"Once Upon a Dream" 4 Night Dream Cruise 10/16/2011

[tinkmom2]

Yippee! Can't wait!

[IrishCowboy]

I have added your thread to the cruise meet list :thumbsup2

[teroot]

My sister and I

Friends of ours and their parents will all be on this cruise also.

Can hardly wait.

Thanks god for these boards to keep the excitement going.

Room # 7572 friends of ours are in 7570.

How exciting !!!

[tinkmom2]

Hiya,
Glad to see someone else has joined! I am Chris, going are my DH, and my DD's who will be 5 and 12 on the cruise. My youngest will be celebrating her birthday on the cruise:) This will be our third cruise with Disney and we are in room 6610 midship:) See our cabin number is different!
Chris

[LisaraeMN]

Hi There! We'll be joining you on the cruise as well. Taking my DD (6 by the time we cruise) on a surprise Disney Cruise. It will be myself, friend and DD (6). Looking forward to meeting everyone :thumbsup2

Lisa

[OHDisneyDaddy77]

Myself, DW, and DD (4 at cruise time).
Also joining us will be my parents as well as my Brother, his wife, niece (5) and nephew(3).

[ajmiller_19]

I'm 99.9% sure we will be on this one as well! We initially booked a holiday cruise but we are moving it! It will be me, my hubby, our two boys 7 & 8, and my mother as she was very jealous after listening to the stories we just came home with! We are very excited about the new ship!

[tinkmom2]

Nice to see everyone! We upgraded to a catagory 4 family suite with verandah so ignore my cabin number. I am sure no one is forming the FE exchange yet lol!

[SleepyKeith]

My wife and I are book on this cruise as well. This will be our second Disney cruise but first one the Dream. :banana:

[Twinprincesses]

Count us in. My DH, twin girls that will be 8 then and me!! So excited this is our 3rd cruise.

[ajmiller_19]

We are officially switched to this cruise! It will be myself(30), my hubby(turns 32 on the cruise) and our two boys(7&8.) This will be our second disney cruise and we may add my mother for her first ever cruise! We upgraded to a family suite with veranda and are on deck 7!

[slmarkert]

Add us to the list. :banana: We just got off our first cruise and loved it, so scheduled another one onboard. Right now, it's just us - me (Stacy), husband (John), DD (Amanda) 9 at time of cruise and DD (Katie) 7 at cruise time. We're trying to find friends or someone to come with us so we can share the fun. It looks like mid-West fest so far. We're from MN, too, and are tying this into fall break (MEA in my day). Can't wait to sail again and I'm looking forward to being at Castaway Cay when the water isn't frigid! Now that it's official and we have our room assignment, I have to get another trip calculator going. I just deleted our other one because it made me sad to see how many days it had been since we got home.:sad2:

[Twinprincesses]

We have our room assignment but cannot remember what it is right off the top of my head. We are at the back of the ship (which I have never been before). We have a veranda though which I think will be cool right off the very back of the ship. It is category 6.

The girls are super excited about the new kids areas (as am I). I need to think of good fish extender gifts as well this time. The girls love doing the fish extenders.

We have been in October before and the water is great!!! Only last year did we have 1 day that the weather was a bit chilly high 60's, but it was still sunny and beautiful.

[moneyhappy]

Just wanted to say Hello :wave2: to everyone. My DH and will be on this cruise celebrating our 8th anniversary!!

[Twinprincesses]

We need a catchy little name for our group...

[tinkmom2]

How about "Once upon a Dream?" Let me know what you guys want and I can change the title:)

[LisaraeMN]

How about "Once upon a Dream?" Let me know what you guys want and I can change the title:)


Love it! :thumbsup2

[slmarkert]

Sounds great to me, too!

[ajmiller_19]

Has anyone ever been on an October cruise? I keep getting a lot of questions from people such as "Aren't you afraid of the storms? That's still hurricaine season" and many like this. Has anyone had any problems before???

[OHDisneyDaddy77]

Has anyone ever been on an October cruise? I keep getting a lot of questions from people such as "Aren't you afraid of the storms? That's still hurricaine season" and many like this. Has anyone had any problems before???

My wife and I split our honeymoon in October between DCL and WDW and we had beautiful weather, mid 80's and sun the entire time on the Cruise. That was the 14th-18th of October.
The only time the weather was bad was the last day we were in the parks before going home. As for the storms the ships can generally move around to avoid them, or lessen the impact from what I have read.

[tinkmom2]

Has anyone ever been on an October cruise? I keep getting a lot of questions from people such as "Aren't you afraid of the storms? That's still hurricaine season" and many like this. Has anyone had any problems before???

Our last cruise was in early November. Hurricane season was still going on. You never know when severe weather can happen. The ship tracks things like that and let you know in advance if they will be leaving from a different port. We had perfect weather when we went in November. I looked a lot at the Weatherchannel website to track the weather.

[slmarkert]

October is at the tail end of hurricane season, so still possible to get one, but not as likely as earlier in the season. They say that boats are one of the safest places to be if there's a hurricane because they can move. We took out separate trip insurance and did it within the 21 day window after putting our deposit down on the cruise, so we got the "cancel for any reason" coverage.

I've heard a lot of great things about cruising in October. The weather's generally good, warm water, cheaper rates :thumbsup2

[lornak]

Can we join in the fun? Another MN family here!! :goodvibes

This cruise will be a mother/daughter trip for us. It will be me and my three daughters (15, 13, and 12 at the time). We are leaving the boys at home! We are Platinum CC members so we have sailed the MAGIC and WONDER many times....but we can't wait for the DREAM! We splurged and booked a category V concierge stateroom. Then, we will be staying on board for the three night cruise on Oct 20th....we'll be moving to an inside stateroom for that leg of the cruise (had to be reasonable at some point!).

We are looking forward to planning with all of you and eventually meeting up in person!!!!

[ajmiller_19]

Sadly we have had to cancel this cruise...my DH has decided that 4 nights is simply not enough! We have switched to the 7 night cruise on the magic leaving the day before...I hope everyone enjoys the new ship!

[Twinprincesses]

love the name. This will be our 3rd October Cruise. Fingers crossed we have good weather this time.

[Kewz1]

Hello! Add my family to the group! I'm Kristen and I'll be traveling with my DH (Kevin) and kids Katy (will be 17) & Kyle (will be 15).

While we live in AL, DH and I were both born up north so we're right in keeping with the Midwest "theme." ;)

This will be our 3rd cruise and second for our kids. We've booked a Cat 11 room this time. Hoping we won't miss the verandah too much!

Looking forward to getting to know you all!

Kristen

[Twinprincesses]

We are on our annual Disney trip now. We did 3 disney days and 6 days at Vero Beach. Passing those cruise line busses made me want to go earlier than next year.

[loveysbydesign]

Hiya, Popping in to say we may be switching from our May 22 cruise to this one! Has anyone started an FE exchange list yet?

[tinkmom2]

Hiya, Popping in to say we may be switching from our May 22 cruise to this one! Has anyone started an FE exchange list yet?
No FE list yet. We did it on our last two cruises about a month or two months out. A lot of people are still adding or dropping the date.

[teroot]

Just wanted to say I've already posted to this board and our group is getting larger there will be approx 40 coming on this cruise with us now. Thank goodness not all in one cabin.

Don't worry about the Hurricanes we lived through Hannah, Ike and Gustav in 2008 and we will all have a dream of a time together on this one. Hurricanes or not. Disney takes care of you all the way in a very classy way.:cool1:


Looking forward to watching this board build as many more people join in.

Teroot

[tinkmom2]

For the FE we might have to split up the cabins into groups of 10 if it gets too large. We will have to play it by ear. Buying for 10 cabins is easier than buying for a large group and easier on the wallet :banana:

[loveysbydesign]

[QUOTE=tinkmom2;38030242]For the FE we might have to split up the cabins into groups of 10 if it gets too large. We will have to play it by ear. Buying for 10 cabins is easier than buying for a large group and easier on the wallet :banana:[/QU
I agree, that's what most dis'ers do!:cool1:

[tinkmom2]

Both my FE exchanges have been exactly 10 cabins :)

[QUOTE=tinkmom2;38030242]For the FE we might have to split up the cabins into groups of 10 if it gets too large. We will have to play it by ear. Buying for 10 cabins is easier than buying for a large group and easier on the wallet :banana:[/QU
I agree, that's what most dis'ers do!:cool1:

[bfayne]

We are Barry and Teresa will be traveling with our DS (24). Doing a b2b on the Wonder, so won't have to move or pack when we get back to Orlando. You probably won't see us on often for a while because we are leaving Friday for the eastbound transatlantic from Spain, 14 days on the Wonder. :yay: We have taken both a Oct and Nov cruise. The Oct one went great last year, but when we took one in earyl Nov 08, wouldn't you know it, a hurricane in the Atlantic. :scared1: Was scheluded on a eastern, and it got changed to a modified western, not our desire. I don't need to see Mexico again, thats all we did. We look forward to meeting you next year. Does anyone know if there is a Pirate party pirate: on the shorter cruises like on the 7 day ones.

Barry and Teresa :smickey:::MinnieMo

[tinkmom2]

Welcome:cheer2:

[ILuvTigger]

Hello :)

We (dh and I) are booked for this trip. We will be celebrating our 8th wedding anniversary! I can't wait!

[Kewz1]

We are Barry and Teresa will be traveling with our DS (24). :smickey:::MinnieMo

Hello :)

We (dh and I) are booked for this trip. We will be celebrating our 8th wedding anniversary! I can't wait!


Welcome to you both! :welcome:

Kristen

P.S. Barry & Teresa -- we're neighbors! Small world! :wave2:

[Karen Mouse]

Hi folks:goodvibes

We may be switching our Magic reservation to do this cruise and the 3 day one after it b2b.

I'm Karen, hubby is Neil and our DS Ellis will be 11 when we cruise. I'll know more in a couple days time, but just wanted to pop in and say hi:goodvibes

This will be our 3rd cruise, we're looking forward to exploring the Dream, my son cant wait to ride the Aqua Duck :yay:

[Kewz1]

Hi folks:goodvibes

We may be switching our Magic reservation to do this cruise and the 3 day one after it b2b.

I'm Karen, hubby is Neil and our DS Ellis will be 11 when we cruise. I'll know more in a couple days time, but just wanted to pop in and say hi:goodvibes

This will be our 3rd cruise, we're looking forward to exploring the Dream, my son cant wait to ride the Aqua Duck :yay:

:yay: Hello! Hope to see you back!

My whole family is excited to ride the Aqua Duck too!

Kristen

[Karen Mouse]

Sorry folks,.... you're stuck with us!

:dance3:We're all booked:dance3:

Stateroom 7521. Let the partying begin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:dance3:

[Karen Mouse]

:yay: Hello! Hope to see you back!

My whole family is excited to ride the Aqua Duck too!

Kristen

Thanks for the welcome Kirsten :goodvibes - after about 25 emails back and forth to Dreams Unlimited we're now booked on the b2b Oct 16 and Oct 20th. It was a struggle to find a stateroom we were happy with! - we wanted inside (to get the virtual porthole) that wasn't a connecting room and wasn't next to an elevator! After about 20 staterooms already being taken we chose 7521.

