~~~ May 16, 2009 ~~~ Western Magic ~~~

[mother_hen]

Hi! Welcome DisGirl! Great to have you with us
Indigo, I am so jealous! You are going to have a blast! Can't wait to hear your trip report.
Things have been crazy-busy here this fall. Looks like everyone else has been really busy, too. I haven't even looked into reservations - glad I'm not too late
The travel channel had a Disney Cruise show a couple of weeks ago that we Tivo'd. It will be fun to watch as we prep for the trip.
We've also been watching the Suite Life on Deck show. Pretty silly, but DS loves it.
Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!

 

[indigodisney]

Hi MotherHen, I haven't watched the Suite Life but we are also remarkably free of Hanna Montana around here so I wont push it...

Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!

Just finished the online check in for our Dec 7th cruise. I can't wait...that makes it so much more real.

Hope everyone had a great weekend.

 

[indigodisney]

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE....from your fellow Canadian cruiser!!



Only a few more days until my vacation starts - yay!!

Hope you all have a great weekend

 

[mother_hen]

Have a wonderful trip, Indigo! Can't wait to hear about all the fun and see your pictures. We'll be thinking about you!

 

[indigodisney]

Thanks Mother Hen - will give you a full report when I get back! Going to be so happy to leave my cell phone and computer at home....have a great day!

 

[Tink113]

Hi all! We have a may 9th Eastern booked that we are thinking about switching to this cruise & I just wanted to say hi.

Disney has released some great deals lately and after checking into the savings, we are almost sure we are going to switch. There are 10 of us total cruising together. For my brother, sister-in-law, 7 their kids the savings would be $750!!!!! For all of us, the savings would be about $1,600! (That's a lot of excursion, spa, and cocktails money for the cruise ) We are going to book the cat 12's GTY. I've cruised twice and never stayed in the cat 12's, but i hear there aren't bad. Here's hoping.

So, have you guys started a Fish Extender yet?

 

[shasess]

Hello Everyone!
DH and I just booked the May 16th, 7 night western cruise! We were able to get a wonderful rate so we decided to make it an adult only anniversary cruise. We were married on May 17th of this year so the date works out pretty good. We will also be going on a family cruise on the Wonder in August of next year. We have never taken a Disney cruise before and we are soooo excited!

 

[mother_hen]

Welcome Tink and Shasess! Glad to have you with us!

I haven't done a fish extender yet. We haven't really talked about it much.

Shasess, there are several of us celebrating anniversaries on this cruise Yay! We'll all have to toast each other!

 

[Disgirl83]

Welcome to the new cruisers. Shasess we are also doing an "adults only" cruise. If everyone is interested in doing the fish extender thing I'd be happy to get on the band wagon.

 

[shasess]

Welcome to the new cruisers. Shasess we are also doing an "adults only" cruise. If everyone is interested in doing the fish extender thing I'd be happy to get on the band wagon.

So cool

The fish extender exchange sounds great!

 

[lucyddr]

I just booked this cruise today at an AMAZING rate! This will be our 2nd Disney Magic Western cruise (4th cruise overall) and happens to leave port on my 32nd Birthday! My DH doesn't even know I booked it... He may or may not be able to go based on work issues, but I figure at this price I can always find a substitution... We've never been in an inside room before (2 balconies and 1 OV), but for the price I don't really care. I can sleep anywhere!

Once I know for sure that we are going, I'm certainly willing to engage in the FE activities. They look really fun and cool to me!

BTW We don't have kids, so this will definitely be a "adult" cruise for us!

 

[Disgirl83]

What a great birthday present! It's just a week before my DH's 28th b-day so it will kind-of be a birthday cruise for him to! We also booked an inside room, I figure we'll hardly ever be in there anyways. Who knows though maybe we will get upgraded!

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

I just booked this cruise today at an AMAZING rate! This will be our 2nd Disney Magic Western cruise (3rd cruise overall) and happens to leave port on my 32nd Birthday! My DH doesn't even know I booked it... He may or may not be able to go based on work issues, but I figure at this price I can always find a substitution... We've never been in an inside room before (2 balconies and 1 OV), but for the price I don't really care. I can sleep anywhere!

Once I know for sure that we are going, I'm certainly willing to engage in the FE activities. They look really fun and cool to me!

BTW We don't have kids, so this will definitely be a "adult" cruise for us!

Welcome to all the new joiners! I'm glad we aren't the only "adult only" cruisers.

I just called up to DH to say that we are exactly 5 months away from the start of our vacation (we are going a week early to OKW). Which means we are 5 months and 1 week away from our CRUISE!!!! Just the thought of the relaxing time that awaits us is relaxing. I've been reading through my Passporter and checking out trip reports to take me there mentally. I wish we could make our reservations for Palo. That would just make it seem so much closer.

I'm in for the fish extenders as well. I've been reading all about them and it sounds like a great idea! I'll just have to figure out which characters I want to put on the pockets. Hmm... guess I better do some research!

 

[sfrasc2000]

Disgirl

Dont worry about a thing my DH and I did the cruise when we did not have a child. It was great. We now have 1 daughter and this will be her second DC. If you guys feel left out we will meet you guys and you can spend time with her. LOLOL

 

[Hudson5&Lennon3]

OMG!!!!

I feel SO BAD!! I haven't had time to visit here in a couple weeks, but I just assumed everyone else was busy, too, and hadn't been here either since I haven't been getting any email notices about the new postings. SNAP! Now I come here on a whim and find out I've missed out on SO many new cruisers! I can't believe it! Looks like I've got lots of updating on #1 to do! Whomever wants their info put in, let me know.

