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The Gadabout Dad
United Kingdom
Registrace 23. 05. 2017
Your typical, full time, single dad gadding about with his son (and sometimes daughter), seeing the world and having little adventures along the way. Join us to see what we get up to.
BA 777 LONDON to ST LUCIA | PREMIUM ECONOMY | worth it? #britishairways #777 #gatwickairport
The Gadabout dad travels long haul from London Gatwick to St Lucia with British airways aboard a 777 in the World Traveller Plus Cabin - BA's name for Premium Economy.
Will bag drop work this time following yesterday's bag-drop mishap.
What is it like?
Is it worth the extra cash?
Watch this vlog to find out!
#britishairways #777 #flightreview #stlucia #gatwick #gatwickairport #premiumeconomy #worldtravelerplus #worldtraveler #blochotel
Contents of this video
00:00 - Intro & Bloc hotel
00:30 - Gatwick airport & Bag Drop
03:40 - Peace air & boarding
05:02 - Taxi, Take-off and service
07:12 - The seat
10:06 - Marvellous meal
11:36 - Amenity kit, pillow & blanket
13:11 - Loo
17:31 - Light snack.
18:21 - Landing
Will bag drop work this time following yesterday's bag-drop mishap.
What is it like?
Is it worth the extra cash?
Watch this vlog to find out!
#britishairways #777 #flightreview #stlucia #gatwick #gatwickairport #premiumeconomy #worldtravelerplus #worldtraveler #blochotel
Contents of this video
00:00 - Intro & Bloc hotel
00:30 - Gatwick airport & Bag Drop
03:40 - Peace air & boarding
05:02 - Taxi, Take-off and service
07:12 - The seat
10:06 - Marvellous meal
11:36 - Amenity kit, pillow & blanket
13:11 - Loo
17:31 - Light snack.
18:21 - Landing
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BA A320 FLIGHT REVIEW | ECONOMY Manchester to Gatwick #britishairways #a320 #flightreview #economy
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The Gadabout Dad begins his solo trip to St Lucia with a short hop from Manchester to London Heathrow before continuing the following day to join a 777 from Gatwick to the Caribbean island of St Lucia. Flight delays and sitting next to an ill passenger do not sound like anyone's idea of fun...so why did I rate this flight so highly? WARNING:- There are some graphic sounds in the VLOG and I did ...
NSFW Join me on SPREAD-EAGLE AIRWAYS to the COSTA LIVIN' with the ISOLATION CREATIONS! #NSFW #drag
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#dragshow #drag #comedy #isolationcreations #summerspectacular #innuendo #nsfw #scarbodos #sleazyjet The Isolation Creations take me on a journey aboard Spread-Eagle airways to the Costa-Livin' in Scarbodos. Flangella Parker-Bowels and Chlamydia Cholmondeley are our air-hostesses as they fly us through an afternoon of frivolity, bingo, gameshow favourites and just a touch of smut and innuendo a...
Is Efteling Theme Park’s Fairytale Forest Worth Your Time? #eftelingforest #efteling
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The Gadabout Dad and Charlie take a wander through the Fairytale Forest in Efteling, learning the different tales and seeing how the park first started out... but will it be a fun excursion or will it waste valuable park time? #efteling #eftelingforest #themepark
Onsite Hotel benefits & one that wasn’t for me! #eftelinghotel #eftelingthemepark #efteling
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The Gadabout dad and Charlie stay use the Efteling hotel as their base to visit Efteling theme park in the Netherlands. What are the perks and is it worth the hefty price-tag? Why is one of the perks really not worth it? #eftelinghotel #eftelingthemepark #efteling #hotelreview #symbolica
EFTELING'S PYTHON, DOUBLE LOOPING, CORKSCREW COASTER. Front row POV. #python #efteling
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Full ride experience video (including the ULTRA LONG lift hill) of Efteling Park's rollercoaster 'PYTHON' #python #efteling #eftelingthemepark #rollercoaster #coaster #corkscrew #loop #onride #pov
MAX & MORITZ on-ride POV. EFTELING theme park. #efteling #familycoaster #coaster #rollercoaster
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Join the Gadabout Dad and Charlie on Max & Moritz, Efteling's duelling, family friendly, coaster. #familycoaster #coaster #rollercoaster #efteling
BARON 1898, DIVE COASTER, on-ride POV at Efteling #efteling #eftelingthemepark #baron1898
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Join Charlie and the Gadabout Dad as they ride the thrilling Baron 1898 at Efteling theme park in Amsterdam. Pure unadulterated footage. Full footage, no music, no effects...just screams! #efteling #eftelingthemepark #baron1898 #pov #divecoaster #rollercoaster #coaster #themepark
EFTELING HOTEL - EXPENSIVE BUT IS IT WORTH IT? #eftelingthemepark #eftelinghotel #efteling
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EFTELING: The Dutch DisneyWorld? With onride POVs #efteling #eftelingthemepark #themepark
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UK to Efteling: timing the epic Journey! #efteling #liverpool #denbosch #schiphol
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Scenic A319 approach and landing at Manchester Airport, UK. #easyjet #manchesterairport #landing
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Visited there too. Great little gem! Food was delicious and reasonably priced. Pleasant staff too!
