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The fierce wind on deck was probably one of the first indications that that cruise would be quite different from a Caribbean cruise, huh? Sounds like you guys had a fun night. Sorry to hear your DCL bag was still missing. I would have worried as well!
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Dun Dun Dun Dun.... The case of the missing DCL bag .... I hope they find it soon...hahaha..... The first evening sounds wonderful.... Can't wait to read more .....
What was there when I opened the door was a lovely stateroom in full turn down mode. The lights were on and Aaron's bed had been made up and pulled down over ours.
Matt decided he didn't want the top bunk so it became Aaron's. Matt took the fold out bed (the sofa by day) but I don't recall getting a pic of that- sorry!
On our bed, along with the Cruise Compass and literature left out for us was a note from Marcilano to call him when we got back. I dialed him up and he answered- I could hear a tremendous amount of noise and even though his accent was thick, I was able to get the message that he was at the very bottom of the ship, going through everything down there trying to find it- and he would call me back as soon as he was done. Bless him!
In the meantime, the fellas had taken up residence on the balcony once more and what a show right in front of them.. Aaron kept saying "this is so awesome"!
Might I mention- these pictures were taken about 10:00 pm.. and it's still not dark!
There was a knock at the door a few minutes later and there was Marcilano, but with no bag. He told me not to worry, that he had a few more places to check. In times of stress, I sometimes resort to humor and I said to him.. "Marcilano, is this ship peeved at me that I brought the competitors bag onboard- and ate it?" He thought that was funny. And he replied.. "We good as Disney Cruise Line?" My response to that was, "I don't know my friend, ask me in 6 days." It was the nicest little banter. He told me he would either call or come back.
I decided to take a shower and get my comfy's on because then at least if they told me the bag was lost- I be comfortable and clean when I went bezerk.
The shower was fabulous and almost as soon as I had kicked my feet up in my jammies on the balcony, the phone rang. Marcilano had located the bag! It was in the Security office and we had to come to Guest Relations to get it. I didn't question it, but I thought why can't it be brought here? Regardless, I thanked him profusely and hung up. I was already in my PJ's so Kevan went to get it.
10 minutes later, I see my beloved DCL tote bag and everything was in there. Kevan then informs me that the RCCL luggage tag had fallen off and when the bag was screened, it was determined that there were items that warranted a bag search- to which one of us had to be present. So, he had to witness the search. I had an interesting assortment of things in there for my Kindergarten Conference Presentation but nothing I thought really oddly shaped or suspicious. I promise I wasn't planning to take down the ship with a stuffed bee or ABC books. Whatever- I was glad to have it back.
The boys took their showers and settled in to watch tv but we all kept finding ourselves in and out from the balcony. The weather was cool so we left the door open a bit. Kevan had been out there by himself for sometime when he came in and asked if anybody was in the mood for Taco Bell. "What the heck are you talking about?" I asked. To which he replied, laughing hysterically... "If you need some tacos, let me know- we're passing a Taco Bell! Come see this!"
And with the binoculars, it was easy to see- we were passing a little town on Vancouver Island. Not only did they have a Taco Bell, we spotted a McDonald's and a Sav-Mart.
It had been an amazing, yet very tiresome day- I settled in to write in my journal, Kevan and the boys watched tv and by 12:30, we were all out. No motion on the boat whatsoever. As we were nodding off, Kevan asked if I wanted to set a wake up call to which I responded with a resounding no. Tomorrow was an at sea day and another day to take our time to explore and enjoy the beautiful ship we were calling home- if just for a week.
Coming Up Next: Vocabulary Entry # 2 from the List: Sausage!!
So glad that they found the bag or should I say, Marcilano found the bag. Had me worried there for a minute. Love the view and too funny about Taco Bell.
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Oh, Chez- Super Bee is just the kindest, nicest, stuffed animal bee there ever was. I'll introduce you next time we see each other.
And the pull down bed did sort of get me nervous for a minute, but I took a good look and it was so bolted into that ceiling, that I got over it pretty quickly.
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Sounds like you guys had a fun night. Sorry to hear your DCL bag was still missing. I would have worried as well!
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The lights were on and Aaron's bed had been made up and pulled down over ours. 
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