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Great trip report! I'm afraid I have spent most the time swatting my ds (17) from looking over my shoulder...he thinks your daughter's bf(?) the one in the black sleeveless dress is gorgeous! 
Ok, he thinks your daughter is cute too...I have been corrected! 
So, overall, did the girls enjoy the teen activities?
Lisa
Ok, he thinks your daughter is cute too...I have been corrected! So, overall, did the girls enjoy the teen activities?
Lisa
MickeyD, Tell your DS Thanks, That is my DD in the black sleeveless. BFF is in white. And yes they are both adorable sweet girls.
The girls enjoyed Aloft but only really went in the evenings after dinner. Most of the time they hung out with us. I don't think they went to the teen beach at all. I think they both had a great time.
lillygator, Don't want to give away to much info out of turn so for the long answer keep reading. For the short answer- Okay, no, and yes.
The girls enjoyed Aloft but only really went in the evenings after dinner. Most of the time they hung out with us. I don't think they went to the teen beach at all. I think they both had a great time.
lillygator, Don't want to give away to much info out of turn so for the long answer keep reading. For the short answer- Okay, no, and yes.
Carefree in the Caribbean, Castaway Cay
I read many, many trip reports before I set sail on this Caribbean adventure, and every one of them expressed the enchantment and wonder of Disneys private island. This time there would be no disappointment. If anything it was even better than I imagined.
I awoke just as we were docking. From our porthole window I saw the CMs tying us to the pier. Today I was not in a tremendous hurry. I had one plan and one plan only for today. Relax and enjoy. Soon they would be calling permission to go ashore and all aboard time was not until 7 that evening. I knew that I would have plenty of time to relax on Serenity Bay in between.
As usual the girls were not ready to get up so Sue and I went up to BBB for breakfast. We talked about that it would have been nice to try Tritons for breakfast once but today was to beautiful of a day and we had Palo Brunch scheduled for our at sea day so it would not be. This is one of the many reasons that a four-day cruise is just too short.
We took up our location on the aft rail and enjoyed our Mickey waffles and sticky buns. I looked over the rail and saw Linda, Wayne and Elouise waiting outside the post office. They got an early start.
After breakfast the girls were still in bed so I called GS to find out what I needed to do to give them sign in and out privileges while on CC. They told me to come get the forms from them then they had to be signed in front of security as we disembarked. We told the girls that we would be at Serenity Bay and we left them to their room service. (BTW teenage girls LOVE room service. They made sure to order everyday, usually Mickey bars.)
We stopped by the post office because we wanted to mail a few postcards but they did not sell postcards there so we decided to stop back on our way out and noted that they close at 5. Then we took two trams to Serenity Bay. (They conveniently make you get out and walk through the shopping area). We laughed at the fact that they continually tell you that the tram to Serenity Bay is for adults only and then they tell you to keep children seated to the inside. There were only a few other people traveling with us, and even fewer walking. (It is a long walk).
It was still early and Serenity Bay was not crowded. (In fact it never got crowded) But even so there where no hammocks left (not that I was counting on getting one) and we had to walk quite a long way down the beach to find a couple of free loungers under an umbrella. Boy did we feel sorry for the CMs that were serving drinks they made that long trek time after time wearing long shorts, a button front shirts, and street shoes. They must be in excellent shape. It was really nice to have the umbrella to sit under and get a little break from the sun and the day was perfect. It was sunny and warm.
I was totally blown away by the beauty of Serenity Bay. The water was so crystal clear that you would swear that it was fresh water until you lick the spray from you lips. The ocean seemed to spread out in front of you and go on forever. (Sue wanted to pretend that we were stranded). The sand beneath was soft and rippled from the gentle waves. Little (and not so little) silver and yellow fish swam about. They did not seem to be afraid of people but they were very difficult to see unless you were wearing goggles because they blended with the sand and water so well.
The girls caught up to us after about an hour and as we suspected they had no trouble joining us at Serenity Bay even though they were actually two weeks short of the required age. Sue and the girls went swimming and they found a very nice starfish and a sand dollar. Of coarse they took only pictures and left the lovely creatures where they belong for the next guest to enjoy. I had given the girls disposable water cameras in their gift bags on day one. Later I went for a swim and found the same treasures plus a few more. The water was cool but quite comfortable. I found myself wanting to swim there forever.
About 1 oclock we made or way to back to the Castaway Air Bar for lunch. We decided that the main Buffet at Cookies was 1. Too far away from our lovely beach and, 2. Probably too crowded. We had looked around for Jules and Ian, and for Jake and Kelly, as we knew that they were all likely to spend the day at SB also. We finally located Jules and Ian at lunch. They had found themselves a nice spot on the beach right in front of the bar. Jake and Kelly managed to stay hidden, probably planned it that way being as though they were on their honeymoon and all. For lunch I chose the grilled Mahi sandwich and I thought it was excellent. We all made sure to have a chocolate chip cookie, also good. I wanted to try the soft serve but they were having trouble with the machine. It was freezing up. They managed to get it to work a little just before we returned to our beach loungers so I took a yummy strawberry cone to go.
The girls decided theyd had enough lounging. They were ready to shop. Sue and I remained steadfast in our enjoyment. We each took another long swim. At about 3:30 we reluctantly agreed that we should start to head back. Just then I saw a large shadow pass by in the water very near the shore. Some people wading near by screamed and ran for the shore. It was a sea ray swimming by. Alie told me later that someone had told her that Disney used to have a ray petting area but the hurricanes had allowed the rays to escape and now they just swim around the island looking for handouts.
We took the tram back to She Sells Sea Shells, I bought a shirt and we each bought some post cards to send. On our way back we took about 100 pictures of the POC ship, The Flying Dutchman. Then we stopped at the post office to mail our cards. After a perfect day on a perfect beach we returned to our ship.
I know that there were many other things to do on CC and many parts of the island that we never even saw, but I do not regret any of it. This was the most relaxing, best day on the beach I have ever had and I would not have changed any of it.
Up Next: The ship is taken over by Pirates! Arrrrrggggg.(Post #47)
I read many, many trip reports before I set sail on this Caribbean adventure, and every one of them expressed the enchantment and wonder of Disneys private island. This time there would be no disappointment. If anything it was even better than I imagined.
I awoke just as we were docking. From our porthole window I saw the CMs tying us to the pier. Today I was not in a tremendous hurry. I had one plan and one plan only for today. Relax and enjoy. Soon they would be calling permission to go ashore and all aboard time was not until 7 that evening. I knew that I would have plenty of time to relax on Serenity Bay in between.
As usual the girls were not ready to get up so Sue and I went up to BBB for breakfast. We talked about that it would have been nice to try Tritons for breakfast once but today was to beautiful of a day and we had Palo Brunch scheduled for our at sea day so it would not be. This is one of the many reasons that a four-day cruise is just too short.
We took up our location on the aft rail and enjoyed our Mickey waffles and sticky buns. I looked over the rail and saw Linda, Wayne and Elouise waiting outside the post office. They got an early start.
After breakfast the girls were still in bed so I called GS to find out what I needed to do to give them sign in and out privileges while on CC. They told me to come get the forms from them then they had to be signed in front of security as we disembarked. We told the girls that we would be at Serenity Bay and we left them to their room service. (BTW teenage girls LOVE room service. They made sure to order everyday, usually Mickey bars.)
We stopped by the post office because we wanted to mail a few postcards but they did not sell postcards there so we decided to stop back on our way out and noted that they close at 5. Then we took two trams to Serenity Bay. (They conveniently make you get out and walk through the shopping area). We laughed at the fact that they continually tell you that the tram to Serenity Bay is for adults only and then they tell you to keep children seated to the inside. There were only a few other people traveling with us, and even fewer walking. (It is a long walk).
It was still early and Serenity Bay was not crowded. (In fact it never got crowded) But even so there where no hammocks left (not that I was counting on getting one) and we had to walk quite a long way down the beach to find a couple of free loungers under an umbrella. Boy did we feel sorry for the CMs that were serving drinks they made that long trek time after time wearing long shorts, a button front shirts, and street shoes. They must be in excellent shape. It was really nice to have the umbrella to sit under and get a little break from the sun and the day was perfect. It was sunny and warm.
I was totally blown away by the beauty of Serenity Bay. The water was so crystal clear that you would swear that it was fresh water until you lick the spray from you lips. The ocean seemed to spread out in front of you and go on forever. (Sue wanted to pretend that we were stranded). The sand beneath was soft and rippled from the gentle waves. Little (and not so little) silver and yellow fish swam about. They did not seem to be afraid of people but they were very difficult to see unless you were wearing goggles because they blended with the sand and water so well.
The girls caught up to us after about an hour and as we suspected they had no trouble joining us at Serenity Bay even though they were actually two weeks short of the required age. Sue and the girls went swimming and they found a very nice starfish and a sand dollar. Of coarse they took only pictures and left the lovely creatures where they belong for the next guest to enjoy. I had given the girls disposable water cameras in their gift bags on day one. Later I went for a swim and found the same treasures plus a few more. The water was cool but quite comfortable. I found myself wanting to swim there forever.
About 1 oclock we made or way to back to the Castaway Air Bar for lunch. We decided that the main Buffet at Cookies was 1. Too far away from our lovely beach and, 2. Probably too crowded. We had looked around for Jules and Ian, and for Jake and Kelly, as we knew that they were all likely to spend the day at SB also. We finally located Jules and Ian at lunch. They had found themselves a nice spot on the beach right in front of the bar. Jake and Kelly managed to stay hidden, probably planned it that way being as though they were on their honeymoon and all. For lunch I chose the grilled Mahi sandwich and I thought it was excellent. We all made sure to have a chocolate chip cookie, also good. I wanted to try the soft serve but they were having trouble with the machine. It was freezing up. They managed to get it to work a little just before we returned to our beach loungers so I took a yummy strawberry cone to go.
The girls decided theyd had enough lounging. They were ready to shop. Sue and I remained steadfast in our enjoyment. We each took another long swim. At about 3:30 we reluctantly agreed that we should start to head back. Just then I saw a large shadow pass by in the water very near the shore. Some people wading near by screamed and ran for the shore. It was a sea ray swimming by. Alie told me later that someone had told her that Disney used to have a ray petting area but the hurricanes had allowed the rays to escape and now they just swim around the island looking for handouts.
We took the tram back to She Sells Sea Shells, I bought a shirt and we each bought some post cards to send. On our way back we took about 100 pictures of the POC ship, The Flying Dutchman. Then we stopped at the post office to mail our cards. After a perfect day on a perfect beach we returned to our ship.
I know that there were many other things to do on CC and many parts of the island that we never even saw, but I do not regret any of it. This was the most relaxing, best day on the beach I have ever had and I would not have changed any of it.
Up Next: The ship is taken over by Pirates! Arrrrrggggg.(Post #47)
The ship is taken over by Pirates! Arrrrrggggg.
Dsis decided not to attend the Golden Mickeys with us this evening. She had seen the shows before and had been quite bored at Hercules. She wanted to spend some extra time becoming Pirate-y. Alie had brought 4 evening dresses and wanted to wear all of them so she decided to change into her pirate garb after the Golden Mickeys.
Janet and I donned our pirate wear and off the 3 of us went. We found some great seats up front and saw Belinda (TinkNanny) and her family a few rows behind us. Elouise stood out as usual, seated near the center. She was dressed as the most adorable Captain Hook I have ever seen. Before the show begins an announcer interviews arriving guests from the red carpet outside the theater. There was some technical difficulty with the sound and they had to start over, then there is a popping noise from overhead and golden Mickey head confetti falls from above. I suspect that this is more technical difficulty and that the confetti was meant to fall later in the show but I grab a handful for my scrapbook anyway. They restart the interviews and . Look, who is that beautiful Miss Hook being interviewed. It is our Elouise and the entire audience is mesmerized. They O-o-o-o-o and Ah-ah-ah over every word she uttered. A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E.
I LOVED the Golden Mickeys. It was my favorite show. It begins almost exactly like Hercules; the same ditzy girl is playing the same ditzy character of a Behind-the-scene CM who is forced to take part in the show when an actor does not show up. As the show unfolds, all of the Disney classics, and new Disney favorites come to life. I recalled my Favorite Disney childhood moments and reminisced through the years of my childrens youth. I also am now desperate to see those few Disney productions I somehow missed. After the show we run into Cruise Director Christiaan and I tell him how much I loved the show and am enjoying the cruise. I think that Christian is cute and entertaining.
We pick up Sue, who has really done an awesome job on her pirate costume. Alie changes into hers and we are off to find photo ops in the atrium.
We have a picture taken with Pirate Minnie; she gave me a big kiss. Then we see Linda and Elouise inching toward the head of the line with Mickey, we also see Jake and Kelly in their Pirate gear so we round everyone up together for a tablemates photo with Mickey. Wish Jules and Ian had been there (I need to Photoshop them and Wayne in) but it is my favorite photo taken on board and one of only two that I purchased at Shutters.
BTW we did ignore the postings at Shutters that said not to stack photos. Whenever we went by we would stack our photos behind the most recent ones and we waited until the last evening to make our purchases. We did find the prices to be rather ridiculous. They print all of those photos, refuse to change the sizes, and then charge so much they end up throwing most of them away. It seems that they could save a lot of money by offering them for view digitally, only printing what people want, and could therefore offer them at a more reasonable price. JMHO
We had all been looking forward to Pirate night. Dinner would be in AP again but this time with the pirate menu. I did enjoy that we all had Sangria to share but I was a bit disappointed in it overall. First they did charge me 2X the corkage fee because it was two separate bottles in order to have enough for everyone. Second, I had gotten the idea from a DIS TR and the poster had said that the Sangria was very good with lots of cherries and fruit. Ours had NO cherries, just bits of apple and orange zest. I did not taste any sprite in it either. I think they only added some juice so it was not very sweet or bubbly. Also when Renato served it he confused my tablemates when he did not explain that someone at the table provided it. He started trying to explain about the corkage fee and ended up making people think that it was $13.00 per glass-Yikes!
Elouise had chocolate coins to share with everyone this evening. And I had brought her some special Pirate Booty, a plastic treasure chest with replica coins, a compass, and map that I had picked up during a recent trip to Key West, and a little POC Legos toy.
I had read so many rave reviews of the cold Mango soup on the DIS but I had not seen it yet, so when I saw Honeydew/Mango soup on the menu I tried it. Yuck! Alie and I both hated it. Vijay offered her a second choice so she got the Vegetable Gumbo and shared it with me. It was very good. For dinner I had the Beef tenderloin, extraordinary as usual. I wanted to try the Banana Flambé for dessert but thought it would take too long since it was Pirate night so I had chocolate cake instead. Everyone except the four of us skipped dessert in favor of the Pirate Party. We were still the very last table to leave again. We had even asked our servers to try to get us out early this time. The head server, Jeff even came out to help speed things up by clearing some of the dinner plates. I told him that I often hear on the DIS that head servers dont do anything. He was available to us every evening. He was the better part of our serving team IMHO.
(our servers with Elouise and a friend)
Next we went to the Pirate party. I did not really mind being a little late as deck parties were not a major draw for me. We found a spot near the back that was not too crowded and I watched the girls enjoy the music. I could not really tell what was happening on stage but I did watch some of the characters dancing on little side platforms.
After the fireworks we checked out the buffet. It was very pretty but there was not really anything there that I was sorry to turn down. I preferred my nice sit down dinner in the dinning room. I did look for some carrot cake but found none.
Bet you cant guess what happened next. That is right. Sue and I went to bed and the girls went to Aloft.
Up next: Day 4 and all that we could see, see, see, was the great blue sea, sea, sea.(Post#52)
Dsis decided not to attend the Golden Mickeys with us this evening. She had seen the shows before and had been quite bored at Hercules. She wanted to spend some extra time becoming Pirate-y. Alie had brought 4 evening dresses and wanted to wear all of them so she decided to change into her pirate garb after the Golden Mickeys.
Janet and I donned our pirate wear and off the 3 of us went. We found some great seats up front and saw Belinda (TinkNanny) and her family a few rows behind us. Elouise stood out as usual, seated near the center. She was dressed as the most adorable Captain Hook I have ever seen. Before the show begins an announcer interviews arriving guests from the red carpet outside the theater. There was some technical difficulty with the sound and they had to start over, then there is a popping noise from overhead and golden Mickey head confetti falls from above. I suspect that this is more technical difficulty and that the confetti was meant to fall later in the show but I grab a handful for my scrapbook anyway. They restart the interviews and . Look, who is that beautiful Miss Hook being interviewed. It is our Elouise and the entire audience is mesmerized. They O-o-o-o-o and Ah-ah-ah over every word she uttered. A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E.
I LOVED the Golden Mickeys. It was my favorite show. It begins almost exactly like Hercules; the same ditzy girl is playing the same ditzy character of a Behind-the-scene CM who is forced to take part in the show when an actor does not show up. As the show unfolds, all of the Disney classics, and new Disney favorites come to life. I recalled my Favorite Disney childhood moments and reminisced through the years of my childrens youth. I also am now desperate to see those few Disney productions I somehow missed. After the show we run into Cruise Director Christiaan and I tell him how much I loved the show and am enjoying the cruise. I think that Christian is cute and entertaining.
We pick up Sue, who has really done an awesome job on her pirate costume. Alie changes into hers and we are off to find photo ops in the atrium.
We have a picture taken with Pirate Minnie; she gave me a big kiss. Then we see Linda and Elouise inching toward the head of the line with Mickey, we also see Jake and Kelly in their Pirate gear so we round everyone up together for a tablemates photo with Mickey. Wish Jules and Ian had been there (I need to Photoshop them and Wayne in) but it is my favorite photo taken on board and one of only two that I purchased at Shutters.
BTW we did ignore the postings at Shutters that said not to stack photos. Whenever we went by we would stack our photos behind the most recent ones and we waited until the last evening to make our purchases. We did find the prices to be rather ridiculous. They print all of those photos, refuse to change the sizes, and then charge so much they end up throwing most of them away. It seems that they could save a lot of money by offering them for view digitally, only printing what people want, and could therefore offer them at a more reasonable price. JMHO
We had all been looking forward to Pirate night. Dinner would be in AP again but this time with the pirate menu. I did enjoy that we all had Sangria to share but I was a bit disappointed in it overall. First they did charge me 2X the corkage fee because it was two separate bottles in order to have enough for everyone. Second, I had gotten the idea from a DIS TR and the poster had said that the Sangria was very good with lots of cherries and fruit. Ours had NO cherries, just bits of apple and orange zest. I did not taste any sprite in it either. I think they only added some juice so it was not very sweet or bubbly. Also when Renato served it he confused my tablemates when he did not explain that someone at the table provided it. He started trying to explain about the corkage fee and ended up making people think that it was $13.00 per glass-Yikes!
Elouise had chocolate coins to share with everyone this evening. And I had brought her some special Pirate Booty, a plastic treasure chest with replica coins, a compass, and map that I had picked up during a recent trip to Key West, and a little POC Legos toy.
I had read so many rave reviews of the cold Mango soup on the DIS but I had not seen it yet, so when I saw Honeydew/Mango soup on the menu I tried it. Yuck! Alie and I both hated it. Vijay offered her a second choice so she got the Vegetable Gumbo and shared it with me. It was very good. For dinner I had the Beef tenderloin, extraordinary as usual. I wanted to try the Banana Flambé for dessert but thought it would take too long since it was Pirate night so I had chocolate cake instead. Everyone except the four of us skipped dessert in favor of the Pirate Party. We were still the very last table to leave again. We had even asked our servers to try to get us out early this time. The head server, Jeff even came out to help speed things up by clearing some of the dinner plates. I told him that I often hear on the DIS that head servers dont do anything. He was available to us every evening. He was the better part of our serving team IMHO.
(our servers with Elouise and a friend)
Next we went to the Pirate party. I did not really mind being a little late as deck parties were not a major draw for me. We found a spot near the back that was not too crowded and I watched the girls enjoy the music. I could not really tell what was happening on stage but I did watch some of the characters dancing on little side platforms.
After the fireworks we checked out the buffet. It was very pretty but there was not really anything there that I was sorry to turn down. I preferred my nice sit down dinner in the dinning room. I did look for some carrot cake but found none.
Bet you cant guess what happened next. That is right. Sue and I went to bed and the girls went to Aloft.
Up next: Day 4 and all that we could see, see, see, was the great blue sea, sea, sea.(Post#52)
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thanks for sharing your trip report! 
All your pictures came out awesome and I do agree with your idea about Shutters. Maybe we should start a petition?! 
All your pictures came out awesome and I do agree with your idea about Shutters. Maybe we should start a petition?! 
Excellent Reporting! 
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Hello...this has to be the best trippie that I've read. I can't wait to read more. Write slowly.... so we can savor the last part. LOL. We had Brent as our Cruise Director and he was the cat's meow.... 
But you look rather smitten with Christian so I guess you didn't miss out. 
Keep it coming....
Lisa
But you look rather smitten with Christian so I guess you didn't miss out. Keep it coming....
Lisa
CastleCreations said:Hello...this has to be the best trippie that I've read. I can't wait to read more. Write slowly.... so we can savor the last part. LOL. We had Brent as our Cruise Director and he was the cat's meow....
Keep it coming....
Lisa
Thanks Lisa and yes Christiaan is a cutie.
All that we could see, see, see, was the great blue sea, sea, sea.
The days were flying by so fast. It seems I never did really have time to explore the ship or check out many of the different things going on. I would have loved to see POC in the theater. The only club I went to was Wavebands on the first night. And here it was already our final day. I cant imagine how quickly this trip must go by for those on the 3-day cruise.
We slept in and took our time getting ready this morning as we had 10:30 reservations for the Palo Brunch. I was really quite certain that taking our two 17 year olds just weeks before their birthdays would not be an issue. After all isnt Disney all about making vacations magical and making dreams come true? I am not trying to say that I dont think the rules should apply to me but from what I had read on the DIS I had heard so many stories of Disney ignoring ages in favor of what is appropriate. I assumed that the adults only restaurant is to ensure that there is an atmosphere of tranquility and fine dinning available to the adults on board. I do not believe that anyone dinning in Palo that morning would have been disturbed by or questioned the behavior of these two young ladies. But as you must have guessed by now, when we arrived the headwaiter noted the ages of our traveling companions on his computer and said that they absolutely would not be allowed to eat with us at Palo. Alie and I had at least discussed this possibility so even though I know she was quite disappointed she smiled and said enjoy your meal mom, Janet and I will order room service.
We were shown to a table for two with a spectacular view of the ocean and a monstrous blue deck-cleaning machine.
We were among the first to be seated in Palo and others would arrive only a few at a time so that the restaurant never seemed full or crowded. Our tablemates Jules and Ian were seated not to far away and Jake and Kelly also dinned nearby that morning. I hope you all enjoyed your meals.
Our server, I dont recall his name, brought us each a Mimosa, which I believe was a first for Dsis. I have had one on occasion and always enjoy it. Then he showed us around the buffet pointing out the selections that he thought to be most enjoyable.
I know that this meal had already started off poorly due to my disappointment in not getting to share it with my DD (I had even brought each of the girls a special pin that I had bought them to remember the moment, I gave them to them later) and as always I was not in the least disappointed by the food, but once again the level of service did not impress me. Our server neglected us through most of our meal. We had to wait and wait between courses to make another selection. At one point he thought we were finished and we had not even been offered our main course yet. My sisters and my meal were not brought out at the same time so one of us would have to wait while the other ate, and the pizza that we had ordered because we had heard such good things about Palo pizza took so long that we decided to take it to go. But personally my biggest complaint was his incessant rambling on about himself, his girlfriend, his years of experience, and his overall views of cruising and cruise lines. I felt like he was trying to sell me on the Disney experience. Truly I would not have left any additional tip at all except that when I had dessert the Tiramisu was so fabulous, and I knew that Janet who loves coffee flavored desserts would die over it, so I asked if we could take some back to the girls and he fixed them a very nice tray with several selections.
When we got back to our cabin Alie was tired and a little cranky and trying to rest. Janet ate the pizza and Tiramisu and loved both. Now it was time to seek entertainment. We all went down to the atrium to see if we could find any characters. We just caught the Queen of Hearts getting ready to leave. We got a quick photo with Alie who was named for Alice in Wonderland.
Next we went to see an ice carving demonstration. It was neat that they were showing it on the screen otherwise we would not have seen much from our seats on the deck. We had some coffee and soda and enjoyed the show. I think it took him about 20 minutes to complete.
Then Alie and Janet went off to explore a bit and Sue and I went to the Galley tour. The tour was interesting and the special oatmeal cookies were nice. Sue liked the knife lockers. There were some very big sharp knives in them. It would have been cool to see those areas all busy preparing meals but then again one of the people touring with us was hacking and coughing the whole time. It was bad enough he was in there when food prep was not going on.
It was time to start packing and get ready for our last evening on board.
Up Next: And now its time to say good bye (Post #55)
The days were flying by so fast. It seems I never did really have time to explore the ship or check out many of the different things going on. I would have loved to see POC in the theater. The only club I went to was Wavebands on the first night. And here it was already our final day. I cant imagine how quickly this trip must go by for those on the 3-day cruise.
We slept in and took our time getting ready this morning as we had 10:30 reservations for the Palo Brunch. I was really quite certain that taking our two 17 year olds just weeks before their birthdays would not be an issue. After all isnt Disney all about making vacations magical and making dreams come true? I am not trying to say that I dont think the rules should apply to me but from what I had read on the DIS I had heard so many stories of Disney ignoring ages in favor of what is appropriate. I assumed that the adults only restaurant is to ensure that there is an atmosphere of tranquility and fine dinning available to the adults on board. I do not believe that anyone dinning in Palo that morning would have been disturbed by or questioned the behavior of these two young ladies. But as you must have guessed by now, when we arrived the headwaiter noted the ages of our traveling companions on his computer and said that they absolutely would not be allowed to eat with us at Palo. Alie and I had at least discussed this possibility so even though I know she was quite disappointed she smiled and said enjoy your meal mom, Janet and I will order room service.
We were shown to a table for two with a spectacular view of the ocean and a monstrous blue deck-cleaning machine.
We were among the first to be seated in Palo and others would arrive only a few at a time so that the restaurant never seemed full or crowded. Our tablemates Jules and Ian were seated not to far away and Jake and Kelly also dinned nearby that morning. I hope you all enjoyed your meals.
Our server, I dont recall his name, brought us each a Mimosa, which I believe was a first for Dsis. I have had one on occasion and always enjoy it. Then he showed us around the buffet pointing out the selections that he thought to be most enjoyable.
I know that this meal had already started off poorly due to my disappointment in not getting to share it with my DD (I had even brought each of the girls a special pin that I had bought them to remember the moment, I gave them to them later) and as always I was not in the least disappointed by the food, but once again the level of service did not impress me. Our server neglected us through most of our meal. We had to wait and wait between courses to make another selection. At one point he thought we were finished and we had not even been offered our main course yet. My sisters and my meal were not brought out at the same time so one of us would have to wait while the other ate, and the pizza that we had ordered because we had heard such good things about Palo pizza took so long that we decided to take it to go. But personally my biggest complaint was his incessant rambling on about himself, his girlfriend, his years of experience, and his overall views of cruising and cruise lines. I felt like he was trying to sell me on the Disney experience. Truly I would not have left any additional tip at all except that when I had dessert the Tiramisu was so fabulous, and I knew that Janet who loves coffee flavored desserts would die over it, so I asked if we could take some back to the girls and he fixed them a very nice tray with several selections.
When we got back to our cabin Alie was tired and a little cranky and trying to rest. Janet ate the pizza and Tiramisu and loved both. Now it was time to seek entertainment. We all went down to the atrium to see if we could find any characters. We just caught the Queen of Hearts getting ready to leave. We got a quick photo with Alie who was named for Alice in Wonderland.
Next we went to see an ice carving demonstration. It was neat that they were showing it on the screen otherwise we would not have seen much from our seats on the deck. We had some coffee and soda and enjoyed the show. I think it took him about 20 minutes to complete.
Then Alie and Janet went off to explore a bit and Sue and I went to the Galley tour. The tour was interesting and the special oatmeal cookies were nice. Sue liked the knife lockers. There were some very big sharp knives in them. It would have been cool to see those areas all busy preparing meals but then again one of the people touring with us was hacking and coughing the whole time. It was bad enough he was in there when food prep was not going on.
It was time to start packing and get ready for our last evening on board.
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Hi Jane, looking forward to the next installment - where are you ??
Hi Jules 
I am Here.
Hope everyone out there in DIS land had a good Thanksgiving.
Here is the conclusion to my trip report.
And now its time to say good-bye
The last show was Disney Dreams and Sue decided to join us again on this evening. I loved this show. The characters in it were awesome and so very believable. Especially Peter Pan who looked a very lot like the young Hercules
I had found so adorable a few nights before. After the show we had dinner at Parrot Cay, the final restaurant in our rotation. We were hightailing it back to the port at this time and we could feel a little more movement of the ship again. My DD was feeling a little queasy so I went to GS and got her some Dramamine. It seemed to work well as she was back to herself in no time. It was so very sad to be dinning for the last time together with our dear DIS friends and a few tears were shed. 
I am not remembering a lot about the dinner on this night but I know that I enjoyed it. I did order two desserts; finally, I wanted to try the Lemon Meringue Pie and the Espresso Cake, then SURPRISE!! I also received a birthday cake. THREE Desserts Oh My! It was 1 week before my birthday but I really was not expecting this. I was truly surprised and I did really enjoy the surprise too. I do not usually get too big of a deal made over my birthday. Especially this year as we had a cold front hit Florida the following week and on my actual birthday I was feeling miserable with a cold. In fact I think all of us DISers ended up with post cruise let down colds. I think it must have been a typical case of PCDS (Post Cruise Depression Syndrome), which I believe is one of the most common syndromes known to medical science affecting nearly 99% of all cruisers. When we finished dessert, everyone promised to meet for breakfast back in PC the next morning, and then we rushed off to attend the Till We Met Again Character meet in the Atrium. It was a really good opportunity to get photos and signatures of your favorite characters.
Here is mine:
I told Peter how great I thought he was in all of the characters he played. He said that he didnt play any but maybe his friend did and he gave me a wink.
Then the girls got their photo. Peter said they had to do a special pose because the girls had their very own pixie dust necklaces. He was very impressed.
A few more photos and then we had to say good-bye.
Our last towel animal was (I think) a Pirate Dog.
When we awoke the next morning we were at home in Port Canaveral. Our dream vacation was about to conclude. While my travel companions got themselves up and ready I went out and spent a few last relaxing moments in the lounge chairs on deck 4.
Here is the very last photo I took on board the Wonder that morning.
Then we went to breakfast. More tears were shed as we all hugged good-bye and promised to keep in touch. Then we disembarked, found a porter and gathered our luggage, and made our way back to our car. Yeah! We remembered to tip our porter and it was definitely money well spent. Those porters know how to get you out of there fast! I returned DDBFF to her dorm in Lakeland then Sue, DD and I spent a few hours in Downtown Disney until it was time to drop Sue off at the airport. While we were walking around DTD was the only time I felt at all sea sick. Beware sometimes it is only felt after the cruise. (Probably early signs of PCDS)
So ends my dream vacation. I hope that I get to cruise again soon. I hope you have enjoyed reading my adventure.
Love to you all; Linda, Wayne, Ellouise, Jules, Ian, Jake, Kelly, Belinda, Lindsey, Mike, Jennifer, Nicole, and Kylie. And especially Sue, Alie, and Janet!
I am Here.Hope everyone out there in DIS land had a good Thanksgiving.
Here is the conclusion to my trip report.
And now its time to say good-bye
The last show was Disney Dreams and Sue decided to join us again on this evening. I loved this show. The characters in it were awesome and so very believable. Especially Peter Pan who looked a very lot like the young Hercules
I had found so adorable a few nights before. After the show we had dinner at Parrot Cay, the final restaurant in our rotation. We were hightailing it back to the port at this time and we could feel a little more movement of the ship again. My DD was feeling a little queasy so I went to GS and got her some Dramamine. It seemed to work well as she was back to herself in no time. It was so very sad to be dinning for the last time together with our dear DIS friends and a few tears were shed. I am not remembering a lot about the dinner on this night but I know that I enjoyed it. I did order two desserts; finally, I wanted to try the Lemon Meringue Pie and the Espresso Cake, then SURPRISE!! I also received a birthday cake. THREE Desserts Oh My! It was 1 week before my birthday but I really was not expecting this. I was truly surprised and I did really enjoy the surprise too. I do not usually get too big of a deal made over my birthday. Especially this year as we had a cold front hit Florida the following week and on my actual birthday I was feeling miserable with a cold. In fact I think all of us DISers ended up with post cruise let down colds. I think it must have been a typical case of PCDS (Post Cruise Depression Syndrome), which I believe is one of the most common syndromes known to medical science affecting nearly 99% of all cruisers. When we finished dessert, everyone promised to meet for breakfast back in PC the next morning, and then we rushed off to attend the Till We Met Again Character meet in the Atrium. It was a really good opportunity to get photos and signatures of your favorite characters. Here is mine:
I told Peter how great I thought he was in all of the characters he played. He said that he didnt play any but maybe his friend did and he gave me a wink.
Then the girls got their photo. Peter said they had to do a special pose because the girls had their very own pixie dust necklaces. He was very impressed.
A few more photos and then we had to say good-bye.
Our last towel animal was (I think) a Pirate Dog.
When we awoke the next morning we were at home in Port Canaveral. Our dream vacation was about to conclude. While my travel companions got themselves up and ready I went out and spent a few last relaxing moments in the lounge chairs on deck 4.
Here is the very last photo I took on board the Wonder that morning.
Then we went to breakfast. More tears were shed as we all hugged good-bye and promised to keep in touch. Then we disembarked, found a porter and gathered our luggage, and made our way back to our car. Yeah! We remembered to tip our porter and it was definitely money well spent. Those porters know how to get you out of there fast! I returned DDBFF to her dorm in Lakeland then Sue, DD and I spent a few hours in Downtown Disney until it was time to drop Sue off at the airport. While we were walking around DTD was the only time I felt at all sea sick. Beware sometimes it is only felt after the cruise. (Probably early signs of PCDS)
So ends my dream vacation. I hope that I get to cruise again soon. I hope you have enjoyed reading my adventure.
Love to you all; Linda, Wayne, Ellouise, Jules, Ian, Jake, Kelly, Belinda, Lindsey, Mike, Jennifer, Nicole, and Kylie. And especially Sue, Alie, and Janet!
Jennifer48
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I know I suffered a bad case of PCDS.
Thanks for sharing your trip report.
Thanks for sharing your trip report.
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Bravo.....loved reading this.
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