So nice I went almost every day!
Absolutely love this! You seem such a genuinely lovely person! We flew economy down to St Lucia a few years back, looks quite the upgrade!
Thank you for your lovely comments. I really appreciate it.
inserts dick
I think you mean UVF, not UFH
What an embarrassing mistake to make. I wouldn’t mind, but initially I had UHF! I’ll get it right…one day! 😊 I’ve changed it now 😊
@thegadaboutdad1057 no, don't be embarrassed. Thanks for posting such a wonderful video. My parents are from St.Lucia. I hope you had a wonderful time!
Thank you for your lovely comments. I absolutely loved St Lucia. It’s an amazing country.
@thegadaboutdad1057 Aww, glad you enjoyed it. I've not been since 2014. I need to catch a ✈️ out there soon!!
I’d go back in a flash! There are a couple of blogs coming up of some of the places that I visited while I was there.
Thanks for posting, well worth the upgrade from economy I think. 😊
I think so too! I absolutely loved it. 😃
Video 4K this is great brother
Thanks for your lovely comment👍 I do think a Egypt is a beautiful country. 4K captures it brilliantly!
only 50 secs in but you definitely deserve more subscribers!
Wow, thanks! That’s such a lovely thing to say. I’m not sure why I don’t get many subscribers. I do try!
I was considering using BA PE LGW to BKK but if it doesn't have its own check in as advertised .. I may change my mind. Thanks for the information !!
You’re very welcome. Bag drop was an absolute nightmare, particularly when coming back. A separate check in would have been sooo handy!
Use to teach me in maths, good to see your channels doing well 👍🏻
Thanks😊. I’m assuming you left last year and still have a sister in the school? Think I can work out who you are from your username. 😉
@@thegadaboutdad1057 yeah you're right 👍🏻😂
I hope you’re doing well!
I just got back from Efteling yesterday I went on that ride so many times and even went in the front rowww
Fab! I hope you had an amazing time.
I love your video
Thank you!
Thanks! That's exactly the tips I was looking for!
No problem, glad I could help!
Didn’t you travel premium to Barbados a year ago?
It was a couple of years ago now. It was interesting to compare the two.
We've just booked to go hurghada next year, I'll be doing valley of the kings alone. Did you book with TUI? I've heard they do a deluxe trip with less people.
My trip to the Valley of the Kings was part of the cruise I went on. To get there from Hurghada takes about five hours by bus (there are flights too) There were VERY few Brits on our boat so the trip consisted of six of us.
Omg I love your videos
Thank you. Not everyone ‘gets’ my humour! 😊
@@thegadaboutdad1057 I love Egypt it's a good place
I’m a fan of Egypt too. I’d recommend it to anyone. Just ignore the hassle 😊
Welcome to travel in 2024 - nothings cheap and on-board service is in decline, regardless of carrier. I dread the day Jet2 start flying to Egypt their seats are like sitting on pieces of hardwood
I haven’t flown with Jet2 yet. Maybe I should make it a priority to check out those seats. 😊
I gather that Jet2 have reservations about Hurghada and it’s ground services
That’s really interesting. I wonder exactly what the issue is?
Ima go visit him soon from LA , he’s gonna meet an American
Any idea what they did with the swimming pool they had when it was the St Nicholas?
Sorry, I didn’t even know there had been a swimming pool! Could it have been where the dining area is? That was sort of recessed into the ground???
I know its not funny but i keep giggling when the cabin crew says have you got enough sick bags 👀
He was filling those bags sooo quickly. I had to hold a full one for him. I can see the funny side now 😊
Ohhhh wow can't stand foreigners moaning about foreigners but travelling to Egypt I've got some news for them as soon as you land Your the foreigners 🫵😂 #BeKind
I think you were really kind to help, not many people would!
