January 19,2008 / Eastern Magic / "The January Thaw Cruise"

[plenam]

This will be our third voyage...Myself, DW, DS14, DS11. Looking forward to meeting others going our way!

Thanks to owensjro (Jim) for starting this list!

plenam - DH, DW, DS14, DS11-5520
missyoh8 - DW, DH, DD15, DS13, DS9
chepic - Cheryl, Dave, Max(6)-6758
hmansure
mousemeat - DW, DH, DS12, DD9
stacieps - Stacie, DH, DD10, DS8-2147
luvcruisn - DW, DH, DD12, DS2
toddlerhouse - DW, DH, DS8, DD5
greatwhite - Tricia, Tim, Jake(12), Abby(7)
DisneyCruiseFansMc - DS14, DD11
Bethipooh4 - Beth, Rick, Stephen(17), Michael(10)-6056
jsheridan - Julie, DH, DS4-2515
Gixer - Samantha, Steve, Beth(11), Kate(9)-8064
tidefan - DH, DW, DD4-6131
vbarry - DH, DW, DD(7), DD(3)
owensjro - Jim, Amanda, Hannah(5) - 6317
shmoogrrrl - Kathy, Jeff, Katie(5)
mousefamily - DH, DW, DS9
KayR - Kay, Neil, Arran(7), Iona(3)-6608
imlazar - DS(7), DS(5)
sjcubedofct- Scott(36), Sherry (40), Steven(12)
SteftheMuz- DW, DH, DS(5)-2011
LisaLisaq- DW, DH, DM, DD(7), DD(6), DS(4)-2018,2020
CruisingCamper- DW, DH, DB(15 Mo)
Autumnlala-Family of ten
Northof49- DW, DS(12), DS(7,twins), DMIL, DFIL, DBIL
bertalander- DH, DD(10), DS(7), DD(5)
ChristineH- DH, DS(6), DD(4) and Our friend Jen, her DH, DD(8), DS(6), DD(1)
Roodoll- & Family-2566
Paigee10- DSis(16), DGMx2
love2crooz- DH, DW, DS(10), DS(9), DD(7), DMIL, DSIL
4DisneyDreamers-
JenD72-DD(4)
maceysmomma- kids (6), (2 1/2), (2), (13mo)
tennie- 5 kids (ages 2, 6, and 7 year old triplets) and 5 adults-7541,5627,5629
bwcb4-DW(Barb), DH(Dick), DS(Mike,16), DS(Steven,16)-2601
JCerniglow-JCerniglow (49), DH (51) and Dfather (83)
harleys mom-Amy
Mayotwins-Bonnie (DW), DH, DS (10), DS (10) twins & DD (4)
ckr -(me-DW), DH, DD14 and DD10
marmermea-me(DW), DH, DD(10), DD(9), DSIS, DS10), DD(10)
tinkerbell1973-DH, DW, DS(8), DD(5)-5020
jcs179-DH, DW, DD(25), DS(22)-2572
modlin1024-DD(6mo)

[plenam]

Yahoo!!!! Got our SPH cabin, 5520. See ya soon.

Brett

[plenam]

bump.

[plenam]

Just wondering if anyone else is as crazy :crazy: as I am and booked 14 mo. ahead and can't wait to go?? This is going to be a long wait. popcorn:: :surfweb: :rotfl:

Brett

[missyoh8]

So you don't have to talk to yourself anymore.......... :rotfl2:

We are booked on this cruise too! We just got off the Eastern 2 weeks ago and booked this on board.

We are also in a SPH so we will be neighbors too. We have 3 kids, DD turning 15 on this cruise, DS 13, and DS 9........those ages are at the time of the cruise. We also travel with NaNa and PaPa.


Have a great day.

Missyoh8

[plenam]

Thank you, I thought it would be some time before I'd get a response being it's 14 mo before we cruise. I see our boys are about the same age, maybe some time they could exchange email adresses and get to know each other.

I see your from Ohio, my father was from Ohio, in the Washington Courthouse-Piketon area.

Brett

[missyoh8]

Yes, I noticed that about the boys ages too. Is your 13y.o. 13 at cruise time? Mine is in the 6th grade now.

We are in Central Ohio. In Westerville, suburb of Columbus.

Our neighbors called tonight and are probably going to join us as well. They are a family of 5, but the kids are smaller than ours.

We actually just did an eastern but chose it again because we already have 2 days off school for this cruise.

[plenam]

Yes, I noticed that about the boys ages too. Is your 13y.o. 13 at cruise time? Mine is in the 6th grade now.



Sorry for the late reply....worked this weekend. The boys will be 14 yrs and almost 12 yrs when we cruise. They are in 7th and 5th grade this year.

Brett

[plenam]

Happy Thanksgiving to all!! :thumbsup2

Brett

[plenam]

:surfweb: popcorn::

[plenam]

Gotta get this off the last page. :surfweb: popcorn::

Brett

[plenam]

:cheer2: Happy New Year to all the DIS cruisers!!:cheer2:

Brett

[plenam]

Bumping this up again, just about a year to go. Hope more show up otherwise it's going to be an empty ship.

Brett

[hmansure]

Tired of talking to yourself yet?! We were on the 12/2 Western and rebooked for this cruise. A little over a year to go!!

Still have a few minor concerns about cruising this time of the year - most notably travel to/from the NE & cold/flu season. We have time to think about it though.

Look forward to chatting with fellow cruisers over the next year!

[plenam]

Tired of talking to yourself yet?! We were on the 12/2 Western and rebooked for this cruise. A little over a year to go!!

Still have a few minor concerns about cruising this time of the year - most notably travel to/from the NE & cold/flu season. We have time to think about it though.

Look forward to chatting with fellow cruisers over the next year!

A VOICE, I HEAR A VOICE!!:cheer2: Welcome fellow cruiser. Yep, just about a year to go and it will go by quick. We cruised at this time last year and had some of the same worries about illness too, but I was more worried about weather at that time of year, that's why we leave a day early, as a buffer against bad weather.

As for now.... woohoo:woohoo: :cool1: :yay: , I'm not talking to myself anymore.

Brett

[hmansure]

Looking forward to hearing how the weather on the cruise is in January...

Our December cruise weather was very good with the exception of CC where a cold front came through during the day. My DS & I were out on the Personal Eco Tour freezing when the very dark clouds rolled in.

[plenam]

Looking forward to hearing how the weather on the cruise is in January...

Our December cruise weather was very good with the exception of CC where a cold front came through during the day. My DS & I were out on the Personal Eco Tour freezing when the very dark clouds rolled in.

The weather on last years cruise (01/21/06) was great. At the sail-a-way party it was warm, about 80, for us northern folks, 80 in Jan. hot. The islands were also warm, both St. Maarten and St. Thomas were in the low to mid 80's.

Castaway Cay was the only cool stop, if you want to call 71-72 cool, tho you did notice it when the sun went behind the clouds. The water at CC was a little cool also but the kids didn't seem to mind.

Brett

[chepic]

Hello!!!!!!!!!

Can't wait to go on this cruise, and I am psyched to find this board with all Disney crazies like ourselves.

We are a group of 3; Husband, wife, and 6 y.o. on sailing.

We have cruised previously on RCL but have wanted the DCL trip for soooooo long. We will be renewing our vows on this trip...can't wait.

I can't believe we have to wait an entire year, although I am certain it will fly by, especially if I have someone to talk to about it. We are trying to convince more friends to join us. I have a family of 6 that has booked!!! Yeah!!
che

[hmansure]

Welcome fellow cruiser!!!

[plenam]

Hello!!!!!!!!!

Can't wait to go on this cruise, and I am psyched to find this board with all Disney crazies like ourselves.

We are a group of 3; Husband, wife, and 6 y.o. on sailing.

We have cruised previously on RCL but have wanted the DCL trip for soooooo long. We will be renewing our vows on this trip...can't wait.

I can't believe we have to wait an entire year, although I am certain it will fly by, especially if I have someone to talk to about it. We are trying to convince more friends to join us. I have a family of 6 that has booked!!! Yeah!!
che

Welcome che to this thread and to the DIS!! Looking forward to chatting the next year. Renewing your vows on the cruise is something that will last a lifetime...really cool:cool1:

Brett

[plenam]

Hello fellow cruisers...as you can see by the countdown clock we have one year to go... so, who's planning tours? I think this time we're going to try the Atlantis Submarine Tour on St. Thomas. Anyone try it? Is it worth it?

Brett

[mousemeat]

Hi, everyone! My DH just gave the go-ahead for this cruise last night, but I haven't booked yet. My kids (DS will be 12 and DD will turn 9 during cruise) have 2 days that week off of school, so it looks like the perfect time. I'm glad to hear that weather can be very pleasant this time of year. This will be the first cruise ever for all of us!! :banana:

[missyoh8]

Hi, everyone! My DH just gave the go-ahead for this cruise last night, but I haven't booked yet. My kids (DS will be 12 and DD will turn 9 during cruise) have 2 days that week off of school, so it looks like the perfect time. I'm glad to hear that weather can be very pleasant this time of year. This will be the first cruise ever for all of us!! :banana:

We have 2 days off school that week too! Where are you?

[mousemeat]

We're in northern Virginia - Loudoun County. The Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the Friday is a teacher work day for the end of the quarter.

[missyoh8]

Same situation here! I thought it might be funny if you were in our backyard. :rotfl:

Glad to have you with us. We are a family of 5......daughter 15, son 13, and son 9 at time of cruise. Traveling with my husbands parents and possibly some friends as well.

See you guys next year.

Missy

[chepic]

YEAH....less than a year to go!!!!!!! :banana:

Can't wait to join all of you, sitting on the deck, drinking a tropical drink, warming in the glorious sunshine. Can't you just picture that now!!! I shouldn't complain, in RI we are having our first snow of the season, and it is just a dusting. However, the air temp has decreased and the thought of warmer weather calls me!!!

Have a great day.

cheryl

[plenam]

YEAH....less than a year to go!!!!!!! :banana:

Can't wait to join all of you, sitting on the deck, drinking a tropical drink, warming in the glorious sunshine. Can't you just picture that now!!! I shouldn't complain, in RI we are having our first snow of the season, and it is just a dusting. However, the air temp has decreased and the thought of warmer weather calls me!!!

Have a great day.

cheryl

Can't wait to be on board too, we got five in. of snow yesterday and having flurries right now.

Brett

[chepic]

Brett

Where are you? Are you one of the unlucky mid-westerners who can't seem to get away from it.

che

[plenam]

Brett

Where are you? Are you one of the unlucky mid-westerners who can't seem to get away from it.

che

We're located at the bottom of Lake Winnebago, which is half way between Milwaukee and Green Bay. We really have been having a mild winter, we didn't have any snow till ten days ago, and then we had thirty two days of thirty degrees or higher. Can't complain, keeps the heating bills down.

Brett

[chepic]

"We're located at the bottom of Lake Winnebago, which is half way between Milwaukee and Green Bay. We really have been having a mild winter, we didn't have any snow till ten days ago, and then we had thirty two days of thirty degrees or higher. Can't complain, keeps the heating bills down.

Brett"

Yes, our heating bills have been pretty decent also, but as mild as it is, it is not the CARIBBEAN!!!!! :goodvibes

che

[plenam]

Bippity,Bumpity, Boo.:surfweb: popcorn::

[mousefamily]

Hey everyone,

We just returned from the 01/20 Eastern and rebooked on board for 1/19 Eastern next year. It was a great cruise with fabulous weather. There will probably be some others on here soon because several people rebooked for the same time next year.

Let the countdown begin!

[plenam]

Hey everyone,

We just returned from the 01/20 Eastern and rebooked on board for 1/19 Eastern next year. It was a great cruise with fabulous weather. There will probably be some others on here soon because several people rebooked for the same time next year.

Let the countdown begin!

Welcome Mousefamily,

Glad to have you onboard. Nice to see that you had fabulous weather, last year at this time, we had great weather too, except for a cool (not cold) day at Castaway Cay.

We hear on the boards that the ships don't have unlimited internet anymore, just wondering if they started that policy on your cruise?


Brett

[chepic]

I just snagged two more families to go with us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah!!

che

[chepic]

We just booked our vow renewal!!!!!! Can't wait to go!!!!

