Magic ~ October 22, 2016 ~ 7 nights NYC/Bahamas/WDW/NYC

[CherylA]

Hi All, my husband and I just booked, no luck joining in any social media, just wanted to join in and say hello. See everyone on the ship!!

Hi there and Welcome! That sure is a last minute booking! Good for you! I thought our cruise was mostly full (I guess it probably is) as we got lots of people who booked for our sailing after cancelling the 8 day Oct 5th sailing that turned into a Canada itinerary.

 

[laenie]

Hi there and Welcome! That sure is a last minute booking! Good for you! I thought our cruise was mostly full (I guess it probably is) as we got lots of people who booked for our sailing after cancelling the 8 day Oct 5th sailing that turned into a Canada itinerary.

There actually was a good many cabins left for so close to the date. We nabbed a balcony on 8 for a decent orice and used our airfare from our cancelled cruise due to Matthew.

 

[Bay Max]

I was thinking of starting up a Disney-themed role playing game to play aboard the ship. I was going to make it simple, perfect for beginners, and not that serious. I'm figuring we could play in one of the bars so, like any good RPG adventure, liquid refreshments would be available to those that want them. Would anybody be interested in playing? Feel free to message me.

 

[laenie]

I was thinking of starting up a Disney-themed role playing game to play aboard the ship. I was going to make it simple, perfect for beginners, and not that serious. I'm figuring we could play in one of the bars so, like any good RPG adventure, liquid refreshments would be available to those that want them. Would anybody be interested in playing? Feel free to message me.

I will check with my dh as he loves that type of thing and I like the liquid part, lol so will be happy to join in! Let us know when and where and we'll show up!

 

[Bay Max]

I will check with my dh as he loves that type of thing and I like the liquid part, lol so will be happy to join in! Let us know when and where and we'll show up!

Cool. I'll let you know.

 

[JeffL76]

What is everyone doing about pictures? pre-ordering a package? just using their cameras/iphones? etc.....Is the all digital pictures ($295) or the digital + prints ($395) package worth it?

 

[CherylA]

What is everyone doing about pictures? pre-ordering a package? just using their cameras/iphones? etc.....Is the all digital pictures ($295) or the digital + prints ($395) package worth it?

My family vacations a lot, I cant even keep up with all the pictures I have and I have stopped taking a lot. My kids are bigger and not too interested in character meet and greets. We do like to get dressed up for formal night and have our photo taken as a family. I will buy that photo and perhaps 1 or two more so obviously it doesn't make sense for me to buy the package. If you don't get to vacation as often and will enjoy having a bunch of pictures to sort into albums and/or if your children are little and you intend to watch the navigator for character greetings and line up for them, and if your family likes getting dressed up for the formal pictures in the lobby then yes its worth it. I believe the photos run $20 each so you can make the picture package worth it just by having the formal photos taken in the lobby every night and a character meet and greet once a day. In my opinion if I were to do it I would do the just digital. For $100 I should be able to have printed all the photos I want, Many I would think though you wouldn't have printed in full size and might use to make a printed album through a shutterfly type site or something. Good luck deciding!

 

[CherylA]

FYI, here is the schedule from this weeks cruise, I would expect ours to look the same...



Saturday- Port Departure 5pm, All Aboard 4 pm, Attire: Cruise Casual, Show: All Aboard Let the Magic Begin 6:15 and 8:30


Sunday- Day at Sea, Attire: Formal, Show: Twice Charmed 6:15 & 8:30


Mon- Day at Sea, Attire: Halloween/Cruise Casual, Show: Mike Super 6:15 & 8:30


Tuesday- Castaway Cay, All Ashore 8:30 am, All Aboard 4:45 pm, attire: Pirate or Cruise Casual, Show: Michael Harrison 6:00 & 8:45


Wed- Port Canaveral, All Ashore: 6:30am, All Aboard 1:00am, Attire: Cruise Casual, Show: Movie- Petes Dragon in Buena Vista Theater 6:00 & 8:30


Thurs- Day at Sea, Attire: Semi-Formal, Show: Disney Dreams an Enchanted Classic 6:15, 8:30pm


Fri- Day at Sea, Attire- Cruise Casual, Show: Tangled the Musical 2:00pm, 6:15 pm & 8:30 pm

 

[SeaSpray]

FYI, here is the schedule from this weeks cruise, I would expect ours to look the same...



