December 11, 2004 Eastern cruise thread

[Pgood]

I've made it through 2.5 hours. 4 more to go!!!

I've spent time of course getting ready for the cruise. I recently found the Caribbean Duck Tours site. I looked at things to do in St. Martin a few months ago and could find nothing of interest to us, but now....there's the Duck Tours! Always wanted to go on one and never made it to the one in Boston. I am just waiting for an email back with my confirmation!!!

My afternoon will be spent looking at DVD recorders so I can get a good idea of prices before we go to the islands for some comparison shopping. Anyone have any insight on this?

Thanks..we're almost there!!!

[thejenjens]

Anyone still here...I have one more hour of work!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!! :cool1: I can't wait this hour will drag...I have nothing to do at all...I am actually just sitting here. Trying to find something to do.

See everyone Sat

Jen

[Pgood]

I'm still on, but wrapping everything up.

Have a great trip.

Floridians, thejenjens and I are the last northerners - so you'll be on your own soon.

Can't wait to meet everyone on Saturday!

Have a safe trip!!!

[thejenjens]

YEAH!!! I have just about 33 mins. Then I can run to the bank and where ever else it was that I had to go. It will come back to me. I can't wait.

PGOOD--your right we are just about the last northern people left....how did that work out...we need to get moving. HA HA LOL LOL

Jen

[Pgood]

Just got an email back from the Duck Tours people and we are officially doing the tour in St. Martin.

So far we are the only ones booked for 9:30, so there's plenty of room if anyone else is interested.

http://www.caribbeanducktours.com

I'm signing off now....this is really the last time as I am going to socialize for my last 1/2 hour so it goes quicker.

See you tomorrow!!!!

[thejenjens]

How much is it and where do you get the boat?

Jen

[Pgood]

$40 per adult. They said it's a $3 cab fare, but I almost wonder if you could walk.

[disneygatorfan]

I think it's just us Floridians now, and maybe just me?? I am still working on packing... talk about waiting until the last minute!!

But this last minute rush to clean and pack had some good come out of it, I found my old copy of my birth certificate!! I had thought I lost it, went and got a new one printed, and low and behold the old one shows up 24 hours before we set sail!

Oh well, back to laundry and packing!


Anyone else around, or is it just me?

[Disneyfan37]

disneygatorfan-I am here!I am too finishing up stuff around the house.I will be lucky if I get to bed by midnight.We are leaving here at 7AM if not sooner.We are excited!That is great that you found your old birth certificate!Way to go!

DH calls me up today at 4PM.He is like one more hour!I am like it must be nice as I still have almost 2 hours.

Hope everyone has made it to their destinations safely.Those traveling tomorrow drive safel!

See you at the port my friends!

Maria

[disneygatorfan]

so my last load of laundry is in the dryer... finally! Now it's time to unpack, and repack.. eliminating some stuff. I hate packing too much, cause that just means more laundry when we get back!

Are we there yet??

I will be packed by midnight!! Then it's time for bed, next time I wake up, its CRUISE DAY!

[Disneyfan37]

disneygatorfan-I have been really good this time about packing.I haven't packed anything that I won't use,and I am officially done.That is amazing for me.This is the first time I have done that<G>.I am waiting for DH to close the bags.I just took my last load out of the dryer.All clothes up,and clothes are saying close me up!

Yes,when we wake up the morning off we go.That is if we even sleep tonight<G>.We may stay up as there is so much excitement in the air!

See you tomorrow!

Maria

[Verandah Man]

Well, your day has finally arrived, and here's the Magic in all her glory just waiting for y'all to board her in a few hours. My bag is packed and I will be heading to the airport in a few hours. Hopefully, the next time I see the Magic it will be as y'all are sailing out the port channel on your 7 day voyage, and I'll be waving to you from Jetty Park!!!

Have a MAGICal time all you 12-11-04 cruisers!!!

http://www.verandahman.com/Magic%2012-11-04.jpg
Disney Magic Saturday 12-11-04 at Port Canaveral

[Disneyfan37]

Thank you for taking this photo.We left late,so it was dark when we went by Jetty Park.We had to wait for some people to arrive.Have a great flight home!

