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ibela

10-09-2007, 03:48 PM

Getting Ready for the Cruise – 9/27/07

Me (Irene), 30 – Compulsive planner
DH (Erik), 31 – Hates to plan
DD (Fallon), 17 months old – A very outgoing child and lover of all things Elmo

After 11 months of perusing the DIS boards, I was ‘in the know’ for our first DCL voyage. We were cruising the Disney Magic for 7 nights from 9/29 -10/6. I had my list of DIS tips printed, we were flying in the day before, and all our reservations were confirmed. Thursday we dropped DD off at her daycare bright and early so that we could pack quickly. I was all set to pack ASAP but DH had other ideas. After we got the car washed, picked up our ginger (I’m a planner but also a procrastinator, they were on order because I just went to the vitamin store the Saturday before and they were out of the Minty Ginger for kids), bought photo mats and Sharpies (which included price comparison shopping – ended up getting a pack of 25 for $4 at Target since we did have the WHOLE day ahead of us anyway, according to you know who) I was ready to pack. DH had other plans, so we picked up his mother and headed out for lunch and a quick stop at Blockbuster to watch a movie not sure when. The day went on like this and we finally packed after DD went to sleep, finishing at 1am. A-OK by me because my real concern was getting to the port at the crack of dawn to get a #2 boarding pass and making my Palo reservations.

Will we get to the port on time? For that matter, will we make it to the airport on time? Do I get my Palo reservations? Do we follow any of my well thought out planning? Will DD call any/all of the characters Elmo? Stay tuned to find out the answers to these questions and more.

tfc3rid

10-09-2007, 04:10 PM

Subscribed...

Can't wait to hear about the trip from your perspective!!!

Babs417

10-09-2007, 04:34 PM

What is minty ginger:confused3

LivingtheWDWdream

10-09-2007, 06:08 PM

Can't wait to hear all about it!

MagicMe

10-09-2007, 07:15 PM

Can't wait to hear all about your first Disney cruise!

ibela

10-09-2007, 08:45 PM

What is minty ginger:confused3

Ginger droplets for small children. Ginger soothes an upset stomach (food as well as motion sickness) and the droplets form is easiest for them to ingest.

Babs417

10-09-2007, 08:56 PM

Thank you I use candy ginger but its to spicy for the kids:cutie:

ibela

10-10-2007, 09:58 AM

9/28/07 – just 1 little day left before the cruise

At 9am, my in-laws arrive to pick us up and take us to the airport. I wanted to take a picture SO bad but my MIL threatened me. In the front was FIL driving, MIL sitting next to him holding our full size stroller in her lap so that DD can sleep in the airport and on board where needed. When I say she was holding the stroller, it was folded but the wheels were by her head and her arms were wrapped around it, she could barely see out of the corner of her right eye as all other views were obstructed by the full size stroller. In the back was my DH, me squished between him and DD’s car seat, and DD all comfy in her extra-wide car seat, with the dog at our feet (on her way to get dropped off at the kennel). In the trunk of the car was our luggage, carry-ons, pocketbooks, and 1 non-stop ringing cell phone (MIL’s). We dropped the dog off and continued on our merry way to Newark Airport. We ate some lunch and boarded for DD’s first flight. We didn’t get a seat for her which was a mistake. I ended up holding her the whole time because she wanted to sleep (on me only, not dad), she was a bit cranky but not too bad. Good thing it was a short flight.

We landed safely and on time. We went to pick up our car rental (Budget) but had a bit of miscommunication regarding the car seat. I had added the toddler car seat on our reservation about 2 months ago. The man in the garage insisted that they didn't have toddler seats, only infant seats and booster seats. We explained she was in between weight limits on those 2 and he said that was all they ever offered and he never even heard of a toddler seat? OK, after a few minutes we discover that the infant seat is actually a convertible but thanks for being so informed buddy. They gave us a nice upgraded car (hey, we can only take what’s available!) so onwards and upwards with our travels.

We arrived at our hotel exhausted from the day’s travels. It was such a good move flying in the day before, it’s definitely the only way to start a vacation off for us from now on. We checked into the Wingate Orlando Airport that I got on hotwire - nice, clean, convenient, breakfast in the am, and one of those cappuccino flavor steamer machines in the lobby 24/7. We went to TGIFriday’s (in the complex area by the hotel) for dinner and ended up sitting next to a family also going on the cruise the next day. It was their 3rd cruise and they loved it. Talking to them got us even more excited and ready for the trip! By the time we finished with dinner it was too late to go shopping for all the stuff we needed to get (ex. alcohol, diapers – I wasn’t packing a week’s worth of diapers in my luggage!) so DH got the diapers and baby stuff, the liquor run was to be saved for the next day. I was tempted to set the alarm but didn’t, I had a feeling I wouldn’t be making the terminal by 10:30am . . .

ibela

10-10-2007, 11:33 AM

9/29 – THE MAGICAL DAY IS FINALLY HERE, part 1 – getting onboard

We woke up at 8am and went downstairs for breakfast ready to board. Erik went on the computer to print out driving directions, but for some reason he was gone for over 1 hr, he insisted he was getting directions to a liquor store too. By this point I was getting very nervous, 10:30 and still in the Orlando airport hotel!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was texting with fellow DISer JDBlair who was already long at the terminal, met another DISer Jajomo (we were all seated together for dining), and they both had Boarding Pass #3! :thumbsup2

After web surfing, e-mail checking, and our scheduled stop we finally arrived at the terminal. He dropped me and Fallon off with our luggage (loaded with the new purchases, the poor porter guy asked if we had gold bars in there!) A quick look around and I was glad we didn’t wear our matching Disney tropical dresses, we would have matched about 100 other families!! He went to drop the car off at Budget and I had all the paperwork completed and signed so that I could check us all in. After getting through security I was handed a Boarding Pass #18! :scared1: I said I’d now never get Palo reservations so late in the game, I had wanted to get there early but my husband likes to procrastinate and that’s why we got to the terminal SO late. I went on to check us in, got all our KTTW cards, and then a CM handed me a #7 Pass (that someone didn't need?) and said her husband was a procrastinator too and she didn’t want my first DCL trip to be without a Palo stop because he was slow! :love: I thanked her about 10 times and rushed over to board (they were boarding #11). I did manage to ask how I’d get my KTTW card to my husband and she said it’s easy to get off the boat so I can just meet him in the terminal.

