October 17, 2009 Western

[yazee1]

Who's going? We are!! :cool1: :cool1: I just booked!


The growing list of our Dismeet Friends and their children (age at cruise time)

aan1701 (Alan)(34) - with Dw(37)
ajtour -with Dh, DS (5) and DS (3)
ajzwahlin - with DH, DD (11) and DD(5)
AnkaG - with brand new Dh - honeymoon
beansf - with
bourgie - with DD(13) and DD(10)
Calmpets - with DH, father & Nascarchic, 2 friends
castmember2- with dh
Dawnpatrol (Pete)- with DW, Ds (9), DS (8ish) and DD(3)
dcannon101 - with DW
DisneySprit (Tom) - with DW (Lynn)
doberlady (Debbie) -with Marty, dc(4), dc(13), dc(10)
frndofpooh -with DW, DS(12), DS(8) - DW's birthday
GOLDENTINKERBELL - DH, DS, and parents
ImagineerM (Josh)(27) -with DW Melissa(25), DM and DF
jeanneg - with dh and friends Nancy and Norm
kentgirl - with dh - dh's 50th birthday
kerickson - with dh, dd(5) and ds(3) -dh's 40th birthday, 9th anniversary
KJF - with DH, DD(7), DS (5)
lucky1 (Laura) -with DH and DD(7)
mavdav -with DS(5) and DS(3)
missusem - with DH and DD (5)
mommyto5 (Angie) -with DH, and DS(13), DD(11), DS(11), DS(9), & DD(4)
momsully - with parents and DS (10) and DS(8)
NCJenn - DH (Rob), Lauren (8) and Josh (5).
northern mickey - with DM, DF, DGF & DGM
Otimon - with DH and DD (adult)
princess jackson- 2 adults and 1 child
princessduck - with dh - 10th anniversary
shancan (Shannon) with DH(36), DS (8), DMIL and DFIL, DBIL and DSIL and their DS (6).
shortbusmom - with dh & 2 friends
strega7 - DH, DS9, Mom, Dad, and my sister.
twinsr241 - with DH, DD(7), DS(6), DS(6)
wendym (Wendy)(40) -with DM (Doreen)
yazee1 (Monica) - with DH (Warren), DS(14), DS(12), DD(8), BIL, FIL and MIL - 50th anniversary/20th anniversary

[frndofpooh]

We'll be there - 2 adults with DS12 and DS8! :yay:

[yazee1]

Hi, There,

It looks like we're going to be hanging out here for quite a while. Have you shared the good news with your kids yet? We are not going to tell them until a year before if we can manage it. My father and mother in law are going, and so are my brother and sister and law and their little ones (7, 5, 5, and 5 by cruise time) Ours will be 14, 12 and 8 by then.

We picked October 17, 2009 because it is my in-laws 50th anniversary and our 20th. How about you?

[frndofpooh]

Congrats on your upcoming 20th anniversary! We picked 10/17/09 for my wife's birthday (which she will celebrate on the ship), and a belated 15th anniversary for us (which we will celebrate a month before the cruise).

Our kids already know and can't wait. We went on our first cruise this summer, but it was a 4 day. We booked again while onboard and grabbed this date as soon as the 2009 dates were out. I was on the phone that morning and managed to get a secret porthole room. Now we just have to wait for 21 more months!

[yazee1]

Right now, 21 months doesn't seem as long as almost 2 years. LOL We could tell our sons and not regret it, but our daughter is 6 right now. If we told her about the cruise, we, nor anyone we know, wouldn't stop hearing about it for the next 21 months! Our goal is to keep this under our hat until one year before. Then, we will start making our countdown chain. Here's part of the chain we made a couple years ago.


http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg259/yazee1/tripchain2006006.jpg

Congratulations on getting a secret porthole room. I know from these boards that's quite a catch. Are your sons 8 and 12 now or will they be on the cruise?

[frndofpooh]

Our sons will be 8 and 12 at the time of the cruise (6 and 10 now). It's scary to think that they will be that old so soon! If your daughter is 6, I assume that your sons will be 12 and 14 at the time of the cruise, correct?

How did your kids like the Oceaneers' Club and Lab on your prior cruises? Ours loved them! By the last day, they wanted to spend almost the whole day there, other than a little pre-planned family time. For the next cruise, our older son will be at the upper end of the Lab, and our younger son will have just turned 8, so he'll be on the lower end of the Lab.

[yazee1]

Yes, Our oldest will be 14 on the cruise (a month shy of 15), and middle ds will be 12-1/2. They absolutely love the Lab but for different reasons. Younger ds likes the activities (except anything dancing or singing) but LOVES the electronic games. (Until this past Christmas, we didn't have electronic games in the house.) Older ds is more social and likes the organized games, karaoke, sports, parties, etc. One night, on our last cruise, dh and I were so tired and just wanted to go to sleep but we had to wait up for older ds who was at a Lab splash/pizza party on deck 9.

Lab overnight camp would have been heaven on earth for oldest ds. I am almost afraid the Stack won't live up to the same expectations since it seems like more of a hanging out place with less structure. Maybe, by the time we go, that will appeal to him more. I imagine there's a very good reason why the Stack is that way. DCL must know what teenagers like, I know I don't.

The first time we cruised, younger ds was a couple month short of Lab age, so we enrolled him in the Club. That lasted less than an afternoon. He has a more retiring personality than most little boys. He thought the little kids were bonkers and the noise rankled him terribly. He asked us to take him to the Lab. It was love at first sight. LOL

DD was only 4 the first trip, so she was fine with the Club but in small doses. The second trip, when she was six, she got a lot more out of it. I don't remember her begging to go to the Club, but she always had a good time and never paged us to come and get her. I guess she'll be old enough for the Lab this time around. That's going to be weird for us.

Off topic: Last night, we had company and we served Key Lime pie. It was almost as good as the Key Lime pie we ate in Key West on the cruise in '06, but eating it in Western Maryland on a frigid January evening just isn't the right setting. Know what I mean?

I might change my ticker. I like how precise your countdown is compared to mine.

[frndofpooh]

Your younger DS sounds a lot like our older DS. He likes "cool" activities, but nothing involving anything that could possibly be associated with princesses. He also is a big fan of the electronic games. Like you, we held out for a long time before getting a video game system last Christmas (when he was 9), and we keep pretty strict control of when he can play. As a result, he was always happy to go to the Lab for free time so he could play their games.

I know what you mean about the Key lime pie. We've never been to Key West, but we've had enough Key lime pie to know when there are real Key limes in it. It's pretty hard to find up here. By the way, where in Maryland are you from?

[A fat english gent]

Wow this is a small "meet" we too are looking into this cruise,were as now booked onto the 10/24/09 but may well end up having to move to this one...:)

Am Chris my DW is Hazel and we'll be traveling with three of our "kids" Jess 25,Rosie 15 and her twin brother Ryan...

[yazee1]

Your younger DS sounds a lot like our older DS. He likes "cool" activities, but nothing involving anything that could possibly be associated with princesses. By the way, where in Maryland are you from?

Please don't be misled into thinking my son (or sons for that matter) like "cool" things. He's just anti-social. ;) . Seriously, younger ds is just one of those kids who is just as happy reading a book or playing with Legos as he is playing with a friend. He can be very uncool when he's playing with his sister or brother or telling himself stories out loud behind closed doors. He's the kind of kid other moms want their sons to be friends with because he's not rowdy.

We live in Frederick County. Not to be confused with Frederick County, VA which a friend of mine did and had the hardest time finding our address on the map when she wanted to come visit. We have friends near Harrisonburg, VA. Is that near you?


Hi, Chris. Yes, we're a small meet for now, not even enough to use this :grouphug: icon. If you don't mind my asking, what makes you say you'll probably be changing from the 24th to the 17th? Ideally, we would be sailing on the 10th. My inlaws' 50th anniversary, which is the main reason for this cruise date is on the 16th. We all agreed we didn't like the itinerary on that cruise though. So, we'll celebrate their anniversary on the 17th instead.

[A fat english gent]

Simply down to school holidays that's all,however we too disliked the ports of call on the Western cruise,they all look like the middle east to me...:lmao:...We sailed a B&B on the Magic last October and had a great time and met some wonderful people along the way too (not sure they'd say the same about us,ok i mean me..:rolleyes1 )and were also on the REPO back to Florida in August....:)

Take care

Chris

[yazee1]

Simply down to school holidays that's all,however we too disliked the ports of call on the Western cruise,they all look like the middle east to me...:lmao:

Chris

Sorry, Chris, my careless grammar has led you to believe we didn't like the Western ports of call, but in fact, it was the Eastern Caribbean ports of call that we weren't interested in. Shopping and beaches don't interest us. More importantly, we didn't like the idea of 3 "at-sea" days. Dh has a one track mind when it comes to Disney Cruises. Ports of call mean opportunities to take a small boat offshore in order to go snorkeling or diving. It doesn't matter much to him what the scenery is like onshore unless it's something really spectacular.

Are your twins 15 now, or will they be 15 on the cruise?

[A fat english gent]

Horses for courses and each to their own we say, and whatever floats your boat (pardon the pun),the twins will be 15 at the time of the cruise.....:)

[frndofpooh]

We live in Frederick County. Not to be confused with Frederick County, VA which a friend of mine did and had the hardest time finding our address on the map when she wanted to come visit. We have friends near Harrisonburg, VA. Is that near you?



Harrisonburg is about an hour away from us. Coincidentally, I was in Harrisonburg today for work. Even more coincidentally, I'll be in Frederick on Saturday for a visit to a family member who lives in Buckeystown. I guess it really is a small world after all!

[yazee1]

Chris, How did your twins feel about the Stack versus the Lab? What kind of school holidays are celebrated in England in October?

FrndPooh, we've lived in Frederick county for about 15 years and Buckeystown is proabably the only place in Frederick county I don't know anyone. LOL. In my defense, there aren't that many people in Buckeystown. Or maybe, there used to not be. That end of the county has developed quite a bit. I hope you enjoy your visit.

[A fat english gent]

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you....

They really didn't much care for the clubs this time as they felt a little out of place,too old for the "kids" and too young for the older end so they tended to hang out with a small group of kids who used the pools and watched the shows (or watch Harry potter 47 times or "play" in our whirl pool bath).As for the holidays they only get 1 week in October but were allowed by law over here to take the kids out of school to suit us for a further 2 weeks,this year were coming for the REPO in August and we'll be in the states for 28/29 days and they'll only miss the first couple of school in September....:)

[yazee1]

Chris - That's what I expected - a window of time when some kids will be too young for the Stack and too old for the Lab. It's impossible to know almost two years in advance if this will be the case with my oldest son. Would you say your twins still had a good time? Were they let down?

