The Incredibles' Disney Magic Cruise 11/4/06 [THE END, FINALLY!! posted 7/2]

love2travel said:
Linda, those pictures are incredible. What kind of camera do you have?
It looks like you guys had a great time!

The dolphin shots were on Christine's camera which is a Sony Cybershot. I believe it's the DSC-H2 but I'm not positive. I have an Olympus Camedia C-765.

We are very lucky they didn't shoo her away from the pier!
 
mruhaak said:
I just laid on the beach, drank margaritas and had a GOOD time. (No kids that trip!)

Yup, I gotta get me one of those kinds of cruises! :banana:
 
Linda,

Great job again!!! Love the detail. My family went swimming w/ the Dolphins too, but like Kevin I don't like to swim w/ the "pish" :goodvibes so I didn't go.
I never really got a good discription of what actually took place. Your coverage was great, thanks!
Kelly
 
Wow! It looks and sounds like a wonderful time! I wonder if DD9 would enjoy swimming with the dolphins, or just be spooked by them? Anyway, thanks for a great installment of your TR.
 

Wednesday Nov. 8th cont., yo ho, yo ho, a pirate night for me

After enjoying our room service mid-afternoon lunch, we start to clean up. Today is the first day I truly appreciate having 2 showers. It’s just nice not to have an assembly line for getting clean. I make a conscious decision not to fight with the shower curtain anymore. If I flood the bathroom, so be it. I’ve reached a new level of zen…the ship is docked and I can shave without fear. Life is good. Me and my new attitude only flood the bathroom one towel worth today!

Dressing is easy again tonight as everyone has their designated pirate t-shirts. All the kids have matching glow-in-the-dark ones from Target and the adults have POC shirts from the Disney Store. Keith decides to be a party pooper and wears his shirt from Del Sol. He just couldn’t bring himself to wear Johnny Depp.

I rifle through the desk and come up with the pirate accessories I found at Dollar Tree months ago. My kids each have an eye patch, a sword, an earring and some treasure money. Tommy has a light up sword that he saved up for at Chuck E. Cheese so Kevin claims the extra sword. Tommy also has a pirate beeny-hat that he got in a Happy Meal ages ago. Kevin won’t wear the eye patch (this surprises you?) so now I have something to wear too. Steph and I put on the clip-on earrings and they hurt like h*ll. Chuck tries to wear one and takes it off right away. Steph manages to keep hers on as she claims her ear went numb and she can’t feel the earring anymore. I decide to save my ear and will put this torture device on when it’s time for pictures.

While straightening my hair at the desk, I happen to notice the beautiful sunset out of our porthole. Here again is my Olympus on super zoom:

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Tonight’s dinner is Lumiere’s. I’m feeling a little apprehensive to see our servers after blowing them off the night before. We did have a good reason to skip but I feel bad that we didn’t have a chance to tell them we weren’t coming. We run into Dopey in the hallway and the kids (well, 4 of them) want a picture. Every single character photo we have this week is from running into characters on the way to somewhere else:

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We find our table at Lumiere’s and say hello to Glenn and Melroy. Glenn asks if we went to Palo the night before and I apologize that we weren’t there and explain about the hair braiding. He smiles and says not to worry about it. Melroy comes over just as we’re sitting down and has drinks for the kids…without us asking! Covered cups for Tommy, Kevin, Kyle and Alyssa. Not perfect but definitely an improvement.

Everyone is in a very good mood and we start tying our bandanas on our heads. Christine and I take our camera idea from the day before a step further and use them as mirrors for our bandanas. Who needs a real mirror when there’s a digital camera at hand?

Melroy explains that tonight’s drink special is a fruity sangria, 2 for 1. We’re in such a good mood we agree to try it. He brings them out and none of us like it. Why we ordered them is beyond me…none of us drink wine. I think we just wanted to make Melroy happy!! But Keith still manages to drink his and he eventually moves on to Christine’s. Glenn brings Kevin and Kyle a bowl full of strawberries since they had one earlier in the week. Our servers are really trying tonight! I guess not showing up to dinner had an impact? We didn’t do it to make a statement but something is different tonight. Kevin doesn’t touch the strawberries but Kyle digs into his.

