Trip Report The Fairytale & Dream Come True-May 2013 DFTW/Honeymoon TR

The Fairytale & Dream Come True-May 2013 DFTW & Honeymoon Report

Welcome to the very best trip report EVER!!!!! I can’t believe I’m sitting here writing this when I’ve been married for over two months now…yep that’s right! I went down to the happiest place on earth and got married!! Oh aaaannd I went on my very first cruise! (Apologies to my cruise ladies…that was supposed to be my first cruise, but I made a cruise a first for me and my husband!) So thanks for tuning in and I hope you enjoy! Here we go!!!!!!

WHEN: May 18-May 28, 2013

WHERE: May 18-23: The Boardwalk Inn, May 23-26: Disney Dream, May 26-28: Art of Animation: Little Mermaid room

WHO: There were a lot of characters that made appearances during this trip! Myself, my now husband Mike (who hasn’t been to the world since he was 12 and he is now 26), Mom (who you know from my many previous trip reports), Dad (his first trip EVER and first time to FL), Memere & Pepere (my grandparents whom are lovers of Disney & resided in FL for a few winters), Aunt (tagged along to help the grandparents), Mom-in-law & Dad-in-law (Mike’s parents), Brother & his gf (Mike’s brother and his gf tagged along for the journey too! It was her first time to WDW and they had a blast!)

Now everyone pretty much came in on the 18th and left on the 22nd (except us). The other characters will make appearances in a few places but I’ll only post a picture of us for now.

Mike and I right after we got engaged in Seabrook, NH on the Beach on August 12, 2012.
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A little background on Mike and I and this decision before I begin…Mike and I have been together for almost 5 years now. We met in college through a mutual friend and the rest is history :) I knew there was something about him from the moment I laid eyes on him, and fortunately he felt the same about me. I did warn him about my Disney addiction way in the beginning & said if we get married it will be in Disney World. I guess he didn’t mind because well he let my dream come true! We were originally planning on getting married in March 2014, but since we were both already out of school and had full time jobs…we figured why not sooner! So about 7 months before the big day in October…we decided to get married in Disney World in May! We were so excited to get planning and thought it was so far away! But my, did the time come very fast! Thank you for tuning in and I hope you enjoy it!

Note: I did not take notes on this trip at all I was having too much fun to stop and write so this is going all from my pictures and memory!

During the wedding days of the trip, we used these awesome Times Guides that @HollyBelle made for us!!! Thank you thank you thank you!!!!! Everyone loved them!!!

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We bought some new suitcases & luggage tags for this trip
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Our pre-trip package from the awesome Tammy at Kingdom Konsultants!!
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PartOfYourWorld

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We lived next to this Eye Scream the whole trip…NOM NOM NOM
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The funnels look gorgeous at night
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We went back to our room to head to bed and get ready for our day in Nassau!

Love the Elevators!
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When we got back we had a surprise! It was a replica of the Disney Dream!!!! Thanks @Disneyfalcon!
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I totally noticed this when I was getting ready for bed…it’s all in the details!
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We headed into bed and turned on the TV, it took us forever to pick one of the endless movie options that are on there! We decided on a Bug’s Life because I hadn’t seen it, but I ended up falling asleep about 15 minutes in..whoops! Tomorrow night!! The motion of the boat was actually nice to fall asleep too…I liked it!

Stay tuned because there is plenty more where that came from!!! :)
 

Disneyfalcon

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Yay! Wedding pictures!
They are just stunning. Absolutely stunning!! Jason is amazing!
The whole ceremony was beautiful! Thank you for sharing it with us!
How perfect to end with a Fireworks cruise!


And portraits before the Magic Kingdom opens? Swoon. I know you can't pick one, I don't know if I could either, but I love this one!! Love it!!

Yay for the cruise! I love that you put both sets of ears up at once. That looks amazing!!!
That button is perfect. Totally perfect!
And you are so welcome for the little ship! I was thinking about you! :)
 

PolynesianPrincess

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Jess reading this is getting me SO EXCITED for our cruise! As if I wasn't already super excited anyways, reading about your adventures is amping me up even more!! Woot woot!!