FrndofPooh, how was your visit to Buckeystown?

[frndofpooh]

FrndofPooh, how was your visit to Buckeystown?

We had a good time in Buckeystown, but we were only there for for the day. You were right when you said it had grown. We hadn't been there in about 4-5 years, and it's much more developed than it was last time we were there.


Chris, I haven't formally welcomed you to our little group. It looks like it's just the three of us, but maybe we'll grow over the next 20+ months!

[yazee1]

It is 1 year 8 months and 16 days until we leave home for the cruise . It seems like eternity, and it makes me laugh when I think about our first cruise and how we thought the time between booking and going seemed terriblely long. Consider that we booked in late January for a cruise in the beginning of April. :rotfl:

The second cruise, we booked while onboard the first one. Wait time 17 months. The hardest part of that was keeping it from the kids until a year before. Of course, the kids don't know about this cruise either. Dh and I will try to keep it a secret for the next 8 months. As it is, my daughter keeps coming over to me while I'm typing and I keep reducing the window so she won't read what I'm typing.

I predict that by March 1st, our group will have doubled.

[A fat english gent]

Chris - That's what I expected - a window of time when some kids will be too young for the Stack and too old for the Lab. It's impossible to know almost two years in advance if this will be the case with my oldest son. Would you say your twins still had a good time? Were they let down?

FrndofPooh, how was your visit to Buckeystown?

They Had a great time on the boat,however they and their friends made their own fun mostly AWAY from the clubs....:)

[yazee1]

:sad1: I just got an email from my MIL that my younger brother-in-law and his family are not going with us. I don't know why not. My BIL seemed really psyched about it when we last talked. They have a 5-1/2 year old and 3 year old triplets :dance3: . I can't begin to imagine what it's like to take a long trip in their family. Too daunting, perhaps.

Frndpooh, are you flying, driving or taking the Auto Train? We love the Auto Train, but I suspect it will be significantly cheaper to drive. The last I checked, even with the AAA discout, it would cost us about 700.00 on the Autotrain. Of course, depending on the price of gasoline a year and a half from now, it might be six of one/half a dozen of the other.

[frndofpooh]

Frndpooh, are you flying, driving or taking the Auto Train? We love the Auto Train, but I suspect it will be significantly cheaper to drive. The last I checked, even with the AAA discout, it would cost us about 700.00 on the Autotrain. Of course, depending on the price of gasoline a year and a half from now, it might be six of one/half a dozen of the other.

We're going to drive. We always drive to WDW. My parents live at the southeastern tip of South Carolina, and it's a convenient stopping point about 30-45 minutes off of I-95. Depending on how often the kids need to stop to go to the bathroom, it takes around 8-9 hours to get to their house, then another 5 or 5 1/2 to WDW or Port Canaveral. A few times, we've driven straight through (such as for our trip to WDW last month), but we usually stop. I've always been interested in trying the Autotrain, but the cost usually dissuades us.

Sorry to hear about your BIL's family. Although I'm sure you're disappointed, it's better to find out now rather than a week before the cruise after the plans are made and the payment is nonrefundable.

[yazee1]

That's a sweet deal having your parents two-thirds of the way there and on the correct side of the state for a convenient visit. Have you ever picked her up on the way and taken her with you to WDW? I've thought about asking my mom to join us on the cruise but up until last December, her husband has been too sick to travel. Now, he's passed away. I wonder if she'd feel like a fifth wheel without him.

My mom lives in Florida, near Tampa, so we've driven to Florida a number of times but only twice straight through. Since Dh does most of the driving, when he says no more all-nighters, that's the way it is. I just can't stay awake after a few hours of driving. Things might be different this time. After a lifetime of thinking I hated the stuff, last year, I discovered that I actually like coffee. Who knows? Maybe, it's time to give driving straight through another shot.

One thing is for sure, the novelty of flying has definitely worn off. I remember when flying was part of the fun of a vacation. Now, even if it was the same price as driving, we would not be interested. LOL, I can't believe I'm finally old enough to say I remember the good old days about something.

That is a bummer about my bil and family, and your right about it being better to find out now. Each family is making its own arrangements for this trip, but my mother and father-in-law have offered to help pay for it. If any of us did cancel too late to get the deposit back, it could create hard feelings.

[frndofpooh]

My parents have Annual Pases and go to WDW more often than we do! We've gone with them a few times, or sometimes they join us for a couple of days of our weeklong trip, but we always drive separately from their house (we can't all comfortably fit in one car). Since they are also very familiar with WDW, they do their thing and we do our thing. We spend a lot of time together, but not all day every day. It's also gives us the oppoirtunity to have them take the kids for an evening to let DW and I go off on our own.

We also took my MIL last year in December. I get what you're saying about the "fifth wheel" concern, but we made an effort to include her in the planning and the touring to avoid that. We had to adjust our thinking a little bit, but it worked out well and everyone had a great time. Although she is on her own like your mother, my FIL passed away 17 years ago so her perspective may be different than your mother's. If she's up for it and your family is willing to change your vacation habits a little to accomodate her, then I say go for it.

I also agree completely with your comment about flying. I also remember the "good old days" of air travel, but they are long gone. We're in the process of trying to plan a trip to Dinseyland and San Diego in October and, of course, that would require flying. It's mainly to use up my frequent flyer miles that I accumulated years ago when I was flying more regularly. It's amazing the hassles and planning necessary for a simple flight. Our kids really would like to fly (they never have), and I'm convinced that going through the ordeal will cure them of any desire to do it again!

[yazee1]

Your Disney trips with your parents sound great. It sounds like you have it down to a science.

I could be wrong, but I don't think you're going to get your wish concerning the airport experience dampening your kids enthusiasm for flying. At least, that's not the effect flying has had on our kids. Even though they've experienced flight delays, cancellations, full-blown security checks, turbulence, and even dragging their own luggage from one end of the Atlanta airport to the other in the middle of the night, they still think traveling by plane is pretty cool.

Thank you for sharing your experience about taking your MIL along with you on vacation. That's helpful. It is something we might do, taking my mother, when she's ready to do it. For now, she's too newly widowed. I just talked to her last night (we only talk about once a month). She's doing as well as can be expected but not ready to "go out and play". She did just go back to work (part/time) a couple weeks ago.

On another subject, I'm wanting to go on a shorter Disney cruise in September with my husband. The first time dh and I decided we wanted to go on a cruise just the two of us was for our 10th anniversary. Well, that was on December 31, 1999, and dh was convinced there was going to be a Y2K disaster. That plan was scrapped. The next time we started planning we got as far as deciding on an itinerary, and I was about to book it, when we wound up admitting to each other that we really didn't want to take our first ever cruise without the kids. (We really like traveling with them.) Although I didn't know anything about DCL, I knew that cruiselines had children's programs. My research led me to DCL and we agreed it was the best compromise. The rest is a story that you've heard a million times. We're hooked. Anyway, since we have no vacation plans this year and since my mom (who lives 2 hours from Cape Canaveral) would love to have the kids visit her, I think the timing is right for a parents-only cruise.

[frndofpooh]

Your parent's only cruise sounds like a great idea! We've done some "parents only" trips but usually small things. There would be a Pouting Festival for sure here if we cruised without the kids. Not sure we could stand it!;)

My DW agrees with you about whether or not the kids will hate flying after the California trip. She thinks they will still be in love with the idea. I'll just keep hoping!

[yazee1]

Your parent's only cruise sounds like a great idea! We've done some "parents only" trips but usually small things. There would be a Pouting Festival for sure here if we cruised without the kids. Not sure we could stand it!;)


Well...there will probably be a Pouting Festival here too, but, it might also be the right time to tell them that if they are very good, we'll take them next time. ;)

I haven't booked it yet, but I did get the green light from DH. He and the boys have been away this weekend, and I want him to be with me when I book the cruise so he can see the available rooms and pick the one he wants. If they're available, I bet you he picks one of the same exact rooms we've had before. LOL. Is that a "guy thing"?

[yazee1]

It's official. I booked a parents-only cruise for this September. Dh surprised me about the room request. He wants to do this cruise for cheap and asked me to book category 11 rooms. I can dig that. It's about 600 dollars cheaper for a category 11 than a category 6 on this sailing.

[frndofpooh]

Good for you! You all are going to have a great time. What a great way for you two to celebrate the end of summer and beginning of school!;)

[frndofpooh]

Congratulations on booking for September! Category 11 should be perfect for 2 people. Is it a 4 day or a 3 day?

[frndofpooh]

Oops! Looks like DW and I both posted around the same time under our joint username. Well, we both hope you have a great time!

Mr. FoP

[yazee1]

Oops! Looks like DW and I both posted around the same time under our joint username. Well, we both hope you have a great time!

Mr. FoP

Thanks, both of you. How are we going to know who is Mrs. FoP and who is Mr. FoP? Are you two going to play tricks on us like my twin nieces used to do to their teachers? As for us, dh doesn't post here. In fact, I'm so sure he never visits this site, I can tell you what I got him for Valentine's Day. I'm going to the mall tomorrow to buy him a new bathing suit for our cruise in September.

[frndofpooh]

Thanks, both of you. How are we going to know who is Mrs. FoP and who is Mr. FoP? Are you two going to play tricks on us like my twin nieces used to do to their teachers?

Hmmmm, this could get fun. ;) Actually, I (Mr. FoP) have been the one to post almost everything on this thread until recently. I do most of the posting related to planning our trips, and DW does most of the posting about everything else. She is by far the more active poster, but I scan the boards frequently and post occasionally if something relates specifically to us (like this thread!).

When we both posted around the same time, I was pretty surprised that the Dis let us both be logged in at the same time on two different computers under the same user name. We'll try to be more clear in the future, but here's a tip if you get confused - I tend to write more formally than she does. She's the fun one!

[yazee1]

We'll try to be more clear in the future, but here's a tip if you get confused - I tend to write more formally than she does. She's the fun one!

Or.. :idea: ..maybe, you're trying to trick us.

[yazee1]

Congratulations on booking for September! Category 11 should be perfect for 2 people. Is it a 4 day or a 3 day?

Four days! I wish it were seven, but this will be the first time my mom will have her grandchildren with her without dh and me there as well. We'll call this the practice run.