Much to the kids delight, tonight’s kids’ menu has mozzarella sticks… their favorite! Mozzarella sticks are always a problem to me b/c technically Kevin should not eat them. We manage to substitute soy milk and soy ice cream but mozzarella sticks just have no real substitute. He begs me to have some and I say yes. Cruising really agrees with this child. He hasn’t coughed once, no runny nose, no congestion whatsoever. And he’s sleeping through the night (in his own bed!). Plus while still fried, at least it’s something other than chicken fingers. I tell Glenn that Kevin will order mozzarella sticks. Glenn frowns and shakes his head no. “It is cheese,” he tells me. “Yes, thanks, I know but he’s doing fine and I think he can handle them.” Glenn looks worried and says he has to ask Ronald, the head server. “OK, send him over if he’d like to talk to me,” I smile as friendly as I can.

Glenn comes back and says Ronald says it’s OK. I chuckle to myself, so glad that Ronald is allowing my son to eat cheese. I never once used the word “allergy” with them. I said from the beginning that we monitor it daily, so I’m glad I don’t have to fight for his right to eat cheese.

During dinner we take some pictures of our pirates. Here’s Kyle and Tommy enjoying their toys:

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And here’s Kevin saying “I won’t go in the kid’s club, you can’t make me!”:

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Tonight I order the Buccaneer’s sun-ripened pineapple. The coconut covered banana is very interesting and very good. I think I also had the spicy vegetable gumbo soup but I’m not positive. I also don’t really remember my entrée although I think it was grilled shrimp and seared scallops. That’s what I get for not finishing my trip report notes in a timely manner!! But Christine and I love the treasure map menus and take good care not to ruin them for our scrapbooks.

Melroy comes by to see if we’d like another drink. Chuck, Christine and I don’t feel like drinking but Keith orders one. Melroy brings it out and Keith accidentally knocks it off the table after one sip. Oops! We tease him about the sangria but it’s really an accident, he’s not drunk. Melroy brings him another one. At the end of the meal, Keith is disappointed that Melroy charged him for the spilled drink. Although he doesn’t charge us for the sangrias, Keith still feels that a nicer waiter wouldn’t have charged him for a spilled drink. He doesn’t make a stink and pays the tab.

For dessert I order the Lost Banana treasure which is the banana flambee. My SIL makes this and I love it. Glenn tells me the flambee has already happened. I order it anyway. It’s good but not as good as my SIL’s. Maybe it would have been better if I had it hot off the pan. The kids have Mickey Bars and Glenn brings Kevin another huge bowl of maraschino cherries.

Another long meal is finally done. Glenn comes by and tells us that our character breakfast is tomorrow morning at 8:15. That would be a.m. Let’s consider this for a moment, shall we?

1. The breakfast is scheduled for 8:15 a.m.
2. My family hasn’t seen 8:15 a.m. all week.
3. We have to turn the clocks ahead tonight so it’s really at 7:15 a.m.
4. Tonight is a late-night Pirate deck party.
5. I’ve never read a good review of the character breakfast on any trip report.
6. We’ve done more character breakfasts in the past 3 years than most people do in a lifetime.

I smile at Glenn and tell him I don’t think we’ll be there. He’s mortified at the idea. “Oh no, you have to go, it’s really wonderful for the children.” Yes, I’m thinking, wonderful when they don’t get enough sleep and I have to listen to them whine, fight, and complain all day b/c they’re exhausted. I smile again and tell him “we’ll see.” Yeah, “we’ll see” what time they get up in the morning. I also tell Glenn that I promised Kevin a Mickey Bar if he doesn’t cough so if he needs to clear that with Ronald beforehand, please do. He says he will.

We leave Lumiere’s with our pirate paraphernalia and head over to the picture line. While we’d like a Captain Jack picture, it’s not worth waiting in line. So we head over to the white background. We wait for 2 or 3 families to go before our turn. We have a really fun time taking these shots. It’s so much more enjoyable than formal night…no tears!

Here’s the family one (I wish I knew why Kevin keeps putting those swords to his neck, it's funny and creepy all at the same time!):

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And the one of the kids:

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After we’re done, we head over to the Walt Disney Theatre for the movie PremEAR of The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause. My kids haven’t seen the first 2 movies but it doesn’t matter. Since it’s a movie, we grab seats towards the back instead of our usual front row to the side. Immediately Stephanie and Kyle start complaining that they can’t see. I tell them they’ll be able to see once it starts. Unfortunately that’s not the case and when the lights go out we have to do some quick rearranging. The movie is OK, glad I “prepaid” to see it and didn’t bring everyone out to the theatre for it. [I think I was in Christmas denial…I spent so much energy preparing for the cruise, Christmas just wasn’t on my radar (a fact I’ve paid for dearly this past month!!)].

Kyle falls asleep about 2 minutes into the movie. When the credits roll at the end and everyone claps, he wakes up, starts clapping and says, “that was the best movie I’ve ever seen!!” We get a good laugh over that.

We make our way back to our rooms on deck 2. We are surprised by the best towel animal of the week. Elsa put Steph’s Minnie ears headband on it. In the Boots’ room, she used Alyssa’s American Girl Doll’s sandals. Too Cute:

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The Boots kids are exhausted and aren’t making it to the pirate deck party. What about my party kids? Of course Stephanie wants to go. Tommy wants to go too but Kevin says he wants to go to sleep. I offer to stay back with Kevin so Chuck can do the pirate party. It’s only fair…I went out the past 2 nights and got to do the dolphin swim. He hasn’t done anything except puke.

I get Kevin into PJ’s and snap the picture I posted on page 2 of this report. It’s worth repeating now that you’ve all gotten to know him:

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Just as I’m getting the nebulizer ready, my crew comes back in. Tommy changed his mind and wants to go to sleep. Chuck thinks he got a little freaked out by how crowded it was. So looks like it’s a daddy/daughter night out. Tommy gets changed and the two boys snuggle in bed watching a movie while Kevin does his breathing.

I tuck Kevin in and he falls asleep while I’m tucking in Tommy. I sit in our room and write some trip report notes. I enjoy the solitude (something I’ve learned to appreciate when I get it). Before I know it, I hear the fireworks outside. I run to the porthole and I can see them right outside the window. I run in to see if Tommy’s still awake. He isn’t but I’ve woken him up in the process. He climbs down and we watch them together through the porthole. Even though we’re not at the party, it feels special to enjoy the fireworks together through the porthole. Maybe cause it’s just the two of us in the quiet of our room…it’s so peaceful. The fireworks are over before we know it and Tommy asks if he can go back to sleep. My sweet boy! I kiss him goodnight and thank him for spending pirate night with me.

It’s not long after that that Chuck and Steph come back. They had a really good time and did lots of dancing. A Shutter’s photographer snapped this picture of them, which I just love:

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It’s been a long day and I try to get my party girl wound down for bed. She wants to go to the character breakfast, which is now only 8 hours away with the time change. I give her the same “we’ll see” I gave Glenn. I'm hoping she sleeps more than 8 hours! I know for a fact that I’m not going but the Boots kids get up early so maybe they’ll go.

It’s been another long fun day. The ship is moving again and Chuck goes for his Bonine fix. He definitely enjoys port days more than sea days! But he really enjoyed pirate night and I know he’s starting to get the hang of this cruising thing. I wonder if I can talk him into doing this again?

Up Next…character breakfast? Naahhh! Palo Brunch? Oh yeaaahhhh!!!
 
I am so enjoying your report Linda!!! I just found it tonight and I can't wait for more. Thanks for sharing your trip.
 
Hi Linda, Hope you and your family had a great holiday and I wish you all the best in 2007, now finish your trip report!!! LOL!!!
 
I laughed out loud at the picture of Kevin with swords to his neck... and I'm at work! :rotfl:
Your pirate night pictures turned out great!!!

My youngest, Jackson (7 mos.) has been nebulizing as of late. It's nothing serious. But I can relate to the process. We're thinking of dressing him up as Captain Jack for our cruise. He'll be 19 months.

Looking forward to more!
 
Hi Linda, Hope you and your family had a great holiday and I wish you all the best in 2007, now finish your trip report!!! LOL!!!

Thank you Teresa, we had a very nice holiday. Hope you had a good one as well. We wish you and the family happiness and health in the new year...especially the first & second week of November (lucky stiff!!!).

As far as the trip report? Yes, I will finish it. Things have calmed down here quite a bit. Although I am in the middle of building a 6 foot K'NEX Screamin' Serpent roller coaster. Why do I do these things to myself? I can't even blame Santa cause I bought it myself (great deal at AC Moore!!).

To all still hanging in there with me...thank you. I will finish. I will.

Now if I could just figure out what happened to my mickey & minnie ears in my signature?
 
Now if I could just figure out what happened to my mickey & minnie ears in my signature?

Same thing happened to me.....they discontinued those smilies when the did the upgrade over Christmas (at least I think that's what happened). I went into my signature and picked different smilies, and they worked.

Happy New Year!!!
 
Although I am in the middle of building a 6 foot K'NEX Screamin' Serpent roller coaster. Why do I do these things to myself? I can't even blame Santa cause I bought it myself (great deal at AC Moore!!).

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I was "cracking up" when I read this! I also bought this for my 9 yr old... He alone worked on it and had it finished in about an hour!
I had a heart attack!!!!! :scared: It was in the middle of the hall going to our MAIN BATHROOM (the one people use when they visit):scared1:
 
I was "cracking up" when I read this! I also bought this for my 9 yr old... He alone worked on it and had it finished in about an hour!
I had a heart attack!!!!! :scared: It was in the middle of the hall going to our MAIN BATHROOM (the one people use when they visit):scared1:

An hour?? No way!! Wow...you have a future engineer on your hands. We had to clear out a whole section in our living room just to make room for this thing. We'll see which gets done first...the roller coaster or the trip report :scared1:
 
BAd thing is- he has to do it all over again. We are moving...:sad1:

By the way, loved the report and thanks for the info on the dolphin swim. I do have to ask, is the encounter worth it? I remember you did the royal but I know my DD 6 will not do the push off, ect... I was just wondering if you guys saw or knew of anyone who just did the encounter. Thanks!
 
BAd thing is- he has to do it all over again. We are moving...:sad1:

By the way, loved the report and thanks for the info on the dolphin swim. I do have to ask, is the encounter worth it? I remember you did the royal but I know my DD 6 will not do the push off, ect... I was just wondering if you guys saw or knew of anyone who just did the encounter. Thanks!

I remember researching the DCL encounter and thinking it was very expensive for what you got. But...it is still very cool to be so close and to pet them so I guess it's an individual decision. The kids have to be at least 8 to do the Royal Swim. I know there's been a lot of discussion on the regular board so maybe do a search?

Happy planning!
 
Hi Linda,
I really loved reading your report. I'm new to the board so I got to read all 8 pages of this thread throughout the day, it has taken me forever but its like a good book I don't want to put down! lol
I LOVE your details that you included. Not ever having gone onto a Disney Cruise before I don't really know what to expect and this has helped a lot.
So thank you and I can't wait until you finish your report!
Jen
 
Hi Linda,
I really loved reading your report. I'm new to the board so I got to read all 8 pages of this thread throughout the day, it has taken me forever but its like a good book I don't want to put down! lol
I LOVE your details that you included. Not ever having gone onto a Disney Cruise before I don't really know what to expect and this has helped a lot.
So thank you and I can't wait until you finish your report!
Jen

Hi Jen, welcome to the DIS :welcome:

Thanks for reading. I love writing trip reports but I've gotten really side-tracked with this one. I'm in the middle of Palo Brunch and I hope to post it soon.
 


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