Our First Disney Cruise "Double Dip Delight" Pre-TR & TR September 27-October 4, 2008

[kvaday]

Doing a great job! I'm having so much fun reading your TR! Cant wait to read more!

 

[Mozart]

Since you have the Tinkertini in your sig (Thanks, btw.) I have been told to ask...is there such a drink as a Tinkertini or should we create one? Erica - your help would be appreciated here.

Gimme a recipe...the best we've been able to come up with so far would be related to an appletini, and my wife hates those. She wants to be an official charter drinker of the Tinkertini.

 

[anc22]

Oh, I just found your fantastic report today! And to think it started way back in May. I love, love the pictures. Can't wait to have a good read every night!! (thats my Dis time ).

Thanks for reading

Awesome TR so far - we are so opposite, DH and I got to the airport 50 minutes before our flight

Holy cow! I would have been happy with 2 hours early.

Doing a great job! I'm having so much fun reading your TR! Cant wait to read more!

Thanks.

Since you have the Tinkertini in your sig (Thanks, btw.) I have been told to ask...is there such a drink as a Tinkertini or should we create one? Erica - your help would be appreciated here.

Gimme a recipe...the best we've been able to come up with so far would be related to an appletini, and my wife hates those. She wants to be an official charter drinker of the Tinkertini.

Tinkertini? I do not think that one exists. Let me know what you come up with

 

[anc22]

The plane ride from H#%%!!

We had a layover in Seattle and our plane left for Orlando at around 11:00 p.m. (red-eye). In my planning I had the bright idea that if we flew thru the night, the kids would just sleep the whole way

Well, after take off, the cabin lights were dimmed so everyone could sleep if they chose to do so. DD told me she wasn't feeling well. I asked her if she needed to go to the restroom or anything. She said no, she just wanted to go to sleep, well approximately 30 seconds later I heard the unmistakable sound of someone vomitting..........looked over..........and DD had thrown up all over herself! She was just sitting there with her hand over her mouth (a little late for that don't ya think ) with puke all over her hair, face, shirt and Camp Rock blanket!!!! She got up and went to the restroom to clean herself up. The stewardous gave her a puke bag to use for the rest of the flight (which she did a couple of times) and then she went to sleep for the last couple hours of the flight. After DD had finally fallen asleep, DS let me know he was tired, so I let him lay in my lap and he fell asleep farely quickly. After about an hour I was jolted awake by DS screaming at the top of his lungs. I tried to calm him down, but nothing was working. I got up with him and walked to the very back of the plane, where they prepare the service carts, and tried to calm him down. It seems as though he screamed FOREVER, but it was really about 10 minutes total. He was screaming "it hurts" I think that his ears were bothering him. He also has a habit of waking up crying when he wakes up anywhere besides his bed (car, etc.) Just when I was having thoughts of jumping from the plane (just thoughts people, JUST THOUGHTS!) DS stopped crying and we went back to our seats and he watched movies until we finally landed in Orlando at 7:30 Eastern (4:30 our time!) I was THAT person, the one with "the kid that screamed on the plane"

Thank goodness that part was over! We went down to the transportation area and found our Magical Express Disney bus to take us to our hotel. We got on the bus, waited about 5 minutes and we were on our way. We had the whole bus to ourselves! It was really nice not having to pick up all of our luggage too! The kids loved it:

On our way to the hotel we told the kids that we were surprising them and we were actually staying at a Disney Resort. DD was excited

We got to Disney Caribbean Beach Resort at about 9:00. We were prepared to spend the morning and early afternoon by the pool as check-in was not until 3:00 p.m. I checked in and I think the lady saw how tired we all were because she gave us our room keys and told us our room was ready NOW! I truly wanted to reach over the counter and hug the women! We were assigned a room in Trinidad North building 31, which ended up being a perfect location, right next to the brand new pirate themed pool area.

UP NEXT: Our first day at CBR

 

[DisneyMama629]

I can't believe they charged you for 3 pounds over! I can't wait for you to get on the ship!

 

[dismom73]

We took a red eye our last trip to WDW and we were the only ones on our ME bus too! The kids got a kick out of it. We were lucky enough to get our room right when we checked in too. Made all the difference in the world! We all slept for about 6 hours straight. Red eyes can take a lot out of you. I can't wait hear the rest!

 

[TheDisneyGirl02]

Arin, I can't believe your DD got sick on the plane! That really stinks. How was she on the way home?

Loving the pictures and the TR!!!!

 

[MaryAz]

Yay, ur trip report has started!
I am interested to see how you liked CBR. We are staying there for 2 nights next year before our DD cruise. Did you visit the MK?? If so, how long was the bus ride?
Can't wait to read more!

 

[AQW]

Oh no, how awful to be sick on the flight out! I'm glad she rebounded well.

I'm always glad when I end up sitting next to "that woman" on the plane - the one with the crying/screaming/sick child - because as a mom, I have nothing but empathy for that woman and I like to be able to offer help or at least a supportive smile. Travel with kids can be rough.

Looking forward to the rest of your TR!

 

[googles111]

Awww, sorry about your daughter getting sick. Same thing happened to Braden... not on the plane though. We just got to the Space Center and blahhhh all over I think it was nerves or the plane ride cause he was fine after that.

I don't ever remember seeing you on the cruise. I was looking, but I guess I didn't look hard enough.
Tonya

 

[mickeyluv]

Mickeyluv - are you on the 11/29 cruise? /QUOTE]

Yes we are!!! ...with the Nanahead's for the 1st time!!

 

[anewmac]

aww poor dd... and ds. We were that family on the way back... but I just ignored J since he was sitting in a seat infront of me with E.. made it just seam like it was that single dad that couldnt control his 6yr old LOL.

cant wait to hear more. i dont think we officially met But I saw you on the way to the character breakfast I believe it was then... my days are all mixed up.. no clue how im going to fill in my trip report. Cant wait to read more about your adventures!

 

[anc22]

Oh no, how awful to be sick on the flight out! I'm glad she rebounded well.

I'm always glad when I end up sitting next to "that woman" on the plane - the one with the crying/screaming/sick child - because as a mom, I have nothing but empathy for that woman and I like to be able to offer help or at least a supportive smile. Travel with kids can be rough.

Looking forward to the rest of your TR!

That would of been nice, but we mostly just got glares

Awww, sorry about your daughter getting sick. Same thing happened to Braden... not on the plane though. We just got to the Space Center and blahhhh all over I think it was nerves or the plane ride cause he was fine after that.

I don't ever remember seeing you on the cruise. I was looking, but I guess I didn't look hard enough.
Tonya

I know, I did't meet a lot of people that I was hoping to. I think that with DD it was just nerves too. She is a worrier, like her mommy She got a little nauseous during the limo ride to the port too.

 

[Jillpie]

darn, ya teased us, I thought this was a new entry . Cmon, we need our fix for the day.

 

[anc22]

So, we were in our room by about 9:30 a.m. The location of the room was perfect. The inside of the room was....well....cozy with a tropical theme.

DH and I looked at the 2 beds in front of us like this We are used to a nice big King size and were not looking forward to sleeping on these (They were either double or queens?) DH & DD immediately layed down to take a nap. DS and I were past the point of no return and didn't feel tired anymore, even though we had only about an hour of sleep the night before

DH & DD slept for about an hour while me and DS watched t.v.

Soon, I was over sitting around doing nothing so I woke up the fam, told them to suit up and we made our way to the cafeteria style restaurant for lunch and then it was time to swim (wait 30 minutes what? )

The Main pool at CBR was just remodeled and had re-opened only 1 week before got there. It was awesome, with a pirate theme, 2 water slides and a kiddy splash area, complete with pirate ship and smaller waterslides. It was fabulous! I forgot to take pictures of the pool areas so I borrowed these from the CBR thread:

We swam for about an hour and DD and I headed back up to the room. I had ordered groceries to be delivered to our hotel thru wegoshop.com (they are great!) It was well worth the money, they even deliver liquor.....you know.......if your into that kind of thing.... ........
Just remember to tip the 15-20% for their great work

That night we ordered lasagna/spaghetti from a pizza place for delivery. We all fell asleep EARLY and ended up sleeping for 14 hours!!!

A pretty uneventful day, which is exactly what we had the energy for.

Up Next: Our second day at CBR, Down Town Disney & a Not So Scary Night @ Magic Kingdom

 

[Jillpie]

excellent, now you just made my night !

More please, for my tomorrow night viewing?

 

[disneychic]

anc22,

Great trip report! Can't wait to read about your cruise

 

[anewmac]

aww sounded like such a relaxing day.. perfect!

 

[anc22]

After a refreshing 14 HOURS of sleep we all woke up refreshed and soooo in vacation mode. The kids and I left the room to explore the resort and take some pictures:

There were little lizards running around everywhere:

And little beaches and hammocks throughout the resort:

DD and I decided to take DS back to the room to hang with dad, so we could rent a bike to ride around the resort:

Now it was time to swim. Back to the room to pick up the boys and we headed to the pool:

The weather was beautiful and the kids had a great time, until...............ATTACK OF THE LOVE BUGS! These things just appeared out of no where and swormed the kiddie swim area. "LOVE BUGS" They sound so cute and innocent, like a lady bug, and then when you actually see them...........not so much.

After the "attack" we headed back to the room to get ready for our early dinner at Rain Forest Cafe in Down Town Disney. Since we didn't rent a car, we had to use resort transportation to take us around. I had heard mixed reviews, but we ended up waiting for only about 10 minutes and the bus was there:

I can't remember how long it took to get there, but we were at Down Town Disney by 3:00 p.m. and headed straight to Rain Forest Cafe. There was no wait and we were seated in the section by the elephants. The kids loved it, the thunder storm scared DS a bit:

The food was great and the prices were pretty good. Plus, it was really loud so I didn't have to stress about DS being quiet . Would definately go there again with the kids

I had told the kids the night before that we had decided to surprise them with tickets to Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party (MNSSHP) tonight. I had purchased costumes for them long ago and had brought them in our day bag. We had to take the bus back to our resort and hop on another bus to WDW for MNSSHP. We got the kids changed in the restroom: Tinkerbell & Peter Pan:

We entered the park at around 4:45. We were given a special MNSSHP bracelet and handed a trick-or-treat bag. The park looked so great in all of the Halloween decorations!

This would be DS's first Disney park experience. We did all of the kiddie things first: Peter Pan, Buzz, Mickey's Phil. (which scared him a little, he kept trying to hit the 3D images away ) DS loved driving:

We took turns going on the bigger rides with DD. At 7:00 the trick-or-treat stations opened up and we all ended up with bags FULL of candy. The park seemed so empty, I LOVED IT. We saved Pirates of the Caribbean for last because we weren't sure if DS would be terrified or not. He is currently obsessed with pirates, but the ride did end up scaring him. He didn't cry, he just covered his eyes the whole time, poor guy The park stays open until midnight for the halloween party. I think we only stayed until around 10:00 or so. We were just so excited for the next day. It was a great day over all, but now it was time for the real vacation to begin!

UP NEXT: Embarkation Day

 

[2beaprincess]

Love your trip report so far!!!! And I have never seen pictures of MNSSHP...
very nice! Can't wait to hear more!