Our first trip and our honeymoon at Disney World, what could go wrong? [Archive] - The DIS Discussion Forums

KittyKat08

01-09-2009, 09:49 PM

Hello all, I'm still fairly new to the Dis boards and spend most of my time just lurking around reading other peoples TR's. :surfweb: I decided to write my own because it seems like fun even if I am a few months late, our disney honeymoon took place in November. :sad2:

I guess I will start with the usual introduction of myself and my DH. He and I have actually known each other since 1995. We dated briefly but DH is five years older then me and at that time I was just a wild girl and refused to be tied down in a relationship. :rolleyes1 Well anyway we ended up becoming much better friends and actually stayed in touch for a long time before we lost track of each other. Long story short, and lots of drama in between we finally got back in touch with each other about 3 years ago. I ended up inviting him to go to Disneyland with me and some friends and he actually took the day off from work so that he could go. I was surprised and thought that was cool but didn't think anything else of it.:rolleyes: Well the day came and I went to his house to pick him up, now let me tell you it's not that DH was unattractive back then but when I saw him for the first time in seven years I was blown away, even with him balding which he hates but I don't mind I thought he looked great, so much more mature and attrative to me. Well the whole way to Disneyland which is not far, we flirted like crazy and we both realized how much we had changed and for the better. :laughing: Anyway and I'm sorry if I'm rambling on now but the day at Disneyland turned out to be fantastic and my friends really liked him and at the end of the day they could tell something was going to happen between us. Within a few weeks of that day and DH and I talking all the time he professed his love for me and said that he loved me when he first met me and never stopped. :love: My heart melted.

So fast forward to now and we are married and happy as can be. Obviously there is alot of history with DH and I, way to much to put on the boards but I think it holds true for DH at least if you love something, then let it go and if it comes back to you then it's meant to be.

So now it's time for who we are now.

Well my name is Kathleen, everyone calls me Kat. I'm 32 and currently have no job. I was born in New Jersey and spent most of my childhood there, but my mom had family in CA so we came to visit here often and eventually moved to CA. Because of that reason I was introduced to Disneyland at a young age and never looked back. :cool1: I have been a lover of all things disney for most of my life and show no signs of slowing down.

Now DH is Alfonso, we call him AJ, he is 37 and works for Universal Studios Hollywood. Now I know there are mixed feelings for Universal on these boards but I can't help the fact he works there. He works for special events so that makes it a little better because of all the cool parties and people he gets to meet. :thumbsup2 Aside from the fact he works there he is also a lover of all things disney and always will be.

This is us at Disneyland on Buzz Lightyear

http://http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/KathleenBlauvelt/Disneyland%20Trips/IMG_1369.jpg

This is our family for now

Our cats Willow and Storm, willow is in the back

http://http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/KathleenBlauvelt/Pets/022.jpg

And this is Ashley

http://http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/KathleenBlauvelt/Pets/010.jpg

Well I hope that introduction was okay and you will get a better idea of who we are as this TR goes along. Next up will be a bit about the wedding and a not so great start to the honeymoon. :eek:

OhMari

01-09-2009, 09:58 PM

I"m in.
I love Wedding stories and WDW.

mla1977

01-09-2009, 11:09 PM

Yay! A honeymoon TR!

KittyKat08

01-09-2009, 11:10 PM

Okay so lets get to the good stuff. After DH popped the question we both new right away we were going to have our wedding on Halloween. :scared1: Of course we would have loved to get married at Disney but we could never have afforded it plus we are very non traditional people for the most part.

So I'm sure your wondering why halloween and what type of freaks are these people but rest assured we are normal we just LOVE, LOVE, LOVE halloween and October and fall are our favorite time of the year, soooooo we figured it would be perfect. Now since DH and I payed for the wedding ourselves, neither one of our families really had the finances to help much we figured we would do a simple honeymoon. After going back and forth about a million times on where to go I casually mentioned Walt Disney World. DH of course said it was going to be to expensive :rolleyes: and did not know how we would be able to swing it. Of course I started looking on the internet right away and found all sorts of good deals and with our AAA discount it was even better. So DH comes home that night and I show him all my info and out of the blue he starts talking about the Disney Cruise Line. ::yes:: I start to tell him that then the honeymoon will be to expensive and the cruise was not an option. I know what the hell was I thinking right. :sad2: Well for the sake of just looking I started getting prices on the cruise's. Come to find out it's really not that bad and after telling DH he said, wait for it, wait for it "GO AHEAD AND BOOK IT". First I :faint: then I :yay: and :woohoo: and finally some of this :dance3:.

So the plans are in motion, this is what we had come up with for the honeymoon.

Nov. 3 fly out of LAX and arrive at MCO around 6:30pm, Check into the Extended Stay Deluxe until Nov. 6

Nov. 6 Check into Disney's POFQ and stay until our cruise on Nov. 9. We booked the land and sea cruise.

Nov. 9 till Nov. 13 we sail on the Disney Wonder

Nov. 13 come back and check into the Best Western Lakeside until Nov. 17 then we come home.

Crazy huh! We had to stay offsite except for the land portion of the cruise because again finances would not allow us to stay on Disney property for the length of this trip. It was okay though and even all the moving around was not a problem.

So with everything set wedding wise and honeymoon wise the day finally came. Let me first tell you because this will be part of the what could go wrong later on I was deathly sick :sick: two weeks before our wedding so of course I was freaking out. Needless to say the wedding day came and I was fine, no problems at all. I will go ahead and post some photos of our Halloween wedding. I don't have the professional ones back yet because there was some problems and supposedly I'm supposed to get them in the next week or so. Almost four months after the wedding. :sad2: So the pictures I have are stolen from other guest cameras.

http://http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/KathleenBlauvelt/Our%20wedding/l_b81e7a0c2b644df0a623712c1c8970521.jpg

http://http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/KathleenBlauvelt/Our%20wedding/n1403724081_30137234_110.jpg

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So as you can tell we had an interesting wedding. :rotfl2: It was really alot of fun and our guest really liked it and had a good time.

So skip ahead a day and what happens after the wedding, I start feeling sick again. :eek: Since we had family visiting and were not leaving till Monday I felt I had to visit with them so I ignored how I felt and pushed on. So in between going out to eat and driving all over the place :car: to visit people and also packing and doing laundry :laundy: I was fading out fast. I should also mention that I have asthma and since I have been unemployed for awhile I have not had medical insurance so that was making matters worse because I felt like I had something more then a cold and really needed to go to the doctor. But alas I still pushed on and Sunday night I was finishing up packing and was feeling pretty bad so I decided to go to bed early since we had to be up at 6am to head to the airport.

So what happens while I'm sleeping? Stay tuned.

KittyKat08

01-09-2009, 11:29 PM

Yay! A honeymoon TR!

Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoy it.

I"m in.
I love Wedding stories and WDW.

Welcome, thanks for reading!

Disneyfan71

01-10-2009, 03:59 AM

I loved the wedding pictures..and I loved the cake btw.

Can't wait to read more about your trip :)

KittyKat08

01-10-2009, 04:44 PM

I loved the wedding pictures..and I loved the cake btw.

Can't wait to read more about your trip :)

Thank you, the cake was pretty cool I was surprised how well it came out.

KittyKat08

01-10-2009, 05:54 PM

Okay so I left off with me going to sleep because I was just feeling horrible. I think I went to bed around 9pm or so. Well I woke up around 11pm and was coughing like crazy and also having a very bad asthma attack. DH was still running around the house packing last minute stuff and getting things organized. He took one look at me and wanted to take me to the ER because again if you remember I have not had medical insurance so that means I have not had the proper medicine to control my asthma. I told him I was fine :rolleyes1 and not to worry, I would be okay. Well my asthma attack did not let up even a little bit and so DH had the bright idea to call my best friend who also has asthma and ask her if we could borrow her nebulizer machine. After all that is what they would be giving me if I went to the ER anyway. Thankfully she was awake and told DH to come on over and get it. Now let me tell you she does not live very close to us, about an hour away actually so for my wonderful, new hubby to go and get the machine made me fall in love with him all over again. :love: So hubby takes off :drive: and I'm trying to continue breathing until he gets back. :eek: Good times already was what I was thinking.

A little bit later DH returns, I swear he must have been going very fast because it did not take him long. So I set myself up for a breathing treatment and hope it works. After two treatments the attack has let up a bit but not all the way. And of course me still being extremely stubborn, I'm still not going to the hospital. So I try to calm myself down because now it's almost 3am and we have to be up at six to go to the airport and I'm just freaking out because I can't believe this is happening. :sad2: So DH and I decide to try and get some more sleep, well he sleeps kinda and I don't sleep at all. Then the alarm goes off and I'm not happy at all. My first thought is it's officially our first day of our honeymoon and I can't do it, I can't get up. I felt so bad and was soooooo tired and weak. Then I started thinking your going to Disney World you have to get up, everything will be okay. I drag myself to the shower and this is when it all goes downhill. I start to have another asthma attack, this time it's way worse then the other one. I finish the shower get out and start giving myself a breathing treatment. It does not work at all this time, I mean nothing. So I'm completely panicking now and I'm crying like a baby :sad1: because we are running behind and I feel so bad. I'm also now realizing that I'm really not getting any air into my lungs so I finally give up and admit that I have to go to the hospital. :sad2: DH does not waste a minute and instantly he has me in the car and we are on the way to the ER. The whole way there I'm still crying my eyes out :sad1: and I'm so mad :mad: and I'm mumbling about non refundable tickets and we are going to miss the plane and so on and so on.

So we get to the ER and I stumble in pretty much and the nurse in the front waste no time taking me to a cubicle since pretty much all the color has gone from my face now and I can't even speak to her because of the asthma attack. The nurse takes one look at me and says "something else is wrong besides an asthma attack, are you upset about anything?" Well I loose it again and start crying, this time I'm heaving pretty much and I'm trying to sputter out that I just got married and today is the start of my honeymoon and I'm supposed to be at the airport on my way to Disney World and now I'm missing the plane and God hates me and again about non refundable tickets. :rolleyes1 Lovely huh? I'm almost sure she started to turn and run away at one point. :rotfl: Well she ever so nicely says that I'm having an anxiety attack which is not helping the asthma attack so she says she is going to give me something to calm me down. Fine, whatever I don't care I just want to get out of there as quick as possible. I did not even ask what she gave me but within minutes I was perfectly peacful and calm. :cloud9: So then the doctors came in, yes two of them. I guess I was that problematic. They test my airflow which is about zilch, I couldn't have blown a candle out if my life depended on it. They give me another two breathing treatments with the stronger medicine and announce to me that I have bronchitis and are going to admit me into the hospital. :scared1: Well in a much calmer tone because of the lovely pill I was given I explain to the doctors all of what I said to the poor nurse in the first place. They of course look at me like I'm crazy and I again tell them, I'm not going to be admitted into the hospital because whether I have bronchitis or not I'm getting my butt to Walt Disney World even if it kills me. :rolleyes1 They proced to walk just out of my hearing distance and do a bit of this :chat: and finally come back to say well if that is what you want then okay. They give me the whole doctor speech about why I should not go and this and that and finally give me a great inhaller with a tube attachment so that when I have to take a puff it spreads more evenly into my lungs and also some antibiotics for the bronchitits. I thank them and DH and I leave and I think to myself that should be a nice bill we get in the mail. :rolleyes:

The whole way home I'm apoligizing to DH because I feel so bad and guilty :guilty: and should have gone sooner. He tells me of course not to worry about it and everything would be okay. We get home and I immediately get into bed because I'm exhausted at this point and can finally sleep and DH says he is going to go and see what he can do about our airline tickets.

Stay tuned to see what happens next.

KittyKat08

01-11-2009, 04:43 PM

So DH comes and wakes me up around 6pm and says that he called Delta and they told him he would have to buy new airline tickets for us. :scared1: or we could fly out on the red eye that night and it would only cost $100. :thumbsup2 I tell him go ahead and change it then to red eye and then I go back to sleep. Well at around 8pm DH comes running in and says you have to get up now, I let you sleep long enough, we have to leave in 10min for the airport. :eek: Of course I look like a walking zombie and would have loved to clean up a bit but instead I barely had time to brush my teeth, kinda get my hair under control and grab a sweater. DH mom was taking us to the airport and of course as soon as she saw me she flipped out. Your to sick to go and I have to be crazy and we are not going to have a good time, blah, blah, blah, blah. This was my reaction to her :teeth: I just smiled as much as I could and got in the car. About an hour or so later we arrive at LAX with plenty of time before our 10:15pm flight. We said our goodbyes and entered the terminal. It's been a long time since I have taken a red eye flight and I had forgotten how peaceful it is. Nobody in the terminal, no lines and overall the employees are much more friendly. I finally managed a brief smile :) even though we were half a day late to Orlando. So we get through baggage check which was pretty funny. Like I had said most of the employees were pretty happy and in good moods and that included the TSA agents. I was wearing my grumpy sweatshirt since I thought it seemed fitting for mulitiple reasons and one of the agents said you can't be grumpy, your on your way to Orlando which can only mean your going to Disney World. I laughed and said yeah I am but I'm also sick. He then says don't worry Walt Disney World will cure everything after all it's a magical place and as soon as some of that pixie dust pixiedust: falls on you everything will be fine. He was such a cool guy and I was going to hold onto his words from that moment on that I would feel better when we got there. :goodvibes

Here is a picture of us waiting to board our plane.

http://http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/KathleenBlauvelt/Honeymoon%20Universal%20Studios%20Orlando/DSCF01322.jpg

It was a pretty smooth ride to Orlando, the plane was not full so people kinda scattered about so they could have rows to themselves and go to sleep. I passed out for most of the 5 hour trip, that is how you know I'm sick because I'm terrified of flying and I'm never calm enough to sleep. DH said that when they told us we would be landing and to buckle up I didn't even budge so he had to get the seat belt on me and I just stayed asleep until right before we touched the ground.

It was now Nov. 4th at 6:15am and we finally made it to Orlando. :cool1: Again there are no crowds at MCO so getting on the shuttle to our bags was really fast and easy.

This is me walking to the shuttle area.

http://http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/KathleenBlauvelt/Honeymoon%20Universal%20Studios%20Orlando/DSCF01372.jpg

Then it was off to the car rental counter, we got a pretty good price for the rental when we booked it, $350 for the entire two weeks and they actually ended up crediting us back some money because we got to Orlando almost a day late. That was unexpected and pretty cool. :cool1:

So now we are on our way to the first hotel, Extended Stay Deluxe. As DH and I are driving I ask him what he wants to do because today was supposed to be our day at Universal Orlando and he says lets just check into the hotel and relax all day so I can rest and we will get a fresh start tomorrow if I'm up to it. As much as I don't want to agree with him because we are losing another day of our honeymoon I know it's for the best. So we get to the hotel

http://http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/KathleenBlauvelt/Honeymoon%20Universal%20Studios%20Orlando/DSCF01502.jpg

check in and everything is great. We get kinda settled and realize we are starving so DH goes off to find food, he comes back with this

http://http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/KathleenBlauvelt/Honeymoon%20Universal%20Studios%20Orlando/DSCF01582.jpg

I love Chick-fil-A so I'm a happy girl when he returns. :) I give DH lotsa kisses :love2: and hugs :hug: and thank him over and over again for being the best husband ever and taking such good care of me. :goodvibes

I'm not so great at remembering to take food porn pictures but I tried my best on the trip.

http://http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/KathleenBlauvelt/Honeymoon%20Universal%20Studios%20Orlando/DSCF01612.jpg

The rest of the day we just lazed around and snuggled in bed and watched TV and I got some much needed rest. Of course I was still in disbelief that I was on my honeymoon finally and in Orlando for the first time ever and that I was sick but I went to bed that night hoping and praying that I would feel better the next morning.

Coming up next: Do we go to Universal Orlando?

Soarin08

01-11-2009, 07:52 PM

Subbing!!! :)

Great so far!!

OhMari

01-11-2009, 11:01 PM

Ahh,
I know how scary asthma can be.
I have 4 kids that have asthma.
Now that they are all grown, I worry
what happened to you, can happen to
them, when they are alone.
My oldest just had a asthma attack
about a month ago. His was trigged
by a bronchitus infection.
Luckily he was home.
He didn't have an inhaler either.
Luckily we have a breathing machine
from when they were little.
Asthma, sucks, I wish there was a cure.

Love your wedding pictures. How cool.

KittyKat08

01-13-2009, 02:11 AM

Subbing!!! :)

Great so far!!

Welcome!!!! Thank you for reading.

Ahh,
I know how scary asthma can be.
I have 4 kids that have asthma.
Now that they are all grown, I worry
what happened to you, can happen to
them, when they are alone.
My oldest just had a asthma attack
about a month ago. His was trigged
by a bronchitus infection.
Luckily he was home.
He didn't have an inhaler either.
Luckily we have a breathing machine
from when they were little.
Asthma, sucks, I wish there was a cure.

Love your wedding pictures. How cool.

O you poor thing, all 4 kids with asthma! That really sucks! Those breathing machines really do come in handy, it's a good thing you have one. I think they should just give anybody who has asthma one right away when diagnosed.

Well thanks for reading my TR and I'm glad you liked what wedding photos I have right now, it was a pretty interesting wedding but exactly what DH and I wanted.

Disneyfan71

01-13-2009, 02:46 AM

Sorry you got sick but glad you made it to Orlando. I hate being sick on vacation, it's happened once but didn't let it keep me down.

I'm looking forward to the next installment :)

Goldeelox9

01-13-2009, 01:32 PM

HI! More More...We want more.

I was Married Nov. 4 on the Disney Cruise and was in WDW for my Honeymoon on Nov. 6-12th. Maybe we were at the same place at the same time! LOL

Stacybaeasm

01-13-2009, 03:59 PM

I'm in. Your wedding looked great! Just the kind of thing I would want if I ever get married. I'm so sorry you started off so sick, but I am eager to hear the rest of it!

pixiefairy

01-13-2009, 04:00 PM

I LOVE your wedding pictures! :lovestruc I wanted to get married on Halloween, or at least in the fall with a halloween theme, but my dh vetoed that idea. :sad2: The dress is gorgeous and the cake is just too cool. I'm so sorry you started out your honeymoon like that! I hope you started feeling better as soon as you got some rest.

Can't wait to read more!

GreatBiscuit

01-13-2009, 08:45 PM

Ahhh yes. Asthma and vacations. I've been on the losing end of that stick myself a couple of times. As to WDW Honeymoons not working out as you planned, well, let's just say I can relate. Hope it was uphill from here.

KittyKat08

01-13-2009, 09:35 PM

Sorry you got sick but glad you made it to Orlando. I hate being sick on vacation, it's happened once but didn't let it keep me down.

I'm looking forward to the next installment :)

Yeah getting sick is a bummer when on vacations or anytime for that matter, but I didn't let it keep me down either. Well at least not to much! ;)

HI! More More...We want more.

I was Married Nov. 4 on the Disney Cruise and was in WDW for my Honeymoon on Nov. 6-12th. Maybe we were at the same place at the same time! LOL

HI! :wave2: I read your wedding PJ and TR and it was great, Congrats by the way! Everything looked beautiful for your wedding and you looked fantastic.

I wonder if we did cross paths at some point, we saw so many honeymooners while there it is possible.

Anyway I promise to get to an installment sometime this evening, DH has been home the last couple of days and so I have been busy with him and running around.

I LOVE your wedding pictures! :lovestruc I wanted to get married on Halloween, or at least in the fall with a halloween theme, but my dh vetoed that idea. :sad2: The dress is gorgeous and the cake is just too cool. I'm so sorry you started out your honeymoon like that! I hope you started feeling better as soon as you got some rest.

Can't wait to read more!

Thank you I only wish I had better photos to show you if all goes well we should be getting them at the end of next week, unless our photograher has some more drama. :sad2:

So sorry your hubby vetoed the halloween wedding idea, it really was alot of fun. I'm thankful my hubby is in to halloween as much as I am.

I did eventually start feeling better but it was a rough road.

Well thanks for reading and I will get on with the show soon.

Ahhh yes. Asthma and vacations. I've been on the losing end of that stick myself a couple of times. As to WDW Honeymoons not working out as you planned, well, let's just say I can relate. Hope it was uphill from here.

Oh boy another asthma sufferer! Sounds like you have had some interesting situations happen yourself. I wish I could tell you it was all uphill but it was more like a bunch of hills up and down. :lmao:

Thanks for reading, hope you enjoy the rest.

bluechic03

01-13-2009, 09:54 PM

KittyKat08

01-13-2009, 10:48 PM

Im so sorry for the rough start to the honeymoon :( I have asthma too and know how you feel. I had many a nights like yours, just not the night before leaving to go on my honeymoon.........but my hubby did think he was having a heart attack the night before our last WDW vacation. We went to the ER and he had a lung infection...same thing from the doctor "you cant go on vacation your too sick!" we just looked at the docs like they were crazy and said NO WAY WE ARE GOING TO DISNEYWORLD!!!!!! and that was that, we had a great time :)

Hello and welcome! I'm going to have alot of asthma buddies by the time I'm done with this TR. :goodvibes

I wonder how many doctors out there have gotten the "I don't care if I'm sick, I'm still going to Disneyworld" spiel. They just don't understand until it happens to them or they obviously are not obsessed disney people like the rest of us. :rolleyes1 :lmao:

KittyKat08

01-14-2009, 12:24 AM

Okay, lets get this TR rolling again, shall we?

So DH had set the alarm the night before to wake us at 7am. This was supposed to be the day we went to Islands of Adventure and we should have gone to Universal the day before but because of the drama and getting to Orlando when we did we decided to postpone Islands until the end of our trip.
Okay anyway, alarm goes off and I groan right away and so don't want to get out of bed. DH of course says we don't have to go, but I feel so bad already and I promised him we would get to the Universal parks. I drag myself out of bed, and I do mean drag, it was not a pretty sight. :scared: I would say finally around 8am I get into the shower, around 8:30 or so I start doing makeup and getting dressed and around 9:30 or so I convince myself I look decent enough. Now just so you know, normally I'm super quick at getting ready but the bronchitis was really slowing me down. I actually felt like I was moving in slow motion and if I did something to quick I would get winded and start coughing like crazy so I literally was moving like molasses. :sad2: So I finally get it together and we sit down to eat some of the comlimentary food they have at the hotel in the morning. We leave the hotel at about 10:15am and the park has been open already for an hour and fifteen minutes. :sad2: Trust me when I say this was the standard morning for most of the trip, pathetic I know. :sad2:

So we are off and driving and finally we see this

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And soon after that

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Already DH and I are in awe, it's soooooo much cooler then Universal Hollywood. The parking system they have is so much easier then ours and way less stressful. And the moving walkways they have

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are just awesome! So after getting through bag check, yes they check you before even getting onto citywalk ::yes:: we finally arrive and we are even more overwhelmed. It's just huge, we already love it.

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We make our way towards Universal, which is a long walk and finally we get to the ball.

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Then finally we get to the entrance, well almost but close enough

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DH gets free tickets to Universal Hollywood and the policy is you can transfer them to Universal Orlando tickets if you are going to be visiting so that is what he had done back at home. Good thing to because tickets are expensive, pretty soon they will be right up there with the Disney parks. :eek: LOL

We get into the park and it's already lunch time and we are hungry but I'm determined to get some stuff done before we eat. Thankfully the weather was nice this day, not humid at all and kinda cool and breezy. That was helping me out alot in terms of being able to rush around the park.

Now I don't exactly remember what we did first because DH and I couldn't believe our eyes once inside the park. It is so nice and the park layout is so relaxing and easy to walk around because of the space. We spent a fair amount of time just looking around and comparing the parks. This is what we must have looked like to other people. :hyper2: Here are some pictures while we were walking around.

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http://http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/KathleenBlauvelt/Honeymoon%20Universal%20Studios%20Orlando/DSCF0043.jpg

Continued in next post, I reached my picture limit......

KittyKat08

01-14-2009, 01:22 AM

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Then out of the corner of my eye I see them. Who you ask? Well the penguins from Madagascar of course. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE did I mention I love the penguins. They are so cute. So DH and I get in line and soon I have my photo.

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This was a real treat for me to because I can never, ever find all of the penguins together at one time in Hollywood.

So we do a bit more walking around and some shopping. DH can use his employee discount in Florida so that meant I could buy a bunch of cool souvenirs at a great price. :cool1: We then decide to head over to my all time favorite Universal ride.

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I was so mad :mad: when Hollywood got rid of ours. I know it's an old ride but it's so cute, at least to me it is.

After ET we exit in time to see some dance show going on with some characters. I only have a couple of pictures because after watching for a minute we deemed it a strange show::yes:: and walked away.

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Then it was off to the Animal Actors Stage Show. We have this show in Hollywood also but I love animals so I really wanted to see it. I was surprised to find out that the shows are pretty much identical, I would have thought they would be different. DH got a cool shot of the hawk flying down to the stage, I swear that thing came inches from his head. :eek:

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Then I all about flipped out because they brought out Frank from Men In Black, you know that adorable puggy if you saw the movies. He is just the cutest and I love pugs so my heart melted. He is even wearing his little suit outfit.

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After the show I'm pretty sure we decided to eat but I have no idea what it was or where it was. I have no pictures and even DH could not remember. O'well must not have been that great. :rotfl:

Sometime later we approached the Simpsons ride but we decided to pass on it since we have both been on it numerous times at home. The front of the ride is pretty much decorated like ours is and it really is a great ride, totally worth waiting in line for at least once.

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So we headed over to the MIB alien attack ride. I was really looking forward to this and excited to ride it. Here are some pics while we are in line, the cue line is set up really well.

Continued in next post, hit my pic limit again........

KittyKat08

01-14-2009, 02:42 AM

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The ride was really cool and I think it's lotsa fun. You try to shoot the aliens and the cars spin, really fast at points throughout the ride. DH said he didn't like it to much and had a hard time hitting the objects. I think he was just mad that I had a better score then him. :rotfl2:

After that we made our way over to

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We used to have this show in Hollywood as well but they got rid of it also. It's
fairly entertaining but I will say that when the Hollywood show was running it was way better there. Orlando seems to have changed certain aspects of it and not for the better. All and all it's still entertaining. Here are a couple of pics.

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Up next we decide to head over here

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I have heard mixed reviews on this attraction but DH and I thought it was fun and entertaining. I guess as long as the employees choose fun and cool people to be in the show that makes it worth while. We thankfully had really fun people in the show.

After that we headed over to

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JAWS!!!!!

It was cool. We only have jaws on the backlot studio tour and it's not really that great, but here you are in a boat in the water and jaws gets pretty darn close. We thought it was cool and had some good laughs. I don't have any pics because our tour guide told DH to put the camera away, I still don't know why, I think he was just crabby that day. :confused:

So by now it's around 3pm or so and the park closed at 6pm so we are trying to hustle as much as possible but I'm beginning to get really tired and I've already had to use my inhaler three times. I tell DH that I think I can make it to park close and lets just keep going, so that's what we did. Here are some more random photos as we moved along.

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Continued AGAIN in next post. LOL I sure do have alot of pics don't I?

KittyKat08

01-14-2009, 03:27 AM

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And my personal favorite!

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We finally made our way over here

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This was another attraction that had mixed reviews and DH and I didn't know what to expect from it. We both saw the movie and really liked it so we figured the attraction would be cool. This is what the que line looked like.

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Then this was inside the stage area, very cool it was set up just like in the movie.

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Overall DH and I were impressed with the effects. The wind picks up so much in there that I actually stumbled and fell back a bit. I don't think I would wait in a long line to go on it again but it is good to do at least once.

After that we caught a little bit of these guys.

