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We have taken our first cruise on with Disney Cruise Line on the Disney Magic, February 7-14 to the Western Caribbean. There were nine of us. Mary and me, the parents/grandparents, our kids, Tracy and Brett, the kids, their spouses, and the three grandkids, ages 10, 8 and 5. Here is a quick review:

Airport Pickup
Our travel agent recommended using a private van vs. riding on the Disney bus for the nine of us to transfer from the Orlando airport to the ship and back. She made the arrangements with Lake County Shuttle, Inc.. When we got all of our luggage together, called Raphael, since drivers can’t hang out curb side, and he told us to walk across the street to the Dollar rental area. He was there when we arrive, packed up in our own 15-passenger van, and we were off.

Embarkation
Arrived about 2pm at the Disney Cruise Terminal in Port Canaveral, FL. Gave our luggage to be delivered on-board to porters and tipped them. Walked into the terminal about 100 yards from street and went through an airport type security. Took escalator up to check-in area and was immediately helped. They had about 12 open “windows” for check-in. Grandkids went to separate area for Kid’s Club sign-in (Tracy had pre-registered them) where they received wrist bands and parents received pagers. Once check-in, went to another area for room card and to have picture taken.

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The rain today caused several of our circuits to blow, so there won’t be a show tonight. We hope that we can get things dried out tomorrow so the show will run tomorrow night, but be sure to check here before driving over. Sorry for any inconvenience. Mother nature has struck again.

For several days there has been a prediction of snow beginning at 3pm on Saturday. Well at 2:30pm, the snow started to fly. Just light snow, but it continued and continued. Even this morning, there was a little snow coming down. At our house, we had 3 1/2″. The prediction was for 3-6″. It was very damp snow as the temperatures didn’t go much below freezing, and soon after dawn, crept upward to the high 30’s. Here are some pictures taken early this morning.

Once the driveway and walks were shoveled, it was time to play. I have always been a fan of Calvin & Hobbs, written and drawn by Bill Watterson. One of my favorites of Calvin’s continuing saga is his snow art. His perspective was just a little different than most kids. So I thought I would try and replicate a couple of them.

Well close, but no cigar. Anyway it was fun, and we now have a neighborhood full of snow people as the neighbor kids have built their own. Always nice to start a trend like this. Here are a couple of those pictures.

To get a bigger view of each picture, right click on a picture and then select View Image. Or you may click on the Photo Albums link in the right column and then click on the KC Snow Event January 20, 2007 Album with the bird house picture to see thumbnails of all the pictures. Click on a picture to enlarge it.