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Tickets, passport, iPhone.  You’re ready for your trip or vacation and with our Top 10 travel iPhone apps you’re set for whatever challenges lie ahead.  For those of you staying in a villa near Disney in Orlando these first 2 apps could prove very useful on your visit to DisneyWorld.

1. ThemePark GPS Magic Kingdom-Orlando
   Dedicated to navigating The Magic Kingdom Theme Park with walking route maps and voice-guided navigation.  Includes family and friend tracker, in-app messaging, real-time map view and food finder.  Also vehicle locator to find your hire car and get you back to your Orlando villa rental in no time.
2. Mobile Magic
   Great for organising your DisneyWorld itinerary with access to park opening and closing times, wait times and FastPass return times for the attractions.  You can ‘favourite’ attractions and set reminders for character meets, show times and locations.  Access information about attractions, shopping, weather and make dining reservations.
3. Packing (+TO DO!)
   Discard your conventional vacation ‘to do list’ and ‘packing list’ and use this app to make an on-screen list and update whenever you think of an item.
4. FlightTrack
   International coverage allows you to track your flight worldwide with zoomable maps, whilst updating you with real-time departure information, gate numbers, details of delays and cancellations.
5. Translator with voice
   Perfect if you’re heading to a country where you don’t speak the language.  It claims to be a translator for all languages with voice support, so should help you with pronunciation too.
6. XE Currency
   A free app that covers every world currency and can be set to refresh every minute to ensure you get the best deal.  You can also calculate prices to make sure you don’t go over your souvenir budget.
7. GasBuddy
   Ideal for locating cheap gas prices and gas stations in the USA and Canada.  Great when highways are as unfamiliar as your hire car.
8. HipGeo
   Fab app that allows you to catalog your vacation or trip by posting text and uploading photos and videos to your blog created at HipGeo.com.  You can share your content with fellow travellers and directly through Facebook and Twitter.
9. TourWrist
   Lets you capture that impressive panoramic view on your iPhone.  Landscapes, cityscapes, beautiful coastlines…just point your iPhone and record it for prosperity.
10. Roadside America
    A fun app that alerts you to 7,700 quirky attractions or less by region along the highway, depending on how much you’re prepared to spend.  Never miss a photo opportunity again with the ‘Sunset Alert’.