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I'm sure the Atrium did look small after being on the new ships! I'm afraid I won't like the bigger sized ships because I'm so used to the Magic and Wonder. It's kind of like comparing the castles at DL and WDW. Once you get past the size, it's all wonderful! What difference did that idiot cutting in line think it would make to be boarding ahead of one other group??? I hope you don't run into her again on the ship!
That is my fear about DL...if I ever go. But I think I can get past it. It didn't take long for me to fall in love with the Magic.
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How cool that your friends got interviewed for the news and that you were able to find the broadcast online!
I know. I happened to be reading a post on Dis and they had the link and I was like "hey...there they are!"
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Yay you're on board and how neat about the interview! Hopefully that made up for tha nasty woman - good grief!
That lady was something....and I never saw her again...thank goodness.
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Yay you were finally able to board!
It was exciting.
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What a horrid lady. Did you run into her again during your trip? I just love the Mickey statue. Can't wait to see what your room looks like.
I never saw her again, thank goodness. She had kids and we mostly hung out at the adult pool, so we had less of a chance to see her.
I'm just about to post my room pictures too!
We found our room easily and I took a couple of quick pictures.
That was my gift for being a silver Castaway Club member. It had some pretzels, Disney shaped goldfish crackers and a keychain inside I believe. (I think I took a picture of it later on)
This room was 5130. I looked for reviews online and one person made mention that it did NOT have a split bathroom. I figured this person must’ve been off their rocker, because there aren’t any veranda rooms on the Magic in this category without a split bathroom. Sure enough I was right, it did have 2 bathrooms. I do plan to go in and make a review myself and correct the info.
We then headed back towards the atrium to meet up with the gals. As we walked I really liked what I saw. My friend and co-worker Jeanne has sailed the Magic many times…..I think she has sailed with Disney something like 40 times!!!!! She had told me the Magic was still her favorite, but it did look a little worn. I was expecting it to look much more worn than it was. Most things were still bright and clean and we saw them daily doing maintenance on painting and floor boards, etc. Only a few spots did I find it look less than Disney standards.
We decided to take the stairs down from deck 5 to 3.
Look! Oil Rigs right outside the porthole….and nasty green water.
And the girls were just coming in the Atrium at the same time.
And we didn’t mingle too long, we were starving!
There was practically no one in the restaurant too.
We were seated and I went and took a few pictures before I ate. I guess the desserts were calling my name first…..actually they were still full and not picked over, so I wanted to get shots like that.
The ultimate, best dessert EVER! I just love their chocolate chip cookies. I don’t know what it is, but they are to die for. I will push you down and step on you if you get between me and those cookies!
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My only complaint was the salad dressing. I am a French dressing kid of girl….and I never saw it offered….though I never asked if they had it either.
A view up from our table.
After sitting and chatting and eating a bit, we saw Mary walk in. We said hellos and she said her friends were already seated and we glanced back at their table and gave a wave.
I was not done yet. I went back up for a 2nd round…and then desserts too!
My 2nd plate.
And dessert. This was really good, but I can’t remember what it was. I think some sort of mousse type thing.
After stuffing myself silly, I took a few pictures of the tables.
We chatted a little longer….Can you believe that Susan isn’t a dessert fan. I almost had to leave the room! LOL. Actually I wish I wasn’t a big dessert lover…I would probably lose weight a lot easier then.
We decided it was time to tour the ship a bit. We still had lots of time till we had to attend the muster drill. We had finished eating about 12:45.
Off we went. The plan was to go sign up for the drawing at the Vista Spa. We headed to the midship elevators.
I stopped and took this picture of this boat, but got a lot of my own reflection in it.
And we all tried to crowd into a very full elevator. Guess what…the elevator will have a light that says overloaded when you exceed its weight. LOL…..Yep we found that out the hard way. Lisa and I stepped back out and said we would meet up later. We got on the next one and Lisa was now paranoid that every time she stepped into one the light would alert.
I was going to skip lunch today, but not after looking at those buffet pics! I love the Magic, and it's great to see it again! I also love the tropical decor of Parrot Cay.
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Those oil rigs are just being built there and then taken out to the gulf. The water in Galveston is very ugly. Having grown up here that is all I knew. The first time I saw Caribbean water I was screaming. I couldn't believe it was a beautiful as the photos I had seen on calendars! Also, the reporter that interviewed your friends has been with channel 13 for most of my life - she is a little rough looking now and doesn't do alot of online work. I figure she just cannot completely retire.
I was going to skip lunch today, but not after looking at those buffet pics! I love the Magic, and it's great to see it again! I also love the tropical decor of Parrot Cay.
Sorry! I could go for a meal like that...right now!
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The buffet looks so yummy, especially the desserts!
It sure was.
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beautiful. Gotta Gotta Gotta add DCL to my must do list!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes... you really do!
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Great photos of the desserts!
Thanks
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Those oil rigs are just being built there and then taken out to the gulf. The water in Galveston is very ugly. Having grown up here that is all I knew. The first time I saw Caribbean water I was screaming. I couldn't believe it was a beautiful as the photos I had seen on calendars! Also, the reporter that interviewed your friends has been with channel 13 for most of my life - she is a little rough looking now and doesn't do alot of online work. I figure she just cannot completely retire.
Interesting to know about the rigs. I wondered why they wer there and we did see guys working on them.
I have heard that about that newdcaster too from a few others. They weren't sure why she was the one sent to cover that story.
Today was an extremely long day of running errnads, and work too. I am just too tired to work on another installment and I wil lbe gone all day tomorrow as well, so I hope to get one up on Sunday. I'm sorry.
After the fiasco with the overloaded elevator, Lisa and I cautiously got on the next one that came. All was fine. We didn’t set off any alarms this time.
We headed up to deck 9 and got our first glimpse of the outdoor area. I have to admit….I only took a few pictures for now…but have many more later.
And we headed into the Vista Spa and found the rest of our gang there too.
It is really a beautiful spa. I was impressed. It wasn’t as beautiful as the Dreams, but darn close.
We all signed up for the drawing that was gonna take place at 3 PM. They were going to give away several different things and though I am not really a spa kind of gal….I would take anything for free. LOL
We proceeded to walk down the hallway to take a look and get some pictures.
The rooms all looked so nice.
Another complaint. …. This hot tub was not very pretty. This is Disney and they need to put some kind of nice covering around the sides of it. This looked kind of disgusting and falling apart. I surely didn’t expect to see that.
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Hopefully that made up for tha nasty woman - good grief! 
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I could go for a meal like that...right now!
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