[frndofpooh]

Four days! I wish it were seven, but this will be the first time my mom will have her grandchildren with her without dh and me there as well. We'll call this the practice run.

Without kids, the extra relaxation that you'll get each day may make a 4 day just as relaxing as a 7 day with kids!

Our last (and only) cruise was the 4 day this summer. We had a great time, but we certainly could have used a few extra days. As a result, we rebooked while onboard, and I immediately grabbed the 10/17/09 cruise the morning that the 2009 came out.

I know what you mean about leaving the kids. Our first time leaving the kids was for an anniversary trip to WDW (returning to the scene of our honeymoon), and both of our mothers stayed in our house with them for the week. It worked out fine, and later overnight trips were a breeze. I'm sure that your mother will do fine with them, and you'll have a great time on your cruise! :sail:

Mr. FoP

[yazee1]

I know what you mean about leaving the kids. Our first time leaving the kids was for an anniversary trip to WDW (returning to the scene of our honeymoon), and both of our mothers stayed in our house with them for the week. It worked out fine, and later overnight trips were a breeze. I'm sure that your mother will do fine with them, and you'll have a great time on your cruise! :sail:

Mr. FoP

I know my mom will be fine. She just gets to be a little hyper-spazz when we come down to see her. She doesn't get to see us much (once a year at the most) and she wants to go everywhere and do everything, especially with the kids. It will be a matter of dh and I getting her to understand that the kids don't need a three-ring circus to be content. Oldest ds and our daughter like to bake with her. I think dd will surprise her with how well she can crack an egg now. I think by September she'll have the difference between whisking and stirring down, too.

My parents are divorced, and my father lives closer to us - about 3 hours away. The children visit overnight with him and his wife every few months. That's party time to them. Sugar, junk food, and more sugar all weekend long. Bedtime? I don't even want to talk about it. Dh and I don't get bent about it.
We're glad the kids have loving grandparents in their life.

[princess jackson]

Hi, just booked the 17th oct cruise, 2 adults and 1 child from the uk.

Really excited :thumbsup2

[yazee1]

Hi, Princess Jackson,

Welcome to the thread! :grouphug:

[frndofpooh]

Welcome, Princess Jackson. We're a small group so far, but we have plenty of time to grow!

[yazee1]

I've had a sex change twice. I got a letter from DCL and I was addressed as Mister. I knew it must have been a typo, but I called DCL to make sure it wouldn't affect my reservation. The rep. changed my status to Mrs. I'm a girl again. Whew! I wonder how much of a hassle that would have been when it came time to check in.

[yazee1]

Hi, There. I just thought I'd drag this thread out of the depths of page five and give it some light.

[frndofpooh]

Thanks for the bump. It's hard to keep this thread active when the cruise is still more than 18 months away. It must be even harder for you to focus on it when you have your parents-only cruise coming up this September. How is the planning going for September?

Mr. FoP

[kentgirl]

Hi everyone.
We'll be on this cruise.
We've booked a back to back for DH 50th birthday.
Haven't cruised before, but we have booked a 3 day on the Wonder for August this year.
We are from Kent in England.:)

[princess jackson]

Kentgirl,

Look forward to meet you next year on the cruise, we live in gateshead uk.

[yazee1]

Thanks for the bump. It's hard to keep this thread active when the cruise is still more than 18 months away. It must be even harder for you to focus on it when you have your parents-only cruise coming up this September. How is the planning going for September?

Mr. FoP

Hi, There! How are you? It looks like even I have lost track of our thread. Thanks for asking about the Parents-Only cruise. We almost had to cancel it! :scared1: We've had some major financial stresses come our way thanks to the IRS's interest in our 2005 tax return (no, we didn't do anything wrong), two nonrent paying tenants, and both our vehicles have age-related maintenance problems. Dh and I put our heads together to pray and to plan and it looks like we're still going in September. I got a part-time job for the specific purpose of saving all my wages for trip. The cruise is already paid for, but there's all the other trip expenses. Those cost even more than the cruise!

It's great to see this thread come alive again. :yay:

[yazee1]

Hi everyone.
We'll be on this cruise.
We've booked a back to back for DH 50th birthday.
Haven't cruised before, but we have booked a 3 day on the Wonder for August this year.
We are from Kent in England.:)

Welcome to the group! Is it just you and your dh? Are you traveling with family too?

[doberlady]

Hi :)

I have narrowed down all the dates and such to the 10/17/09 cruise :)) Hopefully I will be making a deposit next week. I am so excited!! We are booked for our 8th trip to WDW this Halloween. I have been waiting for my youngest to turn 4 to take this cruise. We cruised 1x before on Carnival and HATED IT. I hope it's worth the money cause it's costing a few thousand more then we spend at WDW or spend at a resort somewhere.

My kids at the time of the cruise will be 4, 13, 10

[yazee1]

Hi, Doberlady,

I hope you will be joining us for sure soon.

Our youngest was four the first time we cruised, too. She had a great time. Admittedly, the Club experience had to be handled carefully as it was new to her to be in that environment. She LOVED Scuttler's Cove and didn't want to be anywhere else on the island that day. It was a joy for all us to see the kids having a great vacation on our first ever cruise. We rebooked onboard and all the kids talked about was going back to the clubs!

Our sons will be 13 (3 weeks shy of 14) and 11 by then. Our daughter will be 8 by then.

[doberlady]

OK- I am booking today YIPPEEEEEEE

I got 2 cat 9 staterooms.

[frndofpooh]

Welcome to our thread, doberlady, and congratulations on booking!

[doberlady]

Thanks!! We are very excited!!

[yazee1]

Yeah for Doberlady~ Good thing you booked before the fuel surcharge goes into effect.

I goofed about my sons' ages when we cruise. They will be 14 (almost 15) and 12. Silly me!

[firefighter chris]

Hello all. We are pleased to announce that we will also be going on this cruise. My wife, daughter, and I were suppose to go on the Oct 20th, 2007 cruise, but we found out that she was expecting and due on November 15th. So the whole family except for us went. This time we are going! We will probably have about four rooms booked among us all. The first room will be my aunt, uncle, and two of my cousins. The second room will be one of my cousins, and her boyfriend. The third room will be my dad, and two other cousins. I think that is what they are doing, but I am not sure. I only know the information about my room. My room will be my wife(28), myself(29), daughter(8), and son(23mos). We were debating weather or not to take son with us or not, but decided that for two hundred dollars more, why not. We will probably be in category nine with a porthole window. The rest of the family already has three rooms booked from the previous cruise(s) that they went on. I on the other hand, am a newbie. Just curious who everyone has booked through. I am looking into dreams unlimited, aaa, as well as dcl itself. Trying to find the best deal possible. Look forward to seeing everyone. FYI, we are all from Wisconsin.

[doberlady]

Welcome Chris and family :))

I booked on Saturday morning with DU. I booked a few WDW trips with them and they are great. They saved me around $600 for the cruise vs booking with DCL directly. We are 5 me(45), DH (43), DD(will be 13), DS (will be 10) and last but not least DD (will be 4.5).

We booked 2 cat 9's to save us like $1200. We plan on coming down the day before and staying at a hotel at the port. We will use either Tiffany Town car or FL Tours for R/T carservice. My husband is not dealing with the (2) 1 way car rentals and bringing them back and taking the bus etc.......

I hope we can get a nice group for this cruise and have a meet and such that I see other cruise groups doing. I imagine as time goes on more people will book.

We are going to WDW in 5 months for the 8th time and I could KICK myself for not booking a cruise this year instead. Oh well, will give us something to look forward to.

Yeah for all of us!!:cheer2:

[frndofpooh]

Just curious who everyone has booked through. I am looking into dreams unlimited, aaa, as well as dcl itself. Trying to find the best deal possible.

Welcome, firefighter chris! Glad to hear that you and your family will be joining us. We booked directly through DCL with the onboard discount during our last cruise. It worked out very well, and I expect we'll do it again next time. Only 17 months to go! :banana:

[doberlady]

So- who is the "ringleader" here? We should come up with a name

[firefighter chris]

Come on fellow cruisers. We will need to be much more talk-a-tive to keep our thread active. Each person should try to write at least something each day. Heck, I will be the ringleader if I have to. Lol. Well, I am off to work. Hope everyone is having a great day. What room numbers does everyone have, if willing to share. I am booking my reservation through dreams unlimited tomorrow. I can not wait. I already have the quote.

[doberlady]

I will happily post everyday. I didn't want you all to get sick of me :yay:

[firefighter chris]

Anyone have any complaints about people posting every day? I just put 1000 dollars down for our room. We will also be flying in on Friday, and leaing on Sunday. No rush to get back to Wisconsin here. I can not wait til thr cruise. I will be in FL from July 2nd through the 9th, for vacation. Might have to sneak on over to Port Canaveral and take some more pictures of the cruise ship. Alright all, I worked 14.5 hours. Good night.

[doberlady]

We are also going to fly in the day before and stay at a hotel at the port. We cruised once and fly in the same day and it was horrible. Our best friends and their 2 kids booked too. I am so excited about that. Our kids are best friends too.

We are headed to WDW in 5 months for the 8th time. I don't know how I will get through the next 17 months till the cruise. I already have full intestions of booking another while on the ship.

Chris- Did you book with Dreams?

What shall we call our cruise??

[frndofpooh]

Looks like our thread has become more active in the last few days while I've been absent! :thumbsup2

Like everyone else, I wouldn't consider flying in on the same day as the cruise. Fortunately for us, we'll be driving. We'll drive down to my parents' house in SC the day before, then leave early the morning of the cruise for the last 5 hours on the road. We did it the same way last time, and we were able to pull into the port not long after they started letting people in. We got No. 3 for boarding and hopped on the boat long before noon.

[firefighter chris]

Yes I did book though dreams. Will post more later. Just got home from work after working fourteen hours, and I have to be back in 5 hours from now. See you all soon.

[yazee1]

Hi, Everyone,

I'm glad to see the thread reviving. I started this thread but I have NO problem with someone else renaming it or being the ringleader. I've had my turn at the wheel on our last cruise.

First cruise-We booked with AAA and it was a fine arrangement.
Second cruise-We booked onboard for the 10% discount and OBC from DCL and then transfered the reservation to AAA to take advantage of their OBC.
Third cruise - coming up in September -We booked through the DCL website. It's a four-day. There isn't much OBC for those but DCL gives 25.00 OBC and we opened up a Disney Visa account and paid it off in full in order to get additional OBC and a 50.00 rebate. Since we really didn't want a second credit card, I paid for the cruise with the card, paid the Visa bill immediately afterward and shredded up the card after that.
Fourth cruise- this one - Booked through DU for the double OBC special at the time.

