 Walking
in from the dock, we decided to stop at the Pearl Factory. The
girls
started getting these last year in Japan, but this year we decided to
try here. Elena was great and very informative. Told us all
about
Oysters and pearls. How it all worked, and spent quite a bit of
time
with us. The girls each picked out an oyster, and then had Elena
open
them up. We learned that the Oysters are actually deceased
already,
and have been for some time before the pearl is removed - so they
aren't being hurt when pearl is removed.
Elena also told us all about the inside of the Oyster, and we all found
it rather interesting. Finally she pulled out the pearl from each
one. Maddy's was first and had a very nice pink pearl, around 6.5
mm.
Brinn next, and hers was a Blue pearl just a tad larger then
Maddy's.
The second rarest according to Elena! ;-) It is very
pretty.
 I decided to get
the drilled right now and little necklace settings
added. Elena, being the excellent saleswoman asked mom if she
would
like one too! ;-) AND that she would buy the pearl!
Oh, the setup!
LOL - I thought this would be nice, all the girls would have pearl
pendants from the trip, so we decided to do it. *I* got to pick
because (supposedly) men are 'luckier' at picking pearls. Well,
it
wasn't another blue one, but I a nice champagne colored one just over
7mm. The PROBLEM was that Elena had a beautiful setting that both
Kristen and I liked best (yellow gold with a small diamond) that was
$150! The Score! LOL. Well, no more t-shirts for
Kristen and they
definitely make their money on the settings so be forewarned. The
girl's settings were also gold and cost about $25 each. Dad is
done
buying souvenirs for them for awhile! Elena epoxied each
piece and we
can bring them back tomorrow to have them checked. I just better
leave
my charge card in the room this time! :-D
OK - its getting late and we're off to MGM in the morning. Time
for some shuteye! |
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Up around 6am, and
out onto the porch to
work on the trip report. I love sitting out here and enjoying the
sunrise and morning. Today we enjoy Stormalong Bay, the
pool here at the resort. We grabbed a simple breakfast in the
room and then headed down to the pool around 9:30. Got a great
table close to Beaches and Cream and then jumped in the pool. We
hit every section and then tried out the slide a few times. Great
slide. The girls did it over and over. 
After about an hour I decided to go around taking lots
of new
pictures. Always good to keep them updated! :-) I was
bummed to discover the 'cold Jacuzzi' was not cold this year. The
pool temp was pretty warm, so I was looking forward to the little
jacuzzi by the zero entry area and its previously very cool
water. This year it was warm, but still not working
correctly. It was marked closed when I walked by later.
Kristen tried the other two Jacuzzi's and found that those weren't
working either! Bummer. I know the quiet pool Jacuzzi is
working OK - we can see it from our balcony! Maybe
we'll stop down and try that one.
I finished up my pictures just before 11, and then
realized I forgot my
DDE card to use at lunch. Ran up to the room to grab it.
When I got there I found our Washer and Dryer in the hallway and three
maintenance men in the room installing a brand new washer/dryer.
I had called down the night before to let them know that it was
squeeking REALLY bad during the spin cycle. They had three people
up there the night before as well, but they couldn't fix the problem,
and left it for the day crew. I grabbed my card, and left them to
their work. It looked like they were just about done
anyway. I'll give it a try later today.
Did a bit of shopping and then watched the 5:30
parade. It was
very
good, and we found an excellent spot just before show time. After
that
we headed off to see Beauty and the Beast show. Now it was time
for
our return to RnR. When we got there the Standby line was
extremely
short. Still the FP line got to go in first! ;-)
Checked ToT - 60 minute wait still. No thanks...