** I'm not waiting in no lines Day 15 KeyWest **page 7**Lots of photos

[jns]

Link to 2006 trip report (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1280063)


Cast

Me Jackie Planner
DH Michael
DS Aidan 17
DS Micheal 10 other planner

Oct 07
this holiday was planned before we even got home last time as we rebooked onboard the Disney Magic last year
:cool1: :cool1: We are booked on the double dip to castaway Cay :cool1: :cool1:
Joined the Dis Cruise Meet Thread straight after we got home , and the planning started :banana:


Nov 07
decided that I wanted direct flights this time as we were traveling nearly 24 hours last time before we got to WDW
got a good price on the way out but on the return flight it was crazy money :scared1: so looked at a stop over , so of couse if we were doing that :rolleyes1 might as well have a few days in New York again to visit freinds
So we are flying direct from Dublin to MCO on the 16th Oct 08 :yay: :yay:

March 08
As DVC member we could have booked our home resort SSR at 11 months but decided that I would like to try some where different , was on a wait list last time that never came through :guilty: so decided to wait this time and try and book at 7 months
this meant phoning each day at 1pm our time , was only able to get a 1 bedroom at the BCV for the first 6 nights only so we are moving to the WLV for the other 3 nights to a studio , still on a wait list for a 1 bedroom
Really looking forward to staying at both resorts :yay: :yay:
got to love our DVC :love:

April 08
as the dollar rate was so high decided to try and get everything paid off early
So paid off the balance of the cruise and decided to get AP's too
trying to decide weather to go to MNSSHP this time ,
Love getting post from Disney

for the next few months spent most of the time on the Cruise Meet :surfweb: planning and making friends with everyone who's cruising with us
Sat and Thur night are chat room nights have had quict a few late nights there :laughing:

August 08
time to book our excursion for the cruise
not this was a late night as booking started at 12pm US time 5 am here as I was working until 3am decided to stay up
lucky enough my dis friends were up to ,to keep me awake and watched the sunrise was able to get all booked excepted wasn't able to get brucnh or high tea at Palos , but will try when we get onboard

Sept 08
finally decided to book the car
we are picking up at the Airport and dropping off at the port
then getting the DCL bus back to the airport before flying to New York

For the NY part of our trip we have the hotel booked stopping for 3 days and then heading home :guilty: :guilty: :guilty:

[natalielongstaff]

Sounds like a great trip Jackie, im looking forward to hearing more !

[jockey]

Great start Jackie looking forward to more :)

[jjk]

Sounds like a fantastic trip :goodvibes

[irongirlof12]

:thumbsup2 oh ! can't wait for trip report - sounds fab so far :cool1:

[Minniespal]

Sounds fantastic Jackie:thumbsup2

[jns]

Thanks everyone :thumbsup2
I love reading everyone elses pre trip and trip reports so decided I will try and do one myself this time

So now I have only 24 days to go
the countdown started nearly a year ago :scared1: where has that year gone :scared1:
DS came home last week telling me its only 2 months to his 18th Birthday and I was so disappointed becauce that means our hoilday is over
Keep telling him the cruise is his 18th birthday preasent , and he keeps saying stop trying to full yourself "Its you that wants to go cruising "
well I can always try :rotfl2: one of the reasons we booked again this year is it will be his last time to go to the teen club onboard

well here is what we have planned so far
leave the house about 4am , could go the evening before but decided to spend the extra day in NY instead ,4 hour drive to the airport , park car , check in etc plane leaves before 12,
if we have no delays we should be in the BCV about 6pm so plan to have a walk around Epcot that evening and watch the fireworks , great start to the holidays :banana: :banana: :banana:
Last time we had lots of delays didn't get to our room until nearly 11PM so it was straight to bed , still awake at 5am :headache:

***WDW***

Not much planned for this part of the trip , booked a few ADR's
Cape May Cafe first morning
Le Cellier Have never been here before so looking forward to this one Whispering Cafe and Crystal Palace
The boys are playing Golf one day DS just likes driving the golf cart :confused3
We have AP's this time so will just go as we feel like
Hoping to use our US / IOA tickets this time too Have them for over 3 years now After all the times we have been to Florida never been there yet :rotfl2:
Can't decide if we will do MNSSHP this time either , There is 3 / 4 partys dueing the time we are there so will play this by ear
have done the party before
We are going to try the new Water Park at Sea World too
so after reading this I have quite alot planned :lmao:


Next up the Cruise Planning :scared1:

[mandymouse]

It sounds like you've got an amazing trip planned Jackie. I can't wait to hear all about it :thumbsup2

[suzycute]

Sounds like you're going to have a great time :thumbsup2

[KayleeUK]

Shame we will miss you Jackie :( like your planning.

[jns]

**** Cruise plans ****7 Night Double Dipping on the Disney Magic ****

As I have said before this was booked last year on board the Disney Magic As we didn't get to Castaway Cay last time due to the weather 20 foot waves and T Storm Noal we decided to go on the double dip to Castaway Cay this time

There was 4 of us lining up the last day to rebook for the same cruise again this year , but 2 of them has had to cancel
we got a really good deal plus some on borad credit to spend too , we were not able to get the same stateroom but we are only 5 doors down from it

once I got home was on the boards looking for our cruise meet , which I most have visited at least twice every day since :surfweb:
great group cruising with us this year again :banana: :banana: can't wait to meet up with everyone :hug: :hug:
Haven't been able to join in the chat room as much as I would have like but with the time difference its the wee hours in the morning here but I've had a few late nights
We have lots of great things planned as a group
between trick and treating for the kids and fish extenders gifts , Pirates night photo and our Martini tasting /chatroom met , we will be kept busy

Our cruise takes us to Cozumel and Grand Cayman this time and we have booked our excusions with Disney , we are doing the Eco-Park and snorkel on Cozumel starting at 7.45:scared1: and the Aquaboat and snorkel on Grand Cayman better time midday , have booked the Para sailing on CC too but haven't really decided if we will do it yet
Got a few Spas booked too , DS decided to treat me for my Birthday :love:

we got Palos booked for dinner but was really hoping for Brunch or high tea , will try to change when on board :wizard:

We have got all the gear from last year for Pirates night , will see how the packing goes if I'll take it or maybe buy new stuff when we are over there , can't be wearing the same clothes again for the photos :rotfl2:
and we have Halloween to dress up for too

so I think thats all the plans for the cruise part

****New York next****
well might as well do that now
Only thing booked is the hotel :confused3 :confused3

Thanks everyone for reading :hug: :hug:
will be fun to read this after the holiday and see how many of my plans work out :laughing: :laughing:

[jjk]

Your cruise sounds great :goodvibes

[Pinky166]

Your plans sound fantastic Jackie. I can't wait to read more. :surfweb:

[TotallyAngelic]

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

At last one of my fellow cruisers has started a trip report - yoo hoo Jackie :yay:

I can't believe how close it is all getting now! Brilliant start to your trip report - you certainly sound far more organised than me! Really looking forward to meeting you in person!:cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2:

[jns]

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

At last one of my fellow cruisers has started a trip report - yoo hoo Jackie :yay:

I can't believe how close it is all getting now! Brilliant start to your trip report - you certainly sound far more organised than me! Really looking forward to meeting you in person!:cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2:
I know it will be here in no time
don't know about been more organised then you
started to design some posters for our stateroom door today
got one done :rotfl2: might have to make do with some from last years

need to get the gifts finished too , was planning on doing them too but that one poster took ages
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[the4princesses]

Hi do you live in Irland? My Family is from Irland. My name was Horrigan!
You can't get more Irish then that!!!:cool1:
Where are you all going to stay at WDW?

