5/27/06 "Il pochi il fiero i blabbermouths" We *will* sail again Part 6

[scuba diver]

That was mean. And, Matt wasn't even with him. This was on our 20th Anniversary Cruise. Talk about having to "go with flow" on planning. Despite excursions booked, etc, the ship pulled into Key West, decided it was to rough and left for Coz - changing all of our days that we would be at sea or in a port. It was still fun.

You tell her Honey. My woman is sticking up for me.

 

[scuba diver]

Hey is sir scuba your husband?

Hey Cupcake. Sorry I did not get you anything for Valentine's Day!

 

[Dancind]

I'm surprised that Kevin hasn't told the story about his only Coz dive. He stopped in at an internet shop to check for e-mails from the dive shop he had booked with, after getting there. There was an e-mail, they had to cancel. So he and Alicia walked over to Dive with Martin and booked a dive on the spot. Had a great day, to hear them tell it.

 

[scuba diver]

Speaking of roller coasters (well... we were when I started this post...)... I am taking Elizabeth to Busch Gardens for her birthday next Saturday... she knows that she can invite 4 friends... she wants to invite the boy (God forbid I call him her BOYFRIEND...) who she hangs out with 24/7... I tried to tell her that he probably doesn't want to spend the day with 5 girls and me (then again maybe he does???)... would you guys let her invite him, or encourage her to invite another one of her girlfriends????

Invite him. It's a controlled environment where he will be outnumbered. Let him make the decision that he does not want to hang with 5 girls. That way you don't come off looking bad.

 

[scuba diver]

Ladies and gents, it's looking more like we are not going to Cozumel.

just found out about may 6th cruise and...

Mind you they are detouring to CM, which we're going to already.
So here's hope for GC! I would DEFINITELY do Stingray City again.
This time let's do a Captain Marvin's!

Sharon used Captain Marvin's when she did it and they were great.

 

[scuba diver]

Thanks, I checked the site that the thread listed and we are still in Coz....
But then, so were they yesterday, I guess....But it is the charm time for the coz dive for Jim.....

But then, I vote for GC...

Kevin, Jim, Diving in GC?

Of course. If I don't dive I have to do something with the family.

 

[itdjbw]

I've been wishing and dreaming for a sleepover in 2007, too! We'll have to see how the student loan repayment goes...

My kids would love that, we haven't been to WDW for about 3 years, we were working it out over the W/E and can't believe it has been that long but we have been to dreamworld, lotte world and some other places around the globe.
Tried to get DH down there this coming weekend as the kids have 4 days off but he wanted to go skiing instead. I messed up the booking for this weekend so we are going in March and hope there is snow.

 

[itdjbw]

I'm not that disappointed about possibly not going to Cozumel. We've stopped there twice on cruises and it's been rainy and miserable both times. I'm sorry for those who have planned excursions, though.

We've been to Grand Cayman once and loved it. It was truly beautiful. But to be truthful, we might just stay on the ship during one of those port days. Last year, we stayed behind in St. Thomas and we had a simply wonderful day. There was absolutely no line at the Mickey slide which delighted DD5. We had our choice of tables at the buffet and by the pools. DH spent alone time at the adult pool and we had spa treatments at discounted prices. We really enjoyed ourselves.

That being said, please don't do what we did because we want you all to get off the ship so we can have it to ourselves.

I always think that if I decide to stay on ship and so does everyone else does that defeat the object???

 

[scuba diver]

So it is Valentine's night and here I sit, all alone, with my plate of left overs, DISing. What a romantic evening!

Well, the dog just ate with me. She licked the bowl.

Sharon is running the kids tonight so no time for a family dinner. Lisa and I did breakfast this morning which was my Valentine's treat.

 

[itdjbw]

I'm helping our DD5 make heart-shaped meatloaf and heart-shaped jello on clouds of Cool Whip for dinner. I'm trying to figure out how this meal covers all the major food groups.

Put some veggies in the meatloaf......

For my birthday my Sister gave me a chocolate fondue for 2 set so we used that for dessert with strawberies, banana, pretzels, shortbread cookies, marshmellow the kids loved it along with DH and me!!!

 

[itdjbw]

Hi all -- I checked that site as well and so far we are the first cruise listed to go back into Cozumel. I am not so sure that won't change though, because I had checked that site 2 days ago and everything was still showing DCL going there. I think everyone that is planning on an excursion should have one in mind for GC. We loved the stingray excursion there and if we do go to GC, we will probably do that and not do the one at CC.

Wow and a top to boot!

pdfg

Another good one at GC is the turtle farm and 'Hell', we really had fun on that one too.

 

[WDWLVR]

For those questioning Disney's decision to not go back to Cozumel yet. This is from a trip report I found over on cruise critic. It is dated 2/11/06 (yes 3 days ago).

Cozumel – Well, this was a day of expectations. We visited Cozumel, and Paradise Beach, about a year ago. When we heard about the hurricane and it destroying the docking piers, we were anxious to see how things looked. I knew we would be tendering in and we had tendered a number of times before on the other cruise lines. I did not expect this to be nearly the problem it turned out to be. The tendering was NOT the fault of RCCL to my knowledge. The tendering company to take us from the ship to shore was running very late. We were supposed to be on Tender 2 but there was a problem getting Tender 1 loaded and off. When it was finally done and we loaded on Tender 2, it was already about 30 minutes late. Okay, we were on vacation so it would be okay. The ship was anchored only a couple hundred yards from the pier (not a big enough pier to dock a cruise ship and for those who know the geography of Cozumel, it was Punta Langosta). Loading went okay but once we left the ship, the fun began. The trip to the pier was about 5 minutes at most. Then the captain of the tender started having trouble docking at the pier. For the next 15 minutes, he kept trying to dock. At one point, he slammed into the pier so hard that he broke the lower railing on the tender. The tender held 300 people and was filled to capacity but rather than get upset, we all just laughed and were thankful we were not having to pay for the tender and glad we were not the deck hands onboard or on the pier trying to get the ropes properly sorted. Finally, we docked and were able to leave the tender but now we were pretty far behind our “schedule”`

I, for one, am thankful that Disney isn't going back yet. If things get better by May and they decide to go fine. Most likely we'll stay on the ship as stated a week or so ago. If however Disney wants to bypass Cozumel and go to Grand Cayman I would be one happy camper!

 

[WDWLVR]

Another good one at GC is the turtle farm and 'Hell', we really had fun on that one too.

I agree. "Hell" was kind of cheesy, but we loved the Turtle Farm!

 

[itdjbw]

This is probably a major blunder, but we didn't go to the Character Breakfast on our Eastern cruise because it was our first morning on the ship and the time change really got to us.

Is the cruise Character Breakfast a lot more fun than breakfasts at the park? Maybe we should plan on going this time.

The kids enjoyed it the first time, this will be the 4th with the same characters and song and dance, go the once and if the scheduled day is not convenient then talk with the matri'd to change it.

 

[itdjbw]

Really? Where are you from?

Born in South Africa, moved here when I was 28 and it took about 9 years to become a citizen and a lot of $$$.

 

[itdjbw]

In view of the possibility, I made up a new siggie pic...

Love that, hope I'm a member of this club.

 

[itdjbw]

Just watching the news on TV. The Bush administration is really getting bashed for not "announcing" Cheney's incident soon enough. Have the Democrats forgotten about Ted Kennedy???? They're standing up there spouting about how horrible it is...blah blah blah....but yet, Kennedy killed a woman, waited to consult his attorneys.... and he's still a senator. What makes him above everyone else? Please.

Oops...sorry. Guess that's too politcal. Still, not erasing it.

I'm with you even if it is political, maybe they were making sure the dude was okay and getting the treatment that he needed and not running to the press!!

 

[itdjbw]

So it is Valentine's night and here I sit, all alone, with my plate of left overs, DISing. What a romantic evening!

Well, the dog just ate with me. She licked the bowl.

Sharon is running the kids tonight so no time for a family dinner. Lisa and I did breakfast this morning which was my Valentine's treat.

Just think all the crazyness you missed at the restaurants, we don't make a big thing about valentines as it is our anniversary next Tuesday - 21st.

 

[ohiominnie]

Sorry. I forgot that some people LIKE having their skin peeled back from their face.

wait a sec...isn't that all the craze now-a-days? some sort of "facial peeling?" i've seen ads...you can get it done at lunch. and it doesn't make your face red.

 

[ohiominnie]

Nope... the front row of Krakken is NOTHING compared to jumping out of a perfectly good airplane at 14,000 feet!!!! Talk about 'facial reconstruction!!!'

Yeah, ESPECIALLY if your parachute doesn't open!!!