Walt Disney World Solo Vlog | Day 1 | Travel Day in Upper Class | February 2022 | Adam Hattan
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- čas přidán 26. 02. 2022
- In this solo travel day vlog, I fly with Virgin Atlantic in Upper Class from London Heathrow, UK and check-in to Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge - Jambo House. This trip to Walt Disney World in Florida covers my First Welcome Home as a Disney Vacation Club Member (DVC) and my first solo trip in a while.
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DISNEY TRAVEL DAY VLOG OVERVIEW
It's Travel Day! By far the best day of any trip. In this solo vlog series I'll be travelling to Walt Disney World in Florida for my First Welcome Home as a DVC Member. I'm flying with Virgin Atlantic and in Upper Class too! I'm staying at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge - Jambo House, in a Deluxe Studio (standard view). For those Gary C fans out there, fear not, he will be making a comeback on a trip we've planned for later this year.
My travel day starts out by packing up the car and driving to London Heathrow Terminal 5. There I utilise Meet & Greet parking in the Terminal 5 Short-Stay car park. My pre-travel day airport hotel is the Sofitel at Terminal 5. There I give you a room tour of my Deluxe King Room, as well as dine at their table service restaurant: Vivre. Also during my pre-travel day, I pop over to Terminal 5 for my pre-departure anitgen test for entry to the United States of America. This service was booked through Express Test and cost £35.00. I'd recommend it for sure. Very convenient if you're staying at the airport the night before your flight.
In the morning, I get a car from the Sofitel over to Virgin Atlantic's Upper Class wing at Heathrow Terminal 3. In order to utilise this check-in wing, you must be dropped off and be flying in Upper Class. There I was able to check-in with my FlyReady status, drop my bags and pass through a private security lane which was incredible! Once in the departures lounge, I picked up some bits for the flight from WHSmith and Boots. I then proceeded to the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse (their upper class lounge).
In this lounge they had a deli, Peloton bikes, a pool table, roof-top garden, showers, toilets, an extensive bar, both table and lounge seating, as well as a selection of newspapers/magazines. All the staff were incredibly friendly! It was by far the best departure lounge I've ever experienced! On board the flight I was seated in 1A, in Virgin Atlantic's former Upper Class configuration (they have since updated their layout and seat design for the new A350 aircraft). During the flight, the cabin crew went out of their way to ensure I was well fed and watered, as well as offering friendly customer service throughout. Honestly, the cabin crew are what make Virgin Atlantic my favoruite airline. The meal was out of this world with a Vegan Curry Pie. Whilst the flight was very bumpy due to turbulence, overall it was an amazing experience.
Upon arriving in Orlando, I get a picture infront of the Magic of Disney store before making my way down to the Mears Connect coach terminal. In this vlog, I give you a full review of Mears Connect. Since Disney's Magical Express has since been discontinued, this is the most comparable service. It's in the same location and Mears Connect Standard Service is currently priced at $16.00 per adult each way.
At Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge - Jambo House, I check-in as a DVC Member and head to my Deluxe Studio (standard view). Here I give you a full room tour of the studio, as well as a look at my partial Savannah View I was lucky enough to get upon request. I also pop to the lodge's quick service location: The Mara for dinner, before widning down after a long solo travel day. Don't forget to subscribe to see the remaining episodes of this series and other series coming soon!
NOTES
I'm Adam Hattan, a UK based vlogger who focuses on bringing you fun and informative vlogs, the whole family can enjoy (parental guidance is always recommended for all videos). I film on a canon G7X Mark III (3) compact camera.
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This may be weird, but I love these first day travel vlogs almost more than the park day vlogs. I just love seeing Adam's enthusiasm and the anticipation of the trip. Plus planes are cool 😂
I read recently that if you can go to a restaurant and a movie by yourself you can do anything. Speaks to how anxiety ridden it is for us to do those things alone!
As much as I love watching your vlogs Adam, I’m going to miss Gary 😢 you two together are magic ❤️😊
As someone who has been solo for most of my life it’s always nice to see folk adventuring alone.. reassures me I could do it. Awesome blog Adam.
As a single person can I just say thank you for this! It’s very empowering to watch someone else solo travel.
I’m sorry you cut your thumb, but , but I did chuckle as that is 100% a Gary moment. You have to fill the void ♥️
It was so nice to 'join' you on your travel day, Adam! I also prefer going to Disney with someone, but after two solo trips, I think I've found my groove, so to speak. For me, the secret is not trying to replicate the trip I'd take with my son (who is my usual travel partner), but to seek out those experiences that are exactly what I want to do. My last solo trip was amazing because of it!
This has only just popped up on my feed I will catch up this eve. Don’t know why I didn’t get notification on Sunday x
Great vlog. Here's some info for you or your potential future readers of Adam Hatton Disney Guides. I stayed in Jambo house, last week, in a room just a few doors down from yours. We got to the resort after a late night of Magic Kingdom, around Midnight to find that we had been booked into a DVC room with only one bed and one sofa sleeper. Because it was so late, I decided to just try to sleep on the sofa sleeper rather than trek all the way back to the lobby for a different room. The sofa sleeper was brutal to sleep on; hard as a board and like trying to sleep on corrugated metal with the ribs running all the way across under the mattress. I did 2 nights like that and upon checkout, we mentioned the how awful the sofa bed was. She said that most guests are DVC members so they know what they are getting ahead of time (we are not) and that if they need to use the sofa bed, they call for an extra mattress to be brought to the room. We had a split stay and moved to Coronado Springs, Cassita #5, made sure we had 2 beds (we didn't, we had been booked into a king bed room so they refunded us money), and decided that, although Animal Kingdom Lodge is nice to visit for food and Savanah viewing, we much prefer the open, sunny and airy feel of Coronado Springs for stays. (Although the Flamboyance of Flamingos that live by the Jambo House pool is very entertaining.)
I think when Gary can’t make the trip, you need a special video with Gary doing a voiceover of your trip, particularly critiquing your pin shopping experience.
I looked it up. That Savanah view room is $750 a night next month.
I got myself comfortable going out to restaurants and movies alone before I got in a relationship and I loved it, sometimes I still go alone because I find it helps me think about myself.
I could see the giraffes on the ground. I love giraffes and was so pleased that they were outside your room.
Thanks for being so open about where your anxiety hits travelling alone - it is a huge help for those of us who cope with that anxiety by visualising things first!
Missing Gary & hoping he rest up for future videos. Your videos are so entertaining & also you give so much helpful information on checking in stuff we need to know. Looking forward to more videos!✌👍💖
You can do this!
That comment about resting for 5 mins and the flash in your eyes saying you could miss your flight.. I have never felt something so relatable 🤣
Thank you for making my Sunday evenings, settling down with doughnut and a cuppa. Keep doing what you do best Adam💖
Thank you Adam 😊 you are the only vlogger I watch that let's me hear the announcements and airplane engine noise. Gets me quite emotional every time x
"This might be one lift you might not mind getting stuck in...(thinks about what he says and where he is) THAT WAS A LIE! Don't tempt the universe." I died laughing, love your humor.