Cruising on the Wonder Jan.29, 09

[Googelibear]

Hi everyone, I am new to cruising, but not new to WDW and DL.

We're cruising on the Wonder starting Jan. 29th after 4 days in the parks :dance3: :banana: :cool1: :woohoo: :yay: :dance3: I am so excited. Can you tell?

Anyone else booked for that 3 day event?
I have read just about every cruise report. We will be celebrating a big anniversary :love2: and this time the boys will stay home :crazy2:

[samily]

Hi there!

We will be on this cruise as well - we are booked b2b for the 4 night then this 3 night :banana:

We are a family of 5 - me & DH & DD 10.5, DS7, DS4 - my DD turns 11 the day we disembark!

Congrats on your anniversary - how many years? :yay:

[Googelibear]

Hi there!

We will be on this cruise as well - we are booked b2b for the 4 night then this 3 night :banana:

We are a family of 5 - me & DH & DD 10.5, DS7, DS4 - my DD turns 11 the day we disembark!

Congrats on your anniversary - how many years? :yay:

Hey samily :) so glad I'm not going to be alone on that big ship :laughing:
How come you are taking 2 cruises instead of a 7 day outing?

This is our first cruise and I am super excited.
The only way I could get my, not so Disney crazed, husband to go was to suggest to him that it would be nice to vacation alone (leaving the 15 year old twins at home ;) ) and to celebrate our 30th anniversary. He loved that idea and so I booked before he could change his mind.

I am thinking that he's thinking that I won't expect that huge diamond. I don't know why he would think that:rotfl2:

[Googelibear]

Really, no one else on my ship? :rolleyes1

[samily]

Hey samily :) so glad I'm not going to be alone on that big ship :laughing:
How come you are taking 2 cruises instead of a 7 day outing?

This is our first cruise and I am super excited.
The only way I could get my, not so Disney crazed, husband to go was to suggest to him that it would be nice to vacation alone (leaving the 15 year old twins at home ;) ) and to celebrate our 30th anniversary. He loved that idea and so I booked before he could change his mind.

I am thinking that he's thinking that I won't expect that huge diamond. I don't know why he would think that:rotfl2:

We ended up with the b2b rather than a 7 night b/c it was 3500.00 cheaper for the category we wanted!! Also my SIL & her family wanted to do a short cruise for their first time, so they were going to book the 3 night. It turned out that she caught the bug and ended up booking the b2b as well!

It's funny, our first DCL cruise my DH wasn't a die hard Disney fan either - but we have now been on 5 DCL cruises so he has been converted!! :rotfl: It's actually the place he gets his best nights sleep and is also able to nap!

Congratulations on 30 years!!! You better start dropping some hints to him about that ring though...;)

Looks like we're going to have the ship to ourselves...

[Googelibear]

Wow, that's quite a savings.
Actually instead of that diamond, I am hoping that the DVC CMs corner Mike and hold him hostage (not too difficult on a boat ;) ) until he signs the papers for a membership :angel:

[samily]

yes, we wanted to do the 7 night, but i couldn't justify that price difference. now i look at it as getting all my favorites twice - 2 sailaway parties, 2 castaway cay days, etc, etc. my sil is also trying to recruit other members of the family to join us at least on the 3 night so i am looking forward to it!

good luck with dvc - i keep telling my dh that we should have bought it years ago - it would easily have paid for itself! :rolleyes1

[Googelibear]

yes, we wanted to do the 7 night, but i couldn't justify that price difference. now i look at it as getting all my favorites twice - 2 sailaway parties, 2 castaway cay days, etc, etc. my sil is also trying to recruit other members of the family to join us at least on the 3 night so i am looking forward to it!

good luck with dvc - i keep telling my dh that we should have bought it years ago - it would easily have paid for itself! :rolleyes1

Hey now, I think you did the math wrong. You'll have 3 castaway cay days, won't you?:banana: :dance3: :yay: :woohoo: :thumbsup2

[samily]

only if we get lucky :wizard: - normally the 4 night is one nassau day, one cc day & one day at sea. there are some 4 nights that do a double dip at cc, so no sea day, but they are usually scheduled in the summer months i think.

we had a nice surprise on our last cruise in January - at check in the cm says to us "i have some bad news for this cruise" :scared1: and I start thinking of all the things that could be wrong - we can't get the room we booked, we're coming back early, etc. - a million things went through my mind in that split second before she said "we'll be spending 2 days at cc instead of having a sea day" what a great thing to hear! that was actually the 2nd 4 night cruise that we unexpectedly ended up geing a 2nd day at cc - it happened a few years back due to weather - the first day on cc was rather windy & had rain showers in the afternoon, so they took us back the next day - which was perfect weather. :cool1:

how do your boys feel about you guys leaving them at home? we're planning a short trip for our anniversary in sept - the first without kids - my dd would be highly insulted if she knew we were considering doing dcl without her - haven't decided where we're going yet :rolleyes1

[Googelibear]

only if we get lucky :wizard: - normally the 4 night is one nassau day, one cc day & one day at sea. there are some 4 nights that do a double dip at cc, so no sea day, but they are usually scheduled in the summer months i think.

we had a nice surprise on our last cruise in January - at check in the cm says to us "i have some bad news for this cruise" :scared1: and I start thinking of all the things that could be wrong - we can't get the room we booked, we're coming back early, etc. - a million things went through my mind in that split second before she said "we'll be spending 2 days at cc instead of having a sea day" what a great thing to hear! that was actually the 2nd 4 night cruise that we unexpectedly ended up geing a 2nd day at cc - it happened a few years back due to weather - the first day on cc was rather windy & had rain showers in the afternoon, so they took us back the next day - which was perfect weather. :cool1:

how do your boys feel about you guys leaving them at home? we're planning a short trip for our anniversary in sept - the first without kids - my dd would be highly insulted if she knew we were considering doing dcl without her - haven't decided where we're going yet :rolleyes1
Nice surprise those "bad news" :)

I don't think I'd mind a day at sea. I am actually contemplating not leaving the ship on Nassau day. At least not all day. We'll see.

My boys are very wonderful travelers and they always humored me and my Disney addiction. But they opted out of any future Disney trips. They like going up to British Columbia or Alaska and go fishing. They are outdoorsey kinda people. I on the other hand would like nice feathered beds and I'd like to have the cabana boy bring me a drink.
The only thing that upsets them is that they have to go to school while we're gone, heehee.

You know, we were married for 14 years before we had those two and did Disney by ourselves. So much fun!! :rolleyes1

[binks]

Hi Fellow Cruisers!

We will also be on this cruise. It will be me, my DH, and DD's 12 & 8. This is our 3rd Disney Cruise, and although it's months away....I can't wait!

[binks]

Hey Googelibear, we were also on the 4-day cruise this past January that got two days at CC. We were so thrilled and the weather couldn't have been better. I say in 09 we should skip Nassau and just head to CC.

[samily]

Hey Googelibear, we were also on the 4-day cruise this past January that got two days at CC. We were so thrilled and the weather couldn't have been better. I say in 09 we should skip Nassau and just head to CC.


Welcome!

I was a little nervous at the beginning of that cruise as it was a little chilly in Orlando, but the weather turned out to be perfect once we left the port, and 2 days at CC - it was wonderful! :yay:

[Googelibear]

Hey Googelibear, we were also on the 4-day cruise this past January that got two days at CC. We were so thrilled and the weather couldn't have been better. I say in 09 we should skip Nassau and just head to CC.

I think you have something there. We'll let the captain know what our plans are and go from there :rotfl:

Welcome to our ship :goodvibes

[samily]

wow i'm so excited, apparently we're the only ones on this big ship - we should have no problems getting reservations for palo :rotfl:

[Googelibear]

wow i'm so excited, apparently we're the only ones on this big ship - we should have no problems getting reservations for palo :rotfl:

:laughing: :laughing:

Maybe we should give this cruise a "special" name, like so many others do. That may attract some more cruisers. On the other hand, I was worried about not getting into Palo :dance3:

[samily]

:rotfl:

sounds good - any ideas? the 3 night musketeers? or mouseketeers? or ???

or maybe we should wait until we get our palo ressies... :rolleyes1

[Googelibear]

:rotfl:

sounds good - any ideas? the 3 night musketeers? or mouseketeers? or ???

or maybe we should wait until we get our palo ressies... :rolleyes1

Woaw people, we've made it to page two, just between the 3 of us :thumbsup2

Ok, let's keep thinking. I like "the 3 night mouseketeers"............ a lot!

[samily]

Happy Mother's Day - hope you all have a great day! :flower3:

[Googelibear]

Yes, yes----- Happy Mother's Day to all! :laundy:

[samily]

I have to share my news as I am very excited! I booked a 3 night for this October for just my DH & myself for our anniversary. :yay: This will be the first time vacationing without the kids so I'm still a little nervous about that... But now we can try all the adult things we've never had the opportunity to do in the past....Serenity Bay , here I come! :banana:

[Googelibear]

I have to share my news as I am very excited! I booked a 3 night for this October for just my DH & myself for our anniversary. :yay: This will be the first time vacationing without the kids so I'm still a little nervous about that... But now we can try all the adult things we've never had the opportunity to do in the past....Serenity Bay , here I come! :banana:
Yay for you. Go online and buy that special romance package and book some couples stuff at the spa :banana: And enjoy Serenity Beach.
How very exciting. Happy Anniversary to you *now where is that smiley with the champagne bottle?*

My boys are going on 15 and this cruise will be the first vacation without them. I am not worried, they're not interested in Disney, they can entertain their grandma for a week :rotfl:

[binks]

Wow, I can't believe it's still just the three of us!

Anyway, I just learned that my in-laws are taking us on the NCL Majesty to Bermuda next summer to celebrate their 50th anniversary. It will also be our 20th anniversay, and we honeymooned in Bermuda, so it will be special for us as well. I'm just worried that entire cruise I'll just be comparing NCL to DCL, and that our daughters will be doing the same thing.

We'll just have to rebook on the Wonder, and go again Jan of 2010.

[Googelibear]

So, do I understand this right that you'll still be on our boat and doing the anniversary cruise AND re-book for 2010?

WOW
That earns :banana: :banana: :banana: in my book
Congratulations to all that traveling:cool2:

I have to get back to :laundy: talk with all 2 of you later:laughing:

[samily]

Wow, I can't believe it's still just the three of us!

Anyway, I just learned that my in-laws are taking us on the NCL Majesty to Bermuda next summer to celebrate their 50th anniversary. It will also be our 20th anniversay, and we honeymooned in Bermuda, so it will be special for us as well. I'm just worried that entire cruise I'll just be comparing NCL to DCL, and that our daughters will be doing the same thing.

We'll just have to rebook on the Wonder, and go again Jan of 2010.

