October 16, 2011 Mexican Riviera on the Wonder

We are here at Paradise Pier. We had a 2-hour delay in Chicago, but it has been great since we got here. Magic Kingdom tomorrow!
This is going to be an awesome 20th anniversary trip!!!!!! :lovestruc

I have no idea what we are doing Tuesday.
 
Let's plan for 12:00 PM @ Parrot Cay on Tuesday. Hope to see everyone there.

We've had 4/5 family members down this week with the flu. I'm the only one that has escaped it (so far). Really glad it was this week and not next week.

Due to everyone being sick and me trying to get caught up at work and ready for a week off we are severely behind on packing. It may be an all-nighter on Friday night for us! :scared1:

Well...I checked the tracking on my FE and it showed processing through the SC and then processing through Salt Lake City. I thought to myself, "kind of strange to send it from SC to Utah and then back FL." Then I had an, Uh-Oh moment. I didn't change my delivery address on my e-bay auction to our new residence in FL; it's getting delivered to our old home in Utah. I don't know what I'll do...hopefully interecpt it and have it UPS overnighted to the Hotel at the Pier.

As far as the meet goes...when we get to Parrot Cay, do we just tell the host/hostess we are there for a meet so we can all sit together...? :confused:

Sorry to hear about the flu going thru your family! :sad1: Hoping this last one our daughter and I had a couple weeks back was the last we will be seeing of the flu in our family till after the cruise!!

I was out at the VA hospital with my dad today (non-emergency, everythings ok :)) and missed my FE delivery! :( :headache: Gotta head to the post office first thing in the morning and pick it up. What a pain, but at least it made it here! :yay:

I am soooo very excited!! :banana: All of our bags are packed and ready to go! I feel like such a "first timer" tho! We have alot of bags and probably WAY more stuff than we need, but having never gone on a cruise before, I don't have a clue what to expect!! Can't wait for Sunday to get here!!!! :dance3:
 
even though I didn't make it onto the FE can I still come to the meet with the kids????


Looking forward to seeing some new faces from around the country!
 
Of course you can come to the meet!

I don't know how we're planning find each other though.... maybe we need to put up a sign or something :)
 

Wow. I didn't realize how small the FE actually is when I "packaged up" my gifts for the kids...I might have a little trouble getting them to fit into the pockets. Gonna have to think up an idea for what to do...QUICK!! :idea:

We can finally say "We board TOMORROW!!" Soooooooo excited!! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

~ Brandy ~
 
We have breakfast at Goofy's Kitchen this morning and then another day in the parks and tomorrow we set sail!!
 
Wow. I didn't realize how small the FE actually is when I "packaged up" my gifts for the kids...I might have a little trouble getting them to fit into the pockets. Gonna have to think up an idea for what to do...QUICK!! :idea:

We can finally say "We board TOMORROW!!" Soooooooo excited!! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

~ Brandy ~

I was really surprised at the size also! I'm gonna have the same problem. Some of you with older kids may have the gifts outside of the cute little packaging so I can get it all to fit! Hopefully this will be our biggest issue for the next 8 days! :goodvibes

On our cruise last year we got all the way to the Orlando airport and was standing at baggage claim when we realized that we left our garmet bag hanging on the bathroom door! So we had no formal clothes. :sad1: That will not happen today! I've counted the bags at least ten times already!

We are off to my sons football game and then on to the airport. I'm getting to excited. My kids still have no idea! :laughing: I can't wait to give them thier first clue to the surprise on the way to the airport today!
 
I was really surprised at the size also! I'm gonna have the same problem. Some of you with older kids may have the gifts outside of the cute little packaging so I can get it all to fit! Hopefully this will be our biggest issue for the next 8 days! :goodvibes

On our cruise last year we got all the way to the Orlando airport and was standing at baggage claim when we realized that we left our garmet bag hanging on the bathroom door! So we had no formal clothes. :sad1: That will not happen today! I've counted the bags at least ten times already!

We are off to my sons football game and then on to the airport. I'm getting to excited. My kids still have no idea! :laughing: I can't wait to give them thier first clue to the surprise on the way to the airport today!

