7/24/2011 5 Night Disney Dream cruise

[Hanover]

Anyone else onboard for the July 24, 2011 Disney Dream cruise with 2 stops at Castaway Cay?

I'm Danielle and will be sailing with my DH Derek, and my then DS14 Keegan and then DS10 Brennan. It will be our 14th DCL cruise and 1st on the Dream (unless we can squeeze another one in if any great deals come out!)

[IrishCowboy]

I have added your thread to the 2011 Dream Cruise Meet list :thumbsup2

[noahsmom]

We are on this cruise also! It's the 2nd half our our back-2-back cruise. We will be on the 7/19 cruise also. I am Kelli, sailing with DH (Bill), and DS (Noah) who will be 13 on this cruise. This will be our 8th cruise with DCL, 2nd on the Dream. There's a slight chance we may switch this to a 2012 cruise, we were disappointed there was no 7 night summer cruises in the Caribbean. We are not interested in going to Europe or the Med. at this point. Still want warm tropical locations.

[jbwolffiv]

We will be on this sailling too! It will be me, my DW and daughter, age 10 at the time. It will be our 4th cruise with DCL. We may even be bringing another couple with us for their first DCL trip.

[js]

Hi! Can you please add me your to list of cruisers too for July 24, 2011 :banana:
We have our deposit with DCL and will be switching over and "pay" with our points. We are hoping to do two nights pre cruise at SSR THV, will have to call in August of this year to see if we can get :worship:
It will be my mom (who purchased the DVC points for my family), my sister and her husband and her three little boys and my dh, ds-13 and dd-17.
We cruise often but haven't been on DCL since 2000 (we LOVE RCCL). But, we have the points and decided to use them next year instead of doing Disney.
I'm a little worried about my 17 year old dd. Although she is very mature, it seems she won't be old enough to sit by the adult pool or go to the spa with me. She always meets friends on RCCL and loves the clubs so hope they have something to keep 17 year olds entertained.
I'm not worried about my then 13 year old son. He should be fine in the clubs.
I'm really looking forward to two stops at CC.
I read on a thread that CC was going to be making their own cabannas for rent. Has this happened? I would love to rent one.
Thank you all very much and look forward to planning our cruise together!

[keishashadow]

hey all:)

very excited, just flipped a Dec sailing to this one:banana:

Self, DH...youngest DS (soon off-to college soon he goes:eek:is opting out this trip), time has flown sigh

Expect we'll do 1 day @ WDW pre-cruise (WLV), drive over to port day of sailing, then back to WDW (BWV) for another 2 days.

[BeautyFan]

:yay: My Dsis just took care of reservations for our family. We will be 4 staterooms in all...Grandparents, Dsis family includes 3 teenage boys, my family includes DD who will be 4, and Dbrother's family includes his DD who will be almost 3. :yay:

Thank you Dsis for all your time spent making the arrangements for the rooms!

We will have the earlier dining time.

We just returned from my family's first cruise on the 2/28 Wonder and had a wonderful time. We never made it to Serenity Bay, so I am really excited that we will be at CC twice! We had a shortened day at CC due to weather this time but still managed to have some family time with DD at the beach. :beach::beach:

Dsis has started her trip report from the Wonder
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2419739 :sail:

I'm sooooo glad we have this cruise planned, it was a major let down to return from our cruise after looking forward to it for so many months!
:hourglass

[Dreamer04]

We haven't booked, yet. But my dd and I are planning on going. She wil turn 14 on 7/25/11 so, she will get to take part in the teen club. I am very excited..can't wait to see the Dream!


:cool1::cool1::cool1:

[Noletucker]

Just booked today. Will be my husband and myself...second no kids cruise on DCL, 5th disney cruise overall....another couple coming also, for their anniversary...can' wait!!!!!
Christy 6070

[Dreamer04]

DD and I are in 6094 and my Dsis and Dmom are in 6090. This is awesome! Five nights to explore the Dream! :cool1::cool1:

[disfreaks41071]

Please add me to the thread.

[disfreaks41071]

Anyone else onboard for the July 24, 2011 Disney Dream cruise with 2 stops at Castaway Cay?

I'm Danielle and will be sailing with my DH Derek, and my then DS14 Keegan and then DS10 Brennan. It will be our 14th DCL cruise and 1st on the Dream (unless we can squeeze another one in if any great deals come out!)

I will be on this cruise! How can I get on the thread?
This will be our 3rd cruise, 1st on the Dream. I will be cruising with my DH Kirby and my DS then 9 (shy of 10) Lydia.

[Dreamer04]

You are on the thread. Hi. I can't wait for the cruise. This has to be the longest I have booked out!

[mmtska]

We'll be on this cruise too! It's mine and DH's first cruise so we're REALLY exicted. Our friends are going with us as well-DF and her daughters 17 and 8 at the time of cruise.

I've also managed to convince like 15 other people to come on the cruise too!! Should be a BLAST!!! I can't wait!

[Dreamer04]

We'll be on this cruise too! It's mine and DH's first cruise so we're REALLY exicted. Our friends are going with us as well-DF and her daughters 17 and 8 at the time of cruise.

I've also managed to convince like 15 other people to come on the cruise too!! Should be a BLAST!!! I can't wait!

That sounds terrific! Cruising with a bunch of friends is the best! We've done that twice-really enjoyed it both times!

I can't wait to attend a DIS meet onboard!

[Dreamer04]

OK..Here is what we have figured out so far-

Dmom 83, Dsis 57, DD 12 and myself 49 will fly down on the 23rd via Jetblue from JFK. We'll stay at the MCO Hyatt. As far as transportaion to the port, I'll have DCL handle our luggage and then well take car service to the port. There is a fee that DCL charges, but it is completely worth it.

I would prefer to tag my luggage in New York and then have it delivered to our staterooms, but since we are flying in the night before, I don't think that it's possible.

In Nassau, I would like take the Atlantis Beach Day. On Castaway Cay, we would like to use one of the cabanas. DD is looking forward to the Wild Side teen excursion (she turns 14 on the 25th) and I would love to go parasailing, again.

Anybody else have any plans in mind?

[lilliansmommy]

Count me in on this!!!

My DH and I just booked this cruise for our 5th Wedding Anniversary and we are super excited. This will be our second cruise with DCL and our first without our DD who is 2!! We are thinking of adding a few nights at our home resort Baylake either before or after the cruise. Looking forward to dining at Remy as well. I really want to take advantage of the Adults Only sections of the boat!!!! So excited and would love to chat with others who will be going on this trip. I am fairly new to DIS Boards and haven't really go
gotten the hang of this whole thing yet, so any help is appreciated. Thanks

Kelly:lovestruc

[BeautyFan]

:cheer2::cheer2:Woo hoo! We can finally say it...One Year From Today we will be on the Disney Dream!!!! :yay::yay::yay:

[mmtska]

:cheer2::cheer2:Woo hoo! We can finally say it...One Year From Today we will be on the Disney Dream!!!! :yay::yay::yay:

That is SOOOOOO EXCITING!!! I can't wait :)

[tbear333]

Hi everyone!!! I will be sailing with my Dsis and her DD 15yr old at the time for our first Disney cruise!!! We are very excited!! We booked at the beginning of the year and now we can beging our 1 yr count down!!!!

[Dreamer04]

This is very cool! :cool1: LESS than a year to go!

[VMinick]

Hello everyone!

We will be on this cruise with you and are so excited about sailing on the Dream! This will be our fourth cruise and our second with some family friends who will also be onboard! We're going on the Magic for Christmas this year, but my children don't know about that one. They DO know about this one because their best buddies will be there too, and I can't keep that a secret. It's too funny, though, every time they moan about their next cruise being almost a year away. :rotfl2:

Can't wait to meet you all next year! :cool1:

[PoohJen]

:yay: My Dsis just took care of reservations for our family. We will be 4 staterooms in all...Grandparents, Dsis family includes 3 teenage boys, my family includes DD who will be 4, and Dbrother's family includes his DD who will be almost 3. :yay:

Thank you Dsis for all your time spent making the arrangements for the rooms!



You're welcome! Wow, guess I've been off the DIS a while! Do you remember what class cabins we got? I better dig out that reservation!:banana:

Hi Dis'ers!!! Is there a list of all the dis'ers on this cruise put together somewhere? I didn't notice one in the first post.

Just being back on the DIS for a few minutes has me jonesin' for a quickie Wonder cruise....any good promos coming up? July 2011 is too far away!!!:laughing:

LOL: edited to add: I didn't notice this thread was only 2 pages long! Where is everyone?!!! cool...could this mean the Aqua Duck line just might not be as long as I'm afraid it will be???

[3littleHalls]

This will be our 4th DCL cruise. Love the Double Dips! This time we have got friends coming with us. We are very excited about the Dream can't wait!

[PoohJen]

Welcome 3LittleHalls!:yay:

I love double dips too! I think this is our 3d double dip - we had an impromptu one last summer thanks to whatever Tropical weather system was going on then - worked out fine! This is my 6th DCL cruise - I'm getting very excited about trying the new ship!:goodvibes I was googling articles yesterday about the dining, esp Flo's Cafe and the buffet restaurant. Looks like they are going to "stations" in the buffet, rather than just line service - cool!:thumbsup2:cool1:

Do I have a ticker yet??? I better go fix that - time to start the countdown!

Have a great holiday weekend, everyone!:cheer2:

Edited to say: Holy Cow, Tricia, my old ticker tells me it's been 6 months and 3 days since our last cruise - can you believe that! That's 1/6 of K's life!

[Dreamer04]

This will be our first double dip! I am VERY excited about it!

[PoohJen]

This will be our first double dip! I am VERY excited about it!

:goodvibesOne of the great things about a double dip, is that if you have poor whether or, Heaven forbid, can't dock on the first visit, you've got another chance later in the week - takes off some of the pressure!:cool1: Also, you don't have to try to "do it all" in one stop!:thumbsup2

Also, Dreamer, I noticed you want to parasail at CC this trip. On our first double dip, I booked DS for parasailing on the first day - that excursion got cancelled due to winds, so I quickly re-booked him for the second stop. I.e., you may want to think about booking things for the first day, in case they don't work out (that's assuming there's room on the second stop day). Wild Side is good for the first stop, as a way to make friends early in the trip!

[BeautyFan]

:cool2: Parasailing...hooray...I've never done it and it is definitely on the top of the list!

Also, couples massage looks so inviting. I'm thinking this should be early in the trip to get me to that relaxed stage! :cloud9:

I need to start a "cruise" jar just for the excursions!

[PoohJen]

:cool2: Parasailing...hooray...I've never done it and it is definitely on the top of the list! Also, couples massage looks so inviting. I'm thinking this should be early in the trip to get me to that relaxed stage! :cloud9:
I need to start a "cruise" jar just for the excursions!

LOL - uh, no, probably more like a second job than a jar!!! Them excursions get mighty pricey!

DH and I always get a couples massage on the Magic.:goodvibes We used to get the couples "massage and facial" - loved it! But alas, last time (Aug 2009) it was just a full body massage, looked like they stopped offering the facial option (I think the combo was just a back massage, not front and back).

I haven't looked into Dreams excursions yet...when do we get to pick? 75 days out?

[BeautyFan]

I got home from work yesterday and DH told me our niece just got engaged, and set the date for next July.:scared1: Can you say PANIC ATTACK?!! :scared1: DH is not good with dates - I somewhat calmly asked if he could remember the exact date. Whew, it is not July 24th or during the cruise!

[PoohJen]

I'm down to my last bottle of DCL/H20 cruise shampoo!:scared1: What is it now, something like 295 days left? I don't think I can stretch the special shampoo that long!!!:upsidedow:joker:

[jbwolffiv]

I'm down to my last bottle of DCL/H20 cruise shampoo!:scared1: What is it now, something like 295 days left? I don't think I can stretch the special shampoo that long!!!:upsidedow:joker:

LOL! We have the same problem! But at least it is only 258 more days!!!

[PoohJen]

... at least it is only 258 more days!!!

Excellent! Had to go all the way back to page one to refamiliarize myself with our fellow cruisers ;) - did you talk that other couple into joining you, John?

[jbwolffiv]

Yep, they are going to join us, their first time on DCL. My friends wife did the Big Red Boat a long time ago and had a bad experience. This will be much better!

[PoohJen]

Definitely much better! Especially since it seems we'll have the only 4 families or so on the ship!:rolleyes1;):lmao:

Just 7 months and 2 weeks (or so)!!!!:woohoo:

[keishashadow]

:goodvibes minus 12 degrees windchill, thoughts of double-dip @ CC keeping me warm!

[MichelleVW]

Just booked this morning!!! We hold a steerage ticket lol, but I'm just happy to be going!!! :banana:

It's an anniversary trip for DH and I!! I can't wait!!

[PoohJen]

Welcome Michelle!!!:cheer2: Yup, my last two cruises were steerage (but if not for steerage, I probably wouldn't have been on them!).:thumbsup2 The food and fun and experience all tasted/felt the same!!!:woohoo::banana::cool1:

[MichelleVW]

Welcome Michelle!!!:cheer2: Yup, my last two cruises were steerage (but if not for steerage, I probably wouldn't have been on them!).:thumbsup2 The food and fun and experience all tasted/felt the same!!!:woohoo::banana::cool1:

Thanks!! I'm so excited!! I'm going to Disney in 3 weeks, but can't stop thinking about the cruise in July!!

We cruised before on the Wonder in Dec 2005 and had a verandah and it was so nice, but the price was a little steep with the last minute booking and I remember that we really weren't in the room much anyway. I'm just happy I'm going!! :cool1:

[minniemouse86]

This is our 2nd Disney Cruise and we can't wait. We are me, DH, DD13, & DS 18. Looking forward to the Double Dip as we sit in 24 degree weather in Maine. :yay:

[PoohJen]

This is our 2nd Disney Cruise and we can't wait. We are me, DH, DD13, & DS 18. Looking forward to the Double Dip as we sit in 24 degree weather in Maine. :yay:

Welcome Minnie!!!:cheer2::welcome: My oldest son is 18, my twin sons will be 14 on the cruise; all 3 are huge DCL fans:thumbsup2

It's freezing down here in southern Virginia - literally. We've already had two days with real snow accumulation - we can go years here without ever seeing snow!:confused3

Wow! Looks like the ship is starting to fill up!:laughing: We may actually hit page 4 this week on our meets thread!!!:woohoo:

[keishashadow]

Just booked this morning!!! We hold a steerage ticket lol, but I'm just happy to be going!!! :banana:

It's an anniversary trip for DH and I!! I can't wait!!

don't rule out the upgrade fairy;) you could get a better steerage room:laughing:

I specifically booked an inside for the virtual porthole which i'm hoping will keep things visually interesting.

[BeautyFan]

don't rule out the upgrade fairy;) you could get a better steerage room:laughing:

I specifically booked an inside for the virtual porthole which i'm hoping will keep things visually interesting.


Oooh, you have the very popular virtual porthole room...that is so cool! :cool2: Those are becoming more expensive than some of the upper category outer porthole rooms. Careful, you'll have people knocking on your door asking to see your porthole! :rotfl2:

[keishashadow]

Oooh, you have the very popular virtual porthole room...that is so cool! :cool2: Those are becoming more expensive than some of the upper category outer porthole rooms. Careful, you'll have people knocking on your door asking to see your porthole! :rotfl2:

Must say I surprised when I last checked my rates to check into possible switch to balcony and found all the insides sold out. Think I'll keep what i have lol

[MichelleVW]

Must say I surprised when I last checked my rates to check into possible switch to balcony and found all the insides sold out. Think I'll keep what i have lol

I figured they were sold out because they were the cheapest. I'm kind of excited about my virtual porthole, but would be ok if I got an actual ocean view instead!

[keishashadow]

I figured they were sold out because they were the cheapest. I'm kind of excited about my virtual porthole, but would be ok if I got an actual ocean view instead!

good luck, I've only gotten that upgrade once:goodvibes

[MichelleVW]

Grr...trying to make a payment online and it's been processing my payment for about 5 minutes....this happened to me when I tried to book the cruise online and ended up with two reservations!! I guess I will just call them to make payments from now on. :confused3

[PoohJen]

Hi Everyone! Just checking in...wearing layers and scarf IN the house, dreaming of the Dream!

