Sept. 14, 7 Day Roll Call

[ruvidu]

We usually watch the party from Deck 10 above the stage so we will be there. Which side, water or termianal? FYI for those who have not sailed before. There is a bar, Outllook, just aft of this area as well.
All of you have access to our photo so you know what to look for plus I will have on an orange shirt. I will get my feelings hurt if you don't speak at least once. I have copied our list of folks to a Word Doc and printing it out to take with me. I am going to keep up with who I meet. Anyone else making personal greeting cards (like business cards) to take with you?

Heidi, we are going to cope by booking a four day cruise while on board and start counting down for it. My son, his wife and another couple are going on the Wonder in Jan. so we get to help them plan,whether they like it or not, as well. Are y'all Cowboy fans?

All right, who's going to be on Deck 10? I am still hoping to bring the leis. I have got to see what kind of luggage room I have since we are now flying.

Russ

 

[tokathy]

Russ,
The greeting/business card idea is great.....we could put our cabin numbers on them so when all need to be gathered for something festive or an emergency drink we'll know where everyone is! What else do you usually include on the card? (Beside names, hometown, etc)

Kathy & Skip

 

[ruvidu]

Mine will have our state flag plus a Clemson Tiger Paw, our names and state, our e-mail address and Disboard name. I include the url for the Disboards as well just in case someone does not know about it. We don't put home towns or phone numbers on our cards. We usually pencil that in during the week once we get to know folks. We have found that it helps especially if you are seated with 6 other couples at dinner. I have to go back to the cabin the first night and make notes so I can call our dinner companions by name the second night.
I amy put the 10 steps of Success In Life on the back of mine. It will give folks somthing to laugh about besides the memory of meeting me.

We leave two weeks from tomorrow.

 

[Janice Eccleston]

My husband Peter and I are going on this cruise. We just retired this year, and our 36th anniversary is on Sept. 17. We cruised the Eastern sailing last Sept. 1-8, and had such a great time, we immediately made plans for this year's trip. Looking forward to all the relaxation, exploration and EATING!

 

[ruvidu]

Just when I think I have a complete list another one shows up. We are glad to have you in our group. I see you are from Conn.. Is there anything else you would like to have put on your listing?
How far you from my old duty station, New London?
Russ

 

[Janice Eccleston]

We live in Groton, CT., submarine capital of the world! Just moved here from Niantic, near Rcoky Neck State Park.

 

[Janice Eccleston]

We live in Groton, CT., submarine capital of the world! Just moved here from Niantic, near Rocky Neck State Park.

 

[TxJasmine]

Russ, we will be on deck 10 shortly before the sail away party starts. We will look for you. We shouldn't have too much trouble finding you in your orange shirt! Hope everyone else can make it too!

 

[ruvidu]

While I was stationed up there in 67-68, I talked Miss Vivian into marrying me and moving up there. We lived on Cliff St. in Groton. We had a living room, a kitchen and a big bathroom. We hung our clothes on a clothes line on a pully from the bathroom window. The street came out in front of a little theater and was close to the Post Office. We hope to get back up there and see how it has all changed since we left in 68. This SC boy just about froze to death up there for two winters.
I will add you to our list.

Russ

 

[TxJasmine]

Welcome to the group Janice!

 

[ruvidu]

ADDED ANOTHER TWO


NEW UPDATED LIST BY LOCATION

UPDATED 8/28/02

Our prize for the couple traveling the longest distance to be with us goes to:
paulc traveling from the United Kingdom with his wife.
They will be celebrating their 25th anniversary while on the cruise
It will be their first cruise.

CO - Eva & RJ will be coming from Denver with their two children 4 & 8. It is their first cruise and they will have late seating.

CT - Carol RN and her family of 14 adults, 3 girls; 14, 14, 13, 1 boy 16 and 2 toddlers; 2 1/2 and 1 1/2. Staying near the airport on Friday night and they have first seating.

CT - Janice and Peter Eccleston will be coming in from Groton to sail with us. This will be their second cruise and it is their 36th anniversary on 9/17.

FL - Orlando - bdurrett and his wife, Bobby & Marielle, will be celebrating their 10th anniversary with us. First time Magic cruisers

Fl - Windermere - Windermere and her husband are joining us for the first leg of back to back, Western and Eastern cruises.

GA - Atlanta, Jazzbran (Jackie), her husband and two daughters 13 and 9 years old will be coming on board for their 3rd seven day Magic cruise. Finally, another Southerner.

IN - westjones – She, her husband and 9 year old twin daughters will be taking their 3rd cruise. It will be their first 7 day cruise.

ILL - Donna G - This family of 5 consists of Mom, Dad, a 16 year old son and twin 14 year old boys.

Maine - Portland - Pmouse (Paula), her husband, 7 year old son and 10 year old daughter will be staying at the Radisson before joining us on 9/14.

Mass. rgionet – Renee is traveling with her husband and twin 3 year old sons.
This is their second Magic cruise.
They are bringing the In-laws. Add another brother-in-law on 7/16.

Mass - DeniseHop – 40 something couple celebrating their 3rd wedding anniversary on 9/17. This will be their first cruise.

Mass - Kinicki and girlfriend are coming from the Boston area. This will be their second 7 day cruise and they are going to WDW afterwards.

Mich - Katholyn (nativetxn) will be joining her friend from NY, Karen, for their cruise.

