Looking for Nov 9th ~ 7 Day Western Magic Cruisers!

[peagreenid]

I WANT ONE!!!!

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! I'm really going to miss our balcony this year........but we have a window. But, if they gave me the Roy or the Walt suite.....I would never ever complain!!!

smiles Patty

patty who checks the dcl website every day 5 or 6 times to see if she's gotten an upgrade!

 

[DuncanLL]

Someone who went on the Western earlier picked me up an excurion form. It is just the one for Grand Cayman and Cozumel. There are at least 4 excursion thet go to Stingray City. I'm having a hard time figuring out which one to do.

Has anyone ever seen a website or brochure about Chankanaab Park in Cozumel? I've seen it mentioned on other Cozumel websites, but haven't seen one that shows a map of the whole thing and all of its amenities. Let me know if anyone stumbles across one.

Linda

 

[peagreenid]

I've read a lot of positive comments about Capt. Marvins-
that is who we've decided to go with. We just want to visit the stingrays and go snorkeling. I've read some great things about
Chankanaab- and some not so great things.....I'm at a loss for excursions in Cozumel.

websites that I found
http://www.cozguide.net/chankan.html
http://www.travelnotes.cc/cozumel/links/todoreviews/chankanaab.html

You may have these already.........

smiles Patty

 

[peagreenid]

I found this website that I had too......has some great pictures of Chankanaab at the very bottom of the page and maps of Cozumel...so maybe if you look around you can find what you need......

http://discovercozumel.net/ArticleSite.cfm/PageID/62962607

smiles Patty

 

[Bob Noble]

Hello to all,

The count down continues, Ive got my DD 10 telling me day to day already! She is really excited.

Patty, thanks for the input on the rotation. I think we will take what comes our way and have a blast regardless of the order.

We are locked in for the full day with Capt. Marvin and still figuring out Coz.

Linda the Key West web site offers 10% off all online resies for Conch train, Trolley museums etc. Big savings over the excursion prices DCL has listed on the DCL site.

Same goes for the trips on Coz. We were thinking of the Fury trip but after a full day out on Tuesday we are considering a self multi beach/snorkle tour by taxi. Also if the DS does the evening Fury tour ( which he say he wants to) it would be too much for him I am sure. Coupons are available for free ice cream or margaritas on MrSanchos.comSanchos is just past the Chankanaab park which is easy to do on a self tour as well.

 

[dis4me]

Hi All
we just paid our final payment.
Does anyone know how difficlut it is to do things on your own in Grand Cayman or Cozumel. I know most Disney excursions don't alow for an infant except for the beaches and I would hate to pay al that money to sit on the beach if I could get there myself. What beaches are nice??
Thanks

 

[peagreenid]

I'm going to PM you with Mutt and jeff's email addresses. In case your son wants to email them.

Sher-
Your son should have received an email from Jeff (julia) unfortunately she re-sent the one she already wrote, and didn't put anything disneyish in the subject.......so he probably read it and thought WHO COULD THIS POSSIBLY BE!!!

smiles Patty

 

[peagreenid]

I posted some links to Cozumel on the last page.....you may want to check them out.
I had a client tell me yeah....on going at it alone in Grand Cayman............but Nay on Cozumel unless you are going to hang around public places.

so much to decide

smiles Patty

 

[dis4me]

Thanks Patty

 

[bjspalding]

Hi everyone!
Just made our final payment on Saturday. YEAH!!!!! I'm getting more excited, and there's still 79 days left!
We're going shopping today, to check out the summer clearance sales (things for the cruise), since all the fall merchandise is in the stores now.
We're still trying to decide what to do at the ports. DD7 does not like beaches. May let her stay with Grandma on the ship (she loves the waterslide and hot tub), while DH and I explore the islands.
Have fun with all you trip planning! But don't get overwhelmed!!!

Bonnie

 

[Bob Noble]

Hey Patty, please send the email. We have finialy diagnosed our Dell home PC as having a bad hard drive so they are scheduling a home visit to replace, so.... hopefully we will be back up on AOL soon. Just paid off the balance too for our cruise.

Is anyone doing banana boat or parasail on castaway cay?

Other than those and the Teen Cruise, I think these are the only DCL sponsored excursions we are considering for now.

 

[peagreenid]

Mutt and Jeff did the Teen Excursion on Castaway Cay last year. I believe it was $35 per child. They were gone most of the day. They biked, snorkeled, swam at the teen beach etc. It included all of their equipment. They had a kick doing it.......and at the time it was the ONLY teen excursion since they cancelled the dance at St. maarten. They want to do it again. So let me know if your son would be intereted.

DH and I just snorkeled at Castaway Cay.....then ate lunch....went back to the ship and hung out in the adult pool with all of our NEW DIS friends and finished off the pitchers of margaritas before we went home the next day. (boy were they getting strong in the end.......we were running low on mix....)

smiles Patty

email addresses are on their way

 

[Bob Noble]

Thanks Patty,
I'll talk to DS and that could be an adder, I'll let you know. We are having a family plan night soon before school starts. Most likely over labor Day weekend.

DW has a few questions...
1. How does the talk about radios ( like motorolla ) work as far as reception. I have seen them mentioned on the boards but not sure of range through deck etc.
2. How does the refillable mug thing work. Do they have to trek the mug everywhere they go? Do they get lost? Do you bring a marker to put names on? Do they ever get cleaned? LOL
3. When you are on shore having fun, like say Key West/Cozumel do you ever say the heck with the ship meal and eat on shore. realizing the ship is free but the island may be more fun?

Thanks,
Bob

 

[peagreenid]

We took our walkie-talkies but didn't use them too much. When we did use them the reception was fine. I can't ever remember them being out of range. I can't ever remember needing them too much though either??? (this is one of the times I didn't want my kids to find me ) Actually as far as my kids.... I had an update it seemed from everyone we knew- about my kids. It was great. In our group of Disers we had the Oldest more unsupervised kids. I always knew where they were all the time. The other adults always filled us in.

The refillable mugs- Yes you have to lug them with you wherever you go. Each stateroom is equipped with a MUG WASHER!! It is in the corner of the bathroom. You lift the lid, insert mug and HOLD ON TIGHT!!! If you do not hear a really loud noise and Air rushing past your ears it isn't working right. (really Bob- I'm just kidding) We didn't buy mugs. We brought a case of Diet Pepsi on board. We are thinking about buying 1 this year and letting mutt and jeff split it. Sodas are free at dinner.
DH did invest in the ESPN beer mug. It was 22oz glass mug. They exchanged it each time he turned it in for a refill and gave him a frosted one. The Soda mugs you have to track...so a marker would probably be in order.

We ate at HRC last year in St. Thomas. Well we ate munchies at lunchtime and had a drink and then dinner on board. You can also shop and drink, go back on-board and drop of your purchases, eat and go back out again.

I will probably stay away from food and/or drinks in Cozumel. I've heard a lot about people getting sick. We may take Bottled water on the ship this time, to make sure we have plenty.

smiles Patty

 

[peagreenid]

DIS4ME- this might be a great site for you because of your little ones............

http://www.cozumelmycozumel.com/Pages/Kids.htm

smiles Patty

 

[dis4me]

Thanks Patty It looks like the beach is all the baby can do.Maybe dh will take the girls to the ruins.
Chankanaab looks good for the young ones.I appreciate your help Having an infant makes it difficult to do research.
Toni

 

[peagreenid]

BABIES LOVE TO SHOP!!!!

smiles Patty

 

[Bob Noble]

Hey Patty thanks for the feed back, I can't wait to see that mug cleaner! Sounds like the marker is the way to go. We get the mugs for free through booking with AAA. Maybe I can get them to fill mine with Bud.LOL

Bob

 

[peagreenid]

I have to tell you if you have never experienced the "MUG CLEANER" on the ship watch out. You need to make sure you close the lid before you flush.......

It sucks everything floating free in the room into it, if you don't.

My kids at 13 flushed and ran like he**!

The mugs will be a nice feature.

smiles Patty

 

[peagreenid]

smiles Patty