I LOVE Comedians with Guitars......You didn't tell me that part...

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Yay!! I loved your last review and I'm so excited to read this one.

 

I was on the NY inaugural cruise in May and I LOVED the Magic. I am looking forward to seeing all of your pictures.

 

I loved Peter too. The whole entertainment staff was fabulous.

 

Just so you know were were only adults too!

 

Thanks for joining in.

 

Brook also lives in NYC and she went on one of the cruises on the Magic from ther as well.

I really had a good time, even as adults only! ;)

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Sept, 23, 2012, Sunday, Day 3

The navigators for the day.

I didn’t keep very good notes, but I think I most likely woke around 6:30. I think Lisa was still sleeping so I got dressed and went out to get a drink.

I finally remembered to get a picture of our door as I headed out.

I got a hot chocolate and a banana and sat down and to write a few notes in my notebook and talked to a few other early risers. The crew was busy at work.

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After a good chat with some fellow passengers I headed back to the room.

Lisa was up and we headed to fill our bellies at Topsiders.

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We sat next to the window and this was our beautiful view this morning.

And my plate.

While we sat and ate and chatted, we saw Brook and Carolyn come in. We didn’t holler to them, so I don’t think they ever saw us.

I think they are in this picture.

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After we ate, we headed back to our room. Our plan was to go for a walk around deck 4.

I took a couple more quick pictures while we were there.

As I had said, I was warned that the Magic had some wear and tear. The balcony was where it shown most to me. It has rust spots and paint splatters. I am not sure if I took any other pictures of it later in the cruise. In this one you can see the paint splatters on the deck chair.

This is our cooling box in the room. It does NOT get very cold at all.

And the TV.

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We headed out for our walk around Deck 4. On the way we stopped and took a peek inside the Buena Vista Theatre. We had a goal of seeing at least 1 movie at some point in time.

And a look out the porthole.

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And then we started our walk to burn off a few calories.

The crew was constantly stripping things and varnishing them.

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I think we walked at least 3 times around; we might’ve done 4 for good measure.

It was already quite hot too that day.

I showed Lisa the awesome anchor room we had found the night before.

These cracked me up.

Guys were working and at one point we had to turn around and come back after about 5 minutes.

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We headed back in then, passing the future cruise booking desk.

And got a drink too cool off with.

Lisa wanted to lay out by the pool, so I came along and brought my notebook. This was the only time I really worked on my notes very long. I most wrote about our traveling day and after that I have hardly any other notes from the whole trip.

It was hot, but sitting there wasn’t too bad. Lisa read, I wrote, and at one point in time I decided to get a drink when the server told me there was a special. I said Ok, and Lisa asked me what I got. I had no clue. LOL. I couldn’t understand the server, but I heard mimosa and bloody Mary, so I knew it was probably one of those 2 options. I ended up with a bloody Mary. It was good, but VERY spicy. I like them a little mellower. Once the ice melted, it was better tasting for me.

I think we stayed out there for 1 1/2 to 2 hours before lunch started calling our names.

We decided to get lunch and I think we ran into Brook right as we were about to walk inside to go to Topsiders. If I remember right, we had to wait a few minutes for the restaurant to officially open. Luis, our assistant server was working the door area and we chatted with him a few minutes and then I decided to take a potty break before we ate. When I came out, Topsiders was now open. I looked up and didn’t see Brook and Lisa, so I went directly towards the buffet. Luis asked me if I was just going to leave my friends. LOL! I said no, they must’ve went in, and he points to them standing right where I left them. I guess hunger had made me blind.

Luis is hilarious. He has a very serious, dry humor, and you have to watch his eyes, because he can make a lot of expressions with them. We just loved him so much.

We got in line, and I am not sure why, but I recorded video of part of the buffet, and not very good video at that.

I think today was a pasta or Italian type buffet. We found plenty to keep us happy.

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Our view while eating.

Such a nice, relaxing lunch. We found we really loved sitting out on the back deck while eating, even if it was really hot.

