We Made It!

We made it and thankfully so did all of our luggage. The flight to Spain went great. Nathan had a blast watching movies and playing games on his personal video entertainment system in the seat in front of him. He also slept the most of anyone. The flight wasn’t very full so we had room to spread out which was nice.

We were very excited to finally make it to the Disney Magic. Jarrett was the most excited to get to the room so he could unload his arms from all of the carryons he was burdened down with. He seriously looked like Clark Griswald from European vacation. He had a stroller, a small suitcase, a camera bag, a back pack plus a kid. He had to cart it around the cruise terminal while I did all the paper work.

The first character the kids saw was Mickey Mouse and Madelyn ran straight up to him and gave him a giant hug. It was the most adorable thing ever. She thinks they are all real.

The Magic is a very beautiful ship, it is a classic design on the outside and art deco on the inside. We love how it is decorated. It is very different from the Carnival ships we have been on in the past. It is not nearly as crowded and the service is unbelievable. Our room is on the second level, forward. So far it has been a nice quiet room and very smooth.

Day 1: We are having the time of our lives. After we arrived we ate lunch, explored the ship, unpacked and the kids took a much needed nap. Then we went to Animators Pallate for dinner. When you show up the walls are decorated with black and white animation drawings of everything Disney, as the night goes on it starts changing to color. We rotate dinner restaurants every night (but your servers come with you) so the next time we go, there will be a big show using the walls. After dinner we went to the “Welcome Aboard” show in the main theatre. The kids were amazed by everything they saw. I would compare it to a broadway show. Grammy spent more time watching the kid’s faces light up than she did watching the show. Isn’t that sweet?? After the show we went to the big sail away party outside. The crew got everyone dancing and our kids boogied down. It was getting late and Madelyn started having a meltdown and it just went down hill from there. So we stopped by Pinocchio’s Pizza got some food then headed back down to the room. The kids found their first towel creation and chocolates on the bed. They were very excited to get dressed in their new Mickey and Minnie Jammies for the first time. We thought putting them to bed would be a breeze since they were so tired. Boy were we wrong. Nathan started crying because he didn’t get to swim in the Mickey Pool and Maddie started crying because we let Nathan have the top bunk for the first night. Once they started they couldn’t stop, they were exhausted and so were we. There was not a single ounce of patience left in any part of us. We are six hours ahead of Oklahoma and our bodies are trying to adjust. I am not sure how we finally got them to bed but I know it wasn’t pretty. We slept alllll night and we probably could have slept all day as well, but Grampy called us at 9am to see where we were. We were supposed to be at Parrot Cay for breakfast with all of the characters at 9am.. Will we make it? Stay Tuned