I love the excitement of arriving at the airport with a ticket in hand. Today is no different. This time I am heading east, to the East Coat of the US. First a direct flight from Brisbane to LA before a two hour connection to our five hour flight to Orlando.
After a little delay leaving Brisbane we took off just before lunchtime. I immediately start thinking in my destinations time so 10pm Friday it is. After being served lunch I did my very best to catch some sleep which I managed for about five hours. I missed the ice cream being served whilst I napped but I did wake up in time for pizza. A great range of movies kept the children amused. Before we knew it we were watching our second sunrise of the day and eating breakfast on our way into Los Angeles where from the plane window the Hollywood sign greeted us.
On board, the immigration card, one per family, had been completed and we made our way through the Los Angeles arrivals hall. Questions were asked, finger prints of the adults were taken, bags collected and we were on our way to the transfer desk. We dropped our bags for our Virgin America’s flight to Orlando and walked the short distance from Tom Bradley terminal to Terminal 3. After getting boarding passes, going through security again we made it to our gate in time for boarding.
Virgin America were wonderful. New clean planes, friendly staff and spare seats next to us made this flight great. We all slept most of the way after purchasing some Pringles to munch on. We had paid for exit row seats for the grown ups and whilst the leg room was great the seats did not recline. Next time I will use the funds towards a first class seat.
We arrived to afternoon storms in Orlando feeling not too tired and so excited for our East Coast adventure to begin.
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