Diez (10) Noches Calientes en la Riviera Mexicana/17 de abril 2011 (4.17.11 Wonder!)

[fourmcds]

Michelle.....when you get the DCL page, before coming to the "meets" page. It was one of those posts, today, on the first page. I think it was called "cabo pool break"!!!

Lisa.... LOL. I was wondering why no one asked me that yesterday! I wanted to scream it, but was waiting for an invitaion to do so!!! Booked 10-A (inside stateroom) and got 7-A (Navigators Verandah)!!! I was sort of kind of (but not majorly) feeling bad about cruising alone with the kids, not being able to go out at night, not being able to check out the dessert buffet, etc. But now I have a Verandah to read and enjoy a drink on!!!

I am excited and I want it to be here now!!!

~Jennifer

Very awesome upgrade! :dance3:I loved the verandah in the early mornings when the family was still asleep...got to read and enjoy my coffee in quiet watching the sun rise...yup, I can't sleep in on vacations! :upsidedow

[fourmcds]

We're also doing the dolphin swim at 9:45 on Monday and would love to share the CD. How many people can share a CD? Can we get a whole bunch of us and get the price down to a couple bucks each??? :laughing:

When we did the zip tour in PV three of us shared the disc, the only trick was that they charged more for each disc. So, we just had one sent to us and that person (I think it was me) made copies for the other 2 in the group. But, we can work out the details when we get there I am sure! Yeah....more chances for pics for less $$!

[fourmcds]

To all you readers, this cruise might be a good excuse/justification to buy yourself a color Nook from Barnes n Noble and then you can share the books amongst your Nooks on the cruise. My mom just got one and is in love with it.:flower3:

I have the Kobo from Borders and LOVE IT:love: I went on the maiden dream and was able to bring (and read (remember I don't sleep on vacations!:lmao:)) 5 books! Would have never lugged that many on a cruise before, but it was perfect. Have some on there for the girls too, incase they finish their books early.

[jweiss]

Thanks for the positive thoughts re. our upgrade! We are not selfish, and are willing to share with anyone and everyone! We didn't get KSF, so that might be why we were so lucky. Anyway....

Stop with the Kindle talk! It's not in my budget and now you're all making me want one!!!

So excited, so excited, so excited!!!

[True Romance]

The FE lists are almost done. I am still waiting for a couple more participants to respond to me with cabin numbers, and if they want to be on the full or half list.

Deseriemilburn
JillsterZ
Mjespro
Mykids2


If you guys read this, can you PM me your room numbers, if you want to be on the full or half list, and if you have a delivery day preference

Thanks.

[HoppingMad]

iPad 2 will be on sale March 11! Just in time for the cruise! :happytv:

Kel, I have an iPad and I love it, especially for the books and magazines (I'm a magazine junkie!)
I've got the iBooks as well as the Kindle apps and they're great. Saves lugging around tons of reading material. I still love the real deal, but this is brilliant for travelling.

[LiserAnn]

iPad 2 will be on sale March 11!
Our 12 year old bought an iPad (and he lets us use it if we're good :rotfl: ). You can download the Kindle app on it too so you're not limited to just the Apple e-reader on the iPad.

[szubieta]

We're also doing the dolphin swim at 9:45 on Monday and would love to share the CD. How many people can share a CD? Can we get a whole bunch of us and get the price down to a couple bucks each??? :laughing:

Cool....we will talk on board...I am sure we don't have to do anything ahead of time!:goodvibes

I just checked and ours is at 8:45...but maybe we can let them know we all couldn't get the same time slots. :confused3

[LiserAnn]

I have the Kobo from Borders and LOVE IT:love: I went on the maiden dream and was able to bring (and read (remember I don't sleep on vacations!:lmao:)) 5 books! Would have never lugged that many on a cruise before, but it was perfect. Have some on there for the girls too, incase they finish their books early.

Ummm, clearly you were not entertained enough on that voyage because I don't recall you reading much on the PC and I know for a fact we'll keep you way too busy to read on this one either (you know...martini tastings, wine tastings...) need I say more.

[virdis]

Congratulations to all with upgrades so far.

Jennifer: When I read what your upgrade was, I visualized a slot machine going crazy in Vegas. Cha Ching Ching Ching.... Kudos to you! Everyone knows I love to Gamble :cool2: Maybe you can spread some magic to Ann and I on the other side of the Caldecott Tunnel


For the rest of us who have not gotten upgrades, have no fear. I believe the possibility of upgrades still exists. There are still many verandah rooms available. With 45 days left to go, I doubt DCL will sell them all. I think (well...honestly I have no clue so I am guessing :laughing:) what happens next is that DCL waits for brief period of time to see if GTYs that have been assigned will look to upgrade. These will be standard upgrades so the cost to upgrade would be high but if they can get a few to bite, they would make better financial numbers.

At some point, they will probably call it a loss and attempt to fill the ship. They will probably begin to selectively upgrade folks. The goal at this point is to open/free up inside and oceanview staterooms because they have a better chance at selling these rooms as last minute deals. So hopefully with whatever selection process they use, some of us will get upgrades.

As of 10pm tonight, below is the list of verandah staterooms I can see still available. Lets hope there is still more pixie dust to come. :wizard:

Category 7A
7628

Category 6A
5150
5650
7134
7634
6650

Category 5C
5624
5626
5628
5130

Category 5B
7114
7614
7116
7118
6588
6590
6592

Category 5A
7578
7576
7574
7572
7560
7544
7072

Category 4B
8578
8518
8514
8014
8012
8010
8002

Category 4A
8566
8562
8070
8068

Category T (Concierge)
8602
8600
8100

[mommafox]

Lisa, you are probably right, when will there be time to read? :drive: I know that fourmcds has a late-rising family so she has early a.m. time, but we usually can't stop ourselves from hitting every activity on the ship. We like to yank the kids from school to have family pool time, too.

Then back to the room before dinner for roll call, ha ha. Main seating.

Trivia is our fave, but I WONDER if it will vary from Disney trivia. I hope so. Dance classes, wine tasting like you said...all the fun!!

Hoppingmad and LiserAnn, iPads are so great...I learned all about the iPad 2 today...don't know if I can resist one now. The temptation is too great!:headache:

So...I am crossing my fingers that those of us that want to dance in the late night clubs can help each other stay up late enough to make it happen. :cool1: I have no option to sleep in (Jaz wakes up between 5-7am), but I can nap by the pool. :beach:

[szubieta]

Ummm, clearly you were not entertained enough on that voyage because I don't recall you reading much on the PC and I know for a fact we'll keep you way too busy to read on this one either (you know...martini tastings, wine tastings...) need I say more.

:drinking1 :love2: Yeah...I'm not bringing any books either. Ok maybe for the drive down and home. :car: I do want to get onboard early enough to get tickets for some Beer/Tequlia tastings. :goodvibes

[LiserAnn]

With 45 days left to go, I doubt DCL will sell them all.

And they only have room for adults, so you're probably 100% correct. I just tried doing a search as a new cruiser, 2 A - 2K and also tried 2A -1K and there was nothing available. Once I removed the kids all together there was availability. So I guess we have a full ship of kids but still have some room for adults. I have a feeling they're going to hold the upgrades for the port. From what I read they offer them at 50% from what you can get them now...so if it costs $1200 to go from a oceanview to a verandah today, then if you're lucky to snag it sailing day, they'll offer it for about $600. It'll be interesting to see how that goes.

[Amwill]

Ummm, clearly you were not entertained enough on that voyage because I don't recall you reading much on the PC and I know for a fact we'll keep you way too busy to read on this one either (you know...martini tastings, wine tastings...) need I say more.

:drinking1 :love2: Yeah...I'm not bringing any books either. Ok maybe for the drive down and home. :car: I do want to get onboard early enough to get tickets for some Beer/Tequlia tastings. :goodvibes

Did I read these correctly? There will be opportunities to sign up to attend beer/tequila tastings. When and where are these happening? As a newbie to DCL this completely blows my image of sailing on a Disney boat. I know that getting beer and anything harder is virtually impossible at Disneyland (club 33 the exception). Virdis and I haven't done any social drinking out together since the kiddos were born. The idea of sharing a drink with Virdis and other adults sounds wonderful. :flower1:I can't wait.

[loving _life]

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[Susiesark]

Virdis,you got my heart racing after reading your posts about all the available Veranda rooms. So there's a chance they'll let me out of the dungeon? Although I have some great neighbors down there. We might just have to have our own party on deck 2.

[TNShellBelle]

Congratulations to all with upgrades so far.

Jennifer: When I read what your upgrade was, I visualized a slot machine going crazy in Vegas. Cha Ching Ching Ching.... Kudos to you! Everyone knows I love to Gamble :cool2: Maybe you can spread some magic to Ann and I on the other side of the Caldecott Tunnel


For the rest of us who have not gotten upgrades, have no fear. I believe the possibility of upgrades still exists. There are still many verandah rooms available. With 45 days left to go, I doubt DCL will sell them all. I think (well...honestly I have no clue so I am guessing :laughing:) what happens next is that DCL waits for brief period of time to see if GTYs that have been assigned will look to upgrade. These will be standard upgrades so the cost to upgrade would be high but if they can get a few to bite, they would make better financial numbers.

At some point, they will probably call it a loss and attempt to fill the ship. They will probably begin to selectively upgrade folks. The goal at this point is to open/free up inside and oceanview staterooms because they have a better chance at selling these rooms as last minute deals. So hopefully with whatever selection process they use, some of us will get upgrades.

As of 10pm tonight, below is the list of verandah staterooms I can see still available. Lets hope there is still more pixie dust to come. :wizard:

Category 7A
7628

Category 6A
5150
5650
7134
7634
6650

Category 5C
5624
5626
5628
5130

Category 5B
7114
7614
7116
7118
6588
6590
6592

Category 5A
7578
7576
7574
7572
7560
7544
7072

Category 4B
8578
8518
8514
8014
8012
8010
8002

Category 4A
8566
8562
8070
8068

Category T (Concierge)
8602
8600
8100Wow there is a lot available. My TA told me 2 days ago that there were only 5C's to upgrade to.:confused3 This looks promising.:goodvibes

Did I read these correctly? There will be opportunities to sign up to attend beer/tequila tastings. When and where are these happening? As a newbie to DCL this completely blows my image of sailing on a Disney boat. I know that getting beer and anything harder is virtually impossible at Disneyland (club 33 the exception). Virdis and I haven't done any social drinking out together since the kiddos were born. The idea of sharing a drink with Virdis and other adults sounds wonderful. :flower1:I can't wait.Beer, tequila and my all time favorite MARTINI tastings.:love: The times will be posted in the navigator. Lots of fun!

Virdis,you got my heart racing after reading your posts about all the available Veranda rooms. So there's a chance they'll let me out of the dungeon? Although I have some great neighbors down there. We might just have to have our own party on deck 2.Listen here sister, you're not leaving without me and Lisa HA, HA!:lmao:

[True Romance]

Okay, I just got home from the gym and really need to hop in the shower before picking up Isabelle and friend from school (early release day) but I am so excited I needed to stop and share.

The wrist bands arrived today and they are so cute :cool1::cool1::cool1:

Here are the pictures. Please excuse my paperclips. I could not get a good photo of the wording, so I had to squish them down. Paperclips were the only idea I could come up with in a hurry.

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I have 200 bands, so there are plenty of extras for those who did not order initially. They come in Adult & youth.

Payment

They are $1 a band. You can pay me via paypal kh at kristihoward.com (no spaces and the @ sign of course--make sure you put that it is a personal transaction for payment owed, so I do not get charged a fee)

Or you can mail me money, just PM me for my address, or you can give me cash on the ship. Any way I am fine.

I calculated the shipping with my postal scale if you would like me to mail them to you. .85 cents for shipping. If you want them shipped, add the .85cents to your total and get me your address.

Or I can get you your bands at the port or on the ship.

Super excited. These came so fast. Now I have to make a short video to get $10 reimbursed.

[LV Disney Fan(atic)]

I just checked and ours is at 8:45...but maybe we can let them know we all couldn't get the same time slots. :confused3

Sandy, I think you have to be in the same group at the same time in order to share a CD. But we're going at 8:45 am too and would defiinitely be interested in sharing one with you. :goodvibes


Did I read these correctly? There will be opportunities to sign up to attend beer/tequila tastings. When and where are these happening? As a newbie to DCL this completely blows my image of sailing on a Disney boat. I know that getting beer and anything harder is virtually impossible at Disneyland (club 33 the exception). Virdis and I haven't done any social drinking out together since the kiddos were born. The idea of sharing a drink with Virdis and other adults sounds wonderful. :flower1:I can't wait.

Beer, tequila and my all time favorite MARTINI tastings.:love: The times will be posted in the navigator. Lots of fun!



I guess there's no way to find out when these are in advance, is there? :confused3 I'm just seeing a great opportunity for a fun DIS meet on board!

[LV Disney Fan(atic)]

Kristi - I LOVE the wristbands; they turned out great! Thanks so much for getting them for us. :flower3:

[mommafox]

The bands are great, I'll get onto PayPal and get it moving. My husband kinda ruined it for me, though. I showed him our site and graphics and now the wristbands and his response was, "shouldn't it be 9 hot nights in Mexico? We cruise for 9 nights and 10 days." Ugh. He's right, but it still wasn't the reaction I was hoping for. :guilty:

[virdis]

Virdis, can't believe you took the time to find all those rooms... I would do the exact same thing but am superstitious and felt I'd be jinxing myself. I'm better off hoping for nothing/expecting the absolute, rock bottom WORST then being eternally grateful to God and those that made things actually BETTER!!! This cruise is high up there on the grateful list... lemme tell ya!! And so are you DISers!!!:worship:

Yeah...I thought about what if they check the logs but, I don't think they check to see who is checking. As a systems engineer, I know only look at log files when something goes wrong. Fortunately, I am not tooo superstitious (salt over my shoulder).

We too are very grateful for this cruise. I was very much against it at first but Ann-Marie eventually wore me down to book it. Thanks honey.

Virdis,you got my heart racing after reading your posts about all the available Veranda rooms. So there's a chance they'll let me out of the dungeon? Although I have some great neighbors down there. We might just have to have our own party on deck 2.

Its not so bad on deck 2. We had room their as well as on deck 1 before we moved up to deck 7. Actually, I wanted our room on deck 1 (with the two portholes) because deck 1 is supposedly quiet most of the time. I also heard on the disboards that it is the deck you board returning from excursions. While the rest of us are waiting for elevators, you are already in your room. :)

The reason for our final move to the 7th deck was do to a mistake I made. I am sure Ann-Marie is going to love telling that story ;)

Okay, I just got home from the gym and really need to hop in the shower before picking up Isabelle and friend from school (early release day) but I am so excited I needed to stop and share.

The wrist bands arrived today and they are so cute :cool1::cool1::cool1:



Krisit....this look GREAT!!!! Ann-Marie will sync up on payment. Thank you soooooo much.

My husband kinda ruined it for me, though. I showed him our site and graphics and now the wristbands and his response was, "shouldn't it be 9 hot nights in Mexico? We cruise for 9 nights and 10 days." Ugh. He's right, but it still wasn't the reaction I was hoping for. :guilty:


Actually, he is wrong. You can have the joy in telling him (oh...I just love it when Ann-Marie points out things when I am wrong).

April 17th (night 1)
April 18th (night 2)
April 19th (night 3)
April 20th (night 4)
April 21st (night 5)
April 22nd (night 6)
April 23rd (night 7)
April 24th (night 8)
April 25th (night 9
April 26th (night 10)
April 27th (get off boat)

Just be gentle with him. Us guys got to have some pride :lmao:

[LiserAnn]

Did I read these correctly? There will be opportunities to sign up to attend beer/tequila tastings. When and where are these happening? As a newbie to DCL this completely blows my image of sailing on a Disney boat. I know that getting beer and anything harder is virtually impossible at Disneyland (club 33 the exception). Virdis and I haven't done any social drinking out together since the kiddos were born. The idea of sharing a drink with Virdis and other adults sounds wonderful. :flower1:I can't wait.

Oh yes you did Ann-Marie!!!! I can tell you when I sat down for the martini tasting I was quite aware of who I was and by the time we were done...well, good thing the kids were happily in the clubs because I was sure I'd lost my mind into those glasses! I think the cost is $15 per event...they're super fun.

[LiserAnn]

Listen here sister, you're not leaving without me and Lisa HA, HA!:lmao:

That's right, we CANNOT possibly shovel all that coal by ourselves! :rotfl2:

[LiserAnn]

The bands are great, I'll get onto PayPal and get it moving. My husband kinda ruined it for me, though. I showed him our site and graphics and now the wristbands and his response was, "shouldn't it be 9 hot nights in Mexico? We cruise for 9 nights and 10 days." Ugh. He's right, but it still wasn't the reaction I was hoping for. :guilty:

Well tell Mr. Buzz Killer that he's actually WRONG! It's 10 nights and 11 days
17 - 18 - 19 -20 - 21 -22 -23 -24 - 25 -26 and we port on the 27.:thumbsup2 Teehee!

[mommafox]

YES! Lisa and Virdis 10 hot nights!! :cheer2:
I'll be gentle, Virdis lol. I should have second guessed him like I usually do, that is my job as a wife, how could I have slacked on this one? :confused::confused: U guys are the best support group!

[fourmcds]

Ummm, clearly you were not entertained enough on that voyage because I don't recall you reading much on the PC and I know for a fact we'll keep you way too busy to read on this one either (you know...martini tastings, wine tastings...) need I say more.


