Ladybugx87
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Apr 23, 2014
We've recently returned from the 11-night Iceland and Norway cruise on the Magic as our 5th cruise - I did a pre-trip report with more details on the planning here: https://www.disboards.com/threads/t...11-night-iceland-norway-on-the-magic.3719908/
Our traveling group
Me: the planner of the group - I'm 37 - this detail will play into the trip report
DH: thankfully he appreciates my wanderlust and the girls love of Disney
DD1 - S: our 9 year old who LOVES Minnie, character visits, and also visiting new places
DD2- C: our almost 5 year old who loves Disney, traveling, and is getting more and more independent - she really enjoyed the Club and Lab this trip
Planning
Much more can be found in the pre-trip report but we booked on opening day and chose cabin 7602 with a verandah. We have always sailed with a verandah. As the girls get older, we have used it less and less (I used to sit out there when they napped, slept early, etc) so ...spoiler alert...we booked non-verandah for cruise 6.
Getting to the cruise
We traveled to London the Friday evening before our Sunday embarkation and spent Saturday in London. Happy to share details on this if people are interested - just let me know. We booked a car via Blackberry cars Sunday morning to the port and were happy with this choice.
Our driver picked us up at 9:30 and we were on track for an 11:30 arrival but hit some traffic for a bad accident and arrived closer to noon. We did a quick luggage drop off and checked in. By happenstance, we met one of S's pen pals in line, which was exciting for everyone. We were given boarding group 6 but they were already on 12 so we were able to board immediately.
We did our usual routine and went straight to Lumiere's for lunch where we were seated with a nice family of 4 from Australia. After lunch, we went to our room and decorated our door, etc.
The rest of embarkation day went quickly with a few things to note:
1) Laundry rooms were crazy! The launderette was a few doors down and it was a madhouse, so for longer cruises, plan appropriately.
2) my room steward, Claudine, indicated she was not allowed to leave us paper navigators, even upon request so each day I picked one up from Guest Services for DD1.
3) Our dining rotation was LAR LAR LAR LA and we had early dining. We were granted a table just the 4 of us per our request. Kasimir was our head server and was also our head server last summer on the Fantasy. Suttipong was our main server and was also great!
Our traveling group
Me: the planner of the group - I'm 37 - this detail will play into the trip report
DH: thankfully he appreciates my wanderlust and the girls love of Disney
DD1 - S: our 9 year old who LOVES Minnie, character visits, and also visiting new places
DD2- C: our almost 5 year old who loves Disney, traveling, and is getting more and more independent - she really enjoyed the Club and Lab this trip
Planning
Much more can be found in the pre-trip report but we booked on opening day and chose cabin 7602 with a verandah. We have always sailed with a verandah. As the girls get older, we have used it less and less (I used to sit out there when they napped, slept early, etc) so ...spoiler alert...we booked non-verandah for cruise 6.
Getting to the cruise
We traveled to London the Friday evening before our Sunday embarkation and spent Saturday in London. Happy to share details on this if people are interested - just let me know. We booked a car via Blackberry cars Sunday morning to the port and were happy with this choice.
Our driver picked us up at 9:30 and we were on track for an 11:30 arrival but hit some traffic for a bad accident and arrived closer to noon. We did a quick luggage drop off and checked in. By happenstance, we met one of S's pen pals in line, which was exciting for everyone. We were given boarding group 6 but they were already on 12 so we were able to board immediately.
We did our usual routine and went straight to Lumiere's for lunch where we were seated with a nice family of 4 from Australia. After lunch, we went to our room and decorated our door, etc.
The rest of embarkation day went quickly with a few things to note:
1) Laundry rooms were crazy! The launderette was a few doors down and it was a madhouse, so for longer cruises, plan appropriately.
2) my room steward, Claudine, indicated she was not allowed to leave us paper navigators, even upon request so each day I picked one up from Guest Services for DD1.
3) Our dining rotation was LAR LAR LAR LA and we had early dining. We were granted a table just the 4 of us per our request. Kasimir was our head server and was also our head server last summer on the Fantasy. Suttipong was our main server and was also great!