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DH loves them and they are pretty fun to dance around to.

Then it was off to another one of our favs

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DH and I love this ride, it's so much fun. Now since we had been trying to focus on doing stuff that Universal Hollywood doesn't have it was at first a toss up if we wanted to stand in line for the mummy or not, but upon approaching the que line it had only a 10min wait. :yay: So off we went. I'm soooooooo glad we did because Orlando's mummy ride it FREAKIN AWESOME!!!!!! It's totally different from Hollywoods and so much better. Again DH and I in a state of shock exit the ride in disbelief. I now to this day cannot go on the mummy ride at home and feel the same way about it, I immediately think of the one in Orlando. Here is the photo I took of our ride photo. We are in the second row.

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After that it was more walking around and seeing the sights, I think DH and I had done everything at that point that we could because the park was closing. So here are even more pictures around the park.

Continued in the next post of course. LOL

KittyKat08

01-14-2009, 04:04 AM

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So as we made our way to the front of the park and the exit, we stopped in some of the shops and browsed. I also wanted to go into the I love Lucy tribute because I'm a fan of hers. It was really cool they had alot of old props from the show and some of her clothes and jewelry. They even had old letters and mail that were hers. I thought it was a nice tribute and a good way to wind down the day. We exited the park and I had to get another pic of the ball at night.

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DH wanted to walk around city walk for awhile and as much as I was dying by now and really wanted to go back to the hotel, I obliged for a bit. It had gotten surprisingly chilly out and it was not helping my sickness at all. So we walked and walked and walked, good lord the place is huge and it goes around in a giant circle. We did a bit more shopping and I made it about half way around city walk and then I was just to pooped to pop anymore. Again I felt so bad because under normal circumstances DH and I would have gone out to dinner and had some drinks and just partied the night away but I just couldn't do it no matter how much I wanted to. So we leave and on the way back to the hotel we stop at taco bell and get some dinner. Sheesh, what a honeymoon! :lmao: I think I seriously ended up going to bed that night at around 10pm if not earlier. :sad2:

So my overall thoughts on our first real day of the honeymoon.

It was actually pretty good and we had alot of fun. DH and I really like Universal Orlando and it takes the prize over Hollywood, at least for us. As far as we are concerned they deserve this :worship: So other then the being to tired to go on and still feeling pretty sick I give the day a B+ at least.

I hope I didn't overload anyone on photos, I'm a picture girl I take pics of everything so you can expect tons more as this TR goes on.

Well anyway thanks to everybody who is following along and reading this, I really do hope your enjoying it.

Next installment: We check into a Disney resort and we go to our first Disney park. :woohoo:

Lucille1963

01-14-2009, 04:41 PM

Great trip report! I am really enjoying all the pictures.

KittyKat08

01-15-2009, 08:36 PM

Great trip report! I am really enjoying all the pictures.

Thank you and thanks for reading. :goodvibes

KittyKat08

01-16-2009, 03:12 AM

Okay so the plan was to wake up early, eat something and head over to Disney's Port Orleans French Quarter resort and check in so we could get our tickets and head over to a park. Well that happened but not early in the morning. When the alarm went off at 7am (this seemed to be the chosen time for us to try and get up) I refused to move. I was completely exhaused after Universal. I guess I pushed my body before it was ready. So not only was I drained but I now had developed a hacking cough that even scared me. :scared: It was the kind of cough that makes everyone around you turn to look and then slowly move away from you. So I finally got up and got ready, it was now around 10am. We check out of the hotel and step out into the Florida sunshine and HUMIDITY! UGH! It was horrible, not so much hot but pretty humid. I could already tell I would be using my inhaler alot today. DH wanted to stop and get some food but I just wanted to get to POFQ already so that is where we headed. Poor hubby, now he was starving because of me. :rolleyes1 We did actually share some of this though on the way.

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Not the best thing to eat for breakfast but is sure did taste good.

After just a little bit of time on the road we happily saw this.

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Now I understand that happy giddy feeling you guys get when you go under those glorious arches. And the funny part was I suddenly felt like I had all the energy in the world. I mean I still felt sick but I was ready to tackle Walt Disney World with everything I had. I guess I was feeling the effects of pixie dust already.

So we make our way over to POFQ and the first thing we see when we pull in is this.

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That got us even more excited for our cruise that we would be on in a couple of days. We park the car and all about skip to the lobby of the resort, and realize we are officially enveloped in the happy go lucky disney magic all around us. There was no line at all when we reached the lobby and walked right up to a cast member, I wish I could remember her name because she was just lovely. She talked to us forever about our wedding and the honeymoon and was telling us all about the resort and things that we should try to see and do. It was really nice and we appreciated her being very helpful. We got all our stuff, including these

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and then headed over to the concierge desk to add some more days to our park tickets since we had 4 day park hoppers and we would be returning to the parks after the cruise. After that we headed over to the Cruise line check in desk and gave them all our information and paperwork so we did not have to bother with it when we arrived at the port. Disney really does make everything so easy for you. :thumbsup2

We were assigned building 3 room number 3140, it was on the bottom floor (I was very thankful for that) and it was right on the corner of the building when you walked to it from the parking lot. Very easy access and fairly close to everything. Upon entering the room we quickly realized it was a handicap room. It also had a king size bed. Now I had heard on the boards that if you wanted a king size bed you had to ask for it in advance and just hope you get it. I had not called in advance and was not expecting to get one so regardless of it being a handicap room I was very happy. I did wonder though if somebody just messed up and gave it to us by accident. :scratchin

Here is DH showing his love of the bed already.

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And here we are being goofy. :goofy:

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So after we get settled and I took some more meds, we decide to head off to Epcot for awhile. Now I know you might be thinking, why not go to the Magic Kingdom first and I can honestly say I have no idea. O'well, off to Epcot we go and after another short drive we arrive.

I was in awe just of the entrance, it's just huge and I can't get over all the land and space and everything just looks beautiful. Here are some pics I took of us getting there.

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I told DH that all of Disneyland would probably fit in just the Epcot parking lot alone. Seriously I could not believe my eyes, I was already in love with the place and had not even entered the park yet.

Coming up soon my friends DH and I enter Epcot for the first time!

momof2boyz12

01-16-2009, 11:21 AM

Lucille1963

01-16-2009, 01:20 PM

aaawww.....you two are so cute!

I am looking forward to reading more.

DWFan4Life

01-16-2009, 05:30 PM

Wow, how romantic it is. :love2: We also did our first trip and our honeymoon at WDW. It's really a very romantic and memorable moment in our lives. Great for me to remember it. :)

KittyKat08

01-16-2009, 07:33 PM

I love your TR and your photos. Keep them coming. We are going to Orlando next year, and I think we are going to take a couple of days and visit Universay and IOA. It has been years since we have been there, and have made me excited to see the new stuff.

Thank you so much, I'm glad you are enjoying it!

I'm sure if you get to Universal and IOA you will have a great time.

aaawww.....you two are so cute!

I am looking forward to reading more.

:goodvibes More is coming right up!

Wow, how romantic it is. :love2: We also did our first trip and our honeymoon at WDW. It's really a very romantic and memorable moment in our lives. Great for me to remember it. :)

Yes Disney World is a very romantic place and even though DH and I got off to a rough start, we really did have a fabulous time.

KittyKat08

01-16-2009, 09:39 PM

Okay so we arrive at the gate and DH is talking to me but I don't hear anything he says because I'm to busy in my own little world looking around and so I don't even hear him. Finally he yells my name and I come to and he then tells me I look like a kid in a candy store for the first time. :lmao: So first things first, we are both officially STARVING, sherbert only holds you over for so long and it is now close to 1 in the afternoon. We decided to go to this place since it was the closest thing to us.

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No pictures of the food, but it was only burgers and fries. After we stuffed ourselves we made our way over to Spaceship Earth.

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We liked the ride and thought it was really cute how it builds your future for you. After that we made our way over to Test Track.

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The wait time said 30min so we decided to get in the line. That was the longest 30min of our lives. It was more like an hour if not more. Now I'm sorry but that is my one Disney pet peeve, when the standby line wait times are not accurate. It happens at Disneyland all the time when we go and it seriously drives me crazy. Anyway at least the que line was somewhat entertaining and DH even found a hidden Mickey.

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Pretty soon we were on the ride and then off the ride. It was awesome and we loved it, here is our ride photo. DH was taking a picture of something so you can't really see him.

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After we got off Test Track hubby wanted to go and check out Mission Space. Now I had done alot of research on this ride and I was positive I did not want to ride the orange side (intense), I didn't really want to ride the green side either. It's not that I get sick on rides that spin, because I don't I actually love them, but when it's a simulator type of ride and it spins, then I will get sick. So DH finally convinces me to go on the green side, here are some pics.

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And another hidden mickey!

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I was so nervous in that little capsule but I managed to calm myself down and ended up enjoying the ride. I could only imagine what it's like on the orange side. DH really wanted to try it and I told him to go, that I had no problem waiting for him but he didn't want to leave me alone. Awwww!

After that we just kinda walked around for a bit and found ourselves in front of this.

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Neither DH or I have any comments about this ride except for interesting, kinda boring and it was a good place to just take a break and relax. By the time we got out of there it was already dark outside and we were trying to decide what to do next. We ended up going into some of the stores and I saw the bride and groom ears so we bought them and a bunch of other stuff. After shopping we had decided not to visit the World Showcase today so we headed over to the Journey into Imagination ride. Some pics along the way.

Cont. in next post..........

KittyKat08

01-16-2009, 10:44 PM

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It was pretty slow when we arrived at the ride load area so the cast member was talking to us and offered to take our photo.

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DH and I thought it was a fairly cute ride, I would never stand in a long line to go on it that's for sure but we had a good time. After the ride we took some more pics and played around in the activity area.

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After playing around for a bit we decided to head on out of Epcot and go over to Downtown Disney to eat dinner and walk around. As we are leaving the park DH decides to get some artsy shots and we also spot a photopass person.

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So we get back to the car and soon we are pulling into Downtown Disney.

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Again I was amazed just from the small section I was already seeing as we looked for a parking spot. Puts our Downtown Disney to shame. We finally find a spot and start walking around. I don't even think we covered half of the place before I was already getting tired. I kept having to use my inhaler also and I was coughing alot. So we decided to eat at Fulton's Crab House, the employees there were so sweet and everybody was wishing us congrats even the patrons. And the food was really yummy. Some pics for your enjoyment of our dinner and walking around Downtown Disney.

Continued in next post.......

KittyKat08

01-16-2009, 11:07 PM

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We walked around for awhile until I finally had no energy left. DH and I really wanted to spend more time there and we had planned to come back later in the trip but unfortunately we never did. :sad2: So we bid farewell to Downtown Disney and made our way back to the hotel, we arrived and got settled and it was around midnight. We both snuggled up and blissfully drifted off to sleep.

Overall thoughts for this day. Wonderful! DH and I loved Epcot and Downtown Disney and we can't wait to visit both again.

Next installment will be all about the Magic Kingdom! :cool1:

Disneyfan71

01-16-2009, 11:27 PM

I'm really enjoying this trip report :) Looks like you had a wonderful time.

Nora03

01-16-2009, 11:36 PM

I'm enjoying your trip report. I'm sorry you were so sick. It must have been so scary for you not to be able to breath and also worrying if you could actually go on the trip.

I'm looking forward to more, and the cruise. I hope you're feeling better.

Nora

Totally Tink

01-16-2009, 11:41 PM

I love your Halloween themed wedding! Great TR so far. I'm enjoying all of your pictures! :thumbsup2

Disneyfan71

01-16-2009, 11:57 PM

Totally Tink--yes I loved the Halloween theme wedding too..way cool :)

girlbomb

01-17-2009, 03:48 PM

KittyKat08, I'm loving your TR so far, and your pictures! I'm going to make Bill take a look, so he can see how cool Universal looks. We have to make time to get there one of these trips! I hope your asthma gave you a break at some point during your trip...

jakeybake

01-17-2009, 03:56 PM

Disneyfan71

01-17-2009, 05:28 PM

Yes I was going to say that.."Just Maried." TOO funny.

I can't wait to ride Spaceship Earth again after fourteen years.

KittyKat08

01-17-2009, 06:10 PM

I'm really enjoying this trip report :) Looks like you had a wonderful time.

I'm so glad you are enjoying it and we really did have a good time.

I'm enjoying your trip report. I'm sorry you were so sick. It must have been so scary for you not to be able to breath and also worrying if you could actually go on the trip.

I'm looking forward to more, and the cruise. I hope you're feeling better.

Nora

It was really a bummer starting out so sick but I did eventually start to feel alot better. Having asthma does suck and not being able to breath is a pretty scary feeling but after having it since childhood you just deal with it.

The cruise is coming up soon and I am feeling better now since I have been put back on all my asthma medicine since getting back from the honeymoon, BUT YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED WHEN WE GOT BACK TO LA! More on that later.

I love your Halloween themed wedding! Great TR so far. I'm enjoying all of your pictures! :thumbsup2

Totally Tink--yes I loved the Halloween theme wedding too..way cool :)

Thank you Totally Tink & Disneyfan71 on the Halloween wedding compliment. I swear as soon as I get better pictures I will post some.

KittyKat08, I'm loving your TR so far, and your pictures! I'm going to make Bill take a look, so he can see how cool Universal looks. We have to make time to get there one of these trips! I hope your asthma gave you a break at some point during your trip...

Thank you so much! :goodvibes Universal is really a fun place, well at least the one in Orlando is. Hopefully you will find a way to fit it into one of your trips and if you do make sure you tell me how it was.

My asthma never completely went away during the trip but it did let up alot towards the end. Stay tuned for more!

Looks to me like someone at Fulton's needs spell check!!

"Just Maried" :rotfl2:

Yes I was going to say that.."Just Maried." TOO funny.

I can't wait to ride Spaceship Earth again after fourteen years.

:lmao: Yes jakeybake & Disneyfan71, my hubby and I spent a fair amount of time laughing over that as well.

Disneyfan71

01-17-2009, 07:26 PM

I'm still glad you had a wonderful time on your trip though.

KittyKat08

01-20-2009, 06:59 PM

Okay sorry for the long pause in between installments, I had a long weekend and was busy, busy. Anyway I'm ready to go now, hope you enjoy.

So today is Nov. 7th Friday and we decided to head off to the Magic Kingdom. Again in keeping with my usual lagging in the morning we don't actually get out of the room until around 10am or so. :sad2: This of course was started to bug me but as much as I tried to push myself, my body would resist so I had to take it slow. I was so sad that we didn't get to arrive at any of the parks for rope drop because I had really wanted to witness it. O'well next time.

We had decided to grab a bite to eat at the resort before leaving so we headed over there. The name of the food court area escapes my mind at the moment. Anyway as soon as we walked out the door we realized it was going to be a really hot day, we barely walked 20 feet and already we were sweating like crazy. :crazy2: Here are some pictures around the resort and of the food court.

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Okay so I will stop there, I loved the resort, it was just beautiful and there are so many good picture spots.

Anyway we wasted alot of time walking around but finally we got in the car and shortly after we pulled up to the Magic Kingdom.

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So we park the car and start the loooooooong journey to the front of the park. Good Lord, maybe I'm just to used to Disneyland but man that is something having to first take the tram from the parking lot, then either take the monarail or Ferry boat to the entrance. I think it was at that moment that DH and I realized just how very big that place is. We decided to take the Ferry over to the front gate, since we both love boats and water.

Continued in next post......

KittyKat08

01-20-2009, 07:51 PM

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We really liked the Ferry ride, nice and relaxing and a good view. We then get to the bag check area and the security guy was hilarious. I went through first and when he noticed my bride ears he started messing around with me. He made a big deal about what was in my bag, mostly the asthma inhaler but all joking around. Then I wispered to him that I thought DH had some stuff hidden on him that was not aloud in the park. Here are some pictures of the exchange, notice in DH picture the guard is putting on latex gloves. :lmao:

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People in line behind us got irritated because we held them up for a whopping 50 seconds or so. :rolleyes: We didn't care and neither did the security guy, he was having a fun good day at work and that was all that mattered.

Then we stop and have this pic taken.

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We get onto main street finally and the first thing I see is pluto having pictures taken so I drag DH to the line. I'm big on character pics, so if anybody ever goes to Disneyland or Walt Disney World with me they have to be prepared for that.

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After we get our photos with Pluto we start to head up main street, there was a parade starting soon so it was packed. I would have loved to watch the parade but the heat was killing me and I didn't want to sit in the sun and roast away. Once we got closer to the castle I was again in awe, I was aware that this castle was bigger then Disneyland's but I was not aware just how big it was. It's absolutely beautiful and I spent alot of time just staring at it and taking it all in, that was until I spotted the photopass person, then it was time for more photos.

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Continued in next post....... This is going to be a loooooong installment because I have lots of pictures to share.

MagicKisses2

01-20-2009, 08:17 PM

Kat, I'm loving your TR! My DH and I also had our honeymoon (and my first trip) at Disneyworld. It was so wonderful.

I can't wait to hear more about your adventures!
:goodvibes

Disneyfan71

01-20-2009, 08:48 PM

I'm loving the pictures with Pluto :) How do you get the photo pass pictures w/ the characters? MK is one of my favorite parks btw.

KittyKat08

01-20-2009, 09:23 PM

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So we get done with those photos and decide to head towards space mountain.

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Then we stop to take a photo of these guys and I see another photopass person.

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DH gets a break finally from the photopass people and we meander on. The plan was to get to space mountain but once we started walking we decided to just go with the flow of rides as we approached them. I should mention at this moment that DH does not like to have his theme park visits planned out and he does not like to be on a time schedule so because of that reason I did not make any dining ressies and we had no real plan of what to do when we got into any of the parks. Now tell me, do you think DH changed his mind about that after this trip. Just wait and see. So the first thing we come to is this.

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I had told my hubby about this attraction and that it did not seem worth it but since there was only a 5 min. wait he really wanted to go on it, so we went. Thank heaven the burp part was not as bad as I was led to believe, yeah it was gross and I did not appreciate it but the smell disapeared after a few moments and it did not linger with me after the ride. Anyway, I would never, ever wait in a line any longer then 5 min. for this attraction, it is pretty boring.

After that we walked up to Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor but we didn't go, why I do not know but we never made it to that attraction during this trip. So we headed over to this ride instead.

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I love this ride at Disneyland so I figured I would love it here to. I ended up having mixed feelings about it. For one thing the guns you shoot with at Disneyland you can hold them up and move them all around so you have more free range to shoot. I did not like that these ones are firmly attached to the cars so you only have limited movement. But the overall decor on the ride is better then Disneyland's. All in all we did like it and would go on it again. Here is our ride photo.

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After we exited Buzz we decided to head over to an old favorite that neither myself or DH had been on since we were little kids at Disneyland. It was so nice to be able to go on this attraction again and we really, really enjoyed it.

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And yes the song stayed with us for days and even now sometimes out of the blue one of us starts singing it.

So from there we headed over to another one of our old favorites.

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To DH and I it will always be the people mover to us and we so wish Disneyland had never removed it. Our ride was fun except for two very obnoxious boys in the car next to us. They could not have been any older then 11 and they cursed and hoot and hollered all sorts of obscene remarks along the ride. I finally turned around and gave them the evil eye and one of them proceeded to tell me "Turn around B**** you arn't my mom"! :eek: And boy was I thankful for not being his mom because he is such a prize of a child. DH and I were so shocked we didn't even no what to say. Anyway after our fun and interesting ride we exited and finally headed to space mountain. It said 20 min. wait and if you read my TR from the beginning you know how I feel about posted wait times. So I agreed to get in line, it started off okay and then went very downhill. Now our space mountain at Disneyland has the que line outside and inside and the inside part is entertaining with TV's and other stuff. My point is there is always something to look at. Well we got to the part in line where you are in that hallway area before you get into the loading area. Now at first it was okay but we noticed it was really dark in there and the only thing you have to listen to is that soft lullably sounding music they play. So we waited and waited and waited and we are way passed 20 min now and I tell DH that I think I'm going into a coma because it's so utterly boring in line and the music is putting me to sleep. I think we moved like 10 feet in 15 min. Finally after not moving at all for a very long period of time I couldn't take it anymore, I had to get out of that line it was seriously driving me looney. So we jumped over the railing and walked back out the fastpass line and I said the only way I was going to get on that ride was to get fastpasses. We decided in the end to just skip it all together today and we would get to it later in the trip. Seriously that was the worst que line I have ever had to stand in.

So we are walking along after leaving space mountain and soon we find ourselves here.

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I love driving these cars but on this occasion I was a passenger. People in line though it was so cute because of the bride and groom ears so when we got back to the station some yelled congrats at us and just kept smiling. It was pretty funny.

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Continued..........in a little bit, I need to run out and do something right now but I will be back.

Disneyfan71

01-20-2009, 09:38 PM

I love the People Mover--that's what it was called the first time I went..and was a little scared b/c of it going through part of Space Mountain. Now though it's something of a time honored tradition. If I had of been on it w/ those two boys, I would have climbed across the car and given him something!! Just me though.

The Space Mtn. in Disneyland is a lot different than the one at MK..and are two completely different rides. Personally I like the DL version better, again that's just me. As far as Stitch's Great Escape...I think they should have left it as Alien Encounter--scared me and I was 23 at the time. But there again, well you know.

Great pictures of the park btw :)

bluechic03

01-20-2009, 09:53 PM

Your photo pass pics are soooooooo cute! I definetely have to do that this time!:goodvibes

KittyKat08

01-20-2009, 11:52 PM

Kat, I'm loving your TR! My DH and I also had our honeymoon (and my first trip) at Disneyworld. It was so wonderful.

I can't wait to hear more about your adventures!
:goodvibes

Thank you so much! :goodvibes I think it's more magical when it's your first trip and your honeymoon at the same time, I'm glad you and your hubby had a wonderful trip.

I'm loving the pictures with Pluto :) How do you get the photo pass pictures w/ the characters? MK is one of my favorite parks btw.

I love the People Mover--that's what it was called the first time I went..and was a little scared b/c of it going through part of Space Mountain. Now though it's something of a time honored tradition. If I had of been on it w/ those two boys, I would have climbed across the car and given him something!! Just me though.

The Space Mtn. in Disneyland is a lot different than the one at MK..and are two completely different rides. Personally I like the DL version better, again that's just me. As far as Stitch's Great Escape...I think they should have left it as Alien Encounter--scared me and I was 23 at the time. But there again, well you know.

Great pictures of the park btw :)

Hi Disneyfan71, there was a photopass person at just about every single character greeting we had in the parks, I guess we just got lucky.

Yeah I think if DH and I hadn't been so shocked by the mouths on those kids I would have jumped the car to and paid them a visit. They were truely horrible kids.

Thanks for the compliment on the park pictures, I'll let DH know he did a good job. :)

Oh and when we finally rode space mountain, I didn't like it, Disneyland is better.

Your photo pass pics are soooooooo cute! I definetely have to do that this time!:goodvibes

Thank you! :goodvibes We are very happy with the pictures and will always get the photopass when we go now.

Disneyfan71

01-21-2009, 01:09 AM

KittyKat08

01-21-2009, 01:28 AM

Okay so after DH and I took our ride around the speedway in our little car we decided to head over to the Tea Cups. We never made it in line though because just as we got there I saw my favorite duck in the whole world. I screamed DONALD and took off for the already long line to see him. DH had no choice but to follow me, nothing comes between me and my duck. :rotfl2: Soon I had my first pictures with Donald.

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They didn't come out great, but I didn't care. I was bouncing all over the place after that. :hyper: Just so you guys can understand why I flip out over Donald, aside from the fact that I love him, it's because you can never, ever, ever, ever find him out at Disneyland so when I realized he is all over the place at Walt Disney World I knew I was finally going to have Donald Duck pictures.

So after our Duck encounter we both realized how hungry we were. And of course I again don't remember what we ate. I'm horrible at that arn't I? Anyway I do remember sitting at an outside patio while eating this food because I snapped a shot of this Duck running by.

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After we ate DH and I entered Fantasyland and then promptly exited. It was way to crowded and all the lines reached at least a 50 min. wait. I was sad about this though because I love all the rides in this land but I would not force hubby to wait in line for them. So we headed off to the Haunted Mansion. I think this one is better then Disneyland's, inside and outside. We really, really enjoyed it. DH was fascinated with the grave stone whose eyes open and close. He took like a zillion photos of it, eyes open, eyes closed, eyes half open, well you get the picture right? I was also very happy to notice that the entire room of people did not recite the beginning ride part. I can't stand when people do that, it ruins the experience for other people, they are always doing it at Disneyland and I just want to punch them in the face.

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By the time we exited the Haunted Mansion it was dark outside. Wow how time goes when you get off to a late start. So we headed over to Splash Mountain, even though the sun was gone it was still pretty hot and humid out. We didn't get any pictures of it on this day because it was to dark and I don't know why we didn't get the ride photo or at least take a picture of it. I do remember that we loved it though. I liked being able to sit side by side instead of tandem style like at Disneyland. I ended up having my whole left side get drenched and DH was pretty dry. I didn't care, it cooled me off and that was what I wanted. Off to BTMR we go.

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We loved, loved, loved BTMR. It's a favorite for us at Disneyland also and now it's a favorite at the Magic Kingdom. At this point in the evening I was getting tired and having to use the inhaler often and did not know how much longer we could stay. DH wanted to go on Pirates of the Carribean so we headed over there.

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Continued..........

Disneyfan71

01-21-2009, 01:41 AM

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the Haunted Mansion..as well as BTMRR--of course you can't compare it to DL!!! Even It's A Small World is entirely different, which is the whole point :) I never go to ride HM at DL :(

I love the pictures by the way.

KittyKat08

01-21-2009, 02:58 AM

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We really like the que line for Pirates but we did not like the actual ride. I'm sorry to fans of this ride at the Magic Kingdom but seriously it's disapointing. If you have never been on the Disneyland one then I can understand because you have nothing to compare it to, but if you have been on it, the Magic Kingdom one just doesn't live up to expectations. It's fine for DH and I to go on if there is no line but I would never wait to ride it or bother with fastpasses for it. Sorry again, I hope nobody gets mad at me for saying that.

So after pirates we had managed to snag a reservation at the plaza restaurant for dinner so we headed over there. The place is nothing special but we wanted to have a somewhat decent dinner and everything else was of course booked up. (I blame DH) I believe our reservation was for around 8:15 or something like that and we got there early. They would not seat us yet so we loitered around outside and soon realized that people were getting ready for Wishes. I had forgotten all about it so I told DH that we were going to miss it because we would be in the restaurant. My only option was to not eat dinner and go find a spot for Wishes. In the end I opted to eat, mostly because of being sick and taking lots of meds, I had to have food in my stomach. So we finally get called and go inside the restaurant, it's very small inside but beautifully decorated. They had put the Mickey confetti on the table for being on our honeymoon, it was cool and I did save it for my scrapbook. I didn't get any pictures of the food but I know I ordered a salad that was very good and DH had steak that was also very good. I even got a childs drink so I could get one of those light up tinkerbells.

