Anyone on 4-9 Magica Western?

[LinnieNJ]

Hi Guys...the info on the lobsters is in the thread titled "My March 19th Magica Review"....I think near the end- apparently some found the lobsters to be too mushy and one said they had the taste of iodine. I have no lobster tastebuds myself - honest, it just tastes like the melted butter to me! So I will have to pig out on the prime rib!

[fotoguy]

Blasfamy! Or something like that! How can anyone say anything bad about LOBSTER? It is the food of Gods!

The author of the lobster review (which I can't find...maybe I just don't WANT to find it), obviously does not have the sophisticated and highly pampered tastebuds that Yard dog and myself have.

 

No offense to you LinnieNJ.

 

And I love the taste of butter too! How can you not love the taste of butter?

 

Not to worry though, I am sure I will make an effort to eat the prime rib too.

[southern_yarddog]

Kevin you crack me up..:p . I haven't tasted a mushy lobster ever...Now I have got one that was cooked to long and like a shrimp it gets dry and rubbery.:mad: . AND THATS NOT GOOD!!!! HAHAHAHA:D . But I still ate it:o . But anyways....IT"S FRIDAY!!!! Can't wait till next Friday about 11am..Leave work early and go home and finish up with what needs to be done. Got me daydreaming again:rolleyes:

[lisascruizin]

The thread re: lobsters are My March 19 Magica review by Elaine515 page 2.

 

Time is really going to fly by since we spring forward this wknd!!! Yeah!!!!!

 

 

Lisa

[okat817]

Theres a beach club near Chakanaab national park that I found on the website www.cozumelcruiseexcursions.com that is suposed to have really great shore snorkeling and it won't be crowded. They have guided snorkeling tours every 45 minutes and that is included in the price. I'm debating doing this or renting a car and touring the island on my own.

 

Tracy

[southern_yarddog]

OKAT, If you like light houses and the Mayan ruins renting a car would be a good idea. The ruins are on the north side of the island and a light house is on the south side. Some nice beachs on the east coast but there is a very strong undertoe on these beachs too. So if you swim there be very careful.

[okat817]

thanks yarddog

I'm going to avoid swimming on the east coast especially since I will have my 11 year old DD with me. I really think that I am leaning towards a lazy day at the beach at one of the beach clubs.

[fotoguy]

Found the lobster "review"...if you can call it a review. Only 2 words, "Lobster mushy," but followed up by, "you could get 2 or 3 no problem."

Perhaps the chef was going for the "mushy" consistency.

 

 

Perhaps a better choice of word would have been, "The lobster melted in my mouth. So tender that vacation experience of not having to do anything transended to the food. It was so tender I didn't even have to chew." I am sure that THAT is what the reviewer was trying to say. She just didn't have the full grasp of the written word as I do.

 

Enough about the lobster. I won't mention it again until the tender, suculent, buttery meat touches my lips.

I am probably not telling the whole truth there...but I will try.

 

Hey, what day is today?

FRIDAY! Only one week of work left until it is our turn to call the Magica home.

 

If I don't write anymore today, I hope you all have a great weekend. And don't foget to change your clock. We have the good fortune of having daylight savings magically remove one hour of what seems a torturously endless wait for our vacation.

[lisascruizin]

Just went on Costa site and our cruise is now unsaleable. I guess

that means full house. Anyone else on here first timer?

 

Lisa

[CelticGoddess]

Hi Lisa,

This will the first "real" cruise for our family. We have been on several day cruises out of Ft Lauderdale, but I know they are nothing next to the real thing. My 10 year old step son greets me each morning with a countdown, and my five year old keeps asking me to tell him more about Mexico. I' m not sure who is more excited me or them.:D

 

Helena

[pauliner]

hi lisa and helena, never mind the kids being excited i cant sleep with excitment! this is my 3nd cruise, believe me you will love it. our adventure starts on friday from where i live in the uk we have a 1 hour flight to london where we will stay over nt hotel then a 9 hour flight on sat then we stay at a bayside hotel in miami overnt, then to the ship on sunday.

[LinnieNJ]

Lisa, I'm a first time cruiser, too. My DH had gone on a cruise when he was in his teens (many, many years ago!):) Ours is a family reunion cruise, mostly adults and 2 teens (our nieces). I've been so excited! It seems like the cruise is the only thing I think about anymore. Can't sit and read, can't play computer games, don't want to clean or cook - just want to think about and plan the cruise!

 

Fotoguy - I really loved your description of the lobster! I agree, you did a much better job!

 

Lynn

[fotoguy]

Thanks Lynn, I spoke from the heart...and stomach.

 

To you first timers, I have sailed on four other occasions, and I just want to let you know, the excitement never stops.

I, like you Lynn, spend most of my time thinking about the cruise. I have always had wonderful experiences regardless of whether the food was always good, or if my room steward spoke to me, or even if the person behind the bar or casino table didn't smile at me.