I laughed outloud when I read that your stateroom host folded all your clothes, even the worn underwear! hahaha. He definitely seemed like he was aiming to please!!

I love those Just Married buttons. I need to snag some somehow because in the future, when I get married at Disney, I want buttons that say Just Married, not Happily Ever After!
 

sweetpee_1993

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Yaaaaayyy!!! Awesome start to the cruise! I remember the first time we topped that hill and I actually saw the Disney Dream with my own eyes, not a picture. I teared up. And I don't cry at weddings. I think there's something wrong with my crier. LOL!

Cabanas can be extremely overwhelming especially when it's super busy the first day. We had a difficult time finding a breakfast table big enough for 6 or 7 when we were recently on the Fantasy. There's some people who have a hard time with Cabanas at first because they think it's like a traditional buffet lineup but it's not. It's pod-style. Go to the pod with the food you want and get it. No need to wait forever going pod to pod in a line. I guess maybe we should mention that on the girls cruise thread just in case. Speaking of, now that you've been onboard and as a person with fresh eyes, if you think of anything that's not been mentioned that we haven't brought up especially for the first-timers PLEASE throw it out there! I'm sure there's tons I'm forgetting!

Sounds like y'all got a great room steward. They spoil you sooooooo baaaaaaaad....which I loooooove! I could sooooo live that way! Ugh!

I love the decor in Royal Palace. The longer you look around at the little things the more details appear. It's really remarkable the level of detail without it being totally in your face. Did you see the big center table under the pretty chandelier?! I want to sit THERE!!!!! LOL! On the Fantasy the same restaurant is Royal Court and I don't think it's as detailed as 'Palace. I like 'Palace better!

Can't wait for MORE!

The days are slipping by so fast now! Cannot wait to meet all my girls! So soon now! Yaaaaaaaayyyy!!!!
 

Disney80

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WOW!

Another wonderful installment with the start of the cruise YAY!

Loved the pics. I'm realizing that there are some pretty amazing photographers on here and my taking pictures skills are not even close.

Remind me again when you went on the Dream cruise? I need to find someone that was on the Dream on May 20 in Nassau, the crazy Carnival Victory/NKOTB cruise next to the Dream, that was us! :hilarious:

Can't wait for the rest :eek: what??? I love great TRs :p
 

plaz10

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SO I'm way behind.

I totally teared up at your ceremony - that is a terrible sign for things to come for my own wedding. I'm gonna be a mess.

Seriously - beautiful ceremony, beautiful details and pictures. But your bridal portraits? JAW DROPPINGLY GORGEOUS! You and Mike look so happy and in love. Truly amazing.

I must say - the cruise portion has me CRAZY excited for our cruise (IN LESS THAN ONE MONTH). I just went online and ordered more clothes. I'm nuts. Kelly already told me I'd overpack - she's so right. I needed a new tank for Pirate night. And then it was free shipping if I got another. OBVIOUSLY I got two. Silly.

I'm also currently watching "The Little Mermaid" and telling my nephew how awesome Ursula is...he's 2. His reply? "Bubbles." :D

In conclusion - gorgeous bridal pictures. Happy couple. Crazy jealous of MK stage pictures. CRUISE excitement. Overspending on overpacking. Ursula.

Can't wait to read more!!
 

LoveDisneyGirl

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I am loving your trip report! I've never met you and I definitely found myself tearing up at your wedding pictures! They are amazing! You look so happy and you can definitely feel that through the photos. :)

I'm looking forward to the rest of your report and to hear more about the cruise! @sweetpee_1993 has gotten me hooked on her cruise reports and I'm obsessed with reading others experiences now! Someday I'll get my California self over to the "other" coast and experience it myself! But for now, I'll live vicariously through this trip report!
 

PartOfYourWorld

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Yay! Wedding pictures!
They are just stunning. Absolutely stunning!! Jason is amazing!
The whole ceremony was beautiful! Thank you for sharing it with us!
How perfect to end with a Fireworks cruise!



And portraits before the Magic Kingdom opens? Swoon. I know you can't pick one, I don't know if I could either, but I love this one!! Love it!!

Yay for the cruise! I love that you put both sets of ears up at once. That looks amazing!!!
That button is perfect. Totally perfect!
And you are so welcome for the little ship! I was thinking about you! :)

Thank you for all the kind words Tammy!!!!!!!! :) The fireworks cruise was definitely the perfect ending to the perfect day.

And I have to say that is one of my favorites too! That was one of the pics I was shown in the camera that morning and when I saw it I was like...WOW. That's my husband! All those pictures are just so great.

haha thanks! I had to put them both up! I thought they were so cute together!
Thank you! Awwww and thank you so much for thinking of us it was one of our favorite souvenirs!

Jess reading this is getting me SO EXCITED for our cruise! As if I wasn't already super excited anyways, reading about your adventures is amping me up even more!! Woot woot!!

I laughed outloud when I read that your stateroom host folded all your clothes, even the worn underwear! hahaha. He definitely seemed like he was aiming to please!!

I love those Just Married buttons. I need to snag some somehow because in the future, when I get married at Disney, I want buttons that say Just Married, not Happily Ever After!


I know right??? I mean I'm reading it as I'm posting it and I'm getting super AMPED too for our cruise!!! Can't wait to get back on there!

hahaha he was definitely aiming to please and probably aiming for a higher tip! Which he got! But he was great in just more aspects than that!

I know! I wish I would have gotten some with Cindy on it from the parks before they got rid of them! But people still recognized our buttons as us getting married! So try to snag some if you can!!!

Yaaaaayyy!!! Awesome start to the cruise! I remember the first time we topped that hill and I actually saw the Disney Dream with my own eyes, not a picture. I teared up. And I don't cry at weddings. I think there's something wrong with my crier. LOL!

Cabanas can be extremely overwhelming especially when it's super busy the first day. We had a difficult time finding a breakfast table big enough for 6 or 7 when we were recently on the Fantasy. There's some people who have a hard time with Cabanas at first because they think it's like a traditional buffet lineup but it's not. It's pod-style. Go to the pod with the food you want and get it. No need to wait forever going pod to pod in a line. I guess maybe we should mention that on the girls cruise thread just in case. Speaking of, now that you've been onboard and as a person with fresh eyes, if you think of anything that's not been mentioned that we haven't brought up especially for the first-timers PLEASE throw it out there! I'm sure there's tons I'm forgetting!

Sounds like y'all got a great room steward. They spoil you sooooooo baaaaaaaad....which I loooooove! I could sooooo live that way! Ugh!

I love the decor in Royal Palace. The longer you look around at the little things the more details appear. It's really remarkable the level of detail without it being totally in your face. Did you see the big center table under the pretty chandelier?! I want to sit THERE!!!!! LOL! On the Fantasy the same restaurant is Royal Court and I don't think it's as detailed as 'Palace. I like 'Palace better!

Can't wait for MORE!

The days are slipping by so fast now! Cannot wait to meet all my girls! So soon now! Yaaaaaaaayyyy!!!!

It was such an awesome moment! I can't wait to go through it again, so soon! The days are coming closer and closer!!!!

I definitely think we should mention it on the cruise thread. That was the only time we felt overwhelmed. I mean like you said once we figured out how it worked we were okay with it, but for a first timer, we didn't even realize and I had read up on a few things and read trip reports, etc and still wasn't prepared. I'm trying to think of things, but right now I can't think of anything else but that moment. If I think of something I will definitely mention it on the cruise thread!

We definitely did! OMG so bad, just wait til we go back to Walt Disney World after the cruise and I mention how we felt about that...even after three days, we were so spoiled and felt like we didn't have to take our own plates at Walt Disney World LOL.

