The Light at the end of the tunnel to the Caribbean Beat Trip Report Sept 18 to Sept 29 - **Updated 3/31** COMPLETE!! - Page 8 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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How great that you got an unexpected Wishes cruise! You certainly had a magical day. Pixies for your job.
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Originally Posted by Lemap760
That's so cool that you got a Wishes cruise.
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How about the wishes cruise! Sounds like a great time! Can't wait to hear more
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Originally Posted by Colexis Mom
Another great update and great pictures! Love the one with you guys in front of the castle
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that's so great that you got to go on a wishes cruise!!! sounds like a nice, relaxing day!
It was so awesome to be able to go on the Wishes Cruise you can't even imagine. My mom told all of us never to complain again when she needed to use the bathroom or have a smoke but we will probably still will complain. It was great to have that offered for free. I still can't believe that it happen to us. That is one less thing on our list to do this year. We our already planning our schedule & stuff we want to do for our 2008 trip. Here is what our schedule looked like this year which some of it changes with the trip we just roll with the flow. We hung this up so that we didn't have to keep asking what we were doing each day. We added some stuff & took some off.
Sorry long time no type between work & the holidays it has just been crazy! I will try to keep the momentum rolling this time. If not it will be time for me to start another one & I wont have this one done. I think that I am going to make my New Year's resolution to finish my trip report. Anywho on to the TR:
We are going to Typhoon Lagoon today. This is our favorite water park & if they would take the family raft ride from Blizzard Beach we wouldn't have to go to Blizzard Beach at all. We got up & went to the OPR for breakfast as a family. It was off to TL for time to swim & we went on Crusher Gusher. Then we headed over to the lazy river which I could float around on all day. We got off at the raft ride & rode it down.
My dad & brother love the wave pool so we headed over there. I had a couple of drinks at the bar while they where in the wave pool. My mom & I decided to try it. After a little while we decided that it was time for lunch. We ate at Typhoon Lily & sat at their tables while eating the sky open just a little but since we were already wet it wasn't too bad. After lunch we decided that my dad & brother were going to the wave pool again. My mom & I were going to ride around on the lazy river one more time. Well we went around one time & decided that we had not had enough yet so around again we went. We left around 3:00 or so went back to the hotel. We all rest for a little while at the hotel before we got ready for our ADR at Planet Hollywood for 7:30. We got there at 7:00 look through one store then it was time for ADR. I love the food there & the scenery but the music is so loud that you can't hear what anyone is saying unless you are screaming at each.
This is one of the few pictures I took of our food!
Then it takes a little while for your hearing to come back. After that we looked through a few of the stores.
There was a guy outside Planet Hollywood who was making these balloons. Shayne was so excited to get one you would of thought he was 5yo. That's what disney does to you makes everyone feel like a kid
My dad & brother went into the Virgin store for quite a while we sat outside on a bench. We meet a family that spoke very little English & we don't speak Spanish but there daughter was so cute & entertain us for a half & hour while her husband & father were in the Virgin Store. She was maybe two years old pushing around the stroller. All these people kept looking b/c they couldn't see her just the stroller moving. It was hilarious. We got back to our room about 10:30 I went down to do some laundry. While we were waiting for the laundry to dry my mom & I sat on one of the benches on the walk way. It was so peaceful & quite at this time of night. About 12:30am we finished up the laundry & went to bed.
Today was the hottest day that we had so far. We slept in a little bit before we went to MGM, so we got there about 10:30 so we picked up a time guide to try to fit everything in. First we tried Indiana Jones it wasn't time for that showing, so onto Star Wars.
I had my sunglasses hanging on my shirt. Well when I bent over to pick up my bag at the end of the show I must have dropped them. I did not even realize that I dropped them until we were standing in line for LMASS. I didn't want to get out of line so I waited.
We were having an early dinner so we didn't want to eat lunch but by this time I was hungry. After the stunt show we went to Indiana Jones. By this time I will admit I was starting to get cranky. It was extremely hot out the humidity was killing me & I was starving. We decided to get a snack to hold us over which is just what I needed. We were heading to Beauty & the Beast. We saw the parade was starting & we had a little bit of time.
So we watch the parade before we went to Beauty & the Beast. My mom and I loved Beauty & the Beast this was the first time we had seen any of the production at WDW. My dad & brother said it was OKAY but deep down I think they really enjoyed it but that wouldn't be manly to admit it. After that we went browsing through the stores before our ADR at 5:00pm. I found a Tinkerbell coat that I had shipped back to the resort & they were changing over to winter items now. We went to 50's Prime Time Cafe. This is my mom & brothers favorite restaurant. Our waitress was having some trouble with another table. Something along the line of she ran the card through twice & they were trying to take care of it. So she would disappear for long period of times & our drinks didn't get refilled. Then somehow she ran our order through twice. We were eating & they brought out our dinners again. She did apologized for being distracted & not being able to do the antidotes that she normal would. I think next year when we go we will be eating at lunch time that worked better for us. Afterwards we were planning to go to the Camp fire & movie when we were trying to get WL so we decided that we would just call it a night & go back to the hotel to rest & relax for a while. I checked with lost & found at the end of the day to see if any one had return my sunglasses no such luck. One thing that I love about the CBR is the hotel itself makes you feel like you are on vacation itself. So it like a vacation inside a vacation. I love going back after a long day & just chillin out. It is so relaxing & peaceful.
Up next: Shop until we drop at DTD!! OH wait we have an extra day of tickets left. What ever should we do?
That evening when we return we changed our clothes to just hang out for a while. My mom & I took some pictures of room door that we decorated along with the towel animals that she put in the window.
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You certainly had a magical day. Pixies for your job. 
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about the wishes cruise! Sounds like a great time! Can't wait to hear more
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Sounds like a great time at the water park and DTD 
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