June 9, 2012 Fantasy

[parrotheadmom]

Who else is going? It's going to be me Lynette, DH Chris, DD (16) Delaney, and DD (13) Marley (at time of cruise). :yay:

This is a link to the closed facebook group titled June 9, 2012 Fantasy Disney Cruise

http://www.facebook.com/#!/home.php?sk=group_125706810819547&ap=1
log into FB then you can request to join. This would be an additional way to keep in touch :goodvibes

You can pm Jodijo with your FB name.

[dato63]

Count the 4 of us in!! :cool1:

Our DDs will be 8 by this time.

[IrishCowboy]

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

[parrotheadmom]

dato63.....Yay!! I'm glad that someone is joining me on this thread :goodvibes

[dato63]

Thanks Lynette! I was hoping someone would make a thread soon. Adds to the excitement to get to share with someone.

Have you cruised with DCL before?

We haven't. We were booked on the Magic for this December - but when my DH thought he was losing his job we cancelled and booked a land trip instead (WDW was cheaper to do). He didn't get let go. So then I booked DCL Dream for next Christmas. . .but Carnival announced they were moving their new ship here to Galveston. Galveston being so close we switched.

We are really looking forward to the Fantasy. I haven't told my DDs yet, but the idea of surprising them with those play areas Disney built . . .well, it excites me.

[ladyniles]

We're hoping to make reservations for this cruise while we're onboard the Magic in January. I'm so excited! We have to fly to Florida, so we were hoping for a longer-than-4-night itinerary for one of the newest sister ships.

[3luv2travel]

:dance3:Hi! I, too, am glad that this cruise meets is up and running. We had reservations for the April 2011 Dream 4 night but DH and I decided that 4 nights just wouldn't be enough so we changed to this cruise. There are three of us including DD who will be 13 (actually, she turns 14 2 days after the cruise is done!) I'm glad that she'll be old enough to do the Chill Spa on the cruise...I would've felt pretty bad that she had to miss it on the 2011 cruise.

Looking forward to getting to know everyone on this thread during the year and a half! :yay:

[parrotheadmom]

Thanks Lynette! I was hoping someone would make a thread soon. Adds to the excitement to get to share with someone.

Have you cruised with DCL before?

We haven't. We were booked on the Magic for this December - but when my DH thought he was losing his job we cancelled and booked a land trip instead (WDW was cheaper to do). He didn't get let go. So then I booked DCL Dream for next Christmas. . .but Carnival announced they were moving their new ship here to Galveston. Galveston being so close we switched.
We are really looking forward to the Fantasy. I haven't told my DDs yet, but the idea of surprising them with those play areas Disney built . . .well, it excites me.
You're Welcome! I'm really excited to share this with someone else also. We cruised on the Magic for Halloween in 2007, but missed Castaway Cay due to bad weather, we rebooked on board for March of 2009 but decided to cancel because we wanted to use that money to help buy DVC. So we now own at AKV and have made several trips to WDW and 1 to DL to stay the GCV in Aug. I wanted to book the Dream but really wanted to do 7 nights. So it looks like this trip has been a long time in the making for both of us! :goodvibes My girls have been waiting 5 years to make it back on a Disney ship, they were so disappointed on our 2007 cruise because we didn't make it to CC (not that they have been lacking in Disney Vacations ;)) You should totally surprise them with this cruise that would be so much fun. We are taking my youngest to WDW in April to surprise her for her 12 bday...mostly because we feel bad that her older sister won a scholarship with her school to go study spainish in Spain and is going in March for 2 weeks (see I told you my kids were not lacking in the vacation dept.)

We're hoping to make reservations for this cruise while we're onboard the Magic in January. I'm so excited! We have to fly to Florida, so we were hoping for a longer-than-4-night itinerary for one of the newest sister ships. I hope you get to make reservations while on the Magic, you should save some money doing it that way :thumbsup2 I'm with you 4 or 5 nights is not worth it when you have to fly! Let us know what your doing, it will be good to have you onboard :goodvibes

:dance3:Hi! I, too, am glad that this cruise meets is up and running. We had reservations for the April 2011 Dream 4 night but DH and I decided that 4 nights just wouldn't be enough so we changed to this cruise. There are three of us including DD who will be 13 (actually, she turns 14 2 days after the cruise is done!) I'm glad that she'll be old enough to do the Chill Spa on the cruise...I would've felt pretty bad that she had to miss it on the 2011 cruise.

Looking forward to getting to know everyone on this thread during the year and a half! :yay: :welcome: I'm so glad you're on board my DD will be so glad that there will be girls close to her age on board...she is hoping to get to know some of the kids before we sail, so maybe they could exchange emails or maybe a teen thread for the kids. So is the Chill Spa for 13 yo to 18 yo? I need to study up on this :rotfl: she would really love to do this!

[dato63]

Your Welcome! I'm really excited to share this with someone else also. We cruised on the Magic for Halloween in 2007, but missed Castaway Cay due to bad weather, we rebooked on board for March of 2009 but decided to cancel because we wanted to use that money to help buy DVC. So we now own at AKV and have made several trips to WDW and 1 to DL to stay the GCV in Aug. I wanted to book the Dream but really wanted to do 7 nights. So it looks like this trip has been a long time in the making for both of us! :goodvibes My girls have been waiting 5 years to make it back on a Disney ship, they were so disappointed on our 2007 cruise because we didn't make it to CC (not that they have been lacking in Disney Vacations ;)) You should totally surprise them with this cruise that would be so much fun. We are taking my youngest to WDW in April to surprise her for her 12 bday...mostly because we feel bad that her older sister won a scholarship with her school to go study spainish in Spain and is going in March for 2 weeks (see I told you my kids were not lacking in the vacation dept.)

I agree - 7 nights on the Fantasy sounds like more fun than 4 days on the Dream.

We have not been on any cruises yet. Our first is set for next summer - to Alaska, but with NCL. I'm really hoping we like cruising as we have a CCL one booked to surprise my DDs over Thanksgiving next year. .and now this one with DCL. It looks & sounds like a great way to see new places.

Spain? Wow - that is really amazing. I can only imagine how proud you must feel. . .that really is a special accomplishment!!

[parrotheadmom]

I agree - 7 nights on the Fantasy sounds like more fun than 4 days on the Dream.

We have not been on any cruises yet. Our first is set for next summer - to Alaska, but with NCL. I'm really hoping we like cruising as we have a CCL one booked to surprise my DDs over Thanksgiving next year. .and now this one with DCL. It looks & sounds like a great way to see new places.

Spain? Wow - that is really amazing. I can only imagine how proud you must feel. . .that really is a special accomplishment!!
I'm sure you're going to love cruising....it will be fun to hear how you like NCL and Alaska. Maybe Disney will put the Magic in Galveston! How far do you live from the Port? We have family in Houston and if the Magic does go to Galveston that would be awesome!

[dato63]

I'm sure you're going to love cruising....it will be fun to hear how you like NCL and Alaska. Maybe Disney will put the Magic in Galveston! How far do you live from the Port? We have family in Houston and if the Magic does go to Galveston that would be awesome!

We live in Houston also, so the port is not far. We surprised the girls with a long weekend in Galveston before the school year started - took them over to the port to see what a cruise ship looked like in person (the Conquest was docked). They were pretty excited about the idea of cruising.

I've wondered what I would do if the Magic did end up in Galveston. :) Right now I want the Fantasy for the play areas + getting some WDW time before we cruise - so I don't think I would switch. But if the Magic did end up in Galveston, we would save so much $ not having to fly, it would be tempting.

I got 2 cruises booked for 2011 - not sure if I can get away with that for 2012. . .but if the Magic did end up here, and went somewhere we have not been, I may have to try. LOL

[Jodijo]

Hi All! We are also booked on this cruise (Me, DH, DD will be 14, and DS will be 17 when we cruise). I hope we can keep this date. We have to wait for next years school schedules to come out before we know for sure. (This cruise might be during the last week of school and I am a teacher that cannot miss it.)

[dato63]

We're hoping to make reservations for this cruise while we're onboard the Magic in January. I'm so excited! We have to fly to Florida, so we were hoping for a longer-than-4-night itinerary for one of the newest sister ships.

:dance3:Hi! I, too, am glad that this cruise meets is up and running. We had reservations for the April 2011 Dream 4 night but DH and I decided that 4 nights just wouldn't be enough so we changed to this cruise. There are three of us including DD who will be 13 (actually, she turns 14 2 days after the cruise is done!) I'm glad that she'll be old enough to do the Chill Spa on the cruise...I would've felt pretty bad that she had to miss it on the 2011 cruise.

Looking forward to getting to know everyone on this thread during the year and a half! :yay:

Hi All! We are also booked on this cruise (Me, DH, DD will be 14, and DS will be 17 when we cruise). I hope we can keep this date. We have to wait for next years school schedules to come out before we know for sure. (This cruise might be during the last week of school and I am a teacher that cannot miss it.)

It is really nice to see this thread fill up so fast! :woohoo:

[3luv2travel]

Hi All! We are also booked on this cruise (Me, DH, DD will be 14, and DS will be 17 when we cruise). I hope we can keep this date. We have to wait for next years school schedules to come out before we know for sure. (This cruise might be during the last week of school and I am a teacher that cannot miss it.)

I, too, am a teacher (interesting the connections that can be made in such a short amount of time)! We have been done with school by the Friday following Memorial Day for at least the last six years in a row. I have my fingers crossed that they won't be changing that next year! I hope your schedule works out, too!

My daughter was excited about meeting girls her age, too, Lynette! I am sure we can find a way for them to get in touch with one another before cruising!

Have a great Sunday night! We're ready for the Packers VS Vikings football game (once I get my test for tomorrow completed, that is!)

[parrotheadmom]

Hi All! We are also booked on this cruise (Me, DH, DD will be 14, and DS will be 17 when we cruise). I hope we can keep this date. We have to wait for next years school schedules to come out before we know for sure. (This cruise might be during the last week of school and I am a teacher that cannot miss it.)

:welcome: I hope that your family will be joining us! :yay: When do you find out what your school schedule is?

[PoeticMoe]

Hello everyone! I just switched over from a 5-night sailing on the Dream, and booked this cruise on the Fantasy today! :cool1: After much thought, I realized I would rather do a 7-night Caribbean sailing, than a 5-night Bahamas run.

I am Monie, and I'll be travelling with my DS, who will be 11 y.o. when we sail. We haven't cruised with Disney since my son was a baby in 2001 on the Disney Wonder, :scared1:, so I'm excited to be back with Disney -- and for 7-nights!

We'll be driving down from Atlanta. We have quite a ways to go, but planning is half the fun. :banana: Look forward to getting to know everyone.

[Jodijo]

:welcome: I hope that your family will be joining us! :yay: When do you find out what your school schedule is?

Thanks, I am very excited about this cruise! I hope the schedule will be out in the next few months.

We have done the St.Marrtin/St. Thomas cruise and would love to try something new. So, I really hope this works out. Besides, it looks like some of the kids will be around the same age.

[parrotheadmom]

I'm so excited got my cruise confirmation in the mail today :woohoo: I love getting Disney mail.
Hello everyone! I just switched over from a 5-night sailing on the Dream, and booked this cruise on the Fantasy today! :cool1: After much thought, I realized I would rather do a 7-night Caribbean sailing, than a 5-night Bahamas run.

I am Monie, and I'll be travelling with my DS, who will be 11 y.o. when we sail. We haven't cruised with Disney since my son was a baby in 2001 on the Disney Wonder, :scared1:, so I'm excited to be back with Disney -- and for 7-nights!

We'll be driving down from Atlanta. We have quite a ways to go, but planning is half the fun. :banana: Look forward to getting to know everyone.
:welcome: Monie, I'm glad you switched to the 7 nights! It's been since 2007 since we've cruised. I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone also.

Thanks, I am very excited about this cruise! I hope the schedule will be out in the next few months.

We have done the St.Marrtin/St. Thomas cruise and would love to try something new. So, I really hope this works out. Besides, it looks like some of the kids will be around the same age.
It does look like this cruise will have kids around the same age. :goodvibes Mine are very excited to make new friends on this cruise (mostly because they don't want to hang out with each other, ;) if you have teenagers you know what I'm talking about.)

[PoeticMoe]

Thanks so much for the welcome! I have never planned anything this far in advance, but I'm excited all the same! :goodvibes

[shellcruiser]

Our family of 4 is booked on this cruise. This will be our 5th cruise with DCL, but the first time for a summer cruise to the Caribbean. Glad to see other tweens/teens already signed up. Our girls still stay in touch with a couple of the friends they made on past cruises. They will be 11 and 13 (almost 12/14) when we cruise. Moms who DIS seem to have a great deal in common too, looking forward to getting to know you guys. Never planned anything this far in advanace before, so I guess we have months/years :idea: to organize any DISmeets and FE exchanges.

[joius24]

Hi All!

Nice to see a thread for this cruise already..... It will be the two of us ..DS (who will be 16 by then) and myself.

If all goes as planned...this one will be our 7th Disney Cruise when we get there..... YUP.......IT IS ADDICTING :goodvibes DS and I did a 14 day transatlantic this year ...it was amazing to be on the ship for that long... and there are still thing we have yet to do :thumbsup2

I wanted to mention, I got a good tip from a Dis-Cruise Vet this week on Booking and on board credit.... sorry for the length but it will take a few sentences to explain

I waited to book our 2011 Dream cruises (2 Back to back cruises in August) till I got on the transatlantic so I could get my OBC and discount BUT because I waited till the cruise by the time I booked I didn't get the room I wanted and the price had also gone up enough (because of the demand) that it didn't really make much of a difference in price at all.

SO when the Fantasy opened up I booked right away...AND as per one of the Dis cruisers (because they did it) ....I can REBOOK my own Fantasy reservation when I am on the Dream and get my OBC :yay: but not lose the room I wanted. So I thought I'd try it. I don't have much to lose by seeing if it is possible. I will let you guys know if it works when I get back from the Dream cruises. I hope he is right :woohoo: and I hope this is helpful.... I know it was to me.

Anyhow, nice to meet you all and I look forward to seeing you in 2012!

[parrotheadmom]

Our family of 4 is booked on this cruise. This will be our 5th cruise with DCL, but the first time for a summer cruise to the Caribbean. Glad to see other tweens/teens already signed up. Our girls still stay in touch with a couple of the friends they made on past cruises. They will be 11 and 13 (almost 12/14) when we cruise. Moms who DIS seem to have a great deal in common too, looking forward to getting to know you guys. Never planned anything this far in advanace before, so I guess we have months/years :idea: to organize any DISmeets and FE exchanges.
:welcome: I'm glad you're joining us!!! It's nice to have more tween/teens on board my dd's will be so excited. We really do have years before we go...plenty of time to organize DISmeets and FE exchages. :rotfl:

Hi All!

Nice to see a thread for this cruise already..... It will be the two of us ..DS (who will be 16 by then) and myself.

If all goes as planned...this one will be our 7th Disney Cruise when we get there..... YUP.......IT IS ADDICTING :goodvibes DS and I did a 14 day transatlantic this year ...it was amazing to be on the ship for that long... and there are still thing we have yet to do :thumbsup2

I wanted to mention, I got a good tip from a Dis-Cruise Vet this week on Booking and on board credit.... sorry for the length but it will take a few sentences to explain

I waited to book our 2011 Dream cruises (2 Back to back cruises in August) till I got on the transatlantic so I could get my OBC and discount BUT because I waited till the cruise by the time I booked I didn't get the room I wanted and the price had also gone up enough (because of the demand) that it didn't really make much of a difference in price at all.

