Hi. I just 'officially' joined DIS but have been reading TP's for some time now. This one is especially enjoyable to me as I live in Melbourne, about 30 minutes north of Vero, right up A1A.
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thanks for joining and delurking! We drove through there on our way to the port.
I teach Kindergarten, and we take our students to the Barrier Island Sanctuary every year for a field trip. They love it, we love it- it's so cool to live in this area. Old Florida at it's best. Glad you enjoyed it too, and how neat that you saw hatchlings! I've lived in Florida for 13 years and have seen tons of turtles laying eggs, but never hatchlings. Amazing, isn't it?!
Oh what a wonderful field trip that would be! The emergence was really amazing, most of the staff with us had never seen one either and definitely not on the same night as a nesting. I will never forget it.
What wonderful news about your friends! God is so good!
God is good!
I called that big grey boat/ship the Port Police but I'm not sure that's what it really was. I do know that there were quite a few men in uniform with guns on it when we docked in Nassau.
If memory serves it appeared to be part of the Bahamian Navy and was definitely a working boat. Even if it just sits there and looks official and threatening.
Nassau does look really pretty from the outside looking in. It's just what "in" that's so dirty and nasty. I'm looking forward to hearing what ya'll did the rest of the day.
So very true. I think you saw much more of the highs and lows than we did but yes, that is exactly it. It's sad all around.
Oh my goodness! I thought I was the only one who put the regular coffee mugs up and brought out Christmas ones for the season.
Nope! It is the first thing I do, the day after thanksgiving, the mug swap!
Then again I do it a little each season, I have some Halloween ones, one for valentines but need to work on my other seasons. I would have bought a Halloween one on the Oct trip but didn't really care for the design.
So glad that you were able to replace the OKW mug, but what a bummer about the Vero one.
I do hope that Disney fixes that problem. There is no reason they should make mugs that aren't dishwasher safe in this day and age.
There is no reason, I can't understand it at all. Basically the designs are like a vinyl applique on the mug. Looks great but melts right off. I hope they fix it too, the designs themselves are adorable.
Wow... I had some comments but then I went to listen to Mary Ellen's tribute to Tracy... and I was just so blown away... That was truly lovely and wow... Mary Ellen -you are really very talented...
Isn't she amazing!
I'm glad Cynthia about your two friends having some positive news about their cancer...
I hope their outcomes continue to be positive...
Me too, they've been fighting such long hard battles with such strength.
Hmmm... Nassau... I'm not sure how I feel about it... it's one of the reasons I think I might like the Alaskan cruise...even though the ship is older...I would love that kind of scenery... I've also wondered if Iwanted warmer how some of the cruises that stop in Mexico... East or West would be from that perspective...
The ship is gorgeous either way...
Personally I can't say that we noticed the "older" part of things at all. There is a lot I preferred on the Wonder, and other things I preferred on the Dream. It is a bit like comparing apples to oranges, between the length and ports being so vastly different. Overall Alaska would definitely win for Jeff, probably for me as well and then the Dream would win for the E's. Really for them though it's all about
Castaway Cay (not to spoil anything lol!). That said, we (Jeff and I) did like the stateroom quite a bit more on the Dream.
For me, though Jeff would do Alaska again, I'd lean towards the Med, or one of the Fantasy itineraries. We will see.
So happy to hear good news about your friends battling cancer. And sorry to hear about the loss of Jeff's colleague.
It was an up and down day to be sure. Thanks
Totally agree with you on Nassau and can't believe how expensive the Atlantis excursions are.... holy cow!!!
It's ridiculous and buying directly at Atlantis doesn't really save you anything. The Comfort Suites option is lovely if you are a family of 4 but other than that, yikes. Plus I am convinced we'd lose Eric there. The size of it scares me.
Also in violent agreement on the mugs. HOW can you make one that doesn't go in the dishwasher?
I wouldn't even think to look.
Nor should we have to! Crazy, whoever sourced that vendor and agreed to it is nuts. And probably costing Disney a bit in replacement merchandise.
Regarding New Year's Eve planning, not sure if you listen to the DIS Unplugged podcast but they just did an episode reviewing the evening and had really positive things to say. Crowded, of course, but they said it was really cool. Almost tempts me to try it...
Oh good to know! I do but haven't in a bit so have a nice backlog of ones to listen to, I tend to go in spurts. I am nervous, I think with the way the calendar falls it will be very crowded for most or all of our trip, but I'm excited at the same time.
Saved the picture to my phone so I can look.
thanks!
I thought I remembered a replacement mug and I did remember the email to merchandising but not sure which mug got melted. Well now I guess it is both... at one time or another.
I agree something NOT dishwasher safe....
Very poor buying decision on their part.