August 16 2009 4 night Wonder, Cruise-O-Maniac

[DisneyWhirled]

Our family will be aboard, August 16th.
Our group is dad (also a hockey coach) (47):cool1:, mom (49):cheer2:, son J (13):cool2:,
son D (11):lmao:. All first time cruisers.


Welcome Aboard!! We are first time cruisers as well!

Please let me know if you you'd like to join the fish extender gift exchange.

[mandymouse]

Our family will be aboard, August 16th.
Our group is dad (also a hockey coach) (47):cool1:, mom (49):cheer2:, son J (13):cool2:,
son D (11):lmao:. All first time cruisers.

Welcome aboard Keever & family :banana::banana:

[Keever]

Thanks for the warm welcomes! :lovestrucCan you tell I am a rookie - posting my message twice!?! Ooops!

I may be interested in being part of the fish extenders - if I can figure out what a fish extender is. This is all new to me. I've just realized that I have seventeen pages of previous thread to read. I'll get started and perhaps I'll find out about the fish extenders as well as discovering our new cruising friends.

I have a question. What does one wear to the pirate dinner?

Thanks!

[mandymouse]

Here's my Fish Extender

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/MMM120/CIMG5877.jpg

It's a holder with pockets that is hung from the 'fish' outside your stateroom where we leave gifts for each other

We have 5 families taking part so far (including myself), and you can choose to leave little gifts for each person in the exchange or you can make up a family gift, it's up to you :)

Here is the list of who is taking part ..

DisneyWhirled-John, Karen, DS(10), DD(7)-----------Room#7010
Mvlimmex-Vicki, DH, Kids DD(11), DS(6), DD(5), DS(2)---Room#'s 2075-Kids & 2077
SSR Lover-Doug, Julianne, Jake(8), Jason(6)---------Room#2628
Mandy Mouse-Mandy, Paul, Kerry(18) Becky(16)-----Room#6606
Magchavez-Maggie, DH(Brian), William (7), Christine (6)---Room#2116

I hope that helps, if you have any other questions, then just ask away :thumbsup2

[DisneyWhirled]

Here's my Fish Extender

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/MMM120/CIMG5877.jpg

It's a holder with pockets that is hung from the 'fish' outside your stateroom where we leave gifts for each other

We have 5 families taking part so far (including myself), and you can choose to leave little gifts for each person in the exchange or you can make up a family gift, it's up to you :)

Here is the list of who is taking part ..

DisneyWhirled-John, Karen, DS(10), DD(7)-----------Room#7010
Mvlimmex-Vicki, DH, Kids DD(11), DS(6), DD(5), DS(2)---Room#'s 2075-Kids & 2077
SSR Lover-Doug, Julianne, Jake(8), Jason(6)---------Room#2628
Mandy Mouse-Mandy, Paul, Kerry(18) Becky(16)-----Room#6606
Magchavez-Maggie, DH(Brian), William (7), Christine (6)---Room#2116

I hope that helps, if you have any other questions, then just ask away :thumbsup2


Thanks, Mandy!! I love your FE!! Still waiting for mine to arrive (ordered on ebay)...I hope it comes soon!

[Coach Rick]

Thanks for the warm welcomes! :lovestrucCan you tell I am a rookie - posting my message twice!?! Ooops!

I may be interested in being part of the fish extenders - if I can figure out what a fish extender is. This is all new to me. I've just realized that I have seventeen pages of previous thread to read. I'll get started and perhaps I'll find out about the fish extenders as well as discovering our new cruising friends.

I have a question. What does one wear to the pirate dinner?

Thanks!

First, welcome aboard Keever...:thumbsup2

Argh, ye ask what ye wear to a pirate dinner...well ye mattie, depends if'n yer the main course er the guest...main course = lots of spice...guest = jest purt on ye favorite pirate wear and be ready to plunder...pirate:argh argh argh...

We have been lucky at www.dresslikeapirate.com

Oh good, somebody to compare hockey notes with...my entire family plays hockey, except for DW. Oldest DD played at Salve Regina University, DS will be playing at Lyndon State College in Vt this coming year, and youngest DD plays on the boys team in high school. I am semi retired from coaching after coaching youth, high school and college ranks...now I just work at Providence College as an off ice official.

[mandymouse]

Sorry Keever, I missed your question about Pirate Night. We don't dress up as such, we tend to wear a pirate-y t-shirt, with scarves, bandanas, tattoos, jewellery etc, though some people do go down the Captain Jack Sparrow route, and they look great pirate:

[SSR Lover]

Thanks, Mandy!! I love your FE!! Still waiting for mine to arrive (ordered on ebay)...I hope it comes soon!

Can I ask where you found these on Ebay? I tried a search before and could not find anything. I'm not sure if I want to put the effort into making one or not - I'm clueless when it comes to sewing. Even if I used glue, it would probably come out crooked! :lmao: Thanks in advance!!

We are getting ready to leave for Myrtle Beach this weekend and with three weeks of kids activities in July I know the time will fly!! August will be here before we know it!!:woohoo:

[mandymouse]

Can I ask where you found these on Ebay? I tried a search before and could not find anything. I'm not sure if I want to put the effort into making one or not - I'm clueless when it comes to sewing. Even if I used glue, it would probably come out crooked! :lmao: Thanks in advance!!

We are getting ready to leave for Myrtle Beach this weekend and with three weeks of kids activities in July I know the time will fly!! August will be here before we know it!!:woohoo:

I just typed fish extenders on ebay.com and a few came up - I hope you find one you like ::yes::

Have a lovely time at Myrtle Beach. I agree, August will be here before we know it :)

[DisneyWhirled]

Can I ask where you found these on Ebay? I tried a search before and could not find anything. I'm not sure if I want to put the effort into making one or not - I'm clueless when it comes to sewing. Even if I used glue, it would probably come out crooked! :lmao: Thanks in advance!!

We are getting ready to leave for Myrtle Beach this weekend and with three weeks of kids activities in July I know the time will fly!! August will be here before we know it!!:woohoo:

Yes, exactly what Mandy said! Search "Fish Extender" and you will find a few.

Have fun in Myrtle Beach! I am working so much right now that I cannot WAIT for the break in August!!

[mvlimmex]

Hi,
We got our fish extenders off of e-bay last year too. The lady that made them takes Disney Cruises herself and she did a really great job with ours.

This summer is flying by fast already--hard to believe that the 4th is just around the corner. Have fun in Myrtle Beach this weekend SSR Lover. Hopefully it will be a fun and relaxing vacation for you and your family.

Vicki

[Keever]

Count us in for the fish extender activity.:fish: I have some Canadian items to share. :) I'll get started on making a fish extender in spite of my limited sewing skills. I made the magnetic door decorations last December. Is there anything else I should be crafting in advance of the cruise?

Do we put treats in the fish extenders daily?

Sorry for all the questions!!!

[mandymouse]

Thats great Keever, you just need to PM Karen (DisneyWhirled) with the details of everyones names, kids ages and room number and she'll up date the FE list :)

I think most of us are giving our FE gifts out once during our Cruise

I'm not a crafty person at all (hence buying my FE off ebay :rotfl2:) and I have got door decorations from our previous cruises (with our names on), it would be nice if we had a 'Cruise-O-Maniac' door sign for this Cruise, but unfortunately I'm not a very creative person ;)

[mvlimmex]

:cool1:Yeah I am glad that you will be joining us in the FE game Keever. It should be fun! :thumbsup2

Vicki

[DisneyWhirled]

it would be nice if we had a 'Cruise-O-Maniac' door sign for this Cruise, but unfortunately I'm not a very creative person ;)

Oooo..let me see if I can come up with something!!


Keever-I will be looking forward to getting a PM from you. I will add you to the list as soon as I have the info. I'm glad you are joining us!!

[DisneyWhirled]

Here are a couple of ideas...I just used some clip art I found. Thanks to the Dis-signers for sharing their blanks!

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo313/DisneyWhirled/cruiso.gif

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo313/DisneyWhirled/cruiseo2.gif


Let me know what you think, or if you have any ideas. I am a simple dis-signer, but happy to play around with some images/sayings!

[mvlimmex]

Hi Karen,

I love the cruise- o-maniacs clips arts. I don't know which one I like better because I think that they are both great!!!!!:goodvibes Great Job!!!!!!! You're a lot more creative than I am. :)

Vicki

[mandymouse]

Hi Karen,

I love the cruise- o-maniacs clips arts. I don't know which one I like better because I think that they are both great!!!!!:goodvibes Great Job!!!!!!! You're a lot more creative than I am. :)

Vicki

I agree, Karen they're both great :thumbsup2 Well done, I wouldn't know where to start ~ Brilliant ::yes::

I've saved both pics to my computer, and popped one in my signature :)

[mandymouse]

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('http://www.mickeypath.com/')

.. or 7 Weeks Today !!!!

[Keever]

Sorry - rookie here.:thumbsup2 I'm not sure how to PM. Still trying to crack the code. I'm guessing DH means Disney Husband? and I would be the DW? And we have two DSs, Disney Sons?

If so, our family:
pirate: DH René, hockey coach, follows the Montreal Canadiens, grade 7-8 teacher (French Immersion, Phys Ed, Social Sciences)
:cheer2:DW: Laura (that's me, writing under the approximated name of our new dog Keeva...) mom, Spec Ed Consultant
:rolleyes1DS: Jacob, age 13, hockey player (forward), skateboarder, grade eight
:woohoo:DS: Danick, age 11, hockey player (goalie), Disney pin collector and trader, grade seven

We will be in Room 2103, oops-Cabin 2103. I would love to post a Cruise-o-maniac sign!:goodvibes:boat:

[DisneyWhirled]

Thanks, everyone! Glad you like the signs!

Keever, thanks for the info...I added you to the FE list. You are cracking the code just fine!! Great job! My son is very close in age to Danick...if he is doing the kids club, it would be nice if they could meet up!

