Way Early I know but anyone going on Eastern May 1-8 2004?

[DisneyMagicTravis]

Glad to see everyone is making it home ok. I know what you mean about laundry Heidi... I'm still wondering where I'm going to have breakfast this morning and who is going to make it?!? Well I really miss that ship, it was a blast as usual. I can't wait until next time... It was great meeting everyone. It really sucks being back in the real world though! Take care everyone.

 

[DisneyJam]

Hello all, Happy Mother's day to all the moms!!!!

Well it was said all cruise.. "This does not suck!"

I'm home now and this sucks! Now can't wait to go again!

It was wonderful to meet everyone! I think it made to the cruise that much more special. The thread really added to the excitement and anticipation for our trip. Really can't believe it is all over now.

Suffering serious PDCD here as well Jason!!!

We were working on laundry last night when the dryer decided it didn't want to dry anymore. I think it was hinting to us to go back. What a pain!!!! Took the thing apart this morning and things seem all right at the moment... But it still sucks!! And on top of that... I think I forgot my bow tie.

What a great bunch of people we meet this week! Will miss you all!!!

Will checkin again soon!

 

[monkeyboysmith]

Happy mother's day to all mothers... Especially Heidi

It was so cool to meet everyone onboard, like Tom said it felt like seeing friends we have known forever. It felt like we knew half the ship, everytime was on deck I ran into Pango going to the bar for more beer, Joe giving me a shout out and hand shake chest bump (usually in a bar), Alice smiling, Tracey and Logan at the pool, and Jason and Travis wandering the halls.

I got the good part of the flight home, my 3 kids were very well behaved. Of course I was across the aisle with the noise cancelling headphones on... Heidi got stuck next to earthy mommy with a screamming 2 year old and screaming baby and a 5 year old kid kicking her seat for 5 hours. We fixed it by testing out the duty free 12 gallons of liquor we brought home.

Now it's time to plan an adults only vacation!!!! Vegas is calling. Anytime anyone wants company in Vegas it's a short drive for Heidi and me !!!!

Sail on pirates !!!!!

 

[Belle&RellasMom]

We left Port Canaveral yesterday morning at 9:00am and rolled in here at 3:00am this morning (Sunday)...it was a long drive!!! We had the most wonderful, awesome, great, fantastic, beautiful, special, super, totally cool cruise ever! The Disney Magic exceeded our expectations by far!!!

Tom, Pango (Steve), Laura (Pango's wife) and myself spent the whole week making a TDS list...in other words "This Doesn't Suck" (as BowTieJoe mentioned earlier)...among the things on our TDS list were:

1.) Sitting on Deck 10 overlooking the Goofy Pool and having Jamaica James bring us drinks of the day...TDS
2.) Eating absolutely wonderful meals in the dining room every night and being pampered by our awesome servers Dennis & Maria...TDS
3.) Having the paparazzi photograph our every move so that we would have plenty of Disney Magic memories to bring home...TDS
4.) Getting a really good deal on fake Kate Spade, Prada & Louis Vuitton purses in St. Martin...TDS
5.) Yelling BowTieJoe from halfway across the ship and having him actually acknowledge us...TDS
6.) Celebrating Pango's birthday in the Caribbean...TDS
7.) Sitting at the bar at Palo and having wonderful drinks and conversation with Kristian from Denmark (and learning some great Disney Magic secrets)...TDS
8.) Being able to drop the kids off at the Lab, Club & Nursery (they wanted to go of course)...TDS
9.) Pulling up to the dock in Port Canaveral, looking at the beautiful Disney Magic and knowing that we were going to be spending seven glorious nights aboard it...TDS
10.) Drinking yummy Key Lime Martinis with PhillyJen and Headgear Pat...TDS
11.) Not having to answer cell phones and emails for a whole week...TDS
12.) Seeing the looks on our kids faces the entire week...priceless...TDS
13.) Re-booking on board and saving 10 percent and knowing that we have another great cruise to count down to...TDS
14.) Being able to grab something to eat anytime of the day or night just because we wanted to (and not having a scale in our bathroom)...TDS
15.) Drinking beer in the ocean in St. Martin and Castaway Cay...TDS
16.) Taking the tram up to Paradise Point and looking out over St. Thomas...what a view...TDS
17.) Buying alcohol really cheap in the Caribbean and being able to bring it home...TDS
18.) Having someone make our bed every morning and turn our bed down every night...TDS
19.) Being able to meet some of the wonderful people from these boards and hopefully establish lasting friendships...TDS


I could go on and on all day...the list is endless!!!

On Saturday morning while we were sitting at breakfast we made a new list...TS...in other words "This Sucks". There was onlly one thing on our list...Going Home!!! I know that all good things must come to an end, but I just wasn't ready for it to end so soon! Now it is time to start counting down the days until our next cruise...over seven hundred days since we won't be cruising until two years from now! At least we'll have a couple of regular Disney trips squeezed in there between now and then to make the days go faster.

It was great getting to meet all of you......

 

[ThreeCircles]

Julie--

I love your TDS list!!! Of course, reading it right now just adds to the PDCD! Isn't it cool how long the TDS list is compared to the TS list?

Well, back to unpacking... Ugh!

 

[2kidsmom]

We are finally home. We got in last night (or early this morning) about 4. Next time we are FLYING! That 16 hour drive sucks! We are already saving for September 2005.

My first-time cruising family (especially the uncle that didn't want to do Disney) is booking with us. Before Sunday was over he was already convinced to do it again.

It was great meeting all of you. I told Jason that I hoped we would all stay in touch. I also have PDCD. Everytime I would see one of ya'll and say hi my poor hubby would want to know how I knew you. By the end of the cruise he would laugh and say it must be the computer.

How jealous am I that Jason and Travis are doing the 14 day?!?! I just wanted to smack you guys when you told me that!

Heidi, I am glad you finally started feeling better. Jonathon was bummed that he couldn't find Miles a lot of the time.

What a wonderful Mother's Day we are all having, washing, washing, washing!!!

Talk to you guys soon.

Julie B

 

[Alice Sr.]

Whew, what a fabulous 7 days! I had many favorite things on the trip but the best of the best was being able to run across familiar faces. We got home this morning at 10:30, we went to MK and Epcot and didn't get to the hotel until 1:30 AM Sunday morning, then had to get up at 4:30 to get ready for our 7:00 AM flight The flight was perfect but I realized I left our ("paparazzi photographs") and our Guaveberry Rum somewhere (I'm hoping at Budget in Cape Canaveral but I haven't been able to get hold of them to find out) wah, wah, wah.

In another burst of reality, Linds found out her Grandpa has esophagus cancer. Her grandparents just retired to Clearwater, FL. last year so please send a pray up for Grandpa Joe and for Grandma Bernie. This would be a second grandparent (as my Mom passed from lymphoma 8 yrs. ago) Linds has lost to cancer. Maybe God wants her to be an Oncologist instead of an Orthopedic surgeon, I can only put it in God's hands because it's too big for me. Cancer SUCKS

BUT THE MAGIC ROCKS and so does the DIS for bringing all of us together. I definitely see a trip to Vegas (with a Wonderbra), Maryland (miss you Tracey and Logan) and Tampa to have White Star or Fairy Tail (or both) with Jason and Travis. Who knows maybe we'll even make it to Germany.

Thanks everyone for helping us to have a bunch of Magical moments.

Love ya,
God bless ya,
AJ

 

[travelin' mouse]

We had the best time and arrived home just hous ago. We we're crazy and went straight to The parks after getting off the ship, it was great. We did Magic Kingdom, MGM and Epcot and stayed for Spectro Magic. We got back to Pop Century at midnite( it's a real cool resort) and flew out early this morming.
Real sorry that we didn't get to meet all of you, it was a timing thing. It was nice continually seeing Jason and Travis walking down the hall usually on "6", that's so cool that you're going on the 14 day cruise. I think I could be on the cruise for 14 days easily, just would have to slow down on the eating thing. It was also nice meeting with Bella and Rella's .Mom and Dad up on deck 9. Is it always that WINDY???

