IMO, The Sanderson Sisters Stole the whole evening -
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very witty and fun to watch -


and seeing Vanelope just made my Heart smile as i knew what was in store for me the next night -
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and a pic of Cptn jack just ta keep ya honest -:laughing:
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fireworks show was jjuussst right -



and with that, I high tailed meself on outta there -

had one incredible day i will never forget -




NOW.....
as Captain jack would say -


"NOW BRING ME SOME MUCH NEEDED ZZZZZZZZs":faint:


I barely remember getting back to Pop

and literally paused at foot of bed -

kicked off my shoes and fell backwards into LALA land.......:littleangel:



T.T.F.N.
&
CHEERS Y'ALL:wave2:
 
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DAY FIVE -:boat:
MONDAY October 21st


"AKA
DISNEY DREAM EMBARKATION DAY
":woohoo:


Morning came with a vengance -
but I was ready:

**to catch up on my zzzzzzzzzs **:rotfl:


and catch up I did until 11:30am ish rolled around as I barely remembered seeing this mirage -
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and I of course made sure this was NOT the motorcoach to Houston &
hopped on board
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and fell asleep asap -


before i knew it, I was seeing things -
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OMG!!
We had arrived!!
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I had to pinch myself to make sure it was for real -

** WOWZERS!!**
I felt all my energy return as i literally flew off that Mototcoach

with
Getting through security a breeze -

Soon, I was off into a Neverland of pure fun
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What was in store for me??popcorn::



READ ON -



T.T.F.N.
&
CHEERS Y'ALL:tink:
 
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MY FIRST REACTION TO BEING ON THE DREAM??
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too me the longest of time to get my mouth up off the floor I was that impressed with the detailing etc -

and
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with a little explanation about the tree - here ya go -
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Check in was a breeze -
and soon I was off exploring the Ship as I made my way down to deck two and my stateroom (#2025)

Wish I knew this bands name and if they have music on Itunes...:thumbsup2:thumbsup2



Suddenly, I found my room -
** LET THE FUN BEGIN **:boat:

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&
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:smickey:Took me a few minutes again to pick my jaw up off the floor in amazement when I opened from Stateroom door and saw -
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the presentation for Stateroom #2025 just left me speechless -


:goofy:of course, ya cant ferget about....
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(yes.....digcha notice my Tiffanys notice??):woohoo:


ANYWHO -

Soon I
Got my FE and such up in NOTHING FLAT -
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and - :crazy2:
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GAG!!
MUSTER DRILL ALREADY??:crazy2:


back in a few -
gonna take the elevators .....
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T.T.F.N.
&
CHEERS Y'ALL:drinking1









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Muster drill was way too funny as there was a British Couple just to the left of me who just "wasnt understanding" all these new fangled words and phrases they were learning while on this adventure -

SO OF COURSE, I "just had to go there" and break out my Texas accent and
away we went as I had a few of us with the case of the giggles all throughout the drill -


Soon and THANKFULLY we are 'released' soon thereafter to go about our business -

And off I went to explore the ship -
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and -
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:cool2:OMG! - he DOES EXIST!!
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Had a total blast shopping.....
but soon it was time to have even more fun

at of all places -
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and -
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.....and while at Tiffanys, I picked up my purchase:cloud9:
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the Reps there were very nice, knowledgeable and very helpful - even gave me a few tips on DISney adventures overseas --
made my day


OOPPSSS!!!
lets back the truck up a wee bit shall we??


What I meant to say was that -
1) Getting on the Dream made my day
and
2) shopping at Tiffanys on the Dream IMO is a "MUST DO":thanks:



Anywho -
back to the story ....popcorn::


So now Ive really upgraded on my necklace chams
which IMO the charms is what i was really after as now I am wearing them around my neck -
Now....


with all that shopping behind me, what greater way to work up an appetite than by
taking the elevators to this place -


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(I COULD SPEND ALLLLL DAY IN HERE!!) :yay:


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their menu
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YUM!!:rolleyes1


of course, what a stop over at vanelopes without taking back to your room some of.....
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and -
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('Im a sucker for these)!!! YYUUMMM!!!


I scooted on back to my room really quick -
dropped off my desserts
with the exception on one ........:rolleyes1


One I wanted delivered to my Dinner table for dessert -



Can ya guess which one??





DETAILS COMING UP -popcorn::





T.T.F.N.
&
CHEERA Y'ALLpirate:
 
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Now, was bebopping around the ship for a bit and caught a little of this cute presenation -



Now......
off to dinner -


close by as it also on Deck two
(IMO, this restaurant and the Cabannas just ROCKED)!!


YYEEAA!!! the restaurant location is on the same deck
as my room... so I knew if I was facing Enchanted, make a quick right on viola! Im at my room.....


anywho - heres a pics of their menu
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But.......
My dinner needed a little "plussing it" courtsey of ......popcorn::
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my Tablemates from "H" -:eek:






DETAILS COMING UP -popcorn::






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&
CHEERS Y'ALL:drinking1
 
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:crazy2:IT ALL STARTED WITH THE WORD 'HELLO"
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So i arrive at dinner at the prescribed time and as I'm arriving at the table, I noticed a 60ish year old Lady standing by my table and looking around the restaurant as if shes lost something. So being the cordial person that I am, I introduced myself to her and stood as well for a few minutes as she replied that she was waiting on the rest of her party (total of 4).

As we are waiting, I'm noticing 2 Women off on my left seated at the 8 top table and conversing like they are the only ones there at the table. Off on my right seated at the far corner of the table is a Guy.

We wait -
We wait

WE WAIT SOME MORE

WAIT SOME MORE..............................
then this Lady just ups and walks on over to the other side of the restaurant never to be seen nor hear from again.:crazy2:
Gotta admit, this stunt of hers left a little confused....

ok -
just what in the world did I DO??

i decided to make fun of the situation.....
I sniffed my breath - CHECK

I sniffed underneath each armpit =
CHECK

hmmmm.... OK NOT ME -:stir:
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So, I introduced myself to the two Ladies and asked kindly if I could sit next to them (since the 8 top just got morphed into now a 4 top).
they said yes....
seemed a little annoyed that I interrupted them but said yes -

then they proceeded to go right back into their in depth convo -

I looked over at the Guy (now to my left) - he smiled and shrugged my shoulders.


So lets review -
i just sat down to an 8 top now 4 top with no one to talk to and vice versa and that Guy just to my left spoke very little English! (from Mexico)


Ok --- thats it!
:upsidedowI decided to make it a point to "liven up" shall we say quite a boring table over dinner -
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(the food? YYYUUUMMM!!!!)


and by the end of the evening,
I got more enjoyment looking around the restaurant and checking out all the little nuances of the place -
very quaint restaurant.

And even when the Waitstaff brought out my dessert......
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(yes, you can request that it be served with your dessert)



.....All I heard was the sounds of crickets -
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Waitstaff thought it was ingenious to have it for dessert.
So.....
with that an another Margarita, I bid everyone at the table a fond adieu

high tailed it outta there -
told the head Waiter that I need to be rescued as i request to be seated at another table.
Told him why as well -

He understood completely -



Overall, this is turning out to be a pretty neat adventure -
even with boring tablemates who would IMO really should have requested a two top table cuz they sure seemed very anti-social.


But with me acting like this towards those two Women -:lmao:

it turned out to be quite an dinner evening -;)
afterwards, chilled out out deck 11 for a bit with some French wine I brought onboard

then headed back to my room
gonna be quite a busy day -popcorn::





T.T.F.N.
&
CHEERS Y'ALLpluto:
 
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DAY SIX -:boat:
TUESDAY October 22nd



Have no idea why, but I was up at 4am ish....
having fun flipping around the channels on the tv before deciding on returning to the "scene of the crime" from last night and have breakfast at where I had dinner the night before.....

i know i know i know.... Im such the nonconformist ... not following dining rotation -

HHmmmmm..... mental note - wanna check out the Cabanas for breakfast before its all said and done -


ANYWHO -
the am character M&Gs were just priceless -:laughing:
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I kept on looking around and she was asking me what is it I was looking for -
I made sure to be on her LEFT side when I replied, 'I'm looking for your frying pan.":laughing:

but I did tell her that when i see "HIM" in a few more weeks (DL Paris) the very FIRST question out of my mouth is gonna be:

"Your legal name is what?";)


Now Princess Tiana and I have met before so it was quite a challenge to muster up something that would make her day. So when I walked up to her, we started talking about all things Nawlins and i swear she just about broke character when i replied back to her as i was leaving, "just remember now...if you don't make a dang good roux, Girl ----youse just making soup!";)
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SHE MY FAV out of all the Princesses



felt nice to act like a kid for a wee bit but now its was time to head off for my 9:30am