We just came back from WDW in Sept. we stayed at POP Sept. 1-10th.
We had a wonderful time!! Wish we could go back for Christmas!
But we can't.:sad2:

I sure hope you all have a wonderful time!!:flower3:

[jns]

Hi do you live in Irland? My Family is from Irland. My name was Horrigan!
You can't get more Irish then that!!!:cool1:
Where are you all going to stay at WDW?

We just came back from WDW in Sept. we stayed at POP Sept. 1-10th.
We had a wonderful time!! Wish we could go back for Christmas!
But we can't.:sad2:

I sure hope you all have a wonderful time!!:flower3:

Hi from Ireland :wave2:
Thanks for stopping by
we are from Donegal ,sorry no Horrigan any where near us

I 'll sure you will have a graet Christmas where ever you are

most check out from trip report

:shamrock: :shamrock: :shamrock:

[jns]

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: getting really excited only 19 days to go :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

so much still to do the more I read the thread meet the more I find that I have to done :scared1:
Got all the paperwork done that I can at this stage
done the online check in for the cruise and fill in all our details with the flights :surfweb: so that 1 thing off the list
still no luck with our wait list for a 1 bedroom at the WLV

I bet these next 19 days will go so slowwwwwwwwwwwwly and the following 19 days will fly by and then we are back home doing the :laundy: :laundy: :laundy: :laundy:

[Beth__WDW23/6/02]

:banana: Not long now :cool1:

[Disneygrl36]

Hi :wave: Jackie.
Glad you are doing a trip report this time.
I can't believe how close it is to your trip. I remember how excited I was this time last year. I wish we were cruising again. You will have to have some extra fun on Halloween just for me. :sail:

[dvc4life]

Jackie - Just wanted to say---DO THE PARASAILING!!!:thumbsup2 We have done it before and I loved it. I would do it again but we have other plans this time. It is great.

We'll hopefully get to meet on board. Can't wait. We have 18 days until we leave. :cool1:

[jns]

Hi :wave: Jackie.
Glad you are doing a trip report this time.
I can't believe how close it is to your trip. I remember how excited I was this time last year. I wish we were cruising again. You will have to have some extra fun on Halloween just for me. :sail:
Hi thanks for reading
getting very excited here at the moment
not to long now until your trip
have you started that pre trip report yet

Jackie - Just wanted to say---DO THE PARASAILING!!!:thumbsup2 We have done it before and I loved it. I would do it again but we have other plans this time. It is great.

We'll hopefully get to meet on board. Can't wait. We have 18 days until we leave. :cool1:

Hi Chris
can't wait here to met you all either :cool1: :cool1: :cool1:

well we have 11 more days to go
Ds has the suit cases out
I've finished the FE gifts I hope
Door signs designed and ready to print out
Booked the STATUE OF LIBERTY & ELLIS ISLAND tour for the Monday morning and have been told myself and DH are going to a broadway show and that the kids are been taken out too on the Sunday not to sure which show we are seeing yet , so that was a great surprize :cool1: :cool1: :cool1:

[jns]

can't believe it is only 9 days to go
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spent the day cleaning out the house
bit late for a spring clean or maybe I'm a bit early :rotfl2:

Spent all day yesterday on the net :surfweb: watching for the DCL summer 2010 dates to come out
Yes its back in Europe and we are thinking of going on one of the north European cruises
so I have the next 2 years holidays planned in my head at this stage :wizard:
2009 back to WDW we have DVC points to use up and AP's so only have to get flights :banana: :banana: :banana: DS would love to be able to stay at BLV
DH wants to go to Vero Beach so hopefully we can do both :wizard:
2010 Disney Magic in Northern European :banana: :banana: :banana: going to Russia

Been on to dreamsunlimited about the cruise already

Now back to planning this one :yay: :yay: :yay:

[natalielongstaff]

Congrats on your SDD :cool1:

[TotallyAngelic]

HI Jackie

time for a SDD with you.....

:dance3: :dance3: :dance3: :dance3: :dance3: :dance3: :dance3:
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:


and tomorrow it will be our SDD! :yay: :yay: :yay: :yay: :yay:

[jns]

:banana: :banana: :banana: A week this time we should be flying over our house on the way to Florida :banana: :banana:

:banana: :banana: 7 more days to go :banana: :banana:

[Disneygrl36]

:cool1: A week :cool1: AMAZING how time has flown.
I hope you guys have the best vacation ever!!!!!!!
Your future vacation plans sound great too. We had a short stay at Vero Beach in 2006 & it is beautiful.
I would love to do one of the Med cruises...........hmmmmmmmmmmm.:rolleyes1

[jns]

:cool1: A week :cool1: AMAZING how time has flown.
I hope you guys have the best vacation ever!!!!!!!
Your future vacation plans sound great too. We had a short stay at Vero Beach in 2006 & it is beautiful.
I would love to do one of the Med cruises...........hmmmmmmmmmmm.:rolleyes1

Go and get it booked Now



well we have added an extra night to our holidays sort of
instead of traveling during the night to the Airport which is a 4-5 hour drive we are going up the night before
someone was telling DH about it last night ( now I've been saying this for years :confused3 ) so he just mention it at breakfast and as quick as he could blink I was on the phone booking it :lmao:

:eek: :eek: That means only 5 days to go :eek: :eek:
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[TinkTatoo]

Woo Hoo - not long now and how great to be leaving this weather behind :dance3:

[Disneygrl36]

Jackie,
You are leaving soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:cool1:
I am so :sad: not to be going this year. I am going to really miss getting all dressed up for Halloween because it was an amazing birthday last year & I had such fun at Mary Poppins.