We did rebook, hoping for May of 2006

Welcome Home to All!

Cathy (11 people, 3 rooms)

 

[ThreeCircles]

Alice--

I'm so sorry to hear about Lindsey's grandfather. We'll definitely be thinking about them and both you and Lindsey. A major illness is always hard for everyone in a family.

And, about that Fairytale or White Star, you just name the time and place and Travis and I will be there! (As if anyone would have ever doubted that! ) Somehow I think our champagne drinking habits drew attention this time around. Annie-Marie, our server for both Palo Champagne Brunch and dinner, commented on it. She also popped the cork so loudly on the Moet at dinner that it drew the whole restaurants attention to our table! She simply looked around and said "It's time to party!" We agreed!

I hope you end up being able to locate the pictures. Hopefully they will turn up somewhere and you can claim them. As far as the Guavaberry, we bought three bottles so if you need one just let us know.


Cathy--

It was great to see you in the halls too! I think we were only one or two staterooms down from you so, even though we weren’t able to meet you at the Dis Meets, we ended up seeing ya a lot. I still have the nametags for your group and if you would like me to mail them to you just send me a PM with your address. They actually turned out pretty nice and will make nice little keepsakes for the scrapbooks.

This also goes for anyone else that wasn’t able to pick up their name tags either. Just send a PM with your Dis name and address and I'll send them off.


Julie--

See, your husband never knew how popular you really are! Glad to hear that you'll be sailing with the Disney Magic again. Knowing that you'll be on the ship again in the near future always helps the PDCD a little.

Talk to you all soon, and as Alice stated so well, "Thanks everyone for helping us to have a bunch of Magical moments."

 

[DenverVal]

What news of the DIS banner? Were you able to retrieve it from Guest Services, sign it and pass it on to the next group? Did you take any photos?

 

[ThreeCircles]

DenverVal--

Travis and I asked twice at Guest Services for the banner and no one had a clue as to what we were talking about. It would have been a nice little ritual to keep going.

 

[hannahandkatesmommy]

Helloooo all! Greetings from Philly Jen and Headgear Pat . It is Monday morning and we just finally got home, not for lack of trying though.

We spent Pat's birthday(5/8) with his brother and mom and family in Satellite Beach, but not before puking the remaining Key Lime Martini's all over A1A!!! He is going on the theory that it was motion sickness, until we downloaded the pictures from our room on thursday night and he saw how loaded he was.....

Anyway, we are off to get glasses fixed for Hannah( they broke in the kids club the first night) and Katie off to school- she can't wait to show the teachers her braids. Then it is time to tackle the piles and piles of mail.....

I am sorry I didn't make it to the meet on Saturday-I promise I had full intentions, until Katie had a breakdown and needed a nap(she did a lot of sleeping on this trip-wait until I post the pictures of her sleeping in the promenade Lounge the last night with my glass of Fairy Tale being delivered right over her head). But I do think I was able to meet most of you. Can't wait to read the trip reports and see pictures.

We had a "magical" time and can't wait to cruise again.

Philly Jenn-with input from Headgear Pat(see Tom and Julie- he is no longer a lurker).

 

[hannahandkatesmommy]

OHHHHH I forgot to mention how our trip ended. Some of you may have been witness to my hysteria, who knows. We were getting on the elevator on Saturday am to leave and Hannah stepped on first and the door closed her in there. She was the only one in the elevator and I could hear her crying hysterically all the way up. I of course found someone wearing a uniform(in true Philly Jenn style it happened to be Captain Tom but I didn't care...) I ran up and down 9 flights of stairs 3 times before I found her. Someone had brought her to guest services thankfully. My only fear was that we all feel so safe on the ship during the week but people were getting off the ship and I was terrified I'd never find her. There were only about a million people swarming around the atrium and I was a wreck. The women standing at the debarkation point were so wonderful(they were from the kids club) Scarey moment. Of course Headgear was no help-still drunk just trying to stand up...... BTW- I have been with him for 16 years and never saw him puke! Good Job guys!

