Pictures included: A Magical Vacation Nov 24 - Dec 1...even with seasickness???

[Jaime]

Cast – me(Jaime) dh(Glen) dd’s

We decided last year that we would take a RCCL cruise and a trip to WDW to celebrate our 10 anniversary and my birthday. We looked at many different dates and decided the end of November was best for us because we always wanted to see WDW decorated for the holidays. Once our Canadian dollar improved in August we switched our cruise to DCL. That’s when I met a great bunch of DIS’ers who called themselves the Nanaheads. We all decided to have a meet and to do different activities through the cruise. Many posts later it was finally time to go on our trip!!!:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[Jaime]

November 23rd 2007

My grandparents moved in to our house for the next two weeks and bring us to the airport! We are on our way to our long awaited vacation! When we arrive to the airport we find out that everything is on schedule which is a great relieve since yesterday there were very long flight delays…after 14 hours of travel we arrive in Orlando…both dd’s had trouble with their ears on landing…it made for a very interesting landing. We had booked a night through hotwire at the Wingate Orlando Airport Inn...it was well worth the $49. They had an airport shuttle which was quick and a really good breakfast both were free. The room was nice…we arrive very late so we went straight to bed.

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Kierra and Alicia waiting 6 hours patiently:rotfl: at the airport for our connection!

[Jaime]

November 24th, 2007

We meet up with our friends for breakfast and Happy Limo picked us all up in a van at 8:50 am. The driver was 10 minutes early and seemed to be very nice. The ride to port was very smooth…we made a quick grocery stop to get some wine and coolers for the week. It was so exciting seeing the Magic for the first time. We got to the port at 10:00 I was surprise by the amount of people who were already there. We checked in and got boarding number 4…we then decided to check our children into the kids clubs and got our pager. We started to meet our new DIS friends while waiting to board…they all had great yellow shirts made which made it very easy to find everyone.

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Our boarding number was called around 11:45 it was so neat being introduced for the first time. A cast member came up to Alicia picked her up and spinned her around telling her to have a magical week. She had such a smile on her face which was so nice to see…she is usually so shy! We went straight to RockingBarD and got Palo reservations for brunch and supper. I was taken by the beauty of the Magic…even though I had seen so many pictures and videos I was still surprised how well kept the ship was. We had lunch a topsiders...it was good…however if we get the opportunity to cruise on DCL again we will probably just get something at Pluto’s or Goofy’s and sit by the pool. After we ate the girls wanted to go swimming in Mickey’s Pool by this time it was already pretty full.

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to be continued...

[fairfax]

Great report so far! I love the shirts and your kids are adorable.

[nzdisneymom]

Hey - I saw those tie-dyed shirts in another Nanahead's report :) Can't wait to read more about your trip.

[Jaime]

Thanks:goodvibes

Wow...just spent an hour shoveling:sad2: snow...I so wish I was back on the Magic right now!

November 24th continued
...we went to our room around 1:45…it was room 2045 which is a cat 10. The room was larger then what I was expecting and seemed to be in a really good location. Our only complaint we had about our room was that Beat Street was above us and every night around 10:30 music started playing…we could actually hear the lyrics. Sounded like alot of fun.:goodvibes Our dd’s usually sleep with a radio so it didn’t bother them. Now that I am reading trip reports it turns out some of the nanaheads were up having fun on Beat Street:thumbsup2
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We decorated our door...it made it easy to find our room...and it was alot of fun getting treats in the fish extender.

Our DIS meet was at the Promenade Lounge at 2:30. It was great meeting everyone I was talking with online.
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The safety drill was pretty easy…Kierra was a little upset that they didn’t show her where the lifeboats were though.

