Better late than never! Disney Magic Western-April 18-25 UPDATE-9/6

[kmab00]

Just back from vacation and read thru your whole report tonite...great as usual!

As a non-cruiser, can you explain about the fish extenders? Do you bring your own? Do most people make them? And is the exchange just with other Disers that you plan in advance?

Can't wait to hear all about swimming with the dolphins!

Hope you had fun on vacation!! :0)

The Fish Extenders.......it confused me at first too. Whatever date you book for a cruise will have a thread here on the DIS under the DCL section. Basically they ask "Who wants to join the FE group?" and if so, then you say yes! They'll put you on a list. You find your own/make your own FE. Mine came off of Ebay. Not what I wanted but it had to do. About 2 weeks before your cruise, you are assigned your cabin number. Someone in your FE group will then put a list together of everyone who is participating along with their cabin number that way you know what rooms to go to. Other groups do FE too not just DIS people so you need to know what rooms are in your group. You pick a time to deliver your gifts and there you go! I just did mine on one day. Some do it on multiple days. I chose to just put all of my stuff together in a bag and go for it! :0) Hope that makes sense!

Swimming with the dolphins was amazing!

 

[momof2minnies]

Keep it coming- it was great to log on and see you are back.

GC looks great- I can't wait.

Loved your outfit!

Where are you staying in Sept.?

Linda

 

[kmab00]

Keep it coming- it was great to log on and see you are back.

GC looks great- I can't wait.

Loved your outfit!

Where are you staying in Sept.?

Linda

Thanks so much! We are staying at Wilderness Lodge for the first time ever! I booked it when I was there in January with the bounce back code!

 

[PopArtGal]

I can't get over how blue the water is!

 

[kmab00]

I can't get over how blue the water is!

I know that's what amazed me too! It's gorgeous!!

 

[tlhbdm]

Thanks so much! We are staying at Wilderness Lodge for the first time ever! I booked it when I was there in January with the bounce back code!

When are you going in September? I'm headed down September 24-Oct 1 staying at SSR

 

[kmab00]

When are you going in September? I'm headed down September 24-Oct 1 staying at SSR

Awwww we'll just miss you! Sept 13-20 is the date we'll be there!

 

[daveyc150]

Great update! Really looking forward to our cruise now, we sail on the Western on Sept 19th. We'll be at WDW the same time as you, we fly in on the 12th and our wedding is the 17th at Epcot.

Keep the updates coming

 

[Jennifer48]

Great update! I'm going to try snorkeling on our honeymoon cruise at St. John when we go. I can't wait!

Awwww we'll just miss you! Sept 13-20 is the date we'll be there!

Awww I'm just going to miss you too! I'll be at GF Sept 8-11th then on the Eastern cruise Sept 12-19th.

 

[kmab00]

Great update! Really looking forward to our cruise now, we sail on the Western on Sept 19th. We'll be at WDW the same time as you, we fly in on the 12th and our wedding is the 17th at Epcot.

Keep the updates coming

Thank you! Awww how cool! Where in Epcot are you getting married? I have a lot of "friends" (Dis friends of course) that have gotten married there! :0) Or at least had their receptions there....

 

[kmab00]

Great update! I'm going to try snorkeling on our honeymoon cruise at St. John when we go. I can't wait!


Awww I'm just going to miss you too! I'll be at GF Sept 8-11th then on the Eastern cruise Sept 12-19th.

Aww darnit! Bummer!!! Hope ya'll have fun!!!!

 

[daveyc150]

Thank you! Awww how cool! Where in Epcot are you getting married? I have a lot of "friends" (Dis friends of course) that have gotten married there! :0) Or at least had their receptions there....

We get married in the UK pavillion, yes I know, we're coming all the way from the UK to get married in the UK... lol but it's where we met.

Check out our PJ in my signature, it's full of all the details!

Loving your trip reports, i've read all of them!!!! Keep the updates coming

 

[kmab00]

We get married in the UK pavillion, yes I know, we're coming all the way from the UK to get married in the UK... lol but it's where we met.

Check out our PJ in my signature, it's full of all the details!

Loving your trip reports, i've read all of them!!!! Keep the updates coming

That is so neat! I'm definitely going to check out your PJ!!! That's how I got started with the boards...I was looking for ideas for our WDW Honeymoon! :0) Thank you so much!

 

[kmab00]

Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - Cozumel Day!

We woke up Wednesday morning and decided to try something different for breakfast so we went to Topsiders! I still wasn't feeling well at ALL! I was very nauseated and just wanted to stay in bed. I think the adrenaline of the Dolphin Swim got me going, though! I had looked forward to this since I booked it!

We had 11 a.m. reservations at Chankanaab National Park to do the Royal Dolphin Swim. After much hesitation, I booked this myself cause I really really wanted to do the Royal Swim and Disney didn't offer that through their bookings. With the purchase of the Royal Swim, we also got access into the park for the day! yay!

After we ate, we found our way to the ramp to get off the ship.

Jenny and Sean (coconutsunshine) passed us on our way out. They were just gonna go to Paradise Beach but decided instead to go to Chankanaab. They took a picture of us in front of the ship, too!

We had to walk through this open air mall (we walked into the mall from the 2nd floor) to get to the taxi area. There were people like this all over the place!

It was $10 for a taxi to the park. It was a rather scary taxi ride, I do have to say. But then again, I have nothing to compare it to cause I've never been in a taxi before. lol!

We made it in! It was super easy! We just walked up, told the guy who we were, he gave us a wrist band and viola! Once inside, we found the Dolphin Encounter desk and signed in.

This is the area that the Dolphin Encounter took place. You actually swam with them in the ocean. Before the swim, they give you a locker to put all your stuff in, then they take you to a room to watch a video about dolphins. Really neat and cute! After that, you get life vests to wear in the water, then the fun begins! There is someone there to video and photograph your encounter.

The water was SOOOOOOOOO COLD!!!!!

This was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. I'd do it again in a heartbeat! I absolutely loved it. I've wanted to do this for a long time now, though....

((We were succors and bought the photo/video package!))

Handshake (I told Jason to hold my life vest and he "forgot" so I started slipping...as I was smiling, I was like, "JASON HOLD ONTO ME PLEASE!!!") lol!

Hug

Kiss! Awww...

Handshake

Hug

Kiss

I think for all the photos and the video, it was like $89 or something like that...I can't remember. I bought it because I wasn't sure when I'd ever do this again and I wanted to have the memories of it!

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[kmab00]

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After the swim was finished, we turned in all our gear and walked around to explore a little. Now I felt "ok" while in the water but after we got out...ugh. I wanted to barf. Sorry but I really did. It's ok though I held it in as best as I could!

There were a lot of areas set up like ancient Mexican Ruins...kinda neat!

There was a little village hut set up, too...

They did a good job with the landscaping! It was all very pretty!

The lagoon was BEAUTIFUL!

Another Disney Cruise family took our picture! :0)

By that point, I had to sit. Not only was I nauseated but my stomach was hard and I felt like I had something kicking me inside there! lol! I didn't eat anything crazy so I'm not sure what was going on with me! But I almost felt like I had to walk bent over to get to where I needed to go because of the pain.

So we sat for a while and listened to the ocean. It was very peaceful.

Overall, we weren't impressed by the park. We were both a little bored with it. It was nice and pretty and set up very well but we didn't' swim, we didn't snorkel, so we felt like we really had nothing to do. I enjoy the beach but to just lay there all day long...that's not me (or him). So we decided to change clothes and leave!

Us on our taxi ride back! He wanted to eat at Carlos and Charlies instead of at Chankanaab so we stopped there on our way back to the ship...

That's all coming up next! :0)

 

[Jillpie]

oh my gosh, could you be....pregnant? Love this report!

 

[kmab00]

oh my gosh, could you be....pregnant? Love this report!

Ooooh no no way. Definitely not pregnant!!!

 

[Credit Man]

Carlos & Charlies...now there is a place to cure an upset stomach!

 

[PopArtGal]

Awe!! SO lucky! I would love to swim with dolphins!

You did good by buying the video/photos combo. I would have too.

 

[disneyfav4ever]

I hope you started feeling better soon! I love the picture of the dolphin kissing you, that is so cute. I have the same swimsuit you're wearing, LOL.