Ryan international

MEXICAN RANT!!!

The flight was delayed leaving Milwaukee because a part of the door handle was missing. They didn't have one of these parts in this airport. BUT A PLANE IN GREEN BAY DOES!!! Alright lets fly this plane from green bay in. The plane is coming we'll be out of here in about an hour. Oh man it's snowing pretty hard now. Milwaukee closes the airport. Where we gonna put this plane from green bay? Well it can't land here. Send it back. The passengers should hear something... Ok lets say they closed the airport because of weather and the plane can't land. Oh thank god, they opened the airport again, ok 2 more hours we'll have this part guys! CLOSED! SEND THE PLANE BACK!!! Ok hold on... lets say nothing for two more hours and take the luggage off the plane. Lets just cancel this thing and put half the passengers in a hotel for a night. Don't the passengers deserve some sort of compensation? I mean they are going to lose a night at the resort that they already paid for... No, we're not responsible for weather related delays. But we would of been fine if we had that part for the door and left at 3:00. SHUT UP! What time we gonna fly out the next day? I have absolutely no idea. Lets give these passengers a phone number to an automated voice and instruct them to call it throughout the night to hear updates. Why did the voice say the plane was gonna leave at 7:00 yet we told everyone at the airport we're leaving at 9:00? I guess the computer didn't figure that out. Smile everyone, we're going to mexico!

Ah we're in mexico. Now sit back and relax. You booked your vacation through apple vacations and they'll take care of everything for you. Just hop on this bus and we'll take you to your resort. Your apple representative will be there to greet you. Made it to the hotel, looks nice. Where's our representative? Well lets go check out our rooms. We can't all stay in the same wing? But there are only 4 rooms taken on this side of the hotel? We got to pay 200 bucks extra a night to have us all in the same area? Screw it. Want to show your mom our suite katie? Sure! Hey why is that security guard running over here? Wow, are you serious? Your mom doesn't have a black wristband so she's banned from stepping foot on this side of the resort? That's retarded. The phone's ringing in our room. Hey it's our apple guy, Gonzalo! Oh.... we can meet him today, but he leaves in 5 minutes. And shoot, tomorrow's his day off. In fact he is impossible to reach throughout the entire week we're on vacation.

Traveling is over lets have fun. I'm gonna get a pina colada. Jeez, we can only get our drinks in 8 oz plastic cups? What is that alcohol your putting in there? it's in a plastic squirt bottle? I had like 15 pina coladas but can't really tell. One thing is for sure, coconut, pineapple, and tacos = wicked heartburn. This brochure says we get to eat up to 3 dinners at one of these fine dining restaurants. Lets make a reservation! Oh... every single one of these restaurants are booked for the week. After a huge hassle we did get into a couple. Interesting. Seafood stuffed avocado salad. I'll give that a shot.... I guess a can of tuna counts as seafood. How did 3 of us get sick on the last day? Should probably call the front desk and see if anything is going around. Are there a bunch of people getting sick? "we have a doctor but you have to pay." No that's not what I'm asking. I'm just wondering if something is going around or we're an isolated case. Have you been getting any complaints? "We have a doctor but you have to pay." Ok I'm hanging up now.

Vacation is over, time to head home to milwaukee. Apple has a shuttle, it is required that you hop on there and get to the airport 3 hours before departure just to make sure everything runs smoothly. Well we're in the airport, where's the check in? Ryan international's check in is here but where are they? Oh they don't start checking people in for 45 more minutes. Well at least we got to the airport 3 hours early. Lets sit and wait. Alright I guess the plane is delayed an hour, for no disclosed reason. Well lets get our tickets. Ok we're in gate A. Wait a minute, the gates all go by number, not letter. Does anyone in the airport know where gate A is? Nope, ok, lets check the flight board. What the hell? There is no flight leaving this airport today to milwaukee... furthermore, there is no ryan international airline listed here. What's going on? I guess we'll sit here and wait. Wait I think I can understand this japanese women who translates spanish to english on the loud speaker! Why are they speaking english with a japanese accent in mexico? Whatever, she said our flight is about to leave from gate 12, lets go! Everyone get in line, lets us search your bags! Ok wait outside for the bus to the plane! WE'RE ABOUT TO GO!! "We just got word that the airport in milwaukee is closed due to intense fog. If you could go back into the terminal we'll keep you posted. As of now the flight is due to take off at 5:00." Well, lets get something to eat. A salami sandwich is 7 bucks? want to get a beer? oh man 6 bucks for a beer. Well we're gonna leave around 5:00 I can't wait. It's 5:00 what's going on? It's 6:00 what's going on? No word on the flight. I can't stand this damn airport, I want to leave so bad. The flight board still says we're supposed to leave at 5, but it's 7:30!!! WAIT, it's the japanese woman, shhhhhh.... Flight 1423 to milwaukee is now boarding! YES THANK GOD! oh man I couldn't stand another minute of this airport. Everyone line up, we're going home!!!! I've been in this line for like 20 minutes. "This just in, Milwaukee airport has closed once again, we're investigating other cities we can fly to." Ok this shouldn't take long, they'll probably just fly us to chicago and we'll shuttle up to Milwaukee. Man it's been another 30 minutes. "Flight 1423 to milwaukee has been canceled, you can pick up your bags at the international terminal. Down there you can talk to your travel representatives and they'll help you out." F&!%!!!!!!!!

Here we are, the apple travel representatives! What do we do now? You can take us to a hotel but it's a 50 dollar cab ride and costs 100 per person? What time does the plane leave tomorrow? you don't know, wonderful. one hour later, "ok, sorry about the inconvenience. We should be able to get you out of here tomorrow at 7:00 AM. Airport opens at five, check your bags then. Meanwhile enjoy your night sleeping on the tile floor of that mexican carl's jr. over there." For those of you don't know what carl's jr is, it's like the west coasts' version of hardee's. 5 am is here, but no one from ryan international is here. Oh, it's 6:15, they showed up, and we're leaving at 8. Plane boarded and went home, feel like hell. VIVA MEXICO!!!

I complained a lot there when I really shouldn't have. Actually with all that going on, we had a really good time. Good times can be had if you surround yourself with good people. Katie's family was a blast. there was no way we weren't gonna have fun. Our room was one of the best I've stayed in. Had a great time hanging out on the beach, ate at a couple cool restaurants. One in punta de mita and the other in puerto vallarta. Did a ton of boogie boarding. Laughed at the gay guy in the little suit. Charted a fishing boat and caught a ton of mackerel. Found a way to eat tacos for every meal on their daily buffet. Did some beach front shopping. Had a real fun night drinking some tequilas and cervezas and laughing at the brahs heading to the "disco." When I look back at the week, I will always remember how much fun we had. So thank you Katie, Dan, Maggie, Shea, Jorie, and Sam. If you plan a trip next year, count me in.

PS... I got pick pocketed in downtown puerta vallarta. Grandma and grandpa, It looks like that kohl's gift card is gonna get me a new wallet. Sure came in handy fast! thanks!