Off to the airport and parked no problem. On in to the Southwest checkin counter for our next mini adventure. I missed it completely but Kristen was pulling two of the bags behind me and muttered something about being wet as I lifted her bag to the luggage check. It was all wet and I asked what happened. Guess the woman behind her took a big swig of water and swallowed wrong, choked and then spit out the water all over Kirsten and the bag!! LOL – ewwwww That poor girl is having a rough day! :-D After I stopped laughing (and the checking woman stopped laughing) we moved along. And the ‘spitter’ told us to have a nice trip! Oops. Guess we should NOT of been making fun, Kristen said she felt really bad and was quite embarrassed. But is sounded like something I would do, and nothing a towel and a bit of hand sanitizer won’t fix! :-D

 

On through the security check and no problems. We got to our gate and ended up second in line in the A section. NICE. Of course, we have to wait two hours – but that just gives us time to play some Gameboy, listen to the ipod and write up trip reports. On with the trip! :-)

 

Plane arrived a bit early and they loaded us right on. As soon as all the passengers arrived we even took off ten minutes early. And arrived 15 minutes early! The flight itself was fine and I guess the weather changed for the better and made for a more direct flight. I really enjoy flying Southwest. Their flight attendants have a sense of humor that most others just don’t have. I think they realize that people appreciate it more these days than the more strictly professional old standard airlines. Little things like, “please at least pretend to pay attention to the air flight instructions...” and “If you have kids, were sorry” Even the landing was amusing. As we pull up to the gate he was saying... “Wait for it... wait for it... NOW – Get out! I wanna go home!” :-)

Then it was into the terminal and off to baggage claim. There must have been four or five planes ahead of us at the carousel. We waited FOREVER for our luggage to come out. But eventually it did and then it was off the the National Emerald Aisle. I love this service, and while there was no vans or SUVs tonight, we ended up with a nice large Sonnata that could hold all our luggage in the trunk. This was saying something, and the A/C was excellent! Blew you right out of the car. It was STILL (11:30) mighty hot out, and we were soon turning it down as we got cold!

We took the 417 toll road and paid $2.50 total to get off at exit 6. We were headed to Coronado Springs for our first stay. Its only one night, but we’re looking forward to checking it out. We arrived a little after midnight and were quickly checked in. Our room was off a ways in the Ranchero section (6A to be exact) and there was NO parking anywhere near the room. We ended up way down near 7B which was a bit of a haul, but we only had to take a few bags for the night. Room was nice and I have a bunch of pictures.

On the way to the resort, Brinn realized her Gameboy was missing! :-O This wasn’t just the game, but her case, all her games and charger. Seems SOMEONE must have found a great prize either in the airport or on the plane, because it was gone. She was VERY upset most of the ride to the resort, and we called the airport, but to little avail. We could not even get the baggage handlers to answer the phone and the voice mail was full! We finally found a place to leave a message, but no return call and little hope this item will be coming home anytime soon. I think Brinn learned a valuable lesson though. This is the child that leaves her hat/sunglasses/whatever behind more often than not. And this time it hit her where it mattered. I sure hope it helps her pay just a bit more attention. (But I’m not holding my breath!) ;-)

We were all pretty tired so it was straight to bed. Tomorrow the plan was to hit the Coronado Springs pool and spend a bit of time at the resort, but on the way in we saw how close Blizzard Beach is. We may just go there instead!

Maybe a rough start to the vacation, but the Disney park was going well so far! :-)