Hey fellow cruisers. I am so excited to say that my DD8 and myself (29) will be joining all of you on the September 24, 2011 Eastern Caribbean Cruise aboard the Disney Magic. We are so thrilled for this trip. We have never cruised before but love anything and everything Disney. We usually do Disney World every year but last year we did two trips (April and December) and my DD decided she would forego Disney this year for a different vacation. She wanted to do a beach trip for a week this summer. I am not a huge beach person. I would much rather do Disney over a beach. I started pricing out a trip to Myrtle Beach and it got rather expensive rather quickly. I couldn't stomach a full week so I was thinking like 5 days or something like that. Well I don't have a big family so doing a condo was out of the question and oceanfront resorts costs a fortune. After food and gas getting there and money to spend it seemed insane to spend that on a vacation. I contemplated just flying to the Bahamas and staying there, but quickly decided against it. So naturally I came across the idea of a cruise. I looked at
DCL first and got a little sticker shock, they seemed high. I started looking at other cruise lines and after reviews from ppl it seemed like the rack price was lower but then nickel and dime you to death. We finally decided on this cruise as a mother daughter get away. So excited. We are from WV, so we will start driving to Pittsburgh, PA early in the morning (2:30 a.m) for a 6:30 flight. Land at MCO at 8:45 and catch a transfer to the Country Inn & Suites at the Port. Chill out around there and then head over to board the Magic on Saturday morning. Currently I have a Palo reservation for myself on
Castaway Cay night for 6:00. We have the late dining seating. We booked Parasailing on Castaway Cay and that is the only excursion we are doing. St. Maartan we will just do the beach there. St Thomas probably shopping and maybe a taxi over to Trunk Bay, but still a little undecided. Alianna is so excited and can't wait to meet new friends on the ship. She is turning 8 at the end of August so we are celebrating her bday on the ship as well. Oh well that is all for now. So excited to meet all you fellow DISsers. Also, we are planning on doing the Fish Extender game. Ta Ta for now
Pixies: Letitia
), the more I realize that there is no way I am going to be able to get a FE done in addition to everything else to prepare. Happy FE-ing though everyone!
