Cruising -- highlights of my trip
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 4:40 pm
Wanted to share my experiences of my latest outing—my wife (Stormy) and I went on a cruise. I will try to keep this a reasonable length and share some of the highlights, but will start by saying it was one of the best experiences I have ever had enfemme – 9 straight days and nights dressed! On advice from our resident TG cruise consultant—I went wigless for the whole trip (so it would better be recognizable to my passport – but I have been getting a short fem cut at a hair salon for the last 1 1/2 years.
1. Getting on the ship – Getting on was pretty simple—went through security / immigration officer – handed her my passport—she looked at it then looked at me – I leaned in and told her—yes hon, it’s really me. She kind of grinned and said—“ok then”. Got in line to check in with the cruise line—my wife handed the female check-in agent her passport and paperwork and then I handed her mine. She does the same thing as the security officer—and I tell her –yes hon., it’s really me. She kind of paused…looked at me again and said “really?’ I nodded yes and she said “well ok then” and took my picture for the onboard id/credit card (which had to have my real name on it unfortunately). Then we went through security again to get on board with no more questions.
2. To the best of our knowledge, only 1 person on the whole ship new that I was CD – everyone else believed/accepted me as Melyssa. And the one person that knew was someone I confided in – a 30 something Filipino woman who was the Casino hostess. I wanted to play in a poker tournament and it was a computer system that dealt. I asked if she could change the name for the casino portion to show my name as Melyssa – she looked at my card, raised her eyebrows and smiled big at me and said –“no problem sweetie, you look marvelous!! She was one of my favorite people on the whole ship!! (BTW—I did play then, but only came in third place and 4th place when I played (Stormy actually won one of the poker tournaments!!).
3. Dinner every night – we dressed in smart casual (usually a dress for me, one night it was a nice pair of white slacks, a low cut black top and a fun lightweight turquoise white and black jacket) was wonderful! Nice people at our table, similar in age –a little older. I loved being able to dress up every night. Formal nights were awesome – I have pics of the two gowns I wore for formal night in the gallery. I got many compliments, especially on the white gown with the floral. I added a couple pics from formal nights to my gallery.
4. The last night, we ate in the more formal restaurant and I wore a beautiful purple dress—low cut and shorter—above the knee, with a beautiful necklace and earring set that my wife borrowed me. I have never felt prettier than I did that night. I had lost about 25 lbs over the last 6 months, and this dress was from fitting—and I had a figure. I got complimented by several people that night—some I had never met before (including a 20 something woman).
5. Sunning in a bikini and in a one piece by the swimming pool – that was so much fun and such a liberating feeling – got quite a bit of sun too.
6. Getting a facial!! OMG – if you have never done that—do it!!! I gotta find another time and excuse to get one. I have never felt so relaxed in my life. It was a little scary at first – she told me I had to undress (including removing my bra) and lay down with only a towel over me. Happily I had used medical adhesive that morning (I did almost every day on the cruise) to hold the girls on – so she left the room – and all I had on was my panties and the towel – firmly pulled up over the girls and tucked so nothing would show – although as she massaged my neck and shoulders, she was right on the edge of the towel. But again, a marvelous experience.
7. Met some wonderful ladies (and some guys) that we hung out with (mostly in the casino in the evenings) and had a wonderful time and conversations with. Also the casino people were a blast!
8. Getting flirted with was interesting, but it stayed very superficial and fun. One of the funniest times was when we were in line for something (I think waiting for the dining room to open for lunch, and I felt something pulling behind me -- I turned around and said “excuse me!”and this 50 something guy is turning red and turning away -- he vanished into the crowd. I think he tried to grab my tush and all he came up with was my padded panty!!
9. Winning a sapphire and diamond necklace (top raffle prize on the ship) and then later winning a watch, bracelet and earring set in a ship store raffle!
