We Saw It, We Ate It! 11/19 Wonder UPDATED!

[tinkmom2]

Thanks Ellen for sharing your pics of my door and of our children from DIS meet

This is a pic of my door which I forgot to take in it is VET's daughter Katrina dropping off FE gifts. My girls have both been fighting over this Winnie the Pooh thing!

This is a pic of our children from the DIS meet. There is a bigger one of our whole group yet to be posted.

I have to hop on over to my lap top as soon as my DH is off to post more..lol!

 

[anetnmike]

Hi! Looks like you guys had a great time!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE all of your pictures! The girls look so adorable in their Princess dressess

 

[tinkmom2]

Hi! Looks like you guys had a great time!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE all of your pictures! The girls look so adorable in their Princess dressess

We had the best time! Thanks

 

[tinkmom2]

Castaway Day!

I really hadn't slept well all week during vacation and brought my insomnia pills with me but only used them once. They make me grouchy so I was pretty much the first one up every day. I got a chance to go out on the veranda and see sunrise which was beautiful and take my shower before the brood got up. We went to breakfast at Beach Blanket Buffet. It was all pretty good except for the biscuits which were like hockey pucks lol!

We got off the ship probably around 9 AM and made our way to the family beach. It was pretty packed all ready and we found ourselves a nice shaded area.

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We did meet some characters on our way there:

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Our first cruise we had this mixup with the staff about Jack. He wasn't there at the time they said so I was bound and determined to meet him at Castaway this time!
Here is some video. Just click the link on the pic...

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We didn't spend much time on the family beach and headed to our excursion. The Glass Bottom Boat tour. Our first time it was cancelled because of rough waters. I thougt the tour was good but I was expecting to see more types of fish. I got better pics off the side of the boat than I did through the glass bottom.

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We were feeding them oatmeal provided by the staff.
This is a pic of the reef that will become a Cay

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This is a pic of the family beach from the Glass Bottom boat

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Our next stop was lunch at Cookies. Our friend and server Ganesh was there and pulled me out of line and showed me where there was no waiting. I had two trays and our head server Ali was wonderful and helped me to our table which was pretty far away! He also got our drinks. I didn't think to take a pic of our full plates because we were starving!

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Luic our assistant server saw us and got everyone some ice cream...

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Pat and I each dropped the kids off at their clubs and headed to Serenity Beach. This was a first time here for us and it was gorgeous!

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Pat made a man friend here:

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I was annoyed and found myself a hammockmy feet were swollen from a weeks worth of walking)

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It was absolutly beautiful weather but I couldn't keep the sun lotion on long enough because I was sweating so much. The tram to Serenity was broken so there was a man coming in a 12 person golf cart to drive us back to the Serenity pick up point.
We went and found Claire happily playing at her program

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It was about 3 by this time and we all went back to the ship after taking this pic

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Claire and I headed back to the room and watched "Sleeping Beauty" and took a nap.

 

[kindra657]

Enjoying your TR and all of your pics! Your lil Claire is adorable!!! We will be on our first cruise (3 night) in 61 days!

Are kids able to swim with the supervised kids activities on cc? DH and I would like to head over to serenity bay for a little while but I'm about 100% sure dd won't want to come out of the water.

 

[tinkmom2]

Enjoying your TR and all of your pics! Your lil Claire is adorable!!! We will be on our first cruise (3 night) in 61 days!

Are kids able to swim with the supervised kids activities on cc? DH and I would like to head over to serenity bay for a little while but I'm about 100% sure dd won't want to come out of the water.

Thanks! I am not sure if they go into the water or not. I am guessing no. When my oldest went they were playing at this arcade and then at Scuttles doing things like volleyball. Claire was playing with sand toys. Join a DIS meet or FE exchange if you can. It's a blast!
I didn't get to go to Serenity at all on our first cruise. The only thing I was able to do is take advantage of the adult pool which I highly recommend.

 

[kindra657]

Thanks! I am not sure if they go into the water or not. I am guessing no. When my oldest went they were playing at this arcade and then at Scuttles doing things like volleyball. Claire was playing with sand toys. Join a DIS meet or FE exchange if you can. It's a blast!
I didn't get to go to Serenity at all on our first cruise. The only thing I was able to do is take advantage of the adult pool which I highly recommend.

