Mikelly1221
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...and it was 4 days of Wonder-ful! We had a great time!! 
Here's some tidbits...
Best tip: bungee cords for the connecting doors. This is sooo necessary because the doors won't stay open at all without them. We bungeed the doors open and it worked great!
Meal rotation: We were on the TAAP schedule (Tritons, Animators Palate, Parrot Cay). Pirate night was on day 2 (Monday), formal night was on day 3. We went to Palo on day 3, so we missed the Animator's Palate show since they didn't do it on day 2 because of Pirate night.
Magical Moment: DH and DS were doing the bottom fishing excursion on CC and got there way too early. They were the 1st ones down there. The officer in charge made DS the official in charge of security (with officer supervision, of course!) He got to scan DH with one of the scanning wands. The officers showed him how to run the bag scanner. He wore an officer's hat. And he cleared the ship with the bridge-he talked on the walkie-talkie to the bridge. He was told to ask "Permission to go ashore?" and he said "Permission to...um...get off the boat?" Permission was granted, and the officer told DS, "Matt you just cleared the ship for over 2000 people!" They took pictures and DH & DS later received certificates commemorating the experience. It was cool!!
Tip for Disney: I have no idea how they would pull this off because of meal planning, but the pirate party really needs to be earlier. It is just too late for our kids (9, 6, 4), and for us. We were exhausted by 10pm. But, DH and I were discussing it on the way home and we don't know how that could be done without messing up dinner and the shows.
Mistake corrected: On the 1st evening, we had dropped off shirts/pillowcase for the characters to sign. On the last evening, they were returned to our stateroom unsigned! I took them down to guest services and very nicely explained the situation. The CM very kindly took the shirts/pillowcase, apologized, and within 2 hours, they were re-delivered to our stateroom signed wonderfully! Great service!
If anyone has any questions, I would love to answer to the best of my ability, but we are leaving again (yes, we're crazy!
) and we'll be back on Saturday and I can answer then.
Here's some tidbits...Best tip: bungee cords for the connecting doors. This is sooo necessary because the doors won't stay open at all without them. We bungeed the doors open and it worked great!
Meal rotation: We were on the TAAP schedule (Tritons, Animators Palate, Parrot Cay). Pirate night was on day 2 (Monday), formal night was on day 3. We went to Palo on day 3, so we missed the Animator's Palate show since they didn't do it on day 2 because of Pirate night.
Magical Moment: DH and DS were doing the bottom fishing excursion on CC and got there way too early. They were the 1st ones down there. The officer in charge made DS the official in charge of security (with officer supervision, of course!) He got to scan DH with one of the scanning wands. The officers showed him how to run the bag scanner. He wore an officer's hat. And he cleared the ship with the bridge-he talked on the walkie-talkie to the bridge. He was told to ask "Permission to go ashore?" and he said "Permission to...um...get off the boat?" Permission was granted, and the officer told DS, "Matt you just cleared the ship for over 2000 people!" They took pictures and DH & DS later received certificates commemorating the experience. It was cool!!
Tip for Disney: I have no idea how they would pull this off because of meal planning, but the pirate party really needs to be earlier. It is just too late for our kids (9, 6, 4), and for us. We were exhausted by 10pm. But, DH and I were discussing it on the way home and we don't know how that could be done without messing up dinner and the shows.
Mistake corrected: On the 1st evening, we had dropped off shirts/pillowcase for the characters to sign. On the last evening, they were returned to our stateroom unsigned! I took them down to guest services and very nicely explained the situation. The CM very kindly took the shirts/pillowcase, apologized, and within 2 hours, they were re-delivered to our stateroom signed wonderfully! Great service!
If anyone has any questions, I would love to answer to the best of my ability, but we are leaving again (yes, we're crazy!
) and we'll be back on Saturday and I can answer then.
