March 7, 2010 4 Night Wonder

[CastawayJP]

It looks like this is the first thread for this cruise. Any other Disers booked for this cruise?

We are a family of 5: Me (33) DW (32) DD (10) DD (3) DS (1)

133 days to go!

[CastawayJP]

I have now also started a Facebook Group for the cruise.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=167374752820

[westjones]

We will be on it too! Me, my husband and my twin DD (16). This will be our 10th Disney Cruise, and I am sad it will be our last in the Wonder. I love that ship!

We sailed this exact same cruise last year, and it was the best out of the 9 Disney cruises we had sailed weather wise, so I am hoping for the same this year!

[CastawayJP]

We will be on it too! Me, my husband and my twin DD (16). This will be our 10th Disney Cruise, and I am sad it will be our last in the Wonder. I love that ship!

We sailed this exact same cruise last year, and it was the best out of the 9 Disney cruises we had sailed weather wise, so I am hoping for the same this year!

I am glad to see that someone will be on the ship with us! So why will this be your last cruise on the Wonder? Because it is going to the West Coast?

[westjones]

I am glad to see that someone will be on the ship with us! So why will this be your last cruise on the Wonder? Because it is going to the West Coast?

Yes, once it goes to the West Coast we won't be sailing it. Castaway Cay is our favorite part of the trip. ALSO we have twin DDs who will be starting college in 2 1/2 years and so we have to start scaling back our vacations and saving up for college. We own DVC (Beach Club), so we will probably stick to WDW trips for the next fews years until we get through the expense of college.

The only thing that MIGHT happen is if the MAGIC offers the Kids 17 and under sail free in 2011 durnig our spring break (since everyone will want to be on the Dream that year).....when we might do another Disney Cruise, but I won't hold my breathe on that. :)

We did this exact same sailing last year, and it seemed like after Christmas more people "popped up' on the Meet board, so I think we will see more of us in a few weeks on here.

[CastawayJP]

Yeah we are sad about the Wonder moving west as well. As much as we love the Magic, the Wonder really feels like our ship. Disney will have to figure something out for an answer to Castaway Cay out west. There are too many people that hold it as their main reason for cruising w/ DCL.

We stayed at Beach Club for the first time back in August. We really loved it. Stormalong Bay is amazing, and being able to walk to Epcot and Studios makes life so easy. We are looking to buy into DVC in the next couple years, and I would like to get Beach Club on the resale market.

[hoppin62]

:)

[jackieslp]

We are on this cruise too!
Hubby and I
Son 12 (almost 13 when we sail)
Daughter 11

This is a SURPRISE xmas gift - we just booked 2 weeks ago...

anyone interested in doing that Fish Extender thing? I think it looks pretty neat....pls. respond.
Thanks -see you soon.

[westjones]

We are on this cruise too!
This is a SURPRISE xmas gift - we just booked 2 weeks ago...
Thanks -see you soon.

What a great Christmas Gift! Glad to see more people joining us. Maybe we will get a larger group of DIS members after the holidays. Were you able to get the Kids Sail Free offer? That made a huge difference in price for us!

We went on this same cruise this past spring break and had the best weather! Hopefully we will again this year.

[jackieslp]

Yes, we did get the kids sail free offer - which sealed the deal for me. There were only 2 staterooms available when we booked - we are on the same deck and directly across the ship. I am sure my kids will be excited and I just hope they aren't going to miss too much while we are away. I think I scheduled it after my son's bball season but I think there is a bball tourney for my daughter that she may miss - which is a bummer! Hopefully being on the cruise will make up for it.

[CastawayJP]

Yes, we did get the kids sail free offer - which sealed the deal for me. There were only 2 staterooms available when we booked - we are on the same deck and directly across the ship. I am sure my kids will be excited and I just hope they aren't going to miss too much while we are away. I think I scheduled it after my son's bball season but I think there is a bball tourney for my daughter that she may miss - which is a bummer! Hopefully being on the cruise will make up for it.

Yeah we got the kids sail free deal as well. This will be the first time it will be all 5 of us in the same stateroom! On prior cruises we "dragged" along the grandparents, and stuck the oldest in with them!

[DisneyDreamingAubrey]

We'll be there! 3 Staterooms in all... My husband, 3 children, my parents, brother and his wife and myself!!!! I'm TOOOOOO excited. This is our second cruise, but for two of our children it will be their first! So glad to be with all of you on the most special boat in the WORLD!

[jackieslp]

did you guys book any excursions? palo or anything else? I believe I got everything I wanted. We are surprising the kids on Christmas Eve - I can't wait. We are doing the Blackbeard Stingray excursion and I am really hoping we are safe enough getting there - as that worries me.

[westjones]

did you guys book any excursions? palo or anything else? I believe I got everything I wanted. We are surprising the kids on Christmas Eve - I can't wait. We are doing the Blackbeard Stingray excursion and I am really hoping we are safe enough getting there - as that worries me.

We aren't doing anything that needs reservations. The stingray excursion sounds good though, I am sure you will enjoy it. This is our 10th cruise and we just like to go and relax and not have to be anywhere at any certain time (except for dinner and the shows).

[IrishCowboy]

Have a great cruise :thumbsup2

[asouthernbelle]

my fiancee and i are going. we are in cabin Standard Inside Stateroom Category 11, #7567 :D

Day 1 - Port Canaveral - Sunday, March 7, 2010
Exotic Rasul 5:00PM 5:50PM

Day 2 - Nassau - Monday, March 8, 2010
Caribbean Queen Snorkel Tour 1:45PM 4:45PM

Day 3 - Castaway Cay - Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Walking & Kayak Nature Adventure 9:00AM 12:15PM

Day 4 - At Sea - Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Palo Brunch 12:00PM

Palo Dinner 8:30PM

Day 5 - Port Canaveral - Thursday, March 11, 2010
No activities reserved.

any other suggestions?

[asouthernbelle]

palo dinner was changed to first night. worried about the hold up at gunpoint that went on in nassau, thinking about canceling snorkeling due to it. thoughts?

[asouthernbelle]

cruise plans changed a bit due to my fear of snorkeling and the want to explore nassau..
Day 1 - Port Canaveral - Sunday, March 7, 2010
Exotic Rasul
5:00PM
5:50PM

Palo Dinner
8:30PM

Day 2 - Nassau - Monday, March 8, 2010
No activities reserved.
Day 3 - Castaway Cay - Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Walking & Kayak Nature Adventure
9:00AM
12:15PM

Exotic Rasul
5:00PM
5:50PM

Day 4 - At Sea - Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Palo Brunch
12:00PM

we decided for the rasul in favor of snorkeling because of the more alone time as well

[westjones]

So does anyone else have teens on this cruise? I have twin DDs (16) who will be in the teen club.

If anyone else has teens around this age that might like to "talk" a little before going on the cruise, let me know. It would be nice to know some others before boarding.

[jackieslp]

Hi - I am sitting with my soon to be 11 year old daughter and she wants to know if there is anyone out there that will be her age...
asouthernbelle - your plans looked good. My husband and I did that same spa treatment last time and it was FUN.....you will enjoy. also we will be near you as our stateroom is 7576...:goodvibes:goodvibes

[asouthernbelle]

i am so glad you're so close! so many people that i dont know seems overwhelming at times. have you been on a cruise before?

[asouthernbelle]

i should also mention that i am a disneyaholic, attached to belle at the hip, and rose petals would come out of my every footstep if i had the choice.


i LOVE disney. be forewarned!:wizard: :banana::cloud9:

[westjones]

This will be our 10th Disney Cruise. Too bad you aren't going on the Magic, they have a "Belle" themed restaurant and there are roses under glass in the lights. Very pretty.

[jackieslp]

we cruised last November so this will be our second cruise...did you guys see postings of those fish extender things...I think it would be neat to do something fun for all of "us" what do you think...by the way, Belle is my fav princess...Husband always like snow white and my daughter changes her mind - son doesnt really have an opinion :)

[asouthernbelle]

i need room numbers though! and a roundabout age grouping of kids/adults!

[njdisneymom811]

Hi all - we are a family of 4 (not sure about the abbreviation thing) my husband, myself and son - 9- and daughter - 5. We are going with our cousins and thier children - son-13- and daughter-11. We would love to do the fish extender thingy and up for all info, tips, etc.... hope we all have a wonderful, safe trip with good weather and Disney magic.

[jackieslp]

Hi!! We will also be on this cruise. My daughter will be 11,and my son is 12 when we board the ship. Where is NJ are you?? I grew up in South Jersey..

[jackieslp]

well...any takes for fish extender gifts...I am a planner so if we are going to do it, I need to start! :)

[westjones]

The fish extender doesn't work for us because we try not to pack too much stuff (we are flying). My kids are teenagers, so they wouldn't care about doing this either. But I think for those of you with younger kids, it would be a lot of fun.

