November 12, 2011 - Magical Double Dip!

[Headrickx5]

OK, we just got off the Magic and rebooked for our 5th DCL - November 12, 2011!

Jocelyn on board told us that this will be the only seven day DOUBLE DIP at Castaway Cay! :cool1:

I'm going to attempt to start our cruise meets thread - so please give me a shout if you are booked for this cruise!

We are (ages during cruise):

Stateroom 6612
Missy (42)
DH - Greg (43)
DD - Chappel (16)
DD - Chloe (13)
DS - Cole (9)

Stateroom 6614
Dad - Elmer
Mom - Wilma

Stateroom 6610
SIL - Stefanie
BIL - Codi
DN - Anna Rae (6)

Can't wait to start putting more names on the list!!

If you do not see your name on the list, please let me know who is going with you and I will put it up as soon as I can. Thanks! :)

Here is the updated (as of 8/13/10) list:
TheM&MBoys:
Jeanne
DH: Jon
DS: Matthew (8)
DS: Michael (7)

AlexandMaddie:
Krista
Gerald
Alexandra (16) at time of sailing
Madeline (11) at time of sailing
Benjamin (9) at time of sailing

mickeymick1967:
Me-Jackie (Mom)
Harry- (Husband)
Daughter-Justine 13 (when we cruise)
Son-Braeden 9 (when we cruise)

rescuetink:
DH DW DS(6) DD (2)
MIL and her husband
DW's best friend and her daughter

davisdenyel:
me Denyel my dh Scott ds12 Brandon dd5 Julia and dd7 Hailey
mom Gwen her dh Shorty and my little sister Bethany
sister Candice and her dd Caidence

jenkh:
Room 6134
DD (26) - me
Dmom (50)

officereg:
Room 6111
Sara
DH-TJ
DS-Collin (13 at cruise time)
DD-Peyton (2 at cruise time)

lisalisalisa:
Lisa Andy Josh (9) Charlie (7) Zachary (3)

hgon76:
me, DH, DS (will be 16) and DD (will be 9)

babybun:
room 703
me (Lisa), DH (Paul), and DD (Kelly-she will be 16 at the time of the cruise)

7DwarfsFanNY:
Room 7000
2 of us ladies
Room 7002
3 of us ladies

DisneyMissy318:
Kevin, Melissa (yours truly) and Madison who will be 13 1/2
Cabin#7122

[HallsofVA]

Is this a confirmed double-dip cruise? I was looking at it on the DCL website and it shows the traditional schedule with Key West. I was just wondering if your confirmation shows something different?

[Headrickx5]

Is this a confirmed double-dip cruise? I was looking at it on the DCL website and it shows the traditional schedule with Key West. I was just wondering if your confirmation shows something different?

Just pulled out my paperwork from the rebooking and YES - it does have that this is a double dip with a Sunday and a Friday stop at Castaway Cay!

I also checked the DCL sight and it is listed as a normal Western. Jocelyn said that there is some reason that the Magic can not port in Key West during this week and that is why it is a double dip.

[HallsofVA]

Looks like there's a big powerboat championship race held in Key West that week. At least there was one this year. Must be why they did the double dip this year as well.

[i<3castawaycay123]

bump.

im headrickx5 daughter by the way! :)

[IrishCowboy]

I have added a link to your thread on the main index page. Have a great cruise!:thumbsup2

[wlkent67]

So what is the schedule for this cruise-----we were looking to rebook for the magic on oct. 22,2011-----but loved cc----so this might be a better option for us----

[IrishCowboy]

Subscribing

[i<3castawaycay123]

yeah so glad to see somebody else reply!

wlkent67, the schedule is:
Saturday 11/12- Port Canaveral
Sunday 11/13- Castaway Cay :)
Monday 11/14- at sea
Tuesday 11/15- either Cozumel or Grand Cayman
Wedsenday 11/16- the other one! (sorry i couldnt remember which one came first!)
Thursday 11/17- at sea
Friday 11/18- Castaway Cay!
Saturday 11/19- Port Canaveral

Hope this helps! the only reason we booked this cruise is because of the double dip at Castaway Cay.

[TheM&MBoys]

Hello!

We are booked on the Dream in Aug. 2011 for 5 nights. However, we are considering transfering our ressie to the Magic, Nov. 12th cruise. Two more nights for just about the same price!:thumbsup2

HallsofVA: I noticed you are booked in the 6614, 6612 and 6610. Have you stayed in these rooms before? Did you like them? What are the pros and cons? Thanks in advance for your help. We might book 6608.

Jeanne (:rolleyes1)
DH: Jon (:rotfl2:)
DS: Matthew (8)
DS: Michael (7)

[i<3castawaycay123]

TheM&MBoys- 6610,6612,and 6614 are actually our rooms! lol Yes we love those rooms this will be our 4th time staying in those rooms. The location is great! You walk right down the hall and the elevator for the middle of the ship is right there. 6608 is a great room also. On our last cruise I knew someone who stayed in the room next to that 6606 i think) and they loved it.

Hope this helps!

[TheM&MBoys]

TheM&MBoys- 6610,6612,and 6614 are actually our rooms! lol Yes we love those rooms this will be our 4th time staying in those rooms. The location is great! You walk right down the hall and the elevator for the middle of the ship is right there. 6608 is a great room also. On our last cruise I knew someone who stayed in the room next to that 6606 i think) and they loved it.

Hope this helps!

Hi and Happy New Year i<castawaycay123!

Thank you for responding back about the rooms and there location. I am also considering 6616. We all would be neighbors!! :banana: Would you recommend 6616 or 6608? We were on the Wonder in a SPH room and loved it on our last cruise. We thought we might splurge on the seven night cruise with a verandah. I don't know how much use we will get out of it and we are trying to justify the extra expense considering we spend so little time in the room. Have you ever had a problem with other cruisemates smoking on their verandahs? I am highly alergic to smoke and this is another concern of mine.:confused: If we book, which we will hopefully do sometime this week, it would be really cool to keep chatting. Thanks again for your input and I look forward to hearing back from you!

Jeanne :)

[i<3castawaycay123]

Jeanne-

Happy New Year to you too! Hope it is filled with joy for your family! :goodvibes

Personally, I would recommend 6608. It is closer to the elevator. We have always had a verandah except for the second cruise and we really regretted not having one. For our family we use it all the time! The smoking issue really isnt that bad. Once we had a neighbor who smoked and we could see it but never smell it. We have only had that happen once and it wasnt bad at all. We dont usually worry about it.

Im so glad someone else finally responded! :)

[TheM&MBoys]

Jeanne-

Happy New Year to you too! Hope it is filled with joy for your family! :goodvibes

Personally, I would recommend 6608. It is closer to the elevator. We have always had a verandah except for the second cruise and we really regretted not having one. For our family we use it all the time! The smoking issue really isnt that bad. Once we had a neighbor who smoked and we could see it but never smell it. We have only had that happen once and it wasnt bad at all. We dont usually worry about it.

Im so glad someone else finally responded! :)

Hi Missy!

Hopefully we'll get more activity as we get closer to the cruise date. Better yet, maybe we'll have the ship to ourselves! :cool1:

We are now leaning towards a SPH room. I REALLY want a verandah, DH is having a difficult time justifying the extra $1000. :sad1: Looking at the layout of deck 6, it looks like 6616 is right across from the aft elevators and 6608 is aft and up the hallway, is this not accurate? I was thinking if your party didn't smoke that I might book 6616. When cruising, the wind will be blowing towards the rear of the ship and I will be well protected with three nonsmoking verandahs in front of me. :thumbsup2 Is this crazy or what?!:idea: I know I over plan, obsess and have a type A personality when planning vacations. I get to drive my DH crazy for over a year and a half! :rotfl2: I look forward to getting to know you and your family. Thanks for all your help so far!

BTW...we have decided to transfer our ressies to the Magic.:thumbsup2 Now we just have to decide on which stateroom to book.:confused:

Stay warm!

Jeanne :)

[i<3castawaycay123]

Jeanne-

Yes that is accurate! lol im sorry i thought it was the other way around. I always get confused with the room orders. No ma'am, none of our party smokes! And thats ok we all do the same thing with over obsessing about stuff like that! hahaha If you have any kids, I have started a kids chat on a different thread. I will be 16 on the cruise, my sister (Chloe) will be 13, my brother (Cole) will be 9, and my cousin (Anna Rae) will be 6. Yes I am trying my best to stay warm, supposed to snow tomorrow! :) You do the same!

Chappel:goodvibes

[TheM&MBoys]

Jeanne-

Yes that is accurate! lol im sorry i thought it was the other way around. I always get confused with the room orders. No ma'am, none of our party smokes! And thats ok we all do the same thing with over obsessing about stuff like that! hahaha If you have any kids, I have started a kids chat on a different thread. I will be 16 on the cruise, my sister (Chloe) will be 13, my brother (Cole) will be 9, and my cousin (Anna Rae) will be 6. Yes I am trying my best to stay warm, supposed to snow tomorrow! :) You do the same!

Chappel:goodvibes

Hi Chappel!

I hope your week is going well. We finally transfered our ressies over to this cruise! :thumbsup2 We decided on a SPH room and hope to upgrade at port. We do have kids, however they are still a bit too young to be chatting on the computer. We have two boys and they will be 7 and 8 when we cruise. I look forward to chatting with you and your family.

Take care, Jeanne :goodvibes

[i<3castawaycay123]

sorry for taking so long to reply back! I kept checking but didnt realize there was a second page. So Sorry!

Im glad to hear you booked! :)

And the ages for your sons are perfect! My little brother will have just turned 9 when we go on the cruise so he will be glad to have some friends! Im sure your kids will love the kids club. Cole (my brother) likes it a bunch. He really likes it when he knows that someone that he knows will be there! lol

Chappel :cool1:

[alexandmaddie]

Hi,

We will be joining you on this cruise. We're in SPH 5022 and 5024. Our group is:

Krista
Gerald
Alexandra (16) at time of sailing
Madeline (11) at time of sailing
Benjamin (9) at time of sailing

I'm looking forward to chatting with everyone over the next year and a half! :)

Krista

[TheM&MBoys]

Hi,

We will be joining you on this cruise. We're in SPH 5022 and 5024. Our group is:

Krista
Gerald
Alexandra (16) at time of sailing
Madeline (11) at time of sailing
Benjamin (9) at time of sailing

I'm looking forward to chatting with everyone over the next year and a half! :)

Krista

Welcome aboard Krista and family!:goodvibes WhooHooo we've got another family joining us!!:cool1: Looks like we will have a group of boys around the same age. My two will be 8 and 7 at the time of sailing.

We will also be in a SPH room. We will be in 5520. We were in 5022 on our last cruise and loved it!:thumbsup2

Will you be driving or flying down to Florida? Last time we drove but I think this time we will fly. Between gas, food and lodging we would have broken even.:sad2:

Anyways...we have a whole year and a half to go. Hopefully the time will fly by.

Jeanne

[i<3castawaycay123]

Hi,

We will be joining you on this cruise. We're in SPH 5022 and 5024. Our group is:

Krista
Gerald
Alexandra (16) at time of sailing
Madeline (11) at time of sailing
Benjamin (9) at time of sailing

I'm looking forward to chatting with everyone over the next year and a half! :)

Krista



Hey I will be 16 when we cruise!!! YEAH I HAVE A FRIEND! lol

By the way Welcome to this cruise! So glad to see another family joining us. :) My name is Chappel and you can get all of my info on the first post of the first page.

[alexandmaddie]

Welcome aboard Krista and family!:goodvibes WhooHooo we've got another family joining us!!:cool1: Looks like we will have a group of boys around the same age. My two will be 8 and 7 at the time of sailing.

We will also be in a SPH room. We will be in 5520. We were in 5022 on our last cruise and loved it!:thumbsup2

Will you be driving or flying down to Florida? Last time we drove but I think this time we will fly. Between gas, food and lodging we would have broken even.:sad2:

Anyways...we have a whole year and a half to go. Hopefully the time will fly by.

Jeanne

We will have quite the crew of boys, won't we?!!? That's great to hear that you've stayed in 5022 and loved it! We've never had a SPH room before.

We'll be flying to Florida. We have driven twice, but it takes soooo long from MN. We can usually get tickets for $230/pp so it isn't too bad.

I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone in the next year and a half!! :)

Krista

[alexandmaddie]

Hey I will be 16 when we cruise!!! YEAH I HAVE A FRIEND! lol

By the way Welcome to this cruise! So glad to see another family joining us. :) My name is Chappel and you can get all of my info on the first post of the first page.


Hi Chappel! I will have to direct Alexandra to this thread (or the kids thread) so the two of you can start chatting! :)

Krista

[i<3castawaycay123]

Yeah! Thanks Im so excited. We are in room 6610, 6612, and 6614. so we will be kind of above you. I hope Alexandra and I will be good friends. :)

If you would please send her to the kids board that would be awesome! Thanks so much!

[Mickeymick1967]

WooHooo,
Just booked online and called DCL to ask a question and I was shocked to find out it is a double dip!!! Made my day:cool1: We are in room 6542, this will be cruise #4 for us.

Cruisers will be,
Me-Jackie (Mom)
Harry- (Husband)
Daughter-Justine 13 (when we cruise)
Son-Braeden 9 (when we cruise)

[i<3castawaycay123]

WooHooo,
Just booked online and called DCL to ask a question and I was shocked to find out it is a double dip!!! Made my day:cool1: We are in room 6542, this will be cruise #4 for us.

Cruisers will be,
Me-Jackie (Mom)
Harry- (Husband)
Daughter-Justine 13 (when we cruise)
Son-Braeden 9 (when we cruise)

Welcome!!!!

So glad to see another family joining us. :) Wow! You will be right down the hall from us. We are 6610, 6612, and 6614.

My sister will be 13 when we cruise also! Her name is Chloe and might like to meet Justine. And I just realized, my brother Cole will be 9 when we cruise too! Wow! Cant wait to meet everyone!

[Homemom]

We just booked this!!! This will be our 2nd cruise. Our first was a 4 night (too short). I wanted to try a 7 night and my DH & DD wanted a double dip, so this worked out perfectly! I'm glad I found out about it from these boards! Thank you, thank you, thank you! :disrocks:

[Mickeymick1967]

Welcome aboard :cool1::cool1: I was so excited when I found out it was a double dip too! How lucky are we:):)

[Homemom]

I'm lucky thanks to you Mickeymick1967, it was your post I saw that got me to start researching this particular cruise in the first place! :hug:

[i<3castawaycay123]

Welcome Homemom! :)

Just wanted to let everyone know that we will also be doing the May 1st, 2010 4 day cruise on the wonder! Yes, we will still be doing this cruise. We just decided today to go! It will be me, my mom, my sister, my aunt and her husband and daughter. We are so excited! I even started to pick out my outfits for dinner. LOL! :)

[Homemom]

Congrats on the May cruise! I don't know how I'm going to make it until
November 2011! :confused3

[i<3castawaycay123]

Yes, I agree! I have no idea how we will make it until November '11! It seems like a long ways off but I know it will be here before we know it.

Just a quick reminder, I have also made a kids forum. If you have kids that would like to meet other kids going on this cruise, just send them there! :cool1:

[rescuetink]

We are booked, packed and ready to go!!! Is it time yet???

Oh.... wait... we're going to WDW this May, I guess I better get through that first!!!

