V-Flyer

Departure: Orlando International
Arrival: Manchester International
Date: 5th August 2011
Time: 19:00
Arrival: 8:15
Flight Time: 8 hours around
Seat: 61D
A/C: G-VSXY Beauty Queen

And so it was time to return unfortunately. We arrived at MCO at 16:00 and checked in straight away with no que, having checked in online and chosen the first set of three seats are row 61. I was hoping for G-VKSS but due to tech problems that hadn't flown the previous day.

These seats were so much better, legroom was closer to 35" and were full width, and also i had extra space because of the missing fourth seat, recline though was more difficult because of seats behind.

Once again take off on time flight time of around 7 hours 55,
Due to the 19:00 departure time there was no bar service and they went straight to dinner, which was salmon (not my favourite), but not all choices were available, luckily one of our party managed to get a premium meal which was very nice.

IFE switched on a little earlier this time, again everything worked with no lag, apart from a slight headphone issue, someone had pressed the adapter in so my headphone adapter wouldn't fit so had to listen with one ear.


photo by scott.willis.voyager, on Flickr

I didn't sleep for the entire flight due to being very uncomfortable but that was more my back problem than the seat which was very comfy. The flight passed very quickly with me watching several tv programmes and films. Again the mood lighting is either on/off and they also didn't dim the no smoking lights as normal which was annoying.

Atitude up the east coast was 35000ft then the cruise over the atlantic was 39000ft, we started our very bumpy decent 35 minutes before landing on 23R at MAN.

Unfortunately T2 was very busy and we had to park remotely and get coaches which took an extra 20 minutes.

Overall i am very impressed with Virgin Atlantic and would reccommend them to anyone.

Another great TR, thank you.

Hope you had a great trip in Florida!

Thanks for the TR. It sounds like another good flight.

Interestingly, when I returned on this flight in early July a drinks run before dinner did happen (PE had two runs before their dinner), so a little inconsistent with the service it would seem though as we know no drinks run before the dinner service on flights departing after 7pm.

JAM is great isn't it - a real step up from V-port. I really like the A330 and it seems like you did too.

Thanks again

Jon

horburyflyer wrote:as we know no drinks run before the dinner service on flights departing after 7pm.

Going O/T but is this for all cabins i.e. including Upper Class (asking as we will be on a flight departing after 7pm in America next month)?

Back O/T and apologies to the OP for my slight diversion and to echo what Jon has said above, thank you so much for a brace of excellent trip reports.

Great TR tks.

The 'no smoking signs aren't/can't be dimmed on any of VSs aircraft.

Upper Class still have a drinks round before meal service apart from flights with a good night service (Late east coast nightflights)

virginboy747 wrote:Upper Class still have a drinks round before meal service apart from flights with a good night service (Late east coast nightflights)

Thank you so much for your prompt response

hectershouse wrote:

horburyflyer wrote:as we know no drinks run before the dinner service on flights departing after 7pm.

Going O/T but is this for all cabins i.e. including Upper Class (asking as we will be on a flight departing after 7pm in America next month)?

Back O/T and apologies to the OP for my slight diversion and to echo what Jon has said above, thank you so much for a brace of excellent trip reports.

Was going to say that we had a drinks run on the SFO-LHR flight which now leaves after 7pm. Cabin crew confirmed it happens for UC except on the Good Night Flights

Thank you for the great return TR.

Thanks once again for the comments.

To be honest i am not too bothered about the drinks service but there wasn't an announcement to say there wouldn't be which would have been nice as we were expecting it.