We're off to the Uther Side of Adlington

Having to rely on free wi-fi for the next 2 weeks so the blogs could be a bit hit and miss, but here goes with the first one. 
        An early start on our first day, needing to be at the airport 3 hours before the flight, which was supposed to leave at 8.30 am, which soon turned into 9.30 am so the plane could be cleaned after last night late arrival.
Its the 1st time Perdita and myself have flown for as long as 8 hours, our past longest being 4 hours to Zante, some 30 years ago.
        But doing 8 hours to the Uther Side of Adlington would be a good tester if we wanted to go over to the middle and far east on future holidays.
        With the time difference we were due to land around 1 pm US time (2pm) after our delayed take off, an hour in the port to collect our bags and negotiate  the US customs  system, then had an hours coach transfer to our home for the next 2 weeks and our 2nd stay on the Marella Discovery. Unfortunately whilst we were in the airport, the Port Canaveral area was subject to severe thunder storms, which are quite common for this time of year, but this one succeeded in taking out all the boats technology, which meant we had to spend an hour waiting on the coach and nearly an other hour in the port terminal before we could be booked onto the ship( no partying tonight for Pongo and Perdita, an early night was the order of the day ready for our first full day on board tomorrow.

Night, Night all!!!!!

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