This time we booked 2 Cat 9B rooms, rather then 1 veranda room, it was cheaper believe it or not!!! We have rooms 2094 and 2096... BUT... now my MIL and her husband are going and their in room 2092... AND... my son's godmother and her daughter (my DW and my goddaughter) will be joining us also!!! I go to book their room tomorrow!! :banana::yay::woohoo::cheer2:

The ONLY reason I booked this cruise, and will be taking my son out of school for a week, is because it stops at Castaway Cay twice!! I LOVE CASTAWAY CAY!!! Especially with kids at the age mine are that don't appreciate the other islands!!!

This will be my DW and my 4th DCL trip!! :cloud9:

My son and MIL's 3rd DCL trip!! :goodvibes

And my DD's 2nd DCL trip!! :wizard:

The rest are DCL rookies!!!! :laughing:

[i<3castawaycay123]

Welcome Rescuetink!! And to all of your gang also! :)

I am so excited about this cruise I can hardly stand it! I LOVE castaway cay so when I found out this was a double dip I was phsyched.

[TheM&MBoys]

Welcome aboard everyone!!:cool1:

Sorry, I haven't been on the boards lately. I have been quite busy with work, planning out our sons 7th birthday party for the end of the month and making reservations for our two week vacation to California this summer.

Hope everybody is doing well and I look forward to getting to know everyone.:goodvibes

Jeanne

[Homemom]

Has anyone cruised the western before? What about cruising in November? We've only cruised a 4 night on the Wonder this past January and the water temp at Castaway Cay was a little cold for my liking.

[i<3castawaycay123]

Yes, we have cruised the westen. It was ok... It rained on every island we went to except for CC. My mom got off and Key West just b/c we had forgotten some things at home that we didnt know that we needed. At Cozumel we got off because for my birthday my present was to swim with the dolphins. (I highly recommend this, it was so fun!) At the Grand Caymans we got off and just spent the day at the beach.

The lastest in the year we have cruised was actually the cruise above. It was in the last week of October. It was never cold, but then again this was 3 years ago and I cant really remember that much about it. :rotfl:

[rescuetink]

Has anyone cruised the western before? What about cruising in November? We've only cruised a 4 night on the Wonder this past January and the water temp at Castaway Cay was a little cold for my liking.

We did the western last year in May!! The weather was perfect!! I think every cruise we've been on has been in May and we always had great weather!! We chose the western again this time because we wanted to go back to Castaway Cay twice, as that's usually our favorite place to stop!! :yay:

We've never cruised in November before, but friends of ours did @ 4 years ago and they had no complaints!!

[Homemom]

Thanks! My DD is very interested in the dolphins, so i'll look into that for sure. She loved the stingray adventure on Castaway Cay.

[i<3castawaycay123]

I loved swimming with the dolphins! It was so much fun. Even though it rained the whole time it still was a great experience. My dad did it with me and he even had a great time. And on the website it says to bring water shoes, you dont need them. The only reason they might say you need them is because the thing that you stand on while you are with the dolphins is very hard on your feet.

I'm sure your daughter will have a great time!

[davisdenyel]

Hi! We are also going to be sailing on this cruise. I did not know that we were going to CC twice until I read this thread. This will be our first DC. We are very excited. It will be me Denyel my dh Scott ds12 Brandon dd5 Julia and dd7 Hailey. Thats the ages they will be when we sail. We have staterooms 5129 and 5131. My mom Gwen her dh Shorty and my little sister Bethany she will be 10 at the time are in stateroom 5127. Then my other sister Candice and her dd Caidence will be 6 at the time are in stateroom 5139.

[i<3castawaycay123]

Welcome Denyel!!! Wow you sure have a big crew with you! :)

Im so glad to see that this thread is filling up! And we still have well over a year left. This is great! So glad to see everyone so excited. :cool1:

[officereg]

This will be our first Disney Cruise! I am super excited, I have been on six other cruises in the past, but looking forward to experiencing Disney. The Travel Agent said we are going to wait until the group booking option opens to reserve our state rooms. I guess that will be mid April. I did not realized this will be a double dip cruise until I read this thread. Hoot Hoot!

We have 10 families going with us.

My son will be 13 and my daughter will be 2

[i<3castawaycay123]

Welcome officereg!

10 families!!! WOW! :eek:

So glad to see that everyone is excited about this double dip! I know we are.

Officereg- if you would post the people who are going with you, I will be more than happy to put yall on the first post along with the other people that are going. :)

Thanks!

[jenkh]

We will be joining you all and we just found out its a double dip from this thread!

We couldn't be more excited! Its a mother-daughter trip.

Room 6134
DD (26) - me
Dmom (50)

[i<3castawaycay123]

Welcome jenkh!!! :)

Yeah for mother-daughter trips!!! My mom, my sister and I are going on one in May. We are so excited! Will this be your first disney cruise??

[jenkh]

We were lucky to do the Western cruise a few years back and fell in love

Earlier this year we did an Eastern on another cruise line....and well.... it just didn't compare. So as soon as we got home we booked this one :thumbsup2

[officereg]

Welcome officereg!

10 families!!! WOW! :eek:

So glad to see that everyone is excited about this double dip! I know we are.

Officereg- if you would post the people who are going with you, I will be more than happy to put yall on the first post along with the other people that are going. :)

Thanks!


I do not know if everyone in our party paid their deposit yet, but we are booked for 6111.

[rescuetink]

Just a quick reminder, I have also made a kids forum. If you have kids that would like to meet other kids going on this cruise, just send them there! :cool1:

Where is the kids forum?? I'm having a Daddy moment and can't find it!! :confused3

Hey, I've been reading up on Fish Extenders!!! Cool idea!! Anyone planning on doing one for this cruise??? :banana:

David

[lisalisalisa]

Hi there everyone.

We will be joining you. We have three boys who will be 9, 7 & 3 at the time of the cruise. We will be having a week at WDW before the cruise.

I look forward to getting to know you all. :)

[rescuetink]

Hi there everyone.

We will be joining you. We have three boys who will be 9, 7 & 3 at the time of the cruise. We will be having a week at WDW before the cruise.

I look forward to getting to know you all. :)

WELCOME ABOARD!!! :welcome:

Your comming a LONG WAY to spend a week on the ship with us!!! :lmao:

We're gonna have a blast!!! :cheer2:

[TheM&MBoys]

Hi Everyone! I'm just checking in and counting down the days until our cruise. :thumbsup2 How is everyone? We have been having a heat wave here in Maryland. It has been hot, hot, hot. I can't believe just two months ago we had three feet of snow!:eek: Anyways, we are enjoying the warm weather.

Our last cruise in 2008 was a double dip on the Wonder. We love Castaway Cay and now that our boy's are a bit older they will be able to enjoy more too. We can't wait! :cool1:

Rescuelink: We may be interested in the doing the fishextenders. Can you tell me a bit more about them? Thanks in advance.

Jeanne :goodvibes

[rescuetink]

Hi Everyone! I'm just checking in and counting down the days until our cruise. :thumbsup2 How is everyone? We have been having a heat wave here in Maryland. It has been hot, hot, hot. I can't believe just two months ago we had three feet of snow!:eek: Anyways, we are enjoying the warm weather.

Our last cruise in 2008 was a double dip on the Wonder. We love Castaway Cay and now that our boy's are a bit older they will be able to enjoy more too. We can't wait! :cool1:

Rescuelink: We may be interested in the doing the fishextenders. Can you tell me a bit more about them? Thanks in advance.

Jeanne :goodvibes

Welcome aboard Jeanne!!! :welcome:

Read post 378 on page 26 to learn more about the Fist Extenders!! We've never done it before, but I'm thinking this would be something new and fun!! And my kids should be old enough to understand it and have fun with it!!!

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=32651483#post32651483

David

[lisalisalisa]

Put us down for fish extenders. My boys will love this. :)

[i<3castawaycay123]

Where is the kids forum?? I'm having a Daddy moment and can't find it!! :confused3

Hey, I've been reading up on Fish Extenders!!! Cool idea!! Anyone planning on doing one for this cruise??? :banana:


David

If you will go to the home page of disboards, scroll down until you see the Disney Cruise Line Forum, click on it and then click on the Meets thread, then click on "find your 2011 Magic cruise thread", scroll down and you will see the November 11th one and the 2nd one is the kids meet

Hi there everyone.

We will be joining you. We have three boys who will be 9, 7 & 3 at the time of the cruise. We will be having a week at WDW before the cruise.

I look forward to getting to know you all. :)

Welcome! Hope you have a great time on your 2 week adventure! :)



Wow dont check the thread for 2 days and then all of a sudden everybody posts!!! :lmao:

[TheM&MBoys]

Welcome aboard Jeanne!!! :welcome:

Read post 378 on page 26 to learn more about the Fist Extenders!! We've never done it before, but I'm thinking this would be something new and fun!! And my kids should be old enough to understand it and have fun with it!!!

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=32651483#post32651483

David

Thanks David! I guess we have plenty of time to organize the fish extenders.:rolleyes1 I am willing to help out.:thumbsup2

Jeanne

[Homemom]

Anybody else hoping they'll still be selling the new Dooney & Bourke purses on our cruise??? :lovestruc

[rescuetink]

Thanks David! I guess we have plenty of time to organize the fish extenders.:rolleyes1 I am willing to help out.:thumbsup2

Jeanne


Jeanne

I've never "organized", much less participated in one, but I say let's git it a whirll!!! :thumbsup2

Anyone else in?? It may be too soon to organize it, but I'll try to read up on other threads and see!!!

David

[rescuetink]

You can add my DW's best friend and her daughter, our god-daughter, to the list as they'll be sailing with us also!! :cheer2:

We're up to 8 now!! How many do we need for a group discount??? :lmao:

[hgon76]

Booked a "dummy date" onboard our last cruise (January 2010 Eastern) for Dec 2011 and just changed it to THIS cruise!:banana: Not completely sure we'll be able to keep this date or may have to change when 2012 dates come out, but for now we're very excited for a CC double dip!:love: We've done the Eastern twice and are really looking forward to a Western. Wasn't so fond of the Key West stop so really happy about the double dip possibility! It's me, DH, DS (will be 16) and DD (will be 9). Seems soooo far away right now. Was hoping to go in early 2011, but doing a BIG family trip to WDW in
Nov 2010 and it just wont be possible to do both:guilty:. Unless by some miracle I hit the lottery between now and then:rotfl:.

[rescuetink]

Anybody else hoping they'll still be selling the new Dooney & Bourke purses on our cruise??? :lovestruc

DON'T TELL MY DW ABOUT THIS PLEASE!!!!! :scared1:

Booked a "dummy date" onboard our last cruise (January 2010 Eastern) for Dec 2011 and just changed it to THIS cruise!:banana: Not completely sure we'll be able to keep this date or may have to change when 2012 dates come out, but for now we're very excited for a CC double dip!:love: We've done the Eastern twice and are really looking forward to a Western. Wasn't so fond of the Key West stop so really happy about the double dip possibility! It's me, DH, DS (will be 16) and DD (will be 9). Seems soooo far away right now. Was hoping to go in early 2011, but doing a BIG family trip to WDW in
Nov 2010 and it just wont be possible to do both:guilty:. Unless by some miracle I hit the lottery between now and then:rotfl:.

If you do hit the lottery can I be your new best friend??? :hug:
:lmao: :rotfl2: :laughing: :rotfl:

[i<3castawaycay123]

Anybody else hoping they'll still be selling the new Dooney & Bourke purses on our cruise??? :lovestruc

ME!!! But I am about to leave on a 4 day Wonder cruise so im excited to see them!

Welcome hgon76!!! So glad to see that you will be joining us! Can you belive we already have 5 pages on here!?!? And we still have over a year left before we leave!

[BabyBun]

Hi. Just registered on the boards. Last night we booked this cruise. Room 7003. It will be me (Lisa), DH (Paul), and DD (Kelly-she will be 16 at the time of the cruise). Looking forward to meeting all of you :)

[rescuetink]

Hi. Just registered on the boards. Last night we booked this cruise. Room 7003. It will be me (Lisa), DH (Paul), and DD (Kelly-she will be 16 at the time of the cruise). Looking forward to meeting all of you :)

:welcome: Aboard!!!!

[Homemom]

So I noticed DCL website finally shows this cruise as having 2 stops at CC! :cloud9:

[Homemom]

Almost cancelled this trip yesterday to book the cheaper kids sail free Mexican Riviera cruise, but in the end we decided we just couldn't give up 2 days at CC or a chance to sail on the Magic. Here's hoping they offer a discount for this cruise in the future.pixiedust:

[hgon76]

Almost cancelled this trip yesterday to book the cheaper kids sail free Mexican Riviera cruise, but in the end we decided we just couldn't give up 2 days at CC or a chance to sail on the Magic. Here's hoping they offer a discount for this cruise in the future.pixiedust:

was struggling with that myself. By the time i decided to go for it......the feb vacation cruise was sold out. Oh well!! Going to Disney world THIS Nov, so going on a cruise 3 months later just wouldn't have been right.:)

[lisalisalisa]

We saw Magic off from Dover (England) on 12th June. The boys were so excited to see her.

Here are my two big boys with Magic

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p199/lisahksmith/DSC_9508.jpg

[7DwarfsFanNY]

Hi,

Just found this cruise and we are aiming for this one. Just got back from the 5/30 Double Dip on the Wonder and it was Great! HOT but Great! We decided we all wanted to go back but would try a cooler time of year. We did mid Nov in 2007 for 4 days and the weather was very good but chilly on deck at night and the water was a bit shocking when you first got in. But it was perfect for us Northerners....

Mary Jo

[DisneyMissy318]

Just sent a note to our TA to rebook us for this cruise! A Double-Dip :cool1: Our plans changed for the Halloween Cruise we booked for this year - so this one sounds perfect! I'll be back after we are "confirmed"! Looking forward to meeting all of you and the fun plans!

[7DwarfsFanNY]

We are now booked on this cruise in two rooms:
Room 7004
2 of us ladies
Room 7006
3 of us ladies

No kids or husbands on this one!:banana:

[rescuetink]

Almost cancelled this trip yesterday to book the cheaper kids sail free Mexican Riviera cruise, but in the end we decided we just couldn't give up 2 days at CC or a chance to sail on the Magic. Here's hoping they offer a discount for this cruise in the future.pixiedust:

If you hear of any discounts keep us posted!!! :surfweb:

So are we going to do Fish Extenders for this cruise?? I've never done them on the previous 4 cruises we've been on, but with kids this sounds like a LOT of fun for them!!! :banana::yay:

Anyone on this cruise done them before to help get this going?? :confused3

[i<3castawaycay123]

Oh Wow! hey guys! sorry i havent been on in forever! this summer has been pretty busy.

Glad to see new posts with new people! :) and to see that nobody is leaving us! that would be sad.

Still so excited about this cruise! had a blast on the Wonder back in May. wish i could go back...

[DisneyMissy318]

Finally Booked!

We are officially booked for this cruise! So EXCITED! We are:

Kevin, Melissa (yours truly) and Madison who will be 13 1/2 when we cruise. Looking forward to getting to know all of you and joining in on the fun stuff I'm sure will be planned!

Can't wait for our first cruise!

Cabin #7122

[TheM&MBoys]

We are still on board! :thumbsup2

I hope everyone is having a great summer. :goodvibes It is flying by for us. We went out to California for two weeks and then just returned from a week at Myrtle Beach. :banana: It's been a really fun summer for us! School will be starting in a few weeks and then we will be back to the everyday grind. :scared1:

What have all of you been up to?

