20050618 - June 18, 2005 - Magic to Mexico

[CoastalCA]

What a great vacation!!
Thank you, Rae Ann for the great lunchbox filled with goodies!! That was so kind of you. I was disappointed that I didn't get to properly thank you for it. I was hoping I'd run into you later on the boat.
I enjoyed meeting everyone, if ever so briefly.
Anne, it was fun running into you and your DH at Palo and tequilla tasting!!
DLander, Abby really enjoyed spending time with Taylor in Cabo. Her poor head got sunburned with her new hair braids!! They are still in, BYW. They still look great!!

I'm still getting thru the laundry! Tomorrow, back to work. Arggg.

Rene'

 

[CACruisin']

Wow! What a wonderful week we had and it was made so much better by getting to know each of you in person!

Rae Ann, we clearly had the same ideas for Palo. Everytime we went, you were there too! Rene, we enjoyed our "grown up" afternoon on Friday with brunch and tequila tasting. It was fun to bump into you both times. dlander, I hope your DH enjoyed the galley tour and tequila tasting also.

The zipline in PV were AWESOME! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you, Mickie for watching our youngest so I could "ride the lines" too. It was a great day!
It was such fun to be there with RaeAnn and dlander's families.

Randi's was as good as we hoped. No jellyfish! DD2 and I played in the water for a couple of hours while RaeAnn's crew, Holly's crew, and Bev's crew all rode the horses with DH and the older kids. TallMidgetGirl, DD had a great time riding with you! Bev, DD had fun playing with your DD on wednesday, too. I'm sorry that we never got them hooked up again. DD's just really weren't that into the Lab.

DB, fun to bump into your family on the Cabo tender. Hope you had a good time at the beach. We ended up renting a couple of waverunners for 40 minutes and had a blast before returning to the ship to retrieve our youngest from Flounders.

Rae Ann, thanks for the wonderful goodie box. Our youngest loved the squishy ball and it was always part of our dinner "entertainment" One night she apparently left it at our table because it was waiting for her the next day at her plate. Our assistant server, Gemma, had found it and had fun playing with it too.

All of the wonderful fish items througout the week were wonderful -- thanks Jen!

Dave, your Music CD ended up in DH's computer bag and has already returned home (the kids and I are spending the week at my parents), but I can't wait to listen to it. Thanks!

We did rebook onboard for a 7 day eastern next spring and a 7 day western next summer. Our plan is to move one or maybe both of those into 2007/8 however. Although we had plenty of time at Flounders and DD loved going there, I don't want to cruise with a 2 year old again, and maybe not until she is out of the "nap" years. The two days that she had a decent nap she was her usual wonderful self. The other days were not pretty by dinner time. She did love the three main stage shows, but the variety shows/comedians didn't hold her interest so either DH or I ended up taking her back to the stateroom. In general we did missed a lot of the night time activities.

Again, we had a wonderful time with all of you! The world stopped "rocking" today so now I am tackling the mountain of laundry. We'll be uploading pictures in a week or so. PM if you would like a cd.
Take care!
Anna

 

[mexicocruiser]

Hi everyone,
Just a quick post as I am off to work today I joined your group at the last minute and I just want to say THANK YOU for letting me part of this fun "club". Our DD met up with another truly DD in the terminal (thanks to the lime green tie in and Rae Ann's family shirts). Mack had the time of her life with Taylor - how fun that two only kiddos the exact same age met in such a small DIS group!!! AMAZING. The fun gifts were a great surprise....day after day. Had a great time playing name that tune with the CD - we are actually making a slide show of our pictures on photo story 3 using songs from the CD!!

Rae Ann - pm me your email - I have a great photo of your cutie with Minnie I will send on!!

Thanks everyone - it was great to meet you all!!
Cindy Dandoy

 

[CruisingCA2005]

Cindy: My email is raeann@gmail.com

I have 1 more load of laundry to do but have 2 suitcases full of "stuff" to unpack. We thought we'd have a lot of extra room returning since we no longer had goodie boxes, goodies for staff/Randi, etc but our suitcases were packed!! Must be all of DD's lipgloss. LOL.

We were able to meet everyone except Tink - who was probably relaxing at the adults pool rather than dealing with all the kids at the Mickey pool.

Thank you thank you thank you for all of the surprises!

I'm not sure who dropped off the glow sticks but look at what crazy DH did with them on pirate night....

 

[CACruisin']

LOL - Great picture with the glow sticks! I'd love a CD with your pictures too. I'll sort through our pic's next week when we actually get home and try and post some.

Started packing on Friday in an organized fashion, by 9:45pm it was a free-for-all with everything going in any available space. It has made unpacking pretty interesting. I thought I had finished the laundry, but just found some more that had been "stashed" in the sand bucket. I can't really put things away yet since we are visiting my parents this week in Northern CA. I have repacked everything though so the kids only need to look in 1 suitcase a piece to find their stuff -- not digging through 15 suitcases and bags.

We had a great time with everyone. Thanks again for a great cruise!

 

[dlander]

Raeann: Your DH is a hoot!!

Anna: I am glad you made it through (most) of your laundry I am glad I was able to do laundry early morning in Cabo. Met another nice guy doing his laundry. DH and I enjoyed chatting. It is so nice meeting great people everywhere on the ship!

I sure do miss running into everyone on the ship.

 

[DBinMV]

I'm still working on my trip report, but I got some pictures up. Unfortunately, it's at the Costco Photo Center site, and it requires registration.

My Cruise Photos

Thanks again to everyone for your advice, assistance, gifts, humor, and friendly "hellos" onboard. It was easily one of the best vacations I've ever had.

I hope to run into you all again around DIS or the parks or even a cruise ship.

Best wishes,

DBinMV

 

[Hollyster2]

I really wish I had met more of you. I really missed out.

 

[lvrodmic]

I'm still working on my trip report, but I got some pictures up. Unfortunately, it's at the Costco Photo Center site, and it requires registration.

My Cruise Photos

Thanks again to everyone for your advice, assistance, gifts, humor, and friendly "hellos" onboard. It was easily one of the best vacations I've ever had.

I hope to run into you all again around DIS or the parks or even a cruise ship.

Best wishes,

DBinMV

Hi,

Was anxious to see your photos. I logged on to the Costco site using my account and password but could not get the photos. Can you give me some help? I would really like to see them. It was such fun meeting everyone. I too had a fabulous time.

 

[DBinMV]

Bummer. Let's try this again. I think I gave you an "owner" link instead of a regular link - so of course it worked for me and no one else.

My Cruise Photos, Try #2

DBinMV

 

[CruisingCA2005]

Great pics DB!

I'm still in the process of uploading our pics online. Our guests left this morning to return to Hawaii and we've been quite busy since the cruise. They've been to Long Beach Aquarium, Disneyland, California Adventure, Universal Studios, Legoland, Sea World, San Diego Zoo, and Magic Mountain. They've also gone shopping at several malls, the Orange County swap meet, Ikea, & Trader Joes. For some strange reason, folks from Hawaii like to visit Ikea and Trader Joes. They also like the California Hotel in Las Vegas but thank goodness they didn't have time for Vegas this trip. Phew....I'm still recovering!!

I'll post links of our pictures soon....but until then, you can see a few of my pictures in my trip report on the trip report forum.

 

[DBinMV]

Thanks...DW was in charge of the camera for most of the trip. I wish we had gotten a few more of the ship or some of the ports. I can't believe I forgot to take it on the Canopy Adventure. Doh! My SIL has those pictures, but they aren't digital - and she hasn't gotten them developed yet.

Wow, sounds like your company had the complete DE-luxe SoCal Vacation experience! I'd be complete gassed, if I were you. We're going to try to get to Sea World sometime this week, pending my workload.

We were actually at Disneyland Friday night - mostly for the fireworks. What an INCREDIBLE show. July 4th was somewhat anti-climatic.

Here's to a restful rest of the summer,

DBinMV

 

[CACruisin']

Dave, great pics! DH also missed a lot of "around the ship" shots I had wanted to take. I guess we just need to take another cruise!

Rae Ann, your pics are awesome too! You sure have been busy with the relatives - whew!

I will work on getting some of ours pics up soon. lvrodmic, I have a great one of you and my "sacked out" DD in PV - Once again thank you! PM me and I'll send it to you, if you like.

We are into a nice summer routine finally. Have a great summer everyone!

 

[Hollyster2]

Your Pics are great Dave! I still miss being on the ship. We decided to wait for 2007 for our next chance. We will spend 2 weeks in Florida next year instead.

 

[DBinMV]

Yes, I think my family caught Disney-itis on the ship. Disneyland last Friday and again in August (thank goodness for Annual passes) We have the Castaway Cay double-dip cruise booked for 2006, and we are currently making plans for a week in Orlando in 2007.

I should have bought Disney stock before I spent all the money paying for vacations!

Hope everyone is having a fun, safe, and relaxing summer. We're going to try to hit Sea World tomorrow - the boys love the shows and feeding the dolphins.

DBinMV

 

[wendilyn]

Hi,
Can you tell me how you were off the ship so early?
we have an 11 am flight from Long Beach. do you think we'll make it?
thanks
Wendilyn

 

[DBinMV]

You'll be getting this answer twice, as I also responded to the other thread - but just in case other folks are only watching this one...

It's luck of the draw. You can tell Disney that you have an early flight and they can move up your disembarkation time.

Given how close Long Beach is to San Pedro, plus how small Long Beach is, I don't think you'll have any problem, so long as you are off the ship by 8:30.

Have a good trip,

DBinMV

 

[dlander]

Dave - We hit Disneyland twice this week! We are all so happy Space Mountain is back in service The crowds were heavy but I have to say we never waited more than 30 minutes in a couple of lines (love that Fastpass!). We are going back July 26 and then on August 14 we are spending a couple of days at the Grand Californian. Although it would be so much more fun seeing the DISers around the park!

 

[DBinMV]

Oooh - they're doing soft openings of Space Mountain? Good info to have! It sounds awesome - can't wait!

I think we're also going on the 14th (or is it the 21st - I have to check with the social director - DW).

DBinMV