Also- funny thing. We stopped at Ruby Tuesdays last night in Virginia on the way home and Hannah ordered 2 dinners(or tried to before we explained that we now have to "pay" and only 1 dinner please....... She got so used to ordering whatever she wanted.....

Have a great day.
PJ

Just in case you need to know- my husband wears invisilign and some were inquiring if he has to wear headgear like we used to have to wear in the old days as well...... The answer is no

 

[jrydberg]

Heh... went to TGI Friday's with Alyssa Sunday and she said, "Daddy, I like the restaurants on the ship better. You don't have to pay when you leave."

Jeff

 

[conny264]

Hello everybody.

Silke and I finally made it home early monday morning(0.30 am) due to flight delays in London.Unfortunatly we had to skip going to the city because my knee hurt so much after the 9 hour flight to London,that we decided to get a dayroom at the Meridien hotel at the airport to give it some rest.
Now I´m in the process of eliminating 53 emails on my computer(most spam anyway) answer the important ones and organising all my stuff.The made me use an extra package from BA at checkin,because my luggage was so overweight.Where did all this stuff came from?I had no idea,that towels,shirts and guavaberry liqour weight so much.At least they didn´t made me pay extra.
It was so nice meeting you all and I really hope we keep this thread running a little londger so that we can stay in touch.
So,I have to start my laundry and call the doctor for an appointment to have my knee checked out.
Take care and talk to you soon.
Conny

 

[DisneyJam]

This truely sucks!

I am at work this morning and the reality has settled in. more PDCD!!!! I want to go back!! You know one big shocker when we got back... The gas prices in our area were up by like $.20 a gallon.

Philly Jen -- Glad you made it home ok! Did you ever find your pictures?? Hope you had a happy mommy day.

Conny -- glad you are home safe as well.

Jason -- I was wondering about that banner. Oh well, it would have been a nice thing if it worked out.

Jeff -- I am sometimes down in your area for work, so we should plan on lunch sometime when I am.

We got our pictures back yesterday, and they turn out great. We were worried cause they went through x-ray at the airport. We thought the film was screwed. Laura was right though and it was fine. Good thing we were using 400 speed film.

Jen is busy typing up our trip report.

MonkeyBoy, where's my drink damit!

Oh one question... Did any one happen to video tape the Tropicalifragilistic show with the characters on the pool stage? Would love a copy if someone has it. Silly me forgot the video cam in the cabin.

 

[dthogue]

Glad to hear everyone got home safely. We arrived in last night around 10pm. We spent Saturday at MK and the night at the All Star Music. The girls slept til 10am yesterday, swam a bit and we headed to the airport around 12:30pm. Almost missed our connecting flight from Atlanto to Philadelphia. They had the doors shut and all - had to open them to let us on. Dirty looks from the passengers as we walked down the aisle - sorry wasn't my fault our pilot couldn't land in Atlanta becasue of traffic.

Overall we had a great cruise. The girls loved the kids club. The food was good and I never thought I would find myself saying that I didn't want to eat again

Hope everyone enjoyed their trip - it was nice to meet all of you, sorry we didn't get to see more of you.

Tammy

 

[Belle&RellasMom]

What happened to our thread???????????????? Back in the good old days this thread used to be hopping...now its barely on the first page!!! Can't we still reminisce about the great times we had on the Magic?

 

[DisneyJam]

I'm with you Julie!!!

I am slowly pulling out of my depression. Almost booked a 4 day just to help, but JenLynn convinced me that it wouldn't be the same. She is right!!! This cruise, for me at least, was made so much more special by meeting all of you!!! So going back definitely would not have been the same.

I know the kids had an awesome time!! I loved the look on our kids faces everytime they would meet another character, or the waiter would do a magic trick they couldn't figure out. Funny, on the last day, as we were going the final check over in our state room to make sure nothing was forgotten. Maddie was like.. "Did you remember to pack our Flubber" (made in the lab one day). Well we weren't planning to bring it home, but it's here now.

Really enjoyed hanging out in the club with you all on a couple of nights!!

Miss everyone already!!!!

Bow Tie Joe

 

[hannahandkatesmommy]

I am still addicted, and so is my husband so where is everyone!!!