July 13th Magic???

[bambilin]

Just curious to see who else is sailing on the Magic July 13th. We will be a crowd of 27, all from New York. I am sure we will be hard to miss!!!!

23 days and counting!!!

 

[StaceyA]

Myself and DH will be on the cruise with you!
Have you set up any excursions?
Im sure we will see your big group!!

 

[GoodStepMom]

Hi Lin and Stacey!

DH, DD11, DD6, and I will be there! We're more excited each day!

Travel safely to the port and we'll look for ya'll there!

 

[kat28]

We will be cruising for the first time Jul 13. My DD11 will be in the in the same group as yours in the Oceaneers Lab. We're doing 5-star St John excursion. Nothing in St Martin.

 

[bambilin]

Hey, glad to hear from our fellow 7/13 cruisers. All of the kids in our group except one are boys. My friend's daughter Stacey is 12, so pretty close to your 11 year olds!

9 of us are booked on the 5 Star St John excursion also!

In St Maarten, most of my 27 are going to go over to LeGalion Beach on the French side. A co-worker of mine is from St Martin. She told me that it was a great beach for families because it is protected by a reef and the waters are shallow and always calm. There are watersports on the beach, and it's a short walk from Orient for the more adventurous.

Then we will go back over to Front Street and have lunch (and smoothies!) at Everyting's Cool. It's a great little place very close to the ship. They have great casual food, and just about any kind of fruit you want to blend into a smoothie, with or without alcohol. It's ultra casual, you sit on what looks like your neighbor's backyard furniture. But there's usually a band playing and they have a small beach that you can just walk a few steps down to. They even have lockers in case you want to stroll back onto Front Street. Hey, I should ask for a commission, sounds like I am advertising.

We are trying to get T shirts together to all wear at our "shared" cocktail party. If you see people with shirts that say "Look Out Disney Here We Come" on the front and "Cruise Crew 2002" on the back, that will be us. Hopefully we will get them done, my friend is having a little trouble with the graphics!! :0)

14 of us have a reservation at Palo's on Tuesday night.

Hope you all a great trip to Port Canaveral and that we get to see you on the Magic!!

Kat28, your first cruise? How great. I am the "cruise Queen" of my group. And I have been getting my friends hooked one by one. You are gonna love it!!

 

[StaceyA]

Lin,
Were you able to get the ressies at Palo early because you have such a big group?

 

[bambilin]

StacyA,

You've got it! My TA called me last week to tell me the "Group" person from DCL could accept an advance ressie for us for between 8 and 14 people. It worked out great, because the adults without small kids (or with no kids) came out to exactly 14. We took Tuesday because it is day 4. On days 1,4 and 7 you eat in the same restaurant. We figured that would be a good day. It's St Maarte which works out really well, because now that they have moved up the late seating to 7:45 we don't have to rush. We have a 9 PM at Palo'!

 

[kat28]

Lin,

Are any of the boys in your group my daughter's age (11ish)?

I'm sure we will love it! We can't wait. Gotta get away from the northeast rains to the Carribean sunshine! Hope the weather is gonna be great!

Kat

 

[bambilin]

Kat28

Well, we do have 2 boys who are just about to turn 9, and one who just turned 14. We've also got a 2 yr old and 5 year old boy, and then the girls are 6 and 12. I am sure all the kids (including us big ones!) are going to have a great time!

What airport are you guys flying out of?

 

[kat28]

Buffalo/Niagara International

 

[bambilin]

OK, so I am geographically challenged!! :0) I saw, NY and didn't pay attention to anything else. We have 20 flying out of JFK together, 3 our of Islip, and 4 driving down to spend 4 days at WDW before the cruise.

My whole crowd finally has their documents. There were some problems with name spellings and such, but everything is finally OK.

 

[adkaul]

Hello All

We'll be on the July 13th cruise. Me, DH, DD7, DS5.

Can't wait!

 

[Lisa6201]

Hi All,

We will be on the July 13th Magic cruise too. It will be me, DH and DD13. I'm hoping that my daughter makes a few friends in the teen room so she will have someone to hang out with. I have allready started packing and making my lists. Thanks to all for this great site it has been such a big help. See You Soon!!! HAPPY SAILING!!!

 

[bambilin]

Well hello there Lisa6210. Glad to hear you are joining us on 7/13.

Lisa, we have Stacey travelling with us. She will be 13 in September. Her mom says she will probably not meet anyone to "hang out" with until Friday night and then be disappointed on Saturday. Maybe we can introduce her to your DD and give them a head start!



Hope to see you all on the ship!

 

[mickeynut674]

Hi Lisa..welcome to the boards..they are great!!!
We'll be sailing with you all too...our honeymoon
SOOOOOO EXCITED
From Middletown,NJ..Lisa are you flying out the day of? we are flying out the night before & staying at the Hyatt in the airport!!
Hope to meet so of you fellow cruisers

 

[Lisa6201]

Hi Lin, My daughter (Julia) will be 13 on July 5th so she just made the age to go into the teen room. I hope since Stacey will be 13 in September they let her go in there too. I would love for Julia to meet someone on the first night. She is my only child so I am hoping she makes a lot of friends to hang out with. E-mail me and maybe we can set something up. Lisa

 

[bambilin]

Hey Mickeynut!

Congrats and glad you are joining us on 7/13. Have a wonderful wedding!!!

 

[GoodStepMom]

Wow! Only 16 more days!! Good to see our group of DISers is growing for this cruise!! Finally told DDs about the cruise and they are soooooooo excited!

kat--Saw you had no plans for St. Martin...we're doing the Butterfly Farm and Orient Beach (family/kid's playground side) on our own that day!

Lisa--DD11 is jealous of teen club, I'm sure Julia will have lots of fun there!

adkaul--my DD6 will be 7 in Aug. They will love the clubs I bet!

Lin--the only thing better than a cruise would be a cruise with such a large group!

Stacey and mickeynut--hope you've looked into the surrial! What a great idea for couples!!


Who would like to meet up on the ship? Time? Place? We can private msg the details or post any ideas here...

Gina, DH, DD11, and DD6

 

[bambilin]

Lisa6201,

I think it would be a great idea to have Julia and Stacey meet. Don't know if she'll get into the teen room. I will email you !

Goodstepmom,

Thinks it's a great idea for everyone to meet up. Will have to figure out where and when. Don't know if I can drag the rest of my group with me, but... This is my biggest group so far, we can't wait. Last May I had 17 on the Carnival Sensation. It really is fun with a group!

Oh, and the family part of Orient in St Martin, that's where we will be as well, actually most of my group. Only a few chose an excursion. My friend who is from St Martin said that area is called LeGalion and she highly recommended it. So if we can't arrange a meet on the ship, I am sure we will bump into you there!

OK, and I shouldn't admit this, but I am so computer challenged!! I can't figure out how to add the countdown thingie. Anyone help???

 

[StaceyA]

Gina,
We are doing the butterfly excursion as well, so we will see you there for sure!

We would love to meet up at some point, if you make any decisions clue me in!!

We do have plans to try the suriel bath, I will be sending DH to the spa to make reservations while I tackle Palos!!