Who? A very depressed to be departing family! Me (37), DH (40), and twin DD's (9)
Saturday morning we woke up already back at the dock. It was rainy and wet and overall very depressing to be back in Port Canaveral. To think that we had been so excited to be there just a few days before!
We were all up and ready and just kind of biding time until it was our time to go to breakfast. Having late seating is a definite benefit on the last morning, making it much more leisurely! The breakfast staff seemed quite rushed, but as always, even post-tip, they did their utmost to meet our needs. Deneval even ran downstairs to get dd a donut! I warned her that her days of demanding extras like that were quickly coming to a close!
And that was it -- time to get off. The disembarkation/luggage retrieval/customes process is so smooth. How is it possible that there are nearly 2,000 people, all getting off within the same time frame? It was very unrushed and pleasant, except for the fact that we were having to leave, that is! We joked with the porter to sneak us back on the ship.
Our Tiffany driver was waiting for us, and we were whisked back to the airport. Back to HARSH reality -- long lines, big crowds, hectic, rushed, blah, blah, blah. It's such a shock to realize that the rest of the world is not devoted to our happiness like the CM's on the Magic!
Then it was hurry up and wait for our flight back home. ::::sigh::::: Every time I saw the cast members in the airport holding up Disney cruise signs, I wanted to shout at them, "WAIT!! TAKE ME BACK!!" I was so jealous of the people getting to board, I couldn't stand it.
So, tha'ts it. We absolutely loved it. Every single one of us, even DH who had to pay the bills. He readily admits that it was well worth every penny. It was the perfect vacation for us, and the only negative thing we have to say is that they make you get off the ship after 7 days! We booked another 7-day for 2006, but will probably push it back to 2007 once the dates are announced. I hope they continue the double CC itinerary in 2007; that would be ideal!
So, that's it! Thanks for reading all my reminiscences. It was fun getting to relive it one more time. If you have any questions, please post or PM me -- it's fun to be able to share advice after all those months of asking questions myself. This board is absolutely without a doubt the best source of information out there!
Saturday morning we woke up already back at the dock. It was rainy and wet and overall very depressing to be back in Port Canaveral. To think that we had been so excited to be there just a few days before!
We were all up and ready and just kind of biding time until it was our time to go to breakfast. Having late seating is a definite benefit on the last morning, making it much more leisurely! The breakfast staff seemed quite rushed, but as always, even post-tip, they did their utmost to meet our needs. Deneval even ran downstairs to get dd a donut! I warned her that her days of demanding extras like that were quickly coming to a close!
And that was it -- time to get off. The disembarkation/luggage retrieval/customes process is so smooth. How is it possible that there are nearly 2,000 people, all getting off within the same time frame? It was very unrushed and pleasant, except for the fact that we were having to leave, that is! We joked with the porter to sneak us back on the ship.
Our Tiffany driver was waiting for us, and we were whisked back to the airport. Back to HARSH reality -- long lines, big crowds, hectic, rushed, blah, blah, blah. It's such a shock to realize that the rest of the world is not devoted to our happiness like the CM's on the Magic!
Then it was hurry up and wait for our flight back home. ::::sigh::::: Every time I saw the cast members in the airport holding up Disney cruise signs, I wanted to shout at them, "WAIT!! TAKE ME BACK!!" I was so jealous of the people getting to board, I couldn't stand it.
So, tha'ts it. We absolutely loved it. Every single one of us, even DH who had to pay the bills. He readily admits that it was well worth every penny. It was the perfect vacation for us, and the only negative thing we have to say is that they make you get off the ship after 7 days! We booked another 7-day for 2006, but will probably push it back to 2007 once the dates are announced. I hope they continue the double CC itinerary in 2007; that would be ideal!
So, that's it! Thanks for reading all my reminiscences. It was fun getting to relive it one more time. If you have any questions, please post or PM me -- it's fun to be able to share advice after all those months of asking questions myself. This board is absolutely without a doubt the best source of information out there!
so well detailed- i don't know if i can wait the 23 days to my cruise- i am more excited then ever after reading your report!! 
