01/04/05 4 Day Magic Roll Call

[OffToDis]

WOW the time is flying by fast

 

[Merylj]

Thats us to! DH, DD17 and me. We booked this within an hour of thinking of a cruise.
Pleased to meet you all

Merylj.

 

[Cruisin]

Merylj

Glad to have you cruising with us.

I have a daughter who is 17 too.

We are all counting down the days until our cruise.

 

[JeffPort]

I'm orchestrating a pretty large family reunion on this 4-night Magic cruise. Thus far, we've booked 15 rooms with a total of 43 people (from all over the country) -- kids, teenagers, young adults, parents, and grandparents.

By sheer size, you'll probably be able to pick us out on the boat throughout the week; although I'm sure Disney works with groups of this size all the time.

We're all certainly looking forward to ending our Holiday celebration in style!

 

[Cruisin]

Sounds like fun, JeffPort. Such a large group

Glad that you will be sailing with us.

 

[Dorenda]

We are going on the cruise that leaves January 4th 2005. This will be our first cruise and we are taveling with a good friend, her 10 yr old son, our 10 yr old son, and our 17 yr old son.
I only have problems with getting on the plane to get there though.
We hope to meet some great people while on the ship.

 

[Dorenda]

I am so excited to be going on this cruise. I am not worried about my 10yr not being bored at all. My main concern is with our 17 yr old. Do many older teens go on these cruises and have fun?

 

[Dorenda]

What is going to be the place best to fly into? We are flying in from Chicago, Il. I really HATE to fly, but it will be so worth it.

 

[Cruisin]

Dorenda

So glad that you and your group are going to be sailing with the rest of us. We are getting quite a crowd

My daughter is 17. This will be her 5th Disney cruise and 1 RCCL cruise. If you check on this thread there is at least one other 17 year old girl going.

I really wouldn't worry about your son being bored. My daughter loves to cruise. She doesn't always like to do the scheduled events for the teens but she always finds some new friends that she can connect with and just hang out around the ship. She does a mix of scheduled activities and just hanging around talking with her new cruise friends.

I think that after dinner on the first night, you will hardly see your son again until it is time to go home.

Make sure that he attends the 411 teen meet the first night of the cruise. This is a get together so the teens can meet each other. This is a good chance to see if there is anyone he can connect with to make his cruise fun.

What kind of guy is your son???? Quiet, shy, outgoing, funloving???

I think that we are going to drive down to Port Canaveral for this cruise. We have done it both ways, flying or driving. It just works out this time to make driving possible, with it falling at the end of the Holiday time. It takes us 19 hours of just driving time to get to Orlando, not including any stops along the way.

When we have flown, we always fly into Orlando and rent a car and drive over to the coast. If possible you should consider flying in the day before and staying over. This gives you a little cushion of time, in case there are weather problems etc. Once we sat on the runway at the airport for over 2 hours, while they closed the airport, opened the airport, de-iced the plane and still sat. That is very nerve wracking when you have a ship to meet.

Once again, glad you are coming with us, if you have anymore questions, I will try to help you with some answers

 

[OffToDis]

Ron Jon does have a triple A rate for those interested, just booked 1 day

 

[Dorenda]

How do you get the cute little countdown clock at the bottom? I would love to have one to show our 10yr old. He is so like I will never seem him when we leave. He is so funny.

He is such a good little guy, he has no problems making friends or fitting in so I am sure he is going to have a great time.

 

[Dorenda]

Have a really stupid question as this is our very first cruising experience.

We are leaving on Tuesday January 4, 2004 for the 4 day cruise. What boat are we going to be on. Everything says the "wonder" does the 3-4 day ones, but our paperwork says the "magic". Is the magic doing a special one that week?

 

[Cruisin]

Dorenda

to get a countdown clock just go to the Technical support board. There is a thread called get your countdown clock here by Webmaster Cricket. Just follow the instructions. It is very easy to do.

You are correct that the Wonder typically does the 3 and 4 day cruises. But this is a special one 4 day cruise that is going to be done on the Magic.

At Christmas the Magic is doing a 10 day cruise, Dec 18 to 28/04. To get back in proper sailing order it is then going to do a 7 day cruise, Dec 28 to Jan4/05 and a 4 day cruise, Jan 4-8/05. That puts it back into proper position to leave on Saturdays for it's 7 night cruises.

We have only been on the Wonder, so for us this is an opportunity to see the Magic without taking the time for a longer cruise.

 

[Dorenda]

Got the countdown clock downloaded. That's pretty cool. Now it seems more real.

Everyone have a good weekend!!

 

[Cruisin]

 

[OffToDis]

BUMP

 

[TammiMcMan]

I just saw this after I booked the 3 night, Jan 6th cruise two weeks ago. I only glanced at the 4 nighter because the Sunday-Thursday set up really didn't work for us. With this special Magic sailing though, I could definitely swing it. I just dropped an e-mail to my DU agent to see what the availabilty is. This is a planned "parents only" trip and now I'm thinking that if we can get on board, I might also add a night at Disney onto the end of the cruise and we'd still be home on Sunday. Crossing my fingers and my toes.

Tammi

 

[Cruisin]

Tammi

We usually only do 3 night cruises on the Wonder, because the timing works better for us.

But we couldn't pass up the chance to get on the Magic for a shorter cruise than a 7 day one!!

We have never been on the Magic and are really looking forward to it.

I hope that you can change your reservation and join us aboard the Magic

Let us know what you decide!

 

[TammiMcMan]

Just heard back from my DU agent and WE GOT IT! I am so excited right now. We got the last mid-ship category 3 stateroom also (8532).

Can you believe that the price is $200 less than what I was paying for the 3 night? Now I need to decide on what to do with that extra money. I'm torn between a spa treatment or taking an extra vacation day and staying at a WDW resort for Saturday night. Hmmmm

Is Palo brunch only available on the sea day? I definitely want to try and get that. Anything else different between the 3 night and 4 night?

Off to check on airfare and hotels for the night before. We're coming from New England and weather is usually a factor here. Oh yeah, I'm going to try and keep this a secret from my DH

Tammi

 

[Cruisin]

Tammi

Glad to have you sailing with us. It sounds like you got a good deal!

There is not a whole lot of difference between the 3 night and the 4 night, I don't think. Of course, some extra entertainment to cover the extra day. They had a cooking demonstration when we went on a 4 night last time, a chef made scallops and then let people taste them along with some wine. I don't like scallops or wine but got some interesting info from the chef so it was worthwhile.

How long do you think you can keep the secret???