November 25, 2009 ~ Gobble~Gobble~ 4 Day WONDER Thanksgiving Cruise

[shari2shop]

Come join us as we plan for a WONDERful 4 day Thanksgiving cruise!!!

Our itinerary:
Wednesday, November 25, 2009 ~ Port Canaveral Operation Gobble Gobble MEET & GREET!

Thursday, November 26, 2009 ~ Nassau 9:30am to 7:00pm

Friday, November 27, 2009 ~ At Sea Piratepirate:Night

Saturday, November 28, 2009 ~ Castaway Cay 8:30am to 5:00pm

Sunday, November 29, 2009 ~ Port Canaveral

Fish Extenders spreadsheet is here (http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AkEQVMPjpHUadFpfVmhfVUhFWWV0emhBel9LaENBW mc&hl=en)

[shari2shop]

Get to know your Fellow Cruisers.........

Shari2Shop ~ Shari, Clayton, Cole (12) & Cate (10) ~ 1st Disney cruise.... 3rd cruise

lincolnsparents ~ Kathy, Neil, Lincoln (8)~ 2nd Disney Cruise
Cruising Grandparents ~ Lincoln's Grandparents!

MaggieAtSea ~ Maggie, DH, DS (7) ~ 1st Disney cruise.... 7th cruise

Lucas ~ Lucas & DH ~ 3rd Disney cruise!

alady89 ~ Amy, Ray, D'Morea (12) ~ 1st Disney cruise

genmasjoy ~ Has cruised Disney before

buckeyejennifer ~ Jennifer, Mike, Mallory (2.5) ~ First ever cruise!!

Princess Runner ~ Elcka, Carlos, Andres (16), Carmen (5) ~ 3rd Disney Cruise

KaM Mom ~ Jim, Karen, Kameron (8), Miranda (6) ~ 1st Disney cruise and 1st ever cruise for kids!

srsatkowiak ~ Stephanie (28) & DH (28) ~ Both first time cruisers

miksilver ~ Kim (31), DH (32), DD (4), Kim's Mom, brothers and sister in law ~ 2nd Disney Cruise but avid cruisers!

AJMlovesRLM ~ Allen, Rhonda, Collin (7 3/4)

Diana1 ~ DW, DH ~ First Ever Cruise!!

JboftX ~

asmith1113 ~ Amy, John, Zach (13), Betty (Grandma!)~ 5 Disney Cruises

Ashansen ~ Ashley, DD (9), DD (7) ~ Second Thanksgiving Cruise

genmasjoy ~ John, Joy ~ 3rd Thanksgiving Cruise

[shari2shop]

What to do for fun off the ship......
Nassau Excursions....
Graycliff Hotel Wine and Cheese Pairing
Experience 5-star dining at the world-renowned Graycliff Hotel and Restaurant and savor the flavor of some of the best wine and cheese from around the globe.

Graycliff Cigar and Rum Experience
Discover the secrets of world- class cigars and rums! Master cigar rollers will demonstrate the art of producing award-winning cigars, before enjoying some of the Caribbean's finest rums.

Graycliff Escape Nassau
Escape the hustle and bustle of Nassau by relaxing at Graycliff Hotel & Restaurant. Enjoy a first-class meal and service as you relax by the pool in a tranquil tropical garden setting.

Dolphin Trainer for a Day
Spend an unforgettable day with a Marine Mammal Specialist for the ultimate, hands-on experience as you feed, train and care for dolphins and sea lions at the Atlantis Resort.

Sunshine Glass Bottom Boat Tour
Go under the sea without getting wet aboard a double-decker glass bottom boat that glides through Nassau Harbor and the picturesque tropical coastline.

Discover Atlantis
Uncover a mesmerizing myriad of aquatic life at Discover Atlantis, an ocean-water aquarium that recalls the mystery of the mythic ancient city.

Ardastra Gardens & City Tour
Retreat to the tropical serenity of Adastra Gardens, home to a bevy of Bahamian land animals, before learning the history of Nassau on a narrated city tour.

Nassau Forts and Junkanoo Discovery
Surround yourself in the history of Nassau during a tour of historical landmarks including the Queen's Staircase, Fort Fincastle and Fort Charlotte before immersing yourself in the local culture at the Junkanoo exhibit.

Seaworld Explorer Semi-Submarine
Soak up the undersea splendor aboard a partially submerged submarine as you marvel at amazing Bahamian marine life through large glass windows.

Sea and See Tour
Enjoy Nassau by land and sea as you combine the Seaworld Explorer Semi-Submarine experience with a narrated tour of the island.

Climbers Rush & Aquaventure
Hang tough as you climb towards the summit on your choice of first-class climbing walls, and then make a splash at Aquaventure — Atlantis Resort's new water-themed attraction.

Atlantis Beach Day
Uncover a myriad of exotic marine life at the Discover Atlantis aquarium before bathing in the sun and surf of beautiful Nassau.

Blackbeard's Cay Stingray & Beach Adventure
Journey by boat to the secluded island oasis of Blackbeard's Cay where you're invited to hand-feed friendly stingrays amidst the crystal-clear Caribbean water.

Blue Lagoon Island Dolphin Observer
Watch a family member or friend come "face-to-fins" with real dolphins during our Nassau Dolphin Encounter from a close - but dry - distance.

Atlantis Aquaventure
Make a splash at Aquaventure — Atlantis Resort's new water-themed attraction — and experience awesome state-of-the-art water slides, a mile-long river ride, sandy beaches, pools and more.

Nassau Harbor Cruise
Embark on a seaside cruise to some of the most stunning sights of the Bahamas — all on a private catamaran!

Atlantis Dolphin Cay & Aquaventure
Immerse yourself in the thrills and spills of Aquaventure — Atlantis Resort's new water-themed attraction — and experience an unforgettable "hands-on" water interaction with real live dolphins at Dolphin Cay.

Sea Lion Encounter
Get ready for a once in a lifetime experience as you interact with Sea Lions in a protected lagoon at beautiful Blue Lagoon Island.

Blue Lagoon Island Beach Day
Relax for a day on the pearly shores of beautiful Blue Lagoon Island, a popular private getaway for families looking for fun and sun.

Caribbean Queen Snorkel Tour
Set sail along the clear-blue waters of Nassau and take in a delightful narrated tour before making your way to Athol Island for some snorkeling.

Catamaran Sail & Reef Snorkeling
Plunge into adventure on this delightful catamaran tour of historic Nassau Harbor that includes snorkeling amidst tropical marine life and coral reefs.

Scuba Dive at Stuart Cove
Attention, certified divers! Take the plunge into the turquoise waters of the Caribbean during a scuba diving adventure where unique coral and vibrant tropical fish abound.

Blue Lagoon Island Dolphin Encounter
Immerse yourself in an unforgettable up-close and personal encounter with dolphins you're sure to never forget.

Blue Lagoon Dolphin Swim
Get ready for the experience of a lifetime as you swim with these marvelous mammals at beautiful Blue Lagoon Island!

Segway "Off Road" Back to Nature
Enjoy natural Nassau on a picturesque off-road Segway ride through Earth Village.

Castaway Cay Excursions....
Glass Bottom Boat Scenic Voyage
Glimpse an amazing world of marine life and coral formations during a glass- bottom boat ride through the crystal blue waters of the Caribbean.

Castaway Cay Island Cruise
Cruise around Castaway Cay, Disney's private island, where some of the most notorious pirates once sailed! Sit back and enjoy a beverage as the Bahamas' rich and storied history comes to life with the words of your trusty narrator.

Bicycle Rentals
Pedal along meandering pathways and through tropical grounds in a relaxing excursion perfect for everyone in the family.

The Wild Side
Snorkel, kayak and take a scenic bike ride amidst a tropical island paradise as you indulge in a thrilling tour of the island — perfect for the teen in your family.

Parasailing
Fly high in the sky above Disney's own Castaway Cay during a breathtaking aerial adventure — and discover a panoramic view of paradise.

Float/Tube Rentals
Bounce up and down atop the turquoise-blue waters of the Caribbean in a float or inner tube and feel your cares wash away.

Castaway Ray's Stingray Adventure
Immerse yourself in a wondrous water adventure where you're invited to feed and touch real-live stingrays.

Extreme Getaway Package
4-in-1 fun under the sun! Relax in an inner tube, snorkel in the Caribbean blue, get up-close and personal to real live stingrays and then go biking along an offshore trail.

Snorkel Lagoon Equipment Rental
Make a splash with an all-day snorkel rental which gives you unlimited access to the Castaway Snorkel lagoon.

Castaway Cay Getaway Package
Surrender to a 3-in-1 adventure! Snorkel and swim amidst tropical fish, lounge the day away in a cozy float and then discover the magic of Castaway Cay by bike.

Boat Rentals
Set sail in the boat of your choice and embark on a breezy adventure atop the crystal-blue waters of Castaway Cay.

Castaway Cay Bottom Fishing
Experience "reel" fun off the coast of the picturesque Abaco Islands in this half-day bottom-fishing excursion.

Seahorse Catamaran Snorkel Adventure
Escape to a private spot off the Abacos via power catamaran and immerse yourself in a snorkeling adventure overflowing with marine life and coral reefs.

Walking & Kayak Nature Adventure
Stroll the scenic tropical terrain on a guided walking tour before embarking on a kayak adventure and uncovering the tranquil side of Castaway Cay.

Watercraft Ski Adventure - Double
Navigate your own "WaveRunner" watercraft with a family member or friend on a guided tour through crystal blue waters while hearing about the region's many treasured wonders.

Watercraft Ski Adventure - Single
Take the wheel of your own "WaveRunner" watercraft on an amazing guided tour through paradise while learning about the tropical marine life and compelling history of the region.

[whithouston]

We will be going on this Thanksgiving cruise! It will be our 4th cruise, but first with the little guy...

Scott (30), DW--Christy (31) and DS--Evan (18 months at the time of sailing.)

Looking forward to it!

Scott :)

[lincolnsparents]

we will be joining this is our second cruise so we cant wait!:goodvibes

[whithouston]

we will be joining this is our second cruise so we cant wait!:goodvibes

Do we know you???

[lincolnsparents]

well i know scot and christy houston but dont know an evan houston so i dont know :goodvibes :lmao:

[whithouston]

well i know scot and christy houston but dont know an evan houston so i dont know :goodvibes :lmao:

Oh yeah...you haven't met him yet, have you? :)

I thought Christy was going to back out on us today...but I re-convinced her! :)

[whithouston]

well i know scot and christy houston but dont know an evan houston so i dont know :goodvibes :lmao:

Well...now you have met Evan!! :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

[lincolnsparents]

he is soooo cute

[whithouston]

he is soooo cute

Thanks :) We are looking forward to seeing him with everything on the ship!!

[MaggieAtSea]

I'm delighted to be sailing with my then-will-be-just-turned 7 y.o. and DH on this cruise... our first with Disney. Grandparents joining us (they are REALLY brave!) in their own cabin. I'm "wonder"-ing if we're up for allllll those children... and what the weather will be like in the Bahamas in November... but we're game for 4 days. Who knows, it could start something...

I signed up for the roll call on Cruise Critic, but hoping the vibrancy of this community gets us stoked for the trip.

Looking forward to seeing who else joins us in the coming months....

...and fish extenders...
...and magnets...
good gracious, we've been cruising for a long time but these are terms we've just learned about. And more learning about Disney Crusie Culture to come. Welcome to Disney, I suppose!

[whithouston]

Welcome aboard MaggieAtSea!!! Glad to hear that you will be joining us. I think that you will definitely enjoy the Disney Cruise Line! :)

We went on a Disney Cruise back in November of 2007 and the weather was fine. We were in shorts and t-shirts the whole time. We didn't get in the water at Castaway Cay because my wife was pregnant at the time, but everyone else was! :)

If you have any specific questions, please let us know!

[whithouston]

Here is our DISList for the November 25-29 Thanksgiving Cruise onboard the Wonder. Please send me your room number if you would like me to post it also! I will update/edit each time someone new signs on!!!

whithouston-------Scott, DW (Christy,) and DS (Evan--18 months)--------Calhoun, GA------Room 7505

lincolnsparents----Kathy, DH (Neil,) and DS (Lincoln)--------------------------Dalton, GA-------Room

shari2shop---------Shari, Clayton, DS (Cole-12), and DD (Cate-10)---------???????----------Room

MaggieAtSea-------Maggie, DH, and DS (7)-----------------------------------Philadelphia, PA----Room

[lincolnsparents]

hey im glad to see someone else is excited. my son will be turning 8 the week before. this is our second disney cruise and weve only cruised on disney. best vacation ever:) we are also bringing grandparents along so we can have an adult nite if lincoln doesnt want to stay in the lab. but last time he stayed in oceaneer club almost the whole time we were on board and loved it.

I'm delighted to be sailing with my then-will-be-just-turned 7 y.o. and DH on this cruise... our first with Disney. Grandparents joining us (they are REALLY brave!) in their own cabin. I'm "wonder"-ing if we're up for allllll those children... and what the weather will be like in the Bahamas in November... but we're game for 4 days. Who knows, it could start something...

I signed up for the roll call on Cruise Critic, but hoping the vibrancy of this community gets us stoked for the trip.

Looking forward to seeing who else joins us in the coming months....

...and fish extenders...
...and magnets...
good gracious, we've been cruising for a long time but these are terms we've just learned about. And more learning about Disney Crusie Culture to come. Welcome to Disney, I suppose!

[lucas]

Dh and I just booked the Thanksgiving cruise! I'm so excited! :yay:

I wonder if the Wonder will be totally booked for this cruise?

[whithouston]

Well...I am sad to say that I had to cancel our Thanksgiving Cruise!! :( Due to unforeseen financial circumstances, we had to make the tough decision to cancel. It really sucks, but we know it is the right decision. Don't you just love it when you receive a back tax bill on your property taxes that you didn't know you were getting!!! :( We hope everyone has a wonderful trip and we look forward to hearing how the cruise was!

[MaggieAtSea]

Sorry to see that we've lost a friend -- this economy... yikes! :sail:-- we're still looking forward to this sailing and will be checking out this link periodically to see if other folks join up... and then as we get closer we'll squawk about fish extenders, door magnets and all theother interesting rituals that seem to come with a sail aboard Disney!

Happy Summer All... keep signing up on this thread!

:mickeyjum:mickeyjum

[lucas]

Thought I'd give us a bump. :wizard:

[alady89]

Hi,

My husband and 12 year old son are booked for this cruise. Still debating if son should go to teen area for the child area at 12?

We booked using our voucher, so have a undetermined cabin in category 9.

Have only sailed on Carnival (military veteran discount is great!) but did go to their private island and loved it. Looking forward to Castaway Cay.

