Cast
Me, Kerry 39, your narrator and super Disney fan
John 42, my husband of 12 years,
Ross 6, our eldest son , 1st time in Disney, first time in a plane!
Owen 5, our youngest son, a Disney newbie like his brother
Kathleen 65, my Mum and Ross and Owen's Nana, been to Disney many times
Bryan 64, my Dad and Ross and Owen's Dada, been to Disney many times also.
Dad (Bryan), me(Kerry), John and Mum(Kathleen) (This was taken at a wedding in April)
Ross(First day in Primary 3)
Owen (First day in Primary 1)
Travel Dates
9th October - 23rd October 2013
Transport
Plane
Inverness to Gatwick
Gatwick to Orlando International
Disney's Magical Express bus
Accommodation
Disney's Port Orleans Riverside Resort
Wednesday 9th October
Got up at 3.15
and had a shower. Boys followed shortly after and had some breakfast. Mum and Dad arrived and we left at 4.30am.Got to inverness airport at 5.15 and had a very long, cold! walk to the terminal building from the long stay carpark.
Boys were busy jumping around at check in but settled in departure lounge. Mum and I had a latte
and then before long we boarded the plane for the boy's 1st ever flight. They were so good and sat reasonably well.
Flight
had only slight turbulence midway round the Lake District then landed at Gatwick 30 minutes early at 8.20am.
After security we made our way to the South Terminal Aspire lounge where we had lovely bacon rolls and coffees. Later Dad and I had a whisky and Mum had a red wine.
We boarded the plane and it left on time. Very good flight, boy's really enjoyed it. I had a red wine as my welcome drink and John had a beer.
I watched the alan partridge film first, it was funny.
Got through customs quite quickly then collected our suitcases and made our way to Disney's Magical Express.
Our driver was called Bryan King just like Lion King!Watched a cute disney film on the bus and then soon arrived at Port Orleans Riverside.
Checked in and got our magic bands. You wear them on your wrist and they act as door key, park tickets, charge to your room, dining plan id and fast passes. Great idea and much easier than going into bag etc for key to the world card (we got these too just in case but we didn't use them).
Went to sleep at 9pm which was really 2am for us, been up for 23 hours
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