Well, we're here. It's 5:30am Florida time as I type this.
Here's a quick summary of the last 24 hours:
Premier Inn was lovely, really nice. Staff were so helpful at check, bathroom was immaculate (I always check the bath sealant for black bits but I couldn't find any so that made me smile) - It's the small things right?
Mum and Dad were in room 666 which made us all chuckle, but they survived the night...LOL!
A quick walk across the road to departures, a very smooth and quick check in, again, lovely staff.
Then we grabbed a bacon roll and I ran about the shops grabbing myself a few treats (Elizabeth Arden 8 Hour Cream, Molton Brown Shower Gel and a cute little Owl bracelet from Accesorize).
Then we ran out of time, so we walked to our gate, which was 47, and pretty much got straight on the plane.
The Dreamliner itself was lovely, high ceilings, large windows.
We were in Premium and had the most wonderful cabin crew member called James.
He wore Mickey ears the whole way there bless him, and adored my boys, esp. George (my youngest).
Lovely food, great entertainment, a mixture of old and new films, although with 2 kids all I managed was the 45 min 1 Direction documentary, and that took me about 6 hours to watch in 3-4 mins sections!
We were delayed by about 15 mins due to the luggage cart breaking down so it took them a few extra mins to load the suitcases and we were off.
George wasn't really that bothered by the take off, but Oliver who is 5 giggled his head off with excitement. It was adorable.
In the departure lounge at Gatwick he cuddled my Mum and said he was so excited and he squeaked with excitment, he couldn't keep it in. Made my Mum blub.
When we were getting all stressed out with each other on the way to the gate, George said 'Mummy, I so 'cited' which lightened the stress levels loads.
Kids are amazing and always say the right thing at the right time when you need them too.
Anyway, lovely flight, only 8 hours so we arrived about 2:30pm UK time, usual miserable staff at the airport security bit, but our immigration officer was lovely and was chatting to my boys, and he put a Mickey mouse stamp in their passports which was cute.
I love all those little small details that make your trip special.
By the time we'd got through Mum and Dad and Sam had already got the suitcases which was fab. No waiting about worrying if our cases had arrived safely. I hate that bit.
HOT HOT HOT when we stepped out of the airport. Lovely.
I closed my eyes for a second and was smiling inside so much.
This trip was booked 18 months ago and hubby and I have worked hard to save for it so it felt wonderful to step out into the warm Florida sunshine.
I looked across the street and there was William our chauffer waiting for us with a massive smile on his face. He was lovely and just what we needed after the scary airport staff.
A quick 35 min drive and we arrived at Vista Cay (George calls it Mr Cay which is cute).
Our condo is massive and lovely.
It over looks a lake and we can see the roller coasters of Sea World on the other side of the lake.
Oliver thinks this is fab.
We unpacked all our stuff and made the boys some toast, and then headed off to the pool.
It was about 6pm by now.
The complex looks lovely but we'll explore tomorrow as we're going to have a pool day tomorrow.
Had a lovely swim as the sun set over the lake and then DH (Simon) and Sam popped to get pizza.
Oliver fell asleep first, but George was still full of beans running about.
We all went to bed at 9pm which would have been 2am by our body clocks so I think we all did OK.
Oliver's just woken up now and I don't think George will be long now too.
We're off to DHS today and Oliver is very excited about going on Tower of Terror but he's just said that we can go on Great Movie Ride first as it's not fair on George cuz he's too small for TOT. Bless him, so thoughtful.
Well, I'm gonna grab a cuppa tea soon and then we'll all be running about getting ready for our 1st proper day!
Bye for now! x