[njdisneymom811]

We are 100% in for the fish extender idea - I know my children will love delivering and receiving. I think we should shoot for at least 3-5 participants this way every day there is a little something for the kids. I am calling for our room number today and my cousins as well so that's two participants. As soon as I get that, I'll list boy/girl and ages. List your room # and ages and I'll compile a final list by let's say February 7 to give us a whole month. I'll post something on the facebook page as well. Come on everyone, do the fish extender, it'll be fun!:cheer2:

[jessa07]

Cruising with DBF in #7625...can't wait!

[jackieslp]

YEAH- we are of course in!!! Cabin 7576....I guess the details will come later.
Can't wait to do this...

[MPwifey]

We will be on this cruise and I am excited that we waited for this one instead of a 3 day cruise. It will be DH, me, our 2 year old DD, and my MIL. It will be my first cruise ever, and their ( DH, MIL) first Disney cruise.

We are taking this cruise to celebrate with my DH before he deploys for a year, and we are really excited.

I would like to participate in the fish extenders, although I have no clue what I would make or be good at making, but I will have some time.

I just checked the Disney site and it says only 41 days to go!!! Now I need to find a ticker for my signature. :banana:

[MPwifey]

Wanted to add our room for the FE.

#7092 Deck 7- Suprise verandah for my hubby who thinks we are getting an oceanview room.

3 adults and 1- 2 year old girl. No allergies just in case. Hopefully we get more people to join, I looked at Michaels the other day and found some cute small things that would take up very little space in a suitcase.

[jackieslp]

That is great - 2 more people added to the list. We need to get a total list of cabin numbers and people. are we going to go by stateroom (like one gift) or do individuals for the members of the family? Personally, if okay, I would like to do a family gift as I may not be able to get all things together for individuals....but if you all decide to do the other way, I can certainly do that too. mY kids are both excited about this and I have a feeling they will be the ones delivering the packages!!!! I already have a great idea - hint-hint - I live in Central PA near Hershey Park :)

Jackie

[MPwifey]

Oh I looooove Hershey park, both DH, his MIL and I were born in PA. I think that doing one gift would be fine, although since I am driving I do not have to worry about packing light really, hahaha. I have some stuff already for it and I am really excited.

[jackieslp]

We moved here almost 10 years ago from Southern Jersey. We really like the area and especially Hershey Park. In fact, for my daughter's bday- we are taking a group of girls to Chocolate World for a scavenger hunt (next saturday). I hoping it will be fun.

[jackieslp]

HI All- I posted some information on FB about the FE thing...please let me know if more are joining. As suggested before, we should know by FEb. 7th so we have time to plan. We will need cabin numbers for all participants too.

5 weeks to go!!!

[Sccrmnky2005]

Just booked FL residents rate today!!:) I was holding out to see if they were going to add any 7 nights for FL residents but nothing came up so I went ahead and booked this cruise. This will be my third Disney cruise!! We also went on the exact same cruise last year. Have to agree with everything westjones said! We had perfect weather. Can't wait I can finally get excited about a cruise again!!! Are we doing FE on this sailing?

[Sccrmnky2005]

Hello again just wanted to update we got our room Number Cat 10 on Deck 2 Stateroom Number 2047 Can't wait!!! We've never stayed on deck 2 so I'm excited to see where it is located. We are interested in the FE.

[jackieslp]

Do you have access to Facebook? We have a group on there and I posted some info regarding those who want to participate in the FE. I am so glad you are interested. I already made my FE and my daughter and I are actually in the middle of making some of the gifts right now!!! If you are a fB person - I will post the info here for you...
Glad you are on board!!

[Sccrmnky2005]

Do you have access to Facebook? We have a group on there and I posted some info regarding those who want to participate in the FE. I am so glad you are interested. I already made my FE and my daughter and I are actually in the middle of making some of the gifts right now!!! If you are a fB person - I will post the info here for you...
Glad you are on board!!

Yes Me and My boyfriend Milton joined the group on FB. Can't wait!! almost under the 30 day mark.:banana::banana:

[jackieslp]

Perfect! by the way....my children pointed out that you are 17 years younger than us..wasn't that nice? We are celebrating our 15 year anniversary together and those kids of mine should be lucky we decided to bring them on this trip :) Just kidding - they are great kids and I was the one who wanted to bring them along.....my kids have a count down chain and they receive gifts along the way of counting down to our day of the trip - they love it bc they get so many cool things...we are all really excited and after months of craziness with work, school and sports - it will be a welcoming trip and a re-group time for my family.

by the way...what kind of things do you like?

[Sccrmnky2005]

Perfect! by the way....my children pointed out that you are 17 years younger than us..wasn't that nice? We are celebrating our 15 year anniversary together and those kids of mine should be lucky we decided to bring them on this trip :) Just kidding - they are great kids and I was the one who wanted to bring them along.....my kids have a count down chain and they receive gifts along the way of counting down to our day of the trip - they love it bc they get so many cool things...we are all really excited and after months of craziness with work, school and sports - it will be a welcoming trip and a re-group time for my family.

by the way...what kind of things do you like?

haha aren't kids great!:laughing: We will be celebrating our 6 years a little early (it's in June but we are going to a wedding in sarasota that weekend so we will actually get to celebration vacations, plus my birthday is at the end of March). Me and DBF are high school sweet hearts, we both played soccer most of our lives, although now it's hards with college and work and two dogs to take care of. I'm a big scrapbooker, and I love anything disney.

Do we plan on doing a group meet?

[jackieslp]

Not sure about the group meet. I am still trying to confirm those who are participating in the FE. I don't want anyone thinking I am "stalking" - I sent pm to a few on this board to see if they are doing it or not.

My daughter is a soccer player - son turned to football 3 years ago - we are all big sports people in our family....in fact, we are running the 5K Royal Family Run at Disney the day before we leave for the cruise-

[asouthernbelle]

haha aren't kids great!:laughing: We will be celebrating our 6 years a little early (it's in June but we are going to a wedding in sarasota that weekend so we will actually get to celebration vacations, plus my birthday is at the end of March). Me and DBF are high school sweet hearts, we both played soccer most of our lives, although now it's hards with college and work and two dogs to take care of. I'm a big scrapbooker, and I love anything disney.

Do we plan on doing a group meet?

OH MY GOSH. you really sound like a mirror of our life. we have 2 dachsunds, high school sweethearts, and are both in college. Torin finishes in december! i wanted to wait through most of college to get married though, so the wedding is dec 28! :D small world. i just thought it was neat. :hippie:

[westjones]

My twin DDs are 16 and I was just wondering if there were any other kids around their age in this group. It might be nice to get to know someone else who is going to be in Aloft with them.

[jackieslp]

SouthernBelle - ARe you doing the FE? I thought you wanted to but need to make sure so I can add you to the list....thanks.

Cabin number needed (for confirmation) if you are participating.

[jackieslp]

By the way,,, we were married 15 years ago on Dec 30th- it was a beautiful time to get married!!

[asouthernbelle]

:D it was the only time we both had off from school . room number is Standard Inside Stateroom Category 11, #7567

[Sccrmnky2005]

QUOTE=asouthernbelle;35306728]OH MY GOSH. you really sound like a mirror of our life. we have 2 dachsunds, high school sweethearts, and are both in college. Torin finishes in december! i wanted to wait through most of college to get married though, so the wedding is dec 28! :D small world. i just thought it was neat. :hippie:[/QUOTE]

That's great!! My DBF (Milton) graduates in may and I gradutate in Dec also. We graduated the same time in high school so it might be a little sad that he's graduating a little before me. But can't get everything you want:confused3. Maybe we will run into each other and hangout.


Milton just got his suit in the mail today from express, we just need to get the pants hemed, and I need to get my dress hemed this week also. Starting to get everything together in a pile when I see someting we need for the cruise.

Does anyone plan on dressing up for pirate night?? We bought costumes around halloween to wear, didn't know if anyone planned on wearing costumes. It's so much fun! pirate:

OH YEAH... 30 days until we set sail!!!!:cool1::banana::cool1::banana::cool1::bana na:

[jackieslp]

As one of the count down gifts, I gave everyone pirate necklaces, eye patches and Lindsey and I got pirate hats and the men got bandanas....should be interesting to see what my 13 yo will wear :laughing:

What kind of dogs do you have? We also have two dogs - an english bulldog and a coonhound - both rescue dogs...and My Babies...:love:

The snow is really coming down now.....I keep dreaming of warm weather in a month.

[Sccrmnky2005]

As one of the count down gifts, I gave everyone pirate necklaces, eye patches and Lindsey and I got pirate hats and the men got bandanas....should be interesting to see what my 13 yo will wear :laughing:

What kind of dogs do you have? We also have two dogs - an english bulldog and a coonhound - both rescue dogs...and My Babies...:love:

The snow is really coming down now.....I keep dreaming of warm weather in a month.


