Cast:
Me: 33 - Florida Mad, Disney Daft etc, etc,
DH: 41 - As above x 100
Also Starring:
Friend Joanne, Joanne's DH, FIL and 4 lovely DS's aged 9, 8, 5 and 2.
We woke at 5.00am, had a cup of tea, showered and dressed by 6.30 ready to catch the 6.40 coach over to the terminal. We breezed straight through security, feeling sorry on the way for all the poor ******s waiting to still check in.
There was a young girl with a young baby in front of us though and bless her they made her take the baby out of its buggy and put the pram and all its contents through the machine. I thought at one stage they were going to make her put the baby through! Of course they have to do these things but I just think the girl was a little embarrassed. I think perhaps when people check-in with babies they should warn them that their buggies and its contents will have to go through security so that they are prepared.
We had breakfast in Garfunkels. I had scrambled eggs, toast, sausage, orange juice and tea and DH had the American breakfast. Unfortunately DH had to send back his eggs because they were raw (yuk) but they were really apologetic and replaced them in no time at all. Whilst having breakfast we had a STAR SPOTTING moment (sort of) when we saw the footballer Neil Razor Ruddock walking through with his page 3 girlfriend (looked young enough to be his daughter but I am sure that's half the attraction for him) and two other people. We had a look round the shops, I bought some perfume for myself and some for my friend at work who is covering my job for me while I am away. One of the perfume guys approached me with a new perfume, Nina by Nina Richie. I thought it was lovely and so decided to treat myself to a bottle (well, I was on my holidays!) ! Well, you know what those duty free shops are like, they see you putting more than one thing in your basket and they think you are well off so they try and get you to buy more. I swear this guy followed us around the shop and was practically putting things in my basket. I was a bit narked about this so decided to get out of the shop ASAP
. While DH had a look in Dixon's I had a go in one of those massage chairs, it was lovely but I wish I had worn a bra with better support! 
We went to our gate and waited to board the flight and who should also be on our flight but Razor Ruddock, I have a feeling he wasn't travelling Economy though. We waited, and waited, and waited and waited. We took off about an hour late but it wasnt a problem. We flew on Ladybird and she was excellent.
It had the games in and the controls came out of the arm rest so you didnt have to contort yourself to change channels. Movie selection was O.K but not brilliant. I watched Failure to Launch (chick flick) and Last Holiday (chick flick daft movie but funny in places) and I also wanted to watch crash but for some reason it wouldnt play on my tv so i passed the time playing who wants to be a millionaire. DH lost me quite a lot of money by giving me the wrong answers to questions so I won't be having him as one of my phone a friends when I get on for real
I sat across the aisle from a lovely little welsh girl who was so excited about her first trip to Orlando. She was telling me all about how her mum has told her that she is not allowed to go on anything that turns upside down because it will upset her tummy, Bless her, she was lovely. Food was really nice on the plane (as far as plane food goes) and all in all we had a good journey there, landing at our expected time even though we took of an hour later. Good job Captain!
We landed around 3.30 and disembarked about 4.00. By the time we cleared immigration (where LOADS of people had filled their green forms out wrongly) got the luggage and car it was 5.30. DH went to get the car while I got the luggage and so therefore I had no idea what car he chose. He chose a BIG RED Dodge Durango. It is an 8 seater and there are only two of us
But the thing is DH will never drive a car like that ever at home so it's his boys with toys time when he rents a car in Florida and thats fine with me. It didnt matter that I needed a stepladder to get in to it!. Here is a picture of "The Beast".
We arrived at the villa around 6.30. I decided to call my friend Joanne who was arriving tomorrow to let her know we had arrived safe and tell her how hot it was. I was so busy chatting that I thought DH had opened the doors to the pool, but he hadn't I walked straight into them and ended up with a big bump on my head. Luckily nothing really hurt only my pride
We headed out to Publix for some bits and pieces. We had a small salad for tea and sleep got the better of us at about 8pm. I really wanted to stay up later but my body and mind were telling me otherwise. I honestly do not know how people manage to actually go to a park or even out to dinner on the night they arrive. I salute you! 
