Live Halloween trip

Anyhow, all the airlines must have known you'd be away as the prices for next July/Aug are tumbling today: can see £350 July/Aug with Continental on loads of different dates via Newark:)

I just had a kayak fare alert and almost fell out of my chair, it's gone down £200 for us so now we're back at the drawing board and have to decide whether to go in February or May!
 
Well this trip sneaked up quickly :)

I don't think there was much of a countdown for this one :laughing:

Anyhow, all the airlines must have known you'd be away as the prices for next July/Aug are tumbling today: can see £350 July/Aug with Continental on loads of different dates via Newark:)

That's the route we want to do again ... let's hope they tumble into Sep/Oct/Nov too. At the moment early September (too early for when we want to go) is pricing up more than August :scared1:
 
Signing in for the live reports! Looking forward to it as always! :thumbsup2 Have a safe trip you guys! :wizard:
 
Okay so it's Friday night and I am sitting here looking at the clock - 7 pm EST. SO .... have you landed? Don't forget there is free wi fi now so you can log in at ANY TIME to give us an update :lmao:
 
Thanks mossyflossy. Just spotted your post and have booked 4 weeks from the 4th July flying out of Glasgow with netflights for £422 and 1.6% cashback. :woohoo:

Mrs TT

We will be here at the same time then, we arrive the 18th.:goodvibes

Great prices Ruth, thank you for letting people know.:thumbsup2

Okay so it's Friday night and I am sitting here looking at the clock - 7 pm EST. SO .... have you landed? Don't forget there is free wi fi now so you can log in at ANY TIME to give us an update :lmao:
Yes we have landed, Transatlantic took off 10mins late, arrived on time, AA have slightly more legroom than VA, and far better food, we all enjoyed the meal, I had blueberry pancakes, Matt & Karen had omlette. Also got croissant, crackers, and more. snack later was different, we were expecting the famous AA pizza but its changed, it was like a cross between a deepfill pizza and a calzone, difficult to explain, still nice but prefer the old style.
Immigration was mental, just under 1 hour to get thru, went a lot faster when the US residents line cleared, over half the staff were dealing with them, not so many dealing with visitors which was a very long line.
Onto Terminal 3 for flight to Tampa after a McD, gate change and 50 min delay, not too bad.
Dollar, I did online rapid check in, worked well in August, not so well this time, he said my DL was a mismatch with my Express card, no idea why or what he did but took about 15 mins on the computer for it to accept us.
Got a 7 seater Chevy Traverse 14 k on clock, only driven it up from Tampa to the hotel but seems very nice, a bargain for £150 incl tank of gas and additional drivers.
Traffic up the I4 was busiest I have ever seen, 90 mins to get to hotel, usualy do it in 60 mins.
Hotel changed from Country Inn & Suites to a Fairfield Inn, all new rooms, new breakfast area, new reception, Rafael still on desk, still same lifts.:rotfl:
Just been to Walgreens to get some Coke, Pringles & water while Karen unpacked. Now relaxing before bed.
Tomorrow lunch at Sweet Toms with CM friends then into SW to see their halloween displays.
 
Hi to all,
Thought I may have caught you online as I had early start today (4:30)

Glad you all arrived safely
Looking forward to updates & pics
Enjoy! :goodvibes
 
We will be here at the same time then, we arrive the 18th.:goodvibes

Perhaps we might be about when there's a DISMeet for once then. :thumbsup2

Great to hear you've landed stateside safely albeit with a slower than usual journey to LBV. Looking forward to yours (and Matt's) updates.

Have fun. :woohoo:

Mrs TT
 
Caught up with Matt's blog and now your post Wayne.
Glad the journey was fairly pleasant .

Hope Spooktacular is a great day out tomorrow :)
 
Up at 7am after a good nights sleep.
A few pics of the refurbed hotel.
New lobby area, they removed the staircase.
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Breakfast area, more seating than before.
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And the room, all the chintz has gone for DIS green, orange.:goodvibes
More lighting than before & 5 pillows on each bed, 1st night slept very well but after travelling over 20 hours to get here we would sleep well anywhere:rotfl:
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Just been out to pool, too cool to sit out so shopping this morning:goodvibes

So weird to think of it being cool. We were there until mid October last year and it was pretty warm still. I can't imagine it being too cool to sit out. Do you have a wish list for the shopping, Wayne? Or are you just there to chaperone? ;)
 
looks like a great hotel Wayne!!

the one hour immigration is what happened to DD when she came with a friend a few years back...DD went through the american side, her friend went to the alien side....(in retrospect, she realised she should have gone with her friend)...DD was done in about 15 minutes, but no friend for what seemed like forever....and given that mobiles are forbidden until you're past immigration, there was no way to find out what had happened to her friend....
it was almost an hour when her friend finally made it through....and all due to the very long line on the alien side...
but that was in New York Kennedy terminal 4....one of the most difficult immigration crossing points, for both foreigners and americans, just due to the large number of people they have to deal with...

i'm jealous you'll be eating at sweet tomatoes!!! yummmm!!!
maybe you could email me a muffin? or some chocolate ice cream?
 
Joining in Wayne, the hotel looks fab .... I hope u get to afternoon t at the gf we love it
 

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