6/7/11 - It's a double dip DREAM!

[lenshanem]

Hi fellow cruisers! Thought I'd get this party started! :rockband:

It will be me, DH, DD13 and DD10 (ages at time of the trip).

Join in! :goodvibes

[LissaW16]

Yay! We are booked for a party of 9... four staterooms on deck 8 way forward...

Me, DH, DD (age 4.5 at cruise time), my mom, MIL, FIL, SIL, BIL, and their kid (aka DN [dear neice], age 3.5 at cruise time).

Plus (not yet booked but waiting for quotes from DU) is my DD's godmother and her mother (the great-godmother?).

We are a mix of experience: my mom and the godmother are vetran cruisers (but never on DCL); DH and I have been on 1 cruise (RCCL); SIL & BIL honeymooned on a short Disney cruise; and MIL, FIL, great-godmother and the two girls have never cruised before.

My MIL is a total Disney fanatic; loves all things Disney, so I'm sure she will fit in just fine.

DH thinks I'm totally insane for booking a trip 19 months away, but oh well... !

~Melissa

[lenshanem]

Hi Melissa!

Wow, that's alot of family going! :grouphug:

Ya, it is kinda crazy planning this far out! :eek:
But, we got first stab at the staterooms, yes?!?

[will5mom]

I'm on board. It will be Me, DH, and DS(7) at time of cruise. Can't wait have cruised before but not w/ DCL. Hopefully, BIL,SIL, and DN will go w/ us. I told them the great prices you get this far out, so we'll see what happens. I haven't told DH or DS yet, I think I'll tell them right before we leave if I can wait that long:rotfl: Thanks for getting the thread started.:cheer2::cheer2::cheer2:

[LissaW16]

Yay! We are booked for a party of 9... four staterooms on deck 8 way forward...

Me, DH, DD (age 4.5 at cruise time), my mom, MIL, FIL, SIL, BIL, and their kid (aka DN [dear neice], age 3.5 at cruise time).



Baby's godmother and great-godmother are booked, we are now a party of 11! Deck 8 forward, beware!

Melissa (that's me!)
Tim (DH)
Trinity (DD)
Grandma Val (my mom)
Godmother Chris (my bestest friend from college)
Great-Godmother Barb (godmother's mom)
Grandma Kathy (MIL)
Grandpa Terry (FIL)
Auntie Tammy (SIL)
Uncle Kep (BIL)
Cousin Annika (my dear Niece)

:grouphug:

[lenshanem]

Hi will5mom!

I'm also not telling anyone. Planning on it being a Christmas 2010 surprise! The wait is gonna kill me! :rotfl:

This will be our third DCL cruise. It has been a few years, though. I'm so looking forward to Castaway Cay TWICE! :woohoo:

[will5mom]

Hi will5mom!

I'm also not telling anyone. Planning on it being a Christmas 2010 surprise! The wait is gonna kill me! :rotfl:

This will be our third DCL cruise. It has been a few years, though. I'm so looking forward to Castaway Cay TWICE! :woohoo:

This will be our first DCL cruise, DH and I have been on Carnival, and RCL.

I have to be careful w/ my planning since DH does not know yet.

I booked an oceanview cabin, but am thinking about upgrading to a verandah. I need to decide soon before prices go up.

[Paragd911]

We are joining you guys on the cruise.

it will be myself DH Mark DW (Joy) DD X 2 DS X 1 and D Dog (Shadow)

this will be are 7th time on DCL

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[lenshanem]

Hi!
Shadow rocks with his Mickey ears!
I tried to put some on my dog this Halloween and she wouldn't have anything to do with it. :sad2:

[Bama4Disney]

Hey Yall

Family from Alabama going on our 5th DCL cruise with you guys. Kevin,45
Melody 33 Austin (10 then) and Drew 7. We can't wait to experience the new ship and the all the fun things that the Dream will have to offer. We are looking to forward to meeting our fellow Disers as we we had a big group on May 2009 trip on the Magic and it made the trip all that more Magical!. Time will pass by quickly!. We plan on going to WDW for a few days before and enjoy the parks. However, our favorite part of the vacation will be spending two days at Castaway Cay!. Looking forward to meeting everyone and I know my boys will be excited to see Shadow enjoying the cruise:thumbsup2!

[lenshanem]

Glad you came over Bama. I'm also looking forward to two days at CC!!! :yay:

[IrishCowboy]

Added to the list :thumbsup2

[lenshanem]

Added to the list :thumbsup2

Welcome!:woohoo:

[stlkeeler]

Hi, my family and I will also be joining you on the ship. We are me, the grandma, Linda; my DD Beth and my DGD Kayla who will be 9. This will be my 4th DCL cruise (I am going on the EB TA in April 2010) and their 3rd DCL cruise. Kayla said after the last one this past summer that she wanted to try another boat next time. I had been looking at RCCL with all their rock walls, mini golf, ice skating, etc and that's what she was into. But when I showed her the aquaduck - well, it was another story! I'm glad because I think I'm pretty spoiled by Disney and even though I had been looking elsewhere, I wasn't really ready to commit. So, baring any unforseen problems, we will be there and I'm so excited! When I'm on the Magic in April, I am going to look into booking another to make it a back to back! How about 9 or 10 days and 3 or 4 times at CC?? Am I nuts?!

[lenshanem]

Hi Linda!

We're starting to get a group going here!!!:dance3:

[Bama4Disney]

Hi, my family and I will also be joining you on the ship. We are me, the grandma, Linda; my DD Beth and my DGD Kayla who will be 9. This will be my 4th DCL cruise (I am going on the EB TA in April 2010) and their 3rd DCL cruise. Kayla said after the last one this past summer that she wanted to try another boat next time. I had been looking at RCCL with all their rock walls, mini golf, ice skating, etc and that's what she was into. But when I showed her the aquaduck - well, it was another story! I'm glad because I think I'm pretty spoiled by Disney and even though I had been looking elsewhere, I wasn't really ready to commit. So, baring any unforseen problems, we will be there and I'm so excited! When I'm on the Magic in April, I am going to look into booking another to make it a back to back! How about 9 or 10 days and 3 or 4 times at CC?? Am I nuts?!

Hey Stkeeler:

We where on the May 2009 cruise with you and Austin and Kayla where pals and hung out at the pool. He still talks about her because I think they had a "crush" on each other. I will tell him that you all are booked on the Dream with us and he will be very excited.

Tell Kayla, Austin says Hi!

Kevin

[stlkeeler]

Hey Stkeeler:

We where on the May 2009 cruise with you and Austin and Kayla where pals and hung out at the pool. He still talks about her because I think they had a "crush" on each other. I will tell him that you all are booked on the Dream with us and he will be very excited.

Tell Kayla, Austin says Hi!

Kevin

This is so cool! She will be very excited - in a non-girls liking boys way because she really doesn't like boys, don't ya know. Maybe they can email each other sometime. Oh, boy is this gonna be fun! Eighteen months of teasing...

[pittcrew]

Finally moved our dummy date to a reservation on the Disney Dream! We will be sailing to celebrate our daughter's high school graduation.

We are Terri (mom), Kenny (dad), Jennifer (DD 17) and David (DS 15). This will be our 5th Disney Cruise and our kids' 4th. Can't wait to be back on board a Disney ship. It is my children's favorite place to vacation.

pirate::cool1::banana:

[danzma]

Just put our deposit down last week. Me, DH and DS who will be 11 at sailing. Sailed on a 7-day Western back in August and now we're hooked. So excited for two glorious days at Castaway Cay. There was construction going on in August and I know they're adding so much between now and 2011...can't wait to see it Only regret is that it's not a 7-day...worried it will be too short of a trip!!

[will5mom]

I've got so long to wait for this cruise and am so excited. I have also been thinking it may be too short, considering b2b cruise but we'll have to see about the money.


I finally caved and told DH that I booked cruise. I was going to keep it a surprise but felt guilty about spending money without telling him::MickeyMo

[udflyer00]

This is so cool, a meet thread forever in advance!! :D We are also booked on the ship. We are a family of 6, but are bringing Grandma and Grandpa along with us since we need 2 rooms anyways!! :D

Our group will be: (age @ sailing)
::MickeyMo Me, Mark (33)
::MinnieMo DW, Molly (34)
:earsboy: DS, Eric (9.5)
:earsgirl: DD, Haley (7)
pirate: DS, Luke (4)
princess: DD, Emily (2)
Grandma Bev (young at heart :P)
Grandpa Jerry (young at heart :) )

This will be my wife and I's 3rd cruise, 2nd for the rest of the party. We were just on the Wonder for 4 nights (CC Double dip). It was so great!! My wife and I's first DCL was on our Honeymoon back in '99, after waiting 9 years for the same experience I didn't want to do the same... And with a new ship hitting the fleet, what better time to set sail again... I'd like to make this a bit of a tradition every 3-4 years hit the open water!! :D Need that much notice to make it affordable needing 2 rooms... But wouldn't change it for anything.

Anyway, glad to be on the group, maybe we can make a "Master List" as we go on??

Have fun and we'll chat more!!!

Mark

[LissaW16]

I thought I would make a "running total" so far, just for fun...

Lenshanem:
It will be me (Shan), DH, DD13 and DD10 (ages at time of the trip).

Lissaw16:
Melissa (that's me!)
Tim (DH)
Trinity (DD, age 4.5 at cruise)
Grandma Val (my mom)
Godmother Chris (my bestest friend from college)
Great-Godmother Barb (godmother's mom)
Grandma Kathy (MIL)
Grandpa Terry (FIL)
Auntie Tammy (SIL)
Uncle Kep (BIL)
Cousin Annika (my dear Niece, age 3.5 at cruise)

Will5mom:
It will be Me, DH, and DS(7) at time of cruise.

Paragd911:
it will be myself DH Mark DW (Joy) DD X 2 DS X 1 and D Dog (Shadow)

Bama4Disney:
Kevin,45 Melody 33 Austin (10 then) and Drew 7.

IrishCowboy:
Added to the list

Stlkeeler:
We are me, the grandma, Linda; my DD Beth and my DGD Kayla who will be 9.

Pittcrew:
We are Terri (mom), Kenny (dad), Jennifer (DD 17) and David (DS 15).

Danzma:
Me, DH and DS who will be 11 at sailing.

Udflyer00:
Our group will be: (age @ sailing)
Me, Mark (33)
DW, Molly (34)
DS, Eric (9.5)
DD, Haley (7)
DS, Luke (4)
DD, Emily (2)
Grandma Bev (young at heart :P)
Grandpa Jerry (young at heart )

[bwcb4]

:yay:
Hi Everyone!

My family and I will be cruising with you on the DREAM.
Barb
DH Dick
DS Mike (23 at sailing)
DS Steven (19 )
This will be our 11th DISNEY cruise and we are excited to be on the DREAM.
Happy Holidays to you all!

Barb :santa:

[mrp4352]

We're here!! Did you start the party without us?

We've got two connecting rooms booked (ages at time of cruise):


Me (Michelle, 39)
Mom (MsTxMom on the disboards, Vicki, 60)
brother (Scott, 33)
SIL (Kassie - pronounced like Casey, 31)
niece 1 (Alyssa, 7)
niece 2 (Allison, 5)
niece 3 (Abigail, 4)

It's my first cruise as a GOLD Castaway Club member, Mom's 3rd cruise and everyone else's first cruise ever - so we're all really excited!

We just got off the Nov Double Dip and could hardly wait to rebook! You should have seen us trying to decide between the porthole you can sit in or the faux porthole over the bed that the characters swim past! :rotfl:

WooHoo! We're goin' cruisin'!

[SaratogaShan]

Hi!