Maria

[natsmom125]

We were on The Magic at 7:33 this morning...............

Now I am sitting in my kitchen, eating tomato soup and grilled cheese....DH told me "You're not in Palo anymore"...... :(

Phyllis

[Disneyfan37]

I know it stinks.I will make sure to eat something good at Lumiere's for you tonight!

Maria

[Verandah Man]

Hi Maria and the 12-11-04 Cruisers,

I'm here at my mom's. My plane arrived at 3:33 this afternoon and my mom and I were at the port area by 4:45. We were standing next to Grills until the ship passed around 5:55. I did get a few shots of the ship but it was quite dark and I'm not sure how they will turn out. We were freezing waiting for the ship to pass, I'm glad I had my "winter" coat with me. My mom went back to the car and was flasing her car headlights as the ship passed by, while I was busy taking the photos. I will post some photos when I return home in a few days. I have my digital camera with me, but I didn't bring my cable with me to hook it up to my mom's computer.

I hope you all have a MAGICal time, it sure was nice watching the Magic sail away this evening in all her glory!!!!!

Andy

[Verandah Man]

Hi Maria,

I wish these shots could have been better for you, but with the ship leaving as late as it did, it made getting nice quality shots difficult. The one blurry shot was because it was so cold I was shivering as I took the photo, LOL!!!

Anyhow, here you go, these are the best three that I was able to get. I do have some more and if you would like, I can e-mail them to you later.

I trust you are have a terrific time!!!

Andy

http://www.verandahman.com/DSCF1475.JPG

http://www.verandahman.com/DSCF1483.JPG

http://www.verandahman.com/DSCF1487.JPG

[Disneyfan37]

Verandah Man-Thank you so much.These are great.DH will love them.Yes,please email the others to me.Thank you!I will private you my email.

Hope you had a great trip back home.

Maria

[Disneyfan37]

We are home.It was so great to meet some of you.I was hoping to see Mark and Angela again,but didn't.Mark how was the party?Disneygator,I am sorry we meet you.Sam the same goes for you as well as the others that we didn't get to meet.We miss the boat already!

Verandah Man-Please email me the rest of the photos!Thank you so much-mgodd@yahoo.com We went by to see Shirley and Norm today.They are doing great just really busy.We wanted to thank her for the basket we had her made.It was truly enjoyed by dh and I.We have got to make a point of meeting you and family someday.Let us know when you are in our area or even going by Gainesville.We have plenty of room for Disney friends!Again thank you!

Maria

[SQUIGGLE]

The last of the wash is in; and it's back to reality. Not my idea of fun. I want my ship back!!! Sorry - our ship.
It was great meeting some of you. I wish we could have met you all.
Andy - that is a great picture of us sailing away. Thank you so much!

fran :love:

[Disneyfan37]

Fran!I wish I could say that.I am about to start doing wash as well as start baking candy for the dcparents,dckids,friends,family and DH coworkers.I hope I haven't left no one out<G>.I want our ship back too.It is back to reality!

Maria

[cruisenewbie2004]

my big beach day a wash out. I was sitting there in a sweatshirt freezing and wishing they served coffee! My mom spoke to someone who'd travelled in May and said the weather then was just as cold!

[Pgood]

It was great meeting everyone, and to those I missed, hope to catch up with you on another Disney vacation!

Our wash is about 1/2 way done. We caught an earlier flight, so we didn't get the luggage to midday today. It was great just relaxing by the fire all day, though the warmer weather was definitely better!!

Hope everyone had as great a time as we did!

Jwann - thanks for sharing your family with us, we had a great time!!!

Back to work in the morning and then I have to get this house back in order!!!

Take care and hope everyone had a smooth trip home!

[jwann]

Jwann - thanks for sharing your family with us, we had a great time!!!


Ditto, my friend!!!!

We made it home and I've done 2 loads of wash...3 more to go. I'll post again in a couple days when I've got "life" back to normal.

[jhorner]

Well, Well, Well!!! What an excellent trip!! 7 days is the way to go! We had a fantastic time. I got to dance to the Cha Cha Slide 4 times!!! By my scale that makes it a 4-Star trip :smooth:
As a short British man said to me on the last night of the cruise "I saw you on stage 3 times this week" Ahhhh Yes! Getting involved in all the activities possible was just what I was looking for. I'm so glad I got to meet so many of you. Hanging out with Pam and Todd, seeing Jen and Millie at the activities, running into Michelle and Pete over and over and having Sam show up out of no where to take my picture.
Does anyone have a way that we can share some of our pics?
Joelle
aka Sassy (that's for you Michelle and Pete)

[PiperG]

Hi 12/11 Eastern cruisers!

DH and I were on the Wonder which returned from Castaway Cay on 12/11. Dh and I stood out on our starboard side verandah at 11:00 p.m. We saw the Carnival ship go by, and then the Disney Magic. We waved, :wave: but I don't know if you saw us. LOL

I am glad you all had a great time.

[thejenjens]

Hey guys,

I am SOOOOO jealous right now....they guys that got on hte ship Sat afternoon are only on their 3rd night of the ten. Anyway. We had such a wonderful time. It was so great meeting everyone...hey to everyone that we did not meet. Everyone is very nice. This was such a blast to go on this cruise for seven nights. That is the bomb. I can't wait to get on another one. Hope everyone is doing well.

I can't believe the temps here, I would take a 72 overcast day on CC anyday over our 8 degree temp here today. And alot colder with the wind chill. Everyone in colder areas than us stay warm.

I hope that everyone had a wonderful safe holiday season.

Jen

[smchan]

Hello from Disney World everyone. After leaving the Magic, my crew and I went straight to WDW for 2 days of park hopping that's turned into 3 at the last minute. Today was our last day - 3 parks in 14 hours and, surprisingly, I feel relaxed! I wanted to do some panoramas of The Boardwalk and The Yacht & Beach Clubs, but seeing WDW for the first time thru the eyes of my 4 year old (Josh) was just too much, so the camera stayed back for the most part.

My 6 year old, Noah, was a real trooper at WDW. My wife won't do any rides that are even remotely thrilling, so it was just Noah and I for Space Mtn, Mission Space (twice), Tower of Terror, Splash Mtn, and Rock 'n Roller Coaster.

I did take a ton of photos on the cruise - roughly 1,800 of them - so hopefully 2 or 3 turned out. Surprisingly, though, not many of the exterior of the ship. I had planned to take some dockside in St Marteen but the rain nixed it. I did get some great "walking around" pictures of the ship and did some panos in St Thomas and around Castaway Cay. I also have some fairly good character pictures from the shows and their appearances about the ship. As soon as I get home and have my broadband back, I'll start sharing the pictures.

If I took your picture, please email or pm me so I can send it to you. :) (And please remind me of the photo. I have NO social skills and can never put faces to names.)

Sam

[Disneyfan37]

For those up north,stay warm as I don't even want to imagine.We have ice outside which we hadn't had in Gainesville,FL for a long.If it is that bad here,up north it must be awful!

smchan-I am glad you all had a great time on the cruise as well as having a great time at the parks.My friend from MN is there at the DVC,and she said some of the parks aren't that crowded yet which makes it nice.Your wife sounds like me.I don't do thrill rides either.Can't wait to see the pictures!Have a safe trip back home!

Maria

[thejenjens]

Hey everyone,

Is anyone going to do a trip report on our trip?

Hope everyone has arrived home safe and sound. And that you all are staying warm. I can't believe how cold it is here.

Hope to hear from everyone soon.

Jen

[Disneyfan37]

Hi!I noticed Cruisenewbie did one.I posted somewhat on board while we were on the boat.

Maria

[smchan]

At least some teaser pictures anyways. I took over 1800 pictures. Here's a very small sampling of some of my favorites.

These are "raw" and still need some work in Photoshop.

http://www.mindspring.com/~trader67/cruise/DSC_3975.jpg
http://www.mindspring.com/~trader67/cruise/DSC_4062.jpg
http://www.mindspring.com/~trader67/cruise/DSC_4083.jpg
http://www.mindspring.com/~trader67/cruise/DSC_5643.jpg

[smchan]

http://www.mindspring.com/~trader67/cruise/DSC_5664.jpg
http://www.mindspring.com/~trader67/cruise/DSC_5857.jpg
http://www.mindspring.com/~trader67/cruise/DSC_5888.jpg
http://www.mindspring.com/~trader67/cruise/DSC_5889.jpg
http://www.mindspring.com/~trader67/cruise/headsupbar02.jpg
http://www.mindspring.com/~trader67/cruise/shipwide1cropped.jpg
http://www.mindspring.com/~trader67/cruise/shipwide2cropped.jpg

[Disneyfan37]

smchan-Those aren't raw!They are excellent.Thanks for sharing them with us!

Maria

[jwann]

OMG! SAM! Those are excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You should really turn pro! Your perspective is awesome!
Thank you
Thank you
Thank you

[smchan]

Here are a few more than jumped out at me this morning. All still "raw" of course.

http://www.mindspring.com/~trader67/cruise/DSC_5420.jpg
http://www.mindspring.com/~trader67/cruise/DSC_5480.jpg
http://www.mindspring.com/~trader67/cruise/DSC_5488.jpg
http://www.mindspring.com/~trader67/cruise/DSC_5500.jpg

[thejenjens]

Sam,

Those pics are the best. Thank you so much for them and sharing them with us. Can't wait to see more. I think that they are great the way they are.

Jen

[jwann]

I'm almost embarassed to show you my pictures after Sam's but some of you are in them if you want to check it out.

http://community.webshots.com/album/235746755GXOiAb

[smchan]

I'm almost embarassed to show you my pictures after Sam's but some of you are in them if you want to check it out.

http://community.webshots.com/album/235746755GXOiAb

Please! I'm checking out your shots right now and you did a great job!

And you got a picture of me! This is getting to be a theme or something (check the tag line the tag fairy gave me...) !

Check out this picture: http://community.webshots.com/photo/235746755/235775515ggsWml and look to the right - I'm the guy standing behind the fellow sitting and those are my boys right behind Mickey - one in red and one in the stripped shirt.

Here's my shot of the same scene (except with Mickey turned around facing me). As luck would have, I decided to travel light that night and carried only my camera and zoom lens thinking I'd be shooting folks on the stage - and then Mickey appears right beside me.

http://www.mindspring.com/~trader67/cruise/DSC_4933small.jpg

I like your Christmas tree on the superstructure shot too. I bet I took 20-30 pictures of that silly thing.

[smchan]

duplicate post.

[smchan]

I'm still in trouble for having a bunch of folk in a van from Kentucky yell at me. My wife said something along the lines of "even when you're away from your computer - you can't get away from your computer!"

I bought her a new charm in the gift shop and she got over it. :)

I, personally, got a kick out of it and thought it was very funny.

Sam

[jwann]

PS I'm still in trouble for having a bunch of folk in a van from Kentucky yell at me. My wife said something along the lines of "even when you're away from your computer - you can't get away from your computer!"

I bought her a new charm in the gift shop and she got over it. :)

I, personally, got a kick out of it and thought it was very funny.

Sam

:jumping1:

LOL
Of course, the dh's in the van had no clue why we were yelling "SAM!" but they joined in as well. BTW, I noticed that you had an Upward Basketball bumper sticker. My boys have done UB too!!

[Disneyfan37]

jwann-Your photos came out great.We missed the farewell party due to seasickness,so it was great seeing some of those pictures as well as the Galley Tour we missed.Thanks for sharing them with us.

Maria

[smchan]

All - if I managed to take a photo of you, you should have a link from me by now thru PM. I only managed a handful a photos of DISers considering the number of total photos I took.

If you didn't receive a link from me, please PM me. If you want your photo removed from the link I sent, please let me know.

I'm working on the other photos to share soon.

Sam

[Pgood]

SMCHAN -

Thanks so much for the great pictures. I printed the midship shot and am showing it to everyone!!!

You are a fantastic photographer!!!

Hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!!!!

[smchan]

Thanks so much for the great pictures. I printed the midship shot and am showing it to everyone!!!

You are a fantastic photographer!!!

Aww! I'm turning 3 shades of red right now. :o

I've selected roughly 120 of my favorite pictures and will have them posted sometime later today or tomorrow. I realized I have not so many of the ships but lots of show pictures.

Sam

[jhorner]

Sam,
I have to get my sis jwann to tell me how to do a PM. I know of 3 pix of me you got. A couple pix while making gingerbread houses and one when we were meet/greet-ing the characters on the last night. If you have Jwann's email you could send it to her.

I'm glad we "got you in trouble" for yelling to you from my sis's van!!

[DisneyFam5]

Oh my gosh, we are finally home! Fifteen days later! We left WDW Wednesday at about 11 am Eastern time and we just got to Ottawa at 11:30 Central time today! Jwann, we almost visited you yesterday! It took us 8 or 9 hours to get through Kentucky. We sat for six hours not moving. Wouldn't you have been thrilled to have your new cruise friends over for Christmas? I saw the signs and told Pete we should go visit! The kids were actually amazingly good, but it was the trip from hell! I have to go now, since I have family coming in two hours for Christmas Eve!!!!!

Have a nice Christmas everyone.

[jwann]

Jwann, we almost visited you yesterday! It took us 8 or 9 hours to get through Kentucky. We sat for six hours not moving. Wouldn't you have been thrilled to have your new cruise friends over for Christmas? I saw the signs and told Pete we should go visit!

Of course you would have been welcome! We are SNOWED IN here. I can't hardly believe it! I am so sorry that you got stuck in that horrible traffic. We heard about it on the news. I am surprised you didn't run out of gas! SOOOOO glad you are home. Have a great Christmas!

[jwann]

Check out the picture guessing game the dh's came up with from our cruise:

http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=702667

[smchan]

Check out the picture guessing game the dh's came up with from our cruise:

http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=702667

Mercy me. Now I'll need another cruise to chase down the answers. :)

I wish I had thought to do this; take a few macro shots of interesting details around the ship.

Sam

PS My photos are uploading now. 300 meg worth so it'll probably be tomorrow before it's done.

[DisneyFam5]

Great idea. I'm too tired to look much now. Tomorrow is my first day back at work! Yuck! I'm going to bed, but we will be checking them out soon. Tomorrow is my son Tyler's 10th birthday. Will the parties never end? We've had 3 birthdays, Christmas, and a major vacation. I need a bread from all this fun. Oh, and don't forget New Years!

I can't wait to look closer at the pictures. From what I saw so far, I think we were actually on different ships!

[smchan]

Here's my picture thread...

Despite all the post-processing work I've done, I'm not really happy with these but it's a start. :)

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=7181375#post7181375

Sam

[RebeccaLovesDisney]

Hello Everybody!! Merry Christmas!! Happy New Year!! ....

We got back on the 22nd, after spending time at WDW after the cruise. We spent three days in the parks and had fun, but WDW was definitely much more crowded than it was the two days we spent there before the cruise. We arrived home to very cold weather (by Texas standards) but fortunately no snow or ice. When we were flying out on the 22nd, many flights that were traveling north were delayed due to snow. I'm glad all of you made it home safely!

I've quickly checked the boards a couple of times since I've been back but have been busy unpacking, getting ready for family who came for Christmas, etc. (as have all of you!). Thank you Jennifer and Sam for posting your pictures! Sam - you took some very unique pictures. What time of night were you wandering around to get all those great shots of the ship?

We really had a great cruise and it was great meeting many of you! Is anyone planning on sailing again next year? Thanks to DD, we will be cruising again sometime in 2005, probably on the Western itinerary this time.

Take Care!

[smchan]

Sam - you took some very unique pictures. What time of night were you wandering around to get all those great shots of the ship?

Most of the ship shots are from the first and last night of the cruise. Roughly 9-11 pm.

I invested $100+ in some new graduated filters for sunrises but never managed to drag my butt out of bed for them! Oh well. I'll get 'em next time.

Sam

[DisneyFam5]

Julie -

Did your daughter win the cruise on Mouseketeer? We heard an eleven year old girl won.

[RebeccaLovesDisney]

Julie -

Did your daughter win the cruise on Mouseketeer? We heard an eleven year old girl won.
Michele - Yes, it was my daughter who won, but she is actually ten. :Pinkbounc

[DisneyFam5]

Wow, that's great. I won $175 at the first show, but I didn't know what Pollyana won at the fair! I've never seen that movie. I wish I had.