[mark&sue]

sounds amazing. Hope everyone has a great time especially when you all meet up


susan

[KayleeUK]

Hope you are having a fab time :)

[Disneygrl36]

Jackie & family.............
Happy Halloween!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I know you are having a wonderful time & I hope your Halloween is great. I wish I was there too.
Can't wait to hear all about it when you get back.

[jns]

quick update from NY
Wdw was great loved the BCV
parks were quite busy
cruise was just great couldn't go to Grand Cayman as it was to windly but got off at Keywest instead which was lovely
2 days left in NY
going to see the Jersey Boys this evening
watched some of the runners in the marathon this morning
Holiday is coming to an end too quickly

[Disneygrl36]

quick update from NY
Wdw was great loved the BCV
parks were quite busy
cruise was just great couldn't go to Grand Cayman as it was to windly but got off at Keywest instead which was lovely
2 days left in NY
going to see the Jersey Boys this evening
watched some of the runners in the marathon this morning
Holiday is coming to an end too quickly

Sounds wonderful so far Jackie.
Hope the seas were better this year than last.
How was Halloween?

[Disneygrl36]

Jackie you are home. :welcome: back!!!! I saw your little green light on!!!!
Hope it was wonderful.
Can't wait to read all about it.

[jns]

Jackie you are home. :welcome: back!!!! I saw your little green light on!!!!
Hope it was wonderful.
Can't wait to read all about it.
thank you so much :thumbsup2

[jns]

Extra Day
Wed 15th Oct post 38

Ok here goes :scared1:
Going to keep this in the one thread
as I haven't taken any notes this will be all from memory and from the order of my photos

Having the packing done yesterday ( finished about 3 am ) send Ds to school and headed to the pool for a quick swim and then went to get my hair done
Great start to the holidays

DH was working until after 3pm and the plan was to leave about 4pm
Ds didn't know we were staying the night before in the airport hotel until about 10 minutes before we were about to go out the door
somehow it was after five before we got going between saying Goodbye to DM and oldest DS and the cat we were on our way :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
After nearly a year in planning this holiday is really happening :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
Had a great drive up to Dublin stopped in the North for dinner which was just OK
We booked into the Bewleys Hotel just 5 minutes from the airport
had a drink in the bar and then headed to bed

[jns]

Day 1
Thur 16th Oct 08

up nice and early for breakfast and then headed over to the airport
the bus was waiting for us at the door ready to go so no waiting about
this is really the way to start a holiday , usual we would drive straight to the airport from home which is about a 4 hour drive and land at the airport tired and hungry and crabbit
so this is lovely :yay: We are sitting waiting at the gate in no time
plane was waiting for us and we left in time
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it was a good flight :thumbsup2 even the dinner , so 8 and a 1/2 hours later we are landing at MCO :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
didn't take too long to get the bags and through customs and out the door for the car
This was the first time we were using Budget , read on the boards here to reg on line and you just have to walk to the carpark and pick up the car
worked great :thumbsup2
we had a full size booked but if available we could get an free upgrade to a premium Car , asked but was told they were no premium car left but we could get a SUV instead :thumbsup2 so a double upgrade for us :yay: :yay:
Ds was delighted ,we got a Sat Nav too for the first time DS named her Rachel
Get a Sat Nav ! saved us so much time not getting lost :laughing:
The plan was to go shopping on the way to WDW but no one wanted too so straight to the BCV :yay: :yay: :yay:
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This is our second time at the BC but 1st staying DVC and our 1st time in a 1 bedroom villa
and what a differnce All that room Me and DH got unpacked and the boys when for a quick dip
we had a pool view so was able to watch them from the room
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By now we were getting hungry so decided to try Beaches and creams but no at least a 45 min wait :scared1: same with Cafe May so we walked over to the boardwalk which was really busy too but we were able to get a table at the Flying Fish which was just wonderful now I'm not a big fish person and would never have booked this place but it was really lovely and will be going back again
The boys headed back to the BC and myself and DH had a coffee and a nice relaxing walk
I have falling in love with the BCV's
put a quick wash in before I headed to bed :laundy:

[jns]

Day 2
Fri 17th Oct

we are all up bright and early and we have a date with Donald Duck
in Cafe May
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this was really fun and a great start to the holidays
walked over to get our AP's at Epcot and then DS decided that he needed to get his haircut over at MK as this is one of the things he does every year so back to the BC and hop on a bus to MK
Now this is not what we are used to busy parks :scared1: we have been so spoiled this last few years quite parks
well the barbers had a long line out on to the street so no way were we waiting there on our first morning
Headed up main street and over to adventure Land , and headed on one of my favourite ride Pirates of the Carribeen walked over to Big thunder mountain but the wait time was over 50 min:scared1:
At this stage DS decided that he was not waiting in any lines so we decided we would go over to Tom Sawyers Island a favourite of the boys
made plans to meet up at the fort as we can all get losted here
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after this we were staying to get tired so decided to head back to the BC and try out stormawaybay the main reason we are staying at the BC
spent the evening chilling out here and I was even able to get Ds out of the pool long enough to get a haircut at the resort
she was a lovely lady and didn't mind one bit that he was just taken out of the pool for a haircut
we headed over to Epcot for a quick dinner boys decided to do some rides as it was extra magic hour and me and DH went to watch illumnations afterwards we met up and all went on space ship earth
At this stage we were all getting tired so back to the BC and a early night

[jns]

Sat Day 3
Quick breakfast in the room this morning and headed to Typoon logoon for the day
it was nice and quite here more like what we are used too
sorry no photos never took the camera with me
but here is on on our walk over to Epcot
it is really great to be able to walk from our room to Epcot
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now I have never been able to get a table at Le cellier before so was really looking forward to having dinner here this evening
and I wasn't disappointed
it was wonderfull and the waiter we had was so much fun
we timed it really good as Illumnations was just about to start as well left the restauant
The boys went straight back for a swim after and me and Dh went for a walk around the boardwalk and watched some of the entertainers which are really good

[jns]

Sun 19th Day 4
Dh and Ds went to the gym this morning and after that we headed out shopping to the Florida Mall
spent most of the day here and we never got lost
DS spent all his money on clothes and we had lunch here before we left

Dropped the bags off at the hotel and headed over to The Studios
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was hoping to do the new toy story ride but all the fast passes were taken and the wait time was 120 mins :scared1:
no way was DS waiting that long and we had just missed the start of Fantasmic
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We got to do all our favourites as it was extra magic hours tonight and we had great fun in the magic of Animations we got to draw Dale
before we left we went over to toy story and it was only a 30 min so we waiting and it was great :yay: :yay:
I got the highest score :confused3
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by the time we got out from the ride the park was closing so headed back home boys went to bed and we went for a drink but ended up in beaches and creams for ice cream instead
still think that our ice cream is nicer over here

[Goofysmate]

Second time lucky for Toy Story ride 30mins is better the having to wait 120mins :scared1:

Lovely pic's :thumbsup2

[Disneygrl36]

Your patience paid off with the shorter wait for Toy Story & good for you on getting the high score. I cannot wait to check out this ride in California next month. The picture of you guys in your 3d glasses is really cute.

