Take a break from parks every day for swimming and naps. Not only does it give your toddler a great time swimming and some much needed rest, it’s also a good strategy for dealing with Florida heat. Get to parks when they open, tour until noon or 1:00, head back to your hotel for a break, then hit parks again around 4:00 or 5:00.

Stay in a Disney resort. In addition to their superior theming and service, Disney resorts provide best locations for easy commuting to and from parks. You’ll also find large swimming pools (some spectacularly themed), kiddie pools, playgrounds, and on-site laundry facilities. Several of Disney resorts also have child care centers if you’d like to have a grown-up night out.

Take advantage of what Disney World offers beyond park attractions. Most of Disney World resorts have facilities for boating and bike riding, in addition to elaborate swimming pools. Visit Downtown Disney to shop for kids of all ages. Go miniature golfing. Even inside parks, there’s much more to do than wait in lines for attractions. Watch afternoon parade, take in evening fireworks at Magic Kingdom, Epcot or Disney-MGM Studios, or take in live entertainment throughout parks.

Go to a character meal. Disney World has almost a dozen different character meals where you can meet your favorite Disney characters as you dine. If your child is afraid of characters, try going to a character meal with “face characters” like Disney princesses, which don’t wear large head masks that frighten many little ones.

We do have large and ample caging with tarps big enough to cover most American Sports stadiums, protecting birds. But here is what we are up against.

We have to keep tarps in ready position to be able simply to pull down over aviaries when rain begins.

"Why don't you just keep them covered all time?" you ask.

The reason is that right before daily storm hits, air heats up to being able to boil water. This would, of course, cook birds. We cannot have that at all. Therefore, we have to pull all tarps up so birds can have air to breathe and not cook. Then when rains hit, we have to run out there and pull covers over whole aviary.

4. Washing clothes—don't ever get my wife started on this nightmare. Each rainy season water that comes out of taps turns a nice nicotine brown. This is because mountain rains are so heavy that they overwhelm city's water purification plants with muddy river water.

(This notion of a "water purification plant" is an oxymoron since you cannot drink water anyway unless you want some amoebic parasite taking up residence in your gut!)

We combat this issue with a water purification system for which we paid dearly, making it possible to drink from tap. But this does not work for washing machine.

So my poor wife washes clothes that will have a brown tint to them until rainy season is finished.

Life as we knew it has now changed. This is our third rainy season. It is an easy trade off.

I know what you are thinking,

"Why do you live there if it is like this?"

Two reasons:

1. It only lasts 10-12 weeks.

2. Does name "Osama Bin Laden" ring a bell?

Doug Bower is a freelance writer, Syndicated Columnist, and book author. His newest books, Mexican Living: Blogging it from a Third World Country can be seen: CLICK HERE http://www.lulu.com/mexicanliving