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I've never read a land and sea report! Your pictures are beautiful and I'm only on page 4. I am bookmarking now so I can come back! 
Our two week land and sea adventure! W/ LOTS OF PICS!!!(UPDATED 6/17 pg.16 post 227)
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Girldreamer02
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I've never read a land and sea report! Your pictures are beautiful and I'm only on page 4. I am bookmarking now so I can come back!
Thank you very much and welcome!
Thank you! We didn't get a good shot last time, but since we knew where he was coming from this time it was a lot easier. I think so too!
Indeed! Can I please go back asap?!
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Yes, its so amazing! Thank you...I love them too! Lol...its not the same as being there in person, but at least we have pics.
Yea, she obviously wanted a sale, but there was nothing in there I'd even consider buying. It was pretty though! Thanks for reading!
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We went into diamonds international, which is a big name on the islands
we went there in the Bahamas too. Dh ended up asking about the Philip stein watches because he had heard about them from the shopping talk that was given on the ship and he wanted a watch and this one is known as the feel good watch, which to him meant that it had a bit of a geek factor to it and lets face it and I say this with the most love my dh is a geek. He is all about apple and his iphone and he loves technology in general.
So the lady takes us down to watches international and there is a big tour group in there and they were almost done being helped so we waited and then a girl helped dh out. He started looking at watches and of course I was bored so I started looking at them too. I was thinking to myself yay, he is going to buy himself something this is great because I want dh to be happy too and get presents as well. So he decided on his Philip stein watch and then he asks me if I want the one Im trying on? I was thinking um no! Lol. I had already gotten to much and I knew these watches werent the cheapest thing ever, but he knew I liked it and I finally said yes. He made me promise to wear it if he bought it for me because I have the tendency to forget to put my watch on before mine broke. So I promised him, but do you know that I wear mine more than him, which I tease him about all the time! Lol. Also a side note about a month after we had our watches we visited home and stayed with his parents. I was getting ready and they have ceramic tiles on the floor in the bathroom and my watch droped when I was putting it on and I spider webbed the face. It had to be sent to Philip stein to be fixed and it was the only thing not covered under warranty. I still shoot myself in the foot about that. I felt so bad..I was crying and dh said it was okay, but its one of those things where you just feel so bad and you know he is at least a little upset even though he isnt telling you, but I am totally off the subject here.
Us sporting our new awesome watches!
All I can say is I bet that girl loved us and the commission she got. For anybody who hasnt heard of a Philip stein watch the feel good technology are these two chips in the back of the watch that are suppose to emit good frequencies and block out the bad ones. They are also said to reduce the amount of migraines, which was a big selling point for me (they didnt tell me this I read this.) I dont know if its all in my head, but honestly I dont care because my migraines have reduced so thats a good thing! So after we had our new watches we took a taxi back toward the ships and went to buy some tee shirts for my sister, her fiancé and my parents. We took a few pictures, said goodbye to st. Thomas and got back on the ship.
Some pics on the taxi ride back:
this was a alley we went down:
Beautiful day in St. thomas!
This is what all the taxi's looked like...some of them were painted really cool though..this was about the most plain looking one we saw:
I'll Continue in the next post!
So the lady takes us down to watches international and there is a big tour group in there and they were almost done being helped so we waited and then a girl helped dh out. He started looking at watches and of course I was bored so I started looking at them too. I was thinking to myself yay, he is going to buy himself something this is great because I want dh to be happy too and get presents as well. So he decided on his Philip stein watch and then he asks me if I want the one Im trying on? I was thinking um no! Lol. I had already gotten to much and I knew these watches werent the cheapest thing ever, but he knew I liked it and I finally said yes. He made me promise to wear it if he bought it for me because I have the tendency to forget to put my watch on before mine broke. So I promised him, but do you know that I wear mine more than him, which I tease him about all the time! Lol. Also a side note about a month after we had our watches we visited home and stayed with his parents. I was getting ready and they have ceramic tiles on the floor in the bathroom and my watch droped when I was putting it on and I spider webbed the face. It had to be sent to Philip stein to be fixed and it was the only thing not covered under warranty. I still shoot myself in the foot about that. I felt so bad..I was crying and dh said it was okay, but its one of those things where you just feel so bad and you know he is at least a little upset even though he isnt telling you, but I am totally off the subject here.
Us sporting our new awesome watches!