I thought a little bump to our thread was in order.

good day to all my fellow cruisers.

che

[plenam]

Did anyone entertain any thoughts of booking any one of the repo cruises?:confused3 I did, and was told I'd be neutered if I went through with it.:scared:

Brett

[chepic]

Brett: :rotfl2: My husband would be shot if he even entertained the thought. I am the one who is in charge of the vacation book!!!

I wish I could just hit powerball and be lucky enough to go on repo and double dip cruises. I just have to be happy to go on the Jan. cruise and save up for another one 2 years later.

Well, at least it's Feb. and we can say it is 11 months from now!!

cheryl

[chepic]

Look out people, I am on a roll. We got another family to go; husband, wife, and 2 daughters!!!!!

I should get commission.:cool1:

che

[plenam]

Look out people, I am on a roll. We got another family to go; husband, wife, and 2 daughters!!!!!

I should get commission.:cool1:

che

That's great Cheryl, how many family's does that make? You should get a commission.:goodvibes

Brett

[chepic]

There is:
me (cheryl), husband(Dave, son(Max)
trish, tim, abby, jake
sue, mark, leah, jack, brett, griffin
greg, haley
frank, kerri, cheyenne, sierra
almost booked Stacy, lindsay, brianna

I am working on a few more too!!!

:banana: It's good to be happy!!

che

[plenam]

We need to be on the Magic now......It's -13 degrees here:scared1:. Dang it's cold, oh well, just stay inside and watch the Super Bowl. Up here we have two favorite teams, The Packers and whoever is playing the Bears.....Go Colts!!!

Brett

[stacieps]

We booked a week or two ago for this cruise. We are a family of 4 with DD10, DS8.

We were on the Wonder in 4/06 but this will be our 1st time on the Magic (although we have cruised Carnival several times).

I'm the most excited about DCL (DH isn't even sure he wants to go, but he's booked anyway!). We're cruising Alaska in July, so I guess everyone else has to get through that one before they'll get excited about DCL.

Here in NH we have 2 school days off that week too -- that's why I picked it.

[plenam]

Welcome Stacie, glad to have you and your family aboard!

Brett

[chepic]

Hello fellow sailor Stacie;

can't wait to be in the warm weather again. Although RI is not quite as cold as some of you, we were getting used to the spring-like weather vs our usual cold air.

Well, back to work.

cheryl

BTW: I have become addicted to this site!!!!!

[plenam]

Cold here this morning, -14 degrees:eek: , makes me wish we were on our cruise now.

Brett

[chepic]

It is 10 degrees here, and at the water with the wind it feels like -10; so I guess the cold is about the same. Personally, once you hit 20 degrees, cold is just plain cold no matter how much more it drops!!

che

[chepic]

Yeahhhhh!:banana:

I made it go to page 4. I told youall I have issues!!

che

[luvcruisn]

Hi All!

We just got back from a 4 day on the Wonder and booked this cruise. I am really looking forward to the 7 day! This will be our fourth Disney cruise, but the first on the Magic. It will me, DH, DD12 and DS2. I don't know how I am going to stand waiting a whole year :eek:

[plenam]

:cheer2: Welcome luvcruisn,:cheer2:

Glad to have you onboard. Can't wait to go either, today, right now, it's a balmy -7 degrees.

Brett

[chepic]

Luvcruisin: Welcome aboard and it is less than 1 year!!!!!!!!!!!!! 347 days and counting:cool1:

cheryl

[chepic]

Have you all noticed the amount of people on this board that "double-dip" I know that Seinfeld may have an issue with it!! :happytv:

Have any of you gone back to back like that....and if you have, wasn't 2 weeks just too long?

che

[chepic]

Temps are warming up a bit here in RI, not nearly the snow fall that New York has. But still chilly enough to make me dream of our cruise in 11 months!!

Have a great day everyone.

[toddlerhouse]

We booked this week for our second Disney Cruise. Jan 19, 08. Traveling with DH, DS 8 and DD 5. :yay:

[plenam]

We booked this week for our second Disney Cruise. Jan 19, 08. Traveling with DH, DS 8 and DD 5. :yay:

:cheer2: Welcome Toddlerhouse to the DIS and to this thread, glad your sailing along with us.:cheer2:

Brett

[chepic]

Toddlerhouse, we are a big groups with lots of kids that are your kids ages!!!! We will have to set up some serious playdates!! Welcome aboard.

cheryl

[toddlerhouse]

Thanks!! We are so excited. Just snagged my brother and his wife to go. Working on other family.:cheer2:

[chepic]

That's great....the more the merrier I always say. I am working on 2 more families...they will be hard to get to agree, BUT, what's not to agree on when it comes to Disney?:confused3

We are bracing for the snow and rain that is headed our way.

che

[chepic]

11 Months...and 2 days...then we are off!!!!:cool1:

[plenam]

Hey you East Coasters........ Had enough snow???:scared: Had enough cold???:scared1:
Are you ready for a cruise???:banana: :banana:


Brett

[chepic]

Brett

No snow, but bitter cold and wind....I actually wouldn't mind a little snow to help remind us of why it needs to be soooooo cold. Tomorrow we should be back in the 40's......but 11 months from now we will be warm and tropical!!!:laughing:

Have a great day.

che

[plenam]

Back to winter:sad2: ....17 in. of snow predicted tomorrow night::scared1:

Brett

[greatwhite]

Woke up today with 1 1/2 inches....not too bad. Could be you out in WI with FEET of snow!!!

che

[plenam]

Not as "bad" as they thought it was going to be, we had "only" 15.8 in. of the white stuff. And it was the wet heavy kind.

Brett

[greatwhite]

My son was so excited to see the white stuff, he ran out with his sweats on to romp with our dog!!!:goodvibes

I had a great idea for a Christmas card, build 3 snowmen without heads and take a picture, then take our heads and put them on the snowmen. Well, we have not had any snow to make the men. Today with only 1 1/2", there just isn't enough.....so maybe you could make the snowmen for me:laughing: and send me the copy of the picture to use!!!! :banana:

cheryl

[plenam]

greatwhite..... I was wondering, are the Cheyrl that was chepic and changed you screen-name or are you a different Cheyrl??:confused3

Brett

[luvcruisn]

We would love to have a little snow our way! It has been over 6 years since we have had any accumulation. :sad2:

[chepic]

Plenam: actually, greatwhite is a co-worker/co-hort that I got to come and I used her computer and didn't realize the name until after...so yes and no.:thumbsup2

Luvcrusin: where are you?

It is snowing again here today, but only light flurries....looks like a snow globe.

[luvcruisn]

I live in SC--near Myrtle Beach. We rarely get any snow--if someone wants to send some our way!

[plenam]

Plenam: actually, greatwhite is a co-worker/co-hort that I got to come and I used her computer and didn't realize the name until after...so yes and no.:thumbsup2


In that case, welcome greatwhite to our January Thaw Cruise....BTW, another 6 to 12 in of snow predicted by Thur:eek: ......where do I ship it to?:rotfl:

Brett

[chepic]

We are to get just rain from that storm....too bad. You can always ship the snow to the desert, they could always use the water. Just go out and play like a kid...they never seem to care how cold or deep the snow is. And don't forget to make my snowmen for me:thumbsup2

cheryl

[greatwhite]

Hello. This is the real greatwhite. Not my friend/cohort cheryl. I will be crusing with a DS,12 and a DD,7 and a DH. Lets not forget him. I can't wait.
This will be our first cruise with Disney. In August of 2005 me and my husband did a 11 day Hawaii cruise on the Norweigan Wind. Absolutely beautiful.. Can't wait for the Caribbean...

Tricia

[plenam]

Tricia, welcome, glad to have you aboard.:thumbsup2 You guys just have to come here to enjoy this weather, right now we're having "Thunder Snow", it's snowing and thundering at the same time...weird:dance3:

Brett

[DisneyCruiseFansMc]

Hopping onboard w/ you guys!!! I actually prebooked this cruise in Jan. 06 & as soon as our Jan. 08 dates came available I switced to our Jan.19 week. Three other families are joining us as well after hearing us rave & rave about DCL for so long (this will be our 4th cruise!!). Glad to hear some boys my DS's age will be around, the group mostly consists of pre-teen girls. He will 14 & a freshman in HS when we sail. My DD will be 11 & in 5th grade. Maybe the guys can email b/f we sail. Counting the months, will be booking our flights soon!!! One step closer.

[greatwhite]

Brett I wish we were getting snow. It is raining here again. Not our usual Rhode Island winter.. We are suppose to get 3-4 inches of rain this morning. I think your sons and my son will be close in age when we cruise. we should let them get to know each other. My sons worst nightmare is to have to hang out with his 7 yo sister for this cruise...I believe there are a couple more boys that I have read about that will also be close in age. Enjoy your weather... Tricia

[chepic]

Hey Disneycruisefans....welcome aboard. My son will be 6 3/4 at the time of cruise, so he won't hang out with your bunch....but we have a variety of ages with our gang so I'm certain they will all hang out at one time or another.

Great to see the boat is filling up. 10 and 1/2 months to go!!!:banana:

che

[plenam]

I think the pool is out of the question for a while:rotfl2: http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid225/pc06857cb3f53adf8a08dadade46ed217/ea6fe177.jpg

Brett

[chepic]

That's quite the pool you got there, I hope it thaws out for you by the 4th of July!!!! You may want to consider a water heater!

che

[plenam]

That's quite the pool you got there, I hope it thaws out for you by the 4th of July!!!! You may want to consider a water heater!

che

I'm hoping for the begining of May, last couple of years it didn't freeze solid, this year, I think it's about 3/4 solid. Last year the kids were in there near the end of May, I like the water a little warmer than that, I think they would go in if there were ice flows.;)

Brett

[chepic]

You are better than us...we usually shoot for Memorial Day weekend, and then it is really only the 5y.o. that enters the clear blue, icy cold waters!!! I wait until July when the h2o temp hits 70+....I have been begging for a heater for years, however my request has not been granted at this point in time.pixiedust:
Today, the temps are under 10 degrees due to an Alberta clipper that decided to come through our area..BBBBRRRRRRRRR

Cheryl

[Bethipooh4]

Hi everyone!!!

Well, we just booked our cruise and it looks like we will be joining you on the ship!!
Let me introduce my family, my name is Beth, hubby is Rick and we will be cruising with 2 of our sons, Stephen (17 at cruise time) and Michael(10 at cruise time). We are retired Air Force and still working at the base here in NC.

This will be our 4th Disney cruise, our 2nd 7 night one, and our first time to the Eastern side. We took a double dip cruise last July with our friends..That being said, let me tell you about the rest of our gang.

Joining us will be our friends John and Shirley(also Air Force)
Their daughter and son(adults)
Their other daughter and son in law(Air Force stationed in Guam)
Our friend Angie(Air Force) and her 2 daughters (18 and 13)
And possibly 2 other families.
We all cruised together last summer. Get the feeling we are military?? LOL

I look forward to counting down the days till the cruise with all of you!!

Beth

[plenam]

Hi everyone!!!

Well, we just booked our cruise and it looks like we will be joining you on the ship!!
Let me introduce my family, my name is Beth, hubby is Rick and we will be cruising with 2 of our sons, Stephen (17 at cruise time) and Michael(10 at cruise time). We are retired Air Force and still working at the base here in NC.

This will be our 4th Disney cruise, our 2nd 7 night one, and our first time to the Eastern side. We took a double dip cruise last July with our friends..That being said, let me tell you about the rest of our gang.

Joining us will be our friends John and Shirley(also Air Force)
Their daughter and son(adults)
Their other daughter and son in law(Air Force stationed in Guam)
Our friend Angie(Air Force) and her 2 daughters (18 and 13)
And possibly 2 other families.
We all cruised together last summer. Get the feeling we are military?? LOL

I look forward to counting down the days till the cruise with all of you!!

Beth
Welcome Beth,
Glad to have y'all on board. This will be our second Eastern, we especially like it for the extra day at sea.

Brett

[chepic]

Welcome to the crew Beth.....looking forward to chatting with you over the next 10 months. Only one in our crew has a child in your age group....boy 12 at sailing. And, because of my OCD issues...:upsidedow ...I fit in with the military view point. Not only that, most of my patients think of me as a drill sargent. ;)

Have a great day.
cheryl

[Bethipooh4]

Thanks everyone,
We are really looking forward to the trip and meeting everyone.

