Because I'm the Boss Of You That's Why! Last day, HOP ONBOARD!!! Updated 12/11

[xoktenox]

I know I'm like months late to join this party over here but I wanna read it So I'm subbing in

 

[pierresgirl]

I know I'm like months late to join this party over here but I wanna read it So I'm subbing in

YAY!!!!! A new reader, I'm all for that! I have to do a haircut (at home)_in 2 secs but will be updating when Peeps goes to work! Keep the popcorn (and drinks ) coming!!!!

 

[pierresgirl]

Kay’s so when I left left ya we were in the throes of the Exotic Rasul , Oh. I mean the the kiddie grad , Deffer’s not the same thing…..

We took a little walkies around the ship and I got a nighttime shot of the Mickey Pool

This little dude was hanging out for us when we got back from wherever!

Time to hit the sack, for reals. REALLY for reals….. I crashed BIG time (and NO not like my AKL Ambien mo! oooh, so embarasking!!) I wuz ti-red! We were docking in Port Canaveral the next morning, YAY, no 4 hour bus ride!!!!! OMG I was SO good with that! I still got up early, like you would expect anything else from me , and went to the front desk or whatever it’s called to check on my bill.

HELLO, someone call the EMT’s I was having an official heart attack. Wur they kidding or whut???!!! Over $1000 extra freaking bucks for what????!!!!!!! For a 3 day cruise???!!! After they picked me up I looked at that sucker near and clear. First of all I had found out earlier that they charged me $150 bucks for the pager. Which was left in the spa. Which APPARENTLY went off while we were in our treatments. And no one let us know. Cooper was crying and needed me. Good chaperoning skills, eh? GRRRRRRR

Okay, I got that all sorted out and they knocked it off the bill but the breakdown (for 3 nights mind you…. Was $610 for excursions, $72 for souvies, and $240 for booze. YIKES!

Anyhoos, I went back to the room to shake their booties awake and go for brekkies, I wanted to make sure our waiter was tipped and his assistant got his share. I had printed out some REALLY cute Disney tip envelopes so I had to hand them out.

We got a few pics on the way down to breakfast. Here’s where we ate each morning and it was glorious! Very highly recommended!

Miss Ariel, posing her little pose in front of Tritons

Then the kids wanted to give her huggies (not the diaper kind… .)

This was the ONLY halfway decent window shot I got of them

Now WHO does not like an icecream cone? Certainly not moi!

Okay so I NEED to tell you about brekkies but that HAS to be in a post tomorrow, I am WAY too tired right now! RUDENESS and DRAMZZ, that be all I gonna say!


Luvs to all who are still reading!!!!

 

[Lesprivate]

Great update sorry about the bill

 

[postalcop]

Oh god- i can't beleive they charged you forthe beeper. thank god they took that charge away! also thank god they didn't charde you extra for that FANTASTIC 4 hour bus ride that we had to pay for!!!! . oh well still love the Disney Cruise anyway!!!!

 

[SwansLoveDisney]

Oh, poor Cooper! But since he lived through it, I'm glad they didn't interrupt your luxurious spa day! I'm glad that pager fee got sorted out.

I can't believe all those charges!

Uh oh...rudeness and dramz...I'll be checking tomorrow to find out what that's about.

 

[DisneyJo]

OMG those charges The excursions were pretty pricey weren't they!!!!

 

[pierresgirl]

Great update sorry about the bill

And can you still believe I'm thinking of going again? I need to call my therapist

Oh god- i can't beleive they charged you forthe beeper. thank god they took that charge away! also thank god they didn't charde you extra for that FANTASTIC 4 hour bus ride that we had to pay for!!!! . oh well still love the Disney Cruise anyway!!!!

Okay, Sue DO NOT tell me you had to pay for the bus ride???!!! If you did SO not acceptable (that's my fav phrase and I told our principal off with it about 5 times this week, she hates me now )

Oh, poor Cooper! But since he lived through it, I'm glad they didn't interrupt your luxurious spa day! I'm glad that pager fee got sorted out.

I can't believe all those charges!

Uh oh...rudeness and dramz...I'll be checking tomorrow to find out what that's about.

I'm kinda glad too, esp. if it was during the Exotic Rasul.......... Oh baby, just you wait, I gotta go grocery shopping now so it looks like I actually did something today besides vacuum. And wait for the HOT oil delivery guy to show up. I can leave the house now

OMG those charges The excursions were pretty pricey weren't they!!!!

Well, it was $79 each for the parasailing which they were SO exhilerated about and LOVED, our spa services were about $350, crap souvies and now that I see the bill and HOW much Pierre spent on booze, he's gonna get a spankin'!

