July 15th-22nd Magic Cruise

[steve51889]

I'm steve and I'm 17, I just found out about the disboards after my family's cruise.
People who went: Rick(dad), Sue(mom), Steve(me) 17, Eric(bro) 16, Jason(bro) 14, Kyle(bro) 12, Amanda(sis) 2, April(aunt), Kevin(uncle), jeff(cousin) 17, Kelsey(cousin) 15, Matthew(cousin) 8, Kelly(cousin) 3.

July 13th-Leaving NJ for FL
Since it was my family and my dad's brothers family going all together we all decided to drive down together. The family had come from nyc the night before, so we were all ready to leave at 7:00am in the morning. we drive in two cars in one car it was my dad, mom, sis Amanda, me, bro eric, bro jason, and cousin jeff, in the other car was my aunt, uncle, cousin kelsey, bro kyle, cousin matthew, and cousin kelly. We left the house at 7:00am, we stopped for lunch around 12:00 at a pizza hut. After that we drove to south carolina for the night to stay at my grandparents house. We got there around 6:00pm, four youngest kids swam, while the older ones all played football. Around 8:00pm we headed back to the house, grandparents took some pictures of all the cousins together. Little kids went around saying goodnight to everyone. Talked with cousin Jeff and bro Eric about life and fell asleep.

July 14th-Florida here come the Smith's
We left the grandparents house around 9:00am. Today everybody was in there own car with there family. I was sitting in the back with kyle in the middle and Amanda on the other side of kyle. We stopped for lunch at a diner. About half way down to Florida Amanda and Kyle started bugging each other so much we had to pull over. and switch around seats. So now in the back seat was me, Amanda in the middle, and Eric on the other side of her and in the two middle seats were Jason and Kyle. We got to the hotel around 4:00pm. Got to the rooms and checked them out. Then half of us wanted pizza the other half wanted hamburgers, so we met up with the other half of the family and all spilt up. Went back to the hotel after dinner. Amanda wanted to swim, so my dad, eric, jason, jeff, matthew and I went swimming too while everyone else slept. Got back to the hotel room around 8:00pm. Amanda was fast asleep and everyone else was in the other room watching a movie and dad had to take a shower, and I wanted to sleep, so I layed next to Amanda and slept.

 

[SKMinnie48]

Hi, my name is Stephanie, and I am from FL. I was on this cruise too. Did you or any of your family members head up to the stack or go to any of the teen activities? I usually was up there every day and met two other teens who are also on the disboards, sisters Brandy and Jasmine. Was this your first disney cruise?

 

[steve51889]

July 15th-Boarding the ship
Got up around 8:00am. Went to my Dad, Bro's Eric, Jason and Kyle, and cousins Jeff and Matthew out to breakfast. The girls had room service. Got back to the room around 10:30 and drove over to port. Went inside and looked around. Boarding went smooth. We all headed to Topsiders for lunch, the food was good there I thought. After lunch we went to our cabins. I was in a cabin with My Dad, Eric and Jason. My Mom, bro Kyle, and sis, Amanda were in the cabin next to us and down on deck 2 the family members, ther cabins Were Aunt Apirl, Uncle Keivn, and cousin Kelly in one and the other one had cousin's Jeff, Kelsey and Matthew. Had the life boat drill, that went pretty quick. After the life boat drill went with the family up to the sailaway party. Decided we didn't want to be there so Jeff, Eric, Jason, Kelsey, and I went to look around the ship. Went back to the cabin luggage had gotten there by then. We had dinner at Lumiere's that night, the food was alright. After dinner Mom, Dad, Aunt April, and Uncle Kevin took Kyle, Matthew, Kelly and Amanda to check out the clubs, while us older kids went to check out the stack. Only Matthew liked the clubs. After we went to the stack, Eric, Jason, and I went to get dad to get the internet for us, he did she we went on aim for a while. After that I met up with Jeff and we went to walk around of deck for with his mom and dad. walked around once, then we left them and went to Jeff's cabin. All of Eric, Kelsey, Jason, Kyle, and Matthew were, there playing cards so we joined them. Aunt April and Uncle Kevin came by with Kelly for a while then they left to go the sleep. Dad came by with Amanda, to see if we could watch her while mom and him go take a walk. Around 10:00 Dad and Mom came and picked up Amanda and Kyle to come to the cabin, so Eric, Jason and I left as well. Went back to the cabin with mom and the little kids for a little. Little kids fell asleep so I left. Got back to the cabin at 11:00 and fell asleep around 12:00am after watching some tv.

