6/13/2009 Western on Magic

[Texas Disney Fan]

Our official DIS Meet website! (http://www.westernmagic61309.info/)
(Thanks Stephanie (Brooklyn) for the hard work on a great site!)

DIS MEET - 3:00PM IN PROMENADE - DAY OF EMBARKATION

Is anyone else on this one?

We are in a category 6. It will be me and DH and our DS (will be 10) :dance3:

Cruising Families

Texas Disney Fan & dbenlee : Yes 2 adults & 1 child
DW - Fran
DH - Ben
DS - Rob (10)
from Southeast Texas

Paula13:
DW
DH
DD (13)
DDF (13) daugther's friend
from PA

Disney Fans: Yes 3 adults & 2 children
DW
DH
DS (9)
DS (6)
DGM
from Dallas, Texas

RAC:
Randi
DD - Ashyln (12)
Don
Gail
from SC

Nikkistevej: Yes 2 adults & 1 child - FE organizer (woohoo!!!)
DW - Nikki
DH - Steve
DD - Jordan (6)
from Baltimore, MD

Karendvc07: Yes 1 adult & 2 children
self
DS (13)
DS (9)
+ 8 various family members from other states
from Southern Illinois

thetripletgang: Yes 2 adults & 3 children
DW
DH
DS (8)
DD (8)
DD (8)

DisneyBaby2004: Yes 2 adults & 2 children
DW
DH
DD (10)
DS (6)

momtomari: Yes 1 adult & 1 child
Self - Amanda
DD - Mari (6)

Disney Poly: Yes 3 adults & 3 children
DW
Dh
DS (19)
DD (16)
DS (15)
DD (11)

runwad:
DW (42)
DH (45)
DD (13)
DD (11)
DS (8)

sammatt:
DW - Lisa (self)
DH - Dave
DD - Samantha (11)
DS - Matthew (9)
Georgia (my mamacita)
from San Jose, Ca

djd7292: Yes 1 adult & 1 child
Deb (self)
DD - Jayde (16)
from MI

jarigw: Yes 3 adults & 1 child
DH - Glen
DW - Mariann
DD - Gwen (14)
DSIL - Jan
from Pittsburgh, PA

BethA: Yes 3 rooms 6 adults & 1 child
DW - Beth
DH -Sean
DS-Brandon(13)
DS - Blake (20)
Girlfriend - Katie (21)
Parents - Joe
Betty
from Pittsburgh, PA

IndyRosa20:
DW - Rosa
DH - John
DD - Stacy (21)
DS - Trent (10)

TammyAlphabet: Yes
Self
friend
DD 11
DS 17
friend
her daugther about 9

pclaire: Yes 1 adult & 1 child
self - Pattie
DD - Ally (almost 11)

IrishCowboy:

Ruley3: 2 cabins Yes 4 adults & 3 children
DW - April (self)
DH - Rob
DS - Lance (5)
DS - Layne (14)
DD - Layla (2)
DSis - Holley
Her DH - Chris

toddlerhouse:
okwmeister:
IndyRosa20:
Stingmon:

sinnika: Yes 2 adults & 2 children
Me: DW - Taina
DD: Kaitlyn (age 13 - almost 14 by cruise)
DS - Ben (12)
Sister - Beatrice
BIL - Stephen

from SE Texas

Triplefigs: Yes 2 adults & 3 children

Diane71969: Yes 1 adult & 1 child
self - Diane
DS - Larry (14)

NCDISFAM:
DW
DH
DD (13)
DS (11)
DD (19)
boyfriend

Yensidfan: yes 4 adults
DW
DH
DD (21)
DS (18)
from Orlando

SUZCRUISE: yes 2 adults & 4 children
Self
DS (13)
DD (13)
DD (10)
DNephew (10)
DGrandma

Brooklyn: Yes 2 adults & 2 children
Self - Stephanie
DH - Craig
DD - Brooklyn (8)
DD - Madison (4)
grandma

Andrea loves Disney Yes 2 adults & 2 children
self - Andrea
DH - Kyle
DD - Megan (13)
DS - Evan (9)
Chicago suburbs

[thetripletgang]

Yes! We are in...we are a gang of 5..my husband and I and triplet 8 year olds. It should be a fun cruise!!:cool1:

[Texas Disney Fan]

Have you done a DCL before?

We did a 3 day this past summer for the first time and loved it. However, it way too short.

[thetripletgang]

This is our 2nd cruise...we did our last Disney cruise on the Wonder when the gang was 17 months old.:) Now that they are older (8) we will be able to do more things on board!:dance3:

[jarvigw]

We are also on this cruise 3 adults and a 14 year old girl. Hoping we can meet some new friends and enjoy our 2nd Disney Cruise. Our last was a 4 day in May of 2007. We are really looking forward to seeing some sights in the ports

[karendvc07]

My family and I are counting down the months until this cruise! :yay: This will be the second cruise for my boys (8 & 13) and me. My sister & her family, my brother & his family, and my mom & step-dad are also going. I can't wait to show them around the cruise ship! And my older son is excited about finally being old enough to hang out at The Stack!

[Texas Disney Fan]

My son loved the kids club. He is hoping to have time in Ocean Quest. On our Key West day, we are meeting my DBIL and his wife. They live in Key Largo. My son is soo excited about it.

I suspect that they will leave us behind and take him around to see the sights. :)

[dbenlee]

My son loved the kids club. He is hoping to have time in Ocean Quest. On our Key West day, we are meeting my DBIL and his wife. They live in Key Largo. My son is soo excited about it.

I suspect that they will leave us behind and take him around to see the sights. :)

Hmmm, if they do that maybe we should go back on board for a little "quiet" time :rolleyes1

[Texas Disney Fan]

Hmmm, if they do that maybe we should go back on board for a little "quiet" time :rolleyes1

Leave it to my DH to think of that. :love:

[djd7292]

Great to meet others that will be on this cruise. This will be our 2nd Disney cruise (first one was Wonder 8/05). It will interesting to see the differences (if any) between the two. Heard the Magic just came out of dry dock & they updated the cove area for adults.

It will be me (single mom) & my DD (16). I will probably only see her at feeding times. She has already forbidden any excursions but will get off the ship for sightseeing. lol

[nikkistevej]

I just booked this cruise as well- I was on the Aug 15, 2009 Eastern to Tortola- but got a great price on this one- so I changed. This is our 2nd Disney cruise, 1st one was an Eastern in Sept 2007. It will be me, DH, and my DD will be almost 7 at that time. Can't wait to go!!

[djd7292]

Hey Nikki ~ I just replied to your post on the CC message board! lol

[Texas Disney Fan]

I saw a couple of posts about people able to get cat 12 at great prices for this sailing date.:yay: We are really looking forward to this cruise.

[nikkistevej]

Anybody going to WDW before or after our cruise?

[Texas Disney Fan]

Not really. We are going to stay the night before at one of the resorts near DD so that we can take our DS9 to the new T-Rex restuant.

[nikkistevej]

Yeah, we're going to go there too, after the cruise. My DD will be graduating Kindergarten on Thursday before the cruise, so we are driving down that evening, will arrive some time the next day. But we are staying at Saratoga Springs the week after the cruise.

[RAC]

We're in... We were scheduled for this cruise but was rethinking it due to the price, but when the cat 12 price came out, it was a done deal. We can't wait!
It is myself, DD (12), and my parents, hubby has to travel for work that week. My DD would love to chat with others her age!

[nikkistevej]

We're in... We were scheduled for this cruise but was rethinking it due to the price, but when the cat 12 price came out, it was a done deal. We can't wait!
It is myself, DD (12), and my parents, hubby has to travel for work that week. My DD would love to chat with others her age!

I see AKV pic in your signature- we own DVC there too. We love it!!!

[RAC]

We do! We bought there in March, haven't actually stayed there yet. We plan to next year sometime.

[nikkistevej]

We do! We bought there in March, haven't actually stayed there yet. We plan to next year sometime.

We bought in Sept '07 on our last Disney cruise- and stayed at AKV in May- it was the greatest!!! We actually added on in August '08 too. ;) Couldn't resist the perks that came with it!! LOL

[Disney Fans]

Ok, I am working on switching as we speak.LOL I sent an email to my TA that we usually use to ask about OBC, etc. But I need to cancel my other one for Aug. It seemed like alot of really nice people going on that one but for the price!! We can't bet this one. We are tight with money this year due to also saving money for next years 2010 England to Barc. cruise. So if we can do a cruise this year, this would be the one to go on.:rotfl:

[nikkistevej]

Ok, I am working on switching as we speak.LOL I sent an email to my TA that we usually use to ask about OBC, etc. But I need to cancel my other one for Aug. It seemed like alot of really nice people going on that one but for the price!! We can't bet this one. We are tight with money this year due to also saving money for next years 2010 England to Barc. cruise. So if we can do a cruise this year, this would be the one to go on.:rotfl:

I felt really bad as well, I really got to know all of the people on our cruise- alot of us booked on the first day available, but I had to think of the money issue. I'm sure we will get to know everyone on this cruise as well. :goodvibes

[Disney Fans]

Yep, I cancelled our other cruise and now we are on this one!!:goodvibes

[Disney Fans]

Hey Everyone,

Could we make a list of everyone and add it to the 1st page. We have done this for other cruises we have been on. It is fun and helps closer to the trip,etc. But for it to be done TX-Disney Fan would need to do it since they started the thread.:)

Also lets think of a name for our group!!

We are:
DisneyFans( from Dallas, TX area) Howdy!!:goodvibes
DW-me
DH-hubby
DS-age at time will be 9
DS-age at time will be 6
and DGM( disney grandmother)

[nikkistevej]

Yep, I cancelled our other cruise and now we are on this one!!:goodvibes

:banana: :banana:

[nikkistevej]

We are
me(the DW) Nikki
DH- Steve
DD- Jordan (will be 6 1/2 during cruise)
from Baltimore, Md. Cat 12
2nd DCL(first was a Eastern)
our picture
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t27/stevenikkij/Disney2007280.jpg

[Disney Fans]

We are
me(the DW) Nikki
DH- Steve
DD- Jordan (will be 6 1/2 during cruise)
from Baltimore, Md. Cat 12
2nd DCL(first was a Eastern)
our picture
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t27/stevenikkij/Disney2007280.jpg

Welcome to us all.:rotfl: And such a CUTE photo!!!!!!
Look forward to meeting you all!! I will look for a photo of my boys.:)

[RAC]

Hi,

We are:

Randi-Me
Ashlyn (DD)- will be 12

Hubby will be traveling for work this week so he can't come. DD wants to take a friend, not sure about that one yet...

My parents:

Don
Gail

We are from SC, can't wait!!:cool1:

[Disney Fans]

Hi,

We are:

Randi-Me
Ashlyn (DD)- will be 12

Hubby will be traveling for work this week so he can't come. DD wants to take a friend, not sure about that one yet...

My parents:

Don
Gail

We are from SC, can't wait!!:cool1:


:welcome:

[Texas Disney Fan]

Hey Everyone,

Could we make a list of everyone and add it to the 1st page. We have done this for other cruises we have been on. It is fun and helps closer to the trip,etc. But for it to be done TX-Disney Fan would need to do it since they started the thread.:)

Also lets think of a name for our group!!