That's exciting - being able to try another cruiseline & not having to pay for it! lol I have heard good things about NCL - I'm sure you'll have a great time! :)

[Googelibear]

How about "Ship of Fools" ? :laughing:

[samily]

Welcome aboard the Ship of Fools, featuring the 3 night mouseketeers...:rotfl:

[Minong1]

Hi! We'll be joining you on the cruise and we are so excited! This is our first cruise! It will be me, DH, and DS (3). My father and his wife are also cruising with us. We are planning 4 days in the parks before the cruise and a few days after the cruise. We live in South Dakota so we've been making a habit of heading to Disney for a warm up in January or February! Somehow the trips seem to get longer each year and now we added a cruise! Some year we may not return to the frozen tundra.:ssst:
We are still waiting to find airfare. We wanted to try Allegiant this time but the fares are only posted through August 15th right now. I suppose they are waiting to see how much to raise them!
Our biggest accomplishment for this vacation is to get DS potty trained so he can swim and go to the kid's club. So far, so good! And January is 8 months away so we shouldn't have any problems!:cool1:
Anyone concerned that it will be chilly in January?
This website has been very helpful. Thanks for all the great info!

[Googelibear]

Welcome aboard the Ship of Fools, featuring the 3 night mouseketeers...:rotfl:

I like it. Is that it then?

[Googelibear]

Hi! We'll be joining you on the cruise and we are so excited! This is our first cruise! It will be me, DH, and DS (3). My father and his wife are also cruising with us. We are planning 4 days in the parks before the cruise and a few days after the cruise. We live in South Dakota so we've been making a habit of heading to Disney for a warm up in January or February! Somehow the trips seem to get longer each year and now we added a cruise! Some year we may not return to the frozen tundra.:ssst:
We are still waiting to find airfare. We wanted to try Allegiant this time but the fares are only posted through August 15th right now. I suppose they are waiting to see how much to raise them!
Our biggest accomplishment for this vacation is to get DS potty trained so he can swim and go to the kid's club. So far, so good! And January is 8 months away so we shouldn't have any problems!:cool1:
Anyone concerned that it will be chilly in January?
This website has been very helpful. Thanks for all the great info!
Hi Minong1, welcome to the "Ship of Fools" :cutie:

We have pretty much the same situation, sans kids. We live in north west Michigan and usually spend 10 days at WDW in November. This time around my boys aren't going, they cannot spend time away from school.
I am so looking forward to doing Disney just being adults, like we used to many years ago.
This is our first cruise as well, it was just a natural add-on. I hope this will be fun. I am beginning to have mixed feelings.

I think no matter how cold it is in January, it's still warmer than here:goodvibes

Oh, I forgot to add that we'll be there for 5 nights before the ship goes off into the sunset.
1st night POP, because we arrive around midnight, the following nights at the Beach Club. Our first time at either resort. We usually only stay at POR, because we just love it there and don't want to take a chance of not liking a resort. I don't like change :laughing:

[Minong1]

Hi Minong1, welcome to the "Ship of Fools" :cutie:

We have pretty much the same situation, sans kids. We live in north west Michigan and usually spend 10 days at WDW in November. This time around my boys aren't going, they cannot spend time away from school.
I am so looking forward to doing Disney just being adults, like we used to many years ago.
This is our first cruise as well, it was just a natural add-on. I hope this will be fun. I am beginning to have mixed feelings.

I think no matter how cold it is in January, it's still warmer than here:goodvibes

Oh, I forgot to add that we'll be there for 5 nights before the ship goes off into the sunset.
1st night POP, because we arrive around midnight, the following nights at the Beach Club. Our first time at either resort. We usually only stay at POR, because we just love it there and don't want to take a chance of not liking a resort. I don't like change :laughing:

Thanks for the welcome!
We have also stayed at POR the last two years and loved it but are trying the POFQ before the cruise and POP after the cruise.

It will certainly be warmer on the cruise than here! This year when we landed in Sioux Falls after our trip it was -22 degrees! What a shock and made it even harder to go home. The bus driver on ME joked that we should feel sorry for him because it was only going to be 70 degrees in Florida that day!

We also took one trip to Disney before DS and that's when I "hooked" my DH on Disney. Now he's almost as crazy as me. I don't want to insult him too much!:laughing: We couldn't understand why anyone would go to Disney WITH kids before we had our son because we had such a great time together but then once he came along we couldn't wait to take him! :earsboy:

I'm sure you'll have a great adult time together for this vacation!

[samily]

Welcome aboard Minong1! Your son is at a great age to start cruising. My youngest turned 3 a month before our last cruise this past January & I started telling him if he wanted to come with us on the Mickey ship, he had to use the potty. At some point a couple of months before his bday, he finally listened! Then everytime he would go, he would say"now I can go on the Mickey boat & I don't have to stay with Grandma" Quite funny - he is my 3rd child so I didn't have any guilt about it :lmao: So, if you find difficulty with the potty training, Mickey is a good incentive to fall back on ;)

We have cruised several times in Jan. & have been lucky with the weather - we cruise then to get a break from the cold here in New England too! I always get a kick out of seeing the FL people in their long pants and long sleeves when it's 70 degrees- we're there in our shorts and loving it! :rotfl:

[samily]

Hey Googelibear - why are you having mixed feelings? :confused3

[Googelibear]

Hey Googelibear - why are you having mixed feelings? :confused3

Because, my goodness, there are so many (in my little mind) complaints all over the place, specifically about the Wonder. I almost, last week, turned my cruise into a 10 day WDW only trip. No worries, I won't do it. I am committed to it. I have never had a bad experience anywhere at Disney. I am counting on my lucky streak ;)


You are all so lucky with the kids liking/loving Disney. Mine were never into it. Not at five years of age nor any other time. I always felt like I had to beg them.

[samily]

Ok, you may have to stop reading the boards for a while! :badpc: :rotfl2:

Seriously, go in with an open mind & form your own opinions - I read some complaints on the boards and I'm like were we on the same ship?? We have been several times and have never had a serious complaint. The food has always been fine - some dishes better than others - if you find you don't like something, order something else - you're not stuck with it!

I am very much looking forward to our October adults only cruise to try all the adult only things on the ship - I'll have to let you know how that goes, but am anticipating it to be Wonder-ful! :rotfl:

[Googelibear]

Ok, you may have to stop reading the boards for a while! :badpc: :rotfl2:

Seriously, go in with an open mind & form your own opinions - I read some complaints on the boards and I'm like were we on the same ship?? We have been several times and have never had a serious complaint. The food has always been fine - some dishes better than others - if you find you don't like something, order something else - you're not stuck with it!

I am very much looking forward to our October adults only cruise to try all the adult only things on the ship - I'll have to let you know how that goes, but am anticipating it to be Wonder-ful! :rotfl:

THANK YOU! for that sit-down. I am keeping an open mind. I also am not putting all sorts of demands in my head regarding any vacation.
I will stay away from the complainers, I will stay away from the complainers, I will say away from the complainers :lmao:
Like that's possible with my addiction, heehee

[samily]

Oh boy, a fellow addict! hello, my name is beth and i'm addicted to the dis... :surfweb: :lmao:

[Googelibear]

Oh boy, a fellow addict! hello, my name is beth and i'm addicted to the dis... :surfweb: :lmao:

:laughing: zaktly :rotfl:
What a great addiction to have.

Please check out my signature, that's where my addiction started. Call me Dopey ;)

[samily]

Perhaps we should be the Ship of Fools & Addicts!! lol

[Googelibear]

Perhaps we should be the Ship of Fools & Addicts!! lol

:surfweb: :laughing: :thumbsup2

[samily]

Gee, everyone's been quiet out there - how is everyone doing? We've been busy with the end of school & camp starting...I'm so happy summer has finally arrived! :cool2:

[Googelibear]

Gee, everyone's been quiet out there - how is everyone doing? We've been busy with the end of school & camp starting...I'm so happy summer has finally arrived! :cool2:

I have been so busy. As soon as school's out, I get super busy with my business - we do live in a touristy kind of town. It won't let up until after Labor Day. I'll be a wreck by the time that comes around:headache:

What are you going to do for the summer? Can you get away? Will you go to WDW?

[samily]

What kind of business do you have? At least busy is good!

Our big events this summer are my BIL's wedding next month & after we get through that we will be driving north to NH & Maine for a few days for my DS's 7th bday - we are usually on DCL for his older sister's bday, so he's excited we are taking a vacation for his bday this year!

We always hit the beach quite a bit also as all 3 kids love it. We usually don't head down to FL until the weather is cold here - it's our escape! ;)

[Googelibear]

What kind of business do you have? At least busy is good!

Our big events this summer are my BIL's wedding next month & after we get through that we will be driving north to NH & Maine for a few days for my DS's 7th bday - we are usually on DCL for his older sister's bday, so he's excited we are taking a vacation for his bday this year!

We always hit the beach quite a bit also as all 3 kids love it. We usually don't head down to FL until the weather is cold here - it's our escape! ;)

I own a little resort in Michigan. Right by Lake Michigan and that starts getting busy TODAY :scared1: Which is great and it is not so great, because I cannot enjoy this beautiful area and the beaches like my friends, who don't work in the summer and just spend time fooling around. Not complaining though, it is fun but I won't have a break until late October :faint:

This last week until this morning, we housed some movie people here. They are filming a movie with Ray Liota and that cute little guy that was in "Juno" and is also doing the Mac/PC commercials on TV. I cannot remember his name.
Anyhooo, some of the "behind the scenes" guys and girls stayed with me and it was great fun to talk with them. One of them was the set decorator. He is from Australia. Fun to get the inside scoop :)

yay for your little guy, he gets his own birthday trip.

[binks]

Hi fellow cruisers. Sorry I haven't been participating, but to tell you the truth, I'm not 100% positive that we'll be doing the cruise. I really want to, but since we've done it the last two years, and then we'll be doing the NCL Bermuda cruise next August, I'm just not sure I can justify it. We got a great deal on the cruise because we booked on board and very early, but I really worry about what's going to happen to the economy. I'm making plans as if we'll be going, but we won't make a final decision until the 90 day mark. Please, talk me in to going!

[Googelibear]

Hi fellow cruisers. Sorry I haven't been participating, but to tell you the truth, I'm not 100% positive that we'll be doing the cruise. I really want to, but since we've done it the last two years, and then we'll be doing the NCL Bermuda cruise next August, I'm just not sure I can justify it. We got a great deal on the cruise because we booked on board and very early, but I really worry about what's going to happen to the economy. I'm making plans as if we'll be going, but we won't make a final decision until the 90 day mark. Please, talk me in to going!

doesn't matter to me. Just keep posting here - making new friends ;) :)

ooops, that came out wrong. It would be nice to actually meet you on the ship, but if it's not to be, then we'll just be pen pals, all three of us, lol

[samily]

I own a little resort in Michigan. Right by Lake Michigan and that starts getting busy TODAY :scared1: Which is great and it is not so great, because I cannot enjoy this beautiful area and the beaches like my friends, who don't work in the summer and just spend time fooling around. Not complaining though, it is fun but I won't have a break until late October :faint:

This last week until this morning, we housed some movie people here. They are filming a movie with Ray Liota and that cute little guy that was in "Juno" and is also doing the Mac/PC commercials on TV. I cannot remember his name.
Anyhooo, some of the "behind the scenes" guys and girls stayed with me and it was great fun to talk with them. One of them was the set decorator. He is from Australia. Fun to get the inside scoop :)

yay for your little guy, he gets his own birthday trip.

wow, that sounds so nice - i bet you meet a lot of interesting people each summer! must have been fun with the movie people there :) are you open year round or is it seasonal?