Saturday- Port Departure 5pm, All Aboard 4 pm, Attire: Cruise Casual, Show: All Aboard Let the Magic Begin 6:15 and 8:30


Sunday- Day at Sea, Attire: Formal, Show: Twice Charmed 6:15 & 8:30


Mon- Day at Sea, Attire: Halloween/Cruise Casual, Show: Mike Super 6:15 & 8:30


Tuesday- Castaway Cay, All Ashore 8:30 am, All Aboard 4:45 pm, attire: Pirate or Cruise Casual, Show: Michael Harrison 6:00 & 8:45


Wed- Port Canaveral, All Ashore: 6:30am, All Aboard 1:00am, Attire: Cruise Casual, Show: Movie- Petes Dragon in Buena Vista Theater 6:00 & 8:30


Thurs- Day at Sea, Attire: Semi-Formal, Show: Disney Dreams an Enchanted Classic 6:15, 8:30pm


Fri- Day at Sea, Attire- Cruise Casual, Show: Tangled the Musical 2:00pm, 6:15 pm & 8:30 pm

Thanks so much, Cheryl! I'm so glad that we planned Palo, etc for when we did! No scheduling conflicts so far.

 

[Bay Max]

Does anyone know how the return to the ship from WDW work? Are their regularly scheduled buses throughout the day? How often to they come? Or is there a scheduled pick-up time?

 

[CherylA]

Does anyone know how the return to the ship from WDW work? Are their regularly scheduled buses throughout the day? How often to they come? Or is there a scheduled pick-up time?

From what I've been told there will be multiple busses coming back from the parks. You don't schedule a return time or a park where you pick up that return bus. When you are tired, or when the park closes you just go out to the designated area for the Disney Cruiseline shuttles and line up/get on the bus back to the ship.

 

[Bay Max]

From what I've been told there will be multiple busses coming back from the parks. You don't schedule a return time or a park where you pick up that return bus. When you are tired, or when the park closes you just go out to the designated area for the Disney Cruiseline shuttles and line up/get on the bus back to the ship.

Ahhh.. Thank you for the info.

 

[CherylA]

See everyone tomorrow!! Safe travels!

 

[SeaSpray]

See everyone tomorrow!! Safe travels!

We arrived in NYC today. I can't believe our cruise is TOMORROW!!

Safe travels everyone!! See you tomorrow!!

 

[Bay Max]

If anyone wants to say hello, I'm a big Baymax-sized guy wearing a ridiculous, loud shirt with sailboats on it.

I'm still considering playing a Disney-themed (and very simple) RPG. There are still a few hours left to let me know if you're interested.

 

[SeaSpray]

Hi everyone. I hope you all had a wonderful cruise! Our cruise started our great, but after midnight Monday night into Tuesday, I became violently ill. I ended up with IVs and medications by Tuesday morning, and was quarantined in our cabin until after WDW day, so I totally missed Castaway Cay (and we had a cabana on Serenity Bay booked) and totally missed WDW. I never felt good even on the last day, but I'm finally feeling better now.

Having said all of that, we greatly enjoyed the first few days before I got sick. And this is the first time that I lost weight on a cruise. LOL

I thought all of the FE gifts were great!!

Did anyone rebook while onboard? We did. We booked the April 2018 WBPC. We're not sure if we'll keep that cruise, or change it to a different sailing.

 

[CherylA]

That was you?? I was following you in the other group but I didn't realize it was you. Sounds so awful. I was also sick but it was really only terrible the night before castaway. I was able to get off the ship at castaway a while and float around in a tube in the water. Was much better WDW day but still not 100% and couldn't eat anything until that evening so I missed 2 nights of dinners. One I didn't even go to, the other night I went but couldn't eat much just some plain pasta. I was bummed to miss as much as I did, I cant imaging having been in your shoes!

 

[Mrsz08]

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Welcome Aboard the October 22, 2016 sailing of the Disney Magic!​

List of Cruisers!​

amystevekai&bump Amy, Steve (DH), and our two sons, Kai (aged 12) and Lucas (aged 9).

SeaSpray Terry, John (DH).

Mrsz08 dh, myself and dd 4 yrs old.

Mrsz08 (2nd cabin) 1 adult female.

Mrsz08 (3rd cabin) grandma and grandpa.

hostetterse Jeff, Stacey, Gavin (6), Blake (3).

Ebbi07 My husband and myself.

canisixpaku My husband, my soon to be 3 year old.​

FoxFMX22 3rd Disney cruise. First with our little girl will be 18 months at cruise time.

lajspeech and DH, and kids (3 and 5).

JillL

Mrs. M Myself, My Husband and daughters (will be 4&5).

nhgirl DH, DD (12) and I.

Rachieiom myself, my husband, and 5 Yr old boy.

i'm.all.ears myself, my husband, 3year old boy and 2year old girl.

