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Not yet - Melanie just confirmed a couple of days ago she'd like to see the Disneyland Park parade, which I think will be at 7:00pm, so I'm glad I didn't, as I'd have gone for around that time. I was thinking of after that - what time do you think would work and will you be joining us? By the way, if you are, I'm perfectly happy for you to call and book it.
Not yet - Melanie just confirmed a couple of days ago she'd like to see the Disneyland Park parade, which I think will be at 7:00pm, so I'm glad I didn't, as I'd have gone for around that time. I was thinking of after that - what time do you think would work and will you be joining us? By the way, if you are, I'm perfectly happy for you to call and book it.
Thread hijack complete...
After 7pm would be great for us, means we can feed the rugrats and still make it. How does 8pm sound? If thats ok I'll book that. Is Melanie and her mum coming to dinner as well?
Houston is on CDT, so that would have been 2. I'll bet they were exhausted, but today is the day. It's about noon, so I'll bet they are onboard or soon to be.
Greetings from stateroom 2626 on board the Disney Magic! I am positively exhausted, but we are absolutely in love with this ship! We've barely seen any of it, except for Parrot Cay, the Oceaneers Lab / Club and the Goofy Pool for the sailaway party... but we're going to explore more fully tomorrow!
Let's see... the drive to Houston was miserably long. We checked in around 2am and finally fell into bed somewhere around 240am. We were up at 650am, and Tammy picked us up at 730am and took us to the port! There's a lot more detail, of course, but that'll come later!
Immediately after boarding, we got our tickets for the tea party with Alice, so we're good for that! Then we went to eat lunch in Parrot Cay. Then it was to check out the Oceaneers Lab / Club. Holy COW those two are awesome! Then it was to the cabin, where we settled in and unpacked. There's definitely lots of storage places, and yet still not enough for me!
We relaxed for about two hours in the cabin before the lifeboat drill... and then it was up to the Goofy Pool for the Sailaway party, which was a hoot. We moved to the front of the boat on deck 10 to watch us sail away, and watched dolphins playing in the water as we departed. Then it was back to the cabin for a few to get ready for dinner. Dinner for us is at 5:45pm. Our rotation is PLA, so tonight was Parrot Cay again. Our table is right beside the window (hello awesomeness!) and we're with two other families who are very friendly, and the kids all get along well. That's a relief because you never do know who you'll get!!!
We skipped the welcome show tonight. I know, I know, the horror. But I just couldn't do it, and Meri was pretty much done for. So now we're in the cabin, settled in. I'm about to download photos onto my laptop, but I won't upload them probably until later in the trip, when I park myself in Cove Cafe and have some time to really dedicate to it.
As for tomorrow... I have my "alone time" massage tomorrow at 2pm, and then the Grizzlies are playing in the finals at 230pm CST (not sure what time that will be ship-time) so I'm going to catch the end of that, I hope! I admit I almost rescheduled my massage, lol, but decided not to. Tomorrow is formal night and we're in Lumiere's, so that's pretty cool! I need to check my navigator to see what else we'll be up to, and I'll update you all at some point!! Might not be til Monday morning, though, because we're definitely going to see the show tmw (Twice Charmed)!
Phew! Bed time! I'm DONE! I can't believe it's here, and I'm on the Disney Magic! WOO HOO!!!
Perfect to be in Lumiere's for formal night!! Do you have more than one formal night? Just surprised it's so early in the cruise.
Enjoy that alone time tomorrow!!
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