Today, Margaret & Joanne were keen to go on a helicopter flight from Kissimmee, which takes you up to get partial views of the various Disney parks – we chose one that also overflew Sea World, and I joined them with camera in hand

This picture shows (the back of) World Showcase at Epcot, wrapping around Showcase Lagoon; behind in the distance you can see the Epcot dome

There are lots more pictures in the Gallery, or scroll down to see a few more highlights …

The helicopter:

SeaWorld:

Downtown Disney (Cirque Du Soleil “tent” theatre is nearest):

Blizzard Beach water park:

We had another trip to Disney … we returned to Seaworld and WOW it was busy! We also spent a day in Magic Kingdom with our neighbours Joanne & Earle, who happened to be down for the same week …
Pictures in the Gallery; here’s a selection:

Baby dolphins (just a couple of days old!):

Back to the whale & dolphin show:

So many people! We couldn’t get to see Shamu this time …

Instead we went to the top of the viewing tower – and we did see Shamu from there!

We could also see the Disney parks – in this picture you can see Space Mountain (the light colored saucer shape on the right):

Then another day, we headed over to Space Mountain (in Magic Kingdom) for a ride … it’s a roller coaster in the dark and Margaret doesn’t like it! Our neighbours Joanne & Earle happened to be down for a vacation this week, and Joanne wanted to ride Space Mountain but not on her own, and Earle doesn’t like it either …
So Joanne and I rode the scary ride

We also saw the Gloucester Docksiders again, and posed for a group picture afterwards:

Then it was time to ride another mountain – Splash Mountain. Joanne got dressed for wet, and we thought she was over-dressed, but today everyone got drenched!

We ended the day riding Thunder Mountain, then watched the sunset over the mountain …

(more pictures in the Gallery)

We actually went to Sea World last weekend – but my camera battery died early; I’d expected a return visit to get more pics but it didn’t happen … so here’s some Sea World pics in the Gallery (but none with Shamu!):

Dolphin show:

(Whales, not dolphins)

Manatees:

Another very hot & sunny day – but we got wet a few times thanks to help from Shamu!

We also got a photo with Shamu!

We fed seals …

… and watched a seal show …

There was also a dolphin show (not as good as Shamu!)

And some very tired people!

Loads more pictures in the gallery!