Surf's Up

Hang five, keep it alive, and let me jump down low on the toes of the nose




Well what better way to relax after a brief sandwich lunch that to hurl myself into one of the best water rides about. The Popeye ride is one of my favourites and although weather late 70's it appears to be cold enough to keep the Floridians off the water and is a walk on. I do my best Clark Kent and disappear into a local water closet and reappear as that Scottish super hero Daft Bob. Having discarded any normal wear I appear with showerproof top and no undergarments and a pair of shocking boardies with my renowned lime green socks. I then head off with the family to do battle with Bluto. First round very wet but enjoyable so worth another go. Second with T2 more uncomfortable as the Moll and T3 pay a dollar to fire a water gun at us mid stream...payback for my Small World porkies. Best laugh was round 3 when we were joined by a New Yoyk princess and her man. They strolled up to the ride quaffing alcohol and then entered our barge and relaxed horizontally as we set off. I wished and wished and wished and then boom they all came true. Every turn she was hit, every dollar paid above ground was a direct hit and the final turn she was hit by a wall of water that covered her from her perfect hair to her manicured toe nails. The princess turned into a drooned rat in 4.5 minutes and deserved every bit. I sensed a fiancé may have appeared in gum tree the next day. I returned to my closet and released my super human skills, but then found I had kept my main undergarment on under my boardies and was well uncomfortable as I was wet through. Daft Bob left with a walk of a cowboy.
Defeated Dino on Jurassic Park and then headed for the new Harry Potter land which was impressive with lashings of butter beer, chocolate frogs, spells a plenty and the cash registers ringing out the sound of gringotts being spent. We are in early on Wednesday and will explore further.




Final part of day was exploring Seuss land and we were fortunate enough to bump into Mr Grinch in a bookshop and after we got a family photo taken I exclaimed it was my birthday and would love a photo with him and I. Looking back I can't believe an over 30 publicly showed his excitement at meeting a character.....but it was cool.




What if Christmas, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!