The Gluttons do Nassau.....or do they?
Not only had I ordered room service for the morning, but I also put in for a wake up call for 0630. Three hours of sleep after a marathon day before and a sick husband? When the phone rang, I lifted the hand piece and set it right back down again. Sorry Mickey. Yes, I hung up on you.
I was just drifting off again when I heard pounding. I put the pillow over my head, but the pounding continued.
I sat up and glared over to wards the mini Gluttons, assuming they were the source of noise.
They were out cold, zonked, comatose, off in Neverland. DH was out cold too. You know, he'd been asleep quite a while. I peeked on the nightstand for a mirror and didn't find one. I tried to sneak my hand onto his chest to feel his heartbeat, but couldn't. So I did the only thing an Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certified Registered Nurse would do.....
I pinched his nose shut and held my hand over his mouth.
The pounding happened again while I was suffocating the Chief. Oh! It was someone at the door!
Room service!
The chief slapped my hands away, gasping for air like the shark BigBen caught at
Castaway Cay and said "Get the door!:.
I hopped out of bed and ran to the door, flinging it open.
Oh, I have a t shirt on and underwear. There's a strange, tired, sweaty man in the doorway with a huge tray on his shoulder. Instead of screaming in terror at the sight of my elephant trunk legs, he rolled his eyes (just a hint), strolled into the stateroom and looked for somewhere to set the tray down. I cleared the coffee table with one sweeping motion of my arm, of course revealing even more of my elephant trunk legs and my underwear to this poor man in the process of doing so.
By announcing on this trip report the sad state of my lower extremities, I've probably induced terrible flashbacks for my fellow cruisers who will now, of course, remember bearing witness to a woman on the cruise with the scariest legs known to man. Why bother posting a picture here? My cruise buddies from the March 1st Wonder will surely faint dead away when they remember that they witness Mrs Glutton IN a bathing suit not only on board, but at CC as well.
Well, since the sight of my thighs did likely kill off some appetites at Cookie's BBQ, you can at least thank me for saving you from gaining weight on the cruise.
Back to room service.
Luckily, the night before, I did have the foresight to lay a few George Washingtons on the nightstand for tipping.
I grabbed them and had to step out into the hall to catch the poor room service CM who was attempting to escape the horror of Mrs Glutton's nekkid thighs.
You do know where this is going, right?
Oh course you do!!
The room service CM grabs the cash and sprints off, leaving Mrs. Glutton in the hallway in her t shirt and underwear, in front of her closed stateroom door.
It's 7 am and I'm half nekkid on a
Disney Cruise ship, trapped in the hallway.
I press the "doorbell" which is actually more of a buzzer.No one comes to the door.
I really want to just cry at this stage of the game, but given the early hour, no one else was in the hallway.
I began banging on the door.
Finally, the Chief came to the door and let me back in.
17. Sleep with your Key To The World card around your neck. When
DCL says to keep it with you at all times, they REALLY mean it! See?? Proof!
I carried the tray out to the verandah and set it on the larger table out there. As I slid the tray onto the table, I stepped into something squishy. A little cool, but definitely moist, with a soft clay like consistency. I immediately assumed it was seagull poop, or, worse pelican poop!
Remember the verandah?
Ick!
I looked down and discovered I'd stepped into a chocolate chip cookie.
I craned my neck back, looking straight up, and realized that I could see the balcony of Topsiders.
Someone tossed their cookie off the balcony up on Deck 9 and it landed on our verandah. Ick!
I cleaned off my feet, pulled some shorts on, and went back out onto the verandah.
DH and I sipped coffee, nibbled fruit, and watched the Wonder pull into Nassau.
The kids? They were still out cold, schmaltz-ed, oblivious!
We were in a foreign country! Cool!
Some views from our verandah of Nassau!!
We finished the coffee (DCL has STRONG coffee, just a heads up), dressed, and began rousing the kiddos from their slumber.
After the kids were dressed, I quickly went about the stateroom trying to straighten it up a bit so Ronald wouldn't bear witness to how sloppy the Gluttons are.
I thought I had gathered all of the dirty clothing and put them in the hamper in the closet. I'd later find out I missed something!
We'd promised Salomie and Tomas that we'd have breakfast in Triton's in the morning and a grand breakfast the Gluttons did have! Mmmm!
Sure makes my morning oatmeal seem boring looking at these pictures! (I had the eggs Benedict I did!)
the Princess had waffles
DH and DS loaded up!
Stuffed to the gills, we grabbed our Keys to the World cards, passports, and cash, and headed off the ship to go shopping in Nassau.
If I had to do it all over again? I would have booked an excursion in Nassau. The area directly off the ship is set up like a mall. There are literally hundreds of people there trying to sell you something. Between very aggressive taxi drivers, hair braiders, tour guides, shop keepers, and panhandlers, we were just overwhelmed, stressed, out, and disappointed.
We did make it to the Del Sol store and purchased souvenirs for family and friends. The young men working in that store were polite, helpful, cheerful, and very generous. Thanks so much for creating a bright spot in our day fellows! You rock!
After some stressful jewelry shopping (we didn't buy), and an aborted attempt to go buy rum cake at the Tortuga Rum Factory store, we headed back on ship.
So we could have planned that better!
We changed into our swimsuits and went for a dip in the Goofy pool. It was jam packed! High School Musical was playing on the Dumbotron. We had the famous chicken tenders from Pluto's, burgers and fries, and some fruit, wraps, sandwiches, and salad from Goofy's. The kids, of course, had to load up on ice cream.
We watched a chef create the most amazing ice sculpture on deck. Then DS saw this:
the money pit!
18. Stay away from the arcade!
Next up: Well, now you've really done it, haven't you?
