September 19, 2010 - anyone?

[su_kraft]

Havent seen a thread for this one yet... It will be our third Disney cruise - 1st on the Wonder and first "short" cruise (not 7 day).

Anyone else onboard for that trip?

[ibmickey]

we just booked. We are doing a back to back on the 19th and 23rd

[IrishCowboy]

I have added your thread to the 2010 Wonder Cruise Meet list :thumbsup2

[DPrice7184]

My girfriend and I are booked for this cruise as well. This will be our first Disney Cruise, and our first cruise ever. Hopefully we can meet up with some of you seasoned veterans and learn a few things!

[FairyGrandmother]

This will be my 3rd Disney Cruise.:yay: Ibmickey is my daughter. We had planned to take the September repo cruise from Barcelona, but over the past several months have come to the sad conclusion that we really could not aford to miss that much time from work:sad1:, or spend that much money in these ecomomic times:sad2:.
I am hopeing that there will be more people on this thread as the time for the cruise gets closer;). On our past cruises we have been able get to know several familes before we set sail:thumbsup2.
We are doing back to back cruises. we will follow this cruise with a 3day:cool1:, so that means we will have 2 trips to Nassau and 2 trips to castaway cay:woohoo:.
I plan to revisit these boards often, hope you will all do the same.
magie p

[pierresgirl]

Me and family, dh, dd 10 and ds 7, are going and it'll be our 2nd DCL. I managed to get a few friends involved so in all there 10 of us that are very excited! I'm contemplating whether or not to do the dolphin swim or Atlantis. Anyone done either?

[Crystal_27]

Hi everyone!! DD's school just notified us that they have changed the 2010-2011 school calendar to add a week's vacation in September. So, we've done what any good Disney lover would do and booked a cruise. We'll be doing the back-to-back with this cruise and the one on the 23rd (it looks like there are several of us going that route - LOLOLOL). I'm looking forward to meeting everyone! :goodvibes

[FairyGrandmother]

This will be the first half of out B2B cruise. We are really looking forward to this time. I hope that this group will gorw, the second half seams to be starting to take off. There has not been much activity here however. Well it is still eairly. I wll hold the good thought. Be back later

Magie

[ibmickey]

We did the dolphin swim in Tortola on our last cruise. It was fantastic. We booked it directly with them because the package we wanted was not available through Disney. I highly recommend it.

[Crystal_27]

I'm contemplating whether or not to do the dolphin swim or Atlantis. Anyone done either?

We too are contemplating Atlantis. Since we are doing the B2B, we will have 2 Nassau days but will only get off the ship for one of those days. I think, though, that instead of going through Disney for Atlantis we might book it ourselves by booking the hotel room. Will definitely have to research it. DD will be 6 and loves to swim but if the slides are such that she won't meet the height requirement, then we might skip Atlantis and just hang on the ship both days. Fun, fun, fun! :banana:

[bellaprincess98]

We havent booked yet but we have our eye on this cruise. I think maybe we'll be booking it this week. This will be our second cruise, but the first with Disney. I'm super excited:banana:

We have a DS 6 & DS 3. We did the Bahamas last time we cruised and I too am contemplating just staying on the ship instead of getting off at Nassau. Atlantis tickets are way too pricey and a lot of the other excursions are geared towards older kids. Not sure what to choose for a 3 year old.

Talk to you soon. Wish me luck on my booking! :thumbsup2

[poeticdiabetic]

So we did it! We booked our first cruise as a family! We will be on this boat, in an inside stateroom! We originally thought about getting at least an oceanview, but we are only going to sleep and shower in the thing.

As far as Nassau is concerned, we plan on just forging our way past the initial wave of beggars and get to the downtown area. We are going to try to do a walking tour of the place and then head back to the ship. If it gets good to us, we may stay on the island for more than one or two hours.

But Atlantis? At THOSE prices? I'll pass. I'm going to do the jet ski tour thingy at Castaway Cay.

[Crystal_27]

We have a DS 6 & DS 3.
Talk to you soon. Wish me luck on my booking! :thumbsup2

Awesome! My DD will be six in March, so (if you guys end up booking) I'm sure that your DS and her will see each other at the clubs. :goodvibes


As far as Nassau is concerned, we plan on just forging our way past the initial wave of beggars and get to the downtown area. We are going to try to do a walking tour of the place and then head back to the ship. If it gets good to us, we may stay on the island for more than one or two hours.

But Atlantis? At THOSE prices? I'll pass. I'm going to do the jet ski tour thingy at Castaway Cay.

We actually did our own walking tour of Nassau when we cruised in 2007 and I was disappointed (that's why we were thinking about doing Atlantis). It is expensive for sure, but if we can actually make sure of our time in Nassau it might be worth it. I don't know - - we're still deciding. Since we will be going to the parks in December, I want to keep this cruise as cheap as possible, but still make it memorable. And, we will definitely be doing the jetskis at Castaway Cay. We did them in September, 2009 and it was sooooooo much fun. :thumbsup2

[cakesnjammom]

THINKING about joining your cruise! We shall see!!!:woohoo::woohoo:

[cakesnjammom]

hello all. this will be our 2nd cruise...we sailed the Magic last Sept 19th 2009. We are so excited. We really did not plan on sailing again this SOON but I have DCL fever. We are new to the Wonder and excited to sail before she moves to the west coast.

I have 2 kiddos ds 8 and dd 6!!! And we are all doing the Disney dance :dance3:

[cakesnjammom]

we booked today!:cool1::cool1::cool1:
THRILLED!!

[Crystal_27]

we booked today!:cool1::cool1::cool1:
THRILLED!!

Awesome! My DD will also be 6 during the cruise. Hopefully, your kiddos and mine can pal around during the cruise. :thumbsup2

[cakesnjammom]

Awesome! My DD will also be 6 during the cruise. Hopefully, your kiddos and mine can pal around during the cruise. :thumbsup2

THANKS Crystal...I am so sad to say that we had to cancelour booking today...dh found out that he has to travel for work in Sept so we are going to hold off for now. I hope ya'll have a WONDERful trip!!

[amyren]

Just booked our first DCL cruise. We are so excited. First cruise with a toddler so that should be an adventure... anyone else headed to WDW after the cruise?

[poeticdiabetic]

Just booked our first DCL cruise. We are so excited. First cruise with a toddler so that should be an adventure... anyone else headed to WDW after the cruise?

We are thinking about going to WDW after the cruise. If my MIL doesn't come with us, it will be more likely. If she comes, though, it will take more maneuvering.

Also, we live in Kennesaw, close to Acworth. We're driving down the night before. As a matter of fact, we'll be at the Walmart on Cobb Parkway getting rations around midnight. If you see a family of four, giggling- carrying water, sunflower seeds and candy... that would be us! (I drive all night long. I have the unique ability of driving all night, hang out all day and not getting sleepy until after midnight the next day.)

[amyren]

We are thinking about going to WDW after the cruise. If my MIL doesn't come with us, it will be more likely. If she comes, though, it will take more maneuvering.

Also, we live in Kennesaw, close to Acworth. We're driving down the night before. As a matter of fact, we'll be at the Walmart on Cobb Parkway getting rations around midnight. If you see a family of four, giggling- carrying water, sunflower seeds and candy... that would be us! (I drive all night long. I have the unique ability of driving all night, hang out all day and not getting sleepy until after midnight the next day.)

Wow, we are probably neighbors LOL. I drove by that Walmart today on my way to the post office to get DD's passport. We are planning to leave really early (5ish). We usually make it to WDW in about 7 or 7.5 hours so I'm hoping to be at the port early afternoon. Do you think that's cutting it too close?

[poeticdiabetic]

Weird things happen on 75 South. That's why we're leaving at around 1AM or so.

I would rather be early than late. That way, if anything weird happens, we'll stll be OK. Plus, we'll probably get some breakfast and walk around to see the sights around town.

But it will be a Sunday, so you may be fine.

[ld4483]

Total newbie here. My hubby and I will be celebrating our 30th anniversary AND his birthday on this cruise! It will be our first one, and I can't wait!!!

[ibmickey]

welcome to our group. Some of us have been on numerous Disney cruises. If you have any questions please feel free to ask.

[FairyGrandmother]

Welcome to the cruise. My daughter and I will be on this cruise, it will be our 3rd on DCL:cool1:. We Will not have any kids with us this time, but hope to for our next one. We are doing B2B curises this time because there wasn't a a 7 day available:sad1:.Cruising has become a goal in its self for us:worship:rotfl2:. We are hoping to be able to do some of the longer cruises in the future and maybe some from the west coast. Looking foward to having you as a member of the group.

I hope we will be able to arrange a meet for some time on the cruise so that we can put faces to the names. We will be flying in the night befor and staying in Port Canaeral at the Radisson Hotel. We have stayed here before and find it a good place to stay. They have a shuttle service to the port and you can arrange to leave your car in their lot for the time of your cruise if you are driving.

[verygfy]

Booked Today :banana: I am so excited. We have been debating doing a week long parks tour again or doing the cruise during DS fall break; DS took one look at the website and I really want to do that. So we are booked!!

We are thinking about driving down on Saturday night so we can be at the port early on Sunday and experience everything since it's our first ever cruise. Has anyone done this, and are there any hotels you recommend?

[poeticdiabetic]

Booked Today :banana: I am so excited. We have been debating doing a week long parks tour again or doing the cruise during DS fall break; DS took one look at the website and I really want to do that. So we are booked!!

We are thinking about driving down on Saturday night so we can be at the port early on Sunday and experience everything since it's our first ever cruise. Has anyone done this, and are there any hotels you recommend?

We have the same plan. We're leaving around midnight or 1 AM Sunday. It should take us about 8 hours to get there, so we'll be there around 9 AM or so. We'll hit the Wal-mart on the way and spend some time there. We might even get something to eat.

If you're going on a cruise and you're driving down the morning of, you won't really need a hotel room... unless you're going to stay there after your cruise. You can park at the port for $60 for the entire cruise. That's what we're doing. (And we might even surprise our kids by getting a few days in WDW.)

[verygfy]

I am definitely considering a few days at WDW before driving back. I wanted to see if MNNSHP would be starting and all of us attend that?? Definitely in the air. I am still trying to get my bearings down with the cruise. First time, and so many questions. I am trying to hold myself back from going commando as I do at the parks, and remind myself the major reason we are doing the cruise is to have a more relaxing time.

[verygfy]

Hello everyone!! I was wondering if anyone knew about a taxi tour service for Nassau. DD is to little to do Atlantis and she is to much of a daredevil to avoid the big slides, so I was thinking about just taking a taxi to see some of the water and just see Nassau. I would rather do that then walk it since all I hear is you get harrassed non stop. Any help would be great!!

[amyren]

Question: What time does boarding start and end? We plan to drive down from Atlanta early Sunday morning, but I don't want to cut it too close. We can make it to WDW in about 7 or 7.5 hours.

[verygfy]

Question: What time does boarding start and end? We plan to drive down from Atlanta early Sunday morning, but I don't want to cut it too close. We can make it to WDW in about 7 or 7.5 hours.

Yes, it only takes about 7 to 7.5 hours from Atlanta, I am over in the Powder Springs area and that is how long it takes us to get down there. We decided to book a hotel next to the port on Saturday that will allow us to leave the car for the cruise since the port parking will be about $60:scared1: and the hotel is only about $99. I figure an extra $30 is worth it, so the kids don't feel rushed and are well rested.

[amyren]

We decided to book a hotel next to the port on Saturday that will allow us to leave the car for the cruise since the port parking will be about $60:scared1: and the hotel is only about $99.

I'm thinking this might be the best idea. Especially with a 2 year old. Where are you staying?

[verygfy]

I'm thinking this might be the best idea. Especially with a 2 year old. Where are you staying?

The Radisson at the Port!!

[UGAFan0829]

Hello, everyone! I just booked this cruise for the DH (33) and I (30) today...just moments ago, actually! I can't wait to cruise on the Wonder one last time! (I hope to cruise to Alaska one day, but who knows!)
It sure does look like there's going to be several Georgians on this cruise as well!!:thumbsup2

[verygfy]

I just noticed there are no more category 11 rooms available for our cruise, does that mean the ship is filling up?

[poeticdiabetic]

No more Cat 11s? Wow, it is filling up.

As far as driving down, we're driving down the night before... or early morning. We'll be in the Port Canaveral area sometime around 8AM or so. We're leaving around 1AM or so.

We're going to find a Walmart and pick up stuff, find some breakfast and park around 10 or 10:30AM. Everyone will be well-rested (except moi) but I can hang tough. I've done it every year going to WDW and US/IOA since 2006 and I have the rare ability of staying awake a full 27 or 28 hours before sleeping.

[verygfy]

I was wondering if anyone was interested in doing FE?

[Belle402]

I was wondering if anyone was interested in doing FE?

I am interested.

[FairyGrandmother]

Michelle and I are interested. We have done it on previous cruises. And it is always fun.

[bellaprincess98]

Hi Folks,

I was just reading the thread about table mates and thought I would try to find a nice family to sit with us rather than risk getting assigned to a horror show! :scared1: LOL.

We are a family of 4 from NJ. My husband is 35, I am 30, and we have two boys who are almost 6 and almost 3. My kids are well behaved (For the most part, maybe a cranky moment here and there) We do not drink, we like to have conversations with good people. My kids are very friendly and outgoing so they will make friends easily with another family with kids.

PM me if you are interested in linking up on our cruise.

Thanks.

[DiSnEyFrEaK22]

Hi everyone! My fiance and I are getting married at the Swan & Dolphin resort then we are hopping aboard the Disney Wonder for our honeymoon. We are first-time cruises, and we hope to meet a lot of great people! :love:

P.S. All the standard inside cabins & deluxe inside cabins are all booked up! I would agree that our ship is really filling up!

[willijen]

Hello all,
I booked this cruise last month. It'll be me (37), DH (38), DS (4), and my parents (I'm not allowed to say). It will be the first Disney cruise for us all, though all the adults have been on a generous handful of Royal Caribbean cruises before. We're getting to Port Canaveral on Saturday and planning on spending the afternoon at Kennedy Space Center. After the cruise, we're headed to WDW for 3 more nights, our DS's second trip to WDW. The rest of us have been there too many times to count.

We're booked on adjoining deluxe inside cabins, but we've been waitlisted for the early seating. My poor little guy conks out around 8:30, so I really hope we can switch seatings when we get there! Oh, and I'll be ridiculously pregnant by then. Just squeaked by as far as their pregnancy rules were concerned.

Nice to meet everyone!

Jenny

[pierresgirl]

Getting excited about the cruise! :cool1: About 1 month out I'll probably do a pretrippie then trip report. They are so much fun to do and allow me to print it out for ammo when my kids think I'm a meanie and never do anything fun for them!