I :lovestruc the picture of your walk to Epcot. Absolutely beautiful. We have stayed at the Boardwalk & love the convenience of walking to EPCOT too. Will have to try out the Beach Club soon.

Loving living vicariously through you Jackie & great updates.:thumbsup2

[jjk]

lovely so far, great piccies :goodvibes

[TotallyAngelic]

Really enjoying your trippie Jackie! We did the Toy Story ride and thought it was amazing - so clever! We walked to the BW from Epcot and ate at the ESPN one evening - thought the BW was fantastic and we would love to stay there one day. Looking forward to the next installment!

[jns]

:woohoo: :woohoo: well great news :woohoo: :woohoo:
finally got back on the scales yesterday
and I have'nt put any weight on during the holiday :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
but I haven't lose any either :rotfl2:

[jns]

Monday Day 5
Oldest DS and DH were playing golf this morning so that left me and Ds to have a day in the parks together
We had no real plans on what we were going to do so after a quick breakfast in the room we headed over to Epcot
It was really quite walking through world show case as it wasn't opened yet
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but once we got over to Future World
Boy was it busy
and this is where " I'm not waiting in any lines" really came into play , so I was thinking to myself this is going to be real fun :confused3 just walking around crowds all day
By this stage we were over at space ship earth , looked at the wait time 20 min :scared1: we have never had more then a 5 min wait for this ride in all the times we have been to WDW
Last time we played a game to see how many parks we could visit in one day
so what game would we play today :confused3
On telly back at home was a programme "By Any Means" , in which Charley Boorman left Ireland to travel to Sydney the long way by using any means of transport appropriate to the countries that he visits
So we had a plan to see how many different forms of tranport we could use in the day
Ok we decided to head over to MK on the monorail , now we have to do it Charley Boorman style so waited to get on the front

Tranport 1
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It was a great start to our game :thumbsup2 and the train drivers great great great granny was from Ireland , we told her about our game for the day. This took us to the ticket and tranport center so we headed over to the ferry to get to MK
Tranport 2
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Magic Kingdom was just as busy as Epcot was
Once we got into the park we spotted the horse cart so on we hopped
This is really a lovely way to go up Main Street USA , I would never have done this in a hundred years
Tranport 3
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We got off at the castle
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Headed over to Tomorrowland , more crowds:scared1: got fastpasses for Buzz light year and went on the TOMORROWLAND TRANSIT AUTHORITY never did get to see "Mr. Morrow, Mr. Tom Morrow." they were still paging him
Tranport 4
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next up was to battle with the evil Emperor Zurg on a XP-38 Space Cruiser
DS won :woohoo: my gun was not working 1200 points
Tranport 5
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[jns]

Went to look at driving a race car after this but the times were just to crazy 40 min wait so headed on over to Toontown
There was a 20 min queue for Goofys roller coaster to ride a biplane cropduster, but we decided to wait
DS was able last year to go on this about 20 times in a row during extra magic hours
Tranport 6
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as we were near the Train Station we jumbed oboard and done the full circle around the park and then got off at Main Street

Tranport 7
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We were getting tired at this stage so we headed back to the resort on a bus
so in ture Charley Boorman style got to drive the bus too

Tranport 8
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After a quite dash to the room on our feet
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hit the eleavater (LIFT)
Tranport 9
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got changed and headed down to stormaway bay to chill out for the rest of the evening

The other got back from the golf shortly after that and joined us at the pool
DH won the golf this year so it is 1 each at this stage
think they enjoy it more last time
this time they played the Magnolia course

we had dinner at beaches and creams and then headed out shopping
Tranport 10
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we had a great day
This is one of the things I love about Disney
You do not have to be queuing in lines all day to enjoy the parks
this year we spent alot more time in the resort then the parks

[jns]

Tuesday 21st Day 6
So far we haven't really spent much time in the parks so we decided to do world show case today
After breakfast we headed on over
there was some plane writing going on in the sky as we were walking
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DS wants one of these to cut our grass at home
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We started at France and made our way around from there
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DS got to finish his mask today
spend a good few hours walking around not many street artist out through

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Had a coffee break at the bakery in Morrocco . Headed over to do Test Track and Mission space
we always do the single line at test track so didn't have to long to wait and as usual me and DS got in the same car
Went to do Soarin but the wait was over an hours so never got to do it this time at all

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We got to try out the Sagways which i really enjoyed
Will be doing one of these tours around Epcot next time for sure

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it was now getting late and DS has wanted to go to the camp fire on the beach everynight and as this is our last night at the BC we rush back to do it
it was fun we got to roast mashmellows and make pigs out of our selves eating them all covered in chocalate
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then it was back to stormaway bay for an evening swim

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We were able to get a table at Cafe May for dinner
which was really good
after this we headed to Downtown Disney for our first visit
DS hit the Lego shop and spent most of his money
he had all his birthday money from last June saved to get this lego he is a big fun
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So another late night
I was hoping to get the packing done this evening and get a early start in the morning , but we all just went straigh to bed

[jns]

Wed 22nd Day 7
up early last of the washing done , really handly having the washing machine and dryer in the room got the bags packed and had bell service send them over to the Wilderness lodge for us. How easy is that :thumbsup2
Asked Ds to take some photos of the room for me
What else can I say :lmao:
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Left the car at the BC and took the boat to Hollywood Studios

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I rushed to get fastpasses for the Toy story ride 4.45 - 5.45 time , this was about 10.30 :confused3
and met up with the rest under the hat , its lovely just sitting down prople watching
we done most of the rides at the studios
and got to see the new parade Block Party Bash
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much say I like the old Stars and Motor Cars Parade alot better ( this was my favourite parade ever)
I enjoyed it but would be in no big hurry to see it again, Think it is more for the younger kids
after using out fast passes at last DS won this time we headed back to say goodbye to the BC
DH finally got to sit to the beach
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hopped into the car and headed over to the WLV this is our first time staying here it is really dark after staying in the bight BC , but it didn't take too long to get used to it
We were given the last studio at the end of the long hallway
Boys went off to have a look around and me an DH unpacked ,
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we headed over to MK then to see wishes and back to WL for a quick bite to eat and a good look around the lodge . It is some place

[natalielongstaff]

great idea for a game :thumbsup2

[Disneygrl36]

Jackie,
I love that you came up with a game instead of being bummed out about the crowds & I loved the pictures of all the transportation modes.:thumbsup2
Your World Showcase tour pictures are great too!!!
How fun a campfire on the beach with marshmellows. Yummy!!
We stayed at Wilderness Lodge the one night before the cruise last year & I can't wait to go back. Did you get a chance to check out the Carolwood Pacific Room with all the Walt train memoriabilia? It's really cool.