We got on the line that skips photos (figured I’d save that for a family shot), quickly got our names announced (kinda nice), and I asked where RBD was for the Palo ressies. The line wasn’t THAT bad so I just jumped on. A little while later Erik called to say he was in the terminal. I told him he had to wait a little because there were only 6 people in front of me and ~100 behind me so there was no way I was getting off the line. I got the dinner day (Wed) and time I wanted but brunch was all booked, the nice man took my name and room number and said I’d be waitlisted (with my preference for Monday). I went to meet Erik but he had already boarded. He explained to a supervisor that I had checked us all in and had his KTTW card and passport (and boarded without him to make Palo reservations). He had his driver’s license so they checked in the system, and the supervisor said if I was waiting for Palo he’d be waiting for me for a while so they printed him another KTTW card and he met me on board. We went back out to take the picture together and got our names announced for the 2nd time. :cheer2:

We thought the ship was beautiful and were very excited to have 7 days to call it home.

ibela

10-10-2007, 11:36 AM

9/29 – rest of Day 1: food, dancing with the stars, and more food

We went to Parrot Cay for lunch. Chip & Dale came out and Fallon got very excited, she ran right over to give them a hug. They played Ring Around the Rosie with her and both fell down with her too. She loved it and it was definitely a special moment. In fact it was SO cute that other people were taking pictures and several people came over to me afterwards to say what a special memory to have. I’ll try to add the picture tonight.

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd149/ibela/IMG_0319.jpg

We headed to the room to unwind a little and check out the verandah. Fallon fell asleep so Erik stayed with her while I wandered the ship a bit in anticipation of the first DIS meet. About 30 of us got together, it was great to put some faces to the names! Grumpygramps had made some of us door signs and name tags so he handed those out too – THANKS AGAIN!!! :grouphug:

Back to the room for the lifeboat drill. As soon as we got there they said we could all leave - breeze. We headed to Deck 9 for the Sail Away party and thought it was a great way to start off the trip! We were by the side by the stage so we had a great view and Fallon was in heaven already. So were we.

After the party we walked around a bit and then stopped off at Pluto’s for a quick snack. Then we went back to the room and 30 minutes later got ready for dinner in Lumiere’s. Our servers were Alexander from Russia and Erwin from St. Vincent – both were great (as were our tablemates)! For anyone keeping track – that’s our 3rd meal in 5 hrs. popcorn::

After dinner we went back to the room to unpack and call it an early night. I didn’t think the variety show was something Fallon would enjoy/sit through and we were tired too, must have been all that eating . . .

Next: our first sea day

Babs417

10-10-2007, 01:29 PM

Good job I cant wait did you rebook:thumbsup2 :cutie:

granmaz

10-10-2007, 01:34 PM

Great start, can't wait for more.:)

mruhaak

10-10-2007, 02:04 PM

popcorn::
Subscribing!
Interested in hearing your report since I'm cruising with a 17 month old next month!

MagicMe

10-10-2007, 10:32 PM

Loved your account of the first day. There's nothing like it!

Gr00vyChc

10-10-2007, 10:44 PM

SweetSpot

10-11-2007, 08:12 AM

ibela

10-11-2007, 12:33 PM

ibela

10-11-2007, 12:34 PM

Hi Irene! LOVE your trip report! I can't get over how cute and such a happy baby fallon is.... it must be 'coz she has happy and loving parents :) We loved spending time with u guys :love: I forgot to ask where u live.. I'll pm you and we'll have a talk.

Pauline :hippie:

Thanks! We loved hanging with you guys too! Please send me the pic of Fallon with Sarah (if you haven't deleted it). Thanks oodles!

Keep an eye out for my pm.

jajomo0118

10-12-2007, 04:08 PM

Great trip report! Alexander from Russia was our asst. server last year. We loved him!! Not only a great server an absolute pleasure to talk to and to get to know. I hope he's still on the ship next month.

He is leaving this week for his break, DH and I had a lovely conversion with him out by the "mickey pool" on the Friday before we left, he has two little girls so I bet he his super excited to go home for awhile..:goodvibes and he was wonderful.!! My boys already said they miss him...:)

Hi Irene, Fallon and Eric... :grouphug:

ibela

10-13-2007, 02:20 PM

We woke up and the ship was a lot smoother (had been rocky the night before, didn't affect us but many others felt sick). We headed up to Topsiders for breakfast and to the pool.

For those travelling with children not potty trained - you're not allowed in the pool (well you are but your kid won't be) and are limited to 1 ear in the Mickey pool. This ear is pretty small and since no one leaves their child alone (even though the water is only about 1 inch) it can get very crowded very fast. I'd estimate that it can hold about 6 kids + 6 adults comfortably, then it'll get crowded. We only spent a few hrs there a day b/c she was too tempted to go to the Mickey pool. Every 5-10 minutes she'd attempt to climb out of the ear. There were times that she enjoyed the ear though, and sometimes the older kids would go in there too. Here's a pic:

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd149/ibela/IMG_0458.jpg

Fallon fell asleep so we figured we'd take advantage and go to Lumiere's for a nice lunch. JUST as we were about to leave she woke up hungry. We asked what they had for kids, they said they can make anything and offered pizza. About 10 minutes later they brought it and apologized for having it take so long, they went to room service for it! Well sheesh, we could've just taken her back upstairs to the pool to eat or ordered something else. How nice. :love:

We caught the matinee showing of Golden Mickeys in case she wouldn't be able to stay up for it after dinner. The show was great and we absolutely loved it!!

We went back to the room to shower and get ready for dinner - formal night tonight. We were a bit slow and missed all the photo ops except for a quick one with Captain Tom. Dinner was in Animator's Palate that night, the "show" was OK, very subtle and our whole table spent 1/2 the night looking for the changes.

After dinner we made it to the photo ops (and scored a free drink too) and a quick stop by Shutters (which became a nightly ritual) before heading back to the room for the night. Erik wanted to catch a movie so we made a deal, I'd stay with her while he went to a movie and the next night I'd go out. hehehe Stay tuned to find out why he got the short end of the stick!

ibela

10-13-2007, 02:47 PM

Today was our first day getting a wake-up call, we had Mickey's Island Jam breakfast at 8:15 and today was our day for matching dresses! I was a little nervous because I had only read about the Jam here on the boards and knew about the dancing and was concerned little Fallon would get knocked over by the older kids in their rush to dance with Mickey and pals. No need for concern, Fallon almost pushed them over running to him. She thought it was a photo op, she backed up into his lap and looked confusing trying to find the Shutters photographer:
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd149/ibela/IMG_0345.jpg

For us, this breakfast was one of the top highlights of the cruise. The characters were so great with her, when she honked Mickey's nose he honked hers back:
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd149/ibela/IMG_0360.jpg

After the breakfast we went to Flounders to check on availabilty - we had been waitlisted for the brunch and they called us the night before to tell us they were a holding a table for us on Monday! A quick check with Flounders confirmed we were all set. Off went Fallon and off we went back to the room to change into Palo brunch clothes. The food was amazing and I was really glad we went because I had been on the fence about brunch. Our waiter, Sylvester, was fantastic and made sure we ate until we were stuffed. Halfway through brunch someone's pager went off and I realized we never got a pager for Fallon!! The Palo manager was very upset and we saw him call Flounders (twice because it took them a while to run the pager up to us) and kept coming over to make sure we were ok and confirmed with them that SHE was ok. Floudners offered to keep her there longer at no additional charge, but as soon as she woke up we picked her up because she slept through lunch. Fallon was treated to a special lunch that day - we brought her a pizza from Palos! (Pizza is her absolute favorite food.)

