Tickets to the Walt Disney Theme Parks are priced to keep you hooked for many days.  A three day pass costs per day the same as a single day pass.  But the fourth day price is only USD 10, fifth day price is USD 6, six day price is USD 4 and seventh day onwards is only USD 2 per day.   By day four, you are thinking of going to Universal but the price difference from a first day pass at Universal and the fourth day pass at Disney is so huge, it convinces people to stick to Disney.  Anyway, we had decided to stick to Disney because our kids related better to Walt Disney than to Universal though they were tempted to see Spiderman in Universal.

Day one and two were Magic Kingdom theme park.  A ride on the most beautiful steam engine driven train takes us to Mickey's toon fair, our first point in Magic Kingdom.  We go on goofy's rollercoaster - the mildest roller coaster you could possibly get into and the only one where my 2 year old was tall enough to qualify.  We walk through Mickey's house into his garden and garage - we are turned away from the Splash Mountain and the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad because both our kids are not tall enough to ride - we laugh at the Monsters Inc Laugh floor,  we go on a spin with Buzz Light Year,  join Winnie the Pooh on her adventures, fly the carpet with Aladdin, fly with Dumbo the elephant etc etc and we have spent two days.  Fortunately for us most rides involve a wait of less than 30 minutes and we learn to use the "FASTPASS", which helps.

Day 3 and four were Disney's Animal Kingdom.  Built with enormous care to resemble parts of the world, the park is divided into Asia, Africa, Dinoland etc, the park is delightfully green with lots of vegetation.  We saw two wonderful shows - one was Finding Nemo and the second was the Lion King. We went an African Safari, went to the meeting place where you could shake hands with Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore and Tigger, rubbed shoulders with Dinosaurs etc.  My wife went on the biggest Disney roller coaster attraction - Mount Everest, in the Asia section and came back frightened to the gills (I was baby sitting).  She encouraged me to go but I chickened out.  We saw Mickey's Jungle Parade but it was not as magical as the "Dreams come true parade" in the Magic Kingdom.

Day 5 was Disney MGM Studios.  We saw "Voyage of the Little Mermaid" but otherwise the day was disappointing. My children stood in the queue for an hour but when it was their turn to shake hands and take photographs with the Power Rangers - the Red Ranger- suddenly they called it off and the Red Ranger just ran away.  My 2 year old daughter was inconsolable. So we went back to the hotel and spent the day in the pool.

Day 6 - Rain forced the closure of Blizzard Beach theme park which we wanted to go see.  We were too glad to rest our feet and stay put.

Day 7 - catch a flight and head back to New York.

On day 5 evening we went to the Disney Downtown Area to get a bit of the taste of nighlife.  On the whole a very satisfying trip to Orlando.