Jeanne :)

[tlynk]

Just got off the Key West 5 night Wonderful cruise! DH and I decided to book this one for our 20 year anniversary while on board! I'm super excited, but don't know if I can wait until November 2011!!! ;)

[jgillfamilymtairymd]

Don't know our stateroom number yet, but we are in...

OK, we just got off the Magic and rebooked for our 5th DCL - November 12, 2011!

Jocelyn on board told us that this will be the only seven day DOUBLE DIP at Castaway Cay! :cool1:

I'm going to attempt to start our cruise meets thread - so please give me a shout if you are booked for this cruise!

We are (ages during cruise):

Stateroom 6612
Missy (42)
DH - Greg (43)
DD - Chappel (16)
DD - Chloe (13)
DS - Cole (9)

Stateroom 6614
Dad - Elmer
Mom - Wilma

Stateroom 6610
SIL - Stefanie
BIL - Codi
DN - Anna Rae (6)

Can't wait to start putting more names on the list!!

If you do not see your name on the list, please let me know who is going with you and I will put it up as soon as I can. Thanks! :)

Here is the updated (as of 8/13/10) list:
TheM&MBoys:
Jeanne
DH: Jon
DS: Matthew (8)
DS: Michael (7)

AlexandMaddie:
Krista
Gerald
Alexandra (16) at time of sailing
Madeline (11) at time of sailing
Benjamin (9) at time of sailing

mickeymick1967:
Me-Jackie (Mom)
Harry- (Husband)
Daughter-Justine 13 (when we cruise)
Son-Braeden 9 (when we cruise)

rescuetink:
DH DW DS(6) DD (2)
MIL and her husband
DW's best friend and her daughter

davisdenyel:
me Denyel my dh Scott ds12 Brandon dd5 Julia and dd7 Hailey
mom Gwen her dh Shorty and my little sister Bethany
sister Candice and her dd Caidence

jenkh:
Room 6134
DD (26) - me
Dmom (50)

officereg:
Room 6111
Sara
DH-TJ
DS-Collin (13 at cruise time)
DD-Peyton (2 at cruise time)

lisalisalisa:
Lisa Andy Josh (9) Charlie (7) Zachary (3)

hgon76:
me, DH, DS (will be 16) and DD (will be 9)

babybun:
room 703
me (Lisa), DH (Paul), and DD (Kelly-she will be 16 at the time of the cruise)

7DwarfsFanNY:
Room 7000
2 of us ladies
Room 7002
3 of us ladies

DisneyMissy318:
Kevin, Melissa (yours truly) and Madison who will be 13 1/2
Cabin#7122

[briarwolf]

What exactly is one signing up for when they put their name in the hat for a "cruise meet"?

[Grandma4ever]

What exactly is one signing up for when they put their name in the hat for a "cruise meet"?

The cruise meet thread is a place where all the folks who are book on a cruise come together to plan joint activities and discuss excursion, as well as, answer other questions that might need answers.

A meet on a cruise is a time when those who want to physically meet up come to a pre-determine place at a pre-deteremined time. The typical is at about 3:30 on the 1st day of the cruise. You will meet up with folks that over time have begun to feel like friends.

I am not booked on this cruise but would love to be. A douple dip is the best. I hope this is the answer you were looking for.

[mistyandbenjamin]

So excited!

[disneydreamer82]

Hi guys!!! We just switched out our dates for this Magical Double Dip!:goodvibes Cannot wait!!! Only 398 days to go woohoo!!!!!!:cool1: It will be me (Holley) & my DH (Chris) in one cabin and then my very best friend Ashley (otherwise known as smashan on the DIS) in another cabin.:thumbsup2 Really looking forward to 2 days at CC!!!

[smashan]

Hi guys!!! We just switched out our dates for this Magical Double Dip!:goodvibes Cannot wait!!! Only 398 days to go woohoo!!!!!!:cool1: It will be me (Holley) & my DH (Chris) in one cabin and then my very best friend Ashley (otherwise known as smashan on the DIS) in another cabin.:thumbsup2 Really looking forward to 2 days at CC!!!



Hi everyone!! I'm Ashley I will be cruising with Holley and Chris!! :cool1: I'm super excited to be going on this cruise!! I can't wait to go to Mexico!!! :yay: This will be my very first cruise!!!! So I'm stoked!!!! :cool1: :cool1: :woohoo:

[disneydreamer82]

Hi everyone!! I'm Ashley I will be cruising with Holley and Chris!! :cool1: I'm super excited to be going on this cruise!! I can't wait to go to Mexico!!! :yay: This will be my very first cruise!!!! So I'm stoked!!!! :cool1: :cool1: :woohoo:

Hi Ash!!!! :wave: You are gonna LOVE Mexico and Grand Cayman, AND OF COURSE CASTAWAY CAY!!!! IT's the best and you'll get to see it TWICE!! Whoop Whoop!!!!!!!:banana::banana: It took me 2 cruises before I got to see it twice:lmao:

[smashan]

Hi Ash!!!! :wave: You are gonna LOVE Mexico and Grand Cayman, AND OF COURSE CASTAWAY CAY!!!! IT's the best and you'll get to see it TWICE!! Whoop Whoop!!!!!!!:banana::banana: It took me 2 cruises before I got to see it twice:lmao:

I know, I'm super excited!!!:cool1::cool1: I do a happy dance every time I think about our vaction!!!!
:banana::banana::banana:

I called mom last night and told her about Hurricane Puala and she started flipping out in a panic!! I started laughing :rotfl: and yelling "you're not listening to me, you're still going to get to go....just might be different ports". She seemed disappointed about not being able to go to Mexico but like you said, she will have a blast no matter what!! Still jealous, but I want my FIRST cruise to be with YOU!!!! :banana::cool1::banana::cool1::banana:

[disneydreamer82]

I know, I'm super excited!!!:cool1::cool1: I do a happy dance every time I think about our vaction!!!!
:banana::banana::banana:

I called mom last night and told her about Hurricane Puala and she started flipping out in a panic!! I started laughing :rotfl: and yelling "you're not listening to me, you're still going to get to go....just might be different ports". She seemed disappointed about not being able to go to Mexico but like you said, she will have a blast no matter what!! Still jealous, but I want my FIRST cruise to be with YOU!!!! :banana::cool1::banana::cool1::banana:

I'm jealous too about them leaving this weekend!:rolleyes1 But we'll be getting ready to leave before you know it!:wizard: I can't wait, it's going to be positiviely magical:tink: And I do a happy dance too:dancer:

Where the heck is everyone else atpopcorn:: Can't wait to chat with the rest of the group!:goodvibes

[disneydreamer82]

Bump! Anxious to meet some of you guys!!:goodvibes

[scottjm]

We just booked for East-West Caribbean B2B cruises! We were on the East Bound Trans-Atlantic (2nd time), but decided to stay in this hemisphere. We could not think of going for "only" 1 week, so are doing both! The thing is, the kids (DS13 and DD10 at that time) do not know that we have the 2nd cruise. That will be our surprise for them when we get back to port on 11/12.

There are four of us: myself, DW, DS13 and DD10 at the time of the cruise.

[scottjm]

Hi everyone!! I'm Ashley I will be cruising with Holley and Chris!! :cool1: I'm super excited to be going on this cruise!! I can't wait to go to Mexico!!! :yay: This will be my very first cruise!!!! So I'm stoked!!!! :cool1: :cool1: :woohoo:

You are going to LOVE DCL!

[kcb911]

I just paid the deposit for my family to be on this cruise! It's our first time on DCL, and only 2nd cruise ever. The 4 of us are:

Kristi (30 on Thursday!)
Jake (36)
Lauren *girl* (5 at time of sailing)
Lane *boy* (3 at time of sailing)

[disneydreamer82]

We just booked for East-West Caribbean B2B cruises! We were on the East Bound Trans-Atlantic (2nd time), but decided to stay in this hemisphere. We could not think of going for "only" 1 week, so are doing both! The thing is, the kids (DS13 and DD10 at that time) do not know that we have the 2nd cruise. That will be our surprise for them when we get back to port on 11/12.

There are four of us: myself, DW, DS13 and DD10 at the time of the cruise.


:welcome: Sooooo jealous! I wish we could do a B2B!! You're kids are gonna be so excited!!!:banana: Glad to have some more people!! Can't wait til it gets closer!!!

I just paid the deposit for my family to be on this cruise! It's our first time on DCL, and only 2nd cruise ever. The 4 of us are:

Kristi (30 on Thursday!)
Jake (36)
Lauren *girl* (5 at time of sailing)
Lane *boy* (3 at time of sailing)

You guys are gonna LOVE DCL!!! My best friend is also a first time disney cruiser, well this is her first cruise all together but same thing:goodvibes Your kids are going to be so excited and I imagine you guys will be too!

:welcome: to the Magical Double Dip Cruise you guys, it's gonna be so........Magical!:rotfl:

[japeer1980]

Hi Everyone!!! I'm not yet booked on this cruise, but it is my goal!!! We are cruising for the first time in December and I want to book this cruise onboard so I can get the 10% discount and hopefully a reduced deposit!!! I hope that there will still be rooms available!!!

[disneydreamer82]

Hi Everyone!!! I'm not yet booked on this cruise, but it is my goal!!! We are cruising for the first time in December and I want to book this cruise onboard so I can get the 10% discount and hopefully a reduced deposit!!! I hope that there will still be rooms available!!!

Hey!! :wave: Really hope you get to join us!:cool1: It's going to be awesome!:goodvibes You are going to LOVE your cruise in December!! We are going on our third in December, but it will be our first with Carnival, and I am super excited!:banana: There's just something about cruising that is addictive, I can't wait to hear how your first cruise was!

[Homemom]

One year to go!!! :cool1:

[disneydreamer82]

One year to go!!! :cool1:

Whoop Whoop!!!!!:banana::banana::cool1::woohoo::yay:

[disneydreamer82]

We just booked for East-West Caribbean B2B cruises! We were on the East Bound Trans-Atlantic (2nd time), but decided to stay in this hemisphere. We could not think of going for "only" 1 week, so are doing both! The thing is, the kids (DS13 and DD10 at that time) do not know that we have the 2nd cruise. That will be our surprise for them when we get back to port on 11/12.

There are four of us: myself, DW, DS13 and DD10 at the time of the cruise.

Just noticed you are from Raleigh, my DSis lives near by there, and we usually fly out of RDU :) It's much cheaper than flying from any of the local (very small:lmao: ) airports. :thumbsup2 Next year we are gonna head out of Richmond though, got a nice credit with Jetblue that I wanna utilize and we can fly direct to MCO from there whereas from RDU on Jetblue its a connecting flight:sad2: and I don't prefer connections on such short flights:goodvibes

[smashan]

Hello Holley!! In one week!! :banana: You will be on a boat getting ready to sail!! :cool1::cool1: I'm so jealous but so excited for you! I can't wait until we get to go on our cruise!!!:banana::yay::woohoo:

[disneydreamer82]

Hello Holley!! In one week!! :banana: You will be on a boat getting ready to sail!! :cool1::cool1: I'm so jealous but so excited for you! I can't wait until we get to go on our cruise!!!:banana::yay::woohoo:

:hug: You're the best Ash! I can't wait to go on your very first cruise with you it's going to be AWESOME!!!!:goodvibes

[japeer1980]

Okay so I didn't book on board and I am kicking myself!! Oh well I need to get over it. We are going on this cruise though. And I am very excited about it. I was torn between this one and a b2b on the dream. My kids are still pretty young, they will be 2.5 and 4.5 at the time of the cruise, so they won't care about being on a new ship. I think my husband is pretty bummed that we won't be going on the new ship, but with 2 stops at Castaway Cay and Grand Cayman and Cozumuel he can deal with it.

So we haven't booked yet, waiting on my TA to get back to me and I'm not going to put the deposit down until January anyways so it will be a couple weeks before it's official.

I noticed on the itinerary that the 1st day we are at castaway cay we need to be back on the boat by 2:30pm. Did anyone else notice this??? I wish we had a few extra hours there.

On the cruise will be me Jill (30) oh Gee I guess I will be 31 when we cruise!!!
DH Chris (33) Not a big Disney fan but a huge fan of his wife and kids having a good time!!!!
DD Emily (4.5)
DD Allison (2.5)

Obviously we do not have a room assignment yet as we are not booked!! We are very interested in doing the FE. I plan on upgrading our room at the port if rooms are available or doing it for the actual full price if the rooms start to disappear. I'm hoping I can do it at the port to save some money as that time of year it is not as crowded. Here's hoping:wizard:

Looking forward to hearing from others on this cruise!!!

[aseyrick]

Hi All!

We just got off from our 1st DCL cruise on 11/27 (7-night W. Caribb on Magic) & have already booked this cruise for next year. :banana: I've not had the chance to read all the posts but will soon. Just want to pop in and say a quick hello.

Our crew:
Todd (DH)
Annabel (me)
Baron (DS - will be 4)

Can't wait! Talk to you all real soon! :thumbsup2

[disneydreamer82]

Okay so I didn't book on board and I am kicking myself!! Oh well I need to get over it. We are going on this cruise though. And I am very excited about it. I was torn between this one and a b2b on the dream. My kids are still pretty young, they will be 2.5 and 4.5 at the time of the cruise, so they won't care about being on a new ship. I think my husband is pretty bummed that we won't be going on the new ship, but with 2 stops at Castaway Cay and Grand Cayman and Cozumuel he can deal with it.

So we haven't booked yet, waiting on my TA to get back to me and I'm not going to put the deposit down until January anyways so it will be a couple weeks before it's official.

I noticed on the itinerary that the 1st day we are at castaway cay we need to be back on the boat by 2:30pm. Did anyone else notice this??? I wish we had a few extra hours there.

On the cruise will be me Jill (30) oh Gee I guess I will be 31 when we cruise!!!
DH Chris (33) Not a big Disney fan but a huge fan of his wife and kids having a good time!!!!
DD Emily (4.5)
DD Allison (2.5)

Obviously we do not have a room assignment yet as we are not booked!! We are very interested in doing the FE. I plan on upgrading our room at the port if rooms are available or doing it for the actual full price if the rooms start to disappear. I'm hoping I can do it at the port to save some money as that time of year it is not as crowded. Here's hoping:wizard:

Looking forward to hearing from others on this cruise!!!

Hi Jill and :welcome: !!!! I also noticed that about our first stop at CC, but figured it was probably to just keep us on schedule for the rest of the week:goodvibes In any event, 2 stops there is one more than I have ever had so I'll take it!:cool1: My DH's name is Chris too and he will also be 33 when we sail, that's kinda cool! Anyways welcome to the group!!!!! This cruise is gonna be AWESOME!!!!!:woohoo::yay:

Hi All!

We just got off from our 1st DCL cruise on 11/27 (7-night W. Caribb on Magic) & have already booked this cruise for next year. :banana: I've not had the chance to read all the posts but will soon. Just want to pop in and say a quick hello.

Our crew:
Todd (DH)
Annabel (me)
Baron (DS - will be 4)

Can't wait! Talk to you all real soon! :thumbsup2

Welcome. welcome, welcome!!!!!! It's great to have you join us too!!! :banana: Don't worry about reading the posts, I think most of them are mine:rotfl::lmao: I'm so happy to have more people joining the group! We just got back from our first Carnival cruise, and although we had a really great time I missed the buildup of excitement from my fellow DIS'ers!!!!:grouphug: Can't wait to get to chat with you guys in the upcoming months! It's gonna be so magical!:goodvibes

[aseyrick]

Thanks, Disneydreamer! DH & I took a Carnival cruise pre-kid (seems forever ago) and had a ball too.

