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On February 14, Valentine’s Day, we started our Pirate Adventure!
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I got up early, got the rest of my stuff and put it in the car,
locked my flat and drove to the baker to get some rolls for
breakfast. Then I went to Tom’s where we had a leisurely breakfast.
Our flight left at 11.30, so there was lots of time to have a laid
back morning. At 9.30 we put all our luggage into Tom’s car, locked
the house and left for the airport. We arrived there at around 10am,
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We were so lucky. There was NO
one in line ahead of us. We went up to the check in counter, got our
seat assignment for both, the flight to Frankfurt and the flight to Orlando and went through security. There were several delayed
flights, but ours was on time. Yay! At 11am boarding started and boy
were we surprised to have scored a seat at the Emergency Exit. These
are the only seats with legroom!! Nice start to our birthday
vacation. |
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We took off on time and soon after that the flight
attendants served snacks. We both had Diet Cokes and the cookie
snack that was handed out. The flight to Frankfurt is short, 55
minutes, and by the time we had finished our snack, it was time for
the plane to land in Frankfurt. |
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We had about 90 minutes to get from one gate to another, so we
started the long trek across Frankfurt airport. We had to go through
passport control and more security before we were able to do some
duty free shopping. Then we headed towards the departure gate, had a
drink and found a place to sit and wait for boarding. |
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We
can’t have sat there for more than 10 minutes when they called us to
the departure desk.I
had visions of us being put on another plane, which had happened to
us before, but the surprise came, when we actually spoke to an
airport employee. |
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She mentioned that we had hit the jackpot – we had been upgraded to
business class!!!!!!!!!! The grins on both our faces were HUGE and
we immediately sent a text message to the catsitters to let them
know of our lucky streak! About 25 minutes later we boarded the
plane together with other business class guests and found our really
comfy seats. The flight attendants in charge of business class
helped stow the luggage and settle us in. |
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We left on time and were served some snacks right after we had
reached cruising altitude. Tom and I chose to try some of their
German white wine to celebrate the great start to our trip. We both
had some roasted, salted Macadamia nuts with it. Our glasses were
constantly filled and lunch was served a short time later. And what
lunch it was! It started out with an appetizer being served. Tom had
the Shrimps Cocktail with Herb Mushrooms, while I had the Fruity
Chicken Salad with Stilton Cream and Almonds. |
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Both were served with a Mixed Lettuce with Tomato served with Ginger
Lime Dressing and a fresh roll. Heaven on earth! Shortly after we
had finished our starters the main courses arrived. Tom chose to try
the Stewed Halibut served with Mustard Sauce, mixed Vegetables and
mushy Peas. It looked and tasted like in an expensive restaurant. I
had the Fettuccine Pasta with creamy Mushroom Sauce and white
Cheddar. Perfectly cooked pasta with a wonderful tasty sauce, what
else can you want? |
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Never during all that time did our glasses get empty! Finally the
desserts arrived. Tom had some really fresh Fruit Salad with Mango
and Papaya, while I chose the Shortbread Cheese Cake with Apple
Caramel. Very good offerings. We were stunned with all the yummy
goodies we had had, and really enjoyed being served some coffee and
tea as well and we were served some chocolate truffles with them.
After that huge meal we were tired and tried all the different
functions of the seats, turned them into beds and had a rest, while
still watching movies. What a way to travel. About two hours before
we were supposed to land dinner was served – we were offered more
alcoholic beverages, but declined, because we were to pick up a
rental car. Tom had Roasted Breast of Poulard with Romaine Lettuce,
Carrots and Basmati Rice with Almonds, while I tried the other dish
they offered, Roast Beef with Mixed Pickles and Pumpkin Ginger Pie
with English Mustard Sauce. |
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Both dishes came with a roll and Treacle Tart, English Cake with
golden Syrup. |
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A short time later we arrived in Orlando, much better rested than we
had thought we would. Since we had been in business class we were
one of the first people to leave the plane and were able to get in
line for immigration fast. The line itself moved very slowly. It
took us about an hour to get to the front of the line and then go
through the immigration process. We picked up our luggage and
cleared customs and went to the rental car counters. What we found
was the longest line I have seen in a long time. It took us more
than an hour to get to the front of the line and finally to someone
to assign us a car. We had prepaid the car with all the insurances
there were and the young lady behind the corner was rather annoyed
there wasn’t anything to sell to us. So she told us to get Sunpass,
but since we only drove a short, about 3 $ worth, distance we
declined and she got really annoyed. We were finally assigned a car
and went to the parking lot to pick up the car. When we finally
found it, the car was nice, but it was a large car and there was
nothing to cover the boot of the car and you could clearly see
inside. |
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We didn’t like that, so I went back to ask if there was another
choice and it took a long time to be assigned another car. After we
had finally loaded our stuff into the car, we positioned the GPS
system and off we went towards Walt Disney World. We arrived at the
Caribbean Beach Resort at around 10pm, check in was easy, even
though the Cast Member was very tired and yawned a few times. We
drove to Trinidad South and went to check out our room, which we
found without a lot of trouble. |
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The room was nice, but smelled like it had not been aired in quite
some time. We left some fresh air in and checked out the room. You
could see the room had not been used in a few days before everything
needed a good dusting, but we were too tired to care much for the
dust. We “threw” everything into the room, got changed and walked
over to the food court, since we were hungry again. The foodcourt
did not look too appetizing because they had already started closing
it down. |
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We finally decided to go to Downtown Disney to pick up some
sandwiches from Earl of Sandwich and some drinks from the Hess gas
station across the street. Picking up the sandwiches was a breeze.
Tom had The Original 1762
- fresh roasted beef, cheddar and creamy horseradish sauce, while I
ordered the Tuna Melt -
albacore tuna salad and Swiss cheese. Within a few minutes we had
our late night snack in hand, headed out the door and back to the
car and drove across Buena Vista Drive to the Hess station. |
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We were surprised to find really good deals. The Diet Coke we picked
up was way cheaper than at Walmart or Publix and the chips were much
cheaper as well. Since they sold Krispy Kreme doughnuts we picked up
a few as well. We drove back to the resort, where we had a surprise
waiting for us. Once we opened the door we were greated by a Pirate
hat full of goodies. Our friends Mary Ellen and Joe had ordered this
wonderful surprise for us! |
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After we had recovered from our surprise we had a late night picnic
and entered our Pirate ship beds for a good night’s rest. |
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