 

[Blueyed Girl]

GRRRRR.....I would have been some kind of mad when I found out I was paged and no one let me know.

$1000??? YIKES!!!! Well, I'm glad you gave us a break down. Now I know a round-a-bout price we will be paying for booze, etc. I wonder if i can pay for the excursions before we cruise so I don't have to have a heart attack later??? One of my biggest pet peeves is having "buyers remorse" as I'm going home from vacation.

Glad you guys had a good time. You've got me hanging on the edge to find out what happened at breakfast!!

 

[pierresgirl]

Breakfast time at Parrot Cay, I thinks! Tip time too… I had actually printed out some wicked CUTE tip envelopes and put in the customary money (plus extra since I work on tips too and know how it is!) Nothin’ worse that someone lovin’ what you did and they give you $5. For a 2 hour color and cut. Insulting, but I love the very few people who do it so….. Our salon also does not let you tip on credit card it has to be cash or check only so….

Anyways as you saw from the previous pics we went down to PC, seated at table 3, which is actually quite near a large mirror. Our tablemates got there about the same time as us and we were having a laugh chit chatting and stuff. I placed my tips envelopes on the table, propped up against the water glass so I would not forget to hand them out. Mrs. Snotty was saying how cute they were, where I got them, blah, blah, blah.. Ha Ha several up on them, between the pirate cozzies, the parasailing, and the tip envelopes. And HA, I thought those smarty pants knew everything! He informs me that they tipped all along. Well, DUH, so did I (of course I informed him of that. Battles, I tell ya, battles! And you don't mess with me. Ask my friends ) ! To each bartender, to each spa attendant, etc. etc.

Which brings me to our next point. Mr. Snotty ACTUALLY pulls out his tip envelopes, opens and starts to recount. Mrs. Snotty YELLS out “Honey WHAT ARE YOU DOING???!!!” just to make sure I can hear her....“JUST ADDING MORE DEAR” He wanted to make himself crystal freaking clear that he was tipping. All I could think of was how does he even know what I tipped in the first place??!! Ya know??!! THEN Mrs. Snotty wants to exchange emails, etc and asks if Bella does Webkins. What kid don’t?

THEN she says “Well, HOW many does she have?” I don’t freaking know, between that and the Build a Bears WHO would know?! Well, HER daughter has 15. By this time I was ready to beat feet , like you wouldn’t believe. Before I pulled out some ghetto action….

“Dude, we need to leave this scene before I FREAK out” “For reals” He was looking over into the mirror and said “Hey Leyla, there is a girl over there who looks JUST like you!” Um, cause it is me, that’s a mirror, moron. We had a big giggle over that!!!! Then said “see ya (Not real soon. Or ever. To our tablemates) We bid everyone a fond farewell and I stomped on outta there while the rest of my crew ambled behind me.

Oh no, the sign. The famous mouse hands, It really was time to leave. Now I wasn’t so sure I was ready for that!

All in all it was a great cruise and we had a luscious time but it was time for the next cruise to board so off we went.

OMG, I just remembered!!!!!! I saw one of my clients when we were either getting on or off the cruise, I can’t recall but how freaky is that??!! Geez, I wish I could remember where…..

Anyways, we got off the boat and saw ALL the luggage. Holy Majoly! I feel sorry for those guys! Bella was convinced she saw her friends bag who was doing a Carnival Cruise and into the same port as us (but a day earlier) I entertained her by saying it must be Brookie’s! I also took a pic of this and the guy at the top of the stairs said that was the first time he had seen anyone take a picture of it.

Off to the car we went. Now where the heck did we park that sucker???!!! GPS needed! We finally got to it and threw our bags in. I was stressing again, who knows why but whatevs…

Off to our next destination, remember where?

We ended up getting there about 8:30 am and checkin was not available till 3 or so but the pool can be used from 12 onwards. We took the chance and there was actually a room RIGHT NOW!!!!! We had originally requested a Fairly Oddparents Suite but there was only a Spongebob or Jimmy Neutron Suite available. Well we all knew Cooper is about the Sponge but Bella (and I still can’t believe it to this DAY!) She sat on the bench and cried like a freakin’ infant about the whole thing. I was completely stunned, especially since Cooper worships her and it’s always Bella this, Bella that. She was such a little so-and-so, I coulda, woulda……. POW right in the kisser!

I ended up walking the grounds with her to the room and said we weren’t even going to be in the room that much so who cares if the Sponge is on the wall, lah, blah. Once she saw the pool areas all was forgotten….Here’s one for now

I’m going to post some room pics. Family room with kitchenette, flat screen TV with Playstation games

Now who could deny this happy lil’ sausage??!!!

Here was mine and Pierre’s room, mattress NOT NOT NOT comfty. BUT there was a computer in there that could be used.