[TotallyAngelic]

I have really enjoyed your updates Jackie - it must be amazing to stay on site at Disney and something we hope to do one day. The marshmallow party on the beach sounds wonderful!

We saw the writing in the sky too - we were in Hollywood Studios - waiting for Tony and Stephen to come out of the Tower of Terror - it was very surreal!

[Cyrano]

Sounds like you are having a great holiday :)

[jns]

Jackie,
I love that you came up with a game instead of being bummed out about the crowds & I loved the pictures of all the transportation modes.:thumbsup2
Your World Showcase tour pictures are great too!!!
How fun a campfire on the beach with marshmellows. Yummy!!
We stayed at Wilderness Lodge the one night before the cruise last year & I can't wait to go back. Did you get a chance to check out the Carolwood Pacific Room with all the Walt train memoriabilia? It's really cool.
We did check out the train memoriabilia but have no photos it was lovely just chilling out in there

I have really enjoyed your updates Jackie - it must be amazing to stay on site at Disney and something we hope to do one day. The marshmallow party on the beach sounds wonderful!

We saw the writing in the sky too - we were in Hollywood Studios - waiting for Tony and Stephen to come out of the Tower of Terror - it was very surreal!
We have only stayed off site once and hated it
as DVC members we have lots of years to look forward too

Sounds like you are having a great holiday :)
Thanks for stopping by

most try and get another up date done shortly

[jns]

Thur 23rd Day 8
Decided at this stage we are not going to get IOA / US done this year again
we will make it some time , this is the 3rd year that the tickets will be coming home with us again
So it is off to Animal Kingdom for us this morning
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Pick up the time table and notice that the Festival of the Lion king is aout to start , so make our way over there
this is DH favourite show
as there was only one person in line to see Pocahontas DS stopped to say hello
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We walked over to Africa after the show Boy was it busy :scared1:
we got Fasspasses for Kilimanjaro Safari and went for a walk through the Pangani Forest Exploration Trail
we got to see the Gorillas walking about which was really cool and a lot of the other animals were out too
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After a quick lunch at Pizzafari which took us over 20 minutes even to get served we headed back to the Safari even with fasspasses we had to wait for 20 mins , ever since Everet opened this park is really busy don't you think

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This was the best safari I was ever on , lots of animals out and about but I was on the wrong side of the van to get good photos
we got to see the baby elephants taking a bath
and the lions were awake too

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We headed over to the Flights of Wonder show next ,The tour guide was really funny
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After seeing all the shows we wanted to it was time to do some rides
First off was Mount Everest ,DH and youngest DS didn't want to do this so myself and DS went on the single rider line and were on in less then 5 minutes quere was over 50 minutes , as usual I done most of the ride with my eyes closed
I love the view from the top of the mountian
over to DinoLand USA and DS enjoyed so time in the bone yard
Next up was Kali River Rapids this is Ds's favourite ride in all of WDW
DH got soaked the first time
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Me and DS went on a second time , we both came off soaked
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as we were all wet now except oldest DS we decided to head back
but stopped on our way to wait for the parade which was about to start
I think its about time they changed this parade , but still enjoyed it we had a good view

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Noticed today that we were really been Irish
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Back to WL for a quick swim and then headed to Downtown the plan was to have dinner at the House of Blues but it was closed for a private party so we were able to get a table at Bongos Cuban Cafe which was good first time here too
Had a walk around Pleasure Island then which was really sad :sad1: as all the building are closed down
We had quite a few good nights here in the past at the night clubs and the Comedy Warehouse was one of my favourites
Went in to Ragan Rd for a nosiey can't belive we only had one full day left at WDW
I was a bit worried about doing the parks first that we would be looking forward to the cruise to much to enjoy the parks
but the cruise wasn't even mention until this evening

so another late night for us back to the hotel and straight to sleep

[DisneyJo]

Loving your TR, can't wait to read more :goodvibes

[jns]

Loving your TR, can't wait to read more :goodvibes

Thanks Jo
hope to get some more up shortly

[jns]

double post sorry

[TotallyAngelic]

another great couple of days Jackie! :goodvibes :goodvibes.

I love that photo of you waving from Kali River Rapids!

and cruise day tomorrow! :cheer2:

[Disneygrl36]

Great updates Jackie.
Loved the shot in the parking lot of AK of your guys making the Irish flag.
I am with you & ready for Bay Lake Towers to open too!!!!! We are contemplating an add on there. :rolleyes1

[jns]

Friday 24th Day 9

Woke up bright and early as we had breakfast booked for 8.05 am at the Crstyal Palace and it was pouring down raining
really really heavy , now if this wasn't our last day think we would have stayed in bed , but No up we got and headed for the bus stop had a wee while to wait but it wasn't long until we were running in to MK trying to stay dry
So long for all my happy dreams of walking up a empty Main Street , didn't get one photo
we had a great breakfast with Pooh and friends
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The 2 boys headed over to Adventureland for the rope drop ,and we finished our coffee
the CM's couldn't believe how quite it was there ,it was the 2 boys and that was it , remeber we are from Ireland we are used to the rain
they got to go on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad 3 times in a row and then we joined them and done it again twice
we then done Splash Mountain 2 times without even getting off
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Aidan headed to Space Mountain as he does not do drops and got to go on a few times
Yes this is more what we are used to no waiting in lines
Now the rain hasn't really stopped but it was clearing up a bit
headed over to Tomorrowland and got to do most of the rides over here
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DS finally got to do the Indy Speedway when it started to bucket down again so I decided to buy an Umbrella
Knew I should have got one first thing the sun came out , but so did the people
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The 2 boys got hungry again so a quick hotdog before the parade
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This Band was playing at the beginning of the Parade there most have been over a hundred children in it
What a great parade for them to play in
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After the Parade we decided to call it a day
it was sad walking out of the park for the last time
this is the last photos taken at MK
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Look at the sky
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headed back over to FW on the boat
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it is great staying so close to MK

Can't wait until the BLT's are finished
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[jns]

Friday 24th Day 9 Spending time around Wilderness Lodge

Spent the rest of the evening at the WL
Boys hired out the sea mice which is another of our favourite things to do
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I sat around the beach just chilling out and making some new friends
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The beach is a great place to spend some time at after a busy day in the park
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Spend the rest of the evening around the pool and hanging about the lobby had dinner at the Roaring Fork
Boys had an early night and we went down to the bar for a few drinks

[DisneyJo]

The rain is great sometimes isn't it :rotfl: How great you got on so many rides :thumbsup2

