Any Magic Halloween Cruisers 2003 out there?

[nadtwins1]

Well it is almost show time bags are packed and by the front door kids are sleeping restlesly(where is spell check when you need it!) I have 11:53 by my clock! We are leaving at 5:30 AM tomorrow morning (I can still say tomorrow it I type fast). I want to thank all the people who have been so helpful. You have given a first timer a lot of insight that will make my familys vaction that much more enjoable! Our lives are so busy now days that I find it very important to make the most of the time we can spend together as a family. The information that I have recived here I belive will help Ne and my family get more out of our cruise. I get a very true sence of famly here from the bicering right through to the very caring and thoughtfulnes of the people are involved here. Maybe that is reason enough to take another Disney Cruies!! Well didnt I ramble on! Good night all! It looks like this is lights out! Tomorrow at this time we should be pulling into Key West! Tell you all about it when I get home! All windos and doors are locked and lights are out!

 

[Verandah Man]

Here you go all you Halloween 2003 Cruisers, here is the Magic in port October 25, 2003.

"To one and all, have a spooky, MAGICal cruise!!!"

And here you are sailing past the two palms cam, btw, enjoy that extra hour you get this cruise, and don't forget to turn your clocks back!!!

And one more shot of you now in Key West on 10-26-03

Sunset in Key West 10-26-03

 

[paulmc80]

Andy: I woke up special at 2:00a.m. just to turn my clock back! lol Thanks for the pics! Had dinner with Rae, her Mom, and Michael last night at Parrot Cay. Left port a bit late at 5:30p.m. because of late arriving flights.

I did miss the DIS greet and meet. I just ran out of time, but am sure to meet most everyone at some time I hope.

Rough seas so far, but all going well and havin fun!

Take care,
Paul

 

[Verandah Man]

Originally posted by paulmc80
Andy: I woke up special at 2:00a.m. just to turn my clock back! lol Thanks for the pics! Had dinner with Rae, her Mom, and Michael last night at Parrot Cay. Left port a bit late at 5:30p.m. because of late arriving flights.

I did miss the DIS greet and meet. I just ran out of time, but am sure to meet most everyone at some time I hope.

Rough seas so far, but all going well and havin fun!

Take care,
Paul

Paul,

That was funny, b/c I was sitting here at my computer and I watched the clock on my computer change from 1:59am to 1:00am, I said to myself, now I can go get that hour of sleep I just missed.

Will try and capture another photo of the Magic in Key West today for y'all. Have a MAGICal cruise. If you get to see this, while still on the ship, tell Rae I said hello, was she able to get HER cabin 5622 by any chance???

Have fun and hope to hear from you!!!

 

[JLSE50]

Does anyone have any idea what ship was docked in front of the MAGIC at Key West?

Jan

 

[KEH]

Jan,

It was a Holland America Line ship. The name began with a Z I think. It looked very much a poor relation to the Magic.

The Carnival Glory was behind us - that was the biggest but the Magic was the most beautiful It's true, size isn't everything!

Karen

 

[Verandah Man]

"Welcome Home all you MAGICal Halloween 2003 Cruisers"

 

[mdvasquez]

Hey Jan and Andy, we are home. We got back about 2 hours ago, and are still trying to get organized here! Anyway, we had a GREAT time!!!! Not so sure if the rest of my family members did though. I will post more later, but have to get back to unpacking now and then taking a nap!!
Dena

 

[JLSE50]

WELCOME HOME HALLOWEEN CRUISERS !~!~!

Be sure someone posts links here to the cruise reports and after-the-cruise-conversation-thread that will be on the COMMUITY BOARD (sooner or later it is moved there by the webmasters.)

The only news I can think of is that who-is-cruising-with-me threads like this are now on a separate part of the Cruise Forum called CRUISE MEETS.
(did I get that right?)

Jan

 

[dzneprincess]

Amanda and gang checking in here I just had a fabulous 7 day vacation so can someone please explain to me why I am sooooooooooooooo sad? I feel like i have post partum depression! It was such a pleasure to meet all of you. I caught up with quackattak (Rochelle and family) , zitosfamily, and carole88 and family! The above 3 were in the same dining rotation with us, and I was lucky enough to get seated with Carole and her family! What a pleasure that was! I really enjoyed it! I also met very briefly other Dis'ers. My family had the pleasure of meeting up with Ginger, Bill and Ashley at the Rad. We made strawberries with her, as well as Dena and her DH and kids. Then we all went out to dinner, less Dena, as she had dinner plans with her family already! I rebooked onboard for the 11/27/04 sailing as I couldn't resist the $200 per room credit and the great deal on that week, but I am seriously considering moving it to Halloween again, as we had soo much fun. I am so glad that Ginger took the time to organize a TOT hunt for us, as Disney's was laughable!

WE did Capt Bryans with Dena's sister and it was wonderful! We also did the Dolphin Royal Swim which was WORTH every PENNY!!!!!!!!!!