We haven't arranged our transportation yet. We'll probably take the Autotrain. We'll definitely arrive a day early. I would like to hear the story of the horrible day-of-the-cruise arrival. Care to share it or is the memory too unpleasant to rehash?

Well, it's technically Mother's Day. Happy Mother's Day to all the moms!

[firefighter chris]

Happy Wednesday everyone. Sorry I have not been posting too much. Been a super busy week at my job, with working fifteen to eighteen hour days. Well all of my family has transferred their reservations to dreams unlimited now. It looks like we will have five rooms onboard this cruise. One room will be my aunt and uncle. Another room will be two of my cousins. They are both in Category 10. My wife, daughter, son, and myself will be in one room. My cousin, her boyfriend, and their two kids will be in another room. Both of these will be Category 9. Last byt not least, my dad, uncle, and grandma will be in another oom. This will be a category 11, because we needed a handicap accesible room for my grandma. We have rooms 6647, 2606, 2607, 2608, and 2609. Thats the only update for today. Have a great day everyone.

[Goofy4Ever]

Happy Wednesday everyone. Sorry I have not been posting too much. Been a super busy week at my job, with working fifteen to eighteen hour days. Well all of my family has transferred their reservations to dreams unlimited now. It looks like we will have five rooms onboard this cruise. One room will be my aunt and uncle. Another room will be two of my cousins. They are both in Category 10. My wife, daughter, son, and myself will be in one room. My cousin, her boyfriend, and their two kids will be in another room. Both of these will be Category 9. Last byt not least, my dad, uncle, and grandma will be in another oom. This will be a category 11, because we needed a handicap accesible room for my grandma. We have rooms 6647, 2606, 2607, 2608, and 2609. Thats the only update for today. Have a great day everyone.

geez Chris...I see you put all of our family business out there :rotfl:

Hello Everyone - I am Chris' cousin and will be on that cruise.

[firefighter chris]

Welcome to the board goofy4ever. Do I know you? I see you are from nearby Milwaukee. Lol. Oh. I see u are my cousin. Lol. How do you have more postings than me? Are you cheating?

[Goofy4Ever]

Welcome to the board goofy4ever. Do I know you? I see you are from nearby Milwaukee. Lol. Oh. I see u are my cousin. Lol. How do you have more postings than me? Are you cheating?

Because I have been doing it longer than you.....remember I didn't cancel last year. LOL.

[Goofy4Ever]

What happened to everyone???:sad2:

[doberlady]

weird- I posted something early this morning and it's not here.

Anyway- Do you all spend a lot of time looking for new pics from the cruise reports board? I DO

:surfweb:

[yazee1]

weird- I posted something early this morning and it's not here.

What was it?

Anyway- Do you all spend a lot of time looking for new pics from the cruise reports board? I DO

:surfweb:

Yes and no, when I have the time to get online, Disboard's DCL forums are the first place I go after checking my email. Lately though, my time online is limited. So, no I don't spend a lot of time looking for new pictures from the cruise reports boards.

I love to read trip reports (if they're well-written) and look at people's pictures (even if they're not well taken). It's been a while since I've been to the trip report board, I might head over right now.

[Goofy4Ever]

weird- I posted something early this morning and it's not here.

Anyway- Do you all spend a lot of time looking for new pics from the cruise reports board? I DO

:surfweb:

I do. I have been enjoying the Repo reports right now. They included some great pictures of the Magic going through the Panama Canal. IT looks so cool....maybe one day.....

[firefighter chris]

Just writing a friendly hello. Had a super busy weekend with a wedding on saturday, and my sons baptism on Sunday. After some discussion between my wife and I, it was decided that it would be best to leave my son home. He would be 23 months at the time of the cruise, and my daughter will be eight. So my mother in law and father in law will be watching him, while my wife, daughter, and I go on the cruise with the rest of the family. Have a great Monday all.

[Goofy4Ever]

Just writing a friendly hello. Had a super busy weekend with a wedding on saturday, and my sons baptism on Sunday. After some discussion between my wife and I, it was decided that it would be best to leave my son home. He would be 23 months at the time of the cruise, and my daughter will be eight. So my mother in law and father in law will be watching him, while my wife, daughter, and I go on the cruise with the rest of the family. Have a great Monday all.


I think you made a great decision Chris. This way you and your wife can have a wonderful time...:thumbsup2 :thumbsup2 :thumbsup2

[Goofy4Ever]

Have we decided on a name for our group yet? Let's throw some ideas around.....

[bourgie]

:yay: Okay, so we are going as well. We are the BF's of doberlady and are SO excited!!! I talk about it more than my children do.

I have two girls one will be 13 and the other 10.........

This is our first ever cruise, but we have been to DW before.

[bourgie]

I am new to the "board lingo", so bear with me:) :laughing: :laughing:

doberlady got me hooked onto this board, so this is all I do:banana: :banana: :banana:

[doberlady]

join the club :laughing: :laughing:

I check the board when I am feeding the baby at 2am:surfweb:

[yazee1]

Welcome to the thread and congratulations on booking your cruise! It is very exciting, and the excitement of going doesn't wear off after the first time. Trust me. This trip will be our fourth Disney Cruise ( number 3 will be a four-day cruise this September for just my husband and me).

We booked our first cruise about 3 months out and I spent probably 2 months on this board reading and posting and learning. I also bought a Passporter and read it over and over. Dh didn't appreciate the value of all this until we left for the cruise and I was prepared for a thousand things he knew nothing about.

You will be an expert by the time we leave and speak fluent DCL lingo. ;)

[Goofy4Ever]

:yay: Okay, so we are going as well. We are the BF's of doberlady and are SO excited!!! I talk about it more than my children do.

I have two girls one will be 13 and the other 10.........

This is our first ever cruise, but we have been to DW before.

Welcome Bourgie :) I know about being addicted to this board. All I did was read this before our last cruise. I am back at it again after a few months off :rotfl: :rotfl:

[bourgie]

Are there any web cams on the ship? I had read in another thread that there were, but how do I access them,or can I? :confused: :thanks: :tink:

[Goofy4Ever]

Are there any web cams on the ship? I had read in another thread that there were, but how do I access them,or can I? :confused: :thanks: :tink:

Not on the actual boat that I know of, but you can see the Wonder in Port on Sunday & Thursday (until 5:00 PM EST) and on the Magic on Saturday (until the same time). Here is the link...

http://www.portcanaveral.org/webcam.htm

You can also see the ship go by (if you time it right) at the following link. I would start to look about 5:10 (EST) otherwise you might miss it.

http://www.twopalms.com/

Have fun :cool1: :cool1: :cool1:

[bourgie]

Goofy4ever,

Thanks a lot for the site..I will be looking for sure. I go to the Shamu cam a lot and watch the whales swim by!!!!

:)

[Goofy4Ever]

You're Welcome...I hope you enjoy it!

I am going to check out the Shamu cam :cool1:

[firefighter chris]

Wow, it has been awhile since I posted. I likes the sahmu cam. That was pretty cool. Hope everyone had a great Memorial Day. Welcome to you Bourgie and family. I am also not up to par with all the Disney Cruise Line lingo, but feel free to ask what something means. Well, I am off to get ready for work. Chat later everyone.

[KJF]

Wow - I'm surprised to find this up already! Just booked today - myself, DH, DD - will be 7 at time of cruise & DS who will be 5 then. It feels sooo far away! I'm not used to booking anything this far ahead! Just booked over lunch today - had to get in before that fuel surcharge. Also just saw via UPS that my Barnes & Noble book order w/ my Passporter & my DCL cruise guide were delivered today!! The kids already know about it - they know we're saving our money - good excuse to get out of stuff sometimes! DH & I have cruised before, but not w/ DCL - it'll be a first for us. Just went to WDW the past 2 years, taking this one off. I have turned my kids into Disney nuts!! Just saw local fireworks this weekend & DS who is 3 now asked when Tinkerbell was coming! Can't wait to go!

[yazee1]

Welcome to the thread KJF! I have no doubt there will be a lot more people posting with us by October when we're a year out. Even a year sounds like an eternity, and here we are at almost a year and a half away.

What cruise line did you sail before? Did you take your kids then? We have only cruised DCL. You can see from my signature line, dh and I are cruising without our kids this September. My mom lives in Florida. The kids are going to visit with her. She's so excited. I don't mind letting her think I'm doing her the favor. LOL.

[Goofy4Ever]

Welcome KJF! The Disboards are a great place to answer any questions you might have.

We are still looking for a name for our cruise. If you have any ideas please post them.

[firefighter chris]

Welcome to you and your family KJF.

[firefighter chris]

Come one everyone. We need to post more often.

[firefighter chris]

Goofy4Ever called me yesterday and yelled at me for not posting more often.

[firefighter chris]

So now that she is not online, I am going to post a bunch of posts, because I do not want her to yell at me.

[firefighter chris]

I know that this next question is not DCL related, but has anyone ever stayed at any "budgte" hotels in the Orlando or Kissimmee area before? We are going down in July, and my dad was suppose to already have a house, but the bank is being "strange", and as of right now, he does not have a place. I was not planning on getting a hotel, but it looks like we will need to.

[firefighter chris]

Well if I do seven posts on page seven that will be a 7 7 right? Oh wait that is my dads favorite drink. Lol.

[firefighter chris]

Come on people. Wake up. It is 1:30am in Wisconsin. I do not have all day. I have to be to work in fourteen hours. Maybe I will just stay on The DIS Board all day. Ok, maybe I will go to sleep for a few minutes.

[firefighter chris]

What else can I write? I thought about filling up a whole page, but I do not want anyone to be mad at me. Well, I dont care if Goofy4Ever is mad at me. She is family. Lol. Anyone else upset with me doing this?

[firefighter chris]

Finally post seven on page seven. Here is a 7 7 for you dad:)

[firefighter chris]

Well aparently no one is upset at me for these short little posts because no one said so. Oh wait, I think I heard a pin drop. Everyone is sleeping in the world. I was going to go out for a drink tonite, but decided to come home and post on the DIS Board instead.

[firefighter chris]

Has anyone ever done the Romantic Escape Package? Even though we will have our daughter with us, I was considering doing this as a surprise for my wife. We had our five year wedding anniversary this past Saturday, May 24th. But due to work schedules, we have been unable to celebrate.

[firefighter chris]

Has anyone decided on an official name for our group yet? Someone has to come up with a name. Come on. Not all at once.

[firefighter chris]

How many posts do I have to post before i lose the earning my ears logo next to my name. I already have two years for crying out loud. I can hear pretty good. Sometimes, it is just a little selective.

[firefighter chris]

Does anyone have any excursions planned? I am not sure we will do much. Maybe just a little shopping. I would like to go to southern most point. If it is not too expensive to get there. This will be our first cruise ever, so we are trying to be a little cheap. But I do plan on spending a dollar, or maybe two.

[firefighter chris]

I am catching up to that Goofy4Ever woman. One more good day of posting and I will be way ahead of her. She will not even know what hit her. But she will probably call me a smart a--, and then steal my idea.

[firefighter chris]

Well what shall I write for these last two posts so that page seven is mine?

[firefighter chris]

I know what I will write. I well write absolutely nothing.

[firefighter chris]

Well if we hurry up and keep writing posts every day, we will soon be on page 77. And when that happens, I am going to claim that page as well. Then I will have page seven and seventy seven....7 7 7. Then I am going to the casino, so I can win a lot of money, and upgrade to a category one. Do not worry. I will invite you all in for a visit. Oh sorry all. I fell asleep and was having a great dream. Must mean i am tired. Good nite all.

[firefighter chris]

Alrighty people, it has been eleven hours, and still no one has posted?

[firefighter chris]

Especially that Goofy4Ever. She yells at me for not posting and then she does not even post. I would of thought that she would have at least posted something before she went to work. She is so not dedicated.

[doberlady]

Here I am :hippie:

I bet in the next few months there will be a lot more people joining us :)

I am already looking at fish extenders :yay:

[firefighter chris]

Hooray Doberlady. I am not the only one online. I have to go to work soon, but I still have time for a few more posts.

[doberlady]

Oh I am online all the time :badpc:

I am obsessed with the drink picture thread. It makes me thirsty:rolleyes1

[firefighter chris]

Yeah. Soon, I will start reading up on a few threads to get some ideas as to do a few creative things. I know one group did DIS Tag, where everyone makes or gets a small item and you have to "tag" the next person on your list after you have been tagged. If you still have people left that you have not tagged by the end of the week, you just go through and tag them anyways. It was kind of creative. Many people did things from their hometown. I was also thinking about some type of door hangar type deal. Do you guys have main seating or late seating?

[doberlady]

We have the main seating (thank goodness). I would love for us to do the swap kinda thing. I am also looking forward to door decorations.

[firefighter chris]

Cool. We also have main dining. First we had the late dining, but then changed it to main didning. I am trying to get a few more posts in so that when Goofy4Ever comes online, she will see that I have been posting. I am trying to get my posts up to 40. Then we will be tied. I have no life outside of DIS and work. Just kidding. Wife is working. Son is at daycare. Daughter is at school. I was suppose to be cleaning. I will just tell my dear wife that I overslept. That should work, but I will probably still be in the doghouse.

[doberlady]

You are the husband- no matter what you do you will be in the doghouse

woof woof

:smokin:

[firefighter chris]

This is true, very true. I just hate working second shift. I start at 3pm and dont get done until usually one or two am. Every Tuesday I get to leave at 11:30 pm, but the rest of the days are usually later. It sucks because by the time I get home, my family is sleeping, and by the time I wake up, they are all gone already.

[doberlady]

My father was a paid firefighter for 35 years. I spent my whole life with 3 nights on 4 days off- 3 days on 2 days off. When he went in for nights we would have to eat dinner at 4pm. When we got older he was never home for holidays as he would take the younger guys with small kids shifts so they could be home with their little kids.

[firefighter chris]

I wish it were that easy for me. Unfortunately I am a paid on call firefighter, well captain. Lol. So I have drills and meetings once a week, sometimes more. Then I am on call three days on, three days off. But I am a manager in a warehouse at a large beverage company. So I have a whole lot going on. I also used to work with the American Red Cross on what is called a Disaster Action Team, but have given that up due to my lack of time. It was much easier before I was married and had kids. But I will give up the fire department before I give up my wife and kids.

[firefighter chris]

Well I am going to go to Best Buy and buy Mario Kart for the WII. Have a great day everyone.

[firefighter chris]

Well I just could not leave this page unfinished. Thanks for your help Doberlady. At lease we will have a page of our own. Have a great afternoon everyone.

[firefighter chris]

One more post to start out page nine.

[doberlady]

:rotfl: :rotfl: I just read your post about all the 7's and winning money and upgrading to a cat 1 and inviting us in to see LOL That was very funny!

[Goofy4Ever]

I am catching up to that Goofy4Ever woman. One more good day of posting and I will be way ahead of her. She will not even know what hit her. But she will probably call me a smart a--, and then steal my idea.

One word...JERK..lol:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

[firefighter chris]

Wow Goofy4Ever. That is not very nice to be calling people jerks on the DisBoards. This is suppose to be a happy place.

[firefighter chris]

So I went to Best Buy to buy mario kart for our wii, and the moron sold the one that was suppose to be on hold for me. I was not very happy. I was almost late for work, because I went to get it, and figured I could be playing it when I got off work. Well I guess that plan did not work.

[firefighter chris]

Come on now people. I know that other people besides Goofy4Ever and Doberlady have to come online sometime during the week. Are you guys always that quiet?

[firefighter chris]

Well Goofy4Ever, we are now tied for posts. I will talk to everyone later. Do not all post at once okay?

[Goofy4Ever]

Well Goofy4Ever, we are now tied for posts. I will talk to everyone later. Do not all post at once okay?

I thinkl I just went ahead of you!!:rotfl: :rotfl:

[Goofy4Ever]

I am down for the fish extender thing. Don't think DB will be. He doesn't understand the obsession I have with the Disboards.

By the way I don't think I ever mentioned that it will be myself, DB both 35 and DS's 14 at the time of our cruise. Oh that is right, Firefighter Chris (aka big mouth) told everyone about our group....lol:lmao:

[Goofy4Ever]

Okay back to the name, maybe we can incorporate the word "Hearties" which mean "Shipmates or Friends"? Any thoughts?

[Goofy4Ever]

How do you know when the next page is coming?

[Goofy4Ever]

I guess I will keep posting until I figure it out since I am the only here.....

[Goofy4Ever]

wasn't 132

[Goofy4Ever]

Or post 133...

[Goofy4Ever]

Or 134....

[Goofy4Ever]

Geez wasn't 135 either :confused3 :confused3

[Goofy4Ever]

Gosh I could be here all night....not 136

[princess jackson]

Afternoon, or morning for you guys over the pond :cool1:

Thought i would post again,

What are you occupations, i see we have a
Fire Fighter,
also a Police Officer (propbably the smallest):rotfl2: :rotfl2:

Any other uni-formed services on this cruise :rotfl: :rotfl:

[doberlady]

Yeah- We need a name!pirate:

[bourgie]

I am in for the Fish extenders as well:goodvibes

Question: Do we make them? Do they have to match everyone elses?

:banana:

[bourgie]

Goofy4ever,

Do you mind that I use the Tinkerbell avatar?

:)

[bourgie]

Okay, nevermind about the Fish Extenders.....with a little searching I found a thread with awesome pictures on it!!!!!

:) :yay: :yay: :yay: :yay: :tink:

[yazee1]

Presently, no required uniform here. Neither my husband nor I have had a career in law enforcement, military, or any kind of service along those lines. I've had a lot of jobs with a dress code and even a "career" where I dressed up, but presently my job is stay-at-home-mom and homeschooler. I have a part-time job at night in order to save up money for the cruise-related expenses. We wear a uniform. No, I don't work at McDonalds. ;) My husband is a mechanical engineer. His service to mankind and his country is not so easily defined, although he is a Scoutmaster. I guess he does wear a uniform after all. LOL

Fish extender folks -
As for fish extenders, the jury's out. I don't know if I'll make time for it. Probably not. On the other hand, if my kids get wind of the fact that it's something some people do, and it involves exchanging small gifts, they might take on that project.

Thread name folks-
As for thread names, my opinion is that thread names should happen naturally and aren't nearly as good when it's a forced issue. With over a year to go, if just the right name pops up, great. If not, I'll have been on 3 Disney cruises that weren't named (if this upcoming cruise doesn't have one by September) and they were no worse for the lack of one. Just my humble opinion on that.

I'm happy to see our membership growing and "meeting" others who've experienced the Magic before and newbies who are in for (hopefully) the best vacation of their lives. Since like most of you I love the Disboard and am very excited about the cruise, I'm here every day checking the thread. That doesn't mean you'll see a post from me every day, though. I only post when I have something to say.

Have a good day, all!

[doberlady]

I can't wait to do fish extenders!! My kids will be so excited :cutie:

[Goofy4Ever]

Goofy4ever,

Do you mind that I use the Tinkerbell avatar?

:)

Not at all ;)

Okay, nevermind about the Fish Extenders.....with a little searching I found a thread with awesome pictures on it!!!!!

:) :yay: :yay: :yay: :yay: :tink:

Were did you find them? This will be the first time I do this. Honestly, this is the first time I have "belonged" to a cruise meet board. But since my cousin joined, I thought what the heck. Now I am glad I did :)

[Goofy4Ever]

Afternoon, or morning for you guys over the pond :cool1:

Thought i would post again,

What are you occupations, i see we have a
Fire Fighter,
also a Police Officer (propbably the smallest):rotfl2: :rotfl2:

Any other uni-formed services on this cruise :rotfl: :rotfl:

Not here either....unless you consider office casual attire a uniform :rotfl:

[bourgie]

Not at all ;)



Were did you find them? This will be the first time I do this. Honestly, this is the first time I have "belonged" to a cruise meet board. But since my cousin joined, I thought what the heck. Now I am glad I did :)


You can seach for them online by just typing in Fish Extender....

[bourgie]

Not at all ;)



Were did you find them? This will be the first time I do this. Honestly, this is the first time I have "belonged" to a cruise meet board. But since my cousin joined, I thought what the heck. Now I am glad I did :)


You can also find them on ebay or make them yourself. They seem to be really easy to make. :)

[bourgie]

Here are two I found, among others:) :)

Hope the links work!!!


http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g161/dahuffy/Cruise/P1000612.jpg

Here is another link...hope it works
http://www.renysplace.com/cruise/fishextenders.html

[Goofy4Ever]

Here are two I found, among others:) :)

Hope the links work!!!


http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g161/dahuffy/Cruise/P1000612.jpg

Here is another link...hope it works
http://www.renysplace.com/cruise/fishextenders.html

Thank you Bourgie. The ones I found on ebay were $40...ouch!