Can we join you? :goodvibes

We booked this cruise while onboard the 12/17 Wonder (our first cruise) while sailing in rough seas with gale force winds!!!!! We were unable to dock at castaway Cay, and as you can imagine, feel like we really did not get the full experience. We can see the potential for a great vacation though, so we are trying again!!

It will be me (Shan)
DH (Ed)
DD (age 9 at sailing)
DS (age 6 at sailing)

:wave2:

[Time4disney]

Yay!!!:banana:
It will be me (Sherrie) and DH, Bret.
This will be our 4th disney cruise. We have an upcoming cruise on May 30th on the Wonder but couldn't wait that long to book on-board. Can you believe that this trip cost less than the 5 night I'm taking this May? Plus, I upgraded to category 6 since they won't have cat. 7 (navigator's verandah) on the Dream. I guess it really does matter to book early.

Our other 2 cruises to the Bahamas were in late May/early June and the weather was either perfect or near perfect for cruising. The 2 days at CC are just wonderful!

I look forward to chatting with everyone for the next year and a half. :laughing:

[oklamomof4boys]

We're booked also! We just got off the Magic yesterday and rebooked while we were on board. We also were worried that 5 nights would be too short so we booked back to back ( 3rd and the 7th). Only bad thing was they didn't have any connecting Cat 10s or 9s for both cruises. They didn't even have any close to each other and we really don't want to have to move rooms between cruises. So we had to book connecting cat 11s. I'm not thrilled about that but we really don't spend much time in our rooms so I'm trying to look on the positive of saving money. We met some great disers onboard and they booked the same cruises! So did my sister and family who were with us! My kids became friends with the dis kids and loved hanging out with them- also another dis family might book also!

Anyway, unless we have to change dates there will be

me Carol,
David- husband
DS 18
DS 16
DS 14
DS 12
Sister and her husband and their kids- DS 21, DS 18

[mrp4352]

:welcome: to all the new cruisers!!

Shan- I'm glad you found us over here!

Carol, I think your group brings us up to 15 families already! WOW!

Michelle

[udflyer00]

We're almost under the 500 day mark!!! :P According to my DVC countdown clock we have 517 Days, 10 hours, 32 min and 20 seconds until we set sail!! :P This is going to be very exciting. It will be my wife and I's 3rd, Inlaw and the kids 2nd... I really want to make this a every 2-4 year occurrence for us... With a family of 6 needing 2 rooms we need that long to make it affordable.. ;) But the kids can't stop talking about it already. I tried to put it in kid timeframe, they need to have 2 birthdays before it's close... :)

2 birthdays can't come fast enough!! :D

Glad to see some more people are posting to the thread!

[E&BMom]

We just got off the NYE Magic cruise and rebooked this one and the one before this cruise! Hopefully we can keep these dates so we can be with olkamomof4boys again!!! The only reason we would have to change is DD's school trip to France. Let's hope it is after the cruise!!
It will be DH, myself, DD16 and DS almost 13 sailing!!

[codygirl5150]

We are joining you guys on the cruise.

it will be myself DH Mark DW (Joy) DD X 2 DS X 1 and D Dog (Shadow)

this will be are 7th time on DCL

I just told DD7 that your dog will be on board, and explained that he's a helper dog. She asked if he can do her homework! :rotfl:

Besides DD7 (9 at time of cruise), it will be me, DH, and my Dmom70.

Also my DSis (fellow DISer and the one responsible for getting me obsessed with Disney), DBIL, DNeph10 and DNiece2 might be coming too!

All of us first time cruisers - had to do it up Disney style for the first time! :woohoo:

[mrp4352]

Bumpity, bump-bump! Third page is no place for our Dream-y cruise! :rotfl:

[mrp4352]

Hi all!! Just thought I'd drop by and celebrate - 500 days from today, my family will be flying to Orlando to spend the night before the cruise at WDW!!!

:cheer2::cheer2::cheer2::cheer2:

[will5mom]

I need some warm weather. Trying to convince the grand parents to come along with us.

Hope everyone is doing good!!!!
:mickeyjum:goofy::donald:

[codygirl5150]

We just booked! Chose cat. 6B, assigned room 7684, on the starboard side!:cool1:

[scottrob]

We just booked this cruise (Stateroom 7668). This will be either our 3rd or 4th cruise with Disney depending on what we do about our Christmas 2010 cruise. This will be a grandparents cruise to see how we can divide up two granddaughters among three sets of grandparents :) . It should prove to be interesting. We will be a group of ten I think.
We live in the Northern Virginia area and all of our kids are grown. Penny and I look forward to learning more about you all in the coming months.

[mrp4352]

WooHoo! More new cruisers!

Welcome all!

[bigedwin]

Hello

We are booked on this cruise as the second part of a B2B Cruise.
We originally booked this cruise in November and yesterday My wife realized it was only a 5 day(totally my fault I booked and did not provide her details).
Needless to say she was Both Happy but sad because we Love the 7 day experience.
I decided to do the Unexpected....
I called Disney Cruises and they were able to book us on the same cabin for JUNE 3rd then Continue on June 7th...
The result
2 days in Nassau
3 Days in Castaway Cay
2 Days at Sea
HEAVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So so far in our Group we have the 4 of us
DW & Me , David 14(16Y on cruise) , Sophia 11(12 Y On cruise)

Im Glad You guys are already In the Group Hopefully it will be a full year of planning!!

[E&BMom]

Welcome!! We are planning on the B2B also!!It just depends when DD is going to France that summer with school. We were just on the Magic for the NYE cruise! It was great!! Our friends we met on that cruise are doing the B2B also!! The have 4 boys. We have DD17 on the cruise and DS almost 14 on the cruise. We are from St. Louis too! We live in Kirkwood!!!!

[oklamomof4boys]

Welcome!! We are planning on the B2B also!!It just depends when DD is going to France that summer with school. We were just on the Magic for the NYE cruise! It was great!! Our friends we met on that cruise are doing the B2B also!! The have 4 boys. We have DD17 on the cruise and DS almost 14 on the cruise. We are from St. Louis too! We live in Kirkwood!!!!

Woo Hoo! Can't wait! We are E&BMom's friends! Our boys will be almost 13, almost 15, 16 and almost 19! My sister's family will also be on both cruises- their boys will be 18 and 21. My parents will be on the 5 night with us and we have more friends who will be on the 4 night- their kids will be DD8, DD10 and DS13. Can you tell I've been recruiting people-lol!

[bigedwin]

Welcome!! We are planning on the B2B also!!It just depends when DD is going to France that summer with school. We were just on the Magic for the NYE cruise! It was great!! Our friends we met on that cruise are doing the B2B also!! The have 4 boys. We have DD17 on the cruise and DS almost 14 on the cruise. We are from St. Louis too! We live in Kirkwood!!!!

Alright.... We are in Brentwood....Down the road!

[egorss78]

We just booked this cruise (Stateroom 7668). This will be either our 3rd or 4th cruise with Disney depending on what we do about our Christmas 2010 cruise. This will be a grandparents cruise to see how we can divide up two granddaughters among three sets of grandparents :) . It should prove to be interesting. We will be a group of ten I think.
We live in the Northern Virginia area and all of our kids are grown. Penny and I look forward to learning more about you all in the coming months.

3 Sets of Grandparents, I hope they all get along. ;)

We am also booked on the same cruise, 4 of us total. Also invited 3 sets of grandparents to join us, ten of us total in 4 different rooms. Looking forward to it.

[scottrob]

If they don't, there is always walking the plank on Pirate's Night... :eek:

[mrp4352]

Just checkin' in to say, "Hi!" Oh, and that it's only 488 days until the cruise! :lmao:

[codygirl5150]

We just booked! Chose cat. 6B, assigned room 7684, on the starboard side!:cool1:

Scratch that! DMom was afraid of seasickness being at the back of the ship so she paid for the upgrade to cat. 5C to be toward the middle of the ship - we're mid deck now with a plexiglass verandah!! I'm so excited!! :cloud9:

We embark exactly 16 months from today!! :cool1::banana:

[will5mom]

Hello everyone, just checking in haven't been here in a while.

This still seems so far away that I booked a WDW trip for Oct 2010.
Now I have 2 trips to plan.:banana::banana:

[kjkcool]

Hey Everyone!!!!:thumbsup2:cool1:

My family and I are considering this cruise!!! We'll be celebrating my graduation and my grandpa and father's birthdays. Wow, that's alot...:rotfl:

We're 99.9% this will be our date. We want to book in 2 weeks while we're on the wonder :woohoo:to get a discount. As long as it's not booked up, this is our cruise!

The group is-(in cruise time ages)

Me, Katlyn-18

My mom, Lisa, 42, her screen name is Tooth Fairy 68 on the dis, she'll be on soon.:rolleyes1

And my dad Rhett 48(lol yeah, cue the Gone With the Wind montage...):rotfl::rotfl2:

We're all originally from southern Illinois,in a town closer to St. Louis(1 1/2 hrs)than Chicago(4 1/2 hrs), but we now live in KY.:goodvibes

and in the other cabin

Grandpa Wes-67
Grandma Cheryl-64
Grandma and Grandpa are my mother's parents, they're from Illinois.


We're trying to get alot of family friends to go along with us. We'll keep you posted on who else is going.

Can't wait to meet you all!:thumbsup2

[nextcruz]

Hi we're joining you, too!!
Just moved our ressie today from the May 29th, 2010 due to some family circumstances. It is torture for me to have to wait an entire year now, when I was almost at the 90 day mark!!

My family includes me, husband, and 2 daughters 17 & 13 at cruise time.
Travelling with husbands brother, wife, and 3 daughters - 13, 10, & 7. Grandma is coming, too, so we'll have 10 total.

This will be our 4th Disney cruise- very excited about all the new activities on the Dream!!

Don't have a cruise counter, yet, anyone know how many days?

[dursin]

We're booked on the 6/7 Dream for now. Once the fall school calendar comes out, if the 'fall break' returns, we might move to a fall cruise if the price is right. Since they only have 3/4 day cruises then, it's going to have to be a really good price for us to switch. Will be our 6th cruise and 5th on DCL. Will be myself, my wife and 3 boys who will be 17, 14 and 9 when we sail.

[mrp4352]

Welcome to all the new cruisers!

We haven't had an updated list since mid-December, so I've thrown one together - we're up to 22 families!! (Any omission or incorrect information is purely accidental!)

Lenshanem - Shan, DH, DD13 and DD10

LissaW16 – party of 11

will5mom - Me, DH, and DS(7)

Paragd911 - DH Mark DW (Joy) DD X 2 DS X 1 and D Dog (Shadow)

Bama4Disney - Kevin,45 Melody 33, Austin (10 then) and Drew 7

IrishCowboy

Stlkeeler-Linda; my DD Beth and my DGD Kayla who will be 9

Pittcrew - Terri (mom), Kenny (dad), Jennifer (DD 17) and David (DS 15)

Danzma - Me, DH and DS who will be 11 at sailing

Udflyer00 - Me, Mark (33); DW, Molly (34); DS, Eric (9.5); DD, Haley (7); DS, Luke (4); DD, Emily (2)

Bwcb4 – Barb, DH Dick. DS Mike (23 at sailing), DS Steven (19 )

mrp4352 - Me (Michelle, 39). Mom (MsTxMom on the disboards, Vicki, 60), brother (Scott, 33), SIL (Kassie - pronounced like Casey, 31), niece 1 (Alyssa, 7), niece 2 (Allison, 5), niece 3 (Abigail, 4)

SaratogaShan- Shan, DH Ed, DD-9, DD-6

Time4Disney – Sherrie and Bret

Oklamomof4boys - me Carol, David- husband, DS 18, DS 16, DS 14, DS 12, Sister and her husband and their kids- DS 21, DS 18

E&BMom - DH, myself, DD16 and DS almost 13 sailing

Codygirl5150 - DD7 (9 at time of cruise), it will be me, DH, and my Dmom70

Scottrob – Bob and Penny

Bigedwin - DW & Me , David 14(16Y on cruise) , Sophia 11(12 Y On cruise)

Kjkcool - Me, Katlyn-18; My mom, Lisa, 42, her screen name is Tooth Fairy 68; my dad Rhett, 48; Grandpa Wes-67, Grandma Cheryl-64

Nextcruz - me, husband, and 2 daughters 17 & 13; husbands brother, wife, and 3 daughters - 13, 10, & 7; and Grandma

Dursin - myself, my wife and 3 boys who will be 17, 14 and 9

[miker1251]

Hello everyone. My family and I will be on this cruise. Our group will include

Me, Shiloh (DSD), Patrick (DSIL). Grant (11, DGS), Ethan (6, DGS), Yet to be named granddaughter (11months at time of cruise).

