ccudmore
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Apr 9, 2009
Final follow-up from our trip.
The return trip started well. We boarded the plane by 10 am and were told we may be leaving early.
And then the wheels fell off.. literally.
The captain announced that they had a tire problem and would have to do a quick fix. That fix dragged on for hours as they had to call in a maintenance crew from MCO, who didn’t bring what they needed to do the job. By 2:30 pm they cancelled the flight. Information was sparse and conflicting. We eventually received an email offering either a refund or to get put up in a hotel for 2 nights when they might be able to get us onto their next flight.
Then we started hearing horror stories from other passengers. Apparently the flights to Ottawa from last Friday, Sunday and Monday had all been cancelled at the last minute and some of the people had now been stranded for almost a week. They told stories of how bad their experiences had been with the hotel bookings. There were some really upset people - justifiably so.
So in the end a bunch of us hopped in Ubers and headed to MCO and jumped on the 9:15 flight to Montreal. It’s now 2 am and I’m in yet another Uber on my way back to Ottawa.
What a day it’s been!!
The return trip started well. We boarded the plane by 10 am and were told we may be leaving early.
And then the wheels fell off.. literally.
The captain announced that they had a tire problem and would have to do a quick fix. That fix dragged on for hours as they had to call in a maintenance crew from MCO, who didn’t bring what they needed to do the job. By 2:30 pm they cancelled the flight. Information was sparse and conflicting. We eventually received an email offering either a refund or to get put up in a hotel for 2 nights when they might be able to get us onto their next flight.
Then we started hearing horror stories from other passengers. Apparently the flights to Ottawa from last Friday, Sunday and Monday had all been cancelled at the last minute and some of the people had now been stranded for almost a week. They told stories of how bad their experiences had been with the hotel bookings. There were some really upset people - justifiably so.
So in the end a bunch of us hopped in Ubers and headed to MCO and jumped on the 9:15 flight to Montreal. It’s now 2 am and I’m in yet another Uber on my way back to Ottawa.
What a day it’s been!!
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