Hey
Food wise, I was no angel though I know I used to be a LOT worse!
Breakfast
I would have either had cornflakes or wholemeal toast everyday.
Lunch
I brought my own lunches to the parks with me, usually a pasta salad but on a couple of days I had a WHITE BREAD roll! I'm such a rebel!
Dinner...this is where caution was thrown to the wind completely lol!
I usually had pasta dishes, and because of that I can't remember the damn names of them because of them being blooming Italian!
We ate in Houlihans (I had some chicken pasta dish that tasted like pizza...it was to DIE for), Golden Corral, Pacino's (opposite Old town on the 192), The Rose and Crown (Epcot), Texas Roadhouse (US27, it had the best potato skins EVER), Giordanno's (again on the 192...if by any chance you order the breaded mushrooms as a starter get it to share between about 4...they literally gave me 28 mushrooms...no wonder America is in the shape it's in), Applebees, the Olive Garden and then we had subway and food from the hot counter in walmart on other nights.
I'm aware you guys probably didn't want to know where I ate EVERY night but there you have it haha!
Also to anyone who hasn't yet booked their flight, under NO circumstances book with United. They are without a shadow of a doubt the WORST airline I have ever flown with in my life. I'm completely disgusted with their customer service and blatant lack of regard for people's time and money.
Our first flight from Belfast to Newark was delayed, meaning we missed our connecting flight. No big issue as we'd booked it as a package holiday and therefore you automatically get put on the next flight. So they booked us on the 7.30pm flight from Newark to Orlando. We arrived in Newark at 5.30 and made it to the gate with loads of time to spare, we boarded the plane and were just waiting for the pilot to board when the air hostess came over the tannoy and said that there had been a mistake when booking the pilot schedule and the one flying our plane could no longer fly it as he had 'gone illegal' (he'd worked over 16 hours so by law you can't fly). We all had to get off the plane again and were told that the next crew would be here at 11.30pm. So at 11pm we all boarded the flight again, the pilot then boarded (he'd just flown in from Houston) and said 'sorry everyone was tired and that none of us, including HIM wanted to be there'. He then found a 'problem' with one of the computers so the whole system had to be rebooted (like hell there was a problem in the first place) by the time he did that it was 11.30pm...he then taxied out to the runway and was awaiting clearance from air traffic control. HE THEN came over the tannoy and said we were next in line but unfortunately as we were not yet airborne he had now GONE EFFING ILLEGAL and we had to taxi back in and get off again.
This time we were told our flight would not be until 10 AM the next morning!!!!! We weren't given a hotel, and were made to sleep at the departure gate. My mum is a diabetic who was carrying insulin and was explaining to staff that if it wasn't kept cold it wouldn't be viable. I kid you not, their response was 'you shouldn't be carrying it' WHAT? She HAS to you morons and then they just told her to get some ice from a food court restaurant. Similarly my sister has a bladder condition where she has to catheterise every 3-4 hours and at night sleeps with a bag...the poor thing couldn't even sleep because she didn't want the bag in in the airport where everyone would see.
Anyways, next morning 8am comes, we look at the board with the gates to see that the flight is now delayed until TWO PM. At this point, my mum, sisters and I were crying like crazy people so my mum and stepdad with another woman from Belfast went to see a member of staff who told them he'd book them in to a hotel for the night (now this was at 8am so we were wondering if there even was a plane for us given that he was already offering a plane) and that they needed to 'leave the line as he was busy and had other people to see'. In the end after the whole flight kicked off we ended up leaving Newark at 11am on a different plane but their customer service skills are disgusting. I have already emailed them and am waiting for a reply (whether I get it or not is another thing) and my mum is phoning American Holidays today to explain the situation to them and to gain compensation for the fact we were left to sleep on the bloody floor! Agh it makes me so angry! Aside from all that I did have a fabulous holiday, but once I started my United rant I had to finish it lol!
