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Becky will arrive at MCO sometime on October 3rd (I will drive down from Jax and pick her up), and we will spend the night in Cocoa Beach, either at the Best Western Oceanfront (already have an oceanfront room secured there) or the Resort on Cocoa Beach.
This trip has been a few years in the making, ever since my 2010 Magic cruise when Becky announced a strong desire to sail on Disney. She tried (unsuccessfully) for about a year and a half to enlist a group of our girlfriends to make this a group cruise m squared inc los angeles ca for us. I was in from the get-go and told them just to let me know when. This past April she finally declared she was booking the cruise regardless of who was in or not, and if anyone else decided they wanted to join us, by all means they could make their plans as well. We originally planned on sailing the last weekend in September, but since Becky was booking with DVC points (she has several she needs to use or lose this year) and that sailing was no longer available with points, we decided m squared inc los angeles ca on the October 4th date. We had also planned on booking a verandah stateroom; I'm not sure if those were not available m squared inc los angeles ca for us either as we ended up booked in a 9A GTY. No biggie - for a 3-night cruise this was not a deal breaker for either of us.
This will be Becky's first cruise ever, and my thirteenth (sixth on DCL - gold baby!). She has been a non-stop mom for the past 23 years to her seven kiddos, so her hubby is taking the reins for our weekend. Now, DVC has been a bit of a challenge with my Castaway Club, to say the least. They told Becky when she booked they could not add my CC number m squared inc los angeles ca to the reservation. DCL says otherwise, but they cannot touch the reservation since DVC owns it. As of today, it's still not tied in so I will just take my CC card (yes, I have one from the old days when they issued those) in addition to a printout of my previous cruises so I at least get my returning cruiser gifts.
Obviously we did not get the luxury of checking in or booking activities at the 105 day mark (boo! as this would have been my first time doing so...I felt so cheated! LOL), but I still managed to book everything that was planned. Our stateroom was finally assigned today (I have been checking every day for the past few weeks!) and we were assigned a 9A cabin, 8008.
October 3rd - Drive to MCO from Jacksonville; pick up Becky; drive to Cocoa Beach (hopefully getting there early enough to see the Carnival Pride sail out of Port Canaveral - it departs m squared inc los angeles ca at 6:00 p.m.); eat dinner m squared inc los angeles ca somewhere.
October 4th - Head over to the port for our 11:00 - 11:30 scheduled arrival time (yes, even at the 75-day mark I was able to secure the early arrival time...whew!); possibly try for an upgrade to a verandah stateroom; just goof off on board and enjoy a few FABs.
October 5th - Nassau, with no real plans. This is Becky's first time out of the country, so we plan on getting our passports stamped (not sure how many Nassau ones are in my current passport!), m squared inc los angeles ca and then just wandering and shopping. Most likely we will spend a good deal of time just enjoying the ship as well.
October 6th - Castaway Cay. After Becky had mentioned how much she wanted to swim with dolphins, but would not do so without her kids (she and her husband plan on taking their family on a cruise possibly next year or the year after) I got in touch with her oldest daughter and we decided Castaway Ray's Stingray Adventure would be a good substitute for a surprise. Obviously I would not be able to keep this under wraps until the cruise which is what I wanted to do (considering it's right online under our activities), so I put together a little box of trinkets for Becky and sent it to her this week to coincide with the timing of our booking window. There were four items in the box representing each day, and a poem I wrote attached to each item:
Up next, I will post a few images of door magnets m squared inc los angeles ca I am making. Hopefully our Fish Extender will arrive soon as well (I ordered it just over a month ago), and I will post a picture of that when it gets here. Forgot to mention, I ordered an FE with Becky's name on it (since what I have has either Mom and me or DH and me). So this one will have Becky and me. She's crafty, so she can use it as a guide for when she sails with her family if they decide to do an FE (I am guessing m squared inc los angeles ca she will love this, so that will most likely be a yes). I have not mentioned the door magnets or FE - think those will be put up as a surprise. Oh, and a few of my FE gifts are on the way, so I will post pictures of those once I have them assembled!
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Since u r going adults only and u mentioned drinks..... I encourage u to go to the Cove Bar. It was my favorite place - sitting there enjoying a beverage while looking at the ocean!!!! And then on top of that we loved getting to know Alexandra, our bartender. She was so much fun and took such great care of us. When u c her, please tell her Susan from Texas says hi. U and Becky have a blast
First of all, it's totally not fair that you couldn't use your gold benefits on the first cruise as a gold member! But it's shaping up to be a fantastic cruise despite DVC's best efforts. You're a wonderful friend and I love the poems and goodies you gave your friend. Sounds like she deserves a bit of pampering (SEVEN kids!) and probably won't want to go home!
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Originally Posted by Beach4-2 Since u r going adults only and u mentioned drinks..... I encourage u to go to the Cove Bar. It was my favorite place - sitting there enjoying a beverage while looking at the ocean!!!! And then on top of that we loved getting to know Alexandra, our bartender. She was so much fun and took such great care of us. When u c her, please tell her Susan from Texas says hi. U and Becky have a blast Oh, I am a huge lover of Cove Cafe - we will definitely be spending time there! Quote:
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