Glad to be aboard.

Amy, Ray, and our ds D'Morea:banana:

[lucas]

Hi,

My husband and 12 year old son are booked for this cruise. Still debating if son should go to teen area for the child area at 12?

We booked using our voucher, so have a undetermined cabin in category 9.

Have only sailed on Carnival (military veteran discount is great!) but did go to their private island and loved it. Looking forward to Castaway Cay.

Glad to be aboard.

Amy, Ray, and our ds D'Morea:banana:

Hi! Welcome aboard! You're gonna love, love, love sailing with Disney.

[genmasjoy]

DH and I are booked. We are a married couple, traveling without kids, but we love Disney. Have timeshare points at Old Key West and have cruised on Disney Wonder before, including Thanksgiving 2005. Decided it was time to go again.

[lucas]

DH and I are booked. We are a married couple, traveling without kids, but we love Disney. Have timeshare points at Old Key West and have cruised on Disney Wonder before, including Thanksgiving 2005. Decided it was time to go again.

Dh and I don't have kids but we love Disney. We've sailed on a 3-day Wonder cruise and for a week on the Magic.

How was it sailing at Thanksgiving?

[buckeyejennifer]

Hi All! I'm cruising over Thanksgiving with my DH and almost 3-year old DD. We've been to WDW many times, but this is our first cruise of any kind! I can't wait. I'm totally open to any tips/suggestions and have loved reading the boards to get helpful hints!! :yay:

[lincolnsparents]

i am glad to see that so many people are booked for the cruise. we had a ball last time we went and our son will have just turned eight. we are going for his birthday. so i hope that if you have any questions just ask

[alady89]

This is our first DCL cruise, our second cruse ever and son's first. We are very excited.

Still confused about when to book Palo? As I understand it, on 4 night you will repeat restaurant at least once. Would like to book on a repeat night as not miss all the different venues.

So looking forward to meeting all the people, we had a blast last time. Cruisers are so friendly.

Wondering if a day at Atlantis is worth cost? We did a speed boat/ blackbeard island thing last time and dh was bored after a few hours of being stuck on the little island with the sand fleas. (itchy for days)

Hoping son will make freinds easy since he is going solo after his freind bailed on him, the joys of being the only child.

Looking forward to meeting everyone:rotfl:

[Princess Runner]

Hello to all we are a family of four myself (DW), DH, DS 16 and DD 5, wandering how good a Thanksgiving celebration will be at the cruise, this our tdird one and loving it! closer to the date let's start with Fish extenders information, it's going to be fun! blessings,

[lucas]

Hello to all we are a family of four myself (DW), DH, DS 16 and DD 5, wandering how good a Thanksgiving celebration will be at the cruise, this our tdird one and loving it! closer to the date let's start with Fish extenders information, it's going to be fun! blessings,

Hi neighbor!

What are Fish extenders? :confused3

[Princess Runner]

Hi neighbor!

What are Fish extenders? :confused3

I wish I knew how to post pics, I don't have one yet but you hang them in the fish ouside the cabin, they have pockets so we all can put little gifts and welcome notes or correspondence in it, wait let me give you a link so you can see them http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1219607
I'm in the process of getting/making myself one for my July cruise, let me know what you think!

[lucas]

I wish I knew how to post pics, I don't have one yet but you hang them in the fish ouside the cabin, they have pockets so we all can put little gifts and welcome notes or correspondence in it, wait let me give you a link so you can see them http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1219607
I'm in the process of getting/making myself one for my July cruise, let me know what you think!

Thanks for the link, now I see! Fish......... extenders!! Makes sense! :rotfl:

They are very cute. So many talented DISers out there!

And, lucky you - cruising in July, too!

[Princess Runner]

I spent Sunday researching FE, I emailed a couple of people that sells them via EBAY and private web sites, finally I decided for this lady, she has samples posted on EBAY store and has been super cooperative answering my multiple requests. It's so worth it to get a FE I was sorry I didn't know about them the first time, because they add so much fun to the whole experience! if you do a general online search for "custom fish extenders" you'll get to her EBAY store, Gradysmommy is her screen name, if you have not luck this way e-mail me and I'll get you her e-mail address. Hope this can help guys!

[MaggieAtSea]

Hello Alady89... my son, he will be one month past his 7 y.o. birthday and is an only as well, will be on his second cruise. How old is yours? It would be great to give our only's a running start if their ages are in sync.
A frequent cruiser, I know only too well that while it feels far away on one hand, November 25th will be here before you know it!!

[alady89]

Hi Maggieatsea,

Unfortunately, our son will be 12. Otherwise it would be very cool to allow them to hook up for trip. Which there lies my issue, he doesn't want to go to kids club but the teen club. However, he will only be 12 on cruise, still 4 months away from birthday and DCL says must be in one month of birthday. However he will be in junior high. Most cruise lines are groupingng the 12-14 year olds together but not Disney.

I don't know what to to do? Any suggestions?

[Princess Runner]

Hi Maggieatsea,

Unfortunately, our son will be 12. Otherwise it would be very cool to allow them to hook up for trip. Which there lies my issue, he doesn't want to go to kids club but the teen club. However, he will only be 12 on cruise, still 4 months away from birthday and DCL says must be in one month of birthday. However he will be in junior high. Most cruise lines are groupingng the 12-14 year olds together but not Disney.

I don't know what to to do? Any suggestions?

I feel your pain, my DS is 16 and at the time of the trip he'll be fifteen days away from his 17 birthday, and very concern about the whole teen club idea, I guess waiting until you are a officially a teen is part of the magic, much rather have a different group of 12 - 14 and then 15 - 18, there is a huge personality difference between 13 and 17... but yet rest assure Disney do things so right that by the time your DS is in the ship he'll forget about the whole issue, that is what I am hoping for my DS too!!! blessings

[shari2shop]

Is everyone getting excited about planning their cruise????

It looks like we have a few people on the DIS going on this trip. Maybe more will join us before the big day. I have updated the roll call list on page one.

This is my first Disney cruise (I've cruise to Mexico and Hawaii before). This will also be the first cruise for my kids.

I see that there are several people who have cruised on Disney before... and it looks like we even have some that have been on this Thinksgiving time cruise before!!! I hope they will become our experts and help us newby DClers.

Shari

[MaggieAtSea]

Thanks for updating the roll call as we go! I just got a notice that a new person hopped aboard the cruise meet for this sailing over at cruisecritic.com. I placed a link to this board there so that folks know where we are. I'm sure as the sail date draws closer we'll see our ranks grow over the weeks and months ahead!

[lucas]

Is everyone getting excited about planning their cruise????

It looks like we have a few people on the DIS going on this trip. Maybe more will join us before the big day. I have updated the roll call list on page one.

This is my first Disney cruise (I've cruise to Mexico and Hawaii before). This will also be the first cruise for my kids.

I see that there are several people who have cruised on Disney before... and it looks like we even have some that have been on this Thinksgiving time cruise before!!! I hope they will become our experts and help us newby DClers.

Shari

Thanks for updating the list. Could you add this for me? Sailing will be dh and myself. It is our 3rd Disney cruise and we don't have any kids.

[shari2shop]

When we are in Nassau we were planning on doing the Sea Lion encounter on Blue Lagoon Island. I received our planning pack form Disney the other day and it was not listed. I didn't think much of it, just thought that maybe Disney only listed some of the excursions. Last night when I was reading some excursion reviews someone posted that Blue Lagoon Island was closed on Monday and Thursday. And of course we are going to be there on Thursday! :(

Now Im not sure what we should do. I'm afraid that might daughter will have a hard time getting goggles to fit so I don't think snorkling will be an option. I have thought about buying her own goggles but not sure about that. The Atlantis stuff sounds neat but for the 4 of us it will be over $600. I'm not sure it will be worth that. I know we can do cheaper stuff there but I'm afraid if my kids see the water slides they will bbe disappointed we didnt do that part.

Shopping and city tours aren't our thing.

So.... What is everyone doing??

Shari

[lucas]

Shari, Thanks for updating me on the list. :goodvibes

We just received our planning calendar today. Haven't decided anything yet.

We are driving up to the Cocoa Beach area the day before. Any suggestions for a hotel for 1 night?

[shari2shop]

Hey guys! I'm still wondering what we will do for an excursion in Nassua.

What is eveyone else thinking about doing???

If you have been over Thanksgiving, what was the weather like? Is it warm enough to swim?

Thanks,
Shari

[buckeyejennifer]

Hi! I haven't been on a Cruise over Thanksgiving, but I have been to the Bahamas at that time. It was definitely warm enough to swim during the day, but it got quite chilly in the evening (so bring a sweater).

We have a 2.5 year old, so we are somewhat limited in our choice of excursions. We went to Ardastra Gardens on our Honeymoon and LOVED it, so we will either do that or we will go to the aquarium at Atlantis.

[KaM mom]

Hi,

My husband and 12 year old son are booked for this cruise. Still debating if son should go to teen area for the child area at 12?

We booked using our voucher, so have a undetermined cabin in category 9.

Have only sailed on Carnival (military veteran discount is great!) but did go to their private island and loved it. Looking forward to Castaway Cay.

Glad to be aboard.

Amy, Ray, and our ds D'Morea:banana:


We are also using our voucher. See ya at the bottom of the boat!:scared1:

[KaM mom]

:scared:This is our first Disney Cruise and first cruise ever for our 8 and then 6 year old. I am not sure if they will stay in the kids area or not, but more than not they surprise me. Can someone give me some feedback, (good, bad, anything) about the kids programs?:scared1:

[shari2shop]

I am not sure if they will stay in the kids area or not, but more than not they surprise me. Can someone give me some feedback, (good, bad, anything) about the kids programs?:scared1:

Hey, Welcome to our group! This is my first Disney cruise too. It is also the first cruise ever for my kids. They are very excited. I think my daughter is expecting it to be like The Suite Life cruise ship.

I'm not sure what to expect from the kids program. Most people say it is great and their kids love it. My kids have looked at a few of the navigators that are posted and have seen several things they think sound neat. They both want to play dodge ball. I have heard it is best for the kids to be there during the 'get to know everyone' session. That way they are in with the 'click' and know most of the kids when they go in at other times. We are going to bbe there for that session. I really don't think on port days we will have much time to spend in the kids program so really the only day it will be used much will probably be the sea day. Or, I guess after dinner on port days. Actually, We are doing the 4 day instead of a 7 day cruise because we are not sure if the kids will like being on the ship. We are doing 3 days at Disney before, instead.


Welcome Aboard!!!!!

Shari

[lucas]

Hey guys! We just booked the Radisson in Cape Canaveral for the night before the cruise (Tues 11/24)!

[shari2shop]

We are also using our voucher. See ya at the bottom of the boat!:scared1:


Hey!!!!!!!! I paid big bucks to be at the bottom of the boat! :woohoo:Its a great place to be ~ you feel less movement of the boat so hopefully less of a chance of sea sickness for the kids!pirate:

[srsatkowiak]

Hello Everyone...this is my first post in this forum!!

DH and I will be joining you on this cruise. We booked earlier this year :) It is our first cruise EVER so we are pretty excited. We are a Cat 10 in stateroom 7509 with late dining.

[shari2shop]

I have been so worried about the Nassua port. I wanted to do Atlantas but the cost was so much. I was not sure about snorkeling with my kids, shopping is not our thing and so on....

Anyways, I had a friend that just got back from a carnival cruise and went to Atlantas. They loved it. There kids said it was the highlight of there 7 day cruise. They were so excited about it that my kids really want to go.:confused3 Well, $160 x 4 people just seems like so much money. My friend said they did the comfort Suites deal and it worked fine. So this morning I researched what people on the Dis had to say. Most were in favor of doing Atlantas through the Comfort Suites. So............ I booked us a room!:yay: It looks like the room and the taxi both ways will cost us less than $300 for the 4 of us. That is half the price of the Ship excursion Or $75 per person. I don't think that price is too bad. :thumbsup2

Now we can't book our Castaway Cay excursion until sometime in September. :headache: We want to do the Kayak and hike so I'm hoping it won't fill up before we can book.

What is everyone else planning??:cheer2:

Shari

[shari2shop]

Hello Everyone...this is my first post in this forum!!

DH and I will be joining you on this cruise. We booked earlier this year :) It is our first cruise EVER so we are pretty excited. We are a Cat 10 in stateroom 7509 with late dining.

Welcome:banana: to our group!!!!!!!!!!

Who all is in your group and I'll add you to our roll call on the first page. :yay: I have to say, if you are excited now.......... then hold on because if you are like me you get more excited every day!!!!!! :rotfl2:

Welcome to the DIS also! There is a ton of info on here!:dance3:

Shari

[srsatkowiak]

What is everyone else planning??:cheer2:

Shari

As far as nassau goes. DH and I plan to go to Atlantis, but just for the beach or maybe just the aquarium tour then wander the resort for a little while, go to the bar and casino. He wasn't interested in the pool or waterpark. I will be happy with just visiting the resort. DH also wants to just walk around the city for a bit and do some shopping.

At Castaway Cay we plan to do the Jet Ski tour and maybe the sting rays. Other than that we will just roam around and relax...maybe ride a bike. Dh will probably want to snorkle so we will probably do the getaway package thing where you get the bike, snorkle stuff and the sting rays.

I don't want to plan too much because we really want to relax and absorb as much as we can rather than being on a schedule.

[srsatkowiak]

Welcome:banana: to our group!!!!!!!!!!

Who all is in your group and I'll add you to our roll call on the first page. :yay: I have to say, if you are excited now.......... then hold on because if you are like me you get more excited every day!!!!!! :rotfl2:

Welcome to the DIS also! There is a ton of info on here!:dance3:

Shari

Thanks!!

In our group is:
DH, 28 at the time of cruise, first time cruiser but not new to Disney
Myself, 28 at the time of cruise, also a first time cruiser, but Disney is my home away from home :)

[Princess Runner]

It's time to get serious! just got back yesterday from our Bday celebration 7 nights Western Caribbean in the Disney Magic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! fantastic! faboulous! still holding back the tears! that was our second cruise, now...are we doing Fish Extenders? I see you already started a list, I can plan the meet on board, will post pics from our meet, by the way...if you read DCL is cutting costs due to economy, FEAR NO MORE BECAUSE IS NOT TRUE!!!! from food to service, excursions to shows all was top notch! blessings and let's get this party started! :banana: Elcka :cheer2:

[Princess Runner]

I figure this will get you exited!
http://i1011.photobucket.com/albums/af231/fireftrwife03/Disboardmeet.jpg

[genmasjoy]

HI, just checking in again. It sounds like everyone is starting to get excited. We are planning to do the Ardasta Gardens tour in Nassau and will just play it by ear in Castaway Cay, probably rent bicycles. Since we are Floridians, it is usually too cool for us to get in the water at that time of year although I don't think people from the North find it cold at all. I would recommend for anyone who doesn't sign up for a tour the Pirate Museum in Nassau. It is walking distance from the ship and has lots of interesting exhibits. When my son was younger and traveled with us, he loved it.

