daisy
21-07-2005, 02:09
right shall start from the beggining hope you are all sitting comfortable [msnwink]. our day started early darren didnt sleep at all he was packing ! dont ask he is so un organised sometimes just to help my stress levels i got up at 5 but dont think i slept much. mother in law ( darrens dad`s wife anyway ) was picking us at 6.15 so all ready and excited for those of you who were asking had a last minute hitch with my wedding dress so had to leave it with my sister to bring out a week later ![msnscared] it was too long ! now lost flab to hold it up ! my sister god love her is pregnant at the moment so is at bit more scatty than usuall i was quite concerned she would forget the dress ..lol so set off in good time for manchester airport godd job she drives at 30 mph everywere even on the motorway [msncry]. still didnt dampem our spirits though was so excited . was really impressed with virgin check -in only qued for 5 mins if that no problems at all no upgrade though. my dad arived later and checked in and paid to be upgraded so he diddnt have to sit with us ! charming eh . not to worry had breakfast together and then i went off to start as i meant to go on and do some damage in duty free [msnwink].
had good seats on the plane and was really impressed with virgin and staff had lots of little bits of food on the way they kept feeding us and air hostess was lovely with me when i put pepper in my coffee instead of sugar trust me ! kept popping up to see my dad who was quite happy getting pampered and think daren slept for most ofthe flight typical eh ?
landed at orlando airport and it was really strange collecting our cases and then off again oh before that my dad got stopped 3 times coming through passport control he hadnt filled in his green form hed only had 8 hours [msnmad] and then coundnt get it right i thought they werent going to let him in ! anyway loast bag collection everyone elses bag comes through but no not mine ! allsorts were going through my mind i only had it a minute ago what have they done with it eventually it came through last and lonely on its own was so relieved was realy panicking they must have had a damm good root throught it think they were trying my clothes on lenght of time it took to appear!
off to collect the hire car had booked the basic car but the guy must have seen me coming he actually did me a good deal it cost an extra £100 for the 3 weeks for a convertable so yes i went for it. sent my dad off to collect his car gave him directions that the villa owner had given me.off we went i was in my element the sun was shinning beutifully and we had the roof down posing [msnsmile2].
now a plea from first time visitors to orlando and villa owners please give us the right directions ! we got lost within about 5 mins directions werent quite aqurate ! so dollor map in hand we set about finding villa except we were already lost and whilst driving along the heavens opened with force and you have to stop the car to put the roof up we got absolutely soacked i was gutted and terrified have neaver seen so much rain apparently it was the tail end of tropical storm great ! couldnt see to drive really scary stuff eventually found the villa with luck i think more than anything and i have to say it was stunning so much more than the pictures did it justice its on country creek estate its a more established community but it was just amazing. i was so impressed the size of the master bedroom and en -suite were fab. had to wait another hour for my dad to arrive as hed got lost as well was really worried by then as weather was awful not getting any better. unpacked and off to walmart for some much needed supplies dont know if its just me but wasnt that impressed with walmart the one near medevil times anyway i know i`m fussy but he choice of healthy food seemed sparse. back to the villa and determined to keep going we decided to find old town now that one was easy. wanted to take my dad to see the cars.
my dad had decided that he would come in our car so guess who got to sit in the back word off advice to any
had good seats on the plane and was really impressed with virgin and staff had lots of little bits of food on the way they kept feeding us and air hostess was lovely with me when i put pepper in my coffee instead of sugar trust me ! kept popping up to see my dad who was quite happy getting pampered and think daren slept for most ofthe flight typical eh ?
landed at orlando airport and it was really strange collecting our cases and then off again oh before that my dad got stopped 3 times coming through passport control he hadnt filled in his green form hed only had 8 hours [msnmad] and then coundnt get it right i thought they werent going to let him in ! anyway loast bag collection everyone elses bag comes through but no not mine ! allsorts were going through my mind i only had it a minute ago what have they done with it eventually it came through last and lonely on its own was so relieved was realy panicking they must have had a damm good root throught it think they were trying my clothes on lenght of time it took to appear!
off to collect the hire car had booked the basic car but the guy must have seen me coming he actually did me a good deal it cost an extra £100 for the 3 weeks for a convertable so yes i went for it. sent my dad off to collect his car gave him directions that the villa owner had given me.off we went i was in my element the sun was shinning beutifully and we had the roof down posing [msnsmile2].
now a plea from first time visitors to orlando and villa owners please give us the right directions ! we got lost within about 5 mins directions werent quite aqurate ! so dollor map in hand we set about finding villa except we were already lost and whilst driving along the heavens opened with force and you have to stop the car to put the roof up we got absolutely soacked i was gutted and terrified have neaver seen so much rain apparently it was the tail end of tropical storm great ! couldnt see to drive really scary stuff eventually found the villa with luck i think more than anything and i have to say it was stunning so much more than the pictures did it justice its on country creek estate its a more established community but it was just amazing. i was so impressed the size of the master bedroom and en -suite were fab. had to wait another hour for my dad to arrive as hed got lost as well was really worried by then as weather was awful not getting any better. unpacked and off to walmart for some much needed supplies dont know if its just me but wasnt that impressed with walmart the one near medevil times anyway i know i`m fussy but he choice of healthy food seemed sparse. back to the villa and determined to keep going we decided to find old town now that one was easy. wanted to take my dad to see the cars.
my dad had decided that he would come in our car so guess who got to sit in the back word off advice to any