Sept. 26, 2009 Magic

[Fire14]

I like the Capturing the Caribbean Sept 26 - Oct 3 2009 sailing words as for first part i'm cool with any of them.
We are early dinig as we usually eat around 4:30-5:00p.

 

[Crystal_27]

Alright so here's some suggestions...

The Picaroon Pirates
Capturing the Caribbean
Sept 26 - Oct 3 2009

That is fabulous and it definitely gets my vote!!

As to a theme, I was all set during our December cruise to find some festive and merry Disney-related Christmas fabric but was unable to do so. So, this time, I think I'm just going with tropical fabric (hopefully with some Disney flair). YAY!!

Also, we opted for early dining for this cruise, which really worked well for us on our December cruise. I liked having the evening entertainment to look forward to after our meals.

 

[goofieslonglostsis]

Crystal, I can understand you guys doing the early dining. Especially with your DD I would think that would be the best option. Not too late for her to be sleepy and she can go to the shows in her pj if she wants to. Which -then- 5-year old wouldn't want to walk around in public in their pj's for once? I know I would.


Today my tax return came in and it seems like somebody decided I've been very patriotic the last year. That or very deserving. Which, I don't care! Combine that with the new knowledge that my next trip after the cruise will be one to australia somewhere in 2011 (so no use in rebooking on board) and that just 'of course' had to lead to me upgrading. And heck, after almost a month in hospital, I deserve it. And a lot more of those excuses. Just mailed my TA, so hopefully there will still be an accessible cat 6 available.

 

[aristocats_lover]

 

[goofieslonglostsis]

ACL: wow, that's great!!


I upgraded. I got my much wanted stateroom 6654.

 

[Crystal_27]

ACL - you ROCK!!!!!

I upgraded. I got my much wanted stateroom 6654.

Woo-Hoo - that's wonderful news too! I think that we'll be just a few doors down from you.

 

[Frankiesmom]

Hi to all! We just booked for this cruise! It will be my 38th Bday the day we board!! We are a group of 8 with possibly 4 more joining us. We have cabins 6570,6568, and 6571. 5 adults and 3 kids- Me (Angel), DH- Donald and my parents Tom and Linda, My sister Abby and the kids- Colleen age 17 @ cruise time, Frank age 8 @ cruise time, and Dominic age 4 almost 5 @ cruise time! we have never sailed the Magic before, but have been on the Wonder 3 times. Last September I and a friend sailed the Mariner thru RCCL Eastern and we had an awesome time! So, can't wait to share that with my DH and kiddos. Looking forward to getting to know you all!

 

[maleficent esq.]

welcome aboard, the more the merrier. I was watching a show on the food network and it was all about theme park food. Showed a lot of Disney and made me start wishing . . .


Oh well at least I can go buy fish extender gifts.

TTFN
Mal

 

[goofieslonglostsis]

Welcome aboard, Angel! Sounds like it'll be a real b-day-bash-cruise.

 

[Frankiesmom]

Thanks to all for the welcome! It just seens like such a long time away! I'm sure it'll go by somewhat quickly! LOL It's always the month before that seems the longest. Glad to be part of all your fun!

 

[sftnslky]

Hi, we just got back last night from our June 8th Mexico cruise, we re-booked on board for Sept 26, got a great deal, and the $200 obc is a cool thing, and once DCL has our reservations we will transfer to DU for an additional $100 per cabin...which we have 2 [connecting] so a total of $600 will be super duper!!! This time around we had $300 total for our two cabins, and we spent it all, so doubling that is going to be awesome!! We did the Western in Sept of 06 and REALLY did not care for it, so we are hoping that the Eastern will be more to our liking. Well am looking forward to learing more about all of you...Oh guess you should know who is going...

Me
DH
DD will be 13 at time of sailing
DD will be just shy of 11 by the time of sailing
Twin DS's will be 8 1/2 at time of sailing.

Also going will be DBINLAW [dear brother in law] and on the fence is DBINLAW's GF and his Sister and her Boyfriend and DH's two sisters and their families.

 

[goofieslonglostsis]

Welcome aboard, Rebecca!

 

[Fire14]

First post updated with new cruisers. We have quite the group so far.

 

[bigferrell]

Hi, we just got back last night from our June 8th Mexico cruise, we re-booked on board for Sept 26, got a great deal, and the $200 obc is a cool thing, and once DCL has our reservations we will transfer to DU for an additional $100 per cabin...which we have 2 [connecting] so a total of $600 will be super duper!!! This time around we had $300 total for our two cabins, and we spent it all, so doubling that is going to be awesome!! We did the Western in Sept of 06 and REALLY did not care for it, so we are hoping that the Eastern will be more to our liking. Well am looking forward to learing more about all of you...Oh guess you should know who is going...

Me
DH
DD will be 13 at time of sailing
DD will be just shy of 11 by the time of sailing
Twin DS's will be 8 1/2 at time of sailing.

Also going will be DBINLAW [dear brother in law] and on the fence is DBINLAW's GF and his Sister and her Boyfriend and DH's two sisters and their families.

Welcome aboard!

My DDs will be 13 and 12 and my DSs will be 8 and 9 when we cruise. Looks like they will have some friends to hang out with!

 

[haileyboo]

Hello! We will be on this cruise too. It will be me, DH, DD 7, & DS 4. We are so excited. I saw the pic of the fish extender - how exactly does this work? Do you put small gifts in them & disboarders take them or ??? Thanks!

 

[aristocats_lover]

The fish extender is something you hang outside your stateroom on the little fish (some recommend ziptie-ing them so they don't "swim" away). Everyone in your exchange will at some point leave something in it for you, and you would in turn leave something in everyone else's. Some people do one thing, some people do everyday (yikes! That's a lot!) some people do it whenever some do it on a swap schedule, it all depends on your cruise board. (Can you tell I read to many threads? ^.~) I'm already starting to think about what we'll be giving out!

Cruise board logo on page 10 feel free to use it! I hope everyone likes it...

 

[sftnslky]

The fish extender is something you hang outside your stateroom on the little fish (some recommend ziptie-ing them so they don't "swim" away). Everyone in your exchange will at some point leave something in it for you, and you would in turn leave something in everyone else's. Some people do one thing, some people do everyday (yikes! That's a lot!) some people do it whenever some do it on a swap schedule, it all depends on your cruise board. (Can you tell I read to many threads? ^.~) I'm already starting to think about what we'll be giving out!

Cruise board logo on page 10 feel free to use it! I hope everyone likes it...

We did the fish extender gifts...and decided to only do it for the week days..mon-fri, and mostly for only the kids... but in all honesty we had 17 cabins with a total of 26 kids...so it was over 100 small gifts.. but most of them were small little things..like homemade magnets for the day it was...ie... a pirate magnet with the words... Pirate Life for me on it... so you would put it on your door for Pirate night..lol and of course sickers, one dis'er made personalised journals with matching disney pins for all the kids... they all LOVED them. The list goes on and on..I can't wait to start buying for all of our cruise.

 

[sftnslky]

Was just wondering how many of you decorate your cabin doors? We had a ton of stuff on ours, and can't wait to make all our new stuff. Any one have any cute Eastern Caribbean disney clip art?

 

[goofieslonglostsis]

Hmm let's see, Rebecca. If I say I am SO NOT creative more like creatively challenged, does that give you a hint of how poorly my cabin door will look?

Welcome aboard Haileyboo!

 

[Fire14]

Welcome aboard Haileyboo. I plan to decorate our door ths cruise as on last 2 I didn't. I have a few ideas of what I want to do but who knows what will end up on there.