SO when the Fantasy opened up I booked right away...AND as per one of the Dis cruisers (because they did it) ....I can REBOOK my own Fantasy reservation when I am on the Dream and get my OBC :yay: but not lose the room I wanted. So I thought I'd try it. I don't have much to lose by seeing if it is possible. I will let you guys know if it works when I get back from the Dream cruises. I hope he is right :woohoo: and I hope this is helpful.... I know it was to me.

Anyhow, nice to meet you all and I look forward to seeing you in 2012!

:welcome: WOW 7 cruises how exciting. :goodvibes I really want to do the transatlantic, I bet that was awesome. Thanks for the rebooking tip, I think it will work. Let us know how it goes.:yay:

[joius24]

Thanks for the Welcome Lynette.

It looks like we already have a FUN group (of course my teen son thinks Disboards are crazy- meanwhile he plays games with strangers over the internet all the time :confused3) He said ....Are you already talking to those Disney cruise people again ?! I was like YUP :goodvibes

I think I only work to go on my next cruise LOL

[PoeticMoe]

Hello everyone! Just wanted to check-in and catch up on everyone's posts.

Did you all see the pics and videos of the Dream's float-out today? The message boards are all a buzz about it. Very exciting! :woohoo: Can't wait to sail her in September! :thumbsup2 Next up, we have the Fantasy to look forward to -- woot! :cool1:

[wdwluvrs]

We just booked this cruise. we were on the 5 night Dream we are getting 7 nights on the fantasy for less and a great on board credit too. It will be just the two of us... Mike and DW Eileen

[kasidak]

We just got off the Magic yesterday and booked this cruise onboard. I am so excited to see there is already a cruise thread!

[parrotheadmom]

Hello everyone!!! I hope you all had a fun Halloween weekend! I celebrated my 39th Bday this weekend :scared: One year to live it up until I'm forty...by the time we sail I'll be 40 1/2. Is anyone interested in doing a closed facebook group? Check out the June 16 group they have a FB group going, I kinda want to do this, but not sure how to put a link on here with the fancy FB logo. So, if any of you out there know how to do this please feel free to put that together....it looks like a fun way to get to know each other.

Thanks for the Welcome Lynette.

It looks like we already have a FUN group (of course my teen son thinks Disboards are crazy- meanwhile he plays games with strangers over the internet all the time :confused3) He said ....Are you already talking to those Disney cruise people again ?! I was like YUP :goodvibes

Yes, we are those crazy DISers ;)

I think I only work to go on my next cruise LOL

That's what I tell people all the time "I'm working to pay for my next Disney vacation." :laughing:

Hello everyone! Just wanted to check-in and catch up on everyone's posts.

Did you all see the pics and videos of the Dream's float-out today? The message boards are all a buzz about it. Very exciting! :woohoo: Can't wait to sail her in September! :thumbsup2 Next up, we have the Fantasy to look forward to -- woot! :cool1:
Yes, I saw that! You're very lucky that you get to go in Sept. :woohoo:

We just booked this cruise. we were on the 5 night Dream we are getting 7 nights on the fantasy for less and a great on board credit too. It will be just the two of us... Mike and DW Eileen
:wave2: WELCOME!!! That sounds like such a good deal....I would have rebooked to the 7 night also.
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We just got off the Magic yesterday and booked this cruise onboard. I am so excited to see there is already a cruise thread! :wave2: WELCOME!!! I hope you had a great time on your cruise. :dance3: I'm so glad we've had so many new people check in. Can't wait to get to know you all better. :yay:

[Jodijo]

Hello everyone!!! I hope you all had a fun Halloween weekend! I celebrated my 39th Bday this weekend :scared: One year to live it up until I'm forty...by the time we sail I'll be 40 1/2. Is anyone interested in doing a closed facebook group? Check out the June 16 group they have a FB group going, I kinda want to do this, but not sure how to put a link on here with the fancy FB logo. So, if any of you out there know how to do this please feel free to put that together....it looks like a fun way to get to know each other.


Happy belated Birthday!:yay:

I would be interested in doing a FB group. Not sure how to do it but will look into it. I will let you know when and if I am able to do it.

[Jodijo]

I did it! I created a closed Facebook page for our group. I titled the page "June 9, 2012 Fantasy Disney Cruise." I am not exactly sure how others join. For those that want to join, please let me know if you can request to join. Otherwise, you can post here (or PM me) your name as it appears on FB and I can add you.

I can't wait to get to know everyone better! :cool1: Thanks parrotheadmom for the idea!

[joius24]

Happy Birthday Lynette!!!!:bday:

[parrotheadmom]

I did it! I created a closed Facebook page for our group. I titled the page "June 9, 2012 Fantasy Disney Cruise." I am not exactly sure how others join. For those that want to join, please let me know if you can request to join. Otherwise, you can post here (or PM me) your name as it appears on FB and I can add you.


I can't wait to get to know everyone better! :cool1: Thanks parrotheadmom for the idea!
Found it, sent you a request :goodvibes


Happy Birthday Lynette!!!!:bday:

Thanks for the Birthday wishes :goodvibes

[parrotheadmom]

Jodijo- just looked at your 2009 Disney Cruise pics....you've got a very beautiful family. What part of California are you from?

[Jodijo]

Jodijo- just looked at your 2009 Disney Cruise pics....you've got a very beautiful family. What part of California are you from?

Thanks! We are from Northern CA. We are about 10 minutes from Auburn (if you know where that is).

[mcnoon]

Hi Everyone! I just booked for myself, my DD, who will be 19 on this cruise and my DS who will be 16. This is our second cruise, the first was a 4 day Wonder 2 years ago after Thanksgiving. We're looking forward to a summer cruise! This will be my 50th birthday present to myself, so I'm really hoping everything falls in place!

[parrotheadmom]

Thanks! We are from Northern CA. We are about 10 minutes from Auburn (if you know where that is).
Hey, I live in Northern Nevada almost neighbors ;) at least in the same time zone.

Hi Everyone! I just booked for myself, my DD, who will be 19 on this cruise and my DS who will be 16. This is our second cruise, the first was a 4 day Wonder 2 years ago after Thanksgiving. We're looking forward to a summer cruise! This will be my 50th birthday present to myself, so I'm really hoping everything falls in place!

:welcome: What a perfect way to celebrate your 50th birthday!

[terimac]

Hello all! I am excited to see all of the interest already! I am planning on booking this date (I say "planning" because my husband isn't ready to put the money down on another cruise until we take our Magic 2011 one!) I am trying to convince him that we can book now, get the room we want, and then try to rebook on-board in March if the price is right, plus we will already have the room we want...

It will be myself (Teri) and DH (both of us in late 30s (ugh!)), DS (7) and DD (6).

Keep your fingers crossed for me!

(Oh, and I totally do work for my next Disney vacay! I teach some online college courses and put that money straight into my vacation savings! I LOVE DCL! :love:)

[parrotheadmom]

Hello all! I am excited to see all of the interest already! I am planning on booking this date (I say "planning" because my husband isn't ready to put the money down on another cruise until we take our Magic 2011 one!) I am trying to convince him that we can book now, get the room we want, and then try to rebook on-board in March if the price is right, plus we will already have the room we want...

It will be myself (Teri) and DH (both of us in late 30s (ugh!)), DS (7) and DD (6).

Keep your fingers crossed for me!

(Oh, and I totally do work for my next Disney vacay! I teach some online college courses and put that money straight into my vacation savings! I LOVE DCL! :love:)

:welcome: and thanks for joining us on FB :goodvibes You should book now, the price may go up in four months. I think you can rebook on board and get the 10% off the price you paid now...not sure maybe someone else knows.

[joius24]

Hello all! I am excited to see all of the interest already! I am planning on booking this date (I say "planning" because my husband isn't ready to put the money down on another cruise until we take our Magic 2011 one!) I am trying to convince him that we can book now, get the room we want, and then try to rebook on-board in March if the price is right, plus we will already have the room we want...

(Oh, and I totally do work for my next Disney vacay! I teach some online college courses and put that money straight into my vacation savings! I LOVE DCL! :love:)

See my quote on post # 21....I did hear that another dis-er rebooked a cruise and got his OBC..... so I am going to try it ....only hoping that it works...but this will be the first time I tried it.

My son and I are doing a 3 night RCI (first time for a cruise line other than disney) next weekend...he has no idea..it will be a birthday suprise.... with some of my family. I am excited and I know I will have fun BUT I also know... I will be wishing it was disney ;)

[parrotheadmom]

See my quote on post # 21....I did hear that another dis-er rebooked a cruise and got his OBC..... so I am going to try it ....only hoping that it works...but this will be the first time I tried it.

My son and I are doing a 3 night RCI (first time for a cruise line other than disney) next weekend...he has no idea..it will be a birthday suprise.... with some of my family. I am excited and I know I will have fun BUT I also know... I will be wishing it was disney ;)
What a fun birthday surprise. Report back and let us know how it went. Any vacation I take I'm always wishing it was Disney. :goodvibes

[wendy1976]

Hi all, we are booked also. Me and my DH, DD (19), DS(8) We just got off our first ever cruise sailing 10/23-10/30 on the Magic. I see Karyn was on that one also! Very excited for 2012...seems like so long away.

[3luv2travel]

Just checking in! Waiting for the countdown tickers to go to 1 year 6 months....not too much longer :)

[parrotheadmom]

Hi all, we are booked also. Me and my DH, DD (19), DS(8) We just got off our first ever cruise sailing 10/23-10/30 on the Magic. I see Karyn was on that one also! Very excited for 2012...seems like so long away.
:welcome: How was your first cruise? I'm happy to see you joining our thread. :goodvibes It does seem like a very long time to wait...I'm passing the time planning my ADR's for our spring break trip to WDW. :yay: I was going to do the ddp, as I have been reading the dining reviews I think I might brave the dxdp (lots of 2 credit restaurants that I want to try).

[alexandmaddie]

Hi! We'll be joining you on the 6/9/12 sailing of the Fantasy! There are 5 of us. Me, D!H, DD (16), DD (12) and DS (9). The kids' ages are how old they will be in 2012. This will be our ninth cruise. I'm looking forward to getting to know the group over the next year and a half. :)

I'll be sending a FB request to join the group.

Krista

[wendy1976]

:welcome: How was your first cruise? I'm happy to see you joining our thread. :goodvibes It does seem like a very long time to wait...I'm passing the time planning my ADR's for our spring break trip to WDW. :yay: I was going to do the ddp, as I have been reading the dining reviews I think I might brave the dxdp (lots of 2 credit restaurants that I want to try).

LOVED the first cruise...although it took me a couple days to realize that I loved it. The boat was rocking so much the first couple of days that it took me some time to get used too it. Everywhere I went I was staggering down the hallways trying not to run into other people....or look like I had one too many bahama mammas :rotfl2: My husband didn't mind a bit, he just thought of it as rocking him to sleep.

Wow, braving WDW for spring break? I did that twice at Disneyland and decided I wouldn't do it again. Instead we braved Christmas and New Years at WDW last year! Talk about crowded :)

[parrotheadmom]

Hi! We'll be joining you on the 6/9/12 sailing of the Fantasy! There are 5 of us. Me, D!H, DD (16), DD (12) and DS (9). The kids' ages are how old they will be in 2012. This will be our ninth cruise. I'm looking forward to getting to know the group over the next year and a half. :)

I'll be sending a FB request to join the group.

Krista
:welcome: I'm glad you are joining the FB group :goodvibes I'm always on FB so it makes it easy to keep in touch. It seems that we have DD's about the same age, are your girls interested in doing a teen FB group?

[parrotheadmom]

LOVED the first cruise...although it took me a couple days to realize that I loved it. The boat was rocking so much the first couple of days that it took me some time to get used too it. Everywhere I went I was staggering down the hallways trying not to run into other people....or look like I had one too many bahama mammas :rotfl2: My husband didn't mind a bit, he just thought of it as rocking him to sleep.

Wow, braving WDW for spring break? I did that twice at Disneyland and decided I wouldn't do it again. Instead we braved Christmas and New Years at WDW last year! Talk about crowded :)

Our first cruise was the same way my youngest got sick in the middle of the Golden Mickey's...it was awful. We didn't even get to go to Castaway Cay because of a hurricane.

I have no idea what I'm thinking going during spring break (I must be crazy) but spring break is close to my youngest DD's bday this year and she was feeling bad because her older sister is going to Spain with her school. I hope I can keep the surprise!

[mjackson3]

We are in as well! My husband (Jp), son (Matthew 7), daughter (Meredith 5), and myself (Marisa). Also traveling with us will be my parents, brother and sister-in-law, Aunt and Uncle with their 2 twin boys (12 yrs), and Cousins with their 2 children (ages 4 & 8). A great family vacation! This will be our second cruise and are very excited!:banana:

I sent a facebook request under "Jp Jackson".

[parrotheadmom]

We are in as well! My husband (Jp), son (Matthew 7), daughter (Meredith 5), and myself (Marisa). Also traveling with us will be my parents, brother and sister-in-law, Aunt and Uncle with their 2 twin boys (12 yrs), and Cousins with their 2 children (ages 4 & 8). A great family vacation! This will be our second cruise and are very excited!:banana:

I sent a facebook request under "Jp Jackson".

:dance3: WELCOME!!! It looks like you're going to have an awesome family vacation...

[parrotheadmom]

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!! Now it's time to get ready for Christmas....so much to do :eek: not enough time.

[3luv2travel]

Hope everyone is having a great December...so much to do so little time! I can't wait to officially hit the 1 year 6 month mark! Funny, I find myself reading and researching more for this trip than the one we'll take in a few months. DIS is SOOOO addicting (in a good way, though!):rotfl2:

[tinkerbelle77]

Hello everyone!!! We are booked on this cruise and the 6/16/12 sailing as well. It will be Myself, DH, and 4 DD's 15, 13, 7, and almost 2. We are just outside of Chicago. This will be my 13th Disney cruise and the family is not far behind!! We are so excited for 14 nights on the ship!! Can't wait!

[rahrah]

My wife and I will be celebrating our 30th anniversary on this cruise. This will be our 5th Disney cruise. We are especially glad the Fantasy will be coming on line as it means we can go to the Caribbean during June.

We are also asking our relatives if they want to come along. So it will be more than just the 2 of us.

[shellcruiser]

Just checking back in. The group is growing :thumbsup2 Hope everyone has a terrific holiday! I'll be checking the FB page next.

[SILLYANDI]

Hi everyone:wave2:, we will be joining your cruise (unless I get a miracle deal on the MV lol). We just got off the magic a few weeks ago and re-booked for this date with the intention of moving to the Madien Voyage but too cheap to lose my 10% on board booking discount!
Our family is Me38 Andrea, DH39 Matt, DD14 Madison, DD12 Morgan, DS11 Parker and DD7 Mikelyn (all at sailing).

This will be our 5th DCL cruise, unless my crazy MIL is serious about taking us to Alaska this summer :rolleyes1. This is our 3rd western, I REALLY wanted to do the eastern again for something different but the darn June 16th sailing was too full & we couldn't find decent adjoining or even next to each other cabins.

