armband and float wearing goes to (and you can guarantee they’ll never have this event, since the only requirement is to look silly and see how many laps of the pool you can do without giggling):

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An evening of taking in the sights of downtown Disney (sorry, renamed to Disney Springs).

The hunt for a parking space, the hunt for food amongst the plethora of eateries (eventually settling for the Rainforest Cafe by the waterfront) and a chance to wander under starlit skies and 22 degrees of heat.

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