April 11th 2009 Magic Eastern Easter cruise--UPDATED WITH ROLL CALL PG 1

[cruising fun]

What am I going to do Friday when everyone is traveling or already in Florida - there will be no new posts to read. We do not fly out until Saturday morning. Well, I guess I can pack on Friday since I haven't started to do that yet!

Safe travels to everyone!

See you all soon.

Don't worry I will be here too! We fly out Saturday too. I will be in and out on Friday and will check in with you throughout the day! What time is your flight? Our flight leaves Buffalo at 6am. So it will be an early morning!!!

I am really having a very hard time sleeping. The nights are getting longer and longer! I think tonight if I can't sleep I will just get up and work on laundry. It seems to never end....as soon as I get close to the end there are more clothes waiting!!!! It has to end soon though right?

[cruising fun]

Hi everyone! We just arrived in St. Augustine about 45 minutes ago. We had a good drive down from NC...it feels good to be closer to the port now. We're going to bum around here tomorrow and then go down to Cocoa Beach on Friday. I hope all of you have safe travels down to FL! See you Saturday!

Anji, I did a scavenger hunt for my DD to find out about the cruise...she loved it! I know you aren't telling your girls about the cruise specifically, but I'll bet they will be so excited to know they are going somewhere warm!

I am so glad your trip has been good so far. How nice of you to take the time to check in with us! Enjoy St. Augustine! We are all jealous that your vaca has started!!! We will join you soon!!!

[itutorfortravel]

I will try to post as long as we have internet access in our hotels :goodvibes

I didn't sleep too great last night. I guess a long day on the road and sleeping in a new place have something to do with it. Hopefully tonight we will get a decent night's sleep b/c I know there will be little to no sleep tomorrow night! I can't believe it's only 2 days away! I want to log on Saturday morning just to see my sig say 0 days till our first Disney cruise!!! :cool1:

We're off to explore St. Augustine today and do a little shopping. Hope everyone has a good day. I'll try to check in later.

Anji, let us all know what your girls say when your girls do the scavenger hunt! My DD was in shock for about 5 minutes and didn't even believe it was true right after we told her!!!

The weather is nice here today - highs I think in the upper 70's. The A/C is actually on in the hotel room!

Kimberly

[Had2disneycruz]

I will try to post as long as we have internet access in our hotels :goodvibes

I didn't sleep too great last night. I guess a long day on the road and sleeping in a new place have something to do with it. Hopefully tonight we will get a decent night's sleep b/c I know there will be little to no sleep tomorrow night! I can't believe it's only 2 days away! I want to log on Saturday morning just to see my sig say 0 days till our first Disney cruise!!! :cool1:

We're off to explore St. Augustine today and do a little shopping. Hope everyone has a good day. I'll try to check in later.

Anji, let us all know what your girls say when your girls do the scavenger hunt! My DD was in shock for about 5 minutes and didn't even believe it was true right after we told her!!!

The weather is nice here today - highs I think in the upper 70's. The A/C is actually on in the hotel room!

Kimberly


Kimberly - No fair!!!! I am freezing and I don't live in the north!!! Enjoy the sun and we will be in it on Friday!

I am on my last load of laundry, suitcases are by the door and now I just need to clean my car so I can load it up!! Then I have to clean my house...just in case I have company while I am gone. (Dad wants to come for a visit and stay here while we are gone....???? Great! No pressure to have the house clean before we leave! Trying to talk him into staying at my sister's.........)

Sounds like everyone is ready to leave, at least mentally! It will be here before we know it! We will be standing in the terminal guessing who is who!!

See you all soon!

[oatmealdiva]

Woo Hoo! I'm officially on vacation as of 12 noon yesterday...what a lovely feeling!

DS is all packed. Me...not so much. My bag meets the weight requirement BUT it won't close at all! Today I have to re-engineer/edit my packing.

I have a mani/pedi and hair appointment today and DS has a haircut so we can look nice when we meet ya'll ;-)

Happy packing and safe travels to you all...see you soon!

Amy

1 day to Orlando / 2 days to Disney Magic :wizard:

[Had2disneycruz]

WE ARE LEAVING!!!!!!!!! WE ARE READY TO GO! I will check in later tonight!

See ya'll soon!

[sunburnin]

Have a great time everyone! I'm on the April 25th cruise - the next Eastern after you - so please leave me some beer on board and in St Thomas!!!

:cool1::cool1::cool1::cool1::cool1:

[L2ConD]

Everyone probably already knows this and has done it, if they feel it's necessary -- but you might want to call your credit card companies and let them know you'll be on a cruise in the Caribbean. That way, when charges start coming in from an area that you usually don't travel in, they won't shut off access to your card.

Bye, y'all -- I absolutely MUST start packing!!!! Aggghhhhh!!!

[Princess Row]

WOO HOO! We leave at 6:00 tomarrow morning. I will try to check in one more time tonight maybe even tomarrow morning and hopefully at the hotel tomarrow. Packing is slowly coming along still..... We all had mani/pedi today. We all got little mickey heads on our toes. to add just a little more magic. :wizard: We finished the FE prizes, but i do have to say our FE is EXTREMELY small. we got it off ebay but oh well. We are going to finish our magnets tonight. Happy packing everyone see you saturday!

[cruising fun]

My husband is so proud of me...I got us packed in 3 suitcases under 50 lbs!!! I hope I didn't forget something though!

Well, those who have left, if you check the boards, I hope you are having safe travels.

SDMZ- I hope you have a good day today and get everything accomplished that you want. I stayed up last night and cleaned the house a bit. The packing is done except for last minute stuff. I am off today for a mani/pedi with my mom and then my DD and I have hair appointments this afternoon. Then the last task today is to take the dog to our wonderful dog sitter!!!
I will check the boards tonight, but incase you don't...have a safe trip tomorrow.

