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New Article: X-E Goes On A Cruise!


A new article, as promised. Click here to read my review/recap/diatribe/whatever on our recent cruise vacation, which is really just a hodge podge of useless thoughts and information on everything from Cuban cigars to ghost crabs. After writing and editing, I still felt like something was missing. Finally, it hit me. "Coherence!" I didn't fix it to add coherence, but it's nice to be cognizant. Being cognizant gives me the excuse to use the word "cognizant." It's a fun word. Try being cognizant sometime, so you can use it too.

Posted by Matt on 06/12/2007. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 198 comments

Jessica Marie:

Don’t invite friends cause then someone has a damn problem with waiting in a line or a certain part of Disney World and then ruin it for you. As for the best time, a Wednesday on a non-descript week nowhere near a holiday. That way you may only wait an hour in a line rather than 3 hours.

And when the 2 o’clock or so parade zooms by Thunder Mountain, skip the parade and get trapped on the Thunder Mountain side. You’ll be able to ride it about 5332543645 times in a row without any wait. AND, make sure you are in the last seat of the coaster cause it is by far the best seat. The way the coaster is set up, when it goes down a hill, the front has to wait for the back and so you slowly go down if you are in the front, as opposed to flying off your seat in the back.

Good article Matt.

Chestnuts roasted by meepy @ 06/13/2007 10:59 AM


It’s times like these that my thoughts turn to days of yore and Stacy. You remember Stacy, right? The hostess for that bedeviled Disney video.

My thoughts on the subject back in the day:

Kryssa is so much better than Stacy. Probably just because of the hair, but better nonetheless.

When Kryssa says “surfs up dude”, I believe her, when Stacy says it, all I hear is “I will make your life a living hell, and you can never leave me…I mean the Magical Kingdom, NEVER NEVER”.

Chestnuts roasted by K- @ 06/13/2007 11:10 AM


TRIPLE WISHES? i don’t wanna jinx it but…i have a good feeling…

Chestnuts roasted by Amanda @ 06/13/2007 11:13 AM


Thank you for that. Great article. I was wondering about the mouthwash, as I looked at the pictures first, before reading. Nice. I think sneaking liquor is far better than buying and drinking it legally. But that’s in part cause any form of rebellion in my “old age” is rare.

Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 06/13/2007 11:16 AM


K-

What are you talking about?

Chestnuts roasted by meepy @ 06/13/2007 11:17 AM


Someone needs to read the blog archives :P

http://x-entertainment.com/updates/index.php?p=789

Chestnuts roasted by K- @ 06/13/2007 11:23 AM


Like I said! Just haven’t begun my research yet…

Chestnuts roasted by Jessica Marie @ 06/13/2007 11:45 AM


Loved the article, Matt. Good stuff. I spent last Thanksgiving up in Vancouver drinking absinthe and smoking Cubans. I don’t remember too much of it, really. But judging from the crippling hangover, I think I had a good time.

Do you have your own special spoon for the absinthe? I lost mine on that Vancouver trip. The best part was calling the hotel the next day and asking if they’d found a big spoon with holes in it. They claimed not to have. Liars.

Chestnuts roasted by Chris Martin @ 06/13/2007 11:52 AM


Research smesearch…been going to Disney all my life and I never researched…only by experience may one learn, hence the great Thunder Mountain trick I told you about.

Chestnuts roasted by meepy @ 06/13/2007 12:16 PM


I have some weird pictures half loading issues with the site at the moment.

Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 06/13/2007 12:31 PM


mowntandew, I’ve never been on a real vacation before. So…I don’t really know what I’d do if I ever did go on one. o_O

Chestnuts roasted by Annette @ 06/13/2007 12:33 PM


Meepy – I appreciate your wisdom, that’s what I’m looking for after all.

Chestnuts roasted by Jessica Marie @ 06/13/2007 12:38 PM


Matt, I find it suprising that you and your buddy didn’t have a drunk night of wearing life perservers, running up and down the hall yelling, “Everyone to the right side of the boat!!!” But then again you would probably be writing an article about the brig and not ghost crabs.

Jessica: I’m excited about your trip to Disney. Make sure to stay at a Disney resort and not on International Drive. It’s great to drive through, however.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7423394@N07/

Chestnuts roasted by Bill @ 06/13/2007 12:40 PM


Though and however is a redundant statement. I throw myself at the mercy of all english majors. It will never happen again. never

Chestnuts roasted by Bill @ 06/13/2007 12:53 PM


I’ve been all over the world, and cruises never really interested me. For that kinda money, I wanna check off a “thing to see before I die” not pasty fatties hording crab legs.

I did, however, enjoy the article. X-E trips are always my favorite to read.

Chestnuts roasted by Jeff Mack @ 06/13/2007 1:33 PM


Matt, I missed your articles, for the past few months my work has been monotonous, and I’ve even taken to reading our crappy local newspaper. I’m so very happy you’ve written again, and hopefully will write again soon.

Chestnuts roasted by random bob @ 06/13/2007 1:43 PM


Bill – Your hatred for Radio Shack and your pictures of that arcade room are both frightening.

I’m not sure where to stay yet. The marine biologist/zoologist in me (I even started as a bio major before switching to writing) is 2 seconds away from booking a room at the Animal Kingdom resort. Then again, I’m 26.

Chestnuts roasted by Jessica Marie @ 06/13/2007 2:06 PM


Matt – What a great article. I’ve never been on a cruise, but now I want to try one. Oh yeah, I’m still trying to find the hidden links to the other articles. ;-)

Chestnuts roasted by Doug @ 06/13/2007 2:32 PM


Hidden links to other articles?

SHENANIGANS!

Chestnuts roasted by K- @ 06/13/2007 2:59 PM


Great article Matt. I went on a cruise a little over a year ago and this was a great reminder of all the things we experienced. Lots of memories rehashed. The best part of a cruise? No one gives you dirty looks when you are drinking at 11 am. Yup, good times. My schedule was…

11am – 4pm: Fruity drinks (margaritas, etc)
4pm – 9pm: Beer (either Coronas at the pool bar or Boddington’s in the pub)
9pm – 1am: Hard liquor (Usually something like Glenfiddich)

Oh yeah, we also did things like swim, go to beaches at the ports of call (where we saw fat, old, very naked men… yeah, a nude beach), take pictures of the towel animals, curse at the extremely small showers, and try to not waste too much money on silly souvenirs.

As for eating… I think I actually ate less that week than I typically do. The only night I overate was the night they served lobster tails for dinner. Our waiter just kept ‘em coming. How many times do you get all you an eat lobster tails? Yeah, I had a lot.

My lady really wants to go back someday. Considering I enjoyed it much more than I thought I would, I certainly wouldn’t mind it either. BTW, we were on a Royal Carribean Cruise, the Navigator of the Seas to be precise.

So, nice article! I love how you touched on all the little things that make a cruise so different.

Chestnuts roasted by Magic Toe @ 06/13/2007 3:13 PM


“We need another Timmy!”

Ghost Crab, starring Forrest Whittaker.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 06/13/2007 3:16 PM


Oh, one last thing… for those that think all people on cruise are unattractive… I would beg to differ.

Sure you have your fair share of 40-something, doughy, office workers who will slap your hand if you try to grab the last rasberry danish at the breakfast buffet. But there were also PLENTY of very gorgeous girls hanging out near the pool on the boat and at the beaches in the ports. I love my girl, and would never stray, but I think I saw the most beautiful girl on our cruise. She wasn’t American, that I could tell from her accent, but she was absolutely stunning. She hung out at the semi-nude beach… but no luck. Made me very sad. One of the only times in my life I would have been allowed to be in the presence of a naked girl, besides my lady, and she couldn’t have gotten upset! So close.

Chestnuts roasted by Magic Toe @ 06/13/2007 3:20 PM


K: yeah, Matt mentioned it in the recap of the article on the home page. It’s a great way to kill time at work. :-) Even if they only turn out to be ghost links. Boo!

Chestnuts roasted by Doug @ 06/13/2007 3:42 PM


Great article. I recently came back from a cruise myself. I was amazed at how you could leave your room for 5 minutes, and come back and your room would be cleaned and bed would be made. I swear they were like Ninjas.

Did your cruise not have the formal dinners, or did you not do it? Those were pretty fun, and my wife loved the Chocolate Melting Cake on the Carnival ship.

Chestnuts roasted by Scott @ 06/13/2007 4:07 PM


Well that’s sneaky. I reiterate:

What is this main page you speak of? My bookmark goes straight to the blog

You hear that Matt? You wanna talk shit about me just do it on the main page and I will NEVER see it :P

Chestnuts roasted by K- @ 06/13/2007 4:13 PM


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