All I can say is I bet that girl loved us and the commission she got. For anybody who hasnt heard of a Philip stein watch the feel good technology are these two chips in the back of the watch that are suppose to emit good frequencies and block out the bad ones. They are also said to reduce the amount of migraines, which was a big selling point for me (they didnt tell me this I read this.) I dont know if its all in my head, but honestly I dont care because my migraines have reduced so thats a good thing! So after we had our new watches we took a taxi back toward the ships and went to buy some tee shirts for my sister, her fiancé and my parents. We took a few pictures, said goodbye to st. Thomas and got back on the ship.
Some pics on the taxi ride back:
this was a alley we went down:
Beautiful day in St. thomas!
This is what all the taxi's looked like...some of them were painted really cool though..this was about the most plain looking one we saw:
I'll Continue in the next post!
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Wow! What an awesome day in St. Thomas! It does look beautiful.
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Cont.
Bye St. Thomas:
The ship left St. Thomas at 4:30. After we got back on board we headed to the room to put our stuff away and then headed to play bingo. Dh won, but someone else won the same game he did so he had to share the prize, which was fine by him. He won $67 bucks and also a dvc pin, which we already had so we decided that it would just be a trader. They were raffling off pins and the last pin to be raffled off was a limited edition 750 panama canal pin from 2008 and dh really wanted it. Guess who won that pin?! He has the most wonderful luck! This man plays scratch off lottery tickets and wins like $250 bucks. Lol. His luck is awesome and he was so excited to win the big pin!
After bingo we headed back to the room to get a few things and then we headed to see princess Minnie and sorcerer mickey. Minnie was posing and spinning in her dress and being so cute! Dh took a few pics of her.
When we met mickey our camera wasnt working for whatever reason maybe they didnt know how to work it or maybe it was having a hiccup? So we just let shutters take the picture with their camera and then afterwards our camera was fine. Go figure! Dh ended up popping out the battery and popping it back in and after that it was just fine.
Afterwards we went to guest services there was a problem with dhs credit card. He had booked the trip with a card that had a expiration date change and got that card right before the trip. They had the old card on file, which is what the problem was. With a new expiration date charges werent going through. So we cleared that up and gave the new card and were on our way.
We headed up to deck nine for a little walk and got some food at plutos and sat down on deck to eat our food. After eating we headed back to the room to sort laundry and rest. We called dvc because they left a message with us about setting up a time to meet with them. Our hostess came to the door and knocked she said she thought we went to the show and to take our time she would come back. She was so sweet and cute she always sounded like she was singing when she talked. I loved her accent.
After about twenty minutes we left for the second round of bingo (I forget why there were two this day, but there were.) We didnt win, but we came close. At the earlier bingo they had told us a phrase to say to get a free game of bingo when we came back later in the day so we did that and got our free game! After bingo it was time to do some pin trading with the officers, staff and also a few cms at guest relations.
The girl at guest relations about pulled me over the counter when she saw my watch. She said, is that a Philip stein watch?! As she was pulling my arm over the desk lol. Sure you can have my arm I dont need it for anything. Lol. She told me she wanted one so bad. A few people had commented about matts to. His is bigger so it gets more attention. Haha. After our fun with bingo and pin trading it was time for some not so fun stuff. Laundry time. Yuck! Laundry on vacation is my least favorite thing especially on the ship in the tiny laundry room.
We threw a load in and went back to the room for twenty minutes until it was time to go check it. Once the laundry was in the dryer we hung out in the room until we had to go get it and then we went to talk to someone about dvc at 9:45. We went to deck four midship and a girl walked us upstairs to deck ten midship where there was a dvc lounge and dh asked Brandon (our dvc guy we met with) a bunch of questions.
Dh asked me what I wanted to do and I told him he knew what I wanted and that it was up to him. I had been dropping little hints to him throughout the trip. Especially when we were in Disney world and would ride the monrail past BLT Id say we could own there and this would be our stop on the monorail. Hehe. Im so mean sometimes, but if I didnt tease him like that he would think something is wrong with me. Finally after my heart about pounded out of my chest dh says, okay well do it! Woo who! I actually said out loud yes, I finally broke him. Lol.
Our new "Home"!!!!
I was so excited! I wanted to jump up and down,
but I figured Brandon would think I was crazy! He congratulated us and then ran our credit check and of course we were approved. He told us a few things we needed to know and gave us some member hats and a small dvc cooler bag and we made an apt for morning to sign the papers and we were on our way. We have a free cruise to take
that was our incentive for signing up while on board and Brandon talked to us about that and when we could take it and that type of thing. We still arent sure when we are doing that, but I cant wait! Free cruise! Woo who! We bought 160 points at Bay Lake Towers! Sooo excited! We came back to the room, got our laundry and folded it then got ready for bed.
Report from Bridge:
9:18pm
Distance sailed from Port Canaveral: 1230 miles
Speed: 21.2 knots (felt like we were booking it)
Distance sailed from St. Thomas: 93 miles
Distance to castaway cay: 756 miles
Partly cloudy/ 77 degrees with 66 percent humidity
Moderate sea condition:4-8 ft waves
Up next: We sign our DVC papers and enjoy our day at sea!
Bye St. Thomas:
The ship left St. Thomas at 4:30. After we got back on board we headed to the room to put our stuff away and then headed to play bingo. Dh won, but someone else won the same game he did so he had to share the prize, which was fine by him. He won $67 bucks and also a dvc pin, which we already had so we decided that it would just be a trader. They were raffling off pins and the last pin to be raffled off was a limited edition 750 panama canal pin from 2008 and dh really wanted it. Guess who won that pin?! He has the most wonderful luck! This man plays scratch off lottery tickets and wins like $250 bucks. Lol. His luck is awesome and he was so excited to win the big pin!
After bingo we headed back to the room to get a few things and then we headed to see princess Minnie and sorcerer mickey. Minnie was posing and spinning in her dress and being so cute! Dh took a few pics of her.
When we met mickey our camera wasnt working for whatever reason maybe they didnt know how to work it or maybe it was having a hiccup? So we just let shutters take the picture with their camera and then afterwards our camera was fine. Go figure! Dh ended up popping out the battery and popping it back in and after that it was just fine.
Afterwards we went to guest services there was a problem with dhs credit card. He had booked the trip with a card that had a expiration date change and got that card right before the trip. They had the old card on file, which is what the problem was. With a new expiration date charges werent going through. So we cleared that up and gave the new card and were on our way.
We headed up to deck nine for a little walk and got some food at plutos and sat down on deck to eat our food. After eating we headed back to the room to sort laundry and rest. We called dvc because they left a message with us about setting up a time to meet with them. Our hostess came to the door and knocked she said she thought we went to the show and to take our time she would come back. She was so sweet and cute she always sounded like she was singing when she talked. I loved her accent.
After about twenty minutes we left for the second round of bingo (I forget why there were two this day, but there were.) We didnt win, but we came close. At the earlier bingo they had told us a phrase to say to get a free game of bingo when we came back later in the day so we did that and got our free game! After bingo it was time to do some pin trading with the officers, staff and also a few cms at guest relations.
The girl at guest relations about pulled me over the counter when she saw my watch. She said, is that a Philip stein watch?! As she was pulling my arm over the desk lol. Sure you can have my arm I dont need it for anything. Lol. She told me she wanted one so bad. A few people had commented about matts to. His is bigger so it gets more attention. Haha. After our fun with bingo and pin trading it was time for some not so fun stuff. Laundry time. Yuck! Laundry on vacation is my least favorite thing especially on the ship in the tiny laundry room.
We threw a load in and went back to the room for twenty minutes until it was time to go check it. Once the laundry was in the dryer we hung out in the room until we had to go get it and then we went to talk to someone about dvc at 9:45. We went to deck four midship and a girl walked us upstairs to deck ten midship where there was a dvc lounge and dh asked Brandon (our dvc guy we met with) a bunch of questions.
Dh asked me what I wanted to do and I told him he knew what I wanted and that it was up to him. I had been dropping little hints to him throughout the trip. Especially when we were in Disney world and would ride the monrail past BLT Id say we could own there and this would be our stop on the monorail. Hehe. Im so mean sometimes, but if I didnt tease him like that he would think something is wrong with me. Finally after my heart about pounded out of my chest dh says, okay well do it! Woo who! I actually said out loud yes, I finally broke him. Lol.
Our new "Home"!!!!
I was so excited! I wanted to jump up and down,
but I figured Brandon would think I was crazy! He congratulated us and then ran our credit check and of course we were approved. He told us a few things we needed to know and gave us some member hats and a small dvc cooler bag and we made an apt for morning to sign the papers and we were on our way. We have a free cruise to take
that was our incentive for signing up while on board and Brandon talked to us about that and when we could take it and that type of thing. We still arent sure when we are doing that, but I cant wait! Free cruise! Woo who! We bought 160 points at Bay Lake Towers! Sooo excited! We came back to the room, got our laundry and folded it then got ready for bed. Report from Bridge:
9:18pm
Distance sailed from Port Canaveral: 1230 miles
Speed: 21.2 knots (felt like we were booking it)
Distance sailed from St. Thomas: 93 miles
Distance to castaway cay: 756 miles
Partly cloudy/ 77 degrees with 66 percent humidity
Moderate sea condition:4-8 ft waves
Up next: We sign our DVC papers and enjoy our day at sea!
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Congrats on DVC! Yay that's awesome! Love the watches, too!!!
thank you! that was my "surprise announcement" I had that i mentioned earlier in the trippie. hehe I'm so flippin' excited! Thank you...we love our watches also!
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YAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!! Welcome Home!! SO happy for you guys!!
That is awesome he won the pin!!! So cool. Love all the pictures, and your watches are so pretty. Very nice
How is your husband feeling? I'm thinking about you guys.
That is awesome he won the pin!!! So cool. Love all the pictures, and your watches are so pretty. Very nice
How is your husband feeling? I'm thinking about you guys.
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Thank you...we are super happy! Yes, the pin is awesome...I think I have a pin...i'll have to post it...its pretty darn awesome! He isn't feeling well at all...we got called out of town for some emergency work in fairfax, va where we lived/worked last summer and sunday we went to the mall for a few hrs...he was strugglin...so we left and went back to the hotel...he had a 102 fever for four hours. He has pretty much reached his breaking point...hes ready to go to the mayo clinic (we go july 6th) not soon enough! And after yesterdays mall trip I see lots of solo time in disney for me when we go in a few weekends b/c there is no way he is going to make it all day especially in the horrible heat. Thank you for asking...your very sweet!
Great update and pics.
It looked so nice there. very pretty.
Congrats on the DVC. Biff says no till they drop the interest rate.
Thank you! Good luck!
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Congratulations on DVC!! 
I can't seem to even convince DH to go to a presentation. And he loves Disney as much as I do.
I can't seem to even convince DH to go to a presentation.
And he loves Disney as much as I do.
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I just want to let everyone know that I haven't abandoned this trippie...in fact I really want to finish it b/c I want to do a little pre trippie for our small trip in July and then do a little mini tr for that. I said all that to say this...friday afternoon we got a call that we needed to head to fairfax, va (where we lived and worked last summer) because there were four emergency digs (dh is an office manager for a pipeline company) so we had to be up here bright and early this morning.
We actually drove up on saturday since dh isn't feeling well so we wouldn't have to worry about getting here sunday or even monday morning. Yesterday dh and I headed to the mall for a little while and his fever hit 102 and stayed that way for four hours. We are going back to lynchburg sometime weds because I have a flight back to ohio on thursday morning bright and early(to visit the fam and to look at bridesmaids dresses with my sister for her wedding next june) and I"ll be back in Va the 30th just in time to turn around and head to the mayo clinic on july 3rd.
Dh's appt is july 6th and we are going to disney for the weekend the 10th-13th since the mayo isn't open and doing tests on the weekends. Our first trip home is going to be at Beach Club Villa's since BLT isn't open. We've never been to or even seen Beach club so we are super excited to stay some place new...the pictures I've seen look awesome! I hope to get another update up here by the end of the week, but I wanted to say bare with me since we got called away on this emergency work...it has made for a crazy few weeks for me and thank you for reading!
We actually drove up on saturday since dh isn't feeling well so we wouldn't have to worry about getting here sunday or even monday morning. Yesterday dh and I headed to the mall for a little while and his fever hit 102 and stayed that way for four hours. We are going back to lynchburg sometime weds because I have a flight back to ohio on thursday morning bright and early(to visit the fam and to look at bridesmaids dresses with my sister for her wedding next june) and I"ll be back in Va the 30th just in time to turn around and head to the mayo clinic on july 3rd.
Dh's appt is july 6th and we are going to disney for the weekend the 10th-13th since the mayo isn't open and doing tests on the weekends. Our first trip home is going to be at Beach Club Villa's since BLT isn't open. We've never been to or even seen Beach club so we are super excited to stay some place new...the pictures I've seen look awesome! I hope to get another update up here by the end of the week, but I wanted to say bare with me since we got called away on this emergency work...it has made for a crazy few weeks for me and thank you for reading!
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Your poor DH! I can't imagine how frustrating it must be. I hope it gets figured out soon!!
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Congratulations on DVC!!
I can't seem to even convince DH to go to a presentation.
Aww what a bummer...it dosen't cost anything to just go check it out...i'm sure you know that. I hope he comes around...good luck!
We checked it out three times before we decided. 
There is hope! Thank you, your very sweet!
Sweet...thanks for the info! The pics look awesome! I can't wait to take some of my own and go swimming in that pool! I need some sun...all this staying indoors with dh has made me a white girl and usually I have a good tan!
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