Sept. 30, 2006 -- Eastern Magic

[Hollyster2]

At least you two have each other on this board! On my board I am still the only poster, and my cruise is before your cruise! I will hold out hope for both of our boards.

 

[Hollyster2]

We now have welcomed a new cruiser to our July 9th, 2006 board. Yay!

 

[captaincrash]

Hello all!

We just got off the Sept 3rd Magic sailing and we re-booked on board for the 9-30-2006 Magic sailing. Yeah... we're pretty wack-O to do another Eastern again - but we are comfortable with these plans!

We had a DIS meet with 104 people - although I think only about 75-80 or so showed up for the initial meet. Then we hosted a private treasure hunt for the kids (many families chipped in with loot) and I organized a MICKEY ICE CREAM BAR speed eating contest. We had 12 partcipants (6 over and 6 below age 15) . I shot a lot of pix - about 305 photos of DIS activities or DIS denzions - which I'll upload in the days / weeks to come then post a link so folks can view the album. I have to allow the DIS folks who sailed a chance to review the photos privately so they can review and request if any should be withdrawn prior to public exposure/circulation for what-ever reason!.

So I competed in the above age 15 ice cream challenge and I suspect I effectively came in last place - BUT - I was more on the competition line as "fluff" than as a rabid competitor... heck I was the instigator behind this little bit of fool-hardyness! So- our "adult" winner polished off a micky bar in 1 minute 5 seconds. And I made "award certificates" for everyone - and we managed to get the Captain of the Magic to sign all of the awards! So everyone who participated got (or will recieve - since I have to mail a few out) something.

If you wanna see some of the wack-O stuff we went through then check out the thread for sept 3rd 2005 and the "live from" thread... however I was not aware of the "live from" thread until late in the cruise.

So.... our family will consist of myself and spouse (both age 43 next year) and our two daughters age 2.75 and 5.5 by next September. If anyone joins our group and has kids of similar age (4.5 up to 6.5 or so) who might want to exchange private emails and possibly photos prior to sailing then this would be welcome. We did his for the past sailing and it was great fun for the kids and very constructive.

OK... I gotta go for now.... it is 12 midnite here in California but it feels like 3AM... no surprise, eh?

 

[captaincrash]

OK....

we just moved our booking to the October 28th, 2006 sailing. Sorry to come and go so quickly... we're trying to coordinate with a couple of other families! Have a great criuse y'all!

 

[jenschaef1]

OK, I thought I'd check in....not booked on this cruise yet but I'm thinking about it. I ran the numbers last night and if I rebook onboard during my upcoming Wonder trip (oct 2) and go for 2 catagory 12 gty (we have a family of 6), I might just be able to talk DH into it (a few drink-of-the-days first ) . We were going to switch to RCL next year but if I take the discounts into effect, the prices are the same. Oh there might be hope for this cruise yet. Our family consists of DH, DW, DD17, DD15, DS9, DD6 (ages at time of 2006 cruise) My kids have a long fall break so they will be out of school that week.

Jennifer

 

[hopelea]

Not sure yet, but seriously thinking about booking this date. My dd's will be in school during that time and that is my only concern!!!! My oldest will be entering 7th grade and my youngest will be entering 5th. They are GREAT students. I am going to call the principal tomorrow and check with them to hear their opinion before I book.

We are currently booked on 11/18/06 Western Magic. It is really too expensive. The 9/30 sailing will save $2,000!!!! We have sailed two previous times with DCL. We were considering RCCL, but DH feels safer letting the girls walk around the ship without us on DCL.

Hope to be joining you!!!!

 

[DisneyMom&Fan]

Not sure yet, but seriously thinking about booking this date. My dd's will be in school during that time and that is my only concern!!!! My oldest will be entering 7th grade and my youngest will be entering 5th. They are GREAT students. I am going to call the principal tomorrow and check with them to hear their opinion before I book.

We are currently booked on 11/18/06 Western Magic. It is really too expensive. The 9/30 sailing will save $2,000!!!! We have sailed two previous times with DCL. We were considering RCCL, but DH feels safer letting the girls walk around the ship without us on DCL.

Hope to be joining you!!!!

We are taking our 3rd grader out of school too -- not too much to worry about at his age. I wouldn't think you would have too worry too much either about your DD's, especially if they are GREAT students. And, we also saved $2,000 by sailing in Sept./Oct. It'll be our first cruise. Hope you can join us!

 

[b&j's_mom]

Hi there!

We just got back from the 9-24-05 Magic (had a GREAT time!!) and we rebooked on board for Sept. 30, 2006 Eastern. I don't know if we will end up staying with this date, but I thought I would jump on and say hi. Another fellow DISer the 9-24-05 Magic rebooked on board for this date as well. I'll have to go show her that there is a thread started for next years! My family is me, my husband, my 6 year old daughter and 3 year old son.

Julie

 

[cmctammyg]

My family just returned from the 9-17 Revised Wonder sailing and a week at WDW!

We booked on board for this sailing. This will be our 4th Magical Disney Cruise! On board will be DH, me, DD 12 and DS 8 at the time of sailing. DD has always had a friend before we got on the boat to hang out with, so I would love for her to find someone again and DS to find someone also.

