My Lengthy Trip To Get Home - Flight Cancelled & Going Thru Detroit / International Christmas Travel
Going Home
Transcript
0:03
Today's adventure begins as the
0:03
recording of this Wednesday, December
0:06
17th,
0:07
7:56
0:09
a.m. Checking out of my hotel here at
0:13
the Disney
0:15
Cheyenne or Disney Hotel Cheyenne. And
0:19
I've got to make my way
0:22
to the Paris airport. I'm catching a
0:24
flight and going home. A complicated
0:26
flight to go home. Originally,
0:31
my flight was at 400 p. p.m. this
0:32
evening, direct flight from Paris to
0:36
Orlando with no connections or layovers.
0:39
But then late last night,
0:43
Air France cancelled my flight without
0:46
really any reason. Booked it through
0:49
Delta. It was a Delta booking through
0:52
Air France. So, I had to get another
0:54
flight. So, now I'm going to Detroit
0:57
early. Welcome everyone out of the woo
1:00
here. All part of the experience, the
1:03
excitement of travel. Things change at
1:05
the last second that are out of your
1:06
control. Just got to make the best of
1:08
it.
1:10
It's kind of amazing. It's just about
1:12
8:00 a.m. Still dark out here. Still
1:16
still completely dark. The sun will be
1:18
rising pretty soon. I'm going to get
1:19
myself some coffee, get a Uber, get over
1:22
to the airport, get the day started.
1:23
Join me. Let's have a travel day. a long
1:26
travel day, shall you? I think it's
1:29
about nine and a half hours to Detroit
1:32
and then I got a two hour two and a half
1:34
hour lay over there or connection there
1:36
and then once I get on that plane to MCO
1:39
Orlando from Detroit about 2 hour and
1:41
40m minute flight. So 16-hour travel day
1:44
once I'm at the airport or once I'm in
1:46
the air. Did not expect to have almost
1:48
an hour Uber ride. 55 minutes. It's 8:56
1:52
right now.
1:54
was kind of rolling the dice whether I
1:55
should take the train, but then I would
1:56
had to take my luggage and walk through
1:59
Disney Village, wait for the train. At
2:02
7:00 it was a 35minute ride from my
2:05
hotel to the airport. At 8:00 it was a
2:09
55minute ride. So I think in the future
2:12
obviously my 4:00 flight I would have
2:14
taken the train, but I didn't want to I
2:18
didn't want to miss the flight by
2:19
waiting at a train station.
2:23
But I think probably would have been
2:24
quicker by a few minutes to take the
2:27
train. But I got 35 35 minutes 40
2:29
minutes for my train or for my flight
2:34
boards. Boarding in 40 minutes. A little
2:38
stressful
2:39
being able to I still haven't gone
2:41
through security or anything. Obviously
2:43
the flight takes off after boarding so I
2:46
don't have to get there right at
2:47
boarding. But be kind of nice to
2:50
just know I'm on the plane.
2:53
Where is this gate? Okay, 2E
3:01
gate K48
3:01
is what I'm looking for. So, I'm going
3:02
in the right direction.
3:13
K48.
3:13
I just hope
3:15
bag check and everything is very quick.
3:22
I got this. So, I got this. All right.
3:22
It looks like it's departing at 10:30
3:24
now, not 10:25.
3:26
DL229 on time.
3:30
K48 kind of right there in the middle.
3:33
Detroit Wayne
3:35
>> 10:30 checkin 3
3:38
g K48
3:46
K48. K48.
3:46
>> Committed to memory.
3:48
>> Prime holiday travel time, too.
3:51
That isn't
3:53
It should be okay.
3:55
Be boarding right over this direction.
3:59
Passport check.
4:02
18 minutes till boarding.
4:09
18 minutes till I board.
4:09
12 minutes till I board. Sent me over
4:12
here to an area for a bag check. They
4:14
pulled this thing down right when I was
4:15
walking up. So now I'm just waiting
4:16
here.
4:26
Cutting it close. All right, that was a
4:26
little bit of a mess, but I made it
4:27
through. My plane is boarding now. Got
4:28
to get over there before it takes off.
4:30
All right, I think I am good. It's
4:33
boarding started 5 minutes ago. K48.
4:37
At least the plane isn't taking off.