[samily]

Hi fellow cruisers. Sorry I haven't been participating, but to tell you the truth, I'm not 100% positive that we'll be doing the cruise. I really want to, but since we've done it the last two years, and then we'll be doing the NCL Bermuda cruise next August, I'm just not sure I can justify it. We got a great deal on the cruise because we booked on board and very early, but I really worry about what's going to happen to the economy. I'm making plans as if we'll be going, but we won't make a final decision until the 90 day mark. Please, talk me in to going!

Oh no, you have to come - we cruised together back in January! This time we could actually meet - our kids were probably in the clubs together last time and we didn't even know it! ;)

[ReneaB]

Hello,
My family is thinking about this cruise. We have been on 1 other cruise but it was not a Disney one. The day the cruise starts will be my daughter's 16th birthday. Right now we are checking prices. The cruise prices are great...but the flights are expensive. Any tips on finding cheap flights?
There are possibly 7 of us going.
My husband and me...my daugher with the birthday, my 13 year old son, and my mother. I am also inviting my daughter's best friend that will be 14 and my nephew who will be 12. I think it would be so much fun for my kids to both have a buddy there.
Well I will let you guys know when we make the final decision.
ReneaB

[Googelibear]

wow, that sounds so nice - i bet you meet a lot of interesting people each summer! must have been fun with the movie people there :) are you open year round or is it seasonal?

Ohmygoodness, I totally didn't see your post.
As a matter of fact, we do have some really interesting people here. Last week they filmed a movie with Ray Liota, and the one young guy that was in Juno (Drew Barrymore's boyfriend) and some others in our town and some of the behind the scenes people stayed with me. Too much fun to talk with them after they finished work and sat down and had cocktails with us :3dglasses. Heehee, I felt like Mrs. Fooffooffnick, drinking with the movie crowd.

Anyhooo, lots of work but lots of fun as well.

[Googelibear]

Hello,
My family is thinking about this cruise. We have been on 1 other cruise but it was not a Disney one. The day the cruise starts will be my daughter's 16th birthday. Right now we are checking prices. The cruise prices are great...but the flights are expensive. Any tips on finding cheap flights?
There are possibly 7 of us going.
My husband and me...my daugher with the birthday, my 13 year old son, and my mother. I am also inviting my daughter's best friend that will be 14 and my nephew who will be 12. I think it would be so much fun for my kids to both have a buddy there.
Well I will let you guys know when we make the final decision.
ReneaB

Hi ReneaB, good to see you. Welcome to the Ship of Fools ::yes::
I could cry about the prices I had to pay for the plane tickets to Florida for this cruise.
Last year the identical tickets cost me $ 278. per person. These tickets were $ 600. per person. My husband does not want to know what anything costs so not to keel over and die from the shock :scared1: And I won't tell him.

I have no tips for you in that direction. But! I don't know where you fly out of, maybe you should go and look at the Dings for NWA. I have to fly out of a little airport and change at either Detroit or Chicago. Those flights are always more expensive:furious:

[ReneaB]

Thanks for the welcome!!! We will be flying out of Indianapolis. I live an hour north of Indy. I will do some checking around for flights. I just hate to spend so much to fly to Florida when we can only stay long enough for the cruise. I will be taking my kids out of school for the cruise, but I don't want them to miss more than 3 days. Seems like a lot of money to pay to fly there for that short amount of time. Though I know if I wait and go when school is out....the price of the cruise itself will be much higher.
Your husband sounds like my husband!! I have not even told him how much the quote for the flight is yet. LOL

[Googelibear]

Thanks for the welcome!!! We will be flying out of Indianapolis. I live an hour north of Indy. I will do some checking around for flights. I just hate to spend so much to fly to Florida when we can only stay long enough for the cruise. I will be taking my kids out of school for the cruise, but I don't want them to miss more than 3 days. Seems like a lot of money to pay to fly there for that short amount of time. Though I know if I wait and go when school is out....the price of the cruise itself will be much higher.
Your husband sounds like my husband!! I have not even told him how much the quote for the flight is yet. LOL

I know what you mean about paying so much for a one hour flight, for goodness sakes.

I have one recommendation for you. Go through your local travel agent. Yes, they charge you a commission of around $30., but they keep an eye out for you for the best prices and they can place holds on seats until they can talk with you. I wish I had done that, but I jumped the gun when the prices kept going up every hour while I was searching. My agent could have gotten those tickets for me for $ 900.00 compared to $ 1200.
So, bad for me. But you might benefit from my trigger finger :laughing:

Good luck :)

[samily]

Hello,
My family is thinking about this cruise. We have been on 1 other cruise but it was not a Disney one. The day the cruise starts will be my daughter's 16th birthday. Right now we are checking prices. The cruise prices are great...but the flights are expensive. Any tips on finding cheap flights?
There are possibly 7 of us going.
My husband and me...my daugher with the birthday, my 13 year old son, and my mother. I am also inviting my daughter's best friend that will be 14 and my nephew who will be 12. I think it would be so much fun for my kids to both have a buddy there.
Well I will let you guys know when we make the final decision.
ReneaB

Welcome!!!

For flights, check out Southwest - they fly out of Indianapolis and usually run some great specials; however they are only booking through October right now - January won't be released for another couple of months. But to give you an idea, checking out October flights coming in on Wednesday evening 10/1 & flying out Sunday 10/5 they are priced at 69.00 per person & 109.00 per person! We always find great pricing from them - we got our October flights for 77.00 pp & 109.00pp!

Also not sure if Jetblue flys out there or not, but we booked our January flight down to MCO for 114.00 ea I believe; however they are only booking through 1/31/ right now so we have not booked coming home yet.

Good luck with your planning! Hope you guys end up on board with us! :goodvibes

[samily]

Hi ReneaB, good to see you. Welcome to the Ship of Fools ::yes::
I could cry about the prices I had to pay for the plane tickets to Florida for this cruise.
Last year the identical tickets cost me $ 278. per person. These tickets were $ 600. per person. My husband does not want to know what anything costs so not to keel over and die from the shock :scared1: And I won't tell him.

I have no tips for you in that direction. But! I don't know where you fly out of, maybe you should go and look at the Dings for NWA. I have to fly out of a little airport and change at either Detroit or Chicago. Those flights are always more expensive:furious:

Holy cow!! 600 per person!! :eek: I think my DH would make us drive down!! :rotfl:

Justin Long - Drew Barrymore's boyfriend - he seems like such a sweetie! :love: My kids liked him in Herbie! :happytv:

[Googelibear]

Holy cow!! 600 per person!! :eek: I think my DH would make us drive down!! :rotfl:

Justin Long - Drew Barrymore's boyfriend - he seems like such a sweetie! :love: My kids liked him in Herbie! :happytv:

Let me tell you that after I plunked down that money, I got a paper bag and started breathing slowly :sick:
Mike does not know and will never know how much we paid.
He would have a coronary :faint:

This Justin Long - I have never seen him, I think - looks so not handsome, I think. I might be wrong. There's a picture of him in the local paper this morning and I must say, I might be too old, lol.

[samily]

Let me tell you that after I plunked down that money, I got a paper bag and started breathing slowly :sick:
Mike does not know and will never know how much we paid.
He would have a coronary :faint:

This Justin Long - I have never seen him, I think - looks so not handsome, I think. I might be wrong. There's a picture of him in the local paper this morning and I must say, I might be too old, lol.

lol- no he's not super good looking, but he seems like such a nice guy - he seems to be good for drew... they look cute together :lovestruc

maybe you'll get to meet him - you'll have to let me know. i didn't know he was in juno - i haven't seen it yet. i haven't been to any adult movies in a while - hmmm... that didn't sound right. :rolleyes1 - i meant i have only been to movies with the kids lately... :rotfl:

[Googelibear]

...maybe you'll get to meet him - you'll have to let me know. i didn't know he was in juno - i haven't seen it yet. i haven't been to any adult movies in a while - hmmm... that didn't sound right. :rolleyes1 - i meant i have only been to movies with the kids lately... :rotfl:
heeheehee, your true colors are coming through :laughing:

[samily]

heeheehee, your true colors are coming through :laughing:

lol...i have to remember to be careful...this is a disney cruise afterall...:rolleyes1

[Googelibear]

lol...i have to remember to be careful...this is a disney cruise afterall...:rolleyes1

I'd say. Just learn to speak in toungues :laughing:

[Alicnwondrln]

Howdy just booked for this cruise with a friend of mine. We are leaving the DHs and the kids at home. LOL.

[Googelibear]

Howdy just booked for this cruise with a friend of mine. We are leaving the DHs and the kids at home. LOL.

Yippeeeee, another passenger on the Ship of Fools.
Welcome.
Heehee, we're leaving the kids home too. I am coming with my best friend, aka DH :lovestruc

[samily]

I'd say. Just learn to speak in toungues :laughing:

:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

[samily]

Howdy just booked for this cruise with a friend of mine. We are leaving the DHs and the kids at home. LOL.

Welcome aboard! Good for you! How do your kids feel about staying home? We are cruising in October without ours - they know we are going away but I haven't told them we are doing DCL yet... :rolleyes1 I guess maybe I'll have to mention it...they'll probably wonder where all the disney souvenirs came from...:laughing:

[natale1980]

We just booked!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's going to be me, my husband and our two kids. Dexter will almost be four and Skylar will almost be one.
I'm telling my husband that we are just going to Disney and then going to surprise him!!!! :woohoo:
Otherwise he may tell me that we can't afford it.... :lmao:

Only 200+ days till we leave. :lovestruc

-nat

[Googelibear]

We just booked!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's going to be me, my husband and our two kids. Dexter will almost be four and Skylar will almost be one.
I'm telling my husband that we are just going to Disney and then going to surprise him!!!! :woohoo:
Otherwise he may tell me that we can't afford it.... :lmao:

Only 200+ days till we leave. :lovestruc

-nat

Hey nat, welcome :)
I love the idea of surprising a husband like that. Usually only the kids get surprised. This is new to me. Ummmmm, I wonder what my husband would say.
Well, he'll be surprised at what I paid for plane fare :rotfl:

[samily]

Welcome aboard Natale! Your kids are so cute! :goodvibes

[Googelibear]

Welcome aboard Natale! Your kids are so cute! :goodvibes

Yes, I forgot to say that. They are cute, little Munchkins :)

Hey samily--not that I am going on two cruises, but how did you manage to make your countdown jump back and forth? Shnazzy, shnazzy.