We live is sunny So Cal, and we can't wait to cruise again. My older DD's like to meet others their age before we cruise, I haven't read through the thread yet but if you have a DD around those ages they would love to email and get to know them!

Can't wait to get to know all of you!

[SILLYANDI]

OK, I went back and read all the posts, I can't believe how many teens there are, my DD's will be very happy! I also noticed quite a few of us have a penchant for M named kids lol.

This will be the first time we've cruised in the summer, I'm hoping it's not blazing hot. We usually cruise the week before Christmas break so the kids have 2 weeks to make up their homework. It will be interesting to be on the ship without Christmas decorations.

[parrotheadmom]

My wife and I will be celebrating our 30th anniversary on this cruise. This will be our 5th Disney cruise. We are especially glad the Fantasy will be coming on line as it means we can go to the Caribbean during June.
We are also asking our relatives if they want to come along. So it will be more than just the 2 of us.
Welcome and congratulations on your 30th anniversary!!!

Just checking back in. The group is growing :thumbsup2 Hope everyone has a terrific holiday! I'll be checking the FB page next. The holidays were wonderful but very hetic. Can't wait to see you on the FB page...it's so much easier for me to check what's happening on FB.

Hi everyone:wave2:, we will be joining your cruise (unless I get a miracle deal on the MV lol). We just got off the magic a few weeks ago and re-booked for this date with the intention of moving to the Madien Voyage but too cheap to lose my 10% on board booking discount!
Our family is Me38 Andrea, DH39 Matt, DD14 Madison, DD12 Morgan, DS11 Parker and DD7 Mikelyn (all at sailing).

This will be our 5th DCL cruise, unless my crazy MIL is serious about taking us to Alaska this summer :rolleyes1. This is our 3rd western, I REALLY wanted to do the eastern again for something different but the darn June 16th sailing was too full & we couldn't find decent adjoining or even next to each other cabins.

We live is sunny So Cal, and we can't wait to cruise again. My older DD's like to meet others their age before we cruise, I haven't read through the thread yet but if you have a DD around those ages they would love to email and get to know them!

Can't wait to get to know all of you! Welcome!!! My DD's are up for meeting others also. The cruise seems so far away to my kids right now, that might help them pass the time. :goodvibes

[SILLYANDI]

The holidays were wonderful but very hetic. Can't wait to see you on the FB page...it's so much easier for me to check what's happening on FB.

I love the FB thing too, much easier to keep up with it all

Welcome!!! My DD's are up for meeting others also. The cruise seems so far away to my kids right now, that might help them pass the time. :goodvibes

My girls were ecstatic to see so many teens/tweens. We surprised them with the Dec 2010 cruise and although they were haPpy to cruise, they were whining about not knowing anyone and not thrilled with having to make friends on the fly. lol
My DS was perfectly happy making friends with DCL's Xbox though. He never has trouble finding a video game he gets along with:laughing:

[wdwluvrs]

Just waiting for the Jimmy Buffett concert dates to be released we hope to attend in Pittsburgh again this year. It is cold again here in South western NY but not snowing yet guess the south and eastern seaboard is going to get the worse of it...

[SILLYANDI]

Just waiting for the Jimmy Buffett concert dates to be released we hope to attend in Pittsburgh again this year. It is cold again here in South western NY but not snowing yet guess the south and eastern seaboard is going to get the worse of it...

Count me in as a Parrothead!

[HotMama]

Hello all. We just booked our first Disney cruise last night & will be sailing with all of you!!!! We are so excited. This is our FIRST Disney cruise! We love WDW & can't wait to see Mickey on the big ship. We have been watching the cruise line video & wanted to book for years. You would think we are leaving tomorrow by my excitment!

We are DH, myself- Heather, DD 8years & DS 6years at cruising time.:goodvibes

[Jodijo]

Hello all. We just booked our first Disney cruise last night & will be sailing with all of you!!!! We are so excited. This is our FIRST Disney cruise! We love WDW & can't wait to see Mickey on the big ship. We have been watching the cruise line video & wanted to book for years. You would think we are leaving tomorrow by my excitment!

We are DH, myself- Heather, DD 8years & DS 6years at cruising time.:goodvibes

Welcome and Congratulations on booking your first Disney Cruise!!!! :cool1:
I think you are going to love it! Just think - Only 515 more days to go!:yay:

[Jodijo]

Ok, I can now officially get excited! My school calendar came out yesterday (I am a teacher) and I get out June 8th, 2012!!!!!! YEA!!!!!! I was so afraid we would get out on the 15th and I would have to reschedule the cruise for November 2012. Time to start packing - I wish!!!!!!!!!!!

[rahrah]

So I just got a welcome to your Disney Cruise flyer for the June 9th 2012 Eastern Caribbean cruise (not the western that we signed up for). :confused3

So anyone think they actually changed the itinerary? I looked on the Disney cruise web site and it is still listed as a western cruise.

[HotMama]

So I just got a welcome to your Disney Cruise flyer for the June 9th 2012 Eastern Caribbean cruise (not the western that we signed up for). :confused3

So anyone think they actually changed the itinerary? I looked on the Disney cruise web site and it is still listed as a western cruise.

I just booked a little over 24 hours ago & the Disney travel agent confirmed it was a western cruise......

[shellcruiser]

Got our welcome aboard brochure for EASTERN cruise as well... weird because I had already received one for the western cruise. Think there was a slight malfunction in the disney data base:confused3:... Hey I know lets just stay onboard for both back to back :banana:

[SILLYANDI]

Hello all. We just booked our first Disney cruise last night & will be sailing with all of you!!!! We are so excited. This is our FIRST Disney cruise! We love WDW & can't wait to see Mickey on the big ship. We have been watching the cruise line video & wanted to book for years. You would think we are leaving tomorrow by my excitment!

We are DH, myself- Heather, DD 8years & DS 6years at cruising time.:goodvibes
Welcome! I've been on several Disney Cruises and still get that excited so don't worry!:love:

Ok, I can now officially get excited! My school calendar came out yesterday (I am a teacher) and I get out June 8th, 2012!!!!!! YEA!!!!!! I was so afraid we would get out on the 15th and I would have to reschedule the cruise for November 2012. Time to start packing - I wish!!!!!!!!!!!
Great news! Our teachers are still in contract negotiations so the calendar's not out but my son's teacher (who is the assoc president) assures me we will be out by then..:confused:
So I just got a welcome to your Disney Cruise flyer for the June 9th 2012 Eastern Caribbean cruise (not the western that we signed up for). :confused3

So anyone think they actually changed the itinerary? I looked on the Disney cruise web site and it is still listed as a western cruise.

I can't tell you how happy I would be if they did change it, we really wanted to do the Eastern this time. It could be because they pushed the MV up a week and kept it as a western (doing 2 westerns in a row) maybe the computer system automatically defaults to every other week is western and that made it think we are on an Eastern (or maybe there is a god at Disney who heard my plea for and Eastern that week?:worship:)

[PoeticMoe]

Hey everyone! I sent a request to join the Facebook group. Hope you get it!

[Jodijo]

Hey everyone! I sent a request to join the Facebook group. Hope you get it!

I got the request and added you already.:cool1: Welcome!!!!! :thumbsup2

[PoeticMoe]

I got the request and added you already.:cool1: Welcome!!!!! :thumbsup2

Thanks so much! I'm very excited. I haven't posted in a while, cuz I really couldn't decide whether I wanted to do the 4, 5 or 7-night cruise. :confused3 Ultimately I decided on the 7-nighter, so here we will stay! :)

As I previously stated earlier on in this thread, I'll be travelling with my DS, who will be 11 years old when we sail.

Look forward to 'waiting' it out with everyone. :goodvibes

[SILLYANDI]

Anyone have a name suggestion for our little group?

Pirates and Parrotheads sail the Caribbean?
Living the Dream on the Fantasy?
Sailing into Summer on the Fantasy?
Frenzy on the Fantasy (or Friend-zy on the Fantasy for a play on words?)
Fins up on the Fantasy (incorporates Jimmy B into the mix lol)
I've only crusied DCL in December and we've always had a Christmas theme to it, so I'm coming up with some lame suggestions.

[PoeticMoe]

Anyone have a name suggestion for our little group?

Pirates and Parrotheads sail the Caribbean?
Living the Dream on the Fantasy?
Sailing into Summer on the Fantasy?
Frenzy on the Fantasy (or Friend-zy on the Fantasy for a play on words?)
Fins up on the Fantasy (incorporates Jimmy B into the mix lol)
I've only crusied DCL in December and we've always had a Christmas theme to it, so I'm coming up with some lame suggestions.

I like "Living the Dream on the Fantasy!" Very catchy!! :thumbsup2

[joius24]

How about the Fantastic Fantasy Fanatics! :rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

[Jodijo]

How about the Fantastic Fantasy Fanatics! :rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

I love it! The fact that we are planning a cruise over a year and a half away on a ship that's not even built, makes us fanatics!

[joius24]

I love it! The fact that we are planning a cruise over a year and a half away on a ship that's not even built, makes us fanatics!

True...so very true..BUT Disney Cruises are NOT an addiction I will ever want to be cured from :goodvibes

The only cure is MORE!

[SILLYANDI]

How about the Fantastic Fantasy Fanatics! :rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

I like it too! I think Donald on the aquaduck with his stressed out face would be pretty funny with this name!

[PoeticMoe]

How about the Fantastic Fantasy Fanatics! :rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

I like this one too! :thumbsup2

[HotMama]

How about the Fantastic Fantasy Fanatics! :rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

I like it. This is our 1st Disney cruise, but we are definatly Disney Fanatics, that's for sure!:)

[joius24]

Got our welcome aboard brochure for EASTERN cruise as well... weird because I had already received one for the western cruise. Think there was a slight malfunction in the disney data base:confused3:... Hey I know lets just stay onboard for both back to back :banana:

I just got my second (exact duplicate) of the "welcome back for the "WESTERN" cruise packet....they must be working overtime to fix the mailing error :lmao: and I had gotten the right one in the first place. Maybe it's a buy one get one free sail (I WISH):wizard:

[Jodijo]

I just got my second (exact duplicate) of the "welcome back for the "WESTERN" cruise packet....they must be working overtime to fix the mailing error :lmao: and I had gotten the right one in the first place. Maybe it's a buy one get one free sail (I WISH):wizard:

Ok, I am a little concerned. You have gotten 2 "Welcome Packets" and I have not gotten none! We booked the 1st day the dates opened and have received nothing. I wonder if I should contact my TA to see what is going on.

[VMinick]

Hello!!!

We are so excited to be joining you on this cruise! We rebooked for this one while we were onboard the Magic for the Dec. 18-29th Christmas cruise. We're going on the Dream this summer, which is exciting, but I think I'm more excited about this one because it's for seven days while the Dream is only five. After doing (and LOVING an 11-night), I think I'm going to have to be pushed off the boat on the last day of these shorter itineraries! :rotfl2:

We have three children Brendan (11 at sailing), Tristan (9 at sailing), and Madison (turning 5 two months after sailing).

I will send a request via Facebook! I'm looking forward to getting to know all of you! :goodvibes

[PoeticMoe]

Hello!!!

We are so excited to be joining you on this cruise! We rebooked for this one while we were onboard the Magic for the Dec. 18-29th Christmas cruise. We're going on the Dream this summer, which is exciting, but I think I'm more excited about this one because it's for seven days while the Dream is only five. After doing (and LOVING an 11-night), I think I'm going to have to be pushed off the boat on the last day of these shorter itineraries! :rotfl2:

We have three children Brendan (11 at sailing), Tristan (9 at sailing), and Madison (turning 5 two months after sailing).

I will send a request via Facebook! I'm looking forward to getting to know all of you! :goodvibes

:welcome:

Welcome to our little corner of the Dis boards! :goodvibes My son will also be 11 when we sail.

[parrotheadmom]

Just catching up on all my fellow Fantastic Fantasy Fanatics ;) You guys have been busy will I was gone...

So I just got a welcome to your Disney Cruise flyer for the June 9th 2012 Eastern Caribbean cruise (not the western that we signed up for). :confused3

So anyone think they actually changed the itinerary? I looked on the Disney cruise web site and it is still listed as a western cruise.
I also got the eastern and the western flyer, I just think they screwed up. :goodvibes
Anyone have a name suggestion for our little group?

Pirates and Parrotheads sail the Caribbean?
Living the Dream on the Fantasy?
Sailing into Summer on the Fantasy?
Frenzy on the Fantasy (or Friend-zy on the Fantasy for a play on words?)
Fins up on the Fantasy (incorporates Jimmy B into the mix lol)
I've only crusied DCL in December and we've always had a Christmas theme to it, so I'm coming up with some lame suggestions.
Of course I love all the Buffett inspired names...I'm glad we have fellow parrotheads on board no matter what our group name is. Maybe we should go to Margaritaville in Grand Cayman....

How about the Fantastic Fantasy Fanatics! :rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2: I love it!!! I think this one could be the winner. :)

Hello!!!

We are so excited to be joining you on this cruise! We rebooked for this one while we were onboard the Magic for the Dec. 18-29th Christmas cruise. We're going on the Dream this summer, which is exciting, but I think I'm more excited about this one because it's for seven days while the Dream is only five. After doing (and LOVING an 11-night), I think I'm going to have to be pushed off the boat on the last day of these shorter itineraries! :rotfl2:

We have three children Brendan (11 at sailing), Tristan (9 at sailing), and Madison (turning 5 two months after sailing).

I will send a request via Facebook! I'm looking forward to getting to know all of you! :goodvibes:welcome: I'm glad you're joing us! I hope you give us a mini TR of your Dream cruise this summer.:goodvibes

[parrotheadmom]

Ok, I just updated my first post with the names of all the new people, if I have someones info wrong just let me know. I thought it would be nice to have it all on the first post so when we do FE we can easily see the ages of the kids. :goodvibes My new New Years Resolution is to make more time in my day for the Dis boards and our group of Fantastic Fantasy Fanatics. ;)

[joius24]

Hello!!!

We are so excited to be joining you on this cruise!
We have three children Brendan (11 at sailing), Tristan (9 at sailing), and Madison (turning 5 two months after sailing).

I will send a request via Facebook! I'm looking forward to getting to know all of you! :goodvibes

Welcome Vanessa and family ! :welcome:

I still gotta get myself to the facebook crew..
Saw the christening of the dream today (video- not for real) but it was toooo coool :sail:

[PoeticMoe]

Ok, now I'm really confused. Today I received two Welcome Packets from DCL - one for the Western AND one for the Eastern routes! :confused3 Has anyone confirmed yet if we're doing East or West? Have they changed us from Western Caribbean? I think I'll call DCL now..

[3luv2travel]

Hi again...Just checking in, too. I also like the Fantastic Fantasy Fanatics! I checked roll call on the first page and realized that I had omitted DD's age...she'll turn 14 two days after the cruise is over. It'll make the tween/teen club thing interesting! At least I am sure she can enjoy the Chill Spa! I got her a 1/2 hour massage as a gift and she loved, loved, loved it!

Hope you enjoy the rest of winter! Here in the UP of Michigan it's been cold but not too snowy (yet!). As a teacher I'm waiting for a snow day here or there but no luck yet!

Glad the school calender worked our for you, Jodijo! We actually get done on the 2nd of June (and if DD has to miss the last couple of days of school it doesn't really matter that much)!

