August 8, 2009 Western Caribbean on the Magic!

[disneycrazzzy]

We were able to book all of our reservations tonight!
Hope others were able to do same.

90 days and counting!

 

[WendyinMaryland]

We made our activity reservations last night too! No problems, we got everything we wanted. We are doing the Pirate Encounter in Grand Cayman, the Beach Break in Cozumel, and we got Palo high tea and brunch.
There are a lot of cool looking excursions that involve taking a ferry to the mainland, but I think I would die of sea sicknesses. Plus I don't to spend tons of time in transit for a short excursion.
I have a nine year old daughter, too. She would love to have friends to go to the movies with onboard and hang with in the clubs.

 

[dismagic09]

SOOOO jealou but happy for you guys that you got what you wanted. I'm a first time cruiser so we will have to wait until later this month to pick on what is left. I do plan on staying up late that night and waiting for midnight to roll around.

wendy in maryland- have your dd get on this thread sometime. I think we have at least 3 or 4 already that are around the same age.

 

[Pixiedustdawn]

I can't wait to see the excursions and prices!

 

[dismagic09]

how does that work? if i book my excursion on the 75 day mark then when do i have to pay for them?

 

[Pixiedustdawn]

how does that work? if i book my excursion on the 75 day mark then when do i have to pay for them?

i don't know if I have the correct info but I think you pay on the cruise. It may be on the onboard account.

I am not sure about so if someone knows the correct answer, please post.

 

[Pixiedustdawn]

I was just looking at the excursions. I logged onto the website, and I am also able to check in and book everything now too.

I didn't book anything yet.

 

[Sorceress_Minnie]

Coming up to the 90 day mark!! Is anyone eligible and going to try for the midnight ressies?

Tried and could not book ressies at midnight or for the 30 minutes after that. I did book them the next AM!

BTW...I am Figment Fan's DW and no I am not stressed out all the time!

 

[dismagic09]

Tried and could not book ressies at midnight or for the 30 minutes after that. I did book them the next AM!

BTW...I am Figment Fan's DW and no I am not stressed out all the time!

Congratulations on your graduation! Your DH said you would get on the boards - glad you are here. Our DD are around the same age - I hope they get to meet on the cruise.

Were you able to get the ressies you wanted the next morning or were they all sold out? We are first time cruisers so we can booked anything until 75 days - just wondering if any of the good Palo dates are available or excursions.

 

[Sorceress_Minnie]

I was able to get all the rezzies we were interested in. We did not book Palo, but I did note that brunch at Palo was booked!

We would love to have our daughter meet your daughter. During the cruise I will be wearing a lime green Mickey head pin. I know it seems a little crazy to think that you will be able to find someone wearing a lime green Mickey head, but this is how we identified folks on our last cruise.

 

[Buzzfan2Mom]

We are having a family chat about where to stay the night before DD(14) wants to stay at Animal Kingdom Lodge and DH thinks it may be better to stay at a hotel near the port. We get in at 9:30 am on the 7th- so we have a full day free. I'd love to stay at AKL for the one night- we'll have a rental car. If we did this, what time would you all leave AKL for the port?

I was thinking my husband could drop us all off at the port then catch the rental car shuttle back after dropping off the car... has anyone done this???

 

[Carlnne]

We are having a family chat about where to stay the night before DD(14) wants to stay at Animal Kingdom Lodge and DH thinks it may be better to stay at a hotel near the port. We get in at 9:30 am on the 7th- so we have a full day free. I'd love to stay at AKL for the one night- we'll have a rental car. If we did this, what time would you all leave AKL for the port?

I was thinking my husband could drop us all off at the port then catch the rental car shuttle back after dropping off the car... has anyone done this???

Since you have the whole day and a car I would stay at AKL. We have done the drop off both ways. It helps for someone to drop off everyone then ride back- its easier to squeeze into a shuttle with one person and no luggage. We have also all ridden the shuttle together and we didnt have much of a wait. I am shooting for being there early but we are driving from the Universal area so who knows. Its just me and my kids so I cant do the drop off.

Did you get a car yet? Ive havent priced things lately but most of the codes werent good for august so I figured Id wait.

 

[Buzzfan2Mom]

We reserved our car from Budget, the company I work for had a discount so we have $44 for the 8/7-8/8 and then $79 for the 8/15 day to get back to the airport. I'm so glad to hear it is easy to drop of the family and catch the shuttle Thanks!

 

[Pixiedustdawn]

Did anyone notice, most excursions went up in price by $10.00 pp?
What's up with that??

 

[182tink]

1st time user here. My family will be joining you on the 8/8 Western cruise. It will be me the mom (38), DD (15), DD (12) and DS (10). We are taking the auto train down a few days early to enjoy Orlando and then off to the Radisson at the port. We have booked the following excursions:
KW-thrill boat (at my DS request)
GC-island tour w/butterfly farm
Coz-beach break
CC-kayak tour
I of course booked a few spa treatments for myself.

 

[segpm08060]

Made final payment on the trip and made ressie for excursions last night.
We will be swimming with the dolphin in Cozumel.
Six night stay at Kidani and 7 night western cruise.
Everyone is excited and can not wait.

 

[kimgg]

OK we made our final payment and we are 75 days out but I still can't complete my online checkin or reserve anything in the DCL website?? Is it b/c it's the weekend? Anyone else not able to?

 

[kimgg]

Never mind, after midnight I was able to get in and do my check in and reservations. Yay!

 

[Figment_Fan]

I can't believe how time is flying. It is less than 75 days untill the cruise. Sorry, haven't been on in a while. My DW is better at computers and she was in through the wireless connection while we were poolside at my dad's timeshare on Sanibel Island. I'm not tech savy enough to even figure out how to do it. Besides, I stayed away from computers while on vacation.

Glad to see the group is getting bigger. Hope to chat with you all soon.

John

 

[Buzzfan2Mom]

I was just able to upgrade from a Cat 10 to a Cat 9 Hope everyone was/is able to get the reservations they want I keep looking at my passporter book- I think I've read the whole thing by now!