LarryFmScotland
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Larry Live and Loud Day One.
Tuesday 29th July 2003.
Posse
Larry Wilmot 44 Social Work Manager.
Jill Wilmot 43 Nursing Home Inspector
Greg and Ed Wilmot. Attendees of A School in Darkest Scotland.
Well today started late last night, we had to go to bed early the plan being to enter the world of dreams at around 9pm,as we had to get up at 4-30am today. There is a problem with most of my plans however, they always seem great on paper, but in practice they are not that practical. For a start with this cunning plan, I dont know how to go to sleep at 9pm. I know how to go to sleep at 1am in the morning and if absolutely pushed at midnight. And I certainly know how to go to sleep at 2 oclock in the afternoon, but 9pm is when I am raring to go .. So actually I decided not to bother going to bed until around midnight. Then of course, I couldnt get to sleep. Well I would have been able to go to sleep if Jill hadnt been elected todays president of the Wide Awake Club.
There is an advert that ran during the winter where these two little kids are too excited to go to sleep because they are going to Walt Disney World. Then we see a shot of their parents and they are wide awake on their bed in the early hours of the morning dressed in all their finest park outfits clutching Mickeys and Minnies. Well we were just like that, so I decided I needed some sleep so I kicked Jill out of the bedroom and she went to watch the Vicar of Dibley on TV, and I never saw her again until I got up at 4am .
Well we were packed and out of the house at 5am, and at Inverness Airport by 6am. We were flying British Airways, famous for being on strike last week. We were not a little concerned that talks between the management and the unions held yesterday might break down, but I type this at Gatwick Airport as you read, so you can see that we made it here. (Remember this is my first Live Report . Somewhere deep in the underbrush of Gatwick Duty Free Land, I am striving to bring you all the up to date exciting news. If there isnt any, I intend to make it up.
One of the things I did notice about Gatwick is that they have a clever system to make you think that the baggage retrieval system is really fast what they do is they signpost a route from the aircraft to the baggage carousal that is so long that it takes you twice as long as the luggage does. Im sure that the queuing area at Dulling Dragons, at Islands of Adventure which must be the longest queue (line!!) in the western world, was designed by Gatwick Planners.
Check in at North West Airlines was a bit nerve racking because she wasnt sure that Greg could travel on Jills passport, but she came back after ten minutes to say that it was OK. The ten minutes we spent thinking that the next two days worth of this trip report might be typed in the Queue (Line!!) at Petty France Passport Office.
Going through the Gatwick Security Jill was body searched even though she had not set the metal detector off, I thought that it was because she was looking like a dodgy character, but Jill reckoned that it was because the female security guard fancied her, being the gallant gentleman that you all know me to be, I replied well I fancy you - so why shouldnt she.
He who mocks, gets mocked right back, when we were checking into the next leg of the flight to Orlando, I get singled out for the most thorough search I have ever experienced. There were two problems one was the coins in my pocket which I forgot to take out and the other one was the metal buttons on my jeans. Jill was wetting herself laughing at my being told to let the guy peer down that part of my clothing. Hey are you pleased to see me or is that a shotgun in your pants?
We were in a very slow line to get through immigration but that was because the guy was really nice and friendly and was chatting to everyone for ages.
I am really impressed with Detroit Airport, it looks so classy, it even has a train to take you from departure gate to departure gate inside the airport. I have never seen such a posh clean place. Its a cool airport shame it adds about 5 hours to our journey.
And by the time we had flown to Orlando we were really regretting it, we found one of the cases had been severely dinted by North West baggage guys so we had to try to sort that out, then we managed to hire a car, we were too tired to be able to even choose a car in the intermediate line. Then driving to the All Stars was an ethereal experience, Im not sure it was me actually driving it felt more like an out of body experience where I was watching some stranger drive the car in my body, mind you it didnt stop me trying to change gear with my left hand on the door handle and try to depress the non existent clutch with my left leg.
When we got to the Music check in desk it was almost 2am and the place was deserted. We were very disappointed to find that we were placed in just about the furthest place we could possibly be, that will teach me to boast about my great ability to ring up the room controller and always get a room that I want. My first failure. Do you think Disney will reimburse my transatlantic phone call. Well it is the home of dreams.
Have a nice day.
Cheers Larry from Scotland.
Tuesday 29th July 2003.
Posse
Larry Wilmot 44 Social Work Manager.
Jill Wilmot 43 Nursing Home Inspector
Greg and Ed Wilmot. Attendees of A School in Darkest Scotland.
Well today started late last night, we had to go to bed early the plan being to enter the world of dreams at around 9pm,as we had to get up at 4-30am today. There is a problem with most of my plans however, they always seem great on paper, but in practice they are not that practical. For a start with this cunning plan, I dont know how to go to sleep at 9pm. I know how to go to sleep at 1am in the morning and if absolutely pushed at midnight. And I certainly know how to go to sleep at 2 oclock in the afternoon, but 9pm is when I am raring to go .. So actually I decided not to bother going to bed until around midnight. Then of course, I couldnt get to sleep. Well I would have been able to go to sleep if Jill hadnt been elected todays president of the Wide Awake Club.
There is an advert that ran during the winter where these two little kids are too excited to go to sleep because they are going to Walt Disney World. Then we see a shot of their parents and they are wide awake on their bed in the early hours of the morning dressed in all their finest park outfits clutching Mickeys and Minnies. Well we were just like that, so I decided I needed some sleep so I kicked Jill out of the bedroom and she went to watch the Vicar of Dibley on TV, and I never saw her again until I got up at 4am .
Well we were packed and out of the house at 5am, and at Inverness Airport by 6am. We were flying British Airways, famous for being on strike last week. We were not a little concerned that talks between the management and the unions held yesterday might break down, but I type this at Gatwick Airport as you read, so you can see that we made it here. (Remember this is my first Live Report . Somewhere deep in the underbrush of Gatwick Duty Free Land, I am striving to bring you all the up to date exciting news. If there isnt any, I intend to make it up.
One of the things I did notice about Gatwick is that they have a clever system to make you think that the baggage retrieval system is really fast what they do is they signpost a route from the aircraft to the baggage carousal that is so long that it takes you twice as long as the luggage does. Im sure that the queuing area at Dulling Dragons, at Islands of Adventure which must be the longest queue (line!!) in the western world, was designed by Gatwick Planners.
Check in at North West Airlines was a bit nerve racking because she wasnt sure that Greg could travel on Jills passport, but she came back after ten minutes to say that it was OK. The ten minutes we spent thinking that the next two days worth of this trip report might be typed in the Queue (Line!!) at Petty France Passport Office.
Going through the Gatwick Security Jill was body searched even though she had not set the metal detector off, I thought that it was because she was looking like a dodgy character, but Jill reckoned that it was because the female security guard fancied her, being the gallant gentleman that you all know me to be, I replied well I fancy you - so why shouldnt she.
He who mocks, gets mocked right back, when we were checking into the next leg of the flight to Orlando, I get singled out for the most thorough search I have ever experienced. There were two problems one was the coins in my pocket which I forgot to take out and the other one was the metal buttons on my jeans. Jill was wetting herself laughing at my being told to let the guy peer down that part of my clothing. Hey are you pleased to see me or is that a shotgun in your pants?
We were in a very slow line to get through immigration but that was because the guy was really nice and friendly and was chatting to everyone for ages.
I am really impressed with Detroit Airport, it looks so classy, it even has a train to take you from departure gate to departure gate inside the airport. I have never seen such a posh clean place. Its a cool airport shame it adds about 5 hours to our journey.
And by the time we had flown to Orlando we were really regretting it, we found one of the cases had been severely dinted by North West baggage guys so we had to try to sort that out, then we managed to hire a car, we were too tired to be able to even choose a car in the intermediate line. Then driving to the All Stars was an ethereal experience, Im not sure it was me actually driving it felt more like an out of body experience where I was watching some stranger drive the car in my body, mind you it didnt stop me trying to change gear with my left hand on the door handle and try to depress the non existent clutch with my left leg.
When we got to the Music check in desk it was almost 2am and the place was deserted. We were very disappointed to find that we were placed in just about the furthest place we could possibly be, that will teach me to boast about my great ability to ring up the room controller and always get a room that I want. My first failure. Do you think Disney will reimburse my transatlantic phone call. Well it is the home of dreams.
Have a nice day.
Cheers Larry from Scotland.
