October 13th, 2007~"Cruise-A-Palooza"

[margaritaqueen]

Well, I survived my last day of work and now it is just finishing up the last minute packing, going to the bank, etc... Today will fly by. It is so weird to see everyone's ticker say "1 day until my Disney Cruise!!" Unreal.

Safe travels, everyone, and see you on Sunday!

 

[kpflillirpf]

Well all. Not sure if anyone will be able to send an e-mail early in the morning. Soooooo, just in case, I'm locking the doors, closing the windows and have just left a little light on. I've have someone coming to take care of the animals and to pick the mail up. You all who are still here like me have a safe trip tomorrow morning and we'll see you soon! Kristi

 

[tidoublegger]

Sniff sniff, bye guys! Bon voyage!! Have a drink for us! (not Alex though...she's only 8!)

 

[Verandah Man]

Have a MAGICal week!!!

Ron Jon Cam

Two Palms Cam

 

[davidls]

Guess I'm the first back home from our Magical Cruise!!! I miss it already!!! Got Kevin's CD on and cry'n in my ginger ale We booked while on board for next December. Man oh man that seems like a llllllllllllooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnggggggggggg time from now. We wanted to see the Magic all dressed up for Christmas.
I wanted to say to all how nice it was to meet you and put faces with names at our meet. It was a great cruise. I hope all had as much fun and enjoyed their time on baord as much as we did. Hey kevin, I'm setting here writing this to ya'll and listening to your CD. This was such a great gift. Thank you Kevin. It will get provide plenty of listening pleasure and bring back the time we had on our cruise. I'm having trouble typing, there seems to be something in my eye. I am not crying. Oh wait a minute I had my finger in my eye. No wonder I was having trouble typing.
Well got to go and help DW unpack. I hear her sweet voice calling to me now, HEY STUPID COME HERE!!! Oh what a sweet voice that is ..............Coming Sweetie!!!!

 

[CrazyZeus1]

Although I didn't get to meet anyone face to face (where DID the time go?), it was so much fun being here with you all, getting excited for our big event!

We rebooked as well...the Double Castaway Cay trip on September 27th. Anyone else there too? Now the countdown begins again

Hope everyone made it home safely. Our trip was uneventful, which is always the best kind!!!!

 

[SNicksed]

Nice shots Andy. Thanks!


Hey, Everyone!

We had a most excellent time on-board the Magic this past week. We arrived home around 3:40pm after a short 2 hour and 20 minute flight from Orlando!

It was great meeting most of you. The group photo that was taken on my camera came out great. We also re-booked while on-board to get the discount and credit. I booked for 10/27/08 but will most likely push it off to 2009 so that we can re-visit Bermuda in 2008.

Dis tag was alot of fun. Everyone was very creative and we really had a ball participating... even though I got "caught" tagging once or twice. Thanks to all of you that helped to organize it!

We went jet skiing at Orient Beach, basked in the sun at Magens Bay and were on the Banana boat in the middle of our mini hurricane on CC!

Hope everyone else had a blast and arrived home safely. Can't wait to hear from everyone.

Steve

 

[d'Isigny]

WOW!!! What an excellent cruise. How spoiled we are to have had great seas, wonderful weather and the chance to meet fantastic people. What a treat to finally put a face to a screen name. I enjoyed meeting and speaking with each and everyone of you. We had a such a great time and all the way home...my DD's were asking for a 'do over'...guess we need to plan on a return trip (shhhhh - don't tell them...this suits me just fine).

Just a reminder...I'll be setting up an account with Shutterfly Dot Com for us to share photos. I should get this completed by Monday. If you want an invite - just PM me with your e-mail address...I'll send you the link and pass word.

I am soooooo glad to hear of the success with DIS-Tag. I, too had a blast. Bev...your M&M's get my vote for most creative. Me...I just would have wolfed em down...but my DW pointed out the wording on the red ones - pretty cool.

Well...it's late...I'll be up early tomorrow = but sleeping in on Monday - I took an additional day off...not ready to finish my vacation - yet!!

Hope all check in sharing safe travel home..........k

 

[CrazyZeus1]

Hi friends! Just had to post a pic of my two favorite boys (an myself) from the Pirate Party night. We had so much fun!!!

We can't wait to see pics from everyone else!!

 

[The_Ryno]

Cant wait for the next cruise.....
Missing all the seniors from the Stack already.

 

[mommasita]

We got home safe and sound, thankfully. I was sort of hoping we got bumped off Saturday's flight to head to meet Robin and Mary for the meet, but alas we made it..

Hope everyone got home without too much headache, and safely..

Thanks Andy, I was hoping for a shot from two palms..

