I apologize I haven't updated my blog in a month I know I said I would be updating my blog regularly so you all could keep up with my adventures. It's now been a month since I have been in the States. my adventure has already begun. A lot has happened since then! I have already finished my training and I am work 5 days a week. So by the time I get home, I am exhausted and most of my days off are spent, going shopping, going to the Disney parks, hanging out with friends. I cannot believe I am here. It's crazy! So going back to the arrival day! I departed Auckland on the 12th of January. My flight was at 7:15 pm, but I don't think it flew until 7:30 pm. It was a 12-hour long flight, I watched The Conjuring and slept. There were times where I would just wake up and turn on the Airshow, distance to the destination screen and would just stare it. I absolutely love looking at that. It's awesome! After a 12-hour long flight, we finally touched down in Los Angeles! Oh, boy how much I missed LA it was nice to be back, even though it was only for 10 hours. It was great. By the time I reached LA I was dead tired, I had a 10-hour long stop. When I got to the customs, they asked me for my DS2019 form, but it was in my luggage, as in Auckland I had to rearrange my luggage so I ended up putting my Disney folder in my bag. So I told the customs officer that it was in my bag and I was taken to one of the waiting areas, so I think waited for about an hour, until they got my suitcase, seriously that one hour of wait really freaked me out, as I thought am I in trouble? am I gonna be sent home, all these horrible thoughts were rushing through my mind. Anyways when they got my bag, I was able to take out my DS2019 form and give it to them, so that was signed and I cleared the customs and I was able to go! So after that I got a trolley, dropped off my suitcase at the check-in area so it would straight go to Delta Airlines, as then I would not have to drag it around all day.
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| On the plane to LA Air New Zealand |
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| Hello LA! |
I headed towards Terminal 5. As I was supposed to meet Melissa as her flight was landing two hours after me. So I just sat there in the waiting area and my oh my how much the LA airport has changed since I was there, last time in 2012. It's really beautiful now, when I visited LA in 2012, some parts of the airport were being renovated and no wonder I thought it was ugly, but it is beautiful and oh how much I missed LA! it also brought back the memories of LA2012, when the super 5/8 met and we drove around LA intersections, blasting MJ out loud. Oh, those were such great times! but this time it was a little different, as I was alone and I only had a 10hour stop. So I just spent my time sitting there, sometimes I would get up and stroll around and outside the terminal. I waited at terminal 5 till about 3:00pm and then decided to head to towards the other terminal from where I was supposed to check in for Delta Airlines, but my flight was not until 10:15 pm. I think I must have walked around in circles, but I finally managed to get my boarding pass and then I finally met Melissa and few others, who were doing the program too. so we all checked in and we had about 6 hours of waiting left, we just sat there in the waiting area and played last cards, which was really fun. At around 9:45 pm we boarded the plane.
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| Waiting at LAX to board the plane to Orlando |
The plane ride to Orlando was 3 hours 54 mins, well it was completely different to an international flight. It wasn't very comfortable, as it was a domestic flight. I slept most of the way, the two seats next to me were free so I was able to spread my legs. It was unbelievably cold on the plane. Finally at around 5:45 am we landed in Orlando. I was jet-lagged my ears were completely blocked because of Air Pressure, I could barely hear anyone or myself. All I wanted to do was find a bed and sleep for as long as I could. We got our bags and just waited at the airport lounge until 8 am, as our checking time with Disney was at 9 am, so there was no point in getting there very early. Yay I wasn't alone, it was nice to have travel buddies. At around 8 am we caught the Mears shuttle bus and it was an hour ride from the airport and it took us to the Vista Way Welcome Centre, that is where we checked in.
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| On the plane Delta Airlines to Orlando |
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| Orlando International Airport |
Have a magical day!
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