On board 11/04/06 with the "Family of the Cruise" New post..finally!!4/16

[love2travel]

We looking forward to see you guys too!!! Come on....finish that trip report!!!

 

[plutospup]

Thanks for continuing your TR -it's great! We enjoy hearing about your DD11's activities, since our DD will be 11 on our next Magic cruise.

 

[jns]

just found this report
looking forward to hearing more

 

[Suzy Mouse]

Before I begin I forgot to include in my last installment that We receive a few goodies from gest services. they included: Tickets for "Tea with Wendy" a Castaway package for Castaway Cay, arcade cards for the kids and a dessert tray to snack on in the late afternoon.

Tuesday...Grand Cayman

We decided to hit seven mile beach on our own. We figured after we hit shore we would grab a cab and just head down to the beach. Last year we did the tour and we didn't find the need in doing it again. I wanted the white sand at my feet. Instead I had puddles!!!

As we were tendering over we could see the threatening clouds heading towards us. We decided to brave it and as soon as we stepped down on land the rain came down... in buckets...BIG ONES!!!! We did a little shopping to pass some time. All that gave us were bigger puddles to jump over(or in my son's case INTO!)

We waited a few minutes and debated what to do. Head back to the ship and save the day somewhat or wait and see if the clouds passed and go to the beach. We decided to go back to the ship. As we were tendering back the clouds rolled away and the sun came out. I could sware it was laughing at us!

As we were on the ship we were able to see the beautiful white sand of Seven mile beach. Yes we could have went...but the empty ship at that point was just as welcoming. Next time...I'll have that sand at my feet!

We headed to the pool and the kids hit the Mickey slide. The kids later went to camp and hubby and I hit the adult pool. Mickey and Minnie came strolling around and I was able to get a picture of DH with Minnie for a frame I was making on the cruise. It was DH's 40th birthday and I brought a matte on board and had left it at guest services for the characters to sign. So I needed a specific picture to put in the frame. So when Dh was in his bathing suit and Minnie came strolling around I figured it was the perfect opportunity.
The frame came out perfect and was a huge surprise for him.

In the afternoon, I took my dd to get her hair wrap. Why the girls love to torture themselves like that I'll never understand...it did come out cute though! While she was getting torture DS wanted to go to the arcade to spend his money. Boy does it go quick!

We headed back to the room and napped a little on the veranda. Dad and Toby took the kids to dinner and we headed to Palos for Dinner. We had requested Florencia again because she was so wonderful from brunch. What a sweet lady I love hearing their stories and she shared so much with us.

Dad brought the kids to see Sorcerer Mickey (his favorite). All trip I was looking for the right picture of the kids that I could use for my holiday cards. I needed something with a string. I thought about Pinocchio but he sang "I've Got NO Strings" so that wasn't good. (My holiday cards said, "The best gifts in life are tied with heart strings" and you needed to pull a string to open it) ok enough of that. When we finally went to go look at the pictures with Mickey I was sooo excited!!! Sorcerer Mickey had a gold string tied around his waist!!! PERFECT!!!!


Gifts today from guest services included a fruit platter and the hidden Mickey challenge.

 

[love2travel]

It was so great seeing you guys the other day! I am loving your trip report, please keep going!

 

[love2travel]

SuzyMouse, everybody is waiting for you to come back and finish your TR.
PLEASE, PRETTY PLEASE!!!

 

[DisVillainFan]

Suzy who???

 

[pppiglet]

subscribing!

 

[love2travel]

Ok, so how many people want SuzyMouse to finish her trip report...I do, I do.
Please come back and finish.

 

[DisVillainFan]

Ok, so how many people want SuzyMouse to finish her trip report...I do, I do.
Please come back and finish.

Where are you Suzy Mouse????::cop: ::cop: Time for the man hunt, OK Suzy Mouse hunt, call out the hounds!! Nope that won't work. Thats better!!

 

[MagicMe]

I'm loving your trip report but you do tend to take a lot of time off in-between installments!!!

Five months after a four day cruise and still not finished

Guess I'll just have to wait.....

 

[JDBlair]

Ok, so how many people want SuzyMouse to finish her trip report...I do, I do.
Please come back and finish.

ME!!!!!!!!!!

 

[LindaBabe]

I'm reading too, but rarely post because I'd rather read trip report than scroll through pages of comments - color me cranky ;-) It's a terrific report and I can't wait for more of it!

 

[Suzy Mouse]

Well here I go....continuing with Wednesday...Cozumel....well that's where we were supposed to go.

We kept tryinng to figure out what to do once we docked in Cozumel. Everyone we asked gave us different opinions. We asked a friend at guest services and she suggested we take a ferry over to Playa del Carmen. I had always wanted to go there so I was pretty game for it.

We headed off the ship with our drinks, towels, sunscreen and $$$....remind me to tell you to bring extra "just in case". We found our way over to the ferry and purchased our tickets. I think 1 way for for of us was $30. not bad...actually it was probably more now that I think about it. The schedule was extremely difficult to read because it was 2 sided and it seemed that the ferry made trips from each side every 2 hours. Not great!

On the ferry there was a smell that we couldn't escape. My dd started to feel yucky and I was worrying. My dh kept looking at me with the "What the heck are we thinking doing this" kind of look. I felt that on the inside but didn't let him know it....actually the only way he'll ever know is if he reads this or if our friends tell him...(Keep your mouths shut!!!)

We finally made it there (30 minutes later) and saw other people with Pluto stickers on their shirt...so at least there was an excursion going on there from the cruise. We found a quiet beach with some umbrellas and lounge chairs which we proceeded to sit on. A man came over and charged us $20 to use them. My dd has fair skin ad gets headaches easily so we splurged. By now she was feeling better and I think DH was too. It was weird seeing te ship soooooo far away.

We played in the water...tried to divert our ds's (7) attention away from the topless sunbathers . Come to think of it I had to do that with dh as well nah...he's not like that! I felt creeped out by the male sunbathers. So I didn't really get up from the chair. I felt much better once they left.

We stayed there for a while and I went to go back to buy return passes. The ferry we traveled across with wasn't returning until much later. So i had to go with another ferry company. I thought I was going to have to buy round trips because it didn't seem like they posted one way prices. So of course I started to panic that 1 the ferry company would dock somewhere farther from our ship and 2 we wouldn't have enough money....remember always bring more than you think you'll need!!

It turned out that we could buy 1 way tickets and we did have enough money...would have made for a great story if we didn't right?? So we packed up and returned to the ship..another long ferry ride...kids fell asleep. We decided to go on top and there were these HUGE bugs which I'm sure would sting us if they felt like it!

The ferry docked exactly where we wanted it to and we proceeded to go aboard the ship. We grabbed something to eat and rested at the pool.

Headed back to the room and dressed for Pirate Night. upon our return there was a cheese platter waiting for us from guest services. Now I love dressing up but I have to tell you that I was extremely disappointed that not many people were dressed up! We had fun and we got to see Jack Sparrow...he was great! Took some pictures and headed to dinner...DELICIOUS!!!

After dinner I headed up the the deck 10 to claim my favorite spot for pirate night. DD played with her friends below and had a great time. The show was different than in the past. It was still good just a few changes. I'm curious to see how long they'll continue with it.

After the show we loaded up our plates at the buffet and brought them back to the room. Just a tip...load up on the gold coins and put them in the kids lunches when you return home! We headed out on the veranda and ate some more!!

Long day..time for bed!!
Next up is Thursday...Dh and I separate for the evening...and more goodies come our way.

 

[love2travel]

Another great installment, keep it going!

 

[cheysdad]

"I felt that on the inside but didn't let him know it....actually the only way he'll ever know is if he reads this or if our friends tell him...(Keep your mouths shut!!!)"

I do not think he will read it, I can be bribed.
Lets see...BBC's, Mojitos.....

By the way, I like the gum!

 

[love2travel]

"I felt that on the inside but didn't let him know it....actually the only way he'll ever know is if he reads this or if our friends tell him...(Keep your mouths shut!!!)"

I do not think he will read it, I can be bribed.
Lets see...BBC's, Mojitos.....

By the way, I like the gum!

Hey cheysdad, Bribery could probably get us pretty far, whatcha think????
Let's see what we can come up with!!!

I also like the gum!!!

 

[Suzy Mouse]

Hey!! My image is at stake here!!! I guess I'll have to give you more gum to keep your mouths shut! Just the BBCs and Mojitos away from me....then I'll probably spill the beans myself!

 

[love2travel]

 

[DisVillainFan]

Muh..Muh.muh-hahahahahahaha!!! (Evil Laughter!!)