One of my 13 yo boys was just chatting away in the next room...seemingly to himself. He told me he was giving the cat a pep talk! :rotfl: Who says teens can't be cute?!:laughing::lovestruc

[minniemouse86]

Hi PoohJen- I am pretty sure we were on the same cruise in August 09. The double dip to CC due to the weather. That was our first cruise with DCL and not our last:thumbsup2. We had such a great time.:lovestruc:lovestruc On Wednesday we had a snow day and I spent it dreaming of our upcoming cruise.:beach:: Anyone have a count down started? We our counting down to our son's high school graduation. 133days:woohoo::woohoo: and our daughters graduation from middle school 153 days:yay:. I hope everyone has a safe, warm and great weekend.:goodvibes

[PoohJen]

Funny, Minnie, our oldest is graduating HS in June, and our twins graduate middle school then too!

That was a great cruise in '09. I was really sad not to go to Tortola, I had great plans for there. But I was grateful DCL made such a quick switch to keep us cruising in fine weather!:love:

Where are you located? We had 14 inches of snow at Christmas, the most I've had in my 11 1/2 years here by 10 inches! We were spared the recent southern snow storm, however. Good thing - I hate when my kids (and my husband, a teacher) have to make up days - it's worse that way!

[EskiLvr]

We're having a mini-family reunion on this cruise! DH and both of my DSs (they'll be 11 and 13) and I will be flying in from Nebraska on the 23rd, spending the night at OKW, and then spending the day at SSR on the 29th before flying back here on the 30th. Traveling to Orlando takes 1/2 a day with the best of flight schedules - so we're happy to ease the stress (and spend a little more time at the House of the Mouse) with a little more WDW time on both ends of the cruise.

We're going to be meeting up with my sister, her DH, their kids (15 yo nephew, 8 yo nephew, 5 yo niece, 3 yo niece) - and I believe her in-laws are also coming along. My brother and his wife may also be going. Sister and BIL are celebrating their 10 year anniversary right after the cruise.

It's close to zero here, with packed ice and snow everywhere and more on the way. July - and Disney magic - just can't get here fast enough! :cool1:

[BeautyFan]

Just 5" of snow closed north ga for 5 Days! This as DH was recovering from kidneystone procedure. TMI? Finally the house is back to normal and I'm so happy to start reading reports on the Dream! Less than 200 days to Go! :rolleyes::grouphug:

[PoohJen]

We're having a mini-family reunion on this cruise! It's close to zero here, with packed ice and snow everywhere and more on the way. July - and Disney magic - just can't get here fast enough! :cool1:

Welcome EskiLvr!!!:welcome:
This is a reunion cruise for us too! My DH and our 3 teen boys, my folks, my sis and her family (BeautyFan) and my brother and his family, celebrating our Dad's 75th bday!

I've enjoyed reading the menus and looking at the pics from the recent Dreams posts.:yay: I was a little underwhelmed by the new menus, but I'm sure it will all be great, and I try to challenge myself on the cruise to try new things.:cloud9::thumbsup2

[BeautyFan]

Welcome EskiLvr!!!:welcome:
This is a reunion cruise for us too! My DH and our 3 teen boys, my folks, my sis and her family (BeautyFan) and my brother and his family, celebrating our Dad's 75th bday!

I've enjoyed reading the menus and looking at the pics from the recent Dreams posts.:yay: I was a little underwhelmed by the new menus, but I'm sure it will all be great, and I try to challenge myself on the cruise to try new things.:cloud9::thumbsup2

Did you see the pics of aquaduck at night? Beautiful!:thumbsup2

[minniemouse86]

Hi Pooh Jen, We live and work at a boarding school in Maine. DH is the Director of College Counseling and I work in the library and run the girls dorm. We are in the middle of another snow storm and the public schools got out early. DD is like :banana: but DS is like:scared1:. Hope everyone has a great rest of the week. Can't wait till our cruise:yay::yay:

[keishashadow]

Just 5" of snow closed north ga for 5 Days! This as DH was recovering from kidneystone procedure. TMI? Finally the house is back to normal and I'm so happy to start reading reports on the Dream! Less than 200 days to Go! :rolleyes::grouphug:

better now than during the cruise!

had an ice storm here yesterday, then rain which at least melted the foot the snow we had. please, no do-overs.

anybody price out their cabin lately? pat yourself on the back for booking early!scary prices.

We finally got confirmation that DH could have the week off for the cruise:banana:but I was pricing a few weeks during end of June & early July jik he didn't. Two sailings were completely sold out, even for just 2 guests in a cabin. Guess we'll see how the ship handles a full house.popcorn::

[PoohJen]

That's good to know, Keisha, thanks! Are you guys big Steelers fans? If so, good luck this weekend!:cheer2:

[keishashadow]

That's good to know, Keisha, thanks! Are you guys big Steelers fans? If so, good luck this weekend!:cheer2:

oh yeah:goodvibes:banana::dance3:thank you very much, we need all the luck we can get!

[mathgeek]

Count me in for this cruise too! My DMom and I will be there and then we'll be staying at BLT for a few nights.

I'm already looking at the itinerary and trying to decide which nights to book Palo and Remy and what I want to do at CC! :beach:

The current threads from people just getting off the Dream really have me excited to go!

[BeautyFan]

Count me in for this cruise too! My DMom and I will be there and then we'll be staying at BLT for a few nights.

I'm already looking at the itinerary and trying to decide which nights to book Palo and Remy and what I want to do at CC! :beach:

The current threads from people just getting off the Dream really have me excited to go!

::MinnieMo Hi MathGeek, :welcome:

We're celebrating DGrandpa's bday/family reunion on this cruise so will be sticking with family/group dinners with the kiddos, but I look forward to hearing all about Remy!

[minniemouse86]

It is about -10 outside in Maine right now :scared1:and I am freezing but keeping warm by reading all the great posts about the Dream. I can't wait to double dip at CC:cool1: Hope everyone has a great week:banana:

[Cheryl726]

Count us in too! Since we're at the 6 month mark I thought we'd join in! I booked this trip so I can spend my 40th bday away!! It'll be myself, DH, DS12 and DS8 (9 by then!) With 0 degree weather today in New England, I'm looking forward to being on the Dream!

Cheryl

[PoohJen]

Count us in too! Since we're at the 6 month mark I thought we'd join in! I booked this trip so I can spend my 40th bday away!! It'll be myself, DH, DS12 and DS8 (9 by then!) With 0 degree weather today in New England, I'm looking forward to being on the Dream!

Cheryl

Are you sure you'll be dug out by then, Cheryl??:confused3:rotfl:

Welcome Cheryl and Mathgeek!!!!:cheer2::cool1::banana::rockband:

[Cheryl726]

Are you sure you'll be dug out by then, Cheryl??:confused3:rotfl:

Welcome Cheryl and Mathgeek!!!!:cheer2::cool1::banana::rockband:

Ugh-I sure hope so!! And thanks for the welcome!

[mathgeek]

Thanks for the welcomes! With the snow headed toward the Midwest in the next couple days, I hope we're dug out by then too!

[psharrock]

Count us in too.

It will be our third cruise, and 1st on the Dream. There will be myself, DW (Rachel), DS (Ben - 12) and DD (Katie - 11). We'll be arriving from the UK the day before so hopefully no delays, otherwise we'll be in trouble.

Looking forward to the double dip at CC, although we have been lucky enough to have this on both our previous cruises.

DS will be 13 on last night of the cruise.

Following the cruise we'll be staying in Kissimmee for a few weeks.

Paul

[PoohJen]

:banana:Welcome Paul!:banana: Our twin boys will be 14 by the time of the cruise and our oldest will be 18; they're DCL veterans!

Starting to get excited - it'll be here before we know it!:cool1:

[keishashadow]

Anybody waiting to book their airfare? might want to check out the rates:sad2:as price of crude oil jumped due to world events.

I've been watching my travel dates since Xmas and was waiting for the prices to drop, today the flight i wanted increased dramatically. Wound up settling for the later flight, figuring it'll still give me 5 - 6 hours @ the MK pre cruise. I booked with Southwest & hoping that it'll drop between now & then & we'll have a credit for our Dec travel back to WDW.:wizard:

Pulled out my records from last summer & im paying $100 more for 2 people in airfare than I did for the 3 of us the same time period last summer.:eek:

My son has def jumped ship, so it's just me & DH this cruise (1st time ever!). Kiddo requested we head to Myrtle Beach for some sun & golf the end of June before he heads off to college in the fall. Spirit air came to town :woohoo:so I was able to make that quickie trip cheap & doable at least;)

[minniemouse86]

I know what you mean about the airfare. DH (Bob) has been looking at all the different flights and airlines almost every night. We can get down to Florida but we can't get back after the cruise. I keep telling him we will just have to do a B2B. :cool1:
We are getting ready for a snow/ice storm tomorrow. I can't wait till July 24:yay::yay:

[keishashadow]

I know what you mean about the airfare. DH (Bob) has been looking at all the different flights and airlines almost every night. We can get down to Florida but we can't get back after the cruise. I keep telling him we will just have to do a B2B. :cool1:
We are getting ready for a snow/ice storm tomorrow. I can't wait till July 24:yay::yay:

:laughing:i like the way you plan a trip!

[PoohJen]

Aack! My ticker is missing!!! I better get a new one! Wouldn't want to forget when we're sailing!:rolleyes1:rotfl:

[MichelleVW]

I know what you mean about the airfare. DH (Bob) has been looking at all the different flights and airlines almost every night. We can get down to Florida but we can't get back after the cruise. I keep telling him we will just have to do a B2B. :cool1:
We are getting ready for a snow/ice storm tomorrow. I can't wait till July 24:yay::yay:

We've decided to drive. The drive down is going to be rushed and suck, but we have plenty of time to get home. I keep checking air fare, but right now it would be $800 at least to fly, plus a rental car, so even though gas is going to be expensive, it will still be cheaper to drive.

[DonnettaR]

What are we supposed to put in the fish extenders?

[BeautyFan]

What are we supposed to put in the fish extenders?


Hi Donetta, I think you intended to post this on the July 19 meet thread (based on your signature). Take good care of the ship for us, we'll be boarding when you are done with her! :boat:

[keishashadow]

http://www.alldoulas.com/forums/images/smilies/waiting.gifare we there yet?

[EskiLvr]

Count us in too! Since we're at the 6 month mark I thought we'd join in! I booked this trip so I can spend my 40th bday away!! It'll be myself, DH, DS12 and DS8 (9 by then!) With 0 degree weather today in New England, I'm looking forward to being on the Dream!

Cheryl

I'm not the only one hitting this milestone this summer! :-)

I turn 40 two weeks after we get back - so I'm celebrating while we're on the ship, dang it. Besides - WDW turns 40 this year too - so I figure I'm celebrating with Mickey on multiple levels. :cool1:

July can't get here fast enough!

Kris

[keishashadow]

i can't even remember 40:laughing:, wanna trade?;) you're as young as you feel & on a DCL cruise we're all big kids!

[Disney Mama]

Just found this thread! We too are sailing on this cruise! Taking my "kids" who will be 24 & 21 ... not so little anymore! This will be our first Disney cruise! SOOOOO excited!

[BeautyFan]

:hourglass 4 MONTHS!!! :hourglass

[minniemouse86]

I can't wait until July 24th. So far our spring in Maine and most of New England has been more like winter :rotfl: Double Dip here we come:cool1::cool1:

[Hanover]

I haven't been on here in a while and just thought I'd pop in to say hi.

It's our paid in full date tomorrow as Platinum members and we can book excursions, Palo, etc. Right now we are thinking of staying on the ship in Nassau (been there a lot and really want to enjoy the ship in port). We will probably sign up to do jet skis and parasailing at CC one day and just leave the other day at CC to relax and snorkel, possibly doing the bike rentals and float rentals.

Winter does not seem to be ending right now here in PA and we are very excited about this cruise and being in the sun!!

[Hanover]

I think I forgot to add on this thread that we have friends sailing with us now too. They are Beth, her DH Adam, ds15 Jake, ds11 Lane and dd8 Leah.

[keishashadow]

I haven't been on here in a while and just thought I'd pop in to say hi.

It's our paid in full date tomorrow as Platinum members and we can book excursions, Palo, etc. Right now we are thinking of staying on the ship in Nassau (been there a lot and really want to enjoy the ship in port). We will probably sign up to do jet skis and parasailing at CC one day and just leave the other day at CC to relax and snorkel, possibly doing the bike rentals and float rentals.

Winter does not seem to be ending right now here in PA and we are very excited about this cruise and being in the sun!!

It's been brutal in western PA too, excited to head out w/DS for overnight visit @ college this afternoon, anything to get out of the house lol!

how cool! im soooo jealous! was trying to figure out the 90 day window (April 25?) It's been awhile since i booked anything on DCL. Do you know if i can book excursion or Palo online or do I have to call?

We always just book the choice suites but since there will only be two of us it's cheaper to book the DCL tour.:confused:Notice they offer a snorkle option which sounds pretty cool, but can't find much in the way of reviews for it.

Does anybody know if it's been determined what night the Pirate & formal night will be on our 5 day yet?popcorn::Didn't want to book Palo for either of those nights if possible.

[Cheryl726]

I'm not the only one hitting this milestone this summer! :-)

I turn 40 two weeks after we get back - so I'm celebrating while we're on the ship, dang it. Besides - WDW turns 40 this year too - so I figure I'm celebrating with Mickey on multiple levels. :cool1:

July can't get here fast enough!

Kris

I agree July can't get here fast enough, even though I don't want to turn 40, but at least I'll be doing it in style!

I also can't wait for a Double Dip either, sounds much better than the cold weather we're having in New England!

[EskiLvr]

I haven't been on here in a while and just thought I'd pop in to say hi.
...

Winter does not seem to be ending right now here in PA and we are very excited about this cruise and being in the sun!!

Okay, I have to ask...

Do you live in Hanover proper? My mom bought a house in the 300 block of Baltimore back in December of 2005 and lived there until she passed away in 2007. She even made the front page of the local paper when her moving van caught fire the night she moved in - shutting Baltimore down at rush hour three days before Christmas. She knew how to make an entrance... I live in Nebraska, and everyone there was so nice to me when I was taking care of everything after she'd passed away. My boys still go nuts for TastyKakes - you can't get them here!

Such a small world...:)

[LoriSue]

My husband, myself and my 17 year old DD are going on that one!:woohoo:

[VKtravel]

Woo hoo! We are going on this date as well! :banana: It will be me (45), my DH (53), my DD (9) and my other DD (7). This will be our first cruise and I'm so glad we decided (I decided) to go for Disney rather than any of the other cruise lines. But I keep hearing that I will not want to cruise with anyone else after this one! I am preparing to be spoiled! :thumbsup2

[Hanover]

Okay, I have to ask...

Do you live in Hanover proper? My mom bought a house in the 300 block of Baltimore back in December of 2005 and lived there until she passed away in 2007. She even made the front page of the local paper when her moving van caught fire the night she moved in - shutting Baltimore down at rush hour three days before Christmas. She knew how to make an entrance... I live in Nebraska, and everyone there was so nice to me when I was taking care of everything after she'd passed away. My boys still go nuts for TastyKakes - you can't get them here!

Such a small world...:)

I live in Hanover, PA. It's right next to Gettysburg, PA and pretty much just over the MD/PA line. Hanover is home to Utz and Snyder's chips and pretzels and Hanover Shoe Farms (big horse racing breeders). We are about an hour north of Baltimore and an hour and a half from DC.

I've been religiously checking Southwest airlines for months and tonight they lowered our price down to Orlando to $103. It had been at $160 forever. We just got a nice credit for our flights in November! Coming back it's at $158 so I'm hoping they lower those too

[EskiLvr]

I live in Hanover, PA. It's right next to Gettysburg, PA and pretty much just over the MD/PA line. Hanover is home to Utz and Snyder's chips and pretzels and Hanover Shoe Farms (big horse racing breeders). We are about an hour north of Baltimore and an hour and a half from DC.

