skylynx
DIS Sponsor in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado
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Hello ILUVDad&DL
I can tell you from personal experience, a Disney Cruise is a great help in the healing process...I lost my mom to cancer a year ago this Easter Sunday, and lost my dad in January from surgical complications after he accosted a criminal during a home invasion and was struck in the head. Talk about a black cloud...John and I went on the 7 day Magic shortly afterwards this past Feb. and I cannot overemphasize the therapeutic value of the trip. It doesn't make the pain go away, but standing at the bow of the ship cruising at top speed across the great horizon with life blowing into your lungs does an awful lot of good for one's soul. John and I surprised my parents with a trip on Wonder two years ago and every day I am so thankful we got to go together and I have memories of them on the ship. I wish your family a trip full of laughter and great healing...
Nancy...well, here comes the BRIDE! We'll be so anxious to hear all about your wedding, which will be the most beautiful day there ever was even if it pours.
As far as the sailaway party goes, if you'd like to watch all the festivities and then be able to take a few steps and lean over the railing as soon as we start moving, you need to be at Deck 10 midship, and portside if you want to see the waving ladies. Deck 9 is where the retractable dance floor is (it covers the Goofy pool) so if you want to dance with the crowd...that's the place to be. There's no exposed railing on that deck, but you can certainly jog upstairs when you want to. Our Oct. 04 Disboards group on Magic was so huge we had our own dance line going on Deck 10 anyway! We prefer Deck 10 so we can watch everything and take pictures of our kids dancing while lazily cradling our "boat drinks." The kids are old enough to be down on the dance floor alone, and know how to find us afterwards
Other first-timer caveats...the first time we cruised, we underestimated how windy it can be on the upper decks even if it isn't so windy on ground level. We settled down with our first lunch buffet on Deck 9 aft so we could look out over Port Canaveral, and my salad promptly blew off my plate into the ocean. Hopefully it made some manatee's day.
I can tell you from personal experience, a Disney Cruise is a great help in the healing process...I lost my mom to cancer a year ago this Easter Sunday, and lost my dad in January from surgical complications after he accosted a criminal during a home invasion and was struck in the head. Talk about a black cloud...John and I went on the 7 day Magic shortly afterwards this past Feb. and I cannot overemphasize the therapeutic value of the trip. It doesn't make the pain go away, but standing at the bow of the ship cruising at top speed across the great horizon with life blowing into your lungs does an awful lot of good for one's soul. John and I surprised my parents with a trip on Wonder two years ago and every day I am so thankful we got to go together and I have memories of them on the ship. I wish your family a trip full of laughter and great healing...
Nancy...well, here comes the BRIDE! We'll be so anxious to hear all about your wedding, which will be the most beautiful day there ever was even if it pours.
As far as the sailaway party goes, if you'd like to watch all the festivities and then be able to take a few steps and lean over the railing as soon as we start moving, you need to be at Deck 10 midship, and portside if you want to see the waving ladies. Deck 9 is where the retractable dance floor is (it covers the Goofy pool) so if you want to dance with the crowd...that's the place to be. There's no exposed railing on that deck, but you can certainly jog upstairs when you want to. Our Oct. 04 Disboards group on Magic was so huge we had our own dance line going on Deck 10 anyway! We prefer Deck 10 so we can watch everything and take pictures of our kids dancing while lazily cradling our "boat drinks." The kids are old enough to be down on the dance floor alone, and know how to find us afterwards Other first-timer caveats...the first time we cruised, we underestimated how windy it can be on the upper decks even if it isn't so windy on ground level. We settled down with our first lunch buffet on Deck 9 aft so we could look out over Port Canaveral, and my salad promptly blew off my plate into the ocean. Hopefully it made some manatee's day.
