Dreams do come true – our Med cruise! **Updated 6/30** THREAD 1 *COMPLETE* - Page 17 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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I'm going to be the strange one here, but I absolutely love the rain pictures. Not that I would ever wish rain on anyone's vacation, but they are so unique! And I love the Golden Mickey's pictures...mine didn't come out as good. (First trip with the new camera...)
Just catching up again, Cheryl! Love all the updates so far. The bon voyage party looked fun, and I say on crashing the Roy O. Disney party. Especially since you got to share the pictures with us! The art tour sounds like something I would really enjoy as well - 127 kinds of carpet?!?! Whoa!
Right now I'm dreaming day dreams of hot stone chairs and Mickey stage shows (LOVE those pictures!) -- can't wait for more!
Fantastic photos! I need a new camera. Congrats on the extra points! Love all of the ship photos.
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Thanks for the great report. I was happy to see the photos of Daisy Duck. We have had a hard time finding her at WDW for photos and autographs. I will let my daughter know the good news that Daisy is on the ship. We are cruising on July 7th.
I also made a note to my self to pack the rain gear.
Sunday 28 May – part five: professional photos and free alcohol
When we got out, I made a beeline for the line for photos outside Lumiere’s, as that was where the professional shots were taking place and that’s what I wanted. We did that one, then the one with the Disney Magic at night behind us and then went off to take a few photos of our own. It was a beautiful night
It was about this time that we found the Crew Members giving away free alcoholic drinks. We had been told that this was going on before the show, but couldn’t see anyone earlier on. Now they were everywhere and I made the best of it. Heck, it’s unusual for Disney to give anything away for free and definitely not alcohol! I had a great plan – I made sure Mark grabbed a couple of free drinks every time he saw any being given away, so I had plenty of supplies for the evening! I think at one point I had three lined up and that kept me going all through the meal.
We did another couple of photo opportunities with the professionals while enjoying the free drinks:
Someone else took this shot for us…. … and here’s the official shot!
We headed upstairs to deck five. We had noticed earlier during our tour that this are is quite quiet and the sofas were free, so we sat there and just people watched for a few minutes. It was lovely to see that everyone, almost without exception, had made an effort to dress up. It made the place feel so special and like a cruise line from out of the 1930’s, which is what Disney intended this to be. Just a word here about how the guys were dressed. Probably only about 10% were in tuxedos and bow ties. The rest were all in suits and ties, so if you don’t want to hire a tuxedo, you won’t be out of place at all. That was certainly our experience on this cruise anyway.
We headed into Lumiere’s at 8.30 and our table was right by the door, so I was able to keep an eye out for the sunset and nip out to get a photo at the appropriate moment.
What a fabulous evening! Hurry back with more, but I never want the TR to end. Just out of curiosity how many pictures did you take? And how do you keep them in order, if you download them at different times?
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