A Hop, NO Skip, and Many Mishaps to a Disney Dream - Page 30 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
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Not to hijack or anything, but I once asked a CM what "that guy" was doing out on the concrete pier, and she told me, with a completely straight face, that he was s'posed to push the boat away if it came too close. And then we both burst into the worst case of giggles ever! And to this day I can't remember what it was that she said was his real function!
And now back to our regularly scheduled trip report....
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Not to hijack or anything, but I once asked a CM what "that guy" was doing out on the concrete pier, and she told me, with a completely straight face, that he was s'posed to push the boat away if it came too close. And then we both burst into the worst case of giggles ever! And to this day I can't remember what it was that she said was his real function!
And now back to our regularly scheduled trip report....
OMG - I LOVE IT!! I'm just like you - early riser!! I love getting up early and walking around taking pictures. I can't recall arriving at CC tho?! I will definately be doing that on our next cruise!! I love all the details you captured. I can't wait to hear about your day on CC!!
OMG - I LOVE IT!! I'm just like you - early riser!! I love getting up early and walking around taking pictures. I can't recall arriving at CC tho?! I will definately be doing that on our next cruise!! I love all the details you captured. I can't wait to hear about your day on CC!!
It's so nice to get up early like that. I'm lucky enough to have family that doesn't want to do the same thing. LOL!
The closer we got to the dock, the more birds we saw…mainly the “mine mines”…seagulls as the common folks call them. I decided it was my mission to capture one in flight. Let me tell you that this was really hard. I had a hard time actually getting my camera to focus on one, and then to capture the shot without a blur…or even to get the bird in the picture. Most of my pictures turned out to be just blank…with water or island in the background! LOL! They didn’t seem to understand that they were supposed to stop and pose for me.
Here is a shot I tried….but I kept at it.
And Skip would not feel homesick at all on CC. They have tractors and gators!
And here she is in all her glory!
Such a beautiful island!
And another attempt at the Mine mine! This was an awful shot, but I thought it almost looked angelic.
And then I got it!!! The perfect shot…well as close to perfect as I was going to get!
I thought these rocks were so pretty.
At some point and time the ship sounded her horn too. I just LOVE hearing it. It makes me feel so special!
I was starting to get hungry, so I headed off to Cabanas to get something to eat.
I was going to take it to the room, but then after I got it, I decided just to stay there and eat. I asked where to sit, and told me to just get any empty table.
I then went back down to the room and Mom was up, looking at the beautiful view from our balcony. Our room was facing the island side. We got Claire up and dressed and she and Mom went up for a quick breakfast, while I got freshened up and ready for the day.
The original plan was that I would go onshore for a bit and come back and get them after I took some pictures. But since Mom was up and Claire got right up, we decided to all go onshore together and then return around 11 so we could ride the Aquaduck. I took my SLR for this part of the day, since it was going to be more of a picture taking trip for me. I also told Mom that I would be walking to the beach, rather than taking the tram, so I didn’t miss anything, but she decided to walk as well.
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Your TR is wonderful!! I love your pictures. Thanks so much for sharing with all of us. I hope that I get to go on the DREAM one day. You and your daughther look great in the pictures.
Your TR is wonderful!! I love your pictures. Thanks so much for sharing with all of us. I hope that I get to go on the DREAM one day. You and your daughther look great in the pictures.
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