February 19, 2011 Magic Western - Presidents of the Caribbean!

[Lisae36]

So EXCITED!!!!! The weather looks like it is going to be great (except for maybe Cozumel) Our school board just voted to take away these Feb. breaks so am going to enjoy this one.
I have way overpacked!!
Excited about the shuttle. I grew up in Florida and can remember every time the shuttle would launch we would leave our classrooms and go out side and watch. Now they hardly even talk about the shuttle launches anymore.

 

[nemofans]

Yeah, I have been seeing rain in Cozumel for the forecast too. I am hoping it's not more than a light rain.
We leave tonight! WE are all super excited! See you tomorrow! WOW, TOMORROW!

 

[Linda Farrell]

We leave tonight too! Almost all packed now. See you all tomorrow at the meet! I'm very excited and happy right now!!!!

 

[maronvin]

I mentioned the weather in Cozumel to a friend who been on a dozen Disney cruises and he said he never rains in there, so I'm hoping he's right!

Picking up the DSs from school in 3 hours and then just waiting for the DW to get out of work.

Almost there, looking forward to meeting everyone!

 

[wcw57]

when I started here, my countdown said 361 day (or thereabouts)....now its about the same number of minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[maronvin]

I mentioned the weather in Cozumel to a friend who been on a dozen Disney cruises and he said he never rains in there.

Don't mind my grammar, must be the excitement. He said it never rains in Cozumel, and if I just jinxed us first round at Cozumel is on me.

Just waiting for DW now!

 

[remed1978]

We are still driving, but are well into Florida! I can't believe that after all of the planning, we are sailing tomorrow! Kids have been great on the drive! I can't wait to meet you guys! See you all in a matter of hours!

 

[DISNEYJKJ]

Sitting at MCO waiting for our flight home . What a fantastic vacation. Hope that everyone had a great time, too. We loved all of our FEs and it was a highlight of each day for my son to run back to the room to see what was waiting. Thank you for the gifts! We loved it so much we booked our next cruise - Fantasy in 2012!!!

 

[*love*2*shop]

We are driving on the way home to nh, currently in nc I think....funny you mention the fe as being a highlight,it ended up being a* huge* disappointment for us ;(

 

[nemofans]

We are home to cold & snow! It feels like my house is swaying. When will this feeling stop? I am thrilled we had great weather all week. The only disappointment was arriving late to Castaway Cay. Our sting ray excursion was canceled. Does anyone know what the medical issue was for stopping in Key West?

I am willing to admit 2 moments during the cruise that brought me to tears.

1. During the sail away party, when they counted down & blew the horn for the 1st time. That made it feel real.
2. At the end of the Farewell show in the theater, I told my 2 yr old to wave good bye to Mickey & he started crying. He didn't want to say good bye. Of course I welled up.

 

[Coastingthru]

My husband heard from a staff member the next day that the stop was for a 20 year old woman, that she was doing *much* better already, and that the stop had probably saved her life! Wow.

We had a great time on the cruise and none of us were ready to come home yet. We are consoling ourselves by seeing if we can manage to swing one of the Mediterranean cruises next. Oh, and we're now officially gold castaway club members!

 

[A's Princess]

Congrats on becoming Gold Club members Coastingthru! Thanks for the update on the passenger - I was hoping we would hear of a happy ending.

Woke up to snow here too this morning but I'm still in cruise mode so I didn't let it bother me!

We had an absolute blast! Thanks to all for the FE gifts (especially loved the Nova Scotia pins - made me think of my cousins!) We ended up booking another cruise onboard - the deal was too good to pass up. Now we just need to decide when and where! It will be interesting to see where the Magic will go once the Fantasy replaces her.

Now off to unpack...

 

[*love*2*shop]

we drove home yesterday and arrived here this morning at about 5am..the last few hours were LONG driving in the snow.

Im sad to be home in this snowy/cold weather...I also dont like making my own meals

This was our 2nd Disney Cruise ( last one was in 2005 eastern ) but we have decided to stay on dry land from now on- no more cruises for us. We are going to stick to WDW or maybe even try an all inclusive family style resort somewhere WARM of course!

 

[Jonoba]

Yes-you read that right! We missed the cruise!! Delta cancelled our flight out of Boston due to the lightening/thunder we had the night before & were unable to get us onto another flight that would get us to the boat in time! We thought we had a plan to fly into Key West the following morning & hop onto the boat but apparently it is a law that you cant board & disembark a cruise in different US ports unless it is a repositioning cruise. We could have met the ship in Grand Cayman-that far into the trip-no thanks!

