Recap from DIS Board posters (Just to give you an idea of some things that were talked about)
Stop at Home Depot & get a Disney [BEHR] Mickey ear Paint swatch, Color Alien Green [DC4B-30-5] (pic at bottom)
Pin it to yourself, hat, backpack, so other members will know you are from this board.
Sat
Check-in & Boarding
Port meet, 11:00 at Model ship
Pack a daybag including swimwear for the kids
Goofy Pool meet, 1:00 deck 9 [changed from Mickey pool]
WELCOME BUFFET on ship, Parrot Cay Rest deck 3 rear, til 2:45pm Sat
Staterooms often aren't available until around 2:00
At 3:30 or so everything shuts down to prepare for the drill
The Drill was at around 4pm
[mandatory]
Departure Bubble Blowing 5:00 pm
Sun
DIS Kid meet at Topsiders at 9:00 am
DIS meet 11:00am at Scoops deck 9 [MardiGras beads option]
Dock Key West 12:30pm - 7:45 pm {outlook=Partly Cloudy 72°F/64°F)
Town Sopping, Durval St can be adult themed
Mallory Square, Pirate Museum, Tain & Trolley Tours, Sunset
Mon
Day at Sea - DIS Celebrate Mardi Gras
nothing yet set-up, except wearing beads
Monday Night = Formal dining
Tue
Grand Cayman 7:30 am - 5:15 pm
Captian Marvin Tours are recommended by some
StingRay City, Snorkel, and beaches
shopping/eating coupons
Wed
Costa Maya approx 10:00am - 6:00 pm
Ruins & Beach, village shopping, Beach
Pirates Night on ship
Thu
Day at Sea
Birthday - DecemberRoses (Tracy)
Semi-Formal dining at night
Fri
Castaway Cay 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Sat Return 8:30 am
Motion Sickness Items : dramamine or bonine, ginger tablets, sea bands, or the patch [also mention for Kids safe is Hylands homeopathic Motion Sickness tablets. & wrist bands]
Towels are available at Pools
Kids clubs open house hours/ family visiting hours all day Saturday
but no checking your kids in until Sunday.
At some point you need to stop in there to sign some forms and get your child their bracelets.
If they are 7 or under, you (or another designated adult) must check them in and out. If they are 8 or 9 you have the option of letting the kids check themselves in and out. 10 and over, the kids do it themselves.
See Navigator [from Jan]
Friends and family can contact you aboard the Disney Magic® by calling
(888) 322-8732. The cost is $7 per minute and CC information must be entered before the call will be connected.
Use
Tip Calculator for Cruise you are on
http://cruisetip.tpkeller.com/
To those Crew Members who have provided excellent service to you, the following guidelines are suggested by
DCL:
Person: Seven-Night Cruise
Stateroom Host/Hostess $25.25
Dining Room server 25.75
Dining room asst. server 18.75
Dining room head server 6.50
Dining Manager Your discretion
Room Service Your discretion
~These amounts are for each guest per cruise, not per day. Children also receive services from these crewmembers, so you should tip on their behalf also. Therefore if you are a party of 2 adults and 2 children, multiple the above amounts times 4 for excellent service.
~We normally tip the room service crewmember $1 for dropping of the tray; $2 if they were particularly helpful.
~Child counsellors are not allowed to receive cash tips. But gifts are ok. Most people give International phone cards from what I've seen. I also saw Target/
Walmart gift cards mentioned
~
NEWS
Bahamas Form - This is used becasue Castaway Cay is in the Bahamas. In section 1, you need to fill out name, passport number (if you have one), birthdate, and address. Also, check arriving by Discovery Cruises/Ferry/Other Ship. Put the date of arrival as 03/03/06 and put "PC" as where you boarded the ship. In section 2, list your TA and their city. Also put "1" for number of nights, check the "other" box and list the "Disney Magic" as the hotel name. Everyone in the group needs to fill out a form (including children).
Other docs - You only have to fill out the minor authorization form if you are travelling with kids without their parents. The payment authorization form is the official signature form the KTTW charges. The embarkation form is to list an emergency contact. Finnaly, everyone must sign the cruise contract form.
We have an awesome group and I love the meetings with them. My SIL will be with us on the cruise and she goes to the same meetings. That midnight buffet sounds incredible!! I hope I can do it... if I lay down after eating stuff like that... let's just say it doesn't stay down. That alone will keep me in check for most of the cruise. 
.... I will PROBABLY pass up the $30 Beach party and just do what I have to do to get a chair... order a drink at a time. If I do the beach party I may try to hard to get my monies worth and not make it for pirate night!! 