I've been religiously checking Southwest airlines for months and tonight they lowered our price down to Orlando to $103. It had been at $160 forever. We just got a nice credit for our flights in November! Coming back it's at $158 so I'm hoping they lower those too

Oh, wow... I'd kill for those airfares. I was excited to get us at 350/pp on Southwest - it's been as high as 550.

And yup - same town - Mom owned the Kirkland house, three blocks off the town square, and a straight mile or so from the Utz factory. :-). Utz was my last stop in Hanover before driving back to Nebraska - my friend and I had the car *loaded* with Utz goodness that you can't get here!

[5Days]

Just found this thread!

We are also booked on this cruise...along with in-laws and SIL and family.

Our family includes me, DH, DD#1 (15), DD#2 (11), and DS (5).

This is our first Disney Cruise and are so excited to experience the Dream. We have cruised before on other lines. I will admit that I'm a motion sickness person, so if you see a "green" lady on deck....that would be me! Hoping for calm waters and good drugs! :goodvibes

We have the early dining time.

Hope to meet some of you and hope our kids can also make some new friends!

[Lauri]

We're on this cruise too! It will be me, DH, DS (16) and DD (14). It's our fourth DCL cruise, our first on the Dream. Our last double dip was in 2006, and we're looking forward to two wonderful days at Cataway Cay again.

Lauri

[BeautyFan]

:cheer2::cheer2:

Greetings to all who joined our meets thread recently:
:flower3: Lauri
:flower3: 5Days
:flower3: VKtravel
:flower3: LoriSue
:flower3: DisneyMama

:yay::yay::yay: This is getting so exciting, we are almost at the 100 day mark! :yay::yay::yay:


Keishashadow - I did see a thread with the info on the days for Pirate Night pirate: and semi-formal night princess: depending on which day the 5-days departed. I'll look for it again. I don't think DH & I will do Palo this time as we're travelling with family who we just don't get to see enough of these days.


popcorn:: Did you all see that they changed the showtimes again? We were initially early show and early dining so now we'll have to see the show after dinner. I hope they still offer the matinee time for Believe and Villians - I was looking forward to doing an early show to get out of the sun, and then hitting the pool/Aquaduck after dinner when maybe it will be less crowded.

We've been working with DD(4) on her table manners, telling her she has to teach her younger cousin when we are onboard. She is just as excited as we are for this too-long awaited cruise! :cutie:

[BeautyFan]

It's been brutal in western PA too, excited to head out w/DS for overnight visit @ college this afternoon, anything to get out of the house lol!

how cool! im soooo jealous! was trying to figure out the 90 day window (April 25?) It's been awhile since i booked anything on DCL. Do you know if i can book excursion or Palo online or do I have to call?

We always just book the choice suites but since there will only be two of us it's cheaper to book the DCL tour.:confused:Notice they offer a snorkle option which sounds pretty cool, but can't find much in the way of reviews for it.

Does anybody know if it's been determined what night the Pirate & formal night will be on our 5 day yet?popcorn::Didn't want to book Palo for either of those nights if possible.


Too funny, when I searched for the thread regarding Pirate Night & Semi-Formal night, part of what I was looking for was posted by DisneyMama:

On the 5 night Dream leaving on a Sunday -

#1 group - AP - EG -EG -RP -AP

#2 group - RP -AP - AP -EG -RP

#3 group - EG - RP -RP -AP - EG

Hope that helps!


I didn't find when is Semi-Formal, but one Dis'er did indicate that Pirate Night would be on Nassau night. I wouldn't hold that as true until a few of the 5-nighters have been completed (starting in May) since so many processes seem to be changing on the Dream.

[Hanover]

We just paid off our cruise in gift cards from Sam's club. We got them for $98 something each for $100 worth of Disney gift cards and a $10 bonus for the Disney Store. We ended up with over $300 to the Disney store! It was really easy to pay online and we could do $1,000 worth at a time.

We aren't sure when we are doing Palo dinner. We get it "free" from being Platinum members or we probably would skip and just do the dining rooms since it's our 1st cruise on the Dream. I'm thinking either night 2 or night 4. We want to go to Pirate night at the regular restaurant. We have main dining and will probably go to Palo at 7:30 so we can take the kids to the regular dining rooms and then to the clubs before we go to Palo. Our show time is supposed to be 9PM. We are going to book the brunch too since we love it at Palo.

We just ended up adding 2 days on to our trip so now we are flying back August 2nd instead of the 31st of July. We saved a ton on airfare and got Southwest credits for changing dates. We have to change resorts (to Wilderness Lodge villas from the Jambo house club level) but it will be no problem and we get 2 more days!

[psharrock]

Congrats on paying off the cruise - you are nearly all set now.

We paid ours off last week, but need to wait another week or so before we can book anything as we are only silver members.

Paul

[Disney Mama]

Hey BeautyFan --- found this info on the same thread I found the dining rotations --- just can't remember exactly where that was!

For a 5 day double dip cruise leaving Sunday:

Sun. - cruise casual
Mon. - dress up night
Tues. - Pirate NIght (special menu)
Weds. - cruise casual
Thurs. - cruise casual (special menu)

Hope it is correct!

[Hanover]

Just finished signing up ds10 for kid's club and getting Palo brunch and dinner. Only 11 was coming up for brunch. I'm sure they are holding some spots in the other 3 times that were listed but unavailable. We chose Palo dinner on the 2nd night so that we would not miss that restaurant since it doubles on the 3rd night and we didn't want to miss Pirate night dinner. I looked at some of the spa treatments but will wait for the in port specials. I like to do the $125 spa special in Nassau for a facial/massage and hour in the Rainforest room. I've done that one several times on the Wonder and hope they offer it on the Dream. Right now we aren't signed up for any excursion. We are staying on the ship in Nassau unless we walk to Del Sol and the straw market. We've been to the Blue Lagoon, pirate museum and Atlantis several times and want to see as much as the Dream as we can. On Castaway Cay we are bringing our own snorkel gear and will get floats and maybe bike rentals. We thought about the jet skis but they were unavailable to book. I love parasailing there so we may sign up for that later. I just want to be able to relax though and not run back to Marges Barges once we are settled in at the family beach. We may end up signing up for an early session later. We are so excited and can't wait!! I thought the new on line sign up (new to us since our last cruise in December) was soooo much easier.

[Hanover]

I forgot to add that I saw something new on the on line check in-- it was "port arrival time" and would have given us a check in time but said since we were "platinum or concierge" passengers we would not get a time since we get first boarding. We are not concierge, but we are platinum.

[mmtska]

I didn't see this anywhere, but I thought I'd ask. Is there an interest in Fish Extenders? I've read about this, and I'm totally interested.....but not sure how to go about it all....

[Mazz519]

Originally Posted by Hanover
Anyone else onboard for the July 24, 2011 Disney Dream cruise with 2 stops at Castaway Cay?

I'm Danielle and will be sailing with my DH Derek, and my then DS14 Keegan and then DS10 Brennan. It will be our 14th DCL cruise and 1st on the Dream (unless we can squeeze another one in if any great deals come out!)


Please add me to the thread. we will be on the 7/24 cruise DW myself and 3DSons, 14, 10, and 7.....can't wait

[Hanover]

mmtska, we have done FEs on several cruises but I promised my Dh we'd skip it this cruise since we are getting a full size rental and not a SUV. I always end up with a suitcase down and back full of FE stuff. We do enjoy participating, but like I said I promised my dh we'd skip it this time.

I just totally lucked out and got $79 Southwest flights for our return trip on August 2nd so I got $270 credit (we had one free flight for dh). I also got another $10 credit for ds10 and I each way for our Star Wars weekends trip in June. We now have about $450 credit from everything from our original bookings for both trips. I really hope that covers most of our flights in November!

[Hanover]

Originally Posted by Hanover
Anyone else onboard for the July 24, 2011 Disney Dream cruise with 2 stops at Castaway Cay?

I'm Danielle and will be sailing with my DH Derek, and my then DS14 Keegan and then DS10 Brennan. It will be our 14th DCL cruise and 1st on the Dream (unless we can squeeze another one in if any great deals come out!)


Please add me to the thread. we will be on the 7/24 cruise DW myself and 3DSons, 14, 10, and 7.....can't wait

Welcome! I have a son who will turn 14 by the time we cruise and my friend Beth's son will be turning 15 in the summer.

[Cheryl726]

mmtska, we have done FEs on several cruises but I promised my Dh we'd skip it this cruise since we are getting a full size rental and not a SUV. I always end up with a suitcase down and back full of FE stuff. We do enjoy participating, but like I said I promised my dh we'd skip it this time.

I just totally lucked out and got $79 Southwest flights for our return trip on August 2nd so I got $270 credit (we had one free flight for dh). I also got another $10 credit for ds10 and I each way for our Star Wars weekends trip in June. We now have about $450 credit from everything from our original bookings for both trips. I really hope that covers most of our flights in November!

Wow that's awesome on the price for flights you got! I booked ours as soon as they came out thankfully, since they've gone up so much since then. I have been checking to see if they've come down more so we can possibly get a credit, but they haven't. How did you get the $79?

[Hanover]

Wow that's awesome on the price for flights you got! I booked ours as soon as they came out thankfully, since they've gone up so much since then. I have been checking to see if they've come down more so we can possibly get a credit, but they haven't. How did you get the $79?

I check the Southwest.com site a few times a day. I work from home so it's easy to just constantly check it through out the day. We always rebook if a cheaper flight comes out to get the credit. Southwest lets you use the credit up to a year after first booking it.

Anyone going to be booking a new 2012 itinerary? We are getting quotes for Hawaii and one from NYC to Canada. I really want to get to Hawaii for my 40th next year but I'm not so sure about taking the boys out of school for that long. We can always go to Aulani. I'm glad to see some new routes though I'm not entirely excited about the NYC to Nassau, CC, and PC itinerary. I was hoping for something like Bermuda in there too. I'd rather just fly to MCO and do a Caribbean cruise.

[keishashadow]

Too funny, when I searched for the thread regarding Pirate Night & Semi-Formal night, part of what I was looking for was posted by DisneyMama:

On the 5 night Dream leaving on a Sunday -

#1 group - AP - EG -EG -RP -AP

#2 group - RP -AP - AP -EG -RP

#3 group - EG - RP -RP -AP - EG

Hope that helps!


I didn't find when is Semi-Formal, but one Dis'er did indicate that Pirate Night would be on Nassau night. I wouldn't hold that as true until a few of the 5-nighters have been completed (starting in May) since so many processes seem to be changing on the Dream.

thank you, not sure which group would be better to receive:laughing:, so happy to just be aboard! im still waiting for the new passporter to come out before i do all my homework on the new ship. really hope it's ready soon, have it pre-ordered on amazon, think it's been delayed once already.:confused3I borrowed the 2011 birnbaum's from the library, haven't had a chance to read it yet though.

We just paid off our cruise in gift cards from Sam's club. We got them for $98 something each for $100 worth of Disney gift cards and a $10 bonus for the Disney Store. We ended up with over $300 to the Disney store! It was really easy to pay online and we could do $1,000 worth at a time.

We just ended up adding 2 days on to our trip so now we are flying back August 2nd instead of the 31st of July. We saved a ton on airfare and got Southwest credits for changing dates. We have to change resorts (to Wilderness Lodge villas from the Jambo house club level) but it will be no problem and we get 2 more days!

congrats on the airfare! I have small SWA credit too now for Dec. trip. Just changed things around to save some points, BLT pre cruise to get that MK day in :banana:& we'll be @ jambo after the cruise just one night to squeeze 2 days in the parks.

i was coming to celebrate that i paid off my cruise today!!! Although still silver, can't book anything until the 25th.

Used CC for AirTran points and bought GCs @ GiantEage for $.40 per $100...now I have 2 different fill ups for 2 of our vehicles each time on my reward card http://209.85.48.12/9635/114/emo/yippeejg4.gif (http://209.85.48.12/9635/114/emo/yippeejg4.gif)

Hey BeautyFan --- found this info on the same thread I found the dining rotations --- just can't remember exactly where that was!

For a 5 day double dip cruise leaving Sunday:

Sun. - cruise casual
Mon. - dress up night
Tues. - Pirate NIght (special menu)
Weds. - cruise casual
Thurs. - cruise casual (special menu)

Hope it is correct!

hmmm, ok then, thanx! I don't want to book Paolo Sunday, Monday or Tuesday, now worried Wednesday won't be open - wah!

does anybody know what the 'special menu' is on the last night?

I didn't see this anywhere, but I thought I'd ask. Is there an interest in Fish Extenders? I've read about this, and I'm totally interested.....but not sure how to go about it all....

I still have the FE i made and would be happy to participate, easy when it's a smaller group imo = not much effort involved in distribution if just a few of us decide to participate anyway. Some pics from last cruise re magnets on cabin door/FE

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m164/keishashadow/DCL%20PB%20AK%201/janet224.jpg

[PoohJen]

Hi Everyone - Y'all have been busy here lately!!!:cheer2::cool1:

Welcome to all the new families!!!

Just popping in to do my "Paid in Full" dance...:cool1::woohoo::yay::banana::cool1:

Tricia - looks like you're the one in our bunch becoming the DCL pro - I'll be coming to YOU with questions!

Not happy with this boarding number thingy...hope this gets straightened out. So my window for bookings opens on Sunday...does that mean I pick my check in at that time? We are always at the port by 9 - I will be so sad to have to change our usual cruise day routine. Fingers crossed!:cloud9:

Have a great weekend, Everyone!:thumbsup2

[karendvc07]

Hey everyone! We are on this cruise, too! It will be me, my DH, DS(15), DS(12), DS(11), DD(8), and DD(3). I am so excited! I have been trying to book this cruise for several months now, but it have been sold out. I finally was able to get us onboard a few weeks ago....I am soooo excited!!!! :yay: I noticed several of you will be celebrating birthdays. My DH and I both have birthdays on the 7/26, and my DD will be turning 9 on the 25th. party:

[PoohJen]

Welcome Karen!:welcome: I have twin sons who will be 14 1/2 when we sail, and our nieces are coming, aged 4 and just ready to turn 3 around cruise time. This is our family's reunion cruise - Dad will be turning 75 on the 27th!

What are y'all doing about birthdays? I read on DIS today that you have to pay for a table cake these days (not that we need one, everyone has different tastes and we are always so full on our cruise). But I would like a rousing round of "Happy Birthday" for our Dad at dinner that night!:thumbsup2:bday:

[Cheryl726]

Hey everyone! We are on this cruise, too! It will be me, my DH, DS(15), DS(12), DS(11), DD(8), and DD(3). I am so excited! I have been trying to book this cruise for several months now, but it have been sold out. I finally was able to get us onboard a few weeks ago....I am soooo excited!!!! :yay: I noticed several of you will be celebrating birthdays. My DH and I both have birthdays on the 7/26, and my DD will be turning 9 on the 25th. party:

My birthday is also 7/26! That's great that you both have a birthday on the same day! Do you have any special plans for that day yet?

[BeautyFan]

Welcome Karen!:welcome: I have twin sons who will be 14 1/2 when we sail, and our nieces are coming, aged 4 and just ready to turn 3 around cruise time. This is our family's reunion cruise - Dad will be turning 75 on the 27th!

What are y'all doing about birthdays? I read on DIS today that you have to pay for a table cake these days (not that we need one, everyone has different tastes and we are always so full on our cruise). But I would like a rousing round of "Happy Birthday" for our Dad at dinner that night!:thumbsup2:bday:


What I've previously read and planned to do for the bdays is:
1. Tell Guest Svcs upon boarding about the b'day and request a cake at dinner on the appropriate night
2. Tell the Head Server on the 1st night about the bday and cake request and which night we'll be celebrating
3. Remind Head Server and our other 2 servers the night before the bday (depending on efficiency of the HS, this part is really just a precaution that the ball is not dropped)

[BeautyFan]

Hey BeautyFan --- found this info on the same thread I found the dining rotations --- just can't remember exactly where that was!

