ORLANDO TRIP DAYS 1 & 2

Hello everyone, as some of you might know I ended up in Orlando this time, as an effort to keep the writing spark going I'm going to write what happens here from beginning to end. That does not mean daily updates, but at least a full story....

FIRST DAY- Travel and Arrival

First, the flight was handled by Aeromexico from MEX to ATL, which meant a loooooooooooong wait just to get to the counter. Service SUCKS. Big time.

Then, there was a queue of more than a 100 people waiting... fortunately I used my charms to convince a security guard to let me through and skip the whole thing (If I had boobs it would have been quicker...)

The flight was said to leave at 9:25, we started bording at 9:35 or so. I got a frienship seat, but fortunately, the person to my right, missed the flight. So, I got some space between me and the other person, making the trip a little more enjoyable. The plane wasn't very comfortable, to begin with. They gave us a "continental breakfast" which consists of rabbit food, basically: Fruit, a muffin and a drink.

In Atlanta I got scooped up by security... again. This happened in Chicago too, and I was hoping they had sorted it out but...

It turns out there's this guy with a similar name to mine who the US government is looking for and they have to check all the way with Washington.

So, as you can imagine, having only 1 hour to get through customs, pick the bags, put them through again and reach the next terminal... I missed my flight.

So I had to cajole one of the staff to prompt me up in the standby list to make sure I would make it to Orlando. This was Delta BTW.

Once I made it here, I had to get a shuttle to the hotel, which my dad had failed to mention costs 20 bucks (not too much, but still he had said it was free...) at least I made friends with the driver who took me to Mac Donalds since I hadn't eating ANYTHING since BF. I took the food with me, believing once I got to the hotel it would be quick...

... and check-in was. Nice people at the counter.

Got a shuttle from the hotel to take me to the area I'm supposed to be in, got the the 4th floor... key didn't work. I had to walk back, dragging my stuff to reception for another one. Again, I met the Shuttle guy who I also ended up making friends with. I went up to my room, hungry, annoyed and tired... and the key didn't work.

This time I knocked on the doors on all the floor, but there appeared to be no-one, so I couldn't ask someone to either let me call reception or call for me... but fortunately, I saw a security guy in one of those little golf-cars, so he gave me a ride to the reception again, where they decided to send a technitian. I got a ride back to the room, met the technitian and he opened the door for me, and gave me a new key that works.

The room is ridiculously small and it turns out there was a mix-up with the booking and we were down-graded. Yay. I had to share the sofa-bed with my dad and it wasn't fun.

A great start for the holiday I soooo much wanted, isn't it?

Day Two - Epcot Center

Waking up semi-early wasn't fun either. But, at least it was the start of a new day, right? And not just any day, the 24th of December, a day where we would celebrate Christamas Dinner at Epcot Center (WTF?!)

Most of the morning was spent discussing the virtues of wasting money on tickets for several places and complaining on the front desk about accomodations, all of it accompanied by my reiteration of my intent to stay in the hotel while everyone went out... and get some peace.

We discovered that most supermarkets would be closed on the 25th, so instead of going straight to Epcot, we went shopping. At least, with our final objective being Epcot Center, pushing the cart about in the supermarket was as entertaining as most of the rides there are. Speed-wise at least.

Getting food, we went to the hotel, left it and sped out to Epcot Center.

We got into a few rides, but by then it was quite late, so Mission: Space, was cool, but not something I would go out to recommend despite the high praises my sister insists on delivering about it. Then there is another one called "Test Drive" which is supposed to impress with taking curves with 50 angle on it at 60 MPH, or 100 KpH... which is impressive, I guess, if you've never done something similar and/or driven about with Koba. Otherwise, it's just a random ride and utterly pointless.

We went to the Circle of Life presentation and another tour that deals with greenhouses. The last one mentioned above was pretty interesting, but made annoying with the help of some kids who wanted out half a minute into the ride.

Finally, the main reason we had gone there arrived and we went into the Chefs de France restaurant, where I got escargot and lamb, along with a nice 2001 I-forget-the-brand red wine and some crepes with apple in them. It was a good dinner, spoilt at times by the antics of my companions, but enjoyable nontheless.

Finally, made it back to the hotel, where I am preparing to sleep... alone this time, thanfully. Anyway, I'll keep posting.

Nya!