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MY VERY 1ST TRIP TO WALT DISNEY WORLD & THE CARIBBEAN
(or omg!!! I've gained 6 lbs from this trip!)
BY
Mr. Kris P. Newton (A SOLO TRAVELER)
Wednesday January 7th 2009 Downtown Disney Day
1am: I am up!! Good lord I must be wired!
3am: Leave for DFW airport I am ready
5:30am: arrive @ DFW
7:45am: Plane departs DFW YEA!!!!! I am officially in vacation mode.
10:45am: Arrive in Orlando
1pm: Get checked into Caribbean Beach hotel (love it!).
1:30pm: Arrive in Downtown Disney WOW!!!!!!!!! All those primary colors.
1:30pm to 4:00pm: I shopped til I dropped!! Picked up a few Mr Potatoe Head parts, key rings, License plates, T-shirts..you name it - I bought it.
4pm: Late lunch at Bongos. Am I tired yet?? NO! Must see Cirq! WOW that lady at Bongos is C-U-T-E! Had the Cuban sandwich - wonderful!
5pm: Cirque Du Soleil
7:30pm: end of Cirq show - COOL SHOW! A MUST SEE 7:30pm 8:30pm: More shopping (Man can I shop!)
9:15pm: Arrive back at CBR room.
10pm: Bed; feeling tied, worn out but very happy with total time spent walking of 8 hrs 15 min BEFORE I GOT ANYTHING TO EAT OR DRINK.
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Thursday January 8th 2009 Epcot Day
1:15am: What am I doing up?? Geez I must be committed! Or was that I need to be committed?????
I wanna go to the parks ..NOW!
3am: Still up. Walked around the hotel outside .very peaceful. Even startled the groundskeepers when I said Good Morning!..when it was 3:30am. Love the area lake as the steam rises up off of it in the am.
5am: I am up for good. Good grief! I MUST be goofy but I am up!
6:30am: Recvd wake up call from Stitch. But hey...I am ALREADY UP!
6:35am: Left to get 4 cups of Coke (my equivalent of Coffee) @ Old Port Royal.
NO MORE SLEEPING!! GET MOVING! Says Stitch via the wake up call. So hey I gotta do what he says .right????
8:15am: Get done with DCL c/I @ Customs house.
8:45am: Arrive at Epcot
Fast Passed Soarin (cool ride)
Rode Misson Space (level orange). That ride rocked!!!!!!!!!!! But had to also FP it. :
Rode Test Track (kinda boring!). I want thrills! Spills! & Chills!!!!!! Not worth FP ing it.
2pm: Rode Space ship earth.
Attended the Honey I shrunk the kids show. GOD HOW I NOW HATE MICE!
Attended turtle talk w/Crush. How did they do that??
Rode Journey into Imagination with Figment Cute ride.
Finished World Showcase @ 5:15pm.
Rode monorail to Mk but only saw Main Street Usa for 10 minutes. Couldnt do anymore! WWWAAAAA!!!! SENSORY OVERLOAD had to go back to CBR but....the monorial was cool - even rode up front where the driver person is.
6pm: Got back to CBR.
6:15pm: Eat dinner at CBR. Had their Cheesestake. Was pretty good considering I has nothing to eat all day.
7:30pm: arrive in hotel room.
9pm: took a swan dive into the comfy bed with peaceful dreams of Minnie & the Mouse. AFTER I literally pried my socks & shoes off my feet w/total time spent walking 8 hrs 45 minutes BEFORE I GOT ANYTHING TO EAT OR DRINK.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THURSDAY:
My conversation with Belle: ..she didnt understand what the word cruise meant (priceless). But crisis averted when i explained to her what that word meant as she went on to explain to me that has been doing a lot of reading about boats.
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Friday January 9th 2009 Hollywood Studio Day
Woke up at 3am Didnt want to go back to sleep. I WANNA GO BACK TO THE PARKS ..NOW!...... GEEZ .talk about instancy issues!!!!
5am: Took B bath w/ cucumbers & Tea Leaves (to soak my feet & get them ready for another big day)
6:30am: Recvd wake up call from Stitch.
6:35am: Headed out to CBR Food Court (old Port Royal).
7;45am: Back at CBR hotel room & off to DHS.
8:45am: Arrived at park & allowed in. PRETTY COOL PLACE.