Here is the updated FE list:

DisneyWhirled-Karen, John, Colby(10), Kaylee(7)-----------Cabin#7010
Mvlimmex-Vicki, DH, Kids DD(11), DS(6), DD(5), DS(2)---Cabin#'s 2075-Kids & 2077
SSR Lover-Doug, Julianne, Jake(8), Jason(6)---------Cabin#2628
Mandy Mouse-Mandy, Paul, Kerry(18) Becky(16)-----Cabin#6606
Magchavez-Maggie, DH(Brian), William (7), Christine (6)---Cabin#2116
Keever-Rene, Laura, Jacob (13), Danick (11)---Cabin#2103

Looks like four families are on the same floor!

It's getting close!!!

[DisneyWhirled]

Just a quick note to wish everyone a very...

Happy Fourth of July!!!!

Hope you all have a great weekend!!

[mvlimmex]

I too want to wish everyone a fun and safe 4th of July weekend!!!!!!!!!:thumbsup2

In less than 6 weeks we will be on the Boat!!!!:) I am almost finished getting gifts for our FE game:thumbsup2

Vicki

[mvlimmex]

Here are a couple of ideas...I just used some clip art I found. Thanks to the Dis-signers for sharing their blanks!

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo313/DisneyWhirled/cruiso.gif

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo313/DisneyWhirled/cruiseo2.gif


Let me know what you think, or if you have any ideas. I am a simple dis-signer, but happy to play around with some images/sayings!

Karen,

I have printed off both of these to make them into door magnets. We have connecting rooms, so plan to put one on each door. They both are great!:thumbsup2

Vicki

[mandymouse]

http://disney-clipart.com/4th-July/characters/4th-July-Mickey-Donald-Rocket.jpg

Happy 4th July to all my friends in the U.S.
I hope you all have a lovely day

[3smithboys]

Hi everyone! I just spent the past couple of hours reading through this thread still not believing that we will be joining all of you for this cruise. My crazy DH got up this morning and decided out of the blue to book this cruise for our 17th anniversary, which is on August 16th. :cool1:

Everyone thinks we are a "Disney Crazy" family since we have been to the World the past two Winter Breaks and are going back again this Winter Break too. We have always wanted to go on a Disney cruise, but with a family of 5 the cost has been prohibitive. DH found a decent deal this morning, so he decided to go for it!!! We have 3 boys - Matt will be 11 when we sail, and Jack and Ryan are 6.

We have been on Norwegian and RCCL before so we are not new to cruising, but we are new to Disney cruising, so I would appreciate any advice you could give me regarding sailing on Disney. Is there anything special I need to book in advance? (If it's not too late.) I saw that some of you seemed to be booking dining... We are scheduled to dine at the late seating. I know that we need to pick out our excursions.

I also don't know our stateroom number yet, but I do know that we are on deck 8. Sorry for all of the questions. Thanks in advance for your help.

Lani

[DisneyWhirled]

Hi everyone! I just spent the past couple of hours reading through this thread still not believing that we will be joining all of you for this cruise. My crazy DH got up this morning and decided out of the blue to book this cruise for our 17th anniversary, which is on August 16th. :cool1:

Everyone thinks we are a "Disney Crazy" family since we have been to the World the past two Winter Breaks and are going back again this Winter Break too. We have always wanted to go on a Disney cruise, but with a family of 5 the cost has been prohibitive. DH found a decent deal this morning, so he decided to go for it!!! We have 3 boys - Matt will be 11 when we sail, and Jack and Ryan are 6.

We have been on Norwegian and RCCL before so we are not new to cruising, but we are new to Disney cruising, so I would appreciate any advice you could give me regarding sailing on Disney. Is there anything special I need to book in advance? (If it's not too late.) I saw that some of you seemed to be booking dining... We are scheduled to dine at the late seating. I know that we need to pick out our excursions.

I also don't know our stateroom number yet, but I do know that we are on deck 8. Sorry for all of the questions. Thanks in advance for your help.

Lani


Welcome Lani and family!!! Glad you are joining us!! Tell your DH that I like his sense of adventure!! Wake up and book a trip...how cool!!!

We are also seen as Disney maniacs. My co-workers think I'm nuts and most of our family knows not to ask us where we are vacationing, 'cause they already know LOL :).

If you and DH want to dine at PALO for brunch or dinner, you may want to sign on to see if you can get in. If there is no availablility, don't despair, because you can always go Rockin'D bar upon arrival and see if there is availablity. If you prefer early seating, you may want to call to be on the waiting list for early seating. It is not guaranteed, but worth a shot if that is what you want.

As you probably already read, some of us Diser's on this cruise are doing a fish extender exchange and decorating our doors. I made a few door signs (posted above) that you can feel free to use for your door.

I think we are going to have a meet at some point, too. My son Colby is 10, so he and your oldest will be in the Lab together, if your son goes at all. My DD will be in the Club with your boys. She is turning 7 just before we leave.

Well, I hope I've helped you some! Please feel free to ask away and again, Welcome!!!

[mandymouse]

Welcome aboard Lani, it's great to have another 'Disney Crazy' family sailing with us :rotfl2:

Like Karen suggested, the main things to book, would be PALO (the adults only restaurant) and the kids clubs. I would add, that if you've got time to read some trip reports, as you can pick up some ideas from them ::yes::

Would you like to take part in the Fish Extender exchange ? It's lots of fun

Karen ~ I've just read your pre-trip report (thanks for putting the link in your signature). I love your photos ::yes::

My pre-trip report is over on the UK forums, but you're all more than welcome to take a look http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2194674

I hope you all had a great 4th of July :)

[mandymouse]

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('http://www.mickeypath.com/')

:banana::banana: .. or 6 Weeks Today :banana::banana:

[3smithboys]

Thanks for the welcome!!! Yeah, I'm sure the ship needed one more "Disney Crazy" family!!! :rotfl2: I am going to start hunting down some trip reports to get some ideas. I don't think that we are interested in eating at Palo's, and the kids are registered for the kid's clubs so I'm good to go there.

I just hope that we can get them to go in there! I'm afraid that the Norwegian kids clubs might have ruined that for us - when we took the kids on their one and only cruise, the kids clubs on the Dawn were not very well run and and boys had a terrible time. They didn't want to go back. Now they think that the kids clubs are boring. Hopefully, Disney can change all of that for them. I'm thrilled that it looks like some of you have kids that are the same age as my guys! :cool1:

As for the fish extender exchange - I have a few questions about that since I cannot sew - can I get one in a craft store and decorate it myself, and what kind of presents do you exchange? Is there a price limit and are they all Disney themed? (aren't I just full of questions....can you tell I'm a teacher!)

One more thing...is it worth trying to get on the wait list for the early seating for dinner or is the second seating ok? If so, how do we go about doing this?

Lani

[mandymouse]

Hey Lani

I will try and help you by answering some of you questions

Fish Extenders ~ I think a few of us have bought ours from Ebay, but I'm sure you would be able to find some kind of organiser from somewhere - I just wouldn't know where to suggest.

FE Gifts ~ we haven't set a price limit, but don't go to too much expense. I can appreciate that things are tight, what with jobs and the economy, so if all you (or any of us) can afford is one gift per cabin, then that is fine, but if you want to buy a gift for everyone on the list, then that is fine too :thumbsup2 A few suggestions would be : something from where you live, pirate goodies (for Pirate Night), or you could make something (if you're a crafty person - which I am not :rotfl2:), and no, they don't need to be Disney themed :)

Dining ~ If you wish to be waitlisted for early dining, then I would phone DCL and asked to be waitlisted, also once you get onboard you can go to Wavebands to request it there too (just check your Navigator once onboard for more info)

Also, have you requested the DCL dvd that you can get on-line on the DCL website ? It will show your kids all the kids clubs, as I'm sure they'd love them after seeing all the cool things they do there

Well, I hope that helps :)

[3smithboys]

Thanks for all of the helpful info Mandy!

I am going to order the DVD so the kids can see the kids club. I think that will help. Thanks for the suggestion.

Before I call and get waitlisted, I guess my question for all of you who have been on the cruise before is this - is second seating that terrible? :confused3

Also, is anyone going to Atlantis via the Comfort Suites while in Nassau? We are going to the Comfort Suites and since we are 5 people have an issue - we can only get a room for 4 people. I was wondering if there was anyone who was going who had less than 4 in a room and wanted to share the expense of a room so we could get an additional band. Right now we had to buy an excursion through DCL for my DH for a hefty price, and he has to meet us at Atlantis while I take the kids to the hotel!

Thanks!

Lani

[mvlimmex]

Hi Lani and welcome:welcome:to you and your family.

I think that your kids will really enjoy the kid's clubs. I have a couple of kids in the club and 1 in the lab and they really like it! I am sure the DVD will be helpful!

I hope that you are about to take part in the fish extender exchange--it should be a lot of fun!!!!:thumbsup2

We actually really like 2nd dining. It seems more relaxing to not have to rush to dinner after spending a day at Castaway or on an excursion. We just grab a snack or have something from room service to hold us over until we have dinner at around 8:15. Also on the last day when we disembark--we have 2nd seating breakfast at around 8:00 am instead of 1st seating at 6:30 am or so. That time is just way too early for my family :)

Vicki

[mandymouse]

Lani, we actually prefer late dining, but I have two teens, so early dining would be too early for us. It really depends if your kids are used to eating a bit later or not :)

We won't be getting off the ship at Nassau, as we like to take advantage of a quiet ship

Have a great day everyone :thumbsup2

[3smithboys]

Thanks Mandy and Vicky!

I think that we will stick with the second dining. We just got back from the NJ shore, and Nick pointed out that most nights we didn't eat until that late anyway so I don't think it's going to be a problem. I'm sure if we get hungry we will be able to find a snack somewhere on the ship to hold us over until dinner! :rotfl2: I like the idea of the later breakfast on the last day to be sure!!!

We are all set to go to join you for the fish extender exchange! We ordered one on ebay last night... (I told you I wasn't crafty!!!) But I can sure shop!!! How does this work? I want to make sure we do it right! :teacher:

Lani

[Coach Rick]

I would like to add the Simard family welcome. :thumbsup2

We prefer late seating. First, we normally eat late at home, and I just have a feeling around 10 or so I would be looking for more food, which I most certainly don't need! :scared1: But the other advantage of course is to not have to rush around after a day on Nassau, or Castaway Cay.

