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<font color=purple><b>|,,|/</b> DEAF DISNEY LOVER<
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Castaway Cay
This is one beautiful island. Breakfast at Beach Blanket Buffet.
After we go back to my cabin and get the wheelchair so I can see the island. I nearly freak when I see the ramp, Steep and no way my husband can handle it. One of the castmembers takes me off the ship and then Jim takes over. It is a 4 minute walk to the tram. Wait a minute. Tram is not accessible and everyone runs to jump on and fills it up. No one even offers to help me on and put the wheelchair on. Jim ends up pushing me the rest of the way to the family beach.
We stop at the store and get us hats since Jim is sure I will burn my scalp without a hat. Then we go on and stop at another store to get my daughter a seashell necklace. Got older one shot glasses for her collection yesterday on ship. Jim pushes me further but he is getting exhausted pushing in the heat. I wish I had brought my power wheelchair. No way to get to the adult beach
. What a bummer. We go back to the ship and go to the pool instead. I use the hot tub and read. We eat a fantastic veggie burger at Pluto's. Then I go down to the Internet Cafe and surf the net for a while.
Off to dinner with Angela and Vince. Marvin and Theresa are rehearsing again for Disney Dreams. They spent the afternoon looking at and working on the interpreting for Golden Mickeys. Normally there are not 4 interpreters onboard for one person but Angela needs to see a show before they start interpreting it so they can make the interpreting fit the show. Theatrical interpreting requires a lot of preparation even when it looks easy. I know. I took a workshop on it last fall and we had to gloss several hymns. Not only does it have to be conceptually understandable but it also has to be somewhat choreographed so it looks nice as well. And yes people there are interpreters that are hard of hearing and I am one. We just have to be aware of our limits.
Before the show I bought the Captain Mickey Snowglobe. It wsa the last one and someone else had asked for it but I got it since I asked first.
Tonight is the 60's-70's party. Since Jim loves oldies we plan on going. Run back to cabin and put out luggage to be picked up. I actually got Jim to dance a few slow dances with me but he wouldn't do the fast stuff. I did. Paid for it later with pain but that's what pain meds are for! I enjoyed myself.
Bed around midnight!
This is one beautiful island. Breakfast at Beach Blanket Buffet.
After we go back to my cabin and get the wheelchair so I can see the island. I nearly freak when I see the ramp, Steep and no way my husband can handle it. One of the castmembers takes me off the ship and then Jim takes over. It is a 4 minute walk to the tram. Wait a minute. Tram is not accessible and everyone runs to jump on and fills it up. No one even offers to help me on and put the wheelchair on. Jim ends up pushing me the rest of the way to the family beach.
We stop at the store and get us hats since Jim is sure I will burn my scalp without a hat. Then we go on and stop at another store to get my daughter a seashell necklace. Got older one shot glasses for her collection yesterday on ship. Jim pushes me further but he is getting exhausted pushing in the heat. I wish I had brought my power wheelchair. No way to get to the adult beach
. What a bummer. We go back to the ship and go to the pool instead. I use the hot tub and read. We eat a fantastic veggie burger at Pluto's. Then I go down to the Internet Cafe and surf the net for a while. Off to dinner with Angela and Vince. Marvin and Theresa are rehearsing again for Disney Dreams. They spent the afternoon looking at and working on the interpreting for Golden Mickeys. Normally there are not 4 interpreters onboard for one person but Angela needs to see a show before they start interpreting it so they can make the interpreting fit the show. Theatrical interpreting requires a lot of preparation even when it looks easy. I know. I took a workshop on it last fall and we had to gloss several hymns. Not only does it have to be conceptually understandable but it also has to be somewhat choreographed so it looks nice as well. And yes people there are interpreters that are hard of hearing and I am one. We just have to be aware of our limits.
Before the show I bought the Captain Mickey Snowglobe. It wsa the last one and someone else had asked for it but I got it since I asked first.
Tonight is the 60's-70's party. Since Jim loves oldies we plan on going. Run back to cabin and put out luggage to be picked up. I actually got Jim to dance a few slow dances with me but he wouldn't do the fast stuff. I did. Paid for it later with pain but that's what pain meds are for! I enjoyed myself.
Bed around midnight!
I am sorry they didn't have a way to get your and your wheelchair down to the adult beach. I am very surprised at this!! I hope this is something they'll correct for future cruisers who are in wheelchairs.
