Was Live Now Great Memories From the May 27th Double Scoop Cruise

[WDWLVR]

Well guys this wonderful cruise is coming to an end and this will be the last live report from the ship from me for this trip.

The weather for our second CC day was fantastic! Woke up to some showers but they were soon replaced with not only sunshine but rainbows! We had breakfast at Topsiders while watching a beautiful rainbow and a second one forming.

When the ship got cleared Mark headed over to the adult beach to get a great spot and I stopped for our t-shirts (plenty left for all you future Double Dip. The water was crystal clear and we headed in quickly. Ducky was there as well and pointed out a great spot to see fish. We saw tons of them. Then I saw the barracuda . So I headed back to shore! Went for a ride in our tubes and then said goodbye to serenity bay and over to Cookies. Met up with some fellow DISers for lunch. Tried to stop by the post office but it was closed for a Bahamian holiday - so why weren't they open on Sunday. Anyway guest services took the cards and some money and left them with someone on the island to mail tomorrow then the Wonder docks.

At 4:30 we headed up to the bridge where we were with 3 other families and introduced to both Captain Tom and Captain Mickey! Got to spend about 15 minutes there and since one of the other families was a DIS family and staying in the Roy Suite we got a tour of that as well. Very nice! Thanks Debb!

The ship was a bit late in leaving due to having to evacuate a passenger via helicopter.

Soon we were on our way back to Port Canaveral. Dinner was great as usual and we passed out all our tips. Then to the farewell variety show and now here. Our bags are packed - just need to do a final check and put them in the hall.

I'm sitting in my favorite terminal down on 3 and looking out the window at a Carnival ship all lit up and running parallel to us.

Thanks to the Captain and crew of the Disney Magic for a fantastic week. Thanks also to all the wonderful DISers from the Blabbermouth thread who have become such great friends over the last 16 months. Hope you have enjoyed reading our live reports. Look for a trip report (either here or another thread) with pictures from Mark sometime next week.

We're off to 2 days at WDW and then home!

 

[wltdsnyfan]

Have a safe trip home. Thanks for all the posts.

 

[Verandah Man]

It's been fun tagging along, have fun at The World, and have a safe trip home!!!

 

[2angelsinheaven]

Have a great time in WDW, what a magical way to end your vacation. Loved the reports. Have a safe trip home.

 

[CRSNDSNY]

Thank you Mary for all of the live from reports. I really enjoyed them! Sounds like you had yet another memorable cruise.

Hope you have a fantastic time in Disney and safe travels home!

 

[lbgraves]

Thank you so much for sharing everything with us this week, Mary.

 

[cgcw]

It sounds like you had a great time! Sad as it is that this cruise is over, it just really means that the next one is closer.

I know you'll have a great couple of days at WDW. I'm looking forward to hearing all about it.

 

[WVMD]

Hi all, again, sorry for being negligent in posting - but just really couldn't find the time - and didn't want to check on work.

Anyways.....
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The first day at sea was great - it was so much fun having Palo Brunch with the great group of friends from the 10 day Christmas Cruise. Pictures to follow. DW and I did the couples choice in the Spa Villa. We both had the hot stone massage. It was really enjoyable. The Villas are nice - and the hot tub on the deck was really fun.

Costa Maya was great - we did a beach day with some of friends - and snorkeled and such. It was really nice. Costa Maya has a nice feel to it - not too developed yet - in coming years I'm sure that the development will take over.

Cozumel - well never say Cozumel - got on a ferry directly from the Magic and went to Playa de Carmen for our trip to Tulum. I really enjoyed the trip and the tour - can't say the same for DW. DD (11) went swimming on the beach and had a blast. DD(21) tolerated the trip. We then boarded the bus back to Playa de Carmen. We got to shop for about 45 minutes before we boarded the ferry to go straight back to the Magic.

Sea Day - Went to the Ducky Willliams presentation - lounged around - went to see The Wild. Nice film - too much like Madagascar - glad Disney bought Pixar.

