"Memories of the 5-13-06 Magic"

[plenam]

Andy & family, have a great cruise
Brett

 

[summfam4]

Thank you so much for the live report, I am getting very excited for our cruise which is now too far away. Have a great cruise!

 

[XxPixieDustxX]

Thank you so much for the live report, I am getting very excited for our cruise which is now too far away. Have a great cruise!

i see you have a DD12 years old...when is your next cruise!? i am also a DD and 12 yrs. old!

 

[lbgraves]

Dont they look " KEWL "

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

WOW! It's been a year?!?!? I remember sitting here all day watching the posts on that tread. What an exciting 2 weeks!

 

[justmestace]

We were just selected at random to visit Captain Thord on the bridge, there wasn't any request made for this.

I think this is really wonderful for you, but please don't take this wrong....since you and your lovely wife have already had the honor of going on the bridge, wouldn't it be nice to ask the Captain's assistant to please find a family with a child or two who would be thrilled to get to do this? Maybe they know of a family who has a child with disabilities, or one who has gone through some kind of hardship??

 

[BigRed1]

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 just selected at random to visit Captain Thord on the bridge, there wasn't any request made for this.

I think this is really wonderful for you, but please don't take this wrong....since you and your lovely wife have already had the honor of going on the bridge, wouldn't it be nice to ask the Captain's assistant to please find a family with a child or two who would be thrilled to get to do this? Maybe they know of a family who has a child with disabilities, or one who has gone through some kind of hardship??

I could be wrong, but I think this is a reply to an earlier post. He made mention in another earlier post that Captain Tom is on the Magic this trip. Have a great trip Andy!

 

[GrayFal]

Really enjoying your reports....keep us posted!

 

[justmestace]

I could be wrong, but I think this is a reply to an earlier post. He made mention in another earlier post that Captain Tom is on the Magic this trip. Have a great trip Andy!

Ahh...I see. I just know that Andy is a great guy, and always the first in line to help others...so I thought it was an idea, if he was asked again. Sorry!

I do see that now...sorry again. But hey....IF it did happen, I still think it would be nice. It's something I've thought of myself often.....offering it to someone else.

 

[GoofyFD]

Thanks Andy!!!!

 

[tjeagle]

I love the live report! I have checked my computer 10 times today to check for updates!
I hope you are enjoying every minute!!

 

[JanDave]

Hi Andy: Have a great week. Will be looking forward to reading your reports. Tell Ragdoll and DH that DaveJan said hi! Hope they made the DIS meet.

Jan

 

[Verandah Man]

I think this is really wonderful for you, but please don't take this wrong....since you and your lovely wife have already had the honor of going on the bridge, wouldn't it be nice to ask the Captain's assistant to please find a family with a child or two who would be thrilled to get to do this? Maybe they know of a family who has a child with disabilities, or one who has gone through some kind of hardship??

I went back and changed the wording in my previous post. I didn't mean for it to sound like we were "just" selected on this cruise to do the same thing. We were selected for this during our January 2005 cruise. I'm sorry if I gave the impression that we were selected to do it again on this cruise. I was just replying to the other posters question, that we did not ask for this honor to be given to us the first time, and that we were randomly selected.

 

[BuzzBoyMom]

To Andy, Family and the rest of the cruisers - HOPE YOU'RE HAVING A GREAT TIME!!!!!!

And thanks for thinking of us, Andy - and sending us that email link to your blog. You're always thinking of others!!!

 

[Verandah Man]

I forgot to mention earlier that Stephan is our Head Server and Sean is our Stateroom Host.

The weather has been perfect thus far. I think we had maybe a 30 seconds of rain yesterday afternoon while we were eating lunch at Goofy's Galley.

My DW, DD, and Dmom went to see a movie in the Buena Vista Theatre yesterday afternoon, while I went back to the cabin and took a little nap. I woke up at 3am yesterday morning and couldn't get back to sleep, so an afternoon nap was really needed.

We had Formal Night in Animator's Pallete. I selected the Baked Honey Glazed Salmon and was that ever tender and tasty. To top off my meal, I went with the Chocolate and Peanut Butter Pie. After dinner we went to see the Golden Mickey's show. This was the first time my mom got to see it, and she really enjoyed it. We will be seeing Twice Charmed tonight, and this will be our first time to see this show.

We are all having a wonderful time aboard as usual and tomorrow we dock at St. Maarten, we don't have any excursions planned so I'm not sure what we will be doing tomorrow at this point. I'm in the Internet Cafe at the moment, but I am going to try and post another picture or two with my laptop later. I got the unlimited service mainly for my DD so she could keep in touch with her friends that are cat-sitting her cat.

I want to check a few more messages, so I'm signing off for now, "Live from the Magic!!!"

 

[flyrandy]

Hey Andy!

You picked a good time to be away from NJ - it's raining! Enjoy the cruise.

randy

 

[winotracy]

Andy, I see you have the unlimited internet package and are using wireless. Did you just get a small per minute package for the wireless or is there some package that offers both? Thanks! I know you're having a great time!!

Tracy

 

[Dreamer04]

Hey Andy! Have a great time! BTW, great blog!


Toodles,
Ursula

 

[Verandah Man]

Here is a pic of my mom having Mother's Day Breakfast with my sister and her DH Larry(mommom&poppop0304). My Dsis and DBIL got to Topsiders before we did, so when they finished their breakfast, my mom then came and joined Hazel and I.

Hi there Randy, sorry to hear about the rain in Jersey. We are having bright sunny skies and temps in the 80's right now.

Tracy, I bought the 250 minutes wireless package for myself so that I could add some photos for those back home.

Gotta run!!!

 

[Verandah Man]

I just posted this to My Blog and wanted to add a copy here, this is a more detailed report from Mother's Day.


Sunday May 14, 2006--Mother’s Day

I forgot to mention earlier that our Head Server is Stefan and our room host is Sean from Jamaica . All the CM’s have been taking excellent care of us.

My mom got to have her Mother’s Day breakfast with her two oldest children and their spouses at Topsiders this morning. I saw fellow DIS’er ragdoll at breakfast and gave her a message from her daughter back home in Ohio.

Today was a day of relaxation, well for the most part anyway.

Hazel and I spent some time at Shutters and bought a copy of our embarkation group photo, then we strolled over to Mickey’s Mates and Treasure Ketch to window shop. While Hazel was dropping some pillowcases off at Guest Services to be signed by the characters, I went to the Internet Café and checked on the “Live” from the Magic thread.

The four of us went up to Goofy’s Galley for lunch. After lunch Hazel, Angelina and my mom went to see a movie in the Buena Vista Theatre, while I went back to our stateroom, went out on the verandah, and took a nap. I had been up since 3am, so a nap was much needed. I did manage to get a little too much on my legs.

Tonight was Formal Night and the Golden Mickey’s show. For dinner tonight I selected the Baked Stuff Tomato, Caesar Salad, Baked Honey Glazed Salmon, followed by a slice of Chocolate and Peanut Butter Pie. My niece Teri, her husband Eric, and their friends Greg and Michele went to Palo for dinner.

After dinner we went to see the Golden Mickey’s show. The only downer at the show was the people that were taking flash photography during the show, even though that it was announced that flash photography was “NOT” permitted. It only took one person to start, then about 15 others joined in taking flash photos.

We are all now back in our stateroom. While I am typing in my journal, Angelina and my mom are watching “The Producers” on TV, and Hazel is reading.

The weather has been absolutely wonderful, except for the 30 seconds of rain drops we had while eating lunch on deck 9. It reminded me of the Castaway Cay commercial for DCL, also the seas have been very calm.

I need to get this entry posted to the live thread, and will do it soon.

 

[Shannon1984]

Thank you so much for everything Andy! I am glad to hear everyone is having a great vacation. Oh yea, and by the way I love your Web page. I'll be checking in again tonight. Have a great day!