Disney Dream ~ September 15, 2011

[stl_figment]

CRUISE MEET:

9/15 ~ 1:45pm at 687 - located on Deck 4, Aft in the District area __________________________________________________ ________
Starting a thread for the 3-day cruise on the Dream 9/15/11.

I will be attending with my fiance and our families for our wedding.

Who will be joining us? :)

[griergirl2]

We just changed our Sept. 22 sailing to this one! :banana: I will be sailing with my DH and our DD (3 at sailing time), my parents, my brother, and maybe my grandma. We are soo excited!! It will be everyone's first cruise :goodvibes We will be going to Disney World before the cruise for 5-6 nights as well party:

Congrats on getting married..that will be so amazing to do on the cruise!! We looked into doing a vow renewal onboard since next year is our 10th anniversary, but it was just too much for us right now. Hope you are having a great time planning!

Are you interested in to a FE if we get a group going? I thought it sounded like fun!

[stl_figment]

Are you interested in to a FE if we get a group going? I thought it sounded like fun!

I'm so excited to have people to chat with going on the cruise!

You'll have to fill me in on what a FE is (maybe the disboards version of a gift exchange?) ~ I'm brand new to the disboards with Wedding Planning.

[griergirl2]

Yep, a FE (Fish Extender) is the DisBoard version of a gift exchange..if you search there are lots of ideas for it. I'm hoping more people show up for this thread soon...guess no one wants to cruise in september?? The hurricanes aren't that scary :lmao:

We are crazy excited for the cruise! We are headed back to the World next MONTH but I think I am more excited for the cruise next YEAR! :banana::banana::banana:

Ok, well I have to get back to ADR planning for next months trip..we are crazily doing Deluxe Dining with our 2 year old..needless to say we are going a little Character Dining overboard :rotfl: At least we love them too..we are doing the princesses for us, even if they terrify her again (on our December trip we couldn't get her far enough away from the scary, scary princesses and Santa, however, Mickey and the Gang were her best friends :lovestruc)

Have fun wedding planning!

[IrishCowboy]

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

[tjbaggott]

Wow, a thread started for this portion of our cruise! Awesome! This cruise will be the 2nd half of our B2B. So looking forward to it!
Travelling will be Myself, DH, DS (8 at the time of the cruise), DS (14 at the time of the cruise). My mom and her BF are travelling with us for the 4 day before this cruise. Only DH and I know about this cruise, it will be a Christmas surprise this year for the boys and my Mom and her BF.:)

Possibly interested in the FE exchange. We are doing a Western Caribbean on the Magic in 5 weeks, for Halloween, and once we are back from that one, I can start planning more for this one! :thumbsup2

[Time4disneynow]

Hi....DH and I will be joining you for this cruise.

We were on the Disney Vacation Club members cruise on the Wonder September 12-16...our 5th Disney cruise. We went to WDW for a couple of days after that. Going back to WDW in December.

We are hoping to do a B2B...this cruise and then the members cruise from the 18th-22nd. The call in for the members cruise is October 2nd. We will see.

Looking forward to chatting. FE is always fun!!!!!

stl_figment: Congratulations on your upcoming marriage....

[DizDragonfly]

Another B2Ber here! We're also doing the DVC Member Cruise after this cruise. Same stateroom, so we don't need to pack and unpack between cruises. :thumbsup2

[Luckymomoftwo]

Hi! I just booked this cruise, too!! WOO-HOO!!!!!!!! Now we are doing our first back to back!! The only sad part is our kids will be with us on this portion of the cruise and then they'll be going back and DH and I will do the member's cruise kid-free!

[Time2go2disney]

Hi! I just booked this cruise, too!! WOO-HOO!!!!!!!! Now we are doing our first back to back!! The only sad part is our kids will be with us on this portion of the cruise and then they'll be going back and DH and I will do the member's cruise kid-free!

Glad to see you on the B2B .......... It should be fun ..............................:cool1::cool1::cool1 :

[Time4disneynow]

Another B2Ber here! We're also doing the DVC Member Cruise after this cruise. Same stateroom, so we don't need to pack and unpack between cruises. :thumbsup2


Hi...this is our first B2B...we have the same stateroom as well. Love the idea of not having to pack and unpack.

Hi! I just booked this cruise, too!! WOO-HOO!!!!!!!! Now we are doing our first back to back!! The only sad part is our kids will be with us on this portion of the cruise and then they'll be going back and DH and I will do the member's cruise kid-free!


Hi Debbie...glad you guys are doing the B2B. Looking forward to both cruises. Especially being on the Dream. So excited.

[DizDragonfly]

Hi...this is our first B2B...we have the same stateroom as well. Love the idea of not having to pack and unpack.


Ok, just to clear things up in my head, are Michael and Monika a couple? :confused:

[griergirl2]

Hi to all our fellow cruisers :cheer2:

[Time4disneynow]

Ok, just to clear things up in my head, are Michael and Monika a couple? :confused:

:love::lovestruc;)...yes we are.....but he keeps following me

[Time4disneynow]

Hi to all our fellow cruisers :cheer2:


Hi...looking forward to getting you all and finally meeting you!!!!

[DizDragonfly]

:love::lovestruc;)...yes we are.....but he keeps following me

LOL Good man!

[stl_figment]

Hi ~ Excited to start seeing people who we'll be cruising with :)

[Time4disneynow]

Hi....DH and I will be joining you for this cruise.

We were on the Disney Vacation Club members cruise on the Wonder September 12-16...our 5th Disney cruise. We went to WDW for a couple of days after that. Going back to WDW in December.

We are hoping to do a B2B...this cruise and then the members cruise from the 18th-22nd. The call in for the members cruise is October 2nd. We will see.

Looking forward to chatting. FE is always fun!!!!!

stl_figment: Congratulations on your upcoming marriage....

Just want to update my past post.

We will be doing a B2B...this cruise and the members cruise. We also got the same cabin so we won't have to pack.

I am so excited!!!!!!:woohoo:

[Luckymomoftwo]

Hi everyone! I know there are several of us on this cruise doing the Member Cruise afterwards. We are definitely doing a FE Exchange on the member cruise. And I'm hoping we will be doing a FE Exchange on this cruise too, since my kids will be with us on this cruise. (They won't be with on the member cruise, though...didn't want to take them out of school that long)

I'm in charge of organizing the list for the FE List on the member cruise, so I'll just volunteer to keep two lists unless someone else wants to keep it. But I'll get it started and if someone else wants to take it over, that's totally fine by me!

So, for now if you want to join in, send me a PM with your stateroom number and names and ages of all participants. As I get them, I'll post a list on here. It will look like this:

FE Exchange Group:

Luckymomoftwo
Junior (DH)
Debbie (DW)
Brandon(DS-11)
Emilee (DD-8)

[calypso726]

Hi everyone! I'm Terrie traveling with DH Wally. We are also doing the B2B between this cruise and the DVC member cruise. We are also in the same stateroom so no unpacking and re-packing between cruises :banana:

Terrie :)

[Luckymomoftwo]

FE Exchange Group:

Luckymomoftwo
Junior (DH)
Debbie (DW)
Brandon(DS-11)
Emilee (DD-8)

[Time4disneynow]

Hi everyone! I'm Terrie traveling with DH Wally. We are also doing the B2B between this cruise and the DVC member cruise. We are also in the same stateroom so no unpacking and re-packing between cruises :banana:

Terrie :)




Hi Terrie....glad you're doing the B2B. I can't wait.

FE Exchange Group:

7006 - Luckymomoftwo
Junior (DH)
Debbie (DW)
Brandon(DS-11)
Emilee (DD-8)

7008 - Luckymomoftwo's in-laws
Joah (DH)
Sara (DW)
Skyler (DS-4)
Brayden (DS-1)

10552 - Time4DisneyNow
& DH Time2Go2Disney
Monika (DW)
Michael (DH)



Hi Debbie....thank you for doing this for us.:flower3:

[tjbaggott]

Good morning everyone! Debbie, if you want to be in charge of the FE list, I'm great with that! I'd like to participate but I'll let you know after Christmas weather that will be a definate. Gotta get through our upcoming Hallween cruise first.

Our B2B is this cruise and the 4 day before, but thankfully like most of you other B2Bers, we too have the same stateroom! That I'm sure makes things much much easier!

And hey, Page 2!! We're ON OUR WAY!!:thumbsup2

[Luckymomoftwo]

FE Exchange Group:

Luckymomoftwo
Junior (DH)
Debbie (DW)
Brandon(DS-11)
Emilee (DD-8)

IAmDaisyDuck
Eileen (DW)
Tony (DH)
Michael (DS-9)

[Luckymomoftwo]

WOW! This sure is a SLOW moving thread! Our other cruise thread (DVC SSMemberCruise 2011) has already reached over 100 pages. And that thread JUST started on 10/2/10!!!! I hope this one picks up and we get more FE exchange participants!!! :goodvibes

[tjbaggott]

WOW! This sure is a SLOW moving thread! Our other cruise thread (DVC SSMemberCruise 2011) has already reached over 100 pages. And that thread JUST started on 10/2/10!!!! I hope this one picks up and we get more FE exchange participants!!! :goodvibes

LOL, I'll be on this thread more often as I go through Cruise Withdrawl as of next month! About the FE, go ahead and add my family as I just remembered an OT order that is waiting for me at my Aunts in NJ. I've since already put together all my FE's for the upcoming cruise, (I had forgotten about the stuff I ordered from OT), So all THAT stuff, is now extra, that I can use for the Dream Cruise FE's.

So we are Myself (Judy), my DH (Martyn), DS 14(at time of cruise, Daniel) and DS8(at time of cruise, Tim)

We leave in just 18 Days for FLORIDA and our Western DCL Cruise!! :thumbsup2

[Luckymomoftwo]

LOL, I'll be on this thread more often as I go through Cruise Withdrawl as of next month! About the FE, go ahead and add my family as I just remembered an OT order that is waiting for me at my Aunts in NJ. I've since already put together all my FE's for the upcoming cruise, (I had forgotten about the stuff I ordered from OT), So all THAT stuff, is now extra, that I can use for the Dream Cruise FE's.

So we are Myself (Judy), my DH (Martyn), DS 14(at time of cruise, Daniel) and DS8(at time of cruise, Tim)

We leave in just 18 Days for FLORIDA and our Western DCL Cruise!! :thumbsup2

YAY!!!! Another FE group!!! That's always a nice surprise when you have stuff you forgot about! I miss the Magic....we haven't sailed a 7 night cruise since January 2007. We've been on the Wonder twice since then, one of these days we'll do another 7 night cruise! Maybe on the Fantasy (that one IS doing 7 night cruises, right?)

[davidls]

My name is David and my DW Donna are going on this cruise also. Tjbaggott told me about this new thread for the 3 day cruise. Like Tj and her family this will be a b2b for us also. We are doing the 4 day cruise before this one and then sailing again on this 3 day cruise.:cool1::cool1: Like Tj we will be staying in the same stateroom, so we don't have to pack up all our STUFF between cruises. Looking forward to getting to know all of you, and sharing our excitment about going on the new Disney Dream:thumbsup2:thumbsup2

[stl_figment]

Question: I'm brand new to Disney Cruises. Can someone explain FE in detail? :confused3

I understand its a gift exchange but I'm uncertain on how it works? Either way as its my wedding, I'm not sure we will participate, but I want to know how it works before I make up my mind.

But I can maybe outline an idea of who is coming with me: Me (Aimee - 26) - Fiance (Brent - 24), My mom-stepdad, my dad-stepmom, his mom-dad, a set of grandparents, an aunt-(maybe uncle), and two great aunts. I think. No kids though.

[Luckymomoftwo]

The way the FE exchange works is you hang an extender on the fish outside your stateroom door (which it is still yet to be determined if the Dream will actually have fish outside the door or not). Then, everyone who has signed up to participate goes around and puts their gifts in everyone else's fish extender. The gifts can be home made or purchased. It can be something from your home town (for example: once we got a little jar of jam because one of the participants lived in a city that was known for their jam) You can bring three small things and pass out one gift each night, or you can just pass your gifts out on one night. It's however involved you want to get in it. Hope that helps!!

[davidls]

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2010/10/even-more-fun-in-the-sun-at-castaway-cay/

Above is a link to the new additions to Castaway Cay. Looks like they are about done if not already finished with all of the upgrades they were planning. Looks GREAT!!!:cool1::thumbsup2 I can't wait to dip my toes in Castaway Cay's waters!!!

[Time2go2disney]

Castaway Cay Slides .......................

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc3/mjludden/IMG_1550.jpg

[Luckymomoftwo]

FE Exchange Group:

Luckymomoftwo
Junior (DH)
Debbie (DW)
Brandon(DS-11)
Emilee (DD-8)

IAmDaisyDuck
Eileen (DW)
Tony (DH)
Michael (DS-9)

TJBaggot
Judy (DW)
Martyn (DH)
Daniel -(DS-14)
Tim - (DS - 8)

[HappycamperGRF]

Add us to the B2B (members cruise) same stateroom! Debbie do you need our info again to add us to this FE?

P.S. You rock for organizing this

[Mrs. Happycamper]

Mrs. Happycamper here. My DH :goofy: beat me to it but yes please sign us up for the FE for this one as well. I'm already coming up with gift ideas.

So excited there are so many double DREAMers!

[Mrs. Happycamper]

Ps Debbie, when George tells you, "you rock" it should be taken as the highest compliment. :cheer2:

[davidls]

Just had to share alittle info with ya'll. Heard from the Social Security office yesterday morning. They received my online application for retiring in January and had a few minor questions I needed to answer. I'm now all set to start drawing my social security next year!!!:cool1::cool1::cool1::banana::banana:
I didn't know they worked on Saturdays but the very nice lady I talked too said that they had alot of people retiring, (us baby boomers), which means the need to work Saturdays to help those like me retiring now get their benfits all setup. I'll still do some part-time work, but, I'M RETIRING!!!!:thumbsup2 DW says she is going to keep working.:confused3 That means I'll be home alone some days!!!!:scared1::scared1::scared1: I'll get into sooooooooooooooo much trouble!!!!:rolleyes1:lmao::lmao: This will give me more time to write to ya'll!!!!!:cool1: (You poor people you!!!!)

[HappycamperGRF]

Just had to share alittle info with ya'll. Heard from the Social Security office yesterday morning. They received my online application for retiring in January and had a few minor questions I needed to answer. I'm now all set to start drawing my social security next year!!!:cool1::cool1::cool1::banana::banana:
I didn't know they worked on Saturdays but the very nice lady I talked too said that they had alot of people retiring, (us baby boomers), which means the need to work Saturdays to help those like me retiring now get their benfits all setup. I'll still do some part-time work, but, I'M RETIRING!!!!:thumbsup2 DW says she is going to keep working.:confused3 That means I'll be home alone some days!!!!:scared1::scared1::scared1: I'll get into sooooooooooooooo much trouble!!!!:rolleyes1:lmao::lmao: This will give me more time to write to ya'll!!!!!:cool1: (You poor people you!!!!)

Congrats!!! Live it up :cool1:

[Time4disneynow]

Hello everyone....hope you are enjoying your day. :)




Just had to share alittle info with ya'll. Heard from the Social Security office yesterday morning. They received my online application for retiring in January and had a few minor questions I needed to answer. I'm now all set to start drawing my social security next year!!!:cool1::cool1::cool1::banana::banana:
I didn't know they worked on Saturdays but the very nice lady I talked too said that they had alot of people retiring, (us baby boomers), which means the need to work Saturdays to help those like me retiring now get their benfits all setup. I'll still do some part-time work, but, I'M RETIRING!!!!:thumbsup2 DW says she is going to keep working.:confused3 That means I'll be home alone some days!!!!:scared1::scared1::scared1: I'll get into sooooooooooooooo much trouble!!!!:rolleyes1:lmao::lmao: This will give me more time to write to ya'll!!!!!:cool1: (You poor people you!!!!)

Good for you and Congratulations!!!! DH in on retirement countdown unfortunately, he has 3,547 days until he retires.:upsidedow

[davidls]

Congrats!!! Live it up :cool1:



Good for you and Congratulations!!!! DH in on retirement countdown unfortunately, he has 3,547 days until he retires.:upsidedow[/QUOTE]

Thank you, thank you, thank you all for your kind remarks. :thumbsup2 I'm really looking froward to taking it easy now for awhile. Still will be doing some part-time work on the side. But I'll have more time to get some things done around the ol' homestead I've been putting off until I had more time to do it. Now I'll have to think up another excuse for not doing it!!!!:lmao::lmao::rotfl2:

[Luckymomoftwo]

Just had to share alittle info with ya'll. Heard from the Social Security office yesterday morning. They received my online application for retiring in January and had a few minor questions I needed to answer. I'm now all set to start drawing my social security next year!!!:cool1::cool1::cool1::banana::banana:
I didn't know they worked on Saturdays but the very nice lady I talked too said that they had alot of people retiring, (us baby boomers), which means the need to work Saturdays to help those like me retiring now get their benfits all setup. I'll still do some part-time work, but, I'M RETIRING!!!!:thumbsup2 DW says she is going to keep working.:confused3 That means I'll be home alone some days!!!!:scared1::scared1::scared1: I'll get into sooooooooooooooo much trouble!!!!:rolleyes1:lmao::lmao: This will give me more time to write to ya'll!!!!!:cool1: (You poor people you!!!!)

