So we got in the car and drove to Busch gardens. As soon as we arrived a storm started and we ended up in a shelter with about 200 screaming kids eating packed lunches. We were going to go back to the hotel, but it was pissing down and they stopped the carpark transport. Thankfully after an hour it all dried up and everything started to open again. We queued for ‘Cheetah Hunt’, which was a really good coaster, did ‘Montu’ which I still reckon is the best coaster in the world and then we did the train ride around the animals. There were only two more coasters and we were done, we did ‘Cheetah Hunt’ and ‘Montu’ one more time. Always thought there was a lot more here, guess my memory is clouded and perhaps mixing it up with another park. We ate at an Italian in Disney Studios and stayed there until it closed.

So yesterday was a bit different. You know everyone has the famous ‘bucket list’, and one thing that’s always on it is ‘swim with dolphins’, well, I think it was pretty much the last item on mine as I think the hot sex with Adam Rickitt is not going to happen, he keeps bouncing me emails. So anyway, we drove to ‘Discovery Cove’ which is only a few miles away and checked in. It was then quickly time for my ‘Dolphin swim’. I donned a wetsuit and joined the group. We were led into the water and met a baby dolphin female who was one. Cute as anything. She made sounds on command and gave ‘dolphin kisses’. We then met a twenty year-old male who was just massive, he gave ‘dolphin rides’ which was a fantastic experience. The whole thing was over quickly. We then spent the rest of the day lounging around. I managed to lose my sunglasses which was rather annoying, I’d already scratched the lens one side anyway, so maybe time for a new pair of Oakley’s. Last night we went to Epcot and went on test track to use one of our three free fast passes. We then turned up to our dinner reservation over half-hour late. Still, we had a very nice Mexican. We then took the monorail to Magic Kingdom and stayed there until midnight.

So we managed to start fairly early for us and drive over to Universal. Parked up and joined large queue for metal detector, managed to bypass that one and then joined another large queue for another metal detector. Finally got on to ‘City Walk’ and then got our tickets. Managed to get into ‘Studios’ park, we did the Transformers 3D ride which was very good, Mummy Returns, which was okay and the Simpsons. We then did the new Gringots train which was excellent in lots of ways and then took the Hogwarts Express over to the other park. We had lunch and then did Spiderman 3D which is showing its age now against the Transformers ride. Jurassic Park water ride and then the heavens opened, we managed to get on the Harry Potter ride before the storm, afterwards we ended up stood in a cafe for an hour waiting for the Dragon coaster to open. It finally did. All my stuff is in zipped pockets, yet we had to go through yet another metal detector to get on a bloody coaster, so had to dump all stuff in a locker and rejoin the queue. I’ve never come across something so bloody ludicrous, you have less security in airports. The coaster wasn’t even that good. Drove home via Walmart and picked up a few bits. Last night we ate at ‘Bongo’s’, which was a very nice Cuban restaurant, very good food and cocktails.

So spent the day at Magic Kingdom, so more chasing about. Had a fantastic storm, ended up buying one of those lovely plastic macs. The water was several inches high by the evening. We went out to Epcot for dinner. Ate at a Japanese place where they cooked the food in front of you. Rain had stopped by the time we finished.

Today I finally had enough and had a very long lie-in. We actually left the hotel room at about 2PM, walked to Disney Springs and had lunch. We spent the rest of the afternoon walking round and went to a meeting of the ‘Disney Vacation Club’, it looked very good, but I don’t think it’s really for us, as although we like Disney, I’m not willing to spend every year, or even every few years here, we like to have some flexibility. In the evening it was back to Magic Kingdom for dinner and then the park was open until 1AM, I was feeling a bit more ‘with-it’ by then.

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So we got up at the crack of dawn at about 5AM and checked out of the hotel. Drove to the Alamo car drop-off. No issues, even if there was a bloody great crack in the windscreen, which I couldn’t honestly tell you if it was there when we started or not. Checked in bags at airport, went through security and checked into another poncy lounge. Had a few drinks and it was time to board cattle class. It was only a four and a half hour flight, there was no food, no entertainment unless you paid for it, but there was wifi for $10. I was sat between Jamie and a small Chinese woman. I put on CNN and read a book. Very interesting one actually, the history of Universal Studios. Soon into Orlando, where we had to wait and piss around trying to find Virgin people, they eventually turned up, the gift card we were expecting didn’t and we would spend the next couple of days chasing it. Picked up another Altima. Drove to hotel. It is very nice it must be said. Nice view and good wifi signal. Had a lovely dinner at the hotel restaurant and then had cocktails at Disney Springs.

Yesterday we spent the bulk of the day at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, went on Tower of Terror lots. Lots of walking around. Came back to the hotel, changed and then went to Chef Mickey’s at the Contemporary. We were late as usual, but didn’t have any problems. We met all the Disney characters, I think we’ve now been photographed with pretty much every character they’ve ever produced. Went back to Disney Springs and had a couple of beers.

All this walking and chasing about is having quite a big toll on me though, my leg hurts now more than ever and I’m beginning to walk with a permanent limp. Every time I stand up I get a shooting pain. Actually, providing I don’t stop and keep going it’s okay, But sitting down and standing up is quite a harrowing experience. I could really do with a ‘day off’ and just sit by the pool for a bit, but with our tight schedule that’s not going to happen. Weather this week is utter shite, there are permanent storms.

When coming back to the room last night I had a wonderful surprise, Jamie had got me a basket of chocolates and biscuits and I had lovely messages from everybody, that certainly lifted my spirits.