For a 5 day double dip cruise leaving Sunday:

Sun. - cruise casual
Mon. - dress up night
Tues. - Pirate NIght (special menu)
Weds. - cruise casual
Thurs. - cruise casual (special menu)

Hope it is correct!


Thanks DisneyMama! I knew I had seen this but couldn't find it on that thread the other night. If I recall, my pillow was calling...:thumbsup2

[PoohJen]

What I've previously read and planned to do for the bdays is:
1. Tell Guest Svcs upon boarding about the b'day and request a cake at dinner on the appropriate night
2. Tell the Head Server on the 1st night about the bday and cake request and which night we'll be celebrating
3. Remind Head Server and our other 2 servers the night before the bday (depending on efficiency of the HS, this part is really just a precaution that the ball is not dropped)

Okay, you are in charge of that. But I read on the main forum that there is now a price list for cakes...and frankly, I doubt we'd eat it (there's always cake on the dessert menu).

Registered for my arrival time today!:cool1: Got 10:30 - that was the earliest they offered. It didn't look as if an earlier time was available.:confused3 Read a report last week that the woman got there at her scheduled time of 11 and waited 2 1/2 hours!:scared1: I would be tres bummed to get on the ship so late!

[karendvc07]

What I've previously read and planned to do for the bdays is:
1. Tell Guest Svcs upon boarding about the b'day and request a cake at dinner on the appropriate night
2. Tell the Head Server on the 1st night about the bday and cake request and which night we'll be celebrating
3. Remind Head Server and our other 2 servers the night before the bday (depending on efficiency of the HS, this part is really just a precaution that the ball is not dropped)

This is what I planned to do, too. I hadn't heard about DCL charging for the cake. My DH and I don't really need it, but I do want to have one for my DD's birthday on 7/25. For me, just being aboard the Dream on our birthdays is celebration enough!!! :woohoo:

[MichelleVW]

Just checked airfare for our trip (we had planned on driving due to cost) but now with rising gas prices I think we may fly! Found tickets on Southwest for $441 total!! :thumbsup2 Discussing it with DH right now.....I hate packing for a plane trip, but I really really hate that car trip!

[keishashadow]

Just checked airfare for our trip (we had planned on driving due to cost) but now with rising gas prices I think we may fly! Found tickets on Southwest for $441 total!! :thumbsup2 Discussing it with DH right now.....I hate packing for a plane trip, but I really really hate that car trip!

for 1 person:eek:?

i originally paid in area of $670 for 2 pp on SWA, got another small credit & now have $102 for fall trip to WDW:goodvibes

really glad i have our car booked, prices doubled

[MichelleVW]

for 1 person:eek:?

i originally paid in area of $670 for 2 pp on SWA, got another small credit & now have $102 for fall trip to WDW:goodvibes

really glad i have our car booked, prices doubled

No ....that was total for both of us.

[keishashadow]

No ....that was total for both of us.

congrats! that's a really good fare (at least from my home airport) based upon the current prices

[minniemouse86]

Hi everyone - I can't believe it is almost time to pay in full and start booking:goodvibes. This is only our second cruise, so we have to wait until the 25 but still we can't wait. Lots and lots to do before then. MIL coming tomorrow for our DS18's final concert in Portland, so you know I am cleaning and wishing for some pixi dust to help:wizard: One more big college visit for DS out to Ohio on the 20th. Then he has to pick one and we have to start paying for college:scared1::scared1: I have been reading about the airfare, it is really crazy. DH booked a few months ago when it just keep climbing higher and higher but he checks it almost daily. Last night he saw that it went down so now we have a credit with SW. Figure with son going to college one of us will use it in a year. Hope everyone is getting excited for our cruise:woohoo::woohoo:

[karendvc07]

I was really glad to see SW prices drop yesterday! I scored $147 in credit....every little bit counts when you've got 7 flying round trip. :scared1:
Let's hope the fares keep dropping...

[keishashadow]

I was really glad to see SW prices drop yesterday! I scored $147 in credit....every little bit counts when you've got 7 flying round trip. :scared1:
Let's hope the fares keep dropping...

:thumbsup2

i'm doing the 100 day dance today for start of my trip:dance3:

[Disney Mama]

Thanks for the Southwest info .... saved $144! I love this board!:love:

[MichelleVW]

I just rebooked my tickets from the other day and now I have a $96 credit on Southwest!!! :cool1: Tickets went down to $72 one way!!

[EskiLvr]

Is anyone else looking at renting a cabana at Castaway Cay? Just saw that you can reserve them online now - I'm hoping I'll be able to get one when my booking opens up on May 10...

(Have easily sunburned husband, can travel!)

Wish it was July already!

[VKtravel]

:thumbsup2

i'm doing the 100 day dance today for start of my trip:dance3:

I'm with you on that one! I'm doing the 100 day dance now because as of right now we are exactly at the 100 day mark before we head to Florida to spend the night in the hotel prior to sailing! Since we are doing the surprise reveal the night before we fly out, we are at 99 days!!! DOUBLE DIGITS FINALLY!! WOO HOO!!:banana: It's going to take forever for May to get here to check in and July is going to take even longer! :hourglass

[keishashadow]

I'm with you on that one! I'm doing the 100 day dance now because as of right now we are exactly at the 100 day mark before we head to Florida to spend the night in the hotel prior to sailing! Since we are doing the surprise reveal the night before we fly out, we are at 99 days!!! DOUBLE DIGITS FINALLY!! WOO HOO!!:banana: It's going to take forever for May to get here to check in and July is going to take even longer! :hourglass

i've never understood how parents manage keep a trip secret:confused3

i float for weeks pre trip;)and the suitcases/hub-ub of packing & spending spree buying new clothes would give me away lol...not to mention the lack of food in the 'fridge.

[VKtravel]

i've never understood how parents manage keep a trip secret:confused3

i float for weeks pre trip;)and the suitcases/hub-ub of packing & spending spree buying new clothes would give me away lol...not to mention the lack of food in the 'fridge.

This is the biggest secret I have ever been able to keep!! I usually tell everything and my family says that I am a satellite affiliate of CNN :mic:! But I love the looks of surprise on my daughters' faces and I don't want to deal with the constant "When are we leaving?" question so I've decided to keep my trap shut! I'm doing all of my shopping 4th of July week because I'm taking a week off for vacation when my mom comes to visit. All packing will be done then and hidden under the bed in the suitcases! Kids will be at their summer camp...I love it when a plan comes together!:woohoo:

[VKtravel]

I just rebooked my tickets from the other day and now I have a $96 credit on Southwest!!! :cool1: Tickets went down to $72 one way!!

How much did you end up paying pp for your tix? Gas prices have been so crazy lately. I hope your prices were decent. We booked months ago and are flying out of Houston. We got lucky at $273 pp but we are flying into Melbourne...it was cheaper than Orlando!

[Cheryl726]

I'm with you on that one! I'm doing the 100 day dance now because as of right now we are exactly at the 100 day mark before we head to Florida to spend the night in the hotel prior to sailing! Since we are doing the surprise reveal the night before we fly out, we are at 99 days!!! DOUBLE DIGITS FINALLY!! WOO HOO!!:banana: It's going to take forever for May to get here to check in and July is going to take even longer! :hourglass

This may be a crazy question, but does doing the check in early have an advantage?

[MichelleVW]

How much did you end up paying pp for your tix? Gas prices have been so crazy lately. I hope your prices were decent. We booked months ago and are flying out of Houston. We got lucky at $273 pp but we are flying into Melbourne...it was cheaper than Orlando!

Originally I booked them (Monday) at 455.60 which it totally reasonable, then I checked last night and the price had dropped so I rebooked for $359.60 for BOTH OF US!!! :thumbsup2 Now I have a $96 credit to use before next April...hmm where to go...where to go....:goodvibes

[Lauri]

:banana::banana: Just want to say that I'm really excited. I just paid off the cruise, and finally bought our travel insurance. My teens are actually looking forward to this trip! Only 100 days, or 99 till we fly to Florida!

Lauri

[keishashadow]

This is the biggest secret I have ever been able to keep!! I usually tell everything and my family says that I am a satellite affiliate of CNN :mic:! But I love the looks of surprise on my daughters' faces and I don't want to deal with the constant "When are we leaving?" question so I've decided to keep my trap shut! I'm doing all of my shopping 4th of July week because I'm taking a week off for vacation when my mom comes to visit. All packing will be done then and hidden under the bed in the suitcases! Kids will be at their summer camp...I love it when a plan comes together!:woohoo:

now i know how people do it:laughing:sounds like you have it under control. Make sure to post back as to the excitement level

i always just started having kids cross off dates on the calendar, never even considered making a countdown calendar.

My pirate night outfit is officially complete, finding costume jewelry took some time today. I just ordered a costume for the mr on amazon...took hours to find one that didn't look too cheesey/flimsey, hope it fits so i can cross that off the to-do list.

[VKtravel]

This may be a crazy question, but does doing the check in early have an advantage?

I am trying to book early because we want to book Atlantis (using our OBC :woohoo:). I have heard that it usually fills up. Just want a chance at it. Hubby and I also want to go to Palo and I hear you need to stay close to computer for cancellations on that one. Fingers crossed!

[VKtravel]

Originally I booked them (Monday) at 455.60 which it totally reasonable, then I checked last night and the price had dropped so I rebooked for $359.60 for BOTH OF US!!! :thumbsup2 Now I have a $96 credit to use before next April...hmm where to go...where to go....:goodvibes

WOW!! You are the ULTIMATE SHOPPER! :worship:

[VKtravel]

:banana::banana: Just want to say that I'm really excited. I just paid off the cruise, and finally bought our travel insurance. My teens are actually looking forward to this trip! Only 100 days, or 99 till we fly to Florida!

Lauri

Congrats! Good feeling isn't it? Now you can obsess over the details with the rest of us! :cheer2:

[VKtravel]

now i know how people do it:laughing:sounds like you have it under control. Make sure to post back as to the excitement level

i always just started having kids cross off dates on the calendar, never even considered making a countdown calendar.

My pirate night outfit is officially complete, finding costume jewelry took some time today. I just ordered a costume for the mr on amazon...took hours to find one that didn't look too cheesey/flimsey, hope it fits so i can cross that off the to-do list.

We did a countdown for WDW and they STILL asked when were we leaving every day! :rotfl: It was fun to have them help with the planning, though.

I don't have costumes for Pirate Night. It sounds like you went all out! The only thing I have are earrings and eye patches for the DDs. Gotta get some bandanas if nothing else. Costume stuff is on my shopping list.

[MichelleVW]

WOW!! You are the ULTIMATE SHOPPER! :worship:

Mostly I'm just neurotic about checking the Southwest website. :rolleyes1

[VKtravel]

Mostly I'm just neurotic about checking the Southwest website. :rolleyes1

It's obviously okay to be neurotic...especially when you have to fly out of TX. Your neurosis saved you some big bucks! :thumbsup2

[Lauri]

Wow, this place is hopping now that people are close to paying off.

What excursions are people doing? We booked a room at the Comfort Suites to go to Atlantis. In all the cruises we've ever taken, we've neer been to the Bahamas, except on DH and my first cruise over 20 years ago, when there was no Atlantis yet. Of course, we're looking forward to going to Castaway Cay twice--our favorite port ever!

Lauri

[keishashadow]

We did a countdown for WDW and they STILL asked when were we leaving every day! :rotfl: It was fun to have them help with the planning, though.

I don't have costumes for Pirate Night. It sounds like you went all out! The only thing I have are earrings and eye patches for the DDs. Gotta get some bandanas if nothing else. Costume stuff is on my shopping list.

we felt positively undressed last cruise on pirate night. Since DS is bailing, it's a chance to dress stoopid and not get "the eye":laughing: I refused to pay $6 for an eye patch & 1 clip on earring for DH on amazon...hope the $ store has some in stock.

Mostly I'm just neurotic about checking the Southwest website. :rolleyes1

neurotic travel planning passes for normal here:goodvibes, count me in

Wow, this place is hopping now that people are close to paying off.

What excursions are people doing? We booked a room at the Comfort Suites to go to Atlantis. In all the cruises we've ever taken, we've neer been to the Bahamas, except on DH and my first cruise over 20 years ago, when there was no Atlantis yet. Of course, we're looking forward to going to Castaway Cay twice--our favorite port ever!

Lauri

we always book CS not as good of deal just w/2 people, starting to get even more antsy re not getting the disney excursion and palo now on the 25th.:rolleyes:

Question perhaps those above silver CC could answer: We've never had need to activities asap before, just to be sure (im slow lol)

online checkin would be 12:01 am the day of 90 days prior for me and then excursions online (or via phone only?) around 7 am EST?:confused:

[VKtravel]

Wow, this place is hopping now that people are close to paying off.

What excursions are people doing? We booked a room at the Comfort Suites to go to Atlantis. In all the cruises we've ever taken, we've neer been to the Bahamas, except on DH and my first cruise over 20 years ago, when there was no Atlantis yet. Of course, we're looking forward to going to Castaway Cay twice--our favorite port ever!

Lauri

I paid off last month but didn't do my happy dance :banana:! I think everyone is probably uber-excited and it will probably be even more so the closer we get

Atlantis Aquaventure for us!

[Lauri]

Only one week to go for us silver members to start booking. We're only looking for a Palo dinner on this cruise, although I really do enjoy the brunch too. Can anyone gold or above see what sort of availability there still is?

Lauri

[minniemouse86]

As we get closer looks like more people are joining our meet thread Welcome everyone:goodvibes I am doing the Paid In Full Happy Dance today:banana::woohoo: I can't wait:) Hope everyone has a great week:thumbsup2

[Cheryl726]

Is anyone visiting the park before or after the cruise? We just got 2 park tix and I'm debating whether to go before the cruise or not. The hot weather is what is worrying me. We always seem to go when it's hot and I swear I'll never do it again, but then I do! Decisions!!

[VKtravel]

Just cruisin' for us. Flying down the day before but there's no park visit this trip.

[MichelleVW]

Is anyone visiting the park before or after the cruise? We just got 2 park tix and I'm debating whether to go before the cruise or not. The hot weather is what is worrying me. We always seem to go when it's hot and I swear I'll never do it again, but then I do! Decisions!!

We don't fly back home until Saturday morning, and I thought about doing a park on Friday, but it's just too expensive for one day in that heat. I think we will probably just get a nice hotel and chill by the pool.

[VKtravel]

Hey is anyone here doing those Fish Extender things for the trip? I'm confused. What are they and how does it work? Is it like Halloween or something? Is it worth it for my DDs to do it?:confused3

[PoohJen]

Is anyone visiting the park before or after the cruise? We just got 2 park tix and I'm debating whether to go before the cruise or not. The hot weather is what is worrying me. We always seem to go when it's hot and I swear I'll never do it again, but then I do! Decisions!!
We're going to Universal after. :scared1::scared1::eek: Heresy, I know! lol. We've never been, b/c frankly, if I'm in Orlando, then I want to be in WDW the whole time.

But we are HUGE Harry Potter fans ever since the first book was released, and put off going to Harry Potter Land last year due to crowds. So...we'll be heading there for a day! Looking forward to it!:cool1:

btw, I still have some no-expire passes to use at WDW...someday....:cloud9:

[Lauri]

We're not doing any parks this trip.

PoohJen--We spent last Thanksgiving week at Universal. Best thing we did was stay on property, for the front of the line privledges. While we love Harry Potter, we did not love Universal. The whole town of Hogsmeade was very cool, but the crowds were unbearable. And I'm comparing this to spending the previous Thanksgiving at WDW.

The best part of doing Universal was that I talked the family into doing two Disney cruises this year! We've got a week on the Magic for Thanksgiving, after our 5 nights on the Dream.

Lauri

[Lauri]

Only 3 months from today, we will be riding the AquaDuck! What will you be doing?

Looking forward to booking Palo tonight, and checking in in the morning.

Lauri

[PoohJen]

PoohJen--We spent last Thanksgiving week at Universal. Best thing we did was stay on property, for the front of the line privledges. While we love Harry Potter, we did not love Universal. The whole town of Hogsmeade was very cool, but the crowds were unbearable. And I'm comparing this to spending the previous Thanksgiving at WDW.

