This isn’t a Disney adventure but it is a big trip, and certainly an adventure.
So, about 9 months previously I booked a surprise trip for Julia’s birthday. Neither she nor Rosemary knew where we were going to but had convinced themselves that we were going to Disneyland Paris.
So we arrived at Heathrow in the very early morning, packed for weather similar to the UK in February (their only clue) and got the bus from the long term parking.
I had already checked in online so just needed to print luggage tags, which I went off and did myself before dropping the luggage and we went and got some breakfast and then headed to the gate.
And it was there that the secret was finally revealed that we were going to New York and we boarded what was a much longer flight than they thought they would have.
We had a nice smooth flight and after 7 hours (or so) we could see the coast and then the skyline of Manhattan.
I’d prebooked a airport drop off in Manhattan at our hotel and we picked that up and headed off through Queens and Brooklyn and eventually across the river.
Our driver unfortunately thought we were going to a different hotel and drove us all round, at least we got a free tour, before eventually we got to our hotel, the One UN just by the United Nations.
Our room was a long way up the tower and looking into the island so we had an amazing view.
But it had been a long day and an early start, and it had taken much longer to get from the airport than I had thought. So we just decided to grab something to eat (a burger from Five Guys) and head to bed so we could get an early start tomorrow.
Rosemarys Travels 