playground featuring two areas of water cannons where people can shoot
each other. I took the higher zone, and recruited random children to help me
in my bid to saturate Emma (ma ha ha ha! – evil laugh). My plan worked a
little too well however, and when Emma walked round the corner to meet me
after our dual I nearly put my hands on her chest to protect her modesty,
something her white top and white bra were failing to do! We quickly hid in a
cave (seriously) and changed her top (we came prepared for a wet day when
we packed the bag that morning) before walking back to the car. We
recounted this story to a staff member as we left the park, and were greeted
with a stony silence. Evidently a sense of humour is not required to work in
theme parks!
While we were spending our days in the parks we spent most of our evenings
in the City Walk area of Universal Studios. This has shops, nightclubs and a
huge selection of restaurants. Too tired for the clubs, we did visit some of the
restaurants - including Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville - live music, a round of
'ritas (yes, just one each, due to having to drive home and, more importantly,
the cost), and semi cooked burgers. Jimmy Buffet is somewhat of an
institution in the US it seems - though we had never heard of him.... maybe an
age thing. We spent our last night in a very decadent blow out at the Hard
Rock Café - totally worth it!
Two nights were spent elsewhere in Orlando. The first was a very nostalgic
return to Downtown Disney (downtown from Disneyworld), Walt's version of
City Walk. We had spent many happy evenings there during our holiday the