Saturday February 9th and Sunday February 10th 2008 ~ Pirate Law #68 ~ Pirates do not "IM". The only instant message allowed is a sword through the chest.
FINALLY! Three months to go meaning - the famous
BOOKING NIGHT. My day well year - was not really going as planned. Ever feel like your life should be a sitcom? Just which one? Depends on the day here! I bet I could give those writers on strike some fantastic storylines!!!
Within the week both my car and Charmings had had issues. His is ok for now, mine is pretty major. Transmission major. There was a fleeting glimpse of canceling but luckily my husband quickly squelched any momentary thought I may have had. See, he really is Charming!
There was a hint of excitement in the air all day. Does it matter that I was the only one feeling it? At least in my household. Tomorrow was my babys birthday so we did the birthday and 90 day celebration all rolled in one!
My plan was --- I was going to stay up, simple as that. Midnight, piece of cake! Plus, I had insurance
.
DIS insurance. Four families who were going to ensure that at least ONE would give me a wake up call! No worries in the Carlin Castle
..except
.
As the day progressed I started doing that thing I do
.worry, fret, over analyze, over think and just plain FREAK OUT about the plans. There are so many choices
which day was the optimum to book Palo, what excursion to take, you know, really important issues. I decided to sit down with Charming and go over what we had already decided to book, just for some reinforcement.
BIG MISTAKE
..huge!
Hes wanting all different things now
I was about to go over the edge
I cant handle any last minute changes. This man is going to drive me to drink! I tried to hold down my frustrations as I fed the family and watched the clock. Haley was begging me to come sit a me and watch High School Musical 2 for the 2,749th time. come on Mommy as her little hand grabbed mine. I couldnt resist. Charming and Samantha were watching something on the couch so off I toddled with my soon to be free year old.
I settled into the bottom bunk and Haley and I proceeded to belt out the tunes at the top of our lungs. Musical stylings a la V are always sure to please! Somewhere in between Sharpay introducing her Daddy to Troy and convincing Fulton to not let employees in the talent show the unthinkable happened.
I FELL ASLEEP!
I woke up, all was dark, Haley nestled in my arms and HSM2 was on the menu screen. In a state of panic, I probably said something inappropriate as I threw my sleeping baby along with the covers off me. Hitting my head in my frantic escape, I tore out of the bedroom yelling at John, who was sound asleep snuggling with Samantha. I got to the computer and it was 12:45am OMG, 45 minutes late, I knew without a doubt Palo was gone.
As I was logging into the
Disney Cruise Line site, which was taking forever to load, I ventured over to the
DIS to exclaim all my frustrations and to see what everyone else reserved
.here is my DIS posting on the infamous night:
1:06am omg, I fell asleep and woke up at 12:45! Now I can't get in!
At this point I am freaking!
1:10am this is terrible!!!!
1:14am oh my....deep breaths! I am having a wine! Where is John1?
Thought the wine would help calm my nerves.
1:16am quit counting fish people!
1:22am ARE YOU KIDDING??? DCL kicked me out and then offered me a survey!
DCL so not wants to hear what I think about their website right now.
1:23am I am wine-ing too!
Here's a way too expensive thing on Ebay that maybe someone will love!
http://cgi.ebay.com/Boutique-Bottega...QQcmdZViewItem
Hey, I am a gal who knows how to multitask.
1:25am CRAP I didn't confirm brunch.....
Charming is so going to kill me if he doesnt get brunch.
1:32am someone needs to help me before I throw my PC in the pool!
1:34am omg, I need an intervention here...
1:38am my red headed temper is COMING OUT!
1:42am I can hear John snoring...the girls are sound asleep.....I could be enjoying this glass of wine and a lifetime movie - BUT NO....Why am I doing this again? Oh right, I am nominated for wife of the year
1:43am are you kidding the pirate ship is booked?
1:49am I put on the Holiday
So now I am refreshing the DCL site, drinking, scouring Ebay and watching a movie
.
1:53am I am so over these freaky fish.
If I never see that darn Mickey head made out of blue fish I will be a happy gal.
2:01am po'ed!
2:28am this sucks!
I do not want to do the ressie rush onboard to get Palo.................
2:34am I cannot even get on the site at this point. I am soooooo upset.
4:44am now watcihng the Da Vinci Code....I am going to be hurting tomorrow.
I think the bottle is empty by now.
4:52am 5am....I am hurting already
5:10am no one call me tomorrow! I am going to bed....5:17am!
6:01am it's funny - all the lurkers and non posters are now out!! Iam on, did not go o bed yet!
3:01pm 23 pages today alone! What a fiasco last night, DCL needs to do better than this!
Between 6:30 and 7 I crawled into bed and told John he would have to handle the girls when they awoke from the fantastic night of sleep I am sure they had. I didnt get up until after 11am and luckily no nightmares of the freaky fish.
I called for Haley to come into my room she did and I snuggled her and sang her Happy Birthday
then, just as quick, sent her off and I logged onto the DCL site to see if I had booked anything or what was going on
in my wine-o state of mine these were my bookings:
Castaway Cay Stingrays
Castaway Cay Couples Cabana Massage
5/17 Palo Dinner
5/18 Stone Therapy
5/19 Acapulco City Tour
5/20 Exotic Rasul
5/21 PV Las Caletas
5/23 Palo Brunch
5/24 High Tea
What was I thinking? I must have just clicked confirm on anything I could! I even included someone else on the high tea reservation! Basically, what it comes down to
..Palo brunch and dinner and the Acapulco City Tour. They entire time I am checking our reservation Charming is breathing down my neck wanting to know if I got Palo. Ahh yes, he can now rest easy. I am just thankful that I dont have to make the mad dash to Rockin Bar D, I mean there is a buffet to get to!
The entire online booking for excursions was an absolute nightmare. Disney needs to do something about this. Many fellow cruisers were locked out saying they had not paid in full, when in fact, they had. Others were unable to book their children on excursions even though the children were within the age group specified. It was just terrible. I feel lucky that I have the Palo reservations because that is pretty much all I wanted.
Now the party can begin!
Time to mix up a batch of those
Bad Girl Cocktails:
1 1/2 Absolut Madrin
1/4 oz Peach Schnapps
1 oz Sweet and Sour
1/2 oz Cranberry Juice
Mix in shaker with ice, serve straight up in a martini glass with a lightly sugared rim.
or do as I do, get one of those HUGE martini glasses from Michaels and just dump all contents and grab a straw!
V~tip ~ on the night of your booking, set an alarm!
It took me 4.30 hours for one booking Palo Brunch!!
I can't believe it now - almost a workday!