Can't wait to finally meet everyone!!

[Grumpymom73]

Well we are finally ready to go!:banana: Everything I hope is packed, bags are by the door. We leave in a few hours. I can't wait!!!!

Safe travels everyone and we will see you on the MAGIC!!!!!!!:cool1::banana::cool1::banana::cool1:

[Big Willie]

10 - 9 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 ....

We have "A" group for our 5pm Southwest Flights. Cars are packed with luggage! Can't believe 11 people - 15 BAGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh well, "No Stress Mon" Taking children out of school at noon.

See Ya onboard.

[PPFQP]

We're here in Orlando! At the airport. We're waiting for DH to get the rental car and then we'll be on our way to the Radisson.
Hope everyone has/had safe travels!

[cruising fun]

We're here in Orlando! At the airport. We're waiting for DH to get the rental car and then we'll be on our way to the Radisson.
Hope everyone has/had safe travels!

Glad you arrived safely!!! Have a fun day in Orlando...hope the weather is nice!

[itutorfortravel]

We're here in Orlando! At the airport. We're waiting for DH to get the rental car and then we'll be on our way to the Radisson.
Hope everyone has/had safe travels!

Hey, isn't it crazy here in Cocoa Beach? Some big Ron Jon Surf contest has things hopping around here! We went to Grills for lunch today - yum! May go back tonight for dinner - love the atmosphere!!!

[sdzm]

I'm still at home . . . still packing.

See you all tomorrow.

[Princess Row]

We left our house today at 6 got to the airport and stayed on a plane all day long.
we weren't aloud to leave the airplane/ no layover so we had no food almost all day except for a few snacks. We arrived here (Marriot) about an hour ago. We all had a long day of flying and are happy we finally made it. The time change is getting to us all and we are probably going to sleep soon. We plan to be up at 8 get the room packed up, eat breakfast and catch the disney shuttle at 10. we are really close to the port and are soo exited to meet and see everyone. the count down is finally over! See you all tomarrow!

[Had2disneycruz]

We made it to the Marriott too. See everyone tomorrow!!

[PPFQP]

Today's the day!!!! I'm too excited to sleep anymore but DH and DDs are still snoozing away. I can't believe it's HERE!!

[Had2disneycruz]

WE ARE HOME....LET THE CRYING BEGIN!!!!

It was nice to meet most of you! Wish I could have met everyone. Thanks so much for all the thoughtful FE gifts. They were such a nice surprise for my DD's.

Hope all is well and I look forward to hearing about your experiences aboard the Magic! We have no complaints!!

Good night!

[Alicia87]

WE ARE HOME....LET THE CRYING BEGIN!!!!

It was nice to meet most of you! Wish I could have met everyone. Thanks so much for all the thoughtful FE gifts. They were such a nice surprise for my DD's.

Hope all is well and I look forward to hearing about your experiences aboard the Magic! We have no complaints!!

Good night!

Mornin!!! Did we meet in the bathroom? LOL!!

[PPFQP]

Waaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh! I wanna go back!

Hope everyone got home safe and sound. We had an absolutely fantastic week. Thanks to everyone for the fun fish extender gifts. My girls really enjoyed finding their surprises.

I wish I had gotten to meet more of you. I totally spaced at 3pm -- I was busy unpacking, being very productive, and didn't realize the time until it was too late.

We rebooked onboard, but will probably reschedule it once the 2011 dates are released. Something to look forward to!

[kellimomo3]

Hi all,

WOW, what an amazing vacation! It was SO nice to meet all of you! We had the best Disney cruise to date on this trip. No issues at all!! Big Willie, it was so nice of you to keep giving my boys the FE gifts event though we didn't participate. They really appreciated it! I am trying to get out from under the mountains of laundry right now! If any of you want to see my pictures from the trip and possibly print out some of the generic ones (there are some good ones from pirate night) they are on my website under the April vacation section. It's www.kodakgallery.com/reganfun

If any of you have a sight like that, I'd love to see (or maybe steal) some of yours!!!

Kelli

[Alicia87]

Hi all,

WOW, what an amazing vacation! It was SO nice to meet all of you! We had the best Disney cruise to date on this trip. No issues at all!! Big Willie, it was so nice of you to keep giving my boys the FE gifts event though we didn't participate. They really appreciated it! I am trying to get out from under the mountains of laundry right now! If any of you want to see my pictures from the trip and possibly print out some of the generic ones (there are some good ones from pirate night) they are on my website under the April vacation section. It's www.kodakgallery.com/reganfun

If any of you have a sight like that, I'd love to see (or maybe steal) some of yours!!!

Kelli


Hi Kelli!

I recognize you from your Pink Kindle!! LOL!! DD18 and I were laying out by you on Deck 10 one day. I had no idea who you were!! DD couldn't keep her eyes off of your pink digital reader....hope you didn't think she was a weirdo!! LOL!!

[kellimomo3]

Hi Kelli!

I recognize you from your Pink Kindle!! LOL!! DD18 and I were laying out by you on Deck 10 one day. I had no idea who you were!! DD couldn't keep her eyes off of your pink digital reader....hope you didn't think she was a weirdo!! LOL!!

That's so funny! I have had it for over two years so I think nothing of it anymore but SO many people asked me about it on the cruise. I didn't even notice your daughter staring. Too bad we didn't get to meet!!

[Had2disneycruz]

Mornin!!! Did we meet in the bathroom? LOL!!


Yes, we did! I am so glad I said something! I knew that was you in the terminal with your matching shirts! I should have said something then! Your DD is gorgeous and I hope she has a terrific graduation! Where is she going next year?

