Busch Gardens – A Place of Wonderful Memories

Busch Gardens is a bit further away from the main Disney Parks but I would strongly advise the extra half an hours or so journey in the car as this park has it all and holds some fantastic memories from each of the times I have been there.

The first time it was just Mike and I and I wanted to go, mainly, to see the White Tigers. For me these are just utterly gorgeous creatures that I was so keen to see up close. I remember walking through the animal area then over this kind of bridge and there you look down on the Tiger’s Continue reading “Busch Gardens – A Place of Wonderful Memories” »

Sea World – My Favourite Park in Florida

The first couple of times I went to Florida I didn’t go to Sea World. I had the preconception that there would be nothing interesting there compared to the Disney World parks. The first time I did decide to visit was with my Boyfriend on our first solo visit to Florida. The first impression I got was that it is much calmer than the Disney parks. There is a lovely water feature at the entrance which in itself is a lot more understated.

As soon as you go through the gates it felt peaceful. It helped that we were there in September and the crowds were really very small. There are animals and fishes to see and feel as Continue reading “Sea World – My Favourite Park in Florida” »

Florida Wildlife – Its All Around

One of the fun things about Florida that people I think often do not think about is that it is a subtropical climate and this therefore means that we get some pretty cool animals about. Now there are a nice selection of some scary ones but they want to stay away from you in the same way that you want them to stay away. Some of the proper historical animals and beasts are out there and living in relative harmony with the people that live in Florida but there are a number of places where you can go and make the most of the animals. the screamingly obvious ones going down to the Everglades where we can all relive the romantic idea of climbing on an air boat with “Gentle Ben” and go charging off to see what animals you could see. For those wanting to Continue reading “Florida Wildlife – Its All Around” »