It’s official. We are going to Florida this summer. At least, Xandrine and I are going for a “short” trip of two weeks.
Through ArkeFly the flight has been booked. On the 24th of June we will be leaving Schiphol Airport Amsterdam to fly to Sanford International Airport. It’s going to be an early flight, as we expect to lift of at 8 AM. A lot of hours later, at 12:55 PM local time, we will be touching ground in Florida and on the 8th of July we will be leaving Florida again to fly back to The Netherlands, where we expect to land at 8:15 AM on my birthday, the 9th of July.
As soon as we have picked up our luggage and went through customs, we will pick up our rental car at Alamo, which we booked through Alamo in the UK, which had the best price offer and insurance.
From there we will travel to the first hotel, which all have been booked either through Priceline or Hotwire. Our first hotel will be in Orlando the first couple of days. From the 24th of June until the 28th of June, we will be staying at the Rosen Centre Hotel on International Drive. On the 28th of June we will move to Tampa for a couple of days, where we will be staying at the Westin Tampa Harbour Island hotel, close to the Tampa Bay Times Forum. After that, we will be travelling back to Orlando on the 1st of July to remain the rest of our stay at the Hilton Grand Vacations on International Drive, just around the corner of the Premium Outlet Mall.
During our stay we will be going to SeaWorld, Aquatica, Adventure Island and Busch Gardens. Also on the planning will be Magic Kingdom at the Walt Disney World. Not entirely sure whether that will be on Independence Day, the 4th of July or a day before, since it will be loaded (not crowded but loaded, packed). However, Independence Day in Magic Kingdom will be an experience we will never forget.
For Xandrine I also have a surprise, which I will not mention before it has actually passed. Otherwise it will no longer be a surprise of course. This will also keep my viewers a bit curious about what is going to happen.
During the next few weeks I will need to be arranging the seats in our flights and see where we want to go out for breakfast, lunch and dinner. For sure, we will be visiting some BBQ restaurants. Uncle Kenny’s can expect our visit in Clermont and Swamp Boys can expect us to pick up some of their famous sauces. Since our last hotel is close to the Premium Outlet Mall, we will be visiting that mall to see if we can score some new clothes.
