Thanksgiving 2007!!!

[Capt.782]

Morning all, We are heading out to the airport at noon today. Pooh, Can we get a copy of your navigator in cabin 7074??

[Mickeyhugger]

Morning all, We are heading out to the airport at noon today. Pooh, Can we get a copy of your navigator in cabin 7074??

We are right behind you at 2:20. Are you guys staying at the Hyatt Mco?

[Tinkerbell 99 Mom]

Rob:

If you are still around... Can we still put our bags out (outside our door) at the Hyatt and they will be taken to the ship.? ( We did not buy the Hyatt through Disney this time)

I thought the first bus left arond 9:30 or so... I think we want to be on that one.

Wendy

[Mickeyhugger]

Rob:

If you are still around... Can we still put our bags out (outside our door) at the Hyatt and they will be taken to the ship.? ( We did not buy the Hyatt through Disney this time)

I thought the first bus left arond 9:30 or so... I think we want to be on that one.

Wendy

yes you can they need to be out by8:30

We did not buy the hotel through Disney eighor

[Tinkerbell 99 Mom]

Rob:

Really appreciate the response. We will tag them tonight and put them out extra early.

Wendy

[Capt.782]

Yes, Staying Hyatt, Will get there around 8

[Mickeyhugger]

Maybe tonight Pooh can post enough to get # 2300:woohoo:

[Mickeyhugger]

If it is to cold and windy lets meet in the hotel lobby I will have my green shirt sitting on the table.

Rob

[Jaime]

Have a great cruise everyone!!! We leave next week for ours!:cool1:

[Mickeyhugger]

:dance3: Have a great trip Turkeys :dance3: !!! Leave the ship intact for the Nana Heads, ok? :banana: :banana: :banana:

Thank you.

We'll try to leave the ship intact. Your happy embarkation day will be our sad:sad1: disembarkation day. Oh well. Our family is rebooking while onboard.:beach:

Priscilla

[ICEMANPAD]

Well time for me to sign off, finish packing the car and head out....See you all soon.

Chuck:cool1:

[POOHWHORH]

Have a great trip. :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[Daytonamom2]

Just couldn't let us go on the next page. We are still packing. The kids just got home from school. Lynn

[macbasset]

Well, we are doing last minute packing and then ready to go. Up at 3 am, to airport by 5 for 7 am flight out of bwi. Unfortunately, we didn't get t-shirts, but we'll look for that sea of green anyway.

Just decided today to make this my retirement cruise---- told my principal I won't be back after Christmas. Wahoo!!!

See you at the port!

[Mickeyhugger]

all right we made it to the Hyatt mco WOOOO HOOOOO we will be looking for Pooh mom later and pixy dust

Rob

[Daytonamom2]

Glad to hear that you guys are getting to Orlando ok.. Didn't know if the winds were going to delay you. Lynn

[Mickeyhugger]

Its here time to check out see you at the port:cool1:


Rob

[KennyK]

Hey Turkey's,

Have a wonderful cruise, I'll be thinking of you while I'm sitting at my Desk in The DVC Call Center answering all those calls.

I wish I was with you all,

A fellow past Turkey, 05 cruise, Lisa and Chuck, Rob & Priscilla, Keep the track going. Who knows maybe in a few yrs we'll be able to join up all again.

Have a Magical Cruise.

Kennyk

[V4dice]

Hi everyone...Hope you had a great trip! I was on the Magic the week before you and was very sad to leave the ship. We visited friends in Port Canaveral the day we got off the ship so we decided to watch you guys sail away. We went to jetty park and waved to all of you as you sailed pass. I took lots of pictures so if anyone would like a shot of your sail away please feel free to send me a private message with your email address and I will send you a couple of the better shots.:goodvibes

Veronica

[ICEMANPAD]

Using the Live from the Magic Turkey Day thread on cruise reports for now...

Chuck:cool1:

[ICEMANPAD]

Time to put this thread back on page 1....it has been a great cruise and lots of new friends made..hope everyone enjoyed the trip as much as we did...we rebooked spring break 2008 which is an eastern starting March 29, 2008 (only 5 posts so far there)..and a phantom booking for Turkey Day 2009...hope to hear from others once we return home....