We headed up to deck 9 for the sailaway party while Glen put our life jackets in the stateroom...we were very surprised to see only castmembers on deck when we got there. It was great being able to be right up front when the characters came out...the girls were so excited. My favorite part was the horn...it was so Magical! The girls loved it when there picture was on the big screen:goodvibes When the party was over Glen and Kierra went to deck ten to watch as we left port. Kierra was delighted with the dolphins that seen us off...
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We decided to go to the tree lightening which was beautiful especially the ending;) What a nice way to start our cruise.
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We had late dining with a 8:15 rotation. Eating that late was hard on the children...but it was nice to have the extra time to get ready for dinner. We ate at Parrot Cay...the food was good...and our servers were great. I had the chicken wings and the ribs...yummy & messy:rotfl: On the way back to our room the girls spotted Daisy and had to stop to say hi!
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When we opened the door to our room Alicia got extremely excited...look mommy look!
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[LivingtheWDWdream]

great report can't wait for more! your girls are adorable!

[Gina]

I'm loving your report!! :goodvibes

I have a quick question for you, when you have time. I'm setting up our meet next cruise, but was thinking about having it at the Promenade Lounge. I never thought of Preludes -- I don't think I've ever even been to Preludes! Would you recommend that as a meet spot?

Can't wait for more of your report!

-gina-

[scottishwee35]

Hi

Thank for showing the photos and see the dolphins that make you luck!

Cannot wait to see more photos:thumbsup2

Lovely girls!!

Scottishwee35:thumbsup2

[jns]

O Great :banana: :banana: another report starting with lots of Photos
thanks for sharing :hug:
looking forward to seeing more

[Jaime]

I'm loving your report!! :goodvibes

I have a quick question for you, when you have time. I'm setting up our meet next cruise, but was thinking about having it at the Promenade Lounge. I never thought of Preludes -- I don't think I've ever even been to Preludes! Would you recommend that as a meet spot?

Can't wait for more of your report!

-gina-

Oops...typo...have no idea what I was thinking:rotfl:

I am pretty sure we did have our meet at the Promenade Lounge. Also we got a great group picture on the stairs by the aft elevators...

[Gina]

Oops...typo...have no idea what I was thinking:rotfl:

I am pretty sure we did have our meet at the Promenade Lounge. Also we got a great group picture on the stairs by the aft elevators...


Oh thank goodness... I was really straining my brain, trying to figure out how I missed a bar/lounge/club!! LOL I couldn't for the life of me think of any lounge-type seating where I thought Preludes was. Even went through my PassPorter, trying to figure out what I had missed. Decided in the end to blame my amnesia on too much coconut rum. :thumbsup2

Thanks bunches for clarifying. I think we definitely will go with the Promenade Lounge for our meet.

patiently :yay: waiting for more of your report,
-gina-
;)

[gossipgirl]

do you have any pics of th stage shows.

[gossipgirl]

did you happen to stage any good pics of the stage shows.

[Jaime]

The one thing I would do different is I would allow at least two days to relax after arriving in Orlando...since it is a long flight that leaves either extra early or arrives extra late...it would have been more enjoyable if we had a few days to recover before we boarded the cruise ship.

Sunday November 25, 2007

This is the day when our trip go interesting:confused3

We all slept well...Kierra loved the bunk she thought it was the coolest thing...especially how is magically appeared every night;)
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When Alicia woke up she said her body hurt:confused3 I checked her temp...but all was fine(both girls were sick a few weeks before but they were to our Doctor 3 days before we left and he said their ears were all better and they were perfect) I was unsure if she was still just feeling a little off from all the travelling we had done in the past few days and junk food she had eaten;) or if was feeling a little seasick...I decided to put her sea bracelets on even though both girls have been out in boats before and have never got seasick:confused3 I tried to get her to chew children ginger tablets that have a "great" taste or so it says on the box...but noway...and after trying it I couldn't blame her...yuck! She got a bath and got dressed and seemed to be fine...she even said she was all better and very hungry:)

