Magic - January 12, 2008

[Fawn]

Fun! You'll have to say, "Hi" to my daughter and my sister's kids. They're all younger, and they LOVE to see grown-up homeschoolers.

Looking forward to meeting everyone! And thanks to everyone who's posted pictures. It's starting to feel like I know you.

Not too long now!

My two youngest have been homeschooled their whole lives, and would love to talk to the littler ones! The threat of punishment in our house is " I'll send you to school!" lol

 

[Corndog819]

Double Post

 

[Corndog819]

For anyone who has done the Cozumel Ruins and Beach Tour...

Do you remember if the tour lasted closer to 4 or 6 hours?

on the website it says 4-4.5, yet on the cruise calendar thing inside "my reservation" it says 12-6.

 

[Jackk]

Hi All,
Just wondering if anyone knows if it is possible to get a reservation for palo on board ship.

Michael

 

[Corndog819]

At least online, it shows that it is booked for all Brunch, High Tea and Dinner.

I would for sure check the first day you get on board.

 

[laura_hattaway]

Yes, you can get a Palo ressie on board. We'll have to. We logged on AT MIDNIGHT the second we could reserve, and all of the brunches were already taken. They allot so many spaces for online reservations, but leave many for "live" resevations.

Rockin' Bar D is just to the right of the gangplank once you board, and that's where you go to make Palo reservations. So just take a quick left and hit it the second you get on the ship! That's what we're going to to.

 

[Eeyore77]

Hi All,
Just wondering if anyone knows if it is possible to get a reservation for palo on board ship.

Michael

We had to change a reservation when we got on board last January and when asked if they had room to move us to another one they had no problem moving us to another night. There are always spaces for palo when you board but just try to get to the port early and get an early boarding # so that you can be one of the first ones on the ship. The ressies do fill up.

 

[hsmom]

Hey guys! I posted MONTHS ago, and am just now getting caught up here on the board.

I'm the daughter of jhannah (op) and sister to laura_hattaway.

Our family includes dh, dd 8, dd 6, ds 4.5, and me! We're traveling with my parents, who funded this great excursion, my sister, her hubby and their dd 6.

I can't wait!!

Also looking forward to a game of Scrabble, and just visiting with my sister a bit (we talk on the phone often, but she has three kids and I have one, so the reception isn't always static-free, if you know what I'm sayin').

I don't know what you're talking about. My kids are always perfectly quiet and well-behaved when I'm on the phone. Remember, they are homeschooled. Homeschooled kids are perfect, right?

Wow you really have put a lot of thought into this trip.

You don't even KNOW. She and my dad have had their wardrobes planned since July.

I will be onboard with my mom and 2 of my 4 kids. (2 boys, ages 5 and almost 8).
Tricia

Cool! Our kids will certainly cross paths!

My hubby, 4 yr old daughter, & I have just booked our sailing on The Magic 1-12-08. Celebrating my daughter's 5th birthday that week.
Mary, Doug, and Victoria

We have a 4yo boy. He'll be 5 in April. Sounds like they'll be in the Oceaneer Club together.

Our family will be on this Cruise as well. My husband and my two daugthers (one will turn 8 while on the cruise and the other is 4 1/2).

This is our first Disney Cruise.

Paula

Our first, too! I have a dd who just turned 8. I'll post pictures in a few minutes. That way, they can look for familiar faces.

 

[hsmom]

I posted a few pictures of our family. You can see us here. And since you guys had pics of your dogs a few posts back, I HAD to include our beagle, Captain Jack Sparrow. That was actually already his name when we got him last June!
picasaweb.google.com/thebrownfamily.us/ForDIS

For now, you'll have to type that in. I don't have enough posts to add a link.

--Sarah

 

[Corndog819]

Anyone get their documents yet?

 

[Fawn]

Hey guys! I posted MONTHS ago, and am just now getting caught up here on the board.

I'm the daughter of jhannah (op) and sister to laura_hattaway.

Our family includes dh, dd 8, dd 6, ds 4.5, and me! We're traveling with my parents, who funded this great excursion, my sister, her hubby and their dd 6

I don't know what you're talking about. My kids are always perfectly quiet and well-behaved when I'm on the phone. Remember, they are homeschooled. Homeschooled kids are perfect, right?



