Dreams do come true – our Med cruise! **Updated 6/30** THREAD 1 *COMPLETE* - Page 12 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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All caught up Cheryl. As usual, I love your photos! Your stateroom looks great. DH & I were talking about a cruise and we thought an inside room would be tough to have, but I was pleasantly surprised with your photos! for sharing those!!
It wasn’t long before we were off exploring again, this time on decks three and four. I made the mistake of leaving with only 75 photos left on my memory stick, so it was inevitable that we would have to go back to the room, but I did manage to document those decks first before we had to head back. It was a great time to get photos, as the place seemed to be deserted.
[b]Guess who we bumped into as we wandered around?
The onboard art auction area
Taking the helm with Mickey!
How beautiful and blue is that sea?
Today we walked 4.80 miles The best thing today was the Casa Battlo and La Sagrada Famiglia.
[b]The worse thing today was[b] how awful I felt when I woke up this morning. The funniest thing today was Today we tried walking up La Rambla And the result was it’s a very vibrant and lively place and well worth a visit. The most magical moment today was walking into Casa Battlo and see the interior.
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The ship is gorgeous! I love your pictures, Cheryl. Keep 'em coming.
Your room looks really nice - I think I would be pleased! Speaking of pleased, guess who was NOT pleased? The lady serving at your lunch buffet - what a face.
I just can't get over how fabulous the ship is and I can't wait to hear more.
Saturday 27 May – part seven: how funny to be near you guys!
When we got back to the room, we found one case waiting for us and we unpacked it. When we were done, Mark went to track down our other case and found it, but apparently it was buried under a lot of others. The guy said that he’d get it for us and he was as good as his word and soon we were unpacking number two as well. Now we never really unpacked on the three night cruise we took. We just couldn’t see the point, as we didn’t feel that we’d be there long enough. I must admit I was very curious as to how well everything would fit, but really it wasn’t a problem at all. The amount of storage space is very generous and we got it all put away with no trouble – and in fact, space left over! Very impressive.
That done, I figured that we’d go back out and I would finish taking my photos, but first as we came out of our room, I saw someone who I thought looked familiar. “Deb” It was Deb Wills from All Ears Net and she was about four doors down the hall from us. I’d only said to Mark a day or two earlier that she was on board and perhaps we’d run into her. How funny to find out she was nearby – running into her during the cruise would be inevitable now!
We stood there and chatting for probably a good half hour and were joined by lots of other people, including Becky from Mouse Fan Travel and her DH Chris, Linda and Sandy, all of whom were staying in rooms in our area. How cool! We sort of all realised that it might be a noisy cruise and let’s just say that when we saw other people from our corridor while we were standing there, apologies were made in advance, just in case! It even turned out that we were all on the same dining rotation, so we’d be seeing plenty of them during the next 11 nights.
Outside Deb’s room – how cool are those door decorations?
Eventually we headed off to deck 9 for me to get the first of my photos. Mark settled down to read by the quiet pool and I went off taking photos on decks 9 and 10. Probably my biggest regret on the three night cruise was that I didn’t take enough photos of the ship (I bet you never thought you’d hear me say that!) and I was determined not to make that mistake again.
[b]Looking out towards Barcelona
“Our ship’s much nicer than yours!”
The hall outside Palo
Inside Palo
Next: “what happens on the ship stays on the ship”!
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