All the best films

Phew! We've finally made it home after an unbelievably long and tiring couple of days, and we're now badly suffering the effects of jetlag. It's 2 in the morning, and Max, daddy and I are up watching a DVD because we can't sleep. But back to the last day of our holiday...

We got up early in the morning and left the hotel in Clearwater. It was sad because Lisa the parrot wasn't up yet so we didn't get to say goodbye. We then drove back to Orlando and after checking in our suitcases for our flight, we went to Disney's Hollywood Studios. I was very excited when I realised which park we were going to, because daddy said we weren't going there this year. It's got some of my favourite rides all based on my favourite films - most importantly the Star Wars ride.

But first, we went to the brand new ride which has only just opened, called Toy Story Mania. Unfortunately because it's new it was very popular and we had to queue up a very long time for it, but it was worth it as it was really good fun. You get 3D glasses and then you go around to all these different screens where you have to shoot 3D balls at different characters and scenes from Toy Story. I got a really high score, but I think daddy's was a bit higher. After that I went on the Star Wars ride with mummy - Max is too small so he and daddy waited for us in the shop. The ride was great, and they've got so many cool Star Wars toys in the shop like a Goofy Darth Vader and Mickey Luke Skywalker.

After lunch we went hunting for WALL-E toys but because the film has only just come out, they've hardly got any toys in stock yet, so we went all over the park trying to find them. Max fell asleep just as the parade was about to start, and slept through the whole thing, but I found a really good place to watch it. It was lots of fun - lots of singing and dancing and characters from the Pixar films, like Woody and Buzz and the Incredibles.

The parade finished just in time for the best part of the day - The Indiana Jones Stunt show. It was amazing. They had the big boulder, exploding cars, fights with baddies, and even an aeroplane. Max was a bit scared by the big bangs.

Sadly we then had to say goodbye to Disney and head to the airport. The plane was much busier than on the way over, but there were a few spare seats, so daddy went and grabbed some after we'd taken off, so there'd be room for us boys to sleep. Daddy made a bed for Max and he went to sleep after dinner and slept for most of the flight. But I wasn't tired at all, and stayed up until about 2 in the morning watching my Power Rangers DVD. I finally fell asleep about an hour before we landed, and so was really grumpy when I had to be woken up to get off the plane. Getting through the airport was really slow, as there was a big queue to show them our passports (we should have got a Fastpass) and then it took ages for our pushchairs to come off the plane. When we finally got back to our car, we realised how much smaller it is than the one we had in Florida, and daddy had a bit of a struggle fitting all our stuff in, especially the new suitcase we had to buy to fit our shopping in.

So we're finally back in our lovely house with our comfy beds and all our stuff that I missed while we were away. I'm pleased to be home, but I think it would be better if we had a swimming pool in the garden and a few Disney parks down the road.

Crabs

I don't have much time to write this morning as we've got an early start ahead of a(nother) very busy day. It's the last day of our holiday, which is sad, but I'm also excited to be going home because I miss my teddies and my friends and my school and my grandparents. But as a special treat we're going back to Disney today, so we've got to drive back to Orlando this morning.

Yesterday, we were supposed to go to the beach, but there were some scary black clouds over the sea so we thought we'd better do an indoor activity while the storm passed. So we went to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, which is home to a famous dolphin called Winter, who lost her tail in a crab trap when she was a baby. We watched a film about how they made her an artificial tale, and we saw her with her trainer, and lots of other dolphins and turtles too. Daddy was very interested to see the dolphin show but Max and I got a bit bored after a few minutes. My favourite bit was the gift shop.

In the afternoon, we did finally make it to the beach for one last time, where I had lots of fun tipping daddy off the lilo into the sea, and we built sandcastles and tunnels in the sand.

In the evening, we had our last Florida dinner at Crabby Bill's. I ordered the Popcorn Shrimp because mummy told me that I had loved it when we came here when I was little, but I obviously didn't have very good taste in food back then, because I didn't think much of the shrimp this time. Never mind - the chips were nice, and so was Max's hamburglar. And he seemed to like the shrimp, so it all worked out in the end.

This will be my last post from Florida, but I'll fill you in on all the details of Hollywood Studios and our journey home when we're back in England.

Busch Gardens

Today we went to Busch Gardens. We started our day with a train ride around the park and we spotted giraffes, zebras (or zeebras as the Americans call them), rhinos, hippos and ostriches.

Daddy was very excited, but I was a bit safaried out. It takes more than big game to thrill me now, so daddy decided that it was time for me to try a real, upside down, rollercoaster with him. I was very excited by this idea, but just as we got to the front of the queue the ride closed because there was a storm on the way.

We didn’t really know what to do as it was beginning to rain and all the rides had closed because of the lightening. To escape the bad weather we went into the 4D Pirates show, but we had to wait 40 minutes for it to start – luckily mummy managed to find a seat for us all to share so it wasn’t too bad.

The show was pretty scary – Max spent most of it hiding behind daddy and crying – and we got wetter than we would have done outside as we kept getting squirted with water. I wasn’t too keen on that bit either, so I was pleased to see the weather was better once we got out and we could go and try out the Scorpion rollercoaster at last.

Daddy and I joined the queue, while mummy and Maxy went to play on the baby rides. I think Max got the best deal – he had about 15 rides on the train and motorbike rides, while I waited with daddy – and I didn’t like the rollercoaster after all. It hurt me when I went upside down, and to be honest I don’t think I was really a big enough boy to enjoy it.

Never mind – I cheered myself up by having a go on the train and motorbikes with Max, which was great fun, though daddy was a bit annoyed that we had wasted so much of the day waiting for a ride I didn’t even like.

After an hour of watching Max and then me on the train and motorbike rides mummy said she’d had enough, so we moved on to the Land of the Dragons. Mummy and daddy said I had loved it when I came here as a baby and it’s just as good now I am 4.

We played in the water, on the climbing frame, bouncy castle and then had loads of goes on all the rides. Mummy took us on the egg wheel, which made her a bit weepy as it reminded her of when she took me on it when I was baby and Maxy was just a bump.

We both had a go on a mini water ride, we also shared a racing car, went on flying dragons and boats. Mummy and daddy had a hard job tearing us away when the park was about to close.

For tea we had chips (naturally) and the most enormous slice of chocolate cake I have ever seen. Max and I did a good job trying to finish it, but even with a bit of help from mummy and daddy we were defeated and half of it ended up in the bin.

On the way home I went straight to sleep, but Max managed to stay awake for the whole drive. Daddy was particularly pleased about this as it meant he could spend most of the drive asking ‘Where is the hotel?’ and ‘Are we at the hotel yet?’

A lazy day tomorrow, before our last taste of Disney before we fly home so we can tell you all about our holiday in person. Get ready for the epic video – daddy has hardly put the camera down…