Originally Posted by
photojojo
Two schools of thought here.
On one hand, giving them the upgrade on the way to MCO builds a little "excitement" for them, especially if they've never flown first before. So you start your vacation with a sense of lavishness (even though we all know it's nothing spectacular per se).
On the other hand returning home is always a downer and half time time after a week with the kids I feel like I'm traumatized, so the benefit of boarding first (twice) helps make life a little easier.
(Granted, my kids are 4 and 6 so any extended vacation has a 50/50 chance of being stressful. LOL.)
THIS is my exact thoughts too. I was hoping someone would say something that would give me an ah-ha moment. Since our layover is short, we won't have much of a benefit of boarding first and getting settled.
I am leaning towards coming home in FC since it would look like we had it twice :-)