I think I took this one just to show the TV

K, all for now will try to post again soon luvs!

 

[postalcop]

Hey Leyla,
Yes,yes we DID have to pay for the bus ride down to Port Everglades. when we woke up in the morning, we had the news on and all we saw were road closers &flooding near Port Canaveral. so i called room service at OKW and aked if they new what roads were closed by the port & whick would be the best way to get there (we had our car) ?? the stupid lady on the phone coulnt tell me if any streets were closed. OMG she had to be the worst employee i have ever delt at Disney. she did forget to tell me ONE VERY IMPORTANT THING about Port Canaveral!!!! so it was early, maybe 11sh or so we decided to leave then so we would have plenty of time to get to the Port. i went to go check us out. there were about 3 people in line before me. right in front was this sweet little old man who had a Castaway Cay duffle bag on his shoulder. i asked him if he just got off the ship & he said yes. so i asked how the cruise was due to TS FAY and how the roads were leaving the port coming to WDW? he said the ship was very smooth, but the port was closed and the Wonder was in Ft. Lauderdale. - say what???? OMG how the heck are we going to get to the ship... so it was my turn now to check out and i asked the CM for some help. he said i have 2 options... 1- we could take our chance and drive to Port Canaveral and we would be bused from there and NO extra charge. 2- or in about 45 min. a DCL bus would be here to pick us up, but i would have to give them my answer in like 5 min. so they sould call in our info. so dh just said we will just take the bus from here. we had no i dea how the roads were.. so about $280 (give or take a few bucks) later the MEARS shuttle picked us up with our snack bags and drove and drove and drove...... blah, blah, blah!!!! you remember..........
oh by the way Nick hotel looks so cute. i just know the kids would love it. just may stay there before or next cruise!!!!
ok its time for some sleep its going to rain all day tomorrow & i am working and will be ut all day in it
bye for now,
Sue

 

[SwansLoveDisney]

Wow! I'm proud of you for keeping your cool with your snobby table mates. How ANNOYING. (and a few other words too)

Love the room at the Nick hotel. I can't believe Bella's antics!

 

[scottny]

great update sand pics.

all caught up.

the Nick hotel looks nice but only if you have kids.

 

[hlrababy]

Oooh, that hotel looks so cute!!!! Hollie would love the spongebob!!

 

[DisneyJo]

So have you been e-mailing your tablemates since getting home? They had big attitude problems didn't they!!!!

Poor Bella must have been very tired to cry like that, hope she got over it quickly!

BTW have you noticed my siggie????

 

[pierresgirl]

Pumpkin Cranberry Muffins


I think this is from the Cooking Light magazine and I used whole wheat flour and all organic ingredients (where I could), SOOOOO delish!

1 ½ cups of all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
¼ ginger (umm, no thanks)
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp ground cinnamon
¼ tsp salt
1/8 tsp ground cloves (I didn’t have them)
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup canned pumpkin
½ cup buttermilk (huh? I put a little lemon juice in reg. milk)
¼ cup packed light brown sugar
2 T canola oil (I think I used EVOO) (Yes, I get the Rachel Rae mag)
1 large egg
2/3 cup chopped cranberries (I knew my mini chopper would come in handy. After sitting in my cupboard for 3 years….)
Cooking spray

Preheat oven to 375* Pour a glass of wine.

Combine flour, baking soda, ginger, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, and cloves. Stir well with a whisk.

In a large bowl combine sugar, pumpkin, brown sugar, oil and egg. Beat with a mixer (which reminds me, I need a new one) till well blended, maybe 3 mins. Add flour mixture to sugar mixture, beat at low speed till just combined. Fold in cranberries.

Line 12 muffin tins with muffin paper and coat with spray. I used my new Pampered Chef mini muffin tins first then put the leftovers in the larger tins. Bake at 375* for 20-25 mins or until they spring back when touched. Remove from pans immediately and cook on wire rack. OH, I also sprinkled on some of that sweet sprinkle stuff from Pampered Chef before I baked them, TO DIE!!!!!!

Pour another glass of wine…….. Seriously, I never cook and have CERTAINLY never sent out a recipe so you know it must be good! I’m making them for Thanksgiving.

