I originally wrote this for my Spring Break '09 cruise thread, and then posted it on the main cruise thread. People seemed to really like it, so here it is again, just for you!
If this is your first cruise, some of it might not make a whole lot of sense yet... but read it again after our cruise and I promise you will find the humor!
Top 10 List of Things to Do to Help Your Family Prepare for Your Disney Cruise:
10. Start serving all breakfasts and lunches buffet style.
9. In the mornings, make a 3-tone chime noise, then make the following announcement in your best British accent: "Ladies and Gentlemen, Girls and Boys, in 2 minutes time the forward door will open for all guests to disembark for school. The weather today is going to be (insert your weather forecast) so be sure to take your (insert necessity, i.e. hat and mittens) when you leave the house. And remember, all aboard is at (whatever your curfew is). Have a magical day!
8. Set your children's artwork out on display in the living room, set up folding chairs for everyone to sit on, and then auction off each piece of artwork to the highest bidder.
7. Step outside and lean on a porch or deck railing, gaze wistfully out at your landscape, and comment on how amazing it is that the ocean is spread out before you for as far as you can see.
6. Start checking your children in and out of their playroom. If your children want to leave the playroom before you come to get them, they must stand in the doorway and make beeper sounds until you arrive.
5. Draw the
DCL logo on tall plastic cups and drink your favorite alcoholic beverages out of them.
4. Every night, perform a turn-down service for everyone. Place a small chocolate bar on each pillow and leave a schedule of the next day's events and a towel animal on each bed. Oh, and don't forget to set chocolate chip cookies and a glass of milk on the nightstand (from Room Service, of course!).
3. Every evening at 5:40 p.m. (for those of you with main dining; 8:10 p.m. for those with late dining), make your family line up outside the dining room door to wait for dinner to begin. Before they are allowed to enter at 5:45 p.m. (or 8:15 p.m.), make sure the table is set and their favorite drinks are poured and waiting for them. Hand each family member a hand wipe before they enter the dining room. Oh, and of course, have a 4-course dinner prepared to serve.
2. Every evening at 8:00 p.m. (for those of you with main dining; 5:45 p.m. for those with late dining), have everyone sit in front of the TV to wait for that evening's show to begin. Be sure that Friday nights consist of Toy Story and Toy Story II (for the "Toy Story The Musical" show) and on Saturday nights watch Peter Pan (for the "Disney Dreams" show). [In all seriousness, if you'd really like to enhance the cruise, I suggest you also have the children watch Cinderella, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, 101 Dalmatians (live action w/Glen Close), Sleeping Beauty, Tarzan (animated version), Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, and Pinocchio.]
And the number one thing to do to help your family prepare for your cruise
1. Every Friday evening, make everyone dress in full pirate gear for dinner. After dinner, dance for about an hour while talking like a pirate! Arrrrrrrrgh!
