We had a great time. Colin said it was our best vacation ever!
4 Days at WDW
We followed my itinerary pretty much to the letter, which meant rising EARLY and using fast passes as much as possible. If it had a line of more than 10 minutes, we skipped it!
Pluses...Since we were at the Beach Club we took full advantage of the 5 minute walk to EPCOT. I think we went there every single day. Favorite attractions-AK Safari, Mickey's Philharmagic, Pirates of the Caribbean, Fast Track, Splash Mt. are all favorites of mine. Colin loves all of that plus Mission Space, Space Mt., Carousel of Progress (go figure) and Lion King show. He ENDURES It's a Small World for my benefit.
Dining... Thoroughly enjoyed Canada, Morrocco, Japan and Mexico. By the way, I've always steered clear of the San Angel Inn but Colin wanted to go and it turned out to be one of our best meals! You just never know. Also liked Crystal Palace in MK (lots of Pooh characters). Didn't make it to Liberty Tree AGAIN. Flying Fish at Boardwalk was very good but not for picky eaters like my son. Fortunately I remembered to ask for a kids plate for him and saved myself big $$. Spoodles was good for breakfast.
Accomodations... Loved the Beach Club, especially Stormalong Bay which we swam in every day.
New Stuff... Didn't go on Stitch, Soarin or see Stunt show in MGM, primarily because I didn't want to stand in line.
Minuses... The SpectroMagic parade in the MK was way too crowded. We felt like sardines and could barely see anything. And once again, we didn't make it to Fantasmic at MGM or Wishes at MK because we were too pooped by the evening (that's the trouble with rising early...)
3 day Cruise
Transfers... I would definitely do transfers with Disney again. They were superb (with the exception of the 45 min. checkin line for Delta at debarkation -- but that was Delta's fault for not having enough staff.) Also, we booked a room at the airport Hyatt which was a top notch recommendation from these boards. Our flight didn't leave until 8:30 pm so we had a place to flop after the bus dropped us off at 10:00 am! More on this further down...
Pluses...Servers and Mousekeepers. Shows (I thought Hercules was fabulous and I loved Golden Mickeys (even though I saw it in the morning!) Reflexology massage in spa. Day at
Castaway Cay. Food. Thriller boat ride, even though we felt like we were being "pressure washed" for 45 minutes! (Lisa and her mom can verify this!) Colin LOVED the time he spent in the teen club. And I thought the cruise director did a wonderful job, considering the weather and technical glitches she faced.
Minuses... I had a run-in with a security guard in Nassau whilst returning to the ship after an excursion.. It's a long story and I did report it to Disney. Suffice it to say I don't plan to set foot in Nassau again!
Health... We washed our hands religiously onboard and neither of us got the Norwalk virus. BUT Colin got one heck of a sunburn on Castaway. Mom, "Did you put enough sunblock on?" Colin, "Yes, Mom..." And then Sat. night I started getting a respiratory virus. The Hyatt room (which was fabulous) was a welcome sight for two hurtin' pups. We just laid in our beds and watched the Masters all afternoon... I ended up missing 3 days of work when we got home! And then two weeks ago I had my first bout of diverticulitis! (But I don't think that had anything to do with the trip, unless it was the ritual partaking of Escargot onboard...) Dizziness lasted 2 weeks after the cruise this time.
But I'm finally back to normal (for me) and already planning our next cruise. Next spring break (Apr. 1-8) on the Magic- Eastern!
Jocelyn
Disney was ok. So busy and Kevin and I defintely learned some lessons the hard way! We loved the cruise! I was seasick for the first 2 nights, but by Saturday night I was great. Next time we plan on doing a 7 night. Lisa and Stacey you girls rock!! It was so much fun meeting up!! Hope everyone else had fun too! Oh and we won BINGO!! YEA $97 for us!! 
