Well here it is the saga..the pure drama of the Dionisi Disney adventure. - Page 6 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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for your hubby and his job.
I have really enjoyed reading your TR. Looking forward to hearing more. My son was diagnosed ADHD and we are in the process now of testing for Asperger's. Would love for you to PM me about the card you spoke of (GAC??)!
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Well his employer laid him off last Friday.
Good news is that he started a new job today
Maybe it was the Pixies? ...mmm???
Let me continue for a bit.
It was the 29th and we were moving to the Wonder..
It is about roughly an hour drive. For those driving...It is easy. Once you get there, there is a CM every 50 feet to guide you to where you should be.
Check in was easy also. We had checked in at the hotel. It was a matter now of signing DD7 into the Oceaneers club. The check your documents and then will put a wristband on your child . They need to wear them for the whole cruise.
From there you basically present your travel docs and they will take a pic of each person. Inside there are photgraphers for optional group shots.
Our first impression was "WOW" ..It was so exciting because we had never been on a cruise before. Our second..."let's eat".
We went up to deck 9 and ate from the buffet and just kind of people watched.
After brunch we found our room.
I have to tell you ,..As a TA I would spout room dimensions as part of selling trips, but reality was surprising. Even Cat 4 family suite with a veranda is very SMALL . If we would have had to spend a lot of time in the room it would have been really cramped with the 5 of us. There is enough bedding and such, but not a lot of floor space. Here are a couple of pics of the room. They are'nt the best due to the size of the room it was hard to get a good pic.
DD17 and DS15
"Mom..don't take my pic"lol
From there it was off to the safety drill. We put on our vests and went upstairs. We stood in our floresant orange glory as the crew went over the nessesary drills. Then they release us for a bit of fun.
We decide to grab our spot of the front of the boat....sorry for my lack of Sea lingo....
This was more for personal reasons. DH's Uncle lived right on the beachfront of Cape Canaveral and when we visited him he always ran us up to the dock to watch the cruise ships go by. He loved the Disney ships and the horn blasts of "when you wish upon a Star.." So we were up there to wave at his Spirit on the pier.
"Uncle Angelo's beach"
The pier
After setting sail into the Great Blue, the kids and DH went to explore. I had to take DD7 back to the room for a bit of unwinding. The boat was full capacity and it tended to be overwelming for her at times. In fact her and I had spent a lot of "quiet time" exploring during our cruise.
We had 1st seating for dinner. Tonight was the Parrot Cay. The Parrot Cay decor wise was not my favorite. Food wise is was really good. Our wait staff was wonderful. I feel like a jerk but I don't remember their names. DD17 would , but unfortunately I am horrible with names. Here are some pics of the food.
My appetizer.. A crab and cheese dip with fried tortillas. mmmm tasty.
My dinner... Chicken , mashed sweet pototoes, and spinach and corn with polenta. It was REALLY good also.
Son's steak ..Him and my Hubby are probablly still digesting all the steak they ate this trip. lol
and most importantly...dessert!
Son's
DD17 and I had the creme brulee cheesecake. mmmmmmmm it was awesome.
The (not a good pic. soory)
The Head server started a conga line. Of course I popped up and dragged DD7 with me. Fun was to end any meal.
After dinner DH wanted to go see a movie, so he went to do that and me and the kids went to go see the Golden Mickey's. The shows are extremely elaborate and "big". I was surprised, but very pleased. It was a good time.
After the show we went back to the room a few. Santina fell asleep so I stayed with her. The other kids went off to the teen club and Ken went in search of trouble.
I have to tell you.. I slept like a baby the entire cruise. The water got a bit rough, but it was great to sleep during. Felt like sleeping in my old water bed in the 80's. DH did'nt share my opinion on this. I spent a lot of time on our balcony. I loved the water. I took lots of pics of course. I must say that I found the difference in the color of the water between here and the Bahamas a bit worrisome. The water near Florida is very dark, then the furthur away you sail , the clearer and more colorful the water becomes. It looked so clear. Beautiful.
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