June 4, 2010 Wonder 4 Night

[owensjro]

Ok, we just booked this cruise (and the June 8...back to back..woohoo!) and I didn't see a thread out here yet so figured I would start one and get it on the list of meet threads. Hope some others out there are going to be joining us!

Jim
Amanda
Hannah (age 8 for cruise)

[skuttle]

Hi! :wave2:

We'll be celebrating our 10th anniversary with our first trip on DCL! We are SO excited and overwhelmed at the same time! We've gone to WDW almost every year since we got married in 2000, but DCL is something new to us and it's a lot of info to take in! This will be my DH and son's first cruise ever. I went on a cruise in high school, but it was on the Big Red Boat so that probably doesn't even count! LOL!

Allison
Ryan
Colin. He'll be one month shy of 7 for the cruise.

[owensjro]

Hi! :wave2:

We'll be celebrating our 10th anniversary with our first trip on DCL! We are SO excited and overwhelmed at the same time! We've gone to WDW almost every year since we got married in 2000, but DCL is something new to us and it's a lot of info to take in! This will be my DH and son's first cruise ever. I went on a cruise in high school, but it was on the Big Red Boat so that probably doesn't even count! LOL!

Allison
Ryan
Colin. He'll be one month shy of 7 for the cruise.

Congrats and welcome aboard! Let us know if you have any questions. We've been on a few cruises and have done a ton of research. It looks like we may have some days prior to this cruise to spend at WDW. Just got Hannah's school calendar for next year and they are going to end the Friday before Memorial day. We may be able to make this into a 2 week vacation!

Jim

[FFA_MOM]

Count us in too. We just booked yesterday.
It will be me(36) dh(37) dd1(16) dd2(13) we also have my sister and her family dh(41) sister(40) dd1(11) dd2 (6) and my mom and dad. We will be celebrating lots of things. My daughters 16th. My sisters 40th b-day and both of our 17th wedding anniversaries and my Dad's 60th b-day. My family cruised on the Wonder in 2007 and had a great time. This will be the rest of the families first Disney Cruise and they are really excited. We are excited too but we do have a trip planned to the World on June 6th, 2009 for 6 night at AKL, so this will help!! Can't wait to starting planning!

[owensjro]

Count us in too. We just booked yesterday.
It will be me(36) dh(37) dd1(16) dd2(13) we also have my sister and her family dh(41) sister(40) dd1(11) dd2 (6) and my mom and dad. We will be celebrating lots of things. My daughters 16th. My sisters 40th b-day and both of our 17th wedding anniversaries and my Dad's 60th b-day. My family cruised on the Wonder in 2007 and had a great time. This will be the rest of the families first Disney Cruise and they are really excited. We are excited too but we do have a trip planned to the World on June 6th, 2009 for 6 night at AKL, so this will help!! Can't wait to starting planning!

Welcome aboard! Can't believe this cruise is so far away. :)

[skuttle]

Hi FFA_Mom! Welcome to the DIS. :)

We spent 8 nights at AKL for Thanksgiving and absolutely LOVED it! What a great way to make the time before the cruise go faster!

[owensamo]

Just posting to subscribe. I'm owensjro's better half. :) I'm looking forward to seeing the Wonder again!

Amanda

[FFA_MOM]

Thanks for all the welcome's. I've been a lurker on the boards for about 3 years just never posted. I thought I would join in this time.:thumbsup2
We are DVC members and looking foward to our 1st stay at AKL and we are also taking some 1st time Disney family members with us. This will be exciting :woohoo: Yesterday I spent some time looking at the DCL picture of the day thread. I don't know if I can wait that long. Last time I booked 12 months out and I thought that was a long wait! Last time we cruised in a Cat 8 or 9 (we had a large porthole) this was our 1st curise. This time we have a Cat 6. Anyone stayed in a cat 6. My husband was wondering how big the verandah really is?

ffa mom

[skuttle]

This is our first cruise, so I can't answer your question, but we are also staying in Cat 6. :)

[Squirrley]

This is our first cruise, so I can't answer your question, but we are also staying in Cat 6. :)

We cruising also on June 4, 2010 , we also have Cat 6 Staterooms. Maybe we're close together. Also our 1st cruise. Hope to meet up with you .

