Yay. Holiday flights booked. Saved £1200!

[psychocandy]

You'll need that 5-hour layover to get through the queue at the border control only to pick up your bags, re-check them, and join another queue.

Oh yes. Have much experience of the shambles that is US Immigration.

In a way it'll be an advantage to do at first entry into USA rather than get all the way to Orlando and spend hours. Have had some fun times queuing up for 2 hours at MCO.

Always a pleasure US Immigration officials too. (Not!).

Saw an american woman kick off big time once at Heathrow when we came home. She didn't have a Visa or the relevant paperwork and the British immigration guy was pretty calm and explaining it and she was going nuts. She got mobile out to phone the US Embassy and she was going to get him sacked and he told her 3 times she wasnt allowed to use it in the area but if she came into the side office they could sort it. She ignored him.

Can imagine doing that in a US Airport. They'd have you on the floor handcuffed in minutes I reckon.

[psychocandy]

Florida in August.

height of hurricane season.

dog days of heat and killer humidity

torrential rain almost daily

blistering sun when its not raining.

its the wrong time for a holiday.

back out and go in winter, have a better time and save a further 1200 quid

Usually got Oct/Nov. This year oldest son starts high school so can't really do.

Also, we went sept last year and bought annual passes for disney/universal.

[psychocandy]

We have been 3 times so far.
The first time in May and it was to take the kids to disney. They loved it.
2nd/3rd time we went in July and we focused on the Harry Potter sections, shows etc..

If we were going back we would go for May again. It was quieter and nowhere near as hot.

Been 16 times. Yeh should probably have bought a villa at the beginning.
Daughter who'll be 26 months when we go - this will be her 3rd visit.

[FatLazyContractor]

No, but when not going to Florida we go to Spain or France which makes up for it. Although it's generally the ones you wished had stayed covered up that dont...

^This is what makes me wary of going on holiday to Spain or Portugal these days.

Are we running out of options here?

[FatLazyContractor]

Been 16 times. Yeh should probably have bought a villa at the beginning.
Daughter who'll be 26 months when we go - this will be her 3rd visit.

I see what made you claim JSA in the first place .

[alphadog]

Why do people go to Florida ?

Serious question. What is the attraction ?

Astronaut Training Experience at Cape Canaveral , then stick around to watch a launch

[Ticktock]

Why do people go to Florida ?

Serious question. What is the attraction ?

It's one the easiest points to run your drug mules in to from Latin America, and The Family connections in Miami can help give you protection.

[barrydidit]

Been 16 times..

There are rooms in my house I’ve not been in that often.

[FatLazyContractor]

There are rooms in my house I’ve not been in that often.

Bedroom?

Wife's been putting you on the sofa bed ?

[psychocandy]

There are rooms in my house I’ve not been in that often.

Must admit I'd like to go somewhere else. BUT with a new young child its sort of going through it all again.

And it is a great place to go with kids. Apart from the long flights that is.