maui day 1

american airlines: a la carte airlines

michael and i arrived at the airport at around 8am sunday morning. our flight was scheduled to leave at 9:40. we checked in, went through security, had breakfast at an airport mexican restaurant called rosario's. it wasn't great. we moved over to our gate to await our flight to dfw. after about 20 minutes of sitting there, we realized that the flight before ours had been cancelled because the plane that was supposed to be coming from dfw was having "technical issues". our flight was then also delayed. by 2 hours.

we finally left san antonio at 11:20. our connecting flight direct from dfw to maui was to leave at 12:15. we beautifully missed that. we arrived just in time to catch the 1:15 flight from dfw to lax.

baby's first plane ride.

it was on this flight that we realized the full extent of our annoyance with american airlines. first, this is the 3rd trip that has been somehow messed up because of one issue or another. trip 1: several cancelled flights from san angelo to dallas which ended up cancelling our trip to lake tahoe for a friend's wedding. trip 2: a really delayed flight from vegas which lead to a really late arrival for leah's wedding. we watched from outside the sanctuary. trip 3: maui mess up.

anyway, on this flight to LA, we get hungry and discover that you have to pay for any food item. drinks...still free but even peanuts cost something. you can get a snack pack of peanuts and raisins for $4 or a sandwich for $5. we each got a sandwich and shared some chips for $15. don't worry, they take credit too.

at lax: a 3 hour layover and then a 5 hour flight to maui. the only good thing about our flight to maui is that it wasn't completely full. michael and i shared 3 seats. at one point, i got to lay over in his lap and catch a little sleep and rest from a kicking baby. i read a lot and michael watched the airline special: marley and me. towards the end, i see michael take off his headphones and start his own movie. i look up to see the saddest part of the movie. i haven't watched a single bit of it. i cannot hear what is going on. i cry anyway. like big, huge, crocodile tears kind of crying. that's a bad movie.

after landing in maui and being pleased to find that our bags had, in fact, made it on the plane, we made our way to the resort. we arrived 5 hours late as dinner was being cleaned up. the staff was super helpful and offered to get anything we needed. we ate semi-cold food, had a bottle of water and headed up to bed.

our suite had been changed from the original garden view-king size to the ocean view-double beds. we didn't argue. the view was fabulous and we didn't mind having more room to sleep. yes, i took one bed and michael took the other! :)

the double beds. nice and comfy!

the view from our room the first night. no, you can't see the ocean, but you could definitely hear it. the pool and the palm trees looked amazingly inviting that night.

we finally got to bed about 4am texas time. we were happy to finally lay down and were excited to really start our vacation in paradise.