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Signing on! Not much longer now. We went on this same cruise (diff. time of year) and had a great time. Your front yard pics brought back memories. We got socked in NY too. Not fun. Looking forward to hearing more.
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We are cruising in a week too but it's out of Charleston so we are watching the weather ourselves! Your packing and mine are the same lol my husband always tells me like a few days before we leave...oh yea I need shorts [emoji34] yep Those are really cool fish extenders!,I wish my husband would be into that. We didn't do anything last year for our door wow not much longer to go! I hope u feel better soon!
That was my first guess! I figured if you went to UCONN you would have said so right off as the name is pretty recognizable (thanks to our great basketball teams!). I'm right down the road in Lebanon. I went to UCONN but DH and I met at Blarney's (about 20 years ago).
I'm curious about your fish extender experience. I know about FE exchanges, but have never signed up as it does seem like it can be a lot of work.
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Ok so I blinked and the trip was over. However, we did have a total blast! I will be updating over the next few days (maybe weeks) while going through photos and deciding exactly what to report on. If there is anything along the way I missed or you are curious about, let me know. I will try my best to answer.
I know I had said I wouldn’t do a full day by day trip report and I still plan on sticking to that. But let me start with brief overview of day one.
Friday September 4, 2015
We had a flight at 6:10am from TF Green Providence. Monty and I live about 20 min north of the airport and my parents like about 10 min south of it. We decided to meet at their house and pack the car around 4am. That meant we left our house at 3:30am. We got to the airport about 4:30, dad parked the car and we all checked in. Somehow my parents both got TSA Precheck and were able to fly through security. Monty and were not so lucky and had to wait in security for about 20min. Now I know to most people 20min at TSA security doesn’t sound too bad, but if you know TF Green airport that seems crazy. TF green is a very small airport, I think there are maybe 20 gates. But we of course made our flight and boarded on time. We really lucked out by having empty seats next to us. Mom and I had an extra seat and Monty and dad had an extra in their row as well. My mom had acquired some free drink coupons so we got the party started early. Yes, we were those people drinking on a plane at 7am. We were on vacation!!
We arrived at Orlando International Airport (MCO) around 9am and headed to Magical Express. We hopped right on a bus and were on our way to All Star Music. Because this is cruise trip report I won’t get into much detail about All Star Music, but let me know if you have any questions about it.
We had done online check in, which was a breeze. We dropped off the bags we had in our room and headed to the bus for EPCOT.
We didn’t have a lot planned for EPCOT. We did a few fastpasses including Soarin’ and Spaceship Earth. But we mostly walked around world showcase, ate good food and yummy drinks. It rained in the afternoon. I was happy I packed those 99 cent Walmart ponchos.
EPCOT was open with Extra Magic Hours until 11pm, but we barely made it to 9pm. We were exhausted. We headed back to All Star Music to rearrange some luggage and get some sleep.
Cruise day was finally here!! We got up somewhat early to get breakfast at the Intermission Food Court. Our Disney Cruise Line transfer was meeting in the lobby at 11:15 and scheduled to leave at 11:30.
We spent some time sitting by the pool and in the shop. Around 11:15 we found the DCL rep in the lobby and checked in. We boarded the bus and were told we had to make two stops before heading to Port Canaveral (bummer).
And yes, the driver insisted he jump into the picture. ha.
Well I am headed to bed. I will hopefully get another update tomorrow.
20 minutes to get through security at TF Green!? Now, if you had said 20 minutes on line at DD I would have believed you (longest line at TF Green!) but it does seem like a long time for security.
Sounds like a good start to your trip. Can't wait to hear more.
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We arrived at Port Canaveral around 1:30. Check in was quick and easy and open boarding at started.
We sailed away with no issues and enjoyed the sailaway party.
Next I will do a quick review of our cabin.
Cabin 6550
Category 5D
Located starboard side between the forward and midship elevators.
Overall the room was a pretty standard category 5D. We really had no complaints about the room, just observations. The room was not listed as “partial white wall” but did have a slight white edge. I am not sure what actually constitutes a “white wall” but I posted a picture of what our balcony had. Also directly below deck 6 are the lifeboats.
Besides the lifeboats directly below to the right, there was a large balcony below to the left. I believe it is cabin 5552. We never really saw anybody out there, but I’d consider staying indoors too if I had all of the deck 6 looking down at my balcony.
One night we were on the balcony and could hear what sounded like water running/dripping. After a little investigating, I figured out it was a pipe on our balcony. Apparently there was water running down it. Again, not complaining, we had just never seen that before.
Cabin 6550 is assembly station D. Assembly station D is in the Walt Disney Theatre along with assembly station C. It was kinda nice that my parents ended up in the same muster as us. Made me feel a little better in the unlikely chance we had to report to an emergency muster.
As many of you know, all the Fantasy cabins have a holder for the stateroom key to turn on the electricity in your stateroom. We have several times in the past forgotten one of our room keys in the holder. I had seen an idea on pinterest to take an old gift card and put a magnet on the back. That way the key is always right there and you won’t leave your room key behind. It worked out really great for us.
Cabin 6550 connects to 6548. I was concerned about hearing the people next door, but it wasn't an issue. We never heard a peep. We had never had a connected room and I wasn't sure how it would affect the cabin. I honestly didn't even notice the door was there.
We really enjoyed this room. We didn't really feel any motion and it was very quiet. I found it very convenient to be between the forward and midship elevators. My parents were in the same room just on the port side. It was nice for all of us to have our own space, but still close enough to run over.
This trip we also took more advantage of our wave phones. Monty and I had always traveled alone, so we never really needed them. However this time with my parents it was great to be able to split up and then just call when we were looking for each other. I did not use the texting via the DCL app so I cant speak for that.
Nice cabin! I agree about that balcony below you. It's so nice and big, but very exposed. The "white wall" balcony has a solid white wall that covers the whole area where the railings are, so the view isn't as open as the one you had. That's a lot of magnets on your door. Looks festive!
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wow not much longer to go! I hope u feel better soon!
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