A Hop, NO Skip, and Many Mishaps to a Disney Dream!

[Mean Queen]

Jen - Did you get a picture of those amazing round bathrooms with the frosted glass doors and mirrored ceilings in the district? I really wish I went in with my camera to get pictures (when not in use.)

 

[jenseib]

Hey! You are one of my Peeps too?

Great buffet food picture! I gave up trying to take pictures of buffet food long ago. LOL

The room looks amazing! I think that I would be snapping away just like you were!

I will tell you one thing I wouldn't of been doing...... going to that shopping spiel!

I went because I read of others gettingfreebies (I'm all about that) and finding where to get free stuff at port. I have actaully done those talks on the 2 other cruises I went on and they were good. But this one just wasn't a good mixe with someone who was super tired!
Is it good to be your peeps? I just saw it today in Kathy's signature and I had to have it!

Thanks for your insight on the shopping talk, now I know I can skip it

You might find it good. I was just too tired I guess.

okay...so NOW I'm caught up!

I have an idea You could put your door magnets on your fridge (or other magnetic place) and take a pic and post it for us to see

Now...I must ask....since I'm clueless about the *new* ships.... "D Lounge"...is that adult, teen or kid?

I think the District looks like my kinda place

I like the fact Cabanas seats you. Better than the usual 'free for all' they have

Sorry it rained on your boarding day...but you just have to remember the saying: rainy day on vacation is ALWAYS better than a sunny day at home

Love the cabin....they've upgraded very nicely....very tasteful!

Your nieces are gorgeous.... LOVE the 3 of them in the same dress...what a coincidence

Looking forward to more....

I could take pics of my magnets...LOL! I would have to clear al lthe crap off my fridge though.
Yep, I would've much rather been in the rain there than at home, thats for sure.
I was pretty happy with the cabin. I really loved how comfy the bed was too.

I thought our girls were so cute together. Of course none would pose very well to get a nice picture of them together. I got a lot with silly faces. And then Claire was missing a front tooth. her other one came out today, so she has a huge gap up top right now. It's kind of funny. I'm glad they waited to come out till after the trip.
I'm waiting for her to fall asleep so the toothfairy can come...and of course she has come out of her room about 30 times tongiht for stupid reasons.

 

[jenseib]

Jen - Did you get a picture of those amazing round bathrooms with the frosted glass doors and mirrored ceilings in the district? I really wish I went in with my camera to get pictures (when not in use.)

I did not. I walked by them a couple of times, and looked in once, but never got a picture. They seemed to be always in use. My Mom said she used them once. They were really cool looking.

 

[jenseib]

okay...so NOW I'm caught up!

I have an idea You could put your door magnets on your fridge (or other magnetic place) and take a pic and post it for us to see

Now...I must ask....since I'm clueless about the *new* ships.... "D Lounge"...is that adult, teen or kid?

I think the District looks like my kinda place

I like the fact Cabanas seats you. Better than the usual 'free for all' they have

Sorry it rained on your boarding day...but you just have to remember the saying: rainy day on vacation is ALWAYS better than a sunny day at home

Love the cabin....they've upgraded very nicely....very tasteful!

Your nieces are gorgeous.... LOVE the 3 of them in the same dress...what a coincidence

Looking forward to more....

I forgot to add that the D Lounge is the family club..I think. But I'm pretty sure and I did see some family activities going on there on pirate night. And I liked the way Cabanas was set up. I know some people didn't care for it, but I liked it. You didn't have to go through an actual line, you just walked up to the station you wanted food from. Some people were confused by that though.

 

[Mean Queen]

I did not. I walked by them a couple of times, and looked in once, but never got a picture. They seemed to be always in use. My Mom said she used them once. They were really cool looking.

Though it was VERY odd to look up while you used it.

 

[Mindy5767]

We unpacked a bit from what we had in the room with us so far. Claire and I decorated our door with magnets. I put out our Fish Extender.

Sadly I don’t think I ever took a picture of our door with the magnets or fish extender.
I took a look at the Navigator and saw that the Port shopping talk was going to start soon. I told Mom that we were going to go see it and she wanted to come as well. We looked on our ship map to see where The Buena Vista Theatre was, and made our way there.

I took a few shots as we passed the Atrium again.

And another shot. I just couldn’t stop taking pictures of it.

On our way again!

I have no clue where this was….or what it was, but it looks pretty…even though I took it crooked.

We entered The Buena Vista Theatre from the top level on deck 5. But they had all the handouts at the deck 4 entrance, so I went back and picked those flyers up.

Evidently I have bad balance or I am lopsided…here’s another crooked picture.

Soon Whitney started. She talked a lot about where to find jewelry. We oohed and ahhed. She would through out freebies, but honestly she mostly handed them to the same people in the front row. I was getting a little sleepy. Evidently Whitney has a soothing voice. I was actually starting to nod off and would catch myself. I didn’t think I could last much longer. I moved around in my seat and tried to stay awake, but it just wasn’t going to happen. I looked at Claire and she looked bored to tears…my escape! LOL! I asked her if she had to go potty and she said yes, very badly. I told Mom we were leaving and I was taking Claire potty and we would meet up with her later.

Once I got moving I felt back to normal. In search of a bathroom we came across Chip and Dale roaming around. This was not an actual meet and greet and it was hard to get a picture with them, as they just kept moving along. I actually didn’t like this. So many people would crowd the characters and try for a picture (who wouldn’t?) and it made it a little less magical to me.

Some kids were able to snag an autograph so Claire got her book out, but they never did sign hers.

I was able to take a very quick shot of Claire with Dale though. It was hard though as people were crowding and I just lifted the camera and snapped.

We then asked a nearby CM where the nearest bathroom was. He directed us and off we went. Now this may sound funny…but WOW. The bathrooms are so cool on the ship!

We headed out and decided to work our way back to the room.

Am I the only one who doesn't know what a fish extender is? Where do you get them and what are they for? Do CM's drop gifties in them when they're on your door?

Your pictures are beautiful. They're not crooked, they're jaunty!

 

[Mindy5767]

I got way behind again between Easter and work. I'm all caught up now. I LOVE the pictures of the ship and I can't wait for more. It looks like a good time so far.

Hi Kathy!!

Kathy and I "met" on the Pop Picture thread! She takes great pics!

 

[bubba's mom]

I could take pics of my magnets...LOL! I would have to clear al lthe crap off my fridge though.

How about your car then? I'm hopin you wouldn't have to clear a spot off your car!

 

[Caretames1]

I take a lot of pictures that are "tilted" I just straighten them out in photoscape. I like the "straigthen" feature so much that I make some of my pictures tilted on purpose! My attempt to be be artsy

 

[that's nice]

How about your car then? I'm hopin you wouldn't have to clear a spot off your car!

THAT'S NICE!!!!

 

[jenseib]

Though it was VERY odd to look up while you used it.

I wish I would've used it now!

Am I the only one who doesn't know what a fish extender is? Where do you get them and what are they for? Do CM's drop gifties in them when they're on your door?

Your pictures are beautiful. They're not crooked, they're jaunty!

You can join a meet thread on the cruiseline area of these boards. Usually a FE group is started then. You can commit to doing it, or pass on it. We had 13 families in ours that did it. You then hang you FE outside your door and each family delivers gifts in it through out the cruise. Claire loved coming back to the room to find treats in the FE. We got candy, pirate loot, glowsticks, magnets, jewerly, a CD with cruise themed music, book marks, pads of posts it, etc. It was a fun thing to do. I will definitely do it again. Yo ucan get a FE on ebay or etsy. They can make them personalized. Or you can make one if you are crafty.
I got super cheap one on ebay.

Hi Kathy!!

Kathy and I "met" on the Pop Picture thread! She takes great pics!

Thats my thread!!

How about your car then? I'm hopin you wouldn't have to clear a spot off your car!

OK...I'll have to go look for where I oput the magnets...don't mind the cat prints on my car though. I hate cats and we have about 80 farm cats around and a few thing my car is there "special spot". They are lucky I can't catch them.

I take a lot of pictures that are "tilted" I just straighten them out in photoscape. I like the "straigthen" feature so much that I make some of my pictures tilted on purpose! My attempt to be be artsy

I know photoshop has that too, but I don't know how to use it. I should learn.

THAT'S NICE!!!!

The almighty TIM!! I'm gonna hang my FE off the mirror just for you!

 

[jenseib]

We went through the Atrium and I took a couple of shots of the elevator.

We saw Goofy and Pluto out for meet and greets. Claire decided to get in line for Pluto.

The line wasn’t too long at all.

Pluto played a little with Claire.

Claire decided she did not want to wait for Goofy. We headed up to the top. I wanted to see what the rain situation was. …Still raining. I did take a few shots between raindrops though.

I got my first look at the AquaDuck!

And the cute Mickey Slide

We then headed back to the room where we met Mom. Another one of my bags had been delivered. Mom said she had seen us in the Atrium and had hollered, but we never heard her.

The Muster drill had been delayed to 4:30. Mom said she had heard someone knock and run away while we were gone. So we took a look at our Fish Extender, and sure enough we had a treat! Claire was very excited. We decided to make our deliveries then as well.
We took our bag and list an went on our way while Mom stayed in the room.
One thing to remember while doing this…bring a pen! I didn’t and then I couldn’t mark off who we had delivered to and it made it a bit confusing. Another note, don’t use cheap dollar store bags to fill. Mine were ripping apart as I pulled each one out.
I was amazed at how long the hallways were. We just kept walking and walking and walking, and you would think you were at the end, then it would do a little jog over and it would be just as long again. This ship was HUGE!
We made all the deliveries. One room did not have their FE out yet, and I set the bag on the floor next to the room. I hope they did get it.
This is some of the stuff I put in the bag. I added a few more small things after I had taken this picture.

We headed back to the room and decided to head down to Evolutions for the Muster Drill. As we opened the door there was someone standing there. It was lilliansmommy, Kelly and her DD Lilly, passing out their FE gifts. We said a quick hi and she even remembered that Mom was taking Skip’s place. She was really nice and Lilly was a doll. And she had on one of the same dresses I had brought along on the trip for Claire too.

After our little meet, we all headed down to Evolutions. This was the one and only time I ever went in there, but it looked like a neat place.
We found a seat and waited. We had to listen to instructions and what to do in an emergency, etc. They had to check off everyone’s name. We then found out that they were still waiting for more people to board the ship yet. Because of the storms many planes were delayed and so they were holding off on sailing till they got there. I assume because they had Disney transportation is why we waited. We also found out that the wind had been so strong at one point during the day that many passengers had to board on deck 1 (right off the dock) because it was not safe to go in the gateway. I actually heard a few people grumble about it here and there, so I guess it was not a very magical experience.
Again, there was a lot of sitting and I had to fight to stay awake a few times. Once they got the drill going I was back awake again. And they played the emergency tone of the horn, and that would wake anyone up!
Once we finished up there we were free to go. The Sail Away party was now scheduled for 5 in the Atrium. We decided to head that way and get a spot.

 

[that's nice]

The almighty TIM!! I'm gonna hang my FE off the mirror just for you!

Next to the fuzzy dice??


I LOVE the pictures with Pluto! He is one of my favorites!!!!!

Do they do FE on 2 day cruises too? Just wondering.....

 

[jenseib]

Next to the fuzzy dice??


I LOVE the pictures with Pluto! He is one of my favorites!!!!!

Do they do FE on 2 day cruises too? Just wondering.....

I don't know. But you could look on the cruise boards and see if one is started for your dates. Are you thinking of doing one of those 2 nights out of NY?

 

[bubba's mom]

12 hrs after first waking up and that's twice now you've been having trouble staying awake.....

jus sayin


Hello bag of rocks....meet Jen

 

[jenseib]

12 hrs after first waking up and that's twice now you've been having trouble staying awake.....

jus sayin


Hello bag of rocks....meet Jen

I KNOW!! I tell you, I was a bit worried I would fall asleep during the show. It seemed that sitting down was not my friend. Once I got moving again, though I was fine.

 

[Mindy5767]

I didn't know Pop Picture thread was yours!! I'm not sure I ever saw post 1 or maybe I did and forgot! Happens all the time. The fish extenders sound super cute. I would feel obligated to make one since I'm very crafty and people expect more crafts of me.

 

[jenseib]

I didn't know Pop Picture thread was yours!! I'm not sure I ever saw post 1 or maybe I did and forgot! Happens all the time. The fish extenders sound super cute. I would feel obligated to make one since I'm very crafty and people expect more crafts of me.

Yes. Thats the 2nd one I have started since our 2007 trip. The first one I posted and byt the time I went back to actually post pictures 5 minutes later I had people posting pictures already! It's a bit slower now, but at one time it was really hopping. But I like to be able to go and look at all the different views and angles of Pop.
Some people made stuff, some brought something that represented there home town or state. Some was just goodies. It was all fun and we liked them all equally, though someone gave out some mints that I couldn't stay away from!

 

[JPFamilyMom]

Hooray safety lecture done and ready for the party

ok so question now, cause I don't know what FE is, this is the first cruise report I'm reading. So what does FE stand for?

 

[jenseib]

Hooray safety lecture done and ready for the party

ok so question now, cause I don't know what FE is, this is the first cruise report I'm reading. So what does FE stand for?

Fish extender. Mine is the blue Mickey one I posted a bit ago