Back to the pool. We planned on catching the matinee of Twice Charmed but Fallon fell asleep. At this point I missed more of the Art of Entertaining series.

We went back to the room and got ready for dinner, Parrot Cay night. After we finished it was still too early for the show so we changed Fallon into her PJs and went for a walk on the deck. She fell asleep right before Twice Charmed and we weren't allowed to take the stroller in. We put ear plugs in her ears and brought her in, she has slept through a wedding (with a band) with them in her ears but the crowd cheers were too loud for her and she woke up. Good thing because she loved the show, "oh wow!" must have left her lips 100 times and very loud clapping all throughout the show.

After the show she was pretty awake and plenty of characters were out (which she usually misses this time slot). She had her PJ Mickey doll with her and when we saw Princess Minnie we couldn't resist. This became one of our favorite photos of the cruise (really, the one taken by Shutters):
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd149/ibela/IMG_0385.jpg

Remember our deal from the previous night? Well, he took her to the room to go to sleep and I met up with some fellow DISers for Spring Break Bash in Rockin' Bar D! I don't want to give too much away (PM me if you really want to know!) but we did some silly fun things for a jello shot! You know what - it was good too. :rotfl2: About 40 minutes, and a 2nd jello shot later, I went back to the room to find them both fast asleep.

ibela

10-13-2007, 02:53 PM

Good job I cant wait did you rebook:thumbsup2 :cutie:

Great start, can't wait for more.:)

popcorn::
Subscribing!
Interested in hearing your report since I'm cruising with a 17 month old next month!

Great trip report! Alexander from Russia was our asst. server last year. We loved him!! Not only a great server an absolute pleasure to talk to and to get to know. I hope he's still on the ship next month.

Thanks for all the encouragement! It really helps me focus on getting it done!!

And thanks for the correct jajomo - I forgot! :eek: But Alex definitely did say he's coming back . . .

KimAshton

10-13-2007, 10:11 PM

OMG she is just too precious in that pic with minnie.

ibela

10-16-2007, 12:22 PM

Time to go shopping!! Before the cruise I had seen a GORGEOUS watch and figured if I could find it at a really good price, I’d treat myself to it - hey I deserve it! We had docked right next to the biggest boat ever – a Royal Caribbean beauty we overlooked at our Topsiders breakfast – it kind of dwarfed the Magic but we still loved our boat! Anyway, we took some obligatory photos by the “Welcome to St. Maarten” sign and set off on foot to do some shopping. We chose to stay nearby because, well, just because we were going with the stroller and weren’t really sure what to expect. We walked around the shops a bit but I didn’t get the watch. Only 2 stores carried it (Gucci watch, the other stores weren’t authorized dealers) and the prices were the same as back home. We walked around a bit more and then we got separated which was stressful because he had all the documents (including my KTTW card and ID) so I don’t know how I’d be able to get back onto the ship. Finally found each other and it started raining. We came back to the ship soaking wet and decided to go for lunch and the pool (hey, we were wet anyway). The Navigator had listed character strolling on Deck 9 but we didn't see any? :confused3

Fallon and I were ready for dinner before Erik (don’t remember what he was doing) so I took her downstairs for more photo ops. We saw Chip & Dale (in their pirate gear) and Fallon got so excited she ran right over to them to pose for a picture before I could stop her – with another family. In hindsight, I wonder if the Shutters photog snapped a picture of that. I would’ve gotten it just for a good laugh . . . anyway, when it was our turn for the picture they remembered her from the first day and they played Ring Around the Rosie with her again! The Shutters photog got that shot (which of course I HAD to buy) and it was all just super cute. The line for the white background photos was empty (lesson learned: go when there are a lot of other photos being taken) so I took her over there and we had a nice session, got a couple of great “Mommy and me” shots.

After our yummy dinner we went to get a family picture with Pirate Minnie (who Fallon now called "Mimi" and then dropped her off at Flounders so we could enjoy the Pirate Night deck party. A quick pic just because I love this one:
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd149/ibela/pirateminnie.jpg

I couldn’t believe how many people were dressed up in pirate gear, I actually felt a little out of place with just my bandana and Pirate Minnie tattoo (courtesy of DVC, thank you). It was a lot of fun and the fireworks were just so cool to see, I was really glad the rain had stopped and that we didn’t have to miss it. After it ended we still had a little time before we had to pick her up so we got some goodies at the buffet and took our plates to Quiet Cove to enjoy.

ibela

10-16-2007, 12:27 PM

We woke early to go through Customs. It took all of 2 minutes so we had some breakfast and headed out to the Sky Ride which was the only thing I had reserved for the day. For anyone traveling with an infant: do NOT take your stroller with you, there are lots of steps. Fortunately there were nice people around who helped but I would not take the stroller again. Actually, I don’t think I’d even go again. We got to the top and caught the very tail end of the bird show, those are some smart birds . . . so we took some pictures from the top (amazing view, will attempt to add a picture tonight), had a frozen Bushwacker (SO good) in a souvenir mug (too cute), walked around a handful of the souvenir shops they have, and went back to the boat. Erik was going to go back into town to pick up a few things but with the early all aboard time we decided to just stay on the boat.

