Colorado Cruisers

[Pooh_Friend#1]

DCLcruiser - Wonder cruise? Why didn't you invite me I am sure you have to be sick of DCL by now!!!!! I think we all need to meet again and hear stories and see pictures!!!!

Now, now Teresa...you are going to get me in trouble!!!

 

[DenverVal]

Riding the waves through hurricane Hillary was sooooo much fun. Wish we could have had more rough seas. Call me crazy!

Sure. I had a cabin all the way forward and absolutely could not stay in there that day. I passed the day up on deck 9 midship with seabands and meclazine. Being outside helped. The pools were fun to watch though. My camera has a continuous shoot setting that takes 2 frames per second until the memory fills up, and I could get about 18 frames. I had fun capturing images of the drama. Talk about a wave pool!! By midday the pools were still closed, but the kids stood at either end of the goofy pool and giggled hysterically whenever the waves from the pool drenched them.

I enjoyed our snorkeling excursion in Manzanillo. Even though the water was much murkier than the Caribbean, the fish and coral were pretty. This was DD10’s first real snorkeling experience, and she kept surfacing to tell me “this is really neat, I really like this!” We shopped briefly shortly before all-aboard, but didn’t really have much time to look around. We didn’t realize the free shuttle ended an hour before all-aboard, and had to catch a taxi back. I would have felt more comfortable if I had done some research beforehand, but who knew?

Our rafting excursion in Acapulco was one of the highlights of our trip! The scenery was spectacular and the rafting was a riot! However when we tried to cross the street to visit the fort, there were dozens of people trying to be our guide or sell us trinkets, and just would not take no for an answer. There was a congregation of them just before the bridge across the street, and we didn’t even try to go past them, just turned around and went back to the terminal to shop.

The Panama canal transit was spectacular! It was what I booked this cruise for, and I was all over the ship, forward, aft, port, starboard on decks 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, and 10. I took lots of time lapse pictures of the Magic and other ships being raised and lowered in the locks, of the gates opening and closing, of the geology, of the people that turned out to watch us pass through, of the brown ****ies flying by (Captain Tom will be a long time living that down), of the jungle and Gatun Lake. No time for the pools on this day! I did take time out to have some of the yummy shrimp and salmon kabobs though.

Curacao was one of my favorite stops. Willemstad is a quaint and colorful town, the people were very friendly, and we thoroughly enjoyed our sail and snorkel on the Bounty with Captain Perry!

Castaway Cay started out with lightning and light rain, causing our parasailing and DH’s kayak excursions to be cancelled, so we rented snorkel equipment instead and set out to find Captain Mickey. Along the way we saw several barracudas, about 2-3 feet long! We saw lots of pretty fish. Captain Mickey was in a very shallow area (we also found the ship’s wheel, quite some distance from him) with plant debris that when stirred up made it impossible to get a good picture of him. We checked out the stingray area, and they appeared to be very curious about us; when I stepped in the water, they came over to check me out. I got several good pictures of them. The banana boats were lots of fun!

This cruise was a wonderful experience! I don’t know if I can go back to a 7-day….we rebooked onboard and are hoping that the 2007 itineraries will include the 10- and 11-day southern Caribbean ports.

 

[jiminyC_fan]

Oh my goodness, Teresa. Was I suppose to book for you too???? Sorry, I just booked for Heidi!

Val, I was as far forward as a cabin can get. It was the best cabin to have because of the weather. The cabin was the very first one on deck 2, stateroom 2000. The waves actually crashed around our porthole where we got total darkness every so often. Great video of it.


DCLcruiser, I was wondering the same thing. I thought you were staying in FL for a couple of weeks. Are you going on the Wonder for a vacation?

 

[DCLcruiser]

DCLcruiser, I was wondering the same thing. I thought you were staying in FL for a couple of weeks. Are you going on the Wonder for a vacation?

I am in Florida right now, just kickin' back and enjoying the Parks. They are so empty. I went on Splash Mountain, Mission Space, Soarin' and other E-Ticket rides in under 10 minutes...and that was on Labor day. I will be back in Colorado September 12th.

I will be boarding the Wonder on the 8th for a little vacation to the Bahamas...I have missed Nassau as I haven't been there in over 6 months. Plus, I bought this cruise for me and the folks so I will be taking them in one of the Verandah rooms.

 

[ColoradoBelle1]

Hi Colorado CRuisers...
Posting from up here at 9000 feet . Going on a cruise thru the Canal, tho alas not on DCL. But it IS an 18 night repositioning cruise, NCL and I LOVE long lux cruising!

Been through the canal once before and think the second time around will be even more fun! Leaving Sept 27.

Think I'll just bypass any hurricanes!