[jns]

Day 10 Saying Goodbye to WDW
When I was planning this holiday at home :surfweb: the plans was to get up early this morning and go in to Magic kingdom for a few hours before heading to the port
as with all good plans never happened :rotfl2:
with no packing done and it was raining stayed in bed for the extra few hours
so a nice relaxing morning instead ,breakast and then done the packing and call bell service to collect the bags
now at the BC the bell man was there in 5 minutes , not here said it would be 20 minutes at least so the rest went for a walk around the resort and I waited with the bags. it was lovely chilling out on the balcony
So by the time we all meet up at the car the bell service had all the bags in the car
Now that what I call service :thumbsup2
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Look what was waiting outside too
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So thats the end of the first part of this wonderful holiday
we had a great time at WDW , don't think we will ever out grow Disney
This time we spent alot more time at the resorts and eating at alot of nice sit down meals
big change from our first few visits were we went Comando style in the parks and lived on hotdogs and chicken stripes

Bye Bye Wilderness Lodge
I'm sure we will be back :yay: Thanks to our DVC membership :love:
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[Disneygrl36]

Oh Jackie I love :love: your Mary Poppins shot from the parade.
It's always sad to leave the MK isn't it????? That last look at the castle always makes me a bit misty.
I agree about how it's nice to just enjoy the little things instead of going commando style. We love our DVC too & it makes it nice knowing we can go back whenever we want!!!!!!!!!!!

On to the cruise :sail:

[florida sun]

Really enjoying your report Jackie, cant wait to read more:thumbsup2

[jockey]

Great pics, really enjoying your reports :)

[jns]

Really enjoying your report Jackie, cant wait to read more:thumbsup2

Great pics, really enjoying your reports :)

Thank you both for reading along
its fun reliving our holiday by doing this trip report
next up is the cruise

[jns]

Day 10 Disney Magic here we come 25th Oct 08

Well after nearly a year waiting for this day we are on our way to Port Canaveral
Even the toll booth as all done up for Halloween
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It is starting to rain as we go over the bridge but it's not to long until we see the ship
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Myself and Micheal are dropped off with the bags and the other 2 drop the car off
We head straight up to the terminall but can't check in as the other 2 have they ID with them
So we have a good look around , its about 1pm now and the place is quite as most people are on board
We meet the lady herself
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Its not long until the other 2 are back, took them about 20 minutes , as I have most of it done on line it doesn't take long until we are checked in and aloud on the ship
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We decide to head for lunch first so off we head to Parrots Cay but the line was big so we went to Topsiders instead
Sitting on board and it never felt like we were away
after lunch we headed down to our stateroom Deck 2 room 2518 we are 5 doors down from where we were last year
No bags yet but our Castaway members gift was waiting for us
As it was nearly 3pm we headed up to the Promenade lounge for the Dis meet and to meet up with all the lovely people I was chatting to all year It was fun meeting everyone boys stayed for about 5 minutes
Next it was time to get ready for the mandatory drill
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Funny thing Aidan looked out the door to see if any more bags were about and one of his friends from last time was walking past the door
he didn't even know that he was onboard as he didn't hear from him since last time , He was staying a few doors down from us
Myself and DH unpacked and the boys went away exploring the ship
we joined them on deck for the sail away party which was nearly finished by the time we got there , then it was time to sail away
just after 5pm we saw a cruise bus pulling up at the side of the terminal and a family jumping out and next we see them running out of the building and aboard then the gang plank is pulled up and we are away :banana: :banana: :banana:
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Stayed up on deck Micheal went swimming in the goofy pool his favourite then it was time to get ready for tonight show which was "All aboard! let the magic Begin" and then headed to dinner to night we were dining at Animators Palate we were on the 8.30pm seating
We met our dining servers Andea and luci They were the best :banana: :banana: Made our dinning the best part of the cruise
We were at a table for 8 but the second family which were meant to join us decided not to join us :confused3

Boys went off to the clubs after this and we went back to the room as we had not tidy up after unpacking but our wonderful room server had everything all sorted for us wish I could take him home with me :cloud9:
and look what he left for us
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there was some gifts left in our Fish Extender too
Thanks :hug: :hug: :hug:
After a walk around the deck to easy the dinner down abit
checked out the shops Got lots of scrapbooking stuff and then picked up Micheal it was time for bed
great first day onboard

[TotallyAngelic]

What an absolutely wonderful day that was Jackie - and great to meet you at the DIS meet!

[DisneyJo]

How great that your DS met his friend, sounds like a lovely start to the cruise :)

[jns]

Day 11 Our first visit to Castaway Cay
was woken up by the noise of the boat docking at Castaway Cay
what a lovely sight to see last time due to Hurraincane Noel we were not able to dock at all
So up to Topsiders for a quick breakfast
before we headed off the boat
Max was giving out towels on the dock
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as usual Micheal wasn't hanging about any lines for photos
got only one done
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Seen himself out and about to
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We headed to the family beach and Aidan stayed for all of 5 minutes and then headed to look for his friends
Least it was 5 more minutes then the last time :rotfl2:
we would meet up with him again at Dinnner
We have no real plans for today just chilling out on the beach
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We hired out the snorkeling equipment and went to explore the lagoon , took a little while to get used to it as we are only beginers walking around with the fins was funny ,We didn't tell DH that you walk backwards into the water with them .
All the fish were around the sunken treasure
I found the Hidden Minnie in the end up we most have spent over an hour out there , the water was quite rough too

DS went to the club after this and we had a small lunch and then a cocktail and a book for me for the rest of the afternoon DH has a wee sleep "Life can get no better then this" :banana:
We were keeping an eye out on the sky didn't look to good at this stage
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[Disneygrl36]

Woo hoo you made it on board the Magic & even to Castaway Cay!!!!! :cool1:
That sky looks a bit ominous, but at least you were there.

[kesharn81]

thanks for the info - useful thread...

this seems useful information...thanks for sharing...