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! I"m so jealous! Retirement is NOWHERE near my future right now! :upsidedow Good thing I like my job, huh? :laughing:


Ps Debbie, when George tells you, "you rock" it should be taken as the highest compliment. :cheer2:

:thumbsup2 LOL!!

[Luckymomoftwo]

FE Exchange Group:

Luckymomoftwo
Junior (DH)
Debbie (DW)
Brandon(DS-11)
Emilee (DD-8)

IAmDaisyDuck
Eileen (DW)
Tony (DH)
Michael (DS-9)

TJBaggot
Judy (DW)
Martyn (DH)
Daniel -(DS-14)
Tim - (DS - 8)

[Time4disneynow]

Good Morning Everyone. It's Monday...hope you have a great day. Take care:)

[mlholster]

Hi everyone. We just booked this cruise. We will be part of the B2B club with the DVC member cruise. :cool1:
Debbie we would like to join this FE group too.
Mark & Lynn room 12516.
Thanks all.:goodvibes

[Time4disneynow]

Hi Lynn... :welcome: aboard....glad to see you booked the B2B. Going to be so much fun!!!!!

[davidls]

[QUOTE=Luckymomoftwo;38544053]CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! I"m so jealous! Retirement is NOWHERE near my future right now! :upsidedow Good thing I like my job, huh? :laughing:

I like my job..............infact I could almost say I love my job............................................... .................................................. ................................:lmao::lmao::lmao: :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2: even I couldn't say that with a straight face!!! I crack meself up sometimes!!! Seriously, it's good, been paying the ol' bills and puttn' food on the table, for all these years now. And most important..............paying for our Disney Cruises!!!

[Luckymomoftwo]

FE Exchange Group:

Luckymomoftwo
Junior (DH)
Debbie (DW)
Brandon(DS-11)
Emilee (DD-8)

IAmDaisyDuck
Eileen (DW)
Tony (DH)
Michael (DS-9)

TJBaggot
Judy (DW)
Martyn (DH)
Daniel -(DS-14)
Tim - (DS - 8)

MLHolster
Mark (DH)
Lynn (DW)

[mlholster]

Hi Lynn... :welcome: aboard....glad to see you booked the B2B. Going to be so much fun!!!!!

Thanks Monika:goodvibes I am so excited to finally meet with everyone:) We have never done a B2B before.

[Time4disneynow]

This is our first B2B and looking forward to it and to meeting everyone.

[davidls]

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2010/10/disney-cruise-line-voted-1/

Check out the link above. This is something we all already knew.:cool1::cool1::cool1::thumbsup2:thumbsup2:thu mbsup2

[Luckymomoftwo]

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2010/10/disney-cruise-line-voted-1/

Check out the link above. This is something we all already knew.:cool1::cool1::cool1::thumbsup2:thumbsup2:thu mbsup2

That's so cool!!!! And, like you said, we already knew this, but it's nice that now EVERYONE in the WHOLE cruiseline industry knows it! :thumbsup2 So, next time someone asks me why I choose DCL as apposed to a cheaper cruiseline, I can refer them to this article! :thumbsup2:goodvibes

[Time4disneynow]

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2010/10/disney-cruise-line-voted-1/

Check out the link above. This is something we all already knew.:cool1::cool1::cool1::thumbsup2:thumbsup2:thu mbsup2


davidls...thank you for sharing....that is something we all knew already. Congratulations DCL!!!!!! :thumbsup2. We were just on the Disney Vacation Club members cruise this past September and Karl Holz, the president of Disney Cruise Lines Disney Vacation was one of the guests.

[davidls]

davidls...thank you for sharing....that is something we all knew already. Congratulations DCL!!!!!! :thumbsup2. We were just on the Disney Vacation Club members cruise this past September and Karl Holz, the president of Disney Cruise Lines Disney Vacation was one of the guests.

Oh you are welcome.:surfweb: I check each and every day for updates about DCL and especially on the finishing up on building the Dream. I will keep all informed with new links as I find them.

Got the next few days off from work. DW and I are heading over to WDW for EPCOT's Food & Wine Festival tomorrow. We are going to eat and drink our way around the world!!:cool1::cool1:

Hope all has a GREAT day today!!!:woohoo::woohoo:

[Time4disneynow]

Good Morning everyone....hope you have a great day!!!!!!:)



Oh you are welcome.:surfweb: I check each and every day for updates about DCL and especially on the finishing up on building the Dream. I will keep all informed with new links as I find them.

Got the next few days off from work. DW and I are heading over to WDW for EPCOT's Food & Wine Festival tomorrow. We are going to eat and drink our way around the world!!:cool1::cool1:

Hope all has a GREAT day today!!!:woohoo::woohoo:

Looking forward to reading any info on DCL. Have a great time at EPCOT's F&W....would love to be there too but I have to wait until December....which really isn't too far off. Love seeing WDW at Christmas time.

[s_queenbee2002]

Debbie,
Please add my information to the FE exchange.
Room #7008
Jason and Sherrell
Thanks:goodvibes

[Luckymomoftwo]

FE Exchange Group:

Luckymomoftwo
Junior (DH)
Debbie (DW)
Brandon(DS-11)
Emilee (DD-8)

IAmDaisyDuck
Eileen (DW)
Tony (DH)
Michael (DS-9)

TJBaggot
Judy (DW)
Martyn (DH)
Daniel -(DS-14)
Tim - (DS - 8)

MLHolster
Mark (DH)
Lynn (DW)

s_queenbee2002
Jason (DH)
Sherrell (DW)

I am compiling a spreadsheet, as well, that I would like to email to everyone. Can you all please PM me with your email address so I can send you a copy of the spreadsheet? :thumbsup2

[Luckymomoftwo]

tjbaggott - did you ever get ahold of Shutters last year to get the pictures that were not on your CD? http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2325972

I was just cleaning out my subscribed threads and came across that one (I had posted a reply on it).

I think DCL really has to come up with a better way to allow passengers to view their pictures. The system they have now is just not a very good one. I don't like spending valuable vacation time looking at walls and walls of pictures to find my pictures. And not all of my pictures showed up on my KTTW card at those little kiosks. I don't understand why they can't do a "PhotoPass" type system there. I know they do take random pictures, but for the most part if they did a Photopass system it would make most of it a lot easier!

[teedee]

I'm so excited to see a thread for this cruise! I just booked 2 cabins, one for myself and one for my daughter,sil and dgs. It will be the first cruise for dgs, we just came back from his first WDW world trip a few weeks ago and I thought this would be nice for our next trip. We'll be at Pop for 4 days pre-cruise. Almost a year to go and I just can't wait! I haven't read the whole thread yet, but I'll do that now.

Terri

[Time4disneynow]

I'm so excited to see a thread for this cruise! I just booked 2 cabins, one for myself and one for my daughter,sil and dgs. It will be the first cruise for dgs, we just came back from his first WDW world trip a few weeks ago and I thought this would be nice for our next trip. We'll be at Pop for 4 days pre-cruise. Almost a year to go and I just can't wait! I haven't read the whole thread yet, but I'll do that now.

Terri

Hi Terri

:welcome: aboard. Looking forward to chatting and finally meeting you and your family.

In September we were on the Wonder for the DVC members cruise and then spent a couple of days at WDW. We had so much fun...wish I were still there.

[Luckymomoftwo]

I'm so excited to see a thread for this cruise! I just booked 2 cabins, one for myself and one for my daughter,sil and dgs. It will be the first cruise for dgs, we just came back from his first WDW world trip a few weeks ago and I thought this would be nice for our next trip. We'll be at Pop for 4 days pre-cruise. Almost a year to go and I just can't wait! I haven't read the whole thread yet, but I'll do that now.

Terri

:welcome: to the thread!! Glad you found us!! Congrats on booking the cruise! I'm sure your DGS will LOVE it!! :thumbsup2 The kids clubs look so much cooler on the Dream!!!

[tjbaggott]

Welcome to all the newbies! Our cruise last fall on the Wonder was Fabulous, and our last Whole family vacation. I have one child off to Collage this year, had him home for our Thanksgving this past weekend, but put him on a plane to go back to school yesterday. My eldest is 19 and is working pretty much full time and is planning on heading off to Collage or University next year. So we now find ourselves a family of 4 instead of 6, but you know what? Everything is SO MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE NOW!!! Yes, there is a bright side to every situation. :)
We only have 9 more days till we leave for our MNSSH Cruise!!!! I'm starting to panic now! I have done only half the stuff I need to do to be ready for this cruise, and time is just passing me by! This weekend, will be Flurry of last minute putting things together, packing ect... I hope to be able to relax for the few days before we leave. Next year getting ready for the Dream should go much smoother, as my boys can help pack their own stuff then. They have NO CLUE about this upcoming Halloween cruise, but they will know about the Dream one, this Christmas!


Luckymomoftwo, as for my photos from last year. Yes I did end up getting them. The shutters people found them based on pictures I sent them of what my boys were wearing in the ones I KNEW I was missing. There might have been others, I don't remember. And yes, I agree, they need a better system. I never used the kiosk as they never seemed available when I was. Not sure what we'll be doing for our Magic cruise in a few weeks. The photo CD I cannot justify the cost of this time around. I have a great SLR camera, but am still learning how to use it. I may just try taking our own photos and hope for the best. Thats the most economical way to do photos (doityourself). But then when you SEE the photos in Shutters, it really is hard to turn them down.

[tjbaggott]

My GOAL today, is to make everyone Jealous!! Well, not really, BUT I KNOW YOU WILL BE ANYWAY:rotfl2:


As of today, I'm doing the SINGLE DIGIT DANCE :cool1::banana::dance3::yay: :dancer:party::jumping3::jumping2::bounce::ccat: :donald: :sulley: :tigger: :hmghost: :mickeyjum :dogdance:

9 Days from today, we set out for our MICKEY'S NOT SO SCARY HALLOWEEN CRUISE Aboard the DISNEY MAGIC!!!

Can you tell I'm just a tad bit excited? ;)

[Luckymomoftwo]

OH!!! I AM JEALOUS!! Please take lots of pictures (I know you will even without me asking) and post them for us to see!!! I've seen pictures of the ship decorated for Christmas, but not for Halloween!

[teedee]

Thanks for the welcome! I was so happy to discover that Carter has his nana's love of Disneyworld, that I hope he also has my love of cruising! I've cruised many times, but this will be my first Disney cruise.

Terri

[Time4disneynow]

Hi everyone...hope you're having a great day....take care. :)


My GOAL today, is to make everyone Jealous!! Well, not really, BUT I KNOW YOU WILL BE ANYWAY:rotfl2:


As of today, I'm doing the SINGLE DIGIT DANCE :cool1::banana::dance3::yay: :dancer:party::jumping3::jumping2::bounce::ccat: :donald: :sulley: :tigger: :hmghost: :mickeyjum :dogdance:

9 Days from today, we set out for our MICKEY'S NOT SO SCARY HALLOWEEN CRUISE Aboard the DISNEY MAGIC!!!

Can you tell I'm just a tad bit excited? ;)

I am jealous too!!!! Now it's only 8 days to go!!!!! :cheer2: Halloween cruise aboard the Magic...how exciting. Looking forward to hearing all about it when you get back and hopefully you will share some photos.

We will be going to WDW in December....my favorite time of year to go....just love all the decorations. Going to do Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party. Can't wait.

[teedee]

Add me to the list of the jealous! I do hope you have a great time though!

We'd like to participate in the FE, but I don't know our cabin numbers, I booked guarantees. I've been thinking about changing it, but for now it's a guarantee. Saved a little money doing it that way but I think not knowing will eventually get to me! My TA said I wouldn't find out what cabins we're in until about 6 weeks before the cruise.

Terri

[tjbaggott]

Add me to the list of the jealous! I do hope you have a great time though!

We'd like to participate in the FE, but I don't know our cabin numbers, I booked guarantees. I've been thinking about changing it, but for now it's a guarantee. Saved a little money doing it that way but I think not knowing will eventually get to me! My TA said I wouldn't find out what cabins we're in until about 6 weeks before the cruise.

Terri


Our cruise for this Halloween, we also had booked GTY. I'd have to look up the post on my meets thread to find out exactly how far out we got our assignment, but it was around the 6 week mark, give or take. Something rings a bell with just before the 35 day mark. I tell you, I was like a kid waiting for Christmas! Each morning I awoke, I'd rush to turn on my computer and log into DCL to check and see if we'd been assigned a stateroom. I was THRILLED to see it that first morning it was posted, and even more thrilled to find out the location! We'd put in a request with our GTY that we be midship. Deck didn't matter, just midship, and thats what we got, as well as being on a deck that the majority of the FE particpants are on (that will make delivering EASY PEASY!) Does anyone know their show time assignment? I've been reading a lot about that on the main board. I didn't know it would that way. I'll email my TA on Monday and ask what show time we've been assigned to . We did get main dining, I think, but I'll check into that. Also for our Dream cruise, I would have booked GTY except we are doing a B2B and I wanted to be CERTAIN, we'd have the same stateroom for both cruises.

[Time4disneynow]

Good Morning everyone....Have a great day. :)

[stl_figment]

Hi everyone! Glad to see more people! I'm so very excited for my first Disney cruise and my wedding - which no I won't stop talking about on here :bride:

Trying to catch up on what I missed on the boards, as I sit at a computer all day at work and don't always like to sit in front of the computer when I get home. So please forgive me if I miss a topic...

Happy retirement, Happy (trying to?) enjoy your jobs even though you aren't close to retirement (put me in that boat), Happy upcoming cruises and trips to the WDW (I'm jealous too), Happy planning, and have a Happy day! :yay:

[Time4disneynow]

Good Morning everyone.....have a great day!!!!:)

[HappycamperGRF]

Hi everyone! Glad to see more people! I'm so very excited for my first Disney cruise and my wedding - which no I won't stop talking about on here :bride:

Trying to catch up on what I missed on the boards, as I sit at a computer all day at work and don't always like to sit in front of the computer when I get home. So please forgive me if I miss a topic...

Happy retirement, Happy (trying to?) enjoy your jobs even though you aren't close to retirement (put me in that boat), Happy upcoming cruises and trips to the WDW (I'm jealous too), Happy planning, and have a Happy day! :yay:

You are getting married right before the cruise?? How cool is that! Are you doing it WDW style?

[Luckymomoftwo]

Hi everyone! Glad to see more people! I'm so very excited for my first Disney cruise and my wedding - which no I won't stop talking about on here :bride:


That's fine by me that you won't stop talking about your wedding!! I want to hear all about the planning!!! We got married prior to DCL's existence, but I'm sure I would have tried my best to have a DCL wedding had there been such a thing as DCL!!!! :laughing:

[stl_figment]

You are getting married right before the cruise?? How cool is that! Are you doing it WDW style?

I'm actually getting married during the cruise - on Castaway Cay. It is WDW style - through the Disney Fairy Tale Weddings. (Well technically you get married as soon as you get on the ship in a civil ceremony - but that doesn't count) ;) The ceremony itself will be at 10ish in the morning somewhere on the beach. We also have to have a Bahamian marriage license (and a Florida marriage license) so we get two weddings.

Planning is fairly simple, I get a choice of a) b) or c) and just have to show up. The only hard choice is who is going to walk me down the aisle (or I may go alone). So look for me Saturday 9/17/11, I'll be the one in the wedding dress. :bride: :love:

[HappycamperGRF]

I'm actually getting married during the cruise - on Castaway Cay. It is WDW style - through the Disney Fairy Tale Weddings. (Well technically you get married as soon as you get on the ship in a civil ceremony - but that doesn't count) ;) The ceremony itself will be at 10ish in the morning somewhere on the beach. We also have to have a Bahamian marriage license (and a Florida marriage license) so we get two weddings.

Planning is fairly simple, I get a choice of a) b) or c) and just have to show up. The only hard choice is who is going to walk me down the aisle (or I may go alone). So look for me Saturday 9/17/11, I'll be the one in the wedding dress. :bride: :love:

Even better!! Whata great way to have a wedding, planning sounds like a breeze, gorgeous venue, TWO licenses, and best yet .. WDW style!!!

I will be on the lookout for you, we are bringing our decked out nikon d300 so can help with a few pics. Would be cool I could even post them on here (with your permission of course)!

You must be so excited! What a magical amazing wedding :wizard::woohoo::dance3::bride:pirate::thumbsup2

[davidls]

Ok........ok.......ok DW and I go away for a couple of days and new cruisers come aboard and weddings are in the plans on Castaway Cay.........we missed out on sooooooooooooooo much new info!!!:confused3

Well, let me say :welcome::welcome::welcome: to all of the new cruisers joining us. (Even though I'm like way too late!!!)