4:40
Wait, this is 45 47. Where's 48? Where's
4:43
48? Oh, there it is. K 48. Boarding
4:48
expected at 9:30. Okay, boarding has not
4:50
started yet. Okay, good. Okay, a minute
4:52
later, it starts boarding. That is kind
4:57
of close.
4:58
I got a little worried because
5:01
my over the shoulder bag and my laptop
5:03
that I took out of my backpack, they had
5:06
to double check. So, got it. They took
5:08
that tray and they took it over to the
5:10
the person that does the thorough check.
5:20
And that tray was behind about 10 other
5:20
people. So that delayed it about I don't
5:23
know 20 minutes I had to wait there. So
5:25
I was really kind of getting worried.
5:27
But they didn't even check my laptop or
5:29
the bag. They were just like you're good
5:30
to go after they checked everybody
5:31
else's tray. So I guess there was
5:32
nothing in it. I just slid off to the
5:35
wrong side or something. I'm heading on.
5:39
Most stressful part of the day is pretty
5:41
much over as long as this plane takes
5:42
off.
5:45
I got a pretty decent connecting flight
5:48
in Detroit timewise. I'm not going to be
5:49
rushed there.
5:51
Man, I was really starting to sweat it a
5:54
little bit thinking I wasn't going to
5:55
make it on this thing.
6:07
>> Check this out. You got to walk down
6:07
some stairs to get on the Hello.
6:11
I
6:17
>> think I'm in 2J. Double check. I think
6:17
I'm in seat 2J.
6:24
>> I got to take a bus.
6:24
Where's the bus?
6:30
>> I know,
6:30
>> right?
7:12
You do?
7:12
>> Yeah.
7:31
>> We were on the bus for a half hour
7:31
before it started moving. It's now
7:33
10:06.
7:35
Flight's supposed to take off in 19
7:38
minutes. I don't think that's going to
7:40
happen.
7:42
We were in a cramped full bus for
7:44
probably 25 minutes before this thing
7:46
started moving. 20 minutes before it
7:47
started moving.
8:01
>> Long as I get to Detroit, that's all
8:02
that matters. And time for my
8:03
connection.
8:04
Okay, let's go.
8:05
>> And if it doesn't work out, I stay in
8:07
Detroit tonight.
8:18
>> This is pretty cool though. I got to
8:18
admit,
8:27
they may may not be placing your seat
8:27
pockets. Wi-Fi will be available once
8:29
we've departed the gate. Wi-Fi networks
8:31
server to make voice or video calls.
8:34
>> This is an A330-200300
8:44
>> heading to Detroit and then relax for a
8:44
little bit in Detroit, then get on a
8:46
plane to Orlando and then be home
8:47
tonight. These seat configurations are
8:50
wild. You can go all the way down, all
8:52
the way up. Or if you just want to like
8:55
push this area of the seat down, just
8:57
underneath your tukus or the back, you
9:00
can kind of go back a little bit. Or the
9:02
far back can go back a little bit.
9:07
And that's a nice seat.
9:09
Goes all the way flat, too. Catch some
9:11
Z's if you so choose. I don't know if I
9:15
will just simply because it's a day
9:18
flight, but never know. Maybe go take a
9:20
little
9:21
>> little snooze for a half hour. So
9:24
you have a pretty good movie selection
9:25
on here as well.
9:39
>> All right. Do you need anything?
9:39
>> Thank you.
9:45
>> Bottle of water, some slippers,
9:45
a little
9:48
>> chair
9:57
to the motor city of Detroit, Michigan
9:57
with connections to other parts of the
9:59
planet. It's a beautiful day to fly once
10:01
airborne. 8 hours and 34 minutes over to
10:04
Detroit Metro where they are forecasting
10:06
not a bad day. Overcast skies, good
10:08
visibility. Temperature upon our arrival
10:11
41° F which is actually pretty pretty
10:14
warm for this time of year and the high
10:17
temp's going to be 42 with winds out of
10:19
the southwest about 10 to 15 miles an
10:21
hour. As you probably figured out, we
10:23
have a group of the best Detroit based
10:26
flight attendants led by Greg in our
10:28
Delta 1 cabin. I just want you to
10:30
remember that their primary purpose is
10:32
your scoch more uh fuel uh because of
10:36
the aerodynamics and the parasitic drag
10:38
that's associated with that missing
10:40
piece. But the good news is um
10:43
>> there's a piece of the airplane missing
10:45
flight attendants we do know about it
10:46
and we'll get one put on there sooner or
10:49
later.
