April 11th 2009 Magic Eastern Easter cruise--UPDATED WITH ROLL CALL PG 1

[Grumpymom73]

Well we are finally ready to go! Everything I hope is packed, bags are by the door. We leave in a few hours. I can't wait!!!!

Safe travels everyone and we will see you on the MAGIC!!!!!!!

 

[Big Willie]

10 - 9 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 ....

We have "A" group for our 5pm Southwest Flights. Cars are packed with luggage! Can't believe 11 people - 15 BAGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh well, "No Stress Mon" Taking children out of school at noon.

See Ya onboard.

 

[PPFQP]

We're here in Orlando! At the airport. We're waiting for DH to get the rental car and then we'll be on our way to the Radisson.
Hope everyone has/had safe travels!

 

[cruising fun]

We're here in Orlando! At the airport. We're waiting for DH to get the rental car and then we'll be on our way to the Radisson.
Hope everyone has/had safe travels!

Glad you arrived safely!!! Have a fun day in Orlando...hope the weather is nice!

 

[itutorfortravel]

We're here in Orlando! At the airport. We're waiting for DH to get the rental car and then we'll be on our way to the Radisson.
Hope everyone has/had safe travels!

Hey, isn't it crazy here in Cocoa Beach? Some big Ron Jon Surf contest has things hopping around here! We went to Grills for lunch today - yum! May go back tonight for dinner - love the atmosphere!!!

 

[sdzm]

I'm still at home . . . still packing.

See you all tomorrow.

 

[Princess Row]

We left our house today at 6 got to the airport and stayed on a plane all day long.
we weren't aloud to leave the airplane/ no layover so we had no food almost all day except for a few snacks. We arrived here (Marriot) about an hour ago. We all had a long day of flying and are happy we finally made it. The time change is getting to us all and we are probably going to sleep soon. We plan to be up at 8 get the room packed up, eat breakfast and catch the disney shuttle at 10. we are really close to the port and are soo exited to meet and see everyone. the count down is finally over! See you all tomarrow!

 

[Had2disneycruz]

We made it to the Marriott too. See everyone tomorrow!!

 

[PPFQP]

Today's the day!!!! I'm too excited to sleep anymore but DH and DDs are still snoozing away. I can't believe it's HERE!!

 

[Had2disneycruz]

WE ARE HOME....LET THE CRYING BEGIN!!!!

It was nice to meet most of you! Wish I could have met everyone. Thanks so much for all the thoughtful FE gifts. They were such a nice surprise for my DD's.

Hope all is well and I look forward to hearing about your experiences aboard the Magic! We have no complaints!!

Good night!

 

[Alicia87]

WE ARE HOME....LET THE CRYING BEGIN!!!!

It was nice to meet most of you! Wish I could have met everyone. Thanks so much for all the thoughtful FE gifts. They were such a nice surprise for my DD's.

Hope all is well and I look forward to hearing about your experiences aboard the Magic! We have no complaints!!

Good night!

Mornin!!! Did we meet in the bathroom? LOL!!

 

[PPFQP]

Waaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh! I wanna go back!

Hope everyone got home safe and sound. We had an absolutely fantastic week. Thanks to everyone for the fun fish extender gifts. My girls really enjoyed finding their surprises.

I wish I had gotten to meet more of you. I totally spaced at 3pm -- I was busy unpacking, being very productive, and didn't realize the time until it was too late.

We rebooked onboard, but will probably reschedule it once the 2011 dates are released. Something to look forward to!

 

[kellimomo3]

Hi all,

WOW, what an amazing vacation! It was SO nice to meet all of you! We had the best Disney cruise to date on this trip. No issues at all!! Big Willie, it was so nice of you to keep giving my boys the FE gifts event though we didn't participate. They really appreciated it! I am trying to get out from under the mountains of laundry right now! If any of you want to see my pictures from the trip and possibly print out some of the generic ones (there are some good ones from pirate night) they are on my website under the April vacation section. It's www.kodakgallery.com/reganfun

If any of you have a sight like that, I'd love to see (or maybe steal) some of yours!!!

Kelli

 

[Alicia87]

Hi all,

WOW, what an amazing vacation! It was SO nice to meet all of you! We had the best Disney cruise to date on this trip. No issues at all!! Big Willie, it was so nice of you to keep giving my boys the FE gifts event though we didn't participate. They really appreciated it! I am trying to get out from under the mountains of laundry right now! If any of you want to see my pictures from the trip and possibly print out some of the generic ones (there are some good ones from pirate night) they are on my website under the April vacation section. It's www.kodakgallery.com/reganfun

If any of you have a sight like that, I'd love to see (or maybe steal) some of yours!!!

