Disney Dream 12th January 2012

[orlandothebeagle]

Anybody :cool1::cool1::cool1:

[IrishCowboy]

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

[Tracerr00]

This is not only our first Disney cruise, but it's our first cruise ever! We are so excited. A year seems like a long time but I'm sure it'll be here before we know it! My 11 year old daughter is an only child and I'm a little worried that she'll be bored just hanging out with me. She's pretty friendly and outgoing though so I'm hoping that she'll make some new friends. If anyone has any good tips or anything for us, please feel free to let me know. Thanks!!

[disneymember2000]

We will be on our first Disney Cruise as well. Kids 20,15, 13 an 10 at the time. Hoping to make friends on board!

[Tracerr00]

We will be on our first Disney Cruise as well. Kids 20,15, 13 an 10 at the time. Hoping to make friends on board!

So excited to finally have some company on this thread! I'm really looking forward to the cruise on the Dream, even more so after watching the christening today. So do you plan to do any extra days at Disney before or after? I think we're going to do two days after the cruise. Welcome to thread and looking forward to more DISers as well!

[disneymember2000]

We are thinking of going to WDW for 2-3 days prior to the cruise. We can't wait! The video just came in the mail today, the kids are very excited!!

[88golf88]

We are in the early planning stages of booking the cruise. It will be a large family gathering to celebrate the first Disney trip for our soon-to-be newborn!!

My wife is on the Dream as we speak with my parents and younger sister. They called me as soon as they boarded the ship and told me to start planning!! They said the ship is fantastic! Cant wait!!!

[Tracerr00]

We are in the early planning stages of booking the cruise. It will be a large family gathering to celebrate the first Disney trip for our soon-to-be newborn!!

My wife is on the Dream as we speak with my parents and younger sister. They called me as soon as they boarded the ship and told me to start planning!! They said the ship is fantastic! Cant wait!!!

You'll have to give an update on how their cruise turned out. I'd love to hear it! And congrats on the baby (and next year's Dream cruise!)! :yay:

[bchiz04]

:banana: I can't wait 2nd disney cruise for DD 9 and myself and 1st for DGF and DGF's DD 10 pirate:

[Ginger Renae]

Joining!! We haven't confirmed our reservation yet, but hope to get that taken care of in the next few days. This is our first cruise of any sort. I am so excited!

DH - 36
Me - 40
DD - 4

We are planning on a 4-5 day WDW stay before the cruise as well. Unfortunately, reservations for WDW won't open up til sometime this summer so I will only be able to obsess over the cruise portion of our vacation for the next few months. There's so much to figure out and it's pretty overwhelming. I have no idea how the dining and show times work...early vs late?? Huh??

We are DL AP holders! DH and I have been to WDW back in 2005 before DD.

[smootenloopers]

Hello, everyone! Just booked this cruise (doing a B2B with the 1/8 departure). I've been on one cruise so far (Disney Wonder last October), but this will technically be my 4th by the time it happens. #2 will be the westbound transatlantic this September (wow, 2 weeks of pampering! :yay:). Then the B2B will be #3 & #4. I think I'm addicted!

[Ginger Renae]

Just made my reservation and paid my deposit! I guess we are really going. I am so excited! Yay!

[luvdmouse]

We're going too! This will be our first Disney cruise although we've cruised before on other lines. I am going to try and surprise my kids the week of the cruise. I am taking my mom on this cruise along with DD15 and twin DS 12. Husband says he can't get away in January, but we'll see as it gets closer. We are also booked at the BC for two days after the cruise. We are whisking away DD as soon as finals end. What a nice way to end a challenging week!! Plus it's my mom's 66th birthday and my DD sweet sixteen.

[LaLaDisney]

I can't wait to go. I'm trying to keep it a secret from DS (7) and DD (5), but both can read and I'm always on these boards! :laughing:

[LaLaDisney]

Are we just early planners...or is no one else sailing with us?:rotfl2:

[Ginger Renae]

Are we just early planners...or is no one else sailing with us?:rotfl2:

The less crowded the ship, the better, right?? No lines for the Aquaduck and the meet n greets! Works for me!

[Tracerr00]

Are we just early planners...or is no one else sailing with us?:rotfl2:

Maybe we'll have the ship to ourselves!:banana:

[ronniek]

This will be my first cruise ever, and of course it has to be Disney. :cheer2:
We booked the 3 day cruise because we weren't sure about sea sickness... But since it is my 60th birthday (and all my BIG birthdays must be Disney), this seemed the logical choice. My sisters and friends will be with me, so it will be fun, I know!!!:dance3:
Would like to know how the dinners work. Do yo have to eat at the deisgnated restaurants on designated days? Can you eat at any restaurant?

[LaLaDisney]

First of all ronniek: :welcome:

Disney does what is called rotational dining. Each night you are scheduled to eat in one of the three restaurants and your servers and waitstaff will rotate with you. When you get on board there is a place where you can check to see what order you will eat at each restaurant. There are other options as well-Palo and Remy are adult only choices. They do cost extra (as they are not included in your cruise fare) and you have to make reservations. I can't say anything about Remy, but DH and I did Palo and loved it when we were on the Wonder.

I know others on this thread have more cruising experience, and they can help you as well. Congratulations on your birthday trip!:yay:

[ronniek]

thanks for the info. we are so excited.:yay: been to wdw many times but this is all new, and we are a bit nervous.
so we are appreciative of any tips or hints that we can get. we are staying over night in port canaveral pre-cruise, to get the lay of the land. renting a car from airport, and leaving it at the hotel and taking a shuttle to terminal. hope that is a smart thing to do. :goodvibes
so thanks again!
party:

[Ginger Renae]

Wow - no new posts in over a month? I have visions of getting the ship all to ourselves...LOL I know that won't happen, of course, but it's a nice dream!

We are heading to DL next month for our final use of our APs. I tried to get DH to renew for next year, but the price went up $79 each! CRAZY!

[LaLaDisney]

Ginger Renae-We held off on DL AP renewals this year in anticipation of our WDW trip, but the family is having withdrawls. We may break down and get our passes again, and yes, the prices went up!

[Ginger Renae]

Ginger Renae-We held off on DL AP renewals this year in anticipation of our WDW trip, but the family is having withdrawls. We may break down and get our passes again, and yes, the prices went up!

We could probably deal with a $20-30 increase per person, but $80 a person?? That's just too much. We are also in Northern California and only can get down to DL about 4 times a year. If we were closer and got more use of APs, things might be different.

[OKW Lover]

Add Jeff and Val to the list. Or at least I hope so. We got our quote and have to decide in the next couple of days but are fairly sure we are going to go.

This will be our 5th DCL cruise, the most recent was just a couple of weeks ago on the Dream - also a 3-nighter.

[Ginger Renae]

Add Jeff and Val to the list. Or at least I hope so. We got our quote and have to decide in the next couple of days but are fairly sure we are going to go.

This will be our 5th DCL cruise, the most recent was just a couple of weeks ago on the Dream - also a 3-nighter.

Yay - and judging by your screen name and signature, I can pick your brain about Old Key West! We are staying there before we leave for the cruise. We have never stayed there before, but are really looking forward to it!

[OKW Lover]

Pulled the trigger today and paid the deposit so put us down as confirmed! :sail:

Yay - and judging by your screen name and signature, I can pick your brain about Old Key West! We are staying there before we leave for the cruise. We have never stayed there before, but are really looking forward to it!

We're staying there after the cruise!

Happy to answer questions about OKW since we've been members since 1995 and have stayed there many times. Feel free to PM me so we don't clutter up this tread with non-cruise talk.

[LaLaDisney]

This will be our 5th DCL cruise, the most recent was just a couple of weeks ago on the Dream - also a 3-nighter.

Ooooh! I'd love to pick your brain about the 3-night cruise on the Dream. That way we know what great things we are in for!

[OKW Lover]

Ooooh! I'd love to pick your brain about the 3-night cruise on the Dream. That way we know what great things we are in for!

Take a look at the end of this thread for the Navigators (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2797566&page=2) from the 9/1 cruise.

[disrailfan]

Hello all, MouseFan64 and myself will be joining you all on this cruise.

We just booked this cruise on the DVC SS Member cruise last week. There will actually be like 6 of us, four others from here on the board joining us.

If you newbies to cruising are interested. Check out my two blogs about cruising.

TheCruiseBlog (http://www.thecruiseblog.net) - I have some tips about cruising and things to ask for or look out for.

SS Member Cruise 2011 (http://www.hutsellhobbies.com/dvcMember) - This was the site we had going for the large amount of us Disers that were on the SS Member Cruise. There were close to 120 of us from the Disboards. :thumbsup2

If you have any questions about the dream or cruising in general please let me know. This will by Shawn and I's 7th Disney Cruise on our quest towards Platinum cruise status. :thumbsup2

Hope to get to meet everyone and maybe we can do a small DisMeet on the day we sail.

[Tracerr00]

Hope to get to meet everyone and maybe we can do a small DisMeet on the day we sail.

I would love to do a DIS Meet on sail day! How fun and I can't wait to meet some new people! I booked this cruise so long ago and I can't believe it's only a little over 3 months until we sail. :banana: I'm so excited! When I originally booked it was just my daughter and me but since then a friend of mine and her daughter of the same age booked as well! I have a feeling I won't see much of my daughter now that she has a friend to hang out with. So I'll be able to enjoy some adult time too (aside from the times when I make her hang out with mom)!

[calypso726]

Hi Everyone! I will be sailing with you all along with my DH Wally (W@LL-E) on this cruise. We are 2 of the 6 that Milford (disrailfan) mentioned. We were all on a B2B on the Dream last week for the DVC Member cruise and also sailed on the Dream in May. Happy to answer any questions if I can as well and looking forward to getting to know some of our fellow cruisers :goodvibes

[disrailfan]

Any new Dream cruisers have questions?

[Tracerr00]

Any new Dream cruisers have questions?
I have a question but it's not very exciting. We've never cruised..ever! The ship looks huge so I was wondering if they give any sort or orientation or a tour for us newbies. I like to explore but it would also be nice to get a lay of the land so I don't have to wander around looking lost all the time! :lmao:

[calypso726]

I have a question but it's not very exciting. We've never cruised..ever! The ship looks huge so I was wondering if they give any sort or orientation or a tour for us newbies. I like to explore but it would also be nice to get a lay of the land so I don't have to wander around looking lost all the time! :lmao:

Hi Tracerr00 :wave2: Yes, i distinctly remember seeing a cruise tour being given while we were on board the first day. there are also deck plans out there to help you get familiarized and orient yourself on the ship. Here is one CLICKY here (http://www.dreamsunlimitedtravel.com/cruise/photos/DisneyDreamDeckPlan.jpg) Hope this helps!

[disrailfan]

Boy this is a quite bunch! Good to see some are asking questions. Ask away, we will try to give you an answer and if we don't know it we will get and answer typically. :cool1:

Hope everyone is having an awesome Thursday!

[Mar Mostro]

Any runners in the group planning to do the marathon the weekend before?

[Ginger Renae]

Any runners in the group planning to do the marathon the weekend before?

We will be in WDW that day, but not running in the marathon.

We just paid off our trip! I'm driving DH crazy because I am so excited about the cruise. I know it's really short, but hopefully this is just the first of many cruises to come our way...

[mousefan64]

Any runners in the group planning to do the marathon the weekend before?

Hmmmmm I am almost 47 can't remember how to do that, can it be googled somewhere for the instructions?

[mousefan64]

We will be in WDW that day, but not running in the marathon.

We just paid off our trip! I'm driving DH crazy because I am so excited about the cruise. I know it's really short, but hopefully this is just the first of many cruises to come our way...

The 3 day is way to short normally, but it is a nice winter dis meet for us. We probably won't get off the ship except at CC, glad to hear you are excited about the cruise.

[mousefan64]

Hi Tracerr00 :wave2: Yes, i distinctly remember seeing a cruise tour being given while we were on board the first day. there are also deck plans out there to help you get familiarized and orient yourself on the ship. Here is one CLICKY here (http://www.dreamsunlimitedtravel.com/cruise/photos/DisneyDreamDeckPlan.jpg) Hope this helps!

You're so smart....:lovestruc

[mousefan64]

Let's see, get to port, check in. Grab friends, get dispeeps picture taken in dispeeps tshirt, make up a name for them to announce as you board the ship, grab a drink meet my new dispeeps from this thread say 3:30 @ 687 bar, then sail away party, then hoping for a suite life on deck time warp. Ahhhhhhhhh

[mousefan64]

Hmmmmm 57 posts Til a :bride: and 58 Til a pirate:

[mousefan64]

I have a question but it's not very exciting. We've never cruised..ever! The ship looks huge so I was wondering if they give any sort or orientation or a tour for us newbies. I like to explore but it would also be nice to get a lay of the land so I don't have to wander around looking lost all the time! :lmao:

Another cute trick Disney dreamed up is when you get off the elevator to go to your room one side of the ship has a decorative fish out side you door and the other has a decorative seahorse. That part is easy.

[mousefan64]

First of all ronniek: :welcome:

Disney does what is called rotational dining. Each night you are scheduled to eat in one of the three restaurants and your servers and waitstaff will rotate with you. When you get on board there is a place where you can check to see what order you will eat at each restaurant. There are other options as well-Palo and Remy are adult only choices. They do cost extra (as they are not included in your cruise fare) and you have to make reservations. I can't say anything about Remy, but DH and I did Palo and loved it when we were on the Wonder.

I know others on this thread have more cruising experience, and they can help you as well. Congratulations on your birthday trip!:yay:

My dispeeps have done Palo and Remy on the Dream, loved them.....

[mousefan64]

We will be on our first Disney Cruise as well. Kids 20,15, 13 an 10 at the time. Hoping to make friends on board!

Our friend had thier 12 yr old with them on the 3 day last month, he made a friend first day and didn't see much of him there after, other peeps had their older boys with them, yep same thing, gone...

[calypso726]

Hmmmmm I am almost 47 can't remember how to do that, can it be googled somewhere for the instructions?

I remember how but lack the proper motivation for running :rolleyes1 Proper motivation for me would include Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers and the creepy masked dude from Scream wielding axes and chasing me relentlessly down a very dark alley :scared1:

You're so smart....:lovestruc

Aaaww :hug:

[mousefan64]

I remember how but lack the proper motivation for running :rolleyes1 Proper motivation for me would include Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers and the creepy masked dude from Scream wielding axes and chasing me relentlessly down a very dark alley :scared1:



Aaaww :hug:

Or you chasing Jack Sparrow for ilisid acts....

[calypso726]

Or you chasing Jack Sparrow for ilisid acts....

That'll work :thumbsup2

[Ginger Renae]

The 3 day is way to short normally, but it is a nice winter dis meet for us. We probably won't get off the ship except at CC, glad to hear you are excited about the cruise.

We considered doing a longer cruise , but neither me nor my husband have ever been on a cruise before. I have migraine issues and I am a little concerned about motion sickness triggering a migraine. I figure a 3 day trip should give me enough of a taste to know if cruising is a good vacation option for us in the future.

[mousefan64]

We considered doing a longer cruise , but neither me nor my husband have ever been on a cruise before. I have migraine issues and I am a little concerned about motion sickness triggering a migraine. I figure a 3 day trip should give me enough of a taste to know if cruising is a good vacation option for us in the future.


Good option, our first trip was about 2008 did the ssmc 2008, only being
4 days I figured I would only be sick then 4 days ish, well hit the back end of a tropical storm we encounted 20 foot waves coming home and the boat just rocked and rocked and rocked, but didn't get sick only got tired of holding myself up, went to bed at midnight, and hubby went upstairs to
to film the pool becoming a wave pool... :rotfl:

so we have been hooked since.... awsomesause....

[Ginger Renae]

We spent last week at DL getting our last use of our annual passes. We had a fabulous trip, of course, and I tried to get DH to re-new our passes, but no luck.

While taking DD trick or treating last night, I met a guy on the next street over who commented on DD's Rapunzel costume. We started chatting and it turns out he works on the Dream! He is obviously off right now, but returns in about a week. Unfortunately, he won't be on our cruise either as he is going to Germany to pick up the Fantasy.

Looking forward to the holidays. I have told all of our relatives that Katie wants Disney gift cards for Christmas so she can use them to shop at WDW and onboard the ship...same goes for me! :P

[Tracerr00]

We spent last week at DL getting our last use of our annual passes. We had a fabulous trip, of course, and I tried to get DH to re-new our passes, but no luck.

While taking DD trick or treating last night, I met a guy on the next street over who commented on DD's Rapunzel costume. We started chatting and it turns out he works on the Dream! He is obviously off right now, but returns in about a week. Unfortunately, he won't be on our cruise either as he is going to Germany to pick up the Fantasy.

