March 18, 2006 -7 Day Magic Cruise - Is anyone else booked yet?

[Bama4Disney]

Can't wait to be on board. Is anybody else doing the St Marteen Rendevous beach tour? We are doing it and are looking forward to it as our kids love the beach. We do also. What have they changed about pirate night. We went last year in Feb and it was great. Hope to meet you all there. We will be the parents chasing two "wild boys" around the deck. You will probably here us saying Austin and Drew slow down or maybe they will be saying that to us. We are all so excited!

Hope to see you all there for spring break!

 

[cruisecrzy]

They have added some character surprises to the pirate show. We'll be right there with you, but chasing a crazy girl. I am sure they will run (probably face first) into each other. She loved running on deck 9 last time. See you in just 37 days now.

 

[Briarmom]

Hey Kathy,

We are also from DSM and considering going. Haven't booked yet, wife wants to stay home this SB... not me! Waiting for a "deal" as there's lots of inventory left. It would be #6.

How do you get a 'deal'?
It is our Spring Break as well.

 

[tecdavidt]

To only get a good "deal" is to book early for early booking discount (EBS). Disney cruises are just expensive! but worth it. Now after reading Doggierunner's post, hmm, our cruise is not full, well, you might be able to get a good price. Usually the Spring Break cruises fill up fast. I know not all schools hold Spring Break at the same time but it seems like cruises beginning in March through April run full.

Now Doggierunner, join us! Tell your lovely wife that Winter has just slammed us in the face again with that bitter cold and snow for February. We had a nice warm (50's & 60's!!!) January and February is going to make up for missing the nasty weather. She will need that week away in March to warm back up! Hey, it would work on me of course, I never turn down trips lol. Tell her to look outside, more snow is forcasted for today and that cold 7° this morning would put me over the edge. Yes, February is starting off like it is January. BRRRRRRR

The bigger problem for Doggierunner booking this late--finding Air out of Des Moines! It can get tricky since our airport is small. We did book one cruise two weeks out for spring break and our air was strange but our TA was able to get us out of Des Moines. The reason why we booked so late, my husband decided we needed to stay home that spring break then he changed his mind and decided he needed a vacation.

Keep sending me updates. It is so close! I just bought our daughter her formal dress, a simple black sheath from JC Penney. Her formal shoes still fit from last year which is great news. The suitcases are up out of storage. The cruise is on my mind! of course, again, this nasty weather has reminded me why I love cruising so much. Even Shirley posted that Florida will be having cold temps for them the next week. Our front must have dipped way down this time. I was spoiled with the warm and toasty January. We even had crocus flowers blooming in Des Moines! Kathy

 

[tecdavidt]

Excursions: so what is on the schedule for everybody?

St. Maarten, we have taken the land tour, boring, so we like to go to the Great Bay beach, the one you can see from the ship, we get chairs, Dave likes to rent a jet ski. I like St. Maarten for shopping--the jewelry prices are fantastic.

St. Thomas, we always go to the top of Paradise Point via the tram and take in the view. There is also a tropical bird show up there. We have done the Atlantis Sub, we have been to St. John but not on a Disney Excrusion, it is worth going over. We have never been to Megan's Bay and we have been in St. Thomas 9 times! We might take a taxi over to the Marriot and take in Morning Star beach and maybe get our daughter parasailing. We did that last Oct. The beach is rough compared to others but beautiful with all of the boat traffic going by. I usually shop at St. Thomas but since we were just there in Oct. I probably will skip it this trip. Much to the delight of my husband but I will shop in St. Maarten! lol We also have seen Coral World and looked over at Coki Beach. It was a bit crowded that day on Coki Beach. Coral World was nice, not huge but it was nice. If our daughter had her passport we might have rented from Nauti Nymphs charters and gone over to BVI but with no passport that is not possible. She will have it next time.

Castaway, we just enjoy the beach.

Kathy

 

[cruisecrzy]

The cold weather definately has made it down to Florida and you can have it back It was 65 today with lots of win...cold for us...and it looks like we may have some frost warnings. I will need to bundle up my tomato plants.

As for excursions we will be walking and shopping at St. Marten and maybe the beach. Though we have friends who do the Regatta and love it.

In the past we have gone from St. Thomas to St. John to hike and go to the beach....but that is a long journey. We have never done it again because it felt like we waisted a lot of time traveling. We did the top of Paradise Point last time and will probably do that again. The bird show is cute.

We like to rent the bikes and ride around Castaway Cay. We really like the new bike trail.

 

[Bama4Disney]

Dear Cruisecrazy:

Hopefully we can meet all the Disers. Our friends are going in 2 weeks at the end of February and their group has about 180 from the boards. They are going to Home Depot and getting the mickey paint swatches from the Disney collection as they are shaped like mickey mouse. That is how they will identify each other. I thought that was a great idea. They picked Alien Green....not sure why that color but still a good idea.