Re: the excitement - We booked our recent Magic cruise 3 1/2 months prior to sailing and had a hard time with all the anticipation/anxiety that came with waiting so long. Now that it's almost a year away, I don't know if I can stand it!!

Not sure if anyone noticed, but the price of our sailing doubled since we booked less than a week ago! They're charging $2059/pp for a std inside stateroom! Is this normal or will that price come down? It's more than double the price of the Thanksgiving holiday sailing! I'm sooo glad we booked when we did!! I guess it must be due to the double dip?? That's the reason why we booked. Since we've already been to Key West, Cozumel and Grand Cayman on previous vacations, we never got off on any port except for Castaway Cay and had such a blast that we were planning on booking a 5-nt Bahamas double dip until we discovered this 7-nt! Woo-hoo! Am sooooo excited!

I do apologize if this was brought up previously, but I would like to add our family to the FE list. We still are going through all the goodies we received and are amazed at the creativity of our cruisemates, so please count us in.

Thanks again ... talk to you all real soon!

[japeer1980]

We haven't booked yet and I just checked the rates this morning and they still are $839 for the adults for an inside room. I actually priced out this same cruise for 2010 and the prices for 10 were the same as 11. I'm planning on booking an inside room and then switching to the Florida rate if and when it becomes available. Then trying to upgrade at the port. This is not a popular time to sail and with the new ship I think a lot of people are either waiting for the fantasy or sailing on the dream. Which is good news for us!!! If for some reason the cruise starts to fill up, I will then change our ressie to the room type I want to be in!!! Is that super confusing or What!!! Is it November yet!!!!!

[aseyrick]

You're right. I've looking at cruise.com (because it's faster) and their rates are still showing the crazy high double price. Must be a glitch. Glad that it's still at a decent rate (and to hear that it'll be low season). :-)

[ruley3]

HELLLLLOOOO EVERYONE!!!!!!! I'm DSIS of Disneydreamer!!!!! I'm totally excited about this trip.... I love DD cruises!!!!! I love booking onboard and getting the credit!!!! :):thumbsup2

[disneydreamer82]

HELLLLLOOOO EVERYONE!!!!!!! I'm DSIS of Disneydreamer!!!!! I'm totally excited about this trip.... I love DD cruises!!!!! I love booking onboard and getting the credit!!!! :):thumbsup2

Well hellooooooooooooooooooooooooo DSis of mine!!!!!!!:wave: :wave: :wave: I'm so so so so so very excited to cruise with you again!!! As much fun as I had on my most recent trip I surely did miss you!!!:banana::yay::dance3::cool1:

[scarlett24]

We are happy to be joining you guys for the November 12, 2011 cruise. Our crew is Me- Mary, DH Jamie, DS James age 8, DD Sienna age 5 and DD Lilah age 2. This is our first cruise ever and we are really excited. We will be in 2 connecting Oceanview staterooms, room 2638 and 2640. I think I would like to be on a higher deck, but this was all they had left for Oceanview connecting rooms. We have the early dining scheduled. Can't wait, only 10 more months to obsess over this vacation here on the disboards.

[disneydreamer82]

We are happy to be joining you guys for the November 12, 2011 cruise. Our crew is Me- Mary, DH Jamie, DS James age 8, DD Sienna age 5 and DD Lilah age 2. This is our first cruise ever and we are really excited. We will be in 2 connecting Oceanview staterooms, room 2638 and 2640. I think I would like to be on a higher deck, but this was all they had left for Oceanview connecting rooms. We have the early dining scheduled. Can't wait, only 10 more months to obsess over this vacation here on the disboards.

:welcome: !!!!!!!Don't worry about being on a lower deck! On our last Disney cruise we were in cabin 2038 on deck 2 and LOVED it! I would be happy to end up there again, so no worries!:goodvibes You are gonna love cruising and so will your little ones:cool1::cool1:

[disneydreamer82]

Just wanted to pop on and say our cruise is officially THIS YEAR!!!!:cool1::banana::woohoo::yay::dance3: :cheer2:

[disneydreamer82]

Where the heck is everyone!:confused3

Hope our group starts to pick up in the excitement department soon :goodvibes I know it's still 305 days away but it'll be here before we know it!!!!:banana::cool1::woohoo:

[rescuetink]

WHEW!!! It's been awhile since I've been on the DIS!! :surfweb:

I was looking at flights and hotels tonight as we're planning on flying down on Friday and staying at a hotel and getting on board early this time!!! :yay:

I just booked the hotel, and it looks like Spirit Air has some reasonable prices, so that may be next!! :woohoo:

PS. Are we doing fish extenders on this trip? We've never done them, but we want to if it's being done!!!

[aseyrick]

Hi all!

Life's been nuts with the holidays and digging myself out of work. Just wanted to pop in and say hello and let everyone know that my in-laws, Pamela & Ted, are joining us on this cruise. They're in their own separate cabins and will likely pop in and introduce themselves shortly.

Hope everyone has a great week ahead!

[aseyrick]

BTW - I do hope we do FE's. We did it on our last cruise and it made it soooo much more exciting, just the anticipation of what will be waiting for us each time we go back to our stateroom!!

Disneydreamer - I just got my initial "welcome back" docs, so it gave me a small boost of excitement. Will do better at popping back in. I do feel like if I start getting myself all worked up, I may not make it 'til November!!

Oh, and, happy new year to everyone! :)

[disneydreamer82]

BTW - I do hope we do FE's. We did it on our last cruise and it made it soooo much more exciting, just the anticipation of what will be waiting for us each time we go back to our stateroom!!

Disneydreamer - I just got my initial "welcome back" docs, so it gave me a small boost of excitement. Will do better at popping back in. I do feel like if I start getting myself all worked up, I may not make it 'til November!!

Oh, and, happy new year to everyone! :)

How exciting about the docs! :goodvibes I know what ya mean about not making it til November :rotfl:


Holley

[officereg]

10 months from Wednesday, we will be setting sail! Super excited. :cool1:

[disneydreamer82]

10 months from Wednesday, we will be setting sail! Super excited. :cool1:

:cool1::banana::woohoo::yay::dance3::cheer2:

[aseyrick]

Wish were were on the cruise now. Our heater finally went out last night and the HVAC folks tell me "the part" is still not in. Luckily, there's heat on our 2nd floor where DS sleeps, but DH and I are huddled in our electric blanket turned to "10" and will sleep with wool hats (the Elmer Fudd type) on our head. Oh, and we're expecting about 4 inches of snow tonight. :scared1: Can someone pleeeez send over some heat??!!

Yes. 10 more months. 10 more months. 10 more months.

[7DwarfsFanNY]

We are getting together this weekend to scrap our last cruise(s) so we will be toasting the new one with anticiapation building. We have added a 6th to our crew now too! It will be here before we know it!:banana:

[disneydreamer82]

Wish were were on the cruise now. Our heater finally went out last night and the HVAC folks tell me "the part" is still not in. Luckily, there's heat on our 2nd floor where DS sleeps, but DH and I are huddled in our electric blanket turned to "10" and will sleep with wool hats (the Elmer Fudd type) on our head. Oh, and we're expecting about 4 inches of snow tonight. :scared1: Can someone pleeeez send over some heat??!!

Yes. 10 more months. 10 more months. 10 more months.

Oh no! That is terrible!:eek: Think warm thoughts! I hop eyou guys get the part you need ASAP!!:goodvibes

We are getting together this weekend to scrap our last cruise(s) so we will be toasting the new one with anticiapation building. We have added a 6th to our crew now too! It will be here before we know it!:banana:

What a neat way to get excited! And hooray for more people!!!!:thumbsup2

Less than 10 months to go!!!!:banana:

[DisneyStowAway]

Just reserved our room for this cruise on Friday -- SOOOO excited. Last cruise was same itinerary in 2009. I love Castaway Cay!!! Hello fellow cruisers!

[alexandmaddie]

We had to cancel this cruise because of school issues. Have a great cruise! :)

Krista

[disneydreamer82]

Just reserved our room for this cruise on Friday -- SOOOO excited. Last cruise was same itinerary in 2009. I love Castaway Cay!!! Hello fellow cruisers!

:welcome:!!!!!!! This is our first double dip, but our 3rd trip to GC and our 4th to Cozumel, super excited about the extra stop at CC!!!!:cool1:

We had to cancel this cruise because of school issues. Have a great cruise! :)

Krista

Awww!:sad1: Sorry to see ya go! Have a great cruise when ever you do get to go!:goodvibes

[aseyrick]

Welcome, Disneystowaway! I've not been here long but have enjoyed the company of the few who have popped in. I'm sure activity will continue to pick up as we near our date. In the meantime, welcome and glad you can join us!

Disneydreamer - thank you for the well wishes. We finally got heat after 2 days of frigid 15-degree weather. Of course, it's 45 degrees now that we have heat. With that said, I'm not going to complain. It's amazing what we take for granted, esp. when something like heat is gone for a day or 2. Brrrrr. How did those cavemen do it??

Hope you all have a great week!

[disneydreamer82]

Welcome, Disneystowaway! I've not been here long but have enjoyed the company of the few who have popped in. I'm sure activity will continue to pick up as we near our date. In the meantime, welcome and glad you can join us!

Disneydreamer - thank you for the well wishes. We finally got heat after 2 days of frigid 15-degree weather. Of course, it's 45 degrees now that we have heat. With that said, I'm not going to complain. It's amazing what we take for granted, esp. when something like heat is gone for a day or 2. Brrrrr. How did those cavemen do it??

Hope you all have a great week!

Hooray for heat!!! :cheer2: Just think in only 298 days (296 if you go down 2 days early ;) and 297 if you go down on Friday:rolleyes: ) and we'll all be basking in some lovely weather getting ready for our awesome Double Dip cruise!!!!:banana::banana::banana:

And I totally agree about taking things for granted, we lost power for not quite 2 days last summer/fall and it was miserable! But at least it wasn't winter when it happened, so no light and no AC but somehow we find a way to manage don't we:goodvibes

Can't wait til our trip!:woohoo:

[aseyrick]

Ok, we just got dumped with 10" of snow last night and expecting more tonight. I'm sooooo thankful we have heat!!! The cruise can't possibly come fast enough!

[splashmommy]

Just booked today!!!:woohoo:Looking forward to meeting everyone in November on the Magic. It will be me, my husband and our 9 year old son sailing. This is our fifth Disney cruise. :woohoo:

[ruley3]

Happy Friday everyone!!!!! Been a long week............. Wanted to let everyone know yesterday was Disneydreamer birthday!!!!! so hugs to her!!!!:cheer2::yay::woohoo::banana::cool1::bday::

[ruley3]

Just booked today!!!:woohoo:Looking forward to meeting everyone in November on the Magic. It will be me, my husband and our 9 year old son sailing. This is our fifth Disney cruise. :woohoo:



WELCOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:thumbsup2

[disneydreamer82]

Just booked today!!!:woohoo:Looking forward to meeting everyone in November on the Magic. It will be me, my husband and our 9 year old son sailing. This is our fifth Disney cruise. :woohoo:

:welcome:!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Friday everyone!!!!! Been a long week............. Wanted to let everyone know yesterday was Disneydreamer birthday!!!!! so hugs to her!!!!:cheer2::yay::woohoo::banana::cool1::bday::

Awwwww thanks big sis:hug:

[aseyrick]

Disneydreamer - happy belated birthday!!

[disneydreamer82]

Disneydreamer - happy belated birthday!!

Awww thank you!!!!:goodvibes Only 285 days to go!!!!:banana:

I also want to send well wishes to my DSIS and her DD3 who is having oral surgery today:sad1: Keep them in your thoughts and prayers please!:flower3:

[DindelsPA]

Hello!!! Wanted to jump in and join the thread of cruisers I'll be sailing with in about 287 days! LOL It will be myself Karen, DH Ed and DD Patricia (12 at sail time). We have some additional family that might be cruising with us but we'll add when certain. :)

[disneydreamer82]

Hello!!! Wanted to jump in and join the thread of cruisers I'll be sailing with in about 287 days! LOL It will be myself Karen, DH Ed and DD Patricia (12 at sail time). We have some additional family that might be cruising with us but we'll add when certain. :)


:welcome: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[aseyrick]

Welcome to both splashmommy & DindelsPA and your families!!

:welcome:

Here's some good vibes & well wishes to DSIS & DD! :flower3:

I feel like I'm back in Minnesota since all my posts have been about the weather ... we're expecting another snow dump this week. Keep your fingers crossed. I'm sooooooo glad we have HEAT! :lmao:

Have a great week, everyone!

[aseyrick]

Ok, can I tell everyone a secret? (I'm dying to tell somebody and will explode if I don't. I can't even tell my own mother because she'll likely slip.) My DH is turning 40 in July. I'm planning a big surprise party for him in late June when his best friend will be in town from Amsterdam, where he just relocated his family. I'm going to have DH unwrap a racing school baseball cap, look confused, and then run a video that shows his "ultimate middle-life crisis gift": a half-day session in a Formula 1 race car, Grand Prix-style, in Sonoma. I just got the package in the mail at my office on Friday, and I don't know how I can keep it a secret for 5 whole months! :scared1:

Ok, thank you all for letting me tell my secret ... and make sure I keep it all under wraps!! :) :thumbsup2

[aseyrick]

Sorry, 1 last post ... I got an auto email from a TA that said there's a Kids Sail Free special w/ DCL's Alaska cruise in May & June. Anyone hear about that? I did a KFO search, and nothing came up. Just curious.

[DindelsPA]

Sorry, 1 last post ... I got an auto email from a TA that said there's a Kids Sail Free special w/ DCL's Alaska cruise in May & June. Anyone hear about that? I did a KFO search, and nothing came up. Just curious.

Just did a quick search and found that it's only cruises that sail from May 3 to June 7. Could they have sold out that quickly? :confused3 UPDATED: Checked DCL's website and you need to book an oceanview or verandah to get that rate.

And I got a kick from your 'secret' post. Sounds just like me. :lmao: Cannot keep a secret if my life depended upon it. I try to tell our dogs to let off steam but it doesn't help. And DD seems sadly to be following in my footsteps. :rolleyes: What an AWESOME surprise for him! :cheer2:

Has anyone thought about updating the sailing list? I'm in for the FE! Our stateroom is #7631 and we have early dining. Cannot wait...it's been almost 5 years since we sailed on the Magic. :eek:

[DindelsPA]

:welcome: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks!!!:goodvibes

[~Brandy~]

Hello everyone!

We just put a deposit down last night for this cruise. It's our first on DCL and our first as a family (we did an adults only eastern Med on RCCL this past summer) so we are very excited. :goodvibes We are big WDW fans and DVC owners, so we are way overdue for a Disney cruise!

We're a family of four - I just turned 30, my husband will be 32, and our two kids Katie (will be 7) and Kieran (will be 6). The kids are VERY social so I expect that I'll have to drag them away from the kids clubs.

Brandy

[disneydreamer82]

Ok, can I tell everyone a secret? (I'm dying to tell somebody and will explode if I don't. I can't even tell my own mother because she'll likely slip.) My DH is turning 40 in July. I'm planning a big surprise party for him in late June when his best friend will be in town from Amsterdam, where he just relocated his family. I'm going to have DH unwrap a racing school baseball cap, look confused, and then run a video that shows his "ultimate middle-life crisis gift": a half-day session in a Formula 1 race car, Grand Prix-style, in Sonoma. I just got the package in the mail at my office on Friday, and I don't know how I can keep it a secret for 5 whole months! :scared1:

Ok, thank you all for letting me tell my secret ... and make sure I keep it all under wraps!! :) :thumbsup2

What an awesome surprise!!!:woohoo: And I had to laugh as well!:rotfl2:

Just did a quick search and found that it's only cruises that sail from May 3 to June 7. Could they have sold out that quickly? :confused3 UPDATED: Checked DCL's website and you need to book an oceanview or verandah to get that rate.

And I got a kick from your 'secret' post. Sounds just like me. :lmao: Cannot keep a secret if my life depended upon it. I try to tell our dogs to let off steam but it doesn't help. And DD seems sadly to be following in my footsteps. :rolleyes: What an AWESOME surprise for him! :cheer2:

Has anyone thought about updating the sailing list? I'm in for the FE! Our stateroom is #7631 and we have early dining. Cannot wait...it's been almost 5 years since we sailed on the Magic. :eek:

:lmao: About the dogs!!!! Feel free to update the sailing list, I don't think the person who originally posted it has been on in forever!:confused3 I would love for someone to take charge of all the fun stuff!!! I'm OCD about vacation planning but haven't ever been really involved in the FE's since we don't have children, so any volunteers would be AWESOME!!!!:banana:

Hello everyone!

We just put a deposit down last night for this cruise. It's our first on DCL and our first as a family (we did an adults only eastern Med on RCCL this past summer) so we are very excited. :goodvibes We are big WDW fans and DVC owners, so we are way overdue for a Disney cruise!

We're a family of four - I just turned 30, my husband will be 32, and our two kids Katie (will be 7) and Kieran (will be 6). The kids are VERY social so I expect that I'll have to drag them away from the kids clubs.

Brandy

:welcome:!!!! You guys are going to LOVE DCL!!! This is only our third with Disney and we don't even have kids:rotfl: There is something very special about cruising on Disney. My best friend is sailing with us this year (smashan aka Ashley) and it's her first cruise altogether and I am so excited for her to experience DCL! :yay: Only 283 days til we get to Florida!!

Speaking of Florida....;) Is anyone planning on coming down early? We are planning on flying in Thursday evening and staying at the Radisson for 2 nights, if anyone else is planning the same we should have a DIS meet by the pool, we did it on our last Disney cruise in 2009 and it was a blast!:goodvibes Just a thought! We got a pretty good rate at the Radisson using the friends and family code, saved us about $110!:cheer2:

[disneydreamer82]

Thanks!!!:goodvibes



:thumbsup2 The more the merrier for sure!!! I love my DIS family!:grouphug:

[DindelsPA]

:goodvibesI will be more than happy to re-organize the list of cruisers! As to FEs I'll do my best with that one as well. I've not 'headed up' such a thing before but have a few good fellow friends and DISers who I can turn to for advice. Sooo exciting! :goodvibes

[DindelsPA]

Hello everyone!

We just put a deposit down last night for this cruise. It's our first on DCL and our first as a family (we did an adults only eastern Med on RCCL this past summer) so we are very excited. :goodvibes We are big WDW fans and DVC owners, so we are way overdue for a Disney cruise!

We're a family of four - I just turned 30, my husband will be 32, and our two kids Katie (will be 7) and Kieran (will be 6). The kids are VERY social so I expect that I'll have to drag them away from the kids clubs.

Brandy

:welcome: You are in for one of the best vacations you can ever take! I can practically guarantee that you are going to be a DCL addict!!!

[disneydreamer82]

:goodvibesI will be more than happy to re-organize the list of cruisers! As to FEs I'll do my best with that one as well. I've not 'headed up' such a thing before but have a few good fellow friends and DISers who I can turn to for advice. Sooo exciting! :goodvibes

Hooray!!!!!:worship: Thanks so much for offering to do that!!!!:hug:

I'll save you a bit of back-searching ;) We don't have cabin numbers as of yet but right now we will be 5 cabins:
My DSis ruley3 will likely be the only participant in the FE's as she is the only one traveling with children:)

Cabin 1
Me(Holley)
DH (Chris).

Cabin 2 & 3
Ruley3 is my DSis and as of now has 2 cabins consisting of:
Her(April)
DH (Robert)
DS16 (Layne)
DS7 (Lance)
DD4 (Layla)
She will most likely be participating in the FE's and will pop on and confirm this soon I am sure:rolleyes:

Cabin 4
smashan (Ashley) is my very dear friend and will be traveling solo so just her in a cabin

Cabin 5
Tentatively my Dad & stepmother may also be cruising with us and maybe my other DSis Sarah, won't know for sure about those 3 for a while still so you can include them or not no biggie either way:thumbsup2

All I know is I am going FOR SURE!:rotfl2:

Thanks again for volunteering!!!!!!:goodvibes:flower3:

[DindelsPA]

Happy February!!! Hope Pux Phil can see something tomorrow! :rotfl:

Working on the updated "Roll Call" for everyone. Feel free to either PM or post dining times too if you wish. If you really want to do the FEs I MUST have the stateroom #s too. As to the FEs...it's not just for kids. The adults seem to have a lot of fun with it too. Or if the FEs don't work we could always do a Secret Mickey. (Just think Santa with a wizard hat and big black ears.)

Hope all are warm and safe! :grouphug:

[aseyrick]

Karen - thank you soooo much for organizing the FE list!! :worship: Am PM'ing you now ...

Brandy - :welcome: Welcome aboard! I agree w/ Holly, you & your family are in for a treat!!

Holly - Wish we could join you early, but w/ a will-be-4 yo in tow, the less travel scramble we do, the better, so we'll be flying out the day of. I know. We like to walk on the wild side. :) :banana:

This is my last weather update ... blizzard, white-out conditions in the Midwest ... but, I got to stay at home w/ the fam. Nice trade-off. :thumbsup2

[DindelsPA]

WHEW!!! It's been awhile since I've been on the DIS!! :surfweb:

I was looking at flights and hotels tonight as we're planning on flying down on Friday and staying at a hotel and getting on board early this time!!! :yay:

I just booked the hotel, and it looks like Spirit Air has some reasonable prices, so that may be next!! :woohoo:

PS. Are we doing fish extenders on this trip? We've never done them, but we want to if it's being done!!!

Have you thought about AirTran? I've found them to be cheaper in the past with better service. JetBlue is another good way to go too. And even if their fare is a little more $ it usually includes one checked bag. :thumbsup2

[DindelsPA]

:cool1: Here's the list of cruisers as best as I can make out. If no stateroom number was known or posted then I put a ???? there. Please let me know if you want to participate in the FEs :flower3: or the Gift Exchange :wave2: and I'll mark it by your DIS username. Remember: it's NOT just for kids! I realize some have already 'signed up' to participate but I want to be sure. :goodvibes

:flower3: FE Participant
Not handy with a needle and thread? Check out this thread (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=30302583&postcount=609) for instructions on how to make a no-sew Fish Extender.
:wave2: Gift exchange / Meet & Greet: Info can be found here (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=39820814&postcount=162).

Headrickx5:
#6612: Missy, Greg, DD16 - Chappel DIS: i<3castawaycay123, DD13 Chloe, DS9 Cole
#6614: Wilmer, Elmer (Mom and Dad of Headrickx5)
#6610: Stefanie, Codi and DD6 Anna Rae (SIL, BIL and DN of Headrickx5)

TheM&MBoys:
:flower3: #5520: Jeanne, Jon, DS8 Matthew, DS7 Michael

mickeymick1967:
#6542: Jackie, Harry, DD13 Justine DS9 Braeden 9

rescuetink:
:flower3: #2094 and 2096: David, DW, DS(6), DD (2)
#2092: MIL and her husband
????: DW's best friend and her daughter

davisdenyel:
#5129 and 5131: Denyel, Scott, DS12 Brandon, DD7 Hailey, DD5 Julia
#5127: DMom Gwen, DH Shorty and DSis10 Bethany
#5139: DSis Candice and her DD6 Caidence

jenkh:
#6134: Jen, DMom

officereg:
#6111: Sara, TJ, DS13 Collin, DD2 Peyton

lisalisalisa:
:flower3: ????: Lisa, Andy, DS9 Josh, DS7 Charlie, DS3 Zachary

babybun:
#7003: Lisa, Paul, DD16 Kelly

7DwarfsFanNY:
#7004: MaryJo, DF
#7006: DF, DF, DF

DisneyMissy318:
#7122: Melissa, Kevin, DD13.5 Madison

Homemom:
????: DW, DH and DD

Tlynk:
????: DW and DH

Jgillfamilymtairymd:
????: Jim, Maureen, Griffin, Teaghan

:wave2: Disneydreamer82:
????: Holley and DH Chris
????: DDad, DStep, DSis Sarah

:flower3: Ruley3: (DSis of Disneydreamer82 aka Holley)
???? and ????: April , Robert, DS16 Layne, DS7 Lance, DD4 Layla

Smashan: (BF of Disneydreamer82 aka Holley)
????: Ashley

Scottjm:
????: DH, DW, DS13, DD10

KCB911:
????: Kristi, Jake, DD5 Lauren, DS3 Lane

Japeer1980:
:flower3: ????: Jill 30, Chris, DD4.5 Emily, DD2.5 Allison

:wave2: Aseyrick:
:flower3: 1076: Annabel, Todd, DS4 Baron

Scarlett24:
#2638 and 2640: Mary, Jamie, DS8 James, DD5 Sienna, DD2 Lilah

Disneystowaway:
????: ??

Splashmommy:
2116: DW, DH and DS9

~Brandy~:
????: Brandy, Brad, DD7 Katie, DD Kieran 6

LindaBabe:
7063: Linda, Bruce

:wave2: DindelsPA:
:flower3: #7631: Karen, Ed, DD12.5 Patricia
:flower3: #7629: Missy, Danielle (DStepDs of DindelsPA)

[officereg]

officereg:
#6111: Sara, TJ, DS13 Collin, DD2 Peyton



We changed our cabin assignment. (but I am at work and do not have it with me):confused:

[DindelsPA]

We changed our cabin assignment. (but I am at work and do not have it with me):confused:

It's okay. Let me know the update when you can as well as your dining time. Also, do you want to participate in FEs? :)

[disneydreamer82]

:cool1: Here's the list of cruisers as best as I can make out. If no stateroom number was known or posted then I put a ???? there. Please let me know if you want to participate in the FEs and I'll place a :flower3: by your DIS username. Remember: it's NOT just for kids! I realize some have already 'signed up' to participate but I want to be sure. :goodvibes:

Your rock!!!!:banana::banana::banana: All of our travel party will have late dining (ruley3, smashan, and the rest of the clan:rotfl: ) As for our cabin assignments, we all have GTY's booked so we will not know our actual cabin numbers til about a month out, if that soon:goodvibes That won't be an issue for my DSis with the FE's will it:confused: Anyway thank you so much for taking charge of it!:thumbsup2

What about a DIS meet? On our last cruise we had one in the Promenade lounge at 3:00pm and did a gift exchange, which I thought was really neat. :yay: All we did was whoever wanted to participate in the gift part just brought a little something from where they were from to represent their hometown/state, and we wrote down the names of who brought something and then drew names, that way everyone who brought a gift received one as well and there was no pressure to participate in that part of the meet, it was just some added fun:thumbsup2 What do you guys think of that? I would be happy to organize that if everyone would be interested in at least a meet & greet, the gift exchange would be a total bonus:goodvibes It was nice to meet everyone and chat for a bit before the muster drill and sail-away, let me know, as I said I would be more than happy to take care of that:woohoo: Only 280 days til we leave for Florida!!!!:cheer2:

Karen - thank you soooo much for organizing the FE list!! :worship: Am PM'ing you now ...

Brandy - :welcome: Welcome aboard! I agree w/ Holley, you & your family are in for a treat!!

Holley - Wish we could join you early, but w/ a will-be-4 yo in tow, the less travel scramble we do, the better, so we'll be flying out the day of. I know. We like to walk on the wild side. :) :banana:

This is my last weather update ... blizzard, white-out conditions in the Midwest ... but, I got to stay at home w/ the fam. Nice trade-off. :thumbsup2

Completely understand and :scared1: about the blizzard!!! Send me some snow!:rotfl2:

[disneydreamer82]

Did I mention it's only 282 days til we actually cruise!!!!:cool1::banana::woohoo::yay::dance3: :cheer2:

[splashmommy]

:cool1: Here's the list of cruisers as best as I can make out. If no stateroom number was known or posted then I put a ???? there. Please let me know if you want to participate in the FEs and I'll place a :flower3: by your DIS username. Remember: it's NOT just for kids! I realize some have already 'signed up' to participate but I want to be sure. :goodvibes


Headrickx5:
#6612: Missy, Greg, DD16 - Chappel DIS: i<3castawaycay123, DD13 Chloe, DS9 Cole
#6614: Wilmer, Elmer (Mom and Dad of Headrickx5)
#6610: Stefanie, Codi and DD6 Anna Rae (SIL, BIL and DN of Headrickx5)

TheM&MBoys:
:flower3: #5520: Jeanne, Jon, DS8 Matthew, DS7 Michael

mickeymick1967:
#6542: Jackie, Harry, DD13 Justine DS9 Braeden 9

rescuetink:
:flower3: #2094 and 2096: David, DW, DS(6), DD (2)
#2092: MIL and her husband
????: DW's best friend and her daughter

davisdenyel:
#5129 and 5131: Denyel, Scott, DS12 Brandon, DD7 Hailey, DD5 Julia
#5127: DMom Gwen, DH Shorty and DSis10 Bethany
#5139: DSis Candice and her DD6 Caidence

jenkh:
#6134: Jen, DMom

officereg:
#6111: Sara, TJ, DS13 Collin, DD2 Peyton

lisalisalisa:
:flower3: ????: Lisa, Andy, DS9 Josh, DS7 Charlie, DS3 Zachary

babybun:
#7003: Lisa, Paul, DD16 Kelly

7DwarfsFanNY:
#7004: MaryJo, DF
#7006: DF, DF, DF

DisneyMissy318:
#7122: Melissa, Kevin, DD13.5 Madison

Homemom:
????: DW, DH and DD

Tlynk:
????: DW and DH

Jgillfamilymtairymd:
????: Jim, Maureen, Griffin, Teaghan

Disneydreamer82:
????: Holley and DH Chris
????: DDad, DStep, DSis Sarah

:flower3: Ruley3: (DSis of Disneydreamer82 aka Holley)
???? and ????: April , Robert, DS16 Layne, DS7 Lance, DD4 Layla

Smashan: (BF of Disneydreamer82 aka Holley)
????: Ashley

Scottjm:
????: DH, DW, DS13, DD10

KCB911:
????: Kristi, Jake, DD5 Lauren, DS3 Lane

Japeer1980:
:flower3: ????: Jill 30, Chris, DD4.5 Emily, DD2.5 Allison

Aseyrick:
:flower3: ????: Annabel, Todd, DS4 Baron

Scarlett24:
#2638 and 2640: Mary, Jamie, DS8 James, DD5 Sienna, DD2 Lilah

Disneystowaway:
????: ??

Splashmommy:
????: DW, DH and DS9

~Brandy~:
????: Brandy, DH, DD7 Katie, DD Kieran 6

DindelsPA:
:flower3: #7631: Karen, Ed, DD12.5 Patricia
:flower3: #7629: Missy, Danielle (DStepDs of DindelsPA)

Splashmommy cabin #2116

[~Brandy~]

We'll be in 7537, and my husband's name is Brad.

