10-Oct-2009 - Eastern Magic St. Croix

[JDBlair]

3 weeks from today, at exactly this time, we will be sitting in the cruise terminal waiting to board the ship!!!

 

[TexasGirl]

Can't wait to meet everyone...we will plan to be at the lounge at 3pm on sailaway day!!

Ditto. We'll be there at 3 as well! 3 weeks from today. WOW!!!

We just bought some travel insurance and added DCL Transfers. Only thing left to do is to buy our day room at the Hyatt for disembarkation day and we are100% ready.

 

[JDBlair]

Ditto. We'll be there at 3 as well! 3 weeks from today. WOW!!!

We just bought some travel insurance and added DCL Transfers. Only thing left to do is to buy our day room at the Hyatt for disembarkation day and we are100% ready.

Yay!! More peeps for the meet!! I'll be there, for sure.

 

[Anj]

3 weeks or 21 days to go to the Magic

Whoohoo! I need to get shopping, I need new cruise shoes LOL!

 

[JDBlair]

Whoohoo! I need to get shopping, I need new cruise shoes LOL!

"Get shopping"??? You haven't already been shopping?? I've been shopping for the past couple of months. Even after i swore I wouldn't do that for this cruise.

 

[Anj]

"Get shopping"??? You haven't already been shopping?? I've been shopping for the past couple of months. Even after i swore I wouldn't do that for this cruise.

Oh, I've been shopping! I just haven't found the shoes that I want for daytrips. I want sandal-ly type shoes and it's end of season here. The kind that I have in mind, I can't find in a store. So I am buying online today, as it's my personal cut off to get stuff here before we go.

I still need pirate shirts for my girls. DH and I have pirate costumes, but I wonder if we'd be more comfortable in pirate shirts instead (ie if other adults aren't dressed up, or if we are more dressed up than our kids).

 

[Anj]

Ditto. We'll be there at 3 as well! 3 weeks from today. WOW!!!

We just bought some travel insurance and added DCL Transfers. Only thing left to do is to buy our day room at the Hyatt for disembarkation day and we are100% ready.

When you do, would you mind posting the price you get? I haven't booked what we are doing on disembarkation day and that Hyatt day room is still an option. I need to call DCL to see if I can find a way onto the Magical Express to get to MK for the day (we have the DCL transfers from the Port back to MCO). If it's a hassle, then we will probably stay at the Hyatt.

ETA - I called the Hyatt to book a day room. She said prebooking is not necessary and that it was $89-. I am 99% sure we are going to go this route, as reading through the DIS transportation board, looks like the ME would take an hour to get to MK, then we have to leave 3 hours before our flight (leave at 3:30). So I think we'd only get 4 hours to look around MK and we'd be pretty rushed.

 

[cnktruitt]

Hey FE Folks

Just wanted to let you all know that "friend of cnktruitt" is actually my aunt Diane and alana is my DD........we're just spreading into her room

Can't wait.........We're doing our countdown several times a day. And we all know the numbers don't change that fast but we just can't seem to help ourselves!

 

[imonaboat]

Oh, I've been shopping! I just haven't found the shoes that I want for daytrips. I want sandal-ly type shoes and it's end of season here. The kind that I have in mind, I can't find in a store. So I am buying online today, as it's my personal cut off to get stuff here before we go.

I still need pirate shirts for my girls. DH and I have pirate costumes, but I wonder if we'd be more comfortable in pirate shirts instead (ie if other adults aren't dressed up, or if we are more dressed up than our kids).

well i can tell ya that at least the DW and myself are just weaing pirate related t-shirts...i found one that says "captain of a mangy crew" (i found it to be appropriate heh)

 

[TIGGER/POOH4]

20 days to go to the Magic

 

[grlzmom]

Hey Gang,

We just booked this cruise and would love to come to the cruise meet!

Frequent DCL cruisers here and it will be me, dh, dd15, dd13, dd8, dd6 and ds6 (sadly two older dds can't miss college).

My kids love making DIS friends when cruising so if anyone has similar age kids and want them to meet that would be wonderful.