NH - whytcrystal - Cryrstal and David White – They are joining us to celebrate their honeymoon after 17 years of marriage. They are bringing Brother in Law and Sister in Law, Pete and Doreen White. They have first dinning.

NH - memohla and her husband, Mary Ellen & Dick, will be joining us for their first DCL cruise. They have the second dinner seating. They will be celebrating their 5th anniversary.

NJ - tokathy Kathy & Skip, this will be their 5th Disney Cruise. They are bringing their friends Bunny & Todd (also from NJ who never sailed Disney before). They all have the 2nd dinner seating.


NY - Tonawanda- DJY252 and her husband, 18 year old son and 27 other people are sailing and will celebrating their 4th anniversary.

NY - KarenNY and her friend Katholyn (nativetexan) will be joining us.

OR – stepherella. NOTE: WE HAVE HONEYMOONERS HERE.
This is their first cruise and they have second seating for dinner.

PA - mausmu - Mark and Sandy from North of Philly. They are coming without the 3 children. This is their second Magic cruise and their first 7 day.

SC - ruvidu – Russ and Vivian are a mid 50s couple who will be on their 4th magic cruise, second 7 day. We have second seating at dinner. We are flying into Orlando on Thursday before the cruise and staying at the Holiday Inn there for two nights. We are going to WD and SW. We will be one of the first ones to turn a car in at Avis on Sat. morning. Look for us.

TX - Kaa Tammy – She, her husband and son WILL join us for this cruise. It would be her 4th and her family’s 3rd.

TxJasmine - her husband and two children, daugter 7 and son, 5, are flying in from the DFW area of TX. They have done a 3 day and a 7 day Eastern.

TX - hnokes. The Nokes Family from Houston, Mom, Dad and 2 boys, 12 and 7, are joining us after driving straight through from TX. This is their second 7 day.

Wash - catt5, they are a family of 4 with two teens
This will be their first cruise and they will be staying at the Radisson on Friday night.

WI – This is catt5’s brother and family. They will total 5 with two teens and one 12 year old.

WI - btbwalczak - Tracey, her husband, her 3YO daughter and the inlaws will be joining us for their first cruise. They will be have for seating for dinner. 5TH ANNIVERSARY FOR THESE TWO.

AS OF TODAY WE HAVE 135 DISERS SIGNED UP FOR OUR CRUISE.

If anyone wants to add more info let me know.

Russ

 

[ruvidu]

We just got in from eating a late breakfast and had a message from DCL. They have upgraded us from a Cat. 6 to a Cat. 4. It will be the same type room but just a bit bigger the message said.

Anyone Else?

Russ & Miss Vivian

 

[tokathy]

Us too.....we are Cat 4 Deck 8 fairly near the Bridge...........Is it OK to give out cabin numbers here???? or is that a No-No???

Rooms are a bit larger! That means we can eat more!!!

Kathy & Skip

 

[btbwalczak]

Russ & Kathy you lucky dogs! It seems like the cat 6 rooms are being upgraded. We have 2 cat 8 rooms & would love to be upgraded but we want connecting rooms. I think the chances of our being upgraded are between slim & none!

We don't fly into Orlando until Sat with our flight landing at 12:30pm. That means we are going to have one hectic first day of our cruise. Even more so now that our dining time has been moved up to 5:30. I think that 1/2 hour will really make a difference. We would love to meet all of you but as I said, the first day will be rough. Next cruise we will definitely fly in the night before. Yes I am already speaking of the next cruise & we haven't even been on our first one yet. Am I setting my expectations a little too high?

Tracey

 

[tokathy]

No....You are right on schedule.....always plan your next cruise right away...it helps with the dreaded PCD (Post Cruise Depression) We always discuss our next trip during the current one.....
We are flying in Sat AM from Newark NJ and our flight is due to arrive in Orlando around noon...then we have the "magical" bus ride to the ship.....(Maybe we'll be on the same bus)..so we won't be boarding until well after 1 PM...assuming our flight is on time and that's a BIG assumption dealing with Newark Airport!!!

Looking forward to meeting everyone too!

Kathy

 

[rgionet]

We had connecting category 6 staterooms and were upgraded to connecting category 4s!!!!

We will be at the returning cruisers party!! I'll look for an orange shirt Russ!!

 

[Windermere]

We got upgraded last week from Cat 7 to Cat 4 as well.

 

[btbwalczak]

OK-- now I am getting really jealous of all the people getting upgrades!!

My Mother-in-law wanted me to ask what y'all would recommend for some "don't miss" stops in our ports. Keep in mind we have a 3YO DD traveling with us so that limits our choices. I have read a lot of positive feedback on the trolley ride in Key West. Any comments?

Tracey

 

[rgionet]

Tracey,

I think we are going to do the trolley rides as well in Key West and we will have our 3yoDS twins with us!! That seemed easy enough to do with the boys! As for the other ports, we plan to snorkel with stingrays, and do the Jeep tour so we will be brining the boys to the Oceaneer Club while we are on those excursions.

 

[btbwalczak]

Renee,

I understand they give you a pager when you drop kids off at the Oceaneer Club. What do you do if you're in the middle of excursion and you get paged?

We are first time cruisers so sorry if this is a dumb question. Thanks for the info on the trolley ride. Did you book this thru DCL or on your own?

Tracey