Wee-Haggis Trip Report (+ Big Surprise For Kids !) Day 16

[wee-haggis]

Cast Of Characters
DH - Rick (49) - Driver and chief worrier
DW - Julia (42) - Co-Pilot and wanderer (where is your mum?)
DS - Matt (15) - Chief Babe Spotter
DD - Nicole (13) - Disney "wannabee Animator"

This is our 12th visit as a family and first time to Cypress Pointe.
We have surprised the kids twice before but this time is definitely the biggest yet (Suprised will be revealed on Trip Report for Aug/19th).

Day 16 - Aug/25
Going home...Final Thoughts.

Up early and over to McDonalds for breakfast. The drive back to MCO is busier than our trip down. We still arrive at the airport with lots of time to spare.
We are annoyed because we thought we could check in early when the desk appeared to be opened...when in fact the lady serving behind the desk was actaully working for a different airline. We do however get checked in first in line and once again get our choice of seats. Althought the line for security seemed quite long ,we did get through quite quickly.
Once in the Departure Lounge DS and DH went to get a drink and some Cinnabons. While the kids played with their PSPs (which picked up wireless Internet), DH and DW went to the Duty Free Shop. We boughts Wine Gums,Smarties (with a Belle Princess on top) and a bottle of Bacardi for DW's mum. The flight was smooth and on time with no problem.

We arrive in Toronto airport to dismal skies and wall to wall people. We all hate this Airport !
After DS and DH fight to get the luggage from the carousel we head to our limo pick up area who arrives within minutes

Final Thoughts.

All in all this trip was fantastic and we encountered no major problems.
We enjoyed Cypress Pointe very much and would not hesitate to go there again. The weather was great ,the crowds manageable and to top it all off the cruise was amazing. We would highly recommend it to anyone who is considering although it is a bit on the pricey side.
Here are a couple of things that we would have liked to have changed.
1)There is no Buffet dinner restaurant on the Wonder (so therefore no choice for those of us who don't want to go formal every night)
2)The family Goofy pool is way too small for the number of folk its expected to hold (the adult pool was empty a lot of the time)
3)We would like to see the idea implemented where smokers are on one side while non smokers are on the other (also on Castaway Cay we had a smoker close by and his toasted tobacco cigarettes were a bit overpowering).

The ship looked great and is in excellent condition and is going in for rehab in October (to do what....I'm not sure?). Excellent organization and cleanliness.

By the way....our fridge was not replaced when we got back..We had to wait another 3 days before it came!!!

We can't wait to go back to our second home in December!
Thanks to everyone for reading and commenting.

 

[mandymouse]

A brilliant holiday - thanks for sharing

 

[VanniGirl]

Thanks so much for sharing!

 

[Cass]

Hi, I really enjoyed your trip report, you guys had a lot of fun.

 

[Minniespal]

Enjoying reading your reports ~ Thanx for sharing.

 

[jns]

Thanks again for a grea trip report
and coming over to the UK board to share it with us

 

[heaven2dc]

What a fantastic magical vacation and surprise for your children! Lucky to have you both as parents, I'd say

Thank you for sharing your pictures - I'd love to take my children on a Disney cruise but since they are all older (except my DS13), not sure if they'd enjoy it.

I'm a little curious on the itinerary for your cruise - was the only island you visited the Castaway Cay? It looked beautiful.

 

[wee-haggis]

What a fantastic magical vacation and surprise for your children! Lucky to have you both as parents, I'd say

Thank you for sharing your pictures - I'd love to take my children on a Disney cruise but since they are all older (except my DS13), not sure if they'd enjoy it.

I'm a little curious on the itinerary for your cruise - was the only island you visited the Castaway Cay? It looked beautiful.

We were suprised that there were many kids (well....not really kids)older than ours. They seem to be able to cater to just about any age group (Teen Club,clubs with 70s theme,80s themes,etc as well as up to date music).
On the 4 night cruise the only stops are Castaway Cay and Nassau.The other days you are at sea.

 

[bells]

What a fantastic trip report well done for keeping the suprise secret

 

[Marla Hellwig]

Great trip was had by all thanks so much for posting and all of the great pictures

Now it is time to start planning the next trip

 

[Cyrano]

Great report thanks for sharing

 

[SusanEllen]

Thanks for taking the time to write such a complete trip report. And thanks for the extra touch--sharing your family photos. Never seriously considered taking time away from WDW for a cruise, but you've made it look very tempting.

 

[OhMari]

I can't find the first one, can you find it and put all the links into your first thread. This is a really great Trip Report and it kinda got scattered all over the Trip Report Forum. You can change your heading too - to let everyone all the links are there. I know it will take a lot of time, but I think it will be worth it.
If not I can merge them all together.

 

[wee-haggis]

I can't find the first one, can you find it and put all the links into your first thread. This is a really great Trip Report and it kinda got scattered all over the Trip Report Forum. You can change your heading too - to let everyone all the links are there. I know it will take a lot of time, but I think it will be worth it.
If not I can merge them all together.

Here is the link to Day 1.
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=14327044#post14327044

I'm not sure why you couldn't find it.
I do have a link at the bottom of each Day page linking to the next and I got quite a few replies to the thread indicating the links worked fine.
Did you see something I missed ?