the experience of a lifetime!
heyyy everybody! i am FINALLY home!!! OMG OMG the cruise was so freaking awazingly awesomelycooltastic!!!! so much fun! nikki chica and i were so crazy together...we laughed so much. man, it was GREAT! i'm gunna give ya'll the day by day so ya know what i was up to all last week in the caribbean :-D woop!!! it was so fun...lotsa funny stories, laughs, a few tears, dancing, singing...greatness. yay! so here goes-
SATURDAY
sooooo excited...i got up at like 10 mins of 3 in the morning to shower and finish my last minute packing. i was exhausted cuz i only got like and hr and a hlaf of sleep, lol. then we went to Bouchers (my dance studio) and got a bus from there to boston. that took an hr and the one time i fell asleep my mom woke me up telling me to look at my windo...my brothers had written "love muffin" on it cuz it was al fogged up. lol. found nikki chica at the airport! went thru all the security and such (they make u take ur shoes off now! haha) then we waited for our flight to leave for three hours!!! it was alright tho cuz nikki and i chatted and laughed and such. then the plane ride was hilarious...nikki and i sat next to each other and had some awesome convo's-
nikki: it doesn't feel like we're flying, it just feels like we're moving thru the air.
lol...
*seatbelt ding*
me: you are now free to move about the country
this was classic, our pilot was great-
pilot: we will be arriving in Atlanta at 20 minutes past ten that is 10:20
ummmm DUH! hahahahahaha
then when we were landing, omg me and nikki were freaking out! lol
me: HIT THE BRAKES! HIT THE BRAKES!!!
nikki: PLANES DON'T HAVE BRAKES!
me: THEN JUST COAST!!!
lol...that was scary the first time...the other three times was fun tho.
nikki: *looking out the window* it looks like a giant monopoly board!
hahaha...we landed in Atlanta after a 2 and a half hour plane ride and had a freaking 3 hour lay over there :-P blahhhhh!
nikki and i: *getting off the plane* *talking like hicks* we're breathin' SUHWEET Georgia aih!
haha...we are such retards! lol...it was boring in Atlanta...we had some foodage (burger king and a brownie sundae) and walked around for awhile. we were in the biggest airport in the US tho, so there was alot to explore. even tho we were pretty tired from getting up so early. then froggy fell asleep in the sun by a window, so i put my head on his stomach and i fell asleep, and nikki put her head on my stomach and fell asleep. lol...it must've been a funny picture...a pile of us sleeping in a window in Georgia. haha...
ok, then we had another flight from Georgia to Miami. this one was only and hr and a hlaf long and nikki and i sat next to each other again so it went by fast. i don't rele remember any of those funny convo's tho. but o well. we were sitting behind my parents and next to sarah's dad..lol, i pretnded to pull my mm's hair just to get a laugh outa nikki, then sarah's dad actually pulled my moms hair and blamed it on us and traded seats with someone. it was wicked funny. once we FINALLY got to Miami we had a half an hr bus ride to Ft. Lauderdale were our hotel was. THAT was a funny bus ride-
me: *eating a bag of gourmet pretzels from the air plane* *finds one perfectly broken in half* hey look! this is me *holds up one half of the pretzel* and this is Ky *holds up other half* *puts to halves together* perfect fit!!! hehe...*eats pretzel*
nikki: you just ate your love!
hahahaha...once at the hotel we checked in, changed and walked to Bayside this giant out-door mall thingy. that was cool...we got more foodage and walked around for awhile just enjoying the sun.
nikki and i: *talking like hicks* SUHWEET Florida aih!
lol....i got a pina colada which was rele good...there were some drunk ppl at Bayside and frog and dan (nikkis big bro) were making fun of them then nikki and i started square dancing so they started making fun of us-
frog: *talking about me a nikki* lookit those two gay tourist chicks...they're so drunk!
lol...SO that was basically how saturday went. lotsa crazy hyperness from me and nikki which was fun. enjoying the SUHWEET Florida air! lol...