Poeticdiabetic~ dh has been on the minimed pump for 11 years (type 1 for nearly 30 years). Do you pump, inject or is it diet controlled? Hoping to not have any problems while we are away. :rolleyes: can cause nightmares!

We are driving down from CT (I must be a nutter) and still trying to decide what to do and where to stop. Busch Gardens in VA, Washington, DC, Universal, Orlando (friend works there, discount?), NASA, Discovery Cove... As if I don't have enough to sort out on the cruise :rotfl2:

bellaprincess~ I'm sure you'll find someone nice to sit next too. If not make sure you ask to swap asap(got stuck with nightmare people last Discruise) Don't just put up with it. I'd offer but my gf from work is going with her dd and boyf.

[Crystal_27]

I was thinking this thread was awfully slow and I realized that I unsubscribed myself from the thread (DUH!). I hope everyone is doing well. I'm excited to see that there are going to be so many families from the 'burbs of Atlanta cruising (we are in Douglasville). I'm glad to be back on the radar...hope everyone has a great day! :goodvibes

[poeticdiabetic]

Getting excited about the cruise! :cool1: About 1 month out I'll probably do a pretrippie then trip report. They are so much fun to do and allow me to print it out for ammo when my kids think I'm a meanie and never do anything fun for them!

Poeticdiabetic~ dh has been on the minimed pump for 11 years (type 1 for nearly 30 years). Do you pump, inject or is it diet controlled? Hoping to not have any problems while we are away. :rolleyes: can cause nightmares!

We are driving down from CT (I must be a nutter) and still trying to decide what to do and where to stop. Busch Gardens in VA, Washington, DC, Universal, Orlando (friend works there, discount?), NASA, Discovery Cove... As if I don't have enough to sort out on the cruise :rotfl2:

bellaprincess~ I'm sure you'll find someone nice to sit next too. If not make sure you ask to swap asap(got stuck with nightmare people last Discruise) Don't just put up with it. I'd offer but my gf from work is going with her dd and boyf.

Sorry that my weird online name gave the wrong impression, but I do not actually have diabetes. Thank God!

The purpose of my online name is that I am an author and poet. I also perform some spoken word (performance poetry.) Poetic Diabetic rhymes and uses an inference to my need for artistic poetic outbursts.

I didn't even get what you were talking about at first. I had to google "Minimed" in order to determine that you thought I was diabetic.:lmao:

[Crystal_27]

Am I the only goofball up at midnight making my Palo and excursion reservations? :rotfl:

[UGAFan0829]

Am I the only goofball up at midnight making my Palo and excursion reservations? :rotfl:

Definitely not!!:lmao: I was right there with ya!:thumbsup2

Were you able to get what you wanted?

[Crystal_27]

Definitely not!!:lmao: I was right there with ya!:thumbsup2

Were you able to get what you wanted?

I actually was able to get everything - Palo Brunch, Palo dinner, and the jetskis at Castaway Cay. How 'bout you?

As an aside, didn't you recently buy into DVC? I know there are probably lots of "UGAFans" out there, but I thought I recall seeing you on the DVC boards...? If so, congratulations!! We bought into BLT last March and couldn't be happier with the decision. :goodvibes

[UGAFan0829]

I actually was able to get everything - Palo Brunch, Palo dinner, and the jetskis at Castaway Cay. How 'bout you?

As an aside, didn't you recently buy into DVC? I know there are probably lots of "UGAFans" out there, but I thought I recall seeing you on the DVC boards...? If so, congratulations!! We bought into BLT last March and couldn't be happier with the decision. :goodvibes

Yeaaa-I'm so glad to hear that you were able to get it all!!

I was able to get Palo Brunch (will will be our first time trying), and a Couple's Massage--that's all I really wanted. We really aren't planning on doing any excursions, except for maybe a bike ride on CC. We're planning to stay on the ship in Nassau, which is also the day that we booked our massage for. Have you done the jet skis before? They really look like a lot of fun!

You are right, we did just buy into DVC last summer--it hasn't been quite a year yet, but we are loving it!! I think I remember seeing you over there on the DVC boards, and I believe you may have even responded to some of the many questions that I asked before we joined-so thank you for that.

I know I've also read some of your TR's as well, so I'm exicted to be on the same cruise as you. Is The Big coming on this cruise as well? She is such a cutie!

[Crystal_27]

Yeaaa-I'm so glad to hear that you were able to get it all!!

I was able to get Palo Brunch (will will be our first time trying), and a Couple's Massage--that's all I really wanted. We really aren't planning on doing any excursions, except for maybe a bike ride on CC. We're planning to stay on the ship in Nassau, which is also the day that we booked our massage for. Have you done the jet skis before? They really look like a lot of fun!

You are right, we did just buy into DVC last summer--it hasn't been quite a year yet, but we are loving it!! I think I remember seeing you over there on the DVC boards, and I believe you may have even responded to some of the many questions that I asked before we joined-so thank you for that.

I know I've also read some of your TR's as well, so I'm exicted to be on the same cruise as you. Is The Big coming on this cruise as well? She is such a cutie!

Awwww, you are so sweet - - I definitely look forward to meeting you on the cruise (and, yes, The Big will definitely be there too)! Maybe, if the times work out, we can hook up at Palo for brunch?? We are doing the 10:00 a.m., but we can certainly be flexible if it all works out. :goodvibes

As to the jetskis, we rented a double last year when we cruised in September and it was sooooooo much fun!! I don't think that either DH or me stopped laughing the entire time - it was a freakin' riot! I can't wait until The Big is old enough to join us on that particular excursion - I'm quite sure she will love it too. As to Nassau, we are debating on whether or not to do Atlantis (not booking through Disney; booking through Comfort Suites to get the waterpark passes). However, since we are doing the back-to-back with the cruise on the 23rd, I'm trying to divide the fun stuff between this cruise and that one, but I just don't know if I want to spend the $300+ for just a waterpark either way. I honestly think that The Big would have just as much fun in the pool or in the Clubs. So, that's where I'm at with that. A massage sounds wonderful, though - I know that every report I've ever read just raves about the couples massages. I'm sure you guys will be lovin' that. :cloud9:

That's awesome that you guys also bought into DVC!! We've only stayed one night at BLT last September (before our cruise last year), and are staying one night at BCV before this cruise, but our first "real" trip home is going to be this December. We have been making ADRs for that trip for the past week or so, and I just keep getting more and more excited about it. :woohoo: :yay: We are also actually debating on doing the members cruise for 2011, so that should be more awesome DVC vacationing to look forward to. :cheer2:

[UGAFan0829]

Awwww, you are so sweet - - I definitely look forward to meeting you on the cruise (and, yes, The Big will definitely be there too)! Maybe, if the times work out, we can hook up at Palo for brunch?? We are doing the 10:00 a.m., but we can certainly be flexible if it all works out. :goodvibes

As to the jetskis, we rented a double last year when we cruised in September and it was sooooooo much fun!! I don't think that either DH or me stopped laughing the entire time - it was a freakin' riot! I can't wait until The Big is old enough to join us on that particular excursion - I'm quite sure she will love it too. As to Nassau, we are debating on whether or not to do Atlantis (not booking through Disney; booking through Comfort Suites to get the waterpark passes). However, since we are doing the back-to-back with the cruise on the 23rd, I'm trying to divide the fun stuff between this cruise and that one, but I just don't know if I want to spend the $300+ for just a waterpark either way. I honestly think that The Big would have just as much fun in the pool or in the Clubs. So, that's where I'm at with that. A massage sounds wonderful, though - I know that every report I've ever read just raves about the couples massages. I'm sure you guys will be lovin' that. :cloud9:

That's awesome that you guys also bought into DVC!! We've only stayed one night at BLT last September (before our cruise last year), and are staying one night at BCV before this cruise, but our first "real" trip home is going to be this December. We have been making ADRs for that trip for the past week or so, and I just keep getting more and more excited about it. :woohoo: :yay: We are also actually debating on doing the members cruise for 2011, so that should be more awesome DVC vacationing to look forward to. :cheer2:

Hooking up for Palo sounds great. We have 11:00 booked, so you just let me know what you decide! I have to warn you though--my DH and I will probably be like a fish out of water since we've never done the Brunch before and aren't really sure what to expect...LOL!!

Now that you mention it, I think I read the TR where you guys did the jet skis. It does sounds like a LOT of fun. Maybe I can talk to DH into it for next year's cruise.

I haven't had an actual full-blown massage yet, so I'm pretty excited about this one. Last year, the DH talked me into doing one of the Spa Samplers, which included a neck/shoulder massage, facial, foot/ankle massage, which was heavenly. So, ever since then I've been telling him how awesome that it was and how I really wanted to try a full massage. Of course I didn't want to leave him out, which is why I booked the couples. He's a little apprehensive about it, but I'm really excited.

I can understand your dilemma with the waterpark. From what I've seen it looks like a TOn of fun, but to me, that's a lot to spend.

We'll be in WDW the night before the cruise as well. We decided to save on our points and are staying at Pop since it's only one night. Not to mention, we used one of the promotions they were doing for the 40% off, and ended up getting the room for $72, which is cheaper than any of the hotels by the port. We have Trails End booked for dinner that night, so I'm excited about that.

BWV was the first place that we stayed after we bought into DVC, and we really liked it!

I bet you are so excited about being in Disney during the Christmas season...I can't imagine how awesome it's going to be!!

[Crystal_27]

Hooking up for Palo sounds great. We have 11:00 booked, so you just let me know what you decide! I have to warn you though--my DH and I will probably be like a fish out of water since we've never done the Brunch before and aren't really sure what to expect...LOL!!

Now that you mention it, I think I read the TR where you guys did the jet skis. It does sounds like a LOT of fun. Maybe I can talk to DH into it for next year's cruise.

I haven't had an actual full-blown massage yet, so I'm pretty excited about this one. Last year, the DH talked me into doing one of the Spa Samplers, which included a neck/shoulder massage, facial, foot/ankle massage, which was heavenly. So, ever since then I've been telling him how awesome that it was and how I really wanted to try a full massage. Of course I didn't want to leave him out, which is why I booked the couples. He's a little apprehensive about it, but I'm really excited.

I can understand your dilemma with the waterpark. From what I've seen it looks like a TOn of fun, but to me, that's a lot to spend.

We'll be in WDW the night before the cruise as well. We decided to save on our points and are staying at Pop since it's only one night. Not to mention, we used one of the promotions they were doing for the 40% off, and ended up getting the room for $72, which is cheaper than any of the hotels by the port. We have Trails End booked for dinner that night, so I'm excited about that.

BWV was the first place that we stayed after we bought into DVC, and we really liked it!

I bet you are so excited about being in Disney during the Christmas season...I can't imagine how awesome it's going to be!!

Don't *at all* worry about Palo Brunch - - DH and my first time was when we cruised last year in September and I was so worried about finding something I liked or fitting in with the crowd, and it ended up being so laid back and amazing (and our server was so incredible too). You guys sound like you are our type of "peeps" for sure, and I'm sure you guys will love it. :hug: Let me see if I can move our reservation to 11:00 a.m. and we can just ask the servers to sit us together when we get there.

I'm sure you will *love, love, love* the full body massage. I started getting massages a couple of years ago, and now I try to go every couple months or so (at least every 6 months). I keep begging DH to go with me and give the couples massage a try, but he's uber-freaked out at the thought of strangers touching him (I think he's watched the Seinfeld episode about massages a few too many times - LOLOLOL). :laughing:

You guys really got lucky for getting the Pop so cheap - that's a steal!! We were going to stay at the Port the night before using the Priceline deal of $49, which included parking, but, by the time we went to bid for it, I guess they had gotten wind of it being posted on The DIS so it become not available anymore. It all worked out, though - - we had some 2011 points that we could borrow into 2010 (and BCV was available), so it is really only costing us parking for the cruises. We are planning on hanging around Epcot the night before, perhaps seeing Illuminations and partaking in one or two Grey Goose Slushies. :rolleyes:

[bellaprincess98]

I actually was able to get everything - Palo Brunch, Palo dinner, and the jetskis at Castaway Cay. How 'bout you?

As an aside, didn't you recently buy into DVC? I know there are probably lots of "UGAFans" out there, but I thought I recall seeing you on the DVC boards...? If so, congratulations!! We bought into BLT last March and couldn't be happier with the decision. :goodvibes

I'm sooooo jealous!:rolleyes: I still have to wait until July 6th to book my Palo brunch and I have a feeling that I will not get anything by then!

[Crystal_27]

I'm sooooo jealous!:rolleyes: I still have to wait until July 6th to book my Palo brunch and I have a feeling that I will not get anything by then!

I wouldn't worry about this at all - - there looks to be good availability on the Brunch still and, even if you aren't able to secure your reservation online before we cruise, I'm sure that there will be openings for onboard bookings. When we sailed last September, our friends (first time cruisers) weren't able to get either the Brunch or the High Tea and, when they got aboard, they literally had their choice of times and dates. They stressed for months about getting in there, and it turned out to be easy as pie. :goodvibes

[UGAFan0829]

I'm sooooo jealous!:rolleyes: I still have to wait until July 6th to book my Palo brunch and I have a feeling that I will not get anything by then!

I second what Crystal said! I was really surprised at how many different times were available for both brunch and dinner.

I understand how you feel though...I had to wait until we got onboard for our cruise last September to try and get an appointment at the salon for an updo on formal night and had no problem at all.

July 6th isn't very far away at all, so I'm betting you'll get something!!:thumbsup2

[bellaprincess98]

I second what Crystal said! I was really surprised at how many different times were available for both brunch and dinner.

I understand how you feel though...I had to wait until we got onboard for our cruise last September to try and get an appointment at the salon for an updo on formal night and had no problem at all.

July 6th isn't very far away at all, so I'm betting you'll get something!!:thumbsup2

Thanks guys I hope your right. I might just be a crazy as you guys and wait until midnight the night before! LOL. :surfweb:

[Crystal_27]

Thanks guys I hope your right. I might just be a crazy as you guys and wait until midnight the night before! LOL. :surfweb:

LOLOLOL - if you can't get in at the Brunch, we'll sneak you in with us. :rotfl: :hug:

[ibmickey]

[QUOTE=Crystal_27;37085689]Don't *at all* worry about Palo Brunch - - DH and my first time was when we cruised last year in September and I was so worried about finding something I liked or fitting in with the crowd, and it ended up being so laid back and amazing (and our server was so incredible too). You guys sound like you are our type of "peeps" for sure, and I'm sure you guys will love it. :hug: Let me see if I can move our reservation to 11:00 a.m. and we can just ask the servers to sit us together when we get there.