I'm soooo excited that I want to start packing:rotfl:

[tinkmom2]

We will have to stop by to see your stateroom. The virtual portholes look awesome! And Welcome:)

[Karen Mouse]

We will have to stop by to see your stateroom. The virtual portholes look awesome! And Welcome:)

Firstly, thanks for the welcome :goodvibes and secondly..
absolutely! - you're more than welcome to come and see the porthole:goodvibes. We cruised inside before and it was fine, and last time we got one of the SPH rooms so had a "free window". We wanted inside this time just for the virtual porthole. Its 11b cat. I wonder how many insiders will be offered upgrades to outside though... 13 months to go and LOTS of the cabins we wanted were already booked up. We couldnt get any of our choices in 10a or 11a. About 20 cabin numbers later our TA finally found one we all liked! I wonder how many people will REFUSE the upgrade, having purposely booked inside for the virtuals. It'll be interesting when the Dream finally sets sail to see how Disney handles it. There are far fewer insides on the Dream than the Magic so I'll be looking at those first few sailings with interest! If we were offered an upgrade I'm not sure what I'd do, I know it would be crazy to turn it down, but I soooo want to see Nemo swim by and the star fish wave at me:lmao:...yes, I'm THAT sad!:lmao:

[vmedisneymom]

Family of 3 joining you from Oklahoma!! We just got hom and settled from our first cruise on Wonder and rebooked on the ship! Guess we will gave to plan for that each time - makes leaving the boat easier! Ha!

[vmedisneymom]

Boy bad spelling! Shouldn't post from my phone :). Hope everyone has a great day!

[Karen Mouse]

Family of 3 joining you from Oklahoma!! We just got hom and settled from our first cruise on Wonder and rebooked on the ship! Guess we will gave to plan for that each time - makes leaving the boat easier! Ha!

:cool1:Welcome! - I'm new on here myself, (just changed from the Magic.) I hope you'll post lots of piccies of your Wonder cruise to keep us going until we get onboard the Dream!

[tinkmom2]

Anyone else excited? We are nearing our one year mark til our cruise:banana:

[Karen Mouse]

Anyone else excited? We are nearing our one year mark til our cruise:banana:

We travel out Oct 14th, so yes, I'm :yay::yay::yay::banana::dance3::dance3:

[tinkmom2]

We are going to be at PoP starting Oct 12th :thumbsup2

[Tngrl78]

Hello everyone! We just took our 2nd Wonder cruise on Sept 19-23rd and while onboard we booked this cruise on the Dream.

On our last cruise we also did our first FE exchange and it was amazing! We can't wait to do it again...only this time we will be much more prepared. Our son (who was 6) was so excited every time we returned to our room to see if he got any more gifts. It was just one of those extras that made the trip so "Wonder"ful...:cool1:

It's going to be so hard to wait another year... wish we could go back tomorrow!

We love the name for the cruise "Once upon a Dream"... great choice. :worship:

[tinkmom2]

I was looking through video from our last cruise and came across this snippet. Just another reason why DCL castmembers are awesome and one of the reasons I thought to choose our group name:thumbsup2
Just click on the video to play:)
http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac226/tinkmom2/th_MVMCP2058.jpg (http://s902.photobucket.com/albums/ac226/tinkmom2/?action=view&current=MVMCP2058.flv)

[Karen Mouse]

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2172891

Click the link above - we have the original ears for our door, but there are some fab designs on page 1

Is everyone going to decorate their doors? I love seeing the designs as you walk round the ship. We had so many lovely comments last time.

[Karen Mouse]

Hello everyone! We just took our 2nd Wonder cruise on Sept 19-23rd and while onboard we booked this cruise on the Dream.

On our last cruise we also did our first FE exchange and it was amazing! We can't wait to do it again...only this time we will be much more prepared. Our son (who was 6) was so excited every time we returned to our room to see if he got any more gifts. It was just one of those extras that made the trip so "Wonder"ful...:cool1:

It's going to be so hard to wait another year... wish we could go back tomorrow!

We love the name for the cruise "Once upon a Dream"... great choice. :worship:

Hi there:goodvibes, this group is growing nicely! I agree, FE is great fun, my son loved it too. He used to run ahead and then yell out "we've got more goodies Mom!" when he saw the door:rotfl:

[Tngrl78]

We will be decorating our door. The last cruise we did was the first time we did anything with our door and we had a lot of fun doing it. We did the Mickey Captain’s hat for our porthole decoration. Plus we added some personalized magnets to our door. We received some new magnets as FE gifts, so we will add them to our door decoration collection. We definitely see this as something that will evolve over time and over multiple cruises… we’ll just keep adding to our door…

It’s kind of scary already knowing that our next cruise will simply be our “next” cruise… and not our last… We have definitely been bitten by the DCL bug!

[tinkmom2]

Yep Karen we will be decorating our door. I have many more magnets to add from our last two cruises plus ****** and millie made me some more. Here's what my door looked like last cruise.
http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac226/tinkmom2/FEExchange.jpg


PS Welcome to all our new members!

[Kewz1]

Sorry folks,.... you're stuck with us!

:dance3:We're all booked:dance3:

Stateroom 7521. Let the partying begin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:dance3:

:woohoo: Looking forward to getting to know you! I've always wanted to go to England. Where exactly are you located? Oh, and we booked a cat 11b room too just for the virtual porthole! I figured we could live w/o a verandah for 4 days. We're in #7031.

Family of 3 joining you from Oklahoma!! We just got hom and settled from our first cruise on Wonder and rebooked on the ship! Guess we will gave to plan for that each time - makes leaving the boat easier! Ha!

:dance3::yay: Welcome!!

We travel out Oct 14th, so yes, I'm :yay::yay::yay::banana::dance3::dance3:

We are going to be at PoP starting Oct 12th :thumbsup2

We'll be arriving at the Hard Rock Hotel on the 13th for a few nights at US/IOA. We can't wait to see the Harry Potter stuff!

Hello everyone! We just took our 2nd Wonder cruise on Sept 19-23rd and while onboard we booked this cruise on the Dream.

:cheer2: Welcome to the group!

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2172891
Is everyone going to decorate their doors? I love seeing the designs as you walk round the ship. We had so many lovely comments last time.

We're planning on doing something -- haven't decided what yet.

Kristen

[quentina]

Hi Everyone....Well, we just got off the Wonder and I swore our next cruise was going to be RC....but, here I am again!

Can I get in the FE/meet for this sailing, please :)

Kim
Ken
Son, Quentin 14
Daughter, Jolicia 9
Son, Antonio, 7

Friends will be traveling with us....she is going to join the DIS as she also wants to participate.

Can't wait to meet you all!

[Tngrl78]

Hi Everyone....Well, we just got off the Wonder and I swore our next cruise was going to be RC....but, here I am again!


I'm curious why you swore your next cruise was going to be RC and why you decided to book with Disney again?

I ask because while we booked this cruise while on our last one a few weeks ago, we were also debating whether we'd keep it or to do RC or even Carnival instead.

Welcome aboard!

[loveysbydesign]

Hi Everyone....Well, we just got off the Wonder and I swore our next cruise was going to be RC....but, here I am again!

Can I get in the FE/meet for this sailing, please :)

Kim
Ken
Son, Quentin 14
Daughter, Jolicia 9
Son, Antonio, 7

Friends will be traveling with us....she is going to join the DIS as she also wants to participate.

Can't wait to meet you all!
Hooray! Is it official...did you book???:goodvibes

[tinkmom2]

[QUOTE=quentina;38582725]Can I get in the FE/meet for this sailing, please :)

Kim
Ken
Son, Quentin 14
Daughter, Jolicia 9
Son, Antonio, 7

Friends will be traveling with us....she is going to join the DIS as she also wants to participate.


Welcome to our group! We'll probably be getting a list together a month or two before our sailing for the FE. In the mean time have as much fun searching for gifts as I am:) Target has had some really good stuff lately in their dollar section. :cheer2:

[quentina]

I'm curious why you swore your next cruise was going to be RC and why you decided to book with Disney again?

I ask because while we booked this cruise while on our last one a few weeks ago, we were also debating whether we'd keep it or to do RC or even Carnival instead.

Welcome aboard!

Well, we have done RC and Carnival before and liked both of them. We really expected a big "WOW" factor from Disney. Neither my husband or I were overly impressed, we thought it was pretty much the same as the other boats, activities were the same, bingo was the same etc.....

My oldest LOVED it, he is 13 and really wanted to do another Disney. My 2 little ones, 6 & 8 loved it also however; they would be equally happy on the other lines.

So....we have very good friends traveling on this cruise. They have a son that hangs with my oldest. Then, other friends decided to cruise with us, have never cruised, and wanted to do Disney.

Don't get me wrong, I am a Disney freak, I am just not sure that DCL is worth the premium price. So, I will give it one more try. I will say, I am going on the Oasis or Allure of the Seas in the very near future !

I LOVED the Dis meet and the FE group. THis alone was enough for me to say Ok to everyone!

[quentina]

Hi Everyone....Well, we just got off the Wonder and I swore our next cruise was going to be RC....but, here I am again!

Can I get in the FE/meet for this sailing, please :)

Kim
Ken
Son, Quentin 14
Daughter, Jolicia 9
Son, Antonio, 7

Friends will be traveling with us....she is going to join the DIS as she also wants to participate.

Can't wait to meet you all!

Ok, we switched to the 10-2 sailing due to a significant price difference! Maybe I will meet all of you on another future cruise!

[tinkmom2]

1 year to to go! :cheer2:

[Karen Mouse]

1 year to to go! :cheer2:

Woohoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!:yay::yay::yay::yay:

[Tngrl78]

1 year to to go! :cheer2:

It'll be the loooongest year of our lives!!!!!! :sad1:

:lmao:

[Twinprincesses]

We normally cruise this week so it is sad we are not there.

[conwrightnie]

New to this, but we are going to be on this same cruise. I usually try to find out all the info I can before going somewhere and ended up here! Looks fun! Our family of 7 is so excited to go!

[Twinprincesses]

I got a paper in the mail telling me my dining and show time. We are on the 6 dining and 9 show.

I need to start thinking about what I want to get for disney tag.

I have the 2 girls that will be 8 and my DH and I.

[loveysbydesign]

Git our letter! Showtime @ 5 dinner @6!

[Karen Mouse]

New to this, but we are going to be on this same cruise. I usually try to find out all the info I can before going somewhere and ended up here! Looks fun! Our family of 7 is so excited to go!

Welcome, Its a great site - ask any questions you like

I got a paper in the mail telling me my dining and show time. We are on the 6 dining and 9 show.

I think thats what we requested too. No paperwork yet though so I'll just have to wait and see

[conwrightnie]

We reserved 2 inside staterooms that are connected. We keep on getting letters and confirmations for my room, but not the room my husband is in. I guess I'll be going with out him? :laughing:

If anyone has any tips or suggestions, I'll welcome anything you would like to offer--especially for special needs.

Here's the ages of my kiddos--DS16, DD 14, DS 12, DD 10, DS 7

[Karen Mouse]

We reserved 2 inside staterooms that are connected. We keep on getting letters and confirmations for my room, but not the room my husband is in. I guess I'll be going with out him? :laughing:

If anyone has any tips or suggestions, I'll welcome anything you would like to offer--especially for special needs.

Here's the ages of my kiddos--DS16, DD 14, DS 12, DD 10, DS 7

Who has the special needs? Disney are usually excellent with that, I'm sure there is a medical form you need to fill in. My son has a severe nut allergy so we always have to complete one for his dietary needs. Ask on the cruise forum if you have specific questions - everyone on here is very helpful and some have been cruising for years so have all the answers :goodvibes This will be our 3rd Disney cruise so we're still novices!
:goodvibes

[Tngrl78]

I got a paper in the mail telling me my dining and show time. We are on the 6 dining and 9 show.