10:50
>> Other than that the aircraft is in
10:51
superb working order. We anticipate an
10:53
ontime push back and on time arrival
10:55
into Detroit. for now. Sit back, relax.
10:58
>> I said it's just a structural issue,
11:00
though. It does not affect the airplane
11:02
in any form. Interesting.
11:15
>> Normally, I sit close to the wing, but I
11:15
am in the very front seat this time, so
11:18
won't be able to get a view of the wing
11:21
from where I'm at.
11:35
Yeah, you can kind of see it.
11:35
Take off.
13:55
And with only 8 days till Christmas,
13:55
going to watch some holiday Christmas
13:57
movies on the plane. I think I'm going
14:00
to start off with Tim Allen, Santa
14:03
Claus.
14:05
I'm going to watch a couple.
14:11
Haven't seen a Santa Claus in a while.
14:11
So,
14:46
All right, got some food.
14:46
Little Thai soup,
14:49
some shrimp.
14:52
It's like a piece of bread here and a
14:54
salad.
15:05
Yeah, I forgot how good the Santa Claus
15:05
was about halfway through. Also forgot
15:08
that FedEx used to just be called
15:10
Federal Express. I mean, I knew that,
15:13
but seeing it on the van and the vans in
15:15
the movie when they deliver the naughty
15:19
and nice to his house,
15:22
I guess back in '94, it wasn't shortened
15:24
to FedEx yet.
15:28
Pretty good movie. Forgot how funny it
15:30
was.
16:06
All right,
16:06
Santa Claus is finished. Man, that was a
16:09
good movie.
16:15
That is a such a great Christmas movie.
16:15
All right, let's see what else I can
16:17
find.
16:32
Little Home Alone Christmas Classic.
16:32
All right, got pretty dark in here. We
16:36
dimmed the lights.
16:38
I got a about half hour, 45 minutes into
16:40
Home Alone. I think I may take a little
16:41
nap on the plane also.
16:51
Noticing how in Home Alone the neighbors
16:51
kid
16:54
asked if they're going out of town. He
16:56
says his family's going to Orlando,
16:58
Florida. That's where I'm going.
17:08
I guess I never noticed that in that
17:08
movie before.
17:10
Little Orlando, Florida reference.
17:19
finish the movie after I lay down for a
17:19
little bit.
17:21
Enjoy this
17:23
seat that lays completely down.
17:42
Still got a long way to go.
17:42
So, six more hours just to Detroit.
17:53
and then the flight from Detroit to
17:53
Orlando
17:56
just like the neighbors kid in Home
17:57
Alone.
18:18
There's some crazy turbulence going on
18:28
Laid down for a few minutes. I was
18:28
awoken.
18:31
Whole thing shaking.
18:41
This is a lemon cake
18:41
of some sort. I think he sells a lemon
18:44
cake cookie. Also going to bring me a
18:46
cup of coffee. I realized I haven't had
18:48
any coffee today. I was in such a rush
18:50
to get to the airport. Get myself a
18:52
little coffee.
18:54
Also, while I'm watching Home Alone, I
18:56
realized that the family went to Paris.
18:58
So, they mentioned Orlando where I'm
19:00
heading home to, and they went to Paris,
19:03
which is where I'm flying out of. So,
19:06
kind of funny.
19:22
finished home alone. That was awesome as
19:22
always.
19:31
Seriously, such a great movie. Never
19:31
ever ever gets old. The second half of
19:34
it when the wet bandits are trying to
19:36
get in the house is some of the funniest
19:38
stuff ever.
19:39
So good. All right, two movies down.
19:42
Find another Christmas film.
19:45
Still got another 3 hours and 18 minutes
19:47
till landing in Detroit. Oh yeah, I know
19:50
what time it is.
19:53
One of my favorite action films of all
19:55
time. A flawless
19:57
action movie. It's also a Christmas
20:00
film. Yes, indeed. Set at Christmas
20:03
time.
20:05
John Mlan.
20:33
I love this movie.
20:33
Never ever ever gets old. Perfect action
20:36
film. Amazing. Let's go.
20:39
>> Arrival service now. And we have
20:42
approximately 40 minutes to accomplish
20:43
this. You can help us to
20:46
>> get ready to go through some some more
20:47
turbulence.
