December 20 2009 3 night Wonder [Archive] - Page 2 - The DIS Discussion Forums

Snoopygirl

11-06-2009, 02:01 PM

Hello Fellow Cruisers!!

Well......Unfortunately I must take our family off the list for the FE exchange. Things have not been going too well financailly for us. We almost canceled our whole trip but my mom and I decided that this will probably be the last big vacation for a long time so we're gonna do it! So we really need to cut back on any extra spending. I'm bummed but I hope I can still meet everyone!!!

My daughter is 9 also and it would be great to have these girls meet and hang out while we are cruising.

I'm excited!!

NatdelPozo

11-06-2009, 03:27 PM

NC DCL fans

11-06-2009, 07:03 PM

We are in cat 9 cabin 2520! Please add that to our info for the FE exchange!
(cabin 2520- nc dcl fans - Nancy and John, DD17 Jennifer; DS14 Ryan).

We are so excited since we booked a gty12 cabin for 2 adults and 2 kids and got a cat 9 with a big porthole on deck2!!! Yippeee!!!!!!:cool1:

We are so excited for our second disney cruise!! Can't wait to meet everyone!! Keep hoping for some nice warm weather everybody!

Snoopygirl

11-06-2009, 08:26 PM

Hey, Snoopygirl (remind me of your "real name", please)
Chloe, our 9 yr old, is already excited about meeting other girls her age on the cruise....we'll post our room assignment when we get it!

Can't wait to meet you guys.
Natalia

Sorry about that!! LOL!

Me-Cynthia
DH-Dan
DD9-Alyssa
DD5-Brianna
My mom-Diane

Have you cruised before? This will be a first for all except my mom. We are looking forward to it a lot!

CoriCW

11-06-2009, 11:05 PM

We got our room assignment today. We were upgraded from a 12 GTY to category 10. This could be a problem . This could be an upgrade from He**!:rotfl:

Now to give you the story...My best friend and I are taking our 2 boys on a cruise together. They are both chronically ill and both suffer terminal illnesses. One uses a wheelchair/ scooter for endurance and from fatique or disease flareup. We couldn't get an accessible room.

Today our cabin assignment was for#2653. Deck 2 and as far aft as you can get and over the motors!:scared1:. Reviews say when docking or departing you get thunderous noises and earhtquake sensations which begin as early as 3 am and end around 7 am or when the ship docks. :scared1:

These two boys will need rest after a long day of play and adventure. This would surely wake them with a start and scare the crap out of them as we are inside with no window...

Should I be concerned? Any options available for us?

Thanks

Charleyann:santa:

Hi Charleyann,

How funny is this - we were assigned room 2652, which I think is right across the hall from you!

Our category 12 was upgraded to a category 9, which looked GREAT until I read your review about the noises. Actually, I was fairly happy that we were not around a lot of other rooms due to our youngest son's special needs, and the possibility that he has a 'meltdown' and we have to stay in the stateroom with him until he calms down (which can take an hour or more at times).

Mom & Dad (Mike and Susan Canty) were assigned room 7009 - just about as far away from our room as possible! I think they may be secretly happy about that. :laughing:

GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes

11-07-2009, 05:47 PM

Well I see that DCL has started assigning GTY cabins at the 45-day mark. That’s a good thing. We’ve updated the lists to reflect the changes posted in the last couple of days. We’ll keep checking for updates and we will probably post the first maps sometime this week (for those that will start traveling very early). Sorry to see some folks have had to drop out of the F/E, but everyone should still have a great cruise. Disney would expect nothing less.

Here’s the current F/E list. When we here from the last few groups about cabins, we’ll post the final version and all the accompanying documents. Check your reservations and let us know if there are any changes.

================================================
"Holidays of Wonder" Cruise (Dec 20-23, 2009) - Members Lists
================================================
Current F/E Participants
**Note - Cutoff for joining F/E Exchange will be Sunday, November 29
Cabin - DIS Name - The Crew
-----------------------------------
2082 - ShastaDog - Jennifer, DD13:Lauren
2520 - NC DCL fans - Nancy & John, DD16:Jenn, DS13:Ryan
2652 - CoriCW - Cori & David, DD8:Tina, DS7:Ricky, DS5:Ross
6092 - MSGirl - Ron & Trudie, DD6:Madalin
*GTY - MSGirl(2) - Donald & Sabrina
7009 - CoriCW(2) - Mike & Susan
7123 - Jenpink - Jennifer, DD7:Sulie, DN15:Sam
8038 - jtw999 - Troy & Jeanette, DS12:Jordan, DS10:Connor, DS7:Braden.
8528 - Ware Bears - Bryan & Elaine, DD17:Samantha, DD15:Danielle, DD13:Francesca
**** - nibbo - Nick, DW, DD12, DD14
*GTY - mcl - Katie, DD13:Dilara
*GTY - kkmcan - Kelly & Kyle, DD12:Molly, DS9:Bennett
*GTY - NatdelPozo - Mike & Natalia, DD9:Chloe

