11/29/03 Eastern-only 2 days left !!! SINGLE DIGITS!!

[LAMPSKIES]

Izzinmac.........ya, we were there when Roy got eatten. We were down the street at The Monte Carlo. As we walked be the hotel the whole sidewalk was full of flowers.

I figured we'd have more pics by now.......How 'bout when everyone gets there final docs we post a pic with room number on them???

[Favorite Auntie]

I am going to try to get a picture of my cruising gang this weekend, not sure I will able to figure out how to post it though.. Lampskies, can I e-mail it to you and maybe you could post it? We already know our room number....5000!:wave2:

[LAMPSKIES]

Favorite Auntie........Try Lampskies@aol.com and I'll post it for ya!!!!

[Favorite Auntie]

Thanks! I will try to get one when we are all together this weekend and then I will shoot it on over to you.:D

[TChrist05]

ok....almost 7 weeks out and got a cabin number....6000.....deck 6 and upgraded to a category 8......happyyyy...oh yes.....
Tom

[gassmandy]

yay!! Good for you!!:Pinkbounc

[LAMPSKIES]

Catagory 6,7 and 8's are no longer available!!!!!It looks as if you were going to get an upgrade you would have it by now. Disney RARELY upgrades past a cat. 6. Although......some of you cat. 10 and 11's still might move to a 9.

[izzinmac]

TChrist-
We were upgraded to room 6000 on our last 4 day cruise and loved it. It is huge! As you probably have figured, it is a wheelchair accessable room with lots of extra space. It is as far forward as you can go without driving the ship yourself. If you have any pictures of the ship, look for that one porthole on the deck above the lifeboats way up front all by itself. That is your window and room!

It has only one bathroom-not the split like others, but it is very large. Also, the bathroom only has a shower - no tub- and the floor and shower are all at the same level for wheelchair access. They are separated by a stainless steel drain that surrounds the shower. There is another drain between the bathroom and the room itself. Make sure you pour at least a cup or two of water in that second drain each day. When we got to the room, it initially had a slight sewer smell, but filling that drain's trap with water took care of the problem! It tends to evaporate out because very little water if any ever gets that far normally.

The living area is spacious. You do not have a sofa, but have a stuffed chair instead located right by the window. I was a little concerned when we were assigned the room that it would not have the charm of a regular room and be somewhat sterile and "hospital-like". It was not! Very nicely decorated.

Location is great! That is probably one of the quietest locations on the ship - at the end of a dead end hall. We never had any problem with ship movement. You will hear the crew when arriving or leaving port as they pull in and let out the chains and lines to dock. Very convienent to clubs and adult pool, plus the forward elevators seem least crowded to me. Plus you get to use the crew staircase forward of the room to go to your safety drill location. Get to see what the working part of the ship looks like!

Congratulations!

[Favorite Auntie]

Tchrist05, I think you will be directly abouve us, we are in 5000!

[TChrist05]

Thanks all....we just happen to have a letter for a one category upgrade that we received a while ago...since we received our room number we just happened to call to see if it could be used for a 1 more category upgrade.....and they said yes....just have to send the letter to them and we will get a new cabin number....but Lampskies says there is no more 6,7 or 8....so maybe I should have just stayed where we were.....we will see and I will keep you guys informed....thanks for the kind words and the description of the cabin.....last cruise in September we were in a handicapped cabin....it was just they way you explained it....and huge is an understatement.....almost 7 weeks to go....getting ready!
Tom

[LAMPSKIES]

TChrist05..........I was on DCL's web site (my in-laws are thinking of joining us) and yes 6,7 and 8' are unavailable. I used my "upgrage coupon" for this cruise also. Plus my 50% off voucher and the upgade stated "you are entitled to one free upgrade up to a cat. 6. Maybe they'll upgrade me to a cat. 5 and give to my cat. 6. LOL There are 4's and 5's left.

[Favorite Auntie]

Tchrist05. If you go to www.mytravelco.com I believe that cat 5,6,and 7 are still available (or they were the other day) but no cat 8. DCL may have sold these blocks of rooms to TA's and that is why they would not be available on their website. Good luck with the upgrade! Double pixie dust on you!!!:hyper:

[gassmandy]

I was just on orbitz.com yesterday and they had every category availiable(maybe no 8's) --even 7 w/c expedia.com said was sold out. And on orbitz--they showed my "old" room 6636 (cat. 7) still availiable.

[gassmandy]

Just got off orbitz again--all of their 12's & 8's are gone. They have the following rooms listed per cat.:
cat.11-7543, 7541, 6307, 6305, 6085, 5627, 5127
10-2643, 2631, 2629, 2133, 2131
9-2576, 2572, 2570, 2072, 2070, 2066, 2064
7-7128, 6636 (boo hoo), 5638, 5636, 5634, 5140, 5138
6-6604, 5626, 5624, 5622, 5130, 5128
5-7612, 7578, 7548, 7546, 7544, 7538, 7052
4-8592, 8588, 8514, 8512, 8088, 8028, 8010

I guess if orbitz doesn't get rid of them in time they go back to DCL and maybe last minute paid/free upgrades become avail???Who knows--but it looks like rooms still left!