CC - what can I say - it was a great day. Spent the morning at Serenity Bay - believe it or not it was our first time there. What a great place. We then went Parasailing at 130 - well it was supposed to be 130 - we actually left at 215 - and didn't get back until almost 4pm - our boat almost made it to Abaco island because of the wind. We rode with Stacey and her family - (and yes - more pictures to follow). Sorry to the DISers who had their excursion cancelled because of our delay - but we did get started 45 minutes late.

and here I am typing in the airport on my daughter's laptop - she's staring at me wanting it back.....

It was a great time - with great friends - both new and old....

As I toasted at dinner last night.... Here's to friend and to memories - both past, present and future....

Any questions I'd be glad to answer for you.

Hope that you enjoyed how quick the boards were while we were gone - because the Blabbermouths are back on land... and soon to be back on the boards.

Virgil

 

[becka]

Thanks for all of the reports. It has been fun "watching" the cruise from the boards.

 

[bairdbeth]

Thanks for taking the time to report on your trip! It has made me even more excited about our double dip on 6/24!

 

[DonnettaR]

Just wondering about the food at Cookies on CC. Did they have the same menu for both days?

 

[WVMD]

Just wondering about the food at Cookies on CC. Did they have the same menu for both days?

Yes - pretty much the same menu each time.....

I had never eaten at Serenity Bay so I was quite surprised that they had T-Bone steaks on the menu.

Virgil

 

[lbgraves]

Mary & company...here is a picture that VM found in the snapshots file. It from this morning 6/3/06 when you guys were returning to PC.

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=12918665&postcount=2

 

[chip&dale&fun]

Hi all who followed our journey - Hi DisNurse.....Mark found us at Topsiders and said - "Disnurse says Hi"...it was nice to hear from old friends as we set sail.


I'll post tripr reports, excursions, etc in more detail as I catch up on sleep, laundry, housecleaning etc. One thing is for sure, I will have extra time as I will not need to eat.....

And 13 pages to catch up on....

Looking to see if Verandah Man posted the ship sailing away....

Speaking of sailing away - thanks for those of you at Grills who waved us off....

Will post pictures too when downloaded and (gasp) developed....

Later all..

 

[chip&dale&fun]

Just saw the Magic sailing out the port channel on the Radisson cam.

And here she is going past the Two Palms cam.

Thanks - I was looking for this one....now that we are home, it deserves a bump!!!!!

 

[chip&dale&fun]

Here is a group of Diser's and their banner for Gary, have a wonderful cruise everyone. I took about 15 photos as the ship passed Grill's tonight and I'll post them once I get them uploaded.

The Magic sailing by Grill's, Bon Voyage Double Scoop Group!

THANKS..............we are reliving the cruise already....We found Sam - waving the hat...not sure which one is me....I think I am over the banner.....

Thanks.....will see if there are more pictures...

 

[chip&dale&fun]

You Double Dippers are some of the most watched bunch around! I have been waiting and waiting for you guys! Say hi to Chip&Dale&Fun for us! We sailed with them last November.

Just one miscellaneous question maybe you could find the answer for.....we are really wanting PLA rotation like last time (for our DD in Nov)....main reason? So our CB would be Thursday AM like usual. If yours is Thurs, then when do PLA's go? Thanks for any info.

HAVE A MAGICAL SAILING!
DIS NURSE

Gosh DisNurse, I hope someone answered your question. We had APL rotation and our character breakfast was 9:45 on the second sea day Thursday....maybe by process of elimination you can get an answer????

Oh, look - new smilies!!!!

 

[FLPrincessMom]

It was a wonderful cruise with beautiful weather!!!

I wanted to answer about the Character Breakfast for our rotation ...
We had PLA early seating. Our CB was Friday morning (CC day) at 8am. At first I was disappointed but it really worked out fine. We saw everyone and were done and on the beach by 9:30. According to our servers, the late seating for that rotation was at 9:45 (I think? maybe it was 9:30?) so I don't know how that worked out...

 

[lbgraves]

Thanks for letting us know that FLPMom! I will pass it on to our December group.

 

[SeaSpray]

Thanks so much to all of you FIRST DOUBLE DIPPERS who posted on this thread. I'm so glad to hear you all had such a wonderful cruise!!!