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Day 19 - Busch Gardens, Big Coasters & Melting Humans The boys had been counting down to today — Busch Gardens day had finally arrived. This was a smaller crew mission - just Chris, Thomas, Noah and me. The rest of the family stayed back at the villa and Ubered their way to the outlets...

Day 18 - A Change of Plans, a Raccoon Cameo, and the Great Walmart Fiasco Firstly apologies as we literally only have 2 photos from today: 1 of me looking very disapprovingly at Chris taking a photo of me in my bikini (which I will not be uploading) 2 So… we changed today’s plans. Again...

Day 17 - Rain, Val-isms & One Last Spin Into Space This morning was another lazy one, with a much-needed lie-in for most of us. Chris, Catherine, Paul, Mia, Noah and Olivia headed out for a walk to the playground in Windsor Hills, while I stayed behind doing the very glamorous holiday tasks of...

Day 16 - Lie-Ins, Lake Views & Wait… Where’s Noah? This morning started in the best possible way — I managed an actual lie-in. I know. Miracles do happen. Even better, I woke up to breakfast already made by Catherine and Valerie, which was an absolute treat and immediately set the tone for the...

Day 15 - Rockets, Scooters & Cheesecake Decisions Once again, I was up stupidly early — because apparently my body clock is permanently set to Disney time. The upside? Everyone woke up to a full-on breakfast buffet. Bacon, eggs, waffles, pancakes and tater tots. Honestly, it was less “villa...

Day 15 - Rockets, Scooters & Cheesecake Decisions Once again, I was up stupidly early — because apparently my body clock is permanently set to Disney time. The upside? Everyone woke up to a full-on breakfast buffet. Bacon, eggs, waffles, pancakes and tater tots. Honestly, it was less “villa...

Day 14 - Gators, Popcorn & Fantasmic Tears The alarm went off at 6:30am, which can only mean one thing … we were doing something worth getting up for. Today’s mission was Wild Florida. We’d booked an airboat ride for 9am, meaning we had to be there by 8:45am — or earlier if you factor in...

Day 13 - Chill Day The day we had all been waiting for finally arrived… the chill day. Naturally, in true holiday fashion, I woke up ridiculously early at 6:30am, because apparently my body didn’t get the memo Rather than wake anyone else, I crept downstairs for a cuppa and some cross...

Day 12 - Oversleeping, Lost Grandparents & G-Force Regret We overslept. No alarms. No backup alarms. Just the consequences of last night’s chaos meant we forgot to set the alarm. So after a later start than planned, we made our way to CityWalk at 9am via the water. First stop was Cinnabon...

Day 11 - McGriddles, Meltdowns & The Great Scooter Saga Day 11 began with an early 7am start, which immediately required food-based motivation. We stopped at McDonald’s on I-Drive, where I tried my first ever bacon & egg McGriddle — and honestly? Life-changing. I devoured it. I’m also secretly...

Day 10 - Mia Turns 14, Disney in the Rain & the Great Target Panic Today was Mia’s 14th birthday — happy birthday, Mia! 🎉 And what better way to celebrate than packing up mountains of cases and shopping bags, questioning our life choices, and moving house… Disney-style. With both cars fully...

Day 9 - Missing Shoes, 44 Degree Regret and Walmart Lists Day 9 began with yet another Hughes Family Incident - but firstly take a look at what we returned to last night - love a bit of Disney design. Somewhere between yesterday and today, Noah’s trainers vanished. After a brief...

Day 8 - 5:30am Alarms, Dolphin Dreams & the Case of the Missing Bud This morning began with a 5:30am alarm. Today was Discovery Cove day, so we were up, dressed, and questioning our life choices by 6:30am, arriving in good time for 6:45am. The first small hurdle of the day appeared almost...

Day 7 - Balloon Daycare & Beignets Day 7 began with something we hadn’t experienced in a while on this trip: a lie-in. A proper, guilt-free, much-needed later start. Bliss. We rolled into Animal Kingdom around 11am and walked straight in with zero queues, which felt suspiciously like we’d...