 

[LisaBi]

What a great cruise. I only met a few you, but everyone was so nice. I really enjoyed chatting with lots of different people. I re-booked on board, not really being sure when we would be able to go. But as of this morning, DS is bucking for Spring Break 2008 (that would be the 3/15/08 Eastern for us.) We'll have to see.... We had a free upgrade from a cat 9 to a cat 6 this time. I rebooked a cat 9, but boy, after having the verandah, it's going to be tough going back.

Hope everyone made it home safe and sound and had easy journeys.

To parents of "the seniors" from The Stack - DS (Ryan) lost all the pics on his camera on Thursday night. If any of your teens have pics, it would be wonderful if they'd post them to Shutterfly or such. There are a lot on Facebook already, but I'm not aware of a way to copy or print from there without loosing too much resolution.

 

[kpflillirpf]

Hey all! We made it home last night. Sorry I didn't get to the computer to type you all til now. It's been busy since we got home with laundry gifts and Richard had to work today. I on the other hand am still recovering from the sunburn that I got at Castaway Cay. I really did a doozie on myself and the pain in my legs is amazing. Definitely not able to run around like I'd want to. Anyway, enough whining. We had a BLAST on the Magic! What a wonderful trip. We did alot of crying on this trip but in a good way. We felt we got alot of relaxing taken care of and yet we did TONS of stuff. It was the perfect time for this vacation for us. We're clear headed now and ready to take on whatever comes our way.

We really enjoyed meeting everyone as well. We loved doing DIS-tag and Lilli enjoyed slapping the magnets on the doors and, with a little lift from us, putting the gift bags on the fish. Thanks again Kevin and team for setting all this up. As soon as I have pictures (Richard is burning them tonight at his office) I'll be ready to post them. So Kevin, when you get a moment and you've set up the shutterfly thing please pm me.

We have also rebooked. We're going to do the Western this time in early October next year. Now, we are most likely going to have to move it to early in 2009 but we're kinda sitting on all that for now until adoption stuff starts happening again. We're already working on our family to join us so hopefully it'll be a big bash for us this next time. One way or the other, we booked for 4 instead of 3. That was fun.

So to all of you, may your memories of this trip last you a lifetime. I know our memories will. Talk to you all later! Kristi

 

[CrazyZeus1]

Kristi
Was Lilli dressed as Mulan the last night of the cruise for dinner? I thought I saw you guys walking through Deck 4 while I was at the rebooking desk...but I wasn't sure if that was her

 

[Magic3forme]

It was nice meeting a few of you on the boat!
We too rebooked for next year. We are doing the double Castaway Cay too. We were in Cocoa beach on Sat night and we watched the Magic sail away. We all wanted to be back on the boat and do the deck party again.

 

[CrazyZeus1]

Magic3...what sail date did you choose? We're on the Sept. 27th Double Dip

 

[Magic3forme]

Same cruise as you, Sept 27th. Our room number is 8576. There werent that many cat 4 rooms left in the hallway we wanted. We were in cabin 8060and we loved the location!!!

 

[CrazyZeus1]

That's awesome We got the same exact room...7114... It's across from the luggage room, but it was only noisyfor about an hour on the last night. Not any big deal for us Glad you'll be joining us!

 

[seagee]

We also made it home safe and sound. I truly enjoyed meeting everyone and playing Dis -tag. Lots of great ideas! Apoohfn and her family were our table mates!!! We ending having to move our room with just two nights left of the cruise. I'm thinking of writing a short trip report. I'm hoping it may provide others with useful information. Thanks to again to Jenn for the Cruise-a-palooza magnet and Steve for the wonderful ship magnet. Bev thanks sending me photos for magnets. I also listened to the CD today - infact I hear it playing now. DH and DD just put in on. Thanks everyone for the magical memories. I have to dance to the CD. Cathy

 

[margaritaqueen]

We made it back safely, too, except for the excessive sobbing because we had to leave.

What an amazing trip!!! Words cannot describe the fun and relaxation and pampering we received. Unbelievable!!

I am bummed that I did not get to meet more of you, too. Sounds like we had two different meetings on Sunday at the Cove. Bummer!! We did not rebook on board (I knew going into the trip that my DH wasn't gonna go for that, since we have so much around the house we want to do.) However, my doubting Thomas husband had so much fun he said we could definitely go back in 2 years if we get done everythig we want to!

When the photo thing is set up, Kevin, let me know! My husband has an excellent camera as photography is his hobby, and he took some awesome photos of the shows and other activities/parties on board, and we would love to share!!!

PS: Bev, thanks for the m&m's!! We devoured them during The Game Plan!! You are too thoughtful!! I kept seeing your husband and oldest daughter on board - but never you!! Were you just having too much fun and ditched the family? I was waiting to talk Girl Scouts with you!