Saturday, May 26, 2007

The Cruise!

Kirsty and I waiting for our Disney cruise line transport at the Beach Club hotel; a plan of the ship; the Disney cruise line bus with port holes!




The seat on the bus; Kirsty and then me on the bus; the cruise line terminal




Piccies of our room



More piccies of our room!

More piccies of our room still!



The corridor from our room; a statue of Ariel outside the restaurant "Triton's"; a modern art chandelier




Corridor leading to the Walt Disney theatre; the family pool; mickey on one of the funnels; top deck - deck 11




The adult only pool and pool area; the sail away party! on deck 10



Us leaving Port Canaveral

Our view of the sun setting on our first day while we ate dinner at Palo's; Kirsty with her peach wine; my dinner - filet mignon; both of us at the table


Kirsty's dinner - lamb; our desserts - mascarpone and then tiramisu (we forgot to take a picture of the souffle - we tucked in too quickly!); quick photo of the restaurant




Kirsty and I by the grand piano on one of the main decks; our towel animal - a dog!




Kirsty with the dog; photo back in our room; Mickey and Minnie in their sailor outfits



Kirsty and I at karaoke with our cocktails; one of two grand staircases; Kirsty at the 80's party

Me at the 80's party; Dom, from Kent, who works in food & bev at Epcot dancing to Come on Eileen; Dom again with some random guy who works for the Disney Vacation Club; Route 66 poster - adult part of the ship




Day 2 - docked in Nassau; Welcome sign; me and the ship; a random shop on the island!




Streets around the island; Nassau cathedral; Pirate museum!




More pics from the pirate museum; marketplace



Vista Spa - pure luxury!

View from top staircase, looking all the way down; Kirsty and I on the stairs; our lobster towel creation!

Entrance to Route 66; Kirsty on her way down Route 66; Day 3 - docked at Castway Cay - Disney's private island - exclusive to cruise line members






The Flying Dutchman! from Pirates of the Caribbean 2 and 3






Welcome sign; piccies of the view; Jack Sparrow




Our ship with they Flying Dutchman in front; more piccies of the view



Kirsty and me on our bikes; posing by a fence!






In our snorkelling gear; our BBQ at lunch and the eating area






Me in the beautiful clear Bahamian sea!






The adult only beach; my feet in the sea - look how clear it is!; Our ship!




Another of our ship; view of the island from the boat; Walt Disney theatre




Our monkey towel creation!; Kirsty and I in Triton's on pirate night; then Kirsty and I with our pirate bandanas on!









Kirsty with our pirate-themed menu; the Triton and Ariel mosaic on the wall; the servers dressed as pirates






Us with our personal servers Alfredo and Branel; the Pirate party on deck 10






Pirate Mickey flying down from the funnel; Kirsty in her bandana; Pirate buffet - more food glorious food after dinner; Warm crepes - mmmmmm




Turkey legs!; 50 different types of dessert x 2; pirate ice sculpture



More dessert; Kirsty and I in port holes!; Our photo with the professional photographer









Our peacock towel creation!; Animator's Palate restaurant in its black and white state; our servers Branel and Alfredo again; Ariel before she becomes coloured






Ariel when the colours began to change in the restaurant; the colours gradually changing; 3 of our 16 desserts!; Entrance to the restaurant






Last Day - Cruise terminal; the funnels of the ship and the large screen TV






Sun rise on day 4 - probably about 7.15 am; Cruise line buses in the terminal; our elephant towel creation - the one that Kirsty and I made for our housekeeper!

Kirsty and I posing again!

Saturday, May 12, 2007

Alehouse baby!

Hayley and Ana; Mark and me; Mark and me again; Hayley after a "couple" of drinks


Alehouse cups!; Hayley and Ana - note the yummy nachos in the corner!; Hayley and Ana; Ana

Random pics at work



A couple of pics backstage, while bored on break: Kim; Mark grabbing Suzie so she wouldn't runn away from photo; Mark and Suzie again; Suzie and me (San Francisco travel buddies!)

Dinner in Norway

Me with Tigger and Pooh in the UK pavillion



Me, Mark and Adam with Andy the character attendant, from Puerto Rico, who we chat to when we're bored at work!




Me and Mark with Princess Aurora (Sleeping Beauty) in the Norway restaurant; Us with Ariel




Us with Belle and Alice



Us with Snow White



Yummy dessert!

Friday, May 11, 2007

Carrabbas with Nadia


Breakfast at the Golden Corral - 5th May

The entrance to the Golden Corral; duckies we saw on the walk home from breakfast; my favourite resting spot at Mickey's retreat - the hammock! where I went in the afternoon

Saturday, May 05, 2007

Beaches and Cream!

Beaches and Cream; view from the Beach Club of the Boardwalk while we waited for our table to be called


Two views of the ice cream parlour; the monster that is the kitchen sink; me with the kitchen sink


Birds eye view of the kitchen sink; me sucking up the remains of the dessert!; the mess we left at the end; Kim and Luke post-kitchen sink


Kirsty mucking around with my camera as I finished off dessert - did you really think anyone else would???

School Visit

Children parading in costume, men playing German music; some of the food stalls


My plate half eaten; Juliane from Germany and Gemma from Leicester; Tomi from Japan; group photo


Exterior shots of the school and group photo on the steps

The Moon!

After work one night this week Suzie and I got a bit too excited about the bright moon shining over the lagoon which is at the centre of the World Showcase, so we decided to take a few piccies! I can't believe how lucky I am to be here with all this beautiful scenery! This is the view I see everytime I leave work at night!

Alehouse - good to be back!

Holly (Hayley's cousin), Hayley and Suzie; Mark and James (the one who has now left); Me, Mark and James; Me and Mark