Experiencing The Magic, October 20, 2007
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Thanks for taking the time to answer. I can see why were disappointed in not getting a lower boarding number - 10:30 seems pretty early.
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For some reason, when you were talking about boarding the ship, the tune "Yakety Sax" (Benny Hill theme) started running through my head.It sounded pretty hectic!
Love the report! Keep up the great work!
I am not aware of the song. But for me it was pretty hetic. But that was because I am a control nut that has to make sure everything is perfect. I was trying to keep our 4 year old in arm reach with all the people and then of course I am watching my mother to make sure she was doing ok.
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Yes I was really surprised that we got a 6 being htere that early. But I have a theory. I think they do the early numbers for repeat cruisers. But that is just my theory.
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PART TWO OF IT’S THE BIG DAY
I personally thought that the crowd going through the ears would be a little more organized. We had to form a human chain and squeeze through all the people that were just standing around waiting for their number to be called. So I was not able to get a picture of us going through the ears.
Once we went through the ears it was another line. Boy I thought at this point I was tired of lines just from the check in process and airports and stuff. Just wait there are lines the whole trip.
We got our first picture taken. It is not that great but because it was the 7 of us (and might be one of the last of the seven of us) I got it. Now it is time to walk the gangway.
Of course I run ahead and videotape the family coming across. Now comes the introduction. I have been thinking of what I wanted them to say all along. So when she asked I said “Mackenzie, Kelsey, Kyle and family.” The lady said “And what is your last name” I said ours and grandpa said his. Well the introduction was something like “Welcome aboard Mackenzie our last name grandpas last name and family.” I was disappointed that they did not get it right but oh well it was done and over with what could I do.
A cast member immediately greeted us and gave us directions to Topsiders for lunch. Well of course I am hungry again and they stated that the staterooms would not be ready until 2:00pm. Hmmm, well that is a fine how do you do. We have 7 carry on bags that we would like to put away. (Just a heads up, the other cruise lines that we have been on allow you to go put your bags in your room when you get on the ship.) So off we go to Topsiders, all 7 of us. Topsider was not very busy at this point. Thank goodness. For the kids they have trays that have divided sections. So the kids’ food goes directly on the tray, no plate.
*Just a note. There are not a lot of sections on the kids’ tray. Mackenzie kept giving me her silverware and napkin to hold to give her more room.
I was not thinking very well when we were in line. We should have gone and found a table, and put all our luggage down first. But we had to do it the hard way. I had my carry on, I took Mackenzie’s (which was a pull behind backpack) and I took my mothers purse. So now I have all that and of course I have my tray and Mackenzie’s tray. Here was the downfall. Mackenzie was not tall enough to reach the food so I had to bend under the sneeze guard to get her items for her. Of course I was not going to let her carry her own tray with her drink on it. So I balance both trays (yes I used to be a server) and away we go to find a table big enough to seat all 7 of us with the luggage. About three steps away from the buffet line, an Angel showed up.
It was a cast member who took both trays from me and took us to the closet large table.
*Just a note.
DCL really pushes their bottle water package. And I do mean really. I kind of reminds me of the shop people in Cozumel trying to get you to buy things. There was a person in the atrium when we got on board that asked if we would like to buy a package. Then on the way to Topsiders we were asked 2 more times (Each bar we walked by asked). Then while we were eating we were asked 3 more times. OK DCL THIS IS A LITTLE EXTREM AND PUSHY. This was just up until us eating. We had not even been on the ship for an hour yet. Not to mention we were asked another 5 times during the sail away party and then 2 more times at dinner.
So we are done with lunch. Now what we had about 45 minutes to kill before our rooms were ready. Which meant what ever we do we have to take our luggage with us. I decided that I wanted to go check out the kids clubs.
*Just a note – the day of boarding the kid clubs are not taking children to be left by the parents, but it is an open house so that the families can go in to check out the facilities. I highly suggest that you go check it out.
