(posted from Promenade Lounge with High Society in the background. I saw Captain Hook walk by as I was coming here. I shook his hand. He tried to steal my ring!)
Oh, mmouse37, you evil person! I wonder if I can hide that pic of dear, dear Travis somewhere on my hard drive at home?
Firstly, apologies to cabin 8072 - right above us - for my inexperience in opening a bottle of champagne. The cork hit the ceiling and probably caused the cruisers above to pee themselves. Sorry!
Last night we wanted to see the 10:15 Michael Harrison show in Rockin' Bar D, but there were no seats left by the time we arrived at...10:15. The excess audience were told to go to Diversions, where the show would be broadcast on the screens. Unfortunately, the audio from the show wasn't piped in until 5 minutes from the end. One of the officers who was trying to get it working
bought us all drinks as an apology. This was the only 'bad show' experience of the cruise.
Let's see...
Castaway Cay. It rained a skosh this morning as we were disembarking and remained mostly cloudly most of the day. The Glass-Bottom boat excursion was cancelled, as was all parasailing other than the 11:00 and 11:30 excursions -- too windy! The sun came out later in the afternoon. Despite the clouds, I still manged to get a bumper crop of sunburn.
Today we snorkelled...I did too since we could enter from the beach. We kicked and mouth-breathed until we were worn out, but still didn't find the Mickey Statue. At least there's something left to look for when we come back! We had lunch at Cookie's (oh yum yum yum) and trammed to Serenity Bay, where some Konk Coolers were waiting for me. The water was chilly at first, but we adjusted quickly.
I live in Southern New Jersey, and have always lived about an hour from the Jersey Shore. By the time seashells reach my beaches, they're broken and discolored. The seashells here on Castaway Cay are white and round and just perfect in every way. I wish I could take them home with me. But I can't. I actually asked Beckie (our server -- she was working at the Serenity Bay BBQ place) if Disney planted the perfect little shells. Apparently they're natural. The Jersey shore will never be the same!
We floated, we napped, we had some ice cream, we heard rumors of a naked sunbather, and overall had a blast. But did you expect anything different?
Now we're motoring across the briney back to Port Canaveral. My husband is finishing packing up. (He's the type that is always ready for Vacation to end --we are highly incompatible in this area) I just stopped at Guest Relations to get our gratuity coupons. (Good tips for Beckie and Daniel and Stateroom Host Albert). I am mightily bummed, folks. Because of this, I'm avoiding the Til We Meet Again stuff and will head to the pub tonight. Maybe, if I bat the eyelashes and spin it right, I can get a pic taken with Travis. Ya think???
This'll probably be the last LIVE post, as Internet Access is going away at 8am tomorrow and I'll be an inconsolable wreck. As soon as I get the digital photos sorted out, I'll get them uploaded to Flickr.
Thank you
ever so much for listening to me babble about my vacation. We'll be sure to leave 7072 nice and spiffy for tomorrow's group. I don't know when we'll be back on the Magic -- as the rates for next year and 2007 seem a bit steep for us. I don't know how you with kids do it.
My takeaways:
- Indulge myself more. There is no reason why I can't have a pitcher of orange-infused water in my fridge like they have outside the Rainforest Room
- Dress Code Wars: Jeans at dinner? I only noticed a few, and I was having such a good time on my own, it didn't even matter. I hereby apologize for the Dress Code posts where I expressed my discontent w/the dress code. I was wrong, and you can quote me.
- Body Issues: Fat? Thin? Tan? Splotchy? Green? Put away the body image fears, get into the swimsuit, and have a blast. Everyone is too busy having their own vacation fun to look at your jiggles, if there are any.
- Clumsy? Dance anyway...
- Want to remember your vacation well? Do a "LIVE!" thread on DISboards...it helps!
Thanks for sharing...!!! 
Looking forward to seeing your pictures! 