Looking forward to the holidays. I have told all of our relatives that Katie wants Disney gift cards for Christmas so she can use them to shop at WDW and onboard the ship...same goes for me! :P

Very cool about your neighbor!! And he even gets to pick up the Fantasy in Germany! :cool1:

I have also told the family that they should get Disney gift cards for my DD for Christmas as well. My trip keeps getting bigger and bigger by adding on some days before and some days after so I'll need the extra gift cards by then! I was very excited to do the online check in a few days ago - I booked this cruise so long ago and it finally seems more real now!

[Ginger Renae]

What are the benefits of an online check in?

[Tracerr00]

Not a clue! :lmao: They just had you enter the passport numbers for your party, enter the credit card info that you'll use on for your onboard account and pick a port arrival time. Then you print out a contract sheet or something that you sign and bring with you to the check in at port. I guess you do it all beforehand so it'll save you time at the port when you check in...I think! I was just excited to do it because it seems like like I'm one step closer to our cruise.

[mousefan64]

What are the benefits of an online check in?


It makes things at the port much more smoother..... pick up the health questionaire at the info dest at the top of the stairs go straight to the line zip zap zango, your done.... then hang out til ya board....

[palmtreegirl]

We're booked on a Dream cruise in October, but DH and I heard some Florida Resident rates were out so I checked them on online and they were too good to pass up. So.....we moved the cruise up and our going on Jan 12!! yay!!

We're not telling the kids yet, may keep it a secret and tell them on Christmas morning. Not sure.

I'm so excited!!!!! :woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

[luvdmouse]

Palmtreegirl, how old are your kids? I am bringing my 3 kids...twin 12 year old boys and a 15 year old daughter. Hoping there will be similar aged children on board.

[palmtreegirl]

Palmtreegirl, how old are your kids? I am bringing my 3 kids...twin 12 year old boys and a 15 year old daughter. Hoping there will be similar aged children on board.

My kids are 15 & 11 but they aren't planning on doing the kids clubs.

Update- we told them last night, just couldn't keep it a secret....lol.

[mousefan64]

We're booked on a Dream cruise in October, but DH and I heard some Florida Resident rates were out so I checked them on online and they were too good to pass up. So.....we moved the cruise up and our going on Jan 12!! yay!!

We're not telling the kids yet, may keep it a secret and tell them on Christmas morning. Not sure.

I'm so excited!!!!! :woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:


Welcome aboard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mousefan64]

My kids are 15 & 11 but they aren't planning on doing the kids clubs.

Update- we told them last night, just couldn't keep it a secret....lol.


Friends of ours are had there older kids with them in Sept... kid just hooked up with kids there age and hung out in the teen areas, played video games talked etc... we never saw them...

[Ginger Renae]

My DD will be a few weeks shy of 5 years old when we sail. I think she will LOVE the kids programs and I am looking forward to having time for DH and I to relax in the adult areas of the ship. I will definitely be looking to sign up for the champagne tasting!

[luvdmouse]

Is anyone doing a FE exchange? I was just reading about it and it sounded fun.

[Tracerr00]

Is anyone doing a FE exchange? I was just reading about it and it sounded fun.

I would be interested too! How do we get it set up?

[carolinagirl268]

Hi all,

Just heard from my FL resident dad that he's thinking of taking DH, DS, DD, and I on this cruise because of the great FL resident rates available. This will be my Dad's first DCL cruise but the 5th for the rest of us. we just did a 7 day eastern in October. We booked that one 23 months before we sailed so it's safe to say I'm used to having more time to plan! :scared1: I'm usually up at midnight on the 90 day mark to make my Palo reservations, port arrival time, spa appointments etc.

Since I just found out about this trip but don't have a reservation yet I can't go online to check any details. I'd like to know if there are even any reservations still available for either Remys or Palo. I'd also like to know what the earliest port arrival time is. Anyone checked tis recently? I sure would appreciate the info.

[Ginger Renae]

Hi all,

Just heard from my FL resident dad that he's thinking of taking DH, DS, DD, and I on this cruise because of the great FL resident rates available. This will be my Dad's first DCL cruise but the 5th for the rest of us. we just did a 7 day eastern in October. We booked that one 23 months before we sailed so it's safe to say I'm used to having more time to plan! :scared1: I'm usually up at midnight on the 90 day mark to make my Palo reservations, port arrival time, spa appointments etc.

Since I just found out about this trip but don't have a reservation yet I can't go online to check any details. I'd like to know if there are even any reservations still available for either Remys or Palo. I'd also like to know what the earliest port arrival time is. Anyone checked tis recently? I sure would appreciate the info.


I was only able to check reservations for a party of 2 in Palo and Remy and they seem to be pretty wide open for any of the three nights right now. The largest availability gap I see is night 3 at Remy - nothing between 6:50 - 7:40.

[carolinagirl268]

Thanks so much for checking this for me Ginger Renae. I read through the meet thread and this is your first cruise right? I know you will have a great time. Just warning you, Disney cruises can be VERY addictive!

[Luckymomoftwo]

Hmmmmm I am almost 47 can't remember how to do that, can it be googled somewhere for the instructions?

:lmao: I tried to start the C25K program a few weeks ago....yeah...didn't work so well. I should have known better than to wear my Sketchers Shape Ups when I was going to try to run. DUH!


Let's see, get to port, check in. Grab friends, get dispeeps picture taken in dispeeps tshirt, make up a name for them to announce as you board the ship, grab a drink meet my new dispeeps from this thread say 3:30 @ 687 bar, then sail away party, then hoping for a suite life on deck time warp. Ahhhhhhhhh

That sounds like an awesomesauce plan to me!


Hmmmmm 57 posts Til a :bride: and 58 Til a pirate:

:rotfl2:


We spent last week at DL getting our last use of our annual passes. We had a fabulous trip, of course, and I tried to get DH to re-new our passes, but no luck.

While taking DD trick or treating last night, I met a guy on the next street over who commented on DD's Rapunzel costume. We started chatting and it turns out he works on the Dream! He is obviously off right now, but returns in about a week. Unfortunately, he won't be on our cruise either as he is going to Germany to pick up the Fantasy.

Looking forward to the holidays. I have told all of our relatives that Katie wants Disney gift cards for Christmas so she can use them to shop at WDW and onboard the ship...same goes for me! :P

How cool is it that your neighbor is employed by DCL!!!!! Sorry you couldn't talk DH into renewing your annual passes. Maybe he'll start to go through Disney withdrawal and he'll change his mind. :thumbsup2


Hi everyone! Myself & DH (Steamboat Willy Nilly) are the other two of the six that Disrailfan mentioned. Looking forward to a quick get away in January. In my opinion, that's the most depressing month of the year. The holidays are over, it's cold, it's dark by the time I get off work. There are no holidays during that month. So, it will be nice to have a cruise to look forward to...even though it's only a 3 night cruise. I spent 7 nights on that ship and still didn't see it all. :sad2:

[Luckymomoftwo]

Is anyone doing a FE exchange? I was just reading about it and it sounded fun.

Hey there! We're practically neighbors! I'm in northwest Indiana.

To answer your question about the FE exchange...we won't be participating in one this time. It's just DH and I sailing and with it being just after the holidays, I just won't have the time to do anything for an FE exchange. I hope more people want to participate with you though...they are really fun and we've gotten some really great gifts, too!!

[calypso726]

:lmao: I tried to start the C25K program a few weeks ago....yeah...didn't work so well. I should have known better than to wear my Sketchers Shape Ups when I was going to try to run. DUH!

Hi everyone! Myself & DH (Steamboat Willy Nilly) are the other two of the six that Disrailfan mentioned. Looking forward to a quick get away in January. In my opinion, that's the most depressing month of the year. The holidays are over, it's cold, it's dark by the time I get off work. There are no holidays during that month. So, it will be nice to have a cruise to look forward to...even though it's only a 3 night cruise. I spent 7 nights on that ship and still didn't see it all. :sad2:

Well, I will admit I attempted jogging this week, and no, there were no axe wielding assassins after me :rotfl: I did a mile on Monday and a mile on Tuesday. On Wednesday I couldn't walk very well at all and have been limping about until yesterday :guilty: I guess I wound up aggravating an over 20 year old injury in my left foot :headache: Not giving up though. Once my foot is back to normal I'll try walking a couple of miles a day :thumbsup2

I'm looking forward to trying to finish off a kitchen sink at Beaches & Cream, hitting Jellyrolls and then the cruise!

[calypso726]

Let's see, get to port, check in. Grab friends, get dispeeps picture taken in dispeeps tshirt, make up a name for them to announce as you board the ship, grab a drink meet my new dispeeps from this thread say 3:30 @ 687 bar, then sail away party, then hoping for a suite life on deck time warp. Ahhhhhhhhh

Sounds like a plan!

