Bump usses!
The Gluttons loved the ending of Disney Dreams. Terrific show, beautiful light effect at the end.
Was it our favorite?
Did we have a favorite?
What does that have to do with erectile tissue?
Well.....my 8 year old CSI wannabe is a curious sort.
Yeah. Curious.
As we're strolling out the the Walt Disney Theater, DD is yanking my arm out of its socket "Mommy Mommy MOMMEEE"!
"What???" I snapped.
"Look at that lady over there."
and she points (obviously) at a woman standing to the side of the hallway near the doors, another passenger.
a not so tanned lady.....in a white tank top
Oh you SO know where we're going with this.
While this woman was fair complected, a certain part of her anatomy was obviously RICH with pigment.
I told the Princess not to stare
"Stare at what" asked the Chief and the Princne simultaneously.
Uh, nuttin!
"Look at that lady's chest Daddy" pipes in my oh so helpful Princess.
and she points...obviously...at the woman's chest.
We're not moving forward mu as we were in a horde of people all leaving the show at the same time.
So there was plenty of time to stare, to point, to discuss.
The Prince said nothing.
The Chief gawked. (Why do you think I married him? Just for the Tribbles?) His appreciation of things.....
I asked the Princess to hold it, informing her that she was embarrassing Mommy.
Think this ends the incident?
Did it?
Of course not...
or??
"Mommy? Why are they sticking out like that?"
Yeah, she said THAT.
We'd fortunately been separated in the crowd from DH and DS, but not from perky lady.
I asked the Princess if I could tell her later. She declined. I told her it was too embarrassing for me to go over right then. No dice.
So, loud enough for my immediately circles of 5 closest fellow passengers, I explain erectile tissue and pigmentation to my 8 year old (going on 40 year old criminalist/veterinarian/ballerina/prosecutor.
I think the people around me may have learned more on their
Disney Cruise about human anatomy than they'd anticipated.
Thanks to yours truly...and her demanding daughter.
We did a little shopping in Mickey's Mates, then plunked down the kids college funds at Shutters, running back to the stateroom to pack and toss our luggage out in the hall.
While frantically packing, the phone rings. Oops! We'd missed our DVC appointment and the guy sounded a tad miffed.
Sorry about that.
But thanks for the $300!
Psyche!!!!
We toss the luggage outside the stateroom door, repack the big box we'd had sent down to the cruise with stuff we wouldn't use for the remainder of our trip, taped my pre printed pre paid shipping label on it, and a
DCL luggage tag, and tossed that on top of the pile.
It's after 11. Lots of luggage in the hallway, but no sign of Ronald. So we hoped we hadn't been too late in the luggage frenzy. Call to Guest Services confirmed no camera...yet!
I remind DH about rebooking. He needs to return the pager to the Lab.
So off we go!
The rebooking area was right next to the DVC desk (embarrassing!) and was packed!
DH left the kids and I there and went off to unload the pager.
The kids are limp, flopped in the lounge chairs there. Every twenty minutes or so, we get to advance a bit in line.
Dh returns sans pager and with our bag from
Castaway Cay
DD is out cold. It's 1 AM now. DS is stuporous. While DH and the kids wait, I run down to Guest Services to check my account. Upon departure, I'd dropped off $300 in Disney giftcards, pre paid VISAs, and Disney Dollars
for my stateroom account, using my Disney VISA as backup. They remove the erroneous QuarterMaster charges and tell me that after the tips (dropped the tips off in gift bags to servers before PALO), our drinks we charged, Shutter, the bike excursions, PALO, and our Castaway Cay shopping trip, they credited (yep, in caps help? CREDITED) my Disney VISA with $170. SWEET!
I skipped back to DH and the sleeping angels. We were next!
This neat guy sat next to us, with flowing hair and beard.
We listened in on the lady in front of us attempting to book a Mediterranean cruise for a party of nine and argue emphatically over the stated prices. She said she'd checked the prices online before the cruise and the quoted prices on board even with the 10% discount were much higher.
She rebooked, but not for a Med cruise. She took a long time.
Our turn!
They asked our room number, what type of cruise we were interested in trying next , then told us about the Castaway Cay double dips. $3400 for the four of us in a Category 5. Plus $250 in onboard credit. Stops at Costa Maya and Cozumel as well as the two on Castaway Cay.
Oh you betcha! Using the Disney VISA for the deposit scored me an additional $50 in on board credit. We're up to $300 now!
Remember that cool bearded guy behind us in line? He moved forward to rebook onboard too. His 37th cruise!
Could you even begin to imagine?
We hauled the kids back to the stateroom, enjoyed the towel animal left by Ronald (will add pics in later from my cheapie Kodak digital camera), took one last peek off the verandah.
The kids stirred long enough to call Room Service for warm cookies and cold milk. I immediately called room service back and added a Philly steak sandwich and fries.
Why? I intended to order regular type food, not just breakfast foods, but never had the chance.
There was a knock at the door. Room service carried in the tray of goodies and left $3 richer.
The Princess was out cold. No cookies for you darlin'
The Prince wolfed his cookie dunking it in his milk, making loud Disney like slurping noises in appreciation. I lifted the lid off my sandwich and MMmmm.
It smelled great!
Too bad I was still stuffed from PALO.
I forced a bit in anyway and it was great!
The kids in bed, DH and I turned on the television, and watched the report from the bridge channel until we fell sound asleep, secure in the knowledge that Mickey would be telephoning in a couple of hours and booting us off the boat.
24. Rebook onboard! We saved 15% on our car insurance
No we didn't. But we did save 10% on our cruise and the onboard credit practically covers the tips!
25. The stateroom hosts and servers love getting presents! I attached the tiny tip envelopes to the gift bags I'd sent ahead and delivered them on our way to PALO. Our servers and stateroom host were thrilled!
Next? Is this the line to digress?
Even I, with my elephant legs and elephant butt
take pictures of the rest family!! Come on, just 2 or 3?!?!?!
Wonder if I can order clams for breakfast
