1 day to go...part 2

So I was thinking that before I start my series of blog posts all about my vacation I ought to go back to my '1 day to go' post and finish off what happened that day.

We had problems that morning trying to check-in online with Virgin Atlantic and so had a late change of plans and decided to try their 'Twilight Check-In' that evening before we flew the following day.  This had meant a quick re-packing to ensure we had sufficient items for an overnight bag at our airport hotel.

Mid afternoon we made our way down to Gatwick airport, about a 3 hour car journey from our home.  We had the usual holdup on the infamous M25 but other than that it was a relatively easy journey.  We drove straight to the airport, got our hold luggage and popped over to see the lovely people at the Virgin Atlantic check-in desk.  Check-in was a dream, it was lovely and quiet and very relaxed and we even had a little joke with the check-in desk staff as they instantly said 'I bet I know where you're going' to which I looked a little confused until they pointed out my Mickey Mouse T-shirt - bit of a giveaway I feel!!  Doing check-in this way meant we had taken some of the stress out of the following day by dropping off our hold luggage which would mean a simple walk through security the following day.

After checking-in we had a short drive to our overnight hotel where we enjoyed a nice meal and a glass of wine before heading off to the land of nod to get that all important sleep before our long day of travelling ahead.

And look what we found in a painting in our hotel room...

Is that a hidden Mickey?

1...

1...day to go...eek!!!

So I am writing this post a little earlier than usual today as we have a bit of a full day ahead of us.

The morning has started off well though as my Disney's Photopass+ arrived today - phew!  This will be the first time we've used this so it'll be interesting to see the results in a few days time and see just how many photos we can manage!

The morning then struck a hurdle when Virgin Atlantic decided that it wouldn't let me check-in online!!  Which was very frustrating, but after chatting with their online help it would appear they restrict a random selection of passengers from online check-in for security reasons - so that means that we are going to try 'Twilight Check-In'.  So we will check-in, in person, early this evening which will mean that all our luggage will be checked so that tomorrow it will be straight through security and wait for the flight.

So I've had a quick re-arrange of the luggage and Simon has been tidying around the house so that we are already to leave and get this vacation officially underway!

Not sure if I will be able to post whilst we're away but please follow me on Twitter (@JaynePhipps) for regular updates!

See you soon :)