IanHi all! Well, we have finally reached our travel day! It only felt like yesterday that we were at 200 days to go! Where has that time gone?! It was a fairly busy day today, and unfortunately, there was a delay! Let’s get to it!
We started the day heading for breakfast at Hilton Garden Inn; we both were up around 0630, so we just went downstairs earlier and enjoyed our breakfast! Here is a quick introduction from me:
We then headed down for breakfast and boy, we were not disappointed! We had a bad experience at the Gatwick Hilton Double Tree, so we were pleased with how much better it was! Expect Mum was disappointed as they did not have any mushrooms!! Here are a few pictures:
Breakfast was lovely! We both enjoyed it (well, apart from Mum, as it had no mushrooms! After breakfast, we returned to our hotel room and packed up the last few remaining things we had used overnight. We were done reasonably early, really; we left the hotel around 0930; we thought we’d rather be in the terminal than wait around! We dropped off our bags and headed to security. We had fast track, but we were early, but they didn’t seem to care!
It didn’t take long with fast track at all, and I will definitely use it again! We headed to WHSmiths for snacks for the plane and visited duty-free, although we didn’t buy anything! We did not have a lounge this time round, so we just sat in the terminal and waited. Unfortunately, we were informed our flight was delayed an hour! It turned out to be longer than an hour, and we didn’t take off until 1450, which is an hour and 50 minutes late, putting us back when we got to Orlando.
Due to the delay, we had to wait at the gate! The annoying thing was that we had premium, and we were meant to be 2nd on board, but instead, the crew decided to board people from the rear of the aircraft first, which was a little frustrating! They stated it was so they could turn the flight around quickly, but we still waited despite this! I do get it, though and at least we still took off!
Finally, we were sat in our seats and were ready to go! Here is a picture of us with our free drink that Premium includes! Cheers! Here’s to a great holiday!
Overall, the flight was smooth, and we barely experienced any turbulence! And the pilots did a great job and made up time in the air, for which we are grateful! It did get a little boring. I downloaded some TV shows and movies to watch, but I didn’t actually watch them as I wasn’t in the mood for some reason! I did listen to my audible book, which was good, although that got boring toward the end!
The food was good as well! We had dinner and had an afternoon tea! It was lovely! The staff were friendly and kept us fed and watered, and it was a pleasant flight overall! Here is my food:
We actually used a new system the USA are using for passports; it is called the Mobile Passport Control, where you pretty much do it on the phone; it was much more accessible, and the queues were quick. I did get pulled for a secondary review, but it was all good, although it was scary! With security done, we headed to the pick-up point for an Uber.
Finally, after a long day of delays, we arrived! We checked in and went to our hotel room. We were exhausted, so we didn’t do much else! We got our refill cup, some snacks, and milk for tea in the morning (very British!) Here is the room tour:
So now, I am sitting in the hotel room and getting ready to enjoy my 2-week break with Mum! I will be heading to bed soon as I am shattered! Tomorrow, not much planned; really, we will be heading to Walmart to stock up for the holiday; it also happens to be election day for America, so it will be strange being here when that is going on! So, good night, and I’ll speak to you tomorrow!
