LuluLovesDisney
<font color=red>If you're not outraged, you're not
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I am loving all these ideas! I will be using them for my next cruise (Dec 2006!) AS far as my trip report- I am working on it! 
I just have to tell you that I loved the Spa and the restaurants and the cast members. You can tell that they are trained better than WDW CM's- like the way WDW CM's used to be. Well here's what I'll cover:
A little WDW background
Day 1- at sea, the room, how I organized, the staff, drinks, etc. Parrot Cay, spa= mani, pedi, Hercules
Day2- a LOT of Spa stuff-couples massage, rainforest room, rasul bath, Triton's, Pirate night
Day 3- Castaway Cay, snorkeling, adult beach, shopping, Palo, and all the New Years' festivities.
Day 4- Castaway Cay, and all the same stuff, plus a little more, like Inoithermie, Animator's Palate
Day 5- the debarkation and some more
I'll tell you a little about my first 3 days in WDW first
I flew out through Newark, got to Orlando around 10:45 and went through Magical Express. Due to an error (in my favor actually) we were sent to the Cruise desk instead of Magical Express to get to the Land portion. THe cruise people checked us in and escorted us to the head of the line. Their mistake saved us like 30 minutes! We flew over to the Poly. We checked in - got "leied" and went to lunch at Kona. Amazing, amazing food. When my pics are up, I'm going to post on the food thread and I'll show you it all. We went to DTD to Disney Quest, had a great time. I loved Pirates Battle for Bucanneer Gold. We were on a team with an Asian family with a very empassioned little girl which made it so much fun! We went back to teh room which was ready by now and we saw it! Wow! The view was incredible! We could see the Great Ceremonial House,Grand Flo, Wedding Pavilion!
and even the Castle! Awesome. We got ready for dinner at Spoodles at 8 ( one of the best meals) and spend the night drinking and singing at Jellyrolls!
The next day was a Magic Kingdom day. We had breakfast at Crystal Palace, flew to the rides. We got on everything in like 5-10 minutes each time. We did get a FP for Space Mountain, which came back to haunt us cause it was 101 when we went over there but they did honor our FP's when it was working again. We saw the Christmas Bear Jamboree, which made my day! We spent some time visiting Grand Flo to get pics of the gingerbread house (My bro is a pastry chef and makes gingerbread houses) We had dinner at 'Ohana (no longer our favorite, which it once was. Pina coladas are still awesome though) and we went back to see the parade and Wishes, which was FABULOUS! We had such a great view and my bf was hugging me the whole time and we were being really romantic so watching Wishes was one of my best memories. We even bought the soundtrack!
The next day, somehow we got up early for Animal Kingdom. We finished all the rides we wanted to by 11. It's Tough to be Bug, Safari, Dinosaur, Triceratopspin, etc. We decided to go on Kali. Everyone bought ponchos for like 6 bucks. I said I'm not spending 12 bucks! What an idiot I am! A six grand vacation, but I didnt spend 12 bucks on ponchos! Anyway, I board the ride and of course a HUGE wave comes overboard and soaks me, 100 %, not one dry inch. I was cold and wet. Really cold and wet. And since NO ONE was going on this ride, the other families were allowed to just keep going on time after time, so when the ride ended no one got up to let me out. So I had to *politely* demand that someone get off because I was NOT riding again. Lol.
We hopped over to the Studios. My bf forgot something, we had to straighten out some cruise business (I;ll say more on this later, but basically the lady at the Front desk have mixed up the days they were closed and the days they were open to me, so I didn't get my docs on the day I *should* have, and I was misinformed a lot by her) and I was being really tired and crabby so we ended up going back to rest (A great idea) and cuddle and learn to like each other again, lol, before going back for dinner at Sci Fi (awesome Adult shakes!) and EMH until like 1 am. We did a lot during EMH, Tower, Coaster, etc. but I *loved* the Animation tour and the learn to draw a character class. I drew a Donald I am sooo proud of I have it on my fridge, lol.
