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    No Cash On Ship ??

    I also went to my bank prior to leaving and got travelers checks...when I arrived on the ship I put them directly on my account. They also cashed my travelers checks for me prior to going ashore. This way I didn't need to hassle with my debit card, I had heard some people had problems with...
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    Just got off Magic 7 day...+s and -s

    The gay/lesbian culture is not something we encountered in Key West. What was hard for us (as a family with younger kids) was the graphic nature of all the t-shirts in the store windows (sexually explicit) and the drug stuff everywhere. We did not see drugs....but all the stuff that goes with...
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    family of six....no kids' fare??

    Dean... The week before Christmas is a possibility, summer isn't because he teaches summer school.....but I wanna go NOW!!!!! It was that great! :) I want to live on the boat, as a guest, not an employee. Any ideas???? In all seriousness, this board has been a great help in planning the...
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    family of six....no kids' fare??

    Welcome to the world of having a teacher for a husband! It does have it's perks but vacation time/lack of freedom and choice as to when to take that time is a not one of them. Oh how I wish he could just take a week off in late January or early Feb!!! I would love to go to the Mouse House...
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    family of six....no kids' fare??

    ok guys, I've been reading the posts and can see both sides. Here's my "problem".... I have 3 kids , so a family of 5. We booked DCL and stayed in a cat 4 deluxe stateroom. It cost us a small fortune, but at the time I didn't know about the "connecting rooms idea". Would have considered...
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    Do the kids need to carry their KTTW cards??

    Ditto. My kids 6&7 did not carry them unless they were going ashore. I was so afraid they'd lose them! I had lanyards for when we did go ashore, but found they were flimsy (plastic broke) and I ended up carrying them anyway.
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    Just got off Magic 7 day...+s and -s

    SO JEALOUS!!!!! Castaway was the best! Enjoy your extra day there. We had all thought it would be a great idea to just dock there, sleep on the boat and have wake up again at Castaway. Key West is a great port to "skip", if you have kids. I would have absolutely taken an extra day at...
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    Just back from 3/27 Magic!!!

    ok, next time i will share!!!!!! And...you win. You ARE the bigger geek :)
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    Just got off Magic 7 day...+s and -s

    You found me out!!!!! Yep, that was me.... wait, no ..... i have no idea what you're talking about... :)
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    Just got off Magic 7 day...+s and -s

    as to the question about the beach in Coz.... we went to a great family beach called Paradise Beach. It was family friendly, with clean bathrooms and things for the kids to do. We had a great time there and the nachos were wonderful.
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    child within weeks of turning 8

    just off the boat with at DS who is 7 but will be 8 in a week. They had no problem at all allowing him to go up into the next age goup. I simply asked Duane (a CM) when I registered all my kids for the club on the first day. He said that they do have a ratio they must maintain, and if there...
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    Just got off Magic 7 day...+s and -s

    I also was on the 3/27 Magic....i had a wonderful time. I think Kimer was with the group that yelled "whoo-hoo" to each other each time the met. I also think I saw quite a few buckets of beer in that group. Would love to see their beverage tab! LOL About feeling the ship moving...I had no...
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    Room service...snack charge??

    I was not charged for any snacks that I had delivered to my room. I did give them a few bucks tip. My "snacks" consisted of.... Mickey Bars cookies and milk pb&j sandwiches cheese tray fruit platter plate of pineapple pizza coffee crackers carrot sticks There is a menu in your room...
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    deck party

    You are right, I just call it the tropical night because we were all wearing tropical clothes, but technically it is called the Mexicali night on the Western Magic.
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    Movies On the Magic/Western Cruisers.

    We were just on the 3/27 Magic. The movies that are listed in the Navigator are.... Pirates of the Caribbean Hidaldo Home on the Range Confessions of a Teen Age Drama Queen The Lady Killers The Haunted Mansion Calendar Girls Brother Bear Finding Nemo Cold Mountain Miracle They don't...
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    French fries & coffee...not together though.

    I thought the fries were awesome at any of the desk resturants...Plutos and Pinoccios. I always grabbed them from my kids. Also, I am a coffee addict/snob and enjoyed the coffee on the ship. I only had it from the main dining resturants and of course room service.
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    deck party

    Yep, sail away and tropical night. They last about an hour. Loads of fun. the one on tropical night is late, after you leave Cozumel (10:30), but worth keeping the kids up for. Like you could really get them to bed that early on the ship anyway...... My DS 8 missed it because he wouldn't...
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    mickey bars

    I thought they were Dove bars also when I had my first one...but they aren't, they're Nestle bars. I discovered that when I ordered them from room service and they came in the wrapper. I am addicted regardless. I had one in the afternoon via room service and then again after dinner for...
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    cash

    i took a stack of singles to tip room service when they brought me my coffee and Mickey bars every afternoon. I also paid all my tips at the end of the trip in cash. (I separated them out prior to leaving and then added to them because our servers were so great) I also took travelers checks...
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    another transportation question

    We (family of five) used Tiffany's Town Car service andd it was great! The picked us up in Orlando and drove us to the Radisson at the port. When we arrived back, the met us and took us back to the airport. The porter that took our luggage from the DCL terminal to the van said we made a wise...
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