[samily]

Yes, I forgot to say that. They are cute, little Munchkins :)

Hey samily--not that I am going on two cruises, but how did you manage to make your countdown jump back and forth? Shnazzy, shnazzy.


i think there was an option for rotating banner or something like that on mickeypath...:surfweb:

i was thinking of changing it but if it's shnazzy i may have to keep it...lol :laughing:

[Googelibear]

i think there was an option for rotating banner or something like that on mickeypath...:surfweb:

i was thinking of changing it but if it's shnazzy i may have to keep it...lol :laughing:

Well, if the stuff you wanted to change it too is shnazzier, then by all means, let us see and we'll vote:rolleyes1

[samily]

Well, if the stuff you wanted to change it too is shnazzier, then by all means, let us see and we'll vote:rolleyes1

i don't know, that's a lot of pressure to top schnazzy :cool2: , i'm not sure i can handle it...:laughing:

[natale1980]

Thank you! I think my kids are kinda cute myself. :lovestruc

I can't wait to go on this cruise!! I just found out that passports are not required yet!! So now my husband isn't going to have a clue at all!! :banana:

-nat

[Googelibear]

Thank you! I think my kids are kinda cute myself. :lovestruc

I can't wait to go on this cruise!! I just found out that passports are not required yet!! So now my husband isn't going to have a clue at all!! :banana:

-nat

This passport thing has me confused. Everywhere on the Disney site and in my travel info it says you must have a passport.
I think I am going to get mine renewed regardless. I am not an American citizen and my passport expired in 2001 :headache: I just never think about it until it's time to go home. I haven't been home in too long :sad2:

[samily]

The rule for passports needed for cruising was pushed back to the summer of '09, but I believe that is for American citizens only, so make sure to get yours renewed! Where are you from originally?

Natale, the cruise is going to be such a cool surprise for your DH! I wish someone would surprise me like that! ;) Have you decided how you are you going to tell him?

Happy 4th everyone!

[natale1980]

Natale, the cruise is going to be such a cool surprise for your DH! I wish someone would surprise me like that! ;) Have you decided how you are you going to tell him?


As far as he knows we are just going to POP for a week... little does he know we are only spending one night at POP.;) I'm going to make something up like I requested a room by the pool and they didn't give us one soooooo don't unpack your bags. I will have the bags transported to the Wilderness Lodge (I rented DVC points from my friend).
Shawn and Dexter are going to spend some bonding time on the little water boats and me and Skylar are going to check into the Lodge.
I'm planning on having dinner at one of the restaurants there so after dinner I'm going to say... why don't we walk around the DVC section?
Then we'll go up to our room (where I have already placed a big gift box on the bed.) I'll tell him, well lets go to our room... when he turns to leave I'll say, "our room is right here." In the box will be a few gifts and our cruise documents.:woohoo:

hows that sound?
-nat

[Googelibear]

As far as he knows we are just going to POP for a week... little does he know we are only spending one night at POP.;) I'm going to make something up like I requested a room by the pool and they didn't give us one soooooo don't unpack your bags. I will have the bags transported to the Wilderness Lodge (I rented DVC points from my friend).
Shawn and Dexter are going to spend some bonding time on the little water boats and me and Skylar are going to check into the Lodge.
I'm planning on having dinner at one of the restaurants there so after dinner I'm going to say... why don't we walk around the DVC section?
Then we'll go up to our room (where I have already placed a big gift box on the bed.) I'll tell him, well lets go to our room... when he turns to leave I'll say, "our room is right here." In the box will be a few gifts and our cruise documents.:woohoo:

hows that sound?
-nat
Ohhhhhh, that's just plain devious (sp?) :cool1:

[Googelibear]

The rule for passports needed for cruising was pushed back to the summer of '09, but I believe that is for American citizens only, so make sure to get yours renewed! Where are you from originally?...



Happy 4th everyone!

I am Chermannn, you mean you cannotttt tell by my accent?
Ve haf vays to make you undershtand :rotfl2:

[samily]

wow, i would never have guessed - you hardly have any accent! ;) ;)

nat - sounds like a fun plan - he'll be so surprised!!:goodvibes

[natale1980]

Where is everyone??
Has anyone started packing yet? :rotfl:

-nat

[Googelibear]

Where is everyone??
Has anyone started packing yet? :rotfl:

-nat

hehe no, but my PDD has been so bad that I have been watching this awful DCL CD for the last few days. Ohhhhhhh the pain.
I must admit, I have bought sunscreen because I wanted to make sure I had some. It's kinda difficult to find any here in Michigan mid-winter :rotfl:

[natale1980]

I made sure I could find everyone Birth Certificates today.
Mine is MIA but I have one more place to look. :eek:
I still have to pick up Skylar's so I may need a reprint of mine.

-nat

[samily]

hehe no, but my PDD has been so bad that I have been watching this awful DCL CD for the last few days. Ohhhhhhh the pain.
I must admit, I have bought sunscreen because I wanted to make sure I had some. It's kinda difficult to find any here in Michigan mid-winter :rotfl:

have you seen the dcl special on the travel channel? i can't help but watch it every time it comes on, even if it's twice in one day...my dh thinks i'm nuts...my dd can't help but watch it too... :laughing:

[samily]

I made sure I could find everyone Birth Certificates today.
Mine is MIA but I have one more place to look. :eek:
I still have to pick up Skylar's so I may need a reprint of mine.

-nat

you must have seen the post today on the missing bc! :eek: scary, but glad it ended ok for her! at least you have more than 2 days to come up with it!!

[natale1980]

you must have seen the post today on the missing bc! :eek: scary, but glad it ended ok for her! at least you have more than 2 days to come up with it!!

I'm glad I have more then two days... but how cool would it be if we were leaving that soon!!! :banana:

-nat

[samily]

well in only 6 months, 14 days we will be able to say we be cruising in 2 days!!!! lol

...sigh

[binks]

Where is everyone??
Has anyone started packing yet? :rotfl:

-nat

I haven't started packing, but I am hitting the end of summer sales to stock up for the trip. The Disney Store is having a huge summer clearance sale, so I'm loading up on Disneywear! My family tells me we've reached the saturation point, but it's Disney and it's on sale, so I'm buying!

[Googelibear]

I haven't started packing, but I am hitting the end of summer sales to stock up for the trip. The Disney Store is having a huge summer clearance sale, so I'm loading up on Disneywear! My family tells me we've reached the saturation point, but it's Disney and it's on sale, so I'm buying!

you go girl! I am shopping online :surfweb: After all, I am sitting in this little nest called North-West Michigan. Not many stores...

[Googelibear]

:angel: have you seen the dcl special on the travel channel? i can't help but watch it every time it comes on, even if it's twice in one day...my dh thinks i'm nuts...my dd can't help but watch it too... :laughing:

Yes, yes - of course I have. I don't believe that I have missed anything Disney in the last 10 years. It doesn't matter how many times I look at the shows. I am sure I can actually mouth all the dialog/monolog without making any mistakes :laughing: :rotfl: :laughing: well, maybe with an accent

[natale1980]

OK... so I thought it would be fun to post some past Disney Cruise pictures...

This is on our honeymoon. Sept 99 Three Night Cruise (we were worried the boat may sink) :)
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u299/NATALE1980/pretrip%20report/honeymoon.jpg

This is on our 5year anniversary Sept 04
I'm 12 weeks pregnant with Dexter. :lovestruc
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u299/NATALE1980/pretrip%20report/cruise.jpg

K... whos next?
-nat

[Googelibear]

Hey thanks for the picachures, I was going to let you have one from last November at WDW, but ummmmm....aparently I am not allowed to post pictures?:confused3 :headache:
Is there a rule as to how long someone has posted and a minimum post count?

[natale1980]

Hey thanks for the picachures, I was going to let you have one from last November at WDW, but ummmmm....aparently I am not allowed to post pictures?:confused3 :headache:
Is there a rule as to how long someone has posted and a minimum post count?

Yeah there is a minimum... but I think it's like 10 posts.
weird.:confused3

-nat

[samily]

ok, this sounds fun...let's see if this works, i always have to check the instructions on how to do this...

here is my ds6 at the time studying the emergency landing procedures on the flight to mco...he was very serious about it :laughing:

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh136/elizabthmp/memorycardpics004.jpg


and here is the family at the safety drill...i think everyone gets a pic of this, don't they? my boys all look thrilled...lol:

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh136/elizabthmp/memorycardpics163.jpg

[samily]

Hey thanks for the picachures, I was going to let you have one from last November at WDW, but ummmmm....aparently I am not allowed to post pictures?:confused3 :headache:
Is there a rule as to how long someone has posted and a minimum post count?


hi there, not sure how you are trying to post, but when i have trouble i refer back to one of my earlier posts: http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1732577

hopefully it helps! :goodvibes

as you can see from my pics, i just can't figure how to make the pics smaller...

[Googelibear]

hi there, not sure how you are trying to post, but when i have trouble i refer back to one of my earlier posts: http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1732577

hopefully it helps! :goodvibes

as you can see from my pics, i just can't figure how to make the pics smaller...

Hey thanks :worship: I didn't realize that I had to go through a photo site before posting. It's a bit easier on my mousebuzz board. there you just pull the photos out of your documents and attach them.
So, let me go and subscribe to photobucket and get going.

[Googelibear]

so now lemmesee if this is right
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/Googelibear/image023.jpg

[Googelibear]

ok, this sounds fun...let's see if this works, i always have to check the instructions on how to do this...

here is my ds6 at the time studying the emergency landing procedures on the flight to mco...he was very serious about it :laughing:

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh136/elizabthmp/memorycardpics004.jpg


and here is the family at the safety drill...i think everyone gets a pic of this, don't they? my boys all look thrilled...lol:

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh136/elizabthmp/memorycardpics163.jpg
woaw, glow in the dark :rotfl:

[Googelibear]

ok so how about your real world names - would you care to share or am I assuming too much?

My name is Iris.
A pain in the neck name, when you have a garden-freak father who plants more Iris' than you can shake a stick at and he then expects you to remember all their botanical names such as "Iris Hollandica", "Iris Germanica", etc. All when you're about 8 years old. I swore that I would never have Iris in my gardens, well, I do now. Limited amounts, but still, there they are :rolleyes1

[samily]

nice pic - your boys look like you! :)

ok, here's the rundown:
i'm beth :flower3: (or elizabeth - but only 4 people call me elizabeth - one of which is my grandmother ;) )
dh is john :firefight
dd is katelyn ::MinnieMo
ds is christian pluto:
ds (little one) is jacob :goofy:

samily :cutie: was kate's imaginary friend who came to stay with us for a few years when kate was about 2....it was a sad day when i realized samily was no longer around...:upsidedow

[natale1980]

You can see all of our names in my siggy.

Dexter will be a few months shy of 4 and Skylar will be 1 a week after the cruise.



-nat

[samily]

hey, that's cool - jacob will turn 4 a month before the cruise. he & dexter will be in the same group in the club if they go...

[natale1980]

That's awesome!!! I am definitely signing Dexter up. He is a very independent tiny man! I have a feeling that as soon as he enters one of the clubs he won't need us anymore.

- did you notice your one post away from 500!

-nat

[samily]

oh boy, here's post #500! :yay:

jacob is my velcro baby. he didn't last long in the club on our last cruise, so i'm hoping next time he will stay for a little while. he starts preschool in sept. so hopefully that will get him used to being on his own a little. my other 2 love the clubs at least :).

[samily]

wow , one week and no posts...where is everyone...did you guys take off to WDW and not invite me :sad2:

:rotfl:

[natale1980]

Thats what I was thinking!!!
Our cruise is almost exactly 6 months away!! :banana:

-nat

[samily]

Hi Nat, I read your 07 trip report - Dexter & your niece were so cute in their costumes! And I'm happy to see you have little Skylar now :goodvibes

[natale1980]

Hi Nat, I read your 07 trip report - Dexter & your niece were so cute in their costumes! And I'm happy to see you have little Skylar now :goodvibes

Yep! Skylar is our happy ending! :love: Doesn't even feel like that happened anymore.
This will be her first trip to DW!:woohoo: (well second if you count when I was pregnant last Sept)

-nat

[samily]

Yes, I would count that... I count Jacob's 1st cruise as the one when I was pregnant with him ;) It was a September cruise and we were trying to outrun Hurricane Jeanne! It was amazing between the boat rocking & the pregnancy I never got sick thank goodness!