The best part of doing Universal was that I talked the family into doing two Disney cruises this year! We've got a week on the Magic for Thanksgiving, after our 5 nights on the Dream. Lauri

Hi Lauri,
yes, I've already come to terms with the sticker shock of the Universal Hotels, but we will definitely spend one night, take advantage of the early Potter entry and their version of "FastPass". I know it's still in the summer, but I hope the crowds are bearable.

Excellent re: Magic at Thanksgiving!:cool1:

[keishashadow]

Is anyone visiting the park before or after the cruise? We just got 2 park tix and I'm debating whether to go before the cruise or not. The hot weather is what is worrying me. We always seem to go when it's hot and I swear I'll never do it again, but then I do! Decisions!!
before and after:goodvibes
Hey is anyone here doing those Fish Extender things for the trip? I'm confused. What are they and how does it work? Is it like Halloween or something? Is it worth it for my DDs to do it?:confused3
there doesn't seem to be much interest this trip, i tend to be game if it's a small roll call;)

we're big Universal fans, do split trips betwen WDW/U and looking forward to both MNSSHP & HHN this year. last year bunch of us DISers split a private RIP tour:woohoo:, it was amazing!

re U onsite hotels, yes, the rates have risen dramatically due to WWOHP:headache:, still they are true deluxe hotels (especially the Portofino) and far less $ than disney's comparable properties. Loews rewards their frequent guests, we're platinum & get a sweet-suite upgrade for price of standard room. It'll be hard to drop back down when it runs out lol.

I agree that WWOHP really is packing in the crowds. I just outright refused to wait an hour+get into any of the shops the weekend of Columbus Day last year after it took over an hour for the ride. All the hub-ub just has to die down:wizard:sooner or later.:confused3

tired after having houseful of guests today, time for another cup of coffee to make midnight

[keishashadow]

success for me:goodvibes

*Palo booked for early dinner sea day
*Aqua adventure
*2 day float rental
& drumroll please.....

10:30 port arrival time:dance3:

[VKtravel]

success for me:goodvibes

*Palo booked for early dinner sea day
*Aqua adventure
*2 day float rental
& drumroll please.....

10:30 port arrival time:dance3:

Congrats! How exciting...one step closer to getting on the ship! I hope there is something left for us! We don't get a chance to book until the 75 day window opens. But I will be sitting by the computer clicking refresh as much as possible to hope I can get in first! :surfweb:

[Lauri]

I had success last night and this morning too. We got Palo for pirate night, and a 10:30 boarding time. I just printed out our boarding forms (I'm ready to go!), and noticed that everything I stayed up late for/woke up early for was still available now after 1 PM.

All activities look wide open. The only thing with limited availability was Remy, which we are not doing this trip. There was no availability for Palo brunch or high tea, but I'm sure both of those will be available upon boarding.

Yeah:banana::banana::banana:, it feels so real now.

Lauri

[keishashadow]

Congrats! How exciting...one step closer to getting on the ship! I hope there is something left for us! We don't get a chance to book until the 75 day window opens. But I will be sitting by the computer clicking refresh as much as possible to hope I can get in first! :surfweb:

there's still alot open, good luck:wizard:

I had success last night and this morning too. We got Palo for pirate night, and a 10:30 boarding time. I just printed out our boarding forms (I'm ready to go!), and noticed that everything I stayed up late for/woke up early for was still available now after 1 PM.

All activities look wide open. The only thing with limited availability was Remy, which we are not doing this trip. There was no availability for Palo brunch or high tea, but I'm sure both of those will be available upon boarding.

Yeah:banana::banana::banana:, it feels so real now.

Lauri

i've already changed my palo res:laughing:to 1st CC day.

I wasn't paying attention to the dining rotations that were posted in this thread awhile back for the 5 day sailings:guilty:. Had wanted to make sure we didn't miss any of the DRs.

I booked for Monday, one of the 2 days (Monday & Tuesday) that repeat on any of the assigned 3 groups.

im good - for now lol. Posted a thread on main board, wondering if 7 pm res will give us enough time for the 9 pm show or I should switch to 6 or 6:30 pm?

[mathgeek]

Success for me too:

*Remy on Nassau day
*Palo on the last night
*2-day Castaway package (snorkel, bike, & float)
*swedish massage

Now the massage I would only really rate as halfway successful. I was able to book one, but almost all of the time slots were already booked! So I have to be up early for an 8 am massage. I hope there's someplace open for breakfast before I need to head to the spa. I'm going to keep checking in case they're holding some slots back.

And does anyone know for sure, since I booked a spa treatment, do I get access to the Rainforest room on that day (or whatever the equivalent is on the Dream)?

[mathgeek]

Is anyone visiting the park before or after the cruise? We just got 2 park tix and I'm debating whether to go before the cruise or not. The hot weather is what is worrying me. We always seem to go when it's hot and I swear I'll never do it again, but then I do! Decisions!!

We'll be going for 5 nights after the cruise at BLT. :goodvibes

[Lauri]

I wasn't paying attention to the dining rotations that were posted in this thread awhile back for the 5 day sailings:guilty:. Had wanted to make sure we didn't miss any of the DRs.

I booked for Monday, one of the 2 days (Monday & Tuesday) that repeat on any of the assigned 3 groups.

im good - for now lol. Posted a thread on main board, wondering if 7 pm res will give us enough time for the 9 pm show or I should switch to 6 or 6:30 pm?

Here are the dining rotations I copied down from an old post:

1-AP, EG, EG, RP. AP
2-RP, AP, AP, EG, RP
3-EG, RP, RP, AP, EG

They changed the show times and the dining times (of course, that could change again by the time we board.) Main dining is at 5:45, late at 8:15. There are only two show times, like on the Magic and Wonder, with main dining seeing the show after dinner, and late seeing the show before dinner.

Lauri

[Cheryl726]

It does seem real now! There does seem to still be a lot of availability still for excursions. My question is do you have to book the 2-day float rental ahead of time or would we be able to get it there?

[keishashadow]

It does seem real now! There does seem to still be a lot of availability still for excursions. My question is do you have to book the 2-day float rental ahead of time or would we be able to get it there?

believe so, we just found it easier to have the vouchers in the cabin via pre-book.

anybody else surprised so many opportunites for dining still open?

[Lauri]

It does seem real now! There does seem to still be a lot of availability still for excursions. My question is do you have to book the 2-day float rental ahead of time or would we be able to get it there?

We did a double dip in 2006. You had to prebook all of the two day Castawsy Cay excursions. they were not available when you got to Castaway Cay, as they are giving you a 75% discount for the second day by booking in advance. These will not sell out, so I'm waiting to do it closer to the trip.

Lauri

[Cheryl726]

Silly question-I am trying to do check in and when it asks for your ID number, do they want passport info or drivers license info? We don't have a passport yet so should I wait to add this information?

[Lauri]

Hi Cheryl,

Yes, it's your passport number. You can leave it blank for now, and fill it in when you get your passport.

I love how Disney's system is all connected. I had not put our passport information in when booking this cruise, but recently booked another cruise and entered the info for that one. When I logged on, all our current passport info was there.

Lauri

[BeautyFan]

Congrats! How exciting...one step closer to getting on the ship! I hope there is something left for us! We don't get a chance to book until the 75 day window opens. But I will be sitting by the computer clicking refresh as much as possible to hope I can get in first! :surfweb:



Wanted to let you know that Palo still has ressies open for dinner AND I got High Tea today. Plus Remy had openings every night of the cruise as of today. :banana:

:wizard:Hope you get what you want most when your window opens! pixiedust:

[keishashadow]

Wanted to let you know that Palo still has ressies open for dinner AND I got High Tea today. Plus Remy had openings every night of the cruise as of today. :banana:

:wizard:Hope you get what you want most when your window opens! pixiedust:

i wasn't looking for high tea, but didn't see it;)what date is it?

were you able to book both palo & the high tea?

i didn't see any brunch openings

[Hanover]

Is anyone visiting the park before or after the cruise? We just got 2 park tix and I'm debating whether to go before the cruise or not. The hot weather is what is worrying me. We always seem to go when it's hot and I swear I'll never do it again, but then I do! Decisions!!

We are flying down on the 21st and staying at AKV. We will do MK, Universal and Typhoon Lagoon pre cruise. After the cruise we are doing 3 days at AKV and then 2 at the Wilderness Lodge. We plan on Blizzard Beach and the rest of the days hopping around the main Disney parks. We have annual passes and go to WDW enough that we just sort of hit a few of our favorite rides, eat and then relax at the resort pool. We sometimes return for dinner and fireworks. My youngest ds and I go to WDW each June for Star Wars weekends and he tries to insist that we stay at DHS from before rope drop to closing. I just hope the heat isn't as bad as it was last year, which was the hottest SWW we've been to ever. I have told him we'll do one long full day and the others we are going to take a break mid day.

We will probably do floats at CC and maybe parasail or jet skis. We plan on staying on the ship or just going nearby the port in Nassau. We've done Atlantis a few times, the Blue Lagoon dolphin tour and the pirate museum on past trips.

[VKtravel]

Wanted to let you know that Palo still has ressies open for dinner AND I got High Tea today. Plus Remy had openings every night of the cruise as of today. :banana:

:wizard:Hope you get what you want most when your window opens! pixiedust:

Thanks BeautyFan! I am waiting for the time to tick off the clock. We check in online in 11 days. It's taking FOREVER!!! :bored:

[BeautyFan]

i wasn't looking for high tea, but didn't see it;)what date is it?

were you able to book both palo & the high tea?

i didn't see any brunch openings



High Tea is Sea Day, I got a ressie for 3pm. Kind of late I think since main dining is at 5:45 or 6ish. I didn't see any openings for Brunch, either. High Tea is only $10 and the scones & clotted cream sound so good! :earsboy:

I didn't try for Palo dinner but it was available. The rules that they had on the booking page said you could book 1 dinner, 1 brunch and 1 tea (based on availability) each, so even though Palo dinner was available for several nights, I could have only selected one Palo dinner reservation.

[PoohJen]

High Tea is Sea Day, I got a ressie for 3pm. Kind of late I think since main dining is at 5:45 or 6ish. I didn't see any openings for Brunch, either. High Tea is only $10 and the scones & clotted cream sound so good! :earsboy:

Dang, I remember when Palo dinner was $10!!!! And I hesitated back then to "pay that much extra"!:rotfl:


Hey! I'm just loving my Hogwarts ticker!!! I'm so excite to go to HP Land!!!

[Hanover]

High tea is nice. We didn't book it this time because we are doing Palo brunch the same day and I can't do that much food in one day. It's hard not to eat the offerings at Palo! We are doing Palo dinner another night as we get it "free" from being platinum.

I just had my curiousity get the best of me and I ended up booking the Comfort Suites in Nassau for the day we are there. It was too good of a deal to pass up. I got the room for the 4 of us--2 adults and 2 kids (one will be 14, the other 10) and with the government rate I got it for $242.40. We will have to pay a $12.945 per person energy surcharge and a $5 per person housekeeping charge for the 3 of us over age 10. 10 and under do not pay those taxes. I called the hotel direct to get clarification on the bottom line price and to ask if we can get the discount with my husband as a police officer on leisure and they said yes. The next best deal was through AAA and that was $ 332.20. We will get 4 wrist bands and able to go into all the amenities at Atlantis. We will call the taxi driver we use when we go there and he charges $3 per person each way. I'm really excited about this as we have usually been to Nassau in cooler weather (except for one August) and know we'll want to be in water during the scorching heat. We had really planned to stay on the ship, but figure we can explore it on the sea days.

[BeautyFan]

PoohJen...I do not see a Hogwarts ticker? :confused3


Hanover (Danielle)...Atlantis sounds like fun! :beach: Especially since I've been reading that so many people are not getting off the ship in Nassau these days. We went to Ardastra Gardens last year but missed the Flamingo march, so we might try to get up earlier this time and check it out again. It was a nice leisurely excursion at our own pace. Then hit just a little bit of souvenir shopping - I've never had one of those rum cakes! :goodvibes

It seemed to take soooo long for our tickers to get to under 100 days, and now time is just flying, and I'm already looking disgustedly at my summer wear realizing I will need a wardrobe expedition! (Yes, GA weather will be up to the 80s this weekend so summer wardrobe is a reality!) :cool2:

[keishashadow]

High tea is nice. We didn't book it this time because we are doing Palo brunch the same day and I can't do that much food in one day. It's hard not to eat the offerings at Palo! We are doing Palo dinner another night as we get it "free" from being platinum.

I just had my curiousity get the best of me and I ended up booking the Comfort Suites in Nassau for the day we are there. It was too good of a deal to pass up. I got the room for the 4 of us--2 adults and 2 kids (one will be 14, the other 10) and with the government rate I got it for $242.40. We will have to pay a $12.945 per person energy surcharge and a $5 per person housekeeping charge for the 3 of us over age 10. 10 and under do not pay those taxes. I called the hotel direct to get clarification on the bottom line price and to ask if we can get the discount with my husband as a police officer on leisure and they said yes. The next best deal was through AAA and that was $ 332.20. We will get 4 wrist bands and able to go into all the amenities at Atlantis. We will call the taxi driver we use when we go there and he charges $3 per person each way. I'm really excited about this as we have usually been to Nassau in cooler weather (except for one August) and know we'll want to be in water during the scorching heat. We had really planned to stay on the ship, but figure we can explore it on the sea days.

i booked the aqua adventure excursion thru disney but really not liking the sound of a 20 minute walk from bus to/from the resort:confused:. I can't imagine where it'd let you off so far away when they could pull right up to resort.:confused3

my middle DS is a policeman:goodvibes. I still have comfort suites booked, may just cancel the excursion. My rate is w/SAMs club code & is $223.21, with taxes/fees bringing est total to $299.29 but that doesn't include the $12.95 & $5.00 pp surcharges...if im adding it up correctly approx $335 for 2...was more of a bargin w/i had a kid or 2 along;)...best part is it's a nice walk from nearby towel stand thru the resort & no 'preview' required

decisions, decisions:laughing:

[MichelleVW]

I just booked a hotel on the beach for the night before the cruise. I think I'm going to chill on the beach from about 10-11, clean up and then get to the port around noon.

[PoohJen]

PoohJen...I do not see a Hogwarts ticker? :confused3

Dunno why - I see it! It may be your screen settings? The tickers are side by side.

[VKtravel]

Dunno why - I see it! It may be your screen settings? The tickers are side by side.

No ticker PooJen. Only see your family reunion cruise ticker..no Hogwarts.

[MichelleVW]

No ticker PooJen. Only see your family reunion cruise ticker..no Hogwarts.

That's weird, because I can see it. :confused3

[PoohJen]

That's weird, because I can see it. :confused3

maybe it's like in Harry Potter, where only certain people can see thestrals??? :confused3

[PoohJen]

Does anyone know what type of fridge - if any - is in the Dream cabins? Time to plan for bringing some adult beverages on board (I'm way too cheap to buy on board):rolleyes1

In truth, we always bring a little beer/wine coolers, but never drink 'em b/c we are too full from food all week. But I am thinking my bro will want to bring beer, and possibly some wine. Is there a fridge that (i) has room and (ii) will be cold enough for that?:drinking1:sail:

[MichelleVW]

Just booked Port Orleans French Quarter for the Friday after the cruise. We're not going to the parks, but I still wanted to stay at a Disney resort!

[daboof]

this will be cruise #6 with DW also DS 11 and DD7

[VKtravel]

When it comes time to register next week, should I try for Palo brunch or dinner? I guess I'd better be glad with whatever is open but I'm just wondering. I don't know if I want to miss any of the other dinner nights. Thoughts?:confused3

[PoohJen]

VK, take a look at the dinner menu and see if it tempts you. You can go for both, if open (but brunch wasn't even open when my window opened on the gold round - brunch is only on sea day, and we only have one sea day).

Both are lovely. I'm with you, though, I never like to miss dinner in the dining rooms. When I've done Palo dinner in the past, DH and I join the family for early dinner in the dining room (we just eat an app with the family) and take a later Palo ressie.