 

[Tera]

Sandy - ah yes, you were suppose to be for me. You don't need to take Heidi with you anyways

DCL- I hope you and your parents have a great time. Make sure you bring pictures when we have our DIS meet

 

[DenverVal]

Val, I was as far forward as a cabin can get. It was the best cabin to have because of the weather. The cabin was the very first one on deck 2, stateroom 2000. The waves actually crashed around our porthole where we got total darkness every so often. Great video of it.

So was I, cabin 5500. I didn't particularly enjoy the thrashing. All I can say is you must have a cast-iron stomach! I would love to see the video. The waves didn't reach as high as deck 5.

 

[Pooh_Friend#1]

Welcome ColoradoBelle. Have fun on your cruise and give us a trip report when you get back!!!

DCLcruiser - You are such a nice son, wish I could do the same for my parents!!!! Have fun!!!!

 

[Pooh_Friend#1]

Sandy - ah yes, you were suppose to be for me. You don't need to take Heidi with you anyways

Well Teresa, you know if you would have taken me on your cruise like I asked then maybe I would take you on my cruise that is in the future!!! You could sleep on the couch because there is only 2 of us in my room!!!!

 

[jiminyC_fan]

Now I feel bad Teresa. Gosh, maybe next time.

DCLcruiser, what a nice son. Can I adopt you?? Anyway, guess we should have stayed a couple of days after the cruise and enjoyed WDW. We did it one time after a cruise and had major sea legs that we didn't enjoy it. No sea legs this time for us. I thought we would have it for sure after 14 days and the rough sea. I kind of miss it. Share some of that candy with your folks!!

ColoradoBelle, have a great time. Don't forget the sunscreen.

 

[DenverVal]

That's funny, Sandy, I didn't have any rocking at all after this cruise either.

 

[Tera]

Heidi - I'm sorry, I knew I should have left my kids at home to make room for you I promise next time I can do the couch

Sandy - Promises promises

 

[jiminyC_fan]

Teresa, I am sure that there is still room for you and your family on the Sept cruise. Give them a call. Just won't get my 500.00 stateroom credit. Aww, shucks.

 

[Pooh_Friend#1]

Teresa - sure next time, I fell for that before!!!!!!

C'mon DCLcruiser needs to get home so we can all meet up again!!!

 

[Tera]

Sandy - I wish I could, but now with me working, I have to wait for Fall break I'm sure you'll have enough fun for the both of us Are you going to post pictures??

 

[Pooh_Friend#1]

Are you going to post pictures??

It should be more like, is Heidi going to post pictures for you!!!!

 

[jiminyC_fan]

It should be more like, is Heidi going to post pictures for you!!!!

Heidi is so right. Are you going to post pics Heidi?

 

[mmouse37]

DCLcruiser, posting from CC. What is wrong with you?? Oh, I just figured it out. The weather kept you inside! Didn't work for me, I was at Serenity Bay getting kicked off the beach!!

Hi guys, had a wonderful cruise. Absolutely perfect. The luggage fiasco was Disney's fault. Not the airlines. Disney took care of our laundry because of the exploding stuff. Ever have pressed underwear? Plus the luggage that had everything out in the hallway was ripped by Disney and they repaired it. Disney handled everything just fine. It was very frustrating on the first day but we managed to get into vacation mode after guest services took care of us. Even managed to see DCLcruiser a couple of times. Loved Curacao, hated Manzanillo because of a scary moment, and Acapulco wasn't anything great. The cliff divers were fantastic. Saw them at 10:30pm so we could watch them dive with torches. Riding the waves through hurricane Hillary was sooooo much fun. Wish we could have had more rough seas. Call me crazy! We were on deck 2 and the waves would completely cover the porthole. Wish you all could have seen it. One of our friends got sick but the rest of us did just fine. Even our server got sick. Lots of tables were empty at dinner. Even deck 10 was roped off for awhile and the swimming pools were making their own waves. What an experience. The Panama Canal crossing was great. Wasn't hot at all. Once you got throught the first set of locks we all pretty much treated it as a day at sea. Once you see one set of locks, you have seen them all. The scenery was beautiful. Even saw two crocodiles.

I am so tired so will have to get off this computer and go to bed. Thought of all of you while on the cruise!

Here are some pics of the "wave pool" from the repo!!!

http://community.webshots.com/album/443607697xxGpUT/3

MJ

 

[Pooh_Friend#1]

Great pictures mmouse. Thanks for sharing!!!

 

[jiminyC_fan]

Hey MJ. Glad you posted your pics. I haven't found time to even look at ours. Crazy, huh! Looks like you got some terrific ones of the waves. Can't wait to see ours. Maybe my dd, Poohfriend can help me get some posted.