The cheeky not so bargain trip! Part 1

So, if you've read my pre-trip report you'll know the back story about the bargain trip that spiralled a little bit out of control ;)

This was our 4th trip since September and this time we were on our own :)

Day 1 – 18^th June

Travel day! I had to go into work in the morning as I had some meetings and also needed to give some information to my colleague who was covering my work whilst I was away. I managed to leave at 12.15ish and headed home.

My car was super dirty so we took it to get cleaned and went to get some lunch. Car wasn’t ready so we walked home and packed our stuff and got the rest of the house sorted before popping back to get the car and then put it in the garage.

Last job was to sort out the fish food for the week then headed off to airport. We had something to eat at Fleet services then continued to Gatwick. We were parking the car in the long stay car park and then we took the bus to terminal.

We walked across to the Hilton and checked in where we were upgraded to the executive floor (as gold members this happens most times – well worth the credit card for the points and free upgrades).

 

 

As we had arrived before 9 we popped into the lounge for drinks and snacks before bed :)

Day 2 – 19^th June

We had an early start this morning and headed across to terminal to check in at around 7am. We got into the terminal and found a massive line – luckily the premium line was much shorter and we were quickly checked in. Security was fairly quick so we headed to Frankie and Benny’s for breakfast.

 

We had a quick wander then off to our gate, not long to wait and we boarded and we were on our way. I slept for several hours on and off whilst Rob watched movies on his iPad. His entertainment system didn’t work and the cabin crew did offer to move us – but it meant about 3 other people playing musical chairs so we stayed where we were.

Surprisingly two hot meals were provided (breakfast and dinner) – we skipped breakfast as we had already eaten before the flight.

The flight went reasonably quickly and we landed early but had to wait for a gate for ages. Finally we got off and through immigration quickly we got the bags and collected our car. We prefer Orlando airport though as we didn’t like having to walk outside to get the car...!

We checked in to the Doubletree and got our yummy cookie before taking a drive to to the Harley Davidson shop to look at jackets – Rob had bought a new bike a few weeks ago and had been planning a bit of shopping :)

He tried a few on but wasn’t quite sure and so he decided to think it over. We decided to have our traditional first night dinner at Earl of Sandwich :)

Whilst at Downtown Disney we took a quick look in the Harley store but discovered that it was more expensive and they don’t offer an annual pass discount! Back to the hotel for a rest and time for bed.