I'm sure by now all of you have seen or heard about the new Disney sail dates. Disney didn't go beyond August of 2012 as of yet. DW and I prefer to sail in the fall months..........September or October. So I guess we will have to wait for them to announce beyond August to make our plans for sailing on the Fantasy. Maybe even book while we are on board the Dream. But more then likely we will book as soon as they announce for August and the rest of 2012. Are any of you looking to sail on the Fantasy? Just wondering.

Well, I can see by the ol' clock on the wall it's time for me to get back to work. All have a great day!!!

[davidls]

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd30/mishoe01/dream.jpg

Check this out!!!

[Time4disneynow]

davidls...thank you for sharing....love the photo.

Found this on Meyerwerft Website:


Disney Dream leaves building dock

Disney’s first cruise ship nearing completion – Largest ever ship built by Meyer Werft

Papenburg, 1.10.2010 - On Saturday, 30 October 2010, the Disney Dream, the biggest cruise ship built by MEYER WERFT to date, will leave the yard's covered building dock. The floating-out manoeuvre is supposed to commence around 5 pm. The Disney Dream is scheduled to float out of the dock the first time. The event will include a unique celebration to mark the milestone as the ship nears completion.


Upon leaving the building dock the Disney Dream will remain in the yard harbour. On the following Sunday MEYER WERFT’s and Disney Cruise Line’s tests & trials teams will perform functional tests of various technical systems such as the stabilizers and the rudders. Afterwards the cruise ship will remain berthed alongside the yard's pier. In the following two weeks the remaining interior work will be completed, and more trials and acceptance tests will be conducted.


The Disney Dream is the first of two ships MEYER WERFT is building for Disney Cruise Line (USA). She is 340 m long, 37 m wide, and can accommodate as many as 4,000 passengers. Her powerful engines enable the Disney Dream to operate at a speed of up to 23.5 knots. Having a tonnage of 128,000 GT, she is the biggest cruise ship ever built in Germany. Measuring a length of 340 metres, she even counts among the three longest cruise ships in the world.

The ship is likely to leave MEYER WERFT and be conveyed down the river Ems on the second weekend in November. The exact date of the Ems conveyance will be published on www.meyerwerft.com approx. 1-2 weeks in advance.

!Changes to the undocking time schedule or delays due to weather conditions may occur!

[davidls]

davidls...thank you for sharing....love the photo.

Found this on Meyerwerft Website:


Disney Dream leaves building dock

Disney’s first cruise ship nearing completion – Largest ever ship built by Meyer Werft

Papenburg, 1.10.2010 - On Saturday, 30 October 2010, the Disney Dream, the biggest cruise ship built by MEYER WERFT to date, will leave the yard's covered building dock. The floating-out manoeuvre is supposed to commence around 5 pm. The Disney Dream is scheduled to float out of the dock the first time. The event will include a unique celebration to mark the milestone as the ship nears completion.


Upon leaving the building dock the Disney Dream will remain in the yard harbour. On the following Sunday MEYER WERFT’s and Disney Cruise Line’s tests & trials teams will perform functional tests of various technical systems such as the stabilizers and the rudders. Afterwards the cruise ship will remain berthed alongside the yard's pier. In the following two weeks the remaining interior work will be completed, and more trials and acceptance tests will be conducted.


The Disney Dream is the first of two ships MEYER WERFT is building for Disney Cruise Line (USA). She is 340 m long, 37 m wide, and can accommodate as many as 4,000 passengers. Her powerful engines enable the Disney Dream to operate at a speed of up to 23.5 knots. Having a tonnage of 128,000 GT, she is the biggest cruise ship ever built in Germany. Measuring a length of 340 metres, she even counts among the three longest cruise ships in the world.

The ship is likely to leave MEYER WERFT and be conveyed down the river Ems on the second weekend in November. The exact date of the Ems conveyance will be published on www.meyerwerft.com approx. 1-2 weeks in advance.

!Changes to the undocking time schedule or delays due to weather conditions may occur!

Thanks for sharing that information about the Dreams sail out Time4disneynow!!! It's not going to be much longer now. And before you know it, we all will be boarding that beautiful ship!!! :thumbsup2:thumbsup2

Does anyone have any plans of booking another cruise while on board the Dream? If Disney doesn't announce the rest of 2012 sail dates soon, DW and I will book one on the Fantasy for 2012. Taking advantage of the discount for booking while on board.:yay::woohoo::woohoo:

[Time4disneynow]

Hello everyone...hope you had a good day. Found this article...thought you might be interested....:)


Disney to celebrate Air Force Week with parade, Thunderbirds flyover at Magic Kingdom
by
Ricky Brigante www.insidethemagic.net

To help celebrate Air Force Week in Central Florida, Disney plans to commemorate Hometown Heroes at the Magic Kingdom with attending US Air Force Servicemen during the “Celebrate a Dream Come True” parade on Tuesday, October 26, beginning at 3 p.m.

Shortly thereafter, the USAF Thunderbirds will perform a high-speed flyover at 3:15 p.m. Don’t blink or you might miss it!

The United States Air Force Thunderbirds previously flew over the Magic Kingdom and Epcot’s Spaceship Earth on April 7, 2008, the 55th anniversary year for the Las Vegas, Nev.-based air demonstration team.

[Luckymomoftwo]

Monika-that is AWESOME!! I got chills just looking at the pictures! :laughing: My brother was in the Air Force...we weren't really that close growing up (we fought more than we got along) but whenever he came home on leave we got along really well. So I like to think that the Air Force had a little something to do with that! :goodvibes He would have LOVED to be a pilot but his vision isn't perfect so I don't think he was able to even try to make that a reality. So, now he has his Visual Pilots License through a small airport locally. If he ever wins the lottery I'm sure he'll work his way up to be a pilot with one of the major airlines. That takes big bucks for all the training. :scared1: Anyways, thanks for posting that!

And thanks davidls for posting the picture of the back of the ship!!! Can't wait to take my own picture of it! :thumbsup2

[Time4disneynow]

You're welcome...glad you liked the article.

Michael and I go to Ocean City, Maryland every June and watch the Air Force Thunderbirds perform over the ocean...it is awesome...when they fly over...it just takes my breath away. WOW!!!

Good luck to your brother....you never know...he could win the lottery!!!! Sending him pixie dust for luck and hope he never gives up on his dream to be a pilot.:tink::tink::tink:

[tjbaggott]

Well GOODBY EVERYONE!!! Not saying that for THIS cruise but because we pack the van tonight and hit the road first thing in the morning to head to our MAGIC cruise!! The air Show in Cape Canaveral is the same weekend that our Cruise sets sail. In fact I'm glad I booked the hotel at CI&S when I did (last Feb) because as of the spring, it was really hard for other Disers to get a room for the same Friday night. I expect traffic in that area to be horrendous too. We were going to spend a leisure Friday at Cocoa Beach, but have now passed on that idea, as it's sure to be a zoo! Will love watching the planes overhead though as we set SAIL!!! WOO HOO!!:yay:

[Time4disneynow]

Good Morning and hope you have a great day!!!!:)


tjbaggott---safe travels. Have a "Magical" cruise. Looking forward to hearing about it when you return. Take lots of photos too. Take care.

[davidls]

Well GOODBY EVERYONE!!! Not saying that for THIS cruise but because we pack the van tonight and hit the road first thing in the morning to head to our MAGIC cruise!! The air Show in Cape Canaveral is the same weekend that our Cruise sets sail. In fact I'm glad I booked the hotel at CI&S when I did (last Feb) because as of the spring, it was really hard for other Disers to get a room for the same Friday night. I expect traffic in that area to be horrendous too. We were going to spend a leisure Friday at Cocoa Beach, but have now passed on that idea, as it's sure to be a zoo! Will love watching the planes overhead though as we set SAIL!!! WOO HOO!!:yay:

I don't know if you are going to be checking out the DIS site while on your cruise, but like Time4disneynow said, Judy and family have a safe a GREAT cruise!!!:cool1::cool1: Oh how I wish DW and I were going too!!! Oh well, next year on the Dream doing a back2back is going to be sooooooooooooooooo much fun!!!:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

[teedee]

Does anyone have any plans of booking another cruise while on board the Dream? If Disney doesn't announce the rest of 2012 sail dates soon, DW and I will book one on the Fantasy for 2012. Taking advantage of the discount for booking while on board.:yay::woohoo::woohoo:

We're planning on booking another cruise onboard, I like the perks of booking onboard, and I'm not quite so depressed getting off the ship if I know I have another cruise booked!

Well GOODBY EVERYONE!!! Not saying that for THIS cruise but because we pack the van tonight and hit the road first thing in the morning to head to our MAGIC cruise!! The air Show in Cape Canaveral is the same weekend that our Cruise sets sail. In fact I'm glad I booked the hotel at CI&S when I did (last Feb) because as of the spring, it was really hard for other Disers to get a room for the same Friday night. I expect traffic in that area to be horrendous too. We were going to spend a leisure Friday at Cocoa Beach, but have now passed on that idea, as it's sure to be a zoo! Will love watching the planes overhead though as we set SAIL!!! WOO HOO!!:yay:

I hope you have a wonderful cruise! It will be seriously cool to watch the planes overhead as you sail away!

Terri

[Time4disneynow]

Hello Everyone...it's Monday!!!!! Hope you have a great day. Take care. :)

[davidls]

Hello Everyone...it's Monday!!!!! Hope you have a great day. Take care. :)

I would like to also wish everyone a very Happy Monday as Monika did.

Just a little reminder.............this Saturday is the day the Dream has her float out!!!:cool1::cool1::cool1: She will still be in Myer Werfts docks getting some last touches done on the inside. But, soon she will set sail for some test runs and then................it's on to Port Canaveral!!!:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

Have a safe and enjoyable day today.:thumbsup2

[Luckymomoftwo]

FE Exchange Group:

Luckymomoftwo
Junior (DH)
Debbie (DW)
Brandon(DS-11)
Emilee (DD-8)

IAmDaisyDuck
Eileen (DW)
Tony (DH)
Michael (DS-9)

TJBaggot
Judy (DW)
Martyn (DH)
Daniel -(DS-14)
Tim - (DS - 8)

MLHolster
Mark (DH)
Lynn (DW)

s_queenbee2002
Jason (DH)
Sherrell (DW)

TeeDee
Terri
Cindy
Seth
Carter (DGS-4)

I am compiling a spreadsheet, as well, that I would like to email to everyone. Can you all please PM me with your email address so I can send you a copy of the spreadsheet? :thumbsup2

[Time4disneynow]

I would like to also wish everyone a very Happy Monday as Monika did.

Just a little reminder.............this Saturday is the day the Dream has her float out!!!:cool1::cool1::cool1: She will still be in Myer Werfts docks getting some last touches done on the inside. But, soon she will set sail for some test runs and then................it's on to Port Canaveral!!!:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

Have a safe and enjoyable day today.:thumbsup2

Davidls...it is so exciting. I wonder if we will be able to see the float out on the webcam. Yes, she will set sail for test runs to make sure all is well for us, when we board the ship :woohoo:


FE Exchange Group:

I am compiling a spreadsheet, as well, that I would like to email to everyone. Can you all please PM me with your email address so I can send you a copy of the spreadsheet? :thumbsup2

Thank you so much Debbie!!!!!!:)

[davidls]

http://www.travelpulse.com/behind-the-scenes-at-disneys-believe.html

Here is something else I found that I thought ya'll might be interested in reading. I can't wait to get on board that ship!!!:woohoo::woohoo:

[Time4disneynow]

Davidls...thank you for sharing the article....getting more excited as I learn new things about the Dream.

I cannot wait until the cruise!!!!!

[davidls]

Davidls...thank you for sharing the article....getting more excited as I learn new things about the Dream.

I cannot wait until the cruise!!!!!

You are welcome Monika............by the way just call me David, or stupid as DW does sometimes!!! :lmao:

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/category/disney-cruise-line/

Here is a link to a short movie about the new shows on the Dream. Like everyone else, the excitement is building and I can't wait to get on board the Dream!!!:cool1::cool1::cool1:

[Time4disneynow]

David...with all this great entertainment, fireworks, food etc....who's going to want to go home.

DH and I just love Disney...Disney does so many amazing things...that you never ever get tired of and we keep going back for more and more.

Thank you for sharing...:thumbsup2

We only have 323 more days!!!!!!!:yay::woohoo::cheer2::banana:

[Time4disneynow]

Good Morning everyone....hope you have a great day!!!!:)

[dvc deernut]

HI, I KNOW WE ARE NOT ON THIS CRUISE:rotfl2:BUT I WANTED TO SAY HELLO TO OUR FRIENDS WHO WILL BE CRUISING WITH US ON THE DVC CRUISE. SAVE US A SPOT FOR SAILAWAY:worship: AND KEEP MY KONK KOOLER COLD FOR ME:rotfl2:

[davidls]

I have it on good authority that ya'll need to tune in to Good Morning America next Friday, November 5 for a special preview of the AquaDuck on the Disney Dream. I on the other hand will be at work. So I'm going to hit record on the ol' DVR so I can watch it too. :cool1::cool1::cool1:

[Luckymomoftwo]

Good morning fellow 9/15 cruisers!!! I hope you are all having a great week. Tomorrow is FRIDAY!!! :yay::yay::yay: (It's been a really long week and it hasn't been a good week, either!) :headache:


HI, I KNOW WE ARE NOT ON THIS CRUISE:rotfl2:BUT I WANTED TO SAY HELLO TO OUR FRIENDS WHO WILL BE CRUISING WITH US ON THE DVC CRUISE. SAVE US A SPOT FOR SAILAWAY:worship: AND KEEP MY KONK KOOLER COLD FOR ME:rotfl2:

:wave: Hi Ian!! I don't know if I can save you a better spot at the sail away party than what you seem to always manage to get, but I'll warn the bartenders to keep your konk kooler cold. Unless, of course, I end up :drinking: all the konk koolers on board...I WILL have my kids with me on the 3 night, so they may drive me to drink more. :rotfl2:


I have it on good authority that ya'll need to tune in to Good Morning America next Friday, November 5 for a special preview of the AquaDuck on the Disney Dream. I on the other hand will be at work. So I'm going to hit record on the ol' DVR so I can watch it too. :cool1::cool1::cool1:

THANKS FOR THE INFO!!!!!!!!! :worship:

[Time4disneynow]

Thank you, David for the info. Just think in a couple of days...the Dream will do the float out. I just hope we will be able to see part of that on the webcam. Not even sure if the webcam in Germany is a live webcam.

How many of you will be going on the AquaDuck.....:wave: I am!!!!

[davidls]

Thank you, David for the info. Just think in a couple of days...the Dream will do the float out. I just hope we will be able to see part of that on the webcam. Not even sure if the webcam in Germany is a live webcam.

How many of you will be going on the AquaDuck.....:wave: I am!!!!

Monika, you can count me in for riding on the AquaDuck!!! (Psssssssstttt........I plan on taking several pairs of swimming trunks with me and changing often so the attendant will not recognize me riding the AquaDuck so many times. Good idea huh???!?:banana::banana:) I'm thinkn'.........I'm always thinkn'!!!!:lmao::lmao::lmao:

I just read on here some where that someone was on a tour at Myer Werft where the Dream is being built. After the tour he left then came back to check on where the best place to view the Dreams float out would be. All of a sudden the big door behind the Dream opens up, and he took several photos of the back of the ship. But sadly he doesn't know how to post photo's on the DIS board. But guys, it's getting closer to the Dream setting sail soon for home port - Port Canaveral!!!!:cool1::cool1::cool1:

[Luckymomoftwo]

Thank you, David for the info. Just think in a couple of days...the Dream will do the float out. I just hope we will be able to see part of that on the webcam. Not even sure if the webcam in Germany is a live webcam.

How many of you will be going on the AquaDuck.....:wave: I am!!!!


I hope I can go on the Aquaduck! I can't do the dark tube slides...I get really claustrophobic in those. I'm afraid to breathe in them becaue I'm afraid I'll inhale water. But, I think I'll be ok on the Aquaduck since most of it is clear and I can see if the water is going to splash me in the face. :sad2:

[Time4disneynow]

Monika, you can count me in for riding on the AquaDuck!!! (Psssssssstttt........I plan on taking several pairs of swimming trunks with me and changing often so the attendant will not recognize me riding the AquaDuck so many times. Good idea huh???!?:banana::banana:) I'm thinkn'.........I'm always thinkn'!!!!:lmao::lmao::lmao:

I just read on here some where that someone was on a tour at Myer Werft where the Dream is being built. After the tour he left then came back to check on where the best place to view the Dreams float out would be. All of a sudden the big door behind the Dream opens up, and he took several photos of the back of the ship. But sadly he doesn't know how to post photo's on the DIS board. But guys, it's getting closer to the Dream setting sail soon for home port - Port Canaveral!!!!:cool1::cool1::cool1:

David, I think it is a great idea-several pairs of swim trunks :thumbsup2:lmao:. I'm wondering who the attendant will have more problems with....the little kids or us big kids????:yay::rotfl2:

Tomorrow is the float out....looking forward to that.