Crystal_27, not sure if you know this but Palo has a private dining area that holds around 10 people that you can book through disney cruise line reservations.

I was also up at midnight ( well actually 11 because we are an hour behind Florida), we got Palo brunch:cool1: and Swimming with the stingrays at CC. Since we are doing B2B cruises I also got to stay up late a second time to make Palo dinner reservations. I am so needing their chocolate souffle right now. :thumbsup2

Has anyone done the Caribbean Queen Snorkel Tour at Nassau? We have booked it for our second cruise but are a little apprehensive because my roommate is just really just learning how to swim.

I am trying to decide if I want to get a massage but figured I would be able to book that once we get on board.

Hope everyone gets all there reservations.:goodvibes See ya soon.

[Crystal_27]

Crystal_27, not sure if you know this but Palo has a private dining area that holds around 10 people that you can book through disney cruise line reservations.



Awwwww, a DIS Palo Brunch would be great (and our group is so small that we might be able to actually include everyone). :goodvibes

[bellaprincess98]

Hey Guys,

Wish me luck on booking brunch at Palo's! I'm waiting till midnight tonight.

[Crystal_27]

Hey Guys,

Wish me luck on booking brunch at Palo's! I'm waiting till midnight tonight.

Well, Hon, how did you do? :goodvibes

[ld4483]

Well... I was also up at midnight trying to book a Palo brunch reservation, but had no luck. :( I will be checking everyday up until we sail, and HOPEFULLY something will pop up by then. I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

[bellaprincess98]

Well, Hon, how did you do? :goodvibes

I didnt do so well either. :confused3 Bummer. I will be checking everyday as well. There is dinner available but I had my heart set on the brunch.

Quick question since there is a possibility that I may end up doing dinner after all. I know that there are three main restaurants and there is a rotation every night. Should I assume that the last night will be a repeat restaurant? or can a restaurant be repeated at anytime in the rotation? The reason I ask is because I wanted to book Palo's on the same night as the repeat restaurant.

Thanks.

[FairyGrandmother]

On our 4 night last September the repeat night was on the 3rd night (TAAP, APPT, PTTA) If you look at the faq at the top of the fourm page this is the rotation that they have. This is propably why the 3rd night at Polo books up so fast. We are planning on the brunch on this cruise and doing dinner on the 2nd half of our B2B. It would be really great if we could have a Dis brunch at Polo. If not in the private room may be we can arrange to sit close together. I think Michelle made our reseveration for 10am.

[Jey12]

This is our first cruise and we are so excited! I never thought I would enjoy a cruise, I prefer to relax and do things at my own pace on vacations, but I am getting so excited for this cruise. We will probably book another cruise after this one, because it sounds like we are going to have a wonderful time!

Hubby and I have a DD age 4 and she makes friends so easily I hope there are other little kids her age to play with. We are also traveling with friends who have DS's age 3 and 8 months.

We will be flying in the day before and staying at the Raddison at the port and then continuing on to the Nick resort for 2 days. We wanted to visit Universal and check out the new Harry Potter attraction before heading home.

Any tips would be greatly appreciated. We are going to try and get to the port as early as possible the day we leave so we can enjoy the ship as long as possible. Did I read right that there's no formal dinner night on the 4 day cruises?

Can't wait to set sail!

[DiSnEyFrEaK22]

Hello again! First time cruisers here... I noticed that the Dolphin Swim is all booked up in Nassau :sad1: What are the chances of booking on board? Is it really sold out?

[Crystal_27]

This is our first cruise and we are so excited! I never thought I would enjoy a cruise, I prefer to relax and do things at my own pace on vacations, but I am getting so excited for this cruise. We will probably book another cruise after this one, because it sounds like we are going to have a wonderful time!

Hubby and I have a DD age 4 and she makes friends so easily I hope there are other little kids her age to play with. We are also traveling with friends who have DS's age 3 and 8 months.

We will be flying in the day before and staying at the Raddison at the port and then continuing on to the Nick resort for 2 days. We wanted to visit Universal and check out the new Harry Potter attraction before heading home.

Any tips would be greatly appreciated. We are going to try and get to the port as early as possible the day we leave so we can enjoy the ship as long as possible. Did I read right that there's no formal dinner night on the 4 day cruises?

Can't wait to set sail!

Welcome to The DIS and the cruise thread. :hug: Your "plan of attack" sounds wonderful. We are traveling to Disney in December and will be carving out a couple days to visit Harry Potter and I'm beside myself with excitement!! My DD is 6, and I'm sure she will be bumping into your DD quite a bit at the Clubs! Hopefully, they can pal around a bit! :goodvibes

Hello again! First time cruisers here... I noticed that the Dolphin Swim is all booked up in Nassau :sad1: What are the chances of booking on board? Is it really sold out?

I believe there are always spots left available for those who want to book onboard. Plus, even if there aren't, people cancel so a spot could open up even during the cruise. :thumbsup2

[DiSnEyFrEaK22]

Welcome to The DIS and the cruise thread. :hug: Your "plan of attack" sounds wonderful. We are traveling to Disney in December and will be carving out a couple days to visit Harry Potter and I'm beside myself with excitement!! My DD is 6, and I'm sure she will be bumping into your DD quite a bit at the Clubs! Hopefully, they can pal around a bit! :goodvibes



I believe there are always spots left available for those who want to book onboard. Plus, even if there aren't, people cancel so a spot could open up even during the cruise. :thumbsup2

Great thanks! We booked the encounter just to be safe, I read on the boards that sometimes they give you the option to upgrade and swim with the dolphins! We hope they do! :woohoo:

[willijen]

Hi Everybody!
I came back to make my second post because I finally have something to report. My TA made our final payments on Monday, and I successfully booked Palo for DH and I on Tuesday night. This is our first cruise with Disney, and we weren't necessarily going to do Palo, but you all seemed so excited about it and my parents insisted. I'm looking forward to it!

So, I have a question, and I feel really silly. When we booked with my TA, we were wait-listed for the main seating, which I was worried about. Our 4-yr-old goes to bed at 8pm, and I have been stressing over getting to the ship and asking to switch to the earlier seating. But now my TA says her confirmation says we're on the main seating! How does that happen? So I just now retrieved my reservation on the DCL website, and I can't find anywhere where it says which seating we have. Where do I find that?

BellaPrincess, did you ever find someone who wanted to sit with you at dinner?

-Jenny

[FairyGrandmother]

Welcome to the new additions to our group. There is only a simiformal night on the 4 night. They will be taking pictures so dress so you can get some good pictures of the family. The castmenbers are also good at taking shots with your cameras. We will be all adults in our cabin this time. DGkids are in school. The thing I like best about crusing is that I am free to choose just how much I do and do not want to do (oh and that we are waited on hand and foot) no cooking or cleaning up. Glad to have you and your families with us I am sure that you will have a great time.

[bellaprincess98]

BellaPrincess, did you ever find someone who wanted to sit with you at dinner?

-Jenny

Hi Jenny,

No I actually did not find anyone so I requested to have our own table. It works out better for us this way since I dont like to bother anyone with our kids if they are cracky or tired. I wish you lots of luck and I hope you guys have a great time.

P.S- I was thinking, is there anything we could do to recognize each other if we pass each other on the ship? I think it would be really cool to stop and say hello.

[Jey12]

Welcome to The DIS and the cruise thread. :hug: Your "plan of attack" sounds wonderful. We are traveling to Disney in December and will be carving out a couple days to visit Harry Potter and I'm beside myself with excitement!! My DD is 6, and I'm sure she will be bumping into your DD quite a bit at the Clubs! Hopefully, they can pal around a bit! :goodvibes

I imagine our girls will probably find each other. I never worry about my DD making friends since she's never met a stranger. My main worry is I might need to start an email account for her when we get back to let her continue on some new friendships.

I am so glad I found this site it has been so helpful to answer many of my questions. DH and I went to Cancun for our honeymoon but a cruise is something totally new and exciting. Getting to tour the new Harry Potter area is about as exciting as going on the cruise, not quite but close! :goodvibes

If anyone is looking for me I will surely be napping on what I hear is a rather quiet deck area. I believe it's the 4 deck aft??? On our last day at sea.

[pierresgirl]

We will be flying in the day before and staying at the Raddison at the port and then continuing on to the Nick resort for 2 days. We wanted to visit Universal and check out the new Harry Potter attraction before heading home.

Can't wait to set sail!

We stayed at the Nick Hotel after our last cruise and loved it! The rooms are nice and the resort is fabulous, waterpark outstanding! We checked out the Nick At Nite stage show, Spongebob 3 (or4) D.....fun stuff! I attached 2 links of the trip report I did at the time so you can see what I wrote about Nick Hotel, there are a bunch of pics too. I will say, however, the service is NOT :headache: Disnified so keep that in mind!

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=28925785&postcount=512

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=29008466&postcount=531

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=29132569&postcount=540

[willijen]

P.S- I was thinking, is there anything we could do to recognize each other if we pass each other on the ship? I think it would be really cool to stop and say hello.

Well, our 4 year old son will be in and out of the club. I'll be the mom that looks like a hot air balloon. I will be just 23 weeks preg. The max they would let me on the ship was 24 weeks and I made it by just days! I hope they believe my doctor's note, because I already look huge.:eek:

[bellaprincess98]

Well, our 4 year old son will be in and out of the club. I'll be the mom that looks like a hot air balloon. I will be just 23 weeks preg. The max they would let me on the ship was 24 weeks and I made it by just days! I hope they believe my doctor's note, because I already look huge.:eek:

Well I hope that we'll run into each other. Good Luck with your pregnancy. I think you are a brave soul to take on a trip like this while pregnant. I know cruises are relaxing but what I'm talking about is the running around before and after a trip.

I hope it all works out. I'm so excited and so are my kids. We're counting 69 days left!:banana:

[Crystal_27]

Well, our 4 year old son will be in and out of the club. I'll be the mom that looks like a hot air balloon. I will be just 23 weeks preg. The max they would let me on the ship was 24 weeks and I made it by just days! I hope they believe my doctor's note, because I already look huge.:eek:

That's awesome that you were able to sneak a cruise in there on your 23rd week! Its going to be awesome! :cloud9:



I hope it all works out. I'm so excited and so are my kids. We're counting 69 days left!:banana:

WOO-HOO - it's going by so quick! :dance3:

[willijen]

Thanks, guys. I hope so. My mom and TA are both like, are you sure you want to do this? If I think about it too much, I start getting freaked out. But we planned this trip before I got preggo, and if we don't do it now, I don't know when we'll get to go again. And I really want my little guy to have another fantastic big family vacation before the new baby comes and turns everything upside-down for him. He deserves it. I figure, the cruise should be relaxing enough. My parents are coming too, so they will help take pressure off of me. It's the 3 nights in WDW afterward that has me worried! :scared1: Seriously, maybe I am crazy...

[Crystal_27]

And I really want my little guy to have another fantastic big family vacation before the new baby comes and turns everything upside-down for him. He deserves it.

That is so freakin' cool of you! Way to go, Mom! :cheer2: :worship:

[JRose48]

Hi All!

We will be on this cruise as well. It will be myself (30), DH (32), and DS (4). We went on a three night last September as well. The cruise last year went so fast I'm looking forward to a 4 night. Wish I could have booked for one of the longer ones, but maybe next time. Last time we stayed on the boat at Nassau, but loved Castaway Cay. I had never been on a cruise before last year. I didn't know what I was missing! Love it!

See you all there!!!

[UGAFan0829]

I think this has been mentioned before, but I don't know if it was ever decided upon...Is anyone doing a FE exchange? Initally, I thought it would be too much to worry about--but, I've never done one before, and with this small of a group I think it would be fun!

[Jey12]

So excited there are going to be so many 4 year olds on the ship! I might never get my DD out of the clubs. LOL. This is our first cruise and I am such an overplanner with too much time on my hands to plan! If I have less than a month then I don't overthink things. Any tips from anyone? We are staying the night before at the Radisson at the Port and are hopefully going to be on the first shuttle out in the morning to the Disney Terminal. Also what are FE's and what do you need to do to make them? Looking forward to finally getting my sea legs!

[UGAFan0829]

So excited there are going to be so many 4 year olds on the ship! I might never get my DD out of the clubs. LOL. This is our first cruise and I am such an overplanner with too much time on my hands to plan! If I have less than a month then I don't overthink things. Any tips from anyone? We are staying the night before at the Radisson at the Port and are hopefully going to be on the first shuttle out in the morning to the Disney Terminal. Also what are FE's and what do you need to do to make them? Looking forward to finally getting my sea legs!

I'm glad to know that you're so excited! I think you will definitely love it!!:lovestruc Since I've never actually participated in a FE exchange, I figured I would post this link that could probably give you more info than if I tried to explain it:
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=33184281&postcount=2

[Crystal_27]

Regarding the FE exchange, I will tell you guys that we had a blast doing it on our 7 nighter. With that said, we had 40 cabins participating and it was a LOT of work and took several hours to complete. With our smaller group, I think it would be a lot of fun (it really was a way to share some DIS love). On our 7 nighter, we also did a DIS PJ breakfast, which was a ton of fun too. Some of us more die-hard folks also participated in a Secret Mickey exchange (think Secret Santa). It really was a unique cruise experience running into DISers at every turn - it felt like we had friends everywhere! :goodvibes

[UGAFan0829]

Regarding the FE exchange, I will tell you guys that we had a blast doing it on our 7 nighter. With that said, we had 40 cabins participating and it was a LOT of work and took several hours to complete. With our smaller group, I think it would be a lot of fun (it really was a way to share some DIS love). On our 7 nighter, we also did a DIS PJ breakfast, which was a ton of fun too. Some of us more die-hard folks also participated in a Secret Mickey exchange (think Secret Santa). It really was a unique cruise experience running into DISers at every turn - it felt like we had friends everywhere! :goodvibes

I agree with you, Crystal. I've never participated on any of our cruises before, just because I thought it would be too overwhelming to add that to the list of everything else I had to do before we set sail. But, like you said, I think this would be a great group to try it with since it's smaller. I've already been looking at the FE's on e-Bay this morning, so I hope that we can get something going. I would volunteer to organize it, but other than knowing what it is, I have no idea how it works as far as putting it together. I really hope we can do one!:cheer2:
And the PJ breakfast sounds like it was a lot of fun too!!:dance3:

[verygfy]

I am so excited, I can't wait for our cruise. Time is flying by so fast I am afraid I won't get everything I want to get done in time!! We finally got our passports right before the 4th, I was so impressed on how fast we got them (less than a month).