Again, "Welcome ye maitee" pirate:

[mandymouse]

We are all set to go to join you for the fish extender exchange! We ordered one on ebay last night... (I told you I wasn't crafty!!!) But I can sure shop!!! How does this work? I want to make sure we do it right! :teacher:

Lani

Yay !! That's great Lani, the FE exchange is so much fun :thumbsup2

I've got most of my gifts now, and I've got them all bagged up, and I will be delivering mine during the day of Pirate Night (as I've got Pirate goodies for the boys). We have decided to deliver just once during the cruise. If there's anything else you need to know - then just ask :)

[3smithboys]

It sounds like I've got some shopping to do!!!:banana:

So how exactly does the FE exchange work? Do the gifts get wrapped? Are they tagged with the recipients’ names? Do we put which family they are from on them as well? I've never done this before and want to make sure to do it right!

From what I seem to understand it works kind of like a "Secret Santa," and we deliver little presents one time to each cabin during the cruise. We will be given the names, genders, and ages of each of the people in the cabins so we know who we are getting for.

Is this correct? Do I need to know anything else?

Thanks,

Lani

[mandymouse]

Here is the updated FE list:

DisneyWhirled-Karen, John, Colby(10), Kaylee(7)-----------Cabin#7010
Mvlimmex-Vicki, DH, Kids DD(11), DS(6), DD(5), DS(2)---Cabin#'s 2075-Kids & 2077
SSR Lover-Doug, Julianne, Jake(8), Jason(6)---------Cabin#2628
Mandy Mouse-Mandy, Paul, Kerry(18) Becky(16)-----Cabin#6606
Magchavez-Maggie, DH(Brian), William (7), Christine (6)---Cabin#2116
Keever-Rene, Laura, Jacob (13), Danick (11)---Cabin#2103

This is the current list Lani, we sent Karen (DisneyWhirled) a PM with our details, and she updates the list :)

I have put my gifts in individual party bags, and I'll pop a label on with the name of who the gift is for, and I'll probably put it from mandymouse and family (or something similar)

It sounds like you've got the gist of the exchange ::yes::

[3smithboys]

Ok, thanks Mandy. As soon as I find out what cabin I am in, I can PM Karen.

I also forgot to thank Rick for his welcome this morning!!! :cheer2:

I think that's it for now.

Thanks again,

Lani

[DisneyWhirled]

Ok, thanks Mandy. As soon as I find out what cabin I am in, I can PM Karen.

Thanks again, Lani

Glad you are joining us, Lani and family!

I've updated the FE list. Just give me your cabin # when you have a chance!


Here is the updated FE list:

DisneyWhirled-Karen, John, Colby(10), Kaylee(7)-----------Cabin#7010
Mvlimmex-Vicki, DH, Kids DD(11), DS(6), DD(5), DS(2)---Cabin#'s 2075-Kids & 2077
SSR Lover-Doug, Julianne, Jake(8), Jason(6)---------Cabin#2628
Mandy Mouse-Mandy, Paul, Kerry(18) Becky(16)-----Cabin#6606
Magchavez-Maggie, DH(Brian), William (7), Christine (6)---Cabin#2116
Keever-Rene, Laura, Jacob (13), Danick (11)---Cabin#2103
3smithboys-Lani, DH, Matt (11), Jack (6), Ryan (6)---Cabin#??

[mvlimmex]

Lani,
Yeah! I am glad that you and your family will be joining us for the FE game. It should be a lot of fun!!!::cool1:

I have just a few more things to get for the FE game. It's fun buying little items for the game and passing them out on the ship. This summer seems to be flying by fast and it is hard to believe that 6 weeks from today that we will be in Nassau::goodvibes

Have a good night everyone!

Vicki

[Keever]

Welcome :earsgirl:Lani and family!

I'm glad you are part of the Fish Extender exchange. It has been fun to think of potential items to share with our new friends.

My son Danick is rather hesitant to go to the kids club, but has agreed to go the first night. One guide I read said that this is a must as many friendships are forged in the first hours of the cruise, and attending on the first night makes it easier to return to the club at later times.

Perhaps we could arrange to let Colby, Matt, Vicki's DD and Danick meet a bit early and we can take them to the first kid's club meeting as a small band of friends? party:

They have much in common already - their parents are crazy for all things Disney.

Keever:wave:

[3smithboys]

Hi Keever and thanks for the welcome!

I think setting up a meeting for the kids ahead of time and having them go together to the club is a great idea! I think that will help them feel more comfortable right from the start. :thumbsup2

I noticed that some of us have children of similar ages for the younger club - maybe we can get the younger kids together too?

I just called to see if I have my cabin assignment yet for the FE exchange, but I was told that I just have a room guarantee as of right now - so all I know is that I will be on Deck 8. I should know 15 days before we sail....ugh. I'll keep checking on line. :rolleyes1

Now I just have to start shopping for FE exchange items....where to begin...hmmm.... :dance3:

Lani

[DisneyWhirled]

Perhaps we could arrange to let Colby, Matt, Vicki's DD and Danick meet a bit early and we can take them to the first kid's club meeting as a small band of friends? party:

They have much in common already - their parents are crazy for all things Disney.

Keever:wave:

:banana:Yes!!! Great idea!! Colby is also hesitant....we keep telling him that he will have a blast, but I think it would help to meet some friends before hand....and...Lani, that sounds great for getting the younger ones together, too!!

Let's plan it!!!:woohoo:

[mvlimmex]

Welcome :earsgirl:Lani and family!

I'm glad you are part of the Fish Extender exchange. It has been fun to think of potential items to share with our new friends.

My son Danick is rather hesitant to go to the kids club, but has agreed to go the first night. One guide I read said that this is a must as many friendships are forged in the first hours of the cruise, and attending on the first night makes it easier to return to the club at later times.

Perhaps we could arrange to let Colby, Matt, Vicki's DD and Danick meet a bit early and we can take them to the first kid's club meeting as a small band of friends? party:

They have much in common already - their parents are crazy for all things Disney.

Keever:wave:

Hi,

I think it sounds like a great idea too. :thumbsup2 Adriane really likes the lab and enjoys hanging out there. She's a little shy, but would enjoy making some new friends that first night on the ship.

Lani- I think it also would be a great idea for the younger kids too. My son Zach (6) and daughter Stephanie (5) will be in the 5-7 age group and would enjoy making some new friends that first night, since they will probably be a little nervous to start with.

Vicki

[mandymouse]

Hey everyone, I hope you're having a good day

Hubby has printed off and lamenated the door signs that Karen designed, they look great :thumbsup2

I can't believe that 6 weeks today it will be our day at sea, and hubby & I would've had Brunch in Palo today :)

[SSR Lover]

Welcome to all our new cruisers! I also think it would be nice for the kids to meet up with each other. I have 6 and 8 year old boys, so they will be in different clubs and might like having some pals to hang out with. Enjoy the rest of your week!!

[mandymouse]

Karen ~ thanks for taking the time to read my pre-trip report, and for leaving your message :) If anyone else would like to have a look, just use the link in my signature

I forgot to mention that it was my daughter's Prom last week, if you'd like to see some pics, then take a look here http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2220101

Have a lovely weekend everyone :)

[Keever]

:dance3::coffee::artist::rockband::music::car:

I see from the postings there are a few 10-12 year olds. ( My list includes Anthony,:jumping1::rainbow: Nick, Tink Lovers DD,:rotfl:sdwjones DD :cheer2:Jessica :worship:Colby :cool2:, Kipsy's child party: Adriane :thumbsup2 and Matt:tiptoe:. and Danick:woohoo:

Let me know if I've left anyone out.

When and where is a good place to meet?

I can make nametags. :flower3:

[mandymouse]

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('http://www.mickeypath.com/')

:banana::banana: .. or 5 Weeks Today :banana::banana:

[3smithboys]

It's been a crazy past few days! :scared1: DH, Nick, was diagnosed with Lyme disease on Tuesday. He wasn't feeling well for a couple of weeks and broke out in a weird rash on his back and chest - but it wasn't the traditional "bulls eye" rash that is usually associated with Lyme's disease. He also had a low fever, chills, and night sweats... (but of course nothing was wrong with him! ;)) I think he was down playing how he felt because his family was visiting from England, and he doesn't get to see them very often.

I always thought that a person only got 1 bulls eye only where the tick bit them and no where else; I had no idea that when the disease progressed that the rash also could move to other places around the body until I was talking to my friend who is a dr! So, I made Nick an appointment to see the dr (knowing full well that was the only way he was going to go!!!:rotfl2:)

Luckily, they caught it fairly early so he just has to take the antibiotic for 3 weeks, and that should take care of it! :woohoo: The crazy thing with this medicine is that he shouldn't be out in the sun too much - could you all imagine him being on the cruise on that - yikes! He would have been crispy fried!!! Good thing he'll be finished with it by then! :thumbsup2

Now the trick for him is to not get reinfected - between his job - he is a PE teacher and the ropes course director for his school. He spends so much time in the woods and in the trees, and he is a camp counselor in the summer- and he does the ropes course there in the trees again, and we even have a family of deer in our back yard -ugh- I think I need to buy him a bubble to live in!!! :lmao:

But, the good news is that I've received our fish extender, been shopping for items for the FE exchange :yay:, and even hit the malls for a few items of clothing! :rolleyes1

Keever, thanks for offering to make the name tags for the older kids - I can't suggest a place for us to meet since- I'll leave that to the experts who have been before. Do you think that we should have the younger group meet at the same place as the older group? Would that be easier so we don't have to arrange 2 meeting places?

Mandy, I loved your daughter's prom pictures! Everyone looked beautiful. It was so nice of you to do that for her friend... she will never forget that! :wizard:

I can't believe that we are going in 5 weeks... where is the summer going?

Lani

[DisneyWhirled]

Wow wee! I don't get to check the boards for one day and I miss a whole lot!!!

Mandy-your daughter looked gorgeous and your post about her friend and how you dressed her up brought tears to my eyes. You are one awesome mom!!! I am glad that they had a good time!!

