How can you make a 10 hour flight from the US to Japan longer? Simple, put a 6 hour prior to takeoff showtime and then after the customs brief put on a 2.5 hour bus ride! Nothing says easy transit like an 19 hour evolution.
But before I get too far ahead of myself, our flight out of Pensacola was relatively easy. The flight from Dallas to Seattle, not so much. Who knew that 35 minutes between flights wouldn't be enough time. Thankfully the airline was extremely slow and inefficient and we were able to make the flight. The other surprise of the flight was that if you are in the last row you are pretty much guaranteed ZERO Food options. Perfect!
Seattle was great. We took the day and went into the city to see the standard tourist areas...Original Starbucks, Space Needle and Pike's Place. It was cold and rainy so we spent the afternoon in the pool at the hotel, with an early dinner and a couple of hours of sleep before our "Oh dark thirty" showtime.
I will say that the process went along with very few problems. Unfortunately, the kids, especially the little ones, had a really long day with very little sleep. I think poor Liam was so excited about the flight and getting to Japan he didn't really fall asleep until very late in the flight. We made the mistake of waking him up to eat because we didn't know when he'd get another chance. He spent the last hour and a half being absolutely miserable. The little guy, in a half sleep state, finally pronounced, "Dad...I don't think I can survive this flight!"
I am happy to announce that he did survive the flight and is doing quite well acclimating to the new time zones, even-though we are living in a Navy Lodge room for the foreseeable future!
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