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While we had been eating we heard an announcement that Wishes was delayed because of the wind and they did not know if it would be done or not. DH and I decided to get our desserts to go so that if the show went on we could see it. So we get our desserts all packed up get some extra napkins and head outside. Now it was chilly, the weather totally changed while we had been inside. It was kinda windy and almost downright cold. We went and found a spot comfy enough so that we could eat our dessert but I was so cold after a few minutes I couldn't take it anymore. Neither DH or I had brought our sweatshirts into the park with us. We finally decided to just go and purchase some new sweatshirts because even DH was getting cold and he never gets cold. So off to the shops we go, we spent a good deal of time looking at sweatshirts, I just couldn't make up my mind and neither could DH. We finally choose two and get in line to pay for them and all of a sudden we hear Wishes start. Of course the line is long and the cast member at the register is a chatter box so each person she rings up she also talks to forever. DH and I look at each other and just "sigh". He tells me to go outside and watch but I don't want to without him so I wait, and wait and wait some more. Finally it's our turn and she rings us up all the while wishing us congrats and how is the honeymoon and what have we seen and done so far and so on and so on. I tell her we are trying to hurry so we can catch the end of wishes and she then starts to tell us how it's her favorite show and we would really like it. So then DH pulls out the Disney Honeymoon Registry card to pay for our purchase and she goes off yet again about how she has never seen the card before and it's so cool and pretty and if I'm going to keep it for a memory. :mad: OMG I want to kill her now, and mind you there is a line behind us of like 30 people. So at this point I have given up on wishes and DH is still trying to pay for the sweatshirts. Finally the person behind us tells her to shut up already and just ring the people up so we could all get out of there sometime that night. ::yes:: We get our bag right away after that and rush out of there to try and see the end but we only catch the very last firework, seriously. :sad2: I figured at that point since I new we would be coming back to the Magic Kingdom for a second day after our cruise we would catch the show then. It would all work out right? Yeah sure. :rolleyes: We decided at that point to get off of main street to avoid all the thousands of people leaving at the same time so we darted in the direction of Tomorrowland to hide until I could get my photopass pictures in front of the castle at night. While we were there we had our photo taken with this guy.

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Then I remembered that DH had wanted to go on the tea cups earlier in the day so we made our way back over to them.

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DH had a blast trying to make me super dizzy but it didn't work, I like spinny rides. We headed over to Toontown after the tea cups since it was right there. I figured it was a good time because most of the park had cleared out for the evening. We ended up being able to get some pretty good pictures.

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Continued again.........

KittyKat08

01-21-2009, 03:18 AM

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We took so many pictures in Toontown it was crazy. It's so adorable in there and much more enjoyable when it's not packed to capacity. We stayed just up until it was time for the park to close then we went to find my photopass people. It was so worth it to wait because we got some really good shots in front of the castle, it happened to be going through all the color changes when we arrived so we got pictures in front of all the different castle colors.

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Continued for the last time I hope!

KittyKat08

01-21-2009, 03:43 AM

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So after we left the awesome photopass guy who took all those great shots we started to make our way down main street and out of the park. They had just started decorating for Christmas and it was so pretty. I told DH that we had to come back at Christmas time so we could get the full effect of the holidays.

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Then I saw this and was floored. I thought it was the cutest thing ever. Disneyland does not do this so I was loving it. Just adorable and I wanted to get a picture with them but people where being so rude so we just took this photo instead. So cute!

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So we get out of the park and start the loooooong journey back to the car. It took us about 30 min. from the time we left the park to get to the car. We headed back to the hotel and arrived in no time. Our heads hit the pillows at around 1am and we didn't fall asleep right away though, we couldn't. I was coughing so bad it was preventing us from sleeping. I think we finally both fell asleep around 3am just from being exhausted. :sad2:

Anyway DH and I loved the Magic Kingdom, it's so beautiful around the park and the castle is just amazing. We really did have a great day and even though some things did disapoint us, we couldn't think of a better place to be disapointed in. The place is truely amazing and wonderful and we can't wait to get back to it.

So thanks again to everybody who is following along. Stay tuned for the next installment which will be DH and I go back to Epcot to enjoy the last day of the Food and Wine Festival.

Goodnight for now.......

Goldeelox9

01-22-2009, 03:04 PM

OMG...we were at the Magic Kingdom this day! I searched your pictures for myself and didn't see me, but the next day I am at Epcot so I will look for me again in your pictures. Check out my Day 7 and look for you in my pictures! LOL

The fireworks were delayed because of a Medivac chopper it flew over once, then back again 20 minutes later, then Wishes started!

Disneyfan71

01-22-2009, 03:27 PM

OMG I love those pictures of you two!!! So romantic; nothing like standing in front of Cinderella's Castle with your significant other :)

DSNY4ever

01-22-2009, 07:48 PM

Great report- I loved your wedding cake. So I am curious since you have been to both now- which Universal do you prefer? My husband and I have never been to either, but we want to try them. Is the Florida one better and we should wait to go there, or is the California one just as fun?

Looks like you had fun, can't wait to read more.

KittyKat08

01-22-2009, 08:40 PM

I agree...Space Mountain at DL is MUCH better..it's an entirely different ride. I like the fact you can't see the track; gives it that much more mystery. And I think the loading area is SOOOO much smoother. From what I understand, the Space Mountain at WDW is going to have a new queue area where you can't see the track?!?!?!

Alien Encounter was so much more intense but I think Imagineers wanted it to be a little more tame. I think we'll skip Stitch's Great Escape!!!

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the Haunted Mansion..as well as BTMRR--of course you can't compare it to DL!!! Even It's A Small World is entirely different, which is the whole point :) I never go to ride HM at DL :(

I love the pictures by the way.

Space Mountain at DL is very awesome, it is really dark in there so you can't see and that does make it ten times better. I hope when WDW does whatever they are going to do to it they make it better then what it is now.

The haunted mansion is okay at DL but WDW is really cool. The only time I really love the mansion here is when they change it to the Nightmare Before Christmas theme, then it's awesome, totally worth the line to see it.

I'm so glad you like all my pictures! :goodvibes

OMG...we were at the Magic Kingdom this day! I searched your pictures for myself and didn't see me, but the next day I am at Epcot so I will look for me again in your pictures. Check out my Day 7 and look for you in my pictures! LOL

The fireworks were delayed because of a Medivac chopper it flew over once, then back again 20 minutes later, then Wishes started!

That's so funny! I did look through your pics and I didn't see us and I also looked through the rest of ours but again didn't see you. I'm sure we passed each other at some point though. :)

Good to know the real reason why wishes was delayed, everybody we asked including cast members kept telling us because of wind. To bad we still missed it. :sad2:

OMG I love those pictures of you two!!! So romantic; nothing like standing in front of Cinderella's Castle with your significant other :)

Thank you! We did get very lucky with those pictures and the photopass person was just awesome.

Great report- I loved your wedding cake. So I am curious since you have been to both now- which Universal do you prefer? My husband and I have never been to either, but we want to try them. Is the Florida one better and we should wait to go there, or is the California one just as fun?

Looks like you had fun, can't wait to read more.

Thanks so much! :goodvibes

This is the thing about Universal Hollywood, it's really small and cramped. That being said there are some things that we have that Orlando does not that make it worth going but not enough to pay the full price to get in. In my opinion you will be disapointed and mad that you spent that much money. If however you can get discounted tickets or get in for free somehow then by all means head on over. Of course some people prefer Hollywood because, well it's in Hollywood for one and there is a good chance you will see celebrities, especially on the backlot tour. If you end up going to Hollywood and it's off season and the park is not crowded you will be able to finish the entire park in less then half a day. That gives you an idea of how small it is.

Now Orlando is great for one because it's big and spread out so you don't feel cramped at all. Plus everything is on one level, Hollywood is on the side of a hill so we have these escalators you have to take to get to the tram and to get to the lower lot area, kinda annoying because it's take a long time to get down them. Orlando also has more rides then we do and they are better then ours and of course Islands of Adventure is there and that park is equally as awesome. CityWalk in Orlando is also huge and by far better then the one in Hollywood. Both parks are expensive but if I had to pay to see one it would be Orlando. Just make sure if you go to Orlando's you also go to IOA.

I hope this helped you somewhat to make a decision. Happy travels to you, and whatever you decide I hope you will let me know how it was. :)

Disneyfan71

01-22-2009, 08:55 PM

I've been to both Universal in Hollywood and Florida...went to Hollywood a LONG time ago..and Florida in 1995--and I liked Universal Florida better :) But that's just me.

KittyKat08

01-22-2009, 10:36 PM

I forgot to mention in the last installment that DH had called the Disney Dining line at some point during our day at the MK to try and get us breakfast ressies for the Kona Cafe. I had been bugging him about the Tonga Toast I had heard so much about and was mad because I had not made any reservations to eat anywhere and really I wanted to try it. Long story short, he managed to get us reservations for 8:30am. So now it's Nov. 8th and this was one of two days that I managed to haul my butt out of bed and be out the door before 9am. We get ourselves over to the Poly and I just love that resort, it's so pretty. I must make time on our return trip to explore all the resorts better.

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So we wait for about 5 min. or so then we are called. I'm so excited I'm going to get to eat Tonga Toast. :cool1: This is what DH had to eat, don't remember what it was called but he really loved it.

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AND THEN MINE!

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It was really, really good but boy was it alot of sugar for that early in the morning. I had to eat it slow because it was so sweet but that was okay, I savored every bite. After we finished eating and had a whole bunch of cups of coffee we decided to leave the car at the poly and take the monorail over to Epcot. And off we go. Some pics along the way.

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So we get off the monorail and get inside the park and of course the first thing I do is find a photopass person.

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Then it was off towards the World Showcase. As we had started walking over we began notice it was going to be another very hot day. It felt more like we had gone to Florida in the summer not in Nov. Even the locals we had talked to said it was unseasonably warm. Just our luck.

DSNY4ever

01-23-2009, 03:13 PM

Disneyfan71

01-23-2009, 04:57 PM

I love your pictures of the Polynesian and Contemporary :) I've always been fascinated with the Contemporary..it's a very unique building--the Poly, well it's in a class all by itself too!! :)

KittyKat08

01-23-2009, 08:07 PM

Okay so I left off with DH and I heading to the World Showcase. We decided to turn left and head into Mexico first.

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We had fun walking around inside the pyramid and looking at all stuff to buy. We went on the little boat ride it was only a 5 min. wait so we figured why not. It was cute and we liked it.

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After we left the pyramid, I was dying of thirst and of course we spotted the stand that has the rainbow margaritas so we got in line.

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It was loooong line, but soon enough we had our treats.

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Now keep in mind the only reason we returned to Epcot on this day was to enjoy the Food & Wine Festival but it was so hot and crowded that we didn't really end up getting to much food or wine we didn't think it was worth the long lines to try everything. So for most of this trip around the world we ended up just browsing and stopping for photos.

So we headed out of the Mexico Pavillion without having tried any yummy treats except for our drinks. I wasn't to disapointed since DH is mexican anyway and we are always eating yummy mexican food.

We get to the Norway Pavillion and I'm disapointed because I wanted to ride Maelstrom but we had our drinks and there was no way we were both going to guzzle them down, they were very, very strong. So we ended up just walking around and going in the shops but again not getting any food or wine to try.

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Up next we head into China for a bit.

Disneyfan71

01-23-2009, 08:09 PM

The Mexico Pavillion is probably my favorite...it's just so unique..well all the countries are. Canada is my second and the rest, well they're all equal :)

Beep

01-23-2009, 08:50 PM

What a great trip report - love every word and photo! IKt's great to see Universal pictures too.

Don't keep us waiting too long for the next installment :thumbsup2

KittyKat08

01-23-2009, 09:08 PM

So we head into China and get some pictures here.

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We actually ended up getting some food to try in China but I don't remember what it was and we apparently did not get any photos of it either. I do remember that it was yummy though and was wishing that they gave you bigger portions. After chowing down the food we opted not to go see the Reflections of China show on this trip. My feet had started hurting now and the less standing still I did the better. Off to Germany we went.

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I noticed just after we got to Germany that this guy was doing photos a few feet away so I of course grabbed hubby's hand and off we went.

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So after our Dopey encounter we headed back into Germany to look around. I really, really wanted to get some food and drinks here because I'm half German. Of course we never did, the lines were really, really long in this country for some reason and so DH didn't want to wait in line for such small portions of food. :sad2: O'well, we continued looking around and taking pictures.

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We seriously thought about buying some of this but we didn't.

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I fell in love with the little train setup they had, I thought it was really cute and took lots of pictures of it.

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Then I fell in love with this sign and I asked everybody around DH and I if they would take a picture of us under it and would you believe nobody would and most of the people I asked just ignored me. Talk about crabby people. I gave up finally and just took a picture of it.

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Coming up next we head into Italy!

KittyKat08

01-23-2009, 09:18 PM

Thanks for the info about the two Universals. I like hearing different opinions and hopefully one day we'll try both, but next time we are in Disneyland, I'll have to see if my husband's work provides discount tickets or anything that might make it worth a half day there. And you Universal Orlando pics are great- I'll definitely have to try it next trip.

Your so very welcome. I hope you have a fabulous time when you go to either one. Later on in my TR we get to IOA so stick around and you can see pictures from there as well. :goodvibes

I love your pictures of the Polynesian and Contemporary :) I've always been fascinated with the Contemporary..it's a very unique building--the Poly, well it's in a class all by itself too!! :)

The Mexico Pavillion is probably my favorite...it's just so unique..well all the countries are. Canada is my second and the rest, well they're all equal :)

The poly looked like a great place just from the small portion we saw and the contemporary did look very interesting. On future trips we would like to spend time exploring the different resorts further.

I thought all the pavillions are great I couldn't really pick a fav. They are so well done and absolutely gorgeous.

What a great trip report - love every word and photo! IKt's great to see Universal pictures too.

Don't keep us waiting too long for the next installment :thumbsup2

Hello! :wave2: I'm so glad you like my TR and all my photos. I'm currently working on a bunch of installments so stay tuned. :goodvibes

KittyKat08

01-23-2009, 10:43 PM

So we enter the Italy pavillion and it's just gorgeous. I could not get over the buildings, very cool.

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Then we of course had some photopass pictures taken in front of the fountain.

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Hubby and I had been so busy taking photos we didn't even notice what food they had in this pavillion so needless to say we again did not get anything. We headed out of Italy and I stopped to take this photo before moving on.

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Off we went to head into the U.S.A. Pavillion.

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I really don't have any good pictures from this area because we had an incident here and I was put in a bad mood for a bit. This is what happened. I had started to have a bad asthma attack from the heat and really needed to use my inhaler. Well because I had that tube attached to the inhaler I was kinda self conscious about pulling it out and using it in front of a bunch of people. I thought about taking a puff without the tube attached but I didn't think it would do any good. So DH and I look around for a spot that I can go hide and be discreet about it until I could get my asthma under control again. We head over to the stroller parking area behind the American Adventure building, there are some people over there but not that many. So I go ahead and get my contraption together and take a puff, turned out I needed to take like three puffs to get it under control. Well just as I was taking the last puff I look out and there is this lady watching me and she looks terrified, I mean seriously terrified. Now she was about 10 feet away from me and I could hear her if she talked loud enough and she did. I heard her tell her husband "Look at that girl, she is smoking pot right here in front of everyone". :eek: I couldn't believe she said that, and it was loud enough for other people to hear as well and so now they all turned to look and see what I had. Now I must admit the inhaler attached to the tube does look weird but it most certainly does not look like a bong of some sort. After the shock of what she said wore off I decided to be a real b****. The lady finally realized I was looking right at her and so she quickly told her husband lets go and they started walking away. I began to follow her the whole time holding the inhaler in my hand, clearly visible to everyone who looked. I even took a few puffs right behind her. The lady was freaking out by now and my DH was laughing his butt off the entire time. Finally she goes into a store and I follow right behind her. Her husband then stops and turns to me and says "My wife and I would appreciate it if you would stop following us and please put your smoking utensil away". I looked him in the eye and said "My husband and I would appreciate it if your wife would refran from being an ignorant person and blurting out something that is not the case in front of a bunch of people unless she knows for sure what she is talking about". I then showed him the inhaler up close so he could read it and see that it was in fact medicine. His wife this whole time was cowering behind him, she all of a sudden had nothing to say. I said some more choice words to them and then walked away. Oh I was so mad and I just wanted to punch her in the face. How can people be so stupid, at least if somebody thinks they see something bad, don't say it out loud and if it's bothering you that much, just go up to the person and say something then. Anyway it took a bit for me to calm down and so DH took me back into the store and bought me an adorable little Donald statue they had to try and get my mind off of it. It worked and I love my statue. So after a less then desirable visit to the U.S.A. Pavillion we headed out to visit Japan.

KittyKat08

01-23-2009, 11:40 PM

Okay so we get to the Japan pavillion and DH is thrilled. He loves it. We spend a great deal of time here walking around and taking photos. Of course though we have no food. :sad2:

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We both loved that huge store they have here and could have spent a great deal of money on some very cool things but we restrained ourselves, mostly because it would not fit in the suitcases to get it home. :p

Then it was off to Morocco!

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We actually ended up getting some food and wine here. I don't remember exactly what it was but it had scallops in it and the wine was a merlot.

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It was pretty yummy, I love anything with scallops in it.

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We really liked it in Morocco and took hundreds of photos it was set up really cool. Also got these photopass pictures taken before we headed out and we found another food we wanted to try. Some kind of pita bread thing, also very yummy.

Continued in next post......

KittyKat08

01-24-2009, 12:08 AM

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So we finished up our little pita thing and headed over to France.

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The France pavillion is beautiful and I can't wait to get back and take some more pictures especially at night. As we were leaving a photopass person was on the bridge so of course we stopped. Oh and yes we didn't get any food or wine in France either. :sad2:

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Will continue in a little bit, time to eat a late dinner!

Disneyfan71

01-24-2009, 12:11 AM

MagicKisses2

01-24-2009, 07:29 PM

Kat, your inhaler incident was horrible, but so funny when you tell the story. Some people are quick to judge.

Besides that it sounds like you are really enjoying your trip and that is what matters. Your pictures continue to be wonderful. My DH and I have almost the exact same photo in front of the fountain in Italy.

Cheers! :flower3:

addictedtothemouse

01-24-2009, 07:39 PM

Hi:wave2: I found your TR yesterday and am finally caught up.

Sorry about the asthma:sad1:. It stinks I know, my two youngest and myself have it. So far we've been ok for vacations though.:)

My sister also got married on Halloween this past year. But it was because she didn't have to get her kids out of school.

Also sorry about the rude people you met. Glad you "stalked" that one lady:smooth:. Some people need to learn to mind their own business. Or at least have their facts straight.

You guys got some really great pics.:goodvibes

Can't wait to read and see more.pixiedust:

KittyKat08

01-27-2009, 08:04 PM

Epcot/WDW or whatever you want to call it :) does an awesome job in theming...I mean it's what they do best. And the detail that goes into everything in phenomenal.

I am sorry you had a bad experince. For one she should have taken one look (if that) and kept walking away. Doesn't she realize there aren't any illegal drugs allowed in the park AND your bags are searched upon park entering? DUH!!! And two, she had NO right to blurt out what she said so everyone around her could hear.

If it had of been me in your situation I would have definitely said something to her!!!

Epcot is just awesome, I can't wait to get back and spend some more time going through the Showcase, it really is beautiful.

Yeah that lady was a piece of work but I think she might think twice about saying stuff out loud after I followed her.

Kat, your inhaler incident was horrible, but so funny when you tell the story. Some people are quick to judge.

Besides that it sounds like you are really enjoying your trip and that is what matters. Your pictures continue to be wonderful. My DH and I have almost the exact same photo in front of the fountain in Italy.

Cheers! :flower3:

Hello! I know, after I reread the installment about that lady I was laughing. It must have been a sight to see for innocent bystanders. ;)

Hubby and I did have a fabulous time even with the rough start and the ups and downs along the way. You really can't help but have a great time when it involves Disney. :goodvibes

Hi:wave2: I found your TR yesterday and am finally caught up.

Sorry about the asthma:sad1:. It stinks I know, my two youngest and myself have it. So far we've been ok for vacations though.:)

My sister also got married on Halloween this past year. But it was because she didn't have to get her kids out of school.

Also sorry about the rude people you met. Glad you "stalked" that one lady:smooth:. Some people need to learn to mind their own business. Or at least have their facts straight.

You guys got some really great pics.:goodvibes

Can't wait to read and see more.pixiedust:

Hi! :wave2: Thank you for reading and most of all so glad you are enjoying it and all the pictures I keep posting. :)

Your lucky to have never had issues with your asthma on vacation, I will knock on wood now that you didn't jinx yourself by talking about it. :)

Congrats to your sister and I hope she and her husband have many happy Halloween anniversaries.

I'm pretty sure my "stalking" scared the crap out of that lady and hopefully she learned a lesson. I know her husband looked mortified after showing him the inhaler up close and personal. :rotfl:

KittyKat08

01-27-2009, 10:06 PM

Okay so I last left off saying I would be right back and just going to eat a late dinner. That turned out to be a long dinner huh? :rotfl: Anyway, sorry for the delay, I was again side tracked by DH and just never made it back to the computer.

So I believe we had been heading out of France and stopping for several photopass pictures before entering the UK pavillion. Here is one more pic I have to share with you.

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Upon entering the UK pavillion I went nuts. I love everything British and would give anything to get to London one day. I ran around this pavillion like crazy looking at everything. Again though, we didn't have any food. :sad2: After I finished running around we just kinda sat and enjoyed the atmosphere for awhile. I struck up a lovely conversation with a couple visiting from London, I could have talked to them all night, LOVE the accents.

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As we started to walk away from one of the shops I noticed Tigger inside, so I grabbed DH and as soon as we walked in Tigger left but the CM standing there said he would be back in a little bit so we waited around. While standing there another CM came up and said we should go to the back of the store because that was were the characters were going to be. Well had the first CM said that to us we would have caught Mary Poppins but by the time we got in the line she was leaving so we just waited for Tigger and friends to come back. We got some cute pictures of Mary Poppins meet and greet area while waiting and then some cute pictures of Tigger and the gang.

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We finished with our pictures and then headed outside to find the sun had gone down. I took some more pictures of the UK pavillion at night time as we headed into Canada.

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Continued........

addictedtothemouse

01-27-2009, 10:21 PM

I really like the architechure of the UK. I especially like the Twinings Tea Cottage, it just seems so cozy.

KittyKat08

01-27-2009, 10:29 PM

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I really, really wanted to get a picture inside the phone booth but the guy in there was not leaving any time soon. I had already been standing there for 20
min. when I finally told DH to just take the picture of me next to it instead.

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Then it was off to Canada. I was sooooo tired at this point and my feet had been killing me. We thought about going and watching the movie in Canada but then I remembered that it was standing only, so I decided against it. Talk about lazy huh? I pretty much went and found a nice bench to sit on and just soak up the action around me (I love to people watch) while DH went and browsed some shops. Here I am on my bench, I think I was seriously contemplating how I was going to get up enough energy to continue walking.

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Besides the picture of me on the bench this was the only other picture we have from this pavillion.

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And of course we didn't try any food from here either. So we headed out of the Canada pavillion which was extremely busy and very crowded at this time. I told DH I was starving and really wanted to rest my feet for a bit so we started looking on the map at food options. I figured eating in the Showcase at a restaurant would be out since everything would probably be booked so we decided to go over to the Coral Reef restaurant and try our luck with a walk up reservation.

Coming up next: Do we get to eat at Coral Reef?

Disneyfan71

01-28-2009, 01:20 AM

You look EXHAUSTED on the bench...I know it's a LOT of walking at Epcot as well as MK and I've only been to DHS once and don't remember much about it.

KittyKat08

01-29-2009, 12:43 AM

I really like the architechure of the UK. I especially like the Twinings Tea Cottage, it just seems so cozy.

Hi!

I was in love with the entire World Showcase, the architechure throughout the entire place is just amazing. But the UK pavillion does hold the special place in my heart. :goodvibes

You look EXHAUSTED on the bench...I know it's a LOT of walking at Epcot as well as MK and I've only been to DHS once and don't remember much about it.

Oh your telling me! I was beyond exhausted, I felt like I had been walking for a year at least. By the time our honeymoon was over I could barely walk anymore and my ankles had swelled up. I officially needed a vacation from our honeymoon. :rotfl:

Disneyfan71

01-29-2009, 12:46 AM

I can imagine that will happen to us too :) But I don't mind it...we'll be there and having a wonderful time

KittyKat08

01-29-2009, 01:55 AM

So I left off with DH and I leaving the Showcase at Epcot and walking over to the Coral Reef restaurant to see if they had any openings for dinner that night. Thankfully they did but it was for 8:45pm and it was only 6 something at that moment and I was starving. Well after much deliberation we decided to take the reservation and try to find a munchie for me and go amuse ourselves till dinner time. Well of course instead of finding the starving girl some food we headed over to The Seas with Nemo and Friends since we didn't get a chance to ride it yet.

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I love Bloat and Pearl so I had to have a picture with them.

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We both thought the ride was really cute and enjoyed it, I liked that you sit in clam shells. After the ride we walked around a bit and took some more photos. I spent alot of time watching the dolphins because I love them and they happened to be very active on this evening. I tried to get pictures but they swam by to fast. We didn't get upstairs to see the Manatees, that will have to be next trip.

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We then decided to head over to the Living with the Land ride and Soarin since we had missed both of these rides as well. We arrived just as they had closed the Living with the land ride for the night so we walked over to Soarin and the wait time was an hour. We had time to waste before dinner so I was ready to get in line but then DH reminded me of my aching feet and did I really want to stand in line for a ride that we have been on many times at Disney's California Adventure back home and that I also was not that fond of it because I have a fear of heights. I really like the ride regardless of the height part but he was right, it was not worth it to stand in line when I could just go and relax until dinner. So we left and headed back towards the front of the park so I could find something to munch on and do some shopping. On the way that was when I spotted the character spot, ya know that building that they are all in. I didn't even no anything about it, (note to self to actually read the map you get when entering the park). And I of course spotted my wonderful Donald Duck so I was off and running with DH in tow. The line inside was fairly long but moving very well and I was so excited to see all the characters that I didn't even mind.

First up MICKEY MOUSE

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Then it was MINNIE

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And after Minnie it was my baby DONALD DUCK. Now just so you know when looking at the pictures, Donald was hilarious. I told him right away that he was my favorite so he started pushing DH away and only paying attention to me, you can actually see him push DH in one of the pictures, then they got into an "argument" about me belonging to DH and not Donald, it was adorable. Finally we got a nice picture with DH in it. This was by far my all time favorite character interaction ever.

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Continued, I reached my pic limit......

Disneyfan71

01-29-2009, 02:01 AM

I've never had much of a chance with interaction w/ the Characters!! But I hope this time to get a chance. How do you find them? Or is it just luck of the draw kind of thing?

KittyKat08

01-29-2009, 02:25 AM

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After our Duck encounter it was off to see DH's favorite GOOFY

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After Goofy DH and I exited the character greeting spot and I was on a character high, I felt like I was floating on air. We both agree that it was the coolest greeting ever, all the characters performed at top notch and they were truely having fun, you could tell. I had completely forgotten how hungry I was and how much my feet hurt, that's how happy I was. So even though we had spent a good amount of time with the characters we still had time to spare before dinner so we ducked inside some stores and did a bit of shopping. At around 8:30 pm we decided to head back over to the Coral Reef restaurant and check in and hope we would be seated. We ended up not getting seated right away so we went outside to wait and we took some more pictures.

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Finally we got seated at around 9pm. It was a good seat and fairly close to the tank so we could watch the fishies. It was freezing in there though and that made dinner kinda uncomfortable since our noses kept freezing up then running. It was worth it in the end because the food was yummy! We really enjoyed it and plan to visit this place again on our return trip.

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Continued.......

Disneyfan71

01-29-2009, 02:32 AM

I am LOVING your TR!!! And I love, love the pics of The Seas!!! I like Nemo too and Bruce is cool too!

KittyKat08

01-29-2009, 02:43 AM

The food was awesome.......very, very, very yummy!

