On the EBPC they did a segment on the morning show featuring decorated doors. They even made an intro song for it.
I suspect we frequent the same Calgary Expo, albeit in different wardrobes.Star Wars rocks.
Mark
Great to see some other Calgarians! Loving through TR so far. Were in Orlando right now getting ready for our Wonder cruise. We went at the perfect time too, skipping the snow and cold back home. Great work!
Sorry, it took me some time to catch up. Stupid Influenza virus!!
Those breakfast potatoes are one of my favorite food items on the ship! I love those things. J
It would be so nice if everyone with a verandah could see the temperature every day. What a nice add in on yours.
BEAUTIFUL family pics, Cass!!
Loved the new towel animal. Your stateroom host is very creative.
I’ll take your Spicy Chicken sandwich any day! Another one of my favorites although I can usually only find it at CC.
Key West!!! Ahhhhhhhh……
My only memory of Key West (besides the Key Lime Pie) was the heat. So glad it was doable for you.
Love your “Blown by unseen winds” hair do. J
I think Exercise Dude was showing off in front of you. Now don’t you feel so special? LOL!!!
The sunset pics were breathtaking. <3
Pineapple Coconut Ice Cream? I’ll remember to tell Chuck about that one. It may replace his favorite Banana Ice Cream. Certainly sounds refreshing.
We love to stand either on our verandah or deck 4 when leaving all ports to watch for the late comers too. Only once did we see someone actually get left behind though. Saw a few pretty close calls though.
Yep, I have to agree with you on it being waaaay too hot in Nassau. Staying on the ship would’ve suited me just fine too.
Loving all the pics of the clubs around the ship. But, how do you talk all the other passengers and CM's into staying out of your shots? LOL!!
I have to say that your pics from your iPhone (or did you bring a camera this time) far surpasses those taken by the ship's photographers. You could give them quite a few pointers.![]()
I love how Kira had fruit and cookies before her hot dog and fries, dessert first is the best way to eat on vacation!
And those sunsets!! Hoping to see nice ones like that in 2.5 weeks!
I’d have to say that the Nassau sunsets were nicer than the Key West ones. Sooooo gorgeous! And I do love how your verandah opening made the perfect frame for those pictures too.![]()
I don't blame you for being annoyed with the trivia! Did you make any note of it in a comment card?
Sunset pics are gorgeous!
I think your idea with shirts and quiet view was brilliant!
Ok...I am puzzled...why didn't they have a pirate menu that night? I'm with Rob though and love the menu you did have. LOL.
Is it weird that I’m already getting a little sad because I know the end is coming??![]()
I totally hear you on remember sea days. We have so much fun, but I don't take nearly as many pictures anymore on those days and I totally forget what we did and on which day.
I am sure it was a wonderful day...even if you can't remember all of it. LOL
Boy you got the greatest towels this trip!!
I was just reading on facebook today where others were commenting how bad the food has been on the Wonder. Something must be going on.
Wow you are getting some really cool towel animals!
I'm sorry to hear you weren't feeling to well that night but it seems it wasn't too bad of a flare up?? Ugh, those tatchos do NOT look like they were worth $10 so I'm glad you got your money back on those. The ones on the Fantasy look tasty;will have to look out for those on our next Fantasy cruise, where do you find them onboard there?
I love all the night time swimming you girls do, such a great cruising tradition![]()
Sorry you weren't feeling well, what a shame.
Some people really have self entitlement issues. Really deliver 8 MEALS to the pool???? Pfffffttt.......![]()
Boo to the last day! I love that Kira still loves meeting the characters and is old enough to go on her own.
She is such a cutie!
Jill in CO
We "discovered" Daisy's on the last full day of our last cruise. YUM!
Love the reflection of red from the cloud to the water below.
This is a keeper photo. Mum and child.![]()
Love the pics of Kira with the characters!
Ooooooh! That's pretty exciting mail!
Last full days are always so bitter sweet.
