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!