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I was so hungry I had most of my food gone before I remembered to take a pic of it.

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We finished dinner at around 10pm and headed outside to a very chilly night and very empty park. Got to the front gates and bid Epcot a farewell, DH and I would not be returning to this park again on this visit. :sad1:

We headed up to the empty monarail station and waited about 5min for it to arrive then spent the short trip back to the Poly taking a nap and resting our feet. We made it back to the car and headed back to the hotel and climbed into bed at around midnight. Neither one of us could sleep though because our feet were throbbing so bad. We vowed to make sure we bring epsom salt on our next trip. So we both popped some pain killers and finally fell asleep.

Up next we check out of the POFQ and get aboard the most beautiful ship I have ever seen.

luna99

01-31-2009, 02:47 PM

kat, great report so far! It's so romantic... my hubby and I got married at disneyworld 2007 so it's bringing back a lot of sweet memories of my own!

btw, I LOOOOOVE DONALD also! He's my favorite of all the main characters and I NEVER see him in the parks! You're so lucky you got to see him twice!

I can't wait to hear more about your trip! Your DH and you are such a cute couple! I can tell you are totally head over heels in love!

thanks!

KittyKat08

01-31-2009, 04:12 PM

I've never had much of a chance with interaction w/ the Characters!! But I hope this time to get a chance. How do you find them? Or is it just luck of the draw kind of thing?

I am LOVING your TR!!! And I love, love the pics of The Seas!!! I like Nemo too and Bruce is cool too!

I hardly ever see the characters at Disneyland so this was a real treat for me. WDW has alot more spots set up for the characters so people in general have a better chance of seeing them. For most of our trip I just went to the spots I new they would be at and for the rest it was luck of the draw, we would just stumble upon them.

I'm glad you are still enjoying the TR, got plenty more coming up for you!

kat, great report so far! It's so romantic... my hubby and I got married at disneyworld 2007 so it's bringing back a lot of sweet memories of my own!

btw, I LOOOOOVE DONALD also! He's my favorite of all the main characters and I NEVER see him in the parks! You're so lucky you got to see him twice!

I can't wait to hear more about your trip! Your DH and you are such a cute couple! I can tell you are totally head over heels in love!

thanks!

Thank you so much! I'm glad our trip is reminding you of yours. I wish we could have been married at Disneyworld but that was so not in our buget. I keep telling DH though that we are going to renew our vows at some point and it will be at Disneyworld, he of course just keeps shaking his head at me. :rotfl:

DONALD is the best, he is # 1 :) I was very fortunate to have run into him several times on the trip. When you go back he for sure is at the Epcot character station and at Camp Mickey and Minnie in Animal Kingdom, go there and you will be able to see him.

More on the trip is coming right up so stay with me. :goodvibes

KittyKat08

01-31-2009, 05:44 PM

Hi everyone who is reading along :wave2: sorry for the delay, I have been spending more time reading on the boards then writing my TR. It's just so hard to tear myself away from everybody's great stories. :goodvibes Anyway I'm focused again for now and ready to start.

It is now Nov. 9th Sunday and we are getting ready to go on our first Disney Cruise. DH and I decided to ask for a late checkout which they said was fine so we slept in until 9am and then took our time getting ready and repacked. Surprisingly I was feeling really good this morning, I hadn't woken up with an asthma attack during the night and my coughing was down to a minimal sporatic hacking instead of constant. :rolleyes: Originally we had planned to get to the port early in the morning but in the end we decided to take our time and not rush. After we finished packing and loaded up the car, we headed over to the resort lobby to look in the gift shop since we hadn't done that yet and I was sure I had seen a Donald Duck shirt in there. I was sad when we walked out of the room, I really liked the POFQ and hope to stay there again some time.

We walked around the shop for ever looking at stuff and the place isn't even that big. DH was eyeing a Mickey watch they had in there but he wasn't sure he wanted to spend $100 on it or not. (He collects watches and has all sorts of them mostly Disney ones) I finally picked out my Donald shirt, don't have a picture of it but the front is his angry face and it says I'm not mad at you, I'm just naturally crabby. It's perfect for me :rolleyes1 It goes great with my grumpy sweatshirt, do you see a patern here? :rotfl2: NAH, J/K I'm really a pleasant person, really I am. I just happen to like all the angry, grumpy or evil characters. :lmao: So we payed for our stuff, minus the watch and DH had to take a picture of this as we left the gift shop. He said there was something completely hysterical about this and after thinking about it, I have to agree.

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What made it so funny was the tote bag that had been hung up right next to all the booze, it was almost screaming that they go hand in hand.

So we get in the car and drive out the gates of POFQ and I'm really sad now :sad1: but I perk up when I realize I'm about to be on the Disney Wonder. :hyper:

Disneyfan71

01-31-2009, 08:45 PM

I can't wait to read more!!! I'd also like your take on DL and WDW!!! I like both but have only been to DL once!!

Beep

01-31-2009, 09:13 PM

I love your TR! So sorry about the ignorant woman at Epcot.

Hey, if you want anything English sent over let me know :goodvibes We met with some friends we had made online a couple of years ago (we're from England and they were from New York) and the little girl wanted to know if I was related to the Queen because of my accent - bless her!

KittyKat08

02-01-2009, 01:52 AM

Right away I started taking pictures to amuse me because it was nothing but endless road and just driving, driving, driving. :drive: Thankfully there wasn't any traffic on the way to Port Canaveral and it took us only 45min or so to get there. Florida is a beautiful place and we got to see some pretty sights, it made me not want to come back to California and the always congested freeways and billions of people. Here are some photos from the drive.

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And this was my breakfast on the way also, well this and some grapes. We arn't the healthiest people are we? :rolleyes:

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Pretty soon we saw this sign and I was getting really excited.

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And then we see water and that can only mean we are getting closer, and I'm freaking out now.....:hyper:

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AND THEN IN THE DISTANCE, WE SPOT HER.......AND SHE IS GORGEOUS!!!!!!!

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GETTING CLOSER!!!!!!!

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AND THEN WE HAVE OFFICIALLY ARRIVED!!!!!!

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So we head into the first check point and I'm just amazed at the level of security they have at the port, it's awesome. I love how they make sure you are infact a guest on the Disney Cruise before letting you into the area. Talk about feeling extremely safe and secure.

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Continued.......

KittyKat08

02-01-2009, 02:08 AM

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So that was the last photo I took until we got inside the building. We pulled up next to the porters and before I could even get out of the car one was right there taking the luggage out of the trunk. It was pretty funny because he was so quick and DH and I were trying to tell him that not everything in the trunk was going but this guy was just ready to load it all up. They are pretty efficient there arn't they? ::yes:: So after dividing everything up and getting the right bags out of the car, my DH, myself and the porter all about cracked up right there because the trunk ended up looking like a Disney store had exploded in it. I kid you not there was like 15 Disney bags all full of souveners and stuff that we just threw back there and we hadn't realized just how much it was until that moment. Of course then it occured to me, how the heck are we going to get all this stuff home? :scratchin We got back in the car and headed over to the parking lot and $60 later we parked the car and then DH decided to "TALK" about all the stuff in the trunk. :sad2:
I was like, "OH NO" your not going to bring that up right now and I think my tone and the look on my face ended that conversation pretty quick. Love you baby was the last thing I said. :love2:

Coming up later.....Just how long is that line to get into the building?

KittyKat08

02-01-2009, 02:30 AM

I can't wait to read more!!! I'd also like your take on DL and WDW!!! I like both but have only been to DL once!!

I'm not sure how to answer you on my take of DL and WDW. I mean DL is the original park so right there it makes it more special then WDW and I personally grew up going to DL all the time so it will forever have a special place in my heart. WDW is just in a league of it's own, I mean it's truely spectacular and very, very beautiful. Having the land in Florida makes the parks ten times better then DL which as you know is just stuck in the middle of busy Anaheim city. Sure they did a great job of making you feel like your in a different world but at the end of the day, the landscapping and the vast area in WDW makes you really feel like your in your own little world. As far as rides are concerned, it's a toss up because there are some rides at DL that are by far better then at WDW and in return some rides at WDW are better then DL. I will have to say that most of the shows are better at WDW except for Fantasmic, I think ours is way better even though it's shorter.

Anyway, I hope that helps, it was the best explanation I could think of. Either way it's Disney so both parks are amazing and I'm fortunate to be able to go to Disneyland when ever I want to and also get DH to take trips to WDW now because he loves it as much as me. :)

I love your TR! So sorry about the ignorant woman at Epcot.

Hey, if you want anything English sent over let me know :goodvibes We met with some friends we had made online a couple of years ago (we're from England and they were from New York) and the little girl wanted to know if I was related to the Queen because of my accent - bless her!

I'm soooo glad you love my TR. I know alot of people are reading it but not alot comment on it so sometimes I wonder.......

That's so adorable about the little girl, she must have been precious. :)

Thank you so much for offering to send me over something if I want it, that is very sweet of you. I would of course rather send myself over to you. :rotfl2: But I will keep it in mind and let you know!

Hugs :hug:

addictedtothemouse

02-01-2009, 06:43 AM

janiejake

02-03-2009, 01:30 AM

Just one of those reading your trip report and enjoying it very much! Popped in tonight, looking for your next installment...anxious to hear all about your experiences with the DCL...and LOTS of pics, please:wave2:

Disneyfan71

02-03-2009, 01:59 AM

Oh I like DL too and I've been to both. DL is like smack dab in the middle of a MAJOR road/highway--there isn't any "mystique" when you enter the parking lot...not like WDW where it's 43 freakin square miles. Then again, like you said DL is the original and not a lot of room for growth. Whereas WDW there is STILL land around (from what I know of). I like both parks b/c the rides are completely different.

Can't wait to see pictures of the cruise---if you have any that is.

KittyKat08

02-03-2009, 04:11 PM

Finally caught up...again. I'm not sure how time gets away from me , it just does.:rotfl2:

DM and I ate at Coral Reef, on our trip, and we both loved it. Of course when it was time to order I had to say, "DM stop watching/taking pictures of the fish and order your meal." and when the food arrived there was a discussion of actually eating the food before it got cold. (Od course this was after I told her she couldn't wander the restaraunts taking pictures until after she'd ordered.):lmao:

When I was reading about you getting to DCL I was getting excited for you.:goodvibes Can't wait to read all about your adventures on the high seas.pirate:

That's hysterical about your DM and Coral Reef. :lmao: It really is a great restaurant.

I'm so glad you got excited reading the part about getting to Port Canaveral, I was trying to get that anticipation affect going. :)

I'm working on the next installment right now and there will be plenty of adventures coming up!

Just one of those reading your trip report and enjoying it very much! Popped in tonight, looking for your next installment...anxious to hear all about your experiences with the DCL...and LOTS of pics, please:wave2:

:wave2: It makes me so happy to see your enjoying the TR. :goodvibes

I'm working on the next installment now and believe me, I have TONS of pictures to share. :)

Oh I like DL too and I've been to both. DL is like smack dab in the middle of a MAJOR road/highway--there isn't any "mystique" when you enter the parking lot...not like WDW where it's 43 freakin square miles. Then again, like you said DL is the original and not a lot of room for growth. Whereas WDW there is STILL land around (from what I know of). I like both parks b/c the rides are completely different.

Can't wait to see pictures of the cruise---if you have any that is.

Next installment coming up soon, with plenty of pictures!

KittyKat08

02-03-2009, 05:10 PM

Okay so I last left off with DH and I parked the car and we were heading over to the terminal building when I spotted the long line to get through security. I would have thought it would be fairly empty already since we got to the port at around 1pm and that was late. So we get into the line which started outside the building and after about 20min we finally headed up the escalator to the main building area. This is when I started taking pictures again.

See the lady CM looking right at the camera when we took the photo, she was so cute. The minute we got closer to her she was so excited that we were on our honeymoon and going on the cruise. She was asking us a bunch of questions about the wedding and giving us all sorts or best wishes.

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That was really the only pictures we took because I was to excited to keep loitering around the terminal, I wanted to get on the ship! So we did what this sign told us to.

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Pretty soon we were walking through this!

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And then walking through the hallway we both had to have our picture taken under the Welcome Aboard signs. We are strange people!

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We had our welcome aboard photo taken and I don't know why it scanned into the computer so crappy but the original photo looks much better.

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And then before I new it the Cruise CM was asking our name and we were being announced to everybody, which resulted in a huge applause because of being on our honeymoon. I was kinda embaressed and I believe I blushed a bit. After that happened DH and I kinda stood there in a daze not knowing what to do because (A) We have never been on a cruise before, (B) I don't think the shock of actually being on the DISNEY CRUISE SHIP had worn off yet and (C) We couldn't stop looking at the beyond beautiful atrium.

After a few minutes we kinda snapped out of it and decided to go to our stateroom but as we headed to the elevator another CM saw us and I think he realized we looked like two very overwhelmed and completely lost people so he came up to us and asked if we had eaten yet and we told him no, so he suggested we go eat because everything would be shutting down for the muster drill in a little while. We agreed and so he directed us to Parrot Cay but not before wishing us a fantastic honeymoon and wonderful time on the cruise. :goodvibes

noahdove

02-03-2009, 07:48 PM

I am in:) So far so great:) I am finally caught up...

KittyKat08

02-03-2009, 09:30 PM

I am in:) So far so great:) I am finally caught up...

:welcome: I'm so glad your enjoying my TR! :goodvibes

KittyKat08

02-03-2009, 10:53 PM

Okay so we got to the entrance of Parrot Cay and the CM asked us to please wash our hands with those wipes they have all over the ship and that was fine, we did it and proceeded to do it throughout the entire cruise but boy was I surprised and disgusted at some other people we encountered who would not partake in this small request that the cruise ship has. :sad2: So we get escorted to our table in the corner by a window, it was very cozy and the whole time we are walking everybody, including other guest who saw us were saying congratulations and wishing us well. :goodvibes

So we get seated and order some drinks and then hit the buffet. Good Lord was I in heaven. It was sooooo much yummy food and I had a very hard time choosing what I wanted to eat. DH on the other hand was off and running, he new exactly what he wanted apparently. Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of the buffet, but I did get pictures of us happily eating.

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We actually ate fairly quickly and DH went back for seconds but I didn't, I was too excited and wanted to see our stateroom. Granted we only had an inside stateroom, so really no big deal but I was still anxious to see it. Off we went and here are pictures that DH took while I was in the bathroom.

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We were surprised to see that they had given us two onboard credits, one was for $25 and the other was for $75, very cool. And of course you can see the buttons they gave us for the honeymoon had Donald and Daisy on them so I was thrilled!!!!

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Some more pictures of the room.

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I was very happy with the stateroom all in all, very cozy for two people. It did take me awhile to adjust to the tiny bathroom though, that took some pratice. DH and I thought we would be sad not having a port hole or verandah but in the end we decided it was not worth the extra money and we found a better use for the money we saved taking an inside stateroom instead.

So after we got settled for the most part (one of our suitcases had arrived), I finally looked at our dining rotation and realized that the one place I wanted to eat most of all, Animator's Palate was on the same night we scheduled dinner for Palo. I remembered that the Navigator said they were making dining rotation adjustments in one of the lounges, I can't remember which one but we headed down there so I could try and change things around. After speaking with a CM from Palo he advised me that the only openings they had would be that night (our first night on the ship) and it was late, around 8:30pm. I didn't like the idea at all but I really, really wanted to eat at Palo so I said fine and we rescheduled. Originally I had Palo scheduled for our last night on the ship so I was wondering how this was going to pan out for us.

We left and headed up to Deck 9 to look around for a bit and to get the drink of the day, but I don't remember what it was called. It was very yummy though.

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Continued.........

KittyKat08

02-03-2009, 11:07 PM

I was very surprised to see just how tiny the pools are on the ship, I mean I new they were small but when I saw them in person, it really hit home.

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We headed up to Deck 10 to get some better pictures.

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I promised you guys pictures, didn't I? ;) And I still have a ton more to share. ::yes::

We then decided to head back to the room so that we could get ready for the Drill.

Disneyfan71

02-03-2009, 11:09 PM

Holy CRAP!!! The pools are small. I can't imagine going swimming in those. But I love the pictures of the ship :)

janiejake

02-04-2009, 02:13 AM

:beach: Thanks for the teaser pics. Those pools are a bit on the small side--was one of those the Adults Only pool? Now get going...MORE pictures!! (please...) Another lonnnggg month til our own vacation (no cruise, just Florida), but, until then, this is the closest I'm going to get to water that's not frozen!:rotfl2:

addictedtothemouse

02-04-2009, 02:33 AM

That's hysterical about your DM and Coral Reef. :lmao: It really is a great restaurant.She was like that at all of the restaraunts. By the end of the trip though she would make her order and then look at me and ask, "Can I go take pictures now?" With the same tone that a four year old would ask if they could go play.:rotfl2:

KittyKat08

02-04-2009, 10:57 PM

Holy CRAP!!! The pools are small. I can't imagine going swimming in those. But I love the pictures of the ship :)

DH and I didn't go swimming the whole time we were on the ship because it was so crowded most of the time.

:beach: Thanks for the teaser pics. Those pools are a bit on the small side--was one of those the Adults Only pool? Now get going...MORE pictures!! (please...) Another lonnnggg month til our own vacation (no cruise, just Florida), but, until then, this is the closest I'm going to get to water that's not frozen!:rotfl2:

The pool with nobody in it and nobody around at the time was the adult only pool. That picture was really the only time besides late at night the pool was empty.

I'm going, I'm going on more installments and MORE pictures. ::yes::

Your long month is going to go by so fast and before you know it your gonna be back in sunny Orlando and WDW. pixiedust:

She was like that at all of the restaraunts. By the end of the trip though she would make her order and then look at me and ask, "Can I go take pictures now?" With the same tone that a four year old would ask if they could go play.:rotfl2:

:rotfl2: PRICELESS!!!!!! :lmao:

Disneyfan71

02-04-2009, 11:02 PM

KittyKat08

02-05-2009, 12:18 AM

So DH and I headed back to the stateroom to get ready for the muster drill. Here are some pictures don't we look fabulous?

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Now can I just say this was the worst part of the entire cruise. Talk about a mess and complete and utter chaos. First we were on the side of the ship that had the sun beaming down right on us and it was so freakin hot with all these people around you. And then picture if you will.....tons of people, alot who did not speak very good english and had at least 3 to 4 children with them who were running around and being completely rude and obnoxious in the burning sun.

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The CM's were telling them again, and again, and again to line up and have the children in front of them, of course they didn't understand, or they just didn't care.

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I was getting mad, nobody was listening to anything anyone was saying and all I could think was "well if the ship goes down for some reason everybody in this area is going to go down with it". :sad2:

I felt so bad for this CM, I think she had finally had enough and all about gave up.

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Anyway after about 15min or so they let us go and I all about flew outta there, I could not stand to be next to those people any longer and I was roasting to death. :crazy2:

So we got back to the room and hung out in there longer then we meant to enjoying the air conditioner and time got away from us so we missed most of the sail away party. When I realized what time it was we hauled butt up to Deck 9 but it was pretty much to late.

On the way out of the room I snapped this shot of DH.

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This is one of the murals on the wall when you are in the elevator.

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So we reached Deck 9 and the first thing I realized is it had gotten cold and windy. It was a good thing I took my sweater with me. We headed over to the 24hr. drink station and I got myself some coffee to warm me up. Then as we headed up to Deck 10 to get some photos we heard the most glorious sound ever and I was so thankful that we hadn't missed it.

THE DISNEY WONDER WAS LEAVING PORT AS THE HORN BLARED "WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR"

It actually brought tears to my eyes. I don't know if that has happened with other first time Disney cruisers but boy oh boy was I touched.

So after I had my moment, :rotfl2: we walked around taking pictures.

I tried to get on the side that was facing the Disney Terminal but that area was packed of course and I didn't feel like trying to shove my way in. DH managed to find me some of the streamers that got left around after the sail away party so that I could add them to my scrapbook later.

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Lots more pictures coming up........hopefully tonight!!!!!!

KittyKat08

02-05-2009, 01:26 AM

So hear are some more pictures as we pulled out of port.

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And it was a gorgeous sunset.

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Then we got some pictures of the butt water as I like to call it. :)

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Disneyfan71

02-05-2009, 01:31 AM

O.k..so I am LOVING your TR and the pictures!!! I'm sorry that you had a terrible time during the safety drill. And it's rather unfortunate when you get people who can't understand English---makes it that much worse!! Oh well, at least you got through it :) And I'm hoping you had an amazing time.

KittyKat08

02-05-2009, 02:06 AM

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So then I wanted DH to see the secret Deck on Deck 7 so we headed down there. I took some photos along the way off pictures on the walls throughout the ship. There are so many and they are all so cute.

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Then we finally got to the Deck and it was completely deserted which I already expected. It was very peaceful and a nice spot for DH and I to be alone for a bit to really soak up the fact that we were on the DISNEY CRUISE!

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When we finally left, the first showing of the Golden Mickey's was going to be just starting so we decided to go see that. (Little did we know this was the only show we got to see while on board) :sad1:

Here are some more pictures for you.

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It was a really cute show and I'm glad I got to see it.

So we leave the theater and head back to our stateroom to get ready for dinner at Palo. When we arrived our stateroom host whose name was Jay and he was great had already done our turndown service for the night. This is what we found.

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I love towel animals, they are so cool.

So we relaxed for a bit and we wondered what are table mates would think when we didn't show up for dinner on the first night of the cruise. We had the late dinning rotation which turned out to be a blessing for us later on, I don't know how people do the early rotation, I couldn't handle it. But I guess if you have kids, ya kinda have to. DH and I will get to that point in our lives at some time.

Finally we started to get ready for our dinner at Palo. I was super excited because I had read all about it and was looking forward to the yummy food and romantic setting.

addictedtothemouse

02-05-2009, 03:45 AM

I'm loving your TR. Great pictures.:thumbsup2

Jess4Disney

02-05-2009, 05:00 AM

Hiya!

Just spent the last hour or so reading your TR from the beginning. How awesome so far. You are hilarious, and had me laughing out loud many times =)

First of all.. CONGRATULATIONS on your recent nuptials! Your photos are simply gorgeous, and I love the fact that you had your wedding on Halloween. Your dress is fabulous! I love different colored wedding dresses.

I cannot believe that little snot on the TTA. What a rude little monster! His is coming to him.. that's for sure. And that lady with her rude comment to you. Seems like she was the one who needed the pot... hehe. What an uptight bleep!

Tell your hubby that he is an awesome picture taker. I love the Epcot globe pictures at night. Awesome!

I'm glad you ended up feeling better.. after such a rough start. That must've been so draining both physically and emotionally. But you marched through like a trooper :)

You mentioned about sitting side by side on Splash. I had to go over to my fridge and look at our ride photo from it. We're sitting with DBF behind me... same as in DL. Ehhh? Also, I totally agree with the Pirates comment. I felt that WDW's Pirates was awkward too. DL's is way better in that department. I think the boats are just too small on WDW's version, and it almost felt cramped, know what I mean?

Me and DBF are located in the Bay Area, and are planning to head down to DL for my Birthday in April (during my spring break.) I think you and DH should tag along for the trip, being that you're so close and all. LOL. Plus you seem like cool people :) Okay.. now I just sound like a stalker. But it's not everyday you get to meet people who share your love of Disney!

Okay.. now that I've written you a novel, hehehe. Can't wait to hear more about your cruise!

Disney owl

02-05-2009, 06:38 AM

Great reports & thanks for including some wedding photos

DisnLuvr

02-05-2009, 10:32 AM

luna99

02-05-2009, 12:18 PM

I was very surprised to see just how tiny the pools are on the ship, I mean I new they were small but when I saw them in person, it really hit home.

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wow, I wonder why they didn't just take that blue area around the pool and make the entire pool bigger? is this the adult pool?

I'm loving the cruise part of the report too! I have never done one but dream of doing it someday! and I agree, the stateroom looks ok for two people and I probably wouldn't pay extra for a bigger one, besides, on a cruise who wants to be in your room? You should be out on deck looking at the ocean, relaxing with a drink in your hand or doing activities!

kimmylaj

02-05-2009, 02:15 PM

i admit it i am a trip report junkie but this one is so fun because i know nothing about the disney cruise line, i know i 'd love to go someday but other than that nada. so i am so excited for updates. great job::yes::

Keggy

02-05-2009, 03:41 PM

Great trip report! It is so sad that you were sick! But, you seemed to handle it like a trooper.

I can't wait to read the rest!

kelly

KittyKat08

02-06-2009, 01:16 AM

I can imagine it being rather crowded, especially with a lot of kids on the ship. I'd love to go on the Disney Wonder but not sure how much I actually would like a cruise :) But I do love your pictures.

O.k..so I am LOVING your TR and the pictures!!! I'm sorry that you had a terrible time during the safety drill. And it's rather unfortunate when you get people who can't understand English---makes it that much worse!! Oh well, at least you got through it :) And I'm hoping you had an amazing time.

Ya know whats funny, I swear there were more adults on our cruise then kids. I almost think the adults like the cruise better. :) I think everybody who loves Disney should go on the cruise at least once in there lifetime. I highly doubt you would end up regretting it.

I'm so glad you like all my pictures, sometimes I feel like I'm putting in too many. :goodvibes

I'm loving your TR. Great pictures.:thumbsup2

Thank You, Thank You!!!! I aim to please. :)

Hiya!

Just spent the last hour or so reading your TR from the beginning. How awesome so far. You are hilarious, and had me laughing out loud many times =)

First of all.. CONGRATULATIONS on your recent nuptials! Your photos are simply gorgeous, and I love the fact that you had your wedding on Halloween. Your dress is fabulous! I love different colored wedding dresses.

I cannot believe that little snot on the TTA. What a rude little monster! His is coming to him.. that's for sure. And that lady with her rude comment to you. Seems like she was the one who needed the pot... hehe. What an uptight bleep!

Tell your hubby that he is an awesome picture taker. I love the Epcot globe pictures at night. Awesome!

I'm glad you ended up feeling better.. after such a rough start. That must've been so draining both physically and emotionally. But you marched through like a trooper :)

You mentioned about sitting side by side on Splash. I had to go over to my fridge and look at our ride photo from it. We're sitting with DBF behind me... same as in DL. Ehhh? Also, I totally agree with the Pirates comment. I felt that WDW's Pirates was awkward too. DL's is way better in that department. I think the boats are just too small on WDW's version, and it almost felt cramped, know what I mean?

Me and DBF are located in the Bay Area, and are planning to head down to DL for my Birthday in April (during my spring break.) I think you and DH should tag along for the trip, being that you're so close and all. LOL. Plus you seem like cool people :) Okay.. now I just sound like a stalker. But it's not everyday you get to meet people who share your love of Disney!

Okay.. now that I've written you a novel, hehehe. Can't wait to hear more about your cruise!

Hello :wave2: and Welcome.

I'm so glad you find my TR interesting and amusing, I love that!

DH and I have had some interesting experiences so far in the TR but there are some more coming up. ::yes::

I did end up feeling better on the cruise actually, I was feeling great except for still being a bit tired. Maybe it was that carribean air.

And yes I did feel cramped on WDW's Pirates, among other things. Just wasn't feeling the ride at all. :sad2:

I told my hubby that you liked his photography and he was flattered. :blush: Wait till you see some of the other pics from the cruise.

So ya wanna hear something funny.....My Birthday is in April too, on the 8th to be exact...:cool1: And I was already planning on going to Disneyland for it. :thumbsup2 Soooooo maybe we will be able to meet up! Isn't that just Pixie Dust for ya. pixiedust:

Anyway are you on myspace or facebook by any chance? I am so look for me if you are. Myspace is kissssthekitttty, profile name is Kat and on facebook it's Kathleen in Pico Rivera.

