Rich M
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Apr 18, 2016
Hello everyone. I am pretty new to the DIS but was very grateful for all the help during the 8 months of planning. Our trip was booked on February 24th and now the trip is over and I wanted to share it with everyone. So sit back, relax, and enjoy.
Cast of Characters:
Rich - Narrator, planner and overall Disney Junkie. 6th trip to the World and too many trips to Disneyland to count. Referred to as me.
Annita - Sister to Rich. 4th trip to the World and too many trips to Disneyland. Referred to A
Justin - Nephew to Rich and Annita. 1st trip to the World. Referred to as J.
Dill - Nephew to Rich and Annita, Brother to Justin. 1st Trip to the World. Referred to as D.
Travel Dates: Oct 29th to Nov 7th. One night at the Legacy Vacation Club, 8 nights at CBR.
Travel Details: Flying Delta out of SFO and renting a car from MCO for 9 days.
LET THE ADVENTURE BEGIN
Our adventure begins on Oct 28th as I drove to pick up D and J from there house after school was out. D, J, and Me had an early morning flight leaving SFO at 6:10 AM so I made the boys spend the night at my house. After finishing up my packing and spending time with my grandson I made it to bed around 10pm with my alarm set for 3am.
Oct 29th - Up at 3am to pack the car and head to the airport. It was cheaper for me to rent a car from the airport the night before and return it the next day then it was to park at the airport so that's what we did. So rental car dropped off at 4:30am and take the shuttle to terminal 1. We had 2 bags to check for our flight but I did the pay on the App so it would be easier when I got to the airport and not have to mess with it only to find out that apparently everyone does that also and you still have to stand in a large line to check your bag.
Checked our bags and headed to security. J and D both had TSA precheck and I did not. So they went through that line and I went through the regular line. After getting through security we went to our gate and then grabbed a snack from a shop. 2 bagels and 2 bottles of drinks for a whooping $25.
Our first flight was headed to Salt Lake City and then onto Orlando. Both flights were uneventful and very smooth except for our landing in Orlando was very rough. I was surprised we didn't pop a tire but at 4:01 EST we were finally in Orlando.
We headed to pick up our luggage and get our rental car from AVIS. I had two reservations. One was for an Mid-Size SUV for $185 and one for a Luxury Car for $290. I asked the agent at the preferred counter what my options were for the Luxury car as I had wanted a Cadillac. He said all they had was Lincoln MKZ. I told him I would have liked a Caddy but he said that they were all recalled and they didn't have any more. I asked what the Mid-Size SUV would be and he said that he would give me a full size SUV instead if I would like. So we ended up with a Nissan Pathfinder. I was excited to drive this as I am thinking about buying one so this would be a great test drive.
We packed our stuff inside the car and started getting the car ready when I found that this car didn't have Bluetooth . I was shocked but didn't want to bother with changing cars so we just plugged the phone into the USB port and used it that way. We headed to our hotel for the one night which was the Legacy Vacation Club. We had a Junior Suite which was very nice for a one night stay and did its job. We then headed to Wal-Mart and to grab dinner at the Olive Garden before heading to the hotel to rest as we were getting up very early to head to the World.
A flight was getting in at 6 AM the next morning so she will be meeting us at the World using Magical Express or so we thought????
Cast of Characters:
Rich - Narrator, planner and overall Disney Junkie. 6th trip to the World and too many trips to Disneyland to count. Referred to as me.
Annita - Sister to Rich. 4th trip to the World and too many trips to Disneyland. Referred to A
Justin - Nephew to Rich and Annita. 1st trip to the World. Referred to as J.
Dill - Nephew to Rich and Annita, Brother to Justin. 1st Trip to the World. Referred to as D.
Travel Dates: Oct 29th to Nov 7th. One night at the Legacy Vacation Club, 8 nights at CBR.
Travel Details: Flying Delta out of SFO and renting a car from MCO for 9 days.
LET THE ADVENTURE BEGIN
Our adventure begins on Oct 28th as I drove to pick up D and J from there house after school was out. D, J, and Me had an early morning flight leaving SFO at 6:10 AM so I made the boys spend the night at my house. After finishing up my packing and spending time with my grandson I made it to bed around 10pm with my alarm set for 3am.
Oct 29th - Up at 3am to pack the car and head to the airport. It was cheaper for me to rent a car from the airport the night before and return it the next day then it was to park at the airport so that's what we did. So rental car dropped off at 4:30am and take the shuttle to terminal 1. We had 2 bags to check for our flight but I did the pay on the App so it would be easier when I got to the airport and not have to mess with it only to find out that apparently everyone does that also and you still have to stand in a large line to check your bag.
Checked our bags and headed to security. J and D both had TSA precheck and I did not. So they went through that line and I went through the regular line. After getting through security we went to our gate and then grabbed a snack from a shop. 2 bagels and 2 bottles of drinks for a whooping $25.
Our first flight was headed to Salt Lake City and then onto Orlando. Both flights were uneventful and very smooth except for our landing in Orlando was very rough. I was surprised we didn't pop a tire but at 4:01 EST we were finally in Orlando.
We headed to pick up our luggage and get our rental car from AVIS. I had two reservations. One was for an Mid-Size SUV for $185 and one for a Luxury Car for $290. I asked the agent at the preferred counter what my options were for the Luxury car as I had wanted a Cadillac. He said all they had was Lincoln MKZ. I told him I would have liked a Caddy but he said that they were all recalled and they didn't have any more. I asked what the Mid-Size SUV would be and he said that he would give me a full size SUV instead if I would like. So we ended up with a Nissan Pathfinder. I was excited to drive this as I am thinking about buying one so this would be a great test drive.
We packed our stuff inside the car and started getting the car ready when I found that this car didn't have Bluetooth . I was shocked but didn't want to bother with changing cars so we just plugged the phone into the USB port and used it that way. We headed to our hotel for the one night which was the Legacy Vacation Club. We had a Junior Suite which was very nice for a one night stay and did its job. We then headed to Wal-Mart and to grab dinner at the Olive Garden before heading to the hotel to rest as we were getting up very early to head to the World.
A flight was getting in at 6 AM the next morning so she will be meeting us at the World using Magical Express or so we thought????