ukintheus
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Well, it has just been wayyyy too long since I have done a trip report!! Life got in the way, and we were among those that got our Wish cruise for July 2022 cancelled, so those things combined led to a severe lack of cruising!! We decided to go ahead and book a 3 night on the Wish anyway, just so we could say “been there, done that” and we have used the 50% off cruise fare that DCL offered for our cancelled cruise to do an 8 night Alaska this September! So, yay for cancellations!!
This cruise is just the two of us. Sad update to follow so skip to the "Thursday travel day" part if you want to just see Wish photos and stuff and want to avoid it. I started writing this trip report back in November 2022. Mum’s health wasn’t good for a lot of 2022. She had a fall and fractured 2 vertebrae in May and recovery took a while with my sister flying in and out to help out. In July she fell again and broke her hip and, at 94 years old, the recovery was slow. Then, for some reason unknown to everyone (including her I might add ) in September she just decided she was done with life (all very dramatic and quite unlike her). My sister flew in again to help out and we had 24-hour nursing care plus began hospice help. Life however was not quite done with HER! (we all explained to her it doesn’t work that way – ha ha) and so this cruise date was looming for us and, because there really was nothing that would indicate that she was going to go any time soon, we decided to take it. It was a difficult decision at the time, but she was OK the whole time we were gone. Fast forward to Christmas and she was doing a lot better and then between Christmas and New Year she fell AGAIN while the nurse was out of the room getting her breakfast. Hospitalized with multiple fractures of the pelvis she now finally had her trifecta of reasons to be gone from this earth and sadly she passed away on January 3rd. Just blah and yuck and all the things that go along with losing your Mum. She was cremated here in the US and we had her funeral in England in February and life was hectic. Hence this trip report was never finished. I got the photos uploaded but just didn’t finish getting it written. I decided that I wasn’t going to write it, and now here I am almost 8 months later throwing it out there because it was our first time on the Wish and I write these more for myself as a reminder of the vacation more than anything else and because Mum would have loved to read it.
So here we are!! The day before our cruise, October 13th, which was thankfully not a Friday. Due to the crazy amount of time it’s been between now and then, this is going to be done solely on my memory which is about worthless so there will be way more photos than there are notes.
We had an early afternoon flight so decided to get on the road with plenty of time to work our way through a ton of road construction at Houston Intercontinental.
Plenty of time means you have time for the obligatory airport overpriced wine. Vacation officially begins now.
The flight to MCO was uneventful and on time, although the plane was packed. We had a window and aisle seat but the lady in the middle seat agreed to switch so we could sit together. I think she only spoke Spanish but we figured it out.
We had booked to stay at the Hyatt at MCO as it is so convenient and I booked it with DCL so it would be connected to our reservation. By 4 pm we had landed, picked up our luggage, checked in and were headed down the loooooong hallways to our room.
You can no longer open the doors onto the little verandah they have. I *think* I’m remembering that someone decided to commit suicide from one of the floors of the hotel a few years ago. If that’s true (and I’m remembering right) then I guess it makes sense they’ve got them all locked.
King room with all the usual stuff.
We were going to hit McCoys up for dinner and decided to get a drink first. There was some big convention thing going on so lots of people wandering around and they had the whole area next to McCoys set up for a private evening reception.
Yummy drinks! I think mine was a MaiTai and Scott’s was a Manhattan.
Scott had forgotten a charger for his phone so we popped down to the shops in the airport to get one. It was crazy-expensive. I can’t remember how much now but one of those where you just buy it knowing you are handing stupid money over for it.
We decided to skip dinner at McCoys and opted for the sampler appetizer at the bar instead. Thai Chicken, Jalapeño meatballs and hummus. It was all really good and hit the spot nicely.
And for dessert a chocolate martini for me and a scotch of some kind for Scott. In the background is the featured phone charger which probably cost more than the drinks.
It was about 8 pm and even though it was really early we decided to call it a night and go back to the room to watch some TV and have an early night in anticipation of the big day tomorrow. Boring. As usual.
This cruise is just the two of us. Sad update to follow so skip to the "Thursday travel day" part if you want to just see Wish photos and stuff and want to avoid it. I started writing this trip report back in November 2022. Mum’s health wasn’t good for a lot of 2022. She had a fall and fractured 2 vertebrae in May and recovery took a while with my sister flying in and out to help out. In July she fell again and broke her hip and, at 94 years old, the recovery was slow. Then, for some reason unknown to everyone (including her I might add ) in September she just decided she was done with life (all very dramatic and quite unlike her). My sister flew in again to help out and we had 24-hour nursing care plus began hospice help. Life however was not quite done with HER! (we all explained to her it doesn’t work that way – ha ha) and so this cruise date was looming for us and, because there really was nothing that would indicate that she was going to go any time soon, we decided to take it. It was a difficult decision at the time, but she was OK the whole time we were gone. Fast forward to Christmas and she was doing a lot better and then between Christmas and New Year she fell AGAIN while the nurse was out of the room getting her breakfast. Hospitalized with multiple fractures of the pelvis she now finally had her trifecta of reasons to be gone from this earth and sadly she passed away on January 3rd. Just blah and yuck and all the things that go along with losing your Mum. She was cremated here in the US and we had her funeral in England in February and life was hectic. Hence this trip report was never finished. I got the photos uploaded but just didn’t finish getting it written. I decided that I wasn’t going to write it, and now here I am almost 8 months later throwing it out there because it was our first time on the Wish and I write these more for myself as a reminder of the vacation more than anything else and because Mum would have loved to read it.
So here we are!! The day before our cruise, October 13th, which was thankfully not a Friday. Due to the crazy amount of time it’s been between now and then, this is going to be done solely on my memory which is about worthless so there will be way more photos than there are notes.
Thursday, October 13th – Travel to Orlando
The countdown is on and we’re ready to hit the airways!We had an early afternoon flight so decided to get on the road with plenty of time to work our way through a ton of road construction at Houston Intercontinental.
Plenty of time means you have time for the obligatory airport overpriced wine. Vacation officially begins now.
The flight to MCO was uneventful and on time, although the plane was packed. We had a window and aisle seat but the lady in the middle seat agreed to switch so we could sit together. I think she only spoke Spanish but we figured it out.
We had booked to stay at the Hyatt at MCO as it is so convenient and I booked it with DCL so it would be connected to our reservation. By 4 pm we had landed, picked up our luggage, checked in and were headed down the loooooong hallways to our room.
You can no longer open the doors onto the little verandah they have. I *think* I’m remembering that someone decided to commit suicide from one of the floors of the hotel a few years ago. If that’s true (and I’m remembering right) then I guess it makes sense they’ve got them all locked.
King room with all the usual stuff.
We were going to hit McCoys up for dinner and decided to get a drink first. There was some big convention thing going on so lots of people wandering around and they had the whole area next to McCoys set up for a private evening reception.
Yummy drinks! I think mine was a MaiTai and Scott’s was a Manhattan.
Scott had forgotten a charger for his phone so we popped down to the shops in the airport to get one. It was crazy-expensive. I can’t remember how much now but one of those where you just buy it knowing you are handing stupid money over for it.
We decided to skip dinner at McCoys and opted for the sampler appetizer at the bar instead. Thai Chicken, Jalapeño meatballs and hummus. It was all really good and hit the spot nicely.
And for dessert a chocolate martini for me and a scotch of some kind for Scott. In the background is the featured phone charger which probably cost more than the drinks.
It was about 8 pm and even though it was really early we decided to call it a night and go back to the room to watch some TV and have an early night in anticipation of the big day tomorrow. Boring. As usual.
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