If there's nothing open, don't despair - chances are good you can still book on board - good luck!:thumbsup2

[PoohJen]

Just booked Port Orleans French Quarter for the Friday after the cruise. We're not going to the parks, but I still wanted to stay at a Disney resort!

We LOVE Port Orleans!!!


Welcome daboof!!!:welcome:

[DISnutzFromCO]

Does anyone know what type of fridge - if any - is in the Dream cabins?

We were on the Dream in March and our stateroom (cat 5C) had a small fridge in the cabinet beneath the TV. It is a typical small size that you might find in a hotel room in the US. It is not stocked, so you can put your own beverages in it. Just guessing here ... I would say it would be big enough for a bottle of wine and at least 6-8 cans of beer or water bottles. Maybe more. We consistently had about 8 water bottles in it and it wasn't full. You can also ask your cabin steward to fill your ice bucket and use that too if the fridge isn't cold enough.

[MichelleVW]

We LOVE Port Orleans!!!


Welcome daboof!!!:welcome:

We stayed at Riverside last year and loved it, so I figured we would try French Quarter this time around. So far we've stayed at AKL, ASMusic, ASMovies, Pop, Caribbean Beach and Riverside. Trying to get them all someday!!:thumbsup2

[mmtska]

Is anyone visiting the park before or after the cruise? We just got 2 park tix and I'm debating whether to go before the cruise or not. The hot weather is what is worrying me. We always seem to go when it's hot and I swear I'll never do it again, but then I do! Decisions!!

We are. We arrive at OKW on the 19th, and we're there until the cruise. Then it pretty much depends on life right now. I might be making a pit stop on the way back because we might be moving to Orlando..... *crossing fingers*

[keishashadow]

When it comes time to register next week, should I try for Palo brunch or dinner? I guess I'd better be glad with whatever is open but I'm just wondering. I don't know if I want to miss any of the other dinner nights. Thoughts?:confused3

didn't see brunch last time i checked either

wondering though since i already have palo booked for dinner, would i even be able to 'see' if a brunch opens up:confused:

it's my understanding you can book palo only once pre-boarding, but wasn't sure if that means once for dinner, once for brunch & once for high tea (which i didn't see either & not sure if available on our cruise):confused3

[VKtravel]

VK, take a look at the dinner menu and see if it tempts you. You can go for both, if open (but brunch wasn't even open when my window opened on the gold round - brunch is only on sea day, and we only have one sea day).

Both are lovely. I'm with you, though, I never like to miss dinner in the dining rooms. When I've done Palo dinner in the past, DH and I join the family for early dinner in the dining room (we just eat an app with the family) and take a later Palo ressie.

If there's nothing open, don't despair - chances are good you can still book on board - good luck!:thumbsup2

Everything on the dinner menu looks fabulous! Only a few more days to countdown before I can register online. Hopefully there will be something.

didn't see brunch last time i checked either

wondering though since i already have palo booked for dinner, would i even be able to 'see' if a brunch opens up:confused:

it's my understanding you can book palo only once pre-boarding, but wasn't sure if that means once for dinner, once for brunch & once for high tea (which i didn't see either & not sure if available on our cruise):confused3

Thanks! I will check for both of them before I do the final booking. I'm confused...what's the difference between brunch and high tea? Menus? :confused3

[js]

Hi everyone!
Can I join too!
We booked our July 24, 2011 cruise March 2010 and cannot wait!
We cruise often but only once on Disney Wonder.
My family of 4, ds-13, dd-17, have two aft 6Bs on Deck 6 booked with my mom, using our points.
My sister and her family of 3 little boys are in 2 insides across the hall.

We are doing 4 nights pre cruise. First night (just my dd and my mother and I flying in) at BWVs and made ressies for that night at BlueZoo and taking KTTK tour Thursday. Thursday day, my sister and her family and my dh and ds come in and we are going to THVs. They will do the parks, my family will NOT over summer!

During my open Silver CC time, I was able to make ressies for Palo for night 4 for 5 ppl for 8:30 pm. I was not able to book Remy for 5 ppl.
Then, today, I was reading about Remy and thought, let me just try again.
Booking for 5 ppl was open and so was Night 4. I booked it for 5 ppl, 7:20 pm (great time for us) and then canceled Palo. It looks wonderful and the reviews seem to be great.

Does anyone else have children closer in age to mine? We usually sail RCCL but using our points for DCL since my sister and her family never cruised.

Thanks.

[js]

i booked the aqua adventure excursion thru disney but really not liking the sound of a 20 minute walk from bus to/from the resort:confused:. I can't imagine where it'd let you off so far away when they could pull right up to resort.:confused3

my middle DS is a policeman:goodvibes. I still have comfort suites booked, may just cancel the excursion. My rate is w/SAMs club code & is $223.21, with taxes/fees bringing est total to $299.29 but that doesn't include the $12.95 & $5.00 pp surcharges...if im adding it up correctly approx $335 for 2...was more of a bargin w/i had a kid or 2 along;)...best part is it's a nice walk from nearby towel stand thru the resort & no 'preview' required

decisions, decisions:laughing:

Hi. My dh is retired NYPD and we always use the Govt/Military Rate.
Is above what you got with that rate? $315 in Nassau. Not sure but if no one gets off ship in Nassau, I may spend the money. Thanks.

[PoohJen]

Welcome JS!:banana:

My children are close to yours in age - My eldest son is 18 and graduating next month; my twin boys are 14; all three are seasoned DCL cruisers!

We are sailing with my Mom and Dad, and my sister and brother and their familiies for Dad's 75th. My sis (BeautyFan on the Dis) has a 4yo daughter and my bro has a daughter who will almost be 3 at sailing.:thumbsup2

[Cheryl726]

Does anyone else have children closer in age to mine? We usually sail RCCL but using our points for DCL since my sister and her family never cruised.

Thanks.

Hi, I have DS12 and DS9, they are excited to try the clubs!

[js]

Anyone else onboard for the July 24, 2011 Disney Dream cruise with 2 stops at Castaway Cay?

I'm Danielle and will be sailing with my DH Derek, and my then DS14 Keegan and then DS10 Brennan. It will be our 14th DCL cruise and 1st on the Dream (unless we can squeeze another one in if any great deals come out!)

Welcome JS!:banana:

My children are close to yours in age - My eldest son is 18 and graduating next month; my twin boys are 14; all three are seasoned DCL cruisers!

We are sailing with my Mom and Dad, and my sister and brother and their familiies for Dad's 75th. My sis (BeautyFan on the Dis) has a 4yo daughter and my bro has a daughter who will almost be 3 at sailing.:thumbsup2

Hi, I have DS12 and DS9, they are excited to try the clubs!

Hi guys! We are seasoned cruisers but not on DCL. This will be only our second and my kids were very small on the last DCL. PoohJen, my dd turned 17 in March and we have begun the college search. We are on the East Coast and keeping our search about 2-3 hours close to home (we live in New York). Great birthday present for your dad! My son is 13 and loves RCCL so hopes he loves DCL clubs. Perhaps they can e-mail once the summer comes. He is big into baseball.

Cheryl: My son is 13 so also very close in age to your son. While my ds isn't on the computer much (more video games LOL) perhaps they can all e-mail each other have get to "know" each other prior to getting on the ship?

Looking forward to July!

[keishashadow]

Hi. My dh is retired NYPD and we always use the Govt/Military Rate.
Is above what you got with that rate? $315 in Nassau. Not sure but if no one gets off ship in Nassau, I may spend the money. Thanks.

No, that was SAMS club rate. The govt rate is approx $50 less when i checked today.

My DH is ex military but not retired. Choice is one of few providers that grants the military rate to both official and leisure travel w/o any military photo id or travel orders. FYI, their website states that "certain military associations are extended the rate on leisure travel". DH belongs to several such associations and we've never had a problem stateside, just not sure i'd want to be turned down in Nassau & have to pay rack rate:scared1:.

I may just keep the aqua adventure i booked & cancel the hotel reservations, it's not that big of a savings to book the hotel for just 2 people im finding;). I just hate the idea of waiting for bus at the pier & long hot walk to resort...according to reports i've read:confused3. I posted a Q on main board, maybe will get some good advice.

I just got done paying my DSs college deposit & housing fees, happy joy - not! He received almost $110,000 in offers from a bunch of universities. Turned down free ride to PITT & near-one to Thiel (grrrrr!). He fell in love with the Robert E Cook Honors College @ Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Wants to be a trader, and accepted in their Eberly School of Business honors track, seems to be a good fit for him.

if he's happy, i'm happy...repeat mantra (often) & keep signing the checks:)

[js]

No, that was SAMS club rate. The govt rate is approx $50 less when i checked today.

My DH is ex military but not retired. Choice is one of few providers that grants the military rate to both official and leisure travel w/o any military photo id or travel orders. FYI, their website states that "certain military associations are extended the rate on leisure travel". DH belongs to several such associations and we've never had a problem stateside, just not sure i'd want to be turned down in Nassau & have to pay rack rate:scared1:.

I may just keep the aqua adventure i booked & cancel the hotel reservations, it's not that big of a savings to book the hotel for just 2 people im finding;). I just hate the idea of waiting for bus at the pier & long hot walk to resort...according to reports i've read:confused3. I posted a Q on main board, maybe will get some good advice.

I just got done paying my DSs college deposit & housing fees, happy joy - not! He received almost $110,000 in offers from a bunch of universities. Turned down free ride to PITT & near-one to Thiel (grrrrr!). He fell in love with the Robert E Cook Honors College @ Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Wants to be a trader, and accepted in their Eberly School of Business honors track, seems to be a good fit for him.

if he's happy, i'm happy...repeat mantra (often) & keep signing the checks:)

keishashadow-Congratulations on your son and his admission to college and his offers! How wonderful! We are in the thick of college visits and most in PA. We are tying to keep it no longer than 2-3 hours away. We live in NY. In PA, we visited, Villanova, Lehigh, Lafayette and last week visited with Muhlenberg. We have been to UDel, Fordham and Quinnipiac. Villanova, right now, is her first choice. I guess prom and graduation are coming up soon for you. How exciting. I keep thinking this time next year she (I LOL) will be done and we will know where she is going. She took her SATs in both January and March so done with those. She is taking SAT II Subject tests this Saturday and hopefully that will be the last of the standardized testing for college. AP tests this week and next.
Again, congraulations on the offers. You must be so proud.

Regarding Nassau, have you been on cruisecritic.com? It is like the disboards but for cruising. It is a wealth of information. They have a Ports of Call board with Nassau, where you can find out much information.

Has anyone made any ressies for Remy or Palo. I am excited we were able to get Remy since we have done Palo (even though it was long ago).
The $75 is rather steep compared to RCCL that charges $25 per person for their speciality restaurants, which I also find wonderful.

Looking forward to July :banana:

[PoohJen]

PoohJen, my dd turned 17 in March and we have begun the college search. We are on the East Coast and keeping our search about 2-3 hours close to home (we live in New York).

My son is 13 and loves RCCL so hopes he loves DCL clubs. Perhaps they can e-mail once the summer comes. He is big into baseball.


Hi JS,
I grew up on Long Island and went to college waaaayyyy upstate (8 hours!). DS surprisingly chose a school only an hour away from us (he'd prefer it was halfway around the world!;) ) but went to look at it and fell in love with it. Lucky for us (he'll live there, but it definitely makes travel easier!):thumbsup2

Did you say BASEBALL????!!!!! omg, omg, omg - we are so into baseball!!!:cheer2::banana::cool1: DS 14 has been playing travel ball since he was eight - he's at his pitching lesson right now, then to the cages to hit! On the Disney ships, you'll find him most days hanging out on the sports deck! Sounds like they may be a good match!

[minniemouse86]

Hello,
For all of you looking at colleges, my DH is the Director of College Counseling for the independent school at which we both work. He would be happy to provide any advice or guidance that you might need. If you don't want to get into a public discussion on the Board please PM me. My DS just finished the process and is off to The College of Wooster in the fall.:) I am counting the days to graduation and our cruise:cheer2:

[VKtravel]

Hey everyone! I am just now getting on the boards for the day and I feel like I'm going through withdrawal:crazy2:! Does anyone have kids my age? DDs will be 9 and 7 when we sail but they don't know anything about it yet. We're surprising them!:cheer2:

[PoohJen]

Thanks for the generous offer, Minnie - and congratulations and good luck to your son! I bet he is excited!:cool1:

[Lauri]

Wow, I just left college confidential, and I feel like I'm back there. DS 16 is finishing up his junior year. He says by the end of this year, he'll have taken every type of standardized test offered (SAT, ACT, AP, SAT II, and various local tests.) This cruise is supposed to be a well-deserved brake for him, before he starts the college application process in the fall.

DD 14 will be starting HS in September. sounds like they'll be lots of teens in Vibe.

js--as far as Remy, it's supposed to be like V & A at the Grand Floridian. DH and I went there for our anniversary two years ago, and it was really wonderful. If this was a 7 night cruise, we would definitely go. But we'll do our one night at Palo and spend the rest with the kida and check out the rotational dining on the Dream.

Lauri

[keishashadow]

js yes, the disney board is rather quiet @ CC vs here. I don't visit the site much unless doing another lines' offerings, thanks for the reminder i'll check it out.

Those are all great schools. Lehigh has a program my son participated in PA Free Enterprise Workshop that is a scholarship type summer thing...not sure if non residents can avail themselves of it or not. Nice bonus is they get a small renewable scholarship if attending Lehigh. We looked @ Bucknell, Gettysburg and Drexel out your way but didn't get enough 'love';)to make it viable. Interesting thing re the private schools is many don't have that May commitment signing date. DS still has his scholarships in place waiting for him until the end of July. In PA the state subsidies, even for the private schools, is supposed to be cut drastically. Should know the end of June how much tuition is going to rise. Received a letter from Penn State indicating a $5K per semester increase projection.:scared1: Guesstimates for PA are the private schools will increase tuition up to 5%, tier 2 up to 20%, and tier 1 50% unless the new governor backs down to public pressure. I realize the budget needs balanced but it was difficult to make a commitment to attend a school a few weeks ago when the tutition is in veritable limbo.:rolleyes1rant over, back to vacation happy place lol

notice in your signature line you're a SSR owner. We will be staying @ SSR our 1st time in Oct. Requested Congress park (hoping for DTD view & ability to walk to DTD) any hints?

[js]

Hi JS,
I grew up on Long Island and went to college waaaayyyy upstate (8 hours!). DS surprisingly chose a school only an hour away from us (he'd prefer it was halfway around the world!;) ) but went to look at it and fell in love with it. Lucky for us (he'll live there, but it definitely makes travel easier!):thumbsup2

Did you say BASEBALL????!!!!! omg, omg, omg - we are so into baseball!!!:cheer2::banana::cool1: DS 14 has been playing travel ball since he was eight - he's at his pitching lesson right now, then to the cages to hit! On the Disney ships, you'll find him most days hanging out on the sports deck! Sounds like they may be a good match!

OH YES, I said BASEBALL! My ds, who turns 13 next week, is baseball 12 and plays up on a travel team. He, too, is a pitcher (and catcher). We also have private pitching lessons, which my dh brings him too and hitting lessons. Baseball is his only love in sports. He doesn't play any other sport but "trys" to throw the basketball around a little. Baseball, even in NY, is 12 months a year, with workouts and lessons in the winter. I live in Staten Island (NOTE:We are NOTHING like anyone sees on TV OMG :eek:) I am sure our kids will touch base. Heck, maybe we have played you in tournaments LOL


Hello,
For all of you looking at colleges, my DH is the Director of College Counseling for the independent school at which we both work. He would be happy to provide any advice or guidance that you might need. If you don't want to get into a public discussion on the Board please PM me. My DS just finished the process and is off to The College of Wooster in the fall.:) I am counting the days to graduation and our cruise:cheer2:

Thank you minniemouse. I, too, work in a college. It is a small private college in New York. I work in the Provost's office and so thankfull I am here!
My dd does summer lab work here with a professor for the last 3 years and since she wants to go into the sciences, it is wonderful.


