Turning 40 in our 50th state - Hawaii Day one posted
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BostonTeaParty · 08-17-2003, 06:10 PM

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Originally posted by PS - I LUV WDW:
crashed by 9:00 with visions of pineapples in my head.

<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Pam, that is so funny! Looking forward to more.
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loobyoxlip · 08-17-2003, 09:55 PM

See, this is my problem for not hanging out more on the upper sections of these boards. I didn't have any idea you had just gotten back from Hawaii, Pam!! Geez. You little world traveler, you. And first class? Whoo hoo. I'll be checking to read more!! [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img]

tikibird · 08-18-2003, 05:19 AM

Wow - first class - excellent! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

Can't wait to hear more!!!

dsnytina · 08-18-2003, 04:15 PM

Pam:
Awesome idea to go to Hawaii for your 40th! WOW - First Class! [img]graemlins/ukid.gif[/img] The closest I ever got to that was Business Class because I gave up my seat so that a couple could sit together...it was very nice, so I can't imagine what First Class is like!
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Bert & Sully · 08-18-2003, 06:41 PM

Great start Pam. Good idea to stay close to the Airport with the infamous Boston traffic, etc.!

Hope Kaylee was ok on her own for the first time?

ProChristo · 08-19-2003, 09:29 AM

Sounds like the trip got off to a great start. Can't wait to see how the other half lives i.e. those who fly first class. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

PS - I LUV WDW · 08-19-2003, 05:34 PM

Cast: Pam, 39/40, Planner of trip to Hawaii, 5th trip
Brian, 44, Husband of the planner, 5th trip
Barbara, 59, Mother of the planner, 6th trip
Dick, 61, Father of the planner, 6th trip

Dates: July 17th thru August 2nd

Friday July 18th - Travel day… First class here we come!

After a good night’s sleep, we both woke up at our normal 5:15! Hey wait a minute aren’t we on vacation? We were both showered, dressed and finished re-packing the few things we had taken out before the 6:15 wake-up call. Met Mom and Dad downstairs at the hotel’s restaurant for breakfast. The room rate we had booked also included a $25 voucher for use at the restaurant. We all decided to order the $12.95 buffet. There was so much to choose from! The funniest thing (and also must be expensive!) is that a lot of the condiments were in individual bottles! Ketchup, maple syrup, Tabasco, jellies, you name it. Once we were all full, we headed to get our luggage and check out. Decided to take advantage of the hotel’s van to get to our terminal instead of looking like the Griswald’s on vacation trying to walk there (which is possible).

No line at Delta. Got checked in all the way thru to Honolulu; Brian brought his clubs to where they needed to go and then watched while they inspected them before we all headed for the non-existent line at security. My dad and I each handed them a bag of film to be hand checked, our bag contained 32 rolls of film [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] They told us that anything under 800 speed would be fine but when we told them we would be going thru 5 or 6 security x-rays, they quickly agreed with us for the hand check. Arrived at the gate with oodles of time to spare. They started boarding our 10:15 flight at 9:45. First class first!!!! Yahoo, this is what we have been looking forward to. We have never flown first class although my parents have. As soon as we were seated we were asked what we would like for a beverage while waiting for take-off. Wow also a real glass! We were also asked what selection we would like for lunch. By the time she got to us though she only had one each left so we told her that was fine with us and we would figure out who wanted what when it came.

The flight left a few minutes late as the pilot came on to tell us they were trying to alter our route to avoid some thunderstorm areas. Soon we were on our way. Not long after getting the ‘safe to move about the cabin’ signal, the flight attendant once again came around asking us what we would like to drink. She then came around with a basket with bags of pretzels, trail mix or biscotti cookies. Yummy! [img]graemlins/yuma.gif[/img] We all watched the movie ‘Down with Love’ which was cute and helped to pass the time as did eating lunch.

Arrived in Salt Lake City on time. Walked around a bit to stretch, although after the wider seats and more leg room in first class, we didn’t need to as much as on coach flights. Next flight to San Francisco loaded on time. Again we got served beverages before leaving the ground! I somehow managed to snooze for a good part of the flight. We landed in San Fran and had a 2:20 layover before heading out again (the only disadvantage to turning in our frequent flier miles was they wouldn’t let us use them on only a one stop flight). Mom and Dad went for a fast food dinner while Brian and I went to ‘The Hangar’ for a burger and grilled chicken sandwich($25.19). Had to go back thru security and once again have all of the film checked. Glad to see Logan isn’t the only airport that has food on the outside of security. Flight left on time (6:10 PDT – 9:10 PM to us!). We all watched the movie ‘Bringing down the House’ – very entertaining. I then tried to snooze some more while Brian and my mother found the games on the personal entertainment units that were in first class for this segment (I have no idea what my father was doing).

Arrived in Honolulu a ½ hour early! ALOHA! Walked the long walk to the baggage area and soon all of our pieces of luggage were accounted for. Of course the only thing Brian really cared about seeing were his golf clubs! Mom had called the Best Western to have a van come pick us up. We really had no choice but to stay on Oahu for the first night as all of the inter-island flights had already stopped for the night. This hotel was close to the airport and had a better (more on that later) rating than the other close one. Arrived at the hotel after about a 3 minute ride and checked in. Again we are not on the same floor but who cares. We say our goodnights and head to our rooms.

Getting off on our floor, I quickly realized that there are a ton of teenagers out and about. I try not to think too much off it and we get in our room. We try to get the air conditioning to come on more, with no success, when I hear knocking. Nope, not on our door but the one across from us. More teenagers, laughing, joking, running up and down the hall, leaving their doors open….. Okay, this is not going to work, we are two very tired and exhausted people who just want to sleep. Back down to the front desk where we run into my mother. Seems they didn’t give them a room with a king bed so they are moving. I check that it is not to the floor we are on. We then go to the desk and tell them that this floor is totally unacceptable and they look at each other and say ‘Oh that’s the Adventurer’s club’. I don’t care if it is a party for the President, we want to move. There are no more king rooms left so we ask for any non-smoking room. Get our new keys and go back to the first room to drag all of our luggage down two floors to our new two double bed room. Managed to find our toothbrushes and then crashed at 9:15 Hawaiian time – 3:15 Saturday morning our time!!!! We've now been up for 22 hours [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]

Saturday 7/19/03 --- A Maui Wal-Mart and where did that beach come from?

AKLRULZ · 08-19-2003, 05:48 PM

That is some 22 hours! Thanks for the update. [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img]

luvnwdwgal · 08-19-2003, 06:16 PM

Looking forward to the next installment! I'm thinking that our next vacation might be to Hawaii, so I want to read all about it!! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

tikibird · 08-19-2003, 07:04 PM

Biscotti sounds like a good reason to fly first class to me! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

Wow, what a long day! Glad you were able to get that room changed!

Didn't know there was a Walmart in Hawaii - looking forward to more! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

dsnytina · 08-19-2003, 07:16 PM

Yay, Pam! You're doing great! Can't wait to hear about your description of the beach!
Tina [img]graemlins/usa.gif[/img]

**Colexis Mom** · 08-19-2003, 09:54 PM

How great you got to fly first class!! That's what we've saved up all our miles for too, just haven't taken the trip yet!! Great start to your report, and can't wait to hear all about Hawaii [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img]