9am: FP TOT.
Rode TSM standby (40 min wait) I scored 129,000 ..that sucks!!
Rode TOT ----OOOOMMMMMGGGG!!!! THAT RIDE ROCKED!
Rode Aerosmith roller coaster: THAT ROCKED MY WORLD AS WELL!!!! WOW!!
2pm ish: Rode the Great Movie Ride, Muppets 3-D. (I lOVE THE MUPPETS)
Saw Disney One Mans Dream. Very sweet & from the heart exhibit.
5pm. Dinner ressies @ 50s Prime Time Café. WOW! Felt like I walked into a time warp as the bell hop At Hollywood & Vine restrnt befriended me for a few hours. He was hilarious in his costume..looked straight out of the sitcom Happy Days. Had a comped PP&J milkshake (surprisingly tasted great) as a celebrated my birthday there.
6pm: Danced to HSM 3 ..had fun w/the block party bash that was held earlier in the day.
Had fun all throughout the day inneracting with the character at the park; esp Dapper Dan (I lost at the Shell game w/him), I flirted w/ Dora Desmond & had fun razing the Beat Cop.
7:30pm: back at CBR room.
8:30pm: Took another b bath (2 soak my feet) as I pried my shoes / socks off my feet. Man..thats beginning to be habit forming here.
9pm: Went to bed. Very tired but happy with total time spent walking today at 9hrs 15 min BEFORE I GOT ANYTHING TO EAT OR DRINK.
HIGHLIGHTS OF FRIDAY
Bo Peep Blew me a kiss as I was taking her picture. Dang - she's cute! Even "made" me blush when she blew me her kiss.
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Saturday January 10th 2009 Magic Kingdom Day
Woke up at 4am. WHY??????? Man - I must be crazy!
Took B bath @ 5am (to get my feet ready for another big day & a lot of walking).
Recvd wake up call from Goofy @ 6:30am.
Arrived at MK @ 8:35am.
Stephanie (CM) taught me how to do the Minnie /Mickey pose! I Love it!!
Rode Space Mtn.
Saw Swiss Family Treehouse. Pretty cool house.
Enchanted Tiki Room was pretty cool. lOVE THE NEW UPDATES.
POTC WAS JUST FANTASTIC!!!!!!!
So was HM!!!!!!
Mickeys Philharmagic was very sweet
Rode Its a Small World .& SURVIVED!!! Even though we got stuck for about 5 minutes & 5 boats in front of me I heard a rather blood curdling scream of NNOOOOO!
Rode Carousel of Progress. Pretty neat ride. But ..ya can really tell the difference between older aas & newer ones.
Left park @ 4:30pm
Went to Grand Floridian: LOOKS OVERATED.
Arrived back to MK @ 5pm. Tried to stay for Spectromagic & Fireworks but couldnt do. I Disneyed Out & had to leave for my room. WWAAAAAA! I DONT WANNA!
Ok ..Disney moment here. Everyone Breathe.
Arrived back at CBR @ 7pm.
8:30pm: took quick b bath (to soak my feet) & then off to bed but ..that was before I had to laugh myself silly prying off my socks & shoes again from my feet. But ..knowing that I asked a few other COMMANDO guests who said that yes, they too had to take their socks & shoes off that way as well.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM SAT @ MK
I rode the Its a Small World ride & sitting next to me was one of the people (now retired) who was on the team of artists who created a lot of the costumes for the ride.
But I had to literally ask the Goofy question of the day: Me to a CM: What all is served at Tusker house (AK) ..His Response: "Food" (PRICELESS) ..Hey..atleast I didnt ask him what time does the 3pm parade start!
TO be Continued.... w/ Sunday January 11th as AK & DCL DAY.......will Mr Rated "G" me actually have a margarita while on board the Wonder?? Who will I run into????? What interesting pieces of gossip ran across my path while ON the cruise ship??? HHMM......
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Part Two Of My "trip Report" By Kris Newton
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Sunday January 11th 2009 AKL / DCL Day
Woke up at 4am to the tunes to the Disney tv channel. Pretty cool tv station. Put me again in the mood to have a total blast at the parks as today is Animal Kingdom day.
Switched channels to the Top 7 must sees at WDW tv channel a continious loop of a promotional showcasing the parks. Put me in the mood to get up & get moving BEFORE that ol Stitch dude calls me.