I love the decor in there. I want to explore more details when we go because I feel like I didn't even get to see anything and to be honest I didn't even notice there was a big table under that! I was probably so excited taking everything in that I missed that detail! Gotta look out for that next month!

24 days until we all go down to the world!!!!!!!!! :) Less than a month now..CAN'T WAIT!

WOW!

Another wonderful installment with the start of the cruise YAY!

Loved the pics. I'm realizing that there are some pretty amazing photographers on here and my taking pictures skills are not even close.

Remind me again when you went on the Dream cruise? I need to find someone that was on the Dream on May 20 in Nassau, the crazy Carnival Victory/NKOTB cruise next to the Dream, that was us! :hilarious:

Can't wait for the rest :eek: what??? I love great TRs :p

Thank you so much for following along!!!! ANd thank you so much for the kind comments!

We were on the cruise from the 23rd-26th. So that wasn't us unfortunately, but that would have been AWESOME to be next too!!!!!

More coming up sooon!!!!!!! :) Stay tuned!!!

SO I'm way behind.

I totally teared up at your ceremony - that is a terrible sign for things to come for my own wedding. I'm gonna be a mess.

Seriously - beautiful ceremony, beautiful details and pictures. But your bridal portraits? JAW DROPPINGLY GORGEOUS! You and Mike look so happy and in love. Truly amazing.

I must say - the cruise portion has me CRAZY excited for our cruise (IN LESS THAN ONE MONTH). I just went online and ordered more clothes. I'm nuts. Kelly already told me I'd overpack - she's so right. I needed a new tank for Pirate night. And then it was free shipping if I got another. OBVIOUSLY I got two. Silly.

I'm also currently watching "The Little Mermaid" and telling my nephew how awesome Ursula is...he's 2. His reply? "Bubbles." :D

In conclusion - gorgeous bridal pictures. Happy couple. Crazy jealous of MK stage pictures. CRUISE excitement. Overspending on overpacking. Ursula.

Can't wait to read more!!

Awww thanks Jess!!!!!!! I'm glad all of you are tearing up for me at my own wedding..still can't believe I didn't cry!!! And I'll cry for tons of things Disney...I'm so weird!

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm glad you loved them!!!!

YAY! Can't believe it's less than one month away! More cruise installment coming up next so keep reading!!! :) I'm getting excited reading back on it knowing it's coming up so soon! hahaha I think we're all going to overpack...you're not the only one who bought more clothes...I bought a new dress while in NH this past weekend and I bought a new Ariel dress Hot Topic just came out with......all I'm going to be wearing is Disney clothes from Hot Topic on this trip LOL.

hahaha Bubbles. :) At least she doesn't scare him! :)
 

PartOfYourWorld

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I am loving your trip report! I've never met you and I definitely found myself tearing up at your wedding pictures! They are amazing! You look so happy and you can definitely feel that through the photos. :)

I'm looking forward to the rest of your report and to hear more about the cruise! @sweetpee_1993 has gotten me hooked on her cruise reports and I'm obsessed with reading others experiences now! Someday I'll get my California self over to the "other" coast and experience it myself! But for now, I'll live vicariously through this trip report!

Thanks so much!!!!!!!!!!! and thank you for reading and tuning in I truly appreciate it! :)

More cruise portion coming up right after this!!!!!! :) You definitely have to come over here one day and come on a cruise!!!!!!!
 

PartOfYourWorld

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Friday May 24th-Nassau, Bahamas

Good morning from the newlywed verandah!
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Okay, so I’ll be honest, I slept through the whole night and when I woke up I seriously forgot for a minute I was on a Disney Cruise ship…when I saw light peeking through the curtain I got up so fast and ran to the verandah. It was right after 730.
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I spy land!
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We got ready and headed down for some breakfast. We decided to eat at Animator’s Palate for breakfast since we wouldn’t be going there that night for the dinner rotation.

In the elevator
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I just love portholes!
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The floor was my favorite!
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We sat at table 47 this morning!
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Love these plates!
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Hey look it’s another carpet I’m obsessing over!
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I had the DCL breakfast, it was sooooooo yummmmy!
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Mike had the Trio Platter and he loved his too!!!!
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During breakfast, we had docked in Nassau. You could feel the boat pulling into dock. It was pretty cool to see the water in our glasses move, etc.

We got out in time to get in line for the 9 am Princess Gathering in the Atrium! Yes I can see princesses at the parks, but I wanted to see everyone on the ship!
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While we waited in line Peter Pan was greeting everyone…he was a buff one too…weird.
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PartOfYourWorld

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Stitch is on the loose!!!
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Finally, after what seemed like forever we made it to the first princess…Snow White!
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Ariel was next and she was so cute asking about the ring and all.
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Belle came next and she was very nice as well!
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Tiana was not very interactive with us, we kind of just took the picture.
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Cinderella was really nice too!!!
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We walked around the ship to see the different views of Nassau!
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I loved this bird with Atlantis in the background!
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It was time for our excursion to the Atlantis resort so we continued down to the D-Lounge.
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Tons of Little Mermaid paintings!
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What a fitting painting for today!
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We met in the D-Lounge at 11 am for our excursion in the Pocahontas group. We disembarked the ship and got onto the island, it was pretty cool to be in a different part of the world, it was the first time we had ever stepped foot out of the U.S. (well besides Canada). When we saw the buses we were getting on, we were a little leary, and unfortunately Mike and I were the last ones on this particular one and had to sit apart. I didn’t like it, but we dealt with it on our tour through Nassau……I would never walk around that town by myself.

After our tour of the town, we finally were heading to Atlantis!
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We got off the bus and were placed in a tour group to see the Atlantis resort. I loved our tour guide, I think she was actually younger than me probably 20 years old but she was really good!

Entrance
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Four different areas of the casino
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PartOfYourWorld

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Pretty ceiling
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Monster Stingray! (I forgot what her name was)
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School of fish
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This animal she was holding was gross! Felt slimy too!
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Jellyfish!
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There she is again!
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We walked around outside to the next aquarium…what a beautiful resort. I don’t think I would be interested in staying here though. Just beautiful to look at.
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We were still very excited to see the resort because we had always seen it on TV and we were happy to finally be here in person!
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We continued walking around the resort
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And we encountered a shark! AHH!
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My favorite part was up next…going through the tunnel! This was wicked cool and what I had been looking forward to most about this tour!
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Next up was seeing the Stingrays! By this point, we were kind of ready to go. It was a great tour and all and we’re glad we did it, but we were just ready to get back on that ship!
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Last but not least were the turtles! Now they were cute :D
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We finished our tour and headed back onto a bus to take us back. We had no interest in walking around Atlantis anymore. The bus left almost right away since it doesn’t take long to fill up. Before we knew it we were back in front of our floating home!
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Wanted to get a picture with this sign, but there was just waaaay too many people
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What a nice aft.
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PartOfYourWorld

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We headed back up to our room where our friends were waiting for us
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We hung out for a bit and went to go lay up on deck…well that only lasted about 30 minutes. We were sweating like pigs, we went to go look for a shaded area but those were all taken so back to the room we went!

We headed back out around 4 and you could see that pirate night was coming out in full force!
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We found ourselves playing….
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I’m a huge BINGO nut so I had to come play on the ship at least one day! I found it cool that you got these electronic cards and paper cards!
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Before they started the game, they have to have someone verify all the numbers. They have this random name generator that has everyone’s name stored in a computer and spits one out,..well guess who that was?! ME! I verified the numbers and ended up getting a coupon for a free 8x10 photo from shutters! SCORE!
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Unfortunately, we never ended up winning anything else at BINGO, but it was a ton of fun and I would totally do it again!!!! We wandered around and found ourselves having more ice cream…..I haven’t even mentioned all the times we’ve been up there lol. Little Mermaid was playing on the funnel vision so we stood and watched for a little bit!
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We headed back to our room and we began pulling out from port! We hopped on our Verandah to see what was going on. It was pretty cool because there was a Carnival ship right on the side of us and a lot of people got on their verandah’s as well and we all waved good-bye to each other. It was really really cool.