We are:
DisneyFans( from Dallas, TX area) Howdy!!:goodvibes
DW-me
DH-hubby
DS-age at time will be 9
DS-age at time will be 6
and DGM( disney grandmother)


If you let me know how do this, I will be happy to add to page one. I am new to posting to DIS. Welcome to all. party:

[Paula13]

Yeah, we going on the 6/13 cruise..saved lots, too:cool1: Can't wait!

[Texas Disney Fan]

Yeah, we going on the 6/13 cruise..saved lots, too:cool1: Can't wait!

:welcome:

I went to the other thead and added the names from there as well to this front page.

[Disney Fans]

If you let me know how do this, I will be happy to add to page one. I am new to posting to DIS. Welcome to all. party:

Sure:
You need to go to your 1st thread on your 1st page and go to the edit part. You will then need to copy over the info for everyone.:) You will have to do this everytime you add or change someone with the list of the group. Try this and it should work.:)

[Texas Disney Fan]

Sure:
You need to go to your 1st thread on your 1st page and go to the edit part. You will then need to copy over the info for everyone.:) You will have to do this everytime you add or change someone with the list of the group. Try this and it should work.:)

Shortly after I posted this, I talked to my DH (dbenlee). He helped me. Check out the first page and see what you think.

We are so excited about this cruise. It is our second DCL. Our first one was this past summer and it was a land/sea with only 3 days at sea. It was way tooo short.

[Disney Fans]

Thanks for adding them and just a suggestion don't have to do it,
When I do them I spread them out more like this:

Texas Disney Fan & dbenlee
DW- Fran
DH- Ben
DS- Rob (10)
from Southeast Texas

Disney Fans
DW
DH
DS-age will be 9
DS-age will be 6
DGM
From Dallas area

and so on:
It reads better for the long run and I always ask everyone that joins a thread for their ok to post there family on the 1st page ( so that way the Disboard can't be upset about anything you add to 1st page) You just never know about people.LOL
That is why for example I did just you and me as example:)

I was given this advice when I also started a Cruise meet thread, so I am just passing along the info that was passed along to me.:)
Hope this helps and Thanks for adding everyone!! It takes a little time and sometimes people forget that.
Thanks again:goodvibes

If you need to know what the DD, DS, and so forth mean I can let you knows too if you need.:) Just let me know.:)

[Disney Fans]

We are so excited about this cruise. It is our second DCL. Our first one was this past summer and it was a land/sea with only 3 days at sea. It was way tooo short.[/QUOTE] from Texas Disney Fan

I agree.:rotfl: Thats how Disney gets you.:lmao: We 1st did the land and sea 3 night , then the land and sea 4 night and then had to do the 7 night and stay 4 days at WDW. You will LOVE doing the 7 night!!!!!
Can't wait to meet you all.:)

[Paula13]

I don't mind if you post us. It will be myself, DH, DD (13) DDF (13). This will be our 3rd Disney cruise. Can't wait!!

[momtomari]

we're in
myself Amanda
dd - 6

we went on our first cruise in august of this year and have on comming up shortly dec 14th. i also have the eb trans in 2010 booked. anyone interested in fish extenders for this cruise?

amanda

[nikkistevej]

we're in
myself Amanda
dd - 6

we went on our first cruise in august of this year and have on comming up shortly dec 14th. i also have the eb trans in 2010 booked. anyone interested in fish extenders for this cruise?

amanda

I think we will definately be in with the fish extenders- we didn't do it on our last DCL- but would like to try it this time. My DD will be about 6 1/2 too.:goodvibes

[nikkistevej]

Happy Thanksgiving all!!!!

[Texas Disney Fan]

Thanks for adding them and just a suggestion don't have to do it,
When I do them I spread them out more like this:

Texas Disney Fan & dbenlee
DW- Fran
DH- Ben
DS- Rob (10)
from Southeast Texas

Disney Fans
DW
DH
DS-age will be 9
DS-age will be 6
DGM
From Dallas area

and so on:
It reads better for the long run and I always ask everyone that joins a thread for their ok to post there family on the 1st page ( so that way the Disboard can't be upset about anything you add to 1st page) You just never know about people.LOL
That is why for example I did just you and me as example:)

I was given this advice when I also started a Cruise meet thread, so I am just passing along the info that was passed along to me.:)
Hope this helps and Thanks for adding everyone!! It takes a little time and sometimes people forget that.
Thanks again:goodvibes

If you need to know what the DD, DS, and so forth mean I can let you knows too if you need.:) Just let me know.:)

Thanks for the advice. I went back and remove the other names. I will add them to page 1 as people give me the ok.

Hope everyone has had a good Thanksgiving.

[RAC]

Thanks for the advice. I went back and remove the other names. I will add them to page 1 as people give me the ok.

Hope everyone has had a good Thanksgiving.

It is fine to post our info on page 1..

Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving!

Randi

[toddlerhouse]

We're in too. We changed from the Jan 17 cruise and got the military rate for this one. Never expected to be able to go in the summer. This will be our 3rd cruise.

DH, Me, DS9 and DS6
my DB and DSIL

[nikkistevej]

Did anyone go shopping this morning?

[Disney Fans]

Did anyone go shopping this morning?

Nay:) I had already got most done already. It just seems getting up in and fighting crowds to save a few dollars isn't worth it.
If I was trying to buy a big ticket item that was on sale and saving alot of money then I would go but not to save about maybe 20-30 dollars total ( most of the things I was buying were not on sale anyway :confused3 ) on a couple of things I thought about getting.

Hope everyone else has better luck!;)

[nikkistevej]

Nay:) I had already got most done already. It just seems getting up in and fighting crowds to save a few dollars isn't worth it.
If I was trying to buy a big ticket item that was on sale and saving alot of money then I would go but not to save about maybe 20-30 dollars total ( most of the things I was buying were not on sale anyway :confused3 ) on a couple of things I thought about getting.

Hope everyone else has better luck!;)

I had great luck- and I've been ordering online today too. ;)

[Disney Fans]

I had great luck- and I've been ordering online today too. ;)

I have been looking for really good deals online and didn't really see any for where I live?
Any tips for me that I am maybe missing?:surfweb:

[nikkistevej]

I have been looking for really good deals online and didn't really see any for where I live?
Any tips for me that I am maybe missing?:surfweb:

Most of my shopping was done in the stores- but I read on here(Budget boards) that if you spend $50.00 online at Toys R us, and if you have a Paypal acct- you can get $25.00 off, plus free shipping if you spend over $50.00 as well. So I got 3 Leapfrog games for the Leapster I got this morning for $52.00 shipped(they are 25.00 each). I thought that was a good deal.:goodvibes

[Texas Disney Fan]

I just got back in. I did not go out until mid-morning, there was not anything in the sales ads that I felt like torturing myself for. I finished shopping for my son. Wed. night I order his big ticket on-line. Of course my DH is laughing at me when I say that I am done with DS. He figures I will change my mind and add something else (which is probably right). :rolleyes1

We are leaving on Thursday, for a suprise and quick trip to WDW. :banana: We got great airfare and I really wanted to see the castle with the ice lights. We will be doing MVMCP on Friday and then Saturday we are going to split the day between Epcot and DHS to see Osborne lights. We come home on Sunday.

[nikkistevej]

I just got back in. I did not go out until mid-morning, there was not anything in the sales ads that I felt like torturing myself for. I finished shopping for my son. Wed. night I order his big ticket on-line. Of course my DH is laughing at me when I say that I am done with DS. He figures I will change my mind and add something else (which is probably right). :rolleyes1

We are leaving on Thursday, for a suprise and quick trip to WDW. :banana: We got great airfare and I really wanted to see the castle with the ice lights. We will be doing MVMCP on Friday and then Saturday we are going to split the day between Epcot and DHS to see Osborne lights. We come home on Sunday.

I really want to see WDW(and DCL) during the holidays, it will be hard to get off, DH works for UPS(they are very busy).Have a great time!!!!

[Disney Fans]

I just got back in. I did not go out until mid-morning, there was not anything in the sales ads that I felt like torturing myself for. I finished shopping for my son. Wed. night I order his big ticket on-line. Of course my DH is laughing at me when I say that I am done with DS. He figures I will change my mind and add something else (which is probably right). :rolleyes1

We are leaving on Thursday, for a suprise and quick trip to WDW. :banana: We got great airfare and I really wanted to see the castle with the ice lights. We will be doing MVMCP on Friday and then Saturday we are going to split the day between Epcot and DHS to see Osborne lights. We come home on Sunday.

Sure wish we were going!!!!!!!!! Have FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Disney Fans]

Now that the Holiday Season has officially started:

http://i-love-disney.com/disney-gallery/albums/Clipart/holidays/christmas/ani/santamickey.gif

Merry Christmas Everyone

[RAC]

We were scheduled to go to Disney for Christmas, but changed to renting a cabin in TN. I kind of chickened out when I read how crowded it is there at Christmas. Maybe next year!!! :)

[Texas Disney Fan]

We were orginally going to go during Thanksgiving week. Actually had everything booked including ADRs. But after our cruise this summer and wanting to go back to do the 7 day, along with the Osborne lights not starting till after Thanksgiving. We cancelled everything to help on the cost of the cruise.

Well about a month ago, I got a wild idea and starting looking at airfare. Then I came up with this scheme to do just a weekend trip. (so much for saving for the cruise, although it is not costing quite as much)

We are both very excited and have been enjoying keeping it a surprise from DS. :cloud9:

[Texas Disney Fan]

We were scheduled to go to Disney for Christmas, but changed to renting a cabin in TN. I kind of chickened out when I read how crowded it is there at Christmas. Maybe next year!!! :)

I understand. I don't think I would ever want to go between Christmas and New Years.

I just want to go and see all the Christmas decorations and stuff.:santa:

[nikkistevej]

We were scheduled to go to Disney for Christmas, but changed to renting a cabin in TN. I kind of chickened out when I read how crowded it is there at Christmas. Maybe next year!!! :)

I have family in Tennessee- where did you guys rent, in Gatlinburg?

[RAC]

I think it is between Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge. The place is called Bear Creek Crossing near Dollywood. I have never been, looking forward to it.:)

[nikkistevej]

I think it is between Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge. The place is called Bear Creek Crossing near Dollywood. I have never been, looking forward to it.:)

It's beautiful in that area. My family lives around Knoxville- we always go there to visit. Dollywood is fun- went there the first year it opened, and have been about 10 times. Do you live in Tennessee?

[RAC]

We live in Lexington SC, near Columbia. I looking forward to seeing the Christmas lights and decorations at Dollywood, they say it is really pretty. We are staying the 23-28.

[nikkistevej]

We live in Lexington SC, near Columbia. I looking forward to seeing the Christmas lights and decorations at Dollywood, they say it is really pretty. We are staying the 23-28.

It sounds fun, we always stay home for Christmas- I would love love to go somewhere like that.

[Texas Disney Fan]

It sounds fun, we always stay home for Christmas- I would love love to go somewhere like that.