I think we are at Magic Kingdom today. I may wimp out in the afternoon and spend a bit of time with a book.

So we intended to be on time, but failed, so were twenty minutes late for our breakfast reservation. Still, it was quite a grand buffet and we got to meet both Chip and Dale, great fun. We then walked back to the hotel and picked up the car. Drove to Orange Outlet centre and raided Hot Topic. Bought lots of shite. We then drove to ‘Little Tokyo’, lots of anime shops, no toilets. Then we drove to central Hollywood and parked up. Went to Ru Pauls sweet shop thing and made our own chocolate bars. Finally drove back to the hotel, which was no longer full of Asian Dentists (they had been there at a convention all weeks) and packed. We then walked a block down from the hotel and ate at a very nice little family Italian which did four hundred different types of beer, I had two. Oh and the ravioli was lovely. Went back to hotel and finished packing. Early night, 5AM start. The video failed to upload last night, so there will be a slight delay on that one.

So for some reason I was at the final of ‘Pop Idol’, in competition with another guy. He sang and whinged about the quality of one of the speaker stacks. It was my turn and decided I wasn’t really dressed appropriately, so ended up borrowing Dec’s suit. He’s a bit more tubbier than I’d imagined.

The other dream I had was about clearing out earwax.

We headed out up a couple of junctions on the I5 to Knott’s Berry farm. It was a lot more crowded than Six Flags the day before. Still we were there pretty much all day and had a good time (watch the video). Came back and changed then had a rather excessive (in quantity) meal at the hotel restaurant. Early night, no sexy time.

So we started off late. We eventually left the hotel at gone 11AM. Which wasn’t great as it was almost a two hour drive to Six Flags. The good news was thought that the park was pretty empty and everything was just pretty much walk-on. We did a whole range of coasters, the bulk of which we’d done before anyway. Finished off the day on ‘Twisted Colossus’, which threw up a few surprises. Had a two hour drive back in LA traffic. Changed and headed next-door to a rather nice steak house ‘Outback’, they did ‘Shocktop’. I had steak, I even had it with some pink in the middle, it was very good, considering I don’t like steak. So a nice day all in all.

So started this morning early but it didn’t really go to plan. After gentle sexual contact I got up and had cereal and coffee. The video had only just finished uploading, that’s almost an eight hour upload. We finally got out just after 11AM and headed down to Disney’s California Adventure park. To be honest we’ve done all the rides here multiple times so were in no hurry to queue up for anything. We ended up doing the coaster twice and then the toy story midway ride. Did Tower of Terror twice and then had a very long and expensive lunch with a nice bottle of wine and cocktails. Afterwards we just meandered round a bit and did a couple more rides. Finally we were seated for the ‘dessert party’ where we sat at a high table and drank vodka while watching the show. We then wandered back to the hotel. Very nice relaxing day.

So this morning started at 6AM, that’s the time I was awake anyway. As this is a fairly decent hotel there was Starbucks Coffee available, so I got that on the go. Also, I had last nights cheesecake to get through. Halfway through the coffee and my bowels were very stimulated, I had one of the biggest clear outs in recent times. I felt somewhat sore and empty afterwards. We eventually started the walk down to Disney, took about half-hour. Not the nicest weather on the planet, a bit chilly and overcast. Still, we made the best of it. Got on every ride. Watched the parade and the fireworks. If you want to see the complete vlog then go to youtube.com/mannmansion.

If you want the latest and greatest blog then please visit youtube.com/mannmansion. I’m really far too knackered to write anything more today.

Okay, it’s the morning after the day before so I’m a bit more awake now. It’s actually just gone 8AM, I was awake at 6:30AM, feeling very refreshed.

So yesterday was a bloody long day, it was a day plus eight hours. Started fairly early, we checked out of the hotel and drove to Heathrow, no real traffic, all good. Dropped off car no problems directly at terminal. Bag drop took longer than I’d have liked but no issues. We then went through security and checked into our ‘lounge’, this is something I’d just got a ‘card’ for, still cost thirty quid for the two of us but it was much more civilised than having to be around common people. Had some breakfast and coffee. Had a sneaky vodka before we went straight to the gate and walked straight on the plane. We had nice seats in the business cabin with the brand new entertainment system. Got settled in with more sparkling wine. The next ten hour consisted mainly of eating and drinking. We had real glasses and cutlery, with decent food. I watched three films, some cartoons and listened to some music. Plane was very quiet, very new 787 dream liner, these are the ones that catch on fire on the tarmac, we had no such issues.

LAX was fine, straight through and picked up luggage. Got bus to Alamo, I jumped off the bus and got straight in the queue, which was a very wise move as I had to wait half an hour and I was second in line. All the staff seemed to serve one person and then clock off, it was very piss poor service. If I hadn’t had jumped off the bus I would have easily been there another two hours. Picked a Nissan Altima, there were about five to choose from, got a silver one, it worked. Drove to Anaheim in LA traffic, which is always fun, five different high-ways. Got there in just over an hour. Nice hotel, checkin was a breeze, good room on the sixteenth floor. We had a little sit down and I did the first part of the video edit. We then ventured out to Downtown Disney, which was about a twenty or so minute walk. By the time we got there I was really hanging, it was gone 5AM UK time. We walked round for a bit and then headed back towards the hotel direction. We then went to the ‘Cheesecake Factory’, ate a massive dinner, had a couple of really nice ‘Blue Moon’ draft beers and then walked back to the hotel. I did the last of the video edits, exported the video and started the upload, it was 140 minutes to go…I just left the laptop on and went to bed.