Day 4 April 21 We Board the Disney Magic
After a short night-we went to be so late we awoke to a bright beautiful morning and the excitement of going on our
Disney Cruise. It was a good morning Ink was better!! He had his color back and was very hungry-a great sign. We readied the suitcases and headed to Dennys across the street from the hotel. Had a great breakfast and I made Ink eat easy as I did not want to overwhelm his system with too much food-that would happen on the ship.
Back to the hotel and then a quick shuttle to the airport. The transfer to the Port went smooth as can be. A quick check-in get rid of the luggage and they had us on a bus in no time. Was a quiet ride on the bus and I took some time to make a few quick phone calls. Poor luvthattink was on the phone with me when the Magic came into sight-she heard all our commotion. Here is the beautiful ship from the bus as we approached:
From the minute we entered the terminal the magic was flowing. Because we were on a make a wish trip we were ushered into the concierge line which really made the check in progress go fast. We were giving a boarding number of 2 and told 1 and 2 would be called at the same time and we had only 5 minutes before they started boarding. Here is a great picture of Ink and small and his mom while waiting to be called:
If you happen to be wondering about the hat Ink is wearing it is a special hat that Disney gives Wish kids. It has the Genie on the front symbolizing we have some wishes to grant and on the back it shows a small white Mickey glove holding a heart with the words Disney Hands. This hat was sent in Inks welcome package from Disney with a letter explaining to him that the cast members in the parks and on the ship are trained to recognize this hat as a child who is on their Make a Wish trip. He was to wear it when he was out in public.
Our number was called and we were about to board the Disney Magic. There is nothing like the feeling of hearing youre named announced as you enter into the grand foyer of the ship. I am sure we were beaming from ear to ear. So here we were on this great ship nice and early. We were off to explore. The first thing I wanted to do was to take the boys up on deck and let them get a good look around. This was their first time on a cruise ship and I wanted then to take it all in. Here are a few of the first things they saw-the pool area with the jumbotron TV, The wonderful speakers that would play the ships horn to the tune of When you wish upon a star( I loved hearing that) and the stack and lastly the cast members pool area.
At this point we were hungry so we decided to go the the inside restaurant-Parrot Cay and have lunch there. On the way we passed a great photo spot so I had the boys stop infront of the large port hole window-there were many of these through out the ship:
Parrot Cay is a wonderfully themed colorful restaurant. Bright Caribbean colors and with the theme it gave me the feel of a colorful Tiki Tiki room place to eat. We decided this would be a great place to take the flats out. Now let me explain something about our flats. We of course had the 4 of us. We took Yavn and Dawg flats with us as we saw it fitting that since they made so many dreams come true for us they should be part of our trip. Lily-sweet Lily was so funny before the cruise. She kept joking that she could hide in our suitcase. So one day I asked her about bringing her flat with us. She thought it was a great idea and even posed for her screen shot. So Lily joined us in spirit and flat form:
With eating done it was time to head to the room and check it out. We were booked a verandah room and Ink and mom were booked an ocean view room. We gave Ink the honors of opening our door since this was his wish trip-notice the door as we entered it and after ink decorated it:
Our room was great! Once inside there were goodies waiting for the boys. We had ordered them
DCL Ball caps. There were also wonderful baskets waiting for them made by other great Diser Shirley-many many thanks Shirley. Here are the boys with the baskets and Smallds mom getting into the pirate mood:
Our veranda was awesome and the boys and the flats decided to check it out:
It was getting time for the muster drill and sorry to Ink but I have to include the life jacket picture:
It was time for the sail away party. I loved seeing the cast member at the terminal with their white Mickey gloves on waving to us as we left and then nothing but open blue water ahead of us-the adventure had started!
It was getting time to go to dinner and it was at this time my husband started not feeling well. My instinct told me he was coming down with the bug Ink had the day before. So he opted to skip dinner. The rest of us went off to dinner in Lumieres. Then we went off to our first evening show. I just love Disney shows-they really know how to do it. The Welcome Aboard show was great!
After the show we stopped for a picture of the boys in front of the Walt Disney Theater. I love this wall and enjoyed seeing Walt each day when we walked by:
Time to head back to the room and my fears were true-I came back to a very sick husband. Ink had kindly shared. I went to bed that night with him grumbling and me thinking about our next day-port of call Key West.
Day 5 April 22 Port of Call- Key West
Well I awoke to a still sick husband. I will take this opportunity to say he is a big baby when sick. On the day we met Yavn Ink sucked it up and held him self together and took it like a man. Well with my husband the world is ending because he is sick-time ceased to exist. Sorry but I had to get out of the room. We were not due into port to around 11 am so Ink and I headed to Lumieres to have breakfast with Smalld and his mom. Well when we got together I found out that Smalld was not doing that great either. He kept saying he was sea sick but I thought he had the bug that was sweeping through us. We went to breakfast and Smalld did not eat and did not look well as you can see from this picture-the poor kid:
After breakfast we walked around the deck for a while and watched us pull into port. Key West was not what I was imagining- it was wall to wall buildings:
We relaxed the rest of the morning and since we docked close to lunch we decided we would eat then venture off the ship. I went back to check on husband. He was still in bed saying the world was going to end.
Even though Smalld did not feel great he decided he wanted his feet on solid ground and joined us on shore. Our original plan was to rent an electric car and tour the island. Well with my husband not with me and seeing the congestion of the area we decided to skip that idea. Instead we decided to do the trolley tour and let them drive us around. I am happy we choose that. We toured for about a 1 ½ hours and they brought us back to the dock. Smalld was still under the weather so he and his mom went back on the ship. Ink and I shopped a bit, had an ice cream then headed back to the Magic. Here is a picture of the boys at the port in Key West:
By early evening husband and smalld were feeling better so they decided to come to dinner. Tonight we were eating at Animators Palate. Those that are not familiar Disney Magic has 3 themed restaurants and you rotate through them a different one each night. The boys were very much looking forward to eating here. This restaurant starts out as all black and white even the cast members outfits and as the meal progresses the room is painted with colors through Disney Magic.
With dinner done the next order of business was to see a Key West sunset and I must say we were not disappointed. Was a glorious evening with a magnificent sunset:
We also caught up with Inks favorite character on deck and he stopped for a few pictures with us:
We went to the show that evening and it was a variety show. Well during the show I started to feel not myself. Well take a wild guess as to what is next
.. Yup it was my turn to be ill. I was not happy as in the morning we had our character breakfast scheduled. It was a day at sea tomorrow and I did not want to be sick. We went back to the room was greeted by a cute towel animal and I crashed into bed praying I got better in a hurry
To be continued
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this was a TRUELY AMAZING STORY!! My mouth was practically open the whole entire TIME!!! lol. Im jealous 
Obivously Yavn and Dawg did a wonderful thing by giving that day to you guys and for being so understand about him not feeling well. Nice to see so many good people in the world. I can't wait to read about your cruise!
