Just back from the July 1st Magic - Pirate Ship photos!

[LongIslandMouse]

Oh I was crying in the shower this morning as I thought about leaving the wonderful Magic! I just downloaded our 700+ photos and thought some of you might like to see what the Pirate ship at CC looks like. It's better from the angle at the beach because as you can see, the angle from the Magic shows that it's really just a facade for the movie. But it's pretty ghostly nonetheless!

By the way, photobucket resizes the images so unfortunately, they don't look as cool as they do on my computer.

 

[LongIslandMouse]

A closer shot...I hate PB.

 

[LongIslandMouse]

 

[disgal1]

I love your pix...mine look lousy on webshots, but printed out beautifully.

Can;t wait for your trip report, wish I was onboard at dinner right now!!

 

[sillykidsmom]

Great pictures!! We will be on the Magic July 15th-22nd. Did they show POTC II on the cruise?

 

[LongIslandMouse]

Yes they showed POTC II just after midnight on 7/7 and my 13 ds went to see it, of course, dh and I were too pooped. And 16 yo. dd wasn't feeling well...but ds said it was good.

We ate at Palo's last night...and oh I wish I was there right now too.

 

[HookedonMagic]

Thanks for sharing your great pictures! Looks like lots of fun! My DD saw the movie at midnight on Thursday, as well, but I'm sure she would have rather seen it on the Magic! Too cool.

 

[Reenieny18]

I am going on the AUG double dip.. Can you tell me what the CASTAWY gift was.. It is rumored to be a laynard and pin only and no bag or towel.. Thank you..
DOREEN

 

[ibouncetoo]

I am going on the AUG double dip.. Can you tell me what the CASTAWY gift was.. It is rumored to be a laynard and pin only and no bag or towel.. Thank you..
DOREEN

The rumored gift change is supposed to START with the cruise that set sail yesterday...so we'll have to wait for a live report from yesterday's Magic or today's Wonder group....

 

[sillykidsmom]

Yes they showed POTC II just after midnight on 7/7 and my 13 ds went to see it, of course, dh and I were too pooped. And 16 yo. dd wasn't feeling well...but ds said it was good.

We ate at Palo's last night...and oh I wish I was there right now too.

I wish we could do Palo's. Our 3 year old DD may or may not stay in the club so we didn't want to take the chance getting paged in the middle of dinner. Oh well, maybe another time when she is older.

 

[LongIslandMouse]

I am going on the AUG double dip.. Can you tell me what the CASTAWY gift was.. It is rumored to be a laynard and pin only and no bag or towel.. Thank you..
DOREEN

It's a nice beach tote with handles and a backpack strap, I didn't have any shots so I just took this for ya.

I wish we could do Palo's. Our 3 year old DD may or may not stay in the club so we didn't want to take the chance getting paged in the middle of dinner. Oh well, maybe another time when she is older.

I know what you mean. We had our 3 yo. in the club almost every night for dinner and the almost 2 yo. at flounders. It was the 3yo that would end up paging us in the middle of dinner. My dh brought him back each time and he sat with us and was behaving. If I were you, I would take a chance and go to dinner, even just an appetizer at Palo's is worth it.

 

[DisneyDmbNut]

Here is a link to some pictures I took of your sailaway!

 

[vpalmer]

Hi Laura,

I hope you had a great time on the cruise. I remember reading your pre-cruise posts about booking excursions and was wondering if you ended up doing the dolphin excursion in Cozumel? How did it work out? I would love a report as I am trying to decide whether or not to book directly with Dolphin Discovery since the DCL excursion sold out before I could book it at 75 days out.

Thanks!

 

[Deb in IA]

Hi LongIslandMouse!!!!


I'm sure we must have seen you on the ship. Wasn't that the BEST cruise ever? 4th of July celebration, Prem-EAR at Sea of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, seeing the Flying Dutchman the next day on Castaway Cay!!! I was sad the space shuttle launch was scrubbed, but I guess we can't have it all!!

Thanks for the pictures of both the sail away and the Dutchman!

 

[ldb1030]

Hi Laura! I think Alexa told me she met Katie but I wish we could have met!
When I got to the meet, only Sheila and Deb in IA were there!

Deb in IA- I never saw you again after that meeting!

It was a WONDERFUL week and we are all have a very hard time getting back to reality!

 

[Deb in IA]

Deb in IA- I never saw you again after that meeting!

I guess I was too busy running around, having fun!!!!


Jen told me she saw Alexa around a bit last week. I think everyone had a blast . . . I know I sure did!!

 

[LongIslandMouse]

Hi Laura,

I hope you had a great time on the cruise. I remember reading your pre-cruise posts about booking excursions and was wondering if you ended up doing the dolphin excursion in Cozumel? How did it work out? I would love a report as I am trying to decide whether or not to book directly with Dolphin Discovery since the DCL excursion sold out before I could book it at 75 days out.

Thanks!

We did have an awsome time! We got to the dolphin discovery at 11:30am to check in and it started to pour buckets. But our "encounter" and "Royal Swim" didn't start till 3:30pm so we went to the beach via their cattle car and had lunch under a thatched roof restaurant right on the beach. As we were finishing, the sun came out and me and ds 13 went snorkeling which was neat. The beach there is rocky and there is no real beach where you can enter just to play in the waves, so beware. It's 90% a snorkeling beach, except for one smal area we only discovered as we walked back to the dolphin area. Take note, don't try to use your American Express card for the excursion since they are having issues with their system. It's a long story, but we ended up paying cash which was very frustrating since we didn't want to use our cash at that point. But both the encounter and royal swim was great and fun and I think, worth it. DH and I had done it in Xcaret a few years ago and it wasn't as good, they didn't give you enough time with the dolphins. Hope you book it direct, I think it is cheaper than thru DCL.

 

[4mickeyfreaks]

Any word on the Castaway club gift?? I was looking forward to another towel!! A bag would be nice, but a lanyard with a pin??

 

[LongIslandMouse]

Hi LongIslandMouse!!!!


I'm sure we must have seen you on the ship. Wasn't that the BEST cruise ever? 4th of July celebration, Prem-EAR at Sea of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, seeing the Flying Dutchman the next day on Castaway Cay!!! I was sad the space shuttle launch was scrubbed, but I guess we can't have it all!!

Thanks for the pictures of both the sail away and the Dutchman!

Hi Laura! I think Alexa told me she met Katie but I wish we could have met!
When I got to the meet, only Sheila and Deb in IA were there!

Deb in IA- I never saw you again after that meeting!

It was a WONDERFUL week and we are all have a very hard time getting back to reality!

It really was a great time. Sorry we didn't get to meet...we were just very tied down with two little ones (DH and I) and they both got sick about 2 days into the cruise with bad coughs and stuffed noses. Even DS 13 was sick with a bad sore throat. Katie had aunt flo (shhhhhhh) so she was anti-social almost the whole time and didn't go to the club much. She even missed the Prem-Ear at midnight and that was definatly "not her". Glad ya'll had a good time too! My dh knew how sad I was and told me the day we got home to use our timeshare points (with Sunterra) to book a DisCruise next year instead of going to disneyland. I'd definately do a cruise over WDW any day!

 

[Deb in IA]

Any word on the Castaway club gift?? I was looking forward to another towel!! A bag would be nice, but a lanyard with a pin??

We got a beach bag. The DVC members got lanyards, baseball caps, and a door magnet that says "Welcome Home".