[Squirrley]

Ok, we just booked this cruise (and the June 8...back to back..woohoo!) and I didn't see a thread out here yet so figured I would start one and get it on the list of meet threads. Hope some others out there are going to be joining us!

Jim
Amanda
Hannah (age 8 for cruise)

Hi, we are cruising for the 1st time also on June 4-8 Wonder, with our son, Daughter & 2 grandkids. Hope we can meet up.

Melvin, Shirley, Joe
Stephanie, Brianna (age 8 for cruise) & Ethan (age 5 for cruise)

[owensjro]

Hi, we are cruising for the 1st time also on June 4-8 Wonder, with our son, Daughter & 2 grandkids. Hope we can meet up.

Melvin, Shirley, Joe
Stephanie, Brianna (age 8 for cruise) & Ethan (age 5 for cruise)

That's great! Maybe when the cruise is closer the girls can exchange some letters or something. Hannah would love to have a friend on the ship :)

Jim

[Stargazer]

Haven't booked yet, but we're planning on this cruise also! It will be our first cruise EVER for me, Misty; DH, Rodney; and DD, Cailyn (8 when we go).

Here's the main reason I haven't booked yet - we're planning on doing 3 (maybe 4) days at WDW before the cruise.

Does anyone have thoughts on whether it's better to book land/sea together (will have to wait for 2010 pkg prices if so) or to book the cruise now (more room choice, can start paying immediately) and just add my own "land pkg" for the 3-4 days (will still have to wait for the resort prices to be released, but at least 1/2 of it will be taken care of)?

[skuttle]

We plan on adding 4 or 5 days to our trip pre-cruise. I'm not sure how the pricing works out honestly, since this is our first trip on DCL. I knew though that we wanted to do more than 3 days at WDW pre-cruise, so decided to just create a package myself. Also, if money issues arise, we can drop some of the WDW days or the WDW stay entirely, but still keep the cruise.

[owensamo]

We're DVC members, so we always end up doing our own WDW bookings around our cruises. As far as I'm aware, the only thing you can't get booking it yourself is your hotel and stateroom keys combined into one! You also have to check in at the port, rather than being checked into your cruise when you get to your resort.

Otherwise, you can get the same price on Disney transfers and probably a better deal on air as well as your hotel doing it yourself. Plus, if you look at towncars or one-way rentals, you may be able to save on transportation as well. On our last cruise, we did 2 1-way rentals with Budget and saved about $50 over the cost of DCL transfers for 3. That's $50 more to spend on the ship! :rotfl:

Amanda

[Squirrley]

We're DVC members, so we always end up doing our own WDW bookings around our cruises. As far as I'm aware, the only thing you can't get booking it yourself is your hotel and stateroom keys combined into one! You also have to check in at the port, rather than being checked into your cruise when you get to your resort.

Otherwise, you can get the same price on Disney transfers and probably a better deal on air as well as your hotel doing it yourself. Plus, if you look at towncars or one-way rentals, you may be able to save on transportation as well. On our last cruise, we did 2 1-way rentals with Budget and saved about $50 over the cost of DCL transfers for 3. That's $50 more to spend on the ship! :rotfl:

Amanda

Using Budget were the shuttles pretty fast or did you have to wait? I'm looking at Budget & Avis.
Anyone stayed at Radisson At the Port? I have read mixed reviews but it looks great in the pictures. We're trying to find a place near the port night before the cruise.
I told my Grand daughter about your dd & she's looking forward to meeting her. She wasn't crazy about having to hang out with her 5 yr old brother on ship.
Anyone on this cruise have a 5 yr old going?

