March 6th, 2010 7 Night Western

[DMMarla07860]

Anyone else going on this one? I'm Julia and I am from New Jersey and I'll be 21 years old when this trip happens, but turn 22 year old on the cruise, hope more people are going and post on here.:goodvibes

DMMarla
Julia(21 years old, turning 22 on the ship) and Larry(Dad)
Cat.9(2582)(Main Seating)
New Jersey
Cruises Before:10 times on both Wonder and Magic
Friday Night: Disney's Boardwalk Hotel
Palo: Brunch
Excursions: Grand Cayman Island Tour

Tigger2002
Tim (49) & Donna (49)
DS Nathan (23) & DD Hannah (20)
Daughter's Friends Rebekah (20) and Laura (20)
Son's girlfriend (23)
Cat. 9(three rooms) Second dining
Bristol Tennessee
Previous DCL: Western 05-16-09
Friday night: MCO airport
Palo: Brunch on Monday, Dinner on Tuesday, and Tea on Thursday
Excursions: Cozumel - Hired a driver for the day to tour us around the island, Grand Cayman - tour with Native Way Water Sports "Rays, Reef, and Rum Point" (we have done this before), Key West - Walk around

SillyLittlePixie
Christine and Stew
Devore, California
celebrating the BIG 4-0 on this cruise!!!!
3rd DCL cruise with 2 more booked already
No Palo this time
Only excursion- Tulum in Cozumel
Staying at the Doubletree Cocoa Beach the night before.

Disboardname: "Just love Eeyore & Rasmus Faber"
Names: Me- Rasmus(34) DW- Christina(30) DS-Thomas(3)
We're from Denmark-Europe
We're staying in a cat. 11-Main seating Previous cruises: None
Excursion: DW is doing Dolphin encounter in Grand Cayman
Palo: Brunch on Thursday
We're going to WDW before the cruise to celebrate DW's birthday(on March 4th)

Disboard Name: nickcapp
Real Names and ages: Nick (30), Kristin (27), Joey (baby)
Stateroom Number or Cat: GTY12
What other previous cruise you been on: Disney Cruise (3 Times: Panama Canal, Western, Bahamas)
Where you are staying before or after cruise: Courtyard near port before, Boardwalk After.
Palo: Palo Tuesday Evening Dinner
Excursions if you are doing any: None. Will chill on the boat and walk around Key West.

Disboard Name: Dismommy2
Real Names and ages: Whitney (32), Travis (32), Macy (3), Brinley (7 months)
Stateroom Number or Cat: Cat 12
What other previous cruise you been on: Magic January 2009
where you are staying before or after cruise: None
Palo: Not Sure
Excursions: Not Sure

Disboard Name:GoHerd1028
Real Names and ages: Steve (43), Shari (42), Ethan (5), and Lauren (3)
Stateroom Number or Cat: Cat 11
What other previous cruise you been on:This is our first Disney Cruise.
where you are staying before or after cruise: One of the Disney All Star Resorts
Palo: Just going to enjoy time with the kids instead...we are in main seating
Excursions if you are doing any : We dont have any excursions scheduled yet

Disboard Name: paganoni
from Satellite Beach, FL (just down the road from the port)
Real Names and ages: Chris (42), Patty (38), Michela (Italian exchange student daughter - 17), Rossana (Italian friend flying over just for the cruise/her first time to the USA - 17) :yay:
Stateroom Number or Cat: Cat 9, Rm 2000
Second seating for dinner
What other previous cruise you been on: This will be our 7th Disney cruise, and Michla's 2nd (did the 3 night in Nov 2009), Rossana's 1st cruise
Palo: Brunch on Thursday
Excursions: Stingray City at Grand Cayman


Disboard Name: bnalexander
Real Names and Ages:
#1 Grandparents - Barbara (60), Mark (59). We are from Washington State
Before the cruise we are at Four Points Sheraton Cocoa Beach for 2 nights.
#2 Parents & Kids- Jamie(39), Bobby(46), Haley- Girl (13), Brannon-Boy(11), Kaitlyn-Girl(7), Allyson-Girl(3). We are From California. Before the cruise we are at Residence Inn Airport MCO for 1 night.
#3 Grandparents- Sharon and Robert. We are from Texas. Before the cruise we are at Residence Inn Airport MCO for 1 night.
3 Staterooms: Cat 5 Deck 7
This is everyone's first Disney Cruise!!!
Palo: Dinner Monday, Brunch Thursday...High Tea was not open to us newbies..all full!
Excursions: Cozumel-Dolphins, Grand Caymen-Sting Rays, Castaway Cay-Watercraft Ski Adventure

LeetahTX
Roberta (36) & Scott (37)
DS Dillon (1) & DD Samantha (8)
Cat. 9 (6060) Main dining
San Antonio, TX
Friday night: MCO airport Hyatt
Palo: Lunch
Excursions:
Key West - butterfly farm
Grand Cayman - Stingray City
Cozumel - Snuba
Castaway Cay - relax

Disboardname: SplashMountainManiac
Names: Paul, Joan, Mike(20)
Orlando, FL
Stateroom 6052
Late seating dinner
Previous DCL cruises: 5 Bahamas, 1 Mexican Riviera, 1 W. Caribbean, 1 E. Caribbean
Palo: trying to book dinner and brunch onboard
Excursions: Tulum Mayan ruins in Cozumel
Conch Train on our own in Key West

[DMMarla07860]

anyone?

[DMMarla07860]

no one yet?

[TammyNC]

Hey there - we are booked on this cruise too.

It will be myself, DH (jimmytammy on the DisBoards), DD (17) and DS (15).

This will be our first cruise and we are really excited.

[DMMarla07860]

Hey there - we are booked on this cruise too.

It will be myself, DH (jimmytammy on the DisBoards), DD (17) and DS (15).

This will be our first cruise and we are really excited.

welcome aboard! great to see you will be joining this cruise. Hopefully more people will be joining and it will be a great group:goodvibes

[TammyNC]

I hope more will be joining soon too. We are at WDW right now having a blast but can't wait to start all the planning for the cruise.

[DMMarla07860]

I hope more will be joining soon too. We are at WDW right now having a blast but can't wait to start all the planning for the cruise.

hope your having a great time in WDW :goodvibes

[TammyNC]

Thanks!! We are having a great time!!

[nickcapp]

Hello!

My wife and I are will be joining you on this cruise! I'll be 30, DW 27

This will be our 4th Disney cruise and will be the 1st with our new born child!

He/She will be 4 months old on this trip. I know he/she will be little. But being seasoned Disneyer, We think we can do it! I wouldn't even try it if it wasn't Disney....

Looking foward to meeting everyone!

[TammyNC]

Glad you all will be joining us on the cruise. It will be fun to follow along as everyone starts their planning.

Our next thing on the list is to get our passports. We have to get one for all four of us.

Got to run, getting ready to head out to MK for the day.

[DMMarla07860]

Hello!

My wife and I are will be joining you on this cruise! I'll be 30, DW 27

This will be our 4th Disney cruise and will be the 1st with our new born child!

He/She will be 4 months old on this trip. I know he/she will be little. But being seasoned Disneyer, We think we can do it! I wouldn't even try it if it wasn't Disney....

Looking foward to meeting everyone!

glad to have you guys join us, yeah the kid will be a little young, but start them young they might thank you one day:lmao:.

and I see you guys are from Parsippany? not to far from where I live, and by the way love that picture in you sig of Pikey as a pirate and that is also Trevor in the picture as well right?

[macfinn]

My husband, ds(6) and ds (2) and I will be joining all of you on this cruise. This is our second time on disney Magic, first for ds(2). I look forward to planning with all of you. Any questions for first timers or parents going the first time with a young child I will be happy to answer.
Christa

[son3disfan]

Hi everyone. :wave2:

We will be joining you as well on our 3rd Disney cruise!
Me :drinking1, DH :crazy:, and three boys :rockband: (13,11 and 9)


Heads up to everyone! The price just dropped on our 2 - Cat #11 rooms for this cruise. We just saved $468.oo total for both cabins!

Check it out...and good luck!

[nickcapp]

Yup! That's Pikey and Trevor.

Probably two of he best bingo callers around!

We were also able to take advantage of the price drop. Saved us $260!

[SplashMountainManiac]

Wow, I can't believe I didn't join yet, in my mind I had already posted but I just realized I'm not on here, lol. We will be onboard the cruise, it will be me, Mike (20) and my parents. Glad to see the group is forming.

[macfinn]

it is nice to see a veteran coming with us!! me,dw, and our 2 sons 6,and 2. this will be our second magic trip with our 6yo, this the babies 1st cruise. we will spend 2 nights at mk than be at the port for 600am (LOL)....:cool1::cool1::cool1::cool1::cool1:

[TammyNC]

I hate to have to post this but we are going to be canceling our trip right now. After discussing things with the kids, we feel like this is something that we need to put on hold and try for again in the future.

I know you all will have a great time!!

[MamaJones]

Hi everyone!!!
This will be our FIRST Disney Cruise!! We are so looking forward to this!!! My Husband and I have 2 kids girl age 9 and a son age 7 (at cruise time). Can't wait to have a great time and meet some new friends!!

Cathy

[GoHerd1028]

Looks like we are going to be joining each of you all on this cruise next March. Wife and I have cruised RCCL but this is our first Disney Cruise. Our DS who will be 5 then is already pumped up. DD who will be 3 and we are hoping to have a blast and meet some new friends on here.:banana:

[steve igoe]

My wife (Sue and an avowed Disney fan ) and I will also be joining the march 6th 2010 cruise and then spending 11 days in Orlando .A friend's daughter is working as a cultural ambassador in England ( EPCOT) so it will be great to meet up with her .

[GoHerd1028]

My wife (Sue and an avowed Disney fan ) and I will also be joining the march 6th 2010 cruise and then spending 11 days in Orlando .A friend's daughter is working as a cultural ambassador in England ( EPCOT) so it will be great to meet up with her .


Welcome Aboard! I am hoping that as time go along we will get aquainted with others on the same cruise. I think that will make things much more fun.

[macfinn]

welcome to our friends from across the great pond!!!
11 days + a cruise , that is the way to vacation!!!

[steve igoe]

hey guys ,

thanks for the welcome .

we're leaving the kids ( although not so young these days .Eldest graduated this year with law degree and youngest goes to uni in september) for the cruise.

Never done a cruise before so really looking forward to it .

DW Sue has just decided this evening that she's going back in july 2010 with youngest DS ( Stuart 19) to meet our friends daughter when she finsishes her 2nd stint at disney .

Looking forward to meeting new friends on the cruise next year and it can't come a day too soon .:cool1:

best wishes :)

Steve

[son3disfan]

Hi guys..

We just moved our cruise to Feb.

Have a fantastic time everyone!

[GoHerd1028]

our numbers are shrinking already!

Steve

[macfinn]

that means more food and drink for us......this could be the smallest dis board meet if no one else signs up....

[GoHerd1028]

Does anyone have a facebook page so that we can all get better aquainted before our cruise?

