February 21, 2009 Magic Western Caribean

[Donald&Tinkerbell]

Stacie very kindly prepared a group list for us:

Stacieps *** Stacie with DH Doug, DD(11), and DS(9)
Tevagirl *** Denise with DH Joe and *** DD- Jill, DH Aj, DS(15), DS(4)
IndyDisneyFan *** Laura with DH (15th annivesary)
Mc2 *** with DH (2MC), 2 children, parents
Strega7 *** Marci with DH, DS(9), mom, dad, sister
pouncingpluto *** with DH
Cindarella&Dopey *** (honeymoon)
Hanny&AlsMom *** Carolyn with DH, DD(8), DS(5)
mcraft17 *** with DH, DD(12)
TheLionKing *** with parents

 

[donmil723]

It's too bad you aren't sailing with us on the 2/28/09 Eastern. It will be just DH and I on our 3rd DCL cruise. And we will have just celebrated our 30th anniversary in August 2008.

 

[Donald&Tinkerbell]

That would have been neat, but we picked cruise because our 30th anniversary will be 2/24/09. There's not that many of us around now days, are there? This will be our first cruise ever!

 

[donmil723]

You will have a great time! We did the DCL Western in May 2006. I absolutely loved Grand Cayman. We booked our own excursion with Soto's to see the stingrays and afterwards they dropped us off at 7 mile Beach, which is so gorgeous!!!! Pirate night on the ship is also a blast! The last night of the cruise the activity staff did a skit in Diversions! It was HILARIOUS!!!!!!

Donna

 

[Donald&Tinkerbell]

we're not the only ones booked on this cruise?

 

[stacieps]

We just booked this cruise while we were on the Magic last week.

It will be me, DH, DD11, and DS9.

Another year-long countdown for us. We had booked the Magic for 1/08 in 1/07. Now we have to wait again until 2/09.

 

[Donald&Tinkerbell]

We just got back from 8 days at WDW on 2/1 and we now have our countdown going for the cruise.

 

[stacieps]

I think our roll call will start to increase with the February cruisers booking onboard for next year! We're going to WDW in April for 10 days, so we won't be thinking about this cruise much until after that!

 

[tevagirl]

Stacie's right. We just came off the Magic today and rebooked for this cruise. We are also booked for the St Croix Eastern the following week!

So hello! I'm Denise and my husband is Joe. This trip there were 16 of us. All my kids, their spouses and my grandchildren. Next year will just be my husband and I.

Our forecast was not very good for the week but it turned out that we had gorgeous weather and an absolutely wonderful time!

 

[Donald&Tinkerbell]

I'm Robby & DH is Mike, no kids, and we now have 367 days till our cruise. We are really looking forward to it. DH & I always have to have a Disney vacation planned to get through the work week. Have you done a Western trip before? If so, what are your favorite ports and excursions?

 

[tevagirl]

I'm Robby & DH is Mike, no kids, and we now have 367 days till our cruise. We are really looking forward to it. DH & I always have to have a Disney vacation planned to get through the work week. Have you done a Western trip before? If so, what are your favorite ports and excursions?

Hi, Robby, nice to meet you. We just came off a Western. We didn't do any excursions. All any of us wanted was a beach so on Grand Cayman we took a taxi to 7 Mile Beach and on Cozumel we went to Nachi Cocum. We really enjoyed both places.

I understand about always having a Disney vacation planned. That's why we booked for this cruise while still on board. (Plus the discount and on board credit doesn't hurt either.) Makes getting off the ship a little easier.

 

[Donald&Tinkerbell]

that with a party of 16 excursions would be difficult. I'm looking forward to Key West. I was born there but haven't been there since I was 2. DH wants to do the Atlantis submarine. I burn in 15 minutes w/o sunscreen, slower w/sunscreen, so I don't do beaches. We're not planning too much since it's our 1st cruise. We do like to dance, so we may be night people on the cruise.

 

[tevagirl]

I enjoyed Key West. It has some great history behind it.

 

[tevagirl]

So lonely.

 

[IndyDisneyFan]

Hi all! We were also on the Magic Feb. 9-16 with tevagirl and rebooked for this week next year. It will once again be just me and my DH, as we try to get away to celebrate our anniversary each year without the kids. For us it will 15 years, and what better way to celebrate than with Disney! Just think, one year from today we will be sailing the seas!

Laura

 

[tevagirl]

Hi all! We were also on the Magic Feb. 9-16 with tevagirl and rebooked for this week next year. It will once again be just me and my DH, as we try to get away to celebrate our anniversary each year without the kids. For us it will 15 years, and what better way to celebrate than with Disney! Just think, one year from today we will be sailing the seas!

Laura

Yay! That's great, Laura!

 

[Donald&Tinkerbell]

Sorry, busy weekend what with my B-day, our 29th anniversary, helping sister & brother in law move (we are getting too old for that), a wonderful Michael Buble concert & internet outage due to aging modem (4 whole years old, isn't technology great). Glad to know that there will be other experienced Dissers on our cruise since we will know nothing. DH keeps waffling on excursions, I'd just as soon stay on the ship, he can't make up his mind what he wants to do. He's fascinated by the Atlantis submarine. He was on Navy subs before we met & is amazed by the windows.

 

[mc2]

Hello!
We are also on this cruise (myself, my husband, my 2 children, and my parents). It is our first Disney Cruise, and we are really looking forward to it! We have a countdown clock in our kitchen...359 days to go!
PS We are HUGE Buble fans...saw him in concert twice so far...if only he did gigs on cruise ships, it would be perfect (ha ha!).

 

[tevagirl]

Sorry, busy weekend what with my B-day, our 29th anniversary

Happy birthday and happy anniversary!

Hello!
We are also on this cruise (myself, my husband, my 2 children, and my parents). It is our first Disney Cruise, and we are really looking forward to it! We have a countdown clock in our kitchen...359 days to go!
PS We are HUGE Buble fans...saw him in concert twice so far...if only he did gigs on cruise ships, it would be perfect (ha ha!).

Hello mc2, welcome aboard.

 

[mc2]

Thanks!
Feel free to pass along any tips/hints/advice...this is only our second cruise (first with RCCL), so we are very new to all of this. It's so nice to have a spot like this for sharing our enthusiasm especially as the time gets closer. We got high speed internet access (FINALLY! 6 years later...the joy of country living!) the same week we booked the cruise...needless to say we've been stalking the DCL webpage, and our productivity at home has decreased significantly! My daughter (2) is obsessed with the podcasts! She keeps saying asking if it is time to go on the "cooz" (cruise). The Playhouse Disney channel just launched with our satellite provider in January, and she's a huge fan of "Mikey Mouse Clubhouse"...we were telling her that she would see Mickey, Minnie, Donald, etc..., and she asked if she would see Pete...go figure! Is Pete on the ship? I'm guessing not, but you'll have to clarify that one for me!