Chuck/Lisa :cool1:

[ICEMANPAD]

Hi everyone!! We enjoyed spending time w/ ya'all on the Magic!! :thumbsup2 Reality has now set in...I have been to the grocery store and am doing laundry.:sad1: Hope everyone has a safe trip home!!

Lisa

[Mickeyhugger]

Hello fellow Thanksgiving cruisers. How does it feel to be back in 'real life?':sad1:

We arrived back to our house at about 4:00 this afternoon. We all feel as if we're in a fog. Was it a dream? (No, it was 'MAGIC.) We're all so TIRED. I already miss our stateroom bed, as I know our own bed won't rock us to sleep.

Wasn't this the most AWESOME vacation? We've already watched our videos. (Can't seem to get enough.)

We had such a great time meeting old and new DISboard friends, and can't wait to sail again.

It's hard to believe too, that the Christmas:santa: season is already here. I probably won't really 'feel' it until all the bags are unpacked and laundry is done:laundy: (I wish Mickey and friends would come put out our Christmas decorations.):lmao:

I'm going to bed EARLY tonight. Will post again soon!

Priscilla

[Daytonamom2]

Hi! I was posting on the trip report page but I came back over here. I hope everyone is getting home safe. What a great time! Enjoyed our table mates (Rob,Priscilla, Rachel and Shanelle) so much. You guys made it so special. Working hard to start all this wash. The kids still think that the cruise staff is just one step behind to grant their every whim. We all have to wake up and come back down to the real world. Talk to everyone tomorrow. Lynn

[Pixie Dust for Me!]

Hi everyone!

1st leg of the trip home was good...we decided to go up I-95 and we found something called Disney Character Premiere...and just had to stop! All who live in FL are lucky if they have more than 1 of these gems! Steve (aka Goofy) got the shirt he was debating about on Castaway Cay (yes Lindsey, we've been reminding him all day that's it pronounced KEY not "K"!

Anyway, it was wonderful to meet everyone! I hope you all had as much fun as we did. My thanks to all who did those "little" things that made the cruise special and fun for my family.

Count us in for T-day 09!

Karen

[Mickeyhugger]

Hi! I was posting on the trip report page but I came back over here. I hope everyone is getting home safe. What a great time! Enjoyed our table mates (Rob,Priscilla, Rachel and Shanelle) so much. You guys made it so special. Working hard to start all this wash. The kids still think that the cruise staff is just one step behind to grant their every whim. We all have to wake up and come back down to the real world. Talk to everyone tomorrow. Lynn

Like wise we had a great time getting to know your family. We will keep in touch and hopefully we can hook up in Jan. at the park.

Rob

[ICEMANPAD]

Hi everyone!! We miss ya'all and we miss the Magic!! It was great spending time with you and getting to know ya'all!! The laundry is now all finished....the bags are unpacked...and Mason is already saying he's bored! :eek:

We hope everyone ends up rebooking for Turkey Day 2009!! :thumbsup2 :cool1: That would be awesome!!

Lisa

[MelindaMac]

Coming home is no "magic". :sad1: For my first cruise, this was so unbelievable. I can't believe how fast a week goes by. I took over 500 pictures. Is that insane or what? Plus not to mention all the video I took. That's all I did yesterday was look at my pictures and videos. And the shows were something else; the costumes and props were out of this world. And we loved the Pirate party. And the food. And And And. I don't think there is one thing I would suggest changing. A perfect vacation. Linda I know now why you've been on so many Disney cruises. :wizard: Thanks again for the mini Navigators. I must go and do laundry :laundy: :sad2: And hopefully I can convince Greg to start working on xmas decorations. I'm really bummed we didn't rebook, but we're doing a couple of big trips next year and he wouldn't commit to anything further out. So I'm sure glad I live in Florida because they do offer great discounts on cruises but the problem is it's only certain weeks and definitely not T-giving. But any time on a Disney Cruise is worth going, right? Well, I enjoyed meeting everyone. Have a great holiday. :santa:
Melinda

[Tinkerbell 99 Mom]

Hello Everyone !