I think FE sounds like fun, but I have no idea how to organize it, I would definitely participate. I like the sound of a PJ breakfast. DH and I are not doing Palo, with this being our first cruise I could not think of a night that I would want to skip dinner and the brunch seemed like to much seafood for DH.

Does anyone know when they will assign cabins?

[Jey12]

I'm glad to know that you're so excited! I think you will definitely love it!!:lovestruc Since I've never actually participated in a FE exchange, I figured I would post this link that could probably give you more info than if I tried to explain it:
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=33184281&postcount=2

Thanks for the great link! I think it sounds like fun to try and do FE's. So do you make them for every night of the cruise, and do we share our room numbers? Not that exploring the ship to find FE's to leave gifts in wouldn't be fun, but might be a little time consuming? Since I've never been on a ship before I don't know how long that would take.

I thought I'd read they normally assign cabins around 45 days prior, is this right? I can't wait to see what our room number is, not sure why that's so exciting but it is. :banana:

[Crystal_27]

I would be happy to organize the FE exchange. All we will need is to get together a list of those who wish to participate with cabin number. As to how long it takes, when we had 40 cabins participating, it took us about 2.5 hours to get our stuff distributed (we did it the first night). The key is to create the list by floor so you aren't treking up and down flights of stairs unncessarily. And, for those who are still looking to purchase their FEs, we bought ours from "Gradysmommy" on Ebay and she did an incredible, incredible job! She is a bit more pricey than others, but well worth the expense - - her work is flawless. :thumbsup2

For those doing the Palo Brunch, have you guys thought any more about securing one of the private dining rooms for a DIS Palo Brunch? And, verygfy, regarding the Palo Brunch being too much seafood, while there are seafood offerings, there are also many many other choices. I don't care for seafood at all, and I was in heaven with the Brunch (they have flatbreads that are outta this world!). :love:

[UGAFan0829]

Crystal, are you sure that you don't mind being the organizer?

As far as Palo, I am definitely up for a group thing if everyone else is as well!!

[Crystal_27]

Crystal, are you sure that you don't mind being the organizer?

As far as Palo, I am definitely up for a group thing if everyone else is as well!!

No, I don't mind at all - - I can make lists with the best of 'em. :lmao:

[UGAFan0829]

Well, then!! Add me to the list...though I have no idea what our stateroom number will be as we are GTY status!:guilty:

[bellaprincess98]

I would be happy to organize the FE exchange. All we will need is to get together a list of those who wish to participate with cabin number. As to how long it takes, when we had 40 cabins participating, it took us about 2.5 hours to get our stuff distributed (we did it the first night). The key is to create the list by floor so you aren't treking up and down flights of stairs unncessarily. And, for those who are still looking to purchase their FEs, we bought ours from "Gradysmommy" on Ebay and she did an incredible, incredible job! She is a bit more pricey than others, but well worth the expense - - her work is flawless. :thumbsup2

For those doing the Palo Brunch, have you guys thought any more about securing one of the private dining rooms for a DIS Palo Brunch? And, verygfy, regarding the Palo Brunch being too much seafood, while there are seafood offerings, there are also many many other choices. I don't care for seafood at all, and I was in heaven with the Brunch (they have flatbreads that are outta this world!). :love:

Hey Crystal, You know I'm definetly down for a Palo group brunch! This may be the only way I'll get in!:rotfl2:

[Crystal_27]

**ALERT**

I just went to the cruise page and there are Palo Brunches and HIGH TEAs available for our cruise. Hurry!

I didn't realize that the High Teas were offered on the 4 nighters. Another event that was amazing! :lovestruc

[Crystal_27]

Fish Extender Participants:

Crystal_27 - Crystal, Randy (DH), DD(6) - 6083
UGAFan0829 - GTY

[UGAFan0829]

Hey, stupid question, but what exactly is High Tea? LOL!:confused3

By the way--since I've never done the FE before, I'm sure I'll have a ton of questions between now and then! Are we doing this for each person in the room. For example-in your case, I would need to get enough stuff for you, your DH, and The Big, right??

Oh yeah...in our room, it's just me (Missy), and DH (Mike).

THANK YOU for putting this together for us! You rock!!

[Crystal_27]

Hey, stupid question, but what exactly is High Tea? LOL!:confused3

By the way--since I've never done the FE before, I'm sure I'll have a ton of questions between now and then! Are we doing this for each person in the room. For example-in your case, I would need to get enough stuff for you, your DH, and The Big, right??

Oh yeah...in our room, it's just me (Missy), and DH (Mike).

THANK YOU for putting this together for us! You rock!!

First of all, the HIGH TEA is so, so, so much fun! It is just like a traditional English Tea with tea, yummy scones, mini sandwiches, all in Palo style. When we were on the 7 nighter, I did the Tea with some of my DIS girlfriends since DH wasn't too keen on the thought of having tea, so if you guys want to try and get a High Tea group together with just the "girls" I would be game for that. It is *such* a good deal at only $5/person. :goodvibes

As to the FE, it really is up to you how little or how much you do. We got gifts ranging from candy, to pirate attire, to postcards, to puzzles, to items specific to ones state or city; some Disney themed, some not. Some people buy items, some people make them - - there really are no right or wrong gifts.

DH and I (since we are crafy scrapbooking geeks) made homemade scrapbook photo keychains for each FE family (a group gift per stateroom, not per individual). They were awesome but A LOT of work. I'll see if I can post a picture when I get home.

[Crystal_27]

Fish Extender Participants (updated):

Crystal_27 - Crystal, Randy (DH), DD(6) - 6083
UGAFan0829 - Missy, Mike (DH) - GTY

[bellaprincess98]

**ALERT**

I just went to the cruise page and there are Palo Brunches and HIGH TEAs available for our cruise. Hurry!

I didn't realize that the High Teas were offered on the 4 nighters. Another event that was amazing! :lovestruc

There are no brunches! I saw the high tea this morning but no brunches! :headache:

[JRose48]

My husband and I are booked for the high tea on the day at sea. Really looking forward to it.

[Jey12]

High tea sounds great! When would we do that? We would for sure be in on doing the FE gift exchange, it sounds so fun! I need to check with the other family we are traveling with to see if they are interested in it as well. Right now please put us down for our family, Jen, Jason and Jordyn (4). How fun! We're GTY so don't know our room number yet but can't wait to find out!

[verygfy]

Please add us to the FE Angela, Mitch, Scott (12) and Haley (4). We are also gty, so cabin number yet.

[Crystal_27]

There are no brunches! I saw the high tea this morning but no brunches! :headache:

Don't worry, Hon, we'll get you in there. :grouphug:

My husband and I are booked for the high tea on the day at sea. Really looking forward to it.

Yup - we are booked for 3:00 p.m. on the sea day too. :banana:

High tea sounds great! When would we do that? We would for sure be in on doing the FE gift exchange, it sounds so fun! I need to check with the other family we are traveling with to see if they are interested in it as well. Right now please put us down for our family, Jen, Jason and Jordyn (4). How fun! We're GTY so don't know our room number yet but can't wait to find out!

Jen, I'll get you guys added to the master FE list. Regarding the Tea, just reserve the spot for now and we'll get it all coordinated once we get aboard (or we can all just show up at the same time and ask to be seated together). :thumbsup2

Please add us to the FE Angela, Mitch, Scott (12) and Haley (4). We are also gty, so cabin number yet.

Will do, Angela. :hug:

All right, guys, here's the updated FE list:

Fish Extender Participants (updated):

Crystal_27 - Crystal, Randy, Ansley(6) - 6083
Jey12 - Jen, Jason and Jordyn(4) - GTY
UGAFan0829 - Missy, Mike - GTY
verygfy - Angela, Mitch, Scott(12), Haley(4) - GTY

[FairyGrandmother]

Add us to the FE exchange. Michelle, Chris and I (Magie) we are in cabin 7505. We (or at least I want to do high tea. I am going over to the site now and book it.

Well it took me to tries (still computer illiterate) but I managed to get High Tea booked for the 3 of us. I havent talked with Michelle or Chris yet so they may not want to participate. If they don't it will be just me. We are booked for brunch at 10am.

[ibmickey]

Hello everyone,

I just realized how close we are getting :cool1:. For those of you new to FE here are some of the things we have gotten before. Candy, stickers, one friend from Lousiana gave everyone some zatarans seasoning and a little recipe book she made up on her computer, cd with different tropical sounding songs, you can do as much or as little as you want. It is fun to come back to you cabin and find little suprises waiting for you.

Crystal, I would be willing to help out by making up a floor by floor map with the rooms marked on it to help everyone find the cabins easily.

Has anyone ever done the Elemis Aroma Stone Therapy message? It sounds wonderful but so expensive.

[Jey12]

Jen, I'll get you guys added to the master FE list. Regarding the Tea, just reserve the spot for now and we'll get it all coordinated once we get aboard (or we can all just show up at the same time and ask to be seated together). :thumbsup2

Should I book the high tea at 3pm on the day at sea then? Not sure about the Palo brunch, I'll need to check with the rest of my group. Hopefully I'll get them to do the FE's as well as the tea!

This is all too exciting. Honestly I can't remember being this excited about anything since my DD was born. We just scheduled a day after the cruise at Magic Kingdom, I've never been and couldn't stand the fact I would be so close and not at least experience one day!

Oh any anyone looking for FE for their doors they are on ebay but I also found a few cute ones on etsy.com as well. Just an FYI.

Just went to book high tea and it says no spots available at Palo for anything? Guess I was too late. :(

[Crystal_27]

Add us to the FE exchange. Michelle, Chris and I (Magie) we are in cabin 7505.

Awesome -- I will get you added to the FE list, and see ya at the Tea! :goodvibes



Crystal, I would be willing to help out by making up a floor by floor map with the rooms marked on it to help everyone find the cabins easily.

Has anyone ever done the Elemis Aroma Stone Therapy message? It sounds wonderful but so expensive.

That would be great about the floor map. I don't yet have you on the FE list...did you guys want to participate as well? And, regarding the stone massage, while I've never done it on DCL, I've had one before and it is awesome. The stones are heated almost to the point of being too hot, and they just put a lot of oil on your parts and slide the stones over your body parts. Uh-maz-ing. :thumbsup2



Just went to book high tea and it says no spots available at Palo for anything? Guess I was too late. :(

That's okay...I'm sure that you'll be able to add it once you board the ship. :goodvibes

[Crystal_27]

Fish Extender Participants (updated):

Crystal_27 - Crystal, Randy, Ansley(6) - 6083
FairyGrandmother - Michelle, Chris, Magie - 7505
ibmickey?
Jey12 - Jen, Jason and Jordyn(4) - GTY
UGAFan0829 - Missy, Mike - GTY
verygfy - Angela, Mitch, Scott(12), Haley(4) - GTY

[ibmickey]

crystal, I am michelle that is with fairygrandmother. I forgot that that could be a little confusing sometimes since we both post to the boards. I will start getting the maps together and will add cabin # as we get them.

the massage sounds fantastic I am definitely moving that to the top of my want to do list.

[Belle402]

Hi Crystal, would you add me to the FE exchange? My name is Marianne and I am traveling with my mom Sue. Our stateroom is 7627.

[Crystal_27]

crystal, I am michelle that is with fairygrandmother. I forgot that that could be a little confusing sometimes since we both post to the boards. I will start getting the maps together and will add cabin # as we get them.

the massage sounds fantastic I am definitely moving that to the top of my want to do list.

Ah, it all makes sense to me now. I see the light! :lmao:

Hi Crystal, would you add me to the FE exchange? My name is Marianne and I am traveling with my mom Sue. Our stateroom is 7627.

Will do! :flower3:

[Crystal_27]

Fish Extender Participants (updated):

Belle402 - Marianne with DM, Sue - 7627
Crystal_27 - Crystal, Randy, Ansley(6) - 6083
FairyGrandmother/ibmickey - Michelle, Chris, Magie - 7505
Jey12 - Jen, Jason and Jordyn(4) - GTY
UGAFan0829 - Missy, Mike - GTY
verygfy - Angela, Mitch, Scott(12), Haley(4) - GTY

:goodvibes

[Emsabems]

Crystal - thanks for stepping up to organize, I've been watching this thread for a while now and would love to be included!

This will be our first Disney cruise and we are SOOOO excited!
Rodney, Emily, Aiden (5), Jacob(3) - cabin 7104

Will there be a cutoff date at some point so we know how many gifts we need to prepare?

Just a bit of background, I've organized this cruise for our family including both sets of grandparents, by DH sister and her family, and my brother who has Cerebral Palsy. So far Disney has been great about accomodating our special needs, and we cannot wait for the cruise to begin! We are going to end out the week at WDW - any reccomendations would be appreciated! (For example, I think we are not going to visit the parks on Thursday because I think it might be too much activity for the kids). Any other advice/wisdom?

:grouphug:

[Emsabems]

My little guy is 3 yrs and 38 inches - the DCL website says you must be 4 yrs and 38 inches to slide the waterslide onboard...

Does anyone know if this is enforced strictly?

TY!

[Crystal_27]

Crystal - thanks for stepping up to organize, I've been watching this thread for a while now and would love to be included!

This will be our first Disney cruise and we are SOOOO excited!
Rodney, Emily, Aiden (5), Jacob(3) - cabin 7104

Will there be a cutoff date at some point so we know how many gifts we need to prepare?

Just a bit of background, I've organized this cruise for our family including both sets of grandparents, by DH sister and her family, and my brother who has Cerebral Palsy. So far Disney has been great about accomodating our special needs, and we cannot wait for the cruise to begin! We are going to end out the week at WDW - any reccomendations would be appreciated! (For example, I think we are not going to visit the parks on Thursday because I think it might be too much activity for the kids). Any other advice/wisdom?

:grouphug:

Welcome Emsabems family! As to any advice regarding the parks, I think you are going to be in for a very difficult time with the kiddos asking about going to the parks since you will be so close. :rotfl: Even if you only hit Downtown Disney or Magic Kingdom for a couple of hours, I think that you can easily accommodate your family and still experience Disney. As to the slide, I actually didn't realize until now that there was an age limit as well as a height requirement. :rolleyes1 DD went on the slide when she was 3 with no problems at all (of course, not until the last day and not until *she* was ready to do it).

All right -- here is the updated FE list. As to a cutoff, I say that we should have the cut off be September 1st. That way, we can have a couple weeks to get organized and such. Does that sound good to everyone?

