Reflections of the 9/9/06 Magical Journey

[nosaj72]

This might sound like a strange request, but I will try to explain anyway. If you get a chance, can you check which "Princess Dresses" are available for little girls at the gift shop? We got some for our girls last year on the cruise and they were perfect for dinner. Last year they had Airel (a white wedding dress.) and Cinderella. If they still have those, we will just bring the ones we have. I will try to find a picture and post it.

So if you have a chance to check that (in the 4-6 year old girl size) it would help us out a lot!

Thanks, Enjoy the cruise!

-Jason.

 

[SpideyHulk24]

Great report. Have a magical cruise!

 

[captchris]

Greetings from Key West. We went ashore for a little bit, but it was hot and the kids were fussy. We went back on board, and DS finally got brave enough to go down the slide!!!!

Captain Tom is in charge
Andy is the CD

XOP is the band. I heard them for a few minutes at the sailaway. I wasn't too impressed.

nosa, I will check this evening about the princess dresses. The shops are closed since we are in port right now. There are a LOT of pirates stuff in Mickey Mates.

Thanks for the pic Verandah Man. We were in Animators when that was taken. I had the Filet Mingnon (sp?) It was very tasty. This morning was our character breakfast and it was great. Tonight we are in Parot Cay.

Gary Delena (comedian) is on board as is the world champion juggler...I can't remember his name, but he is quite good.

This is my first DCL cruise. My wife and I went on RCI Nordic Empress two years ago, and this totally blows that cruise out of the water...after just one day.

Our servers are Dante and Cloverly. Stateroom attendant is Arya.

I will check back probably tomorrow. I haven't met any DISers yet, I have been chasing the family around!

More to come!

 

[RoyalVizier]

Yay! Thanks for checking in!

Be sure to have fun! A group of my friends are on that ship with you. If you see a group of four young ladies having too much fun tell them Jafar is watching from afar.

 

[Verandah Man]

Tonight we are in Parrot Cay.

We had the APL dining rotation last month, what table are you at? Who is your head server?

 

[Disneygrl36]

Subscribing so I can live vicariously through you.
Have a great cruise............
Mine is still too far away as you can see below.

 

[Spectro is #1]

thanks for the band update.

It sounds like you rented from Budget at the airport and returned at the port? If that is what you did can you give me a report about it? how long did it take, was the shuttle there and where did you fill the tank. We will be doing next week and could use a heads up on the process.

 

[Spectro is #1]

Have a MAGICal cruise!!!

You can always count on Veranda Man!
Great report from last month Andy!

 

[captchris]

I will post fast today because the internet is REALLY slow.

Greetings from Grand Cayman! We had a great day at 7 Mile Beach...at the Courtyard Marriott. There was a thunderstorm in Georgetown that looked like it was coming our way, so we met our driver and came back to the ship. It was really freaky....you couldn't see the Magic from the Beach from the rain shield!

Andy...

We are at Table 19. We have DAnte server, Cloverly asst, and Aleksandra is our head waiter. She is great. She comes over and teases my son every night. She checks to make sure he ate all of his vegetables and is behaving. She has earned her tip this week!


As for the info on Budget. We only had to wait about 2 minutes to catch a ride back to the port. Since I went under 75 miles, I had them charge $9.50 for gas to save time. There is a Raceway gas station between the Residence and RAdisson and the price is arou $2.65/gallon.

I checked on the Princess dresses. They have Ariel, Snow White, Belle, Cinderella and Aurora ( Sleeping Beauty) I think I got them all!

Well, this is going to cost me quite a bit today as the internet is slow...as Andy the CD says...Ciao for now!

 

[debster]

Greetings from Grand Cayman! We had a great day at 7 Mile Beach...at the Courtyard Marriott. There was a thunderstorm in Georgetown that looked like it was coming our way, so we met our driver and came back to the ship. It was really freaky....you couldn't see the Magic from the Beach from the rain shield!

