mandymouse
Bahama Mama Time !!
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Mandy (me) ~ 43 Its not a real Bahama Mama til Im onboard the Disney Wonder
Paul (DH) ~ 41 How do you do the YMCA dance ?
Kerry (DD1) ~ 15 Theres no such thing as having too many T-Shirts !!
Becky (DD2) ~ 13 Thinks its lame to have a tag after her name
Thursday 11th January 07
I was up around 5.30am, and I quickly showered before getting everyone else up, as this morning we had to report to Immigration in one of the theatres for 6am. Immigration is such a drag, but it is the only downside to the Cruise (apart from actually leaving the ship).
It was quite busy, but we were dealt with within ½ hour and we received our passports back. We then went up to deck 9 for our final breakfast in the BBB. After breakfast we headed to the Atrium and there was quite a line beginning to build waiting to disembark. As we reached the Atrium, the doors were opened and people began to leave. It was only about 7.50am and within no time we were leaving our beautiful ship.
½ hour later we had retrieved our luggage, and we were back in the car heading back to WDW.
Thoughts
This has been the BEST CRUISE EVER. We met some wonderful people, and three weeks later I still miss them very much. We had so much fun with them all. My daughters also had a fantastic time in Aloft and they enjoyed meeting our friends and their families especially Chad, Jimmy and Carolin.
I would also like to add that our Dining Servers were superb (or as my girls would say ~ Legends), they were very attentive and nothing was too much trouble. If the girls didnt want the starters on the menu ~ they would bring some fruit out for them, if they werent keen on the desserts ~ they would get them ice-cream with sprinkles on, and even when we had ordered our desserts they brought extra ones out for us to try.
Our Stateroom Hostess Nerine from Jamaica was great too, we never saw her in our room, no matter what time of the day we came back and everything was always magically done. We would often see her in the corridor as we left for dinner and she would always comment on how nice we looked or say have a great evening.
We really had a fantastic time, and all the above people helped to make it a WONDERful Cruise ~ I can only hope that we all get to meet again one day
My New Friends
How I will always remember Mary & Sue ~ with those beer glasses !!
Contd
We popped back to the Pop Century to check everything was OK and to drop off some of the suitcases and then we were back in the car on our way to the Contemporary Resort.
It was the first time that we had had driven here, and it was so exciting driving there. We went to the check-in desk, but we were too early to get into the room. So we were given our keys and we took off for the Magic Kingdom.
It was great being so close to MK. We rode Big Thunder Mountain, the TTA, Buzz (I won again) and watched Mickeys PhilharMagic. Paul & I had a Pineapple Float (Mmmm) and I got Paul a Birthday Button from Guest Relations for tomorrow.
After wandering around the shops we took the monorail back to the Contemporary. We were still too early for the room, so we sat by the pool as the weather was lovely and warm. The girls went of to the arcade (which was huge compared to the Pop) and Paul & I snoozed by the pool as we were shattered after our 6am start.
Around 2pm our room was available, it was on the 6th floor of the tower building overlooking Magic Kingdom and from the inside it looked down over Chef Mickeys.
The room was huge with a giant TV, free internet access and gigantic beds, even the bathroom was amazing. Once we had settled in and relaxed for a while we caught the monorail over to Epcot.
Today we noticed how quiet the parks were. When we arrived at Epcot (around 4pm) we were able to get FPs for Soarin for 5pm. We walked around World Showcase and had tea there (sorry no notes on what we ate), and we saw some characters in the Character Connection.
Unfortunately we were so tired from the Cruise that we didnt last long in Epcot, so we caught the Monorail back to the Contemporary. At 8pm Wishes started at MK, and it was wonderful watching them from our balcony, and we couldnt believe how far away from Cinderellas Castle that the fireworks were set off from.
Would you believe that we were all fast asleep by 9.30pm in those lovely, big beds.
Tomorrow ~ Pauls Birthday
Mandy (me) ~ 43 Its not a real Bahama Mama til Im onboard the Disney Wonder
Paul (DH) ~ 41 How do you do the YMCA dance ?
Kerry (DD1) ~ 15 Theres no such thing as having too many T-Shirts !!
Becky (DD2) ~ 13 Thinks its lame to have a tag after her name
Thursday 11th January 07
I was up around 5.30am, and I quickly showered before getting everyone else up, as this morning we had to report to Immigration in one of the theatres for 6am. Immigration is such a drag, but it is the only downside to the Cruise (apart from actually leaving the ship).
It was quite busy, but we were dealt with within ½ hour and we received our passports back. We then went up to deck 9 for our final breakfast in the BBB. After breakfast we headed to the Atrium and there was quite a line beginning to build waiting to disembark. As we reached the Atrium, the doors were opened and people began to leave. It was only about 7.50am and within no time we were leaving our beautiful ship.
½ hour later we had retrieved our luggage, and we were back in the car heading back to WDW.
Thoughts
This has been the BEST CRUISE EVER. We met some wonderful people, and three weeks later I still miss them very much. We had so much fun with them all. My daughters also had a fantastic time in Aloft and they enjoyed meeting our friends and their families especially Chad, Jimmy and Carolin.
I would also like to add that our Dining Servers were superb (or as my girls would say ~ Legends), they were very attentive and nothing was too much trouble. If the girls didnt want the starters on the menu ~ they would bring some fruit out for them, if they werent keen on the desserts ~ they would get them ice-cream with sprinkles on, and even when we had ordered our desserts they brought extra ones out for us to try.
Our Stateroom Hostess Nerine from Jamaica was great too, we never saw her in our room, no matter what time of the day we came back and everything was always magically done. We would often see her in the corridor as we left for dinner and she would always comment on how nice we looked or say have a great evening.
We really had a fantastic time, and all the above people helped to make it a WONDERful Cruise ~ I can only hope that we all get to meet again one day
My New Friends
Betsy & Mike
Robin & Rick
The Sisters ~ Sue, Ann & Mary
How I will always remember Mary & Sue ~ with those beer glasses !!
Ann & Tom
Kelly's & Paula's families
Robin, Betsy, Me, Mary, Sue & Kelly
Contd
We popped back to the Pop Century to check everything was OK and to drop off some of the suitcases and then we were back in the car on our way to the Contemporary Resort.
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It was the first time that we had had driven here, and it was so exciting driving there. We went to the check-in desk, but we were too early to get into the room. So we were given our keys and we took off for the Magic Kingdom.
It was great being so close to MK. We rode Big Thunder Mountain, the TTA, Buzz (I won again) and watched Mickeys PhilharMagic. Paul & I had a Pineapple Float (Mmmm) and I got Paul a Birthday Button from Guest Relations for tomorrow.
After wandering around the shops we took the monorail back to the Contemporary. We were still too early for the room, so we sat by the pool as the weather was lovely and warm. The girls went of to the arcade (which was huge compared to the Pop) and Paul & I snoozed by the pool as we were shattered after our 6am start.
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Around 2pm our room was available, it was on the 6th floor of the tower building overlooking Magic Kingdom and from the inside it looked down over Chef Mickeys.
The room was huge with a giant TV, free internet access and gigantic beds, even the bathroom was amazing. Once we had settled in and relaxed for a while we caught the monorail over to Epcot.
Today we noticed how quiet the parks were. When we arrived at Epcot (around 4pm) we were able to get FPs for Soarin for 5pm. We walked around World Showcase and had tea there (sorry no notes on what we ate), and we saw some characters in the Character Connection.
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Unfortunately we were so tired from the Cruise that we didnt last long in Epcot, so we caught the Monorail back to the Contemporary. At 8pm Wishes started at MK, and it was wonderful watching them from our balcony, and we couldnt believe how far away from Cinderellas Castle that the fireworks were set off from.
Would you believe that we were all fast asleep by 9.30pm in those lovely, big beds.
Tomorrow ~ Pauls Birthday
That immigration day is a killer!