We decided to go to Topsiders for breakfast...Alicia loves breakfast and orange juice...poor child got sick after one sip of juice:sad2: I took her down to the room and we both got cleaned up then I went to the Medical clinic...it was still only early and it was closed...Alicia was back to normal by this time anyway...she had lots of engery and even had a drink and a few cheerios with no issues...I did get to talk to a nurse and she asked me all kinds of questions and said it sounds like she was just feeling a little seasick but all better now. Since it was still before 9:00 I decided to let her get some fresh air up on deck for a while...we sat by the Goofy pool and watched the big screen...that is pretty neat. Kierra went to the lab to make flubber...she loved it! We were suspose to meet our friends at Palo's at 11:00 for brunch...and Alicia wanted to go to the club to see Snow White...since she had eaten two hours ago and was doing fine we let her go...I stay home with Alicia and she never goes anywhere by herself...so I was a little surprise when she asked to go...she wanted me to stay but after a few minutes was fine...so of to Palo's we went. Wow...this place is so nice! We were a little late and our friends were already seated. Our waitress explained everything and showed us the great buffet. Glen went straight for the dessert:rotfl: I guess he thought he was on vacation;) I ordered the pizza with grapes...blue cheese...white wine...it sounded so strange but the waitresses ensure me I would love it. I got some seafood from the buffet and just as I started eating...my buzzer went off...Alicia got sick! I felt horrible for her...we paid our bill and left. We might have been there 15 minutes maybe. When we got to the club Alicia was looking fine and holding a bag just incase...she was very proud of her bag:sad2: She thought it was great that they gave her one...I took her back to the room and changed her again...then went back to the medical clinic...they still were not opened...so I talked to the nurse again...since she still had no fever or any other symptoms she suggested I keep her up on deck for a while. One of my fellow nanaheads called when she found out Alicia was sick she brought by some motionez to put behind her ears. Thanks Kim:goodvibes

We had a ladies meet scheduled but I couldn't leave my little princess again...the rest of the afternoon was great! Oh yeah...Michelle had brought my Palo's pizza to me...it was great!!!
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[Jaime]

do you have any pics of th stage shows.

No...sorry...the shows we saw were great though...Golden Mickeys was our family favorite...

[podsnel]

Oh, your poor little princess!!! I hope she gets to have some fun!

[Jaime]

Oh thank goodness... I was really straining my brain, trying to figure out how I missed a bar/lounge/club!! LOL I couldn't for the life of me think of any lounge-type seating where I thought Preludes was. Even went through my PassPorter, trying to figure out what I had missed. Decided in the end to blame my amnesia on too much coconut rum. :thumbsup2

Thanks bunches for clarifying. I think we definitely will go with the Promenade Lounge for our meet.

patiently :yay: waiting for more of your report,
-gina-
;)

:rotfl: :rotfl: Yeah...no...I think it was me drinking to much wine:rotfl:

[Jaime]

Late afternoon Alicia had a nap while we got ready for dinner. When she woke up she was all excited about getting dressed up for formal night...I was a little concerned but she seemed to be fine...
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We went to the Golden Mickey's show...it was our favorite...classic Disney style...the girls loved the red carpet...they still talk about it...
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The Ginger bread house was amazing...and very detailed!
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[Paragd911]

nice photos!

[mruhaak]

November 24th, 2007

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Great report so far Jaime! Your girls are so beautiful! That's Alex in the background of this photo! It made me smile, he looks like he's having so a good time!:)

Alex loved his bunk too. I was worried he might fall out since he's only 4 1/2, but no problems with that at all.

But it was really cute every day because he would come in and say "the couch is back" or "hey.... my bed is back." I think he really had no idea where it was going to!

[Jaime]

Great report so far Jaime! Your girls are so beautiful! That's Alex in the background of this photo! It made me smile, he looks like he's having so a good time!:)

Alex loved his bunk too. I was worried he might fall out since he's only 4 1/2, but no problems with that at all.

But it was really cute every day because he would come in and say "the couch is back" or "hey.... my bed is back." I think he really had no idea where it was going to!