Can't wait for those trip & ROOM reports to start coming in from the Dream. We're on Deck 9 (inside Cat 10A). How about everyone else?

We also got a recent trip "pack" (in addition to the one we got a couple of months ago) but ours was for the Western. We, too, booked on the first day. :confused:

[shannn]

Hi all! Just booked our cruise as well. :) I'm excited because this will be our first DCL adventure. I'm a teacher too and I'm glad I found this thread to get to know all of you! It will be me Shannon, my husband Sam, our son Morgan (age 10 at sailing) and our daughter Lily (age 8 at sailing).

[PoeticMoe]

Hi all! Just booked our cruise as well. :) I'm excited because this will be our first DCL adventure. I'm a teacher too and I'm glad I found this thread to get to know all of you! It will be me Shannon, my husband Sam, our son Morgan (age 10 at sailing) and our daughter Lily (age 8 at sailing).

:welcome: Shannon and family! :banana:

[SILLYANDI]

Hello!!!

We are so excited to be joining you on this cruise! We rebooked for this one while we were onboard the Magic for the Dec. 18-29th Christmas cruise. We're going on the Dream this summer, which is exciting, but I think I'm more excited about this one because it's for seven days while the Dream is only five. After doing (and LOVING an 11-night), I think I'm going to have to be pushed off the boat on the last day of these shorter itineraries! :rotfl2:

We have three children Brendan (11 at sailing), Tristan (9 at sailing), and Madison (turning 5 two months after sailing).

I will send a request via Facebook! I'm looking forward to getting to know all of you! :goodvibes
Welcome! I have a Madison too (she'll be 14 by the time we sail).

Hi all! Just booked our cruise as well. :) I'm excited because this will be our first DCL adventure. I'm a teacher too and I'm glad I found this thread to get to know all of you! It will be me Shannon, my husband Sam, our son Morgan (age 10 at sailing) and our daughter Lily (age 8 at sailing).

Welcome! I have a Morgan too (girl, 12 at sailing) and I have a DD who will be 7 1/2!

[SILLYANDI]

It seems like the Fantastic Fantasy Fanatics is the consensus so I'll get to work!
I've had the week from hell- One kid on crutches from a dislocated knee, 3 kids with viral infections and one case of lice! (and a Belated Birthday Party, lots of overtime and GIrl SCout Cookie Sales all added into that mix!)

Hopefully this week will be a bit more calm and I will have time to make something.

Hope everyone has a great week.

[VMinick]

Now that is a bad/crazy week, Andrea! I hope things are going better!!!

[VMinick]

Who else is going? It's going to be me Lynette, DH Chris, DD (16) Delaney, and DD (13) Marley (at time of cruise). :yay:


Roll Call

VMinick, Vanessa, DH Matt, DS(11) DS(9)


Can we add DD (4) to the roll call with us? She'd be kind of mad if we left her home while we sailed with the princesses! :rotfl:

[pegthelawyer]

We are booked on this cruise!

We will be:

Me
Dh
Dd 21
Dd 17
Ds 19.

We are from Rocklin Ca and this will be our 6 th Disney Cruise. We are also traveling with another family with a dd7 and dd14.

Cannot wait



Peggy

[Jodijo]

Welcome Peggy! Glad to see a local Californian sailing with us. We live in Penryn, CA. We are about 10 minutes from you!!!!:cool1:

[joius24]

Welcome Peggy!
Lots of West coasters .....:cool1:

One of these days DS and I will do Dis-land...still scoping prices and places. It may be this June ... I am addicted to disney vacation planning!:confused3

Happy Day Fantastic Fantasy Fanatics!

[SILLYANDI]

Here is my first completed logo. I have a couple others in mind if this one doesn't "fit" our group. Or if you like this one but think a diff font or character would be better then let me know and I can tweek it a bit.

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q113/rivercru/ffflogo.jpg

[joius24]

Here is my first completed logo. I have a couple others in mind if this one doesn't "fit" our group. Or if you like this one but think a diff font or character would be better then let me know and I can tweek it a bit.

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q113/rivercru/ffflogo.jpg

Very cool! You have talent! I can see I will be admiring your door graphics:thumbsup2

One of my son's fav is chip and dale....so it be good for him too

A character question? Do we know who's "boat" it is yet?
(like the Dream is Kind of Donald's boat?...donald statue in lobby etc...)
We could do one with that character on it too! Just a thought

[SILLYANDI]

Very cool! You have talent! I can see I will be admiring your door graphics:thumbsup2

One of my son's fav is chip and dale....so it be good for him too

A character question? Do we know who's "boat" it is yet?
(like the Dream is Kind of Donald's boat?...donald statue in lobby etc...)
We could do one with that character on it too! Just a thought

Thanks:love:

tried to find out who the character would be (asked on the general board) but no one answered..I can try again!

[LuvtheEars]

Hi there,

We will be joining you on this cruise. This will be my 8th DCL cruise, DH's 7th, DS 6th (Grady who will be 11 and 2 weeks from turning 12 - so this will be his Birthday cruise) and DD 6th (Megan who will be 9 on this cruise). We just finished an Eastern on the Magic and booked the June 23rd cruise, but this week worked a lot better for us. We will be cruising with our friends and her sister is looking at booking it too.

We are in a 6a - room #9674 - our first veranda as a family!

I'm booked with a friend on the Dream (My cruise #7 in September and that will be my first veranda experience) We've always had either inside staterooms or oceanview.

Here is my first completed logo. I have a couple others in mind if this one doesn't "fit" our group. Or if you like this one but think a diff font or character would be better then let me know and I can tweek it a bit.

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q113/rivercru/ffflogo.jpg

Love it!!! :thumbsup2 I just love having a logo for the cruise! When we get the final image can it be a little smaller so it will fit in my Signature line?

I will need to switch the one I have now with the new one.


A character question? Do we know who's "boat" it is yet?
(like the Dream is Kind of Donald's boat?...donald statue in lobby etc...)
We could do one with that character on it too! Just a thought

Our family has been making bets on who it will be also. We think it's Minnie's turn. :confused3

[3luv2travel]

Just checking in! Welcome to everyone that's new! Glad to see others joining the group. Love the logo, too! :thumbsup2

[seallenz]

Hi everyone! We just booked this cruise this week.:yay: It's our fourth Disney cruise but our first seven-night one. I'm traveling with my DH, our son, who'll be 12 when we cruise, and our daughter, who'll be 10.

Looking forward to getting to know you all!

[Jodijo]

Hi everyone! We just booked this cruise this week.:yay: It's our fourth Disney cruise but our first seven-night one. I'm traveling with my DH, our son, who'll be 12 when we cruise, and our daughter, who'll be 10.

Looking forward to getting to know you all!

Welcome! Glad you will be joining us!

[PoeticMoe]

Has anyone checked out how much the cost of our cruise has increased just in the last 2 days? The same category I booked when bookings opened in October is now almost $1500 more! :scared1: I'm SOOO glad I booked back when I did, cuz if I had waited till now, we wouldn't be going! I wonder what's caused the dramatic increase in price? :confused3

Thank goodness we all beat the price jump! :thumbsup2

[SILLYANDI]

Welocme Peggy, Tiffany and seallenz!

Tiffany, I was going to make a few others to pick from but if everyone is fine with this, we'll stick with it! Here's the link to a smaller version for siggies:

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q113/rivercru/ffflogo-2.jpg
if you add in front of the link listed below it should show up as the above image..
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q113/rivercru/ffflogo-2.jpg

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q113/rivercru/ffflogo-3.jpg

I can't believe the price jump. My theory is all of those MV Dream cruisers booked our cruise (or the one right after it) on board last week.
I am SOOO glad we booked when we did! We are in 5190 & 5192 Aft Verandahs. When my TA got back from the Christening cruise and showed me pics of the rooms, huge verandahs (there is a crew access area next to our verandah where we can open our verandah to and have a triple wide verandah!) and the fact that our hallway is a dead end-so we won't have a lot of traffic, I was SOLD!

[PoeticMoe]

Just wanted to post something to see if the image shows up. And it does! :thumbsup2

Andrea - thanks for putting our logo together and giving instructions on how to add to signature. Very cool! Do you think the font color of the letters could be a bit darker, so it will read more easily in the pic?

[shellcruiser]

Finally checking out the "board" from my PC so I could look at the logo. Great job Andrea!!:worship: I am envious of your talent! Thanks for all your work!

[SILLYANDI]

Just wanted to post something to see if the image shows up. And it does! :thumbsup2

Andrea - thanks for putting our logo together and giving instructions on how to add to signature. Very cool! Do you think the font color of the letters could be a bit darker, so it will read more easily in the pic?

Here you go!
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q113/rivercru/ffflogo-4-1.jpg

[SILLYANDI]

Just wanted to post something to see if the image shows up. And it does! :thumbsup2

Andrea - thanks for putting our logo together and giving instructions on how to add to signature. Very cool! Do you think the font color of the letters could be a bit darker, so it will read more easily in the pic?

Here you go!
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q113/rivercru/ffflogo-4-1.jpg

add the in front of this link
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q113/rivercru/ffflogo-4-1.jpg

[parrotheadmom]

Can we add DD (4) to the roll call with us? She'd be kind of mad if we left her home while we sailed with the princesses! :rotfl:

Yep sorry I left her off ;-)

[parrotheadmom]

I love the logo, can't wait to add it to my signature... Have to get to my pc! Thanks for your hard work.

[parrotheadmom]

Welcome!! Peggy, Tiffany, seallenz

[perlgirl]

We're in - can't wait!

We've been to Disneyland once and Disneyworld twice, but have never been on a cruise. And we talked Grandma and Grandpa into joining us too. :banana:

DH, Me, Moriah (16) and Levi (13).

[3luv2travel]

We had unusually warm days this past week (mid 50's when the avg. high is only 25). It sure made us anxious for this spring!! Oh well, just think how excited we will all be next year at this time as the MV of the Fantasy nears!!! Can't wait :goodvibes

Welcome to the newest posters, too!

[PoeticMoe]

We're in - can't wait!

We've been to Disneyland once and Disneyworld twice, but have never been on a cruise. And we talked Grandma and Grandpa into joining us too. :banana:

DH, Me, Moriah (16) and Levi (13).

Hello and :welcome:!!

The boards have been pretty quiet, so just checking in! It's FINALLY beginning to feel like Spring here in Atlanta. And I must say it's about time! I can't believe all the snow we got this Winter. :eek: Just crazy. I am so ready for the warm weather.

Hope everyone is doing well!

[chinarider]

Count us in, myself (Julie ) and my daughter Rachel ( 17 at time of cruise )

[pittsburghmarc]

Count us in gang! The girls will be 4 and 6 at that time. My wife who uses Facebook will look up the cruise page.

Can't Wait!! :goodvibes

We're on deck 10. Booked the same day bookings opened. Yesterday we asked our agent to move the date two or 4 weeks later (to stay on a Western) and the price has gone up $2,000!!!! Glad we got in early.:laughing:

[joius24]

Count us in gang! The girls will be 4 and 6 at that time. My wife who uses Facebook will look up the cruise page.

Can't Wait!! :goodvibes

We're on deck 10. Booked the same day bookings opened. Yesterday we asked our agent to move the date two or 4 weeks later (to stay on a Western) and the price has gone up $2,000!!!! Glad we got in early.:laughing:

I am with ya ... I am sooooooo glad I booked on day one :banana: a penny saved is a penny spent on another disney cruise !:lovestruc

[wdwluvrs]

Here is my first completed logo. I have a couple others in mind if this one doesn't "fit" our group. Or if you like this one but think a diff font or character would be better then let me know and I can tweek it a bit.

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q113/rivercru/ffflogo.jpg

We are just wondering it it is alright for all of us to use your cruise grapic for door signs... Mike

[wdwluvrs]

Of course I love all the Buffett inspired names...I'm glad we have fellow parrotheads on board no matter what our group name is. Maybe we should go to Margaritaville in Grand Cayman....



There is a Margaritaville in Grand Cayman?

[shellcruiser]

Of course I love all the Buffett inspired names...I'm glad we have fellow parrotheads on board no matter what our group name is. Maybe we should go to Margaritaville in Grand Cayman....



There is a Margaritaville in Grand Cayman?

Woot-woot, count hubby and I in on "wastin' away" an afternoon We went to our first Buffett concert last Labor Day...we're hooked!!!:cool1:

[wdwluvrs]

We have tried to catch up on all the older postings to date. We can not recall reading of any discussion of a dis meet or a fish extender eachange?.. we are getting freezing rain and high winds tonight

[PoeticMoe]

I know this is a bit 'off-topic', and I also posted a message on our Facebook page.

For anyone that's a DVC owner in our group, I'm looking to take my son to Disney World this Fall (our FIRST onsite visit!) and would like to rent at a DVC onsite property. Can anyone advise what's the best way to rent from a DVC owner? You can send me a private message if that's better. I just don't know how to go about trying to rent at a DVC and thought that someone on here might know.

Thanks so much! :goodvibes

[SILLYANDI]

We have tried to catch up on all the older postings to date. We can not recall reading of any discussion of a dis meet or a fish extender eachange?.. we are getting freezing rain and high winds tonight

I don't know that anything has been planned yet? Usually it's set up a little closer to cruising I think..are you volunteering to do it? ;)

[SILLYANDI]

We are just wondering it it is alright for all of us to use your cruise grapic for door signs... Mike

Sure! Use it anyway you'd like. I made it for all of us.

[SILLYANDI]

Of course I love all the Buffett inspired names...I'm glad we have fellow parrotheads on board no matter what our group name is. Maybe we should go to Margaritaville in Grand Cayman....



There is a Margaritaville in Grand Cayman?

The Margaritaville in Grand Cayman is my fav! It has a water slide and pool upstairs next to the bar! We can get our Margarita's on while the kids swim then walk back to the ship..

[shellcruiser]

We have tried to catch up on all the older postings to date. We can not recall reading of any discussion of a dis meet or a fish extender eachange?.. we are getting freezing rain and high winds tonight

I don't know that anything has been planned yet? Usually it's set up a little closer to cruising I think..are you volunteering to do it? ;)

A couple of us mentioned a dis-meet and FE exchange right after we booked. I have not arranged any meets in the past, but I did organize the FE exchange on our last cruise. I am willing to put together the FE exchange list again, but that can begin closer to cruise time. The good part of booking so far in advance is you can be on the lookout for great FE stuff.:thumbsup2 Unfortunately the number of FE participants almost always increases exponentially :scared1: 1 month prior to sail, so you never know just how much "stuff" to get. :confused3

[shellcruiser]

The Margaritaville in Grand Cayman is my fav! It has a water slide and pool upstairs next to the bar! We can get our Margarita's on while the kids swim then walk back to the ship..

Are you serious, a waterslide onsite ? :woohoo: any age limits on it? must we be in "appropriate" attire? I'm thinking with enough tequila that would be hard to resist :rotfl2:

[SILLYANDI]

A couple of us mentioned a dis-meet and FE exchange right after we booked. I have not arranged any meets in the past, but I did organize the FE exchange on our last cruise. I am willing to put together the FE exchange list again, but that can begin closer to cruise time. The good part of booking so far in advance is you can be on the lookout for great FE stuff.:thumbsup2 Unfortunately the number of FE participants almost always increases exponentially :scared1: 1 month prior to sail, so you never know just how much "stuff" to get. :confused3


YEAH! Thanks for volunteering. I've organized the last two we've been on and I learned that it's better to post the FE about 6 months in advance with a cut off date about 60 days before the cruise just so that we don't have to stress about making additional FE gifts during the time that we should be packing! It's no fun stressing out about something like that when you should be getting excited to cruise!