[GoHerd1028]

Are we going to do a fish extender exchange on this cruise? Let me know if we are going to do that so we can start planning on what to bring.

[macfinn]

if there is no special offered or no 12's this cruise might just be off for us, we can do a moderate for almost 10 days for less than the cruise...just don't know yet.......:confused3:confused3:confused3:confused3

[Just love Eeyore]

We just booked yesterday. Our first cruise ever:cool1:. Now we just have to book our airfare, but it's still way to expencive.
Our family consists of my husband Rasmus who will be 34 when we leave, our son Thomas who will be almost 4 and myself, Christina who will turn 31 on March 4th, and hopefully will celebrate this on the cruise (if things work out as hoped we will also celebrate in Magic Kingdom on March 4th.)

We live in Denmark, Europe.

[Just love Eeyore]

Are we going to do a fish extender exchange on this cruise? Let me know if we are going to do that so we can start planning on what to bring.

We would like to participate. It sounds like a lot of fun. But I'm not sure how it works? I'm a newbee to all cruising.

[Rasmus Faber]

I just wanted to say hi, too. I am "Just love Eeyore"'s husband. (I believe I am the :surfweb: in her signature :) )

I am really looking forward to the cruise, too. I have had plans for quite some time to try to talk DW into trying one - and then she suggests it herself one day right out of the blue. Isn't she great? :love:

[GoHerd1028]

We just booked yesterday. Our first cruise ever:cool1:. Now we just have to book our airfare, but it's still way to expencive.
Our family consists of my husband Rasmus who will be 34 when we leave, our son Thomas who will be almost 4 and myself, Christina who will turn 31 on March 4th, and hopefully will celebrate this on the cruise (if things work out as hoped we will also celebrate in Magic Kingdom on March 4th.)

We live in Denmark, Europe.

WELCOME ABOARD!!!!

On the boards we will hopefully all get better aquainted before we all cruise!:yay:

[disneytraceyl]

Hello. We just moved our cruise from December to this one. Much better to go to Florida when it is snowing. It will be me, my husband, Kayley 8 (will be 8 on Halloween) and Kyley 3. Love disney cruises and looking forward to meeting everyone. Love doing the fish extenders.....
Does anyone have any children Kayley's age? She love meet new friends.

[GoHerd1028]

Hello. We just moved our cruise from December to this one. Much better to go to Florida when it is snowing. It will be me, my husband, Kayley 8 (will be 8 on Halloween) and Kyley 3. Love disney cruises and looking forward to meeting everyone. Love doing the fish extenders.....
Does anyone have any children Kayley's age? She love meet new friends.
:thumbsup2

[GoHerd1028]

My post did not work only the smile thing.

Welcome Aboard!!

I think we are all going to have a good time. Our son Ethan will be 5 when we cruise and our daughter Lauren will be 3. The also both love to meet new friends. ARe you going to put your children in the Oceaneer's Club?

What type of stateroom did you get? We got a cat 11. This is our first time on a disney cruise and the first time with the kids on any cruise at all. Where are you guys from?

I agree with the fish extenders...since you have cruised before you can be in charge and tell us all what to do ha ha...maybe we can set up a facebook group so we can all get to know each other better also. What do you think?

Steve:banana:

[Just love Eeyore]

Welcome disneytraceyl!

I think that a facebook group for the fish extender would be great and I think it would be a good idea if someone who has been on a cruise before would be in charge.

Disneytraceyl would you mind beeing in charge?

We are still deciding if we are going to put our son in the Oceaneer Club. He is very shy and doesn't speak english. But I'll think that we will give it a try, because I think that he will enjoy playing with other children.

[GoHerd1028]

I set us up a FACEBOOK group this morning. It is titled

March 6, 2010 DCL "magic" Western Carribean Cruise

If anyone has any trouble finding the group please send me an PM and I will send an invite to youir reguarl e-mail address.

Steve:dance3:

[Sccrmnky2005]

Should be on this cruise... (was on the wonder this year about this time) I don't usually book this far out I wait for FL residents rate to come out. But this is me and my DBF spring break. It will be our 3rd DCL cruise, But our first on the MAGIC!! Can't wait for our first 7 night cruise!! We love DCL and haven't cruise anything else. I will be 23 on march 31st, 2010. So will celebrate early!!

[GoHerd1028]

Should be on this cruise... (was on the wonder this year about this time) I don't usually book this far out I wait for FL residents rate to come out. But this is me and my DBF spring break. It will be our 3rd DCL cruise, But our first on the MAGIC!! Can't wait for our first 7 night cruise!! We love DCL and haven't cruise anything else. I will be 23 on march 31st, 2010. So will celebrate early!!

Welcome Aboard! If you are on Facebook we formed a group today for this cruise so we could get better aquainted before our cruise date. the group name is simply March 6, 2010 DCL "Magic" Western Carribean Cruise...hope to see you there.:dance3:

[disneytraceyl]

Welcome to the cruise.... It sould be a great time. Start thinking of ideas for the fish extenders.

[bnalexander]

I am a member of a family group of 10 (4 children, 1 mom, 1 dad, 2 grandmas and 2 grandpas) that will be cruising. I am one of the grandma units. DH and I have cruised on RCCL and Celebrity but not Disney until now. I had to look up the fish extender but will be sure to do it. I have a question already. I was told we needed to all have pirate outfits. This info came from a person who went on the Eastern Caribbean cruise. Does anyone know anything about if or why we would need the costumes? Well I am off to look at the fish extender pics now. Sign me up.

[GoHerd1028]

I am a member of a family group of 10 (4 children, 1 mom, 1 dad, 2 grandmas and 2 grandpas) that will be cruising. I am one of the grandma units. DH and I have cruised on RCCL and Celebrity but not Disney until now. I had to look up the fish extender but will be sure to do it. I have a question already. I was told we needed to all have pirate outfits. This info came from a person who went on the Eastern Caribbean cruise. Does anyone know anything about if or why we would need the costumes? Well I am off to look at the fish extender pics now. Sign me up.

Welcoe to the cruise!!! It seems that every few days we are getting someone new to join us....that must mean it is getting closer!!!!!

[bnalexander]

Thanks for the welcome. Yes I have gone to facebook. Thanks.

Just got a fish extender off Ebay. How cute!

[Rasmus Faber]

I am a member of a family group of 10 (4 children, 1 mom, 1 dad, 2 grandmas and 2 grandpas) that will be cruising. [...] I was told we needed to all have pirate outfits. This info came from a person who went on the Eastern Caribbean cruise. Does anyone know anything about if or why we would need the costumes?

That sounds like it is going to be an amazing family-trip.

About the pirate outfits: Wednesday night is "pirate night". The dinner is going to have a pirate theme, and I believe there will be a pirate party on the deck afterwards. Costumes are completely optional, but we will definitely be dressing up: DS loves pirates (and all of us thinks it is fun to get dressed up).

[bnalexander]

Great to know about the pirate night. DH and I and the grandkids will definitely dress up for the pirate night and party!

I've been looking for bits and pieces of clothing to make up costumes. What fun! Surprising to see how many places sell pirate gear! :goodvibes I will be visiting the thrift shores as well.

I have another question. I see pics with tons of stuff on the cabin doors. Are the doors metal and these things are magnets? Otherwise, how are the signs, note boards etc. attached to the cabin door? Thanks for the help......of course you can't tell I have not cruised Disney before....ha.

[nickcapp]

Bingo! Yes the door are metal. People get very creative with their doors.

One of the most common methods its buying ink-jet printable magnetic paper and printing whatever designs you wish. There are some great ideas and folks who will customize pictures to print on the main board. You can pick up the inkjet printable magnetic paper pretty much anywhere print supplies are sold. It can get expensive. Look at ebay for a deal!

We have a lot of fun doing it! (Even for us big kids!)

[MRGOOFY1]

Can't wait to go on another Disney Cruise...
March 6th, 2010
October 2008
October 2007
May 2007
September 2006
May 2006
October 2005
October 2004
March 2004
September 2003

Room 6315 this time...

[GoHerd1028]

Welcome aboard MrGoofy1 ! Looks like you have been on enough of these to know what your doing! We also have a facebook page to get to know everyone better also if your interested.

Steve

[Lollipop's Mom]

I just switched my cruise date over to this one this morning!
We were scheduled to go on the Feb 27th eastern, which I REALLY wanted, as we did the western this past January, but with my daughter's school schedule I can't make it work. She is attending a fine arts high school and her dance exams land Feb 27-March 4th...and her spring break is March 6-13. So we are doing the western again this year! It rained in Cozumel when we were there last time, so its our 'second chance' there this time.

[GoHerd1028]

I just switched my cruise date over to this one this morning!
We were scheduled to go on the Feb 27th eastern, which I REALLY wanted, as we did the western this past January, but with my daughter's school schedule I can't make it work. She is attending a fine arts high school and her dance exams land Feb 27-March 4th...and her spring break is March 6-13. So we are doing the western again this year! It rained in Cozumel when we were there last time, so its our 'second chance' there this time.

Well, the loss for the Feb 27th cruise is our gain! Welcome Aboard!

[bnalexander]

Anyone have any info about the size or type of luggage that is best to be able to store under the bed in the cabin? From my reading it says the bed only has 8 or 9 (opinions vary) inches of clearance. I can't find a regular soft side suitcase that will get that flat in order to store it under the bed. Should I look for a large wheeled duffel? Any help you could give would be appreciated. We have 4 traveling in my cabin and being able to have underbed storage for the suitcases would be really good.

[GoHerd1028]

That is a very good question. I have been pondering that myself what to do. I think I am going to go to Target and pick up a few of the Eddie Bauer large Rolling Duffles so that we can get them under the bed easily. Curious as to what others are thinking of doing though

[Lollipop's Mom]

We had no trouble fitting our regular soft sided luggage under the bed. Also, we stood one up in the closet and tossed laundry in it, then just wheeled it to the laudry room on laundry day and worked well!

[nickcapp]

Hello again all!

I just wanted to let you all know that they released some CAT 12's this morning for this cruise.

Anyone trying to save a few dollars or a party of 4 booked in an 11 may want to check it out!

6 months to go!

[Lollipop's Mom]

I just came here to post about the cat 12 as well! Its tempting, but I love the room location we have for our cat 11 and also I would lose our 10% on board booking discount. I am basically paying $810 instead of $899, so the $70 savings (well $140) isn't worth it to me to give up our room location!

[GoHerd1028]

This is our first Disney Cruise so I dont know all the ins and outs yet. Now, is it true that cat 12 only sleeps 3 people and that if a family of 4 books a cat 12 they automaticly get upgraded to a cat 11? We are in a cat 11 now on deck 6 i think. I sent an e-mail to our travel agent but have not heard anything back yet. Just trying to learn more aobut this.

Steve

[Lollipop's Mom]

*** FISH EXTENDER INFO ***

Ok so we decided over on facebook that I will organize fish extender!
Please EMAIL ME at liz72@shaw.ca to be added to the list! I need your DISname, how many adults/kids and stateroom number and will start the list. I won't be posting your stateroom number or any personal info out in the open on the boards, so don't worry.

