10/20/07 KK1: A Magical Vacation

[.:)Tinker_Belle(:.]

Hi Everyone

My name is Rachel I am 13 and live near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A week ago I got back from what I have concluded to be the best vacation of my life! I still get sad knowing that it is all over. My family on October 20th, a western on the Magic! Our group of adult DISers nicknamed themselves the Konked Kruisers (KK). So the kids we calling themselves the Kid Konked Kruisers. Our bunch of DISers were well lets just say VERY talkative! They were such nice people! So we are planing to go again sometime in 2009 making it KK2: The Reunion
Right now I cant see how I can wait that long to cruise again! We are from Wisconsin and there were multiple families from our sournding area so we have had 2 WIS DIS meets before the cruise and are hoping to have many more before the next cruise. I meet some really good friends on this vacation and I hope and feel that we will be keeping in touch. You know who you are and I want your guy's input on this trip report too!

Hope you guys keep reading :)

[.:)Tinker_Belle(:.]

Ill be posting pictures after the writen portion

[.:)Tinker_Belle(:.]

Today my uncle picked us up at about 5:30 to take us to the airport. I could barly sleep the night before I was just too excited! We flew out of Mitchel (Milwaukee's airport) at 7:05 A.M. We got to meet well see 2 of the KKers in the airport. Nancy and Chuck. We were on the same flight down there together. I got my Starbucks in the airport so I was a happy camper that morning. Well I would have been happy anyways because the next day I was going on a cruise! Our flight was about 2.5 hours. Not too bad but I have never really been a fan of fling but it is better then driving to florida (24 hours :rolleyes: ). We got in at 11:30ish. Me and my mom got our lugage while my dad got the rental car from avis. We got our lugage the quickest ever!! Within 5 min we had it all! While Nancy was woring if hers would make it because half of her DIS tag stuff was in a suit case.

We meet my dad at the Avis counter right before he got up to the desk. So I sat with the lugage while they delt with the paper work and stuff. We were on the same cruise last year and the cars were getting taken fast so we really tried to get there quick so we wouldnt have to wait. Well we waited for them to asign us our car (or for them to get the car ready) for about 5-10 min. Not bad. Things were moving pretty fast. We got the car and all of our lugage in it (dificult process we dont pack lightly!) and then waited for our friends Lynn and Chris to call us and let us know they were in. We met them on our first cruise 7 years ago and now have cruise 4 times with them. It would have been 5 but last year due to healt complications they couldnt make it. :sad1: We were still in the parking lott when they called so we left and when to the pickup part of the airport to see if they were there. They werent so we circled about 3 times and then me and my mom went in to see if we could see them. We were walking in when they were walking out. Perfect timing!

We went to eat at the Macornie Grill. Yummy! My dad managed to gett sauce all over his white shirt. So we had to go grocery shopping to get a stain tretment befor we got to the hotel so it wouldnt set. We went to Win Dixie and i got a Platapus for $2.99! He was so cute for olny $2.99. A big yellow stuffed animal. He plays apart in the trippie later. Then we went to kinkos because my printer wasnt printing the door signs! :scared1: They charged us something like $3.50 for 8 sheets of colored printing. Not bad at all i thought. I was bound and determined to get those printed because I worked hard on thos door signs!

We then went to our hotel by the port. We stayed at the Country Inn. It was very nice. We took a nap for a while because we were all pretty tired from a long day of travel and needed our rest for then next long exciting week! We then woke up about 7:30 and got soemthing to eat at a local pizza place. It was very good! We got back to the hotel and I worked on laminating and putting the magnets on the door signs. Then we all went to bed.

Pictures coming!

[.:)Tinker_Belle(:.]

I didnt take too many pictures today but you will get enough later we had a little over 600!

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd300/Rachel_-_Grace/Cruise%20Pictures/doorsigns.jpg

our door

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd300/Rachel_-_Grace/Cruise%20Pictures/ext_450.jpg

the hotel

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd300/Rachel_-_Grace/Cruise%20Pictures/palmtrees.jpg

palm tree picture i took when driving while waiting for our friends

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd300/Rachel_-_Grace/Cruise%20Pictures/airport.jpg

airport tower

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd300/Rachel_-_Grace/Cruise%20Pictures/clouds.jpg

clouds from the plane

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd300/Rachel_-_Grace/Cruise%20Pictures/ourplane.jpg

the plane

[frdeb1999]

Great start so far! :)

[.:)Tinker_Belle(:.]

