We just returned from the Western Caribbean Magic Cruise. Some people have called it, Disney Version of Survivor, The mystery Cruise, and our Version, That's What You Thought! Let's just say, we didn't stick much to the original plan. hope you are ready for this report!!
Saturday we boarded as usual, everything went smoothly at the port and we were able to get on, drop our luggage and go to lunch at Parrot Cay. The weather was really nice, a little cool, but we had no idea what would be coming! We had second seating dinner with the PLA rotation. Our servers were Orlan from the Phillipines and Delphine from France. They were great all week. Dinner was very good. There were six in our party all together, me, husband, two daughters, my mom and her husband. We went to the Welcome Aboard Show featuring Rich Purpura and Dan Riley. We have seen both before, but still very entertaining.
Ok, next stop tomorrow morning, Key West. That's what you thought! The captain announced that weather was going to be very bad in Key West on Sunday, so we would be having a day at sea instead on our way to Cozumel. We would try and pick up Key West on the way back. Evidently there was a strong cold front stretching from New York to South America and they did not think they could get into key West because the channel is very narrow and the winds would be too high.
The next morning we got up for "a day at sea". Many activities planned, Revised navigators were delivered to us. Everything was great until about 3:00 in the afternoon. The winds picked up, it began to rain and the boat started swaying and swaying and swaying. two of us started to not feel well and we did not go to Morty the Magnificent. Well the four who went to the show came back early, saying the show had been cut short. They also started feeling queasy. Only 1 out of our party of 6 made it to dinner. He reported that only a handful of people went to dinner and most of them did not stay until dinner was finished. one server told us he served 30 meals that night, none of which were eaten.
The winds picked up throughout the evening, and the rain and sea water pelted our windows on Deck 1. I didn't realize how lucky we were to be on Deck 1. Four of us were quite sick, one just a little queasy and 1 didn't get seasick at all. The winds were a "whole gale" at 50 knots, and the seas were "very rough" at 13-20 feet. From what I heard, this was one of the worst storms. Most of the passengers were sick and at least half of the crew. Many still tried to do their jobs, but you took one look at them and new they weren't feeling well. Passengers from the upper decks came to the lower decks with their pillows and blankets and laid in the hallways or out by the elevators. Some even had room service delivered to the hallway!
All in all, the winds lasted almost all night and the sea conditions were quite rough as well.
Ok, so the next stop, Monday, became Cozumel. The weather was good in Cozumel, very breezy. However, all excursions that involved water were cancelled. The sea was too rough for tenders to go out, so once again if you had an excursion, That's what you thought! We were also told that we would be going to Grand Cayman on Tuesday instead of Wednesday as planned. Well that's what you thought! Stay tuned for part 2.
Saturday we boarded as usual, everything went smoothly at the port and we were able to get on, drop our luggage and go to lunch at Parrot Cay. The weather was really nice, a little cool, but we had no idea what would be coming! We had second seating dinner with the PLA rotation. Our servers were Orlan from the Phillipines and Delphine from France. They were great all week. Dinner was very good. There were six in our party all together, me, husband, two daughters, my mom and her husband. We went to the Welcome Aboard Show featuring Rich Purpura and Dan Riley. We have seen both before, but still very entertaining.
Ok, next stop tomorrow morning, Key West. That's what you thought! The captain announced that weather was going to be very bad in Key West on Sunday, so we would be having a day at sea instead on our way to Cozumel. We would try and pick up Key West on the way back. Evidently there was a strong cold front stretching from New York to South America and they did not think they could get into key West because the channel is very narrow and the winds would be too high.
The next morning we got up for "a day at sea". Many activities planned, Revised navigators were delivered to us. Everything was great until about 3:00 in the afternoon. The winds picked up, it began to rain and the boat started swaying and swaying and swaying. two of us started to not feel well and we did not go to Morty the Magnificent. Well the four who went to the show came back early, saying the show had been cut short. They also started feeling queasy. Only 1 out of our party of 6 made it to dinner. He reported that only a handful of people went to dinner and most of them did not stay until dinner was finished. one server told us he served 30 meals that night, none of which were eaten.
The winds picked up throughout the evening, and the rain and sea water pelted our windows on Deck 1. I didn't realize how lucky we were to be on Deck 1. Four of us were quite sick, one just a little queasy and 1 didn't get seasick at all. The winds were a "whole gale" at 50 knots, and the seas were "very rough" at 13-20 feet. From what I heard, this was one of the worst storms. Most of the passengers were sick and at least half of the crew. Many still tried to do their jobs, but you took one look at them and new they weren't feeling well. Passengers from the upper decks came to the lower decks with their pillows and blankets and laid in the hallways or out by the elevators. Some even had room service delivered to the hallway!
All in all, the winds lasted almost all night and the sea conditions were quite rough as well.
Ok, so the next stop, Monday, became Cozumel. The weather was good in Cozumel, very breezy. However, all excursions that involved water were cancelled. The sea was too rough for tenders to go out, so once again if you had an excursion, That's what you thought! We were also told that we would be going to Grand Cayman on Tuesday instead of Wednesday as planned. Well that's what you thought! Stay tuned for part 2.
You did a great job of describing the trip.This was the first and last cruise for our family of 6!We agree Disney did all that they could to make the best of the lousey weather but a cruise has too many variables for us.We all agreed that we will stick to what we know best, Disneyworld. If the weather's bad there, you can always leave early unlike the ship!Best of luck to all !