Keever-name tags are an awesome idea!! Thank you so much for offering to do them!! I am so happy that Colby will be able to meet some friends before going into the kids club, it will help a lot!

Lani-I'm sorry about DH, but I am glad they caught it in time!! I worry about Lyme disease, too. My DH is a surveyor so he is always in the woods or in fields. I wish they could come out with a vaccination! We are in Southern Maine, where do you live?


I can't believe we are 5 weeks out today!! DH and I went last night to get the "family" fish extender gifts...the only problem is they won't fit in the FE!!!!
So, we are planning on leaving them on the floor underneath the FE. I hope no one takes them :)

As far a meeting up for all the kids to meet, it seems it may be a little crowded, but how about the Goofy pool before fire drill? If we maybe co-ordinate an item to wear/bring/display, we could find eachother easily?? Just a thought!

For those of you that have cruised before with kiddos, when do we take them to the kids club to get acquainted?

[mandymouse]

It's been a crazy past few days! :scared1: DH, Nick, was diagnosed with Lyme disease on Tuesday. He wasn't feeling well for a couple of weeks and broke out in a weird rash on his back and chest - but it wasn't the traditional "bulls eye" rash that is usually associated with Lyme's disease. He also had a low fever, chills, and night sweats... (but of course nothing was wrong with him! ;)) I think he was down playing how he felt because his family was visiting from England, and he doesn't get to see them very often.

Aww your poor hubby, glad it was caught in time and that he'll be fine before the Cruise :thumbsup2 Where does his family live in England ?

Mandy, I loved your daughter's prom pictures! Everyone looked beautiful. It was so nice of you to do that for her friend... she will never forget that! :wizard:

Mandy-your daughter looked gorgeous and your post about her friend and how you dressed her up brought tears to my eyes. You are one awesome mom!!! I am glad that they had a good time!!

:hug: Thanks for taking the time to read about Becky's Prom, it was a very special evening

I can't believe we are 5 weeks out today!! DH and I went last night to get the "family" fish extender gifts...the only problem is they won't fit in the FE!!!!
So, we are planning on leaving them on the floor underneath the FE. I hope no one takes them :)

On my last Cruise, I had a gift that was too big for the FE, so I put everything in a little bag and hung it on the fish

Have a great day everyone :)

[mvlimmex]

It's been a crazy past few days! :scared1: DH, Nick, was diagnosed with Lyme disease on Tuesday. He wasn't feeling well for a couple of weeks and broke out in a weird rash on his back and chest - but it wasn't the traditional "bulls eye" rash that is usually associated with Lyme's disease. He also had a low fever, chills, and night sweats... (but of course nothing was wrong with him! ;)) I think he was down playing how he felt because his family was visiting from England, and he doesn't get to see them very often.

I always thought that a person only got 1 bulls eye only where the tick bit them and no where else; I had no idea that when the disease progressed that the rash also could move to other places around the body until I was talking to my friend who is a dr! So, I made Nick an appointment to see the dr (knowing full well that was the only way he was going to go!!!:rotfl2:)

Luckily, they caught it fairly early so he just has to take the antibiotic for 3 weeks, and that should take care of it! :woohoo: The crazy thing with this medicine is that he shouldn't be out in the sun too much - could you all imagine him being on the cruise on that - yikes! He would have been crispy fried!!! Good thing he'll be finished with it by then! :thumbsup2

Now the trick for him is to not get reinfected - between his job - he is a PE teacher and the ropes course director for his school. He spends so much time in the woods and in the trees, and he is a camp counselor in the summer- and he does the ropes course there in the trees again, and we even have a family of deer in our back yard -ugh- I think I need to buy him a bubble to live in!!! :lmao:

But, the good news is that I've received our fish extender, been shopping for items for the FE exchange :yay:, and even hit the malls for a few items of clothing! :rolleyes1

Keever, thanks for offering to make the name tags for the older kids - I can't suggest a place for us to meet since- I'll leave that to the experts who have been before. Do you think that we should have the younger group meet at the same place as the older group? Would that be easier so we don't have to arrange 2 meeting places?

Mandy, I loved your daughter's prom pictures! Everyone looked beautiful. It was so nice of you to do that for her friend... she will never forget that! :wizard:

I can't believe that we are going in 5 weeks... where is the summer going?

Lani

Hi Lani,

Wow! I am glad that they discovered your husband's lyme's disease. My husband Marty got lyme's disease a few years ago and ended up getting Bells palsy with it. His face still isn't the same, but it has gotten better some. We live in southwest Wisconsin and I have known several people in our area that have gotten Lyme's disease. We live in a hot spot here and it scares me ---especially since we live out in the country. I always worry when the kids play out in the grass and such. Marty had to get antibiotics for 3 weeks, plus IV antibiotics for almost a month, since he ended up getting lyme's meningitis. Ticks are pretty scary, since they can be so small.:scared1:
I hope your husband will have a complete recovery and will be alright for the cruise.

I am glad that you got your FE in the mail. Hard to believe that in 5 weeks we will be on the ship:yay: I can't wait!


Vicki

[mvlimmex]

Wow wee! I don't get to check the boards for one day and I miss a whole lot!!!

Mandy-your daughter looked gorgeous and your post about her friend and how you dressed her up brought tears to my eyes. You are one awesome mom!!! I am glad that they had a good time!!

Keever-name tags are an awesome idea!! Thank you so much for offering to do them!! I am so happy that Colby will be able to meet some friends before going into the kids club, it will help a lot!

Lani-I'm sorry about DH, but I am glad they caught it in time!! I worry about Lyme disease, too. My DH is a surveyor so he is always in the woods or in fields. I wish they could come out with a vaccination! We are in Southern Maine, where do you live?


I can't believe we are 5 weeks out today!! DH and I went last night to get the "family" fish extender gifts...the only problem is they won't fit in the FE!!!!
So, we are planning on leaving them on the floor underneath the FE. I hope no one takes them :)

As far a meeting up for all the kids to meet, it seems it may be a little crowded, but how about the Goofy pool before fire drill? If we maybe co-ordinate an item to wear/bring/display, we could find eachother easily?? Just a thought!

For those of you that have cruised before with kiddos, when do we take them to the kids club to get acquainted?

Karen,

Hi,

I think that having the kids meet up before the boat drill is a great idea. What time were we planning on having the families meet the first day. Was it at 3:00 and have we decided whether or not to meet in the Promegrade (sp) Lounge or at the goofy Pool? Either place is fine with me. Do we want the kids to meet after the family meeting or at the same time? I know it can get crazy before the boat drill, but maybe if we wanted it separate then meeting at 3:30 would give us enough time to get back to the rooms to get our preservers on.

Since the Dis color is lime green maybe we could wear something lime green to show that we are on the Dis board and also help us find each other easier. We will probably wear lime green shirts or something lime that day. That is just an idea. We could also do something else too. Anyone have any ideas too?

I think that we can take them in the lab/clubs before and after dinner. I know we have late seating and the kids usually go to the lab/club after we eat supper. I can't remember if they go before or not. I think they have some
getting to know you or free time activities before hand and maybe we could get the kids together and have them meet then. How many of you have late seating for dinner, as well as early seating?

Keever,

Thanks so much for offering to do name tags. I think that it will be helpful for the kids to meet up before they go into the lab/clubs.

Vicki

[3smithboys]

Thanks Karen, Mandy and Vicki for your good wishes for Nick! He is starting to feel better - just really tired and milking it for all that it's worth, of course!!! :rolleyes1


Karen, we live in Lafayette Hill, PA - right outside of Philadelphia. We have a lot of Lyme around us, so I guess we've been lucky so far. Now I'm worried about the kids since they spend so much time outside....ugh!

Mandy, Nick is from Mansfield - right outside of Nottingham. We met a little over 18 years ago while I was doing my teaching practice in Chichester where he was also at University. We got married less than a year later, and I moved to England. We lived in Chichester for another 3 years, and then we moved back to the Philadelphia area where we have ever since.

Vicki, that is such a scary story! I hope that Marty is feeling better and will make a full recovery! I have been reading a lot about Lyme and am so thankful that we caught it in the beginning of the second stage. You know first hand all of the problems that this can cause!!! :scared1:

I am starting to get excited... can't wait to meet everyone!

Lani :cheer2:

[mandymouse]

Well fancy that Lani, Mansfield is less than an hour away from where I live. I'm from Nuneaton, a town between Birmingham and Coventry

Some more Pirate things arrived today, so hopefully I'll have all my FE gifts finished this week :)

Have a great day everyone

[magchavez]

I can't believe how close our cruise is getting. We just found out today that we now have the early seating (as we requested). Yeah! I have got to get busy on my fish extender and our gifts! It will be here before we know it!!!

[mandymouse]

http://bestsmileys.com/undersun/5.gif

:yay::yay: Just popping on to say that 5 weeks today, we'll be on Castaway Cay :yay::yay:

[3smithboys]

Hi everyone! Just got back from seeing Billy Elliot in New York. It was an amazing show! :thumbsup2

I just checked our online ressie, and we got our cabin assignment :woohoo: -so here is all of our info to add to the FE exchange list:

Lani, Nick, Matt (11), Jack (6), Ryan (6) - cabin 8092

I'm starting to get really excited, but I think the summer is going by way too fast...

