I’m sure we’re among the first to report it…mainly because it’s affecting us personally. It’s 10pm, Thursday Dec 27, 2007 and we’re awaiting a flight scheduled to depart from DFW traveling to Orlando. The American Airlines flight was supposed to leave at 8:10pm and it’s been continuously delayed.
Now we were just advised by AA crew that the flight is delayed yet again…because the baggage handlers have decided they had worked too long and too hard and were going home. AA officials are looking for people to load our luggage on the plane. We’ll keep you posted…you heard it here first! LOL. 
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OK, it’s 10:10pm now and the plane is pulling away from the gate, 2 hours late. We saw men and women down on the tarmac loading our luggage who were dressed in uniforms that looked like they may have actually been gate agents, flight attendants, and pilots. There were 3 delayed flights to Orlando and they were just putting hundreds of bags on any of the planes headed that way.
Upon arriving in Orlando, our guests discovered some of their bags had actually been sent ahead on earlier flights, but none of their bags were on their specific flight. After awaiting a while longer at the Orlando airport, the remainder of their bags arrived on the next flight (at almost 2:30am EST for a flight that should have arrived at 11:30pm!)
While there was no buyer on Ebay, you may still take advantage of the Gaylord Texan’s Fantasy New Years package for only $55,000. And what would you get? Well, it starts with VIP pickup at your home or airport or home within the metroplex, a private coctail party for you and 12 close friends, 2 nights stay in the Grand Presidential Suite, and 5 luxury suites, 2 New Years Eve Parties, custom Lucchese boots, a 2 hour spa treatment…but wait, there’s more!
“Celebrate Downtown” is the theme for the New Years parade in downtown Dallas which begins at Comerica Bank (Ervay & Elm), and travels down Main, Lamar and Houston streets ending at AA Center. In conjunction with the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic, there will be two university bands, the Kilgore Rangerettes, over 15 high school bands, and a number of floats and equestrian units. Emmit Smith will be the Grand Marshall.
Just as the new year launches, we see signs of those who plan ahead. This morning, it was 40 degrees outside, but as we drove through the Shops of Highland Village, we saw workers cleaning the flower beds throughout the center and planting what looked like thousands of flower bulbs. Along those same lines, the first House and Garden Show of 2008 will be held on January 4-6 at the Frisco Conference Center, just west of Stonebriar Mall.
The Great Wolf Lodge is now open and accepting guests for the Holiday season. Located down Highway 26 directly across the street from the Gaylord Texan, the lodge, as it’s name implies, offers 402 lodge-themed rooms, 10,000 square feet of meeting space and an extremely large water park.