Me: 33 - Florida Mad, Disney Daft etc, etc,
DH: 41 - As above x 100
Also Starring:
Friend Joanne, Joanne's DH, FIL and 4 lovely DS's aged 9, 8, 5 and 2.
We woke at 5.00am, had a cup of tea, showered and dressed by 6.30 ready to catch the 6.40 coach over to the terminal. We breezed straight through security, feeling sorry on the way for all the poor ******s waiting to still check in.
There was a young girl with a young baby in front of us though and bless her they made her take the baby out of its buggy and put the pram and all its contents through the machine. I thought at one stage they were going to make her put the baby through! Of course they have to do these things but I just think the girl was a little embarrassed. I think perhaps when people check-in with babies they should warn them that their buggies and its contents will have to go through security so that they are prepared. We had breakfast in Garfunkels. I had scrambled eggs, toast, sausage, orange juice and tea and DH had the American breakfast. Unfortunately DH had to send back his eggs because they were raw (yuk) but they were really apologetic and replaced them in no time at all. Whilst having breakfast we had a STAR SPOTTING moment (sort of) when we saw the footballer Neil Razor Ruddock walking through with his page 3 girlfriend (looked young enough to be his daughter but I am sure that's half the attraction for him) and two other people. We had a look round the shops, I bought some perfume for myself and some for my friend at work who is covering my job for me while I am away. One of the perfume guys approached me with a new perfume, Nina by Nina Richie. I thought it was lovely and so decided to treat myself to a bottle (well, I was on my holidays!) ! Well, you know what those duty free shops are like, they see you putting more than one thing in your basket and they think you are well off so they try and get you to buy more. I swear this guy followed us around the shop and was practically putting things in my basket. I was a bit narked about this so decided to get out of the shop ASAP
. While DH had a look in Dixon's I had a go in one of those massage chairs, it was lovely but I wish I had worn a bra with better support! We went to our gate and waited to board the flight and who should also be on our flight but Razor Ruddock, I have a feeling he wasn't travelling Economy though. We waited, and waited, and waited and waited. We took off about an hour late but it wasnt a problem. We flew on Ladybird and she was excellent.
It had the games in and the controls came out of the arm rest so you didnt have to contort yourself to change channels. Movie selection was O.K but not brilliant. I watched Failure to Launch (chick flick) and Last Holiday (chick flick daft movie but funny in places) and I also wanted to watch crash but for some reason it wouldnt play on my tv so i passed the time playing who wants to be a millionaire. DH lost me quite a lot of money by giving me the wrong answers to questions so I won't be having him as one of my phone a friends when I get on for real
I sat across the aisle from a lovely little welsh girl who was so excited about her first trip to Orlando. She was telling me all about how her mum has told her that she is not allowed to go on anything that turns upside down because it will upset her tummy, Bless her, she was lovely. Food was really nice on the plane (as far as plane food goes) and all in all we had a good journey there, landing at our expected time even though we took of an hour later. Good job Captain! We landed around 3.30 and disembarked about 4.00. By the time we cleared immigration (where LOADS of people had filled their green forms out wrongly) got the luggage and car it was 5.30. DH went to get the car while I got the luggage and so therefore I had no idea what car he chose. He chose a BIG RED Dodge Durango. It is an 8 seater and there are only two of us
But the thing is DH will never drive a car like that ever at home so it's his boys with toys time when he rents a car in Florida and thats fine with me. It didnt matter that I needed a stepladder to get in to it!. Here is a picture of "The Beast".
We arrived at the villa around 6.30. I decided to call my friend Joanne who was arriving tomorrow to let her know we had arrived safe and tell her how hot it was. I was so busy chatting that I thought DH had opened the doors to the pool, but he hadn't I walked straight into them and ended up with a big bump on my head. Luckily nothing really hurt only my pride
We headed out to Publix for some bits and pieces. We had a small salad for tea and sleep got the better of us at about 8pm. I really wanted to stay up later but my body and mind were telling me otherwise. I honestly do not know how people manage to actually go to a park or even out to dinner on the night they arrive. I salute you! 
