trip report DAY 1 - 3 ORLANDO

JODY71

Earning My Ears
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MONDAY 2ND DEC

AS SOON AS MY HEAD HIT THE PILLOW THE SUNDAY NIGHT I COULDN'T SLEEP. I WASN'T CONSCIENCLY THINKING OF THE HOLIDAY BUT MY SUB MUST OF BEEN.
I GAVE UP ABOUT 6:30 AM AND GOT UP AND DID MY LAST MINUTE JOBS.
THE TAXI CAME TWO HOURS EARLY SO WAS SENT AWAY UNTIL THE PROPER TIME. WE ARRIVED AT NEW ST. TRAIN STATION AN HOUR AND HALF EARLIER JUST INCASE. WE STRUGGLED ONTO THE TRAIN WITH 3 BIG CASES AND HAND LUGGAGE. THERE WERE NO LUGGAGE RACKS SO RICHARD HAD TO SIT IN THE DOOR PART WITH THE CASES ALL THE WAY TO READING BEFORE HE COULD GET A SEAT FOR THE REST OF THE WAY TO GATWICK.
WE WERE DOING WELL THEN THE PULLING HANDLE CAME CLEAN APART FROM THE CASE ANS SHANES LENSE FELL OUT OF HIS GLASSES.
WE STAYED THE NIGHT AT THE EUROPA ABOUT 6 MILES FROM GATWICK WHICH WAS VERY NICE AND REASONABLE PRICED.

DAY 2

IT WAS ANOTHER SLEEPLESS NIGHT ALL ROUND.
WHEN WE GOT TO GATWICK IT WAS REALY BUSY AT THE VIGIN CHECKOUT AS 4 FLIGHTS WERE GOING FROM THE SAME DESKS. OUR FLIGHT LEFT LATE, BUT IT WASN'T A BAD ONE. WATCHED "EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS" WHICH WAS ABOUT THE BEST CHOICE, SHANE WATCHED 3 TIMES ROUND.
WE WATCHED OUR PROGRESS ON THE INFLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT AND WE FLEW OVER DUBLIN AND CANADA AND VARIOUS U.S STATES.
WE LANDED AT 4.45 PM, THE SUN WAS SHINING AS IT WAS GOING DOWN.
WE DUMPED OUR CASES AT THE VILLAGE PREMIER AND WENT TO EAT. SHANE PRACTICALLY FELL ASLEEP IN HIS FRIES.

DAY 3

WE WERE ALL FOR GETTING UP AT 2AM, AND AGAIN AT 4:30 AM. SHANE OPENED HIS BIRTHDAY CARDS AS HE WAS 6 THAT DAY. WE DID GET BACK TO SLEEP AFTER THAT. I UNPACKED THE CASES OUT OF BOREDOM THEN WENT TO RECEPTION FOR OUR TOAST.
WE TOOK THE SHORT WALK TO DISCOVERY COVE AS IT WAS OUR SPECIAL TREAT AND FOR SHANES B'DAY. WE CHECKED IN AND COLLECTED OUR WET SUITS, I OPTED FOR A FULL LENGTH TO KEEP OUT THE COLD WATER. THE LADY STUCK IN ME IN A U.S SIZE 8 AND I COULD HARDLY MOVE...
SHANE AND RICH SNORKLED WITH THE RAYS WHEN I VIDEOED. WE THE MOVED TO THE AVIARY WHERE THE BIRDS FREELY LANDED ON YOU, IT WAS LOVELY.
THE LUNCH WAS INCLUDED IN THE PRICE AND WAS REALLY NICE, EVEN INCLUDED PUDDING.
OUR DATE WITH THE DOLPHIN CAME AND WE WENT TO THE PRE MEET AND THEN INTO THE BAY. OUR DOLPHIN WAS CALLED RASCAL, AND HE WAS. WE GOT TO KISS HIM AND STROKE HIM. RICH AND SHANE GOT TO SWIM ON HIS FIN BUT I AM PHOBIC OF WATER SO I WAS JUST HAPPY TO STAND AND HAVE MY FEET ON THE FLOOR.
WE WASN'T ALLOWED TO TAKE IN CAMERAS OR VIDEOS, BUT THEY WERE FILMING EACH MEET ON BOTH VIDEO TYPES SO WE ORDERED OUR COPY. THEY WEREN'T CHEAP AT $60 BUT ITS A MEMORY YOU WILL WANT TO KEEP. WE ALSO HAD OUT FAMILY SHOT DONE. ANOTHER TIP AFTER WE HAD GOT CHANGED AS IT WAS NEARING TO CLOSING THEY STARTED TRAINING NEW DOLPHINS AND WAS GRABBING ANYONE IN WET SUITS TO GO INTO THE WATER TO PLAY WITH THE DOLPHINS, WE HAD ALREADY GOT CHANGED BY THIS POINT SO WE COULDN'T TAKE ADVANTAGE.
AS IT WAS NICE WE HAD A WALK OVER TO SEAWORLD AND HAD THE LAST HOUR THERE AND WATCHED THE SHAMU SHOW. IT TOPPED OFF THE PERFET 1ST DAY OF MY DREAM HOLIDAY.

BYE FOR NOW WITH THE NEXT INSTALLMENT ANY QUESTIONS.
LOVE JODY, RICH AND SHANE XXX
 
Jody

Discovery Cove sound's like a lovely start for your holiday and a great birthday present :D

Kaylee
 















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