USA Experience

Florida: The trip of a lifetime!

Advantages: Lots of fun, loads of things to do, great weather, brings the family together
Disadvantages: Expensive, parks can be busy, long days

(This review will focus mainly on the entertainment and things to do in Flordia, (ORLANDO). ) It was the 26th of Novemeber, and my grandma had invited my mum, my two brotheres, my two aunties, my two uncles and I up for a special dinner at her home. We thought it a bit weird as christmas was the next month and she would be entertaining us and providing a four course meal. None the less, we didn't hesitate upon the proposal and so we sat there eating ...
...pudding my grandma rose up from the table, disappeared into the lounge, and returned a couple of minutes later with an envalope. She made a speach about how she had a surprise for us all and it was contianed inside the envalope. She handed me the evelope to open, so I ripped it open, excited but totally unuaware to what the surprise would be. Opening up the card, 11 plane tickets dropped out. Glancing at them further I let out a shreak! We were going ...

SweetTooth93 04.08.2008 · Read full review
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Review of General: Florida

Internation drive orlando florida

Advantages: close to all shops ,resturants, and hotels and themeparks
Disadvantages: none

What is international drive and were is it and is there anything to do here well yes im about to tell you what you can find here as international drive is one of the major tourist areas in the orlando area when you get there you will be able to there is evey hotel chain and name you can think off as well as many more it goes on and on its like been in las vagas with it been called the strip. As you will see like we did you will find souvenir shops, ...
...Depends were you stop on international drive you will find places like the kfc and many more as well as places to go like wet and wild for all ages you will find water slides and may more. you will find you can get to the themeparks within easy walk from international drive as i only took us 10 minutes to get there but if you have a free shuttle service from the hotel then you can use that which may be easier on any family getting to the parks but ...

classicalstars 04.04.2007 · Read full review
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Review of International Drive

Orange Lake Country Club

Advantages: close to Orlando attractions, many activities on the resort
Disadvantages: pushy sales people, unpleasant pool staff

...have owned a timeshare at Orange Lake since the mid-80's and I have been there many times. My wife and I bought a week last year. Don't buy a timeshare directly from the resort. We bought our week (pre-owned) on eBay. Total cost for a week in August, including closing costs, was approximately $4,500. One of my coworkers bought a less desirable November week from the resort about six months before we bought ours. She paid over $10,000. Check-in was ...
...a trend. In the past, Orange Lake was a family place. We took our kids, age 4 and 5, to the new River Island water park (inside the resort). Admission is free but they hired attendants (we called them 'pool Nazis') to patrol the water park and make sure nobody uses store-bought inner tubes. If you want to use an inner tube, you are forced to rent one from the resort. The problem is, our children (ages 4 and 5) were unable to use the rented tubes ...

MDOwner 24.08.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Orange Lake Resort

Meet me in St Louis

Advantages: Magnificent skyline. Lots to do and see. Wonderful music heritage.
Disadvantages: A number of attractions not wheelchair accessible

...baseball and ice hockey teams. St. Louis Cardinals play baseball at the Busch Stadium opened in 2006. If you can’t get to see a game, you can always visit The St Louis Cardinal’s Hall of Fame – open Monday - Friday 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. and Saturday - Sunday 9 a.m. - 12 noon with free admission. My sister is a big Ice Hockey fan so we leave St Louis without a look at the home of St Louis Blues – the Scottrade centre. ~~Attractions~~ Without a doubt, the ...
...for the celebrities associated with St. Louis. Each celebrity has a brass star and a bronze plaque detailing their accomplishments. Scott Joplin is there along with Chuck Berry, Tennessee Williams, T.S. Eliot, Charles Lindbergh, Ulysses S. Grant and many many more. St. Louis Union Station was once the largest and busiest passenger rail terminal in the world. The Fred Harvey Restaurant with meals originally served by the Harvey Girls (remember the ...

MAFARRIMOND 11.06.2009 · Read full review
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Review of St. Louis

a surprising city

Advantages: a few gems - worth a short visit
Disadvantages: after a few days you may be struggling

Kansas City is not the first city that would spring to mind for a city break, you may even be hard pushed to find it on the map and even more surprised to find that it is actually in the state of Missouri and not Kansas. However an American Travel organisation has recently named it as one of the top ten overlooked cities and while it most certainly is not like a new york or san francisco there are some gems to be had in this city. It is often nicknamed ...
...city and who knew that Kansas City is the BBQ capital of the world. And boy do they do BBQ restaurants, never being one to miss out on a speciality i paid a visit to a recommended BBQ restaurant Jack Stack Barbecue, one of 4 in downtown Kansas City. I have to admit the food was pretty good, great beef, pork and chicken for all you meat lovers, definitely worth visiting for some authentic Kansas City cuisine! Now I love to shop and I wasn't expecting ...

iallan 03.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Kansas City