I decided to save you the long boring description of almost 24 hours of travelling. Just start with breakfast on the first proper day, much better idea.

Waffles and banana and syrup for breakfast from a waffle maker, that was pretty funky except for the constant beeping as they finished their cycle. Not really what you need early in the morning. We had a brief wander around the hotel complex and were on our way by 8.15. We pretty much just drove across the road to get to the Disney World entrance, then a very long drive through the park to the Magic Kingdom entrance. There must have been 3 dozen people just dedicated to getting us to a parking spot (Pluto 19). Then we took a mini-train to the ticket counter and then a mono-rail to the entrance.

Main Street was full of people waiting for filming of the ABC Christmas parade (sorry to ruin it for anyone thinking it was filmed live) so we high-tailed it to Frontier Land to get on the big rides before the queues built out or I chickened out. I didn't much like Splash Mountain - I was slightly freaked out by the Zip-a-de-doo-dah characters, didn't like getting wet and really hated the drops. In contrast I loved Thunder Mountain, no drops just fast turns and tilts. Pirates of the Caribbean was next and was fun, although I was doing it backwards looking for movie references.

Jungle River was next and not very exciting in itself, but the boat captain was hilarious and made the cruise a lot of fun and nicely relaxing following some manic dashing about.

We walked across the park to Tomorrow Land where we spent the next couple of hours doing pretty much all of the rides. Stitch's Great Escape was cute with some very cool puppets and animatronics and nice use of sound effects to hide the fact that (again, sorry to ruin it) Stitch isn't real. Lunch was a plentiful and plesant chicken and chips followed by Buzz's Lightyear Spin which equipped everyone with a gun and a collection of targets to shoot. Fun but actually a bit distracting. I beat Jane by a considerable margin! Tomorrowland Transit Authority was just a quick tour which didn't show much and never lingered enough for photos. Carousel of Progress was a cool idea, rather cheesily done with some stuff that was updated from 1960s and a lot that wasn't making a weird mix. The "World of Tomorrow" actually being the world of a while ago and wrong was just a bit sad.

Up to Fantasyland and we went in to the Philharmagic which was easily the best thing in the whole place. The 3D was amazing, the added effects fun, the music great and it was actually funny! Watching the small child next to me try to grab the effects was great, particularly as I had to resist the urge to do the same.

A quick tour the kiddy themed Toontown and we took the train back round to Frontierland. Consumed a 'cappuccino gloat' which featured rather too much ice cream and too little coffee while queuing for the Haunted Mansion. The effects in this were very impressive and it was very atmospheric.

At this point it was time to pick a spot for the parade, I left Jane for a bit to wonder the shops - so many shops! The parade turned out to be Christmas themed and was cheesy as anything. It was absolutely brilliant! I couldn't help but wave and sing along!

We made a dash to It's a Small World which was weird for a bit, then cute for a little bit, then irritating, then painful. The Indy Speedway was a bit naff - the cars were impossible to steer, there was no overtaking and you spent twice as long queuing for the 'pits' as actually driving. Our final ride was Peter Pan's Flight which had the feature of hanging capsules. It lasted about 4 minutes and wasn't hugely excited so we were glad we'd fast-tracked it and hadn't queued for an hour.

We returned to Main Street to claim a patch of pavement for the second parade and the fireworks. Jane went and obtained hot dogs which were good and I obtained a shirt and sweatshirt to fend off the encroaching cold. The weather was absolutely beautiful all day - not a cloud in site and not too hot, but it does get cold when the sun goes down.

The Spectral Magic display was amazing - so many bulbs! The fireworks were then pretty spectacular, appearing from behind the castle and putting it in silhouette. There was some twaddle about wishes (fireworks with a plot?) but who cares.

It was surprisingly fast to get out of the park and I think it actually took us longer to get the car windows un-fogged than to get the monorail and tram back to the car. We got slightly lost on the way home but made it back and into bed by 11.30.