Dis Members also Sailing Dec 20
Cabin - DIS Name - The Crew
-----------------------------------
2629 - Snoopygirl - Cynthia & Dan, DD5:Brianna
2631 - Snoopygirl - DGM:Diane, DD9:Alyssa
2653 - Charleyann - Charley, DS14:Jacob & Heidi, DS14:Zackary
**** - asmdisney719 - Me, DH, DS14, DD13, DD4
**** - MOMO2DK - Martha, DH, DD10, DS8

Ware Bears

11-09-2009, 04:27 AM

We got our room assignment today. We were upgraded from a 12 GTY to category 10. This could be a problem . This could be an upgrade from He**!:rotfl:

Now to give you the story...My best friend and I are taking our 2 boys on a cruise together. They are both chronically ill and both suffer terminal illnesses. One uses a wheelchair/ scooter for endurance and from fatique or disease flareup. We couldn't get an accessible room.

Today our cabin assignment was for#2653. Deck 2 and as far aft as you can get and over the motors!:scared1:. Reviews say when docking or departing you get thunderous noises and earhtquake sensations which begin as early as 3 am and end around 7 am or when the ship docks. :scared1:

These two boys will need rest after a long day of play and adventure. This would surely wake them with a start and scare the crap out of them as we are inside with no window...

Should I be concerned? Any options available for us?

Thanks

Charleyann:santa:

Did you book through a TA or direct with DCL? If you booked with a TA, perhaps they can help? :confused3

Hello Fellow Cruisers!!

Well......Unfortunately I must take our family off the list for the FE exchange. Things have not been going too well financailly for us. We almost canceled our whole trip but my mom and I decided that this will probably be the last big vacation for a long time so we're gonna do it! So we really need to cut back on any extra spending. I'm bummed but I hope I can still meet everyone!!!

I'm excited!!

Sorry things aren't going too well :hug: but I'm so glad you're still cruising!! :banana: :banana:

Looking forward to meeting you along with everyone else. :goodvibes

Charleyann

11-09-2009, 04:36 AM

Did you book through a TA or direct with DCL? If you booked with a TA, perhaps they can help? :confused3

Sorry things aren't going too well :hug: but I'm so glad you're still cruising!! :banana: :banana:

Looking forward to meeting you along with everyone else. :goodvibes

We booked with DU. TA said she is doing everything. Disney are the ones being miserable / unwilling to help!

I swear they are losing, what was once good customer service. It seems it doesn't matter to them what they do wrong...because someone else will come along and buy their product. They are just too big now!

This will be our last cruise with Disney. I like the service on Carnival much better. They actually work with you and not against you! Their prices are reasonable and they offer more ports!

STill going to make the best of this cruise . I know I'll love Nassau and Castaway Cay!

Charleyann:santa:

Ware Bears

11-09-2009, 04:52 PM

STill going to make the best of this cruise . I know I'll love Nassau and Castaway Cay!

:thumbsup2 :thumbsup2 :thumbsup2

kkmcan

11-10-2009, 07:14 AM

KKmcan got our room assignment 6541. Not sure how to put that on the list.

NatdelPozo

11-10-2009, 01:14 PM

Good news!! Looks like booking early is definitely the way to go:) We got our room assignments and we've been upgraded from Cat. 12 to Cat. 9 with a porthole.

We'll be in room 2510, which, from the reviews sounds like a nice, quiet room.

Can't wait to meet all you guys!

BEYOND EXCITED!! :goodvibes

mcl

11-10-2009, 01:16 PM

Hi, Everyone,

We just got our Cabin Number. I guess we are really going. :goodvibes:

2026 mcl Katie & DD:Dilara (13)

I signed Dilara up for "the Wild Side." I do hope she makes friends and has a good time. Meanwhile, DOM (dear old mom) will choose something a little less "active," possibly a manicure.

Still undecided about an excursion in Nassau. We've done "dolphin swims" and are looking for something different. Any suggestions?