Haven't been on Eastern in a while so very excited!

 

[Camyle]

well i can tell ya that at least the DW and myself are just weaing pirate related t-shirts...i found one that says "captain of a mangy crew" (i found it to be appropriate heh)

My DH and I decided to incorporate our semi-formal wear (him a suit and tie, and my beaded dress bought 2 years ago for our first 4-night DCL cruise that I can still fit into to) into "phantom of the opera" or "masquerade" type costumes. The less we pack the better. Though I belive I went a tad overboard on the FE prizes. Oh well, it was fun picking out those prizes!

 

[Camyle]

haha glad i could be of annoyance! its track 1 on the CD in my car so i manage to hear it quite often hah

Yes, that catchy phrase is so ingrained in my head, I have actually adapted it to say "I'm on a plane" for my business trip starting tomorrow to "I'm in a car" for my daily commute!! I can't get that song/phrase out of my head.

 

[imonaboat]

Hey Gang,

We just booked this cruise and would love to come to the cruise meet!

Frequent DCL cruisers here and it will be me, dh, dd15, dd13, dd8, dd6 and ds6 (sadly two older dds can't miss college).

My kids love making DIS friends when cruising so if anyone has similar age kids and want them to meet that would be wonderful.

Haven't been on Eastern in a while so very excited!

well welcome to the group!!!

we are having the first DIS meetup on the first day at 3pm in the prominade lounge (sounds like the meetup is getting bigger and bigger....good times!!)

and as far as the kids my DW (bluecasbah is her name on DIS) and I have our DS who is 9 coming with so i believe that put himself and your DD8 in the same group if thats any help?

anyways glad to have you on the group and incase yall have somehow lost count ...TWENTY DAYS!!!!!!!! wohooo!!!!

this post deserves a bunch of....

 

[Anj]

Hey Gang,

We just booked this cruise and would love to come to the cruise meet!

Frequent DCL cruisers here and it will be me, dh, dd15, dd13, dd8, dd6 and ds6 (sadly two older dds can't miss college).

My kids love making DIS friends when cruising so if anyone has similar age kids and want them to meet that would be wonderful.

Haven't been on Eastern in a while so very excited!

My family, DH, DD6(almost7), DD4.5 and DD19months will be at the Lounge at 3 pm as well. My DD6 was excited to hear about your DD8, DS6 and DD6. My girls are pretty excited about this cruise. Guess it helps that I talk about it daily (hourly?).

 

[Anj]

My DH and I decided to incorporate our semi-formal wear (him a suit and tie, and my beaded dress bought 2 years ago for our first 4-night DCL cruise that I can still fit into to) into "phantom of the opera" or "masquerade" type costumes. The less we pack the better. Though I belive I went a tad overboard on the FE prizes. Oh well, it was fun picking out those prizes!

At one of the local dollar stores here, they had lots of nice masquerade masks.

 

[bluecasbah]

Hey Gang,

We just booked this cruise and would love to come to the cruise meet!

Welcome! 3pm on Embarkation day at Promenade Lounge.

 

[Camyle]

At one of the local dollar stores here, they had lots of nice masquerade masks.

We finally found some inexpensive but nice masquerade masks at a local costume store (my DH was a bit picky at the ones I kept pointing out and I refused to pay $$$ just for masks, so we compromised).


We decided not to go pirate and I hope our decision doesn't interfere with the fun, but we are guessing that there may be a lot of fellow shipmates that would probably be going pirate so we decided to be different.


I hope these next two weeks fly by, at least my business trip will help me keep my mind off our vacation!

 

[SoccrMom]

Denise,

I know how those times go, I certainly hope I didn't offend you by kinda just taking over. I get to be an obsessive planner by the end and just needed to get my things together.

Hope all is going better! Look forward to meeting you on the ship!

Kim

Kim,

No offense taken at all. I am quite grateful that you were able to take over. I am looking forward to meeting everyone in less than three weeks!

 

[JDBlair]

Spent a lot of time today cutting out door signs. I'm tired.