More coming up on the cruise soon.

Great reports & thanks for including some wedding photos

:welcome: Thank you for reading.

So DisneyLand made your love strong??? You seem made for each other.. Good.

Hello. :wave2: I wouldn't say Disneyland made our love strong, I think the fact that we have known each other for so long and the fact that we have always cared about each other made our love strong. Disneyland just happened to be the first gathering we had together after a long time apart and we realized there were still feelings for each other on that day. Of course it doesn't hurt that we both love Disney, that is something we get to enjoy and share together. :)

wow, I wonder why they didn't just take that blue area around the pool and make the entire pool bigger? is this the adult pool?

I'm loving the cruise part of the report too! I have never done one but dream of doing it someday! and I agree, the stateroom looks ok for two people and I probably wouldn't pay extra for a bigger one, besides, on a cruise who wants to be in your room? You should be out on deck looking at the ocean, relaxing with a drink in your hand or doing activities!

That is the adult pool and I have no idea why they wouldn't want the pools to be bigger. It's now some kinda Disney Cruise mystery. :scratchin

There is lots more coming up for the cruise portion of this TR. I really hope you get to go on the cruise someday, YOU WILL LOVE IT!

i admit it i am a trip report junkie but this one is so fun because i know nothing about the disney cruise line, i know i 'd love to go someday but other than that nada. so i am so excited for updates. great job::yes::

Hello :wave2:

Don't feel bad, I'm a serious TR junkie also. ;)

Lots more coming up about the cruise, I do hope you enjoy it. :goodvibes

Great trip report! It is so sad that you were sick! But, you seemed to handle it like a trooper.

I can't wait to read the rest!

kelly

Hi! Thank you for reading, so glad you are enjoying my TR.

It was very unfortunate that I got sick but it died down during the cruise and I was feeling much better, just tired alot.

Well thanks for staying with me everyone, I promise to update soon! :goodvibes

KittyKat08

02-08-2009, 04:42 PM

Sorry for not updating right away but I was busy with a baptism and another baptism also coming up. Anyway this next update is going to be a bit :offtopic: because we finally recieved our wedding photos and so I thought I would post some of the better ones for you to see. I wasn't very impressed with most of the photos that were taken so when I uploaded them to photobucket I played around with some and changed them to what I liked. Hopefully you guys will enjoy. :goodvibes

Oh yeah I should also mention that they are not really in any type of order either.

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KittyKat08

02-08-2009, 05:07 PM

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So there ya go. I hope you enjoyed them. I will hopefully get back to my TR sometime this evening.

bluechic03

02-08-2009, 09:55 PM

I am so jealous of your cruise! I want to go so bad! we are planning one hopefully for my 30th birthday but I dont know if I can wait 2 years!

Disneyfan71

02-08-2009, 10:34 PM

I love your wedding photos!!! Where did you get married at? Just curious b/c I saw a rollercoaster :)

Also I'm loving your pictures of the cruise----hoping that you post more when you're able to. You know me, I'm patient.

KittyKat08

02-09-2009, 01:27 AM

Okay so I left off with DH and I getting ready to go have our romantic dinner at Palo. I was so excited for this dinner and had been looking forward to it for almost a year.

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Our server was named Dougan and he was from Turkey. He was awesome and super friendly and fun. We had a blast talking to him about, well everything really.

DH decided he wanted to splurge on a bottle of champagne for us and I don't remember what the name of it was but it was fantastic, I could have drank the bottle myself. :rolleyes1

And the bread that they give you is super yum, yum.

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And we ordered an appetizer that had some small pieces of cheese and meats that was so good. I wish I had written everything down but I didn't think of that at the time. At least I got pictures though.

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This was hubby's meal, he loved it.

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This was my meal and of course you can see it was salmon. I also would remember my meal because it was the biggest piece of salmon I have ever had served to me at a dinning establishment. You can't really tell in the picture but trust me, it was huge.

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This was my dessert which was very, very sweet and so I ended up not finishing the whole thing, but still it was yummy.

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This was hubby's desert, have no idea what it was and I don't remember if he liked it or not.

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So after dessert DH and I were seriously stuffed, I mean nothing else was going to get in our bellies that evening. Our server Dougan overheard us talking about being so full so he came back to us with these drinks that almost look like shots. I can't remember what he called them but I know they had some kind of alchohol in it and for me that was the last thing I needed after the bottle of champagne. Anyway Dougan told us that the drink helps soothe your tummy and makes the food digest easier and faster. I tried a sip of it but I just couldn't drink it down. It tasted alright but I was just too full so DH drank both of them. This is what it looked like.

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Then out of the blue he brings this out to us. :eek:

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Dougan said there was supposed to be a little cake with it but since DH and I were so full he told the kitchen to just give us the berries and sauce.

It took everything we had to find the room to get those in our bellies and it wasn't even that much. Of course they were super yummy and the sauce on them was just to die for.

So before we had Dougan roll us to the exit, we had this picture taken with him.

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He was so cool, we couldn't have asked for a better waiter. He went the extra mile to make sure we had a great evening and wonderful dinner.

Oh and this is the picture the ship photographer took of us.

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So we debated after dinner to go and enjoy some of the evening activities on board but we were both so full we just wanted to cuddle up and digest so we headed back to our stateroom to relax for the rest of the evening.

Back in the room we got into more comfy clothes and watched finding nemo on TV and just relaxed. For us it was the perfect end to our first day on board.

Coming up next: Our day in Nassau and what a pretty horrible day it was. (At least for the beginning of the day)

janiejake

02-09-2009, 01:56 AM

Don't stop NOW!! I was on a roll to do a big read, lol! Loved your pics and Palo report, Kat. Thanks for sharing. Guess my head should be on a pillow at this hour, anyway. Looking forward to your next update.

addictedtothemouse

02-09-2009, 02:17 AM

Love your wedding pics. You two look so cute together.:cloud9:

KittyKat08

02-11-2009, 11:52 PM

I am so jealous of your cruise! I want to go so bad! we are planning one hopefully for my 30th birthday but I dont know if I can wait 2 years!

Oh you are going to love the cruise, it's truly amazing. Maybe some pixie dust pixiedust: will come your way and you won't have to wait 2 years to go. If it makes you feel better I have to wait until Oct. 2010 before I get to cruise again. :)

I love your wedding photos!!! Where did you get married at? Just curious b/c I saw a rollercoaster :)

Also I'm loving your pictures of the cruise----hoping that you post more when you're able to. You know me, I'm patient.

Thank you! :goodvibes We actually got married at Knotts Berry Farm. They have a chapel available for weddings and since the park was transformed to Knotts Scary Farm for Halloween we thought it was perfect.

I'm working on an installment tonight for you with lots more pictures. :thumbsup2

Don't stop NOW!! I was on a roll to do a big read, lol! Loved your pics and Palo report, Kat. Thanks for sharing. Guess my head should be on a pillow at this hour, anyway. Looking forward to your next update.

SORRY! Ya know when ever I start typing away and get rolling myself, DH comes in and interupts me and then I stop what I'm doing and never get back to it. I swear he does it on purpose. :rolleyes: So now I'm only going to work on the TR when he's not around. ;)

Love your wedding pics. You two look so cute together.:cloud9:

Awwww thanks! :goodvibes

Disneyfan71

02-12-2009, 12:29 AM

KittyKat08

02-12-2009, 01:22 AM

Okay so we got up really early because we had a shore excursion planned, we were going to do the Blackbeards Snorkel and Stingray Excursion. I was really excited about this because I love stingrays. So we got ready, packed our day bag and headed up to have some breakfast real quick. Now keep in mind that we had an inside stateroom so we did not feel the temp outside, so we had no idea what to expect. Well when we emerged onto Deck 9 I all about gasped for breath, I had no idea it was going to be that humid and I right away was having a hard time breathing with the asthma and all. :eek: Now rest assured I did get used to it, but it took a while. So before we headed in to eat something we snapped some photos of our first glimpses of Nassau.

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We finally went in for some food and I have a picture of DH's plate, he was loving his all you can eat on the ship, I don't think I have ever seen him eat so much as he did in these four days. :laughing:

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And this is all I have for my plate, I swear I ate more food but I was in love with the Mickey waffles so I gues it was all I cared to take a picture of. :rolleyes:

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So after our quick meal we headed down to Diversions to meet up with our shore excursion group. I don't have any pictures while we were waiting but we checked in and I think we only waited for about 5 min. before they had us head out. As we followed our guide we snapped some more photos.

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Continued in next post.....

KittyKat08

02-12-2009, 02:15 AM

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So in this last picture here, we have finally stopped walking and are waiting for the boat to come and pick us all up.

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It was soooooooo hot and humid. I was pouring sweat and felt like I was gonna die. There was no shade at all were they had us waiting for the boat and the sun was so bright, I felt like I was roasting my body alive.

So we waited and waited and waited, and waited some more. A lady came around selling water and the whole group of people waiting pretty much cleaned her out. Everybody was buying at least two bottles each. The tour guide moved us inside the gate area next to the boats because there was a bit of shade in there so we could get out of the sun somewhat. After about 20 min. or so, it might actually have been longer the guide announced to us that the boat for this shore excursion had broken down and so our excursion was going to be cancelled. I went from being :confused: , :sad2: , :mad: and then finally :sad:

DH and I stood there for a few minutes trying to absorb what had just happened. I was so sad and didn't really care what we did for the rest of day at that point. One of the boats we had been standing next to was getting ready to leave for Paradise Island, were the Atlantis resort is and after talking about it we decided to head over there to look around and go to the public beach. I was still so upset about our excursion but DH got me to smile for a photo.

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So we headed out on our new journey and I struck up a conversation with a family sitting next to us. They told me all about Atlantis and some good stuff to check out while there and they said the public beach is nice and told us how to get there when the ferry docked.

Here are some more pictures as we headed towards our destination.

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When we got off the boat it was a small walk towards the Atlantis resort and the road that leads to the public beach. Since we had very minimal cash on us because we were supposed to be swimming with stingrays not sightseeing we were not able to take taxi's so walking it was.

We walked around the inside of one part of the Atlantis resort for a bit, the place is huge and seems to go on forever. It's absolutely gorgeous at that resort and I would love to stay there at some point in my lifetime. We didn't take to many photos though as DH was getting tired carrying our backpack and I was still hot even inside and so nobody felt like snapping pics. :rolleyes1
We did make it over to the casino and looked around and I even played a little bit on the slots. Didn't win anything worth mentioning. DH did take pictures of these though because he is a big fan of the Chihuly (did I spell that right) sculpters.

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Continued in next post.....

KittyKat08

02-12-2009, 02:30 AM

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So we left the casino and went back outside to the little shopping and food area at the resort.

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After we stopped at Jamba Juice to get a pick me up and have a potty break we decided to head to the beach because at this point my legs were tired and I was getting blisters on my feet and all I wanted to do was jump in the water.

Now I'm going to have to stop this installment for now but I promise to continue in the morning. I swear, I promise.

Disneyfan71

02-12-2009, 02:31 AM

You know me...i'm so loving this!!! Thanks for all the pictures..Can't wait for tomorrow.

aceys_h0ney

02-12-2009, 03:24 AM

I am loving your TR. Your wedding was amazing. I love all the detail at the reception and your dress is gorgeous. We hope to take a cruise for our honeymoon and I knew I picked the right man when he asked me if I wanted to go on a Disney cruise. He is not as in love with Disney as I am so we shall see!

luna99

02-12-2009, 08:24 AM

1. Your wedding pics are so great! They are completely unique and beautiful, just like your wedding! I love the old fashioned feel to some of them.

2. Your husband's dessert at Palo looks amazing! mmmmm! What a great day, I love how you ended the day snuggling in the room watching finding nemo.

3. Wow, the ship is just gorgeous isn't it? I can't get over all of the photos of the ship!

can't wait to hear more!

KittyKat08

02-12-2009, 03:18 PM

Kat..I LOVE your wedding pictures..you are so beautiful and that looks so good on you. I figured it was an amusement park with the rollercoaster but didn't realize which one. I've had opportunities to go to Knotts but just haven't. Thanks for more pictures...I have really enjoyed seeing them and following your TR :)

You know me...i'm so loving this!!! Thanks for all the pictures..Can't wait for tomorrow.

Awwww thanks that is very sweet of you to say. :goodvibes

Honestly DH and I don't like Knotts Berry Farm that much, really the only time we ever go there is when it's Knotts Scary Farm for Halloween, otherwise we think it's kinda boring.

I am loving your TR. Your wedding was amazing. I love all the detail at the reception and your dress is gorgeous. We hope to take a cruise for our honeymoon and I knew I picked the right man when he asked me if I wanted to go on a Disney cruise. He is not as in love with Disney as I am so we shall see!

Thank you so much, it makes me so happy that everyone is liking my writing.

The wedding was pretty amazing and came out better then DH and I expected it to. We had to do all the decorations ourselves with the exception of lights and the fabrics so we had no idea how the final outlook was going to be, but all of our guest loved it so we were happy.

You will have such a great time on the cruise and I'm almost sure that your DF will be a bigger Disney fan after sailing with them. We have a friend who is not a huge Disney fan either but when he saw our pictures from the honeymoon and found out that we rebooked another cruise he actually asked if he could come with us (with a date of course). I was shocked none the less and reminded him it was Disney but he really wants to go. So have faith in your DF, he will love it. ::yes::

1. Your wedding pics are so great! They are completely unique and beautiful, just like your wedding! I love the old fashioned feel to some of them.

2. Your husband's dessert at Palo looks amazing! mmmmm! What a great day, I love how you ended the day snuggling in the room watching finding nemo.

3. Wow, the ship is just gorgeous isn't it? I can't get over all of the photos of the ship!

can't wait to hear more!

Thank you :goodvibes I too love the old fashioned look for some of the photos, I thought it fit our wedding theme perfectly.

DH did like his desert at Palo, everything was just amazing about that place and we are anxiously awaiting getting back there.

The ship is beautiful, down to every last little detail. We felt compelled to keep taking pictures of it from every different angle. :laughing: And I still have more coming up. :goodvibes

Disneyfan71

02-12-2009, 03:51 PM

KittyKat08

02-12-2009, 04:30 PM

Okay so I left off with DH and I leaving the Atlantis resort to go in search of the public beach. Unfortunetly for us we happened to be on the other side of the resort from the spot we needed to be to get on the road to the beach. So we walked for what seemed like forever around the Atlantis resort all the way back over to the spot were we originally started this journey. :rolleyes2 Good times!

We spotted the sign that said beach access and started walking that way, to bad the sign doesn't tell you just how far you have to walk. Granted if I hadn't been wearing flip flops and DH wasn't carrying a back pack and it wasn't 90 DEGREES OUT WITH 100% FREAKING HUMIDITY we would have been okay. :rolleyes1

Anyway it was a beautiful walk and we might have really enjoyed it more under different circumstances. Here are some photos along the way, I think DH was just trying to ignore my unpleasant ranting and raving about always carrying some cash no matter what and what I wouldn't give for taxi money and something about swimming with stingrays and stupid boats breaking down by snapping photos. :guilty:

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When we got to the end of that long street you see in the photos a guy in a golf cart that worked at the hotel we were walking past actually stopped and asked us if we wanted a ride the last part of the way. Thank you nice, wonderful man you are a life savor. :worship: Seriously he was because I was fading fast and really we both looked alot like this when the guy stopped. :crazy2: :crazy:

So in a flash we arrived at the beach, or I should say the last leg to get to the beach. The nice guy drops us off and we thank him a billion times and then he tells us, "No problem, now just walk up that hill and you will be there" :scared1: Again more unpleasent words, comments and such start coming from me. :rolleyes1 Thank God for him giving us a ride because it gave me a chance to get some more energy and find feeling in my legs again, enough so that I could make it up the hill, sorry I don't have a photo of it for you. We make it up the hill, me going really, really slow and when we reach the top we are bombarded by some guys renting beach chairs and umbrellas and some other stuff for you. Well I must have given them the look of death because they only tried twice with us then backed off. :scared:

FINALLY WE HAVE ARRIVED!!!!

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So we dropped our stuff and ran for the water and OMG was it refreshing.

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We spent alot of time in the water even when it started raining. We figured since there was no lightning or thunder it was okay and the waves didn't get any bigger so we didn't feel unsafe. Plus the rain was off and on and the sun would come out bright as bright could be. I have to tell you guys because DH and I thought this was just really funny. Okay so it starts to rain the first time, really it was only a sprinkle and so DH and I start looking around at the people on the shore. Now I don't know if its just us that thought this was hysterical and rather stupid of the people in question, but I kid you not when I say that people in BATHING SUITS, ALREADY WET FROM BEING IN THE WATER WERE SCRAMBLING FOR SHELTER FROM THE RAIN. Umm HELLO? Your already wet weirdos. We couldn't figure it out :confused: but we thought is was very amusing and it kept us entertained for a while. :rotfl2:

Continued in next post......

KittyKat08

02-12-2009, 05:10 PM

So here are some more pictures from our day at the beach.

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Then we tried to get all artsy with our wedding rings and the water but I don't think it came out that well.

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So after all that drama getting to the beach, all ended up well. We had a really good time and the beach was really nice, better then we expected and we would go back again.

We decided to leave around 5pm and head back to the ship, I new we had the long walk back to the ferry's and I wanted to go while I was feeling up to it and not to tired from swimming.

So off we went and we took some more shots on the walk back.

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The walk was alot better this time although still hot but the sun was going down so it was easier on us. Pretty soon we arrived at our destination.

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We could see our beloved home on the sea while we waited.

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So our boat came and we headed back, we didn't take any photos on the return trip since you just pass everything you passed the first time. Upon arriving DH asked me if I wanted to go over to Senor Frogs for a drink. I really wanted to but I felt so dirty from sweating and I reeked of salt water that I knew I wouldn't have been comfortable if we went so we just headed back to the ship.

Continued in next post......

KittyKat08

02-12-2009, 05:46 PM

So after we got through Festival Place and had our passports checked we stopped for our pictures under the Nassau sign.

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Then finally home sweet home.

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Once on board we realized how starving we were so instead of heading to our stateroom we headed up to Deck 9 and Pluto's to grab some food. I believe we had pizza to tide us over. This is us lounging and just relaxing for a bit.

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Then we decided to hop into the hot tub for a bit and soothe our aching muscles from the day. I put my foot into the adult pool and man was that water cold, I was under the impression that it was heated but I guess not. Hot tub it is for me.

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We stayed in there for about 45 min. and it felt soooooo good, I didn't want to leave but it seemed that more people decided we had a good idea and pretty soon it was getting a bit crowded.

Back in the room we showered and got dressed then plopped, literely plopped down onto the couch in the and didn't move. It was at that moment tiredness took over. So we debated on what to do for a good 20 min. and finally we decided to order room service for dinner and then see how we felt. Now this is the second night we are not having dinner with our table mates. :sad2:

We ordered our meal and soon it arrived and it was yummy.

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After our bellies were stuffed we sat in a food coma for a bit and then Jay our stateroom host knocked on the door to see if we needed anything. He was unable to do our turndown service since we stayed in that night. He was such a sweetie, we asked for more towels and when he came in with them he took our dinner plates out for us and asked if we needed anything at all. I told him I was sad because I didn't get a towel animal that night and he offered to come in and show me how to make one. We did the octupus one and it was so cool.

Continued in next post......

KittyKat08

02-12-2009, 05:59 PM

This was the outcome of the towel octopus.

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So cute, did I mention I loved Jay.

After a while DH and I decided to go off and explore the ship a bit, well not really to much because we got tired pretty quick. It was our intention to try and see the show that night and some of the other shows on board but it never happened.

DH was finally able to get a good shot of the chihuly.

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That was our last picture of the day as we headed back to our room. I don't even remember putting my head on the pillow, but we were both out cold until the next morning.

Up next our day in Castaway Cay. What could possibly happen to us there? :rolleyes1

Natasha&Matt

02-12-2009, 06:05 PM

:thumbsup2 Loving the report Kat abfab sweetie :thumbsup2 looking forward to reading more and loveeeeeeeeeeeee the piccys :goodvibes btw loved the wedding pics

aceys_h0ney

02-12-2009, 09:09 PM

I have never understood why people flee from water like a pack of people hungry sharks are coming when it rains. It is nice to enjoy the entire pool/ocean to yourself when this happens though.

Pics are beautiful from your beach day!

Disneyfan71

02-12-2009, 09:21 PM

As usual I'm loving your pictures. That's pretty funny about people getting out of the water if it's raining :) Oh well, what can you do? And I love the ship...I'm hoping we get to take a Disney Cruise soon.

hill6

02-12-2009, 10:19 PM

Awesome review. Can't wait for more.

Sorry you were so sick.

addictedtothemouse

02-13-2009, 02:07 AM

Sounds like you had a great time even with some disappointments :sad2: thrown in. I may have to check into a cruise. You're making it sound like a lot of fun.:goodvibes And the pics are great.

kimmylaj

02-13-2009, 02:49 AM

great updates, sorry about the cancellation, but hey it gives you a reason to go back right?;) it is hilarious about the people running for shelter from the rain... the same thing happened when we were vacationing in the bahamas, we just laughed at them and kept swimming... i cant wait to see what your tablemates are like when you get to the dining room. looking forward to more updates

KittyKat08

02-13-2009, 02:49 PM

I'm sorry that your excursion got cancelled :( I know you were looking forward to it. Hoping you liked Atlantis--I've only seen it from the air--after we flew out of Fort Lauderdale, we headed out that way to come home--at least I think it was Atlantis ;)

Looking forward to more pictures and TR

Yeah the excursion being cancelled was a real bummer, but now you are beginning to see why this TR is called what it is. :)

Atlantis was okay, it's just so huge and walking around without a real plan of attack can get very tireing very fast. If I ever go back again it will be a shore excursion or I will be staying there. (like that will ever happen) :laughing:

:thumbsup2 Loving the report Kat abfab sweetie :thumbsup2 looking forward to reading more and loveeeeeeeeeeeee the piccys :goodvibes btw loved the wedding pics

Thank you! I have tons more photos coming up so stay tuned. :goodvibes

I have never understood why people flee from water like a pack of people hungry sharks are coming when it rains. It is nice to enjoy the entire pool/ocean to yourself when this happens though.

Pics are beautiful from your beach day!

Yeah it was really funny and I was beginning to think we were weird for staying in the water. :laughing: The beach was empty after that happened and so it was really nice. :goodvibes

As usual I'm loving your pictures. That's pretty funny about people getting out of the water if it's raining :) Oh well, what can you do? And I love the ship...I'm hoping we get to take a Disney Cruise soon.

I hope you get to take a Disney cruise soon too, and then I can't wait to hear all about it. :thumbsup2

Awesome review. Can't wait for more.

Sorry you were so sick.

So glad your enjoying it. It was a bummer being sick but thankfully I was feeling better during the cruise portion.

Hopefully I will be able to update tonight. :goodvibes

Sounds like you had a great time even with some disappointments :sad2: thrown in. I may have to check into a cruise. You're making it sound like a lot of fun.:goodvibes And the pics are great.

We did have a great time indeed but there was a reason this TR has the title it does. :rolleyes1 Ya know the saying, What doesn't kill us makes us stronger right? I swear DH and I put our marriage to the test on our honeymoon and we came out of it just fine and are able to laugh about everything.

I do hope you end up going on the cruise, it is fantastic and you will love it. :thumbsup2

great updates, sorry about the cancellation, but hey it gives you a reason to go back right?;) it is hilarious about the people running for shelter from the rain... the same thing happened when we were vacationing in the bahamas, we just laughed at them and kept swimming... i cant wait to see what your tablemates are like when you get to the dining room. looking forward to more updates

It sure does give us a reason to go back and we are! Already booked for October 2010 :woohoo: :yay: :dance3: but more on that later.

It was very funny watching the people on the beach literely run for there lives when the rain hit. At one point I was doubled over laughing so hard. Ah, gotta love it!

I was scared to meet our tablemates and our servers after missing the two dinners, that was half the cruise already. :sad2: I had all sorts of horrible things running through my head about what they could be thinking. Can you say overreact much? :rolleyes1

Hope to get an update done today at some point, thanks for hanging in there and reading along. :goodvibes

Disneyfan71

02-13-2009, 02:54 PM

I'd like to visit Atlantis too---but like you said, that will probably never happen. Oh well it's fine with me. I'd much rather spend the money to visit WDW ;) I'd have more fun too. As for the cruise, we might to that next year--or after I'm done with school!! So we'll see..I'm pretty young and have a lot of time left.

I can't wait for more pictures and I just love reading about your trip.

Melknor

02-13-2009, 03:37 PM

Love your review! I hope to be able to take a Disney cruise with the family one of these years.

NeverlandClub23

02-13-2009, 06:48 PM

I am loving your trip report! I just wanted to tell you that (cause I'm only on page 4 right now :) ).

Also, and I don't know if this has been asked yet, but why did you drive to the parks? Were you boycotting Disney transportation? ;)

Oh and CONGRATULATIONS!! :banana:

NeverlandClub23

02-14-2009, 12:09 PM

I was also very happy to notice that the entire room of people did not recite the beginning ride part. I can't stand when people do that, it ruins the experience for other people, they are always doing it at Disneyland and I just want to punch them in the face.

I agree!! Sometimes they do this at WDW too. It drives me crazy as well. Or you get the people (usually grown adults:rolleyes: ) that just scream and say things to scare other people but then no one gets to hear what the guy is saying. It irritates me especially when I'm with someone who's never been on it before and they're asking me what the speaker is saying.

a*lil*bit*goofy

02-14-2009, 01:59 PM

i have another trip report that i am addicted to! great! can't wait for more

janiejake

02-14-2009, 07:48 PM

More, More!! Enjoying every tidbit. Especially enjoyed your descriptions and photos of Paradise Island~~haven't been there for 25+ years...(now I am dating myself, lol). I'm glad I had much younger legs to walk around on.:rotfl: It did not seem bad at all back then. It was beautiful then, and that was before all this extra development of hotel humungioso. I'd love to see it again. A good excuse to talk dh into a cruise...

KittyKat08

02-15-2009, 05:07 PM

Love your review! I hope to be able to take a Disney cruise with the family one of these years.

Thank you, I'm thrilled to see more people leaving comments. :)

I'm sending lotsa pixie dust your way pixiedust: that you and your family will enjoy a Disney Cruise soon!

I am loving your trip report! I just wanted to tell you that (cause I'm only on page 4 right now :) ).

Also, and I don't know if this has been asked yet, but why did you drive to the parks? Were you boycotting Disney transportation? ;)

Oh and CONGRATULATIONS!! :banana:

I agree!! Sometimes they do this at WDW too. It drives me crazy as well. Or you get the people (usually grown adults:rolleyes: ) that just scream and say things to scare other people but then no one gets to hear what the guy is saying. It irritates me especially when I'm with someone who's never been on it before and they're asking me what the speaker is saying.

:welcome: And thank you! You have alot of catching up to do (Page 4) :laughing: I'm so glad you like what you have read so far!

As for driving to the parks, well DH and I decided when we planned the trip that a rental car would be our best option because we also stayed off Disney property for a bit and we also liked the freedom a rental gives you. We like to explore and sight see and you can't do that with Disney transportation. We are the kind of people who like to come and go as we please at the exact moment we decide to so in a way we kinda boycotted Disney transportation and I don't think on any of our return trips we will use it either. For us renting a car is the way to go. Oh and let me tell you what a delight it was not having to stand with the crowds at the end of the day waiting for a bus back to your resort and hoping you would get on that one. :thumbsup2

I'm thrilled that you don't like when people recite the words on rides either, I thought I was the only one being bratty about that. :rolleyes1 :laughing:

i have another trip report that i am addicted to! great! can't wait for more

Yay for your addiction! :woohoo: :banana: :thumbsup2

So glad to have you onboard.

