Hi everyone. We've been off the boards for a while, but now we're back and I'm catching up with all the great posts, information and inspiration from our great disboarders...
First, a belated thanks to NZDISNEYMOM, MINDELMOUSE, MINIDIVA, and everyone else who's kept us organized and included here and on FB for the past who-knows-how-many months. Thank you so much.
By way of reintroduction, my husband and I both work overseas at embassies. this year and last, we each were at one in the middle east that was too dangerous for families, and the other had the boys at a European post (we swapped this past fall).
DCL is one way we catch up with each other and spend concentrated family time. We won't always be split up, but everyone has to take their turn. I'm always trying to spread the word to my peers as they have no idea how much quality time you get on DCL with your spouse thanks to Disney's knowing it's demographics. Kids' clubs, Palo, Remy, couples massages... For that reason, I'm a big fan of B2Bs (less pressure to fit stuff in), but alas, we couldn't swing the dates this time around.
We did the Med May 28 2010 sailing initially, have great memories of it and very much look forward to this trip. Booked our excursions last Saturday morning, and are finally back into the DCL/Disboards swing of things.
This is from my earlier trip report, but it was such a fun conversation I thought I'd repost here for this group. Funny how life always circles back...
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My Favorite Conversation with a DCL Bartender. Ever.
One night when my husband and I broke away for adult time, we sat down in front of a gregarious, entertaining bartender in 687. Although not from the U.S., he had a marvelous (and hysterical) grasp of some of the more nuanced social strata of the most important part of American society. Let me explain.
We started a conversation with him and two of his colleagues (it was pirate night, most everyone was on deck) about what it was like to work on short vs. long cruise itineraries. Somehow this conversation devolved to CM’s as high school characters. According to our new friend, there were clear personality groups that exactly mirrored American high school. Some were obvious, like the tech officers on board as the nerds. The cool kids were, of course the entertainers from the shows. Cheerleaders were the spa ladies (who they mentioned with referenced to a certain reputation...which I won’t go into here...but which is another high school stereotype). The servers were the Goths. But the stateroom hosts were also Goths. The maintenance crew were the loners (who everyone agreed worked the hardest). Officers were the teachers and principal (disagreement ensued as to whether the principal was the Captain or the Cruise Director). The Kids’ Club CMs were junior high school. Bar staff were the social butterflies or class clowns. And who were the jocks, you ask? The servers in Remy and Palo.
Wonderful.
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you will not be receiving your phone call saying it is cancelled! Congrats.
. If I see a deal, I'll post it. My camera bag was quite the ordeal though. DH didn't like my sling and asked for a backpack. We found one...but it's far suited to his longer torso...so it's his to hold. The bonus is that there is a lot of space for stuff other than the camera and lenses. 
