We are set for June 2017. We leave in a few weeks. Cannot wait!We are booked on the June 17, 2018 trip. My husband loves British Isles history, so this seems like the perfect trip to celebrate his 40th. Our almost 6 year old son is coming too.
We are set for June 2017. We leave in a few weeks. Cannot wait!We are booked on the June 17, 2018 trip. My husband loves British Isles history, so this seems like the perfect trip to celebrate his 40th. Our almost 6 year old son is coming too.
We are set for June 2017. We leave in a few weeks. Cannot wait!
Looking forward to hearing about how the new itinerary is!Last night I book my mom and I on the June 7, 2018 adults only trip and this is our first ABD trip. We are very excited!
That is the one that me and my adult children will be on too. Looking forward to meeting you! We are excited. My oldest daughter too me on this trip a couple of years ago. We had so much fun that my other two children were quite jealous. With the change in itinerary, we are all going. We will take a few post days to go to the Isle of Skye since Disney has taken that part out.Last night I book my mom and I on the June 7, 2018 adults only trip and this is our first ABD trip. We are very excited!
We will definitely be glad to meet you too! This is something that we have talked about doing since I was a little girl. We are trying to decide if we want to tack on a few days in London after the tour.That is the one that me and my adult children will be on too. Looking forward to meeting you! We are excited. My oldest daughter too me on this trip a couple of years ago. We had so much fun that my other two children were quite jealous. With the change in itinerary, we are all going. We will take a few post days to go to the Isle of Skye since Disney has taken that part out.
I suggest doing London prior to the ABD. I've found that I'm so spoiled by the Adventure Guides and "tinkerbell" that it's rough going back to doing everything myself afterwards. It's much easier before you get spoiled.We will definitely be glad to meet you too! This is something that we have talked about doing since I was a little girl. We are trying to decide if we want to tack on a few days in London after the tour.
Off topic, but I had to chuckle about being spoiled by "Tinker Belle" and ABD! After our Spain ABD, we spent two extra days in Madrid. Taxi strike caused us to take the Metro to the airport - with a train transfer, lugging twelve days of luggage, to the airport! We kept looking for some pixie dust!I suggest doing London prior to the ABD. I've found that I'm so spoiled by the Adventure Guides and "tinkerbell" that it's rough going back to doing everything myself afterwards. It's much easier before you get spoiled.
It's *really* simple to take the train from London to Edinburgh, also! (Although the new hotel is much further from the train station than the Balmoral was).
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- The price for this ABD for our week has jumped quite a bit since we booked. Does this mean that the tour is filling up?
- On our return flight, we are connecting through Amsterdam. What was originally a several hour layover is now a 21 hour layover. I'm not sure how the airline gets away with charging us if we cancel, when they can move our flight by 18 hours and act like it's no big deal. But I digress. We decided to make the best of it and get a hotel room for the night. Does anyone know how the bag check will work for this? Do our bags get checked through to the US? Or do we claim them?
- Any thoughts on what to do in Amsterdam for an afternoon with a 6 year old? (Haven't been since college). We probably won't be getting there until 3 once you take into account whatever customs stuff we need to do at the airport, getting into town, etc.
My first thought was to call the airline and argue that they should change our flight. Then the wait time to speak to someone was an hour and I chose the callback option. During that time, I thought it over and decided it could be a fun bonus adventure. The airline just called me back and they said our checked bag would go all the way through to the US without our having to claim it. I never 100% trust customer service folks because they could be based anywhere with or without having actually used the service they are selling. So if anyone has had a different experience with a layover in the EU after visiting the UK, I would love to hear about it.
I am going to call ABD as you suggested. I'm very curious about whether any other kids are booked.
I always forget if the UK is part of the EU from that perspective, and not sure how all of the recent voting may have changed that either.
What was originally a several hour layover is now a 21 hour layover.
Just a few more weeks for us too!! I am excited to spend the time with all of my children.Less than one month until we leave for our first ABD! I am getting ridiculously excited.
Just a few more weeks for us too!! I am excited to spend the time with all of my children.