Attn: March 15th western cruisers

[Omahadave]

I just missed you in Lincoln. I went to college there in 1980 (from Chicago originally), married an Omaha girl and still have not escaped yet...lol

Does anyone have an emergency number to leave at home? (Not that I can do anything about it from the islands). I am leaving a list of where I can be found just in case and have not found an emergency number that can get me a mesage onboard.


Thanks, Dave



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Disney Wonder 4 day (March 2000)
Disney Magic 7 Day Eastern (March 2001)
Disney Magic 7 Day Western (March 2003)

 

[DVC4US]

Northwoods - sorry to hear about the sale falling through. Maybe something will happen before next week.

Padre Disney - we have late seating also. We had late the first time and early the second time and we liked the late seating better. My DD is one of the ones your daughter is talking to by email. My DD has really enjoyed it and can't wait to meet her. Hopefully they will let her friend move up that way maybe they can all hang out together.

Omahadave - there is a number in the passport to Magic that came in your cruise docs. I just looked it up and it is:
1-888-DC-AT-SEA. It says, "calls will be immediately transferred to the Guest's stateroom. Messages can be recorded via voice mail." Congrats on the upgrade. We will be on deck 8 also in cat 3 room.
LeiLani

 

[Omahadave]

Thanks for the number (like I want any employees to get ahold of me) but I'm sure they will try...lol

Shes's almost done packing, it's not like we will be wearing shorts in the snow around here anytime soon.

I was at the Mall of America last weekend in Minneapolis and tested our Walkie Talkies...what a smart purchase. It was much easier to track down my wife with the walkie talkies then to look for whichever store had a shoe sale going on!! I'm sure we will get a lot of use out of them on the boat and the islands.

We are flying down a day early and hitting 'Islands of Adventure', then a restful night at the Oceanfront Resort in Cocoa Beach before departing.

Look forward to seeing everyone on the boat.

Dave


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Disney Wonder 4-day (March 2000)
Disney Magic 7-day Eastern (March 2001)
Disney Magic 7-day Western (March 2003)

 

[tigger41]

No snow in Dallas (mid 50s today) but on March 15th I plan to sit on that beautiful ship and take in whole Disney experience that has kept me mesmerized since my first trip to WDW the first year it opened!!

We're on deck 6 and I cannot wait to get on that ship!!! Yes! We've got main seating and next Saturday cannot get here fast enough for me!!!!

I think I am just a little too excited about this cruise but I LOVE DISNEY STUFF!!!!!!! We took a 4 day cruise on the Wonder 2 years ago and I can't wait for next Saturday!! Oh....I already said that.

See ya'll on the 15th!!!!!

 

[Northwoods]

Congrats Omahadave!!

I sure wish they would upgrade us. I could sure use a pick me up.

 

[tecdavidt]

I forgot to mention our seating, we have main.

Omahadave, my husband Dave keeps in contact with his employees via email. It works great on the Disney ships. On the eastern route his cell phone worked in St. Thomas. I assume this route it will only work in Key West. During our Jan. cruise we were at the El Convento hotel in their courtyard bar and Dave answered a call from a client! The man had no idea Dave was in Old San Juan. Ahh, technology. Tell the employees, use email! Dave uses Outlook Web Access to the company exchange server. works great. Kathy

 

[GeneralMax]

Omahadave - My husband owns a small business and cannot stand to be out of touch for a week. He used the internet on our last disney cruise and it worked great. He could not access his network or his home e-mail. He set up and e-mail account at yahoo mail so he knewhe could get in and it was perfect. I think they tried to call him a couple of times and never got through... No problem with me I feel like his partner goes on vacation with us he calls so much. Glad to hear about your upgrade we are also on deck 8. Northwoods we are keeping our fingers crossed for you!

I need so help! I am really conflicted about dinner seating. We had late dinner last time and loved the extra time to get ready but I felt like the kids were missing out on kids club activities. This time we have main seating and I am worried about being ready at 6:00pm and about the theatre being really crowed. HELP!! Can anyone give me some advice?

Ruth

 

[Omahadave]

Thanks for the info on emails...I would almost prefer to be out of touch, there is nothing I can do if a job goes wrong until I get back anyway! If they can't get ahold of me they may show some ingenuity and trouble shoot for themselves.

This will be our third cruise with Disney and we have always done early seating. It works well for us, we have no problem seeing the shows we want and seating has never been an issue (to be honest we have seen them all and will probably miss some of them on this trip anyway). We just drop the kids back at the club after the show or instead of the show and go hit a party or nightclub or stroll around with a couple of drinks on the upper deck. They would much rather be at the club then with us old folks anyway...lol.

I'm afraid if we did late seating the kids would be ready for bed with a full stomach instead of wound up in the late show and ready for a few more hours of fun in the clubs (thus giving mom and dad more fun at night).

Dave

 

[snelsonbrown]

Hello March15 cruisers,
this is Shirley and just wanted you each to know that I will be in Key West when the Magic gets there - I hope to meet up with the Magic when it gets to Mallory Square - if I can be of any help, just call me on my cell at 321-508-2246 - I still have pamplets etc that will help you while you are down there or if there are any questions as to what to do or where to go.
I hope that your cruise is the best yet.
Have a safe trip as you start on your journey down.
God bless each and all
Always
Shirley

 

[tecdavidt]

Thank you Shirley! Hope the weather is nice in Key West. We have been hit with cold temps and snow this past week in the midwest. We need warmth, sun shine and palm trees

Just think, in one week some of our group will be in Florida and some of us will be in the air heading towards Orlando and some of us will be in our cars heading toward Orlando! According to our weather forecast for next week, more normal temps a little snow but not much. Looking good for travel. Kathy

 

[Coz_Minigolf_Sally]

March 15th Western Cruisers:

Posting from lovely Cozumel, Mexico. The Magic departed late Wednesday with a great batch of people from this board. You guys are next! Hope to be able to meet some of you here on what I call "Magic Wednesday", March 19th.

If you have any Cozumel questions, I started a thread a while ago and it tends to stay on the top 3 pages. I know it's a long thread to plow through at this point, but it contains a wealth of information. We just want to make Cozumel your favorite port of the cruise!

Welcome, in advance, to Cozumel!

Minigolf Sally
Cozumel Putting Course

 

[garnet73]

Hi everyone...

Just wanted to find out if there are any 1st time cruisers that plan on attending the pub crawl.. as have noted the returning cruisers reception falls in the middle of my crawl.. am putting it in... but want to see how many will be locked out of reception if i do.. bc can offer an alternative location.. just want to accomodate all!

Have you packed your green yet? Pluto.. here i come! i've missed you!

 

[PrettyInTeak]

Northwoods, I am so sorry about the sale of your house. One week from today you will be on a beautiful ship with nothing to worry about but what to have for dessert. Tell the realtor not to show your house this week, and start packing! See you at the sailaway party, and think of this: When the ship comes back one week from today, it's coming for us!

Suzanne

 

[nearlychildless]

The trip is getting closer! We will be leaving Wed afternon so I am cleaning our the refrigearator. What is the schedule for the pub crawl?

 

[Padre Disney]

The count down is on. We leave around 5:30 Wednesday night. Everyone is crazy running around with last minute packing. Our 17 year old is in a school play and hasn't even started packing. She will be running down the driveway after us when we leave because we are sure she will not be ready.
Drive safe nearlychildless.
Bev

 

[nearlychildless]

Our 16 year old and your 17 year old are in this together! Lucky for us her play was last weekend but she is still doing catch up in her life to off set it. She had her reseach paper due yesterday and her application for NHS is due monday. She is babysitting during the day and tonight 2 really close friends are having a joint 17th birthday sleepover. She has not even seriously thought about packing though she did take the DCL Passporter with her when she left to baby sit this morning. I told her we are putting the large suitcases in the car Tuesday night. Her solution to unplanned packing will be to take too much I'm sure. Is the teenage boy as hard to deal with packing as a girl?

 

[Northwoods]

YUK - SNOW - SNOW - SNOW. I'm ready to get out of here.

Need to get some last minute shopping done for the kids today - sandals / shorts. Trying to get all the other necessary things done before we go. I already cleaned out the frig - so now we need to eat everything we buy or eat out - no leftovers allowed. Got the taxes done. Just need to pack!!!

Look forward to seeing everyone - and the sun.

 

[Padre Disney]

Our 15 1/2 year old son has been packed for over 2 months. I'm not kidding. We planned out the clothing list months ago and he packed it all up. Our 2 younger girls have done a great job and are ready. Must just be a teenage girl problem.
How about it Kathy were your teen boys good about packing on your other trips?
Bev

 

[GeneralMax]

I can not believe your kids pack for themselves. I cannot even get my husband to pack for himself. The good news is I am a great packer. The bad news is the 50 lbs limit that Northwest has per bag. It means I will need more suitcases which I find REALLY annoying.

WE had about six inches of snow this morning so I am looking forward to the trip. I am also looking forward to meeting all of you. Participating on this Board has made the whole thing more fun!!

Ruth

 

[nearlychildless]

Girl scouting helped a great deal in teaching my daughter to pack for herself. She started with a list for weekends worked up to week trips, and spent a month in England a year ago. I must admit she did a better job of packing from about ages 10-13 than she has from 13-16, she seems to think more is better and getting her to unpack is a real pain. As for my husband, long, long ago I tried to pack for him trip and he lamented the wrong belt and hairdryer being packed so I said guess I am an incompentent packing your on your own from here and he has been ever since.