Fish Extender Participants (updated):

Belle402 - Marianne with DM, Sue - 7627
Crystal_27 - Crystal, Randy, Ansley(6) - 6083
Emsabems - Rodney, Emily, Aiden(5), Jacob(3) - 7104
FairyGrandmother/ibmickey - Michelle, Chris, Magie - 7505
Jey12 - Jen, Jason and Jordyn(4) - GTY
UGAFan0829 - Missy, Mike - GTY
verygfy - Angela, Mitch, Scott(12), Haley(4) - GTY

[JRose48]

I'm not sure if I want to do the FE yet. I'm sewing costumes for MNSSHP and don't want to put anything else on my plate till I have that finished. I will let you know before Sept 1st.

[Jey12]

The first of Sept would be fine with us. The couple of weeks should be plenty of time to work on FE gifts. Of course I've been pondering them for awhile now since this is our first cruise and first time particpating in a FE.

We are going to do the Universal Islands of Adventure on Thur when we get back and then Friday at MK. Silly question but what is the MNSSHP? I have seen it referred to several times and can't quite figure it out. :confused3

I have never been to Disney World and could not stand the thought of being so close and not going, so I would imagine small children would feel just as strong. First cruise, first trip to MK I know I sound like I've never left the midwest, but really I have. LOL. I always figured I'd missed out as a kid and Disney was something to wait to take my own child to. I think I'm about to discover what I've been missing out on! :yay:

[annmorr]

Hi all,

I've sailed twice on the Wonder with extended family, but I'm thinking of taking the cruise solo. I will love being in my own cabin, and don't mind spending quiet days near the adult pool, but it' would be nice to know if there are any others also sailing alone? And will DCL likely seat me with other like adults at dinner...?
Has anyone actually sailed single, and do you have any hints or advice if I do decide to do this?

[Emsabems]

Thanks for the advice! I wouldn't dream of tormenting my kids by bringing them within inches of the Magic Kingdom and not actually going :) It's been a bit challenging to come up with a reasonable schedule, but here's where I am so far:

Sat Sep 18 - Drive from NC to Port Canaveral (thanks to the boards here I have lots of good ideas about games/activities to keep the kids occupied)
Sun Sep 19 - Thurs Sep 23 CRUISE ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thurs Sep 23 - Drive from PC to Orlando and check into Animal Kingdom Lodge... hang out at pool and relax - dinner at Garden Grove with Characters
Fri Sep 24 - Magic Kingdom
Sat Sep 25 - start the trek home (sigh)

I am super excited about the trip, and really getting into the whole FE idea... there are some great ideas and photos on the boards that are getting my creative juices flowing!

Looking forward to meeting you all!

[JRose48]

Silly question but what is the MNSSHP? I have seen it referred to several times and can't quite figure it out. :confused3

Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party at MK. MVMCP is Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party in case you see that one too.

[Jey12]

Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party at MK. MVMCP is Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party in case you see that one too.

Thanks so much! One less thing on my mind! :cool1: Is that included in the daily ticket price or is it a seperate event? Sorry I'm clueless to all of the Disney World things, I've obviously been sheltered from some great fun!

[JRose48]

Thanks so much! One less thing on my mind! :cool1: Is that included in the daily ticket price or is it a seperate event? Sorry I'm clueless to all of the Disney World things, I've obviously been sheltered from some great fun!


It's a separate ticket event. You can dress up in costumes and they give out candy all over the park. There are stations where you can see the characters dressed up in costumes (like Minnie in a witch costume, etc.). They have a special parade (it's incredible) and fireworks. They also have dance parties where you can dance with the characters. Because it's a separate ticket even the park is less crowded and many rides have very short lines. We went last year and it was super fun (if you can afford the about $50/person!!).

[Emsabems]

I think that the night we return is a MNSSHP at magic kingdom - I wish my boys were old enough to make it! Alas, even with long naps in the afternoon I don't think we are quite ready for Disney after dark.

I was at Children's place today and they had the cutest pajamas that look like pirate costumes. I couldn't help myself :)

Anybody else getting super excited???????


Emily

[Crystal_27]

I think that the night we return is a MNSSHP at magic kingdom - I wish my boys were old enough to make it! Alas, even with long naps in the afternoon I don't think we are quite ready for Disney after dark.

Anybody else getting super excited???????


Emily

Emily, your kiddos might surprise you with MNSSHP - it is an action-packed night, with the trick-or-treating, parades, dance parties, character meets, fireworks, and MK rides. We've been the last 2 years (DD was 4 and 5). Both nights, she rocked it until the end of the party (actually, we left last year around 11:30 p.m. to attempt to beat the crowds, but I think I was the one who insisted on that - LOL). We thought about going again this year, but since we are staying at the Beach Club Villas the night before the cruise, we want to get full use out of Stormalong Bay this year. We might go to Epcot for a bit, though, maybe partake in a few drinks around the World. :rotfl:

I'm definitely getting super excited. This weekend is the last before school starts and I figure after school starts the time before our cruise is going to fly by. :dance3:

[Crystal_27]

Fish Extender Participants (updated):

Belle402 - Marianne with DM, Sue - 7627
Crystal_27 - Crystal, Randy, Ansley(6) - 6083
Emsabems - Rodney, Emily, Aiden(5), Jacob(3) - 7104
FairyGrandmother/ibmickey - Michelle, Chris, Magie - 7505
Jey12 - Jen, Jason and Jordyn(4) - GTY
JRose48 - Tentative
UGAFan0829 - Missy, Mike - GTY
verygfy - Angela, Mitch, Scott(12), Haley(4) - GTY

[Emsabems]

What is Stormalong bay??? And where do you live that this is your last weekend of summer? We are in NC and the kids don't start till Aug 25!

[Emsabems]

I noticed that at least one other poster is in the first time cruiser boat with me, how about the rest of you? Who wins for most Disney cruises????

:upsidedow

[Jey12]

We are definately part of the first time cruisers. We are traveling with friends and their sons ages 3 years and 8 months. They are also first timers. I keep begging her to sign up on this board and join in on the FE. She keeps saying it sounds like fun but never does. :confused3 What's a person to do? LOL.

This may be our first cruise but after lurking on the boards for a month or so, asking the questions I do have and reading about other's experiences I feel like we are not total newbies. :cool1:

[Emsabems]

lol - We are going with my parents, DH's parents, and DH's sister and her 4 year old. I keep telling ALL of them to join this board, but none have yet. My mom is very excited about the FE, she just doesn't have the computer skills to sign up :) If she can't figure it out I'll have to give some computer tutoring :P

[FairyGrandmother]

Hi all,

I've sailed twice on the Wonder with extended family, but I'm thinking of taking the cruise solo. I will love being in my own cabin, and don't mind spending quiet days near the adult pool, but it' would be nice to know if there are any others also sailing alone? And will DCL likely seat me with other like adults at dinner...?
Has anyone actually sailed single, and do you have any hints or advice if I do decide to do this?

I am a older single. On this cruise I will not be alone, I am traveling with my daughter and her partner. This will be my 3rd and 4th Disney cruise. We are doing a B2B. I am thinking about doing a solo cruise next fall along with a trip to Epcot for the food and wine fest. I have sean a few posts here from single travelers, and there is a thread on the regular boards that includes solo cruisers as well as solos at the parks.
Magie

[willijen]

lol - We are going with my parents, DH's parents, and DH's sister and her 4 year old. I keep telling ALL of them to join this board, but none have yet. My mom is very excited about the FE, she just doesn't have the computer skills to sign up :) If she can't figure it out I'll have to give some computer tutoring :P

Hi Emsabems! We're not first-time cruisers, but it's our first Disney cruise. My DH and I are sailing with my parents and our 4-year-old son. This will be his first cruise! Tell your SIL to join the board!

Crystal, the FE sounds like so much fun, but between 2 jobs, a pregnancy and a preschooler, I just don't have the time or energy to have everything ready! Maybe next time. Gotta know your limits! Have fun, guys!

jenny

[Emsabems]

Jenny - So glad to hear all the pre-schoolers that are coming! My 3 and 5 boys will have a blast meeting all of you :)

My parents and in laws are coming too - with all the activities, plus grandparents in tow I have a feeling we won't be seeing our kids all that often :)

[JRose48]

This is our second cruise. We went last Sept on a three night. I'm really excited!!!

[UGAFan0829]

I noticed that at least one other poster is in the first time cruiser boat with me, how about the rest of you? Who wins for most Disney cruises????

:upsidedow

This will be mine and the DH's 4th cruise--all on DCL! We are both so excited to cruise again...we just can't wait! And this will be my first time participating in the FE, so I'm excited about that as well. I finally ordered the FE off e-Bay last week, so I hope it gets here soon. Now, I just have to figure out what I'm doing for gifts!

[gdaneowner]

We are definately part of the first time cruisers. We are traveling with friends and their sons ages 3 years and 8 months. They are also first timers. I keep begging her to sign up on this board and join in on the FE. She keeps saying it sounds like fun but never does. :confused3 What's a person to do? LOL.

This may be our first cruise but after lurking on the boards for a month or so, asking the questions I do have and reading about other's experiences I feel like we are not total newbies. :cool1:


Here I am!.. Now shuddup!...lol... I am now registared. Although we are first time Disney cruisers, we are not new to Disney. My husband and I went to Disney World for our honeymoon in 2006, and we went again August 2009 with my then 2yr old son and my niece.

[Crystal_27]

What is Stormalong bay??? And where do you live that this is your last weekend of summer? We are in NC and the kids don't start till Aug 25!

Stormalong Bay is the Beach and Yacht Club's pool...supposed to be the best pool on property. We are definitely excited about trying it out. And, we are in the 'burbs of Atlanta. We had a more typical school year last year, but the school board implemented a new calendar for the 2010-2012 school years. We do start out earlier, but one of the things I love is that the school gives off a week in September. That means we can cruise "on the cheap" and DD doesn't have to miss any school. :thumbsup2

I noticed that at least one other poster is in the first time cruiser boat with me, how about the rest of you? Who wins for most Disney cruises????

:upsidedow

This (along with the cruise on September 23rd) will be our 3rd and 4th DCL cruises. We've only been on 2 cruises previously, but we are hooked. We have another cruise booked on the Dream in 2011, and we are hoping to do another back-to-back in September, 2011 on the Dream. :goodvibes

[UGAFan0829]

This (along with the cruise on September 23rd) will be our 3rd and 4th DCL cruises. We've only been on 2 cruises previously, but we are hooked. We have another cruise booked on the Dream in 2011, and we are hoping to do another back-to-back in September, 2011 on the Dream. :goodvibes

Which sailing are you booked on for the Dream? It would be too funny if we sailed together again as we are booked for the 9/11 sailing!

[Crystal_27]

Which sailing are you booked on for the Dream? It would be too funny if we sailed together again as we are booked for the 9/11 sailing!

We aren't quite sure yet what DD's 2011-2012 school schedule is going to look like, but I suspect that she'll be getting off the same week next year as this year, which actually works out so well in that the DVC member cruise is scheduled to begin September 18th, and we would just do another back-to-back on either the front end or back end of the member cruise (if that is indeed the week she is off). We are going to book a "dummy week" while onboard this cruise so we can at least take advantage of getting a discount on the non-DVC cruise portion. If she doesn't get the same week off in 2011, we could very well end up on the same cruise again because she will get one of the weeks off in September for sure. :goodvibes

[amyren]

I think that the night we return is a MNSSHP at magic kingdom - I wish my boys were old enough to make it! Alas, even with long naps in the afternoon I don't think we are quite ready for Disney after dark.

I was at Children's place today and they had the cutest pajamas that look like pirate costumes. I couldn't help myself :)

Anybody else getting super excited???????


Emily

We have tickets to MNSSHP the night the cruise returns. We are going to try it with a 2 year old :eek: I've heard you can get in before the party actually starts, so even if we don't stay until midnight I think it will be lots of fun. We are only staying at WDW for 3 nights so I want to take advantage of our time. I'm so excited about the cruise and WDW. Counting down the days.

[Crystal_27]

I've heard you can get in before the party actually starts

Yup - you can get in at 4:00 p.m. for a 7:00 p.m. party start. We've done this the past 2 years we went and walked on every ride that we wanted (including Splash Mountain back-to-back-to-back). Its a nice perk. :goodvibes

[Belle402]

I've been on two three day cruises on the Wonder (one on halloween) and one 7 day cruise on the Magic. This year I am excited about my first visit to Bay Lake Tower before the cruise. I am hoping to book the Dream during our cruise.

Marianne

[vmedisneymom]

Hi All,
I just read the whole thread and wanted to say that we are first time cruisers - and have not a clue but are excited to join in on the fun! We will do the FE do but no clue about anything! We did get Palo dinner second night - is that bad? Haven't seen any brunch or high tea since I booked it a month or so ago? Any list somewhere on cool ideas for baskets from Shirley or FE gifts? We are GTY - when will we ever get a room assignment?
Have a wonderful day!
Michelle:wizard:

[vmedisneymom]

There will be me - Michelle, Hub Stephen and our son Hayden age 7 - any moms with boys around that age?

[bellaprincess98]

There will be me - Michelle, Hub Stephen and our son Hayden age 7 - any moms with boys around that age?

Hello and welcome to the Disboard! I have two boys, my oldest is 6 so that isnt too far from your son. My youngest is 3.

My countdown calendar says that we have now entered the 40's! Yipee:cheer2: Not too far now!

[vmedisneymom]

So excited - hope our boys have fun! If you have any tips I would appreciate it - I have never cruised and I want to have a great time! This is for my 40th Bday:rolleyes1

[Crystal_27]

Fish Extender Participants (updated):

Belle402 - Marianne with DM, Sue - 7627
Crystal_27 - Crystal, Randy, Ansley(6) - 6083
Emsabems - Rodney, Emily, Aiden(5), Jacob(3) - 7104
FairyGrandmother/ibmickey - Michelle, Chris, Magie - 7505
Jey12 - Jen, Jason and Jordyn(4) - GTY
JRose48 - Tentative
UGAFan0829 - Missy, Mike - GTY
verygfy - Angela, Mitch, Scott(12), Haley(4) - GTY
vmedisneymom - Michelle, Stephen, Hayden(7) - GTY

Michelle, I got you added to the FE list above. As to any tips, for our first cruise with DD (who was 3 at the time) we got her a basket from Shirley and it turned out very cute (but a little on the pricey side - - I think it ended up being about $75 with everything). The next year we just bought her a sand bucket and sand toys from the dollar store and stuffed it with games, snacks, crayons, puzzles, and other fun stuff and she liked it just as much. As to FE ideas, you can really go as easy or complex as you want. When we participated last year, we got a wide range of items, but it was super fun to always have a surprise waiting for us every time we went back to our rooms. DH and I are still debating on what we want to do. We did a very involved scrapbooked keychain last year, but I'm back and forth about what to do. We always do our best work at the last minute, though. :rotfl:

Have a good day everyone. I sooooooooo am needing this cruise right now. :goodvibes

[UGAFan0829]

Well, if my calculations are correct, tomorrow is the 45-day mark for our cruise.:dance3: Is anyone else who's in GTY status anxious to find out their room number? I read one of the stickys over on the main board that said rooms are usually assigned between the 45 and 30 day marks. I'm hoping it's tomorrow, but knowing my luck, I'll have to wait!!:eek: I also went online just to check and see what categories were still left for our cruise, and the only thing left open to book are the verandah rooms. It looks like we're going to have a pretty full ship.

[DiSnEyFrEaK22]

I hope I find out tomorrow, I'm in GTY status too! I wonder if we have more or less of a chance for an upgrade with the ship as filled as it is!? Either way... I'm so excited!! :goodvibes

[Crystal_27]

I hope I find out tomorrow, I'm in GTY status too! I wonder if we have more or less of a chance for an upgrade with the ship as filled as it is!? Either way... I'm so excited!! :goodvibes

I would think its very promisng for an upgrade if the lower categories are sold out. We so debated on whether or not to book a GTY room this cruise, but since we are doing the back-to-back, we decided it would less hassle to book the same stateroom for each leg of the cruise instead. Now, I'm kinda regretting that decision. :rotfl:

Here's hoping you guys get the verandahs that are available. :cheer2:

[DiSnEyFrEaK22]

I would think its very promisng for an upgrade if the lower categories are sold out. We so debated on whether or not to book a GTY room this cruise, but since we are doing the back-to-back, we decided it would less hassle to book the same stateroom for each leg of the cruise instead. Now, I'm kinda regretting that decision. :rotfl:

Here's hoping you guys get the verandahs that are available. :cheer2:

Wow, that is great news! This is my first cruise ever and I wasn't sure how it all worked. Is there any way to change your status to GTY under your reservations? I know I can upgrade if I wanted to pay more. But, I'm hopeful & confident based on your comment! Thanks!! :flower3:

[UGAFan0829]

Oooooh, I can't stand the anticipation. I sure hope we find out tomorrow!!:rolleyes1

[travelfanatic]

Hi everyone, I am new to this forum in fact I have never done one before so bear with me. Our family is so excited about this vacation! My husband & I have cruised many times on other ships but this is our first family/disney cruise! I think I am more excited than my kids! Looks like we don't have much longer to wait. I have enjoyed reading everyone's comments. Looks like there are a lot of fellow Georgians on this cruise!

[Crystal_27]

Is there any way to change your status to GTY under your reservations?

I think since we're past the 90 day mark, DCL would charge you to make changes to your reservation. I'm not 100% sure, though, so if you really want to do it, call your travel agent to confirm. Good luck!

Oooooh, I can't stand the anticipation. I sure hope we find out tomorrow!!:rolleyes1

**Fingers crossed** ;)

Hi everyone, I am new to this forum in fact I have never done one before so bear with me. Our family is so excited about this vacation! My husband & I have cruised many times on other ships but this is our first family/disney cruise! I think I am more excited than my kids! Looks like we don't have much longer to wait. I have enjoyed reading everyone's comments. Looks like there are a lot of fellow Georgians on this cruise!

How cool that we have another ATL family aboard! :yay: My DD is 6; how old are your kiddos? Maybe they'll run into each other in the kids clubs if they are around the same age. I'm sure you're going to love Disney cruisin'. This will be only our third Disney cruise, but DH and I are hooked!! We have 4 more cruises planned after this one that are either booked or will be booked in the next couple of months. :rolleyes:

[DiSnEyFrEaK22]

[QUOTE=Crystal_27;37676212]I think since we're past the 90 day mark, DCL would charge you to make changes to your reservation. I'm not 100% sure, though, so if you really want to do it, call your travel agent to confirm. Good luck!


Oh, I didn't want to change my reservation. I was asking that question for you bc you said you kinda regretted booking a specific stateroom. Sorry for the confusion! :thumbsup2

[UGAFan0829]

Hi everyone, I am new to this forum in fact I have never done one before so bear with me. Our family is so excited about this vacation! My husband & I have cruised many times on other ships but this is our first family/disney cruise! I think I am more excited than my kids! Looks like we don't have much longer to wait. I have enjoyed reading everyone's comments. Looks like there are a lot of fellow Georgians on this cruise!

WELCOME!! :welcome:It's great to have another Georgia family cruising with us!! My DH and I are kidless, but we are in love with DCL,:love: (and most all things Disney for that matter), and I think your family will like it as well!:thumbsup2

[thamar58]

Hey everyone! Great to meet other Disney Lovers like me! This will be my family's first cruise. My hubby and I have four kids (10, 9, 5 and 4)! We're super excited about going on the DCL! We are DVC members and live in Florida so we go to WDW about every 3-4 months! My husband's best friend's family is also coming on the cruise and they have a 5 year old as well. We were able to book Palo, CC sting ray, and Blue Lagoon Dolphin Encounter! We would love to participate in the FE! Our room number is 2602! :woohoo:

[vmedisneymom]

I was just struggling with Shirley v. packing up my own thing. I got him some darling things at World Market and I think the price might be a bunch better if I do it myself, but I know Shirley has 10% off through Aug 12 - in case any of you want to take advantage of that. Didn't know who knew that or cares :yay: Can't wait to see if we get room assignments tomorrow either! I am going to go nuts! pirate:

[Emsabems]

How cool that we have another ATL family aboard! :yay: My DD is 6; how old are your kiddos? Maybe they'll run into each other in the kids clubs if they are around the same age. I'm sure you're going to love Disney cruisin'. This will be only our third Disney cruise, but DH and I are hooked!! We have 4 more cruises planned after this one that are either booked or will be booked in the next couple of months. :rolleyes:

Part of our group is from ATL too - though none of the kiddies. If my mom ever figures out how to post she'll speak up I'm sure :rolleyes:

Anyone have a Disney app for the iPhone to reccomend?

Crystal, I think you've talked me into making a go of Magic Kingdom Thursday night... I figure if it's awful I can get the grandparents to take the kids back to the hotel and DH and I can play (if you're reading this Nana or Mimi I love you!) :love:

[DiSnEyFrEaK22]

my stateroom was posted!! no upgrade though :sad1:, good luck everyone!!

[vmedisneymom]

No change from GTY yet - now I am hitting refresh - I am Disney insane!!! :rotfl:

[DiSnEyFrEaK22]

No change from GTY yet - now I am hitting refresh - I am Disney insane!!! :rotfl:

I wish I could refresh and my cabin # would change lol! Good luck to you!! popcorn::

[vmedisneymom]

You are cracking me up - so excited for you and your exciting new life starting together - what an amazing wedding and honeymoon!

[DiSnEyFrEaK22]

You are cracking me up - so excited for you and your exciting new life starting together - what an amazing wedding and honeymoon!

I have that effect on people :lmao: Aww, your soo sweet. Thanks so much! I can't believe it's almost here!!!

[UGAFan0829]

my stateroom was posted!! no upgrade though :sad1:, good luck everyone!!

Awww, I am SO sorry!:hug: But, hey here's to hoping that it could still change between now and then, right!:flower3: I'm sending some pixie dust your way...:wizard:

No change from GTY yet - now I am hitting refresh - I am Disney insane!!! :rotfl:

I'm right there with ya. I just checked mine, and it says the same thing.:scared1: I am insane with ya, so at least you aren't alone!:upsidedow

[UGAFan0829]

Hey y'all...I wanted to let y'all know about something I just found when looking at our reservation online. In the Planning Center, on the right side of the page, I happened to see "Information About Your Cruise". Under that section it states that a refundable Onboard Credit has been applied to our reservation for a fuel supplement charge. I've heard of this happening before, but have never had it happen to us. There's no telling how long that's been there and I just haven't noticed it! Since it didn't give me an amount online, I called to check, and the CM told me it was $64.00!!:woohoo: I was totally surprised as I was figuring that it would only be $5 or so! Definitely a good way to start the day.:banana: Now, if they would only assign a room!!:rolleyes1

[DiSnEyFrEaK22]

[QUOTE=UGAFan0829;37687528]Awww, I am SO sorry!:hug: But, hey here's to hoping that it could still change between now and then, right!:flower3: I'm sending some pixie dust your way...:wizard:

Aww it's okay! I guess you get what you pay for LOL Thanks so much ::fingers crossed:: This cruise is going to be so awesome!! Good luck to you!! I hope everyone gets their room numbers today :woohoo:

[vmedisneymom]

Well still not changed from GTY - I really don't even care what I get - I am just a nut who wants to know where my room is! Ha! Hope everyone has a great day! :surfweb:

[DiSnEyFrEaK22]

Nothing yet, I don't believe it?! What's taking DCL so long to assign rooms! :laughing:

[UGAFan0829]

Well, DisneyFreak, you aren't the only one who didn't get an upgrade. Just checked our reservation, and we were finally assigned. Looks like we're going to be down there adding the coal to the burners!! Oh, well. I guess that's why they say that you should book what you want! I wonder if you can upgrade when cruising on points!? I'm not really disappointed about where we are, I'm just wondering how not having a split bath will work--that's the only reason I was really hoping for an upgrade. But either way, we'll be on the ship!


ETA: I just went back and realized that we actually did get an upgrade. We were originally GTY for a Cat. 11, but the room number we've been assigned is actually a category 9 (room 1036)! So, we do have a split bathroom after all. And from looking at the Stateroom reports, we actually have one of the rooms with the 2 portholes. I just assumed that because we were on dec 1 that we were still in a Cat. 11. I totally forgot that even though your room number changes, they don't actually change your category when you look at your reservation online.

[DiSnEyFrEaK22]

Well, DisneyFreak, you aren't the only one who didn't get an upgrade. Just checked our reservation, and we were finally assigned. Looks like we're going to be down there adding the coal to the burners!! Oh, well. I guess that's why they say that you should book what you want! I wonder if you can upgrade when cruising on points!? I'm not really disappointed about where we are, I'm just wondering how not having a split bath will work--that's the only reason I was really hoping for an upgrade. But either way, we'll be on the ship!


ETA: I just went back and realized that we actually did get an upgrade. We were originally GTY for a Cat. 11, but the room number we've been assigned is actually a category 9 (room 1036)! So, we do have a split bathroom after all. And from looking at the Stateroom reports, we actually have one of the rooms with the 2 portholes. I just assumed that because we were on dec 1 that we were still in a Cat. 11. I totally forgot that even though your room number changes, they don't actually change your category when you look at your reservation online.

Oh, that just isn't fair!! ;) Just kidding! Congrats!!! :thumbsup2

[UGAFan0829]

Oh, that just isn't fair!! ;) Just kidding! Congrats!!! :thumbsup2

Did you make sure that you weren't upgraded? Like I said, when I first saw mine, I didn't think we had been because it still says Category 11, even though the room number is actually a 9. It's easy to miss.

[DiSnEyFrEaK22]

Did you make sure that you weren't upgraded? Like I said, when I first saw mine, I didn't think we had been because it still says Category 11, even though the room number is actually a 9. It's easy to miss.

No, I'm sure... Room #2513 Category 12 :rolleyes: But I did get excited there for a minute LOL

[UGAFan0829]

No, I'm sure... Room #2513 Category 12 :rolleyes: But I did get excited there for a minute LOL

Now I feel really bad. I'm sorry!:hug: I'm still sending pixie dust that you may still get an upgrade between now and then!:wizard:

[DiSnEyFrEaK22]

Now I feel really bad. I'm sorry!:hug: I'm still sending pixie dust that you may still get an upgrade between now and then!:wizard:

Oh no! Don't be, this cruise is going to be magical no matter where they put us, it's our honeymoon cruise! But, thank you! Maybe I'll call and try to get something out of them at our 5 day mark if nothing changes! :cutie:

[travelfanatic]

We are very excited & have heard wonderful things about the cruise line. I figured if it's disney we can't go wrong! :)

[travelfanatic]

My boys are 5 & 11. My 5 year old loves playing with the girls so I am sure he will meet your lovely daughter. He is very much a charmer! I am sure we will run into each other at some point. Can't wait to get there! :cheer2:

[travelfanatic]

I use Undercover Tourist as my iphone app. It's a great app. I haven't officially used it at disney yet but I think it will be a great tool! You should check it out!

[Jey12]

Room upgrade from a cat. 11 inside to a cat. 9 with a large porthole on deck 2! We are linked with another reservation and our room connects so I'm hoping we both were upgraded? The friends we're traveling with haven't been able to check their reservation so not positive yet, but I sure hope so! We are now in room 2032 and I'm hoping our friends are in room 2030 that connects. The pixie dust was so needed today. My Dad passed away this morning, and we all needed the extra magic. DD4 for sure needed it as she was quite the grandpa's girl.

[DiSnEyFrEaK22]

Room upgrade from a cat. 11 inside to a cat. 9 with a large porthole on deck 2! We are linked with another reservation and our room connects so I'm hoping we both were upgraded? The friends we're traveling with haven't been able to check their reservation so not positive yet, but I sure hope so! We are now in room 2032 and I'm hoping our friends are in room 2030 that connects. The pixie dust was so needed today. My Dad passed away this morning, and we all needed the extra magic. DD4 for sure needed it as she was quite the grandpa's girl.

Sweet upgrade, I am so happy for you! As a side note, I am so sorry to hear about your father passing away. My condolences to you and your family. I hope your cruise is extra magical.

[vmedisneymom]

I am so sorry to hear about your Father :guilty: Disney Freak - I bet you can get yours changed - and maybe a special treat for your honeymoon?!!! Fingers crossed :) Well we finally got one - 2544 - we booked cat. 10 - deluxe inside but this says cat. 9 and I think its outside from what I can tell? Sounds like a bunch of us are on 2!

[vmedisneymom]

How do we tell how many portholes we have? I didn't see it in the room report I found? Is there a good spot to check other than here?

[Jey12]

How do we tell how many portholes we have? I didn't see it in the room report I found? Is there a good spot to check other than here?

Thank you for your kind thoughts, it has been a tough day that's for sure. To answer your question I believe all cat. 9's on deck 2 are large porthole rooms, where the ones on deck 1 have the two smaller ones. We aren't too far away from you and our room has the large porthole.

Another bit of good news our friends were upgraded to the connecting room with ours! Now it can be one big room! Woo hoo! :dance3:

[Jey12]

Sweet upgrade, I am so happy for you! As a side note, I am so sorry to hear about your father passing away. My condolences to you and your family. I hope your cruise is extra magical.


Thank you so much. My Dad loved to travel and be on the water so we will do his memory justice and have a grand time that's for sure. The added pixie dust of an upgrade to enjoy the view even more is just a welcomed bonus.

