Disneyphile's Fabulous Cruise Adventure-

[frodo potter]

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!