See ya later Nassau!
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We got ready for our show and dinner (dinner tonight was at Palo!) We were so excited to see….
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Before the show started Pain and Panic were walking around the audience taking pictures with people…and they came to our area! Pain and Panic are my two absolute favorites from Hercules. I was so excited to actually get my picture with them!
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Villains Tonight was really funny. We thought it was better than the Golden Mickey’s the night before by far. Whoever played Hades did a really good job at it.

After the show ended we wanted to make sure we were one of the first in line for Jack Sparrow before dinner. He had just finished his first set and it would be a little bit before he was coming back, but we already jumped in line because there was about 3 families waiting.
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Finally Jack Sparrow came out and we threw on our pirate gear over our nice clothes. He was a great Jack, he noticed our Just Married buttons, and made a few jokes with us, made a few risqué ones too haha.
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We headed up towards Palo since it was almost time for our dinner. We spotted a beautiful sunset on the way.
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Getting ready for Pirates in the Caribbean!
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I had to stop to use the bathroom near Palo…um AMAZING.
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Check-in!
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Fancy Plates!
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I just want to say here that our server at Palo was AMAZING. I’m so mad I don’t remember his name, all I remember is it started with the letter H (Hei-something?) from South Africa (I’m pretty sure) and he was around our age (25-29ish). Cruise ladies if you see him at night please remember his name for me! After a little bit he realized that we weren’t up on this fancy stuff and relaxed a little bit and had fun with us..he even laughed with us (because we were making fun of ourselves for not drinking alcohol) when we didn’t drink anything and had just Sprite LOL. He talked to us about how he came to be a server and he was asking about us a little, he was a really awesome server! We had a great time! At the end of the meal he told us he would be at the BBQ over at Serenity Bay on Castaway Cay the next day!

Menu
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Roses on the table
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PartOfYourWorld

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View from our table
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First were some appetizers! I forget what I had…I didn’t like it very much though.
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Mike had fried Calamari, which was really good!
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Then we were given a sherbert like thing to cleanse the palette. It was yummy. He asked us before he brought it if we drank…because it had alcohol in it and we said oh we do, we just weren’t feeling the drinks that night lol because we’re probably the only people who get Sprite at a fancy dining restaurant haha
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We both had the beef (or was it pork? Close enough) dish. AND OMG BEST DECISION EVER. It was THE BEST
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Us at our table
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We got a special plate wishing us a Happy Honeymoon…awwww
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Desert for me was Raspberry cheesecake…YUM
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Mike had some strawberry thingy, which he liked too.
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Overall, we loved Palo. I don’t think we would do it every cruise though that we went on…maybe every other? Dinner tonight took a really long time. Our waiter apologized to us a couple times, but we understood because they were serving a HUGE wedding party in a private room there was probably a good 20 people sitting around a huge table. We didn’t mind though, it was nice to sit and overlook the open sea. And we had plenty of time to spare for the fireworks still! We said our goodbyes and headed out towards the deck.
 

PartOfYourWorld

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Nigel is leading the way!
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Weren’t sure exactly how the fireworks were going to shoot up so we just grabbed any ol spot on the deck to get ready to watch the show!
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Didn’t expect Jack to come out from up there!
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Then the fireworks started! It was pretty cool to be out on open water watching fireworks! I didn’t realize we were standing right under the aquaduck and some of my pictures were obscured but we still had a great view!
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Club Pirate in full swing!
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We headed back to our room to hang out for the rest of the night, when we got back we had this beautiful, romantic gift from DCL waiting for us!
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Complete with monkey!
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We attempted to watch A Bug’s Life a second time…well guess what…I FELL ASLEEP AGAIN. Tomorrow would be another day haha. We were excited because tomorrow was CASTAWAY CAY DAY!!!!!!

Gotta start working on my fish extender gifts for next month so I'll post Castaway tomorrow!!!!!! :D
 

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