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3 Things That Made Me Feel Grateful This Week

A seamless journey to Florida After our last holiday back in November, I was honestly so grateful that this journey went smoothly. I didn’t want the boys first long haul journey to be any more painful than it had to be. We got to the airport in plenty of time, we boarded on time & landed slightly early. They were a little tired and bored but that’s to be expected. I’m just hoping our journey home is just as smooth. Visiting 3 amazing theme parks This week, we’ve visited all 3 Universal parks; Universal Studios was our first, which was amazing, you walk through streets of New York City Harry Potter and Simpson’s to name a few. Islands of Adventures has something for everyone, there is a land for toddlers with Dr Seuss, a Marvel section for the superhero fans and yet another Harry Potter part where you can get the Hogwarts express between Islands of adventure and universal studios. Volcano Bay, which I admittedly didn’t see much of as I wasn’t feeling great, but what I did see I loved. You need to get there pretty early to get a sun lounger with a parasol, which fortunately we did. The boys loved it and we are planning to go back next week and I’ll be going on some of the more gentle water rides such as the lazy river. The rides are all well spaced out and the Universal app is great as you can see a map of the park, the wait times and set alerts for the rides you want to go on. My only criticism would be the queuing systems for other things such as food & drinks, it’s just a free for all and my British self cannot cope with this! Having some downtime I know a lot of people hit Disney/Universal on a daily basis and I honestly do salute you as I don’t think we would cope. We took advice from the parenting hell podcast and alternated park & pool days. It does mean we have to sacrifice some parks, but I think for the sake of our sanity, it was for the best. what are you grateful for this week? ❤️

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