Glad everyone got home safely!

[Alicia87]

Yes, we did! I am so glad I said something! I knew that was you in the terminal with your matching shirts! I should have said something then! Your DD is gorgeous and I hope she has a terrific graduation! Where is she going next year?

Glad everyone got home safely!

I'm glad you introduced yourself!!!! You were the only Dis'er I met. DD was amazed at how you knew who we were and hadn't ever seen a pic and even knew about our sailing party! LOL!! I hadn't even told her about being on the Boards before the cruise.

Now that the cruise is over, it's time to get serious planning for prom, graduation, and graduation party. She is enrolled at Marshall University which is only about 45 minutes from home, so we'll get to still see her often. She plans to major in Communications Disorders to become a Speech Pathologist.

I rebooked onboard for the 5 night Bahamian for next June for hubby and myself. Did you rebook by chance?

[Had2disneycruz]

I'm glad you introduced yourself!!!! You were the only Dis'er I met. DD was amazed at how you knew who we were and hadn't ever seen a pic and even knew about our sailing party! LOL!! I hadn't even told her about being on the Boards before the cruise.

Now that the cruise is over, it's time to get serious planning for prom, graduation, and graduation party. She is enrolled at Marshall University which is only about 45 minutes from home, so we'll get to still see her often. She plans to major in Communications Disorders to become a Speech Pathologist.

I rebooked onboard for the 5 night Bahamian for next June for hubby and myself. Did you rebook by chance?

Your DD probably thought I was a psycho stalker!!! I hope everyone enjoyed the cruise. No, we didn't rebook partly because we never wanted to take the time to talk to anyone. We were just so busy. We want to do a cruise in 2011 for our 20 year anniversary, but we want to book on one of the new ships. Congrats to you for rebooking!

My alma mater, East Carolina University, plays Marshall in football. We have such a connection to Marshall since the plane accident in the 70's. We went to a dedication ceremony at ECU a few years ago for the Marshall players that died in the accident. Good luck to your DD at Marshall. I bet you are glad she will be close by!

HAPPY MONDAY TO ALL!!

[itutorfortravel]

Good morning everyone! We just arrived home last night from this great vacation!!! I really enjoyed meeting those of you who I had the opportunity to talk to. Our family had the time of our lives but we sure are tired! I know you can't possibly do it all on a Disney cruise just like you can't do it all at Disney World, but we sure did try - LOL! I guess we tend to take a slower pace at WDW b/c we can do that more often than we will be able to do the cruise...

DD loved the trip and meeting some of your children, too! She looked forward to seeing Jordan at the pool, enjoyed playing with Isabelle at Castaway Cay, and couldn't wait to play with them and the other kids in the kids club every day! She says she loves the Disney cruise now more than Disney World! We rebooked on board for next spring break but I am also thinking about moving it to a 5 day cruise next summer or Thanksgiving 2010. Has anyone cruised over Thanksgiving before? If neither of those dates work for us, I will just push the reservation to one of the new ships when those dates are released. I believe my understanding is that you can move the reservation to another ship, right? I hope so!

Glad to hear that you all have arrived home safely. I hope you have a great week!

[Freddyfishstix]

Hi all. We also had a fantastic cruise. I am glad we got to meet most everyone. Sorry if we missed a few. We almost re-booked while on board but could not decide on the exact cruise and dates. I am sure another cruise is in our near future though. The kids had a blast.

Sorry if I go sour, but I had some very devastating news while I was away. Our department head and my boss took his own life last Tuesday. I did not find out until yesterday, Sunday. Obviously last week was very hard on everyone in my office. Naturally everyone is still in shock, and showing various stages of grief.

[kellimomo3]

Hi all. We also had a fantastic cruise. I am glad we got to meet most everyone. Sorry if we missed a few. We almost re-booked while on board but could not decide on the exact cruise and dates. I am sure another cruise is in our near future though. The kids had a blast.

Sorry if I go sour, but I had some very devastating news while I was away. Our department head and my boss took his own life last Tuesday. I did not find out until yesterday, Sunday. Obviously last week was very hard on everyone in my office. Naturally everyone is still in shock, and showing various stages of grief.

Hi Tom,
It was really great to meet you and your family. I am so sorry to hear about your boss, that must have taken you out of vacation mode fast. I'm glad you and your family had a fun cruise!

Kelli

[itutorfortravel]

Hi all. We also had a fantastic cruise. I am glad we got to meet most everyone. Sorry if we missed a few. We almost re-booked while on board but could not decide on the exact cruise and dates. I am sure another cruise is in our near future though. The kids had a blast.

Sorry if I go sour, but I had some very devastating news while I was away. Our department head and my boss took his own life last Tuesday. I did not find out until yesterday, Sunday. Obviously last week was very hard on everyone in my office. Naturally everyone is still in shock, and showing various stages of grief.

Hi Tom! Glad to hear you all got back to Greensboro okay. Did you come home yesterday? If so, you must have been in that horrendous traffic like us! It took us more than 2 hours more than it ususally takes to get home from Orlando...ugh! But I'd still do it again in a heartbeat :) Anyhow, it was good to meet you at the port and to see you onboard!

I'm so very sorry to hear about your boss. What a tragic incident...

Take care,
Kimberly

[PPFQP]

I'm glad you introduced yourself!!!! You were the only Dis'er I met. DD was amazed at how you knew who we were and hadn't ever seen a pic and even knew about our sailing party! LOL!! I hadn't even told her about being on the Boards before the cruise.

Now that the cruise is over, it's time to get serious planning for prom, graduation, and graduation party. She is enrolled at Marshall University which is only about 45 minutes from home, so we'll get to still see her often. She plans to major in Communications Disorders to become a Speech Pathologist.

