NKOTB Cruise 2010 Day 1

Ok, I've put this off long enough! Hope I can remember everything!
I flew to Miami on Thursday morning & ended up arriving at the airport about the same time as Jess so we shared a cab over to the hotel where I met up with Lisa & Sue. We got some lunch at Checkers across the street from the hotel,

then back to the room to get ready for the concert that night at The Fillmore.

There we met up with Steph & Susan

(yes all NKOTB are really just an excuse for BH reunions! lol) Before the show we ran into Danny's dad, who is just the nicest guy! He told us that Chance & Vega had been packed & ready for a week, they were just as excited as we were for the cruise! The show that night was awesome! SOme had said they were skipping this show because it was basically rhe same as the Full Service tour last summer but they were SO WRONG! The set list was about the same but they did every song in a different way, added some new ones etc...we called it the Remix Concert :D After the show we heard screams coming from the side of the building & found Donnie & Joe hanging out their dressing room window haha After catching up with friends we ran into after the show we headed back to the hotel (after a brief stop at the liquor store!) to try & get a decent amount of sleep since we knew sleeping was rare on the cruise!
Woke up the next morning to realize #1 IT'S CRUISE DAY!! and #2 we can see the ship from our hotel room!!!

We got ready, packed up & oo the shuttle to the port! When we got there, Lisa & Sue went on in thru he security line while I waited outside for my roomates. It wasn't long before I heard the familiar screams & sqeuals of BH's who see their men! I went down to the end of the building & saw why there had been screaming, the guys were arriving! I saw Danny first,




then 1 by one the other guys came out of the bus waving to all of us, but Donnie as usual was the 1 who "worked the line" coming down thru and giving out hugs to all of us there :)Click HERE to download the video :D After finding Amy we found out that we didn't have to check in as a group so Amy & I went ahead thru security & got checked in. Lisa & Sue had been in the security line as the guys came thru, watching Jordan do a little strip tease when taking off his belt...


ummm....yeah it's gonna be a FUN WEEKEND!!
After the guys got checked in they made their way up the escalator & as they walked across the catwalk we all started singing "Happy Birthday" to Danny!
Donnie was taking pix of us with his phone, Jordan conducting our song-great way to start the weekend!



We got checked in, wristbands & our sign & sail cards! It was official...we're on THE BOAT!!

One of the first things I saw when boarding was the huge NKOTB banners in the atrium...OMG I'm actually here! AFter those 6 HORRIBLE hours spent on 2 computers trying to get a reservation last August-I never thought I'd actually be here!!!

We couldn't get into our cabin right away so we headed for the food first to get some lunch, then I went looking for my girls! I found them on the lido deck by the pool gettin the party started!

The DJ was playing, the drinks were bein served...

it's bikini time!


We had to stop the party briefly to go to the emergency drill, then it was a race back to the lido deck for the Sail Away Party! As usual the guys never disappoint, goofing off, taking pix, signing autpgraphs...Click HERE to download the video from the Sail Away Party!




Next I went back to my cabin to get ready for the game show "NKOTB Jeopardy" which was just hilarious! Donnie kept complaining that it wasn't really Jeopardy because instead of giving answers, it was questions..the opposite of how "real Jeopardy" is played lol I got most of it on video, click HERE to download part 1 & HERE for part 2 :D




After the game show I went back to my cabin to get changed for the first lido deck party "Casino Royale Night" while my frieds were at the game show. Around this time was the first that I started to feel the ship rocking, it wasn't bad on the lido deck but down in the cabin I could definitely feel it rockin! Luckiy though it didn't make me sick-but I definitely didn't wanna spend too much time down in the cabin. The first night the weather didn't cooperate, it was SOOOO WINDY & cold :(

The guys came out wearing tuxes! Shooting t-shirts into the crowd w/ an air gun was definitely Jon's favorite part I think lol Click HERE to see the video I took that night. Due to the weather I was the first to cry uncle & went to bed around 2:30am

Coming Home Screening-Wheeling, WV

My next trip was a total suprise! When NKOTB announced the Demnd It contest I had very little opes of being one of the lucky few to get to attend, but I still entered JUST IN CASE! I was talking w/ Lisa & Suzi on bbm when Suzi said she had gotten a ticket, a few minutes later Lisa got hers...at this point I was prayin I'd get one too! About 2 minutes later I got the email! I started screaming, scared the crap outta the cat & my kids! LOL
A few other BH's from Ohio met at my house that morning so we could all ride there together.

