Gina
Remembers the Great DIS Board Crash of '99
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UPDATE: Big thanks to Ukintheus for letting us know that the sailaway time for Magic has changed from 5 to 4:30!! We definitely don't want to miss the main event! This means we might not have time for dessert at La King's, depending on how busy the Spot is and how long lunch takes, so we'll play it by ear. Hopefully we'll still have time, since it's just a short walk from there to the pier. I know I will never hear the end of it if my son doesn't get his beloved La King's chocolate malt, LOL.
SO... Lunch will definitely be at 1pm at The Spot, and we'll plan on being back at the downtown area by 3pm. Hopefully that will give us enough time to park and go grab some sweet stuff before staking out our Bon Voyage spots on the pier.
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There are so many of us who are over-the-moon about Disney homeporting right out of Galveston... After years of rumors, it finally happens beginning September 22nd when the beautiful Disney Magic arrives!
Let's all show Disney and Galveston both how excited we are, Texas-style. Big, boisterous, memorable!!
According to DCL and the Port of Galveston, the Magic is scheduled to arrive on Saturday, September 22nd, somewhere between 5am and 7am. This is subject to change -- if I hear anything different I will definitely post it, and if anyone else hears anything different please post it as well!
Sailaway is scheduled for 4:30pm later that same day.
We are planning on several different get-togethers. For the early morning arrival, we're meeting at the Denny's at Seawall & 14th at the lovely hour of 5am.
Hopefully they'll have lots of strong coffee ready. 
We're going to follow the Magic's progress via Marine Traffic if we can, and then head to the pier when we decide it's appropriate. We'll be there at the pier in front of the Olympia Grill, on 20th between where the Elissa normally is and the OceanStar Museum. (Between #'s 16 and 23 on the map) http://www.galveston.com/maps/map.pdf
There's parking right there, if available, or you can park at meters in the Strand area a couple of blocks over.
For sailaway, that's a bit tougher. Sailaway is scheduled for 4:30pm, but because of how many people and press I imagine are going to be there, we'll need to be there much earlier than that if we want to find parking and room on the pier. But the mood and atmosphere should be so exciting right there!!
So if anyone else is interested, DS & I are planning on going down early, at 1pm, and having lunch at our favorite place, The Spot. I'm aiming to get the bigger table upstairs and outside on the deck. DS & will have our pin lanyards on, to help people find us!
Then we'll head toward the pier and find a place to park. If it's still pretty early at that point, we'll wander over to La King's and have a milkshake (YUM) at around 2:30 or 3, making sure to be at the pier by about 3:30. (It's a short walk, for anyone not familiar -- a walk of maybe a couple short blocks.)
Anyone is welcome to any or all of these stops!! Wear your ears, your pins, your giant Mickey hands, bring cowbells and noisemakers and bubbles and whatever. Anything and everything to show Disney what a TEXAS welcome and sendoff is like!
Please check in here with your name, number in your party, and if you're going to attend:
1.) Arrival - Time frame of 5-7am (Authorities say closer to 7 -- We're meeting at Denny's at 5am)
2.) Lunch at The Spot - 1pm
3.) Dessert at La King's (if there's time) - around 2:30 or 3pm
4.) Sailaway sendoff - 4:40pm (we'll be on the pier by 3:30pm)
I'll get cell phone numbers later, so I can text people and let them know if we'll be at La King's or not, or any other changes. And I will post to this thread via DISboards Mobile, so check back here!
See you all on the Island!!!
The confirmed list so far:
Key: DIS Name, # in party, Arrival, Lunch, Sailaway
Gina, 2, A, L, S
ukintheus, 2, S
shaned, 4, A?, S
fatfish, 2, L, S
2boogersmom, 4, A
MandyGirl, 3, A
TxMermaid1, 7, A
thereinertfamily, 2, A, L, S
kpetty725, 4, S
katylady22, 4, A
sweetpee_1993, 4, A
k5jmh, 2, A, L?, S?
jisom12 & mitzimouse, 2, A, L, S?
Grog, 1, A, L?
Shelley the Pooh, 2, L?, S
SO... Lunch will definitely be at 1pm at The Spot, and we'll plan on being back at the downtown area by 3pm. Hopefully that will give us enough time to park and go grab some sweet stuff before staking out our Bon Voyage spots on the pier.