[owensamo]

Using Budget were the shuttles pretty fast or did you have to wait? I'm looking at Budget & Avis.
Anyone stayed at Radisson At the Port? I have read mixed reviews but it looks great in the pictures. We're trying to find a place near the port night before the cruise.
I told my Grand daughter about your dd & she's looking forward to meeting her. She wasn't crazy about having to hang out with her 5 yr old brother on ship.
Anyone on this cruise have a 5 yr old going?

The shuttles were fast. We dropped the car off while they had people from the last ship picking their cars up, so we ended up on a shuttle that was going back to the port for pick-up - I think we got there around 9:45! After debarkation, the shuttle wait was only a few minutes. What really took longest was the fact that because they only had 2 people doing check-out/check-in on cars, it took a while to get through the line in the office.

One cool thing to note - Budget will hold on to your personal car seat at their office if you're using them round-trip. So rather than carry our booster seat onto the ship and have to find some place to store it, we left it at the Budget office and just picked it up when we got the car to return to Orlando!

Amanda

[owensjro]

Well, looks like we'll be dropping this cruise and switching to the 6/13/10 cruise instead. The dance studio our daughter is at is going to have their end of year recital the first Saturday in June so that makes things a bit tough.

Hope everyone has fun on this one!

Jim

[FFA_MOM]

I haven't been on in awhile. Just checking to see if anyone else has jumped on board. The 10 of us booked our flights last week. Got a great deal (or I thought so) 119.00 each way out of OKLA, cheaper than I paid this June. Time seems to passing quickly, this trips is going to be here before we know it. Has anyone made any plans? I was looking at day rooms at Atlantis, has anyone done this before?

[wigdoutdismom]

I haven't been on in awhile. Just checking to see if anyone else has jumped on board. The 10 of us booked our flights last week. Got a great deal (or I thought so) 119.00 each way out of OKLA, cheaper than I paid this June. Time seems to passing quickly, this trips is going to be here before we know it. Has anyone made any plans? I was looking at day rooms at Atlantis, has anyone done this before?

We just booked this cruise a few weeks ago. It will be me, dh and ds10. Will be staying 5 nights at BCV before the cruise and 3 nights after. This is our first Disney cruise and we are super excited!

[FFA_MOM]

Glad to see more people joining! We leave in 289 days:cool1:

[Squirrley]

Well I got my last reservation done this morning.:yay:
Hotel before & after cruise .......done
Airfare.................................. done
Van rental before & after..........done
Now all I have to do is finsh paying off the cruise..;)

Can't wait to meet everyone on the cruise.

I hope more people join this thread as we get closer to cruise date.:surfweb:
Anyone else going to decorate their door?

[wigdoutdismom]

Well I got my last reservation done this morning.:yay:
Hotel before & after cruise .......done
Airfare.................................. done
Van rental before & after..........done
Now all I have to do is finsh paying off the cruise..;)

Can't wait to meet everyone on the cruise.

I hope more people join this thread as we get closer to cruise date.:surfweb:
Anyone else going to decorate their door?

Door decorations maybe, would really like to get some fish extenders going!

[Squirrley]

Door decorations maybe, would really like to get some fish extenders going!

I don't know much about Fish Extenders, but sounds good to me. :cool1:
Count us in.

[Squirrley]

This is our first cruise, so I can't answer your question, but we are also staying in Cat 6. :)

Our 1stcruise also & we have (2) cat 6's on deck 6
Maybe we are close .

[Squirrley]

[QUOTE=wigdoutdismom;The 10 of us booked our flights last week. Got a great deal (or I thought so) 119.00 each way out of OKLA

Almost forgot, we're neighbors. We're from Texas..................:cool1:

[FFA_MOM]

Glad to see more posting on here. I was going to try and decorate the door. I haven't got that far yet.

[wigdoutdismom]

[QUOTE=wigdoutdismom;The 10 of us booked our flights last week. Got a great deal (or I thought so) 119.00 each way out of OKLA

Almost forgot, we're neighbors. We're from Texas..................:cool1:

So are you flying out of Oklahoma City?

[Squirrley]

[QUOTE=Squirrley;33670915]

So are you flying out of Oklahoma City?

No, we live right by DFW & we will be flying out of there.
We're flying out the day before the cruise, because I don't want to take a chance of any delays or problems :rotfl:

[wigdoutdismom]

We will be at the Beach Club 5 nights before and I expect that we will just take ME to the port, then back to Beach Club for 3 nights after the cruise....
We always fly out of Wichita but there are never any good airfares

[FFA_MOM]

We will be flying out of Lawton. We might see you at DFW on the 3rd.:cool1:

[Squirrley]

FFA Mom

I don't remember flight # but I think we leave around 8:30 AA

[FFA_MOM]

you'll beat us there. We leave DFW at 1210pm

[Squirrley]

you'll beat us there. We leave DFW at 1210pm

We will be landing & you will be taking off. We arrive Orlando 11:50am
My grand kids wanted to get there early to go to the beach or Kennedy Space Center. It was also cheaper to take that flight. We haven't decide what hotel to stay at the night before........my daughter & grandkids keep changing their minds.:confused3 Glad all my reservations are ones I can cancel without penalties. :rolleyes1

My crew is DH, DS, DD, DGD(SHE BE 8),DGS(he will be 5) & ME

[skuttle]

Hey everyone! For a while we weren't sure if our DCL trip would go forward or not due to some possible medical issues, but we've finally officially decided to put the medical stuff on hold and enjoy our trip!! So now I'm in full planning mode! LOL! :cool1:

We're planning on doing 4 nights at WDW pre-cruise. Still trying to figure out where to stay. Going between the GF, where we spent our honeymoon, or POR-Riverside (never been in a mod before). I'm secretly hoping that WDW does another 4 for 7 deal and we can do 7 night pre-cruise!!

[skuttle]

Our 1stcruise also & we have (2) cat 6's on deck 6
Maybe we are close .

We are on deck 6, too!

[Walt & Di]

Santa brought this cruise for our Grandson, Elijah (12) and Granddaughter, Asiah (9). This will be their first cruise with DD, Mom (Fox Family). Also, this is other DD first Disney Cruise, having cruise several times on other ships.

Grandma and Grandpa Vincent has cruised 3 times on Disney Magic. We are BOBers who cruised on October 24, 2009. This will be our first time on Disney Wonder.

Family are Disney Nuts have visting WDW to many times to count.

Walt and Di :cool1:

[IrishCowboy]

Have a great cruise! :thumbsup2

[Walt & Di]

We are on deck 6, too!

We have two inside cabins on deck 6. Be running into you. :lmao:

Walt :cool1:

[FFA_MOM]

I haven't checked the boards in awhile...Welcome Walt and Di !!!:yay:

[Walt & Di]

I haven't checked the boards in awhile...Welcome Walt and Di !!!:yay:

Thanks can't wait to go. Our grandkids and daughters are very excited. Di

[skuttle]

I'm so excited to finally be able to say our cruise is THIS YEAR!! :cool1: It still makes me nervous since this is our first cruise, but I'm very excited!

[mrssmee]

Hi Everyone! This will be our first experience with DCL, and our kid's very first cruise ever. We're doing 6 nights at WDW before hand. The cruise is actually a surprise for the kiddos...they will think we are checking out of WDW to go home, but then we'll go to the port instead!:banana:

Last year my son watched the DCL special on the travel channel, and loved it so much he DVR'd it the next time it came on...and he watches it all the time! But I've led him to believe it will be a few years before we ever even consider going on a cruise:lmao:.
I can't wait to see his face when he realizes we are actually going on one instead of going to the airport!

[wigdoutdismom]

This is our first Disney Cruise! Wondering if anyone is interested in getting a FE group started...