Off to Disney we went for the week. We had a wonderful time laced with utter depression when we saw DCL buses constantly. We missed meeting all of you at the 3pm meet & the FEs-yes I have tons of stuff with other children's names on them now & an FE holder (thankfully we didnt have a date put on it). And entire bag full of clothes we didnt wear since we lived in shorts & Ts. Ahh! Such is life! Now off to plan my attack on Delta!!

Rachel-Why were the FEs a disappointment?


Please tell me all the good stuff so we can live vicariously through you all.

Cathy

PS I did try to get a message to Denise's room to let folks know we didnt get there-did it make it?

 

[*love*2*shop]

ohh no- that was you- 7610- There was some talk of confusion around your room....well, we dropped Your gifts off anyway- lol...Wonder what Those people thought!

Yes-you read that right! We missed the cruise!!
Cathy
PS I did try to get a message to Denise's room to let folks know we didnt get there-did it make it?

 

[A's Princess]

I think I dropped off gifts too. So sorry you didn't make it! Hope you had insurance or Disney somehow made it up to you.

Are you going to re-schedule? I have the 10% off plus stateroom credit code if you need it. I'm so sad to think you missed out because Delta couldn't get you on an early flight the next morning. Boo Delta!!!

The meet went well and was over in a flash. It was nice to put faces with names & screen names. The rest of the cruise went just as well, good weather, tons of activities. There was a bit of drama. We had to go off course back toward Key West Thursday night so the Coast Guard could evacuate a passenger who got sick. This put us at Castaway Cay a few hours behind schedule so they extended our stay there until 6.

I am happy to hear you at least got a chance to escape winter and get some Disney fun in. Hope you made some happy memories last week and you get another chance at a cruise in the near future. Sorry we didn't get a chance to meet you and your family.

 

[travisx4]

It seemed that there were a few rooms without fish extenders, we just hung the bags on the fish instead, this now explains one of the rooms. So sorry you missed the cruise.

 

[nemofans]

OMG! That's horrible you missed it! Although, I will say, that even though the cruise was pretty cool, I would pick WDW over another cruise any day. It's nice to visit multiple islands, but you don't really have time to enjoy them.

My 2 yr old loved all the character interaction. On Thursday, he spend like 15 min w/Chip & Dale. At the end, they each held his hands & walked down the hall together. It was so sweet! We had some issues w/him at dinner almost every night. I apologize to the woman sitting at table 49 who was hit by DS's crayon on the 1st night.

We LOVED Grand Cayman & would like to go back there sometime.

We may take an Alaskan cruise in a few yrs, but otherwise we will stick to WDW.

 

[Vyann]

Sorry we missed the meet. We didn't get onto the boat until 3:30. I probably spoke to some of you and don't even know it. Everyone was so nice on the cruise. My girls took some Dramamine the first day. Then they got used to the boat. The shows were my favorite part of each day. I loved the food and really miss having them prepare it for me!! My kids want to go on another cruise ASAP.

The kids didn't want to do the kid clubs. So, we didn't do much adults only stuff. We did get to Palo for brunch. That was such a great experience. I highly recommend it.

The kids thank everyone for the thoughtful FE's. They loved having surprises waiting for them. Now it's back to reality.....

 

[DENISEES]

Welcome back everyone!!! It was so nice meeting you all and I have to say my kids loved meeting and playing w/ those they emailed( and everyone else of course) with and just LOVED the FE exchange!!! They were so excited to see the gifts every time!!!--uh oh what happened LOVE TO SHOP?

And no- no one contacted me Jonoba!!!-- and my dry erase did not stick on my door no matter how many magnets I had to stick on it!!-- can I send the gifts to you?--

Hope the shovels came came in handy at CC for you all?!-- hope you all enjoyed all the other stuff--tried to make each age appropriate .... Thanks to everyone for your gifts- they were all appreciated!!!

Overall loved the trip- tried to book again but they were too busy!!!- it's gonna be for 2013- so they said they would call this week an honor the request and discount---- agree with not having enough time to see the islands-plus my kids really did not care about the other islands... Wanted to stay and play on the boat but Loved CC--- ( spoke to a few of you abt it on the ship)--- so we are going to book a 5 day I think w/ the days at sea and 2 at CC....our first cruise so there was a lot to learn!!!- agree w/ Nemo... Best parts were the special moments when we would run into characters in the hallways, etc- they took the time and talked w/ the kids--- and seeing my Finnley just skipping around the halls just happy, happy, happy to be there!!!
Hey - we lucked out w/ weather though!!! Couldn't have been better!!
Sad it's over... But hope to book that next one!!!--- now I have to get to all that laundry!!!!