Cabo San Lucas day two, Friday, March 18th, 2011
Tendering was supposed to be at 7:30, and we had a very early excursion. This was going to be an extremely short day in Cabo.
Kim and Angie decided to take their crew to “a beach” and had a blast…they went to the beach near The Office and said they just sat back and shopped as the stores came to them. They said they really enjoyed it.
I left DD5 onboard, and took my other three plus DD12’s friend on the
DCL Pacific Horseback ride excursion.
We met in Wavebands, and there were several other excursions meeting there too. They had no microphone, and it was general chaos…they had lines formed weirdly and no one knew which line to be in because they couldn’t hear. It was quite disorganized. They checked our tickets and then gave us stickers. Most people were there for the Harbor cruise or the Chileno excursion. Next to us an older couple were having a spirited discussion because they forgot which excursion they booked because it was so long ago. Husband: “are we swimming?” Wife: “I’m not sure, I probably booked snorkeling for you, better go get your suit”. Husband: “are you sure I need it?” Wife: “no.” LOL.
They led the first couple of excursions out first, and then our much smaller group was led out. We went directly to a tender and then followed the CM with the sign until we were brought to our guides. They walked us to the port building for a quick bathroom break for those who needed it and then we boarded the bus.
So…here is where I was reminded as to why I love to set up my own excursions. A young lady, no older than 17 I think…talked incessantly for the entire half hour or more on the bus about her horse expertise. Loudly. Most people were kind of snoozing as it was early, and everyone was twelve and up so no little kids. She talked NONSTOP. I thought she must be with another family or something because no way would her parent allow her to ramble like that…nope, her mom was there. It was incredible.
We arrived at the ranch, and the horses looked very well cared for. The guides were extremely nice, and showed us a place to put our stuff, and then matched us up to horses. Right off the bat they call DD12 over to a really tall horse, it was hilarious because easily it was one of the largest and she is completely tiny. Then they put her equally tiny friend on a horse appropriately named Peanut, as it was the smallest horse besides the baby horse and the donkey. The girls giggled quite a while over that but it was good for DD’s friend who had never ridden before, Peanut didn’t scare her.
I was called out to a respectably sized horse that turned out to be incredibly stubborn, but more on that later.
DS was seated on a horse, and then DD16 was put on a pregnant mare…it was so funny. The horse was clearly expecting, and acted like it throughout the ride…she didn’t want to move or be bothered by much, and who could blame her
So, off we went. I tried to stay as far away from the loud horse expert girl. Somehow the five of us got all split up, so I was near the front with the two twelve year old girls and DD16 and DS were towards the back. The loud girl was put on a horse that had the baby horse, and the baby tried to follow along for the ride and the girl kind of made a fuss and the guides made the baby stay behind. Meanie.
Two dogs also came along for the ride, and had a good old time playing, flipping around on their backs, and running into the surf. We started out on a trail that had a view of mountains and cacti, and that is when I discovered my horse was very stubborn. She liked to ride with her head up the behind of the horse in front of her, so I kept having to reign her back. Finally she decided she did not like to be behind the horse in front of us, so she shoved her way in front of it. I felt really bad for the woman riding in front of me because my horse was determined. She’d start to trot and I’d lean back so it wasn’t so much of a bounce, but I didn’t exactly wear, um, the most supportive gear and bouncing was not all that enjoyable. My horse would literally shove horses out of the way, or all of a sudden start to trot and bounce me everywhere. When I wanted her to go she wouldn’t. It was actually very funny. Then somehow she decided she was going to stop and that was all there was too it. I ended up back several by DS. Poor DD16 was stuck near the loud girl who was the last.
We headed to the ocean where we rode first away and then back towards the ranch, all near the water. The surf was high and it was a beautiful setting. There were houses that were in various stages of disrepair lining the cliffs, the guides said they are seasonal homes, or just closed. He offered to take cameras while we were riding to take pictures of us on our horses with the water in the background. I took a few videos but really, it is very hard to get video when you are bouncing.
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On our way back, My horse and the horse DS was on decided to trot…we were both bounced like crazy and were laughing although it was kind of hard to stay on. I had a really, really determined horse…determined to do whatever she wanted!
The ride was about 80-90 minutes, and was really lovely, I am so glad we did it.
Back at the ranch, we dismounted and were offered water upstairs in the small gift shop/office. The kids got to spend some time petting the horses.
The baby was so glad to see its momma. The loud girl dismounted and proclaimed that the horse had reared up and nearly unseated her, because they had a “disagreement” because she was going to make the horse “work”. Then she tried to tell DD12 all about what she should do. DD16 said the whole ride she was telling DD16 to kick her horse to get it to move, and DD was uncomfortable with that because the mare was pregnant and told me that if the girl told her to “kick her harder” one more time she was going to tell her to shut up.
I made sure I was close to the front of the line to the bus so I could make sure not to sit anywhere near that girl…seriously, one of the most annoying humans I have ever seen. She also kept messing with the stallion that the guides clearly told us to stay away from.
Okay, enough about the annoying girl…we really had a great time. It was a wonderful excursion that I highly recommend.
On the way back, I got more cash out (this time USD, near the port) because I thought we’d shop a little and I needed money for extra tips onboard. We didn’t really end up shopping…once again, DD12 and DD16 debated the whole baby lion situation, and I wanted to get back to eat at Tritons.
Tendering back, we stayed downstairs and as close to the exit as possible. We did see a sea lion playing in the water:
We headed up to Tritons, I stopped by the Club and DD5 didn’t want to leave and had already eaten, so I left her there. It was just me and the three twelve year olds, DD16 headed to the club immediately, and I sent DS to our room for my Nook (Love it). We ordered the seafood sampler, it was yummy, and some other items:
TO BE CONTINUED…
I had a spa treatment scheduled, and I was really, really looking forward to it, and it turned out to be one of my favorites. Called Head to toe Heaven, it was on the Navigator as a massage, facial, scalp and foot and ankle massage and Rainforest time for $99. It really was a very good deal. It turned out to be a back of the body massage, and I know when I love it when I fall asleep. I forgot a swimsuit so I didn’t take advantage of the Rainforest much but I read my Nook on a heated tile chair and sipped cold water for a while, and that was heavenly. Then a nice leisurely shower in the big spa shower and it was time to rest a bit before the night of festivities ahead.
Several of our party went to see Dreams…right at this moment I can’t remember what I did, but I didn’t go see Dreams. Then, Kim and Angie took some of the kids to the Klirr Deluxe Family Caberet at 7:30, and I took the little girls to the High School Musical and Hannah Montana Mash Up at the same time. I spent some time in Studio Sea this cruise and I don’t think I’ve stepped foot in it before, actually.
There was a perky CM cheerleader that taught dances…it was too fast for our little ones and DD5 got really frustrated. I even got up and danced a bit with them and she thought that was pretty funny, but perky CM kind of guilted the parents into it. Then the kids that wanted to got up on stage and did karaoke to a slow Hannah Montana song that DD didn’t know. Kim’s daughter went up there and it was cute, but I was underwhelmed with the whole thing…maybe because DD5 was the new dwarf named Whiney during the show.
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Pictures before dinner:
On to dinner, we had Semi Formal at Tritons, and we had some fun. So, DD5 needed help cutting something. And I told her to give it to me, because she was about to knock the plate off the table. So instead of waiting for Iracema which would be the smart thing, I took it, and then proceeded to knock it off the table myself. I think we laughed for ten minutes straight. Kim and Angie and I were crying, we laughed so hard, and then Oliver (officer CM and my favorite previous Palo server) chose that moment to come over. I slyly dropped my napkin over the bits of food on the floor, and he laughed along with us…it was ridiculous. In fact, we laughed throughout dinner…over really nothing much.
My DD12 and her friend (that she was staying with) ate dinner with us that night, I felt bad to make Jose accommodate them but they did it with grace, and then head server Thomas came over and offered to make sure there was room for the two girls at the character breakfast the next day. We just had the best service…really.
The kids went to the clubs again, and we headed to the Ricky Kalmon Adult Caberet, and I was so excited for Kim and Angie to see it. They both agreed to volunteer, and we had really good seats right in front.
While we were waiting, a few minutes after we dropped the kids off, Kim got a page that her son wanted to get picked up
. She went up and told him he had to stay, and then came back down and felt bad so I think that altered the attempted hypnotism for her, she was very preoccupied, and I thought she was a great candidate for it because she said previously she was in the audience and hypnotized at some previous show.
They both went up on stage, and Angie went out like a light. Kim, though, did not, and was respectfully thanked and dismissed just like I was during the family show. It turned out to be a good thing, as we had to lean on each other to keep from falling over when we were laughing.
They are the two blonds:
So, Angie was so out that at one point, Ricky woke all of them up and Angie still was slumped over. The lady to her left nudged her and woke her up, she apparently wanted to talk to her, which we thought was hysterically funny.
The lady in the tangerine shirt was her pal. We had a good laugh together after the show.
Several things were suggested to the participants. One man’s wife from the audience was incorporated in the show and every time she yelled “Cookies” he ran off the stage, kissed her passionately, and ran back up. They were given napkins as money, and told to act like flight attendants. At this point I realized my memory card was nearly full, so I hastily erased the video from the family show in order to capture Angie. They were told to play guitar hero. The last part was a guy that was told he was the greatest puppet master in the world, and his two hands were puppets. The rest of them were supposed to be his biggest fans. We howled with laughter…almost laying on each other, some of my video is kind of shaky, but it was truly one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. What made it better is that Angie is not over the top like that…she is fun, but not wild or crazy, and doesn’t act goofy. At one point he told them everyone in the audience was naked…Angie wouldn’t look at me or Kim, she was shielding her eyes and embarrassed. He also did “the person next to you smells like garbage and the smell won’t go away until you change seats. It was musical chairs and Angie was the first to jump up!
My words don’t do the show justice, so here are several videos, enjoy!
Money:
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Puppets:
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Guitar Hero 1:
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Guitar Hero 2:
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Guitar Hero 3:
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Flight Attendant:
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Out like a light:
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I'm Sexy:
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After, Angie came back down. We told her some of it and she barely remembered it…we told her about the napkin money and she said “I don’t have any napkins!” We then told her to look in the top of her dress
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We then took some more “we are acting like cool teenagers” pictures, but they turned out awful even though we thought at the time they’d be great. I’m not sharing them with you, lol.
We picked up the kids and they of course wanted room service. Character breakfast tomorrow!
DD16 was out until after 1 AM…here is some of the fun she was having:
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. I'm torn because I have a Cat 10 and my friend and her kids have a GTY 9, she was assigned right across from me which is really convenient, and her sister is 3 decks up but right at our elevator. Whatever the case, I'll be there semi early anyway...my plan is to get Tea party tickets for our group, so I'll need an early boarding pass! 
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We haven't even left yet.