[greatwhite]

Hello Beth, glad to have you and your family and your friends with us. I will be sailing with Cheryl who wrote above. We have been friends for about 20 years now and we also work together. My son Jake will be 12 at sailing time. His worst nightmare is having to spend time with his sister Abby who will be 7 1/2 on this cruise. My brother is also Air Force. He has been out now for a while. My son loves to hear about his station in Turkey with Desert Storm. Have a good day and we will be talking. Tricia

[Bethipooh4]

Well our little group is growing...

We are now up to 17 of us going!!!

I feel for our poor servers already....

[chepic]

:cool1: Do the group dance....:banana:

Yeah for you Beth. We talked to the reservation person to link all of our group members to eat at the same time. She said she couldn't fit us at the same table...(didn't think you could)....but she would try to get us to sit near one another. They'll have their hands full with us too.

cheryl

[plenam]

:surfweb: popcorn::

[Bethipooh4]

Good morning from a warm NC...
We had a high of 82 here yesterday, and another warm day being forecast for today.

Our list keeps growing....
We are now at 18, with a possibility of number 19 booking and another cabin.
So far we take up 7 cabins....with number 8 a possibility. Talk about a group photo...LOL

[chepic]

Beth....that is not very nice of you. Apparently a Nor'Easter is heading in our direction and we could end up with snow starting at 7:00am Friday, with it all wrapping up on Sat. with a possible 6+ inches when it is all done!!!:eek:

With just 10 months to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Che

[jsheridan]

Hi, all. I just booked our cruise for 1/19/08! :cool1: It will be me, DH & DS4 (at cruisetime). My husband & I used to cruise a lot BC (before child) but this will be our first one since our honeymoon in 2002!

I'm surprised there aren't more of us here :confused3 - early dinner seating is already booked out and we are waitlisted for the early seating (I can't imagine bringing DS to the late seating). Does anyone think that will be a problem getting changed?

We have never done a Disney cruise & are really excited. We have been to the World 2x (1/07 & 3/06) with our son and look forward to seeing our friends again soon.

Do any of you out there have kids that will be in the 3-5 age group for this cruise?

By the way, I am hoping that we don't get much snow here tomorrow night, too. We are just up the road from you, chepic - we are in northern MA right on the NH border.

Julie

[Bethipooh4]

Ok so I jinxed myself, after a balmy 84 yesterday(we ate ice cream outside), I woke up to a cold rainy windy day. We had a high of 34 this afternoon.
So for everyone who is having snow...I am sorry I gloated all this week .:worship:

[plenam]

Ok so I jinxed myself, after a balmy 84 yesterday(we ate ice cream outside), I woke up to a cold rainy windy day. We had a high of 34 this afternoon.
So for everyone who is having snow...I am sorry I gloated all this week .:worship:

84 yesterday?:scared1: :eek: We won't see that till late May or June:laughing:

Brett

[chepic]

Julie....welcome aboard....in our group we have a 4 y.o. boy also, so I think you have the right group!!!! We are all in the early dining. Having cruised with our son before, we knew that the late dining would be bad. I have read on the boards that getting the time change is usually accomplished, so you should be o.k. How much snow did you get? We ended with about 6 inches and then all turned to mush!! Good for business though, in PT we see alot of motor vehicle accident patients.

Beth....see what you brought upon yourself!!:rotfl2: "It's not nice to fool with Mother Nature."

10 MORE MONTHS:banana: :banana: :banana:

Can't wait.

che

[jsheridan]

I just got our confirmations & we somehow got the early seating! So, one less thing to worry about.

We got about 10" here last Friday, but luckily it is melting. Supposed to hit 50 for the next few days! Heat Wave! :beach:

Chepic - I'm glad the snow is good for your business. It stinks for mine - I am an insurance agent & get to deal with people who forget how to drive!

Less than 10 months! Anyone have an actual countdown going? I don't know how to do that... I can barely spell computer...

[chepic]

It is amazing how quickly we all seem to forget how slippery snow can be. But again, for me, it is not such a bad thing.....sorry you get the claims!!!:thumbsup2 Our snow is all but gone.

Che

[plenam]

Less than 10 months! Anyone have an actual countdown going? I don't know how to do that... I can barely spell computer...

Julie, welcome aboard, I have a counter at the bottom of my page....as of today (Sat.) we have 300 days to go:banana: :woohoo:

Brett

[chepic]

Hey Brett.....how's the weather? We had snow on Sunday AM and then last night a thunderstorm came through and rocked the area....very strange happenings!!

How do you get the counter on your signature?

Thanks,

Che

[plenam]

Hey Brett.....how's the weather? We had snow on Sunday AM and then last night a thunderstorm came through and rocked the area....very strange happenings!!

How do you get the counter on your signature?

Thanks,

Che
Cheryl
Weather here has been great the past few days, upper 70s Sat, Sun & Mon, but today only in the 50s, back to reality.

Use this link, http://v50.net/cdgenerator.php, and they should walk you through putting a countdown clock in your signature, or if you have any trouble, you can go to the DIS tech board and get help there.

Brett

[Bethipooh4]

Snow in March?? Yuck, last time that happened to me was when we were stationed in Idaho.

Sunny and 84 here today, with even warmer temps tomorrow.

I know, I will probably jinx myself again, especially with DH and DS going scout camping this weekend. LOL All I have to do is a bridal shower for my daughter....

[chepic]

o.k. Brett: I tried it, now let's see if it worked.

Beth...tried to get reservations at Hilton Head to come visit your area, however all booked up. I wouldn't mind having that weather again...it is slowly coming.

che

[plenam]

o.k. Brett: I tried it, now let's see if it worked.





Che, I sent you a PM.

Brett

[chepic]

I'm trying again. For some reason it is not letting me cut, just copy so I don't think it is working.

cheryl

[chepic]

It worked!!!!!!!!!!!!:cool1:

You're the best.

Thanks,

che

[greatwhite]

Cheryl it is not coming up under you post you have to click on it?? Is that how you wanted it?? See you tomorrow. Trish

[plenam]

Cheryl, Make sure this is in front of your link.... and this is at the end of it..... Good luck.

Brett

[chepic]

I'm going to try again.

che

[chepic]

HELP!!! Some of us are just not as computer literate as others.

che

[luvcruisn]

Hey all! I am glad to see you are all still here :) We were having pretty nice weather here (around mid 80's) until some high 60's the past two days.

Cheryl-You need to delete the http:// that is in front of the first [img] and that should do it!

[Bethipooh4]

We actually had a high of 90 on Wednesday, before a cold front moved in. Of course I am not going to complain, it should be in the mid 70's all weekend.

The boys are going on a scout camping trip, and tomorrow is my daughters bridal shower. I still say I am not old enough to have a child getting married. LOL

We even offered to bring them on our cruise, but it looks like DD's hubby to be won't be back in time to go. (he is Air Force too)

[chepic]

Beth, enjoy the shower...you don't seem old enough to have a child getting married....:thumbsup2
The computer makes everyone seem soooooo much younger!!!

Tried the new sig., let's see if it works.

che

[Bethipooh4]

Che,
I just looked at my signature, if you take off the http:// it should work.

Our kids range in age from 23, down to 9....specifically 23, 22(DD) 17 and 9 almost 10. There are 7 years between each boy( there are 3 of them...lol)
But only the youngest 2 are cruising with us.

[chepic]

I took it off and it is not working....I just guess I can't do it. :mad:

I will just look at yours.:yay:

che

[jsheridan]

Has anyone started making their pre & post cruise plans yet?

We are planning on flying in on Friday (we never know what our weather here will bring in the winter), renting a car from Budget & staying a at a hotel near the port. When we get off the boat we plan to get a new rental car from Budget, drive down to SeaWorld for the day, stay near there and fly home on Sunday (depending on flights we may even go back to Seaworld in the morning if they are still having the 2nd day free special and we feel like it).

We haven't decided where to stay yet. When do you guys start making those reservations - will the prices go up or down as we get closer? Should we start making reservations now? Where do you stay?

[chepic]

"Has anyone started making their pre & post cruise plans yet?

We are planning on flying in on Friday (we never know what our weather here will bring in the winter), renting a car from Budget & staying a at a hotel near the port. When we get off the boat we plan to get a new rental car from Budget, drive down to SeaWorld for the day, stay near there and fly home on Sunday (depending on flights we may even go back to Seaworld in the morning if they are still having the 2nd day free special and we feel like it).

We haven't decided where to stay yet. When do you guys start making those reservations - will the prices go up or down as we get closer? Should we start making reservations now? Where do you stay?"

We will more than likely fly out on Sat. morning on Southwest. If during the week, the weather looks bad for the weekend, we will reconsider changing it. I want to keep time out of school to a minimum. Also, there are alot of us going so it would help if we were all on the same flight out.

I would love to book some on-board things, but we have to wait for that.:mad:

As for shore excursions, Other than St. Martin, we think we are beaching it!!!!

che

[Gixer]

Hi!

Can I join your thread? We are booked on the Magic for 19th Jan 08 after switching from the wonder on the 13th Jan 08 :cheer2:

This is our first cruise and we are so excited! :banana:

There will be - me (Samantha) DH Steve, and DD's Beth (11) and Kate (9)

We are travelling from our home in the Falkland Islands on Jan 5th and doing the Disney parks etc before our cruise.

We are also ex - Royal Air force, DH left 6 months ago but still works for the military as a civilian, so we moved from the UK all the way down to the South Atlantic, its COLD down here in the Antarctic circle - hope we get some great weather during our trip! :cool1:

Nice to meet you all - I hope my DD's will get to make a few friends by e-mail before we sail!

[plenam]

We're planning to arrive on Friday and stay at the Embassy Suites by the airport, get breakfast there in the morning and headout for the ship. We normally use a FL Tours towncar for the ride over to the ship, making a store stop on the way, getting there at 10:00-10:30.

Brett

[plenam]

Welcome Gixer,

Yes, by all means you can join our thread, the more the merrier.:grouphug:


Brett

[luvcruisn]

Welcome Gixer! I have a DD11 who will be 12 when we sail! I know she will be excited to know that there is another girl her age on the boards. We will have to set up for them to "meet". We live in SC and I cannot even imagine the cold where you are!

[Gixer]

Welcome Gixer! I have a DD11 who will be 12 when we sail! I know she will be excited to know that there is another girl her age on the boards. We will have to set up for them to "meet". We live in SC and I cannot even imagine the cold where you are!

Great!

my DD was worried there would be no kids her age on board :thumbsup2 She will be a couple of months short of 12 when we sail, how exciting that your DD has her birthday on the ship! Do you have anything special planned to celebrate?

[chepic]

Welcome aboard Gixer....we have some girls in that same age group that will be thrilled to have others to hang with!!

Can you believe that it is April and we are that much closer!!!:thumbsup2

I booked this cruise in December....so forgive me as I count it down.

Have a great day everyone.

cheryl

[plenam]

bumping this uppopcorn:: :surfweb:

[plenam]

Any of you East Coast folks getting the snow or rain this week end? Looks like it's a bad storm out there.

Brett

[Bethipooh4]

Here in NC we are under a tornado watch till 8pm...
ALot of wind and rain right now, had some hail earlier. Its rained most of the night, and of course the ditches are starting to fill up.

How is everyone else?? Is snow predicted for anyone?

I just hope by next Sunday(wedding day for daughter) it warms up and the sun is out.....keep your fingers crossed.pixiedust:

[jsheridan]

Just a little snow & a little rain. But a lot miserable here in MA. Luckily it doesn't look like it will be as bad as they were predicting last week. They had almost thought they may have to cancel the Boston Marathon!

[chepic]

Power-outages throughout RI and the Airport is shut down because a wall collapsed due to all the rain and wind.

But here we are at work....work, work, work....gotta pay for that cruise!!!!

cheryl

[chepic]

9 More months!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:cool1:

I heard Kenny Chesney this morning made me think about sinking my toes in the sand with a drink in my right hand!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And if this weather pattern doesn't break soon, I may go insane!!!!

Have a great day everyone!

cheryl

[Gixer]

Welcome aboard Gixer....we have some girls in that same age group that will be thrilled to have others to hang with!!

Can you believe that it is April and we are that much closer!!!:thumbsup2

I booked this cruise in December....so forgive me as I count it down.