[nickcapp]

GoHerd:

Yes this is true! The cabin only fits 3! There is no drop down bunk. Just two beds (or one if they are moved together) and the pullout couch.

You will be automatically pushed to an 11.

[Sccrmnky2005]

I think the fish exender will be great fun!! We did it on our first cruise and Loved it!! So me and DBF are in on that one!! Glad to see more people are joining in. Can't wait for this cruise!!

[Sccrmnky2005]

I'm having trouble finding the group on facebook. My email on facebook is sccrmnky@mymail.scc-fl.edu. Thanks

[Lollipop's Mom]

So who is hyped about 2011?? Decisions decisions.... I live 20 mins from Vancouver and can't believe the ship will be so close, but at the same time I have never had a strong desire to do an Alaskan cruise. I am thinking Europe summer 2011....maybe....?? lol.

[GoHerd1028]

So who is hyped about 2011?? Decisions decisions.... I live 20 mins from Vancouver and can't believe the ship will be so close, but at the same time I have never had a strong desire to do an Alaskan cruise. I am thinking Europe summer 2011....maybe....?? lol.

I used to think that an Alaskan Cruise was for old people lol however, I find myself wanting to go on one! does this mean I am now old?:confused3

[Lollipop's Mom]

Yes that makes you very old!!! lol
I am just not 100% sure I am into doing Alaska - I want my vacation to be on a beach with a fru fru drink and a lounge chair - not panning for gold! lol

I see mountains every day, and have seen tons of wildlife in my lifetime - I probably wouldn't even want to get off the ship in Alaska much - its just not for me.
That being said - its extremely tempting when the ship is 30 mins from my house to go on it for a week and just relax on the boat and do a few things off of it.

[Sccrmnky2005]

I'm ready to go on the Europe 2011 as well!! Alaska doesn't intrest me too much, I'd rather be at the beach:)

[DMMarla07860]

I'm excited for 2011, we are going to try to book the LA to Vancouver cruise since it stops in San Francisco:goodvibes and maybe a alaska cruise

[Lollipop's Mom]

I would love to do the LA to Vancouver, but the timing is all wrong for school schedules. Just wouldn't work for us :(

[babycakes01]

Hi! We'll be joining you on this cruise. New to the Dis boards but not to WDW or DCL. This will be our 4th DCL cruise; 3 on the Wonder and this will be our 1st time on the Magic. We have 2 kid Frank 8 and Dominic 5 at the time we sail. Less than 6 months! We booked yesterday and had to take a GTY cat. 11;so who knows here we'll end up. Nice to meet you all!

[GoHerd1028]

Hi! We'll be joining you on this cruise. New to the Dis boards but not to WDW or DCL. This will be our 4th DCL cruise; 3 on the Wonder and this will be our 1st time on the Magic. We have 2 kid Frank 8 and Dominic 5 at the time we sail. Less than 6 months! We booked yesterday and had to take a GTY cat. 11;so who knows here we'll end up. Nice to meet you all!

It is great to have you join us!! We also have a facebook group that will help people to hopefully get to know each other better also before we cruise.

[Sccrmnky2005]

Hi! We'll be joining you on this cruise. New to the Dis boards but not to WDW or DCL. This will be our 4th DCL cruise; 3 on the Wonder and this will be our 1st time on the Magic. We have 2 kid Frank 8 and Dominic 5 at the time we sail. Less than 6 months! We booked yesterday and had to take a GTY cat. 11;so who knows here we'll end up. Nice to meet you all!

this is our 3rd dcl cruise but will also be our first on the magic!! yay!:cool1:

[DMMarla07860]

Hi! We'll be joining you on this cruise. New to the Dis boards but not to WDW or DCL. This will be our 4th DCL cruise; 3 on the Wonder and this will be our 1st time on the Magic. We have 2 kid Frank 8 and Dominic 5 at the time we sail. Less than 6 months! We booked yesterday and had to take a GTY cat. 11;so who knows here we'll end up. Nice to meet you all!

welcome to the group:goodvibes

[DMMarla07860]

So, how many cruises has everyone been on Disney and Non Disney

I've been on 8 cruises all Disney, and both Magic and Wonder, and by this cruise I'll have been on 9 since I am going on a 3 day in December:thumbsup2:cool1:

[GoHerd1028]

We have gone on 2 cruises in the past with RCCL We did the Southern route one year and the Western route the next year...we have never cruised with Disney before and the kids have never cruised before.

for our newer members here dont forget about the facebook group we also have if you would like to join.

[Just love Eeyore]

We have never been on a cruise before.
Where we're from cruising is not a typical way to spend a holiday.

[GoHerd1028]

We have never been on a cruise before.
Where we're from cruising is not a typical way to spend a holiday.

You are going to have a good time!!! You will want to cruise over and over again once you do it!

[DMMarla07860]

We have gone on 2 cruises in the past with RCCL We did the Southern route one year and the Western route the next year...we have never cruised with Disney before and the kids have never cruised before.

for our newer members here dont forget about the facebook group we also have if you would like to join.

nice, I want to try RCCL one day. Now how do I stop cruising DCL to actually book on RCCL. DCL is great thought I'm sure your kids with love it and your and your wife will as well. I'm 21 and love it, I'll turn 22 on this cruise:goodvibes

[Robbo1]

Myself, my wife and 3 boys (12/8/6) will be on this cruise for our kids' Spring Break. This is the first cruise for the kids, 5th for us, 1st DCL cruise. We have not been on a large ship in 19 years (actually the Big Red Boat) so it will be a new experience for all of us.

We will actually fly down to Orlando on Thursday night and spend Friday at the Magic Kingdom, to get everyone in the mood for the cruise.

[GoHerd1028]

Welcome aboard...the more the merrier!!

[Lollipop's Mom]

Check your ressies...
I had room 5133 booked and logged on today to see I was now in 6504!
I wasn't too happy and called DCL and was put on hold for a while, finally transferred to a manager who claims that room will be 'out of order' during the cruise.
Now I notice cat 11 is all gty....
I was hoping for an upgrade, but 5139 was available...grrrrrrr...lol.
I loved before how we were just off the elevators - we had 5131 last time and LOVED the location.
I don't take well to someone changing my 'vacation vision'. lol (kidding).

[GoHerd1028]

Check your ressies...
I had room 5133 booked and logged on today to see I was now in 6504!
I wasn't too happy and called DCL and was put on hold for a while, finally transferred to a manager who claims that room will be 'out of order' during the cruise.
Now I notice cat 11 is all gty....
I was hoping for an upgrade, but 5139 was available...grrrrrrr...lol.
I loved before how we were just off the elevators - we had 5131 last time and LOVED the location.
I don't take well to someone changing my 'vacation vision'. lol (kidding).

I wonder what is wrong to make the room "out of order" LOL. I got on line and checked ours and we are still in 6053.

[Lollipop's Mom]

I think they are bs'ing me and someone wanted that room because they needed adjoining or they wanted it across from a balcony.
I did just write to DCL and ask about possible noise/construction fumes smell if they are doing any renovating on that deck.
I like to take an afternoon nap on a cruise sometimes, and don't want to listen to them replacing carpet, and don't want to smell paint/varnish. I get migraines with smells like that very easily.
I plan on knocking on that door while on the cruise to see if someone answers! lol.
If they do I won't be shocked!
Im sad that we lost our room :(
I know its a silly and stupid thing to be worried about, but we loved that room location!

[DMMarla07860]

I think they are bs'ing me and someone wanted that room because they needed adjoining or they wanted it across from a balcony.
I did just write to DCL and ask about possible noise/construction fumes smell if they are doing any renovating on that deck.
I like to take an afternoon nap on a cruise sometimes, and don't want to listen to them replacing carpet, and don't want to smell paint/varnish. I get migraines with smells like that very easily.
I plan on knocking on that door while on the cruise to see if someone answers! lol.
If they do I won't be shocked!
Im sad that we lost our room :(
I know its a silly and stupid thing to be worried about, but we loved that room location!

don't be sad lol, any room is better then no room. I sleep in the Atrium just to be on the ship:cool1::lmao::lmao:

[leetahtx]

We are so excited to be going on the March 6, 2010 trip!!!!

It will be my DH, DS (1 yr), DD (8) and me. I cannot wait to enjoy the fun of Disney. My DH and I have gone on a Royal Caribbean cruise and visited Disneyworld 4 times but this is the first cruise.

Yeah!!!!

[Lollipop's Mom]

Yay I kept watching rooms and another room we like came available just now - so I switched it over! Now I am happy!

[Lollipop's Mom]

DMMarla07860 - can you put something in your first post on this thread, maybe in red and bold or something, that if people want to be on the fish extender list, to email me at liz72@shaw.ca with their disname, and how many adults/teens/kids???

[DMMarla07860]

DMMarla07860 - can you put something in your first post on this thread, maybe in red and bold or something, that if people want to be on the fish extender list, to email me at liz72@shaw.ca with their disname, and how many adults/teens/kids???

I put something in the first post in red, was going to bold it, but my mouse is messed up and doesn't do things I want to do at times so I just put it in red. Hope that is ok

[leetahtx]

I saw a great information on another board on buying fish extenders from eBay but I can't post due to my rights yet. The styles are really great. I am going to order a 4 pocket one for the family. It will make a great souvenir.

Look for fish extender and bonnysews as the seller. Enjoy!

Leetahtx

[Lollipop's Mom]

My mom is a seamstress and made my fish extender last year for us..... I told her we wanted a pink one (if you know Meg and I, we have everything PINK) and for some odd reason she made it blue and yellow and we totally hate it... lol. I still have no clue why she did it in those colors, as she went shopping for the fabric and stuff, its not like it was stuff she had laying around and wanted to use up... lol.
Of course we didn't tell her - we just use it anyway, as its only a fish extender and nothing overly important as to how it looks......


Anyway I can't wait for March - its so rainy and cold here and I am dying to get in the Florida sunshine!
Meg has no idea, but we are doing 4 nights in DisneyLAND on the way home - I won a 3 night stay from hojoanaheim in a contest last spring, so am going to just fly into orange county on the way home and surprise Meg!
I plan on telling her our flight connects via orange county - we always have a connection, so she won't even clue in until we get off the plane!!! :)

[leetahtx]

How fun! We did Disneyland last year with DD. She loved it and we have such great memories. We finished the trip by going to comic con and had a wonderful family vacation. Maybe we will do that again in the summer.

[DMMarla07860]

My mom is a seamstress and made my fish extender last year for us..... I told her we wanted a pink one (if you know Meg and I, we have everything PINK) and for some odd reason she made it blue and yellow and we totally hate it... lol. I still have no clue why she did it in those colors, as she went shopping for the fabric and stuff, its not like it was stuff she had laying around and wanted to use up... lol.
Of course we didn't tell her - we just use it anyway, as its only a fish extender and nothing overly important as to how it looks......