Our past sailings we have just donw bandanas and eye patches I wanted to get a to dress up and get some nice pictures since I'm a big scrapbooker.

It's not much better here right now in Florida. It's been cloudy and rainy all day long here. Hopefully tomorrow it will be better we plan on going to Seaworld to check out the Bands, Bud, and BBQ.

I have and American Eskimo and a Beagle. They are both spoiled rotten!

[jackieslp]

Sounds like fun. We spent the day snow blowing, making FE gifts and baking. My kids had friends over (which I love) so I baked for them...it makes me happy and I do love a good snow fall - which is what we had. "The forecast is for more on Wednesday. My bullie loves the snow...he makes this sqawking noise to go and play in it - it is pretty hysterical..

[MPwifey]

It finally stopped snowing long enough for the snow to melt but we are supposed to get more tomorrow. I love snow, just not driving in it with other people.

I am trying to finish our FE but cannot find any stickers or embellishments of stitch around here so I think I will go to our closest Disney Store and look there.

I offered to have the list of FE participants on our door since I know we will not be upgrading at port at all. My mil let part of the secret out so now DH knows about his verandah surprise, but I am thinking about ordering a gift basket from Shirley at The Perfect Gift.

1 month left to go :cool1::banana::cool1::woohoo:

[jackieslp]

That would be a great surprise. I love to surprise my family with things. I may look into the gift basket too. I may also inquire about an upgrade at port. We have a verandah too but I may see what is availalbe and the cost, etc.

Tomorrow is our cut off day for the FE. I will get a list of the people involved for you so you have an idea. I am just going to go off of the FB info I posted previously. We don't have many cabins involved but I think the kid will love it.

did you want to try to get a group meet together> I think Amanda mentioned that on FB?

[Sccrmnky2005]

Does anyone plan on going to Atlantis on their own? Me and Milton plan on going to Atlantis to the casino prob after lunch on Monday. Since we have seen Nassau streets enough and don't care of wasting time again. Does anyone want to try and go in a taxi together? We don't like to ride just us two and usually find someone from Disney cruise line that is also headed over their so we can ride together. Just let me know, we just plan on doing a little gambling their.

[jackieslp]

I am sure that my husband would love to go and gamble but since we have the kids and we booked an excursion - we cant go - sounds like fun though...

[MPwifey]

Oy, sometimes my husband being in the Army is not always good, especially when it comes to vacations. We may have to cut our trip short, or start later than we had originally planned. We wanted to go to Seaworld and the Kennedy Space Center before the cruise, but not be able to now. Hopefully we find out something, hurry up and wait should be the Army's motto.

[jackieslp]

I hope things work out for you. And I really hope you are able to still cruise! I am sure you are looking forward to this trip before he leaves.....keep us updated!

[Sccrmnky2005]

We just booked country inn and suites for march 6th through priceline. Does anyone else plan on staying around cape canaveral the night before we set sail? I called to see if peaking and shuttle were extra like many threads have posted but both times I called they said it was included just tell them you plan on taking the shuttle when checking in. I'm getting excited!

[jackieslp]

We are actually flying down on the 5th from BWI - staying at the Beach Club until Sunday am - so we wont be around that area...I am really hoping for warm sunny weather with no wind. It is snowing again - forecasting for another 12 inches of snow...on top of the 22 iches we got on Saturday.a href="http://www.********************/timers/"><img src="http://www.********************/timers/tickers/.png" alt="******************** Ticker" border="0"/></a><br> <a href="http://www.********************/timers/"> <font size="-1">Free Disney Tickers</font></a>

[Sccrmnky2005]

We are actually flying down on the 5th from BWI - staying at the Beach Club until Sunday am - so we wont be around that area...I am really hoping for warm sunny weather with no wind. It is snowing again - forecasting for another 12 inches of snow...on top of the 22 inches we got Saturday....

Well at least you will be here in nice sunny:cool2: florida. But right now it's not so sunny!! It has rained all day:umbrella: and supposed to rain again on Friday and be a nice Valentines weekend! Let's hope we have great weather luck when we sail, like last year! I just can't wait to get back on that ship!! I have started putting things in a pile that I come across that I know needs to go on with us. THe stack is getting bigger! :banana: That's good.

Now have to get a little bag ready for the night before the cruise! And figure out where we plan to eat and do during the day!

Also need to get the rest of my FE's finished and figure out how to pack them.

Only 3 more sundays until we set sail!!

[jackieslp]

we have blizzard warnings....:headache:

This is the most snow I can ever remember having in one winter. It is unbelievable. i will post some pics later on fb. oUR BULL DOG LOVES IT:love:

[jackieslp]

Hi everyone, for everybody that has a countdown ticker at the end of your posts, how do you get them there? My daughter made one this morning and both of us couldnt figure out how to get it at the end of my signature.:confused3 Please reply with directions....Thanks!:)

[MPwifey]

We might get snow this weekend, I hope not since we were planning on traveling 2.5 hours north of here to visit my sister.

I would be up for a group meet if anyone else wanted to, maybe a gathering by the pool one day?

Okay jackieslp, let me give you instructions for the countdown.

When you come to the disboards on the dark blue line click on user cp, look to the left side and click edit signature. Copy and paste the code into the box, then click preview and it should work. If it does nto show up then go back to the website and try using another version of the code (html or img will normally work.)

HTH!!!!

[jackieslp]

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[Sccrmnky2005]

We might get snow this weekend, I hope not since we were planning on traveling 2.5 hours north of here to visit my sister.

I would be up for a group meet if anyone else wanted to, maybe a gathering by the pool one day?

Okay jackieslp, let me give you instructions for the countdown.

When you come to the disboards on the dark blue line click on user cp, look to the left side and click edit signature. Copy and paste the code into the box, then click preview and it should work. If it does nto show up then go back to the website and try using another version of the code (html or img will normally work.)

HTH!!!!

I'm down for a group meet. Usually they are on the frist day either in the terminal before boarding or the ship a few hours after boarding. Me and DBF will be wearing our shirts that I made from a wonderful disigner on the DISign boards.

Has anyone booked Palo for brunch or Dinner? We did Palo dinner on our first cruise and alothough it was nice I would do Dinner again. I'm thinking we might try and book brunch this time. Not sure yet.

Also planing on defintly doing the Palo Wine Tasting one day together.

And that's the only plans we have for the cruise

[MPwifey]

I am assuming we will be at the terminal early since we have our own car and will probably drive to the port, and although we will not be wearing t-shirts ( Dh will not wear anything matching) I am making something for the FE that should help us. :goodvibes

I would love to book a high tea for Palo, but I cannot find a way to make reservations for it, is there not one on this cruise?

[jackieslp]

Group meet would be fun - lets shoot for in the terminal as we will be there early too - hopefully the rest of our FE gang will be as well. If not, we could always do it a little later. Funny about the matching shirts. I just tye dyed shirts for the 5K royal family run we are doing on the 6th at disney...my DH and DS are both good sports by wearing them. I don't think i will ever be able to make them wear them again though. I really wanted to do the 1/2 marathon bc it is the princess 1/2 but can't because we want to leave early from BCV to get to port...I am hoping we will be there by 9:30-10 or so. Jason is going to drop us off with all of our luggage and then he will go return the enterprise car and have them drop him off at the ship - it will be easier this way for us....3 weeks to go!! Yippee....

[westjones]

This will be our 10th cruise, so I just thought I would mention that in the past, the group meets that we have gone to have been at around 3:00 right before the ship drill (and everyone tends to head back to the room at 3:30 to get life jackets). The meets I have been to have all be held in the Promenade Lounge. No one is else is usually there at that time so there is plenty of seating.

http://disneycruise.disney.go.com/ships-activities/ships/magic/nightclubs-lounges/promenade-lounge/

Also, there isn't usually any activities going on at that time, and everyone should be on the ship by that time.

The terminal is usually hectic because there will be a lot of other people there, but everyone is trying to figure out what to do, and then you will want to get a good spot to wait for your number to be called.

But whatever everyone else wants is fine. I just thought I would mention what I have seen done in the past.

[westjones]

Thought I would check again and see if there are going to be any teens joining us. I have twin DDs 16 who will be going to Aloft.
DJ

[jackieslp]

That sounds good to me! How does the 3:00 sound to everyone else? Thanks for providing that suggestion....still cant get that ticker up...must be doing something wrong...also, I guess i am officially on a diet for 3 weeks :) that way i can eat anything I want on the cruise and still fit into my shorts (hopefully able to wear shorts).