[Princess Runner]

Just checking back, was wandering if we want to do the Fish Extenders, you may go to this thread to see what is all about http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1219607&highlight=fish+extenders
Hopefully more families join us as we get closer to the date, the FE were a lot of fun and even my DS 16 was happy to see the little gifts every day, here is a pic of my door (ejem just for bragging) and there hanging from the fish is my FE, got it on EBAY
http://i1011.photobucket.com/albums/af231/fireftrwife03/DadsBday.jpg
http://i1011.photobucket.com/albums/af231/fireftrwife03/FishExtender.jpg
Shari this is our info me Elcka, DH Carlos, DS Andres 16, DD Carmen 5, as soon as I get my cabin number I'll let you know, and thank you for keeping count!
Blessings and hope this stirs up things!

[lincolnsparents]

As I watch My students come into to class i suddenly got excited. I think knowing school is back in it gets even closer to departure date. We are in room 7501 and this is our second Disney cruise but the first for Grandparents.:banana:

[lucas]

I figure this will get you exited!
http://i1011.photobucket.com/albums/af231/fireftrwife03/Disboardmeet.jpg


It would be so much fun to have a big group like this one.

We've paid our balance and found out we have been moved up to early dinner seating! :cool1:

Not sure about Nassau. We might not get off the ship. Maybe we'll schedule a massage for that day.

[MaggieAtSea]

Glad to hear you didn't experience cost-cutting that has been cited elsewhere.... so they gave out the bandanas on your cruise for pirate night??

Thanks for organizing a meet-up on board.

My son is already looking forward to the fish extenders... I think he's more excited about giving treats to others than to himself!! Hey, there's the first Disney Miracle of this sailing!

[MaggieAtSea]

Princess Runner, Your FE is one of the nicest I've seen. My search of ebay hasn't turned up one with the faces on it like yours... so if you don't mind and if you recall, can you please share the name of the ebay seller so I can contact about making a customized one for my family with the faces? Many thanks!

[lincolnsparents]

Does anyone have any idea what Thanksgiving dinner is like? We saw they had Lobster one year. I am not much of a Turkey eater. We will have a DS who will turn 8 the week before we sail if anyone is looking for play buddies. As previously mentioned we are in 7501 and Grandparents 7503.:beach::beach:

[Princess Runner]

Glad to hear you didn't experience cost-cutting that has been cited elsewhere.... so they gave out the bandanas on your cruise for pirate night??

Thanks for organizing a meet-up on board.

My son is already looking forward to the fish extenders... I think he's more excited about giving treats to others than to himself!! Hey, there's the first Disney Miracle of this sailing!

Princess Runner, Your FE is one of the nicest I've seen. My search of ebay hasn't turned up one with the faces on it like yours... so if you don't mind and if you recall, can you please share the name of the ebay seller so I can contact about making a customized one for my family with the faces? Many thanks!

Yes. they are still giving away the bandanas at dinner time, it was so much fun! I e-mailed the lady that made my FE, for some reason she doesn't have the posting on EBAY anymore, PM me with your e-mail address and I send you the info as soon as she answers, is great the time is running and we are getting closer!!!!blessings, Elcka

[shari2shop]

:dance3:Let's Dance!:dance3:

:dance3::dance3:Come on everybody..... Dance with me!!!:dance3::dance3:

:dance3:Time to do the double digit dance!!:dance3:

:dance3::dance3::dance3:Dance now!!!!:dance3::dance3::dance3:

[MaggieAtSea]

So happy to report that this past week we took a day trip to the Magic Kingdom while we were in Florida and DS -- who up to that point was rather reticent around costume characters -- gave Pluto a great BIG hug. He was really proud of conquering his fear (so were we) and so he said with a big smile on the monorail as we left the MK, "I'm going to be really good in school so that I can meet more characters on a Disney Cruise at Thanksgiving!"

Woo-hoo is right! :cheer2:

Can't wait... now for even more reasons!

[Princess Runner]

I made my Palo Brunch reservations yesterday, for the 3rd day which we'll spend at sea, yohooo :banana:
It looks like we won't be doing much in Nassau, the last time we wre there it was just OK, much rather enjoy the ship....but if you have a good idea as far as excursions please let me know. Blessings

[miksilver]

Hello everyone! My family and I will be joining you all on this Thanksgiving cruise. We just booked yesterday and I'm really excited. It will be myself, Kim (31) my DH
(32), DD (4) as well as my Mom, 2 grown brothers and my sister in law.

I'm the only Dis-er and the travel planner for the group. My DH, DD, and I were on a 7-day Magic cruise in May and can't wait to go on the sister-ship, Wonder. We loved our first DCL cruise and can't wait for the second one. We are avid cruisers and frequent visitors to WDW.

I'm looking foward to chatting with you all before the cruise. Now I'm off to read and try to catch up with the thread.

Kim

[shari2shop]

Hello everyone! My family and I will be joining you all on this Thanksgiving cruise. We just booked yesterday and I'm really excited. It will be myself, Kim (31) my DH
(32), DD (4) as well as my Mom, 2 grown brothers and my sister in law.

I'm the only Dis-er and the travel planner for the group. My DH, DD, and I were on a 7-day Magic cruise in May and can't wait to go on the sister-ship, Wonder. We loved our first DCL cruise and can't wait for the second one. We are avid cruisers and frequent visitors to WDW.

I'm looking foward to chatting with you all before the cruise. Now I'm off to read and try to catch up with the thread.

Kim


Welcome Aboard Kim!!!! I have added you to our Fellow Cruisers list. :woohoo:


I think someone is going to work on a meet during the cruise for us and I'm hoping we will all do the fish extenders.... Maybe as more people join we will get more active.

Shari:dance3:

[miksilver]

Thanks for the welcome.

I made a FE for my last DCL Magic cruise and would love to use it again so count me in! I might even be able to convince my 2 other cabins of family members to join in. I had a great time doing FE's on my last cruise. My DD was so happy getting surprises every day in our FE.

[Princess Runner]

MaggieatSea the FE lady just e-mail me, she is back on EBAY under the name Gradysmommy, so if you do a search on EBAY you'll find her.

Welcome Kim my family just came from a 7 day trip on the Magic in July, so we are going again, this time courtesy of the nice people at DVC, since we jut bought at BLT they gave us this 4 days cruise. So bring on the FE sister is going to be fun!

We'll definetily work out on the meet, hopefully more people get exited as the date gets closer! love and blessings. Elcka

[lincolnsparents]

Welcome Kim. Just booked palo for last night. We didnt like Nassau much either we will probably just find ship things to do. Although DW is itching to swim with Dolphins.

[shari2shop]

I'm a first time Disney cruiser so I can't book excursions until Sept 11. If someone who can book already has a few extra minutes would you look and tell me what times the "nature walk and Kayak" excursion on CC is offered and the "deep sea fishing" on CC. We are trying to decide between the two excursions and times might be the deciding factor.

Thanks!
Shari


PS... I keep thinking about the fish extenders and I"m trying to come up with a cute layout for ours.

[miksilver]

Welcome Aboard Kim!!!! I have added you to our Fellow Cruisers list. :woohoo:

Welcome Kim my family just came from a 7 day trip on the Magic in July, so we are going again, this time courtesy of the nice people at DVC, since we jut bought at BLT they gave us this 4 days cruise. So bring on the FE sister is going to be fun!

We'll definetily work out on the meet, hopefully more people get exited as the date gets closer! love and blessings. Elcka

Welcome Kim. Just booked palo for last night. We didnt like Nassau much either we will probably just find ship things to do. Although DW is itching to swim with Dolphins.

Thanks for the welcome! Since this was such a surprise trip for us I'm not planning on doing much with excursions. I'm not a fan of Nassau and prefer to stay on the ship and relax with the semi-empty mickey pool as my DD goes down the slide over and over again. popcorn::

When I find it, I'll see if I can post a picture of the FE I made for my last trip. It has a Mickey theme. I'm just so excited that I'll get to use it again.

We are also not planning on going to Palo this cruise. My DH and I dined there last May and loved it, but since this is a family cruise I know my Mom wants all of us together each night. And since she is paying, what Momma wants, Momma gets ;).

[shari2shop]

We are also not planning on going to Palo this cruise. My DH and I dined there last May and loved it, but since this is a family cruise I know my Mom wants all of us together each night. And since she is paying, what Momma wants, Momma gets ;).

We are not doing Palo either. I have heard that it is really good. Honesty just not having to cook is going to be a treat to me. If we do a seven day cruise in the future then we might try it. I honesty don't know which dinning room I would give up, they all sound so neat!

We are doing the Atlantis through Comfort Suites in Nassau. This is the first cruise for the kids so I hate to not get off the ship. I'm thinking 3 days in a row would be too much just hanging out.

I'm getting so excited. I just can't wait until Sept 11 so I can see the rest of the disneycruise.com web site and discover more things.

Shari

[shari2shop]

I'm about to call and switch our dinning time. We have the first seating and we think we would rather do the late seating so that we don't have to rush on port days.

I know that if we do they late seating then we will see the early show. About what times do the shows start?

SHari

OKAY>>>>>> I called and I could not change my reservation with DCL because I booked with DVC points and cash. I called DVC and of course they are closed! I"ll try to call again tomorrow....

[Jboftx]

Hi
Family of 5 are very excited for our trip. Boys are 7,9,12.
We are staying for 3 nights at Saratoga springs first. Planning on doing comfort suites Atlantis in Bahamas. Would like to know about fifth person? Can u get an extra wristband from cs?

[miksilver]

Hi
Family of 5 are very excited for our trip. Boys are 7,9,12.
We are staying for 3 nights at Saratoga springs first. Planning on doing comfort suites Atlantis in Bahamas. Would like to know about fifth person? Can u get an extra wristband from cs?

WELCOME! :cheer2: I just did my first Disney cruise this May -- a 7-night Magic one. So, if you have some questions I might be able to answer them. I have never gotten a room at the Comfort Inn, but you should be able to find the answer on cruisecritic.com. They have a great section on ports of call and I remember seeing that question asked a lot.

Shari -- I have second seeting dining and would love our party of 7 to have first seeting. It's just better with a 4 year old, but I think I can make the second seeting work -- we'll just have to plan some extra snacks into our day. Chelsea, my DD, will probably call dinner her second dinner of the night. She's a night owl, so I hope she'll be fine. I know I can put her in the kids club, but she always eats with us on cruises (unless we are doing the adults only restaurants) and I know Grandma will want her there with us. She is outgrowing her nap-time, but I think some nap-time might be in order on the cruise to help her get through.

From what I remember the early shows were around 6 o'clock. I'm sure someone has some Navigators posted on these boards somewhere.

Kim

[lincolnsparents]

i agree with nap time. I think everyone adults included need a nap? quiet period before dinner. It just seemed to make the nite go better when we did on the last cruise.

[shari2shop]

Well..... as of 2 hours ago we are 75 days out... so.... is everyone booked????

I have dial up connection and it is taking forever to get throught the disney site!

Now... I have a few questions I should of asked before this evening:
1) What time is the sail away party? I booked a pedicure for the first afternoon and I'm afraid it will be during the sail away party.

2)I know our schedule is different than the typical 4 day cruise in that our sea day and castaway cay are switched. Will pirate day be Castaway cay night still or will it be on the sea day?

:rotfl:I waited forever to book all this stuff and I think I just made a mess of everything! One good thing is that I did get the kayak excursion at CC.:cool1:

Shari

[Diana1]

Hi...My DH and I are taking our first ever cruise for thanksgiving:woohoo: We have been DVC members since 1997 are originally from the Boston MA area but moved to Bradenton FL (1 hr 15 minutes to WDW) 6 years ago. Proud owners of FL Resident annual passes since then! We are hoping to extend the magic with our first cruise and figure if we like it, we will take kids/grandkids next time (we have 4 darling grandsons under the age of 6!)

[miksilver]

Hi...My DH and I are taking our first ever cruise for thanksgiving:woohoo: We have been DVC members since 1997 are originally from the Boston MA area but moved to Bradenton FL (1 hr 15 minutes to WDW) 6 years ago. Proud owners of FL Resident annual passes since then! We are hoping to extend the magic with our first cruise and figure if we like it, we will take kids/grandkids next time (we have 4 darling grandsons under the age of 6!)


Welcome Diana1 :cheer2:


I think that we need a name for our growing group. In May we were the Key Lime Pie-Rates (there was a lot of Key Lime pie talk at one time). Any suggestions for this Thanksgiving cruise? Since I haven't told my DD yet I have been calling it Operation Gobble Gobble to my DH when we discuss the cruise in front of her. A good name is always great for door magnets!

[Diana1]

I really like Operation Gobble Gobble....think its really cute! Is there any kind of plan for people to meet at some point. I would also LOVE any suggestions for Excursions....booked the stingrays at CC and Atlantis adventure in Nassau...but am having second thoughts. We live in FL...how cold will the water be....will we really want to spend our time in the water at Atlantis? Booked Palio on Wednesday at 730 and for Brunch on Friday AM (dinner was full on Friday) Will I miss something going to Palio on the first night? We are VERY excited and I am so glad for DIS to get good ideas and advice!!!!

[MaggieAtSea]

So in processing with my husband the night before the midnight "opening" for booking dining and excursions on Disney Cruises Website we decided that we would sign up for any excursions for this quick 4-day. That's not like us on a cruise, but we are conerned the water will just be too cold to enjoy much there. We did sign up for Paolo one evening... our son can dine with the grandparents without us -- they'll all eat each other up while we eat up some good food... but if that turns out to be Pirate night, we may cancel the reservation as he's soooo excited about that event! As opposed to a week long Celebrity sailing, this is feeling less of a time for pampering and indulgence and more a time for celebrating with our son. But I'm sure I'll stick some indulgence in there somewhere!!

I'm excited about our growing band of cruisers. I'd be happy to volunteer to start up the list for fish-extender-participators in another week or so.

Maggie

:dance3:

[Princess Runner]

We are not doing Palo either. I have heard that it is really good. Honesty just not having to cook is going to be a treat to me. If we do a seven day cruise in the future then we might try it. I honesty don't know which dinning room I would give up, they all sound so neat!

We are doing the Atlantis through Comfort Suites in Nassau. This is the first cruise for the kids so I hate to not get off the ship. I'm thinking 3 days in a row would be too much just hanging out.

