Ellen - I've been following your trip report for a while (and Jen's too) - I'm from Westfield it's fun following a neighbor... following .... not stalking... I swear. I've had DS and DH read your trip report to get an idea of what our cruise will be like - we sail on 2/19. Buh bye ice and snow!
I keep wondering if DS Jake has played Timmy in a sport because he looks so familiar. Jake's also 11. Does Timmy play basketball or soccer? Of course he could look familiar because I've been reading your trip report for weeks now...
I hope your report is complete before I leave for my cruise ... no pressure
Hi Lisa!!! How cool!! You live just next door- I am right on the border of Scotch Plains and Westfield- I can hear the pool from my deck in the summer.
Wish I could hear that sweet sound right now.
FYI- the ice is CRAZY this morning- I took Timmy & his friend to baseball practice, and as I was making a left from Dudley onto Mountain Ave I saw a big accident to the right, and up Mountain there were 2 more. On the way back, four cars in accidents on East Broad. BE CAREFUL!!!!
I think we might go to Theresa's tonight, I have a craving!! How funny we live so close!
My kids play Baseball and basketball- but Timmy plays Basketball in the rec league- so I think we just play other SP kids. But please say hi if you ever see me around town- you have the big advantage of knowing what I look like, you know!
aww man good to know not to order room services when it rains LOL
I was going to say the refillable beer mug looks small from the balcony room pics with Pods, but then I saw a better view in the next pic. its a NICE SIZE!! hmm good to know for next time! lol
and I so would have pulled what you did, ate the burger, ate the room service then go to dinner LOL
The mug was a good size- they actually didn't have any to sell on this cruise, they were backordered or something, but Pods brought his from our last cruise and still got the bigger beer for the smaller price!
Unfortunately....the mug broke after the cruise before we went home. I couldn't BELIEVE how po'd Pods was! He certainly let the expletives fly on that one.
Who knew he was so attached??
And I took a BITE of the room service- I didn't eat the whole thing. Pods was there, I think he would have been grossed out for good if I would have polished all of that off!
Wonderful trip report. I'm loving it!!!
Thank you so much for saying so!! It makes me feel GREAT to know people are enjoying the trip with me!
I love getting to know the CMs too and when they share their personal stories. In 2007 we met a Dream Team CM who blessed us with an afternoon long Dream doing various things around the park from watching the fireworks from the Astro Orbitor deck to waving in the boats on IASW (the girls got to be on deck, cried like a baby as it's my alltime favorite) but anyway......during that time we got to find out about her children, husband, career before Disney (she was retired); it was truly so special.
Those are the moments that make Disney so magcial.
Oh and Grey Goose slushies too.
What a great experience THAT must have been!!! I teared up a little just reading it!
WHEN you go on the
Disney Cruise....you will have tons of CM interactions like that (well, not winning the Dream thing, but getting to know the CMs). Because you see these CMs repeatedly on the ship, you really get to know their stories- what is often most fascinating, is that their stories are international, and can involve incredible circumstances that brought them to life on a cruise ship. Really, really cool.
Oh- and your last line-
Morning Ellen !!! I loved watching the ice carving when I was on my 1 and only cruise many years ago!!! How great to have Dis friends to chat with!!!
DIS friends are a very good thing, Rosie!! Mornin!!!