[westjones]

That sounds good to me! How does the 3:00 sound to everyone else? Thanks for providing that suggestion....still cant get that ticker up...must be doing something wrong...also, I guess i am officially on a diet for 3 weeks :) that way i can eat anything I want on the cruise and still fit into my shorts (hopefully able to wear shorts).

Go to

USER CP

at the top (it is on a red bar on my computer) right under the bar that shows a twitter logo and facebook logo

Then go to EDIT SIGNATURE

and past in the code for that. My code is :

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Except I put in double spaces at all of the [ and ] so it will show up in this message. You have to take them out to make them work. But you would use whatever ticket you want and just paste in the code in the box where you edit your signature.

[MPwifey]

3:00 at the promenade sounds good to me. I am not sure when we will get to port as we are staying at the country inn and suites. I made a reservation for our couple massage on our sea day.

[westjones]

Sorry I haven't bee good about following this thread, but has anyone put together a "name" list. I see all of our DIS board names, but our actual names?

For us it will be:

Jim (DH)
Debra (me)
Chantelle (DD16)
Michelle (DD16)

I can't believe how close our sail date is coming. I just hope we have better weather by then. Last year we were on this very same cruise and the weather was perfect! That had been our 9th Disney cruise and that one was the best weather of any of them. So I was hoping for the same, but this weekend with all of the weather issues is starting to worry me.

[Sccrmnky2005]

3:00 at the promenade sounds good to me. I am not sure when we will get to port as we are staying at the country inn and suites. I made a reservation for our couple massage on our sea day.

We are also staying there! I called and they said that the shuttle runs at 10:30 then every 30 minutes after that. I think I might have DBF drop me off so I can check in earlier then he will ride the shuttle back at 10:30am. It's easier I think than having to lug your luggage to the Shuttle, but haven't decided yet what we plan to do.

[jackieslp]

Weather is a major concern for us too. They are forecasting more snow this week and it looks like weather down south isn't much better. On our last cruise (november 2008) we never had the sail away party because a water spout developed over the water and pulled the ship away and everyone couldn't get on and the ship had to be repositioned and then when we got to the Bahamas the rain was coming down sideways!! Our CC day was a little nicer as we snorkeled in the am and rode bikes and had lunch - after lunch a storm came in - I am really really hoping for great weather!

My family:
Jackie
Jason
Tyler - almost 13
Lindsey 11

[Sccrmnky2005]

Weather here in orlando today is pretty nice at least we have the sun out which makes for a nice warm day if your standing in the sun. Hope we have good weather for our sailing in 3 weeks!!!

ONLY 3 WEEKS LEFT!! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!:banana::banana::banana::cool1::cool1::cool1:

[MPwifey]

I am so excited, my last day of work before the cruise is the 2nd, then we are driving to FL to visit family so our vacation starts in 16 days!!!!!

I got a bathing suit for my daughter and me yesterday, and I am trying to find out if DH's nice clothes still fit. Now if only I can get him to try them on. :rotfl:

Oh our names are

Megan ( me)
Jeff ( dh)
Carol ( MIL)
Carlee ( 2 )

[Sccrmnky2005]

:cool1:Finally got our documents and luggage tags, I put them on our bags yesterday:banana: I feels real now!!!:cool1:

I can't wait any longer I'm so anxious to be on the Wonder again!!

I've got most of my outfits picked out now to get them all washed and ready for packing.

I pick up my dress tomorrow (well it's ready tomorrow not sure if I'll be home in time from work until they close) hopefully they did a good job since I payed $40.00 to get it hemmed.:scared1:

Only 18 days until we leave for Country Inn and Suites!!!:banana::banana::banana:

[Sccrmnky2005]

Also looks like our cruise is booked, atleast from the website today you can't book it. I'm suprised we don't have more in our Dismeet and FE exchange guess there will be a lot of non-diser's on the cruise. Last year we had a nice list of FE exchange participants.

Did we decided when and where we are going to meet? We plan on arriving at the port as early as the shuttle allows us. I might get there earlier than DBF, have him drop me off along with luggage and then take the shuttle back. Haven't figured that out yet.

Not sure what the first nights show is yet since Golden Mickey's is gone. If we will be lucky enough to get the new villians show, or the other fill-in show. Haven't seen a recent navigators without Golden Mickey's.

[Sccrmnky2005]

Ok one more lol

For anyone staying at Country Inn and Suites that booked through price line like I did.

I called for a third time just now and asked about the shuttle, and she said it's included, no aditional charge.

Also the Shuttle runs at 10:00, 11:00, and 12:00 for Disney terminal that Sunday March 7th.

If it's that early then we will both be getting on the 10:00 shuttle YAY!!:banana:

[Sccrmnky2005]

Looks like we will be seeing Golden mickeys this cruise the second night for some reason I thought the wonder had the fill in show until the new one. But someone told me that we will still see the Golden Mickeys. We will not be watching it though since we've seen it twice we will do other things that night. But anyone that hasn't seen it yet I would highly reccommend seeing this show! It's amazing

[MPwifey]

Yay for a 10:00 shuttle, if that is the case we may be joining you on the shuttle!!! :cool1: I am in the process of finalizing a dog boarder for our furbaby since our other pet sitter was going to watch him at her house.

I will be happy if the Golden Mickeys show is on, because I think that Carlee would be scared of a villians show.

[Sccrmnky2005]

Yay for a 10:00 shuttle, if that is the case we may be joining you on the shuttle!!! :cool1: I am in the process of finalizing a dog boarder for our furbaby since our other pet sitter was going to watch him at her house.

I will be happy if the Golden Mickeys show is on, because I think that Carlee would be scared of a villians show.

GREAT!! It's a perfect time! Have you called and asked them about the park and shuttle thing if you book through priceline? I have called three times and have gotten the same answer but threads on this board say it's extra $20. Let me know. I guess they changed their policy.

If I wasn't going on this same cruise I would watch your dog for you. I dogsit friends dogs and nanny during the day when I'm not in school.

I have two dogs as previously stated. I wish I could have more but they get expensive.

[njdisneymom811]

I gave up facebook for lent so my countdown on there has stopped and now I'm on the DIS boards constantly! :rotfl: Really! We are planning on getting to Port Canaveral early - around 11am. Glad to know we can see Golden Mickeys - this is our first Disney cruise and that was a show I really wanted to see. Any more scoop on activities on our ship? I feel like I made a mistake with our Palo reservation on the third night - same as the pirate party - what time does that kick off? Will the kids miss something at dinner that night? Thanks for everyones help!:hug:

[jackieslp]

what time is your reservation for Palo that night? The pirate party doesnt start til pretty late. last time we cruised it was cold and windy and Lindsey and I went to our cabin and Jason and Ty went...they came home with a plate full of chocolate desserts from the buffet only to find me double fistiing mickey bars from room service- my excuse was that I ordered one for lindsey but she was sleeping so I HAD to eat both...we still laugh about it.

So, I missed the pirate party last time. I hope I cn stay up later this cruise. Jason and i want to try to do some of the adult activities at night but I am always beat by 10:00.

We will be at port by 10:00 am. I loved being one of the first on the ship last time and when waiting in the terminal (last time) some characters came out so it was a pic opportunity...just being there is fun... and it sounds like some of our FE friends will be there early too so we can meet there even if "informal".

When do you depart NJ for your trip? Are you doing any of the parks or just the cruise? We leave PA on March 5th- two weeks from today.

[njdisneymom811]

Hey Jackie! What was I thinking giving up fb??? :surfweb: I feel so out of the loop now. Thanks for your input - we are very alike. I'm usually beat by 10pm myself so not sure if the Pirate Party will be for us especially with my 5 year old. I may be up to my elbows with some Mickey ice cream myself! I love that story! :lmao: I guess I'll keep our Palo reservation - nothing goes on at dinner during the pirate night for the kids? As far as meeting up at the port, that sounds good. We are flying down Saturday and staying at a local hotel. I didn't know you've cruised before - glad to know arriving early could be a bonus. Any other tips? 15 days!!!! :woohoo: After the cruise, we are staying at Disney two nights & going to Magic kingdom for a day - we all did the "give a day, get a day". How about you?

[jackieslp]

Hi Tara- we did the give a day get a day too!! We made blankets for the Linus Project. Imagine my son tying the knots - it was funny!
We will be at the Bay Lake Towers for one night after the cruise. My daughter's best friend will be there so we are meeting them for dinner at Ohana- our favorite restaurant.
We loved getting to port early - just being there is fun and if we all see eachother it will be neat to get to know everyone so quickly - seeing familiar faces on the cruise is always nice:)

tips for day of leaving port- if weather permits - pack or have the kids wear bathing suits bc they may want to swim after they eat - my kids did that last year and it was great - they had the pool to themselves.

download and print your cruise documents and sign the kids up on line for the kids' club. this saves time at port.

bring bottled water

hang a white board outside your door for notes -

will think of more :)

[MPwifey]

2 weeks until our cruise!!! I cannot believe it has been coming up this fast!!! Only 7 more work days until we leave for Florida to visit family. We finally have everything in order; our hotel at CIS w/a kids suite from priceline ( in which we do not have to pay for parking, I called and checked), a place to board our dog with cameras, DH's unit finally gave us the okay for his approved leave time.