10. And in general, getting up every morning and putting on my makeup and getting dressed in whatever I wanted (dress, shorts and halter, or just a blouse and Capri’s, etc) was wonderful – and hanging out with my wife -- my best friend – she made it even more special treating me like her best girlfriend and BFF the whole time.
As you can probably tell – I had a great time!!.
1. Getting on the ship – Getting on was pretty simple—went through security / immigration officer – handed her my passport—she looked at it then looked at me – I leaned in and told her—yes hon, it’s really me. She kind of grinned and said—“ok then”. Got in line to check in with the cruise line—my wife handed the female check-in agent her passport and paperwork and then I handed her mine. She does the same thing as the security officer—and I tell her –yes hon., it’s really me. She kind of paused…looked at me again and said “really?’ I nodded yes and she said “well ok then” and took my picture for the onboard id/credit card (which had to have my real name on it unfortunately). Then we went through security again to get on board with no more questions.
2. To the best of our knowledge, only 1 person on the whole ship new that I was CD – everyone else believed/accepted me as Melyssa. And the one person that knew was someone I confided in – a 30 something Filipino woman who was the Casino hostess. I wanted to play in a poker tournament and it was a computer system that dealt. I asked if she could change the name for the casino portion to show my name as Melyssa – she looked at my card, raised her eyebrows and smiled big at me and said –“no problem sweetie, you look marvelous!! She was one of my favorite people on the whole ship!! (BTW—I did play then, but only came in third place and 4th place when I played (Stormy actually won one of the poker tournaments!!).
3. Dinner every night – we dressed in smart casual (usually a dress for me, one night it was a nice pair of white slacks, a low cut black top and a fun lightweight turquoise white and black jacket) was wonderful! Nice people at our table, similar in age –a little older. I loved being able to dress up every night. Formal nights were awesome – I have pics of the two gowns I wore for formal night in the gallery. I got many compliments, especially on the white gown with the floral. I added a couple pics from formal nights to my gallery.
4. The last night, we ate in the more formal restaurant and I wore a beautiful purple dress—low cut and shorter—above the knee, with a beautiful necklace and earring set that my wife borrowed me. I have never felt prettier than I did that night. I had lost about 25 lbs over the last 6 months, and this dress was from fitting—and I had a figure. I got complimented by several people that night—some I had never met before (including a 20 something woman).
5. Sunning in a bikini and in a one piece by the swimming pool – that was so much fun and such a liberating feeling – got quite a bit of sun too.
6. Getting a facial!! OMG – if you have never done that—do it!!! I gotta find another time and excuse to get one. I have never felt so relaxed in my life. It was a little scary at first – she told me I had to undress (including removing my bra) and lay down with only a towel over me. Happily I had used medical adhesive that morning (I did almost every day on the cruise) to hold the girls on – so she left the room – and all I had on was my panties and the towel – firmly pulled up over the girls and tucked so nothing would show – although as she massaged my neck and shoulders, she was right on the edge of the towel. But again, a marvelous experience.
7. Met some wonderful ladies (and some guys) that we hung out with (mostly in the casino in the evenings) and had a wonderful time and conversations with. Also the casino people were a blast!
8. Getting flirted with was interesting, but it stayed very superficial and fun. One of the funniest times was when we were in line for something (I think waiting for the dining room to open for lunch, and I felt something pulling behind me -- I turned around and said “excuse me!”and this 50 something guy is turning red and turning away -- he vanished into the crowd. I think he tried to grab my tush and all he came up with was my padded panty!!
9. Winning a sapphire and diamond necklace (top raffle prize on the ship) and then later winning a watch, bracelet and earring set in a ship store raffle!
10. And in general, getting up every morning and putting on my makeup and getting dressed in whatever I wanted (dress, shorts and halter, or just a blouse and Capri’s, etc) was wonderful – and hanging out with my wife -- my best friend – she made it even more special treating me like her best girlfriend and BFF the whole time.
As you can probably tell – I had a great time!!.