Kelli

Hi Kelli!

I recognize you from your Pink Kindle!! LOL!! DD18 and I were laying out by you on Deck 10 one day. I had no idea who you were!! DD couldn't keep her eyes off of your pink digital reader....hope you didn't think she was a weirdo!! LOL!!

 

[kellimomo3]

Hi Kelli!

I recognize you from your Pink Kindle!! LOL!! DD18 and I were laying out by you on Deck 10 one day. I had no idea who you were!! DD couldn't keep her eyes off of your pink digital reader....hope you didn't think she was a weirdo!! LOL!!

That's so funny! I have had it for over two years so I think nothing of it anymore but SO many people asked me about it on the cruise. I didn't even notice your daughter staring. Too bad we didn't get to meet!!

 

[Had2disneycruz]

Mornin!!! Did we meet in the bathroom? LOL!!

Yes, we did! I am so glad I said something! I knew that was you in the terminal with your matching shirts! I should have said something then! Your DD is gorgeous and I hope she has a terrific graduation! Where is she going next year?

Glad everyone got home safely!

 

[Alicia87]

Yes, we did! I am so glad I said something! I knew that was you in the terminal with your matching shirts! I should have said something then! Your DD is gorgeous and I hope she has a terrific graduation! Where is she going next year?

Glad everyone got home safely!

I'm glad you introduced yourself!!!! You were the only Dis'er I met. DD was amazed at how you knew who we were and hadn't ever seen a pic and even knew about our sailing party! LOL!! I hadn't even told her about being on the Boards before the cruise.

Now that the cruise is over, it's time to get serious planning for prom, graduation, and graduation party. She is enrolled at Marshall University which is only about 45 minutes from home, so we'll get to still see her often. She plans to major in Communications Disorders to become a Speech Pathologist.

I rebooked onboard for the 5 night Bahamian for next June for hubby and myself. Did you rebook by chance?

 

[Had2disneycruz]

I'm glad you introduced yourself!!!! You were the only Dis'er I met. DD was amazed at how you knew who we were and hadn't ever seen a pic and even knew about our sailing party! LOL!! I hadn't even told her about being on the Boards before the cruise.

Now that the cruise is over, it's time to get serious planning for prom, graduation, and graduation party. She is enrolled at Marshall University which is only about 45 minutes from home, so we'll get to still see her often. She plans to major in Communications Disorders to become a Speech Pathologist.

I rebooked onboard for the 5 night Bahamian for next June for hubby and myself. Did you rebook by chance?

Your DD probably thought I was a psycho stalker!!! I hope everyone enjoyed the cruise. No, we didn't rebook partly because we never wanted to take the time to talk to anyone. We were just so busy. We want to do a cruise in 2011 for our 20 year anniversary, but we want to book on one of the new ships. Congrats to you for rebooking!

My alma mater, East Carolina University, plays Marshall in football. We have such a connection to Marshall since the plane accident in the 70's. We went to a dedication ceremony at ECU a few years ago for the Marshall players that died in the accident. Good luck to your DD at Marshall. I bet you are glad she will be close by!

HAPPY MONDAY TO ALL!!

 

[itutorfortravel]

Good morning everyone! We just arrived home last night from this great vacation!!! I really enjoyed meeting those of you who I had the opportunity to talk to. Our family had the time of our lives but we sure are tired! I know you can't possibly do it all on a Disney cruise just like you can't do it all at Disney World, but we sure did try - LOL! I guess we tend to take a slower pace at WDW b/c we can do that more often than we will be able to do the cruise...

DD loved the trip and meeting some of your children, too! She looked forward to seeing Jordan at the pool, enjoyed playing with Isabelle at Castaway Cay, and couldn't wait to play with them and the other kids in the kids club every day! She says she loves the Disney cruise now more than Disney World! We rebooked on board for next spring break but I am also thinking about moving it to a 5 day cruise next summer or Thanksgiving 2010. Has anyone cruised over Thanksgiving before? If neither of those dates work for us, I will just push the reservation to one of the new ships when those dates are released. I believe my understanding is that you can move the reservation to another ship, right? I hope so!

Glad to hear that you all have arrived home safely. I hope you have a great week!

 

[Freddyfishstix]

Hi all. We also had a fantastic cruise. I am glad we got to meet most everyone. Sorry if we missed a few. We almost re-booked while on board but could not decide on the exact cruise and dates. I am sure another cruise is in our near future though. The kids had a blast.

Sorry if I go sour, but I had some very devastating news while I was away. Our department head and my boss took his own life last Tuesday. I did not find out until yesterday, Sunday. Obviously last week was very hard on everyone in my office. Naturally everyone is still in shock, and showing various stages of grief.