Even with minor mishaps this past week like my husbands car breaking and us having to rent a car and get it fixed this coming week, we are finally set. We are doing Sea world and Kennedy Space Center and hopefully my family can come up to Port Canaveral before we leave on Sunday. It will be our family's last chance to see DH before he leaves for deployment so there will be mixed emotions too. I am looking forward to the FE, and even DH is starting get into when I showed him the pics of the exchange.

[fishon8862]

Hello, we just found out that we are going to be on this cruise. My 7yr old has wanted to go on a Disney Cruise and was just granted this trip by The Make A Wish Foundation.
We only know that we are on the cruise but nothing else, make a wish is throwing a going away party for our son next week to surprise him with this trip.
Our itinerary and any other info will be given to us then, not much time for any planning after that. So any insite from you cruise veterans would be helpful.
There are 4 of us Me(47) DW(29) but her birthday is the day we sail DS(10) and DS(7). My wife is wanting to know what the FE's are and how can we get involved. We want this to be a vacation that our 7yr old will never forget. Thanks for any information we can get.

Bob DH
Heather DW
Cole DS
Reid DS

[MPwifey]

I am glad that you found us on here, welcome! Do you know if MAW is planning anything for you guys on the cruise, shore excursions? If you are looking for any info on the cruise itself make sure you check out the Disney website and search for Wonder and shore excursions.

[MPwifey]

I just re-read your post and realized that you will not know anymore info until next week. Since most of us have been planning our cruises for quite some time, I will post some threads that have been helpful to us, including reviews of shore excursions, and great packing tips. Now I have never been on a Disney cruise, so I could be completely wrong on all of this.

Tips threads:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2402301

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2381689&highlight=tips




General FAQ info

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2068966

Shore excursions in Nassau

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2391445&highlight=nassau

http://disneycruise.disney.go.com/cruises-destinations/shore-excursions/search/?facetValueName=fv_Port_nassau

[Sccrmnky2005]

2 weeks until our cruise!!! I cannot believe it has been coming up this fast!!! Only 7 more work days until we leave for Florida to visit family. We finally have everything in order; our hotel at CIS w/a kids suite from priceline ( in which we do not have to pay for parking, I called and checked), a place to board our dog with cameras, DH's unit finally gave us the okay for his approved leave time.

Even with minor mishaps this past week like my husbands car breaking and us having to rent a car and get it fixed this coming week, we are finally set. We are doing Sea world and Kennedy Space Center and hopefully my family can come up to Port Canaveral before we leave on Sunday. It will be our family's last chance to see DH before he leaves for deployment so there will be mixed emotions too. I am looking forward to the FE, and even DH is starting get into when I showed him the pics of the exchange.


That's good to hear you got the sane free parking answer I did. I was worried I was getting the wrong answer.

I've decided to do my own hair for dress up night. I found a cute updo I'm going to try on my hair that night.

Are we still planning on a meet at 3:00 in the promanade lounge?

I'm getting excited!! We go camping next weekend for the first time with our puppies. I booked it the weekend before the cruise hoping it would help make time go by faster.

[fishon8862]

Thank you so much for the links, I have been looking over them and have learned alot already.
So much to do and so little time to do it. We will find out next Saturday what our itinerary is, MAW has not said anything about doing anything on the ship or before boarding.
I know we fly to Orlando on Mar 6th and stay the night at the airports hotel and take Disney transportation over to Port Canaveral on Sunday AM

[MPwifey]

I just cannot sleep tonight because I keep looking up things for the cruise!! We decided not to go to Atlantis this time because dd is only 2 and cannot go on a lot of the slides or anything, and we do not want to leave her in Flounders the whole day. Another thing I was wondering, I know that Alice in Wonderland premieres on March 5th, but do you think they will show it on our cruise?

[westjones]

I just cannot sleep tonight because I keep looking up things for the cruise!! We decided not to go to Atlantis this time because dd is only 2 and cannot go on a lot of the slides or anything, and we do not want to leave her in Flounders the whole day. Another thing I was wondering, I know that Alice in Wonderland premieres on March 5th, but do you think they will show it on our cruise?


My guess is they will show this the night they don't have a regular show in the Walt Disney Theater and they will probably show it in 3D. That is what happened on our cruise last year (at that time it was BOLT).

[jackieslp]

I wish toy story 3 was going to premier on the ship. I think Alice in Wonderland looks scary!!!

Besides looking forward to this vacation, I am really looking forward to meeting all of you...you have become my disboard family!!! and since the rest of my family (except lindsey) thinks I am nuts, I really appreciate you.

Can't wait to board....:cool1:

[MPwifey]

Besides looking forward to this vacation, I am really looking forward to meeting all of you...you have become my disboard family!!! and since the rest of my family (except lindsey) thinks I am nuts, I really appreciate you.

Can't wait to board....:cool1:



Awww . .. .don't worry, my family thinks I'm crazy too!!!

[Sccrmnky2005]

Yes I can't wait until we can all meet. I think I'll be meeting MPwifey (sorry not sure of your name) on the Shuttle to the port. I'm not good with names so when we meet I will be asking names. lol

I can't wait for a great cruise, my favorite part is the sail away party and the countdown to leaving PC!!:banana:

[njdisneymom811]

I read every tip, look at every photo & I even found a site with copies of the Navigators from a 4 day Wonder trip at the end of Jan. 2010 and not only do I look at every day - I printed it! So excited! Hope we can all meet up. Are we going to be able to include our new "DS friend" on the FEs? I really hope so! I know I have enough...there's enough Disney magic for everyone :cool1:

[jackieslp]

I sent our new disfriend a message on FB- telling them not to stress over finding FE things (to give to us - as in my family - didn't want to speak for everyoone) but that I have some items left and will be surprising them with those gifts. I dont have duplicates of everything but what I do have, I am giving - I also let them know (bob and heather) that I have these 2 small tote bags that says "Celebrate) with mickey heads on them that I will hang on their Fish with ribbon so treats can be put in there - if they find something that would be good too but I am sure they are trying to get things together before the trip - just did't want them to stress....their boys are 7 and 10 - no allergies!

I think we are planning on still meeting at 3:00 on the promenade. will post soon.

Getting more excited as the days go by.

[jackieslp]

Hi All,
Lets meet at 3:00 (per a great suggestion from Deb) in the Promendade Lounge - below is the link to find it on the ship.
Sounds like we meet then and then go back to the room to get our life jacket before the drill.

http://disneycruise.disney.go.com/sh...menade-lounge/

Also, there isn't usually any activities going on at that time, and everyone should be on the ship by that time.

Here is the name list so far - please make corrections:
Jackie (jackieslp)
Jason
Lindsey 11
Tyler 13


Jim (DH)
Debra (me) (westjones)
Chantelle (DD16)
Michelle (DD16)


Amanda (sccrmnky2005)
Milt

Megan ( me) (mpwifey)
Jeff ( dh)
Carol ( MIL)
Carlee ( 2 )

Tara (njdisneymom811)
? Hubby
? son 9
? daughter 5

njdisnmom811 has a cousin on the trip too- but unsure of names


Bob (fishon882)
Heather DW
Cole 7
Reid 1

Katharine (asouthernbelle)
Torin

Anyone else out there that wants to join the meet? the more the better.:yay:

[Sccrmnky2005]

Hi All,
Lets meet at 3:00 (per a great suggestion from Deb) in the Promendade Lounge - below is the link to find it on the ship.
Sounds like we meet then and then go back to the room to get our life jacket before the drill.

http://disneycruise.disney.go.com/sh...menade-lounge/

Also, there isn't usually any activities going on at that time, and everyone should be on the ship by that time.

Here is the name list so far - please make corrections:
Jackie (jackieslp)
Jason
Lindsey 11
Tyler 13


Jim (DH)
Debra (me) (westjones)
Chantelle (DD16)
Michelle (DD16)


Amanda (sccrmnky2005)
Milt

Megan ( me) (mpwifey)
Jeff ( dh)
Carol ( MIL)
Carlee ( 2 )

Tara (njdisneymom811)
? Hubby
? son 9
? daughter 5

njdisnmom811 has a cousin on the trip too- but unsure of names


Bob (fishon882)
Heather DW
Cole 7
Reid 1

Katharine (asouthernbelle)
Torin

Anyone else out there that wants to join the meet? the more the better.:yay:


Thanks for the list!! My DBF's Name is Milton.