Mackenzie was in the Oceaneer Club, Kelsey and Kyle were in the Oceaneer Lab and the Ocean Quest. I will not go into much detail about the clubs, so you can have some surprises. If you have questions about them feel free to ask me.
By the time we checked out the kids clubs it was time to go check out our room. Would you believe that we had not luggage. We unpacked our carry on luggage and then we had a DIS meet up by the Mickey Pool. I highly recommend going to a DIS meet if you are a part of a board. It was a lot of fun to meet everyone that we have been talking to. Oh I should mention that it was just Scott, myself and Mackenzie that went to this. Grandma and Grandpa stayed in their room waiting for their luggage and Kelsey and Kyle took off to explore the ship with Rachael. I had to leave the meet early because Mackenzie was having a complete melt down. She wanted to go in the pool and I would not let her because there was so much stuff that we still had to do. So I took her back to the room to rest a little before the life boat drill. We had 1 suitcase out of our 4.
Off to lifeboat drill, Kelsey and Kyle actually joined us for this one. Grandma and Grandpa got their before us, and checked us in. So all we had to do was stand in line. The cast members kept moving us closer and closer together to the point where my life jacket was touching the persons next to me. Lucky enough we knew them. But talk about uncomfortable, and hot. It did not last very long at all. Then it was back to the room. Again Kelsey and Kyle left. But on the good note all our luggage had finally arrived. It was about 4:30pm. No time to put it away now. Off to the sail away party. If you have little children I would highly recommend going to this. All the kids get to be on stage at the Goofy pool dance. They even show pictures of them dancing on the Aerial Vision. All the kids got on stage after the characters left.
Party is over and we are off to find a spot to watch us sail away. Again it is just the three of us. We find a nice spot, and what made it even nicer is we got to sail away with friends. Rob, Cass, and Kira came over by us. Thank you guys for making the sail away special.
Back to the room. We have 8:15pm dinner and no one will have anything to wear if I don’t go back and unpack everything. So from about 5:30 pm to about 7:15 pm I was unpacking. After that we got dressed for dinner and the three of us took advantage of the professional pictures and had some taken before dinner. Of course we also had to stand in Line to get autographs for Minnie Mouse.
Dinner for us was a Parrot Cay. DCL changed our table location so we had to wait for the kids and Grandma and Grandpa before we went to the desk to find out where our new table was. I was a little disappointed. We saw where our first table would have been and it was in the middle of the restaurants. But our new one was all the way in the back. Which meant Grandma had more walking to do. And it was right next to a service station so it was loud from dishes being clanged together.
*Just a note. All 3 restaurants seem to be really loud on the volume level of all the people talking. It was really hard for anyone at our table to have a conversation and be heard by someone else are our table. Even our service team had a hard time hearing us.
I will not discuss dinners much because our service team was not that great at all. I have had better on other cruise lines, and the food was not that great either. Again we have had better on other lines.
Tonight was Kyle’s night to sleep in with Grandma and Grandpa. So after dinner we told the kids they had to be back in the room by 10:00 pm. We got to put all 3 kids to bed and then Grandma and Grandpa kept and ear on the girls in our room so Scott and I could go to Rockin’ Bar D. I love this bar. We had a blast there every night. Tonight it was Magic Quest and Match your Mate. We joined the KK group for this and our team won medals for the Magic Quest. I will warn you though. You better be fast on your feet if you want to win.
Scott and I left the bar around midnight and went back to the room to get some sleep. We called for a Mickey Wake up call, as part of Mackenzie birthday for the next day and went to bed.
End of day 1
I personally thought that the crowd going through the ears would be a little more organized. We had to form a human chain and squeeze through all the people that were just standing around waiting for their number to be called. So I was not able to get a picture of us going through the ears.
Once we went through the ears it was another line. Boy I thought at this point I was tired of lines just from the check in process and airports and stuff. Just wait there are lines the whole trip.
