Disneyphile's Fabulous Cruise Adventure-
 

I know some of us are getting text/pix messages from DP- came up with the brilliant idea to share it with everyone!

(I am so jealous!! But I love that she is sharing it with us-)

May 10, 2008


May 11, 2008


May 12, 2008


....will update more as we go along...

Glad she's having fun.

Sad that the cruise ship is no longer an incommunicado zone.

It would be if I were on it!

Or at least as far as my work knew...

Love the ears:



Wish I was there...

^ omg, HiDDen MiCKey!!!

Oooo.... LoT cruise! That would be so much fun!

Sigh, where's the Floating Lot Commune??





(But, and no offense meant, can I have JWBear's avatar boy down on his knees and groveling instead of BDBopper??)

Gabba Gabba??

Gabba Gabba = WTF ?

Woo for Disneyphile!! :)

Pfft, Aussies?


Clues: Tod Browning ... The Ramones ...

Oh !! Gabba, gabba, we accept you, we accept you. One of us! One of us!

Gotcha.

Oh, you got it right alright. I was totally asking if you were gay, and giving you the space to come out to the LoT if you were. Heheh.


But if you want to come out as a Christian instead, that's up to you ... and twice as daring. :cool:

No self-deprecation on the cruise thread. :p

Disneyphile's hair looks fab:snap: u :snap: lous.:snap:

Hummm, I don't think ISM has ever checked my sexual orientation....


Dear Mr. Bopper:

We understand that due to unfortunate circumstances you were denied entry into the "Bitter East Coast" club. That was really too bad.

However we think there might be room for you in another organization:

The Flaming Heterosexuals. We got it, we flaunt it. We have many great events! You can join us for Straight Day at Disneyland, we have 364 of them each year (365 on leap years). We'll save you a chair and a Playboy at our next meeting. :D

And back to our regularly scheduled 'drool' over such great pictures...how fun for T to be on the cruise.....she deserves it!

I'm so torn - yay for the Deserving Disneyphile -- or boo, hiss! rabid jealousy because she's there and I'm stuck here, not cruising, and monkeying with numbers.


Hmmm....yay! boo! yay! boo!

I think I need more photos to tip the balance.

Have any of you seen the "special" photo of the ménage à trois she was engaged in with Goofy and Mr. Incredible?

I'm saved from jealousy by the knowledge that while I love our one week Disney Cruise that I would go insane on a two-week cruise. Plus, by my count, I know about 45 people on the boat. That's too many to feel like I'm getting away.

But a lot of the people I know on board do love that much time on the ship and the continuous large party with friends atmosphere and that makes me pretty happy that they're getting to do it.

I hope she sends more pics soon- will post if she does. :)

May 13, 2008

Thanks for the updates Nephy! You mean I'm missing a Cirque style show too, man I'm bummed.

I hope they are all having a wonderful time, just sad I had to cancel.

They are in the canal right now.

The camera is pretty far out and hard to see but I saw DP

She has been having e-mail probles but more pictures are on the way

Message I got last night-

Hard to believe the trip is almost half over already- I am glad she is having a great time. :)

May 16, 2008

I found the webcam for the Gatun Locks but I cannot locate the webcam on the Disney Magic. Anybody have that URL?

No (don't think so)- it's something behind her that's white.

It should be checked out. She does have a history..... ;)

My understanding is there is no webcam on the ship only the ones in the locks.

Ha- I zoomed into the pic. It is not a bandage- I can see her whole thumb- and something white is in the background.

They may have already passed through the Gatun locks. You will get another chance to watch for them when they pass through the Miraflores locks.



ETA: they will go under the Centennial Bridge before the MiraFlores locks, so you can watch for that webcam also

My bad - they have already gone through the Gatun locks. They are scheduled to hit the Miraflores locks at 3:00 p.m. PST today.

Disneyphile has popped the Magic's cherry!

This is the magic's inaugural trip through the canal.

I love that DP is having a great time, but just thinking about her trip is getting me seasick...
:D

Um, no it's not.

There's a video of the inaugural trip on the site.

Miraflores Locks Camera - Disney Magic
Record of Inaugural Transit on May 20, 2005

It didn't fly to San Pedro. :p

So what are you saying?

Should I stop looking to see if I can spot Disneyphile on the video loop?

New message


Darnit- another chance to see it missed?

And another-

It's currently 1:15PST, still got time. But the Miraflores cam is down right now.

Interestingly, the centennial bridge cam was also down. Until the Magic passed, then it came back up. I hope that's not a trend.

If you click the "high resolution" tab - it seems to be working and is showing the Miraflores.

So it is, and there's the Magic!

And if you click the little magnifying glass in the corner, you get a wider angle shot that shows the whole ship.

That was cool.

I missed it :(

I posted it and I missed it- *sob*

You missed it!
Everyone on deck held hands and spelled out "Hi Nephy" with their bodies.
All that planning... down the drain...




:D

Damn, I didn't make it home on time.

I saw it, Nephy all spelled out and everything ;)

FYI... their was a Navy submarine in front of us... so they most likely played around with the webcams because of the classified nature?

any other photos out there?

I got nice photos of the sub, and locks.

Another sea day tomorrow... Ducky was today!

-gives thread back to Nephythys-

PPPHHHBBBTTTTT!!!;)


LOL- PPPHHHBBBTTTTT!!!!!:D

Dread Pirate has the pic upthread- I could not see that at work. Saw it today though- make me happy :)

Ok I have a couple of pics, She has been having internet problems but hopes to be able to get more pics off to us soon

She looks great! She looks like she is having a fabbbbulous time!!

Hey, is that alphabassettgrl? And, some of those other folk look familiar.

I love the dining area. Such a cute theme. :snap:

Aww, everyone looks so happy. Thanks for sharing!

Hey, if Mickey's there, then who's in Fantasmic over at Disneyland? Hmmmm, I wonder....

I recognized a couple faces from MiceChat and a few others look familiar, she looks wonderful. I'm so glad she's having a great trip.

Waitasec. If Mickey is taking pictures with DP, who's driving the boat?
I'm beginning to think that he's not a real captain at all.

Well, he was rather insistent on inviting people up to see the Poop Deck.

May 19, 2008

Why is she wearing her California driver's license as a nametag?

A cruiseship is pretty big, and doesn't respond to the helm very quickly. Mickey has ample time to let go of the wheel, run back for a picture, put his steamboat willy hat back on, and saunter to the wheel house.

That's a relief.

I'm not worried about the steering, it's Mickey's mouse-ke-margaritas that have me concerned. No quero un raton borracheo.

Mickey too important to steer the ship. He has people for that.

Why, so she can drive the boat into California silly!!

I was wondering what that "thud" was.

She is so gonna love this thread when she gets back. :)

Don't you know anything?
That's the only way to make sure she's not a pirate trying to take the ship. Or a scallawag stowaway. Or a siren trying to sink the ship with song.
Or it could be a way to identify who's who. You know, in case of... that's right, Kraken attack...

I thought it was just to make it quicker to get drinks. No fumbling around in your purse looking for your ID.

Would make for a very interesting party! I wonder what the dip would be?

Ok, I have another update:



Hola Amigos!

I survived the very hot and humid weather in Acapulco yesterday while
trekking up 560 very uneven stone steps to the Palma Sola
archaeological site where we saw over a dozen petroglyphs. I'm quite
surprised I made it to the top, but I did, and the view of the bay was
incredible!

Later that day, I ventured just outside the terminal to visit some
street vendors and found a very old native woman who just kept
chanting with her hands out. So, I decided to hand her a dollar,
because I found her intriguing. She took my hand in both of hers and
began chanting a very neat blessing (at least I hope it was a
blessing), following with something that sounded like "Amen" after
about five minutes of interesting babble. The experience alone was
worth the buck. I wish I could have gotten a photo of her, but didn't
want to disrupt her constant ceremonial activity. On the way back to
the ship, I bought a little pink plastic bobble-leg lobster from a
kid. It's one of the weirdest things I've seen yet.

Last night, they transformed the adult pool deck into an "ultra
lounge", complete with posh pillows, curtains, and some swanktastic
music. I took a short video clip of the ambience and will post that
when I get home. It was like a little bit of LoT right here onboard,
and totally made me miss you all even more.

Tomorrow (Wednesday), we're in Puerto Vallarta, where I get to train
dolphins and sealions for the whole day. I'm really looking forward to
all of it, except for the wetsuit part, since I'm afraid my fellow
trainers might try to throw *me* some fish. Heh. ;)

I've been getting my hair double french braided every other day for
only $4 by the Caribbean hair braiders onboard. When I pull it out, it
looks all wavy and awesome. Unfortunately, I didn't figure this out
until we were mostly halfway through the trip, otherwise, I would have
let them do my hair from the beginning, since it's so cheap and makes
it so manageable without breaking my hair like the cornrows did.

Today was MouseAdventure at Sea. I found our packet on our door just
before 11am, and had it turned in by 3pm. The only downfall - we had
to score something in shuffleboard, and I couldn't score a single
point, so we missed that possible 10 points. :( But, it was fun, and
my dad had a blast with it too. We'll know the results tomorrow.

Tonight, we had a special performance by Alfonso Riberio and Joey
Fatone. They were actually really good, and I got some great footage.
They will be with us all the way to Los Angeles, and are doing an
autograph signing in a couple more days.

Right now, it's just a bit before midnight, and we're only 60 miles
from PV, so we're only traveling at 8.2 knots, which is making the
boat shake like crazy, since we're not really cutting through the
moderate swells. It's like a constant 4.0 earthquake almost. But, I'm
very used to it by now. And, I can hardly complain, because the
weather has been perfectly sunny, except for a short patch of rain as
we left port last night.

I'll write again soon! :)

woot!! Thanks FP

I'm not sure why this didn't get here till today but here is DP's update from the 18th:
Hi Everyone!

Greetings from the Magic! It's Sunday, May 18th, and we're currently
sailing off the coast of Central America, heading towards Mexico. The
canal crossing was nothing short of amazing, stupendous, wonderous,
etc., etc. There are no words to describe it, but I do have pictures,
which will probably have to wait until I get home, because I took no
less than 200 just through the crossing alone. In the meantime, enjoy
the photos that I took us through our stop in Aruba. :) I wanted to do
more updates and send more photos, but the internet connections are
usually very sporadic and I can only send so much via photo text
messages.

Right now, it's 2pm, and there have been quite a few sealife
encounters in the last couple days. We've seen dolphins and whales,
and also have had a large flock of birds following alongside the ship,
hunting the flying fish. It's breathtaking, and I've never experienced
so much activity on the seas before. There was even a
waterspout/"tornado" yesterday. Nature is definitely making herself
known on this voyage.

On Wednesday, we were in Aruba, which was surprisingly dry and not
tropical at all. The island is largely rock coral, and is heavily
populated with assorted cacti and iguanas. We took a semi-submersible
craft to a historic shipwreck. It was so beyond awesome! The people of
Aruba are very friendly, and largely poor. The minimum wage is $805
per month, which is also the lowest rent for a one-room apartment. A
couple of us had a great lunch at a local cafe. There were these puff
pastries filled with Dutch gouda cheese that I wish I could eat all
day long. Wolfy and I also went shopping for some tacky souvenirs. At
one shop, she asked the man for a lower price, and he obliged, saying,
"Just please promise me that you'll vote for Obama. We're tired of
this war. Tired of people dying and tired of people being poor." It
was really interesting to hear a foreign opinion firsthand. Anyway, I
ended up with a stuffed rainbow goat on a spring as my tacky prize for
that port. It's awesome! I also bought two bottles of mystery drink at
a convenience store. It is in a soda bottle with a white label that
reads "Nesbitts" with a rainbow and barcode - no ingredients or
flavors are indicated, yet the two bottles I contain two very
different colors. I asked the cashier what flavors they were, and even
he couldn't tell me. It's a little frightening, so I think I'll save
those for my husband to try first. ;)

Our group of 14 are all seated at the same table in the dining room.
We're the rowdiest bunch onboard, and lots of fun has been had so far.
We've had a private brunch at Palo, and we have the best table
reserved for us in the main dining rooms. Our service staff love us
because we're so lively.

Passing by Guantanamo Bay was interesting - through my binoculars, I
could see a patrol boat speeding along the shoreline. The actual bay
was just on the other side of the hills, so there were no buildings or
anything that we could see. Unfortunately, it was already nightfall by
the time we passed Haiti, so I have no pics of that.

Tomorrow, we dock in Acapulco. A few of us are signed up for a hike to
some ancient petroglyphs.

So far, we've gotten some behind-the-scenes looks at the upcoming Walt
Disney Family Museum. We absolutely need a group swanking to San
Francisco next year. The museum is going to be incredible, and really
pay homage to Walt's legacy, without the company's over-marketing,
etc. It's a nice tribute to have something separate from the typical
corporate stuff.