I have to change my tickers...but for now we are excited to hopefully be seeing the Eastern side for the first time!

 

[cujobugs]

Hey B&J's mom! Thanks for the invite!

We just sailed on the 9-24-05 Magic and booked onboard for 9-30-06. Our family consists of DH36, me36, DD8 and DS11. The scuba divers in my family are anxiously awaiting another sailing. Has anyone been to the Eastern Carribean before?

We enjoyed the last cruise but were a bit disappointed with the kid's clubs. We may end up switching to RCCL, but for now we are on this cruise date.

B&Js mom cruised with us on the last cruise! She is a crazy and fun kind of gal!

Who has cruised disney before?

Catch ya later. Deanna

 

[cujobugs]

Good morning, everyone! Just checking to see if anyone else has posted. Have a great day!
Deanna

 

[DisneyMom&Fan]

Sounds like we're getting more cruisers -- yeah!! My DS7 (DS8 on cruise) is really excited about our first cruise and can't wait for the kid's clubs -- DH and I can't wait either. Hope you'all decide to cruise with us!

 

[cujobugs]

Howdy again!
I just went to the store to develop my 350 pictures. It's going to cost around $100. Ouch. Oh well. The pictures are from the Disney Magic cruise that we took last week. I like to make scrapbooks. Otherwise I would have just kept them on disk. I hope they turn out great. We had a fun time other than we were a bit disappointed that the kids didn't use the clubs much. We had so many troubles with the pagers not working, etc. When they would page us we wouldn't come because the pager didn't work. What a mess! So then they got nervous to ever go back because they were worried when they wanted out that we wouldn't come. They finally agreed to do it again, but this time we made a set time to come back and pick them up.
We also had a 4 year old that cried his eyes out for an hour. We told them to page us if he started to cry. They didn't. They said they try to keep them in there no matter what, because they want the parents to have fun! Despite me specifially telling them we weren't doing anything and this was just a trial period for the 4 year old. Therefore he absolutely refused to go back. That was the first day! So it sort of put a damper on the adult activities!
Anyway, I obviously had fun or I wouldn't have rebooked. I am just not siked about the kids' clubs.
Anyone out there from the midwest?
See ya later. Deanna

 

[mcentee]

Hi All,

I'm DiDi. I just finished the Western Cruise last week and have booked us for Next Sept.30th for the Eastern Carribean. The Western Cruise was awesome, I met great people and I am looking forward to this next cruise. I'm not sure we will stick with this time frame, but I'm hoping. I am also going to get some DW park time in. The DH and myself are hoping to get at least 4 days in prior to the cruise. I'm a bit tired now so I end now and get back soon. Hi to all.

A special HI to Julie and Deanna. You thought you could get rid of me.....

DiDi

 

[b&j's_mom]

Hi All,

I'm DiDi. I just finished the Western Cruise last week and have booked us for Next Sept.30th for the Eastern Carribean. The Western Cruise was awesome, I met great people and I am looking forward to this next cruise. I'm not sure we will stick with this time frame, but I'm hoping. I am also going to get some DW park time in. The DH and myself are hoping to get at least 4 days in prior to the cruise. I'm a bit tired now so I end now and get back soon. Hi to all.

A special HI to Julie and Deanna. You thought you could get rid of me.....

DiDi

DiDi - Are you really on this cruise as well? I didn't know that!! Woo-Hoo!!!

-Julie

 

[cujobugs]

Didi- Welcome to the new group! Did you rebook onboard?

Just to make it less confusing for the rest of you, Didi, Julie, and I were all traveling together on the Sept. 24th cruise. We met each other through our cruise meet from the last cruise. We had all of our dining reservations linked for dinners, so we were able to keep in touch with each other throughout the trip! It was great.

I'm getting ready to get a quote from Dreams for this cruise. I will see if they can beat any of the other quotes. That way I will have more money to spend at Shutters on the ship! That was my money pit!

See ya. Deanna

 

[cujobugs]

Disneymomandfan: What made you decide to do a cruise this time? By looking at your sig, it seems you prefer Disneyland! Hope ya have a great time!
Deanna

 

[mcentee]

Hi All,

I tried to book on the ship, but the system was down on Friday night. They told me that they would call me and that I could still get the 10% discount and the on board credit. When I booked with then I told them I wanted to go through Dreams Unlimited, I'm not sure if I would get a better discount if I went through them directly. I'm going to check into that today.

Gotta go and get the boys up.

Have an awesome day everyone.

DiDi

 

[cujobugs]

I'm going to research today also about the pricing. I sent a note to Dreams for a quote. We shall see what they say. So far Dana at micdan has given me the best quote. And since Julie has worked with her, I trust Dana.

I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M GOING ON ANOTHER CRUISE! YIPPEE!

I'm not working today, so you'll probably here more chatter from me today.

Deanna

 

[Sooner]

Hi All:

My family was also on the Sept 24 Cruise and rebooked for this Cruise. We transferred our reservation to Dreams and got an additional $100 off.

We also met a nice family from upstate New York that is going to be joining us on this cruise.

Didi, Julie & Deanna : Sorry, I was one of those lurking members that never posted but used this forum to get some great information.

Oh well, only 360 days to go... Can't wait!

Regards,

Jeff