I am ready for this holiday, not in the literal sense like I’ve packed or anything (although I will admit to having been popping things into my lovely new suitcase that I got for my birthday – thank you Emmie Lou!!!). I can tell the holiday is getting closer as James has even said it would be a good idea to get the suitcases out and have a look at them and considering he is most definitely Mr last minute.com as far as packing goes this is an encouraging sign…..hmmmm, I wonder where my suitcase locks are and more importantly what are the combinations?????

Our planning is coming along nicely; fast passes are done, Be Our Guest breakfast and Mickeys Not So Scary Halloween Party are booked and all that is left to do now is the sometimes boring bits…… booking extra bags for the way home, adding some credit onto the phone and figuring out how we are going to get there; I know we are going on a plane but first we have to figure out how we are going to get to the airport???

This is quite a debate between me and the bloke, as he won’t be driving up there he is happy to get a taxi which as you can imagine as soon as you say the word airport the price goes up. Living where we do there are another couple of options – there’s the bus which with a couple of suitcases isn’t really practical and would involve a change in Crawley or my option would be the train…yes there are a couple of changes but it’s not that big of a deal and you arrive right in the South Terminal where our check in is.

As in previous years we will be staying at an airport hotel the night before and doing twilight check in (for Virgin Atlantic you can check in between I want to say 5-9pm for your flight the next day) which kind of takes some of the stress out of it for me. If we were to go by car the most direct route to Gatwick for us is M25, M23 which at the time we would need to leave to check in on the morning of the flight could be a bit risky – I don’t want to be that sad person at the airport whose missed their flight because of traffic; so the airport hotel option is a no brainer!

View from the premier inn

For the past couple of years we have stayed at the new Premier Inn at the North Terminal (which will be very handy for future holidays once Virgin move across there – but no Vroom for most of next year while this change takes place). But this year for a change because I am geek and even though i don’t like flying but love watching planes we are staying at the Bloc in the South Terminal which offers runway views in certain rooms; having searched for it on the net I am looking forward to it (just a quick thought if you are interested sign up at mygatwick.com and get 10% off a stay there)

Apart from how we are getting to the airport I am still a little concerned about what I am going to eat on the plane – the great sweet debate has been resolved and we have milk bottles and matchmakers but having seen the latest menu for on board meals I know i won’t each much. A couple of years ago I pre-ordered a kids meal but after doing a quick search to see what it currently is (I don’t care that I am not a kid I need to eat!) but having seen that it is tomato and pesto pasta…..pesto for kids????? I am back to absolutely no idea; on that note I am off to see what options there are in departures that I could take on the plane and not offend everyone else with

xxxx