February 18, 2006 Magic - Who's Onboard? Roll Call post #156

[JenGang]

Linda, thanks for the welcome. Now that things have settled down a little bit, I can tell you about our trip some.

First off, we had the best time because before the cruise, we met a great group of people on the DIS board! Mark and his wife Laura are so much fun to be with. I miss them very much.

Second, we had GREAT weather! I would have to guess that the average temp was 80-85°. It was a little cloudly Friday morning when we got to Castaway Cay but by noon the sky cleared and I burned quite nicely. LOL

I enjoyed Garnd Cayman the most because we swam with the stingrays. I was really nervous about it but those fears quickly went away when I got in the water with them. They are so gentle and soft!

We didn't have great servers but I managed to survive. Like I've said to others, even bad service is better than no service, which is exactly what I have at home! LOL

OK, I have to run now but if you have any questions, ask away!

 

[rottie110]

Thanks for the welcome, I look forward to learning more about the cruise, Right now I dont have any rotties, just a few kittys LOL

 

[JenGang]

I just cancelled our cruise on the 18th because we rebooked on RCCL. We're getting a room with a balcony cheaper than we can get a room with a window on DCL. DisneyPilots (Mark) and his family have also cancelled their cruise on the 18th.

 

[Sassikay]

Sorry to hear you cancelled the Disney. We took a RCCL last April to the Southern Carribean. The trip was nice, but we prefer Disney. And our youngest was 13 at the time, but even all the adults enjoyed Disney more. We go again on the Magic on 2/18/06. We can't wait!

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Jen and Mark, we'll miss you! Have a great cruise.

Welcome, Sassikay!

 

[Dreamer04]

Hi David! We just got off the 2/19 Magic and rebooked onboard for 2/18! I am glad to see a thread started already!
Our plan is to fly donw day before, stay at Hyatt, have DCL transfer our bags and take car service to port.
It will be me 44, DH 42, DS 15 and DD 7.

 

[Tink Fans]

Hi everyone. My family (me, hubby, DD's 10, 7) will be joining you all next year. In 2001 we did the 3-day cruise and the Western in 2003 and looking forward to the extra days on this ship - hopefully for some relaxation and doing some of the activities we didn't do last time.

Christinou: Hope you had a nice cruise last week -- was it the Eastern or Western? Looks like our older DD's will be in the club together. How did they like it this past week? On our 2003 cruise my 10 year old DD didn't spend much time there and I'm hoping and she'll go a bit more this time around. My youngest loved it both times.

Looking forward to chatting with you all.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Tink Fans!

 

[Tink Fans]

Hey Linda - thanks. My youngest DD will be 2 months shy of 8 y/o so I think she'll be in the 5-7 group. Not sure if the groups were 5-7 and 8-10 y/o.

Any ideas for the excursions? I'll have to start looking into that stuff. Busy planning a birthday bash in Disney during April! I did snag some formal wear after New Years - couldn't pass it up. My husband didn't wear the tux - just a suit. Not sure what he'll do for this one.

Maureen

 

[Sassikay]

Hi,
We are going on this cruise. There are a total of 13 of us! I have a son who will be 15 when we go. We have cruised Disney before and love it! Can't wait to go again!

 

[christinou]

We just came back from our western, we had a great time, but lousy weather, castaway way was rainy until noon, then windy and cool. Unfortunately, we will not join you next year, we have decided to wait until 2007 to cruise again.........
My girls had a great time, but did not spend much time in the club.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

We just came back from our western, we had a great time, but lousy weather, castaway way was rainy until noon, then windy and cool. Unfortunately, we will not join you next year, we have decided to wait until 2007 to cruise again.........
My girls had a great time, but did not spend much time in the club.

aawwww - we'll miss you. Glad you had a nice cruise. Who knows, maybe we'll see you in '07!

 

[mykel mouse]

I am there and I think about it every day. Now that it is march we are one month closer.

 

[Dreamer04]

Hi all-We're coming, too! Rebooked onboard during our 2/19/05 cruise.
It'll be Me 45, DH 43, DS 16, DD8.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Hi Dreamer! Sounds like some of our DDs will be in the clubs together.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Hi Guys!

Just wondering re: the men and boys - is anyone renting tuxes or will they be wearing suits? Trying to decide (there are a lot of tuxes sold fairly inexpensively on EBay)....

 

[jillmom2]

My family will be on the Feb 18 eastern cruise. We are from Michigan My family of 4 is myself, my husband and two boys ages 8 and 12 at cruise time. Would love to hear from others with children around this age. It is our first disney cruise. I have cruised once before to Hawaii but this is first time for my family. We are very excited and looking for all tips/advice. Thanks!!

 

[Dreamer04]

Hi all! Just thought I'd jump on to see if anyone has joined our thread. Glad to see everyone. Jillmom2 you are going to get really stuck on DCL! As far as tips and advice, check out the trip reports thread.

Are you all planning on flying down the night before? If you are staying at the Hyatt, we could all meet up by the pool, or onboard!

 

[burma]

we are on the 2/18/06 also DW Me and DD 3 and DD4 . I booked our room at the raddison today got a 2 king bed suite. We are on deck 6. Cant wait to get back on the boat last feb was my first cruise ever and on the wonder ... had such a good time we booked the 7 night for this feb.

 

[Dreamer04]

Our first DCL cruise was a 4 day also! You'll love the 7 day!

I can't wait to book our Palo reservations and spa appointments online. As far as excursions, DH will be golfing on St Thomas and the kids and I will be hitting the beaches.