[Luckymomoftwo]

Well, I will admit I attempted jogging this week, and no, there were no axe wielding assassins after me :rotfl: I did a mile on Monday and a mile on Tuesday. On Wednesday I couldn't walk very well at all and have been limping about until yesterday :guilty: I guess I wound up aggravating an over 20 year old injury in my left foot :headache: Not giving up though. Once my foot is back to normal I'll try walking a couple of miles a day :thumbsup2

I'm looking forward to trying to finish off a kitchen sink at Beaches & Cream, hitting Jellyrolls and then the cruise!


Don't over-do it!!! My aunt was pushing herself too hard at the gym trying to run further than she normally did. She ended up almost needing surgery and not quite sure if it was going to be permanent damage. I think she's ok now, but it was scary for a while!!!

I hope your foot gets back to normal soon. :hug:

That kitchen sink....you mean all of us splitting it? Or is Wally's appetite rubbing off on you? I can't wait to hit Jellyrolls!!!!!!!! Haven't been there since the late 90's.

[darrenwatson66]

My partner and I are running the Chip and Dale Marathon relay..spending a few days at the park and decided to add this 3 night cruise onto our trip! We have a close friend with two beautiful girls..3 and 1 coming as well! We LOVE DCL...this will be our 10th cruise with Disney! Woohoo! Hope to meet some of you onboard! D:)
:yay:

[Ginger Renae]

Is there a Palo brunch on the 3 day trips?

[OKW Lover]

No - no Palo brunch on the 3-night. :sad:

[calypso726]

Don't over-do it!!! My aunt was pushing herself too hard at the gym trying to run further than she normally did. She ended up almost needing surgery and not quite sure if it was going to be permanent damage. I think she's ok now, but it was scary for a while!!!

I hope your foot gets back to normal soon. :hug:

That kitchen sink....you mean all of us splitting it? Or is Wally's appetite rubbing off on you? I can't wait to hit Jellyrolls!!!!!!!! Haven't been there since the late 90's.

Thanks. It feels mostly normal now. Well, I was thinking of splitting it of course. But I'm sure the bottomless pit could finish it off himself :lmao: It should be fun!

My partner and I are running the Chip and Dale Marathon relay..spending a few days at the park and decided to add this 3 night cruise onto our trip! We have a close friend with two beautiful girls..3 and 1 coming as well! We LOVE DCL...this will be our 10th cruise with Disney! Woohoo! Hope to meet some of you onboard! D:)
:yay:

Hi :wave2: This will be number 5 for us. We love DCL too :goodvibes Hope to meet on board as well.

Let's see, get to port, check in. Grab friends, get dispeeps picture taken in dispeeps tshirt, make up a name for them to announce as you board the ship, grab a drink meet my new dispeeps from this thread say 3:30 @ 687 bar, then sail away party, then hoping for a suite life on deck time warp. Ahhhhhhhhh

Ooh, ooh, I got some ... Hellen Wheels family, Annie Mossity family, Arthur Itis family, Justin Credible family. Further silly suggestions welcome :goodvibes

[mouselover88]

Any teens gonna be on this cruise???(:

[Tracerr00]

My partner and I are running the Chip and Dale Marathon relay..spending a few days at the park and decided to add this 3 night cruise onto our trip! We have a close friend with two beautiful girls..3 and 1 coming as well! We LOVE DCL...this will be our 10th cruise with Disney! Woohoo! Hope to meet some of you onboard! D:)
:yay:

Welcome!! I'm hoping to meet some new DIS friends onboard as well! It's just DD12 and me and I have a feeling that she won't want to hang out with me all the time so I'll be interested in some adult interaction! It's our first cruise and we're very excited - and excited to get out if Wisconsin in the dead of winter!:banana:

[luvdmouse]

Any teens gonna be on this cruise???(:

I am bringing my DD15 and my twin guys 12. How old are you?

[mouselover88]

I am bringing my DD15 and my twin guys 12. How old are you?

i will be 15party:party:

[luvdmouse]

Great! C u onboard!!:banana::yay:

[DISNEYFOURME]

Wow..don't know why I didn't find this thread sooner! It seemed like we planned this trip so long ago and all of a sudden it's right around the corner! :cool1: Especially since the holidays go by so quickly! We will stay at OKW the night before and day after the cruise and I see we have some fellow hoosiers going (we live in Schererville)! With my oldest dd (15) and youngest dd (9) we couldn't stay any longer tho its killing my kids to be so close to WDW and not go! My dh and I cruised on the "big red ship" many years ago. I ended up sea sick everyday so am hoping this trip willl be better and that my dds don't have my weak stomach! As DVC Members we know the ins and outs of WDW, we are basicallly newbies of the cruise world! I am now trying to get as much info as possible and am glad I found you all! :goodvibes

[Ginger Renae]

Wow..don't know why I didn't find this thread sooner! It seemed like we planned this trip so long ago and all of a sudden it's right around the corner! :cool1: Especially since the holidays go by so quickly! We will stay at OKW the night before and day after the cruise and I see we have some fellow hoosiers going (we live in Schererville)! With my oldest dd (15) and youngest dd (9) we couldn't stay any longer tho its killing my kids to be so close to WDW and not go! My dh and I cruised on the "big red ship" many years ago. I ended up sea sick everyday so am hoping this trip willl be better and that my dds don't have my weak stomach! As DVC Members we know the ins and outs of WDW, we are basicallly newbies of the cruise world! I am now trying to get as much info as possible and am glad I found you all! :goodvibes

We will be at OKW for a few nights before the cruise. Maybe we will see you on the bus!

[DISNEYFOURME]

We will be at OKW for a few nights before the cruise. Maybe we will see you on the bus!

That would be cool! Hope we don't have too many stops at other resorts! I am excited for our first stay at OKW as well!

[aiken4mickey]

So....it looks like there isn't going to be a FE gift exchange? I know with the holidays coming up this next month + is going to FLY by...and before we know it we'll be boarding The Dream! :cool1::cool1: Was hoping I'd see that there was interest in doing this. If there is...we probably should make that decision sooner rather than any later considering the holidays.

[Tracerr00]

So....it looks like there isn't going to be a FE gift exchange? I know with the holidays coming up this next month + is going to FLY by...and before we know it we'll be boarding The Dream! :cool1::cool1: Was hoping I'd see that there was interest in doing this. If there is...we probably should make that decision sooner rather than any later considering the holidays.

I would love to as it is our first cruise but it doesn't seem like many are! I hope we get some more interest. So excited that the cruise is less than two months away, its coming up quickly now!

[aiken4mickey]

Maybe now that our cruise is getting closer we'll see some real interest. I've done the gift exchange a couple of times...and the kids really love coming back to the cabin and finding surprises...and they really love getting the list of cabins and going out and leaving our gifts!
I'm traveling with DD12 too! And, my DS 12...Disney husband is coming too...this is his first...and my 10th! Also, along is DSIL and her family DH, DS 11, DS8. And, another family with DD 12 and DS 10 (?). I'm doing my own gift/FairyGodmother thing with "my group"... (BUT, would certainly be intested in being part of something here) HOWEVER, if nothing works out....I ALWAYS bring extra goodies/pixie dust to leave at cabins...it's my way of adding magic to someone's trip...So, since you have a DD...I'd LOVE to share that magic with y'all...If you feel comfortable sharing cabin #.....

[luvdmouse]

My three kids and I would love to join the FE gift exchange. It's our first Disney cruise. We are from Chicago and I think it would be so much fun to participate in!!!:banana:

[DISNEYFOURME]

Ok.. With our 3 night cruise, what is the dress code for dining? I am getting confused while reading these posts. I know there is a pirate party but do we also have then the pirate menu at one of the rotations or is that for longer cruises? Told you I was a newbie! :rotfl2:

[Tracerr00]

My three kids and I would love to join the FE gift exchange. It's our first Disney cruise. We are from Chicago and I think it would be so much fun to participate in!!!:banana:

Oh good! We can even do it on a smaller scale and I think it would still be fun!! I know my daughter would really enjoy it. Hopefully more people will sign up once it gets closer. Now I just have to try to make (or order as I'm not very crafty) a FE!!

[aiken4mickey]

Ok.. With our 3 night cruise, what is the dress code for dining? I am getting confused while reading these posts. I know there is a pirate party but do we also have then the pirate menu at one of the rotations or is that for longer cruises? Told you I was a newbie! :rotfl2:

As far as dress code...you'll see a wide range....from casual to dressy. My feeling has always been...a cruise is a special...and we tend to dress up..everything from dressy casual to cocktail...

No there is no pirate menu on the 3 night. Also, I noticed on my online reservation yesterday that it shows Pirate Party as being on the Castaway Day...this is my 10th DCL cruise...and this will be a first...I believe it is a mistake...PP is usally the Nassau night..FYI

If you have any other questions...this is a great place to get answers!

[luvdmouse]

Oh good! We can even do it on a smaller scale and I think it would still be fun!! I know my daughter would really enjoy it. Hopefully more people will sign up once it gets closer. Now I just have to try to make (or order as I'm not very crafty) a FE!!

My kids and I just started thinking about that this afternoon. It sounds like you are travelling with you daughter. It's funny because I am taking my mom and three kids on this trip. My husband and my mom's husband were unable to make it on this trip with us. Let me know your daughter's age so I can find something appropriate! Have a wonderful thanksgiving. Lisa

[luvdmouse]

Hope everyone has a happy and healthy Thanksgiving :)

[Tracerr00]

My kids and I just started thinking about that this afternoon. It sounds like you are travelling with you daughter. It's funny because I am taking my mom and three kids on this trip. My husband and my mom's husband were unable to make it on this trip with us. Let me know your daughter's age so I can find something appropriate! Have a wonderful thanksgiving. Lisa

My daughter is 12! Do we start a spreadsheet or something for people that want to participate? I have never been on a cruise before so I'm not sure how people start up a FE Exchange!

[Tracerr00]

Hi all! It's getting closer to our sail date and I was hoping we could get an idea of how many people would like to participate in the FE Exchange! :) If you are interested in participating, please send me a PM. I'll keep a list and send the final spreadsheet to you as soon as we have an idea as to how many people would like to join in. Even if it's a small FE exchange, it will still be fun! I'm brand new to cruising and to the exchange so if anyone has any good tips or ideas I would love to hear them! I'm assuming I'll need to know the names, gender and ages of the participants as well as the cabin number. Anything else? I hope we have some interest! Only a month to go!! :banana:

[Ginger Renae]

Unfortunately, I think we are going to pass on the FE. It's our first cruise and I know we are going to be so slammed with trying to fit everything into such a short cruise that trying to do a FE will be just too much.

Has anyone gotten their cruise documents in the mail yet? We just got everything for the WDW portion of our trip so I imagine we should be getting the cruise stuff soon as well.

We were at DL/DCA at Halloween and got the cutest video of DD on the teacups...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuOQGE45wok&feature=g-upl

[DISNEYFOURME]

Unfortunately, I think we are going to pass on the FE. It's our first cruise and I know we are going to be so slammed with trying to fit everything into such a short cruise that trying to do a FE will be just too ...

Unfortunately we are in the same boat. Between all the holiday parties, taking down decorations, my daughter's birthday on January 10th and a softball tournament which requires hotel stay the weekend before we leave..I won't have time to prepare.

As far as Disney docs I received magical express docs yesterday for our trip to OKW the night before the cruise. Somehow they didn't have our return ME info. (we are staying a night at OKW the night after as well.) I guess we will have to STAY! Lol! :rotfl2: Also nothing for the trip from OKW to the port, thinking I will be calling to check.

[Ginger Renae]

We got our cruise documents in the mail today! :banana:

[Tracerr00]

We got our cruise documents in the mail today! :banana:

So excited!! :banana: I can't wait to get ours! This is my first time going through a TA - does anyone know if the travel documents come to me through the TA or are they mailed directly to me? I know when we first booked I got welcome mailer that went right to the TA. Only a month!!

[OKW Lover]

Cruise doc's are sent directly from DCL to your home address. It doesn't matter if you booked directly through DCL or thru a TA. :sail:

[darrenwatson66]

On Jan 13th, Beauty and the Beast is being released in 3D in theatres....that means DCL should be doing a premiere at midnight on the 13th!! I've cruised on previous cruises where they have done that! :):cool1:

[DISNEYFOURME]

On Jan 13th, Beauty and the Beast is being released in 3D in theatres....that means DCL should be doing a premiere at midnight on the 13th!! I've cruised on previous cruises where they have done that! :):cool1:

Awesome! :yay:

[OKW Lover]

Got our cruise docs! :boat:

[Tracerr00]

I'm getting a little nervous because we haven't received our cruise docs yet. I've seen posts that others have gotten theirs but ours haven't come yet! Should I call if they don't come soon?

[darrenwatson66]

If you used a travel agent, sometimes it takes longer because Disney sends them your docs first, then the TA has to get them out to you so there will be a little delay. If you didn't use a TA...I'd give it until Monday and then follow up. D:)

[Ginger Renae]

Is anyone planning on doing one of the alcohol tastings? I think I want to do the champagne tasting, but my husband isn't interested. I need a drinking buddy!

[Tracerr00]

Is anyone planning on doing one of the alcohol tastings? I think I want to do the champagne tasting, but my husband isn't interested. I need a drinking buddy!

Yes! I was planning on doing the tastings solo. My daughters friend and her mother will be traveling with us but the mother doesn't drink. So I knew that I would be attending the champagne tasting by myself. I will see you there! Is there more than one tasting?

[Ginger Renae]

Yay - I'm sure the tasting will be more fun if I "know" someone there! My guess is that there will be only 1 champagne tasting on such a short trip. I also considered the martini tasting, but I saw that one of the four drinks is a plain martini which doesn't appeal to me in the slightest...

[Tracerr00]

Yay - I'm sure the tasting will be more fun if I "know" someone there! My guess is that there will be only 1 champagne tasting on such a short trip. I also considered the martini tasting, but I saw that one of the four drinks is a plain martini which doesn't appeal to me in the slightest...

I'll just have to take one for the team and go to the martini tasting - I am an equal opportunity drinker! Someone has to do it right? :lmao: Just click on the dining review link in my signature to see a photo of me so you'll know when I look like and can find me during the tasting if we don't meet up prior to that! I'm the one in the second photo down, the one with a drink in my hand but I swear that I don't really have a problem!

[disrailfan]

There is also a Mixology Tasting where everyone gets to make a drink from scratch. It was a blast when we did it this last September. We also did the Dessert Wine tasting as well as the Mojito and Marguarita / Tequila tasting. :thumbsup2

[Ginger Renae]

I think all I will be able to tolerate (if anything) will be the champagne tasting. My migraines have really been acting up a lot in the last couple of weeks so I am worried that I may not even be able to do the champagne. I will be so sad if I can't participate.

[Ginger Renae]

Only 6 more days til we get to WDW! I'm starting to get my packing list together. DD got a new princess rolling luggage for Christmas and she already has started her own version of packing. My mom made her an Anastasia (step-sister) dress to wear at the Happily Ever After dinner at the Grand Floridian. She will probably want to wear it for a dinner on the ship as well. She is also bringing her Rapunzel costume to wear to dinner one night. I think I'l stick to my capri pants...LOL I was going to be ok with DH wearing jeans to dinner just because I didn't want him to have to pack special pants and shoes just for dinner, but I think I have changed my mind. He doesn't have any dark jeans and I don't want him to look sloppy. If we were just doing the cruise, it wouldn't be an issue packing the extra clothes, but doing WDW as well is going to make things harder. I don"t want to pay a bunch of extra baggage fees on the airplane!

[Tracerr00]

Only 6 more days til we get to WDW! I'm starting to get my packing list together. DD got a new princess rolling luggage for Christmas and she already has started her own version of packing. My mom made her an Anastasia (step-sister) dress to wear at the Happily Ever After dinner at the Grand Floridian. She will probably want to wear it for a dinner on the ship as well. She is also bringing her Rapunzel costume to wear to dinner one night. I think I'l stick to my capri pants...LOL I was going to be ok with DH wearing jeans to dinner just because I didn't want him to have to pack special pants and shoes just for dinner, but I think I have changed my mind. He doesn't have any dark jeans and I don't want him to look sloppy. If we were just doing the cruise, it wouldn't be an issue packing the extra clothes, but doing WDW as well is going to make things harder. I don"t want to pay a bunch of extra baggage fees on the airplane!

I know - I can't believe that it's only a little over a week until the cruise! We are leaving next Tuesday evening and doing Universal the day before the cruise and then doing WDW afterwards. I bet your daughter loves the new dress, it sounds so cute! I don't want to pay for an extra bag so we're just doing carry ons. However that might change on the way back depending on how many souvenirs we come back with!;)

[luvdmouse]

Just finished packing just about everything. I am very proud of myself. I pulled everything out a couple of weeks ago, but took only what we needed and put some stuff back. Unfortunately my DH can't go with us so I am trying not to bring up the cruise too much. I've been getting up every morning and checking weather.com. It looks like at this point we won't have a weather related problem getting out of Chicago. Can't wait!!!

[Tracerr00]

Just finished packing just about everything. I am very proud of myself. I pulled everything out a couple of weeks ago, but took only what we needed and put some stuff back. Unfortunately my DH can't go with us so I am trying not to bring up the cruise too much. I've been getting up every morning and checking weather.com. It looks like at this point we won't have a weather related problem getting out of Chicago. Can't wait!!!

:goodvibes I've been cheking the weather every day too! I check for Minneapolis (and it looks like we should have no problem getting out either, fingers crossed!), I check for Orlando and I check Nassau. I sound a little obsessive don't I? I've got most of my bag packed and DD's bag packed. It sure is fun to be packing shorts and sundresses when it's about 20 degrees out right now!

[momwdd]

Hi everybody! My DD (11) & I will be joining you! It's going to be a mom and DD cruise only, as hubby has to stay with our pup.

Hubby surprised us with the cruise on Christmas Eve-so we haven't had nearly enough time to obsess as some of you...although we've been completely immersed in DCL info since we found out. Is it just me or does everything non-Disney fall to the wayside once you know you're going to see Mickey?!!

We would love to join the Fishy Exchange, we think, but we aren't sure how to go about that or exactly what it entails. Or how to make a Fishy Thingy Bag!

Just so excited there will be other kids her age-they'll be at Edge the whole time unless we moms band together and make them at least eat dinner with us!:rotfl2:

[luvdmouse]

:goodvibes I've been cheking the weather every day too! I check for Minneapolis (and it looks like we should have no problem getting out either, fingers crossed!), I check for Orlando and I check Nassau. I sound a little obsessive don't I? I've got most of my bag packed and DD's bag packed. It sure is fun to be packing shorts and sundresses when it's about 20 degrees out right now!

Boy, you and I sound a lot alike! I've added Castaway Cay, Bahamas as well as Cape Canaveral, Florida to my weather.com routine. Is it just the two of you? My husband is staying back to work, so my mom is coming with for the first time ever to help keep an eye on the kids.

[Tracerr00]

Hi everybody! My DD (11) & I will be joining you! It's going to be a mom and DD cruise only, as hubby has to stay with our pup.

Hubby surprised us with the cruise on Christmas Eve-so we haven't had nearly enough time to obsess as some of you...although we've been completely immersed in DCL info since we found out. Is it just me or does everything non-Disney fall to the wayside once you know you're going to see Mickey?!!

We would love to join the Fishy Exchange, we think, but we aren't sure how to go about that or exactly what it entails. Or how to make a Fishy Thingy Bag!

Just so excited there will be other kids her age-they'll be at Edge the whole time unless we moms band together and make them at least eat dinner with us!:rotfl2:

Welcome!! I think the Fish Exchange has kind of fizzled which is a bummer but that's ok because I didn't know how to make a Fish Extender either! :lmao:

When I booked the cruise it was just my DD12 and me but now a friend of mine and her DD12 are coming as well. Unfortunately the girls don't really hang out together anymore but I'm sure it'll be fine. I'm sure our DDs will meet in the Edge though because I think she plans to spend some time there. And yes, our one rule is that my DD must meet me for dinner every night! :thumbsup2

If you get lonely when your DD is off having fun you could always come to a martini tasting with us! ;)

[Tracerr00]

Boy, you and I sound a lot alike! I've added Castaway Cay, Bahamas as well as Cape Canaveral, Florida to my weather.com routine. Is it just the two of you? My husband is staying back to work, so my mom is coming with for the first time ever to help keep an eye on the kids.

I didn't think that Castaway Cay would even be an option for weather.com!! Thanks for the tip because now I'll add that as well! I am a little nervous now because we leave on Tuesday and I now see some snow in the forecast for Wednesday in Minneapolis. Uh oh, I hope it doesn't shift at all to the day before. Are you getting crazy non-winter weather in Chicago too? It's crazy that we have no snow at this time of the year!

My DD12 and I are going and we have our own room and then a friend of mine and her DD12 also booked shortly after we did. The girls aren't the best of friends but I think they'll be ok for three days! Even if they don't hang out together, my DD is pretty social and will have no problem meeting new people.

[momwdd]

Welcome!! I think the Fish Exchange has kind of fizzled which is a bummer but that's ok because I didn't know how to make a Fish Extender either! :lmao:

When I booked the cruise it was just my DD12 and me but now a friend of mine and her DD12 are coming as well. Unfortunately the girls don't really hang out together anymore but I'm sure it'll be fine. I'm sure our DDs will meet in the Edge though because I think she plans to spend some time there. And yes, our one rule is that my DD must meet me for dinner every night! :thumbsup2

If you get lonely when your DD is off having fun you could always come to a martini tasting with us! ;)

Thanks for the invite! Don't be surprised if I take you up on it!!:thumbsup2

I haven't been researching the adults only places because I mistakenly thought this would be time to chill with my DD! Now that I've told her about the posts regarding the other tweens that are going on the cruise...let's just say I'm planning on catching up on my reading!

Do you homeschool your DD?princess:

[Tracerr00]

Thanks for the invite! Don't be surprised if I take you up on it!!:thumbsup2

I haven't been researching the adults only places because I mistakenly thought this would be time to chill with my DD! Now that I've told her about the posts regarding the other tweens that are going on the cruise...let's just say I'm planning on catching up on my reading!

Do you homeschool your DD?princess:

I do not homeschool. But our school district takes several odd days off during the year to save money or something and they are called release days (??). So they have a release day on Friday and also they day off for MLK day on Monday so it worked out perfectly so she won't have to miss much at all!

At one point people here were scheduling a DIS meet on the first day but I don't know if it's still going on or not. Not too much activity here lately! I hope it is still happening so some of us can meet each other.

[DISNEYFOURME]

Can't believe how quickly it is coming up! My soon to be 15 year old is nervous she will not meet anyone in her age group..lol. I am hoping this mild winter continues here in the Chicago area so we aren't snowed in!

[LaLaDisney]

Hi everyone! I just wanted to say that it has been so CRAZY that I haven't been able to stop by and post. We leave on Thursday for WDW!!:woohoo: then off to the cruise.

We surprised the kids today. We went to DLR and filmed them in front of the castle today reading a book that ended with "We're going to Walt Disney World...and we're leaving on Thursday!" They were so excited! They still don't know about the cruise. We're keeping that a secret until we arrive at Cape Canaveral. They will probably think we are headed to the airport and home, but then we board the ship.:cool1: I can't wait!! Have a great cruise, everyone!!

[Ginger Renae]

Add me to the weather watchers. I'm a bit nervous already because as of right now, thunder storms are predicted on our Nassau day. That's not a big deal to me as I am not planning on leaving the ship at all that day. It does concern me that the weather will cancel our Castaway Cay day as well. I know there's nothing I can do about it, but I will be so sad if that happens.

[Tracerr00]

Add me to the weather watchers. I'm a bit nervous already because as of right now, thunder storms are predicted on our Nassau day. That's not a big deal to me as I am not planning on leaving the ship at all that day. It does concern me that the weather will cancel our Castaway Cay day as well. I know there's nothing I can do about it, but I will be so sad if that happens.

I'm getting nervous now too! I see the storms that are predicted but also rain on our Castaway Cay day. That will be sad if it rains the entire three days of the cruise. :guilty: But I guess we can't control the weather and we'll make the best of it. But I'll be very bummed.

[OKW Lover]

Its still over a week away folks. The weather forecasters here can't even get the weather correct for the next two days. No reason to think they've figured out the weather in the Bahama's any better.

[DISNEYFOURME]

Its still over a week away folks. The weather forecasters here can't even get the weather correct for the next two days. No reason to think they've figured out the weather in the Bahama's any better.

True! Here's hoping for some pixie dust magic! pixiedust:

[momwdd]

We all have to think SUNNY thoughts!:goodvibes:goodvibes:goodvibes:goodvibes

[luvdmouse]

Can't believe how quickly it is coming up! My soon to be 15 year old is nervous she will not meet anyone in her age group..lol. I am hoping this mild winter continues here in the Chicago area so we aren't snowed in!

I have a 15 year old daughter that will be sailing. Where are you from? We are from the nw suburbs of chicago.

[luvdmouse]

I didn't think that Castaway Cay would even be an option for weather.com!! Thanks for the tip because now I'll add that as well! I am a little nervous now because we leave on Tuesday and I now see some snow in the forecast for Wednesday in Minneapolis. Uh oh, I hope it doesn't shift at all to the day before. Are you getting crazy non-winter weather in Chicago too? It's crazy that we have no snow at this time of the year!

My DD12 and I are going and we have our own room and then a friend of mine and her DD12 also booked shortly after we did. The girls aren't the best of friends but I think they'll be ok for three days! Even if they don't hang out together, my DD is pretty social and will have no problem meeting new people.

Weather has been very mild in Chicago especially today...high 50's. Also, I have twin 12 year old guys...one who is very social. Makes friends wherever he goes.

[DISNEYFOURME]

I have a 15 year old daughter that will be sailing. Where are you from? We are from the nw suburbs of chicago.

O cool.. We actually live less than 45 minutes from Chicago just over the border in Schererville, Indiana. DH and I both grew up in Lansing, Illinois... My dd is shy so I am hoping she ventures out to the Vibe. Hope this calm weather out this way lasts a few days more!!

[Luckymomoftwo]

Ooh, ooh, I got some ... Hellen Wheels family, Annie Mossity family, Arthur Itis family, Justin Credible family. Further silly suggestions welcome :goodvibes

I know....I'm a little late in responding....I don't know what my problem is, I haven't been on the DIS very much lately. :sad2: Anyway, I vote for JUSTIN CREDIBLE FAMILY! :thumbsup2 Because, you know, we are all JUST INCREDIBLE!!! :lmao:


Any teens gonna be on this cruise???(:

No teens in our family....but I see you're from NW Indiana...we live in Hobart, where at in NW Indiana are you?


I see we have some fellow hoosiers going (we live in Schererville)! I am now trying to get as much info as possible and am glad I found you all! :goodvibes

Are you flying to Orlando? We are flying Southwest out of Midway on Wednesday at 1:00-ish (DH booked the flight...I'm just going along for the ride HAHA!)

And if you still have any questions...ask away....this will be our TENTH cruise! :banana:

I can't believe our cruise is in less than a week!!! I have a friend that is on the ship right now...I'm hoping to catch up with her on Monday or Tuesday to hear about her cruise. If not, I'll have to wait until *I* get back from ours! This was her first cruise and I can't wait to hear all about it!!!!

[Tracerr00]

Weather has been very mild in Chicago especially today...high 50's. Also, I have twin 12 year old guys...one who is very social. Makes friends wherever he goes.

Oh good! Do your sons plan on going to the club at all? I know my girl does! Hopefully they'll all have a lot of fun there. I live in WI but work in MN (not a long drive really) and the weather was in the 40s/50s here too. I think it's going to hold out and be nice until after we leave! :)

[Tracerr00]

Does anyone know if we're still planning to do a DIS meet? I'd be up for it!

[luvdmouse]

Oh good! Do your sons plan on going to the club at all? I know my girl does! Hopefully they'll all have a lot of fun there. I live in WI but work in MN (not a long drive really) and the weather was in the 40s/50s here too. I think it's going to hold out and be nice until after we leave! :)

I am guessing that at least one if not both of my guys will be at least partially in the kid's club. We are leaving after my daughter's last high school final and staying on Wed. night at the airport. I got us the 11 am boarding so hopefully they can zoom onto the aquaduck on Thursday. We'll be the family wearing red. I am making my kids at least wear a red shirt and I told my mom the same thing. At least then I can hopefully get one decent family picture!

[momwdd]

My 11 yo DD is planning on spending time at Edge. From what I understand, I can be at the Cove Pool and still be able to see into Edge a bit...I'm one of those helicopter moms! She's an only child-so I just can't help it! I'm trying to "let her go a little bit" on this cruise-not stand there taking pictures of every single thing she does! She will be fine-I'm the one with the problem!:banana:

Flying in from Atlanta on Wednesday-staying that night at Port Canaveral. Anyone else?

I found a webcam link that shows the ships in port-

portcanaveralwebcam.com

Not sure if the Dream will be able to be seen-

See you real soon!

[Steamboat WillyNilly]

Hi everyone!!:wave2:

I don't know if one is already organized so I will ask. Would anyone like to do a meet on the ship? Usually we do this around 3 in the back section, by the bars, on sail-away day. Any takers? By the way, I'm Luckymomoftwo's husband. There are 6 of us cruising together Thursday and we are all experienced Disney cruisers with 19 cruises between us!!:woohoo:.:thumbsup2 Showing up would be a great time to pick each others brains for info and to get to know one another!

So I say let's meet at District Lounge or 687 @ 3:00 on Thursday unless there is something else planned or you guys would rather not.

Look forward to meeting everyone! These are great places to meet people that may turn into life long friendships!:thumbsup2

[Steamboat WillyNilly]

My 11 yo DD is planning on spending time at Edge. From what I understand, I can be at the Cove Pool and still be able to see into Edge a bit...I'm one of those helicopter moms! She's an only child-so I just can't help it! I'm trying to "let her go a little bit" on this cruise-not stand there taking pictures of every single thing she does! She will be fine-I'm the one with the problem!:banana:

Flying in from Atlanta on Wednesday-staying that night at Port Canaveral. Anyone else?

I found a webcam link that shows the ships in port-

portcanaveralwebcam.com

Not sure if the Dream will be able to be seen-

See you real soon!


Our son was 11 last September on the cruise, he had a blast!!! One night he didn't come "Home" until 4:30 in the morning!!:scared1: He met a friend from Australia who wasn't used to the time yet.:laughing: Seriously, the kids have a blast!! At 2 in the morning they are still out having a good time. Don't worry too much about it. There are cast members everywhere even over night. That's just my two cents.

We are staying at Beach Club Villas.:thumbsup2 We have ressies for Yachtsman at 8:35, meeting some friends from NYC then going to Jellyrolls!!:woohoo::woohoo:

[calypso726]

I vote for District Lounge :thumbsup2

[Steamboat WillyNilly]

Only 3 more sleeps till we are in FL!!!:cool1::cool1::cool1:

Just got packed!!

Two more days of working both jobs then a 4 hour flight from Chicago Midway to Orlando with a 35 min layover in Raleigh NC on Wednesday and then it's party time in Mouseville!!!:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

I can taste the Konk Koolers now!:cloud9::cloud9:

Actually I can't wait to eat at Remy, I always wanted Wagyu Beef.:thumbsup2

I see there is one vote for District Lounge for the Dismeet. So with 1 vote, District Lounge is in the lead!!

Hopefully you guys get a little more chatty before we leave so everyone shows up for the meet!

Bye for now.

[DISNEYFOURME]

A meet sounds fun..though I am not sure we won't be "lost" for awhile as this is our first cruise (well dh and I went on "Big Red Boat" for a Disney cruise many many years ago). We leave from Midway wed evening and will stay at OKW that night. Look forward to all the fun the Dream holds and hopefully meeting some of you fellow disers!

[Tracerr00]

I think it sounds great! District lounge at 3! Just a question, do kids come to the DISmeet as well or is it just adults? I'm fine either way, just not sure if my DD is going to want to hang out with me at this point or if she'll want to leave me far behind! :lmao:

We're flying in from Minneapolis on Tuesday night, going to Universal on Wednesday. We're so excited to fly out tomorrow!

[Steamboat WillyNilly]

Children are welcome to the Dismeet, maybe they'll make a connection with other kids there to hang out with.

[Steamboat WillyNilly]

Sorry, double post.

Doing Disboards on an iPhone can bring unexpected results!

[Ginger Renae]

Can't believe we will be on the ship in less than 24 hours! We have been at WDW since Saturday and having a fabulous time.

[Tracerr00]

Can't believe we will be on the ship in less than 24 hours! We have been at WDW since Saturday and having a fabulous time.
We spent the day at Universal today and had a great time! Can't wait til tomorrow!! Our check in time is 11 am tomorrow. See you all at 3!

[OKW Lover]

We're over at the Courtyard Cocoa Beach right now on a stay and cruise package. Their shuttle is picking us up at 11:00 am.

Love this place. We used them in September for our 1st Dream Cruise and were very happy with them. Just came up from the lounge where we had some wine and some appy's.

It won't be long now. :sail:

[Ginger Renae]

Anyone else re-book onboard? LOL We had such an amazing time that we are doing a 7 day Fantasy trip next year. I'm so excited...even though it's over a year to wait.

[LaLaDisney]

We rebooked while onboard, too.:goodvibes We set up a dummy date, because we weren't sure if we wanted to do another Dream voyage first or a Mexican cruise first. Either way, we're going on another cruise!:cool1:

[OKW Lover]

Anyone else re-book onboard? LOL We had such an amazing time that we are doing a 7 day Fantasy trip next year. I'm so excited...even though it's over a year to wait.

We did. Even though we already have two other DCL cruises on the books (June and December) we when ahead and booked another "dummy" date because we know we will be going back. :sail:

[Tracerr00]

Anyone else re-book onboard? LOL We had such an amazing time that we are doing a 7 day Fantasy trip next year. I'm so excited...even though it's over a year to wait.

Yes!! We re-booked onboard too! We loved our first cruise so I couldn't help but book again. We also booked a dummy date because I wasn't exactly sure when we could go. I didn't meet any other DISers on the ship but I did do the martini tasting. Loved the cruise!

[disrailfan]

Yes!! We re-booked onboard too! We loved our first cruise so I couldn't help but book again. We also booked a dummy date because I wasn't exactly sure when we could go. I didn't meet any other DISers on the ship but I did do the martini tasting. Loved the cruise!

We rebooked, we are doing a DISPeeps cruise on Febuary 16, 2013 on the Fantasy, I also rebooked on the Thanksgiving sailing of the Dream this year. We were already booked on the PodCast Cruise 4.0 scheduled for December 8th, 2012. :thumbsup2

[clten]

Welcome back everyone. How was Castaway Cay?

[OKW Lover]

Welcome back everyone. How was Castaway Cay?

CC was fairly comfortable. We ventured out to Serenity Bay, only to get right back on the tram because the wind was fairly strong off the water making it too cool for us. Pelican Point was just fine though.

There weren't many people in the water, but not everybody stayed out.

[Tracerr00]

Welcome back everyone. How was Castaway Cay?

Castaway Cay was nice! When the sun was behind the clouds I could put my sweatshirt on because it was a bit chilly and then when the sun came out I'd take my sweatshirt back off because I'd get warm! I did this over and over. We rented bikes and rode on the bike paths and I stopped at Serenity Bay which was pretty windy. We ran into Jack Sparrow there which was fun! Ihad a nice time there and ended up going back to the ship around 4 pm.

[DISNEYFOURME]

Had an awesome time! Sorry that we never got to meet up with anyone. We didn't board until after 2:00 by the time we registered, etc. We did make it to the DVC event that afternoon before the safety drill. But the kids never met any others their ages. My 15 year old went to her club a couple times but came back right away and my 9 year old spent about an hour or two total. They both really enjoyed the cruise but I had hoped they would have enjoyed the clubs more. We loved the food and Castaway Cay. If I never went back to Nassau that would be ok. Some guy came up to us there and ask if he could marry one of our daughters! Lol! Pretty creepy. We liked the shows too and the staff couldn't have been nicer. At dinner we ended up at a private table even though the first night it appeared we were to have 4 others join us.

We are already talking about cruising again. Probably for a longer time though I think 5 days would be the longest. I can't imagine eating like that for more than 5 days!!!:rotfl2:

I also was sadden when my string of Dis green Mickeys were stolen from my fishhook. I didn't even think someone would take it after having read how people personalize their doors as such. I had laminated a bunch of them and strung them with fishing line. We normally hang it with a suction cup from a window in our resort. Guess I will need to go back to Home Depot!

[Luckymomoftwo]

Had an awesome time! Sorry that we never got to meet up with anyone. We didn't board until after 2:00 by the time we registered, etc. We did make it to the DVC event that afternoon before the safety drill. But the kids never met any others their ages. My 15 year old went to her club a couple times but came back right away and my 9 year old spent about an hour or two total. They both really enjoyed the cruise but I had hoped they would have enjoyed the clubs more. We loved the food and Castaway Cay. If I never went back to Nassau that would be ok. Some guy came up to us there and ask if he could marry one of our daughters! Lol! Pretty creepy. We liked the shows too and the staff couldn't have been nicer. At dinner we ended up at a private table even though the first night it appeared we were to have 4 others join us.

We are already talking about cruising again. Probably for a longer time though I think 5 days would be the longest. I can't imagine eating like that for more than 5 days!!!:rotfl2:

I also was sadden when my string of Dis green Mickeys were stolen from my fishhook. I didn't even think someone would take it after having read how people personalize their doors as such. I had laminated a bunch of them and strung them with fishing line. We normally hang it with a suction cup from a window in our resort. Guess I will need to go back to Home Depot!

Glad to hear you had a good time! We were at the DVC meet, too. When your name got called I tried to get your attention to let you know we were your Indiana neighbors, but the meeting was just too fast paced and I meant to try to meet you afterwards, but I lost where your family was.

I'm so sorry that your string of Mickey heads got snatched. Some people just don't know how to keep their hands off of other people's belongings. I had a magnet get stolen off of my door....luckily it was replaced....it was one of the "Welcome Home" magnets from DVC. They told me I certainly wasn't the first to come and ask for a new magnet. It's such a shame...I wish everyone had the same respect for everyone else's property.

[Ginger Renae]

Ha - I thought Castaway Cay was COLD. I went into the water up to my hips, but that was it. DD swam a little, but we ate lunch and got back on the ship. It was fabulous to ride the Aquaduck with NO WAIT!

Overall we had a fabulous time. We did attend the DVC sales pitch on Friday, but didn't buy. We loved the food and pools and pretty much everything. DD would have stayed in the kids' club 24 hours a day if we would have let her. SHe cried a bit whenever we pulled her out for a meal. I let her stay in the club for dinner on Saturday night. DH was up on Deck 11 watching the 49er game that night so I went to dinner by myself...and our tablemates so I wasn't too lonely.

AS I stated earlier, we booked our next cruise onboard. We are going on the Eastern Caribbean trip on the Fantasy in May of 2013!

[OKW Lover]

Noticed several of us have expressed a preference for longer cruises. Just wanted to mention that Dreams Unlimited (the sponsors of this board and the DIS Unplugged podcast) have two group cruises scheduled, one a 5-night on the Dream in June and the other a 7-night on the Fantasy in December. You can find more info on them in the PCC section of the DISBoards (http://www.disboards.com/forumdisplay.php?f=174).

Val & I are sailing on both! :sail:

[DISNEYFOURME]

Glad to hear you had a good time! We were at the DVC meet, too. When your name got called I tried to get your attention to let you know we were your Indiana neighbors, but the meeting was just too fast paced and I meant to try to meet you afterwards, but I lost where your family was.

I'm so sorry that your string of Mickey heads got snatched. Some people just don't know how to keep their hands off of other people's belongings. I had a magnet get stolen off of my door....luckily it was replaced....it was one of the "Welcome Home" magnets from DVC. They told me I certainly wasn't the first to come and ask for a new magnet. It's such a shame...I wish everyone had the same respect for everyone else's property.

O wow..you were at the DVC event as well? Would of been cool to meet our "neighbor" ..lol. Yeah it stinks that the Mickey heads were stolen.. After that I immediately took the DVC magnet and put it inside our door. I just figured there were so many kids running the halls unsupervised that it probably was one of them.

[OKW Lover]

Just wanted to remind everybody about a wonderful feature here on the DIS that only works with your support. If you go to this page (http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/cruise-new/roomlist.cfm) you can do a cabin report to let people know about your experiences.

Please help out a future cruiser...it might be me! :sail:

[Ginger Renae]

Just wanted to remind everybody about a wonderful feature here on the DIS that only works with your support. If you go to this page (http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/cruise-new/roomlist.cfm) you can do a cabin report to let people know about your experiences.

Please help out a future cruiser...it might be me! :sail:

Done! The only issue is that it put my sailing date as 2011, not 2012. It said 2012 when I filled out the form, but posted as 2011. Not a big deal...

[OKW Lover]

Done! The only issue is that it put my sailing date as 2011, not 2012. It said 2012 when I filled out the form, but posted as 2011. Not a big deal...

I had the same issue and did the same as you. I sent an email to Corey (DIS Boards President) about it and he said he would get it taken care of.

[disrailfan]

Noticed several of us have expressed a preference for longer cruises. Just wanted to mention that Dreams Unlimited (the sponsors of this board and the DIS Unplugged podcast) have two group cruises scheduled, one a 5-night on the Dream in June and the other a 7-night on the Fantasy in December. You can find more info on them in the PCC section of the DISBoards (http://www.disboards.com/forumdisplay.php?f=174).

Val & I are sailing on both! :sail:

DW and I will be on the PCC 4.0 in December. 3 Cruises within 3 months. Woo Hoo! :cool1:

[disrailfan]

O wow..you were at the DVC event as well? Would of been cool to meet our "neighbor" ..lol. Yeah it stinks that the Mickey heads were stolen.. After that I immediately took the DVC magnet and put it inside our door. I just figured there were so many kids running the halls unsupervised that it probably was one of them.

Unfortunately we didn't get to meet either. DW (Shawn) and I were there too. Though we are not as close of neighbors we are still from Indiana (Central Indiana). :thumbsup2