I'm getting so excited. I just can't wait until Sept 11 so I can see the rest of the disneycruise.com web site and discover more things.

Shari

We did Palo dinner in our fiorst cruise and is really not worth to miss dinner and any of the rotation restaurant because food is really good in all of them and there is plenty of choices, but we love the Palo brunch so, we skip breakfast and book the 10:00 am brunch. If you let the people from the kid's club know they feed the children breakfast or you can co with them to the buffet and then to the brunch at Palo, just please...do not eat at the buffet! that say, other than the day we board the ship we don't do the buffet, breakfast is always at Lumiere (Triton) and is fantastic!

[Princess Runner]

I really like Operation Gobble Gobble....think its really cute! Is there any kind of plan for people to meet at some point. I would also LOVE any suggestions for Excursions....booked the stingrays at CC and Atlantis adventure in Nassau...but am having second thoughts. We live in FL...how cold will the water be....will we really want to spend our time in the water at Atlantis? Booked Palio on Wednesday at 730 and for Brunch on Friday AM (dinner was full on Friday) Will I miss something going to Palio on the first night? We are VERY excited and I am so glad for DIS to get good ideas and advice!!!!

Welcome Diana1!!! the same reason about water temperature is the one keeping us away from booking Atlantis, to be honest I haven't look into excursions but in our other DC we had book with the tour operators and no with Disney, and have done very well $$. I suggested everyone to book brunch at Palo and skip breakfast instead of the dinner, so you have the Palo experinece and won't miss dinner.

Sailaway Party is at 4:00 pm, the meet has to be done at 3:00 pm because at 3:30 everything shuts down for the safety drill...

We need to start the FE list soon!!! I am so exited!

[miksilver]

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk78/miksilver/Chelseas4thbirthdayparty120.jpg

That's the FE that I made for my last cruise. I'm so excited that I get to use it again. I just have to fix the mickey-heads on the ends -- they didn't survive the return trip.

I'm also working on getting the 2 other cabins of family that I'm with to do FE's with us as well.

[lincolnsparents]

wow that looks great i cant wait to make ours
also agree to operation gobble gobble gobble

[MaggieAtSea]

Okay, I cribbed some ideas after poking around on other meets to see the best way to do this. I have started to pull together a Google Docs Spreadsheet that I will share via a website once I have folks entered. You can make additions, deletions, etc right up until a few days before we leave. To get me started filling in the spreadsheet I'll need some info from those interested in participating in the FE fun.

Please email me the following info if you wish to be included:

Screen Name
Cabin #
First Name only of each guest participating (no last names, please) OR if you prefer not to share first name, please use Guest #1, Guest #2, Guest #3 and so on
please indicate if each person is an man, woman, boy, girl
and if a child the age (helpful to gauge appropriate gift)
Email (optional)
and interested in a 3pm Meet? Yes or No

Off we go!:surfweb:

[Jboftx]

Hi
Family of 5. We decided to go to Atlantis using a room at comfort suites. If anyone has an extra spot in there group I would be interested in buying a wristband from you.
Also planning on the sting rays at cc-- has anyone done this in November before? Was wondering if the water is really cold?
We are getting excited for our first Disney cruise!!

[miksilver]

Maggie -- did you want us to e-mail you the information or PM you? You didn't give us an e-mail address :upsidedow But, for now I will get this show started!

Cabin#1
Screen name: miksilver
Cabin #: 2639
Names: Kim (me); Chris (DH); Chelsea (DD, girl age 4)
e-mail: will PM or e-mail mine to you
3pm meet?: Yes

Cabin #2
Screen name: not members of disboards, but want to participate in FE's
Cabin #: 2641
Names: Rose Marie (my mom); Danny (my brother, age 29 -- multiply handicapped, loves Mickey Mouse)
e-mail: use mine
3pm meet?: probably not

I have another cabin that I'll see if they want to participate in FE's as well, but I'm not sure. It's my brother though and he might be "jealous" if I'm getting lots of goodies and he's not :rolleyes: His wife might be up for the fun, though. I'll check with her later.

And I guess our official-unofficial cruise name is Operation Gobble Gobble! Now I can start making those door magnets. Does anyone do DISigns here?

Kim

[Princess Runner]

Okay, I cribbed some ideas after poking around on other meets to see the best way to do this. I have started to pull together a Google Docs Spreadsheet that I will share via a website once I have folks entered. You can make additions, deletions, etc right up until a few days before we leave. To get me started filling in the spreadsheet I'll need some info from those interested in participating in the FE fun.

Please email me the following info if you wish to be included:

Screen Name
Cabin #
First Name only of each guest participating (no last names, please) OR if you prefer not to share first name, please use Guest #1, Guest #2, Guest #3 and so on
please indicate if each person is an man, woman, boy, girl
and if a child the age (helpful to gauge appropriate gift)
Email (optional)
and interested in a 3pm Meet? Yes or No

Off we go!:surfweb:

How exiting, here is our information
Princess Runner
Cabin # unknow yet will try to find out later today
DW (myself) Elcka, DH Carlos, DS 17 Andres, DD 5 Carmen
Rarebird26@aol.com
Yes to the meet at 3:00 pm

Thank you for taking care of this!!!! blessings

[Princess Runner]

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk78/miksilver/Chelseas4thbirthdayparty120.jpg

That's the FE that I made for my last cruise. I'm so excited that I get to use it again. I just have to fix the mickey-heads on the ends -- they didn't survive the return trip.

I'm also working on getting the 2 other cabins of family that I'm with to do FE's with us as well.

You are truly bless with talent! this FE looks fantastic, can you tell me how to do the Mickey heads? Elcka

[MaggieAtSea]

Feel free to put your info here on the board or email me at
maggieatsea84@yahoo.com:


Screen Name
Cabin #
First Name of each participant (or refer to as Guest 1, Guest 2, etc if you prefer)
Indicate if each guest is adult or child
Indicate if each guest is boy or girl/ man or woman
Indicate if interested inparticipating in a 3pm Operation Gobble Gobble Meet and Greet (y or n)
Email


I will post the first draft of the spreadsheet and info this coming weekend.

Tick tock, tick tock... how fast can 70 or so days fly??:woohoo:

[KaM mom]

DH checking in

The FE sounds like alot of fun. I am not sure on the Meet & Greet, we will be checking the kids into the clubs to get them aquanted and comfortable. We are hoping to be at port early so we can get aboard ship early and check things out. (First time cruise with kids)

Screen Name: Kam mom
Cabin #: TBD, Catagory 9 on deck 2, but have requested an upgrade to the Walt Suite.
DH (Jim), DW (Karen), DS (Kameron, 8), DD (Miranda, 6)
3pm Operation Gobble Gobble Meet and Greet (Unsure, checking into kids clubs, not sure on timing, yet. I will advise)
Email: post count to low. will forward later

[lucas]

It is just dh and myself sailing. We would definitely be interested in the meet and greet. We'll pass on the FE, though.

We don't have our cabin # assigned yet. When do they usually begin assigning them?

[asmith1113]

Please count us in; we'd love to participate...

Screen Name asmith1113 (not sure how to change this but this is the one I must have signed up for years ago - forgot I had even signed up until I tried to register)
Cabin # 7044
First Name of each participant (or refer to as Guest 1, Guest 2, etc if you prefer)
Amy (me) Wife
John (husband)
Zach (only son - 13)
Betty (Grandma)
Indicate if each guest is adult or child noted above
Indicate if each guest is boy or girl/ man or woman
Indicate if interested inparticipating in a 3pm Operation Gobble Gobble Meet and Greet (y or n) Probably y
Email must email it to you as I don't have 10 posts

Thanks for putting together!

[Cruising Grandparent]

Is that a hint? Better ask Santa. is there a key to the codes in these posts? and how do I post something that is not a reply but a question

[KaM mom]

For simple questions click on the "post Reply" area found on the left side of the screen at the top and bottom of each page.

Use the three message options found inside each post box if you want to have the original posting quoted in your new post.

I used a post reply for this note.

Here is a link for a list of abbreviations commonly used on the discussion boards. The link is denied due to not enough posts to date. The long way. At the top of this page click on DIS home (in blue menu bar), then type abbreviations into the search box (top right). The first suggestion gives a detailed list.

I hope this helps

[KaM mom]

Is that a hint? Better ask Santa. is there a key to the codes in these posts? and how do I post something that is not a reply but a question

Here is the quote reply option. :cool1:

[KaM mom]

Quick reply option

[KaM mom]

Multi quite with quick reply used.

Not sure what was supposed to happen, but it came out the same. I still have not mastered these boards yet.

[srsatkowiak]

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[srsatkowiak]

Hey fellow Turkey Day sailers...We decided to book Palo on Day 2 (nassau) because that was really all that was available. If we decided that we don't want to dine there and want to stick with our "regular" seating, can we cancel?

My concern is that it is Thanksgiving and DH wanted to take it easy that day and not have to "get all dressed up" as he says it. I really don't know if we should just bypass Palo for this cruise or go for it.

Oh and what time does the Pirate party start?

**Edit**
Sorry for all the repeat posts, by browser kept freezing and posting my replies without be being able to fininsh them.

[Diana1]

just wanted to make sure you go our information as I sent it as a private message. Thanks

[Cruising Grandparent]

We will be traveling with my daughter and her family on the Thanksgiving Cruise. It will be my Grandson's 8th birthday BUT it will also be my husband and my 45th Wedding anniversary ! We actually cruised to Nassua on our honeymoon in 1964:cool1: Is it possible to arrange for special photos, wine at dinner or something to make mark the event? I plan to decorate our door with a current photo and our wedding photo and maybe some kind of special Mickey and Minnie FE if I can fiqure one out. Suggestions are most welcome

[Ashansen]

This will be our second Thanksgiving Disney cruise (we went in 2005). LOVED IT!

We will have another family joining us this year...I'll pull together our info and get it to you...I just recently started reading on the FFE...my girls (ages 7 and 9) would LOVE that!

We've booked the dolphin swim...hopefully we won't freeze! Just could not pass that up....maybe I need to look into wet suits!! Ha! ha! In 2005 we did the Castaway Cay kayak adventure (the adults)...it was alot of fun.

Guess I need to start figuring out these fish extenders and making some Operation Gobble Gobble magnets...!

Ashley

[lincolnsparents]

glad to see you finally made it

[KaM mom]

We are going through and trying to plan out our gift exchange ideas and are wondering if the FE's and door magnets are taken down on the 4th night or remain up untill the morning?

On our last cruise (non disney and too many years ago) we had to have our luggage outside the state room before retiring for the last night. This way it can be collected over night taken to customs as soon as the ship docks.

Thanks

DH (Jim)

[miksilver]

You are truly bless with talent! this FE looks fantastic, can you tell me how to do the Mickey heads? Elcka

Thanks for the compliment, but I did the design, not the sewing. I don't sew -- at all :eek: The mickey heads on the sides were small styrofoam balls painted black with small wooden discs inserted in the styrofoam and painted black as well. They held up alright, but didn't make the return trip in the luggage.

Hey fellow Turkey Day sailers...We decided to book Palo on Day 2 (nassau) because that was really all that was available. If we decided that we don't want to dine there and want to stick with our "regular" seating, can we cancel?

My concern is that it is Thanksgiving and DH wanted to take it easy that day and not have to "get all dressed up" as he says it. I really don't know if we should just bypass Palo for this cruise or go for it.

Oh and what time does the Pirate party start?


You can always cancel Palo, that's not a problem. Getting the reservation is the hard part. From what I remember last May the Pirate party began after late seating was finished in the dining room. Maybe 10pm or so?

We will be traveling with my daughter and her family on the Thanksgiving Cruise. It will be my Grandson's 8th birthday BUT it will also be my husband and my 45th Wedding anniversary ! We actually cruised to Nassua on our honeymoon in 1964:cool1: Is it possible to arrange for special photos, wine at dinner or something to make mark the event? I plan to decorate our door with a current photo and our wedding photo and maybe some kind of special Mickey and Minnie FE if I can fiqure one out. Suggestions are most welcome

Congrats on the anniversary! That's wonderful! There are photos taken everynight before and/or after dinner if you choose. You are under no obligation to buy so you can pose away! I love taking lots of pictures and then choosing at the end of the cruise which ones I want. You can order wine or champagne at dinner from your assitant server everynight. If you don't finish the bottle they will cork it and store it and it will be on your table the next evening for you to enjoy.

If you wanted something extra special you could order a special basket through Shirley at The Perfect Gift for your DH for the anniversary and for your Grandson's Birthday. I've ordered from her before and her stuff is great. You can even custom order what you want. I'll be ordering another basket from her for this cruise as a big "thank you" to my Mom.

We are going through and trying to plan out our gift exchange ideas and are wondering if the FE's and door magnets are taken down on the 4th night or remain up untill the morning?

On our last cruise (non disney and too many years ago) we had to have our luggage outside the state room before retiring for the last night. This way it can be collected over night taken to customs as soon as the ship docks.

Thanks

DH (Jim)

Yes, FE's and magnents should be taken down the night before when you pack if you want to put them in your luggage. I guess if you wanted to put them in your carry-on's you could wait until the morning to take them down. I took mine down the last night before we had to set out the luggage so I could just pack them away and not worry about it that morning.


Kim

[Cruising Grandparent]

How do I contact the perfect gift, are they part of the Disney Cruise system? Do they have a website I can look at?

[miksilver]

How do I contact the perfect gift, are they part of the Disney Cruise system? Do they have a website I can look at?

Here's the website: http://www.theperfectgift.cc/index.html

Here's a thread that shows different baskets that Shirley has put together. She can really customize anything you want.
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1723220

You can also go through Disney itself and send something through the cruise (but this is a much more expensive option):
http://disneycruise.disney.go.com/planning-center/gifts-and-amenities/


Kim

[lucas]

Just checking in. Gobble Gobble!!!!

[MaggieAtSea]

Hello Everyone:

Thanks to those who have either PM'd me or replied here to the thread with their info for the FE and Meet and Greet participation. I should have it up with a link to a Google Docs spreadsheet by week's end, so then you can check to be sure you're included, make changes or corrections, and let me know if I can add more.

Our sail away will be here before you know it! Yey!:cool1:

--Maggie
(At Sea)

[Diana1]

Cant wait!!!! Hope the weather is good. We are from Boston but have lived in FL for 6 years and we are used to the heat. I hope the water is warm in November!!

[lucas]

Hello Everyone:

Thanks to those who have either PM'd me or replied here to the thread with their info for the FE and Meet and Greet participation. I should have it up with a link to a Google Docs spreadsheet by week's end, so then you can check to be sure you're included, make changes or corrections, and let me know if I can add more.