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[natalielongstaff]

Great dcl pics :thumbsup2

[jns]

Day 11 still

Decided to pack up our things and headed back to pick up Micheal at Scuttles cover hoping to beat the rain
but no it started to pour and I mean pour :eek:
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at this stage the kids club was closing so we had to make a run for it
as we were wet we just walked back to the ship
couldn't get over how warm the rain was
Micheal had great fun playing in the puddles

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and there was lots of warm towels waiting for us as we went on board
and yes you guessed it by the time we got to the ship it stopped rain

After getting dried up DH headed to the gym , boys were in the clubs and I went to the DVC members party , didn't win any prizes :confused3
met up again at the goofy pool and stayed there until it was time for the show
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Tonights show was the comedian Heath Hyche , he was very very funny :lmao: We really enjoyed this show

The boys were dinning alone tonight at Parrots Cays where they were well entertained by Andre and Luci and had great fun
One on each end of a table for 8 :confused3
Myself and DH were dinning in Palos
We enjoyed it here the food was great but would be in no big hurry back , for us dining with the family is a nicer thing to do on board then going to Palos

Boys went to their clubs after dinner
We were the last to leave Palos so after our nightly walk around deck and checking in on Micheal we went to The Piano Bar sessions for a while , then picked up Micheal from the club at closing and headed to bed
another great day :banana: :banana:
To nights towel animal
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[jns]

Day 12 Our 1st Sea Day and Formal Night
No real plans for this morning had breakfast at topsiders again and boys went to they clubs and spent the day between them and the pool
Myself and DH went to the fat burning seminar which was very interesting
and the digital camera one which was more on what kind of camera to buy then taking photos which I thought it would be about

Today was our Dis trick and Treating too
We have been planning this on our thread meet for about 2 mouths before and we had over 60 kids involed along with there parents
Suzie had done a great job for us , all her hard work made this event far better then the T&T that Disney had done onboard
Thanks Suzies :hug: :hug: :hug:
Micheal really enjoyed himself and got lots of treats at the end :banana: :banana:
Myself and Jenn were at the Animators Palates clue stations and had great fun with all the kids
We even met Daisy Duck at the end too
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After this we headed up to the Goofy pool and spent the rest of the afternoon there chilling out , it was quite rough today and I was feeling a bit sea sick but not as bad as last time
Think this was the day we played Bingo too , didn't win but it was really good fun
I had a date at the spa this evening and the rest went to the show which was the Golden Mickeys
Which they enjoyed
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We got to meet the Captain this evening too
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It was Formal night and we were dinning in Lumieres
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The boys went to their clubs and we went to the Heath Hyche Adult Cabaret in Rockin' Bar D which was great fun

Picked Micheal up and went for our nightly walk around the deck before heading to bed
Our towel animal to night
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We put the time back an hour tonight so we had a extra hours sleep

[jns]

Day 13 Cozumel
We were up early this morning and had breakfast at Topsiders again
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It was very windly today and a most of the shore excursions were cancelled
but we were lucky enough
We met up at the Promendade lounge with the rest of our group and we on our way
We had picked the Eco Park and Snorkel excursion . First we had to walk through the shopping center and board our tranport which was a open truck and drive for about 45 minutes to the Punta sur ecological park
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First stop was at a Lagoon filled with salt water crocodiles

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and at a small Mayan temple ruin

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and then it was on to the lighthouse and museum
which we climbed to the top
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Next we had to drive down a one way dirt road which took forever
to get to the beach where we got to go snorking

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now this was only our 3rd time snorking 2nd time was Castaway Cay 2 days before .The sea was quite rough and we found it hard going but enjoyed ourselves. Seen lots of coral and fish
Most of the group went snorking but you can just spend the time on the beach if you like
Forgot to take any money with us , to used to charging everything on our room card so was not able to buy the photos , but couldn't resisted taking a photo of the photo

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The drive back was really really slow
this was the only part of the trip that we didn't like
at this stage we were tired and hungry and all sand
Think it would have been better if we were taken to the Park in a coach and then transfar to the open truck
We were left back at the shopping center and DH went back and got some money had a walk around but bought nothing
We met a few of our Dis friends there too
We went in to Senor frogs
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but it was so loud we decided to head back onboard for lunch
It was really windly walking back to the ship
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Back on board and there was more gifts waiting for us in our fish extender
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After a quick wash and a bit to eat we went up on deck to watch us leaving Cozumel
There was one family just made it back on time :confused3
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Tonights show was Twice Charmed . This is one of my favourite shows
We watch Guest artist Trevor Colton paint this picture
He was amazing dancing and painting at the same time and the ship was really really rough too I found it hard to stand

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and we had dinner at Lumieres again
Don't think we had our nightly walk were to tired , Word on board was we might not be able to go to Gran Cayman tomorrow but will have to wait and see
Tonights towel animal was
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[jns]

Day 14 2nd Sea Day
Was woken up this morning by Bent telling us that we were not aloud to dock at Grand Cayman after all and were spending the day at sea
so went back to sleep for another while
We were meant to be doing the Aqua Boat and Snorkel Adventure on Grand Cay but I wasn't too disappointed as we were still tired after yesterdays excursion I think 2 in a row would have been tough going
Decide to have breakfast at Lumieres this morning as we were in no hurry to go anywhere
We were sitted byside Aunt Lynn and her family who we never met before and had a nice chat with them
It was lovely bumping into our Dis friends onboard all the time :hug:

We were told here that we were going to Key West tomorrow :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: and shortly after this we were given a revised navigator for today
Micheal when to his club DH went to the gym Aidan was still in bed and I went to a Cooking demonstations , where the first thing I was given was more food and wine
Met a lovely lady and sat afterwards chatting , she was delighted to be going to KeyWest too as she was going to visit family for the day

Myself and Micheal gave out our fish extender gift and enjoyed seeing all the doors done up
Some of them are really good :thumbsup2 got the washing done too

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Myself and Micheal went to the first showing of High school Musical 3
Learnth later that the girls at the club made Aidan go too , as usual we didn't see much of Aidan, only for he likes his food so much we might not have seen him at all :rotfl2:
Spent some time chilling out at the pool
Decided to go for the Med cruise that we got priced a few days before so a quick visit to the Future cruise desk depoiset paid and we are booked again :cool1: :cool1: :cool1: :cool1:
I found the loungers on deck five and spend a lovely time just sitting reading my book and watching the sun set
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There was no show tonight as we went to the early showing of HSM3

[Disneygrl36]

Wow........good updates.
I'm wondering about the weather & Oct cruises. Seems like it interferes too much.........but getting to go to Key West would be fun.:thumbsup2

[auntlynne]

I'm enjoying re-living our trip through your report. It's nice seeing Aidan smiling in the photos; not all teenage boys will do that. 37 days since our cruise - thought this would be finished by now:rotfl:

Lynne

[jjk]

really enjoying your report Jackie,fantastic photos,I have never been on a cruise and am really enjoying reading all about yours :goodvibes

[jns]

I'm enjoying re-living our trip through your report. It's nice seeing Aidan smiling in the photos; not all teenage boys will do that. 37 days since our cruise - thought this would be finished by now:rotfl:

Lynne
glad to have you onboard :hug:
can't believe it is 37 days since we cruised where has the time gone
it's really hard finding the time to sit down and write a trip report up
I am only going with the order af our photos
but its a lovely way to relive the whole trip


really enjoying your report Jackie,fantastic photos,I have never been on a cruise and am really enjoying reading all about yours :goodvibes
Thanks :hug: :hug: :hug:
this is how I got interested in cruising too reading to many trip reports

[borntoshop96]

Your plans sound fantastic Jackie. I can't wait to read more.
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[mandymouse]

Finally I have caught up with your trippy. It sounds like you had a fantastic holiday. Your photos are lovely too :thumbsup2

[jns]

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[DisneyJo]

All caught up and the cruise sounds lovely so far well except for it being a little rough.