We found out today that we where upgraded from a cat 12 ( which we booked). Last night I check and we where on deck 6 in a cat 11 and this morning I called to see if we could get moved as it was listed as a noisy cabin and when I called the CC # and explained that last time we where under Beat Street and it was kinda of noisy and it kept our kids up. The supervisor came on the line and offered several option and offered us a cat 10 on deck 2 under Lumineres which should be pretty quite. Each of the other two times we have sailed we have been on deck 2 and loved it(except for the noise issue) Needless to say, I was very excited..Yeah the elusive upgrade and all I did was ask. Paid for a 12 and got a 10...

The first time we paid for a 12 and got a 9..Disney has been good and we appreciate it!

We are heading up to pool when we get on board and eating by the pool. That way the kids can swim before the sail away party.

Can't wait!

Kevin, Melody, Austin and Drew
Mobile Alabama

 

[Surfergirl]

Hi all, It's me, my husband and our 12 year old daughter going.
Excursions: St. Matin we are doing the Pinel Island snorkel and shopping.
St. Thomas we are doing the Trunk Bay beach and snorkel and maybe Paradise Peak in the afternoon.
CC we are trying the Kayak tour and the jet ski tour.
Counting down the days

 

[cruisecrzy]

Our friends are going in 2 weeks at the end of February and their group has about 180 from the boards. They are going to Home Depot and getting the mickey paint swatches from the Disney collection as they are shaped like mickey mouse. That is how they will identify each other. I thought that was a great idea. They picked Alien Green....not sure why that color but still a good idea.


Congrats on the upgrade The mickey head thing is common here. (I live 15 min. from WDW) Every once in awhile when I am at WDW I will see people with the green Mickey's in their hair. Green is the official color. We usually eat at Topsiders as well. We are excited because we have some friends that just booked tonight on the March 18 cruise. They have two young kids.

We'll definately have to figure out a way to meet up.

 

[GeneralMax]

Lots of DIS folks. We need a meet...anyone got any ideas?

We are goint to ride the Rhino boats and do the sail and snorkel trip ..alothough I cannot remember which is where.

We are parasailing on CC. We have done it before and it is amazing!!!

 

[habibi]

We are goint to ride the Rhino boats and do the sail and snorkel trip ..alothough I cannot remember which is where.

We are parasailing on CC. We have done it before and it is amazing!!!

I'm happy to do anything just as long as I'm not at work!

 

[tecdavidt]

Just exactly what are Rhino boats? They sound fun but I never have heard of them. Kathy

 

[PHILinAK]

The cold weather definately has made it down to Florida and you can have it back It was 65 today with lots of win...cold for us...and it looks like we may have some frost warnings. I will need to bundle up my tomato plants.

cruisecrzy,
65 degrees! Sounds GREAT to me! Anything above zero sounds perfect. Looking forward to a week out of Alaska to thaw my bones.
Cheryl

 

[PHILinAK]

Lots of DIS folks. We need a meet...anyone got any ideas?

We are goint to ride the Rhino boats and do the sail and snorkel trip ..alothough I cannot remember which is where.

We are parasailing on CC. We have done it before and it is amazing!!!

I'll be up there parasailing with you, GeneralMax. The last few times I did it I was half my current age, but loved it then and am sure I'll love it now. Just hoping for a soft landing....my old bones don't bounce like they used to. Do you know if they land on the beach or in the water? I've done it both ways before.
Cheryl

 

[GeneralMax]

Do you know if they land on the beach or in the water? I've done it both ways before.
Cheryl[/QUOTE]

You take off from a boat and you land back on the boat. Yes I know it sounds crazy but it actually works! The first time I was sure we would NEVER land on the tiny boat platiform but the reel you in so you cannot miss it.

The Rhinos are two person inflatable boats. Check out the St Maarten excursions or do what we did and book through a company call shore trips at www.shoretrips.com. We have book through them before they have pretty much the same or better excursions then Disney at lower costs. We thought it looked like fun and was something we had never done before so we decided to go for it.

Ruth

 

[jphart]

Hey everyone,

It keeps snowing and snowing and snowing! Really looking forward to the beach.

Jennifer
DH Phil
DD Lauren
DD Megan

 

[cinderlexa's mom]

Just checking in...we are SO excited!!! Can't believe it's almost mid-February!

Just added 2 days at WDW prior to our cruise--so I'm hoping we won't be too tired!

 

[PHILinAK]

Thanks much, GeneralMax....you're right - I CAN'T imagine landing on something that small. Guess I'd better get to work on that diet!
Cheryl

 

[GeneralMax]

Hey everyone,

It keeps snowing and snowing and snowing! Really looking forward to the beach.

Jennifer
DH Phil
DD Lauren
DD Megan

Not as much snow here as usual but it is finally getting down to normal MInnesota winter temps in the single digits without windchill ( I bet the folks from Alaska know what that means I am so excited for warmth and sunshine!

 

[cruisecrzy]

Cinderlexa's mom,
If you need any WDW info let me know. I would be happy to get it for you. I can probably even send you guide maps and park guides....it is supposed to be warm Friday so I was thinking of doing a Disney trip with some friends. I have not been on Expedition Everest yet because my daughter is too little, but everyone I know that has loves it.

General Max,
There is no warmth and sunshine here right now. We are going to have a freeze tonight...all the poor plants are wearing blankets tonight.