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

[Shercara]

Ok now folks – we may never see or hear from D.N. R. again – they probably won’t show up at the sail –a- way meet - for fear of having kid’s thrown at them!!

I know we are all just joking, myself included, so have no fear D.N.R. (unless of course you are interested, we could work something out!)

Yes Toni, I am taking the boys out of school. DS 8 will miss 3 full days & 5 half days, and DS 13 will miss 6 full days & 2 half days, since we will be in WDW the week before. I can’t wait to tell the teachers either, but feel strongly that family time is MORE important sometimes. They will ALWAYS remember these days we will spend together as a family, and the will have many more school days ahead of.

See ya,
Sher

 

[bjspalding]

I feel really stupid! I just wanted to add a reply to this thread, but posted a new thread. I was wondering if anyone has gotten their excursion info yet? We haven't gotten anything yet. But last year, we never got any info before our 10/01 cruise. We are considering the Dolphin encounter at Cozumel. DD8 says she would like to do it. But this is the child who, while we were at the beach for 5 days in August, never once got in the ocean. She just played in the sand. She loves swimming in a pool, but will not get in the ocean.
TONI, DD8 will just be missing 3 days of school! Her school is closed Nov. 11 and 12 for parent/teacher conferences. I guess we'll have to schedule our conference for a later date.
Have a great weekend.
Bonnie

 

[peagreenid]

What do you mean an HOUR.....! I'd gladly give mine up for the duration..........

TONI-
How big is that cabin? Mutt and Jeff are great Babysitters.....maybe we can work something out.....

School-ShMOOL....... Mi kidz dont need no skool!
Mutt and Jeff are missing 6 days. They are out of school on the 8th, I couldn't get tickets that day with their frequent flyer miles so had to move it up one day so we are flying in on Thursday. I give the teachers advanced warning......the teachers always give me grief Last year they only missed 4 days and I had teachers REFUSE to give them their homework. I believe that it is family time as well. They do okay in school. (my kids, you will see doing homework during the cruise... they hate us)

well woke up, to tell the kids to be quiet......back to bed again.
smiles Patty

 

[D. R. N.]

Thanks so much for all of your advice - and all of your children! However, my husband and I will have to pass on your kind offers - we would like to continue to enjoy our "DINK"hood just a little longer. (hopefully not too much longer!) Now I am certain we will have a wonderful time especially surrounded by such a nice croud.

Thanks for all of your tips... They have been very helpful.

As for shore excursions, we pretty much have decided to go on our own at Key West, go w/Capt. Marvins in G.C. and visit Xcaret in Mexico.

Counting down the days too,

Denise

 

[marty Jay]

Hello Everyone,

We are eagerly counting down the days to the cruise, and we haven't received any excursion info yet either. Could be because our final payment isn't due until Sept.9th.

We are also taking our kids out of school for 10 days and I plan on letting the teachers know right away so that they can prepare . My kids are DD(7) (also going on 15) and DS(9) and they both do well at school so I'm not too worried about taking them out of school. Two years ago we went to WDW in November and I had all these plans to have DD do some homework and journaling but by the time we got home from all the parks each day it was way too late. I'm not sure what the teachers this year will expect them to do, so we'll just have to wait and see.

Mind if I ask a couple of quick questions?

1) Do most parents take there kids on excursions. And if you leave the boat and leave the kids in the Club how would they contact you if they need you for anything?

2) Can anyone recommend some good family excursions that we just should not miss?

3) I'm wondering if there is a possibility of not getting reservations at Palo's if you're not fast enough. Do they ever run out of room.


Anyways , hope you all have a great Labour Day Weekend. We will be out on our new boat ( THE GUPPY ) trying to catch some crabs. Wish us luck.


Marty Jay

 

[peagreenid]

I don't think we've talked.... so Just wanted to say.....Hi...glad to see you have joined our group.

It is very unfortunate, BUT, Palo's does run out of room. When we cruised last September I tried to get Ressies for Brunch, Dinner and the High Tea. We got there before 1:00 on embarkation day.........and the High Tea was already all gone. Remember that all Concierge suites and AMEX white glove folks could already have their ressies in at this point. There were also many brunch and dinner times completely wiped out as well. They limit everyone to 1 brunch and 1 dinner reservation so that everyone has an equal shot and you can put your name on a waiting list for any other available times and they will call your room and leave a message if they have openings. Many people book them, and then don't follow thru and cancel out due to other conflicts and they do have openings. The first Night, Palo's is very easy to get into. They let folks have two dinner ressies if they visited Palo's on the first night.
Good luck with the crabs. I've got a freezer full of Dungeness legs and Rock fish we caught on the Oregon coast last month. Dying to have some more.
By the way, I posted some links for excursions 1 or 2 pages back.

The big thing for Grand Cayman is Stingray City. I've heard it is not to be missed.
There are numerous things to do on all the islands, from snorkeling, kayaking, boating, just hanging out on the beach. If you like horseback riding they have that too!

talk to you all soon.....
smiles Patty

 

[peagreenid]

ONE MORE NIGHT...................AND COUNTING!!!!!



smiles Patty

 

[peagreenid]

I leave you alone for 1 night.............

1 MEASELY NIGHT............ and we end up on the 3rd page.........


WOOHOO! I am officially back on Day shift. I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend. We are Headed to Dinner. It is our 18th Wedding anniversary.......and DH had his birthday a couple of days ago. (I really could use a margarita.........)


talk to you all soon.........
smiles Patty

 

[dis4me]

Happy Anniversary Patty and Happy Birthday to your DH
By now you are probably having that Margarita Lucky you.
It is miserable here. Some labor day weekend at the Jersey Shore. It has rained all weekend so far. Tomorrow we are bbqing so hopefully it will clear up.BTW thanks for those sights on the beaches they were great.I definately think whatever we do it will be on own own.Unless Dh and and the girls do an excursion with DCL. Shopping sounds good to m.Although my sister just got back from Grand Cayman and said the prices were outragewous. She swam with the stinrays and hated it. She is a bit squimish anyway.
Have a great anniversary.
Toni

 

[peagreenid]

for the Well wishes......We had a nice dinner......and 1 margarita that went straight to my head.