Hi Melanie! The kids had alot of fun in the Mickey pool that first day! Alex was playing a little in the water with Alicia & Jacob. Chris was taking pictures too. It was actually one of the best times for the pool bacause the water wasn't moving:rotfl: Hope you have a great Christmas.

[Jaime]

I'll try to post a little more tonight...very busy getting ready for Christmas.

[naner]

Very nice start to a thread!

[Jaime]

Well I was just going through my suitcase for my mom to take on her summer vacation and I found my DCL journal I did for my girls...I thought I should finish what I started...sorry for the very long delay;) Hopefully I don't leave out to much information...

Supper tonight was at Lumiere which worked out great since we were all dressed up. This was my favorite rotation restaurant for food. It was yummy! I had scallops…yum…Glen had the salmon…which he really like too. Alicia was feeling better but would not eat anything...all she wanted was gingerale…I was surprised that they didn’t charge me for gingerale in the dining rooms. I also brought a bottle of wine to dinner that our friends had delivered to our room on arrival…there was no charge for this either. Our only mistake was this was the night Kierra could have ordered her favorite food lasagna and we somehow missed it on the menu…she was pretty mad at me later in the week when she found out that she could have it.
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After supper it was time to go back to our room and listen to the great music on Beat Street. I order warm milk and tea from room service however it took 1hour and 10 minutes…Kierra fell asleep just before her milk arrived.

[Jaime]

Monday November 26, 2007

Our time went ahead today…which actually worked out well for us as it is only 30 minutes different then our time zone at home. Alicia woke up with her color back and she was very hungry. Everyone else was still sleeping so I took Alicia and went to Topsiders…Topsiders was just opening. This is when I found out about the great separate section at the back with cartons of milk…dry cereal…yogurt and cinnamon buns. We tried to eat outside but it was too windy! (A CM told me that green apples would help her seasickness...so she ate alot of green apples and ginerale on the cruise:thumbsup2 .)
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Afterwards I took some milk, cereal and yogurt back to the room. When we got back to the room Glen and Kierra were just waking up. Guest Services called saying the Doctor require me to bring Alicia by. So I took her down…when I got there they asked me when she got sick last...since it was almost 24hours they gave me a note so she could go back to the kids club...it was very simple...they didn't even look at her...

We walked around deck for a while since it cleared off nicely...a little windy but nice...the kids went for a swim in Mickey's pool which was pretty crowded today...we had lunch at Goofy's ...they make great sandwich's...I love this place...and once Kierra discovered the free icecream and fresh strawberries...it was her favorite place too.
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Kierra decided she wanted to go to the clubs for lava flow...to my suprise Alicia wanted to go too...she even cried when I suggested she stay with me...I tried to explain to her that it was only for children 5-7 but she was not impressed with me...the CM noticed how upset she was and told her if she really wanted to stay with her sister they would give her a special braclet just for this activity...that was such a great moment for her:goodvibes

Wow...we had free time...what to do:confused3 we took a walk around the ship...then we decided to check out the "secret deck"...there was no one there! We had the place to ourself and there were even loungers here...after relaxing a little we decided to head down towards the clubs to check on the girls...this is when we saw a CM walking around the club with a sleeping Alicia in her arms:goodvibes...she fell asleep at the table making lava...I guess she found it a little boring...we figured she might have been too young when we left her there...since they lava flow wasn't over we gave Kierra the choice to stay or come with us to see "Twice Charmed" she decided to come and I am glad she did because Cinderalla is her favorite princess and she loved the show. I liked Golden Mickey's better though...when the show was over I took the girls to the Aloha Party in the club...Alicia wanted me to stay...so I went in with them...the girls didn't want to stay long so we left again...it was time for us to have a break in the room anyway...it was a pretty busy day so far...we all lied down and watch a movie...then we got ready for supper...the girls wanted to get dressed up in dresses so we all decided too...I am glad we did because it made a really nice picture with Mickey:goodvibes
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We even got the picture made to Christmas cards...30 cards cost $30...about what we pay at home...
Since we went to the show early...we decide just to walk around...wow...it felt as though we had the ship to ourself...I guess everyone else was either eating or at a show:goodvibes
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Supper tonight for us was our show dinner at Animator's Palate. The show was great...especially the end...but the food was not... least favorite all week.
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[Jaime]

Monday continued...

