Aisling & Colleen
I can't say that I was overwhelmed during the cruise. Laurie (DD) & I would look at the Navigators the day before & kind of plan the day.
We had booked our excursions before we got onto the cruise ship. Amazing as it may seem but Laurie & I agreed on the same ones. Soooooo no problem there. Because of the hurricane 2 were changed & they gave us other choices for where we were going to instead.
We had the late dinner which actually gives you a chance to do just about everything we wanted to do.
The girls liked sleeping late, so I would start out much earlier than they did. It was a good time to have breakfast then walk the track that was set up.
Alyssa (DGD) made quite a few freiends at the Oceaneers Lab. She would check in & out constantly.
I tried to hit the pool everyday around 4. Got a gold medal there one day. for a swimming event (3 girls against 3 guys) Only one day did we have mild waves. The pool was like a wave pool. It was a blast.
The comedy shows were extremely funny. The comediennes were even funnier when they did the show at Rockin D At night w/o kids.
Who wants to be a mouseketer was good. It's like who wants to be a millionaire. I even got picked to be on stage. I won a ships credit.
We learned how to dance, saw shows, met the characters. Did Mexcan fiestas, became pirates.
Laurie & I went to shows just about everynight.
I brought the ingredients for Kamakazies. I would make a batch & we would take them out with us.
The only thing I didn't care for was they claim there was quite a bit to watch on tv. 2 CNN stations, disney channel, & maybe 1 or 2 regular channels + info on the ship .
Having a verandah was also a plus. It was great for quiet time or to see the scenery & sunrises & sunsets.
Laurie played bingo one time. I used the internet a few times but not enough to get the package deal.
Colleen - I'm wearing my tigger shirt as I type this. The pneumonia is just about all gone. Dr let me go back to work early. Today we had some excitement. They wouldn't let us leave early. One of the 2nd shift Officer was sitting in his car in the parking lot by the street & got caught in the crossfire of a gun fight. His car got shot up but he wasn't physically hurt.
Once the police arrived & checked out the scene they let us go. I think they caught one of the guys involved.
Oh, Aisling I think you asked me a while back if I was tired after the cruise. I can't say that I was. After 10 days on the ship it was nice to get off. Since the last 3 days weren't on the original schedule there were things planned but not as much as in the beginning.
Everybody Have a Magical Day
Jill
I have a family member that was going to book using DVC. She was told the cruise was going to be closed to DVC, since it is almost sold out. Their are only a few cabins left on Expedia. They booked through Expedia, and they are going to rent out their DVC points. They were only able to book on deck 2. It was the only deck Expedia had left. Disney themselves have little to nothing left as well.
