April 10 2010 Disney Magic EBTA "Bound for Barcelona" - Part 5

[Spinks1800]

I am adjusting to the time difference as I sit in my hotel room in Chicago. I cannot believe how much fun I had. So much that I considered staying. Everyone was so nice and the weather I was told was the best compared to 2007. I never thought days at sea would be so much fun. Of course, all the DIS Board members I met every day was great! So glad I found this site. Missed the group picture....too much partying, but stilll have great memories. Already planning our next adventure. Did bring a cold back from the cruise along with others on my plane yesterday, but cannot take away from the best time I had in years. Safe travel to those still enjoying their vacation or those traveling home.

 

[JessicasMom]

Since this was our first Disney cruise, we had moderate expectations, all of which were greatly exceeded. We have been fortunate enough to have many travel experiences, but this vacation was undoubtedly among our best. Way too many memories to process right now, but many thanks to the Dissers for the tips, secrets, and solid basic information.

DH and I are both happily exhausted. Arrived home at 5pm after direct flight to Newark from Barcelona and a 2 hr. drive home; in bed by 9pm (that 6 hr. time difference really hit us!) and up at 6am. Lots of laundry being done today, but unpacking of souvenirs, etc. will wait until I feel like it.

I miss my servers!!! (expecially Dogan, who is so professional....and easy on the eyes!) Now I have to cook and serve myself...it's just not right! Ahhhh, reality bites.

I loved participating in FEs and SMs, although I will do things a bit differently next time. Enjoyed meeting other Dissers; people are so friendly, and "Disneyfication" makes everyone even more lovely. Great memories.

Now maybe I'll go order breakfast from room service. Oh, shoot...for a brief moment I was still in paradise! But I still feel the ship moving......no, wait, I want to go back...take me back!

 

[rbcheek]

Well, it's back to reality. Trying to get used to San Diego time again.
We just wanted to say thanks again to all those that made our cruise special.
And thanks to Scott for the SM gifts that kept me busy (to Bob - long story).
Matthew Bole - sorry I didn't get to meet you, hope your trip was good.
I also wanted to share a photo with you all. Our servers were so good to us, we were given a chance to serve them.

David & Audrey

 

[disneymum2201]

Home in Sydney. What a wonderful trip. Many thanks to those who dropped Birthday and anniversary cards I really appreciate them. It certainly was hard to leave such an amazing journey

 

[Dishy24]

I dont think so ....is is bad to share while I am on the cruise? DS got to use the NEW water slide on castaway Cay yesterday...he LOVED it!....He did this of course, while I was having a cabana massage ..... We saw a hilarious! hypnotist/comedian last night...and can I mention ONE of our own ( I will let her tell) made an amazing Hanna Montana under hypnosis

and of course I ate pizza for a midnight snack

I will say helloooo again

It was my drunk twin sister...

 

[thossink]

We are all back home safe! I would say YEAH but I wish I was still on the MAGIC!!!!

 

[Mrs. Gumdrop]

Hi everyone! We had a wonderful time on this trip. I am sad that I didn't get to spend more time with most of you.

We took over 2400 photos and brought home a ton of memories.

Thanks for helping to make this trip so fantastic!

 

[sdlong329]

2400 pics? Dang! I took 1400+, and thought THAT was a lot!

 

[ibouncetoo]

Jackie, Monica and Pam each made it home to their respective loctions, safe and sound tonight.

Just doing a quick drop-in, then off to bed. My travel day was long but not awful. Bless you, Monica, for arranging the wheel chair...it saved my life in Dallas, never would have made my connection with the distance to the gate! After "Speedy" dropped me off at the cart, I had two more cart changes to get to the gate!!!! I think it was about 3 1/2 miles!!

LOVED, LOVED, LOVED the trip and all the new friends we made. Loved getting to play again with our sweet Katypop! REALLY enjoyed all the Handsome Daniel encounters, starting from the moment we got on the ship (a hug and kiss on the cheek....NICE start to a trip). He loved the DIS nametag and Brent gave him some grief about it.

Off to take a look at the 'live from the Magic"thread then it's off to bed.

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[joius24]

Hey everyone..... what a great time we had and much of that (for me) was Dis fun. ummmm dishy ...a little denial?

Much better with sleep now.... I was glad I took monday off. DS had to go to school though.

Thanks AGAIN to Aunt Lynne, Michelle2 Krisann, lanyard teams,Scott, FE givers, my most excellent secret mickey (who is still on the ship) and anyone else who organized ...etc...etc...

Did anyone post the fireworks?

 

[Mrs. Gumdrop]

Hey everyone..... what a great time we had and much of that (for me) was Dis fun. ummmm dishy ...a little denial?

Much better with sleep now.... I was glad I took monday off. DS had to go to school though.

Thanks AGAIN to Aunt Lynne, Michelle2 Krisann, lanyard teams,Scott, FE givers, my most excellent secret mickey (who is still on the ship) and anyone else who organized ...etc...etc...

Did anyone post the fireworks?

DH got some fireworks video. I think he will post to Youtube and I will come back and link it here. I will bug him about that!

 

[Mrs. Gumdrop]

To all our beloved WB lurkers....

Here is the general schedule we were given at the begining of the cruise. Some of the attire requirements and times shifted a bit, but I hope this is helpful.

See the link here.

I will do a more general post on the main thread when we gather some more media from this trip.

 

[brack]

What a wonderful cruise! This was really a "trip of a lifetime" for us.

Thanks to all my DISBoard friends. My DS and DDIL were amazed at the number of people I knew onboard and the number of people who said "Hi" to them. At first it was a bit spooky to them but they finally chalked it up to my special personality.

It was straight back to work for the weekend event I have coming up so this is the first time on the boards. I have not even unloaded my camera to download the nearly 3,000+ photos I took. I even have a photo of an older man riding a bike in Barcelona, Spain ....... NAKED!!! Annette almost choked on her water.

I'll post more later.

 

[sdlong329]

We spoke with you briefly - several times. Spoke with Brack III more often. He seems to be intrigued with all that is discussed online!

 

[kileybeth]

Stepped off the ship in Barcelona around 7am on Saturday morning. So very sad to leave all the awesome time onboard and abroad behind. . .

Stepped into our home in Delaware shortly before 11pm on the same Saturday, that just is not right!

Still haven't unpacked. Today is first day I have felt almost normal. Still getting up way early though which may be a good thing at least for the DH as he leaves for work at 5am most days.

Talk about hitting the ground running, we have had all 6 kiddos and one grandson here for past two nights and 5 of them for most of the day too. . .

Oh please, can I return to the ship?

Ciao and Ivan? I don't care about no stinkin' chocolate slippers I just want someone to bring me food and clear it all away with the flair the two of you provided every single day! And Maricar? I don't care about those cute little towel animals either, can I just come back and sleep in a perfectly made bed and have chocolate on my pillow pretty please?

And the hottub I do not have to add chemicals to and clean and the "wave pool" how fun was that? And although my offspring think they are terrific nightly entertainment???? That state of hypnosis is sounding pretty good right about now!


Walking around the neighborhood just isn't gonna compare to Deck 4 or Deck 10 with the wind in my face. . .

Sounds pretty simple to me, get me back on that ship!

Enjoyed so much meeting the Disboarders we caught up with. Loved our motely crew of tablemates, what a fun group!

And again I have to say? When can I get back on that ship????? Yvette, you dirty dog, still sailing and the rest of us here in dry dock! Really? How could you!

Back to reality for now!

 

[mishoe01]

Thank you all for such a wonderful cruise!!

I enjoyed meeting so many of you & catching up with friends made on past cruises

Trying to catch up on the DIS & FB while also trying to work (yuck).

Emails to be sent out shortly (hopefully)

 

[dizneyfan23]

Home in Sydney. What a wonderful trip. Many thanks to those who dropped Birthday and anniversary cards I really appreciate them. It certainly was hard to leave such an amazing journey

Hey there, we sat at the tapas lunch during the "Seeing Seville" tour. It was great to meet you all.

 

[sdlong329]

Very funny Kim! Do you remember Ivan saying, "Ciao is Ciao"? They got us again - neither one of them are in PA or DE!

I almost forgot about the addition of the "wave pool"

 

[dennisgirl]

So sad to be home. Stayed in Barcelona Saturday night, thank goodness. Flights home were OK except the 3 hour delay in Chicago. Swiss Air is great!
This was the first cruise that we went on and had conversed on the disboard. It made all the difference in the world. We had such a great time. It was amazing how many more things we enjoyed just because we had new friends to enjoy them with.
Because of the fabulous time we had, we scraped the Pannama cruise and are doing the repo from LA to Vancouver and the first Alaska cruise. Why you ask? We know people that are doing it too (Jackie and Monica). So thanks to our table mates, Linda, Dee, Kathy, & Carla. Our new afternoon friends, Jackie, Monica, Pam, Kathy(again). Of course handsome Daniel, Doug, Holly, & Ponz.
Why isn't there a amimal towel on the bed and a chocolate on my pillow? Oh yeah, I'm home.
Cheers, Jennifer

 

[ibouncetoo]

Jennifer, so glad you are doing the repo and Alaska! There will be folks from this cruise and lots of other new DIS playmates too! (I had to call Monica as soon as I saw your post on the repo thread!)

It's 5 o'clock here...why aren't we at Diversions having a cocktail?

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