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How adorable is this picture? Mr. Cool living the life - I LOVE IT! Sounds like a great time was had at the pool. Poor Hope on the Mickey slide. At least you were there to come to her rescue!
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GREAT afternoon at the pool! You got some great pics on the Aquaduck, love them. Chris was in charge of the waterproof camera on our trip, but the CMs always made him put the camera away, so no pictures of his rides for us
Oh, and this pic is making me miss that boat so much, with our room right on the other side of that wall
I wonder why the camera had to put away? No one said anything to me about it.
I know - these pictures bring it all back don't they?!
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What a fun time on board! I love the shots from the Aquaduck - very unique. I don't think I've seen any shots from during the ride before.
Thanks Cheryl! I was happy I got those photos on the ride!
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That afternoon at the pool sounds like heaven, especially after the winter we've been having!
No kidding! I'm so sick of this winter!
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Looks like a fun afternoon at the pool! Great shots from the Aquaduck!
Thank you Kathy!
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Sounds a great afternoon at the pool. Love the pictures of Aquaduck!!
It was a great day and that ride is fun!
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What a fun afternoon on the pool deck! Great pictures from the Aquaduck! I wasn't allowed to take my waterproof camera on the ride.
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Bummer! I'm not sure why I was allowed the camera and others weren't. I had mine strapped to my wrist and never tried to hide it.
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How adorable is this picture? Mr. Cool living the life - I LOVE IT! Sounds like a great time was had at the pool. Poor Hope on the Mickey slide. At least you were there to come to her rescue!
He enjoys basking in the sun!
It was a great afternoon at the pool!
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I love the pictures you got while riding the Aqua Duck! I felt like I was right there on the ride with you.
Next time - we'll have to ride it together!
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Fun pool time! Loved seeing the on-ride pics from the Aqua Duck. It looked like a lot of fun! Looking forward to hearing about pirate night!
It really was fun! Oh pirate night - one of the best times I've had!
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I wonder why the camera had to put away? No one said anything to me about it.
I wonder if they changed the rules? Chris took the camera out to take a pic of the girls before they rode, and he said that the CM was kind of rude telling him that he couldn't ride if he had the camera out. Good thing he had a pocket
I wonder if they changed the rules? Chris took the camera out to take a pic of the girls before they rode, and he said that the CM was kind of rude telling him that he couldn't ride if he had the camera out. Good thing he had a pocket
Maybe. Someone else said they weren't allowed either. A lady a few in front of me had one of those huge disposable waterproof cameras and I don't think anything was said to her either. I guess it's a good change though - I'm sure you have to keep it attached to you as I would think they don't want it going down by itself. Crazy how so many things changed in just a few months time.
I'm all caught up - what a great afternoon at the pool. Aqua Duck looks like so much fun! I've never been to Nassau, but I haven't heard many (if any) appealing things about the port. I like your touring style of getting off the boat, quick explore and get back on.
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I'm all caught up - what a great afternoon at the pool. Aqua Duck looks like so much fun! I've never been to Nassau, but I haven't heard many (if any) appealing things about the port. I like your touring style of getting off the boat, quick explore and get back on.
for Mike
That style in Nassau really worked well. And thank you for the pixies!
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what a wonderful day at the pool. I bet Dylan needed that nap. That many times on the AquaDuck and down the slide - I'd be tired too.
He hates to tear himself away from the water, but he crashes hard. Lukas on the other hand rarely sleeps.
Thought I'd share an update on Mike. He had an intervview last night, one in a few minutes and one tomorrow morning. The one from last night he has a follow-up one-on-one interview Tuesday night now. Tomorrow's interview is for part time at the Disney store. Thankful the calls are coming in now! Hope it turns into the right job.