Each day that passes, we get closer to boarding the Dream :woohoo:

I hope I can go on the Aquaduck! I can't do the dark tube slides...I get really claustrophobic in those. I'm afraid to breathe in them becaue I'm afraid I'll inhale water. But, I think I'll be ok on the Aquaduck since most of it is clear and I can see if the water is going to splash me in the face. :sad2:

Debbie...that's me too. I have to see where I'm going. That goes with rides at WDW too...if it's dark...you can forget me going on it....don't like it!!!!

[Luckymomoftwo]

Thought you guys might like to see the pictures in this thread: :banana:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2586126&page=2

[Time4disneynow]

Debbie...thank you for sharing....isn't she a beautiful ship...I just can't wait.

[Luckymomoftwo]

She IS a beautiful ship!! I think the two new ones are going to put the Wonder & Magic to shame as far as the interior goes! :scared1: That being said, the Wonder & Magic will always hold a special place in my heart! :goodvibes You get the see the new ship sooner than I do! I see you are going in March!! LUCKY YOU!!!!!

[Time4disneynow]

Debbie...we are going on a Disney Eastern in February 2011 on the Magic....we were supposed to go on a cruise with another cruise line but we cancelled and decided to do a Disney cruise. The March cruise is for 2012.

So, I have to wait until September 2011 for the Dream.

[Luckymomoftwo]

Debbie...we are going on a Disney Eastern in February 2011 on the Magic....we were supposed to go on a cruise with another cruise line but we cancelled and decided to do a Disney cruise. The March cruise is for 2012.

So, I have to wait until September 2011 for the Dream.


DUH! Silly me! I just saw MARCH and didn't even pay attention to the "2012" LOL!!!! Well, now I feel better knowing that you have to wait just as long as I do to see the new ship. :rotfl: Just kidding!!! :goodvibes

[Time4disneynow]

Gee thanks Debbie...:lmao: :laughing:I was hoping maybe it was March 2011...oh well...I guess I'll have to wait until the 15th of September.

The float out is tomorrow...a step closer...good enough for me right now...:)

[davidls]

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2586126

Some exciting pictures of the Dream!!!!:cool1: Check out the link above for some fantastic pictures of the Dreams float out!!! This link is a post by a fellow DIS'er on a tour at Myer Werft. The comments are great to read but is you want to just see his photos look on pages 2, 7, 9 and page 10. I'm sure he will post others as the day goes on today. :cool1::cool1::cool1:

[Time4disneynow]

Good Morning everyone and Happy Saturday. Hope you have a great day.

:lovestruc WOW...Disney Dream is almost finished...she is such a beautiful ship...amazing!!!:lovestruc

We only have to wait 320 days....that's all...piece of cake:):goodvibes

Thank you, David for sharing.

[mousefan64]

It's official, the DREAM is afloat......:cheer2: :dance3:

[teedee]

I know it's a little silly, but I teared up watching the youtube videos of the Dream float out. Especially when I heard "A Dream Is A Wish That Your Heart Makes" played on the horns. If this got me emotional I'll probably be a basket case by the time our cruise gets here!

Terri

[DizDragonfly]

I know it's a little silly, but I teared up watching the youtube videos of the Dream float out. Especially when I heard "A Dream Is A Wish That Your Heart Makes" played on the horns.

:thumbsup2 You aren't the only one!

[Time4disneynow]

I know it's a little silly, but I teared up watching the youtube videos of the Dream float out. Especially when I heard "A Dream Is A Wish That Your Heart Makes" played on the horns. If this got me emotional I'll probably be a basket case by the time our cruise gets here!

Terri

Terri...you're not the only one....I did too. It's not silly at all.
Disney Dream....she is a beautiful ship...I got goosebumps watching the webcam for her float out...loved every minute of it. I still have the webcam open and look at her every once in awhile.

[davidls]

Terri...you're not the only one....I did too. It's not silly at all.
Disney Dream....she is a beautiful ship...I got goosebumps watching the webcam for her float out...loved every minute of it. I still have the webcam open and look at her every once in awhile.

Well DW & I watched the floatout like I'll bet most all of you did. We laughed, we cried, we jumped for joy!!!:hug: It was a wonderful thing to watch. Seriously everyone, DW and I watched the whole floatout with excitment and I'm being honest here DW did tear up more then once yesterday. Not me though...........no not me!!!:eek::eek::eek:

http://www.ndr.de/flash/mediathek/index.html

Here is a link to a German TV show from yesterday. Of course they are speaking German, and I don't speak German, but you do pick up a couple of words here in there. But they do show some inside pictures of the Dream. Well worth checking out!!!

Monika, can you send me a link to the webcam? I closed it down yesterday, thinking I would open it up again today, but I can't find it. Thanks.

Well, I have to go and do my excercises on the ol' torture machine. We have an eplicial machine that my doctor wants me to use as often as I can to keep the ol' ticker in good shape and lose a few unwanted pounds. Well, I have lost almost 30 pounds. If I turn sideways you can't see me!!!!! that can't be good!!!!:scared1:

[davidls]

I forgot to give you the instructions to watch the German show. Click on the link I gave you in my earlier post. Give it a couple of seconds to open up to your choices. At the upper right Click on Startseite - Then type in the boc Papenburg and click on Suchen - It will give you several choices to view. Click on Das Disney - Traumschiff Docket Aus. If it doesn't work the first time try again. It took me a couple of tries my first time. Enjoy all.

[Luckymomoftwo]

It's official, the DREAM is afloat......:cheer2: :dance3:

:banana::cheer2::yay::banana::cheer2::yay::banana: :cheer2::yay:

I know it's a little silly, but I teared up watching the youtube videos of the Dream float out. Especially when I heard "A Dream Is A Wish That Your Heart Makes" played on the horns. If this got me emotional I'll probably be a basket case by the time our cruise gets here!

Terri

Not silly at all! I teared up, too! (More than once!) :laughing: And I'm so glad I have my DIS friends to share in this excitement. My family just doesn't understand (mom, dad, siblings, etc.) :sad2:


Meyer Werft changed the web cam view and now it's just showing an empty dry dock where the ship was built! :sad1: I wanna see the ship NOW!!!

[Luckymomoftwo]

I forgot to give you the instructions to watch the German show. Click on the link I gave you in my earlier post. Give it a couple of seconds to open up to your choices. At the upper right Click on Startseite - Then type in the boc Papenburg and click on Suchen - It will give you several choices to view. Click on Das Disney - Traumschiff Docket Aus. If it doesn't work the first time try again. It took me a couple of tries my first time. Enjoy all.

Thanks for posting that!! :thumbsup2

[Time4disneynow]

Hello everyone and Happy Halloween

Hope you have a great Sunday. No plans here...just relaxing.

David....sorry to say...but...the webcam that was on the Dream...is GONE:sad1: I wanted to see her this morning and the webcam that is now on is showing the inside of the building again. I watched it all yesterday too...it was so exciting. She is a beautiful ship!!!!!

Congrats on your weight loss...DH and I know what you're going through...DH lost 60 lbs so far and I lost 24 lbs. Good luck to you on your weight loss.

I will go check the website again to see if the webcam is on the Dream.


Have a great day everyone.

[Time4disneynow]

Hello everyone....hope you are having a great day.

Take care....:flower3:

[davidls]

Hope ya'll are having a great day today!!!

http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/captain-greybeard/2010/11/first-pictures-inside-disney-d.html

Here is a link that has some pictures of the inside of the Dream taken yesterday. It shows the artist's drawings and where construction stands at this point. It is getting closer to being finished guys!!!!:cool1::cool1::cool1:

[Time4disneynow]

David...thank you for sharing the link.

Wow...she is just beautiful. I can't wait. Will be so much fun exploring the ship!!!!

I see you are in New Port Richey, FL...will you be able to see the Dream arrive at Port Canaveral? I will have to find the Port Canaveral webcams so I can see her.

[davidls]

David...thank you for sharing the link.

Wow...she is just beautiful. I can't wait. Will be so much fun exploring the ship!!!!

I see you are in New Port Richey, FL...will you be able to see the Dream arrive at Port Canaveral? I will have to find the Port Canaveral webcams so I can see her.



Well Monika, we live on the other side of the state of Florida, about 25 miles northwest of Tampa as the crow flies. But thank goodness Florida is not a very wide state. It would take us about 2 1/2 hours to 3 hours to drive over to Port Canaveral from our home. (That's if I'm driving - if DW is driving it would take a little longer!!!) When we are cruising with Disney, what we like to do is the day before the cruise stay at the Caribbean Beach Resort at WDW. Then on the day of the cruise drive over from WDW. This cuts our driving time a little over half. We are going to try and find out when the Dream is suppose to arrive in Port Canaveral and then go over to see her if at all possible. If we do I will get some photo's a post them for all to see.

[davidls]

Hey Monika, and everyone, Check out this link!!! It is Myer Werft's webcam of the workers working on the Dream. Thought ya'll might want to check it out!!!

http://www.meyerwerft.de/index_e.html

Hope everyone has a great day today!!!!:thumbsup2:thumbsup2:thumbsup2

[Time4disneynow]

Good Morning everyone...hope you are having a good day. So far I am...it's 58 degrees here and raining. Supposed to rain most of the day.

David...thank you for the link...I love seeing everything about the Dream...I look foward to the cruise...:cool1:

Here is the link to the Port Canaveral webcam...the Disney Wonder is in port right now...you will be able to see her. This is the link you may be able to see the Dream when she finally comes to port. Enjoy!!!!
http://portcanaveral.com/webcam.htm

[Time4disneynow]

:)...me again!!!!

The Dream is on their webcam again....here is the link:

http://www.meyerwerft.de/index_e.html

[davidls]

Just wanted to pop in to say hi to everyone. Hi:wave2:

I haven't got any new links for ya'll to check out yet today. I have been watching the construction going on the Dream at Myer Werft's webcam. It is fun to watch like Monika said.:cool1::cool1::cool1:

[Time4disneynow]

Hello everyone...hope you are having a great Friday!!! :)

I've been watching the Meyer Werft webcam...I just can't get enough. Also, did you watch Good Morning America this morning? They were in Papenburg, Germany aboard the Dream. The reporter went on the AquaDuck...now that looked like sooooo much fun...I will be going on...that's for sure. The Dreams cruise director had some camera time...her name is Rachel and she is from Australia...she is one of the best cruise directors DCL has!!!!!! I would love to see one of the cabins with the virtual portal.

[Luckymomoftwo]

Hi David!

Hi Monika!

I didn't watch GMA because I'm at work, but I set the DVR to record it for me! :thumbsup2 Can't wait to watch it tonight!!!!!!!

[davidls]

Hello everyone...hope you are having a great Friday!!! :)

I've been watching the Meyer Werft webcam...I just can't get enough. Also, did you watch Good Morning America this morning? They were in Papenburg, Germany aboard the Dream. The reporter went on the AquaDuck...now that looked like sooooo much fun...I will be going on...that's for sure. The Dreams cruise director had some camera time...her name is Rachel and she is from Australia...she is one of the best cruise directors DCL has!!!!!! I would love to see one of the cabins with the virtual portal.



I agree with you about Rachel being the best cruise director. She was our cruise director on our first cruise on the Magic. That is wonderful that she is going to be cruise director on the Dream! Man on man this cruise keeps getting better and better all of the time!!!

Hi David!

Hi Monika!

I didn't watch GMA because I'm at work, but I set the DVR to record it for me! :thumbsup2 Can't wait to watch it tonight!!!!!!!

Hi Luckymomoftwo. I'm at work also and had to set my DVR to record the GMA show this morning too. Like you, DW and I will watch it as we eat our dinner tonight. This is going to be such a great cruise everyone!!! Have any of you seen the short video's AOL Travel has made about the Dream? They are very good. One of the newest ones shows several scenes inside the ship. Check it out!!!:thumbsup2

[Time4disneynow]

Hi David!

Hi Monika!

I didn't watch GMA because I'm at work, but I set the DVR to record it for me! :thumbsup2 Can't wait to watch it tonight!!!!!!!

Hi Debbie...thank you for the info--AOL travel. I will check it out.
Good Morning America...there are several stories throughout the show. Enjoy!!!!


David....you're right...it's getting better and better. Rachel was cruise director on the Magic on our first Disney cruise too. Our other favorite cruise director is Brent!!!!!

[davidls]

Just wanted to say hi to everyone and hope all are having a GREAT week-end. :cool1::cool1::cool1:

I'm counting down days now to retirement day!!! It was months, then weeks, now it is days. Well, actually, I still should be counting weeks, but what the hey!!! I'm counting work days - Monday thru Friday. At Christmas time DW and I are off the week between Christmas and New Year's. So, my last day at work will be Thursday December 23rd. We get the 24th off as a holiday since Christmas falls on a Saturday this year. So, it is 32 working days until RETIREMENT!!!!!:cool1::cool1::cool1: (So if any of you out there in DIS Land want to get me a retirement or Christmas gift.....................I have made a list.):lmao::lmao::rotfl2::rotfl:

Well, ya'll have a great week-end!!!!:thumbsup2:thumbsup2:thumbsup2

[davidls]

http://www.depping-design.de/test/thumbnails.php?album=145

Hi all...............again. Above is a link to some great photos Andreas Depping, who lives in Germany took of the Dream. Check them out!!!:cool1:

[Time4disneynow]

Hello everyone...hope you're having a great Saturday.

Check out the Port Canaveral webcam to see the Magic. She leaves port at 5pm.

David...thank you for the link...love his photos. I keep going to the Meyer Werft cam to see the Dream. 32 working days until retirement....:cheer2::cheer2: congratulations!!!! DH is still in a big countdown....he has over 3,000 days until he retires.



Have a good evening and take care.:)

[davidls]

Just wanted to wish everybody a very Happy Monday. Have fun all, but be safe.
I'm at work now...................aaaaarrrrrrrrrggghhhhhhhh!!! ! Work does get in the way of my Disney FUN!!!! (But not much longer!!!!):cool1::cool1::cool1:
Hope ya'll have a great day!!!:thumbsup2

[tjbaggott]

Hello everyone!!! We are BACK!!!!! Not that I'm tooooo happy to be saying that. Our cruise aboard the Disney Magic was Phenomenal!!!! Several times on Debarkation day, DS7 said "Please mom, PLEEEAAASSSE, take us on the the Dream or on the Magic AGAIN!!!" This coming from the boy who over the summer was telling me again and again, he's never going on another boat or ship again EVER EVER EVER, and I couldn't make him, nope, Noway, NEVER...... Because it might sink". :rotfl2:

We set sail on the Dreams Float out day, and there was NOTHING on board the Magic to highlight or inform us on the happneings :sad2: Oh well.

After our LOOONNNNGGG drive home, I MUST find a way to arrange for us to fly for the Dream Cruise next year. The only thing is, we stopped in St. Augustine on the way home. We stopped specifically for the Disney Outlet store there. AMAZING Place!! They even had cruise line stuff, most items 70% or more off the cost on the ship or in WDW. So we went NUTS shopping and now I realize there are still some items I WISHED I had gotten but didn't, because DH was in a hurry to get back on the road (23 hour drive and all). If we fly down next year, I think it would be worth the cost of renting a car and driving to that Disney Store and back in a day (it's only 2 hours from Cape Canaveral). I still have all this unpacking to do. I also notice that staring at my computer screen is giving me the vetigo feeling I had on the ship (the times the ship went through the gulph stream), WOW, where's my Dramamine?????

I did pick up some gifts for my boys for this Christmas to reveal the DREAM Cruise to them. Because at this point, I think THATS ALL they are getting.
Anyway, now I can start planning for the Dream. It's been fun catching up on this board. Now I'll go check out the 1st half our Dream B2B:thumbsup2

[DizDragonfly]

we stopped in St. Augustine on the way home. We stopped specifically for the Disney Outlet store there. AMAZING Place!! They even had cruise line stuff, most items 70% or more off the cost on the ship or in WDW.

Nice!! My DH wants to do the ghost tour at the lighthouse there. But, I'm not sure I'd want to do it the night before we cruise though. :confused3

[davidls]

Nice!! My DH wants to do the ghost tour at the lighthouse there. But, I'm not sure I'd want to do it the night before we cruise though. :confused3

Hey DizDragonfly, that sounds like it would be fun to do the lighthouse ghost tour in St Augustine.:scared1::scared1: I've seen it on TV on one of those ghost shows on the Travel Channel, it looks like it would be allot of fun. They even do a ghost tour of the city of St Augustine.:scared1::scared1: Maybe ...............after your Disney Cruise...........good idea???? Just trying to help!:lmao::lmao::lmao:

[DizDragonfly]

Hey DizDragonfly, that sounds like it would be fun to do the lighthouse ghost tour in St Augustine.:scared1::scared1: I've seen it on TV on one of those ghost shows on the Travel Channel, it looks like it would be allot of fun. They even do a ghost tour of the city of St Augustine.:scared1::scared1: Maybe ...............after your Disney Cruise...........good idea???? Just trying to help!:lmao::lmao::lmao:

Yeah, we saw the lighthouse on Ghost Hunters (on Syfy Channel). It was the most compelling piece of evidence for ghosts that I've ever seen. Gave me serious chills! I'm sure we'll try it sometime. I'm just not sure when. :laughing:

[teedee]

Karen (DizDragonfly) off topic here, but I love your avatar! I have a Boston Terrier, Duchess, she is the best dog I've ever had!

