Oct. 16-23, 2010 - Bring Back the Magic

[annichan]

Hi everybody,

we are back home! Arrived this afternoon after what felt like an endless journey, now busy unpacking and will fall into comatose sleep soon.

Just quickly wanted to say: It has been such a blast!! I was so great meetiing all of you, having a great group for dinners (thanks for having us! ) with such great servers, and while I am sorry to hear that some of you had so many issues with your staterooms, I can only highly recommend our own 6634 since there was never anything at all wrong with it. (Or if there was, we didn't notice because we were in such a state of bliss at being on the Magic )

As you can see from my ticker if you don't know already, we were so impressed with the cruise that we will be back on the Magic real soon, albeit in our own "back waters" (well sort of), the Mediterranean! So if any of you is still wondering where to cruise next - come along guys!

Okay, off to bed now probably with an entourage of three cats deliriously happy to have their "human hot water bottle" back,

Best regards

Annika

 

[danandnan]

Hi everybody,

we are back home! Arrived this afternoon after what felt like an endless journey, now busy unpacking and will fall into comatose sleep soon.

Just quickly wanted to say: It has been such a blast!! I was so great meetiing all of you, having a great group for dinners (thanks for having us! ) with such great servers, and while I am sorry to hear that some of you had so many issues with your staterooms, I can only highly recommend our own 6634 since there was never anything at all wrong with it. (Or if there was, we didn't notice because we were in such a state of bliss at being on the Magic )

As you can see from my ticker if you don't know already, we were so impressed with the cruise that we will be back on the Magic real soon, albeit in our own "back waters" (well sort of), the Mediterranean! So if any of you is still wondering where to cruise next - come along guys!

Okay, off to bed now probably with an entourage of three cats deliriously happy to have their "human hot water bottle" back,

Best regards

Annika

So glad to hear you're home safe and sound. We too enjoyed meeting you and Chris and spending time with you. Did you find the E-mail I sent you welcoming you home? I think I had it right but then I've never sent one to Germany before! Have a good rest before you have to return to work!

Nancy

 

[njprincess]

Hi everybody,

we are back home! Arrived this afternoon after what felt like an endless journey, now busy unpacking and will fall into comatose sleep soon.

Just quickly wanted to say: It has been such a blast!! I was so great meetiing all of you, having a great group for dinners (thanks for having us! ) with such great servers, and while I am sorry to hear that some of you had so many issues with your staterooms, I can only highly recommend our own 6634 since there was never anything at all wrong with it. (Or if there was, we didn't notice because we were in such a state of bliss at being on the Magic )

As you can see from my ticker if you don't know already, we were so impressed with the cruise that we will be back on the Magic real soon, albeit in our own "back waters" (well sort of), the Mediterranean! So if any of you is still wondering where to cruise next - come along guys!

Okay, off to bed now probably with an entourage of three cats deliriously happy to have their "human hot water bottle" back,

Best regards

Annika

Hi Annika

So glad to hear that you and Christian made it home safely. We certainly enjoyed meeting you both and hope that we can cruise with you again sometime We enjoyed dining with you as well - weren't we lucky to have such wonderful servers?

We will be looking forward to your pictures when you get a chance

 

[JOANNEL]

Hi everybody,

we are back home! Arrived this afternoon after what felt like an endless journey, now busy unpacking and will fall into comatose sleep soon.

Just quickly wanted to say: It has been such a blast!! I was so great meetiing all of you, having a great group for dinners (thanks for having us! ) with such great servers, and while I am sorry to hear that some of you had so many issues with your staterooms, I can only highly recommend our own 6634 since there was never anything at all wrong with it. (Or if there was, we didn't notice because we were in such a state of bliss at being on the Magic )

As you can see from my ticker if you don't know already, we were so impressed with the cruise that we will be back on the Magic real soon, albeit in our own "back waters" (well sort of), the Mediterranean! So if any of you is still wondering where to cruise next - come along guys!

Okay, off to bed now probably with an entourage of three cats deliriously happy to have their "human hot water bottle" back,

Best regards

Annika

Welcome home, we too are so happy to have met you and Christian. Hope your WDW portion was as fabulous as the cruise. We look fprward to keeping in touch with our new friends, You never know where we will show up!!

 

[goslingl]

Hi everybody,

we are back home! Arrived this afternoon after what felt like an endless journey, now busy unpacking and will fall into comatose sleep soon.

Just quickly wanted to say: It has been such a blast!! I was so great meetiing all of you, having a great group for dinners (thanks for having us! ) with such great servers, and while I am sorry to hear that some of you had so many issues with your staterooms, I can only highly recommend our own 6634 since there was never anything at all wrong with it. (Or if there was, we didn't notice because we were in such a state of bliss at being on the Magic )

As you can see from my ticker if you don't know already, we were so impressed with the cruise that we will be back on the Magic real soon, albeit in our own "back waters" (well sort of), the Mediterranean! So if any of you is still wondering where to cruise next - come along guys!

Okay, off to bed now probably with an entourage of three cats deliriously happy to have their "human hot water bottle" back,

Best regards

Annika

I am gald you made it back safe and sound. Welcome to the DCL addict club. We really enjoyed you and CHris. You two are such a great couple. I know your cats are very glad you are home. They may not let you out the dorr now. You are welcome in Ky any time!

 

[njprincess]

I miss my cruise buddies

 

[goslingl]

I miss my cruise buddies

Me too!!!!!!

 

[Dyerneeds]

I miss my cruise buddies

we miss them too!! and we didnt even get to go on that cruise.