20:49
>> This would be an excellent time to go
20:50
ahead and restore those bags and make
20:52
sure that your seat belts are fastened.
21:12
Please return to your seat immediately
21:12
so that we can go ahead and service you.
21:14
Thank you.
21:21
All finished up with Die Hard and that
21:21
is
21:23
an incredible phone.
21:26
One of the best.
21:29
I love it.
21:32
I was lucky enough, I think it was last
21:34
Christmas or maybe the one before, I
21:36
played on the big screen and I got to
21:38
see it on the big screen again, which
21:40
was awesome.
21:45
Yeah.
21:45
One of my favorite action films ever.
22:04
Yeah, if the flight wouldn't have been
22:04
cancelled, direct flight, I would have
22:06
been home shortly after this flight is
22:08
landing in Detroit. But just an added
22:10
step. But I'll get home.
22:13
Looks like I'll be getting home tonight.
25:04
Welcome you to Detroit's Metropolitan
25:04
Lane County International Airport. The
25:06
local time is 1:30 p.m. Please stay
25:09
seated with your seatelt fastened and
25:11
all carryon items stood until the
25:12
captain has turned off the seat belt
25:14
sign.
25:16
Please be careful when opening overhead
25:17
bins to avoid injury from items that may
25:20
have shifted during flight. And before
25:22
you leave the aircraft, please take a
25:24
moment to look around your seating area,
25:26
including those seat pockets. Make sure
25:28
that you have all of your personal
25:29
belongings.
25:55
I got to go through border patrol here
25:55
and then that's it. back in the US.
26:03
Quick and easy border patrol. Check the
26:03
passport
26:04
also learned. So I always do carry on. I
26:08
don't ever do check baggage. But if I
26:10
had done check baggage, I would have had
26:13
to gotten the bags off here and then
26:17
my next flight from here to Orlando,
26:19
check the bags again. They don't reroute
26:20
them. All right. I had to go through
26:22
another TSA, which is kind of
26:23
interesting. and they can go through
26:25
another TSA. So, mine is already at the
26:28
gate. Delta 1133,
26:30
4 p.m., gate 82. It's 206 right now. So,
26:35
still got 2 hours before it takes off.
26:38
Probably an hour and a half before it
26:39
boards.
26:41
Made it through.
26:43
Also, this time I had to get this
26:44
checked through TSA.
26:46
And the lady that was searching the bag
26:48
said, "Do you have magnets in there?"
26:50
And it was the magnets that set it off.
26:54
back in the US. That was my last
26:57
international trip of the year and
27:00
my last international trap trip trip
27:03
until 2027 cuz of 2026. All US, no
27:07
international. So no lengthy flights,
27:11
nothing more than like, you know, four
27:12
or five hours at most.
27:19
Definitely fulfilled my quota.
27:19
Put some sky miles on this year. I have
27:21
racked them up.
27:24
Next year, the only time I'm going to
27:26
fly in the US is to go to the start or
27:28
the ending of six of the major road
27:31
trips I'm going to be doing full cross
27:34
country, back roads,
27:36
etc. And some of them, you know, aren't
27:39
where I live near Florida. So, I got to
27:41
fly to start them or
27:45
fly back when I end them.
27:47
So, I will be getting on planes, but
27:49
nothing like I've done the last few
27:51
years. And this year
27:55
kind of looking forward to just more car
27:57
travels next year. Definitely done a lot
28:00
of flights.
28:02
Too many. And if this isn't a sign that
28:04
I'm back in the US, I don't know what
28:06
is. It's a concrete mixer.
28:09
US flag on it. A little bit of a time
28:13
change as well from Paris.
28:16
Gain some hours coming this way.
28:19
It is now 2 or 2:10
28:23
which means I think Paris from here 5
28:27
hour difference was probably 7:00 in
28:28
Paris. Maybe it was 6 hour difference
28:32
from Orlando. So I'm going to lose an
28:35
hour going from Detroit to Orlando. It's
28:37
all very confusing. But
28:41
no matter what, it still ends up being a
28:43
long travel day with flights. No matter
28:45
what the no matter what the clock says.
28:47
All right, I stand corrected. Detroit is
28:49
the same time zone as Orlando. So, never
28:53
mind. It's the same time zone as
28:54
Orlando, so I'm not going to lose
28:55
anything going back. It is currently
28:58
2:10 in Detroit and 2:10 in Orlando and
29:02
8:10 p.m. in Paris, where I just flew
29:05
out of.