[natale1980]

That's too funny! Dexter's first cruise I was pregnant with him!! :)

:scared1: Oh my goodness were we on the same September cruise!!??!! WHEN DID YOU GO!!!!! We were out running Hurricane Jeanne too!!!!! It was the seven night that ended up going to Puerto Rico.

-nat

[samily]

Wow, isn't that funny! So when was Dexter born? There must only be a couple of months between him & Jacob. Jacob was 12/22.

We were only on the 3 night. We ended up sailing to Cozumel which then turned the cruise into a 4 night which was nice. We also disembarked in Fort Lauderdale instead of Port Canaveral. We missed CC that trip - they mentioned stopping to pick up the CM's there, but if we did end up stopping to get them it must have been in the middle of the night. You guys must have been the first cruise to go to CC after the hurricane. I was disappointed we didn't get there, but was happy with the extra night!

[natale1980]

Dexter was born on March 29th 2005.

Yep! We were the first at CC.
BUT we did miss CC on our honeymoon in '99 because of a hurricane. Thats why we are going in January this time.

-nat

[eeyore7360]

Hello there!
I will also be on the Wonder on Jan. 29. After too many trips to WDW to count and a few to DL I am going to try my first cruise. I am really looking forward to it.

[samily]

Dexter was born on March 29th 2005.

Yep! We were the first at CC.
BUT we did miss CC on our honeymoon in '99 because of a hurricane. Thats why we are going in January this time.

-nat


Wow, 2 hurricanes, you have good timing! ;) Yes, it's probably best you don't book in September again... :rolleyes1

[samily]

Hello there!
I will also be on the Wonder on Jan. 29. After too many trips to WDW to count and a few to DL I am going to try my first cruise. I am really looking forward to it.


Hi! :welcome: to the boards! I'm sure you will have a great time on your first cruise! Check out the forum for answers to lots of common questions on DCL.

Are you traveling alone or with family or friends? Dcl is nice because they have something for everyone... :goodvibes

[eeyore7360]

My mother casually mentioned that she would like to try a Disney Cruise, so of course I flew to the computer to book it. It will just be the 2 of us and I am looking forward to checking out all the adult activities.

[samily]

I'm sure you guys will have a great time! My DH & I are doing an adult only 3 night in October - the first time we are cruising without the kids. I was very hesitant at first to be going without them, but now I can't wait to try all the adult things we've never been able to do in the past! Serenity Bay, here we come! :)

[natale1980]

:cool1: Less then six months to go!!!

This surprise thing is getting funny!! This weekend Shawn said that he really wishes we could go on a cruise! :laughing:
That made me want to keep it a surprise even more!!! I can't wait to see the look on his face when I tell him while we're in Disney. "We are leaving on Thursday!!!!" I'm going to try my hardest to get it on video.

I still have to find my Birth certificate and pick up Skylar's.
I already purchased a baby float that I can blow up at Castaway. I hope they don't make a big deal out of it - cause technially your not supposed to have one. BUT they don't have any baby ones you can rent. :confused3

So what have you all 'packed' or put aside already??

-nat

[samily]

That is the absolute best surprise! You've got great will power!

We have our passports so we are all set there, but I have started to pick up little things here and there for the fish extender exchange we are doing on the 4 nighter right before this sailing. I also hit the Disney Store a few weeks ago & they were having a great clearance sale, so I picked up a few things there as well.

How about you - are you doing costumes again for the kids in WDW?

Speaking of fish extenders, anyone here interested?

[natale1980]

Will power? I'm not sure if it's will power or knowing that he may make me cancel if he knows! :lmao:

Speaking of fish extenders - what are fish extenders? :confused:

I'm not sure if we are going to do costumers this year. I guess it depends on if they have good sales after halloween or not.

I'm very jealous that you are doing back to back cruises!! I really wanna do a 7 day next.

-nat

[samily]

lol - you should have booked a suite - that deposit is non refundable - than you couldn't cancel!!! :laughing:

The fish extender exchange was started years ago by a Diser - do you remember the pewter fish that is outside of every stateroom door? People hang a pocket organizer on it and your fellow participating cruisers on your meets thread leave little surprise gifts in it throughout the cruise. We have never done it before, but thought it would be fun so we are doing it on the 4 night - this is one surprise I am keeping from the kids- I think they'll love finding little treats in there every day!

Here are some threads on fish extenders :

This one talks about the little "gifts":
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1774643

This one has some pics of them hanging outside staterooms:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1219607

Yeah, we wanted to do a 7 night too and when we priced it, the 7 night was significantly more than the b2b. Also my DSIL wanted to try cruising so was originally going to do the 3 night with us. She ended up booking the b2b in the end! Turns out she will be cancelling anyway - she just found out she is pregnant again so will be too far along to sail...I'm going to be an auntie again!!! :goodvibes :banana:

I think we are going to rebook onboard for the 7 night - can't decide between the eastern & western - have you picked one yet?

[natale1980]

fish extenders are cool! I wana play!!! One more thing I am going to have to sneek into our bags!!!

I was thinking about re booking Nov 09 they are going to castaway twice!!! It's really my favorite stop.

Know what funny??? Shawn is in the room most of the time I am posting about the cruise!!! :lmao: He's so clueless!!

-nat

[samily]

I'll be happy to do the fish extender exchange with you guys, but at this rate, we may be the only ones - where has everyone else gone?? Are all you guys out there still coming?? ;)

CC twice sounds great :cloud9: - too bad they don't do that more often! Is that all month in November or only certain dates?

I had to laugh when I came home today, John was reading the disboards - he makes fun of me & I end up catching him lurking!!! :rotfl: So make sure Shawn doesn't decide to check them out! :headache: Not that he'd think to check the cruise forum anyway :laughing:

[natale1980]

I think this board will get more traffic as the day gets closer. I hope anyway... there is no way we are the only Dis on the whole boat!!

November only has one date in 09 for that special cruise... I think it is the 15th.

I hope Shawn doesn't start reading Dis!!! I'm sure he would just go under my name and read my faves!! Maybe I should log out each time!! :scared1:

By the way... did the name for our cruise ever stick?? I think I remember something like 'ship of fools' ?

-nat

[samily]

actually i'm not sure on the name - i know there were a couple thrown around and i just don't remember- have to go back and read through the thread when i have time...googiliebear would know...iris are you still out there?

[ReneaB]

My family and I are about 90% sure we are going on this cruise!! Still checking flights and looking for a good price. My daughter's 16th birthday is the day the cruise starts!! Will let you guys know when we know for sure!!

[natale1980]

My family and I are about 90% sure we are going on this cruise!! Still checking flights and looking for a good price. My daughter's 16th birthday is the day the cruise starts!! Will let you guys know when we know for sure!!

You should make 90% turn into 100% :thumbsup2
It's going to be a good time!!!

-nat

[samily]

what a great 16th bday present! :goodvibes

[samily]

Ok, I have ordered my fish extender :yay: I'm anxious to see how it comes out! Nat, are you definitely in to do the exchange? Anybody else?

[natale1980]

Yeah, I'm going to do the exchange.
But I think I am going to make my own. (with my mommy's help :thumbsup2 )

I wonder where everyone else went... :confused:

-nat

[samily]

cool - you'll have to post a pic of how it turns out! i had it in my head that i would work on one this summer and now summer is about over and school projects will be starting soon, so i took the easy out & ordered it! one more thing i can check off the list ;)

my older two start school in 13 days & jacob is starting preschool in september - how about dexter?

[natale1980]

Dexter already knows his shapes, colors, letters, numbers and can count to 20. (not to mention killer computer skills) Right now I am working with him on basic math and reading.
All we could afford was the park district program, so I figure I'll work with him this year and put him in a pre-school next year.

-nat

[samily]

Enjoy him being home! I'm a little sad Jacob's off to school - it's only 2 days though - he's VERY attached to me and I'm hoping this will help him get used to being away from me for a little bit. I'm really nervous about whether he'll adjust well or not. Hopefully he'll adjust, if not there's always next year ,right?

[natale1980]

I'm not sure if 'enjoy' is the right word all the time :rotfl2:
But I know I'll look back at this when he's older and wishI took more time to enjoy it.

-nat

[samily]

so, so true (on both points)

so which parks are you planning on hitting precruise? we're coming in late on the friday night before our sunday cruise, so we'll only be doing 1 park on saturday. we're going to try epcot this year - made reservations for lunch at coral reef. we don't have flights home yet, so not sure what will will be doing when we get off the ship.

[natale1980]

Pre-Cruise we'll be there 5 days. So I'm sure we'll hit everything.
Post-Cruise we're heading back to Disney for one more night. We'll still have tickets left but that will be a 'go with the flow' time.No big plans - time to relax. We'll fly back late Monday.
We still don't have plane tickets! Waiting for SW top realise the dates.
If your going to coral reef you should do one of those custom menus everyone is doing! They look really cool!!

-nat

[samily]

have you been to epcot with kids? any recommendations? it was actually my dh's idea to go to coral reef, so of course i come here to the boards to start reading about it & i find out about the custom menus and the diver, so if i can get those done (not sure if they still do the diver or not, i have to call) that will be my surprise for him & the kids- he has no idea...hope it works out. how is your surprise going - still no idea?

[Googelibear]

actually i'm not sure on the name - i know there were a couple thrown around and i just don't remember- have to go back and read through the thread when i have time...googiliebear would know...iris are you still out there?

Gosh people, I haven't been on. for some reason I didn't get any "new post" notifications :confused3
Anyhoo, didn't we decide on "Ship of fools"?


Ummmmm here's the big announcement from me:

I cancelled the cruise. I just could not stand the thought of going on that ship and leaving the parks behind. So, we're going to WDW for the same dates, except just land and I am sooooo happy about that.

[natale1980]

Gosh people, I haven't been on. for some reason I didn't get any "new post" notifications :confused3
Anyhoo, didn't we decide on "Ship of fools"?


Ummmmm here's the big announcement from me:

I cancelled the cruise. I just could not stand the thought of going on that ship and leaving the parks behind. So, we're going to WDW for the same dates, except just land and I am sooooo happy about that.

:scared1: Wow!!! I guess there will be upgrades for everyone!!! There must only be like 4 families on our ship.
Have fun at Disney... we'll be there 24th - 29th and then again for a night after the cruise.
I'm also having a hard time fitting everything into our land schedule - but since we just bought into the DVC, I know we'll be back. (of course I knew that anyway!) :love:

-nat

[Googelibear]

:scared1: Wow!!! I guess there will be upgrades for everyone!!! There must only be like 4 families on our ship.
Have fun at Disney... we'll be there 24th - 29th and then again for a night after the cruise.
I'm also having a hard time fitting everything into our land schedule - but since we just bought into the DVC, I know we'll be back. (of course I knew that anyway!) :love:

-nat

See now, you're one of those lucky people who have Disney families. I, on the other hand, have to wait to win the lottery to buy into DVC. My family thinks that I am nuts :sad1:

With DH and I alone there this time, I am going to shlepp him to a DVC demonstration AND will personally guide him through my favorite DVC properties. I am already scoping out any great bars these resorts have, cause he likes a cocktail or two in the PM :lmao:

Nat, what is your home resort?

[samily]

Iris, Sorry to hear you have pulled out, though I was sort of suspecting that...hope you get the opportunity to try DCL someday - but be careful it can become addicting too! ;)

Enjoy your WDW trip & your anniversary!!

[Googelibear]

Iris, Sorry to hear you have pulled out, though I was sort of suspecting that...hope you get the opportunity to try DCL someday - but be careful it can become addicting too! ;)

Enjoy your WDW trip & your anniversary!!I just can bear to have those parks there and me not in them :laughing:


Look, I bought these two pairs of scuba masks with snorkel, of course. The first PM with address is getting them.

I am sorry that we won't meet. Although, Nat will be on land the same time we are....

[samily]

Iris, what a generous offer...but I think you should keep them - maybe you'll change your mind & decide to try DCL someday :goodvibes Now listen, if your DH & kids don't want to try it, I'm always here for you - I've never turned down a cruise! lol :woohoo:

I'm very excited - my mom just asked me to book her & my dad for this cruise too, so they will be joining us for the first time! :yay:

[natale1980]

Keep the masks. You'll use them in the future.
We bought ours last time and just keep them tucked away until we cruise again. I hope I can sneak them in our bag without Shawn getting suspicious.:laughing:
Where are you staying during your WDW vacation?

I also think we should plan a Dis-Girls cruise!! But I couldn't go for a few years... the lil' ones won't let me. (shawn included)

-nat

[Googelibear]

Well Beth and Nat, Darrrrlinks, here's the deal with the scuba stuff. I am trying to lighten the load in my house. Everything that's not necessary get's tossed. My cleaning lady loves me for it.

Anyhoo, we'll be staying at POFQ. I can't afford to stay at a deluxe. Although, I priced WL and that's "only" $700 more than the mod. I am torn and still debating with myself - but booked at POFQ for now.

Maybe we can meet for a quick drink at Epcot before you're off and cruising?

[natale1980]

We bought points from my friend. So it is only costing us like $100 a night at a WL studio!!!! :banana:
It's actually just a few $$ more then staying at the POP! She is being very generous and I love her for it. She's a great friend (and it's just a bonus she has points!):hug:

A drink at Epcot sounds good to me. It will probably be my first drink in over 2 years!! :lmao: Between being pregnant with Skylar and just not liking alcohol that much. But hey... in Epcot you have to do as the Epcot-ians do! :drinking1 I've wanted to try one of those orange smoothly type drinks in France ever since I saw Samantha Brown drink one.

-nat

[samily]

A drink sounds loverly but we'll be in Epcot on the 24th and I don't think all you guys will be in town yet, will you? :sad2: If not, have a drink or 2 for me - the glowtini looks cool...

Iris, I'm sending you a PM...

[samily]

Ok, so I keep reading about Dole Whips at WDW. I have never had one & they sound so yummy! From what I am reading though, they are only available in certain places. Does anyone know if they are available in Epcot?

[natale1980]

Ok, so I keep reading about Dole Whips at WDW. I have never had one & they sound so yummy! From what I am reading though, they are only available in certain places. Does anyone know if they are available in Epcot?

:scared1: :eek: :scared1:
You've NEVER had a Dole Whip!?! You haven't been to Disney until you've had a Dole Whip!
I believe they are only available in adventureland across from the Swiss Family Robinson's Tree House. They are soooooo yummy!!

-nat

[samily]

I know - can you believe it!!! And without the DIS, I'd probably never had known what I was missing, now I HAVE to have one! :rotfl:

Don't think we are hitting MK this year though...ugh

[natale1980]

Hee Hee... look what I got for Skylar!

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u299/NATALE1980/aug%2008/Picture014.jpg

-nat

[samily]

too cute!!:goodvibes

[samily]

Ok, so I just heard back from Coral Reef - they said they are not taking requests for January & to check back in December to see if they are doing it then...I had read some posts here that they may not still be doing this in 2009 :sad2: ..I'm a little sad...now what can I do to surprise my DH...kids are easier - I'm doing door magnets and the gift exchange...hmmm... any ideas? (obviously it won't be as big as your DH's surprise!) ;)

[Googelibear]

Hey girls,
this may not work for you, but I am giving up a Le Cellier ADR on Feb 1 at noon. If anyone can use it, PM me and I'll give you the confirmation number :thumbsup2

[natale1980]

samily - hummm... I hear alot of people get surprise gift baskets in their rooms. But other then that I'm not sure...

Googelibear - I don't need the reservation - don't think we would make it in time. BUT thank you so much for posting that you had a reservation!!! I didn't think we could make them yet!!!!! I thought we had to wait until October! Now that Skylar is taking a nap I am on full Disney Planning mode.:thumbsup2

-nat

[Googelibear]

samily - hummm... I hear alot of people get surprise gift baskets in their rooms. But other then that I'm not sure...

Googelibear - I don't need the reservation - don't think we would make it in time. BUT thank you so much for posting that you had a reservation!!! I didn't think we could make them yet!!!!! I thought we had to wait until October! Now that Skylar is taking a nap I am on full Disney Planning mode.:thumbsup2

-nat

They pushed that whole thing forward by a month. Someone on Mousebuzz figured that out and on August 30th, I called and got all my ADRs. I don't know if they have now closed that window, but it sure was my window of oportunity. Although, I can't believe that ADRs are really necessary in January, but ya nevah know, right?

[natale1980]

Well I got into all the restaurants I wanted to!!! Even Canada for Dinner!!!! :woohoo:

So I went to the mail box today and guess what I found!!! :scared1: A packet of information about booking excursions and just general stuff about the ship!!! :banana: but at the same time :eek: because I wasn't expecting it until October!!!! And Shawn came home before I found it!!! Fortunately I got to the mail before he did and all is well.

Dexter wants to add some faces to my post - :3dglasses :wizard: :rotfl: :happytv: :goodvibes :cool1: :santa: popcorn::
:laundy: :scared: :woohoo:

OK ta ta for now!!
-nat

[samily]

Boy, that was a close call for you! I haven't gotten anything in the mail yet...

Hey there Dexter - I like your all your smileys! Here's some for you: :tigger: :mickeyjum :stitch2: :charac4: :fish: :goodvibes

And some for Skylar too: pixiedust: :wave2: ::MinnieMo pooh: princess:

[natale1980]

I'm so jealous that you and your hubby get to go on a cruise alone in less then a month!!!!
Did you get any 'magical' upgrades?

-nat

[samily]

I'm very excited!! I came home yesterday & I had both my docs for our Oct. cruise and our fish extender for January both in the mail! :yay: No upgrade -we had booked a specific room & that's what we ended up with.

I still haven't gotten our packet from DCL for this cruise...

Everytime Jacob see's Dexter's picture he says there's my friend Dexter- very cute :)

[guitardiva]

Hi everyone, I am new to cruising, but not new to WDW and DL.

We're cruising on the Wonder starting Jan. 29th after 4 days in the parks :dance3: :banana: :cool1: :woohoo: :yay: :dance3: I am so excited. Can you tell?

Anyone else booked for that 3 day event?
I have read just about every cruise report. We will be celebrating a big anniversary :love2: and this time the boys will stay home :crazy2:


Hi! Well be doing the same thing. It is exciting. I can't wait. We are celebrating our belated 21st anniversery also. We are bringing the kids in tow. :) a 17 year old, 14, year old and a 7 year old. So they are old enough to go send to the clubs. ;)

[guitardiva]

Hey Googelibear, we were also on the 4-day cruise this past January that got two days at CC. We were so thrilled and the weather couldn't have been better. I say in 09 we should skip Nassau and just head to CC.

My sister in law says the same thing. Skip Nassau and go to cc. lol ... She said that she did'nt like Nassau because the local merchants were very..mmm... upfront. She said they mobbed them.

[natale1980]

Hi! Well be doing the same thing. It is exciting. I can't wait. We are celebrating our belated 21st anniversery also. We are bringing the kids in tow. :) a 17 year old, 14, year old and a 7 year old. So they are old enough to go send to the clubs. ;)

Welcome aboard our boat! :banana:

[guitardiva]

Thank you . :D

I was kind of worried. I was on another board and no one else seemed to be going on this cruise. Phew...lol


:hippie:

[samily]

Guitardiva, Welcome to the DIS & welcome on board! :) Have you guys cruised before?

Nat, What is the new Wish Challenge in your sig? Just curious - I've seen a few of them lately...

[natale1980]

It's going along with the Biggest Loser on TV.
We are in teams and there are little challenges to lose weight. I don't think the winner (AKA biggest loser)gets anything but an icon to put in their siggy BUT it's good motivation.

I want to lose another 10-20lbs. We'll see. I'm only about 7lbs away from my 'goal' weight... but now I'm just getting greedy!! :laughing: Plus I know I'm going to gain on our vacation!!!

[Googelibear]

It's going along with the Biggest Loser on TV.
We are in teams and there are little challenges to lose weight. I don't think the winner (AKA biggest loser)gets anything but an icon to put in their siggy BUT it's good motivation.

I want to lose another 10-20lbs. We'll see. I'm only about 7lbs away from my 'goal' weight... but now I'm just getting greedy!! :laughing: Plus I know I'm going to gain on our vacation!!!
Funny weight should come up here too. Just last week I told my mousebuzz friends that I lost 22 pounds in 3 weeks and am so happy to have smaller clothes to look forward to.

good luck to you, Nat :)

[guitardiva]

Guitardiva, Welcome to the DIS & welcome on board! :) Have you guys cruised before?

Nat, What is the new Wish Challenge in your sig? Just curious - I've seen a few of them lately...

Thanks. :)
Yes this is our first cruise. We are counting the days. :banana:

[samily]

It's going along with the Biggest Loser on TV.
We are in teams and there are little challenges to lose weight. I don't think the winner (AKA biggest loser)gets anything but an icon to put in their siggy BUT it's good motivation.

I want to lose another 10-20lbs. We'll see. I'm only about 7lbs away from my 'goal' weight... but now I'm just getting greedy!! :laughing: Plus I know I'm going to gain on our vacation!!!

Ok, gotcha.. sounds like a fun way to motivate... :) How many teams are there? I think I've seen red & blue so far...

Funny weight should come up here too. Just last week I told my mousebuzz friends that I lost 22 pounds in 3 weeks and am so happy to have smaller clothes to look forward to.

good luck to you, Nat :)

22lbs in 3 weeks! wow, that is very impressive! :woohoo:

Thanks. :)
Yes this is our first cruise. We are counting the days. :banana:

I bet the kids are very excited! Are you planning on doing the parks at all too?

[natale1980]

3 teams I think. Red, Blue and Black.
I lost 3lbs this week!!! I'm so excited!!! Now I am 20lbs under where I started when I got pregnant with Skylar!! :yay:

We are almost down to 4months!!

-nat

[samily]

Wow Nat, that is great! :goodvibes

[eeyore7360]

I finally decided to add 3 days at WDW to the beginning of our cruise. I can't be that close and not visit the mouse. Nikki

[guitardiva]

Ok, gotcha.. sounds like a fun way to motivate... :) How many teams are there? I think I've seen red & blue so far...