Oh how I love those hashbrown patties.....soooo not good for you but hey, it's vacation so calories don't count
Jo is the BEST!!! She was on our Alaskan cruise, I really hope she's on the Wonder in May
Very curious about that 'special' invitation, can't wait to find out what this is all about.
Kira got so many awesome character photos
Love deck 4, I find it's under utilized. Love walking the entire circle of it though I have to say when you go by the front with all the machinery I practically break into a sprint to get by it, I have an irrational fear that something will break off and fly at me. Told you it was irrational.![]()
NOOO! It can't be the last day!!!!
I wish Claire would like characters. She grew out of that stage really early on and it makes me sad. Maybe someday she will want to see them again.
Tiana's looks awesome! Now I'm going to have to book a cruise on the Wonder again.![]()
Jill in CO
oh pineapple coconut ice cream, hope they also have this on the Dream!
Your Mickey multi face suitcase, I just ordered the same one this week! It will be waiting for us at our resort in a week from today... I always end up needing an extra suitcase on the way home! haha! Figured might as well buy a Mickey one, I have wanted one for so long![]()
I am totally cracking up with all of Rob's goodies! He's a man after my own heart.
Haha Rob is hilarious, look at him with those beignets, as if he's sneakin' them out ;-) YUM!!! Glad you were able to get in another swim![]()
Cass I am I longtime lurker and fell in love with your trippies! I just binge read most of them -- so fun to see Kira grow up and all your reports help me get excited for my upcoming trip to Disney with my soon to be hubbyI wanted to find some of your earlier trippies like SeaWorld etc but the website doesn't have them- anywhere else I should look? I can't even look at your DIS profile. Thanks for your good humor and your awesome and VERY detailed posts, makes me feel like I am on vaca!! xoxo, a fan
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I think you need to make more posts to see more things. But I am not sure all of Cass's reports are still on here, especially since photobucket when wonky with charges. I know she was trying to fix her past report though
Here's one of her older ones when Kira was really little.
https://www.disboards.com/threads/c...empers-and-tantrums-final-video-1-06.2324431/
so I just spent basically all of my "work" day binge reading this entire trip report. Can't wait for the rest!
Hi - I don't comment often but had to comment for this one.
Wow a wonderful event for Kira. I am sure that you were excited as well. Did you have any photos taken with you and the characters?
On our first cruise in 2008, I was going through chemo for breast cancer. We received an invitation as well to meet with the characters before the Final Goodbye event. My then 8 year old DD was in heaven. What a great "Magical Moment" to experience! We had several magical moments on that cruise, but the character Meet & Greet was the most memorable!
What lovely magic! Such memories!
That Pixie Dust you received was well deserved! How exciting that must have been. It’s probably safe to say you are being envied by everyone reading your trippie. I know I am!
Oh wow......now that is some serious pixie dust!!!!
Definitely the best ending to a cruise![]()
1. We got one of those invitations once. I still love thinking about it.
2. Her hair in Cabanas is so cute and sleepy! It really shows how hard that last morning is. Sweet girl.
3. Snow on the ground. What a rude thing to come back to.
Thanks for another awesome report!
Loved your report and so sad to see it end! I'll be watching for pictures on FB. We are boarding the Magic in just a few weeks...this was perfect to read to get me really excited. Enjoy your next trip!
Wow, well that was a SMOOOOOTH trip home, fantastic for getting on an earlier flight with the luggage!!!
Sad your trip has now come to an end but I'm sure you'll be back not only with comments to our comments, but with some parting words. And yahoo for Disneyland!
So, its real isn’t it? It’s over. .
As always Cass, it was an awesome trippie. One last question though. What did Kira’s red tshirt read?
Another great trip report! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for taking the time to share your adventure with us!
I love all your reports. Thank you for sharing!
Excellent!!! (as always!)
Thanks for the amazing trip report!
What an awesome surprise with the characters! I love pixie dust!
Boo for going home to snow but I'm so glad you lucked out and got out on the early flight! That's awesome!
