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On a sea cruise--
Jan. 28th, 2018 03:04 pmThis is day three of our big adventure. Friday, Demelza and I flew out of San Francisco and winged across the continental US to Florida, landing in Orlando.
There's a Hyatt hotel right inside the airport! You don't even have to take a shuttle, just walk through the airport to a very nice hotel and check in. We arrived 9:30 Florida time, which is only 6:30 to our brains, but we were sleepy and went to bed by 10:30. Except, as usual, I had hotel-sleepitis, where I don't sleep well or at all the first night. Even with Benedryl, it took a long time to drop off, which is so strange for me lately because ever since the surgery in April, I can sleep at the drop of a hat! But eventually, I did--and woke up moments before the timer on my phone played Morning Glow from Pippin.
I had a free Chai latte for my birthday from Starbucks, plus a chocolate croissant. Yum. Then we found the Disney bus connection, also at the airport. Very convenient. Since we were going on the cruise, we didn't even have to carry our luggage. Just tagged it with the special Disney luggage tags and left it in our hotel room. They sent the suitcases on a truck to the boat!
After about an hour bus ride, and another hour in the waiting room at the cruise line, we got on the Disney Fantasy about noon. Wow, what an enormous ship, and very beautiful with lots of elegant designs on the walls, chandeliers and floors, hidden Mickeys and fun things to see. Ate lunch on the 11th deck while waiting for our room to be ready. I had salmon and salad, Demelza ate chicken strips, shrimp and pizza, which I thought was too much but turns to be basically what she had for the whole day, in the end.
We saw Mickey, Cinderella and Belle right away, so Demelza was over the moon, while I enjoyed a tiny chocolate cupcake. It was my birthday, after all, and national chocolate cake day. Then into our room. It's tiny. My bedroom at home is probably bigger. At first, I thought we'd have to sleep in the same double bed for a week (comparing to the gigantic King size in the Hyatt, which we did sleep together in but never even got near one another.) However, whew, the couch does turn into a bed. Disney also has an innovative but slightly irritating advancement on the room key--it also powers the lights and heater. So once you come in, you slide your key card into a slot and the lights come on. Except, as far as I can tell, you can't just have one light on by the bed to read or anything. It's either the main overhead light on or nothin'. The lamps turn on and off but only if the main one is powered.
There was a sail away party as the ship left port, with an alcoholic strawberry smoothie for me and a virgin for Demelza. We danced around to some of our favorite tunes and then toured the spa. The lady kept pressuring me to buy more packages when I'd already booked a massage and pedicures. Nope, expensive enough. The food on the ship is mostly included in the cruise price, but other stuff such as the spa, are not.
We saw a fun musical show in the theatre about a family on their first cruise--the daughter and day enthusiastic, the mom just wanting alone time and the son grumpy. Of course, they all succumbed to Disney charm. One thing I really liked about the family was that the parents were caucasian but the daughter was black. Just like us. There was also a really funny magician act--just a taste of his full length show. I want to see his whole routine, now!
We have late seating, so had to wait until after 8 to get into the restaurant. Demelza was drooping but I thought she was just tired and hungry. I'd taken a long nap after lunch, but she had not. It was a far fancier place than we usually eat, with huge portions. I chose a small wedge of romaine with tomato slices and a nice little mushroom/bacon tart. Demelza was beginning to look sickish, but I crossed my fingers that she was just exhausted. Nope. She managed to eat some of the largest piece of prime rib I've ever seen before bolting for the bathroom. She came back and gamely tried a bit of her potato but we finally had to say our goodbyes to the nice guys who share our table, and return to our room. Demelza gave back her dinner (as we nurses like to say) and fell into bed. Free dramamine from the front desk. I did watch a little of my new show, Good Karma Hospital with the help of my new DVD drive. I love it! Plugs into the computer for my viewing pleasure.
I had high hopes that Demelza would feel better this morning, but she vomited even before breakfast. She did eat some toast and OJ, and is back asleep from the dramamine. She didn't have this problem the last cruise we went on eleven years ago!
Well, I'd hoped for a quiet, relaxing cruise with some time to write, which I may get now. lol. Demelza has a fancy-schmantzy massage complete with hot rocks booked for this afternoon. Maybe that will help.
Or more dramamine.
There's a Hyatt hotel right inside the airport! You don't even have to take a shuttle, just walk through the airport to a very nice hotel and check in. We arrived 9:30 Florida time, which is only 6:30 to our brains, but we were sleepy and went to bed by 10:30. Except, as usual, I had hotel-sleepitis, where I don't sleep well or at all the first night. Even with Benedryl, it took a long time to drop off, which is so strange for me lately because ever since the surgery in April, I can sleep at the drop of a hat! But eventually, I did--and woke up moments before the timer on my phone played Morning Glow from Pippin.
I had a free Chai latte for my birthday from Starbucks, plus a chocolate croissant. Yum. Then we found the Disney bus connection, also at the airport. Very convenient. Since we were going on the cruise, we didn't even have to carry our luggage. Just tagged it with the special Disney luggage tags and left it in our hotel room. They sent the suitcases on a truck to the boat!
After about an hour bus ride, and another hour in the waiting room at the cruise line, we got on the Disney Fantasy about noon. Wow, what an enormous ship, and very beautiful with lots of elegant designs on the walls, chandeliers and floors, hidden Mickeys and fun things to see. Ate lunch on the 11th deck while waiting for our room to be ready. I had salmon and salad, Demelza ate chicken strips, shrimp and pizza, which I thought was too much but turns to be basically what she had for the whole day, in the end.
We saw Mickey, Cinderella and Belle right away, so Demelza was over the moon, while I enjoyed a tiny chocolate cupcake. It was my birthday, after all, and national chocolate cake day. Then into our room. It's tiny. My bedroom at home is probably bigger. At first, I thought we'd have to sleep in the same double bed for a week (comparing to the gigantic King size in the Hyatt, which we did sleep together in but never even got near one another.) However, whew, the couch does turn into a bed. Disney also has an innovative but slightly irritating advancement on the room key--it also powers the lights and heater. So once you come in, you slide your key card into a slot and the lights come on. Except, as far as I can tell, you can't just have one light on by the bed to read or anything. It's either the main overhead light on or nothin'. The lamps turn on and off but only if the main one is powered.
There was a sail away party as the ship left port, with an alcoholic strawberry smoothie for me and a virgin for Demelza. We danced around to some of our favorite tunes and then toured the spa. The lady kept pressuring me to buy more packages when I'd already booked a massage and pedicures. Nope, expensive enough. The food on the ship is mostly included in the cruise price, but other stuff such as the spa, are not.
We saw a fun musical show in the theatre about a family on their first cruise--the daughter and day enthusiastic, the mom just wanting alone time and the son grumpy. Of course, they all succumbed to Disney charm. One thing I really liked about the family was that the parents were caucasian but the daughter was black. Just like us. There was also a really funny magician act--just a taste of his full length show. I want to see his whole routine, now!
We have late seating, so had to wait until after 8 to get into the restaurant. Demelza was drooping but I thought she was just tired and hungry. I'd taken a long nap after lunch, but she had not. It was a far fancier place than we usually eat, with huge portions. I chose a small wedge of romaine with tomato slices and a nice little mushroom/bacon tart. Demelza was beginning to look sickish, but I crossed my fingers that she was just exhausted. Nope. She managed to eat some of the largest piece of prime rib I've ever seen before bolting for the bathroom. She came back and gamely tried a bit of her potato but we finally had to say our goodbyes to the nice guys who share our table, and return to our room. Demelza gave back her dinner (as we nurses like to say) and fell into bed. Free dramamine from the front desk. I did watch a little of my new show, Good Karma Hospital with the help of my new DVD drive. I love it! Plugs into the computer for my viewing pleasure.
I had high hopes that Demelza would feel better this morning, but she vomited even before breakfast. She did eat some toast and OJ, and is back asleep from the dramamine. She didn't have this problem the last cruise we went on eleven years ago!
Well, I'd hoped for a quiet, relaxing cruise with some time to write, which I may get now. lol. Demelza has a fancy-schmantzy massage complete with hot rocks booked for this afternoon. Maybe that will help.
Or more dramamine.