We got out of supper just in time to run back to our stateroom and quickly get Alicia & Kierra changed in their princess dresses...Bell & Cinderella were making a appearance... since they are our girls favorites we had to go...we get in line at 9:55 and the CM said Bell was leaving and we couldn’t see her…Alicia was so up set…I was really confused since in the Navigator it said she wasn’t suppose to be there until 10:00…I asked the CM what time she got there and was told 9:30…I showed her the Navigator and she said they must have changed the time:confused3 …as we were leaving to go it in the line for Cinderella…more people came looking for Bell…and they got upset with the CM…so the CM told us we could go back and get in line and see Bell after all…Alicia was thrilled:cloud9: but her eye’s were very red in the pictures from crying…

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Everyone was really tired so we went back to our room to go to bed...and again we had a wonderful suprise waiting for us...

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[Jaime]

Tuesday November 27,2007

Today we were going to go to St. Maarten and I was so excited! I pre-ordered breakfast to be delivered to our room...this worked out very well for us...we went up to deck to have a look around...it was a beautiful sunny day!
We decided not to take a excursion...instead we would just go to the beach close to the ship and I am glad we did...we took the water taxi to the beach...it was just at the end of the cruise dock and it made three different stops on the beach. We rented a beach chair for the day...found out later it was a couple dollars cheaper half way down the beach...

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I had brought sand buckets from our dollar store at home...they came in great use for us and saved so much money...I had a mom tell me she paid $15 on the ship for beach toys...I paid $1 for two buckets & toys. We just left them on the ship after the cruise...that way we had more room in our luggage for everything we bought:goodvibes

After spending the morning on the beach we decided to go back to the ship for lunch and to get cleaned up...we decided that we were going to go again shopping...Kierra really did not want to go and begged us to let her go to the kids clubs with some of the DISer's children we were crusing with...I was a little unsure but decided to let her. We did a little shopping and then we went back onboard to check on Kierra...she was having so much fun and didn't want to come with us...since Alicia was still asleep in her stroller...we went for a walk around the deck.

Kierra talks the most about this time in the clubs..they went to the sports deck and it started to rain:confused3 It didn't rain on us so I guess it must have been a short shower:goodvibes Anyway they brought them in the hall and they all sang a song about a worm who ate the magic...she loves that song!

Next Pirate Night....

[Jaime]

Our girls really wanted to see Enchanted...since it was at 5:30 and it was 5:30 I told Glen to take Alicia get some popcorn and I would pick Kierra up at the club and meet him there. The movie was just starting when we got there and we couldn't find dh&dd anywhere...so me and Kierra got to watch the movie by ourselves...the movie was great! We found out after that dh & dd were on the otherside of the theatre watching the movie.

We then headed to our stateroom to get ready for pirate night...we were very excited about it! Once we were ready we went delivering a few gift ito the fish extenders...on the way Kierra meet a few pirates who wanted her to join them:thumbsup2
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On the way to dinner we made a stop to see Mickey...we were very lucky with the character lines...they never seemed to be too long...I am not sure if this was because we had late dining.

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Supper was alot of fun...most people were dressed for the part;). I had a first time cruiser come up to me and said she loved out outfits and asked how many times we had been on the Magic...when I told her it was my first time she looked so confused...she had no idea about dressing up for pirate night...I told her I got all my information from my friends at Dis...so thank you everyone for your help! The menu looked so neat printed like a treasure map...and we felt very much like Pirates...our rotation worked very well for us...as we were in Parrot Cay for Pirate night...and Lumiere's for formal night. Our wait staff were dressed just so...and our girls loved the parade at the end...we did find dinner was very slow coming tonight though...most of the tables around us seemed to be empty way before we were finished. After a long hot day onshore our girls were very tired and a little cranky...we decided to skip dessert and go right up to deck for the pirate party...it was very crowed by this time so we went to deck ten...just as we got up there Mickey went flying through they sky and fireworks went off...

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After a long fun filled day we went back to our room and on Kierra's bed pirate Minnie was waiting for her:goodvibes
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We had a noticed when we went back to our room stating our time and meeting place for international traveller for customs in the morning...so we set our alarm clock and went to bed...

Next up...St. Thomas and customs...

[Jaime]

Wednesday November 28th...

When we woke up it felt as though we were already anchored...we got up and went to our meeting place to go through customs...we were surprised how quick it was...it took less than 10 minutes...maybe there wasn't many international travelers onboard.

We went up to deck to see St. Thomas...another nice day...the deck was a little wet...I think we may have had rain through the night...we got some breakfast from Topsiders...again just colder items at the back...we normally eat big breakfast on vacation but ever since the first day and Alicia getting sick we have had smaller breakfast until we knew everyone's stomach was settled for the day...since we were tendering ashore we went Buena Vista Theatre to wait...they showed a few children's show on the screen and we didn't have much of a wait before we were put on a small tendering boat. Once we got off we were approached by a man asking where we wanted to go...he got us a taxi to Magen's Bay. It was a truck with bench seating in the back to seat about 16. He gave us a 2 for 1 deal for the children and offered us a small discount if we gave him a time to pick us up. The taxi ride felt like a roller coaster...it is all hills and seeing the cars on the opposite side of the road can be a little strange...however it was a very beautiful drive.
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This place is so pretty...I would recommend anyone who visits St. Thomas to go here. They had bathrooms...a change room and a restaurant. The restaurant gets very busy...but not badly priced we got a pizza for the same price as home. It tasted okay...a little greasier then we are use too. The beach gets busy but if you walk down the beach a little ways there is hardly anyone there. After lunch we headed back to town...we did a little shopping but found everything in St. Thomas cost a lot more than in St. Maarten. I was concern at first about doing excursions on our own but I am really glad we did...I liked flexibility of it and it also saved us a lot of money. On the way back to the boat we were on a much larger tender boat...it was even playing movies...

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We were all really sleepy from the extra early morning so we went back to the room to relax...then Glen took the girls to story time with Mrs. Claus.
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Since everyone was sleepy...we didn't think we would be able to sit through a long supper we decided to skip supper and go to Topsiders...this was a mistake. DH quickly went and told someone in the dining room we wouldn't be there. I really wish we skipped topsider and just got something to eat by the pool instead. It took a really long time to be served...the food took a long time to come out and they had a very limited children's menu...just mac n cheese. So DH went and got them chicken fingers and brought it into topsiders for them. The girls wanted a drink but they had no children's glasses with lids! Just large glasses...I requested the glasses to be fill 1/4 off the way but they were filled to the top...and off course water ended up everywhere. Kierra finished her supper and asked if she could go to Goofy's PJ party. I took her down and when I got back I was surprised to find that it was still going to be another 10 minutes before our food was ready. On the bright side...the food was really good when it did come. After dinner we took Alicia shopping...we met a very nice CM. He spent 10 minutes trying to make her laugh...she was very sleepy and shy...at the end he gave a very special Tinker Bell Pin and a magical moment certificate. She was very impressed and on the way back up to get Kierra we saw Bell in her Christmas dress with no one else around...

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When we picked Kierra up from the kids clubs she was very exicted about getting to color a pillowcase and getting to be in the club with Goofy.

When got back to our room and had another wonderful towel animal waiting for us...