July 16th-Key West
Woke up around 7:30, took a shower, then headed up to topsiders for breakfast with the rest of the family. After breakfast went to the internet cafe and went on aim talked to some friends then logged off. Meet up with Jason and played some ping pong. Went for a swim with Jason. Mom and Dad wanted the family to go into Key West together for family time. Got of the ship walked around for a while and went to lunch and Sloppy Joe's. After lunch, Amanda started to get tired and cranky. By this time, Dad was ready to go back to the cabin and get out of the sun and Kyle and Jason wanted to swim, so they all left to go back to the ship. Mom, Eric, and I walked and look around a little bit more then headed back to the ship. After that, went to meet up with Jeff. Eric, Jeff and I went to see a movie. It wasn't good was to bailed and went to see if Jason and Kyle were swimming. They were so we joined up with them and swam for a bit. Dad came up with Amanda who was wide awake and in a much better mood. Got out of the pool, talked to dad for a bit. Kyle asked if dad would play ping pong, he had Amanda with him so he asked if I would keep an eye on her. They went to play ping pong, so Eric, Jason and I took Amanda back to the cabin with us since mom had a spa thing to go to. Kyle stopped by to say dad was coming back after he finished his drink. Told Kyle to take Amanda back to there cabin and watch her. Dad came back 5 mins after that and told Eric and I to go watch the little kids till dinner so him and mom could spend alone time together. Went to the cabin Kyle and Amanda were in, Kyle was watching tv and Amanda was hitting Kyle and cry trying to get the remote back, asked Kyle why Amanda was crying, he told me "Because she wants to watch a movie, but I wanted to watch a different movie and she was trying to change to channel." Spilt them up so no one would get hurt and cry anymore, Jason was here by then so they watched a movie. Went to dinner it was at Animator's Palate that night. The food was ok, liked last nights food better.After dinner went to the stack and chilled with Jeff and met some people. Went to the basketball court and played some basketball. Jeff and I left and went to play ping pong. Went back to the room around 10:30, watched tv, took a shower and went to sleep.

July 17th- Day at Sea!
Woke up around 8:00am, got ready. Went to topsiders with the family. After breakfast, mom and aunt April went to go run on deck 4. Dad and uncle Kevin took Kyle and Matthew to play ping pong and spend time with them. Kelsey wanted to go shopping in the stores, so Jeff, Eric, Jason, Kelly, Amanda and I went to the stores with her. Amanda saw a toy she wanted and asked me to buy it, I told her to wait till later and daddy or mommy would buy it for her, but she didn't take it well and started hang a tantrum right there in the store, so I told Eric and Jason to come because we are going to get daddy and she stopped having a tantrum. After that we all headed to the internet cafe. Eric, Jeff, Kelsey, and I went on aim while Jason kept an eye on the little girls. Uncle Kevin came by with Kyle and Matthew, by that time Amanda want to be with daddy, so Uncle Kevin took Amanda, Kelsey and Kelly with him to go find my dad and left Kyle and Matthew with us. Kyle, Matthew and Jason wanted to go to the arcade so we all went and played some air hockey for about a hour. Dad came to get us all to eat lunch together. Ate some lunch with the family then every one want to go swimming, so we all got dressed and headed to the pools. Dad, Mom, Uncle Kevin, Aunt April, Matthew, Kelly, and Amanda went to the mickey pool while the rest of us went to the goofy pool. After a while of swimming, Kyle and Jason left to go back to the arcade. Dad and Mom wanted some alone time, so they left Amanda with Eric and I. We could tell she was getting cranky because she wasn't listening to us, so we went back to the cabin. I wanted to go check my e-mail so Eric stayed in the cabin watching Amanda. Checked my e-mail and came back to the cabin to see Eric passed out laying on his stomach and amanda sleeping on his back. Dinner was at Parrot Cay, loved the food there tonight.

