Our first 7 nighter

[Laura22]

We've taken 2 different 3 night cruises in the past, but this time we went all out for a 7 night cruise. I had so many pictures and things in my report I put it on my own website rather than try to hotlink all the pictures. Here is the link.

http://photogreetingsgalore.com/cruise09

 

[magic-camps]

You're trip report was wonderful!!! What beautiful pictures!!

 

[disneychic]

Awesome Trip Report! Thanks for the Navigators!!

 

[DMMarla07860]

awesome report thanks for sharing

 

[shasess]

Wonderful, wonderful trip report!!!

 

[MagicMe]

Absolutely loved your report!!!! It was so pleasant to read through it with all the pictures right there. Looks like you had a great time! I recently went on my first 7-day (after a couple of 4-days) and loved it so much we booked the WB TA!! 14-days of Magic to enjoy!!!!

 

[kstategrad]

Add me to those who LOVED your report. Your pictures are amazing...you mind telling me what kind of camera you have?

 

[sunburnin]

Thanks for sharing!

We have a 6 year old son and 4 year old daughter so its great to see a report so close to our situation!

Sorry to hear about the relocation.... we're in Charlotte and love the proximity to FL. Best wishes out west!!!!

 

[debsite]

Thank you so much for sharing!
What kind of underwater digital camera did you buy? We have been looking for one for our cruise.
Thank you!

 

[texfinn]

Wow -- that was wonderful! Now you have me wanting to stay a couple of days AFTER our first cruise! Thanks for sharing!

 

[E&BMom]

Great trip report. Sounds like you guys had a great time!!!! I was wondering what kind of underwater digital camera did you get? We are thinking about getting one and your pics turned out great!! TIA!!

 

[ChocoKat]

Awesome report! Great pictures.
Which under water camera did you guys get? The photos and video are awesome!!!

 

[frdeb1999]

Fantastic TR and beautiful pics!!! Glad you had a wonderful time!

 

[lucyddr]

Outstanding review! It certainly makes me more excited for our cruise in May! You have a beautiful family! Thanks to your husband (and you for being a military wife) for his service to our country!

 

[goofygal1975]

That was a great trip report. I loved all the pictures!! I take it the food was good on the cruise, huh? haha You got some great underwater pictures at CC. Did you feel well rested after the cruise or tired? This May will be our first 7 night and I was just wondering how it would be. We will also be staying at Disney after the cruise.

Thanks for sharing!

 

[Laura22]

That was a great trip report. I loved all the pictures!! I take it the food was good on the cruise, huh? haha You got some great underwater pictures at CC. Did you feel well rested after the cruise or tired? This May will be our first 7 night and I was just wondering how it would be. We will also be staying at Disney after the cruise.

Thanks for sharing!

Well, the only reason we were tired after the cruise was because we were up till 11 p.m. packing on the last night and then we had to be at breakfast by 6:30 the next morning. If we had packed a little earlier and been able to get more sleep that last night we'd have had a lot more steam for Disney! I actually slept through most of the Nemo show at Animal Kingdom because I was so tired. Our second day at Disney though, after getting a long night's sleep, was just fine and we weren't tired at all! So it was just sleepiness, not physical exhaustion or anything.

Disney World made for a GREAT transition back to reality. You get a few days where you have to turn down your own beds, wait in line for meals, and eat less than gourmet food, but at the same time you are still not doing any of your own cooking or cleaning. It would have been terrible to get off the cruise ship and drive straight home without a transition time!

To answer the other questions, I used a Canon Digital Rebel XSi with a few different lenses for most of the pictures, and the underwater pictures were from a Pentax Optio W60 (It was only about $225 if I remember right). The underwater pictures had a bit of a bluish tint coming straight off the camera, but I just hit "auto levels" in photoshop and it took the tint out and made them look the way you see there. That was the only post processing involved so I was happy with the camera.

 

[SCDizneyDawn]

I loved your report! THANK YOU for the navigators.

I was wondering if you or anyone could name each of the desserts on the first page and if possible what menu that they came from?? I know it is a lot to ask, even if you only know one or two it would be great to know!

THANK YOU!!!

 

[Laura22]

I loved your report! THANK YOU for the navigators.

I was wondering if you or anyone could name each of the desserts on the first page and if possible what menu that they came from?? I know it is a lot to ask, even if you only know one or two it would be great to know!

THANK YOU!!!

The first picture is a variety of things from the Palo Brunch.

The second picture is a s'mores pie or something like that. It looks like a Parrot Cay plate so that would have been night 2.

The third picture looks like a Lumiere's plate so I think that was from Pirate Night. Some sort of chocolate cake.

The fourth picture was the best strawberry shortcake EVER at Animator's Palate, I believe on formal night.

The fifth picture looks like Parrot Cay again so that would have been the day before Castaway Cay.

The last 2 desserts were both mine from the same night. I could not decide between them so I ordered both LOL. One was some chocolately who knows what and the other was a strawberry type thing (yeah, I'm not good at remembering the names lol). I ordered them both on the last night of the cruise at Lumieres.

I don't know if that helps any!

 

[SCDizneyDawn]

Thank you! That helps a lot! I have wondered what the S'mores pie looked like and had also been curious about the strawberry shortcake!

 

[Desi]

Great report! Thanks for taking the time to do it.