Jan 18 WESTERN anyone ???

[magic cruiser]

We are going on the Jan 18 Magic, western cruise w/ our 8 yr old grandson ( his first cruise ) , and was wondering if any boys his age will be on the ship. Nick loves to make friends and is looking forward to the Oceanears Club !:bounce:

[Hopkins]

Hubby (43) and myself (39) will be on that cruise, but we don't have any kids.

Looking forward to the cruise. We're almost in double digits.

Tina :)
107 days until cruise

[PolyGirl]

We'll be there too!!!!!

Can hardly wait, we're counting down the days. DH and I will be there with our 3 children ages 8, 6 and 4. The eight year old is a boy and the other two are girls.

:bounce: :bounce: :) :bounce: :bounce:

[diathoney]

We will be on the Jan 18th Western too. We're part of the DDL group. My DD (9 11/12) and DS (8), Brian will be in the Oceaneers Club too. Brian has a best friend at school named Nick - I'll tell him there will be another Nick on the ship!

[Denine]

We wont be on the Magic, but we are sailing this week. We will be on Holland America's Veendam. We will see you in Key West on Sunday!

[Barnsquad]

Count us in too!! We'll be traveling with our DD 11 and DS 9
Also our friends are traveling as well with their DD12

Sounds like more "tweens" than actual "teens" so far! hummmm I see a "crash the teen's club" coming!!

[d'Isigny]

We are traveling with a group of 13

4 grandparents

2 familys

(Us) Nan and I (41) with our 3 DD's 2, 5 & 8 (all will be 1 year older 2 months after we get off the boat). My 8 y/o DD (Karin)would love a pen pal - to meet when on the ship

(Great friends) Steve-Rhonda (40's) with DS 8 & DD 6

Know we are around the 100 day mark...anyone else dreaming of, "laying on a hamock in Castaway Cay - looking for a Mickey cloud - and collecting little paper umbrellas"?

[diathoney]

I spend every spare moment planning for our cruise!

I know there are big holidays coming up - Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas - I just want January to hurry up and get here! I'm trying to get excited about our WDW trip in two weeks, but it can't beat 7 days on a ship!


WDW - AKL Oct 17-21:sunny:

[Chattyaholic]

But we won't have children going with us. This will be our second cruise on the Magic, we can hardly wait to be back on that beautiful ship!!! :D

[magic cruiser]

I was so excited to read all the responses ! And Nick will be happy to hear about his new friends on the Magic ! I will see him Sat at his Little League game and tell him the good news. Is anyone planning to do the Sting Ray tour in Grand Caymen ? What other excursions are you looking at. I know Nick wants to see Ripley's museum in Key West, and he's looking forward to Castaway Cay...we've shown him pictures. Oh, Nick has a good friend named Brian :) :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[diathoney]

So far we are planning to do the trolley tour in Key West. That way we can get off and on and save the little legs. We'll be stopping at the treasure museum & Ripley's I'm sure.

In Cozumel, we'd like to take a taxi to Chaakanaab National Park for snorkeling in the AM. After lunch, we'll head downtown for shopping.

In Grand Cayman we're taking the NativeWay (not the DCL tour) Stingray City & Coral Gardens snorkel tour in the AM. Possibly a taxi to 7 mile beach after lunch.

[BananaButton]

Yaaayyyyy! I am glad to see there are others on this board who are going on the Jan 18th cruise. WE CAN'T WAIT!!! This is our second Disney Cruise, our first 7day. It's me (36) DH (42) and DD's (13 and 11). We are going with my very best friend in the world and her two sons (7&5). I agree with the previous post by diathoney about all the holidays between now & then....I just want January to get here! We are going to do the Stingray thing & 7 Mile Beach in Grand Cayman, probaby Mr. Sanchos in Cozumel, and parasailing at Castaway Cay. Not sure about Key West. Can't wait!!!!: :sunny:

[lpursell]

We're going too! There will be 7 in our group, all adults plus my grandson Colby who will be 4 in 2 weeks. We're flying from LAX to WDW on Tuesday before we sail. I just got our Cirque du Soleil tickets in the mail today. I booked our airfare last week and those tickets should come in the mail anytime. It's starting to seem like it's really going to happen. I started looking into this last April and it seemed so far away at the time.

This is DH and my second cruise. We went through the Panama Canal 5 years ago for our 30th anniversary. This is our 35th anniversary and we've decided to take the whole family this time. See ya there!

[arlenerose]

Me and DH too!!!!!! No kids though. We are going with DDL and there are about 19 cabins of adults and kids!! :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc

I know its 3 months but don't you think we should start packing??? :p

How ya doin' Di??

Arlene

[diathoney]

Hi Arlene!

I haven't started packing, but I have started a "pile" of must-take stuff in a closet! Does that count?

I have 3 different lists on progress too! What to take, Where to go, and Misc info about the ship and the activities. I love my lists.

