So sorry, got busy and didn't get to post. Just got home a little while ago. I will post the Thanksgiving menu. We were not able to order off the Captain's Gala menu, they changed it to a full Thanksgiving menu this year. My step father really wanted lobster but he had 2 on CC on Friday. It was a magical trip!
Saturday the 22nd. Got there about 1:15 or 1:30, got my brunch ressies dropped off the luggage, missed the Parrot Cay lunch but went to Topsiders. (We really hated the embarkation buffet on the Wonder in April, was scared, really wanted Parrot Cay). It was absolutely fabulous! We had early seating, PLAPLAP. We had Navneet from India and Daniella from Romania(I think). Navneet was wonderful! Daniella was nice, but I think she was shy but got better by the end of the cruise. She was good but not as good as Lisa on the Wonder. I had the ribs, my favorite!
We didn't see much shows, our girls pooped out every night after dinner. Did see Darren Romeo, wasn't impressed at first but ended up loving the show. His impressions are out of this world.
Samuel from Costa Rica was our Room steward and he is fabulous. We had rooms 7528 and 7530, connecting. We had the door open all the time, but I didn't think they were noisy at all. We couldn't hear them with the door open unless they were right at the door. Bungee cords work much better than duct tape.
We had some rocking but not much at all. We had 8 of us and no one got sick. Last night felt like a freight train with all the shaking and rattling. Went out on the verandah and the wind almost knocked you overboard!
The 2 teens loved the stack, were there every moment we let them. Our foster child for the week was a wild child, sorry if anyone's teen age boys met her!
Regarding the 2 CC days, it was great. I have no interest in Key West, sorry, that is why I booked this one. They tried to mix it up so we wouldn't have the same day twice. Sunday, we had ribs, etc but no lobster(not that I saw). Friday, no ribs(I wasn't happy) but they had BBQ Pork Chops and lobster. Sunday, it was normal CC, Friday, they had turned it into a winter wonderland(If I wanted that, I would have stayed home!) but it was really cool. They had the Christmas tree up and snowmen statues when you came off the ship and they had bubble snow!!!!! All the workers either had scarfs or red stocking hats on. The tram was decorated like a reindeer. In addition to the signs saying how many miles to DW and such, there was one saying how far it was to the North Pole. Lots of Christmas decorations. And the best is the Carribean Christmas music. They had the 12 days of Christmas and we couldn't make out all the days but it was really cool. The drink of the day on Friday was the Snowflakes and this drink is the best I have ever had. The girls had non alcoholic ones and loved them too. I did try the Konk cooler as well, it was the special on Sunday. We have lots of pictures of the decorations if I can figure out how to post them. Then after everyone boarded, they had the Island tree lighting. You could view it from decks 4, 9, and 10 or if you had a verandah or porthole room on the port side. They had the captain, Mickey and a Make a Wish child out there lighting it, really cool!
The best thing about the whole trip, Chocolate Lava Cake!!!! I had 2! We did have brunch at Palos and we are not into fancy restaurants but this was great, tons of food, Kristian was great. Really enjoyed it.
We sent half of our luggage home with mom(she was driving) so I don't have the Thanksgiving menu here, but I will post it as soon as she gets here in a day or two. They had pumpkin cheesecake that the girls loved!
We did the Stingrays at Grand Cayman and the Dolphin Encounter at Cozumel. Also, my husband and I took the two teenagers on the Nature & Kayak excursion at CC and it counted for a biology homework. It was awesome, I highly recommend it. I am not in the best shape and I made out fine. Ricky was our guide and he is fantastic and really went out of his way to point out things and repeat for the girls so they could write it down. You start out walking down the bike path and it takes about 40 minutes because you stop and look at things alot, then you take a kayak to the other side of CC and spend about 30 minutes exploring at the private beach. We found all kinds of things, starfish, Florida Horse Konk, stingrays, spiny sea urchent, sea biscuits, sharks and much more. Then you take the kayaks back and then walk back which is about a 20 minute walk back. Really cool!
