llachance
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- May 14, 2002
July 3rd - July 6th - Animal Kingdom Lodge. Ostrich Savanah room within 100 yards of Check In. Saw everything but zebra from our balcony and wouldn't change a minute of it. Boma for breakfast was OK but didn't eat enough to get my money's worth. Boma and Jiko for dinner can't be beat.
July 6th - Embarkation. Tiffany Town Car to the port. Wonderful service, got there about 11:00 am ship started boarding by noon and we were in our cabins by 1:00 pm. Luggage was delivered by two. About 3:00 we went up to the spa and made reservations for several different things during the week and then went to Palo's and made reservations for brunch and dinner.
July 7th - Key West. Fun town. Took the Conch Train tour - had a great tour guide and it was a good overview of the city. Ate some Key Lime Pie, bought some souveniers. Went on the Sunset Sale and it was fun. The description of the excursion said drinks and snacks would be available. The "snack" was a bowl of Key Lime Ice Cream - which is fine but the excursion started before early seating started and got back after late seating started so if thing don't change make sure you eat before you go. We had late seating and our head server said to be sure to come anyway and we did.
July 8th - Day at Sea. My mom and I did some spa stuff, had brunch (was really awesome) and then just sat on Deck 4 and read and snoozed most of the day away. Very relaxing.
July 9th - Grand Cayman. Tendering was Disney simple. My mother did the City Tour and was not particularly impressed. My daughter and I did the Ship Wreck and Reef snorkel. Lots of fun and lots to see. My only objection - again - would be that we were promised drinks on board and there were none....but I would do it again.
July 10th - Cozumel. We all went on the Tropical Jeep Safari. Had an absolute blast. Somebody in your party should be able to drive a stick shift so that you can keep your party together. For lunch, we went to one of the prettiest beaches I have ever been to. Lots of bumping and I am noticiing a few bruises but would do it again in a second. When we signed up for the excursion ahead of time we were only offered an afternoon time slot. Turns out there was a morning one as well - wish I would have known because my daughter was going on the teen catamaran that evening and since we were late returning things were very tight. My mom and I went to Carlos and Charlies. It is as crazy as they say but lots of fun. We had dinner at Palos and finished off with the deck party in the evening. I was very happy for the next day to be a day at sea.
July 11th- Day at Sea. Deck chairs, pedicure, reading and snoozing.....sea food buffet for lunch....
July 12th - Castaway Cay. Very hot but fun. Although we had been told that Parasailing was sold out we walked off the ship at about 10:00 and signed my daughter up for 10:30. She is 15 and I didn't have to go with her either.....this is how we did it last year as well, so don't be completely discouraged if you want to do it and they say it isn't available - just check when you get there. Lots of Jelly Fish, many people got stung and I say one guy step on a sea urchin......had lunch at Serenity Beach with my mom and she had Lobster Tail (so the stories are true).
July 13th - Home again. Oh well. Had late seating so ate breakfast at 8:00 am - were on a bus by 9:00 and back to Orlando International by 10:00. We didn't leave until today (Sunday) so had plenty of time to hang out.
Signed up on board for December 2003 (20th-27th, Western), got the 200 credit and it was a little cheaper then when I looked on line the previous day, don't know why but doesnt matter because we are going back.
Late seating PALPALP (so no youngsters but didn't start in Lumiere's). Servers were Ashell and Sanjeev. Ashell was very good but Sanjeev was the personality. Turns out our assistant server from last year was promoted to server and our head server is now on the wonder. Our stateroom host was very efficient the room was always clean and other then the first night there were animals. He even taught my daughter how to make them! Common Grounds was her hangout and she loved it as usual. Didn't meet a lot of people on this trip but the ones that I did were from my immediate neighborhood, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale and San Jose......pretty small world I guess.
Guess that is enough but email me with more detailed questions if you want.
Lisa and Jo
July 6th - Embarkation. Tiffany Town Car to the port. Wonderful service, got there about 11:00 am ship started boarding by noon and we were in our cabins by 1:00 pm. Luggage was delivered by two. About 3:00 we went up to the spa and made reservations for several different things during the week and then went to Palo's and made reservations for brunch and dinner.
July 7th - Key West. Fun town. Took the Conch Train tour - had a great tour guide and it was a good overview of the city. Ate some Key Lime Pie, bought some souveniers. Went on the Sunset Sale and it was fun. The description of the excursion said drinks and snacks would be available. The "snack" was a bowl of Key Lime Ice Cream - which is fine but the excursion started before early seating started and got back after late seating started so if thing don't change make sure you eat before you go. We had late seating and our head server said to be sure to come anyway and we did.
July 8th - Day at Sea. My mom and I did some spa stuff, had brunch (was really awesome) and then just sat on Deck 4 and read and snoozed most of the day away. Very relaxing.
July 9th - Grand Cayman. Tendering was Disney simple. My mother did the City Tour and was not particularly impressed. My daughter and I did the Ship Wreck and Reef snorkel. Lots of fun and lots to see. My only objection - again - would be that we were promised drinks on board and there were none....but I would do it again.
July 10th - Cozumel. We all went on the Tropical Jeep Safari. Had an absolute blast. Somebody in your party should be able to drive a stick shift so that you can keep your party together. For lunch, we went to one of the prettiest beaches I have ever been to. Lots of bumping and I am noticiing a few bruises but would do it again in a second. When we signed up for the excursion ahead of time we were only offered an afternoon time slot. Turns out there was a morning one as well - wish I would have known because my daughter was going on the teen catamaran that evening and since we were late returning things were very tight. My mom and I went to Carlos and Charlies. It is as crazy as they say but lots of fun. We had dinner at Palos and finished off with the deck party in the evening. I was very happy for the next day to be a day at sea.
July 11th- Day at Sea. Deck chairs, pedicure, reading and snoozing.....sea food buffet for lunch....
July 12th - Castaway Cay. Very hot but fun. Although we had been told that Parasailing was sold out we walked off the ship at about 10:00 and signed my daughter up for 10:30. She is 15 and I didn't have to go with her either.....this is how we did it last year as well, so don't be completely discouraged if you want to do it and they say it isn't available - just check when you get there. Lots of Jelly Fish, many people got stung and I say one guy step on a sea urchin......had lunch at Serenity Beach with my mom and she had Lobster Tail (so the stories are true).
July 13th - Home again. Oh well. Had late seating so ate breakfast at 8:00 am - were on a bus by 9:00 and back to Orlando International by 10:00. We didn't leave until today (Sunday) so had plenty of time to hang out.
Signed up on board for December 2003 (20th-27th, Western), got the 200 credit and it was a little cheaper then when I looked on line the previous day, don't know why but doesnt matter because we are going back.
Late seating PALPALP (so no youngsters but didn't start in Lumiere's). Servers were Ashell and Sanjeev. Ashell was very good but Sanjeev was the personality. Turns out our assistant server from last year was promoted to server and our head server is now on the wonder. Our stateroom host was very efficient the room was always clean and other then the first night there were animals. He even taught my daughter how to make them! Common Grounds was her hangout and she loved it as usual. Didn't meet a lot of people on this trip but the ones that I did were from my immediate neighborhood, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale and San Jose......pretty small world I guess.
Guess that is enough but email me with more detailed questions if you want.
Lisa and Jo
. Guess you bailed on the Tulum trip. We went ahead anyway, but saw the jeep people when our bus pulled into Playa and the jeeps were everywhere. It looked like that would have been a fun excursion. Tulum was great, but they added the beach stop and since people were late getting back on the bus from the ruins, our beach stop was only 30 minutes - what a waste. We did the shipwreck & reef trip on Grand Cayman - the 1:40 excursion. Too funny! Loved that, but agree with you - the "drinks" were not there and much needed. Too sad, though, was a girl sitting by us was putting her jewelry away and dropped her class ring - it bounced off the boat into the ocean!
