Last night while trying to go to sleep, I kept hearing a rattling sound and everything was kinda shaking. It felt like sleeping in a freight train. I heard some awful sound for a while and figured out it was mom going out on her verandah in the next room. I went out on ours and the wind was horrible, felt like I was being thrown overboard and the waves looked really rough. Not any rocking really just alot of shaking and rattling.
We told our servers that they would not be seeing us at 6 something, no offense but we were going back to WDW and were not being picked up before our time. We all went to topsiders around 7:45 or so. Very hard to find a table(especially since no one was crazy enough to eat outside) so we found a whole empty section over by the closed buffet(probably were not supposed to be there but there was not a sign or ropes and we had no place to sit.)
We walked right off the ship and what a rude awakening we got! It was absolutely freezing and the wind was horrible. I don't think it got out of the 50's today so it was either in the 40's or 50's when we walked off. We got all of our luggage and walked to the towncar tent and got all loaded up and we were off. I can't say enough about your ride and the people that they contracted for some of the legs, Alladin Tours.
Weather was absolutely perfect all week until Saturday. 85-90's all week. It threatened to rain at the 2nd CC but it didn't. Not too hot or too cold. We were really blessed.
One really cool thing that happened this week was: A couple of days before we left, I got a pm from a dismember Jon in SC that hadn't posted on the 11/22 thread but had a 6 year old who was also very shy and didn't think she would do the clubs. I wrote back that his daughter and Michaela should get together, sounded like a great match. I never heard back from him. I didn't know if I would make it to the dismeet so I told anyone who didn't find me, to contact me in rooms 7528 or 7530, I didn't know which I would be sleeping in. I don't know which day but it was fairly early in the cruise, my mom was on the verandah of 7530 and some lady peeked over the barrier from 7532. She said "Hello, neighbor" and my mom thought that was alittle strange. Well then she said "Do you have a 6 year old in your cabin?" and mom said yes. The lady said "I think my husband and your daughter have been talking on the internet", my mom thought it was my teenager and was about to kill her. She came and got me and I met Jon, his wife and kids. After I left town, they saw my post, thought the room sounded familiar and went and pulled out their docs. Very small world! My daughter never stopped asking about playing with their daughter Katie all week. We tried a couple of times but it never worked out. We had early seating, they had late. Katie ended up doing the clubs, mine didn't, etc.
We headed to the Beach Club to check in and our room wasn't ready until nearly 3pm. We basically took over the Solarium room and the kids did their homework. Mine love Stormalong bay and that is why we stay before and after and they were not thrilled they couldn't swim. About 1:30 or 2pm, I finally subcomed and went to watch them swim. No way was I getting in that water. They mostly did the hot tub. I thought for sure they would get sick.
We did Whispering Canyon cafe for dinner, not too happy that they wouldn't accept my Disney Visa reward card but dinner was good. I had booked the Wishes fireworks cruise for that night and they picked us up from Wilderness lodge dock. It was absolutely amazing but freezing. We were bundled up in blankets and jackets/sweatshirts that I got at the gift shop earlier but we froze. But it was great and we saw the electric light parade from a different view just a few feet away on the water!
We had Boma for Breakfast on Sunday and then let the kids swim until 1pm. It was going to get to 70 today and probably mid 60's when we swam. I ran them into the bathroom to change and went out for our 1:30 pm pickup from your ride. They were there on time, if not early. We were at the airport by 2pm and checked in a few feet from the van. It took maybe 5 minutes. The Delta room down by the walk out flights was packed and most flights were overbooked by 1 or 2 but ours wasn't and it was only about 5 minutes late and then we were home unfortunately.
We had a few family fights here and there but all in all it was an amazing 11 days! Since then, it has been horrible, my dad's heart attack, my grandmother's knee surgery delayed, my step dad Len was in the ER yesterday and I have had maybe 15 hours sleep all week. I have put over 100 miles on the car each day trying to be everywhere, I am in desperate need of a vacation! Unfortunately, no one here is very sympathetic!
If you are still with me, thank you for staying. If you have any questions, let me know!
We told our servers that they would not be seeing us at 6 something, no offense but we were going back to WDW and were not being picked up before our time. We all went to topsiders around 7:45 or so. Very hard to find a table(especially since no one was crazy enough to eat outside) so we found a whole empty section over by the closed buffet(probably were not supposed to be there but there was not a sign or ropes and we had no place to sit.)
We walked right off the ship and what a rude awakening we got! It was absolutely freezing and the wind was horrible. I don't think it got out of the 50's today so it was either in the 40's or 50's when we walked off. We got all of our luggage and walked to the towncar tent and got all loaded up and we were off. I can't say enough about your ride and the people that they contracted for some of the legs, Alladin Tours.
Weather was absolutely perfect all week until Saturday. 85-90's all week. It threatened to rain at the 2nd CC but it didn't. Not too hot or too cold. We were really blessed.
One really cool thing that happened this week was: A couple of days before we left, I got a pm from a dismember Jon in SC that hadn't posted on the 11/22 thread but had a 6 year old who was also very shy and didn't think she would do the clubs. I wrote back that his daughter and Michaela should get together, sounded like a great match. I never heard back from him. I didn't know if I would make it to the dismeet so I told anyone who didn't find me, to contact me in rooms 7528 or 7530, I didn't know which I would be sleeping in. I don't know which day but it was fairly early in the cruise, my mom was on the verandah of 7530 and some lady peeked over the barrier from 7532. She said "Hello, neighbor" and my mom thought that was alittle strange. Well then she said "Do you have a 6 year old in your cabin?" and mom said yes. The lady said "I think my husband and your daughter have been talking on the internet", my mom thought it was my teenager and was about to kill her. She came and got me and I met Jon, his wife and kids. After I left town, they saw my post, thought the room sounded familiar and went and pulled out their docs. Very small world! My daughter never stopped asking about playing with their daughter Katie all week. We tried a couple of times but it never worked out. We had early seating, they had late. Katie ended up doing the clubs, mine didn't, etc.
We headed to the Beach Club to check in and our room wasn't ready until nearly 3pm. We basically took over the Solarium room and the kids did their homework. Mine love Stormalong bay and that is why we stay before and after and they were not thrilled they couldn't swim. About 1:30 or 2pm, I finally subcomed and went to watch them swim. No way was I getting in that water. They mostly did the hot tub. I thought for sure they would get sick.
We did Whispering Canyon cafe for dinner, not too happy that they wouldn't accept my Disney Visa reward card but dinner was good. I had booked the Wishes fireworks cruise for that night and they picked us up from Wilderness lodge dock. It was absolutely amazing but freezing. We were bundled up in blankets and jackets/sweatshirts that I got at the gift shop earlier but we froze. But it was great and we saw the electric light parade from a different view just a few feet away on the water!
We had Boma for Breakfast on Sunday and then let the kids swim until 1pm. It was going to get to 70 today and probably mid 60's when we swam. I ran them into the bathroom to change and went out for our 1:30 pm pickup from your ride. They were there on time, if not early. We were at the airport by 2pm and checked in a few feet from the van. It took maybe 5 minutes. The Delta room down by the walk out flights was packed and most flights were overbooked by 1 or 2 but ours wasn't and it was only about 5 minutes late and then we were home unfortunately.
We had a few family fights here and there but all in all it was an amazing 11 days! Since then, it has been horrible, my dad's heart attack, my grandmother's knee surgery delayed, my step dad Len was in the ER yesterday and I have had maybe 15 hours sleep all week. I have put over 100 miles on the car each day trying to be everywhere, I am in desperate need of a vacation! Unfortunately, no one here is very sympathetic!
If you are still with me, thank you for staying. If you have any questions, let me know!
I hope everyone is better soon.