Oh, and for some of the guys back home, there was dancing cowboy
eye-candy last night on stage at one of the clubs. Don't worry - I
made sure to take video. ;)

Anyway, that's my more extensive update-at-sea instead of a tiny text
message today.

Nesbitts !! We have that!! It's boot polish.

Dancing table cowboys !! Woo Hoo !!




(BTW, just joking about the Boot Polish.....)

Well, I'm back.

:)

Just stepped in the door and gotta unpack and get some laundry going before even thinking of a trip report. I'll post some pics tomorrow once my brother gives me the dang USB cable for his camera.

The trip was everything I wanted and then some... seriously I just came back into my room and started crying. What a pansy, I tells ya!

Now I gotta read this thread to find out what happened. ;)

I'm home also.....Wolfette already left to skate with Dan. Tim and I are having some alone time together.

Will have pics posted tomorrow.

Nice to be back home!

Did anyone else automatically try to click the mojo comment on Cherny's post?

DP is finally back I missed her so much.

I am so happy that she is finally home Yea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am SO tired. I slept for 12 hours.

Now I gotta catch up.

I totally slacked on photos - less than 1,500. But, I have over 12 hours of video footage. Good thing I'll edit that down some. ;)

And, I'm actually a bit sea-sick right now - my body keeps wanting to bob back and forth a bit, and it feels like the room is moving, so my stomach is doing flip-flops. I don't have any problem on a boat, but once I'm back.... ick.

Gotta get your land legs back.

Welcome home, DP!

Have you been away ?? ;)

Yeah trying really hard not to sink into what I think DP called the "cruise blues"... However, on an up note I do feel very rested -- so I accomplished what I wanted to on vacation. I needed a total decompression. And it's also quite freeing work-wise knowing that I can finally start my job search to move the heck on now. A few areas of my life need a total reboot, and work is public enemy #1.

And I'm still 1152 days sober today, even after all that cruising. Woot!

My brother is giving me that cable tonite, so hopefully tomorrow or Wednesday I'll have some pics up of the ship, etc.

Welcome home!

A happy welcome home to all cruisers!

Welcome home, cruisy people!

Welcome back!!

so many photos... too many to edit, esp when it comes to all the shows.

I hope i got day 1 up on smug mug, now to finish editing day 2.

Such a good trip, and DP is such an amazing person. Glad I'm not the only one who is "land-sick". Been asleep most of the day. I think of having to go back to work tomorrow and just want to cry.

Cherny, you are such an amazing person! Getting to know you better was one of the highlights of my trip.

Shayne

I only took around 350 pics...I'm so ashamed!

Getting to know everyone on the cruise was one of the best parts of the trip (maybe the Canal was better)!

Welcome back! I can't wait to see pics and hear stories.

Welcome back! I'm massively jealous, but pretending that I'm vicariously relaxing reading about how relaxed you all were.

Welcome Back!

Welcome back! I can't wait to read the stories and see all the photos/video clips!

Welcome home everyone!! :D

Welcome back one and all!

1500 pics is slacking?

I was thinking the same thing.

What he said :D

No

What a better way to beat the cruise blues than to book another? :D

Ken and I are already looking at a 7-night eastern Caribbean next September. (If it turns out that Tokyo is going to be too expensive for us.)

Hmmm. Just went on Travelocity and found roundtrip flight to Tokyo with 6-night stay at the Radisson for $1,244 per person.

And, a 4-day TDL park-hopper pass is only $144.

Tokyo might actually be doable...

Stoat and I both say: *YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY* :D :cheers: :snap:

No, No, No! You are not allowed to post about your NEXT trip unitl you have fulfilled my vicarious travel needs. Photos and vid clips to be precise.

Oh, and welcome back!

USD?!

Tokyo is REALLY doable.

Ya it is.

They're coming, I promise. Just finished unpacking yesterday. ;)

Welcome back!

I can't wait to see the pics, well actually I guess I do, have to wait but you know what I mean;)

I'm glad to hear everyone had a wonderful, relaxing vacation!

You do realize that the Radisson is about 70 miles from TDL. Trains are fast and cheap, but quite a hassle. Travelocity does require full payment when booked and no guarantee how long those prices will be held.

The Wolfpack is still throwing around the idea, but going to wait a bit more.