My husband is an airline employee, so if they come out with an interline rate for this cruise, we might be able to upgrade... fingers crossed!

[disneydreamer82]

We'll be in 7537, and my husband's name is Brad.

My husband is an airline employee, so if they come out with an interline rate for this cruise, we might be able to upgrade... fingers crossed!

I'll keep mine crossed for ya!:thumbsup2

[aseyrick]

Holly - the Cruise Meet gift swap sounds great! We had a cruise meet on our last cruise and it was a little awkward to go up to strangers and say "Hi! I'm so and so - uh ... are you with us?" The gift swap would be a great ice breaker!

[disneydreamer82]

Holly - the Cruise Meet gift swap sounds great! We had a cruise meet on our last cruise and it was a little awkward to go up to strangers and say "Hi! I'm so and so - uh ... are you with us?" The gift swap would be a great ice breaker!

It was ALOT of fun!!!! My DSis (ruley3) was more involved with it than I was then, but I know she would be more than happy to help teach me some of her tricks:cloud9: It really was a blast!!!:cool1: I hope others are interested in it as well, it was really neat to see what people brought from where they lived! I do recommend it be just a simple gift, it wasn't really about what you brought, it was just a really fun way to get to know each other:flower3:I also suggest that you pack it in your carry-on since you never know when you will get your luggage!:rolleyes:

Holley

[LindaBabe]

Hi all!

My husband and I are joining your happy band! I booked on the Panama Canal Cruise

Info:
Room 7063 Linda (63) Bruce (63)

Two cabins of friends will be joining us - as soon as they sign up ;)

IS there a list of DIS activities anywhere? Didn't see it on the first page.

Happy Day, all!

[LindaBabe]

We just booked for East-West Caribbean B2B cruises! We were on the East Bound Trans-Atlantic (2nd time), but decided to stay in this hemisphere. We could not think of going for "only" 1 week, so are doing both! The thing is, the kids (DS13 and DD10 at that time) do not know that we have the 2nd cruise. That will be our surprise for them when we get back to port on 11/12.

There are four of us: myself, DW, DS13 and DD10 at the time of the cruise.

We did a B2B Eastern/Western in 2008. It was WONDERFUL! I just got off the 15 day Panama Canal Cruise and signed up for the 14 day Westbound TA. Y'all KNOW I wish this was a B2B cruise too!

Okay so I didn't book on board and I am kicking myself!! Oh well I need to get over it. We are going on this cruise though. And I am very excited about it. I was torn between this one and a b2b on the dream. My kids are still pretty young, they will be 2.5 and 4.5 at the time of the cruise, so they won't care about being on a new ship. I think my husband is pretty bummed that we won't be going on the new ship, but with 2 stops at Castaway Cay and Grand Cayman and Cozumuel he can deal with it.

So we haven't booked yet, waiting on my TA to get back to me and I'm not going to put the deposit down until January anyways so it will be a couple weeks before it's official.

I noticed on the itinerary that the 1st day we are at castaway cay we need to be back on the boat by 2:30pm. Did anyone else notice this??? I wish we had a few extra hours there.

On the cruise will be me Jill (30) oh Gee I guess I will be 31 when we cruise!!!
DH Chris (33) Not a big Disney fan but a huge fan of his wife and kids having a good time!!!!
DD Emily (4.5)
DD Allison (2.5)

Obviously we do not have a room assignment yet as we are not booked!! We are very interested in doing the FE. I plan on upgrading our room at the port if rooms are available or doing it for the actual full price if the rooms start to disappear. I'm hoping I can do it at the port to save some money as that time of year it is not as crowded. Here's hoping:wizard:

Looking forward to hearing from others on this cruise!!!

My guess is the 2:30 on board time has to do with the distance to Grand Cayman. Key west is a few hours closer to GC hence the earlier departure from Castaway Cay.

Has anyone thought about updating the sailing list? I'm in for the FE! Our stateroom is #7631 and we have early dining. Cannot wait...it's been almost 5 years since we sailed on the Magic. :eek:


If the original poster is no longer visiting this thread, no one can update that post (except possibly a moderater, who of course won't have the time). We'd have to have a new thread started by someone who is committed to maintaining the first post.

FE and Gift exchange will need a volunteer each to keep the list of participants / set the groundrules.

BTW, does anyone speak Spanish? One family of my friends and the husband of the other family are native Spanish speakers.

[aseyrick]

LindaBabe - Welcome!

And to your question re: Spanish, muy poquito aqui. :)

[DindelsPA]

Hi all!

My husband and I are joining your happy band! I booked on the Panama Canal Cruise

Info:
Room 7063 Linda (63) Bruce (63)

Two cabins of friends will be joining us - as soon as they sign up ;)

IS there a list of DIS activities anywhere? Didn't see it on the first page.

Happy Day, all!

:welcome:
Glad to have you join us!!! :)
I believe the OP of the thread is still 'with us' but hasn't been around for quite some time. I reorganized the "Roll Call" and it can be found on post #146 http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=39789596&postcount=146

For the time being, a :flower3: next to the ID means participating in FEs. I loooove Holley's idea about a meet at the Promenade for a gift exchange as well. Will use a :wave2: to mark those participants.

[disneydreamer82]

Hi all!

My husband and I are joining your happy band! I booked on the Panama Canal Cruise

Info:
Room 7063 Linda (63) Bruce (63)

Two cabins of friends will be joining us - as soon as they sign up ;)

IS there a list of DIS activities anywhere? Didn't see it on the first page.

Happy Day, all!

:welcome: from us as well!!:goodvibes

:welcome:
Glad to have you join us!!! :)
I believe the OP of the thread is still 'with us' but hasn't been around for quite some time. I reorganized the "Roll Call" and it can be found on post #146 http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=39789596&postcount=146

For the time being, a :flower3: next to the ID means participating in FEs. I loooove Holley's idea about a meet at the Promenade for a gift exchange as well. Will use a :wave2: to mark those participants.

Awesome!!!!:woohoo: Just remember everyone is more than welcome to come even if you don't want to participate in the gift exchange, it's still a great way to meet everyone from our group!!:goodvibes

[DindelsPA]

:wave2: Hope all have survived Mother Nature's most recent gift of weather relatively unscathed. LOL My obsessive / compulsive organizing self had a couple of thoughts to share. Let me know what you think:

1. I will be more than happy to maintain the roll call I started in post #146 (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=39789596&postcount=146). With each new member to the thread I will point them there for the info. As we outline activites, meets, exchanges etc. I will update that post with links to the others. Follow me?

2. If your stateroom is GTY and you want to participate in the FEs do not worry about it. The FE Coordinator will maintain a list of changes / assignments on their stateroom door. At some point I will type out the 'groundrules' and such of the FEs for review / revision and link to it on the Roll Call post.

3. I do believe Holley, Disneydreamer82, agreed to do the organizing and such for the Gift Exchange. :worship: Holley, if you want to post a message with a description / rules / suggestions I will link to it from the Roll Call.


Although this will be my 6th cruise with DCL all of this is new to me. Please be patient and offer advice, help, suggestions, etc. :goodvibes

[disneydreamer82]

Gift Exchange Info:cool1:

Meet & Greet in the Promenade Lounge Deck 3 at 3:00pm on Embarkation Day!!!!

We will meet in the Promenade Lounge at 3:00pm before the muster drill and sail-away to get to know one another briefly, put names to faces, and for those of you who would like to participate, we will also have a gift exchange!:goodvibes

Here's how it works:

Each family will bring a small gift to represent the area they are from, aka their hometown/state;) For example you could bring something from a local store like maybe a trinket from an artist in your hometown or if you are into sports bring something to represent your favorite home team. Last cruise on DCL, the gift I received was from a very sweet lady from Texas, she brought some local spices & coffee, along with a little Texas BBQ cookbook. It was really cool! :banana: It's just a simple gift nothing extravagant, that is unless you wanna give me a free cruise:lmao:

No seriously just something light and fun. :flower3:

At the meet & greet, I will have name-tags to hand out where we will put our DIS name along with our real name, so that we can identify one another easily:goodvibes Then for each person or family who has brought a gift, when you come in find me, I will be handing out some lei's & up at the bar looking like I am in charge:rolleyes1: Also I'll be wearing a name-tag:rotfl2: At that point I'll write down your name & put it into a bowl/hat for the drawing part. I will also jot your name down on a list of who is actually participating in the exchange. That way everyone who brings a gift will receive one in return:) You hang onto your gift and have a seat, get to know some other people, have a drink, just relax:goodvibes

Around 3:30pm, which should give everyone enough time to mosey on down, we will begin the exchange:yay: I will call a name from the list and that person will come up pull a name from the drawing pool and exchange gifts with the person whose name they have drawn. :thumbsup2

Very simple lots of fun and it ensures that each person who brings shall receive:grouphug: And no one is pressured into bringing something, it's completely up to each family, but please do come and hang out with us either way!!!party:

Can't wait! It's gonna be sooooo much fun!!:hyper:

[disneydreamer82]

I hope that makes sense!!!:goodvibes If anyone doesn't follow please don't hesitate to ask questions or offer suggestions:)

[DindelsPA]

I hope that makes sense!!!:goodvibes If anyone doesn't follow please don't hesitate to ask questions or offer suggestions:)

:thumbsup2 Awesome job! :thumbsup2

[DindelsPA]

We'll be in 7537, and my husband's name is Brad.

My husband is an airline employee, so if they come out with an interline rate for this cruise, we might be able to upgrade... fingers crossed!

Sending good thoughts your way that things fall into place for the perfect vacation! :goodvibes

[DindelsPA]

Check out this thread (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=30302583&postcount=609)if you want to make a FE but don't know how to sew. :thumbsup2

Also added the link on the Roll Call page.

[aseyrick]

Gift Exchange Info:cool1:

2 Enthusiastic thumbs up!! :thumbsup2 I already know what to bring. Can it be a little funny too? (as long as it still represents our hometown)? :dance3:

BTW - happy Friday, everyone! :woohoo:

[jenkh]

what a nice treat to see everything getting all official. Cannot wait :cool1:

[officereg]

:cool1: It is official ~ Cruise is paid in FULL :woohoo:

Gift exchange and FE sounds very neat. I cannot commit yet, but will certainly be following on this thread. I will let everyone know as soon as possible. We are traveling with 3 other families, and I do not want to impede on their plans.

Has anyone who is flying booked your flight yet? I am not sure if I want to book now, or chance it until SouthWest opens their flights for November.:confused3

[disneydreamer82]

:thumbsup2 Awesome job! :thumbsup2

Thanks!!!:goodvibes

2 Enthusiastic thumbs up!! :thumbsup2 I already know what to bring. Can it be a little funny too? (as long as it still represents our hometown)? :dance3:

BTW - happy Friday, everyone! :woohoo:

Absolutely!!!! It can be funny or strange or whatever you want it to be! Let your personality shine!!!:thumbsup2

:cool1: It is official ~ Cruise is paid in FULL :woohoo:

Gift exchange and FE sounds very neat. I cannot commit yet, but will certainly be following on this thread. I will let everyone know as soon as possible. We are traveling with 3 other families, and I do not want to impede on their plans.

Has anyone who is flying booked your flight yet? I am not sure if I want to book now, or chance it until SouthWest opens their flights for November.:confused3

Woohoo!!!:woohoo: We are debating whether to drive down and fly home or just fly roundtrip. In any event we haven't purchased our airline tix yet, but will as soon as we can:yay:

[LindaBabe]

Good Job DDreamer and DinDelPA! You've got us on a roll.

DinDel, did you know you can put a link to that post in your signiture so you wouldn't have to keep reposting it?

If someone knows the OP (Headricks5) personally - perhaps a gentle hint to revisit this thread would be in order?

[disneydreamer82]

what a nice treat to see everything getting all official. Cannot wait :cool1:

I know, it makes it so much more real:cool1::cool1: And all that much closer!!!! I cannot wait either!!:banana:

Good Job DDreamer and DinDelPA! You've got us on a roll.

DinDel, did you know you can put a link to that post in your signiture so you wouldn't have to keep reposting it?

If someone knows the OP (Headricks5) personally - perhaps a gentle hint to revisit this thread would be in order?

Thank you!!!:goodvibes

[aseyrick]

officereg - We're waiting for SWA to come out w/ their flights for Nov. Generally, the initial rates are super low. Plus, you can't beat a direct flight that lets you bring 2 suitcases for free! :)

[aseyrick]

Not DCL related, but thought I'd share it w/ everyone. We just found this website a couple of days ago ... http://www.adoptaussoldier.org/ Talk about a tear-jerker. Anyway, we just adopted our 1st soldier, a 19-yr old Specialist in Afghanistan! Very cool.

[disneydreamer82]

Not DCL related, but thought I'd share it w/ everyone. We just found this website a couple of days ago ... http://www.adoptaussoldier.org/ Talk about a tear-jerker. Anyway, we just adopted our 1st soldier, a 19-yr old Specialist in Afghanistan! Very cool.

How awesome!!:thumbsup2

[LindaBabe]

Hello everyone!

Just a wee bump back to the top!

[disneydreamer82]

Hello everyone!

Just a wee bump back to the top!

:banana::banana::banana:

[scottjm]

what a nice treat to see everything getting all official. Cannot wait :cool1:

OK, I know it is still (sigh) 9 months away, but I am really getting ready to get ready for this. We have taken spring cruises for the past 3 years, so it just seems like the season. I will se SO ready come November!

[disneydreamer82]

OK, I know it is still (sigh) 9 months away, but I am really getting ready to get ready for this. We have taken spring cruises for the past 3 years, so it just seems like the season. I will se SO ready come November!

It will be less than 9 months in about 5 days!:lmao:

[LindaBabe]

Another wee bump, just so's we're not forgotten!

[disneydreamer82]

Another wee bump, just so's we're not forgotten!

Man oh man I sooooooo need this trip!!!!:upsidedow And soon!!!!!!:dance3:

[aseyrick]

It will be less than 9 months in about 5 days!:lmao:

I like the way you think!! :thumbsup2

[disneydreamer82]

I like the way you think!! :thumbsup2

:rotfl: Only 4 days til we are under 9 months to go;)

[LindaBabe]

Temperature is dropping like a rock and the wind is blowing a gale. . . Is it NOVember yet?

[Homemom]

:cool1: Here's the list of cruisers as best as I can make out. If no stateroom number was known or posted then I put a ???? there. Please let me know if you want to participate in the FEs :flower3: or the Gift Exchange :wave2: and I'll mark it by your DIS username. Remember: it's NOT just for kids! I realize some have already 'signed up' to participate but I want to be sure. :goodvibes

:flower3: FE Participant
Not handy with a needle and thread? Check out this thread (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=30302583&postcount=609) for instructions on how to make a no-sew Fish Extender.
:wave2: Gift exchange / Meet & Greet: Info can be found here (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=39820814&postcount=162).

