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

[jnjusoioa]

Hey Karen, as always another awesome couple of updates. I love your pictures, as always. I love that ketchup, if I had known that they did that, I would have asked for ketchup too, just to see that, it is so cute!!!! Your dolphin swim photos are amazing, I love dolphins and was lucky enough to swim with them in Key Largo, my brother and I did it. It was wild for me, I have a pacemaker and because of the way dolphins hear, they could actually hear my pacemaker and were very interested in me, so they kept getting close to me and trying to figure out what it was, it kidn of took away a little from the experience but it was still fun. But your pictures from your experience are wonderful!!!! I sure hope you got to feeling better soon, being on vacation and not feeling well is no fun. So you are heading back to WDW in Sept.??? Awesome, not sure when I will get to travel again but will be excited I am sure. You are staying at the Wildnerness Lodge, I hear it is beautfiul. Are you going to write a trip report?? I sure hope so. Can't wait to read and see more of your cruise.

 

[cdotla]

Great updates Karen!

So sorry you weren't feeling well for so long - that's awful!!! It sounds like more than just sea sickness though. Any idea what it was??

If it was sea sickness, had you taken anything in advance to try and prevent it?

That is one of my worst fears about taking a cruise - getting sick. I am prone to motion sickness just riding in a car!

 

[QJ411]

Hiya! I don't remember how I found your TR but I'm glad I did! LOVE the photos; you guys are SOOO cute! Sorry you weren't feeling well - looking forward to the rest of the TR - I'm hooked!

 

[croppincolburn]

Loving your trip report. The dolphin pictures look so fun! Can't wait for the rest.

 

[DisneyCruiser83]

Awww, I was sick on our second cruise and it was awful! I hope you recovered before the end of your trip. I love the photos of the dolphins, it looks like you had a great time!

 

[kmab00]

I was going to update but my friends threw a party for me last night after church and I didn't get home until really late....I'll try to do it sometime before the weekend!!

 

[kmab00]

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.

Thank you! Yeah I think that one's my favorite, too! Too funny about the swimsuit!!!

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

Well I don't know so much about the cure part....

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

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

Thank you!! Yeah I thought it was a decent deal!

 

[kmab00]

Hey Karen, as always another awesome couple of updates. I love your pictures, as always. I love that ketchup, if I had known that they did that, I would have asked for ketchup too, just to see that, it is so cute!!!! Your dolphin swim photos are amazing, I love dolphins and was lucky enough to swim with them in Key Largo, my brother and I did it. It was wild for me, I have a pacemaker and because of the way dolphins hear, they could actually hear my pacemaker and were very interested in me, so they kept getting close to me and trying to figure out what it was, it kidn of took away a little from the experience but it was still fun. But your pictures from your experience are wonderful!!!! I sure hope you got to feeling better soon, being on vacation and not feeling well is no fun. So you are heading back to WDW in Sept.??? Awesome, not sure when I will get to travel again but will be excited I am sure. You are staying at the Wildnerness Lodge, I hear it is beautfiul. Are you going to write a trip report?? I sure hope so. Can't wait to read and see more of your cruise.

Thanks so much! HOW NEAT about the pacemaker! You made the dolphins curious! That's too funny! I sure will write a TR! I'll let you guys know about it definitely! Hopefully I won't start that one so late...haha!!!

Great updates Karen!

So sorry you weren't feeling well for so long - that's awful!!! It sounds like more than just sea sickness though. Any idea what it was??

If it was sea sickness, had you taken anything in advance to try and prevent it?

That is one of my worst fears about taking a cruise - getting sick. I am prone to motion sickness just riding in a car!

I did have scopalamine (that's the stuff in the ear patch) and I started using it before but nothing was working! Ugh. I get motion sick too....:0( I did finally find something that works...those sea bands to put around your wrist with pressure points...they are a God send!!!!! Thanks for following along!

Hiya! I don't remember how I found your TR but I'm glad I did! LOVE the photos; you guys are SOOO cute! Sorry you weren't feeling well - looking forward to the rest of the TR - I'm hooked!

Yay I'm glad you found it too!!!! Thank you!!!

Loving your trip report. The dolphin pictures look so fun! Can't wait for the rest.

Thank you so much! I think the Dolphin encounter was my favorite!

Awww, I was sick on our second cruise and it was awful! I hope you recovered before the end of your trip. I love the photos of the dolphins, it looks like you had a great time!