I know you said your DH works for UPS. That puts you pretty limited this time of year. Isn't something like from Thanskgiving till the first year of the year as black out for any time off request.

We talk to the UPS gentleman that delivers to my work.

My schedule at my job pretty much only gives me openings for time off during parts of November till first week of Dec and then another window of time from April - till first half of June.

[nikkistevej]

I know you said your DH works for UPS. That puts you pretty limited this time of year. Isn't something like from Thanskgiving till the first year of the year as black out for any time off request.

We talk to the UPS gentleman that delivers to my work.

My schedule at my job pretty much only gives me openings for time off during parts of November till first week of Dec and then another window of time from April - till first half of June.

Well, he is a computer technician for them, not a driver, so they are a littlemore leniant(sp?) for them, but only one person can have off at a time, and the same person takes off every year at Christmas. Mine is pretty open for time off.(I work at a bank- back office stuff)

[thetripletgang]

Can you count us in too for this cruise? We are a family of 5 from the Philadelphia area. Going on the cruise will be me (DW), my DH and at that time our DS(8),DD(8) and our other DD(8). This will be our second cruise and we are really looking forward to it. Count us in also for the fish extenders!! I am new to the boards so hopefully you get this!

[Texas Disney Fan]

Can you count us in too for this cruise? We are a family of 5 from the Philadelphia area. Going on the cruise will be me (DW), my DH and at that time our DS(8),DD(8) and our other DD(8). This will be our second cruise and we are really looking forward to it. Count us in also for the fish extenders!! I am new to the boards so hopefully you get this!

:welcome: Would you like me to add you to the first page?

[thetripletgang]

Yes, please!! Thanks!

[nikkistevej]

Here is my info:
nikkistevej
DW - Nikki
DH - Steve
DD - Jordan(6)
from Baltimore, Md.

[karendvc07]

Wow! I hadn't checked this thread for a while and I was surprised at all the recent posts. Texas Disney Fan, would you mind adding us to the list, too? So far, there are 11 of us booked for this cruise. Thanks!

Me (karendvc07)
DS - 13
DS - 9
from Southern Illinois
+ various extended family members from other states

[Texas Disney Fan]

Updated page 1 for thetripletgang, nikkistevej, & karendvc07... Thanks for the info.

[DisneyBaby2004]

This will be our first cruise. Me, DH, DD(10) and DS(6). Thx.
It's a surprise for the kids and I am so excited.

[nikkistevej]

Has anyone thought about excursions? We are doing the Dolphin Discovery in Cozumel, and maybe the island tour in Grand Cayman. I have vacation planning OCD- so I plan wayyyyyy ahead!! :lmao:

[momtomari]

we're in
myself Amanda
dd - 6

we went on our first cruise in august of this year and have on comming up shortly dec 14th. i also have the eb trans in 2010 booked. anyone interested in fish extenders for this cruise?

amanda

i must have got missed since i dont see our names on page 1
it will be me amanda and my daughter mari who will be 6

[momtomari]

Has anyone thought about excursions? We are doing the Dolphin Discovery in Cozumel, and maybe the island tour in Grand Cayman. I have vacation planning OCD- so I plan wayyyyyy ahead!! :lmao:

im thinking of doing the dolphin swim in cozumel we did something sort of like dolphin discovery in nassau in august

amanda

[nikkistevej]

im thinking of doing the dolphin swim in cozumel we did something sort of like dolphin discovery in nassau in august

amanda

I've always wanted to do a dolphin swim, and DD is very excited to do it too. I haven't decided whether I will go through DCL or the Dolphin Discovery place.

[momtomari]

I've always wanted to do a dolphin swim, and DD is very excited to do it too. I haven't decided whether I will go through DCL or the Dolphin Discovery place.

i think i will have to go through disney my daughter will be 6 and when i look at the dolphin discovery website it says 8 and above and i believe the dolphin swim from dcl is dolphinaris

amanda

[nikkistevej]

i think i will have to go through disney my daughter will be 6 and when i look at the dolphin discovery website it says 8 and above and i believe the dolphin swim from dcl is dolphinaris

amanda

Jordan will also be 6. I think they can do the Dolphin Swim at Dolphin Discovery, and I know through Dolphinaris you have to be able to swim, and unfortunately Jordan can't- I wish she could.:confused3

[Texas Disney Fan]

This will be our first cruise. Me, DH, DD(10) and DS(6). Thx.
It's a surprise for the kids and I am so excited.

:thumbsup2 You are added. Welcome aboard.

[Texas Disney Fan]

i must have got missed since i dont see our names on page 1
it will be me amanda and my daughter mari who will be 6

Sorry you think I missed you. I took the advice of another DISer and waited for each person to give me the ok to add to page 1.

I gottcha you there now. :flower3:

[Texas Disney Fan]

Jordan will also be 6. I think they can do the Dolphin Swim at Dolphin Discovery, and I know through Dolphinaris you have to be able to swim, and unfortunately Jordan can't- I wish she could.:confused3

Have you thought about doing the encounter? You stand on a platform. We did that last year on another cruise line. It was good for a first experience. We are thinking about doing the swim this time.

We have not really thought about Cayman Island yet.

[nikkistevej]

Have you thought about doing the encounter? You stand on a platform. We did that last year on another cruise line. It was good for a first experience. We are thinking about doing the swim this time.

We have not really thought about Cayman Island yet.

Yeah- Ithink that is the one we will do- we want to do Discovery Cove in a few years and think this will be a good first experience too.

[karendvc07]

My boys and I did the Stingray City excursion in Grand Cayman last year and loved it! I think we may go back again...

[nikkistevej]

My boys and I did the Stingray City excursion in Grand Cayman last year and loved it! I think we may go back again...

I did that a couple years back with my sister, cousins, and aunts on a "females only" cruise- we had an awesome time- it was one of my favorite experiences of all time. I tried to "re-create" the experience on Castaway Cay on our last DCL with DH and DD- it wasn't as nice. DD(5 yo at the time) freaked out, and wouldn't even touch the water- and DH wasn't impressed. :confused3

[Paula13]

We are just going to go the beach. Paradise beach in Cozumel & 7 mile in Grand Cayman. Was considering renting a car to see the island until I read the post about what happened to another family after renting a car in Cozumel.. YIKES.

Forgot to tell you all that we are from PA.

[okwmeister]

Hey fellow 6/13 cruisers!

I recently booked on the cat 12 hot deal. Our kids are older, but they just can't get enough of these cruises (ages 15 and 20) so here we go again.

[nikkistevej]

Hey fellow 6/13 cruisers!

I recently booked on the cat 12 hot deal. Our kids are older, but they just can't get enough of these cruises (ages 15 and 20) so here we go again.

Welcome!!! You're never too old for a Disney cruise. LOL:wave2:

[Zane_Anthony]

I am super excited :cool1: :dance3: :yay: :cheer2: to say that I will be joining you all on this cruise. I got the most awesome deal ever and had to jump on it!
It will be:

Me--Tonya--28
DS--Zane--7 (will be 8 two days after we get off the ship)
Abilene,Texas

We were originally booked on the 8/15 cruise and had to change because Zane changed to private school and that will be his first week of school. So we changed to a RCCL springbreak cruise out of Galveston because DCL was way to high for anytime we could go. Yesterday for some reason I just felt the urge to go to my TA's website and check prices for DCL and boy was I shocked when I found the pricing for this cruise. I figured it was a mistake but called anyway. Yesterday they only had May 30th so I took that but told him to keep checking for this one. Today I got the call!!! Ok...enough of that, sorry I am just so excited.

Nikki---HI, I remember you from the 8/15 cruise! :thumbsup2

I also see a few of you are from TX, are you all driving or flying? I am thinking of driving for my first time.

Fish Extenders---I have seen these mentioned but I don't know what they are?? :confused:

I look forward to getting to know everyone.

[nikkistevej]

I am super excited :cool1: :dance3: :yay: :cheer2: to say that I will be joining you all on this cruise. I got the most awesome deal ever and had to jump on it!
It will be:

Me--Tonya--28
DS--Zane--7 (will be 8 two days after we get off the ship)
Abilene,Texas

We were originally booked on the 8/15 cruise and had to change because Zane changed to private school and that will be his first week of school. So we changed to a RCCL springbreak cruise out of Galveston because DCL was way to high for anytime we could go. Yesterday for some reason I just felt the urge to go to my TA's website and check prices for DCL and boy was I shocked when I found the pricing for this cruise. I figured it was a mistake but called anyway. Yesterday they only had May 30th so I took that but told him to keep checking for this one. Today I got the call!!! Ok...enough of that, sorry I am just so excited.

Nikki---HI, I remember you from the 8/15 cruise! :thumbsup2

I also see a few of you are from TX, are you all driving or flying? I am thinking of driving for my first time.

Fish Extenders---I have seen these mentioned but I don't know what they are?? :confused:

I look forward to getting to know everyone.

Hey Tonya- good to meet up with you again!!! Welcome!!

[DisneyBaby2004]

Just bumping......
Wanting to see if we can get some dialogue started with fellow cruisers:goodvibes

This is our first cruise and I am so excited. I am thinking of purchasing the REAS package so I can book stuff at 105 days. I am looking forward to the Martini tasting:thumbsup2

Look forward to getting to know you before the cruise. :upsidedow

[Zane_Anthony]

Just bumping......
Wanting to see if we can get some dialogue started with fellow cruisers:goodvibes

This is our first cruise and I am so excited. I am thinking of purchasing the REAS package so I can book stuff at 105 days. I am looking forward to the Martini tasting:thumbsup2

Look forward to getting to know you before the cruise. :upsidedow

Hello :)

I am super excited too and I hope we end up with an active group. I have been on 1 Disney cruise (7 nt eastern in Sept '07) and we had a really active DIS group. It was nice we had a meet on the 1st day and a lunch together on one of our sea days. It was really neat running into "friends" on the ship. We had a lot of fun.

[nikkistevej]

I definately want to get to know everyone in our group!! We are so excited also. This will be our second DCL- we went in Sept 07, we did an Eastern- and had such a great time. We took my nephew- so it was a little different experience for us- because we have an only child- we were gone for 2 weeks- as we did Disney for a week, then the Disney cruise. We just want it to be us this time.:goodvibes

[toddlerhouse]

We're on board. Me, DH, DS9 and DD 6. This will be our 3rd cruise. We were actually scheduled for a Jan 09 cruise but we were able to get a better military rate for the 6-13 cruise.

We are super excited.

[nikkistevej]

We're on board. Me, DH, DS9 and DS 6. This will be our 3rd cruise. We were actually scheduled for a Jan 09 cruise but we were able to get a better military rate for the 6-13 cruise.

We are super excited.

Welcome!!! My DD will be 6 as well on the cruise.

[Zane_Anthony]

We're on board. Me, DH, DS9 and DS 6. This will be our 3rd cruise. We were actually scheduled for a Jan 09 cruise but we were able to get a better military rate for the 6-13 cruise.

We are super excited.

:welcome: My DS will be turning 8 two days after we get off the cruise so he should be in the group with your DS9. I have read you can move up if you are within a month of your birthday. Maybe we can "introduce" the two ahead of time. We did that on our last cruise and it worked great.

