PhoenixStrength
Found my Prince Charming!
- Joined
- Oct 7, 2010
DAY ONE, SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 7TH
I got up around 7am that morning, took my shower, finished any last minute packing and ate breakfast. I was done all of that by 9am, and still had over an hour until I needed to leave. I printed out my boarding pass, then just played around on the internet for a bit to waste time.
At around 10:20am my mother and sister drove me to BWI airport so I wouldn't have to pay to leave my car for a week. I live only about 20 minutes from BWI so I was there by about 10:40am. I did Southwest's curbside luggage drop off since I already had my boarding pass and headed in. The security line wasn't too bad at all, and I was through and in the terminal by 11am. I did have one small hiccup in security where I forgot to take off my shoes (I was pretty tired!) but I caught myself with just one person in front of me and ran them over to the scanner. The TSA agent working the line thought it was pretty funny and remarked that I was one of the only people that caught myself before going in. I told him I knew something was wrong when I realized my feet weren't freezing on the tile floor and he laughed some more.
Once I made it through security and walked down in my terminal I decided to grab something to eat before my flight. I settled on Villa Pizza and got a slice of cheese pizza. No picture of this, but it was pretty cheap yet edible. I then walked over to my gate and was there by 11:30am. Around 11:55am my plane arrived at the gate.
The previous flyers all disembarked and they started boarding around 12:20pm. I was in the "B" boarding group so I was in the second group to get on. I quickly found an aisle with only one woman who was sitting in the aisle seat. I sat at the window seat in that row and the middle seat stayed empty the whole flight. This was my first ever flight that was not completely full! I took a couple of pictures while the plane finished boarding.
As you can see I was right in front of the engine. I talked to the woman in my row for a few minutes. She travels a ton for work, at least weekly, and was very nice. We took off about 5 minutes early and she started reading while I took more pictures.
We flew through some clouds as we approached the Georgia/Florida border, but it was just heavy clouds and no storms so no issues.
Soon we moved from flying over the Atlantic to over Florida itself!
And then we soon were landing. Since I was in the 4th row I was quick to disembark the plane and headed to the fake monorail.
I was at baggage claim within 15 minutes. Unfortunately it then took 15 minutes for the bags to arrive before I headed to Disney's Magical Express. I was a bit concerned as I arrived there. I had received my initial Mickey Mail with DME info before I added a day onto the beginning. I changed my flight info with Disney when I called, but the new Mickey Mail they overnighted me had no DME info in it. I brought both books and talked to the woman at the entrance to the scanner. She said I could use the initial book since my reservation number didn't change, and it worked fine. I did have to give them my return flight info again as it was no longer in the system, but that took about 30 seconds, then I was heading into here:
They have changed the line groupings since I rode in December. In December CBR was with POP and AoA. Now it was in this group:
Not that I was complaining, as the POP/AoA line was horrible!!! My line only had 2 families in it when I walked in at 3:25pm. More and more joined after me and by the time we got on an actual DME bus at 3:35pm the bus filled up. I was sitting in the front row though, and after about 9 minutes of loading luggage and people we were off!
I was soon seeing my first sign of approaching WDW...
....and then the video started.
After about 25 minutes I saw a wonderful sight!
CBR was the first stop, thankfully, and we pulled in to the resort at 4:15pm.
Most of the bus was for CBR, and my luggage was at the very back so I had to wait to grab mine, then head inside. The line was not bad at all though, and I only had one person in front of me in the Online Check-in line. I took a few pictures while I waited.
I only waited about 3 minutes for someone to call me up to their window and then only about another 2 minutes to get checked in and on my way.
CONTINUED IN THE NEXT POST
I got up around 7am that morning, took my shower, finished any last minute packing and ate breakfast. I was done all of that by 9am, and still had over an hour until I needed to leave. I printed out my boarding pass, then just played around on the internet for a bit to waste time.
At around 10:20am my mother and sister drove me to BWI airport so I wouldn't have to pay to leave my car for a week. I live only about 20 minutes from BWI so I was there by about 10:40am. I did Southwest's curbside luggage drop off since I already had my boarding pass and headed in. The security line wasn't too bad at all, and I was through and in the terminal by 11am. I did have one small hiccup in security where I forgot to take off my shoes (I was pretty tired!) but I caught myself with just one person in front of me and ran them over to the scanner. The TSA agent working the line thought it was pretty funny and remarked that I was one of the only people that caught myself before going in. I told him I knew something was wrong when I realized my feet weren't freezing on the tile floor and he laughed some more.
Once I made it through security and walked down in my terminal I decided to grab something to eat before my flight. I settled on Villa Pizza and got a slice of cheese pizza. No picture of this, but it was pretty cheap yet edible. I then walked over to my gate and was there by 11:30am. Around 11:55am my plane arrived at the gate.
The previous flyers all disembarked and they started boarding around 12:20pm. I was in the "B" boarding group so I was in the second group to get on. I quickly found an aisle with only one woman who was sitting in the aisle seat. I sat at the window seat in that row and the middle seat stayed empty the whole flight. This was my first ever flight that was not completely full! I took a couple of pictures while the plane finished boarding.
As you can see I was right in front of the engine. I talked to the woman in my row for a few minutes. She travels a ton for work, at least weekly, and was very nice. We took off about 5 minutes early and she started reading while I took more pictures.
We flew through some clouds as we approached the Georgia/Florida border, but it was just heavy clouds and no storms so no issues.
Soon we moved from flying over the Atlantic to over Florida itself!
And then we soon were landing. Since I was in the 4th row I was quick to disembark the plane and headed to the fake monorail.
I was at baggage claim within 15 minutes. Unfortunately it then took 15 minutes for the bags to arrive before I headed to Disney's Magical Express. I was a bit concerned as I arrived there. I had received my initial Mickey Mail with DME info before I added a day onto the beginning. I changed my flight info with Disney when I called, but the new Mickey Mail they overnighted me had no DME info in it. I brought both books and talked to the woman at the entrance to the scanner. She said I could use the initial book since my reservation number didn't change, and it worked fine. I did have to give them my return flight info again as it was no longer in the system, but that took about 30 seconds, then I was heading into here:
They have changed the line groupings since I rode in December. In December CBR was with POP and AoA. Now it was in this group:
Not that I was complaining, as the POP/AoA line was horrible!!! My line only had 2 families in it when I walked in at 3:25pm. More and more joined after me and by the time we got on an actual DME bus at 3:35pm the bus filled up. I was sitting in the front row though, and after about 9 minutes of loading luggage and people we were off!
I was soon seeing my first sign of approaching WDW...
....and then the video started.
After about 25 minutes I saw a wonderful sight!
CBR was the first stop, thankfully, and we pulled in to the resort at 4:15pm.
Most of the bus was for CBR, and my luggage was at the very back so I had to wait to grab mine, then head inside. The line was not bad at all though, and I only had one person in front of me in the Online Check-in line. I took a few pictures while I waited.
I only waited about 3 minutes for someone to call me up to their window and then only about another 2 minutes to get checked in and on my way.
CONTINUED IN THE NEXT POST
Now I'm really sad I didn't meet up with you!