Great start so far! :)

thanks

[Dyerneeds]

hi rachel!!!
great start!! robin and i sure do miss you guys.:grouphug:

[.:)Tinker_Belle(:.]

hi rachel!!!
great start!! robin and i sure do miss you guys.:grouphug:

Hi Mike :wave2:

thank you

we miss you guys too!

maybe when we have the next wisconsin dis meet you guys can come too! you can meet us in the dells

[minnieandmickey]

Great start Rach, looking forward to the rest of the trip.
Did you ever try the pumpkin spice frap?

[.:)Tinker_Belle(:.]

Great start Rach, looking forward to the rest of the trip.
Did you ever try the pumpkin spice frap?
thank you:)
yepp i did!
it was yummy!
thanks for recomending it

[Dyerneeds]

hurry up rachel. we are waiting for the next update.:lmao:
your trip report is wayyyyy more important than homework.:rotfl2:

[.:)Tinker_Belle(:.]

okk ill start day 2 right now

[dduffin]

Great job Rachel,:goodvibes

I have 2 daughters around your age and I am very interested in hearing your opinion on the cruise. We will be going in January, 2008

[.:)Tinker_Belle(:.]

Great job Rachel,:goodvibes

I have 2 daughters around your age and I am very interested in hearing your opinion on the cruise. We will be going in January, 2008

ok ill keep going sorry i didnt last night everyone

[ImTooExcitedToSleep]

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd300/Rachel_-_Grace/Cruise%20Pictures/doorsigns.jpg

our door


Your door looks great, especially those DCL name tags. :rolleyes1

I'm glad you were able to get those done in time.

[Timon]

Great start on the trippie Rachel!! Looking forward to the rest! :thumbsup2 :cool1:

[Cheryl N. WI]

Great start Rach!!!! :thumbsup2 If you don't finish this before Thanksgiving maybe Aunt Karen will let you use their computer and you can work on it up north too.

[MomsOf2boys]

Great start Rachel!! I'll subscribe so I make sure I don't miss any of it. I got a good pic of a few of you on the stairs if you want it let me know.

[dizneycrazy4]

Great start Rachel....Hope to see you soon

[.:)Tinker_Belle(:.]

This is the day that i had been waiting for my whole life!
well not my whole life but for 1 year!
today was the day we were going to get on our ship (let me tell you it is my moms second home!) and meet all our diser friends (for most of us it was the first time in person)
We were all so excited! even my dad and he is rarely ever excited!
we got up around 7:00 so we could head down and eat breakfast
on our way to the elevator we saw rob and kira that was our first time meeting little baby kira (she is such a cutie!) we had all seen her grow up through pictures
we ate breakfast during breakfast it started pouring!
after breakfast we got the final things together and put everything onto the lugage cart and loaded into the car
we were now heading to the terminal! :cool1:
we keep getting closer and closer to our Magic!
it was so exciting!
we final got there and the men dropped us women and the luggage off and then took the car back
we were heading into line to go through security and we saw DISers Nancy and family
we got through security and then heading up the escalators where we saw mike and robin greeting us at the top
we headed over to the castaway club member check in and got our key to the world cards my key to the world played an important part in our journey on the ship! lets just say the magnet swiping strip never felt unloved ;) if you get my drift
in the check in line kelsey found me! it was so exciting being able to meet my buddie for the first time in person! she is now a very good buddie! we defiantly hit it off!
we got a number 3 boarding number but our friends got a 4 so we wanted to board at the same time so we switched our 3 in for a 4
it worked out fine i had some time to meet other friends and then we boarded
we got on pretty fast!
i would say we were walking through that mickey tunnel got our picture taken and names announced by 11:30 at least
maybe i was just having to much fun to notice how late it was who knows!
in the terminal we found lots of our diser friends and there children my friends
we got on that ship and stopped at rock in bar d to get my parents palo reservation altered and then headed up to top siders where my mom found chris and family including my english friend rosie and her twin brother ryan aka english boy
we got some lunch and then i went off to explore well show kelsey around the wonderful magic!
along the way we missed an elevator 5 times because we were talking so much and then on our 6th miss chip and dale came we got a quick picture with them and then decided to just take the stairs
we went to check if our rooms were ready at about 1:35ish and they were
i was the first in my room!
went straight to the veranda i had known what the rest of the room looked like but we have never had the veranda before it was new and exciting! me and my mom would definatly say well worth the money!
me and kelsey then went up to rosie's room they let us tour it! they had a cat 3 (1 bedroom!) it was amazing!
then we went with rosie to beat street to the windows you can sit in and talked some untill a couldple other kid kruisers came for the kids meet
me and kelsey had some fun asking rosie and ryan questions about england and if things were differnet across the pond finding out not really
kelsey kyle bryce mackenzie and i keep asking them questions all week!:rolleyes:

well i am off to dinner be back later to finish day 2 and post pictures

[cntkg1]

Great great start Rachel!! Can't wait to see some of those pictures of the cruise. Did I make you promise not to post some of those "not-so-attractive" pics of your favorite Wisconsinites? Remember, I know where you live young lady. :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

[.:)Tinker_Belle(:.]

Great great start Rachel!! Can't wait to see some of those pictures of the cruise. Did I make you promise not to post some of those "not-so-attractive" pics of your favorite Wisconsinites? Remember, I know where you live young lady. :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

dont worry nancy i wont post any of you :hug:

[cntkg1]

That's my girl! :hug: :love: :hug: :love:
Consider this a pass for the first Starbucks beverage on me for Oct 24th, 09. (And no fair buying it before I get there!!)


dont worry nancy i wont post any of you :hug:

[GOS]

Great job Rachel...keep it coming.

[Dyerneeds]

yea, rachel is back.
hi rachel!!!!
its about time you finished that homework so you could work on this trip report.:laughing:
you dont want to keep your fans waiting too long.:lmao:
great reading!! waiting patiently for the next update.:rolleyes1
mike and robin.:hug: aka underdog and tart girl

[.:)Tinker_Belle(:.]

That's my girl! :hug: :love: :hug: :love:
Consider this a pass for the first Starbucks beverage on me for Oct 24th, 09. (And no fair buying it before I get there!!)

okk

we need to make sure we are on the same flight again then and you cant fall asleep then!
if you wanted we could just get mochochinos on the ship :) yumm!
and in 2 years ill be 15 so i will look even older and be taller so i will look more like i belong in the cove cafe
we could rent a car for an excursion and then i could drive! :banana:

[.:)Tinker_Belle(:.]

Great job Rachel...keep it coming.
thanks guys
yea, rachel is back.
hi rachel!!!!
its about time you finished that homework so you could work on this trip report.:laughing:
you dont want to keep your fans waiting too long.:lmao:
great reading!! waiting patiently for the next update.:rolleyes1
mike and robin.:hug: aka underdog and tart girl

yeahh ill get the rest of day 2 and pictures up tonight
well i guess that move was kind of like mackenzies
she said she would post when she got home and she still hasnt posted yet
she could have done 3 back to backs by now!

[cntkg1]

okk

we need to make sure we are on the same flight again then and you cant fall asleep then!
if you wanted we could just get mochochinos on the ship :) yumm!
and in 2 years ill be 15 so i will look even older and be taller so i will look more like i belong in the cove cafe
we could rent a car for an excursion and then i could drive! :banana:

Sorry about that Rach. Us old people need our naps you know. :lmao:
Mochacchinos on the ship sound divine! As Brenda would say...."Vive La Mochacchino"! :banana: :banana: :banana:

[.:)Tinker_Belle(:.]

Sorry about that Rach. Us old people need our naps you know. :lmao:
Mochacchinos on the ship sound divine! As Brenda would say...."Vive La Mochacchino"! :banana: :banana: :banana:

yeahh Vive La Mochacchino!

yumm i need to go back to that ship!

ohh i didnt take a picture of them i dont think!
what a shame!

[A fat english gent]

Subscribing here to try and ascertain what said English kids got up to while aboard the magic:rolleyes1 ...We have tried asking them but all to no avail....:sad2:

Great Job Rachel...:)

PS...Say hello to your lovely mother for us too...:)

[.:)Tinker_Belle(:.]

Subscribing here to try and ascertain what said English kids got up to while aboard the magic:rolleyes1 ...We have tried asking them but all to no avail....:sad2:

Great Job Rachel...:)

PS...Say hello to your lovely mother for us too...:)

well chris we did so many fun things!

okk i will

say hi to rosie and ryan for me

i emailed rosie but i havent gotten anything back

[A fat english gent]

well chris we did so many fun things!

okk i will

say hi to rosie and ryan for me

i emailed rosie but i havent gotten anything back


I'll tell her,however were having some PC issues in our house...Little fingers and all that...:scared1: :scared1:

[DisneyDadFaNaTic]

Great Work! Can't wait to read more!:thumbsup2

[.:)Tinker_Belle(:.]

:) sorry its taking so long everyone!
we are leaving for up north tomorrow so
i might get a chance to post some then!
thanks for reading :)

[millerpjm]

Rachel....

Great start to your trip report!

Your door looked so neat! I liked the Mickey heads with the names - you'll have to tell me someday how you did those. I need new ideas for KK2.

Maybe for KK2 we'll fly out of Milwaukee too...we could have a bunch of KKers on the plane! :cool1:

[.:)Tinker_Belle(:.]

Rachel....

Great start to your trip report!

Your door looked so neat! I liked the Mickey heads with the names - you'll have to tell me someday how you did those. I need new ideas for KK2.

Maybe for KK2 we'll fly out of Milwaukee too...we could have a bunch of KKers on the plane! :cool1:

i could make them for you if youd like
unfortunatly we wont have to worry about it for a year and 10 months! :scared1:

thank you

[Dyerneeds]

:) sorry its taking so long everyone!
we are leaving for up north tomorrow so
i might get a chance to post some then!
thanks for reading :)

hi rachel!!
hope you guys have a happy thanksgiving.
tell your mom and dad, mike and robin said hi!!

[Paigee10]

subscribing

[cntkg1]

Hurry back Rach! I need a "CruiseFix". :cloud9:

[Dyerneeds]

rachel? where are you?:laughing:
forget about that homework and update us please(your mom and dad wont mind.:rolleyes1
your adoring fans await.
i have cruise pics of you guys and im not afraid to post them.:rolleyes1

[.:)Tinker_Belle(:.]

rachel? where are you?:laughing:
forget about that homework and update us please(your mom and dad wont mind.:rolleyes1
your adoring fans await.
i have cruise pics of you guys and im not afraid to post them.:rolleyes1

okk i will soon sorry guys
weve been really bussy lately!
ill try to really soon
maybe tomorrow or ill work some tonight

[Dyerneeds]

anyone know who this great family is?
they have been missing since the cruise.:laughing: :lmao:
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa173/dyerneeds/DSC00552.jpg

[.:)Tinker_Belle(:.]

ok guys

im so sorry i havent gotten any more posted!

i will try and work very hard tomorrow!

(atleast getting the rest of day 2 done!)

and chris when you find out what all we did will you go on KK2 with us????

PLEASE! :)

[A fat english gent]

ok guys

im so sorry i havent gotten any more posted!

i will try and work very hard tomorrow!

(atleast getting the rest of day 2 done!)

and chris when you find out what all we did will you go on KK2 with us????

PLEASE! :)

We'll see dear,ive moved our ressie over to this cruise however i make no promises.....:)

[.:)Tinker_Belle(:.]

We'll see dear,ive moved our ressie over to this cruise however i make no promises.....:)

well thats okk the pressure is now fully on!

you guys need to come!

i mean when are bryce and i ever gonna see them again really :confused3

you guys just have to!