Have a great day everyone.

cheryl


Hi Cheryl,

Thanks for the welcome! Do you mind if I join you in your countdown? the months just cant tick by quick enough! :hourglass

Glad to hear that there will be other kids for DD's to hang out with - I thought the cruise might be full of pre-schoolers at that time of year, how old are the kids in your party? Im going to try and get DD 9 (she will be almost 10 when we sail) moved up to be with DD 11, I can keep better track of them if they stick together!

:woohoo: :banana: :woohoo:

[plenam]

I just did a check to see how full the ship will be and found that about 50 cabins are left... she be fill'n up quick.pirate:

Brett

[chepic]

Gixer: we have our son 6 y.o. going on 7, 2 months later; A few girls: 5, 8, 8, 9, 10, 11. The boys: 4, 5, 6, 12. that's the group as it stands now....I might have missed someone. We have a few others that are contemplating the trip....however with Brett's news, only 50 cabins left, they better book, or get off the pot...:rolleyes1

Cheryl

by the way.....weather has taken a turn for the better here in RI....warm and sunny today.

che

[Gixer]

Wow Cheryl thats BIG party! you guys all celebrating something or is it just a family/friend get together? My youngest DD (9) is excited that there will be other girls her age too, she sometimes gets a little left behind by her older sister.

Weather is fine here today too - even the penguins are looking hot and bothered! :rotfl:

It looks like the ship is going to be sailing full capacity - is there going to be huge crowds of people all over the place? will there be anywhere to get a bit of peace and quiet? and more importantly - is the queue at the bar going to be 10 people deep? :scared1:

[plenam]

It looks like the ship is going to be sailing full capacity - is there going to be huge crowds of people all over the place? will there be anywhere to get a bit of peace and quiet? and more importantly - is the queue at the bar going to be 10 people deep?

If you go to YouTube and put, Disney, Magic and cruise, into the search, they have a lot of video's that other cruisers have taken. This might give you an idea of the size of the crowds.

Brett

[chepic]

Gixer: At the moment we have 5 definite families with 2 that are on the fence....however, if plenam is correct they better hurry up!! We are celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary...renewing our vows :love: while we are on board. We will be eating at Palo on the Thurs. 1/24 after we renew our vows, in case other diser's want to join the fun. I know, I sound so young!!!:rotfl: The computer will do that to you....actually was married at 21. Why, we are not so certain. :rotfl: Oh, that's right....we love each other!!!

As for the bar......that is why they have the men come to your lounge chair, so you don't need to be in the line...they deliver the drinks. Although, my DH loved the bucket of beers on RCL and will more than likely do it again. Greatwhite's DH had the buckets piled up to the ceiling on their Hawaii cruise 2 years ago!!!!! Good times:cool2:

Cheryl

[Gixer]

Thanks for the tip on You tube! will go an have a look :surfweb:

DH wasnt (isnt) to keen on the idea of a cruise, but he did look kinda interested when I just casually mentioned 'buckets of beer' :lmao:

We are planning to eat at Palo on the Thursday night too. I cant wait to try the chocolate souffle it looks gorgeous, we are not even going for another 9 months and already I have chosen my desert! Cant make my mind up between the filet mignion or the lamb though? Ahhh well by the time Christmas comes around I should hopefully have an idea! :lmao:

Congratulations on you anniversary - how amazing to renew your vows on board the ship:love:

[chepic]

I was reading Royal Vizier's TR....I think it was his.....and he posted all the yummy food at Palo!!! OMG, can't wait to get the brunch resev. Because we are doin a VR on board, we are bumped to consierge service so we can book well in advance....sooooooooo..I will be certain to do so!:goodvibes

My husband wasn't too keen on cruising either, but then we went on the EOS and he fell in love with cruising. We are huge fans of the mouse and so we knew that our anniversary cruise had to be on Disney. And like I said, those bucket of beers made Dave a very happy guy.:rolleyes:

cheryl

[Gixer]

Whats everyone doing for pirates night? are you all dressing up or not? have seen some cool costumes online for the kids - dont think I will be able to persuade DH though! A pirate T shirt and eye patch/bandana is about the best I can hope for from the old grouch! :lmao: pirate:

[jsheridan]

We were also thinking about Palo on Thursday night! Of course since we are not Castaway Club or Concierge and YOU all are going that night, how likely do you think we will be to get a reservation?

If the ship is really full, what are the chances for good times at Palo, spa appts & shore excursions being gone? I know they save some for on the ship, but are the times decent or are they like 4:30pm for dinner?

[Gixer]

We were also thinking about Palo on Thursday night! Of course since we are not Castaway Club or Concierge and YOU all are going that night, how likely do you think we will be to get a reservation?

If the ship is really full, what are the chances for good times at Palo, spa appts & shore excursions being gone? I know they save some for on the ship, but are the times decent or are they like 4:30pm for dinner?

We are not CC members or consierge either, I figure Thursday night at Palo is going to be very popular, I will try and get a reservation at the 75 day point but will just have to take whatever I can get I suppose! I would rather eat there at 4.30pm if thats all they have available than not at all :thumbsup2

I am going to get to the terminal early so I hopefully get #2 boarding and then I will abandon my family and rocket up to the spa to try and get one of the villas booked for the couples experience which cant be pre booked on line.

I would love to do the CC Cabana massage too but dont hold out much hope for being able to book a session, its very popular and will probablly be all booked out before the 75 day point :sad1:

[plenam]

I would love to do the CC Cabana massage too but dont hold out much hope for being able to book a session, its very popular and will probablly be all booked out before the 75 day point :sad1:

I would continue to check everyday on the cruise also, there is always a chance that someone will cancel.

Brett

[chepic]

With all I have been reading, it does seem like fore-warned is fore-armed and that if you don't get the time you want on-line, once there, it seems most people are accommodated. Let's face it, not everyone is like us.....thinking this far in advanced:thumbsup2 I can't tell you how many people I know that go ito Disneyworld without even the slightest plan formulated in their heads and then walk around bumping into everyone else as they stare in amazement at all the things around them.:rotfl2:

As for Thurs. night, because we have such a big group, I guess there is a private room/area in Palo that they will sit us at. We are renewing our vows at 6:00, so we are going up to Palo at 7:15.

And yes tpirate: we will be dressing up for Pirate night....how could it be fun if you don't get dressed!!! My niece is a pirate freak, so we will be borrowing some things from her. My husband and son were pirates last Halloween in Disney, so DH is ready, and we gave DS's costume to one of the people coming along with us, so our group will be dressed accordingly!!!

ooooooo can't wait!!

cheryl

[Gixer]

Well there are now another 2 people booked onto this cruise - my parents, and they dont even know it yet!
Have managed to book them a Navigators verandah room which I am so pleased about as I though they would all be gone with only 50 cabins remaining!

Not sure how I am going to tell them - any ideas? We wont have seen them in over a year so its going to be really special :cloud9:

[chepic]

Gixer: on the 1st thread there is a Pay -it-forward thread where someone will send a Disney cruise postcard to someone for you. We did it for our son at Christmas and he was so psyched to get the card. They just ask that when you go on your cruise, that you do the same....not a bad way to let them know.

cheryl

[Bethipooh4]

Wow, we survive the wedding and I miss 2 new pages of posts..looks like I have alot of catching up to do with you guys!!

The weather was beautiful and so was our daughter..I will have to try and figure out how to make the picture small enough so everyone can see...

I am not to sure when we are planning Palo...there is a big group of us as well. And we ALL dress alike for pirate night. Last year there was 12 of us dressed identical with shirts I made and swords(foam) eye patches and bandanas..LOL This year there are 21 of us...

Now that wedding week is over, its time to start designing our shirts, and door signs...

[chepic]

bethipooh4....so happy the wedding went well!!!!!

I was reading on another thread to be certain to use magnetic door stuff, no tape!!

che

[Gixer]

What a great idea to have a postcard sent! I will have a look at the thread - thanks for the tip :thumbsup2

Glad the wedding went well and the weather held out for you! WOW another HUGE party - 21 of you guys? sounds like this is going to be such a fun cruise! glad that you are dressing for pirates night, I have got the kids outfits sorted and am working on grouchy DH :lmao:

Has anyone thought about excursions yet? its soooo difficult trying to choose! We are going to do the Trunk Bay trip to St John as I have read so many posts that say its just beautiful, not sure about St Maarten though - think we may just have a wander around the shops and head back to the ship for a quiet afternoon ;)

[jsheridan]

Bethipoo4 - Congratulations! I'm glad the day was beautiful.

I booked our hotel for the 1/18 yesterday. We are staying at Country Inn & Suites at the port. The price had gone up $10 since last month so I figured I'd better book now before that happens again. We are planning at staying near SeaWorld for 1 night after the cruise and still need to figure that out. Any suggestions are welcome...

So far as excursions on St Thomas & St Maarten - We have narrowed it down quite a bit but have not made a final decision. I'm thinking that DS4 would love the semisub or the sub. So, we have to decide whether to do the Atlantis sub in St. Thomas through DCL, the semisub in St. Thomas at Coral World or the semisub in St. Maarten through DCL. Does anyone have opinions on the best way to go?

We are also thinking about Paradise Point in St. Thomas and Maho Beach in St. Maarten to see the airplanes.

My gut says Coral World with the semisub and Paradise Point in St. Thomas - all on our own. Then Maho Beach in St. Maarten (best times for the airplanes is 1-3pm so I haven't thought about what to do that AM) also on our own.

What are you guys thinking?

[Gixer]

The sub idea sounds great :thumbsup2 We dont want a beach day in St Maatren as we will be having beach time at CC and Trunk Bay. I think Coral world looks great but we have some time at Seaworld and Discovery cove before our cruise so dont think we will go for that.

DH has no desire to go to the French side of St Maarten and as we are ex RAF we have had enough of aircraft for a while ;)

I was thinking of the under 2 flags tour but dont know if it might be a bit boring for the kids?
TBH I think I am leaning towards just dumping my Dad and DH off at the barefoot bar for a couple of hours where they can have a few beers, while Mum, DD's and I will hit the shops then spend the rest of the day on the ship ;)

If everyone is doing Palo dinner on Thursday - what day are you all thinking of doing Palo brunch? I was thinking the first sea day?

[Bethipooh4]

Thanks everyone for the wedding wishes..I have to get the CD from DH and maybe I can get a pic posted on here. It was a perfect day, I think,. I don't remember to much of it...lol

I guess now that life is back to normal, we need to think about our shore excursions...I haven't given any of it much thought. I do know we will do the stingrays at CC and I think DS(17) will parasail.

I would love to do a spa villa with hubby, we did the rasaul last time. But its kinda pricey to me.

Dh and I may pass on Palo dinner this cruise, I am not to sure what the rest of the group is going to do. I do want to book brunch though.

So has anyone thought of or planned a DIS meet for the cruise? Or did I miss that while I was in wedding mode?

[jsheridan]

Gixer mentioned that Coral World might be too similar to Sea World. We are planning on going to Sea World after the cruise. Anyone been to both that has an opinion? Are they a lot alike?

We aren't sure about Palo brunch. I want to be sure that DS4 enjoys the Oceaneer Club so I am thinking that maybe we'll try for Monday rather than Sunday. Hopefully he'll be comfortable there by then... :confused3

My fear is that we won't get to Palo at all because he won't stay at the club. :sad1: Anyone have that happen?

Any of you want to babysit? :rotfl2:

[Gixer]

I have read loads of posts from people who's kids are at that very clingy stage and they didnt hold out much hope for them staying in the clubs - but then had a real suprise when the kids started crying because they didnt want to leave the clubs when mom or dad came to pick them up :rotfl:
Hopefully your little one will be just fine and you will get a bit of adult time to have dinner etc :thumbsup2

DH and I have decided not to do birthday/christmas gifts this year - we are going to do a couples villa instead, it looks great, your right about the price though - hope its worth it!

I looked closely at the coral world option & figured we will see stingrays and go snorkelling at Discovery cove and see most of the other stuff at seaworld. We are pretty lucky and have spent a lot of time in Egypt & the middle east so have done diving off some spectaculor coral reefs so we decided to give Coral world a miss - but if you havent seen that type of thing before it would be a good excursion I think?

Nobody has got around to sorting a DIS meet yet, but it would be fun to have a drink or two with you guys so count us in! :dance3:

[chepic]

Gixer mentioned that Coral World might be too similar to Sea World. We are planning on going to Sea World after the cruise. Anyone been to both that has an opinion? Are they a lot alike?

We aren't sure about Palo brunch. I want to be sure that DS4 enjoys the Oceaneer Club so I am thinking that maybe we'll try for Monday rather than Sunday. Hopefully he'll be comfortable there by then... :confused3

My fear is that we won't get to Palo at all because he won't stay at the club. :sad1: Anyone have that happen?

We went to Coral World....many years ago and I would say it is not really that much like Sea World, I don't remember them have shows or rides. I bet they have a web site to check.

On our first cruise, Max was 4 and at first he couldn't wait to get into the kids club....we cruised alone and so he didn't know anyone. Within 2 hours we received a page to come get him. He never wanted to go back. On the last day of the cruise, we had booked the "romantic ritual" :love2: with the Rasul room and then dual massages. I was practically crying at the doorway for him to go in. A wonderful kid's club worker came up and gently took him by the arm and told us to enjoy ourselves, he would be fine.....and of course he was.

I think the worst part for him was that he didn't know anyone, and I didn't talk it up. This time we are cruising with kids that he knows and we have been really talking it up to him. So hopefully when we go into the Rasul room this time we won't have an issue:rolleyes1

cheryl

[chepic]

Well, St. Thomas is planned....we and greatwhite will be on the Pirate's Penny cruising along St. Thomas, St. John and looking for pirate gold pirate:
AAAHHHH the warm breeze running through our hair, the warmth of the rum trickling down the throat, you just have to love the Carribean!!!

Have a great day everyone!!

cheryl

[plenam]

Well, St. Thomas is planned....we and greatwhite will be on the Pirate's Penny cruising along St. Thomas, St. John and looking for pirate gold pirate:
AAAHHHH the warm breeze running through our hair, the warmth of the rum trickling down the throat, you just have to love the Carribean!!!

Have a great day everyone!!

cheryl

We're planning to do the Atlantis Submarine Tour on St. Thomas....on St. Maarten we're probably going to stay onboard and enjoy the Vista Spa on a quiet ship.

Brett

[chepic]

on St. Maarten we're probably going to stay onboard and enjoy the Vista Spa on a quiet ship.

Brett

Sounds smart....we were thinking about going to the butterfly farm thing first thing in the AM and then hop back on the ship so we could enjoy the spa, or the pool with less people on board....or at least we hoped less.

che

[plenam]

Sounds smart....we were thinking about going to the butterfly farm thing first thing in the AM and then hop back on the ship so we could enjoy the spa, or the pool with less people on board....or at least we hoped less.

che

That's what we did last year, went to the Butterfly Farm, did a little shopping by the ship, then, went onboard and enjoyed the peace of a empty ship.....BTW the pools were fairly empty too.

Brett

[luvcruisn]

bethipoo4-the is wonderful that everything went okay with your wedding. Now it is time to settle in and enjoy each other!

gixer-DD turns 12 in a few months! Sorry for the confusion! I know she would like to chat with others going. On our last cruise, the girls sent PM's back and forth and then started IM'ing each other after awhile.

I am all in for a Dis meet, so count me too!

Y'all are doing so much better than me. I have not even thought about what excursions to take. With DS being so small (2) we will be limited on exactly what we can do!

[chepic]

Brett, how was the butterfly farm? I thought it would be a better choice than taking our DS age 6 to a beach with topless women :scared1: ...if you know what I mean!! We have a butterfly farm here in RI at the local zoo...which is quite nice, and he loves animals. We went to the zoo in Belize when we went on the Western Carib. trip and he loved it.

Thanks,

cheryl

[Bethipooh4]

I just looked at all the excursions and I just can't decide....

This is terrible..to much I want to do and not enough time...I think in St Thomas, DH and DS(17) will snorkle and me and DS(10) may go to Blackbeards Castle on our own, he is into the whole pirate thing right now.

St Martin I am still up in the air on. A empty ship sounds so tempting!!!

[chepic]

Bethipooh.....don't worry....be happy:lmao: I crack myself up.

I know what you mean about an empty ship, it does sound tempting....however, my alcohol bill will end up higher so my son can ride the Mickey slide.:rotfl:

Can't wait!

che

[Bethipooh4]

I know what you mean about an empty ship, it does sound tempting....however, my alcohol bill will end up higher so my son can ride the Mickey slide.:rotfl:

Can't wait!


Just so long as after all that alcohol, you don't decide to go down the slide instead of your son!!!!:rotfl: :woohoo:

[chepic]

Just so long as after all that alcohol, you don't decide to go down the slide instead of your son!!!!:rotfl: :woohoo:

Especially top-less....;) which is what we are trying to avoid in St. Martin!!!!

che

[plenam]

Brett, how was the butterfly farm? I thought it would be a better choice than taking our DS age 6 to a beach with topless women :scared1: ...if you know what I mean!! We have a butterfly farm here in RI at the local zoo...which is quite nice, and he loves animals. We went to the zoo in Belize when we went on the Western Carib. trip and he loved it.

Thanks,

cheryl

The butterfly tour should be interesting for your 6 year old. We had a good time there. Also on the tour they take you to a out door shopping market, still got back to the ship for some quite time on board before the Pirates of the Caribbean night.

Brett

[chepic]

Sounds good, we like a minimal amount of shopping, otherwise our DS will buy everything he can!!! He is a shopper. I assume there is an early morning excursion so we can get back to the ship early enough to enjoy the pool? If not, I think we will hand on the ship that day and just enjoy. :confused3 It is tough making these all important questions, isn't it!! :thumbsup2

Have a great day everyone. New England is finally warming up and we should be heading into summer any time now....the last few years, spring has passed us by in the matter of a week or two. ?Global warming? Who knows.

Cheryl

[Bethipooh4]

Well, I thought I would post a picture of DD at her wedding.....so I decided to put it in my signature....

I had already gotten one warning that a previous picture was to big a few months ago...so out of fear, I made it small.....but its so tiny.....sorry....guess little is better then nothing.

[tidefan]

Count us (me, DW, and DD4) in on this cruise as well. We are excited to be finally doing a Disney cruise (we are Princess veterans).

I read that some of you want something fun to do on St Maarten. We go there every year (timeshare) and this is going to sound a bit weird, but one of the most fun things to do is to go to the Sunset Beach Bar at the end of the airport landing strip at Maho beach and watch the big planes land right over your head. Other things we like to do:

- Guavaberry coladas on Front Street

- Shopping in the Maho Beach (quieter than Front Street and some better deals - also a Haagen-Daas, which is always a good thing).

- Wasting away at Ilet Pinel. This is leisure.

- If you are adventurous, take the ferry from Marigot to Anguilla for the day. It is only a 15 minute ride and Anguilla is full of beautiful beaches. Ferries run on a set schedule, so you can plan when you would need to return. I'd go to Shoal Bay East and spend a few hours...

Also, to those concerned about the "topless" part of the island, just stay on the Dutch side and you will be fine.

[Bethipooh4]

Welcome to our group!!!!!
We lived in Mobile for 4 years while DH was stationed at Keesler....
Roll Tide!!!!

[plenam]

Welcome tidefan to our "January Thaw" cruise:cool1: ....Glad to have you aboard:banana: :woohoo:

Brett

[chepic]

Tidefan.....welcome aboard, and thanks for the St. Martin tips. :thumbsup2 Alsways looking for great advice.

cheryl

[chepic]

Beth, your daughter looks great.....very beautiful.

che

[jsheridan]

Tidefan,

Welcome! It is great to see that there another 4 year old in our group! My son will turn 4 the week before the cruise. Just finished potty training (I think!) - had to be ready for the cruise!

We were actually already planning on going to Maho Beach to see the planes. My son will love it - he is very into airplanes.

Is that beach nice enough to spend the better part of the day at? We understand that the best time to see the planes is from 1-3pm, but we didn't want to have to drive too many places so we were hoping to just go to that beach for the day and leave around 2-3ish to get back for a nap.

Thanks for your input.

[Bethipooh4]

[QUOTE=plenam;18556336]Welcome tidefan to our "January Thaw" cruise:cool1: ....Glad to have you aboard:banana: :woohoo:


Hmmm.... I like that title....The January Thaw Crew!!! :cool1:

[JacobsMommy11002]

We just booked this cruise a few hours ago! I am so excited, and I can'[t wait to go! This is our first cruise ever. It'll be me, DH, DS Jake, who will have just turned 6, and DD Abby, who will be just about 4.

[plenam]

We just booked this cruise a few hours ago! I am so excited, and I can'[t wait to go! This is our first cruise ever. It'll be me, DH, DS Jake, who will have just turned 6, and DD Abby, who will be just about 4.
Welcome Johanna, glad you can join the "crew":yay:

Brett

[tidefan]

Tidefan,

Welcome! It is great to see that there another 4 year old in our group! My son will turn 4 the week before the cruise. Just finished potty training (I think!) - had to be ready for the cruise!

We were actually already planning on going to Maho Beach to see the planes. My son will love it - he is very into airplanes.

Is that beach nice enough to spend the better part of the day at? We understand that the best time to see the planes is from 1-3pm, but we didn't want to have to drive too many places so we were hoping to just go to that beach for the day and leave around 2-3ish to get back for a nap.

Thanks for your input.

I don't know if you'd want to spend more than an hour or so at the Sunset Beach Bar watching the planes. Usually, they do come in all right around each other in the 1 to 3 range. There is a surfboard with at chalkboard on it at the Beach Bar that lists the arrival times of all of the planes. I would suggest doing some shopping over in the Maho plaza as there are numerous good shops there (and a Haagen-Daas place).

Now, if you were looking just for a beach day in St Maarten, you won't do any better than going to Ilet Pinel. Granted it is on the French side, so you never quite know what you are going to get, but it is a small crowd. The nice thing about Pinel is that it is a sand spit off of the island, so you can wander out to about 40 to 50 yards off of the beach and only be in about 3 feet of water. Also, you will truly feel as though you have gotten away as the French side has a lot more undeveloped area than the Dutch side. Pinel is one of those places where at the restaurant out there, if you order the lobster, the guy goes out to the cage in the water, grabs your lobster, and cooks it right there for you.

I would also allot some time to wander down Front Street in Philipsburg. They completely renovated it a couple of years ago and if you haven't been in a few years, you will not believe how much nicer it is. IMHO, it is much nicer than Charlotte Amalie in St. Thomas.

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[chepic]

Welcome Jacobsmom, we have a 6 y.o. son too. Plus many more of us our group with kids of multiple ages....see previous posts.

I like the title too, Brett. We need to change to it!!!:cool1:

Tidefan......"Holy crap", (to quote Ray's father) I would be afraid that the plane would land right on us!!!!!!! I don't think I could be that brave to sit on that beach!!!!! :rotfl:

Cheryl

[jsheridan]

That picture is AMAZING! DS4 is going to be SO excited. :cool1:

Welcome, jacobsmom!

This group is finally picking up some!

How do we make it until January? :confused3

[owensjro]

Hello all. Well, we aren't quite on this cruise yet but we're planning on it. My wife has been trying to lose those last 20 pounds for awhile and can never get over the plateau. So I told her if she did it I would take her on a cruise. :)

This will be our second cruise (did the 4/15 Wonder this year) and we're already booked for another 4N on the Wonder June 1/08.

Just hope all the cabins don't sell out while the motivation kicks in!!

Assuming we get on it will be myself and my wife and our DD age 5.

Jim

[chepic]

You must join our group.....we are fun :cool1: I can tell already!!!!!

che

[JacobsMommy11002]

So, can I ask a few question of you cruise vets now that we are booked? First...we have second seating for dinner, waitlisted for first. What do you think our chances of moving to first are? Second, we are in a cat 12 with 4 people...do you think we stand any chance of an upgrade, or should we just prepare to snuggle? :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Finally, if the answers to any of the above are affirmative, how long do you think it will be before we hear anything? Thanks!

[owensjro]

Well, it is official. We are booked on the cruise. Yay! We're in cabin 6317.

Jim

[plenam]

Well, it is official. We are booked on the cruise. Yay! We're in cabin 6317.

Jim

Welcome to the group.:wave2: Now the real planning starts.:welcome:

Brett

[owensjro]

Ok, not sure if anyone else was doing this, but here is the list of DIS'ers as I could see from this thread. Please let me know any corrections needed.

