cazzie
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This will be a mini trip report as I didn't do a diary this time.
Me - 50 year old who loves Disney and is the chief planner
DH - 50 something who suprised himself when he had such a good time in April at WDW.
Travelling with Thomas Cook Airlines
Staying at the Radisson Barcelo on International Drive
Day One
We arrived at Gatwick the night before to stay overnight at a hotel. Not as good as I had imagined for a 4 star hotel but I suppose we got it at a good rate. Down side is that there was only two pillows and they were so flat I reckoned they must have ironed the pillowcases whilst they were on the pillows. I thought about asking for more pillows until I realised you were charged for them so didn't bother. After a bad nights sleep (yes you were right we should have paid for the pillows) we got ready and headed over to Gatwick for check in and breakfast.
Arrived at Gatwick to find the check in open with a what seemed like a never ending queue until a nice chap came up and moved us to the priority check in, feeling smug because I thought we were being upgraded I was soon let down when I realised it was just a way of keeping the queues down
anyway a nice lady at the check in gave us the medical seats which have leg room (which we were going to be charged $60 each for when we requested them on the return journey). After checking in we had breakfast and before long we were in the boarding lounge ready for our flight which left at 13:30.
The flight I am glad to say was pretty uneventful and the cabin crew were excellent. DH watched a couple of movies and eventually we arrive at Sanford. Customs cleared and baggage collected we make our way to Orlando Carriers to transport us to the I-Drive. We are told to take a seat on the bench where it is nearly an hour before we board the coach. When we are on the coach we are told they are waiting for a couple more people and by this time I am tired and cranky and not best pleased. Finally we leave without them and arrive at our hotel and the time is now quarter to eleven at night US time.
We get the keys for our room which is on the 4th floor with an outside balcony walkround (yuk I hate heights). Inside the room I declare I hate the hotel, we should have gone back to the Rodeway International and I am not unpacking..
at which point I get myself undressed and into bed, DH having been married to me for 27 years knows when to say nothing and we both flake out. I get up about 2 am to use the toilet and being extemely 'out of it' plonk myself down to find the seat is broken and I bang my head on the corner of the open door as the seat moves away from the fixtures, luckily I am partly unconscious anyway from tiredness so go back to bed where DH advises me to be careful when using the loo as the seat is broken. I give him my best evil glare and a few choice words before I fall back into an unconscious state.
I will attach some photos in the next report
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Day Two - A fixed Seat and Sea World
Me - 50 year old who loves Disney and is the chief planner
DH - 50 something who suprised himself when he had such a good time in April at WDW.
Travelling with Thomas Cook Airlines
Staying at the Radisson Barcelo on International Drive
Day One
We arrived at Gatwick the night before to stay overnight at a hotel. Not as good as I had imagined for a 4 star hotel but I suppose we got it at a good rate. Down side is that there was only two pillows and they were so flat I reckoned they must have ironed the pillowcases whilst they were on the pillows. I thought about asking for more pillows until I realised you were charged for them so didn't bother. After a bad nights sleep (yes you were right we should have paid for the pillows) we got ready and headed over to Gatwick for check in and breakfast.
Arrived at Gatwick to find the check in open with a what seemed like a never ending queue until a nice chap came up and moved us to the priority check in, feeling smug because I thought we were being upgraded I was soon let down when I realised it was just a way of keeping the queues down
anyway a nice lady at the check in gave us the medical seats which have leg room (which we were going to be charged $60 each for when we requested them on the return journey). After checking in we had breakfast and before long we were in the boarding lounge ready for our flight which left at 13:30.The flight I am glad to say was pretty uneventful and the cabin crew were excellent. DH watched a couple of movies and eventually we arrive at Sanford. Customs cleared and baggage collected we make our way to Orlando Carriers to transport us to the I-Drive. We are told to take a seat on the bench where it is nearly an hour before we board the coach. When we are on the coach we are told they are waiting for a couple more people and by this time I am tired and cranky and not best pleased. Finally we leave without them and arrive at our hotel and the time is now quarter to eleven at night US time.
We get the keys for our room which is on the 4th floor with an outside balcony walkround (yuk I hate heights). Inside the room I declare I hate the hotel, we should have gone back to the Rodeway International and I am not unpacking..
at which point I get myself undressed and into bed, DH having been married to me for 27 years knows when to say nothing and we both flake out. I get up about 2 am to use the toilet and being extemely 'out of it' plonk myself down to find the seat is broken and I bang my head on the corner of the open door as the seat moves away from the fixtures, luckily I am partly unconscious anyway from tiredness so go back to bed where DH advises me to be careful when using the loo as the seat is broken. I give him my best evil glare and a few choice words before I fall back into an unconscious state.I will attach some photos in the next report
next
Day Two - A fixed Seat and Sea World