[toddlerhouse]

Seth will be turning 10:scared: in July. I'm sure he would like to talk to your son before we go. We are in Hillsborough NC. Where at in Texas are you?

[Zane_Anthony]

Seth will be turning 10:scared: in July. I'm sure he would like to talk to your son before we go. We are in Hillsborough NC. Where at in Texas are you?

LOL...It goes fast huh? We are in Abilene, probably never heard of it unless you have been through Dyess AFB. It's about 220 miles west of the DFW area.

[toddlerhouse]

My husband spent 2 years in San Antonio at Ft. Sam from 2004-2006. We made a gew trecks to Texas but not to Abilene.

[Zane_Anthony]

My husband spent 2 years in San Antonio at Ft. Sam from 2004-2006. We made a gew trecks to Texas but not to Abilene.

Well trust me, your not missing much! ;)

[nikkistevej]

Happy Monday all!! 16 days until Christmas- is everyone done with their shopping??:goodvibes

[Zane_Anthony]

Happy Monday all!! 16 days until Christmas- is everyone done with their shopping??:goodvibes

Hello! I keep saying I am done but I keep adding on. Did you see the news on the homepage about the one of a kind DCL offer that will be announced on 12/10? I am dreaming it's something really good, I have been thinking about booking the 6/6 Eastern to tag onto this one or the 6/21 Wonder cruise. I have always wanted to do a back to back. Maybe it's a 2 for 1 deal :rotfl2: Ok back to reality maybe at least a % off if you book another cruise.

[DisneyBaby2004]

I too thought I was done but thanks to Amazon's toy prices continually dropping, I guess I'm not. And it doesn't help that I got a deal a few months ago offering free Prime - two day shipping. I can't take the stuff home yet so my office at work is beginning to look like a stock room. :lmao:

[Live4FW]

We'll be there. We were going to go on a 3 night at Thanksgiving but with the prices out there, who wouldn't want to cruise for 7 nights???:confused3

There will be 6 of us but only DW and I have cruised before. As you can see by my sig we are typical Disney Fans so this will be a new Disney experience for the kids.

Me 44
DW 42
DGm
DS 16
DS 13
DD 11

[nikkistevej]

We'll be there. We were going to go on a 3 night at Thanksgiving but with the prices out there, who wouldn't want to cruise for 7 nights???:confused3

There will be 6 of us but only DW and I have cruised before. As you can see by my sig we are typical Disney Fans so this will be a new Disney experience for the kids.

Me 44
DW 42
DGm
DS 16
DS 13
DD 11

Welcome!!! The dog in your avatar is so cute!!

[nikkistevej]

Has everyone heard about DCL's big announcement tomorrow- I wonder what it will be? Maybe a deal to add on to our vacation!!

[Live4FW]

Welcome!!! The dog in your avatar is so cute!!

That was when she was just a pup. Of course now she is a lazy, talking 75lb basset hound. But she is a good dog.

Has everyone heard about DCL's big announcement tomorrow- I wonder what it will be? Maybe a deal to add on to our vacation!!!!

Now that I have booked this trip it will be some fantastic offer:sad2: I had a hard enough time swinging this deal, the cookie jar is empty!

[nikkistevej]

That was when she was just a pup. Of course now she is a lazy, talking 75lb basset hound. But she is a good dog.



Now that I have booked this trip it will be some fantastic offer:sad2:

I like them when they are puppies.:love: I will change my booking if it is better.

[RAC]

Hi Live4FW! We have a 11 year old DD, she will be 12 in Feb. She would love to chat and get to know your DD over the next few months. Her name is Ashlyn. Just let me know if your DD is interested in a pen pal and I will give you my DD email address. She has done that before our past cruises and it has worked out great. She feels like she already has a friend before she boards the ship! :)

[Texas Disney Fan]

We'll be there. We were going to go on a 3 night at Thanksgiving but with the prices out there, who wouldn't want to cruise for 7 nights???:confused3

There will be 6 of us but only DW and I have cruised before. As you can see by my sig we are typical Disney Fans so this will be a new Disney experience for the kids.

Me 44
DW 42
DGm
DS 16
DS 13
DD 11

Welcome. Would you like for me to add your info to the front page?

[Texas Disney Fan]

Hey fellow 6/13 cruisers!

I recently booked on the cat 12 hot deal. Our kids are older, but they just can't get enough of these cruises (ages 15 and 20) so here we go again.

I am super excited :cool1: :dance3: :yay: :cheer2: to say that I will be joining you all on this cruise. I got the most awesome deal ever and had to jump on it!
It will be:

Me--Tonya--28
DS--Zane--7 (will be 8 two days after we get off the ship)
Abilene,Texas

We're on board. Me, DH, DS9 and DD 6. This will be our 3rd cruise. We were actually scheduled for a Jan 09 cruise but we were able to get a better military rate for the 6-13 cruise.

We are super excited.

Welcome all. Let me know if everyone is ok with adding info to the front page.

Fran

[Texas Disney Fan]

Happy Monday all!! 16 days until Christmas- is everyone done with their shopping??:goodvibes

I have only finished my DS and the children in our family that we buy for. Other than that, I have done very little.

And next week, I will be San Antonio at a conference for most of the week. So I am stessing a little. :eek:

[nikkistevej]

I have only finished my DS and the children in our family that we buy for. Other than that, I have done very little.

And next week, I will be San Antonio at a conference for most of the week. So I am stessing a little. :eek:

Good luck!!:scared1: We want to go to San Antonio in a few years- what's a good time of the year to go? We want to do Riverwalk, Sea World San Antonio, and Schlitterbaun(sp?). It looks like a great city.

[runwad]

Woo-hoo:cool1: Hello fellow 6/13 cruisers:wave: Another 8/15/09 Tortola'r jumped ship for this cruise. Geez I got that great Cat 12 rate, can't beat it. We are a family of five on our first cruise.

DW 42
DH 45
DD 13
DD 11
DS 8

Hope I stick around on this one, I'm not making any promises (we'll see what the deal is tomorrow:p ) but since I got the invitation from Nickistevej to pop on over thought I'd come say hi.

Feel free to add me to your first page.

[nikkistevej]

Woo-hoo:cool1: Hello fellow 6/13 cruisers:wave: Another 8/15/09 Tortola'r jumped ship for this cruise. Geez I got that great Cat 12 rate, can't beat it. We are a family of five on our first cruise.

DW 42
DH 45
DD 13
DD 11
DS 8

Hope I stick around on this one, I'm not making any promises (we'll see what the deal is tomorrow:p ) but since I got the invitation from Nickistevej to pop on over thought I'd come say hi.

Feel free to add me to your first page.

Yeah for me too!! You never know if I will jump ship too for a better deal!!

[Live4FW]

Welcome. Would you like for me to add your info to the front page?

Yes please add us to the front page. I think we are pretty set on this date as it was one of only a few weeks that I could go.:cloud9:

[Live4FW]

Hi Live4FW! We have a 11 year old DD, she will be 12 in Feb. She would love to chat and get to know your DD over the next few months. Her name is Ashlyn. Just let me know if your DD is interested in a pen pal and I will give you my DD email address. She has done that before our past cruises and it has worked out great. She feels like she already has a friend before she boards the ship! :)

Sounds great. I'll send you a PM

[Zane_Anthony]

Welcome to the newbies! Yes feel free to add us to the front page.

[nikkistevej]

Well, with the "great" new Kids sail "free" promotion- is anyone jumping ship? :lmao:

[Live4FW]

Well, with the "great" new Kids sail "free" promotion- is anyone jumping ship? :lmao:

We're sticking around.:cool2:

[Disney Fans]

Well, with the "great" new Kids sail "free" promotion- is anyone jumping ship? :lmao:

I don't think we will go on the 3 night but I have it on hold.LOL
I would love to do both of these but overall this 7 night price for June is so GREAT!!!

[nikkistevej]

I don't think we will go on the 3 night but I have it on hold.LOL
I would love to do both of these but overall this 7 night price for June is so GREAT!!!

As much as I would love to do any cruise, a 3 day is too short for me. I have been on one- and by the time you get settled- it's time to get off and go home. If we were going to WDW sometime before our cruise- we probably would, but we're doing a post DCL stay at WDW. So we're not.

[DisneyPoly]

Hi everyone!

Please add our family to your growing list of Disney cruisers on 6/13! This will be our 7th Disney cruise, but our first 7 night ... all of the others have been 4 nights. We were able to grab 2 of the Category 12 rooms at a great price. We look forward to chatting with everyone over the next 7 months.

Me
DH
DS - 19
DD - 16
DS - 15
DD - 10 (11 at time of sailing)

[Live4FW]

Welcome to the crew. DW and I did a 3 night and this will be our first "real" cruise and the first for our kids.

[runwad]

Well, with the "great" new Kids sail "free" promotion- is anyone jumping ship? :lmao:

Nope I think we're going to keep this one :banana: I need to contact Dreams to transfer all my OBC over.

[nikkistevej]

Welcome all newcomers!!!

[Zane_Anthony]

Well, with the "great" new Kids sail "free" promotion- is anyone jumping ship? :lmao:

:rotfl2: :rotfl: :lmao:

What a let down huh? But I am not complaining because I got a SUPER AWESOME deal on this cruise. :banana: And there seems to be several of us booked into the 13 (i think) CAT 12's available on the ship so I might even get an upgrade! :cool1: I was hoping for a deal that would be too good to pass up though so I could book the 6/20 Eastern, guess it's a sign I need my money more then DCL :thumbsup2 I am thinking of adding on a WDW stay for the next week though. It all depends on if I can get 2+ weeks off work :cloud9:

[nikkistevej]

:rotfl2: :rotfl: :lmao:

What a let down huh? But I am not complaining because I got a SUPER AWESOME deal on this cruise. :banana: And there seems to be several of us booked into the 13 (i think) CAT 12's available on the ship so I might even get an upgrade! :cool1: I was hoping for a deal that would be too good to pass up though so I could book the 6/20 Eastern, guess it's a sign I need my money more then DCL :thumbsup2 I am thinking of adding on a WDW stay for the next week though. It all depends on if I can get 2+ weeks off work :cloud9:

I know!! I agree with our awesome deal though!! We are doing Saratoga Springs for the week after- we added on to DVC so we have to use our developers points. We want to relax and do a couple of parks- we usually would do the park then cruise- but DD graduates from Kindergarten on the June 11th- and we didn't want to miss it.:love: So we will cruise first.

[mommyoftwinfants]

:woohoo: :woohoo: We are in, after trying many times for the great price I was finally able to snag two rooms :woohoo: :woohoo:

Me (Mommyoftwinfants) Cat. 12
DS 6
DS 6
Grandma Cat. 12
Grandpa "Pops" (birthday 3 days before we cruise)

You can add us to the list also :)

On the last meet thread we had a game where you earned pirates, The person who makes every 100th post earns a pirate: the 500th post earns two pirate: pirate: and the 1000th post earns three pirate: pirate: pirate: The person who has the most pirates will win a prize. Anyone up for the game.

