Our 2nd trip of a lifetime!!- Departure Day

[sharon78]

Cast;
DH Jonathan
DD Chloe (Stitch and Coaster fan)
DD Ellie-Mae (Huge Jessie fan, has been since she was 3)
Me Sharon

Holiday April 9th 2007-April 23rd.

Monday April 9th YEAH :banana: :banana:

We got up and showered at around 6.30am, we couldnt lay there any longer.

We checked out and made our way to the airport. We had breakfast at...O whats it called...Garfunkels, that was nice. We brought the girls some sunglasses from the Sunglass Hut, DH some sunglasses from Next and I had some cool pink Reef Flip-Flops from Beachparty.
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Our gate still wasnt up on the board so we went upstairs to the viewing gallery, We sat there for a while and waited for our gate number to come on the screen, we were flying at 10.45.
As soon as the gate number came up we made our way down there.
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There she was Ladybird.
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We boarded on time and sat in our seats row 61 all four of us together.We had a good flight service was good.
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DD Chloe took this one, the sky was so clear.

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Imigration. It took ages we stood in a line for 2 hours, they had 2 large flights come in.
Whilst we waited for our cases I rang my Mum it was 10pm in England 5pm in Orlando.We then went and collected our car. We had booked a full size one so we didnt have to upgrade whilst we were there! But what did we do we upgraded :rolleyes: all of our cases still wouldnt fit in the boot (trunk) of the full size car so we had a Jeep for an extra ($150). All cases and hand luggage then fitted in the boot, the girls thought it was well cool :woohoo: . Their use to a Vectra Estate.
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After getting loaded up we headed of to our home for 10 nights The Pop Century, we loved this hotel it was great.I faxed them 5 days before to ask them for a certain block and boy did they come up trumps, I asked for a 4th floor over looking the lake, non smoking room,and thats what we got in the 60's. We were well pleased.http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z205/sharon7807/2007_0423smsdisney0142.jpg
We checked in and dropped our bags off then went down to Everything Pop and got our refillable mugs and had something to eat. We were all so tired we just wanted to sleep.By this time it was 8.30pm (US time) 1.30am(UK time).It had been a very long day we had been up 19 hours.Our beds were calling.
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Tomorrow Animal Kingdom.
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[jen_uk]

Brilliant report! :banana: I love it people use loads of photos. :goodvibes

[afcgirl]

Great report so far! We stayed at Pop Century last Spring and loved it too!

[Donaldduck66]

Enjoying your report. :thumbsup2 Can't wait for more. Love the piccies. :goodvibes

[natalielongstaff]

:) great report, i love pop century

[irongirlof12]

Brilliant start, and great photos too!:thumbsup2

[wils]

Loving the photos :)

[Minniespal]

Lovely piccies Sharon:thumbsup2

[arieljasmine]

Pleased that your travelling day went well apart from the long wait for immigration. We love the Pop Century - your pictures really made me wish we were there! Looking forward to hearing about your first proper day.

Laur's princess:

[ely3857]

Long day :)

:surfweb:

Jodie

[mark&sue]

What an amazing view from the balcony. I didn't even realise there was a lake at Pop.

Looking forward to hearing more.


susan

[KayleeUK]

Great report Sharon :)

[Chilly]

That looks like a great room. Can you tell me what number to fax so I can request a similar one for my trip in September? Thanks.

[Lizzy Lemon]

Oh no, what a nightmare having to wait 2 hours for immigration. I agree that photos are great added to a trippie.

[florida sun]

Brilliant start Sharon, love the piccies as well:goodvibes

[jjk]

great report

[sharon78]

PM sent to Claire.

Thanks everyone for all your comments, very much appreciated. I'll keep the photos coming then :goodvibes

[Nubbedy]

I'll keep the photos coming then :goodvibes

Yes please, it's lovely to see all about a trip as well as read it.

Sara. :)

[squitty]

Never say never on the car upgrade Sharon ;)

Great day, so pleased you got what you wanted at Pop.

[sharon78]

Thanks everyone :goodvibes

[Ware Bears]

I still haven't got around to writing my trippie :headache: so I am going to read yours first to get me in the mood!

We were exactly the same, we had upgraded to a fullsize car over here but still couldn't get the luggage in and ended up having to upgrade again! :rotfl:

[Shane]

Great report, great photos! :woohoo:

[wilma-bride]

Can't believe I've missed your report Sharon. Just catching up now - excellent start!