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    • Päivä 17

      Hurry up and wait

      7. lokakuuta 2018, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

      Today started rudely early, about 3am when I woke up. Timezones are not my friend. It did however give me time to check my phone and notice that our Norwegian Air flight had been delayed by a couple of hours. This was slightly annoying as it would delay our arrival into Orlando, but it would give us a bit more time in our hotel, so glass half full me thought sweet, less rush.

      Just before 10am we ambled down to the terminal, reveled in using the priority lane to check in and moved seamlessly through security. So far so good, but then things went a little off script.

      First when I changed a significant amount of pounds and euros for US dollars at the airport currency exchange and got molested by their thieving rates. They would make pickpockets blush.

      Dragging my bleeding wallet away we checked into the Norwegian Air business lounge and blobbed out. Luckily I checked the departures page on my computer and it suddenly said our flight was boarding, so we legged it for our gate only to see exactly no boarding taking place.It didn't actually begin boarding for another 50 minutes.

      These two calamities have left a sour taste in my mouth, it's the grubby, gritty taste of London, the most overpriced city yet. Yesterday it cost us $200 to get into the city and onwards to Wembley and return. Give me Berlin or Rome any day!

      Anyway I digress. We were finally on board our flight and kicking back in premium economy at the front of the plane. This was almost as good as some airlines' business class offerings. Heaps of leg room, passable food and good entertainment options. The only unusual aspect was the almost exclusively male stewards in premium economy. Perhaps vikings don't trust their women with VIPs.

      Settling back we enjoyed several movies, two meals and even a little shut eye, so apart from the check-in shenanigans Norwegian Air gets a big tick from us. Orlando International Airport though does not.

      The border security queue at Orlando would make a snail feel like Usain Bolt! It took us two hours to get from landing to actually sitting down on Disney's Magical Express rolling to our Disney hotel.

      Arriving at our hotel we collected our magic bands and used them to magically open our room door. You can also use them to buy food and souvenirs at the park, store fastpasses for rides and various other convenient uses.

      Tomorrow we check out Orlando, especially the malls, before storming the parks on Tuesday.
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    • Päivä 2

      Besser kann ein Urlaub kaum starten ♥️

      15. huhtikuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

      Endlich wieder den ganzen Tag an der frischen Luft "all you can breathe" .. 🎈☀️ Celebration, Vineland Outlet und Disney Springs ♥️ Mein persönliches Highlight (neben tollem Wetter und leckerem Essen, interessanten Tieren und wunderschönen Blumen, einem sehr leckeren Starbuckskaffee, witzigen OldNay Mitarbeitern und dem kostenfreien Eintritt/Parkplatz ins Disney Springs): ein "Plüschtier-Auffüll-Automat". Wir haben einen Jungen beobachtet und mein Herz ist geschmolzen ... Junge sucht sich die Hülle eines Kuscheltiers aus. Mitarbeiter sitzt an der Maschine. Sieht ähnlich aus wie Zuckerwatte, ist aber die Füllung der Kuscheltiere. Mitarbeiter füllt Kuscheltierhülle durch Öffnung auf. Junge sucht sich ein kleines rotes Stoffherz aus. Macht ganz viele süsse Sachen mit dem Herz, z.B. drücken, küssen oder mit guten Wünschen besprechen. Mitarbeiter steckt rotes Herz mit in die Füllung und schließt die Öffnung ♥️ Wer hatte bitte so eine tolle Idee. ♥️
      Nun liegt wieder jeder auf seinem fetten Bett .. Wir gucken "Kids Baking Championship" .. Crazy was die können 🍪🎂🤭
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    • Päivä 5

      Magic Kingdom Blog

      15. maaliskuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

      Vandaag gingen we naar Magic Kingdom. We moesten vroeg ons hotel uit, zodat we in ons Disney hotel konden inchecken. We zitten in het Disney’s All Star Music Resort! Het inchecken duurde een beetje lang omdat wij graag kamers in de buurt van Papa’s vriend wilde hebben. Dit lukte uiteindelijke en we kregen onze magic bands, buttons en gratis extra fastpasses!
      De magic bands zijn onze entree tickets, fastpasses, hotelkamer sleutels, foto bewaarders en nog veel meer. Super fijn en gratis bij onze boeking!
      Vanaf het hotel konden we met de bus naar Magic Kingdom en gelukkig waren we er best vroeg. Hierdoor waren we snel in het park en konden we aan onze eerste attractie beginnen.
      We zijn eerst in de Jungel Cruise gegaan. We hadden een super sarcastische skipper die veel woordgrapjes klaar had voor onze cruise. Geweldig! Daarna moesten we snel door naar onze fastpasses voor Splash mountain. Deze attractie is zo ontzettend tof! Alleen werden we wel zeik nat. Gelukkig is dit in het warme weer van Florida geen probleem! Daarna hebben we Haunted Mansion, Little Mermaid, Space Mountain, Carousel of Progress en the people mover gedaan en hebben we in Tomorrowland gegeten. Tip: als je bij een self service restaurant vraagt om een cup of ice water, dan krijg je gratis water! Super fijn met dat warme weer!
      We hebben daarna Pirates of the Caribbean gedaan en een speurtocht, de Enchanted tiki room, It’s a Small World en Hall of Presidents. De laatste was veel mooier en interessanter dan we hadden verwacht! Er was een geweldige video en audio animatronics van alle presidenten!!
      We zijn ook nog naar Country Bear Jamboree gegaan, Seven Dwarfs Mine Train en Geert heeft de raket de ruimte in zien gaan! We aten bij een restaurant tegenover Splash mountain en besloten onze laatste extra fastpass in te zetten voor Big Thunder Mountain. Na een lange dag gingen we op weg naar de uitgang en deden onderweg Haunted Mansion, Winnie the Pooh en Buzz Lightyear!
      Een zeer lange maar geweldige dag!!
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    • Päivä 267

