Our first SSMC & 1st time @ BLT in a STUDIO UPDATED pg 4...??

Love your Report, and great pictures! :goodvibes

Thanks!! I'm jealous that you will be on the SSMC 2011 - I may jump in your suitcase!!!

popcorn:: subbing. Can't wait to read more. We were not lucky enough to get the SSMC for 2011, guess it's back to trying for 2012!

Us too!! We had to take a break for 2011..:sad2:

Hi Nikki! Love the TR and great pictures :thumbsup2 Looking forward to reading the rest!

:wave2: Hi Terri!!! Glad you stopped by!!!

Loving ur TR! Can't wait to read more!

More to follow!!!
 
Ok so back to Pirate Night...DH and I weren't sure we were going to dress up but after chatting with others on the SSMC 2010 thread we decided to be pirates. We were able to find a costume for DH with not too much trouble and not too much money. However for me - everything said "Sexy Pirate Wench" - not the idea that I was going for. So I decided to make my costume - it was actually pretty fun and we had a great time at pirate night!!

Pirates in the Carribean dinner at Parrot Cay. I had Crab cakes, pot stickers, shrimp with linguini in a tomato cream sauce (this origianlly came with shrimp and scallops but I don't like scallops so our server fixed it so I had extra shrimp - I told you AWESOME!!!! My dessert was white chocolate cheesecake!!!
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DH had a jerk chicken salad - salad is one of the things DH does not eat often but he loves jerk seasoning and he gobbled up this whole salad - I got no pictures of the food - I think he inhaled his....:lmao:. He had the BBQ beef short ribs with mashed potatoes and again our server seeing the size of my DH (6'3" and 240lbs) says this is a small portion I will bring you double meat. (DH was in heavan) For dessert he had the Triple Chocolate Cake. DD6 stuck with chicken fingers and fries. DD3 was excited (and so were we) because they had grilled pork chops in the menu. DD3 is VERY picky but grilled pork chops she eats. They bring out her plate and there is gravy on the pork....she tried it but of course - she says "I don't like gravy"...server swopes in and brings her out a new plate with chicken and fries.

We stayed so the girls could do the limbo with our servers:
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Here are my little pirates:
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Before dinner we got a photo with Pirate Mickey and Pirate Minnie:
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After dinner we met up with the DIS group for a group photo with Mickey...unfortunately Captain Hook was being funny and tried to surprise DD3 who was being held by DH - we shook violently with fear and we had to leave the area!!!

We took DD6 to the OL, DD3 would not stay because they were doing a treasure hunt with Tink and she was afraid Hook would come back. We went to see Toy Story the Musical which was really neat. When it was done we wnt to pick up DD6. She and DH headed to the pirate party and I took DD3 back for bed. She was just way too tired to make it.

NEXT: DAY 3 AT SEA SEPT 14
 
DAY 3!!! Our day at Sea!!!

We slept until 6:50am!!!:banana:!!! DD6 was so excited to tell me how late she and daddy stayed up - they danced and watched the fireworks and she says she came in so quietly because Giana and I were sleeping so nicely...:lovestruc!!!! We are hungry and up we go for breakfast at BBB again...go to the table we had yesterday #10 looking out at the ocean!! While DD3 - who actually eats breakfast food is taking her good old time - one of the CMs comes over and starts doing tricks and naming napkin creations...he was amazing!!!

Me as Minnie!!!
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DH as Goofy!!!
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After breakfast we take the girls to OL and we head to see Ducky Williams..
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He was sooo amazing - his story is great and he draws while he talks and at the end gave away 23 drawings. I soooo wanted a Dopey!!!

After the show DH did a quick run to check on the girls while I went to shop. We browsed for quite a while - and then went to play BINGO!!!! I love bingo and DH has never played it was soooo fun!!!We didn't win but oh well...we were kid free!!!

We went to pick up the girls and went to the seafood lunch buffet at Parrot Cay - YUM!!!! Shrimp, crab claws and for DH roast port and steak!!! We ate until we were stuffed and then headed to the room to change into swimsuits and headed to Mickey's pool.

DD6 LOVED :love: this slide and I think she rode a hundred times!!
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These were the gifts in our room in the afternoon
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These were the gifts from Monday night, they are RCI pins - I was bummed about these but LOVED everything else!!
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After our swim we took girls to OL so we could go to The Disney Goof show...they had one of the animators, the manager of the Disney archieves and Bill Farmer - the voice of Goofy - in the middle of the show our pager went off - DD3 wanted picked up - so I went and got her and brought her with me to see the rest of the Goof show. This was one DH really wanted to see and he was not dissappointed!! Bill Farmer is just amazing - he reminded me of Robin Williams!!He can do any voice!!!