*********************************************************
There are so many of us who are over-the-moon about Disney homeporting right out of Galveston... After years of rumors, it finally happens beginning September 22nd when the beautiful Disney Magic arrives!
Let's all show Disney and Galveston both how excited we are, Texas-style. Big, boisterous, memorable!!
According to DCL and the Port of Galveston, the Magic is scheduled to arrive on Saturday, September 22nd, somewhere between 5am and 7am. This is subject to change -- if I hear anything different I will definitely post it, and if anyone else hears anything different please post it as well!
Sailaway is scheduled for 4:30pm later that same day.
We are planning on several different get-togethers. For the early morning arrival, we're meeting at the Denny's at Seawall & 14th at the lovely hour of 5am.
Hopefully they'll have lots of strong coffee ready. We're going to follow the Magic's progress via Marine Traffic if we can, and then head to the pier when we decide it's appropriate. We'll be there at the pier in front of the Olympia Grill, on 20th between where the Elissa normally is and the OceanStar Museum. (Between #'s 16 and 23 on the map) http://www.galveston.com/maps/map.pdfThere's parking right there, if available, or you can park at meters in the Strand area a couple of blocks over.
For sailaway, that's a bit tougher. Sailaway is scheduled for 4:30pm, but because of how many people and press I imagine are going to be there, we'll need to be there much earlier than that if we want to find parking and room on the pier. But the mood and atmosphere should be so exciting right there!!
So if anyone else is interested, DS & I are planning on going down early, at 1pm, and having lunch at our favorite place, The Spot. I'm aiming to get the bigger table upstairs and outside on the deck. DS & will have our pin lanyards on, to help people find us!
Then we'll head toward the pier and find a place to park. If it's still pretty early at that point, we'll wander over to La King's and have a milkshake (YUM) at around 2:30 or 3, making sure to be at the pier by about 3:30. (It's a short walk, for anyone not familiar -- a walk of maybe a couple short blocks.)
Anyone is welcome to any or all of these stops!! Wear your ears, your pins, your giant Mickey hands, bring cowbells and noisemakers and bubbles and whatever. Anything and everything to show Disney what a TEXAS welcome and sendoff is like!
Please check in here with your name, number in your party, and if you're going to attend:
1.) Arrival - Time frame of 5-7am (Authorities say closer to 7 -- We're meeting at Denny's at 5am)
2.) Lunch at The Spot - 1pm
3.) Dessert at La King's (if there's time) - around 2:30 or 3pm
4.) Sailaway sendoff - 4:40pm (we'll be on the pier by 3:30pm)
I'll get cell phone numbers later, so I can text people and let them know if we'll be at La King's or not, or any other changes. And I will post to this thread via DISboards Mobile, so check back here!
See you all on the Island!!!
The confirmed list so far:
Key: DIS Name, # in party, Arrival, Lunch, Sailaway
Gina, 2, A, L, S
ukintheus, 2, S
shaned, 4, A?, S
fatfish, 2, L, S
2boogersmom, 4, A
MandyGirl, 3, A
TxMermaid1, 7, A
thereinertfamily, 2, A, L, S
kpetty725, 4, S
katylady22, 4, A
sweetpee_1993, 4, A
k5jmh, 2, A, L?, S?
jisom12 & mitzimouse, 2, A, L, S?
Grog, 1, A, L?
Shelley the Pooh, 2, L?, S
Still debating on arrival, it depends on how the timing works out.
. Have to find my GS Mickey hand(s) from our WDW trip in 08.
shirt to wear for the 22nd 
, then have to decide if I'm wearing my greenish blue sparkley Mickie ears, ooorrrr my multi colored ears from Fantasmic 
on the deck of the Magic. 
Or, would you be willing to share check in experience specifically when you get back? Of course I'll take all the info I can get, but it would be great to have someone on that first cruise to give us some insights. 
Maybe they'll be handing out the cardboard hand-on-a-stick things like they did in New York. I wish they could put the ginormous longhorns on the front of the ship like they did when Voyager of the Seas first sailed from Galveston! That was a sight to see!! 
but it would all be pulling from shareware online.