      USA, Florida

      12. joulukuuta 2014, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

      Sonja Burroughs
      My hope is that we become lights in our communities and the world, to shine not by ourselves or of ourselves, but in and through the lives of others by our words and actions, through understanding, empathy, and acceptance. Only light can drive out darkness.Lue lisää

    • Päivä 4

      Florida

      13. lokakuuta 2018, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C

      Florida, der südöstlichste Bundesstaat der USA, grenzt auf der einen Seite an den Atlantik und auf der anderen an den Golf von Mexiko. Entlang der Küste erstrecken sich insgesamt mehrere Hundert Meilen lange Strände. Die Stadt Miami ist bekannt für ihre lateinamerikanisch geprägte Kultur und die renommierte Kunstszene. Beliebte Ausgehadressen liegen vor allem im gehobenen South Beach. Orlando ist Sitz berühmter Themenparks wie Walt Disney World®. ― GoogleLue lisää

    • Päivä 1

      We*re on our way

      1. toukokuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

      Well after booking, cancelling, 're-arranging Fit To Fly testing we are finally on our way to Florida with Fiona and Mark.
      The taxi arrived on time to take us to Manchester airport. Good journey with light traffic. After expecting long queues and extra security checks for booking in passport control we were pleasantly surprised with how smoothly and quickly it was done, leaving plenty of time for shopping and breakfast.
      The flight was mostly smooth and with all the drinks and food service and in flight entertainment passed quickly, we landed an hour early, (this was then wasted queuing for the car.)
      After landing and again what seemed to be no extra security checks we picked up the car and started out journey to the villa.
      The villa is beautiful and very comfortable, Fiona and Mask are so happy to be back and I can understand why.
      A quick unpack and then out for a meal at Manny"a a favourite haunt for Fiona and Mark and what an experience it was. Huge beers, tender steaks and a never ending salad bowl.
      Back to the villa to bed , around 3.30 English time.
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    • Päivä 5

      Epcot part 8, the final chapter.

      5. toukokuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

      To say the Firework display was great would be an understatement, it was Fantastic.

      There were fireworks, laser displays and music, it lasted at least 30 minutes and could be seen from anywhere around the lake.

      After it finished there was a mass exodus for the exits, not looking forward to this but it went a lot more smoothly than expected, I will say this Disney sure do know how to organise things.

      All in all a Fabulous Day.
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    • Päivä 15

      Best Laid Plans, and all that jazz

      15. toukokuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

      We're up fairly early as we have to leave by 11 am and we want to stop off at Duke's Brewery for the car and truck fest at Lakeland on the way home.

      Computer says No!

      We load up our car ready to leave but Mark's car won't start. Luckily he took out roadside assistance when we picked up the cars. After about an hours wait Andy the AAA man arrives. After plan's A B and C fail we try plan D. Hooray apparently it was dirt on the battery connections.

      We decide to head straight home and after a couple of diversions and stocking up supplies at Walmart we make it home.

      A nice leisurely afternoon spent by and in the pool, me included.

      This is the life.
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    • Päivä 16

      Sometimes It Hertz

      16. toukokuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

      Today is going to be a lazy day to get over the travelling of last week.

      Martin goes to check out some golf courses, Fi and Mark have a man come to talk about roof tiles and I chill out with a book by the pool.

      After lunch Mark goes out to check the car will start ready for tonight.

      Oh no flat as a preferable fart again, and so the saga starts. Fi gets on the phone to Hertz car rental, explains what has happened and how we'd had the same problem yesterday. They would send out the AAA to check the battery Fi said that's not good enough. After over an hour and us saying we were not prepared to drive to the airport to pick up a new car, which could have taken us anything up to 3 hours, they finally agreed to deliver a new vehicle to us at no charge, should be there in 2-3 hours.

      Eventually after about 4 hours and 2, more phone calls plus the AAA man telling us the battery was knackered the new vehicle arrived.

      How Fi managed to keep her temper, especially after being hung up on, I will never know if a true star..

      Unfortunately due to the late delivery of said vehicle our dinner plans had to change so we went to Rock Brews a restaurant playing'rock band' videos and sports channels, very different but good.

      Let's hope the new car starts in the morning.

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