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[Jaime]

November 29...our last full day at sea:(

I got up first today so I took Kierra's pillow case she colored last night to guest services to get the characters to sign it for her as a suprise. She loved it!

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Glen and Kierra woke up not feeling the best...it was a little rough during the night as we started to pick up speed again...we went up on deck to get a little air and to relax by the pool for the morning.

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We went to the DVC presentaion at 12:30...DVC is something we are intersted in but because of where we live we can never get any information on it. We found the presentation to be very informative and our girls got coloring books to color during it. We decided to catch the early show of Dreams...it was really good! Golden Mickey's was still my favorite though. After the show we brought the kids to the clubs...Alicia was not happy about staying but after a few minutes she went off with the CM...all the staff in the clubs a really wonderful with the children:goodvibes

We decided to go for a game of Bingo...I am not a bingo player however on our NCL cruise in 1999 I went to one game and won! So I wanted to try my luck again...when Bingo was over we waited around to watch the Celebrate the Journey show...Kierra, Bradley and Jacob came out on stage with the other kids...and there were alot of children but I couldn't see Alicia!! I started to panic! I felt horrible...she didn't want to go to the club and now she is missing! Once all the children got on stage I went up to see where she was...the CM told me she had fallen asleep so someone stayed with her...they were very sorry for not paging me...she was sleeping and they tought they would just let her sleep and let me watch Kierra in the show.

Tonight was Michelle & Trevors Palo/Date night so we took all the children to supper. On the way to supper we stopped at the dance party in the Promenade Lounge. The kids all had fun!

Supper tonight was at Animator's Palate...the food was much better this time but no show this evening. Alica finally started eating again...our servers were starting to get concern...but with dinner so late she was never really hungry. Tonight Kierra wasn't hungry at all and she was still not feeling 100% so she asked if she could just have the lava cake...it is her favorite! When I was gone to the bathroom with Alicia...Kierra got sea-sick:worried:I took her back to the room and then brought her up to deck nine for fresh air. Glen took the boys and Alicia to play video games...we joined them once Kierra was feeling better.

Tomorrow is Castway Cay day...my favorite part of the cruise:goodvibes

[jd99]

:wave: Hi Jaime. What a great surprise to see your report here today. Reliving the magic all over again.
jeff

[Jaime]

Friday November 30...

Today was Castaway day...we had food delivered again this morning...it really made the morning easier. We went up on deck to see this beautiful island for the first time!

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We had the glass bottom boat tour first thing so we got ready and headed to the meeting place on the dock. We were the first ones there which was great. We got to choose our place on the boat so we were able to sit on a bench next to the viewing glass. It was a really neat experience...it was nice to do...I am not sure I would do it again especially with only one day at Castaway Cay.

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This is a picture of all the fish on the side of the boat.

We went to the beach and had some lunch...we were surprised that they had a drink & ice-cream station on the island. It was really hot so that really helped. We found a couple of loungers...rent a tube and floated around for a while. Michelle met up with us after and got me to go snorkeling with her equipment. This was really neat! I have never really snorkeled before and I really enjoyed it.

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Tonight was our Palo/date night...Michelle & Trevor took our girls to dinner for us.

We were looking forward to it since we had to leave brunch early on Sunday. Aicia wasn't to happy about us not going with her but Michelle told us to go anyway:goodvibes Just after we checked in we noticed Michelle and all the children walking by the window...Alicia looked very happy! Michelle looked in a smiled:goodvibes

Our server was very friendly and always brought out something extra that we didn't order to share...it was a really nice time together:love: On our next cruise though I think we will just do brunch...we were a little sad we had to miss our last dining rotation...

[Jaime]

:wave: Hi Jaime. What a great surprise to see your report here today. Reliving the magic all over again.
jeff

Hi Jeff!

Yeah I figured I should really finish what I started!:goodvibes Better late then never! How are the girls?