Glad to hear you are having a great time! Did you have a day room at the Courtyard in Grand Cayman? or did you just take a cab to the beach there? Any other tips on doing this in Grand Cayman.

Thanks for the live reports!!!

 

[ktpbell]

Did you get to see the shuttle take off!!??

 

[Spectro is #1]

Thanks for the budget update.

Ask them if they can change the band for us.

 

[JNorris]

Can someone on the ship now tell me if they still sell the Mickey Bears in the store on the Magic? We are cruising Saturday, and DD has 3 of the Mickey Bears, and wants to get the purple one on the ship. She has bought one of a different color on each of the 3 cruises we've taken.

If they do not have them, I need to make sure we get one from DTD the night before.

Thanks!

 

[LaRue]

Can someone on the ship now tell me if they still sell the Mickey Bears in the store on the Magic? We are cruising Saturday, and DD has 3 of the Mickey Bears, and wants to get the purple one on the ship. She has bought one of a different color on each of the 3 cruises we've taken.

If they do not have them, I need to make sure we get one from DTD the night before.

Thanks!

Thanks for posting that question. My DD (5) has had her heart set on getting the brown and blue bears. She bought the purple one on our cruise last November.

 

[tinytink]

This might sound like a strange request, but I will try to explain anyway. If you get a chance, can you check which "Princess Dresses" are available for little girls at the gift shop? We got some for our girls last year on the cruise and they were perfect for dinner. Last year they had Airel (a white wedding dress.) and Cinderella. If they still have those, we will just bring the ones we have. I will try to find a picture and post it.

So if you have a chance to check that (in the 4-6 year old girl size) it would help us out a lot!

Thanks, Enjoy the cruise!

-Jason.

I found the dresses to be much more expensive on board. You should check out the DS or online.

 

[jrose529]

Thanks for taking the time to share your Magical cruise with us!

 

[DisneyZell]

sounds like you are having a great cruise...let us know about Grand Cayman and if you got a day room....

 

[captchris]

Greetings!

We are here off the coast of Florida heading for Castaway Cay. Tonight was Disney Dreams and that show was wonderful!

As for the Grand Cayman question. We got off the ship and there was a gentlemen holding a sign that said, "beach" we asked him about it. He told us that he could take us to the Beach Club colony (been there done that) or to the Courtyard Beach. There was a fee for the Beach Club Colony, but the Courtyard is free. There is no need for a day room. They had bathrooms, bar, watersports, and a cafe there. It was a nice place.

We went to Paradise Beach in Cozumel and after about an hour a thunderstorm parked itself over the beach. DW, DS, DD and I, grabbed a cab for PUnta Langosta. Don't get excited, the pier is not quite ready. The tender dropped us off there. Pier should be ready soon, perhaps next month.

We had some pixie dust arrive tonight. MY DD Samantha, age 6, the other day made a rose in the Oceaneer's Club and decided to give it to Belle. Belle was taking pictures in the atrium the other night and Sam handed it to her. When we returned from Disney Dreams tonight, there was a picture under the door with our stateroom number on it. We opened it and it was an autographed picture from Belle thanking Samantha for the rose. Now, there was only her name and last initial on the back that the OC wrote. Someone, took the effort to track down my DD and thank her. 800 kids are on board and my daughter was sought out for this special thank you. It was an exciting and emotional time for us.

My signature says that I took a RCI cruise 2 years ago. We are now locked in to DCL. Ray, the Asst. cruise director called me out for wearing a RCI t-shirt off the ship the other day. Don't worry Ray, there will be no more of that!

Ciao for now!

More to follow...

PS we did see the shuttle launch. I will post pics in my final report on Sunday.

 

[wltdsnyfan]

sunny: How wounderful that they took the time out to find your DD. That will always be a special memory. That was also sooo sweet of your DD to do that.

 

[lillygator]

sounds like a wonderful time. How special for your DD! I'm sure that will be something she keeps close to her heart forever.