~~~Below is a list of those DIS'ers who have joined our thread. I will do my best to keep it up-to-date based on the info posted in the thread or sent to me via PM. You can add whatever other info you want me to put also (stateroom/deck #, early/late seating, etc.).~~~
DIS NAME(s)
ADULTS
KIDS (AGES WHEN SAIL)
STATE

Well here's a GIGANTIC to ALL the new members! I'm usually more on the ball than this, so I apologize for not doing this sooner!

We didn't do the FE on our last cruise, so I'm not familiar with them. I've seen the pix but don't know the details, so I'll have to do some reading!

So is Indigo on her trip now? I don't remember when exactly it was scheduled for. Can't wait to hear all the details!

I'm checking the DCL website to see if the price has gone down at all to get our rate reduced. Has anyone had that happen yet? So far, it looks just slightly less...$50 is all...but it'll get me started checking more often now! (I used to be obsessed with it and would check it EVERY day right after I booked it! )

 

[lucyddr]

Assuming we actually get to go, here's our information:

Lucyddr
Loucinda (32 on sail date) and Adam (36)
No children
Tennessee
Late Dining
Cat. 12

We cruised the Magic Western in September, 2005 and loved it! We'd actually like to do the eastern, but the price on this one was so good that we booked it instead. (Plus we've been to St. Thomas before, so the only new port on that itinerary would be St. Marteen. As far as I can tell, there's not much there that would interest us.)

Once again, assuming we get to go... Here are our shore plans (since we've been to the ports before and some more than once).
1. Grand Cayman: Walk down past Eden Rock to the next resort and snorkel off the beach vs Capt. Marvin Sting Ray/Snorkel trip. (We saw the rays once already, so they aren't that important for us to see again. However, I wouldn't mind snorkelling in the other areas.)

2. Key West: Get off the boat, have some KLP on a stick ,and pick up some little cigars at a place that my FIL likes. Otherwise, no plans.

3. Cozumel: Go on the dune buggy tour (not through the ship). We did this before and LOVED it, so DH wants to repeat the experience!

4. CC: Relax, snorkel, and ride the bannana boat if if reappears.

 

[Hudson5&Lennon3]

Whew! I think I have everyone updated so far. If I've missed anyone, please let me know. If you want more info added, I can do that, too. I'm embarrassed that it had been so long!

Loucinda (or do you go by Lucy?), sounds like you've got it all planned out! Now all that left to do is hurry up & wait!

Since Christmas is a time when most people take family photos, please feel free to post them so we can see what you look like & can easily recognize you when we get on the ship! Our family photo hasn't been taken yet, but when it does, I'll post it. We did that on our last cruise, and it was nice to put names with faces before we actually met! We could recognize each other from across the terminal!!

 

[lucyddr]

I asked my husband to dig up some of our photos from our previous Disney cruise (only we are now a little "fluffier") so that I can put them into my signature. I'll get some new photos soon as well.

As for planning, it's easy when you've been to the ports before. We've been to GC and Cozumel twice already, so we kind of know what to expect. (I'd like to try Nachi Cocum in Cozumel, but the DH INSISTS on dune-buggying again!) The KLP thing in Key West is something we missed on the last cruise though, so I'm excited to read about that here on the boards!

I'm really excited to go again, so I'm really hoping and praying that we are able to make the trip!

 

[Disgirl83]

If you guys feel left out we will meet you guys and you can spend time with her.

Lol! After looking at some of the kids activities that may be a good idea. Is she young enough for Goofy's PJ party!

I'm checking the DCL website to see if the price has gone down at all to get our rate reduced. Has anyone had that happen yet? So far, it looks just slightly less...$50 is all...but it'll get me started checking more often now! (I used to be obsessed with it and would check it EVERY day right after I booked it! )

Well I have great news about our cruise. Last night I decided to check and see what the updated rates were. We had booked a gty 12 due to the great price at the time (or at least I thought it was) and had already paid in full. I also figured we wouldn't be spending that much time in the room and would rather use the extra money for excursions or spa treatments! Ok so I check last night and the gty 12 is much cheaper so I decide to call the disney travel agents and see if there is any way to get the reduced rate. All she did was take me reservation number confirm our details and then told me that we would be receiving a credit of $912. If that isn't some Disney magic I don't know what is!

Also to add to my first page info we are down for the second seating, gty 12, no kids, and we are from West Virginia.

 

[sarasotamom]

Wow I just found this thread. We will be on this 7-day cruise too. This was originally booked on the ship on New Year's 2006 but we had to keep bumping it up due to family circumstances.

On the cruise will be:
Me 50 something
DH 50 something
DS 20

We are in a category 6. I was tempted to rebook in a 12 but my husband is one of those balcony snobs. We do have the 10 percent discount and stateroom credit.

The last cruise we did was a 4-day RCCL and my son and I could not stop comparing it to Disney. I can't wait to see the Magic again.