Also Micah (DSS), Sarah (DDIL), Grace (7, DGD) Abby (4, DGD).

And, Darlene, Shiloh and Micah's mom.

Mike

[miker1251]

http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu346/miker1251/Dreaming2.jpg

[lenshanem]

Thanks mrp4352 for putting that list together! :thumbsup2

[codygirl5150]

Hi all! While this seems like a wonderfully great group to cruise with, I regretfully have to remove my name from the list. :sad2: We ended up moving to the 6/12/11 cruise. We've had so much snow this year, we are already going to have schoo 2 extra days. I'm afraid if next winter is like this one, DD would still be in school on the 7th.

Hopefully some of you will be doing a B2B and I'll see you on the 12th!

[wispy204]

We're booked too!!!

Our family consists of

Me (Nicole) Dh (Wayne) and Alexander (6) when we cruise.:thumbsup2

My parents and sister will be joining us and we have connecting rooms.

My mom (Jan) Dad, (Mike) and sister (Carrie).

This will be my parents 2nd cruise and our 9th cruise. :cool1:


Can't wait to get the party started!!


Nicole
Alexander 10~17~04

[bigedwin]

Hello.
We just added 6 more Family members to our Back to Back cruise.
Now there will be a total of 10 of us.
5 Adults
1 16Y Old B David
1 14 Y Old B Sam
1 12 Y old G Sophia
1 10 Y Old G Camilla
1 7 Y Old G Isabella

Yipeee!

[MSTXMOM]

Hi! I'm Michelle's (mrp4352) mom. I couldn't stand it. I upgraded us to a cat 5D, connecting rooms with a verandah (6152,6154) today. I have really enjoyed the vernadah in the past, I think it will be worth the money. I'm excited too because the Cruise sight says the connecting verandah's can be opened up between the two rooms. Can't wait to tell the kids. We're going with my DS, DDIL and 3 DGDs (7,5,4 at sailing). Looking forward to making many new friends! :woohoo:

Vicki

[lubyshell]

Hi everyone, just off the Magic, while on board DH booked us on the Dream! This will be our 4th Disney Cruise. Our cast of characters are, myself Michelle, DH, Steven, DS, Brandon (18 at time of cruise) and DD, Jenna (5 at time of cruise). We are from Long Island and look forward to meeting everyone:yay::yay::yay:

[bigedwin]

Welcome to the Cruise!...

Everybody is getting really ecxited about the Disney DREAM!

We all have been looking at the Pictures posted in the boards and also with the promotional video.....

We are getting a good amount of people signing up for the 6/7/11.

It is a great thing to look forward too!

Welcome.

[stlkeeler]

Hi, everyone! I'm just checking in. I have been trying to keep up with my EB TA thread. It's April 10. We are so chatty over there that we can make 10 pages a day sometimes! Anyway, I just saw this thread up top of the page so I thought I'd see what's going on here. After my cruise, I'll be here more often. Welcome to all the new families!! I don't think Irish Cowboy is on our cruise. He is the keeper of the meets threads. I think he was saying he added our thread to the Dream 2011 master list.

[Zoom]

Hi All!... We're thinking of booking this sailing but i'm surprised why there's no inside or oceanview available anymore. Anyone heard if its all sold out? Thanks!!

[egorss78]

Hi All!... We're thinking of booking this sailing but i'm surprised why there's no inside or oceanview available anymore. Anyone heard if its all sold out? Thanks!!

Yes, all the lower category rooms are sold out. We have a cat 8C, hoping to save some money and downgrade. We call disney every couple weeks, but they are all taken at the moment. Good luck.

[mrp4352]

Luck o' the Irish to ye!!

[kjkcool]

:wave2:Hey everyone!

We did indeed end up booking this cruise. It seems the week after posting that we were considering this cruise, all of the inside and ocean view were booked up! :scared1:We freaked and booked before our Wonder cruise March 4. :eek:Luckily, we have been able to find rooms for a few of our friends, after weeks of trying I might add...

In one cabin-
Vina, known by us as Vi.-60's, one of my grandma's best firemds

Johnny-Vi's son 37.

They live in a super small town in Illy, right along the Illy KY boarder

In another cabin-
Jason-43. My mom's friend from highschool. He went with us on our cruise this March. Lives in Oregon.

In the last cabin (for now!lol)
Carmalinda, Carm to us-late 30's?....lol She and the rest of the family live in......drumroll please......EXOTIC CANADA!!!! :rotfl:http://http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.eimed.ca/canadian-flag.jpg&imgrefurl=http://askville.amazon.com/Canadian/AnswerViewer.do%3FrequestId%3D41766421&usg=__Q5CiK3DH6ENypsfSBCg07FZIVoY=&h=319&w=480&sz=18&hl=en&start=17&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=pGRUYLWZrI7oEM:&tbnh=86&tbnw=129&prev=/images%3Fq%3DCanadian%2Bflag%2Bwith%2Bmickey%26um% 3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26rlz%3D1T4ACAW_enUS340US34 1%26tbs%3Disch:1She's my mom's long time friend. Her parents are originally from Sicily, so technically she's Italian Canadian. How cool is that?They met in dental hygine school in Illy. They haven't seen each other in 17 years, since graduation, so this cruise is a big deal.
Tom- Carm's husband late 30's maybe early 40's
Luc- 9 at time of cruise
Luigi (lol can't help to think of mario) , goes by Lui -8 at time of cruise

[homespun]

Hey fellow cruisers,

We just got home from the 3 day Wonder on Sunday and I rebooked the June 7 Double Dip for 2011. Can't wait to sail on the Disney Dream. This will be our 4th Disney cruise.

My husband Mario and I will be sailing along with our son Brian who will be 16 at the time of sailing. He hasn't been too thrilled with the teen area on the last couple of cruises so I'm hoping there are other teens he can connect with before the cruise to break the ice.

Can't wait to sail with you all.

Karen:woohoo:

[mrp4352]

Yea!!! More families to join the fun!!! :cool1:

[Lezlee]

Hello all.. wanted in on all the fun :banana: We will be joining you all as well!!

Will be me (Lezlee)
DH (Jeff)
DM (Madi age 12 on cruise)
DS (Lawton age 11 at time of cruise)

Also bringing Uncle Dana and Netzer

One of DS friends from school is cruising with his mom and Grandparents
and another long time friend and his wife and son

So our group is at 13 so far!!
We are so excited can't get here soon enough but we will be at Disneyland this June so should help get our Disney fix for a little while..

Love reading who all is coming!! Can't wait to see you all there!!

[oklamomof4boys]

Hi All!... We're thinking of booking this sailing but i'm surprised why there's no inside or oceanview available anymore. Anyone heard if its all sold out? Thanks!!

My sister decided to book on our last cruise about 4 months before the cruise. There were very few cabins available. When we hit the cut off date for being able to cancel without penalty ( can't remember now- is that 70 days? 90 days?) then there were tons of cabins available!

[oklamomof4boys]

My sister, Gwynn, husband Ken and their 2 boys ( ages 18 and 21) joined us on our last cruise and will be on this one too.

We are so excited that our parents and another sister are joining us too! It will be there first cruise ever! My mom, Mary Lee, will be turning 80 on the cruise! Can't believe she is that old- she sure doesn't seem like it! My boys can't wait to share DCL with Nana and Papa! My sister, Mary Beth, will be sharing a room with them. It's her first cruise ever also! My family and Gwynn's family will already be on board ( we are doing back to back cruises) so I'm very glad my sister will be there to help get my parents on board!

[mrp4352]

And :welcome: to all the new cruisers joining our merry band!

[kellyb2000]

Hello Disney Dream Cruisers! We will be joining you on this cruise! We rebooked while on the Wonder in December. This will be mine and DH's 5th DCL cruise, my sister's 3rd and my parents' 4th. We're booked in a GTY Cat. 11B.

Me (Kelly)
DH (Jason)
DS (Noah - 8 when we sail)
DD (Audrey - 3 when we sail

My Sister (she's weird about putting her names on the internet - she's a DISer, too, so I'll leave that up to her after I tell her about this thread!)
Her Husband
Daughter (will be 9)
Son (will be 7)

My Mom and Stepdad

I called my TA not too very long ago asking about upgrading and he told me that this week, either the week before or after, and a week in August were the most popular dates for this cruise. I don't know what that really means for us except that he had nothing available for us to upgrade to (we just wanted a porthole) because it was already booked.

So until then... I can't wait to pass the time with you guys on here. How many days now???

[Lezlee]

too many days Kelly... make it come faster.. and then make time go slow while there!!
:cool2:

[Paragd911]

Hello Disney Dream Cruisers! We will be joining you on this cruise! We rebooked while on the Wonder in December. This will be mine and DH's 5th DCL cruise, my sister's 3rd and my parents' 4th. We're booked in a GTY Cat. 11B.

Me (Kelly)
DH (Jason)
DS (Noah - 8 when we sail)
DD (Audrey - 3 when we sail

My Sister (she's weird about putting her names on the internet - she's a DISer, too, so I'll leave that up to her after I tell her about this thread!)
Her Husband
Daughter (will be 9)
Son (will be 7)

My Mom and Stepdad

I called my TA not too very long ago asking about upgrading and he told me that this week, either the week before or after, and a week in August were the most popular dates for this cruise. I don't know what that really means for us except that he had nothing available for us to upgrade to (we just wanted a porthole) because it was already booked.

So until then... I can't wait to pass the time with you guys on here. How many days now???

where are you in TN? We are in Nashville.

[kellyb2000]

where are you in TN? We are in Nashville.


Chattanooga :drive:

[kellyb2000]

STLKEELER - Hope you are having (or had, depending on when you read this) a fabulous time on the EBTA cruise. I'm keeping up with your live thread...I'm so jealous!

[mrp4352]

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee133/mrp4352/100_3017.jpg

[kellyb2000]

Awesome cake!!!

[nextcruz]

Just checking in- haven't checked our thread since the day
I booked back in Feb- looks like lots of repeat cruisers.

We are winding down school here in GA -only 20 more days.
Wish we were cruising this summer too.

Great cake!! I'll bet the kids loved it!

[udflyer00]

Hey not sure if anyone is watching the clock, but we're under 400 days until we set sail!! :P It will be here before we know it!

[stlkeeler]

STLKEELER - Hope you are having (or had, depending on when you read this) a fabulous time on the EBTA cruise. I'm keeping up with your live thread...I'm so jealous!

