October 21st 2006 !!!!

[WiseMan]

We leave for the airport in a few hours. My DW was joking that maybe we got upgraded. GUESS WHAT? We were upgraded from a CAT 9 on Deck 2 to a CAT 6 on Deck 6. We have a Verandah room now.

See You Tomorrow!

 

[Verandah Man]

Have a MAGICal week everyone!!!

 

[sami90tsi]

Welcome from cabin 8086. We have just arrvied in Key West. It's been a little interesting this morning. 3 coast guard vessels including a missile cruiser took up positions around the Magic all the way into Keyt West. Approximately 44 miles out, 10 uniformed, armed coast guard members boarded the ship on the left side while moving. Not sure why.
Palo has also been closed all day. Some sort of power failure. Related issues?

 

[Verandah Man]

Welcome from cabin 8086. We have just arrvied in Key West. It's been a little interesting this morning. 3 coast guard vessels including a missile cruiser took up positions around the Magic all the way into Keyt West. Approximately 44 miles out, 10 uniformed, armed coast guard members boarded the ship on the left side while moving. Not sure why.
Palo has also been closed all day. Some sort of power failure. Related issues?

OK, you've peaked my interest, please keep us posted if you hear any more reports about what is going on!!!

 

[Smooch]

On debarkation day, there were armed officers in the hall on deck 2 at 6 a.m.. The rumor was that someone had an arrest warrant. I wonder if it was related to what happened in Key West.

We saw the coast guard boats in Key West but we assumed they were just giving us an escort. Wow, does anyone know what happened??

I just wanted to thank everyone for all the helpful hints and advice that I got from this board. You really helped make our vacation magical. I enjoyed meeting everyone at the DIS meet and I wish we had more time to get to know each other. The week went by too fast. We ended up going to Paradise Beach in Cozumel later in the day because we were all a bit green from the ride the night before Sorry we missed you! I hope your vacation was as enjoyable as ours.

 

[bschiffler]

We were actually eating at Palo at noon on Key West day. They were doing an expected ship inspection the staff at Palo told us. The armed officers walked around the front of the ship at least 20 times. They were staying on the ship until Cozumel to do a bunch of inspections I guess.

We had such a great trip!

 

[lrodptl]

Our server at Palo's said the CG had escorted US Public Health service officials. All food for the Palo brunch was thrown out as the food is never on chilling bins which is against USPHS regulations. Ciao Romano (our server) also said there was a lot of drama in Palo's after they were notified by the bridge as to who was onboard.

 

[sunshinegirl]

That explains a lot. We had Palo reservations for 10:30 and were told when we got there that there would be no buffet and that they would resume regular sit-down service in about an hour but that it would be very slow. They ended up rescheduling us for the next day.

We went back to the room and ordered room service for lunch and it proceeded to take 90 minutes to get it for some reason! We wondered if it was related in some way.

 

[bschiffler]

They did provide everything on that day complementary. No charge for brunch or any of the alcohol beverages we ordered. They also told us we could come back anytime for lunch or dinner. We made a reservation for dinner and ended up not going because we didn't want to dress up anymore. The service was okay and the food was good.

 

[teamwilliams]

Hi fellow cruisers!

Very interesting stuff about Palo's. My parents had 11:30 ressies that day for brunch and while they enjoyed it very much, my mom thought it was strange that it wasn't a buffet. Their server brought out plates of chilled items and they then ordered a meal from a menu. We had never been on a Disney cruise before, so had nothing to compare the experience to. Is their buffet usually displayed on ice? It's surprising that Disney would be unaware of that regulation.

Hope everyone had uneventful trips home!

 

[kecall]

This has all peaked my curiosity as well!

We were also on the same cruise...and must've all been at Palo brunch at the same time!

We were told it was an electrical problem....By the time we were seated (which was close to 11 a.m.) we were able to order anything we wanted...Many different options were brought to our table, and we were assured that everything available on the original buffet was available to us. The entire meal was free because of the wait (we did leave our server a good tip, though!)

Everything doesn't quite add up to me, though...It was a bit creepy seeing the Coast Guards circling us....and passing by Palo's window....There was a lot of them there....More than would seem necessary to escort a Health official....We were told it wasn't uncommon to be escorted into port.....did seem strange though...

The Health Inspector idea does make a lot of sense though....That would explain why we could have everything we wanted to eat...just not on the buffet....

And I can't say for sure, but I thought the buffet at Topsiders was also closed for lunch....Another health issure perhaps???

Anyone else with information??

karen

 

[lrodptl]

Hi fellow cruisers!

Very interesting stuff about Palo's. My parents had 11:30 ressies that day for brunch and while they enjoyed it very much, my mom thought it was strange that it wasn't a buffet. Their server brought out plates of chilled items and they then ordered a meal from a menu. We had never been on a Disney cruise before, so had nothing to compare the experience to. Is their buffet usually displayed on ice? It's surprising that Disney would be unaware of that regulation.

Hope everyone had uneventful trips home!

Disney is aware of the buffet regulations in the US according to our server but chooses to buffet the food without ice or heat. We were also told that the inspection was also of the engineering spaces (from the VP of engineering to my ear) and ship legal documents,certificates etc. The escorting CG sailors were waving to passengers throughout the ride. Probably just a routine "random" boarding.

 

[kecall]

Ok....so I'm having "trip withdrawal"! It hurt to see our thread so far back, that I had to post...just to bring it to the front again!!

I just don't want to let go of the great time we had!!!

karen

 

[hank56]

Sorry can't let our thread die, Tinkerfun, surf'un, Tracey, JADisneyMom, Sami glad to have meet and spent good time with you all hope all is well hope the adventures continue for all. 2 Dec we take our Panama Cruise and hope we are fortunate to find even a couple of wonderful people like you all are. God speed and bon voyage

Hank, Connie and the Boys

 

[nrsldy]

I am with all of you about wanting to go on another cruise again. We had such a great time. I really enjoyed time spent visiting with other Disers. We are looking at Christmas time 2008.
Hank hope you and your family have a great time on your Panama Cruise.
Happy Sailing

 

[booksw]

While you guys are all fondly remembering your recent cruise, I was hoping you might be able to help my children out. We are going to be on the Magic in December and they are asking me what movies they will be showing. Do any of you remember the October movies? Thanks!

 

[hank56]

While you guys are all fondly remembering your recent cruise, I was hoping you might be able to help my children out. We are going to be on the Magic in December and they are asking me what movies they will be showing. Do any of you remember the October movies? Thanks!

So sorry can't help much, 7 days and we never took in a movie. I only now for a fact cars, POC I & II. Since the release in theaters, Santa Clause III will be there too.

 

[hank56]

I am with all of you about wanting to go on another cruise again. We had such a great time. I really enjoyed time spent visiting with other Disers. We are looking at Christmas time 2008.
Hank hope you and your family have a great time on your Panama Cruise.
Happy Sailing

Keep Tom's birth certificate where YOU know where it is...

 

[tinkerfun]

Hi everyone,
It was so good to meet and hang out with all of you! We tried to get a lot of family pictures taken by the ship's photographer and came out with a few really good ones. I already got one of them made into a Christmas card!

Hank & Connie...I'm so jealous that you are off on another cruise, and through the Panama canal no less!!! Have a great time.

Julie

PS- For the movies, call the Disney Cruise line a week before you go and they will tell you what will be playing.