Magic In Paradise: 10/8-10/15 2011. All cruisers check in here. (#2)

[sullins5]

Can I just say this cruise EXCEEDED every little expectation that we even thought we had! We loved absolutely everything, learned alot, made some new friends, had an adventure or two (yes, mom and Emily got stuck out in the ocean on a battery dead boat) and our van looked like the Clampets, and the ship was the BEST! Your FE gifts were wonderful from all the candy, gum, craft kits, bookmarks, magnets, cd's, liquor, trivets, keychains, frames, mousepads, survival kits, recipes, collectibles, bubbles, notepads, pens, pencils, cards, cardgames, tattoes, stickers, lip gloss, chocolates, pez dispensers, pirate paraphenalia, and everything else, you guys ROCK!

I hate we didn't get to meet everyone, but I'm sure down the road, maybe we'll meet up again! As Mickey said "See ya Real Soon!" (or at least this disneychik hopes)

Thanks again y'all!

 

[TIGGER/POOH4]

Can I just say this cruise EXCEEDED every little expectation that we even thought we had! We loved absolutely everything, learned alot, made some new friends, had an adventure or two (yes, mom and Emily got stuck out in the ocean on a battery dead boat) and our van looked like the Clampets, and the ship was the BEST! Your FE gifts were wonderful from all the candy, gum, craft kits, bookmarks, magnets, cd's, liquor, trivets, keychains, frames, mousepads, survival kits, recipes, collectibles, bubbles, notepads, pens, pencils, cards, cardgames, tattoes, stickers, lip gloss, chocolates, pez dispensers, pirate paraphenalia, and everything else, you guys ROCK!

I hate we didn't get to meet everyone, but I'm sure down the road, maybe we'll meet up again! As Mickey said "See ya Real Soon!" (or at least this disneychik hopes)

Thanks again y'all!

We better "See Ya Real Soon". We need your excitement in the future. It was great to meet you and your family. I hope they all had a great time. When (and not if) you decide on a future cruise date let us know.

The pics of you on CC actually came out pretty nice. If you PM me your email address I can send them to you.

 

[sullins5]

We better "See Ya Real Soon". We need your excitement in the future. It was great to meet you and your family. I hope they all had a great time. When (and not if) you decide on a future cruise date let us know.

The pics of you on CC actually came out pretty nice. If you PM me your email address I can send them to you.

Thanks so much Dan! You WILL see me again hopefully sooner than later! You KNOW I tried to rebook, just couldn't get the dummy date for this dummy..! But that's ok, I did this one, and I'll just have to get on the ball for the next!!!

And my family loved every bit of it! Dh was quite surprised he liked it so much! DS needed the rest and relaxation, and dd's loved ALL of it as I did! I'm sorry if I drove some of you nutty with my excitement, but if you met me, I think you could tell, I was lovin' every minute of it! I told our server and the Roberto I had one complaint..just tooooo short!

And you've got a fine family yourself! Enjoyed getting to chat with them and seeing you enjoy your time as well!

So watch for it...when I do REBOOk, y'all will probably hear me screaming on another thread!

 

[aan1701]

To all the Cardnials fans. Congrats. Same to our Rangers fans. Should be a great series.

 

[Bethshaya]

Hi everyone!

Thank you all for the FE gifts for us! They were all wonderful!

We had such a good time. In true Disney fashion, we were treated like royalty!

Also a big shout out to those of you who stopped by on CC to cheer us on as we married. My family got a chuckle every time we met one of you on the ship asking "How do you know them"? "The Boards" I would respond! and they would chuckle.

Wedding went off almost without a hitch. A few sprinkles and a music mishap, but that didnt stop us. We ran for the tram to the ship when it rained, took pictures on board and then returned when it cleared. Our photographer Rama was the best. I had made a comment..Awe, no blue skies in my pictures. And he said He'd take care of that. So in the pictures I wanted, he photoshoped blue skies and puffy white clouds in the background and you'd never know it was raining that day! He was awesome!

Half the group got seasick the first two days. And the Groom got sick the night after St. Thomas. But we all made it through with lots of fun. He really got into Pirate night!

Thanks again to all of you for sharing your knowledge and excitement for our Big Day. It meant a lot to us!

Beth

 

[Bethshaya]

PS, we caught the cruising bug now! John said he wanted to take the Hawaii cruise next. We have a trip already planned for Italy next year, but the year following, if they release a Hawaii cruise, we're on it!

 

[Lauralooneyfordisney]

Hi everyone!

Thank you all for the FE gifts for us! They were all wonderful!

We had such a good time. In true Disney fashion, we were treated like royalty!

Also a big shout out to those of you who stopped by on CC to cheer us on as we married. My family got a chuckle every time we met one of you on the ship asking "How do you know them"? "The Boards" I would respond! and they would chuckle.

Wedding went off almost without a hitch. A few sprinkles and a music mishap, but that didnt stop us. We ran for the tram to the ship when it rained, took pictures on board and then returned when it cleared. Our photographer Rama was the best. I had made a comment..Awe, no blue skies in my pictures. And he said He'd take care of that. So in the pictures I wanted, he photoshoped blue skies and puffy white clouds in the background and you'd never know it was raining that day! He was awesome!

Half the group got seasick the first two days. And the Groom got sick the night after St. Thomas. But we all made it through with lots of fun. He really got into Pirate night!

Thanks again to all of you for sharing your knowledge and excitement for our Big Day. It meant a lot to us!