 

I always tell myself that it is I who is on vacation, not the crew of the ship. They are working hard literally 7 days a week for 6 or 8 months straight. So if they are not always bright and bubbly, I live with it. How many times have you gone to work grumpy?

 

I have never sailed Costa but I suspect my cruise will be as wonderful as every other ship I have been on.

 

We will find out for ourselves how wonderful the Magica is in a little more than a week!

[lisascruizin]

Hi All,

 

I am not worried about the service, I am a easy person to please, I am just worried about puking!!! I don't like to fly at all, my husband works for airlines too, I read where someone on here will be 9 hours on a plane and I know I have to only fly for 21/2 hrs. and it does make it easier. I don't know at this point what I am more nervous about......

 

Hey a dumb blonde question what does the d in dh, ds, dd stand for? Yes, I will be the blonde w/ the puke bag in my hand!!! ha,ha....

 

Lisa

[LinnieNJ]

"D" usually stands for "Dear" but I suppose you could substitute other adjectives!

[southern_yarddog]

Lisascruizin, When you get on the plane just close your eyes and thing about the cruise. Try to have other thoughts on your mind besides thinking your going to puke.:rolleyes: . Your going to have a good time and don't let anything change that.:)

 

LinnieNJ, Let's not think of any more D words...HAHAHAha.:D Dear is just right....If Lisacruizin goes to puking she might start using the other D word in DH....HEHEHEHE:eek:

 

Just messin with yall. Got to keep everyone smiling this week;)

[lisascruizin]

Lynn and Southern yarddog, thanks for the nice reply, I was hoping noone said d stands for duh!! I never thought of dear the other d word had crossed my mind. Trust me though, my dh will be using that term for me if I am sick:eek: the whole time since I had to talk him into this to begin with.

 

 

6 days til Ft Lauderdale!!!!!!

 

Lisa:)

[pauliner]

lisa, my 1st cruise i thought the same, that i would be sick the whole time, as i get sick in cars, buses, small pleasure boats even canoes. i went to doctors before i went and got some seasick pills then i went and got those little arm bands, then i had a word with a royal navy sailor and yes they do suffer from time to time, he advised me if you start to feel poorly keep your mouth dry no drink and eat dry crackers also go to the highest point on ship and look at horizon so the brain can get acustom to the movement. all this was just incase i was poorly, but i did not need any of the pills and advise i was fine, but like you i still have to have something just in case! this time i have some of those patches to go behind the ear just in case! its a scary thought being sick for a week! i am sure you will be like me just fine and cant wait to book your next cruise. and yes i am the one that has a 9 hour flight just to get to the ship!

[Phlocker]

My husband and I will be on this cruise, along with around 40 other parrotheads from up and down the East Coast. It is going to be a blast!!!

[fosse7]

I think I might know one or two of those parrot heads!

 

W00t, less than a week!

[southern_yarddog]

So alot of parrotheads huh...they just going to be rolling around? No Bodies???:eek: . and 40 of them at that...YALL WATCH OUT WHERE YOUR STEPPING!!!! Don't want to squish any...HAHAHAH:D .

 

Ok..So lets not count the weekend. that way there is only 4 more days to go untill vacation starts..YYYEEEEAAAAA:rolleyes: .

 

I have looked at the weather and so far every place is clear but Mexico..showing a 60 percent chance there but i think that will go away also. Last year there was a 60 percent chance and it rained for about 30 minutes and then stopped.

 

Lets all pray for clear skies.:)

[southern_yarddog]

Here is a link to some photos that JPHOTOZ took on his cruise this past week. Looks realy nice.can't wait for it to be us on there.:D

 

http://community.webshots.com/album/548864484xzkcCL

[pujro]

Hi Pauliner, we also have a 9hr flight, Manchester-Atlanta, then on to Fort Lauderdale, and a stayover at Sunny Isles Beach. It's so close now, you can almost smell the sea!

[fotoguy]

Hey Eric, Hope the weekend flew by. I have so many portrait sessions this week that the days should just fly by. Either that or I will be so stressed out trying to get all of the orders out that the week will just crawl along.

 

The photos on the website you pointed out were really good. They were some of the most informative photos I have seen yet. More often than not, the photos posted are more of people then the ship.

 

Welcome Parrot Heads. I am not 100 percent sure what a Parrot Head is, but I seem to remember it has something to do with Jimmy Buffet.

We are all looking forward to a great week.

 

I think I want to look at the weather website you were looking at Eric. The forcast I looked at showed the possibility of rain almost every day. That would suck, but I would still be on vacation.

[pauliner]

hi pujro,last easter i changed planes in atlanta then on to maimi beach fontenblue hotel got a penthouse suit didnt ask for one was well pleased, atlanta is a nice airport all the gates are connected by a metro train. this year we travel to heathrow from newcastle on friday over nt in hotel there then heathrow to miami change planes in boston then we stay at the intercontinental at bayside, on way home we conect in new york then heathrow, that will be a long day. have u started packing? our adventure nearly here, cant wait, we'll have to meet up on board maybe!