Lani

[Coach Rick]

Ok, just panicking a little with so little time to finish planning. Thought I would post the listing from page 1:

Coach Rick
Rick (52)
DW Rose (51)
DD Amy (24)
DS RJ (19)
DD Brittney (15)
Stateroom # 8534
DM Marie(70)
Stateroom # Category 6
Late dining
DSis Elaine 44
DBIL Mike 45
DNephew Anthony 10
DNephew Nick 10

tink lover
Mary
DH Paul
DD (10)
DS (8)
DS (6)
Stateroom #
Early Dining

mandymouse
Mandy (45)
DH Paul (44)
DD Kerry (18)
DD Becky (16)
Stateroom # Category 6
Late Dining

sdwjones
Me
DH
DS (5)
DD (12)
Stateroom #
? Dining

TraciM
Traci (36)
Jessica(12)
Thomas(9)
Stateroom #
Early Dining


DisneyWhirled
Karen
DH John
DS Colby (10)
DD Kaylee (7)
Stateroom # 7010
Late Dining (waitlisted for Early)

magchevez
Maggie
DH Brian
DS William (7)
DD Christine (6)
Stateroom #
? Dining

kipsy
2 chrildren
? (15)
? (11)
Cat 9
? Dining

SSR Lover
Julianne
husband Doug
Jake (8)
Jason (6)
2628

mvlimmex
Vicki
DH Marty
DD Adriane 11
DS Zach 6
DD Stephanie 5
DS Isaac 2
2075 & 2077
Late Dinner

Keever
Laura
DH René,
DS: Jacob, age 13
DS: Danick, age 11
2103

3Smithboys
Lani
DH Nick
DS Matt 11
DS Jack 6
DS Ryan 6
Stateroom #8092
Late Dinner

DIS family count 57

[SSR Lover]

Hello! I finally ordered my FE the other day, so hopefully it will come in the next few days. Are you guys personalizing yours? I'm wondering if I should experiment with the printable iron-on transfers to put our names on it. Let me know if you have any other creative ideas (I was also thinking about velcro). Now I need to finish up my FE gifts and start shopping for sunscreen, etc. Of course after 2 weeks of swim lessons I need to replenish my supply anyway!

Tomorrow night we are going to the Baltimore Symphony for a concert of all Disney songs. They are going to play the music with scenes from the movies up on a screen. It should be a good show - hopefully I'll be able to resist the urge to sing along!:rotfl:

By the way, we are late dinner (I'm not sure if we're wait-listed for early or not - I asked our CM to put us on the list, but he never said he did). In case I don't get a chance to check back in over the next few days, I hope everyone enjoys their weekend!!!

[DisneyWhirled]

Hi everyone!! Here is the updated FE information

DisneyWhirled-Karen, John, Colby(10), Kaylee(7)-----------Cabin#7010
Mvlimmex-Vicki, DH, Kids DD(11), DS(6), DD(5), DS(2)---Cabin#'s 2075-Kids & 2077
SSR Lover-Doug, Julianne, Jake(8), Jason(6)---------Cabin#2628
Mandy Mouse-Mandy, Paul, Kerry(18) Becky(16)-----Cabin#6606
Magchavez-Maggie, DH(Brian), William (7), Christine (6)---Cabin#2116
Keever-Rene, Laura, Jacob (13), Danick (11)---Cabin#2103
3smithboys-Lani, Nick, Matt (11), Jack (6), Ryan (6) - cabin 8092

Our family will be dressed in matching t-shirts on boarding day. They look like this....

The front of our matching cruise shirts-
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo313/DisneyWhirled/018.jpg

and the back....
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo313/DisneyWhirled/019.jpg

Let me see if I can come up with something creative to display some lime green, too.

If anyone on early seating is interested in sharing a table at dinner, maybe we can make a note of that on our ressies? Just a thought!

It's coming!!!! SOON!!

[mandymouse]

Julianne ~ the concert sounds great, I hope you have a great time :thumbsup2

Karen ~ I love your t-shirts ::yes:: At least I'll be able to notice you at the terminal :thumbsup2 Can you wear them the whole cruise ? as I'm rubbish at recognising people :rotfl2::rotfl2:

Have a great weekend everyone :)

[DisneyWhirled]

Karen ~ I love your t-shirts ::yes:: At least I'll be able to notice you at the terminal :thumbsup2 Can you wear them the whole cruise ? as I'm rubbish at recognising people :rotfl2::rotfl2:

Have a great weekend everyone :)


You are so funny!!! We might stink a little, though :)

Have a great weekend, too!!!

[mvlimmex]

Hello! I finally ordered my FE the other day, so hopefully it will come in the next few days. Are you guys personalizing yours? I'm wondering if I should experiment with the printable iron-on transfers to put our names on it. Let me know if you have any other creative ideas (I was also thinking about velcro). Now I need to finish up my FE gifts and start shopping for sunscreen, etc. Of course after 2 weeks of swim lessons I need to replenish my supply anyway!

Tomorrow night we are going to the Baltimore Symphony for a concert of all Disney songs. They are going to play the music with scenes from the movies up on a screen. It should be a good show - hopefully I'll be able to resist the urge to sing along!:rotfl:

By the way, we are late dinner (I'm not sure if we're wait-listed for early or not - I asked our CM to put us on the list, but he never said he did). In case I don't get a chance to check back in over the next few days, I hope everyone enjoys their weekend!!!

I bet you are excited to receive your FE:banana:When we ordered ours off of E-bay a year ago, we had characters put on everyone's pocket along with their names. We have 2 FE. One for the kids and one for Marty and I.

I hope you enjoyed your concert. It sounds like it would be a lot of fun! Have a great weekend!

Vicki

[mvlimmex]

Hi everyone!! Here is the updated FE information

DisneyWhirled-Karen, John, Colby(10), Kaylee(7)-----------Cabin#7010
Mvlimmex-Vicki, DH, Kids DD(11), DS(6), DD(5), DS(2)---Cabin#'s 2075-Kids & 2077
SSR Lover-Doug, Julianne, Jake(8), Jason(6)---------Cabin#2628
Mandy Mouse-Mandy, Paul, Kerry(18) Becky(16)-----Cabin#6606
Magchavez-Maggie, DH(Brian), William (7), Christine (6)---Cabin#2116
Keever-Rene, Laura, Jacob (13), Danick (11)---Cabin#2103
3smithboys-Lani, Nick, Matt (11), Jack (6), Ryan (6) - cabin 8092

Our family will be dressed in matching t-shirts on boarding day. They look like this....

The front of our matching cruise shirts-
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo313/DisneyWhirled/018.jpg

and the back....
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo313/DisneyWhirled/019.jpg

Let me see if I can come up with something creative to display some lime green, too.

If anyone on early seating is interested in sharing a table at dinner, maybe we can make a note of that on our ressies? Just a thought!

It's coming!!!! SOON!!

Thanks for the updated FE list!!:Our trip is coming real soon! :cool1: We figured out today that we leave in 3 weeks and 5 days:goodvibes

I too love your t-shirts. They are so awesome!!!!:thumbsup2

Vicki

[mandymouse]

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('http://www.mickeypath.com/')

:banana::banana: .. or 4 Weeks Today :banana::banana:

[WLfan]

Hi everyone. I drifted over here from the DIS Unplugged boards. I will be going on the Aug 16 Wonder. This is my first cruise (and I won it from the DIS!) so we're pretty excited. When I get more time, I'll have to go back and catch up on this thread. :)

[mandymouse]

Hi everyone. I drifted over here from the DIS Unplugged boards. I will be going on the Aug 16 Wonder. This is my first cruise (and I won it from the DIS!) so we're pretty excited. When I get more time, I'll have to go back and catch up on this thread. :)

:wave: Welcome aboard. How cool to win a Cruise, you're so lucky :thumbsup2

[SSR Lover]

Karen - I love the shirts too! I don't think I could get my husband to wear matching shirts, though, so I've never attempted to make them myself.

Hello WLFan! I actually won my cruise too (from a radio contest). We still can't believe our luck!

[WLfan]

Thanks for the welcome! Now I have to catch up!

[DisneyWhirled]

Thanks for the welcome! Now I have to catch up!

Welcome!!! How cool that you won!!:banana:

[VA Girl]

Hi everyone!!! Just wanted to stop by and say hello to everyone!!! We are a group of 16 going on the cruise with you. There are 8 adults and 8 children (ages 6,6,6,7,8,9,9,12). We are all so excited and can't wait:cool1::banana::cool1::banana:!! We would love to join the cruise meet and greet and get to know everybody and have our children meet your children :grouphug:!! We can't wait to be on the cruise and meet everyone!

Gretchen

[3smithboys]

Welcome to our new members!

WLfan - it is very cool that you won a cruise! :cool1: I can't believe we have two winners here!!! :thumbsup2


VA Girl - that's quite a group you've got there! It's great that your kids are the same age as many of our kids! We are planning to get the kids together at some point on the first day so they can meet each other. Then we are going to let them go to the kids club together for the first meeting that evening as a group so they feel more comfortable... (do I have that right everyone?) Please feel free to join us!!! :woohoo:

Lani

[VA Girl]

Thanks so much for the quick reply. We are sitting here having cocktails, :drinking1:drinking1:drinking1 planning our adventures and trying to make sure our children are going to have a good time.:banana::banana::banana: We would love to have our children check in with all the other children. Let us know what the details are. Talk with everyone soon!!!

[DisneyWhirled]

Welcome to our new members!

WLfan - it is very cool that you won a cruise! :cool1: I can't believe we have two winners here!!! :thumbsup2


VA Girl - that's quite a group you've got there! It's great that your kids are the same age as many of our kids! We are planning to get the kids together at some point on the first day so they can meet each other. Then we are going to let them go to the kids club together for the first meeting that evening as a group so they feel more comfortable... (do I have that right everyone?) Please feel free to join us!!! :woohoo:

Lani

You are spot on, Lani!!

[mandymouse]

Hi everyone!!! Just wanted to stop by and say hello to everyone!!! We are a group of 16 going on the cruise with you. There are 8 adults and 8 children (ages 6,6,6,7,8,9,9,12). We are all so excited and can't wait:cool1::banana::cool1::banana:!! We would love to join the cruise meet and greet and get to know everybody and have our children meet your children :grouphug:!! We can't wait to be on the cruise and meet everyone!

Gretchen

:wave: Welcome aboard Gretchen, what fun to be cruising in such a big group :)

Not long till we'll be enjoying Bahama Mama's on deck 9 http://bestsmileys.com/drinking/10.gif

[mandymouse]

Has anyone received their luggage tags yet ? :) I noticed on the 13th/16th Cruise, they have started to receive theirs :yay:

[mvlimmex]

We have not received our cruise booklets and luggage tags yet either. I was just thinking about that yesterday too.

:banana:welcome :wave2:Va Girl,

WOW 16 people cruising together. That should be lots of fun!:goodvibes

Have we decided yet on times for our family and kid's meet? Just think--4 weeks from today we will be at Cataway Cay:thumbsup2 What a relaxing thought

[mvlimmex]

We have not received our cruise booklets or luggage tags yet either. I was just thinking about that yesterday too.

VA Girl --Welcome :wave2:

WOW --16 people in your group. That sounds like it will be a lot of fun!

Did we ever decide what time to have the family/children's meet on the first day, as well as where to meet up at?

Just think---4 weeks from today, we will be at Castaway Cay:thumbsup2 What a relaxing thought!:goodvibes

Vicki

[mvlimmex]

Whoops!!!Sorry for the double post here. I thought I had lost the first one!:confused3

Vicki

[Keever]

Welcome to the newest families!:dance3:

Our family can hardly wait. The excitement for our cruise is building; it seems the topic of all our family conversations are about the countdown to our cruise. Is it too early to start packing?

I've started the nametags.

Can I pencil in the family meeting at 3 pm? Promenade Lounge or at the Goofy Pool? This seems the best place for the kids to meet as well.

What time do the kids clubs open?

[VA Girl]

Hey everyone!! Thank you for all the warm welcomes:goodvibes.

As far as the meet goes...on all of my previous Disney cruises we have met in the Promenade Lounge at 3pm and it has worked really well. I think the Goofy Pool may be too chaotic and we wouldn't know who was for the meet and who wasn't. In the Promenade Lounge at that time there really isn't anyone in there except for the meet and greet families. Just my thoughts....

We have early dining and are hoping we don't have a problem with all sitting together. I've seen large groups of people sitting together in the past but have never really payed attention to how many there were. I requested for us to all sit together and figure I'll go and see the dining manager to make sure everything is all set. We also want to have Palo Brunch and 6 of us booked it at 10am but the other 2 we added later and I could only get them an 11:30am reservation. I'm hoping they can fix that for us too. I figure I'll let everyone else explore the ship and I'll take care of all these details since I've been on a Disney cruise before and all the other families haven't.

I'm looking forward to meeting everyone and I can't wait to get this vacation started.

Gretchen

[DisneyWhirled]

3pm at the Prom. Lounge will be perfect. I didn't realize that the lounge wouldn't be busy.

This way, those with kids and those without can still fee comfortable to meet up and relax without the hullabaloo of people sun bathing and swimming.

Sound good to everyone??

BTW-we haven't gotten anything from DCL yet, either.

[3smithboys]

Meeting at 3pm works for us as well. (I am assuming that we are getting all of the kids together then and just grouping them up according to their kids club ages...and introducing them!!! :thumbsup2) Also, We are getting transported from the Dolphin at 12pm using Disney transportation....I have no idea how long it takes to get to the ship and through everything.... will we be able to make it by then?

We haven't received anything from DCL yet either! (But we just found out what cabin we were in last week!!! :rotfl2:)

We are getting so excited!!! :woohoo:

(The cruise had better get here soon so I can stop shopping - I keep "picking up stuff" I find here and there that I NEED for this blasted cruise.....ugh ;))

Lani

[mvlimmex]

3 PM at the Prom Lounge sounds great to me too!!!!!:thumbsup2 We all are really looking forward to this cruise!!!!!!!!!I can't wait!!!!:goodvibes

Vicki

[DisneyWhirled]

(The cruise had better get here soon so I can stop shopping - I keep "picking up stuff" I find here and there that I NEED for this blasted cruise.....ugh ;))

Lani


Me too!!! I still have more stuff to pick up!

We are coming from WDW, too...AKL by way of Happy Limo!

[mandymouse]

3pm at the Promenade Lounge is good for me too, I'm looking forward to meeting you all :banana::banana:

[Keever]

:dance3::dance3:3:00 pm sounds great! My family will be there. I may be a little late as I have a pedicure which is to finish at 2:55.

So excited to meet you all!

[mvlimmex]

I can't wait to meet everyone too!!!!!!!!:cool1::yay::dance3: This cruise can't come soon enough.:)



Lani--how is your husband doing with his lyme's disease? I hope the antibiotic is working and that he is recovering well.

Vicki

[magchavez]

I am getting so excited. We leave 3 weeks from today. (We're spending 3 nights at CBR first). I made our fish extender earlier this week and it turned out really cute (I didn't know I had that in me!). Now I just need to finish up the FE gifts!!!

No luggage tags for us yet either. I have recevied everything for our resort stay, just awaiting the DCL goodies!!!

[mandymouse]

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:banana::banana: Just 3 Weeks to go !!! :banana::banana:

[3smithboys]

I can't believe that we are leaving in 3 weeks either! :cool1:

Vicki, thanks for asking about Nick.... he is doing much better! :thumbsup2 He even went a played a round of golf in 90 degree heat with Matt and his brother who is visiting from Atlanta.

We went to see G-Force last night. We all thought it was pretty cute. :3dglasses I'm sure it will be playing on the Wonder when we are there!


I can't believe how fast the summer is flying by. I'm starting to get emails from school, and the dreaded back to school commercials have begun. :scared1: They are pure evil.....

[mandymouse]

:banana::banana: Yay !! Our docs arrived this morning :banana::banana:

Well I say docs, but it was mainly the luggage tags :rotfl2: but I do get excited when I receive mail from DCL ;)

[SSR Lover]

Sorry I haven't chimed in yet, but 3 pm in the Promenade Lounge works for me too. (So long as our flight gets in okay:scared: - since we had to book thru DCL we have a connecting flight on Delta that lands at MCO at 12:30, which is making me nervous).

Mandy - that's exciting that you got your luggage tags already! I can't wait to check my mail today now.:goodvibes

[magchavez]

No luggage tags for us yet. Hopefully they will arrive any day now. I have to tell you all I had a dream about my fish extender last night. I can't remember the details but I woke up at 2:00 thinking about all I have to do before we leave (finish fish extender gifts, pack, figure out pirate costumes, ship a box of goodies to the resort, order water, get Bonine, etc.). I was up til after 4:00 with nothing but Disney on my mind. I better get some of this stuff done so I can sleep!!!

[Keever]

:thumbsup2:rainbow::rainbow::rainbow::rainbow:
Our tags have arrived - last Friday! I think we have everything. I would like to lay out the luggage and begin packing. Has anyone else started packing?

My son Danick would like to say a big hello and welcome to all the 10-12 year old Disney friends who will be going to the kids club.

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We have been reviewing our Disney Trivia to prepare for the games on the ship. Tonight we'll watch the Little Mermaid for the very first time. (I have never seen it, but could quote the entire script from Toy Story!):

Counting down....

What time do families usually arrive at the port?

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[mandymouse]

:wave: Hey everyone

I hope you're having a good day

I have made a start on my packing :banana: All my FE gifts have been bagged up and packed, and I've sorted out mine and Paul's clothes. I need to make a start on the girls' packing, but no doubt I won't get many of their clothes till the middle of next week ~ I still can't believe that we'll be heading to WDW in 11 days time :yay:

[magchavez]

Does anyone know how the cruise documents arrive? Mail, Fed Ex, UPS? just want to keep an eye out!!

[Keever]

Our tags arrived Fed Ex.

[DisneyWhirled]

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My son Danick would like to say a big hello and welcome to all the 10-12 year old Disney friends who will be going to the kids club.

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Colby wanted me to say: "Hi right back and I can't wait to meet him!"

We have started packing (about a week ago). We are using Happy Limo to get to the Port and we plan on arriving around 11:30-11:45.

We got our luggage tags today!!

[3smithboys]

Our documents came UPS today too!!! :cheer2: I can't believe that August is right around the corner.... that's good and bad (from a teachers point of view) :laughing: BUT we can't wait to go on the cruise, so I guess we have to get to August for that to happen!!! :banana:

Matt, Jack, and Ryan are looking forward to meeting everyone too! :cool1:

[SSR Lover]

I joined the Luggage Tag Club today, too!! :woohoo: I just need to finish up my FE gifts, make some door magnets, and start packing. I think I need more than 18 days! :rotfl2: The kids and I watched the DCL DVD this afternoon. Then my youngest asked if there was phone in our room because his friend told him to give him a call from the ship - I wouldn't want to see that charge on my bill at the end of the cruise.:scared1: I'm glad he asked about it first!

[Coach Rick]

Ok, random thoughts here. First, YIKES..can't believe it's only a little over 2 weeks before we board the ship! In a sense it's too far away, but in another sense, YIKES:scared1::scared1:Question becomes am I ready:confused3 Ok, that was only a fleeting thought:laughing:

I have been checking our flights on an online tracker to see what kind of on time record they are having. This morning it got to Orlando at 8:47 AM..heck that's in time to catch the gate opening! Well almost. :) Of course not everyone in my family is thrilled about the plane taking off at 6:15 AM. :confused3

Packing, yep, I am ready to leave tomorrow!

I bought myself a new digital slr, which I have wanted for years now. Can't wait to put it to good use. Even takes HD video. Now I am contemplating buying a really good zoom lens for it. or Maybe not. :confused3

Got all my days planned, for the 4 days we will be in the park before the ship.

Oh, in the mean time, I bought another addon DVC contract at BLT!:scared1::scared1: Don't ask me why. :confused3That gives me enough points to sleep a small army now. :lmao:

Ok, so 3 PM in the Promanade Lounge. I will have our lime green shirts on...

Did I mention I can't believe it's almost 2 weeks away?

[VA Girl]

Hey everyone!! All 4 of our families received their packets on Tuesday. We are all so excited :cool1::cool1:.

So it is set... we will meet at the Promenade Lounge at 3pm. Let me give a list of the kids... the girls are 6,6,8(almost 9),9,9,12 and the boys are 6 and 7. I'm pretty sure I shouldn't list the grown-ups ages, I don't think they would be too happy:sad2:. We'll just say we are ALL young at heart. We can't wait to meet everyone :grouphug:.

My family is going to WDW after the cruise for 6 days but the rest of the families have other plans. Is anyone else going to WDW after the cruise? It's been two years since we've been there, so we are excited. We just decided to do this a few weeks ago. I was telling my DH our plans and he said, "What no Disney World.. you need to book us some days after, I can't go to Florida and not go to Disney". So of course, I did. We booked the package deal with the free dining but I had a hard time getting the TS meals I wanted. I guess that is what happens when you book so late. It actually kind of stresses me out :scared1:because I usually plan everything way in advance. Oh well, I'm sure we'll still have a blast.