We got our letter on Saturday too! We have the early dinner at 6 and the late show at 9. It was interesting to read about how they want to try to do the shows this time... with a set show time for everybody. I wonder if that is just a suggested time, or is it like dinner and that it IS your assigned showing...

[tinkmom2]

I am not too happy about our dinner and show times. We got a 5pm show and a 8ish dinner. One of the reasons I chose late dinner was so we don't have to rush from excursions. But with a 5pm show time we certainly will have to pick the earlier excursion. I wonder if you can go to switch it on the first day? Although when I called all they could offer me was a 7pm show and 9pm dinner.

[OHDisneyDaddy77]

Our information came in the mail yesterday as well. 5pm show with 6pm dinner. Will probably work out well for our group with a 3, 4, and 5 year old in the mix... Would have preferred dinner then show but at the same time don't want to have to rush through dinner to get to a 7:00 show, and I know my DD (4) will not make it all the way through a 9:00 show...

[tinkmom2]

With the late dinner we always took a mid afternoon nap that helps tons. :surfweb:

[conwrightnie]

Who has the special needs? Disney are usually excellent with that, I'm sure there is a medical form you need to fill in. My son has a severe nut allergy so we always have to complete one for his dietary needs. Ask on the cruise forum if you have specific questions - everyone on here is very helpful and some have been cruising for years so have all the answers :goodvibes This will be our 3rd Disney cruise so we're still novices!
:goodvibes

My oldest son (16) has autism. He is high functioning, but really nervous in new situations. He is really excited about the video games, but not much else appeals to him. Thankfully he has a sister that can go to the teen club with him and help him out if he needs it.
He is developmentally like a 10 year old. I don't know what kind of rules they have if he would like to go with his younger brothers and sister to the tween or even oceaneer lab/club. It may be something we just have to go and see what will happen. He may just spend most of his time watching disney movies in the cabin or theater. (He is now on his third time of watching "beauty and the beast" today.)
Does the ship feel really crowded? If so, are there places other than the stateroom that are less crowded, but still able to take part in the action? My son has a hard time and gets very agitated in crowds. I'm also a little worried about the dining if it feels too crowded.

[davids68girl]

We just booked on this cruise for our first Disney cruise! :banana::banana::banana: It's actually only my second cruise and my families first cruise (ok, well, DH has been on many "cruises" overseas with the USMC but that doesn't count. ;)) It will be me and DH (44) and our two youngest sons (9 & 15). The youngest is really looking forward to the Duck and the oldest to getting away to the Teen club. I'm excited to join you all!!

[tinkmom2]

Welcome!:yay:

[katzs13]

Hello,

We just booked for this cruise.
It will be me (Misty), Husband (Jeffrey) and our then 4 year old daughter (Kaitlynn). This will be our 2nd cruise and we will be going on the 7 day eastern caribean on 10-22-11 thru 10-29-11 right after this one.

Thank you

[Tngrl78]

Welcome Aboard! :cool1:

[tinkmom2]

Well it's here! My new FE I ordered for our trip a year away! And my DH was able to find a pirate costume at Kmart for half off. Now I just need to find a costume:)
http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac226/tinkmom2/NewFE003.jpg
http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac226/tinkmom2/013.jpg

[katzs13]

We have

http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa480/katzs13/boom4.gif http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa480/katzs13/boom_9.gif

Fridays until our cruise

:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

[Karen Mouse]

Well it's here! My new FE I ordered for our trip a year away! And my DH was able to find a pirate costume at Kmart for half off. Now I just need to find a costume:)
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Fab FE! - Love it!

[LisaraeMN]

Received our letter too!

6PM dinner
9PM show

I guess that will work for us, I think we'd be too rushed to try and make the 7PM show?

[LisaraeMN]

Do you mind sharing where you purchased your FE from?


Well it's here! My new FE I ordered for our trip a year away! And my DH was able to find a pirate costume at Kmart for half off. Now I just need to find a costume:)
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[tinkmom2]

This FE (Halloween one) is from Stitches n Bows(a fellow Diser) on Etsy.http://www.etsy.com/search_results.php?search_query=Halloween+Fish+ext ender&search_type=handmade

I think I am going to bring my 3 pocket FE too! That one I bought off Ebay a few years back.

[katzs13]

Received our letter too!

6PM dinner
9PM show

I guess that will work for us, I think we'd be too rushed to try and make the 7PM show?

We chose this time as well. We figured it will take about 2 hours for dinner and then we can get the theater before it fill up and get a good seat for the 9:00pm showing.

[LisaraeMN]

This FE (Halloween one) is from Stitches n Bows(a fellow Diser) on Etsy.http://www.etsy.com/search_results.php?search_query=Halloween+Fish+ext ender&search_type=handmade

I think I am going to bring my 3 pocket FE too! That one I bought off Ebay a few years back.

Thanks, I'll have to check them out~

[katzs13]

Hello, how is everybody? This is sure a quiet thread. :confused3

I know it is 341 days away but we are already getting excited for it to come. We cannot wait. :woohoo:

Is there anybody going to Disney World after this cruise? pirate:

[LisaraeMN]

Hello, how is everybody? This is sure a quiet thread. :confused3

I know it is 341 days away but we are already getting excited for it to come. We cannot wait. :woohoo:

Is there anybody going to Disney World after this cruise? pirate:

Yes, we are absolutely going to Disney World after the cruise. We're hoping to make it to MNSSHP it's soooo much fun!!!!! We'll spend an additional three days in Orlando after the cruise before we head back home.

[katzs13]

I hope everybody had a great week :goodvibes

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Fridays before our most wonderful cruise

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[Karen Mouse]

I hope everybody had a great week :goodvibes

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Fridays before our most wonderful cruise

:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

Woo Hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:woohoo:

[Mrs. roberts]

Hello all!

My husband and I will be sailing on this cruise for our very 1st wedding anniversary on 10/16 :lovestruc . This will be our very first cruise EVER so it oughta be an experience.

See ya real soon! pirate:

[Mrs. roberts]

Does everyone plan on dressing up for the pirate party? We are looking for our costumes already. I found one I loved but it's out of stock everywhere I have looked. Luckily, I am on the email notification list once it becomes available :rotfl:.

[Mrs. roberts]

It'll be the loooongest year of our lives!!!!!! :sad1:

:lmao:
It sure is going to be a long year!

[Karen Mouse]

Does everyone plan on dressing up for the pirate party? We are looking for our costumes already. I found one I loved but it's out of stock everywhere I have looked. Luckily, I am on the email notification list once it becomes available :rotfl:.

Welcome to the thread :goodvibes

We just buy pirate t shirts usually due to packing space in the suitcases, but many people do the whole pirate outfit while others are in normal clothes.

[Mrs. roberts]

Welcome to the thread :goodvibes

We just buy pirate t shirts usually due to packing space in the suitcases, but many people do the whole pirate outfit while others are in normal clothes.
Thank you for the welcome!

I think we might find the space to pack in costumes. My husband seems excited about it and usually you couldn't force him in something like that ;0p! We've already been buying bathing suits and flip flops!

[tinkmom2]

Does everyone plan on dressing up for the pirate party? We are looking for our costumes already. I found one I loved but it's out of stock everywhere I have looked. Luckily, I am on the email notification list once it becomes available :rotfl:.


We do. My DH found a costume. You can see it a few links back. This is what my daughter wore last time. She's the one in the middle.
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This is what my DH wore on our first cruise. We were able to find some pirate shirts on Nassau.
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If I cannot find a costume at a good price I am going to improvise. On our first cruise I wore a bandana, pirate necklace, and a black shirt.

[Mrs. roberts]

Very cool! I thought there would be some more "sales" right now on costumes but I think we waited too long. It's going to be neat to see what everyone comes up with! Too bad it's so far away lol! I have two countdowns tacked to my work cube! One is for work days and one is for "regular" days, can we say excited?!?

[katzs13]

We are going to dress up for pirate night.pirate:pirate:

[katzs13]

I hope everybody had a wonderful week. I am posting a day early due to I will not be home until late tomorrow.

We have only

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[tinkmom2]

My oldest DD was just telling me yesterday how bad she wants to see the new ship! :love: I can't wait either! We are headed into winter and the cold. It still seems too far away. But putting it in the perspective of how many Fridays it doesn't seem that bad! For both of my other cruises I had about a 6-9 month wait and it flew by:thumbsup2

[Mrs. roberts]

My oldest DD was just telling me yesterday how bad she wants to see the new ship! :love: I can't wait either! We are headed into winter and the cold. It still seems too far away. But putting it in the perspective of how many Fridays it doesn't seem that bad! For both of my other cruises I had about a 6-9 month wait and it flew by:thumbsup2

I have such a hard time waiting this long for things that are SO exciting :banana:!! We waited exactly this long for our wedding this past October. People say, "didn't it just fly by?!" I say "um no!" :rolleyes:. I am trying to keep myself occupied with other things until we at least reach 2011!!

[davids68girl]

Yes, we are absolutely going to Disney World after the cruise. We're hoping to make it to MNSSHP it's soooo much fun!!!!! We'll spend an additional three days in Orlando after the cruise before we head back home.

Us too! We are hoping to make it to MNSSHP too. We've never been to one and I am SOOO excited about (possibly) having the opportunity to go. :)

[crhenry]

Hi all,

We're thrilled to be joining you for our first Disney cruise. We are Candi, Jay, Jamie (age 6 on cruise), and Eliot (age 3 on cruise). We live in Nashville and would love to get to know some fellow cruisers beforehand.

[Karen Mouse]

Hi all,

We're thrilled to be joining you for our first Disney cruise. We are Candi, Jay, Jamie (age 6 on cruise), and Eliot (age 3 on cruise). We live in Nashville and would love to get to know some fellow cruisers beforehand.

Welcome to the thread! Just jump in and join the fun:banana: You're going to LOVE the disney cruise and you probably wont see your kids much - they'll be in the kids club the whole time!

[OHDisneyDaddy77]

Hi all,

We're thrilled to be joining you for our first Disney cruise. We are Candi, Jay, Jamie (age 6 on cruise), and Eliot (age 3 on cruise). We live in Nashville and would love to get to know some fellow cruisers beforehand.

Welcome :welcome: This is only the second cruise for DW and I, but first for DD 4 (at cruise time), my parents, brother, SIL, niece (5) and nephew (3) at time of Cruise

Us too! We are hoping to make it to MNSSHP too. We've never been to one and I am SOOO excited about (possibly) having the opportunity to go. :)
We are also looking forward to this, went when DD was 1, and cant wait to take her back with my niece and nephew. It is worth it IMHO

[Tngrl78]

Hi all,

We're thrilled to be joining you for our first Disney cruise. We are Candi, Jay, Jamie (age 6 on cruise), and Eliot (age 3 on cruise). We live in Nashville and would love to get to know some fellow cruisers beforehand.

Welcome aboard! We're from Chattanooga... not too far away...

[katzs13]

Hi all,

We're thrilled to be joining you for our first Disney cruise. We are Candi, Jay, Jamie (age 6 on cruise), and Eliot (age 3 on cruise). We live in Nashville and would love to get to know some fellow cruisers beforehand.


:welcome:

I am traveling with my husband and my then 4 year old daughter. Just jump in and help get this thread moving.

[katzs13]

I hope everybody had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

We are down another week :banana::banana::banana:

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Fridays left before we cruise

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

[Kewz1]

Hi Everyone....Well, we just got off the Wonder and I swore our next cruise was going to be RC....but, here I am again!

Can't wait to meet you all!