The next day we got up early, went down to the Cruise desk to straighten things out again, (this was a horrible experience, as we couldn't do what the Front Desk Ditz had said, AND the Cruise Desk Lady collected some documents, but not all, andhad discussed what should and would happen in detail for 20 mins, then said to meet the bus outside. We waited outside about 1 hr before it was to come and finally 5 minutes before she comes parading out with other cruisers and when we stop her and ask her what's up, she asks me "You're going on the Cruise?" I almost died as we had spoken to her TWICE that day, in detail, but anyway it all worked out) and had breakfast at Kona (Tonga Toast) and shopped and walked around the Poly. We walked in the sand, sat in the swings, got a little sun, it was a nice way to wait for the Cruise Motor Coach to arrive, which it finally did! We got on, and rode along to get to the Wonder- and the best part of our story- THE CRUISE!
I just have to tell you that I loved the Spa and the restaurants and the cast members. You can tell that they are trained better than WDW CM's- like the way WDW CM's used to be. Well here's what I'll cover:A little WDW background
Day 1- at sea, the room, how I organized, the staff, drinks, etc. Parrot Cay, spa= mani, pedi, Hercules
Day2- a LOT of Spa stuff-couples massage, rainforest room, rasul bath, Triton's, Pirate night
Day 3- Castaway Cay, snorkeling, adult beach, shopping, Palo, and all the New Years' festivities.
Day 4- Castaway Cay, and all the same stuff, plus a little more, like Inoithermie, Animator's Palate
Day 5- the debarkation and some more
I'll tell you a little about my first 3 days in WDW first
I flew out through Newark, got to Orlando around 10:45 and went through Magical Express. Due to an error (in my favor actually) we were sent to the Cruise desk instead of Magical Express to get to the Land portion. THe cruise people checked us in and escorted us to the head of the line. Their mistake saved us like 30 minutes! We flew over to the Poly. We checked in - got "leied" and went to lunch at Kona. Amazing, amazing food. When my pics are up, I'm going to post on the food thread and I'll show you it all. We went to DTD to Disney Quest, had a great time. I loved Pirates Battle for Bucanneer Gold. We were on a team with an Asian family with a very empassioned little girl which made it so much fun! We went back to teh room which was ready by now and we saw it! Wow! The view was incredible! We could see the Great Ceremonial House,Grand Flo, Wedding Pavilion!
and even the Castle! Awesome. We got ready for dinner at Spoodles at 8 ( one of the best meals) and spend the night drinking and singing at Jellyrolls!The next day was a Magic Kingdom day. We had breakfast at Crystal Palace, flew to the rides. We got on everything in like 5-10 minutes each time. We did get a FP for Space Mountain, which came back to haunt us cause it was 101 when we went over there but they did honor our FP's when it was working again. We saw the Christmas Bear Jamboree, which made my day! We spent some time visiting Grand Flo to get pics of the gingerbread house (My bro is a pastry chef and makes gingerbread houses) We had dinner at 'Ohana (no longer our favorite, which it once was. Pina coladas are still awesome though) and we went back to see the parade and Wishes, which was FABULOUS! We had such a great view and my bf was hugging me the whole time and we were being really romantic so watching Wishes was one of my best memories. We even bought the soundtrack!
The next day, somehow we got up early for Animal Kingdom. We finished all the rides we wanted to by 11. It's Tough to be Bug, Safari, Dinosaur, Triceratopspin, etc. We decided to go on Kali. Everyone bought ponchos for like 6 bucks. I said I'm not spending 12 bucks! What an idiot I am! A six grand vacation, but I didnt spend 12 bucks on ponchos! Anyway, I board the ride and of course a HUGE wave comes overboard and soaks me, 100 %, not one dry inch. I was cold and wet. Really cold and wet. And since NO ONE was going on this ride, the other families were allowed to just keep going on time after time, so when the ride ended no one got up to let me out. So I had to *politely* demand that someone get off because I was NOT riding again. Lol.