[bourgie]

:banana: :cool1: :rolleyes1 I know, I saw the ones on Ebay, they are really easy to make. I am going to make my own for sure. :)

[doberlady]

I know, I saw the ones on Ebay, they are really easy to make. I am going to make my own for sure.

ah hem??????

[bourgie]

ah hem??????

my bad, and if anyone else that invited us on this lovely cruise would like me to make theirs as well..:thumbsup2
:) :) :) :) :banana: :banana:

[Goofy4Ever]

Happy Tuesday everyone :)

[aan1701]

Hello to everyone,
My Wife and I booked this cruise with the on board booking agent on the may repo to our home in Los Angeles. My name is Alan (not aan that was I typo I can not fix.) I will 34 by that cruise and my wife will be 37. We have no children. We will be going to WDW for at least two nights before and back to WDW for at least 4 night when we get back to Port Canaveral. I work on the ground for Southwest Airlines at LAX and wear a uniform, although it is shorts and a polo. I am the guy who loves to close down Rockin Bar D every night. Just wanted to say hi and maybe I will get to meet some of you.

[doberlady]

Welcome Alan :))

I am Debbie and my husband is Marty, we have 3 kids coming with us (12, 10, 4)

[aan1701]

Welcome Alan :))

I am Debbie and my husband is Marty, we have 3 kids coming with us (12, 10, 4)

Debbie and Marty, Hello. Nice to meet you.

[Goofy4Ever]

Hello Alan! Welcome :)

I am Lisa and my cousin is Firefighter Chris. We have a total of 14 people traveling with us.

I noticed you were on the October 20th Western last year. We were too!

How was the Repo cruise? I would have love to go on that one.

[yazee1]

Greetings, Alan! Did you post a trip report on your repo cruise? I would love to hear about it also.

Our traveling group, so far, is my family (me, dh, ds, ds, and dd), my MIL and FIL, and my BIL who is single. We're hoping to get my husband's other brother to come too. He wants to go, I think it's his wife who isn't hot on the idea. They have four little kids. I think she thinks it really wouldn't be a vacation. We're celebrating my in-laws 50th and our 20th anniversaries.

[aan1701]

Hello Alan! Welcome :)

I am Lisa and my cousin is Firefighter Chris. We have a total of 14 people traveling with us.

I noticed you were on the October 20th Western last year. We were too!

How was the Repo cruise? I would have love to go on that one.

Greetings, Alan! Did you post a trip report on your repo cruise? I would love to hear about it also.

Our traveling group, so far, is my family (me, dh, ds, ds, and dd), my MIL and FIL, and my BIL who is single. We're hoping to get my husband's other brother to come too. He wants to go, I think it's his wife who isn't hot on the idea. They have four little kids. I think she thinks it really wouldn't be a vacation. We're celebrating my in-laws 50th and our 20th anniversaries.

Sorry guys I am not the best at doingtrip reports. I must tell you that was one ove the best, if not best vacation I have ever took. It was a blast. I would like to thank everyone for their welcomes. Goofy, I what a small world. I would be more than happy to answer everones questions about it, but let me start by saying I only got off the ship at CC and Aruba. At CC I had lunch then right back on, and in Aruba I went to a little bar right by the dock for a few hours. I really just wanted to relax and do nothing for 15 days, and that is what I did. My wife and I will be celabrating aniversary number 9. Though you would never know I am married as we are the opisates attract couple. SHe wakes up early and I wake up late. She goes to sleap early and does not drink at all, I will be closing Rockin Bar D every night and may have one to many. She will do differant things on the ship than me. It is weird but it works. We juast do our own thing.

[doberlady]

Bourgy and I will both be celebrating our 15 year wedding anniversary.puckerup:

[Goofy4Ever]

Bourgy and I will both be celebrating our 15 year wedding anniversary.puckerup:

That is exciting! I hope someday to get married on the ship...maybe this cruis??? :thumbsup2

[Goofy4Ever]

Sorry guys I am not the best at doingtrip reports. I must tell you that was one ove the best, if not best vacation I have ever took. It was a blast. I would like to thank everyone for their welcomes. Goofy, I what a small world. I would be more than happy to answer everones questions about it, but let me start by saying I only got off the ship at CC and Aruba. At CC I had lunch then right back on, and in Aruba I went to a little bar right by the dock for a few hours. I really just wanted to relax and do nothing for 15 days, and that is what I did. My wife and I will be celabrating aniversary number 9. Though you would never know I am married as we are the opisates attract couple. SHe wakes up early and I wake up late. She goes to sleap early and does not drink at all, I will be closing Rockin Bar D every night and may have one to many. She will do differant things on the ship than me. It is weird but it works. We juast do our own thing.

Now that sounded like a vacation! :)

[aan1701]

Now that sounded like a vacation! :)

It was. Second time we have done DCL to Panama. Still this little 7 day one should be fun. So far looks like a great group of people. Really if anyone has questions about the trip please ask.

[bourgie]

Welcome Alan, My fam is going on the cruise with our BFF's Doberlady and fam!!!!:thumbsup2

WOW the Panama Canal!!! I have seen some pictures, must be awesome!!

[bobbbrick]

Not to bum everyone out, but I just checked airfare from bos to orlando and they are pricing at $800 a ticket which would take us out of the picture with 5 of us traveling, airfare will be changing much just like car travel!

[doberlady]

How did you check airfare that is 16 months in advance?

[Goofy4Ever]

Not to bum everyone out, but I just checked airfare from bos to orlando and they are pricing at $800 a ticket which would take us out of the picture with 5 of us traveling, airfare will be changing much just like car travel!

Holy Smokes! Unless airfare is $250 and under, we will be driving. It will cause us to have to take a few extra days off but I would rather spend the extra $$ on drinks ;)

[Goofy4Ever]

It was. Second time we have done DCL to Panama. Still this little 7 day one should be fun. So far looks like a great group of people. Really if anyone has questions about the trip please ask.

How long does it actually take to cross the Panama Canal?

[bourgie]

Not to bum everyone out, but I just checked airfare from bos to orlando and they are pricing at $800 a ticket which would take us out of the picture with 5 of us traveling, airfare will be changing much just like car travel!

WOW!!!:eek:

Which airline were you able to check this early?

If that is the case we would probably drive as well................WE NEED THIS VACATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[doberlady]

you can't check air this far in advance. They only let you check 1 year in advance. Airfare will not be anywhere near that for NY-MCO.

We are going to Disney in Oct and we got it for like 155.00 r/t per person.

[doberlady]

Oh and my dd just got airfare from NY-Tampa for 225 rt

[Goofy4Ever]

Oh and my dd just got airfare from NY-Tampa for 225 rt

Maybe I will look into flying into Tampa....

[aan1701]

Welcome Alan, My fam is going on the cruise with our BFF's Doberlady and fam!!!!:thumbsup2

WOW the Panama Canal!!! I have seen some pictures, must be awesome!!

It was one awesome trip. In my top 5 of all time.

How long does it actually take to cross the Panama Canal?

It was an all day affair. We took on the pilot about 6:30 in the morning and we were out by 5 in the afternoon. When it comes to airfare thank god I work for the one airline that will not Nickel and Dime you.

[yazee1]

Not to bum everyone out, but I just checked airfare from bos to orlando and they are pricing at $800 a ticket which would take us out of the picture with 5 of us traveling, airfare will be changing much just like car travel!

Doesn't bum me out. We are a family of five as well, but we take the Autotrain or drive when we go as a family.

By the way, I missed your introduction post. A belated welcome to the thread! I hope you find much, much better prices on airfare so you will still be able to go.

[Goofy4Ever]

Hello Everyone - - - Happy Monday!

[bourgie]

Hey, what is the weather like by everyone? In NY it is close to 100 degrees!! :beach: :beach: tomorrow they have the schools getting out earlier because of the heat!!!!

[yazee1]

Hey, what is the weather like by everyone? In NY it is close to 100 degrees!! :beach: :beach: tomorrow they have the schools getting out earlier because of the heat!!!!

Pretty stinking hot here in Maryland. If it was anymore humid we'd swim through the air. The pool we belong to doesn't open until the afternoon until June 14th when they go to summer hours :( but we were invited to go swimming tomorrow at our friend's house. So, after I get some sleep (I just got in from work), we're going swimming. One of the advantages of homeschooling is school's out when you want it to be out. LOL. Either that or we count swimming as gym.

[Goofy4Ever]

Hey, what is the weather like by everyone? In NY it is close to 100 degrees!! :beach: :beach: tomorrow they have the schools getting out earlier because of the heat!!!!


we had flash floods all weekend. People's basements were flooded, some as much as 10'" of water. Thankfully mine was okay, but my uncle and parents had water in their basements. Our temps are high 70's low 80's....beautiful when it isn't raining! Today it was finally sunny :beach: :cool1:

[bourgie]

I was wondering about maybe getting some nice pro pics taken while on the cruise, like at castaway....Does anyone know anything about how I would go about this? I know people have VR's and also weddings while on the cruise and have seen many, many beautiful pics of them at the beach.

If anyone has noticed, the ticker just says 16 months, no weeks!! YEAH we are getting closer!!! HAHAHAHAHA

Thanks!!!:)

[Goofy4Ever]

I was wondering about maybe getting some nice pro pics taken while on the cruise, like at castaway....Does anyone know anything about how I would go about this? I know people have VR's and also weddings while on the cruise and have seen many, many beautiful pics of them at the beach.

If anyone has noticed, the ticker just says 16 months, no weeks!! YEAH we are getting closer!!! HAHAHAHAHA

Thanks!!!:)

Yippee----pretty soon it will 12 months ;)

[Goofy4Ever]

Happy Father's Day to any dads out there!

[bourgie]

:banana: :banana: WOO-HOO!!! Only 15 months, 3 weeks!!!!!:woohoo: :yay:

Anyway, i was looking at the excursions and I have a question with the hours that are next to each excursion.

Certified Scuba Tour (4 - 4.5 hours)
A certified diver's delight! First, you'll dive Palancar Reef to depths of 70 to 80 feet after being briefed about the dive plan, points of interest and safety tips. Back on board, guests enjoy beverages and fruit en route to the next dive site, a shallower dive of 50 to 60 feet, determined by the captain. All scuba equipment provided. A certified dive card is required and guests must have completed one dive within the last two years.
Price: $94 (ages 12 and above) No one under age 12.