Glad you decided to join us! :cheer2:

We just booked on this cruise for our first Disney cruise! :banana::banana::banana: It's actually only my second cruise and my families first cruise (ok, well, DH has been on many "cruises" overseas with the USMC but that doesn't count. ;)) It will be me and DH (44) and our two youngest sons (9 & 15). The youngest is really looking forward to the Duck and the oldest to getting away to the Teen club. I'm excited to join you all!!

Welcome! Retired Army family here! I have a son who will be 15 when we cruise too. :scared1:

Hello,

We just booked for this cruise.
It will be me (Misty), Husband (Jeffrey) and our then 4 year old daughter (Kaitlynn). This will be our 2nd cruise and we will be going on the 7 day eastern caribean on 10-22-11 thru 10-29-11 right after this one.

Thank you

Glad you're here!! :yay:

Hello, how is everybody? This is sure a quiet thread. :confused3

I know it is 341 days away but we are already getting excited for it to come. We cannot wait. :woohoo:

Is there anybody going to Disney World after this cruise? pirate:

I love your Friday countdowns!! Doesn't seem to be quite as long that way. :thumbsup2 We are planning to do IOA/US before the cruise and WDW after. I'd forgotten about the MNSSHP -- may have to try and work that in too...:rolleyes1

Hello all!

My husband and I will be sailing on this cruise for our very 1st wedding anniversary on 10/16 :lovestruc . This will be our very first cruise EVER so it oughta be an experience.

See ya real soon! pirate:

Belated congratulations!! We cruised for our 10th anniversary! It was very "magic"al! :wizard:

Hi all,

We're thrilled to be joining you for our first Disney cruise. We are Candi, Jay, Jamie (age 6 on cruise), and Eliot (age 3 on cruise). We live in Nashville and would love to get to know some fellow cruisers beforehand.

Hi neighbor! We live in Huntsville! :wave2:

[tinkmom2]

Anyone want to split the cost of a cabanna on Castaway with us? There are four of us and the ressie is for 6 and I heard each additional person after 6 is $50 bucks. It looks awesome but the $499.00 price doesn't :scared1: From what the others have told me the cost can be spread out between two staterooms. http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2336376&page=22

[katzs13]

Hello everybody. I hope all is well.

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Fridays left before our cruise

:yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay:

[Karen Mouse]

Hello everybody. I hope all is well.

We have only

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Fridays left before our cruise

:yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay:

WooHoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:yay::yay::dance3::danc e3::banana::banana::cool1::cool1:

[Mrs. roberts]

It's been awhile since I logged on! Life gets so busy sometimes huh? Welcome to all the new people who joined the board :yay:.


I ordered my pirate costume the other day. It's on the way and I couldn't be more excited!


Not too much longer here and it will be 2011, the the excitement really begins! :dance3:

[katzs13]

Another week gone. This is a very quiet thread. :flower3:

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[Karen Mouse]

Another week gone. This is a very quiet thread. :flower3:

There are only

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I love your countdowns:thumbsup2 Once Christmas is over and we're into the New Year I'm sure it will pick up on here.

[tinkmom2]

Yep, I agree with Karen:thumbsup2 I feel like I am constantly running from work to home with no stops inbetween. I do make time for my daily Disboard fix though! Hope everyone is doing well.

So have you been looking for FE gifts?

[Karen Mouse]

Havent thought of FE gifts yet... doing the back to back cruises, I'll have two lots of FE gifts to organise and pack, so whatever I choose it will be small in size due to room in the suitcases! On our last cruise we set a £ limit so people could gauge what to spend on everyone and it was one gift per room rather than buying sperate mini gifts for each individual etc. What does everyone think to that idea?

[tinkmom2]

For me I like giving little gifts but I give out a gift bag. Some like to give one gift but I like to do a whole bunch. If we have a large number of cabins we will be seperating it out into groups so we don't have to spend a lot of money. Maybe 10 cabins per group depending on the number of cabins we have. I like the idea of spending as much or as little as you want.

What I've done in the past is sent the gifts to the hotel so I only have to carry a box onto the ship. I learned the hard way on my first cruise that I do not want to be assembling gifts on the ship.

We will be at WDW a week before and I will I have too many clothes crammed into my suitcase and need room for rum cakes and rum lol! You can also send your FE's to the ship directly. The address is in the FAQ section of the cruise forum. I don't know if the Dreams address is in there yet.

[Tngrl78]

10 Months to go...:banana:

:dance3:

I swear... I thought today was the 16th! LOL Oh well... 10 months and 1 day then...

[katzs13]

Hello, I hope everybody is ready for Christmas.

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[Karen Mouse]

Hello, I hope everybody is ready for Christmas.

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Fridays until our cruise

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Loving those christmasy numbers! :banana::santa:

It wont be long til we can all say "we're cruising THIS year:dance3:

[Cyndy]

We are joining all of you for the cruise.

We are Dave & Cyndy and joining us is our dd Julie, dsil Ron, grandkids, Anna,Taylor & Ronnie. We are on Deck 9 and looking forward to another great DCL voyage!

Merry Christmas and have a safe holiday season.

[tinkmom2]

:grouphug:Welcome to all the newbies and Merry Christmas Everyone if I don't get back on here until after the holidays. (But I probably will since I am here everyday lol)

[Kewz1]

We are joining all of you for the cruise.

We are Dave & Cyndy and joining us is our dd Julie, dsil Ron, grandkids, Anna,Taylor & Ronnie. We are on Deck 9 and looking forward to another great DCL voyage!

Merry Christmas and have a safe holiday season.

:welcome:

Merry Christmas everyone!!!

Kristen

[tinkmom2]

Merry Christmas!:santa:

[Karen Mouse]

We are joining all of you for the cruise.

We are Dave & Cyndy and joining us is our dd Julie, dsil Ron, grandkids, Anna,Taylor & Ronnie. We are on Deck 9 and looking forward to another great DCL voyage!

Merry Christmas and have a safe holiday season.

Welcome :banana: :goodvibes

[Karen Mouse]

Merry Christmas Everybody :santa:

[katzs13]

Merry christmas to all.

We have

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Fridays until our cruise

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[Twinprincesses]

I need to think of a good Fishextender gift this year. My girls love doing this. I would however suggest that we cut the sign up to 30 or 60days before the cruise. My last one so many people signed up at the end that it was overwhelming to get my stuff done.

[tinkmom2]

I need to think of a good Fishextender gift this year. My girls love doing this. I would however suggest that we cut the sign up to 30 or 60days before the cruise. My last one so many people signed up at the end that it was overwhelming to get my stuff done.

I agree we have to figure out a cut off date and agree on it. That way we can get the list made and split up if need be. :thumbsup2

[katzs13]

Hello everybody. Happy New Year. This is the last countdown for 2010. Tomorrow we can say we are going on a cruise this year.

We have only

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[Kewz1]

A belated Happy New Year everyone!

I am so excited to be cruising THIS year!!:woohoo::yay::cheer2:

Kristen

[Tngrl78]

Hi guys. We are on the Oct 16-20 Dream Cruise. This is our 3rd cruise (we sailed wonder in 09 and 10) We LOVE the thread Motto of "Once upon a Dream..." But I just wanted to say we just came up with our "Family" motto for this one...."Dare to Dream...." and here is why........
Our family is myself (Mom) husband and our 7 year old Son Connor. Our son recently started having some medical issues like seizures, balance, motor control and coordination issues. After lots of tests, they did an MRI. Three weeks ago we were told our son has Chiari Malformation and will require Neuro surgery in the very near future to fix it....Then this past Tuesday he broke his foot, is now in cast and wheel chair.....now just as we thought how much more can we handle, we got a call every parent dreads the very next day (wed)...our son has multiple masses in the frontal part of his brain. They are unsure exactly at this moment what exactly it is, says it "May not" be cancer~~not sure at this point, possible Leukodystrophy, MS or ????? Just said that by the way it looked, it didnt look great.
Needless to say we are a wreck. We look at the forum everyday and always look forward to the next cruise...it gets us through our daily normal work, money and other stress...but this year we are Daring to Dream that OUR dream will come true and this Nightmare will end with our son being healthy and happy again.
We have an appt at Vanderbilt University with a Pediatric neurosurgeon on Jan 24th. Please keep us in your prayers and dare to dream with us.........
:tink: :littleangel:

[tinkmom2]

Well welcome! And my prayers are with you!
Both my children had surgeries at a very young age. My oldest was under 1 and had a cyst in her bladder and kidney reflux. Luckily she was born with two uerters on one side and they just had to rewire her plumbing. She was at childrens for a week the first time. The second time she had a day surgery. She's now 11 and doing fine.

My youngest would have get high fevers and have seizures on me. This happened to us about 10 times. I had to call the ambulance a few times. It was finally determined she needed her tonsils out and eventually her adnoids and tubes in her ears. Today she is fine.

So just remember to come her when you are feeling down and we will try our best to cheer you up!

[Mrs. roberts]

I live in Clearwater, Florida (about 2 hours from Port Canaveral) and on the news this morning I saw the greatest sight my eyes ever did see :rotfl:. THE DISNEY DREAM IS OFFICIALLY IN FLORIDA! It's starting to get even more exciting! They had the characters waving her in to port. YAY!

:wizard:

[Kewz1]

Hi guys. We are on the Oct 16-20 Dream Cruise. This is our 3rd cruise (we sailed wonder in 09 and 10) We LOVE the thread Motto of "Once upon a Dream..." But I just wanted to say we just came up with our "Family" motto for this one...."Dare to Dream...." and here is why........
We have an appt at Vanderbilt University with a Pediatric neurosurgeon on Jan 24th. Please keep us in your prayers and dare to dream with us.........
:tink: :littleangel:

:grouphug: to you and your family. I will most definitely be praying for Connor and your family. Keep us posted.

I live in Clearwater, Florida (about 2 hours from Port Canaveral) and on the news this morning I saw the greatest sight my eyes ever did see :rotfl:. THE DISNEY DREAM IS OFFICIALLY IN FLORIDA! It's starting to get even more exciting! They had the characters waving her in to port. YAY!

:wizard:

I just wanted to mention that I grew up in New Port Richey. My first date with DH was to Clearwater. :)

Kristen

[Twinprincesses]

Hi guys. We are on the Oct 16-20 Dream Cruise. This is our 3rd cruise (we sailed wonder in 09 and 10) We LOVE the thread Motto of "Once upon a Dream..." But I just wanted to say we just came up with our "Family" motto for this one...."Dare to Dream...." and here is why........
Our family is myself (Mom) husband and our 7 year old Son Connor. Our son recently started having some medical issues like seizures, balance, motor control and coordination issues. After lots of tests, they did an MRI. Three weeks ago we were told our son has Chiari Malformation and will require Neuro surgery in the very near future to fix it....Then this past Tuesday he broke his foot, is now in cast and wheel chair.....now just as we thought how much more can we handle, we got a call every parent dreads the very next day (wed)...our son has multiple masses in the frontal part of his brain. They are unsure exactly at this moment what exactly it is, says it "May not" be cancer~~not sure at this point, possible Leukodystrophy, MS or ????? Just said that by the way it looked, it didnt look great.
Needless to say we are a wreck. We look at the forum everyday and always look forward to the next cruise...it gets us through our daily normal work, money and other stress...but this year we are Daring to Dream that OUR dream will come true and this Nightmare will end with our son being healthy and happy again.
We have an appt at Vanderbilt University with a Pediatric neurosurgeon on Jan 24th. Please keep us in your prayers and dare to dream with us.........
:tink: :littleangel:

Your guys are in my thoughts.

