We were finally on the Magic. It was so late by the time we got on that the rooms were ready. We went straight to our room and just teared up. It was so lovely. Huge double steamer trunk. Room to walk around the bed without stubbing our toes. We were in heaven.
And the verandah. Nice! We immediately hung the fish extender and slapped a couple of our magnets on the door. Were home!
(Thanks Jordak!!!)
Terry had purchased a welcome tray with a bottle of Asti, petite fours and it was beautiful.
We decided just to eat a few, as we were starving. We tossed our stuff on the sofa and were on the way to Topsiders, when we ran into our wonderful room steward Shaka. It was love at first sight. After speaking with him, we knew we were in for the perfect cruise.
We dashed up to Topsiders and had lunch. Then we went straight to the spa. We did the tour and booked our alone times and also purchased our rainforest room passes. We went to the raffle drawing and didnt win a thing. Oh well. At least we had our names in. You have to play to win!.
We dashed down for the dis party in the Promenade Lounge. There was a huge line for the lanyards that Erik and Jason had created for us. It was so good finally meeting them. And we meet Connie who had our pins and Krissann who had the glow in the dark bracelets. We were totally outfitted!! Then we stood for the group photo. I think it is somewhere on Facebook.
We had to go back to the room and hurry and get our life jackets for the drill. When we got back we tried to unpack, but soon the music from the deck party drifted down, and up to deck 10 we went! After the party we were going to unpack, but it was so close to 5:30 we knew we needed to be at the Treasure Ketch to get our purses!
And we experienced the first snag of the trip. For whatever reason, Disney was not releasing the purses until the 23rd! I even played the Its my birthday and I wanted it for dinner tonight card. No purse. So we went to dinner at Animators Palette and met our wonderful table mates and servers.
For whatever reason, our server didnt bring out my cake until after he had served everyone dessert and everyone was too full for even a small slice. So I took it back to my cabin. It was too large to fit into the beverage cooler, so I put it on the desk. It had a fresh strawberry on it. Make a note of this as that strawberry is the catalyst for one of Shakas funniest lines the entire trip.
I wanted to go see the show, but my head had been nodding towards my plate for the entire dinner. I had to take a Bonine that day so I wouldnt get car sick during the tour, and I was exhausted. We returned to the room after dinner and Shaka had decorated our room!
And then I found a card that told me my son had sent me shipboard credits for my birthday. Woo Hoo!
We unpacked and felt good enough to go to Cove Cafe for the geezer meet. Finally got my hug from Dr. Hug. We closed Cove Cafe and came back to the room. We sat on the verandah and just watched the smooth water pass us by. I had truly had the happiest birthday ever.