Heat, Humidity, and Our Favorite Disney Dog Was a Thug! LINK TO NEW PTR!!

[RGirl]

Yes...please add DL to the end of this TR!

I can't believe that your DL trip is already over. It went too soon! I hope Willow gets better soon!

Thanks for the vote for adding DLR on here, Christine - I will likely do that since I'm having so much fun with all of you. I would hate to have to go start my TR somewhere else.

It really did go fast! It was so much fun though. And we will be back there again in July or August. And then again in maybe October and/or January 2015.

I posted two more DCL updates at the same time you were posting, I think.

 

[RGirl]

Hannah would FLIP if she saw those pictures if kids club! She already tells me how she's spending so much time there when we go and how I'm not allowed. I wouldn't hear the end of it for over a year!

Welcome to my world - Willow talked about the kids club for months on end before we went. They really know how to make things fun for kids!

I say tack DL on to the end if this. Just more for us to enjoy!

Okay - I think I'm pretty well sold on the idea then. Wanted to make sure people over here would be interested in reading about it.

Hope willow is feeling better and gets to go back to school soon! (Wait...is that a good or bad thing?)

Well, I NEED to get back to work, so it's a good thing. She seems much better this afternoon - got her homework, reading and math practice done, so I think she'll be set to go back tomorrow. Phew!

Missed that last post--everything is so pretty!! I love it! Love the throne!

Sorry! I posted the second and third installments on that part right at the same time you were posting, I think. I totally forgot to post them earlier.

 

[shan23877]

What a beautiful ship! I love it! I don't blame you guys for skipping the crowded party, after summer WDW crowds I would have wanted to avoid them as well.

 

[sweetpeaandevie]

Wow!!! You got a lot of great pics of that ship. It is beautiful!!!

Glad you had a great time in Disneyland Can't wait to hear about it!!!

 

[shan23877]

Posted too soon! Maddie is DEFINITELY not getting to see the BBB preview pics, and when you get to that update I'll read while she's in bed.

I'm glad you girls had some yummy frozen drinks, and more importantly found the ice cream.

 

[bugsmama11]

All caught back up! The ship is beyond beautiful and one day I will take a trip that includes a cruise...but I guess Miranda and I need our passports bc my hubby already has his from going to the island of Roatan and scuba diving (not to mention previous mission trips when he was younger). So that would be the first on my list of things to do.........

 

[dizneeat]

Wow! You are back again already!!!

AND have done three updates!
Sorry to hear Miss Willow is sick, but I hope she got to enjoy her birthday trip.

On to the ship.
I don't blame you at all for not going to the Sailaway Party. We loved the one on the Wonder, but the ones on the Fantasy and Dream are just so crowded.
Hey, and while you were having drinks and ice cream we were exactly one deck above you!
Oh, and you would have loved to do the FE! Our first gift is a directory of the ship, easy to attach to a belt or lanyard.

Can't wait to read more and I hope they were able to solve your dietary needs at dinner.

 

[hstrickland]

Ok, Roni....did you really have to ask about tacking on an extra TR???!!! Of course you better!!!


We're home today...again! Yesterday and today - NO SCHOOL. Freezing rain and ice! We haven't had a winter like this in South Georgia in ages. Crazy weather. '


Loving the ship pictures! And you did a great job with the kids' club pics That place is way too cool, isn't it?! The weather looks absolutely fabulous, too. By the way....we're (I'm) already planning another cruise for 2015...Fantasy Hubby wants to do the 7 day. Of course that means no WDW, but I'll survive. Can't wait to read more about your DCL adventures!!!!

Heather

 

[Jackiemarie21]

The ship looks like so much fun! I think the whole world should have thrones everywhere just in case you are feeling royal at that moment!
I don't blame you for skipping the sail away party, more heat and crowds is probably the last thing you wanted at that point. Plus, how fun to get to explore the ship with virtually no one around!

 

[jedijill]

Great first day on the ship!

I vote for the DL TR too!

Jill in CO

 

[dizneeat]

Ups, forgot to mention that I would LOVE that TR about DL!!!!

 

[JulieODC]

Fun boat updates!!! Love it!

 

[Tiggerrn2]

Loved the updates!! The ship looks wonderful!! Can't wait to see the rest.
And I vote you add your DL report to the end of this one (even though I am dying to hear how it went)!