More, More!! Enjoying every tidbit. Especially enjoyed your descriptions and photos of Paradise Island~~haven't been there for 25+ years...(now I am dating myself, lol). I'm glad I had much younger legs to walk around on.:rotfl: It did not seem bad at all back then. It was beautiful then, and that was before all this extra development of hotel humungioso. I'd love to see it again. A good excuse to talk dh into a cruise...

Patience is a virtue ya know. :lmao:

Younger legs would have been much help but I did realize that I need to start working out otherwise I just might die on our return trip. I have to get my body in Disney World shape! :rotfl2:

Try talking your DH into the 4 day cruise on Oct 31, 2010, then we could meet up and say HI :wave: :thumbsup2

Disneyfan71

02-15-2009, 10:12 PM

I can't stand when people recite the words to HM...drives me CRAZY..But I am SOOOO loving your TR!!! Can't wait to see more but I know you're busy..so take your time.

NeverlandClub23

02-16-2009, 05:09 PM

I fell in love with the little train setup they had, I thought it was really cute and took lots of pictures of it.

Then I fell in love with this sign and I asked everybody around DH and I if they would take a picture of us under it and would you believe nobody would and most of the people I asked just ignored me. Talk about crabby people. I gave up finally and just took a picture of it.

Ok, now I'm on page 5 :) (and I do have to comment on everything, sorry! :) ). I love the train setup! One of my favorite memories is from our last trip (which happened to be the week after you were there) just standing there for almost 2 hours watching the little lizards all over the train track. We were laughing like crazy people at the lizards standing on the track like they were playing chicken with the train.

I can't believe no one would take your picture! What is wrong with people?!?

KittyKat08

02-16-2009, 09:31 PM

I can't stand when people recite the words to HM...drives me CRAZY..But I am SOOOO loving your TR!!! Can't wait to see more but I know you're busy..so take your time.

Yeah it is annoying as heck when they do that but I just give them the evil eye and most of the time they get the hint. :thumbsup2

I'm working on an installment now for you guys so hang tight. :goodvibes

Ok, now I'm on page 5 :) (and I do have to comment on everything, sorry! :) ). I love the train setup! One of my favorite memories is from our last trip (which happened to be the week after you were there) just standing there for almost 2 hours watching the little lizards all over the train track. We were laughing like crazy people at the lizards standing on the track like they were playing chicken with the train.

I can't believe no one would take your picture! What is wrong with people?!?

Yeah I would have stayed there alot longer but it was getting really crowded so we took off and I have no idea what was wrong with everybody around us at that moment. I blame it on the heat and over eating and drinking that made people really crabby. :laughing:

The lizards are great in the little train city. My DH had me laughing because at one point a lizard climbed on top of a building and he was yelling "Godzilla" What a dork! :laughing:

GreatBiscuit

02-16-2009, 10:00 PM

It took a while, but I think I'm finally all caught up. Great updates and love all the photos. Can't wait to see what adventures are awaiting on Castaway Cay.

addictedtothemouse

02-16-2009, 10:02 PM

The lizards are great in the little train city. My DH had me laughing because at one point a lizard climbed on top of a building and he was yelling "Godzilla" What a dork! :lmao: This was me after reading this.

KittyKat08

02-16-2009, 10:29 PM

Okay so today was the day I was looking forward to most.

CASTAWAY CAY! :woohoo: :banana:

We didn't have any type of shore excursions planned because we figured it would be our down day to just relax on the beach and enjoy the environment. Because of this we slept in for a bit and finally headed out at around 9am to get something to eat before getting on the island.

When we arrived up on deck 9 and I got my first glimpse of Castaway Cay all that kept coming out of my mouth was OMG, OMG, OMG, IT WAS BEAUTIFUL, SIMPLY GORGEOUS. I felt like I was looking at a real life postcard. We momentarily forgot about eating and started taking pictures instead.

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So we ate a really quick breakfast because I was going crazy wanting to get on the island. I didn't even get any pictures of our food because I was dancing around in my seat all hyper. :hyper:

Finally we get off the ship and the insane picture taking begins. I know you guys said you wanted lots of photos, well here ya go. :thumbsup2

The first picture was of the Castaway Cay post office who happened to have Pluto standing in front of it. We didn't attempt to get photos with any of the characters on the ship or the island on this trip, it was always just a mad house and there didn't seem to ever be any type of order to it. O'well something else to do on our return trip!

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And of course we have like a thousand photos of the Flying Dutchman.

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This is one of DH artsy shots. I must admit it came out pretty cool looking.

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Continued.......

Disneyfan71

02-16-2009, 10:59 PM

YAY more pictures!!! You know me..I love the pictures. But these are outstanding Kat!! I mean it---you have done an excellent job at them. Maybe one day we'll be able to take that cruise :)

KittyKat08

02-16-2009, 11:25 PM

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I finally drag DH away from the Flying Dutchman by telling him he can take more pictures later and we head off in search of some fun beach time, or so I thought.

So yours truely had a bright idea. :idea: I told DH that if we rented one of those boats in the lagoon we could get up closer to the Flying Dutchman and he could get some better pictures. :thumbsup2 Sounds fool proof doesn't it?

Well upon arriving at the rental desk I had another bright idea to rent one of the water tricycles instead of the pontoon type boat or any of the other ones for that matter. For some reason I thought the water trikee seemed so much more fun. :rolleyes1 Anyway this is the beginning of the first "INCIDENT" of the day!

So the really cool guy doing the rentals ask us what we would like to rent and we tell him and he says "Oh, you guys feel like getting a work out today huh?" I of course didn't really think about that comment until later on, therefore not putting two and two together that the water trikee's are hard to drive. And of course DH doesn't say anything at all because he figures if this is what I want then this is what we will do.

Anyway we get all our information and we ask him just how long we have to be in the water with the bike and he tells us it says you pay for a half an hour but on the island they go by bahamian time. Of course DH and I are like what's that, and so he tells us just bring it back whenever your done and feel like it. Well okay then we will. :thumbsup2 Oh, by the way this was a blessing because if we had only had a half an hour we would have owed Disney like $1000.

Off we go to find life vest that fit us, this was our first obstical, or should I say mostly my obstical. I swear on my life that these stupid vest are smaller then what they say on them. I realize I'm not a super thin girl and I'm pleasantly plump in spots but seriously I had to wear a 3xx vest. :eek: Even DH vest was only a 2x, what the heck people!

So finally vested up and ready to go we make our way over to the lifeguard who takes us to our trikee, once arriving he tells us if we get tired or have any problems just wave your arms and someone will come help you. Okay great, no problem. Off we go!

It started off great, we took off in the direction of the Flying Dutchman, but after pedaling for about 5min we realized it was pretty darn hard and I had failed to factor in the weight difference between DH and myself so the trikee was leaning to the left pretty bad. It also didn't help that the water was like 3 feet deep in certain parts so we keep getting stuck on sand bars because of the weight factor. I off course got tired of pedaling after a few more minutes and so we just kinds sat there and drifted for a bit. We never really made it that close to the Flying Dutchman because the trikee was just to hard to steer. I will show you some of the photos we took before DH had his "I'm a man moment" :rotfl2:

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This is as close as we got to the ship, before we gave up and just drifted. So much for that plan huh? :rolleyes1

http://http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/KathleenBlauvelt/Honeymoon%207/DSCF0065.jpg

Continued.......

janiejake

02-17-2009, 12:32 AM

Looking forward to more! Castaway Cay looks SO inviting.

KittyKat08

02-17-2009, 12:53 AM

So we just drifted and drifted and got further and further away from the shore. My legs had pretty much gone numb from trying to pedal us around and DH was getting more and more irratated. I decided not to get upset and was all in all having a pretty good time. I mean the view was great and I didn't really have any place better to be. It was about this time we had probably been floating around for over an hour and DH wanted to get back, so we started pedaling as best we could but ultimately got stuck on another sand bar, then it was about this time that I started cracking up, I mean seriously laughing to the point that I was crying. I just couldn't help it, I mean the more I thought about our situation the more it was funny to me, and of course the more I laughed the more DH got mad at me, which made me laugh more. Anyway I finally calmed down enough to ask him if he wanted to just wave for the lifeguard to come and get us.

BIG MISTAKE!!!!! :scared:

It was like I stepped over some line of guy code and I should have been banished to the other side of the planet or something. DH proceeded to bark at me about being a man and able to get us back to the shore and if I would just pedal harder and not stop we could do it.

OKAY THEN CRAZY MAN, LETS GO!

Well our 50th attempt to get back to the shore ended in about 3min. And then I was off again. :laughing: :rotfl2: :lmao:

I think DH was going to kill me at that point.

Anyway, as luck would have it another couple on a trikee happened to be stranded like us a few feet away. They called for help and I guess that was the push that DH needed to do the same. So he does this half a** distress wave that probably had the lifeguard laughing. I could tell his masculinity was at jeopardy. :ssst: :rolleyes:

So the lifeguard arrives in a few minutes and ask us if we need a tow back to shore and then DH goes into his spiel about not being able to get us back and that I just wasn't strong enough to help him so we had to call for help. Well sheesh honey, I wasn't the only one tired ya know! Alas, I just kept quiet and also kept smiling and laughing. I let him have his moment! :laughing:

I did however take pictures of us being towed into the shore, which pissed DH off more. I love you baby! :love2:

Look at the trikee in front of ours, that is the other couple being towed in. :lmao:

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GOOD TIMES, GOOD TIMES!!!!!! :rotfl2: :laughing: :thumbsup2

So we get back to the shore and if you have ever been next to one of those trikee's you know how high off the ground they are. Well I failed to realize just how tired and numb my legs had become so when I went to get off the bike it wasn't pretty. DH had already gotten off and the bike was still half in the water and so not on stable ground. I put my right leg over the step bar instead of using it as a step like your supposed to and inadvertantly I decided to try and hop off the bike the rest of the way. Well not having full feeling in my legs that plan didn't really work and so the outcome was me with my right leg about a foot from the ground, the top part of my body hanging off the bike and my left leg caught in the seat area. Seriously, not a pretty picture. Anyway I managed to get my left leg loose and fell to the ground with a nice thud. After I had regained some dignity I looked over at DH and the lifeguard who of course just stood there smiling at me. JERKS! Payback is a you know what I guess. :rolleyes:

DH and I hobble over to our stuff and without either of us really speaking to each other we decided to get on the tram to Serenity Bay. Upon arriving at the tram stop I took some more pictures to keep me busy.

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So finally DH gets over his bruised ego slightly, and we take this picture together.

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Anyway the tram came slightly after that and we enjoy the ride over to Serenity Bay. It was getting really hot now and I was ready to get in the crystal clear water and just bask in the sunshine.

Coming up later....... Our adventures on Serenity Bay. The day gets a bit more interesting.

Disneyfan71

02-17-2009, 01:24 AM

*the plot thickens* I can't wait for more pictures. Sorry you had a time with those dreaded trikee's..I've seen them and have no desire to try them out :)...but that's just me!!

GreatBiscuit

02-17-2009, 04:54 PM

Great update. I LOVE the photos. Especially the artsy fartsy ones. :thumbsup2 Your tour of the lagoon had my sides hurting. :rotfl2: Looking forward to hearing how the day turned out.

lillylynnb

02-17-2009, 07:52 PM

love you report cant wait to read more

KittyKat08

02-17-2009, 09:04 PM

It took a while, but I think I'm finally all caught up. Great updates and love all the photos. Can't wait to see what adventures are awaiting on Castaway Cay.

:goodvibes

:lmao: This was me after reading this.

I thought you might have liked that. :laughing:

YAY more pictures!!! You know me..I love the pictures. But these are outstanding Kat!! I mean it---you have done an excellent job at them. Maybe one day we'll be able to take that cruise :)

Thanks, but I can't take credit for alot of the photos it was DH with the camera most of the time.

Looking forward to more! Castaway Cay looks SO inviting.

It is BEYOND INVITING! :thumbsup2

*the plot thickens* I can't wait for more pictures. Sorry you had a time with those dreaded trikee's..I've seen them and have no desire to try them out :)...but that's just me!!

Yeah well it was an experience we won't ever forget, that's for sure! :rotfl:

Great update. I LOVE the photos. Especially the artsy fartsy ones. :thumbsup2 Your tour of the lagoon had my sides hurting. :rotfl2: Looking forward to hearing how the day turned out.

Thanks, so glad you liked my little tale of horror. :laughing:

Again I have to give credit to DH for the artsy fartsy photos he is the mastermind behind them, and there are a ton more coming up. :thumbsup2

love you report cant wait to read more

Thanks you :goodvibes I'm working on the next installment now!

KittyKat08

02-17-2009, 10:22 PM

Okay so I left off with DH and I on the tram to Serenity Bay. It was a short but very nice ride. The scenery around the island is just amazing, but for some reason we don't have any pictures while on the tram. After arriving we took off to find a place to dump our stuff and relax the rest of the day away.

DH had some kinda fascination with the hermit crabs walking around all over the place. He took a photo of this one by our chairs.

http://http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/KathleenBlauvelt/Honeymoon%207/DSCF0105.jpg

DH took off for the water and I stayed for a few minutes enjoying the view and snapping some more photos.

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So then I see DH waving at me and yelling something so I walk to the water's edge to try and hear him and he is saying he wants the camera. Okay fine, I guess my relaxing, soaking all the beauty in moment is over now. :rolleyes:

I go back to the chair and get the camera back into the water proof case and off I go into the beautiful crystal clear water.

It took me forever to get all the way out to the spot DH was at, I didn't realize just how far from the shore he was and I was walking really slow because I don't like the sudden drop offs that oceans have.

So I finally arrive next to him and I'm awe struck that I'm so far out and can still see perfectly all the way to the bottom of the ocean floor. SOOOOOO COOL! :thumbsup2 I swear that the water was clearer then some pools I have swam in.

More photos for your enjoyment....

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So this is when I decide to become kinda bratty. I tell DH that I sure would like one of the inner tubes to float around on. He of course looks at me like why didn't you say something before we walked all the way over here. I just shrug my arms and say nothing. So we go back and forth about leaving to go and get one and finally he says if you want one you go get it and I will wait here. I proceed to give him the puppy dog eyes. All you ladies no what I'm talking about right? :rolleyes1 So anyway after using my whiniest voice ever and saying "But I want you to come with me" and adding in the puppy dog eyes, he gives up the fight and starts heading for the shore. All the while mumbling words I just can't make out, but I swear I heard something about the single life in there! :lmao: :rolleyes1

Off we go to rent a floatation device, or so we thought.

Continued........

kimmylaj

02-17-2009, 10:58 PM

KittyKat08

02-18-2009, 12:46 AM

SO I HAD A WHOLE FREAKIN INSTALLMENT DONE WHEN THE COMPUTER OR THE WEB SITE I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE IT WAS, DECIDED TO TAKE A CRAPPER AND I LOST EVERYTHING!

:mad: :furious: :badpc:

Anyway I believe DH and I were heading off to get me a tube to float around in. We had arrived at the building and then DH had to go to the restroom so I decided to snap some more photos while I waited.

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Finally DH returns and I tell him I have realized I'm starving, and after I say that he all of a sudden is to. We look around and I was pleased to see that Serenity Bay had it's own little version of Cookies Bar-B-Q like on the family beach. I thought we had to take the tram all the way back and eat over there. So we ask somebody the time and they tell us it's a little after 1pm. No wonder we are starving, we havn't eaten since like 9am. So off we go to grab some grub.

All the food looked super yummy and of course instead of trying something different we both end up getting cheeseburgers. Go Figure!

They also had a few different types of salad and we tried them as well, all super yummy, and I loaded up on the fruit salad like there was no tomorrow.

So we grab some seats and start eating and I'm sorry I don't have any pictures but it was like DH and I were two dogs that hadn't eaten in days and found an entire bag of kibble wide open for the taking. :rolleyes1

I think DH went back for seconds, maybe thirds and I went back for seconds on the fruit salad and grabbed some dessert. YUMMMMMMY FOOD! Good job Disney! :thumbsup2

So anyway about an hour later with super stuffed bellies and feeling like we were gonna pop we headed back to our lounge chairs. About half way there I realized.....

ARN'T I FORGETTING SOMETHING? :scratchin

MY INNER TUBE!!!!!

This was after all the whole reason we walked over there in the first place right?

So I look at DH and tell him we forgot my tube. He just turns and gives me the look, you ladies are familiar with that look right? I think there might have even been a slight growl attached to it as well.

:scared:

Fine honey! I get it, moving on then. :rolleyes1

Arriving at our lounge chairs we plopped down and just sat there for awhile. DH found another friend to play with.

http://http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/KathleenBlauvelt/Honeymoon%207/DSCF0147.jpg

So we sat and digested our food and enjoyed the environment. It's such a gorgeous island, it's almost sureal sitting there. After awhile we decided to go and enjoy some more water time before heading back to the ship. DH warned me to wear my water shoes this time because there was a great deal of sea grass out there and that had creatures living in it, so better safe then sorry. I of course tell him I will be fine, I managed the first time out without any problems.

You see where this is going right?

I will continue this in the next post as there is a great deal more photos to share......

janiejake

02-18-2009, 02:47 AM

Really enjoyed your water trike tale! :lmao: Had me LOL! Thanks for the warning. Looking forward to tomorrow's(??) installment!

aceys_h0ney

02-18-2009, 03:47 AM

Cannot wait for the rest of this story. I hate grass in the ocean it creeps me out. Of course it also has something to do with a crab trying to take my toe from me once.

Beautiful pictures! Thanks for sharing your story about getting off that thing, it gave me a good chuckle at 3:30 am while I dying a slow boring death at work.

KittyKat08

02-18-2009, 04:49 PM

between you guys calling for a tow and falling off the trike....i am just hysterical and i telll dh, he says nice kim just like you to laugh at others misfortune... but truly that would totally be us. ask him about our attempt to tube down the chatahoochee (sp?) river, or the ride in a canoe. seriously that would be us (except with a lot of cursing by me)

Oh, you can tell your hubby it's okay. I would not have told you guys the story if I didn't think everybody would get a good laugh out of it. :thumbsup2

Sounds to me like you guys have some pretty interesting tales to tell also. :scratchin My kinda people! :goodvibes

Really enjoyed your water trike tale! :lmao: Had me LOL! Thanks for the warning. Looking forward to tomorrow's(??) installment!

So glad you enjoyed it!

I'm working on the next tale now!

Cannot wait for the rest of this story. I hate grass in the ocean it creeps me out. Of course it also has something to do with a crab trying to take my toe from me once.

Beautiful pictures! Thanks for sharing your story about getting off that thing, it gave me a good chuckle at 3:30 am while I dying a slow boring death at work.

:eek: BAD CRAB, BAD CRAB!!!!!! :laughing:

Glad you like the piccys and I'm so happy I was able to cheer you up at 3:30 in the morning. I used to have a job working late at night also so I know what ya mean about dying a slow death at work. :goodvibes

KittyKat08

02-18-2009, 06:04 PM

Okay so moving on we had decided to go back in the water for the rest of our day on the island. Let me remind you again that DH was telling me to wear my water shoes because of the sea grass but I had insisted I would be fine so I didn't.

(After all I had already been in the water and nothing bad happened the first time)

So off we go and DH starts taking photos of some of the life forms he finds in the grass.

First off was the sea urchin!

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Then we found this guy and I can't remember what they are called but he got stepped on just as we got ready to take his picture. :sad2:

http://http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/KathleenBlauvelt/Honeymoon%207/DSCF0165.jpg

And then we found this star fish. They are gorgeous on the island and huge.

http://http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/KathleenBlauvelt/Honeymoon%207/DSCF0167.jpg

Then I took the camera and snapped a few pics.

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So in between my picture taking (which as you can see are never as good as DH) the next "Incident" happened.

It goes something like this.......

DH and I are standing there in the water and having a conversation :chat: about how pretty the place is when this little itty bitty I mean seriously tiny wave (and I use the word wave loosely) comes and pushes me back about a foot in the water. No big deal, right? WRONG!!!!!!!!

I put my foot down and yell "OUCH" ABOUT A ZILLION TIMES. DH who is about 3 feet away from me just kinda looks at me like what's your problem figuring I just did something stupid like always. :rolleyes:

After jumping and skipping around on my good foot for about 10 seconds or so, he finally comes over to inspect the problem. To anybody on the shore it must have looked like I had been attacked by something in the water.

Upon inspection (which I must tell you is not an easy thing to do when it involves the bottom of your foot and you are in neck high water and trying to balance on one leg while raising the other foot to eye level) CAN YOU SAY CIRCUS LOOKING FREAKS IN THE WATER! :thumbsup2

Anyway DH finally grabs my foot and nearly drowning me, tells me that I have thorn type looking things imbedded all over the place. He tries unsucessfuly to remove them but they are pretty far down under the skin so he gives up. After I'm back to a normal standing position I start looking around for the culprit of my injury. Not finding anything in site, I declare on my own that it was probably one of those stupid sea urchins that I stepped on. (Refer back to the picture at the beginning of this installment for clarification if you don't remember what they look like)

So the pain in my foot lasted for about 20 seconds and then I didn't really feel anything. GOOD SIGN OR BAD! :scratchin
It started to swell a bit but not really bad or anything. DH was getting worried and really wanted me to go to the first aid and get it looked at just in case. I of course was like it's okay, no big deal I'm not gonna die or anything lets just enjoy the rest of the day. Hubby wasn't buying my plea and he was insisting that we get out of the water so he could look at my foot properly.

FINE! So we start walking back to the shore and we get about 10 feet before I realize it kinda hurts to walk on my foot. DUH!!!! :rolleyes1

Anyway as I'm standing there trying to figure out how to get back to shore because limping in the ocean is not an easy task folks, I loose it again. I find the situation just as hysterical as the water trikee. Off I go......:laughing: :rotfl: :rotfl2: :lmao:

In between laughing and wiping the tears out of my eyes I can hear DH yelling at me for not wearing my water shoes like he told me too, and how could I think this was so funny when it could really be something bad in my foot. There was more he said but this is a family board..........

Ah, how I love my hubby so.........

Continued in next post everybody.

KittyKat08

02-18-2009, 06:57 PM

So hubby has the bright idea to give me a piggy back ride back to the shore. I of course think this is a great idea and lotsa fun. Here are some pictures. (notice how DH does not look that happy) :lmao:

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Anyway the piggy back ride only lasted for a bit because much like limping in the water it's not easy to do this either. I finally tip toed my way out very slowly. As we exited the water there was a couple sitting near the water's edge and the gentlemen looks at me and says "Did you have a sea incident"
I laugh as I tell him what happened and hubby just shakes his head at me. So I limp up to the chairs which are not our chairs because as all of this was going on in the water we have drifted down the beach and are a bit aways from our spot. DH tries to inspect my foot but now it has a good amount of sand attached to it so he can't see much, so we take two chairs down to the water so I can rinse off.

This is the foot in question......It didn't occur to us to take a picture of the actual injury, I don't know why.

http://http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/KathleenBlauvelt/Honeymoon%207/DSCF0182.jpg

Me inspecting my foot......

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Me after inspecting it and deciding it's no big deal.....

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Then I decided to just sit back and enjoy my view for a bit and take some more pictures. (see the guy in the backround, he is the one who asked about my sea incident)

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Continued......

KittyKat08

02-18-2009, 08:15 PM

So after sitting and enjoying the view for awhile we decided to head back to our chairs and pack up our stuff and head back to the ship. I had to limp most of the way since putting to much pressure on my foot bothered it. Finally arriving back at the tram stop we decided to rinse off at the showers first and I took these last piccys of Serenity Bay.

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Then we waited for the tram which came fairly quickly and pretty soon we were back at the family side of the island.

We took some more pictures as we made our way back to the ship.

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Then I realized it was getting really late and I wanted to go into the store to get a souvenier. I had about 10min to figure out what I wanted before they kicked us out. We ended up getting some really good stuff, magnets, picture frames and some shirts for both of us. As we exited the store we saw the first aid building just across the way and DH had one last stab at getting me to go over and have them look at my foot. I finally gave in and went inside. There was one lady in there and she was getting ready to leave as well. Anyway I explained the situation and without even looking at my foot she said it was in fact a sea urchine I stepped on and I should be fine, just take a pain killer and try to soak my foot in hot water to help get the pieces out. As soon as we left the building she walked out, locked up and was gone in a flash.

SHEEESSSH!!!!!! LADY SORRY TO BOTHER YOU.

I look at hubby and tell him that was pretty much pointless. O'well at least I went right.

We continue our walk back towards the ship and get to the tram stop that will take us the rest of the way.

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We opted to continue walking instead of getting on the tram. I loved this sign.

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I MUST WARN YOU NOW THAT THIS NEXT SERIES OF PHOTOS ARE HUBBY'S PRIZE COLLECTION. GET READY FOR ARTSY FARTSY PHOTOS GALOR!!!!!!!!!!!

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Continued again.....Are you guys enjoying all the pictures yet?

KittyKat08

02-18-2009, 08:45 PM

And to continue with more artsy fartsy photos...........

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And that concludes today's installement of hubbys artsy fartsy photos. I do hope you have enjoyed the presentation. :rolleyes1

Anyway we get back on board and head to our stateroom and upon arriving we see we have messages on the phone. Who the heck would be calling us? :confused:

The first message was from guest services telling us they have credited us back for our cancelled shore excursion from the day before. The second message I'm not sure who it was calling but the message itself was asking us if everything was okay because we had not been to our table service meals and they were wondering why. It ended with them saying they hoped to see us that evening. We have officially insulted the Disney Cruise line and our servers by not showing up for dinner in two days. At first I felt bad, but in the end you know what happened. :rotfl2: :lmao: I got a really good laugh out of that one.

So I head to the bathroom to fill up the tub with scalding hot water to nurse my urchine friend and try to coax him outta my foot. I lasted for about 10min in the tub because the bathroom on the ship is highly uncomfortable and I was feeling claustrophobic. Enough of that but at least my foot was numb and so I didn't feel anything. I take my shower and then DH takes his and we start getting ready for the evening. Of course we will be going to dinner tonight with our tablemates, how could we not after that lovely message and plus tonight was the Pirates in the Caribbean Party. :cool1:

Well I hope you guys enjoyed our island fun, it was really an experience for us. :rolleyes1

I will try to continue soon, in the meantime happy Disney Dreams.....pixiedust:

kimmylaj

02-18-2009, 08:53 PM

aceys_h0ney

02-19-2009, 02:37 AM

I love the artsy fartsy photos... good job hubby! Your pictures were lovely as well.

See now I have another spin on the whole hubby told you so thing. Hubby jinxed you! I would bet money that had he not said anything you would have been fine. It's like when someone tells me to drive safe I roll my eyes thinking "Great now I am going to hit a deer on the way home". Anyway that is my take on it. I suppose though for the sake of keeping things peaceful and letting him feel like a good caring hubby it is best to keep it that he was right.

Looking forward to hearing about your long lost table mates and servers.

Disneyfan71

02-19-2009, 07:57 AM

Now I'm all caught up!! Sorry you stepped on a sea urchin--I can't imagine how much they hurt. My step-dad's mom owned a trailer down at the beach. We'd go swimming in the ocean like ALL the time and never stepped on one.

Love the photos as usual :) Especially of the Flying Dutchman!! Way cool!!!