Beth

Your wedding was great Beth! You were a beautiful bride and I was so bummed it rained but that is great they can change the pics for you!

 

[Lauralooneyfordisney]

I just wanted to also say a big thanks for all the great gifts. I had so much pirate booty that I will have some for the next cruise. So who all rebooked and who is going to? As for us, WE ARE MEMBERS OF DVC NOW!! It was an offer we couldn't refuse so we bought in and will be on a cruise in 2013. We will book for 2012 for now until they announce the other itineraries. We had an awesome time even though Larry was pretty sickly until Mon. He never got sick but was close. I was great until we got home though. We caught something in the airport I think. OH well, we had a great time!!

 

[TIGGER/POOH4]

Hi everyone!

Thank you all for the FE gifts for us! They were all wonderful!

We had such a good time. In true Disney fashion, we were treated like royalty!

Also a big shout out to those of you who stopped by on CC to cheer us on as we married. My family got a chuckle every time we met one of you on the ship asking "How do you know them"? "The Boards" I would respond! and they would chuckle.

Wedding went off almost without a hitch. A few sprinkles and a music mishap, but that didnt stop us. We ran for the tram to the ship when it rained, took pictures on board and then returned when it cleared. Our photographer Rama was the best. I had made a comment..Awe, no blue skies in my pictures. And he said He'd take care of that. So in the pictures I wanted, he photoshoped blue skies and puffy white clouds in the background and you'd never know it was raining that day! He was awesome!

Half the group got seasick the first two days. And the Groom got sick the night after St. Thomas. But we all made it through with lots of fun. He really got into Pirate night!

Thanks again to all of you for sharing your knowledge and excitement for our Big Day. It meant a lot to us!

Beth

Beth, your wedding was beautiful even with the clouds. As say no day at CC is a bad day and the backdrop is priceless. Glad you were able to get out of the rain and you did not mind us wedding crashers. Here are a few pics. Take care and have fun on the Hawaii run.

 

[aan1701]

So who all rebooked and who is going to? As for us, WE ARE MEMBERS OF DVC NOW!!

We did a dummy date. Waiting for 2013 since we have Hawaii in April. Also Welcome Home.

 

[stacys]

Thanks everyone for the wonderful FE gifts ! My girls were so excited and they checked the bag at least 50 times a day. I really enjoyed getting to meet those of you I ran into. Fantastic vacation, even better then I imagined. We all managed not to get sea sick(thank you Dramamine) and was even able to enjoy and have fun with the all the crazy movement of the ship. If you timed it just right while going up the stairs, you could almost fly lol. Only problem we had was when we got back to our car at the park and cruise it was flooded. Standing water in our floor boards. Our windows weren't open, so I don't know what happened. But a quick stop at a car wash for a vacuum and cleaning and we were on our way. Posted pics on my FB account. Not sure if I can post them here yet. I only took a couple thousand I think lol. Thanks for being such a friendly and wonderful group for this first time(but not last) Disney cruiser!

 

[Octoberbride03]

Well lets see here:

The laundry is washed and dried(not quite folded)
The dog is happy we're home and he got a new teddy bear
Got the photos uploaded to the hard drive and album number 1(667 pics) is now being uploaded to storage site number 1. NO IDEA how long that is going to take, but thanks to handy new tool on the site I do not have to drag and drop every little picture Cause i tell ya that would have taken days at the very least

So pics from me will wind up being posted sooner rather than later. Will also likely upload some to photobucket tonight and post 1 or 2.

 

[TIGGER/POOH4]

Sunrise on CC day

 

[sullins5]

Sunrise on CC day

Beautiful pic Dan!

Here's Wednesday leaving St Thomas...

 

[TIGGER/POOH4]

Beautiful pic Dan!

Here's Wednesday leaving St Thomas...

Very Nice

The Magic in St Thomas

 

[LC30]

Hello everyone! Back home now. I was disappointed to miss some of you but it was really great to those of you that we ran into. Echoing everyone's sentiment on the FEs. You are all so incredibly generous and creative. DS loved his daily surprises! Despite the rough seas the first day, we had a truly wonderful time. And have already booked another cruise. Hope to see you guys on another one soon! And hope to chat with you on the boards.

We ended our week at Animal Kingdom Lodge. First time staying there. It was great! Working on pics. Will be posting a few soon - so we can have Disney Magic eye candy before our next cruise.

 

[aan1701]

Well it is time to go home today. Our three week vacation is over. Flying home will not be as adventureous as flying here. Still going to be a long day but we should be home by 11:00 P.M. L.A. time.

 

[LC30]

Well it is time to go home today. Our three week vacation is over. Flying home will not be as adventureous as flying here. Still going to be a long day but we should be home by 11:00 P.M. L.A. time.

3 weeks! So jealous. We did love our almost 2 weeks. Sorry to have missed you. Where did you stay on your last 3 days? Have a safe flight home.

 

[TIGGER/POOH4]

FYI 2013 Dream and Fantasy dates are open for bookings. We moved our dummy to 6/15/13 Eastern. I can now start a countdown for that cruise. 606 days to the Fantasy.

 

[Octoberbride03]

FYI 2013 Dream and Fantasy dates are open for bookings. We moved our dummy to 6/15/13 Eastern. I can now start a countdown for that cruise. 606 days to the Fantasy.

How far out are they?

And WTH couldn't they be open last week