Welcome Home! and hope Willow is feeling better by now and back to school. We are finally back to school here after having a few extended days off due to the cold and snow. Hoping our next round of snow doesn't leave us homebound again. I am growing a little bored.

 

[emmysmommy]

What a lovely ship!! I love the kid's club photos... makes me want to play in the Toy Story room. That's awesome that they serve room service during boarding. That's a nice option instead of vying for a place to eat at the buffet. Yummy looking food.

I love all the details of the ship including the thrones. It looks like this will be a great cruise!

Sorry that Willow got sick after your DL trip. We thought about you while we were at the DL resort last weekend. We ended up there from Fri through Sun. Too bad we didn't run into each other. I hope Willow enjoyed her special birthday celebration.

 

[librarygeek]

First of all, I would definitely like it if you added your DLR TR to the end of this one! I plan on reading it anyway

The Fantasy looks just stunning. You are really making me want to go on a Disney cruise! Unfortunately, it looks like we'll be on Carnival for our next cruise - we wanted to do one from NY to Canada and sadly Disney doesn't do that route anymore.

Those frozen drinks look great! And I love the sound of soft serve ice cream all the time! I can't get enough of that stuff. On the first Carnival cruise we went on they had 24 hour soft serve ice cream machines. Then we tried Norwegian cruises and they closed their ice cream machines at 9pm!! What a bummer when I wanted a late night snack - believe me, Norwegian lost big marks for that haha.

 

[RGirl]

What a beautiful ship! I love it! I don't blame you guys for skipping the crowded party, after summer WDW crowds I would have wanted to avoid them as well.

I felt a little bad about missing the party, but then I remembered that you can't do EVERYTHING!

Wow!!! You got a lot of great pics of that ship. It is beautiful!!!

Thanks! We loved that ship.

Glad you had a great time in Disneyland Can't wait to hear about it!!!

I can't wait to tell you all about it!

Posted too soon! Maddie is DEFINITELY not getting to see the BBB preview pics, and when you get to that update I'll read while she's in bed.

She deserves to see!!!!

I'm glad you girls had some yummy frozen drinks, and more importantly found the ice cream.

Phew - those frozen drinks felt awfully GOOD!

All caught back up! The ship is beyond beautiful and one day I will take a trip that includes a cruise...but I guess Miranda and I need our passports bc my hubby already has his from going to the island of Roatan and scuba diving (not to mention previous mission trips when he was younger). So that would be the first on my list of things to do.........

Get those passports, woman!

 

[RGirl]

Wow! You are back again already!!!

Yep - VERY fast trip!

AND have done three updates!

Really just one update with too many pictures for one post. But I'll take credit for 3 since I haven't updated in a long time now.

Sorry to hear Miss Willow is sick, but I hope she got to enjoy her birthday trip.

She had a great time. And did not get sick until we arrived home.

On to the ship.
I don't blame you at all for not going to the Sailaway Party. We loved the one on the Wonder, but the ones on the Fantasy and Dream are just so crowded.

Oh, I'm glad to hear we made the right decision. We had a lot of fun on the Wonder, but we just couldn't face the heat and crowds on the Fantasy.

Hey, and while you were having drinks and ice cream we were exactly one deck above you!

I just saw that on your TR!!!!

Oh, and you would have loved to do the FE! Our first gift is a directory of the ship, easy to attach to a belt or lanyard.

Well, THAT would have been helpful!

Can't wait to read more and I hope they were able to solve your dietary needs at dinner.

They did a very nice job throughout the cruise. Just as I expected they would!

Ok, Roni....did you really have to ask about tacking on an extra TR???!!! Of course you better!!!

Okay - consider it done!

We're home today...again! Yesterday and today - NO SCHOOL. Freezing rain and ice! We haven't had a winter like this in South Georgia in ages. Crazy weather. '

It has been such a strange winter all across the country.

Loving the ship pictures! And you did a great job with the kids' club pics That place is way too cool, isn't it?! The weather looks absolutely fabulous, too. By the way....we're (I'm) already planning another cruise for 2015...Fantasy Hubby wants to do the 7 day. Of course that means no WDW, but I'll survive. Can't wait to read more about your DCL adventures!!!!

Really??? I am planning a 2015 Fantasy cruise too!!!!

 

[RGirl]

The ship looks like so much fun! I think the whole world should have thrones everywhere just in case you are feeling royal at that moment!

I think you are SO RIGHT!!!

I don't blame you for skipping the sail away party, more heat and crowds is probably the last thing you wanted at that point. Plus, how fun to get to explore the ship with virtually no one around!

I felt kind of bad about it at first, but we ended up having a very nice and relaxing time. Which was just what we needed.

Great first day on the ship!

I vote for the DL TR too!

Jill in CO

Thank you! I am 99% sure that I will just add the birthday trip to this TR.

Ups, forgot to mention that I would LOVE that TR about DL!!!!

Thanks Karin! I will likely just go ahead and add it on to this one.

Fun boat updates!!! Love it!

Thank you!

Loved the updates!! The ship looks wonderful!! Can't wait to see the rest.

Thank you! The DCL ships are truly amazing.

And I vote you add your DL report to the end of this one (even though I am dying to hear how it went)!

Thanks for the vote! I am pretty much sold on doing just that.

Welcome Home! and hope Willow is feeling better by now and back to school. We are finally back to school here after having a few extended days off due to the cold and snow. Hoping our next round of snow doesn't leave us homebound again. I am growing a little bored.

Thanks! And Willow recovered after two days of missed school - her first sick days of first grade. The winter this year has been INSANE! I hope you are stuck at home again - that just gets old after a while.

 

[RGirl]

What a lovely ship!! I love the kid's club photos... makes me want to play in the Toy Story room. That's awesome that they serve room service during boarding. That's a nice option instead of vying for a place to eat at the buffet. Yummy looking food.

The kids' clubs are just amazing. And I felt so brilliant for realizing that we could just order room service in the peace and quiet of our stateroom.

I love all the details of the ship including the thrones. It looks like this will be a great cruise!

Oh, we were big DCL fans before this cruise, but after it, we are even bigger fans - it's a dangerous slippery slope to financial ruin.

Sorry that Willow got sick after your DL trip. We thought about you while we were at the DL resort last weekend. We ended up there from Fri through Sun. Too bad we didn't run into each other. I hope Willow enjoyed her special birthday celebration.

Wow! I am kind of surprised we didn't see each other. There were a few families whom we ran into over and over and over again during our few days. It was a great trip! Can't wait to be back this summer!

First of all, I would definitely like it if you added your DLR TR to the end of this one! I plan on reading it anyway

Awesome - thanks for the vote. I will likely just go ahead and do that. I can move over to the DL TR board for our summer trip.

The Fantasy looks just stunning. You are really making me want to go on a Disney cruise! Unfortunately, it looks like we'll be on Carnival for our next cruise - we wanted to do one from NY to Canada and sadly Disney doesn't do that route anymore.

Oh, that's too bad. But I think the NY-Canada itinerary looks great - I can see wanting to do that.

Those frozen drinks look great! And I love the sound of soft serve ice cream all the time! I can't get enough of that stuff. On the first Carnival cruise we went on they had 24 hour soft serve ice cream machines. Then we tried Norwegian cruises and they closed their ice cream machines at 9pm!! What a bummer when I wanted a late night snack - believe me, Norwegian lost big marks for that haha.

Oh, poor form, Norwegian, poor form!!!

 

[RGirl]

Our First Fantasy Characters​

Saturday, August 17, 2013
Port Canaveral
Sunrise: 6:53AM
Sunset: 7:59PM
Evening Attire: Cruise Casual
All Aboard: 3:45PM
Saturday: Overcast, High 81 degrees
Sunday: Overcast, High 82 degrees

After enjoying a frozen beverage on Deck 11, we headed back to the stateroom to grab our autograph book because we had noted on the Navigator that Snow White was going to be out at 5:30.

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Snow White was, of course, just lovely. She paid a lot of attention to Miss Willow and was very Snow White'y.

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We headed back to the stateroom after meeting Snow White. I just love the Mickey hand showing the elevator floors.

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Tonight’s show was A Fantasy Come True, but when we got back to our stateroom, we found that our suitcases had finally arrived, and we decided to skip the show tonight in the interest of getting our stuff unpacked and settling in. Well, I unpacked. Miss Willow veged out with a Disney show on the TV, I believe.

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As is always the case for me when I am in the stateroom, I couldn’t resist spending a little time on the verandah.

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DCL provides very nice products.

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