california37
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Mar 11, 2014
Hi
Just wanted to update on what it was like driving from Miami... well- we wouldn't do it again in a hurry!
Our flight was from Manchester was delayed by 90 mins. The aircraft wasn't very comfortable but the food was the nicest I've had on a plane. No drinks however and the juice at meal times is very questionable if you can call it that. Entertainment was poor to say the least too.
It took 2 hours from disembarkment to get out of the airport and another 50 mins to get to the car rental place and have a car. This is including walking straight through immigration (we beat the queue!) and using the automated machines. The main wait was the hike (it really is a hike!) from where the plane stops to passport control. I was however prepared for that having had Feedback from you guys! Carrying hand luggage and a 10 month old plus a tired 3 year old and 7 year old-not fun! The longest wait was for our car seats :/ took about 30 mins after we got our cases for them to turn up!
Have to say first time with Thomas cook and not very impressed.... attendants pleasant enough but quality of product was poor. Our car seats were not looked after and came off the place literally in pieces. And one of our cases looked like it had been run over. Not sure if that was TC's fault or the airport....
We rented from Alamo as per usual and did skip the counter as usual. The choice of cars at Miami was very poor - a lot smaller than at Orlando. Again not very impressed.
Realise there's little you can do about traffic but Miami traffic on a Friday evening to get into the turnpike was another delay
Basically from our home to animal kingdom where we are staying took 24 hours. Long day for my DH who drove the whole trip. Not something we would repeat for the saving. I realise some of the problems we had were unfortunate events and had no control over but made a long journey worse
Thinking about doing a layover next time to make it cheaper - based on feedback from you guys again seems to be ok !
Any questions please ask!
Oh and it didn't help that upon arrival at our resort (kidani) post midnight - our villa is amazing and what we asked for in terms of location etc.. however there was no pack and play or a baby highchair in our room. Had to wait over an hour for them to bring me DS' bed to put him to sleep! Luckily he's ok as long as I'm cuddling him/breastfeeding him but I was shattered and this didn't help the delays!!!
Just wanted to update on what it was like driving from Miami... well- we wouldn't do it again in a hurry!
Our flight was from Manchester was delayed by 90 mins. The aircraft wasn't very comfortable but the food was the nicest I've had on a plane. No drinks however and the juice at meal times is very questionable if you can call it that. Entertainment was poor to say the least too.
It took 2 hours from disembarkment to get out of the airport and another 50 mins to get to the car rental place and have a car. This is including walking straight through immigration (we beat the queue!) and using the automated machines. The main wait was the hike (it really is a hike!) from where the plane stops to passport control. I was however prepared for that having had Feedback from you guys! Carrying hand luggage and a 10 month old plus a tired 3 year old and 7 year old-not fun! The longest wait was for our car seats :/ took about 30 mins after we got our cases for them to turn up!
Have to say first time with Thomas cook and not very impressed.... attendants pleasant enough but quality of product was poor. Our car seats were not looked after and came off the place literally in pieces. And one of our cases looked like it had been run over. Not sure if that was TC's fault or the airport....
We rented from Alamo as per usual and did skip the counter as usual. The choice of cars at Miami was very poor - a lot smaller than at Orlando. Again not very impressed.
Realise there's little you can do about traffic but Miami traffic on a Friday evening to get into the turnpike was another delay
Basically from our home to animal kingdom where we are staying took 24 hours. Long day for my DH who drove the whole trip. Not something we would repeat for the saving. I realise some of the problems we had were unfortunate events and had no control over but made a long journey worse
Thinking about doing a layover next time to make it cheaper - based on feedback from you guys again seems to be ok !
Any questions please ask!
Oh and it didn't help that upon arrival at our resort (kidani) post midnight - our villa is amazing and what we asked for in terms of location etc.. however there was no pack and play or a baby highchair in our room. Had to wait over an hour for them to bring me DS' bed to put him to sleep! Luckily he's ok as long as I'm cuddling him/breastfeeding him but I was shattered and this didn't help the delays!!!