Trip Report-Satisfying our habit for DCL-Our November 7, 2010 Cruise-Complete 12/7 About This Page:

[iamgrumpy]

Hello...my name is Amy...and I am a Disney and Disney Cruise Addict...I know I can hear you all responding "Hi Amy" and I am sure most of you probably have a growing addiction to DCL or have a full blown case of it right?

Well I guess the proper thing to do would be to first introduce you to myself and the person traveling with me!

There is myself Amy I'm 28 years old or as I prefer I celebrated the 7th anniversary of my 21st birthday this year it sounds better doesn't make it sound so close to *gasp* 30 This will be my 3rd cruise, and my 3rd Disney Cruise, we won't mention that I have #4 booked and #5, and 6 planned in my head already I have been to WDW many times but now live 12 mins from Epcot so day trips are more common. I am a full time Student studying Sign Language Interpretation.

Now onto my travel buddy sorta like in Finding Nemo where you needed an exit row buddy in the EAC, I have a travel buddy....My mother Angela :lmao: we are so wrapped up with work and school and life that we just really never get an opportunity to have quality time so we take 1 trip a year together just to have some mom/daughter fun. She's 55 she was born 5 days before DisneyLand opened and loves Disney almost as much as I do so its not hard talking her into a Disney trip This is her 3rd Cruise, 3rd Disney Cruise as well....what can I say we are both very much addicted.


Ok So here are a couple of Photos so you can get to know us:

My Mom loves Disney and this is my all time favorite shot of her on our May 2008 WDW trip.


This is myself on my birthday that same trip....not the best hair style but hey I was rocking those Mickey Ears and the birthday Money!


So that is us. Hopefully not too scary or frightening but you probably want to know more about our trip and how it came to be all that good junk right

So to know how we got to this cruise that we have planned we have to go back in time and I'll give you the quick rundown so that this doesn't become a 15 hour read for you by the end you'd probably end up like which would be bad! Well, 2006 we go on our first DCL/Cruise have a MAGICAL time on the Magic's eastern Itinerary...we were hooked! We rebooked on board, in hopes to return the next year. Life gets in the way and we had to change that plan many many many times by the time we finally changed and went on that "rebooked" cruise the final tally of changes was 18. Well in December 2009 we finally took that cruise on the Wonder 4 night Itinerary. We booked that cruise 3 weeks before we set sail and we were locked into going at that point so no more changes our travel agent was thrilled that we were finally going to give her a break from having to change everything over and over again Marisa rocks though and always is kind enough to tell me otherwise!

So of course we have a WONDERful time and are now really really dreading getting off the ship so we rebook once more this time though we rebooked 2 yes folks 2 cruises one for November 7th 2010, and one for December 2011 (that got moved already to November 2011).

This year has been tough for us though, I lost my job, I had unscheduled surgery, still having medical issues, and I am back in school full time. Life is hectic and the stress is high up until final payment day we weren't sure if this cruise would actually happen but we both looked at each other and both knew that we needed to get away from the stress and while it meant both having to cut back on "extras" it would be worth it.

So we paid in full and now all I had to do was sit back and research plans, and FE exchange organized and gifts bought!

Up next...More of our Plans, and planning!

[Grammy Grumpy]

Yea, I love your TRs Amy!!! Can't wait to hear everything you have planned.

[Colexis Mom]

Great start Amy!

[DawnK]

Great start Amy!!! So looking forward to this. I want to go on a cruise so I have been reading the cruise TRs. Can't wait to follow along with you and mom!!!

[chezp]

Great start!

[pamcarey]

Great start! I loved your last cruise TR, so I am really looking forward to this one. Especially now that I've been on a DCL cruise and am definitely addicted.

[NanaTink]

Great start, Amy! Can't wait to read more!

[lauriep]

Woo Hoo! Super start, Amy!

[iamgrumpy]

So I left off with sort of the background of where this trip came from and now your probably wondering (ok pun intended) where is this going. Well since I love to gab and the more you get to know me the more I gab so this won't be a problem, I'll tell you!

We booked for a 4 night cruise to the bahamas again, the price was right, and its easier to fit a 4 night cruise into our schedules then a whole 7 nights so for now its perfect for our lives at the moment. Although we'd love to be on the ship for longer then 4 days price, and schedule conflicts won't allow for it

I had school, and my mother had work so we decided we would just see how things went and not really make an overabundance of plans we wanted to just relax and enjoy the ship since we realize we won't be able to sail on the Wonder after this trip unless we travel to the West Coast to do so!

So when the time came to make our reservations for the Spa, Palos, and excursions we really didn't have a plan, we'd take whatever we could get and if nothing was available we'd check when we got on board about waitlisting. But we were lucky! I was on the computer after the 90 day mark but before the 75 day mark so it wasn't overloaded with people trying to book and I was able to book Palo's for Dinner for night number 2. and Brunch at Palo's for the sea day early in the morning 10am. See on vacation anything before noon is early for us!

This is on my MUST do list for the cruise though and I am hoping that they will bring out a full portion again for me at brunch because I'd hate to embarrass my mother by taking 15 of the little ones instead

MMMM...Panna Cotta! Better then the chocolate souffle in my book!
The early brunch works out nice as we have Main dining which is a first for us we normally book so late in the game that main has always been sold out but we figured we would try and see how we like eating on the early side! I think it will help us out in the long run since in 2 previous cruises we have NEVER seen the night clubs and we barely made it to the pirate night dessert buffet on the last one we were so stuffed after late dining have no idea where we would have put it all anyways but hey desserts are not to be missed and I need to recitfy that error from our previous cruises

For Spa reservations, my mom will get a massage early early in the morning as in 8am on the Sea Day and i will get to sleep in! That is my kind of spa treatment, anytime I get a few extra minutes of sleep is pure bliss in my book

So that is all that we have planned for on the ship, the rest of the time we will just explore the ship, the island on our own and relax. That is the best kind of vacation for us one where we don't have to run from place to place or worry about what time it is.

Up Next.....how about starting the party a day early!

[chezp]

Great plans - and that panna cotta looks

[MayraLR]

Great start!

[DrDolphin]

Yeah!! Amy started a PTR!! I can't wait to read more! Sounds like some wonderful plans.

[Colexis Mom]

Great plans!

[LauraLooneyforDisney]

Great plans Amy! I loved reading TR from people who have been and loved it.

[pamcarey]

Great relaxed plans! That panna cotta looks yummy!