32:48
Heat up
33:00
Heat.
35:32
Yeah. 17 minutes to 7. 18 minutes to 7.
35:32
Florida time.
35:34
Let's see. Paris time would be 6 hours
35:37
past that. So, it' be 1:00 a.m. in Paris
35:41
right now if I was still in Paris. It's
35:43
been a day. Christmas tree.
35:56
Christmas is almost here.
35:56
>> Car insurance.
36:27
>> That's the first time that has ever
36:27
happened. Ever.
36:30
>> The little things.
36:33
>> He's going to win though.
36:54
>> Man, I am so happy to be back. I cannot
36:54
express that enough. I am so glad to be
36:57
back.
36:59
>> Tree covering the fountain that is
37:00
usually there.
37:02
Love it.
37:05
Good to be home. Well, I'm not home yet,
37:07
but soon. Good to be
37:11
back in Orlando. Soon to be back in my
37:14
house in celebration. Good to be back in
37:17
the States.
37:28
All right. Going to grab an Uber home.
37:28
Should be home in a half hour or so.
37:32
All right. Just waiting on the car.
37:34
There's a Pokemon car right there. Look
37:35
at that.
37:44
Are you here for the Uber?
37:44
Heading home.
38:00
Successfully made it home.
38:00
Everything's good.
38:03
I have certainly got my use out of the
38:06
passport this year and future years.
38:09
Hopefully, we'll be able to do more
38:10
international travel again next year,
38:12
focusing on the US.
38:15
But I have done a lot and gone a lot of
38:18
places
38:19
by finally getting this thing.
38:22
It's been a good year.
38:24
They've come in handy. I unpacked a
38:26
little bit. Some of the stuff I'm
38:27
probably just going to leave on the
38:28
table until tomorrow. pretty tuckered
38:31
out. I'm gonna call it a night, but I
38:33
wanted to show the souvenirs
38:36
that I ended up getting from all over.
38:40
Went to several different countries.
38:42
Picked up some assortment of little
38:44
knickknacks and things including pens,
38:49
a matter horn bill here.
38:52
I even got some new currency to add to
38:56
my international currency.
38:58
I didn't have any Franks, so I got a few
39:01
of those to add to every country I've
39:02
gone to. I've either gotten bills or
39:05
coins, so I have more coins to add to
39:06
that as well.
39:08
Switzerland sticker, Popeye Village,
39:12
Zerat at the base of the Matter Horn.
39:14
Also got that over the shoulder fanny
39:17
pack, cross body bag with the Matter
39:19
Horn on it. I picked up one mug. I got
39:23
the Switzerland mug right there, which I
39:25
had to get. Phantom Manor book.
39:29
I got some stuff from Rome.
39:32
There's the coliseum. Other Rome
39:35
paraphernelia and stuff. Some pins from
39:38
the Matterhorn
39:39
and Switzerland. Tons
39:43
of different pens I did not have. These
39:45
are all the different pens that I did
39:46
not have that I'm going to add. Since
39:49
when I'm back in town, I'll go up to the
39:50
pen board and
39:53
add these to that.
40:00
Magnets, Coliseum,
40:00
Switzerland,
40:02
Vatican,
40:04
Zerat,
40:06
Cleaning Tower of Pisa,
40:09
Malta,
40:12
Rome, Statue of David,
40:24
Medusa.
40:24
Some of the ma some of the bigger
40:26
magnets I got from Disneyland Paris. And
40:30
some of these are pretty cool. I got a
40:31
few different ones. A Christmas Mickey.
40:34
Little hat.
40:36
Got some vinyl. Radiation records.
40:40
Different bands
40:42
from areas I was in, including Celtic
40:44
Frost and Hellhammer.
40:46
the Sesperia soundtrack. I got some good
40:49
stuff. Got some good souvenirs. The
40:50
magnets I'll put into the garage
40:54
on the metal cabinets. My fridge has run
40:56
out of room. So,
40:59
really grateful to be able to travel.
41:02
Happy to be able to go places I've never
41:05
been and do things and see see great
41:08
stuff. And
41:11
appreciate everybody that tags along.
41:13
I'll see you in the next video. I got a
41:15
good good amount of stuff.
41:18
The vlog. Thanks for watching. The vlog
41:21
is over.