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I started getting ready before Mike got back as the boys were still sleeping and then I think they slowly started waking up so I got them dressed as well. Finally Mike made it back and he readied himself. Tonight was party night and while next time I fully intend to go all out tonight we just made do with stuff from home, but still festive of course. The plan was to meet Melissa & fam for the first pirate deck party. I believe we went to the show and made a quick stop to take pictures with the backdrop and we barely made it to the party, but we did! We weaved our way through that crowd (I could see Melissa and knew where she was – smack dab in the middle right up front) and I told the boys to squeeze in as there was no way Mike & I would be fitting as well. So we hung back and watched, but were still close. This was where Mickey taught us how to be pirates and it was SO cute. They’d show the crowd on the big screen and every time I could see Hope & Dylan standing up shaking their booties. They had such a great time! Thanks Melissa for saving them spots!
there's Hope standing up
Next it was dinner time, we were back in Royal Palace. It seemed strange dressed as pirates in this fancy restaurant but I was glad to be back here and not Enchanted Garden. Next time I want to try AA! All the kids sat on one side of the table again with Hope in the middle because both the boys wanted to sit by her. J Mike was the only one to drink tonight I believe and he had the Pirate’s Nest – sparkling sweet wine, Malibu Rum, & Apple Pucker. Sounds gross to me. He started with the pot stickers then had the conch chowder. I started with the crab cake followed by Mr. Smee’s Bibb Lettuce Salad; seemed fitting since I was Mr. Smee yesterday. I believe we both had the Mahi Mahi and the Rum Soaked Chocolate cake for dessert seeing as those are the only pictures I have of entrees & dessert. Dylan had a corndog and maybe Lukas did too as I only have a picture of one kid’s meal too. I know they had Mickey Bars for dessert.
Pirate's Nest
this is currently my desktop on my computer at work
crab cake
pot stickers
kid's corn dog
Mr. Smee's Bibb salad - had a raspberry vinegarette
conch chowder
mahi mahi
After dinner it was time for the main pirate party followed by the fireworks. I believe it was Alberto (our server) who recommended going towards the back on deck 12, so we fought (literally) our way there and claimed a spot along the upper rail. This pirate show was live pirates, no characters except for Cap’n Jack. It was a little darker, but still family friendly. It was nice that the shows were different so we weren’t seeing the same thing again.
blurry - but gives you the idea of where we were standing
Cap'n Jack!
thought this was neat with the moon
Then right after the show the fireworks started. And we had a great location. The only thing in the way was the aquaduck, but you can’t really avoid it no matter where you are. The fireworks were straight out in front of us just perfect! It was amazing to see them at sea and just so magical!
After the fireworks it was dance party time and as most of you know already the kids – young & old(er) had a blast! I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves.
they were doing some dance here - Melissa? this wasn't the wobble as that was down on the pool deck
love this action shot of Hope
Gangnam style
all three!
crazy man
Melissa doing the wobble
and then yelling at me for not coming out with her
We went in search of the buffet but never really found what we were looking for. We just ended up going to Cabana’s and finding something sweet there. Melissa & fam left us here to go watch some of POTC on the big screen, but this family was beat and we hit the sack.
When we were back in the room we noticed lights outside and thought that was a bit strange. Sure enough we saw Nassau coming back into view. Instead of backing in, we pulled straight in so we got to see the opposite side than we had when we were here earlier today. Immediately we noticed an ambulance on the dock and I must have missed when they took the person off the ship because all I saw was the stretcher go back on the boat and the ambulance pull away. Soon we pulled away as well. We found out later a guest had to be medically evacuated, but that’s all the information we received. After that I was even more tired and hit the sack.
you can see that we left Nassau and was about halfway to CC when we turned back
Day 7 Favorites: Mike – Pirate dance party Kelly – pirate fireworks at sea Dylan – riding the Aquaduck Lukas – going in the Donald pool
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I love the shots from the Aquaduck - very unique. I don't think I've seen any shots from during the ride before.
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Chris took the camera out to take a pic of the girls before they rode, and he said that the CM was kind of rude telling him that he couldn't ride if he had the camera out. Good thing he had a pocket 
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Thankful the calls are coming in now! Hope it turns into the right job.
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