Our sail away will be here before you know it! Yey!:cool1:

--Maggie
(At Sea)

Just sent you a pm.

Gobble Gobble!

[miksilver]

Hello Everyone:

Thanks to those who have either PM'd me or replied here to the thread with their info for the FE and Meet and Greet participation. I should have it up with a link to a Google Docs spreadsheet by week's end, so then you can check to be sure you're included, make changes or corrections, and let me know if I can add more.

Our sail away will be here before you know it! Yey!:cool1:

--Maggie
(At Sea)

Just PM'd you as well. Gobble Gobble. We really need a turkey smiley....

[asmith1113]

Hello Everyone:

Thanks to those who have either PM'd me or replied here to the thread with their info for the FE and Meet and Greet participation. I should have it up with a link to a Google Docs spreadsheet by week's end, so then you can check to be sure you're included, make changes or corrections, and let me know if I can add more.

Our sail away will be here before you know it! Yey!:cool1:

--Maggie
(At Sea)

Just wanted to say thanks for doing this and can't just send to you as I am still not at 10 posts. We have been on 5 Disney cruises, but don't think this was done on the first few and on the one in June this year folks decided not to do it. I've been thinking of potential gifts for weeks, so it will be good to know about how many. Thanks again!

[lucas]

Just PM'd you as well. Gobble Gobble. We really need a turkey smiley....

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[genmasjoy]

HI, Count us in on the meet and greet, but not the Fish Extenders. It will be our third Thanksgiving Disney cruise and we are looking forward to it very much. John and Joy from West Palm Beach, Fl.

[miksilver]

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Awesome! Thanks!

HI, Count us in on the meet and greet, but not the Fish Extenders. It will be our third Thanksgiving Disney cruise and we are looking forward to it very much. John and Joy from West Palm Beach, Fl.
This will be my first Thanksgiving cruise. Since you seem to be the "pros" do you have any insight on what Disney does on Thanksgiving? What do they serve in the dining room? Is there anything special that goes on? Thanks.

Kim

[lucas]

HI, Count us in on the meet and greet, but not the Fish Extenders. It will be our third Thanksgiving Disney cruise and we are looking forward to it very much. John and Joy from West Palm Beach, Fl.

Hi neighbor!

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Hey guys, I've been waiting to say this......
NEXT MONTH WE'LL BE CRUISING!!!!!

[genmasjoy]

HI Lucas! We're just up the road from Boca, in West Palm Beach. The last Thanksgiving cruise we did on Disney was four years ago. The dining room offered a full traditional turkey dinner, otherwise, my main memory was of a beautiful day at Castaway Cay. The water was a little cool for us, but it was a beautiful sunny day and we so enjoyed relaxing at the adult beach. Like last time, I have booked myself for an outdoor massage in one of the cabanas.

[lincolnsparents]

ok so I am getting motivated to loose ten more pounds before the trip, I have already lost 13. I know that i will probably gain five back because i remember last time we ate and ate and ate. Anyonw want to join in my quest and be a wieght lost buddy? the more the merrier

[lucas]

Bump. We were on page 3!!!

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[AJMlovesRLM]

Hi Everyone -

I have been trying to talk DH into this cruise all year and finally talked him into it - I am booking first thing in the morning! (although I suppose it is possible this cruise is full......:confused3......when I called today for info they would not confirm availabitlity until I was ready to book)

Anyhow, there are 3 of us; me, DH and our 7 1/2 yo DS. ( I was excited to see there are a couple 7-8 year old boys mentioned in this thread!!!) It is our 1st Disney cruise, although we are DVCers.

I'll post specifics when they are confirmed. gobble~gobble~gobble!

[lucas]

Hi Everyone -

I have been trying to talk DH into this cruise all year and finally talked him into it - I am booking first thing in the morning! (although I suppose it is possible this cruise is full......:confused3......when I called today for info they would not confirm availabitlity until I was ready to book)

Anyhow, there are 3 of us; me, DH and our 7 1/2 yo DS. ( I was excited to see there are a couple 7-8 year old boys mentioned in this thread!!!) It is our 1st Disney cruise, although we are DVCers.

I'll post specifics when they are confirmed. gobble~gobble~gobble!


I hope it works out for you. Let us know what happens.

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[AJMlovesRLM]

YEAH, we are all set and confirmed! ::cool1:

We'll be in cabin 6592, for now in late dining (waitlisted for early seating). Add us to your list and count us in for the meet & greet and FE's!

Rhonda (Mom)
Allen (Dad)
Collin (age 7 3/4)
:dance3:

I need to know a couple of things, can anyone help?
1.) Can we park a car a the port, what is daily rate?
2.) The ComfortSuites rooms are sold out...is there another option for going to Atlantis without paying for an excursion?

We are 1st timers for DCL, me and DH were only on one other cruise, so any tips would be very much appreciated!!! :surfweb:

[AJMlovesRLM]

!

[AJMlovesRLM]

Hello Alady89... my son, he will be one month past his 7 y.o. birthday and is an only as well, will be on his second cruise. How old is yours? It would be great to give our only's a running start if their ages are in sync.
A frequent cruiser, I know only too well that while it feels far away on one hand, November 25th will be here before you know it!!


Our 7 y.o. DS will be an only, too. Hopefully they will become good buddies on this cruise!

I note the age for the next level of kids club starts at 8.........he will be 8 in January, apprioximately 6 weeks after the sailing............I sure do hope he is not turned off by the younger ones grouped in his age bracket of 3-7 year olds. :confused:

[Ashansen]

Can you believe it....42 days to go? I am so excited...I've been working on magnets and all that good stuff and will have one obnoxious door. I hope I don't scare off the friends that are coming with us!

I just ordered my Fish Extenders today, so I feel like we're getting so close!!

Gobble Gobble!

Ashley

[lincolnsparents]

yes i am counting the days until we leave. I suspect I will be worth nothing at work on that tuesday before we set saiL:)

[lincolnsparents]

ok so 5 more pounds to go and i have reached my goal weight. i hope i can make it beforethe cruise

[lucas]

YEAH, we are all set and confirmed! ::cool1:

We'll be in cabin 6592, for now in late dining (waitlisted for early seating). Add us to your list and count us in for the meet & greet and FE's!

Rhonda (Mom)
Allen (Dad)
Collin (age 7 3/4)
:dance3:

I need to know a couple of things, can anyone help?
1.) Can we park a car a the port, what is daily rate?
2.) The ComfortSuites rooms are sold out...is there another option for going to Atlantis without paying for an excursion?

We are 1st timers for DCL, me and DH were only on one other cruise, so any tips would be very much appreciated!!! :surfweb:

Fantastic! http://www.familycorner.com/forums/images/smilies/turkeytalk.gif

Our cabin # has not been assigned yet. I really can't wait to find out what it is. I keep checking everyday. I thought it would be assigned 30 days prior, but some over on the Magic Thanksgiving cruise thread have had their cabins assigned this week.

We are driving up on the Tuesday before and staying at the Radisson. We will be leaving our car at the port, too. Parking Fee - Parking at the Port is $15 a day. (American Express is NOT accepted at the parking lot.)

Sorry, I can't help with the Atlantis question.

Lots of good info here: http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1520273
and here: http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2068966

[miksilver]

YEAH, we are all set and confirmed! ::cool1:

We'll be in cabin 6592, for now in late dining (waitlisted for early seating). Add us to your list and count us in for the meet & greet and FE's!

Rhonda (Mom)
Allen (Dad)
Collin (age 7 3/4)
:dance3:

I need to know a couple of things, can anyone help?
1.) Can we park a car a the port, what is daily rate?
2.) The ComfortSuites rooms are sold out...is there another option for going to Atlantis without paying for an excursion?

We are 1st timers for DCL, me and DH were only on one other cruise, so any tips would be very much appreciated!!! :surfweb:


Welcome! :cheer2: This will be my 8th cruise and my second on DCL, if you have any specific cruise questions, just ask away and I'll see if I can answer them.

I just returned from my all-inclusive vacation in Cancun. It was wonderful and very relaxing. Now I'm back at work and can just feel the stress returning to my body. Oh well, at least I have a CRUISE coming up soon! :cool1:

Kim

[AJMlovesRLM]

Hello Everyone:

Thanks to those who have either PM'd me or replied here to the thread with their info for the FE and Meet and Greet participation. I should have it up with a link to a Google Docs spreadsheet by week's end, so then you can check to be sure you're included, make changes or corrections, and let me know if I can add more.

Our sail away will be here before you know it! Yey!:cool1:

--Maggie
(At Sea)


Just PM'd you our info - I'm hoping it's not too late to join in on the FE's!

[AJMlovesRLM]

Fantastic! http://www.familycorner.com/forums/images/smilies/turkeytalk.gif

Our cabin # has not been assigned yet. I really can't wait to find out what it is. I keep checking everyday. I thought it would be assigned 30 days prior, but some over on the Magic Thanksgiving cruise thread have had their cabins assigned this week.

We are driving up on the Tuesday before and staying at the Radisson. We will be leaving our car at the port, too. Parking Fee - Parking at the Port is $15 a day. (American Express is NOT accepted at the parking lot.)

Sorry, I can't help with the Atlantis question.

Lots of good info here: http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1520273
and here: http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2068966

Thanks for the good links! Any news on your cabin assignment yet?

[lucas]

Thanks for the good links! Any news on your cabin assignment yet?

Saw your post so I went back to check one more time today! :rotfl:

Nothing yet. I'm hoping no news is good news.

[MaggieAtSea]

Hello Everyone:
See what happens when you move? Sorry it took MUCH longer to generate this first draft of our list of participants, but my family did move and between boxes, utilities, and all sorts of other issues, this had to take a back burner. But I finally got to it and want to share it with you.

Are you not on it but want to be? Did I miss you? Don't miss out on the fe and meet & greet fun!
Are you on but want to be off it? While we hope our ranks will grow and grow (there's nothing like a happy collective!), your plans may have changed.
Do you want to make any other corrections/additions/deletions? For example, I don't have my cabin number with me right now, so I'll add that to my family's section of the spreadsheet a little later.

Please look over the document at the link below. If you have trouble navigating it or making the change yourself, just email me or throw your request up here on the board and I'll be happy to take care of it myself. I'm back to checking this space and my pm account here regularly.

Here's what I'll do:
1) I'll maintain our list until 1 week before sail date. No additions to the FE's can be made after November 18th. Of course, the more the merrier for the meet and greet so if you find this board after the 18th, please still come to that.
2) I'll bring to the meet and greet printed nametags for those attending whose first names are known to me and are on the spreadsheet. I'll also bring blank ones for folks I missed. Bring your children to make a stop at the M&G as it would be especially good for them to know fellow cruisers.
3) I'll also bring multiple copies of our final post-11/18 list so that everyone has the latest cabin info for those doing the FE.

Here's what I need someone else to do:
1) Select the place where we will meet at 3pm on the 25th. While my husband, son and I have cruised several times before, we've never done Disney. I do not know the ship well enough to select a place to meet. Someone needs to grab that bull and publish here on the board the location of the meet & greet a few times in the coming weeks.
2) Let me know if I'm forgetting something. Again, this is our first Disney so, hence, our first FE and Disney Meet & Greet... if I'm missing a crucial detail, just throw it out here and I'll be on it!


Here's the link to the list:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AkEQVMPjpHUadFpfVmhfVUhFWWV0emhBel9LaENBW mc&hl=en

And don't forget I can edit it for you if it is being funky for you!

We're excited that we're closing in on the much-anticipated trip. I'm also excited that there seem to be a fair number of us on the board with children of the same age... sailing with no children... etc... so the cohorts and opportunities for chat and fun will be excellent.

Now, for my next, probably insane goal... Can I reaaaaalllly pack the three of us in 3 roll-aboards and eliminate checked luggage? Hmm...

Gobble, Gobble... Maggie

[miksilver]

Thanks Maggie -- it looks great! Are all of the cruisers listed on the spreadsheet participating in the FE's? If so, this should be an easy one for me considering my last cruise I had over 30 FE's to get ready and do. It was crazy! I went home with almost an entire carry-on full of FE's. My DD loved it though!

Hope your move went well. I'm hoping that my last move 3 years ago was my last one for a very, very, very long time.

And the meet and greet on my last DCL cruise was in the lounge area inside. I'll have to look at the deck plans for the Wonder and figure out what it is called. I'll get back to everyone on that since that location was a pretty good and easy one for a meet.

Kim

[miksilver]

Promenade Lounge on deck 3. That's it. Just looked it up.

How about that location for our 3pm meet and greet?

Kim

[asmith1113]

Thanks for doing the list! Especially with moving, it's nice you took the time for this! Could we add the children's ages? I think that would be helpful for the gift selection. And, in terms of meeting place, totally agree Promenade Lounge should work great for this size group!

[Ashansen]

Maggie: The spreadsheet looks great. However, when I go to the spreadsheet, I am not able to edit anything? Is there some trick I am not getting? I am quite familiar with spreadsheets and such, but the only tool bar menus active when I open the file is "File", "View" and "help".

Thanks!

Ashley

EDIT: I think that I am considered a "viewer" and cannot edit. I need to be a "collaborator" in order to edit...anyone else have this problem?

[AJMlovesRLM]

Thanks for doing the list! Especially with moving, it's nice you took the time for this! Could we add the children's ages? I think that would be helpful for the gift selection. And, in terms of meeting place, totally agree Promenade Lounge should work great for this size group!

I agree for all three!! (thanks for the list & the kids ages on spreadsheet would be a great help for FE gifts & also that the Promenade Lounge seems perfect for the 3 pm M&G.)

[buckeyejennifer]

HI Maggie! I sent an email with our info, but I don't see us on the list, so I'll repost it here in case I sent it to the wrong email address!

We are:

Jennifer (Mom)
Mike (Dad)
Mallory (DD, Age 2.5)
We are in stateroom 6624.

We will definitely do FE's, but not sure yet about the meet and greet--depends on the timing! Thanks for organizing!

Jennifer

[genmasjoy]

Hi Maggie, After the stress of moving, I'm sure you will really enjoy the cruise. My name is Joy and my husband is John, and we are up for the meet and greet.

[lucas]

Thanks Maggie -- it looks great! Are all of the cruisers listed on the spreadsheet participating in the FE's? If so, this should be an easy one for me considering my last cruise I had over 30 FE's to get ready and do. It was crazy! I went home with almost an entire carry-on full of FE's. My DD loved it though!

Kim

I'm on the spreadsheet for the Meet & Greet but we aren't participating in the FEs. The adult/boy/girl column is for the FE's only.

