October 1st, 2011 Western Caribbean on the Magic!

[JanDave]

Hi all ! Hope everyone had a blast on our cruise as I'm sure you did ! I am so sorry I did not make the meets. My dh and I were traveling with 3 other couples and my one friend booked us for Palo brunch, Palo High Tea, Tequila tasting, Bingo, Spa/Rainforest room....etc. Dh and I have not had a vacation without kids in the whole 25 years of our marriage so we wanted to run off and do all sorts of things we normally wouldn't/couldn't do such as Palo and Serenity Bay ! Had a blast !
Just posting a few photos from our trip and hope some of you will do the same. Who knows---we may have seen eachother on the ship and not realized it. I was in stateroom 2066.

Maria! Love your pics and glad you enjoyed your kidless cruise! Did you rebook?

Jan

 

[JanDave]

Once Halloween is over, I'll do our trip report for this cruise. Have a certification exam next Thurs and then I have 11 days to make DD's Sleeping Beauty costume!!!

Looking forward to your TR!


Jan

 

[JanDave]

Ok, DIS friends, who else is experiencing what I am this week - cruise withdrawal? My condition is worse than after past cruises. I love planning cruises but this post-cruise let down is getting me down...... I keep replaying clips of our cruise in my mind - Palo; dining room rotations; resting/reading on deck 4 lots of Cove Cafe coffee; the amazing CMs we talked to - old and new; walking around the beautiful ship; meeting some of you around the ship; being in grandkid withdrawal as I watched the kids and seeing their excitement; seeing the characters; hearing the ship's horn and the chime before announcements; napkins being placed on my lap 3 times a day!!!; our stateroom host keeping our room in perfect order all day with fresh towels, beds made and turned down, chocolate every night; the plays, especially Disney Dreams; the heated lounge chairs in the rainforest spa; massage; sitting/reading in Diversions next to a porthole and being about the only one in there; listening to piano music in Sessions; wandering through Treasure Ketch and Mickey Mates daily ; and our day on Castaway. And what a beautiful day it was last Friday.

Did anyone book another DCL cruise while on board? We booked a dummy date cruise for 12/1/12 on the Magic. Hopefully, the 2013 itineraries will be announced soon.

Again, it was great meeting all of you.

Jan

 

[Fire14]

Sorry we didn't meet you and fellow Michiganders last week. Glad you had a safe trip home.

Jan

I thik we may have run into dave on day by pool. said hi but that's about it.

 

[MiaSRN62]

Maria! Love your pics and glad you enjoyed your kidless cruise! Did you rebook?

Jan

Thanks Jan !
No, sadly we did not rebook but one of the couples in our traveling party did and now are begging us to go too. It's mid Sept on the Fantasy. I'm so tempted......have 3 kids in college right now. It's challenging from a budget perspective.
And YES ! I am so in cruise withdrawl I can't stand it !

 

[JanDave]

Thanks Jan !
No, sadly we did not rebook but one of the couples in our traveling party did and now are begging us to go too. It's mid Sept on the Fantasy. I'm so tempted......have 3 kids in college right now. It's challenging from a budget perspective.
And YES ! I am so in cruise withdrawl I can't stand it !

I know what you'e going through with kids in college. Our three were in college at the same time for 3.5 years. We told the kids we'd pay their college tuition/room and board but not fancy weddings as college education will support their families for the rest of their lives. Glad to say all 3 kids have done well in their careers.

A week ago today, we were at CC............

Jan

 

[marticaj]

Oh Jan, we also are in post cruise vacation let down, the kids keep asking when we are going again and Mom is very blue. We really enjoyed ourselves with Mickey on our 1st Disney cruise. What a way to celebrate with family... We THANK everyone for all the fun and thoughful gifts. It was such a high to come back a full fe!! Kids LOVED it, and so did my parents! Unfortunately it was a crazy last night before we left as Matthew got very sick but miraculously recovered in 24hrs (we almost weren't allowed on the ship:O), so We were the ones who left all our fe info at home so thank you Scott for getting the list eventually to us(just in time to deliver the sand molds for CC)! We were sad we didn't get to meet anyone, I kept trying to wear little fe gifts in hope someone would stop to say hello. We didn't book yet but plan to go again in 2 years when Audrey is older and will "want" to stay in the kid clubs as Matthew seemed to never want to leave Oceaner's Club or Lab....having some alone adult time in the cove would be nice, as I was envious of those hanging there. Again, we thank everyone, the dry erase board helped lots, the autograft books have been filled, tattoo, stickers and kid stuff all played with, first aide kit came in hand, glow sticks completed the outfit, beach ball added fun to CC, bath toys appreciated, love love love all the homemade items, and the cactus shot glasses are my new vitamin cups for the day!!! ANYTHING GOES...!!!!!!!!!!!
with love and prayers from your DIS friends from south florida
Martica and family

PS how do I upload pics?? couldn't copy & paste and no link to connect with my computer???duhh?

 

[ammouse]

Hi all ! Hope everyone had a blast on our cruise as I'm sure you did ! I am so sorry I did not make the meets. My dh and I were traveling with 3 other couples and my one friend booked us for Palo brunch, Palo High Tea, Tequila tasting, Bingo, Spa/Rainforest room....etc. Dh and I have not had a vacation without kids in the whole 25 years of our marriage so we wanted to run off and do all sorts of things we normally wouldn't/couldn't do such as Palo and Serenity Bay ! Had a blast !
Just posting a few photos from our trip and hope some of you will do the same. Who knows---we may have seen eachother on the ship and not realized it. I was in stateroom 2066.

Your pictures are so good

 

[MiaSRN62]

I know what you'e going through with kids in college. Our three were in college at the same time for 3.5 years. We told the kids we'd pay their college tuition/room and board but not fancy weddings as college education will support their families for the rest of their lives. Glad to say all 3 kids have done well in their careers.

A week ago today, we were at CC............Jan

THanks for understanding JanDave......some days I wonder who we're doing this whole college tuition thing and still able to eat !

But yes.....thanks for the one week anniversary memory ! What a GLORIOUS day we had on CC ?!!!! It was our first time ever on Serenity Bay and I'm a believer ! Anyone else pleasantly suprised we did not get any rain/storms ? The captain announced something was headed there and we should get out before 1 or 2 pm. But it never hit ! It was heaven all day !

Thanks ammouse for the photo comment !

 

[Fire14]

Hey whatever u wanna use shot glass for ios cool with me. Jodi is storing her jewery in and on it LOL.

 

[Fire14]

PS how do I upload pics?? couldn't copy & paste and no link to connect with my computer???duhh?

To upload pics to dis you need to upoad thewm to photo host site such as photobucket and than post img code to post here on dis

 

[Fire14]

 

[MiaSRN62]

Great pics !

 

[Silverfox97]

Ok, DIS friends, who else is experiencing what I am this week - cruise withdrawal? My condition is worse than after past cruises. I love planning cruises but this post-cruise let down is getting me down...... I keep replaying clips of our cruise in my mind - Palo; dining room rotations; resting/reading on deck 4 lots of Cove Cafe coffee; the amazing CMs we talked to - old and new; walking around the beautiful ship; meeting some of you around the ship; being in grandkid withdrawal as I watched the kids and seeing their excitement; seeing the characters; hearing the ship's horn and the chime before announcements; napkins being placed on my lap 3 times a day!!!; our stateroom host keeping our room in perfect order all day with fresh towels, beds made and turned down, chocolate every night; the plays, especially Disney Dreams; the heated lounge chairs in the rainforest spa; massage; sitting/reading in Diversions next to a porthole and being about the only one in there; listening to piano music in Sessions; wandering through Treasure Ketch and Mickey Mates daily ; and our day on Castaway. And what a beautiful day it was last Friday.

Did anyone book another DCL cruise while on board? We booked a dummy date cruise for 12/1/12 on the Magic. Hopefully, the 2013 itineraries will be announced soon.

Again, it was great meeting all of you.

Jan

OK, I am not having cruise withdrawal this time, BUT, here's why I think why I am not: 1) This was our longest cruise; 7 nights gave us time to R-E-L-A-X (over our past 3 and 5-night cruises) & 2) We are cruising again in 4 months (in Feb.), so we don't have that long to wait before we'll be on board again

I've definitely had it before - in Aug 2010, we booked on board for this cruise. There was NO WAY we could wait 14 months to cruise again. Not even 48 hours after disembarking, we booked a cruise for Jan 2011, which was about 1/2 way in between the two. Then, after our Jan cruise, major cruise withdrawal again - we even had a pseudo-vacation in June - not the same. This cruise vacation was so needed in our house..........major reason: we have had house guests since mid-August (plus they had been here in June and July briefly as well)..........finally they moved out Oct 11th into their own place

We already have 3 DCL cruises booked for 2012, as well as 2 dummy dates for Oct 2012 to move out to 2013 (provided DCL has some interesting itineraries for us.......). We seriously love a cruise vacation. So relaxing. People ask me if I am tired of cruising - yeah, right. Look at all of what Jan said above - yeah, I am tired of being waited on, tired of having a napkin placed in my lap, tired of having my bed turned down each night, etc.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Where was Princess Minnie???? We missed her and Sorcerer Mickey!!!! Where where where are those elusive characters???

 

[JanDave]

OK, I am not having cruise withdrawal this time, BUT, here's why I think why I am not: 1) This was our longest cruise; 7 nights gave us time to R-E-L-A-X (over our past 3 and 5-night cruises) & 2) We are cruising again in 4 months (in Feb.), so we don't have that long to wait before we'll be on board again

I've definitely had it before - in Aug 2010, we booked on board for this cruise. There was NO WAY we could wait 14 months to cruise again. Not even 48 hours after disembarking, we booked a cruise for Jan 2011, which was about 1/2 way in between the two. Then, after our Jan cruise, major cruise withdrawal again - we even had a pseudo-vacation in June - not the same. This cruise vacation was so needed in our house..........major reason: we have had house guests since mid-August (plus they had been here in June and July briefly as well)..........finally they moved out Oct 11th into their own place

We already have 3 DCL cruises booked for 2012, as well as 2 dummy dates for Oct 2012 to move out to 2013 (provided DCL has some interesting itineraries for us.......). We seriously love a cruise vacation. So relaxing. People ask me if I am tired of cruising - yeah, right. Look at all of what Jan said above - yeah, I am tired of being waited on, tired of having a napkin placed in my lap, tired of having my bed turned down each night, etc.

Wow and wow! I can understand your stress level!

Our next cruise is on the 6/20/12 Dream and last week we booked a dummy date which we'll move out to 2013. We're cruising on the Dream with my best friend and her 15 year old daughter, who is like my 7th grandchild. Lyssa has Down Syndrome and has cruised with us twice before on the Wonder. So, I know I'll cruise in about 8 months, but for some reason, this post-cruise week hit me hard. Just call me a sappy old lady!

We, too, love cruising. And, with Dave being a food-a-holic, it's cheaper for us to cruise for a week rather than pay separately for lodging, food, entertainment, etc. The onboard credit DCL gives to Platinums is a nice perk in addition to the onboard credit our TA gave us. Plus ...... I don't have to think or plan on a cruise, just look at the Navigator each day.

Jan

 

[MiaSRN62]

People ask me if I am tired of cruising - yeah, right. Look at all of what Jan said above - yeah, I am tired of being waited on, tired of having a napkin placed in my lap, tired of having my bed turned down each night, etc.

Love it Silverfox !

 

[ssanders79]

feeandjohn, can you post a full track list for the CD you passed out in the FE. I figured out the majority, but I am not sure if I guess the correct artist to the specific songs.

I tried to send you a PM, but the site would not allow it.

 

[Fire14]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Where was Princess Minnie???? We missed her and Sorcerer Mickey!!!! Where where where are those elusive characters???

Princess Minnie was part of princess gatherig she was hidden up on deck 4 in front of theadure. I only knew because I called 7 pals each day, not sure if she was listed on board or not.

 

[Pinky3]

Has anyone posted a trip report from our cruise?

 

[ssanders79]

Has anyone posted a trip report from our cruise?

A trip report is in the works. DW has her notes ready, but is waiting until after Halloween to write it up and I am just beginning to work on the photos taken during the cruise.

I did post a thread with all the cruise documents that I've slowly been updating.