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[MrsMork]

Another personal message for a CM, please. If you get into Sessions and if Sondra from France is still there, please tell her hello from Romeo Y Jullietta from the 10 day cruise. She is wonderful!

 

[MrsMork]

Sorry duplicate post

 

[aprilgail2]

Here's an excerpt from my wife's trip report concerning a great St. Martin beach: We elected not to take any cruise excursions this trip but had planned to get to a nice beach in St. Martin. We got off the ship about 10:30am and caught a taxi to Le Galion Beach, which we had read about online as being a good place for little people. The road there was quite bumpy as we passed the Butterfly Farm but the beach was absolutely perfect! It was calm and warm, without any sudden drop offs!

Thanks! Was there a fee to enter the beach or to rent chairs? Do they have umbrellas??

 

[jlawall]

Thx for posting, keep 'em coming!!

 

[djs113]

Hello from Plainview, Long Island !!!

Would you be able to pick up 2 pins for me while you are sailing ???

Please PM me or email me and let me know

Thanks a bunch in advance !!!

- David

djs113@yahoo.com

 

[sopandbass]

Thanks! Was there a fee to enter the beach or to rent chairs? Do they have umbrellas??

Hi ~

There's a fee for chair and umbrellas (it wasn't very much as I remember). There are no sellers at this beach so it's very peaceful.

Have fun!

 

[glass-slipper]

Have a great trip! Hope you don't mind I'm living vicariously through you since my first cruise isn't until Jan. 06! My family really got a chuckle about the Farkle family. We usually wear matching shirts when we visit the MK, though my 17 yr old DS cringes, he calls us the "goober" family!

Can't wait to read more updates

 

[Aisling]

It's 8:45 PM here in NYC and I'm wondering what you're all doing now. Maybe seeing a show, strolling deck 4, playing Bingo, taking your little princess to the kid's club, ordering the drink of the day, sitting in the hot tub, stargazing, eating a Mickey bar, standing far forward on Deck 10 (?) and shouting "I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD!!" Please give us the details, we love these reports!!!

 

[Verandah Man]

If you are on the Magic this week, take a look at this thread from fellow DIS'er KANSAS: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=807652

 

[Magic_Fan_Bruce]

Can you post what movies are currently playing onboard?

 

[thomprod]

No fee for the beach itself. Two chairs and an umbrella were about $5 total. Beach is protected from big waves by a breakwater. Very shallow a long ways out.

 

[aprilgail2]

As far as movies I am not positive but today we saw Ice Princess. I know nemo was playing in the thearter before ice princess today.
We ended up going to a beach in St Maarten that was right to the left of the water taxi. It was nice but had to say """no thanks" every 5 minutes to people selling things! We rented a jet ski for 30 minutes for me and my 5 year old daughter...she LOVED it. In St. Thomas we went to megans bay and it was nice there...caught a cab right at the pier then another right at megans bay..no hassal at all!
After the 2nd day my daughter didn't want anything to do with the kids club other than tonight to make flubber...but I am not alone, I talked to a bunch of families who's kids wouldn't go in there. Lots of Palo cancelations due to that so if you can't get ressies for Palo keep checking back!!
We had all of 5 minutes rain the whole cruise, hopefully it keeps that was until we leave castaway cay tomorrow night!

 

[wccruiser]

After the 2nd day my daughter didn't want anything to do with the kids club other than tonight to make flubber...but I am not alone, I talked to a bunch of families who's kids wouldn't go in there. Lots of Palo cancelations due to that so if you can't get ressies for Palo keep checking back!!

Why do you suppose that is? My daughter is 5 also and we are on the 28th May West Coast Cruise. I sure hope I can get my Palo dinner in and have her happy at the club?!

 

[CM_Mom]

I talked to a bunch of families who's kids wouldn't go in there. Lots of Palo cancelations due to that so if you can't get ressies for Palo keep checking back

My daughter is 5 also and we are on the 28th May West Coast Cruise. I sure hope I can get my Palo dinner in and have her happy at the club?!

Don't want to be too controversial but who are the parents here? I'm not there so can't say for certain but I wonder if some of the problem isn't in way the club is presented to the kids. If DH and I had dinner plans at home and hired a babysitter or took them to our church's Parents night out, the kids wouldn't have a choice about whether they wanted to "participate" or not. I think for one two hour period, parents can tell their kids that Mom and Dad have dinner reservations and will pick them up when their dinner is over, end of discussion - not their option. It won't ruin their vacation if they aren't supremely happy for two hours. This is the parent's vacation too and the kids shouldn't be in charge of all the plans.

 

[cwf1028]

I would not have had a problem putting my child in (neither one hated it, but neither really cared for it) except that they paged me within an hour when I put my 4 year old in and told me that she wanted to be checked out. I would get there and she was fine, just bored. After two or three times like this, on about Day 3 I stopped making her go (or the other child) as it was not worth the effort. I supposed if I had reservations, they would have just made her stay, but we did not have reservations for anything. The area is sort of dark and stuffy, I'm not sure I would want to be there unless I was really engaged in an activity either.

 

[aprilgail2]

Kasey liked being able to go to different places on the ship not be stuck in the one club....she did go when we went to Brunch and Tea but she had had it after that....sure, I could have put her in there like another couple I talked to that got paged all of 10 minutes after they left their daughter there since she cried the whole 10 minutes. I know my daughter and if she didn't want to be there she would be beeping me and crying the whole time.....not worth it on vacation. Its our vacation together so I didn't mind spending most of the time with her. THe best thing was that my servers brought us up 2 chocolate souffles for dessert tonight since they knew I missed out on that at Palo!! It was awesome. People at the table next ot me were like "I want what she is having" but they couldn't get it LOL

 

[wccruiser]

The area is sort of dark and stuffy, I'm not sure I would want to be there unless I was really engaged in an activity either.

Exactly...it's about compassion. I am in charge of my child. When we are at home in our normal situation with our normal babysitter and hubby and I are going out for dinner, if she expresses concern about our leaving her, I have a chat with her and we'll still go and she's fine. However, in a strange and new environment with strangers (both adult and children), if she was not having a good time for whatever reason, I certainly would not make her stay. I am not that desperate to feed my face. Frankly, I wouldn't be able to enjoy myself if I knew I was leaving her someplace she was not comfortable in. We go out plenty here at home and she always has a great time with her sitter. Also, she is 5..not 8 or 9 or 10. We decided to take this "Disney" cruise because of her. She is at the age where the magic is still very much alive and so this vacation is about family and spending time together. This is supposed to be fun for her and a trip of a lifetime. Presentation of the club to your child is one thing (she is looking forward to it). But their actual experience of it is another. If we have to miss our dinner at Palo's so be it. I'm just curious why so many people on AprilGail2's cruise had their children not enjoy the club.

 

[aprilgail2]

I don't think my cruise had an extra special high number of kids not using it....a whole lot DID go there happily. A little girl Kasey played with at the beach loved it, but her 3 year old sister hated it...they couldn't get the 4 year old to come out and the 3 year old to go in LOL...

 

[Mickeyhugger]

I wouldn't be able to enjoy myself either if I knew DD was miserable. I even posted a thread last year 'Did anyone elses' children not enjoy the kid's clubs?' and while I had many who agreed with me, one Mom must've written a 500 word essay about how parents let their children have too much power. Oh Puleeze! We'd told our DD ahead of time that she would be going to the lab when we dined at Palo, and for one hour after dinner on certain nights we wanted to go to the nightclubs. She was fine with that, but wanted no part any other time. She's 10 now, and we're comfortable having her stay in the stateroom with her gameboy if that's what she prefers. While some kids "LOVE' the clubs, others do not. Every child is different, and deserves a little respect to a certain degree.