Microsoft Cruise Days 2 & 3

Every night I got my bed turned down and the room attendant leaves a towel origami on the bed. I thought this puppy looked pretty good.

Disney has two cruise ships. The Disney Wonder (the ship I was on) is in the foreground and does four-day trips to the Bahamas. The Disney Magic does 7-day trans-Atlantic trips. Hurricane Noel did made a mess on Disney's private island and the the Magic couldn't go there as scheduled so they diverted to Nassau. This is the first time in three years that the two ships have been together at the same time.

I rented a bike for $6 and rode around Disney's island "Castaway Cay". We docked there for a day. We were there the day after the Magic was supposed to be there. By then they'd cleaned up a bit, although the water was pretty cloudy from all the waves, so I didn't do any snorkeling this time, although I did rent a Hobie Cat for a couple of hours and had a lot of fun.

I saw this really pretty shell on the ground, and when I went to pick it up, it crawled! It was a hermit crab in the wild! The crab walked right across my path and then over to a tree and started climbing it! Here is the exciting video: it's at least as exciting as Jarom's buck. Here is the crab on the ground.

Here is the crab climbing the tree.

Microsoft Cruise: Day One

I'm off on another gruelling assignment with Microsoft. I thought I'd update my blog as we leave shore.

My stateroom. We signed a contract for a certain number of rooms and since we didn't have enough people sign up, the Microsoft ADEs all got our own rooms. The queen-size bed will be very welcome!




This is the mandatory lift-boat drill.


Hurricane Noal is soaking the Atlantic, and we received a bit of rain doreckside during the day. This picture was taken of me just minutes before the boat pushed off. Notice the rainbow!