Thanks everyone for the welcome
We are so excited to be on board. We are FL residents and live near Orlando so sometimes we can do a last minute trip if the price is right!!! This year a friend of a friend is a TA and got us a really great price. My parents are celebrating their 62 anniversary in
Dec, and this is their gift. My daughter is in retail so late Nov and
Dec is a no-no for travel. Just a month or so ago her company said to take some vacation or lose it, and thats when we started to try for the cruise! We were originally going on the 3 day, but ended up almost the same cost for the 4 day....Can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
None of our family likes Nassau so we will stay on board except for a quick jog over to the Tortuga Rum cake store to stock up on Christmas presents. Rum cakes are also on board, but the selection at the store is larger. We will get off the ship for
Castaway Cay, but as of now no excersions. My gift to myself is the Rainforest on board, so if you dont see me doing one of the activities, thats probably where I will be. There is always so much to do, but one of my favorites is a deck chair on deck 4 with a book. I try to read, but I end reading the inside of my eyelids.
You will know our family for day 1 we will be wearing matching red/brown hidden mickey hawaiian shirts. These are by Reyn Spooner, alas he does not do Mickey shirts anymore, so that is why our shirts are usually reserved for the cruise. Dont know if I will make it for the DIS meet, as I usually have to help Mom with unpacking, otherwise she would take 2 or more hours cause she ends of rearranging her stuff numerous times. Since there are 4 adults in a small room, my daughter and I dont unpack until she is finished, but if one of us did not supervise her we'd never get unpacked!
Someone asked about luggage tags, if you are driving to the port and parking, you can drop off luggage and extra people at a spot near the terminal. The luggage valets will take your luggage and get it on board for you. These hardworking people do work mostly for tips, so plan accordingly. The same group will be in the terminal when you get off the ship and will gather luggage and get you through customs to your car. Again, please tip accordingly! The tags you put on before the cruise will get your luggage to your room. Once the luggage gets on board, your room steward will get it to your room (usually before 5 pm) On Wednesday, you will get new tags to put on your luggage for disembarking.
I know that the luggage valets at the port may seem like an extra expense for an already expensive trip, but they are worth it. Trust me for relatively little, they will carry our luggage for our 4 adults and take it out of the car at trips beginning and put it in the car at trips end! We have observed others struggling with their own luggage, and it is awesome to have help!!!!
I hope everyone stays well, and that last minute trouble is at a minimum
Went to
mnsshp last night and it was awesome, as usual. Those that go will have a great time. As for dtd candy handouts, when they run out of candy they stop giving it out. Sometimes they run out earllier than at other times!
See everyone on board, and I am sure you will have a great time!!!!
(That means ME keeping a journal because DS6 can't read but some two and three letter words right now, much less write sentences!) But I've seen journal pages somewhere on here that have the sentences pretty much filled out and the child just needs to fill in the BLANK. I think that would be the easiest route to go. Now I just have to find those pages! BUSY BUSY BUSY!
Making me want to do some shirts now!