Jim

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plenam - Brett, DW, DS13, DS11 - 5520
missyoh8 - DW, DH, DD15, DS13, DS9
chepic - Cheryl, Dave, Max(6)
hmansure
mousemeat - DW, DH, DS12, DD9
stacieps - Stacie, DH, DD10, DS8
luvcruisn - DW, DH, DD12, DS2
toddlerhouse - DW, DH, DS8, DD5
greatwhite - Tricia, Tim, Jake(12), Abby(7)
DisneyCruiseFansMc - DS14, DD11
Bethipooh4 - Beth, Rick, Stephen(17), Michael(10)
jsheridan - Julie, DH, DS4
Gixer - Samantha, Steve, Beth(11), Kate(9)
tidefan - DH, DW, DD4
JacobsMommy11002 - Johanna, DH, Jake(6), Abby(4)
owensjro - Jim, Amanda, Hannah(5) - 6317

[owensamo]

So, can I ask a few question of you cruise vets now that we are booked? First...we have second seating for dinner, waitlisted for first. What do you think our chances of moving to first are? Second, we are in a cat 12 with 4 people...do you think we stand any chance of an upgrade, or should we just prepare to snuggle? :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Finally, if the answers to any of the above are affirmative, how long do you think it will be before we hear anything? Thanks!

We were waitlisted for first seating on our first curise, and it had come through before we got our documents in the mail. We just booked, and we are also waitlisted for first seating. I understand they try to put families with small children in the first seating, so others might get switched around as time goes on.

From what I understand, Cat 12 will only sleep up to 3, so if you booked 4 in a Cat 12, you will be upgraded to at least an 11.

As for when to hear, it could be as soon as the next time you check your reservation, or as late as when you check in at the port. However, regardless of what dining or room you get, you'll have an awsome time!

Amanda

[plenam]

Ok, not sure if anyone else was doing this, but here is the list of DIS'ers as I could see from this thread. Please let me know any corrections needed.

Jim

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plenam - Brett, DW, DS13, DS11 - 5520
missyoh8 - DW, DH, DD15, DS13, DS9
chepic - Cheryl, Dave, Max(6)
hmansure
mousemeat - DW, DH, DS12, DD9
stacieps - Stacie, DH, DD10, DS8
luvcruisn - DW, DH, DD12, DS2
toddlerhouse - DW, DH, DS8, DD5
greatwhite - Tricia, Tim, Jake(12), Abby(7)
DisneyCruiseFansMc - DS14, DD11
Bethipooh4 - Beth, Rick, Stephen(17), Michael(10)
jsheridan - Julie, DH, DS4
Gixer - Samantha, Steve, Beth(11), Kate(9)
tidefan - DH, DW, DD4
JacobsMommy11002 - Johanna, DH, Jake(6), Abby(4)
owensjro - Jim, Amanda, Hannah(5) - 6317
Jim, great idea,:thumbsup2 but, be careful what you start, this could start to be a full time job.:lmao:

Brett

[shmoogrrrl]

Hello!

I just put in a quote to Dreams for this sailing, so barring anything strange, we will probably be joining you all. I say probably because we are still going back and forth on what we want to do next year. Right now the cruise is winning, so we thought we should book before the prices go up!

I'm Kathy :yay: and my Husband is Jeff :3dglasses . We have a wee little girl named Katie princess: who will be five and a half when we sail. We are all DCL veterans. :cheer2: :cheer2:

[owensjro]

Hello!

I just put in a quote to Dreams for this sailing, so barring anything strange, we will probably be joining you all. I say probably because we are still going back and forth on what we want to do next year. Right now the cruise is winning, so we thought we should book before the prices go up!

I'm Kathy :yay: and my Husband is Jeff :3dglasses . We have a wee little girl named Katie princess: who will be five and a half when we sail. We are all DCL veterans. :cheer2: :cheer2:


Hey Kathy! Welcome almost aboard. :) My DD (Hannah) just turned five and is excited that there may be another girl her age that she can get to know. Looks like there is another 5 year old girl and two 4 year old girls in the DIS list so far too.

Jim

[shmoogrrrl]

Hey Kathy! Welcome almost aboard. :) My DD (Hannah) just turned five and is excited that there may be another girl her age that she can get to know. Looks like there is another 5 year old girl and two 4 year old girls in the DIS list so far too.

Jim

Hey there! Thanks for the welcome!

Katie turns 5 in a couple of weeks, so our daughters must be close in age. This will be the first Disney related trip that we will be taking without our good friends who have a daughter her age so knowing that there will be another girl close to her age will help!

Looks like it is going to be a full ship!

[chepic]

Kathy.....wlecome and

I LOVE THE SCRAPBOOK PAGE!!! I just did our last Disney trip and I wish I had seen your picture....what a great way to do show off the Cars characters. Max loved them. Gotta love scrapbooking Disney!!! :woohoo:

cheryl

[Bethipooh4]

Hello and welcome to all our new Thaw Cruisers!!!!!

Once again, I get occupied with ending the youth bowling league, and miss 2 pages... So how is everyone? I hope all the mom's out there had a wonderful mothers day. Ours was quiet, DH got me a Cricut for my scrapbooking, so I spent yesterday playing with it.

Owensjro, thank you for the list. Small world, we are here in Goldsboro, NC..

So, I am up for a DIS meet. On our last cruise, at the DIS meet, we had a DIS bag exchange....if anyone is interested in the meet or the bag exchange, I am up for it!

[shmoogrrrl]

Kathy.....wlecome and

I LOVE THE SCRAPBOOK PAGE!!! I just did our last Disney trip and I wish I had seen your picture....what a great way to do show off the Cars characters. Max loved them. Gotta love scrapbooking Disney!!! :woohoo:

cheryl

Sadly, I didn't make it. I have a friend from another forum who did it for me. I LOVe it though. I should get her to update it with her most recent pictures with Lightening and Mater. She LOVES them. :)

[chepic]

Beth......what is a dis-bag exchange? I am up to doing a meet and greet. We did one on the EOS on RCL 2 years ago and what a great way to start the cruise off. We ended up on an excurision with a family from the board....not intentional, but good anyways.

Cheryl

[Bethipooh4]

What a DIS bag exchange is, at the DIS meet, if you choose to participate, you bring a gift bag with things in it pertaining to your hometown, or state. Doesn't have to be expensive, last year we put a max limit on the bags(which no one stuck to..LOL). And at the meet, you have a bag exchange with the other DIS'ers who participated.

Example, in my bag, I had UNC stuff, Carolina Hurricanes, and things from the AF base we are at. The bag I got had all kinds of things from Illinois in it!!

We also played DIS tag!!

I had also made magnets for everyone, and another DIS'er had made us all buttons.

[JacobsMommy11002]

What a DIS bag exchange is, at the DIS meet, if you choose to participate, you bring a gift bag with things in it pertaining to your hometown, or state. Doesn't have to be expensive, last year we put a max limit on the bags(which no one stuck to..LOL). And at the meet, you have a bag exchange with the other DIS'ers who participated.

Example, in my bag, I had UNC stuff, Carolina Hurricanes, and things from the AF base we are at. The bag I got had all kinds of things from Illinois in it!!

We also played DIS tag!!

I had also made magnets for everyone, and another DIS'er had made us all buttons.

I think this sounds like a lot of fun, I would totally be game. I am already thinking of all the Maine things I could get for my bag :banana:

[shmoogrrrl]

What a DIS bag exchange is, at the DIS meet, if you choose to participate, you bring a gift bag with things in it pertaining to your hometown, or state. Doesn't have to be expensive, last year we put a max limit on the bags(which no one stuck to..LOL). And at the meet, you have a bag exchange with the other DIS'ers who participated.

Example, in my bag, I had UNC stuff, Carolina Hurricanes, and things from the AF base we are at. The bag I got had all kinds of things from Illinois in it!!

We also played DIS tag!!

I had also made magnets for everyone, and another DIS'er had made us all buttons.

We did the same sort of thing on our cruise in Oct of 2005. The only difference is that we each brought a small bag for everyone who wanted to participate and they got passed around to each room (usually left on the fish!) throughout the cruise. Distag with prizes, basically. :)

[Bethipooh4]

I think this sounds like a lot of fun, I would totally be game. I am already thinking of all the Maine things I could get for my bag


LOBSTER?????? YUMMY!!!!!!!:lmao:

[Bethipooh4]

We did the same sort of thing on our cruise in Oct of 2005. The only difference is that we each brought a small bag for everyone who wanted to participate and they got passed around to each room (usually left on the fish!) throughout the cruise. Distag with prizes, basically. :)


That sounds like alot of fun, was it very confusing or was it easy to keep up with? I know with the Tag, I had the mickey ears left on my door a few times..
I am game for anything.

[JacobsMommy11002]

I think this sounds like a lot of fun, I would totally be game. I am already thinking of all the Maine things I could get for my bag


LOBSTER?????? YUMMY!!!!!!!:lmao:

ROFL...I could try, but they might die on the flight to Orlando from Portland...and that would be stinky! I have a few other ideas, though!

[jsheridan]

Tag, meets, whatever... I'm game! I'll just have to give some thought to what Massachusetts is known for besides our politicians (good or bad - you decide) and the Red Sox (none of them will fit in my carryon bags - I'd try but DH wouldn't be happy to let me travel with them - a girl can dream though... ;) )!

[Bethipooh4]

Tag, meets, whatever... I'm game! I'll just have to give some thought to what Massachusetts is known for besides our politicians (good or bad - you decide) and the Red Sox (none of them will fit in my carryon bags - I'd try but DH wouldn't be happy to let me travel with them - a girl can dream though... ;) )!

I guess a oversized duffle bag would give it away too huh?? You could use the excuse its for all the stuff you plan on buying on the islands....:rotfl: :rolleyes1

[Gixer]

Hi everyone,

Been away from the boards for a couple of weeks and had to catch up on 4 pages, great to see a few more Dissers are now on the cruise :thumbsup2

The gift bag idea sounds great - I hope you all love penguins! ;)

[chepic]

Sounds like a fun thing to do. There are 5+ families from RI going so I am certain we could think of quite a bit to fill some bags up. jsheridan...you're not the only one with bad politics....maybe Buddy C will be out of jail by then and he could take a ride with us:rotfl2:

Have a great day!!!

Cheryl

[plenam]

I think this sounds like a lot of fun, I would totally be game. I am already thinking of all the Maine things I could get for my bag


LOBSTER?????? YUMMY!!!!!!!:lmao:

I hope the cheese doesn't melt and the milk don't sour before we get there.:laughing: :rotfl:

Brett

[JacobsMommy11002]

Tag, meets, whatever... I'm game! I'll just have to give some thought to what Massachusetts is known for besides our politicians (good or bad - you decide) and the Red Sox (none of them will fit in my carryon bags - I'd try but DH wouldn't be happy to let me travel with them - a girl can dream though... ;) )!


Oohhh...if you could only squeeze Jason Varitek into your luggage, I would be one happy girl :love:

[JacobsMommy11002]

So, I am so excited about this trip, I thought it would be fun to get to know one another a little...just a few little tid bits. So, here goes..I am a registered nurse, and a Red Sox fanatic! This is my first cruise, so I am excited, yet terrified at the same time. Jason, my husband, is a meat cutter/manager. Also first time cruiser and Red Sox freak, and one heck of a good daddy. We are mainly outdoorsy people..we like to hike, and keep the kids out of doors as much as possible. Jacob, the little man, just started tball and loves it. He starts kindergarten in the fall. Abby is my 3 going on 13 year old...total teen girl attitude already. She just had her first ballet recital this past Saturday, and you'd think she'd died and gone to heaven!

Next...

[tidefan]

So, I am so excited about this trip, I thought it would be fun to get to know one another a little...just a few little tid bits. So, here goes..I am a registered nurse, and a Red Sox fanatic! This is my first cruise, so I am excited, yet terrified at the same time. Jason, my husband, is a meat cutter/manager. Also first time cruiser and Red Sox freak, and one heck of a good daddy. We are mainly outdoorsy people..we like to hike, and keep the kids out of doors as much as possible. Jacob, the little man, just started tball and loves it. He starts kindergarten in the fall. Abby is my 3 going on 13 year old...total teen girl attitude already. She just had her first ballet recital this past Saturday, and you'd think she'd died and gone to heaven!

Next...

How funny, our DD3 just had her first ballet recital this past Sunday. Here it's college football 365 days a year. Hopefully, 'Bama will start to pull it together this year.

As to what to bring in a bag, I guess from reading the thread on the Dining board, I need to try to sneak on some Sweet Tea so that everyone can see (and taste) what it is...

[Bethipooh4]

As to what to bring in a bag, I guess from reading the thread on the Dining board, I need to try to sneak on some Sweet Tea so that everyone can see (and taste) what it is...

DEFINATELY!!!! The tea on the ship is not sweet....its amazing how quickly you come to love the tea here.

So... a little about our family...we are here in NC, courtesy of the Air Force. Our group of 21 has split to a group of 11 and a group of 10. The other group is 3 sisters and their families who have decided to go do their own thing, so our group of 10 is 3 Air Force families, one coming from Guam to go with us.
I am Beth(45), Dh is Rick (49) and we have 4 children, 2 that are grown and on their own(see daughters wedding below...lol..I hate the tiny pic) and 2 that are going with us, Stephen (17) and Michael (10). We are transplanted northerners, we are originally from Pa and NJ. This is our 4th Disney cruise, and our 2nd 7 night one, but our first Eastern cruise. Last year our group did the 2 stops at Castaway Western cruise.

Our family loves football (GO EAGLES) and hockey. DS runs track and youngest plays baseball, and both bowl in the local youth league. DH is Michael's cub scout leader, and they are planning their camping trip for June.
I am a SAHM, and volunteer at youngest's school, as well as in charge of the boxtops and labels for education for his school.

I wonder how I can get some local wine on the plane for my DIS bag?? What can be better...Red Sox players, lobster, cheese, sweet tea and wine?:rotfl:

Ok, who is next?

[shmoogrrrl]

How funny, our DD3 just had her first ballet recital this past Sunday. Here it's college football 365 days a year. Hopefully, 'Bama will start to pull it together this year.


Eek! 'Bama? I went to the University of Tennessee...Guess I better not put anything orange in YOUR bag. :)

[shmoogrrrl]

I wonder how I can get some local wine on the plane for my DIS bag?? What can be better...Red Sox players, lobster, cheese, sweet tea and wine?:rotfl:

Ok, who is next?

Guess I have to bring peanuts or Tobacco. I think that is pretty much what Virginia is known for, except that our wines are some of the best in the US now! :)

Ohhh....and politicians, but who'd what to smuggle THEM on? :banana:

[shmoogrrrl]

Let's see. I am Kathy and I am a SAHM. Before our Daughter was born I was a tech writer at The Nature Conservancy. Pretty dry and boring stuff. Being a Mom is much more fun! I've lived in VA all my life except for college.

My husband is Jeff and he works for Lockheed Martin. He's a model railroad builder so our basement is full of trains. :) He's an Air Force brat who lived everywhere but calls Colorado Springs, CO home.

Katie turns 5 in a couple of weeks and her dance recital isn't until the end of June. It will be her second though. They are so cute! Katie is a girly girl in mannerisms but she is obsessed with trains and Disney Cars.

We usually cruise with our best friends who have a daughter Katie's age and Son two years younger, but we are doing this trip without them.

That is about all. We are pretty boring overall :)

[plenam]

Guess I have to bring peanuts or Tobacco. I think that is pretty much what Virginia is known for, except that our wines are some of the best in the US now! :)

Ohhh....and politicians, but who'd what to smuggle THEM on? :banana:

All we have here is beer.:drinking1 :rotfl:

Brett

[owensamo]

All we have here is beer.:drinking1 :rotfl:

Brett

We spent 2 years in Madison before moving to NC. I would be in heaven if I could once again partake of some real, authentic Wisconsin cheese curds! *squeek!*

Amanda

[owensjro]

I'll bring Duke things, just so I can get rid of them.

GO Carolina!

Jim

[Bethipooh4]

I'll bring Duke things, just so I can get rid of them.

GO Carolina!

Jim


DUKE??? BAH....lol

DS is a ECU Pirate.....pirate:

[sjcubedofct]

MissyOHHHHH my goodness! We're booked for this cruise, too! We were on the Halloween Eastern Cruise 2006 with you! We were supposed to take the Return Repo cruise but realized our son would miss way too many days of school, so we changed our reservation to this January cruise. :)

Bethipooh- Howdy, neighbor! We're just a short 1/2 hour from you here in Faison, NC! We moved here from CT back in July 2006 and absolutely love it here. I love the idea of the gift bags- I'll have to give it some thought about what to put in ours...hogs? Sweet potatoes? Hmmm.....

I love the list of travellers that someone compiled! Brett, could you copy the list onto your first post on the first page and maybe update it as needed? That way it's easy to see who's on the boat with us! :)

Our party includes: DH35 Scott, Sherry (me!) and DS12 (almost 13)

This is our 3rd Disney Cruise and we tried a week on RCI and just love Disney so much more.

Can't wait to get to know ya'll!!!

God bless you,

Sherry

[tidefan]

Eek! 'Bama? I went to the University of Tennessee...Guess I better not put anything orange in YOUR bag. :)

I am allergic to anything orange. Perhaps the bags should be a nice beautiful Crimson...

I graduated high school in Franklin, TN and left to attend The University of Alabama. I've been here ever since...

[plenam]

I'm starting to think I'm the only Yankee around here.;) But, most of my relation on my fathers side is from south of the Mason-Dixon.:)

Brett

[Bethipooh4]

I am a Yankee at heart....I was born and raised in New Jersey. DH is one also, born and raised in Valley Forge, PA. We consider ourselves transplanted northerners. :lmao:

Rest assured, you are not alone...

Sherry,
Its a very small world....Faison is right down the road.There is also a family from Cary going as well!!

[jsheridan]

It depends on your definition of the term "Yankee" :crazy2: . We here in Massachusetts consider that to be almost a curse!

Go Red Sox! :cheer2:

It will be me (Julie - 35 next week :scared: ), DH James (will turn 42 on the day of our sailing), and DS Jake (will turn 4 the week prior to sailing). I manage an insurance agency and DH works for the phone company. We are Red Sox fans and DH is a die hard Patriots fan (me, not so much. I watch occasionally to humor him).

Of course the AFC & NFC Championship games are scheduled on 1/20/08. We will be at sea that day. I already had to promise DH that he could watch the game (either in Diversions or someone said that it may be on the Arielvision screen). We do assume that his beloved Pats will be involved.

This will be DS first cruise and our first since DS! We have been on about 6 or 7 cruises with NCL, Celebrity & 1 Carnival that we hated. This is our first with DCL.

BTW - I mentioned my dilemma to him about what is Mass known for. His only additional response was bad drivers! :car: Can't pack them either...

[Bethipooh4]

It depends on your definition of the term "Yankee" :crazy2: . We here in Massachusetts consider that to be almost a curse!


We are Red Sox fans and DH is a die hard Patriots fan (me, not so much. I watch occasionally to humor him).

Of course the AFC & NFC Championship games are scheduled on 1/20/08. We will be at sea that day. I already had to promise DH that he could watch the game (either in Diversions or someone said that it may be on the Arielvision screen). We do assume that his beloved Pats will be involved.


BTW - I mentioned my dilemma to him about what is Mass known for. His only additional response was bad drivers! :car: Can't pack them either...


EEEKKKK...now this could be a interesting cruise if the Eagles get lucky and make the playoffs...Dh and I are huge fans, and the other family we are with live and breathe Steelers...NE is a bad word in our family.:scared1:

OK, I am sorry if anyone is stressing over these DIS bags....let me try to give you a few ideas...(since i am the bad person who brought it up)

In the bag I received from Illinois....it had a beanie baby from Illinois, a white sox bottle opener, some playing cards, a beautiful votive holder with scenes of Illinois on it, a magnet, a walgreens gift card, a underwater camera(a huge help, since we forgot one) and some candy.

In mine, I had a mini stanley cup since the Hurricanes had just won, a magnet, a mug with a lighthouse on it, some playing cards, a postacrd and coin from the base, a bottle of our local wine, and some UNC stuff.

It doesn't have to be big or expensive, just some fun stuff to remember our DIS friends we meet.

In one bag there was a bottle of Jack Daniels since they were from Kentucky..
Our friends from Guam brought a handmade clock made on the island.

Hope these ideas helped :idea: . I remember going to Cape Cod and going to a candle factory there, and cranberry bogs...I LOVE dried cranberries and candles...(hint hint)LMAO

[shmoogrrrl]

I am allergic to anything orange. Perhaps the bags should be a nice beautiful Crimson...

I graduated high school in Franklin, TN and left to attend The University of Alabama. I've been here ever since...



:scared1: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :eek:

No Orange? Ack! I don't think I could do Crimson! :) Okay, so the reality is that I probably wouldn't do Orange either, but.....

I'm gonna date myself here, but when I was in 4th grade, we went to the World's Fair in Knoxville and I decided then that I was going to go to UT. As I got older, I got into band and as UT has THE BEST band in the South, that helped cement my decision. Also, Orange is a good color for me. :) Oddly, my maiden name is McClung which is a pretty popular name down there at UT what with a building and a museum with the name McClung. I'm sure I am related to those people, as my Father was born in Murfreesboro, TN and a lot of our relatives are from the TN, VA, NC area, but I couldn't even come close to telling you HOW I am related to them. :)

[shmoogrrrl]

Of course the AFC & NFC Championship games are scheduled on 1/20/08. We will be at sea that day. I already had to promise DH that he could watch the game (either in Diversions or someone said that it may be on the Arielvision screen). We do assume that his beloved Pats will be involved.

OMG.....I didn't even THINK about this.:eek: :eek: :eek:

See, in our family, we are a little bit backward. I LOVE Football. I am a Cowboys fan first, a Redskin fan second (Yeah, I know that is strange, but I became a Cowboys fan at an early age to bug my Mom who is a die hard Redskin fan! :rotfl2: :rotfl2: I still like the Redskins too.) and a Denver fan third (Husband from Colorado). When we started dating, Jeff would spend all day Sunday watching games with me. He knew about players and the whole thing. Well, now I know that it was in an attemt to woo me because once we were married, he pretty much stopped watching! Sure, he watches the big games, but that is about it. :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

Since this is the year of a Cowboys or Denver comeback :rotfl2: :rotfl2: ) or maybe even the year that the Redskins win a game or two :happytv: :happytv: , I'll probably have to take time out of cruising to watch the games!

[plenam]

Of course the AFC & NFC Championship games are scheduled on 1/20/08. We will be at sea that day. I already had to promise DH that he could watch the game (either in Diversions or someone said that it may be on the Arielvision screen). We do assume that his beloved Pats will be involved.



When we were on the Magic in Jan. 06, all the NFL championship games were shown on the big screen (Arielvision). Lots of people sitting around the pool watching (also watching from the hot tubs and pool).

Brett

[plenam]

BTW, If anyone wants to cut and paste the January Thaw banner to thier signature please feel free to do so.

Brett

[Bethipooh4]

BTW, If anyone wants to cut and paste the January Thaw banner to thier signature please feel free to do so.

Brett


Brett you read my mind, I was just about to ask if I could use it as well...I love it!!!!

[owensjro]

OMG.....I didn't even THINK about this.:eek: :eek: :eek:

See, in our family, we are a little bit backward. I LOVE Football. I am a Cowboys fan first, a Redskin fan second (Yeah, I know that is strange, but I became a Cowboys fan at an early age to bug my Mom who is a die hard Redskin fan! :rotfl2: :rotfl2: I still like the Redskins too.) and a Denver fan third (Husband from Colorado).

Cowboys, Redskins, Denver....naw. You won't have anything to worry about come playoff time. ;)

Now those Panthers on the other hand....they are going all the way this year.

Jim

[Bethipooh4]

Our new son in law is a HUGE Bears fan....their spare room is completely done in DA Bears...His groomscake at the rehearsal was even done in the Bears...Thats DD with a little help from his mom.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b128/Bethipooh4/100_1466.jpg

And here is DD showing him what she thinks of "Da Bears"....She is a NE fan...:confused3


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b128/Bethipooh4/100_1470.jpg

His mother did not find her very amusing in the second shot....I did, I was taking the picture

[jsheridan]

Bethipooh4 -

I forgot that sarcasm/teasing doesn't always come through with the written word. I am not at all stressed about the bags! I think it will be fun. :thumbsup2

Thanks for the great ideas. I'll be sure to steal them all!