We should be able to make it!! We plan on getting to the port early, so hoping to get on the ship early. Can't wait to meet everyone.

Also from your previous post it says Reid's age is 10. Just didn't want anyone getting them gifts get baby things for him.

[jackieslp]

You are totally correct - My error on the 10 year old age...and Sorry Milton!!

Thanks Amanda - I appreciate your help.

:banana:

[Sccrmnky2005]

You are totally correct - My error on the 10 year old age...and Sorry Milton!!

Thanks Amanda - I appreciate your help.

:banana:

No problem. Helping you out!!

Has anyone checked the forcast for next weekend? While were sailing? I will check tonight if I think about it.

[MPwifey]

I have some extra things to include our new friends in on the FE. I actually made extras just in case. I have one thing thing that I will have to get, but it is not a big deal.

[njdisneymom811]

Jackie - that's great! Thanks so much - glad to have "fishon882" on the FE list! I can't seem to get the weather for next Sunday just the averages for that day in the past. The website I'm using is saying you need to be within 10 days for the weather - that will be soon though! :thumbsup2

[fishon8862]

Thank you all so much for making us feel so welcomed, Reid are 7yr old is going to be so excited about all of this when he finds out this Saturday at his going away party. We look forward to meeting all are new Disboard friends on the ship at 3:00.

[Sccrmnky2005]

I'm looking at Weather Underground and it says Monday average High of 81 and Low of 65.

I'm having to go out to jo-ann tomorrow to find matching ribbon that was on my Pirate Hat. :sad::sad: Because I left it in my craft room on top of my roll carry on and got home from class tonight to find the ribbons and pirate skull that was on one side ripped to shreds (my Beagle did it):scared1:. I know I shouldn't of left it there (not sure why I did) I was able to save one ribbon and get it back on, but to try and match might be hard. So Im off tomorrow to search for something close, and maybe another pirate skull to put back on it and make it look like nothing ever happened. Only my DIS family will know. lol:rotfl:

[njdisneymom811]

Your hat secret is safe with us! No-one in my house knows I have copies of Navigators hidden in my purse! :rotfl2: Hope your sons party is wonderful this weekend, Bob! :flower3:

[jackieslp]

Tara, that totally cracked me up and as I read it aloud, My husband said "what's a navigator"...FYI - since you all know that I am totally obsessed with weather - i will let you know that they have forecasted us tomorrow with a ************** BLIZZARD tomorrow - 6-12 inches of snow with winds gusting up to 5-60mph - we have never had snow like this before and if this happens next Thursday I will totally be freaking out, taking my flying medicine even before I get on the flight bc I will be so paranoid of the weather AHAHAHAH-

I am heading out the door to go to DE and then Eastern PA - two stops to make and get checked off the list of things to do before the trip...and it looks like school will be closed again tommorrow so I may have more time to make more FE things for our new Friends!!!!!

[Sccrmnky2005]

Your hat secret is safe with us! No-one in my house knows I have copies of Navigators hidden in my purse! :rotfl2: Hope your sons party is wonderful this weekend, Bob! :flower3:

Jackie- by the last post Bob did it says Reid is the 7 year old. I think you have it backwards on the list. Lol it's the cold weather getting to you isn't it? It's time for sunshine:)

Good to know!! I look at my scrapbook which has our old navigators in them to see what we didn't do the last time and need to do this time. I've said I've always wanted to do Match your Mate since last march and haven't done it yet! So we will be doing it this time for sure!!

Bob- please let us know how the party goes and maybe post some pictures of the reveal. I love suprises!

[jackieslp]

I am a little stressed these days and i always get like this before trips. And now, the weather for Syracuse is snow for this weekend when we are to be driving up there (4 hours north west of us) so we may need to leave on Friday night which means more arrangements for my Stompy (english bulldog) and Laurel (coonhound). Not sure if Stompy can go two nights without humans (besides pet sitter visits). When we go to florida he is going back to his "foster" mom...we got him in Late August.

I am sure all will be fine but these details that I CANT control drive me nutso. Oh well - I have to learn to go with the flow....yeah right!

[njdisneymom811]

Jackie - I am the same way but it will work out - it has to! It will require a little more planning and time but don't worry. I, too, am so concerned cause this is the most snow we have had in ages and I keep thinking if this happens next weekend what will we do? Take your time, have a safe trip and we will see you on the Wonder...:hug:

[jackieslp]

You are right! Cant do anything about the weather! Have a wonderful day and thanks for the kind words....are you forecasted for snow? are you in south, central or North jersey?

[Sccrmnky2005]

Good luck to everyone on getting to FL! I hope the snow holds up long enough for you to start your trip. I can't wait to meet everyone and have a great cruise!

[njdisneymom811]

Oh my goodness - more snow! We are in central NJ right by Sandy Hook & it looks like 12-20 inches here over the next day and a half. I really hope by next Saturday we are in the clear. Keep safe everyone & 9 MORE DAYS!!!!:yay:

[jackieslp]

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8 more days until we leave snowy,cold PA!!!!!!!:banana::)

[MPwifey]

We had some "snow" here today, haha only they were really tiny flurries that didn't stick and there were not a lot of them at all. Only 6 more days until we leave to visit family in Fl yay!!!

[Sccrmnky2005]

We had some "snow" here today, haha only they were really tiny flurries that didn't stick and there were not a lot of them at all. Only 6 more days until we leave to visit family in Fl yay!!!

Have a safe drive (i think your driving) down to FL! See you on Sunday on the shuttle at CIS

[njdisneymom811]

With all this snow I keep thinking of more FE stuff---- must stop! :goodvibes I don't have westjones cabin # on my list and hopefully, after fishon882 has a fantastic party this weekend we will know thier cabin #, right? Thanks!

[jackieslp]

Tara, westjones (deb) decided not to participate as her girls are older. I do think she may still meet for the meet and greet though (it was her idea to meet at the promenade). I am sitting here watching which schools are closed today and cant figure out why my kids' district is closed but the one next to it (which I follow today) is not!!! I am so bummed - now what to do with these kids? If I were cloased then I could do more FE things and pack for Syracuse!! Hope you didn't get too much snow.

[breraurora]

Late to joint but will be on board! Doing the spring break trip with the family. We are staying at Beach Club for 3 days before setting sail. Can't wait. This will be our 5th cruise and it never gets old! A great friend of mine will be going too with her family for their 1st cruise!

[fishon8862]

We had Reids MAW party today and received our itinerary. We will be in room #2502, and will be getting to Port Canaveral by Disney Transportation and should be there no later than noon on the 7th.
Getting our Resv# today has kept us from getting some of the excursions that we wanted, but the main thing is we are on this cruise and Reid will love anything we get to do.
DW(Heather) DS(Cole 10) DS(Reid 7) and I(Bob) look forward to meeting all of you on the promenade deck at 3:00 on Sunday.
Thank you all again so much for all your help and your info that you have provided to us, we may still have some questions this week to get us packed and on the plane.

[MPwifey]

I am glad that you guys had fun at Reid's MAW party, and I will make sure to add you to our FE list that I am hanging outside our cabin door. # 7092

In case anyone forgets their list I will have one hanging on a dry erase board outside our room, but I think that meeting at the promenade will be just fine for all of us since the ship is sold out.

Anyone have any exciting cruise plans that they want to share? DH and I are getting a couples massage on our sea day, I would like to get a rainforest pass for the day. We do not have any excursions, but we want to try the big water bikes at CC.

[Sccrmnky2005]

I'm glad you had the party and it went well! Yay for getting your room number. We are also on deck 2. Never been on deck 2, but are very excited about the location (except being under the club) but it's better than not being on the ship at all.


ONLY ONE WEEK FROM TODAY AND WE WILL ALMOST BE AT THE PORT TO GET ON THE WONDER TOGETHER!!!:banana::banana::cool1::cool1::banana:: banana::cool1:

[westjones]

Has anyone checked in online yet? DH has tried a couple of times and it isn't working for us. Have the rest of you been able to do that?

[njdisneymom811]

This time next week we'll be cruising! Thought I was all done but there is still a lot to do! Don't think my boss will understand taking off to get ready for my vacation!

By checking in, do you mean filling out the paperwork and printing out the contract? Or can we truly check in online? I stopped going on disney website when I found this one! :lmao:

[MPwifey]

I tried to do the online check in ( the paperwork) but it is not letting me on the page. For now I am just happy that we are leaving tuesday night after I get off work to visit family in FL. I have no idea how I am going to make it through 2 days of work. At least on Tuesday we are having a party for Dr. Seuss' birthday at school so time will go by faster.