Wow, I just left college confidential, and I feel like I'm back there. DS 16 is finishing up his junior year. He says by the end of this year, he'll have taken every type of standardized test offered (SAT, ACT, AP, SAT II, and various local tests.) This cruise is supposed to be a well-deserved brake for him, before he starts the college application process in the fall.

DD 14 will be starting HS in September. sounds like they'll be lots of teens in Vibe.

js--as far as Remy, it's supposed to be like V & A at the Grand Floridian. DH and I went there for our anniversary two years ago, and it was really wonderful. If this was a 7 night cruise, we would definitely go. But we'll do our one night at Palo and spend the rest with the kida and check out the rotational dining on the Dream.

Lauri

Thanks Lauri. Although my dd and mother have been to VA, my dh and I have not but we do like to go out every so often with friends to nice dinners and enjoy relaxing and taking our time with dinner and drinks. Really looking forward to it. My dd and I both go on CC. My dd told me she thinks getting into college will be harder than actually being there LOL I believe her LOL
We are all looking forward to relaxing in July!


js yes, the disney board is rather quiet @ CC vs here. I don't visit the site much unless doing another lines' offerings, thanks for the reminder i'll check it out.

Those are all great schools. Lehigh has a program my son participated in PA Free Enterprise Workshop that is a scholarship type summer thing...not sure if non residents can avail themselves of it or not. Nice bonus is they get a small renewable scholarship if attending Lehigh. We looked @ Bucknell, Gettysburg and Drexel out your way but didn't get enough 'love';)to make it viable. Interesting thing re the private schools is many don't have that May commitment signing date. DS still has his scholarships in place waiting for him until the end of July. In PA the state subsidies, even for the private schools, is supposed to be cut drastically. Should know the end of June how much tuition is going to rise. Received a letter from Penn State indicating a $5K per semester increase projection.:scared1: Guesstimates for PA are the private schools will increase tuition up to 5%, tier 2 up to 20%, and tier 1 50% unless the new governor backs down to public pressure. I realize the budget needs balanced but it was difficult to make a commitment to attend a school a few weeks ago when the tutition is in veritable limbo.:rolleyes1rant over, back to vacation happy place lol

notice in your signature line you're a SSR owner. We will be staying @ SSR our 1st time in Oct. Requested Congress park (hoping for DTD view & ability to walk to DTD) any hints?

keishashadow-I work in a private college in NY and although it isn't guaranteed, I have about 300+ schools where we get Tuition Remission, all throughout the US. They put $35K towards the school but like I said, it is not guaranteed. Although at Muhlenberg, her Admissions person really must have liked her in the interview since she told us if we keep in touch and put down EA, she will see we get the spot (they had only 6 open spots last year for Tuition Exchange). The only school that we have looked at not on our list was Lehigh. All others are on our list and I am stying on our list. $35K for a $45K+ school that she would love, I'll take it and she must too LOL
She really liked Muhlenberg but for EA, must LOVE it. For $35K I told her she needs to love it :love:

Yes, we are SSR owners but have never been there, sorry. We are going pre-cruise at the THV, but not the actually SSR. We have been to BWVs, the cruise and THVs and going to BLT in September but never SSR. We toured there before purchasing our points and loved it. We ended up purchasing resale (well my mother purchased our points for us with the stipulation she always comes with us :thumbsup2 LOL). It looks lovely.

Talk to you all soon! Off to check my ressies for our pre cruise to make sure we have dinner scheduled somewhere for each night.
We are doing Chef Mickey's Saturday night before the cruise so the little kids (my sisters) can see the characters prior to boarding in case they miss them, they won't be looking for them.

See you all soon and Happy Mother's Day.

[daboof]

thanks for the warm welcome poohjen and michellevw just got off the magic for easter but ready for the dream

[Lolo's Mom]

Hi all -- my crew (dh, ds - 10, and dd - 7) will be sailing with you as well. This will be our 9th Disney cruise but first cruise on the Dream. Looking forward to the 2 stops at CC (I booked a Cabana for both days).

If anyone has children close in age to mine - send me a PM if they would like to correspond via email prior to the cruise. DS emailed a friend for several weeks before a prior cruise and I think that the friendship was one of the best parts of the trip.

[VKtravel]

Is there a problem with the online check in? I was in the middle of it and then it told me an error occurred and now I can't get back in because it says, "Either there has been a system issue or another Guest in your stateroom or another stateroom linked to yours is currently arranging activities in My Cruise Plans. Please try again later." :badpc:

[MichelleVW]

Is there a problem with the online check in? I was in the middle of it and then it told me an error occurred and now I can't get back in because it says, "Either there has been a system issue or another Guest in your stateroom or another stateroom linked to yours is currently arranging activities in My Cruise Plans. Please try again later." :badpc:

I haven't been able to check in either. I have booked a massage on Castaway Cay, but that's it.

[PoohJen]

Welcome Jean to our Friendly Group!!!:welcome::disrocks:

To those having check in problems - sorry to hear that! Keep trying!:thumbsup2

What are we up to - about 75 days?!!! Woo Hoo!!!:woohoo::banana::cool1::cheer2::yay:

[MichelleVW]

Welcome Jean to our Friendly Group!!!:welcome::disrocks:

To those having check in problems - sorry to hear that! Keep trying!:thumbsup2

What are we up to - about 75 days?!!! Woo Hoo!!!:woohoo::banana::cool1::cheer2::yay:

I'm all checked in!!! I got a 12:30 port arrival time because I want to go to the beach for an hour or so that morning. We have a beach front hotel, so my plan is to chill at the beach from 10-11 then come in, clean up then head to the port. :thumbsup2

I have a massage scheduled on Castaway Cay for 10 am on the first day.

[EskiLvr]

Got my hubby and son checked in - now have to wait for the computer to unlock my reservation for our connecting stateroom so that I can get my other son and I checked in. Got the 11:00 - 11:30 port arrival - which is exactly what we wanted. Only disappointment so far is that there were no cabanas available when I got online at 6 AM Central today - so we'll just have to waitlist when we get there and hope for the best.

It's 9:30 at night and 91 degrees here in Nebraska. If I'm going to have July weather, why can't our cruise be closer? :rotfl:

Kris

[mmtska]

We're checked in! I got the 2 excursions we wanted, an 11:00 check in time and my friend's daughter registered for the club! The only thing I couldn't get is Palo brunch. DH and I were going to go to Palo one night, but we can't decide which night to go, so we just said forget about it and we'll do it on the next trip. Hopefully we can get brunch onboard!

[VKtravel]

WOO HOO!!! We're all checked in! I was up at the stroke of midnight (eastern standard time) to start the process. I couldn't finish up until 1:30 AM because the crazy computer kept locking me out of my reservation :scared1:! We got the 11:00 AM check in time, Palo ressies for the second night, and a cabana massage at Castaway Cay! I am thrilled but I might give up Palo because I don't want to miss anything! LOL We are truly in the countdown now! NOW IT FEELS REAL TO ME! :banana:

[Hanover]

Hi JS,
I grew up on Long Island and went to college waaaayyyy upstate (8 hours!). DS surprisingly chose a school only an hour away from us (he'd prefer it was halfway around the world!;) ) but went to look at it and fell in love with it. Lucky for us (he'll live there, but it definitely makes travel easier!):thumbsup2

Did you say BASEBALL????!!!!! omg, omg, omg - we are so into baseball!!!:cheer2::banana::cool1: DS 14 has been playing travel ball since he was eight - he's at his pitching lesson right now, then to the cages to hit! On the Disney ships, you'll find him most days hanging out on the sports deck! Sounds like they may be a good match!

My son Keegan (who will be 14 this Friday) and our friend's son Jake (he will be15 by the cruise) will be living on the sports deck too. They are both double rostered on a farm team and junior legion team. Keegan is a pitcher, catcher and center fielder. Jake plays 2nd and 3rd. They have 37 games between now and July 7th and then play offs begin... my ds10 has 20 games and then traveling all stars. They both have played since they were 4. They are very much into football too and will probably be looking for kids for pick up games on the sports deck. DS10 is also a year round wrestler so we are forever in gyms and at fields! We all love it!

[Hanover]

Hey everyone! I am just now getting on the boards for the day and I feel like I'm going through withdrawal:crazy2:! Does anyone have kids my age? DDs will be 9 and 7 when we sail but they don't know anything about it yet. We're surprising them!:cheer2:

My son Brennan turned 10 in February. My friend Beth's daughter is 8 and her middle son is 11. They will be sailing with us too. We surprised our sons with a cruise in 2006 ---they didn't know about it until we pulled up to the port and gave Keegan a final birthday gift---the cruise documents wrapped up. We had been at WDW a few days and they thought we were leaving the next day and just going to watch the Magic sail off. They were shocked and thrilled.

[VKtravel]

My son Brennan turned 10 in February. My friend Beth's daughter is 8 and her middle son is 11. They will be sailing with us too. We surprised our sons with a cruise in 2006 ---they didn't know about it until we pulled up to the port and gave Keegan a final birthday gift---the cruise documents wrapped up. We had been at WDW a few days and they thought we were leaving the next day and just going to watch the Magic sail off. They were shocked and thrilled.

What an awesome surprise! I hope to get the same reaction after our scavenger hunt the day before we fly out. I would love for the DDs to start meeting other kids before we go, but I don't want to ruin the surprise! It's hard to keep this a secret!:rolleyes1

[js]

thanks for the warm welcome poohjen and michellevw just got off the magic for easter but ready for the dream
Welcome daboof! Funny, my dh and I have a friend we call boof. His hair use to be so "big" so we called him Boof and it has stuck for over 20 years :rotfl2:

Hi all -- my crew (dh, ds - 10, and dd - 7) will be sailing with you as well. This will be our 9th Disney cruise but first cruise on the Dream. Looking forward to the 2 stops at CC (I booked a Cabana for both days).

If anyone has children close in age to mine - send me a PM if they would like to correspond via email prior to the cruise. DS emailed a friend for several weeks before a prior cruise and I think that the friendship was one of the best parts of the trip.
Hi lolo. I'll tell my sister to come on these boards. She will be on board with her 3 sons, oldest is 7.

I haven't been able to check in either. I have booked a massage on Castaway Cay, but that's it.
How frustrating!! At least you got your massage on CC. I've been thinking about doing that since we have 2 stops there and planning on the Sheraton as another beach day in Bahamas. My mother had a massage on Serenity Bay years ago when we were on CC and said it was so relaxing hearing the ocean while getting the massage! Have a great time!

I'm all checked in!!! I got a 12:30 port arrival time because I want to go to the beach for an hour or so that morning. We have a beach front hotel, so my plan is to chill at the beach from 10-11 then come in, clean up then head to the port. :thumbsup2

I have a massage scheduled on Castaway Cay for 10 am on the first day.
So happy you got exactly what you wanted!!!

Got my hubby and son checked in - now have to wait for the computer to unlock my reservation for our connecting stateroom so that I can get my other son and I checked in. Got the 11:00 - 11:30 port arrival - which is exactly what we wanted. Only disappointment so far is that there were no cabanas available when I got online at 6 AM Central today - so we'll just have to waitlist when we get there and hope for the best.

It's 9:30 at night and 91 degrees here in Nebraska. If I'm going to have July weather, why can't our cruise be closer? :rotfl:

Kris
Happy you got what you wanted! Hope a cabana opens for you!
We are 10 people so that wouldn't have worked for us, although we were looking into it.

We're checked in! I got the 2 excursions we wanted, an 11:00 check in time and my friend's daughter registered for the club! The only thing I couldn't get is Palo brunch. DH and I were going to go to Palo one night, but we can't decide which night to go, so we just said forget about it and we'll do it on the next trip. Hopefully we can get brunch onboard!
KEEP CHECKING! At first I couldnt' get Remy for 5 ppl for the night we wanted and I kept checking and about a week or so later it opened up.
Whenever you are on the computer, just take a quick peek and see if it opens. Good luck!

WOO HOO!!! We're all checked in! I was up at the stroke of midnight (eastern standard time) to start the process. I couldn't finish up until 1:30 AM because the crazy computer kept locking me out of my reservation :scared1:! We got the 11:00 AM check in time, Palo ressies for the second night, and a cabana massage at Castaway Cay! I am thrilled but I might give up Palo because I don't want to miss anything! LOL We are truly in the countdown now! NOW IT FEELS REAL TO ME! :banana:
GREAT! I guess it all worked out!!! :banana:

My son Keegan (who will be 14 this Friday) and our friend's son Jake (he will be15 by the cruise) will be living on the sports deck too. They are both double rostered on a farm team and junior legion team. Keegan is a pitcher, catcher and center fielder. Jake plays 2nd and 3rd. They have 37 games between now and July 7th and then play offs begin... my ds10 has 20 games and then traveling all stars. They both have played since they were 4. They are very much into football too and will probably be looking for kids for pick up games on the sports deck. DS10 is also a year round wrestler so we are forever in gyms and at fields! We all love it!
Hi! We love to be at the games too! Baseball is my ds's only sport, THANK GOODNESS! He, too, is a pitcher, catcher and 1st base. I keep telling him there will be many boys his age on board that love sports more than Disney LOL He loves cruising (we usually cruise RCCL) and is skeptical about having teens on DCL. I am SOOO happy there will be lots of teens with a love of sports!

My son Brennan turned 10 in February. My friend Beth's daughter is 8 and her middle son is 11. They will be sailing with us too. We surprised our sons with a cruise in 2006 ---they didn't know about it until we pulled up to the port and gave Keegan a final birthday gift---the cruise documents wrapped up. We had been at WDW a few days and they thought we were leaving the next day and just going to watch the Magic sail off. They were shocked and thrilled.
That's Great! I remember one year we woke up the kids on a weekday about 4 or 5 am and told them it was time to get up for school. I had a video and had my dd read some poem I got off the disboards that told them to get dressed, we were going to Disney. About 45 minutes later a limo was outside and off we went to the airport. It was great!

I also have a dd-17 and is hoping beyond hope will have other girls/boys her age on the ship. Like I said, we cruise other lines, mostly RCCL, and both kids always have a BLAST so I keep telling them there will be other teens on board other than little kids.

On RCCL, we have a cruise meet/greet where we all get together the first day at/before sailaway and everyone can meet up, perhaps the kids meet up (unless they are already looking for friends). Are we doing that this cruise?

My family is going to the Sheraton in Bahamas. Is anyone else doing that for the day?

Have a great week everyone and I so hope this rain STOPS although we are suppose to have it ALL week. My dd is going to her bfs Senior Prom on Wednesday and our college has Commencement on Friday and when it rains, it is in the gym and SO stressful for lineup, seating, etc., since my office is the one that oversees Faculty and Student Line Up :scared1:

My mother, dd and I are heading to Disney on Wednesday and the rest of our group is coming in on Thursday. We booked the Keys to the Kingdom Tour on Thursday since we usually just visit a park and this will be something new.
Going to BlueZoo Wednesday night, just the 3 of us, and that will be new too.

Have you all made your plans to get to the Port? We will be staying at THVs and booked Tiffany Towncar to pick us up at THV to Port and Port to MCO.
I found their prices very good and it includes a stop to the store so we will make a wine, liquor, beer and water stop :laughing:

Have a great week everyone!

[EskiLvr]

Have you all made your plans to get to the Port? We will be staying at THVs and booked Tiffany Towncar to pick us up at THV to Port and Port to MCO.
I found their prices very good and it includes a stop to the store so we will make a wine, liquor, beer and water stop :laughing:

Have a great week everyone!

Shhh... don't tell my boys - they think we're taking Disney Transportation to the port from OKW and then back to SSR when we get back... but we booked with Happy Limo for an actual stretch limo for the "to port" portion of our trip. I can't wait to see the look on their faces when they realize what's going on... :-)

<mwahahaha>

[js]

Shhh... don't tell my boys - they think we're taking Disney Transportation to the port from OKW and then back to SSR when we get back... but we booked with Happy Limo for an actual stretch limo for the "to port" portion of our trip. I can't wait to see the look on their faces when they realize what's going on... :-)

<mwahahaha>

oohhhhh....how fun and exciting! Promise..I won't tell ;)

[5Days]

Just wondering if anyone's teens/tweens would be interested in a thread of their own to get to know each other before the cruise. I see that some of the other cruise dates have done this. Not sure how to go about it but I'm sure someone could help me out with this!