:drinking1 what are you saying?! :drinking1:thumbsup2

[fourmcds]

Oh yes you did Ann-Marie!!!! I can tell you when I sat down for the martini tasting I was quite aware of who I was and by the time we were done...well, good thing the kids were happily in the clubs because I was sure I'd lost my mind into those glasses! I think the cost is $15 per event...they're super fun.

did all 4 of us do that one?! I can't remember:rotfl2::rotfl2:

I really enjoyed doing most of the tastings...they didn't have any of the dream for the maiden voyage :confused3 so we saved all that money for this cruise! :thumbsup2

[kjwemett]

[QUOTE=True Romance;40172288]The wrist bands arrived today and they are so cute :cool1::cool1::cool1:QUOTE]

Love the wristbands, thank you Kristi, I think that my sister has paypal so I probably will pay through her.

Looking forward to the tastings that would be a good DIS get together.

Boo, can't get the quote to work right.

[HoppingMad]

I have 200 bands, so there are plenty of extras for those who did not order initially. They come in Adult & youth.

Payment

They are $1 a band. You can pay me via paypal kh at kristihoward.com (no spaces and the @ sign of course--make sure you put that it is a personal transaction for payment owed, so I do not get charged a fee)

Or you can mail me money, just PM me for my address, or you can give me cash on the ship. Any way I am fine.

I calculated the shipping with my postal scale if you would like me to mail them to you. .85 cents for shipping. If you want them shipped, add the .85cents to your total and get me your address.

Or I can get you your bands at the port or on the ship.

Super excited. These came so fast. Now I have to make a short video to get $10 reimbursed.

Kristi, they are AWESOME :yay:
James now wants one - I bet Lachlan will too , so please increase my order to 2 a and 3 y. I will give you the money when we meet up at the port.

Thanks again for organizing them, I'm sure it's a lot or work.

:goodvibes

[True Romance]

Did I read these correctly? There will be opportunities to sign up to attend beer/tequila tastings. When and where are these happening? As a newbie to DCL this completely blows my image of sailing on a Disney boat. I know that getting beer and anything harder is virtually impossible at Disneyland (club 33 the exception). Virdis and I haven't done any social drinking out together since the kiddos were born. The idea of sharing a drink with Virdis and other adults sounds wonderful. :flower1:I can't wait.

I would join you guys, but I don't drink beer, tequila, or martinis. Now if they had a foo-foo fruity drink or dessert tastings, I would be all over it.

The bands are great, I'll get onto PayPal and get it moving. My husband kinda ruined it for me, though. I showed him our site and graphics and now the wristbands and his response was, "shouldn't it be 9 hot nights in Mexico? We cruise for 9 nights and 10 days." Ugh. He's right, but it still wasn't the reaction I was hoping for. :guilty:
Kel, you almost gave me a heart attack. I was totally stressing that I was going to spell something wrong, I kept rereading it over and over before I submitted the order. I did not want to screw up 200 wrist bands. Now that I see it, I probably should have had a comma after Disney Wonder and before the date. Oh well. At least I spelled everything correctly. I has also wanted a mickey head with a sombrero, but I could not find a good one and time was ticking away.

Kristi, they are AWESOME :yay:
James now wants one - I bet Lachlan will too , so please increase my order to 2 a and 3 y. I will give you the money when we meet up at the port.
:goodvibes

Got it. If I have an extra adult, I will switch that out for Lachlan. The youths are smaller than I thought. I can wear it, but I need to stretch it to get around my hand. Once on it is fine.

[HoppingMad]

Got it. If I have an extra adult, I will switch that out for Lachlan. The youths are smaller than I thought. I can wear it, but I need to stretch it to get around my hand. Once on it is fine.

Thanks Kristi ;) Well that's great they're small - will work out well for all the little ones.

[szubieta]

did i read these correctly? there will be opportunities to sign up to attend beer/tequila tastings. When and where are these happening? As a newbie to dcl this completely blows my image of sailing on a disney boat. the idea of sharing a drink with virdis and other adults sounds wonderful. :flower1:i can't wait.

i know, crazy huh! We're not big drinker so i talk big. A couple of drink...no children around for a while...just sounds nice! :upsidedow you are soooo ready for this cruise. :thumbsup2

the wrist bands arrived today and they are so cute

they are totally awesome!! Really love the mickey on them..good job!! Thank you for doing this!!

sandy, i think you have to be in the same group at the same time in order to share a cd. But we're going at 8:45 am too and would defiinitely be interested in sharing one with you.

thanks, that's what i was thinking. We'll have a few days to get this straighten out before we get to cabo.



i guess there's no way to find out when these are in advance, is there? :confused3 i'm just seeing a great opportunity for a fun dis meet on board!

You know...i just wonder if we could get one with just the dis group? :idea: I would really like to do the beer & tequila ones...just sounds like we'll get a lot of important info at them. :rolleyes1

i would join you guys, but i don't drink beer, tequila, or martinis. Now if they had a foo-foo fruity drink or dessert tastings, i would be all over it.

Well you know a margarita can be considered a foo-foo drink...:goodvibes

pheeeww!

[Susiesark]

What types of drinks are the Drinks of the Day? :stir: Do they serve them all day?:drinking1

[mommafox]

Kel, you almost gave me a heart attack. I was totally stressing that I was going to spell something wrong...


The bands are perfect! No corrections needed. I'm the same way with things like that, like I felt when I ordered my FE, "did I spell it wrong???" U ROCK :woohoo:

[LiserAnn]

did all 4 of us do that one?! I can't remember:rotfl2::rotfl2:

I really enjoyed doing most of the tastings...they didn't have any of the dream for the maiden voyage :confused3 so we saved all that money for this cruise! :thumbsup2

HAHAHA...this time I want to try the margarita tasting. And we must revisit martini tasting and, and, and......:drinking1:drinking1:drinking1:scared1:

[deseriemilburn]

Yeah...I thought about what if they check the logs but, I don't think they check to see who is checking. As a systems engineer, I know only look at log files when something goes wrong. Fortunately, I am not tooo superstitious (salt over my shoulder).

We too are very grateful for this cruise. I was very much against it at first but Ann-Marie eventually wore me down to book it. Thanks honey.



Its not so bad on deck 2. We had room their as well as on deck 1 before we moved up to deck 7. Actually, I wanted our room on deck 1 (with the two portholes) because deck 1 is supposedly quiet most of the time. I also heard on the disboards that it is the deck you board returning from excursions. While the rest of us are waiting for elevators, you are already in your room. :)

The reason for our final move to the 7th deck was do to a mistake I made. I am sure Ann-Marie is going to love telling that story ;)



Krisit....this look GREAT!!!! Ann-Marie will sync up on payment. Thank you soooooo much.




Actually, he is wrong. You can have the joy in telling him (oh...I just love it when Ann-Marie points out things when I am wrong).

April 17th (night 1)
April 18th (night 2)
April 19th (night 3)
April 20th (night 4)
April 21st (night 5)
April 22nd (night 6)
April 23rd (night 7)
April 24th (night 8)
April 25th (night 9
April 26th (night 10)
April 27th (get off boat)

Just be gentle with him. Us guys got to have some pride :lmao:

Virdis,

How do you find what rooms are still available on the DCL website for our cruise? I'd like to take a look for "future" prospective cruises.

Thank you,
Deserie

[kjwemett]

What types of drinks are the Drinks of the Day? :stir: Do they serve them all day?:drinking1

They are usually a mixed "foo foo" drink and yes they are sold all day at a lower price. I usually have at least 1 of those a day just to try them.

[mommafox]

What types of drinks are the Drinks of the Day? :drinking1

On Connie's super website for our cruise, http://april-17-2011-mexicanriviera.weebly.com/navigators.html she has a tab for Navigators from past cruises. The Navigator is the daily activity calendar you get in your cabin each night for the next day and it lists the drink of the day. On past cruises they cost $5-6 instead of $8-9 and are pretty yummy. Sometimes in souvi cups, but not sure for DCL. pirate:

[savin4WDW]

Okay, I just got home from the gym and really need to hop in the shower before picking up Isabelle and friend from school (early release day) but I am so excited I needed to stop and share.

The wrist bands arrived today and they are so cute :cool1::cool1::cool1:


Kristi, these bands are so great!!! You are awesome -- thank you for putting them all together! :worship:

I'm actually feeling a little bad for everyone else on the cruise who won't have one! :sad1: I know they're going to be looking at our wrist bands enviously throughout the trip, and saying, "Look! There goes another one!"

[savin4WDW]

Kristi, I forgot to ask -- could you show us the video when you're done? I'm psyched to see the bands in action! :woohoo:

[padalyn]

whew - I don't read for 24 hours and had 2 pages to catch up on....

I have a few suggestions for everyone (assuming that folks are new to DCL here...if not, please don't be offended at my suggestions!)

Take a highlighter or two. One color for each person.

The navigator is delivered to your cabin at around 10pm each night, I usually read it over cover to cover at that point and hightlight everything I want to do - then in the morning over b'fast I make my final decisions about what I want to do when...extra copies can be obtained at guest relations after 11pm.

In regards to the tastings....I have attended: martini, margarita, wine, champagne, port, taquila (spelling?), and others...they cost between 10 and 40 dollars each (depending on what the tasting is for..I did a reserva tasting that was the 40 dollar one). I also didn't see any on the Dream Maiden - seemed like a lot of things were missing. I also seem to recall reading about a coffee tasting one cruise - but I don't like the taste so I skipped over it completely!

Some family fun to consider is Bingo - always a blast!

There are always tours also - if you have the opprotunity to take the galley tour, stage tour, or the art of the ship tour...do it! They are all amazing and really interesting!

I also recommend doing dinner up in Beach Blanket (I think that is the name of the restaurant on the Wonder...I get them mixed up!) one night - where the b'fast and lunch buffets are served does a sit down dinner - no appointment or assigned time...post excursion - a nice change!

Remember to pack....pirate clothing, jammies for character b'fast, a real blow dryer - the one on the ship doesn't allow for styling at all, some type of outlet extender (I use a heavy duty three 'fer from Home Depot) there are outlets behind the TV that are not used...so a power block provides power for all the camera/phone/e-reader chargers! Oh - and an alarm clock of some type...there isn't one in the cabin at all.

And last but never least - pack a corkscrew if you are bringing bottled wine on with you...you can't buy one onboard, and they charge a 25 or 30 dollar corkage fee...you CAN NOT bring your bottle to dinner...so you can ask your steward for wine glasses in the room each day - or you can buy a big "glass" of some sort and take it to dinner with you. I usually ask the steward and take two "very heavy" pours of wine to dinner with me...most of a bottle.

Ok - enough babble from me...I am looking forward to meeting lots of new friends on this cruise!

Cayla

[TNShellBelle]

Okay, I just got home from the gym and really need to hop in the shower before picking up Isabelle and friend from school (early release day) but I am so excited I needed to stop and share.

The wrist bands arrived today and they are so cute :cool1::cool1::cool1:

Here are the pictures. Please excuse my paperclips. I could not get a good photo of the wording, so I had to squish them down. Paperclips were the only idea I could come up with in a hurry.

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I have 200 bands, so there are plenty of extras for those who did not order initially. They come in Adult & youth.

Payment

They are $1 a band. You can pay me via paypal kh at kristihoward.com (no spaces and the @ sign of course--make sure you put that it is a personal transaction for payment owed, so I do not get charged a fee)

Or you can mail me money, just PM me for my address, or you can give me cash on the ship. Any way I am fine.

I calculated the shipping with my postal scale if you would like me to mail them to you. .85 cents for shipping. If you want them shipped, add the .85cents to your total and get me your address.

Or I can get you your bands at the port or on the ship.

Super excited. These came so fast. Now I have to make a short video to get $10 reimbursed.Thank you so much for doing this...they look awesome! I will definitely do paypal in the am.

Well tell Mr. Buzz Killer that he's actually WRONG! It's 10 nights and 11 days
17 - 18 - 19 -20 - 21 -22 -23 -24 - 25 -26 and we port on the 27.:thumbsup2 Teehee!That is the nickname that I have for my husband.:rotfl:

What types of drinks are the Drinks of the Day? :stir: Do they serve them all day?:drinking1I honestly don't remember too much (lol) but they were fruity and REALLY GOOD.

[HoppingMad]

I have a few suggestions for everyone (assuming that folks are new to DCL here...if not, please don't be offended at my suggestions!)

Ok - enough babble from me...I am looking forward to meeting lots of new friends on this cruise!

Cayla


Cayla, a HUGE thank you. I am not only new to DCL, this is our absolute first ever cruise - I for one appreciate your suggestions.
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Penny

[Double Trouble]

It seems like this group is really getting fired up, so I thought this would be a good time to unveil my new avatar (and my cruise "alter ego")...I've been jealous of Virdis' for a while now. :cool2:

I was starting to "WONDER" if anyone was ever going to bring up the tastings! :drinking1 If you've never been (or you have, but your memory got a little "foggy" perhaps), they really are a lot of fun. Basically 4 drinks in about 45 minutes for about $15, with a little "education" thrown in if you're feeling guilty about drinking for drinking's sake (like that's ever a problem).
party:
And Kristi, I think we had Apple and Chocolate martinis on one of our tastings so there is a little "fruity foo foo" and "dessert" for you. They are typically held in the afternoon on most sea days and you do need tickets (buy them early at Guest Services...sounds like many of you already know this and will be racing me to the counter). I think I saw in the recent Navigators they even had two in one day (wine and martinis)...talk about your "Double Trouble"!

I"d like to "second" Cayla's comments about ship tours, etc. We did the stage tour (adults only) on the Magic and it was very interesting (and free, by the way). We've never done the galley tour, but hope to this time. Does anyone have any more info on this one? Also, Cayla is also "spot-on" regarding the wine for dinner as well. We've done the same thing and the only problem I see is how to get enough on board for a 10-night cruise! I guess the kids' carry-ons are going to get a little heavy (lol). Cayla...what's your secret on this?

Can't wait to meet everyone!

P.S. Awesome wristbands!
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[virdis]

Virdis,

How do you find what rooms are still available on the DCL website for our cruise? I'd like to take a look for "future" prospective cruises.

Thank you,
Deserie

Hi Deserie,

I am afraid that information is TOP SECRET....:rotfl:

Just kidding......we booked this cruise through DCL on their website. If you do this, you are given login information that allows you to change almost anything with your reservation through the DCL website.

To get the list I logged in and retrieved our reservation. Then I modified my reservation to change rooms. You can change categories and see the cabins that are available within each category. Its time consuming but you can "window shop" the rooms that are available. I usually have another tab in my browser to look at stateroom reports as I am browsing.

To get a more complete list, I deleted one of my kids off the reservation temporarily. Since we are a family of 4, I would only see cabins that can fit 4 but I wanted to see all cabins and some cabins only can only fit 3.

I can do this as much as I want. All you have to do is remember not to commit the change of cabin before you log off. They give you all kinds of warnings before you commit so making a mistake is kind of hard to do.

The inventory for cabins constantly changes. So if I did the same search now, I am sure the list will be slightly different (some cabins gone and some others appear).

I REALLY like this ability. I know most people love booking through a TA to get a large on board credit but, I like having this type of control. Our on board credit is only $25 but, I can change everything at will. We have moved rooms several times. To me, that is worth the loss in on board credit. Anyway, that is how I got the list. :thumbsup2

whew - I don't read for 24 hours and had 2 pages to catch up on....

I have a few suggestions for everyone (assuming that folks are new to DCL here...if not, please don't be offended at my suggestions!)

Take a highlighter or two. One color for each person.

The navigator is delivered to your cabin at around 10pm each night, I usually read it over cover to cover at that point and hightlight everything I want to do - then in the morning over b'fast I make my final decisions about what I want to do when...extra copies can be obtained at guest relations after 11pm.

In regards to the tastings....I have attended: martini, margarita, wine, champagne, port, taquila (spelling?), and others...they cost between 10 and 40 dollars each (depending on what the tasting is for..I did a reserva tasting that was the 40 dollar one). I also didn't see any on the Dream Maiden - seemed like a lot of things were missing. I also seem to recall reading about a coffee tasting one cruise - but I don't like the taste so I skipped over it completely!

Some family fun to consider is Bingo - always a blast!

There are always tours also - if you have the opprotunity to take the galley tour, stage tour, or the art of the ship tour...do it! They are all amazing and really interesting!

I also recommend doing dinner up in Beach Blanket (I think that is the name of the restaurant on the Wonder...I get them mixed up!) one night - where the b'fast and lunch buffets are served does a sit down dinner - no appointment or assigned time...post excursion - a nice change!

Remember to pack....pirate clothing, jammies for character b'fast, a real blow dryer - the one on the ship doesn't allow for styling at all, some type of outlet extender (I use a heavy duty three 'fer from Home Depot) there are outlets behind the TV that are not used...so a power block provides power for all the camera/phone/e-reader chargers! Oh - and an alarm clock of some type...there isn't one in the cabin at all.

And last but never least - pack a corkscrew if you are bringing bottled wine on with you...you can't buy one onboard, and they charge a 25 or 30 dollar corkage fee...you CAN NOT bring your bottle to dinner...so you can ask your steward for wine glasses in the room each day - or you can buy a big "glass" of some sort and take it to dinner with you. I usually ask the steward and take two "very heavy" pours of wine to dinner with me...most of a bottle.

Ok - enough babble from me...I am looking forward to meeting lots of new friends on this cruise!

Cayla

Thank you Cayla....great suggestions!!! Please share with us if you think of more things. This is our first DCL cruise so we are very interested in preparing for everything.

[virdis]

It seems like this group is really getting fired up, so I thought this would be a good time to unveil my new avatar (and my cruise "alter ego")...I've been jealous of Virdis' for a while now. :cool2

Double Trouble.....very cool avatar homie. I like :cool1:

[Susiesark]

HAHAHA...this time I want to try the margarita tasting. And we must revisit martini tasting and, and, and......:drinking1:drinking1:drinking1:scared1:

Margarita tasting? When?! Where?!:banana:

Did anyone else get the e-mail from DCL regarding ordering Easter gift baskets for the cruise? Now I'm WONDERing again if I should invite Easter Bunny to visit our room.