[Jaime]

When we woke up we gathered our bags and went to our breakfast with our servers...we wanted to see them before we got of the ship and give them there tips...it was so sad to leave...the good thing about late dining though was we got to have a late breakfast on the last day:goodvibes

It made it easier knowing we still had a few days in WDW. When we got of the ship we got the shuttle to budget and picked up our car. It was a really easy process...we spent one night at the POP century and got to go to MVMCP at the MK...then we got to spend a few nights at Saratoga Springs...it is a very large but beautiful resort. We all ended up with head colds by the last day of vacation which made for a horrible flight home...

It was such a wonderful vacation overall:lovestruc It was really nice seeing everything decorated for Christmas...

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[jd99]

Hi Jeff!

Yeah I figured I should really finish what I started!:goodvibes Better late then never! How are the girls?

Girls are doing well. I hope yours are too. We are cruising the Mexican Riviera in August! Can't wait.

[Jaime]

Jeff I hope you have a great time! I bet it will be neat crusing from LA!

[BabyFavorite]

Gosh, I'm sorry you had so much seasickness! :( How disappointing!

Your girls are BEAUTIFUL. Great pictures -- thanks for sharing!!

[Jaime]

Gosh, I'm sorry you had so much seasickness! :( How disappointing!

Your girls are BEAUTIFUL. Great pictures -- thanks for sharing!!


Thanks!

It was disappointing but we really did not prepare at all for it as my girls had been on small boats in rough seas before and never gotten sick...they really want to go again so it couldn't have been too bad:goodvibes We are hoping to go again in 2009 so we will make sure we are prepared!

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Jaime,
great report and wonderful photos.
It really brought back lots of awesome memories for me too.

Hope to see you on the 09 nanahead cruise:thumbsup2

Thanks for finally finishing your report, it was worth waiting for:goodvibes

kathy

[Jaime]

Thanks Kathy!

I really hope we'll be sailing in 2009...just need to wait for airfare:goodvibes

We really enjoyed all the great cards you made and really appreicated that you allowed me to get my Mickey ears delivered to your house! Thank you so much:goodvibes !

[dsparks]

Great report Jaime! Love that you're dropping in at the '09 board now.

[mruhaak]

Jaime,
So glad you finished your report!:banana: :banana: I enjoyed looking at it and even Chris looked over my shoulder to see his photo at the table on pirate night!:rotfl2:

I didn't realize you were at Magen's Bay, we were there that day too. We didn't fare so well as Jackson really didn't cooperate that day and I pretty much had to hold him the whole time and finally we just left. We were with Jeff & Mina and the girls!

You did at St. Maarten what we probably should have so I'm glad to get to see photos. We took a bus tour and again... Jackson didn't cooperate, especially on the way home... (Hey... Dawn was there on that one too!)

Thanks for sharing!! Loved it!:thumbsup2

[Jaime]

Jaime,
So glad you finished your report!:banana: :banana: I enjoyed looking at it and even Chris looked over my shoulder to see his photo at the table on pirate night!:rotfl2:

I didn't realize you were at Magen's Bay, we were there that day too. We didn't fare so well as Jackson really didn't cooperate that day and I pretty much had to hold him the whole time and finally we just left. We were with Jeff & Mina and the girls!

You did at St. Maarten what we probably should have so I'm glad to get to see photos. We took a bus tour and again... Jackson didn't cooperate, especially on the way home... (Hey... Dawn was there on that one too!)

Thanks for sharing!! Loved it!:thumbsup2

Me and Glen were talking to Chris at the Pizza place in Magens Bay. We were actually getting ready to have lunch and then return to town...otherwise we would have came down and let the kids play:beach:

We loved St.Maarten. It was so simple...we loved how easy it was to get back to the boat and beach...it was great with Alicia & Kierra...especially lunch time.

[Jaime]

Great report Jaime! Love that you're dropping in at the '09 board now.

Thanks Dawn!:goodvibes Thank you so much for making my fish extender the girls loved coming back every evening to see what treats were in their slot!