Plankton and the Mason's "Magic"-al vacation!

[Karen Mouse]

Hi there!

We just got back from our marvelous holiday - I'd like to share it with you all:goodvibes

Please be gentle on me - its only my second attempt at a trippie......ok here goes.....




I'll start by introducing myself - I'm Karen, just turned 40 but I act like a 6 year old:goodvibes . My hubby is Neil and we have a son, Ellis - age 7. We're from England, so if you dont understand any of my jokes just post a :confused3 and I'll try to explain my sick sense of humour to you.

We've been to WDW several times but this year we were cruising too:cool1: .



I found the "meet" thread for Oct 20th before I had even booked. I met a really great bunch of dissers on there and we chatted regularly....(ok, I admit it - I was on there all the time:rolleyes1) - you'll see photos of most of the group later.

One couple whom I know you all know well from her brilliant trippies and food reports - Brenda and Jason (Oybolshoi) had to sadly pull out, so rather than not go at all I offered to take her mascot - the one and only Plankton!

Here we are....this is a photo from day 5 -me (Auntie Karen), Planky and Brenda(Planky's Mom).

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Day 1 - Saturday 13th October

Ok, we arrived on the 13th October from Manchester, England with Virgin. A relatively painless experience and smooth flight. The double collection was a pain - waited over an hour for the suitcases at the second point but we were soon on our way to the first hotel - Holiday Inn I Drive. We've used it before, the rooms are big and theres a big enough fridge for beer, wine and cheesecake. It has an iron and ironing board and microwave too.

We didnt upgrade the car this time as it was going to be sitting in a carpark for most of the time so we just got a PT Cruiser which fitted all of us and our luggage perfectly.


We quickly unpacked and headed off to Bennigans for dinner.

Heres hubby Neil and my munchkin Ellis

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Then it was back to the hotel and we got Ellis tucked into bed and we werent far behind him.

Snoring by 9pm! zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz











Not bored yet? - ok then:thumbsup2 - read on to day 2:banana:






Day 2 - Sunday 14th October

We woke at 5.15am and had tea and coffee in the room. Once we were all bathed or showered it was straight to Walmart for supplies.

We bought wine, beer, cheesecake, cornflakes and milk and a few other bits and pieces. Back to the hotel to offload the shopping then we were off to Animal Kingdom.

We did quite a few rides, ate at Rainforest cafe and watched the Lion King show. Heres some more photos!

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On the way home we stopped off at Downtown Disney so I could get my annual "fix" of ornaments from the xmas shop. Quite a disapointing shop for me this year though - I usually spend about $400 in this shop - this year I could only manage to spend $75:eek: - I either had the ornament already or didnt like the new stuff. I might add at this point that this made my hubby a very happy man for several reasons - 1. He didnt have to pay for them all, 2. He didnt have to carry them all, 3. He didnt have to throw away as many clothes to get them in the suitcase to go home.:rolleyes1:

Heres some photos he took while I was shopping.

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We went straight to TGI Front Row and had dinner and a well earned pitcher of beer. Geez - it was sooooo noisy in there - some game was on and from the sound of the crowd in the bar they were doing well:confused3 - can you tell I dont know the rules for your games:lmao: - heck! - I dont know the rules for our sports either:confused3

We were all tired at this point so it was back to the hotel for cheesecake and wine/beer/chocolate milk and we were asleep by 9pm - jet lag:rolleyes:


Thats all for now folks..... tune in for the next intstallment soon.
Hope it hasnt been too boring:rolleyes1

[disgrits]

Great start, Karen! :thumbsup2 Can't wait to see all of the pics.:cool1:

[oybolshoi]

Karen ... love it so far (thanks for the kind words and next time could you please airbrush a paper bag in over my head when you post a photo of me? I scare myself ... :lmao: ).

Can't wait to see pictures from the cruise and hear about all the stuff you KKers got up to! :thumbsup2

[Karen Mouse]

Thanks Paige :banana: and thanks Brenda - and paper bag? - I dont think so you bewb flashing one legged girl;)

[Dyerneeds]

great start karen. we loved seeing you guys on the cruise.
we should get all the konked cruisers to do a trip report.:thumbsup2

[millerpjm]

Love it Karen - keep going!

By the way...cute pics of Ellis!

[Karen Mouse]

Day 3 - Monday 15th

Once again we were up early - 5.45am. After a relaxing brekkie in the room we headed off to Blizzard Beach. We got there for opening. After riding the family raft ride about 5 times I settled down on a sunlounger while Neil took Ellis to the kiddie area, then we all drifted round the lazy river.

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We left at 12.30 and headed to Premium Outlet mall.....I wont go into everything I bought, but lets just say I made up for the disapointing xmas ornament shop;) .

We went back to the hotel and rested. Today we had reservations for Le Cellier at 4.30pm, but no-one felt like going, so we didnt bother. I was miffed that I didnt get to try the cheese soup that I had heard so much about, but more on that later.

We ended up eating later at Black Angus steak house - I had my usual filet mignon - delicious! And their sweet bread - oh my god! - I could eat 100loaves of it. We headed home and had cheesecake and wine in bed. Luxury!







Day 4 - Tuesday 16th October

Ok, did I mention this report is more like a photo trippie? Not much typing just loads of photos? - No?...ok...I'll mention it now....prepare yourself for photos:rolleyes1 ...lots of photos:rolleyes1 ...

Today started off badly:sad2: - Tonight we were going to MNSHHP for the very first time.:yay: We were all looking forward to it.:yay: Ellis was getting dressed up as a pirate and we all had our trick or treat bags waiting to be filled.

We were getting ready to head to Magic Kingdom when Neil asked me where the MNSHHP tickets were............................erm............... ..................






:scared1: - Holy cow!.........they were back in England:scared1:






Yep! - I'd forgot to pack them:sad:

As a desperate measure I decided to head to DTD to guest services to see if they could help me. I didnt hold up much hope - I didnt even have the serial number off the back of them or anything. I had bought them off the disney website months ago and had put them somewhere "safe".....they are so "safe" I still havent found them and we've been home 2 days:rolleyes1

Anyway, a lovely lady at guest services simply printed me off new tickets once I had explained what I had done.

Isnt that brilliant! Just like that!...Hey presto! - new tickets!:yay: - to say I was chuffed would be a major understatement:woohoo:

Phew! - panic over....after all that stress I needed to shop so we did a bit in DTD and then went to LBV mall.

AFTER A FEW HOURS OF RETAIL THERAPY.... back to the hotel. I had a long bubble bath while Neil took Ellis to the hotel pool.

All ready for MNSHHP by 5pm so off we went - tickets safely in Neils wallet:rolleyes1

[Karen Mouse]

Ok, here come the bombardment of photos I warned you about...

We hadnt done it before so I was rather "click happy"...like a mad woman ....gotta get photos of everything new:lmao:

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We had a great time. It wasnt too busy, the candy lines were short and I managed to get the cd's that 2 fellow cruisers wanted - (Hi Cheryl and Lindy Loo:wave2: - hope you're not still humming that "Boo to you" tune:rotfl: )


We got a great spot for the parade. Right near the front behind a kid in a buggy...fab:thumbsup2 ...or it was until right before the parade started and the parents decided to buy the kid a huge balloon and tie it to the handle right in front of my face:rolleyes: ...I sooooooo wished I had a pin that night:rolleyes1

The parade was brilliant (what I saw of it) and then we made our way out of the park and back to the room for more cheesecake.

Tomorrow - an early start:scared:

[GOS]

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OK Karen, enjoying it so far....but what gives with all the lifeguards?

[Karen Mouse]

I have so many photos they wont all fit on one post:lmao:

Heres the rest

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We did the Monsters Inc Laughter floor - really funny! Neil got picked out on the screen too!

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Then we did

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and then we met the real Buzz

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Parade time!

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Does anyone else out there in Dissland like that annoying blue train ride in tomorrowland???? - my son absolutely loves it:confused3

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The blooming thing stopped for about 10 minutes while we were on it too:rolleyes: - we got off just in time for the fireworks

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Just to let you know - tomorrows episode - I get to finally meet Planky!

[Karen Mouse]

great start karen. we loved seeing you guys on the cruise.
we should get all the konked cruisers to do a trip report.:thumbsup2

Hiya:wave2:

You're all more than welcome to post photos on here if you'd like to once I get to that part of the trippie;)

Thanks for reading:thumbsup2

[Karen Mouse]

Love it Karen - keep going!

By the way...cute pics of Ellis!

HI JEN! Thanks for popping in and reading...He is cute isnt he! so is your Thomas:cutie:

OK Karen, enjoying it so far....but what gives with all the lifeguards?

:lmao: :lmao: I did look out for last years lifeguard Heather but he wasnt there:sad1: - I had to make do with this one:rolleyes: - dont worry I have nice pirates coming along later;)

[frdeb1999]

Wonderful report...can't wait to hear and see more!! Sounds like you had a wonderful time! :)

[JLDSMD]

Today started off badly:sad2: - Tonight we were going to MNSHHP for the very first time.:yay: We were all looking forward to it.:yay: Ellis was getting dressed up as a pirate and we all had our trick or treat bags waiting to be filled.

We were getting ready to head to Magic Kingdom when Neil asked me where the MNSHHP tickets were............................erm............... ..................

:scared1: - Holy cow!.........they were back in England:scared1:

Yep! - I'd forgot to pack them:sad:


Karen,

Great report so far. Love all the pictures.

Gotta ask, what's with you guys misplacing your tickets all the time (sorry, just a little foreshadowing of things to come :) )

Jeff

[cntkg1]

SresiurK Deknok!!!

Fabulous start Karen. By the time I got to read this, you were on day 4 already.

Love all the pics. :thumbsup2

One question though...Did you really have your cheesecake with beer?? :rotfl2:


Looking forward to more. We want updates, we want updates. (Brenda, sound familiar?):rotfl:

[Karen Mouse]

Wonderful report...can't wait to hear and see more!! Sounds like you had a wonderful time! :)

Wow! - you're my first non-cruiser on the thread! - welcome! - everyone else felt obliged to read and comment *** they were with me - you are my first genuine reader/customer:rotfl2: - so for that I thank you:hug: - keep reading PLEASE!

Karen,

Great report so far. Love all the pictures.

Gotta ask, what's with you guys misplacing your tickets all the time (sorry, just a little foreshadowing of things to come :) )

Jeff

Dont even go there mister:lmao:

SresiurK Deknok!!!

Fabulous start Karen. By the time I got to read this, you were on day 4 already.

Love all the pics. :thumbsup2

One question though...Did you really have your cheesecake with beer?? :rotfl2:


Looking forward to more. We want updates, we want updates. (Brenda, sound familiar?):rotfl:

Nancy - Hiya! - thanks for coming over to read:banana: I have cheesecake with anything:lmao: :lmao: ...cheesecake is made for any meal and to go with any liquid - trust me - try it:goodvibes

Its a great start to the day for brekkie
a great mid morning snack,
works fab for lunch,
mid afternoon nibbles
dinner, or tea as we brits call it:lmao:
or even supper

any liquid will do as long as it washes it off the roof of your mouth so you're free to take the next mouthful:rotfl:

Enjoy!

Tomorrow is the first Planky day:yay: :banana: :yay: :banana: :cool1:

[Karen Mouse]

Well, whadda ya know! - I'm on page 2:rotfl2:

is it an F.O. for my trippie?:lmao:



For any non cruisers - and F.O. is a "fresh one" - ie fresh page - it was started by a fellow cruiser called Chris - he's still out there sailing the seas - he did the double dip while the rest of us got off on the 27th, so this f.o. is dedicated to AFEG - May your 2nd week be as much fun as my first:hug:

[cntkg1]

Hey young lady! Where do you think you are, in the States? Go to bed!! It's waaaaay past midnight in the UK, isn't it?:rotfl2: I'll keep an eye on Plankton for you. Get some rest woman.:rotfl2:

[minnieandmickey]

Great report so far Karen. That first pic of the castle is awesome.
By the way I enjoyed dancin next to you during the Pirate Party.

[.:)Tinker_Belle(:.]

We had a great time. It wasnt too busy, the candy lines were short and I managed to get the cd's that 2 fellow cruisers wanted - (Hi Cheryl and Lindy Loo:wave2: - hope you're not still humming that "Boo to you" tune:rotfl: )


great start karen!

thats funny because my mom still is going around singing and humming it! :lmao: thats what is in the car now and shell fight you if you try changing the cd :laughing:

[mickeyluv]

Karen,

Loving your TR!! Don't worry about there being so many pictures...I love, love, love pictures in TR's!!! Carry on!

[Timon]

Karen, loving the report so far!!! :woohoo: Can't wait to read all about your adventures and Planky's misadventures!! :lmao:

[Karen Mouse]

Great report so far Karen. That first pic of the castle is awesome.
By the way I enjoyed dancin next to you during the Pirate Party.

It was fun wasnt it! - we had to leave farily early *** Ellis was really tired, but it was great partying with you!

Karen,

Loving your TR!! Don't worry about there being so many pictures...I love, love, love pictures in TR's!!! Carry on!

Thank you for reading! - the photos get funnier from now on - Planky pictures on the way soon!

Karen, loving the report so far!!! :woohoo: Can't wait to read all about your adventures and Planky's misadventures!! :lmao:

Almost there! - downloading some as we speak.

[Karen Mouse]

Day 5 - Wednesday 17th October.

The day of meetings!

Today was a great day:cool1: - I met a freind off the Dibb and then loads of friends of the Dis too!

We had an early start - I had a Keys to the Kingdom tour booked with a friend off the Dibb and had to be at the Magic Kingdom by 8.30am so we were up about 6am.

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We dont often get to the parks that early - there was hardly anyone about - the place was empty

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Heres Bev - my Dibb friend.
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The tour was great - I wont go into too many details so as not to spoil it for anyone doing it but it was well worth the money and 5 hours of fun.

I met Neil and Ellis afterwards at 2pm as planned and we did some rides together. It was really quiet in the parks - most rides had no wait!

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The updated pirates is brilliant

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Just a bit of info I learned on the tour - the person who carved the head for the Jack Sparrow is the student of the guy who did the Walt and Mickey sculpture in the centre of MK infront of the castle (see photo of Ellis above).

And then we watched the parade

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We then caught the disney bus to Martha's vineyard in the Beach club resort for our 2nd meeting of the day.

It was great:banana: - I must say I was a bit nervous about meeting everyone but I needn't have worried - they were all lovely and welcoming and we were soon chatting like old friends.

Let me introduce you to some more of our group - we call ourselves the Konked Koolers -

There was Cass and Rob - it was their wedding anniversary that day
There was Brenda and Jason - it was Brenda's birthday too
then we arrived,
then Chris, Hazel,Jess, Ryan and Rosie arrived too.

We all had a great time........and then another guest arrived............
















Yes! - Planky!
















Brenda pulled him out of her bag - I think I squealed with delight:rolleyes1 - sad I know but I had been looking forward to being his auntie for ages and when he wasnt there at the start I thought Brenda may have changed her mind. I think Cass may even have taken a photo of me with my arms out ready to grab him:rolleyes1

Heres a group shot of us all

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and heres a shot of Planky's Mom and Dad
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and here once again, now in the correct place - the "handover" photo.

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Does Brenda look nervous? Maybe she had every right to be if you had seen some of the things people were posting on our thread about what they intended doing to poor little Planky:scared1: - have no fear Brenda - Auntie Karen is very protective over her Nephew Planky:goodvibes

More to come folks....just need to start a new post for some more photos

[oybolshoi]

Hi Auntie Karen! Your group shot turned out better than ours did, although we have a lovely picture of you and your family (and that scoundrel, Plankton). I'll post it here later tonight if you don't mind.

We had a great time meeting up with you that evening ... :hug:

PS. Plankton seems to like traveling... he's still not home. :rotfl2:

[disgrits]

I'm so jealous! It looks like y'all had a great time. Now that we are home, I regret not pulling my kids out more days of school and meet up with y'all too. That double dip is looking better and better, huh? After this past week of weather, though, Chris and Hazel may not ever want to be on a ship again!

Keep the pics coming, Karen. Your trippie is great!:thumbsup2

[Karen Mouse]

Ok, where was I?

Oh yes...we were all in Martha's vineyard.........

the story continues..........

We chatted for a while longer then Cass and Rob had to leave - tickets to Blue Man group.

Then Ellis got tired so we had to leave too, so we all said our goodbyes and I left with Planky safely in my bag:woohoo:

Ellis was really worn out by now so we decided he would grab him some quick food and head back to the room.

Now,..........have I mentioned yet that Brenda is a real foodie? - you all know that already if you've read her trippies (if you havent read them.. why not?..they're waaaaaaaaaaaay better than this one:lmao: !)