Love the photos of your DS splashing in the puddles :rotfl:

[florida sun]

Brilliant reports Jackie:goodvibes

[jns]

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:santa: Merry Christmas to everyone

Hope Santa is good to you all
Have a great Christmas and a Very Happy New Year

Jackie and Michael and boys xx :santa:

I most try and get this report finished soon

[TinkTatoo]

I've just caught up with the trip reports and I'm really enjoying them, can't wait to read more about the cruise - and I love your black and amber fish extender ;)

Happy Christmas to all of you :santa:

[suzycute]

Just caught up with your adventures! Sounds like you had a great time! Look forward to reading the rest soon! :thumbsup2

[natalielongstaff]

Im all caught up as well, love your pics :thumbsup2

[darthtatty]

great reports.x:goodvibes

[jns]

really need to get this report finished soon

:offtopic:
but here are a few photos taken today of the snow
The snow is nearly away here at least
here is a few photos which DS took to day

My Favorite photo of the day
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and finalily the camera crew
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this was last week outside our house
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The boys out enjoying the snow
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[disney13]

Great trip report. I thought I was there with you!!!! Keep em coming. Really enjoying them.

[jns]

Day 14 2nd Sea Day Part 2 at long last

Tonight is Pirates in the Caribbean Party night
This year we only took t shirts and hats to wear
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We enjoy dinner tonight in Animators Palate
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After dinner we made our way up to the Pirates in the Caribbean Party
which was great fun
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love watching the fireworks and after this we went to the Dessert Buffet
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Boys spent the evening in the clubs

Tonights towel animal was
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[jns]

Day 15 Key west

Up bright and early this morning as we are heading back to the USA we have to do Customs
Aidan is not too happy having to get up early
all the late nights are starting to catch up with him
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Once we get the all clear
Aidan heads back to bed and decides to spend the day onboard
warned him that we were off ship for the day , he did try later to get off but as we weren't there to sign him off he wasn't aloud , but if we had knewn we could have signed something to aloud him to get off himself
He had a quite enough day as most of his friends went a shore , the day on Cozumel most stayed onboard
we go for a quick breakfast before we head ashore and meet up with Belle on the way seeing there is no one in line Micheal says a quick Hello
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They are starting to do up the ship for Halloween too
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This is our first time at Key west and I'm delighted to be here
we decided to do the tram tour around the Island
so after meeting up at the promenade Lounge we were taken off the ship were the tram was waiting for us
took a while for everyone to fine a seat they were happy with
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This was an hour tour around the Island which was really good but the only thing was it was an non stop tour
learnth later that we could have done a stop tour if we booked ourselves which would have been nicer
still it was really good we had a great tourguide that seems to know everyone as he kept chatting to people we pasted
felt a bit like been home
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After the tour Micheal wanted to go into the Aquarium so DH took him in and I just had a walk around the shops . The people here are so freindly and layed back
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I love these pink Taxis
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We headed to Sloppy Joes for lunch
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After this we headed back onboard
We had a lovely day on Key West and it will be a place we will be visiting again some time

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Bye Bye Key West
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[jns]

Day 15 Halloween

back on board
DH went to the gym and me and Micheal went on the DCL trick and treating
all I can say is that it was the longest que of our whole holiday
Disney really needs to do something better then this onboard
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We spotted Aidan as well
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so after walking around the whole ship to get a handful of candy
DS didn't want to stay for the party so we got a quick bit to eat and then he headed to his club and I got my book and spent a few hours along with DH at the adult pool
Tonights show was Disneys Dreams which was really good and after this we went to see the Ron Peason Cabaret in Rock'n Bar D
he is such a funny man
Tonight is also the Captains Gala so they is a real mixuter of people about the ship
we didn't get dressed up , The boys decided not too , so less packing for me
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we were dinning tonight in Parrots cay
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asusal the boys headed to they clubs
we watched the adults Halloween costume contest
there was some really good costume and then went to the Adult show of Ron Peason Cabaret in Rock'n Bar D and stayed there until it was time to pick Micheal up from his club
Our nightly walk around the ship before bed
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We even meet up with Aidan and some of his friends
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Our Towel animal tonight was
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think this one is my favourite

[tony64]

Hi Jackie Just cought up with your trip report. Can't wait for the next instalment. DW will be impressed you got some scrapbooking stuff.;)

[TotallyAngelic]

HI Jackie :hug:

Thank you so much for cheering me up on this dreary Sunday morning! Your updates have just brought it all back to me - Key West, Pirate night, Halloween on the Magic, and how wonderful it all was!:cloud9: :cloud9:

Love your snow pics too - where you live looks really pretty. We managed to escape the snow this time.

[KayleeUK]

Lovely to catch up with your report Jackie ;)

[DisneyJo]

Just catching up and it looks like you're having a fun time on the cruise, I love your towel animals and your trip sounded fun :goodvibes

[jenn&nelsonrego]

I wanna go back <insert whining noise here>.....

[TotallyAngelic]

I wanna go back <insert whining noise here>.....

me too Jenn!

[wicket2005]

Lovely report and photos, looking forward to the rest.:goodvibes

[Snowy-girls]

Ok,how on earth have i missed this :confused3 ?.
Fantastic trippe Jackie,your photo's are lovely,especially the ones of you all looking so chic+smart on the cruise :thumbsup2 .x.

[Jets fan]

Hi Jackie

Just read your trip report from the start and it's been great reading, you all looked you had a brilliant time.

Thanks
Tina

[kid-at-heart]

Tuesday 21st Day 6


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DS got to finish his mask today
spend a good few hours walking around not many street artist out through





I love this picture! What a beautiful family you have.

[kid-at-heart]

Friday 24th Day 9

we had a great breakfast with Pooh and friends
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Another great photo of all the "boys".

[SusanEllen]

Dear Jackie,
I just picked up your report (and caught up) after starting the read a few months back. It's a big job writing a trip report, isn't it? You've done an excellent job of writing and illustrating your family's wonderful trip. Thank you for sharing your stories.

[Disneygrl36]

Jackie :wave: don't know how I lost you & didn't get the last few updates read but I have now.
What kinds of costumes did you see this year? Any Mary & Bert's????
Loved Key West with you guys.....that's someplace I have always wanted to go.
Hope all is well with you.:goodvibes