Are you serious, a waterslide onsite ? :woohoo: any age limits on it? must we be in "appropriate" attire? I'm thinking with enough tequila that would be hard to resist :rotfl2:

I think there was a height minimum (my then 4 year old was tall enough but they made her wear a lifevest). Definitely no age limit- DH and I went on it a few times after watching the kids for hours. It is too much fun! (Oh and there was lots of free tequila shots going on the dance floor while we were there in the middle of the day!)

[wdwluvrs]

Are you serious, a waterslide onsite ? :woohoo: any age limits on it? must we be in "appropriate" attire? I'm thinking with enough tequila that would be hard to resist :rotfl2:

The Margaritaville in Grand Cayman is my fav! It has a water slide and pool upstairs next to the bar! We can get our Margarita's on while the kids swim then walk back to the ship..

sounds like Margaritaville would be a good excursion. Where is it located in relation to where the ship docks.

[SILLYANDI]

So someone finally posted pics of what I think are the equivalent of our rooms and HOLY MOLEY our verandahs are HUGE!!!
http://i512.photobucket.com/albums/t329/mingohead/DCL/Disneycruise2011lumix115-1.jpg

We have two of the aft 6b Verandahs so two times this size?!

If it's true, we'd be glad to host a pre dinner mingle one night!!! GEEZ I can't get over the size!

[SILLYANDI]

sounds like Margaritaville would be a good excursion. Where is it located in relation to where the ship docks.

It's an easy 3-4 block walk from the tender station. Last cruise it was so windy that we had to dock on the opposite side of the island but they offered free shuttles to all the fun places..

[SueTGGR]

I haven't read through the entire thread yet but thought I would introduce myself to all of you.
We are booked on this cruise! "We" is myself, Sue, my DH, Jeff & our DS who will be 12 when we cruise. We switched over this is one after booking a dummy cruise while we were on the inaugural Wonder Mexican Riviera cruise in January. The discounts and OBC was great. We had done one cruise before in Jan 2008 on the Magic, Eastern 7 day but had not taken advantage of the booking.
Well, I have requested to join the FB group and now I am going back to read the rest of the thread.
Later! :hippie:
Sue

[mellyp]

Hi all.
I will be in this cruise. We book it on the inaugural Mexican Riviera cruise. WE want to celebrate our daughter birthday on the cruise. She will be turn 9.
So they is will be me, Melly, DH Steve, DD Allison (turn 9 on the cruise) Alexis (6) & Arianne (4).

I send a request to FB group also :)

[SILLYANDI]

I haven't read through the entire thread yet but thought I would introduce myself to all of you.
We are booked on this cruise! "We" is myself, Sue, my DH, Jeff & our DS who will be 12 when we cruise. We switched over this is one after booking a dummy cruise while we were on the inaugural Wonder Mexican Riviera cruise in January. The discounts and OBC was great. We had done one cruise before in Jan 2008 on the Magic, Eastern 7 day but had not taken advantage of the booking.
Well, I have requested to join the FB group and now I am going back to read the rest of the thread.
Later! :hippie:
Sue

Hi all.
I will be in this cruise. We book it on the inaugural Mexican Riviera cruise. WE want to celebrate our daughter birthday on the cruise. She will be turn 9.
So they is will be me, Melly, DH Steve, DD Allison (turn 9 on the cruise) Alexis (6) & Arianne (4).

I send a request to FB group also :)

Welcome Sue and Melly and families! Our meet board has been a tad bit quiet lately. I suspect real life has taken over everyone's time recently...Look forward to getting to know you!

[sammydent]

Hi all! Just booked this cruise today...woohoo!! :yay: There will be 6 of us sailing - me (Samantha), DH Jason, DS Austin (he will be 15 at time of sailing), DD Kennedy (she will be 11), DFIL Bob and DMIL Linda. This will be our second Disney cruise. We did a 7 day Eastern on the Magic in October 2009. We are all incredibly excited to be sailing on the Fantasy.

Looking forward to getting to know everyone!

[joius24]

:welcome:

Sue, Melly and Samantha (and your families) The more the merrier....

Time is flying LOL Our dream cruise is not only 4 mo. away and I KNOW this one will be here sooner than I think:yay:

Just booked a Disneyland Trip for this June too princess:

Its gonna be a disney summer!

[shellcruiser]

I haven't read through the entire thread yet but thought I would introduce myself to all of you.
We are booked on this cruise! "We" is myself, Sue, my DH, Jeff & our DS who will be 12 when we cruise. We switched over this is one after booking a dummy cruise while we were on the inaugural Wonder Mexican Riviera cruise in January. The discounts and OBC was great. We had done one cruise before in Jan 2008 on the Magic, Eastern 7 day but had not taken advantage of the booking.
Well, I have requested to join the FB group and now I am going back to read the rest of the thread.
Later! :hippie:
Sue

Hi all.
I will be in this cruise. We book it on the inaugural Mexican Riviera cruise. WE want to celebrate our daughter birthday on the cruise. She will be turn 9.
So they is will be me, Melly, DH Steve, DD Allison (turn 9 on the cruise) Alexis (6) & Arianne (4).

I send a request to FB group also :)

Hi all! Just booked this cruise today...woohoo!! :yay: There will be 6 of us sailing - me (Samantha), DH Jason, DS Austin (he will be 15 at time of sailing), DD Kennedy (she will be 11), DFIL Bob and DMIL Linda. This will be our second Disney cruise. We did a 7 day Eastern on the Magic in October 2009. We are all incredibly excited to be sailing on the Fantasy.

Looking forward to getting to know everyone!

WELCOME ABOARD!!!: :banana: pirate: pirate: :banana:

[SueTGGR]

:welcome:

Sue, Melly and Samantha (and your families) The more the merrier....
Time is flying LOL Our dream cruise is not only 4 mo. away and I KNOW this one will be here sooner than I think:yay:
Just booked a Disneyland Trip for this June too princess:
Its gonna be a disney summer!

We go every year around Father's Day! But then we have a shorter travel time than you do, probably. :love: This year we are staying in the Grand CA villas! Our 3rd time. :wizard: I am hoping for a room further up as we seem to get ground level. We are a little bummed that there will be a Grad Night our 2nd day there but we are working around it. :cool1:

I am so glad it has been sunny the last few days as I was thinking I wasn't living in California anymore. Word is that it will be a very warm summer. Better than cold, right?

Later,
Sue

[SILLYANDI]

Going to D Land today with the kiddos. It's been...gasp..A WHOLE MONTH and we are all jones-ing for our Disney fix :dance3:
I'm pretty sure that having passes is the only thing that keeps me from going off the deep end waiting for our next cruise!

I'll have to get dates from all of you who are coming out west this summer so that we can have a little mini-meet with you at D Land!:grouphug:

[SueTGGR]

Going to D Land today with the kiddos. It's been...gasp..A WHOLE MONTH and we are all jones-ing for our Disney fix :dance3:
I'm pretty sure that having passes is the only thing that keeps me from going off the deep end waiting for our next cruise!

I'll have to get dates from all of you who are coming out west this summer so that we can have a little mini-meet with you at D Land!:grouphug:

We will be there June 15th to the 19th but don't plan anything for the 16th as that will be the Grad Night. :eek:

Enjoy Disneyland! :cool2: It should be a beautiful day. :cloud9:
Later,
Sue

[joius24]

We will be there June 15th to the 19th but don't plan anything for the 16th as that will be the Grad Night. :eek:

Enjoy Disneyland! :cool2: It should be a beautiful day. :cloud9:
Later,
Sue

I am just missing you guys Sue...we fly IN on the 19th LOL... :eek:
maybe next time :thumbsup2 (although you are right about the distancce) It is not likely we will do it often LOL

Who know Silly, maybe we will see you guys there

How warm is it in June in Anaheim? I seem to remember warm days but chilly nights?

I think we are going to do the meal/World of Color thing too... I have been to Disneyland but my son has not so I am excited for him and the new things I have not seen.

[SueTGGR]

I am just missing you guys Sue...we fly IN on the 19th LOL... :eek:
maybe next time :thumbsup2 (although you are right about the distance) It is not likely we will do it often LOL
Who know Silly, maybe we will see you guys there
How warm is it in June in Anaheim? I seem to remember warm days but chilly nights?
I think we are going to do the meal/World of Color thing too... I have been to Disneyland but my son has not so I am excited for him and the new things I have not seen.

We had to move our plans to a day or two earlier or else we would have been there! Turns out my son is graduation from UC Irvine on the 10th so we are saving ourselves 2 trips down in a week. Plus we can hang out with him for a bit. :grouphug:
Temps have been basically warm during the day and cool once the sun goes down when we go in June (this is our 6th straight Father's Day trip). Chilly nights are relative. It is more So Cal chilly. :thumbsup2 I'm sure a light jacket or sweater is maybe all you will need.

I would HIGHLY recommend the World of Color with either the meal or the picnic. We did Ariels Grotto mainly because the food choices fit our family better. I think if you are coming all the way over here, it is well worth the extra. I also suggest getting into the first show of the evening. I love the pre-show, but then we haven't seen it for almost a whole year. Definitely read through threads that tell you the best places to stand. I have been told that the further you are back the better to take it all in but where that is exactly is tough.

Silly, you said you were going today, how was it? Did you see about the fire in the new Cars area? I hope it didn't put a damper on your day. it sounded like it wasn't a big deal but Disney has good PR people. :wizard: It had to be a beautiful day either way, I hope you put sunscreen on!:hippie:
Later,
Sue

[ccmystic16]

I'm new to a Disney Cruise Thread so since I have some time until we depart422 days but who counting I thought I would add my name to the list.

We sailed in January 2010 on the Eastern Caribbean and we have been wanting to do the Western. We just booked it on Saturday and we are all super excited.

Myself (Cynthia) DH (Neil), DS (John Wesley - 11 -Turns 12 on the day we arrive back on port on the 16th) and DD (Adrianna - 8 - turns 9 two weeks later). Needless to say we will be heading to WDW for his special day before returning home.

Wishing everyone a magical evening.:thumbsup2

[maria-fan-22]

Hey everyone! Me and my family will most likely be on this cruise or the May 26th cruise. we will decide while onboard the Dream in 7.5 weeks:banana: Can't wait either way!! pirate:

[Jodijo]

I'm new to a Disney Cruise Thread so since I have some time until we depart422 days but who counting I thought I would add my name to the list.

We sailed in January 2010 on the Eastern Caribbean and we have been wanting to do the Western. We just booked it on Saturday and we are all super excited.

Myself (Cynthia) DH (Neil), DS (John Wesley - 11 -Turns 12 on the day we arrive back on port on the 16th) and DD (Adrianna - 8 - turns 9 two weeks later). Needless to say we will be heading to WDW for his special day before returning home.

Wishing everyone a magical evening.:thumbsup2

Welcome Aboard! I am so glad to hear that you will be joining us!:thumbsup2 Per your request, I added you to our Facebook group as well.:cool1: Just think, only 421 more days to go!!!!!:rotfl2:

[ccmystic16]

Thank you for adding me to the facebook group. :) How magical. We are very excited and can't wait for our adventure.

[shellcruiser]

I'm new to a Disney Cruise Thread so since I have some time until we depart422 days but who counting I thought I would add my name to the list.

We sailed in January 2010 on the Eastern Caribbean and we have been wanting to do the Western. We just booked it on Saturday and we are all super excited.

Myself (Cynthia) DH (Neil), DS (John Wesley - 11 -Turns 12 on the day we arrive back on port on the 16th) and DD (Adrianna - 8 - turns 9 two weeks later). Needless to say we will be heading to WDW for his special day before returning home.

Wishing everyone a magical evening.:thumbsup2

Welcome aboard. Which 2010 Eastern were you on? We sailed on the 01/16/10 Eastern, and had a blast. I don't remember much of Pirate night, pirate: but I sure enjoyed the day at St. Maarten:rolleyes1. Great beach day!!! I even left a little rum on the island:rotfl:

[pittsburghmarc]

Hi everyone...Just checking in. Our cruise can't come fast enough. I've had a tough couple of weeks recently and I'm really in need of a Disney retreat. Checking up on the boards and listening to MouseWorld radio has helped, but nothing compared to a Disney trip. I'm also helping my wife's cousin with her WDW trip planning.

Well, thanks for listening. Can't wait to meet everyone on board the Fantasy :) BTW, I was fooled by that Duffy report for about 30 minutes. Anyone else?

[3luv2travel]

Hello everyone! It's been a while since we checked in as we went to DC and points east for Spring Break. Hit the Cherry Blossom Festival and had a great time. DH always says I shouldn't plan the next vacation before this years is over so....I can now "officially" plan this cruise (though I booked on opening day last fall!). It'll be nice to have only one trip to think about for the next.....14 months!!!

Have a great spring. We're definitely jealous of all of the Disneyland and WDW trips people have planned but I guess we can enjoy your stories and trip reports while we muddle through.:thumbsup2

[parrotheadmom]

Just checking in, I'm back from my WDW spring break trip and ready to start planning for this cruise. I'll go back and add all the new families to the thread. :goodvibes I'm looking forward to getting to know you all!!!

[parrotheadmom]

If any of you are on twitter I'm @ljanesherrera.:)

[SILLYANDI]

Hi everyone...Just checking in. Our cruise can't come fast enough. I've had a tough couple of weeks recently and I'm really in need of a Disney retreat. Checking up on the boards and listening to MouseWorld radio has helped, but nothing compared to a Disney trip. I'm also helping my wife's cousin with her WDW trip planning.

Well, thanks for listening. Can't wait to meet everyone on board the Fantasy :) BTW, I was fooled by that Duffy report for about 30 minutes. Anyone else?

Hey Marc, hope things have slowed down a bit for you..I have family in Rochester, are you in the Pitt area or just a Pitt fan?

[SILLYANDI]

Hello everyone! It's been a while since we checked in as we went to DC and points east for Spring Break. Hit the Cherry Blossom Festival and had a great time. [QUOTE]

Sounds like a fun trip! Our GS troop is planning a DC/New York trip for 2 years from now-Can't wait!

[QUOTE=maria-fan-22;40725039]Hey everyone! Me and my family will most likely be on this cruise or the May 26th cruise. we will decide while onboard the Dream in 7.5 weeks:banana: Can't wait either way!! pirate:

I'm new to a Disney Cruise Thread so since I have some time until we depart422 days but who counting I thought I would add my name to the list.
:welcome:
Hopefully we will get some life back here on our thread as we get closer to cruisin':yay:

[pittsburghmarc]

Hey Marc, hope things have slowed down a bit for you..I have family in Rochester, are you in the Pitt area or just a Pitt fan?

Yes, we live in the south suburbs of Pittsburgh

[shellcruiser]

Just checking back in... can't wait for summer break. We have reserved a campsite at Fort Wilderness for July. I'm excited to get a Disney fix this year!:yay: We have never been to WDW in July so I'm trying to come up with ways to "cool off". Think we'll try out one of the water parks while we're there. Any recommendations for which park is better with kids almost 11 and 13?

[joius24]

Just checking back in... can't wait for summer break. We have reserved a campsite at Fort Wilderness for July. I'm excited to get a Disney fix this year!:yay: We have never been to WDW in July so I'm trying to come up with ways to "cool off". Think we'll try out one of the water parks while we're there. Any recommendations for which park is better with kids almost 11 and 13?

My son loves Animal Kingdom ...he is 15 now but we've been there at 11 and 13 ...he loves nature ands wild animals .... PS if you want to get on Everest ..the roller coaster, fast pass it as soon as you get into the park..those passes go quickly :thumbsup2

[pittsburghmarc]

Hi guys and gals. How exciting, the first detail of the ship revealed. I'm kinda surprised they are doing so many new things compared to the Dream. Our cruise will be here before you know it! :cool1:

[LuvtheEars]

So someone finally posted pics of what I think are the equivalent of our rooms and HOLY MOLEY our verandahs are HUGE!!!
http://i512.photobucket.com/albums/t329/mingohead/DCL/Disneycruise2011lumix115-1.jpg

We have two of the aft 6b Verandahs so two times this size?!

If it's true, we'd be glad to host a pre dinner mingle one night!!! GEEZ I can't get over the size!

We have one of these too! How cool to actually see one! I have one of the larger Verandahs on deck 5 for my Dream cruise in Sept, but I don't think it will be anything like this one! :banana:

[steelemdsd]

Count us in .. thanks for starting the thread.

Me (Matt), Denette (DW), Spencer (DS,12), Delaney (DD,11).

This will be our third Disney Cruise and have loved the other two so really looking forward to this one. The Eastern was fantastic last year and I hope the Western will be just as good.

[SJCruiser]

Hi there,

We've had this booked since the 1st day, so I'm a little late checking in. It'll be me, DH, DD(8) and DS(8). I don't do Facebook so will just be checking here. Looking forward to seeing Minnie's ship!

[shellcruiser]

53 weeks to go! :banana:

[sammydent]

Not that we're counting... :rotfl2:

[mama-cindy]

Hi,
I will be bringing my husband Gary & 2 grandsons (Denver 7, & Logan 6)
can't wait!

This will be our 3rd & D&L's 2nd Disney cruise.:yay:

[maria-fan-22]

Hey y'all!!! So we just got off the gorgeous Dream on friday and booked this cruise while onboard!!! :cool1: :cool1: :cool1: Can't wait!!!!!

It will be:

Robert(Dad); Sody(Mom); William(Me)(18); and ideally a friend of mine. We should know who for sure in about 6 months or before. Oh and we have two rooms, one of which is an inside, so if anyone wants to sneak into our rooms for a bit to see the Virtual Porthole, just let me know! pirate:

[3luv2travel]

1 year to go! Let's hope the next 365 days just FLY BY (well, I see the counter says 366 days but that's close enough for me!!) It's exciting to see so many new people joining our thread....WELCOME :)

[maria-fan-22]

1 year to go! Let's hope the next 365 days just FLY BY (well, I see the counter says 366 days but that's close enough for me!!)

It's because next year is a leap year so we all have to wait one extra day than everyone else. :( But now were at 358 day!!!!!!!! So super fantastic! pirate:

[eeyoremommy]

Hi everyone! We will be on the Fantasy will y'all. We had originally booked an Alaskan cruise this summer, but we decided to sail on the Allure and move our booking to the Fantasy instead. This will be our third Disney cruise and second Disney western itinerary. By the time we cruise, we will have also done at least three other cruises. It will be DH, DS, and myself. DS' age at the time of the cruise will be 8. We miss not getting to do a Disney cruise before next June, but at least we only live an hour from WDW. We look forward to a lot of fun:)

[parrotheadmom]

Hey everyone just checking in with everybody, I hope all is well. Now that we are under a year I'm starting to get really excited. :dance3: I'm just under 3 weeks until I can book my DVC room at Animal Kingdom for our pre cruise stay.

[sammatt]

Hi there!

My name is Lisa, and I will be on this cruise with you. It wll be myself, my hubby, Dave, and our kids Samantha (14) and Matthew (12). We'll also be joined by my parents, Lee and Georgia. This will be our 5th Disney Cruise, having sailed 3 times on the Magic and once on the Wonder. I can't wait to explore the new ship and see new shows! (I am a TA and toured the Dream earlier this month...it made me even more excited to get onboard the Fantasy. I LOVE the enchanted art!!!)

I haven't read through the thread yet, but look forward to going back and learning a bit about all of YOU! :)

I've never participated in a FE exchange, but am hoping to do so this time around. I think it would be great fun!

Have a great day! :thumbsup2

[SueTGGR]

Well I need everyone to keep their fingers crossed and send pixie dust my way, :wizard: I don't want to cancel this cruise but we may have to. :eek: We moved our son to a new charter school & they don't their calendar put together, yet. With it being a new school, we have a start date:surfweb: (later than we typically start) but they just hired a principal. I am hoping they don't wait too much longer to put together the school schedule. So hopefully I will be checking in again with good news and not bad news. If we have to cancel this it will throw out whole summer off. :scared1:
Later,
Sue

[JustJanice]

Hi, everyone! My DH and DD8 will be sailing with you all. We've been on the Magic five times and will be on the Wonder next week, so we are so looking forward to a new ship and trying out the Aquaduck!

I finally learned what a fish extender is, so we'd love to join in on that fun, too.

[shellcruiser]

BUMMER!!! I just cancelled our ressie for this cruise. I'll spare the details and say that it just isn't working out for next summer. I booked this last Oct. the first day dates were released for booking. I'm extremely disappointed, but at least we never told the kids. I am one of the folks who volunteered to organize the Fish Extender exchange so someone will need to take that over.

[PixieDust215]

Hi Everyone! I just realized that I never checked in on this thread. My family and I will be joining you and CANNOT WAIT!!! It's me, Mary, hubby Blake, son Zachary who's 11, and daughter Haley who will be 9. We just booked a 7N Mexican Riviera cruise for this October, so my head isn't quite where it should be trying to get that one figured out. We're from Texas TX, so be prepared for ya'll a lot, but it looks like we already have quite a few Texans on this cruise. ;)

Can't wait to meet everyone!

[sasser05]

We will be sailing with y'all...me..Jennifer Husband Jeremy and 11 yr old daughter Caley... This is our 10th cruise but just as excited as always:cool1:

[fdwang]

Who else is going? It's going to be me Lynette, DH Chris, DD (16) Delaney, and DD (13) Marley (at time of cruise). :yay:

This is a link to the closed facebook group titled June 9, 2012 Fantasy Disney Cruise

http://www.facebook.com/#!/home.php?sk=group_125706810819547&ap=1
log into FB then you can request to join. This would be an additional way to keep in touch :goodvibes

You can pm Jodijo with your FB name.

Roll Call

parrotheadmom Lynette, Chris, Delaney (16) Marley (13)
dato63 John, Deb, Madison (8) Makayla (8)
ladyniles who is hoping to book in January
3luv2travel Steve, Amy, and DD Hanna(14)
Jodijo Jodi, Mitch, Mason (17) and Mickayla (14)
PoeticMoe Monie and DS (11)
shellcruiser Michelle, DH, DD (11) and DD (13)
joius24 herself and DS (16)
wdwluvrs Mike and Eileen
kasidak Karyn, Omar, and DS Hayden (I think he will be about 9)
mcnoon herself and DD (19) and DS (16)
Terimac Teri, DH, DS(7) DD(6)
Wendy1976 herself, DH, DD (19) DS (8)
alexandmaddie Krista, DH, DD (16) DD (12) DS (9)
mjackson3 JP, Marisa,DS Mathew (7) DD Meredith (5)
SILLYANDI Andrea, Matt,DD Madison (14) DD Morgan (12) DS Parker (11) DD Mikelyn
Rahrah
Hotmama Heather, DH, DD (8) DS (6)
VMinick, Vanessa, DH Matt, DS(11) DS(9)
LuvtheEars, DH, DS Grady (11/12) DD Megan (9)
Pegthelawyer, Peggy, DH, DD (21)
DD (17) DS (19) friend DD (7) DD (14)
seallenz, DH, DD (12) DD (13)
Shann, Shannon, Sam, DD Morgan (10) DD Lily (8)

Add my Family

Franklin, DW, DS(9), DS(4)

[joius24]

Just off the DREAM (sailed right around Irene :thumbsup2) and my DS says, "Mom we HAVE to do another cruise before June!, thats too Long!":rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

I told him he needs to get a job then.:thumbsup2 The Dream was awesome and I am looking forward to the Fantasy.

Sorry can't help with organizing FE... not going to do it for this cruise:confused3

I would like to sneak a cruise in between but it is not likely unless I hit the lottery (it could happen;) )

Looking forward to June already!

[sammydent]

Are we going to do a FE exchange? I read that someone who originally was going to coordinate it can no longer do it. I would like to participate, but definitely am not up for organizing it! :scared1: I was not blessed with the gift of organization, as anyone in my family can attest to. :rotfl:

[sammatt]

Hello, all!

I am up for organizing the FE exchange. I haven't participated before, but have always wanted to, and I happen to be quite the organizer. (For better or worse, hahaha!!)

I'll post more details soon!

[joius24]

Hello, all!

I am up for organizing the FE exchange. I haven't participated before, but have always wanted to, and I happen to be quite the organizer. (For better or worse, hahaha!!)

I'll post more details soon!

Thanks for stepping up! much appreciated.... still deciding if I want to FE or not... but its nice that someone has offered to help :goodvibes

Actually considering a b2b with two seperate ports :confused3 (get off this one..go right to to NYC and get on the Magic?) Just a thought right now..have to materialize the money now :idea: thinking......

[sammatt]

We will be sailing with y'all...me..Jennifer Husband Jeremy and 11 yr old daughter Caley... This is our 10th cruise but just as excited as always:cool1:

Welcome, Jennifer!!!

[sammatt]

I just got my inspiration for the FE exchange today, so I am excited to get the sign-ups going. Here are the basic guidelines that those participating agree to…

1. Gifts may be for either individuals or families, it’s up to your discretion and imagination. Just give something that you would be happy to receive in return.
2. Gifts may be delivered at any time during the cruise, allowing the givers to distribute them as they see fit. (I.e. All in one day, a couple of little gifts given over several days, passing out gifts to different decks on different days, etc.)
3. This is an honor system, so please be honorable and follow through on your intentions and commitment.

To sign up, please PM me the following info. If you want to email me, or you don't have enough posts to PM me, you can do so at lstenfort@yahoo.com.
Board Name:
Real Names and ages of Family Members (in case of personalization, and you can just say AD for adults. LOL!):
Cabin # if you have it:
Email address (Will not be given out. Only used for me to send you the final list):

I will compile the info. and distribute it only to those participating before the cruise. I will not give anyone else this information, nor use it for any other purposes. Your privacy will be respected. :thumbsup2

[JustJanice]

Thanks. I need to quit being such a lurker and work on my post count here so I can send you a PM. :rotfl: I definitely want to join in on the fun. I am so looking forward to the new ship!

[sammatt]

Thanks. I need to quit being such a lurker and work on my post count here so I can send you a PM. :rotfl: I definitely want to join in on the fun. I am so looking forward to the new ship!

Thanks for the heads up about the post count. If you want to join, but don't have enough posts to PM me, you can send me an email at lstenfort@yahoo.com. :goodvibes

[sammatt]

If you sent me an email re: the FE exchange before this evening, I did not receive it, due to an email issue. Please resend, as all is fixed now.

[SFed]

Hey there Lynette, please add us to the roll call. It will be me, DW, DD (11), DS (8) and DS (8). This will be the 12th DCL cruise for me, the wife and daughter and #5 for the twins. Yes, we are crazy and we are parrottheads to boot!

We were on the Dream for a 5 night double dip in June and it was fantastic as always. Since we have done a double dip before we have now spent a total of two weeks on Castaway Cay, one of my favorite places on earth. Please don't let some of those negative trip reports get to you. The new ship was different, but just as great as the Magic and Wonder and the Disney service was there as well. We went on Freedom of the Seas in August, and let me tell you there is HUGE difference and Disney does it so much better.

Anyway, we have been to the ports of call many times, so if you have any questions about them or the ship - ask away.

[Dlafarrell]

Lynette,

Please add my family to the roll call. Family members are in the signature below. We are from the northwest suburbs of Chicago. This will be our 13th cruise (3rd on DCL) after a cruise coming in March on Royal Caribbean with the in-laws. We loved the Magic and Wonder and cannot wait to sail Fantasy!

Thanks to all the others that have contributed on the boards!

The Facebook page is fantastic, as well as the banner that was created. Thanks Jodi and Andrea!

Also, thanks Lisa for heading up the FE Exchange! We would love to participate. I will send you our information via email.

[disneylove927]

This cruise will be our third Disney Cruise!!! The family is so excited. ::MinnieMo

[disneylove927]

Hey there Lynette, please add us to the roll call. It will be me, DW, DD (11), DS (8) and DS (8). This will be the 12th DCL cruise for me, the wife and daughter and #5 for the twins. Yes, we are crazy and we are parrottheads to boot!

We were on the Dream for a 5 night double dip in June and it was fantastic as always. Since we have done a double dip before we have now spent a total of two weeks on Castaway Cay, one of my favorite places on earth. Please don't let some of those negative trip reports get to you. The new ship was different, but just as great as the Magic and Wonder and the Disney service was there as well. We went on Freedom of the Seas in August, and let me tell you there is HUGE difference and Disney does it so much better.

Anyway, we have been to the ports of call many times, so if you have any questions about them or the ship - ask away.
Wow so many cruises! How exciting, we have never cruised any other cruiseline but I don't know that we would want to.

[chinarider]

Hi, My name is Julie and My daughter ( 17 at time of cruise ) and I will be onboard the June cruise as well. We are coming from Arizona and I think this will be our 4th Disney cruise but, it has been some time since our last (unfortunately). We are coming out from AZ and trying perhaps to budget 5-7 days at WDW before heading out to see. Any other cruisers on this thread planning that? My daughter would love additional company besides dear old Mom. Thanks

[joius24]

:goodvibes HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO EVERYONE! :goodvibes

[joius24]

Its been really quiet around here..... anyone out there? :surfweb:

[mellyp]

I have to cancel my Disney Fantasy Cruise, because I am expecting the unexpected. I am 10 weeks pregnant and due in July.

[joius24]

Hard to say sorry for such Great News! :goodvibes Congrats MellyP and I am sure you will be taking many more cruises with an extra passanger :thumbsup2...

See you on another Voyage !

[pittsburghmarc]

I have to cancel my Disney Fantasy Cruise, because I am expecting the unexpected. I am 10 weeks pregnant and due in July.

Congrats! We are in a similar boat :rotfl2: We just welcomed a baby boy. And as much as we love Disney cruises, we are not taking an infant on a cruise ship.

We moved our reservation to NYE cruise on the Dream in 2013.

[chinarider]

Getting excited. Purchasing Disney gift cards at Target ( with discounts for red card and coupon promotion )- to use towards payment..... Made my ressies for 6/2-6/9 at POP prior to cruise. Now all we need to do is pray that business is good ( commission only ) and that I can afford both.

[mellyp]

Hard to say sorry for such Great News! :goodvibes Congrats MellyP and I am sure you will be taking many more cruises with an extra passanger :thumbsup2...

See you on another Voyage !

