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It all started wayyyy back in May of 2008. Doberlady said to me we are going on a Disney cruise
..soooooooo with very little discussion, my DH and I booked. We were going to sail October 17-October 24 on the Magic Western Caribbean
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Fast Forward October 2009: The countdown began magnets were being searched out and made, FE was being made, FE gifts were being decided on and purchased, schools and work were notified of our upcoming magical journey. My DH and I have never cruised before. Doberlady and family have cruised before, but on Carnival.
We were to fly down on October 16th in the morning and arrive in Orlando around 10:30 or so. Doberladys family flew Delta, we took Jet Blue. We were texting each other at the wee hours of the morning on our way to the airport. Doberladys plane left at 7:15, ours 7:30 ..pretty much an uneventful flight for both, except my DD kept pointing out the window at stuff and hitting her head on the window..(and she says I embarrass her!!))
While waiting for our luggage we noticed a couple of wheels and suitcase parts on the conveyer belt that holds the luggage ..YES they were part of our suitcases .My husbands and DD suitcases were damaged with big holes where the wheels once were. Jet Blue replaced my daughters with a brand new one (and nicer than the one we had!!) and we were given a voucher for my husbands which really does not help since we still had to go to a hotel, and there would be many more hands on his luggage. BUT, he taped it up as best he could and we were on our way. We walked over to the Delta terminal, found Doberlady and family, got into our van and were on our way to the hotel .on our way we saw one of the ships in the port. Not sure if it was the Wonder or Magic, because the next day they were both there.
Doberlady did some research and we decided to stay at the Radisson .our room was clean, my DH and I did not like the bed, the kids did, the pool was nice, bar was nice and we had a great lunch at the restaurant .we were starving!!! Our waitress was really nice and went out of her way for the kids. For our purposes the hotel was perfect. Our rooms were very far from the pool and restaurants, but we were only there for a night. We had reserved a 10:00 shuttle and checked in early Saturday morning. Which I am grateful for because we were the first two families called to the shuttle, it was a little later than 10, but that was fine. While we were waiting for the shuttle we met a woman who was going to be going on her 35th Disney Cruise WOW!!!!!, now there is someone who can give you some info on cruising!!
....girls at the pool.....
We got in the shuttle and after a very short drive we were at the port and very, very excited. I could not stop taking pictures of the Ship!!!!.....we went inside, checked in and were given a number 8 to board ..no big deal. While the CM was checking in, he took our boarding voucher and he forgot to give it back, we forgot to take it etc SO we had to go back and he gave us a 7 instead, which was good, cause Doberlady had 7 too. So we waited, and not to long we were called to board!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fast Forward October 2009: The countdown began magnets were being searched out and made, FE was being made, FE gifts were being decided on and purchased, schools and work were notified of our upcoming magical journey. My DH and I have never cruised before. Doberlady and family have cruised before, but on Carnival.
We were to fly down on October 16th in the morning and arrive in Orlando around 10:30 or so. Doberladys family flew Delta, we took Jet Blue. We were texting each other at the wee hours of the morning on our way to the airport. Doberladys plane left at 7:15, ours 7:30 ..pretty much an uneventful flight for both, except my DD kept pointing out the window at stuff and hitting her head on the window..(and she says I embarrass her!!))
While waiting for our luggage we noticed a couple of wheels and suitcase parts on the conveyer belt that holds the luggage ..YES they were part of our suitcases .My husbands and DD suitcases were damaged with big holes where the wheels once were. Jet Blue replaced my daughters with a brand new one (and nicer than the one we had!!) and we were given a voucher for my husbands which really does not help since we still had to go to a hotel, and there would be many more hands on his luggage. BUT, he taped it up as best he could and we were on our way. We walked over to the Delta terminal, found Doberlady and family, got into our van and were on our way to the hotel .on our way we saw one of the ships in the port. Not sure if it was the Wonder or Magic, because the next day they were both there.
Doberlady did some research and we decided to stay at the Radisson .our room was clean, my DH and I did not like the bed, the kids did, the pool was nice, bar was nice and we had a great lunch at the restaurant .we were starving!!! Our waitress was really nice and went out of her way for the kids. For our purposes the hotel was perfect. Our rooms were very far from the pool and restaurants, but we were only there for a night. We had reserved a 10:00 shuttle and checked in early Saturday morning. Which I am grateful for because we were the first two families called to the shuttle, it was a little later than 10, but that was fine. While we were waiting for the shuttle we met a woman who was going to be going on her 35th Disney Cruise WOW!!!!!, now there is someone who can give you some info on cruising!!
We got in the shuttle and after a very short drive we were at the port and very, very excited. I could not stop taking pictures of the Ship!!!!.....we went inside, checked in and were given a number 8 to board ..no big deal. While the CM was checking in, he took our boarding voucher and he forgot to give it back, we forgot to take it etc SO we had to go back and he gave us a 7 instead, which was good, cause Doberlady had 7 too. So we waited, and not to long we were called to board!!!!!!!!!!!!