As far as shopping goes, it doesn't look like it is very good on the Western as compared to the Eastern. The spending limit is much higher on the western and you could bring back an entire BAR with the alcohol limits. From what I'm reading the limit is 1 bottle per person on the Western. As much as I love Tequila.....I don't do anything with WORMS in it.......and they are big on that in Cozumel. So we may just make our alcohol purchases on the ship.

You know, maybe you let DH and older kids do the excursion and you check the baby into the daycare for an hour or so and get a "REWORK" at the spa. All new moms deserve to be pampered. There is nothing that says you have to get off the ship. Then when everyone is done with their excursion.... head off to the Hard Rock and do a little shopping in town.

There are so many things I would like to do, Just haven't been able to pinpoint that 1 THING I know I would love. So, Because I've always wanted to Scuba dive I think that maybe we will try that.
Talk to you all soon........


Please everyone.........Throw out ideas for a get together for the sailaway party if you are interested. It doesn't sound like too many people are staying at the Radisson, so a meet there woudn't be too great. Would like to get all the kids to meet if possible, at least then they will know someone.

smiles Patty

 

[peagreenid]

You are going to have to start POSTING at least 1 time a day, so that your countdown clock is always visible. That way I don't have to keep searching the pages to find it......

smiles Patty

 

[Shercara]

So sorry Patty, and all who "count" on my Countdown Timer!
Happy Anniversary to you and your hubby and a Happy B'day to him as well! ( Congrats on getting back to days too!)
A sail-a-way meet sound great - let me know when and where!

Had a great time being adults at our friends wedding last night, and am too suffering with a rainy NJ weekend Toni. At least we are not at down the shore, but we had hope for one more swim in the pool!

Welcome Marty J, hope you had some luck catchin' crabs - Yum!
Love the name of your boat too! We didn't do DCL excursions on our Eastern, but both boys, then 12 & 6 went with us to the beaches we visited.

We are going to book DCL's stingray city and island tour in Grand Cayman, and probably do things on our own in KW & Coz.

As far as Palo's we arrived at the ship before boarding began and went straight there, and were able to get the ressie we needed.

Well school starts on Wed. here, time to check and double check our supplies! Have a good week all!
Sher

 

[peagreenid]

I appreciate that Countdown. Woohoo! Everytime we hit a milestone.........90 more days......or 80 more days.....we are now under 70.....almost time to book excursions.

smiles Patty

 

[Bob Noble]

The Kids are back in school....

Hey hope everyone had a safe long weekend. It was a bit wet here on the east coast. Welcome Marty J. Hope the crabs were many. We ate our share (but from the restaurant)

Put over 180 nautical miles on our boat this weekend, a three night three marina tour. Weather at the mouth of the potomac was quite rough on Saturday, we endured 4-5 foot waves crossing to our Sunday night stay. Fortunately is was much smoother Monday for the return leg home. The treat of the weekend was a large school of dolphins we watched for about 15 minutes. Came within 15-20 ft from our boat. Beautiful sight. We have never seen them this far north.

Our kids will miss six days too for the cruise, I doubt much home work will be done until after we get back. They will do just fine.

Patty the pre-sailaway meet sounds like a plan at the ESPN club. We hope to be at the port by 10:30, I'll be dropping the troops and taking a rental back to Avis.

Shercara, DS said the same thing when I asked him if he got a reply. He said yes but it didn't say anythng Too funny, typical 14 yr olds. DS is big into chatting with his buddies on aol IM. he typically has four boxes going at the same time. Too much information for me to process at one time.

All the best...
Bob

 

[peagreenid]

We can plan for a meet at the ESPN club......time will be decided soon.
That way all you beer drinkers can get your mugs EARLY!


smiles Patty

 

[Bob Noble]

We will have to program our talk about radios to the same channels. Mine will be on Beer Thirty.

 

[DuncanLL]

Hi Everyone,

It's been a crazy weekend with my parents moving, my great-grandmother dying and trying to get the kids ready to start back to school tomorrow. Whew! I'm almost glad to be back at work today. We're so looking forward to this cruise!

The ESPN meet sounds good before the sailaway party. I can't believe we can book excursions next week!!!! Has anyone gotten the official forms from DCL yet? We have a summary of the excursions from Dreams and a fax form, but I want to check the times offered and make sure there's nothing new to consider.

Linda

 

[Bob Noble]

Hey Linda my TA from AAA just phoned to let me know that the booklet has arrived. I'll pick it up after work and would be happy to confirm any info you would like. Are you an aol user. We can set up a chat this evening if it works for you or anyone else for that matter. Home email is Fruitcks@aol. If I can wrestle my DS away from the screen for a while I'll shoot to be on about 8 PM EST.

Bob

 

[peagreenid]

I am so sorry to hear about your grandmother....... Yes, my dear..... It sounds like you need a VACATION.........


Bob- Beer thirty............or Margarita forty works for me.......

smiles Patty

 

[D. R. N.]

Hi everyone... Meeting in the ESPN skybox sounds good. I would love to meet you all. We should be arriving at the peir at about 11:30 am or so... We will be driving up from Miami that morning. I am going to try to get there a little earlier since I will be making a mad dash to Palo's to get a reservation for our anniversay. I would be really disappointed if we didn't get it...

Talk later..

Denise