[mommafox]

Susiesark, I did get that email. I'm packin bunny goods on my own, with collapsible baskets.

Penny, Some of my fave things to bring are: extra clothes line w/suction cups(because moving the bathing suits in and out of the shower gets old, plus we need more room), soft binder to keep Navigators or keepsakes so they don't get lost in the drawers, hanging shoe organizer which we actually use for shoes so I don't have to shoe-dive before leaving the cabin, and a pop up hamper or two for dirty clothes or toys/blankies, super suction cup hooks to hang my toiletry bag from wherever I want, or use as a purse hook, 2 bathing suits so you don't have to put on a wet one, all the meds you might think you need +thermometer for kids, and I might bring along a clear organizer to hang from one of my suction hooks to avoid a bunch of "stuff" on the desk top. We bring a laptop to load our photos onto pretty frequently to have a backup of them, + extra memory cards.

That's all I can think of right now, except I need to remember workout clothes and shoes along with dress up and beach, etc. Hats, and all that Jaz.

[HoppingMad]

That's all I can think of right now, except I need to remember workout clothes and shoes along with dress up and beach, etc. Hats, and all that Jaz.

Great tips Kel - thanks :thumbsup2 I've noticed lots of recommendations for the shoe organizers - the line for the togs is a great one - better make a list of things to get at Walmart when we get to LA!


This might be a silly question, but where do the kids eat on the night we go to Palo?

[mommafox]

Penny, Ah Palo, I can't wait!!! We have a late night res. for 8:30 the last night so we'll probably take the girls to early dinner and then eat ours later in Palo. You can take your kids to any of the 24/7 places or to the buffet before or after your reservation. Or room service is handy for times like that, too.

Our 9-year anniversary is on 4/30 so this is the closest to an anniversary date as we can get!! :charac2:

We do a lot of breakfast room service because sometimes the stress of going "public" isn't as relaxing as being handed breakfast in your jammies and having the kids eat while watching morning cartoons. That is usually my time to organize things.

[HoppingMad]

Kel - I love the sound of room service! I have a feeling the kids will love doing that while we get all spiffy for our 'night out'! I could only get night 2 for our res, which happens to be formal night, but oh well.
Lovely to be able to have an early anniversary dinner alone on a cruise I'm sure it will be very special.

[LiserAnn]

This has really be the work week from hell...can we please start this cruise, like tomorrow. No, how about now! :thumbsup2

[CasaMartinez]

This might be a silly question, but where do the kids eat on the night we go to Palo?

Not sure if all the cruises are the same but on the Med cruise I remember that the kids club also could supply a light dinner (nuggets things like that). My boys were having such a good time at the club that they ended up eating there while we went to Palo. Just another option :goodvibes

[CasaMartinez]

I love the idea of martini, beer, wine, etc. tasting!! On the Med cruise the Dis boards set up their own wine tasting and it was great! Not sure it it's doable on this cruise but would you guys be up for something like that?

[mommafox]

Helen, I'm already bursting with things to remember to do for my vacation, so no prepared wine tasting for me. Thx for mentioning kids club dinners, each cruise has been so different (Princess, RCI, Carnival) that I wasn't sure what DCL did for kids over meal times.

[bitocas]

kristi
the bands are great.thank you very much for your trouble.:hug:

[Travelbee]

This has really be the work week from hell...can we please start this cruise, like tomorrow. No, how about now! :thumbsup2
Ditto to that!
I was starting to "WONDER" if anyone was ever going to bring up the tastings! :drinking1 If you've never been (or you have, but your memory got a little "foggy" perhaps), they really are a lot of fun. Basically 4 drinks in about 45 minutes for about $15, with a little "education" thrown in if you're feeling guilty about drinking for drinking's sake (like that's ever a problem).

I love the idea of martini, beer, wine, etc. tasting!! On the Med cruise the Dis boards set up their own wine tasting and it was great! Not sure it it's doable on this cruise but would you guys be up for something like that?
Helen, I was going to ask the same question if this group wants to set up our own tasting. I'm not sure if someone with a concierge room has to initiate the request though. I know Rob who organized it on the med cruise has a Cat 3 room.

[Travelbee]

Kristi - the wristbands are super cute! Thanks for all your work. I send you payment via paypal and will pick up the wristbands at the port or at one of the Dismeets. Thanks!

:surfweb: Does anyone else have a dog that barks to go outside at 3 am to chase possums?

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[padalyn]

I"d like to "second" Cayla's comments about ship tours, etc. We did the stage tour (adults only) on the Magic and it was very interesting (and free, by the way). We've never done the galley tour, but hope to this time. Does anyone have any more info on this one? Also, Cayla is also "spot-on" regarding the wine for dinner as well. We've done the same thing and the only problem I see is how to get enough on board for a 10-night cruise! I guess the kids' carry-ons are going to get a little heavy (lol). Cayla...what's your secret on this?



I have been lucky enough to have an engine room tour as well...that was AWESOME!!! Very loud...but amazing! The galley tour is usually only offered on longer cruises...so you should be in luck. Going "back stage" is very interesting, the ship really is a small city. At the end of the tour you get a fresh baked cookie (yumm). I have a photo somewhere of the soup pots...they each (there are 4 or 6 I don't recall) hold 2500 gal of soup :scared1::scared1:..big enough for a bath...I (of course) got the immeidate visual of Bugs Bunny being made into soup (remember that cartoon?) it was hard not to laugh at the poor officer giving the tour because of the visual image in my head (I whispered it to my traveling companion and she also was trying not to laugh!)

as far as carrying on wine...I do not need to use a large carryon bag to fly, so I pack a rolling one that is max size inside my checked bag if I have weight space, if not...I take a very empty carryon. Then I repack everything) using the expansion area of the checkd bag to put everything I can in that bag. Then I have a rolling bag to carry on...and I have a VERY heavy carryon bag! I have taken as many as 23 bottles onboard with me...always in Florida...I have some concerns about the TSA guys in Calif...not sure they will understand as well as the very kind folks in FL. Rule is - you HAVE to carry it on...DO NOT PUT IN CHECKED/PORTERED BAGS. They will confiscate it. DO put your wine key in the checked bags..the knife will trip the TSA alert thingys.

Also - you can buy wine or liquor in port as well...When I did the Baltic I was trying to buy a bottle in each port to drink that night at dinner...worked out pretty well! I carried on 14 bottles of hard cider in Dover that were in small cask shaped bottles...perfect for the Pirate party (which was VERY cold I might add!)

Great tips Kel - thanks :thumbsup2 I've noticed lots of recommendations for the shoe organizers - the line for the togs is a great one - better make a list of things to get at Walmart when we get to LA!


This might be a silly question, but where do the kids eat on the night we go to Palo?

Shoe organizers are great for all the small things that tend to collect in the cabin.

Kids can eat at the regular table (depending on the age of course) and the servers will help them out! I have seen (on one cruise a few years back) 2 teenage kids that ate alone every dinner...the parents showed up the first night to get them set...we never saw the parents again! The kids were at a table by themselves so the staff shifted them to another table that had other teenagers...worked out well. I finally couldn't stand it anymore and had to ask why they ate alone every night...some medical issue and the parents had to eat in the cabin. I have seen kids as young as 4 eating without parents in the dining rooms...so you will be able to get your kids fed!


Ditto to that!

Helen, I was going to ask the same question if this group wants to set up our own tasting. I'm not sure if someone with a concierge room has to initiate the request though. I know Rob who organized it on the med cruise has a Cat 3 room.

I don't think it has to be conceirge - I have been to private tastings hosted by folks on deck 2...but I have to second the person who said there is already a lot to do. I think someone would have to set it up through DCL - check with the champagne girls host - she is doing that type of thing.

For those who are looking for the "how to pack" answer...PM me...I can pack for 6 weeks in one checked bag and one carry on...all within weight limits (very very close to 50 & 23 pounds :laughing:) I am willing to share my secrets and packing lists to those who are interested.

Cayla

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[AZAims]

OK - we are 43 days away from sailing & I just now found this board! Where have I been?! Working, I guess... This is our 3rd time cruising with DCL (1st time for our youngest). Though it's been a long time since our last (2004) - been waiting for the little one to get old enough to really enjoy the experience.
I've been reading some of the older posts & it sounds like everyone has a lot of great advice & tips to share. Must read more...
AZAims, DH, DD(12), DD(11), DD(5)

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[TNShellBelle]

Did anyone else get the e-mail from DCL regarding ordering Easter gift baskets for the cruise? Now I'm WONDERing again if I should invite Easter Bunny to visit our room.I didn't get this email.:confused3What did it say?

This might be a silly question, but where do the kids eat on the night we go to Palo?Since we have early dining, we take the kids to dinner in the restaurant and then take them to the club.

This has really be the work week from hell...can we please start this cruise, like tomorrow. No, how about now! :thumbsup2HAPPY FRIDAY!:cool1:

OK - we are 43 days away from sailing & I just now found this board! Where have I been?! Working, I guess... This is our 3rd time cruising with DCL (1st time for our youngest). Though it's been a long time since our last (2004) - been waiting for the little one to get old enough to really enjoy the experience.
I've been reading some of the older posts & it sounds like everyone has a lot of great advice & tips to share. Must read more...
AZAims, DH, DD(12), DD(11), DD(5):welcome:

[TNShellBelle]

The youths are smaller than I thought. I can wear it, but I need to stretch it to get around my hand. Once on it is fine.I just sent $ via paypal. my wrist is really small...maybe I should have ordered a youth size for myself instead of an adult? I didn't even think of that. Do you have extra youth sizes or no?

[True Romance]

I just sent $ via paypal. my wrist is really small...maybe I should have ordered a youth size for myself instead of an adult? I didn't even think of that. Do you have extra youth sizes or no?

Hi Michelle, I have plenty of extra youths. More youth than adult actually. I guess I have an "average" size wrist, it fits me fine but I have to stretch it around my hand. I got your payment, thanks. PM me your mailing address when you get a chance and I will get yours mailed out tomorrow.

[bitocas]

:welcome:the more the merrier:grouphug:OK - we are 43 days away from sailing & I just now found this board! Where have I been?! Working, I guess... This is our 3rd time cruising with DCL (1st time for our youngest). Though it's been a long time since our last (2004) - been waiting for the little one to get old enough to really enjoy the experience.
I've been reading some of the older posts & it sounds like everyone has a lot of great advice & tips to share. Must read more...
AZAims, DH, DD(12), DD(11), DD(5)

[AZAims]

Kristi - Is it too late to get the wristbands? Just recently found this board & am thinking that we would like to get in on the fun. Though I don't know if I can keep up -- some of you sound pretty crazy! :rotfl2: Wish I would have known about the FE's earlier....

[Jareds_mommy]

Helen, I was going to ask the same question if this group wants to set up our own tasting. I'm not sure if someone with a concierge room has to initiate the request though. I know Rob who organized it on the med cruise has a Cat 3 roomOHHHH we would be all over that too

[padalyn]

Has anyone gotten their documents yet? I am letting my OCD get the better of me...mine haven't shown up...sigh...

I did this list on another thread...but it applies here as well:

Transport to Airport: check
Confirm of E-Ticket: check
Cruise docs: ?!?!?!?!??!

not so priceless :(

[TNShellBelle]

Hi Michelle, I have plenty of extra youths. More youth than adult actually. I guess I have an "average" size wrist, it fits me fine but I have to stretch it around my hand. I got your payment, thanks. PM me your mailing address when you get a chance and I will get yours mailed out tomorrow.Ah, I forgot to give you my address. I will pm you now, thanks!

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[TNShellBelle]

Something that I just learned: not all rooms can accommodate 4 people. Well, I already knew this but had forgotten. Apparently dh did not remember the room category I booked and had me change it to a verandah room last night. According to the DCL site there were several rooms available however, only ONE would accommodate four people, the others only sleep 3. So maybe this is the reason who DCL did not upgrade more families with 4 to verandah rooms?:confused3

Virdis, your thoughts please?:goodvibes

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[Jareds_mommy]

Me too! (meaning some kind of liquor tasting)
Why don't we all just call DCL, tell them we're together, ask for the Walt Disney Suite, and camp out together? I saw a tour of the Roy Disney suite (well done, I might add) on Youtube... looks spacious. I bet the Walt Disney one is even bigger! We'd be whooping it up all night... would need another cabin for the kids to sleep in though... adjoining cat 2?!?! could you imagine?
DH would be booking the "rasul" every day!!! (if you know what I mean)
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LOL sounds like LOTS of us are on deck 2 we could all just bring our own and take over the deck and have our own tastingsssssssssss heehee :rotfl::rockband:party:

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[virdis]

Something that I just learned: not all rooms can accommodate 4 people. Well, I already knew this but had forgotten. Apparently dh did not remember the room category I booked and had me change it to a verandah room last night. According to the DCL site there were several rooms available however, only ONE would accommodate four people, the others only sleep 3. So maybe this is the reason who DCL did not upgrade more families with 4 to verandah rooms?:confused3

Virdis, your thoughts please?:goodvibes


Hey Michelle,

Yes...that is a big reason. That is why when I "window shopped" to get the list the other night, I temporarily deleted my son off the reservation to get a more complete list. It is also the reason I don't believe we (Ann-Marie and I) will not be upgraded because when you take in account that the number of rooms can only support 3 people, our upgrade possibilities diminish somewhat.

I while back, I did find a site that lists the room capacities. Unfortunately, it looks like DisBoards forum is blocking me from listing the URL. I will PM you the URLs. Hopefully it will help you. -Virdis

[virdis]

I while back, I did find a site that lists the room capacities. Unfortunately, it looks like DisBoards forum is blocking me from listing the URL. I will PM you the URLs. Hopefully it will help you. -Virdis

OK...they block even in PM. I will post over on our facebook site.:sad2:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/group.php?gid=115572298493286

[jweiss]

Michelle....I think there may be truth to your hypothesis...The room we got upgraged to is a room for three. Hate to say it, but I'm happy my 19 year old decided not to join us this time!!!

The Walt suite and Roy Suites are the same size. They are huge!!! Plenty of room for campers, stowaways, what-have-you!!!

[kjwemett]

I love the idea of martini, beer, wine, etc. tasting!! On the Med cruise the Dis boards set up their own wine tasting and it was great! Not sure it it's doable on this cruise but would you guys be up for something like that?

Would love to do that, anything but wine, not a fan.

[TNShellBelle]

Can I use this for reasoning to use birth control? Tell everyone who comments on our only child "but it works out better when looking for an upgrade on Disney Cruise Line!"... think of the child, she WANTS the larger cabin!!!HA,I was thinking the same thing!

OK...they block even in PM. I will post over on our facebook site.:sad2:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/group.php?gid=115572298493286Thanks! I will head to fb now.

[Jareds_mommy]

So I am surprised we haven't talked about mickey tie dyed t-shirts yet
we made these for our last trip to DW and made some for this cruise too
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/jareds_mommy/untitled.jpg

[kjwemett]

Kristi - the wristbands are super cute! Thanks for all your work. I send you payment via paypal and will pick up the wristbands at the port or at one of the Dismeets. Thanks!

:surfweb: Does anyone else have a dog that barks to go outside at 3 am to chase possums?

Mine doesn't chase possums but he is diabetic and is up at least 2 times a night to drink and pee, so annoying. I am always tired.

[Patricia1]

I didn't get the email,can you share? I was on dcl gifts yesterday and they had a few eastery type gifts?

Did anyone else get the e-mail from DCL regarding ordering Easter gift baskets for the cruise? Now I'm WONDERing again if I should invite Easter Bunny to visit our room.[/QUOTE]

[Jareds_mommy]

it says
Now's your chance to make your cruise even more special for the ones you love with exclusive gift baskets to help celebrate Easter. There's a wide variety of holiday gift packages for Guests of all ages - even special options from the Easter Bunny himself. Items like "bunny" finger puppets, egg-shaped banks, coloring books and yummy treats are sure to add magic to the holiday!

Sailing in style. Since your voyage includes at least one formal evening, we thought you might enjoy getting dressed up without having to pack a tuxedo. We're pleased to offer men's formalwear rentals during your cruise. Click here to place your custom order.

and the link goes here
http://disneycruise.disney.go.com/planning-center/gifts-and-amenities/?sourcecode=14971&CMP=EMC-DCLFY11Q2cmrpasg0006

[Patricia1]

it says
Now's your chance to make your cruise even more special for the ones you love with exclusive gift baskets to help celebrate Easter. There's a wide variety of holiday gift packages for Guests of all ages - even special options from the Easter Bunny himself. Items like "bunny" finger puppets, egg-shaped banks, coloring books and yummy treats are sure to add magic to the holiday!

Sailing in style. Since your voyage includes at least one formal evening, we thought you might enjoy getting dressed up without having to pack a tuxedo. We're pleased to offer men's formalwear rentals during your cruise. Click here to place your custom order.

and the link goes here
http://disneycruise.disney.go.com/planning-center/gifts-and-amenities/?sourcecode=14971&CMP=EMC-DCLFY11Q2cmrpasg0006

Thanks a bunch... for a minute there I thought they might be cancelling the easter gifts on board!! thanks for clarifying :)

[LV Disney Fan(atic)]

I love the idea of martini, beer, wine, etc. tasting!! On the Med cruise the Dis boards set up their own wine tasting and it was great! Not sure it it's doable on this cruise but would you guys be up for something like that?

Sounds good to me!

[LV Disney Fan(atic)]

So I am surprised we haven't talked about mickey tie dyed t-shirts yet
we made these for our last trip to DW and made some for this cruise too
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/jareds_mommy/untitled.jpg

Those are adorable! How do you make them?

[Susiesark]

Something that I just learned: not all rooms can accommodate 4 people. Well, I already knew this but had forgotten. Apparently dh did not remember the room category I booked and had me change it to a verandah room last night. According to the DCL site there were several rooms available however, only ONE would accommodate four people, the others only sleep 3. So maybe this is the reason who DCL did not upgrade more families with 4 to verandah rooms?:confused3

Virdis, your thoughts please?:goodvibesWHAT! Are you leaving the dungeon? Who am I gonna party with? :mad:
(Between us, what was the cost to upgrade?)

[Jareds_mommy]

So I am surprised we haven't talked about mickey tie dyed t-shirts yet
we made these for our last trip to DW and made some for this cruise too
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/jareds_mommy/untitled.jpg
Those are adorable! How do you make them?


we used this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBtNwx1bhCE

if it doesn't work go to youtube, and look for tye dyed mickey its the one with the 5 year old in it.
we used a washable marker to trace, don't used coloured dental floss and it has to be waxed, we used zip ties instead of elastics and we used the snake one we tried the twisted one like a cookie but they sucked we also wrapped the ends of the detal floss around the puffed mickey head, we used tulip dye in the squeeze bottles that is the only squeeze bottle type we could get here, we soaked in soda ash after we had them all wrapped in the eleastics/zipties, and let them sit in colour for 48 hours

DS did one with a light green t-shirt to start and dark green dye but it didn't show up well at all so we put the mickey head back on the shirt and misted it with bleach and left it for about 30 seconds and rinsed it out right away, it looked really cool

[Susiesark]

I didn't get the email,can you share? I was on dcl gifts yesterday and they had a few eastery type gifts?

Did anyone else get the e-mail from DCL regarding ordering Easter gift baskets for the cruise? Now I'm WONDERing again if I should invite Easter Bunny to visit our room.[/QUOTE] The e-mail was just a link to the gift page of the DCL site, showing the few, and EXPENSIVE, Easter gifts. Nothing terribly exciting.

[TNShellBelle]

WHAT! Are you leaving the dungeon? Who am I gonna party with? :mad:
(Between us, what was the cost to upgrade?)Well, we did upgrade to a 5C but I'm not thrilled with the room location so we are working on that. You and Lisa can come up and share the verandah.:hug:

These are the prices that my TA gave us to choose from yesterday:


DCL is advising that currently they have the following staterooms avaiable to upgrade to

category 6A - in guarantee and the total price would be 4,837.72

category 5C - the total price would be 5,075.32

category 5B - the total price would be 5,183.32

category 5A - the total price would be 5,399.32

category 4E - in guarantee and the total price would be 5,874.52

category 4B - the total price would be 6,004.12

category 4A - the total price would be 6,241.72

All of the above prices are just quotes and pricing would be based on availability upon upgrading

All we did was take the new price, subtract what we already paid (for the 9C) and the difference was the amount due. So not too bad. We paid just a little over $1200 for a 5C, just trying to get a good room location that sleeps 4.

[CasaMartinez]

Helen, I was going to ask the same question if this group wants to set up our own tasting. I'm not sure if someone with a concierge room has to initiate the request though. I know Rob who organized it on the med cruise has a Cat 3 room.

Hopefully we should be able to set something up. The one on the Med cruise was great!!

OHHHH we would be all over that too

Would love to do that, anything but wine, not a fan.

Me too! (meaning some kind of liquor tasting)


Sounds good to me!

Sounds like there is enough interest. I'll start exlploring the possibilities. I agree with kjwemett and would like to do something other than wine but I'll go with the majority. Sounds like another party in the making.
party:party:

[Jareds_mommy]

Hopefully we should be able to set something up. The one on the Med cruise was great!!









Sounds like there is enough interest. I'll start exlploring the possibilities. I agree with kjwemett and would like to do something other than wine but I'll go with the majority. Sounds like another party in the making.
party:party:

We would have 6 adults for it, I know we are going to try to get a beer one and a tequilla one

[Patricia1]

Okay, I just got home from the gym and really need to hop in the shower before picking up Isabelle and friend from school (early release day) but I am so excited I needed to stop and share.

The wrist bands arrived today and they are so cute :cool1::cool1::cool1:

Here are the pictures. Please excuse my paperclips. I could not get a good photo of the wording, so I had to squish them down. Paperclips were the only idea I could come up with in a hurry.

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c97/Kmcalpin73/108_4863.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c97/Kmcalpin73/108_4864.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c97/Kmcalpin73/108_4865.jpg

I have 200 bands, so there are plenty of extras for those who did not order initially. They come in Adult & youth.

Payment

They are $1 a band. You can pay me via paypal kh at kristihoward.com (no spaces and the @ sign of course--make sure you put that it is a personal transaction for payment owed, so I do not get charged a fee)

Or you can mail me money, just PM me for my address, or you can give me cash on the ship. Any way I am fine.

I calculated the shipping with my postal scale if you would like me to mail them to you. .85 cents for shipping. If you want them shipped, add the .85cents to your total and get me your address.

Or I can get you your bands at the port or on the ship.

Super excited. These came so fast. Now I have to make a short video to get $10 reimbursed.

Thank you for taking care of this for all of us!!! Paypal is in the works.
I sent PM. :)

[szubieta]

party: Welcome AZAims!!!


Has anyone gotten their documents yet? I am letting my OCD get the better of me...mine haven't shown up...sigh...

Now you did it...I totally forgot! I just started to relax after getting our room assignment on Monday and now...:faint:


Would love to do that, anything but wine, not a fan.

We'll be in Mexico... :confused3 TEQUILA!! :drinking1 (now hear the Tequila song and imagine PeeWee Herman doing the Tequila dance) :rolleyes1


So I am surprised we haven't talked about mickey tie dyed t-shirts yet
we made these for our last trip to DW and made some for this cruise too

Those are sooo cool, I wish I was more crafty. But it is soo tempting.

[MARTYS4]

Hey! I finally figured out how to get onto this DIS board!! I have been following everyone's posts but was unable to post anything.

We are first time cruisers traveling with Jareds mommy and sweet pea.

Would love to join the group (booze tasting)! LOL.

Wanda (DH) Dan (DD) 13 (DS) 9.

[szubieta]

Hey! I finally figured out how to get onto this DIS board!! I have been following everyone's posts but was unable to post anything.

We are first time cruisers traveling with Jareds mommy and sweet pea.

Would love to join the group (booze tasting)! LOL.

Wanda (DH) Dan (DD) 13 (DS) 9.

:welcome: Glad you finally made it! Someone should have told you how to get on (Rae). ;) Oh Yeah!! Also noticed one more boy around JoJo's age. :woohoo: Not that he doesn't LOVE the ladies. :lmao:

[MARTYS4]

:welcome: Glad you finally made it! Someone should have told you how to get on (Rae). ;) Oh Yeah!! Also noticed one more boy around JoJo's age. :woohoo: Not that he doesn't LOVE the ladies. :lmao:

Thanks for the awesome welcome! Rae did help me... Ended up signing up again with a new name and password and it worked! Looking forward to meeting you guys!

[MARTYS4]

:welcome: Glad you finally made it! Someone should have told you how to get on (Rae). ;) Oh Yeah!! Also noticed one more boy around JoJo's age. :woohoo: Not that he doesn't LOVE the ladies. :lmao:

Welcome! Check out True Romance's DIS bracelets... helps us find each other!
:welcome:

Love the bracelets! I think Rae ordered for us......Thanks :hippie:

[Susiesark]

I'm ready to do some wine tasting of my own right about now. :drinking1 What a day...14 autistic kids can be exhausting. The screaming, crying, kicking (and that was just ME) :scared1: TGIF!!!
Did someone call us crazy around here? :rotfl:

[Jareds_mommy]

Welcome! Check out True Romance's DIS bracelets... helps us find each other!
:welcome:

I ordered her some, I am going to bring a sharpie to write our room number and wave phone number on the inside of the kids bracelets

[Jareds_mommy]

I'm ready to do some wine tasting of my own right about now. :drinking1 What a day...14 autistic kids can be exhausting. The screaming, crying, kicking (and that was just ME) :scared1: TGIF!!!
Did someone call us crazy around here? :rotfl:

I did open a bottle of wine tonight and it would only be nice to not let me drink alone you :rotfl:know

[Susiesark]

I did open a bottle of wine tonight and it would only be nice to not let me drink alone you :rotfl:know Cheers and Bottoms Up!! :thumbsup2

[kjwemett]

I did open a bottle of wine tonight and it would only be nice to not let me drink alone you :rotfl:know

Well you are't drinking alone susiesark is also drinking so you have a buddy and I think I am headed to the kitchen to get one also. Cheers.:laughing:

[DCPhotoGal]

Hello Everyone! I just went through all of the posts and am getting very excited about the trip! We are a family of 4, my hubby and myself and girls ages 7 and 5. This is our second Disney Cruise. We are coming from the East Coast, so this is a big adventure for us!

We are also traveling with another family, with a daughter age 7.

Is it too late to get in on the FE?

Emily

[deseriemilburn]

Hi Deserie,

I am afraid that information is TOP SECRET....:rotfl:

Just kidding......we booked this cruise through DCL on their website. If you do this, you are given login information that allows you to change almost anything with your reservation through the DCL website.

To get the list I logged in and retrieved our reservation. Then I modified my reservation to change rooms. You can change categories and see the cabins that are available within each category. Its time consuming but you can "window shop" the rooms that are available. I usually have another tab in my browser to look at stateroom reports as I am browsing.

To get a more complete list, I deleted one of my kids off the reservation temporarily. Since we are a family of 4, I would only see cabins that can fit 4 but I wanted to see all cabins and some cabins only can only fit 3.

I can do this as much as I want. All you have to do is remember not to commit the change of cabin before you log off. They give you all kinds of warnings before you commit so making a mistake is kind of hard to do.

The inventory for cabins constantly changes. So if I did the same search now, I am sure the list will be slightly different (some cabins gone and some others appear).

I REALLY like this ability. I know most people love booking through a TA to get a large on board credit but, I like having this type of control. Our on board credit is only $25 but, I can change everything at will. We have moved rooms several times. To me, that is worth the loss in on board credit. Anyway, that is how I got the list. :thumbsup2



Thank you Cayla....great suggestions!!! Please share with us if you think of more things. This is our first DCL cruise so we are very interested in preparing for everything.

Thank you Virdis for the information. Darn!! I booked through a TA, so I guess there is "no window" shopping for me!

Deserie

[LiserAnn]

Wow! Lots of new cruisers joining the group. Big WELCOME to you all!!! We're a fun (and sometimes) crazy group....:goodvibes

[Amwill]

I'm ready to do some wine tasting of my own right about now. :drinking1 What a day...14 autistic kids can be exhausting. The screaming, crying, kicking (and that was just ME) :scared1: TGIF!!!
Did someone call us crazy around here? :rotfl:

Hey that sounds like my day spent with 55 very hormonally charged 12 year olds and then to come home to my two extremely active little ones. I love it, but boy am I ready for 10 days on the boat. Are we there yet?

[Susiesark]

Hello Everyone! I just went through all of the posts and am getting very excited about the trip! We are a family of 4, my hubby and myself and girls ages 7 and 5. This is our second Disney Cruise. We are coming from the East Coast, so this is a big adventure for us!

We are also traveling with another family, with a daughter age 7.

Is it too late to get in on the FE?

Emily WELCOME (again) Emily! :welcome: Look, everyone, more girls!!! princess:princess:

[Susiesark]

Hey that sounds like my day spent with 55 very hormonally charged 12 year olds and then to come home to my two extremely active little ones. I love it, but boy am I ready for 10 days on the boat. Are we there yet? 6 weeks, Baby, 6 weeks! :thumbsup2

[DCPhotoGal]

WELCOME (again) Emily! :welcome: Look, everyone, more girls!!! princess:princess:

Thanks, Susan!

[kjwemett]

6 weeks, Baby, 6 weeks! :thumbsup2

WHOO HOO!!!!!! So looking forward to it had a bad week and next week doesn't look much better. Kindergarten registration yuck!!!

Welcome to all the new comers you have joined a great group.

[szubieta]

party: Welcome DCPhotoGal!!!


I'm ready to do some wine tasting of my own right about now. :drinking1 What a day...14 autistic kids can be exhausting. The screaming, crying, kicking (and that was just ME) :scared1: TGIF!!!
I did open a bottle of wine tonight and it would only be nice to not let me drink alone you :rotfl:know

:rotfl: :rotfl: :lmao: ALL RIGHT LADIES..get that party started!! :banana:


Hey that sounds like my day spent with 55 very hormonally charged 12 year olds and then to come home to my two extremely active little ones. I love it, but boy am I ready for 10 days on the boat. Are we there yet?

Boy do I know what all ya'll mean...dealing with kids all day, come home and you can't sit down for 5 mins w/o our little dears (and their dad's) needing something. :hug: Doesn't 10 days sound so YUMMY!! :goodvibes



6 weeks, Baby, 6 weeks! :thumbsup2

AMEN to that!! :woohoo: :woohoo:

[mommafox]

My FE is not here...I'm getting anxious!
I hit the Dollar Tree today for Easter goodies...pre-last minute nerves!
Made car appt, hair appt, doctor appt, carpet cleaning appt (new puppy, u don't have to ask), tax preparation appt...I should have made time for an appt with a counselor to deal with all the appointments, ha ha.
I have the rest of my new bathing suit on order with Landsend.com...now I just have to meet my health goals so I can fit into it properly, can I make an appointment for THAT?!

[CasaMartinez]

Hello Everyone! I just went through all of the posts and am getting very excited about the trip! We are a family of 4, my hubby and myself and girls ages 7 and 5. This is our second Disney Cruise. We are coming from the East Coast, so this is a big adventure for us!

Emily

Hey! I finally figured out how to get onto this DIS board!! I have been following everyone's posts but was unable to post anything.

We are first time cruisers traveling with Jareds mommy and sweet pea.

Would love to join the group (booze tasting)!

:welcome:

[bitocas]

:welcome:all the new families.now into tastings not want to make no one jealous but dh just informed me that this evening we have the most amazing port wine tasting with very old ports (starting in the 1900 year and going up),and two degustations whith wine parings of the 2 of the greasteat chefs in the country(michelins stars chefs),and dd is hapily making the bags to go to my inlaws house.it was a last minute suprise,i`snt hubby the best?:lovestruc
i wiil think of my dis friends when i raise my cup:rotfl2:happy weekend.

[loving _life]

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[AZAims]

There seem to be quite a few families staying at the DT (I booked there almost a month ago) - is there a plan to meet up the night before the cruise? It would be great to get the party started a little early! (And put faces to the names) :cool1: And what's this about wine, tequila, martini... tastings? :ssst: YUMM!

[DCPhotoGal]

East Coast family here too. Give me pointers if you've done xcountry travel with your kids before!


The last time we took the girls to CA was when they were 2 and 3 years old. We flew Jet Blue, and between the snacks and TV onboard they were pretty happy. We also brought their carseats and strapped them in onboard, which made them feel more like it was a car ride. We're flying Jet Blue again--we use them whenever possible.

Emily

[True Romance]

All FE Participants,


The lists are complete and by now you should have received a PM from me with the link to the lists. If you did not receive it or have corrections, please let me know.
Remember to hold onto that link and print before you head to the ship. If there are port upgrades, I will give out my cell number so you can text or call me. I will then announce the changes at the first DIS Meet. If you are not there, I will call or text your Wave phone the changes.

I did assign delivery days, with the total understanding that it is okay if you cannot make your day. This is going to be a fun and relaxing cruise. Please don't stress out if you cannot make your day. Just deliver when you can.

Anyone who is joining the meet now, I can add you to a new FE list if you are interested. All new participants will go on that list.

Hope everyone has a great weekend. Is it 6 weeks to go now???

[szubieta]

:welcome:all the new families.now into tastings not want to make no one jealous but dh just informed me that this evening we have the most amazing port wine tasting with very old ports (starting in the 1900 year and going up),and two degustations whith wine parings of the 2 of the greasteat chefs in the country(michelins stars chefs),and dd is hapily making the bags to go to my inlaws house.it was a last minute suprise,i`snt hubby the best?:lovestruc
i wiil think of my dis friends when i raise my cup:rotfl2:happy weekend.

You are a blessed woman, this is what a little girl needs to see growing up so she knows how she should be treated by her husband. This makes him a very good father too. :thumbsup2 Have a great time...Cheers!

[True Romance]

:welcome:all the new families.now into tastings not want to make no one jealous but dh just informed me that this evening we have the most amazing port wine tasting with very old ports (starting in the 1900 year and going up),and two degustations whith wine parings of the 2 of the greasteat chefs in the country(michelins stars chefs),and dd is hapily making the bags to go to my inlaws house.it was a last minute suprise,i`snt hubby the best?:lovestruc
i wiil think of my dis friends when i raise my cup:rotfl2:happy weekend.

Have a great time Gabriela. I am not a drinker, but the date night with your husband sounds great. I better your DD will love spending the night with Grandma & Grandpa.

We have a weekend of baseball and Girl Scout cookie sales.

[Susiesark]

All FE Participants,


The lists are complete and by now you should have received a PM from me with the link to the lists. If you did not receive it or have corrections, please let me know.
Remember to hold onto that link and print before you head to the ship. If there are port upgrades, I will give out my cell number so you can text or call me. I will then announce the changes at the first DIS Meet. If you are not there, I will call or text your Wave phone the changes.

I did assign delivery days, with the total understanding that it is okay if you cannot make your day. This is going to be a fun and relaxing cruise. Please don't stress out if you cannot make your day. Just deliver when you can.

Anyone who is joining the meet now, I can add you to a new FE list if you are interested. All new participants will go on that list.

Hope everyone has a great weekend. Is it 6 weeks to go now??? Thanks for all the work you put in for the FE list. I'm starting to compile my goodies now, although there is a bit of a challenge when ages range from babies and toddlers to teens and young adults. Found this great link,with step by step instructions, for anyone crazy enough (I'm talking about myself) to try to sew their own FE. http://www.scrappingthemagic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2739

[Susiesark]

Yes, thanks True Romance for the work on the FE list too. I looked at this website, Susiesark, and it made me laugh. I bought a sewing machine with full intention of making my FE. HA! It's never been plugged in. I don't even know how to thread it. So this is what I'll tell everyone who comes to our door.... don't be surprised if there's a bag hanging there!!! I'll try to find one more attractive than a Target or Walmart type bag, but it may just be the bag from the last minute trip to the liquor store, on the way to the port! Real classy huh?!?! I'll think of something! Here's an idea that is a notch above the plastic shopping bag: I was at Michael's this week and saw a set of 3 small fabric bags, about 4x5 or 5x6, for just a few dollars. You can easily hand stitch or even glue them onto something to create pockets. You can use fabric markers or paint, shoot even Sharpies, to personalize them. They come in a variety of colors. I'm sure you can make a really cute, and inexpensive, FE. Another idea is to use those shoe organizers that have big pockets. I got my 24 pocket shoe organizer at Walmart yesterday for under $6.

[loving _life]

she ".. " me!!!

[Susiesark]

I can be such extremes... shopping for the ultimate Manolo Blahnik shoes for a photo shoot, yet I walk around the house with a tee shirt on that I wipe DD's boogers with... she even walks up to me and wipes her nose on my shirt now!! Don't quote this text... I plan on erasing it!!! We've all been there. I even get it from work.
Lots of picking and eating boogers in my class. :headache:

[fourmcds]

Wow! Lots of new cruisers joining the group. Big WELCOME to you all!!! We're a fun (and sometimes) crazy group....:goodvibes

Welcome to everyone! (although I am not a total part of this crazy group yet because life is keeping me from the boards! :confused3:headache:)I do appreciate that there are only 2-3 pages per day of postings...that is something I can keep up with! On our 08 PC cruise thread...there would be 20-30 pages per day:scared1: If you didn't log in every few hours you were days behind!

[QUOTE=loving _life;40196882]thanks, great ideas... looks like a trip to Michael's is in the works... or I could cut off a few levels of my "over-the door-shoe-organizer" and hang that out there... again, may be too cheesy! Can you just picture it?... this delapidated, hacked up shoe organizer sticking out into the hall for all to view?!?!
[QUOTE]

On the last cruise...some people just put out decorated shopping bags (the cloth kinds)....so anything that will hold stuff will work! The other thing Dh and I noticed on the dream....one side of the ship had fish on the doors and the other had seahorses....(we had a seahorse)...is that the case with the magic and the wonder too (and I have been oblivious for years?)...or is this something new?

[fourmcds]

Updated my pic on the dis...since my other one was from 2006~ but, how do I edit/update my info on the website? I can't really do much on FB...although I am there all the time...because I have wondering eyes with both my DDs on as well (this cruise is a surprise for them, they won't find out until 4/15 or 16 depending on if the teachers ruin it for us or not!)
thanks!

[HoppingMad]

Thanks for all the work you put in for the FE list. I'm starting to compile my goodies now, although there is a bit of a challenge when ages range from babies and toddlers to teens and young adults. Found this great link,with step by step instructions, for anyone crazy enough (I'm talking about myself) to try to sew their own FE. http://www.scrappingthemagic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2739

Thanks to Kristi for the huge amount of work co-ordinating everything to do with the FE lists. I'm sure a lot of time went into it. :thumbsup2

Thanks for posting that link Susiesark I plan to make one (any day now..!!) so I appreciate those instructions. Hmm wonder how it will look!! :laughing:

[szubieta]

Yes Kristi & Connie, I TOO would like to :thanks: both for your hard work. It is greatly appreciated. :thumbsup2

With the talk of wine last night and the boogers today...I can't wait to see tomorrows posts. ;)

FE's...I'm still pondering the ebay ones verses making our own eclectic one. I really love the ones on the FE thread. Right now I find it hard to make a decision on all the ones on ebay, so I might go with thinking out of the box, so to speak...stay tunes. :goodvibes

[True Romance]

Yes Kristi & Connie, I TOO would like to :thanks: both for your hard work. It is greatly appreciated. :thumbsup2

With the talk of wine last night and the boogers today...I can't wait to see tomorrows posts. ;)

FE's...I'm still pondering the ebay ones verses making our own eclectic one. I really love the ones on the FE thread. Right now I find it hard to make a decision on all the ones on ebay, so I might go with thinking out of the box, so to speak...stay tunes. :goodvibes

You're welcome everyone. I enjoy doing spreadsheets and organizing. Try to keep my brain active since I stay home with my kids.

I bought my FE from Etsy from a fellow DIS member. I got 4 pockets and I think I paid $35 and that was including shipping. I got to pick all the characters and embroidery. She had a ton to choose from. StitchesnBows is the seller. Here is a photo of ours, I let the kids pick their own character.

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c97/Kmcalpin73/108_4858.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c97/Kmcalpin73/108_4857.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c97/Kmcalpin73/108_4856.jpg

[Susiesark]

Very cute, Kristi. It looks familiar, does she also do pillowcases?

[szubieta]

Kristi I love it, especially Dale. I don't think I have seen any with him on it. Come to think Goofy too. I will have to check out that site. Thanks! :thumbsup2

[Popovich]

Okay, I just got home from the gym and really need to hop in the shower before picking up Isabelle and friend from school (early release day) but I am so excited I needed to stop and share.

The wrist bands arrived today and they are so cute :cool1::cool1::cool1:

Here are the pictures. Please excuse my paperclips. I could not get a good photo of the wording, so I had to squish them down. Paperclips were the only idea I could come up with in a hurry.

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c97/Kmcalpin73/108_4863.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c97/Kmcalpin73/108_4864.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c97/Kmcalpin73/108_4865.jpg

I have 200 bands, so there are plenty of extras for those who did not order initially. They come in Adult & youth.

Payment

They are $1 a band. You can pay me via paypal kh at kristihoward.com (no spaces and the @ sign of course--make sure you put that it is a personal transaction for payment owed, so I do not get charged a fee)

Or you can mail me money, just PM me for my address, or you can give me cash on the ship. Any way I am fine.

I calculated the shipping with my postal scale if you would like me to mail them to you. .85 cents for shipping. If you want them shipped, add the .85cents to your total and get me your address.

Or I can get you your bands at the port or on the ship.

Super excited. These came so fast. Now I have to make a short video to get $10 reimbursed.

Kristi - Thank you so much for ordering the bracelets look great! I'll send payment with paypal. I can't believe we are cruising NEXT month!:banana:

Welcome to all the new cruisers!:welcome: We're looking forward to meeting everyone!

Gailyn:goodvibes

We would love to do a group wine tasting and tequilla tasting. That's such a great idea. DH and I are practicing this weekend. We don't want to be slackers! :goodvibes

OK - back to reading the pages I've missed!popcorn::

[padalyn]

I found mine on ebay...just got it actually here is a link to the closed auction - but they have more from this seller and others:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140462099138&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

If you have an AC Moore near you - they sell the cloth bags as well - and in the iron on section they have all kinds of Disney images. But, if you want to involve the kids - have each kid do a bag (this includes the BIG kids of course!) by drawing on them, using the foam cut out stuff, stickers etc...and then use zip ties to tie one handle to the next - and make them hang in a column - I saw this on the Dream...worked well!

On the Dream the fish are on one side of the ship, sea horses on the other and the star fish are concierge. The Magic and Wonder have fish on both sides. I think the fish are port, but I am not sure...

[Susiesark]

We would love to do a group wine tasting and tequilla tasting. That's such a great idea. DH and I are practicing this weekend. We don't want to be slackers! :goodvibes

OK - back to reading the pages I've missed!popcorn:: I started the party early. But I don't like drinking alone, who's with me? :drinking1 But, believe me when I say, I'm usually a teetotaller, so tonight, 1 is enough.
:upsidedow

[Popovich]

iPad 2 will be on sale March 11! Just in time for the cruise! I usually enjoy the ability to close my eyes if given the chance on vacation, and limit my screen time since I am probably 75 % of my day in front of some sort of screen.:happytv:

I'm really considering an e reader so I don't have to carry several books on board. Does anyone know if the ipad 2 addressed the sun glare problem?:confused3

We love our apple lap top but have hesitated to purchase an ipad because I would use it outside and sun glare would be a problem.

Back to my wine drinking and dis surfing........

Gailyn

[LV Disney Fan(atic)]

I started the party early. But I don't like drinking alone, who's with me? :drinking1 But, believe me when I say, I'm usually a teetotaller, so tonight, 1 is enough.
:upsidedow

Hope I'm not too late to join you (it's been a rough week) - cheers! :drinking1

I'm really considering an e reader so I don't have to carry several books on board. Does anyone know if the ipad 2 addressed the sun glare problem?:confused3

We love our apple lap top but have hesitated to purchase an ipad because I would use it outside and sun glare would be a problem.

Back to my wine drinking and dis surfing........

Gailyn

Can't help with the ipad question, but wanted to put in a plug for my beloved Kindle. No problems at all reading it in bright sunlight. I read a lot and it's wonderful not having to lug a stack of books on vacation. :)

Dany

[Az Pirates]

First of all, a big welcome to all our new cruisers! :wave:
And another Thank You to everyone who is helping organize fun stuff for our cruise. :flower3:

RE: Fish Extenders
We were on the cruise that started the whole Fish Extender craze... thank you Debbie! :thumbsup2
I know I still have my original Fish Extender somewhere. It's just like the one Cayla posted, except it's a Mickey Mouse design instead of Pooh Bear. I guess I better start searching for it.


RE: e-readers
I'm having a bit of a hard time adjusting to the idea of electronic books. I love to go to the book store and pick up every edition of a book I'm looking for, and I'm such a doofus I will actually pay more for the one that feels best in my hands. :rolleyes1
But I can see how e-readers make a lot of sense too. DH & I have an anniversary coming up this month. So should I start dropping Kindle hints, or should I just get one for DH... and then load it up with my books so I can try it out on the cruise? ;)

FWIW, I've read that while the resolution on the IPad2 will remain the same, it will have a brighter screen with anti-reflection properties. I don't know if that's been officially verified, or if it's just speculation though. But it will definitely still be an LCD screen, so I would think you would still have some daytime glossiness and nighttime glow issues if you use it to do a lot of reading.

[Popovich]

Sheila - Thanks for your thoughts on the ipad - I don't think we will purchase the internet package on this trip so I don't need the web surfing ability. Maybe a Kindle would be fine. :confused3

Gailyn

[DCPhotoGal]

I'm really considering an e reader so I don't have to carry several books on board. Does anyone know if the ipad 2 addressed the sun glare problem?:confused3

We love our apple lap top but have hesitated to purchase an ipad because I would use it outside and sun glare would be a problem.

Gailyn

I have an ipad and a Nook (the original, e-ink kind). I use the Nook for reading, and I bought it specifically to take on trips so I didn't have to carry so many separate books. I have to say, I am always forgetting to charge it, and then get frustrated that my book is out of power. That's definitely not something you need to worry about with regular books! I don't use my ipad for reading, I use it for internet browsing and email, and I bought the 3G version and use it instead of a laptop on vacations. I used it last time we went to DW--I was able to dump the photos from my camera to the ipad and upload to Facebook with the camera add-on kit, as well as keep up on my emails. It probably won't work on the cruise, as I don't imagine there is AT&T coverage at sea or even in Mexico. So I guess my advice would be to go with an e-reader if you just want it for reading, as they are much cheaper and you won't be able to use most of the other capabilities on the cruise anyway.

[True Romance]

[QUOTE=Az Pirates;40203853RE: Fish Extenders
We were on the cruise that started the whole Fish Extender craze... thank you Debbie! :thumbsup2
I know I still have my original Fish Extender somewhere. It's just like the one Cayla posted, except it's a Mickey Mouse design instead of Pooh Bear. I guess I better start searching for it.
[/QUOTE]

Sheila, I would love to hear the story of the FE. How long ago was this?

[DCPhotoGal]

Kristi, can you add us to the list if you get enough to do a 3rd FE group?

we have 2 girls, 5 & 7 years.

Emily

[MiniCoops]

We bought those same 3 packs last night at Michaels with the same idea to attach them and decorate them. They were only a dollar. Hopefully they will work.

[True Romance]

Kristi, can you add us to the list if you get enough to do a 3rd FE group?

we have 2 girls, 5 & 7 years.

Emily

Hi Emily, Welcome!!!

I just started a 3rd list for the FEs and added you. The cut off date for this one will be closer to sailing, so it gives more newcomers a chance to add. When you get a chance, PM me your cabin #, and names of everyone in your party.

Also, there are extra wrist bands if you want them. $1 a band, let me know. Look back a page or 2 for pictures.

Happy 6 weeks till sailing group :cool1::cool1:

[MiniCoops]

Hi Michelle, I have plenty of extra youths. More youth than adult actually. I guess I have an "average" size wrist, it fits me fine but I have to stretch it around my hand. I got your payment, thanks. PM me your mailing address when you get a chance and I will get yours mailed out tomorrow.

Hey Kristi! Please put one youth and one adult aside for me and my son. I will pay you the cash when we meet. Thanks for taking care of everything!
Amy

[True Romance]

Hey Kristi! Please put one youth and one adult aside for me and my son. I will pay you the cash when we meet. Thanks for taking care of everything!
Amy

Thanks Amy, got it.

[Susiesark]

I haven't received my credit of $54. yet. Anyone else with that problem? Do I have to call or was it going to be automatically credited back to credit card?

[Jareds_mommy]

I had to call to get our credit added,

I have another question, I postd it on the main board but it go buried before it got answered, are juice and milk in the drink station?
thanks Rae

[szubieta]

I haven't received my credit of $54. yet. Anyone else with that problem? Do I have to call or was it going to be automatically credited back to credit card?

Ours was credited back to my credit card last month. I"m sure if you keep checking it will post. They still have 40 + days to do it. ;)

[True Romance]

I had to call to get our credit added,

I have another question, I postd it on the main board but it go buried before it got answered, are juice and milk in the drink station?
thanks Rae

Rae, they definitely have milk at the drink station. I think they have lemonade, no other juices though. If the buffet is open, on deck 9.They have a juice station inside.

[True Romance]

I've seen a pic of the beverages that are carbonated (Coca cola products, including Hi-C) and read too that milk and juices are available, but not in that same grouping where the carbonated drinks are supplied. I don't know what kind of juices but the milk was said to be whole milk. I'm sure they go through a lot of it with a kid-friendly theme onboard. There's also a youtube video on how to use it to make a milkshake (blenderless)... so all the ingredients for a chocolate milkshake are there too. I just know I'm gaining weight this trip!

Hey, Minicoops, I sent you a PM!

Soda, milk, coffee, and hot water/tea are all in the same area on deck 9. You can get juices in Beach Blanket Buffet.

[Travelbee]

I ordered my FE gifts for most of the adults on Group 1. I spent a bit more than I intended but I think it'll be super cute and something you'll keep beyond the cruise! And I sure hope the names on the spreadsheet are correct because the gifts (one per familly) are all personalized! Now I just have to come up with ideas for the kiddos.

Kristi - Is it possible to add the gender for the kids on the spreadsheet? Some names are common for both and I wouldn't want to give boys bracelets, etc. Also, anyone has ideas for teens???

[szubieta]

anyone has ideas for teens???

Yes...and are there any kids with food allergies??

[True Romance]

I ordered my FE gifts for most of the adults on Group 1. I spent a bit more than I intended but I think it'll be super cute and something you'll keep beyond the cruise! And I sure hope the names on the spreadsheet are correct because the gifts (one per familly) are all personalized! Now I just have to come up with ideas for the kiddos.

Kristi - Is it possible to add the gender for the kids on the spreadsheet? Some names are common for both and I wouldn't want to give boys bracelets, etc. Also, anyone has ideas for teens???

Added m or f to all kids names. Everyone please correct me if I am wrong.
Yes...and are there any kids with food allergies??

Good idea Sandy.

All FE participants, please let me know if there are any allergies in the family so I can add to the FE notes. Also check my spelling and information on the lists to see if I have anything incorrect.

If you have special occasions or other information to add, PM me and I will get it added too :goodvibes

Group two participants--hold off on gifts for Mjespro--I cannot get ahold of her. Does anyone know Jennifer and is she still doing the FE?

[DCPhotoGal]

Hi Emily, Welcome!!!

I just started a 3rd list for the FEs and added you. The cut off date for this one will be closer to sailing, so it gives more newcomers a chance to add. When you get a chance, PM me your cabin #, and names of everyone in your party.

Also, there are extra wrist bands if you want them. $1 a band, let me know. Look back a page or 2 for pictures.


Thanks, Kristi! I need to add a few posts and then I can send over a PM.

[MiniCoops]

Soda, milk, coffee, and hot water/tea are all in the same area on deck 9. You can get juices in Beach Blanket Buffet.

Hey Kristi! I am just getting familiar with all of this stuff and how to respond. I tried to email you(PM) but I don't think it went through. Will try again with names and room number information. Double Trouble has been keeping me updated with the FE stuff and what group we are in and day to deliver.
Thanks, Amy

[Double Trouble]

Now I just have to come up with ideas for the kiddos. Also, anyone has ideas for teens???

Here's a link to another dis thread reference teen FE gift question...

http://161.58.189.97/showthread.php?t=2044949

We're a few years away (thankfully), but from what I hear, I think they also like privacy, independence, and anything you don't want them to have (lol).:hippie: I'll be looking for tips from those of you who are there already.

[MiniCoops]

Got your PM and have not been able to write back because I don't have enough post. Looking forward to meeting all of you.

Amy

[CasaMartinez]

I reached out to Disney Cruise re: our beer, martini or tequilla tasting. I'm told that they can take from a few days to a week to respond. In the meantime, I wanted to start putting together a list of those intersted. Please send me a PM with your Disname and names of those in your party that will be joining the fun.

Thanks!

[loving _life]

Got your PM and have not been able to write back because I don't have enough post. Looking forward to meeting all of you.

Amy

You'll definately meet us... my PM was that we're NEIGHBORS!!! Right next door, so if you'll need anything (cup of sugar... whatever) stop by!

[jweiss]

This Jennifer, or a different Jennifer? If it's me, I'm doing FE, but I think you know that, so maybe you're asking about a different Jennifer? It's me, Emilie, female, age 7, and Liliana, female, age 5. No allergies!!! (Haven't been on line for a few days, need to read a few pages back!!!)

[Jareds_mommy]

Payment

They are $1 a band. You can pay me via paypal kh at kristihoward.com (no spaces and the @ sign of course--make sure you put that it is a personal transaction for payment owed, so I do not get charged a fee)

Or you can mail me money, just PM me for my address, or you can give me cash on the ship. Any way I am fine.

I calculated the shipping with my postal scale if you would like me to mail them to you. .85 cents for shipping. If you want them shipped, add the .85cents to your total and get me your address.

Or I can get you your bands at the port or on the ship.

Super excited. These came so fast. Now I have to make a short video to get $10 reimbursed.

OK I sent the paypal payment and added 2 more youths to it, but then I was thinking after I sent it in US funds I should have sent it in Canadaian funds it would have been worth more :lmao:
Rae

[TNShellBelle]

I reached out to Disney Cruise re: our beer, martini or tequilla tasting. I'm told that they can take from a few days to a week to respond. In the meantime, I wanted to start putting together a list of those intersted. Please send me a PM with your Disname and names of those in your party that will be joining the fun.

Thanks!Am I understanding this correctly? We can have our own tastings through DCL? Dh and I always do the martini tasting and plan on adding the beer tasting this cruise. If we can book one tasting for all of us definitely count us in. Let me know and I will pm you our info.

[CasaMartinez]

Am I understanding this correctly? We can have our own tastings through DCL? Dh and I always do the martini tasting and plan on adding the beer tasting this cruise. If we can book one tasting for all of us definitely count us in. Let me know and I will pm you our info.


Yes, it would be a private tasting just for our Disboard group. Someone organized a wine tasting for the Disboard members on Connie's and I's Med cruise last May and it was great. It was a large group I think around 30 people. It was a lot of fun!

[AZAims]

Count us in for the group tasting (me & hubby). Can't send PM yet - not enough posts. Working on it...
In regards to the discussion on e-readers -- have to give a shout out to my beloved Kindle! :love: I take it with me everywhere I go - soccer practice, doctor's office, soccer games, hair salon, ... anywhere I have to sit & wait! I usually only have to charge it every couple of weeks. My husband & I both have one, and so does our oldest daughter! Definitely worth the investment if you love to read.

[mjespro]

Group two participants--hold off on gifts for Mjespro--I cannot get ahold of her. Does anyone know Jennifer and is she still doing the FE?[/QUOTE]

Sorry...I'm finally back! No more disappearances before the cruise. Yes, we're still in for FE unless that doesn't work for you. :worship: I'll understand if it's too late.
Our stateroom is 7080.
Spenser is a boy (note the two s's). He loves when his name is spelled right. None of his school certificates this year have had his name spelled correctly - and I teach at the school! :confused3

[Susiesark]

Yes, it would be a private tasting just for our Disboard group. Someone organized a wine tasting for the Disboard members on Connie's and I's Med cruise last May and it was great. It was a large group I think around 30 people. It was a lot of fun!
Oh my gosh, that sounds like fun. I like wine,and I'm new to martinis, but I do like. DH likes wine and beer (possibly martinis). We'll all be staggering back to our staterooms.
And I must say, as much as I am TOTALLY looking forward to this cruise, I will be said when it comes to an end, as I will miss all the lovely friends here, and our daily 'chats' . :grouphug:

[Travelbee]

Helen - count Sean and I in everything but tequilla tasting. I can still remember the nasty hangovers I used to get in college some 20 years ago!

[Double Trouble]

I reached out to Disney Cruise re: our beer, martini or tequilla tasting. I'm told that they can take from a few days to a week to respond. In the meantime, I wanted to start putting together a list of those intersted. Please send me a PM with your Disname and names of those in your party that will be joining the fun.

Thanks!

Helen, Please count both of us "in" for whatever tasting you come up with. Thanks for taking the lead on this.:)

[mommafox]

I will be said when it comes to an end, as I will miss all the lovely friends here, and our daily 'chats' . :grouphug:
:flower3: I will miss it, too, but there is always Facebook to keep us up to date on each other's travels in case we cross paths again.

[mommafox]

For FE purposes, does everybody on the FE list celebrate Easter in some fashion? I would hate to deliver Easter candies to FE-ers that recognize other celebrations. We do Easter, btw.

[szubieta]

For FE purposes, does everybody on the FE list celebrate Easter in some fashion? I would hate to deliver Easter candies to FE-ers that recognize other celebrations. We do Easter, btw.

Yes we do, but I don't remember if we're on the same FE list. :confused3

[LiserAnn]

For FE purposes, does everybody on the FE list celebrate Easter in some fashion? I would hate to deliver Easter candies to FE-ers that recognize other celebrations. We do Easter, btw.

Yep, we're Easter people.

[MARTYS4]

I reached out to Disney Cruise re: our beer, martini or tequilla tasting. I'm told that they can take from a few days to a week to respond. In the meantime, I wanted to start putting together a list of those intersted. Please send me a PM with your Disname and names of those in your party that will be joining the fun.

Thanks!

Count us in MARTYS4 - for 2. Beer, tequila and wine. (no martinis)

[MARTYS4]

[QUOTE=MARTYS4;40232815]Count us in MARTYS4 - for 2. Beer, tequila and wine. (no martinis)[/QUO


Not sure what a PM is

[CasaMartinez]

Count us in for the group tasting (me & hubby). Can't send PM yet - not enough posts. Working on it...


Oh my gosh, that sounds like fun. I like wine,and I'm new to martinis, but I do like. DH likes wine and beer (possibly martinis). We'll all be staggering back to our staterooms.
And I must say, as much as I am TOTALLY looking forward to this cruise, I will be said when it comes to an end, as I will miss all the lovely friends here, and our daily 'chats' . :grouphug:

Helen - count Sean and I in everything but tequilla tasting. I can still remember the nasty hangovers I used to get in college some 20 years ago!

Helen, Please count both of us "in" for whatever tasting you come up with. Thanks for taking the lead on this.:)

Count us in MARTYS4 - for 2. Beer, tequila and wine. (no martinis)

Will add you all to the list. Hopefully they will get back to me soon!

[bitocas]

For FE purposes, does everybody on the FE list celebrate Easter in some fashion? I would hate to deliver Easter candies to FE-ers that recognize other celebrations. We do Easter, btw.

hi there.
we are in your group and my delivery is on sunday easter i will be delevering chocolates eggs for the kids,something diferent for teenagers and port wine samples with our cruise logo for adults.hope you all enjoy.:thumbsup2

[HoppingMad]

For FE purposes, does everybody on the FE list celebrate Easter in some fashion? I would hate to deliver Easter candies to FE-ers that recognize other celebrations. We do Easter, btw.
Kel - yes to Easter! :goodvibes

Will add you all to the list. Hopefully they will get back to me soon!

Helen, please count James and I in, although we're not beer drinkers, or much into wine, we're happy to go with the majority - I'm sure it's all about the company anyway :)

[Patricia1]

Yes, it would be a private tasting just for our Disboard group. Someone organized a wine tasting for the Disboard members on Connie's and I's Med cruise last May and it was great. It was a large group I think around 30 people. It was a lot of fun!

How fun... count DH and I in!

[loving _life]

Helen, please count James and I in, although we're not beer drinkers, or much into wine, we're happy to go with the majority - I'm sure it's all about the company anyway :)

I concur!

[Susiesark]

hi there.
we are in your group and my delivery is on sunday easter i will be delevering chocolates eggs for the kids,something diferent for teenagers and port wine samples with our cruise logo for adults.hope you all enjoy.:thumbsup2 How in the world are you able to bring all those bottles of port wine samples (DH's favorite) halfway around the world?!

[True Romance]

Group two participants--hold off on gifts for Mjespro--I cannot get ahold of her. Does anyone know Jennifer and is she still doing the FE?

Sorry...I'm finally back! No more disappearances before the cruise. Yes, we're still in for FE unless that doesn't work for you. :worship: I'll understand if it's too late.
Our stateroom is 7080.
Spenser is a boy (note the two s's). He loves when his name is spelled right. None of his school certificates this year have had his name spelled correctly - and I teach at the school! :confused3[/QUOTE]


Yay, Jennifer, glad you are back. I was worried when I did not hear from you that we had lost you. Great, added all of your information to the FE. I will P< you the link to your list soon.

[Az Pirates]

Sheila, I would love to hear the story of the FE. How long ago was this?

Hey Kristi,

It was on the Westbound Panama Canal cruise back in 2005. The cruise sold out within a few days of booking opening, so we had a long time to get to know each other on the meet thread.

The FE didn't come about until just before the cruise though. A Dis-er found stacks of Mickey Mouse hanging organizers at her local dollar store. She offered to pick one up for anyone who was interested. Umm, pretty much everyone who had been posting, in fact I think that even enticed a couple of lurkers out into the open. ;)

IIRC I don't think we even had an official FE sign-up, but we did have a special Dis board navigator for our cruise with everyone's cabin number listed and a lot of folks were planning on doing little gifts, or they were involved with groups that were doing gifts. So we came back with tons of goodies anyway and the Mickey organizers worked perfectly.

There was quite a bit of discussion between the Westbound and Eastbound PC cruises, and since they had more time, I'm pretty sure they took the FE idea and did a more organized exchange. Then I think it all just took off from there. :thumbsup2


I'm really slacking this cruise. I have no idea what I'm doing for the FE exchange yet. I guess I better come up with something soon though... it's coming quickly!

[fourmcds]

For FE purposes, does everybody on the FE list celebrate Easter in some fashion? I would hate to deliver Easter candies to FE-ers that recognize other celebrations. We do Easter, btw.

yes for my family as well. thanks!

[Susiesark]

For FE purposes, does everybody on the FE list celebrate Easter in some fashion? I would hate to deliver Easter candies to FE-ers that recognize other celebrations. We do Easter, btw.
Yes, we celebrate Easter. In fact, I'm bummed that we will miss our Easter Celebration at church. It's my favorite.

[Jareds_mommy]

For FE purposes, does everybody on the FE list celebrate Easter in some fashion? I would hate to deliver Easter candies to FE-ers that recognize other celebrations. We do Easter, btw.

we celerbrate easter too

[Susiesark]

Who knows anything about DIVERSIONS on the ship? I'm hearing it's a little place to relax and play games.

[lymommy]

Haha... I disappeared for a few days, and there is so much to catch up on! I am currently moving... :mad: Lots of packing and unpacking... I had to read 12 pages...

Can you add us to the list for the tastings as well...

For those of you doing the dolphin encounter on Monday in Cabo, is anyone doing it at 10:45? Want to share pictures?

Yes we celebrate Easter.

As for the e-readers or the ipad. I am an optometrist so have some experience with patient complaints of fatigued eyes :confused3. I would say the e-reader is much better for reading. It is not back lit, it is made with technology called e-ink, which therefore doesn't cause the eyes to overaccomodate. The ipad as with other computer screens screens are typically higher-contrast, brighter, flicker and reflect glare more - all of which are potential sources of eyestrain, headaches, and fatigue. That being said. The ipad is pretty awesome! I'm trying not to play with one- since I love gadgets, bad for the pocketbook :lmao:

[lymommy]

Forgot to ask....

This is my first cruise ever. I get motion sick in the car all the time, so I figure I will be prone to sea sickness.

I have gotten the patch from the M.D. I have also bought the bonine. What is your guys experience. Should I take the bonine 24 hrs before and hope that works well... if not add the patch? Or should I go full throttle and use the patch? I am scared to use the patch, because of the side effects- dry mouth, dilated eyes, I CANT drink!

Also, what about the kiddos? Do they get sea sick at all? My pedi told us to give them benadryl if needed. Did anyone have to do this?

Thanks!

[szubieta]

This is my first cruise ever. I get motion sick in the car all the time, so I figure I will be prone to sea sickness.

I have gotten the patch from the M.D. I have also bought the bonine. What is your guys experience. Should I take the bonine 24 hrs before and hope that works well... if not add the patch? Or should I go full throttle and use the patch? I am scared to use the patch, because of the side effects- dry mouth, dilated eyes, I CANT drink!

Also, what about the kiddos? Do they get sea sick at all? My pedi told us to give them benadryl if needed. Did anyone have to do this?

Sorry we don't get sea sick...but for JoJo's first cruise I took children's bonine and candied ginger just incase. Ginger ale is suppose to help some people too. On that same cruise our friend (her first cruise) gets motion sickness use the wristband and never had to use anything else. She was able to drink with the wrist bands. :thumbsup2 HTH

[LiserAnn]

Forgot to ask....

This is my first cruise ever. I get motion sick in the car all the time, so I figure I will be prone to sea sickness.

I have gotten the patch from the M.D. I have also bought the bonine. What is your guys experience. Should I take the bonine 24 hrs before and hope that works well... if not add the patch? Or should I go full throttle and use the patch? I am scared to use the patch, because of the side effects- dry mouth, dilated eyes, I CANT drink!

Also, what about the kiddos? Do they get sea sick at all? My pedi told us to give them benadryl if needed. Did anyone have to do this?

Thanks!

I tend to get motion sick but I only felt sick on a DCL cruise once...12-15 foot swells, in the jacuzzi...took one sip of an adult libation. I looked at my friends (fourmcds) and hubby and said, uh oh, I'm outta here. I ended up in the cabin for 4 hours. I really think it was because the ship was going one way and I was in a different body of water that was going the opposite direction of the ship.

I've used the patch and hated it. I prefer bonine but again I've never had to take it on a Disney cruise. My kids have each used bonine and it works great for them.

[mommafox]

Lymommy, I'm hitting my 8th cruise this time around and I've been on some gnarly swells, one hurricane almost ruined our stop in Bermuda! Anyhoo, my cure? It's STAY OUT OF THE ROOM. Yup, I would suggest going dancing or keeping near some fresh air, but in the room it's like all you think about is the feeling of rocking and rolling. On the dance floor you just wobble the electric slide in the direction of the rolling, and it's pretty fun! The kids like to hit the "wave" pool when it's rocky like that. :yay:

Hopefully you are in a middle and/or lower cabin because that can help when you're ready for bed. I can get car sick, and boat sick (Catalina Ca. boats can really rock!) but rarely get ship sick. Sometimes I feel it when lying in bed (insomnia) and I picture myself being rocked to sleep by a giant mom (LOL).

I see people with patches and pressure wrist bands (I tried when I was deathly preggers...didn't help me), and they swear by them, but are never without so who knows if it is working. Ginger, granny smith apples, keep your eye on the horizon, Dramamine, Benadryl (both of which slow down your body to trick it into not caring about the motion, unless you are like me and my kids and it can hype you up with the antihistamines), and I actually have a prescription for something right now from a stint with strep throat, and it made me sleepy and worked.

Oh, my girls never get sick (knock on wood), this will be their 4th cruise, ages 4 and 7. Syd gets car sick, but not ship sick. A little boat sick on Alaska whale watching boat, but we took her out in the air to look at a stable horizon and she was good.

[szubieta]

I tend to get motion sick but I only felt sick on a DCL cruise once...12-15 foot swells, in the jacuzzi...took one sip of an adult libation. I looked at my friends (fourmcds) and hubby and said, uh oh, I'm outta here. I ended up in the cabin for 4 hours. I really think it was because the ship was going one way and I was in a different body of water that was going the opposite direction of the ship.


:worship: :worship: :worship: I'm not brave enough to get it the wave pool or hot tub when it's splash around that bad.

[kjwemett]

Who knows anything about DIVERSIONS on the ship? I'm hearing it's a little place to relax and play games.

Here you go Susan found this today.... It was on the main threads

"DIVERSIONS!! We spent many evenings down there, until about 11:30 playing yahtzee and having a quiet drink. It is almost always nearly deserted in there... so a nice place to relax after a busy day.
During the day the kids can come with you and there are board games you can use. Our girls loved Jenga and yahtzee and Princess Chutes and Ladders. If you have late seating for dinner, this is a good place to come get snacks before your show. Around 5:00 they put out wings, tortilla chips with salsa, sour cream and some other toppings, fresh veggies and I think there were always hotdogs too.
If you are a sports fan they always have some kind of game on TV."

[virdis]

For FE purposes, does everybody on the FE list celebrate Easter in some fashion? I would hate to deliver Easter candies to FE-ers that recognize other celebrations. We do Easter, btw.

Oh yes....we definitely celebrate Easter :goodvibes

Yes, we celebrate Easter. In fact, I'm bummed that we will miss our Easter Celebration at church. It's my favorite.

Me too. Our church is having a play and several guests ministers on Easter Sunday. I will miss. We do streaming of services but I doubt I will get a chance to look since we are scheduled for excursion on Easter Sunday.

Who knows anything about DIVERSIONS on the ship? I'm hearing it's a little place to relax and play games.

Yes....I am looking forward to DIVERSIONS. I briefly considered bringing some poker chips on board to play poker but, not certain if I can find anyone to partake in some Texas Hold'em. Definitely looking forward to watching some of the NBA playoffs and having some drinks during our cruise. :cool1:

[Susiesark]

Here you go Susan found this today.... It was on the main threads

"DIVERSIONS!! We spent many evenings down there, until about 11:30 playing yahtzee and having a quiet drink. It is almost always nearly deserted in there... so a nice place to relax after a busy day.
During the day the kids can come with you and there are board games you can use. Our girls loved Jenga and yahtzee and Princess Chutes and Ladders. If you have late seating for dinner, this is a good place to come get snacks before your show. Around 5:00 they put out wings, tortilla chips with salsa, sour cream and some other toppings, fresh veggies and I think there were always hotdogs too.
If you are a sports fan they always have some kind of game on TV."
Thanks Karen, that's where I heard about it in the first place. Haven't ever heard it mentioned before. We'll definitely check it out. :idea: Farkle, anyone?

[Amwill]

Group two participants--hold off on gifts for Mjespro--I cannot get ahold of her. Does anyone know Jennifer and is she still doing the FE?

Sorry...I'm finally back! No more disappearances before the cruise. Yes, we're still in for FE unless that doesn't work for you. :worship: I'll understand if it's too late.
Our stateroom is 7080.
Spenser is a boy (note the two s's). He loves when his name is spelled right. None of his school certificates this year have had his name spelled correctly - and I teach at the school! :confused3[/QUOTE]

No problem on the disappearing act. It happens. I'm a teacher as well and find it difficult to keep up with the disboard as frequently as my husband and some others.

[Amwill]

I reached out to Disney Cruise re: our beer, martini or tequilla tasting. I'm told that they can take from a few days to a week to respond. In the meantime, I wanted to start putting together a list of those intersted. Please send me a PM with your Disname and names of those in your party that will be joining the fun.

Thanks!

Count Virdis and I are in.

Thank you for taking the lead on this.

[szubieta]

"DIVERSIONS!! We spent many evenings down there, until about 11:30 playing yahtzee and having a quiet drink. It is almost always nearly deserted in there... so a nice place to relax after a busy day.
During the day the kids can come with you and there are board games you can use. Our girls loved Jenga and yahtzee and Princess Chutes and Ladders. If you have late seating for dinner, this is a good place to come get snacks before your show. Around 5:00 they put out wings, tortilla chips with salsa, sour cream and some other toppings, fresh veggies and I think there were always hotdogs too.
If you are a sports fan they always have some kind of game on TV."


This is where Danny will be if he can find a Backgammon buddy. :thumbsup2
Thank God we will have wave phones so I won't spend time coming back and forth seeing if he's ready to leave. Between him in Diversions and Joe in the club...Bingo here I come. :banana:

[szubieta]

Yes....I am looking forward to DIVERSIONS. I briefly considered bringing some poker chips on board to play poker but, not certain if I can find anyone to partake in some Texas Hold'em. Definitely looking forward to watching some of the NBA playoffs and having some drinks during our cruise. :cool1:

Don't bring chip, you can use the FE gift. :rotfl: I tickled myself!. :lmao:

[mjespro]

Forgot to ask....

This is my first cruise ever. I get motion sick in the car all the time, so I figure I will be prone to sea sickness.

I have gotten the patch from the M.D. I have also bought the bonine. What is your guys experience. Should I take the bonine 24 hrs before and hope that works well... if not add the patch? Or should I go full throttle and use the patch? I am scared to use the patch, because of the side effects- dry mouth, dilated eyes, I CANT drink!

Thanks!

I can get motion sick just watching a movie. On our previous cruise, my son and I took Bonine each day - just in case. We were NEVER sick at all. I don't know whether we would have been without the Bonine, but I didn't want to take the chance.

I suggest trying out the patch BEFORE the cruise if you think you might use it. When I tried it I was so excited :woohoo:I was sure it would be the answer for me. Within an hour after sticking it on (while still on dry land) I started experiencing side effects. The dilated eyes and dry mouth would have been bearable if I still hadn't felt so nauseas!

[CasaMartinez]

Helen, please count James and I in, although we're not beer drinkers, or much into wine, we're happy to go with the majority - I'm sure it's all about the company anyway :)

How fun... count DH and I in!

Can you add us to the list for the tastings as well...



Count Virdis and I are in.

Thank you for taking the lead on this.


Sure thing :goodvibes I will add you all to the list. :cheer2:

Forgot to ask....

This is my first cruise ever. I get motion sick in the car all the time, so I figure I will be prone to sea sickness.

I have gotten the patch from the M.D. I have also bought the bonine. What is your guys experience. Should I take the bonine 24 hrs before and hope that works well... if not add the patch? Or should I go full throttle and use the patch? I am scared to use the patch, because of the side effects- dry mouth, dilated eyes, I CANT drink!

Also, what about the kiddos? Do they get sea sick at all? My pedi told us to give them benadryl if needed. Did anyone have to do this?

Thanks!

Both my boys suffer from motion sickness - cars/planes/boats - you name it. I was really worried on our first cruise but they actually faired pretty well. I think all the distractions really helped. I think Mommafox has the right of it. Try and keep yourself busy - go dancing. None the less, I did give my boys dramamine the first night. It made them sleepy but much better alternative to having them sick.

[virdis]

So I don't know if this means anything but I can not change rooms to anything on our cruise right now. The DCL site is now showing no rooms available for the first time (at least that I've seen it). So I am wondering if they are about to start shuffling folks around. I am really surprise to see this because I usually can move to a bunch of choices on Decks 7 and 8. But now nothing shows open. I doubt all of those cabins got taken in the last 24 hours.

Researching this, I've heard that this usually happens when DCL is assigning GTY folks as they want to lock anyone from making changes or any new reservations, but it looks like they have already finished GTY assignments. So my only guess (and of course I can not base this on anything) is that they are locking all changes so that they can make changes themselves. But who knows. There seems to be no logic in what happens. Man, I am stressing out and this is only my first DCL cruise!!!!!! :rotfl:

Anyway, I am hoping that something is about to happen. Oh please, please, please.....Pixie Dust for somebody here!!!!! pixiedust:

[bitocas]

How in the world are you able to bring all those bottles of port wine samples (DH's favorite) halfway around the world?!

because we have the most kind disfriends around here.i will ship it with ups to kristi´s house and them she will bring them to the port.kristy you rock.:worship:

[coffman6]

Hi! The Coffman's and the the Popovich's are in for the wine or beer or whatever tasting. So please add 5 (my Mom is going to cruise with us now too!) Thank you for organizing this!

[True Romance]

Forgot to ask....

This is my first cruise ever. I get motion sick in the car all the time, so I figure I will be prone to sea sickness.

I have gotten the patch from the M.D. I have also bought the bonine. What is your guys experience. Should I take the bonine 24 hrs before and hope that works well... if not add the patch? Or should I go full throttle and use the patch? I am scared to use the patch, because of the side effects- dry mouth, dilated eyes, I CANT drink!

Also, what about the kiddos? Do they get sea sick at all? My pedi told us to give them benadryl if needed. Did anyone have to do this?

Thanks!

Leeanna, I get motion sick too, car & sea. I did get horribly sick my first cruise when I was 12 and then several whale watching and Catalina type boats. I take 24 hour less drowsy formula Dramamine. I take it once a night, starting the night before the cruise. I have never had side effects or have gotten sick. I figure if I get drowsy, I am going to bed shortly anyway. for the kids I have given them Boninie for Kids. I am not sure if they even get sea sick, but I thought better be safe them sorry. I gave my 4 1/2 year old 1/2 tablet twice a day and my 6 year old I gave her a full tablet. Since I have never seen my kids get motion sick, I might start out giving them the Bonine for a day or so and then stop.

This is where Danny will be if he can find a Backgammon buddy. :thumbsup2
Thank God we will have wave phones so I won't spend time coming back and forth seeing if he's ready to leave. Between him in Diversions and Joe in the club...Bingo here I come. :banana:

Oh Sandy, I will join you in the Bingo. I love cruise ship Bingo. I just wish it was not $30 a pop.

So I don't know if this means anything but I can not change rooms to anything on our cruise right now. The DCL site is now showing no rooms available for the first time (at least that I've seen it). So I am wondering if they are about to start shuffling folks around. I am really surprise to see this because I usually can move to a bunch of choices on Decks 7 and 8. But now nothing shows open. I doubt all of those cabins got taken in the last 24 hours.

Researching this, I've heard that this usually happens when DCL is assigning GTY folks as they want to lock anyone from making changes or any new reservations, but it looks like they have already finished GTY assignments. So my only guess (and of course I can not base this on anything) is that they are locking all changes so that they can make changes themselves. But who knows. There seems to be no logic in what happens. Man, I am stressing out and this is only my first DCL cruise!!!!!! :rotfl:

Anyway, I am hoping that something is about to happen. Oh please, please, please.....Pixie Dust for somebody here!!!!! pixiedust:

Virdis, every time I read your theories I get excited. I keep hoping for an upgrade, but I seriously doubt it will happen.

because we have the most kind disfriends around here.i will ship it with ups to kristi´s house and them she will bring them to the port.kristy you rock.:worship:

:goodvibes, happy to help. I keep forgetting to tell you that I received your Disney store box. Keeping it safe for you in my cruise stuff area.

I would love to join you guys at the tasting, however I really do not drink. Can I just come to socialize and watch all of you get drunk?? :lmao::lmao:

With the beginning of March we are swallowed up by activities. We have swim team practice or baseball every night of the week. Then a ton of Girl Scout activities thrown in for good measure. I really am going to need this trip in 5 1/2 weeks to get a break from it all.

[szubieta]

Oh Sandy, I will join you in the Bingo. I love cruise ship Bingo. I just wish it was not $30 a pop.

I would love to join you guys at the tasting, however I really do not drink. Can I just come to socialize and watch all of you get drunk?? :lmao::lmao:

With the beginning of March we are swallowed up by activities. We have swim team practice or baseball every night of the week. Then a ton of Girl Scout activities thrown in for good measure. I really am going to need this trip in 5 1/2 weeks to get a break from it all.

Yeah BINGO!!! I have never played in town, it's a cruise vise. :rolleyes1

It's is always fun to see people changing right before sober eyes. :thumbsup2

5 1/2 weeks, it's what's keeping me going! :woohoo:

[AZAims]

Did somebody say bingo? I love bingo! Used to love hitting the bingo hall at the Palace Station in Vegas, but now it seems like every time I'm in Vegas it's for work -- no time to play. :sad2:

[fourmcds]

I tend to get motion sick but I only felt sick on a DCL cruise once...12-15 foot swells, in the jacuzzi...took one sip of an adult libation. I looked at my friends (fourmcds) and hubby and said, uh oh, I'm outta here. I ended up in the cabin for 4 hours. I really think it was because the ship was going one way and I was in a different body of water that was going the opposite direction of the ship.

I've used the patch and hated it. I prefer bonine but again I've never had to take it on a Disney cruise. My kids have each used bonine and it works great for them.

Ahhh, yes, that was a classic day....you needing to go lay down and scott body surfing in the adult pool as Nan, Paul and I held on to our drinks!:goodvibes

but, for seasickness...there are the ear patches (scopolamine) that you can get ahead of time if you are worried....they don't seem to cause the fatigue that the bonine/dramamine etc causes. I think they can be worn for 3 days at a time. And, if i remember correctly, in front of the health clinic, they have a basket full of seasickness pills if you get in trouble and didn't bring anything (that was what we found on our cruise in 05, but have not checked it out since then....anyone else know?)

Yeah BINGO!!! I have never played in town, it's a cruise vise. :rolleyes1

It's is always fun to see people changing right before sober eyes. :thumbsup2

5 1/2 weeks, it's what's keeping me going! :woohoo:

Did somebody say bingo? I love bingo! Used to love hitting the bingo hall at the Palace Station in Vegas, but now it seems like every time I'm in Vegas it's for work -- no time to play. :sad2:

My husband is a bingo addict on the cruises!! Last cruise, the jackpot was won by a single person....4700!!! (enough to pay off her cruise)

[AZAims]

My husband is a bingo addict on the cruises!! Last cruise, the jackpot was won by a single person....4700!!! (enough to pay off her cruise)

If only I could be so lucky! :scratchin

[szubieta]

Did somebody say bingo? I love bingo! Used to love hitting the bingo hall at the Palace Station in Vegas, but now it seems like every time I'm in Vegas it's for work -- no time to play. :sad2:

OMGosh...Hey Karen does that bring back some memories?? :rotfl: :rotfl: Would have won a very large Keno jackpot if the runner didn't skip up on a game. :confused3


My husband is a bingo addict on the cruises!! Last cruise, the jackpot was won by a single person....4700!!! (enough to pay off her cruise)

One more DISer at BINGO! :thumbsup2 Our last cruise I was one of the people standing and...BINGO someone ELSE yelled it out. :sad2: It was over $10,000 we were on a 15nt. I felt the blood drain from my face when I heard that. There seems to be a pattern here...maybe this time! :woohoo:

[TNShellBelle]

So I don't know if this means anything but I can not change rooms to anything on our cruise right now. The DCL site is now showing no rooms available for the first time (at least that I've seen it). So I am wondering if they are about to start shuffling folks around. I am really surprise to see this because I usually can move to a bunch of choices on Decks 7 and 8. But now nothing shows open. I doubt all of those cabins got taken in the last 24 hours.

Researching this, I've heard that this usually happens when DCL is assigning GTY folks as they want to lock anyone from making changes or any new reservations, but it looks like they have already finished GTY assignments. So my only guess (and of course I can not base this on anything) is that they are locking all changes so that they can make changes themselves. But who knows. There seems to be no logic in what happens. Man, I am stressing out and this is only my first DCL cruise!!!!!! :rotfl:

Anyway, I am hoping that something is about to happen. Oh please, please, please.....Pixie Dust for somebody here!!!!! pixiedust:Hm...I think you may be right, something is going on. But today I am seeing rooms available that have not been available. We upgraded last week but got the last room available in our category and it is one that I don't want. However, today there are rooms in the next category up that have not been available. Maybe DCL is on to me and want me to pay for the upgrade, lol. But you're right...something is going on.

[Popovich]

Haha... I disappeared for a few days, and there is so much to catch up on! I am currently moving... :mad: Lots of packing and unpacking... I had to read 12 pages...

Can you add us to the list for the tastings as well...

For those of you doing the dolphin encounter on Monday in Cabo, is anyone doing it at 10:45? Want to share pictures?

Yes we celebrate Easter.

As for the e-readers or the ipad. I am an optometrist so have some experience with patient complaints of fatigued eyes :confused3. I would say the e-reader is much better for reading. It is not back lit, it is made with technology called e-ink, which therefore doesn't cause the eyes to overaccomodate. The ipad as with other computer screens screens are typically higher-contrast, brighter, flicker and reflect glare more - all of which are potential sources of eyestrain, headaches, and fatigue. That being said. The ipad is pretty awesome! I'm trying not to play with one- since I love gadgets, bad for the pocketbook :lmao:

Thanks for the interesting perspective on the e-readers. Maybe it's better to stick with an e-reader for books....very confusing...

[Susiesark]

Bunco for me!
And for the tastings, I like wine, martinis, and did anyone say margarita? (Cuz I'm there, if you did)
DH says he'll try it all!

Virdis, STOP getting my hopes up!

[AZAims]

Do you buy downloads of the books you want to read? What does that cost? Are they supplied via internet? What genres are available (kids books too)?

For the kindle, you purchase the books on Amazon & they automatically download to your device. I think the most expensive book that I've seen is $10. Many of them are less than that. They seem to have a wide variety of books available - we buy a lot of pre-teen/teen fiction for our daughter. I haven't purchased any kids books - but it looks like they do have them.

[CasaMartinez]

Hi! The Coffman's and the the Popovich's are in for the wine or beer or whatever tasting. So please add 5 (my Mom is going to cruise with us now too!) Thank you for organizing this!

Sounds good. I'll add you guys to the list. If you can please PM me with all the names.

I would love to join you guys at the tasting, however I really do not drink. Can I just come to socialize and watch all of you get drunk?? :lmao::lmao:

Too funny. I don't think it would be a problem for you to join us. :goodvibes

Bunco for me!
And for the tastings, I like wine, martinis, and did anyone say margarita? (Cuz I'm there, if you did)
DH says he'll try it all!



ooh yes, I'd be up for margaritas. I'll be sure its on the list of possibilities. I haven't heard from them yet but I'm hoping they reach out soon.

Just started to work on my FE's. I can't beleive we are just 5 1/2 weeks away. Now I'm sure time is going to start whizzing by and I still have so much to do. Which reminds me. We are closing the polls for the lanyards on the 15th but if you guys can please start PM me with the names. I'll start pulling together that list as well.

[bitocas]

dcl site shows no avaibility for adults traveling with children,the only show avaibility for partys of one or two adults.does this mean the clubs are full to capacity?

[Jareds_mommy]

dcl site shows no avaibility for adults traveling with children,the only show avaibility for partys of one or two adults.does this mean the clubs are full to capacity?

So I went in and put 2-A and 2-Y I left the youths at 17 (because I was to lazy to change them) and there were rooms in every Cat. except inside, but when I put the kids real ages it says there are no rooms at all. SO I would guess the kids clubs are going to be full

[savin4WDW]

..

[LiserAnn]

dcl site shows no avaibility for adults traveling with children,the only show avaibility for partys of one or two adults.does this mean the clubs are full to capacity?

Yep, expect a very full ship of kids!

I did a little "Virdis Study" (hehehe) of my own and found there are a LOT of cabins (up to 40ish) available, and what's really interesting is a lot of them are in sequence. Like 7114, 7116, 7118 or 6588, 6590, 6592, 6594 and so on, just to point out a few. Interesting tidbit, not sure what it means other than they obviously did shuffle cabins around or held back cabins which they just released. I know they reserve cabins for special guests because on our PC cruise, Kaylee (fourmcds) had Ducky Williams in the cabin next to her and I think towards the end another notable was staying in the cabin. :confused3

[CasaMartinez]

Woohoo :banana: I heard from DCL today re: our tasing. Here is the information they shared.