[wsushocker]

This is our first Disney Cruise! Wondering if anyone is interested in getting a FE group started...

What is an FE?

[wsushocker]

What is an FE?

What does iron have to do with a cruise other than the ship is made from it?

[owensamo]

Well, even though owensjro started this thread, he finally moved this cruise out to the 6/13 5-night instead, so we will officially not be on this trip! :( The up-side is now our back-to-back is 10 nights instead of 9! :cool1: Of course, it pushes our vacation out by a week as well :sad2:.

I hope everyone has a blast on this cruise!

[sdhines00]

Yea we are booked and ready to go on our first cruise :banana: The kids and I can not wait. We have been looking forward to this for over a year now and the kids are in the final countdown. I was going to get the kids a Disney Gift Card so they could have their own 'money' but can we use them on Castaway Cay? :confused3 As a first time cruiser does anyone have pointers on things that we shouldn't miss? See you guys June 4th.

Stephanie
Brianna (8)
Ethan (5)
Grandpa
Uncle Joe

[skuttle]

Hello June 4th cruisers!! Are y'all getting as excited as we are! :cool1:

Our DS (6) doesn't seem too excited about the cruise part of our trip yet...I think because he doesn't really know what to expect. DH and I, on the other hand, cannot wait!!

[Walt & Di]

We are all very excited. Can't wait.

[Walt & Di]

Back again. We booked kids and grandkids excursions today. Woo Hoo. :cool1::cheer2::cool1::cheer2:

[Rainwater]

Haven't booked yet, but we're planning on this cruise also! It will be our first cruise EVER for me, Misty; DH, Rodney; and DD, Cailyn (8 when we go).

Here's the main reason I haven't booked yet - we're planning on doing 3 (maybe 4) days at WDW before the cruise.

Does anyone have thoughts on whether it's better to book land/sea together (will have to wait for 2010 pkg prices if so) or to book the cruise now (more room choice, can start paying immediately) and just add my own "land pkg" for the 3-4 days (will still have to wait for the resort prices to be released, but at least 1/2 of it will be taken care of)?

We will be on the June 4 Wonder trip, and will go to Disney World for the second leg of our trip. We priced it, and decided to book both trips separately. With the AP discount, this just seemed like the right move for us.

[Rainwater]

Using Budget were the shuttles pretty fast or did you have to wait? I'm looking at Budget & Avis.
Anyone stayed at Radisson At the Port? I have read mixed reviews but it looks great in the pictures. We're trying to find a place near the port night before the cruise.
I told my Grand daughter about your dd & she's looking forward to meeting her. She wasn't crazy about having to hang out with her 5 yr old brother on ship.
Anyone on this cruise have a 5 yr old going?

Check out the County Inn Suites. They also offer a special for park and cruise if you are interested. $97.00 with out taxes and fees.

[Rainwater]

we will be flying out of lawton. We might see you at dfw on the 3rd.:cool1:

"go pokes"

[skuttle]

Anyone else stressing out about what to wear for dinner? I am! I've been searching the DIS and I'm still not sure what we're "supposed" to wear for dinner! We're also doing Palo brunch and I'm not sure what to wear to that! Ugh!!

[wigdoutdismom]

I'm thinking either a Sun dress or Capri pants. My husband will wear khaki slacks and a polo shirt.
We don't have a formal night do we?

I need to get my Passporter's Cruise Book out...

[HarleyCruise1]

Hello all fellow Cruisers,
I am introduceing myself here,
My family and myself will be sailing with all you all,
there will be a big group of us so I dont think you will be able to miss us,
something like 20 in all, give or take.
I have sailed many times before but I have never been on a cruise this short before, and I have never sailed on Disney.
So if anyone has ANY suggestions at all please let me know, and if I may ask
what is the palo brunch? And like the previous person asked, do we have a formal night?