Anyway, that night she was heading off to the french restaurant to celebrate her birthday with Jason. We were wondering if Planky was also into his fine dining?:scratchin


Just to be on the safe side we thought we'd better take him somewhere REALLY SPECIAL for his first night with us, so we took him to

























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DRIVE THRU McDONALDS:lmao: :lmao:

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hey Brenda! - fine dining for us too!:lmao:



The queue was long, so Planky occupied himself by taking the car for a spin round the block

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Ellis couldnt wait for dinner any longer and fell straight to sleep in the car

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Lucky for Planky! - he got to eat Ellis's too!

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Earlier in the week we had been to Animal Kingdom and had a go on the fair stalls....do you know the one I mean? - you roll a ball into a hole and the horse/camel/whatever moves along....anyway I won first prize and this is what I won....... Planky and he got on like old friends

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That is until dessert arrived and then Planky ate the lot and wouldnt share

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5 slices, all washed down with a nice cold beer.



Well, we were all tired, so once we'd prized the spoon off Planky we had a slice each too and then we all went to bed.


Tomorrow - Planky goes shopping, then to MGM!

Thanks for reading:goodvibes

[Karen Mouse]

Hi Auntie Karen! Your group shot turned out better than ours did, although we have a lovely picture of you and your family (and that scoundrel, Plankton). I'll post it here later tonight if you don't mind.

We had a great time meeting up with you that evening ... :hug:

PS. Plankton seems to like traveling... he's still not home. :rotfl2:

Post away! - thanks for reading Brenda:hug: - Planky should be with you soon...he was enjoying spending time with Auntie Goose!

I'm so jealous! It looks like y'all had a great time. Now that we are home, I regret not pulling my kids out more days of school and meet up with y'all too. That double dip is looking better and better, huh? After this past week of weather, though, Chris and Hazel may not ever want to be on a ship again!

Keep the pics coming, Karen. Your trippie is great!:thumbsup2

Double dip (KK2;) ) sounds great to us!:banana:

They should be back soon - they fly back straight after they get off. I hope he'll be on to tell us all about it.

[oybolshoi]

Plankton loves fine dining and drinking ... but he's a lot like his mommy in that a greasy cheesburger and extra salty fries sure taste good sometimes, too!

One of his (and mine) all-time favorites is Friday night pizza and beer. :thumbsup2

Alright ... I'm going to get some work done now. :guilty:

[princessdaisy]

Ok, where was I?

Oh yes...we were all in Martha's vineyard.........

the story continues..........

We chatted for a while longer then Cass and Rob had to leave - tickets to Blue Man group.

Then Ellis got tired so we had to leave too, so we all said our goodbyes and I left with Planky safely in my bag:woohoo:

Ellis was really worn out by now so we decided he would grab him some quick food and head back to the room.

Now,..........have I mentioned yet that Brenda is a real foodie? - you all know that already if you've read her trippies (if you havent read them.. why not?..they're waaaaaaaaaaaay better than this one:lmao: !)

Anyway, that night she was heading off to the french restaurant to celebrate her birthday with Jason. We were wondering if Planky was also into his fine dining?:scratchin


Just to be on the safe side we thought we'd better take him somewhere REALLY SPECIAL for his first night with us, so we took him to

























http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020328.jpg

DRIVE THRU McDONALDS:lmao: :lmao:

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020327.jpg

hey Brenda! - fine dining for us too!:lmao:



The queue was long, so Planky occupied himself by taking the car for a spin round the block

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020324.jpg

Ellis couldnt wait for dinner any longer and fell straight to sleep in the car

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020330.jpg

Lucky for Planky! - he got to eat Ellis's too!

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020332.jpg





Earlier in the week we had been to Animal Kingdom and had a go on the fair stalls....do you know the one I mean? - you roll a ball into a hole and the horse/camel/whatever moves along....anyway I won first prize and this is what I won....... Planky and he got on like old friends

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020334.jpg


That is until dessert arrived and then Planky ate the lot and wouldnt share

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020335.jpg

5 slices, all washed down with a nice cold beer.



Well, we were all tired, so once we'd prized the spoon off Planky we had a slice each too and then we all went to bed.


Tomorrow - Planky goes shopping, then to MGM!

Thanks for reading:goodvibes


OMG, I just about fell off my chair laughing:rotfl: I love the photo of Planky eating cheesecake & Bud!! Fun trip report! can't wait to read more:thumbsup2

[goofyfreak]

Missy and I are really enjoying reading this!! You are soooooo funny.:rotfl2: Can't wait to here what's coming and seeing all the photos!:thumbsup2

Lori

[goofyfreak]

I will gladly accept the second FO on your trippie thread!!!!!;)

[Dyerneeds]

I will gladly accept the second FO on your trippie thread!!!!!;)

lori, lori, lori. still going after fo's on trippies eh?:laughing:
cant get them on our cruise thread?:laughing:

[cntkg1]

Karen, I guess you set me straight. Beer does go with Cheesecake! What was I thinking? Being from Wisconsin, Beer and Cheese are a staple in any local household, even if the cheese comes in cake form.:lmao:

Great reads Karen. Keep it up!

[Karen Mouse]

OMG, I just about fell off my chair laughing:rotfl: I love the photo of Planky eating cheesecake & Bud!! Fun trip report! can't wait to read more:thumbsup2

Thanks for reading - theres lots more photos to come:goodvibes

I will gladly accept the second FO on your trippie thread!!!!!;)

:thumbsup2

Karen, I guess you set me straight. Beer does go with Cheesecake! What was I thinking? Being from Wisconsin, Beer and Cheese are a staple in any local household, even if the cheese comes in cake form.:lmao:

Great reads Karen. Keep it up!

Hiya Goose! hope you're liking it so far. Your input will be along in a few days time;)

[oybolshoi]

As promised ....

Plankton with his foster family...
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l213/oybolshoi/October%202007/173.jpg


He kind of looks like he's petting Ellis on the head, doesn't he? :lmao:

[cntkg1]

As promised ....

Plankton with his foster family...
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l213/oybolshoi/October%202007/173.jpg


He kind of looks like he's petting Ellis on the head, doesn't he? :lmao:


or...like he missed the chance of a Wet Wilbur!:rotfl2:

[B9erSteve]

Great so far Karen! Keep posting the pics. You're making me miss WDW!

[Karen Mouse]

As promised ....

Plankton with his foster family...
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l213/oybolshoi/October%202007/173.jpg


He kind of looks like he's petting Ellis on the head, doesn't he? :lmao:

Awwwwwwwww - lovely photo - thank you for posting. Ellis got quite attached to him over the holiday. (me too!:rolleyes1 )

Great so far Karen! Keep posting the pics. You're making me miss WDW!

Thanks for reading Steve.:thumbsup2 please keep popping in

[Karen Mouse]

Day 6 - Thursday 18th October

Shopping then MGM



We woke up to find Planky staring out the window

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020339.jpg


He commented it wasnt a very good view then got dressed ready for Animal Kingdom


http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020340.jpg

Sorry little guy....been there already, today is shopping and MGM



after a quick rummage through his suitcase

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020348.jpg


he found his MGM outfit

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020342-1.jpg

or should he ditch the hat and go with the autograph book and balloon?


http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020347.jpg

Decisions, decisions:lmao:



We finally got to Florida mall. We shopped til we couldnt carry any more (dont ya just luv the dollar being two to the pound£ :banana:....erm....actually most of you probably dont:rolleyes1 )

Once again it was fine dining for us ....in the food court:goodvibes, then we took the shopping back to the room

Planky did rather well for shopping himself!

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020336.jpg




Then we were off to MGM.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020356.jpg

It was a quick bag check and Planky was frisked:scared1:

I think I made this mans day! - I asked him if he minded me taking a photo - I dont think anyone has ever asked him before - he was so chuffed to be asked!

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020357.jpg

Thats all for now folks...

I'm off to download MGM photos to photobucket - tune in later for Planky's Sci-fi adventure.:goodvibes

[Karen Mouse]

We got through the turnstiles

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020358.jpg

then headed to Rock n Roller coaster

I tried to tell Planky he didnt need his own red guitar and that he would NOT be able to jam with the band, but he insisted.:rolleyes:

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020350.jpg

My favourite ride in MGM- I just love this ride!

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020372.jpg

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1030079.jpg

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1030083.jpg

we did the backstage tour

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1030073.jpg

then we headed for dinner at SCI-FI

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020363.jpg

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020364.jpg

I LOVE THIS PHOTO

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020362.jpg

Yet again Planky ordered himself a pint. He didnt even need I.D.!:eek:
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020365.jpg


After dinner we headed for Tower of Terror. Only a 10 minute wait. Now forgive me trippie readers, but I would not let Planky ride......... - I soooo wanted to get a photo of me holding Planky as we dropped but I was too scared incase I let go:scared: that I chickened out, so he stayed tucked up safely in my bag. (Brenda breathes a sigh of relief)

then we did Fantasmic. We didnt arrive til 7.40 and there were still seats!:scared1:

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020391.jpg

Then we headed back to the hotel and went straight to bed.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020399.jpg



Tomorrow - Packing and Epcot:goodvibes

[Karen Mouse]

Friday 19th October

Today we went to Epcot!

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020402.jpg




and of course,Planky came too!

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http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020400.jpg



http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020403.jpg

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020404.jpg



Planky insisted on leading the way and got out his map to plan a route round the world

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020405.jpg

We went on Test Track

Heres Planky in the queue

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020410.jpg

Then we did the living seas - he was hoping to find some of his friends but we didnt spot anyone he knew

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020413.jpg

Then Ellis and Planky got eaten by a shark named Bruce

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020419.jpg

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020420.jpg

We did Soarin, the land and then ate lunch in Mexico - very nice!

Now, do any of you remember we had dinner reservations for Le Cellier but didnt go and I was sulking over not getting the soup? Well, you can get it from a stall outside *** of the Food and Wine festival - yippppppppppppeeeeeeeeeeeeeee:yay: I thought...........


The reality - bleuch! - its vile! How come all of you like it????:confused3

I adore cheese and I was sooooo looking forward to it and after 2 mouthfuls I handed it to Neil. After 1 mouthful he threw it away.







Now, I'm pretty sure this wasnt in Epcot, but I'm posting them here *** I cant remember where they were taken:rolleyes1


Hat photos - just for Heather:goodvibes


Here's Neil - he has a very big head

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020394.jpg


Here's Ellis

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020395.jpg


and I cant believe I'm posting this but here goes


















http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020396.jpg:lmao:


and some more of Ellis

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020397.jpg

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020398.jpg


Ok, hat photos over, we headed out of Epcot via Publix - key lime cheesecake and choc marble cheesecake and wine and beer for the cruise.

We got back to the hotel, packed the rest of the stuff up and had an early night ready for the cruise tomorrow.:yay:

Can't remember where we ate tonight, but I wouldnt have tasted anything anyway - I was tooooooo excited about the next day!!!!!!!!!!:yay:

[disgrits]

love love love the pics!!!!

more please............

[Scouter]

Great job on the report Karen:thumbsup2

LOVE the photos! MORE, MORE, MORE:yay: :yay: :yay:

[JLDSMD]

Here's Ellis

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020395.jpg



I love this pic.

[JLDSMD]

Great thread so far Karen. Can't wait until the cruise portion starts.

Looks like you guys had a wonderful and fun time.

[JLDSMD]

Ooohhh, may I have the honors of the 3rd FO on your thread?

[GOS]

Friday 19th October

Here's Neil - he has a very big head

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020394.jpg


Here's Ellis

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020395.jpg


and I cant believe I'm posting this but here goes


















http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020396.jpg:lmao:


and some more of Ellis

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020397.jpg

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020398.jpg



Thanks Karen - love the hat pics. I have a new one to show you, once they are uploaded.

Heather

[Timon]

Karen, great job on the trippie so far :woohoo:


I don't have a pic of you with your arms up I think I was too slow for that one but I do have the official handoff..


http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l120/timoncass/1017-1.jpg



But Planky was up to no good before you even got there!!!!


http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l120/timoncass/1017-3.jpg


And then of course I have this shot...

The evil grin from inside of his horrible temporary new home!

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l120/timoncass/1017-4.jpg





And for Nancy....

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l120/timoncass/1017-2.jpg

[Timon]

Oh and I must say a word or two about that Cheese Soup!

I had it for the first time INSIDE the restaurant and it was MAHVELLOUS!! And then I also had it later in the week from the booth OUTSIDE the restaurant and it was HORRID!!! :mad:

So, if you do get to Le Cellier again, try the soup, you might be surprised!

[Dyerneeds]

loving the report karen.:thumbsup2 we miss you guys!!!
the pics are great!!!

[Sheldon J. Plankton]

Evil Plan Z is working perfectly.

It's evil. It's diabolical. It's lemon-scented. It can't possibly fail!

[Karen Mouse]

Thanks for your kind posts everyone - I'm just sorting out the start of the cruise trippie now:goodvibes

and thanks for posting the photos Cass

[Karen Mouse]

SATURDAY 20TH OCTOBER

AKA - Cruise day!:yay:

OK, the day we've all been waiting for - cruise day:yay:



I was awake most of the night gazing at the clock til it got to a reasonable time and I could start waking Neil and Ellis.

I ran my bath, made coffee and tea, had my cheesecake for brekkie and woke up the lazybones.

Once bathed and showered we packed the remaining toiletries etc and Neil did the run down to the car with the luggage.

We said goodbye to the hotel room and checked out.

Straight into the car and a quick stop at Walgreans for some throat stuff for Ellis - he had lost his voice the last couple of days - no pain or discomfort or anything but we didnt want to take any chances, so we bought one of everything off the "throat" shelf and quickly back to the car.

Petrol next:rolleyes: ....why oh why do we have to fill up today:confused3 - couldnt Neil see I was almost bursting to get on the road to the port:confused3


Ok, petrol sorted we FINALLY head off on the right road - only 30 minutes behind schedule. With a bit of nifty foot work on the gas pedal we nearly made that up on the journey down. ;)

Uneventful journey.....until we got to the bridge near the port........







I squealed, I squealed and then I squealed some more.....there it was!



I could see it:yay:



Camera ready I took about 50 shots as we got nearer and nearer.

Oh geez you're all thinking...50 photos of a ship getting bigger in each one - great:rolleyes:




Dont worry -

I'll just post one:goodvibes

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020426.jpg

FOR NOW:lmao:



We got to port and Neil pulled up at the kerbside to drop us and the luggage off.

First people we see - KK'ers! - AFEG - Chris and co.
Next people we see - more KK'ers - Cass and co!
Then I spot Nancy's hubby Chuck -another KK'er!

I kid you not - the first bunch of people I saw were all KK'ers.

We handed the 2 cases and rolling cooler to a porter, tipped him well to make sure they didnt get lost, and then Neil was directed to the car park while I took Ellis into the terminal.

We go through bag check and up the escalator. Right at the top theres a lady waving with Mickey hands. I wish I had my camera ready to snap Ellis's reaction, but alas I didnt. I bet mine was equally daft:rolleyes1

By this point I'm scanning crowds looking for green bracelets and KK tshirts.

So is Ellis.....every 30 seconds he's pulling at my t shirt shouting "look mom! another KK'er!"

We go to the desk and they check our paperwork and tell us to join a rather long queue. I mention that I'm English and I thought I had to join a different queue but she said no, I'd be fine in that one. Neil re-appears and joins me in the queue.

Just at that point I spot Heather at a different desk checking in. She's at the desk for Non-USA.

Then as if by magic Jeff appears! our table mate! The Non USA desk is empty so Jeff asks if we can check in and she says yes!

We duck out of the other queue and check in really quickly. I'd done most of it online so it was really speedy and she hands us boarding card number 7:rolleyes: .....7?........7?................I wanted number 2:sad1: ...oh well,...... 7 it is then:rolleyes:

All I can think is "if we hadnt stopped for petrol....:rolleyes: "

Jeff asks us what number we got and I reply "7". He replies "No you're not ...you're a number 2!:yay: " and pulls out a spare number 2 card.:yay:


Now let me just pause for a moment and tell you about Jeff.....He knows more than anyone I know about the cruise...he was my very own walking talking travel guide:hug:

Even before the cruise he oganised my Palo rezzies, my dining rotation, and loads of other tips for which I'm eternally grateful. If it hadnt been for him I'd have missed out on half of the things onboard, so here's a great big thank you to Jeff


THANK YOU TABLE MATE:hug:


Ok, mushyness over.....back to the story....

We left the queue and from then on it was KK MADNESS!

Let me explain.....

Jeff had organised us all to wear green rubber bracelets so we could recognise each other....Cass had made us a fab logo for us to print and make t shirts...half the terminal had green bracelets and KK T shirts on:lmao: - wow! - It was brilliant!...people were turning up every 30 seconds introducing themselves..... (I'm bad with names but I think I did ok on the day - did I KK'ers?)

It was hugs all round for everybody - what a fab start to the cruise.:yay: It was great to finally meet people I had been chatting to online for so long.