Diana :p

[thebecka]

I'm sooo ready to leave today. But hey, what's 105 days amongst friends! There will be at least 6 in our group. Still 'working' on a few friends.

:earsgirl: :earsboy: :earsgirl:



I suffer from Peter Pan Syndrome....I won't grow up and you can't make me!

[flutter]

I will also be with the DDL group,I will be traveling with my 13 yr old daughter.We are getting very excited,thankfully I started nursing school in Sept so I don't have as much time to obsess about the trip.
Tracy

[lpursell]

What is DDL?

[arlenerose]

DDL is the Disney Dollarless group.

Check out the website www.disneydollarless.com

This is the place for information about Disney World and Disneyland--how to get discounts, advice and tips to making touring painless and just about anything else. Great community group, lots of trip reports and pictures.

See for yourself--you will be hooked!

Arlene:Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce:

[lpursell]

Thanks Arlene, I'm going there now! See ya on the Magic,

[d'Isigny]

We are near the 100 day mark...YAAAA HOOOO!!!

Knowing we have 3 major holidays coming up....these last few days are going to zooooommm on by. I am sooooo ready to watch another sunrise/sunset from deck 10, collect the 'little paper umbrellas' from foo-foo drinks, dine at palos and search for hidden mickeys at Castaway Cay (just to name a few of my favorites).

I've got 2 questions for Jan 18 group

1) can anyone direct me to a western cruise trip report that details experiences on excursions in Grand Cayman and Cozumel? We still have not made up our mind - what to do - where to go - organized tour - doing one on our own....would love some suggestions. Even through we are touring with a group of 13, we will prob tour the ports with GrandMa/Pa - Nan and I + 3 DD's (almost 9, 6 & 3).

2) My oldest DD (Karin - 9 y/o at the end of Feb) is looking for a pen-pal to meet on the ship....if anyone has a DD or DS around this age that is interested...plz e-mail me =

d_Isigny@msn.com

Take good care of you and yours........K

[PolyGirl]

D'Isigny,

Your kids are around the same age as mine. My DS turns 9 on February 11. I also have a 4 year old and a 6 year old both are girls.

This will be our 4th DCL cruise. We cannot wait!!! I can only hope the airline tckts go down before then.

:bounce: :bounce: :D :bounce:

[LadyLt]

I am another of the DDL group sailing on the 1-18-03 Magic cruise. As Arlene said, we currently have nineteen cabins reserved. In those, we have thirty-nine adults and ten children.


I am ready for January.

Bianca

:bounce: :bounce:

[LadyLt]

I am cruious of anyone knows of any young adults going on this cruise. I am talking about ages 19-23 years. I know that is a difficult age for cruises. They are primarily too old to travel with their parents, but usually too poor to travel on their own.

My twenty year old daughter is going with me on this cruise. She did not accompany me last December and was very envious of my Eastern Caribbean cruise. She has completed her second year of college and has now taken off a year to work at WDW. She will return to school next September for her Junior year of college.

She gets along well with my older, adult friends. But I was just curious if there would be passengers more in her age group. I didn't look around for them on my DCL cruise last year.

Bianca

:earsgirl:

[diathoney]

Does anyone have their cruise documents yet? We're booked with a group so we won't get ours for another week or so. :(
I want them in my hand - I want to be able to hold them and read them.:p

[Hopkins]

We used a travel agent (MouseEarVacations) and ours came yesterday. I know what you mean about getting them in your hands. Has anyone contacted you from the travel ageny that you used, yet? Our documents were received last week, and we received them this week. The Disney Vacation Club waits 2 weeks from what I hear.

Anyone planning a DIS get together?

Tina:bounce:

[Maureen J]

We will be on the January 18 cruise with our 3 1/3 year old son. We are also travelling with my MIL and another couple plus her mother with their 5 year old daughter. WE are getting together this weekend to discuss excursions. I can't wait!!!

See you there!

Maureen

[lpursell]

Our TA said the docs have arrived at her "home office" and they are being forwarded to her (in Maine.) Then she'll mail them to me, in CA. Long way around the country. Is there a lot to do when we get them? We've already made arrangements for our excursions.

[Hopkins]

Just a few forms for each person. It will take a few minutes for each to complete. Contact information, signing the agreement, credit card charging... . Nothing major.

Tina :)

[TDC Nala]

More of us here from DDL.

My cabinmates probably consider me to be about 8 mentally, but I don't think that counts in the kids' clubs.

[newtodisney]

It won't be long now!!!

We are soooo excited. Now that the Holidays are over I can try to focus on all the details of the cruise.

Myself 33 (turning 34 during the cruise), DH 33, and DD's 4 & 8 are counting the days until we leave. We are doing Captain Marvins in Grand Cayman, but haven't decided on other excursions yet.

The girls are very excited about the club / lab, and are looking forward to making some new friends. They got dressy dresses for Christmas to wear for formal night, and they can't wait to wear them. They also got snorkel gear from Santa, so we are heading off to the gym to try them out in the pool. DD 8yo is a pretty good swimmer, but I'm not so sure if the 4yo will actually snorkel.

Does anyone know if they have beach towels on board? If so, can you bring them on excursions with you?

[magic cruiser]

Hi everyone on the 1/18 Magic sailing !! We will be on our 3rd Disney cruise w/ our 9 yr old grandson, Nick..his 1st. Newtodisney, I see you are also from Virginia. We are from Yorktown. We are also going on the Capt Marvin's tour. Nick is excited about the sting rays...GM and GD aren't too sure . We are members of DVC so as of 1/1/03 we are still waiting on our Docs. Also, you can buy very nice DCL beach towels in the ships gift shop, or you can use the ships ( but not as nice ).See everyone there...we'll be at the Radison the night before.:cool:

[lpursell]

We also have reservations for Capt. Marvin's. We're taking the half-day 10-1pm snorkel trip. Looks like there will be a lot of us Disers at Capt. Marv's. NewtoDisney, my grandson turned 4 in October and we're not sure how he's going to do at snorkeling. He learned in the pool last summer but we're not sure how confident he'll be in the ocean and I think the sting rays might scare him. I was playing a game with him the other day pretending to snorkel through the house looking at all the fish in the ocean and he seemed to know I was trying to get him ready for the big time and he stoped playing with me. See ya soon!:D

[Maureen J]

This question is for any DVC members who are on the cruise. When will we receive our documents. Our friends traveling with us received theirs about 3 weeks ago. I called and they said something about our coming 12 days prior to the trip, but isn't that cutting it a little close? We are leaving out of New York on Friday, the 17th and staying at the Hyatt at the airport for the night. Does anyone know if there are any good restaurants either in the hotel or nearby? In the past we've left the same day and had to be up and out of the house by 5am, which meant practically no sleep the night before for me, as being the Mommy, I'm in charge of everyone!

I can't wait for the trip!

Maureen

[thebecka]

We are bouncing off the wall waiting for this trip to finally be here....I can't wait 2 more weeks and we'll be sailing with MICKEY!! I'm such a big kid! I can't wait to see everyone on the ship on the 18th!! DD wanted to pack last night...still have a few things left to buy. :bounce: ready to go:bounce: ready to go:bounce:

[Hopkins]

I know what you mean!

Tina :)

[Barnsquad]

Not sure why an older October post popped back up again but I caught it and wanted to add our groups info!

DW(35) DH (36) DD(11) DS(9.9999!) and our friends and their DD(12)

We did the Magic's eastern last feb and loved it so much we re-booked while on board. a little nervous about the virus police but other than that counting down the days with a smile and lots of disney music (compliments of the great cd purchased last year while on board) Anyone ever notice how very relaxing that wonderful music throughout the ship is? The CD's worth the investment!

See everyone on board!

[thebecka]

We keep singing Living La Vida Mickey and Who Let the Dogs Out....do they bring back any Magical memories for anyone....

[diathoney]

I'm a little nervous about the virus police also. My son takes meds for allergies, sometimes they upset his stomach. I'll have to keep a close eye on him - make sure he eats plenty of cheese and other constipating foods! ;)

[almost there]

It's taken me this long to finally post something, though I've been reading the boards for months. I finally got so excited I couldn't not say something!!!!

We too are going on Capt Marvins excursion. We are on the 10-1 snorkel trip. Myself, 35, husband, 38 and 2 sons, 4 & 7. I agree with the others that I am not sure my 4 year old will snorkel, but I'm sure he'll let us hold him and see the skates and he will just be so excited to be on the boat ride.

We are bringing a backpack and taking towels from the ship.

newtodisney are you going on the early excursion too?


lpursell, don't worry our son will be the one screaming louder than anyone else about going in the water, or being left on the boat.

Can't wait!!!!

[thebecka]

Hello one and all from Sunny but a tad bit chilly Orlando. I got in last night and it is quite cool outside. The goal is to sit in the sun cause it's freezing in the shade. Last I heard tomorrow will be approx 73. Can't wait and it certainly beats 32 back home. Well I've gotta run back to class but I'll try to check in later. 3 days to go!!! :wave:

[snelsonbrown]

Hello there-
This is Shirley from The Perfect Gift - Now I believe Ripleys which was located at the Strand Theatre (of years ago) no longer exist - now if they have moved it somewhere else there in Key West, I don't know about it - also anyone that would like pamplets, etc on Key West is most welcomed to stop by the shop and I will give them to you - it has maps of Key West etc - as for children - remember that Key West doesn't offer too much for children - in fact never has even tho I was born and raised there - there is a pretty neat playground located at the end of White Street in the Clarence Higgs beach -
If I can answer anymore questions, please do not hesitate to write me at snelsonbrown@aol.com
Have a great time getting ready for your cruise.
Always
Shirley