BSB Cruise 2011 (Day 3)

day 3 was our day at sea...and dare i say it, yeah i think so...it was the BEST DAY YET!!!

Wake Up Call

 we had nothing on our itinerary until our meet and greet at 130...so little sis and i thought it would be the perfect opportunity to catch up on some much needed sleep...we were both happily in dream land when we heard a knock knock knock on the door...i sent little sis to answer it...and while she made her way over to it my mind raced trying to figure out who it could be!...first i thought omg its aj!...then i thought no way aj would come around in the morning....so my next guess was one of our friends coming to tell us we over slept and we were late for our picture...but i just couldnt be sure...so i listened closely when little sis opened up the door and the following exchange happened...

LS: hello

other: are you ashley and little sis?

LS: yeah

other: hi im from rose tours and i wanted to tell you that you won the door decorating contest!

LS: omg are you serious?!

other: yeah you guys worked really hard on it

at this point i popped outta bed faster than ive ever popped before!...haha!...we did it!...we actually won!!! aaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!...the lady from rose tours gave us each a letter and told us to meet her later that night and she would take us to sit in the front row at the concert!...front row!! whaaaatt?!?!...we couldnt thank her enough...we were sooo excited...it was only about 9am and i planned on sleeping until 1130...but there was no way that sleep was going to happen at that point....i wanted to tell every single person i knew...but since we were on a boat in the middle of the ocean that couldnt really happen...so i did the next best thing...i called my friends on the cruise, woke them up, and told them the good news!!!...(sorry again to those who i woke up but i just couldnt help it!!! haha!)....i still cant believe that it happened...it just doesnt seem real...but it is! eeekkk!...please enjoy these photos!!...(ps for more info on this stay tuned to laura's awesome bsb cruise blog...ill be guest blogging all about the big win sometime soon!)...

 

 Meet and Greet

meet and greet time is everyone's guaranteed chance to meet the backstreet boys...the last cruise was the very first time i ever met them...it was so exciting...this cruise was my 5th time meeting them...and it was just as exciting as the first!!!...i wish i thought about something to say before hand because when i got up there my mind went blank...laura was in front of me and i heard her thanking them so i followed suit...so i thanked howie then nick then brian (nick and brian might be reversed)...and then it was picture time...i was no where near my assigned spot next to howie...so i trotted back over there and said something along the lines of "wait for me wait for me" or "oh no...let me in!"...it all happens so fast its hard to remember...but what i do remember is howie said "its like a Chinese fire drill!"...haha!!!...i feel like my response to this would be "totally!" and laugh...but again my memory of these couple minutes is fuzzy at best...haha!...so i might have said that but who knows....anyway...i got to my spot and totally neglected the huggie pose we had planed...turns out anne marie and i were the only ones in the group to chicken out!....ugh!!!...whats wrong with me?!?...haha!!!...even without me sqeeeeezing howie, our picture still came out super cute!!!! love it!!!! <3...oh and on the way out i managed to say thank you so much to aj...pretty sure he said "your very welcome sweetie"...so yeah love them!!!...i just wish they would allow hugs...i understand why they dont and im not mad at them for not allowing it...but i still wish they did...i think it would be a nice touch...

Karaoke

instead of being held in the theater this year it was held out side on the lido deck...it was a good idea because everyone would be able to go to karaoke at the same time and not miss a thing...so everyone started gathering on the deck probably about an hour before the boys came out...waiting for a long time can def get boring...but lucky for me the bar out there had the jets game on!...we got to see my future hubby mark sanchez and the jets score 3 touchdowns!...woohoo!!!...it was a little strange watching it there...little sis and i cheered for jets while the rest of the crowd pretty much stood there, not caring at all about football...oh well...haha!!!

just as the game ended the guy in charge of rose tours came out and announced that we won the door decorating contest...of course we screamed and cheered...i was hoping that the backstreet boys them selves would announce it...but its okay...then the boys came out!!!...they told the story of a girl named michelle...she recently started chemotherapy and was going to lose her hair soon, she requested that the backstreet boys shave it off for her...so the 4 of them took turns shaving her head...it was by far the most touching moment of the entire cruise...i dont think there was a dry eye on the entire ship...she was so brave up there...you go girl!!!

when karaoke got underway there were some highs and some lows but i congratulate everyone who was up there...it must be super nerve racking...my fave was raise your glass!...she was soooo good!...and she was the one who put together the awesome omg were back again and lets have a party shirts!...it makes me happy when i recognize someone who seems to contribute a lot to the fan community...there were a bunch of other ones that were fun too...and we were treated to an encore performance of baby got back!...but then thanks to rain the event was cut a little short...boo!...overall i'd say that karaoke was better last year...it was def better inside the theater...and it went on longer last year...but i liked the sign up process much better this year...rose tours sent out an email and you could respond with a song if you wanted to participate...i thought this was a very fair way of doing it...i hope they do this for all the events where there is fan participation...oh and in case you are wondering i signed up to sing proud mary...sadly i did not get picked...oh well...theres always next time!!!!

Concert #2

  

per our letter, little sis and i met with the rose tours people and were escorted to the front row...woohoo!!!...while we were waiting for the concert to start the head rose tours guy came over with the camera guy to talk to us about our door and winning and stuff...soo maybe we'll make it onto the dvd..but i doubt it cause im a terrible speaker...haha!!!

so the concert started...and i loved every second of it just like i did the night before...i took an bunch of pictures and videos the at the first one so i decided just to enjoy this one...one important thing about this show that i loved (and totally forgot to mention) is the solos...all 4 were amazing...i feel like almost everyone knew burning up...but i was a little surprised that not too many people knew "london" and even less knew "lie to me"...at one point durring london aj sang right into little sis' camera...and brian singing "mary did you know" was so moving...you could really tell how much his faith meant to him while he was singing that song...it was truely beautiful!!

when the boys sang "helpless when she smiles" they picked girls from the crowd to sing to...since we knew it was coming, little sis started calling them...howie was the closest so she screamed him name...he looked at her and she said can you pick me?!...he nodded and gave her a famous howie wink!...so then he went out into the audience and pretended to look for someone then came back and picked little sis!!!....aaaaahhhhhh!!!!!....so she climbed up on stage and had a convo with him while the others were singing...haha!...dont believe me?...watch the video!!...haha!...i was so happy...of course i wish it were me but if it cant be me im so so so happy it was my sister!!!!!! she really deserves it...and if it werent for her i wouldnt be a fan...(*gasp* i know!)...so it will just have to be my turn next time! =)

PDA Pajama Jam

after the concert we went back to our cabin to change for pj night...we had awesome shirts made that said i dream of bsb in rhinestones with a smokey dreamlike photo of them from the nkotbsb tour...they turned out super cute!!!...the boys also had on great pjs...aj had a striped number on with slippers that looked like giant feet...howie had on a silk set complete with hugh heffner style robe...brian had on elmo pjs (which can be found at your local target!)...and nick..nicks was the best...nick had on ninja turtles feetie pajamas...complete with hood, mask, slippers, AND turtle backpack...it was soo great!!!!

i had a lot of fun at this "deck" party...i put deck in quotes because it was moved inside...we had pj night in the atrium...i thought it worked out really well there...the boys played truth or dare...they all took dares...some awesome and very funny moments came out of this game...at one point i was so embarrassed for howie but still loving it the whole time and kinda wanted to be that pillow (who didnt?!)...aaand lets just leave it at that...haha!!!...as the night went on brian and aj disappeared and it turned into the nick and howie show...at one point drop started playing and i got super excited but nick cut it off before the third "whatever i say yall gotta do"...i was so sad...but then i realized he stopped it cause he wanted to talk about how awesome the song is...so i was excited again cause i know exactly how awesome drop is....and that ladies and gentlemen that is how i decided that my karaoke pick for next time will def be drop!!!...haha! =)


brian crowd surfing!


we stayed at this party later than most...but howie and nick were still partying so we didnt want to leave until they did...well that moment finally happened...when the left they walked right past us with a parade of girls following them...we decided not to get in line because i thought it was kinda pointless to follow them to their room...so we went over to the buffet to get some water before heading back to the cabin...we sat in there for a while chatting with our friend jen...we kept seeing people heading towards the pizza...at one point jen made a comment about wanting pizza but ultimately decided against it because we saw sooo many people head that way...turns out that was the worst decision we could have made the entire time...nick and aj were out on the deck behind the pizza with about 50 fans just chatting away...i cant believe we were sooooo close to catching this but we missed it...ugh!!!...

anyway we headed back to our cabin and had to take our award winning door decorations down...but before we did, we made this video at about 430am...watch it! its funny!...haha!!!...little sis is the star...you just hear me laughing a lot in the background...haha!!!




well thats all folks...thats my full story of bsbcrusie2011 and im sticking to it!!!...i had sooo much fun and i will def be on the next one!!!!

in case you missed them check out my recaps of the first 2 days...and dont be afraid to check out my many other backstreet adventures!!!
BSB Cruise 2011 (Day 1)
BSB Cruise 2011 (Day 2)
My Backstreet Adventures