Thanks, Kelly! I've been home for 2 weeks now and I'd give (almost) anything to be back on the ship. I had a great time! The weather was wonderful. It was in the 60s most of the time. We had one day (on the last sea day) of rain and cold. They had big bins of blankets at the adult pool for people to wrap up in. It was funny to see rows of people in loungers by the pool all wrapped up in blankets. :lmao:

So, I'm just checking in now that I don't have to keep up with my other meets thread every day. Welcome to all the new families! I'm glad to see there will be several 9 yo girls onboard who might be wanting another friend (my DGD). PM or email me if someone might be interested in corresponding. The last time I tried this, it didn't work too well but she was only 7 then. So, we'll see... She does have her own computer now but I don't know if she does email or not. Perfect time to get her started, I think!

[lenshanem]

The cake is awesome!!! :thumbsup2

[smsnorthup]

Hi everyone!

We're also on this cruise...unfortunately not b2b:headache: We booked onboard the Wonder in Jan. during our first cruise. We weren't sure that a Disney cruise was going to be our "thing"....but loved it so much that we rebooked!

Here's our line up at the time of the cruise:

Me-Michelle
DH-Syd
DD9-Sophia
DS 3-Finn

We can't wait...just wishing it was this June!!:goodvibes

[kellyb2000]

We weren't sure that a Disney cruise was going to be our "thing"....but loved it so much that we rebooked!




:cool1: :thumbsup2

[mrp4352]

:welcome:


Hi everyone!

We're also on this cruise...unfortunately not b2b:headache: We booked onboard the Wonder in Jan. during our first cruise. We weren't sure that a Disney cruise was going to be our "thing"....but loved it so much that we rebooked!

Here's our line up at the time of the cruise:

Me-Michelle
DH-Syd
DD9-Sophia
DS 3-Finn

We can't wait...just wishing it was this June!!:goodvibes

[4newtocruise]

Just booked!!!! We are no longer "4newtocruise" but repeat x1 Disney Cruisers! It will be myself, DH, and DD (11) and DS (9) (at the time of the cruise).

We are from Chicago, IL! :cool1:

Looking so forward to this cruise, especially Castaway Cay twice!

-Joan

[kellyb2000]

:thumbsup2

[nextcruz]

Having cruise withdrawal right now - we were originally booked on the Wonder cruise that set sail this afternoon. :sad1:

Glad that we were able to rebook, and we're very excited about seeing the Dream - but waiting another year is so hard!!

[4newtocruise]

When I went on the Disney website, it stated that they have a new "tween" club called The Edge. When I looked up my reservation though, it put my daughter who will be 11 at the time of the cruise in the Oceaneer Lab. Anyone know anything about this? :worried:

[NC DCL fans]

Hi everybody! Can't wait to meet everyone!!
We're in a cat 11gty:
me- nancy
DH- john
DD- Jenn (will be 18) (graduating from high school 6/04/11!)
DS- Ryan (will be 15)

We've got to make it 1 year and 6 days more.... but how can we stand it? This will be our 3rd DCL cruise (unless we can convince grandad to go on a December 2010 4 night that we booked just in case!) Anyone else excited to see this summers 5 night double dip navigators? Can't wait to see how they might schedule our 5 night for next summer! Hope someone posts a nav soon!

[kellyb2000]

isn't she beautiful...even in pieces!

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b261/kellybastian/ddb053103SMALL.jpg

I don't know about the tween club - my kiddos are too little. :confused3

I can't wait to see the navigators, either!

[bigedwin]

Thanks for posting the picture.

We are at the year mark now......
So much fun...

[kellyb2000]

We are at the year mark now......


:cool1: :woohoo: :yay:

[mrp4352]

:dance3::dance3::cheer2:

[JKMJ441724]

Woohoo - this time next year we will be getting ready for our sail-away par-tay!

Disney Magic
Disney Wonder

and now

the

Disney Dream!!

[JKMJ441724]

Hello Disney Dream Cruisers! We will be joining you on this cruise! We rebooked while on the Wonder in December. This will be mine and DH's 5th DCL cruise, my sister's 3rd and my parents' 4th. We're booked in a GTY Cat. 11B.

Me (Kelly)
DH (Jason)
DS (Noah - 8 when we sail)
DD (Audrey - 3 when we sail

My Sister (she's weird about putting her names on the internet - she's a DISer, too, so I'll leave that up to her after I tell her about this thread!)
Her Husband
Daughter (will be 9)
Son (will be 7)

My Mom and Stepdad

I called my TA not too very long ago asking about upgrading and he told me that this week, either the week before or after, and a week in August were the most popular dates for this cruise. I don't know what that really means for us except that he had nothing available for us to upgrade to (we just wanted a porthole) because it was already booked.

So until then... I can't wait to pass the time with you guys on here. How many days now???

Who are you calling weird? I can tell stories!!:lmao:

[JKMJ441724]

isn't she beautiful...even in pieces!

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b261/kellybastian/ddb053103SMALL.jpg




Aaaawwwww.

yes, she is b-e-a- utiful. Even in pieces.

That made my heart skip a beat.

[kellyb2000]

That's my boat.

:lmao:

[mrp4352]

Just a quick hello out to everyone! Hopefully you're having a fantastic summer!!

[happydisfamilyof4]

So excited :yay: We booked this weekend. As of right now there will be 9 of us in 3 cabins on deck 8. (We may go up to 11 in 4 cabins if DB & DSIL join us.)
There will be :
Me -- 38
DH -- 40
DD -- 16
DS -- 11
DS -- 4 getting on the boat, 5 getting off:bday:
Along with our good friends
DFriend -- 41
DfriendH -- 42
DD -- 16
DD -- 13

[4newtocruise]

WELCOME!!!!
:cheer2:

Are you a DCL veteran?

[mrp4352]

Welcome! Another family! YEA!!


And I wanted to take a moment to celebrate - we booked our pre-cruise accomodations this morning! We got a Treehouse Villa at Saratoga Springs! My neices are very :confused3 about being in a treehouse - but all four of us adults are :dance3::woohoo::banana::yay: about it!

[happydisfamilyof4]

4newtocruise -- we are DCL veterens. We sailed on DCL back in 2004. We were on the Magic 7-day Eastern. We LOVED it.
Our friends have never sailed on DCL, but have heard us talking about it so many times they decided to join us! Hopefully, with a little faith, trust and pixie dust they will have as good a time as we did on our first DCL trip:tink:

[kellyb2000]

We got a Treehouse Villa at Saratoga Springs!


That's awesome! Would love to stay in one one day. Maybe my sister will let us splurge sometime and do it with her points. :rolleyes1 Regretably not before the cruise...I'm scared WDW will be scary busy for us in June. We're still used to going in the off season so I'm pretty sure my little family of 4 will probably just stay in Cocoa Beach beforehand.

What's everyone else's plans before the cruise???

[wispy204]

Well, I am adding even more to my family who is coming!!

My uncle (Tom) and aunt (Dee) will be joining us this cruise!!

So this makes 8 adults and 1 6 year old!! :):woohoo:

[kellyb2000]

Well, I am adding even more to my family who is coming!!
:cool1:

We constantly try to talk people into going with us even if we already have a crew going!

and look I just realized...less than 11 months now!!!

[wispy204]

Hehe. I may have talked 2 additional families into going with us who are not related to us. :) :cool1:

[nextcruz]

Bumping us up ... we were down to page 5!


Are any of you fellow cruisers Johnny Depp fans??? (Captain Jack Sparrrow)

We are HUGE Pirates of the Caribbean fans - Just saw a press release that filming has started for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Release Date is set for late May 2011. That means it will be showing in the Walt Disney Theater on our cruise June 7th!! :yay:

Johnny Depp & Geoffrey Rush are returning. :thumbsup2 But Orlando Bloom and Kiera Knightly are not. :sad2:

[luv2boys]

WE ARE BOOKED!!!!!!!:cool1:

Me, DH, DS (15 time of cruise), DS (12 time of cruise)!!!

This is our 5th and so excited!!!!

[mrp4352]

Welcome to our new cruisers! This is turning into quite a group of dissers! The poor castmembers won't know what hit 'em! :lmao:

[N.Lo]

I'm waiting to hear back from one more TA. Looking for the biggest OBC. Hope to have it booked by the end of this weeked. So excited, can't wait!:woohoo:

[tchrrx]

I will be booking later this week. It will be myself, DH, and DD11. We have never cruised before and I am at a total loss as to what I need to plan. :confused3

We will stay at Disney for about a week before our trip, and then return for a couple more days after the trip. DD knows that we are going to WDW, but the cruise portion will be a surprise. (I hope!)

We have been to WDW several times and just completed our first ABD. We look forward to seeing you all and learning from those of you with experience.

[kellyb2000]

I will be booking later this week. It will be myself, DH, and DD11. We have never cruised before and I am at a total loss as to what I need to plan. :confused3

Stick with us...we've got you covered!

How exciting about the POC movie! We saw one of the last ones while on the cruise, too! Love the movies, but not sure about them without Orlando Bloom. I am soooo Team Will, but I do still love me some Jack.

[tchrrx]

I know that I need to call and book the cruise ASAP.

What meals (if any) need to be booked?

What excursions (and for which days/ports) do I need to make reservations for?

I understand that I can call and book things 75 days out, but I don't know what I'm supposed to book! :rotfl:

[kellyb2000]

I know that I need to call and book the cruise ASAP.

What meals (if any) need to be booked?

What excursions (and for which days/ports) do I need to make reservations for?

I understand that I can call and book things 75 days out, but I don't know what I'm supposed to book! :rotfl:

The only thing you need to worry about with regards to meals is whether you want early seating or late seating. You only have to make reservations to Palo and you can't do that yet. Same thing for excursions so you'll have plenty of time to think about those. Just make sure you're on the boat and the rest will come later!

[N.Lo]

WooHoo, we we're officially booked!:yay:

It'll be myself, DH, and DS 8 (his birthday is the 12th, so technically he'll leave the ship as a 9 yr old)

2nd cruise for me, the last was a DCL back in July '00. First cruise for the boys.

Really hoping DH loves it cause I am already thinking about planning another for Oct '12!;)

This is my first time planning our family vacation and I have been obsessed with Dis....In fact i'm at work now...sssshhhhh:rolleyes1

Is this way to early to look at pre-cruise hotels, airfare, and rental cars?!?!!?

[kjkcool]

WooHoo, we we're officially booked!:yay:

It'll be myself, DH, and DS 8 (his birthday is the 12th, so technically he'll leave the ship as a 9 yr old)

2nd cruise for me, the last was a DCL back in July '00. First cruise for the boys.

Really hoping DH loves it cause I am already thinking about planning another for Oct '12!;)

This is my first time planning our family vacation and I have been obsessed with Dis....In fact i'm at work now...sssshhhhh:rolleyes1

Is this way to early to look at pre-cruise hotels, airfare, and rental cars?!?!!?
WELCOME!!!!:welcome: I'm sure the family will love it.:goodvibes
Lol It sure will be a birthday boat. Both my dad and my grandpa will have birthdays onboard!!!:thumbsup2
It's never too early to plan!!!;) Trust me, I'm experienced!!! lol Hotel would be fine to look into, as for airfare, I'm 99.9 percent sure that can't be done until 6 months before. The Raddison is a favorite of my family but we might try Four Points Coco Beach this year.

[tchrrx]

Are we going to have a FE exchange for our trip? I've read a little about them & they seem neat.

[smsnorthup]

Are we going to have a FE exchange for our trip? I've read a little about them & they seem neat.

We did a "kids only" FE on the Wonder last January and it was one of the highlights for my 8 year old. My husband thought I was crazy for doing all this work to make my FE and make all the gifts but then when he saw how excited my DD was everytime there was something in her FE he totally got it!

I would love to do a kids only FE...if anyone is up for starting a sign up list.

