It still seems like July is forever away. But I wanted to book flights early because they just keep going up in price, and the cheaper the better.
So it took us a while to find a flight that we were all happy with, but we finally did. So me and Ashley are flying together from Auckland to LA with Qantas on Tuesday July 12th, departing at 1:05pm and arriving at 6:30am. Then we have a 15hour layover at LAX (ugh), where we will meet up with Keri, who is flying in from Australia.
We then fly out of LAX at 10:35pm, arriving at Orlando at 6:18am on Wednesday 13th July. I think we are going to be staying at Disney's Pop Century resort for the 3 nights before we go check-in at Disney, but we haven't booked our room yet. Thursday and Friday (the 14th and 15th) are going to be spent at Universal Studios and The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, meeting up with Karina and Ariesha and whoever else wants to join us!
I'm so excited! It feels a little bit more real now :) I can't wait until I have the flights in my hand and the visa in my passport!
A 15 hour layover at LAX airport is not ideal. But Ashley has an aunt in LA that might be able to take us somewhere. I'm also looking around to see what people suggest for long layover in LAX. Hopefully there might be a hop-on hop-off tour we can jump on. It all depends on what time Keri arrives in LA and what time we have to be back at the Airport for check-in and stuff.
I still haven't heard anything from Disney or STB, but I've flicked them an email just to make sure they aren't waiting on anything from me, so we'll see what they say.
182 days to go :D
Until next time,
xx
There's a big mall not too far from LAX otherwise I would recommend going to the coast and maybe visiting Santa Monica or somewhere like that. There are Metro buses that you can get to/from the airport or the more expensive method would be to use a service like the Shuttle Bus (about $15 each way) and get them to take you to a hotel near whatever you want to see.
ReplyDeleteOh thanks! We're also looking at doing either a Starline or LaCity layover tour around LA :)
ReplyDeleteGlad to see your flights are booked. Makes it so much more real :D!
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