We had a truly magical vaction on board the Disney Magic. It was literally the best vacation ever! Everything was wonderful from the characters to the on board activities to the beaches and pools to the food. Between the two of them Mom and Tim even won nearly $1000 playing Bingo! We simply had a fantastic time together and made many family memories I will cherish forever!
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The highlight of our week came when we were invited to attend an "exclusive" event Friday evening. As you'll see from the pictures in the following posts Reagan and Kennedy thoroughly enjoyed the characters and several times throughout the week we were asked for our room number and/or the girl's names after a character event. I expected we might find a cute toy or something of that nature in our room as a special gift before we left. As it turned out when we returned to our room after our day at Castaway Cay Friday afternoon we had a special invitation waiting specifically addressed to Reagan and Kennedy.
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Because the invitation was for an event a bit late in the evening and I wasn't sure what "exclusive" meant we asked our waiter (Uncle Ivan) if he recommended going. He had never seen an invitation like it before so he brought someone who works with the characters to our table to give us more information. When she came to our table and saw the invitation she raised her eyebrows and said "Wow! You received one of these? About nine families on board receive an invitation like this and you don't want to miss it!"
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Given that there are between 2100-2500 people on board the cruise that did seem pretty exclusive. As it turned out most of the people who received invitations were family members of the crew and Reagan and Kennedy were 2 of about 5 children who were invited. The special event turned out to be nothing short of amazing! We were basically able to visit with all the characters in a completely unihibited and unguarded space. As you'll see below there were so many characters around the girls it was a bit of a challenge at times to get a good picture. lol :) It was as if the tables had been turned and the characters were now standing in line to see Reagan and Kennedy!
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As amazing as the characters were all week with the girls they were incredible Friday night! It was obvious they must have been enjoying Reagan and Kennedy every bit as much as our little girls had been enjoying them!
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I love, love, love this picture! It's probably my favorite of the trip!
Kennedy eating up all the attention from Snow White and Cinderella. At one point Dale was spelling Kennedy's name in the air to other characters that didn't know Kennedy as well. Too much fun! :)
This might be my second favorite picture. How much cooler can a baby get than having Dale and Snow White help you walk?
Snow White protecting Kennedy from Captain Hook (that's his hand)
It was so cool to be able to get pictures of both Mickey and Minnie at the same time because ordinarily you never get to see them together!
Mickey Mouse helping Kennedy walk while Minnie cheers her on. :) Okay, that might be as cool as Snow White and Dale helping her walk. lol :)
Cute kids with two of our most favorite characters
Kennedy had lots of love
and kisses for Minnie Mouse
Holding court...
Seriously, could life possibly get any better for a two year old????
Snow White showing Reagan around, these two were definitely friends by the end of the week :)
Having a chat with the princesses :)
Someone made a comment about Reagan getting a picture with all the princesses when this was taken but Reagan was quick to point out that Snow White was missing! Still a pretty lucky little girl to get a picture with three princesses all at once! :)
Dad later told me he doesn't know if he's ever seen Tim enjoy himself so much. It was a pretty special event and I don't know when the last time I enjoyed myself so much was so I can't blame Tim a bit for having a blast!
Stich stealing Grammy's shoe. Reagan wasn't familiar with Stich before the cruise and the first time she saw him walking somewhere she exclaimed "What is THAT???" Well she got to meet him Friday night and she's still talking about how naughty he was!
Reagan rescuing Grammy's shoe from Stich only to have her left shoe stolen!
Except for a show we saw one evening, this was the only time we saw Peter Pan. Peter Pan told Reagan to come and visit him in Neverland. :) I don't know what else they discussed but since we've gotten home she keeps asking us "Was Peter Pan so silly?" and then she just giggles.
Getting some big hugs from Goofy!
Mickey Mouse liked Grammy too!
Reagan having an important discussion with Mickey
Another picture with Minnie AND Mickey! :)
A couple of videos of our truly magical evening with all the Disney characters
In this video you can hear Tim ask me if he should get Kennedy. When he went up to ask if Mickey and Minnie were ready for us to take Kennedy back they shook their heads no and refused to let us have her. We sure love Mickey and Minnie Mouse!
There were also some dancers from the shows there that evening. One of the characters, I don't remember which one, even brought up a couple of the dancers to meet Kennedy. It was so cute because one said "Oh, here's who you've been talking about." :)
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All the characters were wonderful but I have to say our favorites and the ones who truly went out of their way to make the week special for us were Mickey, Minnie, Chip, Dale and Snow White. Both Mom and I sang their praises in our evaluations but I sure wish there was a way we could personally thank them for giving our girls (and all of us) such a magical experience!