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Taken August 2003 from London Gatwick to Orlando

VS015 G-VLIP "Hot Lips"

This flight was much better than I expected - a huge improvement over the old 747-200s pre-2001.

The inflight entertainment was much better than I expected, with a relatively large screen and a good movie selection. It was rather weird that Virgin showed a movie called "A view from the top", which was an airline comedy and I'm sure it scared some nervous flyers! The channel cycle system was a bit annoying, though, as were the controls being fixed into the armrest.

The food (honey mustard chicken) was rather good - a full selection of 3 meals.

1 hour 30 minute delay at Gatwick because the ferry flight from Heathrow was late, but only 1 hour late arrival at Orlando.

Even the toilets were quite nice - that's saying something!

REAL wine glasses in economy class.

Friendly cabin crew and plenty of captain announcements.

Ice cream round was nice!

Nice flight on a new plane.