70,000 Tuesday through Wednesday

Tuesday we slept in, I know we missed some concerts, but Dan was really sick and I preferred a nice long shower, throwing my hair up, I just managed to fall out our state room door in time to get to the merchandise room for the Nightwish Meet and Greet. There were so many people there, and honestly, I was like, "Let's just not.." and Dan was like, "Get in that damn line, now." and he gave me the stern face look. He knows me, he knows I avoid crowds, he knows I would do anything I could to avoid Mr. Holopainen and the rest of the band if I could have. So resolved to my fate, I got in the line. We got into a conversation with these young guys from Trinidad, who are now on my facebook. They were awesome, actually. We waited an hour and a half and the security was lying to the band, apparently they had been there for a few hours and they kept telling their manager 15 more minutes, 15 more minutes.. That really bothered me, but at the time I had no clue. I finally get to Marco Hietala, and let me just be honest here.. He use to scare the fuck out of me. lol. So he signs my pirate book and he's like, "Were you at the show last night?" and I'm like, "Yup!" and I smile at him and then say, "You know, to be honest, you use to scare the hell out of me." So he says, "Oh really?" and he jumps at me and screams. I didn't get scared, because I saw it coming a mile away, but about three girls behind me jumped and screamed. lol

I moved on to Anette and we discussed make up and she was so nice. Instant brownie points, I fell even more in love with her than I already was. Not only is she an amazing singer, but she's an amazing woman, and she's just the sweetest woman I've ever met. She made me feel so comfortable and it was very nice of her, she also commented on my pen, which said "I need coffee" and she was like, "Oh don't we all" and she giggled and handed my book to Tuomas. now.. I didn't expect anything fancy here... All I expected was a smile, a "hello".. *sigh* But all I got was *looks over, signs book* "Here you go ma'am.." and looks away. I was really REALLY heartbroken that I didn't even say two words and that he didn't even say three words. I looked down. But because of the way the line was moving, I couldn't move. Emppu took my book and signed it, but Jukka never did get to that day, and then I have Tuomas STANDING up to sign things over me. Oh fuck yes, I'm making people stand now.

So I decide to get out of line to wait for Jukka, and then.. Everyone crowds the line, and then takes over, making it damn near impossible for me to get Jukka's autograph so I drive out tearing up.  Oh well, at least I got autographs, I suppose? Meanwhile, after M&G the merch line is EMPTY so we get all our merchandise and Dan bought me a Nightwish hoodie. (That cheered me up a little!)

I'm pretty sure we went to nap, because crowds and waiting in line for two hours for me is like death and I had a killer headache so after, Therion's set happened, only I didn't go because I wanted to be in line for Alestorm's Meet and Greet nice and early after that fiasco! So I grabbed my pirate hat and hung out with the cool security dude! GUESS WHAT THE FUCK DAN WAS DOING WHILE I HUNG OUT WITH ALESTORM?!

 FUCK YOU, DAN. FUCK YOU WITH A RUSTY SPORK!

Anyways, that was the fruit of his night! Guess what mine was?!

Alright, so.. We leave the show, and go back to the room, and it's coldish so I decide to throw on my Nightwish hoodie and my wolf hat, as depicted in the picture with the suitcases.. As I'm crossing over pool deck I'm watching people's feet so I don't run them over looking absolutely fucking ridiculous I'm sure, in my wolf hat and my hoodie in +20 weather...(I GET COLD EASILY, OKAY?!) and these feet stop in front of me and my eyes automatically go up and it's him! It's Tuomas Holopainen and my face goes into retard mode, I'm sure, and he just looks at me like "I think this girl is mentally retarded, don't get too close." Dan's like, "Do you want me to go get him? You can give him the gift right now!?" So I nod and Dan approaches him and is like, "Hey, you know, the girl in the wheel chair is a fan of yours and it would mean a lot if you would talk to her." and Tuomas grins and is like, "Yeah, I'm here til Friday.. I just need to catch up with my friend right now.." Still, there's this look in his eye, and he looks back to me as if he's unsure as if to walk away or to go up to  me right now. Dan says, "Go catch up with your friend, but if you see us around, just say hi." And he smiles and says, "Will do!" and walks off.

Wednesday was uneventful, honestly. We didn't get off the ship. We stayed on, and slept mostly, we did hit up Johnny Rocket's and I called this woman's hat dorky in a really loud voice.. Who turned out to be Tuomas.. Hah..  I'm so smooth. And then we relaxed and Dan got some cool pictures of the Caymen Island's.

 And then we went to the room and dicked around most of the day... We ended up ultimately getting ready for Nightwish's second show which was on pool deck. Dan had cleared it with Rami(Security) earlier that day that they would be able to lift my wheelchair up on stage so I was happy that I could be there early and hopefully get front row.

At this point, I was feeling pretty creepy,  because it seemed everywhere I was, Tuomas was. And the way it worked out was we always seemed to be looking at one another and I could never get up the courage to speak with him. I had thought about throwing his gift overboard more than a few times, actually. Dan had gotten me sick so my ears were fucking KILLING me but for Nightwish..? Eh, I'd deal.. I had been to a few shows, and had to leave at the point because it seemed that the only handicapped friendly place was near the speakers and my ears were so bad I just couldn't handle that. (Stratovarius, Kamelot, Therion. etc etc)

We go up about 30 minutes to show time, and they can't find Rami, or the guy they put in charge.. So they can't get me on the pool deck. I'm extremely upset..  I'm crying, while staring at the ocean. Finally the guy returns from dinner, 3 minutes until show time, but by now people have flooded the stage so I'm like there's no point, I'm not going to be able to see anything anyway.. The security gets me up there and moves EVERYONE. I get the spot right directly in front of the keyboards. Oh joy, I look like a giant stalker, I should have borrowed the "Creepinside" pin from Rob. The spot this time was way moreawesome to watch from and I found myself enjoying the show a lot more.

After the show, I was hanging out up top watching Children of Bodom in my wolf hat, and Tuomas ran in front of  me and I was like "Hey-" and then he ran down the stairs. sigh.

So we went to have a drink in the casino and then went to bed.


ONE DAY LEFT.....