Hey everyone, so travel day came on 16 May, we got up at 5am to prepare for leaving just before 7. After just a few hours sleep I was dreading the travelling. We were flying from Belfast to Newark and then Newark down to Orlando International. We had never travelled this way before and I was very very anxious about this.
Well lets just say my worst fears were realised!!! When we checked in at Belfast we were given boarding passes right through, but we were informed that our flight from Newark was overbooked and we couldn't be guaranteed a seat number until we got to the boarding gate in Newark.. So we would just have to hope for the best and wait!!! Which didn't do much for my anxiety! However there was nothing we could do about it so it was time to just get from Belfast to Newark..... The airplane was a sardine can in disguise!! I could have cried when I realised just how small it was. Thomas had told me it would be 3 either side but I didn't realise how small and seeing that tiny tin can scared me!!! But it got even worse when I realised we were on the back two seats which meant there was no way to recline. It was a horrible flight, long uncomfortable and each meal coming round we had to take just whatever was left, so our main meal I had a spinach ricotta type thing and Thomas had a chickpea masala which was actually really full of flavour. I like that they constantly offer you refreshments, thats about the only thing that I can say good about it.....
So we got to Newark, went through immigration and sailed through the airport and over to the gate we were checking in all the while hoping that we would have a seat on the plane!! While we waited to find out we went and had food in the wee pizza place in the terminal. I had a pepperoni calzone, boy was it tasty!!! Thomas had a big slice of pizza with sausage and pepperoni. Absolutely delicious!!
Anyway getting to the flight! I was actually starting to tear up as people were boarding the flight and our names hadn't been called yet. I was sure we weren't getting on that flight at all. Thomas went up to the desk again and they had boarding tickets for us. Either side of the plane 5 rows apart. So we had to sit apart for 3 hours. I have to say that was not the most pleasant of experiences for us!! Though we both got sitting beside nice couples so I guess it could have been worse.. It was so uncomfortable and after having a long flight out to new york this just made it even longer.
I have to say I will never fly that way again!!! It was exhausting and body breaking for me!!
Anyway things got a little better when we found out we were getting a mustang!! Thomas was a very happy boy! Thomas had bought Navmii USA, having used the UK one at home a lot for work it should have been great, but we couldn't get it to find the locations we were going to, it wouldn't bring up West Irlo Bronson Mem Highway just the east side. Absolutely gutted, as we had left our sat nav at home with family as it needed updating anyway... So luckily we figured that before leaving as we still had a chance to hire sat nav from the car hire people at budget. We put the address in for Ocean beds and we were on our way, once again i had a happy hubby with his mustang. We got to the rental pick up place and were greeted by happy workers, I expected at nearly 9 at night that it would be a lock box and we would have to come back the following morning for registration, but nope they were still open so we got it all sorted and found out where we would be staying and headed on.
We were very happy when we got to the location and saw the gated community we were staying in. Our villa has a gorgeous pool with a hot tub, the pool is only 5ft deep but hey its a good size so we have fun. There are 5 bedrooms with 3 bathrooms. Two master bedrooms with beds bigger than my whole bedroom lol.....
Anyway that is enough for tonight. We had a long and tiring trip but we are in Florida and that is the start of our amazing adventure. I cannot wait to share more of our holiday with you all.
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