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Today started off very well as DS10 got off to school and me. DH, and DS5 did the last minute double checking of doors & windows, filling gas tank, loading truck with luggage, etc. We picked up DS10 at 1215 from school and headed to PHL. We checked in & checked our 2 bags and made it through the security check point and to our gate within 20 minutes… not too bad. Then it all changed: We then boarded the plane, gave our gift bags to the crew and pilots…. and after about 15-20 minutes of nothing happening, I told DH I really wanted to get off the plane. I was so very hot and I was smelling something just not quite right that was making me so nauseous …. So at that moment, the pilot comes on and says that there is something wrong with the parking brake and that they were waiting for the mechanic to check it out… ok…. But then we are still on the plane 1 hour and 53 minutes later…At that time they started passing out plain, room temperature water. No thank you!!!… We asked the attendants – who were pretty much clueless and said they were waiting for an update as well. So then after another 15-20 minutes the pilot comes back on and states that the plane has some engine issues as well and that the plane was deemed unsafe for travel. They would take care of getting our luggage to its destination, but for us… they would see what they would do – “see what they could do?” So after getting off the plane and waiting in the waiting area, they come over the PA and stated they wanted the first class passengers and that they found them all seats on the next available flight… OK, but what about the rest of us??? We either could wait and see what happens or find our own flights… WHAT!!! I NEVER heard of this in all of my years of flying …. So I got on the phone with US Airways and told them what I thought and the only flight leaving anytime soon would leave in about 20 minutes and that they had 18 seats available on it…. So of course we hi-tailed it on over and got 4 of those seats…. While we were sitting on the 1st flight, “J” and I had been texting and she took care our reservations that night at Jiko, DME of our flight change and informed the AKL that we had a delay and would be arriving late. The second flight went ok ….at least we didn’t have to worry about our luggage – When we arrived at MCO – we informed Disney again of the flight change and we headed to the bus corral area and only waited about 6-7 minutes to get on the bus. We waited another 25 minutes then we took off. Our stop was the last of 5 stops, so we just relaxed… We arrived at AKL at 11:39 pm and we were starving!!! We were in room 4521. We were a pretty decent trek from the front. We took some pics of the room and some of the gifts waiting inside for the guys, BUT, quite a few of the gifts were not there . I did see a receipt in an envelope for me, and I called the front desk and they told me to take the receipt to the gift shop in the am… Hmmm… but the gifts were to be waiting in the room – where were they?? I’ll deal with it in the morning. We had no choice except to order room service and for the 3 sandwiches, sodas and a shrimp appetizer dish…. It was about $120! DH was in shock … and then he left the person a nice tip, which he regretted later as 18% had already been added for gratuity. He never made that mistake again…. LOL!!!! We all got washed up and showered and headed to bed as we had a very early day. We were all asleep by 1am . Here are some pics:
Next: Day 2 – Can you say giraffe whisperer????
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Great pictures!! That's so crazy about the flight!!! And what they told you!!! Unbelievable!! Whatever happened to customer service? Hope that is the last major glitch we see.
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What a dreadful experience with your flight. I've never heard of having to "find your own flight" either! Glad DME was easy and fast and your room looks beautiful.
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… We asked the attendants – who were pretty much clueless and said they were waiting for an update as well. So then after another 15-20 minutes the pilot comes back on and states that the plane has some engine issues as well and that the plane was deemed unsafe for travel. They would take care of getting our luggage to its destination, but for us… they would see what they would do – “see what they could do?” 
So after getting off the plane and waiting in the waiting area, they come over the PA and stated they wanted the first class passengers and that they found them all seats on the next available flight… OK, but what about the rest of us??? We either could wait and see what happens or find our own flights… WHAT!!! I NEVER heard of this in all of my years of flying 
…. So I got on the phone with US Airways 
and I had been texting and she took care our reservations that night at Jiko, DME of our flight change and informed the AKL that we had a delay and would be arriving late. The second flight went ok 
– When we arrived at MCO – we informed Disney again of the flight change and we headed to the bus corral area and only waited about 6-7 minutes to get on the bus. We waited another 25 minutes then we took off. Our stop was the last of 5 stops, so we just relaxed… We arrived at AKL at 11:39 pm and we were starving!!! We were in room 4521. We were a pretty decent trek from the front. We took some pics of the room and some of the gifts waiting inside for the guys, BUT, quite a few of the gifts were not there 
. I did see a receipt in an envelope for me, and I called the front desk and they told me to take the receipt to the gift shop in the am… Hmmm
… and then he left the person a nice tip, which he regretted later as 18% had already been added for gratuity. He never made that mistake again…. LOL!!!! We all got washed up and showered and headed to bed as we had a very early day. We were all asleep by 1am 
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