[Zane_Anthony]

I know!! I agree with our awesome deal though!! We are doing Saratoga Springs for the week after- we added on to DVC so we have to use our developers points. We want to relax and do a couple of parks- we usually would do the park then cruise- but DD graduates from Kindergarten on the June 11th- and we didn't want to miss it.:love: So we will cruise first.

I used all my points until Dec of next year :sad2: So I thought about doing the 4/3 deal but I am spoiled to DVC. I have been wanting to stay at OKW though so if I can get the time off I might try to rent points there. Zane's birthday is 6/22 so we could celebrate his birthday there. I also thought about renting a car and doing Sea World and Aquatica because I have wanted to try both of those as well. So who knows what we will be doing.

[Zane_Anthony]

:woohoo: :woohoo: We are in, after trying many times for the great price I was finally able to snag two rooms :woohoo: :woohoo:

Me (Mommyoftwinfants)
DS 6
DS 6
Grandma
Grandpa "Pops" (birthday 3 days before we cruise)

You can add us to the list also :)

On the last meet thread we had a game where you earned pirates, The person who makes every 100th post earns a pirate: the 500th post earns two pirate: pirate: and the 1000th post earns three pirate: pirate: pirate: The person who has the most pirates will win a prize. Anyone up for the game.


:welcome: pirates sounds like fun to me ! I noticed you are from Texas where in Texas? I am in Abilene. Are you flying or driving?

[mommyoftwinfants]

We will be flying.
We drove in 2006 and loved it but it just takes too long to get there when you drive.

We are about 2hrs from abilene, when I was in high school we used to drive to Abilene to do our school shopping. I work for the Library and when we have workshops they are always in Abilene.

[Texas Disney Fan]

We are from Texas as well. My mil worked in Abilene for about a year back a few years ago. We drove up there once. I remember eating at a wonderful steak house (Perini).

[Texas Disney Fan]

:woohoo: :woohoo: We are in, after trying many times for the great price I was finally able to snag two rooms :woohoo: :woohoo:

Me (Mommyoftwinfants)
DS 6
DS 6
Grandma
Grandpa "Pops" (birthday 3 days before we cruise)

You can add us to the list also :)

On the last meet thread we had a game where you earned pirates, The person who makes every 100th post earns a pirate: the 500th post earns two pirate: pirate: and the 1000th post earns three pirate: pirate: pirate: The person who has the most pirates will win a prize. Anyone up for the game.


Welcome. :cheer2:

[csss31399]

Sorry to invade your thread...I'm not on the 6/13 cruise yet. For those that got the great rate on this cruise, did you book online or by phone? I tried with two different travel agents today, but neither got back to me. I guess it was too busy with the new promotion. Online was definitely not a great rate. Just trying to nab one of these great rates, and I am not having any luck. Thanks for your help!

[nikkistevej]

I used all my points until Dec of next year :sad2: So I thought about doing the 4/3 deal but I am spoiled to DVC. I have been wanting to stay at OKW though so if I can get the time off I might try to rent points there. Zane's birthday is 6/22 so we could celebrate his birthday there. I also thought about renting a car and doing Sea World and Aquatica because I have wanted to try both of those as well. So who knows what we will be doing.

I sent you a PM.:goodvibes

[nikkistevej]

:woohoo: :woohoo: We are in, after trying many times for the great price I was finally able to snag two rooms :woohoo: :woohoo:

Me (Mommyoftwinfants) Cat. 12
DS 6
DS 6
Grandma Cat. 12
Grandpa "Pops" (birthday 3 days before we cruise)

You can add us to the list also :)

On the last meet thread we had a game where you earned pirates, The person who makes every 100th post earns a pirate: the 500th post earns two pirate: pirate: and the 1000th post earns three pirate: pirate: pirate: The person who has the most pirates will win a prize. Anyone up for the game.

Welcome!! We have quite a few 6 year olds.:goodvibes

[mommyoftwinfants]

I put Cat. 12 next to our name, Who else snagged the Cat. 12 rate. Lets see how many will be able to get the upgrade to at least an 11 since they only offer 13.

[nikkistevej]

Sorry to invade your thread...I'm not on the 6/13 cruise yet. For those that got the great rate on this cruise, did you book online or by phone? I tried with two different travel agents today, but neither got back to me. I guess it was too busy with the new promotion. Online was definitely not a great rate. Just trying to nab one of these great rates, and I am not having any luck. Thanks for your help!

I had a cruise booked with a TA for 8/15/09- then switched when I saw this great rate. I would just book it if you see it, and then switch to a TA. It took about 4-5 days to get the Cat12 for us, then I called my TA and she nabbed it for us. I would keep an eye on the DCL site at night or early in the morning.
Good luck- I hope you can grab one.

[nikkistevej]

I put Cat. 12 next to our name, Who else snagged the Cat. 12 rate. Lets see how many will be able to get the upgrade to at least an 11 since they only offer 13.

We got a Cat 12 too- we have 3 people so not sure if we will get any upgrade- we would love one but not expecting it. The only thing we did in the room last time was sleep anyway.:goodvibes

[mommyoftwinfants]

Sorry to invade your thread...I'm not on the 6/13 cruise yet. For those that got the great rate on this cruise, did you book online or by phone? I tried with two different travel agents today, but neither got back to me. I guess it was too busy with the new promotion. Online was definitely not a great rate. Just trying to nab one of these great rates, and I am not having any luck. Thanks for your help!

I think you should book yourself since they come and go so fast and transfer to your travel agent. Everytime you walk by your computer plug in you info and check. I noticed that it usually pops up around 11:30am CST and 3:30pm CST and also 11:00pm CST
Good Luck!

[Zane_Anthony]

Sorry to invade your thread...I'm not on the 6/13 cruise yet. For those that got the great rate on this cruise, did you book online or by phone? I tried with two different travel agents today, but neither got back to me. I guess it was too busy with the new promotion. Online was definitely not a great rate. Just trying to nab one of these great rates, and I am not having any luck. Thanks for your help!

I booked through my TA. I actually hadn't been on the DIS in awhile because it's too depressing when I don't have a trip planned. We were going on RCCL over springbreak out of Galveston. For some reason last Wednesday something told me to check my TA's website and I saw the rate listed. I thought it was wrong but I called anyway, at first he told me only May 30th was available and he held it for me but he told me he would keep a look out for June. Well the next day he called and it was available. You might try contacting them if you haven't already they are very helpful. All Seas Travel..hope I don't get in trouble for this! :scared1:

[Zane_Anthony]

We will be flying.
We drove in 2006 and loved it but it just takes too long to get there when you drive.

We are about 2hrs from abilene, when I was in high school we used to drive to Abilene to do our school shopping. I work for the Library and when we have workshops they are always in Abilene.

What airport do you fly out of? I have been watching airfare but it is so much higher then it has been the last few years. I always fly out of DFW.

[Zane_Anthony]

We are from Texas as well. My mil worked in Abilene for about a year back a few years ago. We drove up there once. I remember eating at a wonderful steak house (Perini).

Yes it is VERY good! So where in TX are you and are you driving or flying? I am not finding very good airfare out of DFW. Thought about driving but I hate wasting the extra days.

[mommyoftwinfants]

We usually fly out of DFW, we have used Airtran and AA but we may try southwest or Delta out of Austin since it is 2hrs closer and my brother lives there so he can just drop us off.

[Texas Disney Fan]

Yes it is VERY good! So where in TX are you and are you driving or flying? I am not finding very good airfare out of DFW. Thought about driving but I hate wasting the extra days.

We are in the Beaumont/Port Arthur area. We are flying out of IAH. We actually had flights booked for a November trip. We cancelled that, so I paid the change fees and we are using them for June. :sick: Did not want to completely lose our money on those flights.

We did get good rates when we made a decision to do a weekend at WDW for last weekend. We had a wonderful time with all of the Christmas lights, decorations, activities. Really wished we had a little more time.:santa:

[Zane_Anthony]

We usually fly out of DFW, we have used Airtran and AA but we may try southwest or Delta out of Austin since it is 2hrs closer and my brother lives there so he can just drop us off.

I have never thought about Austin. I might have to check into that. We cruised last Sept (07) and I got tickets for $152.00 roundtrip on Delta out of DFW best deal I ever got. All other trips I flew Airtran or AA out of DFW and they were around 200. The cheapest I am finding now is $299 :scared1: and now they have all the baggage fees etc.

[Zane_Anthony]

We are in the Beaumont/Port Arthur area. We are flying out of IAH. We actually had flights booked for a November trip. We cancelled that, so I paid the change fees and we are using them for June. :sick: Did not want to completely lose our money on those flights.

We did get good rates when we made a decision to do a weekend at WDW for last weekend. We had a wonderful time with all of the Christmas lights, decorations, activities. Really wished we had a little more time.:santa:

Lucky you! I love disney at christmas time. :santa: :love:

[mommyoftwinfants]

For our jan trip I booked us for 149 each including all fees and taxes on Airtran. I couldn't believe I got a great price like that for a NonStop flight.

[Zane_Anthony]

For our jan trip I booked us for 149 each including all fees and taxes on Airtran. I couldn't believe I got a great price like that for a NonStop flight.

:woohoo: That's great! Was that out of DFW?

[mommyoftwinfants]

:woohoo: That's great! Was that out of DFW?

Yes it was.

[Zane_Anthony]

Yes it was.

Thanks! I will be keeping a close eye on Airtran.

[mommyoftwinfants]

Are you signed up for their NetSavers they have been sending out coupons like crazy lately.

In October I paid 372 for 4 RT non Stop

[Zane_Anthony]

Are you signed up for their NetSavers they have been sending out coupons like crazy lately.

In October I paid 372 for 4 RT non Stop

I am signed up and have seen some things but up until last Wednesday I didn't think I would be going back to FL until 2010 so I just deleted everything never even opened the emails. I will start paying close attention now though. Thanks again for the heads-up. :thumbsup2

[nikkistevej]

What's up everybody? It's almost Friday!!

[Live4FW]

Ready to get this week over. I can't wait for the weekend!

[karendvc07]

Ready to get this week over. I can't wait for the weekend!

I AGREE!!!

Hey, Live4FW! I have a 13 yr old DS, too. I'm sure he would like to meet up with your son...he is really looking forward to hanging out at The Stack! We did this same cruise last year for New Year's so he knows his way around the ship pretty well...I'm sure he wouldn't mind showing your son "the ropes"....

[Zane_Anthony]

Good Evening everyone. Happy it's almost Friday! :cool1:

I am having a dilema and need some suggestions/advice/etc...since I am out the price of airfare etc I would like to extend this into a two week vacation (if my work schedule allows) and I am trying to decide between WDW or doing back to back by adding on the June 6th Eastern. Have any of you done a back to back cruise. After adding up all the WDW expenses the cruise isn't that much more. I am really hoping they start offering some deals on the Easterns like they did the Westerns.

[Live4FW]

I AGREE!!!

Hey, Live4FW! I have a 13 yr old DS, too. I'm sure he would like to meet up with your son...he is really looking forward to hanging out at The Stack! We did this same cruise last year for New Year's so he knows his way around the ship pretty well...I'm sure he wouldn't mind showing your son "the ropes"....

Sure, Sent you a PM with the details.

[nikkistevej]

Good Evening everyone. Happy it's almost Friday! :cool1:

I am having a dilema and need some suggestions/advice/etc...since I am out the price of airfare etc I would like to extend this into a two week vacation (if my work schedule allows) and I am trying to decide between WDW or doing back to back by adding on the June 6th Eastern. Have any of you done a back to back cruise. After adding up all the WDW expenses the cruise isn't that much more. I am really hoping they start offering some deals on the Easterns like they did the Westerns.

I don't know anything about B2B's, I wish I did though.:lmao: There was a couple on my last cruise Sept 2007 that did a B2B2B. Now that is awesome!!

[nikkistevej]

Happy Friday all!!

[mommyoftwinfants]

I am so glad that we only have to wait 6 months instead of 12 to be on the magic again...:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

nikkistevej
Happy Friday!!!!
2u2 :)

[mommyoftwinfants]

Hope everyone had a great weekend! :thumbsup2

[Zane_Anthony]

Hope everyone had a great weekend! :thumbsup2

It was nice but too short as always ;) Hope everyone has a good week!

[Live4FW]

Hope everyone had a great weekend! :thumbsup2

The seem to come and go so fast right now I wonder if there even was one:confused3

[nikkistevej]

Hey all- another busy weekend for us too!! Jordan had a Christmas recital and party at Ballet, we went to a birthday party for my god-daughter(the same age as Jordan) and then she had a sleepover afterwards. Sunday was DH's birthday, and I wrapped all of my gifts. This week will be just as busy!!:goodvibes

[nikkistevej]

Is everybody ready for Christmas??:santa:

[karendvc07]

Our weekend just flew by! I think I'm just about ready for Christmas...I guess it's coming whether we're ready or not!!!!

This time last year I was getting ready for Christmas and packing up for our 7-day cruise. I sure don't miss that chaos, but I wish I was going to be back on board the Magic for New Year's again!!!! :sad1:

[nikkistevej]

The Christmas and NYE cruises look really nice, would love to do one sometime.:goodvibes

[Disney Fans]

HEY,

Well, we are getting ice rain here around north Dallas area.:scared1:
Sure wish we would get snow instead.:headache: But what can you do when it is 24 degrees outside and ice rain.:confused3 Go and talk on disboards.:rotfl:
Hope you all have a great night or good day depending on when you read this.:goodvibes

[nikkistevej]

It's been raining here all day, but I saw a few snowflakes outside. That's crazy that you all in Texas are getting snow- that doesn't happen very often, does it? Be careful!!

[Zane_Anthony]

Luckily in this part of TX it's just really cold...no ice and hoping it stays that way the rest of the winter !!

[nikkistevej]

It was sleeting last night, but just rain now. Of course we had to go to a birthday party last night in it. Tonight we have Jordan Christmas party at school. Lots to do this week.

[Live4FW]

I would rather it be cold than what we got; misty, muggy 72degrees. yuck. We need some snow or at least some clear cool weather. We had a pretty good cold snap to get us in the Christmas spirit but this weather just makes it feel bah humbug:sick:

Apparently the front that stretches all the way back to TX stalled about 20 miles away from us.

[Zane_Anthony]

I would rather it be cold than what we got; misty, muggy 72degrees. yuck. We need some snow or at least some clear cool weather. We had a pretty good cold snap to get us in the Christmas spirit but this weather just makes it feel bah humbug:sick:

Apparently the front that stretches all the way back to TX stalled about 20 miles away from us.

I'll trade :yay: I am not a fan of the cold at all!

[Live4FW]

Well, some more Cat 12 cabins became available today. I added my Mom and Dad.

So we are now 3 cabins (8 cruisers):cool1:

[Zane_Anthony]

I am holding out wishing the Eastern cruises will come down like these have!! :thumbsup2

[Zane_Anthony]

Happy Friday everyone!:cool1: Hope you all have a great weekend. :wizard: Oh and avoid the stores, last weekend before Christmas it's going to be CRAZY :scared1:

[sammatt]

Hello, fellow 6/13 cruisers! I just found this thread, so thought I'd introduce myself.

My name is Lisa and my DH is Dave. We have 2 kiddos, Samantha (11) and Matthew (9). We were just on the Magic over Thanksgiving, and didn't plan to sail again until 2010 or 2011. However, when we saw the deals on the Cat. 12s we just couldn't resist. Here's the scoop...we wanted to take my mom on a very special trip for her 60th b-day next year, but were unsure what to do. When the great price popped up, we decided the cruise was it. (We're all HUGE Disney fans, as we live in San Jose, CA, just a 6 hour drive from Mickey's original home.) My mom lives in Missouri, so we aren't going to tell her about the trip until Christmas day. We are going to surprise her with a gift bag full of clues, and see how many it takes her to figure out what we're doing. So fun!! We'd already booked the buy 4, get 3 deal at Pop Century for 6/20-6/27, so we'll combine them for a truly special birthday celebration for her.

I'm looking forward to getting to know all of you a little bit more before the trip.

I think it would be great fun to do fish extenders, as some of you have mentioned.

Please feel free to add us to the list on the first page...
Lisa (me)
Dave (DH)
Samantha (11)
Matthew (9)
Georgia (my mamacita)

[Zane_Anthony]

Hello, fellow 6/13 cruisers! I just found this thread, so thought I'd introduce myself.

My name is Lisa and my DH is Dave. We have 2 kiddos, Samantha (11) and Matthew (9). We were just on the Magic over Thanksgiving, and didn't plan to sail again until 2010 or 2011. However, when we saw the deals on the Cat. 12s we just couldn't resist. Here's the scoop...we wanted to take my mom on a very special trip for her 60th b-day next year, but were unsure what to do. When the great price popped up, we decided the cruise was it. (We're all HUGE Disney fans, as we live in San Jose, CA, just a 6 hour drive from Mickey's original home.) My mom lives in Missouri, so we aren't going to tell her about the trip until Christmas day. We are going to surprise her with a gift bag full of clues, and see how many it takes her to figure out what we're doing. So fun!! We'd already booked the buy 4, get 3 deal at Pop Century for 6/20-6/27, so we'll combine them for a truly special birthday celebration for her.

I'm looking forward to getting to know all of you a little bit more before the trip.

I think it would be great fun to do fish extenders, as some of you have mentioned.

Please feel free to add us to the list on the first page...
Lisa (me)
Dave (DH)
Samantha (11)
Matthew (9)
Georgia (my mamacita)

:welcome: Glad you could join us!!

I am interested in the fish extenders too but I have never done one. Anyone here that has? :confused3

[Texas Disney Fan]

Hello, fellow 6/13 cruisers! I just found this thread, so thought I'd introduce myself.

My name is Lisa and my DH is Dave. We have 2 kiddos, Samantha (11) and Matthew (9). We were just on the Magic over Thanksgiving, and didn't plan to sail again until 2010 or 2011. However, when we saw the deals on the Cat. 12s we just couldn't resist. Here's the scoop...we wanted to take my mom on a very special trip for her 60th b-day next year, but were unsure what to do. When the great price popped up, we decided the cruise was it. (We're all HUGE Disney fans, as we live in San Jose, CA, just a 6 hour drive from Mickey's original home.) My mom lives in Missouri, so we aren't going to tell her about the trip until Christmas day. We are going to surprise her with a gift bag full of clues, and see how many it takes her to figure out what we're doing. So fun!! We'd already booked the buy 4, get 3 deal at Pop Century for 6/20-6/27, so we'll combine them for a truly special birthday celebration for her.

I'm looking forward to getting to know all of you a little bit more before the trip.

I think it would be great fun to do fish extenders, as some of you have mentioned.

Please feel free to add us to the list on the first page...
Lisa (me)
Dave (DH)
Samantha (11)
Matthew (9)
Georgia (my mamacita)

Welcome. Just added you to the front page.

[nikkistevej]

Welcome!!! Our group is getting bigger!!:woohoo:

[Texas Disney Fan]

I am interested in the fish extenders too but I have never done one. Anyone here that has? :confused3

I would interested in them as well, but very unfamiliar. Is anyone willing to help coordinate and help us newbies learn the ropes? Thanks.:goodvibes

[Texas Disney Fan]

So is everyone ready for Christmas?:santa: I have just a couple of other things to pick up so I am hoping after today to be done.
:banana:

[sammatt]

So is everyone ready for Christmas?:santa: I have just a couple of other things to pick up so I am hoping after today to be done.
:banana:

I'm all ready, too...in fact, we have our first extended family celebration later today. We fly to mom's for Christmas, so we celebrate with my DH's family before we go. It's nice to have it today, as it makes it just a little bit shorter of a wait for Christmas day.

[sammatt]

I would interested in them as well, but very unfamiliar. Is anyone willing to help coordinate and help us newbies learn the ropes? Thanks.:goodvibes

I haven't done them, but I'm willing to look into it and organize it, if noone else feels like it. Sounds like a fun little challenge. :thumbsup2

[sammatt]

Hello, new friends!
I just had an idea...what do you all think of having a "Question of the week" between now and the cruise. A new question could be posted each Sunday, and when people reply, we can get to know one another a little bit more.Of course, participation is optional, but it could be fun. Let me know what you think.

[nikkistevej]

Hello, new friends!
I just had an idea...what do you all think of having a "Question of the week" between now and the cruise. A new question could be posted each Sunday, and when people reply, we can get to know one another a little bit more.Of course, participation is optional, but it could be fun. Let me know what you think.

Sounds great- it will help us all get to know each other better too!!:goodvibes

[nikkistevej]

So is everyone ready for Christmas?:santa: I have just a couple of other things to pick up so I am hoping after today to be done.
:banana:

I am so ready- we have my DH's extended family exchange tonight. It's about 15 kids and about 25 adults. We rent a hall, and the adults do the "Steal the Gift" type exchange, and the kids draw names and exchange. We also hire a "Santa", it is alot of fun!! We are having food and games too, it will be a few hours long. DH has 6 cousins that are his age with their own families, then all of the kids are almost the same age too. It's crazy!!:goodvibes

[Zane_Anthony]

Hello, new friends!
I just had an idea...what do you all think of having a "Question of the week" between now and the cruise. A new question could be posted each Sunday, and when people reply, we can get to know one another a little bit more.Of course, participation is optional, but it could be fun. Let me know what you think.

Great idea! :thumbsup2

[DisneyBaby2004]

Great idea! :thumbsup2

It's Sunday. Should anyone ask the question?

[sammatt]

I think we'll start off basic, and then build from there. So, here we go...

Question #1
How many Disney cruises have you taken, and why is 6/13/09 "The Week" for your family?

I'll start the answers...

This will be the 3rd cruise for Dave and I. We first sailed on the Magic (a Western) in September 2006, with two other couples We rebooked then for the Thanksgiving Double Dip of 2008. The Double Dip was the first trip with the kiddos. We didn't think we'd cruise again until 2010 at the earliest, but with the great rates for Cat. 12's, we decided that 6/13/09 is a great choice for us. It will be SO nice to go on vacation without having to think about make-up work for school. It seemed to always be hanging over our heads last trip. This will be my mom's first trip, in honor of her 60th b-day.

[Zane_Anthony]

Great Question!

This will be our 2nd (possibly 3rd, have the June 6th Eastern booked as well but not sure if I can get 2 weeks off work) Disney cruise. Our first was the 7 nt Eastern in Sept '07. We just booked this cruise because of the GREAT deal. :banana: We had actually planned to skip Disney in '09 and we had a spring break cruise booked on RCCL. I do wish this deal would have been on the June 20th cruise though, then we could have celebrated Zane's 8th birthday which is June 22nd.

OT: I am also looking at the June 21st cruise on the Freedom of the Seas, has anyone been on any of the freedom class ships? If so how did you like them?

[RAC]

This will be our 6th Disney cruise... I hate my hubby is going to miss it. He will be in Chicago that week for work. The price for this week was unreal and I love to cruise in June. :)

Merry Christmas!

Randi

[Paula13]

This will be our 3rd disney cruise. We first did a land/sea in 02 & 7 day Eastern in 04. We cruised on RCCL in 06 (BIG MISTAKE). We deceided on this cruise due to the price, we paid this price on our Eastern in 04 in Nov.

[Texas Disney Fan]

This will be our second DCL cruise. We did a 4/3 land/sea this past summer. We were going to do Carnival cruise this very week but talked ourselves in spending the extra $$ to be able to do DCL. We like the port stops much better than the other one plus and more important we loved DCL. With only having done a 3 day, we felt like we ran out of time and missed soo many things. I am soo excited about this trip. We always vacation in June.

[DisneyBaby2004]

Question #1
How many Disney cruises have you taken, and why is 6/13/09 "The Week" for your family?

This is our first Disney cruise, our first cruise in general. I have been thinking about cruising. The kids are released for summer vacation on June 5th and so we decided on a June cruise.

[toddlerhouse]

This will be our 3rd Disney cruise, May 06 and Jan 08. We were actually booked for Jan 09 but when the military rates came out for summer we moved it. I am so excited!!

[nikkistevej]

How many Disney cruises have you taken, and why is 6/13/09 "The Week" for your family?
This will be our 2nd DCL- the first one was in Sept 2007(Eastern). We rebooked onboard for the 8/15/09 Tortola(we still owed about $1200 on it)-but when the new rates came out we changed the date- and the price was so low it's now paid off) :woohoo: :woohoo: Plus we want to put our house up for sale next Fall, and figured it would be better to vacation earlier in the year.:goodvibes

[karendvc07]

Question #1
How many Disney cruises have you taken, and why is 6/13/09 "The Week" for your family?

This is our second cruise. We did the New Year's Eve cruise last year and loved it! But, the weather wasn't so cooperative and our Cozumel excursion was cancelled. We wanted to do another western cruise and thought June was a good time...the boys will have just finished with school for the summer and I know we will be more than ready to get away from it all!

[Live4FW]

Question #1
How many Disney cruises have you taken, and why is 6/13/09 "The Week" for your family?

This is will be DW and my second cruise. We did our first (3 night for our aniversary in Sept) and became hooked. We really wanted to have one big trip before my oldest goes off to college. The date was because of the great rates and since I work in an accounting dept, I am very limited in what weeks I can take off. Our year-end is March 30th so no spring break! DW works in the school so that means it is pretty much the summer/thanksgiving/christmas.

[sammatt]

Thanks for everyone who has played along with the question of the week so far. It's so nice to check in and start to learn little tidbits about y'all. :thumbsup2

[mommyoftwinfants]

Question #1
How many Disney cruises have you taken, and why is 6/13/09 "The Week" for your family?

This will be our 2nd cruise and we just couldn't pass up the great rate for summer.

[nikkistevej]

Well I am officially off until Friday. I need it, we just found out the bank I work for got bought out by another larger bank. I am praying for a good merger- and that I will have a job at the end of it!! :goodvibes

[sammatt]

Well I am officially off until Friday. I need it, we just found out the bank I work for got bought out by another larger bank. I am praying for a good merger- and that I will have a job at the end of it!! :goodvibes

Wow! That is BIG news...I hope you can enjoy your week off, and not worry about what is to come. Hope all goes well with the merger, and that you will still have your position. :cheer2:

[nikkistevej]

Wow! That is BIG news...I hope you can enjoy your week off, and not worry about what is to come. Hope all goes well with the merger, and that you will still have your position. :cheer2:

Thanks alot!! I'm trying not to be too stressed out.:goodvibes

[Disney Fans]

Howdy,


Q- of the Week? (How many Disney cruises have you taken, and why is 6/13/09 "The Week" for your family?)

This will be our 4th time with DCL.:cool1: Why you may ask.:yay: Saving Big Money!!:rotfl: And we Love DCL!! and have really wanted to go again but the last 2 years it was cheaper to go to Hawaii!!:lmao: And last year we were able to stay for 3 weeks in Maui!:cloud9: :worship: Now that is sad that Hawaii is cheaper the DCL.:scared1:

[Disney Fans]

Well I am officially off until Friday. I need it, we just found out the bank I work for got bought out by another larger bank. I am praying for a good merger- and that I will have a job at the end of it!! :goodvibes

Hope all goes well for sure!! I think sadly :sad1: that this will become more of a the norm then not.:sad2: for companies. Things are a changing that is for sure!:scared:

[Zane_Anthony]

Well I am officially off until Friday. I need it, we just found out the bank I work for got bought out by another larger bank. I am praying for a good merger- and that I will have a job at the end of it!! :goodvibes

Sending pixie dust your way...pixiedust:

[Zane_Anthony]

Howdy,


Q- of the Week? (How many Disney cruises have you taken, and why is 6/13/09 "The Week" for your family?)

This will be our 4th time with DCL.:cool1: Why you may ask.:yay: Saving Big Money!!:rotfl: And we Love DCL!! and have really wanted to go again but the last 2 years it was cheaper to go to Hawaii!!:lmao: And last year we were able to stay for 3 weeks in Maui!:cloud9: :worship: Now that is sad that Hawaii is cheaper the DCL.:scared1:

I want to go to Hawaii !! Waiting for DVC to open up there.

[mommyoftwinfants]

Pirate Score
Live4FW pirate:
nikkistevej pirate:

[nikkistevej]

Thanks everyone's pixie dust. I just keep telling myself- "Think happy thoughts!!, Think happy thoughts!!" We'll see. Hope everyone is enjoying Christmas Eve eve. LOL

[Disney Fans]

I want to go to Hawaii !! Waiting for DVC to open up there.

You can get some really good deals for TX.:) At least you could the past 2 summers.:) I don't know about this year? I would think you still could.
What part of Tx are you all from? We are from Allen, a sub of North Dallas.:)

[Disney Fans]

Pirate Score
Live4FW pirate:
nikkistevej pirate:

Hey another Texan? Where are you all from?

[Zane_Anthony]

You can get some really good deals for TX.:) At least you could the past 2 summers.:) I don't know about this year? I would think you still could.
What part of Tx are you all from? We are from Allen, a sub of North Dallas.:)

WOW...I will have to check it out. Where do you go to find these deals? I have always wanted to go but never really looked into it. I am in Abilene hoping to move to the metroplex one day.

[nikkistevej]

Merry Christmas - I probably won't be on the Dis tomorrow- I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday!!:santa:

[Zane_Anthony]

:santa: Merry Christmas...Hope everyone has Merry Christmas and safe travels.

[Texas Disney Fan]

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas. Take care. :santa:

[nikkistevej]

Hope everyone had a great Christmas- I'm back at work today. It's empty!! At least it's Friday. Hope everyone enjoys the weekend. I'll be cleaning up my house- I have boxes, bags, and toys all over my house- it looks like a cyclone hit it!!:lmao:

[sammatt]

Hope everyone had a great Christmas- I'm back at work today. It's empty!! At least it's Friday. Hope everyone enjoys the weekend. I'll be cleaning up my house- I have boxes, bags, and toys all over my house- it looks like a cyclone hit it!!:lmao:


Glad work was okay for you...when do you expect to have some news about the future?

We had a GREAT Christmas here. It was so much fun to see my mom open her hints and to figure out we are taking her on the Disney Cruise. She just couldn't believe it, and is beyond herself with excitiement. We are looking forward to watching the Travel Channel together on New Year's Eve.

Yesterday we went to Branson (1/2 hour from Mom's house) and did some after Christmas shopping. We found some fabulous bargains, especially on goodies to give my hubby's co-workers next Christmas. I kept my eyes open for something to transform into a fish extender gift, but nothing yet. I have some ideas brewing, though.

Have a great weekend. (We're under severe weather watch here in MO) I'll see you tomorrow with another question of the week. :)

[nikkistevej]

Glad work was okay for you...when do you expect to have some news about the future?
We had a GREAT Christmas here. It was so much fun to see my mom open her hints and to figure out we are taking her on the Disney Cruise. She just couldn't believe it, and is beyond herself with excitiement. We are looking forward to watching the Travel Channel together on New Year's Eve.

Yesterday we went to Branson (1/2 hour from Mom's house) and did some after Christmas shopping. We found some fabulous bargains, especially on goodies to give my hubby's co-workers next Christmas. I kept my eyes open for something to transform into a fish extender gift, but nothing yet. I have some ideas brewing, though.

Have a great weekend. (We're under severe weather watch here in MO) I'll see you tomorrow with another question of the week. :)

Probably in the next couple of weeks- we will be official in April.:scared1: :scared1: We had a pretty good Christmas too, my Dad passed away 2 months ago- so I wasn't sure how my Mom would be. But it was OK. We went to Target last night too- got some pretty garland and some boxes for next year. I know your Mom was very excited!! We were thinking of taking my Mom- but her and 3 of her sisters are doing a "Wild West" trip to Yellowstone, Grand Teton, and Mt. Rushmore during that same time.

[Paula13]

Hello all & Merry Christmas!

I wanted to see if anyone has ever flew two different airlines when cruising? We found a direct flight with southwest out of Pittsburgh going to FL on the way down. But, thought of flying airtran back to be able to do the 'on board' check in. Anyone know if this would work?

I asked on the 'regular' forum but haven't recieved a response. I thought maybe someone on here would know! :) I'm a bit impatient:scared1:

TIA

[sammatt]

Hello all & Merry Christmas!

I wanted to see if anyone has ever flew two different airlines when cruising? We found a direct flight with southwest out of Pittsburgh going to FL on the way down. But, thought of flying airtran back to be able to do the 'on board' check in. Anyone know if this would work?

I asked on the 'regular' forum but haven't recieved a response. I thought maybe someone on here would know! :) I'm a bit impatient:scared1:

TIA

Haven't done it, but I don't know why it wouldn't work. :confused3

[Texas Disney Fan]

Hello all & Merry Christmas!

I wanted to see if anyone has ever flew two different airlines when cruising? We found a direct flight with southwest out of Pittsburgh going to FL on the way down. But, thought of flying airtran back to be able to do the 'on board' check in. Anyone know if this would work?