 

[Dyerneeds]

I miss my cruise buddies

did Leisha get a tattoo on her arm? or has Tommy been a bad boy again?
be nice to that poor girl.

 

[goslingl]

did Leisha get a tattoo on her arm? or has Tommy been a bad boy again?
be nice to that poor girl.

I got into a fight with the corner of the wall and it won. I wis there was a better story to it.

 

[danandnan]

I miss my cruise buddies

So do I - but I wonder where I was when those pictures were taken. Probably resting someplace!

N

 

[njprincess]

we miss them too!! and we didnt even get to go on that cruise.

We certainly did think about you guys - Leisha even has a little present for you from the DVC Meet

I got into a fight with the corner of the wall and it won. I wis there was a better story to it.

I fought the wall and the wall won

 

[Dyerneeds]

I got into a fight with the corner of the wall and it won. I wis there was a better story to it.

well i can spin it into a better story if you'd like.
its what i do best.

 

[margo12]

Hey y'all I feel like I am finally getting back in the groove of things after our vacation. I started a new job right after we got back, plus I was working on a huge project for Sctous, so it's been a little hectic here.

We had a great time on the cruise, and have decided that we are now cruisers. We are thinking of doing a cruise that starts on the West coast next time--either Mexican Riviera or Alaska.

We did not meet a single dis-boarder, though. We missed the pre-sail meet, and admittedly we're just not the most social people in the world. I think that our next-door neighbors were dis-boarders though, because they had magnets on their door including the "Back to the Magic" logo that someone posted to this thread. I saw some of the Fish Extenders and now they make a lot more sense. I'm not sure I'd want to do them, though, what with the reports of thefts and all. Sounds like too much stress. Not what I want on my cruise.

We had a great family that we were table mates with, who took our boys' autism right in stride. We had a great time doing trivia things with them, and hung out all day on Castaway Cay. Our server was Toto and his assistant was Melody. Toto was great and always willing to go the extra mile for our picky eater boys. Melody was a little rough, we think she is fairly new. One night we had given Toto our order before she came around to take our drink orders.

We enjoyed watching movies (although we never had time to watch Secretariat). We found that the Buena Vista Theater's seats were too close together--hubby was complaining that whoever was sitting behind him was always kicking his seat by accident just because of the closeness. And the top row where you could have no one behind you is so close to the row in front of it that it's just uncomfortable. We also enjoyed the shows and that theater (Walt Disney Theater) was very nice. Every show was excellent.

The boys enjoyed being able to go get food whenever they wanted. The 12yo actually didn't eat much dinner a couple of nights, he'd eaten too much all day! The 17yo loved going up and getting food and bringing it back down to the room. They also both enjoyed the Edge. The 17yo did not find the teen area to have anything that really appealed to him. Oh, and the 12yo, we found out, likes to do karaoke!

Our room steward was great and we quickly learned that if we had any problems the way to get them solved was by telling him! We called maintenance to complain about a couple of the channels not getting sound. They made it sound like it was a ship-wide problem and said they were aware of it and were looking into it. Nothing happened. On the 3rd day, we finally talked to Erwin about it, and he had a technician in the room within an hour, who fixed it. It wasn't a shipwide problem, it was a problem with our individual tv and it was easy to fix. Erwin made great towel animals too. One night it was a puppy dog, another night we found a monkey hanging from the room divider curtain.

Our room was an outside stateroom with a large porthole and we loved being able to look out and see the ocean. The room was a great size except I felt rather claustrophobic in the bathrooms. I think I would have rather had one larger bathroom, we hardly ever had both in use at the same time.

As far as the ports of call I enjoyed them, but I didn't spend any time at the beaches other than Castaway Cay. I really didn't like Cozumel because I felt like people were always asking me for money in tricky ways--like when we got to the dolphin experience area there were two guys out front with parrots and lizards they were letting people hold and then it turned out they wanted $5 if you wanted to take a picture of your kids holding the animals. Not to mention how much they wanted for the pictures at the dolphin experience. Funny no one mentioned that in the reviews we read about the dolphin experience.

I really think I'd just rather be at sea most of the time. Maybe someday I can take a transatlantic cruise and have my wish.

Anyway maybe I'll meet some of you on our next cruise, or maybe not, but we'll be having a good time anyway!

Thanks again for all the hints, tips, and advice!

 

[mohrt2]

You all will be some of the first to know. I can nto wait. Did Frank get home OK. I loved the pictures of the dessert party. It looked beautiful! I will have Tommy download all of the pictures to a CD and send it to you.

I talked to Ronbin last night and she is so excited about you and Frank going on the cruise in Oct. I am trying to find a way to get on that ship.

That would be so great!! (Coming on the cruise that is. The CD would be nice too.)

 

[dizzyprincess]

I am back in the groove today except I got my after travel cold... now I would give alot for the eucalyptus spa at SSR! Missing the heat and the sun and the food and the ....

 

[JOANNEL]

Me too!!!!!!

me three

 

[njprincess]

I am back in the groove today except I got my after travel cold... now I would give alot for the eucalyptus spa at SSR! Missing the heat and the sun and the food and the ....

I finally had to break down go to the dr. for some antibiotics But it was well worth it!

You have very cute kids - did they have a good time?

 

[danandnan]

I finally had to break down go to the dr. for some antibiotics But it was well worth it!

You have very cute kids - did they have a good time?

I must have missed the post - have you been sick? I read about several people who got sick after the return, thankfully not us!

N

 

[njprincess]

I must have missed the post - have you been sick? I read about several people who got sick after the return, thankfully not us!

N

Don't you remember my husky voice when we got back to the Beach Club?