22lbs in 3 weeks! wow, that is very impressive! :woohoo:



I bet the kids are very excited! Are you planning on doing the parks at all too?


Yes, we are doing 4 days at the Poly. They are excited.

[guitardiva]

I finally decided to add 3 days at WDW to the beginning of our cruise. I can't be that close and not visit the mouse. Nikki


I know how you feel. That s why we HAD to do the land /sea trip.

[natale1980]

I'm all for doing Disney Before & After your cruise! :banana:
I hate that you have to get off the boat so early... thats why I booked one extra day at a resort before we had to go home.

-nat

[samily]

So I just found out about the free admission to one of the parks on your bday. It is my dd's 11th bday the day we get off the ship! We weren't planning on going to a park that day but maybe I should rethink that. I wanted to fly home that day though, so that may make it too hectic...hmmm...what to do...lol

[natale1980]

Did you read what you get if you already have tickets??? You can get a gift card for the price of a ticket.... I'm guessing that would be around $100!!! So if you guys are going to the parks BEFORE the cruise just buy an extra day, it will be cheaper to add on to your park tickets from before the cruise then to buy everyone one a new ticket afterwards... it will still be good when we get off the boat (I think they are good for 14 days) and then you can get a gift card to spend the money on her BD!!!!

-nat

[samily]

Very cool! I will look into that, thanks! :goodvibes

Which park would you suggest for a short day? (I think we will still fly home that evening). We are doing Epcot before the cruise, did AK last year, so that leaves MK which we have done several times & love or Hollywood Studios which we've never been to before... Figure we would be to WDW by 10 & have to leave probably around 4 or 5 to head to the airport.

[guitardiva]

Very cool! I will look into that, thanks! :goodvibes

Which park would you suggest for a short day? (I think we will still fly home that evening). We are doing Epcot before the cruise, did AK last year, so that leaves MK which we have done several times & love or Hollywood Studios which we've never been to before... Figure we would be to WDW by 10 & have to leave probably around 4 or 5 to head to the airport.

That's a toughie... Hollywood Studios you can do pretty easily in short day. I would say that one for a partial day.
MK though, is always hard to resist.:wizard:

[samily]

Thanks, I know my boys would enjoy the stunt show at Hollywood Studios. Before I mention anything to them though, I'll wait to see what flight home we end up with. I'm hoping Southwest runs a nice special soon...

Are you guys all hitting all the parks?

We're under 4 months!!!! :banana:

[natale1980]

We're going to all 4 parks.
We always do MK on our last day. I love MK so much now... since Dexter it is my fave park.
:yay: Under four months!!! Yeah!!!
But your under a week away from your trip!!! I'm too excited for you!!! And it doesn't look like your going to be effected by any bad weather!!! :woohoo: Your going to have to share pictres when you get back!!!

-nat

[samily]

Yes, we love MK too! :lovestruc

We are down to 5 days & am so excited!! We've never cruised before without the kids so it will be a whole new experience. Been so busy though haven't started packing yet...planning to do that this weekend...

[guitardiva]

Does anyone have plans on their day in Nassau?
We are still working on that one.

[eeyore7360]

Since this is our first Disney cruise I think that we will stay onboard and explore.

[samily]

Hey everyone,
We are leaving on Wednesday for our anniversary cruise :cool1: PM me if you need me to check anything onboard (I have been asked to measure the elevator door opening - lol) or mail a postcard to your kids, etc...

[natale1980]

Have fun samily!!!

We stay on the boat for Nassau - been there twice.

[sandy11]

Can't wait for the cruise......spending 7 days @ WDW first..........Staying at Saratoga Springs. We are a family of four - two kids (son-9 & daughter -10).....We go to Disney every year and did go on the cruise before when my son was 3 1/2......Actually, not the BEST time......unfortunately the wind was a little strong on Castaway Cay day - they tried to dock the boat 3 or 4 times and found they could not dock it safely - So we were forced to spend the day at sea!!:confused: :sad1:Needless to say we were all bummed:confused3 .......on top of that - chasing my son around the ship:yay: for hours got a little old:sad2: .......he was not yet completely potty trained - so he would need to go to the nursery which did cost money and he was a little old for it - so we just kept him all day....my daughter just stayed in the pool:yay: ...I'm sure the kids had a GREAT time..........but I vowed to not go on a cruise again until they were much older..........WELL, that time has come!! We are all very excited and cannot wait to FINALLY get to Castaway Cay!!:woohoo:
:beach: :donald: :tigger: :mickeyjum :sulley: :dumbo: pixiedust:

[natale1980]

Welcome aboard Sandy!!!
Castaway is Awesome!! We've been on two DCL and have only been able to go to castaway once. Here's hopeing for good weather this trip!!

-nat

[sandy11]

Man, I thought I was the only one ever (except for the others on my boat) that missed out on CC........! I have heard of it happening.......they said that it was only the third time in the history of the ship!!:laughing: :mad: but I'm so curious what happened on your trip? What time of the year was it? How was the weather? It was actually nice out on our trip - but they said the wind was blowing just the wrong way enough to make the docking very difficult.....sooooo depressing:sad1: Did you have the kids with you?
We decided to go to the aquarium & the beach on Nassau day.......you got me thinking about hanging on the ship - now I am confused....maybe the kids would like to stay in the Oceaneers Lab.....?:confused: We have to do our bookings at the end of the month........what do you think?:confused3

Sandy princess:

[sandy11]

I just read your trip reports from the past......! Those darn hurricanes!:mad: I guess during that season it's not really that unusual........That trip of ours was in December - so it was really unexpected..........Here's hoping that January is nice to CC........:angel: :worship:

[natale1980]

Maybe it was the third time due to wind. But it seems like CC has been closed down a few more then three times. In 1999 when we cruised our first time they said that was CC first closure. :guilty: we get all the luck!

Since your kids are older it may be fun to take them to the aquarium & the beach. Ours are still going to be little. Sklyar won't turn one until a week after the trip :) You can always book it and change your mind later.

-nat

[sandy11]

Maybe it was the third time due to wind. But it seems like CC has been closed down a few more then three times. In 1999 when we cruised our first time they said that was CC first closure. :guilty: we get all the luck!

Since your kids are older it may be fun to take them to the aquarium & the beach. Ours are still going to be little. Sklyar won't turn one until a week after the trip :) You can always book it and change your mind later.

-nat

I think it was 2002..........I'm sure it's happened alot since then.......
Anyway, we were going to do the waterpark at Paradise Island.......but it is soooo expensive....we live near a really nice waterpark........they can go there in the summertime!!
I guess it will be nice to get off the boat for a while.....the kids love the aquarium too.......

Sandy:)

[eeyore7360]

Does anyone know if they sell cruise specific scrapbooking items on board?

[hm21999]

Hi All! We will be joining you on the Wonder on 1/29! It is myself (35) my honey (he's also 35) my daughter - age 9 and his mom - 68! We decided that the Disney Cruise was going to be our Christmas gift to each other :santa: I stumbled upon these boards through my voracious internet surfing on all things disney cruise related and am hooked! :surfweb: After reading through this thread i was so happy to see that i was not the only one starting to pack already, getting the snorkle gear ready, stocking up on sunscreen, flips flops and ginger pills :banana: Now we are deciding if we are going to dress up for the pirate party! pirate: Duty calls - I am off to help with homework... :teacher:

[samily]

Welcome aboard Sandy11 & hm21999! :flower3:

Eeyore7360, we just got off the Wonder and there were 2 different DCL scrapbooking kits at the Mickey Mates gift shop. :)

[natale1980]

So do we get a mini trip report??????

[samily]

We had a great time! What a difference without the kids in tow...everything was so easy and laid back! Definitely glad we did it - I was nervous about leaving the kids but they had fun with their grandparents and I got over leaving them pretty quickly! ;) It also made disembarkation much better than usual - I was looking forward to seeing the kids again so I was not sad to leave as I usually am...also knowing we would be back in a few months helped too! lol

For the most part we had good weather - late in the day on CC day we had downpours and thunder & lightning but we had gotten off the ship early so we had plenty of sunshine & time on CC. Here's a couple of pics from CC:

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh136/elizabthmp/DCLOctober2008149.jpg

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh136/elizabthmp/DCLOctober2008160-1.jpg

I took pics of most of the food we ate- my DD had asked me too - and it helps out here on the dis too! I've got to get them into photobucket...

I may write a trip report if I can find the time...

[hm21999]

Those pics are beautiful! Can't wait to go :woohoo:

[natale1980]

So to all the new people - - -
Is anyone else bringing a fish extender?
I'll be makeing mine really soon!!! :cool1:

Thanks!
natale

[guitardiva]

So to all the new people - - -
Is anyone else bringing a fish extender?
I'll be makeing mine really soon!!! :cool1:

Thanks!
natale


What is it?

[natale1980]

http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1925503
Theres a picture a few posts down on this link. You put them outside of your cabin and fellow cruisers put goodies in them - and you do the same. At least thats what I understand. This will be the first time I have one.

-nat

[natale1980]

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1976200 Heres anothe link to try out.
So is anyone paid in full yet? Its getting very close!!!! I personally am waiting until the lats minute to pay! :rolleyes1
-nat

[guitardiva]

So to all the new people - - -
Is anyone else bringing a fish extender?
I'll be makeing mine really soon!!! :cool1:

Thanks!
natale

Looks like it will be easy to make. :)
That sounds like fun.

[samily]

I'm glad to see others joining the fish extender gift exchange! I'll start keeping a list - we will need to add cabin #'s once everyone receives them.

Ok, here's our little list - anyone else out there want to participate in the exchange?

natale1980 - 4 people (2 kids - DS3.5, DD1)
guitardiva - 5 people (3 kids - 17, 14, 7)
samily - 5 people (3 kids - DD 10.5, DS7, DS4)

Guitardiva, are your kids boys or girls?

[guitardiva]

DD17,princess:
DS 14 pirate:
DD7 princess:


Sounds fun. Off to JoAnn fabrics on Monday!

[samily]

Updated guitardiva's kids:

natale1980 - 4 people (2 kids - DS3.5, DD1)
guitardiva - 5 people (3 kids - DD17, DS14, DD7)
samily - 5 people (3 kids - DD 10.5, DS7, DS4)

Anyone else?

[guitardiva]

I hope that more people sign up for this. :)

[Googelibear]

Holy cow! youse guys have been busy.

Have fun with the fish extenders. :cheer2:

[hm21999]

Hi guys! I am in for fish extender fun!

4 people (3 adults and 1 DD age 9)

i am not going to try and make mine - i think that i will order it from tiffany (i think that is her name if my memory serves me correctly - being a monday - well you never know:confused3 ) on ebay!

i just ordered my passporter on ebay as well....

oh boy -

:cool1: :cool1: :cool1:

[hm21999]

Hey samily!
Would you know anything about the snorkling equip at CC? My DBF wears glasses and we have been able to rent goggles from other places (Bahia State Park in the Keys) that were prescription strength - or at least more magnified then the basic ones :eek: - they had a bunch of different ones for him to peer into before he found a pair that worked. If we dont have to special order a pair that would be great. I have done a search on the forum but cant seem to find any info on this!
Back to work - we just hit the 30s here in upstate NY so i have been surfing the boards and pretending that i am already on the boat in a tropical paradise :surfweb: ......
Thank you so much.....
Heather

[samily]

Hi there Iris!
Wasn't sure if you were still checking in - I took this pic for you while on the ship - it was a framed painting for sale in the art gallery...