5am: Took b Bath to soak my feet & get them ready for another big day.
6:30am: got my one last free soda refills at Old Port Royal.
Man ya dont know what 6 twelve ounce cups of cocoa cola does to a persons system!
7am: Sugar rush kicks in as I get on the bus to AK.
7:45am (late due to marathon weekend): arrive at AK. Had fun cheering the people running the marathon as the first person 2 cross the finish line was wearing a Goofy Hat. I love Goody. He is my favorite.
8am: let in 1 hr early for character breakfast at Tusker house. YYUUMM!!!!!!!
9am: Finished literally eating ALL of their Mickey Waffles as I have never tried one during this whole vacation of mine. Now ..if they just had a Mickey rice crispy treat (a BIG ONE) as I havent had one of those either! Had fun talking with Goofy, Donald, Daisy & mickey over Breakfast. ** Man .Goofy is Tall!!! ****
9:15am: Rode the safari animal adventure. Pretty cool seeing all those different animals in different settings.
10am: Had a total blast w/ character greetings. Even had a private 5 minute individual photo shoot with two characters Goofy & Donald. The pictures are just priceless as I was taking different reaction shots of them based upon me saying things like:
Ok Donald a spider just crawled up your leg. You look frightened!
Goofy, Uncle Scrooge just gave you a zillion dollars! How do you feel?
10:30am: Saw Bugs Life and the Tree of Life. That Tree is big! Loved seeing all those different animal carvings into the side of the tree.
12pm ..DUM DE DUM DUM!!!!!!!!!
ITS THE BEWITCHING HOUR ..as I switch gears & make my way to the front of the park. All dcl guests met at far left of the entrance and we boarded the DCL bus for the port.
12:30pm: We all leave for the port & onto the Wonder .YYEEAA!!!!
2pm: Arrive at the Wonder. WOW!! I admit I teared up a bit seeing that boat for the 1st time. I had fun video taping myself boarding the boat; esp as I looked over the side of the boat. Thats a long way to drop should one fall! EEWW!!!!
2:30pm: Went immediately to my cabin (#2068 deck two). Totally felt overwhelmed by the size of it just right for one person as I sat down & had to collect my thoughts & feelings. Wow..I am actually on this boat! C-O-O-L.
3pm: Went about decorating my door (FYI the way it looked is the same way it looks now on the inside of my door at my home).
3;30pm ish quickly went upstairs to have a bite to eat at the buffet.
Boat drill happened next. Had fun talking with the other guests in section L as I was stressing to them that lets all have fun but please no
one cavorting around late nights in a white bathrobe (SOME of them understood what I meant but most did not. Had to fill in the gaps & explain via wftv.com the story about the white-colored bathrobed lady jumping over the side of the ship on Dec 27th 2008. Wicked story. Her family is saying she felt troubled. YA THINK??
5pm: Went back to my cabin to get changed into an evening outfit. After all, ya wanna look like something the dog dragged in when you meet your dinner compadres for the 1st time??
6pm: Golden Mickeys show was just fantastic. Took a lot of pictures (no flash).
7:15pm: Went shopping (what else) at Mickey Mates.
8pm: Dinner at Castaway Cay. Dinner mates were ok could tell everyone was trying to be on their best behavior. Geesh!!! Its a vacation! Time to let loose & have fun! So after
9:50pm ( and a few margaritas later) everyone at the table was cutting up & having fun. I could tell that they were going to turn out to be ok dinner friends. But I had to cut it short & catch our DISmeets Meet & greet 10pm..
** Ok where is the nearest bathroom???????? ****
10pm: Wobbled (applicable word here) on over to our Meet & Greet. First walked on over to the internet area. No One. Oops! Are people a gonna show up or I am the only one?? So I casually walk on over to the other side. & Sit down. People began to approach me & ask if I was here for the meet & greet. YYEEAA!! We finally have the opportunity to meet after all these months of talking on-line. Had a lot of fun talking /listening as after a while we all headed off to the Local bar (Diversions I think was the name of it).
11pm ish to 1:15am: Conversation was just great but the show just sucked bilge water!
1:30am: Wobbled back on over to my cabin. Stopped. Pivoted a quarter turn & just fell backwards into my bed as I kicked off my shoes. I didnt care. I was having fun. But .why oh why did I get up at 4am????????? What possessed me to do that?????? And why did I repeat that cycle the next day?? Getting up sooooo early! More to come....
HIGHLIGHTS FROM SUNDAY:
Seeing the Disney Wonder for the 1st time
Our Meet & greet (10pm)
Monday January 12th 2009 "Nassau day"
4am: Woke up. WHY??
went jogging out on deck 4. had fun jogging when out on my right is just pitch black darkness & out into the distance you can hear thunder. Was surreal to hear rain but you couldn't see it.
7am: Breakfast at Goofy's. Love those Mickey waffles! YUM!!
from 8am ish to 11:30am was spent just breathing in the ship & seeing what she is all about. I have been running around "commando style" these last few days & it sure felt good to just walk leisurely around someplace.
12pm: Left for the Ardastra garden tour. Tour was ok but it needed to be "plussed" a little so I had fun "taking over" the tour explaining to the back of the bus guests that off on our right is the hotel where a few yrs ago that lady murdered her husband in the parking lot by running over him (Hilton Nassau as she acussed him of maritial infidelity). And what is the catch phrase of the Hilton?? "It only happens at the Hilton."
********** PRICELESS ***************
Mental note: don't think the bus driver dude liked me very much after that.
5pm: Got back from the tour. Weather was very hot & humid that day
**Some guest had their wedding on the ship that day. **
6pm: Watched "Toy Story" the musical. Very cute. Love that Bo-Peep.
8pm. Dinner at Tritons. Love those margaritas!! Glad I brought some key lime cookies onboard the ship (in my luggage). Those go great with margaritas. Dinner conversation seemed to be kicked up a notch from the night before. THANK GOD! No offense but hey..this IS a vacation ya know!
11pm: Went to bed but hmmmm what time do ya think I got up the next day???? Will other dinner guests be joining our table???? and with Pirate night approaching, what silliness awaits us?? Stay tuned.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM Monday January 12th
1) striking up a dismeets friendship with one of our fellow dismeets guests (& I ain't a telling who or what cuz after all......."WHAT HAPPENS ON A CRUSIE SHIP, STA.. .. . ..... ....").
Kris
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MY VERY 1ST TRIP TO WALT DISNEY WORLD & THE CARIBBEAN
(or omg!!! I've gained 6 lbs from this trip!)
BY
Mr. Kris P. Newton (A SOLO TRAVELER)
Wednesday January 7th 2009 Downtown Disney Day
1am: I am up!! Good lord I must be wired!
3am: Leave for DFW airport I am ready
5:30am: arrive @ DFW
7:45am: Plane departs DFW YEA!!!!! I am officially in vacation mode.
10:45am: Arrive in Orlando
1pm: Get checked into Caribbean Beach hotel (love it!).
1:30pm: Arrive in Downtown Disney WOW!!!!!!!!! All those primary colors.
1:30pm to 4:00pm: I shopped til I dropped!! Picked up a few Mr Potatoe Head parts, key rings, License plates, T-shirts..you name it - I bought it.
4pm: Late lunch at Bongos. Am I tired yet?? NO! Must see Cirq! WOW that lady at Bongos is C-U-T-E! Had the Cuban sandwich - wonderful!
5pm: Cirque Du Soleil
7:30pm: end of Cirq show - COOL SHOW! A MUST SEE 7:30pm 8:30pm: More shopping (Man can I shop!)
9:15pm: Arrive back at CBR room.
10pm: Bed; feeling tied, worn out but very happy with total time spent walking of 8 hrs 15 min BEFORE I GOT ANYTHING TO EAT OR DRINK.
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Thursday January 8th 2009 Epcot Day
1:15am: What am I doing up?? Geez I must be committed! Or was that I need to be committed?????
I wanna go to the parks ..NOW!
3am: Still up. Walked around the hotel outside .very peaceful. Even startled the groundskeepers when I said Good Morning!..when it was 3:30am. Love the area lake as the steam rises up off of it in the am.
5am: I am up for good. Good grief! I MUST be goofy but I am up!
6:30am: Recvd wake up call from Stitch. But hey...I am ALREADY UP!
6:35am: Left to get 4 cups of Coke (my equivalent of Coffee) @ Old Port Royal.
NO MORE SLEEPING!! GET MOVING! Says Stitch via the wake up call. So hey I gotta do what he says .right????
8:15am: Get done with DCL c/I @ Customs house.
8:45am: Arrive at Epcot
Fast Passed Soarin (cool ride)
Rode Misson Space (level orange). That ride rocked!!!!!!!!!!! But had to also FP it. :
Rode Test Track (kinda boring!). I want thrills! Spills! & Chills!!!!!! Not worth FP ing it.
2pm: Rode Space ship earth.
Attended the Honey I shrunk the kids show. GOD HOW I NOW HATE MICE!
Attended turtle talk w/Crush. How did they do that??
Rode Journey into Imagination with Figment Cute ride.
Finished World Showcase @ 5:15pm.
Rode monorail to Mk but only saw Main Street Usa for 10 minutes. Couldnt do anymore! WWWAAAAA!!!! SENSORY OVERLOAD had to go back to CBR but....the monorial was cool - even rode up front where the driver person is.
6pm: Got back to CBR.
6:15pm: Eat dinner at CBR. Had their Cheesestake. Was pretty good considering I has nothing to eat all day.
7:30pm: arrive in hotel room.
9pm: took a swan dive into the comfy bed with peaceful dreams of Minnie & the Mouse. AFTER I literally pried my socks & shoes off my feet w/total time spent walking 8 hrs 45 minutes BEFORE I GOT ANYTHING TO EAT OR DRINK.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THURSDAY:
My conversation with Belle: ..she didnt understand what the word cruise meant (priceless). But crisis averted when i explained to her what that word meant as she went on to explain to me that has been doing a lot of reading about boats.
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Friday January 9th 2009 Hollywood Studio Day
Woke up at 3am Didnt want to go back to sleep. I WANNA GO BACK TO THE PARKS ..NOW!...... GEEZ .talk about instancy issues!!!!
5am: Took B bath w/ cucumbers & Tea Leaves (to soak my feet & get them ready for another big day)
6:30am: Recvd wake up call from Stitch.
6:35am: Headed out to CBR Food Court (old Port Royal).
7;45am: Back at CBR hotel room & off to DHS.
8:45am: Arrived at park & allowed in. PRETTY COOL PLACE.
9am: FP TOT.
Rode TSM standby (40 min wait) I scored 129,000 ..that sucks!!
Rode TOT ----OOOOMMMMMGGGG!!!! THAT RIDE ROCKED!
Rode Aerosmith roller coaster: THAT ROCKED MY WORLD AS WELL!!!! WOW!!
2pm ish: Rode the Great Movie Ride, Muppets 3-D. (I lOVE THE MUPPETS)
Saw Disney One Mans Dream. Very sweet & from the heart exhibit.
5pm. Dinner ressies @ 50s Prime Time Café. WOW! Felt like I walked into a time warp as the bell hop At Hollywood & Vine restrnt befriended me for a few hours. He was hilarious in his costume..looked straight out of the sitcom Happy Days. Had a comped PP&J milkshake (surprisingly tasted great) as a celebrated my birthday there.
6pm: Danced to HSM 3 ..had fun w/the block party bash that was held earlier in the day.
Had fun all throughout the day inneracting with the character at the park; esp Dapper Dan (I lost at the Shell game w/him), I flirted w/ Dora Desmond & had fun razing the Beat Cop.
7:30pm: back at CBR room.
8:30pm: Took another b bath (2 soak my feet) as I pried my shoes / socks off my feet. Man..thats beginning to be habit forming here.
9pm: Went to bed. Very tired but happy with total time spent walking today at 9hrs 15 min BEFORE I GOT ANYTHING TO EAT OR DRINK.
HIGHLIGHTS OF FRIDAY
Bo Peep Blew me a kiss as I was taking her picture. Dang - she's cute! Even "made" me blush when she blew me her kiss.
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Saturday January 10th 2009 Magic Kingdom Day
Woke up at 4am. WHY??????? Man - I must be crazy!
Took B bath @ 5am (to get my feet ready for another big day & a lot of walking).
Recvd wake up call from Goofy @ 6:30am.
Arrived at MK @ 8:35am.
Stephanie (CM) taught me how to do the Minnie /Mickey pose! I Love it!!
Rode Space Mtn.
Saw Swiss Family Treehouse. Pretty cool house.
Enchanted Tiki Room was pretty cool. lOVE THE NEW UPDATES.
POTC WAS JUST FANTASTIC!!!!!!!
So was HM!!!!!!
Mickeys Philharmagic was very sweet
Rode Its a Small World .& SURVIVED!!! Even though we got stuck for about 5 minutes & 5 boats in front of me I heard a rather blood curdling scream of NNOOOOO!
Rode Carousel of Progress. Pretty neat ride. But ..ya can really tell the difference between older aas & newer ones.
Left park @ 4:30pm
Went to Grand Floridian: LOOKS OVERATED.
Arrived back to MK @ 5pm. Tried to stay for Spectromagic & Fireworks but couldnt do. I Disneyed Out & had to leave for my room. WWAAAAAA! I DONT WANNA!
Ok ..Disney moment here. Everyone Breathe.
Arrived back at CBR @ 7pm.
8:30pm: took quick b bath (to soak my feet) & then off to bed but ..that was before I had to laugh myself silly prying off my socks & shoes again from my feet. But ..knowing that I asked a few other COMMANDO guests who said that yes, they too had to take their socks & shoes off that way as well.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM SAT @ MK
I rode the Its a Small World ride & sitting next to me was one of the people (now retired) who was on the team of artists who created a lot of the costumes for the ride.
But I had to literally ask the Goofy question of the day: Me to a CM: What all is served at Tusker house (AK) ..His Response: "Food" (PRICELESS) ..Hey..atleast I didnt ask him what time does the 3pm parade start!
TO be Continued.... w/ Sunday January 11th as AK & DCL DAY.......will Mr Rated "G" me actually have a margarita while on board the Wonder?? Who will I run into????? What interesting pieces of gossip ran across my path while ON the cruise ship??? HHMM......
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Part Two Of My "trip Report" By Kris Newton
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Sunday January 11th 2009 AKL / DCL Day
Woke up at 4am to the tunes to the Disney tv channel. Pretty cool tv station. Put me again in the mood to have a total blast at the parks as today is Animal Kingdom day.
Switched channels to the Top 7 must sees at WDW tv channel a continious loop of a promotional showcasing the parks. Put me in the mood to get up & get moving BEFORE that ol Stitch dude calls me.
5am: Took b Bath to soak my feet & get them ready for another big day.
6:30am: got my one last free soda refills at Old Port Royal.
Man ya dont know what 6 twelve ounce cups of cocoa cola does to a persons system! 7am: Sugar rush kicks in as I get on the bus to AK.
7:45am (late due to marathon weekend): arrive at AK. Had fun cheering the people running the marathon as the first person 2 cross the finish line was wearing a Goofy Hat. I love Goody. He is my favorite.
8am: let in 1 hr early for character breakfast at Tusker house. YYUUMM!!!!!!!
9am: Finished literally eating ALL of their Mickey Waffles as I have never tried one during this whole vacation of mine. Now ..if they just had a Mickey rice crispy treat (a BIG ONE) as I havent had one of those either! Had fun talking with Goofy, Donald, Daisy & mickey over Breakfast. ** Man .Goofy is Tall!!! ****
9:15am: Rode the safari animal adventure. Pretty cool seeing all those different animals in different settings.
10am: Had a total blast w/ character greetings. Even had a private 5 minute individual photo shoot with two characters Goofy & Donald. The pictures are just priceless as I was taking different reaction shots of them based upon me saying things like:
Ok Donald a spider just crawled up your leg. You look frightened!
Goofy, Uncle Scrooge just gave you a zillion dollars! How do you feel?
10:30am: Saw Bugs Life and the Tree of Life. That Tree is big! Loved seeing all those different animal carvings into the side of the tree.
12pm ..DUM DE DUM DUM!!!!!!!!!
ITS THE BEWITCHING HOUR ..as I switch gears & make my way to the front of the park. All dcl guests met at far left of the entrance and we boarded the DCL bus for the port.
12:30pm: We all leave for the port & onto the Wonder .YYEEAA!!!!
2pm: Arrive at the Wonder. WOW!! I admit I teared up a bit seeing that boat for the 1st time. I had fun video taping myself boarding the boat; esp as I looked over the side of the boat. Thats a long way to drop should one fall! EEWW!!!!
2:30pm: Went immediately to my cabin (#2068 deck two). Totally felt overwhelmed by the size of it just right for one person as I sat down & had to collect my thoughts & feelings. Wow..I am actually on this boat! C-O-O-L.
3pm: Went about decorating my door (FYI the way it looked is the same way it looks now on the inside of my door at my home).
3;30pm ish quickly went upstairs to have a bite to eat at the buffet.
Boat drill happened next. Had fun talking with the other guests in section L as I was stressing to them that lets all have fun but please no
one cavorting around late nights in a white bathrobe (SOME of them understood what I meant but most did not. Had to fill in the gaps & explain via wftv.com the story about the white-colored bathrobed lady jumping over the side of the ship on Dec 27th 2008. Wicked story. Her family is saying she felt troubled. YA THINK??
5pm: Went back to my cabin to get changed into an evening outfit. After all, ya wanna look like something the dog dragged in when you meet your dinner compadres for the 1st time??
6pm: Golden Mickeys show was just fantastic. Took a lot of pictures (no flash).
7:15pm: Went shopping (what else) at Mickey Mates.
8pm: Dinner at Castaway Cay. Dinner mates were ok could tell everyone was trying to be on their best behavior. Geesh!!! Its a vacation! Time to let loose & have fun! So after
9:50pm ( and a few margaritas later) everyone at the table was cutting up & having fun. I could tell that they were going to turn out to be ok dinner friends. But I had to cut it short & catch our DISmeets Meet & greet 10pm..
** Ok where is the nearest bathroom???????? ****
10pm: Wobbled (applicable word here) on over to our Meet & Greet. First walked on over to the internet area. No One. Oops! Are people a gonna show up or I am the only one?? So I casually walk on over to the other side. & Sit down. People began to approach me & ask if I was here for the meet & greet. YYEEAA!! We finally have the opportunity to meet after all these months of talking on-line. Had a lot of fun talking /listening as after a while we all headed off to the Local bar (Diversions I think was the name of it).
11pm ish to 1:15am: Conversation was just great but the show just sucked bilge water!
1:30am: Wobbled back on over to my cabin. Stopped. Pivoted a quarter turn & just fell backwards into my bed as I kicked off my shoes. I didnt care. I was having fun. But .why oh why did I get up at 4am????????? What possessed me to do that?????? And why did I repeat that cycle the next day?? Getting up sooooo early! More to come....
HIGHLIGHTS FROM SUNDAY:
Seeing the Disney Wonder for the 1st time
Our Meet & greet (10pm)
Monday January 12th 2009 "Nassau day"
4am: Woke up. WHY??
went jogging out on deck 4. had fun jogging when out on my right is just pitch black darkness & out into the distance you can hear thunder. Was surreal to hear rain but you couldn't see it.
7am: Breakfast at Goofy's. Love those Mickey waffles! YUM!!
from 8am ish to 11:30am was spent just breathing in the ship & seeing what she is all about. I have been running around "commando style" these last few days & it sure felt good to just walk leisurely around someplace.
12pm: Left for the Ardastra garden tour. Tour was ok but it needed to be "plussed" a little so I had fun "taking over" the tour explaining to the back of the bus guests that off on our right is the hotel where a few yrs ago that lady murdered her husband in the parking lot by running over him (Hilton Nassau as she acussed him of maritial infidelity). And what is the catch phrase of the Hilton?? "It only happens at the Hilton."
********** PRICELESS ***************
Mental note: don't think the bus driver dude liked me very much after that.
5pm: Got back from the tour. Weather was very hot & humid that day
**Some guest had their wedding on the ship that day. **
6pm: Watched "Toy Story" the musical. Very cute. Love that Bo-Peep.
8pm. Dinner at Tritons. Love those margaritas!!
Glad I brought some key lime cookies onboard the ship (in my luggage). Those go great with margaritas. Dinner conversation seemed to be kicked up a notch from the night before. THANK GOD! No offense but hey..this IS a vacation ya know!11pm: Went to bed but hmmmm what time do ya think I got up the next day???? Will other dinner guests be joining our table???? and with Pirate night approaching, what silliness awaits us?? Stay tuned.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM Monday January 12th
1) striking up a dismeets friendship with one of our fellow dismeets guests (& I ain't a telling who or what cuz after all......."WHAT HAPPENS ON A CRUSIE SHIP, STA.. .. . ..... ....").
Kris
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