Thank you

[mellyp]

Congrats! We are in a similar boat :rotfl2: We just welcomed a baby boy. And as much as we love Disney cruises, we are not taking an infant on a cruise ship.

We moved our reservation to NYE cruise on the Dream in 2013.

Thanks and Congrats for new baby boy. We just thinking to moved our reservation to Christmas cruise on Fantasy in 2013. We think we will do it while onboard on MR cruise next January. Next cruise have to be 2 room for us (4 kids)


Getting excited. Purchasing Disney gift cards at Target ( with discounts for red card and coupon promotion )- to use towards payment..... Made my ressies for 6/2-6/9 at POP prior to cruise. Now all we need to do is pray that business is good ( commission only ) and that I can afford both.

We are doing the same too for our MR cruise and for booking our new cruise onboard on January 2012

[3luv2travel]

Just realized while reading through other posts and realized that it's SIX MONTHS and counting until we leave. Our temps tonight are supposed by be in the -0's with wind chills of -15F. I guess I'll just have to think warm thoughts and of the CC beach tonight as I try to stay warm.

Hope everyone has a great December!:santa:

[chinarider]

Anyone planning yet? Thoughts, suggestions....

[sammatt]

Hello, fellow cruisers!

Life has been busy, so it's been a while since I've been on here. So, I just wanted in and remind you that we do have a FE Exchange going on for this cruise. We'd love to have you join us if you're interested. We simply ask that you commit to delivering gifts to other participants some time during the cruise. You can do one item for the whole family, or different items for different age groups/people, it's up to you. The most important thing is that you do deliver your gifts at your convenience, and give something you'd be happy to receive.

Here's who I have down as participating so far...
Sammatt (2 rooms)
dlafarrell
SillyandI (2 rooms)
MariaFan22 (2 rooms)
Pixiedust215
sammydent
Pauley family

If you'd like to join, feel free to send me a PM or email me. lstenfort@yahoo.com :thumbsup2

[chinarider]

I read this on the budget board and signed my MC up today:

Mastercard is offering a free $20 gift card when you register your card and spend $200 online between now and Dec. 31, 2011. Details here:

https://holiday.mastercard.com/

It is legit however, since it just goes thru 12/31 and was limited to 80,000 not sure if they have capped out yet. I went ahead and paid for my airline ticket (SW so if prices go down, I can still get credit from them) and hopefully I will get an $20 gift card for purchase from MC.

Also, if you have a Disney Visa card and are not a DVC member, you can call 888-838-1406 and take a over the phone tour ( need to be by a computer ) and they will send you a $40 Disney gift card. You need to be have a Disney card and provide the first 6 digits of the card. I dont have one but, my sister does, so I had her do it. Takes maybe 10 minutes or so.

Love getting these prices down. I got a deal on my return airfare because I have had many numerous problems with Delta ( unfortunately, still did ) so I got return from Orlando to Tucson for $215 for 2 people!!!! Now of course, we will have to probably pay $120 for our luggage but we can use the cruise transfer and not have to worry about our baggage etc. The cost combined would probably be the minimum that SW would charge and they are not set up on the transfers etc thru DCL. This way, I'm not letting the vouchers ( there were 5 ) from Delta go to waste ( they expired in Aug anyway ). The only down side is that it is a two stop trip. Delta changes flight times so often, hopefully it will be changed in my favor as we get closer to departure. +

[wispy204]

We are booked for the cruise. This will be # 11!!!! Can't wait to get onboard!!!


Nicole :teacher:
Wayne :cool2:

Alexander (7):paw:


Can't wait to meet everyone!

[mcnoon]

Just wondering if anyone has had this happen. I had booked our room as a 9A originally using the dreams unlimited travel agency. Now I see on the DCL website that we have been assigned a category 9C room - one with an obstructed view. I thought we were guaranteed our room category and couldn't be assigned to a lower class of room? I emailed dreams unlimited, but was wondering if that has ever happened to anyone else? We booked the room in November 2010.

[joius24]

Hello, fellow cruisers!

Life has been busy, so it's been a while since I've been on here. So, I just wanted in and remind you that we do have a FE Exchange going on for this cruise.

If you'd like to join, feel free to send me a PM or email me. lstenfort@yahoo.com :thumbsup2

Hi Sammatt,
Question.... is there a place where there is a list of ages and genders of all of the room occupants in the FE? I have not yet commited to participating but I woudl like to get a handle on an total # of people vs. rooms before I commit?

And...welcome all new thread posters/cruisers

[RogerG]

first Disney Cruise, and first time on the boards. Not sure we understand all of the tricks and abbreviations yet, but it will be me, DH Roger, DS Jordan (17) and DD Joanna (4)

[mmhhmm]

Hi All!

After seeing the pics of the new ship coming out of dry dock, I'm finally starting to get excited about this cruise! I am married to RAHRAH who posted quite a while ago. We will be celebrating our 30th anniv. on this cruise. We will be joined by DH's parents who are first time DCL cruisers. Should be a fun time!

We did a NCL cruise (Boston to Bermuda) last summer (won't do that again!!)
so am really looking forward to being back on DCL where they know how to make people happy :banana: :goodvibes: :love:

I don't FB or any other social media so I'll be checking in here periodically to see what's going on.

Nice to meet all of you!

[bpate]

Hi Everyone!! My family will be on this cruise as well. We signed up during our last cruise (7 night Eastern on the Magic - Sept 2010). This will be our 3rd Disney Cruise!

ME - Brandy
DH - Brice
DD - Brynna (8)
DS - Bronson (4)

We would like to participate in the FE.

I also sent a request for the FB page.

We can't wait! We love cruising (my kids love room service - even worse is they expect it!!). Can you say rotten? :rotfl2:

[MelissaE1]

Hi everyone,

We will also be joining you on this cruise, we are going for DS' high school graduation and 18th bday.

It will be me, DH, DS18 and DD13.

Really getting excited now that Fantasy has floated out!

[joius24]

Welcome and hello to all the new thread joinees! :welcome:

Got the "you can book your excusions soon" -email:thumbsup2 makes it seem closer and closer.

Waiting (not very patiently) for Magic and Wonder 2013 stuff to come out, there is rumor of another Med. summer, but nothing yet. :rolleyes1 the suspence is killin me! Someone said something about announcements this Monday? hmmmm

[pixiedust323]

This is our first cruise, so excited!

[eeyoremommy]

We will be on this cruise. It will be our third Disney cruise. We were supposed to go last year to Alaska out of Vancouver and moved our booking to the Fantasy.

DH
me
DS - 8

We have done the FE in the past. We are waiting to see the number before we decide. Last time, we had a lot of last minute adds and ended up with an unusually large number of participants. It was a lot of fun but a lot of work. DH doesn't want to work:)

[poppop]

It will be myself (Matt), DW (Lora), DD (Sydney, 11). This will be our first cruise together and the first ever for my wife and daughter. Looking forward to a great time!

[MelissaE1]

Hi everyone, just checking back in. :)

I am pretty excited because I just made our final payment. :banana: It's especially nice because my husband's company dropped the vacation sell back program unexpectedly that we planned to use to pay for the rest of this cruise, and I thought we were going to have to cancel my son's graduation/18th bday cruise we promised him. We had to cut waaaaay back on some stuff and between that and some financial finagling we figured it out. So I guess I'm doubly excited!

I feel a little like a newbie with the Fantasy. We had the Magic/Wonder thing figured out, but it's like a whole new ball game now. No idea about the new boarding process, or Remy, or any of that. It's fun to have some unknowns to look forward to.

Anyone planned any excursions, etc. yet? We've been on the Western before, but never to Costa Maya, so that's where I'm looking right now. I think we are going to do a Mayan ruins tour, my kids are old enough to appreciate it now. And if they don't, they should appreciate that they can be quiet or next time I'll leave them home. :laughing:

Time is getting shorter, it will be here before we know it! :)

[mama-cindy]

Just checking in again & wanting to know how large the FE group has become?
We participated on the maiden voyage of the Dream & it was quite a large group. I am already working on gifts, so I guess I plan to be in,anyway!?
i thought I saw a small list earlier but now i could not find it?
thanks

[MelissaE1]

Just checking in again & wanting to know how large the FE group has become?
We participated on the maiden voyage of the Dream & it was quite a large group. I am already working on gifts, so I guess I plan to be in,anyway!?
i thought I saw a small list earlier but now i could not find it?
thanks

I think it is post #200. I would also like to know. My DD really wants to do it, and I loved our last one, but I also made laminated DIS lanyard tags for everyone on our cruise meet thread and it got to be a pretty big project! I saw another group who had decided to divide their FE if it got past 20 cabins, I thought that was a nice solution for one that got too large.

[MelissaE1]

Our thread is so quiet... where is everyone? Are you all hanging out on the FB page instead? :scratchin I haven't connected to that yet.

Or maybe everyone is just tired of waiting 5 minutes for each page on the DIS to load? :laughing:

Nearly down to 4 months now!

[joius24]

oooooh noooooo! DIS posted the message twice for no reason ???? original is below .... it sure is acting weird tonight?

[joius24]

Our thread is so quiet... where is everyone? Are you all hanging out on the FB page instead? :scratchin I haven't connected to that yet.

Or maybe everyone is just tired of waiting 5 minutes for each page on the DIS to load? :laughing:

Nearly down to 4 months now!

Hi Melissa! Are they watchin football?
It's been pretty quiet there too, today anyway. oh and I am glad someone else noticed DIS is SLOW this weekend!:rolleyes1

Still checkin out the FE count myself:confused3

Recently booked the Med. in 2013:scared1: will need to work hard to pay that one off. Are there any discruise interventionists in the audience....I am addicted!:rotfl:

[MelissaE1]

Are there any discruise interventionists in the audience....I am addicted!:rotfl:

Well, if you find one ask if they have group discounts. :laughing: I am totally jealous of your "back to back" cruise! I would like to do one someday. Still, I thought our first would be our one and only and somehow we are coming up on my 6th (kids 5th) Disney Cruise, so I guess I'm pretty lucky. :)

I had a dummy booking I needed to move so I moved it to the EBTA for May 2013. I doubt we'll actually be able to go as I realized my DD would miss 2-1/2 of her last 3 weeks of 8th grade. That's finals and "graduation" so probably not. (Not to mention we usually don't have to fly, but this time would have to add about $4k for that. :eek:) My DS will be a college freshman next year and out in early May, so I'm wondering if I can get away with just me and him. Also probably not if DH has anything to say about it, lol. Still, I can hope, right?

No clue what's up with the boards, lately is the worst I've seen it in all the years I've posted here. A few times I've seen it time stamp stuff all wrong... people's questions were getting answered before they were even asking them! :rotfl:

[joius24]

Well, if you find one ask if they have group discounts. :laughing: I am totally jealous of your "back to back" cruise! I would like to do one someday. Still, I thought our first would be our one and only and somehow we are coming up on my 6th (kids 5th) Disney Cruise, so I guess I'm pretty lucky. :)

I had a dummy booking I needed to move so I moved it to the EBTA for May 2013. I doubt we'll actually be able to go as I realized my DD would miss 2-1/2 of her last 3 weeks of 8th grade. That's finals and "graduation" so probably not. (Not to mention we usually don't have to fly, but this time would have to add about $4k for that. :eek:) My DS will be a college freshman next year and out in early May, so I'm wondering if I can get away with just me and him. Also probably not if DH has anything to say about it, lol. Still, I can hope, right?

No clue what's up with the boards, lately is the worst I've seen it in all the years I've posted here. A few times I've seen it time stamp stuff all wrong... people's questions were getting answered before they were even asking them! :rotfl:

My DS was in 8th when we did the EBTA, glad we did it then vs. High school. Seems like HS is harder. He had to do a "report". Plus what a great graduation present! Plus you are only flying one way (do I have ya convinced yet ??LOL)

I have this "if you deposit ...it will come" philosophy LOL We will get to the Med even if we are riding on a wing! :cloud9:

Da Board is a little better this AM...:woohoo: Hope it stays this way.

[MelissaE1]

My DS was in 8th when we did the EBTA, glad we did it then vs. High school. Seems like HS is harder. He had to do a "report". Plus what a great graduation present! Plus you are only flying one way (do I have ya convinced yet ??LOL)

I have this "if you deposit ...it will come" philosophy LOL We will get to the Med even if we are riding on a wing! :cloud9:

Da Board is a little better this AM...:woohoo: Hope it stays this way.

I agree middle school is definitely easier than HS. I still might consider it, but she doesn't like the idea because of the timing – I suspect it's more missing the "end of middle school" festivities than anything else. ;) Also I'm not sure how willing the teachers would be to work with us on having her finals a week or two early. Seems like the older they get, the harder it is. We've been taking them out since they were little to cruise and never regretted it, but my DS has been doing dual enrollment at a university for the last year and a half and he missed a week last November and said it was a lot tougher to recover and he would likely not do it again in college. I guess missing a couple of calculus classes can really set you back. I wouldn't know as I think they lost me around algebra somewhere, lol.

Amazing how those deposits seem to turn into cruises that you didn't know where you coming up with the money for, isn't it? :)

Are you planning on any excursions, etc. yet? I'm not not quite sure what we are doing. We did the Western about 3 years ago and loved it, but we did more excursions than usual. Prob going to be on more of a budget for this one, and I think I'll be spending my excursion money on Remy, haha. We really loved the ATV one we did in Cozumel and I think the Xrails would be fun, but that one is pricey for four so we'll see. We always have fun whether we do a bunch of excursions or not!

[MelissaE1]

Four :jumping3: months :bounce: and :Pinkbounc counting!

[sammatt]

Hello, fellow cruisers! Yes, I've been over on the FB page, so don't stop in here too often. Right now, the FE group has about 18 cabins participating.

In order to keep the FE group a manageable size, and to have time to gather appropriate items, I will be closing the group at the end of the month. At that time I'll compile the info and send it out, so people can plan accordingly. If you'd like to join, let me know by Feb. 29th. :) Send an email with your room #, names, and kids' ages to lstenfort@yahoo.com. :thumbsup2

[SILLYANDI]

Hello, fellow cruisers! Yes, I've been over on the FB page, so don't stop in here too often. Right now, the FE group has about 18 cabins participating.

In order to keep the FE group a manageable size, and to have time to gather appropriate items, I will be closing the group at the end of the month. At that time I'll compile the info and send it out, so people can plan accordingly. If you'd like to join, let me know by Feb. 29th. :) Send an email with your room #, names, and kids' ages to lstenfort@yahoo.com. :thumbsup2

Yeah! Getting more and more excited! Once I have the list I'll make a stateroom map for everyone to make it easier to deliver their goodies!:banana:

[nemeola]

dato63.....Yay!! I'm glad that someone is joining me on this thread :goodvibes
Hi all. I am Nick and my wife Penny. This is our 12 Disney Cruise. We are taking our granddaughter (Nicole) 20 and grandson (Tony) 13. This is the 5th cruise that we have taken them. My wife and I will be celebrating our 50th anniversary in Sept and Nicole will be celebrating her 21st birthday in July. I am very active on CC but just learned of this site. Hope to get to know all of you.

[SFed]

Hey there - I posted many months ago and have not been back for awhile.

Since we are Platinum I was able to book everything last Thursday night. I logged in at midnight and by 12:04 got the last family cabana on Castaway Cay. Everything else was pretty wide open and I did change my times for both Palo (Costa Maya Day) and Remy (Day 6 - Sea Day) yesterday and almost every time was still available.