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Sarah

Homeschooled kids are perfect? I must have missed that fact in the HS book! lol Was it right after the "unsocialized youth of tomorrow" chapter???

Seriously, homeschooling rocks! lol My girls are in 11th and 12th grade, and they have been homeschooled from first grade on. They love it. I love the freedom it gives us to travel whenever, and for them to pursue their other goals in life.

Cris, I didn't get our docs yet...anyone else??

 

[Fawn]

Anyone get their documents yet?

Just checked with Tammy at DreamsUnlimited...God bless her, she got back to me within a half hour on a holiday weekend!!!

My docs were mailed yesterday...should be here by Thursday! So everyone start keeping your eyes open for a Magical Package!!!

Jo

 

[Fawn]

Anyone get their documents yet?

Just checked with Tammy at DreamsUnlimited...God bless her, she got back to me within a half hour on a holiday weekend!!!

My docs were mailed yesterday...should be here by Thursday! So everyone start keeping your eyes open for a Magical Package!!!

Jo

 

[pixie08]

Hi everyone!

My Dh and I are so excited to be on this cruise. We got married in WDWlast June and really had our hearts set on taking a DCL cruise for our honeymoon but the Magic was in the med

We did have a wonderful wedding and vacation afterwards but this is like our second "honeymoon" and our real one in our hearts

We are leaving from NYC on 1/11 and staying at the Hyatt the night before!

Here we are...

 

[Corndog819]

Just checked with Tammy at DreamsUnlimited...God bless her, she got back to me within a half hour on a holiday weekend!!!

My docs were mailed yesterday...should be here by Thursday! So everyone start keeping your eyes open for a Magical Package!!!

Jo

Wow, now that is service.

I booked mine through American Express travel, they are good. But not that good.

Cris

 

[laura_hattaway]

Anyone get their documents yet?

That is so funny! Asking that question was the expressed reason I got online tonight.

I'd taken my daughter and a friend out this afternoon and when I got home, I excitedly asked my husband if he'd checked the mail. He had. Nothing. I felt like the kid who's ordered a cheap plastic watch from a cereal box and is waiting, waiting, waiting for the US Postal Service to bring me something wonderful! (Also, I have to preempt my daughter from getting it, what with her reading now and all. It's such a pesky development in the secret-keeping arena.)

 

[Corndog819]

I think today being 14 days out... we all kinda shifted from "cool, we have a cruise coming up" to "OH MAN, we have a cruise in two weeks!"

 

[laura_hattaway]

I think today being 14 days out... we all kinda shifted from "cool, we have a cruise coming up" to "OH MAN, we have a cruise in two weeks!"

Yeah. My husband said the same thing yesterday. I've been planning for a year: reading, researching, budgeting, getting stuff together. But he said NOW it seems real to him.

I gave blood a bit ago, and they gave me this nifty new refrigerator magnet. It's in the shape of a drop of blood (not as gross as it sounds; it's like a read teardrop) and has a 60-day digital countdown on it. I realized a few weeks ago that apparently I gave blood exactly sixty days before the cruise! So we have our cruise countdown on the fridge, and my daughter doesn't know that's what it's counting down in my heart.

 

[Corndog819]

Yeah. My husband said the same thing yesterday. I've been planning for a year: reading, researching, budgeting, getting stuff together. But he said NOW it seems real to him.

I gave blood a bit ago, and they gave me this nifty new refrigerator magnet. It's in the shape of a drop of blood (not as gross as it sounds; it's like a read teardrop) and has a 60-day digital countdown on it. I realized a few weeks ago that apparently I gave blood exactly sixty days before the cruise! So we have our cruise countdown on the fridge, and my daughter doesn't know that's what it's counting down in my heart.

Haha... so when exactly are you "breaking the news" to her?

 

[Fawn]

I think today being 14 days out... we all kinda shifted from "cool, we have a cruise coming up" to "OH MAN, we have a cruise in two weeks!"

OK, I admit it...I started into my "going on a cruise" dance the day after Christmas!!! lol