Flying and the Magical Express!

It takes three days to drive to Florida. Do you want to spend three days in a car? I didn’t think so! That is why we are going to fly!

We are leaving early in the morning on Saturday and coming back the following Saturday night. We will have six full days in the parks, including an afternoon in the Magic Kingdom (the day we get there) and a morning in Animal Kingdom (the day we leave).

You will leave Taylor Friday afternoon (after school) and spend Friday night at our house. We will leave the house for the airport early in the morning. Once at the airport, we will give the airline workers some of our larger suitcases. We will take any small suitcases with us on the plane.

Carol, here is the information about baggage:

1 Carry On per person-- 14 x 9 x 22, up to 40 pounds

1 Personal Item per person-- Purse, LapTop Bag, backpack with toys

1 Checked Bag per person-- less than 62 inches (height + width + length), less than 50 pounds

(We may run into issues with the vacuum packed clothes increasing the weight of the suitcases to exceed 50 pounds. As such, you may need to distribute vacuum packed clothes between the checked suitcases and carry-on bags). 

After we give them our luggage, we will go to the “gate” (the place where the plane is parked). We will have to go through security to get to the gate. At the security checkpoint they x-ray our bags and scan us for weapons. We don’t want any bad guys on the plane with us! =)

Once we board the plane, we will have a short flight to Dallas, Texas. Once we get to Dallas, we will get off the plane, use the restroom, and hop on another plane. This is the plane that will take us to Florida!

Once we are in the Florida airport, we will walk across the building to the Magical Express bus stop. The Magical Express will take us to our hotel! The drive is 30-40 minutes long, so they keep us entertained by showing us a video that talks about all the fun things you can do at Disney World.  

The last day of our trip we will board the Magical Express around 3:00 in the afternoon so it can takes us back to the Florida airport. We will then check our bags, go through security, and hop on a plane to Atlanta. 

In Atlanta, we will use the restroom, and get on the plane for Phoenix! We will land in Phoenix around midnight, so you will probably stay the night at our house and go home the next morning. 

Tomorrow you will learn about our hotel, so stay tuned!