WE did parasailing at CC, banana boat, surial bath, Palo brunh, I did the Chakra ahhhhhhhhhhhh is it over already ?? I hope we can keep in touch, and Carole, again I can't reiterate enough how much we all enjoyed sitting with you, John, Rachel and Tessa!!!!!

 

[rae519]

Took two days of driving 11 hours each day to get home, but I pulled in at 6:30 PM Sunday - as Dorothy says, "There's no place like home!"

Great to meet so many wonderful people and to mention all would be a sure way to miss a few, so suffice it to say - thanks for all the wonderful memories, DIS Halloweeners -

God bless you and keep you all safe, happy and healthy!

Rae, Michael and Lilly

 

[Verandah Man]

Welcome Home Rae from yet "another" MAGICal cruise!!!

 

[paulmc80]

Glad you made it home Rae! And, in not too bad a time afterall.

We were home by 5:00 on Saturday ourselves.

 

[quackattack]

HI All.

We made it home by 1:00 AM on Sunday morning. We spent most of the day napping. I go back to work Tuesday and Stephen goes back on Wednesday.

We had a great time on the cruise and it was great meeting so many of the Halloween cruisers. I hope you all had as much fun as we did.

We plan to do the parks next Halloween but expect to do the Halloween cruise again in 2005.

By that time, we hope Quackattack will include a new family member.

Keep in touch. I would like to see you all again in 2005.

Rochelle

 

[martel-luv-wdw]

We made it home Sat. at about 5:30 pm. We all feel like we are still on the Magic (staggering around from the motion).

DS got sick the last night. Called the ships nurse and got Phenergan for him at 6am on Saturday. The Nurse was great! While disembarking several CM ask about our stateroom number.
Which made us feel good that they cared about future cruisers.
I am sure they cleaned that stateroom from top to bottom.

However, don't really know what he had, (Norwalk,Flu,Seasickness,or food poison?) DS just keep throwing up/dry heaves, no fever or other s/s.

We all had a wonderful time and cant wait to do it again.

Loved TOT. Great job Ginger!

Our DS was the shark-he loved every moment. He also won the Mickey 200.

DMom was the witch passing out the goodies bags, she loved seeing all the great costumes. She was also the one Darren Romeo selected to go on stage for the magic rose trick. One of the high lights of the cruise for her.

Thank-you to all.
The Martel's and Sawyer Family from Maine.

 

["Ginger"]

We had another wonderful cruise and such fun meeting everyone from the board. But, Saturday morning came much to fast for me. We got home at 1:00 am Sunday morning drove straight thru.

We rebooked aboard to get the $200. onboard credits also Amanda. We booked the same stateroom 2052 it's in a good location, just a few doors away from the Midship elevators.

Looking forward to a year of planning for next years Halloween cruise.
But, before I really get into that I've got to take time off from the board to get my house finished. Drywall is hung, no mud yet it's coming tomorrow. Any painters out there? That's my job, Bill going to lay the Bamboo flooring this weekend. I still have to order the stone part of the flooring, doing that tomorrow. Appl's have been ordered waiting for them to come in. Finally coming together, looks like it's going to be finished by Christmas, YAHOO!!!!!

Back to work on Friday.

 

[rae519]

Originally posted by paulmc80
Glad you made it home Rae! And, in not too bad a time afterall.

We were home by 5:00 on Saturday ourselves.

HAH! I was in Locust Grove by 4:30 Saturday, Paul. In fact, Michael and I hit the pool around 4:40!!! Nice hotel and we had great pizza delivery - Michael was still asking for room service!!!

So glad we are able to look back at our times together and have them as memories - looking forward to many more.....

Rae

 

[rae519]

Originally posted by quackattack
By that time, we hope Quackattack will include a new family member.

Keep in touch. I would like to see you all again in 2005.

Rochelle

Rochelle - you devil!!!!! You didn't tell us!!!!!!!! Well, congratulations - I am sure you will enjoy him/her as well as you do your wonderful son! By the way, he is so handsome - must be the genes!!!!

Rae

 

[rae519]

Originally posted by Verandah Man
Welcome Home Rae from yet "another" MAGICal cruise!!!

Ohhh, Andy - now you are making me guilty for not having written a travel report........but all I can think about right now is HORSES! HORSES! HORSES!


Cheyenne is still a fabuous horse - such a beautiful Palomino!!! And I am thrilled with my new 5 year old gelding, a red and white paint named "Spirit" - he's a feisty little gem!!!!

Hey - next time I'm thinking that the Disney Suite would be a nice stable for the "boys"!!!!!
Rae

 

[rocadonismom]

Hope Rochelle comes back to post. I knew because we had a chance to talk before one of the plays but, don't want to post here 'cause it's her big announcement. Come on Rochelle - I'm no good at secrets!