Don’t worry you haven’t stumbled on a blog all about Glee, not that there is anything wrong with that as I will admit to it being a guilty pleasure of mine 😀 but I was actually talking about my life; as of yesterday I officially became a lady of leisure (although it would be nice if someone told my sleep that as I have been awake at work time for the past 2 days 😡)

Everyone has been asking me about my dream job which of course as we all know would be working for Disney,  I want to spend my whole day making rice crispy Mickey heads! Sadly for me it’s not exactly the easiest commute so I guess I am going to have to find me a proper job a little closer to home

So, I now have all this time on my hands – today I had grand plans of maybe going out and just doing something for me; the going out never happened (neither did the cushion Emmie Lou, but I will be on the case with that very soon) and nope I can’t even say I did my housework either – instead I played games and looked up holiday stuff on the net

We haven’t got anything booked but you can’t stop a girl dreaming – after all I have all of the time in the world and can go whenever I want (now the bloke needs to decide when he can have time off) and then were good to go; I also would love it if Disney announced free dining as it would reduce the cost of the holiday and give me more money to buy stuff for my tiny Disney collection 😁

I have to say it does seem very odd that we are this far into the year with no countdown, although if you have followed my blog for a while now you would remember that I said we probably wouldn’t go this year as there was so much going on that it would be nice to go back once all the building work and new attractions were completed and here I am trying to think of reasons not to go and book it

Things that have happened so far this year:

• The work at Disney Springs is coming on at speed with 5 new stores opening in the past couple of weeks
• The refresh of Planet Hollywood has been announced (about time!)
• The hat is virtually gone at Hollywood Studios,
• Flower and Garden Festival will begin soon at Epcot
• The Tree of Life has grown new roots at Animal Kingdom
• Plus the new hub area is starting to be unveiled at Magic Kingdom

So, in my book I think that about justifies a nice little research trip……now all I need is for the lovely man at the national lottery to call my numbers or someone to invent a teleporter so that I could nip back and forwards whenever I wanted but until such time reality bites xxxx

After 3 years of saving one of my work share plans is due out in a couple of weeks and this is the perfect opportunity for me to treat myself……so what could I possibly do with these extra pennies? There is the obvious answer of course which would be a little holiday (however it wouldn’t be that much so it would only be a quick hop across the channel or under it as I don’t do boats)

So for the purpose of research I thought I would go and price up a cheeky trip to Florida later in the year which included – 10 days at Port Orleans, quick service dining, park tickets, transfers (nope couldn’t persuade the bloke to drive) and the V room

I only priced it up with Virgin (as we get a small discount) and for the 2 of us it was about £4,000; I know that sounds like a lot of money for a holiday but as things go considering Disney is my only vice (oh and Earl of Sandwich brownies) although I think it’s overpriced it’s money I would consider spending

Then the bloke gets in on my “research” and says if you had the money why don’t we come home Upper Class……oh my goodness UPPER CLASS (this man is supposed to be the voice of reason at the moment and here he is acting like he’s won the lottery – or just being himself!)

And what’s even worse I went along with it and updated the search…..as I pressed the button the cost of the holiday went up by £4,500; yes you did read that right a £4,500 upgrade charge (and just in case you were thinking wow what a bargain obviously it must be because when I did the pricing up again just to make sure my numbers were right the price has gone up by another £2,000 😳😳😳😳)

I have absolutely no idea what can justify that price, I know your seat turns itself into a bed but you could give me a bit of floor space and a duvet and return £4,490 of that money as there is no way that is worth it.  I have been asking James for a Tiffany ring for about a month (I don’t want much) and instead of paying £4,500 to sit our backsides in an upper class seat for 9 hours I could get me some serious bling that would last me a lifetime! (are you listening Bungle?)

Now I’m not saying that for some people paying for an upgrade isn’t worth the money as each to their own and after all we have flown Premium Economy a couple of times but when you think what you could spend the money on instead it really does make you think

So, is an upgrade worth the money – I can’t honestly say yes or no; my only advice is research it properly – see if your airline has special offer dates when upgrades maybe cheaper as last year someone managed to bag an upper class upgrade for less than the cost of an upgrade to premium economy

Im off to fawn over the pretty shiny rings, might even take a few pictures and leave them laying around as hints 😀xxx

So, after some technical issues last week I’m now sorted and normal service has resumed……this week someone tried to cheer me up by singing the Mickey Mouse club march to me – now normally it would make me smile as it makes me think of the bus pulling into Magic Kingdom but instead all I could think about was the spiel on the Magical Express bus on the way back to the airport (I bet you are singing it in your head right now cause I know I am)

Anyway back to the reason for my random ramblings this week, this made me think that not everyone would know what I am talking about as there are multiple ways to get to and from the airport to Disney:

• You can drive (hire car)
• You can have a private transfer (like a town car/ limo)
• You can take a taxi
• You can take a shuttle provided by your tour operator (Virgin shuttle bus)
• You can take Disney’s Magical Express to any Disney Hotel (requires pre booking and is only available from MCO)

We have only ever taken the Virgin shuttle to the resort and on the way back we go on the Magical Express (which are both provided by the same company so I don’t know why Virgin don’t book you on the Magical Express going there as well). The only issue with shuttles whether Disney or a tour operator is that you are on their schedule – sometimes you can leave the airport within minutes of getting on the bus and other times you sit there waiting for one family who either have decided to dawdle (like James does anytime we need to be quick) or they’ve got to where ever they want to go by another mode of transport!!!!!!

With so many options, why do we stick to the transfers; I know as a non driver I have no real idea of how difficult it must be to drive on the other side of the road and to be quite honest I am not sure I would want to find out. I asked James about maybe next time if he would want to drive and he was like why would I, we have Disney buses and anyway apart from shopping what else would we use a car for; good point really!

The other thing that I don’t get is this whole, you can turn right on a red light as long as your way is clear; seriously how can a red light not be a red light? I can just imagine me and James sitting at a red light with loads of cars stacked up behind us going but it’s red what is their problem?

But there is one driving rule that I totally think we should have over here which is that cars have to have their headlights on when it rains – seriously people if it’s coming down in buckets other people need to know you are there (and I know we don’t get the kind of storms they have in Florida but rain is rain)

So, would we consider getting a car the next time we go – probably not but I would be open to listen to everyone’s views; I do think one of the reasons James wouldn’t want to drive over there is because he wouldn’t want to put up with me squealing and flinching whilst he was driving as he puts up with that all the time over here (bless him sometimes I wonder how he puts up with me – then I remember he can be just as annoying as me so we are made for each other)

Anyway on a final note, if you are reading this because of my link on Facebook (which I am having issues posting on) I am sure there is an option to follow and if it all works as soon as I post you will get an email telling you it’s here

Until next week……I’m off to drive myself round the bend! Xxx