[.:)Tinker_Belle(:.]

ok here it goes

sorry it took me so long!

where did i leave off?

so we missed the elevator and got rosie and ryan

then we went and talked for a little bit
we had a kids meet set up for 2:30 half an hour before the adults meet so we could all walk up together
nicola and her brother came
we went up to deck 10 for the adults meet at 3 after doing some more talking
then we left the meet early with bryce and mackenzie to walk around some more then bryce saw rosie and ryans room and he was even more amazed then kelsey and i! :laughing:

we all then parted so we could go to the lovely life boat drill
NOT i hate that part of the week
that 10 min feels like a hole day!
then we met up for the sail away party

i had to then leave that for dinner
i was the only one out of most of the kids with early dinner
we had it at 6:00 i think it was the latest one for early dining
at a very nice time

we met our servers Sompong and Dennis
we liked them but didnt think they were the best
we were very spoiled by our servers on our last cruise
our head waiter last time came to our table every night and was very kid interactive
ours this time barely said anything to me!
:sad2:
my parent had palo the first night so they left dinner early

got back to my room after dinner and saw our first towel animal!
i love those! :rolleyes1
its a new surprise every night!

i got to talk to kelsey for a little before she had to go to dinner

then i believe i met nicola or kaitie and markie

i didnt go to the welcome on board show
i had seen it many times before being this was our 5th cruise

kelsey bryce rosie ryan nicola and mackenzie got back from dinner and we all went swimming

well rosie bryce and nicola never got in
then we just wondered the ship
the activity we all knew best! ;)

we then went back to deck 6 midship
our "home"
when ever we had to meet we would pick deck 6 midship
we just would stay and talk
we had a lot of fun there!

we split for bed

upcoming day 2 pictures and day 3!

ill try not to wait 2 weeks this time :eek:

[Karen Mouse]

How did you get to page 4 withoutme even knowing about this trippie?:eek:

I'm off to read:goodvibes

[Karen Mouse]

Woo Hoo! - great trippie:cool1: :cheer2:

More please!

[Dyerneeds]

all right,:cheer2: rachels back!!!!:cheer2:

[cntkg1]

I remember seeing Rachel and her Rascals (and I mean that in a nice way) there all the time. I'm surprised there isn't a bronzed statue of you there right now. :rotfl2:

Keep up the good job Rachel. :thumbsup2

[disneytraceyl]

Sounds like you had a great trip... Can't wait to hear more. Your doing a great job :thumbsup2

[dizneycrazy4]

hi Nancy
I don't know if your on the kid one



:santa:Mackenzie:santa:

[gossipgirl]

Hi Everyone

My name is Rachel I am 13 and live near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A week ago I got back from what I have concluded to be the best vacation of my life! I still get sad knowing that it is all over. My family on October 20th, a western on the Magic! Our group of adult DISers nicknamed themselves the Konked Kruisers (KK). So the kids we calling themselves the Kid Konked Kruisers. Our bunch of DISers were well lets just say VERY talkative! They were such nice people! So we are planing to go again sometime in 2009 making it KK2: The Reunion
Right now I cant see how I can wait that long to cruise again! We are from Wisconsin and there were multiple families from our sournding area so we have had 2 WIS DIS meets before the cruise and are hoping to have many more before the next cruise. I meet some really good friends on this vacation and I hope and feel that we will be keeping in touch. You know who you are and I want your guy's input on this trip report too!

Hope you guys keep reading :)
Do you have any pics of twice charmed.

[.:)Tinker_Belle(:.]

Do you have any pics of twice charmed.

i found 2 ill post them when they finish uploading or tomorrow

are you going on a cruise?

if so could i ask you for a picture favor please

[.:)Tinker_Belle(:.]

hi Nancy
I don't know if your on the kid one



:santa:Mackenzie:santa:

nope mackenzie its my trip report

[gossipgirl]

i found 2 ill post them when they finish uploading or tomorrow

are you going on a cruise?

if so could i ask you for a picture favor please
I may go on one in june.

[.:)Tinker_Belle(:.]

so its been over a month of nothing!
sorry guys i swear im really gonna get this done!

[dizneycrazy4]

thanks guys


yeahh ill get the rest of day 2 and pictures up tonight
well i guess that move was kind of like mackenzies
she said she would post when she got home and she still hasnt posted yet
she could have done 3 back to backs by now!

sorry rachel i didn't take 3 back to back cruises

[medicalman]

Woo Hoo! - great trippie:cool1: :cheer2:

More please!

hi karen
great trip:rotfl: