ALOHA to Hawaii ~ April 29 - May 14, 2012 Part 5

[Frodo UK]

Rainbow over Honolulu — at Honolulu, Oahu. from Disney Wonder, 6 May 2012

Summit of Haleakala Volcano @ 10,023ft, 5 May 2012

 

[MousseauMob]

I haven't looked at the itinerary, but do you stop in Costa Maya? If so, I highly recommend Maya Chan. We went there a couple of years ago on our RC cruise and it was fantastic.

Yes, we have Costa Maya - I'll have to look into this - thanks so much!

Wish we could, but I am hoping that we will be on WBPC at that time (maybe you should consider that one instead!)

How did B's band do this weekend? Any youtube videos?

Oh I wish I could! We booked with my sister so she could sail out of Galveston (driving distance from her).

The Arts Festival performance isn't until June 24th. I'll keep you posted. I can't remember if I shared this previously or not, if so, I do apologize. Here's the pic from the concert they did right before the cruise - I'm hoping for a crowd at least this large - but I'm thinking with their morning time slot probably not.

The whole cruise was the genuine epitome of lavenousness.

Perfect description!

Some pics for those not on Facebook, (incl DW) -

Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful pictures! I hope others will share here also for those of us not on FB.

 

[cquick]

Rainbow over Honolulu — at Honolulu, Oahu. from Disney Wonder, 6 May 2012

Summit of Haleakala Volcano @ 10,023ft, 5 May 2012

that rainbow was an AMAZING sight!

 

[cquick]

That was my shirt twin!! We both wore our pink Mickey shirts!

Hi Crysta! We didn't see too much of each other after that day! I wonder who took a picture of us together? I remember having one taken!

 

[cquick]

HEy! I found myself in this picture of almost pure PINK! Of course, there's my head sticking up above everybody else's!

 

[Janis]

We had a great time on the cruise, saw some old friends, met some new ones, fun tablemates, good excursions.

So good to meet up with you again. Thanks again for your warm hospitality! It was fun! Hoping to see you again sometime!

 

[Lexa]

 

[mckryan]

Hi Crysta! We didn't see too much of each other after that day! I wonder who took a picture of us together? I remember having one taken!

I don't know! My friend Deb may have taken one, but I do remember someone we didn't know taking one, too! I hope you had a great cruise!

 

[mckryan]

Yes, we have Costa Maya - I'll have to look into this - thanks so much!

Here's the link to their site: http://www.costamayabeachresort.com/

Great food, great service and very relaxing!

 

[MousseauMob]

Here's the link to their site: http://www.costamayabeachresort.com/

Great food, great service and very relaxing!

Thank you, thank you!

 

[Lynn G]

Albert - great shot of the rainbow!

 

[KingRichard]

A rainbow in the volcano crater.

 

[dolphingirl47]

Corinna-

Did you make those Stitch charms? If so, my children were grateful, lucky recipients. Stitch will be proudly attending kindergarten tomorrow. I hope he doesn't cause too much trouble.

Yes, they were mine.

There is probably little irony in the fact that the photo I took of the Stitch charm is not cooperating with being posted. Do you Facebook? I'm much more competent in Facebook. I'll post it there.

I made a view variations of those charms. Here are the photos:

Agree! My little guy is etoile du jour today (star of the day) and brought his ducky's for his special show and share. He got 9 of them and bath time has become an hour event nightly!

Corrina's charm have all my Disney-lover friends at home quite jealous! You should start an Etsy store Corrina!

I actually have an Etsy store. I just have not done anything with it for years.

Corinna

 

[dolphingirl47]

Well, we have been back home nearly a week now and I am slowly starting to feel like a human being again. So I decided to check in here. We had an amazing time at Disneyland even so the start was less than magical. The studio we were in at VGC had a faulty air-conditioning unit on the outside of the wall just behind our bed and it sounded like somebody had put metal parts into a tumble dryer. We actually checked out in the morning where the noise was coming from and the whole wall was vibrating. Needless to say, we did not get any sleep that night. Graham was actually coming to Disneyland with me the next day as we were meeting two of our table-mates from the Panama Canal Cruise for lunch at Blue Bayou. Well, we both kept falling asleep. We went to the front desk to let them know about the problem and initially they said that they would not able to move us until Wednesday and it would be a pool view rather than a theme park view. I did not really care about the view. I would have taken a cleaning closet by that time as long as it was quiet and we could get some sleep. After a bit of backwards and forwards and us assuring them that we could not cope with another night in the room, they ended up moving us to a hotel room, which was beautifully quiet. We went straight to sleep for a few hours when we got to the new room. We also had a perfect view of World of Color.

The highlight of that part of the vacation was having the chance to ride in the Lilly Belle Presidential Parlor Car at Disneyland. You will have to follow my trip report to find out more. I have decided to do a trip report after all. I just had too many amazing experiences not to do one. I should be able to post the first installment by early next week.

Corinna

 

[dolphingirl47]

Oh, I am glad that I resisted the Dooney and Bourke bag on the ship. I found this beauty at Disneyland and this is now my work bag:

Corinna

 

[Pooh_Friend#1]

Oh, I am glad that I resisted the Dooney and Bourke bag on the ship. I found this beauty at Disneyland and this is now my work bag:

Corinna

I have wanted this bag so bad. Where in DLR did you find it at?

 

[dolphingirl47]

I found it at Disney Vault 28 in Downtown Disney. They had about 6 to 8 bags, but only this size.

Corinna

 

[Lexa]

I'm sure most of you forgot about photo sharing page SerbianPrincess opened for us before cruise. You can upload pictures so others can see them!

Here is the link:

http://disdisneyhawaiicruise2012.shutterfly.com/

After registration SerbianPrincess needs to add you, she is admin!

 

[dolphingirl47]

Happy Sunday everybody. I have made a start on my trip report.

Taking Stitch to Hawaii and NOT Leaving Him There

Corinna

 

[kmitchel]

We booked our Fantasy trip for this summer and the DIS thread only has 6 pages! It is SO strange to have such little activity on a Disney Cruise from the DIS boarders! Wow!

I finally have everything unpacked, but I still haven't found a frame for my Ducky picture yet!