Well, bye for now and I'll talk with everyone soon.

Gretchen

[SSR Lover]

Rick - What kind of camera did you get? My husband just bought a Nikkon D90 (I think) and he hasn't had a chance to play with it too much yet.

Gretchen - We are staying at SSR after the cruise, flying home on Sunday night. We are only planning on doing Epcot this time around. The kids want to do the Kim Possible missions in all the countries, so we thought this might be a good time to let them do that. We had our first DVC stay last fall, but we brought family with us who had never been before, so we didn't really get to explore the resort. We plan on swimming, mini-golf, etc., and maybe a day at a water park. We'll be back for a week in January, so we'll hit all the parks then.

I can't wait to land at MCO on the 16th!!!

[DisneyWhirled]

We are staying at PO after the cruise. I cannot IMAGINE going to FL and not WDW :rotfl: Leaving on Monday the 24th. :(

Coach Rick-we added on at BLT, too! Did you do it at the Disney Vacation As You Wish event? We hadn't planned on it, but the price was right!

We just bought a Nikon CoolPix with touch screen, it is really cool.

Soooo looking forward to this trip and meeting all of you!!!

[mandymouse]

:banana::banana: Woohoo !! It's getting closer !! :banana::banana:

[mvlimmex]

Hi everyone!

Sorry that I haven't been on for a while. We have been gone for the week up north, but now are back. When we got back home yesterday--we too had our cruise documents and luggage tags waiting for us:cool1::banana::dance3: I can't believe that we leave in a week and a half. We are staying at Fort Wilderness a few days before the cruise.:thumbsup2 I can't wait to meet all of you :)

Adriane too says hello to Danick :wave:

Vicki

[mvlimmex]

I can't believe that we are leaving in 3 weeks either! :cool1:

Vicki, thanks for asking about Nick.... he is doing much better! :thumbsup2 He even went a played a round of golf in 90 degree heat with Matt and his brother who is visiting from Atlanta.

We went to see G-Force last night. We all thought it was pretty cute. :3dglasses I'm sure it will be playing on the Wonder when we are there!


I can't believe how fast the summer is flying by. I'm starting to get emails from school, and the dreaded back to school commercials have begun. :scared1: They are pure evil.....

Lani,

I am glad to hear that your husband is doing much better. That is great news!!!:goodvibes

Vicki

[mandymouse]

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:banana::banana: Just 2 Weeks to go !!! :banana::banana:

[mandymouse]

:boat: Ahoy there shipmates

Has anyone started packing yet ? I'm about half done, and I'm hoping to get a lot more done tomorrow

We are flying to Orlando on Saturday, and we're staying at the Pop Century for 8 nights before the Cruise

Has everyone finished buying for the Fish Extender Exchange ? Mine are packed and ready :thumbsup2

Only 11 days to go - woohoo !!! :yay::yay:

[Coach Rick]

:boat: Ahoy there shipmates

Has anyone started packing yet ? I'm about half done, and I'm hoping to get a lot more done tomorrow

We are flying to Orlando on Saturday, and we're staying at the Pop Century for 8 nights before the Cruise

Has everyone finished buying for the Fish Extender Exchange ? Mine are packed and ready :thumbsup2

Only 11 days to go - woohoo !!! :yay::yay:

Actually, we are having a "packing" party this Saturday!. :yay:

We will be leaving 1 week from today, staying at Tree House Villas. Just taking care of the last couple of things before we go. Feel like I am forgetting something. :confused3

We've been watching the tropics for any development, and at the present time there is none, and no signs of any formation. Conditions are very unfavorable for any storms. Lets hope it stays that way. My buddy Perry from Nassau emailed me last week, so he is ready for our personal tour of the island.

Ok, so Mandy, looks like you leave first. Be sure to save some magic for us. :wizard:

Is anyone leaving the day we embark?

[3smithboys]

I can't believe how close the trip is getting! My friend is at Disney right now for 10 days and we are IMing constantly (so I can help her.) I set her up before she went with her ADR's and her touring plans, etc... but somehow things come up all day long... I LOVE IT!!!! Can we say addicted... :rotfl2: When I am not planning for the cruise, I am thinking about the Christmas trip.... What will I do when that is over..... :confused3

I haven't started packing yet. I also have to finish the FE. I am almost done. I've been almost done for awhile. I set them aside and then didn't do anything with them.... now I have to get moving! :wizard:

We are leaving the day before and staying at the Dolphin. I wish we could come earlier, but the boys (and Nick) have camp. It finishes on the Friday before the cruise. We going back to the Dolphin and staying for one extra day after the cruise too. I wish we could stay longer, but we start school before Labor Day, and I have to go to meetings the week after we get back from the cruise. :scared1:

I guess I'd better start packing soon....it will be here before we know it! :banana: Can't wait to meet everyone!

Lani

[SSR Lover]

I haven't offically started packing yet, but I am setting things aside. We are flying down the morning of the 16th. Since we won the cruise and had to book the air thru DCL I couldn't change the dates around without having to pay a lot of money. Our flight leaves at 6:50 that morning with a layover in Atlanta and we arrive at MCO at 12:30, at which point we will make a bee-line for the DCL desk!:cool1: I hope we can be on the ship by 2:00. I have been checking for tropical storms too! It seems very odd that there hasn't been any activity by now - usually there are named storms by this point, even it they don't actually make landfall. I'm hoping this holds out until after we get off the ship on the 20th!

[Coach Rick]

Can we say addicted... :rotfl2: When I am not planning for the cruise, I am thinking about the Christmas trip.... What will I do when that is over..... :confused3



Simple, start planning next years trip. I just did...made my reservation for a 1 bedroom villa at Bay Lake "Magic Kingdom View" for July 1-7 of 2010...yep, 4th of July in Magic Kingdom View! :thumbsup2

I hope we can be on the ship by 2:00. I have been checking for tropical storms too! It seems very odd that there hasn't been any activity by now - usually there are named storms by this point, even it they don't actually make landfall. I'm hoping this holds out until after we get off the ship on the 20th!

I will try to save you some of those "pretty" drinks..;) Yes, my son, who enters college when we get back for meteorology, have been discussing that in detail. I think it's just meant that we all have a great trip!:thumbsup2

[DisneyWhirled]

:boat: Ahoy there shipmates

Has anyone started packing yet ? I'm about half done, and I'm hoping to get a lot more done tomorrow

We are flying to Orlando on Saturday, and we're staying at the Pop Century for 8 nights before the Cruise

Has everyone finished buying for the Fish Extender Exchange ? Mine are packed and ready :thumbsup2

Only 11 days to go - woohoo !!! :yay::yay:

Hi Mandy!! I probably won't be able to be on here too much before you leave, as I have Kaylee's b-day party this weekend, but wanted to wish you, your hubby and the girls a wonderful, safe trip and fun filled days at WDW!

We shall meet you in a few days on the Wonder!!!!! :banana::banana:

[mvlimmex]

Mandy---We hope you have safe travels and a fun time at Pop Century. We will see you soon on the ship.:goodvibes

We have started our packing some and almost have everything for our FE. We are getting very excited for this cruise:cool1:We leave on Tues. the 11th and arrive Thurs. to Ft. Wilderness for a few days of camping before the cruise.

We are really looking forward to meeting everyone on the ship!!!! :woohoo: I hope everyone has a safe trip to Florida!!!!:thumbsup2


Vicki

[magchavez]

I can't believe it's almost here:cool1::banana::yay: I'm getting very excited. We leave next Thurs 8/13 and spend 3 nights at CBR. I packed up a box tonight with all of our snackie items (granola bars, cereal, cookies, Twizzlers, etc.) and will ship that tomorrow. I just ordered a case of water from Costco.com to be shipped to our hotel. FE is done as are the gifts and kids pirate costumes. I guess now I just have to sit back, relax and wait to do laundry early next week so I can start packing. Oh yeah, have to print off the DCL stuff and park touring plans too. I'm so excited, I can't sleep!

Maggie

[mandymouse]

:hug: Thanks guys

Well we'll be heading to the Airport hotel this evening and flying out to WDW tomorrow morning (though not looking forward to the 9 1/2 hour flight)

:banana: Have a great time, if you're heading to WDW before the Cruise :banana: and I'll see you onboard

Have a safe journey everyone :)

[Cruise_with_me]

:cheer2:This will be our first Disney cruise, but we are frequent cruisers! We will be cruising with 3 other families with 10 children ranging in ages 6-12. :dance3:My girlfriend is always on Disboards or Disney related web pages. pirate:

:woohoo:We cannot wait to join the fun in the sun!!!:cutie::banana:

[DisneyWhirled]

:cheer2:This will be our first Disney cruise, but we are frequent cruisers! We will be cruising with 3 other families with 10 children ranging in ages 6-12. :dance3:My girlfriend is always on Disboards or Disney related web pages. pirate:

:woohoo:We cannot wait to join the fun in the sun!!!:cutie::banana:

Welcome!!! Please feel free to join our Dis meet on Sunday @ 3pm in the Promenade lounge!!

[Coach Rick]

Well, We are down to it...the last of it... I've been busy printing stuff all day. Feeling a bit sad. Today would have been dads 74th birthday and he was so looking forward to this cruise. It's been almost a year since we lost him. Mom is taking it hard. Hopefully the cruise will make her feel a little better.

I'll be at the Tree House Villas starting tomorrow. Our flight leaves at 6:15 am. I'll be there in time to open the gates. :thumbsup2

Hope you all have a safe trip down. See you all at 3 on Sunday in the Promenade Lounge!:woohoo:

[3smithboys]

Have a safe trip, Rick.... see you there! :goodvibes

I can't believe we are almost there! I have been busy running last minute errands and thinking about packing :lmao:. I have even started to pull out some things as I see them. I have promised myself that TOMORROW is the day that I will begin packing.

Hope everyone has a safe trip!