Promenade Lounge on deck 3. That's it. Just looked it up.

How about that location for our 3pm meet and greet?

Kim

Sounds good to me!

[MaggieAtSea]

I'll check on the collaboration piece and get back to folks about that once I look into it... that is essential for you to be able to edit. In the meantime, I'm happy to do so for you. It is a work in progress, still at this stage.

To be clear, the spreadsheet is a dual purpose one... the column with the rsvps for the meet & greet is there. Those individuals with a "yup" there said they would be interested in that. If folks have numbers indicated in the adult and or child columns, that is for FE participation. There are people just participating in FE and there are people just going to the meet & greet... and there are people doing both. The column count tells you what's what.

I will go in this weekend and make edits, additions and add ages of children if known to me by then (many put them in their earlier info, so that's easy for me to pull). I'll throw word up here when it is updated.

Be well, Maggie

[miksilver]

Thanks for the clarification -- got it now.

Kim

[lucas]

I'll check on the collaboration piece and get back to folks about that once I look into it... that is essential for you to be able to edit. In the meantime, I'm happy to do so for you. It is a work in progress, still at this stage.

To be clear, the spreadsheet is a dual purpose one... the column with the rsvps for the meet & greet is there. Those individuals with a "yup" there said they would be interested in that. If folks have numbers indicated in the adult and or child columns, that is for FE participation. There are people just participating in FE and there are people just going to the meet & greet... and there are people doing both. The column count tells you what's what.

I will go in this weekend and make edits, additions and add ages of children if known to me by then (many put them in their earlier info, so that's easy for me to pull). I'll throw word up here when it is updated.

Be well, Maggie

Thanks for doing all of this for us. Much appreciated!

:worship: :thanks:

[AJMlovesRLM]

I've been searching all over the posts and cannot find the answers to a couple questions - can anyone here help?
1.) I am SO looking forward to stumbling out of bed in the morning and enjoing a coffee on our verandah. Are there coffee pots in the staterooms? If not, where is the closest place to get coffee? Is there any "premium" coffee or cappacinos on board?
2.) People have said that you can carry on wine/liquor but that you may have to pay a "corking fee" if you bring the bottle with you to dinner. Others have said they brought beer and/or bottled water on board......has anyone brought beverages on board? Are there (mini) fridge's in the staterooms to keep stuff cold? Is there a corkscrew in the room?

Thanks!

[lucas]

Just got our cabin assignment. Cat 11 on deck 5.

[miksilver]

I've been searching all over the posts and cannot find the answers to a couple questions - can anyone here help?
1.) I am SO looking forward to stumbling out of bed in the morning and enjoing a coffee on our verandah. Are there coffee pots in the staterooms? If not, where is the closest place to get coffee? Is there any "premium" coffee or cappacinos on board?
2.) People have said that you can carry on wine/liquor but that you may have to pay a "corking fee" if you bring the bottle with you to dinner. Others have said they brought beer and/or bottled water on board......has anyone brought beverages on board? Are there (mini) fridge's in the staterooms to keep stuff cold? Is there a corkscrew in the room?

Thanks!


1. There are no coffee makers in the cabins, but you can pre-order coffee through room service the night before or just order it when you wake up. There will be a breakfast order form that you can fill out and leave. There is also the Common Grounds on deck 9 in the adults only area where you can get a premium coffee or latte or such. There is an extra charge for the premium coffee drinks from Common Grounds, though. Just be aware of that. There is no extra charge for room service other than the tip you give to the server at the door.

2. Yes, I have brought beverages onboard before. Disney allows for this in their policy unlike other cruise lines. You cannot pack the beverage in your luggage, it must be carried on board in your carry-on and must fit through the x-ray machine. Some people bring soft-sided coolers onboard to carry the beverage of choice. If you bring an unopened bottle of wine to dinner you may be subject to a corkage fee. Although I've heard just like other cruise lines it depends on your server.

There is a small cooler/fridge in each stateroom. It doesn't get very cold but your cabin steward can always get you ice if you wish to quickly cool a drink down. The cooler helps to keep things cool, but not really cold like a real fridge.

If you need a corkscrew, you can always ask your cabin steward or room service to bring you one.

I've also bought beer, wine and bottled water at ports and brought them back on board no problem on my last DCL cruise. DCL will not confiscate or make you go to the surrender your bottle line as some other ships do.

Hope that helps!

Just got our cabin assignment. Cat 11 on deck 5.

Deck 5 is a good location. Congrats on having a cabin!

Kim

[AJMlovesRLM]

Thanks you Kim/miksilver! :thanks:

[shari2shop]

WooHoo!!! I have finally gotten the roll call updated! It looks like we are going to have a great group going!

I can't wait.

I am starting to get nervious about the water. We have the Comfort Suites booked to do Atlantis. Then we have the Kayak/nature walk booked on Castaway Cay in the morning. I went ahead and booked the deep sea fishing in the afternoon. It said we could cancel up tp 3 days before. Not sure what we will end up doing.

Shari

[alady89]

Hi

How were you able to book comfort suites to do Atlantis? When I tried, it kept asking for 2 night minimum due to holiday? We would love to do this as well, the cost per person through DCL is just so high!

Thanks so much for any info.

Me, DS, and DH first Disney Cruise

[lincolnsparents]

does anyone know what night will the pirate party be?pirate:

[AJMlovesRLM]

does anyone know what night will the pirate party be?pirate:

I was "wonder"ing that, too! Also, is there a formal night?

[lucas]

Just noticing everybody's cruise tickers - 1 month 1 week! Woo Hoo! :)

[lucas]

Deck 5 is a good location. Congrats on having a cabin!

Kim


:thanks:

Sorry I missed seeing your post before.

I'm pretty excited about deck 5. We are way in the front and I've heard good reviews of that area.

[MaggieAtSea]

Here's the link to the most up-to-date list of folks participating in the fish extender gift exchange and those wanting to meet up on the day we set sail so that we may even see more friendly faces while we're out and about on our 4 day Thanksgiving Cruise.

Don't miss the fun! You can pm me, put your info here on the board:
Screen Name
Cabin # (needed if you are participating in FE)
Guests (first names only)
Age of any children participating in the FE (so gifts are appropriate for them)
Yes or NO for 3pm Meet & Greet in Promenade Lounge on Deck 3

OR edit directly the spreadsheet (I believe I have corrected the permissions so others can edit... but I wouldn't be able to tell for sure).

The link is right here:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AkEQVMPjpHUadFpfVmhfVUhFWWV0emhBel9LaENBW mc&hl=en

Let me know how I can help!! Maggie

[MaggieAtSea]

It makes no sense to worry about things beyond one's control... especially things still a month and a few days out...

BUT

It was a damp, rainy, blustery weekend in the northeast and my thoughts started to turn towards the Bahamas... which aren't that far south... which can be cool come end of November... and I said a quick prayer for sunny, warm skies and warm, lovely water come November 25th. My son will be busy being a pirate and dancing with Goofy to notice, but I would sure like some warm weather to bake my bones a wee bit!

Is there some sort of weather dance we should be doing? Or is it best to not speak of it again?:rotfl:

It's Monday and I'm already plannign on buying magnetic paper this weekend to start prepping door magnets for the cruise!

[miksilver]

It's Monday and I'm already plannign on buying magnetic paper this weekend to start prepping door magnets for the cruise!

Thanks for the updated spreadsheet. I already have my paper and am going to see if I can get a co-worker to help me disign a logo for Operation Gobble Gobble. It'll be something really simple. When I get it done I'll post it here.

And don't worry about the weather. It'll be fine -- it'll also seem nice and warm coming from the Northeast down to FL!

Kim

[lucas]

The link is right here:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AkEQVMPjpHUadFpfVmhfVUhFWWV0emhBel9LaENBW mc&hl=en

Let me know how I can help!! Maggie

This link doesn't work for me. :confused3

[MaggieAtSea]

This link doesn't work for me. :confused3

Hmm... it takes me there when I click from the board. Is it working (or not) for anyone else??

Ah, technology!:surfweb:

[lucas]

Nope, I just tried from home computer (was at work before) and it won't open. It opens to the page where you enter your account info. Am I the only one?

But, I went back to the link posted last week and that one opens fine. :)

[miksilver]

Nope, I just tried from home computer (was at work before) and it won't open. It opens to the page where you enter your account info. Am I the only one?

But, I went back to the link posted last week and that one opens fine. :)

It happened to me too. When I tried to open the link from my e-mail notification I couldn't get to it. When I tried to open the link from this board I could. Go figure.

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk78/miksilver/gobblegobble.jpg

This is the dis-sign that my DH came up with this afternoon for our cruise. I think it's so cute. Note the Mickey ears on the turkey. :rotfl: What do you all think?

Kim

[lucas]

This is the dis-sign that my DH came up with this afternoon for our cruise. I think it's so cute. Note the Mickey ears on the turkey. :rotfl: What do you all think?

Kim


Fantastic! I love it! :goodvibes

[KaM mom]

This is the dis-sign that my DH came up with this afternoon for our cruise. I think it's so cute. Note the Mickey ears on the turkey. :rotfl: What do you all think?

Kim[/QUOTE]

Looks good. Can you post or send me just the turkey with mickey ears?

Thanks

DH Jim

[miksilver]

This is the dis-sign that my DH came up with this afternoon for our cruise. I think it's so cute. Note the Mickey ears on the turkey. :rotfl: What do you all think?

Kim

Looks good. Can you post or send me just the turkey with mickey ears?

Thanks

DH Jim[/QUOTE]

I'll see if I can. I'll have to ask DH.

[miksilver]

Here you go. If you want it e-mailed to you just PM me.

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk78/miksilver/thanksgivingturkeymickeyhat.jpg

Kim

[Ashansen]

Maggie-thanks for getting the spreadsheet together. I was able to go on and update my info!

With regard to the FE's....what normally happens? Is there a particular day you deliver you FE's? Or do you do something each day? Is it a "bag" of things all at once?

I've never done one before, and found some great threads, but many of the pictures I saw were the accumulation of items they received...

Just wanting a little guidance if anyone has...I know someone can do as much or as little as they want...but just wondering what some others have experienced on previous cruises!

Ashley

[MaggieAtSea]

Ashley:

I think the idea is that you don't give something every day... but that at some point during the cruise you drop your chosen fe giftie in the participating folks' fe. Some do them right away, some at other points during the sailing. That way people can anticipate and be "surprised" by something during the trip...

If I don't have that right, someone else step in. This is my first sailing on Disney, afterall... not practiced in the Disney traditions just yet!

Kim:

The image is adorable... really well done! If possible can you pm it to me, as I might be able to work a little computer magic and put a small version on our nametags!

Finally, I'm sorry for any broken link... I haven't done anything different than the first time, but perhaps this one will work better for those wanting to access the spreadsheet. Please let me know if it does, in fact, work better:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AkEQVMPjpHUadFpfVmhfVUhFWWV0emhBel9LaENBW mc&hl=en

I made reservations to put our dog in his favorite dog hotel yesterday... put the flight info in my Outlook calendar so that it's set... bottom line is WE'RE GETTING CLOSER!!:hourglass

[lincolnsparents]

we will be participating in the fish extenders but not the meet and greet. i think it will be difficult to get lincoln away from the mickey slide pool:):goodvibes

I think the idea is that you don't give something every day... but that at some point during the cruise you drop your chosen fe giftie in the participating folks' fe. Some do them right away, some at other points during the sailing. That way people can anticipate and be "surprised" by something during the trip...

If I don't have that right, someone else step in. This is my first sailing on Disney, afterall... not practiced in the Disney traditions just yet!

Kim:

The image is adorable... really well done! If possible can you pm it to me, as I might be able to work a little computer magic and put a small version on our nametags!

Finally, I'm sorry for any broken link... I haven't done anything different than the first time, but perhaps this one will work better for those wanting to access the spreadsheet. Please let me know if it does, in fact, work better:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AkEQVMPjpHUadFpfVmhfVUhFWWV0emhBel9LaENBW mc&hl=en

I made reservations to put our dog in his favorite dog hotel yesterday... put the flight info in my Outlook calendar so that it's set... bottom line is WE'RE GETTING CLOSER!!:hourglass[/QUOTE]

[Ashansen]

Thanks for the clarification. My problem will be trying to get too much on board! I found so many great ideas in the DCL thread! We'll see what I end up doing...I tried to think of something good to "represent Texas"...Cow Patty candy anyone???? Kidding...they make such a thing, though!!

Ashley

[lucas]

Finally, I'm sorry for any broken link... I haven't done anything different than the first time, but perhaps this one will work better for those wanting to access the spreadsheet. Please let me know if it does, in fact, work better:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AkEQVMPjpHUadFpfVmhfVUhFWWV0emhBel9LaENBW mc&hl=en

I made reservations to put our dog in his favorite dog hotel yesterday... put the flight info in my Outlook calendar so that it's set... bottom line is WE'RE GETTING CLOSER!!:hourglass


The link works great! Thanks. :)

[miksilver]

Thanks for the clarification. My problem will be trying to get too much on board! I found so many great ideas in the DCL thread! We'll see what I end up doing...I tried to think of something good to "represent Texas"...Cow Patty candy anyone???? Kidding...they make such a thing, though!!

Ashley

My advice on the FE gifts is to not worry about it too much and don't go overboard with it. On my last DCL cruise I received so many FE gifts that I could fill an entire carry-on bag. It was a 7 day cruise though. Most people did one FE gift for the adults in the cabin and an FE gift each for the kids. Some people did more than one FE gift for each of the kids which I thought was generous, but going overboard a bit. I haven't decided what I'm going to do, but since this is still a pretty small group I will probably do what I did last time -- one FE gift per cabin for the adults and one FE gift per kid.

It was really fun getting something in our FE each day. I did feel a little bit like a summer Mrs. Claus going down all the halls with my bag of goodies giving out stuff.

Kim

[KaM mom]

Here you go. If you want it e-mailed to you just PM me.

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk78/miksilver/thanksgivingturkeymickeyhat.jpg

Kim

Thanks, It worked fine.

DH Jim

[Princess Runner]

Hello to everyone, hope you all have done some planning already, sorry I had dissapear but just started working a couple weeks ago and has been a rollercoaster, getting "my people" use to the new routine after being a "stay home DW" for many years. In any case, will review my reservation today, we are totally in for the FE, and I know I need to send you the cabin #, also I need to review all the postings I had miss, this is part of the fun. Blessings Elcka

[lucas]

I was just looking at our ressie on-line and look what I saw:

Only 35 days until your cruise sets sail!

Yea, people!!! It's coming fast!

[AJMlovesRLM]

we will be participating in the fish extenders but not the meet and greet. i think it will be difficult to get lincoln away from the mickey slide pool:):goodvibes

Maybe we'll see you at the Mickey pool - it is our plan to take Collin there as soon as we get on board, too! :mickeyjum

[KaM mom]

I was just checking all the paperwork and I noticed in the upper right hand corner of my confirmation a price breakdown which includes a substantial "pre paid gratuities". Almost 14% of the total charges for the cruise.

Can anyone explain?

Not to sound cheep. But if this is pre paid, do I need to tip before leaving the ship?

DH Jim

[miksilver]

I was just checking all the paperwork and I noticed in the upper right hand corner of my confirmation a price breakdown which includes a substantial "pre paid gratuities". Almost 14% of the total charges for the cruise.

Can anyone explain?

Not to sound cheep. But if this is pre paid, do I need to tip before leaving the ship?

DH Jim

It sounds like you have the pre paid gratuity option. You do not need to tip before leaving the ship since you have pre-paid. You will receive some vouchers for your cabin steward and servers to give out the last night. If I have received exceptional service I will tip extra in cash on the last night as well. Our servers really went above and beyond our last Disney cruise so we tipped them extra, but you are under no obligation to do so.

I would also like to put it out there that it might be time to cap our FE group. I am in the process of ordering FE gifts and don't have a lot of "wiggle room" in my order for new join-ees. What does everyone else think?

Kim

[KaM mom]

It sounds like you have the pre paid gratuity option. You do not need to tip before leaving the ship since you have pre-paid. You will receive some vouchers for your cabin steward and servers to give out the last night. If I have received exceptional service I will tip extra in cash on the last night as well. Our servers really went above and beyond our last Disney cruise so we tipped them extra, but you are under no obligation to do so.

I would also like to put it out there that it might be time to cap our FE group. I am in the process of ordering FE gifts and don't have a lot of "wiggle room" in my order for new join-ees. What does everyone else think?

Kim

Thanks for the tipping clarification. I will bring extra cash, just in case.

I agree with capping the FE group. The ship is sold out. No rooms available at any level. It seams anyone who knows about the DISboards has already checked in.

We are also finalizing our gifts and packaging is preventing any quantity of extra's.

Jim

[MaggieAtSea]

Okay... let's agree to cap the fish extender portion of the spreadsheet one week from now -- We'll close it on Monday, noon eastern time. That way people who only check the board on the weekend will have next weekend to sign on for the FE. If folks want to sign up for the meet and greet, they certainly can do so after that... but designating participation in the fe (adult and/or child), will be closed 11/2. Z'alright?!?

[Princess Runner]

OK guys, finally during the weekend I had a chance to check on the cabin #, I found really stange that we haven't receive the tickets in the mail, in any case, here goes our info again
Myself Elcka DW, Carlos DH, Andres DS (17), Carmen DD (5) and the cabin # is 2024, please as soon as you get the spreadship in place, send it to me, thank you can many blessings guys, can't wait to meet you! Elcka

[KaM mom]

OK guys, finally during the weekend I had a chance to check on the cabin #, I found really stange that we haven't receive the tickets in the mail, in any case, here goes our info again
Myself Elcka DW, Carlos DH, Andres DS (17), Carmen DD (5) and the cabin # is 2024, please as soon as you get the spreadship in place, send it to me, thank you can many blessings guys, can't wait to meet you! Elcka

We finaly got our cabin assignment and we will be in Cabin #2026. Making us neighbors.

Capping the FE on Monday works well, gives the weekenders a chance to check in.

DH Jim

[Princess Runner]

We finaly got our cabin assignment and we will be in Cabin #2026. Making us neighbors.

Capping the FE on Monday works well, gives the weekenders a chance to check in.

DH Jim

That is awesome! looking forward to meet you, blessings

[alady89]

Hi,

Please add us for meet and greet, we had rooom 2652 which had horrid reviews but were able to get moved to 2088 which is where will be.
Can't do the FE, I am just so not creative and between work, kid, hubby, and school am overextended on time at the moment.

There is myself Amy, dh Ray, and ds D'Morea (age 12).

This is only our 2nd cruise and ds first cruise.

Has anyone had any luck with Atlantis alternative booking as CS is full? Do you think any day passes will be available at resort? DCL treats son as adult but Atlantis as a kid. Makes a huge cost difference.

Also, has anyone found out what night our Pirate party will be? Hard to figure some things out since our cruise is atypical in GOOD way!

So excited and so ready to go, we are staying at BCV prior to sail for a few days to get back to Disney spirit.

Look forward to meeting everyone !

[genmasjoy]

Got our tickets yesterday, not much in the packet since we are driving to the port and I booked everything on line. However, it's nice to have the luggage tags so the baggage and us end up in the same room!

[lincolnsparents]

how come u got your tickets already we dont have ours yet:(

[MaggieAtSea]

Added a new family to the FE and another to the meet and greet. DOn't forget the part of the list for the FE will close Monday at noon so people can get busy ordering and making and all of that.
The link's I've been sending seem to work for some and not others. Try the one below. If it doesn't work, not to worry, as on Monday I'll post here the final FE counts for Adults/boy children/girl children so that if the google doc won't open on your machine you still will know quantity.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AkEQVMPjpHUadFpfVmhfVUhFWWV0emhBel9LaENBW mc&hl=en

[MaggieAtSea]

We decided to book the Atlantis Dolphin Cay and Adventure... so I'm hoping the weather cooperates with that decision! Brrr... it may be cold in that there water that time of year! But in the spirit of we may only come this way but once, we decided to book it now. Fingers crossed for warm sunny skies and warm, lovely water!

We also booked Paolo for Friday night. Please don't tell me that will be Pirate Night! Does anyone know for sure, as our itinerary is out of the usual order of things on a 4-night?

Everyone getting excited?? We sure are! The FE that we ordered trhough ebay came and is hanging in our kitchen... so the countdown is in full swing at our house!

[lincolnsparents]

hey we booked palo for the last night wondering when the pirate night will be how do we find out? thinking about dolphin adventure for us as well but have to wait and see how money goes as ds has a birthday the weekend before:)

[Ashansen]

We did this same cruise back in 2005. I can't believe it, but I found my Navigators from that cruise!!

In 2005 Pirate Night was on Friday night...9:45 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.

HTH!

Ashley

[lucas]

Hey people! It's November 1st. We're cruising THIS month!

:cool1::banana::cheer2::yay::woohoo:

[miksilver]

Hey people! It's November 1st. We're cruising THIS month!

:cool1::banana::cheer2::yay::woohoo:

YEAH!!! Tomorrow I will go ahead and make a countdown chain for my DD. They work great for our vacations and I don't have a 4 yr. old bugging me everyday if we leave tomorrow :headache:

I am totally in the Disney spirit tonight because today we saw Disney Celebrations on Ice. It was wonderful. Loved it. Very well done. Now I'm all ready to go to WDW and on our Cruise! :cool1:

[shari2shop]

Is anyone else going to WDW too? We are leaving Friday (nov 20) after school and driving to Animal Kingdom Lodge. We are doing parks on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday (still trying to figure out how to do four parks in three days!) Then drive to the ship on Wednesday!

I have my Fish Extender stuff planned! I am so excited about them! I can't wait to get them finished.

I edited post #1 to include a handy link for the fish extenders list/file. I also added Pirate night to the schedule. What night will formal night be?

Shari

[Ashansen]

We fly in on Saturday afternoon...We're heading to MK that day (we got reservations for the fireworks dessert party)....Then we'll do parks Sunday, Mon & Tuesday....Wed, we'll go to AK and leave from there (the busses will pick us up from there)....That's how we did it last time we went on this cruise in 2005. Worked out great.

Thanks!

Ashley

[lucas]

We're not going to WDW. We are driving up 1 day prior to the cruise and are staying overnight at the Radisson Cape Canaveral. We'll check out the Cocoa Beach area (never been) and have a seafood dinner the night before.

[AJMlovesRLM]

We are headed straight to WDW after the cruise and staying one night at BCV. Hoping the crowds are gone by then!

[buckeyejennifer]

We're flying in on Monday and staying at the Poly for two nights. I am so excited I can hardly stand it!!

Will we be getting any more official information from DCL before the cruise? I thought I read somewhere that there is some more paperwork or something that comes close to the cruise? Any idea? We filled out all of our online paperwork and are ready with those, but didn't know if there was something else I should be watching for.

I can't believe we'll be in Florida in 3 weeks!!

[KaM mom]

We will be flying in after school on Thursday the 19th and spending 5 nights at AKL, renting a car and driving to Cape Canaveral on Wednesday morning. After our cruise we are returning to BCV for 2 nights and a Very Merry Cristmass Party with a mouse. :yay: :woohoo: :banana: :dance3:

[KaM mom]

Is anyone else going to WDW too? We are leaving Friday (nov 20) after school and driving to Animal Kingdom Lodge. We are doing parks on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday (still trying to figure out how to do four parks in three days!) Then drive to the ship on Wednesday!

I have my Fish Extender stuff planned! I am so excited about them! I can't wait to get them finished.

I edited post #1 to include a handy link for the fish extenders list/file. I also added Pirate night to the schedule. What night will formal night be?

Shari

I noticed in your signature that you had stayed at the AKL back in 2009. Can you recomend a good 1 BR Savahna View location in Kidani? What floor, how far from lobby and which direction? Towards Jambo house or the swimming pool?

I am sending an email to the scheduling manager with my preference. Looking for a quiet location away from elevators and vending, but easily accesable from lobby.

DH Jim

[seaulater]

I noticed in your signature that you had stayed at the AKL back in 2009. Can you recomend a good 1 BR Savahna View location in Kidani? What floor, how far from lobby and which direction? Towards Jambo house or the swimming pool?

I am sending an email to the scheduling manager with my preference. Looking for a quiet location away from elevators and vending, but easily accesable from lobby.

DH Jim

My sister, BIL and I stayed at Kidani Village after the DVC member cruise, September, 2009.

The swimming pool is located right across from the lobby outside the front door. We stayed at the very end of the resort and had to walk for miles as we did not have a car. The WDW bus only makes one stop, right outside the lobby.

We were on the top floor in a one bedroom. If you have smaller children, you may like a lower floor so they are on same level as animals, but we liked overlooking the whole savannah.

I'm looking at booking this cruise today or tomorrow with DVC using points to surprise my 17 yr. old daughter for Thanksgiving.

I've just booked our flights using FF miles. We fly in on the evening of the 23rd and then will go to parks on the 24th and then head to the Wonder on the 25th Nov.

I've cruised alot on DCL. In fact, I think this is my 24th DCL cruise and my daughters 12th or so. I actually like the longer cruises better, but drill team messes up my schedule alot. My daughter will be in college next year, so hopefully our travelling will get easier. In fact just booked the back to back on the Disney Dream for the inaugural Jan. 26, 2011 and then Jan. 30, 2011.

I'll check the lists out on page 1. Don't want to crash the party, since we are such latecomers.

[Ashansen]

Again, this could have changed from 2005, but I saw the question asked about when "formal" night was going to be. Here's the dress code for the main dining rooms from 2005 Thanksgiving Wonder Cruise:

Wednesday: "casual" (no shorts, swimwear or tank tops)

Thursday (Thanksgiving) was "Semi Formal" (no shorts, swimwear or tank tops)

Friday: "Tropical or Pirate attire (no shirts, swimwear or tank tops)

Saturday night was "cruise casual" (no shorts, swimwear or tank tops)

Again....it is from 2005...so take it for what it's worth.

Ashley

[lincolnsparents]

got tickets we have officially begun the countdown:) cant wait anyone watch extreme makeover the other night? they were on the disney wonder i beleive

[KaM mom]

My sister, BIL and I stayed at Kidani Village after the DVC member cruise, September, 2009.

The swimming pool is located right across from the lobby outside the front door. We stayed at the very end of the resort and had to walk for miles as we did not have a car. The WDW bus only makes one stop, right outside the lobby.

We were on the top floor in a one bedroom. If you have smaller children, you may like a lower floor so they are on same level as animals, but we liked overlooking the whole savannah.

I'm looking at booking this cruise today or tomorrow with DVC using points to surprise my 17 yr. old daughter for Thanksgiving.

I've just booked our flights using FF miles. We fly in on the evening of the 23rd and then will go to parks on the 24th and then head to the Wonder on the 25th Nov.

I've cruised alot on DCL. In fact, I think this is my 24th DCL cruise and my daughters 12th or so. I actually like the longer cruises better, but drill team messes up my schedule alot. My daughter will be in college next year, so hopefully our travelling will get easier. In fact just booked the back to back on the Disney Dream for the inaugural Jan. 26, 2011 and then Jan. 30, 2011.

I'll check the lists out on page 1. Don't want to crash the party, since we are such latecomers.

Thanks for the information on Kidani.

Please, feel free to join us for the meet & greet at 3:00. The more the merrier.

DH Jim

[bgirl]

We fly in on Saturday afternoon...We're heading to MK that day (we got reservations for the fireworks dessert party)....Then we'll do parks Sunday, Mon & Tuesday....Wed, we'll go to AK and leave from there (the busses will pick us up from there)....That's how we did it last time we went on this cruise in 2005. Worked out great.

Thanks!

Ashley

What/where is the fireworks dessertparty in MK?

[Ashansen]

Tomorrowland Terrace Noodle station...here's the blog I found on it...complete with pictures!

http://www.disunplugged.com/2009/06/24/disney-debuts-magic-kingdom-wishes-dessert-party/

Ashley

[miksilver]

We are leaving on Mon. and spending Mon. and Tues night at the Dolphin and doing Epcot and DHS. Then we are on the cruise! Then we are staying at the Contemporary on Sun. and Mon. night and we fly out on Tues. We'll be doing Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party and another day at Epcot after the cruise.

Kim

[alady89]

We decided to book the Atlantis Dolphin Cay and Adventure... so I'm hoping the weather cooperates with that decision! Brrr... it may be cold in that there water that time of year! But in the spirit of we may only come this way but once, we decided to book it now. Fingers crossed for warm sunny skies and warm, lovely water!

We also booked Paolo for Friday night. Please don't tell me that will be Pirate Night! Does anyone know for sure, as our itinerary is out of the usual order of things on a 4-night?

Everyone getting excited?? We sure are! The FE that we ordered trhough ebay came and is hanging in our kitchen... so the countdown is in full swing at our house!


We are also planning Altantis but waiting to we get there and trying for day passes for Aquaventure or the Dig as DCL doubles the price for age 12 and 1/2 price at Atlantis on day pass is avail (still a kid per Atlantis but DL charges as an adult:confused3)

We have Palo booked for Friday as well but will change if it turns out be Pirate night, don't want to miss that and we already booked the Palo brunch too just in case. And Thurs is not an option on holiday when you have your child with you.

Where do u go once on board to change dining and when/ how do you get your dining rotation?

So excited, we are staying at BCV Saturday night through Wedn before leaving. Planning to 1 Day Plus tickets to do DHS, DQ, and BB. Our son has not got to do the "extras" so we thought we would do this year. Also, planning Cirque this year.

So much fun to plan, so much to do.

We are also coming back and doing US/IOA after the cruise and I still have NOT arragned transportation back. So much to do and time is running out.

Any suggestions for transfers back to US/IOA?

[KaM mom]

We are also planning Altantis but waiting to we get there and trying for day passes for Aquaventure or the Dig as DCL doubles the price for age 12 and 1/2 price at Atlantis on day pass is avail (still a kid per Atlantis but DL charges as an adult:confused3)

We have Palo booked for Friday as well but will change if it turns out be Pirate night, don't want to miss that and we already booked the Palo brunch too just in case. And Thurs is not an option on holiday when you have your child with you.

Where do u go once on board to change dining and when/ how do you get your dining rotation?

So excited, we are staying at BCV Saturday night through Wedn before leaving. Planning to 1 Day Plus tickets to do DHS, DQ, and BB. Our son has not got to do the "extras" so we thought we would do this year. Also, planning Cirque this year.

So much fun to plan, so much to do.

We are also coming back and doing US/IOA after the cruise and I still have NOT arragned transportation back. So much to do and time is running out.

Any suggestions for transfers back to US/IOA?


Pirate night is Friday evening.

Looking at the posted Navagators (DCL's daily event calander). Dining changes can be made at Wavebands begining at areound 1:00. Lines do form and it is first come first serve.

Dining rotation is issued with your Key To the World (aka room key) when you check in at Port Canaveral. There will be a code on the card. For example "APPT" would mean Animators Pallate, Parrot Cay, Parrot Cay, Tritons.

For the return trip I have rented a car form Budget Rental. They have a bus that pickes up from Port Canaveral and takes you to their rental location a few miles down the road. The drive is only 1 hour back to Orlando.

Full Size - 4 door for around $50.00 for one way 1 day rental. Discount / offer code S190554. (not sure if code is still valid, but it's worth a try)

DH Jim

[lucas]

Do we know if the Wonder is totally sold out for this trip?

[TheBenekins]

We are booked for the Thanksgiving cruise on the Wonder. This is the first cruise for the 13 yr old daughter. We are extremely excited and hope to make many new friends!

[KaM mom]

Do we know if the Wonder is totally sold out for this trip?

According to the internet reservation system there are no rooms available at any catagory. They do not even offer it as an optional cruise for November.

I tried calling a few weeks back to change our room asignment but there were only three catagory 10 and one catagory 4 available back then.

DH Jim

[KaM mom]

We are booked for the Thanksgiving cruise on the Wonder. This is the first cruise for the 13 yr old daughter. We are extremely excited and hope to make many new friends!

Welcome to the "Gobble Gobble Cruise" aboard the Disney Wonder.

You can look at page one of this post for a list of people who have logged onto this board. For additional ages you can click on the fish extender link in post #1.

We are having a meet and greet at 3:00 on Wednesday. You are welcome to join us and meet your fellow DISBoard members.

DH Jim

[beaker]

Hi everyone! I booked this cruise on Monday.:yay::woohoo::yay: I still see rooms available on the website. I booked cat. 7 gty. Just got assign a cat. 6.:cool1::cool1: We are me, DH, and DS(9).

[beaker]

I asked about the movies on board and was told the following

Christmas Carol 3-D
Bolt 3-D
Up 3-D
Toy Story 3-D
G Force
Hanna Montana
Disney Earth


Of course she said these could change before our sailing.

[seaulater]

I asked about the movies on board and was told the following

Christmas Carol 3-D
Bolt 3-D
Up 3-D
Toy Story 3-D
G Force
Hanna Montana
Disney Earth


Of course she said these could change before our sailing.

There is a new Disney movie that opens Thanksgiving Day and I'm sure they will show on the ship. It is Old Dogs with John Travolta, Robins Williams and others. I love the trailer that's been on. The one guy singing "I'm All Out of Love" is just hilarious.

I just booked this last Monday on the cruise also for my daughter and I. Used DVC points. There were staterooms available in alot of categories. We are in 6019, cat. 11.

Last night my daughter and I were watching the DCL Houseparty DVD they sent me and we were talking about our "next cruise". I told her it was gonna be so hard waiting til June 5th of next year to get on the Magic. She agreed and said next time she was on the ship she wouldn't be a kid anymore and she would be able to go to the adult clubs and Palo. She was a little disappointed she wasn't going to be able to go to Aloft anymore with teenagers.

Little does she know that in 19 days we will be on the Wonder!

[Ashansen]

What a great surprise for your daughter!

Tell her, on Disney cruises, you're ALWAYS a kid!

Ashley

[seaulater]

What a great surprise for your daughter!

Tell her, on Disney cruises, you're ALWAYS a kid!

Ashley

All she knows is that we are leaving Salt Lake City on the 23rd and returning on the 29th. It's a surprise destination trip. We are staying at Saratoga Springs on Monday and Tuesday night. When we get there, she will think we are going on a cruise, but then I'll tell her that won't happen until Thursday if we are. Then I'll mess with her mind when we check out on Wednesday morning and she "knows" the ship doesn't sail until the next day!

Her only condition for her surprise trip was that she said she had to have turkey and yams for Thanksgiving Day. I told her I could arrange that, no problem!

[asmith1113]

We are booked for the Thanksgiving cruise on the Wonder. This is the first cruise for the 13 yr old daughter. We are extremely excited and hope to make many new friends!

We have a 13 year old, but a boy. This will be his 6th Disney cruise. We were first on when he was a toddler. We'll be at the meet and greet and hope to meet you there.

[MaggieAtSea]

Hi everyone! I booked this cruise on Monday.:yay::woohoo::yay: I still see rooms available on the website. I booked cat. 7 gty. Just got assign a cat. 6.:cool1::cool1: We are me, DH, and DS(9).

Welcome! If you are able, please come to the meet and greet at 3pm to meet your fellow disboard cruisers! We'll have great fun!

[lucas]

Welcome! If you are able, please come to the meet and greet at 3pm to meet your fellow disboard cruisers! We'll have great fun!

Saw your reply on my Fishlips thread. We are still trying to decide where to eat the night before the cruise. Trouble is, there won't be any ships going by on the Tuesday before the cruise.

[lucas]

2 weeks to go! :cool1:

[AJMlovesRLM]

Can't wait, the official countdown has begun! :cheer2:

Who has their FE gifts done already?!?!?!? :scared1:

Re: Atlantis......does anyone anticipate the excursion being full? I am stalling on signing up for DCL Atlantis excursion in case some other opportunity presents itself BUT we really want to check out the Atlantis resort! Any thoughts??? :surfweb:

[Ashansen]

Got my FE's "in progress"....We'll get them finished up this weekend. I was going to surprise the girls with the whole FE concept, but really, they are having so much fun helping me make these little gifts, that I am glad I've told them a little bit!

We leave a week from Saturday (doing 4 days in the park before the cruise), so we'll probably get all packed this weekend! My sister just got back from DW, so I am really ready to go after hearing her talk!

We've made a red/yellow/black paper "countdown" chain, and the girls are tearing off a link each day so we've started our countdown to the departure!

Only a little while longer....gobble, gobble!

Ashley

[lucas]

I'm starting to think about what to pack.

Anybody else wearing lime green to the Meet n Greet?

[lincolnsparents]

fish extender is done:) now hoping that there is not another hurricane:) anyone else have kids very excited? My ds is 7 but will turn 8 next week so on top of cruise we have a birthday to plan as well:) at least it will make the time go faster. Counting the days 14 until we board the ship

[KaM mom]

Working on the FE gifts. Should have them done tomarrow.

Haven't started on FE assembly. Still trying to decide of fabric color and the pictures the kids want. They keep changing their minds. It is time for that executive decision and picking one for each.

We have some cloths set aside and will try and pack this weekend. We leave Thursday the 19th for 5 days at WDW before the cruise. Our first DVC visit and staying at the AKL Kidani.

The kids are getting excited. We downloaded a countdown timer from the DVC web site and they race to the computer to check on how many days remain before we leave.

7 days and counting. :cool1: :yay: :woohoo:

Is anyone dressing up for pirate night?

DH Jim

[lucas]

Is anyone dressing up for pirate night?

DH Jim

My dh is gonna wear his Pirates of the Caribbean t-shirt.

pirate:

[Ashansen]

I found a pirate t-shirt for the guys on our trip...Kids have costumes...We also bought a couple eye patches when Halloween stuff went on clearance.

Ashley

[MaggieAtSea]

Our update from here...


The FE has been hanging in our kitchen for a couple of weeks... now I just have to remember to pack it when the time comes!

FE gifts were set this past weekend. They may well scuttle my plans to do an entirely carry-on wheel-aboard trip... They take up so much room that, with the FE itself, and a couple of door magnets (oh, yes indeed-y we're going Disney all the way on this), I am slowly realizing that the three of us just wheeling aboard our things is a bit of fantasy.

I've printed smart looking nametags for the Meet & Greet for all who indicated they were participating and made smart looking ones with no name for those who will join us (DO COME IF YOU CAN).

This is all sounding like I'm a bit too into this... but I still do the full-time job/full-time mom/full-time wife thing so this cruise really isn't as front-and-center in my attention as it may sound.;)

This weekend will see me laying out clothes, putting many back ("yup, there's Maggie with that same outfit on again"), adding a sweater and fleece with the bathing suit, lather, rinse and repeat for DH and DS.

We are all building in our excitement and it's undeniable that we'll be making some great memories while on this trip.

Happy Prepping, All! Maggie:flower3:

[MaggieAtSea]

I'm wondering how dressy we should go... on all of our previous cruises the 2 formal nights had us decked out in tuxes and nice dresses... funnily enough, my 7 y.o. loves wearing his tux and would be thrilled to wear it again... but it would be one more thing to pack and I"m sensing folks just don't get that dressed up on these Disney sailings.

Anyone packing fancy dress?

[seaulater]

I'm wondering how dressy we should go... on all of our previous cruises the 2 formal nights had us decked out in tuxes and nice dresses... funnily enough, my 7 y.o. loves wearing his tux and would be thrilled to wear it again... but it would be one more thing to pack and I"m sensing folks just don't get that dressed up on these Disney sailings.

Anyone packing fancy dress?


We are going to dress up one night so we can get our Christmas portrait taken to mail with our Christmas cards....

[lincolnsparents]

we are dressing up my son has a pirate costume made by grandma. Also the grown ups are dressing up too. Hubby wearing a carribean style shirt, me wearing a pirate style shirt and denim capris. Also grandma and grandpa dressing up too:)

[lucas]

I'm wondering how dressy we should go... on all of our previous cruises the 2 formal nights had us decked out in tuxes and nice dresses... funnily enough, my 7 y.o. loves wearing his tux and would be thrilled to wear it again... but it would be one more thing to pack and I"m sensing folks just don't get that dressed up on these Disney sailings.

Anyone packing fancy dress?

Sorry folks, but we are going casual.

For dinners I am bringing 1 pair of nice black rayon type shorts and a short black swooishy skirt. Probably will wear the skirt - but I can't decide so I am bringing both (I hate to do this as I HATE to overpack). For tops, 1 tropical but nice shirt, 2 sparkly type Mickey tops, and 1 black pirate shirt that I found after Halloween at Target (I am gonna dress it up with some chunky silver jewelry). And for shoes I have black flats.

Hubby is not bringing jacket or tie - just a couple of nice dress shirts, 1 tropical shirt with collar and matching black pirate shirt as mentioned above.

[KaM mom]

I'm wondering how dressy we should go... on all of our previous cruises the 2 formal nights had us decked out in tuxes and nice dresses... funnily enough, my 7 y.o. loves wearing his tux and would be thrilled to wear it again... but it would be one more thing to pack and I"m sensing folks just don't get that dressed up on these Disney sailings.

Anyone packing fancy dress?

We are planning a forman night for the Christmass card pictures. Nothing over the top. The wife purchased a nice dress and I and Kids will be in business casual; matching dockers and shirts, no ties.

pirate: For pirate night we all have costumes. Great after Halloween sales. pirate:

Just 4 days remain till the fun begins. :banana: :dance3: :banana:

DH Jim

[Ashansen]

Do most people put "tags" on the gifts saying who they are from? Or is it just "Disney magic" that brings the gifts to each door?

Thanks!

Ashley

[mstinson14]

We will be on this cruise also!! Me(Sharon) dd(Megan 13) 1st Thanksgiving cruise, 6th Disney Cruise

[mstinson14]

For the meet and greet, where and when is that? Thanks! Only nine more days!!!!!!!!!!

[AJMlovesRLM]

Does anyone know (or have a link to) the recommended tipping guidelines?

[miksilver]

Do most people put "tags" on the gifts saying who they are from? Or is it just "Disney magic" that brings the gifts to each door?

Thanks!

Ashley

I label my FE gifts and find that on my last cruise most dis'ers labeled theirs as well.

I still have a few more things to do for my FE gifts, a little repair to my FE, and door magnet making to do.

My family will be dressed up for formal night, but nothing over the top. I like to dress up on cruise nights and my DD loves her dresses. I also found her a cute pirate costume on clearance for $3.50 that she will be wearing on pirate night and my DH and I have pirate t-shirts that I originally made for the Princess and Pirates Party at MK. Add a pirate necklace, hoop earings and bandanas and we are ready to go.

Work has been super, crazy busy for me and it's my goal to not take my computer with me on this family trip so if you don't see me posting on these boards as much in the next week, that's why.

Look forward to meeting you all,
Kim

[lucas]

Hey, I just realized something......

SEE YOU NEXT WEEK!!!

:woohoo:

[mstinson14]

For the meet and greet, where and when is that? Thanks! Only nine more days!!!!!!!!!!

[lincolnsparents]

ditto!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AJMlovesRLM]

For the meet and greet, where and when is that? Thanks! Only nine more days!!!!!!!!!!

3pm Meet & Greet in Promenade Lounge on Deck 3

[mstinson14]

Thanks 9 more days, so excited we can't wait

[mstinson14]

8 more days everyone!!! See yall next week.

[lincolnsparents]

can anyone tell me exactly how the fe work. does it matter what days we give do we give everyday? just wondering so i know what to buy. Also getting very excited everyone pray or send good thoughts to lincolns grandma going back in for stomach surgery> She is traveling with us so nothing major just hoping that she gets to eat something on board besides soup :)