Minor Disney update

Yay, we’ve finally managed to book our seats for the flights to and from Orlando. I’m not quite sure why, but it all seems a bit more real now, knowing where we’ll be sitting. I know it’s silly, but I don’t care It might seem a bit strange being so concerned with booking seats 11 months in advance, but it was definitely something we had to do. We really really wanted to sit in the upstairs part of Premium Economy on the way there, to give us more of a buffer between ourselves and the screaming kids (of which there were plenty last time). On the way back, it was also important to make sure we book early. We’ll fly there and back in a 747, which generally has a 3 – 4 – 3 seating arrangement (3 by the window, 4 in the middle, 3 by the other window), which means that as a couple we could easily find ourselves sitting next to some random stranger. While that does offer a chance to meet someone fun and interesting, it also gives the real chance for sitting next to a weirdo for a 9 hour flight with nowhere else to go. Thankfully, near the back of the plane the seating configuration changes to a 2 – 4 – 2, and we were able to book one of the few remaining banks of 2 by a window (and only two rows further forward than our seats 2 years ago). That’s a potential worry out of the way now anyway. Is there any way we can speed the next 10 months or so up?

On a completely random note, I’m sat here typing this while listening to Metallica’s new album, Death Magnetic. It’s a pleasant return to form for them after the mistake that was St Anger. It’s not up there with the Black album, but then again not many albums are, so I think it’s unfair to compare it to that. As a standalone metal album, it’s certainly a decent one. Hopefully they’ll carry on in this vein in the future.