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Just catching up Chez. Nice Sue and Steve for the surprise. Glad that you enjoyed the Sangria. That's one of my favorite's. Love, Love, LOVE all of the pictures. I'm hoping to take a cruise in the next few years. Your room looks great, the food looks yummy (sorry there's not enough for Mark), and your shipmates - well how cool is that. Love this quote from Karen:
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I'm loving all the details of you hobnobbing with the Disney elite
Too funny!
The Tropical Rainforest sounds heavenly. Do you have pictures of that or is there a website with more info?
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The Tropical Rainforest sounds heavenly. Do you have pictures of that or is there a website with more info?
That's the one thing I didn't get photos of - to be honest, every time I thought about taking my camera, I felt a bit uncomfortable. On our previous cruise, I had a far smaller camera that was easy to smuggle in in the pocket of my dressing gown. Then if there was anyone in there, I obviously wouldn't take any photos and if there wasn't, then I could grab some shots. I just can't do that with the Sony I have now and I dreaded walking in there with a huge camera and finding someone in there, so I never got any photos unfortunately. I'm sure there must be photos somewhere on a website, although I don't know where.
Sunday 28 May – part two: “do you want to see the Roy O. Disney suite?”
We were going to go our separate ways, when Deb said “do you want to see the Roy O. Disney suite?” Well hey, we weren’t going to say “no” to that. We figured that she got a personal invite, but it turned out to be a big DIS boards meet. I got some photos, including a fun one in the main bedroom, but soon nearly everyone there was wearing lanyards with their DIS board names and we were being asked if we needed one. I kept explaining that we were there with Deb, but both of us felt a bit awkward, so we headed off.
The fun photo of Linda, Mark and Sharon!
We had a quick look around the shops and got a pirate Mickey beanie and a pirate Donald beanie for our niece and nephew and then we headed off to the Member Celebration event for DVC Members at Studio Sea. It was pretty good and worth going to, as they did a lot of giveaways. We got a tote bag, but of course, we would end up with a question that we couldn’t answer: “Name the five islands that make up Hawaii”. We claimed ignorance, saying that we were English, but fortunately, lots of people helped us out with the answers.
During the presentation, they told us about all sorts of offers if you buy points at either Animal Kingdom Lodge Villas or Saratoga Springs. I must admit that the Saratoga Springs one appealed to me, but surely it had to be too good to be true? Only one way to find out, book a chat with them to discuss it, so that’s what we did for 5.00 that night.
We didn’t have long before our next adventure, the Art of the Ship theme tour, a bit of a mouthful if you ask me, but it was very good. We met in Palo and then explored places like the atrium, deck four, Animators Palette and deck five. I learnt a lot on this and found out some of the things that I was hoping to, like why there are so many different types of carpet in the ship, a total of 127. (By the way, the answer is to distinguish between the different areas of the ship – accommodation, entertainment etc.) There are also something like 27,000 signs, which seemed unbelievable, but when you start looking around, you can see that’s probably about right.
We also learnt some interesting things, like how deck five has a lower ceiling, so that kids feel more at home there and how the characters that decorate the balconies of deck four and five around the atrium are doing the jobs of the crew and it’s the Disney imagineers’ way of paying tribute to them for all the work they do.
Awesome to get a peak at the Roy O Disney Suite, thanks for the pics! We were fortunate enough to tour the RODisney Suite at the Grand Floridian last year and it was fabulous!
Ahh...I take it your expensive purchase was more DVC points!?!
danielle
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We got a tote bag, but of course, we would end up with a question that we couldn’t answer: “Name the five islands that make up Hawaii”. We claimed ignorance, saying that we were English, but fortunately, lots of people helped us out with the answers.
I can only think of 3 myself, so I'll claim New English. I can't wait to see how this DVC meeting goes!
That's the one thing I didn't get photos of - to be honest, every time I thought about taking my camera, I felt a bit uncomfortable. On our previous cruise, I had a far smaller camera that was easy to smuggle in in the pocket of my dressing gown. Then if there was anyone in there, I obviously wouldn't take any photos and if there wasn't, then I could grab some shots. I just can't do that with the Sony I have now and I dreaded walking in there with a huge camera and finding someone in there, so I never got any photos unfortunately. I'm sure there must be photos somewhere on a website, although I don't know where.
I don't blame you a bit for not getting photos. : I did some "googling" for the Tropical Rainforest on the Disney cruises. Never found any pictures but lots of positive reviews. If I do a cruise in the future I will definitely book this. Thanks.
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The Roy O Disney sweet looks amazing!! The tour sounds like fun! Can't wait to hear what you dumped all the cash on! (I have a feeling it might be something really good!)
I don't blame you a bit for not getting photos. : I did some "googling" for the Tropical Rainforest on the Disney cruises. Never found any pictures but lots of positive reviews. If I do a cruise in the future I will definitely book this. Thanks.
The time to take pictures would be during the open house in the Spa on boarding day of your cruise.
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Sue and Steve for the surprise. Glad that you enjoyed the Sangria. That's one of my favorite's. Love, Love, LOVE all of the pictures. 
I'm hoping to take a cruise in the next few years. Your room looks great, the food looks yummy (sorry there's not enough for Mark), and your shipmates - well how cool is that. Love this quote from Karen:
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I can't wait to see how this DVC meeting goes!
: I did some "googling" for the Tropical Rainforest on the Disney cruises. Never found any pictures but lots of positive reviews. If I do a cruise in the future I will definitely book this. Thanks.
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