I had to get some dessert. VERY good. You can never go wrong with the chocolate chip cookie.

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I think Carolyn might’ve eventually joined us too. Brook and Carolyn both had gone to a DVC member meet earlier that day and were planning on attending the one open to the public after lunch. Lisa and I both thought we would like to go to. After all, there is a chance you could win some onboard credit!

I think we headed that way right after lunch.

It was in Studio Sea.

We had a good time, but I really didn’t learn anything I hadn’t known already. This was all new to Lisa though. Susan was really good with the questions and won some prizes. Finally the moment we had all been waiting for. The drawing for the $300 onboard credit. And guess who won? Not me! But shelly did. I was so happy for her.

After the DVC meet, we were going to head back to our room. We wanted to change and get ready for a meet and greet we had scheduled with facebook friends at 3 PM. It was called the Beauty and Beast champagne party. We had an open bar scheduled for an hour. The cost was really great too. I think it was only $13.25 per person.

Brook had an informal meet and greet planned as well that some of us could drop by at in the Promenade Lounge from 1-3, I believe. We walked through there and only saw 2 others there, 1 being Mary. I took a few pictures before we headed back to the room.

We said goodbyes and headed back to change and freshen up a bit.

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We made our way back to the room to get changed.

We debated on ordering a snack from room service. I wanted to get the cheese plate and a Mickey bar. Lisa said she wanted one too. And then she asked, what’s a Mickey Bar?” LOL! She is not a huge ice cream fan, but she said she would probably enjoy it. We called and asked how long it would take to get delivered and they must’ve been busy, because it was going to be at least 45 minutes to an hour. That would cut it too close to our meet, so we just decided not to get anything for now.

We still had some time to kill though, so we headed out once again.

This bathroom was right down the hall from us.

We stopped and took a look at where were we.

And took a quick walk through the shops to see if there was something we couldn’t live without.

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We made our way up then and peeked in the arcade.

And all the way up top then. I thought it would be fun to go to the front of the ship.

This was actually kind of scary. The wind at the front is VERY strong and Lisa was worried we would blow off, so she quickly went behind the glass. I braved a few seconds and took a couple of pictures.

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We walked down to deck 9 and stood near the front but to the side. This was in the window to the gym. I just found it kind of funny being there.

They had this set up near the adult pool, I assume to advertise their services, along with a few Cast Members.

We still have 15 minutes before the meet.

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These were just outside the spa if I remember right.

And we started making our way toward the meet and greet.

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We made our way towards Sessions.

They handed us glasses of champagne as we walked in. I do like champagne! I am not big on wine, but champagne always tastes so good.

Carolyn and girls hadn’t arrived yet, but Brook and Mary were there. Mary’s friends didn’t come to this event.

You could bring a pink feather boa, but I didn’t, mostly because I was lacking space and the one I could’ve brought that was Claire’s just sheds something awful.

We sat and chatted a bit. We really didn’t move around the room much at all.

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I ordered an amaretto sour and Lisa got a bloody Mary. I didn’t get a picture of my drink though.

Mine was darn good!

I had thought Brook took my camera and took some random pictures, but I don’t have many, so maybe she didn’t.

I went up to the bar and ordered a strawberry daiquiri and while I waited for that, I grabbed another glass of champagne …..yeah I was going to get my money’s worth in that hour. LOL

Here is my daiquiri.

And Lisa’s drink.

They had some sort of Beauties contest.

And some trivia and you would win prizes, which were magnets. I think Lisa got 1, and she gave it to me, but I think I left it there on accident. After 4 drinks I was a bit happy.

They also had a beer drinking contest. Susan went up with a couple of guys. We were laughing so hard.

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She didn’t even come close to winning, but it was fun and we all had fun cheering her on.

We then went for a group picture. I have no clue how I took this picture of Lisa, because I thought she had my camera, but maybe she has Brooks and then I handed her off mine after I took this.

There is just no way to get a good group shot like this. We all kept talking and moving and being goofy.

I am in the back row towards the left side.

After our hour was up, people started clearing out and many went down to the atrium to get a group shot, but we didn’t feel like going there.

I took one last shot before we left. One of the gals had a banner made for the event.

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It was really a fun time, but I drank too much. I was actually surprised how well I was doing. I rarely drink anymore and I had had 4 drinks in an hours’ time. I should’ve been falling over, and at most I was just giggly.

We headed out and I made a stop in the bathroom there in Beat Street. This is a BEAUTIFUL bathroom.

After that drinking, we had to get a snack. I think I got a Panini at Goofys. I did not take a picture of it, and it really wasn’t that great. It did fill the void, but it wasn’t tasty to me. I think it was the kind I got rather than just a really bad sandwich.

Lisa got some fruit.

While eating, I looked over the back of the ship and took some pictures of the “secret” aft decks.

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After our little snack we headed back to the room to get ready for the show. We also wanted to take our dose of bonine for the day.

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After we were showered and dressed we headed off to the theatre. Guess who was out to greet guests?

Sadly, I took about 8 pictures and all of them are pretty blurry.

We found some seats and I took a look back to see if we saw the other girls, which we did not, but I did take a picture.

The show tonight was Twiced Charm. I was excited to see it. I had heard about it for many years and never thought I would get the opportunity to see it myself. I really enjoyed it. The costumes were AMAZING! The only downfall for me was there is that they never had a real catchy tune that you wanted to sing for the rest of the night. Other than that flaw, I loved the show. Lisa loved it too. She wished we could take pictures just because she loved the costumes so much.

After we left the show, we did some roaming. I wanted to find the door to the deck 7 secret deck.

I think this is actually the deck 8 door here.

Lisa was worried we would get in trouble for being back there, but I assured her we would be fine.

We headed down to deck 7 then.

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And I opened the door and got 2 quick shots. It was a major wind tunnel when I opened that door. WOW!!

And then we headed back to our room again.

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We got back to the room to find a new friend waiting for us!

And a nice little gift for being on the Galveston Maiden Voyage.

We then decided we needed some pictures of us dressed up. I took Lisa first. We kept laughing because she had some strange facial expressions.

And she wasn’t sure what to do with her arms.

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Then it was my turn.

Yuck, I look too fat, make me look skinnier!

Let’s have a fun expression!

And now for sexy!

Then we laughed at that one because my hand on the bed looks totally contorted.

We then turned on the TV till it was time to go. They did have some awesome movies playing every day and we got to see bits and pieces of some of them. We started talking about the movies playing at the Buena Vista and which we would like to try and see.

Lisa has always been famous for crying at Disney movies and I told her as I have gotten older, I now start to get teary eyed at them too. So I told her about Brave a bit, and I got slightly teary. Then we started talking about Toy Story 3 and I tried to tell her about the movie and the emotional part where they are all about to get burned up and I just start crying telling her it and she is getting tears in her eyes too. Then we start laughing that we can’t even talk about the movies without crying.

So we blot our eyes and get ready for dinner.

We start the walk to Animators Palate and we see Aurora walk by all by herself. I took a quick shot, but it’s blurry.

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Then we see Belle all by herself making her way towards us.

I was amazed that they didn’t have any type of escorts. I must say though, on the ship, people don’t tend to chase the characters down like they would at the parks if they were alone. Belle went down the stairs and we kind of hung back a few minutes so she didn’t think we were stalking her.

We made our way to Animators Palate and were directed to our seats. Mary, Julie, Erin, and Chris were already there. Brook, Carolyn, Susan, and Shelly had decided they did not feel like dressing up this night and were just going to get some fast service food and hang out.

When we told Raphael and Luis this, they told us they would be sure to make those girls regret not coming.

We made our orders. It was really hard to decide. There was a fish on the menu, but no one had ever heard of it and no one ended up ordering it because we just weren’t too sure how it would be.

Again, I got some terrible shots of the menu.