MagicKisses2

02-20-2009, 11:37 AM

First of all, I am loving your TR... it is so entertaining and your pictures are wonderful. DH's photos are great too. I have to say that I was laughing out loud reading the water trike part and I too would have begged my DH to go with me for the tubes... I can't wait for the dinner update.
:rotfl:

disneyfan61

02-20-2009, 09:08 PM

I just found your TR tonight & I LOVE it. You are doing a great job!! I am all caught up & waiting for the next installment. Keep up the great work! You had me laughing out loud a few times.. Cannot wait to read morepopcorn::

TwoRoos

02-20-2009, 11:03 PM

Just found your TR this afternoon and read the whole thing. I'm really enjoying it! My dh keeps asking me what I'm laughing at. It's very entertaining, but I'm not doing well with being left hanging. :lmao: I got spoiled reading all 13 pages and never having to wait long to find out what happens next. So come on...tell us more. :goodvibes

addictedtothemouse

02-21-2009, 12:15 AM

How did I get so far behind? Oh, I know, stupid work. :headache: Don't they know I have some dissin' to do? :snooty:
The trike story? this was me after reading it :lmao: I was actually laughing so hard I was crying.
I love all of the pics keep 'em coming.

janiejake

02-21-2009, 02:16 AM

KittyKat08

02-21-2009, 02:21 AM

please tell your hubby i appreciate his photos, i am looking to get a new fancy schmansy camera so i too can take artsy fartsy photos. :thumbsup2
what are the chances of stepping on the urchin. aaarggghh, it wouldnt have been so bad had he not warned you to wear your water shoes. i hate it when husbands are right.

I relayed the message to my hubby that you liked his piccys and so now his head has swelled up. :lmao:

And yes I cannot stand it when husbands are right. He didn't let me live it down about the sea urchin for a long time.

I love the artsy fartsy photos... good job hubby! Your pictures were lovely as well.

See now I have another spin on the whole hubby told you so thing. Hubby jinxed you! I would bet money that had he not said anything you would have been fine. It's like when someone tells me to drive safe I roll my eyes thinking "Great now I am going to hit a deer on the way home". Anyway that is my take on it. I suppose though for the sake of keeping things peaceful and letting him feel like a good caring hubby it is best to keep it that he was right.

Looking forward to hearing about your long lost table mates and servers.

Yes I told hubby that everybody was liking his artsy shots and like I said in the above response, now he has a swelled head. Pain in my butt! :laughing:

I agree with you if he had just stayed quiet about it nothing would have happened to me. O'well, it's true I had to give him this one and let him be right about it. But secretly we all know the truth. :rolleyes1

Now I'm all caught up!! Sorry you stepped on a sea urchin--I can't imagine how much they hurt. My step-dad's mom owned a trailer down at the beach. We'd go swimming in the ocean like ALL the time and never stepped on one.

Love the photos as usual :) Especially of the Flying Dutchman!! Way cool!!!

Yeah the little bugger hurt for a bit then it was just uncomfortable for awhile. I go in the ocean all the time to and I have never had any incidents until now. I agree with the above statement that hubby jinxed me by telling me to wear water shoes. :laughing:

First of all, I am loving your TR... it is so entertaining and your pictures are wonderful. DH's photos are great too. I have to say that I was laughing out loud reading the water trike part and I too would have begged my DH to go with me for the tubes... I can't wait for the dinner update.
:rotfl:

Thank you so much, it makes me happy to know my TR is entertaining people. It was really an interesting honeymoon to say the least. :rotfl2:

Hopefully I will be able to update tomorrow. :goodvibes

I just found your TR tonight & I LOVE it. You are doing a great job!! I am all caught up & waiting for the next installment. Keep up the great work! You had me laughing out loud a few times.. Cannot wait to read morepopcorn::

Yay another person who likes my TR! :cool1:

I really am loving the fact that my story so far has made people laugh. :goodvibes

I promise to try and update tomorrow so hang in there. :)

Just found your TR this afternoon and read the whole thing. I'm really enjoying it! My dh keeps asking me what I'm laughing at. It's very entertaining, but I'm not doing well with being left hanging. :lmao: I got spoiled reading all 13 pages and never having to wait long to find out what happens next. So come on...tell us more. :goodvibes

Welcome aboard, so glad to have you with us. :goodvibes

Again I'm so pleased yet another person is enjoying it so much and finding it as entertaining as it was when it was actually happening. :thumbsup2

I really, really will try and get an update done tomorrow, thanks again for reading. :)

How did I get so far behind? Oh, I know, stupid work. :headache: Don't they know I have some dissin' to do? :snooty:
The trike story? this was me after reading it :lmao: I was actually laughing so hard I was crying.
I love all of the pics keep 'em coming.

Seriously this is soooo much more important then a pesky job! :lmao:

Yeah I told hubby just how much everybody seems to be enjoying the trikee story and he was the only person not amused. GO FIGURE! :rolleyes1

Anyway hang in there hoping to update tomorrow and don't you worry I have tons of photos still. :thumbsup2

KittyKat08

02-21-2009, 02:25 AM

Okay, trying my best to be 'patient' here:goodvibes . Enjoyed your adventures on the island, except for the misadventure with your foot and a denizen of the deep...Looking forward to reading your next installment...that dining table is waiting!

I know, I know. Life has kinda gotten in the way and prevented me from updating, how dare it huh? :laughing:

I promise to try and get the next installment out tomorrow so just be "patient" a little bit longer! :hug:

KittyKat08

02-21-2009, 06:20 PM

Alright so I left off with DH and I cleaning up after our day on Castaway Cay and getting ready to attend our first dinner with our tablemates after missing the first two nights. We had the late dinner seating so we had some time to walk around and do some shopping before then, so off we went. I had expected to see alot of people in pirate clothing for the evening because of the party but there actually wasn't that many people dressed up. DH and I had wanted to dress up but because of the wedding and all the running around we had been doing we just never got around to getting costumes for it before the cruise came.

Anyway we went into all the stores and looked around before we decided on some things to purchase. We ended up getting some more shirts and I of course got some more photo frames and we both got some more little trinkets here and there. Again I was thinking to myself how the heck are we gonna get all this stuff back home. :scratchin

I took a few pictures while I waited for hubby to pay for our purchases.

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Then I saw this sign and realized soon I would be doing what it says......

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Then before we new it, it was dinner time. Off to Tritons we went and believe it or not DH and I were nervous about dinner and meeting everybody. We thought they would think we had been antisocial or something.

So we get over there and we are shown to our table and there is only one other couple there when we arrive. We introduce ourselves and they are from the UK and so we talk to them for awhile and explain why we have missed two dinners. Pretty soon everybody else arrives and we are all seated and talking. It turned out to be six couples I believe it was at the table and all of us were celebrating something, either a honeymoon, anniversary, birthday. It was kinda funny and thankfully everybody was really, really nice and friendly. They did keep asking us what happened to us so we finally got it explained to everybody at the table. When our servers came out it was another story. I can't remember all there names except for one who was Sameer but they were hysterical. When they spotted DH and I one of them made a big deal about it and was like O'my God the newlyweds have decided to come up for air and join the rest of us, we are just so thankful that you could take time out to leave your stateroom and take a break to see the rest of the ship and join us. It was really funny and the jokes and jabbing went on for a good 5min or so. I was laughing and DH was blushing a bit.

Finally we got around to looking at our themed menu....

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And putting on our Pirate Bandannas.......DH looked kinda funny :laughing:

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So did I actually......:laughing:

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This was one of the appetizers we got, I have no idea why the string is on the plate.

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This was the other appetizer, a crab cake.

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And then it was time for dinner. I had some kinda pasta with lobster, crab and scallops in it.

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This was hubby's food, I think it might have been tenderloin but I'm not sure.

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All the food was fantastic, completely yummy and very filling. It was seriously like eating at a 5 star restaurant, we couldn't have been happier.

Coming up dessert.........

KittyKat08

02-21-2009, 07:08 PM

So as dinner was going on suddenly they started a little parade type thing in honor of Pirates night I suppose. They got as many people up outta there chairs as they could. I don't really have to many good pictures of everybody but here are a couple for you.

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It was really cute and a good way to get the evening started.

Here is a picture of our tablemates, you can't see everybody but you can get an idea.

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Then it was time for dessert but DH and I new that part of the pirate party was having a desert bar later so we opted not to have any at dinner. Of course out of the blue our servers came out with this cake for us to celebrate our honeymoon.

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It was super yummy but huge, I mean seriously they need to scale it down a bit for just two people. Regardless we had our server wrap it up for us so we could take it back to the room. Sadly we never ate another piece of it after this night. There is just two much food on the cruise and everytime we found ourselves in the room we had usually just eaten something and so the cake never got touched.

So as we started to leave Tritons I had DH take a picture of this mural on the wall because I thought it was so pretty.

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Coming up later we head out to Party like a Pirate......

disneyfan61

02-21-2009, 08:55 PM

Great update. Glad to hear you made dinner with your table mates:thumbsup2

redlight

02-21-2009, 10:24 PM

I love your wedding pictures! Glad you had an excellent time.

orangecats2

02-21-2009, 10:49 PM

Subscribing
Can't believe you had so many "incidents". :goodvibes

Disneyfan71

02-21-2009, 11:46 PM

Sorry I haven't been around the last few days. Love the pictures of that restaurant!!!

aceys_h0ney

02-23-2009, 03:15 PM

Glad your table mates were nice and not mad at you guys. So on a cruise do you each with the same people every night in different restaurants ? Also does the same serving team follow the group ?

For whatever reason I thought all that was served on a cruise were buffets. Possibly with food that sits out all day waiting for people to come eat it. That was not appealing to me. Your pictures were very appealing to me. What did you table mates think when they saw you taking pictures of your food ?

TwoRoos

02-23-2009, 07:17 PM

Glad your table mates were nice and not mad at you guys. So on a cruise do you each with the same people every night in different restaurants ? Also does the same serving team follow the group ?

I had some similar questions about the meals on a cruise. Is all the seating assigned in groups like that? What if you just wanted to sit at a table for two and have a private meal? Is that possible? I'm not sure I would like sharing all my meals each night with strangers. I'm not antisocial...as a matter of fact I'm always striking up conversations out in public with people I don't know. But on a vacation, I think I would prefer to just eat with my own family. Just curious. Glad you enjoyed your night! And thanks for the update.

KittyKat08

02-24-2009, 03:29 PM

Great update. Glad to hear you made dinner with your table mates:thumbsup2

Thank you. We had a fantastic dinner and we could not have asked for nicer table mates. :)

I love your wedding pictures! Glad you had an excellent time.

Thank you so much! :goodvibes

Subscribing
Can't believe you had so many "incidents". :goodvibes

Welcome! Thank you for reading my TR. We did have an interesting time that's for sure, but we have great stories for our children. :thumbsup2

Sorry I haven't been around the last few days. Love the pictures of that restaurant!!!

Everybody is busy around here, not a problem!

Glad you like the piccys.

How was your first couple days of bartending school?

Glad your table mates were nice and not mad at you guys. So on a cruise do you each with the same people every night in different restaurants ? Also does the same serving team follow the group ?

For whatever reason I thought all that was served on a cruise were buffets. Possibly with food that sits out all day waiting for people to come eat it. That was not appealing to me. Your pictures were very appealing to me. What did you table mates think when they saw you taking pictures of your food ?

Our table mates were great and lotsa fun to be around. I have never been on any other cruise except disney but for them you do eat with the same group of people every night in a different restaurant, and your serving team does follow you to each place as well. And there are buffets also that you can choose to eat at if you don't want to dine in the restaurants. The only time DH and I visited the buffets was for breakfast and once for lunch and the food was always fresh and very, very tasty.

Our table mates looked at us kinda weird the first time we took some pics of the food but then we told them we wanted a memory of how yummy it was and so some of them thought it was a good idea and started doing it too. DH and I are trendsetters apparently. :laughing: :thumbsup2

I had some similar questions about the meals on a cruise. Is all the seating assigned in groups like that? What if you just wanted to sit at a table for two and have a private meal? Is that possible? I'm not sure I would like sharing all my meals each night with strangers. I'm not antisocial...as a matter of fact I'm always striking up conversations out in public with people I don't know. But on a vacation, I think I would prefer to just eat with my own family. Just curious. Glad you enjoyed your night! And thanks for the update.

You are forced to eat with a group if your party is a small group (like two or three people, maybe even four sometimes). I have read on these boards that sometimes it is possible to request a table to yourselves but it is very hard and it usually will not be granted especially if you go on the cruise during the busy time of year. If you have a large family group though the chances of getting a table to yourselves is much better. There is also Palo on board which is a nice restaurant, very romantic if it's for you and DH and you get to eat alone but that restaurant you have to make reservations and there is also a nominal fee to dine there. I think it was $15 per person when DH and I went.

If it makes you feel better I was not happy to find out we had to share our table either when we first booked the cruise, especially since it was our honeymoon, I wanted to have nice romantic dinners with my hubby. It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be, of course we could have just been fortunate to have been placed with great people but seriously I don't think you would have a bad time and you get used to it right away. Our group of people spent most of the time talking to there significant other then anything else. I would say try it because at least with the Disney Cruise you are all there for one reason, (YOU LOVE DISNEY) so right there you have commen ground. :goodvibes

MissBellesMommy

02-24-2009, 03:32 PM

Oh I am inlove with your pics too! I so have to hide these from DS though lol

NeverlandClub23

02-24-2009, 05:24 PM

Yay! I'm all caught up! I don't remember now, where are you guys headed after the cruise? I think back to FL but I can't remember (and I am too lazy to go searching :) ). Great pictures! You're a great TR writer! :thumbsup2

And sitting with other people during meals is the main reason I can't get DBF to go on a cruise :(

Disneyfan71

02-24-2009, 09:48 PM

I've enjoyed it...lots to remember but a lot of the drinks are pretty easy to remember. So far I can't complain.

GreatBiscuit

02-25-2009, 07:23 PM

Love all the photos and updates. I'm believe I am fully caught up now.
Sorry to hear about the urchin.....I'm picturing ET saying OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWCH.

KittyKat08

02-26-2009, 03:24 PM

Oh I am inlove with your pics too! I so have to hide these from DS though lol

Thank you, we really did get some good pics so I was very happy. :goodvibes

Yay! I'm all caught up! I don't remember now, where are you guys headed after the cruise? I think back to FL but I can't remember (and I am too lazy to go searching :) ). Great pictures! You're a great TR writer! :thumbsup2

And sitting with other people during meals is the main reason I can't get DBF to go on a cruise :(

After the cruise we are heading back to Orlando, but we are staying offsite. We will be finishing up the Disney Parks and going to Islands Of Adventure. Good Lord, I still have alot of writing to do. :lmao:

Sorry about your DBF, you should tell him that DH and I were not happy about it either but seriously it's no big deal. Most of the time everybody ignored everyone else and when we did talk to each other it was like everyone had always been friends. I think it has something to do with being on the Disney Cruise, everybody is sharing that same love of Disney so it's easier to mingle with people. I think it would be worse on the other cruise lines.

I've enjoyed it...lots to remember but a lot of the drinks are pretty easy to remember. So far I can't complain.

Good, I'm glad so far it's going well for you! :thumbsup2

Love all the photos and updates. I'm believe I am fully caught up now.
Sorry to hear about the urchin.....I'm picturing ET saying OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWCH.

Yeah it actually did sound something like ET now that you mention it. :laughing:

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Alright guys, I'm so sorry I have not updated lately. I was pretty busy the last few days and I also had like 80 email messages from TR I have subscribed to that I had to catch up on. :rolleyes1

Anyway in between doing laundry and cleaning the house I'm going to be working on installment today.

Thank you everybody who is reading and posting comments for sticking with me. :goodvibes

KittyKat08

02-26-2009, 06:07 PM

Okay so I left off with hubby and I finishing up dinner and heading up to the Pirates in the Caribbean party. It was pretty crowded when we arrived so we decided to go up to Deck 10 and watch the festivities from there. On our way we ran into the guy from the beach at Castaway Cay, the one that had asked what happened to my foot. He was really sweet and wanted to know how I was doing and if my foot was okay. (which by the way was doing better, not swollen anymore or throbbing and it was just slightly uncomfortable) Anyway we chit chatted for a minute and then headed on our way. Hubby and I managed to secure a good spot on the railing right in front of the Jumbo TV screen and stage. Pretty soon our spot was getting very, very crowded. :crowded:

Now I don't have alot of pictures from the party because hubby started taking video instead. I tried to upload the video to photobucket but it said they are to long and so I couldn't. Sorry, I really wanted to share them with you guys. :sad2:

Anyway I will show you what I do have.......

This was on the Jumbo TV before the show started......

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Then when the show started everything that was happening on the stage was also on the TV for you to see.

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So the party goes on and everybody is dancing to some really good music. The characters are great and also dancing, I had no idea they could move so well in those costumes. :thumbsup2 They would also rotate characters in the crowd and have them dancing out there with people as well.

I was having a blast and dancing and singing along with them. I was so wishing that I was on the lower deck though because almost everybody around us was just standing there lifeless and I wanted to be around the "FUN" people.

Anyway about halfway through the "BAD" pirates make an appearance. This comes over the Jumbo Tron....

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The good pirates and the bad pirates argue over who's party it is and more dancing goes on. Stitch comes out and dances to "I'm Blue" it was great and very fitting. :laughing: Then Captain Hook and Smee come out and Smee dances to MC Hammers Can't Touch This. It was absolutely hysterical and I highly recommend if you get a chance to look it up on You Tube and watch it.

So the battle goes on for a bit and then you hear Mickeys voice from high above you and when you look up he is on the smoke stack attached to a zip line. He makes a comment about it being his party or something like that, I can't remember and then he zips over to the top of the Jumbo Tron and tells everybody he promised us a party and now here is the party in the sky and then the fireworks start.

OMG is it an awesome sight to see fireworks off a cruise ship. Only Disney I tell ya, only Disney. Again I only have it on video but man was it gorgeous and I had tears in my eyes when it was over. Some people say it's no big deal but for me I thought that was the most magical part of the whole cruise.

After I get myself together we head towards the dessert buffet. Before arriving though I had to stop and have my picture taken with Clayton. Clayton is the cruise activities director. When we first got on the ship and saw the Golden Mickey's show Clayton made an appearence before the show to introduce himself to us. He is great and so much fun. Clayton also has a dance, his happy dance. Now if any of you have every seen Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air back in the day you will recognize the dance from Carlton on the show. Anyway when I spotted Clayton and wanted a picture with him I told him we had to do the happy dance for the photo. This was the outcome.

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Then it was back to the dessert buffet. I have never seen such a long line for food. It was seriously like waiting in line for a ride at the parks. Not only did they have dessert but also these huge turkey legs and some other foods. DH was having issues trying to decided what he wanted but in the end he decided to get in the dessert line with me. While standing in line we struck up a conversation with a girl behind us. Turned out she works on the Wonder and was on vacation with her family. How nice is that to want to take your vacation at your place of employment. :) :thumbsup2 Anyway she ended up telling us all about what it's like to work on the ship, she works in the entertainment department and really likes it but misses her family alot. We found out that she lives really close to us in California, such a small world. Anyway after spending about 30 minutes in line we got to the good stuff.

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Continued in next post......

KittyKat08

02-26-2009, 06:37 PM

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So we piled on the desserts, all different types of cakes and some jello, little pastries. It was nuts, soooooo much food. I tried at least a bite off everything on my plate and was soooo stuffed. Hubby got this picture of me when I think the sugar high had taken effect.

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After we ate we debated on staying up on deck to watch the pirates in the caribbean movie but after looking for a decent seat we realized all of them were taken. Instead we went up to deck 10 and took a nice romantic and extremely windy stroll before heading back to our stateroom.

Upon returning to our stateroom I found this guy.

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Yay towel monkey. I was so excited to see him I didn't notice this guy right away.

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Yay towel lobster. Two towel animals in one night. :banana: :thumbsup2

Have I mentioned how much I seriously loved our stateroom host. I'm such a dork arn't I? :lmao:

Anyway we changed into more loose fitting clothing :rolleyes1 and started getting all our stuff together to be repacked. Tomorrow would be our last day on board and our sea day and we didn't want to have to rush to get it all together then. It turned out to be a good thing we started on this night because it was like playing tetris trying to fit everything in the suitcases. I kept thinking about all the other stuff sitting in the trunk of the rental car back in port and also how we still had four more days in the parks before leaving. DH and I both came to the conclusion at the same time we would have to find a post office upon returning to Orlando to ship some stuff home. Boy did I get some looks from hubby upon this realization.

"WHAT" I yell at him. It's not all me shopping, you got stuff too.

He proceeds to just shake his head and tell me he loves me. :love:

Off to bed we go and the next morning I was really going to sleep in since we didn't have to do anything at all except enjoy the sea day. Of course it's not like I have not been sleeping in the whole trip so far right cause getting up at 8 or 9am is so unbelieveabley early. :rolleyes1 :lmao:

kimmylaj

02-26-2009, 09:55 PM

those towel animals are awesome
seriously , your TR is going to have me getting a second job, because i see your pics and i must go on a disney cruise. maybe i should play the lotto

joleen76

02-27-2009, 04:18 PM

I love your TR. All the pictures are awesome!

NeverlandClub23

02-27-2009, 04:52 PM

Haha! I love the Carlton dance! :lmao: That's a great pic, by the way.

addictedtothemouse

02-28-2009, 07:07 AM

Those desserts look YUMM-O. Can ya tell I like food....Alot?:rotfl:

redlight

03-01-2009, 01:23 AM

My mouth is watering and my stomach is rumbling after seeing the display of desserts. What a treat. I love the picture of the dance as well as your "sugar high".

KittyKat08

03-03-2009, 02:54 PM

Hi Everyone,

I just wanted to say how sorry I am that I have not been updating my TR. It really seems as though every time I get ready to do it something happens. DH usually works on the weekends but for some reason he had this Sunday off and Monday he was home also so I didn't have anytime with him around.

Aside from that I just wanted to share what had to be the coolest, most awesome thing that could ever happen to me. Now I don't know how many of you on the boards are even a fan of his or know who he is for that matter but...............

I got to spend the entire day at Universal Studios and have dinner with "SLASH" from Guns & Roses and Velvet Revolver!!!!!!!!!!!!

Let me explain how this happened. Member I said in the beginning of this TR how hubby works special events and stuff for Universal. Well Slash and his family had gone to the park last October and they requested a rep walk them around and the park had sent my hubby to do it. On that day Slash really liked my DH and appreciated how well he toured the park with them. At the end of the day I guess Slash had asked for hubby's phone number in case they came back to the park so that hubby could be his escort again.

Fast forward to this last Sunday morning. DH gets a call on his cell and it's a 818 area code which is usually Universal so he does not answer it because it's his day off. Person leaves a message, hubby checks and starts laughing and shaking his head, I of course am like what do they need from you now. He puts it on speaker phone and the first words I hear are.....

"Hey Alfonso, it's Slash"

WHAT THE @#$%&!!!!!!!!!!! :scared1: :eek: :scared1: :eek:

I seriously almost peed my pants.

Anyway the rest of the message goes on to say he and some friends are going to park, wanted to know if hubby was working and could escort them around and to call him back and let him know.

WHAT THE @#$%&!!!!!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

I was floored, I could not believe my ears and even more so.......NOW HUBBY HAS SLASH'S PHONE NUMBER......OMG!!!!

So the next few minutes are combined with hubby calling Slash OMG and also calling his boss to see if they could put AJ on the buget to come into work for this reason only. Well it goes back and forth, back and forth and Universal won't buget for AJ to come in and work and so he calls Slash back to tell him and............................................... ................................

Slash is sooooooo sad that hubby can't be there that he offers to PAY hubby to come in on his own time and escort them around.

I AM NOW HAVING A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN IN THE CORNER OF THE ROOM LISTENING TO ALL OF THIS........

My husband and a freakin rock and roll legend are having a conversation on the phone like they have been friends for the past 10 years or something.

So they talk for a while and hubby finally agrees to come up there and "Hang Out" with them so that he can get them front of the line to everything and his discounts.

And the last thing said is "Okay man, I will call you when we get there"

WE!!!!!!!!! WHAT WE!!!!! COULD THAT MEAN ME AND YOU??????????? :eek:

AND THEN I THINK... MAN? DID YOU JUST SAY OKAY MAN TO SLASH? :eek:

Sure enough hubby tells Slash that I'm dying to meet him and would he mind if I come along. Slash's response I guess was not a problem. :love:

Dear God and the heavens above I'm going to meet Slash and I'm going to hang out with him. :scared1: :eek: :scared: :dance3: :worship: :sick: :faint:

After I regain some kind of composer hubby tells me to hurry up and get ready cause we have less then an hour to meet him. I take the quickest shower ever in my life and within 20min I'm good to go.

I freak out all the way to Universal and I'm blasting the Velvet Revolver CD and dancing in my seat like a loon. Thank God we live in CA so nobody noticed me. :thumbsup2

A few times Slash called hubby on the way to Universal because we got stuck in some traffic and they were trying to coordinate it so nobody was left waiting for long. And of course everytime he called it was "Hey Man, Okay Man, Sure Man" Whatever but it was just the weirdest thing to listen too.

When I got inside the gates and got my first look at him I almost died. It was amazing having him standing right there in front of me. Hubby introduced us and he took my hand to shake it and I could feel all the callouses (sp) from his guitar playing. AWESOME! I know I'm a dork. :rolleyes:

Anyway I won't give you the whole rundown on the entire day but we had a great time, he had a great time, his kids and his friends had a great time. Slash opened up to us and told us family stories and joked around with us. He is the greatest guy ever and he is soooooo nice and he is a great dad, his kids totally adore him.

At the end of the night he wanted us to come out to dinner with them and was going to be mad if we didn't go. :faint:

Dinner was fantastic, we went to eat at SaddleRanch and during dinner a Guns and Roses song came on and I couldn't help but laugh.

HELLO......OMG I'm sitting here having a normal dinner with SLASH.

After dinner he signed my Velvet Revolver CD insert and left the sweetest, coolest message ever, and he also signed the picture of us all on Jurassic Park. So Freakin Cool! I didn't ask him for a picture of us together, after spending the day with him I didn't want to come across as pushy and be "That type of fan"

So we said our goodbyes and when I got about 50 feet away I finally screamed and giggled and went crazy cause I had been keeping it in all day.

It was totally cool, he is seriously a great guy, he made AJ and I feel like we were part of his family. Now I can only hope I get to see him again some time.

KittyKat08

03-03-2009, 03:00 PM

those towel animals are awesome
seriously , your TR is going to have me getting a second job, because i see your pics and i must go on a disney cruise. maybe i should play the lotto

I really did love my towel animals.

Yeah I guess you could try the lottery but I think after a while of buying tickets you could have just paid for the cruise. :laughing:

I love your TR. All the pictures are awesome!

Thank you! :goodvibes

Haha! I love the Carlton dance! :lmao: That's a great pic, by the way.

It is one of my favorite pictures, it just came out perfect.

Those desserts look YUMM-O. Can ya tell I like food....Alot?:rotfl:

Oh, I love food too and since being on a cruise feels like your at a 24hr grocery store without having to pay I was chowing down all the time. :laughing:

My mouth is watering and my stomach is rumbling after seeing the display of desserts. What a treat. I love the picture of the dance as well as your "sugar high".

