5/12-5/26, 2007- LIVE from the first MED repo cruise! Now adding PICS! :)

[dahuffy]

Then SIX sea days, I read they have guests Joey Fatone, Susan Egan, maybe other famous people.....

Kind of difficult to have Joey Fatone on the ship, considering he's in the finals on "Dancing With The Stars" through next week.

 

[Scooby3x1y]

Kind of difficult to have Joey Fatone on the ship, considering he's in the finals on "Dancing With The Stars" through next week.

Actually, most "entertainment" get on the ship at a certain point. They do not necessarily get on at the beginning and stay for the duration of the cruise. In fact they might stay on a few days, or to the end depending on their schedules.

 

[YenSid1222]

Actually, most "entertainment" get on the ship at a certain point. They do not necessarily get on at the beginning and stay for the duration of the cruise. In fact they might stay on a few days, or to the end depending on their schedules.

Exactly. Boyz II Men are supposed to get on board in Tenerife, I hear. But DCL did have to go ahead and get some stuff for them on board in PC (i.e. the Fiji water that they prefer...)

 

[Barbossa]

Exactly. Boyz II Men are supposed to get on board in Tenerife, I hear. But DCL did have to go ahead and get some stuff for them on board in PC (i.e. the Fiji water that they prefer...)

And no brown M&M's! (Old Van Halen legend)

 

[YenSid1222]

And no brown M&M's! (Old Van Halen legend)

If you are interested in the Fiji water story...send me a PM.

 

[dreamcometrue]

Someone posted yesterday on the Q and A thread that a family member is a CM onboard and that the ship was taking on water. Is there any truth to that? Can someone on board confirm? DH is retired Navy and says it is not uncommon for a ship in deep water and stormy conditions to take on some water in high waves. Anyone? The post has been deleted, I'm not sure why.

32 knots, that's bookin'! Are they still behind or making up time? I would love to see pics of the wide open sea if anyone wants to post them.

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Actually, most "entertainment" get on the ship at a certain point. They do not necessarily get on at the beginning and stay for the duration of the cruise. In fact they might stay on a few days, or to the end depending on their schedules.

Susan Egan was flown into Curaco and flown back out the same night, for two shows.

 

[EpcotKilterFan]

Hi All!

Seas are much better the last 2 days. Still listed as "rough" but no where near what we had the other day as the wind is coming from the SE and not as high.

Last night was the rescheduled Tropicalifragilisticexpalidocious deck party! It was fun. Tonight is Pirate night!! We are expected to have the fireworks show and all!

No word on the showing of the new POC movie.


Luckily we did not have to change time last night. I think it was taking a tol on the crew also! Probably tonight we will have to change again.

Got our litho from Ducky! It is great and I will try and get a picture later. I was too tired last night to take a picture of it.

Palo brunch this morning so must get ready!

Debbie

 

[misseulalie]

Someone posted yesterday on the Q and A thread that a family member is a CM onboard and that the ship was taking on water. Is there any truth to that? Can someone on board confirm? DH is retired Navy and says it is not uncommon for a ship in deep water and stormy conditions to take on some water in high waves. Anyone? The post has been deleted, I'm not sure why.

32 knots, that's bookin'! Are they still behind or making up time? I would love to see pics of the wide open sea if anyone wants to post them.

We are not sailing at 32 knots, I think that's the wind. We are between 20-22 knots.

Do you think we really want to know if the ship is taking on water??? Why tell us this???!!!

 

[Hygiene99]

Hi All!




Palo brunch this morning so must get ready!

Debbie

Again!!!



Disney Magic

Last reported at 2007-May-18 10:00 UTC. Time now 2007-May-18 12:22 UTC.
Position N 30°00', W 032°30'.


Wind from 030 at 30 knots

Waves 2.5 meters (8 feet), 3 second period

Barometer 1027.0 mb
Air temperature 21.0 ° C
Water temperature 22.0 ° C

 

[DebWills]

Thanks to all the current cruisers for posting updates. It's really exciting to check every day and see what's happening.

Plus, we know you're getting the ship all ready for those of us jumping on in Barcelona next week!

enjoy the rest of your cruise.

Deb
Blogging my way thru the Med (allearsnet.com/blogs/debwills)

 

[pansmermaidzlagoon]

I would be very surprised if Joey F made it - it is possible - but the show doesn't even wrap until Wed night (ETA - oops, Tuesday - I was just reminded we watch it on WEd - due to DD's schedule...)and then I would expect he would have appearances/interviews coming out of DWTS...but maybe he would skip those ?

will be interesting to see if.....

 

[DenverVal]

I would be very surprised if Joey F made it - it is possible - but the show doesn't even wrap until Wed night and then I would expect he would have appearances/interviews coming out of DWTS...

Especially since he's gonna win it...

 

[Michelle2]

Wow, not only am I getting internet from my stateroom, but its a FAST connection! We heard some tinkering away this morning, looks like they worked out the kinks. DH is surprised how much faster the internet is going now! COOL!

Sorry I am behind in my reports. Here are the next few days:

 

[pansmermaidzlagoon]

Especially since he's gonna win it...

I love him - but he is gonna have a hard time beating Apolo - would love to see Joey take second though!!!!

 

[Michelle2]

Day 5: Another day at sea: Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Boy that time change is playing havoc on us. We could not get out of bed this morning. We usually stay up pretty late in the evenings, so the hour forward every day is TOUGH.

When we got up and got ready, it was about time for lunch (blush). We took DS through the kids’ line, and then got some lunch for us in the adult side. We missed another Destination Lecture series on the history of pirates L

And then, due to the weather, Rachel came on over the loud speaker (while I was uploading days 3 and 4 on the DIS) announcing that a lot of things would be canceled due to high winds and choppy seas. The biggest things that were postponed were Mickey 2 O, and the Tropicalifragilisticexpealidocious party that night on the Goofy pool stage. It will be moved to tomorrow night. They had to issue out a revised navigator with the new schedule since so many things had to be canceled or postponed.

We took DS to the kids clubs, and wanted to check out the adult trivia triathalon. It was really a lot of fun! The three categories were general knowledge, disney, and sports. The last one let me know I would not be the champion. I do not know much about sports. J
All in all, we got about 22 out of 30, not bad considering most of our sports answers were guesses. General knowledge we got all but 2 right, on the Disney I got all but one right, so I was satisfied. After which, we went to the excursion desk to fill out a disclaimer for excursions we already had booked, and book the Barcelona tour we wanted. We will probably do the one that centers on Antonio Gaudi and his works of architecture around the city.

I will also say I have never seen so many characters by themselves on my other cruises before. Max was all alone with his handler waiting for people, and Cinderella was all by herself for awhile waiting for people too. This is definitely a different cruise for me!

Dinner was an entirely different and brand new menu tonight. It was Farewell to the Caribbean. It was a very good menu. We ordered potstickers for the appetizer, which were pretty tasty. DH got the steak for the main course, and I ordered the veal. Our server brought us a tempura chicken for us to try and I liked it better, I guess I am not a veal fan after all…. I wish the chicken had more sauce (sweet and sour sauce) but it was really good.

Desserts were ok, but lately the last few nights have not impressed me much, which anyone who knows me knows that is a HUGE amazement. There have been a lot of sundaes on the menus, and not much cake which is what I like. I keep waiting for my Boston cream pie….hmmmm.
I ordered a torte with a raspberry coulis sauce that they gave me extra of, but it was still just too heavy. I guess I like lighter spongier cakes best. I do not know what it has been with me and desserts on this trip….having a hard time finding something I like….SO weird. I actually have this menu, so maybe I can scan it in when I get back. Tomorrow is supposed to be a new menu to called the Transatlantic menu.

We went to the On the Nose game show. They divided everyone up into teams (randomly as we came in the door) and each team had a section of the theater. A spokesman was chosen ( I would have volunteered, but something told me not to, very good thing!). Basically it is a trivia game, but it is all based on absurd amounts of numbers. Like, how many gallons are in the salt water aquarium at the Living Seas in Epcot. 1 point goes to the closest, 2 points if you get the answer right ON THE NOSE, get it? It was a team effort so everyone was yelling out the answers to the spokesman. All I can say is, I would have got them ALL WRONG….The final question only the spokesman could answer, and no matter how many points we all had, the winner took it all since it was worth 10 points. Our spokesperson made a great guess, that I totally would have blown, and won it for us. After ushering all the other teams out, and making sure they were all out, our team was given a private meet and greet with the characters! Mickey and Minnie together, Goofy, Pluto, Max, and Mulan. It was very cute. While I was in line to get a pic taken with Mickey and Minnie, DH went to go and get DS from the kids clubs, but he refused to leave, since they were getting to go into the Oceaneer lab LOL. So DH and I got our pic taken.

It was at the show (On the Nose) that Rachel announced that Mike Super’s adult show was being moved forward a night to tonight instead of tomorrow (switched with the tropical party probably) . So after going to our room for a bit, we went and staked out spots for his show. Wow, he is great! Good show.

We did not stick around for the Match your Mate show, and went and picked up DS from the kids clubs, grabbed him a pizza from upstairs, and I went on a quest for nachos. Note to nacho lovers: They stop serving nachos at 9:00 (5:00-9:00pm) in the Promenade Lounge, and 11:00 (7:00 to 11:00pm) in Diversions. I did not know this. I still have the never ending quest to find my nachos on the ship. I am either too full for dinner earlier when they are being served, or its too late. I will not give up though.

So here we are, up way too late again, and needing to get to bed. The disers are having a PJ party at 9:00 am in Lumiere’s for breakfast. All I can say is, “We’ll see!”

They are also continuing the Desperate Shipmates mystery saga, and will we ever get to a Destination lecture series??? I have had so much fun just lounging around on sea days, flitting from here to there, that you never know. I actually read some more of my book today. Never went up on deck since the weather was so windy and chilly, except to grab ice cream of course! J

Looks like the show tomorrow is the Art of the Story, and then the Tropic….party as well. Looks like they are expecting the weather to get better after lunch.

 

[Michelle2]

Day 6: ANOTHER day at Sea: Thursday, May 17, 2007

Another hour forward last night, my DS and I could not get up this morning….DH went to the Disney’s Art of Entertaining series where they made Apple Streudel with vanilla sauce. It was then time for the next Desperate Shipmates installment, so he went to that by himself too L --sorry honey, I was SO tired, I could NOT get up. I am kicking myself for it now. I missed out on some valuable clues….He found out some valuable clues, but I missed out on a good time so I hear L.

By the time DS and I got up, it was about time for lunch. But DS wanted to go and have lunch in the kids clubs (of course) so we decided to drop him off at the Oceaneer club and see if the weather was any better than yesterday. We had heard that it would be. And although it was not as cold, it sure seemed just as windy to me as the days before….The Mickey pool was not really crowded at all, and the sun was shining, but it sure was windy. I remember walking by the pool a day or two before, when it was worse weather and really rocking the ship, and watching one kid in the pool (or wave pool I should call it--all sloshing about) and seeing the lifeguard all huddled up against the wall with hood and jacket on. LOL

We grabbed a burger and chicken sandwich from Pluto’s and then left to get out of the wind.

I ran into a few new Disers I had not met yet (always fun to put faces with names) and then caught the last half of the Destination Lecture series on the Iberian penninsula (basically the country of Spain). It was very interesting, even though we were still pretty tired.

After that it was time to go to the Animation with Ducky Williams in Animator’s Palate. We did have a Galley tour booked, but canceled it since we had done it before and could rebook for next Thursday. So went by the guest services desk and rebooked it and then headed over the Animator’s Palate. Instead of being close to Ducky, we went next to a monitor so we could see. It was a lot of fun to draw along with him and draw Mickey. I started laughing so hard when I saw DH’s Mickey. He was laughing at me laughing at his Mickey. It really was a crack up, it looked like a deformed distant cousin of Mickey. But bless his heart, he sure tried. He is definitely good with computers and numbers, but he is NOT an artist. LOL
Ducky raffled off 16 more drawings, and DRATS!!!!---- I did not win one again. There was a ticket that was 2 numbers off from ours….pretty disappointing. But not a big deal, we still had a great time!

They were letting anyone go into the Tea with Alice and the Mad Hatter, so we took DS in, but he was not interested for long. He just wanted the chocolate chip cookies, and then we got out of there. We went back up to the room and started getting ready for dinner in an hour.

Dinner was a new menu called the Transatlantic. DH loved the Alaskan king crab legs with lemon and drawn butter. I had the cheese souffle (I think that is what it’s called). But the main dish of the Pork tenderloins with a dijonnaise sauce was really really good! The desserts were really good too, but we knew there was going to be a huge buffet up on deck later, so we tried not to eat too much dessert. We noticed a lot of other people were doing the same and just skipping out on dessert.

Right after dinner, I went and waited by the door of the theater for the show “Art of the Story”, while DH went and picked up our son from the kids clubs. We knew he would want to see this show.
WOW! I loved this show!!! I almost loved it as much as Golden Mickey’s….which is saying a lot. They basically showed film clips from certain movies, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Mulan J, Tarzan, Beauty and the Beast, Lion King etc, and then performed a song, or scene from it too. Really cute.

While DH took DS back to the room, I went to stake out a spot for the Tropicalifragilisticexpialidocious deck party (which I am used to doing with the Pirate deck party---you don‘t show up at least a half hour before, you do not get a good spot on deck 10), except there was no one around. It was really windy and even felt a little rain. I thought it might be canceled….but it wasn’t. It was so windy up on deck 10, that we went back down to deck 9. People starting showing up a little later and by the time the characters appeared at about 10:15 or so, it got to be a little crowded. I watched them set up the buffet, and it sure looked good. I stuck around while DH took DS back to the room, he is not much of a dancer anyways, he just liked to watch, and play with a telescope toy that dad had bought for him earlier. I lined up for the buffet at about 5 minutes till it opened at 10:30, and then went back to the room so that DH could go and get something too. For him the line was quite long though….

And so here we are, getting ready for bed, 6 hours later than what we are used to. For most people on the ship, many are a lot like us and having a hard time with the time change. They are wide awake until 2 am, and then either:
A. Sleep in until 11:00 the next morning or
B. Wake up at a normal time like 8:30 or 9:00am and then go back to bed at about 10 or 11 and sleep until 3:00. We did that one morning, and once you zonk out, you are GONE for a few hours. So we try not to do that anymore….I am really going to try and wake up for a sunrise one of these days. I would like to eventually check out the workout room too….But there are important activities tomorrow including another Ducky Williams seminar, so maybe I can win a sketch this time? Yeah right L

At least tonight, we do not have to set our clocks forward an hour! YAY! Check in with everyone later!

Here are some pics of the store windows, and some of the special merchandise they have available for the MED sailings: I thought they were really pretty:

 

[BobandLee]

Just a short note as I am conserving minutes for e-mail

Yes, a little rough weather. But not bad. Been in worse.
Should get better as we near africa.

Pirate night tonight. Always a blast.
Had brunch at Palo today. Was wonderful.

So far so good. Glad we did this one. It has been MAGICal so far.

 

[Hygiene99]

Thanks you 2 for the reports..

Here is a photo of the Ducky Litho, They received.

 

[granmaz]

Thank you so much for the reports and pictures.