The day started with everyone lying in and recovering after the long journey yesterday. We hit the streets at 9.30 and started to make our way to Times Square. We had some waffles with Strawberries and yogurt at caffe benne. Delicious with a large coffee and all for $30. The weather was still cold starting at -2 but during the day it rose to plus 4.. Almost warm. There were clear blue skies. Times Square was quite busy with all the neon signs. Martin wanted to...

We left our premier inn hotel at 6.45am and caught a shuttle bus to terminal 3 heathrow airport. We checked in and had breakfast . We boarded the plane without too much security fuss. Even martins metal in his ankle did not go off. The plane was huge, over 257 people on board. We did not get seats altogether so Jordan sat. In front. Take off was a little late due to the fog. Virgin airways looked after us well with lunch, afternoon tea and snacks and free drinks...

Looking forward to Island of adventure. Drive there and found it easily as not far from our hotel. We got there before opening. We knew that we wanted to go to the Harry Potter ride first. This ride does not have a fast pass. Ran as fast as I could. Wow. There was hogwarts castle above us. It was magnificent. We entered a small queue and walked in. Apparently queues can be over three hours at busy times. We entered the castle. It was very realistic. There were t...