August 28, 2004 "LOST AT SEA" Cruise

[tkd lisa]

Joanna and all the other cruisers. Have a Magical trip! Joanna, I do wish you were with us again on our Christmas cruise! Have fun! Lisa

 

[trinibjill]

See everyone tommorrow. Have a safe trip

JIll

 

[admepo]

Well, this will be our last time posting for tonight. Adam and I will be spending the remainder of the evening with the boys. But we Will be seeing all of you tomorrow! Isn't the sound of that great!

Safe trip to all of you flying out tomorrow or driving to the port. We'll see you there!

Melanie

 

[pattiteach]

This is my last post, I can't wait to see everyone. God Speed.

 

[nuts4sn00py]

To those few of us who are left...have a safe trip to the Airport & than to the Port. I am looking foward to meeting all of you either at the Port or over Cocktails! Thankfully my girlfriend & her son will be joining us, unfortunatel her DH won't be able to make it....so I'm hoping all my fellow Dis'ers will make this a special trip for them! Should probably go to bed now, have to be up in 4 hours! Kathy Are we there yet? Are we there yet?

 

[nuts4sn00py]

Bye! See you all on or at the ship! Kathy

 

[Hygiene99]

I hope All u Cruisers have a Great Cruise ................. peter

 

[MoranClan]

Hey Everyone..

Due to the Oncoming Hurricane...The Schedule has been modified..

Sunday Castaway Cay
No Key West..

Costa Meya?...In Mexico...I think..Will post When I remember.hehe

Great Day Today..

Bobby

 

[Grumpy's Mom]

I posted this on the Cruise board, but thought I would put it here, also.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=638512

Just some pictures of the Magic that I was able to capture off the Galveston Webcam. There are better photos of the Magic in another thread about pictures of the Magic in Texas...........

Thought some of you might like to have these.

 

[nuts4sn00py]

Hi Everyone! We arrived home last night around 10:30pm. Never thought I'd be glad to see home! But, boy, was I ever! I'm glad I got to meet many of you at the Dis meets & look foward to keeping in touch with many of you! After all, we have to keep this thread going! Anyway, just wanted to pop on here real fast & say "hi" to everyone before I start getting ready work. Talk to you all later! Kathy

 

[admepo]

Hi Guys!!!!

We got home last night at 7pm and it was so great to see home! I so MISSED our boys and was so excited to see all three run at us with open arms. Alex our one year old was in shock to see us continually hugging us then looking at our faces and hugging us again in disbelief! It was so nice to sleep in my bed again too!!!

It was great to meet all of you!

Hope your travels home were safe and not too exhausting!

Melanie

 

[xABearx]

Hello All .... we made in back to Atlanta at 12:30am this morning after a long drive home, glad to be back in my own bed. We enjoyed our extended cruise and those we met, hope everyone made it home safe and hope to see you next year as we are planning a 9/3/04 Eastern......Andy

 

[SeaSpray]

We got in around 11pm last night (Tuesday night).

We took a DCL bus from Port Everglades to Orlando airport, arriving there around 1pm. We had a 7pm flight home to Boston, and fortunately the 6 hour waiting time went by pretty quickly. The 2-hour lunch at Chili's helped a bit, too.

It was WONDERFUL to meet so many of you on the cruise!!! I felt like a lot of us were old friends, right from the start! I really miss seeing you at the pool today! And Travis, tell Lourdes we said "Hi!" We'll miss our daily iced coffee!

John went back to work today, and the boys made it home in time for their first day of school today. I've been busy unpacking and looking through all of the souvenirs we bought.

I hope you ALL make it home safely!!!

Talk to you soon

 

[pattiteach]

Hi Guys we just got in after spending the night at Port Orleans. I had the time of my life!!!!I had a great time seeing all you guys!!Here's to making history!!

 

[Reenieny18]

What an absoulte wonderful time we had the past 2 weeks. the extra days were a great bonus to spend with my new DIS- FRIENDS/FAMILY.
It was great to see everyone and learn about each other. We got in about 1015,pm last night, and home about 11pm after we got all our luggage. It took us 4 hrs to get to MCO from Fort Lauderdale. Bobby, Cindy, MaryRose and Family.. I hope you found your car safe and sound. Lynn.. Hopefully you got a flight tonight..
Terry I want to go swimming in the WAVE POOL too!!
Ginny.. What can I say.. It was great..We are rebooked for an AUG 2006 Eastern. No dates yet.. I will talk to all soon .. and wil send pixs..
Love to all
Doreen and family

 

[O'BWV]

We've arrived home too!

Before I give my details we just want to say what a great time we had with all of you. Especially given our "extended" circumstances, I always felt safe because we had so many friends onboard. You are all a really terrific bunch.

Okay, now for details....

We rode to PC on a DCL bus from Pt. Everglades arriving about 1pm. We tried calling the Rad all the way up Fl but their phones were down. We rode with Lyn, Bob & Matt (they don't have a flight until Thurs.) When we arrived at PC we ran into Karel, Rich & kids. There was no way to get to the Radisson, no shuttle, no cabs, no nothing. DH asked our driver to take us all to the Radisson and he agreed (big thanks & hugs to him) There were quite a few takers to the Radisson. Let me take a moment to give a big thanks to Lyn & Bob who graciously offered to drive us over to the Radisson in their rental car. All I can say is bless you Lyn & Bob. Anyway, we loaded up and went to the Radisson. Both our & Karel's families cars are without damage Thanks Goodness!!!!Then both Karel's family and ours went to talk to the front desk at the Radisson about starting to run the shuttle. They told Karel they were waiting for people to call them - well duh - there phone was down. Oh, that's right they say. Anyway, me and John went over to PC to see if the shuttle would indeed run and to see if any of our DIS friends needed help. Happy to report the Shuttle was there and since we really needed gas, set off knowing our new friends would not be stranded. Bobby & Cindy, & Darlene, please check in with us as soon as you can so I know you got a shuttle.

Long story short, we had a really, really hard time finding gasn In Fl, also remnants of Hurricane Frances followed us all the way up the East Coast. Four tornadoes touched down in NC during our journey there today. None near us thanks goodness although the skies were really black & scary! We arrived home very tired and very happy today around 4pm - 31 hours after we left Ft. Lauderdale (stopping 6 hrs. for sleep)

It's been a real trip people - one we will remember for the rest of our lives!!! I'm really glad we are all starting to arrive home safe & sound! Thanks for the memories!! Let's please all stay in touch!

Love,
Mary Rose, John, Taryn & John

 

[SeaSpray]

I'm so glad to see that more of us are arriving home safely!

I have to say, spending time with all of you really added a wonderful dimension to the cruise. I was never at the pool where I didn't run into someone I "knew".

Tonight we had chinese food for dinner (haven't made it to the grocery store yet!), and it was strange not seeing Mary Rose and family, Lyn and family, and Doreen and family in the same room!

EVERYONE from these boards that I met were so nice! I'm kind of sorry that we have that Royal Caribbean cruise booked for next June because I *really* want to go back on the Magic!! Maybe for an eastern itinerary next time. Since we missed our stay at the Polynesian last weekend, we might just take a trip back to Disney World after the cruise next summer.

I hope we keep this thread going, I really feel like I've made some new friends

 

[winnyis]

We made it home safely also. Took the MCO bus from Ft Lauderdale, and except for getting a flat tire and being stranded at a rest area for 2 plus hours, everything was fine. We booked a room at the hyatt for last night and that was so convenient... well worth the $135. We were able to check our bags at 7AM - then go upstairs and eat breakfast in our room and hang out til about 45 minutes before our flight... Flights were without incident and we arrived home about 2:30 today. Now its tons of laundry and getting the kids ready to start school tomorrow.

I agree with everyone else's sentiments... having all of you on the cruise made it so much more fun. It was great to have a friendly face everywhere I went.

We should all try to plan a reunion cruise together.. wouldnt that be fun

Talk to you all later

"The Original" Ginny

 

[Mary Anne]

We got home yesterday going out of Ft. Lauderdale. We arrived home safe except somehow in the move from the cruise ship to the airport one of our bags became lost. they are still looking for it. Naturally it was the one with all the cruse pictures I bought. I have my digital ones but I hope to get the "professional" ones back also.


We had a nice time also but were really glad to be home. I doubt we'll be taking another cruise for a while. 10/11 days was just a bit too much for the 4 of us in the one room. Our next trip in 4 or 5 years we'll book 2 rooms and probably go out of NYCity.

Glad to hear everyone is getting home safe and sound.

 

[sgt. jeff]

We made it back to South Carolina this morning safe and sound!....ABEAR...Couldn't find you up on deck 9 for the nascar race....!!! Moranclan..Thanks so much for the magnets. It was really a wonderful thing for you to do for all of the families...Tkae care everyone!