The poor bloke was struggling. He had a full sick-bag and needed to start filling another one. 😢
Always best just not to engage at all, seems instinctively rude to us but it isnt.
Interesting, never done the cruise side but one day......
I thoroughly recommend it. Loved every minute on the cruise.
What a shame, had some great private boat trips, almost 100% brits, lunch , drinks and tube rides included, all snorkeling gear etc, full day 30 quid.
It wasn’t a bad trip, just not a great trip. Maybe my outlook was tarnished by being on an amazing Nile Cruise the week before? 😊
Don’t think I could cope with someone being sick right next to me. I’d be heaving too.
I probably would have done but it didn’t smell so all was well…well, apart from the bloke next to me 😂
Have one (or four) for me!
Oh, I had many. Far too many… 😂
Not really whats the deal withTui Egypt flights, been many times and almost invariably you get troublesome passengers.....like i mentioned in a previous comment we've given up for now until another airline flys. Its appalling they treat it has short haul.
Treating medium haul as short, always been a bugbear, after 15 trips to Egypt weve given up, the flights ruin the holiday, Monarch were tolerable, but Tui are awful.Add on terrible departure times. Can only hope one day they get competition.
Agreed. An overnight trip in this size plane was no joy add on the lack of pillows etc the it becomes somewhat of an endurance test. 😊
manchester is a great airport
I like this terminal.
16:10 You've missed quite a few
It’s just my excuse to go back. 😉
14:20 that mirror was malfunctioning.
I thought so. Not much was happening.
De Indische Waterlelies... 'I can feel a Chinese influence coming on" 😂 Indisch.... Indonesian
I was hoping that error would slip through 😂
Don't think it was a whale in the original Pinoccio story...
Nice video guys!
Thank you for your lovely comment.
Hahahaha, so motivated!
Just like me on a Monday morning!
I LOVE your outfit! 😆
Compared to a young Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate, I was. 😂
Looks like my kind of park. I’d prefer this over all the rides.
It’s most definitely slower paced than the rest of the park.
@@thegadaboutdad1057 That’s what I thought.
Great vid but what you do expect it’s a low budget airline so I don’t know why people expect Emirates service for cheap flights
True, but it actually wasn’t a cheap flight!
I fly Emirates regularly, and the service is not that good ! you get what you pay for i suppose.
That's crazy value!! Wow
I was mega-impressed. I’d definitely stay again.
How many days away did you go to Poland? As I'm thinking of doing the same thing as you and going to Energylandia and Auchwitz. If your trip lasted 4 days, 2 days in the park, you could easily pack a 4 day trips worth of clothes into carry on only and save even more money.
That’s what we did. 4 days. Since there was four of us we paid extra and took a suitcase.
Well i am a bit late getting back to you we i done it july 24 up i went into the sky never been in a plane in my life i took the wife and gran daughter up with me same rout as you late district past blackpool tower loved it i took of my self i was flying the plane for over 35 mins it got a bit windy the pilot took over into the blue i flu with a piper pa 28 Four seater did not think the wife would get in with me i will always Remember that day thanks look after your self paul
That’s brilliant, Paul. Well done! The big questions is - Are you going to do it again??
@@thegadaboutdad1057 Not at them prices £249 ha ha nice speaking to you. paul
I went to hargada Egypt yesterday i am now in hargada
I hope you have a fabulous time.
Thank you I watch your videos my papa when wee were in Manchester my appt showd Ur video
@@thegadaboutdad1057 I went on tui
I hope you’re having a fabulous time.
I have Gopro can I recorde the pov of the ride legali ? Im 13 years old can I Bring cam on the ride?
With the Cheat mount
You can! Just show it to one of the people on the left as you go through the turnstiles. They will pull and tug at the housing to make sure it won’t come loose/snap. They’ll then put a sticker on it and you’re good to go. People will ask to see the sticker on the rides so don’t remove it until you are definitely finished recording for the day. You’ll have a fabulous time!
Yeah, you’ll need a chest mount. Make sure the housing is very secure. They broke my first one testing it out!