Headrickx5:
#6612: Missy, Greg, DD16 - Chappel DIS: i<3castawaycay123, DD13 Chloe, DS9 Cole
#6614: Wilmer, Elmer (Mom and Dad of Headrickx5)
#6610: Stefanie, Codi and DD6 Anna Rae (SIL, BIL and DN of Headrickx5)

TheM&MBoys:
:flower3: #5520: Jeanne, Jon, DS8 Matthew, DS7 Michael

mickeymick1967:
#6542: Jackie, Harry, DD13 Justine DS9 Braeden 9

rescuetink:
:flower3: #2094 and 2096: David, DW, DS(6), DD (2)
#2092: MIL and her husband
????: DW's best friend and her daughter

davisdenyel:
#5129 and 5131: Denyel, Scott, DS12 Brandon, DD7 Hailey, DD5 Julia
#5127: DMom Gwen, DH Shorty and DSis10 Bethany
#5139: DSis Candice and her DD6 Caidence

jenkh:
#6134: Jen, DMom

officereg:
#6111: Sara, TJ, DS13 Collin, DD2 Peyton

lisalisalisa:
:flower3: ????: Lisa, Andy, DS9 Josh, DS7 Charlie, DS3 Zachary

babybun:
#7003: Lisa, Paul, DD16 Kelly

7DwarfsFanNY:
#7004: MaryJo, DF
#7006: DF, DF, DF

DisneyMissy318:
#7122: Melissa, Kevin, DD13.5 Madison

Homemom:
????: DW, DH and DD
Tlynk:
????: DW and DH

Jgillfamilymtairymd:
????: Jim, Maureen, Griffin, Teaghan

:wave2: Disneydreamer82:
????: Holley and DH Chris
????: DDad, DStep, DSis Sarah

:flower3: Ruley3: (DSis of Disneydreamer82 aka Holley)
???? and ????: April , Robert, DS16 Layne, DS7 Lance, DD4 Layla

Smashan: (BF of Disneydreamer82 aka Holley)
????: Ashley

Scottjm:
????: DH, DW, DS13, DD10

KCB911:
????: Kristi, Jake, DD5 Lauren, DS3 Lane

Japeer1980:
:flower3: ????: Jill 30, Chris, DD4.5 Emily, DD2.5 Allison

:wave2: Aseyrick:
:flower3: 1076: Annabel, Todd, DS4 Baron

Scarlett24:
#2638 and 2640: Mary, Jamie, DS8 James, DD5 Sienna, DD2 Lilah

Disneystowaway:
????: ??

Splashmommy:
2116: DW, DH and DS9

~Brandy~:
????: Brandy, Brad, DD7 Katie, DD Kieran 6

LindaBabe:
7063: Linda, Bruce

:wave2: DindelsPA:
:flower3: #7631: Karen, Ed, DD12.5 Patricia
:flower3: #7629: Missy, Danielle (DStepDs of DindelsPA)

Just an update for the list.
We'll be in #8580; DW, DH, DD11, DD2 (will turn 3 on cruise)
Not sure about FE yet, but sooooo excited for this cruise. (we booked it last Ferbruary) Hoping for a kids sail free offer, DH says we can use savings to try a cabana on CC. :cool1:

[disneydreamer82]

Just an update for the list.
We'll be in #8580; DW, DH, DD11, DD2 (will turn 3 on cruise)
Not sure about FE yet, but sooooo excited for this cruise. (we booked it last Ferbruary) Hoping for a kids sail free offer, DH says we can use savings to try a cabana on CC. :cool1:

Nice!!!:thumbsup2

[davisdenyel]

I am super excited about going on a cruise! This will be our first cruise ever. I also talked 2 other families into going on this cruise to and it will also be their first cruise. But for some reason I am having doubts about choosing this particular trip. Since I convinced 2 other families to go with us I am afraid to disappoint them to. I guess I just know there are newer ships out there and that they might be better than this one. Please can someone knock some sense into me! Am I making a good choice to go on this one or should I change to the newer ship? What makes this one the better choice?

[aseyrick]

I am super excited about going on a cruise! This will be our first cruise ever. I also talked 2 other families into going on this cruise to and it will also be their first cruise. But for some reason I am having doubts about choosing this particular trip. Since I convinced 2 other families to go with us I am afraid to disappoint them to. I guess I just know there are newer ships out there and that they might be better than this one. Please can someone knock some sense into me! Am I making a good choice to go on this one or should I change to the newer ship? What makes this one the better choice?

I can't speak from exp re: the new ships, but our exp on the Magic last November was fantastic ... hence we've rebooked and will be boarding again this November. With that said, if I had the choice between Fantasy/Dream or Magic, I would probably choose 1 of the former - just to see what the newer ships are like, as the Magic does show some wear. However, the newer ships don't have the 7-nt Caribbean itineraries, so that's why we're sticking with the Magic. Plus, can't beat a double dip at Castay Cay!! :thumbsup2

Hope that helps!

[Homemom]

I am super excited about going on a cruise! This will be our first cruise ever. I also talked 2 other families into going on this cruise to and it will also be their first cruise. But for some reason I am having doubts about choosing this particular trip. Since I convinced 2 other families to go with us I am afraid to disappoint them to. I guess I just know there are newer ships out there and that they might be better than this one. Please can someone knock some sense into me! Am I making a good choice to go on this one or should I change to the newer ship? What makes this one the better choice?

I've only been on the Wonder and personally, I have no desire to see the new ships. I love the classic look of the Wonder & Magic and the smaller size. I don't want to feel crowded with all the extra people on the ship or CC. We like to see ports, so we chose western over eastern due to it having 1 less day at sea. Also, I second the pp about 2 stops at CC, that's THE reason we picked this cruise, our 4 night was waaaaay to short, so we wanted to try a 7 night and my DD thought CC day was the best day ever :cloud9:, so 2 of those days was perfect. :goodvibes

[LindaBabe]

I am super excited about going on a cruise! This will be our first cruise ever. I also talked 2 other families into going on this cruise to and it will also be their first cruise. But for some reason I am having doubts about choosing this particular trip. Since I convinced 2 other families to go with us I am afraid to disappoint them to. I guess I just know there are newer ships out there and that they might be better than this one. Please can someone knock some sense into me! Am I making a good choice to go on this one or should I change to the newer ship? What makes this one the better choice?

I've only been on the Wonder and personally, I have no desire to see the new ships. I love the classic look of the Wonder & Magic and the smaller size. I don't want to feel crowded with all the extra people on the ship or CC. We like to see ports, so we chose western over eastern due to it having 1 less day at sea. Also, I second the pp about 2 stops at CC, that's THE reason we picked this cruise, our 4 night was waaaaay to short, so we wanted to try a 7 night and my DD thought CC day was the best day ever :cloud9:, so 2 of those days was perfect. :goodvibes


I agree with Homemom - I love the classic look of the Wonder & Magic and the smaller size - and two stops at cc!

[disneydreamer82]

I am super excited about going on a cruise! This will be our first cruise ever. I also talked 2 other families into going on this cruise to and it will also be their first cruise. But for some reason I am having doubts about choosing this particular trip. Since I convinced 2 other families to go with us I am afraid to disappoint them to. I guess I just know there are newer ships out there and that they might be better than this one. Please can someone knock some sense into me! Am I making a good choice to go on this one or should I change to the newer ship? What makes this one the better choice?

I would only change to a newer ship if it were to the Fantasy, I could not go on anything less than 7 days!!!:idea: I think you are making an awesome choice for you guy's first cruise! I love the Magic, it is a beautiful classic ship, this will be our 3rd time sailing her and I cannot wait!!!:banana::banana: And 2 days at CC is such a bonus!:thumbsup2 I would stick with this cruise for a few reasons, the price being a big one for us anyway;) and if you switch sailings you won't get to sail with all us AWESOME people!!!!!!:rotfl: And besides that you can always go on this cruise book your next one while on-board and get the awesome OBC and discount and use it on one of the newer ships!!!:thumbsup2:thumbsup2

[disneydreamer82]

I am super excited about going on a cruise! This will be our first cruise ever. I also talked 2 other families into going on this cruise to and it will also be their first cruise. But for some reason I am having doubts about choosing this particular trip. Since I convinced 2 other families to go with us I am afraid to disappoint them to. I guess I just know there are newer ships out there and that they might be better than this one. Please can someone knock some sense into me! Am I making a good choice to go on this one or should I change to the newer ship? What makes this one the better choice?

Plus if you start out with the newer ships there's no up from there!:rotfl2:

[disneydreamer82]

Hey guys I just thought of something else.....in 1 day it will be less than 9 months:lmao:

[LindaBabe]

9 months TODAY? WOO HOO!

I LOVE the Magic - we love long cruises - love the not-so-giant ship, and I will be sorry if the Magic moves to Europe after the Fantasy comes on line.

It is -4 this morning in upstate New York! Glad I have an indoor activity planned for today. Scrapbooking at a friend's house - then walk the mall while I wait for the happy skiers to return on the bus.

Happy Day, everyone!

[aseyrick]

Ok, LindaBabe just made me feel a whole lot better about our 35 degrees, so thank you! Yippy! 9 months!! :)

[disneydreamer82]

Hooray for less than 9 months!!!!!!:banana::banana::banana:

[LindaBabe]

Good Morning, Happy Cruisers!

Just heard from my friends last night - they have signed up for this cruise - as well as one of his work mates and her son, and my Mexican family as well - so that's 3 more cabins :) They're still sorting out where they'll exactly be.

I'm SO HAPPY!

[disneydreamer82]

Good Morning, Happy Cruisers!

Just heard from my friends last night - they have signed up for this cruise - as well as one of his work mates and her son, and my Mexican family as well - so that's 3 more cabins :) They're still sorting out where they'll exactly be.

I'm SO HAPPY!

Awesome!!! We also have some additional family who have decided to come on this cruise!:banana: It will be my DLittleBro, his DW and their two little girls, one who will be 5 and the other will be 8 at the time of the cruise:cloud9: This will be their second cruise and it's going to be a surprise for the girls!!:yay:

On a more depressing note my other DNiece who is only 3 1/2 (ruley3's youngest child) broke her wrist today at school, and is wearing a hot pink cast:sad2: Goodness! What a day for her!:sad1:

But guess what.........
Only 268 days to go! At least she won't be wearing a cast on our cruise:lmao:

[DindelsPA]

:woohoo: Enjoyed a lovely yet windy day today with temps in the 50s. Yippee!!! :cool1: Hope all of you with the nasty white stuff are getting a reprieve as well. Looks like good ol' Pux Phil might've been right. :thumbsup2

Glad to hear there are some new folks joining this trip. Double dips are the best in my opinion. :cool2:

Has anyone thought about mouse ears / hats yet for their stateroom door? I've started thinking about it and have seen some really cute ones out there. When I'm back on my desktop I'll post the link.

And I hope Ruley's DD feels better real soon!!! :hug:

[LindaBabe]

Good Morning, Happy Cruisers!

13 degrees and the wind is blowing a gale:scared1:

I think it's a good day to stay in by the fire!

[DisneyMissy318]

Good Morning all -

We have changed our sailing date so we won't be sailing with you. We decided to rebook for next June - and since we were making a change - we're going to sail on the Dream!!

Have fun - not much longer now!

[disneydreamer82]

:woohoo: Enjoyed a lovely yet windy day today with temps in the 50s. Yippee!!! :cool1: Hope all of you with the nasty white stuff are getting a reprieve as well. Looks like good ol' Pux Phil might've been right. :thumbsup2

Glad to hear there are some new folks joining this trip. Double dips are the best in my opinion. :cool2:

Has anyone thought about mouse ears / hats yet for their stateroom door? I've started thinking about it and have seen some really cute ones out there. When I'm back on my desktop I'll post the link.

And I hope Ruley's DD feels better real soon!!! :hug:

I have been looking at the stateroom ears too! I just ordered my magnetic paper from Amazon 2 days ago!:goodvibes I have seen some pretty cool ones as well, I found them here on the boards under this thread:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2172891

I would love to see more if you have different ones!:thumbsup2 And April's DD3 is doing ok, sporting that hot pink cast all the way up to her little elbow:sad2: But she's a trooper!:flower3:

Good Morning, Happy Cruisers!

13 degrees and the wind is blowing a gale:scared1:

I think it's a good day to stay in by the fire!

Brrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!:scared1:

Good Morning all -

We have changed our sailing date so we won't be sailing with you. We decided to rebook for next June - and since we were making a change - we're going to sail on the Dream!!

Have fun - not much longer now!

Sorry to lose you guys from the group, but have an awesome cruise on the Dream next year!!!:grouphug:

As I mentioned I ordered my magnet paper a couple of days ago (yes I am an OCD planner;) ) and also went ahead and got the lei's I will be handing out at the meet & greet and the name tags as well, I am so excited to get things going for this cruise!!!:banana::banana::banana: I can't wait!!:yay:

[LindaBabe]

Good Morning, Happy Cruisers!

25 degrees and no wind this morning - practically a heat wave!

Plan for the day - get to the gym and work out - that 15 pounds is going NO WHERE unless I do more and stick with it.

Happy Day, all!

[officereg]

As I mentioned I ordered my magnet paper a couple of days ago (yes I am an OCD planner;) ) and also went ahead and got the lei's I will be handing out at the meet & greet and the name tags as well, I am so excited to get things going for this cruise!!!:banana::banana::banana: I can't wait!!:yay:


Glad to see I am not the only OCD planner here. :laughing:

[FIREFLY01]

YIPPEE!!!!!! WE JUST BOOKED THIS CRUISE!!!
this is our 2nd double dip went last year also, and our 3rd Disney cruise!!!
so who is in charge of the FE????
I would love to joing the FE list!!!!
we will be traveling w/ my inlaws its there 1st cruise unkown if they will participate but heres the info for now!!!!

we r from Florida
RM 8582
DH- David 30 yrs
DW- Bobbie Lynn 35 yrs
DD- Savannah 2 yrs

inlaws fr Massachusetts
RM 6132
DH- Nathan 54
DW-Barbara 53

[disneydreamer82]

Glad to see I am not the only OCD planner here. :laughing:

Not at all!!!:thumbsup2

YIPPEE!!!!!! WE JUST BOOKED THIS CRUISE!!!
this is our 2nd double dip went last year also, and our 3rd Disney cruise!!!
so who is in charge of the FE????
I would love to joing the FE list!!!!
we will be traveling w/ my inlaws its there 1st cruise unkown if they will participate but heres the info for now!!!!

we r from Florida
RM 8582
DH- David 30 yrs
DW- Bobbie Lynn 35 yrs
DD- Savannah 2 yrs

inlaws fr Massachusetts
RM 6132
DH- Nathan 54
DW-Barbara 53

:welcome: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LindaBabe]

Good Morning, Happy Cruisers!

Definitely not the only ocd planners! I have a travel spreadsheet for every year since 2001, lol.

The points I need to ponder for this trip
There will be 3 kids under 6, one age 9 and one teenager (we usually don't travel with any)
This is our 4th Western and our friends 3rd. Need to find something new.
Table for 12!
We're a bilingual party and a couple of us don't speak Spanish at all :( (I Speak a little from 3 years in high school, but I've bought a "listen in the car" set of CDs to upgrade that- wish me luck)

Happy Day, all!

[disneydreamer82]

Good Morning, Happy Cruisers!

Definitely not the only ocd planners! I have a travel spreadsheet for every year since 2001, lol.

The points I need to ponder for this trip
There will be 3 kids under 6, one age 9 and one teenager (we usually don't travel with any)
This is our 4th Western and our friends 3rd. Need to find something new.
Table for 12!
We're a bilingual party and a couple of us don't speak Spanish at all :( (I Speak a little from 3 years in high school, but I've bought a "listen in the car" set of CDs to upgrade that- wish me luck)

Happy Day, all!


Always something to challenge your vacation planning skills;) Keeps ya on your game!:lmao:

[scottjm]

I would only change to a newer ship if it were to the Fantasy, I could not go on anything less than 7 days!!!:idea: I think you are making an awesome choice for you guy's first cruise! I love the Magic, it is a beautiful classic ship, this will be our 3rd time sailing her and I cannot wait!!!:banana::banana: And 2 days at CC is such a bonus!:thumbsup2 I would stick with this cruise for a few reasons, the price being a big one for us anyway;) and if you switch sailings you won't get to sail with all us AWESOME people!!!!!!:rotfl: And besides that you can always go on this cruise book your next one while on-board and get the awesome OBC and discount and use it on one of the newer ships!!!:thumbsup2:thumbsup2

I could not agree more. We have never been on the short cruises and as much as we'd like to try one of the new ships, we can't go for less than 7 days!

[FIREFLY01]

SO AGREE!!! I could not do less than 7 days we did a 5 day on RC and it was so short, there is so much to do on Disney ships 3 or 4 days never enough, we'v been on Magic twice and going on our 3rd this year both times we did totally differnet stuff... and still haven't done it all, I would love to see the Dream but 3 days for a bigger boat?? no way I will wait for Fantasy and 7 days!!!

[disneydreamer82]

I could not agree more. We have never been on the short cruises and as much as we'd like to try one of the new ships, we can't go for less than 7 days!

SO AGREE!!! I could not do less than 7 days we did a 5 day on RC and it was so short, there is so much to do on Disney ships 3 or 4 days never enough, we'v been on Magic twice and going on our 3rd this year both times we did totally differnet stuff... and still haven't done it all, I would love to see the Dream but 3 days for a bigger boat?? no way I will wait for Fantasy and 7 days!!!

7 days or more!!:thumbsup2:thumbsup2:thumbsup2

On another note.....I certainly wish JetBlue would open up their dang bookings for November!!!:rolleyes1 I am soooooo impatient!!!:lmao: Only 261 days til we get to the Radisson!!! Woohoo!!!!:cool1::woohoo::yay::dance3:

[Homemom]

We're a bilingual party and a couple of us don't speak Spanish at all :( (I Speak a little from 3 years in high school, but I've bought a "listen in the car" set of CDs to upgrade that- wish me luck)

Happy Day, all!

I saw some really neat apps for language translators the other day if you've got an iPhone!

[disneydreamer82]

Only 256 days to go woohoo!!!!:cool1::thumbsup2:dance3::woohoo::yay::b anana:

[tlynk]

It's been awhile since I've been on this thread. I was looking at my travel plans for my 20th Anniversary and I'm getting pretty excited now! I can't wait to visit Castaway Cay 2x's! :lovestruc

[disneydreamer82]

It's been awhile since I've been on this thread. I was looking at my travel plans for my 20th Anniversary and I'm getting pretty excited now! I can't wait to visit Castaway Cay 2x's! :lovestruc

Woohoo!!! Welcome back!:goodvibes

[Buckeye Princess]

Hello all! We just changed our cruise dates so we are now on your cruise! Woo hoo! We were originally going late Nov/early Dec because the point of the cruise for us is to celebrate DS's 1st birthday. After much debating I decided that going a few weeks early would still be celebrating for him and so it was worth the change to get the extra day at Castaway. Our last cruise (and first ever) was when our DD was 18 months and it was her favorite part. There will be 4 of us.

Me- Cassandra (28)
DH- Justin (26) (Yes I married a younger man....haha)
DD- Carrington will be 3 months shy of turning 3 when cruising
DS- Will be 11.5 months on the cruise

[LindaBabe]

Welcome aboard, Princess! Aren't yOU going to have your hands full with two little ones! I'll look for you at the Mickey pool, lol.

[disneydreamer82]

Hello all! We just changed our cruise dates so we are now on your cruise! Woo hoo! We were originally going late Nov/early Dec because the point of the cruise for us is to celebrate DS's 1st birthday. After much debating I decided that going a few weeks early would still be celebrating for him and so it was worth the change to get the extra day at Castaway. Our last cruise (and first ever) was when our DD was 18 months and it was her favorite part. There will be 4 of us.

Me- Cassandra (28)
DH- Justin (26) (Yes I married a younger man....haha)
DD- Carrington will be 3 months shy of turning 3 when cruising
DS- Will be 11.5 months on the cruise


:welcome: and what a good choice you made switching to our cruise, it is gonna be amazing!!!:goodvibes I love your DD's name, it is beautiful and very unique! Can't wait til it's time to go.....:banana::cool1::yay: Seems like it is so far away, but then again doesn't every cruise!:rolleyes1

[aseyrick]

Welcome to the party, Firefly & Buckeye Princess!

Hope everyone has been well. Work has been nuts the last 2 weeks, so sorry for the disappearing act. I'm here to report that I believe we saw sun this week! (And, a tornado) I suppose you take the good w/ the bad. :)

DH is in California this week on biz, so I actually have a little time to myself and catch up. Miss him, yes. A little time to unwind, woohoo! :)

Going on a company trip to Cancun in April. Hopefully, that'll tide us over 'til Nov! We're so sun-deprived that I actually went out and bought one of those artificial sunlight lamps. No joke. One side of my face now has more freckles than the other, but I'm getting better sleep. Again, take the good w/ the bad. :)

Hope all is well with everyone!!

Toodles!

[disneydreamer82]

Welcome to the party, Firefly & Buckeye Princess!

Hope everyone has been well. Work has been nuts the last 2 weeks, so sorry for the disappearing act. I'm here to report that I believe we saw sun this week! (And, a tornado) I suppose you take the good w/ the bad. :)

DH is in California this week on biz, so I actually have a little time to myself and catch up. Miss him, yes. A little time to unwind, woohoo! :)

Going on a company trip to Cancun in April. Hopefully, that'll tide us over 'til Nov! We're so sun-deprived that I actually went out and bought one of those artificial sunlight lamps. No joke. One side of my face now has more freckles than the other, but I'm getting better sleep. Again, take the good w/ the bad. :)


Hope all is well with everyone!!

Toodles!

:lmao: Paints a great mental picture!!!!:rotfl:

[aseyrick]

:lmao: Paints a great mental picture!!!!:rotfl:

Try painting this mental picture ... I'm the ONLY full-blooded Asian (Chinese) person I know with freckles. Now I'm the only Asian person with more/darker freckles on the left side of my face. :laughing:

In case anyone is wondering why I don't switch the lamp to the other side is b/c the chord doesn't extend that far. :lmao:

[disneydreamer82]

Try painting this mental picture ... I'm the ONLY full-blooded Asian (Chinese) person I know with freckles. Now I'm the only Asian person with more/darker freckles on the left side of my face. :laughing:

In case anyone is wondering why I don't switch the lamp to the other side is b/c the chord doesn't extend that far. :lmao:

:rotfl: 2 words for you girl.....extension cord!!!:rotfl2:

[rescuetink]

Originally we had:

rescuetink:
DH DW DS(6) DD (2)
MIL and her husband
DW's best friend and her daughter

But now my DS pirate: is 7, and will be 7 on the cruise, and my DD princess: is 3 but will be 4 on the cruise!! AND... we added another room for my DW's best friend's boyfriend!! :banana: Is the ship booked yet in case we need more rooms?? :lmao: Headrickx5, can you update our info when you have a chance?? :worship:

I booked our flights through Spirit last week, and they have more then doubled with fuel prices soaring!! We're flying down on Friday night and staying at the Best Western by the airport and jumping on an EARLY bus to the port to get onboard early this time!!

I'm getting ready to start making requests for our door magnets and t-shirts!! So, are we doing fish extenders on this cruise? :confused3 Or is there a thread already started for that and I just haven'e found it yet?? :surfweb:

I WANNA CRUISE!!!!!!!! :furious:

[disneydreamer82]

Originally we had:

rescuetink:
DH DW DS(6) DD (2)
MIL and her husband
DW's best friend and her daughter

But now my DS pirate: is 7, and will be 7 on the cruise, and my DD princess: is 3 but will be 4 on the cruise!! AND... we added another room for my DW's best friend's boyfriend!! :banana: Is the ship booked yet in case we need more rooms?? :lmao: Headrickx5, can you update our info when you have a chance?? :worship:

I booked our flights through Spirit last week, and they have more then doubled with fuel prices soaring!! We're flying down on Friday night and staying at the Best Western by the airport and jumping on an EARLY bus to the port to get onboard early this time!!

I'm getting ready to start making requests for our door magnets and t-shirts!! So, are we doing fish extenders on this cruise? :confused3 Or is there a thread already started for that and I just haven'e found it yet?? :surfweb:

I WANNA CRUISE!!!!!!!! :furious:

Hi!! :wave: Fish extenders are big ol YES!!!:banana: Here is the link for some helpful info about what we have going on for this cruise.
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=39789596&postcount=146
Unfortunately we haven't seen Headrickx5, but DindelsPA aka Karen has been awesome enough to take over updating our cruiser list and is also heading up the FE's :thumbsup2 Can't wait til our cruise!!!:banana:

[rescuetink]

Hi!! :wave: Fish extenders are big ol YES!!!:banana: Here is the link for some helpful info about what we have going on for this cruise.
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=39789596&postcount=146
Unfortunately we haven't seen Headrickx5, but DindelsPA aka Karen has been awesome enough to take over updating our cruiser list and is also heading up the FE's :thumbsup2 Can't wait til our cruise!!!:banana:

Great!! Thanks for the info, and thanks DindelsPA for taking over!! :worship: I like the gift exchange idea, and we should hopefully be onboard early so count us in!! :thumbsup2

Who's taking care of the kids while were there, and is the bar open by then?? :lmao:

[disneydreamer82]

Great!! Thanks for the info, and thanks DindelsPA for taking over!! :worship: I like the gift exchange idea, and we should hopefully be onboard early so count us in!! :thumbsup2

Who's taking care of the kids while were there, and is the bar open by then?? :lmao:

Please please please bring the kiddos!!!! It will give them a chance to meet each other as well!!!:thumbsup2 And why yes indeed the bar IS QUITE OPEN!!;):rolleyes1 Woohoo!!!:woohoo:

[tlynk]

Woohoo!!! Welcome back!:goodvibes

Thank you sooo much!:)

[tlynk]

This is my info. for the list being compiled for this sailing.

Cabin 7007
Teri (DW)
John (DH)


Thank you so very much for putting this together for all of us! I can't wait to sail! :)

[disneydreamer82]

Thank you sooo much!:)


:goodvibes

This is my info. for the list being compiled for this sailing.

Cabin 7007
Teri (DW)
John (DH)


Thank you so very much for putting this together for all of us! I can't wait to sail! :)

I enjoy being involved in this kind of fun!!:thumbsup2 And I can't wait for the cruise either, it's getting closer every day woohoo!!!:yay:

[aseyrick]

TGIF!! :banana:

Have a great weekend, everyone!!

[disneydreamer82]

TGIF!! :banana:

Have a great weekend, everyone!!


Ditto!!!!:cool1:

[rescuetink]

:headache: THE WAIT IS KILLING ME!!! :furious:

[LindaBabe]

245 days

[WeLoveMickey!]

Hello our fellow cruisers! We just changed our cruise from the halloween one to this wonderful CC double dip! We are so excited. :woohoo:
Here is our info:

Rooms 2071 and 2073

ME (Tara)
DH (Mike)
DS (Tommy 7)
DS (Alex 3)
DS (Danny 1)

Mike's parents
DH (Dennis)
DW (Jo-Ellen)

This is our 4th cruise!

[DisneyObsession]

I'm in too!!

I am actually one of the lovely ladies cruising with 7DwarfsFanNY! We have 6 of us going and know it will be a blast!!! :cool1:

Just got the directions for the Fish Extenders and will be making that soon.:thumbsup2

I AM SO EXCITED!

[aseyrick]

Warm welcome to DisneyObsession & WeLoveMickey!! :welcome: So glad you can join us!!!

[disneydreamer82]

Hello our fellow cruisers! We just changed our cruise from the halloween one to this wonderful CC double dip! We are so excited. :woohoo:
Here is our info:

Rooms 2071 and 2073

ME (Tara)
DH (Mike)
DS (Tommy 7)
DS (Alex 3)
DS (Danny 1)

Mike's parents
DH (Dennis)
DW (Jo-Ellen)

This is our 4th cruise!

I'm in too!!

I am actually one of the lovely ladies cruising with 7DwarfsFanNY! We have 6 of us going and know it will be a blast!!! :cool1:

Just got the directions for the Fish Extenders and will be making that soon.:thumbsup2

I AM SO EXCITED!

:welcome:!!!!! Yayyyyyyy, more people!!!!!:banana::banana::banana: Only 242 days til we leave for Florida!!! Woohoo!!!!:yay::dance3:

[disneydreamer82]

Golly, I sure couldn't be more ready for this trip:worship:!!! So stressed out, starting a new job Monday and I just cannot wait to have a mental break from everyday life!!:upsidedow Hurry up November!!!:goodvibes

[disneydreamer82]

Thank goodness it's only 239 days away!!!:cool1:

[LindaBabe]

Golly, I sure couldn't be more ready for this trip:worship:!!! So stressed out, starting a new job Monday and I just cannot wait to have a mental break from everyday life!!:upsidedow Hurry up November!!!:goodvibes

Congrats on the new job!

[disneydreamer82]

Congrats on the new job!

Thank you!:flower3: Really hoping that this is gonna be a GREAT new start!!:goodvibes But still cannot wait for our cruise!!:lmao:

[disneydreamer82]

Only 237 days til we leave for Florida!!!:banana::cool1::thumbsup2

[DisneyObsession]

Only 237 days til we leave for Florida!!!:banana::cool1::thumbsup2

But whose counting??.....Oh Yeah! WE ARE!!! :lmao:

[disneydreamer82]

But whose counting??.....Oh Yeah! WE ARE!!! :lmao:

Who us?!:rolleyes: Why never!!:rotfl2:

[aseyrick]

Golly, I sure couldn't be more ready for this trip:worship:!!! So stressed out, starting a new job Monday and I just cannot wait to have a mental break from everyday life!!:upsidedow Hurry up November!!!:goodvibes

Congrats & good luck on the new job!! :banana:

[disneydreamer82]

Congrats & good luck on the new job!! :banana:

Thanks!!:goodvibes


On another note, is it November yet!?:rolleyes1 Here's a funny little story to make you guys giggle...My DH's birthday was yesterday so I took him out for dinner and drinks, long story short, he doesn't drink often and he had a few to many I suppose, because I was awakened in the middle of the night to him attempting to put on his pirate costume!! pirate: I couldn't stop laughing and he of course has no recollection of the event!:lmao: Guess I am not the only one ready to get on the ship!!:rolleyes:

[rescuetink]

Thanks!!:goodvibes


On another note, is it November yet!?:rolleyes1 Here's a funny little story to make you guys giggle...My DH's birthday was yesterday so I took him out for dinner and drinks, long story short, he doesn't drink often and he had a few to many I suppose, because I was awakened in the middle of the night to him attempting to put on his pirate costume!! pirate: I couldn't stop laughing and he of course has no recollection of the event!:lmao: Guess I am not the only one ready to get on the ship!!:rolleyes:

Talk about a photo op!! I think that times like that are why they put cameras in cell phones!!! :lmao:

[disneydreamer82]

Talk about a photo op!! I think that times like that are why they put cameras in cell phones!!! :lmao:

Exactly!:rotfl:

[aseyrick]

Hillarious!! That's something I prob do under those circumstances!! Ha!

[disneydreamer82]

Just wanted to pop on and say hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!!!:goodvibes