Katie :beach: and Dilara :cheer2:

GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes

11-10-2009, 09:43 PM

This may be the final F/E list. We have cabins for nearly all of the participating groups. We will continue to monitor the thread and keep everyone apprised of changes, but for those that are starting to travel in the next few days, this should be a real good start.

================================================
"Holidays of Wonder" Cruise (Dec 20-23, 2009) - Members Lists
================================================
Current F/E Participants
**Note - Cutoff for joining F/E Exchange will be Sunday, November 29
Cabin - DIS Name - The Crew
-----------------------------------
2026 - mcl - Katie, DD13:Dilara
2082 - ShastaDog - Jennifer, DD13:Lauren
2510 - NatdelPozo - Mike & Natalia, DD9:Chloe
2520 - NC DCL fans - Nancy & John, DD16:Jenn, DS13:Ryan
2652 - CoriCW - Cori & David, DD8:Tina, DS7:Ricky, DS5:Ross
6092 - MSGirl - Ron & Trudie, DD6:Madalin
6313 - MSGirl(2) - Donald & Sabrina
6541 - kkmcan - Kelly & Kyle, DD12:Molly, DS9:Bennett
7009 - CoriCW(2) - Mike & Susan
7123 - Jenpink - Jennifer, DD7:Sulie, DN15:Sam
8038 - jtw999 - Troy & Jeanette, DS12:Jordan, DS10:Connor, DS7:Braden.
8528 - Ware Bears - Bryan & Elaine, DD17:Samantha, DD15:Danielle, DD13:Francesca

Dis Members also Sailing Dec 20
Cabin - DIS Name - The Crew
-----------------------------------
2629 - Snoopygirl - Cynthia & Dan, DD5:Brianna
2631 - Snoopygirl - DGM:Diane, DD9:Alyssa
2653 - Charleyann - Charley, DS14:Jacob & Heidi, DS14:Zackary
**** - nibbo - Nick, DW, DD12, DD14
**** - asmdisney719 - Me, DH, DS14, DD13, DD4
**** - MOMO2DK - Martha, DH, DD10, DS8

GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes

11-10-2009, 09:45 PM

Here’s a printable image of the current F/E Ship’s Map for the 12/20/2009 sailing of the Disney Wonder. The cabins participating are highlighted in “DIS Green”. In this scale it’s a little hard to read the cabin numbers, but with the included cabin list, this should give you a real good idea where everyone is located as your walking around the ship. We can also email you the original Word Document that this image was created from if you want to PM us an email address. If someone would like to volunteer to print copies to bring and hand out at the DIS-Meet, just let us know.

If we receive additional changes for cabin assignments we’ll update the image and repost.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv185/RuledByVenus/Wonder%20Dec09/FEMap2009-12-20-1.jpg

mcl

11-11-2009, 08:28 AM

Rob, Tamara and Max

Thank you so much for all your time and effort putting this list together. You are truly amazing.

Katie Long :thanks:

Ware Bears

11-12-2009, 03:23 AM

Rob, Tamara and Max

Thank you so much for all your time and effort putting this list together. You are truly amazing.

Katie Long :thanks:

I second this ~ thank you!! :hug:

NatdelPozo

11-13-2009, 07:51 PM

Just in case anyone's interested.... I happened to be in Macy's today doing some Christmas shopping. They've got a Mickey Sailor stuffed animal (aka: plush) with a travel alarm clock for $15!! The Mickey talks, too. I can't remember what it says, because I'm hiding it in the trunk of my car!:santa: But I think he says Merry Christmas. Just wanted to share! Way too excited! Almost can't contain ourselves:yay:

xx Big Bad Wolf xx

11-14-2009, 07:08 AM

Hi! I'm Francesca and I am Ware Bear's DD (13). I am so excited about coming on this cruise, I hope I will meet some of you at the Teen Club! :goodvibes

Charleyann

11-14-2009, 07:39 AM

Hi! I'm Francesca and I am Ware Bear's DD (13). I am so excited about coming on this cruise, I hope I will meet some of you at the Teen Club! :goodvibes

My son just turned 14years old . He too is looking forward to meeting teens. Are you on Facebook ? PM me if you would like to join his facebook and chat about the upcoming cruise. I'll give you his name!!!!

We are getting very excited!!!!!

Charleyann

Charleyann

11-14-2009, 07:44 AM

Hi Charleyann,

How funny is this - we were assigned room 2652, which I think is right across the hall from you!

