August 8, 2009 Western Caribbean on the Magic!

[kimgg]

Hmmm, what am I looking forward to most?????

EVERYTHING!!! And I think Castaway Cay as it sounds wonderful, but not the fact that it will almost be all over at that point.

I can't wait to have a big drink in my hand and the ocean to look at. I have only seen the Texas "coast" other than one quick trip to California beach in LA, but that was a quickie trip for work.

And sounds like there will be plenty of 7-8 and 9-10 yr olds to play w/ each other, so I am sure they will have lots of new friends to have fun with.

 

[dismagic09]

I want to play...

I'm on deck 9 and have just witnessed a beautiful moment in my kids' life. they are glowing with excitement and are grinning from ear to ear as my husband walks them to the kids club. I can feel the wind in my hair and smell the salt in the air and a cm hands me something alcholic with banana in it

just a kid@heart - i'm an hour north of wilmington. also spent college time in wilmington.

 

[dismagic09]

i'm the dd on dismagic09.

i'm 9 and can't wait for my first disney cruise. i'm looking forward to making flubber and swimming with the dolphins. i have a brother (7) who will also be on the cruise - he probably can't wait for pirate night.

i'm also excited about seeing some of the shows and movies on the ship. my mom has me in all sorts of camps for the summer and probably won't let me go to some of the movies since they will be playing on the ship.

Who will be in the lab with me?

 

[Figment_Fan]

We are. We are doing the early one (9 AM I think).

Hey Wendy, there's a thread that contains a description and pictures of the pirate excursion. It really looks like a lot of fun - and they serve rum punch to the adults and make the kids scrub the decks!

 

[Figment_Fan]

The menus are up on the boards. They look good! Okay, gotta change the packing list a little - elasic waistbands, required.

 

[Buzzfan2Mom]

I'm looking forward to see my 5 yr old DS face when he sees the ship for the first time

I keep checking our reservation on-line, can't wait to see our cabin number- we are Cat 9 GTY right now. Still trying to finalize our excursions. We are thinking of being brave and doing a trip to Chankanaab park on our own in Cozumel.

 

[Figment_Fan]

Seeing their faces when they see Cinderella's Castle for the first time, and the look on their faces when they see the ship are priceless. I hope you get you cabin number soon. Then you can look up the ship decks and see where you are located. Not much time left. I can hardly wait. Only 37 days untill we leave, 38 days untill the cruise. Those will pass soooo fast.

Come to think of it, we better start packing!!!

 

[Buzzfan2Mom]

Our room number showed up on our reservation today. We are on deck one so each kid can look out their own porthole

Yep, almost time to start packing.

 

[Figment_Fan]

I just keep checking in to see the counter move. Now I have been challenged by DW to lose 10 lbs before we leave. This could be great! If I lose 10 and only gain 6 or 7 on the cruise, I'll be ahead of the game by the time I get back.

Congrats on the room assignment BuzzFan.

Anybody look at the menus thread. I thought alot of it looked pretty good.

Lobster macaroni and cheese just sounds wonderful. My DD is bargaining for slushies every night at dinner. Trying to change her mind on that one and have her have them a couple of hours before. They fill her up and she will drink the slushie before she eats food. Like she really has a choice, I just like to let her think that it is her idea. Goes a lot better that way.

 

[kimgg]

ONE MORE MONTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:

 

[dismagic09]

I can't wait - is it too soon to pack?????

 

[kimgg]

I have not started packing much, but as I buy stuff specifically for the cruise I am putting that stuff in my suitcases. My son today had to raid a suitcase though, he could not find anything to go swimming in! I hated to have him wear one of his new things but oh well! I also went ahead and put our passports in one of the suitcase pockets so I don't forget them. I am buying stuff for the cruise almost every day, my husband is not appreciating it!


I'm watching Great Cruies right now on the Travel channel, have not caught the Disney one yet.

 

[Bugs Life Lover]

I have just killed 2 hours on this board trying to figure it out! I am a first time DCL and a second time EVER cruising.

I hope this works.............So are we going to do the fish extenders on this cruise? Do I hear a YES? JaK@heart mentioned she was interested in organizing it. Can we pull this together?

I have some tips on sending a package/box of treats via postal UPS to your cabin in time for your trip. hit me up

 

[justakid@heart]

I have just killed 2 hours on this board trying to figure it out! I am a first time DCL and a second time EVER cruising.

I hope this works.............So are we going to do the fish extenders on this cruise? Do I hear a YES? JaK@heart mentioned she was interested in organizing it. Can we pull this together?

I have some tips on sending a package/box of treats via postal UPS to your cabin in time for your trip. hit me up

Welcome Aboard Bugs Life Lover! It took me a while to figure all this stuff out as well, but I guarantee you and your family will have a BLAST on DCL! I was hoping to get the fish extender effort off the ground but didn't get any takers. I've put together a few things to give to my kids; hopefully I can surprise them!! But at this point it doesn't look like there's much interest in it. GREAT idea, though!

We have less than a month to go; it's almost HERE! Happy Friday to everyone!

 

[Figment_Fan]

Welcome BugLifeLover.

From what I have seen on other threads, it really only takes two to start something. You two should at least go for the fish extenders. See who else follows.

4 weeks from today, we head to the airport.

I'm sure we will all have a great time on DCL.

I watched Great Cruises last night as well. The captain on that cruise was great. He was an entertainer as well as a captain.
The captain on the Magic is a good host, but not necessarily an entertainer. Then again, that's not his job - which he does exceedingly well.

 

[Figment_Fan]

Maybe this post will bump us to at least 14 pages!

 

[Bugs Life Lover]

Welcome Aboard Bugs Life Lover! It took me a while to figure all this stuff out as well, but I guarantee you and your family will have a BLAST on DCL! I was hoping to get the fish extender effort off the ground but didn't get any takers. I've put together a few things to give to my kids; hopefully I can surprise them!! But at this point it doesn't look like there's much interest in it. GREAT idea, though!

We have less than a month to go; it's almost HERE! Happy Friday to everyone!

JaK@heart,
Maybe the more we talk-up the fish extenders the more others would like to join. You are right, at this point I am just going to start buying treats for our family first. But would love to do some "giving" too. I would love to get a manageable group together.

Maybe some people just dont know what a fish extender is. Lets talk it up!

 

[kimgg]

I think the problem is this thread has so few people so far it would not be worth it to do it, as there are just a handful (maybe 4-5) that mostly post here. I am stressing about what to bring just for our family (first cruise) so I am sorry I can't join you, but hopefully more people will join our "meets" and you can have more success at getting it started, but then again, time is running short!

Less than 3 weekends before our cruise!!

 

[Carlnne]

3 weekends is hard to imagine!! This makes me realize I have so much left to do.

 

[justakid@heart]

JaK@heart,
Maybe the more we talk-up the fish extenders the more others would like to join. You are right, at this point I am just going to start buying treats for our family first. But would love to do some "giving" too. I would love to get a manageable group together.

Maybe some people just dont know what a fish extender is. Lets talk it up!

Wow! what a busy weekend! We have family from out of town arriving today so the week will be busy also...but fun! Well, I picked up the gifts for the fish extender (FE) a few weeks ago. I tried to get it done in one "swoop" because if I had waited I know I wouldn't get it done! I picked up things from the dollar stores, party city, wal-mart, craft stores; nothing big, mostly $1 items. For pirate night I made "pirate coin bags" out of felt and yarn and ironed a pirate patch to them. I found the idea while searching for pirate costumes. They turned out really neat and quick and easy to make. I stuffed them with pirate tattos, gold coin candy, a pirate bracelet and sea shells. I'm going to "try" to make post cards to put in the FE also, just a little message each day from the Disney Gang! I'm still working on those so hopefully I'll have them finished in time! I think I'll start packing next week.

Hope everyone has a great day! Happy Monday!