However, Frank is disappointed by the changes, but Susan says it's better because it is a family vacation and she says they don't need to be around a bunch of young couples partying. Susan and Frank tell the receptionist they want to stay in the same building they stayed in for their honeymoon, but she says that the resort has since changed, and it is now split into a family side (the Mild Side) and an adults-only side (the Wild Side). They get there and are greeted by the staff. Greg hopes the resort will let them combine activities. He is even excited by the activities the resort offers which he sees on the bus. They touch down and began to head to the resort, Isla de Corales. He was somehow able to sleep for the rest of the flight.Īs they land on Christmas Day, Greg is tired and begins to understand why the family came there. But then he ends up returning to his seat. Greg tries to swap seats with Rodrick but couldn't get to him because one of the wheels on the beverage cart broke from the turbulence. However the handle of the door shakes and the whole bathroom shakes too, the Flight Attendant tells Greg that they were going through a little turbulence. He ends up going to the bathroom because the couple's baby started to get annoying, and sits in there feeling like a mini-apartment to himself. Greg tries to recline his chair too but when he asks the flight attendant how he learns that he can't because the row behind him is an emergency exit. Mid-flight, he feels boxed in when the people in front recline, and the person behind slides his cold and clammy bare feet on Greg's armrest. Greg is very angry with the other passengers because most aren't watching the emergency video. Greg becomes paranoid when he watches the emergency video and begins to ask questions about unfortunate events. The couple sits on either side of him with their baby. Greg finds out he has three seats to himself until a family arrives late on board. In the economy, Susan, Rodrick, and Manny are seated in the right row. However, Frank collected enough air miles because of his business trips to sit in first class. Greg is first impressed by the plane's first-class seats before he discovers that he has to sit in the economy. A replacement crew for the plane arrives and they finally board. He then hears that the flight is overbooked, and tries to stop his family boarding in exchange for a hotel stay and $300 (soon $500), but is stopped by Susan. He then sees people stumbling out of the plane, feeling tired. Greg goes to dry his sock but it ends up flying into a urinal while doing so. As a result, the family panic, grab some luggage, and dash to the gate. Manny then gets his toy stuck in an escalator, delaying them more. They go through security and are delayed again by somebody who has to remove all of his piercings. They enter the line for security, but a naughty kid unzips a barrier separating the lines, and everybody gets scrambled, resulting in the naughty kid upfront and the Heffley family at the back and tried to ask a security officer to go to the front, but no. In the airport, the family's suitcases are too heavy and the airport people say it'd cost extra to check it but Frank says they weren't giving them an extra nickel, so they stuff some clothes into their carryon baggage. Greg steps in a slush puddle and they end up missing the shuttle. As they fail to unload in time at the drop off zone, Frank and Greg have to return later with the luggage. They encounter holiday traffic but arrive at the airport. The family head to the airport on Christmas Eve. Greg's against this idea, for at least two reasons: 1.) He doesn't like the idea of traveling by plane and 2.) He doesn't want this as his "Christmas present." However, Rodrick and Manny both end up siding with their parents, so Greg's ultimately outnumbered. When Frank and Susan see a commercial for a fancy resort called Isla de Corales (which is where they had their honeymoon), they decide that their family should just skip Christmas and spend their vacation at the resort. Greg Heffley realized that his family is getting frustrated with the holidays and they're way behind on everything they have not put up any decorations or bought gifts, and the cold is driving his parents crazy. As a result, he mentions the holiday his family just went on, and the story goes back a few weeks. The story begins with Greg saying how he gets bored of hearing about other people's holidays, and that he only enjoys hearing about the ones that go wrong. SPOILER: Plot or ending details to follow.
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