November 3, 2007 - Western on the Magic

[love2travel]

I just read on the DIS Boards that DCL is no longer allowing any decorations on their cabin doors!

Anyone know what caused this? We've always made really cool signs for our door. It was fun to personalize the room as well as helping to find the room quickly.

I hope it was just some bad info . . .

Ok, I just read through the thread and it states that NO GLUE or TAPE be used on the doors, but magnets or magnetic paper are allowed, just no adhesives. Thank goodness, we only use magnets or magnetic paper, so I guess we are OK.

 

[DVC from NJ]

Yeah
I didn't read the whole thread . . . thanks for the right info!

 

[SFed]

Howdy all. We will be onboard for the 11/3 Magic.

First, my sister-in-law lives in Edison, so I hope that is enough of a NJ connection.

It will be me, DW, DD(7), and twin DSs (they turn 3 a few days after the cruise). This will finally put us into double digit DCL cruises.

We have done this itinerary before, so if you have any questions, please ask away.

iwannabeminnie - We will be on the same flights with you out of the Fort, if they ever open the booking past 11/7. My in-laws live in St. Augustine, so we are going to visit them after the cruise.

 

[love2travel]

Welcome Aboard!

 

[Deemarch]

What shore excursions have you taken in Grand Cayman and Cozumel??

 

[SFed]

In general we prefer to do things on our own versus a planned excursion. In Cozumel, pre-hurricane, we took a cab to Chankanaab park, and it had some incredible snorkeling. I understand it was pretty well wiped out from the wind and waves. Last November we took a cab to Paradise Beach. You pay around $10 per person and get chairs, and can use all the water toys. You can also parasail and jetski for a fee. We will do one or the other this time as well. I plan on checking to see how the recovery is going at Chankanaab as we get closer to November. If you like to have a cocktail or two, I also recommend putting the kids in the club after dinner and heading to Carlos and Charlies. It is right at the end of the pier.

We have only been to Grand Cayman once, and we did the DCL Stingray excursion. I would highly reccommend it, although I think we will go through Captain Marvin's this time.

 

[3cheers4DIS]

We are hoping to visit chankanaab,we were on the Carnival Valor last year,they were supposed to go to Cozumel but went to costa maya instead,so this will be our first visit post hurricane.
Have been to Grand Cayman 3 times,and yet again its dive dive dive !!!! well i will anyway, Carol & Maddie will do a bit of shopping until i finish my dives,then we shall head to cemetary beach for a bit of relaxation..
cheers Iain

 

[Pengy]

Welcome SFed, and thanks for offering to share info based on past cruises! I've added you to the 11/3 cruiser listing on page 1 as well. (Sorry I missed you yesterday!)

 

[DVC from NJ]

Pengy,
Could you add 2 more people to the list. My parents will be joining us too. They are a very young 72 and 68 and have never taken a cruise--I think they will love the Disney Cruise!!!

FYI--they aren't from NJ!!!

 

[Pengy]

I added them to the list Maria.

PS - I'm sure they'll have a great time!

 

[love2travel]

We got our flight to Florida for the cruise....Southwest opened reservations today through Nov. 2nd, now we have to wait a few more months to book our flight home.

 

[VeronicaWest]

each person in our group is thinking about one special thing they want to do..my parents are going to golf, and my one brother is planning on parasailing. my husband wants to do the dune buggies and i was wondering if anyone has ever done that, and if so, how was it? im not quite sure what i want to do just yet(aside from shop shop shop! lol) . i like the idea of swimming with the sting rays, jetskiing, and a few other things, i just cant decide what exactly lol.

also, does anyone know if they will make exceptions with the club for the kids. most of the kids will be under 7, but my daughter will be 8 and my niece is turning 8 while on the cruise but we want to keep them all together(with the exception of the baby(who will be almost 1). do you think they will let them all stay together in the club for under 8?

oh one more thing, how do they celebrate birthdays on board...my mom and my niece share a birthday on Nov 7 and i was curious what DCL does in these situations. i noticed there are others celebrating bdays as well, so it should be fun.

 

[iwannabeminnie]

Welcome aboard SFed! We have never cruised before, so we will pick your ear for any advice we need! We will look for you on the plane--the family with 3 year old twin boys--you shouldn't be hard to miss!

 

[SweetSpot]

also, does anyone know if they will make exceptions with the club for the kids. most of the kids will be under 7, but my daughter will be 8 and my niece is turning 8 while on the cruise but we want to keep them all together(with the exception of the baby(who will be almost 1). do you think they will let them all stay together in the club for under 8?

oh one more thing, how do they celebrate birthdays on board...my mom and my niece share a birthday on Nov 7 and i was curious what DCL does in these situations. i noticed there are others celebrating bdays as well, so it should be fun.

Hi Veronica,

You will have no problem going down an age unless the ship is really booked with that age group. DCL is more restrictive with going up an age but even then they will do it on occasion. I kept one of my children in the Lab rather than the Stack one year with no problem.

They do celebrate birthdays. Make sure you call and have it added to your reservation. They will ask you what day you will want to celebrate and then the servers will bring a cake after the meal and sing Happy Birthday. My DD recieved a pin one year along with the cake but that is hit or miss. If you wear the pin all CM's will wish you a happy birthday.

 

[DVC from NJ]

Thanks for the heads up on southwest! Just got our 1-way fare to MCO. Anyone have any idea when they may be releasing the later Nov. dates?

 

[love2travel]

Thanks for the heads up on southwest! Just got our 1-way fare to MCO. Anyone have any idea when they may be releasing the later Nov. dates?

You're welcome! I would think probably not until maybe June, but I'm not sure, if I see or hear anything I will definately post.

 

[SFed]

I will add that I agree there will should be no issue going down an age group in the clubs. The cast member's are pretty accomodating.

iwannabeminnie - yeah, you won't have any trouble picking us out. You should have seen us going through customs in Jamacia before they could walk - now that was fun. I am seriously thinking about booking the flight out now. I tried to find out when the next dates were going to be released, but they would not say.

 

[iwannabeminnie]

We thought about booking the flight down now as well. I called Allegiant and wheedled, cajoled, begged, bribed and so on to try to get them to let me book my return flight as well, but no luck. I'm not even sure the employees know when the new flight schedules will come out.

Well, I'm off to the ball game soon. South Adams Starfires will be playing the Leo Lions at Wizard Stadium shortly (if the rain holds off).

 

[parlay]

Hi!! New here, but was really excited to see all the Disney fans who will be on this cruise! You can add 5 more New Jerseyians to the ship myself 40, DH 41, DS 14, DD 10, and DD 7! Looking forward to a wonderful time. This will be our first DCL cruise!

 

[love2travel]

Hi!! New here, but was really excited to see all the Disney fans who will be on this cruise! You can add 5 more New Jerseyians to the ship myself 40, DH 41, DS 14, DD 10, and DD 7! Looking forward to a wonderful time. This will be our first DCL cruise!

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