DreamCruiser..100 The Dream continues, A Halloween TRIPPIE, NEW 11/17

[DreamCruiser100]

You all are so very welcome it was great fun!!! I hope to do it again with our next Dis group.

I need to get busy on this trip report!! I hope to finish it tomorrow!!! I will have the whole day with NO DH to hog the computer LOL!!!

 

[Kimmielee]

Monday!! DAY #2 and boy did I feel better!!! I got up and went up to Topsiders to bring back a good breakfast for DD and thank goodness I was HUNGRY!! all ate breakfast on the verandah and then went to soak up some rays NOT ( the clouds were among us ) and watch DD swim for awhile. DH came to releave me from my parental duties so I could get ready for our DIS T and T. I met up with Kimmie and we got a porter to take all of the treats to Diversions in a LAUNDRY CART!!! yes, we had sooo many treats that we filled the cart LOL, Kimmie bought these great pirate bags for everyone and we along with Kimberly (kchartsf) filled them. The CM's in the bar traded us beverages for candy LOL and we were happy to oblige. I wish I could say that I took pictures but I didn't take a single one It worked out very well and everyone seemed to really enjoy themselves ( other than trying to find my room the first few days because the stateroom number changed 3 times
More to come have to go to work

You did an amazing job putting this together. Thanks so much!

The treat bags were filled to the brim for the kids and that's after all the cute waiters in the bar took their favorites! Trying to describe how it took a big laundry cart to get all the goodies down to the bar... and for only what... 36 kids?

 

[jns]

You all are so very welcome it was great fun!!! I hope to do it again with our next Dis group.

I was hoping you would be doing this again
DS had great fun , he was in your DH's group
sorry I had the camera with me but forgot to take any photos
I think we will need to arrange with DCL for somewhere to do it next time as it was a pity we had to keep the kids quite with the wedding going on next door

Grat report , looking forward to hearing more

 

[DreamCruiser100]

THANK YOU KIMMIE FOR HAVING THE ORIGINAL IDEA AND ALLOWING ME TO RUN WITH IT!!


Okay let's see now, where was I??? Oh yes, The Scavenger Hunt went well and althoug there was a beer tasting going on in Diversions and a Wedding in Sessions, we were able to convene in the hallway, distribute the treats and get outta there with little fuss!!

I just realized I forgot Palo Brunch was this day also..SHEESH people are right when they say you forget the details quickly....Ok Palo Brunch Here we go...

We were fortunate enough to have Palo brunch in the private room with many DIS friends. We had a nice time, although I agree that the walk around and let me explain the food thing was a little silly and WEARING HEELS ON A ROCKING SHIP IS A BIG NO NO!! I was glad I read that others on our cruise felt it was very difficult to wlak in heels and carry food through Palo's, All in all the food was good, I am not a fancy person so I was more impressed with the presentation of the food than the taste LOL, The Pizza is very good, except the "sweet" pizza YUCK!!! The deserts looked better than they tasted I thought, but then again I have simple tastes!! We VERY MUCH ENJOYED the company of our DIS friends and SASHA our Palo server extraordinaire was wonderful as well. I do think we will plan on doing this again next year.


Our Dis Brunch

 

[DreamCruiser100]

Ok, I just came to the realization that if I try to write out all the details it may take ME FOREVER to finish this report and since I HATE IT when I start reading a trip report and it just stops......with no conclusion I have decided to change the format of my trippie and start writing the "HIGHLIGHTS" the "LOWS" and a synopsis of the islands, excursions BLAH BLAH and B-Lah...........So let's see.... I will start with Umm. DIS STUFF!!!

DISCLAIMER !!! THE BELOW WRITINGS ARE MY OPINIONS ONLY

What I learned from the DIS boards that came in handy!!
1. If you want to upgrade at the port, arrive early and park across the street where you can EASILY pull out to the entrance as soon as the clock strikes 10:15am. IF I had not known this trick I doubt we would have gotten our upgrade as I heard there were only a few available the day of our cruise.
2. HAVE ALL OF YOUR PAPERWORK COMPLETED BEFORE YOU ARRIVE AND DO AS MUCH AS YOU CAN ONLINE!!
3. As corny as it is, it was VERY FUN to have on identical t-shirts and made for a great embarkment photo!! It was also fun to be able to "meet" other DIS'ers because we all had "matching" shirts.
4. SIGN UP YOUR KIDDO FOR THEIR CLUBS IN THE TERMINAL EARLY AS THE LINE GETS LONG QUICKLY!!
5. I loved having door signs and a fish extender, it was great fun making them and giving and recieving treats was very fun!!
6. The EXTENSION CORD AND SUCTION CUP HOOKS were the two things I found invaluble, also the pop up hamper for dirty laundry and the night light. Most of the other DIS Recommended things never came out of the suitcase
7. Having a V-erandah...darl'in was AWESOME and I recommend it to anyone who is undecided about it.
8. TAKE MOTION SICKNESS TABLETS BEGINNING A DAY OR TWO BEFORE YOU CRUISE IF YOU ARE UNSURE HOW THEY WILL MAKE YOU FEEL. THEY MADE ME CRANKY!! AND TIRED!!, and I didn't really start feeling GREAT until Tuesday or Wednesday.
9. YOU CAN NOT DO IT ALL, DON'T EVEN TRY!!! we only made it to two shows, missed tons of photo opts, ditched one of our excursions and still had a BLAST!! I am soo glad that I didn't freak out over this.
10. GO AHEAD AND BUY THE MEGA MONEY ARCADE CARD ON THE FIRST NIGHT, WE SPENT WAY WAY MORE THAN I THOUGHT we would and we really would have made out better if we would have just gone for broke the first time LOL.
11.Being a member of the DIS made our trip so much more fun!!, make sure and try to get your whole family involved in the planning and the DIS experience

They view from out verandah
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[DreamCruiser100]

The Mills Family Embarment Photo!!

