Thursday 27 December - Monticello to Orlando

Our B & B was unexpectedly full last night and so we waited for the others to be fed at breakfast time before enjoying our breakfast of fruit soup, blueberry pancakes, fresh scrambled eggs and fired ham and a hot cup of tea! Then on the road to Orlando was supposed to take about 3 hours 40 minutes but took longer. Philip was driving and he was lucky to hit bumper to bumper traffic as we got closer to Orlando - result of a bingle. With some cross words between us and the GPS we managed to find our accommodation - Homewood Suites by Hilton and moved all our luggage in before heading back on to the roads - now busy with late afternoon traffic to visit the Titanic Exhibition. This was an enjoyable glimpse into the ship's voyage and also the chance to see actual relics that have been brought up from her final resting place. 

Then it was to the Premium Outlets for some serious shopping - only problem was that every other tourist and most locals must have decided to do the same. The traffic was horrendous on the roads but in the car parks was even worse. Jessica insisted that God always looked after her when she needed a park and that we should preserver. Philip who was driving and also not feeling well did not think that this was a reasonable expectation of our heavenly father!!! But Jessica was proved right a spot appeared directly in front of the entrance. Jessica and Alison quickly planned their attack, circling the outlets which needed to be visited, on the centre map. Philip was more interested in the strategic location of rest rooms for quick visits! Shopping and rest room visits completed including a visit to the Disney Outlet shop to purchase sour DisneyWorld passes and it was pack into the traffic mayhem and a return to the Homewood Suites.

Alison and Jessica then dropped into the adjoining Appleby's Fast Food restaurant to purchase some dinner to go while Philip headed back to the room to eat crackers, vegemite, banana and tea. 

After some quick planning whilst dinner was eaten Alison and Jessica have just returned from the hotel's business centre where they were able to download and print discounted on-line entry tickets for us for SeaWorld tomorrow.