My birthday trip to WDW, Day 1 the Journey

wideeyes

<font color=purple>Won't use fake tan, wants to st
Joined
Dec 22, 2005
Messages
12,425
Day 1
The journey.


We woke up an hour to early on the morning of our flight as I had set the alarm to early by mistake, before I realised I had already woke up DD. We had breakfast and DD played on her DS while I was on the net.
At 7.10am DBF drove us to the airport and we were at bag drop by 7.30 am where the check in lady changed our seats to a row of 3 near the window with us having a spare seat as the flight had loads of empty seats. After going through security we went to starbuck and I had a coffee while DD has a smoothie and a blueberry muffin, which she didn’t eat as I got the wrong one, she wanted chocolate. After a stop at WH smiths for starbursts and magazines we went to the boarding gate as soon it was time to board. I gave DD a travel sick tablet as she gets air sick. Boarding was quick as there were not many people and the extra bag checks were done randomly.
The flight took off on time . We looked out of the window during takeoff to spot familiar sights as we live near the airport, we couldn’t see our house as the plane took off the Manchester way rather than Cheshire however we saw DD nana’s house. DD travel sickness worked as she wasn’t sick on takeoff.

During the flight I watched UP, I have never seen it before and I loved it, and the music to the film, must admit it made me a bit teary. DD mostly watched V kids.

For Dinner I had mushroom and chicken which was disgusting, DD had fish fingers and wedges which she didn’t touch.

About 6 hours into the flight I tried to give DD another tablet and she refused as she didn’t like it, she could not be convinced at all. Sure enough an hour later we had a dash to the toilet where DD was sick.

We landed at about 2pm and got through customs and immigration quickly before we went to get the magical express. Once on the Magical express we had a bit of a wait before heading off, the bus stopped at several resorts, (CSR, POP & CBR) before AKL and we were the last ones on the bus by then.
We checked in to the resort and found we were right at the end of a long corridor and the zebra trail. I thought to myself “typical” . We are always as far back in the resort, last trip we were in the furthest building at All stars music. Luckily the only time it bothers me is when we arrive and are trying to find the room with our bags.

Once in our room I was very impressed. Our studio was amazing with a lovely view over the savannah. It seemed massive to us after staying at por and All stars music.

After looking around the room we headed to find The Mara to get DD some dinner and some refillable mugs, we managed to find it after asking for directions. DD had chicken nuggets, with grapes and carrots as she hates the fries at WDW. After dinner we stopped at the shop and got DD some crocs as well as some milk, rice crispies, and juice for our studio. We watched TV for a bit and I spent some time on the internet to email DBF to let him know we arrived before going to bed.
 
Lovely start to your report - hope your DD felt better when she got off the plane :sick:!
 

Great start, the room looks lovely:goodvibes
 
great start, doesn't it seem like a long time ago now though.
 
Great start Claire. Love the room at AKV :)

I loved AKV so much, it beat DLH paris castle club for me. Only problem is it is making my aim to stay at as many disney resorts as possible harder for me as we loved it so much.
great start, doesn't it seem like a long time ago now though.

Unfortnatly it does, I have spent the whole week thinking "this time last week":sad2:.
 
Great start Claire.
Shame about your Dd being sick,my girls both suffer with travel sickness-Dd5 is terrible with Dd8 much better than she used to be,yet it turnt out ot be Dd8 who was terrible on the plane and Dd5 with not being sick at all :confused3.Think i will have to try using tablets.
Your room looks lovely.x.
 
Great start Claire.
Shame about your Dd being sick,my girls both suffer with travel sickness-Dd5 is terrible with Dd8 much better than she used to be,yet it turnt out ot be Dd8 who was terrible on the plane and Dd5 with not being sick at all :confused3.Think i will have to try using tablets.
Your room looks lovely.x.

I got "Joy riders" for DD and they definitely worked, as she was sick an hour after she needed to take the 2nd one that she didn't have. DD didn't like the taste though so need to try & find another brand she likes.
 
Great start, the room looks so beautiful. I am with your daughter on the fries, they are waaaay too salty!

Laur's xx
 
I'm in :)

Great start to the trippie - and I can symapthise with your DD as I suffer with travel sickness a lot :sick:, especially since strating my new job on a boat :headache:
 
Shame about your DDs travel sickness - it's horrible :sick:. But that room at AKL - Wow! :goodvibes
 
its always good to get that flight bit out of the way and get to the hotel/villas.

lovely photos of the room



susan
 












Receive up to $1,000 in Onboard Credit and a Gift Basket!
That’s right — when you book your Disney Cruise with Dreams Unlimited Travel, you’ll receive incredible shipboard credits to spend during your vacation!
CLICK HERE







New Posts





DIS Facebook DIS youtube DIS Instagram DIS Pinterest DIS Tiktok DIS Twitter DIS Bluesky

Back
Top