Anyway I can't wait for March - its so rainy and cold here and I am dying to get in the Florida sunshine!
Meg has no idea, but we are doing 4 nights in DisneyLAND on the way home - I won a 3 night stay from hojoanaheim in a contest last spring, so am going to just fly into orange county on the way home and surprise Meg!
I plan on telling her our flight connects via orange county - we always have a connection, so she won't even clue in until we get off the plane!!! :)


Disneyland part sounds awesome. Hope to meet you and Meg on the Magic. Your the one I asked about that Monkey on facebook right?:lmao:

[nickcapp]

Hey all...

I peridoically check the price of the cruise...ok...I check everyday!

I noticed today that the cruise no longer has GTY 12's and is listing CAT 11 A/B/C?!?!

I have never seen this....is this somthing new??

[Lollipop's Mom]

Disneyland part sounds awesome. Hope to meet you and Meg on the Magic. Your the one I asked about that Monkey on facebook right?:lmao:

Yep thats us!

[Lollipop's Mom]

Hey all...

I peridoically check the price of the cruise...ok...I check everyday!

I noticed today that the cruise no longer has GTY 12's and is listing CAT 11 A/B/C?!?!

I have never seen this....is this somthing new??

I just looked and its showing cat 12 and 11 as normal....

This is something new though for 2011 - go to the main board and you will see the new map and stuff of how its being done!

[TheNewman6]

Hi! :wave2: We are the Newman family and we just changed our cruise from Oct to this one! It will be Amanda (31)-me, Scott (33)-DH, Sydney (13) DD, Abby (8) DD, Travis (6) DS, and Trevor (6) DS.

If anyone has a DD that will be around 8 or 13 who would like to email back and forth on here with DDs that would great! That way they feel like they know someone in the club onboard:thumbsup2

[leetahtx]

Hello Newman Family,

The Henson's would love to have the DDs correspond with each other. Samantha will be 8 years old at cruise time and is very excited to be going on her 1st cruise. We also have a 1 year old DS. Can't wait to go!!!

[TheNewman6]

Great Leetah! I will send you a pm so the girls can talk back and forth:goodvibes
My email is amandanewman78@hotmail.com

[DMMarla07860]

Hi! :wave2: We are the Newman family and we just changed our cruise from Oct to this one! It will be Amanda (31)-me, Scott (33)-DH, Sydney (13) DD, Abby (8) DD, Travis (6) DS, and Trevor (6) DS.

If anyone has a DD that will be around 8 or 13 who would like to email back and forth on here with DDs that would great! That way they feel like they know someone in the club onboard:thumbsup2


glad you could join us for this cruise:thumbsup2

[GoHerd1028]

Hi! :wave2: We are the Newman family and we just changed our cruise from Oct to this one! It will be Amanda (31)-me, Scott (33)-DH, Sydney (13) DD, Abby (8) DD, Travis (6) DS, and Trevor (6) DS.

If anyone has a DD that will be around 8 or 13 who would like to email back and forth on here with DDs that would great! That way they feel like they know someone in the club onboard:thumbsup2

You can tell that our cruise is getting closer and closer and now people are starting to book and join our group. Welcome aboard Newmans from the Wileys!:dance3: We also have a facebook group for this cruise if you are on facebook.

[Sccrmnky2005]

:banana::banana::banana:Tomorrow marks 5 months!!!! :banana::banana::banana:

[Sccrmnky2005]

I just bought my dress for Formal night, now we need to find a suit for DBF. We bought his vest and tie for semi formal night this weekend, I just need to find a dress for semi formal night! Hope everyone is getting excited!!

[leetahtx]

I bought a dress for formal night about a week ago. I had a baby 9 months ago so it was totally cool to get back into something fancy again :)

[leetahtx]

I was reading through the boards and saw this awesome thread on custom FE gifts. I am not really very crafty but I thought the info on was really neat. Enjoy!:goodvibes

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1980639

[Lollipop's Mom]

Hi! :wave2: We are the Newman family and we just changed our cruise from Oct to this one! It will be Amanda (31)-me, Scott (33)-DH, Sydney (13) DD, Abby (8) DD, Travis (6) DS, and Trevor (6) DS.

If anyone has a DD that will be around 8 or 13 who would like to email back and forth on here with DDs that would great! That way they feel like they know someone in the club onboard:thumbsup2

See your private messages! My daughter is 13 too! I have sent you her email and facebook for your daughter.

[Lollipop's Mom]

Is anyone staying at the airport (Hyatt or ???) the night before the cruise and want to split the cost of a limo to port?
Meg has always wanted to do the limo thing, but for just 2 of us I have trouble justifying the money.
Or on the way back?? Anyone want to 'carpool' in a limo to the airport?

[bnalexander]

I know this is a late answer but the cruises we have been on are:
Celebrity:
Panama Canal
Alaska
RCCL:
3 day out of Seattle

All Old Person Stuff!

This board has gotten really busy since I have last looked! Great! Welcome aboard everyone!

[leetahtx]

We just got our fish extender in the mail from the lady on ebay!!! She did really great with it :) I am getting so excited.

Also, I have picked out most of our excursions but can't book them until the final payment.

Here they are:
key west - butterfly farm and nature conservatory with aquarium + walking around on our own
cozumel - Snuba
grand cayman - Ship wreck and reef snorkeling

Anyone else planning for these excursions or been on them? Opinions welcome!!

[Lollipop's Mom]

We just got our fish extender in the mail from the lady on ebay!!! She did really great with it :) I am getting so excited.

Also, I have picked out most of our excursions but can't book them until the final payment.

Here they are:
key west - butterfly farm and nature conservatory with aquarium + walking around on our own
cozumel - Snuba
grand cayman - Ship wreck and reef snorkeling

Anyone else planning for these excursions or been on them? Opinions welcome!!

Key West is VERY easy to do on your own - I wouldn't pay DCL for that tour at all. You get off the ship, walk down the dock, turn left and you are right into 'town'. You just walk around a corner and it takes you right to all the main attractions. Its an easy 5-8 min walk depending on how fast you walk. You can usually find coupons online for the aquarium and stuff.
I would do it on your own.
Last January in Key West we just got off the ship, wandered the shops and ended up taking the trolley tour. It went all over and you could hop on/off whereever you wanted. The whole thing end to end was about 2.5 hours. I wouldn't do it again, but it was fun once. Lots of history type talk and stuff and the kids on the tour were bored out of their minds.
I think we have decided not to even get off the ship in Key West this time and enjoy an empty ship/pools. It was one of those 'been there, done that' kinda places to us.

Cozumel - it was raining the day we went and quite chilly - so we wandered the mall off the pier and then decided to go out to Paradise beach anyway because it was brightening up. We were the ONLY people there and it felt awkward. lol. We had some lunch and headed back to the ship. The water was frigid and way too cold to swim in :(
I know you can book snuba tours and stuff on your own easily too. It may be a lot cheaper.
This trip we plan to go to Nachi Cocum for the day. Hoping for good weather so we can enjoy it this time!

Grand Caymen was our fave day - the water was really warm. We took a cab up to the public beach for the day. Good (but expensive) food there and we rented chairs. This time we plan on going to Rum Point as it looks like a much nicer area/beach. I am usually a big advocate for doing ports on your own, but may pay DCL to take us to this one, as it is further out and further away than the public beach. I have to check into options for transportation there on our own.

[GoHerd1028]

Good tips Liz! I figured we would do Key West on our own but was not sure about that other stuff. We woudl like to do the beach stuff, but I am afraid to get a taxi. I guess it is my fear of getting left at the beach with no way to get back to the ship.

[DMMarla07860]

Key West is VERY easy to do on your own - I wouldn't pay DCL for that tour at all. You get off the ship, walk down the dock, turn left and you are right into 'town'. You just walk around a corner and it takes you right to all the main attractions. Its an easy 5-8 min walk depending on how fast you walk. You can usually find coupons online for the aquarium and stuff.
I would do it on your own.
Last January in Key West we just got off the ship, wandered the shops and ended up taking the trolley tour. It went all over and you could hop on/off whereever you wanted. The whole thing end to end was about 2.5 hours. I wouldn't do it again, but it was fun once. Lots of history type talk and stuff and the kids on the tour were bored out of their minds.
I think we have decided not to even get off the ship in Key West this time and enjoy an empty ship/pools. It was one of those 'been there, done that' kinda places to us.

Cozumel - it was raining the day we went and quite chilly - so we wandered the mall off the pier and then decided to go out to Paradise beach anyway because it was brightening up. We were the ONLY people there and it felt awkward. lol. We had some lunch and headed back to the ship. The water was frigid and way too cold to swim in :(
I know you can book snuba tours and stuff on your own easily too. It may be a lot cheaper.
This trip we plan to go to Nachi Cocum for the day. Hoping for good weather so we can enjoy it this time!

Grand Caymen was our fave day - the water was really warm. We took a cab up to the public beach for the day. Good (but expensive) food there and we rented chairs. This time we plan on going to Rum Point as it looks like a much nicer area/beach. I am usually a big advocate for doing ports on your own, but may pay DCL to take us to this one, as it is further out and further away than the public beach. I have to check into options for transportation there on our own.

your lucky the water was warmer in Grand Caymen. I went last year February 21st-March 7th, 2009 on b2b and water was chilly when I went. Great weather and no rain for two weeks. Just chilly water:rotfl2:. Bt this year my birthday will be during the trip so I won't care about chilly water:thumbsup2

[GoHerd1028]

so, are the beaches going to be too cold for swimming in March? I guess I just figured it was warm all year around and it would not be an issue. The pools on board are warm right?? Would we be better off to just get off the ship with the kids and shop in the ports instead of doing the beach trips?

[Lollipop's Mom]

Good tips Liz! I figured we would do Key West on our own but was not sure about that other stuff. We woudl like to do the beach stuff, but I am afraid to get a taxi. I guess it is my fear of getting left at the beach with no way to get back to the ship.

You won't have any trouble getting a cab - they are lined up all along the beach areas ready to take you back. We had our choice of 7 or 8 when we were ready!

[Lollipop's Mom]

so, are the beaches going to be too cold for swimming in March? I guess I just figured it was warm all year around and it would not be an issue. The pools on board are warm right?? Would we be better off to just get off the ship with the kids and shop in the ports instead of doing the beach trips?

In January Cozumel was way too cold, and unfortunately Castaway Cay was really cold as well. Grand Cayman was nice. We were on seven mile beach at Grand Cayman.
We plan to do Nachi Cocum in Cozumel because it also has a heated pool, so if the ocean is too chilly, we can still swim.
If anyone else decided to do Nachi, maybe we can share a cab??

I would say try the beach - the kids don't feel the cold like we do anyway - and if you are going to the Caribbean you MUST do the beach right? :)

Maybe just take a cab to the public beach in GC. There is a playground there, a little restaurant, and you can rent chairs and stuff too. I would guess the water should be nice there, and if not, you can hang out for a bit and grab a cab back to the pier area and go shopping or whatever.

[leetahtx]

So gang, I was thinking we should name our cruise group! What do ya'll (Texas speak :yay: ) think of the name, "Wish Upon a Spring Break Star"? Post your name and we will let DMMarla07860 decide because she started the cruise meet up thread.

