3/28/09 Spring Break Magic in St. Croix

[Cobbo]

Can it possibly be, that somehow I'm the first to start a trip meet thread for this cruise? My forum search did not reveal any others, nor is there one listed in the Irish Cowboy's magical master list so I guess I'll put this out there and see who else might be on board...

For us it will be our 2nd DCL cruise, first on the Magic, and we've just transferred our ressie to this cruise because it works better with our schedules (and budget) in place of a previously planned summer cruise. However, the original cruise had been a western - which I initially wanted b/c I'm leary of the potentially higher seas that I've seen repeatedly reported on the eastern itineraries...but DW & I are more interested in the eastern ports (we honeymooned in the BVI a few yrs back) and so I've been lured out past the gulfstream yet again...

Anyway, our family group (as indicated below) consists of myself, DW and our 2 DDs...DD1 will be 3.5, and she was with us on our 1st cruise on the Wonder (and she loved it - it was much better than Cats. She wants to do it again and again ) and I guess you could say that DD2 (who will be 1 yr 10 mo at the time of this cruise) was on-board during the last one also, also as DW would say, she didn't have much of a view (somehow I'm sure the porthole in the cat-9 we booked for this one will exceed the "view" looking out from utero - I've never quite figured out how that belly button works as a periscope during pregnancy, but hey, who am I to quibble?)

Anyway, since I'm not sure if I'm doubling up efforts, let me throw this out there & see who else is planning to spend some time at sea....

 

[pclaire]

Hi there - you are not alone! My dd and I are also sailing - she will be 10 1/2 by then (gulp). This will be our third trip on the Magic. The first was in 2005 to Mexico and we did a Western last spring break. We too hoped to do a Western again, but the timing didn't work. I love the BVI (my then-husband and I sailed for a week yrs ago), but I like the idea of an extra port day because my dd is very, very active. I could go on, but I wont. Who knows, maybe by age 10 she'll think its cool to lay by the pool!! We had a blast on our last cruise and cant wait to go again!

 

[honeymooncruisers]

My fiance and I will be on this cruise for our honeymoon! We are really excited as this is his first cruise and probably my 10th or so. I've done Disney Cruise once before with family and friends and can't wait to share it with my "husband"!

 

[Cobbo]

aboard!

I can't believe how much I'm looking forward to this trip...in fact, DW & I have decided to placate our excitement for next year's Spring Break trip, that we've decided to take the DDs to WDW for this year's Spring Break, and then whisk them off the abacos on our own private vacation during the summer (close enough to think about CC, while we'll be off on Tahiti beach - and not the one by the Poly longhouse)...

I'm sure our real reason for the excitement is that we haven't been back out to the VIs since our honeymoon 5yrs ago, and it will be nice to be back towards those waters....

Now if only we can lure some others along to become "one of us, one of us, one of us..."

 

[llp479]

We just booked this while on the Magic last week. It was a Western and we didn't get to go ashore at Grand Cayman, so the missing ports isn't an "Eastern" thing only. We booked two connecting Cat 8's on deck 6. We were in two non-connecting 8's on deck 5 for this trip and loved being on deck 5, but none of those are connecting.

It will be me and DH, twin dd's who will turn 15 the day before the cruise, and dd who will turn 12 the week after the cruise. The girls loved Ocean Quest and I'm hoping they will let the twins in since they will just have turned 15 and the cutoff is 14. If not, I'm sure they will make do with the open house hours. Of course, after six months in high school it might not be "cool" to go to Ocean Quest.

 

[Cobbo]

Alrighty! More friendly faces to look forward to sharing the ship!
Sorry to hear about your missing a port on your recent cruise...originally DW & I had wanted to do a western (mainly b/c I still have concerns that the seas will be a bit rougher on the eastern), but this one worked better for our schedules (& budget), so we decided to give it a go...and as you've probably picked up, I'm already busy obsessing over this at times, while DW goes about her normal every day life (a/k/a I-sense-I-should-not-mention-the-cruise-every-day-until-we-go)...

Anyway, on the OT update on our family...we've booked a house in the abacos for this summer (where hopefully DD1 will get to enjoy some snorkeling if we work that out w/her in the pool during the next 2 mos), and to placate our souls til we're back on board...and just to even the gender oddsd in our household (1 DW, 2 DD, 1 DcatF, 1DguineapigF to little ole' me), we've just added a male collie pup to our mix....he's adorable (and so far so good on the type of training that you don't talk about or you'll curse it & have to clean up lots of messes)...but at least now I can plan on finally getting my Dsis to start paying me back for taking care of their pups whenever they go out of town - so we've got guaranteed pet sitters for the cruise....

 

[Cobbo]

Okay, so I impressed myself....I made it almost 2 months without changing something on my ressie...but I couldn't resist....I decided to go ahead and bump us up from a cat-9 to a cat-6 so we'd have a veranda....figured if DW & I are gonna have the kids w/us again (and using the excuse that DW does suffer from claustrophobia) that I should surprise her with the upgrade. and yes, I do always have to surprise DW with something, I can't help it, it's what I do.