We got our first picture taken. It is not that great but because it was the 7 of us (and might be one of the last of the seven of us) I got it. Now it is time to walk the gangway.
Of course I run ahead and videotape the family coming across. Now comes the introduction. I have been thinking of what I wanted them to say all along. So when she asked I said “Mackenzie, Kelsey, Kyle and family.” The lady said “And what is your last name” I said ours and grandpa said his. Well the introduction was something like “Welcome aboard Mackenzie our last name grandpas last name and family.” I was disappointed that they did not get it right but oh well it was done and over with what could I do.
A cast member immediately greeted us and gave us directions to Topsiders for lunch. Well of course I am hungry again and they stated that the staterooms would not be ready until 2:00pm. Hmmm, well that is a fine how do you do. We have 7 carry on bags that we would like to put away. (Just a heads up, the other cruise lines that we have been on allow you to go put your bags in your room when you get on the ship.) So off we go to Topsiders, all 7 of us. Topsider was not very busy at this point. Thank goodness. For the kids they have trays that have divided sections. So the kids’ food goes directly on the tray, no plate.
*Just a note. There are not a lot of sections on the kids’ tray. Mackenzie kept giving me her silverware and napkin to hold to give her more room.
I was not thinking very well when we were in line. We should have gone and found a table, and put all our luggage down first. But we had to do it the hard way. I had my carry on, I took Mackenzie’s (which was a pull behind backpack) and I took my mothers purse. So now I have all that and of course I have my tray and Mackenzie’s tray. Here was the downfall. Mackenzie was not tall enough to reach the food so I had to bend under the sneeze guard to get her items for her. Of course I was not going to let her carry her own tray with her drink on it. So I balance both trays (yes I used to be a server) and away we go to find a table big enough to seat all 7 of us with the luggage. About three steps away from the buffet line, an Angel showed up.
It was a cast member who took both trays from me and took us to the closet large table. *Just a note.
DCL really pushes their bottle water package. And I do mean really. I kind of reminds me of the shop people in Cozumel trying to get you to buy things. There was a person in the atrium when we got on board that asked if we would like to buy a package. Then on the way to Topsiders we were asked 2 more times (Each bar we walked by asked). Then while we were eating we were asked 3 more times. OK DCL THIS IS A LITTLE EXTREM AND PUSHY. This was just up until us eating. We had not even been on the ship for an hour yet. Not to mention we were asked another 5 times during the sail away party and then 2 more times at dinner. So we are done with lunch. Now what we had about 45 minutes to kill before our rooms were ready. Which meant what ever we do we have to take our luggage with us. I decided that I wanted to go check out the kids clubs.
*Just a note – the day of boarding the kid clubs are not taking children to be left by the parents, but it is an open house so that the families can go in to check out the facilities. I highly suggest that you go check it out.
Mackenzie was in the Oceaneer Club, Kelsey and Kyle were in the Oceaneer Lab and the Ocean Quest. I will not go into much detail about the clubs, so you can have some surprises. If you have questions about them feel free to ask me.
By the time we checked out the kids clubs it was time to go check out our room. Would you believe that we had not luggage. We unpacked our carry on luggage and then we had a DIS meet up by the Mickey Pool. I highly recommend going to a DIS meet if you are a part of a board. It was a lot of fun to meet everyone that we have been talking to. Oh I should mention that it was just Scott, myself and Mackenzie that went to this. Grandma and Grandpa stayed in their room waiting for their luggage and Kelsey and Kyle took off to explore the ship with Rachael. I had to leave the meet early because Mackenzie was having a complete melt down. She wanted to go in the pool and I would not let her because there was so much stuff that we still had to do. So I took her back to the room to rest a little before the life boat drill. We had 1 suitcase out of our 4.
Off to lifeboat drill, Kelsey and Kyle actually joined us for this one. Grandma and Grandpa got their before us, and checked us in. So all we had to do was stand in line. The cast members kept moving us closer and closer together to the point where my life jacket was touching the persons next to me. Lucky enough we knew them. But talk about uncomfortable, and hot. It did not last very long at all. Then it was back to the room. Again Kelsey and Kyle left. But on the good note all our luggage had finally arrived. It was about 4:30pm. No time to put it away now. Off to the sail away party. If you have little children I would highly recommend going to this. All the kids get to be on stage at the Goofy pool dance. They even show pictures of them dancing on the Aerial Vision. All the kids got on stage after the characters left.
Party is over and we are off to find a spot to watch us sail away. Again it is just the three of us. We find a nice spot, and what made it even nicer is we got to sail away with friends. Rob, Cass, and Kira came over by us. Thank you guys for making the sail away special.
Back to the room. We have 8:15pm dinner and no one will have anything to wear if I don’t go back and unpack everything. So from about 5:30 pm to about 7:15 pm I was unpacking. After that we got dressed for dinner and the three of us took advantage of the professional pictures and had some taken before dinner. Of course we also had to stand in Line to get autographs for Minnie Mouse.
Dinner for us was a Parrot Cay. DCL changed our table location so we had to wait for the kids and Grandma and Grandpa before we went to the desk to find out where our new table was. I was a little disappointed. We saw where our first table would have been and it was in the middle of the restaurants. But our new one was all the way in the back. Which meant Grandma had more walking to do. And it was right next to a service station so it was loud from dishes being clanged together.
*Just a note. All 3 restaurants seem to be really loud on the volume level of all the people talking. It was really hard for anyone at our table to have a conversation and be heard by someone else are our table. Even our service team had a hard time hearing us.
I will not discuss dinners much because our service team was not that great at all. I have had better on other cruise lines, and the food was not that great either. Again we have had better on other lines.
Tonight was Kyle’s night to sleep in with Grandma and Grandpa. So after dinner we told the kids they had to be back in the room by 10:00 pm. We got to put all 3 kids to bed and then Grandma and Grandpa kept and ear on the girls in our room so Scott and I could go to Rockin’ Bar D. I love this bar. We had a blast there every night. Tonight it was Magic Quest and Match your Mate. We joined the KK group for this and our team won medals for the Magic Quest. I will warn you though. You better be fast on your feet if you want to win.
Scott and I left the bar around midnight and went back to the room to get some sleep. We called for a Mickey Wake up call, as part of Mackenzie birthday for the next day and went to bed.
End of day 1
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KEY WEST
HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY MACKENZIE
Would you believe that Mickey Mouse did not make his wake up call. We really wanted Mickey to wake Mackenzie up. So right after she woke up Scott ran to the guest service desk and asked them to send a wake up call to the room. He explained the situation, so they gave him enough time to get back to the room. Then Mickey called, and called again and called again. Ok Mickey we are all up now thanks.
Before breakfast Mackenzie opened her gifts. Yes we managed to bring gifts on board with us. Nothing much but it was all DISNEY related. We dressed her up with a birthday crown and a sash and away the 7 of us went to breakfast.
We did breakfast at Topsiders. One of my favorite breakfast foods is Cream of Wheat, and they had it every morning and it was perfect every time. They also had the cutest little Mickey face waffles.
I really enjoyed breakfast each morning. We sat outside. It was a great start to every day.
So today was Key West. Boy were the kids in for a culture shock. They experience the human body in ways I did not even think they would during this trip.
We did not book any shore excursion but we did plan on doing things on our own. People please do not think you can walk this stop. If you are smart you will rent a golf cart or something. You will understand why after you see everything we did.
Grandma and Grandpa got off the ship with us. There are some shops at the port so Grandma was going to look at those. We got to the end of the block and she was tired so Grandma and Grandpa went back to their room. And the 5 of us continued on foot. We were heading to the winery. Along the way we stopped at some shops. Ran into more KK people. Hey Thanks Rose for trying on those dresses. I was a little nervous to try something on in that fitting room, but knowing that you were willing to do it helped. So we kept on walking to the winery. Which by the way gives all the free samples you want. We bought a bottle of wine for Scott’s boss (story to come later), and then we walked to the lighthouse.
Ok so this is probably the time I should tell you that I am afraid of heights, and I am claustrophobic. So we get to the lighthouse. I did ok going up. It took me awhile up there to get adjusted but I got some good pictures of the ship. The things I do for pictures.
Coming down is when I wigged out. So I made everyone come down behind me. I got down and had to sit for a little while. Scott really liked the lighthouse museum, it bored me and the kids. Take your bathroom breaks there because we were going to keep on walking. Our mission Southern Most Point. What a waste. Like people have stated it is just a picture op. You wait in line to have someone take a picture of you and hope it turns out.
So on we go to the Blonde Giraffe for some chocolate dipped key lime pie on a stick. We got 3 for the 5 of us to split. Kelsey did not like it so that left 3 for 4 people. Kyle could not eat all of his. So that left Scott eating one and the rest of Kyle’s and Mackenzie and I sharing ours. They are good but the melt quick so make sure you have lots of napkins. Off we go walking again. This time the mission was back to the ship. Along the way we passed a house that the owner was outside watering and he had water running down the driveway. So what does Mackenzie do? She jumps in the water. We stood there with her playing in the water for about 10 minutes. The guy was really nice to talk to and he was really interested in why she like playing in the water. Well as we pass the shops at the port we pass Grandma and Grandpa. She wanted to try to make it a little further this time.
Now Scott and I took turns carrying Mackenzie during our walk. As soon as we hit the shops Kelsey left us and went back on the ship to hang out with Rachael. Kyle stayed with us, but as soon as we got back on the ship he took off also. Scott, Mackenzie and I went to Topsiders for a late lunch. It was so neat because now on one side of the line they had all the kid items and then the other side was the adult items. It meant I had to go through line two different times but it really made Mackenzie feel special.
It was now off the pool for Mackenzie. Scott went to do his own thing while I took her. I let her do the slide while I got some chicken tenders and fries and ate while she swam. Yes I know I just had lunch, but I wanted more food. Ok so Scott meets up with us, and I have him sit there while I go get grapes. Yes more food. We brought Mackenzie back to the room for some quite time and room service. I ordered her and I some cookies and then I got her a fruit bowl. She did not want rest time so she went to the club for a little while.
We took her out in time to see Pocahontas,
Belle,
Minnie,
Alice,
Cinderella,
Snow White
and Goofy.
It was a busy afternoon of standing in line.
Off to dinner. It was Lumiere’s tonight. Because it was Mackenzie’s birthday they did bring her a cake and sing to here.
Tonight was Mackenzie’s night to sleep with Grandma and Grandpa so she went back with them, and we made the curfew for Kelsey and Kyle midnight. Scott and I went to Rockin Bar D. Which was an 80’s party. We meet up with some other Kkers again. It was a fun night of dancing, drinking and talking. We left the bar around 1:00 am, and then a few of us went up to deck 9 and walked around. Eventually Scott and I branched off, found a comfy lounge in the adult area and cuddled up
and just watched the black nothingness and the stars go by. It was so peaceful. At 2:00 am we went back to our room. I went to bed and Scott went to guest service to request a wake up call.
HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY MACKENZIE
Would you believe that Mickey Mouse did not make his wake up call. We really wanted Mickey to wake Mackenzie up. So right after she woke up Scott ran to the guest service desk and asked them to send a wake up call to the room. He explained the situation, so they gave him enough time to get back to the room. Then Mickey called, and called again and called again. Ok Mickey we are all up now thanks.
Before breakfast Mackenzie opened her gifts. Yes we managed to bring gifts on board with us. Nothing much but it was all DISNEY related. We dressed her up with a birthday crown and a sash and away the 7 of us went to breakfast.
We did breakfast at Topsiders. One of my favorite breakfast foods is Cream of Wheat, and they had it every morning and it was perfect every time. They also had the cutest little Mickey face waffles.
I really enjoyed breakfast each morning. We sat outside. It was a great start to every day.
So today was Key West. Boy were the kids in for a culture shock. They experience the human body in ways I did not even think they would during this trip.
We did not book any shore excursion but we did plan on doing things on our own. People please do not think you can walk this stop. If you are smart you will rent a golf cart or something. You will understand why after you see everything we did.
Grandma and Grandpa got off the ship with us. There are some shops at the port so Grandma was going to look at those. We got to the end of the block and she was tired so Grandma and Grandpa went back to their room. And the 5 of us continued on foot. We were heading to the winery. Along the way we stopped at some shops. Ran into more KK people. Hey Thanks Rose for trying on those dresses. I was a little nervous to try something on in that fitting room, but knowing that you were willing to do it helped. So we kept on walking to the winery. Which by the way gives all the free samples you want. We bought a bottle of wine for Scott’s boss (story to come later), and then we walked to the lighthouse.
Ok so this is probably the time I should tell you that I am afraid of heights, and I am claustrophobic. So we get to the lighthouse. I did ok going up. It took me awhile up there to get adjusted but I got some good pictures of the ship. The things I do for pictures.
Coming down is when I wigged out. So I made everyone come down behind me. I got down and had to sit for a little while. Scott really liked the lighthouse museum, it bored me and the kids. Take your bathroom breaks there because we were going to keep on walking. Our mission Southern Most Point. What a waste. Like people have stated it is just a picture op. You wait in line to have someone take a picture of you and hope it turns out.
So on we go to the Blonde Giraffe for some chocolate dipped key lime pie on a stick. We got 3 for the 5 of us to split. Kelsey did not like it so that left 3 for 4 people. Kyle could not eat all of his. So that left Scott eating one and the rest of Kyle’s and Mackenzie and I sharing ours. They are good but the melt quick so make sure you have lots of napkins. Off we go walking again. This time the mission was back to the ship. Along the way we passed a house that the owner was outside watering and he had water running down the driveway. So what does Mackenzie do? She jumps in the water. We stood there with her playing in the water for about 10 minutes. The guy was really nice to talk to and he was really interested in why she like playing in the water. Well as we pass the shops at the port we pass Grandma and Grandpa. She wanted to try to make it a little further this time.
Now Scott and I took turns carrying Mackenzie during our walk. As soon as we hit the shops Kelsey left us and went back on the ship to hang out with Rachael. Kyle stayed with us, but as soon as we got back on the ship he took off also. Scott, Mackenzie and I went to Topsiders for a late lunch. It was so neat because now on one side of the line they had all the kid items and then the other side was the adult items. It meant I had to go through line two different times but it really made Mackenzie feel special.
It was now off the pool for Mackenzie. Scott went to do his own thing while I took her. I let her do the slide while I got some chicken tenders and fries and ate while she swam. Yes I know I just had lunch, but I wanted more food. Ok so Scott meets up with us, and I have him sit there while I go get grapes. Yes more food. We brought Mackenzie back to the room for some quite time and room service. I ordered her and I some cookies and then I got her a fruit bowl. She did not want rest time so she went to the club for a little while.
We took her out in time to see Pocahontas,
Belle,
Minnie,
Alice,
Cinderella,
Snow White
and Goofy.
It was a busy afternoon of standing in line.
Off to dinner. It was Lumiere’s tonight. Because it was Mackenzie’s birthday they did bring her a cake and sing to here.
Tonight was Mackenzie’s night to sleep with Grandma and Grandpa so she went back with them, and we made the curfew for Kelsey and Kyle midnight. Scott and I went to Rockin Bar D. Which was an 80’s party. We meet up with some other Kkers again. It was a fun night of dancing, drinking and talking. We left the bar around 1:00 am, and then a few of us went up to deck 9 and walked around. Eventually Scott and I branched off, found a comfy lounge in the adult area and cuddled up
and just watched the black nothingness and the stars go by. It was so peaceful. At 2:00 am we went back to our room. I went to bed and Scott went to guest service to request a wake up call.
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Sorry Carrie, we were repeat cruisers and we got a #7! And there were people behind us in the repeat cruisers line with a #8. Luckily it went pretty fast.
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Cute pictures, Carrie. But I think that first one is with Pocahontas; Mulan is Japanese. 
We took her out in time to see Mulan,
Belle,
Minnie,
Alice,
Cinderella,
Snow White
and Goofy.
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Monday, October 22, 2007
DAY 3
AT SEA
What no wake up call again. I am getting mighty mad at Mickey right about now. We informed the kids last night that they were to eat breakfast with Grandma and Grandpa because we had a spa treatment at 8:00 am. We booked the Exotic Rasul (the Kkers have named this the naughty mud room) and loved every minute of it. 
It was hard getting up this early after a late night and trying to get motivated to go to the spa. Plus being in the humidity was not that great on an empty stomach. So of course as soon as our treatment was done we were off to Topsiders for breakfast. We found Kelsey up there with Rachael. So informed us the Grandma and Grandpa took Mackenzie to see a movie. So Scott and I enjoyed a breakfast just the two of us. You guessed it Cream of Wheat for me. Along with other food of course. We went from breakfast to our KK group photo session. That felt like the longest 10 minutes of the whole trip. We had some many people squeezing together to get in the photo and each of us had a camera that we waned it taken with that none of were sure which camera to look at and which ones were going off when. But it was a great experience.
Right after the picture was our private wine tasting. It was for all the KK people who had signed up in advance and the designated drivers who wanted to watch us all make fools of our selves. Scott and I are not much on wine. I drink more of it then he does but it was worth the $12 per person just to go be with the group.
From there it was back to the room to find Mackenzie. Found Grandma who said she took her to the kid club. We took her out in time for lunch. You guessed it back to Topsiders. Then we went back to the pool and found Kyle. Scott and I got some ice cream while the kids swam. I took Mackenzie back early so I could get her ready for formal night without anyone else in the room.
As soon as she was ready to go I sent her back to the club. We took her out in time for the 7 of us to go get pictures taken. Again a rare occasion so I bought those also. Then it was off to see Daisy Duck.
Dinner tonight was in Animators Palate. Mackenzie was not feeling the best with her asthma so Grandma and Grandpa said they would take her back to their room again for that night so Scott and I could go back to the bar. This however was an early night for me. I was back in the room by 11:00 pm. When I got back I already saw that Kelsey, Kyle and Rachael were all back in our room. In PJS just hanging out. So it was lights out for us.
Scott continued to stay out that night. He said he closed down Rockin Bar D, with Trent, Misty, and a few other people. Then he went walking around the ship.
It was not until I was getting ready for bed that I realized why Mickey never called this morning. Our phone was off the hook. Scott must have hit the phone in his sleep last night and no one noticed it.
DAY 3
AT SEA
What no wake up call again. I am getting mighty mad at Mickey right about now.
We informed the kids last night that they were to eat breakfast with Grandma and Grandpa because we had a spa treatment at 8:00 am. We booked the Exotic Rasul (the Kkers have named this the naughty mud room) and loved every minute of it. It was hard getting up this early after a late night and trying to get motivated to go to the spa. Plus being in the humidity was not that great on an empty stomach. So of course as soon as our treatment was done we were off to Topsiders for breakfast. We found Kelsey up there with Rachael. So informed us the Grandma and Grandpa took Mackenzie to see a movie. So Scott and I enjoyed a breakfast just the two of us. You guessed it Cream of Wheat for me. Along with other food of course. We went from breakfast to our KK group photo session. That felt like the longest 10 minutes of the whole trip. We had some many people squeezing together to get in the photo and each of us had a camera that we waned it taken with that none of were sure which camera to look at and which ones were going off when. But it was a great experience.
Right after the picture was our private wine tasting. It was for all the KK people who had signed up in advance and the designated drivers who wanted to watch us all make fools of our selves. Scott and I are not much on wine. I drink more of it then he does but it was worth the $12 per person just to go be with the group.
From there it was back to the room to find Mackenzie. Found Grandma who said she took her to the kid club. We took her out in time for lunch. You guessed it back to Topsiders. Then we went back to the pool and found Kyle. Scott and I got some ice cream while the kids swam. I took Mackenzie back early so I could get her ready for formal night without anyone else in the room.
As soon as she was ready to go I sent her back to the club. We took her out in time for the 7 of us to go get pictures taken. Again a rare occasion so I bought those also. Then it was off to see Daisy Duck.
Dinner tonight was in Animators Palate. Mackenzie was not feeling the best with her asthma so Grandma and Grandpa said they would take her back to their room again for that night so Scott and I could go back to the bar. This however was an early night for me. I was back in the room by 11:00 pm. When I got back I already saw that Kelsey, Kyle and Rachael were all back in our room. In PJS just hanging out. So it was lights out for us.
Scott continued to stay out that night. He said he closed down Rockin Bar D, with Trent, Misty, and a few other people. Then he went walking around the ship.
It was not until I was getting ready for bed that I realized why Mickey never called this morning. Our phone was off the hook. Scott must have hit the phone in his sleep last night and no one noticed it.
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So much for that theory. So I wonder what is there reasons behind who gets what number?
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Cute pictures, Carrie. But I think that first one is with Pocahontas; Mulan is Japanese.
Thank you. I caught it right after I hit the submit button so I went back and edited it.
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Just lots of people I think.
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Just jumping onboard (as opposed to overboard) here Carrie. I loved those 10 minutes! I wish they would've been longer. Snuggling up with 40 of my friends in one place was amazing.
(Carrie, could you plz put a link to this thread in your siggie line so we can find it faster?)
BTW, isn't Mulan Chinese Brenda?
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Just jumping onboard (as opposed to overboard) here Carrie. I loved those 10 minutes! I wish they would've been longer. Snuggling up with 40 of my friends in one place was amazing.
(Carrie, could you plz put a link to this thread in your siggie line so we can find it faster?)
BTW, isn't Mulan Chinese Brenda?
Thanks for the suggestion, I will go do it right now.
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BTW, isn't Mulan Chinese Brenda?
I do believe you're right. I plead ignorance since I never actually saw that movie.
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I do believe you're right. I plead ignorance since I never actually saw that movie.
Don't worry Brenda I have never seen the movie either. This whole thing happend because I was copying off the navigator. They had put Mulan and it was Pochantas (sp). So we can all thank the navigator for this mix up.
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I have no idea how to do it
- but thanks for the plug anyway Also, the number ticket thing at the terminal - I think they give out 2's to the first people in line, then 3's etc etc. 1's are kept back for concierge I believe. Not sure but I think thats hoe it works.
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Just jumping onboard (as opposed to overboard) here Carrie. I loved those 10 minutes! I wish they would've been longer. Snuggling up with 40 of my friends in one place was amazing.
I agree Nancy. I love chaos like that.
I was near Baby Kira and I figured if she was happy (being our mascot/good luck charm), we were all happy. She was great as I recall. I giggled the entire time.
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Thanks for sharing the pics and info on your cruise. We are taking the Western cruise in May. We can not wait. It is really nice to see the pics and report, so we can see what fun we are in for.
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Doin and awesome job Miss Carrie, looking forward to the rest.
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