Hard to believe it is less than 4 months away since booking way back in 2010.

[Rominet]

try and reserve a cabana and now they are Sold Out. Ugh! I don't think there is much chance of one becoming available, either, but I'm crossing my fingers. I really wanted to rent one, just to try something different!

Valerie

[SFed]

Just so you don't feel too bad, I am platinum and I got the last Family Cabana at 12:04 a.m. on the first night 120 days out. They go faster than anything else.

[SILLYANDI]

I haven't been on here much AT ALL but I'm vowing to keep myself informed on all this DIS from now til the cruise!

Has anyone been to Costa Maya? I've read on other forums its a giant tourist trap designed by cruise companies to keep a captive audience, but I've heard that about Nassau too and that wasn't our experience.

Any feedback would be appreciated!

So far the only thing the kids absolutely want to do is parasailing on CC. (well, 7 yr old wants to go back and vist "her dolphin" at Chankanaab but otherwise they don't care to even look at excursions). Maybe I'll leave them on the ship and DH and I will explore the ports ourselves, lol.

[SFed]

We went to Costa Maya back in 07 or 08 before a hurricane pretty much demolished everything. The acutal pier was destroyed and I think the port was closed for over a year. Back then there was a cheesy area where the ship docks that had a bunch of shops, a pool, and some restaurants. We took a cab to Majahual, which was a small town with a sand road down the middle. There were a number of shops and we ended up stopping at a place where you paid something like $20 per person and all the drinks and food are included. They had a beach area with seating, umbrellas. They also had some kayaks you could use. The locals were really great and it was a perfect day.

I think everything is pretty much built again - so you just go through the shopping area and grab a taxi. The town is no more than 5 minutes away. We will be heading there for sure.

[joius24]

Hi all. I am Nick and my wife Penny. This is our 12 Disney Cruise. We are taking our granddaughter (Nicole) 20 and grandson (Tony) 13. This is the 5th cruise that we have taken them. My wife and I will be celebrating our 50th anniversary in Sept and Nicole will be celebrating her 21st birthday in July. I am very active on CC but just learned of this site. Hope to get to know all of you.

Hi Nick, Penny and family! There is also a Face Book page for this cruise.... search the date if you are on FB and you will find it. ....

Almost time to pick excursions! ....!:yay:

[eeyoremommy]

We made our final payment today. YEA!!!! Any word on the size of the FE list?

We were in Costa Maya in January. There is still a lot of damage from Hurrican Ivan, but it seemed like a quaint little place. We enjoyed it to just relax and have a nice little bit of down time. We walked around, our DS 8 and I held a tiger cub (priceless), and we checked out the jade museum for information that I could take back to my mom who is a Spanish teacher. The people are very friendly.

As for excursions, I think my son is going to play tennis in Grand Cayman. In Cozumel, we are thinking about the manatee swim. That one is a little ironic given that we live in Florida. For Costa Maya, we are just going to relax. I think DS is looking forward to seeing what type of cub is available for pictures again. At CC, DS wants to do the stingray thing again before exploring the waterpark stuff. We may do the 5K if I can get myself in gear and get my knee where it needs to be. That is a huge IF.

Okay, I am sure that is way more than any of you wanted to know. I hope everyone is doing well:)

Sherry

[jenedpey]

Hello All!

We will be sailing out on this cruise along with you. It will be me, DW, and DD(12). We have been on 2 Christmas Cruises :santa: (Magic Southern in 2010, Magic Western in 2011), but are looking forward to trying out a summer cruise. We have really enjoyed doing the FE on our other cruises, so will definitely be joining in on this one also. Our previous FE holder has been POTC pirate: stockings, so we need to come up with a new design for the different season.

We look forward to meeting everyone, and it is just over 100 days away. :banana:

[MelissaE1]

Hi everyone!

Welcome jenedpey, and congrats eeyoremommy on final payment. For me that always makes the cruise feel like a reality.

Glad to see our thread is getting some replies. :) There is also a facebook group, and people are just as nice, but to be honest I still kind of prefer the DIS for precruise communication. Guess I'm just used to it. Or could be because there are better smilies. :rotfl:

Last I heard the FE group was around 18 or 19 cabins, I think Lisa (sammatt) is planning on closing it at the end of this month, her email address is in post 223 if anyone needs it to join the group.

Almost down to double digits! :cool1:

[joius24]

Hey Sherry, DS and I are looking at the manatee thing too... pretty resonable and looks cool, final decision by Midweek. We are doing the big zipline tour and the stingray city for the other two places. We havent swam with stingrays since our 1st cruise 6/7 years ago, so we thought it might be fun.

Welcome jenedpey! We have done a holiday cruise before, I like to cruise in warmer weather because any water under 85 is cold to me :scared1: ....so I really like summer in the islands:cool2:

Booking opens for second leg this weekend, it is all coming together!:woohoo:

I agree Melissa... FB is ok but I love the little emoticons here better:love:

Have a great day everyone!

[jenedpey]

We are planning on going on a non DCL Stingray tour in Grand Cayman in order to have a smaller group. Since we are the only ship in town that day, even though we have very limited hours that are outside the normally listed tours, we contacted Moby Dick Tours based on the reviews online. If anyone else is interested, please feel free to join us :grouphug: , (contact Moby Dick Tours directly).

http://www.mobydicktours.com

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g147365-d641547-Reviews-Moby_Dick_Tours-Grand_Cayman_Cayman_Islands.html#REVIEWS

Response from Moby Dick Tours is below:

Thank you for your booking, I have reserved your space. Please pay when you arrive cash or travelers checks only, no credit cards. Cost is as per the web site $45 us dollars, children 11 and under $35, 3 and under no charge. Our staff will be waiting at the Royal Watler terminal to greet you. You are scheduled to come in on this Terminal. We can't be missed under our Moby Dick banner, wearing bright teal shirts. As you see from the attached map we have three terminals, sometimes ships tender to a terminal other than the one scheduled.

Plan to check in with us as soon as you are tendered in. You are booked on our 12 mid day tour. I have the ship scheduled for arrival at 10.30am. It's the only one in this day so we will be very quiet if you hear of others wanting this tour please let them know about us. We are also going to have this ship in starting around May so if I need to change tour time I will let you know based on it's records.

Please have the correct money ready for your group especially with large groups as this will speed up check in.

If you haven't already, please take a moment to look at our web site www.mobydicktours.com , which has a detailed description of the tour. A photo is like a thousand words capturing the essence of this amazing and very special interaction. Our operation is highly recommended and promoted by many seasoned cruisers who have enjoyed a very personal stingray experience with us. I take special pride in making sure everyone has the best and most enjoyable time. We have 2 staff both in the water helping you to develop your own relationship with these gentle loveable marine creatures, who have become our family and friends. We are proud to have been voted "Best of Cayman 2010" Stingray city tour 4th year running. If you haven't snorkeled before we recommend you practice in a pool/bath before you arrive to help make you more comfortable with the equipment.

N.B. We have just started an amazing tour in Ocho Rio's which is an all inclusive buffet lunch/open bar with Dunns river falls if your over that way. www.mobydicktours.com/Dunns-River-Falls

We look forward to seeing you in the Cayman Islands!

We don't take a deposit from you, so as a courtesy to us, if you decide not to come for any reason, please let us know, even on the day, as we often have people standing by for your spot.

Regards
Mark Button
Moby Dick Tours
(480) 626 4269 direct to Cayman
345) 925 5542


www.mobydicktours.com

[eeyoremommy]

Like a couple of you, we have cruised in November and December on Disney. It will be nice to really enjoy Castaway Cay when the water isn't so cold. It has been a few years since we've done the stingrays there. That was one reason we were going to do them again. We're afraid that although our DS is 8 and has gone swimming with dolphins and sea lions, he is a little on the small side (46 pounds and 4'2" tall) and may get freaked out by the larger rays of Grand Cayman.

I, too, like the Dis over facebook. I have a hard enough time keeping up with my face book as it is. Hope everyone is well:)

[SJCruiser]

Hi all,

Checking back in as we get close to final payment. I'm not on Facebook, so this is the only place to meet you all.

eeyoremommy, our DS8 is even smaller than your guy - only 3' 11". He is also 46 lbs and is hoping there won't be a problem for him to tandem parasail at Castaway Cay with me or DH. My understanding is that the weight minimum is 90 lbs between both of us, so it shouldn't be a problem, right?

We did the dolphins and Turtle Farm in GC last time, so I think we're just going to do Seven Mile beach on our own. I am also intrigued by the Margaritaville pool (and their margaritas!), so may try to stop there in the afternoon on the way back to the ship. Anyone interested in meeting up at Margaritaville?

[MelissaE1]

Anybody know where they are staying pre-cruise? We drive down, and have usually stayed at the Radisson, but thinking about CI&S.

We are staying for a few days afterward for my son's UCF orientation, so sending my husband home on a plane. Booked a hotel by the airport and one by UCF, and I'm working on one for a soccer tournament at Disney we are attending Memorial Day weekend. Starting to feel like a travel agent! :rotfl:

[SILLYANDI]

Anybody know where they are staying pre-cruise? We drive down, and have usually stayed at the Radisson, but thinking about CI&S.

We are staying for a few days afterward for my son's UCF orientation, so sending my husband home on a plane. Booked a hotel by the airport and one by UCF, and I'm working on one for a soccer tournament at Disney we are attending Memorial Day weekend. Starting to feel like a travel agent! :rotfl:

Right now we are booked at the Residence Inn, but if I get a cheaper rate somewhere else we will switch..

[SILLYANDI]

Like a couple of you, we have cruised in November and December on Disney. It will be nice to really enjoy Castaway Cay when the water isn't so cold. It has been a few years since we've done the stingrays there. That was one reason we were going to do them again. We're afraid that although our DS is 8 and has gone swimming with dolphins and sea lions, he is a little on the small side (46 pounds and 4'2" tall) and may get freaked out by the larger rays of Grand Cayman.

I, too, like the Dis over facebook. I have a hard enough time keeping up with my face book as it is. Hope everyone is well:)

We have only cruised in Dec on DCL so I'm worried we are going to be too hot going in June, lol.
I can't get my kids to commit to any excursions (except parasailing) so I guess I'll be picking everything we're doing. :confused:

[eeyoremommy]

We have stayed at both the Radisson and the Country Inn and Suites. I like the latter much better. Now that we live closer, we will be driving over that morning. UCF has a beautiful campus. We were there last April when my son did State Odyssey of the Mind. We had a great time, and I couldn't tell you how many elementary school kids we had there just from our school. It seems like it would be a good university. It also seems a little safer than USF, a least some of the surrounding neighborhoods do.

SJCruiser...you make me feel a little better. I don't know anything about the parasailing. I would think similarly to you though. I don't think I could get my DS to do that. We tried to get him to zipline on the Allure of the Seas, but he refused after he saw how badly I was shaking when I finished. I have a slight fear of heights, but I wanted to show him I could do it.

[joius24]

Anybody know where they are staying pre-cruise? We drive down, and have usually stayed at the Radisson, but thinking about CI&S.

We are staying for a few days afterward for my son's UCF orientation, so sending my husband home on a plane. Booked a hotel by the airport and one by UCF, and I'm working on one for a soccer tournament at Disney we are attending Memorial Day weekend. Starting to feel like a travel agent! :rotfl:

We are coming in Friday night and staying at the Country Inn and Suites. I have not stayed at the port one (canaveral) but I have stayed at other ones and really liked them. I like the breakfast thing...I usually go down to the breakfast area in my PJs and bring it all back to the room for breakfast in Bed :cool1:

[MelissaE1]

UCF has a beautiful campus. We were there last April when my son did State Odyssey of the Mind.

My daughter's intermediate school did OM for the first time the last year she went there (5th grade), and she got picked to be part of it. What a cool thing! I got to help some. We didn't have a clue how it worked, wish I could have done it again.

I really like the campus at UCF also. DS is pretty excited about being in a big city, and it gives me an excuse to visit Orlando and shop, um, I mean spend time with him. Lol.

[MelissaE1]

Sounds like the Country Inn and Suites is a great place to stay, probably going to do that. Joi, I like your breakfast idea. We do that on the cruise, I like to eat on the verandah. But I inevitably have too much stuff on my tray and get funny looks from people that I pass on the stairs. :laughing:

I went onto the DCL site today and it says "Only 99 days until your cruise sets sail!"

That's official double digits!! :cheer2::cheer2::cheer2:

[LoriABil]

I just wanted to say hello! We just booked for June 9th!

It will be myself (Lori), DH, DS(8), DMom, DDad, DBro, DNiece(5)

This is our 2nd Disney cruise, everyone else's 1st (And my brother and niece's first cruise period!)

3 rooms of crazy Texans! I'll have to read through the thread and catch up, but thought I'd say hello!

[MelissaE1]

Hi Lori, welcome to the thread!

I think it would be fun to travel with a family group like that. So far it's just been my family of 4, but I'm trying to get my sister to book with my 5 year old niece. I think my mom might enjoy going as well.

Which itinerary have you done before? We've done both eastern and western but like the western a bit better. If I could get the extra sea day of the eastern thrown in it would be perfect!

[johnnymac1962]

:cool1:

It's been five years since Magic in Med so we can't wait till Fantasy on June 9th! Dusting off my Disboard skills so may take a while to get back up to speed. Celebrating DD high school graduation with DW.

Any feedback from others on this thread appreciated.

[LoriABil]

Hi Lori, welcome to the thread!

I think it would be fun to travel with a family group like that. So far it's just been my family of 4, but I'm trying to get my sister to book with my 5 year old niece. I think my mom might enjoy going as well.

Which itinerary have you done before? We've done both eastern and western but like the western a bit better. If I could get the extra sea day of the eastern thrown in it would be perfect!

We did a 3 night cruise on the Dream...which DH and DS both said was way too short! They have been angling for another cruise ever since! I'm having mixed feelings about a longer cruise - we were planning a trip to WDW and somehow I ended up with a cruise? I'm still a little shell shocked! ;)

But it's a GOOD shell-shocked! I'm getting excited just listening to the family get excited!

What was your favorite part of the Western? Is Costa Maya a newer stop? I noticed there weren't any excursions listed. I think it will be nice not to be running like crazy like our first cruise - I can't believe we are almost at the 90 day mark!

[SJCruiser]

Woo hoo! Just paid in full for the cruise. So excited! Can't wait to do all the check-ins and reservations this Sunday night (we are Silver CC).

Paid with our recently upgraded Disney VISA Premier, so looking forward to the 5% reward on this payment. Plus, I just called DCL to see why they hadn't assigned us any OBC related to booking with the Disney VISA, and the CM added $50 OBC to our account. Yea!! Don't want to pass up "free" benefits!


What was your favorite part of the Western? Is Costa Maya a newer stop? I noticed there weren't any excursions listed. I think it will be nice not to be running like crazy like our first cruise - I can't believe we are almost at the 90 day mark!


We have been on 2 westerns before (1 DCL, 1 RCCL). We really like Grand Cayman. Never been to Costa Maya and may not even get off the ship there. We did the Tulum tour on the mainland for our Cozumel stop many years ago, and then missed Cozumel during the H1N1 scare. So I think we're going to try to do something on Cozumel this time, since we've never set foot on the island.