Ok thanks you
If I go to the Efteling I almost never go to the Fairytale Forest. I need time to go to the main attractions. The dark rides best; Fatamorgana, Droomvlucht and Symbolica. Efteling is not really a park for the thrills, but it's very well themed, including most of the thrill rides. Baron 1898, the Flying Dutchman and Villa Volta are worth a visit for that reason. Looking forward to Dance Macarbre. However, as someone who's been to the Efteling since I was 5, the Fairytale Forest brings back fond memories. It's much more fun if you get the stories, and understand what's going on. You left some of the scenes too early before anything interesting happened. Like with the talking mirror you get to see the reflection of the evil queen, who transforms into a witch and smashes the mirror in anger. In the Herberg De Ersterling it tells a story of three brothers who received magical gifts; a donkey that poops infinite gold, a tablecloth that gives infinite food, and a living club in a bag. The first 2 brothers get deceived by an innkeeper who steals the donkey and the tablecloth, but when he tries to steal the club he gets beaten up, is trapped in the bag and the third brother ends up with all of the gifts. The show depicts the tablecloth conjuring food out of thin air, by means of a pepper's ghost effect. As someone mentioned before you've missed over a third of the Forest. The little Match Girl, The Emperor's new Glothes and The Chinese Nightingale might be my favourite 3. Though Pinocchio is about as good. You missed The Gardener and the Fakir. A bit dated but a fun classic as well just like Langnek. You also skipped Cinderella. It's okay. The attraction with the swans is well made, but not worth the wait. If you take the ride you can see a little girl making clothing out of flowers to turn her brothers who were changed into swans, back into humans. You can see her without taking the ride if you go around the corner. Not the best thought out attraction. A lot of waiting and it takes up a lot of space, but there's very little to see. There's also Tom Thumb, Rumpelstiltskin and 2 talking trees that you've missed, but they're nothing special imo. Regarding the monster-fish that swallows Pinocchio, the original story doesn't say the fish is a whale, so they chose a different design to not copy Disney. Monstro is also just a name made up for the Disney movie. Hope you guys had more fun in the rest of the park.
Thank you for filling lots of the gaps in for me. We have a great time in the forest but it was a last day activity for us. We’d spent lots of time on the rides before entering the forest.
If you want to see what we thought of the main rides, take a look here czcams.com/video/S-7HJRxEqCw/video.htmlsi=bqxrTTifTcW0_g43
Lovely video, thanks for those tips !
Thank you for your kind comment. So glad you like them!
Nice to see your vlog. Efteling was built before Disney parks existed. It is a 2 day park if you want to see and do everything at the park. Efteling started out as a football field with a little playground. Then they built the fairytale forest to draw more people. It became so popular they built more and more rides and attractions around the fairytale forest. The Efteling is not owned by a big company like Disney but by a foundation that is why it has more affordable prices. Efteling is in a nature reserve and close to houses where people live so they cant just built extra rides and rollercoasters due to noise complaints. So they will focus on doing theming of rides which they are great at even tough they have much less budget than Disney. I have been to Disneyland in the US and Disneyland Paris, I prefer Efteling. Disneyworld however I have never been to but I know it is really big and they have a much larger budget than Efteling. P.s. The Efteling has been building one of the most expensive haunted houses in the world last year costing 35 million euros. It is called Danse Macabre Unfortunately it will only open in October.
Thanks for your comment. I’d love to go back to Efteling. I’ve missed some of the forest area, the wooden coaster and piranha were both down and of course I’d LOVE to ride Danse Macabre when it opens!
The little lad didn't look too impressed until they got to the parrot!
He’s going through those awkward years where smiling seems to become difficult 😂 😂 Not much impresses him at the moment and this definitely wasn’t his thing. I think if he comes back a few years down the line, he will enjoy it.
Older children think it's boring.. but when they come back as adults, it's the most nostalgic part of Efteling and it's the 1 thing they would never skip. :) By the way, do you realise you skipped a significant part? ..Fairtale tree, emperor new clothes, tom thumb etc
No, I didn’t realise I’d missed some. Thank for letting me know…I’ll definitely have to go back now 😉
It looks like a nice little diversion to pass the time, but I agree that with so many other rides and attractions you may want to skip it.
It is beautiful. My 14 year old didn’t really appreciate it though; it kept him off Baron, Python etc…
It's the essence of what Efteling is. Fairytales. Not the sugar-coated Disney stuff.
Very true
Do you recognise the film? I watch this segment of it every Christmas.
@thegadaboutdad1057 no I don't ive watched it but I know you watch it every christmas because it's a tradition
It’s called ‘Tales from the Crypt’. It’s a great film from the 70s made up of short stories. Well worth a watch!