The desserts are sooooo good, it was probably the highlight of the entire cruise for me. When I was posting the pics, I was getting hungry also and so wanted to be back on the ship.

orangecats2

03-03-2009, 03:03 PM

WOW! I am soooo jealous! You got to hang out with a celebrity!
That. Is. Too. Cool.!!!!

joleen76

03-03-2009, 03:07 PM

That is just the coolest experience ever!! I'm so happy for you! That will be a day that you remember forever and probably one of the best of your life. :banana: Congradulations!!

bluechic03

03-03-2009, 06:26 PM

WOW! That's AWESOME!!!!! I <3 GnR!

Disneyfan71

03-03-2009, 08:00 PM

OMG you got to meet Slash..I am SOOOOO jealous. Were you able to take pictures? I freakin love Slash and Velvet Revolver too!! Girl you are so lucky to have met him..I'm glad you had an awesome time.

KittyKat08

03-04-2009, 12:05 AM

WOW! I am soooo jealous! You got to hang out with a celebrity!
That. Is. Too. Cool.!!!!

OMG, it was the most amazing day ever and he sooooo did not "ACT" like a celebrity. He was totally down to earth and really fun.

That is just the coolest experience ever!! I'm so happy for you! That will be a day that you remember forever and probably one of the best of your life. :banana: Congradulations!!

Thank you! Yes I will never, ever forget that day, it was really an amazing experience. :goodvibes

WOW! That's AWESOME!!!!! I <3 GnR!

Yes, it doesn't get much better then hanging out with a rock and roll legend. It's amazing how different he is from being on stage to in person.

OMG you got to meet Slash..I am SOOOOO jealous. Were you able to take pictures? I freakin love Slash and Velvet Revolver too!! Girl you are so lucky to have met him..I'm glad you had an awesome time.

It was the experience of a life time and I feel very fortunate to have been able to do it. Slash is totally awesome and such a nice guy. He really made hubby and I feel like part of his family.

I did not bother him during the day to take a picture with me personally because I just didn't want to be that type of annoying fan but I was able to get the ride photos from Jurassic Park and the Mummy. He signed the one from JP. I can go ahead and post them for you.

KittyKat08

03-04-2009, 12:23 AM

This is my Velvet Revolver CD insert I had him sign.

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This is on Jurassic Park and all of us got a good laugh out of the photo.

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And this is on the Mummy ride.

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KittyKat08

03-04-2009, 03:00 PM

Okay so today was now Nov. 12th and it was our last full day on the ship. I don't really have to much to say about this day because hubby and I spent most of it just loitering around and relaxing. I know we slept in and so we missed breakfast. I think we finally left our room at around 10am to go get something to eat. I don't even remember what we got so it must not have been anything to fancy. I know after eating we started to just walk around the ship and take photos.

Here are a few of our surroundings, nothing but ocean. So pretty.

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Heading back we ran into this guy but I didn't stop for a photo with him.

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Back inside hubby was still snapping photos of stuff so I had a seat and waited.

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Then we decided to head down to the club level I think Deck 4 but I'm not sure. We just wanted to get some pics down there as well. I had to use the bathroom and when I came out I grabbed the camera from DH to take pics inside the restroom, it was so cool looking.

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I was in love with that bathroom, it was so cozy and nice.

KittyKat08

03-04-2009, 03:25 PM

So we continued on taking more photos.......

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We took this out of that same porthole we had been sitting in. I think it came out pretty cool.

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Then we took some more photos of the hallway and some other things down there.

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This was a peek inside one of the lounges.

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As we were leaving the area we saw this sign.

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As you guys can see this part of the trip and installment is more like a pictorial edition.

So then we left and headed back towards the elevators and hubby took a picture of them, he loved the design.

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So we headed up and out onto the jogging track deck to take a seat and just enjoy the view.

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KittyKat08

03-04-2009, 04:07 PM

You can see how super cloudy it was.....

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A birdie came to hitch a ride on the ship.

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Then I snapped a pic of hubby relaxing.

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And then we took a sappy picture together.

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So as we were sitting there all of a sudden a gigantic group of kids came through and stopped right in front of us. I soon figured out it was one of those clubs that the kids can join while on board the ship. There must have been like 45 kids and three cast members with them all. The cast members had to have been no older then 21 if that. DH and I looked at each other like should we leave or stay. While we were deciding on what to do I overheard one of the cast members say they would be going inside in a minute so we opted to stay put. Well it turned out to be the best show ever. All the kids ranged in age groups so there was some that just looked board, others had found best friends that they would not be separated from and some were just so plain crabby they looked like they contemplated jumping overboard. Then there were the few loner ones who didn't talk to anyone and didn't listen and just wandered all over. The cast members were trying to keep everybody lined up and in order and also amused at the same time since just standing there waiting was not the kids idea of fun. One of the cast members saw DH and I watching the whole things and I think we made him nervous so he gave us a weak smile and started sweating really bad. I felt bad so I kept trying to talk to hubby but the scene was so funny that I couldn't help but laugh and everytime I would this poor cast member would look over and think I was laughing at him but I wasn't it was just the whole situation. So finally they get the go ahead to continue on to wherever they had been going. They get about half the kids inside and all of a sudden paranoid cast member yells back to the other cast member to stop and back up, everybody back up we can't go inside yet, they are not ready. Hubby and I start laughing again because watching a bunch of kids trying to back up to the same spot they had been in was something to see. Finally back outside, paranoid cast member eyes hubby and I again and this time we just have smiles on our face and so he smiles back at us very weakly. I felt so bad for him. Anyway they ended up having to back out twice before they finally got to go to there destination. It was just hysterical and I think that guy was so afraid we were going to complain to guest services or something and thats why he freaked out.

So after that display was over we continued to sit for a bit more and ended up getting these really cool shots as the sun went down.

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After the sun went down we went inside and found ourselves right next to the rebooking a cruise desk. I had been bugging hubby to rebook another cruise while on board because of the deal you get. He was not sure he wanted to so we continued taking more pictures around the ship.

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KittyKat08

03-04-2009, 04:52 PM

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So then outta the blue hubby says okay lets go see how good the deal is on rebooking a cruise.

We head back up and sit down to talk to the lady and the deal was if you book a 7 day cruise you get $200 on board credit if you book another 3 or 4 day it was $100 and it was only $150 per person on your deposit I think. After much debate hubby and I decided to rebook a 7 day western cruise for the same time next year.

Since the cruise hubby and I have altered this plan and we are currently thinking about doing something different all together but more on that at the end of the TR.

So after doing that we decided to head back to our room to put some jeans on since it was getting kinda chilly.

Dressed warmer we headed back out to explore some more before our dinner.

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I was so excited after reading so much about his restaurant I couldn't wait for dinner tonight but since it was not time for dinner yet we just took pictures in front of the sign.

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Then we took pictures with this Mickey.

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Then hubby decided he wanted to go to guest services to just check on our bill so far and make sure everything looked okay so we headed over there. I opted to go sit down while he went and looked at it. I took this photo of him while I waited.

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Upon his return he sat down with me and we both just kinda vegged out in the lobby area until it got closer to dinner time.

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While we were sitting there it became very obvious how much the ship was rocking this evening. I had figured it would based on the way the sky and the water looked earlier but I didn't think it would be as bad as it was. It was very noticeable and at some points hard to walk straight. I got worried about hubby because it was the one night he decided not to wear his sea bands and I didn't want him to get sick. He swore he was okay so I left it alone. I was of course loving it, I'm really strange that way, I swear it's my dads Navy blood running through me. The more the ship rocked back and forth the more I giggled. There was a lady sitting close to us that was not doing so good with the rocking ship and was getting pretty sick. I felt so bad for her because to me nothing is worse then being sea sick.

About 20min till dinner time we decided to head back down that way and wait over there. I snapped this photo on the way.

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auntiegem

03-04-2009, 10:45 PM

aceys_h0ney

03-06-2009, 09:14 AM

Great pics as always ! Cant wait to read about the dinner you were looking forward to. I would have been cracking up at the kids as well. I cannot imagine trying to wrangle 50 bored kids. I could not be paid enough to do that job..or be a bus driver for a school. So whats next more time at Disney World right ?

MagicKisses2

03-06-2009, 08:27 PM

I loved your photos, the pictures of the clouds and sun beams were beautiful!! I do hope your hubby was feeling okay with all the rocking.

Your TR really makes me want to book a cruise, but I get motion sick so easy, so doesn't my DH. Besides that last night, did you notice the motion? What type of bands was your husband wearing?

KittyKat08

03-07-2009, 05:33 PM

LOVING your trip report. I spent a couple of hours last night reading the entire thread. Is it okay that I'm loving your sweet husband a little bit since he took such good care of you when you were sick?!?

Thank you so much, I love that people are enjoying it so much. :goodvibes

And that's fine about my husband, I told him what you said and his response was "I'm supposed to take care of you, your my wife" then he said to tell you thanks for the sweet comment. He's so funny and I am truely a very lucky girl to have him, he is the best and has always taken care of me.

I loved your photos, the pictures of the clouds and sun beams were beautiful!! I do hope your hubby was feeling okay with all the rocking.

Your TR really makes me want to book a cruise, but I get motion sick so easy, so doesn't my DH. Besides that last night, did you notice the motion? What type of bands was your husband wearing?

Thanks, we were kinda shocked at how beautiful those sun beam photos looked. I thought it was better then a normal looking sunset.

Hubby was actually perfect with the rocking on the ship. Before we had left on the honeymoon we went to Walgreens and purchased the sea bands for him just in case. That's actually what they are called on the package and they are rubber bracelets that you place on your wrist and you position them to put pressure on your accupunture points. He wore them the first couple of days on board and we did notice a little bit of rocking but nothing like the last night. He ended up being fine and showed no signs of getting sick at all so I guess he is stronger then he thought he was.

It's hard to say how you and your hubby would react if the ship started to rock. Some people get really sick and others are just uncomfortable. There are several different things to try when it comes to avoiding sea sickness and you could probably talk to your doctor about it as well. I hope you will be able to figure something out because everybody should do the Disney Cruise at least once in there lifetime. :)

Great pics as always ! Cant wait to read about the dinner you were looking forward to. I would have been cracking up at the kids as well. I cannot imagine trying to wrangle 50 bored kids. I could not be paid enough to do that job..or be a bus driver for a school. So whats next more time at Disney World right ?

Thank you!

I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one that would have laughed at the kids incident. I was beginning to think I was mean or something. I would never want there jobs either, I wouldn't last 10min.

Yes, after the cruise we go back to Disney World to finish up and then to Islands of Adventure.

Diamondintheruff

03-07-2009, 07:48 PM

KittyKat08

03-08-2009, 12:10 AM

I thought I'd come over and check out your TR since you've commented on mine and so far have only made it past the wedding cake pictures and felt the need to comment.

Your wedding looks like it was tons of fun to be at and was probably even more fun to plan.

I'll be back once I catch up on the rest of your report but you've already got me hooked!

:welcome: I'm so glad you came over to take a look at my TR.

Our wedding was really fun and we did have a good time planning it, I think we felt more like we were planning a full on halloween party instead of a wedding. Everyone had a blast so it was perfect.

Thanks again for reading and I'm glad I was able to hook you in. :goodvibes

disneyfan61

03-08-2009, 09:03 AM

Diamondintheruff

03-09-2009, 07:32 PM

Okay finally caught up!

Loved your wedding pictures. How much did you have to tweak them because they looked great!

Felt bad for you about your asthma. I am a very mild asthmatic myself. Once I moved out of the city and lost my dog I was able to stop taking any medications but I still get bronchitis regularly. I can't imagine doing Disney while not being able to breathe.

There is a picture of you and your hubby with Goofy that I love. You are both laughing freely.

Laughed out Loud at your sea bike adventure.

Went green with jealousy over your day with a rock star.

My DS10 ie "Eeoyre"'s real name is A.J. (shhh) so I have a vested interest in your hubby.

So glad I found your report. Keep it coming!

aceys_h0ney

03-09-2009, 09:06 PM

Where are you ? I need hilarious trip reports and great pictures to get me by! I am like a junkie now.

Ok so I just looked back and it has not been that long since your last installment but I would love a new one!

KittyKat08

03-10-2009, 01:08 AM

popcorn:: I'm still here enjoying your TR also. How cool is that about spending the day with Slash!!! My DH is like "really"?? And said he is a great guitarist. I truthfully would not know but he would LOL!!

Yay! Glad your still with me. Sorry it's been taking me so long to update, I'm trying really I am, life just keeps getting in the way.

Yeah Slash is an amazing guitarist, he is truely talented and such a super nice guy. You can tell your hubby that I'm still in disbelief myself about it. :goodvibes

Okay finally caught up!

Loved your wedding pictures. How much did you have to tweak them because they looked great!

Felt bad for you about your asthma. I am a very mild asthmatic myself. Once I moved out of the city and lost my dog I was able to stop taking any medications but I still get bronchitis regularly. I can't imagine doing Disney while not being able to breathe.

There is a picture of you and your hubby with Goofy that I love. You are both laughing freely.

Laughed out Loud at your sea bike adventure.

Went green with jealousy over your day with a rock star.

My DS10 ie "Eeoyre"'s real name is A.J. (shhh) so I have a vested interest in your hubby.

So glad I found your report. Keep it coming!

Good I'm glad your caught up. I ended up tweaking the wedding photos on photobucket just to see what I could come up with and I swear after I was done they looked alot better then what the photographer gave us. It took me a couple of hours to do like 30 pictures or so. Now I just have to get them printed out.

I'm happy to hear that you have enjoyed everything you have read so far and the pictures I've posted. And what a coincidence that hubby shares your DS's name also. :thumbsup2

Where are you ? I need hilarious trip reports and great pictures to get me by! I am like a junkie now.

Ok so I just looked back and it has not been that long since your last installment but I would love a new one!

Sorry, I really can't seem to get a free moment these days long enough to do an update. I'm working on one right now though so stick with me my little TR junkie friend. :rotfl2: :thumbsup2

KittyKat08

03-10-2009, 01:53 AM

So I left off with hubby and I heading over to dinner here.....

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As I had mentioned the ship was really rocking back and forth on this night and walking over to the restaurant was pretty interesting. It looked like a bunch of drunk people all over the place.

We get to the restaurant finally and are escorted to our table and the place already looks really cool just being black and white. There are Disney pictures all over the walls and the design of the place was just cool in general. At our table it was only us and two other tablemates and for a while we thought it was going to stay that way but everybody else ended up showing up in a bit. One of our tablemates was sooooooooo sick from the ship rocking and I felt really bad for her. As dinner went on she confessed that she hates ships, boats, anything having to do with water and the only reason she was on the cruise was because her hubby had wanted to go so badly so she booked the trip as a surprise for him. So sweet of her but boy was she paying for it.

Here are some photos as we were waiting for our menues.....

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These are the only pictures of food that I got because I was so enthralled when the room started to change colors that I forgot about the food. Also my tablemate who was sick was getting much worse and also changing colors as much as the room was so I kept an eye on her, hoping she wasn't going to barf. I have a really bad gag reflex so if I see or hear gross stuff I will get sick also, needless to say she was making me nervous.

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The food again was spectacular, cooked perfectly and melted in your mouth.

I have a ton of photos as the room was getting color to it so here ya go. Enjoy them.

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Continued.......

KittyKat08

03-10-2009, 02:27 AM

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Towards the end of dinner all the servers disapeared and an announcement was made to clap for your server as they came back out all together. When they reappeared all there jackets had color to them. It was really cool and a nice way to say thank you to them for everything. They also introduced the chef whose name escapes me but I sure did clap for him. :thumbsup2 I for some strange reason don't have any pictures while all of this was going on. Go figure. :sad2:

At about the same time as this was taking place my sick tablemate had had enough and needed to leave. I was really surprised she held on as long as she did because at this point the rocking was so bad that several times I felt like my chair might actually tip backwards from it. It shocks the senses to be on such a big ship and feel rocking back and forth so intense. Anyway we said goodbye to them and they told us they would be at breakfast the next morning but we never saw them again. My guess is as soon as we had the okay to get off the ship she was the first one. :lmao:

So we finished up dinner and I got some kind of brownie thing for dessert. I do have a picture of it.

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That dessert was seriously the sweetest tasting thing I have ever had in my entire life. I could barely take a normal bite out of it because of how rich it was. It was really good but it took me forever to eat because I had to take such tiny bites and eat it really slow.

So we finished up and got our information on breakfast the next day. It said that we should come back here and our time was at 7:15am to eat. :scared1: That did not make me very happy.

As we headed out of the restaurant, we snapped this last picture.

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We stood around and talked for a minute on what to do and finally decided that we should go back to the stateroom and finish packing up since we only had about 2 hours left before we had to have our bags outside our door for pickup. I was sad again that I was missing the last show but it was probably for the best because at this point hubby and I were holding onto everything to keep from falling over and we new that packing was going to be interesting.

After bouncing off the walls the whole way back to our stateroom we arrived and I was greeted with my last towel animal.

KittyKat08

03-10-2009, 02:47 AM

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I was so going to miss getting these every night.

I had made hubby position all my animals on the couch for the duration of the cruise so I could get a group shot at the end. He of course thought I was crazy. I told him if he thought I was crazy now just wait until we go on a 7 day cruise. He looked scared after I said that.

Anyway I got all my little guys together on the bed and took this shot so I could remember them.

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There are no other photos from the rest of the night mostly because it was hard to take a picture with the rocking. It took hubby and I forever to get our bags packed and everything situated because being in a small space and trying to walk around each other without falling over from the motion and all the stuff everywhere was very difficult. I finally gave up and just went to sit on the bed and left the rest up to hubby who agreed it would just be easier that way. Just before they came to pick up the bags we had set them outside, I was so glad we made it because hauling them through the ship would have sucked. So with that done hubby sat on the couch and was filling out our debarkation forms while I went to sleep. I later found out that I had pretty much passed out and that the rocking of the ship had gotten so bad stuff had started falling off tables and anything we had in the bathroom ended up on the floor. Hubby apparently couldn't sleep so he was awake for most of it. I didn't hear anything, I slept right through it. Again I love the rocking motion so it was probably what kept me asleep. I'm just weird like that I suppose.

MagicKisses2

03-10-2009, 04:47 PM

GreatBiscuit

03-10-2009, 07:15 PM

Loved the update. Sorry to hear about the rockin. I'd always had people tell me that "You can't feel a thing" on a cruise ship, but wondered what rough seas would actually be like. At least you were able to sleep through the worst of it. The food looked amazing as usual.

Diamondintheruff

03-11-2009, 08:14 AM

That restaurant looks super cool. What a neat concept. I really haven't researched the crusies. Mostly because I'm afraid I'll want to book one.

Funny you slept through the rough seas! It was probably just as well that you didn't have a port hole at that point.

aceys_h0ney

03-11-2009, 08:53 AM

Yayy for the update! Sorry for my panic the other night. Hope things are slowing down for you at home. Time to relive your trip is a must!

You know all I could think of when you were talking about walking to dinner was how fun it would have been to be drunk and trying to walk. I would probably fall overboard in a fit of laughter though. Or puke, neither is a great scenario.

Anyway, the restuarant looks way cool. Sorry your tablemate was feeling so ill I don't blame you for being worried about her throwing up though. I am sensitive to seeing, hearing or smelling vomit. Which is not too cool when I have three young kids. My poor DH cleans alot of vomit that I cannot handle.

Glad you guys did get everything packed up in time. How did hubby do with the increasingly worse rocking ? I probably would have slept like a baby, I have a great story of accidently drifting verrrrrrrry far from the shore because I fell asleep on a raft once.

As usual loved the pics! Sorry it was your last day though.

kimmylaj

03-11-2009, 12:57 PM

that restaurant looks awesome, as far as the rocking though i am not so sure. my dad has a small sailboat which we like to go on, but dd2 is the queen of motion sickness. ugh. you think you can outgrow motion sickness?;) lol

Kimberly815

03-11-2009, 04:34 PM

I just found your trip report today and I am enjoying it! I love your wedding! It looks so fun! And you seem to really be enjoying your honeymoon, despite all the 'set backs' you seem to encounter!

topdog

03-11-2009, 05:13 PM

I barely went through 1/3 of your TR. It was great so far. :thumbsup2

KittyKat08

03-11-2009, 05:53 PM

Your towel animals are wonderful! During our honeymoon at AKL we were so surprised and delighted to get a bunch of towel animals as well, I also took a group shot and love it to this day. I almost wanted to bring them all home!

Your pictures from dinner are so cool, I love seeing the room change color. You have honestly made me want to book a cruise! My DH just signed up for the 2010 half marathon in WDW, "sadly" I do not run ;) , but I am thrilled about the trip!!!

I have to start planning now!
:banana: :banana:

What am I going to do once your TR is over? What shall I read, who will make me laugh??? :confused:

I was sad because when we stayed at POFQ we didn't get any towel animals at all. At least the cruise made up for it.

That dinner was the best, such a cool environment to eat in. Disney was very creative to think of doing that. :thumbsup2

How cool that your hubby is going to do the half marathon, I wish I could participate in something like that but my asthma would probably kill me. I'm happy for you that you are going back, we are also planning our next trip in Oct. / Nov. 2010. Yay for all of us! :cool1:

You will have to wait awhile for our next adventures at Walt Disney World TR but I have faith that you and I will find many TR's to keep us laughing and busy in the meantime. :goodvibes

Loved the update. Sorry to hear about the rockin. I'd always had people tell me that "You can't feel a thing" on a cruise ship, but wondered what rough seas would actually be like. At least you were able to sleep through the worst of it. The food looked amazing as usual.

Thanks!

The ship rocking back and forth was pretty fun as far as I was concerned, but like I said that's because I'm weird like that. :rolleyes: I think it depends on how sensitive you are in terms of feeling the slightest bit of rockin going on and that's why some people say you can't feel anything but it's not true they just arn't as sensitive to it.

That restaurant looks super cool. What a neat concept. I really haven't researched the crusies. Mostly because I'm afraid I'll want to book one.

Funny you slept through the rough seas! It was probably just as well that you didn't have a port hole at that point.

The restuarent was very cool and I was pleased with my decision to change our Palo reservation so that I didn't miss Animators Palate.

I know how hard it is to research possible trips and not book them, of course when you start getting the prices for the cruise that should be enough to deter you from booking. :rotfl2:

I was very thankful for not having a port hole that night, not so much because of me but I think that would have done hubby in.

Yayy for the update! Sorry for my panic the other night. Hope things are slowing down for you at home. Time to relive your trip is a must!

You know all I could think of when you were talking about walking to dinner was how fun it would have been to be drunk and trying to walk. I would probably fall overboard in a fit of laughter though. Or puke, neither is a great scenario.

Anyway, the restuarant looks way cool. Sorry your tablemate was feeling so ill I don't blame you for being worried about her throwing up though. I am sensitive to seeing, hearing or smelling vomit. Which is not too cool when I have three young kids. My poor DH cleans alot of vomit that I cannot handle.

Glad you guys did get everything packed up in time. How did hubby do with the increasingly worse rocking ? I probably would have slept like a baby, I have a great story of accidently drifting verrrrrrrry far from the shore because I fell asleep on a raft once.

As usual loved the pics! Sorry it was your last day though.

No worries on the panic, I wait so long in between updates that I don't blame you. :rolleyes1 Things are kinda slowing down at home, we are currently getting ready for a trip to Las Vegas soon but that's about it for now.

It is a sight to see when non drunk people are stumbling all over the place much less if they had been drunk. Your two scenarios are hysterical and it's something that would probably happen to me as well. I don't know what DH is going to do when we have kids because of my horrible gag reflex. He will have his work cut out for him that's for sure.

Hubby was surprisingly okay with the insane rocking and rolling, I guess he has a stronger stomach then he thought he did.

I'm intrigued about your drifting far from the shore story on a raft. I had a visual of this in my mind when I read it and I must say I was smiling. Do tell, do tell.

that restaurant looks awesome, as far as the rocking though i am not so sure. my dad has a small sailboat which we like to go on, but dd2 is the queen of motion sickness. ugh. you think you can outgrow motion sickness?;) lol

One could hope that your DD will outgrow the motion sickness. I will think happy thoughts for you. :goodvibes Can she take any of the medicine out there for it at that age? I think the sea bands that my hubby used come in childrens sizes as well, that might help her.

I just found your trip report today and I am enjoying it! I love your wedding! It looks so fun! And you seem to really be enjoying your honeymoon, despite all the 'set backs' you seem to encounter!

:welcome: and thank you for the nice compliments.

We did have a fantastic honeymoon despite the set backs but like I keep telling everyone we have lots of memories and good stories to tell forever.

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Hopefully I will get to an update this evening everybody.

Thanks again to everyone who is reading and commenting and to everyone that is reading and just lurking, come out and say Hi.

KittyKat08

03-11-2009, 05:56 PM

I barely went through 1/3 of your TR. It was great so far. :thumbsup2

Yay! Another reader saying Hi. :yay:

I'm so glad your enjoying what you have read so far. :goodvibes

aceys_h0ney

03-11-2009, 08:57 PM

Tiggerrn2

03-13-2009, 09:24 PM

Been reading along for a while now-figured it was time I stopped lurking. Love your report so far-especially all the pictures. Can't wait for you to add some more.

KittyKat08

03-13-2009, 10:36 PM

Well twist my arm.

It was much funnier in person of course. So me and a girlfriend were hanging out at the beach and someone brought this big raft I think it was shaped like a baseball mitt or something. So we hoped on that. We lived near the beach and it was the bay which is much calmer than the ocean. So we got on the raft and fell asleep. When we woke up we could not see land anymore. (Well ok we could see it but it was far away) so we panic. One of our oh so kind friends came out on his SeeDoo and drug us back in. We were so damn sunburned I had to stay in bed for a week. The kicker was and it took me years to get over this, all our friends were on the beach laughing as they watched us float away. Not one of those no good fools cared enough to wake us or come get us before we went too far. My brother was one of those fools. They were in tears they were laughing at us so hard. Part of the problem was we went in during high tide and when low tide came we got drug out with the water. I seriously thought we were going to die being the drama queen that I am. I imagined every movie in the world where people got lost at sea. I am sure any one of them will tell you we were not that far out but we were past the pier an the rocks that extending quite a ways past that. We might have been able to swim back if not for 2nd degree sun burn we had.

So that is my story, all typed out it does not sound as funny. Good times I tell ya. I miss that town every day of my life! (Ok not everyday but I have some good memories growing up in a beach town) I can imagine if there were any helicopters flying by how funny we looked. Two lobsters on a baseball mitt. The pilot would probably question his own sanity.

Me and my friend recovered from our sun poisoning and mortal embarrassment at needing to be rescued. No cute baywatch looking guy came and got us either. We spent a week laid up too sore to even apply aloe on our selves so we had to hear our mothers reaming us out for a week.

Actually I think your story is very funny and I did LOL. I had a complete visual of you and your friend floating out to sea while your friends and brother just watched and laughed at you. My friends and my brothers are the same kind of people and have laughed at me plenty of times during situations where they should have been helping. It sucks that you ended up getting such a bad sunburn because of it though. I really know how that feels since I had second degree burns on half of my body after falling asleep by the pool in Vegas one summer. Of course everybody I was with just let me sleep and didn't bother waking me up. Needless to say I had sun poisoning and when my burns finally healed I peeled for almost 5 months. It was horrible, so I feel your pain. That must have been really cool growing up in a beach town, I would have loved it since I'm a water baby.

Thanks for sharing your story with me I really did enjoy it. :goodvibes

Been reading along for a while now-figured it was time I stopped lurking. Love your report so far-especially all the pictures. Can't wait for you to add some more.

Hello :wave: and welcome! I'm so glad you came out of lurkdom.

Glad you like the TR so far and that you are enjoying the pics. I'm working on an update right now with plenty more pictures so stick with me. :goodvibes