Trip Report Cruising With the 27 Ladies of Leisure!

What:

This is the long anticipated, much ballyhooed, Unofficial WDWMagic girls cruise! Finally! We booked this baby two years ago! Where are the dancing banana smilies when you need them?!

Who:

The ladies of leisure you say? Why yes! This is what our assistant cruise director named us one day at a reception. But with his awesome accent it sounded more like the 27 ladies of leh-zure. Say that with an awesome accent. You can’t stop can you? Neither could I! :D

Here we are –



Oh wait! Didn’t count Minnie! She was on our cruise! 28 ladies of leh-zure?

When:

Well, the cruise was September 8-12, 2013. Anybody who knows anything knows you can’t come in for a cruise on the day of the cruise! So my trip began on the 7th! A few months ago we found out that the annual Disney conference for Earmarked Agencies was taking place on the 15-19th. Well that was silly to fly home on the 12th just to fly back on the 14th! So I guess my 4 night cruise had just become 12 nights immersed in Disney!

It’s rough. Very rough.

I’ll do a separate report for the WDW stay so this doesn’t become too ginormous. But some of the Ladies of Leh-zure also make an appearance in that one! :)
 
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PolynesianPrincess

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Oooohhhh, more CC pics! I must say, some of my favorite pics from the trip as of us sitting with our toes in the water, looking at the ship. The cabana's are sooooo wroth $500! If you think about it, we did the dolphin swim at Nassau and that was $200 a person for about 45 minutes with the dolphin! And while it could have lasted the whole day between the dolphins, beach, slides in the water, etc... it didn't because it poured!! :( At least if it rains at CC you have that lovely cabana and you have it the whole day!!

Ohhhh those karaoke pics.... That was fun! :) @PartOfYourWorld is a great karaoke partner! I definitely did not do John Travola any justice when I sang his part!! lol
 
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Sans Souci said:
"Team Cabana" needs to be on next year's t-shirt.
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Great idea! I want two!

iloverags2 said:
Loving this report! I especially love your pics of the cabanas as I was finally able to snag one for our Feb Dream cruise (you know? the one where I mentioned I would be at CC on my birthday!). So looking forward to finally experiencing that. And we did select a family beach one, even though we are diehard SB fans...can't beat the view of the ship from the FB.

I had to laugh at the lizard launch and such. It's obvious you guys are not from Florida! LOL In fact, when I lived in the dorms at U of Miami, they were often found in our rooms (dead or alive). And not a day goes by during the summer that one is not nearly on my toes either walking out the front door, or nearing the building at work. I would have paid money to see that interaction!

Dinner at Palo...amazing as always!
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Speaking from the voice of experience, spending your birthday in a cabana on Castaway Cay is the best ever! Add in the Lovely Ladies of the Dream, and it's off the charts!

And @Disneyfalcon I need copies of those pictures of the writing in the sand - they have my birthday written across them!

This was truly the best day of the cuise and I so enjoyed reliving it through your amazing photos.
 
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I think we're all really glad you went back for the wide-angle, Tammy!! Fantastic shots. There's just something about those umbrellas...and of course, looking back at the Dream itself.

@jesemeca, good eye!! I'm going to have to go back now and have another look at that photo.

The photo of the chandelier reflected in the grand piano is stunning.
 
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Tammy I agree with all, your photos are just amazing! No I didn't write in the sand, but had the idea...
What I would give to be at CC right now!!!! Thanks too for all the pictures you took of me. CC 5K been there, done that..Should have gone island exploring instead..Oh well, I will just do that next time around!
Missy is a hoot and fun to be around, she will brightens anyone's day!
Ok daydreaming done-time to get back to work....Happy Monday everyone!
 
Disneyfalcon

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derelicte19 said:
Oooohhhh, more CC pics! I must say, some of my favorite pics from the trip as of us sitting with our toes in the water, looking at the ship. The cabana's are sooooo wroth $500! If you think about it, we did the dolphin swim at Nassau and that was $200 a person for about 45 minutes with the dolphin! And while it could have lasted the whole day between the dolphins, beach, slides in the water, etc... it didn't because it poured!! :( At least if it rains at CC you have that lovely cabana and you have it the whole day!!

Ohhhh those karaoke pics.... That was fun! :) @PartOfYourWorld is a great karaoke partner! I definitely did not do John Travola any justice when I sang his part!! lol
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I agree. I loved sitting with our toes in the water and pictures of it take me right back.

Totally worth it!!

I am so glad ya'll sang. It's so much more fun when you know someone singing!! :)

Tiggerfanatic said:
Great idea! I want two!



Speaking from the voice of experience, spending your birthday in a cabana on Castaway Cay is the best ever! Add in the Lovely Ladies of the Dream, and it's off the charts!

And @Disneyfalcon I need copies of those pictures of the writing in the sand - they have my birthday written across them!

This was truly the best day of the cuise and I so enjoyed reliving it through your amazing photos.
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You did set the bar high for all future birthdays! :)

I can send you some pictures too! Just let me know!

derelicte19 said:
It was my Mama who wrote in the sand! I have a couple pictures of it too Sherry so I will send them to you :)
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Terryn! So glad she did it!

Tiggerish said:
I think we're all really glad you went back for the wide-angle, Tammy!! Fantastic shots. There's just something about those umbrellas...and of course, looking back at the Dream itself.

@jesemeca, good eye!! I'm going to have to go back now and have another look at that photo.

The photo of the chandelier reflected in the grand piano is stunning.
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Thank you, Siobhan! I like the reflection pictures too! :)

LuvsTheMouse said:
Tammy I agree with all, your photos are just amazing! No I didn't write in the sand, but had the idea...
What I would give to be at CC right now!!!! Thanks too for all the pictures you took of me. CC 5K been there, done that..Should have gone island exploring instead..Oh well, I will just do that next time around!
Missy is a hoot and fun to be around, she will brightens anyone's day!
Ok daydreaming done-time to get back to work....Happy Monday everyone!
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It was an excellent idea! :)

She does brighten everyone's vacation! I agree! :)

Happy Monday!
 
Disneyfalcon

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Day 5 – Day at Sea

Last full day onboard! We thought we’d sleep in today, but I don’t think we slept past 8:30.

We got dressed and went for breakfast in Cabanas.

I’m pretty sure this was Missy’s. I am not a huge fan of the little Mickey waffles. :jawdrop: I know! Shame on me! They’re too crunchy! I like the big softer ones, but not these. Besides, there are no breakfast potatoes on this plate! It can’t be mine.





That’s more like it! :)




After we ate, we wandered for a little while. The princesses were holding court (see what I did there?) in the lobby:



Deck 4 was pretty quiet:



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Missy and I went to 687 for a pub quiz that morning. The host was hilarious! She told us she had the answers and we couldn’t argue with her answers. Besides the list was laminated she said! You obviously can’t argue with a laminated list, right?

Apparently the first answer was Speedy Gonzalez.




She was from the Great Britain and at one point told us how many people congratulated her when Kate and Will had a baby. She thinks it’s hilarious that Americans apparently think she had something to do with it. :)


We did pretty well actually! I think there were 15 teams or so and we came in 4th! And there were only two of us! Some teams had like 6 people on them so we obviously rocked.


We froze up on some we probably should have known (Ravenclaw is the 4th house of Hogwarts! Duh!!), but got a lot of them.


The host gave the winner a lovely prize of a plastic Monster’s Inc. cup and antenna topper. She talked up the “prize package” pretty big! Lol


After our fine performance, we went back to our room to change because we had big plans for lunch! We had reservations at Remy today with Sherry and Siobhan!


Woo hoo!


When you first go in for brunch, you go into a room where you’re served a plate of freshly shaved prosciutto and then a glass of champagne. The servers and sommelier come to tell you what to expect.







I asked for something non-alcoholic and was given the same drink they gave me the first evening when we dined in Remy. It was quite yummy.

Some of the champagne:

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Look at the chef!! Is this Gusteau or what? That can’t be a coincidence that the chef looks just like the chef in Ratatouille can it?





Missy found a small bottle of champagne…







They told us these were created for women! They’re cute and pocket size!





John Lasseter!

 
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When we got back to the room, Missy was tired! She tried to tell me she wasn’t moving out of the room, but I didn’t let her succumb to the tiredness. :)


We went to the stores for a little while and bought some gifts. Here’s Missy modeling the Vera Bradley onboard:





Up next was a private Mixology class with the ladies in Pink!





Everyone was kind of quiet at first. Very uncharacteristic! :)


Here’s the first group being instructed:








They’re going to work!



Drinks for everyone!


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Cheers!

 
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New group!





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Being a teetotaler myself, I was here strictly for social reasons. The class was $15 and I didn’t mind spending that. A couple of other ladies were just testing a tiny bit here and there so there were a few drinks left over each round that somehow never went undrunk. Is undrunk a word?

I didn’t know it until later, but some point here Jess P. asked the bartender if she could pour some coke for us. She said he scolded her for asking! No! He had something planned already for us! ;)

Shoutout to Jess for looking out for the coke drinker! :D
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At some point, this happened. I was politely sipping my shot glass when some of the ladies started yelling things like, “Chug it down!”, “Slam it back!” and other phrases I don’t often personally hear. :) I tried though:




We all did!



Then everyone yelled to put our empty glasses on the bar! So I did.

Hearing my glass hit the bar brought back a memory. Marion in Raiders of the Lost Ark. I remember the shot drinking scene! She didn’t politely set her shot glass on the bar. She turned that glass upside down and slammed it!

So channeling my best Marion, I picked my glass back up, turned it upside down and slammed it on the bar!

It was quite loud actually. For half a second I was afraid I broke something. :eek:

At that point I didn’t even realize people were still watching. But they were! And the ones that were cracked up at me. :D

Even bartender dude got a shocked look on his face when I did it.:joyfull:

I knew my love of Harrison Ford and his movies would come in handy one day.:D



On to the next drink!



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And that was the end of our Mixology class. It was a complete blast. Definitely worth $15.
 
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We all agreed to meet in the lobby in a few minutes wearing our Mouse Ears from Pam so we could get a group picture.




I didn’t think I was going to get a great picture indoors with no lighting for this huge group, but I wanted to try.


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While we were setting up and waiting for some ladies, the ships photographers showed up. Yay! We asked them to do one for us (with their cameras, they won’t do it with yours). I ran upstairs to take a couple first while everyone was still arriving:


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Then I came back down and the photographers rearranged us (they had a ladder!) and took a great picture. Several of us bought it. I know Kelly put it in her trip report.

Then we all went our separate ways until dinner.

Courtney and Jess with their first ears ever!


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