The McSparklesons Sail the Magic... AGAIN! $500 Potato Chips! 3/13

[karajeboo]

Originally Posted by CRdisMom

Mmmmm pie! On my list to do in August. As is the conch place. I guess I'll fit right in since I'm a freak baby! Lol. I can see Ally's eyes when that guy was talking to her. Lol

He totally fit the part, too! Nice guy, really, and bless her heart for being polite when I know she wanted to run and hide.

Originally Posted by lafa

OH NO!!!

This sounds familiar! Last year on our second Cabo stop, I stayed on the ship with my kids, while my brother and husband explored the bars...Cabo Wabo and Senor Frogs.

Well, the ship started moving and I had no idea where they were!! I called Guest Services and asked if they could tell me if they were ON the ship. The wonderful CM told me YES!

ONE HOUR later my husband opens the cabin door (trips over the threshold) and falls into bed. Yeah, my brother made it to dinner but my husband didn't! And my husband can usually handle his tequila. To this day, he swears someone put something in his drink!!

Hope your hubby made it back!

(love your TRs btw!!!)

I can only imagine!!!!!

Originally Posted by Jillpie

Cliffhanger, c'mon you cannot make us wait tonite, Dis rules say you have to come back this minute, with an answer.

Sorry, you must wait, young grasshopper......

Originally Posted by tony64

Kermit's for Key Lime Pie is now on the list.

I hope Jeff made it? If he did I bet he still got "the look" for not letting you know he'd made it back in time.

There is another place that people say is "the best" called Blue Heaven. It's kind of down toward the Southernmost point (that's actually north of the southernmost point.....). But when we met Jeff's buddy, he pointed us right across the street to Kermit's.... and I can't imagine anything better than that. I do know they have several locations, too.

Originally Posted by MAGICFOR2

Poor bored Ally! I know you made it up to her by buying her a D&B wallet or something right? The pie looks yummy. I have never eaten a Key Lime Pie that wasn't bitter. I finally gave up.

Now I have slipped over the edge and the rocks are falling all around me....my...hands...are....slipping.... COME BACK!!!!

This pie was not bitter AT ALL! It was sweet, with just a bit of tang. Ally has now perfected her own key lime pie that actually rivals ole Kermit's..... So yummy!

Originally Posted by JKSWonder

We took the trolley tour (a green and orange trolley?) on Key West. It was o.k., just something we could do with the kids. It did pass by and point out Jimmy Buffet's studio, so I guess we were on a different ride from you.

I can't remember what or where we ate, though I must have fed them something. I know we had chocolate covered key lime pie on a stick at one point.

I think I might like to visit here again, sans kids. We didn't visit any of the bars because they were with us, but I did make them go to the wine store that was a few blocks from the Port. I picked up a Key Lime Wine and a pineapple flavored wine. It was a tiny place, but the people there were nice and offered me a wine tasting of a few things which made them even nicer!

Well, it might have been the same train, but remember, between Station #3 and #4 I was thinking of #2..... so I missed a lot!

I think I could do it better without kids, too. It would be more of a pub crawl, which is not something we get to do too much these days, so it might be more of a pub stop and crawl back to the ship????

Originally Posted by kgoldenh

Kermit's rocks!!! We stopped at every place we could think of so that Addie could try her pie. Kermit's was her fave over all. Loved that place.

Oh Kara - you are so right about the train. It was like our trip all over again. We ended up at one stop and had to wait almost 45 minutes for a vehicle that was not packed. We ended up walking a lot - which was good considering how much key lime pie we had had.

OK I am ready to read the next installment.

Kate

Wait, it's almost like we were on the same cruise? We WERE on the same cruise!!!! Was Brian your trolley driver? Just look for the dozen or so empty Gatorade bottles in his lap.....

So which key lime pie place did you vote #1? We only had the nasty chocolate covered frozen on a stick and the delicious Kermit's!

[saintstickets]

Originally Posted by karajeboo

Everyone asks, "Where is the best key lime pie in Key West?"

Right here, my friends, right here.



Well, at least I think it was good. Jeff had one bite. I had one bite and another trailing nibble, while Ally snarfed it down.

But let me just say.... it was goooooooood!

That key lime pie REALLY looks good. DW keeps trying to talk me into us taking a cruise but then she asks about the life insurance. There's a pattern here that makes me wonder......

[Wicket's Mom]

I need me some freak time, gotta get my freak on, baby! Walmart isn't doiing it for me anymore!

I can just imaging Ally rolling her eyes at that guy, kids her age are so judgemental about coolness!

[kgoldenh]

Originally Posted by karajeboo

Wait, it's almost like we were on the same cruise? We WERE on the same cruise!!!! Was Brian your trolley driver? Just look for the dozen or so empty Gatorade bottles in his lap.....

So which key lime pie place did you vote #1? We only had the nasty chocolate covered frozen on a stick and the delicious Kermit's!

Oh Kara. you are so helping to keep the trip alive. DD read over my shoulder and said - oh I remember those cool green toes. I loved that color.

Kermits = #1 we also had key lime gum, key lime icecream and bought a key lime candle. hmm DD loves the key lime. the chocolate covered by the ship was not totally terrible but....

impatiently waiting for more TR.

K

[karajeboo]

Originally Posted by saintstickets

That key lime pie REALLY looks good. DW keeps trying to talk me into us taking a cruise but then she asks about the life insurance. There's a pattern here that makes me wonder......

Hmmm, now while I'm quite concerned for your safety , there would be no better way to go, in my opinion!

Originally Posted by Wicket's Mom

I need me some freak time, gotta get my freak on, baby! Walmart isn't doiing it for me anymore!

I can just imaging Ally rolling her eyes at that guy, kids her age are so judgemental about coolness!

I know!!! I mean, every day she judges MY coolness! What's up with THAT????

Originally Posted by kgoldenh

Oh Kara. you are so helping to keep the trip alive. DD read over my shoulder and said - oh I remember those cool green toes. I loved that color.

Kermits = #1 we also had key lime gum, key lime icecream and bought a key lime candle. hmm DD loves the key lime. the chocolate covered by the ship was not totally terrible but....

impatiently waiting for more TR.

K

Wow! That is a lot of key lime!!!! I forgot all about Ally's toes!!!

[KristiMc]

Ok - now that my cruise is over back to reading your trip report. Ally looked so enthused on the bus tour - glad you got her the pie to make her happy - it was her birthday after all .

[Beth D]

My mom would have found out everything about freak guy, including all his jobs, houses, kids or partners, etc... his favorite color, siblings, you name it!

[jenseib]

I'm loving the freak stories. My kids would probably have been the same way..notfreaky but not too happy to have freaks around them

[rndmr2]

Glad you started your TR back up! Sorry Ally didn't like Key West! Your Tour Bus driver must have been a piece of work! LOL

[karajeboo]

Quick update to let you know that Jeff DID make the ship and I did NOT have to see an attorney when we got home.....

When we got back on the ship, Tammie went to look for the girls but I was absolutely FAMISHED!!!! I had not eaten dinner, between Gatorade driver and Freak boy, so my first stop was up to Pluto's for some good ole greasy food!



I sat right up on deck, watching the port, and the runners, as they were rushing to get back on the ship.

I'm sure DCL isn't too bad, but I can only imagine how many people miss their ship when they arrive on those "booze cruise" itineraries.....

As I snarfed down my burger and fries (and it was one of the BEST burgers ever.... what little I tasted of it!), I just kept thinking, "so help me, if he doesn't make it on this ship....."

So I decided to get a couple of nighttime shots in case this was our last cruise together.... Not to mention nobody was around this night! I had the decks to myself!



















After filling my belly I raced down to the theater to try to find Tammie and the girls for the hypnotist show in the Walt Disney Theater.... As soon as I walked in I saw Tammie and grabbed a chair by her. She informed me the girls were front and center..... oy vey.

Before long, I felt the ship moving and knew we were on our way... Well, this was it! Either he's on the ship, or he's not. And since we are in the US, I should be getting a text.....

Nope. But luckily I just happened to look over and he was coming down the aisle to join us in the theater!

LUCKY BOY!!!!!

Dale K was the hypnotist and he was on our cruise LAST spring break too! Funny funny guy! And of the 8 or 9 people chosen to by hypnotized on stage, only 3 or 4 actually went under - the rest he realized were "trying" to be hypnotized , but it just wasn't working. It was a lot of fun and I think the girls enjoyed hanging out up front where the action was!

After the show, Jeff and I wanted to watch our beloved Buckeyes in the Final Four so we headed to Diversions for the game. Lots of lots of Buckeyes on the ship so we had a great time, despite going down in flames.....



Diversions is a really fun sports bar and the crowd was having a great time too!

We had taken the wave phone with us this night so Ally could reach us, and soon she called to ask if she could head back to the room. Typically, we give her the run of the ship BUT the rule is that she is NOT to go into our room or anyone else's room without us. We actually try to discourage her from hanging around the cabins at all and stick to public areas..... You just never know.

So we told her to go ahead to the room and we'd be back shortly. And then we made a dreadful mistake. Jeff said, "Tell her to order something from room service - I'm starving!" So I relayed his message.

About 2 minutes later I get a call back, "Mama, I think you need to come back here. I think I ordered everything on the menu!"

Of course my immediate response was.... She started to get upset, trying to explain that she ordered a cheese plate, but the lady on the other end said, "no cheese plate" so Ally tried to order other things and there seemed to be a language barrier. I'm guessing that barrier was that Ally was born and raised in South Carolina and the woman on the other end didn't understand "y'all" or "fixin" so when I laughed at her explanation she just begged us to come back!

When we got back to the room I called room service and found out that she had done a great job - she actually DID order a cheese plate and pizza and we all just plopped down on the floor and snarfed it all down!!!!!



That was one thing we said we would do this trip that we didn't do last trip - order a cheese plate from room service.

Check!

Up next, SEA DAY!!!!

[rndmr2]

Thank God Jeff made it!

Awesome night pics of the pool. The hypnotist show sounds like fun, there was one when we were on our Honeymoon and that was fun, too (it was a Princess cruise). You have to wonder sometimes, though if people are faking it or not.

Gotta love a good cheese plate!!

[saintstickets]

Fantastic TR karajeboo!

Originally Posted by karajeboo

Dale K was the hypnotist and he was on our cruise LAST spring break too! Funny funny guy! And of the 8 or 9 people chosen to by hypnotized on stage, only 3 or 4 actually went under - the rest he realized were "trying" to be hypnotized , but it just wasn't working. It was a lot of fun and I think the girls enjoyed hanging out up front where the action was!

I love these shows. DW and I saw one at the Isle of Capri Casino in Biloxi, MS that literally had us falling out of our seats we were laughing so hard. If I can ever get up the courage to take DW on a cruise (she keeps asking about life insurance in the same sentence as talking about a cruise!), I hope they will still have a hypnotist performing.

Originally Posted by karajeboo

We had taken the wave phone with us this night so Ally could reach us, and soon she called to ask if she could head back to the room. Typically, we give her the run of the ship BUT the rule is that she is NOT to go into our room or anyone else's room without us. We actually try to discourage her from hanging around the cabins at all and stick to public areas..... You just never know.

So we told her to go ahead to the room and we'd be back shortly. And then we made a dreadful mistake. Jeff said, "Tell her to order something from room service - I'm starving!" So I relayed his message.

About 2 minutes later I get a call back, "Mama, I think you need to come back here. I think I ordered everything on the menu!"

Of course my immediate response was.... She started to get upset, trying to explain that she ordered a cheese plate, but the lady on the other end said, "no cheese plate" so Ally tried to order other things and there seemed to be a language barrier. I'm guessing that barrier was that Ally was born and raised in South Carolina and the woman on the other end didn't understand "y'all" or "fixin" so when I laughed at her explanation she just begged us to come back!

When we got back to the room I called room service and found out that she had done a great job - she actually DID order a cheese plate and pizza and we all just plopped down on the floor and snarfed it all down!!!!!

That was one thing we said we would do this trip that we didn't do last trip - order a cheese plate from room service.

Check!

Of course this is something that is on everyone's bucket list to do on a cruise! I can sympathize about the language barrier since we're from Mississippi. What's not to understand about "y'all are fixin' to break something if you keep fiddlin' with that"!. And another thing, thank you for spelling it y'all instead of ya'll. Down South we may talk funny but we do know proper grammar for contractions...it's y'all for you all...what the heck is ya'll for? Okay, okay, we know about contractions but not about ending a sentence in a preposition!

[hardingk]

Another great update! What cabin were you in again?

[Cheryl726]

Great pics of the pool deck at night! Love that!

[tony64]

Phew,glad Jeff made it back on time.
We've not ordered room service, I don't know where we'd put the food, we are always so stuffed with all the others meals we have had on board that we couldn't face anything else.

That's not to say we won't make the extra effort to squeeze it in on our next trip.