I asked on the 'regular' forum but haven't recieved a response. I thought maybe someone on here would know! :) I'm a bit impatient:scared1:

TIA

Both ways would be booked as a one way flight. As long as you are happy with the total cost, then you would be fine. On board check in is going to only be concerned about the returning flight.

[Texas Disney Fan]

Probably in the next couple of weeks- we will be official in April.:scared1: :scared1:


Sending pixiedust: your way during this tensefull time as you wait.

[Disney Fans]

WOW...I will have to check it out. Where do you go to find these deals? I have always wanted to go but never really looked into it. I am in Abilene hoping to move to the metroplex one day.


Hello:)
I just keeping checking local paper (Dallas Morning News) and you will see them starting this spring.:)

[Disney Fans]

Probably in the next couple of weeks- we will be official in April.:scared1: :scared1: We had a pretty good Christmas too, my Dad passed away 2 months ago- so I wasn't sure how my Mom would be. But it was OK. We went to Target last night too- got some pretty garland and some boxes for next year. I know your Mom was very excited!! We were thinking of taking my Mom- but her and 3 of her sisters are doing a "Wild West" trip to Yellowstone, Grand Teton, and Mt. Rushmore during that same time.


I am so sorry that your Dad passed away and I know from when my dad passing away the holidays the 1st several years are pretty hard.
Bless you all!

[Paula13]

Thanks everyone for your help!

[nikkistevej]

Sending pixiedust: your way during this tensefull time as you wait.

Thanks!!

[nikkistevej]

I am so sorry that your Dad passed away and I know from when my dad passing away the holidays the 1st several years are pretty hard.
Bless you all!

Thanks! It was pretty hard- it's only been 2 months, but we lived next door to my Mom and him- so we were just used to seeing him everyday- it's just a constant reminder. My Mom is doing better than we expected.

[IndyRosa20]

Hello everyone!
We booked this cruise a few weeks ago. We were booked on the 7/25/09 cruise but have changed to this one! Our group includes me, DH, DD who will be 21 when we sail, and DS that is 10. Going with another family of 5.
Our first cruise and Disney Cruise was the Eastern cruise back in 2006. We are SO looking forward to another cruise, this time the Western!
166 days !!! :cool1:

[nikkistevej]

Hello everyone!
We booked this cruise a few weeks ago. We were booked on the 7/25/09 cruise but have changed to this one! Our group includes me, DH, DD who will be 21 when we sail, and DS that is 10. Going with another family of 5.
Our first cruise and Disney Cruise was the Eastern cruise back in 2006. We are SO looking forward to another cruise, this time the Western!
166 days !!! :cool1:

Welcome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Zane_Anthony]

Hello everyone!
We booked this cruise a few weeks ago. We were booked on the 7/25/09 cruise but have changed to this one! Our group includes me, DH, DD who will be 21 when we sail, and DS that is 10. Going with another family of 5.
Our first cruise and Disney Cruise was the Eastern cruise back in 2006. We are SO looking forward to another cruise, this time the Western!
166 days !!! :cool1:

:welcome:

[Texas Disney Fan]

Welcome.

[Live4FW]

Welcome!

[nikkistevej]

Anybody have any New Years plans?

[karendvc07]

Sadly, no plans for NYE. I will probably be the only one in my family still awake to ring in the new year!!! I guess I will just have to drag out my pictures of last New Year's Eve on the Magic and watch the Travel Channel's program about the DCL. :)

[nikkistevej]

Sadly, no plans for NYE. I will probably be the only one in my family still awake to ring in the new year!!! I guess I will just have to drag out my pictures of last New Year's Eve on the Magic and watch the Travel Channel's program about the DCL. :)

That New Years Eve cruise was probably really nice, huh?? When I get to missing Disney- I pull out my scrapbooks- it always makes me feel better. LOL Which DVC resort (or resorts) do you own?

[karendvc07]

That New Years Eve cruise was probably really nice, huh?? When I get to missing Disney- I pull out my scrapbooks- it always makes me feel better. LOL Which DVC resort (or resorts) do you own?

My boys and I will always remember our NYE aboard the Magic! I can definitely say there is nothing in southern Illinois that can even remotely compare....

I bought in to SSR. I see that you have AKV. We were just there in October and loved it! The resort is so beautiful and the kids enjoyed the animals and the activities that were offered. I loved eating at Boma! I'm thinking of adding more points with AKV....you can never have too many points!!!:rotfl:

[nikkistevej]

My boys and I will always remember our NYE aboard the Magic! I can definitely say there is nothing in southern Illinois that can even remotely compare....

I bought in to SSR. I see that you have AKV. We were just there in October and loved it! The resort is so beautiful and the kids enjoyed the animals and the activities that were offered. I loved eating at Boma! I'm thinking of adding more points with AKV....you can never have too many points!!!:rotfl:

:love: We love AKV- we just bought DVC in September 2007 on our cruise- we were in a Disney daze(1 week at WDW and our 1st Disney cruise) LOL. We have only stayed at AKV- but loved it!! We didn't like Boma- at least for dinner) we're gonna try breakfast next time. We added on to AKV in Aug 2008 so we have Developers points for SSR- we hopefully will be staying there after our cruise. We'll see what happens with my job.:headache: :headache: :headache:

[Zane_Anthony]

We have family coming over for NYE and we plan to play games and stuff. I know it will be fun but I have been so busy and I am so tired that I am not really looking forward to it too much :confused3

[nikkistevej]

We have family coming over for NYE and we plan to play games and stuff. I know it will be fun but I have been so busy and I am so tired that I am not really looking forward to it too much :confused3

Yeah, I know it's been hectic around here too. We are supposed to go out with a bunch of other couples to a brazillian(sp?) steakhouse- Fago de Chao(sp?) and then to 1 of the couples house for drinks and games, but the one couple that planned it are both kind of sick- so we'll see if it happens.:goodvibes

[ruley3]

Hello Cruisemates!!!

My name is April and I will be joining this cruise along with
DH Rob (actually with or without depends if he can get off work)
DS Layne 14 as of tomorrow :thumbsup2
DS Lance will be 5
DD Layla will be 2
My Sister and her Husband

I am so excited about this trip as I always am about Disney....
I have been part of the DIS GEEKs and the Nana heads and it was great getting to chat before going .... We just got back on Dec 6th off the MAGIC:banana:

To answer ? of the week
This is 4th Disney Cruise on the MAGIC and hopefully this time we will make it to Grand Cayman. We have always sailed around Christmas time for the decorations however this time we could not give up the great price and my oldest has 8th grade graduation and my middle child is graduating preschool so it is a big summer for us!:cheer2:

but shhh it is a secret so far from the kids!!!:rolleyes1

[ruley3]

Thanks! It was pretty hard- it's only been 2 months, but we lived next door to my Mom and him- so we were just used to seeing him everyday- it's just a constant reminder. My Mom is doing better than we expected.

I understand how that goes... I was very nervous about Christmas because I lost my mom about 4 months ago and it was very strange at Christmas and our family tried a new tradition of having Christmas at my sister's instead of at our parents house because I don't think any of us were ready to face Christmas without Mom in the same routine........:confused3

[ruley3]

OMG I cannot get my children to bed.... I think they are buzzed on that chocolate milkshake from 2 hours ago.`:scared1: :scared:


ALRIGHT I GOTTA TOP BUT HEY I AM THE ONLY ONE ON SO NOT TOO EXCITING!!!

[Zane_Anthony]

Hello Cruisemates!!!

My name is April and I will be joining this cruise along with
DH Rob (actually with or without depends if he can get off work)
DS Layne 14 as of tomorrow :thumbsup2
DS Lance will be 5
DD Layla will be 2
My Sister and her Husband

I am so excited about this trip as I always am about Disney....
I have been part of the DIS GEEKs and the Nana heads and it was great getting to chat before going .... We just got back on Dec 6th off the MAGIC:banana:

To answer ? of the week
This is 4th Disney Cruise on the MAGIC and hopefully this time we will make it to Grand Cayman. We have always sailed around Christmas time for the decorations however this time we could not give up the great price and my oldest has 8th grade graduation and my middle child is graduating preschool so it is a big summer for us!:cheer2:

but shhh it is a secret so far from the kids!!!:rolleyes1

:welcome: what a wonderful surprise! :thumbsup2

[Texas Disney Fan]

Hello Cruisemates!!!

My name is April and I will be joining this cruise along with
DH Rob (actually with or without depends if he can get off work)
DS Layne 14 as of tomorrow :thumbsup2
DS Lance will be 5
DD Layla will be 2
My Sister and her Husband

I am so excited about this trip as I always am about Disney....
I have been part of the DIS GEEKs and the Nana heads and it was great getting to chat before going .... We just got back on Dec 6th off the MAGIC:banana:

To answer ? of the week
This is 4th Disney Cruise on the MAGIC and hopefully this time we will make it to Grand Cayman. We have always sailed around Christmas time for the decorations however this time we could not give up the great price and my oldest has 8th grade graduation and my middle child is graduating preschool so it is a big summer for us!:cheer2:

but shhh it is a secret so far from the kids!!!:rolleyes1

Welcome!!!!!!

[nikkistevej]

I understand how that goes... I was very nervous about Christmas because I lost my mom about 4 months ago and it was very strange at Christmas and our family tried a new tradition of having Christmas at my sister's instead of at our parents house because I don't think any of us were ready to face Christmas without Mom in the same routine........:confused3

Welcome!!! And sorry about your Mom.:sad1: :sad1:

[karendvc07]

Welcome, ruley3! So very sorry about your mother. I lost my husband 3 yrs ago on Dec. 27 so the holidays are always hard. But, starting new traditions helps a bunch! It will get easier....:hug:

nikkistevej--I hope you guys get to go out as planned...I've always wanted to try that steakhouse! You'll have to let us know how you liked it. :)

HAVE A FUN & SAFE NEW YEAR'S EVE EVERYONE!!! :yay:

[nikkistevej]

Happy New Years all!! We are going out after all!!:banana: :banana:

[ruley3]

Happy New Years all!! We are going out after all!!:banana: :banana:


OOOOOO I am a bit envious of all the party people tonight but that is ok... I am at home with the two little ones alone (since Monday) DH and oldest DS have been on a hunting trip....... I do think I will let the monkeys stay up late tonight so that I can sleep in tomorrow!;)

[ruley3]

This will be our 3rd Disney cruise, May 06 and Jan 08. We were actually booked for Jan 09 but when the military rates came out for summer we moved it. I am so excited!!



OMG we are from the same place!!!!! We will have to get together for lunch... My office is in Hillsborough and I live in Mebane

[ruley3]

Welcome!!!!!!

Thanks EVERYONE for the Welcome!!

I look forward to chatting with everyone.... So is anyone doing Disney before or after? Probably you have answered this question but please answer one more time...
Also is everyone flying or driving (night before or day of cruise?)pirate:

[Texas Disney Fan]

Happy New Years all!! We are going out after all!!:banana: :banana:

Good for ya'll. We will be staying in. My DH is on call. The three of us will probably stay up playing the Wii. (Santa gave it to DS this Christmas ;) )