Then I had chance to take a few photos

Of the ship in the terminal

Of Mickey

Of the ears doorway

they'll be on the next post - I've run out of room for photos

[cntkg1]

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020364.jpg

Does Neil know that you were in the back seat with another man? And in front of Ellis...shame on you Karen!:rotfl2:

Fantastic job with pics and Plankie. They're a hoot!!:lmao:




And for Nancy....

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l120/timoncass/1017-2.jpg

I think I laughed so hard that I may have soiled myself when I was making that t-shirt.:rotfl2: :lmao: :rotfl2:

(FYI for all Non-KKers: Karen was afraid that she would iron her transfer onto her t-shirts backwards and end up with "Sresiurk Deknok" instead. :lmao:)

Evil Plan Z is working perfectly.

It's evil. It's diabolical. It's lemon-scented. It can't possibly fail!

oh oh....we're in trouble now. Look who showed up Karen! OK, from now on, only nice things about Plankton.

[U]
I squealed, I squealed and then I squealed some more.....there it was!

And I think I even heard you Karen. :yay:



http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020426.jpg


Jeff had organised us all to wear green rubber bracelets so we could recognise each other....Cass had made us a fab logo for us to print and make t shirts...half the terminal had green bracelets and KK T shirts on:lmao: - wow! - It was brilliant!...people were turning up every 30 seconds introducing themselves..... (I'm bad with names but I think I did ok on the day - did I KK'ers?)

You did just fine. :hug:

And here's one just for you!

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a342/cntkg1/10-30-2007-017.jpg


I also caught the papparazi snapping pictures of the KK's. (Short, but cute wasn't he)? Thank you Stu.:hug:
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a342/cntkg1/10-30-2007-018-1.jpg

[Karen Mouse]

I think I laughed so hard that I may have soiled myself when I was making that t-shirt.:rotfl2: :lmao: :rotfl2:

(FYI for all Non-KKers: Karen was afraid that she would iron her transfer onto her t-shirts backwards and end up with "Sresiurk Deknok" instead. :lmao:)

Nancy I loved that T shirt:hug: - I wore it with KK pride:goodvibes - Thank you so much for making it for me.:hug:


oh oh....we're in trouble now. Look who showed up Karen! OK, from now on, only nice things about Plankton.

I ONLY HAVE GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT PLANKY:goodvibes



And I think I even heard you Karen. :yay:

:lmao: :lmao: You probably did Nancy:lmao: :lmao:



http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020426.jpg


And here's one just for you!

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a342/cntkg1/10-30-2007-017.jpg

Thanks Nancy - thats a great shot!

I also caught the papparazi snapping pictures of the KK's. (Short, but cute wasn't he)? Thank you Stu.:hug:
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a342/cntkg1/10-30-2007-018-1.jpg

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh:cutie:

[Karen Mouse]

Ok, little re-cap - today is cruise day - here's some photos I couldn't fit into the last post



Remember the 50 photos I took before I even got to port?

And I said I would just post one?...yeah right!... Like I'd let you get away that easy....heres some more:lmao:


http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020425.jpg



its getting closer!
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020424.jpg




and closer!
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020422.jpg



and closer!
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020432.jpg




and closer!
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020434.jpg





ok....enough punishment...heres one inside the terminal

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020435.jpg




and another!

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020438.jpg





and heres Ellis with the Big Cheese himself!

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020437.jpg



The model of the ship was great

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020440.jpg

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020441.jpg


Planky liked it too!

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020442.jpg




Just to show you what I mean about our KK t shirts

Heres the back of mine.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1010852.jpg

and the front of Ellis's

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1010851.jpg



A little side story - remember I had a number 7 boarding pass?....well another KK had a number 11 so I gave her my 7....just passing it on folks:goodvibes



And then it happened....they called people with boarding passes number 2!:yay:

Thats me!...Thats me!... Thats me! Its my turn to go through the big ears doorway!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OH MY! NEIL! - WHAT BIG EARS YOU HAVE!:rotfl2:

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020444.jpg

Seriously though - look how excited he is! - and this is the man who wasnt bothered about cruising!:lmao:

Here we go then - through the big ears doorway

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020445.jpg


I squeal again - look! - Welcome Aboard!

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020447.jpg

I'm really getting on the Magic!!!!!!!!!!!



Gangplank!

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020452.jpg



KK'ers - they were everywhere!

Heres 2 more! Hiya Robin and Mike

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020456.jpg


View from the gangplank

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020454.jpg






and then it happened -

we got onboard!!!!!!!!!!!!!



http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020457.jpg

[GOS]

Karen - I'm lovin' the trippee, so much so that I want to go back NOW!

Did I tell you that I didn't get one decent piece of cheesecake the whole holiday. Have to recify that in August.

[Karen Mouse]

Re-cap - We've just got onboard and had our photo taken...

we then head to Parrot Cay for lunch

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020460.jpg

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020459.jpg

I must say this was a lovely respite from the overwhelming excitement..I actually took a breathe and chilled for about a minute. The buffet was lovely and we sat and relaxed for a few minutes.

Then, of course, excitement took over again and we went to explore the ship a bit and find the kids club and check Ellis in....I had done most of it online, so it was just a matter of sorting out his medication with them, talking through their procedure for allergies etc and getting it all labelled and then getting the pager. I felt totally comfortable with Ellis being in there.
We spent a bit of time in there and Ellis checked it out and then it was almost time to go to our cabin!

Our cabin!...sorry! - stateroom!:rolleyes1

It was ready just after 1.30pm.....so in we went!....

Just as we were going in we met our room host - he asked how many bags we had and then went and found them - we had our luggage within minutes! -now thats what I call service! I had heard of people not getting their bags til 6pm etc so I was really pleased ours had come early.

So in we went....

The first thing we saw was a lovely cheese and fruit platter and a bottle of red wine! Heres the cards that came with it. It actually reads "Blankton":lmao:

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020476.jpg

Mould, Mould, glorious mould!
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020462.jpg

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020461.jpg

Courtesy of Planky! (Well....Planky's Mom and Dad):hug: - thank you so much Brenda and Jason - it was very kind of you, totally unsnecessary but very much appreciated.....and absolutely delicious! - you know I adore cheese - especially the mouldy stuff - I stuffed it in like I hadnt even been to Parrot Cay:rotfl2:

We took some shots of our room before we started unpacking ........ it would never look this tidy again:rolleyes1


http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020468.jpg

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020470.jpg

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020473.jpg


Bombsite of a room now - mid unpacking but Neil has time for a beer.
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020474.jpg


Planky chills out while I unpack

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020463.jpg


Planky by the infamous clock
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020464.jpg


Planky holds our dinner ticket
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020465.jpg

Planky checks out the bathroom

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020466.jpg



and then I started unpacking....we had bought loads of stuff...too much....but somehow it all fitted into our little cat 11 no problem at all. For 2 adults and a young child a cat 11 is absolutely fine and big enough:thumbsup2

I managed to finish unpacking and have time for a glass of wine and more cheese..........

..........And then it was time for the KK Official Meet - 3pm by the Mickey Pool.

Next episode - meet the KK'ers:banana:

[oybolshoi]

Thanks for the great pics, Karen! Jason and I are really getting a kick out of seeing them all - it's so nice to be able to see everyone having such a great time.

BTW, is it wrong for me to plug my own newest food report for those people who want to see what Plankton was up to before he joined you? We've got some pretty funny pictures going if I do say so myself. Just let me know ... I can always plug shamelessly somewhere else... don't want to take away from your fun. :hug:

Looking forward to more!

PS. Have you seen Plankton? He went missing yesterday ... :confused3

[oybolshoi]

Also ...

I'm glad you liked the cheese platter but I'm verrry disappointed. That's nothing like what I expected it to be based on the one we had a few years back - I guess DCL really is cheapening things up.

And ... that was not the message that was supposed to be on your card. I asked the CM when I placed the order if the message I dictated would be included and she promised me it would.

Bah!

It was supposed to say: Those two cretins I live with made me send you this as a "thank you." Hope you don't choke on it.

Sheldon J. Plankton


Was the wine at least good? I seem to remember you like reds so I asked them to include one of the few reds that I actually like. :goodvibes

[Sheldon J. Plankton]

The first thing we saw was a lovely cheese and fruit platter and a bottle of red wine! Heres the cards that came with it. It actually reads "Blankton":lmao:

INCOMPETENCE!!!


Courtesy of Planky! (Well....Planky's Mom and Dad):hug: - thank you so much Brenda and Jason - it was very kind of you

Yeah, they're kind all right...


...


...


...


Kind of jerks!!! :lmao:

[Karen Mouse]

Finally, the Konked Kruisers meet........

We get Planky ready into his outfit

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/DSCF0932-1.jpg

Outfit courtesy of Nancy - thank you for helping so much Mother Goose

Oops! - nearly forgot his sunglasses!
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/DSCF0933.jpg

and then had up to the Mickey Pool for 3pm.


Heres Tina and Nancy
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/DSCF0918.jpg



and Mike and Robin
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and Walt and Di
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and Rob

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/DSCF0924.jpg


and Wayne and Neil
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/DSCF0925-1.jpg



and Planky
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/DSCF0926.jpg




and Bev, Rose, Paige, Cheryl and Victoria
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/DSCF0921.jpg



and MacKenzie, Carrie, Chris and Janice - doesnt Chris look like he's enjoying holding Planky:lmao:
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/DSCF0920.jpg




and Lori, Scott and Heather
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/DSCF0917.jpg



And last but certainly not least - heres our lovely tablemates and walking travel guide - Jeff, Suz and Logan

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/DSCF0919.jpg


Apologies I didn't get any more photos - it was a bit manic up there and I couldn't find everyone to have their photo taken.

If anyone has any others - please post them on here!


The meet was brilliant but we soon had to head back to the cabins for our fire-drill thingy.


He even looks cute in a lifejacket:cutie:
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/DSCF0928.jpg


Really fashionable eh!
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/DSCF0929.jpg


Are you sure this ones mine?
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/DSCF0935-1.jpg


Its not a very good fit!
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/DSCF0934.jpg


Orange really isnt Neil's colour:lmao:
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020478.jpg


As you can see - we took it very seriously
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020479.jpg

[Karen Mouse]

Karen - I'm lovin' the trippee, so much so that I want to go back NOW!

Did I tell you that I didn't get one decent piece of cheesecake the whole holiday. Have to recify that in August.

Really? me neither - it was all too mushy - not firm enough for me onboard - I like the stuff you can stand your fork up in.

Thanks for the great pics, Karen! Jason and I are really getting a kick out of seeing them all - it's so nice to be able to see everyone having such a great time.

BTW, is it wrong for me to plug my own newest food report for those people who want to see what Plankton was up to before he joined you? We've got some pretty funny pictures going if I do say so myself. Just let me know ... I can always plug shamelessly somewhere else... don't want to take away from your fun. :hug:

Looking forward to more!

PS. Have you seen Plankton? He went missing yesterday ... :confused3

Plug away my friend, plug away!

Planky is missing!:scared1: - maybe he's on a flight to the UK to see his Auntie Karen:goodvibes Have you checked to see if his passport is missing!:lmao:

[Karen Mouse]

Also ...

I'm glad you liked the cheese platter but I'm verrry disappointed. That's nothing like what I expected it to be based on the one we had a few years back - I guess DCL really is cheapening things up.

It was perfect - dont worry!


Bah!

It was supposed to say: Those two cretins I live with made me send you this as a "thank you." Hope you don't choke on it.

Sheldon J. Plankton


:lmao: :lmao: I think I would have p'd myself if I'd have read that:lmao: :lmao:

Was the wine at least good? I seem to remember you like reds so I asked them to include one of the few reds that I actually like. :goodvibes

The wine was georgous

[Karen Mouse]

INCOMPETENCE!!!




Yeah, they're kind all right...


...


...


...


Kind of jerks!!! :lmao:

:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

And yet he was so kind and considerate when he was with his Auntie:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

[GOS]

Really? me neither - it was all too mushy - not firm enough for me onboard - I like the stuff you can stand your fork up in.

Me too, although you look and if you had one or two nice pieces before you got on board ship?

[Karen Mouse]

Me too, although you look and if you had one or two nice pieces before you got on board ship?

:rolleyes1 Yes,.....several:rolleyes1

[Karen Mouse]

The lifedrill went without a hitch and we went back to the stateroom to get ready for the sailaway party.

We had a quick glass of wine and a mouthful (or 2:rolleyes1 ) of cheese then off we went to the sailaway party.

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and heres the littlest and cutest :cutie: of all us KK'ers - its baby Kira and her mommy Cass. Kira was booked on the cruise before she was even born - lucky little girl

She even has her very own KK tshirt.!

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020501.jpg


Arty shot:rolleyes1

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020502.jpg



Rember our car is in the termnal - well we could see it! - bye bye little blue PT Cruiser! - see you in a week! Can you spot it? - back row - 4th in.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020504.jpg



And heres the cast members waving with their big mickey hands

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020507.jpg


Heres a couple of shots of the empty lobby

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020509.jpg

We bought the mini version of this statue - its now sitting on our fireplace to bring back happy memories

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020510.jpg

After the sailaway party we got ready for our first evening onboard - tonights dinner was back in Parrot Cay. We got to meet our lovely servers - Leasa from Jamaica and Laura from England -(both were brilliant all the way through the cruise.)

Our food was great and the company even better.

The show tonight was "All aboard - let the magic begin" - it was great!. We then headed back to the room - Ellis went to bed and we had more wine, beer and cheese and studied the Navigator for tomorrows events.



and our first towel animal.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020511.jpg


Thats all for now folks - I have to stop and download more photos - hope you're enjoying it:confused3

[cntkg1]

Fantastic Karen! I'm definitely going to need reprints of some of those pictures!

You know, Plankton was such a good boy with us that it makes me wonder............................:confused:

[oybolshoi]

Fantastic Karen! I'm definitely going to need reprints of some of those pictures!

You know, Plankton was such a good boy with us that it makes me wonder............................:confused:


Just what are you implying, Mother Goose? :lmao:

[Dyerneeds]

loving the report karen. havnt seen plankys wild side yet. i believe we have a few photos of him in his alter ego state.:scared:

[cntkg1]

Just what are you implying, Mother Goose? :lmao:

Moi?:confused3

[Karen Mouse]

loving the report karen. havnt seen plankys wild side yet. i believe we have a few photos of him in his alter ego state.:scared:

You'll just have to keep reading:goodvibes

[goofyfreak]

Karen, I'm lovin it!!!! I adore all of your photos. You have a wonderful family.

[Forever a Princess]

I can't wait for more!

My sides hurt because I've been laughing so hard!

Can't wait to see how Planky did with the cruise!
Renee:banana:

[B9erSteve]

I also caught the papparazi snapping pictures of the KK's. (Short, but cute wasn't he)? Thank you Stu.:hug:
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a342/cntkg1/10-30-2007-018-1.jpg
Alright Nancy!
I was hoping to get the other half of this photo-op. I want to put them together in the photo album.

Here's the Pic Stuart got...

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x48/smjosephrn/Nancy.jpg



http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020509.jpg

We bought the mini version of this statue - its now sitting on our fireplace to bring back happy memories


How did I miss the mini version for sale! I'll need to pick it up on our next trip! It'll look good opposite my DCL clock (the older version not the new one they had on this cruise.)

[JLDSMD]

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x48/smjosephrn/Nancy.jpg


Cannnn't Puuuuussssshhhhh Buutttttttttoooonnnnnnn!!!!! :lmao:

Nice smile Goose. :thumbsup2

[B9erSteve]

Cannnn't Puuuuussssshhhhh Buutttttttttoooonnnnnnn!!!!! :lmao:

Nice smile Goose. :thumbsup2

:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

[oybolshoi]

Since Auntie Karen said it was alright ...


Hello everyone! I'm one of Plankton's demented "owners." If you enjoy seeing / reading about his adventures, or if you just like good food and drink, please come over to our food review thread. It's a fun time with lots of good humored DISers and you'll have a chance to see what Planky was up to before he joined Karen's family.

Here's the link:

Hungry Are The Damned (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1622180)

We'd love to have you join us there! :goodvibes

Thanks again to all the KKers who were so good about playing along with Plankton ... just wish we could have been there to join in the fun with you. :grouphug:

[Tink rules]

Don't worry Brenda...

Kids ALWAYS behave better for others than when with their parents... :rolleyes1

[Karen Mouse]

Karen, I'm lovin it!!!! I adore all of your photos. You have a wonderful family.

Thank you so much! - I was worried no-one would find it as funny as I did taking hte photos - I got a bit "Planky obsessed":rolleyes1

I can't wait for more!

My sides hurt because I've been laughing so hard!

Can't wait to see how Planky did with the cruise!
Renee:banana:

Thanks Renee - its great to know other people are reading this and not just our mad KK group. :goodvibes

Alright Nancy!
I was hoping to get the other half of this photo-op. I want to put them together in the photo album.

Here's the Pic Stuart got...

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x48/smjosephrn/Nancy.jpg



How did I miss the mini version for sale! I'll need to pick it up on our next trip! It'll look good opposite my DCL clock (the older version not the new one they had on this cruise.)

Brilliant photo Steve! they look fab next to each other:rotfl:

The mini statue was in the shop in a glass cabinet - it was only $120 - a real bargain - sorry - just rubbing salt in the wound I guess:rolleyes1

[Karen Mouse]

Cannnn't Puuuuussssshhhhh Buutttttttttoooonnnnnnn!!!!! :lmao:

Nice smile Goose. :thumbsup2

:lmao: :lmao: :lmao: Jeff - thats hilarious!:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

[Karen Mouse]

Don't worry Brenda...

Kids ALWAYS behave better for others than when with their parents... :rolleyes1

Aint that the truth:rolleyes: - Brenda -I'll swap you Planky for Ellis:lmao:

[LITTLEKID58]

Awesome... TFS

[cntkg1]

Cannnn't Puuuuussssshhhhh Buutttttttttoooonnnnnnn!!!!! :lmao:

Nice smile Goose. :thumbsup2

Almost looks like I was trying to pass a kidney stone!!
:rotfl2: :lmao: :rotfl2: :lmao: :rotfl2:

Believe me, my family has even more very unattractive pictures of me. Taking notice of my hair, I started a list of things I forgot and a hair straightener and leave in conditioner is at the top of the list. YIKES!!!:scared1:

[disgrits]

more please...:surfweb: popcorn::

Still lovin' it!:thumbsup2

[Karen Mouse]

Sunday 21st October - A.K.A KEY WEST

We awoke after a lovely nights sleep - I liked being rocked to sleep by the boat.

Neil took Ellis to Topsiders to get him some brekkie while I showered and got ready - we were off to Palo for brunch with Jeff and Suz!

Here we all are

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020520-1.jpg

Heres my very own travel guide - AKA Jeff!

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020518.jpg


and his lovely wife Suz

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020516.jpg

Neil

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020517.jpg

and me!

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020519.jpg


The food was excellent - I cant remember much of the menu, but I remember the grape and cheese pizza - oh my god! - georgous!!!! - you've gotta try it.
There were also lots of seafood dishes:scared: -ewk - dead bodies on a plate - not my kinda thing but the others were happy to chomp away.

It was a great start to the day and we watched from Palo as we pulled into Key West.

Other KK'ers were in there too - Rose and Bob, Paige and Rob, Linda and Wayne - quite a mini meet!


We fetched Ellis from the kids club, got changed and headed off ship to Key West -

I can describe Key West in one word that day




















hot!

I was melting as soon as I got off the ship.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020521.jpg

We walked to the Pirate Soul Museum

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020528.jpg


http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020529.jpg


http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020526.jpg

bought a couple of t shirts and then headed to Southern Most Point ....on foot:scared1: Yeah - I can hear you all laughing.... I thought I had read you could walk it:rolleyes: - well, yeah! - you can ...but you'll be nearly dead by the time you get there.

We walked, ................and came across the Blond Giraffe - time for pie I thought!

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020530.jpg

It was ok, quite nice, wouldnt give it more than 7 out of 10, and then carried on our journey........our loooooooooooong journey to Southern Most Point.

We met some KK'ers - Jen and Pete - we asked them if we were almost there - they said about half way.............half way - holy cow!:scared1: - whose stupid idea was this to walk - a nice little trolley thing drove past us at this point and my evil stare at Neil got deeper and more evil. Note to self - What ever you do - DONT LET A MAN WHO HAS HAD ABSOLUTELY NO INPUT INTO PLANNING THIS TRIP EVER CONVINCE YOU TO WALK TO SOUTHERN MOST POINT.

We plodded on...Ellis had now refused to carry on walking so as punishment Neil got to carry him the rest of the way. We plodded, plodded and then plodded some more and we finally came across some stupid stripey barrel like thingy - we had arrived:rolleyes: - we queued in the heat, had a couple of photos taken

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1030323.jpg


http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1030322.jpg

then caught a cab back to the shops and bars near the ship.

We had a beer in Hogs Breathe - Elllis took a photo of a hogs backside!

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020540.jpg


and then shopped some more. We found a 2gb sd card, some colour changing t shirts, socks for Neil - (i had forgotten to pack any:lmao:) and then wandered slowly back to the ship.

Here she is - waiting patiently in the sunshine.
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020524.jpg


This sign was a very welcome sight.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020522.jpg


http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1030328.jpg

We quickly got changed into our cozzies and headed up to the Goofy pool to cool off.

Back to the stateroom then to get ready for dinner - Lumieres tonight.
Once again - lovely food, (double portions of some) and great service.

After dinner Ellis went into the kids club and Neil and I went to watch the show - a ventriloquist - brilliant!

After the show we called in on Ellis but he didnt want to leave the kids club so we made full speed ahead to Rockin Bar D. We watched a juggler guy - funny - had a few drinks and then collected Ellis and went to bed.



Side note - Dis Tag -

I dont think I have mentioned DisTag yet have I?

Forgive me...I'll explain -

20 of us KK'ers decided it would be fun to play DisTag - you make 19 little bags of goodies and one by one, (each time you get a goodie bag) you deliver them to the other people playing...It was excellent fun - really great to go back to your room to find a goodie bag waiting on your fish

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020579.jpg

While I'm at it I may as well show you the door too!

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020578.jpg

The best 3 magnets were made by my dear friend Nancy to celebrate my 21st birthday............ok 40th then and one made by Shane for Ellis - thank you both!

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020580.jpg

[disgrits]

:lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: We walked to Southernmost point, too!!My kids were so mad at me.....we also walked all the way back to the ship.

Great installment, Karen. :thumbsup2 Looking at the pics is making me feel like I am back there....well, almost.

[JLDSMD]

Almost looks like I was trying to pass a kidney stone!!
:rotfl2: :lmao: :rotfl2: :lmao: :rotfl2:

Believe me, my family has even more very unattractive pictures of me. Taking notice of my hair, I started a list of things I forgot and a hair straightener and leave in conditioner is at the top of the list. YIKES!!!:scared1:

Nancy, you know me so when I say I've "cleaned up" my post before putting it on innocent Karen's thread, you can just imagine what I wanted to say. :scared1: :lmao:

Don't forget, I've got some real good pictures of you. Remember all the "hey, Nancy" shot I took?

[Karen Mouse]

:lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: We walked to Southernmost point, too!!My kids were so mad at me.....we also walked all the way back to the ship.

Great installment, Karen. :thumbsup2 Looking at the pics is making me feel like I am back there....well, almost.

You walked back too????:scared1: :scared1: :scared1: - holy cow Paige! - You are a glutton for punishment:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

[Karen Mouse]

Monday 22nd October - AKA Sea Day

We didnt wake up til 8.30am! - wow! - I really do like the rocking of the ship!

We quickly got ready and headed to Topsiders for brekkie.

We ate outside and then back to the room to change into our KK t shirts - why?

We had a

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020554.jpg to attend


I wore my special "sresuirK deknoK" t shirt (thanks again Nancy), but I cant believe I didnt get a photo of the back of it:sad2:



He we all are - there are a few missing but a lot of us made it to the "photo shoot".

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020555.jpg



Today was Wine Tasting:banana:

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020556.jpg

Planky was looking forward to it

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020557.jpg



Heres some of the group



Carrie "I'm too busy fixing my camera to listen"

Victoria - "I'll listen but I know it all anyway" :)

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020559.jpg





Sean - "ewk! - this tastes wierd"

Kath - "I wish he'd shut up so I can drink the stuff"

Wayne - "I wish this was beer"

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020560.jpg





Steve - "Wait...wait - I know the answer to this one.."

Lindy - "I wonder if Wayne will notice if I steal his wine"

Pete - "Geez...does that woman ever stop taking photos?"

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020561.jpg



He then did something impressive and popped the cork
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020565.jpg


Now prepare yourself for a hideous photo

I look like I've had 6 bottles not 6 small glasses













http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020566.jpg



and here's Planky - every glass empty!

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020567.jpg

and this is one of my favourite photos

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020568.jpg.

The wine tasting was fun, I think we all enjoyed it and for $12 it was great value - we even got a little pin!

We chatted for a while after the wine tasting then we took some photos,

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then went to lunch in Lumieres. Ellis didn't want to come out of the kids pool so Neil and I headed upstairs

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ore should we take the

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got changed and went to the adult pool

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Loads of KK'ers were there and more joined us later - in the end there was a big bunch of us - all child-free and sipping cocktails - what a great life!

We stayed there quite a while but then I had to leave - I had a date with a Mad Hatter!

[Karen Mouse]

innocent Karen.........

I like that title:angel: .......:lmao:

[goofyfreak]

You are too funny. I'm really enjoying this report. I love seeing all the photos of my new made friends!:grouphug:

[oybolshoi]

Great pics Karen!

And I do believe I spy another Plankton ... that explains a lot. You must have had an imposter traveling with you if he was being polite and well-behaved.

Hmmmm, this is interesting... verrrrry interesting. :lmao:

Isn't it cool when they pop the cork on the champagne bottle with the sword? That was our favorite part of the wine tasting we attended on the Magic a few years back. :thumbsup2

PS. Your group shot turned out great - is there any way you can email me a copy so we can have one for our scrapbook?

[Karen Mouse]

You are too funny. I'm really enjoying this report. I love seeing all the photos of my new made friends!:grouphug:

Go back and read the last bit again - I've just editted in the KK'ers thoughts:lmao:

Great pics Karen!

And I do believe I spy another Plankton ... that explains a lot. You must have had an imposter traveling with you if he was being polite and well-behaved.

Hmmmm, this is interesting... verrrrry interesting. :lmao:

Isn't it cool when they pop the cork on the champagne bottle with the sword? That was our favorite part of the wine tasting we attended on the Magic a few years back. :thumbsup2

Ok, the game is up...Nancy bought her Planky along too:goodvibes

Well....he had to have someone to chat to didn't he! He couldnt get much conversation out of a towel floozy:eek:

[Karen Mouse]

Ok, where were we?

Oh yes... about to have tea with the Mad Hatter.......


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The Moms had waaaaaay more fun than the kids:rotfl2:
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[Karen Mouse]

And while we've all got silly ears on..........heres some more photos of silly ears




These were a prezzie from one of the tag bags - thanks Lindy Loo!







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[Karen Mouse]

Ok, tea party over, its time to get ready for formal night.....


We all had nice clothes to wear - some were more formal than others - I even saw someone in a top hat and walking cane!





eh Planky!;)



Outfit courtesy of Paige - thank you Paige

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doesnt he look great!

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The queues for photos in the lobby tonight were loooooooong nad we were a little late for dinner:rolleyes1 - sorry Tablemates:flower3:


Here we are

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and here's our tablemates

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doesnt he look cute! - I absolutely adore this photo

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and Planky finally made it to Animators Palace and made a big entrance

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and then the walls started changing colour

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The food, service and show were great.

After dinner we had 5 more doors to tag then we took Ellis to the kids club. He didnt want to see the evening show so Neil and I watched the Golden Mickeys together.

Then it was back to Rockin Bar D to watch the adult version of the ventriloquist - oh geez! - he was soooo funny. A really "must see" show.

We collected a protesting Ellis from the kids club and went to bed. The clocks went back an hour tonight - yipeeeeeeeeee! - an extra hour in bed!

We placed an order for brekkie room service on our door handle and went to sleep dreaming of the fun we'd had so far.

[Sheldon J. Plankton]

All Hail Plankton!!!

[cntkg1]

[U]and his lovely wife Suz

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She is lovely isn't she? But, you have to wonder about her DH. :lmao:

It was ok, quite nice, wouldnt give it more than 7 out of 10, and then carried on our journey........our loooooooooooong journey to Southern Most Point.

Karen and Paige, we did the same thing. A local even gave us a "Short-cut" which gave us a tour through some rather scarey neighborhoods of KW. We were assured that the SMP was only 9/10 of a mile. After we were half way through Tony notified us that we still had 11 more blocks to walk! My kids were so ticked off that once we got there, I didn't have the heart to make them wait in the line which was now almost a block long for the obligitory picture. Instead we have a picture of two complete strangers standing there. :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:








then caught a cab back to the shops and bars near the ship.

We walked back!! :scared1:

The best 3 magnets were made by my dear friend Nancy to celebrate my 21st birthday............ok 40th then and one made by Shane for Ellis - thank you both!

Karen, I have to confess. I cannot take credit for "making" your magnets. I schmoozed to the right people and they designed them for me. All I did was print them out and bring them along. (You should've seen the one's I made. You would've thought that I hated you instead of the opposite).


Nancy, you know me so when I say I've "cleaned up" my post before putting it on innocent Karen's thread, you can just imagine what I wanted to say. :scared1: :lmao:

Don't forget, I've got some real good pictures of you. Remember all the "hey, Nancy" shot I took?

You mean the one's you promised to delete? :hug:

[Dyerneeds]

great report and photos karen!!
we happened to catch this odd character in rockn bar d every nite.
was this the mysterious bigred we've all heard about? or simply a side of planky we would rather not know about ?:lmao:
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[Dyerneeds]

he ? she? it, was seen sucking down strawberry drinks all week.

[JLDSMD]

You mean the one's you promised to delete? :hug:

Blackmail Dear, Blackmail!!!!! :rotfl2:

[Karen Mouse]

great report and photos karen!!
we happened to catch this odd character in rockn bar d every nite.
was this the mysterious bigred we've all heard about? or simply a side of planky we would rather not know about ?:lmao:
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa173/dyerneeds/DSC00463.jpg


That must be an imposter :scared1: - the real Planky didnt leave my side the whole cruise:rolleyes1 - well,.... Nancy did have the real Planky at the end of the cruise.........:eek: Nancy!:eek: - were you leading Planky astray???????:scared1:

[disgrits]

Great stuff, Karen. The tea party looked like fun. :thumbsup2

[Karen Mouse]

Tuesday 23rd October - AKA Grand Cayman day!

Woke up this morning and couldnt believe it was day 4 already:eek: - where did the days go??? Its flying by too quickly...much too quickly:sad2:

No time to dwell on that for too long ..it was brekkie time!!!

A phone call to check we were awake and then a knock on the door and in came two trays of brekkie - room service - you just cant beat it!

We met for our tender in Rockin Bar D, got a sticker to say which tour we were doing , grabbed some towels and we were off to the tender.

It was pouring with rain

Rain?



Rain????



Rain??????????????




I did NOT order rain





We got on the tender for the couple of minutes ride then we had a tiny walk to the pirate ship - I think Ellis was a little excited - he literally jumped for joy

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Now, I was looking forward to this trip for Ellis's sake and not my own, but ladies....take note...there is one good reason you should DEFINATELY DO THIS TRIP.....


















and here he is

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I likey pirates....:love:

I REALLY LIKEY THIS PIRATE


I WANT HIM FOR CHRISTMAS:rotfl2:



Repeat after me..."I will do the pirate trip...I will swoon over this pirate...***.....altogether now.....WE LIKEY PIRATES!"


WHAT DO WE LIKEY???



we likey pirates!



Here we are getting onboard

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Ellis and Logan

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Mines the one on the right;)

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they got the kids scrubbing the decks

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and then threw buckets of water on them

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The main pirate picked on Ellis and Logan first

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Logan was quick to get his own back

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It was fun for the kids, they picked on one Dad and soaked him with water too. There was punch onboard to drink and we got to fire cannons at the Magic too, then jump in and have a quick swim before we sailed back to shore



A happy...no, correction a VERY happy Suz....she likey pirates too

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And a very happy me


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Neil was so jealous he threw himself overboard

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and then Ellis got in afterwards

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I thought this was a really cute picture of the boys Ellis, Logan and Shane

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and then we got off the pirate boat, but just for the ladies to save you going back up the page - here he is again;)

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Altogether now --

"We likey pirates"

[Karen Mouse]

A quick barter with the taxi company got us a great discount so we all jumped in.


We were heading to Hell:scared1:

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This is what hell looks like

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Ooops! - gotta stop - ran out of photos - off to upload some more - its really hellish:rotfl2: - get it ? Hell-ish? Oh well...be back later.

[cntkg1]

That must be an imposter :scared1: - the real Planky didnt leave my side the whole cruise:rolleyes1 - well,.... Nancy did have the real Planky at the end of the cruise.........:eek: Nancy!:eek: - were you leading Planky astray???????:scared1:

Maybe.

[Scouter]

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Loads of KK'ers were there and more joined us later - in the end there was a big bunch of us - all child-free and sipping cocktails - what a great life!

We stayed there quite a while but then I had to leave - I had a date with a Mad Hatter!

Wow, this was a nice relaxing KK'r time.
Wish we were all still there.

Banana Caribbe drinks by the pool:thumbsup2

[Scouter]

Great pics Karen!

And I do believe I spy another Plankton ... that explains a lot. You must have had an imposter traveling with you if he was being polite and well-behaved.

Hmmmm, this is interesting... verrrrry interesting. :lmao:

Isn't it cool when they pop the cork on the champagne bottle with the sword? That was our favorite part of the wine tasting we attended on the Magic a few years back. :thumbsup2

PS. Your group shot turned out great - is there any way you can email me a copy so we can have one for our scrapbook?

He popped the cork using the base of a wine glass.

It was so cool!

But we tried it at home last weekend and couldn't get it to work:sad2:

We'll just keep on trying:thumbsup2

[Scouter]

Ok, where were we?

Oh yes... about to have tea with the Mad Hatter.......


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The Moms had waaaaaay more fun than the kids:rotfl2:
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Love these photos!

Nice job everyone:)

[Forever a Princess]

Yup, I'm reading this post. I could hardly wait to get home from work to see your additional posts.

Back to the pictures of your Outlet mall purchases. Way to go! We have driven by the Outlet Malls several times. DH always seems to drive faster and locks the doors as we go past. We just went by there about a week ago. I saw the Coach sign and started to ask if we could turn in. Mysteriously the car sped up as we went around the curve. :rotfl2:

Noted the Mom's had a great time at the Mad Hatter tea party. What kind of Rum was in your tea?!!:rotfl:

We likey the pirates too!! I call the pirate on the Left.

How do you get to the Pirate's Museum in Nassau. Please give specific directions as I am blond. :banana: Did you like the Pirate's Museum?

One more question for now. How did you book the Wine tasting?

Keep the posts and pics coming. I'm really enjoying this post!:cheer2:

[Timon]

Karen, I am LOVING LOVING LOVING your trippie!!! :woohoo: popcorn::

Looks like you guys had a rockin' good time!!! :thumbsup2 :cool1:

[B9erSteve]

[
He we all are - there are a few missing but a lot of us made it to the "photo shoot".

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So Much better picture than I got!

He popped the cork using the base of a wine glass.

It was so cool!

But we tried it at home last weekend and couldn't get it to work:sad2:

We'll just keep on trying:thumbsup2

It was cool but it broke the whole top off the bottle! I couldn't help thinking, "I hope there's no glass that fell into the bottle!" (I can't quite shake the nurse out of me)

[Karen Mouse]

Wow, this was a nice relaxing KK'r time.
Wish we were all still there.

Banana Caribbe drinks by the pool:thumbsup2

It was a great afternoon - totally unplanned, totally relaxing and loads of fun - I wish we were still there too:sad1:

[Karen Mouse]

Yup, I'm reading this post. I could hardly wait to get home from work to see your additional posts.

Back to the pictures of your Outlet mall purchases. Way to go! We have driven by the Outlet Malls several times. DH always seems to drive faster and locks the doors as we go past. We just went by there about a week ago. I saw the Coach sign and started to ask if we could turn in. Mysteriously the car sped up as we went around the curve. :rotfl2:

Noted the Mom's had a great time at the Mad Hatter tea party. What kind of Rum was in your tea?!!:rotfl:

We likey the pirates too!! I call the pirate on the Left.

How do you get to the Pirate's Museum in Nassau. Please give specific directions as I am blond. :banana: Did you like the Pirate's Museum?

One more question for now. How did you book the Wine tasting?

Keep the posts and pics coming. I'm really enjoying this post!:cheer2:

So glad you're enjoying the trippie and thanks for the lovely comments. I read some of the other trippies and worry this doesnt look to good in comparison, biut I'm trying so thanks for sticking with me:thumbsup2

We always have a good shop in the malls - everything is sooooo much cheaper than in England so I tend to take and wear clothes I'm bored with or that Ellis is growing out of, dump them after we've worn them and replace them with new stuff.
Make sure you go next time.

The pirate museum was in Key West not Nassau so cant help with directions to the one in Nassau - sorry!

The wine tasting was organised by a couple of other KK'ers. I think they just contacted Disney and said we had a large group interested and it ended up as our own private function, if there is just a few of you though they advertise it in the navigator - just ask as guest services and book it.

The next installment will be along shortly - still uploading photos:rolleyes: - it takes forever.:sad2:

[Karen Mouse]

Karen, I am LOVING LOVING LOVING your trippie!!! :woohoo: popcorn::

Looks like you guys had a rockin' good time!!! :thumbsup2 :cool1:



Ahhhhh thanks Cass - we had a fab time, it exceded our expectations in every way...the friends we made made it extra special:grouphug:


Did you like the photo of you and Kira? - I thought it was a georgous photo of you both.

[Karen Mouse]

So Much better picture than I got!



It was cool but it broke the whole top off the bottle! I couldn't help thinking, "I hope there's no glass that fell into the bottle!" (I can't quite shake the nurse out of me)

I would love to take credit for the photo, but as I'm in it, I cant:lmao:

I am pleased it turned out well though - most people are actually looking at the camera - it may have something to do with the fact I yelled - "Smile - this ones for Planky", or it maybe the fact that mine was the last camera in the pile so everyone knew it would be over soon...either way I'm pleased.


I thought the same about the bottle ....but i drank it anyway:rotfl2:

[Karen Mouse]

Wow! - just realized - my trippie is 8 pages long:eek: - that means people are reading it:eek: - thank you everyone:banana:

Keep your comments flooding in - good (or bad:scared: ) all are welcome.

[Karen Mouse]

Tuesday 23rd continued


Now then...where was I?...oh yes, I was in Hell:eek:

Time for more silly face shots I think

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I quite like this photo - I have stomach muscles:rotfl2:

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Suz- too sweet to be a devil!

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Heres Hell - I'll try and describe it for those who havent been -

Small little lava rock area with lush green vegetation all around it - really bizarre.

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Considering we were in Hell we all look rather happy about it dont we:confused3


There isnt much there - a total touristy thing - just a post office and 2 gift shops selling "I've been to Hell" t shirts etc. Fun though and not too far away to eat up most of your day.


After a quick nosey around the gift shops we jumped back into the taxi and headed back towards public beach on severn mile beach -

If we'd just left Hell, then I think we'd just turned up in Heaven...oh my!

It was georgous.

Heres some photos (suprise suprise)

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just look at the colour of that water

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Another lovely photo - these two had become inseperable

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A KK'er til the end!

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We had lunch on the beach a t a small bar/restaurant - fab food but slow service - we should have stayed in the sea and made the most of our time til the food was ready.

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[cntkg1]

Great pictures of Hell Karen, although my hell looked different from your hell.


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Thankfully, the rain didn't last long at all. I think next time, Beef and Mrs Beef will be all ours. We need guidance. :guilty:

[Karen Mouse]

Great pictures of Hell Karen, although my hell looked different from your hell.


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Thankfully, the rain didn't last long at all. I think next time, Beef and Mrs Beef will be all ours. We need guidance. :guilty:

Eek! - it was boiling hot when we were there - what a shame.:sad2:

[Karen Mouse]

The taxi came for us at 3pm - (we would have stayed there forever if she'd let us) and we headed back to the port area and browsed round some shops.

I bought yet another t shirt and yet another xmas ornament and then caught the tender back to the Magic.

We quickly got changed and had a dip in the Goofy pool then went back to the stateroom for a nice cold glass of white wine.

I had a bath (well, you know what I mean if you've tried it yourelf:rolleyes: )
and got ready for Palo wit hJeff and Suz!

We dropped Ellis off at the kids club (his 2nd home;) ) and headed up to Palo.......

Here we all are

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Heres our waiter Dragan - hysterical guy with a great taste in food. His recomendations were excellent and he certainly kept us entertained by picking on Jeff most of the evening.

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Now, if we thought brunch was good...oh my god! - the food was amazing!

My favourites from memory were the mushroom pizza, the filet with gorgonzola sauce, the veggie risotto and chocolate souffle, although we tried so many different dishes I enjoyed almost everything. We spent 3 hours eating.......yes, Its not a typing error - I mean 3 HOURS:eek:

After Palo, Neil and I had a walk around the ship - it was desserted - everyone was either in dinner or in here

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one of the shop windows
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Heres our towel animal for tonight - I'm not exactly sure what Planky is doing though:eek: :eek:

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The evenings a bit of a blur after that - not sure what we did after:rotfl: - I was probably overdosing on calorie busting food at the time, so I'll stop here and restart with the next day:thumbsup2

[Karen Mouse]

Wednesday 24th October - AKA Cozumel


Ok, remember I described Key West in one word ....hot?

I would describe Grand Cayman in one word as ...idyllic

and I would describe Cozumel in one word as
















Windy!!!!!!!!!:scared1:


Holy cow! - lets just say my hair was sideways:scared1:





Forgive me, I'll start again properly.

I got up early the next morning and left Neil and Ellis snoring. I headed up onto deck 9 and grabbed myself a cup of tea and had a walk around. Not many people about so I took some photos of a near empty ship.

It was very windy on deck.

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I enjoyed the peacefulness and then grabbed another tea and coffee and went to wake them up.

They got dressed and we grabbed some brekkie from Topsiders and then went back to the room to get some distag bags ready to deliver.

After a trip to nearly every floor delivering bags we got ready and headed off the ship.

Heres Ellis by the gangplank where they swipe you in and out

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and here he is 2 minutes later

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Doesnt the other ship look UGLY:scared: compared to the lovely Magic.



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Most of the day trips had been cancelled due to the weather, we had just intended going to the beach, so that was out of the question aswell. The wind was so bad it actually took my breathe away.

We had a wander round a little mall but it was mostly silver jewellery shops that all had exactly the same stock.

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We watched some dancers and musicians for a while

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then after a short while we headed back to the ship....so that was Cozumel! - over in a few minutes and very windy.

We got back onboard and had some lunch from Goofys Galley and some icecream for dessert. The sun came out then so Ellis played in the mickey pool and on the slide.

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Now, we couldnt find Plankton when we went back to change into our swimsuits earlier - he was not in the room and the room host hadnt seen him either:confused3


Where could he be:confused3


Neil and I were sitting happily watching Ellis play in the pool when we heard a big commotion on the other side of the pool....

we could hear people gasping in horror and we overheard comments such as "Its disgusting" and "Oh my!...not on a family ship" and "it might be better if it wasnt so green" etc etc...we headed over to see what all the fuss was about.............

[Karen Mouse]

Now, we couldnt find Plankton when we went back to change into our swimsuits earlier - he was not in the room and the room host hadnt seen him either:confused3


Where could he be:confused3


Neil and I were sitting happily watching Ellis play in the pool when we heard a big commotion on the other side of the pool....

we could hear people gasping in horror and we overheard comments such as "Its disgusting" and "Oh my!...not on a family ship" and "it might be better if it wasnt so green" etc etc...we headed over to see what all the fuss was about.............


It was Planky - AKA Borat!:lmao: - costume courtesy of Rose - thank you Rose:hug:

Yeah baby!
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020760.jpg


You know you all want me!
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020761.jpg




and this ones the worst of all:scared1:










are you ready?







are you sure?











Planky's butt crack!
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020762.jpg


We quickly grabbed him and told him to cover up or at least flip back over:scared:

He thankfully obliged and the commotion was over - phew!




Then it was Mickey ice creams all round

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020765.jpg

and everyone was happy again

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[oybolshoi]

:rotfl2:

Someone give me a red hot poker ... I need to gouge my eyes out now. :lmao:

[ktjl92]

Wow! - just realized - my trippie is 8 pages long:eek: - that means people are reading it:eek: - thank you everyone:banana:

Keep your comments flooding in - good (or bad:scared: ) all are welcome.

...and that doesn't even count all us lurkers...oops guess I just outed myself - but totally worth it. I'm thoroughly enjoying your reprot - great pics!!

[Karen Mouse]

Ellis went to the kids club for a while

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Once again the lobby area and corridors seemed really empty - I was to realize later that half the ship was probably already in the line for Jack Sparrow:rolleyes:

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and then we all got ready for pirate night!

The queues for Jack Sparrow stretched for miles so we gave up on his queue and found some normal piratey backdrop photos

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and Mickey and Minnie instead

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There was a band in the lobby

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and then we headed to Lumieres for pirate dinner!

Heres Planky choosing his meal - costume courtesy of Nancy - thank you Nancy
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Do you see Tinkerbell on his hat?

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And heres the cutest pirate of all



http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020791.jpg


She did have a bandana on her head initially, but she wouldnt co-operate for the photo - Kira thinks "enough photos already - you're as bad as my mommy!"


Ellis got pirate blood for his dinner (ok, ok its just ketchup)

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Dinner over we headed back to the lobby - and bumped into Mr Smee and Captain Hook

I love Ellis' face on this one

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I spotted some KK'ers getting their photo with Chip and Dale, but it didnt come out too good - sorry Missy

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and then we saw some guy in tights

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We went back to the room, only to find a wierd monkey hanging around our cabin????????







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Apparantly he was a friend of Planky's so they just "hung around" together..............Get it?....."hung" around together - ....I know....I know...they're getting worse.






http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020809.jpg


-geez, its getting really bad when I laugh at my own sad jokes:rolleyes1

Before I get a barrage of complaints - Let me just say that "no Planktons were harmed in the making of this trippie"


ps - I hope thats a tail on that monkey??????????????:scared1:

[Karen Mouse]

:rotfl2:

Someone give me a red hot poker ... I need to gouge my eyes out now. :lmao:


:rotfl2: :rotfl2: Glad you liked it :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

[Karen Mouse]

...and that doesn't even count all us lurkers...oops guess I just outed myself - but totally worth it. I'm thoroughly enjoying your reprot - great pics!!


Ahhh:goodvibes thank you for commenting and adding another post! At this rate I might even reach page 10:banana:

[LJC1861]

Karen,

This is one of the best trip reports I have ever read. I am loving all the pictures, and especially Planky's adventures. My friends and I are heading on a Western in May so I read all of the Western reports. As I said, yours with all the pictures is one of the best!

Good luck getting to page 10.

Linda

[Karen Mouse]

Karen,

This is one of the best trip reports I have ever read. I am loving all the pictures, and especially Planky's adventures. My friends and I are heading on a Western in May so I read all of the Western reports. As I said, yours with all the pictures is one of the best!

Good luck getting to page 10.

Linda

Wow! - Linda thank you!:goodvibes

I hope you have as much as we did on your cruise:goodvibes

I'll look forward top reading your trippie when you return:thumbsup2

[minnieandmickey]

OMG Karen thanks for giving me a great laugh at work. So glad I wasn't at the pool when Plankton was there, I can only imagine the horror.:rotfl2:

[Karen Mouse]

OMG Karen thanks for giving me a great laugh at work. So glad I wasn't at the pool when Plankton was there, I can only imagine the horror.:rotfl2:


Glad you liked it - hope you didnt laugh too loud and get in trouble at work:rolleyes1

[JLDSMD]

Karen,

It's your thread, so I will ask first. Do we need a reference picture so people know why Plankton is in that lime green swimsuit? :rolleyes1

Jeff

[millerpjm]

We likey the pirates too!! I call the pirate on the Left.




Actually, the pirate on the left is mine :) :lmao:

I was on the same excursion - hi Karen!

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd59/scrapper4/Picture332.jpg

Sorry, I can't get the photo to rotate-I need computer lessons! :rotfl:

[millerpjm]

Karen,

It's your thread, so I will ask first. Do we need a reference picture so people know why Plankton is in that lime green swimsuit? :rolleyes1

Jeff

Karen, say NO! Don't let anyone else be subjected to Borat! :lmao: :lmao:

[GOS]

and then we got off the pirate boat, but just for the ladies to save you going back up the page - here he is again;)

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020645.jpg



Karen - I preferred the lifeguard!

[MJ5MOUSE]

Karen,

Just finished reading your trippie and I am really enjoying your photos. Looks like Planky had a great time. :laughing: I must admit I have been lurking in hopes of catching up on my old buddies LindyLoo, Wayne, and Elouise. :grouphug: We all did the Wonder cruise together last October and my thoughts and wishes were with them on this one. Can't wait to see the rest.popcorn::

[JLDSMD]

Karen, say NO! Don't let anyone else be subjected to Borat! :lmao: :lmao:

Hey, you all almost got that picture in your DIS Tag gift album instead of the one of the Magic on the Two Palms camera. :lmao:

[KimAshton]

Planton needs to cover up in the Borat costume. I need to poke my eyes out now. :) Seriously jealous. I want to do a cruise but I get motion sickness and no one will go with me.

[Karen Mouse]

Karen,

It's your thread, so I will ask first. Do we need a reference picture so people know why Plankton is in that lime green swimsuit? :rolleyes1

Jeff

I didnt know how to post the picture of Borat Jeff - go ahead and post him for me - prepare yourselves people its not a pretty picture:scared:

[Karen Mouse]

Actually, the pirate on the left is mine :) :lmao:

I was on the same excursion - hi Karen!

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd59/scrapper4/Picture332.jpg

Sorry, I can't get the photo to rotate-I need computer lessons! :rotfl:


I'll let you fight over him:lmao: - just keep your hands off my pirate:lmao:

[Karen Mouse]

Karen - I preferred the lifeguard!


:rotfl2: :rotfl2: If you need a reminder of what he looks like you'll have to dig out my other trippie from last Easter - the cheesecake one - he's still on there - drool away Heather:goodvibes

[Karen Mouse]

Karen,

Just finished reading your trippie and I am really enjoying your photos. Looks like Planky had a great time. :laughing: I must admit I have been lurking in hopes of catching up on my old buddies LindyLoo, Wayne, and Elouise. :grouphug: We all did the Wonder cruise together last October and my thoughts and wishes were with them on this one. Can't wait to see the rest.popcorn::

I think they have a lot going on at home at the moment. She doesnt get on the boards very often at the moment, but if I see her I'll pass on your best wishes.

Thanks for reading.:goodvibes

[Karen Mouse]

Planton needs to cover up in the Borat costume. I need to poke my eyes out now. :) Seriously jealous. I want to do a cruise but I get motion sickness and no one will go with me.

I'm not good at travelling either - I have a blance issue with my ears and I was quiet worried about the cruise, but I was absolutely fine. The seas were calm most of the time, but even on the night it was choppy I was still ok.

You could always try a 3 day one to see how you were on it. Trust me its a brilliant holiday.

[Karen Mouse]

Heres a photo of Ellis, Planky and Elouise on pirate night - I couldnt fit it on the other post


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So where were we?

We were in the room with the towel monkey and Planky....

They chatted a while and perused the menu

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and then we headed up to deck 9 for pirate party!


The ship was rocky tonight - half the pool was on deck as it sloshed over the side and it was very windy.

Heres the buffet

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I have no idea if it was good or not *** I didnt get chance to try it.



Now, just as a sidebar here I feel it necessary to yell out a HUGE warning to all other ladies who decide to wear their pirate type skirts up to deck 10 - DONT!

All I can do is apologise to the poor guy who was following me up the steps to deck 10 and got an awful and unexpected view as my skirt literally lifted almost over my head and displayed my butt :scared1:

I grabbed the material as fast as I could and made a hasty retreat back down the stairs. I got my keycard and ran back to the room where I quickly got changed into 3/4 trousers - a much more sensible option.




The show started

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The party was good, I got a great spot on deck 10 right opposite the jumbotron and out of the crush of the crowd on deck 9.

The fireworks were great but my camera wasnt co-operating so you'll just have to take my word on it.

Ellis was really tired tonight so Neil and I took it in turns to pick him up, but once the show was over we headed back to the room so he could get an early night.

It was a shame, I was in the mood for a dance (and that never happens!) but theres always next time right:thumbsup2

We got to bed at 12.15 and Ellis was asleep by 12.20.


Totally out of sequence, but I thought I'd post 2 more shots of Hell. Its the Post office - I forgot to include them in Hell day:rolleyes1

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http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/DSCF0966-1.jpg

[Karen Mouse]

Ok, folks, apologies for the delay - Planky's camera was playing up and I couldnt get the photos uploaded (sorry Nancy:flower3: ). I think I have resolved the issue so here is a phto of Planky from a previous day - he loved playing tag - here are all the prezzies he got - he did really well didnt he!


http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/10-30-2007-1741_1.jpg
(photo courtesy of Nancy)

[cntkg1]

Wow! Plankton really had a great time on our cruise didn't he? It's no wonder he was kicking and screaming his way out of the box as I prepared to ship him back home to Missouri. :lmao:

P.S. Plankton (and cntkg1) thank all the KK's for their lovely tag gifts. You guys are amazing! :grouphug:

[disgrits]

Hey, you all almost got that picture in your DIS Tag gift album instead of the one of the Magic on the Two Palms camera. :lmao:

:lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

[disgrits]

Now, just as a sidebar here I feel it necessary to yell out a HUGE warning to all other ladies who decide to wear their pirate type skirts up to deck 10 - DONT!

All I can do is apologise to the poor guy who was following me up the steps to deck 10 and got an awful and unexpected view as my skirt literally lifted almost over my head and displayed my butt :scared1:

I grabbed the material as fast as I could and made a hasty retreat back down the stairs. I got my keycard and ran back to the room where I quickly got changed into 3/4 trousers - a much more sensible option.




That happened to me too Karen! I flashed one of the other KK husbands, actually. I was so embarassed! I don't remember who it was--I think it was one of the Scotts.:rotfl2: If I had known that was going to happen, I would've worn nicer undies......:rotfl:

Fab report, girl! :cheer2: Keep it coming..........:surfweb:

[A fat english gent]

Bra removals and lady's flashing their toggs WHERE THE HELL WAS I?:sad2: :sad1: :sad2:

The pervert...:rolleyes1

[Karen Mouse]

Some KK'ers will remember a conversation we all had a while ago about when they get in a lift onboard ship only to find it empty but that every button has been pushed so it has to stop on every floor:rolleyes:


well............










I found the culprit




















http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/10-30-2007-1661.jpg


(photo courtesy of Nancy)
:lmao: Norty Planky!:lmao:

[Karen Mouse]

....... no wonder he was kicking and screaming his way out of the box as I prepared to ship him back home to Missouri.


:scared1: :scared1: :scared1: A box????????:scared1: :scared1: :scared1:


I told him was going first class on American Airlines:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

[Karen Mouse]

That happened to me too Karen! I flashed one of the other KK husbands, actually. I was so embarassed! I don't remember who it was--I think it was one of the Scotts.:rotfl2: If I had known that was going to happen, I would've worn nicer undies......:rotfl:

Fab report, girl! :cheer2: Keep it coming..........:surfweb:

:lmao: :lmao: At least I flashed a stranger:lmao: :lmao:

Did the hubby look at you differently from then on?:lmao:

Did he have the sort of "I've seen your ***" smirk on his face:rotfl2:

[Karen Mouse]

Bra removals and lady's flashing their toggs WHERE THE HELL WAS I?:sad2: :sad1: :sad2:

The pervert...:rolleyes1

:confused3 in your posh cat 3 propbably:lmao: :lmao:

Nice to see you on here Chris:goodvibes - thanks for reading:goodvibes

[Karen Mouse]

One more photo from Cozumel I forgot to post




Planky wants me to show you what he really got up to......wind or no wind Planky was determined to have fun in Mexico



















Tequila!!!





http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/10-30-2007-1301.jpg
photo and costume courtesy of Nancy

[A fat english gent]

We wouldn't miss looking at them for the world,but being in them,well that's another thing entirely....:lmao: :rotfl2: :lmao:

ps....Ever fancy a job give me a ring,you missed your true vocation in life dear plankey got better protection than G W Bush got outside the green zone,i had a ghastly plan to nick him and hold him for ransom,i had the photographer lined up and everything (he can go back to playing his tunes and i won't name the lad just in case i need his services sometime in the future,wow just think Canada has it's very own sleeper agent:lmao: :lmao: ).......Does Brenda know that plankey got more love and attention than Neil did on this jolly?....:rolleyes1

[Karen Mouse]

We wouldn't miss looking at them for the world,but being in them,well that's another thing entirely....:lmao: :rotfl2: :lmao:

ps....Ever fancy a job give me a ring,you missed your true vocation in life dear plankey got better protection than G W Bush got outside the green zone,i had a ghastly plan to nick him and hold him for ransom,i had the photographer lined up and everything (he can go back to playing his tunes and i won't name the lad just in case i need his services sometime in the future,wow just think Canada has it's very own sleeper agent:lmao: :lmao: ).......Does Brenda know that plankey got more love and attention than Neil did on this jolly?....:rolleyes1

No-one was getting Planky from me without a fight - I've told you before - I have very sharp elbows and I'm not afraid to use them:rotfl2:


As for Neil getting love .................







we married...we dont that anymore:rotfl2:

[Karen Mouse]

Heres a photo of Jeff (the real Borat) and Planky - did you know ..............they have matching green thongs:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:


Thank god Jeff wasnt next to Planky by the Mickey Pool that day:scared: :scared: :scared: people would have been jumping overboard to get away from that sight

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/10-30-2007-0461.jpg

[disgrits]

:lmao: :lmao: At least I flashed a stranger:lmao: :lmao:

Did the hubby look at you differently from then on?:lmao:

Did he have the sort of "I've seen your ***" smirk on his face:rotfl2:

I think he had a video camera. Are my britches headed for youtube?:rotfl2:

[Timon]

Karen,

I flashed someone in 2005 with my big red flowy pirate skirt, which is why I showed up to the party this year in shorts :rolleyes1


Great trippie! Always love photos of my pincess :love: of course! Funny cus as soon as she saw your camera she took off her pirate bandana and then just after you left I put it back on and she left it there :lmao:

[JLDSMD]

Heres a photo of Jeff (the real Borat) and Planky - did you know ..............they have matching green thongs:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:


Thank god Jeff wasnt next to Planky by the Mickey Pool that day:scared: :scared: :scared: people would have been jumping overboard to get away from that sight


You don't think people would have like to see that thong on a real person?

































http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/a-borat2.jpg

[Karen Mouse]

Thursday 25th October - aka 2nd "at sea day"

Today was a lazy start...late brekkie in topsiders then we strolled onto deck 9.

It was cloudy so we just had a stroll and bumped straight into Jeff, Suz and Logan! They invited us to pull up a chair so we did.! (I hope you meant it Jeff, and you didnt really think "Keep walking god dammit, keep walking":rolleyes1

Ellis and Logan played table tennis for a while and then went into the pool.

The "adults" (I use that term loosely:rotfl2: ) sat around chatting and drinking coffee and tea.

Suz then offered to take me to Cove Cafe - I hadnt been there yet but I'd heard a lot about it!

We raided the cake display and stole 6 chocolate eclairs.....We were about to take them back and share with the men when we spotted 2 lovely squashy comfortable chairs, so of course we sat down and ate 4 of the eclairs:rolleyes1

We took the men back an eclair each - arent we generous:goodvibes

Jeff and Neil had the seafood buffet from Topsiders:scared: - eating bodies again.

Other KK'ers strolled past and stopped to chat and before we knew it it was time to go back to the stateroom.

We took Ellis to the kids club - it was graduation night tonight, and then we packed a suitcase:sad1: .....we're packing already:sad: :sad: :sad:

and then we got ready for semi formal night.

Neil and I had our photographs taken in the lobby and then joined a queue..............a queue for what I hear you ask........


A queue to RE-BOOK:cool1: :cool1:

YEAH BABY! - WE'RE COMING BACK:yay: :yay:

Behind us in the queue was KK'er and our thread starter Steve and his son Stuart. Stuart was showing us his magic trick - it was great Stuart - well done!:thumbsup2

We rebooked a dummy date, got our 10% off and $200 dollar room credit:cool1: and then headed straight for the theatre to watch the graduation.

It was a lovely show - the kids got a grey Disney t shirt and a set of Mickey ears mortar board hat too.

Heres Mickey on stage with the kids
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020850.jpg

[Karen Mouse]

I think he had a video camera. Are my britches headed for youtube?:rotfl2:

You should ask for royalty payments:goodvibes

[Karen Mouse]

Karen,

I flashed someone in 2005 with my big red flowy pirate skirt, which is why I showed up to the party this year in shorts :rolleyes1

I'm glad I'm not the only one....I wonder if the castmembers stand by the steps and get a good laugh every pirate night:eek:

Great trippie! Always love photos of my pincess :love: of course! Funny cus as soon as she saw your camera she took off her pirate bandana and then just after you left I put it back on and she left it there :lmao:

She's georgous with or without bandana....:cutie:

I have a lovey family photo of you all coming up soon:thumbsup2 - when photobucket decides to upload it that is:rolleyes:

[Karen Mouse]

You don't think people would have like to see that thong on a real person?


http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/a-borat2.jpg

Oh geez! - it shocks me every time I look at you Jeff:lmao: - I'm suprised Suz lets you out looking like that - especially on family beach:lmao:

[Karen Mouse]

Heres some photos of graduation

Heres Ellis and Logan walking in - Neil managed to pick them out of the crowd

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020842.jpg

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020841.jpg

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http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1030332-1.jpg

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020840.jpg

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020844.jpg

A blurry close up

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Heres Mickey leaving
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We spotted Elouise on the way out
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and Ellis
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doesnt the kid behind Ellis look happy:lmao:
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[Karen Mouse]

Cass - heres the photo I mentioned

I think its lovely of all three of you

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[Karen Mouse]

And what was Planky doing all this time while Ellis and co were graduating...........?






Was he left in the room all forgotten and lonely????












Was he out partying with chicks he'd met from his "Borat outfit" afternoon?












Was he in the room having a party with a towel floozy?












No! he was graduating too!

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He says he only did it for the free hat but I think he secretly enjoyed it;)




I later found him back in the room celebrating his graduation with his pal

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[Timon]

Cass - heres the photo I mentioned

I think its lovely of all three of you



AAHHCCKKK! :eek: :scared1: :scared1: :eek: I look like the captain of the Soviet Women's Weight Lifting Team :rotfl2:

I had to be careful when I was holding Kira, she kept trying to flash people, I think she managed to do it a few times, thankfully it wasn't when I was wearing my bikini top! :rolleyes1

[Karen Mouse]

Friday 26th October - aka Castaway Cay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today was the day!:yay:

Castaway Cay day!:yay:

Disneys own island!:yay:

We woke up and Neil fetched some cereal etc from Topsiders for brekkie. For some reason Ellis refused to eat brekkie and got in a real mood about it.

Of all the days to have a mood - today was not one of them:rolleyes:

After a lot of moaning and shouting we finally got to the gangplank and grabbed some towels. None of us were in a great frame of mind at this point. :(

I had wanted to get on deck and watch the ship dock, but never mind:rolleyes: , we had finally got off the ship.

Just then we bumped into Nancy...after a quick chat we spotted Chip and Dale so we headed off to get our photos took. This put all us in a better mood and we were fine from then on. Kids eh!

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Heres the newleyweds - Liz and Dave

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Then we spotted Jack Sparrow! and the flying Dutchman!

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Then Minnie Mouse

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and then Pluto

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and then we went to the shop (of course!) I bought a t shirt, beach towel, postcards, keyrings, fridge magnets and pins etc. The package was sent back to the ship for me to pick up later (except for the postcards - I wanted to post them later).

An then we walked on further

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to family beach.

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[Karen Mouse]

More shots !

The ship just as you get off

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Ellis and Shane

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Ahhhhhhhhhhh, this is the life!


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and finally - guess what drink Suz and I are holding....................




go on...........



guess!











Its a Konked Kooler!

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It was worth the wait and definately deserving of our group name

[Karen Mouse]

We grabbed 4 sunbeds :beach: on the waters edge and settled down to have some fun.

We were just about to put Ellis in the kids club when Jeff came along - they'd been "sting ray-ing" in the morning and so we'd grabbed them two beds - they'd done the same for us elsewhere:rotfl2:

Jeff said Ellis could go back with him and play with Logan (thanks for babysitting Jeff and Suz) so off they went and Neil and I went on our way to parasail:scared1:

I've never done it before and was a bit nervous.

We had our little safety talk and were told due to the wind we would have to go in tandem - yipeeeeeeeee - I didnt have to do it on my own!!!!!!!!

We got in our boat - Sean, Cath and Olivia, Carrie and Scott were in our group. We set off and Cath was soon flying first.

Then it was Olivia and Seans turn and then ours:scared1:

I have no photos *** they were all on our waterproof camera and its not developed yet - sorry!

It was great fun and quite peaceful once you're up, and not scarey coming back in either. Then it was Carrie and Scott's turn.

Once we had all had a go we headed back - oh my god! - talk about bumpy! - It was "cling on for dear life" time as we bounced our way over the sea back to the dock.

It was good and worth the money.:thumbsup2




While we were gone Suz had taken the boys to make a giant sandcastle

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and then Jeff and Suz moved sunbeds over to where we were.

We met them just in time for lunch when the heavens opened and the rain came down ---fast!

We didnt care!

We ate our lunch at Cookies and the sun came back out.




We made our way back to the beach and chatted to Paige, Cheryl and Lindyloo (Hi ladies!:wave2: ) and then it was time to go back and smash up the castle.

[Dyerneeds]

Now, just as a sidebar here I feel it necessary to yell out a HUGE warning to all other ladies who decide to wear their pirate type skirts up to deck 10 - DONT!

All I can do is apologise to the poor guy who was following me up the steps to deck 10 and got an awful and unexpected view as my skirt literally lifted almost over my head and displayed my butt :scared1:

I grabbed the material as fast as I could and made a hasty retreat back down the stairs. I got my keycard and ran back to the room where I quickly got changed into 3/4 trousers - a much more sensible option.

not too worry karen..cinnamike got a picture of it for you..
here, ill post it now if the censors allow...