 

[pierresgirl]

Hey Leyla,
Yes,yes we DID have to pay for the bus ride down to Port Everglades. when we woke up in the morning, we had the news on and all we saw were road closers &flooding near Port Canaveral. so i called room service at OKW and aked if they new what roads were closed by the port & whick would be the best way to get there (we had our car) ?? the stupid lady on the phone coulnt tell me if any streets were closed. OMG she had to be the worst employee i have ever delt at Disney. she did forget to tell me ONE VERY IMPORTANT THING about Port Canaveral!!!! so it was early, maybe 11sh or so we decided to leave then so we would have plenty of time to get to the Port. i went to go check us out. there were about 3 people in line before me. right in front was this sweet little old man who had a Castaway Cay duffle bag on his shoulder. i asked him if he just got off the ship & he said yes. so i asked how the cruise was due to TS FAY and how the roads were leaving the port coming to WDW? he said the ship was very smooth, but the port was closed and the Wonder was in Ft. Lauderdale. - say what???? OMG how the heck are we going to get to the ship... so it was my turn now to check out and i asked the CM for some help. he said i have 2 options... 1- we could take our chance and drive to Port Canaveral and we would be bused from there and NO extra charge. 2- or in about 45 min. a DCL bus would be here to pick us up, but i would have to give them my answer in like 5 min. so they sould call in our info. so dh just said we will just take the bus from here. we had no i dea how the roads were.. so about $280 (give or take a few bucks) later the MEARS shuttle picked us up with our snack bags and drove and drove and drove...... blah, blah, blah!!!! you remember..........
oh by the way Nick hotel looks so cute. i just know the kids would love it. just may stay there before or next cruise!!!!
ok its time for some sleep its going to rain all day tomorrow & i am working and will be ut all day in it
bye for now,
Sue

Jeez, that totally stinks! I can't get over the pathetic snacks we got.....Any news from Howy?

Wow! I'm proud of you for keeping your cool with your snobby table mates. How ANNOYING. (and a few other words too)

Love the room at the Nick hotel. I can't believe Bella's antics!

Don't ask me about the principal smackdown from last week. Well, I will tell ya later! The room was adorable and he was just THRILLED Poor kid hardly gets his way so I was happy for him, esp. since he appreciates EVERYTHING!

great update sand pics.

all caught up.

the Nick hotel looks nice but only if you have kids.

Thanks Scott, it was fun, wait till you see the picture of the dinner I got. O.M.G.!!!!!!! They did actually have some wicked nice pool cabana's you could rent, they came with an attendant, flat screen (with a sunblocker) TV's comfty couches, etc. Talk about the Queen of Sheba treatment!

Oooh, that hotel looks so cute!!!! Hollie would love the spongebob!!

You MUST take Hollie there sometime! they also had Fairly Oddparent, Jimmy Neutron, Danny Phantom, Dora, etc. SO. LOADS of fun, more coming up to hear about!

So have you been e-mailing your tablemates since getting home? They had big attitude problems didn't they!!!!

Poor Bella must have been very tired to cry like that, hope she got over it quickly!

BTW have you noticed my siggie????

Oh, yeah, Jo, on a regular basis Ya know I'm pretty laid back (as long as things go my way you understand . I am the BOSS you know!) I did notice your siggie so big huggies and congrats! Ummm, what does it mean? I was hoping it was a trippie to NYC and we could meet. And you could bring me loads of Milky Bars and Flakes

Bella was actually quite happy walking through the grounds of the Ncik Hotel and seeing all of the cool stuff there. You MUST bring the girls one day!

 

[pierresgirl]

Did I tell you guys that I had a Pampered Chef party and sold over $1100-1200 of preducts. I got $230 products for free Rock on rockamadoodle! If anyone on here has a party I will deffo order something from you since I get 10% disc. although I know I need to pay and extra shipping fee. The Moroccan Spice ROCKS and so does the Sweet Caramel sprinkle stuff (which I mostly ate straight from the jar ) For reals, if you are having a party LET ME KNOW!!!! I keep thinking of other things I want!

 

[DisneyJo]

I did notice your siggie so big huggies and congrats! Ummm, what does it mean? I was hoping it was a trippie to NYC and we could meet. And you could bring me loads of Milky Bars and Flakes

If you go to disneyworldmoms.com I'm going to be one of the panelists starting January. I'm off to WDW in 2 weeks for an all expenses paid 5 day training course and we also get an all expenses trip for the 4 of us later in the year Oh and my sister is moving to NYC at the end of December so I'll definitely be over at some point

 

[pierresgirl]

If you go to disneyworldmoms.com I'm going to be one of the panelists starting January. I'm off to WDW in 2 weeks for an all expenses paid 5 day training course and we also get an all expenses trip for the 4 of us later in the year Oh and my sister is moving to NYC at the end of December so I'll definitely be over at some point

Okay, totally jel! How fabulous is that???!!! Your poor girls must be in a frenzy with envy!!!!! to them!


BUT we will MOST absolutley have to plan on an NYC meet whenever you get over here. I'm only a quick train ride away and actually live in a very touristy area. I can give you and your sis lots of info if you want to PM me. Is she moving for her work or her dh's work? I'm so freakin' nosy. But you know that already!