USA + Cruise (Caribbean). Part 3
Our liner arrived in Miami by 08:00. Disembarkation from the ship did not take long. And within half an hour we were in a taxi.
Our United Airlines flight to Orlando was only at 17:30. We decided to leave our suitcases in the luggage room at the airport, or if check-in for our flight is open, then check in and check in our luggage. And they themselves planned to go shopping without things. At the Miami airport, United Airlines had their own stationary check-in counters, we went to one of them. But there was no check-in for our flight yet, we were offered seats "for landing" on the flight at 11:30. It turns out that this practice is very common in the states, when the flight is sold out, but at the last moment people do not show up for boarding, then passengers from later flights of this airline are checked in at their seats at no additional charge. There were 12 such lucky people on our flight, and as a result, there were enough seats for everyone. Travel time from Miami to Orlando was 50 minutes. The airline clearly saves on drinks and cabin cleaning. We were not offered soft drinks on board. And in the cabin there was garbage from previous passengers. I understand that the flight is not long, but when we flew the same distance with US Airways from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, everything was different.
Here we are in Orlando - a city of swamps and lakes. Everything is buried in the greenery of the forests. If it were not for the occasionally encountered palm trees, then we can assume that you are in the forests of the Moscow region. There are a huge number of squirrels around, they jump everywhere.
Taking a taxi ($70) we headed to our hotel "The Buena Vista Palace Hotel & Spa 4 *", which is located in downtown Disneyworld. A very good location, it is here that you are surrounded by many themed cafes and restaurants, shops and souvenir shops. And free shuttles run regularly from the hotel to the amusement parks themselves. The entire hotel, including rooms and staff uniforms, is done in beige and white colors. Spacious and bright rooms, a large LCD TV, a balcony overlooking the lake, which is inhabited by alligators, a large and green area, heated pools (it was not hot in Orlando at the end of November). Since we planned to do “shopping” that day, we left our suitcases in the room and went to the nearest shopping center. Everything was full of inscriptions "Sale" and "Discounts". Indeed discounts were from 50 to 70%. We left each store with shopping bags. As a result, we had to buy an additional suitcase in order to transport to Moscow what we bought that day. The rest of the four days we went to Disney World theme parks (Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Epcot), Universal Orlando Resort (Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios FL), Disney’s Blizzard Beach and Wet’n Wild water parks. Many attractions are exactly the same as in California and it was nice to refresh the memory on more beloved ones. This time we rode the rollercoaster to the point of nausea. On the last day of our trip, it got colder, a cold wind blew. But we had bought tickets to the Wet’n Wild water park and we had no choice but to go there. The water on the slides was heated, so that we did not experience much discomfort. By noon the sun was shining again. In the water park, we took a shower and changed clothes, drove to the hotel for things and headed to the airport.
In Florida, huge hectares of land are given over to amusement parks, and it seemed to us that the whole life of Orlando revolves around them.
As a result, the trip was a success, we did and saw everything that we had planned for 100%.
