Greetings all! We are now back in the room and enjoying some quiet time on our first full sea day. I love sea days!
To bring you up to date. We got to the port yesterday at just before 10 am. We unloaded the van and a porter came right away to take all the luggage. Mike, Mark and Nick went to return the van while Karen, KT and I went to check in. There was no line at all for security and when we got upstairs we got boarding group 2! KT staked out a place on the couch and Karen and I checked the families in. After that it was fun to just sit and chat and people watch. Randy (Zerog) was the first of the DISers to find us in the terminal. As the morning went on we met others as well. Before we knew it the time was getting close to boarding so we headed over to the boarding area. Here we met up with even more DISers. Boarding was quick and efficient as always. The guys and kids headed up to the Mickey pool while Karen and I (along with a number of other DISers went to see about Palo brunch). We were able to add Mike and Karen to our reservation by moving the time to 11 am (it was 11:30). Cool!
We head up and the guys have secured a great table and Nick has already had his first piece of pizza. Now this is my 11th
DCL cruise and I never have had the pizza so I went over and got 2 slices for my lunch. Pretty good pizza.
Kay (dreamcometrue) and her family set up camp near by. The kids went swimming and the adults just chilled. Im so glad we got on early. A little after 1pm I went down to pick up some navigators. As I headed to the aft elevators I heard that Parrot Cay was full and they were sending everyone up to Topsiders. The elevator area was packed. I took the stairs and was amazed by the line outside Topsiders!
At 2 pm our room was ready and we headed down. Got the new
Castaway Club gift which is a nice bag, 2 water bottles, a mesh bag and a small notebook. Very nice. 2 pieces of luggage were already here and the third came a few minutes later. By 2:30 we were unpacked!
A little before 3 pm we headed down to the Promenade Lounge for the DIS meet. Good location and it was well attended.
The safety drill went well. Love being able to sit in Animators Palette. Then up to sailaway and we were soon on our way! As we were heading out of the channel we went down to change for dinner. While standing out on our verandah we saw a dolphin! Very cool.
Next up dinner! Our rotation is PLAPLAP. Got a great serving team and I think they appreciate our sense of humor. The Meyers Family is at the table next to us and I believe LCTonas family is a few tables away as well. Nice to see DISers everywhere.
After dinner we went to the show which we usually skip. Cute skits and the acts were pretty good. Then it was back to the room to crash for me!
We discussed last night about meeting up this morning at the gym. I met up with Karen and Mike at 7 and I was proud of myself for working out on vacation. I did 10 minutes on the elliptical, 15 minutes on the bike and then 15 on the treadmill. OK so I probably only worked off about one spoonful of crème brulee but it is better than nothing.
Spent some time on the verandah reading and then it was ready to go to the DVC presentation. Got the red hats but we also won a large beach towel. Karen and Mike also won a prize and right after they did we had to leave as it was 11 am and time for our Palo reservation. So we never did see the presentation about Ko Olina. Maybe Ill go to one of the presentations for prospective members to see that.
Brunch was wonderful as always. Thomas took care of us and did a great job but we got a big surprise to see one of our favorite servers Sylvester working there. He was our server back in May of 03. So nice to see familiar faces when we cruise.
We are also talking about re-booking for one of the special Easterns next year.
I can't wait to hear your updates..
