Oh boy, this must have been a bit of a challenge. Nathan kept pestering me about how we should fly for our wedding trip, and he was probably right, but I didn't want to have to worry about this. (That, and I had all these romantic notions about how fun a 3-day road trip would be. ....Hahahahah!!) Good on you guys for getting everything for a wedding and a trip packed and onto an airplane!!
We had SO MUCH STUFF! We had four full size bags to check (like the 28" inch or whatever), plus we each had a personal item and a carry-on item. And every bag was stuffed. I hate traveling that heavy, but we had to do what we had to do haha, weddings require so much (and in the grand scheme of things, we kept it fairly simple!). Luckily I do have the WestJet Mastercard, so our first checked bag was free for each of us, so that helped with the cost of luggage haha.
Hahaha, I always have these grand ideas about road trips, but I end up hating life every single time.
Oh no!! That's SO stressful!
Glad your mom had your back there!
Yep, nothing like a minor heart attack to start your vacation off right!
This is awesome! The exact same thing happened to me on my last flight home (recently, from Toronto.) I was kind of internally grumbling inside my head about having been selected, even though I obviously had nothing to hide, and then when he put me at the front of a security line I was like..."Woah! Nevermind! Thanks, kind sir!"
Yeah, I was thinking I was being randomly searched, then I'd have to go to the back of the long line - I was very pleasantly surprised when she put me at the front! We even knew we had lots of time and would have been fine in the giant line, but I would much rather be sitting down on the other side of security eating Quiznos.
I love this! (And not just because Splash is my favourite of all time.) Great picture, too!
Thanks! MK is our first park on our December trip, so I'm trying to convince Luke and my Dad that Splash needs to be our first ride again!
Welcome!
Oooh, I have a bright pink one - they are amazing!
*Drops head in shame* We still haven't taken it out of the box... we have no place to put it, because obviously it needs to be on display!
Oh boy! So, once I was in Phoenix at a hotel and there was a fire (electrical-no injuries), so everyone was evacuated. There ended up being a pilot and 2 flight attendants in the hotel. The pilot and one flight attendant had dressed and grabbed all their luggage before evacuating (down about 20 stories). The third one did what she was supposed to do, and left without everything! So the flight ended up being delayed until the Fire Department could escort her back up to her room and get her clothes and safety manual. There were also some people in the hotel who were worried about missing their flight, until they realized-that was their flight crew! So the pilot and flight attendants made sure to bring them along to the airport to get them on the flight!
I can only imagine the grumblings of the people waiting at the airport! That's a crazy story!
Emergency exit row is so worth it, but I'm cheap and refuse to pay to upgrade - we always just test our luck at getting those seats when we check in online 24 hours beforehand (WestJet makes them a free upgrade at that point!)
Excellent choices for your first ride of the trip! We love sitting in the back row for coasters - it's definitely the best place to be on Big Thunder (and a few other things ... we really like it on Seven Dwarfs Mine Train too)
Thanks! We were happy we were able to get those as Fastpasses, since it was a busy week and it was our first day!