Day 6 – Disembarkation in Miami & Going Home: Five-Night Very Merrytime Western Caribbean Cruise on the Disney Magic

Click here to read about day 5 of our Very Merrytime Western Caribbean cruise on the Disney Magic. It was the day that we dreaded: disembarkation. Boo! The night before we had received disembarkation instructions and luggage tags, should we decide to have Disney Cruise Line take our luggage off the ship and into customs … Continue reading Day 6 – Disembarkation in Miami & Going Home: Five-Night Very Merrytime Western Caribbean Cruise on the Disney Magic

Day 5 – Castaway Cay: Five-Night Very Merrytime Western Caribbean Cruise on the Disney Magic

Click here to read about day 4 of our Very Merrytime Western Caribbean cruise on the Disney Magic.   The best day of the year had arrived: we were at Castaway Cay! Saying that Castaway Cay is heaven on Earth is an understatement!!! Disney’s private island can be as serene or as action-packed as you … Continue reading Day 5 – Castaway Cay: Five-Night Very Merrytime Western Caribbean Cruise on the Disney Magic

Day 4 – Day at Sea: Five-Night Very Merrytime Western Caribbean Cruise on the Disney Magic

Click here to read about day 3 of our Very Merrytime Western Caribbean cruise on the Disney Magic. Our second day at sea started off with our usual wake-up call: our son waking us up at 7:00am. He actually gets up every day at 6:00am, but he is required to play with his toys quietly … Continue reading Day 4 – Day at Sea: Five-Night Very Merrytime Western Caribbean Cruise on the Disney Magic

Getting to Miami & Day 1 – Embarkation: Five-Night Very Merrytime Western Caribbean Cruise on the Disney Magic

To say that I was ecstatic with joy to board our JetBlue flight to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, on December 22, 2017, is an understatement. In two days, we would be back on a Disney cruise ship!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Since we knew what it was like to cruise with Disney, the anticipation of our trip was HUGE! But, let me back up a little bit…we first cruised with Disney on the Dream on December 26, 2016. Within a week of our return, I had booked our next cruise because we had such a fantastic time. To have to wait almost a full year was excruciating (so, we decided to travel to Orlando for a week at Walt Disney World in March 2017 – Disney withdrawal: it’s a thing, and the only remedy is to see Mickey!)

Day 2 – Christmas Day at Sea: Five-Night Very Merrytime Western Caribbean Cruise on the Disney Magic

Our first day at sea was Christmas Day, and needless to say, my son was very excited to see Santa bright and early that morning. But, first, I wanted to enjoy the sunrise over Cuba, which we were passing on our way to Cozumel. Here was the view from our stateroom’s verandah