Abaco Rigid Hull Snorkeling Adventure (C51) Overview
(IMO for a little something different while NOT having to deal with the typical Nassau crowd, this is the way to go)



getting off the ship was easy -
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** WOWZERS** the Dream looks HHUUGGEE!!
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getting oriented to the boat was fun -



and so was the view -


and a little over an hour later, we docked and snorkeled like there was no tomorrow
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the way back to port was nice -
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(take a wild guess what was the name of the beer i was drinking) -


and the food served on board??
MAJOR YUM!!:thanks:

just the right amount of spices



No getting back on board was slightly adventurous as we had to walk back to the pier
and it looked like we were walking thru the local straw market .....

that had a steel fenced in fence ringing around it -
that's when I knew ,
"OK.... time ta get back on da ship!"

i mean no offense, but ahhhhh NO .
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T.T.F.N.
&
CHEERS Y'ALL:drinking1
 

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Now..... if memory serves me well ....
(and I may be off by a day....)


:laughing:or is it the margaritas talking??


I just had to check out Senses -
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the views are just tremendous -


and so was watching an outdoor movie for a while as well....:goodvibes



ANYWHO -
it was on this night that I saw -



**IMO, A 'MUST DO"**


Luved it -
even cried a little



:thanks:My new dinner mates at Animators were soooooooooooooooooooo much better
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And the Halloween evening was tooooo funny to see -
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and -
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and of course -
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Chilled out for a nightcap with some Cognac tastings at 10pm; deck 12
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There i began to realize that you CAN pair various chocolates w/cognac!
YUM!!
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Now, onto that Cabana and a very lazy day out at Castaway Cay in the am.....:cloud9:
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party:
T.T.F.N.
&
CHEERS Y'ALL:tink:
 
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a little cabana music ta keep ya n the mood until next time -



T.T.F.N.
&
CHEERS Y'ALL:cool2:
 
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DAY SEVEN -:boat:
TUESDAY October 23rd

AKA
** CASTAWAY CAY DAY**
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ANYWHO -
Early in the am, surprisingly the Cabanas ROCKED!!
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the food there was just what "the Doctor ordered" as I was back to my normal bouncy self and ready to hit the ground running......
BUT -

this time it was going towards a very lazy day -
out at CC -
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and what a glorious lazy day it was!!
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got taken AROND 8:30am ish to our drop off point #2 for the Cabannas and


before I knew it, I was the first one there....
(had the whole place to myself for over 90 minutes!!)



OK........ is this Heaven or WHAT!!
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and -


the interior view just off to my right.... luv the small refrigerator and the electrical plug in
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(and yes, the cold fresh small towels inside the fridge?? --- YYEESSS PLEEASEEEEE!!



:cloud9:The view just right outside Cabana #1 on the Family beach side of CC....
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Now, take a wild guess what was my first order of business?????

Why......
I just "had to go there" and push that button -
Up walked up the Cabana Assistant to take my drink order and


BAM!!
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pirate:T.B.C.........
 
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So around 10am ish, the rest of the 9 other people began to trickle in and soon
we had a little get together going -
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(some FB friends also on the cruise)


And in no time, people began to look at the drink menu
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Of course, in the 90 minutes I was by myself, I had suddenly become quite an "expert" on DCLs frozen drinks as well as other drinks to request:laughing:


pirate:Alas, noon ish suddenly reared its ugly head upon me so hey!
Why not a better way to calm down the booze in me than by literally a short 20 step walk to none other than
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for some much needed F-O-O-D

and the afternoon?
Decided it was time to check out the waters -
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got the biggest kick using that inflatable innertube with handles and
just floating around the harbor with my iphone playing various Radio Disney music
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this video DOESNT do it justice cuz it was sunny and I didnt know my iphone was set to slow motion...
but ya get the idea -pirate:


Around 2pm -
it was shift change, so David (from Manchester) was our new Cabana Assistant.....👍👍

Of course, we all named him "Manchester";)
(and I swear I kept on trying to get him to say -

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/e53a8ca1-00b2-45ed-a983-815963e9abb6cuz he was imo dead on for speaking just like Wallace from the W&G series!


Anywho , all had fun in the afternoon -
just had to order more of those fantabolous CC frozen drinks -🧞‍♂️
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Before we all knew it, it was time to have to say "Until we meet again up at CC"
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of course, my very last drink I got from "Manchester" was in a coconut cup that i just had to go there and use it during dinner that night -
table #112 I believe back at Animators -
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ANYHWO -
before i get ahead of myself here...


back to leaving Castaway Cay and that fantastic Family Cabana #1 -
😎A heartfelt- THANK :boat:YOU- ta this kind gentleman who golf carted a few of us from Family area Cabana #1 back to the Dream Cruise ship . 👍👍-
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and away I was off to get cleaned up and to see just what more mischief I can manage later on on the Ship -



What's in store?
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(their "Dark and Stormy Nights" drinks are out a dis world!!) = YYUUMM!!



STAY TUNED -popcorn::





T.T.F.N.
&
CHEERS Y'ALL:drinking1
 
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- EVENING -
DAY SEVEN -:boat:
TUESDAY October 23rd

AKA
** CASTAWAY CAY DAY**



Got back on board, got cleaned up and gotta tel ya, those CC frozen drinks were just....
well
pretty dang nice!

So, I began ta
⚓....miss those fantabolous Castaway Cay drinks -

then suddenly
BAM!!

Why not ask Jennifer?

So yes, I boggied on over to Deck three mid ship
and there.......
Thank you Jennifer - you make one mean Pina Colava....😎👍👍
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Now, if you had been keeping track,
thats about my 8th drink from CC

SO.......
it was time to shall we say ..
to slow my roll just a weeeeeeeeeee bit -

So why not some popcorn??
Saw a little bit of TS4 -


then met up with some of ,my FB friends who were also on the same cruise -
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and we all checked out -


IMO, a nice way to reboot the character - luved the movie

and the popcornpopcorn::


which seemed to do the trick
and get me back on track to enjoy the rest of quite a hazy night.....


hazy but rockin' good DISney fun!:drinking1



T.T.F.N.
&
CHEERS Y'ALLpirate:
 
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Got back really late.......
took the hotel key out of the electrical input area so lights out would be occurring shortly with
me falling asleep to such fun memories of the day such as -


while all the while thinking of my next DISney adventure -:goodvibes



BUT WHOOPS!


I'm getting a wee mental here -


but on a different note -
YES.... while on board the Dream, I did also have some stowaways 'jump' into my suitcase
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but where Im a gonna b next?
Dunno......

let me let the "drinks of the Day" kinda gooooooo awaayyyyyyyy


since where im a gonna b is
for the last posting of this blog -;)



UP NEXT:

Waking up to "Breakfast at Tiffanys"
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T.T.F.N.
&
CHEERS Y'ALLpirate:
 
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DAY EIGHT -:boat:
WEDNESDAY October 24th

AKA
** SEA DAY**


ALLL RIGHTEEEE -
Hope ya got yer math skills a up and running cuz todays gonna test ya!;)

So after a nice quiet am of Room Service -
I decided ta boogy upstairs
with a margarita
or two......

and play some -
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now for "sippin' on 2 margaritas (total)
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i feel like I handled myself quite well....all things considered -
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IMO, put putt gold is a lot harder than it looks -


so after a bit, I decided to head back downstairs and
enjoy a little bit of Breakfast at


LOVED IT!
THANK YOU TIFFANYS -

I will always remember you!



ANYWHO, of course since I was in such a good mood, why not head em on downstairs back to my stateroom and
open up the last of my French wine
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and enjoy a bottle for a while -;)

Until my wine tasting at 11:45am -
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NOW REMEMBER......
You keeping up with all this??
;)



ANYWHO
about my wine tastings.....
Took me a while to understand him cuz hes from Germany and yes - he talks fast but...gotta say very knowledgeable about his wines -:thumbsup2:thumbsup2
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(I told this Lady you see thats shes now on my blog) - her reaction? PRICELESS -


had a wide variety to taste -
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had fun -
cant believe I learned a lot about Reislings thru our wine
what.....
Class instructor -

as I could tell that Resilings are now #1 in my heart followed my Pinot Noir and then Merlot.



Anywho -:drinking1
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So after that class tastings, I headed on up to some of the 5 bars on the Dream and had a margarita
then......



T.B.C.popcorn::
 
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AFTERNOON
DAY EIGHT -:boat:
WEDNESDAY October 24th

AKA
** SEA DAY**


by pure accident, ran into some very nice people and well....
we all decided to head on up to one of the DISney Dream bars and play trivia -


on the 2nd game, our team won!
:teleport:


So of course, I just had to celebrate with whatever they were drinking -
forgot what it was but had a shot on the side for extra kick -
YYUUMM!!


and before I knew it, 2pm ish had rolled around and it was time for my
** MARTINI TASTING **class:rolleyes1
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So off i toodled :rolleyes1
on over for quite a fun and well....
very educational time as I have never had a martini education quite like this
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and -

Now.....there was a "slight problem"

COUGH COUGH....
WINK WINK... NUDGE NUDGE...............

there were three "NO SHOWS" to the tastings -!:rolleyes1


SO......
since I was in SUCH A GOOD MOOD:laughing:
I decided to help out the class

and drink one of the three NO SHOWS martinis all throughout the class ==:laughing:

MAJOR YUM!!
So.... if you were to actually be served a full glassed martini -
be fair to say that I downed 5 in total in a little over 60 minutes!


OK.....
YA STILL DOING THE MATH??:lmao:



AND.....
at the very end. our instructor was asked people to volunteer to make a martini
so.......

YA KNOW of course I "just had" to volunteer and I tell ya what,
IMO I made the best DA**ED chocolate martini out there and was very generous in my count -:thanks:
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ALL IN ALL,
this was turning out to be quite a fun day -


BTW, here is a little bit of martini trivia for ya -


:goodvibes

OK....NOW BACK TO THE STORY ---

I
Couldnt believe I wasnt seeing fuzzy
and had all my senses about me soooooooooooo.......

After I MADE SURE I was presentable, I
Went downstairs to resolve an issue on my billing -

the Office manager felt bad out the two issues I brought to his attention
(one was its confusing to know how many 'credits" you need to buy in order to do a load of wash & again... just like on the land side, I was also having issues with using my DISney redemption card.....

So he asked me what was my favorite color -

RED OR WHITE

Of course, i naturally blurted out RED and left it at that -



SO.....
with all that now cleared up, I thought "Why Not" and
after I got all packed with my one suitcase now just outside my door ...


onward to watching the last theatrical show on the Dream.........



boogied on back to the room afterwards and there.....
on my desk -


was a surprise from the Dreams' Office Manager -




just what was it?:confused3
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DETAILS COMING UP -popcorn::





T.T.F.N.
&
CHEERS Y'ALL:wave:
 

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**A little Caribbean ditty ta keep ya n the mood until next time **:goodvibes







T.T.F.N.
&
CHEERS Y'ALL:boat:
 
So.....
about that surprise from the Dream's office Manager.......
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that was very nice of him - very appreciative of this :thanks:
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Then....... reality began to hit me!
** It has been a fun run.....bit onward to my next adventure **


I began to reflect on all the memories I have built up these last few days -:goodvibes
especially all the very nice FE gifts -:thanks:
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But.....
it was time for me to catch a few zzzzzzs

and get creative with my breakfast in the am --


DETAILS COMING UP -popcorn::



T.T.F.N.
&
CHEERS Y'ALL:wave2:
 
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DAY NINE :sad:
THURSDAY October 25th

AKA
** DIS-EMBARKATION DAY** :eek:


OK..... So why in the world am i up at 4am????????
Welllllllll.........

II was getting creative with my
shall we say "breakfast"

Which consisted of that unopened bottle of wine from last night.....
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cupcakes and halloween candy =:woohoo:

It was such fun chillin out and watching the Dream come into port -


NOW.... In My opinion -
where I messed up is choosing to disembark off the Dream at 8:45am!

** BIG MISTAKE **

Took me dang near an HOUR to get off that ship!!
To me, better to leave say around 7-7:30am ish to avoid the herd of people also trying to disemabark -



Clearing Customs was hilarious as evidently I ran into a Customs Officials who just couldn't believe a Party of One would want to visit the "Happiest Place of Earth" and proceeded to give me the third degree for what seemed like the longest of time.



Finally, the Dude realized that I was indeed legit and decided to "let me go."


After asking me such wonderful questions like:

1) Why are you traveling by yourself?
2) Do you have any children?
3) Why did you chose Disney Cruise Line?

etc etc etc.....

Yes, I had really wanted to tell him was,


:goodvibes "What I do for a living involves a lot of stressful situations and from time to time, it is such a nice pleasure to visit the House that Walt and Friends built and rejuvenate my Soul in the process, have a little bit of rated G fun in the process and let my inner Kid come out as well while turning my vacation into an adventure of a lifetime.":woohoo:


BUT....
something was telling me he just wouldn't understand -;)



And with that,
it has been quite a pleasure writing this
hope you have gotten an enjoyment out of it as much as i have writing it -





UP NEXT -


WHERE I'M OFF TO NEXT -:tink:





T.T.F.N. :goodvibes
 
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