What days are you going to be at DL??? I'll be there Friday!!! Would love to meet you if our paths cross!
Jill in CO
Lurker here.Love your reports! Thanks for taking us along for the ride.
Great trip report, thanks for writing! Looking forward to the next one.
Awesome report. Thanks again for sharing!
Thanks for a another great trip report - you make us feel like we are right there with you all. That epic character meet at the end was amazing - an experience none of you will forget I am sure.
My daughter and I will be on the Wonder in May - so looking forward to it!
Enjoy Disneyland.
Wow thanks for replying! I will have to make some more comments so I can see your sig! Can't wait for your next trippie!!!! Perfect balance of storytelling, fact sharing, opinions/editorializing and just plain fun. I really like that you are honest, too many TRs just have people saying how perfect things are which is great but can get kind of boring. You're my favorite for sure!Well, how cool is that!!!
My hubby is the biggest Star Wars geek I know
Hello Calgarian
Oh wow, so you're probably back already! How was it? It's been a horribly cold and snowy winter, nice to get away!
Glad you're feeling better
Definitely check the ice cream machines every day
It's easy to get empty ship pics on port days
You would have loved the weather in Key West!!!
One day we will cruise together again and we can enjoy deck 4 as we sail away from all the ports
HAHA, I know, right?!
Ooooh, cruise sunsets are the best!Enjoy!
Really, I liked the one with all of the dark clouds the best
There's no place to write anything on the "comment card" just stupid circles!!!
I think it's because of the Christmas menu, which is an extra menu so they gotta ditch something in lieu of that. It happened last Christmas too, no pirate menu!
LOL, I'm a little sad too
I'm sure there's tons of things I left out
We really did get the best towel animals!!!It wasn't fabulous but we didn't starve, that's for sure
It was a very tough two days, I just didn't go into detail. Not fun memories
The tachos are available in all of the pubs on the ships now I believe. I will try them again but next time it will be in the bar so if they come out like that again, I will have them sent back
HAHAHA, I know, right?? And she was very put out that they weren't going to do it for her
I love it too! She has a lot of fun with them! But I have waited in so many lines for Disney Characters, I am soooo done.
It is definitely very hidden and I bet a lot of people (including my hubby) don't know it's there until it's pointed out to them!
I remember on our first Christmas cruise, on the very last full day, taking an elevator with two ladies who were about to go see a movie. They were talking about how they had popcorn but would need to go buy a pop somewhere. We were in the aft elevator. I told them to just grab some from the free drink machines. They were both shocked and said "There's free drink machines on the ship?"
I felt bad for them, so I took them up to deck 9 to show them. Too bad it wasn't on day 1.
Thanks
Isn't it??!
Right, zero calories on all Disney cruises.![]()
LOL, that is too funny about your fear! I never would have thought about something like thatBut yes, deck 4 is the BEST!
Went by fast, I know!
Yup, maybe one day....
Definitely!!!
Check the ice cream machines daily
I love that suitcase!!! You will too!
LOL, I know, right? He is hypoglycemic so if he eats too many sweets, it's almost like he is drunk. It's pretty funny actually.
HAHAA totally! We were laughing hysterically leaving that restaurant
We love swimming on the last night, so awesome!
I am so glad you came out of lurkdom to post
I only have one report with Seaworld and that was in 2005 and it was a live report, so almost no details and very few pics. All my trip reports are linked in my signature but since you don't have many posts, you probably can't see them. You can try doing a search (top right-ish) and put in my name and then once you see the results, scroll to the bottom and click on where it says See all threads started by Timon...you will find them there I think. Or just post 10 or 15 times and you should be able to see my signature.
I ended up deleting my 2007 one for personal reasons sadly but you can see the videos from that trip on my YouTube "Cass327". That was Kira's first trip. Sad the report is gone but it's for the best really.
Thanks for the sweet comments
I was able to switch them all except for the Dream trippie which has six freaking billion photos, which I thought would be gone but it looks like they are still there mostly. One day I will switch those over too but just doing the others was SO much work!!
