Day 6 in Orlando

Our sixth day in Orlando, I took hubby to work. My son & I ate breakfast, using our leftover groceries & helped out the housekeeper with making the bed & charming her. Then we showered & I packed our suitcases while my son finally took a much needed nap. We then headed & played on at the beach. This was the first trip my son has experienced being on an ocean beach & acted like it was a constant water ride at a theme park! We stood in the waves forever as they crashed into us; each time my son would start falling down with a hilarious round of giggles & asking for ‘more?’ Before we left, we found a pile of seashells on the beach which someone had abandoned so my son picked most of them up (including the sand) & dropped it into the plastic bag. After cleaning up, we found a toy left behind for our son by the housekeeper. We packed the last minute belongings, picked up hubby & our luggage & then off to the airport.

Although we got to the airport & checked in with no problem, that changed quickly enough. Weather delayed the captain so boarding was delayed 45 minutes. As all the kids in the waiting area were playing, our son hugged an older girl he was playing with & laid a big kiss on her! Everyone laughed & boy did I turn red! Once everyone was on the plane & ready to go, they found a hydraulics failure during the dry run. So they found another plane & had everyone transfer over to another gate. Once we were there, they asked for everyone’s boarding passes (which had all been collected while boarding the first plane) which caused some very loud complaints. They then checked everyone’s individual ID’s as they boarded the second plane. About ten minutes into boarding, two women got on the plane, stopped & put down their bags blocking the entire aisle. They refused to take any other seats other than the ones they had in the front row in the first plane. When the three women in the front row refused to move, the two women said “well, we can stand here all night.” Talk about acting like children on a plane full of kids! Once the captain, security & the police were involved & called onto the plane, all five women still refused to take any other seats. I’m not sure who but then the two parties started to name call & argue very loudly. It was only then that the two women chose seats but it was too late. It was obvious that the remainder of the passengers (us included) were uncomfortable going 30,000 feet into the air when the argument was obviously escalating so the police removed all five women from the flight. I understand they weren’t happy but neither was anybody else. I hope them acting like children was worth missing the flight, staying overnight & finding another flight home worth all the trouble when they could’ve just gotten through a couple of hours instead. So we waited another 20 minutes to get their luggage off of the plane before it finally we took off. Our son had a hard time getting to sleep on the plane because he was so overtired at 11 pm & traveling all evening.

After landing, our son had a screaming fit because he was still sleepy & wanted Daddy to carry him. My hubby started driving home while my son & I were dead to the world only to find a bridge under construction with traffic stopped both ways at 3 am. After a twenty minute wait, we were on our way home again & got there at 3:30 am. Once our son was in bed & our luggage brought upstairs, we wearily crawled into bed. Before going to sleep, my hubby tried to send a work email to discover our internet was down. What a great trip & memories we made with our son despite the problems coming home!