This morning the alarm went off at 0830, although I didn’t sleep brilliantly and we weren’t really in a rush as we had already done bag drop. We got a new mattress at home in Jan and I think hotels are not going to compare well at the moment
We had a muffin each that we had brought with us and got ready and packed our one bag of hand luggage to take with us and left around 10.
On our way into the terminal we met a Spanish family who were struggling to find their Uber so Rob spoke to the driver and we directed them to the right location.
We were quickly through security and chose Jamie’s kitchen for breakfast. We both had scrambled egg on toast and Rob added some bacon to his. Accompanied by a tiny flat white, tea and a tip we spent about £23.
We did a little bit of window shopping and headed to the gate at 11.30 which as usual seemed to be as far away as possible.
We were in the last boarding group so had to wait in the aisle to get all the way to the back of the aircraft. We had seats 39J and K which don’t recline (I did not know that in advance).
The aircraft was generally quite nice (and had wifi available) and our main meal was a choice of chicken or macaroni cheese. We had one of each and they weren’t bad although I did have to avoid the cauliflower which accompanied the macaroni.
We also got the magnum at about halfway through and there were a couple of water/juice drinks services after the main one.
The flight felt like it took forever but eventually half a sandwich and a small banana bread were served just before landing.
We arrived in Tampa on time and were quickly off the plane.
We used the machines and got all the way to the end and the printer failed, we were then sent to a second machine where we both got the dreaded x. I suspect it was because of the 2 machines as when we got to the agent he said we were fine and let us straight through.
This took slightly longer than we were hoping but our bags were waiting so we headed to the hire car centre.
We did have to wait a few minutes for them to find our car type and annoyingly they wanted to charge for a second driver - which is normally included on a BA exec club booking so we didn’t bother which meant Rob had to drive. I did check online later and it should have been free but we couldn’t be bothered to go to an Avis desk to fix it during our trip.
We were on our way in the car by about 1840 heading to Saratoga Springs for our first night. The traffic was reasonably busy but it took us about 1hr20 and was a straightforward journey.
We quickly checked in collecting new magicbands (including our annual pass ones) and dropped our bags in the room.
We were planning on going to the Earl of Sandwich but we were too tired, so we went to Artists Palate instead. I got a turkey and brie sandwich and Rob had a cheese burger pizza which he said was quite good. We had to ask for lids for our drinks as they are now kept behind the counter and I didn’t want to spill them on the walk.
Back to the room for some tv and then bed – we managed to stay awake until almost 10!
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