[Sccrmnky2005]

I did online check in last week and printed everything out so not sure if it's not working. If you are still having trouble today call DCL and let them knowl

5 days for me to be at CIS!!!:banana::cool1::banana:

[fishon8862]

My wife and I got on the cruise site last night and filled out all the paperwork, registered the boys and printed out all the forms including the contract.
On another note, we picked up a white eraser board yesterday. How do you hang this on your cabin door ?
We had a great time at Reids MAW party, he was so surprised when the lady from Make a Wish told him his wish had been granted he said are we going this summer and she said your leaving next week he was like Yes!!!!!!!
We have pics and video that we would love to share with you all at the meet and greet Sunday afternoon.
Still trying to figure out what excursions we can get booked on so late in the game, would like to take the boys to Atlantis water park and are trying to find a cheaper way than thru the cruise ship to book it. If anybody has done this before please let me know how you may have done it.
Thanks again to everyone for your help in makeing this a vacation that Reid will never forget. This week will drag out forever I'm affraid before we leave here on Saturday to fly to Orlando. My folks live in St, Petersburg and are coming to Orlando to be with us Saturday night and Sunday for a bit, we have'nt seen them since last summer. See Ya'll soon.

[ForgottenMan]

We had Reids MAW party today and received our itinerary. We will be in room #2502, and will be getting to Port Canaveral by Disney Transportation and should be there no later than noon on the 7th.
Getting our Resv# today has kept us from getting some of the excursions that we wanted, but the main thing is we are on this cruise and Reid will love anything we get to do.
DW(Heather) DS(Cole 10) DS(Reid 7) and I(Bob) look forward to meeting all of you on the promenade deck at 3:00 on Sunday.
Thank you all again so much for all your help and your info that you have provided to us, we may still have some questions this week to get us packed and on the plane.

Hello,

We are another MAW family, just got our trip details last Thursday night! We'll be just down the hall in 2530/32.

How did you manage to get an overnight from MAW? They told us it was against policy because our trip involved an "international" destination. So we don't get into Orlando until noon on the 7th. I hope there are no delays!


Anyway, we were encouraged to "not be shy" about wearing MAW buttons. Along with my Hawaiian shirt, they should make us easy to identify.

[Sccrmnky2005]

Hello,

We are another MAW family, just got our trip details last Thursday night! We'll be just down the hall in 2530/32.

How did you manage to get an overnight from MAW? They told us it was against policy because our trip involved an "international" destination. So we don't get into Orlando until noon on the 7th. I hope there are no delays!


Anyway, we were encouraged to "not be shy" about wearing MAW buttons. Along with my Hawaiian shirt, they should make us easy to identify.

WELCOME and glad to see another family joining us on the cruise!!

[jackieslp]

Welcome to our disboard group!

Okay, Amanda - you better do your "lets get warm dance" soon. I keep checking the weather and it is getting colder!!

But I realize that if it is sunny, it will be okay - just really could use that warmth these days.

I went online and registered a while ago and printed out everything. Megan, something is not right - contact bc it will go so much faster at check in when you get to the ship. Have a safe trip down and we will see you at 3:00.

We leave Friday and can't wait...just counting down and crossing things off the list!

Bob, I put those magnets on the back of my white board (they have adhesive you peel off) and they stick right on- or you can hang it over your fish. I did put together the canvas totes for you to hang over the fish for the FE gifts just in case you don't get a chance to get anything - so tell Heather that is done. If I had more time, I would have handmade you one, but unfortunately, time is critical these days.

[njdisneymom811]

Bob - we are going to Atlantis with our kids as well as my cousins and thier children. We rented a room at the Comfort Inn across the street and you get passes for everything at atlantis - waterpark, pools, the dig, aquarium, beach. Google comfort inn nassau bahamas and it should be the first to pop up. I called and made my reservation just to be sure it was the one linked to Atlantis. Glad to hear the party went well.

Jackie - warm weather dance in effect!

See you all soon!!!!:cloud9:

[jackieslp]

We were going to do that too but we decided on the Stingray excursion (blackbeards)- I still don't know if we made the right choice. My kids really like to snorkel which is why we chose this one as I can live with snokeling close to the shore - jumping overboard from a boat scares me...did it before and really don't want to do it again.

I think I may still look at the Comfort inn to see how much it would cost and then rethink my choice...decisions decisions...

[fishon8862]

Hello,

We are another MAW family, just got our trip details last Thursday night! We'll be just down the hall in 2530/32.

How did you manage to get an overnight from MAW? They told us it was against policy because our trip involved an "international" destination. So we don't get into Orlando until noon on the 7th. I hope there are no delays!


Anyway, we were encouraged to "not be shy" about wearing MAW buttons. Along with my Hawaiian shirt, they should make us easy to identify.

Welcome aboard, it's nice to see another childs wish come true. You guys are probably going through many of the same emotions we have been going through.

My wife has been obsessing over packing and planning and making everything perfect since we found out. I found this board as well as a FaceBook page and that has helped us so much. We have gotten lots of tips and hints on how to make this trip great. Not sure of the FB page but it is on some earlier post here.

How old are your kids? We have two boys' 10 and 7. Our 7 year old is the MAW child.

I have no clue how we got an overnight. They just told us when the flight is. It could be because we live in a smaller area and the flights aren't as frequent.

We are looking forward to meeting you! We did not receive any MAW buttons, but have contacted our MAW volunteer to see if she can get us any.
If we don't have buttons we will be the family of 4 with Arkansas Razorback shirts on, should not be hard to miss us.

[jackieslp]

Okay, no more me talking about the weather...it is now "lets have smooth seas". AFter realizing that last week the ship hit some rough waves, I would rather have it a little on the cool side than have that ship rockin'.....

[fishon8862]

Welcome to our disboard group!

Okay, Amanda - you better do your "lets get warm dance" soon. I keep checking the weather and it is getting colder!!

But I realize that if it is sunny, it will be okay - just really could use that warmth these days.

I went online and registered a while ago and printed out everything. Megan, something is not right - contact bc it will go so much faster at check in when you get to the ship. Have a safe trip down and we will see you at 3:00.

We leave Friday and can't wait...just counting down and crossing things off the list!

Bob, I put those magnets on the back of my white board (they have adhesive you peel off) and they stick right on- or you can hang it over your fish. I did put together the canvas totes for you to hang over the fish for the FE gifts just in case you don't get a chance to get anything - so tell Heather that is done. If I had more time, I would have handmade you one, but unfortunately, time is critical these days.

Jackie, thanks thats what I was planning on doing. Those canvas totes will be great, I will let Heather know. We will have this all figured out for the next time we sail on a DCL.

[fishon8862]

Bob - we are going to Atlantis with our kids as well as my cousins and thier children. We rented a room at the Comfort Inn across the street and you get passes for everything at atlantis - waterpark, pools, the dig, aquarium, beach. Google comfort inn nassau bahamas and it should be the first to pop up. I called and made my reservation just to be sure it was the one linked to Atlantis. Glad to hear the party went well.

Jackie - warm weather dance in effect!

See you all soon!!!!:cloud9:

We called Comfort Inn and they said that we would have to book a 2 nite stay min. The price jumps up almost $100 a night starting on the 8th so 2 nites would be about $650 for a room.
If you try to do it on line they tell you that it has to be a 4 nite min. I called Atlantis, and they said that they sell tickets to the public at the hotel on a 1st come 1st served basis for $110 for adults and $80 for kids 4-12.
To book it on the cruise it was well over $700 for our family of 4. I asked if they sold out and the girl said that this time of year they don't, but in another couple of weeks when spring break really gets going they usually do.

[MPwifey]

Due to snow our vacation will begin tonight at 6:30 when I get off work instead of tommorrow morning. I am not sure if that is a good or a bad thing, but it will be an interesting night!!! Plus we will get to FL around 4 am and sleep in and wake up in FL, not NC!! Yay!!! Hopefully no one else gets messed up by the snow.

[Sccrmnky2005]

Welcome to our disboard group!

Okay, Amanda - you better do your "lets get warm dance" soon. I keep checking the weather and it is getting colder!!

But I realize that if it is sunny, it will be okay - just really could use that warmth these days.

I went online and registered a while ago and printed out everything. Megan, something is not right - contact bc it will go so much faster at check in when you get to the ship. Have a safe trip down and we will see you at 3:00.

We leave Friday and can't wait...just counting down and crossing things off the list!

Bob, I put those magnets on the back of my white board (they have adhesive you peel off) and they stick right on- or you can hang it over your fish. I did put together the canvas totes for you to hang over the fish for the FE gifts just in case you don't get a chance to get anything - so tell Heather that is done. If I had more time, I would have handmade you one, but unfortunately, time is critical these days.


lol sunday's high is 72 and Monday's high here in FL is 76!!:banana:

It's forcasted to be cold this week and warm up this weekend so hoping to PERFECT weather like last year!!! PLEASE PLEASE

This morning we got TONS of rain but today was the last day to rain this week!!

