Day 2 - December 5 - The Journey Begins

The adjustment to the ships movement has been a bigger transition than first thought. The only one who has made a seemless transition is the baby.

I swear that I woke up this morning thinking the ship was going to roll over. My legs seemed much higher than my head, and the ship just wasn't rolling, it was moving to one direction. The only thing left to do was rollover and go back to sleep.

Trivial Fact #1

The ship is huge, and we still need to take a couple of moments to figure out where we are. Our cabin in an inside state room located on the sixth deck at the front of the boat.

King Kong Moment

The kids decided that this morning we should attend a paper plane making sesson. Yes, there is a class. I guess if you can have basketweaving in college, than you can have paper plane making on a cruise. After an intense 15 minutes of making our planes they were ready for flight. Our instructor gave us last minute instructions, namely (1) not to fly the plane into the ocean and (2) not to throw your plane at another person. The countdown began, the green light given, and paper planes were being thrown everywhere. For the next few minutes I became the object of most airplanes. I realize that I am a little large, but was I trying to climb a building carrying a woman? No... I am beginning to understand why that ape kept swatting at those planes.

Rule #13

When participating in a paper plane making class, ensure you are in the back of the room when the planes go flying.

I thought I would include a picture of the planes. Any guesses on who constructed this plane??

We also went to our first origami class and learned how to make paper flowers. Dad, Mom, Emily and Abbey worked their magic, and attached is a picture of those flowers. For the record, Chloe has yet to master the art of folding paper. She has mastered crumbbling paper, and eating paper.

The other major event of the day was the character breakfast. Chloe had the following review:

           Eggs were good
           Pancakes were better
           Mickey and Minnie were neat and deserved a smile
           Goofy and Pluto were met with mixed emotions
           Chip and Dale - full meltdown, but in her defense they were a bunch of crazy chipmunks.
           Watching Dad and the girls have to wear funny hats, priceless.

Disney Trivia Fact Number 2

How many eggs are prepared daily on a Disney Cruise Ship?

Crazy News of the Day

At dinner, we were told that the clocks would move forward an hour. But not too worry at the end of our week we would move the clocks back an hour and recover that time.