Author: John Magi
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Ebay your way to Disney
Many of our regular podcast listeners remember the first ‘incarnation’ of the DIS Unplugged Podcast. We were going for a ‘news magazine’ type show that focused on helping people plan their Disney related trips. In addition to news and highlights about the various Disney theme parks and Disney Cruise Line, some of us recorded segments…
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I’m Going to Disneyland!
Sarah has blogged about Virtual Magic Kingdom and her Disney Cruise Line experience. Now she tells us about her upcoming Disneyland vacation. I think we can all relate to her excitement…. I can hear it now! The parades, fireworks and the people screaming as they go down the 50 foot hill in Splash Mountain. Yup! I’m…
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Last Day – International Food Festival
Well today is the last day of our 7-night Royal Caribbean Cruise vacation onboard the Liberty of the Seas. It is also a day at sea. I woke to a very nice surprise….coffee and donuts in our room (Kevin woke up early and brought it back to the room). Kevin then said that they were…
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Labadee or Labadon’t
The fourth and final port-of-call on our 7-night Royal Caribbean Liberty of the Seas cruise vacation is Labadee. This is RCCL’s attempt at a private island, similar to Disney Cruise Line’s Castaway Cay. However, this is not an island but a peninsula of land off the tip of Haiti and while RCCL has had…
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Ports of Call – San Juan and St. Maarten
Part of any cruise vacation is the ports-of-call. On this cruise we’re stopping in San Juan Puerto Rico, Phillipsburg, St. Maarten and Royal Caribbean’s ‘private island’ Labadee. I put quotation marks around private island as it isn’t really an island so much as a section of Haiti that RCCL uses exclusively for their cruise…
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The Elevators Tell You What Day It Is
That’s right…..forget which day it is on a Royal Caribbean Cruise and all you have to do is get on any elevator. They change the floor to the current day. This is one of those quirky things that you forget about in between cruises so it’s fun to see when you get back onboard. Day 2,…
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Welcome Aboard RCCL’s Liberty of the Seas
The first day of any cruise is always a bit hectic. For our Royal Caribbean Cruise (RCCL) sailing on the Liberty of the Seas we drove from our home in St.Cloud Florida to Miami, about 4 hours, and arrived at the ship about 1:30PM. This is our 9th RCCL cruise but the first time on…