Virgin Atlantic Orlando to Gatwick and large whale

uknick

Voyager2002 wrote: »

Couldn't you ask her to swim? Whales are intelligent and could surely cope with GPS.

That's an idea. The wife could swim, but thinking about it, she can't cope with GPS

Tigsteroonie

i have found vacuum/suction bags very useful in somewhat similar circumstances ...

uknick

Well, I took the advice of posters here and packed the whale into the checked in luggage so as not to take up somebody else's overhead locker space. It just fitted after leaving a few low value disposable things at the hotel.

But, I don't know why we bothered. The flight was about 3/4 full and numerous large cuddly toys from Sea World and Disney World were carried on and placed in the overhead lockers.

Ironically we had a spare seat next to us we could have used to secure it for the flight.

The icing on the cake, if you can call it that, was when US Customs opened the case at Orlando, took Shamu out of the plastic bags we used to protect it and repacked it badly. They also opened a bottle of flaxseed oil pills that was in the case.

We know this because they weren't too careful putting them back into the bottle as they spilled some of them into the case.

My other half has now thrown these away, about $10 worth, as she is a little OCD about strangers handling something she has to swallow.

phatbear

uknick wrote: »

she is a little OCD about strangers handling something she has to swallow.

That must be fun when you eat out

uknick

phatbear wrote: »

That must be fun when you eat out

Very droll

michele-p

Great to hear that Shamu arrived safe and sound- but hopefully not covered in oil from the pills?