Our category 12 was upgraded to a category 9, which looked GREAT until I read your review about the noises. Actually, I was fairly happy that we were not around a lot of other rooms due to our youngest son's special needs, and the possibility that he has a 'meltdown' and we have to stay in the stateroom with him until he calms down (which can take an hour or more at times).

Mom & Dad (Mike and Susan Canty) were assigned room 7009 - just about as far away from our room as possible! I think they may be secretly happy about that. :laughing:

Funny how we both have special needs children and were placed over the engines and as far back as possible!!!!

It is great though to have a fellow diser beside us. You got a window at least!!!!

Have a great cruise!!!

PS....I work with autistic kids!

Charleyann

MSGirl

11-15-2009, 01:41 PM

My parents have their stateroom number. Its 6313. Sorry it took so long they have been out of town.

GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes

11-15-2009, 03:54 PM

My parents have their stateroom number. Its 6313. Sorry it took so long they have been out of town.

Thanks for the update! :thumbsup2 That may be the last cabin number we need.

I see that they got one of the forward Cat-11s on the “Secret Hall Way”. We stayed in 6317 on the Magic this past summer and it’s a great location. There is not a lot of ships motion when your sleeping. These cabins are also very quiet and the traffic is pretty low because not many folks realize that there is a hallway hidden back in there.

Thanks again for the info. We’ll repost the list and maps in a little bit. Have a great cruise!

GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes

11-15-2009, 04:02 PM

We just got the last GTY cabin number for the F/E list. Unless someone else joins in between here and the 29th, this should be just what everyone needs to pull off a successful Fish Extender Gift Exchange. We really wish we were going along with y'all.

Just for giggles,;) if someone wants to (and we mean only if you really want to) and has any extra F/E “stuff”, leave a little something hanging on the fish or the door handle of Cabin #2035 and include a note telling them that the folks who were originally going to be in that room hope that they are having a “Wonderful” cruise and wish them a Merry Christmas. You can include the DIS website address and your and our DIS-Names so that they can try to look us up on the boards if they want, and if not, then it would just be a nice little extra for their cruise.

Well, enough of that, here’s the updated F/E list (and we'll republish the updated map in the next post):

================================================
"Holidays of Wonder" Cruise (Dec 20-23, 2009) - Members Lists
================================================
Current F/E Participants
**Note - Cutoff for joining F/E Exchange will be Sunday, November 29
Cabin - DIS Name - The Crew
-----------------------------------
2026 - mcl - Katie, DD13:Dilara
2082 - ShastaDog - Jennifer, DD13:Lauren
2510 - NatdelPozo - Mike & Natalia, DD9:Chloe
2520 - NC DCL fans - Nancy & John, DD16:Jenn, DS13:Ryan
2652 - CoriCW - Cori & David, DD8:Tina, DS7:Ricky, DS5:Ross
6092 - MSGirl - Ron & Trudie, DD6:Madalin
6313 - MSGirl(2) - Donald & Sabrina
6541 - kkmcan - Kelly & Kyle, DD12:Molly, DS9:Bennett
7009 - CoriCW(2) - Mike & Susan
7123 - Jenpink - Jennifer, DD7:Sulie, DN15:Sam
8038 - jtw999 - Troy & Jeanette, DS12:Jordan, DS10:Connor, DS7:Braden.
8528 - Ware Bears - Bryan & Elaine, DD17:Samantha, DD15:Danielle, DD13:Francesca

Dis Members also Sailing Dec 20
Cabin - DIS Name - The Crew
-----------------------------------
2629 - Snoopygirl - Cynthia & Dan, DD5:Brianna
2631 - Snoopygirl - DGM:Diane, DD9:Alyssa
2653 - Charleyann - Charley, DS14:Jacob & Heidi, DS14:Zackary
**** - nibbo - Nick, DW, DD12, DD14
**** - asmdisney719 - Me, DH, DS14, DD13, DD4
**** - MOMO2DK - Martha, DH, DD10, DS8

GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes

11-15-2009, 04:05 PM

Here's an image of the updated Map and we can still email anyone a copy of the origional if you just PM us with your email address.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv185/RuledByVenus/Wonder%20Dec09/FEMap2009-12-20-1.jpg

mcl

11-17-2009, 03:24 PM

GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes

11-17-2009, 05:31 PM

I will, our cabin is very close. We will be thinking about you in December, and hope to meet you on a future cruise.

Thank you! I know it’s a silly idea, but since we can't sail this time, it’s just a way of still going along for the ride. :rolleyes: Have a great cruise!