We took Fallon for a quick dinner and then dropped her off at Flounders – tonight was Palo dinner night for us. We asked for the same server from our brunch (Sylvester) and he was wonderful again. Great drinks (I tried a limoncello martini and a Toblerone chocolate martini at his advice and Y-U-M) and great food. Wow were we stuffed. Most of this TR has been focused on our experience with Fallon but I have to write about what we ate for 3 reasons: 1) I had high expectations and 2) I took a picture which I have to add later on because I took the picture for that sole purpose of posting it here and 3) when I told Erik that people on the DIS say they order like 3 of each course for 2 people he thought that was crazy. We told Sylvester our likes/dislikes and he picked all the food. Our appetizers (we may have hit them all): eggplant, ahi tuna, mushroom thing, and grilled shrimp. All were super yum and I barely got a taste of the mushroom app before it was all gone! After the bread with the dipping sauces, some prosciutto with olives, and lemon sorbet later we ready for our entrees (I asked that he skip the pizza since we tried it during brunch): tuna (delish) and risotto (just ok) for Erik, and some vegetable soup bowl thing (really good), rack of lamb (delish), and the best scallops I have ever had. Erik thought it was funny that I took out the camera for a picture of the scallops and announced it to Sylvester, who offered to take the pic thinking I’m taking one of Erik, who then said “no, she’s taking a picture of the food, not me”. Hey, I can see my husband everyday but when’s the next time I’m going to see scallops the size of small crab cakes?!
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Feeling beyond full at this point, we had dessert. I had the chocolate soufflé and some other chocolate thing, I don’t even remember what Erik had. I know we were both ready to burst at this point. While waddling out (2.5+ hrs later) we spoke with another couple who also couldn’t believe the amount of food they consumed (although in our defense, we didn’t finish every little morsel on our plates). Before we left we asked to meet the chef, he was very nice and we were both surprised at how young he is!

Fallon was fast asleep in Flounders so we headed to Rockin’ Bar D for 80s Night. To my fellow DISers from the thread who stood me up (everyone went to bed early?): you missed a really great time! We caught the tail end of the comedian before hand and he was very funny, too bad we didn’t get there earlier. Anyway, the dancers from the shows came out dressed in 80s gear and did several choreographed numbers which were great. I dragged Erik up to dance with me and he was picked for a contest on stage (he didn’t win but he did get into it, too bad I didn’t bring the camera). There was also a ‘Battle of the Bands’ which was cute and here’s my confession: I cheered for the women b/c it became a gender contest but really, the men were better.

Somewhere about this time we started tossing dates around for rebooking.

frdeb1999

10-16-2007, 01:35 PM

That picture with Minnie is just too cute! Sounds like you had a wonderful time!!

ibela

10-16-2007, 02:04 PM

Thanks! We even made a crystal from the PJ pic with Minnie. :)

JDBlair

10-16-2007, 03:29 PM

To my fellow DISers from the thread who stood me up (everyone went to bed early?): you missed a really great time!

:rolleyes1 ***Clears Throat*** In my defense, I was averaging about 5 hours of sleep a night by that time. So, this was Wednesday and by then, the lack of sleep had caught up to me (6 days averaging 5 hours a night when I usually average 8-10 hours of sleep a night) and the extremely full belly I had from Palo's dinner that night didn't help!! I sat on the edge of our bed to change my Palo dining clothes in to something more comfortable and started to nod off. I didn't want to miss 80's night but at the time I was nodding off, it was 8 pm and 80's night was a good 2+ hours away. So, we can blame lack of sleep, the rocking of the ship (man, I loved that!!) and a very full belly from Palo's with the extremely yummy chocolate martini. All of this made for a very excellent nights sleep! :cloud9: But I am kicking myself for missing 80's night!

jns

10-16-2007, 05:52 PM

Thanks for sharing
looking forward to seeing all the photos
great report

ibela

10-16-2007, 06:48 PM

:rolleyes1 ***Clears Throat*** In my defense, I was averaging about 5 hours of sleep a night by that time. So, this was Wednesday and by then, the lack of sleep had caught up to me (6 days averaging 5 hours a night when I usually average 8-10 hours of sleep a night) and the extremely full belly I had from Palo's dinner that night didn't help!! I sat on the edge of our bed to change my Palo dining clothes in to something more comfortable and started to nod off. I didn't want to miss 80's night but at the time I was nodding off, it was 8 pm and 80's night was a good 2+ hours away. So, we can blame lack of sleep, the rocking of the ship (man, I loved that!!) and a very full belly from Palo's with the extremely yummy chocolate martini. All of this made for a very excellent nights sleep! :cloud9: But I am kicking myself for missing 80's night!

That's ok, just know it was a LOT of fun. I guess you'll just have to book another one . . . ! :goodvibes

Thanks for sharing
looking forward to seeing all the photos
great report

Thanks! I'm going to try and finish it up by Thursday.

ibela

10-17-2007, 09:01 AM

We awoke to a gloomy day. Our vacation was almost over so it was sort of fitting, but no worries because we still had a full sea day ahead of us. After a quick breakfast at Topsiders we realized that her socks were missing from the night before. OK, back to some pool time. Erik and I alternated staying with Fallon and going to Quiet Cove individually, wow was it nice and quiet there. I wish I had time to be there earlier in the week. :cloud9:

I missed more (the final) Art of Entertaining activities. That’s a whole week and not a single session attended. Further, I had wanted to attend the martini tasting – didn’t get to that either. Also scheduled for that day was Family Kite Making which I thought would be great to fly a kite that we made on Castaway Cay. They were having fun running around the pool area and being entertained by the band playing, so I went to make a kite by myself since I just knew she’d love it the next day. Tip: get there early and be quick. When I got there (a mere 5 minutes late) they had run out of markers so I sat with a plain white kite for 5-10 minutes, then when they brought the big box of markers all the kids rushed over and started grabbing 1 of each color. I figured I wanted a nice kite too so I squeezed in on the side and grabbed about 10 different colors. I felt a little silly decorating by myself so I tried to do it quickly, about 15 minutes later I headed back to the pool to show them but no one was interested. I was determined to do at least 1 thing I had planned beforehand so I did make the galley tour. It was pretty cool to see how the kitchens are set up (and SO clean) and how they feed so many hungry people. I asked what the #1 most ordered food is, thinking it’d be lobster or steak but nope, the answer was chicken fingers - by far! So far I hadn’t even tried it, was I really missing something so great?? I had less than 2 days to find out.

After the galley tour I rushed back to the room for our Tea with Wendy (Alice and the Mad Hatter couldn’t make it). By the time they showered and got ready, we missed the tea. She took a cute pic with Wendy and we left. We went back to the room to get ready for dinner. It was Semi-Formal night (aka Lobster night) and I knew there’d be plenty of great photo ops to be had.

We lined up for Formal Mickey, really I lined up and Erik took Fallon to the side so she could watch. It was time for him to leave (and be replaced with Formal Minnie) so Fallon started saying loudly, “Bye Mimi” and waving. He came over to take her hand and walked out with her! She couldn’t take her eyes off the Mouse (Mimi/Mickey) as they walked down the hall:

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd149/ibela/formalmickey.jpg

OK, I was still on the line and when the other Mimi came out (I mean Minnie) they passed each other in the hall and Minnie and Mickey nuzzled noses – too cute! OK, so Fallon saw Formal Minnie and got super excited, “Hi Mimi, hi Mimi, hi Mimi” 3 times all in 1 breath. She was SO excited that the Shutters supervisor (or whoever he was overseeing all the photogs at the time), went and got us a stock photo of Minnie and a Sharpie so that Minnie could autograph the picture before the pic. :love: We quickly posed and went in for dinner.

My lobster was warm, moist, and overall tasty. It was a good dinner and then we dropped Fallon off at Flounders. I asked if they had happened to see her socks and they told me they hadn’t and that dad had asked them earlier. They then said they’d call the manager and ask about it. I said I didn’t know he had asked and it was just a pair of socks and really no big deal. They asked what the socks looked like, by now I was getting a little embarrassed because it’s just a pair of socks and I didn’t want to make a big deal about it . . . so after dropping her off we went to Disney Dreams, Shutters, and strolled around the boat before picking her up and getting ready for our final blissful day.

Shannon1984

10-17-2007, 10:20 AM

ibela

10-17-2007, 11:07 AM

Great trip report. I was also at 80's night by the way. I was by myself and didn't see anyone either. I didn't even see you or your husband. I loved watching the performers. I think I left halfway through. It was fun.

Hi! I actually did see you briefly but you were hanging towards the back and then when I looked again you were gone. I thought their choreographed numbers were great.

MiaSRN62

10-17-2007, 02:14 PM

HI Irene ~
Great TR. It's fun reading TR's from those who were on the same cruise. You really can get a different perspective. I'm just sorry I never got to meet up with you. I was in the minority and cruised with teens (and we had the 8:30 pm dinner. Often didn't get out of the restaurant until after 10 pm). Teens who were not that into the Stack. They are sort of shy and just wouldn't go. So they were attached to my husband and I most of the time. Your daughter is adorable.

Wanted to mention we also had Alexander and Erwin---loved them !

Thanks for the report and pics !

Gr00vyChc

10-17-2007, 04:24 PM

To my fellow DISers from the thread who stood me up (everyone went to bed early?): you missed a really great time!

GUILTY as charged.. I wanted to go, I planned to go.. but my body told me it needed sleep.. really I heard it :goodvibes But we had so much at the Spring Break Bash! LOVED the jello shots! I wish they offered more.. I should've written that on the comment card.. MORE JELLO SHOTS puhleeese :lmao:

Love your trip report so far girl!

Gr00vyChc :hippie:

MiaSRN62

10-17-2007, 07:44 PM

ibela says :To my fellow DISers from the thread who stood me up (everyone went to bed early?): you missed a really great time!
Yet another meet I missed ? Sorry. I really wasn't even aware that we were supposed to have a meet at 80's Night and we were there ! Guess I was out of the loop..........
I only stayed about 20 min because I was feeling really tired after dinner. But my dh stayed at least an hour or more after I left. He was in full-out party mode :rotfl:

ibela

10-17-2007, 08:59 PM

GUILTY as charged.. I wanted to go, I planned to go.. but my body told me it needed sleep.. really I heard it :goodvibes But we had so much at the Spring Break Bash! LOVED the jello shots! I wish they offered more.. I should've written that on the comment card.. MORE JELLO SHOTS puhleeese :lmao:

Love your trip report so far girl!

Gr00vyChc :hippie:

Thanks! And you should have stayed a little longer at SBB - they brought out another round of jello shots and all I had to do for it was walk over and take 1!

Yet another meet I missed ? Sorry. I really wasn't even aware that we were supposed to have a meet at 80's Night and we were there ! Guess I was out of the loop..........
I only stayed about 20 min because I was feeling really tired after dinner. But my dh stayed at least an hour or more after I left. He was in full-out party mode :rotfl:

Aww, it was an informal meet. Maybe if you stayed later we would have seen each other. I didn't get selected for any contests. :sad1:

TrickTony

10-18-2007, 03:50 PM

Hey there,::MickeyMo Hi there, :mickeyjum Ho there!!!

Just testing out the site, I am a Disney fan with faith, Hope, trust and:tink:pixie dust. My occupation is :smickey: Magician so I do believe in magic. Every cruise with Disney is a wonderful adventure for my whole family.:jumping1: My wife and I :love2: have our time with the kids in the Oceaneers lab.:woohoo: We head off to Rockin Bar-D :rockband: for live music,Dancing,the adult show and bingo the kids like to join us for that :dance3: I like the activities for the kids in studio sea :crowded: and the first run movies popcorn:: it's so much to do for everyone party: It really is a dream come true :tinker:

Hope to see you real so :mickeyjum on our next criuse You'll be :welcome: Aboard pirate:

Gail ::MinnieMo Tony :smickey: Tone'nae princess: Will:goofy:

TrickTony

10-18-2007, 04:24 PM

ibela

10-19-2007, 09:08 AM

I forgot to mention: Thursday night was also Dessert Buffet night in Lumieres. There were 2 tables with a line going down each side. As we were moving down the line, there was a mountain of profiteroles in the middle surrounded by all the different cakes. I don’t like them and passed them by but this woman across from me (on the other line at the same table) asked out loud if those were for eating. I responded with, “they’re dessert and this is a dessert buffet so of course they’re for eating”. :confused3 She looked unsure and remarked they were untouched, I pointed out so was the cake in front of me but I had no problem cutting the first slice. Point made I guess, and she then took 1 off (with a bit of a struggle). As soon as it hit her plate, a waiter rushed over to tell her they weren’t for eating and were for display only. Um, oops? Lesson learned: don’t eat the profiteroles at the dessert buffet. And a tip: eye the desserts and then help yourself to the chocolate fountain (there are both milk and white chocolate) – strawberries, pineapple, marshmallows, bananas all were super yum covered in chocolate. As for the other desserts, they all looked better than they tasted.

ibela

10-19-2007, 09:11 AM

Hi there,

I was on the Sept. 29th sailing :boat: and I found out about disboard,:thanks: thought I give it a try.
once I figure it out :confused3 this could be fun. :yay: If you remember me it's OK :thumbsup2 just saying Hey there to my fellow cruisers :grouphug:

Tony aka ::goodvibes (California) A fun kinda Guy!!! :dancer:

MAY ALL OUR DREAMS COME TRUE pixiedust:

:smickey: TrickTony

Hey Tony, I don't think anybody on the cruise has forgotten you! Btw- we chatted throughout the ship b/c we kept running into you guys. The last lunch day on the boat (I guess Thursday?) your kids sat with us at a big table in Topsiders.

Glad you found the DIS! :disrocks:

Gr00vyChc

10-19-2007, 11:39 AM

Hi there,

I was on the Sept. 29th sailing :boat: and I found out about disboard,:thanks: thought I give it a try.
once I figure it out :confused3 this could be fun. :yay: If you remember me it's OK :thumbsup2 just saying Hey there to my fellow cruisers :grouphug:

Tony aka ::goodvibes (California) A fun kinda Guy!!! :dancer:

MAY ALL OUR DREAMS COME TRUE pixiedust:

:smickey: TrickTony

Hi Tony! Were the guy that they brought up on stage during the sail away party?????? When they said CALIFORNIA in the house.. My family was SCREAMING too!!! obviously we're from Cali :love:

Nice to see you here Tony. I wanted to go up to you to say hey neighbor .. but you were always busy like a celebrity :rotfl:

Gr00vyChc :hippie:

TrickTony

10-19-2007, 08:53 PM

Hi There Neighbor,:wave2:

Sorry, you should have said Hey :wave2: I am just an orinary guy.:banana: I like being on the cruise and making friends.party: This site help me remember to time we shared.:disrocks: I can't wait till we do it again. I go on a lot of cruises, but there's none like Disney it's my favorite,from the people on board to the staff ,the shows it's all Magical.pixiedust: I try and go once every year. It's my dream come true and my wife :love: help me live it all.

See you real soon!!!

:smickey: Tony :goodvibes

ibela

10-22-2007, 08:56 AM

Friday, part 1 – Castaway Cay

We woke up at about 8am and we were still en route to Castaway Cay, scheduled to arrive shortly. I remembered the DIS tip to order room service for breakfast the night before and wished that I had done it. Then I remembered that I had also read on the DIS that the afternoon would be the worst time for doing laundry, so we dropped ours off and headed down for breakfast. As we walked into Parrot Cay, we heard the announcement that we were docking. “Quick, let’s grab something to go so we can be one of the first off the ship and get a hammock!”, I say. Erik looked at me and said, “we’re on vacation, the beach will be there all day” and we ate s-l-o-w-l-y. He threw our clothes in the dryer and we FINALLY headed out to the beach. At 10:30 the beach was packed, it felt like we were the last ones off the ship. After a few photos, we took the tram to the family beach and walked quite a bit in search for chairs under an umbrella. We eventually found one and settled in.

The view from there:
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd149/ibela/IMG_0533.jpg

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd149/ibela/IMG_0532.jpg

Side note: It was Fallon’s first time at the beach and she absolutely loved it. Lesson learned here: I should’ve taken her to a beach over the summer to see if she’d like it or not. Had I known she’d enjoy it so much, I would’ve made some plans to travel to the beaches at ports – something to try for anyone traveling with kids for the first time. OK, back to the trip report.

The pools on the ship were heated to approximately 85 degrees and the ocean was just as warm, it was wonderful. We splashed about in the warm water and it was a great morning of just having fun. Cookies BBQ was fired up so we walked over for lunch. We took the table by the little DJ hut so we could have a good view of the character dance party. It was really cute. http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd149/ibela/ccdance.jpg

After some soft serve ice cream (chocolate chip cookie dough and strawberry) we headed back to our little area. Fallon fell asleep and we relaxed with a konk cooler (yum). :drinking: After some more swimming in the ocean (and a little bumming off of Christa's floaters, thanks!) and a quick look around at the souvenir shops, we headed back to the ship. On the way back I remembered that we never flew the kite I made the day before. I had also missed the second (and final) photo op with Captain Jack Sparrow which I had really wanted. We did, however, finally get a pic with Pluto for the first time all week (right as we boarded the ship). I tried to take some pictures from the verandah while waiting for the shower but it was too sunny so they came out bad. We were late leaving Castaway Cay due to 2 medical emergencies, hopefully both passengers are now long safe and sound.

When we came back to our room there was a small bag with a note hanging on the door. It was from the Flounders nursery staff. The card said that Tinkerbell had visited the Magic and noticed some socks were missing and so she brought Fallon a present – a 2 pair pack of Mickey socks. Totally unnecessary but how so sweet and thoughtful! :love:

Coming up: our final dinner, packing, and our final Shutters visit?

JDBlair

10-22-2007, 09:31 AM

We woke up at about 8am and we were still en route to Castaway Cay, scheduled to arrive shortly. I remembered the DIS tip to order room service for breakfast the night before and wished that I had done it.

We ordered room service for breakfast on Castaway Cay day and I am so thankful we did. When we saw the nightmare of people in the hallway - I can't imagine what the restuarants looked like! :hippie:

ibela

10-22-2007, 10:28 AM

We ordered room service for breakfast on Castaway Cay day and I am so thankful we did. When we saw the nightmare of people in the hallway - I can't imagine what the restuarants looked like! :hippie:

The restaurants were probably crowded earlier. By the time we made it to breakfast it was pretty empty. I think the boat docked just as we sat down. When we finished there were only about 5 families left in the restaurant!

tfc3rid

10-22-2007, 10:43 AM

We went up to Topsiders on CC day... It was crowded but we were still able to get a table... This was around 9 AM.

ibela

10-22-2007, 11:32 AM

During lunch in Lumieres one day we had a waiter named Luis (from India, I believe). After that day we kept seeing him all around and he went out of his way to do little special extras and he wasn't even our waiter - talk about Disney Service! :love:

He carried my heaping plate at the dessert buffet and navigated us to a table. The next day at Cookies BBQ he did the same thing. Then later on I went back up to get a cookie and some pineapple, he told me to have a seat and he'd bring it to me. BIG MISTAKE - he brought me a plate overflowing with pineapple and chocolate chip cookies. I had only wanted 1 but felt obligated to take at least a bite out of each so as to not fully waste them. :rolleyes1 In any case, he kept coming over and bringing us things. Not sure who had him as their waiter but we thought he was great and I even wrote about him on the comment card.

Note: this does not at all take away from our server Alexander, we thought he was great and wrote about him too. :love:

ibela

10-23-2007, 11:47 AM

Friday, part 2 – final dinner, packing, and more Shutters

We had a bit of an issue showering for dinner as the water was all rusty. We called Guest Services who informed us of some water pipe issue or something that had caused them to be shut off. This seemed to only affect us as we rushed to dinner late and our tablemates (along with the rest of the restaurant) were all seated and had already ordered. :confused3 Dinner was rushed and just OK, I thought the previous night was the best dining room meal of the week and the fact that it was our last night may have had something to do with it too. We all talked about how wonderful the past week had been. What was so interesting was that we all did different things yet all had an amazing time. (You can refer to JDBlair’s and Jajomo’s trip reports for their details.) We said goodbye to our great serving team and gave everyone their well deserved tip envelopes. Note: Flounders had an early closing time the last night so we didn't bother putting her in. Overall, everyone was looking and feeling sad that night. :sad1:

It appeared that we were the only ones left that hadn’t packed yet as many had their luggage out in the hallway already. We called and were told that it had to be out by 11pm. Everyone said the farewell show was great and that the ventriloquist was very funny. Erik and Fallon went to catch the Farewell Show but I opted to go to Shutters instead and review the pictures we had and compare with the many pictures we had taken the night before. Then we really had to go and pack! We finally started at about 9:30pm. The curtain separating the room was VERY handy that night. :thumbsup2 I realized we hadn’t ordered room service all week, they were incredibly busy but we finally got our cheese and fruit platter and I really wished I had been ordering them throughout the week! We finished packing (11:15pm, but our luggage was picked up), finished our cheese platter with some wine, and fell asleep knowing we’d be on our way home in just a few short hours. We had signed up for the new service that DCL offers where you tag your luggage and you don’t see it again until you arrive in your home airport. Note: When you do this, do not also add the character tag you’re given in the same envelope – it’s just 1 of the 2 tags.

ibela

10-23-2007, 02:55 PM

We awoke early to go to our scheduled breakfast so that 1) we could properly say goodbye to Jac, Christa, and their families and 2) have some hot food. As far we knew, our luggage would greet us in Newark airport and we didn’t have to do a thing. Due to the Castaway Cay emergencies and our late departure, we arrived to Port Canaveral late. Had I known how much time we’d have to wait to clear customs, I wouldn’t have set the alarm for 5am so that I could go to Shutters one last time before breakfast (to take a final look and to pick up the crystal we had ordered). By the time we did pass through customs, the late seating was long done with their breakfast. They (whoever ‘they’ are) set up a cut-off of 1pm saying that the luggage they picked up and were transporting to MCO would go in 2 groups – those for flights before 1pm and those after. Hmm, well our flight was scheduled for 1:05pm so where would that leave us? :confused3

As we walked through customs (after an almost tearful goodbye to our new friends) we asked if we’d make it for our 1pm flight. The response, I kid you not, “you’ll make it, your luggage may not”. Wow – clearly the Customs people do not believe in the Disney spirit. “How will we know if our luggage makes it?” The response, and I couldn't make this up, “if your luggage doesn’t show up on the carousel at your destination airport, you’ll know it didn’t make it.” Again, :confused3 After just looking at her and blinking a few times we walked over to a supervisor to find out where our luggage stood (literally and figuratively). We gave her our luggage # and she said she’d go find it and move it if need be. We walked out of the terminal and saw the airline check-in. Tip: Pick up your luggage and check it yourself at the port, it’s literally right out the door and then you’re sure that your luggage goes to the right place at the right time.

The DCL transfer bus area was total chaos. People were walking all around, no one knew which bus to get on. Our names weren’t marked off of any list so anyone could have just walked on. We finally got on a bus and pulled out of the terminal (interestingly enough, other buses that were full before us just sat there). I don’t know how much time passed exactly, but I do know that all the car rental shuttles left long before we did. We finally got to MCO and checked Fallon in (we had received 2 boarding passes, not 3). I fully understand why DCL says to not book a flight before 12, the airport was a madhouse. We got on line to go through security. A security guard came over and told us to move to this other line because it was wider. This was very confusing because 1) it was much narrower than the original line and 2) it wasn’t moving whereas all the others were. Turns out we weren’t moving because we were already going through the scan while the other line then split into 10,000 to go through the scans. We eventually made it through, had some lunch, and boarded the plane.

Princess (as every CM refers to little girls on the cruise) was a royal pain the whole flight back. It was her naptime so I thought it’d be a perfect time to fly but instead she insisted on screaming on and off throughout the entire flight. :scared:

To any DIS member that may have been on either flight and is reading this, please accept my apologies.

To any DIS member that’s a CM on the Magic, thank you for the all the wonderful memories.

And finally, to my fellow DISBoarders, thank you for being a part of this amazing experience. :thanks:

If anyone has any questions on the trip or traveling with a toddler, do not hesitate to ask. I’ll try to add a few pics tonight before I mark this officially ‘complete’.

ibela

10-23-2007, 03:09 PM

And after getting back to reality . . .

There is no ordering multiple dishes at home, there is no menu to choose from. There is no turndown service. Worst of all – there is no Mimi. Anytime Fallon now sees an image of Mickey or Minnie she screams with joy, “MIMI!!!!!!!” She even dreams about them as sometimes we hear her saying in her sleep, “Hi Mimi”. :cloud9: Here’s the real kicker – at Sesame Place this past weekend she called a character Mimi, before if she didn’t know them she would just call them Elmo. I guess it's official - her love for Mimi has surpassed that for Elmo. We haven’t rebooked yet because I want to wait until she’s potty trained. We’re planning on going in 2009, so as soon as the dates come out we can’t wait to rebook (using DVC points, which is why we didn’t book a dummy date on the boat).

Some additional tips:
1) When you drop off your pillowcase/photo mat/whatever to Guest Services specify who you want to sign it, we got the “basic” characters. I’m actually thinking to sign some more with my left hand and call it a day . . .
2) You don’t have to be the first to get off Castaway Cay, there's plenty of room for everyone.
3) Do NOT miss the musical shows, they’re wonderful. For that matter, all the entertainment is top notch so take advantage and attend!!
4) We were able to easily get hours for Flounders, just ask.
5) Any “firsts”, try them out at home. You may be pleasantly surprised (or at least be better prepared).

Thanks for sticking with me this long and reading this TR. I hope you all enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.

tfc3rid

10-23-2007, 03:47 PM

Awesome Trip Report ibela!!!

Thanks for sharing! It was fascinating to hear about our trip from the prespective of the family with a very young cruiser!!!!

Thanks!

JDBlair

10-23-2007, 07:50 PM

Congratulations on finishing your TR!
Now, will you finish mine for me?? :confused:

Gr00vyChc

10-23-2007, 09:20 PM

Congratulations on finishing your TR Irene! I enjoyed reading it! We hope to be on the same cruise with you in '09!

Gr00vyChc :hippie:

ibela

10-24-2007, 07:41 AM

Awesome Trip Report ibela!!!

Thanks for sharing! It was fascinating to hear about our trip from the prespective of the family with a very young cruiser!!!!

Thanks!

Thanks for reading! :)

Congratulations on finishing your TR!
Now, will you finish mine for me?? :confused:

Yeah right!! :rotfl2:

Congratulations on finishing your TR Irene! I enjoyed reading it! We hope to be on the same cruise with you in '09!

Gr00vyChc :hippie:

We'd love it! :goodvibes

mruhaak

10-24-2007, 10:29 AM

ibela

10-24-2007, 01:18 PM

Thanks for sharing your report! I read it with interest since I am cruising with my Ds's one of which will be 17 months at time of crusing.

It doesn't appear that Fallon had any problem going in to Flounders Nursery? I am quite concerned with this with him because he has really been baulking a lot lately in any babysitting situations even though he goes to daycare.

Also I'm wondering if you have any tips for keeping them occupied on the plane as this is my other big worry!

The staff at the nursery was really great. She cried a few minutes the first time but they jumped right in and distracted her right away. I was also concerned she'd watch tv, we don't allow it at home now and there's no tv in her daycare, but if there's a tv on in any room she sits in front of it so we basically never have a tv on when she's home. But anyway, we asked them to try to distract her to keep her away from the tv and they said she didn't watch any. There were enough toys to keep her busy and there's also a slide for the kids.

Honestly, the only time we put her in the nursery during the day was for Palo brunch. The other times were all in the evening and we only started doing it towards the middle of the trip - putting her in from 8pm or 9pm-midnight (their closing time). We'd bring her pajamas in her diaper bag and drop her off either after dinner or the show.

For the plane definitely bring a stuffed toy, a book, and some favorite toy of his. Erik had accidentally packed the toys I left out and she was really cranky on the plane, fortunately for us (and the rest of the passengers) the kid behind us had a Garfield and he started poking her with it so that got her giggly.

Have a great trip!

mruhaak

10-24-2007, 04:29 PM

The staff at the nursery was really great. She cried a few minutes the first time but they jumped right in and distracted her right away. I was also concerned she'd watch tv, we don't allow it at home now and there's no tv in her daycare, but if there's a tv on in any room she sits in front of it so we basically never have a tv on when she's home. But anyway, we asked them to try to distract her to keep her away from the tv and they said she didn't watch any. There were enough toys to keep her busy and there's also a slide for the kids.

Honestly, the only time we put her in the nursery during the day was for Palo brunch. The other times were all in the evening and we only started doing it towards the middle of the trip - putting her in from 8pm or 9pm-midnight (their closing time). We'd bring her pajamas in her diaper bag and drop her off either after dinner or the show.

For the plane definitely bring a stuffed toy, a book, and some favorite toy of his. Erik had accidentally packed the toys I left out and she was really cranky on the plane, fortunately for us (and the rest of the passengers) the kid behind us had a Garfield and he started poking her with it so that got her giggly.

Have a great trip!

Thanks! Our other son will be along so we will be bringing a portable DVD player to keep him occupied on the plane. But I doubt that will hold the little ones attention. I'm just nervous because we've never flown with both of them before and never with one so young! Fortunately it is a non-stop flight!! Which I planned!

I'm hoping to put him in the nursery a couple of nights and get him to sleep before we take him there. We'll see how that goes..

ibela

10-24-2007, 07:36 PM

I'm hoping to put him in the nursery a couple of nights and get him to sleep before we take him there. We'll see how that goes..

I often saw them rocking little ones to sleep when we'd drop her off. They can take care of it, no worries! They'd ask us when we wanted her to be put to sleep when we dropped her off.

ibela

10-24-2007, 07:37 PM

of Castaway Cay to my post on page 3.

With that I'm officially done (but available for questioning)! :cool1:

JLSE50

10-24-2007, 10:36 PM

of Castaway Cay to my post on page 3.

With that I'm officially done (but available for questioning)! :cool1:

Great to hear your experiences and insights.

Question:
What is the link to Jajomo's trip report? I have no idea how to find it.

Jan :earsgirl:

ibela

10-25-2007, 08:03 AM

Great to hear your experiences and insights.

Question:
What is the link to Jajomo's trip report? I have no idea how to find it.

Jan :earsgirl:

Thanks Jan!

And that's an easy question:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1616818

MagicMe

10-25-2007, 12:01 PM

Thanks for sharing your trip! I love hearing everyone's take on their cruise.

LITTLEKID58

10-25-2007, 12:47 PM

Tfs

TrickTony

10-25-2007, 02:41 PM

Hey Tony, I don't think anybody on the cruise has forgotten you! Btw- we chatted throughout the ship b/c we kept running into you guys. The last lunch day on the boat (I guess Thursday?) your kids sat with us at a big table in Topsiders.

Glad you found the DIS! :disrocks: Hey fellow Cruiser, Good to hear all the stories
in your report, it's great! I don't know if I am to reply here are not so this is a test. Iv'e been off the site for awhile. I hope to get this right.

Tony

ibela

10-26-2007, 08:33 AM

Thanks for sharing your trip! I love hearing everyone's take on their cruise.

It's amazing how different everyone's experiences are on the same cruise, yet we all have a blast!

Tfs

That took me a minute to figure out. Thanks for reading! :)

idrivealumina

03-31-2009, 10:15 AM

Thank you for taking the time to post this cruise report. If you have any tips that have come up since then let us know as we will be on the Sept 5 West cruise as well.

Thank you once again!

LC30

03-31-2009, 11:42 PM

elderfam

04-01-2009, 09:27 PM

I love your trip report! Sounds like you had a really great time. :confused3We are going on my first Disney cruise in May and I have to say the thing I'm most worried about is keeping my 2.5 year old entertained, putting him in Flounders (he's a bit shy) and not being able to use the pool. He LOVES swimming. At Flounders, did you notice the kiddos were closer to your daughter's age or younger? I'm worried he might be in that stage - too old for Flounders and too young for kids club. :confused3

But I'm excited about the cruise :yay:

On our last cruise our son was just 6 months old. We didnt know about the pool rules the first day and had him in the Mickey pool. They pointed out the rules the next day and said once he is potty trained he can swim in the larger pool. Is your son potty trained? Maybe this would be a goal for him??
Regarding Flounders, our son LOVED it! Tons of toys and lots of personal attention. I would say try it out you can always spy on him to see how he takes to the staff. They had a pretty wide range of kids when we dropped our son off. The really funny part was that we thought the staff would be mostly girls and a couple of days they only had guys working!
Have a great cruise!!

ibela

06-18-2009, 01:33 PM

I love your trip report! Sounds like you had a really great time. :confused3We are going on my first Disney cruise in May and I have to say the thing I'm most worried about is keeping my 2.5 year old entertained, putting him in Flounders (he's a bit shy) and not being able to use the pool. He LOVES swimming. At Flounders, did you notice the kiddos were closer to your daughter's age or younger? I'm worried he might be in that stage - too old for Flounders and too young for kids club. :confused3

But I'm excited about the cruise :yay:

Thank you and sorry for not responding. At the time I was writing this I was posting regularly so I disabled the e-mail notifications. I hope your trip went well and that your ds had a great time!

We're going again shortly and she is now potty trained so I really look forward to watching her go down the slide and enjoy herself in the club!