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scared you didnt i?
:rotfl2: :lmao: :rolleyes1 :cool2:

[Dyerneeds]

Bra removals and lady's flashing their toggs WHERE THE HELL WAS I?:sad2: :sad1: :sad2:

The pervert...:rolleyes1

me thinks you spent a little too much time with bigred.:cutie: :lmao:

[Dyerneeds]

That happened to me too Karen! I flashed one of the other KK husbands, actually. I was so embarassed! I don't remember who it was--I think it was one of the Scotts.:rotfl2: If I had known that was going to happen, I would've worn nicer undies......:rotfl:


no, they were fine paige.pirate: pirate: pirate:
im kidding. it wasnt me!!!!:lmao:

[disgrits]

Karen, you have found the key to a successful trippie--PICTURES! They're great!:goodvibes I keep remembering back to before our first Disney cruise, and how I scoured the boards for pics to be as well informed as possible. So, you see, not only is your report entertaining, but you are also helping out potential cruisers. Way to go!:thumbsup2

[disgrits]

no, they were fine paige.pirate: pirate: pirate:
im kidding. it wasnt me!!!!:lmao:

:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

[goofyfreak]

That happened to me too Karen! I flashed one of the other KK husbands, actually. I was so embarassed! I don't remember who it was--I think it was one of the Scotts.:rotfl2: If I had known that was going to happen, I would've worn nicer undies......:rotfl:

Fab report, girl! :cheer2: Keep it coming..........:surfweb:

It was definitely my Scott. He has wonderful memories of the cruise on Pirate Night!!!:rotfl2:

[goofyfreak]

Is this a Paige's undies FO?

[goofyfreak]

I think he had a video camera. Are my britches headed for youtube?:rotfl2:

You are safe.........I have seen the video and we only have you from the waist up. But we have several views of you doing something crazy with your tongue to my husband. Maybe the pantie sighting wasn't such an accident!!!!:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

[goofyfreak]

Cass - heres the photo I mentioned

I think its lovely of all three of you

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/kjmason/P1020861.jpg

What a beautiful family photo.

[disgrits]

It was definitely my Scott. He has wonderful memories of the cruise on Pirate Night!!!:rotfl2:

I am just thankful he didn't throw himself over the side after that sight!:scared1:

You are safe.........I have seen the video and we only have you from the waist up. But we have several views of you doing something crazy with your tongue to my husband. Maybe the pantie sighting wasn't such an accident!!!!:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

You see, rednecks have talents, too!:lmao:

[disgrits]

You are safe.........I have seen the video and we only have you from the waist up. But we have several views of you doing something crazy with your tongue to my husband. Maybe the pantie sighting wasn't such an accident!!!!:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

You know, I will have to see that video at some point....I swear I had maybe 3 drinks that night but I think with the rocking of the boat, they hit me hard....:rotfl:

[Karen Mouse]

not too worry karen..cinnamike got a picture of it for you..
here, ill post it now if the censors allow...





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scared you didnt i?
:rotfl2: :lmao: :rolleyes1 :cool2:


:scared1: Yes!:lmao:

Karen, you have found the key to a successful trippie--PICTURES! They're great!:goodvibes I keep remembering back to before our first Disney cruise, and how I scoured the boards for pics to be as well informed as possible. So, you see, not only is your report entertaining, but you are also helping out potential cruisers. Way to go!:thumbsup2

I just love photos:rolleyes1 - mine are being printed as we speak - I COLLECT THEM TODAY:banana: - all 500 of them:eek: - and thats me being choosy - I could have had hundreds more:rotfl2:

But we have several views of you doing something crazy with your tongue to my husband.

:confused3 - I want to see this video:eek:

[Karen Mouse]

We were just about to destroy the castle

here they go
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On the way back to family beach we stopped off to take some photos

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We got back to family beach and we all had another swim and chatted.

Before long it was time for me to write those postcards

I sat under the shade and quickly wrote them.

We then had to pack up and go back to the ship:sad: :sad:

I really didnt want to leave. It had been a georgous day and I didnt want it to end.:sad1:

We called back into the shop on the way back to the ship and then found out the post office was already shut:rolleyes:


Back on board it was time for


MANIC PANIC!:scared1:

We still had to

get ready for that evening,
pack:scared1:
have our photos taken with a white background in the lobby
fetch other photos from shutters
go to the onboard shop and buy the mini mickey statue from the lobby

etc etc etc


Time flew by in the room, and I knew I didnt have time to go back on deck and watch us sailaway from Castaway Cay, so I sent Neil up to get some photos while I bathed Ellis and started the rest of the packing.

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[Karen Mouse]

I hear mutterings amongst the readers...........



Where's Planky?





Did she leave him onboard?:eek:




Absolutely not!




He didnt fancy parasailing - he's too light, so he chose to go diving with Nancy and co.

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and then headed to the adult beach to pick up some chicks
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After a while he headed back to the ship early

and then he bumped into Mike - aka Underdog

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so Planky decided to put his outfit on too

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then he left Mike *** he had an appointment with the Captain

The Captain had offered to let Planky "drive the ship"

So Planky put on his Captain uniform and went to meet him.

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By now everyone was back onboard ship so Planky knew it was time to play Trick or treat and get everyones candy

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Thanks for the bucket Cheryl!


Then Planky went back to our stateroom and packed his suitcase
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We said goodbye to Planky - it was hugs and kisses all round - I was gonna miss that little guy and Neil took him to Auntie Goose - aka Nancy where he was spending his last night onboard.

Goodbye Little Planky:sad1:

[Karen Mouse]

The rest of the evening went by sooooo fast.

We got our photos taken on the white background,

had dinner

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, said goodbye to our servers,

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and our friends

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Met the chef

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Took one last look outside

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dropped Ellis into the club, got the cases out into the corridor ready, went to the shop and bought a few more things, picked up photos from shutters, met Jeff and Suz in in Sessions for our last drinks together:sad1:. Neil had put our disney park passesd "somewhere safe" (just like I did with the Halloween passes - still havent found them by the way!) and we could not find them anywhere in the cabin. Also with the passes was the photopass with all our photos on it from the previous week. I was determined not to cry or let it spoil our last day. I knew Neil felt awful about it but we were just hoping they had got packed by mistake.


We fetched Ellis from kids club and returned the pager, watched the farewell show in the lobby

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and then fetched the last photos from shutters then went to bed and ordered cookies and drinks from room service.

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[Karen Mouse]

Saturday 27th October - aka Getting off Day:sad1:

We were up at 6am and ready and dressed by 6.30am.

Our brekkie was at 6.45am so we wandered out on deck to have a look out at the dock.

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there was another ship in too - the Carnival Glory.

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This is our "we dont wanna leave" photo

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Berkkie opened at Parrot Cay and in we went. Considering it was realy early and we were departing I was still in a really good mood. I ordered the full works for brekkie but Neil just had cereal and toast and so did Ellis.


Heres Shane with his lovely present for Ellis - thank you Shane:hug:

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I love this photo
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Our last brekkie together with some of our friends:sad1:

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and then it was time to get off.:sad1:

We joined the small queue in the lobby and off we went

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and then we were back in the terminal

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We found our luggage immediately, grabbed a porter and were through in less then 5 minute and at our car.

It was raining as we took our last shots of the Magic

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The drive back to Orlando was uneventful. We first called in at Ron Jon's and bought a few presents for our family and then drove back to Fairfield Inn, Lake Buena Vista - our home for the next 3 1/2 days.

Ellis slept the whole way back. It was too early to check in, we hadnt found our park passes, so we (once again) went to the Malls. Neil had ordered some trainers so we went to collect them from Florida Mall, then went to Belz and spent another few hundred$$$:rolleyes1. Then we went to DTD and Ellis got to build his lightsaber - a darth Maul double ended one - its enormous but luckily it comes apart to fit in the suitcase.

By now our room was ready so we checked in and unpacked.

Guess what was tucked inside one of the Navigators - yep! - the park passes and photopass. - Phew!

Neil went out to get essential supplies for our last 3 dys - wine, beer, chocolate milk and cheesecakes while I finished off unpacking.

I was almost done when the phone rang - it was Neil's parents - they had flown in that day and were popping in on their way to St Petes. They were there in 30 minutes and so we opened some wine and beer and had a nice long chat telling them all about the cruise. Ellis was really pleased to see them.

Once Nanny and Grandad had left we went to Bahama Breeze for dinner - one of my favourite restaurants. The music playing was Jimmy Buffets "Margaritaville" - we smiled at each other - it was the same cd as was playing in Key West when we'd stopped for a beer. We decided to buy the cd the next day - happy memories - its actually playing now as I type this!

We went back to the hotel, got tea and coffee from the lobby and had cheesecake in bed.

It was only 9pm but we were all exhausted and needed an early night.

Tomorrow - MGM

[Lindy Loo]

Oh Karen I've had a super quick flick through....................an AMAZING trippy!!!:banana: :banana: :banana:

the photos are amazing !!!:thumbsup2

Will read this when I get a pc back........................... its like a story I want to really read relax and enjoy !

take care mate.................... Linda xxxx:hug:

[Karen Mouse]

Oh Karen I've had a super quick flick through....................an AMAZING trippy!!!:banana: :banana: :banana:

the photos are amazing !!!:thumbsup2

Will read this when I get a pc back........................... its like a story I want to really read relax and enjoy !

take care mate.................... Linda xxxx:hug:

Hey Lindy Loo! - lovely to see you on here!

Your friend from the Wonder has been on and asked me to pass on her best wishes to you all.

Speak soon Linda:goodvibes

[Karen Mouse]

Sunday 28th October - aka MGM DAY!

We were up at 7.45am, had brekkie in the hotel (I want a waffle maker!) and off to MGM. We did the RocknRollercoaster, Star Tours three times:rolleyes: , the Muppet show, the stunt show and had our photos taken with some characters

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We did the Animation drawing thingy

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and watched the parade

then it was straight to Lone star for dinner - georgous filet mignon

Dessert in bed - my usual cheesecake and a glass of merlot then it was off to zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[cntkg1]

He didnt fancy parasailing - he's too light, so he chose to go diving with Nancy and co.

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Actually Karen, Plankie decided to be the watch dog of all our stuff and remained quietly in his chair. Or did he? Hey! Where did our Konked Koolers go? A quick breathalizer test on the Plankster and I had my answer. He downed two Konked Koolers and got punished by being banned from the adult beach.



and then headed to the adult beach to pick up some chicks
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Not the look of someone who just got bawled out is it? He looks a little too happy here. I think he was looking for the infamous BigRed. :cool1:



Another great update Karen. Thanks for all the laughs. :rotfl:

[GOS]

Saturday 27th October - aka Getting off Day:sad1:

We were up at 6am and ready and dressed by 6.30am.

Our brekkie was at 6.45am so we wandered out on deck to have a look out at the dock.

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there was another ship in too - the Carnival Glory.

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This is our "we dont wanna leave" photo

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Berkkie opened at Parrot Cay and in we went. Considering it was realy early and we were departing I was still in a really good mood. I ordered the full works for brekkie but Neil just had cereal and toast and so did Ellis.


Heres Shane with his lovely present for Ellis - thank you Shane:hug:

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I love this photo
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Our last brekkie together with some of our friends:sad1:

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and then it was time to get off.:sad1:

We joined the small queue in the lobby and off we went

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and then we were back in the terminal

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We found our luggage immediately, grabbed a porter and were through in less then 5 minute and at our car.

It was raining as we took our last shots of the Magic

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The drive back to Orlando was uneventful. We first called in at Ron Jon's and bought a few presents for our family and then drove back to Fairfield Inn, Lake Buena Vista - our home for the next 3 1/2 days.

Ellis slept the whole way back. It was too early to check in, we hadnt found our park passes, so we (once again) went to the Malls. Neil had ordered some trainers so we went to collect them from Florida Mall, then went to Belz and spent another few hundred$$$:rolleyes1. Then we went to DTD and Ellis got to build his lightsaber - a darth Maul double ended one - its enormous but luckily it comes apart to fit in the suitcase.

By now our room was ready so we checked in and unpacked.

Guess what was tucked inside one of the Navigators - yep! - the park passes and photopass. - Phew!

Neil went out to get essential supplies for our last 3 dys - wine, beer, chocolate milk and cheesecakes while I finished off unpacking.

I was almost done when the phone rang - it was Neil's parents - they had flown in that day and were popping in on their way to St Petes. They were there in 30 minutes and so we opened some wine and beer and had a nice long chat telling them all about the cruise. Ellis was really pleased to see them.

Once Nanny and Grandad had left we went to Bahama Breeze for dinner - one of my favourite restaurants. The music playing was Jimmy Buffets "Margaritaville" - we smiled at each other - it was the same cd as was playing in Key West when we'd stopped for a beer. We decided to buy the cd the next day - happy memories - its actually playing now as I type this!

We went back to the hotel, got tea and coffee from the lobby and had cheesecake in bed.

It was only 9pm but we were all exhausted and needed an early night.

Tomorrow - MGM

Wow there are some sad faces here.

[Cheryl N. WI]

Hi Karen :wave: I just started reading your trippie and I'm loving it already! I love all the pictures from MNSSHP, it looks like they have different/more decorations this year, they look great but they're making me want to go to Disney World right now :goodvibes Oh and yes I am still hummimg the "Boo to you" tune, I love it! Thanks for picking up the CD for me :flower3:


We had a great time. It wasnt too busy, the candy lines were short and I managed to get the cd's that 2 fellow cruisers wanted - (Hi Cheryl and Lindy Loo:wave2: - hope you're not still humming that "Boo to you" tune:rotfl: )

[minnieandmickey]

NO NO NO IT CAN'T BE OVER!!!!! Oh wait I can go back to page one and start over again, whew thought I was going to have a panic attack there.
You did an awesome job Karen, thanks for sharing.



PS If you are ever in CA stop by my house, I have a Mickey Mouse waffle maker.

[disgrits]

Another round of great pics and story, too, Karen!:thumbsup2

[ktjl92]

Really awesome trippie - and great pics too! Thanks for sharing!!

[Karen Mouse]

Wow there are some sad faces here.

I know, we were all trying to be cheerful but we were failing miserably.

Hi Karen :wave: I just started reading your trippie and I'm loving it already! I love all the pictures from MNSSHP, it looks like they have different/more decorations this year, they look great but they're making me want to go to Disney World right now :goodvibes Oh and yes I am still hummimg the "Boo to you" tune, I love it! Thanks for picking up the CD for me :flower3:

Thanks for reading Cheryl:thumbsup2 - glad you liked the cd - its on in our house all the time!

[Karen Mouse]

NO NO NO IT CAN'T BE OVER!!!!! Oh wait I can go back to page one and start over again, whew thought I was going to have a panic attack there.
You did an awesome job Karen, thanks for sharing.

PS If you are ever in CA stop by my house, I have a Mickey Mouse waffle maker.

Its not quite over yet - I have two more days to go and then Plankys summary:goodvibes

Another round of great pics and story, too, Karen!:thumbsup2

Thanks Paige:hug:

Really awesome trippie - and great pics too! Thanks for sharing!!

You're welcome - thanks for dropping in:thumbsup2

[Cheryl N. WI]

Karen I just finished reading what you have here so far! You have done a FABULOUS job on your trippie. I have loved reading all of it and all of the pictures are great! I can't wait to read the rest and see more pictures, I'm glad there is still more to come and you made it beyond page 10! I must admit you are making me want to go back to WDW and on another Disney cruise right now! I hope we will be able to make KK2!

[Walt & Di]

Karen,

Excellent Job on the Trip Report...:)

Love the pictures and thanks for the memories, life lasting...:cloud9:

Walt :thumbsup2

[cntkg1]

Great Job Karen.

I dub you "Mother Goose" of the Konked Kruisers II cruise!!

You rock Mrs. M. :worship: :worship: :worship:

[Dyerneeds]

After a while he headed back to the ship early

and then he bumped into Mike - aka Underdog

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so Planky decided to put his outfit on too

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then he left Mike *** he had an appointment with the Captain

The Captain had offered to let Planky "drive the ship"

:

how is it you had that underdog costume for planky and i (the real underdog)
never saw it? was planky leading a triple life?:lmao:
seriously, where did that costume come from? it great !!:thumbsup2
love the report karen.:thumbsup2

[Karen Mouse]

Karen I just finished reading what you have here so far! You have done a FABULOUS job on your trippie. I have loved reading all of it and all of the pictures are great! I can't wait to read the rest and see more pictures, I'm glad there is still more to come and you made it beyond page 10! I must admit you are making me want to go back to WDW and on another Disney cruise right now! I hope we will be able to make KK2!

Thank you for reading Cheryl - glad you liked it....I'm not good at words like Brenda so I just thought I'd throw a load of photos at you:rotfl2:

Karen,

Excellent Job on the Trip Report...:)

Love the pictures and thanks for the memories, life lasting...:cloud9:

Walt :thumbsup2

Thanks Walt.....I love photos - they always bring back such wonderful memories...heres to KK2!

Great Job Karen.

I dub you "Mother Goose" of the Konked Kruisers II cruise!!

You rock Mrs. M. :worship: :worship: :worship:


No Way MG...you're the only Goose around here:hug:

how is it you had that underdog costume for planky and i (the real underdog)
never saw it? was planky leading a triple life?:lmao:
seriously, where did that costume come from? it great !!:thumbsup2
love the report karen.:thumbsup2

Cheryl let me borrow it - its a dog costume - not sure which shop it came from but she'd be able to tell you.:thumbsup2


I had intended getting a photo of the 2 of you together, but time just ran away with me onboard....I cant believe how quickly the days zipped by...we missed doing a lot of things....(hence KK2!:yay: ) and getting Ellis to bed at a semi reasonable time was also hard....we didnt want to leave Rockin Bar D and he didnt want to leave the kids club, but if we hadnt, it would have ruined the following day - he needs his sleep or he's real grotty and miserable - just like his Dad:lmao:

[Karen Mouse]

Sunday 29th October - aka Rain day:sad2:

Today started out very rainy....we went into Disney Quest and spent a good 3-4 hours in there! - couldnt believe the time went so quickly....It was fairly busy but plenty of things to do and of course lunch finished with some cheesecake from the Cheesecake factory outlet in there!

We went back to the hotel, did a lot of packing and then relaxed for a bit and drank some wine.

We ate at TGI's and then headed into Magic Kingdom to watch Spectro and Wishes.
Wishes is still by far my favourite display over illuminations etc. I just love it and play the cd often at home and it always brings a lump in my throat and a tar to my eye....I know - I'm soppy.

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Monday 30th October - aka Magic Kingdom Day

We got up, ate the last slices of cheesecake for brekkie, showered, packed, checked out and then headed to Downtown Disney.


We were flying with Virgin and they have an offsite check in facility.

No queues for check in, bags only slighty over in weight so no excess baggage payment (phew!) and checked Ellis' onboard meal had been ordered then it was goodbye luggage - hello Magic Kingdom!





As soon as we were in the Magic Kingdom we met Mary Poppins - she was positively perfect in every way!

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Ok, its time for a sing song...is everybody ready?


Theres a great big beautiful tomorrow....starting at the end of every day

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Theres a great big beautiful tomorrow...and tomorrow is just a dream away

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Man has a dream and thats the start, he follows his dream with mind and heart

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and when it becomes a reality its a dream come true for you and me...



oh theres a great big beautiful tomorrow, shining at the end of every day....theres a great big beautiful tomorrow, just a dream away:dance3:

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and then (of course) we went on the blue train ride....again:rolleyes:

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and then Buzz

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Neil really meant business

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Then the haunted mansion

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pirates

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and big thunder railroad

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Ever noticed Walts window? - it above the bakery on the corner of main street
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[Karen Mouse]

continued...



We got to ride in the cab with the driver on the monorail

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then its was on the shuttle tram one last time

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Back to the car lot

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Back to the car

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And out of Disney:sad1:

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And off to the airport

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We handed the car back in, went upstairs and had a wander round the shops to kill a little time...........





And that was when we heard it...."buy me"



....it was faint at first,




....."buy me"....



barely audible...




but it got louder "BUY ME"




....and louder...."BUY ME!",




we followed the sounds until we found out what was making all that noise........



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A Plankton sitting in the Universal Studios shop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Well of course I had to buy him:rolleyes1 - I had grown rather attached to Brenda's and I wanted to keep him! - Now I have my very own Planky!:yay: - he's actually Planky number 3....Brenda has the original Planky - aka Planky 1, Nancy has Planky 2 and I now have Planky 3............and if there are any other saddo's out there in Dissland who want a Planky of their own.....there are Planky 4,5,6,7,8,9 etc all yelling "buy me!" in the Universal shop at the airport...... Go on .....you know you want a Planky;)

He wasnt thrilled to be flying economy class, but we made it home without any "nut incidents".

Here's the sunrise above the clouds before we came into land

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and heres the plane engine
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and thats Greater Manchester below us
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and now we're on the tarmac waiting to get off.:sad1:

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Next episode - Planky's summary

[Karen Mouse]

Ok, last bit of the trippie............


"Thank goodnees for that" I hear you all whisper:rolleyes1



And now for the mushy part.........

I just wanted to thank everyone of the KK'ers for making our holiday so wonderful. The WDW part was great, especially the MNSSHP, but the part we always talk about is the cruise and the lovely friends we made on there.:grouphug:

I joined the thread just over a year before the cruise, a few people were already chatting and they welcomed me as we did to the others that joined afterwards.......I must just say what a wonderful set of people we had on our thread, we supported each other through good times and bad times, and we watched our youngest KK'er grow up from a teeny tiny newborn to the beauty she is today at nearly a year old. It wasnt just a Disney chat site, it was a friends site....

I have made some lovely new friends who made our cruise the best and most magical cruise ever, so for that, KK'ers, I thank you.:grouphug:

Here come the individual thank you's

A special thank you to Jeff - my personal travel guide onboard and prior to the cruise and for organising the bracelets, his lovely wife Suz and son Logan for being our tablemates and sitting in the "nut free zone" without complaint:grouphug:

A huge hug:hug: and a thank you goes to Nancy - for my wonderful birthday present, my magnets for my door, my SRESIURK DEKNOK T shirt, for organising dis tag and all your hard work before the cruise and most importantly for being the loveliest and kindest person I've ever met.

A big thank you to Cass for organising our logo and helping me make my t shirts etc and for sharing her daughter with us all:cutie:

A big thank you to everyone who helped on the yahoo site we set up to share info

A big thank you to all the ladies who helped me with Planky's wardrobe - I couldnt have done it without your help

A big thank you to the ladies who organised the wine tasting for us all

A big thank you to Brenda for letting me borrow her Planky:hug:

Finally
A big thank you to my hubby Neil for paying for the cruise, and putting up with me:hug: and a big thank you to my munchkin, Ellis for being a good boy (most of the time:rolleyes1 ) onboard




Now, Planky has some parting shots he wanted to share with you


Here he is writing his trippie
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This was his favourite post:eek:
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Hey! - I look real cool don't I!
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And here he is at home

Ellis keeps trying to steal him, but he's mine!

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He spends most of his days chilling out on my bed and chatting to Mickey.


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So thats it folks..............THE END!


A HUGE thank you for reading and keeping my going with your lovely comments:goodvibes, I hope it hasnt been too painful or boring.....

I have just one more thing to say



Roll on October 2009 - Konked Kruisers 2:yay: :yay: :yay:

[cntkg1]

Writing this with teary eyes....

Karen, just so you know, YOU my dear, are one of the best things that ever happened to the KK's!!!

I humbly thank you for that!!

:love: :hug: :love: :hug: :love:
Goose

[cntkg1]

Snagging a teary eyed F.O!!:sad1:

[Timon]

Karen,

Just wanted to say that it was an absolute pleasure meeting you and your family! I wish we could have spent more time chatting but I was busy with a little pincess :rolleyes1 princess:

Thanks for the entertaining trippie, we had lots of fun following along on your adventures with Planky! :woohoo:

Looking forward to KK2 :yay: :yay: :yay:

[disgrits]

Kinda sad that the report is over, Karen. It was fun to read.:thumbsup2 I enjoyed chatting with you and Suz and your husbands on the beach at CC. I wish we could have done that a little more often. I feel that way about lots of the kkers actually. The time went by too fast. It's too bad we weren't all staying on for that 2nd week--I guess in the end there wouldn't have been room for all of us to stowaway in Chris' stateroom!

And I'm with you--roll on Oct 09 KK2!!:thumbsup2

[minnieandmickey]

Great trippie Karen. I joined the KK group late in the game, and it was such a warm and welcoming group. Looking forward to getting to know you and everyone else more as our KK2 approaches. Thanks again for sharing, thanks for sharing to Planky (although the swimsuit was sharing a little too much):thumbsup2

[Karen Mouse]

Snagging a teary eyed F.O!!:sad1:

:hug:

Karen,

Just wanted to say that it was an absolute pleasure meeting you and your family! I wish we could have spent more time chatting but I was busy with a little pincess :rolleyes1 princess:

Thanks for the entertaining trippie, we had lots of fun following along on your adventures with Planky! :woohoo:

Looking forward to KK2 :yay: :yay: :yay:

I know what you mean - the time flew by and we felt the same - so many new friends and so little time to chat

Kinda sad that the report is over, Karen. It was fun to read.:thumbsup2 I enjoyed chatting with you and Suz and your husbands on the beach at CC. I wish we could have done that a little more often. I feel that way about lots of the kkers actually. The time went by too fast.

And I'm with you--roll on Oct 09 KK2!!:thumbsup2

I feel exactly the same - Neil and I were saying we'd have liked to spend more time with the people on late dining but it was difficult fitting it all in - oh well, theres always KK2:goodvibes



Great trippie Karen. I joined the KK group late in the game, and it was such a warm and welcoming group. Looking forward to getting to know you and everyone else more as our KK2 approaches. Thanks again for sharing, thanks for sharing to Planky (although the swimsuit was sharing a little too much):thumbsup2

Just be grateful it wasnt Jeff iin his green swimsuit and it was only Planky:lmao:

[ktjl92]

Thanks again for sharing your trip with us. Especially loved all the pics! :thumbsup2

[Cheryl N. WI]

Karen I am very sad to see your trippie end :sad2: I have thoroughly enjoyed it! :thumbsup2 I too wish we would have had more time to spend chatting with you and your family and alot of other KKers too so I am really hoping we'll be able to make KK2!

[Karen Mouse]

Thanks again for sharing your trip with us. Especially loved all the pics! :thumbsup2

Thanks for sticking it out to the end:thumbsup2

Karen I am very sad to see your trippie end :sad2: I have thoroughly enjoyed it! :thumbsup2 I too wish we would have had more time to spend chatting with you and your family and alot of other KKers too so I am really hoping we'll be able to make KK2!

:yay: :yay: :yay: :yay: KK2:yay: :yay: :yay: :yay:

[A fat english gent]

This one was taken on our KK35 reunion cruise.....

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[Karen Mouse]

This one was taken on our KK35 reunion cruise.....

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:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

[B9erSteve]

This one was taken on our KK35 reunion cruise.....

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and here I thought that NOTHING could be more DISTURBING than Borat!

[disgrits]

This one was taken on our KK35 reunion cruise.....

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:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[oybolshoi]

This one was taken on our KK35 reunion cruise.....

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:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

[Tink rules]

This one was taken on our KK35 reunion cruise.....

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Hey...

Aren't those MY GRANDPARENTS??????

[Dyerneeds]

This one was taken on our KK35 reunion cruise.....

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i know thats what cinnamike will look like for kk35,(im not far from that now) but in NO way is that robin.
must be what bigred will look like.:lmao:
(thats what i get for playing with fire):lmao: :rotfl2:

[Dyerneeds]

hey, ill take a FO on karens trippie!!:thumbsup2

[zimaaaaah]

Thank you for the wonderful trip report! The pictures were really grand and your narrative was so entertaining I just read thru the whole thing in one sitting! I have laughed out loud at Plankys adventures; as he has always been my favorite evil-doer :) Hope he gets to go on your next cruise as well. Thanks again for all the information & pictures!

[Karen Mouse]

Thank you for the wonderful trip report! The pictures were really grand and your narrative was so entertaining I just read thru the whole thing in one sitting! I have laughed out loud at Plankys adventures; as he has always been my favorite evil-doer :) Hope he gets to go on your next cruise as well. Thanks again for all the information & pictures!

Wow! - 15 pages in one sitting - thats commitment:goodvibes (or madness!):rotfl2:

Glad you enjoyed it...and yes, Planky would be on our next cruise too.:goodvibes

[cntkg1]

Planky One = Brenda
Planky Two (a.k.a. BigRed) = Nancy
Planky Three = Karen
Planky Four = ??????(I believe he may be a more evil twin of another Planky we all know and love).....eh, B?

:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

[cntkg1]

This one was taken on our KK35 reunion cruise.....

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j175/Firstome/Oldhimnher.gif


Are those Man Bewbs I see??? :eek: :scared1: :eek: :scared1: :eek:

[A fat english gent]

Am told it's the cousin you really need to watch :scared1:

[oybolshoi]

Karen, I don't know to what you are referring... or do I???

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l213/oybolshoi/October%202007/164.jpg


Evil Plan Z really is working perfectly - a perfectly poisonous proliferation of Plankton! :rotfl2:

Planky One = Brenda
Planky Two (a.k.a. BigRed) = Nancy
Planky Three = Karen
Planky Four = ??????(I believe he may be a more evil twin of another Planky we all know and love).....eh, B?

:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

[dizneycrazy4]

HI Karen.... great job on the TRIPPIE.

[Karen Mouse]

Karen, I don't know to what you are referring... or do I???

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l213/oybolshoi/October%202007/164.jpg


Evil Plan Z really is working perfectly - a perfectly poisonous proliferation of Plankton! :rotfl2:

:eek: :eek: Brenda - You have 2 planky's?:eek: :eek:

:lmao: :lmao:

[Karen Mouse]

HI Karen.... great job on the TRIPPIE.

Thanks Janice:goodvibes

[Dyerneeds]

:eek: :eek: Brenda - You have 2 planky's?:eek: :eek:

:lmao: :lmao:

shes trying to corner the market so she can drive up the price.:lmao:

[Dyerneeds]

Planky One = Brenda
Planky Two (a.k.a. BigRed) = Nancy
Planky Three = Karen
Planky Four = ??????(I believe he may be a more evil twin of another Planky we all know and love).....eh, B?

:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

so then nancy is the mysterious bigred eh?:rotfl2:

[Tink rules]

You see... she didn't miss Planky at ALL... she had a secret one stashed away at home ordering pizzas and sending out for booze the whole time they were gone!!!

Just wait for the police report Brenda......;)

[mimi'sgirl]

Hi Karen- Excellent trippie. You have us sooo excited for our trip. Only a year away! Thanks again.

[RayaniFoxmur]

Karen, your trip report was wonderful! It was so nice to meet you guys... I'm sorry we weren't able to spend a bit more time with everyone! I'm so mad at myself for completely forgetting about both the big KK meets!

I really like that picture of Dave and I at CC too, thank you! Dave's still laughing that Chip took our picture rofl!

Maybe we'll see you on the next cruise! :thumbsup2 And who knows, we'll probably be more social and less honeymoony lol!!

[Karen Mouse]

You see... she didn't miss Planky at ALL... she had a secret one stashed away at home ordering pizzas and sending out for booze the whole time they were gone!!!

Just wait for the police report Brenda......;)

I thought she handed him over a little too easily....there was no "now you will be careful with him" etc......and all the time he was an imposter:rotfl2:

No wonder the one I had behaved him so well:goodvibes

Hi Karen- Excellent trippie. You have us sooo excited for our trip. Only a year away! Thanks again.

The year will fly be - happy cruising - we have to wait 2 years for our next one:sad2:

Karen, your trip report was wonderful! It was so nice to meet you guys... I'm sorry we weren't able to spend a bit more time with everyone! I'm so mad at myself for completely forgetting about both the big KK meets!

I really like that picture of Dave and I at CC too, thank you! Dave's still laughing that Chip took our picture rofl!

Maybe we'll see you on the next cruise! :thumbsup2 And who knows, we'll probably be more social and less honeymoony lol!!

Hi Liz,
thanks for popping in and reading! - glad you liked it.

It waould be good to see you on the KK2 trip:thumbsup2

[cntkg1]

Hey Karen,

I miss your trippie. Can you just start all over again? :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

[Karen Mouse]

Hey Karen,

I miss your trippie. Can you just start all over again? :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

:hug: Thanks Nancy - I miss being on that ship with all my friends:sad1:

[Dyerneeds]

we keep popping in because we want more!!!!!
heres a pic we hope you like.http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa173/dyerneeds/DSC00503.jpg

[Dyerneeds]

you look like you are really making an effort to get that hook jabbed in there.
:lmao: :rotfl2: :laughing:

[Karen Mouse]

we keep popping in because we want more!!!!!
heres a pic we hope you like.http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa173/dyerneeds/DSC00503.jpg

Thanks for posting that!

It looks like Ellis is about to lick my ear:scared:

and yes, I was giving Neil a good poke with my hook:lmao:

[Karen Mouse]

Feel free everyone to post more photos - I love seeing everyones piccies of all the KK'ers:thumbsup2

[Dyerneeds]

karen. any idea who these pirates are?
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa173/dyerneeds/DSC00502.jpg

[Karen Mouse]

karen. any idea who these pirates are?
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa173/dyerneeds/DSC00502.jpg


OOOOHHHH Ahhhh, they be the dispaearing pirates last seen at brekkie on disembarking day and never to be heard of again:rotfl2: