lokmad Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 Parka are you in NY now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngy Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 Just getting ready now. All packed. Unfournatly due to Britains glorious train system im having to leave the night before and sleep in Manchester Airport tonight but its all good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guts316 Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 (edited) Just getting ready now. All packed. Unfournatly due to Britains glorious train system im having to leave the night before and sleep in Manchester Airport tonight but its all good.That sounds fairly horrific! I slept the night in Dallas-Fort-Worth airport the night of the Raw after WrestleMania X7. I can comfortably say it was one of the worst nights of my life. I decided that myself and my mate didnt need to spend money on a hotel room - how I rued that one!The security warning not to leave bags unattended went off every five minutes, and the cold cold floor was very unforgiving. I was so sodomised in fact that when I got back to my motel room the following morning (after a 6am flight back to Houston) I went to bed and didn't wake up again until 6 in the evening!Flight out on Friday at 11AM to New York, I cant f'n wait! Edited March 9, 2004 by guts316 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martyncb Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 Just heard a little rumour that in USA you are not allowed to lock your cases.this is so that they can inspecxt the contents should they deem it necesarry.I personally think this really sucks, and im not happy about it.anyone could put somehting in, or take somehting out!!!! F***ing Terrorists! Just thought id warn you, be careful if you pack any valubles! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lokmad Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 WHAT?! Oh fuck it to hell! Looks like I'm gonna have to take carry on luggage now for my digicam/ camcorder etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martyncb Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 I know, its f*****g ridiculous.i was prob gunna take my camera etc in my hand luggage anyway.But was going to put my money ets in my case. Think it will be staying with me now!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members AJ~ Posted March 9, 2004 Paid Members Share Posted March 9, 2004 (edited) NEVER put anything really really valuable in your suit case. Especially things like cameras and money! It's disturbing the number of suit cases that get lost every year. Edited March 9, 2004 by AJ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbobsanchez Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 Me and matt are going tommorrow morning but just thought id post on here now and say truly thanx to everyone who has posted in this thread, it has been a big help in planning our trip so once again, thanx and hope everyone enjoys it even more than they expected to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guts316 Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 With just hours to go in my last working day before I make the trip across the pond, Im feeling in a reflective mood about what the next days have in store for me.As children we all had dreams and aspirations, most of these revolve around becoming astronauts or firemen or playing Football for our country. Few of us are ever lucky enough to realise that childhood ambition.As I kid I had those some dreams, I was going to play up-front for Fulham and fire them into the old First division while winning the World cup for England at the same time. Another dream of mine at the time seemed just as ludicrous - to go to WrestleMania.Watching wrestling with my gran on a Saturday afternoon is one of my earliest memories, I dont know what attracted me to it but my Mum & Dad always said it was one of the few things that kept my attention for any length of time. In 1990 my parents finally took the plunge and had Sky installed and from that point I was completely hooked on the WWF. It was always just a dream to attend an event, any event - whether that be a UK Rampage event or a house show, I just wanted to see these larger than life heroes in the flesh. I was lucky enough to attend SummerSlam 92 at Wembley, but I never thought for one second I'd ever acheive the ulitmate dream - to see a WrestleMania live and in person.While watching the 2000 edition of the showcase of the immortals there was an advert for the following years extravaganza and I flippantly said to my mates 'I'll be there next year' without really ever thinking I could be. 2000 was a difficult year for me, I left the relative happiness of school and sixth form college to go out to work in, what at the time, was an awful job while most of my mates lived it up at University. I also had to deal with my Dad going through and eventually surviving a life threatening operation. After him coming though that I decided it was high time for me to start enjoying life again, and I set myself a goal - that goal being attending WrestleMania in Houston and I set about making enquiries. In November 2000 I was lucky enough to get tickets for myself and a mate and the journey Ive been on ever since began. The first trip was just simply amazing, everything was brand new and it was just phenomonal - so good in fact that we decided to do it all over again in Toronto the following year and again in Seattle the following year. All 3 holidays have just been absolutly amazing, the time of my life bar none.I never would have dreamed back in 1991 that in 2004 I would be preparing myself for my fourth WrestleMania, and not just any Mania, WrestleMania XX in Madison Square Garden. This is the absolute pinnacle for every Wrestling fan, it just doesn't get any bigger or better than this.Since 2000 when I first decided to go Ive worked hard and made sacrifices to go on these trips and Ive spent thousands of pounds following the dream. Every flight from city to city, every new hotel room, every penny spent, every sacrifice made, its all been worth it and if I could do it all over again I wouldn't change a thing. WrestleMania XX - Where it all begins......again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_Musso Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 WIll be leaving for new york this evening after work. Arriving in NYC tomorrow morning. Anyone have details on tomorrows press confrerence ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NatureBoy Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 All i know about the press conference is that it's in Planet Hollywood between 12 and 1 and most of the guys wholl be at WMXX will be there. Im currently in shitty fucking London, and i catch my flight tomorrow at 10. New York~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parkamarka Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 Yeah Lokmad, am in NY now. Am sure we'll be out for a few pints later if you wanna meet up. Ditto for anyone else already here. Am off for a wander now then gonna go meet Flair & Trips, but will check back later if anyone fancys drinks.Nice day today.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wigmonkey Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 Just danced with HILLBILLY JIM!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronaldo9 Posted March 11, 2004 Share Posted March 11, 2004 Just done packing and off to bed. The WMXX adventure for Ronaldo9 and Wideload starts tomorrow. Will be getting the 13.30 flight from Heathrow, hopefully see some UKFF'ers tomorrow night at the ESPN Zone.Next stop NYC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MackemMan Posted March 11, 2004 Share Posted March 11, 2004 From NYC; the travel packer's hotel is literally a block from the old WWF New York place; which is a handy reference :)My room had been upgraded (first I'd heard of it) - and I'll post the pics when I get back so the other packers can get envious.Gonna keep this short (as I've not read the other posts) - the HHH/Flair signing sold out on Monday, but the Toys R Us store is disappointing. Only half a dozen crappy looking t-shirts, and a load of figures.I'll be trying to get to the press conference tomorrow...and definitely the ESPN Zone meet up for SmackDown. It can't go any worse than tonight at Coyote Ugly, where I left after an hour being bored witless having the p*ss taken out for not drinking... (underage - and they let me in... weird)Can't believe the Lesnar story at all. Everyone at Mania should chant "Quitter Boy" a la the restaurant owner in the Simpsons :)Til next time, from the easyInternet cafe opposite my 10th floor room at the Westin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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