Now that the Dream is in Florida and I more excited than ever to go!!! Is anyone going to try for Remy's?? I think we will pass, $75 per person is just a little too high for us. I would however love a Cabana, I am already working on my husband to approve that purchase but I have a feeling it will be a no.

[tinkmom2]

I think we are actually going to spring for Remy's. We always wanted to try a multi-course restaurant and never have when we've been down at WDW. We might not got to Palo's though. Although I want to try the brunch I think one special dinner will be enough.
I want to do a cabanna too but am looking for someone to split the cost with us. $499 is a bit too much for us. I guess we will just have to "rough" it on the family beach lol
It's a trade off. We really want to to the Dolphin Encounter as a birthday present for my dd. That's going to be around $500.00 by itself.

I couldn't help but think when I looked at the new Dream videos "Here's our new home!" and I got a bit teary!

[Karen Mouse]

Hi guys. We are on the Oct 16-20 Dream Cruise. This is our 3rd cruise (we sailed wonder in 09 and 10) We LOVE the thread Motto of "Once upon a Dream..." But I just wanted to say we just came up with our "Family" motto for this one...."Dare to Dream...." and here is why........
Our family is myself (Mom) husband and our 7 year old Son Connor. Our son recently started having some medical issues like seizures, balance, motor control and coordination issues. After lots of tests, they did an MRI. Three weeks ago we were told our son has Chiari Malformation and will require Neuro surgery in the very near future to fix it....Then this past Tuesday he broke his foot, is now in cast and wheel chair.....now just as we thought how much more can we handle, we got a call every parent dreads the very next day (wed)...our son has multiple masses in the frontal part of his brain. They are unsure exactly at this moment what exactly it is, says it "May not" be cancer~~not sure at this point, possible Leukodystrophy, MS or ????? Just said that by the way it looked, it didnt look great.
Needless to say we are a wreck. We look at the forum everyday and always look forward to the next cruise...it gets us through our daily normal work, money and other stress...but this year we are Daring to Dream that OUR dream will come true and this Nightmare will end with our son being healthy and happy again.
We have an appt at Vanderbilt University with a Pediatric neurosurgeon on Jan 24th. Please keep us in your prayers and dare to dream with us.........
:tink: :littleangel:

Your family are in our thoughts... sending you pixie dust for Jan 24thpixiedust:pixiedust:


Now that the Dream is in Florida and I more excited than ever to go!!! Is anyone going to try for Remy's?? I think we will pass, $75 per person is just a little too high for us. I would however love a Cabana, I am already working on my husband to approve that purchase but I have a feeling it will be a no.

I dont think we'll do Remys either... we've done Palo brunch and dinner on both our previous cruises so will probably save the $$$ and spend it in the gift shop instead!;) We wont be getting a cabana either - on both of our previous cruises we didnt get to the adult beach so this time our son will be spending an hour in the kids club and we're heading there for a bit of peace!

[Karen Mouse]

... We might not got to Palo's though. Although I want to try the brunch I think one special dinner will be enough.

The brunch is our favourite - we both prefer it to the dinner! If you get the chance I would try to do it:thumbsup2 Its great value too.

[Kewz1]

We're hoping to get a reservation for brunch this cruise. Can't wait to try it!

[Karen Mouse]

We're hoping to get a reservation for brunch this cruise. Can't wait to try it!

Try the blue cheese and grape pizza! - heaven on a plate!:cloud9:

[katzs13]

It is time for another countdown.

We have only

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:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

[Karen Mouse]

It is time for another countdown.

We have only

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:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

:yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay:

[Mrs. roberts]

:grouphug: to you and your family. I will most definitely be praying for Connor and your family. Keep us posted.



I just wanted to mention that I grew up in New Port Richey. My first date with DH was to Clearwater. :)

Kristen


That's very neat Kristen :0)!! I can't wait to get to the place that actually has CLEAR water :rotfl2:. Come on October!!




Hi everyone! I don't think we are going to go Remy's. I think we are going to do Palo on our anniversary the first night. Will the brunch be offered on our boat though? I thought it was only for longer cruises.

[Kewz1]

Will the brunch be offered on our boat though? I thought it was only for longer cruises.


I'm assuming (uh-oh!) that it is but I really have no idea! Off to do some research! :surfweb:

Kristen

[tinkmom2]

I'm assuming (uh-oh!) that it is but I really have no idea! Off to do some research! :surfweb:

Kristen

This is from the DCL website. I am assuming they will be offering it on the Dream too! We will have to see when our booking window comes open:)

http://disneycruise.disney.go.com/ships-activities/ships/wonder/dining/palo/

[Twinprincesses]

Try the blue cheese and grape pizza! - heaven on a plate!:cloud9:

I love so much there but this is my fav!! The talapia is super good too. I pig out at brunch.

[tinkmom2]

The DCL has up a new video on their site about Remy's and Palo's. There is also more info about the new "District" of adult night clubs and entertainment. I was surprised to know the "Enchanted Garden" is on deck 2.
It's nice to daydream about our cruise:cloud9:

[Karen Mouse]

All this talk of food ....and I'm trying to get back on track with weight watchers!!:rolleyes1

[tinkmom2]

All this talk of food ....and I'm trying to get back on track with weight watchers!!:rolleyes1

It's free registration time again I think I might join online. :banana:

[Karen Mouse]

It's free registration time again I think I might join online. :banana:

I'm already a gold member and have reached my goal... its just staying there thats the problem! - I need to shift the christmas bulge!:rolleyes1

[Kewz1]

All this talk of food ....and I'm trying to get back on track with weight watchers!!:rolleyes1

Dh & I are doing Nutrisystem right now.

Reading people's TR and seeing their "food porn" tempts me and encourages me at the same time! Be warned!

Kristen

[tinkmom2]

Dh & I are doing Nutrisystem right now.

Reading people's TR and seeing their "food porn" tempts me and encourages me at the same time! Be warned!

Kristen

I didn't care for Nutrisystem. I sold most of my food on Ebay lol! I have tried e-diets, Jenny Craig, and more diets than I like to admit but I Weight Watchers has been the only one that worked. I like to cook my own food.

I was really surprised I didn't gain any weight on my last two cruises. We were so busy walking around and being active I think that helped balance it out. Portion control really helped too.

[Kewz1]

I didn't care for Nutrisystem. I sold most of my food on Ebay lol! I have tried e-diets, Jenny Craig, and more diets than I like to admit but I Weight Watchers has been the only one that worked. I like to cook my own food.

I was really surprised I didn't gain any weight on my last two cruises. We were so busy walking around and being active I think that helped balance it out. Portion control really helped too.


I think WW is great but I just needed something a little more structured this time around. Neither one of us has a lot of weight to lose and NS is working. I couldn't be on it for very long though. I'm hoping for 2 months max. My biggest concern will be keeping it off before the cruise!

Oh, and I like to cook my own food too -- that's the problem! :rotfl:

Kristen

[vmedisneymom]

Hi Everyone,
Hubby has to go to his pilot recurrent training during our booked date so we have to move our cruise date. I hope all of you have a wonderful trip!:littleangel:

[Kewz1]

Hi Everyone,
Hubby has to go to his pilot recurrent training during our booked date so we have to move our cruise date. I hope all of you have a wonderful trip!:littleangel:

Bye!

Have a great time on your new cruise! Glad it's a happy reason that you're having to switch. :flower3:

Kristen

[buick86]

We just booked this cruise and cannot wait to see the new ship! Has anyone started a FE list?

[Tngrl78]

Welcome! :cool1:

We just booked this cruise and cannot wait to see the new ship! Has anyone started a FE list?

Not yet... nothing official anyway.

I guess we can start anytime now... and put in a cut off date of sometime in early Sept so that can give us about a month or so to make sure we have enough FE gifts.

[buick86]

Sounds great!

[tinkmom2]

We just booked this cruise and cannot wait to see the new ship! Has anyone started a FE list?

We are probably going to wait to take names for the FE until 2 months before because many people either join the cruise or drop out. I have done the FE for both my cruises but if anyone else wants to do it that would be awesome too!

[Kewz1]

We just booked this cruise and cannot wait to see the new ship! Has anyone started a FE list?


:welcome: Nice to meet you! :flower3:



I guess we can start anytime now... and put in a cut off date of sometime in early Sept so that can give us about a month or so to make sure we have enough FE gifts.


Sounds good to me. This is the first time we have done the FE so just let me know what I have to do!


Kristen

[buick86]

Reading some of the posts prompted us to book the 3 day immediately after the 4 day... wooo hoo! Can't wait!

[tinkmom2]

Were saving up to book a 5 day or longer on the ship. I really want that $200 OBC they were offering for rebooking. I will probably choose a dummy date for 2012. After all I don't know if the world is going to end :rotfl:

[katzs13]

We are probably going to wait to take names for the FE until 2 months before because many people either join the cruise or drop out. I have done the FE for both my cruises but if anyone else wants to do it that would be awesome too!

Sounds like you would be the perfect person to do the FE.

[katzs13]

Another week down, another coutdown. I hope all is well with everybody.

We have only

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more FRIDAY'S until we cruise

:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

[loveysbydesign]

Just wanted to pop in and say I am getting sooooooooooooooo excited!
Can't wait to get our tax return so we can pay off the rest of our balance!
All the pix recent cruisers are posting is driving me insane!!!

Praying no more financial emergencies arise...in the past 2 months we've had to put top braces on our older 2 kids teeth(medically necessary and will be making payments on them for the next 16 months---YIKES!!!) and just paid over $1600 to fix my hubby's truck(which we thankfully were able to pay for with the reimbursement check from our dental insurance for the kids braces)! Along with a bunch of smaller issues here and there.

[tinkmom2]

[QUOTE=loveysbydesign;39542639]Just wanted to pop in and say I am getting sooooooooooooooo excited!
Can't wait to get our tax return so we can pay off the rest of our balance!
All the pix recent cruisers are posting is driving me insane!!!

Omg! I am doing the same thing with my tax return lol! I am paying off my shipboard balance, paying off Disney, and the DD needs braces lol! The new pics of the Dream are what is keeping me going lol!

[buick86]

Just wanted to pop in and say I am getting sooooooooooooooo excited!
Can't wait to get our tax return so we can pay off the rest of our balance!
All the pix recent cruisers are posting is driving me insane!!!

Praying no more financial emergencies arise...in the past 2 months we've had to put top braces on our older 2 kids teeth(medically necessary and will be making payments on them for the next 16 months---YIKES!!!) and just paid over $1600 to fix my hubby's truck(which we thankfully were able to pay for with the reimbursement check from our dental insurance for the kids braces)! Along with a bunch of smaller issues here and there.

We too are doing the same with our tax return paying off the balance and our annual dues for Disney Vacation Club. Along with tires for both cars thank goodness for the tax return!! We hope you don't or nobody has any financial emergencies for a while!!!

[Kewz1]

Another week down, another coutdown. I hope all is well with everybody.

We have only

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more FRIDAY'S until we cruise

:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

We're in the 30's now -- how exciting! :banana:

Kristen

[Karen Mouse]

Another week down, another coutdown. I hope all is well with everybody.

We have only

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more FRIDAY'S until we cruise

:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

:banana::banana:We're in the 30's!:banana::banana:

Just wanted to pop in and say I am getting sooooooooooooooo excited!
Can't wait to get our tax return so we can pay off the rest of our balance!
All the pix recent cruisers are posting is driving me insane!!!.

