Orlando 2013
Bradmore Comprehensive School
The Night before the Flight
5.50pm – Reading Station
6.34pm – First Great Western8.45pm – Check-in at Holiday Inn
9.15pm-Lights Out
The Morning of the Flight
7.30am – Wake up Knock
8am – Breakfast
9am – Coach to Terminal11am-Take off
Dress Code for FlightsUSA Laws has set a dress code for going through customs. Your child will have to
wear:
Long Sleeved Top ( A jumper )Long Sleeved Trousers ( Jeans )
Socks & Trainers
The Flight
11am-We depart on Virgin Atlantic Airways
We will be in Standard EconomyA inflight lunch will be served onboard
Various films will be on show during the journeyThe flight is 9 hours long
Granting Entry to the States
Every child will be granted entry to the States by a Visa slip that staff will fill in for each child.
At the back is a form that is essential for this trip, please pick one up, fill it in and return to
the Finance Office with your child’s passport by Friday 31st August 2012, If your child brings in their passport before the morning registration bell, it will be ready for collection at the end of
the day.
Attractions!
We will be visiting:
Islands of Adventure
UNIVERSAL Studios
WonderWorks
Aquati ca
EPCOT®
SeaWorld
Upside Down HouseBusch Gardens
Disney Hollywood
FunSpot Wet n Wild
Typhoon Laggon
Blizard Beach
Groups
The children will be split up into 5 groups of 8 children, these will be called their actvites
group. A list will be up in E3 where they can sign up to go into a group. There will also be another list which is the rooming list where they will sign
up who they want to be in a room with.
Meals
Children will have three meals a day:Breaksfast – Served at the hotelLunch – Served near the park where we areDinner – Served in a restaurant of the groups choice!
The children will have a $15 limit to spend at lunch at $30 at dinner, if they only spend $2.50 at lunch the can add it to their dinner price. Only $45 per child per day, money cannot be rolled over to the next day.
Spending Dollars
The current conversion rate is $1 = 64p. We recommend no more than $100, but there is
no limit to this! They are responsible for their own money and we will not be lending any
money to any students. All they need money for is if they want to spend some dollars in the
Outlet Malls, Souvenir Shops & Walmart, they don’t need money for food as its all included in
the price you pay!
C- Children Park Visit LUNCH Free Time* ParkVisitCalm
ActivityFT/Get
ChangedEvening
MealEvening Actvity
GROUP ONE 09.10-11.45 12.00-12.30 12.50-14.00 14.10-16.00 16.20-18.00 18.10-18.40 18.50-19.30 19.45-21.30
Night before Flight STAFF BE AT BRADMORE FOR 4PM 5.50-Meet 6.34- Train 8.06-Arrive 8.45-Holi. 9.15- Lighs
Day One HOLIDAY INN INFO IN PACK 11.00-Flight 4.30-Hotel 6.30-Meet DINER FUN SPOT
Day Two UNIVERSAL CITY WALK WALMART WET N WILD OUTLET NBooked LONGHORN ISLAND OA
Day Three DISN. MGM Brown Derby N Booked SEAWORLD WONDERW NBooked HOOTERS FUN SPOT
Day Four AQUATICA BAHAMA BR UD-HOUSE BLIZARD B WET N WILD NBooked CHARLIE SH ISLAND OA
Day Five EPCOT Epcot REST. EPCOT EPCOT BARGIN H WALMART CORAL REEF SEAWORLD
Day Six
BUSCH GARDENS IN TAMPA BAY FREE/TypLa TypLa/OMA NBooked DiNER
Kit Lists….• Shorts (at least 4 pairs)• Trousers (at least 4 pairs)• Swimming Clothes (at least 3 pairs)• Short Sleeved tops (at least 4 pairs)• Evening Wear (at least 4 sets)• Waterproof Coat (at least 1 coat)• Long Sleeved Top (at least 3 pairs)• Underwear (at least 12)• Socks (about 4 pairs)• FlipFlops (at least 1 pair)• Plimsolls (at least one pair, Primark £2)• Trainers (at least 2 pairs)• Towels (at least 3 towels)• Rucksack (one rucksack)• Sunglasses (VERY IMPORTANT(at least one pair))• Sunblock (VERY IMPORTANT(Factor 30+(2 bottles)))• Sunhat/cap (VERY IMPORTANT(One Hat))
Going to the train station
All staff will be at Reading Train Station from 5.45pm, last year many children and parents got to the train station by another train which gets into Reading at 5.40pm. Children are to find their Group Leaders (which they will be told) outside the main entrance of the station next to Stewed. Please make sure your with your child and has their passport and non-British visas, they will need their bags.
Picking Up
Pick up is at Reading Station at 11.20am. A member of Bradmore Staff will once again have our logo where you wait for your child. Please
be at Reading Station for 11.15am. If there is any delays, the member of staff there will give a
shout out, when you see your child, please take them to your child's group leader to be signed
out.
Early Mornings
What to have in Hand
luggage
What is not to be in hand luggage or
bought into the UK and USA
Passports• All children need an in date passport valid
before 4th July 2013 and expires after 5th September 2013.
• If your child has a non-British passport, it will need to be handed in to the Finance office when you pay your final instalment (don't
worry yet)Visas
• During our flight to Orlando, the Virgin Atlantic crew will give staff Visa forms which let us enter the USA, there will be one visa per British child and the staff will fill them in, a form will follow
this.
Insurance• Insurance will be by the Post Office and will
cover medical claims of up to $15,000, this is included in your price.
Time Difference• The time difference for GMT Summer time to
EST is –5 hours, children will be encouraged to sleep on the flight to Orlando as we have
activities booked for our first day.Weather
• The weather in Orlando in August is very hot with some rain and thunder storms. Children
will need a waterproof coat too!
Flights• We will be travelling with Virgin Atlantic
Airways economy class fromLondon Gatwick to Orlando International
Getting to London Gatwick• We will be travelling by train from Reading to
Gatwick Airport the night before the flight as it is an early morning flight, the service will be
operated by First Great Western.Getting around in Orlando
• The whole group will be split up to 5 groups of 8, these will be called their activities group,
there will be one 12 seater minibus per group
Holiday Inn at Gatwick Airport• We will be staying at the Holiday Inn at
Gatwick Airport the night before we fly out to Orlando as it saves waking up at 2am in the morning and catching coaches to Gatwick
Airport. There will be 8 family rooms (5 children per room) this means the children will be sharing beds with who they chose! 1
student will sleep on a sofa bed.Hotel in Orlando
• We staying at Homewood Suites.
StaffThere will be a total of 10 members of staff on
the trip as follows:Mr S. Hensley Book &Mr M. Jordan
Group One Leaders
Mrs S. Groves & Mrs S. Whitethread
Group Two Leaders
Mrs L. O’Donovan-Lynch & Miss K. Lynch
Group Three Leaders
Mr S. Phillippo &Miss L. Langue
Group Four Leaders
Mr D. Payne &Mrs L. Filsell
Group Five Leaders
We will arrive in to Orlando at 3.25pm local time (9pm GMT time) and we will go through customs, collect our bags and we will split the children into
their groups and into their minibuses, the journey to the hotel should take around half an hour, we have
rented the minibuses and will be driven by a member of their group leaders (the member of staff underlined on the staff page is the member of staff
driving).We should arrive into the hotel at 4.30pm all being
well. The children will then have time to unpack and have free time (this includes having a dip in the
pool! BUT staying on site) until 6.30pm when the children will be meeting their leaders at the front
ready to go out
Is there any questions about the
trip?
Thank You very much for coming and listening to us! Remember to collect all the
forms at the back of the room when leaving and
return them ASAP!