[izzinmac]

Remember when we went double digits? Seems like just yesterday. Well, now we are half way through that. Cruise will be here before we know it!

[TChrist05]

Group...we are 7 weeks out...before we know it the documents will be here.....then Thanksgiving.....then our Magical cruise......and boy am I happy that we have not heard about that horrible stomach sickness......my black cloud has left and all I see is sunshine.....
Tom

[LAMPSKIES]

The ship left dry dock on Wednesday and I'm sure it has been scrubbed clean. Only 7 cruises before us to worry about. Hear the music.......Nothing but blue skies heading our way nothing but blue skies................

[Crazy Momma]

Blue skies... frozen drinks....a wonderful sea breeze. Gee Life is Grand!!!! I'm doing the Disney Happy Dance. What more could we ask for???

[Favorite Auntie]

Originally posted by Crazy Momma
Blue skies... frozen drinks....a wonderful sea breeze. Gee Life is Grand!!!! I'm doing the Disney Happy Dance. What more could we ask for???

How about a little of that chocolate souffle'.....or maybe the chocolate lave cake....NOW!

[Crazy Momma]

Cheers!! I'll eat to that.

I'm so.... looking forward to our cruise. We are going for our 10-year wedding aniv. We are taking our DS 7 with us. We are keeping our fingers crossed hoping he will go to the kids club for a few nights. We want to go to dinner at Palo's for our aniv.
I have been doing the Disney Happy Dance for days. My staff at the office is getting sick of me. They think I need to be Disney deprogramed (sp??)

Blue skies.. frozen drinks... Choc. Lava cake.... Ocean Breeze...Again... gee life is grand!!!

[Favorite Auntie]

Crazy Momma,
Do you have early seating? If you do and you want to link dinning reservations that might be good. I have a 5 year old nephew that I know he will be in the clubs and that way your son would know someone ahead of time and be more apt to go willing to the club...I think the 5 and 7 year olds are in the same group....

[princssdisnygina]

Crazy Momma, My husband and I are going to for our 1 year anniversary! We are very excited! And I have to say...I will be asking for TWO of the Chocolate Souffles! And we plan on eating at Palo twice! I am SO excited! That is the best dessert on this planet! YUM!

[LAMPSKIES]

I'm thinking of warm ocean breezes an ice cold beer........AND NO CELL PHONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry work, it doesn't work at sea. heheheheehe

[LAMPSKIES]

Bump............Just trying to get this to the front.

[bffttsiu]

Happy dancing here. :Pinkbounc :bounce:

Can't wait for our Honeymoon at sea.

[PenskeSth1]

The days were flying by, now it seems as though they are crawling. Geesh.. I am soooo ready to be cruising NOW!:)

[TChrist05]

Alright, 7 short weeks to go....and today was a great day....my great New York Yankees are halfway to the world series. Personally, I am having knee surgery on Monday which will lay me up for 4 weeks....so if and when they meet the Chicago Cubs in the series I will get to sit and watch every pitch.....so....things are looking up....and only 48 days to go now.....looking forward to meeting all you guys....
:hyper: Tom:smooth:

[gassmandy]

Have to agree that it was a great day---The CANES beat the Noles!! Go Canes!!!!!! ::yes::

[izzinmac]

Saturday we took a quick trip over to WDW to exchange a Mickey costume for one of our grand kids and picked up another pair of Mickey hands. Lampskies. you can find them in any of the big stores. We got the first pair in MK at the big shop in Toontown, but saw them in the Emporium on main street. Yesterday we picked up a pair in Downtown Disney.

got the neatest Mickey tie for the cruise. Stars and stripes with a Patriotic Mickey Tie Tack

On the way home we drove past the port. The Magic looked great! The back Funnel stack is repaired, and the ship looked bright and new. Can't wait to see it close up and personal!:tongue:

[LAMPSKIES]

izzinmac...........Myself and eldest DD don't do MK. They don't serve my liquid of choice and eldest DD is "too cool". She "is not riding on a duck thru a cave". LOL Any shop sell them by the Tower of Terror or Rockin' Roll Roller Coaster??? That's where we'll be Thursday.

[izzinmac]

Lampskies
I'm sure you will find them there too, although I didn't specifically look for them on our last visit to MGM. I remember seeing them in AK, so I'm sure all the parks carry them. Check the stores along the main entrance, especially the ones that carry general disney stuff.

Thanksgiving in WDW! Have a Turkey leg for me!

[Favorite Auntie]

Tchrist05....can you say 3 to 2.....RED SOX?!?!?! I believe that was the score to last nights game where the Sox tied the series up!