DD#1 - age 15 - loves softball, volleyball, swimming, her ipod, texting....

DD#2 - age 11 - loves dance, music, swimming...

[keishashadow]

We're checked in! I got the 2 excursions we wanted, an 11:00 check in time and my friend's daughter registered for the club! The only thing I couldn't get is Palo brunch. DH and I were going to go to Palo one night, but we can't decide which night to go, so we just said forget about it and we'll do it on the next trip. Hopefully we can get brunch onboard!

just noticed you're north of Pittsburgh, i'm northeast:goodvibes

so, anybody start packing yet:lmao:? accidently clicked on one of the june meet threads the last week of the month & saw many are starting to get their docs, we're up on deck:woohoo:

[mmtska]

just noticed you're north of Pittsburgh, i'm northeast:goodvibes

so, anybody start packing yet:lmao:? accidently clicked on one of the june meet threads the last week of the month & saw many are starting to get their docs, we're up on deck:woohoo:

Sweet! I miss home-I moved to North Carolina, but it's not home. It never will be. Not lovin it here....

[keishashadow]

Sweet! I miss home-I moved to North Carolina, but it's not home. It never will be. Not lovin it here....

i'll send u snow;)jk, know what u mean, i complain re the weather but even when we do retire think we'll keep PIT as home base & just spend a few months in FLA in the winter.

[MichelleVW]

Sweet! I miss home-I moved to North Carolina, but it's not home. It never will be. Not lovin it here....

I'm sorry you don't love North Carolina. I'm prior military and lived in Goldsboro, NC for 7 years. We loved living in NC and would go back in a heartbeat, I love the beach, the mountains and that it's an easy drive to Disney!

[Cheryl726]

so, anybody start packing yet:lmao:? accidently clicked on one of the june meet threads the last week of the month & saw many are starting to get their docs, we're up on deck:woohoo:[/QUOTE]

:cool1: Can't wait to see those docs! Haven't started packing yet, but starting to think about it!

[mmtska]

i'll send u snow;)jk, know what u mean, i complain re the weather but even when we do retire think we'll keep PIT as home base & just spend a few months in FLA in the winter.

Um pass. It snowed here this winter anyway!! Yeah although I don't miss the cold, I miss everything else.

I'm sorry you don't love North Carolina. I'm prior military and lived in Goldsboro, NC for 7 years. We loved living in NC and would go back in a heartbeat, I love the beach, the mountains and that it's an easy drive to Disney!
I think it's where I'm living. We're in Jacksonville, and although it's close to the beach, I just don't like the atmosphere. If we lived closer to Wilmington, I think I'd be ok!

[MichelleVW]

I think it's where I'm living. We're in Jacksonville, and although it's close to the beach, I just don't like the atmosphere. If we lived closer to Wilmington, I think I'd be ok!

Yeah, I'm not a huge fan of Jacksonville, but love love love the Wilmington area. Wrightsville Beach was my absolute favorite!

[js]

just noticed you're north of Pittsburgh, i'm northeast:goodvibes

so, anybody start packing yet:lmao:? accidently clicked on one of the june meet threads the last week of the month & saw many are starting to get their docs, we're up on deck:woohoo:

Can't wait to see those documents :thumbsup2
Haven't started packing yet, although I do think about what I will bring/wear.

I am not a last minute packer and do hope to have most of it done by the first week in July and no later than the second week. My ds has a baseball tournament the full 4th of July weekend so we will be gone for that and I guess I'll come home and finnish up.

Are you guys in PA getting ALL this rain!!! :confused3 When was the last day it was nice out? I don't remember????:confused3
My dd is going to her boyfriends senior prom tomorrow and it is calling for rain, won't be good for the dress or hair :sad2: and we have our college commencement on Friday, which still isn't holding out too much hope for a forecast other than rain :headache:

[Tar1Girl]

Hi Everyone.
You can add more families to this ship.
Mom & Dad (NC)
Mom's Sister, Husband and 19 year old daughter (CO)
Me, 16 year old daughter, 14 year old daughter (NC)
Brother, Wife, 12 year old son, 10 year old son (NC)
Sister, Husband, 8 year old son, 2 year old son (NC)

WE ALL love sports!

Staying at Wilderness Lodge Villas after cruise for 3 days and hitting the parks.

2nd DC for all but CO group.

Has anyone done the sea lion excursion on Nassau?
Has anyone done the catamran & snorkel excursion on CC?

Beauty Fan - where in GA?

SO EXCITED & can NOT wait!!:yay:

[Tar1Girl]

5days - Would love to start a thread for the teens/tweens. I do not know how to start that as well. Can someone help us?

mmtska - I am sorry that you do not like NC. I hope that one day you will be able to move closer to Wilmington. I live in Greensboro which is in the middle of the state. This is nice as I am 3 1/2 hours to the beach and 3 hours to the mountains. Best of both worlds!! We use to live outside of Chicago and I would NOT go back up North for anything!! I love having four seasons and being close to both the beach and mtns. :)

[mmtska]

Yeah, I'm not a huge fan of Jacksonville, but love love love the Wilmington area. Wrightsville Beach was my absolute favorite!

I love that area! We went to Wrightsville a couple of weeks ago and it was great!

5days - Would love to start a thread for the teens/tweens. I do not know how to start that as well. Can someone help us?

mmtska - I am sorry that you do not like NC. I hope that one day you will be able to move closer to Wilmington. I live in Greensboro which is in the middle of the state. This is nice as I am 3 1/2 hours to the beach and 3 hours to the mountains. Best of both worlds!! We use to live outside of Chicago and I would NOT go back up North for anything!! I love having four seasons and being close to both the beach and mtns. :)
The funny thing is I ALWAYS wanted to live in NC, but now I know I have to be a little pickier hahaha. I hope we get to move closer to Wilmington, but I'm still hoping my DH gets selected for the Orlando PD. I have some friends who work for Disney or Universal, so at least I'd know some people down there too :)

[BeautyFan]

so, anybody start packing yet:lmao:? accidently clicked on one of the june meet threads the last week of the month & saw many are starting to get their docs, we're up on deck:woohoo:


Cheryl,
DD(4) wanted to pack last night instead of going to bed. ::MinnieMo Quite a scene as I explained that since she had school on Thurs it was more important to go to bed, and she could start packing when she got home from school.:teacher: I had to work late today so DH came home early with her. By the time I got home, her dresser was empty and her suitcase was overflowing! :rotfl:




[QUOTE=Tar1Girl;41159798]Hi Everyone.
You can add more families to this ship.
Mom & Dad (NC)
Mom's Sister, Husband and 19 year old daughter (CO)
Me, 16 year old daughter, 14 year old daughter (NC)
Brother, Wife, 12 year old son, 10 year old son (NC)
Sister, Husband, 8 year old son, 2 year old son (NC)


Beauty Fan - where in GA?


WELCOME, TARGIRL! :welcome:
We're north of Atlanta, near Alpharetta. Just a little over 8 hours from WDW!
:wave::smickey:

[Tar1Girl]

WELCOME, TARGIRL! :welcome:
We're north of Atlanta, near Alpharetta. Just a little over 8 hours from WDW!
:wave::smickey:[/QUOTE]

Thank you. :cheer2:

I use to live in Rabun County, GA.

[VKtravel]

Cheryl,
DD(4) wanted to pack last night instead of going to bed. ::MinnieMo Quite a scene as I explained that since she had school on Thurs it was more important to go to bed, and she could start packing when she got home from school.:teacher: I had to work late today so DH came home early with her. By the time I got home, her dresser was empty and her suitcase was overflowing! :rotfl:

I'm with your DD (4)! I really want to start packing but I'm trying to resist the urge until the week of July 4th. DD's Grandma will be here and we are going "cruise shopping" for EVERYTHING! I can't wait! :woohoo:

[MichelleVW]

I'm soo ready to go!!! But I'm not an early packer at all. If I pack too early I'm always afraid I forgot something and have to dig in the suitcase to make sure. So best guess is that I will probably pack Friday night after work, or Saturday morning before our flight! :thumbsup2

[VKtravel]

I'm soo ready to go!!! But I'm not an early packer at all. If I pack too early I'm always afraid I forgot something and have to dig in the suitcase to make sure. So best guess is that I will probably pack Friday night after work, or Saturday morning before our flight! :thumbsup2

I'm with you on that one. I'm usually not an early packer either but I will be packing DDs suitcases weeks in advance because "Grandma wants to buy all of the cruise outfits for her grandbabies when she visits in early July"! Have at it! :woohoo: Me and DH have to do our own shopping so I'm sure that the two of us will be packing the night before we leave as well. I just wish that night would hurry up and get here. It's taking forever! :bored:

[Hanover]

We aren't early packers either. We'll probably pack the day before we leave. We pretty much have down to a science what we take on cruises. We just ended up adding 3 more days to the start of our trip. We booked the resort through DVC and no fee to change our flights so it's just a few days extra on the car rental plus food. My parents are going to be in Clearwater the same time with my aunt and uncle who will be visiting from Australia. They are going to Disney for 2 days on the 18/19 and we decided to go a few days earlier than planned so we can meet up and surprise my aunt/uncle. My parents know we'll be there. I also booked an illuminations cruise for the night of the 18th and very excited about that.

We are in PA and this is our first day in a week without rain. Between my 2 boys, they have 7 baseball make ups from missed games. My ds14 has 37 games from last Saturday until July 7 and then play offs. My ds10 still has a good 10 games of his regular season, play offs and then traveling all stars. They play districts the first week of July, have a Ripken touranment in Aberdeen and then States (if they make it, which they should) starting on July 15. We'll most likely go from a hotel at the state tournament to the hotel we are staying at near BWI before flying out early the 18th.

My boys have just over 2 weeks of school left and their end of the year is busy, busy, busy. DS10 and I go to WDW in 2.5 week for Star Wars weekends and we can't wait!!

[Hanover]

I forgot to add we finally participated in our neighborhood yard sale last week and gutted our house out of baby, toddler and young chilren's toys and clothes adn got enough for a down payment on another cruise! We were thrilled to get rid of stuff and happy to be able to book another cruise with the proceeds!

[mmtska]

So I know I asked this before, but only 1 person really answered.....is anyone interested in a FE exchange? I just helped a friend with hers, and I got excited about it again. :)

[Cheryl726]

So I know I asked this before, but only 1 person really answered.....is anyone interested in a FE exchange? I just helped a friend with hers, and I got excited about it again. :)

We've never done one, but it sounds like fun. We'd be interested if you have enough.

[VKtravel]

I forgot to add we finally participated in our neighborhood yard sale last week and gutted our house out of baby, toddler and young chilren's toys and clothes adn got enough for a down payment on another cruise! We were thrilled to get rid of stuff and happy to be able to book another cruise with the proceeds!

You won't have a chane to breathe...let alone be bored and twiddle your thumbs until cruise time! How awesome to have such a successful yard sale! We have never done one because we always give it away to Goodwill or the Salvation Army but every time I see the show "Clean House" I feel like I should try one!

[PoohJen]

So I know I asked this before, but only 1 person really answered.....is anyone interested in a FE exchange? I just helped a friend with hers, and I got excited about it again. :)

Hello! I'm not an FE person, so I will sit this out, but I know folks have sooo much fun with it - I hope you get some takers!:thumbsup2

[VKtravel]

So I know I asked this before, but only 1 person really answered.....is anyone interested in a FE exchange? I just helped a friend with hers, and I got excited about it again. :)

Still trying to decide on this one. Never done it before as this is our first cruise. I'm thinking about doing it, but don't know what all is involved and how much extra I would have to "lug" around in my bags. :confused3

[js]

Hi!
Hope all have a great Memorial Day weekend!
It's my birthday this week but will be celebrating at baseball tournaments all weekend and going to to dinner with my mother on Sunday.

Can't wait until we can say we are "leaving next month!".

Finally not raining here today although very cloudy. I'll take it though since we've had almost 2 full straight weeks of rain :scared1:

Talk to everyone soon!

[Lolo's Mom]

We have done FE on all of our previous cruises and the kids love it. I would be willing to do it on this cruise if there are enough people interested (but not too many - our last cruise had 30 cabins - I had to have one suitcase filled with my FE gifts only - and my husband said never again).

[BeautyFan]

I'm with you on that one. I'm usually not an early packer either but I will be packing DDs suitcases weeks in advance because "Grandma wants to buy all of the cruise outfits for her grandbabies when she visits in early July"! Have at it! :woohoo: Me and DH have to do our own shopping so I'm sure that the two of us will be packing the night before we leave as well. I just wish that night would hurry up and get here. It's taking forever! :bored:


:cheer2::cheer2:Yes, Nanny is coming to visit this weekend and has already mentioned going to the outlets to get DD her cruise clothes. Just printed a coupon from Childrens Place Outlet for Mem Day Weekend. princess:

As for me, I am still optimistic I will lose a few more pounds before the cruise so refuse to shop for my current size! :rolleyes1

[BeautyFan]

So I know I asked this before, but only 1 person really answered.....is anyone interested in a FE exchange? I just helped a friend with hers, and I got excited about it again. :)


Count me in for the FE...I have a really good idea for one.
Happy to see we have a few people interested without getting overwhelmed ;)
I just realized my ticker is at :woohoo::woohoo:60 DAYS! :woohoo::woohoo:

[VKtravel]

:cheer2::cheer2:Yes, Nanny is coming to visit this weekend and has already mentioned going to the outlets to get DD her cruise clothes. Just printed a coupon from Childrens Place Outlet for Mem Day Weekend. princess:

As for me, I am still optimistic I will lose a few more pounds before the cruise so refuse to shop for my current size! :rolleyes1

Are you my kindred spirit or what?! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE The Children's Place and Oshkosh! And I live by their coupons!

You are not by yourself on the weight thing. I am trying really hard to lose more weight so that I can wear a swimsuit without scaring everyone on the boat! :eek: Time is a tickin' so I'd better pick up the pace a bit. Gotta lose it so I can EAT EVERYTHING IN SIGHT!! :lmao:

[keishashadow]

So I know I asked this before, but only 1 person really answered.....is anyone interested in a FE exchange? I just helped a friend with hers, and I got excited about it again. :)

i'm still game:goodvibesa lot of fun & good excuse to lug my FE:laughing:

Still trying to decide on this one. Never done it before as this is our first cruise. I'm thinking about doing it, but don't know what all is involved and how much extra I would have to "lug" around in my bags. :confused3

it's easy, so many creative ideas posted here!

i like to get something for everybody's FE pocket

so, did everybody get an email today from DCL re the cruise? I was scared to open it, afraid we were getting an 'unwanted' upgrade. Glad it was just confirming cruise details.

[VKtravel]

i'm still game:goodvibesa lot of fun & good excuse to lug my FE:laughing:



it's easy, so many creative ideas posted here!

i like to get something for everybody's FE pocket

so, did everybody get an email today from DCL re the cruise? I was scared to open it, afraid we were getting an 'unwanted' upgrade. Glad it was just confirming cruise details.

I'm thinking about it more seriously now. DH isn't really up for it but I told him it wasn't for him! :lmao:

OMG!!! The ticker is under two months....FINALLY! it took it long enough! :hourglass

[Lauri]

Hi all! It's been a while as things are really hectic here with the winding down of the school year. But I know the cruise is getting closer, as I got a call from Southwest yesterday letting me know that our flight time was changed on our return flight.

Our family has never done the FE exchange, so I think we'll pass.

Is anyone staying by the port the night before the cruise? I'm excited that we'll get to see the Magic take off, and then we get to sail on her in November.

Lauri

[VKtravel]

Is anyone staying by the port the night before the cruise? I'm excited that we'll get to see the Magic take off, and then we get to sail on her in November.

Lauri

When does the Magic leave? Would love to see it!:cheer2: