RoyalVizier
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jun 4, 2006
Cast of Characters:
Ward thats me
Cheri the lovely wife
Sadie the lovely 13 year old daughter
Monday, May 22nd Day 3 Part 1: Sadie the Hired Killer and the Death Spray of Doom
It was just a bit easier waking up in the total darkness this second time but I was a bit spaced out at first due to how hard Id slept. I didnt even recall getting back to the room even the night before. Cheri later told me that I was pretty much asleep coming into the room and was out before my head had even hit the pillow. So here it was 5:30am again. I just couldnt sleep past that time the entire week. Not that it was a completely bad thing, but I wonder if Id have been better off in the evening hours if I had been able to sleep later in the mornings. Ah well
So I got up at 5:30am again and as I was getting dressed Sadie woke up after her extremely late night in the Stack. I asked her what she had done and she told me that she had gotten a mission to kill someone.
Interesting. The teen counselors had evidently presented a week long game that was going to occur amongst the teens called Gotcha! Each teen was assigned another teen to kill by weeks end. You know
one of those wholesome family-values sorts of games. 
Two of the ways that you could kill someone is by stabbing them in the stomach with a paper spoon (which you had to make yourself
resourceful) or you could serve the unlucky and unsuspecting teen some poison ( 
by writing poison on the cup the teen is drinking out of.) I asked if she was allowed to shove someone overboard but alas Disney thinks that is taking the game a bit too far. Seems the only rules were that you couldnt kill someone in the Stack, in a restaurant, or in their stateroom.
So Sadie and I began my morning ritual of going up to deck 9 aft, getting my fruit punch and my danishes from Goofys Galley and staring out over the water watching the sun rise all while my darling wife slumbers in bed. Soon, Sadie became bored with the sun so we began walking along deck 9 when her keen eye caught a foosball table. I had never played foosball in my life but she wanted to so I thought Id give it a try. For those of you that are familiar with the ship (and those who arent), the foosball and ping pong tables line either side of deck 9 and are pushed very close to the windows on the sides. So there we were minding our own business playing foosball (I was winning
) when my ears picked up a dull roar gradually getting louder. The deck beneath out feet and the foosball table began to tremble slightly and the roar grew and grew when from the other side of the glass a great mechanic monstrosity slid into view ( 
) spraying foam and water every which way, some of which sprayed right through the gaps between the windowpanes enveloping poor Sadie in a cloud of mist. Hold on a sec
I have to compose myself.
Okay the beast continued sliding its way down towards the forward of the ship. A family sitting at a table down the way, seeing what it had done to Sadie, quickly grabbed their coffee and kids and ran for cover. Then you know what it did? When it reached the end it turned around and came back for a second hit! We decided that was enough foosball for one morning so we skeedaddled it right on outta there! So if you take nothing away from this trip report hear me say this: In the wee early hours of the morning on the Disney Magic there is a great beast lurking about. When you hear its roar . RUN!
So Sadie and I went back down to the room to check on Cheri. She was still asleep so we just kind of hung out and watched TV. I ended up falling back asleep and woke up again at 9:30am. Cheri was still asleep and Sadie was sorta dozing on and off as well (must have been the key lime pie) so I went to Diversions to a Future Cruise Presentation with our onboard cruise agent Danielle. She talked a lot about the 07 Med cruises which I would LOVE to go on but it just isnt realistic for us.
Someone in the crowd asked about a third ship which there is no plans for at the moment. Danielle said that it takes two years to build a ship so they are at least two years away from having one. She also stated that Disney takes its guest feedback extremely seriously and that factored in a lot in decided where they wanted to take the ship away from Florida. She said that Alaska was discussed as well and that she wouldnt be the least bit surprised if Alaska showed up in the itineraries someday. I filled out a card to get a quote on an 11-night Southern Caribbean cruise just for fun and then went back to the room at about 10am to find Cheri finally awake!! 
Up Next: A Loose Gem Bonanza and the Nothingness of a Day at Sea
Ward thats me
Cheri the lovely wife
Sadie the lovely 13 year old daughter
Monday, May 22nd Day 3 Part 1: Sadie the Hired Killer and the Death Spray of Doom
It was just a bit easier waking up in the total darkness this second time but I was a bit spaced out at first due to how hard Id slept. I didnt even recall getting back to the room even the night before. Cheri later told me that I was pretty much asleep coming into the room and was out before my head had even hit the pillow. So here it was 5:30am again. I just couldnt sleep past that time the entire week. Not that it was a completely bad thing, but I wonder if Id have been better off in the evening hours if I had been able to sleep later in the mornings. Ah well
So I got up at 5:30am again and as I was getting dressed Sadie woke up after her extremely late night in the Stack. I asked her what she had done and she told me that she had gotten a mission to kill someone.
Interesting. The teen counselors had evidently presented a week long game that was going to occur amongst the teens called Gotcha! Each teen was assigned another teen to kill by weeks end. You know
one of those wholesome family-values sorts of games. Two of the ways that you could kill someone is by stabbing them in the stomach with a paper spoon (which you had to make yourself
resourceful) or you could serve the unlucky and unsuspecting teen some poison ( by writing poison on the cup the teen is drinking out of.) I asked if she was allowed to shove someone overboard but alas Disney thinks that is taking the game a bit too far. Seems the only rules were that you couldnt kill someone in the Stack, in a restaurant, or in their stateroom.So Sadie and I began my morning ritual of going up to deck 9 aft, getting my fruit punch and my danishes from Goofys Galley and staring out over the water watching the sun rise all while my darling wife slumbers in bed. Soon, Sadie became bored with the sun so we began walking along deck 9 when her keen eye caught a foosball table. I had never played foosball in my life but she wanted to so I thought Id give it a try. For those of you that are familiar with the ship (and those who arent), the foosball and ping pong tables line either side of deck 9 and are pushed very close to the windows on the sides. So there we were minding our own business playing foosball (I was winning
) when my ears picked up a dull roar gradually getting louder. The deck beneath out feet and the foosball table began to tremble slightly and the roar grew and grew when from the other side of the glass a great mechanic monstrosity slid into view ( ) spraying foam and water every which way, some of which sprayed right through the gaps between the windowpanes enveloping poor Sadie in a cloud of mist. Hold on a sec
I have to compose myself. Okay the beast continued sliding its way down towards the forward of the ship. A family sitting at a table down the way, seeing what it had done to Sadie, quickly grabbed their coffee and kids and ran for cover. Then you know what it did? When it reached the end it turned around and came back for a second hit! We decided that was enough foosball for one morning so we skeedaddled it right on outta there! So if you take nothing away from this trip report hear me say this: In the wee early hours of the morning on the Disney Magic there is a great beast lurking about. When you hear its roar . RUN!
So Sadie and I went back down to the room to check on Cheri. She was still asleep so we just kind of hung out and watched TV. I ended up falling back asleep and woke up again at 9:30am. Cheri was still asleep and Sadie was sorta dozing on and off as well (must have been the key lime pie) so I went to Diversions to a Future Cruise Presentation with our onboard cruise agent Danielle. She talked a lot about the 07 Med cruises which I would LOVE to go on but it just isnt realistic for us.
Someone in the crowd asked about a third ship which there is no plans for at the moment. Danielle said that it takes two years to build a ship so they are at least two years away from having one. She also stated that Disney takes its guest feedback extremely seriously and that factored in a lot in decided where they wanted to take the ship away from Florida. She said that Alaska was discussed as well and that she wouldnt be the least bit surprised if Alaska showed up in the itineraries someday. I filled out a card to get a quote on an 11-night Southern Caribbean cruise just for fun and then went back to the room at about 10am to find Cheri finally awake!! Up Next: A Loose Gem Bonanza and the Nothingness of a Day at Sea
Also 
My wife and I have wanted to see this movie for a long time but never were able to catch it on the Disney Channel. We loved it. Just they type of movie that we like. What a perfect afternoon at sea. Lounging, eating, and watching movies
ahhhhhh heaven.
I got to worrying about being in Animators Palate in my tux. I knew I shouldnt have been and that everyone would be doing it, but
I dont know. So we decided to call and see if we could maybe get our Palo reservation switched from tomorrow night to tonight. I called and left a message and within the hour they called back and said they had a 6:30pm time open so we took it.
) may remember me bringing a diamond necklace on board as an anniversary gift for my darling wife. Yeah, well
as Ive said, I really didnt expect jewelry to be such a big part of cruising and I really didnt expect to be in the situation daily where I would be with my wife where she could point out jewelry that she liked and didnt like and it turns out that she isnt a huge fan of yellow gold but much prefers white gold. Yeah, the necklace I got was yellow gold and this was really my first experience with buying a "real" piece of jewelry. So bottom line
I became paranoid about my purchase. 
) and we started getting showers and ready for the evening. Now, I have been in a tux exactly once in my life at my wedding. Other than that day almost eight years ago to the day, I have no tuxedo experience. So I was pretty high maintenance getting gussied up for the evening. Cuff links should totally come with an instructions manual. To be completely honest, they ended up staying on the dresser unused. Sure go ahead
call me an unmade bed because I didnt wear my cuff links. What is the purpose of a cumber bund anyway? 
The button stud things proved very difficult and when I was done, I was so hot and frustrated that I just wanted to get in my jammies and go to bed! 
We had to move the elephant off of the bed (the towel elephant) and we just lay there reading the Navigator and Tendering information sheet for tomorrow in Grand Cayman. We dozed off and on, but couldnt truly sleep until Sadie was back from the Stack. She came in at her usual time at 1am
or at least her ghost came in. Because that was when we found out that a boy named Ethan lured our unsuspecting daughter out of the Stack by stealing her hat and killed her having stabbed her in the stomach with a spoon. 
(Special Note: To those who may be reading this entry out of turn; do not be alarmed for I am not a crazy man! My daughter was pretend killed in a pretend Teen Events game. Read the previous posts.) I have to say, I didnt expect it to end this way. If Sadie was going to kick it on this cruise I expected in would be at the claws of the Death Sprayer of Doom. 
Glad you all had a great time!
Gotta to get back to work now. 