UP NEXT: DAY 3 dinner
 
Thanks for writing a TR!
I always wonder what they give out at SSMC. Now I know :)
 

Nikki! Yay I found your TR tonight too. (Just found Marsha's before I found yours). :banana:

I am so enjoying your take. Your pictures are great and you all look like you are having such a good time.

Can't wait to read more. :)
 
Thanks for writing a TR!
I always wonder what they give out at SSMC. Now I know :)

It is fun for me to write - reliving all the fun we had!!!

Nikki! Yay I found your TR tonight too. (Just found Marsha's before I found yours). :banana:

I am so enjoying your take. Your pictures are great and you all look like you are having such a good time.

Can't wait to read more. :)

:wave2: Hi Chris!!! So glad you found me!!! We did have such a wonderful time - we really wanted to go again in 2011 but needed to give the credit cards a rest - and since I have used our points into 2012....:rolleyes1!!!!! Well I am having fun reliving everything through the TR!!!!
 
Hi Debbie!!! Thank you!!! I have a Cannon PowerShot SD1200 IS...I have had two other PowerShots and loved them!! I am still learning all the tricks on this one and have to say I didn't even investigate the others. It is very small and thin and takes decent pictures in the dark (fireworks later in TR!!!!)!!!

I see you and Junior decided to do the SSMC2011 - I want to jump in your suitcase!!:rolleyes1:rolleyes1
 
Thanks for taking the time to do this. We're new to DVC and although we never considered a cruise before, I'm going to check it out as it looks like too much fun!!!
 
Love the trip report and pictures! We are so hoping that we can do a cruise to celebrate our daughter's college graduation in 2 1/2 years!
 
Thanks for taking the time to do this. We're new to DVC and although we never considered a cruise before, I'm going to check it out as it looks like too much fun!!!

Absolutely check it out - it was AMAZING!!!!

loving this TR...popcorn::

Thank You!!!

Love the trip report and pictures! We are so hoping that we can do a cruise to celebrate our daughter's college graduation in 2 1/2 years!

That would be so much fun!!! We just did a trip to WDW in April for my youngest DSis HS graduation - it was a blast!!!!
 
OK so where was I.....dinner on day 3....we were back at Parrot Cay. For those who haven't cruised you rotate restaurants but do double at the place one that you were for pirate night so our dining was

F2: APPT which meant - First seating - second rotation - Animator's Palate, Parrot Cay (pirate night), Parrot Cay, Triton's.

Because we had eaten at PC for Dinner on Tues - lunch on Wed (seafood buffet) and were going back for dinner on Wed the girls were giving us grief. But too bad!!!

DH had Jerk Chicken Strips, Island Spiced Grilled Sirloin, Corn in the Cob and Double baked potato. For dessert Vanilla Smores Cake.

I had Crab/Cheese Dip with Plantains (YUM!!!!!!), Parrot Cay Salad with WArm bacon dressing (YUMMM AGAIN!!!) and Caribbean chicken with mashed Sweet potatoes ( OH MY!!!!!!:worship:) I had NO intention of ordering dessert and since I am the one with the sweet tooth - our server brought out the banana french toast - it was really good but I was sooo full!!! THIS WAS MY FAVORITE MEAL!!!!
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The girls had their usual and here is DD3 eating her Mickey bar
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Here they are with our WONDERful servers -
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Before dinner we stopped for a photo with Pluto
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About 730p we took the girls to the lab hoping DD3 would stay. I wanted to go see "Who wants to be a Mouseketeer" we were a little late walking in but about 3 people in they called my number 43!!!! I got to be in the hot seat and have DH join me. We answered the first three questions without too many problems the fourth was what is the walking distance between OKW and SSR and I was so excited because I remember reading some of Caskbill's distance maps when I first joined and knew it was 1 mile!!! Everyone was sooo excited for us and I gave a shout out to DIS for giving me knowledge - although I was stumped on the last question - how many horses are on the carousel in BWV lobby (44) the audience helped us and we won "WWTBAM" pins, a backpack and a magnetic set of mickey shpaed paper clips!! I was still reeling from the excitement when the pager went off:headache: - little one needed us again!!! So we went to get her and then headed to look at our photos.

The photos they take are amazing and printing them out it is hard not to get them but OH MY!!!We did learn that you should buy a package and decide early because the line the last night was CRAZY and we were in it because I could not make up my mind!!!

So then we go to get DD6 and head back to get ready for bed. Here are the gifts from that night:
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These are Beauty and the Beast Diamond Edition pins and the envelopes and tips receipts for our service team. The members' cruise has the gratuities included so they brought these little envelopes with the tickets ans they have the amount of the tip printed out on it, you put the little ticket in - with extra if you want - and give that to your servers, etc.

Also we found this when we came in to the room:
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He is by far the coolest towel animal we have ever seen!!!

The girls and I called it a night and DH headed to the theater to watching the documentary "Waking Sleeping Beauty".

Next: Day 4 - Back to Castaway Cay!!!!
 
Wednesday September 14, 2010 - Castaway Cay - we are going to do this day right!!!!

We get up at 6:45am and head up to BBB for our breakfast - such yummy food here!!! Then we go to the room to get everything ready for the beach. I put 2 loads of :laundy: in but did not realized you have to push 2 start buttons, 1 on the card slider and 1 on the machine itself - so my clothes had not washed yet when I went to put them into the dryer:headache:!!!!

So we head out to the beach and the girls were excited because they were going to dig in the sand at Scuttle's Cove - and we were excited to be on the beach KID FREE!!!! DH and I found a hammock and went to get our floats - HEAVEN!!!!

View from the hammock
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We floated for a while then laid in the hammock and then it was group photo time. We went over took the photo and returned to our lazy child free morning.
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It was almost lunch time so we went to check on the girls. Of course DD3 wanted us and DD6 did not. We told DD6 we would pick her up after lunch and then we would all play on the beach. So DH, DD3 and I went to Cookies again and again it was great!! Then picked up DD6 and we all played at the beach.

Because I needed to pack we headed back to the ship and DH took the girls up to the Mickey pool - they REALLY enjoyed that pool!! and I had to pack - that was NOT fun!!! When I was done I went to join them at the pool and then we went to look at more photos. Before we knew it - it was time to get ready for dinner. I was beginning to feel VERY tired at this point and think that all the late night/early mornings and sun were getting to me. Also the girls were tired of us - so we asked our servers to bring their food out ASAP and then DH would take them to the lab....perfect they were done before we were done with our first course so we had the rest of the meal in peace!!

We were in Triton's tonight
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DH had: Duck Confit
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Beef Tenderloin with Smashed potatoes and bacon Wrapped Green beans
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Chocolate mousse
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I had Chilled Jumbo Shrimp - too good for me to take a picture first:rolleyes1!!
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French Onion Soup
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And here is another funny part, I said I wanted the Greens with Roast Chicken Breast - our server laughs and says "you can get chicken salad anywhere - I will bring you something good" so he brings me BOTH the salad and the Grilled Sea Bass with Risotto!!!
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Sorry no photo of the Sea Bass...it was shy - um - yea - SHY!!!!

I had the Temptation Trio for dessert
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What a great dinner!!!

NEXT: saying goodbye is never easy!!!:sad1:
 
Thanks for the pics. My family has never been on a cruise so the ship pictures really help put everything in perspective. I always wondered how the rooms looked but could only find the diagrams.
 
Hi Nikki! Loving your TR. Great pics! They bring back so many memories. I am going to be reporting on the cruise is my TR soon. Everyone in our household has some type of cold so I have not been feeling well enough to write some more.

I cannot wait to see your photos of BLT. DH wants to stay there so bad. I cannot wait to read your take on it.
 
Loving all the pictures. I am sad that you are packing - and I wasn't even on the vacation. :rotfl: I hope that we can go on the SSMC one day.
 
Thanks for the pics. My family has never been on a cruise so the ship pictures really help put everything in perspective. I always wondered how the rooms looked but could only find the diagrams.

I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by the rooms. We did have a larger room than planned but everyone I talked to said cabins were small on ships, we had enough room, they are narrow but long!!!

Hi Nikki! Loving your TR. Great pics! They bring back so many memories. I am going to be reporting on the cruise is my TR soon. Everyone in our household has some type of cold so I have not been feeling well enough to write some more.

I cannot wait to see your photos of BLT. DH wants to stay there so bad. I cannot wait to read your take on it.

I hear ya on the memories....that is why I LOVE doing TRs!!! I hope you are all feeling better soon!!! BLT will be soon!!!!!

Loving all the pictures. I am sad that you are packing - and I wasn't even on the vacation. :rotfl: I hope that we can go on the SSMC one day.

Thanks...packing sympathy:thumbsup2!!! It was horrible!!!! I was sad typing it!! I hope you get to go someday as well - it was a great time!! Beware though - you WILL be hooked!!!
 















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