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- Aug 18, 1999
December 20th Part 2
We continue to explore, making our way to the tram stop for the Saturn V Rocket Park.
That's when we realized that they were no longer doing the tram tour. Makes sense during covid but we definitely missed that part.
They did have all the lights that were over at the Rocket Park moved over to this main part, outside past the cafeteria and to the other side of the Shuttle Carrier.
Having some fun reenacting the scenes.
And a family selfie in front of the Christmas tree in the cafeteria.
We headed out where the trams usually load people and saw that they had some lights around there so we followed the path that lead to the other side of the building.
They had all of the astrological signs along the path, which was new, so we all posed with our respective signs.
They moved the light tunnel that goes over to the rocket park to here, this is one of my favourite displays.
Some new lights for this year. Some of the ones on the ground were hilarious because they moved but they would hit some of the extension cords and light strings around them, which were all attached to it and made for some funny movements.
This part was also new and very cool! When you stepped on the circles, the colours changed. This is definitely the area for the kiddos to run off some of that excess energy.
And then we came across Kira's favourite display, the shooting star! Last time she saw it, she went running over to the end of it, laid on the ground and told me to take a photo, not sure what she was doing but I did it and then she said "Impaled by the star" LOL! Weird child. So, as soon as she saw it, she bolted over but I reminded her just in time that parts of the ground were very wet, so she had to be careful this time.
Impaled by the star, yet again. LOL!
It was just after this that we ran into the same lady (and kiddo) that I saw in the hotel lobby. We chatted for a bit and then we took some family photos of each other in front of this sign...I mean, c'mon, we just HAD to, right?
This light tunnel was new to us.
We were all done with the outside displays, it was time to head back in now. We got to explore part of an exhibit that was closed off to us last time.
Then we headed upstairs to see if there was anything up there this year. Most of it was closed off, just one thing to do so I let Rob and Kira do that while I snapped a quick overall pic of the main plaza area and then checked my mail because the lady that Rob spoke to said she would send us an email to confirm that the bag was in IAH and then it would give us an approximate time when it would arrive to our hotel.
So I opened up my email, sure enough, there was an email about our bag but it was not the news we were expecting. Apparently, our bag had NOT made the direct flight from YYC to IAH, once again!
Oh. My. Dog.
How can a properly tagged bag miss, not one, but TWO direct flights!!!
The email said to reply with our cruise ship name, reservation number, and full cruise itinerary. They said they would get it on the direct flight tomorrow and try to get it to the terminal for us before the ship departs and if not, they would get it to our first port, which was Cozumel.
Rob and Kira had tickets for the VR ride at 9pm so they went to ride that while I sat there and dealt with getting that information to them.
Once they were done, we decided to just head back to the hotel, we had some logistics to work out because inside of that bag was another bag, our carry-on that we always use to bring our water and Diet Coke and Christmas lights, door signs and decorations on the ship with us. Since beverages cannot be packed in your checked luggage and you have to bring them with you in carry-on, we had to come up with a new plan.
That would also mean that we would not be decorating our door or our stateroom, at least not until we get that bag. I tried to do inventory in my head but I couldn't remember exactly everything that was packed in there. I packed that bag a week before we even left because I knew it was the one bag where I could put all of our stuff we wouldn't need until the morning of the cruise or on the cruise itself.
So much for getting to bed nice and early to catch up on the sleep we missed the night before.
We continue to explore, making our way to the tram stop for the Saturn V Rocket Park.
That's when we realized that they were no longer doing the tram tour. Makes sense during covid but we definitely missed that part.
They did have all the lights that were over at the Rocket Park moved over to this main part, outside past the cafeteria and to the other side of the Shuttle Carrier.
Having some fun reenacting the scenes.
And a family selfie in front of the Christmas tree in the cafeteria.
We headed out where the trams usually load people and saw that they had some lights around there so we followed the path that lead to the other side of the building.
They had all of the astrological signs along the path, which was new, so we all posed with our respective signs.
They moved the light tunnel that goes over to the rocket park to here, this is one of my favourite displays.
Some new lights for this year. Some of the ones on the ground were hilarious because they moved but they would hit some of the extension cords and light strings around them, which were all attached to it and made for some funny movements.
This part was also new and very cool! When you stepped on the circles, the colours changed. This is definitely the area for the kiddos to run off some of that excess energy.
And then we came across Kira's favourite display, the shooting star! Last time she saw it, she went running over to the end of it, laid on the ground and told me to take a photo, not sure what she was doing but I did it and then she said "Impaled by the star" LOL! Weird child. So, as soon as she saw it, she bolted over but I reminded her just in time that parts of the ground were very wet, so she had to be careful this time.
Impaled by the star, yet again. LOL!
It was just after this that we ran into the same lady (and kiddo) that I saw in the hotel lobby. We chatted for a bit and then we took some family photos of each other in front of this sign...I mean, c'mon, we just HAD to, right?
This light tunnel was new to us.
We were all done with the outside displays, it was time to head back in now. We got to explore part of an exhibit that was closed off to us last time.
Then we headed upstairs to see if there was anything up there this year. Most of it was closed off, just one thing to do so I let Rob and Kira do that while I snapped a quick overall pic of the main plaza area and then checked my mail because the lady that Rob spoke to said she would send us an email to confirm that the bag was in IAH and then it would give us an approximate time when it would arrive to our hotel.
So I opened up my email, sure enough, there was an email about our bag but it was not the news we were expecting. Apparently, our bag had NOT made the direct flight from YYC to IAH, once again!
Oh. My. Dog.
How can a properly tagged bag miss, not one, but TWO direct flights!!!
The email said to reply with our cruise ship name, reservation number, and full cruise itinerary. They said they would get it on the direct flight tomorrow and try to get it to the terminal for us before the ship departs and if not, they would get it to our first port, which was Cozumel.
Rob and Kira had tickets for the VR ride at 9pm so they went to ride that while I sat there and dealt with getting that information to them.
Once they were done, we decided to just head back to the hotel, we had some logistics to work out because inside of that bag was another bag, our carry-on that we always use to bring our water and Diet Coke and Christmas lights, door signs and decorations on the ship with us. Since beverages cannot be packed in your checked luggage and you have to bring them with you in carry-on, we had to come up with a new plan.
That would also mean that we would not be decorating our door or our stateroom, at least not until we get that bag. I tried to do inventory in my head but I couldn't remember exactly everything that was packed in there. I packed that bag a week before we even left because I knew it was the one bag where I could put all of our stuff we wouldn't need until the morning of the cruise or on the cruise itself.
So much for getting to bed nice and early to catch up on the sleep we missed the night before.
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