Dolphin Discovery Cozumel (7 - 7.5 hours)
Interact with dolphins for half an hour at Chankanaab National Park! After an educational orientation you'll enter the water via stairs to arrive on a submerged platform. You'll have one half-hour standing in waist-deep water to interact with the friendly marine mammals. Afterwards, stay and enjoy the rest of the park's offerings, including a Caribbean buffet lunch. Transportation is available every hour on the half hour.
Price: $135 (ages 10 and above) Child: $110 (ages 3-9) No one under age 3.

I dont understand.....It takes 7-7.5 hours to do the Dolphin Discovery???

:confused3 HELP!!:confused3

Thanks!!!:)

[doberlady]

Bourgie- you get the whole day at the Chankanaab National Park. Only 30 minutes with the Dolphins.

[bourgie]

Oh, and you get the buffet as well for the $?

[Goofy4Ever]

Oh, and you get the buffet as well for the $?

That is what it sounds like. It sounds like you can go back to the ship when you want. That makes me think about doing this excursion. I still want to have time to shop :banana: :banana: :banana:

[firefighter chris]

Where is everyone at? It has been a week since anyone posted anything. Oh wait, it has been three weeks since I posted. Sorry. I have been buys with buying a new vehicle. But I have finished that assignment now, so now it is time to get ready to leave for Florida. I leave July 2nd, and come back July 9th. I will be at the nascar race at Daytona. Wife and daughter like the number 88...I like number 24. Should be a fun time. Have a great day all.

[Goofy4Ever]

Finally Chris...I thought you fell of the earth lol....Congrats on the new car. maybe someday your cousin will be able to see it!! Have fun in Florida and at the race...I am soooo jealous!! Go Junior:yay: :yay:

Oh yeah before I forget...Chris did you happen to notice that I am no longer Earning My Ears!! :cool1: :cool1: :cool1: Maybe one day you will be a Mousekeeter like me :laughing: :laughing:

Oops before I forget we have added two more people to our group...my 82 old grandma and my other uncle, Dennis. I am happy that my grandma decided to join us. This will be her first cruise. I guess you are never too old to do something new ;) It will also be the first cruise for Dennis. I am sure he will love all the endless food selections!!!

Good Night Everyone!

[firefighter chris]

Come on people. Where is everyone? Is this the not posting froup or what? Well anyways, I ma down in Florida as we speek. I hope everyone had a great fourth of July. Today bening July 5th, we are going to Daytona International Speedway to watch Jeff Gordon pass Dale Earnhardt Jr. and win the race:). My dad and I are Gordon fans, while my wife and daughter like Jr. What a household it is on Nascar days. Well, I hope to see someone post something soon.

[firefighter chris]

Sorry all. I am just a little tired. I really do know how to spell.

[Goofy4Ever]

Come on people. Where is everyone? Is this the not posting froup or what? Well anyways, I ma down in Florida as we speek. I hope everyone had a great fourth of July. Today bening July 5th, we are going to Daytona International Speedway to watch Jeff Gordon pass Dale Earnhardt Jr. and win the race:). My dad and I are Gordon fans, while my wife and daughter like Jr. What a household it is on Nascar days. Well, I hope to see someone post something soon.

Well I am glad to see that Gordon didn't win :cool1: :cool1: If #88 can't win then #24 shouldn't either!!

All I can say is one word....Kyle!

[Goofy4Ever]

Can you believe that it is almost 15 months until the cruise. Time is going by fast...before we know it...it will be our turn to get on the Magic :cool1: :cool1: :cool1:

I hope everyone had a fun and safe 4th of July!!

[firefighter chris]

Well Goofy4Ever, Gordon will come back and win the championship. Just a matter of time. But anyways. It is 451 days til our vacation begins. What has everyone else been up to? We need to be a little more lively than this.

[firefighter chris]

Florida was hot when we were down there. On Saturday when we went to Daytona International Speedway, it was about 93 degrees fehrenheit at 11am. At 2pm, it was up to 105 degrees. By racetime which was 815pm, it cooled off to the low 90's. Wife and daughter had fun, as it was there first race. My dad and I had fun until Gordon spun. It was a great race though. Of course my father, wife, and daughter all slept in the car for the hour and half ride to the track. And can you believe the same three slept all the way home also. Going back turned into about a three and half ordeal due to traffic and road construction. I was tired!! But overall, it was fun.

[firefighter chris]

I also took my father and wife and daughter down to the Disney Cruise Line. My dad has been on it before and I have seen it before. When my daughter seen it, she said, "OH MY GOD." I was like see Paige, you do not want to go on that do you? She was like oh no!!! But my wife talked her back into going. When I explained to her about the kids clubs all she said was how many days. Lol. She is looking forward to it.

[firefighter chris]

Oh yeah, the new car, it is doing good. Runs very smoothly, and much more spacious than my old car.

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[nokidz]

Ears?

My wife and I are considering this cruise.

firefighter chris - just go into your User CP and change your slogan. Under User Profile I believe. One of the first things you can change on that screen.

[yazee1]

My wife and I are considering this cruise.



Hi, nokidz. Welcome to the thread. I can see you have experience with the 4-day cruises. Dh and I are taking a 4-day Disney cruise this September (but you can figure that out from my signature). I'm wondering if we'll have enough time to really enjoy ourselves on a 4-day. We actually booked the four-day after the Magic Oct'09 cruise. At the time, twenty one months was just tooo long.

[Goofy4Ever]

My wife and I are considering this cruise.

firefighter chris - just go into your User CP and change your slogan. Under User Profile I believe. One of the first things you can change on that screen.

Welcome nokidz...hope you decide to join us. The more the merrier :)

[Goofy4Ever]

Hi, nokidz. Welcome to the thread. I can see you have experience with the 4-day cruises. Dh and I are taking a 4-day Disney cruise this September (but you can figure that out from my signature). I'm wondering if we'll have enough time to really enjoy ourselves on a 4-day. We actually booked the four-day after the Magic Oct'09 cruise. At the time, twenty one months was just tooo long.

I have done a 4-day and it was so short. I enjoy the 7-day much more.

[firefighter chris]

My wife and I are considering this cruise.

firefighter chris - just go into your User CP and change your slogan. Under User Profile I believe. One of the first things you can change on that screen.

Thank you nokidz. I am now a Disney Expert. Lol.

[firefighter chris]

Well, I had looked about two weeks ago, and midwest airlines had round trip direct flights from milwaukee to orlando for 350 a person. This would be for this October, as we were just trying to see prices.This was flying in on a Friday, and leaving Sunday. Now that they have revamped there schedule, and cancelled a bunch of flights we are looking at no available flights into orlando, and a flight that goes into Tampa, but only Friday and leaves Friday, so that is not going to work. Due to short vacation times, we will probably be flying, no matter the price, but anything is possible at this time. I guess around October we will be making our final thought process. maybe gas will be cheaper by then. Let us all hope.

[yazee1]

I have done a 4-day and it was so short. I enjoy the 7-day much more.

We'd much rather do a 7-day, but Boy Scout camps eat up a lot of his alloted vacation time. Next year, the vacation time allotment won't be any different so we'll probably spacebank our beach week and only take one vacation and that will be the October cruise.

[Goofy4Ever]

Thank you nokidz. I am now a Disney Expert. Lol.

yeah right :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

[Goofy4Ever]

We'd much rather do a 7-day, but Boy Scout camps eat up a lot of his alloted vacation time. Next year, the vacation time allotment won't be any different so we'll probably spacebank our beach week and only take one vacation and that will be the October cruise.

Don't get me wrong....if we could afford to, I would take a four day this year!! :goodvibes If only we lived in Florida..;)

[nokidz]

Thank you nokidz. I am now a Disney Expert. Lol.

not a problem. and you will be an expert if you keep reading these boards...lol

we are sailing mid Oct this year. Our plan is to book when we are onboard. We havent decided if we want to do the Western again or do an Eastern. Depends.

[yazee1]

If the only advantage to living in Florida was access to Disney Cruises, I don't think I would do it. Dh and I don't care for the climate. I do wonder about this. My mom lives in Florida and would be able to take advantage of the Florida rates when they are available. If a special Florida rate became available, could she book a cruise for our whole party (her included of course) at the Florida rate or does every member of the party have to live in Florida? Furthermore, we would need two rooms. Would there have to be a Florida resident in both rooms? It's probably been asked on the main board, I should try to find the answer for future reference.

[Goofy4Ever]

If the only advantage to living in Florida was access to Disney Cruises, I don't think I would do it. Dh and I don't care for the climate. I do wonder about this. My mom lives in Florida and would be able to take advantage of the Florida rates when they are available. If a special Florida rate became available, could she book a cruise for our whole party (her included of course) at the Florida rate or does every member of the party have to live in Florida? Furthermore, we would need two rooms. Would there have to be a Florida resident in both rooms? It's probably been asked on the main board, I should try to find the answer for future reference.


Yazee - I am not sure of the answer, but I do know that my uncle is moving to Florida next month and when I asked a DCL Rep about the FL discount, she said that we have gotten the better deal because we rebooked onboard. If you would decide to takle the FL resident discount, you would have to cancel your ressie and by doing so you would lose the 10% discount and the OBC (if you rebooked while onboard, just like us). We decided it was not worth it.

[yazee1]

Hi, Goofy. I forgot I posted about this question. Has it been over a week? I agree that if the Oct. cruise turned up on the FL rate list (highly doubtful), I wouldn't get as good a deal compared to booking it online and transfering the reservation to AAA for the additional OBC. I was thinking more along the lines of in the future. Never the less, your still right that I could book a dummy date for the future and change it and make out better.

That being said, I'm canceling my Dreams Unlimited reservation I have now for this cruise and then rebooking onboard. Then I'll transfer the reservation to AAA. We did that last time and because we need two rooms, wound up with over 600 in OBC between DCL and AAA. We also earned both Castaway member gifts and AAA gifts (nice DCL photo album). I've been checking the rates for our cruise and they haven't changed since we booked last January.

[aan1701]

To all those looking at Midwest Airlines, good luck. I work for Southwest and from what some of our Pilots have told me, Midwest may be a thing of the past before the end of the year. Apperntly they barely were able to make payroll this last month. Well looking forward to seeing you all next Oct. We will be coming in two days before to WDW and then going home after 4 more nights at WDW.

[firefighter chris]

Is everyone still going on the cruise? Anything good and exciting going on with anyone? It has been over a month since anyone posted. It is 400 days until we leave one the big boat. See you all soon.