So I take it your FE arrived as well? YAY!! :yay: I was thinking I may just hang them from the door handle or from the fish as well, maybe behind the extender. I dunno yet. We'll have to see how it goes when we are there! I can't wait!! :woohoo: :dance3:

I know I'm going to forget something, whether it be an entire bag or just something I was planning to pack but forgot to...I just know it. :rotfl:

That is sooo awesome! I would love to be able to make it a surprise for my kids but didn't think of it till after we had already told our son. Maybe next time... :idea: ;)

I do have a question tho...our daughter LOVES Baby Einstein's and Baby First TV (its a whole TV channel full of baby programming 24/7). I think I asked once when I called DCL, and they told me there were no dvd players in the rooms. :( Can we bring our own and plug it in to the TV or should I just bring along the portable/car dvd player for her? :confused3 She'll go nuts if she doesn't have at least a little Baby Einsteins!! Anyone know???

~ Brandy ~
 
We have breakfast at Goofy's Kitchen this morning and then another day in the parks and tomorrow we set sail!!

SOOOO jealous! Wish I was enjoying WDW right now too!! :thumbsup2 Hope you are having a great time and have a safe flight!! See you tomorrow!! :banana:

~ Brandy ~
 
I'm going crazy keeping our surprise. We are at DLR today and the kids think we are going to cal adventure tomorrow then driving home Monday. They have NO idea. Tomorrow we told them that since cal adventure opens late we are going to go pick up a performance part for my husbands car in long beach (which they believe ;). Then when we are in LB we are going to say "hey look, there is the Wonder - lets go get a picture of her from the parking lot". Then after we park we are going to say "you know what? We're already here, let's just hop onboard!". I can't wait to see their faces! Wish me luck!
 
Disneyland was packed today!!

Isn't it fun surprising the kids with a trip? We did that one time. DD was so excited!

Can't wait to get onthe ship tomorrow!
 
We are on the ship and we just ate a delicious meal and now we are just waiting for our rooms! Only 40 min til we can drop our luggage and explore! :)
 
We are on the ship and we just ate a delicious meal and now we are just waiting for our rooms! Only 40 min til we can drop our luggage and explore! :)

Did they change your itinerary or are they going to Puerto Vallarta since the storm passed? I see there's still a little rain. We sail in two weeks so I'm trying to keep up with the latest news. popcorn:: Glad you're on board and hope you have a great time! :woohoo:
 
We had a wonderful week. So sad to be home. Thank you all for all the beautiful and thoughtful gifts. I didn't have a chance to label ours. We gave the Halloween container with the candy and the name tag magnets that were in the bags for the kids. I hope everyone had as much fun as we did and sorry we missed the meet up! The kids had us running all week!
 
What a great cruise! The weather was perfect, Puerto Vallarta was beautiful, Cabo was a blast, all in all a fabulous week. Thanks for all the fun FE gifts!! :thumbsup2 Now to get through the approximately 237 loads of laundry I have to do today. :scared1:
 
I'm going crazy keeping our surprise. We are at DLR today and the kids think we are going to cal adventure tomorrow then driving home Monday. They have NO idea. Tomorrow we told them that since cal adventure opens late we are going to go pick up a performance part for my husbands car in long beach (which they believe ;). Then when we are in LB we are going to say "hey look, there is the Wonder - lets go get a picture of her from the parking lot". Then after we park we are going to say "you know what? We're already here, let's just hop onboard!". I can't wait to see their faces! Wish me luck!

What a fun surprise!!! Please tell us how excited the kids were!!!
 
What a wonderful time we had on board. I had come down with the flu bug that the rest of the family had on Friday morning and made for a miserable cross-country flight on Saturday and cautiously eating on Sunday. Grace (the baby) came down with a cough/runny nose about Tuesday and by Thursday we had all caught it also. So, even though some of us were sick for some of the days, It was still fabulous. I still LOVE the evening shows and believe that the shows are part of what makes us keep coming back. Speaking of coming back, we did a dummy booking for a future cruise, which will most likely be November 9, 2013 Western Carribean on the Fantasy. The other three familieis that were with us did the same.

Thank you everyone for the FE gifts!!! They were all so clever and enjoyed immensely by everyone! Sorry that we did not make the Parrot Cay get-together on Tuesday; too many things going on and we missed it.
 
We also had an amazing week! The sea days were a bit cool but PV was perfect weather for our Pirate excursion and beach day, Cabo was one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. The seas were so smooth! Our servers were some of the best we have EVER had.

DD and I both got colds, but by the end of the cruise, I heard a lot of coughing and sniffling going on.

We are in DL and go home Saturday.
 

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