We are participating in the FE exchange and I can't wait for that! I even made my own FE!!! ...which is a big deal for me!

Thanks for the information!

 

[tinkmom2]

Thanks to Tikihula whom posted a pic of my fellow DISers at our meet! I am so glad I got a chance to meet everyone! And hope to keep in touch!

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I ran into VET and her family at bingo. That was a lot of fun. We did that on Castaway day. I heard an announcement that it was going to start at 4:15PM at Wavebands so Cassie and I ran over there. We got a UP poster, some Disney pens, and two Jonas Brothers backstage passes. It was around $40.00 for 6 games. Cassie had a virgin Mai Tai and I had the drink of the day which I can't recall what it was but it was good!
Tip: Gratuities are already added to your drink bill. It is optional to tip more!
Before dinner I got to see the sun set. How beautiful is that?

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Dinner our last night was at Triton's. Triton's is considered the "fancy" restaurant but people dress all over the board since there is no true formal night on the 3 or 4 nights. Cassie wore a dress. I wore a black top with sheer arms, Pat a dress shirt and Claire a sun dress. On the other side of the spectrum there were people in jeans. It's a very relaxed atmosphere.

I decided to order two appetizers. Duck confeit and escargot. (I loved both!) Cassie decided to try my escargot and liked it too!

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Cassie had the shrimp cocktail as well as Pat:

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Claire began eating her mac and cheese

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I love this citrus salad and ordered it once again.

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Ali our head server stopped by to see how everything was. If you have any food allergies he is right there to see how you are doing and to check if you are allowed to eat certain things. They are very good about accommodating dietary requests.

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I have really never had lamb and found out this trip I really enjoy it. I had the lamb shank braised in wine

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Pat had the steak

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and Cassie had the ravioli

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This was our last time seeing Ganesh but we plan on keeping in touch!
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Desserts: Cassie had the crem brule(sp)

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I had the sampler

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Claire opted for the ice cream.

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Up Next Dreams and More!

 

[mainstreetmugs]

Thanks Ellen for sharing your pics of my door and of our children from DIS meet

This is a pic of my door which I forgot to take in it is VET's daughter Katrina dropping off FE gifts. My girls have both been fighting over this Winnie the Pooh thing!

This is a pic of our children from the DIS meet. There is a bigger one of our whole group yet to be posted.

I have to hop on over to my lap top as soon as my DH is off to post more..lol!

Winnie The Pooh Puzzle Blocks? Those were from us! Can't see the pic for some reason! E-mail it to me please!

 

[tinkmom2]

Mike,
Claire loved that Pooh mat! Both she and Cassie have been fighting over it. Cassie made a cube out of it and Claire just wants to play with it lol! We have so many cool gifts I have them in a bowl kind of like Halloween candy. Candy they get one a day or they can choose stickers etc..
Thanks again everyone!
Chris

 

[tinkmom2]

I was able to take video this time with sound and figured out how not to erase it lol! Our first cruise I erased all our video.

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click on the image and you can watch the video of our stateroom.

On to our last Magical Moment of the cruise! We went to the atrium which is right outside of Triton's and the Cruise Director Ray was there. It is our second time of us having him and Claire runs right up to him and gives him a hug! She is talking to him and he gets such a kick out of her that he invites us to meet the characters at Studio Sea before they meet everyone else after "Dreams." My Dh and I are knocked off our feet! Cassie my oldest decided not to go to "Dreams" and the plan was to find her so she could go with us to Studio Sea.

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On our way to "Dreams" we see the Captain with no one in line sitting at the gift shop..Claire says to him "I saw you on stage!" and runs up to him...

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Off to "Dreams!" There were people taking pics throughout the whole play in front of us but I waited to the very end and did not use my flash...

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The show ends and Pat goes to find Cassie in her program but cannot so he finds me at Studio Sea with Claire. We wait and Ray the Cruise Director comes out and talks to us for a bit. Then one by one the characters come out...Claire, her dad, and I are the only others in the room.

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Here is some of the video we shot. It was so dark in there I didn't think about turning on my camera light. Just click on the pic and it will take you to the link...

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We got a few more pics with characters right outside of Studio Sea.

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I was able to get this one final video.. Click on the pic to play it.