All right, guys. Enough about football already! :bored:

[shmoogrrrl]

Cowboys, Redskins, Denver....naw. You won't have anything to worry about come playoff time. ;)

Now those Panthers on the other hand....they are going all the way this year.

Jim

Oh man...That is mean. Kick a girl while her teams are down. :) At least the early/mid 1990's was a great time for me. :)

Ick. I hate the Panthers. :) Again, because of my Mom. She's been a diehard Redskin fan all her life and when they retired, they moved to Hendersonville, NC and now not only does she cheer for the Panthers, but she watches Nascar. It's like I don't even KNOW the woman anymore! :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

[plenam]

Our new son in law is a HUGE Bears fan....their spare room is completely done in DA Bears...His groomscake at the rehearsal was even done in the Bears...

OH, OH!!!....... This isn't good.......:cheer2: GO PACK GO!!!!:cheer2:



Brett

[chepic]

:cheer2:
Brett: DH loves beer....had buckets of beer on the RCL's EOS 2 years ago.

Being from RI...we are Patriot fans, my husband had to watch the superbowl from the airport on our honeymoon back in 1988.....he survived.;) DH is also a huge Nascar fan is very jealous of all the southerners who get to smell the tires burning on the track as often as you do.

We were in Disney when the Sox won the World Series....the next day Curt S. was the grand marshall in Magic Kingdom....we got great photos.

I already know what I am putting in my RI bag.

We are a family of 3....Cheryl (40), David (43), and Max (6). We love anything Disney, anything to do with travel, and love to have fun!!
We are travelling with a bunch of other families with kids, so there should be a good RI showing. :thumbsup2

8 months and 2 days away. :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2:

have a great day.

cheryl

[JacobsMommy11002]

It depends on your definition of the term "Yankee" :crazy2: . We here in Massachusetts consider that to be almost a curse!

Go Red Sox! :cheer2:

It will be me (Julie - 35 next week :scared: ), DH James (will turn 42 on the day of our sailing), and DS Jake (will turn 4 the week prior to sailing). I manage an insurance agency and DH works for the phone company. We are Red Sox fans and DH is a die hard Patriots fan (me, not so much. I watch occasionally to humor him).

Of course the AFC & NFC Championship games are scheduled on 1/20/08. We will be at sea that day. I already had to promise DH that he could watch the game (either in Diversions or someone said that it may be on the Arielvision screen). We do assume that his beloved Pats will be involved.

This will be DS first cruise and our first since DS! We have been on about 6 or 7 cruises with NCL, Celebrity & 1 Carnival that we hated. This is our first with DCL.

BTW - I mentioned my dilemma to him about what is Mass known for. His only additional response was bad drivers! :car: Can't pack them either...


Hmmm...boston baked beans?...lol...

[mousefamily]

We have not officially posted yet, but we will be on the cruise with you guys.

mousefamily DH, DW, DS 9


Ok, not sure if anyone else was doing this, but here is the list of DIS'ers as I could see from this thread. Please let me know any corrections needed.

Jim
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plenam - Brett, DW, DS13, DS11 - 5520
missyoh8 - DW, DH, DD15, DS13, DS9
chepic - Cheryl, Dave, Max(6)
hmansure
mousemeat - DW, DH, DS12, DD9
stacieps - Stacie, DH, DD10, DS8
luvcruisn - DW, DH, DD12, DS2
toddlerhouse - DW, DH, DS8, DD5
greatwhite - Tricia, Tim, Jake(12), Abby(7)
DisneyCruiseFansMc - DS14, DD11
Bethipooh4 - Beth, Rick, Stephen(17), Michael(10)
jsheridan - Julie, DH, DS4
Gixer - Samantha, Steve, Beth(11), Kate(9)
tidefan - DH, DW, DD4
JacobsMommy11002 - Johanna, DH, Jake(6), Abby(4)
owensjro - Jim, Amanda, Hannah(5) - 6317

[plenam]

We have not officially posted yet, but we will be on the cruise with you guys.

mousefamily DH, DW, DS 9

Welcome mousefamily:cheer2: to the January Thaw Cruise, you are now on the list,(Thanks Jim):thumbsup2 I updated it and it is on page one. If anyone was missed, let me know.

Brett

[chepic]

Welcome Mousefamily.....

Look at us go, we are 8 months until cruise date. We have decided that we are going to come down on Friday and stay over at one of the hotels near the port....being from RI younever know what the weather will bring, and better to be safe than sorry!!!

Have a great weekend everyone.
Che

[sjcubedofct]

Hey, Brett, will you add our group to the list on the first page?

sjcubedofct: Scott(36), Sherry(40) and Steven (12)

Thanks so much!


Also, we'll be cheering on the Pats, too! My husband Scott grew up on Cape Cod, MA, and I grew up in CT. We'd lived in CT until last July when we moved to Faison, NC. So we're Yankees, enjoying the wonderful southern hospitality and weather here in NC. :)

And we're excited about the dismeet bags, too. I think it's a really neat idea and we've got plenty of time to figure out what to bring!

Have a great night!

[owensamo]

sjcubedofct, I just wanted to say Welcome, especially to another NCer!

I think that makes 3 groups from NC now - anyone else from here we don't know about? :)

Amanda

[Bethipooh4]

Hi Amanda,

We're going to be in Cary today!!! The boys are bowling in the NC State tournament today..Then off to shopping!!

Beth

[Gixer]

Hi everyone,

just wanted to say that I am so excited! another month gone and now only 8 to go!!!! :woohoo:

Am I the only one wishing the rest of this year would just get a move on and HURRY UP TILL THE JANUARY THAW!? :cheer2:

[Bethipooh4]

It seems like the days are slowly dragging by. When we booked last years double dip, it seemed like the time flew by, and we had over 540 days to go when we booked it. Its almost summer break, so I know that goes by in a blink for us.

So who besides me is going to be insane enough to go see POC 3 this weekend when it opens? They are having a special showing Thursday night here at 8. I think I will pass on that one...

[shmoogrrrl]

Hi to all the new people! It seems that North Carolina is taking over the ship! My parents currently live in Hendersonville (near Ashville), NC so at least I have a connection there!

We've had a crazy weekend. We left Thursday and drove up to Danbury, CT for a wedding that was held on Saturday. We drove back Saturday night after the wedding (got in at 1:00am!) so that we'd be here on Sunday for a Handbell Concert that we were in (Jeff and I both play). THEN, Jeff left this morning at 4:00am for a business trip in Denver. Jeff considers Colorado home so he was excited to go back there. He's already called me twice this morning to tell me to pack up the important things and start driving west, but he is obviously mostly joking! :rotfl:

I think I need a vacation. Preferrably a cruise vacation. :yay: :yay:

[shmoogrrrl]

So who besides me is going to be insane enough to go see POC 3 this weekend when it opens? They are having a special showing Thursday night here at 8. I think I will pass on that one...

:wave: Me! Although I am not as excited about it as I was. At Disney World, they had a story book for the new movie and me, being the dork that I am, grabbed it and turned to the back to see how it ended. It didn't end the way that I wanted it to, so I am a little bummed. I really think that they should clear these endings by me before they make them. :rotfl2: :rotfl2: Hopefully it will seem better in the movie than in the book!

JK Rowling should take special note about my request to run all book endings by me. I am worried that the Harry Potter saga won't end the way that I want and I will be devastated!

[Bethipooh4]

OH NO...ok, part of me wants to know how it ends in the book, but then on the other hand, I don't want to go into the movie disappointed....

Speaking of Colorado....DS just got a packet to apply to the AF Academy. He is torn what to do, part of him wants to go to the academy, then the fear of rejection sets in, and he says he is just going to go in straight out of HS, go to college courtesy of the AF and then become a pilot. We told him whatever he decides to do, we are behind him 100%. Oh the decisions for a 17 yr old to make...lol

[shmoogrrrl]

If he wants to go into the Air Force, why not try for the academy. If they say no, then he can just move on and go the other route, or maybe ROTC if they have that!

I should say that I don't have the foggiest clue how all the academy stuff works, so I may not know what in the world I am talking about!

[Bethipooh4]

He has taken ROTC all 3 years so far, both semesters...
He went online last night to fill out the pre-application, man does he have alot of classes to take next year to get caught up on what he needs to even be considered. Definately not something to wait till the end of your jr year to decide on...lol But we are just parents...what do we know???:confused3

Kids, gotta love them.:lmao:

[Gixer]

I had a MILLION things to do today - so why have I just sat for almost 2 hours reading trip reports? :blush:

I love reading trippies, so was excited to find quite a few new ones with OUR Eastern Itinerary in the trip report forum! :surfweb: :woohoo:

Ok - so now Im going to fly around the house like a mad woman and pretend to DH when he gets home from work that Iv been flat out busy all damn day :laundy: :rolleyes1

Shhhhhh - dont tell him ok?! :rotfl2:

[Bethipooh4]

Thank goodness I am not the only one....
I am totally caught up in the repo trip report going on....:surfweb:

I will have to go look at the new Eastern trip reports, I need some reviews on excursions.

Of course I am also sitting here waiting for my DING alert to go off...we are going to Florida to see family for a week this summer, and with gas prices the way they are, it looks like its cheaper to fly. Plus, I want to plan a surprise side trip to Universal while we are there..GASP..not WDW....But I am thinking about adding a day or 2 after the cruise to WDW since it will be our anniversary the day we get off the ship, especially since we spent our honeymoon in Disneyland. But SHHHH that is going to be another surprise.

Maybe I should do something productive, like work on our pirate night shirts, or make something for the DIS meet....:rotfl: :banana:

[chepic]

The addiction is so swift with the disboards!!! Once you are on, you are hooked. I find myself jumping on between patients, and thinking about what to look up next....it is scary!!!!

But, summer is right around the corner...and it will fly by. Then we have the fall and all the holidays that make it go even faster, and then BOOM....January will be upon us. :dance3:

cheryl

[jsheridan]

It is crazy! I check the boards 2-3 times a day when I'm at work! Must stop. Can't stop... :surfweb:

I am going to Cape Cod for a week in June (few days of work, few days of fun) and have a week in both July & August at the lakes in NH. That should be enough to look forward to, but IT ISN'T!!! Those are nice, relaxing vacations, but it just isn't the same.:confused3

I just want to be able to continue planning stuff!

I have reserved our room at the CI&S the night before the cruise. Pretty much know what we are doing in ports (although we need to finalize those decisions. DH isn't ready to discuss yet since he feels it is still so far away!):hourglass

I am still waiting for SW to release their schedule. I want to have my flights before I reserve our rental car. Can't reserve anything on the ship until November. Want to plan! Want to plan! Want to plan! Waaah! :scared:

I guess the only other thing I could start looking at is a hotel near Sea World for the night after the cruise. Maybe I'll work on that. It'll keep me busy and is way more fun that working... :rolleyes1

I just reread this & realized that I sound like a totally obsessed nutcase with no life! Someone that I would hope isn't at MY table on the ship! :scared1:

Oh, well. I figure you guys can all relate...

[owensjro]

Bah. these boards aren't addictive. And I'm not at a technical conference in Orlando sitting in a lecture right now posting to them. ;)

Ok, so I guess I am addicted too.

Weather down here has been great this week but it is very windy. Severe weather alerts today for the wind. Hope that doesn't affect any of the rides too much. I plan to go to MGM tonight once the conference is done.

Last night we had Universal Islands of Adventure rented out for the conference. It was fun, but it only took me an hour or so to do everyting I cared to do. Definitely will not be taking the family there anytime soon. Just not enough for the little ones.

Anyway, suppose I should try to pay attention and get something out of this. :)

Later,
Jim

[plenam]

Jim,
Are you, by chance, going to see the Blue Man Group while you're down there? We're thinking about seeing them the night before the cruise.

Brett

[owensjro]

Jim,
Are you, by chance, going to see the Blue Man Group while you're down there? We're thinking about seeing them the night before the cruise.

Brett


Not planning on it, no. I only went to Universal because the conference had an event there so admission was "free". Since they had rented out the park not everything was open...about 12 rides and most of the shopping but that was it.

Jim