ShastaDog

11-20-2009, 02:26 PM

I can't believe how long ago I booked this thing, thinking there would be plenty of time to get everything ready, and now it is only a month away! I still have so much to do. But I'm looking forward to meeting all of you soon!

mcl

11-20-2009, 07:56 PM

Wow, I just realized in exactly 30 days we will be sailing toward the Bahamas!
Happy packing, everyone. For me, the anticipation and planning is part of the fun. Looking forward to meeting you'all.

Katie:laundy:

Ware Bears

11-21-2009, 03:44 PM

LOL!! :lmao: I can't believe that after over a year of anticipation and huge excitement that I completely missed yesterday's date of exactly a month to go!! :rotfl: What am I like!! :eek: :rotfl2:

Needless to say, I am now getting more and more excited by the day. Three more weeks of work (well, I have to go in on the Monday of the following week but I'm not counting that :rotfl: ) then it's off to WDW we go!! :yay:

I'm really looking forward to meeting everyone too. :goodvibes

Ware Bears

11-21-2009, 03:48 PM

Rob, Tamara, thanks for the updated list and map. :goodvibes

I am going to be putting together our fish extender gifts next week.

Are there any children on the exchange who are allergic to/not allowed chocolate or candy?

I would hate to pack something that they can't have and disappoint them.

jtw999

11-22-2009, 12:28 AM

Are there any children on the exchange who are allergic to/not allowed chocolate or candy?

Good question!! I am having a hard time of thinking what to put in the Fish Extender... I'm also hoping my F/E arrives in time. I ordered it from Ebay.

NatdelPozo

11-23-2009, 08:56 AM

For the longest time, my DH and DD thought I was completely crazy for being so excited, but now that the time is drawing closer, we are all just giddy with excitement! Can't wait to meet all you guys....looking forward to many hours of fun and relaxation! Cheers, everyone:cheer2:

Ware Bears

11-23-2009, 02:36 PM

Our cruise documents came today!!! :yay: :yay: :yay:

NatdelPozo

11-23-2009, 04:23 PM

mcl

11-23-2009, 04:34 PM

NatdelPozzo,

My daughter and I went on a 3-day Disney cruise in 2008. We received a tip recommendation and I followed it exactly. I believe our total (for 2 adults) was between $70 and $75. We were able to stop by the main desk, put the tips on our credit card, and they gave us vouchers to give to the steward, server, etc. Hope that helps.

Katie

GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes

11-23-2009, 05:35 PM

Does anyone have suggestions for tip amounts for the stewards, wait staff, etc? I read somewhere that the staff really appreciate phone cards, too, so I'm trying to plan ahead and have our "envelope" money and gift cards ready to go...

This is our first cruise, so we'd love any advice some of you veterans may have.

Thanks!

Here’s a great link to a good cruising tip calculator.

http://cruisetip.tpkeller.com/

Just fill in the parameters and it will figure the average total for your specific cruise line.

The most common suggested tips on DCL are: $4.00 per person per day for your steward, $4.00 per person per day for your dining room server, $3.00 per person per day for your assistant server and $1.00 per person per day for your head server. You can always add more (or less) depending on the level of service you receive from each individual. Phone cards are welcome, but cash is more versatile (especially since the advent of cell phones).

NatdelPozo

11-24-2009, 08:54 AM

Thanks for the advice! (I suppose they might have some more info. in the cruise packet, too.)

CoriCW

11-27-2009, 04:25 PM

It's getting close!!

We told our kids about the cruise today, and I am getting ready to finish putting our Fish Extender together!

I'M SO EXCITED!!!

Charleyann

11-27-2009, 06:04 PM

jtw999

11-29-2009, 09:30 PM

Am I right that after today the list is finalized? I'm looking forward to searching out some gifts for the fish extenders.
We're getting so excited!!:yay:

GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes

11-29-2009, 09:45 PM

Am I right that after today the list is finalized? I'm looking forward to searching out some gifts for the fish extenders.
We're getting so excited!!:yay:

You are correct. :thumbsup2 The F/E Exchange is officially set as of today. Just as a reminder for everyone who joined in, here’s the official list (and I’ll repost the map in just a bit as well). Also remember that we can email all our related spreadsheets and/or a copy of the original ship’s map for this F/E to any one that wishes to send us a PM with their email address.

And so, with out farther ado…
We now present the official Fish Extender Exchange List for the 12/20/2009 “Holidays of Wonder” Cruise.

================================================
"Holidays of Wonder" Cruise (Dec 20-23, 2009) - Members Lists
================================================
All F/E Participants
**Note - The Cutoff for joining F/E Exchange was Sunday, November 29
Cabin - DIS Name - The Crew
-----------------------------------
2026 - mcl - Katie, DD13:Dilara
2082 - ShastaDog - Jennifer, DD13:Lauren
2510 - NatdelPozo - Mike & Natalia, DD9:Chloe
2520 - NC DCL fans - Nancy & John, DD16:Jenn, DS13:Ryan
2652 - CoriCW - Cori & David, DD8:Tina, DS7:Ricky, DS5:Ross
6092 - MSGirl - Ron & Trudie, DD6:Madalin
6313 - MSGirl(2) - Donald & Sabrina
6541 - kkmcan - Kelly & Kyle, DD12:Molly, DS9:Bennett
7009 - CoriCW(2) - Mike & Susan
7123 - Jenpink - Jennifer, DD7:Sulie, DN15:Sam
8038 - jtw999 - Troy & Jeanette, DS12:Jordan, DS10:Connor, DS7:Braden.
8528 - Ware Bears - Bryan & Elaine, DD17:Samantha, DD15:Danielle, DD13:Francesca

Snoopygirl

11-29-2009, 09:51 PM

You are correct. :thumbsup2 The F/E Exchange is officially set as of today. Just as a reminder for everyone who joined in, here’s the official list (and I’ll repost the map in just a bit as well). Also remember that we can email all our related spreadsheets and/or a copy of the original ship’s map for this F/E to any one that wishes to send us a PM with their email address.

And so, with out farther ado…
We now present the official Fish Extender Exchange List for the 12/20/2009 “Holidays of Wonder” Cruise.

================================================
"Holidays of Wonder" Cruise (Dec 20-23, 2009) - Members Lists
================================================
All F/E Participants
**Note - The Cutoff for joining F/E Exchange was Sunday, November 29
Cabin - DIS Name - The Crew
-----------------------------------
2026 - mcl - Katie, DD13:Dilara
2082 - ShastaDog - Jennifer, DD13:Lauren
2510 - NatdelPozo - Mike & Natalia, DD9:Chloe
2520 - NC DCL fans - Nancy & John, DD16:Jenn, DS13:Ryan
2652 - CoriCW - Cori & David, DD8:Tina, DS7:Ricky, DS5:Ross
6092 - MSGirl - Ron & Trudie, DD6:Madalin
6313 - MSGirl(2) - Donald & Sabrina
6541 - kkmcan - Kelly & Kyle, DD12:Molly, DS9:Bennett
7009 - CoriCW(2) - Mike & Susan
7123 - Jenpink - Jennifer, DD7:Sulie, DN15:Sam
8038 - jtw999 - Troy & Jeanette, DS12:Jordan, DS10:Connor, DS7:Braden.
8528 - Ware Bears - Bryan & Elaine, DD17:Samantha, DD15:Danielle, DD13:Francesca

Dis Members also Sailing Dec 20
Cabin - DIS Name - The Crew
-----------------------------------
2629 - Snoopygirl - Cynthia & Dan, DD5:Brianna
2631 - Snoopygirl - DGM:Diane, DD9:Alyssa
2653 - Charleyann - Charley, DS14:Jacob & Heidi, DS14:Zackary
**** - nibbo - Nick, DW, DD12, DD14
**** - asmdisney719 - Me, DH, DS14, DD13, DD4
**** - MOMO2DK - Martha, DH, DD10, DS8

Hey Everyone,

Sorry but we need to take our names off the FE list. Cabins 2629 & 2631.

Can't wait to meet everyone!!!

GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes

11-29-2009, 09:54 PM

Here’s the official printable image of the current F/E Ship’s Map for the 12/20/2009 sailing of the Disney Wonder. As before, the cabins participating are highlighted in “DIS Green”. In this scale it’s a little hard to read the cabin numbers, but with the included cabin list, this should get you around the ship. We can also email you the original Word Document that this image was created from if you want to PM us an email address.

Please take lots of pictures and post a few back here. We’d love to sail along with everyone and pictures are as close as we’ll get this time around. We hope you all have a fabulous cruise and a Wonderful Holiday.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv185/RuledByVenus/Wonder%20Dec09/FEMap2009-12-20-1.jpg

CoriCW

11-29-2009, 11:10 PM

Our Fish Extender is finished! :banana:

2.5 more weeks until we leave for Orlando! The kids know now, and are starting to get excited! DD8 spent most of the weekend making lists of everything she needs to do on the cruise. I think #11 was 'try not to fall overboard'. :rotfl2:

I think our FE gifts are done, and have started printing out schedules and other documents. I'm working on a pictorial schedule for DS5 and hope that it will help with some of his anxiety issues. Still haven't started making magnets yet, though. Gotta get moving on that...

This is exciting!! :santa:

Ware Bears

12-04-2009, 10:59 AM

:santa:OMG....Can't believe it. Just 7 more days until our vacation begins with a 7 night exotic western Carribean Cruise (Carnival Valor). We go to Grand Cayman Island, Belize, Houndrus and Cozumel. Then it is off to Disney world for 7 days and then the Disney cruise on Dec. 20th!!!!!!!

Come on everybody!!!! Get excited with me!!!!:rotfl:

Charleyann

I hope I haven't missed you, Charleyann. I've been so busy with work I just haven't found time to come on here. :sad2:

Have a wonderful cruise ~ it sounds so exciting :yay: :yay: :yay: then enjoy your week at Disney.

Hope to see you on the 20th in the Promenade Lounge at 3pm :wave2:

So you know what we look like ~ here's a photo of us on our last trip to WDW although we look a bit older now :rotfl2:

http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/data/500/45513image303_429_x_600_.jpg

Bon Voyage!! :sail:

CoriCW

12-06-2009, 02:10 PM

So I think we finished all our FE gifts, but I may have goofed up our Fish Extender. :confused: I used stockings instead of pockets, and I don't think they open up that wide. What happens if the FE gift doesn't fit in the FE pockets? Do you just leave it by the door? I would be worried someone would pick it up and walk away with it.

I still have time to fix it, so I think I may have to slice open the sides of the stockings and add material so they actually open more....

It's getting close! And I am READY to be out of this SNOW and in the warm Florida sunshine! :cool1:

Ware Bears

12-06-2009, 04:20 PM

Good luck with sorting out your FE. I cheated and bought mine off Ebay! :upsidedow

I'm hoping for some warm sunshine too BUT have you seen the weather forecast? Not very warm, I'm afraid :cold: and it's supposed to rain :umbrella: on the 20th. :eek:

jtw999

12-06-2009, 05:02 PM

What weather site are you looking at? The ones that I can find only go a few days ahead. I'm starting to pack and would love a heads-up as to the weather we can expect!

IrishCowboy

12-07-2009, 02:00 PM

Hope y'all have a wonderful cruise!

Ware Bears

12-07-2009, 03:34 PM

Hope y'all have a wonderful cruise!
Thank you! :goodvibes
What weather site are you looking at? The ones that I can find only go a few days ahead. I'm starting to pack and would love a heads-up as to the weather we can expect!

I've been looking at Accuweather (http://www.accuweather.com/us/fl/orlando/32801/forecast3.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=1&metric=0).

Seeing as Florida is a lot further south than Britain, I was hoping to get away with a hoodie and a waterproof rainjacket but have decided to play safe and bring a winter coat, scarf and gloves now! :rotfl:

Ware Bears

12-07-2009, 04:50 PM

I've just looked at the weather in Nassau (http://www.accuweather.com/world-forecast3.asp?partner=accuweather&locCode=CAC|BS|BF016|NASSAU&metric=0) for the day we'll be there and wished I hadn't :sad2: :sad2: :sad2:

I am going to be keeping everything crossed over the next few days that the weather will drastically change!! :wizard:

NatdelPozo

12-08-2009, 08:46 AM

As someone who comes from the Southern US, I can tell you from experience that it's really difficult to predict what might happen in the Carribean this far in advance, so I'm hopefully optimistic that it could easily change in our favor.

Luckily, the temperature forecasts look great! And if the rain is only in the morning, we should do just fine....maybe it'll give us a few extra hours to sleep in and enjoy the ship before we embark on our excursions? (I don't know about you guys, but we're going to Atlantis, come rain or shine!!):cutie:

We'll keep our fingers crossed, too. And look forward to good news, weather-wise;)

NatdelPozo

12-08-2009, 10:10 AM

Only 9 days until we fly into Orlando!!:woohoo:

asmdisney719

12-08-2009, 12:02 PM

Hi all,

Leaving this weekend for our long vacation. Can't wait. Hope the weather is nice. :banana:

ShastaDog

12-10-2009, 09:08 AM

Only one week left, yeah! :yay:

jtw999

12-10-2009, 07:19 PM

Is there a way of checking the weather in Castaway Cay?

mcl

12-13-2009, 11:12 AM

In exactly one week, we will be boarding the DCL Wonder. :santa:

Can't wait.

Time to finish packing.

CoriCW

12-13-2009, 12:01 PM

I'm too excited to sleep!!!!!!! :banana::banana::banana:

Snoopygirl

12-13-2009, 04:51 PM

I just checked the weather.....not looking too good for us :sad2:

But.....we'll be on a Disney Cruise so who cares!!! Right????!!!! :banana:

Remember, I'm a first-timer, so I have some questions:

Do we have to dress up every night for dinner?? One night we are going to wear dresses and all. But what about the other nights? What rest. do you like to really get dressed up for?

What should I pack??? I'm getting stressed! LOL!

Thanks!!

NatdelPozo

12-14-2009, 08:47 AM

The weather's looking slightly better according to weather.com....keep your fingers crossed!!:santa:

NatdelPozo

12-14-2009, 11:11 AM

I think I may have found a way to track the weather at Castaway Cay (or at least close by). Try this: http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/tenday/BFXX0013?from=interactive_topnav_business

Still keeping our fingers crossed!;)

mcl

12-14-2009, 11:31 AM

[/LIST]Do we have to dress up every night for dinner?? One night we are going to wear dresses and all. But what about the other nights? What rest. do you like to really get dressed up for?

What should I pack??? I'm getting stressed! LOL!

Snoopygirl,

Last year, on our first cruise, I was happy to see most people dressed more casually for dinner than I had expected. A few of the young girls did wear their beautiful Princess dresses. Some people got very dressed up, on their "dress up" dinner evening, most wore nice, but more casual clothes. Whatever you choose will be fine.

See you all next Sunday,
Katie

Ware Bears

12-15-2009, 04:09 AM

Just doing our very last minute packing ~ then we are off to stay the night at an airport hotel and will fly out to Orlando tomorrow. :yay:

I will be praying for better weather but who cares, we will have great fun whatever!! :banana: :banana: :banana:

Safe travels everyone and I look forward to hopefully meeting some of you at the Promenade lounge at 3pm. :wave2:

NatdelPozo

12-16-2009, 08:16 PM

Well, at least they're not predicting rain for our cruise;) Gotta focus on the positive, right?! We're going to have a blast!! Leaving tomorrow....see you all there:cutie:

CoriCW

12-16-2009, 09:24 PM

We're finishing up packing and leaving tomorrow afternoon!!! This is going to be AWESOME!!!!

See you all on Sunday!

mcl

12-18-2009, 08:05 AM

After school today, we will be driving to Orlando. Looking forward to meeting everyone on Sunday.

Happy cruising,
Katie and Dilara

ShastaDog

12-23-2009, 09:25 PM

Well, after a small flight delay (5 hours!), we are finally home. And as I'm facing a pile of laundry and an angry cat who decided to eat my house plants, all I can think is: I want to go back!

We had such a great time, and it was so nice to meet all of you! Katie & Dilara - It was great talking with you and Lauren had a fun time hanging out in the hot tub and Aloft. Natalia & Chloe - I hope your Birthday was great! Cori & Tina – We loved the melted snowman, it was so cute! Bryan, Elaine & the girls - it was nice seeing you around the ship and Lauren says thank you for the fizzie candies (they were her favorite!). And to everyone else: Thank you for the great Fish Extender Gifts! There was such a nice collection and it was lots of fun to come back to the room and find new things dropped off!

This whole experience was awesome and I look forward to doing it again. Hope to see you all again around the DIS site or even better, at Disney!

Jennifer and Lauren

jtw999

01-01-2010, 10:37 PM

Thank you everyone for the fish extender gifts! Our family had a wonderful time on the Wonder. I hope we can travel it again soon!

CoriCW

01-03-2010, 09:46 AM

What a GREAT trip! Thank you everyone for being part of it! Rob & Tamara - we missed you!

By the way, for those of you on the family beach on Castaway Cay around lunchtime, I was the one they brought back to the ship in a wheelchair. I dislocated my elbow. :( OW!

Ware Bears

01-03-2010, 05:13 PM

We're finally home after a fantastic holiday and the cruise was totally AWESOME!! The only thing I didn't like about it was having to disembark on the 23rd!

It was so nice to meet some of you and thank you everyone for all the fish extender gifts ~ it was such fun to keep on finding new gifts waiting for us. :flower3:

Cori ~ ouch, that sounds very painful, I hope it's better now and that it didn't spoil your cruise too much. :hug:

Wishing you all a Happy New Year ~ I hope it will be healthy, happy and prosperous for you all. :grouphug: