9/19/09 Western Magic

[Verandah Man]

Magic docked at Cozumel 9-23-09

 

[LoriS]

Well we are home We had a wonderful week aside from binging home 2 sick kids. We were so thrilled to be able to meet so many of you. Thanks so much for all the great FE gifts, the grils loved seeing what treats they get each day. Can't wait to hear how everyone else enjoyed themselves.

 

[gamomof2]

pictures if anyone's interested. http://picasaweb.google.com/uahollem/2009DisneyMagicWesternCarribeanCruise?feat=directlink

also have a really "unique" video to upload to youtube to share once we get home. Hehehehehehe. Cookies.

 

[CurlyBlueEyes]

We got to change our flight to a noon flight instead of the 3 pm one we originally had, so we got home at a reasonable hour. But after dropping off the relatives, bringing my Mom/puppysitter home, and not having had the 2 lunches I have been used to, I was starving... so we went out to eat and then came home and collapsed. I plan to write a trip report once I get a few moments, I'll keep you all up to date on teh results

Yeah, we had a great time!

 

[BeyondKen]

Hey all that are left still checking out the boards! See you all TOMORROW!

Jenny, it was great dining with you, Cliff, Terry, and that guy from Jacksonville who I discovered was parked real close to me.

My house still hasn't stopped rolling from side to side though

 

[hannahguad]

You did the gnome pictures!! Thank you! I was afraid it would be a dumb FE gift after receiving all of the wonderful things.. I will post pictures as well soon. Been a long week with our surprise company that invaded my vacation! (Just kidding 5crusindisney) For all that don't know, my brother and family surprised us while we were waiting to board. They had been planning this for several months and kept it from us-which is no easy task because we have nosey neighbors (we live 3 houses away, around the corner) and my family is generally very nosey as well.
So we managed to miss all the meets. We did meet many of you though. We even were visited a few times from some wonderful dis'ers for them to check out our room. (We upgraded to a Cat. 2 at the port). I thought they were coming back the last night for samples, but they never came.. Maybe I can entice my DB or sister-in-law to start a trip report and I can pipe in every so often to offer my 2 cents, because it would be interesting to hear how they kept this from so many people. I know they are lurking-so just maybe folks.

 

[Yonkrs_Girl]

We are home, too! Arrived back into Georgia about 4:30 pm yesterday and were glad to see that we had no flooding in the basement or any damage from the 23 inches of rain that fell while we were away!! Seeing all the pictures and some vidoe just outside our neighborhood - it was really bad here for a few days!

Thanks SO MUCH to everyone for all the great FE gifts! The kids had SO MUCH FUN check the FE each time we came back to the stateroom and loved opening their gifts! Got some great ideas for future FE gifts, too! Thanks again for all the great gifts!!

Enjoyed meeting those if you that we had a chance to meet! Sorry we missed all of the Group Meets but we were with a group of 15 and it was just so busy! Hope everyone had a great time!

Hope everyone gets home safely!

 

[cakesnjammom]

pictures if anyone's interested. http://picasaweb.google.com/uahollem/2009DisneyMagicWesternCarribeanCruise?feat=directlink

also have a really "unique" video to upload to youtube to share once we get home. Hehehehehehe. Cookies.

Ursala,
Whoo hoo mine did not turn out good and he has been dying to see it! we had so many people recognize us from the show. I am assuming you knew we were part of this meets group! I am Paige and my dh is JJ! Please send me the link once you post it to youtube. He will be so excited....cookies. Did you get his puppeteer performance LOL?
I know nvcruiser's friend got some of it too. THANKS

 

[JanDave]

Hello All!! It was wonderful meeting so many of you throughout the week. Sorry we didn't meet everyone. What a great week we had!

Check out the pics Verandah Man posted on our thread with the Magic leaving Cape Canaveral, and at Key West and Cozumel. Good pics for the scrapbookers in our group.
Jan

 

[kileybeth]

WooHoo! Everyone is checking in!

Mark and the kids and I pulled in at 3:30am this morning, exactly 17 hours after we debarked, packed up our van from CIS lot and hit the road. Same time it took to get down last Thursday night/Friday am. Excellent trip both ways. But the week in between on the Magic? Still trying to take it all in and only word I can think of right now is Fabulous!

So much so? DH let me book another cruise next year! It's our 25th wedding anniversary and we booked the 14 day repositioning cruise that leaves Barcelona and returns the Magic to Port Canaveral! We sail on September 18 this time, 2010. Doesn't get much better in my mind.

So much to comment on, so much we missed, so much we saw/did, but there is time for that.

So fun to meet so many of you in person!

 

[Magical_Tink]

We got home yesterday and are happy to report that Pittsburgh survived G 20 World Summit but it will take decades to pay for hosting it.
I was thrilled to meet a handful of our Dis:
CurlyBlueEyes- Cakesnjammom- Dave and Ian- Disneymoon0909-LCrain-tonysmom- jonesing and gabbie-so_oregon-Sally and Peter from New Jersey

We had a fantastic time at Rocking D Bar and enjoyed BeyondKen performing a great Karaoke song(sorry I did not know you were Dis) and laughed ourselves silly to JJ's puppets.

Just wished we could have met more of you; we arrived at Port around 200 then tried to get to ice cream meet in the rain but did not see anyone. then we had late dining ao nothing worked for us. If it had not been for the lime green bracelets I would have faired much worse.

 

[disneyfinatics]

Hannaguad,
Did you do a gnome for everyone? I hope this isn't a rude question.

We got in at midnight. It was a much longer trip back. I actually had to make my own bed this morning & make all the meals I miss the Magic, I'm definitely suffering pampering withdrawal. Cozumel was my favorite port.
All the FE gifts were great. I originally wanted to thank each person individually, but things quickly got all mixed up. I hope to get my land legs back soon. Even w/ the bonine I'm feeling a little icky. I think the house is swaying. I wish I could have met more of you guys. I'm glad I got to meet some of you. I think I'll wait a few weeks before stepping on the scale. It will probably ask me to only have one person at a time on the scale.

 

[gamomof2]

More knome pictures up in the 2009 cruise album plus some over in our Epcot album. Went to F&W yesterday and he went along also.

Now what you've all been waiting for. JJ's wonderful Queen-puppet experience.
plus alittle "cookie" at the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zph9RzsCXZ0

 

[LoriS]

You did the gnome pictures!! Thank you! I was afraid it would be a dumb FE gift after receiving all of the wonderful things.. I will post pictures as well soon.

We took some gnome pictures too and will try to get them posted this week. Thanks for the tour of your room, I hope you didn't mind us barging in.

So much so? DH let me book another cruise next year! It's our 25th wedding anniversary and we booked the 14 day repositioning cruise that leaves Barcelona and returns the Magic to Port Canaveral! We sail on September 18 this time, 2010. Doesn't get much better in my mind.

So fun to meet so many of you in person!

Congrats on the repo cruise and good luck to dh with the new job tomorrow. I was so glad you recognized my girls in Cozumel, I was felt bad I hadn't met you yet.

More knome pictures up in the 2009 cruise album plus some over in our Epcot album. Went to F&W yesterday and he went along also.

Now what you've all been waiting for. JJ's wonderful Queen-puppet experience.
plus alittle "cookie" at the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zph9RzsCXZ0

That video is hysterical. Does anyone know the woman who came up on stage with JJ at the end?

 

[gamomof2]

I just remember her name was Heather.

 

[gvivanco]

Hi, everyone! Well, we had a GREAT time, and enjoyed meeting everyone that we did meet!

I came home to some bad news about my oldest daughter, Brittany (she's just making some really dangerous choices with her life and her son's life.....we'll just leave it at that.....), so today has actually been pretty rough. I've had her on my mind all day instead of thinking about the fun we had on the Magic.......

I think I only gained like 5 pounds, which is not great, but not horrible either. Thank God for the stairs - I took them almost every time. Anyway, I can't wait to hear about everyone's experience and see some great pictures.

 

[JanDave]

I came home to some bad news about my oldest daughter, Brittany (she's just making some really dangerous choices with her life and her son's life.....we'll just leave it at that.....), so today has actually been pretty rough. I've had her on my mind all day instead of thinking about the fun we had on the Magic.......

to you.

 

[LoriS]

I came home to some bad news about my oldest daughter, Brittany (she's just making some really dangerous choices with her life and her son's life.....we'll just leave it at that.....), so today has actually been pretty rough. I've had her on my mind all day instead of thinking about the fun we had on the Magic.......

Sorry to hear you came home to trouble. I hope things work out well.

 

[gvivanco]

Thank you, Jan.

 

[gvivanco]

Thank you, Lori.