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Like reading what you are planning. I am also a planner, so it drives me crazy when I have to wait to book things. CAuse I want them booked and over with so I can move on.
EXACTLY. My DH likes to be so last minute. He thinks that you could wait till the day before and then book a trip on a cruise or to Disney. He doesn't get the planning part at all.
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If the ship backs in, like I hear it usually does, we will have a great view from our balcony! (These pictures of the ship and room, and CC are all borrowed from the internet at this point and time, since I have yet to go myself)
I am excited to finally see this island. Claire has been wanting to visit a beach too, so this will be it for her!
Again, at this point we are just going to wing it. No excursions planned. Just frolic and play and enjoy the beach, and laze around.
Perhaps we'll check Claire into the kids club on the island for a bit too.
I also want to try to get some of the pictures I see in others reports and also find characters...like Captian Jack.
Also we'll be sure to have lunch at Cookies. Which now there is a Second cookies with the new expansion, so which ever we are closest too.
It sounds like they have some activities planned thoughout the day too, so maybe we'll watch some of that.
I'm sure we'll be nice and sandy when go back to the ship, so we'll shower and get ready for our 7PM show, ( new reports are now saying that the show times are changed and only 2 shows are being shown. So we may have to be ready for the show as early as 6:15) which I think is called Believe. Then on to dinner.
I'll also have to get us packed up and set our luggage outside the door (and remember to keep enough out for the next morning). So sad, it's our last night on the ship.
This will be Claire's dinner dress
Hopefully we won't party too late, as we will have to be up bright and early the next morning to get breakfast and disembark.
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We absolutely adore Residence Inn and have stayed there every time we cruise, which we have gone 3 times now and working on planning our fourth.
We normally eat breakfast and then head over in our car and park in the lots as we have not found the shuttles to be that great AND we leave directly from the parking lot and start driving home. We hope this next time to fly into MCO and go to WDW for day or two, then drive over in rental, am curious how it works out for you all. We normally dirve from hotel at 9:30 am so we are there early and get into one of the first boarding groups, we ahve been group 4, 7 and 11 in the past
Love reading your trip report so far!
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Sounds like you all deserve this trip, you definitely have had quite a year. Loved "meeting" your family. Your plans look amazing!!!
On top of all the problems, Skips brother broke his leg about 2 weeks ago. He is Skips business partner, so one has to be here at all times. WE were worried that Skip might not be able to go. But at this point and time he is still planning on coming.
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Sounds like a great planned for your CC day. Sad knowing its your last day....
WE do have a few more days in Orlando though, so even though it will be sad getting off the ship, there is more to look forward to.
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We absolutely adore Residence Inn and have stayed there every time we cruise, which we have gone 3 times now and working on planning our fourth.
We normally eat breakfast and then head over in our car and park in the lots as we have not found the shuttles to be that great AND we leave directly from the parking lot and start driving home. We hope this next time to fly into MCO and go to WDW for day or two, then drive over in rental, am curious how it works out for you all. We normally dirve from hotel at 9:30 am so we are there early and get into one of the first boarding groups, we ahve been group 4, 7 and 11 in the past
Love reading your trip report so far!
Thanks for your info. I hope the shuttle works OK for us. I just know that if we go too early, Skip will get jumpy, and Claire might get board too. I also heard that for several of the Dream cruises, some people haven't even been allowed in the terminal too early, so I don't want to hassle with standing outside too. WE'll just go wit the flow, and hopefully the flow goes with us!
Great plans so far!! I'm so glad to see a trip report for the Disney Cruise and I can't wait to read all you posts!
We have done 2 Disney cruises and I'll share a few tips.
1) check the daily Navigator for show times and character meet times. The characters meet all over the ship and on Castaway Cay too! And in different outfits too so you could have Sailor Mickey, Pirate Mickey, Tuxedo Mickey, and Bathing Suit Mickey!
2) Pirate night is a blast! Don't forget to get up on the pool deck after your second seating dinner to see the show and fireworks!
3)Nassau is pretty dirty. I wouldn't get off the boat unless you have an excursion planned. If Claire likes the dolphins, we found the Dolphin Encounter to be a good value. The price wasn't too bad and you got in the water and interacted with the dolphins. It wasn't actually swimming with the dolphins but all in all a very good value - I'd do it again.
4) Water and soda is all free on board and on CC so I wouldn't worry too much about bringing water on. The beer, however, would be good to bring along. We brought in a suitcase of Bud and kept some on ice in one of the sinks. My daughter is older than Claire, but she had a blast going up to the pool deck and getting ice to refill the sink.
5) How old is Claire? My daughter was 8 on our first cruise and she LOVED the kids club!! She stayed until closing every night! It was a nice break for my husband and I. We went to the clubs each night and enjoyed some alone time.
I hope you have a great trip and I look forward to reading all about it!!
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