[LissaW16]

I sure hope we do a FE exchange - I already made the FE's for my family (they're not 100% done yet, I will post pics when I get around to getting them finished).

-Melissa

We did a "kids only" FE on the Dream last January and it was one of the highlights for my 8 year old. My husband thought I was crazy for doing all this work to make my FE and make all the gifts but then when he saw how excited my DD was everytime there was something in her FE he totally got it!

I would love to do a kids only FE...if anyone is up for starting a sign up list.

[luv2boys]

We are staying at the Radisson Sunday and Monday night prior. I would be glad to head up the FE list.

[tchrrx]

We are staying at the Radisson Sunday and Monday night prior. I would be glad to head up the FE list.

Yeah! Thank you so much. I would have volunteered, but since this is my first cruise, I really feel like I have information overload. I think this is going to be fun! Thanks again!

[smsnorthup]

We are staying at the Radisson Sunday and Monday night prior. I would be glad to head up the FE list.

Thanks for offering to head up the list! Please let me know if you are going to do a kids only or kids/adults. We will definitely be in if it's just for kids.

[kellyb2000]

I've got a confession...I have always saw these threads talking about FE exchanges and I always thought "seriously???" My thoughts were, of all the things going on on the ship and wanting to savor every moment of it with your family, how in the world do you find the time to prance around finding all the different staterooms to hand out gifts? :confused3
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BUT - I just spent the better part of my afternoon looking through the "homemade FE gifts thread" and dang it if it doesn't look like a lot of fun! I would consider myself pretty crafty, and looking at all the stuff these DISers have made makes me want shout COUNT ME IN! :grouphug:



We are staying at the Radisson Sunday and Monday night prior. I would be glad to head up the FE list.

I'm about 99% sure we'll be at the Radisson at least Monday night before. :thumbsup2

[smsnorthup]

I've got a confession...I have always saw these threads talking about FE exchanges and I always thought "seriously???" My thoughts were, of all the things going on on the ship and wanting to savor every moment of it with your family, how in the world do you find the time to prance around finding all the different staterooms to hand out gifts? :confused3
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.
BUT - I just spent the better part of my afternoon looking through the "homemade FE gifts thread" and dang it if it doesn't look like a lot of fun! I would consider myself pretty crafty, and looking at all the stuff these DISers have made makes me want shout COUNT ME IN! :grouphug:






I'm about 99% sure we'll be at the Radisson at least Monday night before. :thumbsup2




I thought the same thing too before I actually participated in one. We only did gifts for kids and I only did one drop with the goodies...not everyday. My dd went with me to find the rooms and had a blast sneaking them in the FE's so no one would see. We only did a 3 night cruise so I'm not sure what we'll do for a 5 night.

[udflyer00]

It's been awhile since i've posted on our thread... We'll be staying at OKW 3 days prior to the Cruise trying to get some of the parks in!! :D With a family of 6, flying is out of the question, so I think we're going to try and hit HHI on the way home for a few nights...

But I really wanted to ask about the "FE exchange"? This is something that I'm not familiar with, what is needed to participate? If someone can explain or point me to a good thread I'd love to learn more about this...

Mark

[kellyb2000]

this is the thread I was looking at that got me all excited... http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1980639

Lots of good info on FE exchanges. I know there are a ton of other threads, but that's just the one I read.

[miker1251]

Granddaughter Delilah
http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu346/miker1251/39204_413223529502_665519502_4679656_2027764_n.jpg

[kellyb2000]

Awwww! Is that not the sweetest thing???? She's precious!

[luv2boys]

The FE is a lot of fun, and all you really need is a bag of some sort for people to drop off your gifts, and of course gifts for others. Last year was our first year, and we loved it. My kids are 14 and 11 and they had a blast finding things when they would return to their room and also taking gifts to others. We did gifts for everyone and only one gift per person per stateroom. Some people do a gift every day for every stateroom, which on a 5 day may be too much. We can decide as time gets closer and more people get signed up on this board as to how we want to do it. Kids only, everyone, one gift from each person per stateroom, etc.

[tchrrx]

Definitely count us in for the FE. It will be myself, DH, and DD11.

[kellyb2000]

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b261/kellybastian/ddu687659SMALL.jpg

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2010/07/starting-the-disney-dream-engines/

[mrp4352]

Saturday night, we got together with my brother's family and celebrated 300 days until we leave home on the drive to Orlando for our pre-cruise stay!! :cool1::dance3::banana:

[kellyb2000]

Saturday night, we got together with my brother's family and celebrated 300 days until we leave home on the drive to Orlando for our pre-cruise stay!! :cool1::dance3::banana:

what a fun bunch! There's always a reason to celebrate and that is for sure a fine excuse!

[bigedwin]

Hello

Thanks so Much to LUV2BOYS for offering to head the FE.

We participated on our last Disney Cruise and we all had a grest time with it.
We started early working on our Small gifts and had a lot of fun both receiving and giving on the ship.

We have a A group of about 12 so far for this sailing.
So we will forward the Information later on.

THANKS again for Voluntering to keep track of the FE List!!!

[dbarker]

Waiting to hear from TA......................

We are changing from the 4-night June 3, 2011 in order to take advantage of Free Dining the week before our cruise. :cloud9:

Will let you know, when we are confirmed.

[lenshanem]

Hi everyone. It has been awhile since I posted. It is hard for me to think about the cruise since it is a surprise and I haven't told anyone.

Looks like there are a couple other cruisers from my area going! We're neighbors nextcruz and saratogashan!

We sure do have a big group going here. Is our sailing sold out yet?

The Radisson is the hotel across the street from McDonald's, yes? We stayed there last cruise and we got in with a group on another cruise forum that had set up a group discount. I wonder if we're a large enough group to do that here? Has everyone already booked their hotel for the night before? I hadn't even thought about it until now...

Thanks luv2boys for heading up the FE. We have never done that so I'm gonna go over and look at that thread kellyb2000 posted.

Any other people sailing with tweens?
4newtocruise, I really haven't found much info about The Edge, yet. I'm a little nervous to be honest. I wish my daughters were together. First cruise they were separated and it was really hard. Second cruise they were in the same group and it made things so much easier. This time my 13 year old will be in the new tween group. I think they pretty much come and go as they please and it looks small, I hope they have alot of activities going on in there. Do people feel safe letting their tweens walk around the boat all by themselves? I'm like Marlin from Nemo, totally overprotective. How did you communicate and find each other?

[mwc5858]

Sailing with a tween. Also another family is going us and their DD is also a tween. I too am nervous about letting them have free roam. I guess there will have to be a firm set of rules before we leave. I would love to hear more information as the time gets closer.

[dbarker]

We have a tween. Our characters are: Me, DH and DS12 (at time of cruise).

[kellyb2000]

We stayed there last cruise and we got in with a group on another cruise forum that had set up a group discount. I wonder if we're a large enough group to do that here?


Very interesting! I would definitely be in with that group should we have enough. I wonder how many rooms you have to book to be considered a "group". (and yes, it is the one across the street from McD's)

[dbarker]

Hi all!

We are definitely in :cheer2: We will be in room #7090. And we will definitely be participating in the FE.

BTW, this is our first cruise ever.

Characters:

Me princess:
DH pirate:
DS12 (age @ sailing) :3dglasses

[lenshanem]

OK, so I'm now thinking about Country Inn Suites. Kinda nervous to try Priceline for it, though. There is a thread where people have got great deals.

I just had a thought... Does our five nighter have a formal night?!?

[luv2boys]

Welcome to all the newcomers!!!

If you guys would like to go ahead and send me your information, if you know it, I can start a list for the FE. (I need childrens ages, gender, and names, adults names, stateroom numbers and the State you are from). We can make a decision later depending on how many participate, etc. if we want to do everyone, just children, per stateroom, etc. I want to give everyone time to make handmade gifts; however, the number of participants and the room numbers will no doubt change as we get closer. It is so much fun....i have a countdown on my Android phone in a Mickey head that is counting til the day we hit the road a few days before the cruise and we are at 284!! :banana:

[kellyb2000]

Kelly
Jason
DS Noah 8
DD Audrey 3

Don't know yet what room we're in.

Thanks LUV!

[egorss78]

Welcome to all the newcomers!!!

If you guys would like to go ahead and send me your information, if you know it, I can start a list for the FE. (I need childrens ages, gender, and names, adults names, stateroom numbers and the State you are from). We can make a decision later depending on how many participate, etc. if we want to do everyone, just children, per stateroom, etc. I want to give everyone time to make handmade gifts; however, the number of participants and the room numbers will no doubt change as we get closer. It is so much fun....i have a countdown on my Android phone in a Mickey head that is counting til the day we hit the road a few days before the cruise and we are at 284!! :banana:

Sent you a pm, but just in case here you go. Thanks again.

Me: Shaun
DW: Jen
DD: Jordan (6 at time of cruise)
DD Savannah(5 at time of cruise)
Location Orlando FL
Room: GTY at the moment

[dbarker]

We definitely want to participate in the FE. We have already started making some of the gifts (kids and adults).

We are in room 7090.

Me - Deborah
DH - Charlie
DS - David (will be 12)

[luv2boys]

I've got a list going...will put a spreadsheet together

[randy55]

Hello,

We'll be cruising with you on the DREAM.

Randy
DW Jackie
DD Becky (17 at sailing)

This will be our 1st cruise and we are excited to finally be going.

[tchrrx]

I just had a thought... Does our five nighter have a formal night?!?

DH & I were just discussing this earlier today. Does anyone know the answer? What special theme nights will we have, and what type of dinner clothes will we need to pack?

[nextcruz]

Hi to All - been a crazy few weeks with school starting back!

Our group will have 2 girls age 13 - so we will let them do the club but they will be together so I guess that makes it an easier decision.

I am looking forward to some of the first trip reports so we will know what to expect as far as formal nights, theme dinners and entertainment.

[Time4disney]

Hey everyone! Put me on the list to participate in the FE gift exchange.

Sherrie and DH, Bret.

We have participated in the past and loved it! :goodvibes There were about 14 families that participated on our trip this summer and we left the decision to each one whether or not they wanted to make a daily delivery or a one time delivery. Me personally, well, I'd rather make the one time delivery. Remember, the Dream is a bigger ship which means more walking and longer delivery times. Others might enjoy the daily walk and don't mind making the trek across the ship.


When my husband and I went on the 5 night cruise earlier this summer there was no formal night. They did have a semi-formal night but I noticed a few families who did not dress up for it. I believe if a semi formal night is offered again, I'll probably just leave the dressy stuff at home and be comfy in my cruise casual attire. ;)

[MizzouGirl]

I just booked this cruise on the Dream and simply can't wait!! This is the first Disney cruise for my family, and me and my husband's second cruise. My son will be turning 14 during the cruise and my daughter will be 10. My mom and dad will also be joining us (2 connecting rooms on Deck 9). So, 6 people in 2 rooms.

I've been reviewing the DIS boards for a long time to help me plan my WDW trips, and am having a blast learning about DCL. I've spent a lot of time learning about FE and am looking forward to participating. Quite a huge group, already!

My TA recommended the Radisson for our Monday night stay since they have free shuttles to the port. However, she said the Country Inn is also very nice and has free breakfast.

I look forward to getting to know everyone!

[luv2boys]

WELCOME :cheer2:

[kellyb2000]

:welcome: to the DIS boards and to our cruise! :disrocks:

[grits98]

FYI - I just spoke with a Disney agent. She says the cruise is close to being sold out. According to her, the only cabins she saw available were some Cat. 4s and 5s. Of course, we all know how accurate it is when they say there's no more Cat. 9s - 12s available (or whatever the new categories are on the Dream)...

[4newtocruise]

I just booked this cruise on the Dream and simply can't wait!! This is the first Disney cruise for my family, and me and my husband's second cruise. My son will be turning 14 during the cruise and my daughter will be 10. My mom and dad will also be joining us (2 connecting rooms on Deck 9). So, 6 people in 2 rooms.

I've been reviewing the DIS boards for a long time to help me plan my WDW trips, and am having a blast learning about DCL. I've spent a lot of time learning about FE and am looking forward to participating. Quite a huge group, already!

My TA recommended the Radisson for our Monday night stay since they have free shuttles to the port. However, she said the Country Inn is also very nice and has free breakfast.

I look forward to getting to know everyone!

You are going to have so much fun!!!!!! This is our second cruise. We have a DD 11 and DS 9

[4newtocruise]

WooHoo, we we're officially booked!:yay:

It'll be myself, DH, and DS 8 (his birthday is the 12th, so technically he'll leave the ship as a 9 yr old)

2nd cruise for me, the last was a DCL back in July '00. First cruise for the boys.

Really hoping DH loves it cause I am already thinking about planning another for Oct '12!;)

This is my first time planning our family vacation and I have been obsessed with Dis....In fact i'm at work now...sssshhhhh:rolleyes1

Is this way to early to look at pre-cruise hotels, airfare, and rental cars?!?!!?

Where is IL are you from? We are from Libertyville.

[4newtocruise]

Any other people sailing with tweens?
4newtocruise, I really haven't found much info about The Edge, yet. I'm a little nervous to be honest. I wish my daughters were together. First cruise they were separated and it was really hard. Second cruise they were in the same group and it made things so much easier. This time my 13 year old will be in the new tween group. I think they pretty much come and go as they please and it looks small, I hope they have alot of activities going on in there. Do people feel safe letting their tweens walk around the boat all by themselves? I'm like Marlin from Nemo, totally overprotective. How did you communicate and find each other?

I don't think I would give my daughter access to the ship either. The only exception I would make is if there was someone on this board that she could buddy up with, maybe! I think they carry a pager so we can contact them but I can't be certain, this would be by daughters first in the Tween section.

[4newtocruise]

Welcome to all the newcomers!!!

If you guys would like to go ahead and send me your information, if you know it, I can start a list for the FE. (I need childrens ages, gender, and names, adults names, stateroom numbers and the State you are from). We can make a decision later depending on how many participate, etc. if we want to do everyone, just children, per stateroom, etc. I want to give everyone time to make handmade gifts; however, the number of participants and the room numbers will no doubt change as we get closer. It is so much fun....i have a countdown on my Android phone in a Mickey head that is counting til the day we hit the road a few days before the cruise and we are at 284!! :banana:

Count us in for the FE! We did it on our last cruise and it was a lot of fun. I personally like the "kids only" FE! Thanks for volunteering to do the list. Here's our info.:

DD Rebecca, 11
DS Tyler, 9
DM Joan
DD Pat

Stateroom: 7560

[4newtocruise]

We stayed at the Residence Inn last time we cruised. We liked it and it was close by. We are staying there again. Already booked it! :thumbsup2

We are thinking about driving. Has anyone ever driven there? Does anyone know if there is a parking lot to leave your car? :confused3

Do we have a running list of everyone on this thread? That might be helpful for kids to get to know other kids there age in advance?

Thanks!

[stlkeeler]

We stayed at the Residence Inn last time we cruised. We liked it and it was close by. We are staying there again. Already booked it! :thumbsup2 We stayed at the Radisson last summer. The rooms were just ok. The shuttle was a nightmare! They had a bridal party there who needed the shuttle, too. This Diva Bride wouldn't ride with anyone so they had to make multiple trips just for her party which put all the cruisers behind. We finally got on the shuttle about 1.5 hours after our reserved time! Others said that has never happened before, it's always been just fine, etc... So, this year we're going to WDW for a couple days first. We've never been. Thinking about Coronado Springs. Anyone have any opinions?

We are thinking about driving. Has anyone ever driven there? Does anyone know if there is a parking lot to leave your car? :confused3 Haven't driven down but they have built a new parking garage. I don't know if it's fininshed yet. It will be by the time we go, though. It used to be $15 per day for the lot. I haven't heard anything about price for the garage.

Do we have a running list of everyone on this thread? That might be helpful for kids to get to know other kids there age in advance?

Thanks!

I wonder if the OP is still with us?? It would be great to have a list on the first page of everyone going. And the kids could always start their own page...

[N.Lo]

We'd love to join the FE. I was really back and forth, but sounds like too much fun to pass up.
It's myself, DH, and DS 8...his birthday is the 12th. So he'll be 8 getting on the ship, 9 getting off!

[N.Lo]

Where is IL are you from? We are from Libertyville.
We're in Elk Grove

[4newtocruise]

We're in Elk Grove

Hey, maybe we can meet one day in between and let the kids meet before. My DS will be turning 9 in April. :)

[4newtocruise]

I wonder if the OP is still with us?? It would be great to have a list on the first page of everyone going. And the kids could always start their own page...

I like the idea of the kids starting their own page, my DD would love that!

[Bama4Disney]

I wonder if the OP is still with us?? It would be great to have a list on the first page of everyone going. And the kids could always start their own page...

Great idea Linda:

I got your email a while back regarding Kayla and Austin communicating and I accidently deleted in my hotmail account. Send me another message and I promise I will respond. The boys are very excited about going again and Austin is very excited Kayla will be there!

We are planning to go to DW a few day before also but haven't formalized those plans yet.

Kevin

[cwaz]

We just booked the Dream...it will be our 3rd Disney cruise me, my DH, and DD's 6 and 9!!

[kellyb2000]

we just booked the dream...it will be our 3rd disney cruise me, my dh, and dd's 6 and 9!!

:wave2:

Just finished up my scrapbook from our little 3-day last December. Really ready to go again. How bad is it that I'm already dreading when this cruise is over when we haven't even stepped foot on the ship, yet! :upsidedow

[kellyb2000]

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b261/kellybastian/gs111111SMALL.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b261/kellybastian/gs021120SMALL.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b261/kellybastian/gs330330SMALL.jpg


:goodvibes

[dbarker]

Is anyone going to WDW before the cruise? We are, and I was wondering if anyone else was, also.

[stlkeeler]

Is anyone going to WDW before the cruise? We are, and I was wondering if anyone else was, also.

We are, too. I'm making ressies today in fact. We've never been before. If you get down there by Jun 2, you can get in on the free dining. Just FYI.

[mrp4352]

Is anyone going to WDW before the cruise? We are, and I was wondering if anyone else was, also.

We are, but we're not sure we're going to the parks. We may just play at the resort and putt-putt and such!

[dbarker]

We are, too. I'm making ressies today in fact. We've never been before. If you get down there by Jun 2, you can get in on the free dining. Just FYI.

Yes, we will be there for free dining. DS gets out of school at noon on the 1st. We will be on a plane heading to Fl about 3 hours later (depending on flight times).:banana::banana::banana:

[4newtocruise]

Is anyone going to WDW before the cruise? We are, and I was wondering if anyone else was, also.

I think we are going to do the Kennedy Space Center. We have never been there. Has anyone gone? :upsidedow

[4newtocruise]

So, if nobody minds, I can do the list of everyone we have going so far. I did the spreadsheet for the last one we went on. That way we can get to know each other a little more and have the kids start contacting those in their age group. I know my dd and ds are excited to meet new friends. Let me know your thoughts! :thumbsup2

-Joan

[bwcb4]

So, if nobody minds, I can do the list of everyone we have going so far. I did the spreadsheet for the last one we went on. That way we can get to know each other a little more and have the kids start contacting those in their age group. I know my dd and ds are excited to meet new friends. Let me know your thoughts! :thumbsup2

-Joan

Hi!

Thanks for the offer to organize the spreadsheet of our fellow cruisers. I always enjoy seeing who's going and where they are from before we meet.

What is the best way to contact you with our info to help you get started?

See You Real Soon! :woohoo:
Barb

[4newtocruise]

Hi!

Thanks for the offer to organize the spreadsheet of our fellow cruisers. I always enjoy seeing who's going and where they are from before we meet.

What is the best way to contact you with our info to help you get started?

See You Real Soon! :woohoo:
Barb

I'll take the info off the boards first, then post the spreadsheet. If there is at that point any additional info that anyone wants to add, I'll update it as we go along.

[4newtocruise]

Okay, I did a rough draft of the spreadsheet. Please let me know anytime of any changes, deletions or additions. You can PM me anytime or post to the thread.

Also, however is doing the fish extender list, I don't want to step on any toes, but I added a column so if you want, it can be added here!

Hope I didn't forget anyone, it's a big list!!!

Let me know if you have any trouble viewing it! Here's the link, I used Google Docs, you shouldn't need to create an account:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Ap9to5ivR2JCdFNJUV8tZHJtM2NDVHRXM1ppQnF6c VE&hl=en&authkey=CJuO5eMO

:goodvibes

Joan

[bwcb4]

Okay, I did a rough draft of the spreadsheet. Please let me know anytime of any changes, deletions or additions. You can PM me anytime or post to the thread.

Also, however is doing the fish extender list, I don't want to step on any toes, but I added a column so if you want, it can be added here!

Hope I didn't forget anyone, it's a big list!!!

Let me know if you have any trouble viewing it! Here's the link, I used Google Docs, you shouldn't need to create an account:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Ap9to5ivR2JCdFNJUV8tZHJtM2NDVHRXM1ppQnF6c VE&hl=en&authkey=CJuO5eMO

:goodvibes

Joan

Hi Joan!
I went to the link and could see the spreadsheet. I tried to add more information for our group and I couldn't get that to work. Do you make the changes or can each of us?

Barb :surfweb:

[4newtocruise]

Hi Joan!
I went to the link and could see the spreadsheet. I tried to add more information for our group and I couldn't get that to work. Do you make the changes or can each of us?

Barb :surfweb:

I just thought it would be easier if I made the changes. Feel free to PM me with changes. Thanks. :upsidedow

[kjkcool]

Wow it's been forever since I've been on here!:rotfl:

Kelly i'm LOVING those pictures, only a few more months and the ship will be done!!!!!:thumbsup2

Welcome to the many families who have signed up.

We just got back from a short disney vacation over the weekend to celebrate my 18th birthday! I miss it already. Our cruise can't come soon enough!:)

[4newtocruise]

I got some changes to the spreadsheet. Here's the new link:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Ap9to5ivR2JCdFVNN09iVE9mQjBRbFBPQ01Xdmxhe nc&hl=en&authkey=CMjE6swE

Thanks.

Joan:cool1:

[lenshanem]

Wow, thanks Joan! :worship:

We're actually lenshanem (spelled wrong on spreadsheet).
DH is Len and I'm Shannon.
We're from Atlanta, GA.
We have the main seating for dinner.

Looking at the spreadsheet makes it very easy. Thank you so much!
nextcruz has girls the same age as mine. I've been a little worried about my girls being separated, especially with my oldest now in the new tween club. Maybe they'll become friends. :wizard:

I booked Country Inn and Suites the other day for the night before the cruise. Last time we stayed at the Radisson, thinking we'd try something new. :thumbsup2

[luv2boys]

Spreadsheet looks great!!! I was keeping the FE list but this will be great to just be combined into one list. I have 2 sons going, the other willl be 12,

Here is the list I have of those participating in FE it you want to add a Y to that column:

egorss
tchrrx
dbarker
kellyb2000
smsnorthup
time4disney
4newtocruise
N.Lo
luv2boys

[kellyb2000]

Wow, thanks Joan! :worship:

What she said ;)!! Looks fantastic - thanks to you and luv2boys!

[egorss78]

Spreadsheet looks great, please feel free to add us to it.