1- Request an item for tasting – for instance beer or tequila or martinis. Other choices may be mixology or champagne. The final decision will be affected by who is on the ship at the time to lead the tastings.

:woohoo: I reached out to ask for details on the mixology as that sounds very interesting. Once I hear back we can decide on which we would prefer.

2- Minimum number of guests 25 – maximum 50

:thumbsup2 I don't have my list with me at the moment but I think that we meet the 25 person minimum. Will provide an update later this evening.

3- $20 per person, non refundable. I will need a list of names before the sail date and if they choose not to attend they will still be charged if their name is on the list. All payments are charged on the ship.

:goodvibes It's great the DCL will take care of billing the fees. This is how they did on my first cruise. I think the price has gone up a bit but these days what hasn't. I still think it's a good deal to have our own little private function.

4- Cutoff date. I must have all names one week prior. New names cannot be added within the 7 days.

:wave: I'll post the current list and will continue to take additional requests till we hit 50 or the cut-off date which I'll set as April 7th

5- You may request a time and date but the ship will have the final say depending on space available and their schedules. :)

:cool1: I think we should do this on a sea day and would suggest Tuesday, April 19 or Thursday April 21st. What say you guys and what time do you think would be good?

Speak to you all soon.

[CasaMartinez]

Actually I just noticed that we have a Coffee Social on Thursday the 21st at 2:00 so let's look at Tuesday the 19th or Saturday the 23rd around 2 or 3 in the afternoon. Please let me know your thoughts.

[bitocas]

helen
why not monday 18?

[virdis]

Hm...I think you may be right, something is going on. But today I am seeing rooms available that have not been available. We upgraded last week but got the last room available in our category and it is one that I don't want. However, today there are rooms in the next category up that have not been available. Maybe DCL is on to me and want me to pay for the upgrade, lol. But you're right...something is going on.

Bunco for me!

Virdis, STOP getting my hopes up!

Yep, expect a very full ship of kids!

I did a little "Virdis Study" (hehehe) of my own and found there are a LOT of cabins (up to 40ish) available, and what's really interesting is a lot of them are in sequence. Like 7114, 7116, 7118 or 6588, 6590, 6592, 6594 and so on, just to point out a few. Interesting tidbit, not sure what it means other than they obviously did shuffle cabins around or held back cabins which they just released. I know they reserve cabins for special guests because on our PC cruise, Kaylee (fourmcds) had Ducky Williams in the cabin next to her and I think towards the end another notable was staying in the cabin. :confused3




Virdis, every time I read your theories I get excited. I keep hoping for an upgrade, but I seriously doubt it will happen.






So the rooms are now back but like Lisa mentioned, they are diffent now. At the advice of my dear wife, I am going to stop looking because it is driving me crazy! :headache:


There seems to be no logic and even when I keep track of what cabins open and disappear, there is no pattern. So I have agreed to gladly accept any free upgrade DCL might offer, but more importantly focus in on the cabin that we have today which is 7500. Otherwise, I am going to get sent to the looney bin before our cruise starts. :rotfl2:

With all of the rooms now back open, I still am hoping some more folks here get upgraded :thumbsup2

OK...now can someone please sign us up for one of the many tastings on board. Drinks with the gang of folks here would take my mind off of this topic :dance3:

[TNShellBelle]

Woohoo :banana: I heard from DCL today re: our tasing. Here is the information they shared.


1- Request an item for tasting – for instance beer or tequila or martinis. Other choices may be mixology or champagne. The final decision will be affected by who is on the ship at the time to lead the tastings.

:woohoo: I reached out to ask for details on the mixology as that sounds very interesting. Once I hear back we can decide on which we would prefer.

2- Minimum number of guests 25 – maximum 50

:thumbsup2 I don't have my list with me at the moment but I think that we meet the 25 person minimum. Will provide an update later this evening.

3- $20 per person, non refundable. I will need a list of names before the sail date and if they choose not to attend they will still be charged if their name is on the list. All payments are charged on the ship.

:goodvibes It's great the DCL will take care of billing the fees. This is how they did on my first cruise. I think the price has gone up a bit but these days what hasn't. I still think it's a good deal to have our own little private function.

4- Cutoff date. I must have all names one week prior. New names cannot be added within the 7 days.

:wave: I'll post the current list and will continue to take additional requests till we hit 50 or the cut-off date which I'll set as April 7th

5- You may request a time and date but the ship will have the final say depending on space available and their schedules. :)

:cool1: I think we should do this on a sea day and would suggest Tuesday, April 19 or Thursday April 21st. What say you guys and what time do you think would be good?

Speak to you all soon.I would love to do this, probably the martini or beer. I will ask dh when he gets home from his business trip tomorrow.

[TNShellBelle]

...came today!:banana:

[szubieta]

Woohoo :banana: I heard from DCL today re: our tasing. Here is the information they shared.

Speak to you all soon.

My e-mail was the same. Thank you again for doing this. :thumbsup2

So the rooms are now back but like Lisa mentioned, they are diffent now. At the advice of my dear wife, I am going to stop looking because it is driving me crazy! :headache:

OK...now can someone please sign us up for one of the many tastings on board. Drinks with the gang of folks here would take my mind off of this topic :dance3:

Yes...stop driving your self crazy!!! Here we'll start the group tasting... :grouphug: :drinking1


...came today!:banana:

:woohoo: :woohoo:AWESOME!!! Cayla yours should be here soon!! :goodvibes

[Double Trouble]

Actually I just noticed that we have a Coffee Social on Thursday the 21st at 2:00 so let's look at Tuesday the 19th or Saturday the 23rd around 2 or 3 in the afternoon. Please let me know your thoughts.

Helen, Thanks again for working this. Any day we can sit down over a few drinks (of any kind) with our new DIS friends is fine with us (although doing it early in the trip might jumpstart the fun :banana:)! Just wondering...Is there any way to find out what days they have the "public" tastings scheduled (so we can do those too :drinking1:drinking1)? I've checked out the 7-day Navigators but have no idea of how they will translate to a 10-day trip? :confused3

[AZAims]

[QUOTE=1- Request an item for tasting – for instance beer or tequila or martinis. Other choices may be mixology or champagne. The final decision will be affected by who is on the ship at the time to lead the tastings.

:woohoo: I reached out to ask for details on the mixology as that sounds very interesting. Once I hear back we can decide on which we would prefer.

[/QUOTE]

Thanks so much for making the arrangements for this! :worship: The mixology has me intrigued.:scratchin Should be fun!

[Susiesark]

Yes, docs came today, but I haven't had a chance to open the envelope. I will also accept any free upgrade offered to me (or do I need to beg?) but I'm fine with my current room (although my DS, 19 isn't)

Martini's, yes please.
Mixology, yes please.
And because we are in Mexico, Margarita, yes, PLEASE!

And, for those of you wanting to make this an annual event, there is a MR cruise scheduled to leave on Easter - 4/8/12. Who wants to book early for that discount?

[padalyn]

Forgot to ask....

This is my first cruise ever. I get motion sick in the car all the time, so I figure I will be prone to sea sickness.

I have gotten the patch from the M.D. I have also bought the bonine. What is your guys experience. Should I take the bonine 24 hrs before and hope that works well... if not add the patch? Or should I go full throttle and use the patch? I am scared to use the patch, because of the side effects- dry mouth, dilated eyes, I CANT drink!

Also, what about the kiddos? Do they get sea sick at all? My pedi told us to give them benadryl if needed. Did anyone have to do this?

Thanks!
Be careful with the patch - I tried one many years ago - took 3 days for my sight to return!!! I agree with whoever suggested you try it first at home. Most of the medications for seasickness are antihystamines - sometimes benedryl will work. Meclizine (bonine) is over the counter...you can buy it and try it at home also. I personally have found they make me sleepy and do help. Ginger is the best solution, I have wrist bands as well. I have to use these things to fly, not watercraft...but the problem is the same. The wrist bands can not be the stretchy kind, they are not tight enough, and you have to wear both to get them to work - the directions say one will do - they lie.

Do you buy downloads of the books you want to read? What does that cost? Are they supplied via internet? What genres are available (kids books too)?
there are many websites for all kinds of books...some are unit dependent, kindle is pretty specific to Amazon, Nook is from Barnes & Nobel and supports the most types of e-reader format, there are other brands as well - but I am not familar with them. Baen.com has many free (thousands!) of science fiction books. Every Friday BN.com has a free book as well. One has to have the internet connection available to obtain the books. The Kindle is "hot" all the time (so using while inflight is tough) the Nook as the option of turning it off. Not sure if that is too much or not enough info...PM if you want more :)

...came today!:banana:
jealous...so jealous...I will check todays mail in the morning when I get home (fingers crossed!!)

[Patricia1]

Woohoo :banana: I heard from DCL today re: our tasing. Here is the information they shared.


1- Request an item for tasting – for instance beer or tequila or martinis. Other choices may be mixology or champagne. The final decision will be affected by who is on the ship at the time to lead the tastings.

:woohoo: I reached out to ask for details on the mixology as that sounds very interesting. Once I hear back we can decide on which we would prefer.

2- Minimum number of guests 25 – maximum 50

:thumbsup2 I don't have my list with me at the moment but I think that we meet the 25 person minimum. Will provide an update later this evening.

3- $20 per person, non refundable. I will need a list of names before the sail date and if they choose not to attend they will still be charged if their name is on the list. All payments are charged on the ship.

:goodvibes It's great the DCL will take care of billing the fees. This is how they did on my first cruise. I think the price has gone up a bit but these days what hasn't. I still think it's a good deal to have our own little private function.

4- Cutoff date. I must have all names one week prior. New names cannot be added within the 7 days.

:wave: I'll post the current list and will continue to take additional requests till we hit 50 or the cut-off date which I'll set as April 7th

5- You may request a time and date but the ship will have the final say depending on space available and their schedules. :)

:cool1: I think we should do this on a sea day and would suggest Tuesday, April 19 or Thursday April 21st. What say you guys and what time do you think would be good?

Speak to you all soon.
19th we have Palo Brunch scheduled at 11:30 ... 21st would work best for us.. we have Palo dinner at 6:30 ... we can squeeze both in eventhough I have no idea what mixology is??? :)

[LV Disney Fan(atic)]

...came today!:banana:

Mine too! :cool1: Is it too early to put my luggage tags on my suitcases?



there are many websites for all kinds of books...some are unit dependent, kindle is pretty specific to Amazon, Nook is from Barnes & Nobel and supports the most types of e-reader format, there are other brands as well - but I am not familar with them. Baen.com has many free (thousands!) of science fiction books. Every Friday BN.com has a free book as well. One has to have the internet connection available to obtain the books. The Kindle is "hot" all the time (so using while inflight is tough) the Nook as the option of turning it off. Not sure if that is too much or not enough info...PM if you want more :)



Love the Baen site for books! :thumbsup2 My Kindle has an option to turn the wireless on or off. Off is especially good for conserving battery life (I can go weeks without recharging) and I have no problems whatsoever using it in a plane.

[Patricia1]

...came today!:banana:

wohoooo:yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay:

[padalyn]

Mine too! :cool1: Is it too early to put my luggage tags on my suitcases?



Love the Baen site for books! :thumbsup2 My Kindle has an option to turn the wireless on or off. Off is especially good for conserving battery life (I can go weeks without recharging) and I have no problems whatsoever using it in a plane.
thanks for the info...I am a Nook kinda girl :) So I really don't know about the Kindle...

[szubieta]

Yes, docs came today, but I haven't had a chance to open the envelope.
Mine too! :cool1: Is it too early to put my luggage tags on my suitcases?

RIP THAT PUPPY OPEN!! :hyper:

Ok...you guys we will all be frisking the mailman daily now! :rolleyes1


And, for those of you wanting to make this an annual event, there is a MR cruise scheduled to leave on Easter - 4/8/12. Who wants to book early for that discount?

I know...I check it out for Spring Break next year and it's only a 7nt. Might sell Danny if he really likes Mexico. I am shootin for Alaska or Hawaii or Spain or... :goodvibes

Cayla you are soooo very lucky to do the B2B2B. You get to experience 3 different geo areas week after week after week. :cloud9:

[Susiesark]

What does Kindle usually cost? There is one at our school auction, wondering what is a good price to bid.

[Travelbee]

Woohoo :banana: I heard from DCL today re: our tasing. Here is the information they shared.


1- Request an item for tasting – for instance beer or tequila or martinis. Other choices may be mixology or champagne. The final decision will be affected by who is on the ship at the time to lead the tastings.

:woohoo: I reached out to ask for details on the mixology as that sounds very interesting. Once I hear back we can decide on which we would prefer.

2- Minimum number of guests 25 – maximum 50

:thumbsup2 I don't have my list with me at the moment but I think that we meet the 25 person minimum. Will provide an update later this evening.

3- $20 per person, non refundable. I will need a list of names before the sail date and if they choose not to attend they will still be charged if their name is on the list. All payments are charged on the ship.

:goodvibes

Mixology sounds interesting... do you think it's beneficial to do another poll on the website?

Someone brought up a good point about conflict with Palo brunch or tea reservations. Can we find out when tasting usually occurs? Since it's non refundable, what happens if they schedule the tasting at a date/time when we ready have Palo reservations?

[mommafox]

So, are there lanyards to order for the group, or just a poll about lanyards? I want "in" on any group goodies we've got going on....so wassup? :rolleyes:

[mommafox]

Oh, and the mixology might interest me...at $20 if I get more than 2 drinks-worth then it pays out well. Early in the cruise would be a cool ice breaker and start the week off right!

[Susiesark]

19th we have Palo Brunch scheduled at 11:30 ... 21st would work best for us.. we have Palo dinner at 6:30 ... we can squeeze both in eventhough I have no idea what mixology is??? :) Then how is Monday the 18th for everyone? Good chance to get acquainted.

[Amwill]

...came today!:banana:
Yahooo we got ours too!!!

So the rooms are now back but like Lisa mentioned, they are diffent now. At the advice of my dear wife, I am going to stop looking because it is driving me crazy! :headache:


There seems to be no logic and even when I keep track of what cabins open and disappear, there is no pattern. So I have agreed to gladly accept any free upgrade DCL might offer, but more importantly focus in on the cabin that we have today which is 7500. Otherwise, I am going to get sent to the looney bin before our cruise starts. :rotfl2:

:

I'm glad that you have finally decided to listen to my advice. For weeks Virdis had been on a quest to find the perfect room. A room in our price range in the middle or back of the ship. His logic was that most of the resteraunts were in the rear as well as the drink stations on deck 9, so being close to the back was good (at least in his mind). We were in room 1056 which was accross from the elevators on deck 1. The funny part about deck 1 is that you can not walk to the rear of the ship. The crew galley,break rooms, and cabins occupy the middle to back of deck 1 and this area is locked off to passengers. I know that it is in the bottom bowels of the ship, but I was content to have a room in a quiet part of the ship. The location annoyed Virdis but he liked the idea of not having much foot traffic so we were OK.

But night after night, he would log onto the DcL site to try to move our room. The room inventory kept changing but he could never find anything in our price range to the rear without going GTY which he did not want to do. Finally, one night after watching a movie, he grabbed his final beer for the night and logged into the DCL site as he usually does. All of a sudden I here him hollering and yelling for joy that not only he found a cabin but, it was the last cabin at the back of the ship. It was only a couple of hundred dollars more to upgrade so he went running to get the credit card and changed us.


Feeling very proud of himself, he came in and announced that our new room number is 7500. As he was showing me the deck plan to see where our new room was, he realized he made a grave mistake. He had been looking at the deck plans in the wrong direction!!! :sad: Instead of the rear of the ship, we were now at the first cabin on deck 7 at the front of the ship. The look on his face was priceless. He didn't even finish his beer. Obviously, he would do bad in the navy....hahahaha. I still love you and the room you got us baby. :love: Even after this experience Virdis is still on the hunt for the perfect cabin. Now that we are less than 6 weeks away and now that we have our cruise docs, I think he finally is ready giving up his quest. That being said I'm still hoping/praying for alittle pixie dust to come our way. I would love to wake up to a verandah.

[True Romance]

Woohoo :banana: I heard from DCL today re: our tasing. Here is the information they shared.


1- Request an item for tasting – for instance beer or tequila or martinis. Other choices may be mixology or champagne. The final decision will be affected by who is on the ship at the time to lead the tastings.

:woohoo: I reached out to ask for details on the mixology as that sounds very interesting. Once I hear back we can decide on which we would prefer.

2- Minimum number of guests 25 – maximum 50

:thumbsup2 I don't have my list with me at the moment but I think that we meet the 25 person minimum. Will provide an update later this evening.

3- $20 per person, non refundable. I will need a list of names before the sail date and if they choose not to attend they will still be charged if their name is on the list. All payments are charged on the ship.

:goodvibes It's great the DCL will take care of billing the fees. This is how they did on my first cruise. I think the price has gone up a bit but these days what hasn't. I still think it's a good deal to have our own little private function.

4- Cutoff date. I must have all names one week prior. New names cannot be added within the 7 days.

:wave: I'll post the current list and will continue to take additional requests till we hit 50 or the cut-off date which I'll set as April 7th

5- You may request a time and date but the ship will have the final say depending on space available and their schedules. :)

:cool1: I think we should do this on a sea day and would suggest Tuesday, April 19 or Thursday April 21st. What say you guys and what time do you think would be good?

Speak to you all soon.
Helen, thank you so much for setting this up. Please put me down for 1, my DH does not drink at all and I think he would rather relax in the room for a while. I would totally be up for Margarita or Mixology, I like to fruity drinks.

Also, you can put me down for 5 lanyards.

Then how is Monday the 18th for everyone? Good chance to get acquainted.

I vote for the 18th as well. However, totally understand it is up to the ship.