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Thursday 7th August
Airport and flight to Orlando
Cast List
Me: No introduction required, I suspect most of you know me by now!
DW: Long suffering DW of the above
Alex: 15 - Coaster and Disney freak
Laura: 13 - Style queen
After a reasonable nights sleep for all of us, despite the tremendous storm raging all around overnight, we awoke early to shower, get dressed and check out. There was a slight delay with the shuttle (it turned out that they had loads of people for 7.30 so the first lot went on the hotel shuttle, and the rest of us (9 I think) went in a large people mover booked from the local taxi firm.
We were dropped off at the North Terminal first and into the airport proper. We went straight to the First Choice check in which was all very quick and easy, there wasnt much of a queue at all for either class. We were assigned seats 1A and B and 2A and B. Never had first row before! Anyway onto far more important things breakfast! :d:
We thought wed check the list of places to eat but SHOCK! HORROR! there were no leaflets (to show food options landside and airside). :nonono:
We definitely picked these up before so we accosted one of the greeters who told us to speak to airport information down stairs. After a brief chat that went the lines of yeah well, theres the Bush Pub thats closed, then theres the continental sandwich bar, but Health and Safety shut that down, then McDonalds used to be there but thats gone now too ..and so it went on until he said, Your best bet is airside mate.. :confused2
So, we took his advice and went through passport control only dispatching Lauras eye make up remover in a 150ml bottle as the only casualty. (Quite why she needed this in her hand luggage Im not sure but never mind).
And so to breakfast, always a disappointing part of the day at Gatwick in my book, either sub-standard food, poor service, high prices or a combination of all three. Sure enough, this year didnt fail to live down to my expected standards!
For a change we ate at Yo Sushi! which was slightly bizarre ok, we didnt have all the cold fish and rice but theyd jumped on the breakfast bandwagon and had what seemed like a fair selection of stuff and there was no queue here as opposed to the heaving masses at Garfunkles. I must have been the unlucky one as my offering was lukewarm and tough as boots! Ho hum I may as well stick to tea and toast next time.
Everyone else enjoyed their breakfast though, and it was quite bizarre sitting watching the plates of raw fish going round while we tucked into eggs, bacon, sausage etc.
Me Full English, tea
Alison Scrambled eggs and toast, coffee
Alexandra Full English, OJ
Laura Full English, water
Total cost £26
We met up with some friends of ours (yes we do have some you know!), not really by choice but more by happy coincidence as they were on the same flight but only going for a week.
I moseyed over to the duty free booze area (as you do) and low and behold my guardian angel was looking over me as the Pimms and single malt sampling stands were being assembled.
Seemed rude not to indulge really after all the trouble theyd gone to
Spent a while chatting to the malt whisky lady who was a spitting image of the South African perfume woman from The Fast Show complete with foundation chinstrap!
One of our friends decided to get a sample of the Pimms and give it to his 16 year old daughter on the quiet. Shortly afterwards, Mrs Malt whisky comes over and demands to know the age of his daughter. Sheepishly he said 18 but I think all concerned knew the real answer much to everyones embarrassment.
So, the moral of the story is dont waste good booze on kids when there are perfectly good adults around! :thumbs-up
We pottered about shopping etc the girls bumped into a friend from the swimming club so they had a chat for a while, but we were really just marking time until we could get on the plane.
Boarding etc was very smooth and we enjoyed turning left into the Star Class premier area of the plane and into seats 1A, 1B, 2A and 2B right up the pointy end and in the back pocket of the pilot!
Alison and I sat in front of the girls and the extra leg room in the front row was lovely, and we finally took off about 20 minutes late at 11.50.
Cheeky girls take to the plane
The flight was smooth and uneventful. I didnt watch any films or any of the TV but Alison and the girls did, on and off. We also spent a bit of time chatting to our friends who were sat not far from us. We all really enjoy the games on the FC flights especially when you play against other passengers and challenge people at battleships! It passes the time so quickly.
Onboard menu
Starters:
Smoked salmon and cheese pinwheel with mixed salad
Mains:
Beef, roast potatoes, broccoli, and carrots
Chicken breast in a tomato sauce, sugar snap peas and courgettes
Herb filled raviloli (with a vegetarian starter)
Extras:
Fresh bread and butter, cheese and crackers, Lily OBriens chocolates
The food was excellent (for aeroplane food)
The plane landed at the appointed time (4.10pm) having made up a little bit of time on the inbound journey.
There will be lots of pics as the reports go on, to be honest I've enough shots of airport lounges, aircarft cabins etc to last me a lifetime!
Airport and flight to Orlando
Cast List
Me: No introduction required, I suspect most of you know me by now!
DW: Long suffering DW of the above
Alex: 15 - Coaster and Disney freak
Laura: 13 - Style queen
After a reasonable nights sleep for all of us, despite the tremendous storm raging all around overnight, we awoke early to shower, get dressed and check out. There was a slight delay with the shuttle (it turned out that they had loads of people for 7.30 so the first lot went on the hotel shuttle, and the rest of us (9 I think) went in a large people mover booked from the local taxi firm.
We were dropped off at the North Terminal first and into the airport proper. We went straight to the First Choice check in which was all very quick and easy, there wasnt much of a queue at all for either class. We were assigned seats 1A and B and 2A and B. Never had first row before! Anyway onto far more important things breakfast! :d:
We thought wed check the list of places to eat but SHOCK! HORROR! there were no leaflets (to show food options landside and airside). :nonono:
We definitely picked these up before so we accosted one of the greeters who told us to speak to airport information down stairs. After a brief chat that went the lines of yeah well, theres the Bush Pub thats closed, then theres the continental sandwich bar, but Health and Safety shut that down, then McDonalds used to be there but thats gone now too ..and so it went on until he said, Your best bet is airside mate.. :confused2
So, we took his advice and went through passport control only dispatching Lauras eye make up remover in a 150ml bottle as the only casualty. (Quite why she needed this in her hand luggage Im not sure but never mind).
And so to breakfast, always a disappointing part of the day at Gatwick in my book, either sub-standard food, poor service, high prices or a combination of all three. Sure enough, this year didnt fail to live down to my expected standards!
For a change we ate at Yo Sushi! which was slightly bizarre ok, we didnt have all the cold fish and rice but theyd jumped on the breakfast bandwagon and had what seemed like a fair selection of stuff and there was no queue here as opposed to the heaving masses at Garfunkles. I must have been the unlucky one as my offering was lukewarm and tough as boots! Ho hum I may as well stick to tea and toast next time.
Everyone else enjoyed their breakfast though, and it was quite bizarre sitting watching the plates of raw fish going round while we tucked into eggs, bacon, sausage etc.
Me Full English, tea
Alison Scrambled eggs and toast, coffee
Alexandra Full English, OJ
Laura Full English, water
Total cost £26
We met up with some friends of ours (yes we do have some you know!), not really by choice but more by happy coincidence as they were on the same flight but only going for a week.
I moseyed over to the duty free booze area (as you do) and low and behold my guardian angel was looking over me as the Pimms and single malt sampling stands were being assembled.
Seemed rude not to indulge really after all the trouble theyd gone to
Spent a while chatting to the malt whisky lady who was a spitting image of the South African perfume woman from The Fast Show complete with foundation chinstrap!
One of our friends decided to get a sample of the Pimms and give it to his 16 year old daughter on the quiet. Shortly afterwards, Mrs Malt whisky comes over and demands to know the age of his daughter. Sheepishly he said 18 but I think all concerned knew the real answer much to everyones embarrassment.
So, the moral of the story is dont waste good booze on kids when there are perfectly good adults around! :thumbs-up
We pottered about shopping etc the girls bumped into a friend from the swimming club so they had a chat for a while, but we were really just marking time until we could get on the plane.
Boarding etc was very smooth and we enjoyed turning left into the Star Class premier area of the plane and into seats 1A, 1B, 2A and 2B right up the pointy end and in the back pocket of the pilot!
Alison and I sat in front of the girls and the extra leg room in the front row was lovely, and we finally took off about 20 minutes late at 11.50.
Cheeky girls take to the plane
The flight was smooth and uneventful. I didnt watch any films or any of the TV but Alison and the girls did, on and off. We also spent a bit of time chatting to our friends who were sat not far from us. We all really enjoy the games on the FC flights especially when you play against other passengers and challenge people at battleships! It passes the time so quickly.
Onboard menu
Starters:
Smoked salmon and cheese pinwheel with mixed salad
Mains:
Beef, roast potatoes, broccoli, and carrots
Chicken breast in a tomato sauce, sugar snap peas and courgettes
Herb filled raviloli (with a vegetarian starter)
Extras:
Fresh bread and butter, cheese and crackers, Lily OBriens chocolates
The food was excellent (for aeroplane food)
The plane landed at the appointed time (4.10pm) having made up a little bit of time on the inbound journey.
There will be lots of pics as the reports go on, to be honest I've enough shots of airport lounges, aircarft cabins etc to last me a lifetime!
can't wait to hear more x