Carol Buchanan myself, my Mom, my sister, my brother-in-law and my nephew.

NeverSayNever and DH, DS, DD.

chipscinderelly and DH.

CherylA and Tony (DH) and Izzy (DD14) and Lily (DD11).

Bay Max and wife.

Charm Maine Family of 7, including 5 kids.

Lgomez28 and family, including 2 DDs (both 7).

Grumpy SHA Shanequa and Scherisse.

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******FE LIST IS NOW CLOSED******
Official DIS Boards Fish Extender (FE) exchange list
There are several forms of Social Media out there, so I want to emphasize that while there are a few other FE groups for this cruise on the internet, (and there is no reason why you can't participate in more than one), we will only plan and discuss the DIS BOARDS FE list here.
The DIS BOARDS is the original home and birth place of FEs!

Anyone who is interested in participating in a Fish Extender (FE) gift exchange please post with any of the following info; you can include more or less info, depending on what you wish to share:

*Your DIS Board user name
*Your first name
*Names and number of people in your cabin (and ages of any children if wish to include that)
*Favorite characters
*Favorite Colors
*Any food allergies.

For information about what an FE Group is and how it works, please see Post #15, below, that PrincessShmoo so kindly posted. ​

******FE LIST IS NOW CLOSED******​

(1)SeaSpray - (CABIN 6550) Terry and John (2 adults, no kids). No food allergies. Favorite characters are Minnie & Mickey Mouse.

(2)Mrsz08 - (CABIN 5637) Cathy, Jon, and Carly (4yr old DD). No allergies , daughters favorite character is Ariel. My daughter's 1st Disney cruise!!

(3)Mrsz08 - (CABIN 5001) Annmaire (1 Adult). Minnie favorite character. No allergies.

(4)Mrsz08 - (CABIN 5635) Dennis and Cindy (Grandpa and Ga ga) grandma and grandpa. No allergies, no preference. 1st Disney cruise.

(5)Ebbi07 - (CABIN 6639) My husband and myself. We have no allergies, not big into alcohol gifts, and love all things Disney! We're in cabin 6639.

(6)CherylA - (CABIN 7518) Cheryl and Tony (DH) and Izzy (DD14) and Lily (DD11).

(7)Lgomez28 - (CABIN 2014) Lgomez and her sister aged 20 who loves Pocahontas; and two 7-year old girls: Camila and Lailah . No allergies. characters Vanellope and Malificient. Colors Aqua and purple.

(8 & 9)Charm Maine - (CABINS 2143 and 2145) and husband, plus three boys: 15 yrs old, 5 yrs old, and 1yr old, and two girls: 11 yrs old and 8 yrs old. No known food allergies.

(10)NeverSayNever - (CABIN 2144) and husband, also: (son age 13) Edward's favorite character is Stitch, and (daughter age 13) Gabby's favorite character is Pluto. We have nut allergies, so no nuts please.

(11)Grumpy SHA - (CABIN 7132) Shanequa Favorite Character: Grumpy, Favorite Colors: Purple or Black AND Scherisse Birthday Cruise Favorite Characters: Tink, Belle, Pooh, Elsa Favorite Color: Purple
Allergies: Pineapples and Oranges

On September 15th I will close the list so that everyone will know how many gifts they are exchanging with others. At that time I will ask everyone to give their cabin numbers if you haven't done so yet!

******FE LIST IS NOW CLOSED******​

 

[Bay Max]

Hi everyone. I hope you all had a wonderful cruise! Our cruise started our great, but after midnight Monday night into Tuesday, I became violently ill. I ended up with IVs and medications by Tuesday morning, and was quarantined in our cabin until after WDW day, so I totally missed Castaway Cay (and we had a cabana on Serenity Bay booked) and totally missed WDW. I never felt good even on the last day, but I'm finally feeling better now.

Having said all of that, we greatly enjoyed the first few days before I got sick. And this is the first time that I lost weight on a cruise. LOL

I thought all of the FE gifts were great!!

Did anyone rebook while onboard? We did. We booked the April 2018 WBPC. We're not sure if we'll keep that cruise, or change it to a different sailing.

Awwww.. Sorry to hear this. I hope your next trip is much better.

 

[Mrsz08]

I am not sure if anyone will check this but, I want to thank everyone who participated in the FE.. It was so fun dropping off the gifts and seeing all the wonderful creative gift left for us! The book for bed time , the cups and cd,s will be fun for time to come! My dad loved the coasters so much he took mine too!! I hope you guys enjoyed the cruise and the fe's as much as we did!!