 

[PaDisneyCouple]

Thank you for all the work you did to help make this cruise special for everyone. While the ToT was going on, DW and I took the opportunity to visit everyone's fish extenders. We thought it would be a nice surprise to think all was done (ToT), and get back to find more at the room.

Sean

 

[DreamCruiser100]

Sean, What a Great Idea!!! Thank you!!!

Resaurant Reviews and other Food stuffs!!

We had the 8:30pm seating, and LOVED IT!! No rushing, fussing, and we went to the shows in our "cruise" clothes and changed into our already laid out dinner clothes afterwards. It worked great, and the pools were almost empty!!

We had LAPL rotation HATED IT!! as Luminere's was our least favorite resturant. And we were there for Pirate Night. Parrot Cay was our favorite!!

Favorite Foods:
My most favorite thing was the White Chocolate Dome!!! I even took a second one back to my room for later YUMMY!!! All the dinner food was good, simple tastes remember!! I really wished they would have had just a plain salad, potato,steak type deal. Our server did come up with this option a few times to my delight but it was NOT a menu choice.

FOOD ON DECK: FRESH FRUIT,FRESH FRUIT YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY!!, and the cheeseburgers and pizza were good too!! Oh yeah YUMMY ICECREAM!!!

Room Service: Well it was cool that is was FREE but our order was wrong everytime!! Cereal NO milk, Toast, NO butter or jam, FRENCH FRIES, with MAYO no Ketchup?? 4 cookies when we ordered 2 and 1 Mickey bar but we asked for 4, we didn't complain because it was FREE but next time we might.

Palo, DH and I had dinner for 2 and it was lovely. They had a nice Filet on the Menu and Sasha brought us out several dishes to try. Whatever lemony-champagne thingy they served was AMAZING!! and the sorbet to clense the pallet was the BEST LOL, I could've eaten a whole bowl LOL LOL

Here are some various pics of food, yep I know, silly DIS'ers

 

[DreamCruiser100]

Ok the EXCURSIONS we took, we had others, but dumped them, and we didn't get to Castaway Cay because of Hurricane Noel

St. MAARTEN Butterfly farm tour- I liked this laid back tour, it was short, interesting, and you have just enough time to enjoy the butterflies, by the time we were about to say, well I'm done...It was time to go, we saw alot of the island by air conditioned bus and the driver was very informative. We were back by lunch and able to DD in the club so DH and I could explore on our own. We had a blast together.

St. Thomas - Took the Coral World/Mountain top excursion YAWN!!! We are very spoiled I guess living in Florida as we have an amazing aquarium, this one was very "poor" and the only thing we liked was the iguana's who were running loose. We ditched the tour early and walked to Coki beach next door. We wish we would have just went on our own to the beach and shopping, again though the door got finished early so DH and I again took DD to the Club ( which she WANTED VERY MUCH to do ) and went back out to explore on our own.

NASSUA- been there, done that was suppose to be our Castaway day We grabbed a taxi to the beach and enjoyed the day, although DH had to HOLD DD in the waves as they were CRAZY!!

Picture Time:
St. Maarten and Butterflies

St. Maartin Pier

Me and DH having some US time

 

[DreamCruiser100]

St Thomas from the MOUNTAIN TOP:

FRANK, the roaming iguana at Coral Word

COKI beach, which we walked to after ditching our Coral World tour, NO BATHING SUITS DARN IT

The SKyride, just off our pier in St Thomas

The WAVES at the beach in NASSUA ( sp?)

 

[Disneygrl36]

Great pictures Pam!!!!!!! I love the one of Bert & Taylor in the waves.

I like your list of Dis do's & don'ts too!!!!!

I can't belive we've been home 2 weeks.

 

[DreamCruiser100]

Too Funny Melanie, I was writing in your trippie while you were writing in mine!!

Great Minds think alike

 

[jns]

Great photos
we had a blast at the beach in nassus too
had to take DS17 to the doctor yesterday as he still had sand in his ear from there , can't hear ( 1st time the doctor ever came across this and we live beside the sea ) hopefully the drops will work or else he will have to be referred to the ear doctor

 

[gizimoto]

I think the white chocolate dome was my favorite dessert from the whole trip!

 

[purplepeg]

I love your pictures, especially the butterlfly ones and the one of you daughter and husband in the waves Keep the info coming, I'm loving it

 

[dizzi]

Pam where r u????????????????????:

 

[LovableGluttons]

I want more too please! You're doing a great job!

 

[DreamCruiser100]

Thank you for your and for missing me!!

I have been very busy with family and the holidays. I promise to add more either this evening or tomorrow!!!

 

[jns]

Welcome back Pam
looking forward to hearing more

 

[dizzi]

Glad to see you back Pam!
Missed you girl!