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We're back from cruise #36, and it was a "wonder"ful trip, as always! We went to the Lab to look up Amy, but she was off duty so we left something fun. Lots of our other friends were on board, including Sasha, who was filling in on cruise staff, so it was a wild time! I brought my laptop computer, but I never even opened the case. The 3-night cruises go by much too fast.
I'll have my trip report done soon, but here are a few quick observations:
-The Feb. announcement is now probably going to happen in May. It's driving me crazy because I like to have my cruises planned a year in advance, but I'm holding off on 2005 in anticipation.
-The weather was lovely, and it was warm enough to swim on Castaway Cay for hardy Northerners (I heard people from warmer climates saying it was cold). I spent a couple of hours in the water, and there were lots of other people with me. There must have been a high adults-without-kids population on board, or else they must all have convinced the kiddies to stay at Scuttles Cove, as the adult beach was packed. I saw a nurse shark while swimming there...that has to be the coolest aquatic creature I've ever seen in all of our cruises.
-We did the surial, and everything was in good working order...same thing in the Rainforest, where I spent a lot of time reading in the tile loungers while hubby baked in the steamroom. If you do the surial and notice the reddish orange color of the grout, don't get freaked out. It's clean...that's just from years of people slinging that clay colored mud around till it has dyed the grout. Seaweed wrap and Absolute Face & Body were great, too.
-If you want to plan ahead for next year, Shutters is still selling Christmas cards. You can buy them for this Christmas, even if you are sailing early in the year. We had a set made with our Mickey formal picture, and they turned out great. (A side note...be sure to pack plenty of shoes. I forgot my black dress shoes, so in the photo I am in a really nice black dress but wearing black canvas slip-ons).
-Amazingly, "Till Me Meet Again" (the farewell character appearance) was hardly crowded at all. Usually it's packed wall-to-wall with people. I went to get a photo with Stitch, and we also got one with Peter Pan and Anne Marie (their line was longer than the one to see Minnie!). Definitely go to see Stitch...he is as naughty in person as he is in the cartoon. He tried to steal a kid's pen, then tossed it away, and he wouldn't stop taking over the grand piano.
-Watch for incriminating photos of me, unless I can manage to delete them from the camera before Tony posts them. I did Gloria Gaynor at the 70s party, and of course shy little old me did NOTHING wild
. I know most of the cruise staff, but surprisingly, the guy who picked me didn't realize who I was. He heard me telling one of the other contestants that I knew she'd have fun, as I'd done it before, and he almost fainted when I told him I had been on 36 cruises!
-Embarkation started right around noon, and the line really didn't start building until pretty late. Debarkation was nice and simple, as always, but it was COLD!! (In the 40s).
That's enough for now, but full details will be coming soon.
Barb
Visit the Platinum Castaway Club at: www.castawayclub.com
I'll have my trip report done soon, but here are a few quick observations:
-The Feb. announcement is now probably going to happen in May. It's driving me crazy because I like to have my cruises planned a year in advance, but I'm holding off on 2005 in anticipation.
-The weather was lovely, and it was warm enough to swim on Castaway Cay for hardy Northerners (I heard people from warmer climates saying it was cold). I spent a couple of hours in the water, and there were lots of other people with me. There must have been a high adults-without-kids population on board, or else they must all have convinced the kiddies to stay at Scuttles Cove, as the adult beach was packed. I saw a nurse shark while swimming there...that has to be the coolest aquatic creature I've ever seen in all of our cruises.
-We did the surial, and everything was in good working order...same thing in the Rainforest, where I spent a lot of time reading in the tile loungers while hubby baked in the steamroom. If you do the surial and notice the reddish orange color of the grout, don't get freaked out. It's clean...that's just from years of people slinging that clay colored mud around till it has dyed the grout. Seaweed wrap and Absolute Face & Body were great, too.
-If you want to plan ahead for next year, Shutters is still selling Christmas cards. You can buy them for this Christmas, even if you are sailing early in the year. We had a set made with our Mickey formal picture, and they turned out great. (A side note...be sure to pack plenty of shoes. I forgot my black dress shoes, so in the photo I am in a really nice black dress but wearing black canvas slip-ons).
-Amazingly, "Till Me Meet Again" (the farewell character appearance) was hardly crowded at all. Usually it's packed wall-to-wall with people. I went to get a photo with Stitch, and we also got one with Peter Pan and Anne Marie (their line was longer than the one to see Minnie!). Definitely go to see Stitch...he is as naughty in person as he is in the cartoon. He tried to steal a kid's pen, then tossed it away, and he wouldn't stop taking over the grand piano.
-Watch for incriminating photos of me, unless I can manage to delete them from the camera before Tony posts them. I did Gloria Gaynor at the 70s party, and of course shy little old me did NOTHING wild
. I know most of the cruise staff, but surprisingly, the guy who picked me didn't realize who I was. He heard me telling one of the other contestants that I knew she'd have fun, as I'd done it before, and he almost fainted when I told him I had been on 36 cruises!-Embarkation started right around noon, and the line really didn't start building until pretty late. Debarkation was nice and simple, as always, but it was COLD!! (In the 40s).
That's enough for now, but full details will be coming soon.
Barb
Visit the Platinum Castaway Club at: www.castawayclub.com
Where were you at in Serenity Bay when you saw it? 
I'm glad to hear you had a great time, as always. So how close did people get to the nurse shark?! Did anyone snatch an underwater picture by chance?!?! 
you are to laugh at your poor husband and his misfortunes. I bet it was hilarious, too bad you didn't have the video camera ready 
Theres no way I can hold out until May.
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