Awww that stinks! Thank you so much!!!

 

[jnjusoioa]

I was going to update but my friends threw a party for me last night after church and I didn't get home until really late....I'll try to do it sometime before the weekend!!

Hey that is awesome!!! Was it your Birthday?? If so Happy Birthday!!! I hope you had a wonderful day!!! I also forgot to mention in my last post, how awesome that you saw Bolt in 3D!!! That is so cool. Am I the only one who cried during Bolt?? I am so animal sensitive, at certain parts I cried. Leave it to me. Anyway, looking forward to your next update. So glad you are doing a trip report for Sept. too!! Do you and Jason have any plans to visit Disneyland again?? I can't wait to go there again, all the new stuff coming to California Adventure sounds amazing!!! Not to mention I can't wait to have a Tigger Tail again!!!

 

[Jennifer48]

Your dolphin pics are too cute!! I love them.

I love your bathing suit too. Mind if I ask where you got it?

 

[kmab00]

Hey that is awesome!!! Was it your Birthday?? If so Happy Birthday!!! I hope you had a wonderful day!!! I also forgot to mention in my last post, how awesome that you saw Bolt in 3D!!! That is so cool. Am I the only one who cried during Bolt?? I am so animal sensitive, at certain parts I cried. Leave it to me. Anyway, looking forward to your next update. So glad you are doing a trip report for Sept. too!! Do you and Jason have any plans to visit Disneyland again?? I can't wait to go there again, all the new stuff coming to California Adventure sounds amazing!!! Not to mention I can't wait to have a Tigger Tail again!!!

It was for my birthday! Thank you so much!! You are NOT the only one that cried. I definitely cried too!!!!!! I was so happy when she found him again. Don't EVEN get me started on UP. I cried so much during UP from beginning to end. I was either laughing or crying. But I hate to see little old lonely people. Working in my field, I see that a LOT and it always breaks my heart!!! I know it's just a cartoon but it still got to me!

Don't know about Disneyland again....he wants to go back to Cali next year. I'm trying to talk him into September so I can run the DL half. lol! I'm running the Disney World half marathon in January then if I run the DL half in September, I'll get a Coast to Coast medal also!!! We wouldn't just go to DL though...we'd stop there first then go to San Diego!!

 

[kmab00]

Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - Cozumel Continued....

After leaving the park, we hopped a Taxi ride back to the open aired mall where we came from..

We passed this along the way! lol

Jason decided he wanted an Authentic Mexican meal so we stopped at Carlos and Charlies. I'm kinda sick of Mexican and I wasn't too hungry but I went along with it anyway...lol!

He was so excited because Mexican is his favorite!

The waiters shirts cracked me up!

Jason and his Fajitas!

I got Nachos. The atmosphere in this place was CRAZY!!!! The music was loud, people were acting crazy...it was just a crazy place! lol!

Seriously, I had NO IDEA this stuff was sold all over the world! We even saw it in the Twilight movie! I really didn't know! Their factory is like and hour and a half from my house. We used to go there for field trips and stuff! Strange...anyway, good ol Louisiana Tabasco was in Mexico! lol!

So then some dude comes around and start making us these hats without even asking, then wants a tip for them. OK what if we didn't want them in the first place, dude? but we tipped him anyway.... Another guy put a sombrero on Jason's head and took a picture and tried to get us to buy it. No thank you...lol!

Another funny shirt!

So after we ate, we shopped around in the store for a while. Jason wanted to get his brother a birthday present and he bought him a tshirt. We also got me a tshirt from somewhere in the mall and my brother a tshirt also.

A few pictures in front of Senor Frogs

After that, we decided to walk back to the boat. As we were on our way, Jason's balloon hat blew away in the wind. Darn it. lol!

A view of the mall from the top of the escalator.

A view of Cozumel from the port

Time to get back on the boat and take showers! I felt gross! lol!

I still can't get over how BLUE that water is!!!

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[kmab00]

Your dolphin pics are too cute!! I love them.

I love your bathing suit too. Mind if I ask where you got it?

YAY 15 days until your cruise!!!!! How fun!!!!! Thank you so much! The bathing suit came from Disneystore.com a LONG time ago!!