[wsushocker]

Anyone else stressing out about what to wear for dinner? I am! I've been searching the DIS and I'm still not sure what we're "supposed" to wear for dinner! We're also doing Palo brunch and I'm not sure what to wear to that! Ugh!!

I love the picture of your Bostons! We have one Terror, and I cannot imagine our house with two! :scared1:

[wsushocker]

http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt335/wsushocker/photopass%2009/Image0191.jpg

Baylor, Marc, Anita

If you recognize us onboard, please say Hi!

[skuttle]

I love the picture of your Bostons! We have one Terror, and I cannot imagine our house with two! :scared1:

LOL! Ours aren't too bad. They are litter mates so have been with each other since the beginning. They keep each other occupied. Although they do keep digging up my lilies in the backyard. They just turned one in February so I'm hoping they will out grow it!

[HarleyCruise1]

So its getting closer now are there anything any one can suggest to not miss or to dfiinately pack or bring on a Disney crusie?

[HarleyCruise1]

Hello all fellow Cruisers,
I am introduceing myself here,
My family and myself will be sailing with all you all,
there will be a big group of us so I dont think you will be able to miss us,
something like 20 in all, give or take.
I have sailed many times before but I have never been on a cruise this short before, and I have never sailed on Disney.
So if anyone has ANY suggestions at all please let me know, and if I may ask
what is the palo brunch? And like the previous person asked, do we have a formal night?

[skuttle]

This is our first trip on DCL, so I don't know too much. I noticed in our cruise documents we received last week that one night is listed as "dress up," but not "formal." From everything I have read on here, it sounds like the Wonder is pretty informal, regardless of what everyone is "supposed" to wear.

[juniedog]

Hello from a first time DCL er. We are booked as a big group. Five rooms in all and lots of kids. I am very excited and I can't believe how close we are to our date!

[HarleyCruise1]

We have a big group aswell, 10 or 11 rooms in all,
it should be interesting, nothing like getting a big family together.
We have,
My grandmother and her husband, my father and his girlfreiend,
my uncle his wife, my cousin and her husband and her twins,
my sister her husband and their two kids,my brothe in laws mother,
my other cousin, and my other uncle and aunt,
and myself,
and I know I am forgetting someone or two...

[Gooofy-Blade]

Count 3 more in( me, wife, daughter)....from Kentucky.
First time cruisers
Experienced WDW - Wilderness Lodge family

Looking forward to it.

Just got a great deal at Radisson at the Port thru Priceline($63.00). Saved $35.00 off my original gov't discount.

[HarleyCruise1]

The thread just very quit,
Is every one just very busy or what,
come on guys we only have a few more weeks till
we sail...

[wigdoutdismom]

Hi fellow cruisers!

Anyone interested in an on board DISmeet?

[mimmiepnp]

We are very excited to be on the June 4th cruise. We will be celebratin DS (he is a huge disney fan) college graduation:dance3:

We are staying 5 nights before the cruise at BCV and 4 nights after the cruise at BLT. We have 2 cabins booked for myself, DH, DD and DS.

We leave for BCV in 15 days and can't wait:cool1: Would love a DISmeet

[HarleyCruise1]

Dis meet sounds like alot of fun,

[FFA_MOM]

We fly down 2 weeks from tomorrow:banana: My family is getting excited. It's been so long ago that I booked everyting I have called are reconfirmed. I guess we will get the suitcases down this weekend. Anyone else started packing or have anything exciting booked?popcorn::

[wigdoutdismom]

We are very excited to be on the June 4th cruise. We will be celebratin DS (he is a huge disney fan) college graduation:dance3:

We are staying 5 nights before the cruise at BCV and 4 nights after the cruise at BLT. We have 2 cabins booked for myself, DH, DD and DS.

We leave for BCV in 15 days and can't wait:cool1: Would love a DISmeet

It looks like we will be at BCV the same time as you! We get there the 30th. Maybe we can say hi at the resort and figure out a place for a meet on the ship!

[mimmiepnp]

It looks like we will be at BCV the same time as you! We get there the 30th. Maybe we can say hi at the resort and figure out a place for a meet on the ship!

wigdoutdismom we also get to the BCV on May 30th!! DD, DS, and I arrive then and DH comes in on 6/1. Let's try and meet up before the cruise that would be fun!!! :)

[wigdoutdismom]

It looks like we will be at BCV the same time as you! We get there the 30th. Maybe we can say hi at the resort and figure out a place for a meet on the ship!

wigdoutdismom we also get to the BCV on May 30th!! DD, DS, and I arrive then and DH comes in on 6/1. Let's try and meet up before the cruise that would be fun!!! :)

Just sent you a pm!

[wigdoutdismom]

We fly down 2 weeks from tomorrow:banana: My family is getting excited. It's been so long ago that I booked everyting I have called are reconfirmed. I guess we will get the suitcases down this weekend. Anyone else started packing or have anything exciting booked?popcorn::

Dis meet sounds like alot of fun,

We fly down on the 30th it's getting close! Packing starts this weekend!
Not sure where we should meet up, anyone have a suggestion?
What about the pirate party? All of a sudden I have been obsessing about it.... pirate:

[mimmiepnp]

We fly down on the 30th it's getting close! Packing starts this weekend!
Not sure where we should meet up, anyone have a suggestion?
What about the pirate party? All of a sudden I have been obsessing about it.... pirate:



DS College graduation was yesterday so the suitcases came out today!! Doing a two week funfilled disney vacation so I can't even imagine how to begin to pack!!

Pirate party is great and would be a fun place to meet.

[skuttle]

We leave on the 28th for 6 days at WDW pre-cruise!! :cool1: I started packing our toiletries since we buy new/travel size of most of that stuff. I always started packing my "disney purse." LOL!

[wigdoutdismom]

We leave on the 28th for 6 days at WDW pre-cruise!! :cool1: I started packing our toiletries since we buy new/travel size of most of that stuff. I always started packing my "disney purse." LOL!

Where are you staying?

[tngal4]

Hi! I'm a first time cruiser and can't wait until next week! My family is going to celebrate my college/master's graduation! We are all VERY anxious! I am working on the magnets to decorate my door and can't wait to get on the boat.

My crazy group includes:
My parents and me in one room
and my sister, her husband and DS(5), DS(4), and DD(2)
:cool1:

[sdhines00]

:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

It's almost time. I'm not sure who is more excited me or the kids. This will be our first cruise. Can someone help me with the dinner dress code. Disney CS tells me one thing and then I read something totally different. My dad and brother are joining us and they are not dress slacks people :) They are more jeans and a polo person. I don't want to eat every night in the buffet line so I am hoping that jeans are really okay. This will be a bitter sweet vacation for us because my mom was suppose to be coming along but she passed away last December. So my kids and I are trying to find something special to do in her honor. She had all kinds of door decorations ready for us but I can't find them anywhere :sad2:

Stephanie 35, Brianna 8, Ethan 5
Pawpaw and Uncle Joe

[wigdoutdismom]

:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

It's almost time. I'm not sure who is more excited me or the kids. This will be our first cruise. Can someone help me with the dinner dress code. Disney CS tells me one thing and then I read something totally different. My dad and brother are joining us and they are not dress slacks people :) They are more jeans and a polo person. I don't want to eat every night in the buffet line so I am hoping that jeans are really okay. This will be a bitter sweet vacation for us because my mom was suppose to be coming along but she passed away last December. So my kids and I are trying to find something special to do in her honor. She had all kinds of door decorations ready for us but I can't find them anywhere :sad2:

Stephanie 35, Brianna 8, Ethan 5
Pawpaw and Uncle Joe

This is our first Disney cruise.
When we cruised another cruise line we did "dress" for dinner. So with that said. I just checked my passporter's DCL. Dress-up night for a 4 night cruise is the second night. So it says they encourage a jacket and tie for men. My dh isn't taking either.
He is taking polo shirts and khaki pants.
I'm taking skirts and capri slacks.
I'm not sure I'd go to Palo in jeans...
Hope this helps.
Sorry about your mom.

[sdhines00]

I have gotten a lot of feedback from prior cruisers and they say that it is okay to wear jeans to dinner. We do not have reservations to Palo so I'm good there. Already looking forward to our cruise in December 2011. That will be a great birthday gift for my DD Brianna who will turn 10 the day before we sail. I wiss I could find my moms decorations that she made for our doors. But we will have them for our next cruise. I hope to meet some of you guys that are going next week but it's a big boat and not even sure where to meet up at. I booked a catamaran sail & reef snorkeling for our day in the Bahamas and then we are parasailing at CC. Anybody else going on these same excursions?

Steph

[wigdoutdismom]

I have gotten a lot of feedback from prior cruisers and they say that it is okay to wear jeans to dinner. We do not have reservations to Palo so I'm good there. Already looking forward to our cruise in December 2011. That will be a great birthday gift for my DD Brianna who will turn 10 the day before we sail. I wiss I could find my moms decorations that she made for our doors. But we will have them for our next cruise. I hope to meet some of you guys that are going next week but it's a big boat and not even sure where to meet up at. I booked a catamaran sail & reef snorkeling for our day in the Bahamas and then we are parasailing at CC. Anybody else going on these same excursions?

Steph

Hey Steph, will you be at Disney before we sail? Maybe we could say hi there if you are going to be, if not, we are thinking about a meet on pirate night. I just don't know enough about the cruise to really set much up.
If anyone knows of a good place to meet please chime in here!
We could sure use some help...

It's going to be me and my dh and ds11 on the cruise.

It's easy to get a look at us if you head over to my last trip report and look at our last trip, there are plenty of pictures to identify us by. They were just taken in March, it was just the two of us though, couples only trip!

Anita

[sdhines00]

We are flying down on Thursday and are staying somewhere in Cocoa Beach. We plan to go to MK on Tuesday when we get off the ship. And then we fly home on Wednesday. So not much time to really enjoy all of the parks. I wish we could stay longer but when we first booked our cruise we really didn't think about it. But we will have fun for the 1 day we are at MK.

[skuttle]

sdhines, your excursions sound like fun!

We aren't doing any excursions in Nassau. We (my, DH, and DS6) will be going over to Ardastra Gardens on our own...just going to grab a Taxi, I guess.

At CC we're doing the Stingrays.

This is our first cruise so we didn't want to get too "excursion heavy."

wigdoutdismom, we don't really know anything about the cruises either other than what I've seen on TV! I still get a sick feeling in my stomach when I think about being on the ship and not knowing where anything is located!!

[wigdoutdismom]

We are doing the stingrays at CC too!

[wigdoutdismom]

We are planning on meeting up with mimmiepnp since we are both staying at the Beach Club...

Skuttle, would you like to try to say hi as well?

Maybe we could come up with a game plan for the ship meet...

[skuttle]

What time are y'all doing the stingrays at CC? We're doing it at 1pm.

Let me know when you are meeting with mimmiepnp and I'll see what we have planned for that day. We have a couple of meals planned, but other than that we don't have too much planned at WDW due to the heat and not knowing how long we'll be able to take it at a time!!

[mimmiepnp]

Let me know when you are meeting with mimmiepnp and I'll see what we have planned for that day. We have a couple of meals planned, but other than that we don't have too much planned at WDW due to the heat and not knowing how long we'll be able to take it at a time!!

What great fun trying to meet up before the cruise. :dance3:

Can't believe we leave in three days for the BCV and then the cruise will be here before we know it. :banana:

Packing is just about done!!!

Now I have to start getting all our pets ready for their "babysitter" and making sure they have everything they need :dog2:

Soooo much to do and sooooo little time left but whose complaining; definately not me!!!:rotfl:.........