Notices
Walt Disney World and Florida Trip Reports Trip Reports and Videos

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
Old 29 Apr 21, 07:55 AM  
Link to this Post
#11
JoJo88
VIP Dibber
 
Join Date: Jul 08
Originally Posted by cornishfrogboy View Post
Ann does not do ceremony. She is a truthsayer (as she sees it).
There will be differences, drama and fun. I can assure you that we also remain extremely good friends.. who no longer vacation together.
I’m glad to hear it 😊
JoJo88 is offline Girl Mouse Click to view Members Trip Plans Add Member to Ignore List
Old 29 Apr 21, 07:57 AM  
Link to this Post
#12
Disney Bear
VIP Dibber
 
Join Date: Feb 16
Location: Berkshire
Mobile

Brilliant - great so far. I have friend and family like that - was there even an invite?
Disney Bear is offline Girl Mouse Click to view Members Trip Plans Add Member to Ignore List
Old 29 Apr 21, 07:59 AM  
Link to this Post
#13
cornishfrogboy
Thread Starter
VIP Dibber
 
Join Date: Nov 10
Location: Falmouth
Originally Posted by Disney Bear View Post
Brilliant - great so far. I have friend and family like that - was there even an invite?
No invite at all as I remember. They clearly knew that we were keen on Florida. We had never even discussed a joint vacation and it was ‘out of the blue’.

Edited at 07:02 PM.
cornishfrogboy is offline Boy Mouse Click to view Members Trip Plans Add Member to Ignore List
Old 29 Apr 21, 10:04 AM  
Link to this Post
#14
mick
VIP Dibber
 
mick's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 04
Location: Rugby

mick's Reviews
Hotel Reviews: 1
Looking forward to reading along love a trippie


Joan
__________________
mick is offline Boy Mouse Click to view Members Trip Plans Add Member to Ignore List
Old 29 Apr 21, 10:07 AM  
Link to this Post
#15
Borderbairn
Imagineer
 
Borderbairn's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 08
Location: Scottish Borders
Wish I could make decisions as quickly as you. I dither far too much and talk myself out of doing a lot of things.
__________________

Southern Dunes 2006 & 2007 Highlands Reserve & Hard Rock Hotel May & Sep 2008 The Sanctuary West Haven 2009 Freedom of the Seas & Doubletree Resort 2010 Highlands Reserve May 2012 Windsor Hills 2014 New York 2016
Borderbairn is online now Girl Mouse Click to view Members Trip Plans Add Member to Ignore List
Old 29 Apr 21, 11:06 AM  
Link to this Post
#16
cornishfrogboy
Thread Starter
VIP Dibber
 
Join Date: Nov 10
Location: Falmouth
Mobile

Originally Posted by Borderbairn View Post
Wish I could make decisions as quickly as you. I dither far too much and talk myself out of doing a lot of things.
I am always guided by flight prices. They can move by the hour and when ‘that deal’ is there, then you must grab it. Once I have flights, I then decide what I will be doing.
As an example, Ann Gary and George booked within 20 hours of us, yet their 3 tickets cost more than our four.
__________________

2005 onwards.. lots of times!

Index of all my Trip and Pretrip reports..https://www.thedibb.co.uk/forums/sho...6#post15662196
cornishfrogboy is offline Boy Mouse Click to view Members Trip Plans Add Member to Ignore List
Old 29 Apr 21, 11:17 AM  
Link to this Post
#17
Lola
Imagineer
 
Join Date: Jan 05

Lola's Reviews
Hotel Reviews: 1
We’ve done the Panhandle area couple of times. Once via Orlando and Cedar Key and Appalachicola and once via New Orleans. Loved Pensacola Beach, Hampton Inn right on the beach and the Naval museum was great. Destin, Seaside good with Rosemary Beach being our favourite around that area. River Inn at Appalachicola was an experience as it sits over the water, someone fell in coming back from the bar in the evening. Not us thankfully and they were fished out. Island off the coast here had great beaches. Looking forward to reading about your trip
Lola is offline Girl Mouse Click to view Members Trip Plans Add Member to Ignore List
Old 29 Apr 21, 12:10 PM  
Link to this Post
#18
Elmhurst 5
Apprentice Imagineer
 
Elmhurst 5's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 16
Location: hampshire
yes please
Elmhurst 5 is offline Girl Mouse Click to view Members Trip Plans Add Member to Ignore List
Old 29 Apr 21, 01:14 PM  
Link to this Post
#19
cornishfrogboy
Thread Starter
VIP Dibber
 
Join Date: Nov 10
Location: Falmouth
PART 2 OF THE PLANNING.. DETAIL.

Well, the formal planning meeting took place around a fortnight later at my home and in the traditional way (we got blind drunk on Gin). Ann had made it clear that any plan would be a good one, that I was a very experienced Florida traveller and that unless there were any glaring issues, they would be happy with any plan we made... no pressure then!

I did a great deal of extra research prior to the big meeting, acutely anxious to please and under pressure to come up with the goods. This is the plan that I presented (as opposed to the reality of the vacation itself when we got there).. I honestly believe that my glasses are so rose tinted that I could work in a travel agents.. or even put together the brochures!

Day 1.
After a night at the Premier Inn Heathrow, a flight into Pensacola with an ample stopover of 3 hours at Atlanta. I gave detail of procedure for immigration, customs etc, the layout of the airport and its subway etc etc. An absolute breeze with glorious sunshine throughout, pick up hire cars and then drive the easy 8 miles to Margaritaville on Pensacola Beach.

The idyllic arrival at Pensacola as I imagined it.

Day 2. A drive to Mobile and some time on USS Alabama. Gary, being a nautical man would clearly like this bit before an afternoon return to Margaritaville and some sun bathing. Mandie could only be impressed that I was thinking of others beside myself!
The immaculate USS Alabama, a treat for us all.. including Mandie.

How I imagined the late afternoon of day 2

Day 3. A trip by Gary, Myself and the boys to Pensacola NAS, home of the Blue Angels aerobatic team and one of the top dozen aviation museums in the World, a must for an Naval Aviator like Gary .. Oh! and Mandie’s birthday as well!

The Blue Angels that we would doubtless see as they roared through the gin clear sky in order to impress Mandie on her birthday.

Day 3, 4,5 A drive along the Sandbank from Pensacola to Destin where we could spend 3 nights, one day sunbathing at Henderson State Park, the other on a hire boat at Crab Island.

Crab Island, a floating water park of fun

A typical Crab Island hire boat, complete with Gin Fridge. Gary being a Nautical type could be skipper for the day!

An F22 Raptor, based at Eglin, just behind Destin and that I would undoubtably see. (by coincidence) whilst there… I was still working on this bit, so there was little point in mentioning it just yet!

Day 6. A leisurely, interesting and rewarding drive from Destin to Tampa that might take a fair bit of the day, before visiting the Hardrock Casino for a meal in the Cafe

A Casino (as envisaged). I had never been in one.

Day 7 a day to be spent relaxing in Busch Gardens with a Giraffe Feed before moving on to our villa in Davenport (a big one!).

Days 8-15 to be spent around the Orlando area with most certainly a day in Discovery Cove and some Airboating.


A typical Orlando Alligator scene (as described after several gins that night).

Discovery Cove as described.

Day16 , a leisurely drive to Daytona Beach and a watch of the cars that would doubtless be racing up and down the beach in front of us.

A typical, daily Daytona Beach scene, (as I envisaged it).

I painted a pretty picture, clearly impressing both Ann and Gary. As promised, they suggested no revisions whatever and by the time the Bottle(s) were emptied, we knew what we were going to do. I was given clearance to look for and suggest accommodation etc in the coming months. Crucially, it was agreed that we would all be more than welcome to dip in and out of each others company as at various times, we may have different priorities.

Take careful note of the images above.. the realities will follow!

Edited at 09:34 PM.
cornishfrogboy is offline Boy Mouse Click to view Members Trip Plans Add Member to Ignore List
Old 29 Apr 21, 02:04 PM  
Link to this Post
#20
ILoveDaveLamb
Imagineer
 
ILoveDaveLamb's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 10
OOO, I‘m in! You clearly all survived. Hope there was some fun along the way! :=) Thanks for bringing us along.
__________________
ILoveDaveLamb is offline Girl Mouse Click to view Members Trip Plans Add Member to Ignore List
Reply

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Forum Jump


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 07:33 AM.


Powered by vBulletin - Copyright © 2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
DIBB Savings
AttractionTickets.com

Get £10 off each Disney Ticket with the code ATDIBB10

Get up to £50 off per room at Disney or Universal with the code DIBBHOTELS


theDIBB Blog
One of the the five worlds found in Epic Universe, How to Train Your Dragon... Read More »
Disney announced that a new nighttime show, “Disney Dreams That Soar,” will run nightly at... Read More »
Walt Disney World Resort guests can get ready to have a “glowing’’ good time when... Read More »


theDIBB Menu


Exchange Rates
US Dollar Rates
ASDA  $1.2354
CaxtonFX  $1.2305
Covent Garden FX  $1.2544
FAIRFX  $1.2350
John Lewis  $1.2380
M&S  $1.2178
Sainsburys  $1.2354
TESCO  $1.2364
Travelex  $1.2353
Updated: 06:30 29/03/2024
Euro Rates
ASDA  €1.1447
CaxtonFX  €1.1421
Covent Garden FX  €1.1526
FAIRFX  €1.1432
John Lewis  €1.1457
M&S  €1.1263
Sainsburys  €1.1440
TESCO  €1.1445
Travelex  €1.1435
Updated: 06:30 29/03/2024

DIBB Premium Membership
Did you know you can help support theDIBB with Premium Membership?

Check out this link for more information and benefits, such as...

"No adverts on theDIBB Forums"

Upgrade Now



X