 

[kmab00]

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After we got cleaned up, we went to the Walt Disney Theatre to see the premier of Earth. It was earth day that day, too. I didn't like the movie at all. It depressed me. As we were watching the movie, we could feel the boat moving out of port and it was SO ROCKY! Uh oh...

We took a few pictures after the movie was over!

After the pictures, we headed over to Parrot Cay for dinner. I forgot to mention it was Pirate Night but I'm sure you could tell that already...lol!

Sitting down to eat was awful. The boat was REALLY rocking and even our table mates commented on how harsh it was!!

Anyway, the waiters did some kind of show after dinner...

These guys were awesome! They cracked me up the entire trip!

Collin there is a little trickster! I figured out some of his tricks but I couldn't figure this one out....

I have no pictures of food because just looking at food and smelling it was making me SICK!! It was awful. So we left as soon as we could!

This was in our room when we got back.

Saw this on an elevator and thought of Heather's (Heatherlynn) dad!

We were in our room, I was sacked out in the bed when I FORGOT about the Pirate Party! I was so mad!!!! So we got up and went to see what we had missed.

Of course the deck was PACKED with people by that point cause we were so late! We stood up against the outside rail with me trying to keep my eyes forward and not look down into the water....the motion of the water was awful. If I saw it through a porthole, I would groan because I felt like I could throw up any minute! Ugh ugh ugh.

I made Jason sneak in there and get a few shots! We couldn't see anything but the screen from where we were standing...

I remember it being REALLY REALLY windy out there and COLD......I mainly wanted to see Mickey come down from the top!

A few fireworks shots

Ok so we were looking for Mickey and we could see everyone getting ready on top of the smokestack so we kept looking and looking and looking and then....

He ran out from behind some door and appeared on stage. I guess it was too windy. I was so mad! lol!

After the show, I totally forgot about the dessert bar (and that's bad for me because I'm a huge desserts person) and we went straight to bed. I felt awful. This was by far the worst so far!!!!

Up next: 2nd At Sea Day!!

 

[Jennifer48]

Karen I'm so sorry to hear you were so sick! What a bummer! I hope it gets better!

BTW, HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY!!!

 

[cakesnjammom]

I am still enjoying your TR so much...I love your pics, they are great. Ya'll are such a cute couple.
I am so sorry you were sick We are cruising West Car in Sept and I am concerned about the motion and more so after reading several TR's . It has been a long time since we cruised - 12 years - I was fine then but I did take meds. It sounds like you were so prepared with meds too...so sorry. Maybe I should buy some sea bands, just in case? Did you get them on the boat? Have you cruised before?
well looking forward to more...thanks for posting and Happy B-day!

 

[jnjusoioa]

Hi Karen, so glad to hear that I am not the only one who cried during Bolt, I couldn't stop, but I was happy when they got back together. I agree about UP, I was either crying or laughing, it is one of Pixar's best films, I loved it!!!! Great update!!! I am amazed at how blue that water is myself, I don't think I have ever seen water that blue in my life. That would be awesome if you could run at both of those and get that medal, I think that would be so cool. I will be cheering you on. I so want to go to Disneyland again, but it doesn't look good in the near future, but can't wait to read all your trip reports. They are awesome. Can't wait to see and read more about your cruise, it is great and I am so happy i found it.

 

[DisBride2009]

Im sorry you were sick throughout most of your cruise. Are you pregnant? J/C I dont wanna be a bother...I hope I didn't offend you . Anyway....great picks, I love the DCL. I only went on it once but it was the Wonder. I hope I can make a trip to go on the Magic this time. Hope to read more TR . Well G2G TTYL.

 

[kmab00]

Karen I'm so sorry to hear you were so sick! What a bummer! I hope it gets better!

BTW, HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY!!!

Thank you very much! I had a fabulous birthday!!!

I am still enjoying your TR so much...I love your pics, they are great. Ya'll are such a cute couple.
I am so sorry you were sick We are cruising West Car in Sept and I am concerned about the motion and more so after reading several TR's . It has been a long time since we cruised - 12 years - I was fine then but I did take meds. It sounds like you were so prepared with meds too...so sorry. Maybe I should buy some sea bands, just in case? Did you get them on the boat? Have you cruised before?
well looking forward to more...thanks for posting and Happy B-day!

I'm glad you are thank you so much! I've never been on a cruise before and yes I did buy those bands on board the ship in the gift shop. They were $11 but I'm sure you could find some cheaper at walgreens! Thanks again!!!

Hi Karen, so glad to hear that I am not the only one who cried during Bolt, I couldn't stop, but I was happy when they got back together. I agree about UP, I was either crying or laughing, it is one of Pixar's best films, I loved it!!!! Great update!!! I am amazed at how blue that water is myself, I don't think I have ever seen water that blue in my life. That would be awesome if you could run at both of those and get that medal, I think that would be so cool. I will be cheering you on. I so want to go to Disneyland again, but it doesn't look good in the near future, but can't wait to read all your trip reports. They are awesome. Can't wait to see and read more about your cruise, it is great and I am so happy i found it.

lol I'm glad you agree about UP and Bolt! I definitely do love Up and think it's one of Pixar/Disney's greatest as well! Thanks for cheering me on! No matter where we go, there will be a TR! I'm glad you found it too!!!

Im sorry you were sick throughout most of your cruise. Are you pregnant? J/C I dont wanna be a bother...I hope I didn't offend you . Anyway....great picks, I love the DCL. I only went on it once but it was the Wonder. I hope I can make a trip to go on the Magic this time. Hope to read more TR . Well G2G TTYL.

Thank you! No way jose am I pregnant! No offense...don't worry! I hope you can make it onto the magic as well! It's an amazing ship! :0)

More on the way....

 

[kmab00]

Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 2nd At Sea Day

I went to bed the night before feeling awful. I remember waking up Thursday morning feeling a little better and I thought YAY but the moment I stood up, it all hit me like a TON of bricks. This was the worst I had felt yet. It was such an awful feeling!

We had a Character Breakfast that morning and characters are one of my favorite things about Disney so I didn't want to be a stick in the mud and miss it! We got up, got dressed, and headed over to Parrot Cay for our Mickey and Friends Breakfast. What an awful walk. We had to walk so slow and I had to hold onto Jason. You can tell in the pictures that I don't feel good...

Goofy came first

Followed by Mickey

Then Chip and Dale

Pluto

And Minnie

Haha our waiter made that hat for my head out of a napkin. I almost got up after chip and dale to go back to the room but I wanted to wait for Minnie. I knew that I felt SOOOOOOOO bad that I was about to go pay a trunkload of money to see the ship nurse/doctor. Now come on...you know it's really bad when I'm willing to go to the doctor! Nurses make the worst patients!

Anyway, I stuck it out and waited for Minnie. Just the smell of food turned my stomach. I got out of there as fast as I could!

Jason walked with me over to the First Aid area where I saw a sign posted on the wall. They had free Meclizine (which helps with dizziness) and the paper said if that didn't help, they could give you a shot to help with your nausea. OK so I knew I wasn't dizzy but I figured that pill was just meant to make you sleep. I also knew that the shot they were going to give is called Phenergan which really doesn't help with nausea, that too just knocks you out and puts you to sleep. I didn't want to just sleep, I wanted to feel better. So I took some pills back to the room and this was me for most of the day..................

What a party pooper!

We also called for Evian bottled water from room service because I thought maybe the purified sea water was one of the things making me feel bad.

6 bottles of Evian water = $10!!!! Neither Jason or I cared by that point we both just wanted me to feel better!!!! I knew I was going to run the Castaway Cay 5K the following day too no matter how I felt so I needed water before the race!!!! lol What a trooper! Haha....

Anyway, Jason slept most of the day too which he really enjoyed. We did get up around 1:30 p.m. because I had reserved a Galley tour for us and I didn't' want us to miss out!

Me met in Lumiere's with all of the chefs on the cruise. We were introduced to them and then the main chef took us into the kitchen. It's kind of neat how they all connect to the different restaurants!

It's nice and shiny in there! See that pan of cookies? They gave everyone a cookie and I wanted one soooo bad but the smell was turning my stomach. So, I stood with my back to the cookies the entire time and I tried to stand as still as possible.

This is what a I stared at for about 15 minutes...

That wedding cake was meant for a couple on our cruise which reminded me of the wedding that afternoon. I had all intentions of going to watch (we were all invited) but I knew with how awful I felt, I really didn't care at that point!

And that was it, the Galley tour was over! I have to admit that I didn't hear most of what the guy said but it was neat getting to see it all!

On the way out, we saw the new menus that everyone had been raving about on the DIS!

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