 

[llp479]

Congrats on the upgrade. You'll enjoy the veranda. We had one on the first cruise, but now that the girls are older, the two staterooms wins out over the veranda.

At least you have a male dog, DH has all women - the four humans, two female dogs, a spaniel and a chocolate lab, guinea pig, and turtle!

 

[Deweysgirl]

We will be joining you all on this cruise! We are just back from The Wonder and booked this while onboard. It will be me, (Liz), my DH (Dewey), and our 2 DD's.

My extended family will also be sailing too. My parents, (Austin and BettySue), my Aunt (KrisAnn), my cousin (Denene), her husband (David), and their son (Camrin).

We have been on the Western Magic and the Eastern Magic and are looking forward to seeing St. Croix!

Liz

 

[pclaire]

Hi everyone! It great to see more people signing on.. Still a long way to go till we sail, but at least its less than a year now. Winter in colorado has gone on forever this year . . I need a beach! does anyone have any ideas/or heard rumors about St. Croix excursions?

 

[Deweysgirl]

Hi pclaire - I went to cruisecritic . com and did a search on St. Croix. I found there are several interesting things to see and do, apparently there is a great place for snorkeling and diving called Buck Island and there is a Rain Forest, a botanical garden and excursions that include touristy type stuff, seeing local sites and shopping. There is also a casino which my Dad and Husband will surely be stopping in to visit.

I'm looing forward to seeing what Disney's excursions will be when they are posted on the DCL website.

My DD will be 10 too when we cruise next March, she will turn 11 during the cruise.

 

[Angie_Ohio]

Hi Everyone! My DH (Joe) and I will be celebrating 25 years of wedded bliss on this cruise. Actual date is March 3 but I have this week off for spring break (I teach first grade). This is our second Eastern. We had been planning a Western but needed to reschedule due to conflicts. Anyway . . . we'll bring the whole gang DS13, DS11, DS9, DMom, DDad, DS and new DDIL, and hopefully DS21 who is in college. So far we have 3 category 9 rooms. We LOVED our first cruise and plan to be regulars, as long as the money holds out. We also rebooked on board but changed dates twice. See everyone in March.
Angie_Ohio

 

[Deweysgirl]

Hi Angie-Ohio, Where in Ohio are you from?

 

[Angie_Ohio]

Hi Deweysgirl
We live in northeast Ohio in North Ridgeville. We're 20ish miles west of Cleveland. GO CAVS!!
How about you?
Angie

 

[llp479]

Started pricing airfare for the trip - YIKES! We always do our own and spend a day before and after at WDW. Sure hope I don't have to buy them one ticket at a time in order to get a decent fare.

The dds have an 8th grade graduation dance the end of the month. Hoping whatever I buy for them to wear will work for formal night next trip. Surely they have to stop growing at some point.

 

[Deweysgirl]

Hi Deweysgirl
We live in northeast Ohio in North Ridgeville. We're 20ish miles west of Cleveland. GO CAVS!!
How about you?
Angie

We are in Florida. We have very good friends in Parma, right outside of Cleveland. We've only been there to visit, went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, was fun. They are big Indian fans so we always cheer along for them too.

 

[abr]

Well Add us to the group!

We sailed on the Magic May 3-10 Western & booked this cruise while onboard.

We sailed a Eastern in 2007 & did not like St. Marteen so we are looking forward to going to St. Croix.

We're in connecting Category 6's on Deck 6.

It will be Me, My sister, My dd (7 years old then) & My parents.

Looking forward to getting to know everyone. Had fun meeting the Dis crowd on the last cruise.

~Alison

 

[Cobbo]

aboard! Glad to see more folks will be coming along! Not much new to report on this end hear & DW is needing a hand with the DDs, so this is gonna be one short post...

 

[SandieT]

Hi All,
We are a family of four from Littleton, CO. This will be our second Disney Cruise. We cruised Disney a little more than 2 years ago and then did RCCL in between.
My girls will be 7 (Turns 7 on the ship) and almost 11 at cruise time. My dad will also be joining us.
At this time I am the most excited but they will all come around!

 

[Cobbo]

We're in connecting Category 6's on Deck 6.

Sweet. We'll be just down the way then, as we're on deck 6 as well...

We are in Florida. We have very good friends in Parma, right outside of Cleveland.

Okay, so gotta ask the obvious....where in FL? As you can see from my signature, we're over on the west coast....

Hi All,
We are a family of four from Littleton, CO. This will be our second Disney Cruise. We cruised Disney a little more than 2 years ago and then did RCCL in between.
My girls will be 7 (Turns 7 on the ship) and almost 11 at cruise time. My dad will also be joining us.
At this time I am the most excited but they will all come around!

WELCOME! Glad to hear you'll be joining us - and I can certainly relate to being the most excited member of the group....DW always thinks I spend too much time planning and/or on the DIS, but it's true, so I live with it.... Anyway, slightly but I'm curious to hear about what you thought about your RCCL cruise, b/c I've been toying with the idea of surprising DW with one for our anniversary this year (last minute, I know)....I already have an adults wknd at WDW planned, but have been debating about doing something that takes us that much "further" away....