LOL, that was a tough trip! She had so much...attitude
HAHA I have done that before
Thanks for posting
I was still all wet from the pool and looked like a drowned rat, so definitely no pics of me. You won't find many of me anyway, menolikeyphotosofmyself
But, I don't know why I didn't take any of Rob?? Kind of weird, we had the time!!!
Awww that is fantastic!! I'm so glad you were able to do that!!![]()
Totally!!!
Oh probably! At least we appreciated it for how awesome it was
DEFINITELY, right??!!!
Awesome, glad you got it
Yeah, she has crazy curly hair! And that was AFTER I straightened it for her
Right? It's been a harsh winter her for snow and bitter cold so I am glad we got a break from it!
Ooooh I love the Magic too! Have a MAGICAL cruise!!
Yes, it was a perfect disembarkation day!!!
Not sure if I have any parting words though
One week today, I will be wearing shorts and t-shirts again
Yup, all over
It said "I'm not a Morning Person, except on December 25th" but actually she is a morning person, just not super early like she used to be
Thanks for reading
Thanks for taking the time to read my lengthy babbling
Thank you!
Thank you
Thanks for reading it
Yay for Disneyland for you!
I am arriving on Sunday afternoon, one week from todayWill you still be there? Send me a message on FB if you are, I would love to meet up
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I too am a lurker and eagerly await your trip reports. Kira reminds me of my daughters friend who also loves animals, stitch and stuffed animals so I can relate.
Wow thanks for replying! I will have to make some more comments so I can see your sig! Can't wait for your next trippie!!!! Perfect balance of storytelling, fact sharing, opinions/editorializing and just plain fun. I really like that you are honest, too many TRs just have people saying how perfect things are which is great but can get kind of boring. You're my favorite for sure!
I got behind and didn't finish reading.
First of all...I know where you are today and I am JEALOUS!!!!!!
That meet and greet is super awesome! I would be in heaven with that.
Karma was with you the last day too. That's great you got to get home earlier. How much was the fee to change?
That's great they took your bags that early too. I have had situations where I had to hold my bags for a while because I have arrived too early. I hate that.
Another great trip report! So glad you had a better experience in Galveston this time around. Now you can really tell how horrible your last one was. LOL Some a-maze-ing sunset photographs - they were beautiful. We love this itinerary out of Galveston. Key West is awesome and we do the same thing and have another day on the ship in Nassau - perfect!! Trip reports are an awesome way of remembering cruises, but they are a lot of work, so glad you took the time to do one! Thanks!
I cannot believe it. I found this a while back, stopped right before you got on the ship, then forgot about it! Oh what a treat it was, the last couple of nights to enjoy every single word. HI CASS!!!You know how much I adore your stories, this of course, did not disappoint. Oh how I love them. And I wanna cry on your last day, now what am I going to read?? Again, thank you so much for taking the time to share every single thing, we sooooo appreciate it and love it over all these years. So, when are you going again? My husband also works for a travel agency, we are going to Japan in September!! I could never match your reports though, I wouldn't even try. But, we are going to Tokyo Disneyland, how bout that
, very excited. Anyway, I look forward to your next trippie, thanks again!!
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Sorry! I JUST saw this today!
Yay, well I am glad you found it again and you were able to enjoy the rest
And thanks for posting to let me know that you read it, means a lot to me
Tokyo Disneyland???!!!
How freeeeeeaking exciting!!! I just finished watching TimTracker's adventures over there, looks like fun! I don't think I would do so well with the food though...no chicken tenders
You go on such cool adventures
Our next trip is at the end of August....Universal again and WDW! Wooohooo, we haven't been to WDW as a family since 2013 so I am excited!!Kira doesn't even remember a thing about WDW!
I was there in 2016 but it was a work thing and I didn't really do anything other than eat![]()
I was there in 2016 but it was a work thing and I didn't really do anything other than eat![]()