I rebooked onboard for the 5 night Bahamian for next June for hubby and myself. Did you rebook by chance?

What ever happened about the cheerleading tryouts? Will she get another chance to try out?

[PPFQP]

We rebooked on board for next spring break but I am also thinking about moving it to a 5 day cruise next summer or Thanksgiving 2010. Has anyone cruised over Thanksgiving before? If neither of those dates work for us, I will just push the reservation to one of the new ships when those dates are released. I believe my understanding is that you can move the reservation to another ship, right? I hope so!

We did the same thing. We rebooked on board for summer 2010, but we are hoping to move it to a 2011 date. We are going to Europe next summer. I wanted to do the Disney cruise in Europe, but the dates don't match up unfortunately. We will probably do another cruise line for that trip and then hopefully Disney will have some new itineraries for 2011.

[PPFQP]

Hi all. We also had a fantastic cruise. I am glad we got to meet most everyone. Sorry if we missed a few. We almost re-booked while on board but could not decide on the exact cruise and dates. I am sure another cruise is in our near future though. The kids had a blast.

Sorry if I go sour, but I had some very devastating news while I was away. Our department head and my boss took his own life last Tuesday. I did not find out until yesterday, Sunday. Obviously last week was very hard on everyone in my office. Naturally everyone is still in shock, and showing various stages of grief.

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. What a terrible thing to come home to. Best wishes to you and your work mates.

[Had2disneycruz]

Tom - So sorry about your boss. That was an awful thing to come back to after such an amazing vacation. Best of luck to you and your co-workers.

Anybody have anything to say about your "Magical" experience? We had such a great time and honestly, I have no complaints. We had the best stateroom host, Aldo, and the very best servers on the ship! Leslie and Caroline were so much fun during dinner. We had an adult table and a kids' table and it was perfect. They entertained the kids while we had dinner and now we really miss them! If I were to complain, it would be how much we spent while onboard! We did an AWFUL job of sticking to a budget!!!

Kelli - It was really great to meet you and your DH. We enjoyed chatting with you at St. Maarten. Your pictures are amazing and yes, I may have to "borrow" some from pirate night. Mine were very grainy. Your camera is awesome! You are a very good photographer. I got some amazing shots thanks to all the research I did on the disboards, but I didn't do as well as you!

I am disappointed that I didn't get to meet all of you, including Oatmealdiva, Grumpymom, AnaRN, cruisingfun, tbrox and sdzm. I did run into sdzm's DS while trying to deliver FE gifts. Boy, he is tall! Sdzm, I loved the mickey and minnie magnets you made! Very sweet and they look great on our refrigerator now that we are home! Thanks to whoever made the other magnets. We love them all! We enjoyed all the FE gifts and they were all so thoughtful! Thank you again. I was also disappointed that I didn't get to meet the new folks that joined us a few weeks before the cruise.

To those who went to the 3pm meet, I am so sorry we missed it. I "misplaced" my DD4. She felt so comfortable on the ship that she decided to leave the Mickey pool and stroll on deck 10 by herself. After a mild heart attack and 12 people looking for her, we found her and set her straight. So sorry I missed meeting some of you!!!!!

I thought that losing my DD was enough drama for the day, but later, I slipped and fell by the goofy pool (did anyone see me...I was the one in the tiara that landed on her a**) And, yes, I did spill my drink! I slipped two more times on that deck so I had to go barefoot after that! Then to add to the drama of the day, later that night, I misplaced $800 in cash! We couldn't get our safe open so I took the cash with us to the Mickey pool. I thought I might have lost it up there so I called Guest Services to see if cash was turned in. While security was in our stateroom, he had me double check the suitcase I thought it was in and I did find the cash in another pocket. I just forgot where I put it! Security was very professional and very understanding about me losing my mind. He reset our safe and the cash spent the rest of the trip in the safe! Although that was all stressful, our first day on the Magic was still incredible!

I felt that all the CM's we dealt with were wonderful and I wish we had rebooked onboard. I was too lazy to take the time!

Looking forward to hearing about everyone's trip. Anyone doing a TR?

[DisneyMommy1022]

HI guys,
I'm from the May 9th Eastern and we were wondering if anyone had a copy of the navigators from your cruise that would be willing to send them to me? Please PM and I will give you my email address.

Thanks and I hope you all had a great trip!
Kristen

[Alicia87]

What ever happened about the cheerleading tryouts? Will she get another chance to try out?


Wow!!! Can't believe you remembered that!!! Tryouts were this weekend (while we were gone), and she decided to sit it out this year. She wants to focus on her Freshman year of college (boy, oh boy....do I hope that lasts!!!)

Thanks for asking!

[Alicia87]

To those who went to the 3pm meet, I am so sorry we missed it. I "misplaced" my DD4. She felt so comfortable on the ship that she decided to leave the Mickey pool and stroll on deck 10 by herself. After a mild heart attack and 12 people looking for her, we found her and set her straight. So sorry I missed meeting some of you!!!!!

I thought that losing my DD was enough drama for the day, but later, I slipped and fell by the goofy pool (did anyone see me...I was the one in the tiara that landed on her a**) And, yes, I did spill my drink! I slipped two more times on that deck so I had to go barefoot after that! Then to add to the drama of the day, later that night, I misplaced $800 in cash! We couldn't get our safe open so I took the cash with us to the Mickey pool. I thought I might have lost it up there so I called Guest Services to see if cash was turned in. While security was in our stateroom, he had me double check the suitcase I thought it was in and I did find the cash in another pocket. I just forgot where I put it! Security was very professional and very understanding about me losing my mind. He reset our safe and the cash spent the rest of the trip in the safe! Although that was all stressful, our first day on the Magic was still incredible!


Geesh! Your day was a complete train wreck, wasn't it? LOL!

[Alicia87]

I must say, our servers Zsolt and Satish, were the best servers on the 4/11-4/18 Disney Magic!!!!

If you were in Parrot Cay the last night, our tables were the ones screaming for them for about 15 minutes :rotfl2:

We've already gotten an email from Zsolt thanking us for the "Excellent" ranking on the comment card....he got two extra days off for it!!!

[Had2disneycruz]

I must say, our servers Zsolt and Satish, were the best servers on the 4/11-4/18 Disney Magic!!!!

If you were in Parrot Cay the last night, our tables were the ones screaming for them for about 15 minutes :rotfl2:

We've already gotten an email from Zsolt thanking us for the "Excellent" ranking on the comment card....he got two extra days off for it!!!

NO, WE HAD THE BEST SERVERS ON THE CRUISE!!!!!!!!! Leslie and Caroline took care of 21 rowdy Virginians! We never had to deal with our 12 kids while we were dining. Heaven!! But, I didn't see a comment card. Our last night was crazy, as DD4 fell asleep in our arms and we were trying to rush out to see the farewell show in the atrium! I wonder if I can call Disney to see if I can fill out something online! I want our servers to get a few days off! Alicia, was the comment card the one that had questions about the cruise overall? That I did fill out. I put it in a box by the gangway as we disembarked on Sat. I hope that was it! We too screamed for our servers as they went by on our last night! I have it all on video!!!!!!!

[sdzm]

Tom - sorry to hear about your boss. My prayers are with his family, friends and coworkers.

We had a great time on the cruise! Thank you to everyone for the FE gifts!!!

I loved your pics Kelly! What kind of camera do you have?

I'm sorry I missed the 3:00 mtg on Saturday. I had planned to go and then we met up with family that we had not seen since Christmas. I figured I would just keep a lookout for the green tags on everyones bags and meet some of you during the cruise. Unfortunately, that did not happen. I met Willie on our way off the ship.

My DS met some new people at the Stack and enjoyed hanging around with them most of the week. He knew that I was looking for tags and wanted to meet some of you during the trip. Upon returning home he told me that one of the people he hung out with on the ship and at the airport was also on this board. Princess Row - if he had told me while we spent hours waiting at the airport for our flights I would have introduced myself - we were at the table just a few feet from your booth. I'm sure he waited until we got home so that I would not embarrass him. It's a teenager thing - I understand. I hope your DD enjoyed the trip!

Back to reality:(

[itutorfortravel]

I must say, our servers Zsolt and Satish, were the best servers on the 4/11-4/18 Disney Magic!!!!

If you were in Parrot Cay the last night, our tables were the ones screaming for them for about 15 minutes :rotfl2:

We've already gotten an email from Zsolt thanking us for the "Excellent" ranking on the comment card....he got two extra days off for it!!!

I agree with you! We had Satish and Zsolt too and they were GREAT! I thought they were an awesome combination. Satish was so kind and reserved and serious about his job and Zsolt was a live wire! The two of them together were fabulous...were you at 1st or 2nd seating? Could it be that we were sitting right next to you?! We were at 2nd seating and all of us in the section were screaming and waving our napkins for them whenever they came out of the kitchen. If we were at the same seating, were you the table that I asked about when you were going to give them your gratuities? Oh my gosh, how funny would that be if we were right next to each other and never formally met! I am SO glad that Zsolt got some extra time off for your comments...he was too funny! How do you get in touch with the crew on the ship? I'd love to email them and our cabin steward Tabah - they were all excellent and made our trip truly magical!

[Freddyfishstix]

Thanks to everyone for the kind words.

We are considering the 5 day Wonder cruise with two stops at Castaway Cay. Is anyone else thinking about this one?

[itutorfortravel]

Thanks to everyone for the kind words.

We are considering the 5 day Wonder cruise with two stops at Castaway Cay. Is anyone else thinking about this one?

Hi Tom! Right now we are booked for the 7 day Western next spring break but I am thinking about moving it to the 5 day with 2 stops at CC or either moving to a 7 day at Thanksgiving 2010...when were you guys thinking of the 5 day? I was looking at mid-June 2010.

Kimberly

[oatmealdiva]

Wasn't that an AWESOME week? I have to say that that was the best vacation I have ever had in my entire life!

Thank you to everyone for the absolutely wonderful FE gifts. Myles really loved coming back to the room and checking the "mail." Next time I promise to do a better job of identifying my deliveries :headache:

I'm glad to have met so many of you (anjiellisvt, big willie, princess row, tbrox, kellimomo3, L2ConD, and I am sure I am forgetting a couple of people). I hope EVERYONE had as wonderful of a time as my family did.

Tom - My condolences on your workplace's loss. What a horrible thing to return to after a vacation. My heart goes out to you all.

We didn't rebook onboard...my mom and I wanted to see how Myles "came down" from the cruise if you know what I mean, especially since he had to go back to school on Monday. So far he's transitioned back to reality better than his mom has ;). He has been asking daily since we returned to L.A., "When's the next Disney Cruise, Mom?" My mom and I are considering either next Easter OR one of the 10-night Northern Europe cruises next summer. We will probably decide this summer. I don't want to wait until DCL puts a ship in Los Angeles again...I can't wait that long!

Lots of hugs to all of you!

Amy

[itutorfortravel]

Wasn't that an AWESOME week? I have to say that that was the best vacation I have ever had in my entire life!

Thank you to everyone for the absolutely wonderful FE gifts. Myles really loved coming back to the room and checking the "mail." Next time I promise to do a better job of identifying my deliveries :headache:

I'm glad to have met so many of you (anjiellisvt, big willie, princess row, tbrox, kellimomo3, L2ConD, and I am sure I am forgetting a couple of people). I hope EVERYONE had as wonderful of a time as my family did.

Tom - My condolences on your workplace's loss. What a horrible thing to return to after a vacation. My heart goes out to you all.

We didn't rebook onboard...my mom and I wanted to see how Myles "came down" from the cruise if you know what I mean, especially since he had to go back to school on Monday. So far he's transitioned back to reality better than his mom has ;). He has been asking daily since we returned to L.A., "When's the next Disney Cruise, Mom?" My mom and I are considering either next Easter OR one of the 10-night Northern Europe cruises next summer. We will probably decide this summer. I don't want to wait until DCL puts a ship in Los Angeles again...I can't wait that long!

Lots of hugs to all of you!

Amy

Hi Amy! I enjoyed meeting you at the 3 PM DISmeet in the Promenade Deck...sorry we didn't run into each other any more after that. Glad to hear you had a good time. So did we! Maybe we will see you next Easter. That is the week we re-booked. I was able to snag a SPH cabin so I decided to go ahead and book it and then move it if we want or need to. We may move it to a 5 day cruise next summer or a 7 day next Thanksgiving...haven't decided yet but I do know that another DCL cruise is in my future!!! Wow, a 10 night cruise next summer would be awesome! Have fun whatever you decide!

[Princess Row]

Sorry everyone i've been lacking on getting on here! It was sooo great to meet all of you!

SDZM- I AM the DD i'm the one who has been posting this whole time and your DS told me i was sitting right by you but i was to scared to come intorduce myself. My mom and Grandma were sitting at the table right next to you. I was the shorter blonde girl as most of the parents reffered to me as. So sorry i didnt get a chance to meet you!
The FE turned out great, we were sooo exited with all of our presents.
The pin trading went over very well we got some really good pins.

Our trip back was miserable, we sat at the airport waiting for hours upon hours. We then had a 5 hour flight to Arizona when we arrived we found out our plane was delayed by 2 hours so we sat in Pheonix for almost 3 hours. Our second plane was 2.5 hours. And we finally made it home at 1 am cali time so with a three hour time change we got to sleep about 4:30 florida time.
Our servers were both wonderful. Alicia and Joe! We miss you so much! Everyone in the giftshop and Natalie and the whole entertainment crew you all made our cruise so much more magical. We plan to book the Mediterranian cruise next. We will eventully! I cant wait to go back.
On CC we did the scavenger hunt. Did anyone else happen to finish that thing? It took me and my mom a long two hours. At the end all we ended up with was a small coin! Ohh well at least we made it to the end.

The excursions all turned out pretty well. The overall cruise went over wonderful. Disney always knows how to impress our family!!!
Soo great to meet all of you!! Keep posting everyone!

[Had2disneycruz]

I guess our thread is dying out! No one is posting much since we are back! Well, the laundry is done, clothes are NOT put away and suitcases are empty, but not put back in the closets. I have a ton of stuff to return to Target and Walmart. We didn't use a lot of the things I thought we HAD to have on the cruise. Once thing we did not use is the over the door shoe organizer. We never took it out of the suitcase. We only had three per room so we were not crowded at all. We loved our Cat. 11 rooms. Deck 6 forward was a great location. I am interested to hear how you all liked the locations of your cabins, especially those of you aft. Deck 6 is a very quiet location and I think we were really lucky. How was deck 1 & 2?

Well, back to life, back to reality! I keep thinking of what I was doing a week ago! Two weeks ago, we were getting ready for a very long drive to Fla. But we didn't care....it was Fla!!!!!!! To those of you that live there....lucky!!!!!!!!

Hope to chat with y'all soon!
Jerilyn

[anjiellisvt]

I hate Reality!! :mad: We had soooooo much fun on the cruise. I think it lived up to everyone's expectations. For those that didn't hear, we didn't tell the girls until we were driving up to the port. They were ecstatic. My ten year old had been asking to go on a disney cruise for years and was almost in tears as she told us "I knew you were up to something". My six year old just grinned from ear to ear.

The kids club was great. Jordan cried the first night when I made her leave to go to bed.

I really enjoyed meeting all of you on the cruise. THANK YOU ALL for all the wonderful FE gifts!!! I did not know we should have labeled our gifts, but I will remember for next time.

I ended up keeping our room on the 1st floor. It really worked out well. We were right next to the elevators so it was easy coming and going. There was some strange noise we heard every once in a while, but it never woke us up or prevented us from going to sleep. It was just kind of strange. We had an interior room, which was really awesome for those afternoon naps. (Monday was torture when around 3:00 I couldn't go take a nap!!)

Alicia87, we were in the second dinner seating too. I assume that was you all over with itutor. I was jealous. Our servers were good, but yours must have been awesome!!

Tom, I am so sorry to hear about your boss. I will keep you all in my thoughts and prayers.

PrincessRow, your family rocks!!! :lovestruc Thanks for all the pin trading advice. I do believe you were everywhere on the ship.

itutorfortravel, we really enjoyed spending time with you and hope that we meet again.;)

oatmealdiva, I think you all were everywhere too. If I didn't see PrincessRow, I always saw you all. I hope you had fun.

To Everyone, lets do it again!!!

[AnaRN]

HI All!

I haven't had a chance to check in since we got home from vacation.

A big THANK YOU to all who participated in the FE! And yes...I do realize that ours was obnoxiously long but I wanted out littlest one to be able to reach her pocket. :thumbsup2

We were on deck 2 in a Cat 9 room all the way forward (2508) and my parents were actually in a room a few doors up from us (2504). We found it to be VERY quiet with no noise from the hallway or running kiddos. You did hear the thrusters arriving and departing from ports but truly, it was NOT very loud at all. The rooms were VERY spacious and had a few more feet than the other Cat 9 rooms due to the location on the ship.

This was actually our 2nd DCL of the year...we went in Jan. And yes....we are already planning another trip for later this year! :woohoo:

We didn't book on board as the Florida Resident discount is actually better than what they were offering on board.

And YES....we ARE going to book for the 5 night DCL next year with a 2 dayer at Castaway Cay.

We were in 1st dining at table 15.

I'm sorry I didn't get to see everyone.....it was quite a task to keep the 2 girls and my OTHER children (husband and parents) all supervised during the week. :rotfl2: We did get to meet some FE delivery folks!!!

We're heading to Disney World for a long weekend this weekend....to help ease us into the real world again. ;)

Thanks again!!!!

[Had2disneycruz]

HI All!

I haven't had a chance to check in since we got home from vacation.

A big THANK YOU to all who participated in the FE! And yes...I do realize that ours was obnoxiously long but I wanted out littlest one to be able to reach her pocket. :thumbsup2

We were on deck 2 in a Cat 9 room all the way forward (2508) and my parents were actually in a room a few doors up from us (2504). We found it to be VERY quiet with no noise from the hallway or running kiddos. You did hear the thrusters arriving and departing from ports but truly, it was NOT very loud at all. The rooms were VERY spacious and had a few more feet than the other Cat 9 rooms due to the location on the ship.

This was actually our 2nd DCL of the year...we went in Jan. And yes....we are already planning another trip for later this year! :woohoo:

We didn't book on board as the Florida Resident discount is actually better than what they were offering on board.

And YES....we ARE going to book for the 5 night DCL next year with a 2 dayer at Castaway Cay.

We were in 1st dining at table 15.

I'm sorry I didn't get to see everyone.....it was quite a task to keep the 2 girls and my OTHER children (husband and parents) all supervised during the week. :rotfl2: We did get to meet some FE delivery folks!!!

We're heading to Disney World for a long weekend this weekend....to help ease us into the real world again. ;)

Thanks again!!!!


Like I said, not fair.....I want to live near Disney World!!!!!!!!!

[Princess Row]

Ohh yes i did forget to add I cleaned all my clothes and they are already put away. As far as my mom sister and grandma.....not so much! I think i cleaned them all so fast to show them i am ready to go again... SOON!
This cruise was amazing i met some of the best friends i could ever ask for and we still talk everyday even though i am all the way across the country.

anjiellisvt- Thank you so much! Yess i do believe you were everywhere to. I am really not hard to find since i am always in the GIftshop, pintrading. It's what i do best. :rotfl2: I never did finish the alphabet. :[ I will eventually. And you are so welcome, i am always willing to give pin advice!

I did forget to mention i heard a lady on the ship who was standing next to me in a line and she was talking about all these "crazy people" on the ship who do this crazy thing called a fish extender. (she sounded confused.) and they put like disney magnets on their door and they all wear these ugly green colored little disney heads. I had to just stand their and laugh. I then turned around and said a little green mickey head like this? and i showed her and she said yess just like that! So we are the "crazy people" she said i heard about your website where you all talk and meet before the cruise. I thought it was funny.
For all of you who i may not have met im sure you saw me. I was limping the whole cruise with a black knee brace on, hardly able to walk but i made it all week and its seeming to do a little bit better.
Talk to you soon- Rochelle.

[ibouncetoo]

Hi returning cruisers :wave:

Did you have staggered dining on the Magic, or was there just one early and one late time?

.....inquiring minds want to know....

Thanks!

.

[cruising fun]

Hi returning cruisers :wave:

Did you have staggered dining on the Magic, or was there just one early and one late time?

.....inquiring minds want to know....

Thanks!

.

Early and late sittings...early was at 5:45 late was at 8:30 (I think..we did the early sitting) Obviously you could eat at some of the places up by the pool if you didn't want to be on a time schedule one night.

[Had2disneycruz]

Hi returning cruisers :wave:

Did you have staggered dining on the Magic, or was there just one early and one late time?

.....inquiring minds want to know....

Thanks!.

Our late seating for dining was at 8:15. We loved it except for the long line waiting to get in the dining room. Our dining rotation was excellent. We had Lumiere's, Animator's Palate, and Parrot Cay. We had formal night in Animator's Palate (which was awesome) and we went to Palo's on Thursday night during semi-formal night and missed Parrot Cay. Our last night's dining and breakfast before disembarkation was in Lumiere's. We loved that dining room!

[PPFQP]

Hi returning cruisers :wave:

Did you have staggered dining on the Magic, or was there just one early and one late time?

.....inquiring minds want to know....

Thanks!

.

No staggered times on our cruise. One time for early (5:45) and one time for late (8:15).

[TBRox]

Hi All - Finally getting a quick moment to post. Laundry's done, bags are back in the attic and the pictures made it to SnapFish on line (but they haven't been ordered or organized just yet!)....

It was so great meeting some of you (Kelli, Willie, Amy, Nancy) - sorry we missed the 3:00 - wish we could have met more of you - Sounds like we all had a great time!

If I ever get to it, I'd like to post a TR (Kelli - nice job with yours!) - but I'm all caught up in all the end of school year activities and getting ready for summer and summer'round the house projects... maybe one night when I'm having trouble sleeping!...

We will hopefully sail again in two years (DD should be graduating HS then and I'm sure she'd love nothing more!) - we'd like to see what Mediterainian Cruises are out then... that could be amazing - but we'll see....

Hope to "Meet you on a Thread" sometime (or even in a park) - Best Wishes to all...

Remember: "Faith, Trust and a little Pixie Dust!" :love:

[Had2disneycruz]

So sad that our thread is ending! I will keep checking in periodically to see if anyone has any updates! Hope all is well with all of you!

So glad we did the Eastern. Sounds like the Western itinerary has turned into a mess with Mexico. Would love to do that next year, if things are better.

Take care!

[itutorfortravel]

I too am glad we did the Eastern...I loved the ports and the sea days ended up being my absolute favorite!!! We did not really choose this itinerary for the ports but rather b/c it worked with dd's spring break.

Before we switched to this date, we were originally going to take dd out of school for a week and go on May 2nd!!! We had to change our plans for family reasons and I'm kind of glad now...however, I personally would be more excited about the Nassau stop than Cozumel only b/c I've been to Cozumel, never been to Nassau, and I'm dying to go to Atlantis!

I guess we are finally settled back into reality here. Sad, but true :) However, I've already started saving for the next Disney vacation! Right now that looks like it's going to be a cruise, but I've just got to keep watching the deals that are coming out to see what works best for us...I know we'll have fun whether we are on land or sea - just as long as we're with the mouse! :goodvibes

[Princess Row]

Hey everyone, just a little update as we are settled back into reality.
We are all unpacked and back to our normal lives, although i have had the worst time being back. I feel liek nothing can ompare to the disney cruises. The weeks i have had on those cruises are truly amazing. I still keep in contact with all the wonderfu friends i made on the cruise. It's a good thing that keeps me going each day. As soon as we got back i told my mom i needed a vaction to settle from our vacation so this past week she suprised me and were doing a last minuite DLR trip in a few weeks. (We think).
Time for me to go get more pins! I'm so sad to see this board oming to an end so quickly but i guess it has to at somepoint. We however are looking into a Med. Cruise since we have already doen the eastern and western and the Mexican Riveria. I'm missing all that unlimited food. Jus think new families are all boarding tomarrow! How exiting for them! Talk to you all real soon.
~Rochelle

[sdzm]

We're still eating candy from the FE exchange:cool1:
Thanks again to everyone!:)

[oatmealdiva]

Princess Row - Hey Rochelle, which Mediterranean itinerary/dates are you guys thinking about? We are thinking about it too! Let me know. Tell your mom and grandma hi! Myles misses playing in the pool with Isabelle!

Amy

[Princess Row]

Amy- We havent even really looked at dates all that much. We have been looking at more the cruise itself. I believe we are going to Disneyland memorial day weekend- hopefully. Nothing is planned yet. My mom and Grandma both say hello. Isabelle wants to go back so bad, I think the pool was her favorite part! :rotfl2: All that money spent and she enjoyed the pool! She misses playing with Myles too. Maybe that Disney Magic :wizard: will work someday really really hard and all the friends we met will live close by. I hope everyday! :laughing:

[itutorfortravel]

Hey everyone, just a little update as we are settled back into reality.
We are all unpacked and back to our normal lives, although i have had the worst time being back. I feel liek nothing can ompare to the disney cruises. The weeks i have had on those cruises are truly amazing. I still keep in contact with all the wonderfu friends i made on the cruise. It's a good thing that keeps me going each day. As soon as we got back i told my mom i needed a vaction to settle from our vacation so this past week she suprised me and were doing a last minuite DLR trip in a few weeks. (We think).
Time for me to go get more pins! I'm so sad to see this board oming to an end so quickly but i guess it has to at somepoint. We however are looking into a Med. Cruise since we have already doen the eastern and western and the Mexican Riveria. I'm missing all that unlimited food. Jus think new families are all boarding tomarrow! How exiting for them! Talk to you all real soon.
~Rochelle

Hi Rochelle! Please tell Isabelle that Morgan says hello...Morgan absolutely loved seeing Isabelle in the kids' club and playing with her at Castaway Cay. We have a couple cute pictures of the two of them. If you'd like to have copies, PM me your email address and I'll send them to you. How are you doing with the alphabet pins? I have looked for them on eBay a couple times. I had never heard of them before you mentioned them and I think it would be fun to have the letters of Morgan's name. She got her first lanyard on the cruise and some pins. Not sure that she'll be into the trading thing, but she seems to be really excited about her new collection of pins. Well, take care and tell your mom and grandmother hello, too. I enjoyed the times we ran into each other and chatted :goodvibes

Kimberly

[itutorfortravel]

Princess Row - Hey Rochelle, which Mediterranean itinerary/dates are you guys thinking about? We are thinking about it too! Let me know. Tell your mom and grandma hi! Myles misses playing in the pool with Isabelle!

Amy

Amy, are you thinking about one of the TA cruises or European cruises? I would love to do a TA cruise, especially the Westbound one...I love that they go to European ports and some Caribbean ones, too...just hate it that it has to be right at the beginning of a school year b/c I don't feel too comfortable about taking my daughter out of school that long :sad2: ...if only she were a little older maybe I would feel okay leaving her with grandma so DH and I could have a romantic vacation together! Oh well, maybe once the new boats are out...

Kimberly

[Princess Row]

Kimberly- Isabelle LOVed the kids club too. She loved playing with Morgan also, that pool was her favorite spot. I'm going to see my mom and her tomarrow i will definetly tell isabelle. As far as the alphabet pins.....Welll i have 16 i believe. Since we dont live on the east coast i will only be able to trade with people rather than in the parks, which is a bummer but i hope to finish them. When i go to Disneyland in 14 days (and counting) i will def. look for any letters in her name. My pin collection wil grow even more while at disney, maybe ill run into some pin freaks! :rotfl2: My mom would love those pictures so i will send you my email address and forward it to her. Thanks so much! P.s ill talk ot my mom and see if she got any pictures and try to forward them to you. ~ Rochelle