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I wonder if you had the same Captain we did in March. I heard some don't like to use the stablizers and I am pretty sure the one we had didn't use them as it was really rocky.
I'm pretty sure our captain was Robert. We also know the stabilizers were in use because we could see them under the water from our verandah.
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I'm glad the motion didn't bother you too much! The cruise I went on last year ran into a bad storm and the last 3 days of my 7 day cruise were extremely rocky and I'm very prone to vertigo so that was a really interesting experience. Our ship drained pools, tied doors open and everything it was so bad. The stabilizers didn't completely help either
This cruise had some rougher waters than our previous one which was in June. But it wasn't really bad ever.
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Glad you had a great dinner! Love all the Christmas decorations on the ship! Sorry you were feeling some motion sickness, but glad it passed! A great day overall!
I'm sure if I were to cruise any other time of year I'd miss all the decorations.
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The ship was certainly decorated for Christmas! I loved the gingerbread mantel with Santa. I take it that it was made from gingerbread cookies and candy? Glad that your servers were so nice and you enjoyed your table mates Hope the motion of the ship was alright for you the rest of the trip.
Everything looks so great!! I so want to do a Disney Cruise. Definitely on the bucket list.
We never sailed with any other cruise line, and don't really want to. We have truly enjoyed both trips with DCL.
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Just catching up.I do have to say I luv that feeling when the ship starts moving also.very exciting
Sailing away is so exciting!
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The ship was certainly decorated for Christmas! I loved the gingerbread mantel with Santa. I take it that it was made from gingerbread cookies and candy? Glad that your servers were so nice and you enjoyed your table mates Hope the motion of the ship was alright for you the rest of the trip.
The house was all made of gingerbread cookies and candies. It didn't smell as strong as I had thought it would, but my sense of smell may have been off due to allergies.
I woke up around 3:00 AM, ad could tell I was going to have trouble falling back to sleep. I decided to read for a while, and that, thankfully, made me sleepy. I didn’t wake up again until 8:00. We both lazed around for an hour, mainly checking the view outside our room.
If you look in the upper right-hand corner, the Aqua Dunk is just visible. We could look up to the right and see the whole portion that came out over the ship.
At 9:00 we started getting ready, but didn’t feel a need to rush. Leaving the room at 10:10, we went to Cabana’s for breakfast. Prepare yourselves! I actually took food photos this morning. Cabana’s has lots and lots of food choices on the buffet. My favorites this morning were pancakes soaked in chocolate syrup and scrambled eggs with peppers.
My plate
Luke's plate
Our table was right beside a window, so we decided after eating to explore some. Eventually, we made it all the way up to Deck 11. Today was warmer, but up there the wind was so strong that it chilled me. That didn’t stop me from getting a few photos before I need warmer climes.
Look closely, and you can see Key West out on the horizon.
Next, we moved inside to explore some more, and then it was back to the stateroom to await word that we could disembark at Key West.
The next photos are of Key West from our verandah.
Promptly at 12:30 the announcement was made that we could now disembark. Luke and I grabbed our Key to the World and photo ids along with the camera. We proceeded to the forward elevators, going down to Deck 1. Quickly, we were walking the plank.
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I am so EXCITED to be catching up on the cruise portion of your trip! My husband and I are leaving on Saturday for a cruise. While not Disney (which truly saddens me!), it is a cruise nonetheless!! I am afraid we will be quite chilly on deck while the ship is moving, but the weather forecast for all of our ports seem to be quite warm.
Late disembarkation in Key West. I don't remember it being that late when we were there on DCL. Love that blue water! Glad you were able to fall back asleep, and that you didn't need to race to breakfast.
Sorry your head was a little dizzy from the ship movement, but it didn't seem to affect too much. A fun first day! I will say your pictures of the ship all decked out for Christmas make me want to take a Christmas cruise! First I read Kelly's TR and saw all the Halloween decorations on the ship and now I've seen all the Christmas decorations. I really think our first cruise will be a holiday cruise. I just have to figure out which one!
Key West is one of our FAVORITE ports! Makes me sad the new ships can't pull in there.
I too seem to remember pulling into Key West about 11:30---guess that's only an hour later.
More please, I'm in serious cruise deficiency!
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Sorry you were feeling some motion sickness, but glad it passed! A great day overall! 
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Definitely on the bucket list.
We both lazed around for an hour, mainly checking the view outside our room. 
Cabana’s has lots and lots of food choices on the buffet. My favorites this morning were pancakes soaked in chocolate syrup and scrambled eggs with peppers. 
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