[bourgie]

Has anyone who has cruised before ever used "walkie talkies" on the ship to contact family members or friends on the different part of the ship? I know that your child has a pager. :confused:

[yazee1]

Yes, we took our Motorolas on two cruises. They worked fine on the ship but we used them the most on Castaway Cay.

Your child doesn't get a pager, but you get one. The cast members can page you at the child's request or if the club or lab needs to contact you.

[bourgie]

yazee1, thanks for responding. Oh yes, that is right we get the pager.

I have a friend who went on a cruise this summer and she said she had wished she brought walkie talkies with her.

:yay: :yay: Happy Friday!!:yay: :cool1:

[yazee1]

yazee1, thanks for responding. Oh yes, that is right we get the pager.

I have a friend who went on a cruise this summer and she said she had wished she brought walkie talkies with her.


Did she elaborate on why she wishes they had walkie talkies. I figure we have over a year's wait to cruise, I have time for a story if you have time to tell it.

As for us, our two younger kids didn't have check out privileges the last time we cruised but they will this time around. I think the walkie talkies will be more useful than even before keeping track of our family's goings and comings.

By the way, I just noticed the trip ticker went from number of months to go to number of months and weeks to go. :)

[bourgie]

[QUOTE=yazee1;27681170]Did she elaborate on why she wishes they had walkie talkies. I figure we have over a year's wait to cruise, I have time for a story if you have time to tell it.


Yes, she did. She was telling me that while they were at the pool, her husband went to the cabin and she stayed at the pool with her children and at that moment wishes she had a walkie talkie to tell him to bring the "whatever" she forgot.......She said I can't believe how much I rely on my cell when I am home to get in touch in an instant!! She said this sort of situation happened a couple of times while on the ship. She saw a lot of people using them.

Yes, i noticed the ticker too!!! WOO HOO!!!!!!!:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[yazee1]

Yes, she did. She was telling me that while they were at the pool, her husband went to the cabin and she stayed at the pool with her children and at that moment wishes she had a walkie talkie to tell him to bring the "whatever" she forgot.......:

Ahh, exactly the scenerio I imagined. Been there, done that and glad I had the walkie talkies.

[bourgie]

So we will be bringing these with us for sure!!!

[yazee1]

Hey group, I'm going to borrow an idea from other meet threads of which I've been a member and keep the first post for the thread as a place to keep track of who are going and other information we'd want access to without combing through the entire thread.

If anyone wants their cruising info as part of the database, please post here or pm me.

[TheDawnPatrol]

Hello!

Count me and my family in for the cruise: my Wife, two boys (who will be 9 and 8 almost at cruise time) and my daughter who will be turning 3 on the cruise.

Hard too believe it is coming up on 12 months and counting.

Pete

[yazee1]

Hi, Pete! Welcome to our thread! Is this your first Disney Cruise, second, fifteenth... One year doesn't seem so long considering we booked last January! LOL

Monica

[TheDawnPatrol]

Thanks! This will be our third Disney cruise but first time with all the kids.

Pete

[yazee1]

I'm guessing this will be your youngest child's first cruise? Anyone stressing out about whether she'll be fully potty-trained by then? ;)

Our youngest is going to be 8-1/2 when we sail next year-almost old enough for check-out privileges in the Lab. It's hard to picture her in the Lab at all since she had just turned four the first time we went (still young enough for taking naps and a little bit of separation anxiety) and only 5 1/2 the second time (no naps and no anxiety).

Our sons will have checkout privileges (oldest is Stack age so that's a given), but our daughter won't. I can't remember if an older sibling can be listed as a designated person to pick up a Lab kid. I think I remember oldest ds checking younger ds out with our permission. I hope so.

[mavdav]

We are cruising too! It will be me, DH, DS - 5 & 3 by then! I am one of those a bit stressed that my 3 yr old will be potty trained by then! He will have turned 3 in June, so I think it will happen! Especially since he sees big brother doing it!

Is anyone interested in organizing a fish extender trade while cruising? I'm really excited about doing this with my kids. this will be our 2nd DCL, the first was on a 3 day so not too many FE or door magnets.

There are 5 other families that will be travelling with us! We are super excited. Trying to get them on board with FE trade!

Can you believe its almost 1 year til we sail! Can't wait!

[yazee1]

We are cruising too! It will be me, DH, DS - 5 & 3 by then! I am one of those a bit stressed that my 3 yr old will be potty trained by then! He will have turned 3 in June, so I think it will happen! Especially since he sees big brother doing it!

Is anyone interested in organizing a fish extender trade while cruising? I'm really excited about doing this with my kids. this will be our 2nd DCL, the first was on a 3 day so not too many FE or door magnets.

There are 5 other families that will be travelling with us! We are super excited. Trying to get them on board with FE trade!

Can you believe its almost 1 year til we sail! Can't wait!


Hi, Mavdav! I'm sure your younger son will be a potty pro by October. No, we haven't made plans for an FE exchange yet. It's a bit early, but I'm sure there will be one. We didn't do one on our first two cruises, and I wasn't inclined to on this last one, but I changed my mind and I'm glad I did. It was really fun. I even made my own FE. I don't sew much, so that's significant.

[doberlady]

Why is it too early to plan and talk about having FE's? Part of the fun is the planning stage. I am definately doing the FE even if it's just with Bourgie.

[doberlady]

Wow- I want my door to look like this!!

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa206/schwetje/BIRTHDAYS2008127.jpg

[mavdav]

That would be an awesome door!

Thanks for the encouragement on the potty training. I have confidence that he will be a pro by then! :)

I haven't ever been part of an FE group before and after spending hours reading about it, I can't wait!

[yazee1]

Hi, Mavdav! No, we haven't made plans for an FE exchange yet. It's a bit early, but I'm sure there will be one. We didn't do one on our first two cruises, and I wasn't inclined to on this last one, but I changed my mind and I'm glad I did. It was really fun. I even made my own FE. I don't sew much, so that's significant.

Why is it too early to plan and talk about having FE's? Part of the fun is the planning stage. I am definately doing the FE even if it's just with Bourgie.

Doberlady, I think you may have misunderstood what I wrote here because I never said it was too early to plan anything or talk about it. Seriously, please correct me if I missed it, but I don't remember reading anything more than a few people in our thread, months ago, saying they were up for it. That is why I wrote "No, we haven't made plans for an FE exchange yet." Based on how little traffic this thread has had in the past few months (probably because the cruise is year away and typically these threads don't get that busy until much closer to the date), I voiced the opinion that "It's a bit early".

I don't want anyone get the impression that I'm a humbug about FE exchanges. Let me clarify that we didn't participate in FE gift exchanges on the first two cruises because there wasn't one planned, not because we opted out. I'm pretty sure the FE's are a fairly recent tradition and predate the last cruise we took as a family. The reason we weren't inclined at first on this last cruise was because I didn't think I would have the time or money to shop for gifts and thereby uphold my part in the exchange.

As for planning, personally, I have already started shopping for FE gifts and have my radar up whenever I'm out for ideas for FE gifts to buy as I am not creative and probably won't make any.

[yazee1]

Thanks for the encouragement on the potty training. I have confidence that he will be a pro by then! :)


We got off really easy with our second son. It was like you said about him watching his brother. He must have been watching someone because he was never "trained" as far as either of us (his parents) guiding him. One afternoon, I was at my computer when I heard little feet run past the back of my chair (we had hardwood floors). Next, I heard the sound of someone peeing in the toilet of the bathroom closest to my office, followed by the flushing of the toilet and the scampering feet running past my chair on their way to the living room. I assumed it was my oldest who was four at the time. I got up from my desk and went into the living room to tell him to wash his hands, but the child in the living room was younger ds. From that day on, he toileted like the rest of the nondiaper wearing population.

[doberlady]

I of course want to participate in the FE but certainly do not want to plan it :lmao: . Some of the other groups made maps of the ship and highlighted all the cabins that were in on the FE. I thought that was cool and then you didn't have to go crazy trying to find everyone.

I do not sew at all and will probably wind up buying a FE on ebay. I am also going to start buying little things now that I see on clearance etc. Or I am going to think about something I can make.

I also am going to start tracking the airfare next week and as soon as (hopefully) it dips to where i want I am going to buy it.

We are going to Disney in less then 2 weeks and I got this air for under $170pp.

[yazee1]

I do not sew at all and will probably wind up buying a FE on ebay. I am also going to start buying little things now that I see on clearance etc. Or I am going to think about something I can make.

Did you see the non-sewing FE instructions someone posted on one of the monster FE threads? I used someone's "nonsewing" instructions to make my FE. They weren't completely idiot-proof but I managed to make a respectable looking FE. I think I spent 16.00 in materials including fabric, backing, Stitchwitch, a dowel, decorative jewels, and double wide trim (I forget what that stuff is called). Mind you I didn't buy Disney patches to iron on. I'll post a picture later. I have to go out for a bit right now.


I also am going to start tracking the airfare next week and as soon as (hopefully) it dips to where i want I am going to buy it.

We are going to Disney in less then 2 weeks and I got this air for under $170pp.

Congratulations on the excellent price. What airline? I've rolled the dice with Airtran without too much trauma, but I feel better when I've been able to go Southwest. I've had good luck with Ding for my Florida trips. Last year was my mother's 60th birthday. I called her to ask her what to get her for her birthday. She laughed and said she wanted to see me. I didn't think it was possible, but as luck would have it Southwest had 79.00 each way for just the dates I could travel. I took my son, too. When my mom's husband died a few months later, I didn't think I could find a deal that good but I did.

Our kids have never been to Disney World. Depending on how this year goes financially, I'd like to take them after the cruise - do our own land/sea kind of vacation.

[bourgie]

Woo Hoo!! One year from today we will be getting on our way!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:banana: :cool1: :cheer2: :banana: :cool1: :cheer2:

[bourgie]

[QUOTE=doberlady;28110947]I do not sew at all and will probably wind up buying a FE on ebay.



ahhh what??????:snooty:

[yazee1]

This is the FE I made without any sewing, just cutting the fabric and ironing the glue tape. I take that back. I did sew the jewels on because I couldn't find my glue gun. If I make our FE this time, it will have more pockets and more colors.

Does anyone know if other cruiselines do FE's because I think, if we cruise in 2010 or 2011, we might have to go with a less expensive cruise line. If I decide to buy and FE from someone for this cruise, I'd hate to never be able to use it again.


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