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So there you have it! That was our Magical Moment. I still wasn't able to find Cassie but when I got back to the stateroom she was there crying. Upset she missed the whole thing. I called down to guest services and they were nice enough to send a picture up autographed by everyone. It was almost 11 and we didn't have our luggage outside our stateroom yet. Pat and I rushed to fit everything in and luckily we found someone still collecting luggage.

Next Stop off to the Hyatt at MCO..

 

[tinkmom2]

Let me tell you once again on port morning no one wanted to get out of bed. Pat thought we should skip breakfast to get through customs. We had a towncar picking us up at 9. I wish we would have ate. We got through customs in 5 minutes.

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Our car was there early and picked us up. This tiime it was a sedan not a stretch limo. Our driver I believe was Robert. He was so nice! We ended up getting to the air port around 10. I had to run into the airport to get some money from the ATM for the tip for the driver.

We headed right to check in and were shown our room. It was very nice.

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By this time we were all starving. Cassie and I walked out to the food court in the air port and got Nathan's. That's a must have for us in Florida. We scarfed down our food and headed for the pool on the roof.

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We stayed until about 3 and made our way to baggage to get our luggage checked in. We were boarding by 5 and back in Milwaukee by 7:30PM.

All in all we had a great vacation! Our next cruise will probably be on the Dream in 2011

 

[miprender]

Just read your TR. Wow the weather looks so beautiful. It is freezing here in RI and I sure could use some nice sunshine

Love all the pics with the characters. We might try a cruise someday in the future when the kids get a little older.

 

[jenseib]

Looks like you had a wonderful trip! I have a little Claire too. She just turned 5 in Dec.

 

[tinkmom2]

Just read your TR. Wow the weather looks so beautiful. It is freezing here in RI and I sure could use some nice sunshine

Love all the pics with the characters. We might try a cruise someday in the future when the kids get a little older.

Thanks for reading! I never knew how much I would enjoy cruising! Being around the characters I dreamed of as a child and being able to share that with my kids is wonderful! We are going to try a 5-7 day next time. The 3 day was just too short!

 

[tinkmom2]

Looks like you had a wonderful trip! I have a little Claire too. She just turned 5 in Dec.

I don't know about your Claire but mine is a handfull lol! She keeps me busy everyday that's for sure! We aren't going back to DCL until 2011 it seems so far away!

 

[kimkarli]

So, was the Wonder fully decorated for Christmas on your cruise? We sail this year on the Wonder on Nov. 18, and are hoping for Christmas decorations!

THANKS!
Kim

 

[tinkmom2]

I called DCl and they assured me decorations start going up by the first week of November or so. The only decorations that weren't up were at Castaway. There were wreaths. I guess there are Christmas trees and snowmen that weren't up when we went and don't go up until December.

The Wonder had all it's decorations up and was just starting to build it's gingerbread house. Hopefully it will all be up when you go.

 

[kimkarli]

Thank you!!!!

 

[S'sMom]

Let me tell you once again on port morning no one wanted to get out of bed. Pat thought we should skip breakfast to get through customs. We had a towncar picking us up at 9. I wish we would have ate. We got through customs in 5 minutes.

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Our car was there early and picked us up. This tiime it was a sedan not a stretch limo. Our driver I believe was Robert. He was so nice! We ended up getting to the air port around 10. I had to run into the airport to get some money from the ATM for the tip for the driver.

We headed right to check in and were shown our room. It was very nice.

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By this time we were all starving. Cassie and I walked out to the food court in the air port and got Nathan's. That's a must have for us in Florida. We scarfed down our food and headed for the pool on the roof.

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We stayed until about 3 and made our way to baggage to get our luggage checked in. We were boarding by 5 and back in Milwaukee by 7:30PM.

All in all we had a great vacation! Our next cruise will probably be on the Dream in 2011

I was asking because we are leaving in June and from the flight info we have we will have a flight that leaves at 8 PM from MCO to DFW. Since we will be off the boat by 9ish, I figured it might be worth it to take a look at this for us. Having a room to rest during that time would be nice to tide us over, since we are returning that day.

Any information would be great

I loved your TR by the way. I can tell you guys had an awesome time. Also, I noticed that you had our server that we had on two of our trips. He is awesome!!!