Conorama
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- Joined
- Jul 18, 2012
End of NYC day 3/beginning of Cruise day 1
I left us all up on deck 10, watching the NYC skyline as we cruised away. Sounds lovely, yes? Well, it was, but within about 3 minutes or so, it got COLD. Now- when Canadians say it's cold, it is COLD.
Mostly it was the wind coming in across the water, but within a few minutes, we had certainly maxed out our layers. Conor had on a long-sleeved shirt, (probably an undershirt too), his skating jacket, and then his puffy coat over top. His cool hat rapidly got changed to his full-on Canadian winter hat (which covers his ears), and mittens came out. I was similarly decked out in multiple layers and I will freely admit to using my earmuffs and my hood.
The views were worth it though. Sadly, between the wind, the cold, the fact it was getting dark, no one got great photos it seemed, but here is what I have.
Shortly after leaving port:
Just a few minutes later- as it got more dark.
Bundled up binocular boy
Apparently Uncle Walt arranged for the sky to be very pretty too.
Slightly wild child, with a better view of his glorious hat (many were coveting it), and, in the upper right corner, you can see the Statue of Liberty. We tried, and failed, to get better photos, so we'll stick with this one.
That last photo was taken at 5:30 p.m. We stuck it out until just before 5:40 (where we passed the Statue of Liberty) and then we all dashed downstairs to Rapunzel's Royal Table, stopping very briefly in staterooms to shed most, but not all, layers.
Edited to add- forgot this photo- someone was enjoying the glasses, and not in fact imitating a certain statue...
For those considering this cruise let me help you understand how cold it was. This was November 10th, so nowhere near real winter. It was mostly due to the wicked wind, but it was really, really cold. (Remember- we deal with cold all the time where we live in Canada.) Along the lines of "my face is starting to hurt" cold. It was 100% worth it, but we saw people in hoodies and light pants. I didn't envy them.
Happily, it was WARM inside. We had a good table at Rapunzel's, and the lovely damsel came to visit us of course. Now that we were travelling with a 14 year old and an 11.5 year old, they were simultaneously intrigued and mortified.
After supper, Conor got brave and tried out Edge- fortunately, DCL's son offered to take him, though he quickly jumped ship (ha!) to Vibe. Interestingly, this was just about the only time Conor really liked Edge. They did a meet and greet, and he rocked the "2 truths and a lie" game. ("I have 2 dogs, I speak French, and I am a figure skater... and nope, we're not dog folks, but they all pick figure skater as the lie). He went back periodically whey they were supposed to be doing crafts and things but they were rarely doing what was advertised, which frustrated him. He was happy exploring his favourite areas on the ship and hanging with us, and periodically kicked it old school and went back to the Lab.
We had found him what was essentially a fanny pack, so that he could keep my old phone with him. Now, being Conor, he didn't want anything utilitarian. It is a fancy looking one (bought in the women's section at Winners) with a belt with a lovely gold buckle, and with bling. He wore it diagonally over his shoulder with the bag on his back. It was certainly an interesting fashion statement. Anyhow-it worked. It allowed him to have some stuff with him, including his room key, and he is very good about coming back to the room at appointed times. He was set up on the chat function if he needed to reach us. I know this wouldn't work for all 11 year olds, but it does for him, and he has now been on the Magic 3 times, so he knows his way around well.
DH and I checked out the shops a bit, and I did some thrilling unpacking/arranging in the room so that we were ready for bed. As always, we asked for both the bunk bed and the other bed to be set up (even though there are only 3 of us) as we like having options. Our festive magnets (DH's one thing that he has really embraced) were put up, but I seem to have failed entirely to get photos. Oops.
And, astute readers will note that at no point have we met a character, nor gone to a show. We did make it to one show later on in the cruise, but otherwise, at most, we looked, from afar, and the characters in their festive outfits, and that was fine for us.
We all had a reasonably early bedtime... accompanied by our little friend Ratatouille.
That's it for day 1 of the cruise... and now we have 3 full days at sea... a record for us!
I left us all up on deck 10, watching the NYC skyline as we cruised away. Sounds lovely, yes? Well, it was, but within about 3 minutes or so, it got COLD. Now- when Canadians say it's cold, it is COLD.
Mostly it was the wind coming in across the water, but within a few minutes, we had certainly maxed out our layers. Conor had on a long-sleeved shirt, (probably an undershirt too), his skating jacket, and then his puffy coat over top. His cool hat rapidly got changed to his full-on Canadian winter hat (which covers his ears), and mittens came out. I was similarly decked out in multiple layers and I will freely admit to using my earmuffs and my hood.
The views were worth it though. Sadly, between the wind, the cold, the fact it was getting dark, no one got great photos it seemed, but here is what I have.
Shortly after leaving port:
Just a few minutes later- as it got more dark.
Bundled up binocular boy
Apparently Uncle Walt arranged for the sky to be very pretty too.
Slightly wild child, with a better view of his glorious hat (many were coveting it), and, in the upper right corner, you can see the Statue of Liberty. We tried, and failed, to get better photos, so we'll stick with this one.
That last photo was taken at 5:30 p.m. We stuck it out until just before 5:40 (where we passed the Statue of Liberty) and then we all dashed downstairs to Rapunzel's Royal Table, stopping very briefly in staterooms to shed most, but not all, layers.
Edited to add- forgot this photo- someone was enjoying the glasses, and not in fact imitating a certain statue...
For those considering this cruise let me help you understand how cold it was. This was November 10th, so nowhere near real winter. It was mostly due to the wicked wind, but it was really, really cold. (Remember- we deal with cold all the time where we live in Canada.) Along the lines of "my face is starting to hurt" cold. It was 100% worth it, but we saw people in hoodies and light pants. I didn't envy them.
Happily, it was WARM inside. We had a good table at Rapunzel's, and the lovely damsel came to visit us of course. Now that we were travelling with a 14 year old and an 11.5 year old, they were simultaneously intrigued and mortified.
After supper, Conor got brave and tried out Edge- fortunately, DCL's son offered to take him, though he quickly jumped ship (ha!) to Vibe. Interestingly, this was just about the only time Conor really liked Edge. They did a meet and greet, and he rocked the "2 truths and a lie" game. ("I have 2 dogs, I speak French, and I am a figure skater... and nope, we're not dog folks, but they all pick figure skater as the lie). He went back periodically whey they were supposed to be doing crafts and things but they were rarely doing what was advertised, which frustrated him. He was happy exploring his favourite areas on the ship and hanging with us, and periodically kicked it old school and went back to the Lab.
We had found him what was essentially a fanny pack, so that he could keep my old phone with him. Now, being Conor, he didn't want anything utilitarian. It is a fancy looking one (bought in the women's section at Winners) with a belt with a lovely gold buckle, and with bling. He wore it diagonally over his shoulder with the bag on his back. It was certainly an interesting fashion statement. Anyhow-it worked. It allowed him to have some stuff with him, including his room key, and he is very good about coming back to the room at appointed times. He was set up on the chat function if he needed to reach us. I know this wouldn't work for all 11 year olds, but it does for him, and he has now been on the Magic 3 times, so he knows his way around well.
DH and I checked out the shops a bit, and I did some thrilling unpacking/arranging in the room so that we were ready for bed. As always, we asked for both the bunk bed and the other bed to be set up (even though there are only 3 of us) as we like having options. Our festive magnets (DH's one thing that he has really embraced) were put up, but I seem to have failed entirely to get photos. Oops.
And, astute readers will note that at no point have we met a character, nor gone to a show. We did make it to one show later on in the cruise, but otherwise, at most, we looked, from afar, and the characters in their festive outfits, and that was fine for us.
We all had a reasonably early bedtime... accompanied by our little friend Ratatouille.
That's it for day 1 of the cruise... and now we have 3 full days at sea... a record for us!
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