[Sccrmnky2005]

So gang, I was thinking we should name our cruise group! What do ya'll (Texas speak :yay: ) think of the name, "Wish Upon a Spring Break Star"? Post your name and we will let DMMarla07860 decide because she started the cruise meet up thread.

I like that!

[DMMarla07860]

So gang, I was thinking we should name our cruise group! What do ya'll (Texas speak :yay: ) think of the name, "Wish Upon a Spring Break Star"? Post your name and we will let DMMarla07860 decide because she started the cruise meet up thread.

I like that name for a group, but if anyone else has any other names post them here and then we can all vote on a name:goodvibes:goodvibes

[GoHerd1028]

It works for me. I like it!:thumbsup2

[Lollipop's Mom]

Works for me!

I am going to start the fish extender website next week and post it.
We are getting closer!

[DisFamily10]

My family will be on this cruise. DH, DD (7), DS (3), Brother, Niece (9), Nephew (11), DM, DD, and DSM(stepmother).
This will be our 2nd cruise with DD, the rest are first timers. I just recieved a mailing with shore excursions,... It said passports not required. Is that out of date. Thought they mandatory?
Very excited about cruising. Thies is first time onany discussion board, forgive me if lingo is off.

[leetahtx]

Welcome! So glad to have you DisFamily10. We are just starting to get going for the cruise. I have a DD (8) as well. Looks like several of us have girls around the same age. It will be great for them to have someone they know on the ship kids club!

[GoHerd1028]

:thumbsup2:cool1:Welcome aboard DisFamily10! Our numbers continue to grow the closer we get!!!

[DMMarla07860]

My family will be on this cruise. DH, DD (7), DS (3), Brother, Niece (9), Nephew (11), DM, DD, and DSM(stepmother).
This will be our 2nd cruise with DD, the rest are first timers. I just recieved a mailing with shore excursions,... It said passports not required. Is that out of date. Thought they mandatory?
Very excited about cruising. Thies is first time onany discussion board, forgive me if lingo is off.

welcome aboard, group is getting bigger and bigger:cool1::thumbsup2

[Lollipop's Mom]

Welcom Disfamily10 - if you want to do Fish Extenders, please email me at liz72@shaw.ca

[GoHerd1028]

DisFam10 we also have a facebook group for our cruise to help everyone get to know each other better and put actual names and faces with the usernames on here. Here is the link... March 6, 2010 DCL cruise on Facebook. (http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=107653164597)

[Lollipop's Mom]

FISH EXTENDER WEBSITE INFO

Ok this is just a start, but please check your info on here:
http://disneymagic2010.homestead.com

I will be updating as more people join. Last week I had a major computer problem and was working from my laptop and I feel like I may be missing someone. I have lost an email. Its been a crazy week.

Also, when you get cabin numbers, please let me know and I can add them!

[GoHerd1028]

You have done a great job Liz. Thanks for taking the bull by the horns and doing this. I have a question..what does verified mean and what do I need to do in order to become verified? Will you be adding names as we get closer?

[Lollipop's Mom]

Verified means I have a room number and you can put them on your list!

[GoHerd1028]

got it!

I am sporting my rookie stripe here aren't I? LOL:cool1:

[DMMarla07860]

I prob won't be doing the Fish Extender thing on this cruise doing in for 3 day I go on in december, and stuff I will need just takes up to much room in bags to do it for a 7 night cruise

[Just love Eeyore]

FISH EXTENDER WEBSITE INFO

Ok this is just a start, but please check your info on here:
http://disneymagic2010.homestead.com

I will be updating as more people join. Last week I had a major computer problem and was working from my laptop and I feel like I may be missing someone. I have lost an email. Its been a crazy week.

Also, when you get cabin numbers, please let me know and I can add them!

We're not on the list yet. If you lost my email, I can send you a new one with our information.

[Lollipop's Mom]

We're not on the list yet. If you lost my email, I can send you a new one with our information.

I knew I lost an email somewhere... please email me again with the info. Iam sooooo sorry - I am usually way more organized.

Also - Julia- you don't have to bring tons of stuff to join in. We travel from BC and travel lightly, and last year my FE stuff took up no room at all. I had magnets made with Disney Magic 2009 on them. The package was about the size of a book. There are tons of things you could do that take up no room at all!

[GoHerd1028]

Typically...do you leave a gift 1 tiem during the week? every day? individual gifts? group gifts? I just wonder how everyone has done it in the past so we can plan accordingly. Like I said before...my rookie stripe is showing!:rotfl2:

[DMMarla07860]

I knew I lost an email somewhere... please email me again with the info. Iam sooooo sorry - I am usually way more organized.

Also - Julia- you don't have to bring tons of stuff to join in. We travel from BC and travel lightly, and last year my FE stuff took up no room at all. I had magnets made with Disney Magic 2009 on them. The package was about the size of a book. There are tons of things you could do that take up no room at all!


I know I don't need to bring tons of stuff to join in lol, I know things can be small and like magnets like you said, but not that creative here, if I do join in I'd prob just pick up some candy last minute when I am down in orlando:lmao:. I got stuff for my december trip FE thing already and I'm like I'm not doing this next cruise so I don't have to bring things and then have to deliver them. Really excited about meeting you all though, I seem to make more friends on the disboards on 7 nights then the 3 nights I have been on:thumbsup2

[DMMarla07860]

Typically...do you leave a gift 1 tiem during the week? every day? individual gifts? group gifts? I just wonder how everyone has done it in the past so we can plan accordingly. Like I said before...my rookie stripe is showing!:rotfl2:

well on my past cruise the we did a FE gifts on people did it different ways. Some people left individual gifts for each cabin, some people left group gifts, some people left a gift everyday and some people left a gift once that week so many things you can do:goodvibes:thumbsup2:cool1::cool1:

[DMMarla07860]

so, what castaway club level is everyone? Not that it matters to me at all. I'm gold

[GoHerd1028]

so, what castaway club level is everyone? Not that it matters to me at all. I'm gold

Since we have never cruised Disney before I guess we are a big fat ZERO LOL:cool1:

[DMMarla07860]

Since we have never cruised Disney before I guess we are a big fat ZERO LOL:cool1:

yup, but after this cruise is over you'll be silver:thumbsup2

[Lollipop's Mom]

We are silver.

As for FE gifts...as Julia said - its up to you what you want to do. On our last cruise there was a lady and her husband who used the FE as their personal exercise for the day to wipe out calories they ate - they did a small gift every single day and clocked it at a one mile walk to do all FE's at one time. LOL.
They used it to make themselves walk that mile every day!

We did just one gift (they cost quite a bit to have made, and also one trip around was enough for me! lol).

[mammacaryn]

Hi! We will be sailing! This is our second Disney Cruise-sailed the Wonder in January. My husband and I will be sailing with our 4 year old daughter and 6 year old son-they LOVED the last cruise.

Hoping to meet some other parents that enjoy seeing their kids have a great time, but enjoy having some adult time too!

[leetahtx]

This is our first disney cruise so no status for us.

Welcome Mammacaryn and family. We are glad to have everyone and plan on having a great time. I have 2 kids - 7 and 10 months (as of today :)). We are so excited and I am planning all of the details for the trip even though we are months out.

[Lollipop's Mom]

I booked Nachi Cocum for March 9th!
We really want to go there, and while it might not sell out, I decided to book it now anyway. With it being Canada's spring break, I didn't want to chance it was booked up on us!
I like that it has a nice big pool there so if the ocean is too chilly, we can still swim!

[bnalexander]

What booking service did you use, if any for Nachi Cocum?

[Lollipop's Mom]

I used this...
http://cozumelcruiseexcursions.com/CozumelBeachBreak.htm
Then they replied with this...
https://www.cozumelcruiseexcursions.com/BeachBreakSecureReservation.htm

If anyone else is going and wants to share a cab, let me know. Its 15 each way.
We took a cab out to Paradise Beach last time and Nachi is just past Paradise. It was about 10-12 mins.

[GoHerd1028]

Is this Nachi place a hotel? I guess I don't understand the whole thing here.

[nickcapp]

I had the same questions.

I checked the link and it looks like a pretty cool beach excusrion with food and tasty adult beverages included.

Looks like something I would enjoy if I wasn't with an infant this trip!

We will be chillin' on the empty boat for all the ports.

I'm actally looking very much foward to that!

[Lollipop's Mom]

Yah its a beach club, not a hotel. They only allow 100 people a day in, and its unlimited food and drinks all day. I like that it has a pool too.

[DMMarla07860]

we will prob just get off the ship in cozumel and do some shopping and then maybe walk around, but mostly stay on the ship and in Grand Cayman I think maybe a beach excursion in the morning like we did last time and then go around town a little after:thumbsup2

[Keira1387]

Hi everyone! My husband and I just booked this cruise! This will be our 4th Disney cruise. I'm looking forward to meeting everyone.

[DMMarla07860]

Hi everyone! My husband and I just booked this cruise! This will be our 4th Disney cruise. I'm looking forward to meeting everyone.

Welcome, glad you guys will be joining us on this cruise.:goodvibes

[GoHerd1028]

Hi everyone! My husband and I just booked this cruise! This will be our 4th Disney cruise. I'm looking forward to meeting everyone.

Welcome aboard! We are looking forward to meeting and getting to know you guys as well!

[leetahtx]

Since you have been on 4 Disney cruise, what's 1 or 2 things that you this we should not leave the house without?

[DMMarla07860]

Since you have been on 4 Disney cruise, what's 1 or 2 things that you this we should not leave the house without?

I can tell you what I wouldn't leave the house with after having been on 8 cruises, 9 by the time this one comes. I don't leave my house without lots of money, sunscreen, a camera, a video camera, ipod, cell phone, hat, and clothes:thumbsup2

[Lollipop's Mom]

Something I plan to bring this time that I didn't last time, is a couple of travel mugs. The cups they give you at the soda station hold about 3/4 of a cup of drink and are useless!!!
I also might bring a water bottle and fill it up with juice at breakfast to put in the room - I don't want to drink soda all day and some juice would be nice.

[GoHerd1028]

Something I plan to bring this time that I didn't last time, is a couple of travel mugs. The cups they give you at the soda station hold about 3/4 of a cup of drink and are useless!!!
I also might bring a water bottle and fill it up with juice at breakfast to put in the room - I don't want to drink soda all day and some juice would be nice.

That is an excellent idea!!! I need to try and remember that!

[DMMarla07860]

Something I plan to bring this time that I didn't last time, is a couple of travel mugs. The cups they give you at the soda station hold about 3/4 of a cup of drink and are useless!!!
I also might bring a water bottle and fill it up with juice at breakfast to put in the room - I don't want to drink soda all day and some juice would be nice.

yeah I always forget to bring a travel mug, good idea:thumbsup2. Although I did see people with a mug and they had to use those useless cups your talking about to fill it up, maybe it was just the cruise I was on don't know

[GoHerd1028]

I bet they make you use the small cups to fill the mug for health code rules or something.

