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Getting into Cruise mode!!
We have begun packing for the cruise, two suitcases each (remember it is two weeks long) and at least one carry one each. Of course, this also involves vetting the clothes in the closet. We searched for weather information about our destinations - and unlike Panama in May 2008 - it looks like we will be experiencing mainly temps in the 60s throughout most of our voyage. The Bahamas (Castaway Cay) should have air temps in the low 80s on Sunday - but I am worried that we will be cold in the water on our watercraft excursion. We shall see!! I've packed a BUNCH of capris to wear for excursions and on the ship when we are at sea, a few dresses, and some slacks. Amazingly - I tried on all of my shorts from the Panama Canal cruise (almost exactly 2 years ago) and they all still fit wonderfully!!
Other than actual packing - we are almost done with cruise prep - we bought all of the "cruise items" that are needed - like disposable cameras, Euros, batteries, etc - as well as stocked the house with cat litter and cat food so that Gigi and Winston are well stocked for our absence. I plan to do my packing this week during the evenings, since Chris has to work M, T and W evening, while he will do his M, T, W and Th (he is off all day Thursday). I have pre-trip workouts scheduled with Deb for Monday and Thursday afternoons, and plan to get my nails filled and repainted on Wednesday afternoon. Friday after work, we will drop off my car at ParkSpace, and go get the rental car. Come home, pack it up with lots of STUFF and plan to get out of hear no later than 7am on Saturday morning so that we can be at the DCL cruise terminal when it opens at 1030. I've finished all three of my Netflix DVDs and three new ones should be here before we leave - the challenge is to try NOT to watch them before we leave so that I can watch at least one disk on the plane ride home. I've bought 5 new paperbacks (mainly mysteries) that I can read and leave with the crew in their library on board (the same thing I did on the Panama Canal cruise) - which should free up suitcase space. We also picked up a case of 16 oz bottled water (24 bottles) and will pack those into our suitcases before we leave home - the case was $4.50 - Disney usually offers a case of Evian for $35.00 - thanks but no thanks!!
Ok - I am off to drag the other suitcase out of the closet and start trying to figure out what goes where!!!
We will try for a few short/quick updates from the cruise - but since it is Satellite internet - not sure how long those updates can be at $0.75/minute!
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Disney Magic - Oct 2015
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