So, on Saturday we get up and get dressed. Call for help with our luggage and go check in for our flight. I get in line and hear them tell one family they are unable to check them in. I wonder why, but now it is my turn. I forgot the paper with our flight number, and the check-in desk is unable to get our flight info, so back to the room I go. Now, at POR this is not a quick jog. Oh well, got my exercise out of the way. While I was doing this, they were weighing our luggage and one suitcase was over 40lbs, so JS was moving stuff around.
So back in line for check-in. They only had one of the computers working, so the line was horrible. Finally I get there and guess what. They are unable to check us in.
WHAT!!!! The CM said she doesn't know why, but they are just unable to check us in. Ok, we had a 10:45 flight, it is now after 8:00am.
Now, our ME time was 8:30am. I heard a CM tell someone the bus is normally there before your ME time, so we haul all 5 of our suitcases, plus our carry-ons to the ME stop and wait. And wait. And wait!
It now almost 8:45, there is no way we are getting to the airport for us to check-in and make a 10:45 flight. Finally JS goes in and tells a CM that the bus is not there. Another family is making the same complaint. We watch as one of the
Disney Cruise Line buses pulls up. I ask him about getting to the airport, but he says only cruise customers can go. But after he checks everyone on, he says he can get us on. So I yell for JS who has just left the lobby again, and we get on the bus. I don't know what happened to the other poor family.
Now, I don't remember the bus drivers name, but he was so nice and so wound up trying to get everyone into a good mood and no one on the bus was having it. He kept trying to get us to sing, cheer, anything. I felt so sorry for him once we got off.
So, while this man keeps cheering and talking into the speaker system, my Dad calls. Ok, why would my Dad be calling so early. Well, I answer, but of course I am right under a speaker and can't hear because of this man trying to cheer us up! So I tell Dad I can't hear and I will call him back. Then my phone rings again and I notice it is the realtor. I hand the phone to JS, hoping he can hear. I know, I put the realtor before my Dad. Bad daughter! So, JS hangs up and says we have an offer and we will discuss it when we get to the airport. Oh, forgot to mention, we are not sitting together. There is this poor man sitting between us while all of this is going on.
So, we get to the airport, JS gets a cart and we run to the ticket counter. Now, the ticket counters at AA at MCO are horrible. You have to check-in using your credit card and then you can get in line to speak to someone. I don't fly a lot, so maybe most airports are like this now, but I thought this was horrible. The thing was, there was no organization because you could go left or right so everyone was cutting in front of each other. When I scanned my credit card, it printed out a ticket saying I need to see a ticket agent.
So, I pick the line behind this family from another country. The man is arguing with the ticket agent over the rules of weight of luggage. You know, you can have two bags, anything over 40lbs is additional money. Well, he seemed to think that if he only had 1 bag, it could be over 40lbs.
I just wanted to kill him. It was almost 9:30 at this point.
Of course when we are frustrated, Jacob can just be unbearable, so JS is trying to keep him cool, while we are having a hard time doing the same.
Finally, the man and his family leave and I get some help. Turns out, our flight was changed to another flight. That is why we could not check-in at POR.
Now, I can laugh now, but originally we were booked on an 11:35 flight, that got changed to the 10:45 before we left Texas. Guess what flight we were now on, yup you got it, back to 11:35. Of course we are ticked because we could have slept, ate breakfast, etc. Oh yea, we had a couple of meals left we had planned on eating before we left that morning but because of all this confusion, we didn't do it.
Ok, now we can relax a little. We have time to wait. So, we got to BK for something to eat. They are actually serving chicken nuggets this early, so Jacob is very excited.
We sit down and discuss the offer. They are offering $5000 less than we are asking, but we would still be making some money, more than what we needed for a downpayment on the new home, so we decide to take the offer. I did not want to take the chance of losing our new house.
So, JS calls our realtor, Steve, and before he can say anything, Steve stops him to tell him we have another offer coming in, so he will come see us at the house when we get home to discuss the offers. Now, we are supposed to be home by 6:00pm, so no problem.
We finish our breakfast and head to the gate. What, now our flight is delayed until 1:15???!!!!
I know, I am now close to the world, but it isn't the same on a day trip. There is just something about staying there on the grounds.
So, we got to see the first scene. Then we headed out. It was still pouring. JS started laughing because he realized we were walking, it was lightning, and we had all these metal pins around our necks.
Anyway, I am really enjoying your report and will be sad when it is over. 
