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Published: April 10th 2014
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Well here we are in the mighty US of A...... Left home
on Tuesday afternoon to check in to the Holiday Inn at Melbourne Airport. After our arrival we decided to head in to the restaurant at HI but after deciding that we didn't wan't to remortgage the house to pay for Gman's steak it was off to Maccy D's or otherwise know as the mighty Golden Arches..recognised as a quality fast food venue. After choosing to eat off their fancy Menu (I use the term "Fancy" very loosely), we ate what consisted of a cardboard cutout of their chicken burger and then off to bed for
a 4am start.
After booking our early morning wake up call, we climb into bed and have a very limited amount of shut eye. Every hour I wake hoping that we have not slept thru the call but why should I worry ... I find out that Gman's has not only booked a call, he set the alarm, the Iphone and the IPad just to make sure!!! Apparently we are not gonna be late!!
4am up and showered, then early for the Courtesy bus..why wait...off to the Airport for a long morning. Everything went
Our flight QF93
Got to the airport very early. Well, why not? smoothly and into the International lounge we go. All onto plane, pilot congratulates everyone for boarding earlier than expected & sit on the Tarmac for approx 40 mins. Food average but flight was good. Take myself & my girls to the toilet only to be approached but some random little talkative boy ( approx 7 yo) standing with us waiting for the loo. After watching him do the jig, I allowed him to go after Scarlett but before me. What a mistake!!! Go in after him, find he peed on the floor & thank him for the kind deposit he left for me to dispose of...lovely.
Parental Travel Tip #1... Take your bloody kids to the loo and clean up their messes!!!!
Family of 5 sit behind us for flight... FAARK!! Little boy terror coughs up a lung every few seconds, kicks the back of the seat, feet come thru between our chair back & pinches my arm with his toes just as I finally felt I was nodding off to sleep. Noisy games played entire trip and cries for the entire time we are in sleep mode on aircraft. Mum indifferent to needs of other
passengers as she consoles child at the top of her lungs. Not only do Gman and I wanna kill him & her (especially her!!) our girls are not so appreciative either with "Little Shits" behaviour.
Parental Travel Tip # 2 ... Shut your kids up before someone else wants to or fly Malaysian!!!!
While Scarlett and I have the little terror sitting directly behind us, the lovely two ladies in front decide they wanna lay their heads in our lap by laying their chairs down entirely. That movie we were both interested in watching to take our minds off the kid behind is now so much harder to enjoy. Did I mention I get claustrophic!! Thanks Biatches!!
Need I say it Tip # 3 ... Seats on plane, up or down?? you know where I'm going with this one
Arrive at LAX quicker than expected (Pilot sped to get there before issues with weather & fog caused probs). LAX not expecting us til 6.30 so sit for a while on Tarmac again as they would not allow doors to open til 6.30. Thru to Customs, answer generic questions, fingerprinted & away we go. Must
Very excited.
Apart from the people behind us the flight was very good, smooth and reasonably quick say Guy at Customs just luv'd his job. So eager, full of information & the manners he used, his mum would be ohh so proud. Am I being critical, never....grunts to us, talks in a bored voice, barks what he wants us to do but not in a clear voice & when Gman doesn't hear what his request was, he rolls his eyes coz he had to repeat himself. Sniffer dog passes by without a second sniff & then off to our waiting coach.
LA the Smiths have arrived!!! Which one of us will get discovered first coz I'm telling you I ain't flying home with the family of 5 again!
Arrive at motel, all good there. Drop bags, brush teeth & off on 8 min walk to spend some time & $$ at Downtown Disney. Back to Motel in arvo for nap time. All so exhausted we fell straight to sleep. Get sorted and off to dinner....where shall we go??that's right, first night has to be "Denny's". How good is that after crap airline food.
9pm back to motel and yep straight to the pool for an hour b4 it closes
at 10pm. Disney fireworks visible
from pool so best of both worlds.
A tiring and long first day but it's great to be here!,
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Goldsmith Family
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Welcome to LA
Good to hear the your flight wasn't too boring for you all being it is such a short flight!! Great to hear your holiday adventures so far - Denny's Restaurants are great and food is pretty good too! Looks like you are all enjoying the USA LA style and toughing it out with the time difference. Raining here for the next week so enjoy the warmer weather and pool side relaxation.