This is a Trip Report from the Economy cabin
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Booked a holiday to Tobago with Virgin Holidays (MegaDeal which found out means no FC points - can't have it all I suppose). A couplke of days after booking managed to reserve 63 H & K at the back in order to get 2 seats by the window rather than 3. Paranoid about losing the seats so used OLCI and arrived at the airport 3 hours before departure. Short wait at the DIY check in which was far better than the long queue for normal check in. Good job we arrived early as the queue to go airside was huge.
Called to the gate just under an hour before the departure and only sat at the gate for 5 or so mins before boarding. G-VROS English Rose was our plane and fortunately the Welsh girlfriend didn't mind! Was pleased with our choice of seat as the extra space to the side of K was useful.
Push back on time and a short delay at the head of the queue for the runway as some debris was removed [:0]and we were airbourne and straight into the clouds. The flight had lots of empty seats, mostly the middle 4 and many passengers took the opportunity to swap but we were happy and stayed put.
Entertainment being Nova was more limited to what I had experienced previously on VS but still better than that Northwest DC-10 I flew on 8 years ago! (and still in service as I noticed at LGW). Obviously the delights of V:port have spoilt me. Was disappointed that the map wasn't working though - I noticed other trip reports from g-vros have said the same.
Food was served quickly - was a nice beef casserole and later on a wafer bar which impressed the other half.
Settled down to watch a muso documentary on the Dandy Warhols which I though was great as you wouldnt have seen this film elsewhere.
The skies got bluer and apparantly Tobago was in site but we were on the wrong side of the plane. A sharp left turn and one of those landings where you think you are going into the sea until a palm tree appears a split second before you hit tarmac. Managed to get some pictures before getting told off and joined the back of the queue.
All in all a good flight - went quickly, didn't get bored, sevice was friendly. And 7 days and two cases of sunburn later we would be doing it all again. Well 8 days actually - thats another story.