SUNDAY
sunday was the big day! the day we got on the boat! first tho we had to wait for the bus to come to take us there. it was supposed to come at noon but it didn't come until 1 SO we had some time to kill. we got up and ate breakfast at the hotel, my mom, lol, she was over-tired
mom: i keep thinking it's sunday! sheesh!
me: wait, what??
mom: *talking slower* i keep thinking it's sunday
me: it IS sunday!
hahahaha...after breakfast we went to Bayside again and walked around, saw our boat in the harbor which was awesome...we got all excited! then back to the hotel room to check out and then back to Bayside again while our parents watched our luggage. then finally the bus came and brought us to the ship!!! HOLY CRAP is it HUGE!!!!! the biggest cruise ship in the world right now. we went thru security and everything again and got to our room. it was room 6200 right at the very front of the ship. it was biiiiig room, which we were all happy about. my parents had a queen sized bed, my bro's shared bunk beds and i slept on the pull out couch (which was very uncomfortable btw, lol). i had my own clset :-D my mom and dad shared one and so did my brothers. we explored the ship a little, getting quite lost in it's ginormousness, haha. we bought soda card thingys so that all we had to do as show the bartender our cards and we got free soda. that was cool. then we went to the gay life jacket drill which sucked pond water but only took loike 30 mins. then we watched the boat take off!!! that was awesome...then it was dinner time. we had a sit down dinner in the formal dining room. man, i'm going to miss those dinners. they come over and out a napkin on ur lap for you and u get like a 4 course meal! freash baked bread, a selaction of starters, a salad if you want one, an entree and a dessert. and everything on the menu changes every single night! it was awesome...SO yummy too! i don't remmeber what i ate sunday, but i know it was good...veal i think...but i was rele sick...i left before dessert cuz i wasn't feeling good at all. my whole family got sick. during dinner both my mom and i felt crappy so she asked josh to go get the dramamine and tylenol for us. he went to our room and got them and came back...we both took a dramamine and my mom took tow "tylenol" without looking at the container...come to find out it wasn't tylenol, it was ibuprofen, and my mom is wicke dallergic to ibrprofen so she freaked out and rushed off to the infirmary...she eneded up taking a buncha benadryl (sp?) and she was alright...so yea...i went back to the room and slept after my mom left. then around 8 nikki and devon came to my room and invited me to the club with them. i went cuz i was feeling a lil better and i'm SO glad i did! it helped alot to get out of the front of the boat. it felt like riding the stupid thunderbolt at six flags over and over again, but like 5 times worse. NOT cool! blahhhhhhh! but we went to the teen club, which was totally dead, so we left and went to this "lounge" and hung out and chatted and laughed. then we went to the "welcome aboard" parade. so that was fun. we mostly just chilled...ate some ice cream...
devon: that guy woulda been cute if he wasn't picking his nose!
lol they made me feel alot better :-) so that was sunday.
MONDAY
monday was a full (and LONG) day at sea. we didn't do all that much...nikki and devon and i hung out and "tanned". or atleast tried to, lol. we ate more ice cream (there were free soft serve ice cream stations open almost 24/7 on decks 11 and 5...chocolate, vanilla and choc./vanilla twist, strawberry, vanilla, and strawberry/vanilla twist) then monday night was "Captains night" so we got all dressed up :-) that was cool. i love getting all dolled up, haha. i'm such a gurlie gurl. lol...my mom got all pissed at me on monday tho cuz i was hanging out with nikki and devon most of the day (she was still feeling sick) and idk, she was being gay about it. saying it was a "family vacation, not an alayna and her friends vacation" blah blah blah...it was GAY! but w/e...after formal dinner we got a few pictures taken then nikki and devon and i hung out some more. i think we went to a dance show..."Fast Forward" the pro's on the ship were freaking amazing! so together...so sharp...just amazing. it made us feel like crap tho, haha. omg random conv's from monday night-
me and devon: *laughing at some random convo we were having*
nikki: i don't wanna know what that conversation is about
devon: it had to do with something we were talking about
lol...NO WAY devon! lol...
devon: WHALES!!!! *falls over*
hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! that was SO hilarious! lol...
then we were riding the elevators for fun. that was awesome...until we had like 11 guys stalking us...then it was just funny. :-P
joe: look out for Asian invasion!
joe: if he asks for your sea pass card DON'T GIVE IT TO HIM! just run away...
haha...ok then
soooooo basically monday was a day of just hanging out, enjoying the sun, and laughing ALOT.
TUESDAY
Puerto Rico day. i have decided that P.R. SUCKS!!! it's a slumhole of a country...lol. we went to a rainforest there...it took a freaking hr and a hlaf to drive there in a bus, then we went to a look out tower and such...the rainforest itself was beautiful, but Puerto Rico as a whole blows. lol...it started to rain when we were getting ready to leave the rainforest then our bus broke down. o how fun. so a bunch of us crammed on to another bus. then we got stuck in traffic for over an hr hanks to flooding on the highway. it sucked SO bad!!! we were cold, wet, hungry, tired and we missed dinner since we were so late (the boat left port @ 8, we got back on board literally RUNNING at 7:45, diner was at 6) but we went to this lil cafe thingy called the Windjammer and had some foodage there. not as good as the Italian food they served in the formal dining room that night (nikki and devon told me about it) but it was still food so, w/e. yea...so tuesday wasn't that grand. lol, on the bus-
random lady: atleast it's an adventure...
random guy: i didn't ask for an adventure!
bus driver: *pointing out some random sights while we were stuck in traffic*
random guy: i don't a d*mn about the sights...just get me back to the d*mn port so i can get back on the ship!
random lady: SHUT UP!!!
my mom: *yelling from the back of the bus* DID ANYONE CALL THE CRUISE SHIP TO TELL THEM WE'D BE LATE???
random guy: man, she has an obnoxious voice...
random people: *talking about the boat leaving without us*
me: yea, with my luck our boat will leave without us and we'll be stuck in this slumhole of a country
josh: hahahahahah!
me: that'd suck...i'd drown myself in the water trying to get to the boat...
josh: i'd shoot myself in the face...or drink some poison...or, oh i kno! drown myself in the stupid flood water from this gay country...
me: and rob calls southbridge the armpit of the world...
josh: if southbridge is the armpit Puerto Rico is the sweaty butt crack
lol...as u can tell we did NOT like Puerto Rico at all. there were many other random P.R. bashing convo's buti was too tired to remember them all. and to hungry...man, we were starving...
WEDNESDAY (best day!!!)
wednesday was BY FAR the best day of the cruise! it was totally GrEaT! we went to St. Maarten to a little beach resort called Divi Beach...OMG it was AWESOME!!! so so so awesome! ahhhhh i can't even express the awesomeness, lol. ok, i'll calm down now *inhale* *outhale* hahaha...SO yea, Divi Beach...i went with my family and nikki's family...omg, the sand was almost white and (OMG get this!) when u went in the water and looked down YOU COULD SEE YOUR FEET!!!! and no i am not kidding! i am dead serious...you could see your feet! and there was no seaweed! it was amazing...the water was nice and warm...it was just like on TV.
me: *in the water* *stops all of a sudden and looks down* OMG!!! nikki! i can see my feet!
nikki: *does same thing* ME TOO!!!
us: ahhhhhh! thats awesome! *stares at feet*
that was so great. i couldn't believe that i was actually THERE! nikki and i kept talking about how we never thought we'd ever be somewhere as awesome as st. maarten...but we were! we really were! i even have pictures to prove it, lol. my mom took 342 pictures! ahhhhhhhh! lol...she got some rele good ones tho. o, n e ways, back to subject...we rented jet ski's at the beach! they were also wicked amazingly fun! haha...my mom was scared to go too fast tho, but it was still fun. yeaaaa! then after the beach all the guys went back to the ship and us ladies stayed in st/ maarten and went shopping *evil laugh* lol.my mom got two rings, i got a ring, nikki got a ring and nikki's mom got a couple rings. lol. obviously we were jewelry shoppin. such good deals for jewelry there...so that 'twas fun :-) then back onto the boat...to sit down dinner...then to dress rehersal from 8-9 then our first performance at 9:30!!! we had about 350 ppl at the first performance...so it went well. it was rele fun! then after our performance nikki and i went swimmin which was also funnn. then there was a midnight buffet out on deck and a deck party!!! that was awesome...we learned this wicked awesome new dance..we were doin it all week, lol...we ended up teaching it to everyone at the teen club on friday i think. so, yea it was great. wendesday rocked!!!
SATURDAY
sooooo excited...i got up at like 10 mins of 3 in the morning to shower and finish my last minute packing. i was exhausted cuz i only got like and hr and a hlaf of sleep, lol. then we went to Bouchers (my dance studio) and got a bus from there to boston. that took an hr and the one time i fell asleep my mom woke me up telling me to look at my windo...my brothers had written "love muffin" on it cuz it was al fogged up. lol. found nikki chica at the airport! went thru all the security and such (they make u take ur shoes off now! haha) then we waited for our flight to leave for three hours!!! it was alright tho cuz nikki and i chatted and laughed and such. then the plane ride was hilarious...nikki and i sat next to each other and had some awesome convo's-
nikki: it doesn't feel like we're flying, it just feels like we're moving thru the air.
lol...
*seatbelt ding*
me: you are now free to move about the country
this was classic, our pilot was great-
pilot: we will be arriving in Atlanta at 20 minutes past ten that is 10:20
ummmm DUH! hahahahahaha
then when we were landing, omg me and nikki were freaking out! lol
me: HIT THE BRAKES! HIT THE BRAKES!!!
nikki: PLANES DON'T HAVE BRAKES!
me: THEN JUST COAST!!!
lol...that was scary the first time...the other three times was fun tho.
nikki: *looking out the window* it looks like a giant monopoly board!
hahaha...we landed in Atlanta after a 2 and a half hour plane ride and had a freaking 3 hour lay over there :-P blahhhhh!
nikki and i: *getting off the plane* *talking like hicks* we're breathin' SUHWEET Georgia aih!
haha...we are such retards! lol...it was boring in Atlanta...we had some foodage (burger king and a brownie sundae) and walked around for awhile. we were in the biggest airport in the US tho, so there was alot to explore. even tho we were pretty tired from getting up so early. then froggy fell asleep in the sun by a window, so i put my head on his stomach and i fell asleep, and nikki put her head on my stomach and fell asleep. lol...it must've been a funny picture...a pile of us sleeping in a window in Georgia. haha...
ok, then we had another flight from Georgia to Miami. this one was only and hr and a hlaf long and nikki and i sat next to each other again so it went by fast. i don't rele remember any of those funny convo's tho. but o well. we were sitting behind my parents and next to sarah's dad..lol, i pretnded to pull my mm's hair just to get a laugh outa nikki, then sarah's dad actually pulled my moms hair and blamed it on us and traded seats with someone. it was wicked funny. once we FINALLY got to Miami we had a half an hr bus ride to Ft. Lauderdale were our hotel was. THAT was a funny bus ride-
me: *eating a bag of gourmet pretzels from the air plane* *finds one perfectly broken in half* hey look! this is me *holds up one half of the pretzel* and this is Ky *holds up other half* *puts to halves together* perfect fit!!! hehe...*eats pretzel*
nikki: you just ate your love!
hahahaha...once at the hotel we checked in, changed and walked to Bayside this giant out-door mall thingy. that was cool...we got more foodage and walked around for awhile just enjoying the sun.
nikki and i: *talking like hicks* SUHWEET Florida aih!
lol....i got a pina colada which was rele good...there were some drunk ppl at Bayside and frog and dan (nikkis big bro) were making fun of them then nikki and i started square dancing so they started making fun of us-
frog: *talking about me a nikki* lookit those two gay tourist chicks...they're so drunk!
lol...SO that was basically how saturday went. lotsa crazy hyperness from me and nikki which was fun. enjoying the SUHWEET Florida air! lol...
SUNDAY
sunday was the big day! the day we got on the boat! first tho we had to wait for the bus to come to take us there. it was supposed to come at noon but it didn't come until 1 SO we had some time to kill. we got up and ate breakfast at the hotel, my mom, lol, she was over-tired
mom: i keep thinking it's sunday! sheesh!
me: wait, what??
mom: *talking slower* i keep thinking it's sunday
me: it IS sunday!
hahahaha...after breakfast we went to Bayside again and walked around, saw our boat in the harbor which was awesome...we got all excited! then back to the hotel room to check out and then back to Bayside again while our parents watched our luggage. then finally the bus came and brought us to the ship!!! HOLY CRAP is it HUGE!!!!! the biggest cruise ship in the world right now. we went thru security and everything again and got to our room. it was room 6200 right at the very front of the ship. it was biiiiig room, which we were all happy about. my parents had a queen sized bed, my bro's shared bunk beds and i slept on the pull out couch (which was very uncomfortable btw, lol). i had my own clset :-D my mom and dad shared one and so did my brothers. we explored the ship a little, getting quite lost in it's ginormousness, haha. we bought soda card thingys so that all we had to do as show the bartender our cards and we got free soda. that was cool. then we went to the gay life jacket drill which sucked pond water but only took loike 30 mins. then we watched the boat take off!!! that was awesome...then it was dinner time. we had a sit down dinner in the formal dining room. man, i'm going to miss those dinners. they come over and out a napkin on ur lap for you and u get like a 4 course meal! freash baked bread, a selaction of starters, a salad if you want one, an entree and a dessert. and everything on the menu changes every single night! it was awesome...SO yummy too! i don't remmeber what i ate sunday, but i know it was good...veal i think...but i was rele sick...i left before dessert cuz i wasn't feeling good at all. my whole family got sick. during dinner both my mom and i felt crappy so she asked josh to go get the dramamine and tylenol for us. he went to our room and got them and came back...we both took a dramamine and my mom took tow "tylenol" without looking at the container...come to find out it wasn't tylenol, it was ibuprofen, and my mom is wicke dallergic to ibrprofen so she freaked out and rushed off to the infirmary...she eneded up taking a buncha benadryl (sp?) and she was alright...so yea...i went back to the room and slept after my mom left. then around 8 nikki and devon came to my room and invited me to the club with them. i went cuz i was feeling a lil better and i'm SO glad i did! it helped alot to get out of the front of the boat. it felt like riding the stupid thunderbolt at six flags over and over again, but like 5 times worse. NOT cool! blahhhhhhh! but we went to the teen club, which was totally dead, so we left and went to this "lounge" and hung out and chatted and laughed. then we went to the "welcome aboard" parade. so that was fun. we mostly just chilled...ate some ice cream...
devon: that guy woulda been cute if he wasn't picking his nose!
lol they made me feel alot better :-) so that was sunday.
MONDAY
monday was a full (and LONG) day at sea. we didn't do all that much...nikki and devon and i hung out and "tanned". or atleast tried to, lol. we ate more ice cream (there were free soft serve ice cream stations open almost 24/7 on decks 11 and 5...chocolate, vanilla and choc./vanilla twist, strawberry, vanilla, and strawberry/vanilla twist) then monday night was "Captains night" so we got all dressed up :-) that was cool. i love getting all dolled up, haha. i'm such a gurlie gurl. lol...my mom got all pissed at me on monday tho cuz i was hanging out with nikki and devon most of the day (she was still feeling sick) and idk, she was being gay about it. saying it was a "family vacation, not an alayna and her friends vacation" blah blah blah...it was GAY! but w/e...after formal dinner we got a few pictures taken then nikki and devon and i hung out some more. i think we went to a dance show..."Fast Forward" the pro's on the ship were freaking amazing! so together...so sharp...just amazing. it made us feel like crap tho, haha. omg random conv's from monday night-
me and devon: *laughing at some random convo we were having*
nikki: i don't wanna know what that conversation is about
devon: it had to do with something we were talking about
lol...NO WAY devon! lol...
devon: WHALES!!!! *falls over*
hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! that was SO hilarious! lol...
then we were riding the elevators for fun. that was awesome...until we had like 11 guys stalking us...then it was just funny. :-P
joe: look out for Asian invasion!
joe: if he asks for your sea pass card DON'T GIVE IT TO HIM! just run away...
haha...ok then
soooooo basically monday was a day of just hanging out, enjoying the sun, and laughing ALOT.
TUESDAY
Puerto Rico day. i have decided that P.R. SUCKS!!! it's a slumhole of a country...lol. we went to a rainforest there...it took a freaking hr and a hlaf to drive there in a bus, then we went to a look out tower and such...the rainforest itself was beautiful, but Puerto Rico as a whole blows. lol...it started to rain when we were getting ready to leave the rainforest then our bus broke down. o how fun. so a bunch of us crammed on to another bus. then we got stuck in traffic for over an hr hanks to flooding on the highway. it sucked SO bad!!! we were cold, wet, hungry, tired and we missed dinner since we were so late (the boat left port @ 8, we got back on board literally RUNNING at 7:45, diner was at 6) but we went to this lil cafe thingy called the Windjammer and had some foodage there. not as good as the Italian food they served in the formal dining room that night (nikki and devon told me about it) but it was still food so, w/e. yea...so tuesday wasn't that grand. lol, on the bus-
random lady: atleast it's an adventure...
random guy: i didn't ask for an adventure!
bus driver: *pointing out some random sights while we were stuck in traffic*
random guy: i don't a d*mn about the sights...just get me back to the d*mn port so i can get back on the ship!
random lady: SHUT UP!!!
my mom: *yelling from the back of the bus* DID ANYONE CALL THE CRUISE SHIP TO TELL THEM WE'D BE LATE???
random guy: man, she has an obnoxious voice...
random people: *talking about the boat leaving without us*
me: yea, with my luck our boat will leave without us and we'll be stuck in this slumhole of a country
josh: hahahahahah!
me: that'd suck...i'd drown myself in the water trying to get to the boat...
josh: i'd shoot myself in the face...or drink some poison...or, oh i kno! drown myself in the stupid flood water from this gay country...
me: and rob calls southbridge the armpit of the world...
josh: if southbridge is the armpit Puerto Rico is the sweaty butt crack
lol...as u can tell we did NOT like Puerto Rico at all. there were many other random P.R. bashing convo's buti was too tired to remember them all. and to hungry...man, we were starving...
WEDNESDAY (best day!!!)
wednesday was BY FAR the best day of the cruise! it was totally GrEaT! we went to St. Maarten to a little beach resort called Divi Beach...OMG it was AWESOME!!! so so so awesome! ahhhhh i can't even express the awesomeness, lol. ok, i'll calm down now *inhale* *outhale* hahaha...SO yea, Divi Beach...i went with my family and nikki's family...omg, the sand was almost white and (OMG get this!) when u went in the water and looked down YOU COULD SEE YOUR FEET!!!! and no i am not kidding! i am dead serious...you could see your feet! and there was no seaweed! it was amazing...the water was nice and warm...it was just like on TV.
me: *in the water* *stops all of a sudden and looks down* OMG!!! nikki! i can see my feet!
nikki: *does same thing* ME TOO!!!
us: ahhhhhh! thats awesome! *stares at feet*
that was so great. i couldn't believe that i was actually THERE! nikki and i kept talking about how we never thought we'd ever be somewhere as awesome as st. maarten...but we were! we really were! i even have pictures to prove it, lol. my mom took 342 pictures! ahhhhhhhh! lol...she got some rele good ones tho. o, n e ways, back to subject...we rented jet ski's at the beach! they were also wicked amazingly fun! haha...my mom was scared to go too fast tho, but it was still fun. yeaaaa! then after the beach all the guys went back to the ship and us ladies stayed in st/ maarten and went shopping *evil laugh* lol.my mom got two rings, i got a ring, nikki got a ring and nikki's mom got a couple rings. lol. obviously we were jewelry shoppin. such good deals for jewelry there...so that 'twas fun :-) then back onto the boat...to sit down dinner...then to dress rehersal from 8-9 then our first performance at 9:30!!! we had about 350 ppl at the first performance...so it went well. it was rele fun! then after our performance nikki and i went swimmin which was also funnn. then there was a midnight buffet out on deck and a deck party!!! that was awesome...we learned this wicked awesome new dance..we were doin it all week, lol...we ended up teaching it to everyone at the teen club on friday i think. so, yea it was great. wendesday rocked!!!