Disney Cruise was a fabulously good time, as long as I forget about the rocking and swaying and oh yeah…the 2 year old! The Disney Magic was truly a magical place to have a vacation.
Day 1
We boarded the Disney Magic at Port Canaveral, Florida on Saturday, November 14th. As you enter the ship they announce each family individually and make it very magical. We then headed for lunch on Deck 9 at Topsiders. After seeing our stateroom (#2573..deck 2) and participating in the mandatory muster station drill
we headed back to Deck 9 for the Anchors Away party. Lots of fun music, characters and dancing…The girls really enjoyed themselves.
Later that night we had dinner scheduled at Animator’s Palate. The room is all black and white, but as the evening goes on the walls and pictures light up into full color…So somebody told me.
I don’t remember much about the first night because I was so sea sick that I spent most of the night on the couch in my parents stateroom where there was some fresh air from the verandah!
Day 2 (Sunday)
Castaway Cay (pronounced: key) Disney’s private island.
The cast and crew of Disney have done a great job of turning this little island in the Bahamas into a paradise for families, adults, teens and kids. The white sand beaches were lined with lounge chairs, hammocks and palm trees. Perfect for a relaxing Sunday!
Day 3 (Monday)
At Sea…playing at the pool, meeting characters and Oceaneer’s Club and Oceaneer’s Lab for Avery. This is the program for kids ages 3-7. They had every minute of every day planned with fun things for the kids to do. The first day or two Avery wasn’t too sure about being left there with people she didn’t know. But the beauty of the program is that each child/family is assigned a pager and the parents can be paged when the kid wants to leave! By day 3 we couldn’t pull Avery away! They read stories with Belle, they made cookies, they did crafts and even made flubber! (which makes it through security at the airport by the way!)
Day 4 (Tuesday) Happy Anniversary Honey!
Georgetown, Grand Cayman.
Boatswain Turtle Farm
Avery seems to be a budding marine biologist! She loved all the sea creatures we came across.
Day 5
Cozumel, Mexico
Dolphin Discovery!!
What an awesome excursion! Worth the money! If we get to do this again we will probably do the push, pull and swim experience where you actually hold onto their fin and let them push your feet with their nose! For this time the kisses and the handshakes were great!
Day 6
At sea once again…heading from Cozumel, back to Castaway Cay for a second time.
Pirate Night…
We had dinner at Palo that night. Palo is the “fancy, pay extra” restaurant on-board. The food was fantastic! It was Italian, so how could it really be bad. I had the most wonderful lasagna and Stephen had a lobster ravioli, but he wished he had had my lasagna! Chocolate soufflé for dessert!
We met up with Dave and Shirleen and Nate and Miranda…they had one of every appetizer and 2 of every dessert! How they had room for the main course I will never know. It was a great time.
Later that night on Deck 9 the Pirate’s took over the ship and Captain Mickey had to save it! Really it was just an excuse for a Pirates IN the Caribbean party with music, dancing and characters…oh! and more food! Turkey legs, desserts, fresh fruits, ice sculptures fruit carvings!
very creative Avery…a pirate hat, but no hook so she came up with her own…AAARGH!
Day 7
Back at Castaway Cay. This time with the sting rays and snorkeling…for some!
Day 8
Back at Port Canaveral, Disembark, 7 hours at the Orlando Airport, back to reality…
It was a most magical vacation. Let’s do it again sometime!