[UGAFan0829]

Jey12- I am so very sorry to hear about your Dad. I can't imagine what you are going through. But I am very glad to know that this will be a special cruise for you. :hug:

[Crystal_27]

Geeze, you miss a couple of days, you really miss a LOT! First of all, I'm so sorry to Jey12 for your father's passing. Sending :grouphug:.

I'm so glad to read that some of you received a bit of pixie dust in terms of room assignments! Awesome! :goodvibes

For us, DD started school today (first grade) and she was super excited. DH and I took the day off today, and I can't wait to pick her up and hear all about her first day. We met her teacher last night at open house and I'm very very impressed with the teacher! Here's hoping its going to be a great school year. :thumbsup2 Have a good weekend everyone!

[vmedisneymom]

Thank you for your kind thoughts, it has been a tough day that's for sure. To answer your question I believe all cat. 9's on deck 2 are large porthole rooms, where the ones on deck 1 have the two smaller ones. We aren't too far away from you and our room has the large porthole.

Another bit of good news our friends were upgraded to the connecting room with ours! Now it can be one big room! Woo hoo! :dance3:

Awesome that is great news!

[DiSnEyFrEaK22]

I know this is off topic but I wanted to share it with everyone. The girls at work threw me a surprise bridal shower today!!! :lovestruc

[travelfanatic]

Jey12,

I am so sorry to hear about your Father's passing. Our families prayers are with you... I am sure this cruise will be sweet reminder of him. Enjoy your view!

[UGAFan0829]

I know this is off topic but I wanted to share it with everyone. The girls at work threw me a surprise bridal shower today!!! :lovestruc

How exciting!!princess: How did it go? By the way, are you posting a journal over on the wedding board? Just thought it would be fun to read if you were!

[cgstretch]

Our cabin would like to get in on the Fish Extenders! Please add us to the list! Thanks! Cecile

[Emsabems]

Yay - congratulations on your first discussion board post Mom!!!

Crystal - if you could add her to the list

Cecile, DH Terry, DS Dan (33).

My brother Dan has Cerebral Palsy - he loves Disney and you can feel free gifting him as a 10 yr old boy.
Thanks so much :D
Cabin to come!

Emsamom

[gdaneowner]

I was thinking about getting in on the fish extenders, but would like to know exactly how it works, and what all in involved. Any help would be appreciated. My friends Jey12 kind of explained it to me, but would like a bit more clarification of someone who has done it could help a sister out..lol... :thumbsup2

[Crystal_27]

Our cabin would like to get in on the Fish Extenders! Please add us to the list! Thanks! Cecile

Cecile, I've got you added. Here is the upgraded list:

Fish Extender Participants (updated):

Belle402 - Marianne with DM, Sue - 7627
cgstretch - Cecile, Terry, Dan(33) - Stateroom?
Crystal_27 - Crystal, Randy, Ansley(6) - 6083
Emsabems - Rodney, Emily, Aiden(5), Jacob(3) - 7104
FairyGrandmother/ibmickey - Michelle, Chris, Magie - 7505
Jey12 - Jen, Jason and Jordyn(4) - 2032
JRose48 - Tentative
UGAFan0829 - Missy, Mike - 1036
verygfy - Angela, Mitch, Scott(12), Haley(4) - GTY
vmedisneymom - Michelle, Stephen, Hayden(7) - 2544

I think I got everyone's room numbers who posted their guarantys recently, but please let me know if I missed anyone. We're getting so CLOSE!! :banana:


I was thinking about getting in on the fish extenders, but would like to know exactly how it works, and what all in involved. Any help would be appreciated. My friends Jey12 kind of explained it to me, but would like a bit more clarification of someone who has done it could help a sister out..lol... :thumbsup2

It is a bunch of fun. You buy or make a fabric pocket hanger which hangs from your fish outside your cabin door. Then, you give and receive gifts from everyone who is participating. So super fun! If you are interested, let me know and I will get you added to the list.

I hope everyone had a good weekend. We actually visited my family in Knoxville, so my DD was super spoiled all weekend long by her cousins. Now I can offically say that our next time out of town will be when we are Disney cruise bound!

[gdaneowner]

Please add us to the list for the Fish Extenders.. Our cabin # is 2030. There is myself (Lisa), Rob, Eli (3) and Lucas (8 mos). Thanks!:dance3:

[JRose48]

Please add us to the list for the Fish Extenders.. Our cabin # is 2030. There is myself (Lisa), Rob, Eli (3) and Lucas (8 mos). Thanks!:dance3:

Is Eli going to the Oceaneer's Club/Lab?

I'm feeling very encouraged by the amount of kids around my 4yr old son's age. I knew there were going to tons of kids, but it's nice to see. Last time we went my husband was on leave from working in Iraq (independent contractor) so Alex didn't get to spend as much time as he wanted (as in all of the time) in the Club. This time my husband's been back (for good) since December. I have a feeling I may not see my son for all four nights. :eek:

:mickeyjum

[Emsabems]

I'm with JRose - VERY excited about all the 4ish year olds! My guys will likely spend every evening in the club.

Aiden is 5, very talkative, never met a stranger. A bit bossy as he's the older brother :) Jacob is 3.5, very mellow and loves to keep up with the older kids, especially with anything physical. They are both super excited about the cruise, we've been keeping a countdown calendar and it's definitely overshadowing back to school :)

I've been explaining to them that they will have their own special 'camp' where mommies and daddies aren't allowed - they think it's cool that there is a place just for them, and are very aware of the fact that it isn't the 'babies' area (Thank you Disney for finally getting both my kids potty trained - apparantly the threat of staying with the babies was needed to seal that deal!)

They will love meeting all of your kids!

Only 39 days left!!!!!

BTW - if you haven't already found it, there is a cute desktop app called the Disney Vacation Connection - it's a suitcase that tracks all kinds of info about your trip and has links and videos to content... we've had fun seeing how many days are left and playing with all the buttons and functionality.

[JRose48]

Emsabems- That's totally how I got my son potty trained before our cruise last September. I told him "There are no Pull-Ups on Mickey's Boat." two weeks before we left. He went underwear and never went back. :woohoo:

[Crystal_27]

Please add us to the list for the Fish Extenders.. Our cabin # is 2030. There is myself (Lisa), Rob, Eli (3) and Lucas (8 mos). Thanks!:dance3:

Got you added:

Fish Extender Participants (updated):

Belle402 - Marianne with DM, Sue - 7627
cgstretch - Cecile, Terry, Dan(33) - Stateroom?
Crystal_27 - Crystal, Randy, Ansley(6) - 6083
Emsabems - Rodney, Emily, Aiden(5), Jacob(3) - 7104
FairyGrandmother/ibmickey - Michelle, Chris, Magie - 7505
gdaneowner - Lisa, Rob, Eli(3), Lucas(8 mos.) - 2030
Jey12 - Jen, Jason and Jordyn(4) - 2032
JRose48 - Tentative
UGAFan0829 - Missy, Mike - 1036
verygfy - Angela, Mitch, Scott(12), Haley(4) - GTY
vmedisneymom - Michelle, Stephen, Hayden(7) - 2544

[thamar58]

Hey Crystal! You forgot our room: 2602! My original post is on page 11 if you missed it! We're new to the DCL and are very excited for our selves and our kids: Genesis (10), Marc (9), Michael (5), and Isabella (4)! We can't wait!!!!!!!

[Crystal_27]

Hey Crystal! You forgot our room: 2602!

Oh NO, Hon - I'm so sorry. Thanks for keeping me straight! :hug:

Here is the updated list:

Fish Extender Participants (updated):

Belle402 - Marianne with DM, Sue - 7627
cgstretch - Cecile, Terry, Dan(33) - Stateroom?
Crystal_27 - Crystal, Randy, Ansley(6) - 6083
Emsabems - Rodney, Emily, Aiden(5), Jacob(3) - 7104
FairyGrandmother/ibmickey - Michelle, Chris, Magie - 7505
gdaneowner - Lisa, Rob, Eli(3), Lucas(8 mos.) - 2030
Jey12 - Jen, Jason and Jordyn(4) - 2032
JRose48 - Tentative
thamar58 - w/ DH, and 4 kids (10, 9, 5, 4) - 2602
UGAFan0829 - Missy, Mike - 1036
verygfy - Angela, Mitch, Scott(12), Haley(4) - GTY
vmedisneymom - Michelle, Stephen, Hayden(7) - 2544

[Emsabems]

Crystal - My mom (cgstretch) is in room 7136,

This list is getting big - so excited!

[Emsabems]

Hey Crystal! You forgot our room: 2602! My original post is on page 11 if you missed it! We're new to the DCL and are very excited for our selves and our kids: Genesis (10), Marc (9), Michael (5), and Isabella (4)! We can't wait!!!!!!!

Apologies for asking, but is Genesis a DD or DS? I'd love to have you and your DH names as well (trying to stay organized here!)

:banana:

[gdaneowner]

Is Eli going to the Oceaneer's Club/Lab?

I'm feeling very encouraged by the amount of kids around my 4yr old son's age. I knew there were going to tons of kids, but it's nice to see. Last time we went my husband was on leave from working in Iraq (independent contractor) so Alex didn't get to spend as much time as he wanted (as in all of the time) in the Club. This time my husband's been back (for good) since December. I have a feeling I may not see my son for all four nights. :eek:

:mickeyjum
Yes.. I have him signed up... If we can only get him to stop pooping his pants..lol... he does pretty good for the most part, but is not completly house broke.. We are gonna try it, but they are supposed to be potty trained to participate.. Here's hoping he gets it before then!:worship:

[gdaneowner]

Emsabems- That's totally how I got my son potty trained before our cruise last September. I told him "There are no Pull-Ups on Mickey's Boat." two weeks before we left. He went underwear and never went back. :woohoo:

I am so using this approach on Eli.. he just turned 3 in June, and does pretty good but still has poop in potty issues... I tell him he can't see Mickey if he poops his pants.. Not sure he is getting it.. I hope something clicks for him before we go!:cheer2:

[Crystal_27]

All right here is the latest list. As always, if I've missed anything, please just let me know. :goodvibes

Fish Extender Participants (updated):

Belle402 - Marianne with DM, Sue - 7627
cgstretch - Cecile, Terry, Dan(33) - 7136
Crystal_27 - Crystal, Randy, Ansley(6) - 6083
Emsabems - Rodney, Emily, Aiden(5), Jacob(3) - 7104
FairyGrandmother/ibmickey - Michelle, Chris, Magie - 7505
gdaneowner - Lisa, Rob, Eli(3), Lucas(8 mos.) - 2030
Jey12 - Jen, Jason and Jordyn(4) - 2032
JRose48 - Tentative
thamar58 - w/ DH, Genesis(10), Marc(9), Michael(5), Isabella(4) - 2602
UGAFan0829 - Missy, Mike - 1036
verygfy - Angela, Mitch, Scott(12), Haley(4) - GTY
vmedisneymom - Michelle, Stephen, Hayden(7) - 2544

[willijen]

This is going to be so much fun! I can't wait to tell Nathan (4) tonight about all the kids his age that will be at the Club!

Now, if I can only get my parents to book their flight...:sad2: I'm on the verge of just booking it myself.

Now I'm going back to the DCL page to look into that fuel supplement credit! woo-hoo, extra money!

Jenny

[thamar58]

Hi Emsabems! No Prob! :) My name is Thamar and my husband's name is John! Genesis is my eldest daughter! lol don't worry about asking, I get that a lot! I'm so excited!!!

[Jey12]

So happy to see so many little ones around DD4's age! I wanted a nice family vacation but once she gets to the clubs and meets everyone I have a feeling it might be a fight for actual "family" time. :hug:

Also with the fuel supplement credit, was that on everyone's reservation or just certain people? Do you see how much onboard credit you have or do you wait until you are on the ship?

[ChipDaleLover]

I've tried to read as much as possible & finally thought I'd jump in!

This will be my 6th Disney Cruise & this one is extra special as it's celebrating my DD's 30th birthday! (Her nursery was Disney.) We have 10 people in 4 rooms with 2 - 75 year olds being their first cruise! + My friend's birthday is also while we are on the cruise -so celebration city - woohoo!

My mom is designing & sewing pirate costumes as we speak! & I'm sure she would really get into the FE! Would it be safe to say you should hand out things once per day or once the whole trip...never done this before! TIA!

[Crystal_27]

My mom is designing & sewing pirate costumes as we speak! & I'm sure she would really get into the FE! Would it be safe to say you should hand out things once per day or once the whole trip...never done this before! TIA!

You can really do it either way. When we did it last year, we handed out one gift, but there were some people who did it every day...it really is just how you feel about it. If you guys do want to participate, just let me know and I'll get you added to the list. :goodvibes

[ChipDaleLover]

Thanks! I'm checking with the rest of my peeps - I should know by next week!

[UGAFan0829]

Woohoo! We're doin' the doc dance today!! :woohoo: Mike came in with the mail and said that we had something special...I had no idea he was talking about the docs!:dance3: I knew the cruise was getting close, but this really puts it into perspective!:eek:

[Crystal_27]

Woohoo! We're doin' the doc dance today!! :woohoo: Mike came in with the mail and said that we had something special...I had no idea he was talking about the docs!:dance3: I knew the cruise was getting close, but this really puts it into perspective!:eek:

I'll definitely dance to that!! :banana:

[Emsabems]

I'm dancin' with you!!!! So excited I can barely focus on the fact that school starts next week! Who cares about Kindergarten :tigger:, we're going on a Disney cruise!!!!!

:dancer:

[verygfy]

I have been so busy at work I have unfortunately put the cruise on the back burner (hard to believe), but when those docs came in the mail today I was dancing all around :cheer2:. I can't believe it!! It felt like it was never going to get here, woohoo!!

[gdaneowner]

:confused:Woohoo! We're doin' the doc dance today!! :woohoo: Mike came in with the mail and said that we had something special...I had no idea he was talking about the docs!:dance3: I knew the cruise was getting close, but this really puts it into perspective!:eek:

Will we all be getting documents? And what kinda documents are they?

[gdaneowner]

Has anyone ever used the Baby Travelite service? The diaper bundles seem to be ok, but the baby food is marked up about $.75 to $1.00 from our stores here locally..Or does anyone know if there are grocery stores close to the port or close the the Radisson Hotel by the port? I really would rather not have to pack and transport 7 days of baby food from Kansas City to Orlando.. I am afraid my food might not make it!... :banana:

[FairyGrandmother]

I am so jealous, we have not received our documents yet. They will be sent to our TA and then she will send them to us so I am hoping that we will get them at the first of the week.
I don't know about a grocery close to the Radisson but I am sure there must be one. I do know that there is a WalMart in Orlando.

[Mom323]

Has anyone ever used the Baby Travelite service? The diaper bundles seem to be ok, but the baby food is marked up about $.75 to $1.00 from our stores here locally..Or does anyone know if there are grocery stores close to the port or close the the Radisson Hotel by the port? I really would rather not have to pack and transport 7 days of baby food from Kansas City to Orlando.. I am afraid my food might not make it!... :banana:

Here's the Link to Shirley Helpful thread, It lists stores near the port.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1520273

CLOSEST SUPER MARKETS

WALMART SUPER CENTER
2700 CLEARLAKE ROAD
COCOA, FLORIDA 32922
321-639-1610 (THIS IS RIGHT OFF HIGHWAY 528, TURN RIGHT ON TO 524, GO TO THE END AND THEN TURN LEFT FOR LESS THAN HALF A MILE - ITS WILL BE ON YOUR LEFT -YOU CAN NOT MISS IT)

WALMART SUPER CENTER
1500 EAST MERRITT CAUSEWAY (AKA HWY 520)
MERRITT ISLAND, FLORIDA 32953
321-452-6058

TARGET
250 CROCKETT BLVD
MERRITT ISLAND, FLORIDA 32952
321-452-1014 (TARGET REALLY FACES STATE ROAD #3 AKA NORTH COURTENAY PARKWAY - YOU TURN OFF HWY 528 HEADING SOUTH - GO ABOUT 2 MILES AND YOU WILL NOT ONLY A LARGE PUBLIX, BUT TARGET LESS THAN 1/4 MILE FURTHER SOUTH)

PUBLIX GROCERY MART
2301 STATE ROAD 524
COCOA, FLORIDA 32922
321-636-2583

PUBLIX SUPER MARKET
5645 NORTH ATLANTIC AVENUE
COCOA BEACH, FLORIDA 32931
321783-1014

PUBLIX SUPER MARKET
1850 NORTH COURTENAY PKWAY
MERRITT ISLAND, FLA 32953
321-452-0288

[Mom323]

No documents for us yet. :sad2:
There are 7 of us cruising. DH and I
Our DD, her DH and our grandson, 3
Our DD and her boyfriend.

We are heading to the parks for 3 days first. We are looking forward to our grandson's first visit to see the Mouse. :banana:

[verygfy]

Crystal, I am so sorry I completely forgot to post our cabin number, we are cabin 6551. Just curious though if we decide to upgrade at the port how can I let everyone know that our cabin has changed.

I am so excited just order my FE tonight and have been scouring the boards for ideas for gifts. There are so many choices. I really need to work on narrowing it down and getting things ordered (so not crafty) so that they arrive in time!!

[gdaneowner]

Thanks to those who helped me out with stores.. My baby boy might get to eat....lol.:banana:

[UGAFan0829]

:confused:

Will we all be getting documents? And what kinda documents are they?

The docs will be mailed to the person who's name is on the reservation. In our case, it was in mine, so it came to my attention, but there are docs included for everyone in your party. The Cruise Contract, Embark-Departure Form, Payment Authorization Form, Onboard Airline Check-In Pre-Registration, Ground Transfer Purchase Option, and most importantly Luggage tags are what's included. It all comes in a handly little sprial bound notebook that has preforated pages, so you can sign what you need and tear it out...pretty handy!

[ChipDaleLover]

Haven't got to do the doc dance, but did the happy dance for my OKW luggage tags & MME coupons...can't wait to do another dance! Yippee Skippy!

[Crystal_27]

Crystal, I am so sorry I completely forgot to post our cabin number, we are cabin 6551. Just curious though if we decide to upgrade at the port how can I let everyone know that our cabin has changed.



Awesome - here is the updated list:

Fish Extender Participants (updated):

Belle402 - Marianne with DM, Sue - 7627
cgstretch - Cecile, Terry, Dan(33) - 7136
Crystal_27 - Crystal, Randy, Ansley(6) - 6083
Emsabems - Rodney, Emily, Aiden(5), Jacob(3) - 7104
FairyGrandmother/ibmickey - Michelle, Chris, Magie - 7505
gdaneowner - Lisa, Rob, Eli(3), Lucas(8 mos.) - 2030
Jey12 - Jen, Jason and Jordyn(4) - 2032
JRose48 - Tentative
thamar58 - w/ DH, Genesis(10), Marc(9), Michael(5), Isabella(4) - 2602
UGAFan0829 - Missy, Mike - 1036
verygfy - Angela, Mitch, Scott(12), Haley(4) - 6551
vmedisneymom - Michelle, Stephen, Hayden(7) - 2544

As to how we can "communicate" regarding upgrades, etc., for our last cruise, I kept a small dry erase board on my door for people to post messages about upgrades (or anything else - LOL). I will be happy to do that again for us if that works for everyone. :goodvibes

[ChipDaleLover]

The official 'doc dance' has just occurred!

[Mom323]

Ours came today, but still waiting for the land portion docs to arrive.

[Tngrl78]

Hey all. We are new to this forum, very! LOL. We are from Chattanooga, TN and we sailed for first time last year on Wonder in September. We too are on the Sept. 19th cruise. We are staying in 6647. It is the DH that is 45, DS who is 6 and me, the mom, and im 32. Hope to see you all around. We too are doing the Doc dance and am trying how to figure out how to make or where to buy all that jazzy door decor. I work in EMS, so really no time to make anything. Is much easier for me to buy it. If you all know where I can get some of the FE and door decor pre-made and customized, fill me in!!! We are doing same excursions as last year. Nassau we do the sting ray adventure and the other day we do the snorkeling off a catamaran. We are so :dance3:excited!!!

[Jey12]

Doc dance today for us! :dance3: Can't believe we're in that final homestretch for our first cruise! I'll be heading to the fabric store to try and find material for our FE in the next couple of days. I'm not crafty at all so I'll just stand around my work with the material looking sad until someone offers to help me out. :cool1:

We'd like to decorate our door a bit and I was wondering if printing the design on cardstock paper and then laminating and then glueing magnets on the back really work? Has anyone else done this? The magnetic paper is crazy expensive or at least the only type I've found locally is.

[ChipDaleLover]

Those self adhesive magnets work really well, too! We didn't even laminate our cardstock, just cut it out & stuck them in a file folder & went at it when we got there & then saved them for this time! Have fun & get creative -you can do it!

[UGAFan0829]

Doc dance today for us! :dance3: Can't believe we're in that final homestretch for our first cruise! I'll be heading to the fabric store to try and find material for our FE in the next couple of days. I'm not crafty at all so I'll just stand around my work with the material looking sad until someone offers to help me out. :cool1:

We'd like to decorate our door a bit and I was wondering if printing the design on cardstock paper and then laminating and then glueing magnets on the back really work? Has anyone else done this? The magnetic paper is crazy expensive or at least the only type I've found locally is.

Good luck with your FE!!!

As far as the door decorations--what we did last year was stick magnetic strips on the corners of the sign/paper, then laminated it so I wouldn't have to worry about the magnets coming off. It ended up working quite well for us. I'm glad you mentioned door signs, by the way--it reminds me that I need to go find some new ones for this cruise!!

[Emsabems]

Hi all - I found a GREAT set of videos that someone posted to Youtube from their Medditeranean cruise this spring. If you want the cruise to be a surprise don't watch them, because they are very detailed and give LOTS away. But if you are like me and you can't get enough before our cruise check them out! I've been watching them with my boys and we are all getting crazy excited :tigger:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ7J8edOw8E

http://distickers.com/ticker/tickers/gkx5xwv2sqwyev02.png

[DiSnEyFrEaK22]

Got our cruise docs in the mail yesterday!!!! :dance3:

[gdaneowner]

We also got our docs yesterday.. Eli is excited, he said thats Mickey Mouse!.. he is ready to go... :cheer2:

[thamar58]

Woohoo! :banana: We got our docs too! I read somewhere that we are limited to how we hang our FE because of damage that they have caused in the past. Anyone else know about this? What is the best way to hang our FE?

PS I'm so excited, I cannot contain my happiness!!!!!!

[UGAFan0829]

Woohoo! :banana: We got our docs too! I read somewhere that we are limited to how we hang our FE because of damage that they have caused in the past. Anyone else know about this? What is the best way to hang our FE?

PS I'm so excited, I cannot contain my happiness!!!!!!

I think we are okay as long as we hang them on the fish outside our door. If I remember right, one of the posts I read was referring more to people putting stickers and things on the doors that were causing the paint to peel and leaving the sticky stuff behind for Mousekeeping to have to clean.

Congrats on getting your docs. I know how excited you are!! Sometimes it's hard for me not to just burst out into screams of excitement and happiness!:woohoo:

[Tngrl78]

hey ya'll!!
We want to join the FE Exchange. Never done it before, just heard about it a few weeks ago. We are in 6647. DH is Scott who is 45, DS is Connor is 6 and I the mom, maid and maintenance guru am Brandi and were gonna say I just ceebrated the 2nd anniversary of my 30th Birthday....lol. Looking forward to this!! Its our 2nd cruise. First was last sept on wonder as well and caught the bug.:banana::banana::cheer2:

[ChipDaleLover]

Is there a 'last day' to sign up for the FE - so you know how much to bring - we have 4 rooms in our party & 2 are kinda on the fence! Thanks!

[Emsabems]

Is there a 'last day' to sign up for the FE - so you know how much to bring - we have 4 rooms in our party & 2 are kinda on the fence! Thanks!

Hey ChipDaleLover - we agreed the list would close and a final posting of participants would be made on September 1st.

We also have 4 rooms, and only 2 are participating... I'm bringing gifts for the other 2 rooms so they don't feel entirely left out!

Getting so excited! I have the adult and boy gifts picked out and am really happy with them - just need creative genius to strike for the girls!

Looking forward to meeting everyone and having an amazing vacation!
EmsaBems

[ChipDaleLover]

Thanks for the info about the FE date - that's perfect!

[Tngrl78]

Yep, that will give us all enough time to get what we need for the FE exchange.

This is the first time we've done this as this is only our 2nd cruise. It will be fun kind of "knowing" people that will be on the cruise with us. Last year we were is awe so much of the cruise that there were parts of the ship we never even saw! We plan on enjoying this cruise even more than last year's... if that's possible! LOL :cool1:

As we stepped off the ship last year... we knew this was the start of something big... I forsee a DCL cruise every year for awhile!

[UGAFan0829]

Just curious--who's planning on dressing up for Pirate Night and Dress-up Night? Initially, Mike and I decided that we weren't going to do Pirate Night for sure, and were undecided about Dress-Up, but now I can't make up my mind. We went all out last year for PN, but were 2 of only about a handful of people who dressed up. We still have our costumes, so we wouldn't have to worry about that part. But I just can't decide. As far as Dress-Up, I really don't want to have to go out and buy another dress! So, what's the verdict here...if enough of y'all are doing it, that may be enough to convince the DH and I to do it again, too!

[JRose48]

Just curious--who's planning on dressing up for Pirate Night and Dress-up Night? Initially, Mike and I decided that we weren't going to do Pirate Night for sure, and were undecided about Dress-Up, but now I can't make up my mind. We went all out last year for PN, but were 2 of only about a handful of people who dressed up. We still have our costumes, so we wouldn't have to worry about that part. But I just can't decide. As far as Dress-Up, I really don't want to have to go out and buy another dress! So, what's the verdict here...if enough of y'all are doing it, that may be enough to convince the DH and I to do it again, too!

We will at least be sporting eye patches and possibly head scarves for Pirate Night. For dress up night I want to eat at the restaurants so yes we will be dressed up. I'm packing at least two dresses (one for dinner, one for Palo tea) for me and slacks, dress shirts, and ties for my husband and son.

[ChipDaleLover]

Our group of 10 (4 rooms) are dressing up for PN - last year - we were getting off the elevator & my Dad (77) was wearing a borrowed Jack Sparrow costume -dreads & all & this little boy says - wow -he's really old close-up! We were cracking up laughing all night over that!
Dress up night - not so much - maybe Gracie (age 4) in one of her princess dresses!

[Emsabems]

We had a combined Pirate themed birthday for ds 3 and ds 5 this year, so you can bet we will be dressing up!

I'm a dress person, and am hoping to get some good family photos, so we'll dress up for dinner too - I was relieved to hear that shorts are generally acceptable for the dining rooms for kids... they'll look adorable but they won't be in pants :rolleyes1

EmsaBems
(I really need to set up a signature!)

[Jey12]

For pirate night DH and I will at least be wearing pirate bandanas and maybe an eye patch. DD will be in full costume since her dance recital costume can be doubled as a pirate. For as much as we paid for her recital costumes you bet she's going to wear them every chance she can get! pirate:

As for dress up night I would have better luck getting blood out of a turnip than getting DH in a tie. He will at least be in dress pants and a dress type of shirt. I ordered a dress to wear online a few weeks ago but it seems to have wandered off the face of the earth. Hopefully it shows up or I will be hunting among the winter clothes that are now in stores for some sort of summer type of dress. Other nights I plan on capri pants and a nice shirt. No worries about DD she has about a week's worth of dresses and nice dinner type of outfits.

[Tngrl78]

WooHoo! The 1 month countdown is on…

One month from right now, we’ll be onboard and just finishing lunch!

It’s getting here… :banana:

[FairyGrandmother]

We will be dressing for PN, as for dress up night that is a little iffy, I will probably be wearing black pants and adressy shirt. I don't do heals or dresses.
We have not receiver our cruise documents yet I hope they will get here soon. We leave just a month from today, and I am getting excited and a little worried that I won't be able to get everything ready by then.

[willijen]

We probably won't dress up for Pirate Night. DS4 is actually a little afraid that he'll be mistaken for a real pirate and pressed into service. :rotfl:

As for "dress up night," yeah, chances are pretty slim that DH will wear more than his usual clean polo shirt and khaki pants.

Here's a problem: I talked him into a Palo res. What is the bare minimum in terms of dressing up that he'll be able to get away with? He always dresses smartly/neatly, but his idea of vacation doesn't usually include a tie or jacket. I'm not sure it's worth an argument. I'd rather cancel Palo than force him to bring a jacket.

[Emsabems]

WAAAHHHOOOOOO!!!!

Less than a month to go - I can't stand it!

:hourglass

[gdaneowner]

WAAAHHHOOOOOO!!!!

Less than a month to go - I can't stand it!

:hourglass

I am right there with you!... To contain my boy, I have had to tell him that we are still waiting on the post office for passorts before we can go see Mickey Mouse.. he seems to be ok with that answer!.. :thumbsup2

[4the3kids]

We will be on this cruise also!! Doing b2b since no 7 day available. Can't wait!!! :banana: