Welcome to Hawkes & Brown's Holiday

Sister park and essentially the first / other half of Islands of Adventure which we visited last Saturday. The biggest difference between the two is this park boasts a lot of VR attractions, whereas the other has more rollercoasters.  We … Read more

NASA 3, 2,1 blast off. It’s one small leap for man, one giant leap for mankind.  That’s right it’s Nasa day for Sophie, Dan and Tim. When you turn up at Nasa you pay the $10 parking fee and then … Read more

Hollywood Studios For the first time since we arrived here, this morning we split into two groups. Tim dropped Lizzie, Charlotte and I at Hollywood Studios, before heading to NASA at Cape Canaveral.  To recount their adventures, I’m going to … Read more

A park centred around its animal inhabitants, rather than the white-knuckle rollercoasters it boasts.  Before I recount our activities, I need to acknowledge our fantastic navigators. Tim and I have shared the driving but neither of us would have successfully … Read more

As he was freshly rested, our patriarch rejoined the party today as we set sail for Aquatica, the second water park on our list that nobody had visited. The park wasn’t too busy, so we were able to enjoy “bottomless … Read more

A totally different park today, which allowed us to marvel at the wildlife and also enjoy “all the thrills of the fair”. Unfortunately, we left our patriarch at the villa to rest and recuperate, but once we’d ensured he was … Read more

Today marked a first for our group, we visited a place nobody had previous knowledge of. Unlike Disney’s parks which are spaced out and have their own parking areas, Universal is way more compact and shares four massive parking garages. … Read more

Today is Sunday! Maybe that’s an unusual statement for me to start the blog with, but when you’re away from your usual routine somehow the days of the week seem to blur and you lose track. We deliberately changed tactics … Read more

Beginning our day with an unhealthy dose of gamma radiation on The Hulk ride, a giant green rollercoaster which propels you up a long dark tunnel and out into the sunshine with the wind whistling in your hair as if … Read more

Welcome to Hollywood (Studios), what’s your dream? Our second visit to Disney was to Hollywood Studios, home to Star Wars, Toy Story, Tower Terror, Indiana Jones stunt show, Frozen musical singalong and more. One of the main attractions in the … Read more