DH- Shaun
DW- Jen
DD- Jordan 6
DD- Savannah 4

[smsnorthup]

Thanks Joan!
A couple of corrections for us: It's our 2nd cruise, not our 1st and we're from Mt Pleasant, SC (South Cackalackie is just a joke!).

[4newtocruise]

Hi everyone!!! Some changes:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Ap9to5ivR2JCdG0wWTJrWmpPVXUwX1VxMXcwa21jX 1E&hl=en&authkey=CJG_oeIB

I had some questions regarding the "Pre Meet" column. I left that on because on our last cruise we did a thread pre meet. We designated a place on the ship to meet after we disembarked and basically got together briefly to finally meet each other. We had really cute name tags, which someone put together from the paint swatches from Home Depot, with our thread names. We had a couple door prizes as well! Just a suggestion. We also tried to get together the night before the cruise as well. That is also an option.

If anyone is intrested, we can all discuss. We would just need someone to organize it.

Thanks.
Joan :cool1:

[mrp4352]

Hi Joan-

I've got a change to our information for you-

Scott is actually married to Kassie (Mom belongs to Scott and Michelle and Kassie's DSIL). :thumbsup2
We're in 6154 and 6152 with Main seating for dining. We'll arrive in Orlando on 6/4/10, but don't know yet if we'll be able to do the pre-meet. We will do the FE.

Thanks!!

[N.Lo]

Hi Joan.....Sorry there's a change for me.
My DS will be 9 on the 12th, not 12 on the 12th.
Thanks!!!:goodvibes

[LissaW16]

I got some changes to the spreadsheet. Here's the new link:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Ap9to5ivR2JCdFVNN09iVE9mQjBRbFBPQ01Xdmxhe nc&hl=en&authkey=CMjE6swE

Thanks.

Joan:cool1:

Thanks for the spreadsheet! Here's our info:

Melissa & Tim, Trinity (4.5 at cruise) & Valerie (Trinity's Grandma/Melissa's mom) are in 8018 & 8020 (not certain who/where). The 3 of us are from Duluth, MN and Valerie is from Perrysburg, OH (suburban Toledo).

My In-Laws, from Green Bay, WI... (MIL) Grandma Kathy & (FIL) Grandpa Terry, (BIL) Kep & (SIL) Tammy with (Niece) Annika (3.5 at cruise time) are in 8023 & 8025 (also not certain who/where, and not 100% sure that Tammy, Kep & Annika are even coming with - long story)

The God-family, from Dayton & Toledo, OH respectively... (Godmother to Trinity) Christina & (Great-Godmother to Trinity, AKA Christina's Mom) Barb are in a room two doors down from ours... I THINK it's 8014, but not 100% sure.

This is our happy party of 11... I made FE's for us 4 and for the in-laws, and I expect the God-family (who are super-crafty) to be making some too. They would all love to be in on the fun. I doubt any of them will post here (though I think Christina has lurked about this forum). I should post pics of my FE's...

We all have early dinner seating.

Cruise experience: Tammy and Kep took a 3 night Disney cruise for their honeymoon, but aside from them, this is the first Disney cruise for the party. Tim and Melissa have been on one cruise (Royal Caribbean), Grandma Val is a frequent cruiser on Princess. Christina has cruised at least twice before (Norwegian I think). Terry, Kathy, Trinity, and Annika are first-time cruisers.

Likely arrival for the 4 of us: Friday 6/3 or Saturday 6/4. Plan to go to Universal Studios (Harry Potter!) on Sunday 6/5 and Magic Kingdom on Monday 6/6. Not sure where we will be staying.

Anything else? Whew!

-Melissa

[LissaW16]

Celebrations: Valerie's birthday is 6/6 (not a milestone, just a "grandma" age)... Christina & Barb's birthdays are both 6/12. Christina will be 39 :rotfl:. 6/12 is also Barb's 40th wedding anniversary (although she's not bringing her DH Jim)...

-Melissa

[LissaW16]

I think we are going to do the Kennedy Space Center. We have never been there. Has anyone gone? :upsidedow

We went to Kennedy 2 years ago (just DH and I). We really enjoyed it. DH is a space-nerd, and he was in heaven.

-Melissa

[4newtocruise]

Hi Joan-

I've got a change to our information for you-

Scott is actually married to Kassie (Mom belongs to Scott and Michelle and Kassie's DSIL). :thumbsup2
We're in 6154 and 6152 with Main seating for dining. We'll arrive in Orlando on 6/4/10, but don't know yet if we'll be able to do the pre-meet. We will do the FE.

Thanks!!

Sorry, still a little confused. :confused3

Please clarify one more time. You can send me a PM.

Thanks.

[4newtocruise]

WOW!!! That was a lot of changes. Wish I had some fairy dust to help me with that. :tinker:

Can't gurantee that it's a 100% but hopefully it's close.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Ap9to5ivR2JCdC1qQTBuNmQ5T2QxaUxfeHpxV1k3U VE&hl=en&authkey=COar0pUC

-Joan

[udflyer00]

Joan,

I dropped you a quick PM, could you please check. I wanted to see if you could email me the spreadsheet so i could double check my info and such. We don't have access to the google docs here at work... ;)

Thanks,
Mark

[grits98]

Thanks Joan!
A couple of corrections for us: It's our 2nd cruise, not our 1st and we're from Mt Pleasant, SC (South Cackalackie is just a joke!).

Off-topic, but oh, how we miss living in South Cackalackie! (Except, we lived in Sumter and would rather be living where you are!)

[smsnorthup]

Off-topic, but oh, how we miss living in South Cackalackie! (Except, we lived in Sumter and would rather be living where you are!)

And we used to live in Santa Barbara and I miss it everyday!!!

[grits98]

And we used to live in Santa Barbara and I miss it everyday!!!

LOL! Too funny! :lmao:

[4newtocruise]

Joan,

I dropped you a quick PM, could you please check. I wanted to see if you could email me the spreadsheet so i could double check my info and such. We don't have access to the google docs here at work... ;)

Thanks,
Mark

Sorry, I didn't get it. Can you send it again? :thumbsup2

[LissaW16]

WOW!!! That was a lot of changes. Wish I had some fairy dust to help me with that. :tinker:

Can't gurantee that it's a 100% but hopefully it's close.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Ap9to5ivR2JCdC1qQTBuNmQ5T2QxaUxfeHpxV1k3U VE&hl=en&authkey=COar0pUC

-Joan

Looks great... just a few edits:

Tim, Melissa & Trinity are from Duluth, MN... Trinity and Valerie are sharing a cabin (Valerie is from Perrysburg OH)...

Christina is from Dayton, OHIO.

Terry & Kathy - YES first Disney cruise
Tammy & Kep - NO first Disney cruise

Thanks for keeping track of all this. I love spreadsheets - no seriously - just ask my family: I never travel without one!!!

-Melissa

[stlkeeler]

Joan, thanks for the spreadsheet. My DD-Beth will also be going with my DGD and I.

We will be staying at POFQ and getting in on the 2nd so we can take advantage of free dining. The calendar isn't posted yet so I don't know which parks/which days but maybe we could have a meet somewhere on property Mon sometime.

[Mrsbotboie]

This will be our 1st Disney Cruise!!:cool1:

(Mom went on carnival cruise 2/10 with co-workers) Dad and Daughter have never been on a cruise.


We live in New Jersey

Dad-Bob 41
Mom-Diane 40
Daughter-Haley 11 (she will turn 12 on the cruise 6/11)

Main Dining

please add us on the spreadsheet

[udflyer00]

Melissa, how cool is that, we live in Kettering, OH, which is actually a suburb of Dayton!! :D Just thougth I'd say... :D

[kellyb2000]

Question - did any of you book a GTY room and if so have you gotten you room assignment? My mom noticed today that she has her's, but neither my sister nor I have gotten ours. And our reservations are all linked together. :confused3 Just curious.

[kjkcool]

Question - did any of you book a GTY room and if so have you gotten you room assignment? My mom noticed today that she has her's, but neither my sister nor I have gotten ours. And our reservations are all linked together. :confused3 Just curious.
Kelly,:)
We have a GTY room and everyone else in our party who booked an inside stateroom has a GTY for their room number as well. We have members in our party in verandah cabins but they already have an assigned stateroom.

I have a feeling Disney might have overbooked the lower cats and might UPGRADE!!!!(Fingers crossed!!!) :thumbsup2

The sucky part of GTY though is not knowing where you'll be on the ship. We might get a room number in a few months or when we check in at the port. As an obsessive planner, this is personally going to bug me.:rolleyes1:rotfl: Here's hoping for a good spot on the boat!:beach:

Katlyn

[kellyb2000]

Kelly,:)
We have a GTY room and everyone else in our party who booked an inside stateroom has a GTY for their room number as well. We have members in our party in verandah cabins but they already have an assigned stateroom.

I have a feeling Disney might have overbooked the lower cats and might UPGRADE!!!!(Fingers crossed!!!) :thumbsup2

The sucky part of GTY though is not knowing where you'll be on the ship. We might get a room number in a few months or when we check in at the port. As an obsessive planner, this is personally going to bug me.:rolleyes1:rotfl: Here's hoping for a good spot on the boat!:beach:

Katlyn

Well, see, that's just it. I'm disappointed, because we are all booked 11B GTY and that's exactly what my mom got - 11B! I'm not complaining, we are after all, getting what we paid for, but I too was hoping for even just a little bump! And even though they haven't assigned me yet, seeing as we're all connected, I'm sure I will get 11B, too. I just thought it was very weird that they assigned one of us and not all of us.

[kjkcool]

Well, see, that's just it. I'm disappointed, because we are all booked 11B GTY and that's exactly what my mom got - 11B! I'm not complaining, we are after all, getting what we paid for, but I too was hoping for even just a little bump! And even though they haven't assigned me yet, seeing as we're all connected, I'm sure I will get 11B, too. I just thought it was very weird that they assigned one of us and not all of us.
Did your mother book at the same time as you, or did you both book around the same time? I was asking because I booked a friend's cabin a couple of weeks ago, and I believe he DID recieve a room number, although he had the same Cat as us.....we booked all the way back in Feb...so maybe the timing had something to do with it?:confused3

I don't know, that's really strange. I'd call DCL and ask about it if I were you.

[4newtocruise]

Update....

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Ap9to5ivR2JCdHFQTUZYb3pGZFhwZS01aDdrbl9yV Hc&hl=en&authkey=CPjJ-ZwN

Joan

[4newtocruise]

Okay, I'm already starting to think about excursions. From what I've read so far about Nassau is not good. I'm also reading that Atlantis is VERY expensive. I'm considering not getting off the ship at all.

Anyone given this any thought yet? :confused:

Joan

[jennifaerie]

Atlantis can be expensive. The trick is to not book the excursion.

If you book a room at the neighboring hotel, the Comfort Suites, your group (depending on how large) can get in for a fraction of the cost. You get all the amenities of Atlantis, including the water park.

We did this last January, and it was easy as pie. The hotel knows if you've booked a night, you're more than likely a cruise passenger. They give you a paper ticket, and you just walk over to one of the towel booths at Atlantis, and you get the bracelet for access.

While the Atlantis excursion can be upwards of $300 a person, we only paid $150 (with taxes!) for two people. A room, I believe, houses up to four people, so you can get four people into Atlantis for $150!

It was great (though a bit chilly). Lots of fun. I'd highly recommend it if you want to check out Atlantis.

Now, if you don't want to pay anything, you can still walk the grounds, visit their casino, and look at the various aquariums for free.

[lenshanem]

One year we got off and walked to the pirate museum. It was OK and we at least could say we got off the boat. Second time we did the dolphin encounter and we loved it. This time we're staying on the boat. :)

[kellyb2000]

I'd say there will be A LOT of people staying on the boat! I'm tossing around the idea of renting a room at Comfort Suites, although I've said that twice before and never went through with it, but this time just may be different! ;)

[jennifaerie]

I think it's worth it at least once. We talked about doing it this time around but I think we'll save that money for parasailing (maybe this time it won't be too windy).

[udflyer00]

This will be our 3rd Disney Cruise that we've been on. The previous 2 both went to Nassau, and I have to say that I don't think we'll be getting off this time. First time was our honeymoon and as Jennifer said, it's worth it to at least do it once just to look around. Last time, in 2008, we brought my inlaws along and it was their first. They had fun walking the shops and looking through the straw market, but in my opinion if you don't really intend to buy anything there really isn't a whole lot right off the boat. With this being our first sailing on the Dream for probably some time, I know i'll be hanging out on the boat trying to get a few extra rides on the Aquaduck, if the wife and inlaws want to get off i won't stop them!! haha...

[mrp4352]

We're doing a self-guided walking tour - but mostly because my brother's family has never been to Nassau (actually, for almost his whole family, it's their first time out of the country!). He has girls, so we'll make a stop at Del Sol for the fingernail polish and swing by the straw market. But then it will most likely be back to the ship for more pool time.

[IWannaBeAMousketeer]

It looks like we will be joining in the fun! This will be our 3rd DCL cruise. It will be myself, DH, DD8, DD5.

We are going to attempt to surprise our kids with this cruise. We'll see if I can hold out that long!!

[4newtocruise]

I think it's worth it at least once. We talked about doing it this time around but I think we'll save that money for parasailing (maybe this time it won't be too windy).

I would highly recommend parasailing at CC. My daughter and I LOVED it!

[4newtocruise]

It looks like we will be joining in the fun! This will be our 3rd DCL cruise. It will be myself, DH, DD8, DD5.

We are going to attempt to surprise our kids with this cruise. We'll see if I can hold out that long!!

WELCOME!!! :wave2:

I'll add you to the spreadsheet!

Joan

[dursin]

It looks like we will be joining in the fun! This will be our 3rd DCL cruise. It will be myself, DH, DD8, DD5.

We are going to attempt to surprise our kids with this cruise. We'll see if I can hold out that long!!
We've thought about doing that, but in 4 DCL cruises, have never succeeded. Oh well...anticipation and looking forward to the cruise is part of the fun! :)

[udflyer00]

We've thought about doing that, but in 4 DCL cruises, have never succeeded. Oh well...anticipation and looking forward to the cruise is part of the fun! :)

We're in the same boat (no bun intended)... We wanted to keep our NYE trip to WDW this year a secret, but telling the kids has helped build the excitement that we're less than 60 days away from being at WDW!! :) And for the cruise I've been able to share with them pictures of the ship and new kids clubs to build their excitement. :)

[mrp4352]

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2010/10/its-showtime-aboard-the-disney-dream/

[lenshanem]

Our girls don't know yet, either. Their passports have expired and I'm afraid when we go to get them renewed they're gonna figure it out. I guess we need to do this soon...

Did anyone get a letter with your assigned dining time and show time? I wonder if that is our actual dining time? I know they stagger the main. We're at 6 and 9.

This will be the first time I didn't request a table to ourselves. Thought we'd be adventurous. Do they typically try to seat you at a table with kids in similar age? :confused3

[dbarker]

I have started making gifts for the Fish Extenders. However, I would like to have a rough idea of how many will be participating.

Also, now is a good time to be stocking up on some of the items needed for the cruise.

[lenshanem]

When did our cruise sell out? :eek:

[mrp4352]

I found these through other disboard threads, but thought y'all might enjoy!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uuwoj8YUQMI

http://www.depping-design.de/test/thumbnails.php?album=144



:banana::cheer2:

[julie t]

Just found this post and wanted to add our names but have not had time to read through all the pages.

Its my kids 3rd cruise (DH and mine 5th).

Who is going--Me, DH, DD Almost 16, DD 14, DD 12--ages at time of cruise.

[kellyb2000]

I found these through other disboard threads, but thought y'all might enjoy!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uuwoj8YUQMI

http://www.depping-design.de/test/thumbnails.php?album=144



:banana::cheer2:

You are abso-smurf-ly right I enjoyed them!!! :cool1: Thanks!

[dursin]

When did our cruise sell out? :eek:
It is not sold out.

[SaratogaShan]

It is not sold out.

I think it must be near capacity for the lifeboats or perhaps they have reached the maximum number of children for the clubs because the cruise does not show up if you try to book a room with kids. Some categories will show if you are only two adults but the selection is very limited, so I think that it is close to selling out!

[LissaW16]

Our girls don't know yet, either. Their passports have expired and I'm afraid when we go to get them renewed they're gonna figure it out. I guess we need to do this soon...

Did anyone get a letter with your assigned dining time and show time? I wonder if that is our actual dining time? I know they stagger the main. We're at 6 and 9.

This will be the first time I didn't request a table to ourselves. Thought we'd be adventurous. Do they typically try to seat you at a table with kids in similar age? :confused3

We got main dining at 6pm, with a 5pm showtime... ideal for the almost 5 year old in our party.

-Melissa

[dbarker]

Does anyone have a list of who all is participating in the FE?

Please share with me.

Thanks.

[JKMJ441724]

Does anyone have a list of who all is participating in the FE?

Please share with me.

Thanks.

I'm thinking about doing the FE - in fact, I'm searching the DIS now for more info - gift ideas, FE decorations, etc. I'm pretty sure I would like to participate!!

[JKMJ441724]

WOW!!! That was a lot of changes. Wish I had some fairy dust to help me with that. :tinker:

Can't gurantee that it's a 100% but hopefully it's close.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Ap9to5ivR2JCdC1qQTBuNmQ5T2QxaUxfeHpxV1k3U VE&hl=en&authkey=COar0pUC

-Joan

Ok. I'm Kellyb2000's Sister. There's a blank row under her name for us.

Kim (wife)
Jerry (Husband)
Madison (Daughter 9)
Jack (son 7)

We have cruised with Disney before. My son's 7th birthday is 2 weeks before our cruise, although we would have sailed birthday party or NO.


Thanks !!! Great spreadsheet!:wizard:

[kellyb2000]

Ok. I'm Kellyb2000's Sister.

:confused3 I've never met this person before in my life.





:rotfl:

[JKMJ441724]

:confused3 I've never met this person before in my life.



:rotfl:


You're such a twit.:snooty:



But I love you. Please don't tell the judge I've violated the no-contact order!!

[4newtocruise]

Hi everyone, sorry it's been so long but we've been busy. Below is the updated spreadsheet link. In regards to the Fish Extenders, I have checked off (I think) everyone that wants to participate. If there are any additions, please let me know. Thanks.

Joan

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Ap9to5ivR2JCdHNzQkpQOE9sMi1uQjJpNFppSGNpb 3c&hl=en&authkey=CJKKi6wP

[LissaW16]

Hi everyone, sorry it's been so long but we've been busy. Below is the updated spreadsheet link. In regards to the Fish Extenders, I have checked off (I think) everyone that wants to participate. If there are any additions, please let me know. Thanks.

Joan

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Ap9to5ivR2JCdHNzQkpQOE9sMi1uQjJpNFppSGNpb 3c&hl=en&authkey=CJKKi6wP

FE YES for everyone in my party, please!

-Melissa

[scuba.mom]

We are joining the Party!!

This will be a Girls' Trip for me (Sharon - 51), DD (Lisa 16), and DDBF (Ashleigh 16). The girls think the Teen Program will be much better on the Dream, so here is hoping . . . . .

This will be my 12th Trip with the girls having traveled slightly less. (A Mom's Cruise through the Panama Canal in 2008 put me ahead in the number of trips).

It will be fun getting to know all of you. Can someone give me a summary of what I need to know to catch up. Thanks.

[LissaW16]

Do any of you "veterans" have a picture/scanned image of your old DCL KTTW? I have made some fun Christmas gifts for the people in my party, and I need a "pretend" KTTW to put in it (I promise, pics after Christmas). I've been google-ing all morning and am coming up empty. HELP!

Thanks bunches-
Melissa
:surfweb:

[kellyb2000]

We are joining the Party!!
This will be a Girls' Trip for me (Sharon - 51), DD (Lisa 16), and DDBF (Ashleigh 16).
:yay: How fun!!!!

Do any of you "veterans" have a picture/scanned image of your old DCL KTTW?

If no one beats me to it, I can scan mine and post it for you. But you have to promise to show us what you made!

[Sunny37]

Just joining in...me and my DH will be on this cruise! Can't wait!!:cool1:

[kellyb2000]

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b261/kellybastian/KTTW.jpg

[LissaW16]

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b261/kellybastian/KTTW.jpg

(((hugs))))

Thanks! EXACTLY what I was looking for!

[LissaW16]

Made from a pattern found somewhere here on the DIS boards... the personalization is inkjet printer iron-on transfer, using a free Walt Disney font downloaded from the internet

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lissaw16/5186342904/in/set-72157625414591260/
My daughter and my mother's FE...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lissaw16/5186361862/in/set-72157625414591260/
My in-law's FE...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lissaw16/5185792005/in/set-72157625414591260/
Me & the DH's FE...

Okay, for some reason I can't post pics. see them here:
Full set of pics on my Flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lissaw16/sets/72157625414591260/

[LissaW16]

ok, operator error...

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4112/5185792005_a657aaa9d3.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4144/5186361862_1dc0015376.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4104/5186342904_5f17696726.jpg

[udflyer00]

Still unsure about the FE... Is this going to be a kids only one?? Just trying to figure out the costs for the gifts and such...

[LissaW16]

:yay: How fun!!!!



If no one beats me to it, I can scan mine and post it for you. But you have to promise to show us what you made!

I took pics; after Christmas I will post them. :santa:

[LissaW16]

I have been browsing some of the FE boards, where people have posted neat stuff they have gotten and given, and one of the posters mentioned dividing up into "FE Groups". They had about 10 families in their particular "group", thereby reducing the expense (and suitcase real estate!) of the FE gifts.

Anyone in favor of something like that? I'd be interested...

If our awesome spreadsheet maker could give us a "head count"... how many families (or individuals) do others think would make a good group, if we were to sub-divide??

What do you all think?

[dbarker]

I have been browsing some of the FE boards, where people have posted neat stuff they have gotten and given, and one of the posters mentioned dividing up into "FE Groups". They had about 10 families in their particular "group", thereby reducing the expense (and suitcase real estate!) of the FE gifts.

Anyone in favor of something like that? I'd be interested...

If our awesome spreadsheet maker could give us a "head count"... how many families (or individuals) do others think would make a good group, if we were to sub-divide??

What do you all think?

I'm game. I've already made some of the FE gifts. I just need a head count. The spreadsheet only shows 2 families participating in the FE--us and one other family.

I know there are more families that want to participate, I just don't know who. So, if you are wanting to participate, and there is not a check mark in the FE column by your name on the spreadsheet, please let "4Newtocruise" know, so she can add it to the spreadsheet.

[kellyb2000]

I'm game. I've already made some of the FE gifts. I just need a head count. The spreadsheet only shows 2 families participating in the FE--us and one other family.

I know there are more families that want to participate, I just don't know who. So, if you are wanting to participate, and there is not a check mark in the FE column by your name on the spreadsheet, please let "4Newtocruise" know, so she can add it to the spreadsheet.


I know my sister's family and mine plan on participating. A general idea of where we stand would be nice. I've been looking at the same thread as Lissa trying to get ideas!