Terri

[DizDragonfly]

Karen (DizDragonfly) off topic here, but I love your avatar! I have a Boston Terrier, Duchess, she is the best dog I've ever had!

Terri

Thanks! We love Bostons. We've had three others (passed on now) and currently have the little princess in my avatar, Alta, and a Boston/French Bulldog mix named Boe. :goodvibes

[davidls]

Wanted to say hi to all this fine and beautiful Tuesday morning. It's going to be a beautiful day here in Florida. Still a little chilly but it's a warmn' up guys!!!!:cool2::cool1::cool1:

I read on Myer Werft's website that the Dream will be conveyed down the river Ems in Germany this Friday/Saturday. That sounds like they are a little ahead of schedule on her. I remember reading somewhere on the web that Disney gets the "keys" to the Dream on Dec 9th.:banana: I wonder if there will be a video of that! I hope so!!!

Well, all I see by the ol' clock on the wall, it's time for ol' David to start working!!! Talk to ya'll later.:woohoo:

[Time4disneynow]

Good Morning Everyone...It's Tuesday...hope you're day is good so far!!!!



I was disappointed when I went to Meyer Werft webcams and no Dream on the cams :sad1:...oh well.

Hi David...hope all is well. Have a great day at work.



Weather here in Delaware....sunny, very windy, 49 degrees and the high for today...55 degrees. Not looking forward to the cold weather. I am not a fan of winter.

DH (Michael) and I are in a countdown...we will be in WDW in 29 days. Going to do Mickeys Very Merry Christmas Party...so excited. Also have to start collecting Duffy the Disney Bear outfits for my Duffy and my granddaughters Duffy.

Have a great Tuesday and take care.:flower3:

[Luckymomoftwo]

Good morning everyone!

David - that's exciting news that they are ahead of schedule on the Dream. I wonder if they'll do an extra "pre-cruise" for the travel agents before her Maiden Voyage if she is finished earlier than originally planned.

Monika - I was disappointed, too, when the Meyer Werft web cam wasn't showing the Dream. :sad1:

Did you see Terrie's outfits for her Duffy? She got most of them at Build A Bear.

[Time4disneynow]

Debbie...I mentioned something to Terrie about the Woody outfit...she told me she got it at Build a Bear...this past weekend, I went to Build a Bear and I bought that outfit for my Duffy. I also bought him a Baltimore Ravens football outfit. We leave for WDW and I will be at Epcot buying more outfits for him. We bought our granddaughter Duffy and her Duffy needs more outfits too. I can't wait!!!! I am a teddy bear lover and collector. I am glad that Disney now has Duffy.

[davidls]

Good Morning Everyone...It's Tuesday...hope you're day is good so far!!!!



I was disappointed when I went to Meyer Werft webcams and no Dream on the cams :sad1:...oh well.

Hi David...hope all is well. Have a great day at work.



Weather here in Delaware....sunny, very windy, 49 degrees and the high for today...55 degrees. Not looking forward to the cold weather. I am not a fan of winter.

DH (Michael) and I are in a countdown...we will be in WDW in 29 days. Going to do Mickeys Very Merry Christmas Party...so excited. Also have to start collecting Duffy the Disney Bear outfits for my Duffy and my granddaughters Duffy.

Have a great Tuesday and take care.:flower3:


Monika..........it's work..............I.........I..........I can't have a good day!!! All I can think about is cruising and cruising on the Dream!!!:lmao::cool1:

Monika, DW and I were just over at WDW a few weeks ago. We saw allot of Duffy the Bear and I don't remember how many different outfits they have for him. The big Disney store in Downtown Disney is where we saw the most outfits. Be sure to check that store for your outfits.

Debbie, not sure if they will have an additional pre-cruise or not on the Dream. But if I see or read something about it I will let everyone know right away.

Soon everyone we will be seeing pictures from cruisers that have sailed on the Dream. It's what about 74 or 75 days from her maiden voyage!!!:woohoo:

[Time4disneynow]

I found this info on another Dis thread...post #13..http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2567038--Countdown to Disney Dream Float out.

The Disney Dream will dock at Castaway Cay on Jan 1, 2011...Dock at Nassau Jan 2nd...Castaway Cay Jan 3rd and Port Canaveral Jan. 4th.

Monika..........it's work..............I.........I..........I can't have a good day!!! All I can think about is cruising and cruising on the Dream!!!:lmao::cool1:

Monika, DW and I were just over at WDW a few weeks ago. We saw allot of Duffy the Bear and I don't remember how many different outfits they have for him. The big Disney store in Downtown Disney is where we saw the most outfits. Be sure to check that store for your outfits.

Debbie, not sure if they will have an additional pre-cruise or not on the Dream. But if I see or read something about it I will let everyone know right away.

Soon everyone we will be seeing pictures from cruisers that have sailed on the Dream. It's what about 74 or 75 days from her maiden voyage!!!:woohoo:



David...don't know what I was thinking...:confused3...have a good day---at work :scared1: :laughing:

Thanks so much for the info on Duffy outfits...Downtown Disney :love::love:my favorite place to shop

[davidls]

I found this info on another Dis thread...post #13..http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2567038--Countdown to Disney Dream Float out.

The Disney Dream will dock at Castaway Cay on Jan 1, 2011...Dock at Nassau Jan 2nd...Castaway Cay Jan 3rd and Port Canaveral Jan. 4th.





David...don't know what I was thinking...:confused3...have a good day---at work :scared1: :laughing:

Thanks so much for the info on Duffy outfits...Downtown Disney :love::love:my favorite place to shop

Hey Monika, and everyone, check out Myer Werft's webcam. The Dream is back on!!!!:cool1::cool1::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo: Of course it is dark there nom but it is still good to see her!!!!

Thanks monika, for sharing that information. Boy, oh boy it is getting closer, when she will be docking here in the USA!!!!:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

[Time4disneynow]

Hello everyone...hope you had a great day. Have a good evening and take care.

Hey Monika, and everyone, check out Myer Werft's webcam. The Dream is back on!!!!:cool1::cool1::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo: Of course it is dark there nom but it is still good to see her!!!!

Thanks monika, for sharing that information. Boy, oh boy it is getting closer, when she will be docking here in the USA!!!!:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

David...thanks for letting us know that the Dream is back on the webcam...how wonderful.....It is getting closer when she docks in the U.S. I can't wait to see photos from her maiden voyage. This is so exciting...

[davidls]

http://www.meyerwerft.de/page.asp?lang=e&main=3&subs=0&did=643

Morning and Happy Friday to one & all!!! Above is a link to Myer Werft's website that shows a map of the Dreams travel down the river Ems in Germany. Click on the type in blue and it will show you a pdf file of the map. And, the Dream is still on their webcam!!!:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

Well, I have to start work now. Talk to ya'll later!!!

[cattrix]

Hey Everyone :flower3:

Just wanted to jump in here, we booked this cruise 2 weeks ago and are going to be in room 6690 :yay: on the back of the ship.

Wanted to stop in and say hey, this will be our first cruise EVER. We are going on the 3 night to make sure that my motion sickness will be ok on the ship...don't want to book a longer cruise then be stuck in my room throwing up the whole time. I take Bonine to control it and so far with every other vacation it has been great...now for the real test!!

I've been hunting through the DCL board trying to get some good information and get some questions answered. Since this is our first cruise we have lots of them.

Is it next Sept yet? :rotfl2:

[Time4disneynow]

Good Morning everyone and Happy Friday. Enjoy your day and your weekend.

The Dream is back on the webcams...http://www.meyerwerft.de/index_e.html.

http://www.meyerwerft.de/page.asp?lang=e&main=3&subs=0&did=643

Morning and Happy Friday to one & all!!! Above is a link to Myer Werft's website that shows a map of the Dreams travel down the river Ems in Germany. Click on the type in blue and it will show you a pdf file of the map. And, the Dream is still on their webcam!!!:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

Well, I have to start work now. Talk to ya'll later!!!

Hi David and thank you for the link. I've been watching the Dreams webcam...lots of activity today. There is smoke coming out of the one stack...wonder if she is getting ready to leave.

Hey Everyone :flower3:

Just wanted to jump in here, we booked this cruise 2 weeks ago and are going to be in room 6690 :yay: on the back of the ship.

Wanted to stop in and say hey, this will be our first cruise EVER. We are going on the 3 night to make sure that my motion sickness will be ok on the ship...don't want to book a longer cruise then be stuck in my room throwing up the whole time. I take Bonine to control it and so far with every other vacation it has been great...now for the real test!!

I've been hunting through the DCL board trying to get some good information and get some questions answered. Since this is our first cruise we have lots of them.

Is it next Sept yet? :rotfl2:

Hi and :welcome:. I wish it was September too. We will be doing a back to back...this cruise and we stay on the ship and do the next cruise which is the Disney Vacation Club members cruise.

Your first cruise and it's a Disney cruise...that great. Looking forward to chatting with you and finally meeting in September.

[Luckymomoftwo]

Hey Everyone :flower3:

Just wanted to jump in here, we booked this cruise 2 weeks ago and are going to be in room 6690 :yay: on the back of the ship.

Wanted to stop in and say hey, this will be our first cruise EVER. We are going on the 3 night to make sure that my motion sickness will be ok on the ship...don't want to book a longer cruise then be stuck in my room throwing up the whole time. I take Bonine to control it and so far with every other vacation it has been great...now for the real test!!

I've been hunting through the DCL board trying to get some good information and get some questions answered. Since this is our first cruise we have lots of them.

Is it next Sept yet? :rotfl2:

:welcome: If you have any questions, ask away on here, too. This will be my 8th Disney Cruise, so I'm somewhat knowledgeable. :thumbsup2

Let me know if you want to participate in the Fish Extender. It's kind of like a secret santa gift exchange. I'm keeping a list of everyone that's participating. :goodvibes If you need me to, I can send you links to some threads that talk about what the Fish Extenders are.

I suffer from motion sickness, too. I can't read in a car, I can't ride in the back seat of a car, I can't go on spinny rides, and I can't go on a cruise without motion sickness meds. I usually get the patch (need a prescription from the doctor) but a LOT of people here on the boards say Bonine and Ginger pills work great for them.

So, where in Indiana are you? I'm in Hobart (NW Indiana)...are you close?


Good Morning everyone and Happy Friday. Enjoy your day and your weekend.

The Dream is back on the webcams...http://www.meyerwerft.de/index_e.html.



Hi David and thank you for the link. I've been watching the Dreams webcam...lots of activity today. There is smoke coming out of the one stack...wonder if she is getting ready to leave.



Hi and :welcome:. I wish it was September too. We will be doing a back to back...this cruise and we stay on the ship and do the next cruise which is the Disney Vacation Club members cruise.

Your first cruise and it's a Disney cruise...that great. Looking forward to chatting with you and finally meeting in September.




Monika - I THINK the Dream is going to set sail today, but I can't tell if it's at 4:30 or 7:00. And, aren't they 6 hours ahead of Florida time? So that would be 10:30 or 1:00 Florida time, right?

[Time4disneynow]

Debbie...I think they are 6 hours ahead. It could be anytime now. The home page to Meyer Werft says it will be the 12th/13th. We'll see.

[cattrix]

Thanks everyone :)

Luckymomoftwo - I'm in Lafayette, so not far from you...just a short ride on 65. I'd love some more information on the FE if you could send me some links so I could see a bit about what it is. Thanks. I was thinking of getting the patch from my doc as a backup in case the Bonine doesn't work. Do you have side effects after you take the patch off as I've heard that is a problem for some people.

[Luckymomoftwo]

Ok, here are some threads that will help you with the FE's. :thumbsup2
We have a really small group so far.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1219607

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1980639

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2473209

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2330626

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2331123

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2008506

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1500911


As far as the patch...I have used it on 6 of my cruises. My 7th cruise was so smooth I didn't need anything at all! The only side effect I have is blurry vision and then for a few weeks after I get home I feel like I still don't have my land legs back. :rotfl2: (I almost feel like I have vertigo)

Some people have suggested using 1/2 of the patch, I've never tried that though. But, if Bonine has worked for you on other motion sickness issues, it should work for you on the cruise. But I would get the patch as a back up just in case, too!

[Luckymomoftwo]

I think there are fireworks going off on the Dream right now!!!!!!

Or maybe it's a spot light that I keep seeing. ???

[davidls]

Hey Everyone :flower3:

Just wanted to jump in here, we booked this cruise 2 weeks ago and are going to be in room 6690 :yay: on the back of the ship.

Wanted to stop in and say hey, this will be our first cruise EVER. We are going on the 3 night to make sure that my motion sickness will be ok on the ship...don't want to book a longer cruise then be stuck in my room throwing up the whole time. I take Bonine to control it and so far with every other vacation it has been great...now for the real test!!

I've been hunting through the DCL board trying to get some good information and get some questions answered. Since this is our first cruise we have lots of them.

Is it next Sept yet? :rotfl2:

Well. :welcome::welcome::welcome: cattrix and family!!! DW and I were just like you, concerned about the motion sickness. But, after that first day on board we saw there was nothing to worry about. I hope the same goes for you too.

I check on Myer Werft's webcam on the Dream. Like Monika said there seems to be allot going on. I thought I read somewhere that the Dream is suppose to leave Myer Werft at 4:30. I don't know if that is their time or our time!!!:confused3:confused3:confused3 Guess we will find out soon enough!!

[Time4disneynow]

Debbie...not sure what they are doing...I do see the spot lights. Also can you see the tug boat? Must be getting close.

[cattrix]

Ok, am I crazy or do the room lights spell out Disney Dream on the side of the boat that the webcam is on now??

(Please someone tell me that other people see that, otherwise I may need a vacation) :rotfl:

[Time4disneynow]

No you are not crazy...says Disney Dream

I love it

[Luckymomoftwo]

Ok, am I crazy or do the room lights spell out Disney Dream on the side of the boat that the webcam is on now??

(Please someone tell me that other people see that, otherwise I may need a vacation) :rotfl:

Nope, you're not crazy...the lights spell out Disney Dream. How COOL is that?!!!


Debbie...not sure what they are doing...I do see the spot lights. Also can you see the tug boat? Must be getting close.

So, go figure, I went to lunch for an hour and I come back and the ship is gone! :headache::headache::headache: I sat and watched that web cam ALL morning and then I didn't get to see her sail off for the first time!!!!! :headache::headache::headache:

[davidls]

Ok.........I've been watching Myer Werft's webcam like ya'll are doing. But I can't tell...........is the Dream navigating under her own power or are the tug boats pulling or pushing her down the Ems river? And, will we be able to see her at any places on this voyage she is taking???? Inquiring minds want to know!

[Time4disneynow]

There are tug boats helping her...but it is very dark and now I can't tell whether the tugs are helping or not.

As for seeing her somewhere else...I don't know. If not, we have to wait until she comes into Port Canaveral.


http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc3/mjludden/Michael/Disney%20Dream/dreamnov12j.jpg

[davidls]

Just wanted to pop in to say hi. Hope everyone is having a great week-end. Well everyone we are another day closer to our cruise. It's getting exciting isn't it!!! I'm getting all goose pimpally!!!(SP???) Have a great week-end all!!!:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

[tjbaggott]

Just wanted to pop in to say hi. Hope everyone is having a great week-end. Well everyone we are another day closer to our cruise. It's getting exciting isn't it!!! I'm getting all goose pimpally!!!(SP???) Have a great week-end all!!!:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

So, changes in our cruising plans. We have cancelled my family's B2B cruise and instead booked the Fantasy for August 2012. I was however able to salvage part of the Dream trip. I will still be cruising for what was to be the first half of our B2B (Sept. 11th 2011), but it will be a "Mommy and Me" trip with my youngest instead of with the whole family. Fianancially, this was the better way to go. So although I won't be cruising with most of you here, I will be cruising the Dream the week before you all :thumbsup2 So maybe we'll cross paths (and won't know it) when we get off the ship, and there might be a lineup of people waiting to enter the terminal........ :)

[Time4disneynow]

So, changes in our cruising plans. We have cancelled my family's B2B cruise and instead booked the Fantasy for August 2012. I was however able to salvage part of the Dream trip. I will still be cruising for what was to be the first half of our B2B (Sept. 11th 2011), but it will be a "Mommy and Me" trip with my youngest instead of with the whole family. Fianancially, this was the better way to go. So although I won't be cruising with most of you here, I will be cruising the Dream the week before you all :thumbsup2 So maybe we'll cross paths (and won't know it) when we get off the ship, and there might be a lineup of people waiting to enter the terminal........ :)

Hi...sorry to hear about your change in plans. We will be on the B2B starting on the 15th and then going on the members cruise on the 18th.

How wonderful---a Mommy and Me trip and cruising on the Fantasy in 2012.

Please come back and post here.

Take care.

[Luckymomoftwo]

I hadn't posted the FE list in a while, so I thought I should go ahead and post it again. Unfortunately, tjbaggott isn't sailing with us now. :sad1: So I've removed them from the list. I'm hoping more people will join in!!


FE Exchange Group:

Luckymomoftwo
Junior (DH)
Debbie (DW)
Brandon(DS-11)
Emilee (DD-8)

Luckymomoftwo's in-laws
Joah (DH)
Sara (DW)
Skyler (DS-4)
Brayden (DS-1)

Time4DisneyNow & DH Time2Go2Disney
Monika (DW)
Michael (DH)

IAmDaisyDuck
Eileen (DW)
Tony (DH)
Michael (DS-9)

HappyCamperGRF & Mrs. HappyCamper
George (DH)
Stacey (DW)
Josie (DD-12)
Eve (DD-8)

MLHolster
Mark (DH)
Lynn (DW)

s_queenbee2002
Jason (DH)
Sherrell (DW)

TeeDee
Terri
Cindy
Seth
Carter (DGS-4)

I am compiling a spreadsheet, as well, that I would like to email to everyone. Can you all please PM me with your email address so I can send you a copy of the spreadsheet? :thumbsup2

[Luckymomoftwo]

ALSO....are we going to plan a dismeet onboard? I'll have my kids with me and they like to swim as soon as we board. So, I was thinking, if everyone is planning on being at the terminal as soon as we can board the ship, maybe we can plan a dismeet at 1:00 by the Mickey pool. That way any little kids can go swimming, and it's a fun way to kill time while we're waiting to get into our rooms at 1:30. What do you guys think?

[Luckymomoftwo]

How many of you are planning on staying on the ship on the day at Nassau?

I AM!!!!!

[Time4disneynow]

Hello everyone...hope you are having a good Thursday.

Debbie...I think you already have my email address. Not sure about Nassau yet...I would like to see the hotel there ( Atlantis?? I think). That would be the only reason. Have you ever been there? Do you know how far it is from where the ship docks?

Take care and enjoy your day. :)

[teedee]

ALSO....are we going to plan a dismeet onboard? I'll have my kids with me and they like to swim as soon as we board. So, I was thinking, if everyone is planning on being at the terminal as soon as we can board the ship, maybe we can plan a dismeet at 1:00 by the Mickey pool. That way any little kids can go swimming, and it's a fun way to kill time while we're waiting to get into our rooms at 1:30. What do you guys think?

That sounds like a great idea to me. I'm sure Carter will be wanting to swim as soon as we get on the ship!

How many of you are planning on staying on the ship on the day at Nassau?

I AM!!!!!

I'm not planning on getting off in Nassau, been there and done that many times.

Monika - You have to take a cab to Atlantis, but it's pretty cheap. I think it was around $10 round trip the last time I went, but that's been awhile.

Terri

[davidls]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPBngoMIy08

Above is a You Tube link to a nice video of the Dream arriving at the Eems Harbor. Check it out!!!:cool1::cool1::cool1:

I hope all has a nice day today. Been busy here at work this week and next as I'm told. Boss has been out, and of course yours truly has to take charge. (It's a nasty job.............but someone has to do it!!! But why me!!:confused3)

[DizDragonfly]

maybe we can plan a dismeet at 1:00 by the Mickey pool. That way any little kids can go swimming, and it's a fun way to kill time while we're waiting to get into our rooms at 1:30. What do you guys think?

My kids are planning on swimming as soon as they can too. But, we'll be at the Donald Pool. They're a bit old for the Mickey Pool. But, maybe I'll pop over and say hi! :goodvibes

[DizDragonfly]

How many of you are planning on staying on the ship on the day at Nassau?

I AM!!!!!

I'm not sure yet. We've never been to Nassau. So, I'm still considering taking the guys to Atlantis or maybe the Pirate Museum. :confused3

[DizDragonfly]

Hey! 300 days until we cruise! :thumbsup2

[davidls]

We are doing a B2B also. We are doing the 4 day before this one then this 3 day. While at Nassau we will get off on one of our trips............not sure which one then stay on board the other time. Last trip to Nassau we did Atlantis, so we will check out the island and it's history. DW and I like that kind of stuff. :thumbsup2

Hope ya'll have a great week-end. :cool1::cool1::cool1:

[davidls]

A little off topic here. Has anyone other then DW and I put up their Christmas tree yet? We have 3 kitties, and last year was a nightmare with them getting in the tree. So this year we decided to put the tree up this week-end..........just set it up so the kitties could get use to it. And, then decorate it Friday after Thanksgiving like we always do. Bur after putting it up we jumped right in and have it almost completely decorated!!!!:eek::eek:

[Time4disneynow]

Hope everyone is having a good weekend so far.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPBngoMIy08

Above is a You Tube link to a nice video of the Dream arriving at the Eems Harbor. Check it out!!!:cool1::cool1::cool1:

I hope all has a nice day today. Been busy here at work this week and next as I'm told. Boss has been out, and of course yours truly has to take charge. (It's a nasty job.............but someone has to do it!!! But why me!!:confused3)

Hi David...thanks so much for the link...I just loved it. September 2011 can't get here fast enough.

A little off topic here. Has anyone other then DW and I put up their Christmas tree yet? We have 3 kitties, and last year was a nightmare with them getting in the tree. So this year we decided to put the tree up this week-end..........just set it up so the kitties could get use to it. And, then decorate it Friday after Thanksgiving like we always do. Bur after putting it up we jumped right in and have it almost completely decorated!!!!:eek::eek:

We don't put our tree up until after Thanksgiving. Today, we went to the tree farm not far from our house and tagged our tree. Since we are going to WDW on the 7th of December, our tree will be picked up after we get back from our trip. Our DS and DDIL have 2 cats that do exactly the same as your cats. No matter what they do, the cats climb in the tree. They just don't put fragile ornaments on the tree. He sent us a photo a couple of years ago of his cat that fell asleep in the tree.

Have a great evening and take care.

[Luckymomoftwo]

We don't have our tree up yet. That will be next weekend's chore. As far as the cats, we got soooooo very lucky with our cats. They just like to sleep under the tree. It's really cute!!!! Except I end up having to wash the tree skirt several times before Christmas (and then after Christmas before I put it away) because they shed all over it! :laughing:

(Watch...now that I just said that, the cats will probably try climbing the tree this year. :scared1:)

[davidls]

Well here it is..............Good Ol' Monday morning again gang!!! :cool1: Another day closer to our cruise date!!!:thumbsup2:thumbsup2

Here is the latest up / update on our Christmas tree. As you will remember, in yesterday's episode, the Christmas tree was completely decorated. And, all parties were happy.:dance3: Well it seems as the day went on DW got to inspecting the tree for flaws..............checking where ornaments her hubby put on the tree that did not look right in that spot!!! She stepped back to admire her work and all of a sudden.......... she said something's not right!!!:eek::scared1::scared1::eek: Well hubby was :confused: to say the least!!! Then DW says all of the garland that was put on the tree with great care and :love: has to be taken off and put on the tree in a different way!!! Well hubby is still :confused:, and says but why princess:, DW says stop calling me !!! princess: Ok.........ok........DW says the tree looks :sick:. So this week-end we will be pulling the garland off the tree and putting it back on in the way DW wants it to be put on! It seems I go around in a :confused: state of mind most of the time now any more!!!!

Well, ya'll have a great day today. I'm going to try and figure out a better way to put on the ol' garland!!! :confused3

[cattrix]

A little off topic here. Has anyone other then DW and I put up their Christmas tree yet? We have 3 kitties, and last year was a nightmare with them getting in the tree. So this year we decided to put the tree up this week-end..........just set it up so the kitties could get use to it. And, then decorate it Friday after Thanksgiving like we always do. Bur after putting it up we jumped right in and have it almost completely decorated!!!!:eek::eek:

In a similar story, my cat (who is in my profile picture) is about 15lbs and likes to strong arm the tree. Yes....he is a bully....I figured this out early in our relationship and have self corrected the tree problem, when he was smaller he liked to shake the tree and get all the ornaments off then run them into the wall and shatter them. In his older age he would just hang on the lower branches and bat at them till they fell off, for some years our tree literally had no garland or ornaments on the lower half of it :eek: I am now smarter than my cat and only hang stuffed cushy ornaments on the tree and bury the garland so that he can't get to it :wizard:

He does still take a run at it every time it goes up and the tree skirt is hopeless with him, he will mess it up every single time I straighten it out :lmao: I think he just thinks we put the tree up as a toy for him to play with for a month out of the year!!

[davidls]

In a similar story, my cat (who is in my profile picture) is about 15lbs and likes to strong arm the tree. Yes....he is a bully....I figured this out early in our relationship and have self corrected the tree problem, when he was smaller he liked to shake the tree and get all the ornaments off then run them into the wall and shatter them. In his older age he would just hang on the lower branches and bat at them till they fell off, for some years our tree literally had no garland or ornaments on the lower half of it :eek: I am now smarter than my cat and only hang stuffed cushy ornaments on the tree and bury the garland so that he can't get to it :wizard:

He does still take a run at it every time it goes up and the tree skirt is hopeless with him, he will mess it up every single time I straighten it out :lmao: I think he just thinks we put the tree up as a toy for him to play with for a month out of the year!!

Cattrix, you kitty sounds so much like my 3 kitties. What one won't think of, one of the other two will!!! We have two girls and one boy. Two of them Sabrina, she is the oldest at 17 years old, and Sunny, our newest addition, are strays someone didn't want. Sabrina has been with us for 16 years and we believe she was just 1 year old when she adopted us. Our middle child, or kitty, Clohe, was 8 weeks old when we took her in from a friend whose cat had kittens. And the the big man Sunny came to our door about 3 years ago, looking for a home. We believe he was about 1 year old when we took him in.
They now have gotten use to the tree and enjoy sleeping under it every evening. But so far, knock on wood, they haven't tried knocking down the tree or climbing in it like your kitty.

[davidls]

I just wanted to wish everyone a very safe and HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! I know you mom's are busy in the kitchen getting everything ready for your Thanksgiving dinner. But stop every now and then, take a breather, relax.........because you deserve it. I know DW is busy in our kitchen this morning already. And I am doing my best to get in her way!!!!:lmao::lmao::rotfl2::rotfl:
Happy Thanksgiving all!!!

[Time4disneynow]

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc3/mjludden/Animation/turkey_happy_thanksgiving.gif


Have a great day everyone.

[Luckymomoftwo]

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa247/debnjr/thnk-pooh-pig01.gif

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!

[davidls]

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa247/debnjr/thnk-pooh-pig01.gif

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!

What a nice picture!! My son, when he was little, loved Winnie the Pooh and all of the charactors from the 1000 Acre Woods. I hope everyone had a very safe and Happy Thanksgiving. DW and I have been busy with decorating the rest of the house with our Christmas decorations. Has anyone else started decorating yet??
Well, I have to go and do my excerises on the ol' elipitcal torture machine. Everyone have a great Sunday. We are another day closer to our cruise guys!!!!:thumbsup2:thumbsup2:thumbsup2

[stl_figment]

Happy Holidays!

[Time4disneynow]

Hello Everyone...Happy Wednesday and December 1st....we're getting a little closer to our cruise.

Here is a link about the Dream crew...page 3 of 6 will give you the Dreams itinerary from Germany to Port Canaveral.:thumbsup2

http://dcljobs.com/admin/DocumentUploads/Preparing_for_Launch_NH11_8_pdf.pdf

Getting ready for our trip to WDW. We will be there next Tuesday and I can't wait. Looking forward to seeing all the beautiful Christmas decorations. :lovestruc

Not a very nice day here in Southern Delaware....pouring rain...very windy. The forecast is calling for 50 mph wind gusts:scared1: It is 56 degrees right now but as the day goes on the temperature will drop.:eek: Can't complain too much...it's better than snow.

Have a great day and take care.:flower3:

[davidls]

Hello Everyone...Happy Wednesday and December 1st....we're getting a little closer to our cruise.

Here is a link about the Dream crew...page 3 of 6 will give you the Dreams itinerary from Germany to Port Canaveral.:thumbsup2

http://dcljobs.com/admin/DocumentUploads/Preparing_for_Launch_NH11_8_pdf.pdf

Getting ready for our trip to WDW. We will be there next Tuesday and I can't wait. Looking forward to seeing all the beautiful Christmas decorations. :lovestruc

Not a very nice day here in Southern Delaware....pouring rain...very windy. The forecast is calling for 50 mph wind gusts:scared1: It is 56 degrees right now but as the day goes on the temperature will drop.:eek: Can't complain too much...it's better than snow.

Have a great day and take care.:flower3:

Hi Ho All!!! It's Thursday morning, and I'm not at work!!!!:cool1::cool1: I have a doctor's appointment this morning. Just my usual annual check-up.

Hey Monika, thanks for that link about the Dream.:thumbsup2 Now I'm going to try and talk DW into going over to Port Canaveral on Jan 4th to see the Dream sail in. Not sure she will be able to get off work, since we are off work the week between Christmas and New Year's. But maybe..........just maybe!!!

It's gotten colder down here in the ol' Sunshine State. This morning it is in the 40's and the high is only suppose to get up to about 65. Weatherman says this week-end it should warm back up though. Hope he is right!!!

Well I hope everyone has a nice day today. Got to go and get ready to see the doctor.:wave:

[Time4disneynow]

Hello everyone...Happy Thursday.

Leaving for WDW Tuesday morning. Will be at the Boardwalk around lunch time. Looking forward to all the decorations at WDW. Can't wait. Will be going Mickeys Very Merry Christmas Party too.

David...I will take the temps you are having. It is cold and windy here. The high for today in Southern Delaware is 40 degrees. That would be exciting to go to Port Canaveral and watch the Dream come to port. I hope the port has the webcam ready...I sure will be watching the cams that day.

Have a great day everyone and take care.:flower3:

[davidls]

Hello everyone...Happy Thursday.

Leaving for WDW Tuesday morning. Will be at the Boardwalk around lunch time. Looking forward to all the decorations at WDW. Can't wait. Will be going Mickeys Very Merry Christmas Party too.

David...I will take the temps you are having. It is cold and windy here. The high for today in Southern Delaware is 40 degrees. That would be exciting to go to Port Canaveral and watch the Dream come to port. I hope the port has the webcam ready...I sure will be watching the cams that day.

Have a great day everyone and take care.:flower3:

Well, Monika, I do have to admit during the day it is very nice outside. It's just at night usn' Floridians, when it is below 40, we tend to freeze up!!!!:sad2::sad2::sad2:

Monika, if you and your family get a chance to go around to some of the different resorts, please do so. Check out how each resort has decorated for the holidays. They are FANTASTIC!!! DW and I did that very thing a couple of years ago, and we had the best time!!! We may do that this year if we can. Have fun at WDW.........but I know you already will!!!!:yay::yay::yay:

[Time4disneynow]

Hello Everyone and a Happy Sunday to you.

It is cold here in Southern Delaware. Upper 30's for the high with wind chill temperature of 24 degrees. I can't wait until spring. I do not like winter!!!!!

Getting ready for our trip to WDW...we leave in a couple of days. I can't wait.


David.....DH and I are going to go around to the different resorts to see their decorations. The Grand Floridian's decorations are so beautiful. My favorite is the Boardwalk!!!! Have to talk to Mother Nature about the temperatures. I will take 65 degrees...no problem.



Have a great day and take care.:flower3:

[davidls]

Hello Everyone and a Happy Sunday to you.

It is cold here in Southern Delaware. Upper 30's for the high with wind chill temperature of 24 degrees. I can't wait until spring. I do not like winter!!!!!

Getting ready for our trip to WDW...we leave in a couple of days. I can't wait.


David.....DH and I are going to go around to the different resorts to see their decorations. The Grand Floridian's decorations are so beautiful. My favorite is the Boardwalk!!!! Have to talk to Mother Nature about the temperatures. I will take 65 degrees...no problem.



Have a great day and take care.:flower3:

Happy Sunday everyone!!!:yay::woohoo::yay:

Monika, I'm afraid that when you get down here some of that ol' cold will have hit Florida too. A cold front came thru this morning bringing a touch of rain with it . Rain is gone now, sun is shining, but it is suppose to only get up to around 65 today.:sick: Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday morning the lows are suppose to be around 32 degrees, with the high close to 60.:sad2::sad2: After Thursday it is suppose to warm up a bit!!!:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:
Sounds like you and your DH have done the Disney resort Christmas decoration hop before. As I said DW and I have done it several times and we have allot of fun going around checking out how each resort has decorated for Christmas. Not sure if we will make it this year or not. But I know you will have a GREAT time at WDW. :banana::banana::banana:

[Time4disneynow]

David....I will take 60 degree temperatures anyday :thumbsup2...right now (here) the wind chill is 24 degrees.:scared1: We had snow flurries already this morning. :eek: I am not a fan of winter....I love spring and fall and summer. As far as rain goes...we have our rain ponchos...rain will not stop us!!!!!

We have done the Christmas resort hop a couple of times and we just love it. Lots of fun too.

Have a great day..

[davidls]

David....I will take 60 degree temperatures anyday :thumbsup2...right now (here) the wind chill is 24 degrees.:scared1: We had snow flurries already this morning. :eek: I am not a fan of winter....I love spring and fall and summer. As far as rain goes...we have our rain ponchos...rain will not stop us!!!!!

We have done the Christmas resort hop a couple of times and we just love it. Lots of fun too.

Have a great day..

Have a GREAT Monday everyone. I'm home again this morning. Last week when I had a dr's appointment, the doctor had a family emergency and I had to reschedule my appointment for this morning. So, once again I'm going to the doctor for my annual check-up.

Monika, if you and your DH don't mind 60 degree temps during the day then you will be in fine shape. No rain is scheduled for this week, just on the chilly side.:sad2::sad2: The ol' weatherman says by next week-end we should warm up some again. (Hope he is right!!!!)

Well gang, I better go and get ready for my appointment. Ya'll take care.:woohoo:

[Time4disneynow]

Hello from sunny, windy and cold WDW. With the wind--it is 46 degrees.

It is great being at WDW...arrived here around 10 am. Went to Epcot and had such a good time. We have our warm jacket...we are set. The Christmas decorations at Boardwalk is so beautiful. Tomorrow morning we are going resort hopping to see Christmas decorations.

Hope all is well. Take care.

[davidls]

Hello from sunny, windy and cold WDW. With the wind--it is 46 degrees.

It is great being at WDW...arrived here around 10 am. Went to Epcot and had such a good time. We have our warm jacket...we are set. The Christmas decorations at Boardwalk is so beautiful. Tomorrow morning we are going resort hopping to see Christmas decorations.

Hope all is well. Take care.

Morning Monika and Monika's DH!!! Glad you arrived safely at WDW.:thumbsup2:thumbsup2 I know.........it is cold down here.:scared1: Wish it had been warmer for your stay here in the ol' Sunshine State.:cool2:The weatherman says this week-end we should be back up in the 70's again!!!:woohoo::woohoo: Hope you are staying until then so you can enjoy some of our warmer weather. Have fun on your resort hopping to check out the Christmas decorations. It is allot of fun to do and you get some great photo's and you get to check out the resort for a possible future stay. Can't get any better then that!!!!:cool1::cool1::cool1:

[davidls]

I hope everyone has a great day today!!!:cool1:

Well all, today is the day!!!!!:cool1::cool1::cool1: Today is the day Disney gets the keys to the Dream!!!:banana::banana::banana: I hope someone films the ceremony for all of us to see. Let us know if you see anything about it posted on the internet!!!:thumbsup2

[davidls]

Well, i hope everyone is having a wonderful week-end. It is raining here now and another cold front is due to come thru this evening. It will bring our temps down into the 30's at night again. :scared1::scared1::scared1: Ok, ok, ok, that is just way to cold for the Sunshine State. I'm going to freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzzzeeee!!!!!! I just know I will!!!!

Well gang Disney officially took ownership of the Dream on the 9th. Our cruise is getting closer everyone!!!:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::yay:

Ya'll have a great day today!!!

[Time4disneynow]

Good Morning everyone...hope all is well with you.

We are home :sad1:. We had a great time at WDW. Went resort hopping to see all the Christmas decorations. Boardwalk is my favorite, followed by Animal Kingdom and then Grand Floridian. Animal Kingdom Lodge is amazing...this was our first visit there. We will be staying at Animal Kingdom Lodge in February. I can't wait.

We were walking on the beach at the Beach Club....there were a few people taking pictures of the sky...so DH asked....NASA launched a Falcon 9 rocket...wow...that is a first for us. Such an amazing sight. I hope someday we will be able to see a shuttle launch.

Fell in love with Epcots new character...Duffy the Disney Bear. We were at Epcot in September when he was introduced and we bought 2 Duffy Bears. One we gave to our granddaughter and the other belongs to a kid at heart....Me :).

David...that is exciting news about the Dream....yes, we are getting closer and I can't wait. DH's name is Michael.

Have a great day and take care. :flower3:

[Luckymomoftwo]

Hey guys! David, I hope you are staying warm!! Right now I would LOVE to have mid 30's. Last night our low temperature got down to the negatives. Today our high is 20 degrees but with the wind chill factor it will feel like only 3 degrees! :eek: Later in the week we will struggle to get into the teens and the wind chill factors will make it feel like it's below zero. Somebody remind me again, why I live in NW Indiana?!

We just had a major storm come through yesterday and last night. Our schools are closed today and three surrounding counties are in a state of emergency. So, I'm staying home from work with the kids...not sure that the boss will like it very much but I have no choice, they're not old enough to stay home by themselves and I have no nearby sitter.

Monika & Michael - I'm glad you had such a great trip! We did the resort hopping one year in December to see all the decorations. The Wilderness Lodge was BEAUTIFUL. I don't think AKL was even there yet...so now we'll have to plan another December trip sometime so we can see that one, too! :thumbsup2

We actually have a Duffy bear, but his name wasn't Duffy when we bought him. We bought him back in 2004 when DD was just a year old. He's wearing a bib that says "My First Disney Bear". Nowhere on his tag or anywhere does it say "Duffy". We just got him because he was sooooo cute and he was her first Disney bear!!! So, I guess he'll be joining us on our future Disney trips! :thumbsup2

Well, I hope everyone has a great Monday!!

[davidls]

Hey guys! David, I hope you are staying warm!! Right now I would LOVE to have mid 30's. Last night our low temperature got down to the negatives. Today our high is 20 degrees but with the wind chill factor it will feel like only 3 degrees! :eek: Later in the week we will struggle to get into the teens and the wind chill factors will make it feel like it's below zero. Somebody remind me again, why I live in NW Indiana?!

We just had a major storm come through yesterday and last night. Our schools are closed today and three surrounding counties are in a state of emergency. So, I'm staying home from work with the kids...not sure that the boss will like it very much but I have no choice, they're not old enough to stay home by themselves and I have no nearby sitter.

Monika & Michael - I'm glad you had such a great trip! We did the resort hopping one year in December to see all the decorations. The Wilderness Lodge was BEAUTIFUL. I don't think AKL was even there yet...so now we'll have to plan another December trip sometime so we can see that one, too! :thumbsup2

We actually have a Duffy bear, but his name wasn't Duffy when we bought him. We bought him back in 2004 when DD was just a year old. He's wearing a bib that says "My First Disney Bear". Nowhere on his tag or anywhere does it say "Duffy". We just got him because he was sooooo cute and he was her first Disney bear!!! So, I guess he'll be joining us on our future Disney trips! :thumbsup2

Well, I hope everyone has a great Monday!!

Ok I guess you got me beat on the cold weather. But I think someone up there in your neck of the woods left the fan on and it is pointing south. And it is running on high!!! Cause some of that cold came down here again!!! And it was windy as everything!!! Last night it got down to close to 32!!!! Yes I said 32 degrees!!! And tonight it is suppose to get down that low again!!! Yes I said again!!!! (Although the weatherman says we will be back up to the 70's by this week-end) About Time!!!

Monika & Michael, again I am sorry you guys didn't have some warmer weather on your trip down here. But hey, it is Christmas time and it is suppose to a little chiller around Christmas. Right???:confused3

Ya'll have a great day!!! :yay:

[Time4disneynow]

Hi everyone...hope you are having a good day so far.

Debbie....the one resort that I wanted to see was the Wilderness Lodge. I guess we will have to go back to WDW around Christmas time again.

David...the cold weather did not stop us...we had such a good time...I can't wait to go back.

Disney Dream arrives at Port Canaveral on January 4th...how exciting.

Enjoy the rest of your day and take care. :flower3:

[DisneyDee27]

Hello everyone,
I just booked the 3 day for my DW and I. She couldn't make the first 4 night cruise but will be here for the second half. Hooray! :yay:
Will there be a FE group for the 3 night?
:dance3:
Dee

[Luckymomoftwo]

Ok I guess you got me beat on the cold weather. But I think someone up there in your neck of the woods left the fan on and it is pointing south. And it is running on high!!! Cause some of that cold came down here again!!! And it was windy as everything!!! Last night it got down to close to 32!!!! Yes I said 32 degrees!!! And tonight it is suppose to get down that low again!!! Yes I said again!!!! (Although the weatherman says we will be back up to the 70's by this week-end) About Time!!!

Monika & Michael, again I am sorry you guys didn't have some warmer weather on your trip down here. But hey, it is Christmas time and it is suppose to a little chiller around Christmas. Right???:confused3

Ya'll have a great day!!! :yay:

The cold weather that's sweeping across the whole country is just ridiculous, isn't it?! I hope you get your 70's!!!! I can't believe the farmers had to hire helicopters to force the warmer air down on their crops. I bet that cost them some big bucks!!!


Hi everyone...hope you are having a good day so far.

Debbie....the one resort that I wanted to see was the Wilderness Lodge. I guess we will have to go back to WDW around Christmas time again.

David...the cold weather did not stop us...we had such a good time...I can't wait to go back.

Disney Dream arrives at Port Canaveral on January 4th...how exciting.

Enjoy the rest of your day and take care. :flower3:

Well, we always have to have an excuse to go back, don't we?! :rotfl:
I wish I could be at Port Canaveral to watch the Dream pull in!!!! That would be sooooo cool!!!! But I guess I'll just have to settle for watching it on YouTube. :laughing:


Hello everyone,
I just booked the 3 day for my DW and I. She couldn't make the first 4 night cruise but will be here for the second half. Hooray! :yay:
Will there be a FE group for the 3 night?
:dance3:
Dee

:welcome: to the thread! Yes, we have a FE groupl Just send me a PM with your info and I'll add you to the list. :thumbsup2

[Time4disneynow]

Good Morning everyone.

It is so cold here :eek:...16 degrees, cloudy and snow is in the forecast for later on today...calling for 1-2 inches....oh...I wish it were spring time.


Hello everyone,
I just booked the 3 day for my DW and I. She couldn't make the first 4 night cruise but will be here for the second half. Hooray! :yay:
Will there be a FE group for the 3 night?
:dance3:
Dee

:welcome: aboard. Looking forward to meeting you and you DW.



Debbie...it sure is a good reason to go back. I never get enough of Disney. Sorry our trip ended...but there is always the next time to look forward to. :) I can't wait to see the Dream arrive. I am hoping that the webcam at Port Canaveral will show her coming into port. I will have to keep an eye on youtube as well.


Have a great day everyone and take care. :flower3:

[Time4disneynow]

Hi...it's me again.

Look what I found:

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2010/12/a-winter-wonderland-on-the-disney-dream/

[davidls]

Is everybody ready for Christmas??? I finally am. Well, I do have a couple more gifts to wrap.................then it's sit back................relax...................and watch everyone rip them open!!!!!

Have all you checked out the Disney Cruise Line website? They are showing some short videos hosted by Rachael, the Dreams Cruise Director. You get to see some very nice shots in the inside of the Dream. By the way, the Dream is finally heading to Florida!!!!:yay::yay::banana::banana: She set sail Sunday the 19th. Final arrival in Florida is for Jan 4, 2011.

Well Monika, it is finally suppose to get back up to normal temps here in Florida. Today it is to be 65 to 68 degrees. Our normal is around low to mid 70's. Can't wait for that!

I have been very busy here at work. One of our employees found another job and left a few weeks ago. Leaving me with ALL of the work to do! Oh my aching back!!! Well at least it is some extra spending money for the cruise!!!

Well, ya'll have a great Tuesday today!!! Talk to you again soon.:woohoo:

[DisneyDee27]

Just checking in to say hello. I'm very excited to get on board in September. I'm looking forward to our FE group.
Have a merry christmas and a happy new year!
Dee

[DisneyDee27]

Hello All,

Just checking to see if anyone is making a 7 night trip out of this cruise.
I can't wait to see the ship and enjoy meeting crazed Disney fans...Like me.
Thanks,
Dee

[DizDragonfly]

Hello All,

Just checking to see if anyone is making a 7 night trip out of this cruise.
I can't wait to see the ship and enjoy meeting crazed Disney fans...Like me.
Thanks,
Dee

I think I did see a mention of someone doing a 9/11 B2B. But, there are quite a few of us doing a B2B with the DVC Member cruise after this one.

[tjbaggott]

Well, surprise surprise everyone, I'm BACK on this 3 night portion! Just DS8 and myself! We went from Cancelling our set staterooms, to booking the Fantasy (which we are still doing), then I rebooked DS and myself back ontot the 4 night before this one, and then last week had our TA also book us back onto THIS one too, but could only get GTY . ( I just couldn't fathom having to get off after 4 nights, after being on a 7 night now). I will probably get back into the FE but will let you know in the New Year. I need to get the trip paid for first :thumbsup2 DS8 still asks frquently "When can we go on the Dream". We will tell him about this on his Birthday in July, or after (he's away at his first Residencial Camp that week).
So it looks like I'm having some Catching up to do on this board! :thumbsup2

[davidls]

MERRY CHRISTMAS
to all my fellow cruisers out there. Hope ya'll have been good and Santa:santa: brings you what you wanted for Christmas.:woohoo::woohoo:

[drummerwife]

We surprised our DS11 with a B2B (this is the second half) for Christmas. We've had this booked for awhile, but I didn't want to post incase he caught my on here:lmao: Anyway, we're really looking forward to this cruise and meeting new friends onboard.
I hope everyone had a great day and got what they wanted for Christmas!

[Luckymomoftwo]

Well, surprise surprise everyone, I'm BACK on this 3 night portion! Just DS8 and myself! We went from Cancelling our set staterooms, to booking the Fantasy (which we are still doing), then I rebooked DS and myself back ontot the 4 night before this one, and then last week had our TA also book us back onto THIS one too, but could only get GTY . ( I just couldn't fathom having to get off after 4 nights, after being on a 7 night now). I will probably get back into the FE but will let you know in the New Year. I need to get the trip paid for first :thumbsup2 DS8 still asks frquently "When can we go on the Dream". We will tell him about this on his Birthday in July, or after (he's away at his first Residencial Camp that week).
So it looks like I'm having some Catching up to do on this board! :thumbsup2

:yay: WELCOME BACK!!!! That's too cute that your DS8 keeps asking when he can go on the Dream. Surprising the kids is always so much fun!!! (Except when you're pulling them out of school and they cry - then you feel like the worst parent ever! :laughing:)


We surprised our DS11 with a B2B (this is the second half) for Christmas. We've had this booked for awhile, but I didn't want to post incase he caught my on here:lmao: Anyway, we're really looking forward to this cruise and meeting new friends onboard.
I hope everyone had a great day and got what they wanted for Christmas!

:welcome: Looks like there are at least three families doing a B2B with this being their second portion of the trip. How fun!!!! It will be our first portion of a B2B with the DVC Member Cruise being the second portion. We've never done a B2B and we are really looking forward to it. Except our kids and my in-laws are joining us on the first portion and then going home while we stay for the second half...I kind of wish it were the other way around, but this is just how it worked out.

[Luckymomoftwo]

I know I'm a day late, but

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa247/debnjr/Mickey-Minnie-Mouse-Christmas-tree-group.jpg

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

I was sick yesterday and spent the entire day on the couch...mostly sleeping. And then got up around 3:00 to get ready to go see Tangled - awesome movie! Then came back home and went right back to the couch. I'm feeling a little better today.

[davidls]

I know I'm a day late, but

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa247/debnjr/Mickey-Minnie-Mouse-Christmas-tree-group.jpg

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

I was sick yesterday and spent the entire day on the couch...mostly sleeping. And then got up around 3:00 to get ready to go see Tangled - awesome movie! Then came back home and went right back to the couch. I'm feeling a little better today.

I'm sorry you weren't felling well Luckymomoftwo. Glad to hear you are feeling better now!!!

That is one very nice card you posted. Thanks so much.

DW and I are doing a B2B also, with this being the second portion of our B2B too. Just like all you you guys we can't wait to get on board the Dream.:cool1::banana: We've been watching all of the videos Disney is posting on the DCL website. We watched the Disney Christmas Day Parade on Christmas day. Samantha Brown was on the Dream and talked to Rachael on board. That was a great surprise. did ya'll see that too???:confused3

Well, I hope everyone has a safe a Happy New Year. I know I'm a little early but wanted to give everyone my well wishes early.:yay:

[Time4disneynow]

Hello everyone.

Earlier this month...Michael and I enjoyed WDW...loved every minute of it. After returning home...we spent some treasured time with our beautiful DGD (she is 9 months old today). We had a great Christmas...hope you all did too. Michaels mom is visiting us and our DD is home from college.

The cold weather we experienced at WDW is nothing to what we have here. It's snowed for 2 days, 50 mph winds and cold...oh my cold...:eek: we ended up with over 20 inches of snow. We had to shovel a pathway for our dogs in the backyard. This is crazy weather. By Saturday...we are going to have a heat wave...54 degrees.

Now I am looking forward to our cruise. Can't wait. The Dream will be arriving Castaway Cay on January 1st. January 4th, she will be arriving Port Canaveral. Very exciting.

Debbie...hope you're feeling better. Take care.

David...we watched the Disney Parade on Christmas Day. Samantha Brown was the perfect person to show off the Dream!!! It was good to see Rachel...really like her. She is a fantastic cruise director!!!!!

tjbaggott....WELCOME BACK!!!!!!!!:yay::woohoo:


Have a good evening and take care. :flower3:


261 DAYS UNTIL WE CRUISE :cheer2::yay::woohoo::worship:

[davidls]

I hope everyone is having a great week. DW & I are off of work this week, and loving every minute of it!!!:banana::banana::banana:

Monika, Rachel was the Cruise Director on our first Magic Cruise we took. We liked her allot and thought she did a great job. And, you are right Samantha Brown was the perfect person to show off the Dream. I wonder if the Travel Channel will have Samantha do one of her cruise shows on the Dream. That would be great to see.
Everyone talks about.............and I'm sorry here gang.............I cannot for the life of me think of his name.......I believe he has an English accent..............he is in the Disney Cruise Line video they show from time to time on the Travel Channel. Is it Bret - Brent..........I'm sorry I'm just not sure.:confused3 But anywho, everyone says he is great too.
Well Monika, sounds like you got a winter wonderland going up there. It has been cold down here in Florida too. No snow...........just cold. This morning we woke up to 29 degrees of the cold air. Now folks, that is just way too cold for us'n Floridians!!!!:cool2: But today it is to warm up to 63 and then by the week-end close to 80!!!!:cool1::woohoo::woohoo::dance3:
Has everyone been watching the videos Disney Cruise Line has been putting on their website about the Dream??? They have been showing some very nice shots of the interior of the Dream. One GREAT looking ship everyone.:thumbsup2:thumbsup2:thumbsup2

[Time4disneynow]

Hi David...Rachel was the cruise director on our first Disney cruise too. She is fantastic!!!! You are referring to Brent...he is also a very good cruise director. Christian is another good one. When we were on the DVC members cruise September 2010....the cruise director was really good...but I can't remember his name.

Hope you and DW enjoy your week off from work.

I have not been on DCL's website but I will go and check out the videos. I cannot wait to cruise on the Dream....she is such a beautiful ship.


Have a great day and take care. :flower3:

[drummerwife]

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
and remember, let's be careful out there

[Time4disneynow]

party:party:


HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!

[tjbaggott]

pixiedust:party: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! party:

[davidls]

I too want to wish all of my cruising mates out there a a safe and Happy New Year.

Today is the day we take doen our Christmas decorations. Kind of sad, but hey guys we can now say we are going on a Disney Cruise THIS year!!!!:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

[Time4disneynow]

Good Morning everyone and Happy New Year!!!!


David...we were talking about cruise directors---add Clayton to your list. Clayton was the assistant cruise director on the Wonder. I am not sure where he is now...he is was great. I don't recall the name of the cruise director but he wasn't that good. Clayton was very good with the passengers.

Have a great day and take care.:flower3:

[davidls]

Good Morning everyone and Happy New Year!!!!


David...we were talking about cruise directors---add Clayton to your list. Clayton was the assistant cruise director on the Wonder. I am not sure where he is now...he is was great. I don't recall the name of the cruise director but he wasn't that good. Clayton was very good with the passengers.

Have a great day and take care.:flower3:

Monika, a very Happy New Year to you and Michael. I was watching some of Cruisings Do's and Don'ts on the Travel Channel this morning while having my coffee. I did see Cruise Director Christian from the Wonder. Well at least he was on the Wonder back when that was filmed in 2007. I'm glad Rachal wiil be our Cruise Director on the Dream. She was very nice with all of the guests onboard.

Well it;'s time to start taking down the Christmas decorations. Talk to ya'll again soon.:woohoo:

[Time4disneynow]

Monika, a very Happy New Year to you and Michael. I was watching some of Cruisings Do's and Don'ts on the Travel Channel this morning while having my coffee. I did see Cruise Director Christian from the Wonder. Well at least he was on the Wonder back when that was filmed in 2007. I'm glad Rachal wiil be our Cruise Director on the Dream. She was very nice with all of the guests onboard.

Well it;'s time to start taking down the Christmas decorations. Talk to ya'll again soon.:woohoo:

We were watching the same program this morning. If you saw Christian...you would have seen Clayton too. Love the Travel Channel. Enjoy your day!!!!

[Luckymomoftwo]

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa247/debnjr/mickymouseanimationhappynewyearcard.png

I hope everyone had a safe and fun New Year's Eve. I can't believe it's 2011 already!!!

[davidls]

We were watching the same program this morning. If you saw Christian...you would have seen Clayton too. Love the Travel Channel. Enjoy your day!!!!

Yep, you are right Monika, we did see Clayton. I did leave him out didn't I!!:confused3 The Travel Channel is one of our favorites too.

Well, DW and I have to go back to work tomorrow. We have had the past 10 days off, and it has been sooooooooooooooooooo nice. Got our Christmas decorations taken down yesterday. The ol' homestead sure does look bare. But we are planning on putting in some new carpet in the living room before spring. That should brighten things up.

Well, the Dream sails into Port Canaveral early Tuesday morning. Hope the webcam is turned on for all of to see her sail in.:thumbsup2 Our day walk on the Dream is getting closer everybody. This is getting exciting!!!!

Enjoy Sunday everyone!!!

[drummerwife]

Good Morning everyone and Happy New Year!!!!


David...we were talking about cruise directors---add Clayton to your list. Clayton was the assistant cruise director on the Wonder. I am not sure where he is now...he is was great. I don't recall the name of the cruise director but he wasn't that good. Clayton was very good with the passengers.

Have a great day and take care.:flower3:

Clayton was the cruise director on the Wonder when I sailed in November 2010...he was great!

[Time4disneynow]

Clayton was the cruise director on the Wonder when I sailed in November 2010...he was great!


I agree. When we were on the Wonder, Clayton was the assistant cruise director. I am still looking for the name of the guy who was cruise director---didn't care for him.

The cruise you took in November...did you stop in Nassau? If so, how did you like Nassau?

In February, we are going on the Magic and doing a Southern Caribbean. Looking forward to that. St. Maartens and St. Thomas. Looking forward to the cruise...need it bad!!!!

Have a good evening and take care.:flower3:

[tjbaggott]

I agree. When we were on the Wonder, Clayton was the assistant cruise director. I am still looking for the name of the guy who was cruise director---didn't care for him.

The cruise you took in November...did you stop in Nassau? If so, how did you like Nassau?

In February, we are going on the Magic and doing a Southern Caribbean. Looking forward to that. St. Maartens and St. Thomas. Looking forward to the cruise...need it bad!!!!

Have a good evening and take care.:flower3:

Eastern Maybe? We did the Western this past Nov. and Are doing the Eastern in 2012 on the Fantasy. Do you have any excrusions planned for St. Maartens and ST. Thomas? I haven't checked any out yet, as that cruise is so far off for us, but now my interest is picking up. You'll have to tell us all about it when you get back!:thumbsup2

[Shannon1984]

Ok haven't had time to read this thread yet, but hello.:wave2:

My name is Shannon and I will be cruising with my new Hubby Mike(Goofydad24). We will be getting married on the 9/11 cruise.

I think my parents are also going on this one(ragdoll). See this is how much i keep up on everything.

I know their are some other b2b'ers. Hope i get to talk to you all soon. I will do my best to keep up;):lmao::cool1:

[Time4disneynow]

Good Morning everyone :) Have a great day.


Eastern Maybe? We did the Western this past Nov. and Are doing the Eastern in 2012 on the Fantasy. Do you have any excrusions planned for St. Maartens and ST. Thomas? I haven't checked any out yet, as that cruise is so far off for us, but now my interest is picking up. You'll have to tell us all about it when you get back!:thumbsup2
Hi....for St. Maartens-the only excursion we booked is Under 2 Flags Island Tour. For St. Thomas-Skyride to Paradise Point. This will be our first time in St. Maartens and St. Thomas. I'm not sure if we are going to book anything else.


Ok haven't had time to read this thread yet, but hello.:wave2:

My name is Shannon and I will be cruising with my new Hubby Mike(Goofydad24). We will be getting married on the 9/11 cruise.

I think my parents are also going this one(ragdoll_1952). See this is how much i keep up on everything.

I know their are some other b2b'ers. Hope i get to talk to you all soon. I will do my best to keep up;):lmao::cool1:

Hi Shannon and Mike....:welcome: aboard. Congratulations on your upcoming wedding.....My name is Monika and my husbands name is Michael. We are doing a B2B--this cruise and Sept. 18th (DVC members cruise). Looking forward to chatting and then meeting you.



Enjoy your day and take care...:flower3:

[davidls]

Just wanted to pop in to say hi to everyone from Sunny Florida and ..........ugh work!!! Yep had to go back to work this week. All of a sudden I'm not feeling well..................better go home and lay down on the couch a rest up some more!!!!:lmao::lmao::lmao: Well, at least we are not too busy today. Which is to be expected right after the holidays. Things will pick up sometime later this week.

Monika, you and Michael will enjoy St Maartins and St. Johns. They are two beautiful islands. Like Judy, DW and I are going back to St. Maartin and St. John on the Fantasy in 2012. But all of us are jealous of you going next month!!!

Hey Shannon1984 are you guys doing a B2B cruise now for your wedding? I can't remember if you were doing that before. But if this a new addition to your wedding and cruise:welcome: aboard!!!!

[Time4disneynow]

I found this thread on the Dis....name of thread is "So Where is the Disney Dream at the Moment"

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2623204

Enjoy!!!!

David...sorry you and your DW had to go back to work. Glad you enjoyed your time off. Try to have a good day...:)

[DisneyDee27]

I just ordered my FE from Gradysmommy on Ebay. I'm so excited to get it and use it.
Happy New year everyone and I look forward to our cruise. This is cruise will be the second half of my B2B cruise.
see you all soon.
DisneyDeepirate:

[Time4disneynow]

A friend from a cruise DH and I are taking in March 2012 found this article in the Orlando Sentinel...The Disney Dream arriving in Port Canaveral tomorrow morning around 6:30 am.....Enjoy!!!!!


http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/destinations/cruises/disney-dream/os-disney-cruise-line-dream-arrives-20110103,0,4503676.story


DisneyDee....glad you found a FE...Getting excited...Can't wait.
Happy New Year to you too!!!!!!

[Luckymomoftwo]

FE Exchange Group:

Luckymomoftwo
Junior (DH)
Debbie (DW)
Brandon(DS-11)
Emilee (DD-8)

Luckymomoftwo's in-laws
Joah (DH)
Sara (DW)
Skyler (DS-4)
Brayden (DS-1)

Time4DisneyNow & DH Time2Go2Disney
Monika (DW)
Michael (DH)

IAmDaisyDuck
Eileen (DW)
Tony (DH)
Michael (DS-9)

TJBaggot
Judy (DW)
Martyn (DH)
Daniel -(DS-14)
Tim - (DS - 8)

HappyCamperGRF & Mrs. HappyCamper
George (DH)
Stacey (DW)
Josie (DD-12)
Eve (DD-8)

MLHolster
Mark (DH)
Lynn (DW)

s_queenbee2002
Jason (DH)
Sherrell (DW)

TeeDee
Terri
Cindy
Seth
Carter (DGS-4)

DisneyDee27
DeeDee
Christy

I am compiling a spreadsheet, as well, that I would like to email to everyone. If you haven't done so yet, can you please PM me with your email address so I can send you a copy of the spreadsheet? :thumbsup2

[Time4disneynow]

Thank you, Debbie. You already have my email address.

Take care.

[Luckymomoftwo]

I sure do, Monika! :goodvibes

[DizDragonfly]

I am compiling a spreadsheet, as well, that I would like to email to everyone.

Ok, ok, I give in! Would you add us to the list too? Same stateroom, email and people that are on your SSMC FE list. :goodvibes

[davidls]

http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/attractions/disney/010411disney-dream-cruise-ship-arrives

I don't know if any of you have seen this video of the Dream coming in to Port Canaveral this morning. It is very nice..............Mickey, Minnie, Donald & Pluto waving at the Dream as she sails into Port for the first time. I missed seeing her sail in live, I weas on my way into work this morning and got caught in traffic!!!:scared1::eek::sad2::sad2: Check out the video!!!

[tjbaggott]

This one too!! A Special surprise as she pulled into port at 6:35 this morning!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwtlmDdy9FM

[tjbaggott]

Hi Debbie, I didnt' know I was still on this FE list, but am happy to remain on it. However it will just be myself and DS Tim who will be 8 at the time of the cruise. DH and other DS won't be sailing with us this time, as this has been turned into a "Mommy and Me Trip" for me and my youngest. The rest of the family will join us in 2012 on the Fantasy.

My passport expires next week, so tonight or tomorrow, I'll go get new passport photos, then get our pastor to sign as guarantor and I'm taking Friday off work so I can visit the passport office (unless I can find a way to do it online). That'll be one more thing I can check off on my list. :thumbsup2

[cattrix]

Hey everyone :)

Got into work this morning and have watched all the YouTube videos and seen all the pictures, that ship is just.....BIG!!

Was exciting to see her finally make it home :banana:

Hope everyone has a great Tuesday. :thumbsup2

[drummerwife]

I agree. When we were on the Wonder, Clayton was the assistant cruise director. I am still looking for the name of the guy who was cruise director---didn't care for him.

The cruise you took in November...did you stop in Nassau? If so, how did you like Nassau?In February, we are going on the Magic and doing a Southern Caribbean. Looking forward to that. St. Maartens and St. Thomas. Looking forward to the cruise...need it bad!!!!

Have a good evening and take care.:flower3:

While I didn't get off the ship in Nassau for this cruise, I did on an earlier one. Personally, I don't care for Nassau, it might have beautiful areas/beaches, but you have to traverse some of the dirtiest areas I have ever seen. Plus all the people trying to sell you junk...just not my cup of tea.
My DS11 and I are sailing on the Dream the 30th of this month :banana::banana: and we'll not be getting off at Nassau this trip either.

[davidls]

Have ya'll checked out the Disney Cruise Line website recently? Go to the restaurant section. They have posted new pictures on each of the restaurants!! They really look fantactic!!!:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

[Time4disneynow]

While I didn't get off the ship in Nassau for this cruise, I did on an earlier one. Personally, I don't care for Nassau, it might have beautiful areas/beaches, but you have to traverse some of the dirtiest areas I have ever seen. Plus all the people trying to sell you junk...just not my cup of tea.
My DS11 and I are sailing on the Dream the 30th of this month :banana::banana: and we'll not be getting off at Nassau this trip either.

Hi...thanks for your input on Nassau--it reminds me of Jamaica. We cruised there on another cruise line years ago. It was the same as you described of Nassau.

Have ya'll checked out the Disney Cruise Line website recently? Go to the restaurant section. They have posted new pictures on each of the restaurants!! They really look fantactic!!!:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

Hi David...watching the Dream come into port...I was in awe!!!! I cannot wait to cruise on the Dream. What a beautiful ship!!!! So very exciting. Thanks for the info...I will go check out the pictures.


Have a good evening and take care. :flower3:

[tjbaggott]

I renewed my passport today, So I'm all set!! It was funny last night at Costco, getting my passport photo done. She had to take several shots, as the flash kept making my forehead shine. She said normally they use photoshop to touch those types of things up, but their software was not working yesterday. One other gentelman was standing there, waiting his turn for the same type of photo. Well after having me dab my head with tissue for the 4th time, this guy grins and says, if they just cover the overhead ceiling light, that would solve the problem, and joked about how much work the whole passport photo taking process is. Well, he had me laughing, then it was time to take what was the final photo of me, but I had a hard time stopping the grinning and laughing, oh my, and it didn't help when the photographer herself started to grin, it took all I had to put on a straight face for that damn photo! And you know what? Of all photos of me ever taken, I like this one the best!! Even though there is no smile, I actually am very pleased with how it turned out! I wonder if they do family portraits? :thumbsup2

The passport office today went very smoothly, I took a friend with me as we went across the boarder onto the Quebec side to make a visit to the passport office there. I was in and out in 15 minutes! Easy Peasy! So now both myself and DS7 have all our travel documentation in order. Our Pastor is going to help me with the travel letter I may need, as I'll be travelling without my DH but have our child with me. Now to just pay off the cruise!!:)