Orlando, United States
28° 32' N 81° 22' W
Jul 06, 2007 06:18
Distance 2035km

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Orlando!!

Have to say.. it's so luxurious being flown in Ed's plane.. no ques.. just arrive.. get in.. and go! It took us roughly 5 hours to fly to Fort Pierce where we were due to stop off and re-fuel.. get lunch etc. Ed warned me to visit 'the ladies' before I left but said they did have a loo on board in case of emergency. I had no desire to use the on-board facilities so made sure I went whilst on land! I didn't even drink a drop that morning but my bladder decided to punish me as we hadn't even been in the air for 1 hour when I needed to go.. 'I'm holding it in' I thought.. ain't no way i'm using the aircraft loo. Which, may I add, was only separated from the rest of the plane by a curtain! It was loo.. sorry no.. a bucket with a bin bag and a nappy inside it. I swear I would have gone blue in the face before using that thing but I just couldn't hold it in any longer.. my dignity went out the window the minute I drew that curtain. Thankfully.. no.1 Ed and Connie were sitting in the pilot seats up front so they didn't even notice me 'visiting' no.2 they have both 'been there' before. Still laughing about it.

We arrived in Fort Pierce and the second we landed the storms came in.. good old Florida storms.. lightening the lot. We were delayed there for a while until they cleared which only took a couple of hours. We then headed onto Orlando which took about 30 minutes! So we're here... just grabbed some dinner. Connie and I are hitting Disney World tomorrow (the child in me is very excited!)

Photos / videos of "Orlando!!":

NASA NASA The building where the astronaughts stay in the weeks before launch The builing where the spacecraft is built and then erected before being moved to the launch pad A very rare sneak peak at the spacecraft being built for launch on the 7th August. No-one usually gets to see this but they happened to open te pannels as we were driving past The pathway that leads to the launch pad One of the launch pads.. this one was used for Apollo 13 The launch pad was used for Appollo 11 A turtle on the road.. very common at the space centre A view near one of the launch pads Not the best picture.. but you can just about make out the count-down clock (blue) that they have used for past launches Me outside the NASA building The extremely long landing strip The actual room that they used for Apollo 11.. they have now turned it into a museum They played videos from the actual launch and then simulated the vibrations from the spacecraft taking off by making the ground and windows shake the room again Apollo 7 spacecraft that was never used Booster.. they're so big! From underneath the spacecraft The boosters again A close up of the engine from one of the boosters A moon pod The section of the spacecraft that holds the fuel for take-off.. this section is detached after the fuel is used up The front section of the spacecraft where the astronaughts stay The very front of the spacecraft Where the astronaughts exit the spacecraft The astronaughts spacesuit The cock-pit of the spacecraft close-up A Space-Buggy A genuine spacecraft A model of the propellor from titanic (the man on the right is real) The entrance onto the ship (you walked through here as the museum was inside) The outside of the ship Typical luggage at that time Where the first class passengers waited Where the first class passengers boarded A typical first-class suite Inside the sip The famous stairway The grand glass dome above the stairway Old White Star Line replicas from Titanic The stairway from another angle The steerage hallway The decks of the ship. The had set the temperature to what it would have been like the night the Titanic sank... so so cold The view from the decks Life-jacket The names of all the people from 2nd Class. You may not be able to see.. but the ones in bold survived An impression of the Titanic now at the bottom of the ocean and again The bow of the ship The actual costume worn my Leonardo DiCaprio in the film A re-make of Kate Winslet's costume La Cour De La Mer Disney World! The Magic Kingdom Cinderella's Castle The Moat Western sweet-shop (cos there were so many of those at that time) A ride Connie and I (back row) on Splash Mountain.. the one where you get soaked Pirates of the Caribbean ride (he really looked like Johnny Depp!) Pirates of the Caribbean Disney Swiss Family Robinson's Tree House Living Room Bedroom Tree House Kids Bedroom Kitchen Animal Kingdom Parrots Rhino Hippos Crocs croc again A famous type of tree (can't remember the name) they grow to be so big that people have been known to carve the centre out and live in them A Termite Tower (it's as hard as concrete) from the buffalo family can't remember the name of the animal.. sure it's in one of billy connely's sketches! Elephants again (see the baby beside it's mother) my family Flamingos Ostrich The make-shift poaching campsite Animal Tree (look closely) Everest (no really) This is supposed to be an actualy footprint of a 'yeti' Connie and I on the Everest Ride.. what about my face! The Epcot Centre Crash Test Dummies ride Me in Ed's plane
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