We made it home safe and sound... Now heading over to MIL's house for a Thanksgiving homecoming... We are still on cloud nine... The trip smooth went great until we arrived home and our inside garage door was locked and no key !!!! My mother made the drive over and it was back down to earth... Laundry ...

It was great to meet everyone !! We miss you guys already...

The Thanksgiving 2009 dates will be out in about 3 weeks... Let's all look at rebooking..... ( We have a could of trips planned for 2008 so 2009 looks good)

Wendy

[Mickeyhugger]

I ended up falling asleep before 10 pm last night! (Haven't done that since Rachel was a newborn.)

I woke up this morning and had to make my own coffee.:sad1: Oh, how I long to enjoy some Mickey waffles from Topsider's right about now.

My DB, DSIL and their three children are going to be on the December 8th sailing (eastern) though, and I'm excited for them. It's their first cruise. My DB called last night and wanted to hear all about it, but I don't want to spoil it for them.:) I'm going to jot down all of what not to miss (Palo brunch, Pirate night, sailaway party, etc.)

Does anyone agree with me, though, that the character breakfast was a disappointment? I'm only asking because if the only Palo brunch time slots available are during the character breakfast, then they should do the brunch instead?:confused3 (I think there will be so many more opportunities for their children to enjoy the characters. I'd be singing a different tune though, if the characters still visited the tables.)

By the way, I'm still 'swaying.' How's everyone else doing?

Priscilla

[TheLeMasters]

Hi All,

We, too, had a wonderful trip and enjoyed meeting everyone. I am glad everyone made it home safely. My kids are really sad, though. Charlie and Maddie met some wonderful new friends and miss having the run of the ship. I miss the bed, best 7-nights of sleep in a long time (no back aches).

Hopefully we will see you all on the 11/09 cruise.

Take care and keep in touch.

Chris and Penni
Charlie and Maddie

[ICEMANPAD]

I'm still swaying too!!

We didn't attend the character breakfast this year. I would definitely recommend the Palo brunch over the character breakfast!! :thumbsup2

It's great to hear from everyone!! However, I wish we were all still on the Magic!! :thumbsup2

Lisa

[Pixie Dust for Me!]

Hi everyone,

Count us in for '09!

We got home late yesterday afternoon after driving through solid rain from Chatanooga to St. Louis...I sure do hope that some of this rain makes it to Atlanta. We drove by one of the lakes just north of Atlanta and the thing was near bone dry :scared1: !

Steve took off for Louisville this morning...I leave for California next week and then he's gone somewhere the week following....unfortunately, it's normal for us!

It was great to meet all of you. Linda, thanks for the mini-navigators....it sure helped us to find all of the Fish Extenders! Chuck, we appreciate your guidance and suggestions...it definitely made the Magic even more magical!

So...who's gonna post pictures? I know I need to go through the several hundred I took and I know that I need to send some of them off to others.

Is there an '09 thread started yet? If so, I think we can definitely get it up above 3500 in no time.

By the way Gina, I hope your family made it home smoothly. We were thinking about you and your dad. I hope you all had a wonderful time (with lots of great memories).

OK...now to sort through the 5 tons of e-mail...yuck! I guess I have to be productive today though!

By the way, we are all still swaying too. I even wrote Andrew an "excuse from PE note" because when we cruised 2 years ago, the day after the cruise he tripped in PE and broke his arm because he didn't have land legs yet. Yep, that one wins the BAD MOM award!

Karen

[ICEMANPAD]

Did someone say we needed a new thread? well...i just started one...and then noticed Karen did the same...oh well pick one...

Chuck:cool1:

[Mickeyhugger]

We booked a dummy cruise while on board and are now looking into doing an eastern the week of March 15-22. Any turkeys interested?


Rob:cool1:

[seaulater]

Well, we made it home late last night. It looks like a tornado hit my bedroom. I have two dummy dates booked for 2008 that I am planning on moving to 2009 once they open up and announce the itineraries.

Had a great time. It was a real relaxing cruise for me. Glad to me so many of you. My daughter and her friend had a great time in the teen loft all week.

Now, back to reality!

We stayed at Animal Kingdom Lodge in the 2 bedroom DVC condo on Saturday night. It was awesome, saw lots of animals right from our verandah, but I was disappointed there was no chocolate on my pillow!

[ICEMANPAD]

We booked a dummy cruise while on board and are now looking into doing an eastern the week of March 15-22. Any turkeys interested?


Rob:cool1:


We booked for for 3/29/08-4/5/08--Eastern. We would love for ya'all to join us!!

Lisa

[The LK 4]

Hi gang! We got back late this afternoon. We went to WDW Saturday and Sunday. We rebooked on board with a dummy date for now. Logan and my nephew made a ton of friends at The Stack, and lots of them are rebooking for Thanksgiving 2009, so it may be a possibility for us!

It was wonderful meeting so many of you during the cruise. Leah and her cousin Amberly were thrilled to get so many great things in their fish extenders. Thanks!!!

[Mickeyhugger]

We booked for for 3/29/08-4/5/08--Eastern. We would love for ya'all to join us!!

Lisa

Wish we could but that is when Rachel is in school

Rob

[Pixie Dust for Me!]

Sorry to beat you to it Chuck, but I thought why not....I'm not a newbie anymore!

Glad to hear that all are safe and well. Tonight is :laundy: night for me...yuck!

Karen

[ICEMANPAD]

well we need to combine the two threads for 2009...i really dont care which one we use....the dates should formally be announced w/in next week or so and we will collectively need to make those phantom bookings real..

Chuck:cool1:

[Mickeyhugger]

Sorry to beat you to it Chuck, but I thought why not....I'm not a newbie anymore!

Glad to hear that all are safe and well. Tonight is :laundy: night for me...yuck!

Karen

Karen yes you are now one of us...a Turkey with full feathers:rotfl2:

Rob

[5infam]

Hi Everyone - What a fabulous trip we had!!!

I wanted to post earlier but when I returned home I found out that we had several power outages and it blew the hard drive of my main PC. It is in the shop, so I finally booted up the lap top and logged on.

I really enjoyed meeting everyone and you all made me and my family feel very welcome. My kids did not want to leave, and my DD5 was crying when we landed in California Saturday night because she really missed Toney, our Server at dinner every night.

I wish I had a chance to hang with the Dissers more, but we were on the early dinner seating, which meant we were on different times than most of you. In addition, the time change and travel really killed us this time (usually not a problem), plus my whole family was a little under the weather due to sinus issues (we all get allergies this time of year). So some nights we turned in early, and most mornings we slept in a bit, but could never really catch up. Anyway, we were just spinning with all of the things to do, it was just non-stop. We missed so much stuff, including the pirate deck party, we just have to get back one of these days. We loved the service, the shows were all great, and all of the crew members were as nice as can be. We paid about twice as much for this cruise as we would have for Carnival or RCL, but all of the little touches made it well woth the mony we spent!!! We even came in under budget on the spending money and trip costs, so i am happy:banana: (of course I am not counting in the rooms I put a deposit on for a future cruise as well as the new Brito I bought at the Art Auction - but those weren't budgeted items anyway;) )

We could not have ben more pleased with our trip and we felt very lucky with the weather overall, so all in all, this trip ranks at the top of our list for vacations. The only thing that could have made it better was if we could have stayed on board and went for the Eastern trip back to back - that would have ben fantastic!!!:thumbsup2

Frank

[ICEMANPAD]

Glad you enjoyed it Frank, and you seem to have run into us at least quite a few times...:)...we always take the late seating b/c it is much easier to handle with excursions.

Chuck:cool1:

[Momof1+2]

I am still doing laundry and trying to recover frrom the trip!:laundy: It was so much fun meeting everyone on the Magic and my kids had a blast. It really is one of the most memorable vacations I have ever took. It was also the first time we have done something like this with my BIL's family and that made it special too. I have been so unprepared for the emotional let down of being home.:sad1: :sad1: :sad1: As much as we love the parks, (we will go there next but will cruise again) it has never been as personal as taking a cruise has been. I have enjoyed getting to know the Turkey's and am sad that we are not on the 2009 list, and I miss the crew onboard as well. I need to get up the Christmas Tree or this could turn onto a real funk. I hope a thread is kept going somewhere so we can keep up with each other.

Erin

[Mickeyhugger]

I have been so unprepared for the emotional let down of being home.:sad1: :sad1: :sad1: As much as we love the parks, (we will go there next but will cruise again) it has never been as personal as taking a cruise has been. I have enjoyed getting to know the Turkey's and am sad that we are not on the 2009 list, and I miss the crew onboard as well. I need to get up the Christmas Tree or this could turn onto a real funk. I hope a thread is kept going somewhere so we can keep up with each other.

Erin

You're speaking my emotions as well. The cruise definitely has a more 'personal' feel to it. We'll continue to stay in touch.:) Did your family book another cruise? (Even though it's not Thanksgiving 09?)

Priscilla

[Daytonamom2]

Hi Everybody. Miss you like crazy!!!!!! For some reason I can not find deck nine at our house. Only deck 1 and 2. Which means that I am now in charge of room service, laundry, and making all the beds. I refuse to put candy on their pillows!!!
Priscilla When is your spring break???

Lynn

[Mickeyhugger]

Hi Everybody. Miss you like crazy!!!!!! For some reason I can not find deck nine at our house. Only deck 1 and 2. Which means that I am now in charge of room service, laundry, and making all the beds. I refuse to put candy on their pillows!!!
Priscilla When is your spring break???

Lynn

Spring break for us will be March 14-23. If we do the Magic it will be an Eastern:thumbsup2

Rob

Priscilla's better half:laughing:

[Tinkerbell 99 Mom]

Hello:

Being back is really sinking in.... It was 26 here last night... Yuk..

We are now checking daily on the 2009 dates and will be a Turkey again in 2009 !

We are booked now for a June 22 Double Dip (Four Day)....

Rob... You could take Nassau for one day just for that double dip !!!!

Ops ! I forgot you will be in Hawaii about that time.

Wendy

[Pixie Dust for Me!]

Hi all,

Entire house is a mess....laundry everywhere and all the videos, etc. from the trip home are stacked around the living/dining room. Steve's in Louisville and life is back to normal.....:sad1:

This weekend will be clearing the decks (we have decks 1 - 3) so that I can begin with all the Christmas stuff...:scared1:

Miss you all!

Karen

[ICEMANPAD]

No basements here in florida, so just decks 1 and 2....i am hearing that the Turkey 2009 dates should be out w/in a week if not sooner...and we are sailing for our son's spring break 2008 which is the March 29-April 5 eastern trip

Chuck:cool1:

[ICEMANPAD]

It looks like my 2009 thread is going to be it...but only b/c the original Turkey Day folks recognized my name on it...could be a reunion of Turkeys new and old which would really be great....it actually all got started when Lampy called Willie from sea this week to rub it in and all the old gang followed suit on the "live" thread...

Chuck:cool1:

[Pixie Dust for Me!]

No worries Chuck. It's all good. Andrew already wants to do the count down to '09...poor kid!

[ICEMANPAD]

What? only 722 days for the countdown if my quick math is correct, not counting today, Nov 30.....LOL

[Daytonamom2]

Hi Guys Did you hear about the earthquake off the coast of Martinigue. I wonder if you would have felt it if the Magic had been in St Martain. Lynn

[Tinkerbell 99 Mom]

Karen:

Tell Andrew we want to start counting down for Thanksgiving of 2009 also...

Chuck is right, the 2009 dates should be out in about a week or so.

wendy

[Mickeyhugger]

Boy we slipped back a few pages.

Lets all move over to the Turkey 2009 thread to keep in touch:thumbsup2


Rob

[Pixie Dust for Me!]

Sounds good to me...09 it is!