[Sccrmnky2005]

Due to snow our vacation will begin tonight at 6:30 when I get off work instead of tommorrow morning. I am not sure if that is a good or a bad thing, but it will be an interesting night!!! Plus we will get to FL around 4 am and sleep in and wake up in FL, not NC!! Yay!!! Hopefully no one else gets messed up by the snow.

Have a safe drive to FL, if you can let us know you and your family made it here ok!

[Sccrmnky2005]

Megan, I just called and added me and Milton to the shuttle for sunday at 10:00am so you can call anytime and get your family added. But if you are parking your car at the port you DO have to pay the extra $20, no big deal but not what I was told a few weeks ago:confused3. Whatever, I'm happy that we still got the deal we did and can't wait to get there on Saturday:banana:

[ForgottenMan]

How old are your kids? We have two boys' 10 and 7. Our 7 year old is the MAW child.


We are a family of 5 - Me & DW (OTH), DD (11), DD (8), DD (6).

This is my youngest's Wish - it started out months ago as just a trip to Atlantis - but now she and her sisters are way excited to be going on the cruise. We are all experienced travelers, but this will be our first cruise ever. Without the generosity of MAW it probably would not have been a possibility.

[Sccrmnky2005]

We are a family of 5 - Me & DW (OTH), DD (11), DD (8), DD (6).

This is my youngest's Wish - it started out months ago as just a trip to Atlantis - but now she and her sisters are way excited to be going on the cruise. We are all experienced travelers, but this will be our first cruise ever. Without the generosity of MAW it probably would not have been a possibility.

I'm sure after this cruise you will be cruising for a long time afterwards. Almost to the date last year I took my first cruise and loved it better than the parks!! Now this one will be our third and we are already planning summer and maybe fall and Def the Dream coming up next year!! I need more off time from school and work to do everything!! lol

[MPwifey]

We made it okay, we came in at 5 am and our daughter woke up at 7:50, so barely any sleep for me. She had pink eye last weekend and now I forgot her drops just in case and she wakes up with pink eye again. So now we have to find a Dr. that accepts military insurance in a small town to get more drops. What a great way to start our vacation. :sad2:

[Sccrmnky2005]

We made it okay, we came in at 5 am and our daughter woke up at 7:50, so barely any sleep for me. She had pink eye last weekend and now I forgot her drops just in case and she wakes up with pink eye again. So now we have to find a Dr. that accepts military insurance in a small town to get more drops. What a great way to start our vacation. :sad2:

Glad you had a safe drive! Hope you find a doctor to help you out!

[jackieslp]

Glad you made it down okay, Megan.

Forgottenman- I sent you a message about our children as I also have a daughter who is 11.HOpefully you can make it to our meet and greet at 3:00 in the promenade lounge..It would be nice for them to meet...Jackie

[westjones]

Are there still no teens ages 15-17 going yet? I have twin DDs who are 16, so if anyone has teens that want to 'meet' before going to Aloft, let me know.

[MPwifey]

Amanda we are on the 10:00 shuttle and I confirmed that it was $20 to park.

We finally ended up at the Emergency room since they were the only ones that would take active duty tricare, then finding a store to fill our prescription. We spent our whole first day of vacation at the dr.'s, but we finally were able to relax around 6 or so. Tomorrow is a new day and right now we are at my sisters house and Carlee is loving playing with kitty cats. A very relaxing day to a hectic day.

[jackieslp]

Megan - it will get better! Hang in there...only a few days til we cruise...enjoy your family

[ForgottenMan]

Glad you made it down okay, Megan.

Forgottenman- I sent you a message about our children as I also have a daughter who is 11.HOpefully you can make it to our meet and greet at 3:00 in the promenade lounge..It would be nice for them to meet...Jackie

Jackie,

Just learned I can't PM here until I get my post count up to 10. I'm not sure we will make 3:00 because we land in Orlando at noon and I was allowing three hours just to make it onboard. Is that overly pessimistic?

Anyway, the weather forecast for the Bahamas sure looks good:

Monday 3/8 Mostly Sunny, light winds, 77
Tuesday 3/9 Partly Sunny, 79
Wednesday 3/10 Partly Cloudy, more humid, 83

[jackieslp]

I am sure things will go smoothly upon your arrival in Orlando. my email is jackieslp@comcast.net

if you email me then I will send you my phone - if you want to text me when you are up for the girls meeting. if not, I totally understand.
Jackie

[jackieslp]

Well Gang,
we leave at 4:45 am! Not sure if I will be checking the boards (depends if I can get on via my kids' itouch) so if I dont chat with you here - I will be seeing you on Sunday! can't wait to meet you all....have a safe trip.
jackie

[MPwifey]

I hope you had a safe drive down. You should be able to get Wifi on an ipod touch, I have my husbands old iphone and without a sim card it is basically an itouch.

[westjones]

We are leaving at 8:40 in the morning. Can't wait to get on the ship on Sunday! Hope everyone has a safe journey!

[MPwifey]

I will see everyone tomorrow, some at the port, and the rest at the Promenade Lounge at 3:00!!! :cool1:

[Sccrmnky2005]

I had a great cruise!! Glad I got to meet some of you, sorry we didn't make it to the meet we fell asleep and almost missed the drill!!:scared1: But I do have exciting news WE'RE ENGAGED!! Milton asked me on Monday night after dinner he had rose petals everywhere and a nice book from a photo site with photos and really nice romantic things, and the last page after I was done reading it said "will you marry me?" it was perfect!!! I have pictures on Facebook. Now to planning our Disney wedding!!!!!

We were going to book another cruise onboard sunday night, but he said we will think about it. Cause he knew this was coming and knew we had to start planning our wedding, and then hopefully a honeymoon cruise to the Med. or on the Dream.

[jackieslp]

Best Wishes and how exciting! Planning a wedding is always wonderful and exciting!!!

We had a great cruise and thanks to everyone for our FE gifts. I hope you liked what we gave!! We got in at 2:00 am last night...now it is time to recover.

[westjones]

Oh Congrats!!!!! Sorry we didn't make it to the meet. But we had a great cruise! I met someone in the airport that was on the 7 night this past week and they missed Castaway Cay because of bad weather yesterday. So I am really glad we were on the 4 night.

Did anyone rebook for next year? We are doing the same 4 night cruise next year, but on the Dream of course! Can't wait to see the new ship :)

[Sccrmnky2005]

Oh Congrats!!!!! Sorry we didn't make it to the meet. But we had a great cruise! I met someone in the airport that was on the 7 night this past week and they missed Castaway Cay because of bad weather yesterday. So I am really glad we were on the 4 night.

Did anyone rebook for next year? We are doing the same 4 night cruise next year, but on the Dream of course! Can't wait to see the new ship :)

Well we were going to rebook for a 7 night around the same time, but didn't because we have a wedding to plan and save for, so depends on if we can pull off a cruise next year or not. We are doing a site visit April 2nd at disney!! can't wait!!

[njdisneymom811]

Hi everyone - sorry we did not get to the meet and greet but wanted to say thank you to you all for making this cruise extra special for our family. The FE gifts were above and beyond - a huge highlight to an already wonderful vacation. All the tips on these boards added so much. Thanks again everyone! Keeping my fingers crossed we can cruise next year, too!:)

[jackieslp]

Tara - love the cd- have it in my suv and love listening to all of the songs...thanks again.

[njdisneymom811]

I'm so glad you liked it, Jackie! Yours were our first gift and we loved the cookbook and candy bars and then all the gifts that followed. The whopee cushion was a big hit! You really went above and beyond! Hope all is well!

[jackieslp]

Ah..what 13 year old boy wouldnt love a whoopie cushion...glad it made for some great funny moments for you....we are back to reality at our house - I loved doing all of the gifts - we have many of the ones given to us in our guest room bedroom - I just was in there and saw them and smiled...thinking a week ago I was somewhere out to sea enjoying dinner....I am so glad we went on the trip. I hope you are well too.

[asouthernbelle]

Thank you everyone for the gifts, and I hope you enjoyed the little suprises! Apologies for not coming sooner, but college has me booked!

Congratulations Amanda! I already tagged you PJ, but if I can be of any assistance please let me know. I am having a DFTW Dec 28, 2010 at SBP, so if you need the little details, maybe I can help.

Sad to say, I do not think cruising is for me, but never the less, I am sure i will be back on one before I know it. :grouphug:

Thanks again everyone!

[Wondermom1965]

Hi Everyone, Me and my DH and DD were on this cruise. :cloud9: It was our very first one! I just found out about this site a couple days ago. I wish I would've known about it before. What great ideas! I wondered about the FE's and magnets. My DD picked out her own fabric today so we can make our FE for our trip #2 in a couple weeks! :yay: Hopefully we can meet you guys on one of our next trips. :grouphug: