A return to Magic Kingdom

Posted on by Ian C.

Our first visit to Magic Kindom since September 2019, which was a good and quiet day thanks to hurricane threats – this latest visit was busier but perhaps not as busy as it might be due to the Super Bowl! We got rides at Buzz Lightyear (twice!), Under the Sea – Journey of The Little Mermaid, Haunted Mansion, Winnie The Pooh, Pirates Of The Caribbean, as well as It’s A Small World, Carousel Of Progress and the TTA. We didn’t pay for lightning lanes and our longest single queue was about 45 minutes for Haunted Mansion.

Here’s a selection of photos from our day …

We stayed through to the 8pm fireworks, which were spectacular of course (and crowded of course!):

I did some video of the fireworks, too:

Winter Garden Fire Rescue Annual Santa Run 2023

Posted on by Ian C.

Since we moved to Stanton Estates, we’ve been included in the Santa Run route that the fire department does throughout Winter Garden, over a few nights approaching the holidays … our homes location means that we see the run pass behind us (visible from the upstairs rear balcony) and then a few minutes later they run down the street in front! This year I grabbed a few seconds of video of each pass:

Our house was on the first night this year (all the routes for 2023 are listed here):