Anywhere you go, always take the weather wtih you

Well what a week it has been, not for me though as this week my life has been full of work with a little bit of socialising thrown in for good measure. What I was talking about was the weather in America - oh my goodness that is what you call snow.....not like the few flakes we get but the 21.8 inches they had in Boston over the weekend.

The Governor made the decision to ban all cars from the road at 4pm Friday to make sure that instead of attending car crashes the emergency services could where possible get to those people that really needed their help - I think we could learn a lot by this example.

So what does this have to do with my holiday planning; it got me to thinking about the weather. America has some of the most accurate weather forecasting EVER, I mean they knew just how much snow was going to fall, they can predict thunderstorms by the hour and predict the path of hurricanes and super storms like Sandy (now they just need to get better at Tornado's but they are a bit more tricky).

An average day in Florida:

Whilst in the states I have seen incredible weather, I have experienced Thunder Drops which are rain drops that when they hit the pavement the drop appears the size of a dinner plate, seen the most incredible lightening ever and also nearly fallen out of bed as the life was scared out of me by the loudest clap of thunder I have ever heard (I am sure Emma still laughs about this).

We have had an eventful day at Sea World when a storm came in, we were just about to leave the park when they started tannoying over the loud speaker we urge you to seek shelter; WHAT!!! For the next 30 minutes we hid in the admin offices with the staff whilst the storm raged outside; the water was ankle deep, trees had been ripped up and road signs bent over.

But that said I won't let the weather dictate my holiday as there is always something you can do, and even use it to your advantage; I mean you wouldn't let it stop you doing something at home so why do you let it ruin your holiday?

I see so many posts on my many Disney forums that I visit saying the forecast is predicting rain, I was hoping for better weather - as with our forecast this is only a snapshot and its best to check out one of the websites closer to the time that shows a more detailed hourly forecast.

I mean the rain could fall for 20 minutes and then the day turn out to be amazing or as at home it could rain all day. Just take this day at Magic Kingdom...these photo's were taken 5 minutes apart and shows how things can change. The day did turn out nice in the end - but it wasn't a light shower by any stretch of the imagination.

 

So what can you do when it rains in Disney World? My best tip If it was a shower would be to sit it out, you would be surprised how many people leave the parks when it rains which can lead to shorter queues for the attractions which is always a good thing.

If it looks like the rain is going to last you have a couple of options; you can join the masses and purchase a Disney poncho and carry on or change your plans. Downtown Disney, the cinema, bowling or shopping are great ways to spend a rainy day.

Me personally, I just carry on (I have a Disney poncho but it drives me mental - I mean its 80 degrees why would I want to cover myself in plastic which is only going to stick to me) so as long as there is no lightening (are you listening James?) I will put up my umbrella and off I go

And speaking of going I am off to check if its still snowing, don't forget you can subscribe to my blog by the links below if you aren't fed up of me already

Until next time....xxxxx