[Lollipop's Mom]

Yah thats fine....but then I can carry my mug around after it is full :)

Also - we didn't know until the 3rd morning about the parrot cay buffet breakfast - it is waaaay better than the buffet up on the lido deck. Skip the buffet and go to parrot cay if you want a decent buffet! Its also way more relaxed and quiet in there!
I have to say DCL food wasn't the best compared to other cruises I have been on, but everything else is far superior!

[GoHerd1028]

what is the main difference in the two buffets? I need to start making a list of suggestions here...they are all good so far!:thumbsup2

[nickcapp]

Herd...

Parrot cay has more of a sit down feel and is usually far less crowded. Much easier to find a table.

The food is pretty much the same. They serve your drinks there.

It is worth it if you want to take your time.

We often do both.

[Lollipop's Mom]

I found the food better at Parrot Cay. There is an omelet station too.

Disney needs to do a better breakfast though. Its not that great. The pancakes are disgusting!
We cruised NCL last May and their breakfast waaaaaaaay outdid DCL.
This time I want to try a sit down/be served breakfast - we never did get to that last time. We slept too late most mornings. lol.

[Lollipop's Mom]

Wow I was just looking at our cruise. It must be FAR from sold out. Still the $730 cat 12 rate and also main dining is still available. It is really unusual for main dining to be available 4 months out.
We might be seeing some good upgrades :)

[nickcapp]

I hope so..I'm in a CAT 12 now.

I have booked CAT 12's the last two cruises and always wound up in at least a 10.

[bnalexander]

We are planning an excursion in Cozumel independently. Do any of you experienced Disney cruisers know whether we will be tendered or docked in Cozumel?

Also. Cozumel is Central time. My Disney schedule shows we arrive at 9:30am. Do they mean Eastern time (where we started from) or does the "ship" time (including the docking time) change with the time zone we are in?

I also thought at one time I found a site on the internet that listed the number of ships that were in certain ports on certain dates. Anyone know about this?

Thanks.

[DMMarla07860]

We are planning an excursion in Cozumel independently. Do any of you experienced Disney cruisers know whether we will be tendered or docked in Cozumel?

Also. Cozumel is Central time. My Disney schedule shows we arrive at 9:30am. Do they mean Eastern time (where we started from) or does the "ship" time (including the docking time) change with the time zone we are in?

I also thought at one time I found a site on the internet that listed the number of ships that were in certain ports on certain dates. Anyone know about this?

Thanks.

I'm going to guess we will dock in Cozumel. I have been there 3 other times so far and two times we docked and once we tendered(that was in 2006 when the pier was damaged)

[nickcapp]

Last year we docked at the fancy new port.

There is a seperate port as well. Always a lot of boats in Cozumel.

[Lollipop's Mom]

We docked and its a big long dock. You can hire a guy with a bike and 2 seat thing behind him to take you up and down the dock if you want. We used this on the way back up to the ship because we were tired and it was really fun. Its on a tip basis and all I had was a 10 dollar bill, and i think I made the guys day by giving him 10 bucks! lol

[DMMarla07860]

here are a few pictures of where we docked in February 2009
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/marla07860/Disney%20Cruise%202009/P2250167.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/marla07860/Disney%20Cruise%202009/P2250186.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/marla07860/Disney%20Cruise%202009/P2250192.jpg

[DisFamily10]

My dad is trying to prepare for the withdrawal of no gambling on a cruise (first time for him on DCL)... Does Disney set up any type of card games thru the navigator? Besides Bingo any ideas???? (I told him to spend the time with his grandkids.:) )

[Lollipop's Mom]

Hmmmmmmmm I am not sure. If you go to wireimage and search DCL navigators, you can find lots and take a look. There is a good website castaway club.com that has lots of navigators too.

[Sccrmnky2005]

Did anyone besides DMMarla07860 get lucky and book a cruise on monday the 2nd? I'm still debating if I'll book this monday the 9th or wait until it get's closer and hope they have rooms available in late 2010. I'm not going on the MV that's for sure!!

Also when is they final list for the FE going to be cut off? I want to know how many I need to make and if I wil have time to do what I want. Thanks

[Lollipop's Mom]

Did anyone besides DMMarla07860 get lucky and book a cruise on monday the 2nd? I'm still debating if I'll book this monday the 9th or wait until it get's closer and hope they have rooms available in late 2010. I'm not going on the MV that's for sure!!

Also when is they final list for the FE going to be cut off? I want to know how many I need to make and if I wil have time to do what I want. Thanks

I am thinking of holding off on booking the Dream for a while. I don't think prices are going to skyrocket - they have a LOT of rooms to fill on 3 and 4 day cruises. I also don't even know if I want to spend all that money for 4 days. I may wait it out until 2012 for the 7 day.
Meg and I really want to go to NYC and play tourist, so I am thinking of a disney break in 2011 (gasp!) and then cruise again in 2012. I plan on still making a dummy booking though on board to get my discount :)

As for FE - I don't want to cut it off too soon. Last time I believe we cut it off about 3 weeks before sailing. I don't think anyone joined much after 4 weeks before anyway, so probably by early Feb we will have a good idea as to how many there are.

SOmeone emailed me and asked me to list names/ages (kids ages) so they can make things more personalized. I will work on that, but October has been a CRAPPY month for me personally and I am hoping to get to that soon for you guys!
I just found out I have a $900 car repair .....im NOT a happy camper. Buhbye xmas money.

[3dmykids]

This is our first cruise and we are so excited. We have 3 children each in a different kids area. We are new to dis boards and were checking out it and found this area. We are from Ohio.

[DMMarla07860]

anyone else watch baseball? Yankees won last night, I'm so happy:cool1::cool1::cool1::cool1:

[GoHerd1028]

This is our first cruise and we are so excited. We have 3 children each in a different kids area. We are new to dis boards and were checking out it and found this area. We are from Ohio.

Welcome aboard from one Buckeye Family to another! What part of the state are you in?

[Sccrmnky2005]

I am thinking of holding off on booking the Dream for a while. I don't think prices are going to skyrocket - they have a LOT of rooms to fill on 3 and 4 day cruises. I also don't even know if I want to spend all that money for 4 days. I may wait it out until 2012 for the 7 day.
Meg and I really want to go to NYC and play tourist, so I am thinking of a disney break in 2011 (gasp!) and then cruise again in 2012. I plan on still making a dummy booking though on board to get my discount :)

As for FE - I don't want to cut it off too soon. Last time I believe we cut it off about 3 weeks before sailing. I don't think anyone joined much after 4 weeks before anyway, so probably by early Feb we will have a good idea as to how many there are.

SOmeone emailed me and asked me to list names/ages (kids ages) so they can make things more personalized. I will work on that, but October has been a CRAPPY month for me personally and I am hoping to get to that soon for you guys!
I just found out I have a $900 car repair .....im NOT a happy camper. Buhbye xmas money.


Sounds good I just wanted to know and plan what I will hve time to make. I'm going to start a them soon and if I have too many I'll use it for something else I'm sure! 3 weeks out sounds good to me!!

Sorry to hear about your car!! :confused:

I finished making me and DBF a shirt for one day and still waiting for Black friday to go shopping for a suit for formal night, I have my dress for formal night and he has his outfit for semi formal. I still need a dress for semi formal though!!

[leetahtx]

The car thing really sucks...Been through that experience and remember just wanted to get it over with so I can use the car and forget about the repair cost!

[hoppin62]

:)

[tigger2002]

We are thinking about joining this cruise but the prices have really went up this week. Not sure why. If they come back down we may join up.

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[Lollipop's Mom]

They stopped selling 11 and 12s today. I saw 11 still available yesterday, but they are all gone today. I guess the ship is starting to finally fill!

[3dmykids]

Welcome aboard from one Buckeye Family to another! What part of the state are you in?

We are from Columbus area.

[GoHerd1028]

We are from Columbus area.

we are about 2 and half hours south of you along the Ohio River...across from Huntington wV.

[paganoni]

Hey Everyone! We are going to be sailing with you all - along with our exchange student daughter (17 yr old from Italy) and an American friend of hers (also 17 yrs old). We can't wait! We just got off the 3-night cruise to the Bahamas and I think we now have her hooked on Disney Cruise Line!! We were lucky enough to get one of the pin codes for kids 17 and under sailing for free, so...we decided her "big trip" of the year would be to go on a 7 night cruise (ok, in reality that was the excuse so we could sail again!) Can't wait!!!!

I was wondering - how can we get on the FE exchange? We will be in stateroom 2000. It's hubby and I and the 2 girls. Would love to be included. Thanks!!

-- Patty (live just down the road from Port Canaveral in Satellite Beach)

[Lollipop's Mom]

Hey Everyone! We are going to be sailing with you all - along with our exchange student daughter (17 yr old from Italy) and an American friend of hers (also 17 yrs old). We can't wait! We just got off the 3-night cruise to the Bahamas and I think we now have her hooked on Disney Cruise Line!! We were lucky enough to get one of the pin codes for kids 17 and under sailing for free, so...we decided her "big trip" of the year would be to go on a 7 night cruise (ok, in reality that was the excuse so we could sail again!) Can't wait!!!!

I was wondering - how can we get on the FE exchange? We will be in stateroom 2000. It's hubby and I and the 2 girls. Would love to be included. Thanks!!

-- Patty (live just down the road from Port Canaveral in Satellite Beach)

Welcome aboard!
I am doing the FE thing....so email me at liz72@shaw.ca with your names, disboard name, ages and cabin number!

[Sccrmnky2005]

Sounds great more people for the FE!! Yay! I hope that it won't be too much more crowed. more room for us:rotfl:

[nickcapp]

The more the merrier. This cruise is actually getting close. We'll be on that ship in no time.

[GoHerd1028]

I love seeing new cruisers join in here!!!! Welcome aboard...we also have a facebook group too if you want to join there also!

[Lollipop's Mom]

OMG everyone I just realized March 7th is OSCAR NIGHT! I have posted on the main board to see if DCL does a party or anything! I would LOVE it if they put it on the goofy screen outside - imagine sitting in a lounge chair in the middle of the ocean watching the Oscars??? Would it get any better than that? (well for some it might, but for us thats just magical!)

[nickcapp]

That would be fun. I wonder is any Disney movies will be up for any awards.

I imagine UP will be "up" for at least best animated picture....maybe The Princess and the Frog. Perhaps A Christmas Carol.....

[DMMarla07860]

OMG everyone I just realized March 7th is OSCAR NIGHT! I have posted on the main board to see if DCL does a party or anything! I would LOVE it if they put it on the goofy screen outside - imagine sitting in a lounge chair in the middle of the ocean watching the Oscars??? Would it get any better than that? (well for some it might, but for us thats just magical!)

It was on last year, funny that the date that it is on in 2010 is the date I got off my back-2-back cruise in 2009, will have been a year lol:lmao:

[tigger2002]

I just booked this cruise for seven of us. I think that all of us will be able to go but I will not put up any details until I know for sure.
Booked three Cat. 12 rooms. It seems there are several available. We have three people in one room. You could actually get a Cat. 12 with four people in it for $739 for the first two and $699 for the others. I am sure if you do that you get bumped up to a Cat. 11.
How many people on this cruise date are in a Cat. 12 ? When we went in may there were about 30 people booked in the Cat. 12s. Since there are actually about 13 Cat. 12 rooms everyone else got upgraded. We had two rooms and went to a Cat. 9.

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[leetahtx]

Going to make the final payment tonight so I can book my 18 hours of child care. Any suggestions on on the best way to use the hours?

[GoHerd1028]

Going to make the final payment tonight so I can book my 18 hours of child care. Any suggestions on on the best way to use the hours?

how did you get 18 hours of childcare? Did you have to pay extra for that? How old is the child you are booking time for? Our daughter will be 3 when we sail and our son will be 5.

[leetahtx]

I thought I read somewhere that you get 18 hours to pre-book before you get on the boat. Maybe I am wrong on the amount?

For kids under 3, you can put them in flounders for a $6 per hour fee and for kids over 3, they have kids clubs that are no additional charge.

[GoHerd1028]

I thought I read somewhere that you get 18 hours to pre-book before you get on the boat. Maybe I am wrong on the amount?

For kids under 3, you can put them in flounders for a $6 per hour fee and for kids over 3, they have kids clubs that are no additional charge.

so the 18 hours is free if you pre book? Let me know if you have any luck and if it is actually true!

[mammacaryn]

how did you get 18 hours of childcare? Did you have to pay extra for that? How old is the child you are booking time for? Our daughter will be 3 when we sail and our son will be 5.

Both your kids are old enough to be in the oceaneer club which is free.

[GoHerd1028]

Both your kids are old enough to be in the oceaneer club which is free.

I was worried about Lauren not being "totally" potty trained. She still needs some help at times getting dressed again. Maybe by March all will be good.

[mammacaryn]

I was worried about Lauren not being "totally" potty trained. She still needs some help at times getting dressed again. Maybe by March all will be good.

I see. Sometimes it clicks right at the right time. Hopefully by the cruise she'll be all set!

[mammacaryn]

Just thought I'd share a little thing I am doing to get a little extra money to put towards all our on board charges.

When we return bottles and cans at the grocery store we get llittle slips from the machine or the counter. I am saving them-they don't expire. I was initially just saving them and was going to cash them in and just set that money aside until I made a nice little discovery.

Our local Wegmans (grocery store) sells Disney gift cards on one of those gift card displays. (I've seen these displays at many stores in the past) So everytime I get $25 in return slips I am going to take them in and buy gift cards-this way I KNOW that money is going towards the trip. I was so happy to see these there.

So that is another option to keep your eyes open for if you are trying to set aside a little extra money for March. Every little bit helps! Hope this helps someone else out too!:thumbsup2

[tigger2002]

Pretty sure we will be on this cruise. We had a Disney Cruise House party this last weekend. It was a lot of fun.
Keeping us on the front page. haha

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[tigger2002]

How many people do we have that are in a Cat. 12 room? I have three reserved. I think that there are only 13 Cat. 12 rooms available.

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[Lollipop's Mom]

I think you have a decent upgrade shot from a cat 12 on this cruise. They have been selling those $739 cat 12s for a long time now. I notice main seating is STILL available on this cruise, which is another sign it is not full at all. I am surprised, as this is spring break for us, but maybe we are just a lot earlier than others?
Most cruises have main seating long gone even 6-8 months out. Last year I booked my January 2009 cruise about 7 months out and main seating was gone and we were waitlisted!

[mammacaryn]

In my area-Western NY, the kids generally have the week off during presidents birthdays (Feb.) and this year their "spring break" falls in April-which I think it usually does.

My kids will be missing a week of school, but they are 4 and 6 so I am not that concerned. :)

Now that I've said that, I know nothing about upgrades....we've always booked what we planned on staying in.

[tigger2002]

I think you have a decent upgrade shot from a cat 12 on this cruise. They have been selling those $739 cat 12s for a long time now. I notice main seating is STILL available on this cruise, which is another sign it is not full at all. I am surprised, as this is spring break for us, but maybe we are just a lot earlier than others?
Most cruises have main seating long gone even 6-8 months out. Last year I booked my January 2009 cruise about 7 months out and main seating was gone and we were waitlisted!


Yeah we got one of the $739 rooms and could actually have gotten one with four people which is unusual. We were not able to get main seating, but have been waitlisted. How can you tell if it is still available?



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[Lollipop's Mom]

Oh it showed up as available when I looked, but maybe that was just for 2 people, and for a larger party it wasnt?

[leetahtx]

We have reserved a cat 10 room. I am hoping for an upgrade but we will wait and see :)

[Lollipop's Mom]

Hey everyone....I think I have to cancel :(
I am taking today to think about it and talk about it with Meg, but I am really stretched financially right now - I work on commission and my industry is in the toilet right now, I have a 2nd at-home job that last year made me 12 grand in 4 months, but this year I have not even made a 1/4 of that due to the economy - I had a huge car repair - and I don't want to go into debt over a cruise (trying to be responsible here... lol). I am literally losing sleep over it - which is just plain stupid.
Anyone want to take over the FE if we do bail out? I can pass along all the info to you.
Also - I will have a LOT of southwest credit if anyone hasn't booked yet.. :)

[tigger2002]

One thing that I did to make the trip easier to pay for was book Cat. 12 rooms and to also use the Disney Visa card. I got $175 onboard credit for using the Disney Visa card and going thru Dreams Unlimited. Also with the Disney Visa card you get six months no interest. I will have it payed off at the end of the six months so I do not have to pay the interest, and paying a little at a time makes it easier.

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[IrishCowboy]

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[Lollipop's Mom]

One thing that I did to make the trip easier to pay for was book Cat. 12 rooms and to also use the Disney Visa card. I got $175 onboard credit for using the Disney Visa card and going thru Dreams Unlimited. Also with the Disney Visa card you get six months no interest. I will have it payed off at the end of the six months so I do not have to pay the interest, and paying a little at a time makes it easier.

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Yah thats a good deal - problem is I am Canadian and can't get that card. I have decided I am comfortable spending $2000 TOTAL on this years vacation, so the cruise is not in the budget. I am going to cancel, sell my southwest credit and we are going to go to disneyland for a few days. I can probably do that for less than 2, and have money left over.

[GoHerd1028]

Hey everyone....I think I have to cancel :(
I am taking today to think about it and talk about it with Meg, but I am really stretched financially right now - I work on commission and my industry is in the toilet right now, I have a 2nd at-home job that last year made me 12 grand in 4 months, but this year I have not even made a 1/4 of that due to the economy - I had a huge car repair - and I don't want to go into debt over a cruise (trying to be responsible here... lol). I am literally losing sleep over it - which is just plain stupid.
Anyone want to take over the FE if we do bail out? I can pass along all the info to you.
Also - I will have a LOT of southwest credit if anyone hasn't booked yet.. :)

Liz it makes me sad to hear that you are going to have to cancel! I fully understand the reasoning behind the decision. Hopefully one of these days we will all be on a cruise together!!

[Lollipop's Mom]

I cancelled yesterday and am ok with it. Huge weight off my shoulders.

On another note.... I have a NACHI COCUM reservation for cozumel that I am going to lose my deposit on - any takers??? Deposit was $20 and they said I can transfer it to someone else - I will give you a deal and say toss $15 into my paypal and its yours :)

[tigger2002]

Grand Cayman
We have done the Native Way Water sports (http://www.nativewaywatersports.com/) Tour before and thought it was great. We would like to do it again.
However my kids are not real keen on going to swim with the stingrays again. We would just like to snorkel at the Reef and then go to Rum Point. The boat ride was actually pretty fun.
I have contacted the folks at Native Way and they said they do not have a tour just like that but..... if we could get 16 people who wanted to go to the Reef and Rum Point that they would do that. We have 7 people in our group and would only need 9 more people to have a special tour.

If you would like to do this just PM me or email me at tlguinn_2000@hotmail.com

It would include lunch at Rum Point.

Here are some pictures of us at Rum Point Rum Point (http://nathanguinnphotography.zenfolio.com/p204924824)

Minimum of 16 people, not sure of the max, maybe 20?

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[Francisca64]

Hi,
My son Nathan (19) and I will be on the cruise for his Spring Break from UGA. We've sailed several times before, so we're coming home. Any more college students for him to hook up with?

Thanks!!!

[tigger2002]

Checked with Native Way Water Sports and they said the "Special Tour" would be ~$57.50 per person and includes lunch at Rum Point.

We have used them before.

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[tigger2002]

What are the best places to shop in Cozumel?

[tigger2002]

Just got my Palo Dinner, Brunch, and High Tea reservations set up. When is everyone else planning to eat at Palo?

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[nickcapp]

We set up Palo for Tuesday evening for me and my wife.

I was also able to get Flounders for all our evening for at least 2.5 hours a night. Hopefully our little guy will be aggreable so Mommy and Daddy can enjoy Beat Street.

[tigger2002]

We are doing Palo dinner for Tuesday night also at 6:30. There are seven of us, two old folks (me and my wife) and five about 20-23 years old.

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[leetahtx]

I have been traveling for a while and just finished looking over the boards. Sorry to hear Lollipop cancelled. Who took over the fish extender?

Trip is coming soon and I am so happy!

[GoHerd1028]

I have been traveling for a while and just finished looking over the boards. Sorry to hear Lollipop cancelled. Who took over the fish extender?

Trip is coming soon and I am so happy!


I hated that Liz had to cancel too. As far as the FE I don't think anyone has taken it yet. We have never cruised DCL before so I have no idea what it is and am hoping someone will take it.

[tigger2002]

Grand Cayman
We have done the Native Way Water sports (http://www.nativewaywatersports.com/) Tour before and thought it was great. We would like to do it again.
However my kids are not real keen on going to swim with the stingrays again. We would just like to snorkel at the Reef and then go to Rum Point. The boat ride was actually pretty fun.
I have contacted the folks at Native Way and they said they do not have a tour just like that but..... if we could get 16 people who wanted to go to the Reef and Rum Point that they would do that. We have 7 people in our group and would only need 9 more people to have a special tour.

If you would like to do this just PM me or email me at tlguinn_2000@hotmail.com

It would include lunch at Rum Point.

Here are some pictures of us at Rum Point Rum Point (http://nathanguinnphotography.zenfolio.com/p204924824)

Minimum of 16 people, not sure of the max, maybe 20?

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Other folks interested in this tour to Rum Point? PM me or send me an eMail.

[DMMarla07860]

I hated that Liz had to cancel too. As far as the FE I don't think anyone has taken it yet. We have never cruised DCL before so I have no idea what it is and am hoping someone will take it.

Well I'll try taking over it if we go, I'll know if we are really going to go or will have to cancel after i get back from my cruise this week. Yup that is right I will be going on the Disney Wonder Thursday of this week the 10th. Leave tomorrow for Universal and then 3 night cruise then Sunday till Tuesday morning at Disney World. I'm pretty sure we will decide while on the trip if we will be doing this one. W've taken so many this year we don't know if we should or not, if no one else takes over before then I will be glad too since we are doing a FE this trip and I know how it works:goodvibes

[DMMarla07860]

any other college aged people on this cruise?:cool1:

[tigger2002]

any other college aged people on this cruise?:cool1:

My daughter and two of her friends will be going and they are Juniors in college.
My son is a First year law student at ND, and his girlfriend will meet us there.

We are from TN and my son will be flying in from IN, his girlfriend from Atlanta, and the rest of us from NE TN.

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[DMMarla07860]

My daughter and two of her friends will be going and they are Juniors in college.
My son is a First year law student at ND, and his girlfriend will meet us there.

We are from TN and my son will be flying in from IN, his girlfriend from Atlanta, and the rest of us from NE TN.

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nice, well hopefully they will attend to college club meet on the cruise last time when I went in Feb/March met a lot of college age people. Look forward to meeting you all though:cool1:

[tigger2002]

I don't think that there are too many people on this cruise yet because there are still cheap Cat. 12 rooms.

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[GoHerd1028]

I don't think that there are too many people on this cruise yet because there are still cheap Cat. 12 rooms.

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If there are not many on the cruise does that mean anything as far as upgrades for the rest of us or anything. My luck they will ower the price after the payoff date so we cant cancel and rebook at lower rate lol.

[leetahtx]

Ok fellow cruisers, I thought it over and I would like to take over the FE list from Lollipop. This is my first cruise and FE so I would gladly take input on how to execute it once we are the ship! I might not be able to keep up the website but I can post the active list up on this board everytime I update it.

DMMarla07860, I know you were interested in doing the FE. If you are still going, do you want to share?

[GoHerd1028]

:woohoo::dance3::thumbsup2:cool1::cheer2:

[DMMarla07860]

Ok fellow cruisers, I thought it over and I would like to take over the FE list from Lollipop. This is my first cruise and FE so I would gladly take input on how to execute it once we are the ship! I might not be able to keep up the website but I can post the active list up on this board everytime I update it.

DMMarla07860, I know you were interested in doing the FE. If you are still going, do you want to share?

You can take over it, no prob about that, if I am going which we are leaning towards going since it is my birthday over this trip, I can help you out if you need any help at all with it. I pm'd you telling you this:goodvibes

[tigger2002]

If there are not many on the cruise does that mean anything as far as upgrades for the rest of us or anything. My luck they will ower the price after the payoff date so we cant cancel and rebook at lower rate lol.

Hopefully it means that we ALL get upgrades. I have been watching the prices for some time and I think that they will not go much lower on the Cat. 12 even after the 75 day mark. They are at $739 per person now. About the lowest I have seen has been $689 so not much difference.

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[Silly Little Pixie]

Count me in!!!:banana::banana::banana::banana:

I just booked this cruise tonight... wahoo!! This will be our 3rd DCL cruise. We just got off the Magic in November, did an Eastern to St. Croix. On that cruise we brought our 2 kids, and both sets of grandparents! THIS time it will just be DH and I. We were looking for a trip to celebrate his 40th birthday. We looked at some cruises out of California (where we live), but we have already done the Mexican Riviera a couple years ago on another line (and will do again in 2011 with the kids, when the Wonder comes to LA!). For about the same price as another line we could book the cat 12 room and get to be back on the MAGIC that we love!! For the $739 price it was a done deal. Plus, we get to do a Western which we haven't done before, so yay!!!

I am so excited to have another chance to get back on the Magic. I could never have imagined it would be this soon, otherwise I would have rebooked it onboard.

I've never cruised in an inside room before though... we had a SPH on our first cruise, and upgraded from a SPH to a cat 5 at the port last month. :woohoo:This time around though, no money for an upgrade!! haha. Since it is just the two of us I think we will be fine. I admit I am surprised that there are still cat 12's available, and every category available for this cruise.

Christine

[tigger2002]

We did our first Western Cruise back in May and loved it. Hopefully with all of the Cat. 12 rooms still selling that we may get an upgrade. That is the way it was back in May. They sold a lot more Cat. 12 reservations than there were actual Cat. 12 rooms so a lot of people got upgraded. We went from a 12 to 9.

I am looking for a few more people to go on the Native Way Tour in Grand Cayman, snorkeling on the Reef and then lunch at Rum Point. $57 thru Native Way Water Sports.

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[Silly Little Pixie]

Question of the Day!

On my last meets thread we did a question of the day as it got close to cruise time. It was fun to hear about everyone's thoughts and got everybody posting and excited. So I'll kick us off:

What's your favorite shipboard activity?

Christine

[tigger2002]

Question of the Day!

On my last meets thread we did a question of the day as it got close to cruise time. It was fun to hear about everyone's thoughts and got everybody posting and excited. So I'll kick us off:

What's your favorite shipboard activity?

Christine

You mean besides eating??

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[Silly Little Pixie]

Question of the Day!

What's your favorite shipboard activity?

Christine

My favorite thing to do is sit in the sun at the Quiet Cove pool, feet in the water, tropical drink in my hand, listening to the music...:cloud9:

I also really enjoyed the tequila tasting on our last cruise and want to try the wine tasting this time. Anyone see a pattern here...?:rotfl2:

Christine

[Silly Little Pixie]

You mean besides eating??

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Eating counts!! I could so go for a pizza right now from Pinnochio's. Yum! Great midafternoon snack. Now you've made me have to go think about a snack...

Christine

[nickcapp]

I love a casual stroll or sitting on a chair on deck 4. Its great on sea days or port days!

Rockin Bar D at night with a cold beer is a close second!

(Ok, and wings with said cold beer in Diversions is third!)

[disneyrunningmom]

Hi! :wave2: We are the Newman family and we just changed our cruise from Oct to this one! It will be Amanda (31)-me, Scott (33)-DH, Sydney (13) DD, Abby (8) DD, Travis (6) DS, and Trevor (6) DS.

If anyone has a DD that will be around 8 or 13 who would like to email back and forth on here with DDs that would great! That way they feel like they know someone in the club onboard:thumbsup2

Hi Newman Family!
I'm new to DisBoards, but not new to Disney. And, we're practically neighbors! We live in Roanoke! My DS, Adam, is 12 and my DD is 9 and her name is Abby too!
This is our first Disney cruise, but we've done WDW "a lot!" My DD is a bit nervous not knowing anyone!
Happy Planning!

[disneyrunningmom]

Hi Everyone!
New to DisBoards! :yay: And have enjoyed seeing who is going on this trip!
We're sort-of first time cruisers. Our one and only cruise was the Disney cruise on the "Big Red Boat" back in 1991--pre kids! Me, my DH (David) and DS (adam, 12) and DD (Abby, 9) will be cruising. We are so excited. Booked this a year ago and can't believe it is approaching.
We're big Disney fans (been to WDW 9 times in the last 9 years!).:woohoo:

But I can't figure out what this "fish extension" thing that I keep reading about. Can someone shed some light on this?

Not on facebook...don't have the time for that!

[tigger2002]

Hi Everyone!
New to DisBoards! :yay: And have enjoyed seeing who is going on this trip!
We're sort-of first time cruisers. Our one and only cruise was the Disney cruise on the "Big Red Boat" back in 1991--pre kids! Me, my DH (David) and DS (adam, 12) and DD (Abby, 9) will be cruising. We are so excited. Booked this a year ago and can't believe it is approaching.
We're big Disney fans (been to WDW 9 times in the last 9 years!).:woohoo:

But I can't figure out what this "fish extension" thing that I keep reading about. Can someone shed some light on this?

Not on facebook...don't have the time for that!


The first place to start is in the FAQs at the top of the main cruise discussion board. Here is the link
FAQs for Disney Cruise forums (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2068966)

Just search for "fish" on that page. There is a "Fish Extender 101" thread with pictures.

We have also been to Disney World several times and the Western Cruise we took last May was our first. I also think that it was one of our best vacations ever.

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[tigger2002]

Grand Cayman
We have done the Native Way Water sports (http://www.nativewaywatersports.com/) Tour before and thought it was great. We would like to do it again.
However my kids are not real keen on going to swim with the stingrays again. We would just like to snorkel at the Reef and then go to Rum Point. The boat ride was actually pretty fun.
I have contacted the folks at Native Way and they said they do not have a tour just like that but..... if we could get 16 people who wanted to go to the Reef and Rum Point that they would do that. We have 7 people in our group and would only need 9 more people to have a special tour.

If you would like to do this just PM me or email me at tlguinn_2000@hotmail.com

It would include lunch at Rum Point.

Here are some pictures of us at Rum Point Rum Point (http://nathanguinnphotography.zenfolio.com/p204924824)

Minimum of 16 people, not sure of the max, maybe 20?

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Any of the new folks interested in this tour on Grand Cayman. It will be great and still have some time for shopping downtown.

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[Silly Little Pixie]

Any of the new folks interested in this tour on Grand Cayman. It will be great and still have some time for shopping downtown.

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I would like to, but I don't think it will be in the budget this trip. I really want to do Tulum but I need to scrounge up that money first.

So I think Grand Cayman for us will be just exploring town, and maybe a cab to a beach. We love to snorkel though. This is the hazard of booking a cruise like this so late... Less time to save for extras. :sad2:

Christine

[Silly Little Pixie]

Question of the day:

Which port are you looking forward to most?

Christine

[disneyrunningmom]

Oh, thanks so much! That FAQ site was great!
I don't think we can even IMAGINE how much fun it will be! We're all so excited!
Thanks again!

[tigger2002]

I would like to, but I don't think it will be in the budget this trip. I really want to do Tulum but I need to scrounge up that money first.

So I think Grand Cayman for us will be just exploring town, and maybe a cab to a beach. We love to snorkel though. This is the hazard of booking a cruise like this so late... Less time to save for extras. :sad2:

Christine

The price for the tour would be $57.50 per person and includes snorkeling and lunch at Rum Point.

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[tigger2002]

Question of the day:

Which port are you looking forward to most?

Christine

We really like Grand Cayman.

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[leetahtx]

I think I am looking forward to the disney island the most! With my young son, I think it will be the easiest beach to take him to. Any suggestions on which of the other ports would be easy to take a 15 month old to?

[nickcapp]

Castaway Cay for us too! This will be the easiest place for us to enjoy with the baby.

[GoHerd1028]

I am looking forward to castaway cay also...Just a lot of relaxation and the kids having a blast.

[Silly Little Pixie]

I'm torn between Cozumel (if we can do Tulum, I really want to see the Mayan ruins) and Castaway Cay! DH and I renewed our wedding vows last month on Castaway and it was GORGEOUS! But very windy, and by the time our reception in Palo was over and we got changed and to the beach, it was nearly 2. We went to Serenity Bay for the first time, since Grandpa took our kids to the Family Beach. But the wind was sooo cold! We tried to enjoy it, but gave up after a little bit. So I am definitely hoping for warmer weather this time!

Christine