Boo to the Halloween on the Highs Seas Crew Oct. 2016, Fantasy Trip Report

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Peter Pan was walking by.

 

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Tonight was Magic Dave. Katie said they had seen him before and Jude just loves him.

 

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He was funny but definitely geared more towards the kids. It still was a good time.

 

Claire had gotten really sunburned today. I usually bring stuff along for soothing it but this time I did not have it with me. We headed to the gift shop and bought some aloe which was pretty worthless according to her. The next day we find something better at the shop that had not been on the shelf when we first looked and that helped a lot more.

 

Back at the room to drop off the popcorn bucket and slather Claire in Aloe.

 

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The water started getting a bit rocky this evening. The captain even announced that it would be this way till at least midnight. It was funny as at one point Aunt Laura messaged me to ask when the rockiness would be done with. LOL! I wish I had my magic mirror with me.

 

We took a walk before dinner.

 

 

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Tonight we were back at Royal Court.

 

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We got one of our favorite drinks….Princess Delight!

 

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I think this was Amanda’s appetizer.

 

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I think this was my salad, probably a Caesar.

 

 

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And the fish.

 

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Dessert!

 

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Ferdi did some tricks tonight as well.

 

 

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After dinner we went back to the gift shops some more and looked around. At some point in time…Aunt Mary had bought some sunglasses for Claire that she wanted and Mom bought me a jacket that was cute, so this could have been one of those moments.

 

We ran into Pluto!

 

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Claire went off with Alexis again and I went off on my own for a bit. I don’t know if I met up with anyone this evening or not, but I don’t have any club pictures, so that leads me to believe I didn’t.

 

 

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It was still rocky and it was a little hard to walk at times. I did send a message to everyone in the family to be sure they kept taking their pills and also to eat a green apple.

 

 

I could really feel the rockin and rollin tonight but luckily I didn’t feel bad.

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Oct 27, Thursday, Day 9

Day at Sea

 

Again I was up early. It’s just how I do it when not home. We were still rocking. The Captain ended up making announcements all day long about the waves. I think when it started they were 10-15 and by the end we had some up to 35 to 40 feet….yeah it was pretty rough! Though looking at the water it never looked that bad.

 

I went out for a walk to take in the morning air.

 

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The sun was just coming up and it was so beautiful to see.

 

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A little video.

 

 

Many people I talked to were not feeling well and had a rough night. I was so glad I wasn’t feeling bad. I gave them my “eat green apples” tip.

 

Speaking of green apples…I went and had one for a prebreakfast treat.

 

 

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It had been raining off and on too. Not too hard, but at times more than a sprinkle.

 

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A donut a day keeps the Dr. away…..well that was my theory and I made sure I was healthy. LOL.

 

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Just more exploring…

 

 

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I still can’t believe I never got in the adult pool! I will have to remedy that on my next cruise on the Fantasy. I think on this trip I only did the Aqua Duck a few times and then sat in the hot tub for a short while one day.

 

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And then I saw a rainbow. It’s such a neat thing to see out in the middle of the ocean.

 

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It was actually a double!

 

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It was on the port side so I messaged the family to all look out and see it. A few did before it disappeared.

 

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I then headed to guest services and let them know about my AC issue. It was still a bit warmer in my room than I like and at this point I thought I should let them know so they could address this issue for anyone else. She said they would have someone look at it and maybe even the filter just needed cleaning out.

 

I then needed to get some real food in me.

 

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As I munched on my breakfast, I sent a message out to the family that to be sure to take 2 bonine this morning and to eat a green apple. Geoff was working out in the gym and said he was almost done so he then came and joined me and we both ate and chatted. He was wearing a seasickness patch and was feeling ok too.

 

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I left him after we were done and he went to take a shower. I went on exploring a bit.

 

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By now Claire was up and we got her some food and then she joined the family for a hot game of bingo. This was a huge hit for many of them. Mom, Vicki, Aunt Laura, Aunt Mary, Geoff, Alexis and Claire were constantly going to bingo when they saw it offered.

 

One day Aunt Mary sent out a message that said “help! I am at bingo and I need someone to come play with me!” LOL. Rob had been doing something on the other side of the ship and came running to “help” Aunt Mary out. We kept joking how he would take one for the team if needed!

 

I walked by Bingo and took a peek in but they were all the way on the other side.

 

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I took a walk outside and it was looking dreary again.

 

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I just kept walking around and taking pictures.

 

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I headed back to our room to just chill a bit out on the balcony.

 

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I took a video. It doesn’t really show how much we were bobbing, but you could see the front of the ship go way up and then down…over and over. On top of that we were also rocking side to side.

 

 

I went and delivered some of my fish extender gifts then. I think I mentioned this already….we did a private one with just our families. It was so much better than doing a public one. We bought each other decent stuff for the kids…things we knew they would like.

 

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We all had these dry erase boards on our door (I gave them to each room) and some would write trivia questions for people to answer as they walked by. Aunt Mary had the best ones.

 

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After Bingo was over, Aunt Mary had us all over to her room. We were going to play Cash Cruise ship. This is taken for the TV show Cash Cab and we played a version of it on our NYC trip in 2015 called Cash Van! Aunt Mary has questions that we have to answer and if we get it right,the kids each get a dollar. Of course the kids love it! This was Luke, Jude and little Violet’s (who could have cared less) first time playing and they soon learned this is a good game to be part of. Hahaha.

 

Aunt Mary stepped it up and had some hard questions this time. Not all related to Disney or cruising either. One was “who was Barbie’s boyfriend for a short time when she and Ken broke up?”

Most had no clue that Barbie ever even did break up with Ken….but as dumb as it sounds…I knew and I could picture the new guy…..He was Australian and a surfer……even though he wasn’t around long….I did not get the answer though. Do you know his name? I do now!

 

Alexis had a “secret” hiding place for her money.

 

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UM???? I think you might lose it if you try walking with it in there.

 

 

After the game, Claire headed off with Alexis again. At this point I was hardly seeing Claire at all. She and Alexis really loved just hanging out together. They did the ship detective agency several different times and had a blast.

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I went off exploring again.

 

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Someone had asked me for pictures of the pigeons and I had just remembered I hadn’t taken any yet.

 

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I went out to get a drink and the pool was open. It had been closed most of the day, so hopefully that meant that we were in calmer waters soon.

 

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I totally busted up laughing at all the life guards though. This was the only pool open and they had 10 life guards at it (2 are not in the pictures).

 

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And off I went to take more pictures.

 

 

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I think this is when I realized the carpet and stairs was a peacock. LOL.

 

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The fairly pictures lead to Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique.

 

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The kids club (the lab) was having an open house. I had yet to go in and check it out. I like to do that on the first day, but we were so late and so busy I never had a chance so I went in to check it out now. I could only go on one side but at least I got a look.

 

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I took some really bad video of me washing my hands in the auto hand washer thing….that is so cool!

 

 

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I love the little kid sized bathrooms.

 

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In the room that connects the 2 clubs they had something going on for all to join. I think they were making something….possibly flubber. I didn’t join…because I would look stupid as an adult without a kid…..dang it! Where is Claire?

 

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And I took some video as well.

 

 

And then I left and walked by the nursery.

 

 

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And proceeded on taking more pictures.

 

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I think this is when I took this next video…which is really bad…but I wanted to record the Captains announcement about the rough seas.

 

 

Sooo……now we would have this till about midnight tonight. I hope it ends then. I didn’t feel sick but it was super annoying and REALLY hard to walk at times.

 

 

And I kept going on the stairs….to find a kid emptying a bag he had really quickly and started to throw up in his bag. I felt bad for him….but was grateful he was smart enough to empty the bag he had and use that.

I then went on to look at our pictures.

 

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We got a message that Aunt Mary wasn’t feeling well. I think that they were all playing bingo again and Aunt Mary said it just hit her and she was not feeling well. She had not eaten all day! Rob got her some popcorn quick and she said that helped a bit. She also had also taken off her sea sickness patch!! Shame on her!

Gail brought her some green apples to her room and then she ordered room service and she said after she got some food in her and then put the patch back on she was starting to feel better again.

 

 

Just an FYI! People often think when they might get seasick or are feeling it that they can’t or shouldn’t eat. That isn’t true. You want to eat something. That actually helps you. People also sometimes keep drinking fluids thinking that will help…which won’t. When you drink, you should sip…and not too much. Too much water or other liquids in you will actually start sloshing inside of you which will make you feel sick.

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It was actually getting a bit rougher out and like I said before…I think at times we had waves as high as 35 -40 feet, but I think they stayed around the 15 – 20 most of the afternoon.

 

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We went and got showered and ready for the evening then. I was happy to hear Aunt Mary was starting to feel better and everyone else was doing good. Abby and Gail both get seasick/motion sickness and both were doing perfectly fine…just annoyed with it all like I was.

 

We headed to the show and we found Gail and Abby…and Minnie! It was semi-formal night and Minnie was dressed up.

We got in line behind Gail and she took Abby up. There was no formal line that we could tell so after Gail was done, we started to walk up and the CM says rather rudely that the line is over there……with one person who had just walked up. UGH. I said to her that maybe she should have told us that while she saw us standing there all together. She just gave me a dirty look. I then said something about how I had been standing there with my sister and she went and was not told to go to the proper line either. She made some comment under her breath and that just ticked me off. I had been bobbing up and down all day long and I admittingly knew I was suffering from lack of sleep, so I was probably a bit crabby. Of course by the time I got to the “line”, there was another family in it too.

 

We waited our turn and Claire was not all that excited about getting her picture in the first place but I was insisting she did.

 

 

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She was better once she actually got to Minnie though.

 

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The CM just was a huge bump on a log so while Claire was interacting with Minnie I took a picture of the CM and her name tag. The CM then goes…Did you just take a picture of me? That’s not allowed. Um yes it is! I said, yes I did. I wanted to be sure I remembered your name when I report you….though I am sure I won’t forget it. Yeah, I was not nice about it AT ALL! Her face looked horrified and I almost felt bad for her….almost.

Now I am not one who will go report people….and I rarely do. I don’t even remember if I ever actually filled out a card to report her or left a comment on the final comment card you turn in the last day. But she really was rubbing me the wrong way. I am one though who will also send praises to really good CM’s. I let them know how great they are and will fill that out on the comment card too.

 

And Claire finished up with Minnie.

 

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We got our popcorn and headed into the show. Gail asked what took so long. LOL. Um…BAD CM!

 

Tonight’s show was Believe. As it started…I am like wait? I have seen this before? I whisper to Claire…have we seen this before and she says yes, on the Dream. Oh. Hmmmm…..I thought the name was different….nope….I looked it up when I got home and it has the same name.

 

At the end I took some pictures again.

 

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I guess I took several tonight. LOL.

 

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After the show we sent the girls off to do their own thing and Amanda and I decided to head to 90’s music trivia a little bit later.

 

I went to the bathroom and they had barf bags in there…..Yeah you know it’s rough when they are supplying puke bags.

 

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Amanda and I met in O’Gills and got a drink and messaged Gail to get her rear down here to help!

 

I ordered a Moet Ice and now I see what all the fuss is about….those are darn good!

 

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Gail came down and then messaged Rob to take Abby over to Mary and Geoff’s room and come down, but he never got the message till later on. Darn it! I think if he had been with us we could have won.

 

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Between the 3 of us we did pretty good. I got the first one immediately…Achy Break Heart and neither of my sisters even had a clue on that one. Others we would work together…one would say…it’s Michael Jackson song…with that rap part….Oh Black or White! A few we knew the song and put the totally wrong name and/or wrong group who sang it. We had a lot of fun though. I am pretty sure the group who won cheated….yeah I am going with that! They only had 1 wrong…..sounds like cheaters to me! Hahahaha.