July 18th-Grand Cayman
Woke up around 7:30 and tooker a shower and got ready for the day. Went to topsiders with my family for breakfast, after breakfast, went with Dad, Mom, Eric and Amanda into Grand Cayman. Jason and Kyle wanted to stay on the boat with Uncle Kevin and his family so they did. We pretty much just got food and then shopped a little. Went back to the boat, and went with Jeff to a movie. After the movie we decided to go back to the cabin and play cards, so we got Kelsey, Eric, Jason, Kyle, and Matthew and played cards. Mom, Dad, Uncle Kevin, and Aunt Apirl came by and dropped off Kelly and Amanda because they all wanted to spend alone time together. Amanda had a tantrum again, Kyle and Amanda got in a little fight over a cookie, then Eric, Jeff, Matthew, Amanda and I left to go walk around. Dinner that night was at Lumiere's. After dinner went to the internet cafe, then the show that they have every night. After that went back to the cabin with Dad, Eric, and Jason. Mom, Kyle and Amanda stopped by for a while, Amanda fell asleep so dad carryed her back to there cabin and came back and we all went to sleep

 

[Babs417]

Good report

 

[steve51889]

Good report

thanks, i'll be posting more monday since i'm going to warped tour friday, saturday and sunday.

 

[PizzieDuster]

Great report! I smile every time I hear about Amanda and tantrums. Sounds like my DS13 and DD7! You are very sweet to watch her so that your parents can spend time together!

Did you like The Stack? Did you meet any other kids to hang out with? Did you go to any of the shows? My DS17 spent lots of time on the internet. I always knew where to find him

 

[steve51889]

Great report! I smile every time I hear about Amanda and tantrums. Sounds like my DS13 and DD7! You are very sweet to watch her so that your parents can spend time together!

Did you like The Stack? Did you meet any other kids to hang out with? Did you go to any of the shows? My DS17 spent lots of time on the internet. I always knew where to find him

Well my parents made me watch her most of the time, but i still got most of the time alone. I did like the stack, and met kids and I went to one of the shows

 

[steve51889]

July 19th- Cozumel and Pirate Night
Woke up around, 8:15 got dressed and headed to topsiders for breakfast with Dad, Eric, Jason, and Kyle. My Mom and Amanda were having a mother and daughter breakfast that was room service. After breakfast we met up with mom and amanda for some family time. We all went for a walk on deck four. After a while Dad and Eric went up to play some ping pong and kyle went of with his new friends. So Mom, Jason, Amanda and I sat on deck four for a while and talked. grabbed some pizza for lunch and headed into cozumel. I really like that place, I'll go back again. Headed back to the ship, when we got back to the ship Amanda was cranky so Dad went back to the cabin with her to take a nap. Mom wanted some pictures of us boys so we went to beck 9 and took some pictures. After that Eric, Jason, Kyle and I all met up with Jeff and Matthew to go to the arcade. Played some air hockey, and left when we left we saw Amanda, Kelly and Kelsey sitting at a table eating pizza so we joined them for a little while the little kids Kyle, Matthew, Kelly, and Amanda played ping pong. While they played ping pong Jason, Kelsey, Eric, Jeff and I talked about stuff going on. Dinner that night was at Animator's Palate. The food was great that night. After dinner went to Pirate Night, that was a blast. Went to bed around 12:00 that night.