Lani

[SSR Lover]

Safe travels tomorrow, Rick! I have been busy with errands too, Lani. Haircuts for me and the boys today, Target for last minute stuff (and wrapping up school supplies - the boys go back on 8/27) and even more tomorrow. I started packing some stuff last weekend, but I need to get moving on the rest. This is our first flight with baggage fees, so I'm hoping to fit everything into 3 checked bags and do some carry-ons. I'm not usually a light packer, so this should be interesting.:rotfl: I'm looking forward to meeting everyone on Sunday!!!

[md-disney]

Joining in the thread very late....My family is very excited about this cruise and is counting down the hours.

We live just outside of Baltimore, MD, and have a son (7) and daughter (4) who plan to spend most of the vacation in the Oceaneer's club. We also sailed on the Wonder in August 2007.

We're leaving on Saturday and staying at Pop Century...Hope to see everyone soon..

Brian

[SSR Lover]

Joining in the thread very late....My family is very excited about this cruise and is counting down the hours.

We live just outside of Baltimore, MD, and have a son (7) and daughter (4) who plan to spend most of the vacation in the Oceaneer's club. We also sailed on the Wonder in August 2007.

We're leaving on Saturday and staying at Pop Century...Hope to see everyone soon..

Brian

Welcome, Brian! It's good to know we will have some fellow Marylanders cruising with us! We will all be meeting at 3:00 in the Promenade Lounge on Sunday, if you would like to join us. My youngest son is 6 and will be in the the Oceaneer's Club as well. We are all very excited, too!

Julianne

[DisneyWhirled]

Just popping in to wish everyone safe travels!! We leave Friday AM for a few days at WDW and then the cruise....

Looking forward to meeting all of you!! See you Sunday!

[magchavez]

It's finally here!!! We leave tomorrow morning!! We land at 1:30 and will be at CBR for the next 3 nights. We're sooo excited!

I agree about the packing now that there's the 50lb limit! I have it all in 3 suitcases, I'm just not sure how much they weigh! Guess we'll find out at DIA tomorrow morning!

See you all on Sunday!

[Coach Rick]

Well I guess everyone is back or about to be back to the "real world". That sure was a perfect cruise. The weather was great, the seas were calm. It was just perfect.

It was very nice meeting some of you in the Promnade Lounge and bumping into you here and there. René and I closed a couple of the on board bars. I had a great time Laura, and no he was absolutely not keeping me from my family, since every night I arrived back in my suite they were all sleeping, except for my DS who I usually met getting in the same time as me.

I booked another cruise while on the ship. I booked August 13, but actually plan on doing something in 2011. I just wanted the 10% off on the ship.

Our pre stay at Tree House was fantastic. What a cool resort! Equally cool was our stay at Kidani Village after the cruise.

Well, it's only 310 days to our July trip at BLT! Can't wait...

[magchavez]

We're home too, back to reality! We had a fantastic trip. We loved CBR before the cruise and the cruise itself was awesome!!! We will definitely be doing that again. Sorry, we didn't make it to the promenade lounge - we got to the ship at 2:00. By the time we checked in and got something to eat, we missed everyone.

Thanks for the all of the cool fish extender gifts! The kids loved checking it every night! They especially loved the hats from Canada!!!

We brought home another souvenir - swine flu. We got off the ship Thurs morning and flew home that afternoon. Friday afternoon my son had a fever of 104.5. We took him to the doctor and sure enough, he tested positive for swine flu. And naturally my daughter had the same thing on Sat. The doctor said the incubation period is 2 - 6 days so we picked it up either at WDW or on the ship. Big bummer. But, at least they waited til we got home to get sick! They're much better today and will probably go to school tomorrow!

Hope everyone had safe travels home!

PS - the kids don't have much appetite tonight so we're having LL Bean pancakes!!!

[SSR Lover]

We made it home after midnight last night from our post cruise WDW stay. It was almost 3:00 by the time we made it on the ship, and we were all hungry, so we went to get lunch before the buffet closed. We were sorry to miss the meet! We did get to meet Karen and her husband at the DVC member "party" - and I won a $100 OBC!! We all had a blast on the cruise and can't wait to plan another one. Thanks to all for the FE gifts - the kids were very excited to find their surprises, and we can't wait to sample the goodies left for us. Sorry if there was any confusion over our stateroom number - when we checked in at the airport they gave me a different room than what I had originally been given.

Maggie - sorry to hear about the flu. I hope everyone gets better soon!Jason told me Saturday that thought he was getting strep throat, but luckily it turned out to be just a cold.

Now we are in back to school mode :teacher:- the boys go back on Thursday.

[DisneyWhirled]

Thank you everyone for the wonderful FE gifts. The kids loved finding suprises (as did the adults :)). They are still playing with everything!!

It was great to meet all of you! Magchavez, sorry we missed you...hope you enjoyed those pancakes and that everyone feels better really soon!!!

To copy Coach Rick...that cruise was awesome!! We are already thinking about our next cruise...sometime in 2011. I couldn't get over all the events available and we LOVED Castaway Cay!!!

MandyMouse-missed you at the lounge, but you looked like you were so comfortable in your chair! We saw you at Palo with your DH and saw Kerry and Becky around the ship, too. Hope you had a great vacation!

I will be writing a pre-trip report at some point, I think, just to help with the post Cruise/Trip blues.

Thanks again!!!

[3smithboys]

We also wanted to thanks everyone for the wonderful fe gifts! The boys loved coming back to the cabin to see all of the fun surprises that were left for them. :wizard:

Since we have been back, I have been frantically busy getting my classroom ready for back to school night, which I just had tonight! :teacher: I think that it went well. Phew, I'm glad that it's over, though.... I'm exhausted!

I still have to o back to school the rest of this week for meetings. The kids start on Monday - not sure I'm quite ready for that yet!

What I am ready for is another Disney cruise.... sure wish I could put another ticker on my siggie!!!

[Coach Rick]

I just posted on the main cruise board about the pricing for the next cruise. Can you imagine, the same exact room (Cat 3) one year from now would cost $2200 more than it was this year! How can they justify that? I have sent clients on 7 day cruises that didn't cost $2200 for two people.:sick:

[mvlimmex]

Hi everyone!

Sorry that I haven't posted since we have been back. I have been a little under the weather, since I found out that I am pregnant. I have had morning sickness and have been really tired. I am only 8 1/2 weeks, so I am not that far along, but have had an ultrasound and got to see the baby's heartbeat and everything looked alright.

Anyways, I want to thank everyone too for the FE gifts. The kids really enjoyed finding goodies in their FE and we all really enjoyed our gifts. It was also nice meeting many of you. The cruise went way too fast. We sure had a good time. We have a cruise planned for next Oct. for a 7 night cruise on over Halloween in 2010. We have never been on a 7night cruise before so it should be fun!

I hope all of you had fun on the cruise, as well as WDW if you went there.

Maggie, I am so sorry that your kids got the swine flu while they were on vacation. I hope that they are feeling better now. The swine flu thing scares me especially since the kids are going to be going back to school tomorrow. Plus, being pregnant it makes me a little nervous too. Hopefully we won't have to worry about it!But if one of us gets it, hopefully it will be a mild case.

Take Care!

Vicki

[DisneyWhirled]

Hi everyone!

Sorry that I haven't posted since we have been back. I have been a little under the weather, since I found out that I am pregnant. I have had morning sickness and have been really tired. I am only 8 1/2 weeks, so I am not that far along, but have had an ultrasound and got to see the baby's heartbeat and everything looked alright.

Anyways, I want to thank everyone too for the FE gifts. The kids really enjoyed finding goodies in their FE and we all really enjoyed our gifts. It was also nice meeting many of you. The cruise went way too fast. We sure had a good time. We have a cruise planned for next Oct. for a 7 night cruise on over Halloween in 2010. We have never been on a 7night cruise before so it should be fun!

I hope all of you had fun on the cruise, as well as WDW if you went there.

Maggie, I am so sorry that your kids got the swine flu while they were on vacation. I hope that they are feeling better now. The swine flu thing scares me especially since the kids are going to be going back to school tomorrow. Plus, being pregnant it makes me a little nervous too. Hopefully we won't have to worry about it!But if one of us gets it, hopefully it will be a mild case.

Take Care!

Vicki

Congrats, Vicki!!!! How wonderful!! We can't wait to sail again, either!!

[Keever]

:yay:Glad everyone got home safely, if not a little worse for wear from Swine Flu!!! I hope your family is well, Maggie.

And Vicki! Your news is so exciting. Congratulations! Imagine your wee one is already a cruiser! When you go on the 7 day cruise you'll be using Flounders nursery for sure.

We arrived back in Ottawa on August 27th. The cruise was the start of our vacation and we followed The Wonder with some days at Disneys Vero Beach. The boys loved the beach, especially the rip tide! Some fun was had fishing and digging sea turtle nests (with folks from Animal Kingdom). We then stayed at WDW and enjoyed shopping, visits to Orlando landmarks (Ripleys, Titanic) and a day at the Magic Kingdom.

Twelve days without a nap for mummy. Phew!

We didn't have a moment to unpack or get groceries in the house after flying home. Both boys were three days late to start high school, and René and I were back to work!

I have started the scrapbook. How about you, Karen?

Thanks to all for making our first cruise so wonderful. Rick, you are René's new best friend. You win for best pirate costumes; we loved meeting a family with such Disney spirit! Karen, John, Kaylee and Colby, thanks for sharing 50 points in the Mickey Mania trivia. Danick thought it was fun to was fun to connect with Colby before the cruise, too. And for all our fellow Cruise-O-Maniacs, thanks for the Fish Extender items. The boys were thrilled to find the goodies - the key chains are dangling from backpacks, the candies and chocolate have been gobbled, and the pirate items well used on Pirate night. Rene and I appreciated the grown up gifts from emergency kits (safety pins to reinforce my fish extender, bandaids for René's blisters) to the special treats - spices, jams and pancake mix that will spark our memories when we enjoy them at home. Thanks so much!!!

I'm dreaming about another cruise, and checking out the Castaway Cay Club on the cruise line site. The Disney folks say new info comes out this week. We're hoping to swing a 7 or 8 day cruise from Dover to Barcelona in 2011. Maybe you'll join us?

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Keever (Laura)