12/14/2008 4 Night Wonder

[jle838]

thank you for everyone who participated on the FE exchange. the children were really happy. i got seasick the first night, and my head is still spinning but i've already reserved a 7 day cruise!

 

[OKW93]

We made it home last night by 11:30, showered and in bed by midnight.
We are planning a 7 day to make up for the four day we suffered through.
Actually, we did manage to enjoy ourselves. It just felt like a working vacation, having to keep up with my parents.
OKW, sorry we never met. It would have been nice to see someone from the Dis boards. I was a little disappointed to see very little door decorations around. I guess they're more popular on the 7 day and longer cruises.
Hope everyone had a fun time. I'm thinking of doing a trip report, photo's included. I have this great shot of my parents on a jet ski. That alone was worth the cost of the entire trip!
Maybe we'll meet up on another cruise.

We just had our Mickey ears on our door. We do get more festive on the longer cruises. I liked your Castaway poem! My dh got sick the first night after earlier at dinner when someone not feeling good did not quite make it out of the restaurant which wasn't a real pleasant dining experience. Four days goes by so quickly! But it was a nice getaway. And we certainly had decent weather ( after the first rocky night of course--I say that for those who did get sick--luckily I was fine). When is your 7 day? We re-booked our 2010 Transatlantic because we got a discount. That was nice. Well Happy Holidays and I'll look for that trip report.

Susan

 

[ArmandXG]

We haven't actually narrowed it down yet, but are seriously considering a transatlantic. I wanted to re-book on the ship, but it takes some time and a lot of consideration for me to choose.
Glad you liked my poem. It was originally written for the Magic but I had to change it.
For those who didn't see it. Here is the original:
Oh let me be on Castaway Cay
Where the Magic can take me away
The sun, the sand, the sounds of a Calypso band
I wish I could spend more than a day...

I'm going to start on my trip report later today. Got to go get Christmas dinner and other stuff in a few!

 

[OKW93]

If decide to do the Trans Atlantic it will hopefully be the Westbound. We are sighed up and so is adnil530. The have a really cool thread going with a role call and photos and fish extender sign ups. You might think it was going to happen next week instead of September 18, 2010! But I know it will be here before you know it. Happy Christmasing!

 

[OKW93]

Looks like this thread is fading away. I just stopped to say I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and all best wished for a fine 2009!!! See you out there on the Dis Boards!

 

[adnil530]

Hi to all who may still be subscribing. We got back last Saturday (1/3/09) after spending an additional 2 1/2 weeks in Florida. We could not have asked for better weather!

The cruise was absolutely fantastic. We met Susan & Michael. We looked into rebooking the Westbound Transatlantic cruise we have booked for 9/2010, but category 3 or above is not eligible for the onboard booking discount so there would not be a reason to rebook that cruise for us. What we did was book a dummy booking, 2 category 5's that I hope to rebook for a westbound Panama crossing (possibly in 2011?). If not, I can cancel and get the deposit back.

I also met Joanne and her family briefly (she caught me and I caught her feeding the fish extenders!). I finally went over at dinner and introduced myself. The fish extender exchange was a great experience. All participants went beyond what was expected. It seemed that every time we left our stateroom we would come back and find a surprise in our extender. Such a treat. My daughters thought this was the norm...go away, come back and someone left something for you.

My special treat was the Australian newspaper left by Jenna. Many thanks go your way Jenna. It was such a thrill for me to read The Tasmanian! I truely appreciate that did that for me. You have no idea how much this simple request meant to me. I love reading. I like nonfiction and throughly enjoy newspapers, news talk radio and wake up to news on the TV. I read every word of that newspaper and will read it over and over again. Even the classifieds! What a joy and I thank you.

I am sorry that some had a problem with the high seas we experienced that first night. I have to say that I am so glad that we didn't. My tink*girl had a few moments, but they passed quickly.

I could go on for a few pages, but I only wanted to stop by and say Hi and parting is such sorrow. I can't wait for our next cruise! This trip for us was awesome and hope to do it again and again. Perhaps we will get our "own ship" here in CA in 2011.

Everyone take care,
Linda