I wish I knew where our balance was coming from!.. or for that matter our flight balance, villa balance, car hire balance etc etc:eek:

[loveysbydesign]

:banana::banana:We're in the 30's!:banana::banana:



I wish I knew where our balance was coming from!.. or for that matter our flight balance, villa balance, car hire balance etc etc:eek:
We purposely have extra income tax withheld that we then use for our vacations ;) It's the only way we can save $$$. Thankfully we can drive this time too so that'll save us over $600!:goodvibes

[tinkmom2]

I am still wating for free dining to come out for the Disney part of our trip and cheap airfare to come out but with the increase in gas prices I am not very hopefull for the fall prices.
We changed our withholding this last year so we are getting back about $2000.00 less on this return :scared1: This is where my budgeting really comes in handy:banana:

[buick86]

We purposely have extra income tax withheld that we then use for our vacations ;) It's the only way we can save $$$. Thankfully we can drive this time too so that'll save us over $600!:goodvibes

Along with the tax refund help and getting Disney gift cards when we can it really helps us plan and have a good time. Has anyone ever tried the dolphin encounters before?pixiedust:

[loveysbydesign]

Along with the tax refund help and getting Disney gift cards when we can it really helps us plan and have a good time. Has anyone ever tried the dolphin encounters before?pixiedust:
I just ordered a $25 disney gc the other day! Planning to order them as often as I can to use towards the tips we pay for the cruise!:goodvibes
Anyone staying at one of the hotels in cocoa beach before the cruise and using free shuttles from the hotel to the port? We'd like to spend 1-2 days at the beach before the cruise and since we're driving I need to find a place that allows us to park fro free and shuttle us over. I was looking into the International Palms resort.

[tinkmom2]

On the budget board a bit back they were saying if you buy the Disney gift cards at Sam's they were offering an extra $10 per $100.00 in gift cards you buy. I am not sure if that is still going on or not? I am going to prepay my shipboard account like I have the last two times. I know I spent over $700 with pictures, tips, and no excursions. This time we plan on the extra expense of Remy and the dolphin encounter. So it looks like my check will be going directly to Disney as it's the smaller one.

[loveysbydesign]

Is there an ongoing list of who is signed up for our cruise yet? my kids would like to find out if there's any other kids their age that we can meet from here on the disboards!

[tinkmom2]

No list yet. So many people are adding or dropping this cruise. We will probably make the list about 2 months out and close it so we have a definate head count. You can find out who's coming by scrolling through the pages:thumbsup2

[loveysbydesign]

I don't mind starting a list now in case anyone else is interested!
If anyone wants to be added, just message me with the names of the people you're cruising with and the kids ages that they will be on the cruise ...also cabin number if you know it!
Ours is:
Tracey and Jeff Hartley, 3 kids, Richie(12), Becca(8), Ryan(4) --#2017
Richard and Mary Hartley --#2019 (1 of our kids is sleeping in their room)
Also we do want do the FE!

[buick86]

Is there an ongoing list of who is signed up for our cruise yet? my kids would like to find out if there's any other kids their age that we can meet from here on the disboards!

There was talk of doing the Fish extender list about 2 months before the cruise but I would love to start one sooner we put alot of time and thought into ours and I don't know about anyone else but the last month before the cruise is very chaotic and with a larger ship that mean more people on the FE list. We can always add or delete the list as time goes by and put a cut off date to exchange on. What does everyone think? We'll do what everpirate:

[loveysbydesign]

There was talk of doing the Fish extender list about 2 months before the cruise but I would love to start one sooner we put alot of time and thought into ours and I don't know about anyone else but the last month before the cruise is very chaotic and with a larger ship that mean more people on the FE list. We can always add or delete the list as time goes by and put a cut off date to exchange on. What does everyone think? We'll do what everpirate:
I agree..I think we should start one soon and make the cutoff maybe when the final payment due date is, July I think. 9 months seems far away but i know it will go fast once spring/summer hits!:thumbsup2
Plus we can limit the number of people and make 2 groups if necessary.

[buick86]

I agree..I think we should start one soon and make the cutoff maybe when the final payment due date is, July I think. 9 months seems far away but i know it will go fast once spring/summer hits!:thumbsup2
Plus we can limit the number of people and make 2 groups if necessary.

I agree lets do it. Do you want to start one? and be in charge of it?:yay:

[loveysbydesign]

I agree lets do it. Do you want to start one? and be in charge of it?:yay:
I think tinkmom2 wanted to be in charge of it...but it doesn't matter to me. I can start one and hand it over to her later if she'd like to work on it closer to the cruise or she can do it. :cutie: I've only been on 1 Disney cruise and the person who did the FE for it did such a fabulous job keeping tack of everyone and making pdf files of the floors of the ship with the cabin #'s highlighted.:thumbsup2 I am just getting so darn excited now that the cruise seems so close!

[buick86]

I think tinkmom2 wanted to be in charge of it...but it doesn't matter to me. I can start one and hand it over to her later if she'd like to work on it closer to the cruise or she can do it. :cutie: I've only been on 1 Disney cruise and the person who did the FE for it did such a fabulous job keeping tack of everyone and making pdf files of the floors of the ship with the cabin #'s highlighted.:thumbsup2 I am just getting so darn excited now that the cruise seems so close!

What ever you too want to do is fine with us. That list must have been pretty neat! The 2 that we did just listed the names and cabin number but we did meet on the ship before the life jacket drill incase there were any changes which I thought was a good ideal. Our kids get really excited when they see other kids there own ages going on the cruise too.:thumbsup2

[tinkmom2]

I don't have a copy of what the list looked like on my previous cruise. I wil have to search my other computer. This is what we had on the list on my previous cruises Names, cabin numbers, ages, Disname, contact email (in case you want to keep in contact), birthdays or special events, and food allergies. The cabins were according to location and deck. We included a map with ours.

We also met in the atruim for our Dismeet. You can check it out in my trip report in my signature.

[buick86]

Ours is:
Tracey and Jeff Hartley, 3 kids, Richie(12), Becca(8), Ryan(4) --#2017
Richard and Mary Hartley --#2019 (1 of our kids is sleeping in their room)
Also we do want do the FE!

Ours is:
Joe and Shelly Kristoff, 2 kids, Kaylei (7), and Brandon (4) - We don't know our stateroom number yet, once we get it, we'll forward it on!

[katzs13]

If anybody is making a list, It will be me Misty 35, my husband Jeff 50 and our daughter Kaitlynn 4. We are celebrating our 5th year anniversary, Our daughters 4th b-day and my husbands 50th b-day. We are in room 10574. This will be our 2nd cruise.

We would like to do the FE exchange if anybody is making that list as well.

I think the lists should be done earlier and have the cut off date when final payments are due. It is so hectic towards the end of the wait.

[tinkmom2]

I was not trying to be a stick in the mud. I just know from experience I had to redo our list several times and ours was done about 1 month out. It can get really confusing with all the dropping and adding especially since we are so far out. Also there are some GTY cabins that will not have numbers til the end.

What we've done in past cruises is divide the list into groups of 10 if it gets too big. That would keep cost down. I know one person was saying they would have over 40 people coming.

Maybe posting a note saying you are taking names will help? I have seen others do it in the other forums or even posting another note here?

Here's our info
Pat (DH 43) Claire(DD, Birthday 6 Oct 19th) Cassie (DD,12) Chirs (DM 38) cabin 6610 this is our 3rd DCL cruise.

[loveysbydesign]

Anyone staying overnight in a Cocoa Beach hotel the night before the cruise and taking the hotel shuttle over?

[OHDisneyDaddy77]

I don't mind starting a list now in case anyone else is interested!
If anyone wants to be added, just message me with the names of the people you're cruising with and the kids ages that they will be on the cruise ...also cabin number if you know it!
Ours is:
Tracey and Jeff Hartley, 3 kids, Richie(12), Becca(8), Ryan(4) --#2017
Richard and Mary Hartley --#2019 (1 of our kids is sleeping in their room)
Also we do want do the FE!

Ours is:
Bryan (Me 34), Heather (DW 34), and Emaleah (DD 4) Timko --#10094

[katzs13]

Anyone staying overnight in a Cocoa Beach hotel the night before the cruise and taking the hotel shuttle over?

We will be staying at Double Tree at Cocoa beach on friday night thru sunday morning and taking the shuttle over to the port.

[katzs13]

What about putting the list on page 1. It make it easier to see who is going and to take people off if they are no longer going.

[Kewz1]

I was not trying to be a stick in the mud. I just know from experience I had to redo our list several times and ours was done about 1 month out. It can get really confusing with all the dropping and adding especially since we are so far out. Also there are some GTY cabins that will not have numbers til the end.


For the record, I don't think you were being a stick in the mud. :hug: I think some of us are just really excited (like this --> :yay:). Waiting does make sense to me as well but I'm willing to go with the flow.
I just wish the cruise would hurry up and get here!!:woohoo:

Here's my info: Kevin (DH), Kristen (Me), Katy (DD - 17), and Kyle (DS - 15). And no, we did NOT plan to have all "K" names. I'll get back to you with our stateroom #. I don't have the info with me at the moment.

Have a great Tuesday!

Kristen

[tinkmom2]

For the record, I don't think you were being a stick in the mud. :hug: I think some of us are just really excited (like this --> :yay:).

Kristen

Thanks Kristen!
I keep having this really weird ship dream. It's some like the Wonder and some like the "Love Boat" lol. I dreamed the washers were full of suds and the suds were taking over the hallways! Seems like I have the Dream on the brain too lol!

GMA and the View are having the Dream on tomorrow so stay tuned! :surfweb:

[Twinprincesses]

We would love to be part of the FE. I also love the idea of breaking it into smaller groups if there are too many people participating.

I hope our meet is good too. My last cruise meet nobody really talked to one another and we all just stood there.

Our info

Room 10160
Devon 37
Chrissy 33
Allison 8 (girl)
Zoe 8 (girl)

[loveysbydesign]

Alright...I'll start adding people to a Word document for now...at least that way it can start to be saved!
I need this cruise planning to get me out of our winter funk....no school here again in PA due to snow and ice!

[ILuvTigger]

Hi everyone, dh and I will be celebrating our 8th year wedding anniversary, on the cruise. It will be our 2nd Disney cruise. I can't wait!

[loveysbydesign]

I have to say that I found very interesting that all the inside cabins are sold out....and that I just priced out 2 adults and 1 child in a room and the verandah
6B is cheaper ($1,820.16 )than the oceanview 8A ($1,835.16) !
Here's hoping some of us get upgraded to verandahs!

[Twinprincesses]

Hi everyone, dh and I will be celebrating our 8th year wedding anniversary, on the cruise. It will be our 2nd Disney cruise. I can't wait!



We are celebrating our 11th, it is on the 14th but we are extending our celebration.

[OHDisneyDaddy77]

Hi everyone, dh and I will be celebrating our 8th year wedding anniversary, on the cruise. It will be our 2nd Disney cruise. I can't wait!

This is our 2nd Disney Cruise as well, and for our 10 year wedding anniversary, actually on the 13th but close enough. Hopefully with some luck and a good OBC our 3rd will be alot sooner.:boat:

[Twinprincesses]

Is anyone doing WDW befor or after the cruise?? We are going to fly in either fri or sat. If we fly in friday we are doing WDW sat. Then the park 1 day when we get back from the cruise and Universal one day.

[buick86]

Is anyone doing WDW befor or after the cruise?? We are going to fly in either fri or sat. If we fly in friday we are doing WDW sat. Then the park 1 day when we get back from the cruise and Universal one day.

Yes we are going to be down there from Oct. 9 until the first cruise on the 20th but then were getting back on for the 3 day cruise. Were going to try to do 2 days at WDW and 1 day at Sea World.

[loveysbydesign]

Is anyone doing WDW befor or after the cruise?? We are going to fly in either fri or sat. If we fly in friday we are doing WDW sat. Then the park 1 day when we get back from the cruise and Universal one day.
We plan to arrive on the evening of the 9th(we're driviving) and may do the parks Tues-Fri/Sat(3-4 days mixed amongst those dates)...not sure yet depends on finances. We may do a YES program to get discounted tix.

We've never been to US and were thinking of going there but there's no way we can afford to stay onsite and I'm not gonna go to US w/o fotl access. We'll do US another year when our youngest is a little older...maybe in Nov. 2012 or May 2013.

We're also thinking of taking the kids to Gatorland one day just for fun since we've never been there.

[Kewz1]

Thanks Kristen!
I keep having this really weird ship dream. It's some like the Wonder and some like the "Love Boat" lol.

You do realize I will be singing that song all day now, right??:laughing::scared1: "The Love Boat..."

Is anyone doing WDW befor or after the cruise?? We are going to fly in either fri or sat. If we fly in friday we are doing WDW sat. Then the park 1 day when we get back from the cruise and Universal one day.

We are! Two nights before, three after, and then three nights at US/IOA. Can't wait! :banana:

Kristen

[Twinprincesses]

We plan to arrive on the evening of the 9th(we're driviving) and may do the parks Tues-Fri/Sat(3-4 days mixed amongst those dates)...not sure yet depends on finances. We may do a YES program to get discounted tix.

We've never been to US and were thinking of going there but there's no way we can afford to stay onsite and I'm not gonna go to US w/o fotl access. We'll do US another year when our youngest is a little older...maybe in Nov. 2012 or May 2013.

We're also thinking of taking the kids to Gatorland one day just for fun since we've never been there.


What is the YES program??

[Karen Mouse]

I have to say that I found very interesting that all the inside cabins are sold out....and that I just priced out 2 adults and 1 child in a room and the verandah
6B is cheaper ($1,820.16 )than the oceanview 8A ($1,835.16) !
Here's hoping some of us get upgraded to verandahs!

Very interesting... everyone wants to see Nemo and his friends I think!.. I could be persuaded to change Nemo for a verandah though;):rotfl:

Is anyone doing WDW befor or after the cruise?? We are going to fly in either fri or sat. If we fly in friday we are doing WDW sat. Then the park 1 day when we get back from the cruise and Universal one day.

Yes, not sure which parks we're doing yet - we have 17 days altogether - 7 of which are the cruises, so we have 10 days for shopping, chillin in the villa and the parks:banana:

[loveysbydesign]

What is the YES program??

http://www.disneyyouth.com/individual-enrollment/?page=OpenEnrollmentEventInfoListingPage

and a thread about it here http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2332767
Keeping my fingers crossed that they will open dates for individual enrollment...if not then we may form a group to sign up!:thumbsup2

Prices for tix. are really cheap!

1-Day $72.86 (FL Groups only)

3 Days $130.37 3-Day Starter Package

3 Days $148.48 3-Day Park Hopper® Package

4 Days $138.89 4-Day Starter Package

4 Days $157.00 4-Day Park Hopper® Package

4 Days $175.10 4-Day Premium Package Park Hopper + Water Park Fun & more

5 Days $147.41 5-Day Starter Package

5 Days $165.52 5-Day Park Hopper® Package

5 Days $183.62 5-Day Premium Package Park Hopper + Water Park Fun & more

[tinkmom2]

Is anyone doing WDW befor or after the cruise?? We are going to fly in either fri or sat. If we fly in friday we are doing WDW sat. Then the park 1 day when we get back from the cruise and Universal one day.

We will be staying at PoP starting October 12th if anyone wants to come over for a swim lol!

[buick86]

Has anyone stayed at Bonnet Creek before if so any recommendations? good or bad:confused3

[katzs13]

It's that time again

We have only

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:dance3: :dance3:

[loveysbydesign]

It's that time again

We have only

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:dance3: :dance3:
And my kids are home from school for yet another friday due to snow! They only went to school 1 1/2 days this week! :scared1:

[Twinprincesses]

I would be interested inthe YES program on 10/15.

We are staying at Bay Lake Towers.

[buick86]

And my kids are home from school for yet another friday due to snow! They only went to school 1 1/2 days this week! :scared1:

Do they have to make any days up? Our wonderful state reduced clamity days from 5 to 3 and everyone around is at that or over. Oh wanted to tell you we can hear that penny from hear. LOL:sulley:

[loveysbydesign]

Do they have to make any days up? Our wonderful state reduced clamity days from 5 to 3 and everyone around is at that or over. Oh wanted to tell you we can hear that penny from hear. LOL:sulley:
There are only 2 snow days built into our school calendar, which is ridiculous! They have used up those 2 days and 2 more already. They are calling for a another storm Tues. & Wed. PA state law says they can not go to school later than June 30th. So I guess if we keep having snow days they will be in school until then :scared1:
As of now they are ONLY going til June 17th! Every snow day we have will be added on to that.:mad:
My penny is getting louder as my dh is not making as much money as he was previously...I was shocked to see that he made 5k less this past year than he did the year before...plus our health insurance costs went up. No wonder we never have any $$$!:eek:

[buick86]

There are only 2 snow days built into our school calendar, which is ridiculous! They have used up those 2 days and 2 more already. They are calling for a another storm Tues. & Wed. PA state law says they can not go to school later than June 30th. So I guess if we keep having snow days they will be in school until then :scared1:
As of now they are ONLY going til June 17th! Every snow day we have will be added on to that.:mad:
My penny is getting louder as my dh is not making as much money as he was previously...I was shocked to see that he made 5k less this past year than he did the year before...plus our health insurance costs went up. No wonder we never have any $$$!:eek:

We absolutly understand about less money and expenses being more my DH works for the state and they havent recieved a raise in 4 years and starting last year they have to have 10 furlo days and health insurance deff went up too. I'm glad disney allows people to make payments!!! this cruise we're using our DVC points but the 3 day after that we're paying for. Glad for Giant Eagle selling Disney Gift Cards then it goes towards our fule perks too.:woohoo:

[loveysbydesign]

Is so sad today. My 11 y.o. sons beloved cat Stripey passed away suddenly. I was woken up this morning to my ds crying and yelling Stripey's dead. He was acting fine last night, like his normal kitty self. We have other beloved cats in our home too but Stripey was my son's and I feel so sad right now.
We rescued him almost 4 years ago after our elderly cat had passed away and my son was crying every night in bed for 3 months. He took out eldest cat's passing harder than everyone else. Stripey immediatly took to Richie and "knew" he was his cat. He would meow outside his bedroom door every morning at 6:45 to wake him up fot school. He was only 7-8 years old. We have 2 other cats who are 15 and 16 and are not the healthiest looking! Stripey was so young compared to them and was so strong!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v65/loveysbydesign/DSC04514.jpg

[tinkmom2]

So sorry to hear of the passing of your cat. The same thing happend to my upstairs neighbor. She went off to work and found her cat gone when she got home.
We had to let my oldest cat go to heaven a few years back and I was the one that had to go to the vet. She was so dehydrated. I knew it was the best thing for her but the death was just like using a human and took me some time to get over.
Now we have two other cats Princess and our baby Midnight whom is the troublemaker!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tinkmom2/5380798769/

[buick86]

Is so sad today. My 11 y.o. sons beloved cat Stripey passed away suddenly. I was woken up this morning to my ds crying and yelling Stripey's dead. He was acting fine last night, like his normal kitty self. We have other beloved cats in our home too but Stripey was my son's and I feel so sad right now.
We rescued him almost 4 years ago after our elderly cat had passed away and my son was crying every night in bed for 3 months. He took out eldest cat's passing harder than everyone else. Stripey immediatly took to Richie and "knew" he was his cat. He would meow outside his bedroom door every morning at 6:45 to wake him up fot school. He was only 7-8 years old. We have 2 other cats who are 15 and 16 and are not the healthiest looking! Stripey was so young compared to them and was so strong!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v65/loveysbydesign/DSC04514.jpg

We are so sorry for your loss:sad2: He looks like a very pretty cat, our pets are part of our family. We lost our choclate lab with the bad dog food few years ago.

[Kewz1]

I am so sorry to hear about your cat. :sad2:

We're animal lovers with 3 dogs and 1 cat ourselves. Hugs to you and especially your son. :hug:

Kristen

[CGalbrecht]

The same thing happend to my upstairs neighbor. She went off to work and found her cat gone when she got home.
We had to let my oldest cat go to heaven a few years back and I was the one that had to go to the vet. She was so dehydrated. I knew it was the best thing for her but the death was just like using a human and took me some time to get over.
Now we have two other cats Princess and our baby Midnight whom is the troublemaker!

I am new to this DisBoard, you were the first post I read on the cruise we are taking. What do I need to know and do. We have cruised with Disney 3 other times all 7 day cruises. This will be a back to back cruise because we wanted 7 days.

[Twinprincesses]

I am so sorry to hear about your cat. We have 2 old dogs and 1 old cat and I hate to say it but I hope they go in their sleep just so they do not suffer.

On a different note, does anyone on here make fish extenders? I looked on Ebay and only saw a couple. I made one just using super glue and after a couple cruises I do not know if it will make another.

[CGalbrecht]

I could make some. I know how to sew very well.

[tinkmom2]

I am so sorry to hear about your cat. We have 2 old dogs and 1 old cat and I hate to say it but I hope they go in their sleep just so they do not suffer.

On a different note, does anyone on here make fish extenders? I looked on Ebay and only saw a couple. I made one just using super glue and after a couple cruises I do not know if it will make another.

I purchased mine from a fellow Diser http://www.etsy.com/people/StitchesNBows?ref=ls_profile on Etsy. Just click on the link and choose her shop. I also have one I purchased from Ebay from Gradysmom. Both are good quality. I think I posted a pic of the Halloween one I got a few posts back. (in post 82)

[buick86]

The same thing happend to my upstairs neighbor. She went off to work and found her cat gone when she got home.
We had to let my oldest cat go to heaven a few years back and I was the one that had to go to the vet. She was so dehydrated. I knew it was the best thing for her but the death was just like using a human and took me some time to get over.
Now we have two other cats Princess and our baby Midnight whom is the troublemaker!

I am new to this DisBoard, you were the first post I read on the cruise we are taking. What do I need to know and do. We have cruised with Disney 3 other times all 7 day cruises. This will be a back to back cruise because we wanted 7 days.

Welcome to the cruise:cool1:I think if you want to be included in the FE list you have to post who will be going with you, there ages, room number, and food allergies. loveysbydesign is putting a list together and tinkmom2 is looking for a template to make list from a previous cruise. Am i right everyone? Also to check back often to see whats happening with everyone else. We also will be doing the back to back cruise our 3 day is Oct. 20 when is yours?:yay:

[buick86]

I am so sorry to hear about your cat. We have 2 old dogs and 1 old cat and I hate to say it but I hope they go in their sleep just so they do not suffer.

On a different note, does anyone on here make fish extenders? I looked on Ebay and only saw a couple. I made one just using super glue and after a couple cruises I do not know if it will make another.

We got ours on ebay from someone in Canada? and are very impressed with it! I don't remember the price thou. Looks excatly like the one ilvdisney2008 on ebay is selling. We'll post a pic of it soon.

[buick86]

I purchased mine from a fellow Diser http://www.etsy.com/people/StitchesNBows?ref=ls_profile on Etsy. Just click on the link and choose her shop. I also have one I purchased from Ebay from Gradysmom. Both are good quality. I think I posted a pic of the Halloween one I got a few posts back. (in post 82)

Any luck finding the format of a list on your computer yet? Scrolling through the post it seems like different people are starting different list and people are asking to be on the list and leaving their information and not getting on a list. Are you going to start this list? some of us are excited:woohoo: thats all

[tinkmom2]

No I am not doing the list someone else said they wanted to do it now but I want to wait until a month or two out. I don't have the template anymore for how the list looks. It's on my controller that no longer works. I just used a spread sheet in Microsoft works. I put the Diser name, cabin number(had it according to cabin and deck) kids names, adults names and ages, birthdays or special events, food allergies, and emails so we could all keep in contact and to send out the sheet when it's complete.

[buick86]

I don't have the template anymore for how the list looks. It's on my controller that no longer works. I just used a spread sheet in Microsoft works. I put the Diser name, cabin number(had it according to cabin and deck) kids names, adults names and ages, birthdays or special events, food allergies, and emails so we could all keep in contact and to send out the sheet when it's complete.

Are you going to do this for this cruise how about a list on the dis boards? so the rest of us can see who all joins and the kids that will be on there too. How about all of us work together someone does the list on the dis boards someone does a more detailed list to be sent out by email (the final) list. and someone keeping a separate list so we don't miss anyone. That way one person isn't responible for the whole list, emails, coordination of meeting each other and etc... which by the sounds of it the list will be very long. What everyone think?

[tinkmom2]

I think one person should be in charge of the list and we should have only one because it gets really confusing. What we did is had the emails so everyone got a copy and then posted notices on the Dis to make sure everyone is included.
As I stated previously we are going to have a lot of people either dropping or adding this cruise which can lead to a lot of confusion with the list. I will try to look through the emails and see if I can make something up to get us started.
If you all want to PM me with your info(need cabin number, who(ages), allergies, special events etc.. and emails I will see what I can do. :) I can add you as a GTY room is you don't know your cabin number:thumbsup2

I am starting it now but am not getting too far. Some people have not checked in in quite a long time.

[Twinprincesses]

I think we should have people get their FE stuff in order in lists but I really enjoy participating with people that are active. While I understand people cannot and do not want to have a little mini chat room I like to know who my stuff is from.

[Twinprincesses]

Does anyone know if you can share a cabana with someone else?

[tinkmom2]

Does anyone know if you can share a cabana with someone else?

Yes I have heard you can. I was considering sharing with somebody. I hear the cabanas only hold 7 but I have also heard of people paying additional for an extra person. I am not sure how much the cost goes up with a extra person. From what I read the cost could be split between two staterooms. I might call DCL to find out more. I also haven't checked out the cabana thread lately.

We also want to go on the Dolphin encounter in Nassau and that's gonna be a chunk of change too plus Remys.....

[Karen Mouse]

Hi folks:goodvibes

Just thought I'd say a quick hello. I'm still working hard at trying to lose a little more weight and shift the last few pounds.

We're interested in doing FE so please add us to the list - not sure who is organising this:confused3 I'll look up my cabin number - cant remember it right now:confused:

We've been saving hard and so far got the money for the flights:banana:... stupidly expensive from UK:sad2:, just gotta pay for the cruises, villa hire, car hire and find some spending money now:rotfl2::eek:

Have a nice day everybody:goodvibes

[loveysbydesign]

I have started the list for the FE and this is what i have so far.

Loveysbydesign-Tracey and Jeff Hartley, 3 kids, Richie(12), Becca(8), Ryan(4) --#2017
Richard and Mary Hartley -#2019

Twinprincesses- Devon 37 Chrissy 33, Allison 8 (girl)Zoe 8 (girl) #10160

Kewz1 Kevin (DH), Kristen (Me), Katy (DD - 17), and Kyle (DS - 15).

buick86 -Joe and Shelly Kristoff, 2 kids, Kaylei (7), and Brandon (4)

tinkmom2 -Pat (DH 43) Claire(DD, Birthday 6 Oct 19th) Cassie (DD,12) Chris (DM 38) #6610

OHDisneyDaddy77 -Bryan (Me 34), Heather (DW 34), and Emaleah (DD 4) Timko --#10094

[tinkmom2]

Ok I am confused too. :confused3 People were asking me to do it too lol Well we now both have a list started lol! Going back through the chats there are a lot of people that haven't checked in since the begining and several GTY rooms (guarntee rooms.) This is probably how the list is going to look for some time:) So love just keep up the list like you are doing:banana:

[loveysbydesign]

Ok I am confused too. :confused3 People were asking me to do it too lol Well we now both have a list started lol! Going back through the chats there are a lot of people that haven't checked in since the begining and several GTY rooms (guarntee rooms.) This is probably how the list is going to look for some time:) So love just keep up the list like you are doing:banana:
I had started it last week or so I think when one of the other dis'ers had asked if anyone was keeping track! It actually might be a good idea to have 2 of us keeping the list for now, in case one of us misses someone-lol! Always good to have a back up :rotfl:

[CGalbrecht]

Our family would love to do Fish Extenders. Cheryl (me) 42, Jon (husband) 42 I have three kids, Adler (boy) is going to be 18, Walker (boy)will be 15, and Jenna (girl) will be 12 when we go. We have no food alergies, our staterooms are 8002 and 8004 ajoining. We have another family going with us and I think they will want to do this as well. Justin 35 Brandy 34, Their kids are Taylor (girl) 14, Torey (girl) 10 and Robbie (boy) 9 I have their staterooms I just need to find them. They are on the same floor as we are but down the hall.

[tinkmom2]

Does anyone know if you can share a cabana with someone else?

I called DCL directly this AM and they said you can share the cabana with other people. You are allowed 6 people and then the cost is $50/pp after the 6. They also said it would go on one persons shipboard account and each would have to work out payment between eachother. So if there are 8 in the total party you are looking at a cost of $300/per family. :thumbsup2

[Twinprincesses]

I called DCL directly this AM and they said you can share the cabana with other people. You are allowed 6 people and then the cost is $50/pp after the 6. They also said it would go on one persons shipboard account and each would have to work out payment between eachother. So if there are 8 in the total party you are looking at a cost of $300/per family. :thumbsup2


We have 4 ppl in our party if anyone is interested...

[Twinprincesses]

Yes I have heard you can. I was considering sharing with somebody. I hear the cabanas only hold 7 but I have also heard of people paying additional for an extra person. I am not sure how much the cost goes up with a extra person. From what I read the cost could be split between two staterooms. I might call DCL to find out more. I also haven't checked out the cabana thread lately.

We also want to go on the Dolphin encounter in Nassau and that's gonna be a chunk of change too plus Remys.....


My husband said no to conceirge then he said no to the cabana but if I can get the cost down I am doing it. I will feel exclusive one way or another.:woohoo:

[tinkmom2]

I am still trying to talk my DH into it. The cost for each of our familes will be $300 each if we split it. We are still discussing if it's worth it to us. I will get back to you:) Maybe it will be my anniversary present if I can talk him into it:rotfl:

[buick86]

I think we should have people get their FE stuff in order in lists but I really enjoy participating with people that are active. While I understand people cannot and do not want to have a little mini chat room I like to know who my stuff is from.

I agree, I would like to know to also. I wouldn't mind being in a chat room talking about our cruise. Talk about getting excited that would really do it:woohoo: Have no ideal how or where to start a chat room thou.:chat: Let me know if anyone wants to try.

[buick86]

I have started the list for the FE and this is what i have so far.

Loveysbydesign-Tracey and Jeff Hartley, 3 kids, Richie(12), Becca(8), Ryan(4) --#2017
Richard and Mary Hartley -#2019

Twinprincesses- Devon 37 Chrissy 33, Allison 8 (girl)Zoe 8 (girl) #10160

Kewz1 Kevin (DH), Kristen (Me), Katy (DD - 17), and Kyle (DS - 15).

buick86 -Joe and Shelly Kristoff, 2 kids, Kaylei (7), and Brandon (4)

tinkmom2 -Pat (DH 43) Claire(DD, Birthday 6 Oct 19th) Cassie (DD,12) Chris (DM 38) #6610

OHDisneyDaddy77 -Bryan (Me 34), Heather (DW 34), and Emaleah (DD 4) Timko --#10094

Good to see a list online:woohoo: now my kids will get to see the other kids that are their ages:cool1: Thanks:yay:

[jessrose18]

We just booked this sailing as well! Watched prices for Dream Cruises for awhile and scored one night when a guaranteed inside opened up all of a sudden, and then when I was booking it I took too long and it was gone..i was so bummed.... Then a few hours later it showed back up, so I scored! We got 2 adults guaranteed inside for $1277! The best part was that our anniversary is October 16th and my bday is October 18th, so it was the perfect sailing for me to find a good deal on. Now, I just hope we can go, still mulling over the details. We just got back from a big trip in December where we went on the Podcast cruise, which was our first Disney Cruise and we loved it... Hopeing we get to sail with you guys!

please add us to the fe list and if we cancel I promise I will let you know to take our names off of it:

Adam and Jessica (2 adults) still in guarentee status


p.s. saw the cabanas in december, man they looked great! especially the piece of beach right in front of them it was great...too steep for us though

[Twinprincesses]

Welcome!! Is anyone else getting sick of the negative threads about the Dream!!! Ugh I am, they need to stop bringing me down about my trip. I was all stressing out about our room because we have a white veranda and I think my husband was about to punch me. I almost changed it and he told me not to do anything. We are on the very back of the ship so then I started stressing about getting seasick. Ugh. Everything was fine until all the people started complaining. So I took a chill pill and am trying to relax. I am sure our balcony and room will be just fine. :cloud9:

[tinkmom2]

We just booked this sailing as well! Watched prices for Dream Cruises for awhile and scored one night when a guaranteed inside opened up all of a sudden, and then when I was booking it I took too long and it was gone..i was so bummed.... Then a few hours later it showed back up, so I scored! We got 2 adults guaranteed inside for $1277! The best part was that our anniversary is October 16th and my bday is October 18th, so it was the perfect sailing for me to find a good deal on. Now, I just hope we can go, still mulling over the details. We just got back from a big trip in December where we went on the Podcast cruise, which was our first Disney Cruise and we loved it... Hopeing we get to sail with you guys!

please add us to the fe list and if we cancel I promise I will let you know to take our names off of it:

Adam and Jessica (2 adults) still in guarentee status


p.s. saw the cabanas in december, man they looked great! especially the piece of beach right in front of them it was great...too steep for us though

That's awesome! My DD's birthday is October 19th so we will all have some fun celebrating birthdays! One of us will add you to the list and if you have to cancel it's not a problem:thumbsup2

[tinkmom2]

Welcome!! Is anyone else getting sick of the negative threads about the Dream!!! Ugh I am, they need to stop bringing me down about my trip. I was all stressing out about our room because we have a white veranda and I think my husband was about to punch me. I almost changed it and he told me not to do anything. We are on the very back of the ship so then I started stressing about getting seasick. Ugh. Everything was fine until all the people started complaining. So I took a chill pill and am trying to relax. I am sure our balcony and room will be just fine. :cloud9:

Relax:) It will be the best vacation ever! Besides booking the cabana the first thing I am doing when I get on board is getting the free sea sickness pills from guest services :lmao:
We should all have a room tour. I am curious to see the virtual porthole staterooms. They look awesome! Does your room have the extended verandah?