V's Bad Girl Guide to 15 Nights of Partying through Panama! Updated ~ 6/14!

[Joy2theWorld]

Great report!! Thank you for sharing... Also, thanks for mentioning about the CC post office being closed on Sunday. We'll be there on a Sunday too on the EB. I guess no special stamps or postmarks for us...

 

[lillygator]

Great report!! Thank you for sharing... Also, thanks for mentioning about the CC post office being closed on Sunday. We'll be there on a Sunday too on the EB. I guess no special stamps or postmarks for us...

you can still do it - but be sure to go to guest services on the ship prior to getting to Castaway Cay. I waited until we left which was a mistake!

 

[lillygator]

Monday May 12th, 2008 ~ Day At Sea ~ continued….

So off to find food were we….ended up at Goofy’s Galley. They have a really nice selection of wraps, salads, sandwiches, fruit and boy it was something when most days the lines were longer for Goofy’s than Pluto’s!

Nothing but sea….

We went and picked up the girls and I remembered the DIS group photo…oops, missed that along with the Scrapbooking class that I paid for. Oh well, it’s vacation.

Headed back to the room and gave the girls a tub, attempted to curl their hair for formal night and have a quick nap.

We were a few minutes late to dinner, Charming stopped at the store to get a binky as ours went missing!

Tonight was the Golden Mickey’s Menu –

Freshly Baked Rosemary Potato Loaf

Appetizers:
Prosciutto with Chilled Honeydew
Double Baked Aged Reggiano Parmesan Cheese Souffle
Spiced Asparagus and Citrus Delight
Grilled Bay Scallops with Pink Grapefruit Glaze

Soups and Salads:
Broccoli and Maytag Blue Cheese Soup
Sangria Bisque
Scottish Smoked Salmon and Pear Salad
Salad of Mixed Baby Greens

Main Course:
Grilled Ginger Lime Swordfish Steak
Jumbo Shrimp and Porcini Mushroom Tagliatelle
Oven Roasted Duckling with a Dark Cherry Glaze
Rack of New Zealand Lamb with a Dijon Mustard Crust
Roasted Fillet of Beef Wellington

Lighter Fare:
Roasted Chicken Breast
Grilled Sirloin Steak
Baked Salmon Steak

Vegetarian Selections:
Roast Turnips with Leeks and Pumpkins
Sweet and Sour Tofu

Desserts:
Ricotta Crème Brulee
Baked Apple and Blueberry Pithiviers
The Golden Chocolate Chocolate Award
Passion Fruit Napoleon
Strawberry Sundae

No Sugar Added:
Cream Puff
Assorted sugar free ice cream
Raspberry Cheese Cake

None of the appetizers really appealed to me so I think I passed. I did have the Beef Wellington for dinner.

It was ok, of course I wasn’t feeling like I could enjoy dinner to much as I was dealing with butter, bathroom and babies!

The kids menu really seemed to repeat itself. Nothing much was new. Pretty bland if you ask me. Samantha was good at eating her veggies though!

Dessert – Mickey Ice Cream Bars for the girls….

Since I am not a chocolate lover, I went with the sugar free cheesecake. Big mistake, it tasted like the no bake Jello gimmick!

Somehow we got strong armed into going to the Golden Mickey’s. This would be our first DCL show.

The interpreters were awesome! Great to watch!

The show was good, I think Charming was falling asleep and dying in his tux….we left to change clothes and got a few pictures on the way.

Got back to the room to find…

We took the girls to the clubs, they were doing The Royal Ball tonight, and Charming and I decided to go say Hello to Benita at Cove Café.

V busted the Geezer’s Party!

We had a drink or two and then headed out to the Goofy pool. Narnia was on and some of the Geek gang was out there watching. It just happened to be at Charming’s favorite part, so we sat and I was soon paged.

Went to fetch the girls and came back to the Goofy pool. After Narnia we headed back to the cabin via the drink station on deck 9 and a nice man gave all 4 girls a Tinkerbell pin, made their night!

As we got to deck 2 Haley started her “want to have a party” fit. The whole let’s order room service gimmick worked so that is what we did!

I sat and worked on my post cards waiting for everyone to fall asleep.

Thoughts on day 3: ok, according to my, mini-navigator I have missed – the scrapbooking, the DIS photo and a vow renewal. Honestly even though this stuff is in print it is hard to keep up. Sometimes it brings an element of not feeling like you are on vacation.

Also, there were things in the regular Navigator that we missed and wanted to do, chip it golf, the PC presentation, the Captain’s welcome reception and the atrium after party. Honestly – unless you commando your day, you are not going to be getting to everything!

 

[DiaLady]

HI V --

Can't wait to read the rest!! You're trip report is a great reverse preview of our WB in August! Thanks for taking the time to share you amazing family!

 

[ibouncetoo]

Loving it V! And you're doing a great job providing some of the details that the EB folks will be glad to see!

SDHoneymooner, the best advice...remember that you can't do it all...even with fifteen days! The best thing about the long cruise is you don't begrudge those times you just grab a lounger and sit and veg though.

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[gaylean93]

Sorry you didn't feel the love at Shots Around the Ship.

I liked the chardonnay at the wine tasting too, we have pictures but I didn't know if you wanted us to post them.

Brooke always asked for a party too, since she gets them at home. Ethan always wanted room service.

 

[SDHoneymooner]

Loving it V! And you're doing a great job providing some of the details that the EB folks will be glad to see!

SDHoneymooner, the best advice...remember that you can't do it all...even with fifteen days! The best thing about the long cruise is you don't begrudge those times you just grab a lounger and sit and veg though.

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My FI just emerged from his room to ask if I wanted to do something "active" or "relaxing" on our last day before we head home. He doesn't realize I know what we're doing! It's so cute. I think he's booked us for massages at Castaway Cays, but we'll see. I'm going to be surprised on all that he has planned for us. He's so happy to be surprising me with this! I plan to relax as much as he lets me. Reading all the TR gets me even more excited for August to come!

 

[poffles]

I am so loving this report. The girls looked good with all their curls. I am wishing the next few months away I am so anxious for my trip!!!

Such torture.

 

[cmash95]

absolutely love the report, and the girls are adorable. adding my two cents in, we ended up checking the navigator the night before and picking out two or three not to be missed things to do the next day and then just filled in the rest. especially on sea days, thank heavens they repeated several of the activities later on in the cruise. there is no way I could have gone full tilt for two weeks and enjoyed myself. the only time i really had a hard time was castaway cay but that was because it was so hot and i was pooped.

 

[MrsMork]

absolutely love the report, and the girls are adorable. adding my two cents in, we ended up checking the navigator the night before and picking out two or three not to be missed things to do the next day and then just filled in the rest. especially on sea days, thank heavens they repeated several of the activities later on in the cruise. there is no way I could have gone full tilt for two weeks and enjoyed myself. the only time i really had a hard time was castaway cay but that was because it was so hot and i was pooped.

We missed a few things on sea days that we wanted to do because we napped.

 

[ChrisLei]

Just found your report. Loving it so far!

 

[LITTLEKID58]

Subscribing....TFS.. luv it...

 

[fluffy bunny]

subscribing...great so far

 

[mruhaak]

Enjoying your report!

Don't worry about the temper tantrum. I found that the kids are just so exhausted with all of the traveling and 1st day activities.
On our second DCL cruise I tried really hard to not push them too hard traveling to get there (you live in florida so not your problem I'm sure!) and to try to get them to bed early the first night. But even doing that it's just an awful lot of excitement for them to take in and I think it's bound to happen!

 

[LisaG520]

We missed a few things on sea days that we wanted to do because we napped.

Naps are great

 

[lillygator]

Tuesday May 13th, 2008 ~ Day At Sea ~ Library Legislative Day! ~ Stevie Wonder’s Birthday!

Sunrise: 6:25am
Sunset: 7:06pm
Evening Attire: Cruise Casual
Dinner Menu: Show Dinner AP (6pm rotation)
Drink of the Day: True Colors (is Cyndi Lauper around?)

Events Throughout the Day:
Disney’s Behind the Scenes 11am & 3 pm
Castaway Club Party 4:45pm
John Charles Cabaret 7:30 pm Rockin’ Bar D
When Mickey Dreams 6:30, 8:30 pm
Cabaret John Charles 10:30 pm Rockin’ Bar D

Mini-Nav Events:
Geocaching 1:30 pm
Poker 2:30 pm
Bunco 3:30 pm

Ahhhhh, another sea day and another day in the cave. We all slept soundly until around 9am. Charming skipped the gym today.

I must say – the cabin’s really only downfall was the fact no natural light woke you up, I really could have slept all day.

We donned our bathing attire and headed up to Topsiders, heaven forbid Charming miss a meal. To be truthful I really didn’t like breakfast at Topsider’s, they changed the mixing’s in the eggs – but overall it was pretty bland. But then again – this is coming from someone who would rather have a glass of champagne and a croissant to kick off the day.

After the bland breakfast, Mickey pool became the destination of choice. Wasn’t too crowded and soon John1 showed up and let us know they were at the Goofy pool….so we went back and forth.

The Mickey pool really never seemed that crowded to me, the Goofy pool and adult pool were always pretty full.

After several trips to get ice cream, it was soon lunch time. Tacos, hotdogs, blt Panini, turkey, tomato and brie – big tip here:

DON’T GET THE TACOS!

All I am gonna say.

All the fun ended around 2:30 when we headed back to the cave for naps!

What a life!

~so yes, I missed the Bunco - there was even a note on my door to remind me.

 

[ga9497]

Looking forward to reading more

 

[wilma-bride]

Wow, really enjoying your report. I can't think of anything beter than being on a Disney cruise for 15 whole days

 

[podsnel]

Love reading all of your tips- you have such great advice, V! I hope I remember it when we're on our cruise in Nov.
Oh, and I LOVE your idea of a good breakfast!

 

[Joy2theWorld]

Uh oh, now I'm worried about the tacos. They were my DH's favorite treat last time. However, they had a taco bar set up on the opposite side where you could make your own tacos, nachos, etc... I guess I'll stick to chicken fingers!