Thanks to Patti we were the first group in line! We waited outside in the cold ALL DAY but it was worth it to get prime seats close to the guys!

Luckily the theater allowed us to use the bathroom inside & be able to thaw out from time to time!

The local news came while we were waiting & asked who wanted to be interviewed-no one else would do it so I was elected by default LOL

Later in the evening I was elected once again for the live news broadcast-guess I was the BH spokeswoan for the day!
When they FINALLY let us in the theater we chose the seats right behind the guys-well there was 1 row between us for Armondo & the other security guy.

I didn't want to sit in front of them bc I knew I'd be constantly turning around to see what they were doing.

Here's the video I took of the guys entrance, when DOnnie came up to his seat he was throwing popcorn so I took a handful of mine & threw some back at im LOL

It was surreal getting to wtch them watch the movie! They were constantly elbowing each other making comments, yelling out at the screen. Donnie was on his BB most of the time taking pix of the screen! Lisa caught Jordan singing along to the concert footage of "I'll Be Loving You Forever"....a once in a lifetime experience for sure! From now on I won't go to the movies without picturing those 5 silouhetts in front of me!

Boston House of Blues

A few days after Donnie's visit to Columbus tickets went on sale for the NKOTB Christmas concert at The House of Blues in Boston-and by pure luck we got tickets! Thanks to John for helping search Ticketmaster on his computer too! HOB only holds about 2400 ppl-we got general admission tickets for the floor :) John decided to drive us all there-it was a BAD GIRL Reunion! Jen, Steph, Jess,Suzi, Pam, Lisa & I were all going!

Thanks to Jess I also was informed of a Blockhead dinner the night before the concert at Hard Rock Cafe.
Donnie had been invited & was possibly coming! We got in just in time before the stopped taking reservations...Phew! We drove to Philly to pick up Pam & Jen then in the early morning we headed on for Boston! There was a big snowstorm coming up the coast so we left early enough to get to Boston b4 the snow did. Boston got like 10inches of snow later that night which cancelled our sightseeing plans-it was just too cold & such a mess everywhere.

We went to Hard Rock for the dinner, and we were in the "boston Room" which had some NKOTB memoribillia :D

There were about 60-70 fans there-it was fun getting to meet more Blockheads!



We were done eating & some ppl were starting to leave when we saw Armondo walk in the room-that only means 1 thing...Donnie was here! He made his way around the room hugging everyone.

He said he didn't have time for pix with everyone but he wanted to at least stop by to say hi to all of us! Whe he came around to me I got my big Donnie hug...

& then introduced him to John! Donnie took off his glove to shake John's hand. John thanked him for making me so happy all the time, and Donnie said "i want you to know that all the love & energy she puts into this doesn't go wasted, these are not my fans, they are my friends, my family."

John leans in & says well what I REALLY wanna thank you for is all the blowjobs you told her to give me" Donnie looks at me (I'm crackin up) then back at John then starts laughing & says "group hug on that man!"

The next night was the concert, we were all so excited to see what they had in store for us with this being a 1 of a kind Christmas show! And all the proceeds went to Toys for Tots. Getting to see them sing their Christmas songs & their new song "Coming Home" was an extra special treat!

The show was awesome! We had so much fun-especially Jen! LOL This was our first full NKOTB concert together!

There was even a special appearance of some of the members of New Edition-they did a song with them on their last cd The Block "Full Service".

Nkotb presented a check to the Marines for $60,000 plus 5 truckloads full of toys that we all donated!

Thanks to John being there I was able to get most of the concert on video & he took pix for me!

He got some REALLY good pix-we all determined he must be a "Joe Girl" bc there were so many pix of Joe! LOL


The best part of the show had to be Mistle toe Magic when each of the guys picked a girl to kiss under the mistletoe! WOW JON!!!

We went to the afterparty, Donnie was there and performed his new songs "I Got It" & "Rise & Grind" he told us that the club we were at was where he & Jordan went the night they got together to start discussing the NKOTB reunion :) We could see how exhausted he was, hope that boy learns to get some SLEEP someday! My wekend in Boston had to come to an end unfortunately, but now I definitely have to go back someday when the weather is nice so I can get to see more of the city!