Get Off The Ship - we are running out of towel animals! Update 10/25 Day 31

[MEK]

Oh My. That is one LONG travel day! Good think you have a 30 day vacation to recover from it. Just kidding.

so what did you compensation end up being? Just curious.

Hey - and at least if you have to wait all day to fly you were fed really well.

I would love to have a flight with that cool map on it. Can't get that for a 2 hour flight.

Isn't the studio at OKW the best? It really is huge, especially compared to BLT.

So glad you finally made it. Now get some SLEEP!

 

[Toria]

What a way to start your vacation. I would have been pulling my hair out by hour 5 of waiting.

 

[englishrose47]

Oh Karin that was a LONG day !!But seems like once you took off everything went smoothly!!The food on the plane looked awesome !! My mouth is drooling especially that Blue cheese , my favorite !!!

 

[YukiPhnx]

Oh wow!!! That is one of the longest arrival days I've ever read about! Talk about an eventful trip.

I've also been delayed for several hours before but since we had a connecting flight....it resulted in us losing our bags >_<

You're so lucky you at least got to spend that time in the lounge! But man, I can only imagine how exhausted you two were when you finally got to your rooms!

That Old Key West Studio looks very nice! Andrew and I can't wait to try out a DVC room one day. I also see those H20 products. I loved those so much, I asked Mousekeeping for more and even bought a bottle in the gift shop!

Wow, the food you were given on the flight looks VERY good. When you were sleeping, were you able to sleep totally flat? Or did your seat just recline a lot?

 

[Queenofallthings]

I am so looking forward to enjoying the rest of your TR!! My sister and her family were on the Western cruise the same week as you so I'm excited to read all about it!

 

[HowieHowie]

Wow...what a long day. At least you had the lounge to keep you busy and what better way than to eat. 12 hours in an airport, we would have gone crazy. I would look at it that it can only get better from here. We have never stayed in a studio in OKW, looks really nice.

 

[KatMark]

Karin, I'm ready for bed after reading all of your travel woes of the day.

I'm glad you didn't have to wait too long for your car, and that you enjoyed your studio. Although Mark and I would love to try a one-bedroom at some point, the studio really is enough for us...very roomy. I love the Turtle Pond area and hope we are in that spot next time.

 

[Minnie&Nana]

My gosh, what a delay! I have made connections through Frankfurt a few times on the way to Italy - fortunately never a delay.

How about that perfect timing to have Business Class for this trip! Thank goodness...it would have felt even longer if stuck in the usual areas of the airport! Nice to have plenty if snacks ...and the Frankfurters (which was what we called,"hot dogs" when I was growing up - never heard my mother use any other term). Hoping to hear if compensation was received for the long delay.

OKW studios are so spacious and pretty - we visited when the resort was brand new and considered buying....seems like ions ago! Yours and Kathy's TRs have pretty much convinced me to stay there - even without a car.

Looking forward to the continuing adventure of firsts!

 

[Wicket's Mom]

Wow, what a shock to see what one gets in first class! The little tablecloths were really something, no dirty tables for your meals! Meals looked pretty good, but that seemed to be a lot of food for just sitting on a plane.

I would love to have massage seats when flying, OMG, I'd still be on the plane!

 

[jedijill]

Thank goodness for the upgrade to Business Class! Waiting out in the gate area and not the lounge would have been miserable! Glad you finally made it to OKW.

Jill in CO

 

[krazy4crusing]

Hi Karin,

We sailed with you on the Dream last year. I am really looking forward to reading your trip report as we are also looking at DVC and a month long vacation is a dream come true! We will live vicariously through you as your trip report continutes!

Your business class portion sounded amazing, love the food porn!!! (amazing minus the delay!)

 

[superme80]

What a day! So glad you had the lounge! Can't wait to read more!

 

[LoveMickey]

We were on the Western sailing in August, wonder if it was the same one. Looking forward to reading the rest of your trip report.

 

[Linda67]

Eek, what a loooooong travel day Karin!

At least you had a nice lounge to relax in and some yummy snacks to keep you going

You must have been exhausted when you finally arrived at OKW!

 

[Grumpy's Wife]

So glad you finally made it to Disney!

 

[disney67]

I'm glad you made it finally on your flight to disney , and wow we never get any food that looks that good even when they served food back in the day ???
That was a long day ,

did the airline give you guys anything for the extremely longer then anything wait ??

Checking in packages are awesome but we were suppose to be the surprise checking in ? after a long day im surprised you brought everything into the room before going directly to bed ??

 

[mickeystoontown]

Goodness! I can't believe how long you had to wait in the airport. Thank goodness you had the lounge to wait in. I can only imagine what it would have been like if you hadn't.

I'm with Mary Ellen....did you receive any sort of compensation for the long delay? I would hope so.

 

[michelle9343]

WOW I can not imagine such a long travel day!!! But the food did look yummy!!
I can not wait to read more!!!

 

[RGirl]

Hi Karin!!! Joining in!

Okay, seriously, I thought the low point of the travel day was getting STRUCK BY LIGHTENING!!!

But no - it got worse. Oh my goodness! What an awful day - I'm so glad that you had the world's longest vacation EVER to make up for it!

Can't wait to follow along.

 

[Leshaface]

I'm here! Now off to catch up