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh136/elizabthmp/DCLOctober2008199.jpg

[samily]

Hi Heather,
Glad you are joining in the FE fun! I also got mine from Tiffany - I'm not crafty enough to do my own :rolleyes1 She did a great job. :)

Sorry, we did snorkle on CC but we we had brought our own stuff (thanks googelibear!). I did see they had lots to choose from, but not sure if any were prescription strength or not - have you tried asking on the main cruise forum? I'm sure someone out there would know.

I'm counting down the days as well...I hate the cold :eek:


Ok everyone, here is our updated FE list:

natale1980 - 4 people (2 kids - DS3.5, DD1)
guitardiva - 5 people (3 kids - DD17, DS14, DD7)
samily - 5 people (3 kids - DD 10.5, DS7, DS4)
hm21999 - 4 people (1 kid - DD9)

Beth

[Googelibear]

Hi there Iris!
Wasn't sure if you were still checking in - I took this pic for you while on the ship - it was a framed painting for sale in the art gallery...

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh136/elizabthmp/DCLOctober2008199.jpg

heehee, Beth- that is too cute. So sorry you didn't have a buck 95 to buy it for me :rotfl:

Looks like you have quite a crowd now. And to think we thought that we'd be the only inhabitants of the boat :)

[hm21999]

Samily!
Thanks so much for the response re: the snorkling equipment! i am just going to go ahead and order them for him so that way we will always have it - :cool1:

[cdfl30]

Hello everyone! I just booked this cruise for my Husband and myself. We had originally planned on the 4-night Wonder this same week but decided on the 3-night to save some $$. We only live two hours from the port so this is going to be a little weekend getaway for us :)

Candis
Jacksonville, FL

[hm21999]

Welcome Candis!

[natale1980]

Welcome!!!
And if everyone else has a chance check out Candis's Flicker page. There are some great pictures!!!:thumbsup2

-nat

[natale1980]

Hey you guys!! I know our final payment date is comming very quickly!!! Well I was looking into trip insurance and I looked at www.insuremytrip.com
It is only going to cost our family $78!!! Disney quoted me $196!!! It even seems like the plan I picked covers more!! Up to $500,000 per person for medical. That really is the only reason I wanted insurance... I'm sure we won't need it (we're all healthy) but you never know.

-nat

[Googelibear]

Beth, Beth....I just got your postcard from the adults only cruise. Thank you so much. It brought a little sunshine into my dreary Friday :hug:

[cdfl30]

Hi everyone, thanks for welcoming me!! I'm really looking forward to this cruise. We took our first cruise in September, which happened to be on the Disney Wonder. We missed out on a lot because I wasn't feeling well :sick: I'm hoping to experience much more this time around!

Thanks Natale for your comment on my Flickr page! :)

Candis

[guitardiva]

Hi Candis.

Did you take those pics? You have a great eye. Very nice.

[cdfl30]

Hi Candis.

Did you take those pics? You have a great eye. Very nice.

Yes, I took all of them. Thank you so much for your kind compliments! :)

[guitardiva]

Happy Saturday Shipmates. :)

[samily]

Welcome Candice! I just read over on the 1/25 thread you were cancelling - I'm glad to see you were able rebook to this one! :goodvibes

Iris, I'm glad you got your postcard - we just got ours too - gee, it only took 3 weeks!!! :eek:

Hey Nat, we must have been on insuremytrip at the same - we just booked our insurance the other night too! I learned my lesson the hard way with the insurance thing - we never purchased it in the past (I didn't really understand it) and on our trip this past January I ended up breaking my ankle in Cancun and spending vacation in a wheelchair :headache: We are now buying insurance for each trip!

Happy weekend everyone - we're close to the 3 month mark!!!

[Googelibear]

I learned my lesson the hard way with the insurance thing - we never purchased it in the past (I didn't really understand it) and on our trip this past January I ended up breaking my ankle in Cancun and spending vacation in a wheelchair :headache: We are now buying insurance for each trip!

Happy weekend everyone - we're close to the 3 month mark!!!

So Beth, do you mean you buy insurance for every cruise or EVERY trip? I bought the insurance because of what I had read in so many trip reports, but have never purchased it for any other vacations or trips to WDW. Clue me in, will ya?:headache:

[natale1980]

:) I'm trying to get my parents to come with. They can book a lvl 12 gty for $720!!! The only thing holding them back is my dad. He doesn't like the idea of being in the middle of the water on a big boat.

-nat

[guitardiva]

I have to share ....


Paid in full!!!! Whoot!:woohoo: :banana:

[guitardiva]

:) I'm trying to get my parents to come with. They can book a lvl 12 gty for $720!!! The only thing holding them back is my dad. He doesn't like the idea of being in the middle of the water on a big boat.

-nat

I wish that I could talk my folks into the trip. No luck there.


Does your DH know about the cruise yet? (I was reading prior posts. lol)

[natale1980]

I wish that I could talk my folks into the trip. No luck there.


Does your DH know about the cruise yet? (I was reading prior posts. lol)

he's still clueless:thumbsup2

[guitardiva]

he's still clueless:thumbsup2


You're better than me. lol. We booked in Feb, I would of had a hell of a time keeping that kind of secret. :)

[samily]

Yes, Nat, you're good! I don't think I would last that long either!

[samily]

So Beth, do you mean you buy insurance for every cruise or EVERY trip? I bought the insurance because of what I had read in so many trip reports, but have never purchased it for any other vacations or trips to WDW. Clue me in, will ya?:headache:

Well so far since that incident, the big trips we have planned have been cruises :) For land vacations, I think it would depend on how much we spend up front & whether or not it is refundable. Also, it would depend on the quality of medical care where we were going and what my own personal health insurance would cover. For example, we did a road trip for a few days over the summer - I didn't consider any insurance for that. Speaking with various insurance companies, most would have covered the accident in Cancun, both the medical portion as well as reimbursing for my portion of the trip costs (since I was basically out of commission for the entire trip), they also would have covered any fees I incurred if I had decided to fly home early. The past couple of years I have had bad luck on vacation - the year before for our WDW trip, I ended up coming down with a Noro-type thing and that knocked me out for a few days :headache: Hopefully I never have to use the insurance, but it makes me feel better having it :)

[guitardiva]

I am a former travel agent I have to say , I cringe at the thought of doling out thousands to go on a trip and not have any travel insurance. Expecially when it involves travel to foreign countries. Being on most ships , Disney or not , you ARE on foreign soil. If you were to get hurt , your reg health insurance may not cover it.
Also there is the practile stuff. You pay on a trip for a year, what happens (knock on wood) if someone gets sick or there is a situation that hinders you from going. You get a flat tire on the way to the airport.
I mean I love Disney , but would not want to just give them my money. Right?

[hm21999]

I bought our trip insurance through insuremytrip.com and feel that it was well worth the piece of mind! I had opted for disney's travel insurance but after i found the boards and heard about the great rates that offered coverage on everything (we did not book air through disney) i called disney and opted out - and then purchased it much much cheaper through insuremytrip. Disney was very sweet about the whole thing. :goodvibes

[4Ollies]

Hi everyone. We will be cruising with you all after spending five days in the parks. My party is Dh, our two boys who will be seven then, ILs, and myself. This will be the first cruise for all of us and the first time we have traveled with the ILs. They will just be joining us for the cruise so shouldn't be bad. Dh, the boys, and I love going to WDW and DL so think this should be a fun addition. I lobbied for a week cruise but was out voted with people wanting to ride rides.

Looks like I have many pages of reading to do to catch up on who will be with us. Not sure why I never thought to look for a cruise page but better late than never. :confused3

[guitardiva]

Hi! The more the merrier. :)

We will be at the parks for 4 days before.
Where are you staying? We'll be at the Poly.


Trisha

[natale1980]

:welcome: :sail:

Were staying at The Wilderness Lodge starting on Saturday.

[samily]

Welcome 4ollies! We are traveling with our 3 kids (one is a DS7!) and my parents also. Haven't decided where we are staying precruise yet...

[eeyore7360]

Welcome aboard! We will be at POFQ for 4 nights precruise. Nik

[guitardiva]

Good morning!

Is anyone else doing the fish extenders?

[hm21999]

Hi 4ollies! we are traveling with our MIL too! Taking her with us as her xmas gift - she hasnt been on a trip in 18 years! I thought it was time we fixed that :santa: Wish we would have been able to go to WDW before hand but we are flying in just for the cruise and then back home again - we both have our own business so it is hard to pull away - but we are not clueing the staff in that cell phones work now on the boat :rolleyes1

[natale1980]

I agree!! No business calls on the Wonder!!! :thumbsup2

[samily]

I agree too! That's the best thing about the cruise - being totally disconnected from everything!

[guitardiva]

For those that have cruised before...Have you tried the spa? If so which treatments.

[hm21999]

ohh spa treatments..... i cant wait to hear about them!
Hey all! I just got my passporter in the mail yesterday!!!!! :cool1: :cool1: :cool1:

[natale1980]

anyone else mad we are missing out on the cruise in Feb - bouce back promo!!! Ugg!!! I wana cruise for $99!!! I would totaly change my plans if I could!

-nat

[guitardiva]

Happy Halloween everyone!!:maleficen

[samily]

Yes, Happy Halloween!

Yeah, that bounce back thing really has me trying to figure how to take advantage of it, but I don't think it will end up working out for us unfortunately :mad:

On the spa, the only thing we have tried is the exotic rasul. I booked a massage for my DH this time around. Once on the ship, you may want to take a look at their onboard specials - they seem to be good deals.

[natale1980]

I was thinking about the bounce back thing and it wouldn't really be the best thing for us... My DH is a union electrician and it's really not a good idea to take time off work in the fall. You don't really want to give them an excuse to lay you off first.
His company did it's third round of lay-offs today... seems like he's working at least one more week. :thumbsup2 The first set was at the end of the summer!!! :eek:
All I know is I'm not cancelling this cruise!!! Good thing he doesn't know about it :rolleyes1
Plus we are almost to the point of no return!! :rotfl2:
Did anyone book anything today? I think we are at the 90 day mark today... right?
I'll be makeing our final payment next Friday when I get my paycheck.

-nat

[guitardiva]

Its getting close. :)
I made my final payment a few days ago. Whoo hoo! . Its real now. :)

I was thinking about reserving a spa treatment , but I think I will wait and shoot for a on board special.

Meanwhile I'm sitting here sick. Yuck. Phneumonia is not a fun way to spend Halloween. :(

[samily]

We booked a Palo dinner with my parents and the sting rays on CC. And I registered the kids for the clubs - it's definitely starting to feel real now! :woohoo:

I can't believe you've been able to keep this from him for so long- that is so cool!

Guitardiva, hope you are feeling better soon! :goodvibes

[eeyore7360]

Just sent in my final payment! Now I really feel like we are on our way.:yay: