We are home, apparently just in time to escape the mess that's going to be Florida in a few days. Pics tomorrow...for now I have some furballs to get reacquainted with. And as I'm STILL on vacation, I'm not checking my work email until Monday morning. So there. :) ...
I don’t WANNA come home!
So we're motoring our way back to Florida from Disney's Castaway Cay...their own private island. Today I *did* snorkel, since I could enter from the beach. Saw lots of fishies and hopefully managed to snap a few photos of them with the underwater camera. Got a bunch of sunburned skin to bring home as a souvenir. Geez. What more is there to say besides I didn't win bingo and I don't want this vacation to end? We have to vacate our stateroom by 8am and be off the ship by 9am. We'll be ...
St. Thomas and other things
(copied from a post I did to the Disney Cruise Line forum I frequent) We did the Doubloon Sail & Snorkel yesterday in St. Thomas. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!! We left the Magic at about 12:15pm...which initially bummed me out because it seemed to cut my day in half. And once we got on the boat (about 40-some of us...lots of wee ones so it wasn't very crowded!) it was pouring rain. Cold rain. Very choppy waves. Some queasy sailors. Prospects looked dim. But our captain assured us it was typical St. ...
no, you may NOT braid my hair!
Sheesh. You'd think I was Rap-freaking-unzel the way ladies on St. Maarten were asking to braid my hair. Today we're in St. Maarten, and I figured during this brief patch of sobriety, I'd update y'all. Actually, I do this for myself as well, since I know details of my trip will escape me as soon as I sober up get on the plane home. We arrived to a very cloudy and dreary St. Maarten, but it brightened up considerably. We did the America's Cup 12-metre regatta excursion where we were divided ...
cruise miscellany
1) If I had my life to live over again, after college I would have gone to work for a cruise line. 2) The South African accent is fast becoming my favorite accent in the world 3) I'm tired of eating. ...
out on the briney…
Last night we donned our formal attire (unfortunately I left my tiara at home) and attended the Golden Mickeys show and formal night dinner. Here on the Disney Magic, you're grouped for dinner. They usually make attempts to put you with a group similar to you. Last year we were with 3 other couples travelling w/o kids. Everyone was friendly. This year our table consists of 2 Mom-Dad-Son families, and us. Obviously the 2 families were paired because of their similar-aged sons, and we were ...
if the boat is a-rockin, don’t come a-knockin
LIVE from somewhere in the Ocean! No, not really. But whoa are the waves choppy today! Yes, cookie-crumbs, we are on our Second Disney Cruise. Same boat, same itinerary, but with bigger waves than ever! Unlike last year, this year's flight was only delayed 45 minutes, but that's okay because I enjoy flying Southwest 100x more than USAirways. We arrived in Orlando a bit after 4pm on Friday, checked into Pop Century and spent the evening noshing at Epcot's Food and Wine Festival, courtesy ...
The Beautiful Briny
Last night after dinner, Thor and I stood on the deck and gazed at the stars. Our ship had been at sea all day, and we were surrounded by absolutely nothing but ocean. But as the moonbeams shimmered on the ocean, it felt totally natural. Man has been travelling on the water for ages, and now I know why. Sure, you can get someplace faster in an airplane, but cruise ships have such grace and elegance!There's a Disney Cruise Lines representative up on the fourth deck. Her job is simply to book ...
Last full day at sea
I hit another yoga class this morning. This is NOT YMCA yoga. the instructor had us go through 3 different vinyasas (sequences of poses) and had us hold each pose for 30 seconds. Between today and Monday, I did 12 downward facing dog poses. My Y teacher makes us do 2 a week. Basically, I feel as if I've done more yoga this week than I have in the last 3 months at the Y. Makes me want to look into going to an actual yoga studio.We're recovering from a noontime champagne brunch. I managed to eat ...
Snorkel-girl!
As part of our excursion today, Thor and I ended up kayaking 2 miles through gorgeous mangrove lagoons. And I snorkeled for the first time! See, I'm a very poor swimmer (the phrase "epilleptic chimpanzee" has come up when talking about how I swim) and it's against every instinct to stick my face under water and breathe through a tube while NOT kicking my feet. The tour guides were fantastic, though. One of them paddled his kayak next to me while the rest of the group pulled ahead in case I got ...
Greetings from St. Thomas!
Another day, another island. This one is US "owned," so we had to rise at 6:45 this morning to present ourselves (and more importantly, our IDs) to US Border Patrol. You have to do this when you go from a foreign port (St. Maarten/Martin) to an American one.St. Martin was gorgeous in some places, skanky in others, and if you're into mass quantities of liquor, tobacco, and jewelry, it's your home away from home. I never knew how much tax we pay on these items in the US until I saw them here.We ...
Greetings from St. Maarten!
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