Bellis Belles have a Ball - PreTrip Report

[Bellis Belle]

First evr go at a trip report. I have so enjoyed reading everyones that I thought I would give it a go this year.

Who's Who???

ME(Nicky 37) Sole Planner and secret Disney Princess(but don't tell anyone) I know in my dreams!!!
DH(John 36) Chauffer and Bag Carrier, loves food and drink
DD(Alex 11) I don't like it OOH I love it Why didnt I go on it years ago.
DD(Georgia 8) Wish I was taller then I can go on all the rides

Background to this trip. Went Oct 2003. Stayed in a villa near the Hamptons with friends whose DD is Alex's best friend. Very frustraing trip as they had never been before and they did not understand nor like the concept of getting up early to get into the parks. Hence this time we are on our own and very much lookiong forward to only thinking about ourselves. Sorry if that sounds selfish but.............

So, we do Disney every other year. As much as we all adore Disney we do like to see other parts of the world as well. This year we wanted to do a 2 week caribbean cruise. Having not cruised before, I was concerned that this may be too long. The kids or even us may not like it (I am sure that will not be the case) but you never know.

The girls and us were really in need of some Disney rehab so we decided to compromise and having scanned the Virgin brochure, we finally decided on a Carnival cruise for a week and then 8 nights in Disney. PERFECT. Best of both worlds. So we fly into Miami on Oct 22rd. Sail on Sun 23rd and take in Cozumel in Mexico, Grand Cayman and Jamaica. Then back to Miami on Oct 30th and pick up a car and drive to Coronado Springs for 8 nights of Disney heaven. So as you can imagine we are all pretty excited and looking forward to work and school finishing.

Thats my pre-ramble done and I will fill you all in on the adventure when I get back.

 

[Minniespal]

Sounds fantastic ~ Can't wait to read more

 

[KayleeUK]

Looking forward to hearing all about it.

 

[mandymouse]

Nicky, it sounds like you are going to have a brilliant holiday, and I can't wait to hear all about it when you get back

 

[Strommie]

That all sounds really exciting! Am looking forward to reading your reports

 

[Cyrano]

Nicky, sounds like you will have a wonderful time
Look forward to hearing all about it when your back.

 

[wilma-bride]

Nicky, that sounds like a fantastic trip. I can't wait to hear all the details on your return. Have a great time

 

[mark&sue]

sounds wonderful. Have a great time and looking forward to the trip report.



Susan

 

[gilld]

Have a wonderful time. We did a Carnival cruise to Grand Cayman, Cozumel and New Orleans back in '97 - it was great and an introduction to cruising. We then went to P&O who we cruise with every year now.

Be aware that in Jamaica(Ocho Rios), the locals REALLY hassle the cruise passengers badly outside the terminal so try and get your transportation from inside or ASAP outside - I would not advise walking around as they are extremely persistant and became quite abusive when we refused their taxi, beads etc

Any questions re your ports, send me a PM.

 

[natalielongstaff]

sounds lovely have a great time and im looking forward to hearing all about it !

 

[crystalprincess]

I really hope Bellis Belle and family are ok!! It appears they are right in the middle of Wilma!!

At least by the time they get to Orlando, it would have all passed (fingers crossed!)

Im sending out my thoughts to them

 

[wicket2005]

I hope they are all okay too. It sounds pretty bad in Miami at the moment.

 

[Bellis Belle]

Hi Folks

Thanks for your kind wishes and thoughts. Well we are back and unscathed. Lots to tell you all, but really tired so will start reports in next few days.

A quick few highs and lows:

Highs

Cruising
convertible car
THE MUMMY ride (awesome)
Soarin
Meeting Amy and John & family on the cruise, from Indiana and lovely.

Lows

For some reason which I cant fathom the parks were really busy some days.
Yesterday in MK the wait time for SM was 80 mins. Hello this is November peope!!!
lazy people in electric chairs using a (disability)!! to get to the front of the queue. I will expand on this later to show you what I mean. I am in no way what so ever being disrespectful to genuine people.

So I will get back to you all soon and yes we did survive wilma. More later

 

[natalielongstaff]

sounds like you had a geat time we encounteted some of those lazy people as well so i will be interested to hear more about that

 

[Cyrano]

Nicky, thanks for posting a quick high and lows.
I love ready everyone's reports so glad that you are obliging

Look forward to the rest when you have caught up

 

[ely3857]

I loooove trippies!!!!



Jodie

 

[Bellis Belle]

Help....for some reason my new threads do not seem to be appearing. Any ideas.

 

[MazdaUK]

No ideas but hope they arrive soon!

We were at CSR in March and can't wait to know what you thought of "home"