We hopped over to the Studios. My bf forgot something, we had to straighten out some cruise business (I;ll say more on this later, but basically the lady at the Front desk have mixed up the days they were closed and the days they were open to me, so I didn't get my docs on the day I *should* have, and I was misinformed a lot by her) and I was being really tired and crabby so we ended up going back to rest (A great idea) and cuddle and learn to like each other again, lol, before going back for dinner at Sci Fi (awesome Adult shakes!) and EMH until like 1 am. We did a lot during EMH, Tower, Coaster, etc. but I *loved* the Animation tour and the learn to draw a character class. I drew a Donald I am sooo proud of I have it on my fridge, lol.
The next day we got up early, went down to the Cruise desk to straighten things out again, (this was a horrible experience, as we couldn't do what the Front Desk Ditz had said, AND the Cruise Desk Lady collected some documents, but not all, andhad discussed what should and would happen in detail for 20 mins, then said to meet the bus outside. We waited outside about 1 hr before it was to come and finally 5 minutes before she comes parading out with other cruisers and when we stop her and ask her what's up, she asks me "You're going on the Cruise?" I almost died as we had spoken to her TWICE that day, in detail, but anyway it all worked out) and had breakfast at Kona (Tonga Toast) and shopped and walked around the Poly. We walked in the sand, sat in the swings, got a little sun, it was a nice way to wait for the Cruise Motor Coach to arrive, which it finally did! We got on, and rode along to get to the Wonder- and the best part of our story- THE CRUISE!
I love your ideas from OTC. 
Hope she did not take it personal!!!
excited. We met 3 very good friends that we cruise with every year since 2002 on the DISboard. One of them decided to fly out here Feb 3rd. It will be so much fun. She is a crazy lady! Now all I have to do is find a man for her out here and maybe she would move here. JrsyBoy, she is from Clementon. One is from Sicklerville and the other is from Berlin. All New Jersey. They all are know here as the Disney Dudettes.
I am so excited at this point! 
We get through the little Mickey tunnel and all of a sudden we're on the ship! Lots of people around! Loud clapping! A CM asks for our family name (I wasn't sure what to say since I was traveling with the bf so I went with his name, cause that's what we'll be eventually) and they're welcoming us! 
so we get to the elevator and ride on up to Deck 7! Room 7122! The room is beautiful, 
We immediately go outside to check our view and then explore our room! 
Toiletries! 
Our REAS basket! 
I bat my eyelashes a few times 
and send my boyfriend down to straighten this out, quickly explaining that he needs to make sure that I am eating at least once at AP and Palo. 
ohhhh did I feel dizzy, 
and sick, 
and uh oh! 
I was paralyzed on the bed when Rob came back. Thank God he knew I had been unpacking and not sitting there the whole time! 
Hmmm. I guess that's why it was empty. 
I sat down with my tray, while Rob went to get me water. He came back and we dined. I started to feel better- fresh air, Disney, carbs- those three things usually make me feel better. 
and a wonderful French manicure. My fingers and toes looked gorgeous and I was ready for the Cruise! 
until my boyfriend got bored of my prancing 
and then we went to the hot tub for a little while before we got changed for the evening. It was really hard blow drying my hair in that little bathroom, next time I think I'll plug it in in the stateroom itself. We put on the matching Mickey tiki shirt and dress that we saw at least 750 other people wearing at WDW or the Cruise, 
lol. 
Together! 
In Nautical Wear! 
in front of Triton's! So we got in line and took a really cute picture! 
and I was very happy. The boast rocked a lot trhough dinner, but between my ginger pills, my SeaBands and my drinks, I was feeling fine by then! 
By the time we were done, it was 10:30! We took a walk through the shops and around the boat, and went back to our room. We had a towel animal on our bed! 
I can't remember which one was our first night- I think it was a lobster, though. 
We were still in bed before midnight, looking forward to all the things tomorrow would bring. 
