"Memories of the 5-13-06 Magic"

[tigger53]

andy, happy vacation to you and your family. when i saw your picture of the magic coming into port i got a nostalgic pang in my stomach as i have been on deck ten a few times as the cruise was coming to an end and my family and i would stand there savoring every last minute. have a great time and thanks for the reports.

 

[DutchsMommy]

Hope your first night is magical. You should be wrapping up dinner now and perhaps heading out for some entertainment? Anyway, looking forward to hearing all about it and what happened before boarding (yes, I'll admit it, I'm a nosy person ).

 

[CJLKIM]

Hope your first night is magical. You should be wrapping up dinner now and perhaps heading out for some entertainment? Anyway, looking forward to hearing all about it and what happened before boarding (yes, I'll admit it, I'm a nosy person ).

We just hit the 6-month mark until we sail and the excitement has really began to hit our house. The kids are so excited...this will be their first time (we went last fall) so I am all about being nosy!!!! Bring on the info...

 

[MOMTOCUTESTDOGEVER]

Disney Magic Saturday May 13, 2006 5:15am Port Canaveral Florida[/QUOTE]

This is sad for me--Dh and I got off of the ship this morning. Take good care of her.

 

[MOMTOCUTESTDOGEVER]

We were able to request our server from our first cruise back in August 2003, we will see Roberto at dinner tonight at 6pm. We have the LAP dining rotation.

You are killing me!! Tell Roberto and Claudia that Gwynn and Earl say Hi. He was our server last week and he was awesome!!!!!

 

[MOMTOCUTESTDOGEVER]

I really do hope you have a great time!!!! I'm going through a little bit of withdrawal but will live vicariosly through you!

 

[figment52]

I am looking forward to your reports all week. Have a great time.

 

[PizzieDuster]

Good Lord. Enjoy your cruise. I hope you get to blow the horn again! But don't spend all your time on internet dude! Get out there and have fun!

Win a cruise at bingo for all of us here.... u deserve it!

Okay with that said...I live for your blogs man~

Verandaman.... did he post yet? And then...why not?

 

[Verandah Man]

Good Early Morning from the Magic,

I'm going to try and catch up a bit from our first day. I still haven't even got back to my blog yet.

My DW and I went to the DISmeet by the Mickey slide at 3pm yesterday afternoon and met up with some other wonderful DIS'ers. Yes, ragdoll did make it to the meet at 3pm and told us about her adventure with the alarm on her plane. We've run into DrCavin and his wonderful family several times since Friday. We had a nice time meeting others at the meet as well. I know if I were to start listing all who were there I would miss someone, and I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings by leaving them out. Let me just say, it was fun finally getting to put faces to the names that I have been in touch with the past two months.

After the meet, we got ready for the muster drill. I must say, we really do like the new life jackets so much more then the older style. After the drill my family went back to our stateroom and watched from our verandah the last few passengers and luggage that was racing aboard at 4:55pm. I took a few photos and will post them later.

We had early dining and arrived for dinner at 6pm where Roberto was waiting for us, and showed us to our table #23, where we found the rest of our party already waiting for us. Roberto couldn't believe how much Angelina had changed in the past three years since he saw her last. It was so good to see him again!!! It was like seeing an old lost friend!!! Edgar was our assistant server and took excellent care of us. I was never at a loss for either water or iced tea during the meal. I ordered the Shrimp Medely, followed by the Tomato and Bail soup, then had the Herb Crusted Halibut, just for the "halibut" as my main course. I followed all that up with the White Chocolate Domes. We had some fun talk around the table during dinner, my niece Teri(Tericplus2) was sharing how overwhelmed she was being on the ship for the first time, she is having a ball onboard already. My BIL Larry(mommom&poppop0304) is also having a great time as well.

After dinner we made our way to the Welcome Aboard show, this is my 4th DCL cruise, but the first time I made it to this show. It was a lot of fun, and we had so many laughs. We saw John Charles and Mike Super do a little of their acts, and both were quite funny. Mike Super had a 7 year old boy come up on the stage to help him with a card trick, and the little boy upstaged Mike, it was so funny. The senior officers also were introduced by Captain Tom, and we did get to see Captain Thord come out with the others.

After the show, we headed back to the stateroom to change. My DW asked if I was going to go down to the Internet Cafe to post a message, but to her surprise I said, "No, I just want to fall into bed and sleep." Which is exactly what I did, and it's the reason I was up at 3am this morning, and down here at the Internet Cafe now, while DW, DD and Dmom are still sound asleep, LOL!!!

I really don't want to get into a lot of detail just now about why we almost didn't make it on the ship yesterday, but let's just say it involved a very good friend back in New Jersey, being able to get a very much needed document out of our safety deposit box from our bank, and having that document faxed to the terminal. We started our check-in at the terminal about 10:15 and finally got the all clear that we could board at 11:30. By 11:45 we were on our way to have our boarding photo taken with the other 8 members of our group, and a few moments later, our family name(s) were announced as we entered the Magic!!! OK, now I'm getting a bit misty-eyed here as I type this, so on to happier times, and let's get the party rolling!!!!!!!

My DD did go to the 411 at The Stack, but dear old dad was fast asleep when she returned, so I don't know how that went just yet. I'm sure she will share that with me later today.

I've got a few more messages to check, so, I'm going to wrap this up for now. I'll post back when I can.

Andy

 

[WDWLVR]

Andy sounds like you got a bumpy start but everything worked out and your are on the ship. Enjoy your MAGICal week. Look forward to seeing your report as the week goes on.

 

[Verandah Man]

My niece Teri and her Family getting ready for their first cruise aboard the Disney Magic. This pic was taken outside of the Radisson waiting for the shuttle to arrive.

 

[castoff]

Andy: Please tell Hazel and Vi

from me......What a great place to be on this day

I am not able to click on your blog so I hope I am not missing to much of your reports. I keep getting a microsoft error then it shutsdown. Sorry you almost missed the boat so to speak but your on it now and that's all that matters.

 

[Shannon1984]

Thanks for the posts Andy, I really enjoy following the Live report. I'm glad my parents made it to the ship. They were so worried. I can't wait till next year when I'll be able to go again. Have a great vacation!!

 

[Hygiene99]

Andy: Please tell Hazel and Vi

from me......What a great place to be on this day

I am not able to click on your blog so I hope I am not missing to much of your reports. I keep getting a microsoft error then it shutsdown. Sorry you almost missed the boat so to speak but your on it now and that's all that matters.

Click this

Andy your link works just fine..

 

[Hygiene99]

My niece Teri and her Family getting ready for their first cruise aboard the Disney Magic. This pic was taken outside of the Radisson waiting for the shuttle to arrive.

Dont they look " KEWL "

You know, a year ago it was a very different story .

 

[4KsLUVDisney]

Andy,

I do have a question for you. What is the best way to go about making arrangments to celebrate my husbands birthday onboard our cruise? Also how did you get so lucky to blow the horn on one of your cruises? I have been trying to get my husband to go on a cruise for 10 years and he finally gave in and agreed to go on one. And of course it had to be Disney since we LOVE Disney. I would like to make our trip as special as possible. Any suggestions would be most appreciated. We leave on the Wonder on June 1.

Krissy

 

[Verandah Man]

Thanks for the posts Andy, I really enjoy following the Live report. I'm glad my parents made it to the ship. They were so worried. I can't wait till next year when I'll be able to go again. Have a great vacation!!

I saw your mom and dad at breakfast this morning at Topsiders. I gave your mom your Mother's Day greeting and she was smiling from ear to ear. She also said to me, "IF" you get online, can you please thank my DD, DS and grandkids for the lovely Mother's Day gift I found in my stateroom." Again, she was smiling from ear to ear when she was making this request.



My DW is dropping some pillowcases off at Guest Services for me, so it gave me a few minutes to check-in.

I did get the wireless plan for myself so I can post some "LIVE" photos from the ship as well. I will be doing that from time to time.

 

[Verandah Man]

Andy,

I do have a question for you. What is the best way to go about making arrangments to celebrate my husbands birthday onboard our cruise? Also how did you get so lucky to blow the horn on one of your cruises? I have been trying to get my husband to go on a cruise for 10 years and he finally gave in and agreed to go on one. And of course it had to be Disney since we LOVE Disney. I would like to make our trip as special as possible. Any suggestions would be most appreciated. We leave on the Wonder on June 1.

Krissy

We were selected at random during our January 2005 "30th Anniversary Cruise" to visit Captain Thord on the bridge, there wasn't any request made for this.

 

[wltdsnyfan]

Andy, thanks for taking the time to do all the live reports. I think I am going to get the same thing at the end of July so I can post to. I did not know you could post pictures to. Thanks for the info.
Enjoy your sea day and tell everyone in your party I say Happy Mom's Day.

 

[Hygiene99]

My DW is dropping some pillowcases off for me, so it gave me a few minutes to check-in.
.

There are going to be 4 very happy children when they receive those..
for the Semi Surprise Cruise in January.
(you have to have a passport) why they want to know !
Ok some day you are going on a Disney Cruise.
Tell Captin Thord, I said Hi..
Peter