Hi Everyone,
So glad you all had safe travels home, but sorry that I didn't get to meet all of you. Actually, I only met a few of you. But what a wonderful cruise, huh?
Anyway, I must relate one thing that happened to us enroute to Florida on Friday, June 5th. We (6 of us) arrived at the Philadelphia airport in plenty of time for our 11:30 flight. While waiting in line to check our bags, we noticed that the departure monitor said that OUR flight was CANCELLED!!!!!
OMG! When we got to the agent he gave some double talk about the weather and that the air traffic controllers cancelled our flight, but we didn't believe him as it was the ONLY flight to Orlando that was cancelled and the weather wasn't an issue. Rather than move us to a flight on another airline, they said that we would be flying later that day on a flight that would leave at 3:30 p.m. and arrive in Orlando around 6.
Well, had we been traveling to Florida on Saturday and this happened, we would have missed the boat! Literally.
So, I guess the lesson here is to try to arrive a day early if at all possible. BTW, once we were on the flight we noticed that the other families and travelers who were supposed to be on the earlier flight all were seated on this later flight--and seated together. We suspect the airline had two half-filled flights and decided to combine the passengers on one flight. Don't know what would have happened if this was the day the ship was to set sail, but we suspect the airline wouldn't have done anything for us as it "wasn't their problem." A little sour grapes here, I know, and as it turned out, all went well, but it certainly is a lesson learned.
Hope everyone has their laundry done and is contemplating their next big adventure. It was nice chatting with you all over the past year or so.
So glad you all had safe travels home, but sorry that I didn't get to meet all of you. Actually, I only met a few of you. But what a wonderful cruise, huh?
Anyway, I must relate one thing that happened to us enroute to Florida on Friday, June 5th. We (6 of us) arrived at the Philadelphia airport in plenty of time for our 11:30 flight. While waiting in line to check our bags, we noticed that the departure monitor said that OUR flight was CANCELLED!!!!!
OMG! When we got to the agent he gave some double talk about the weather and that the air traffic controllers cancelled our flight, but we didn't believe him as it was the ONLY flight to Orlando that was cancelled and the weather wasn't an issue. Rather than move us to a flight on another airline, they said that we would be flying later that day on a flight that would leave at 3:30 p.m. and arrive in Orlando around 6.
Well, had we been traveling to Florida on Saturday and this happened, we would have missed the boat! Literally.
So, I guess the lesson here is to try to arrive a day early if at all possible. BTW, once we were on the flight we noticed that the other families and travelers who were supposed to be on the earlier flight all were seated on this later flight--and seated together. We suspect the airline had two half-filled flights and decided to combine the passengers on one flight. Don't know what would have happened if this was the day the ship was to set sail, but we suspect the airline wouldn't have done anything for us as it "wasn't their problem." A little sour grapes here, I know, and as it turned out, all went well, but it certainly is a lesson learned.
Hope everyone has their laundry done and is contemplating their next big adventure. It was nice chatting with you all over the past year or so.
I couldn't wait 'til Christmas to put it up so it is hanging in our living room now. Everyone that has seen it thinks it is a great gift/ornament and I then tell them about the FE and it was a gift on the cruise. You did a great job making it 