I just don't think this is the Yankee's year..... :wave2:

GO SOX!!!:teeth:

[gassmandy]

Don't care too much for baseball (can't stand the Marlins) but have to go w/ the Sox, too--Tim Wakefield is from Melbourne and went to my high-school (Eau Gallie High!!)!!

Now--only 45 days!!!!!!!!!:hyper:

[Favorite Auntie]

Being from Boston myself, I definitely have to go with the home town boys! It is their turn, and you all know how we feel about the Yankees in my neck of the woods!

Besides, we don't have to beat up the Yankee Stadium groundskeeper to feel like real men!!!

GO SOX!

[BearFan]

Ahem...
I have to tell you that I'm morally obligated to let you know that whoever wins the AL, the Cubs will be there to meet them. It's going to happen TODAY, October 14. That's 10/14, 10 for Ron Santo and 14 for Ernie Banks. It's their year. Gee whiz, the last time was 1908. It's just gotta be, we've suffered enough.

Bearfan
If it's not OUR Sox, then the Cubbies will certainly do!

[Favorite Auntie]

Here's the thing....We haven't won one since 1918... I think after 85 years the Red Sox will be doing it - going ALL THE WAY! Good luck to your Cubs, they might want to consider a goat for first base coach......Just a thought.

Go Sox - Cowboy Up!!!

[BearFan]

A Goat, huh? Nah, been there, done that and it doesn't work, trust me. Plus, we've got 10 extra bad years on your team. Your Red Sox seem like newbies compared to the Cubs!

May the best team win! or at least may it be a really good series!!

Bearfan

[Favorite Auntie]

I actually just want to see them beat the Yankees, anything after that is gravy, as they say!:goodvibes

[TChrist05]

The curse of the Bambino will live on.....and I will proudly wear my American League championship t-shirt...but seriously, I am just a big Yankee fan.....and Saturday was a disgrace...but we are under 9 weeks to Magic.......sitting here following my knee surgery yesterday looking forward to dancing onto the ship......Let's see what happens in the next couple of days....
Tom

[izzinmac]

I know this is early, but has anyone got their cruise docs?

[Favorite Auntie]

No docs yet, I am not expecting them until early November, a few more weeks!

[jkovick]

No docs here---but I can't wait!:p

[princssdisnygina]

No, no docs here either. I am also expecting them the first of November, end of October! I am SO excited! Can you believe it, 7 weeks left? WOW!::MickeyMo ::MinnieMo

[PenskeSth1]

Fed Ex pulled up to the house today, I was so excited thought for sure she was bringing me an early gift.. NOT! But it was still cool, she brought our Race tickets for Homestead. So I was still quit pleased. I know people have said the Docs will come by UPS now not fed ex. Wishful thinking in my part.:)

[Crazy Momma]

All this talk about the docs. is driving me crazy. I don't think I can last 44 days. I'm ready to go now!!!!! I'm doing the Disney Happy Dance!!!

:bounce::Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc

[princssdisnygina]

Hhhmmm,that is weird, my docs came through the mail. With all this talk about the green ribbons I got to searching. There is a DISer who has a DIS store on here. Might be a good idea to get somethings there, they have buttons, shirts and so on! And very reasonable! Check it out!

http://64.49.218.79/subcat.asp?0=206

Gina

I did call DisneyCruiseLine to see when my docs were being sent, they said another couple of weeks.::MickeyMo

[izzinmac]

Here are each of our first postings telling about our groups. Hopefully this will help us get to know each other.

TCROMW1013 (4) ROOM 6112
I am looking for families on the November 29, 2003 7-Day Eastern. This will be our first cruise ever and are looking forward to it. (Hubby is a little worried about getting bored) We have a son 12 and a daughter 8 with us. Would love to hear from families also on this cruise

LAMPSKIES (4) ROOM 6608
We'll be there......myself, DW, and DD's 13 and 11. We've been on the 4 nighters and it didn't seem like enough time on the ship. We couldn't get it all in. We were one of the cancelled Magic cruisers last year so we can't wait!!!!!!!!

IZZINMAC (22) ROOMS 6610, 6616, 6618, 6638, 7505,7507, 2605, 2611
We have a family group of 22 going! My wife and I and our seven grown kids w/families in 8 rooms. First time for about 7 in the group. The rest of us have gone several times. Most of us were on a 4 day right after Thanksgiving two years ago and loved that time of year.

FAVORITE AUNTIE (4) ROOM 5000
Hi,
I am going on that cruise with my parents and my nephew who will be 5. It is going to be so much fun!! We do not know what cabin we will have yet, but it won't really matter!!

HULA GIRL (5)
Hi all,
I will be there too with my husband and 3 little boys who are 3, 4, and 9 (or will be at the time). Can't wait!

MOM OF 4 PRINCESSES (10) ROOMS 5522, 5524
We'll be there too along with some other family members. It me, DH, DDs 13, 10, 6, and 4. Lampskies--do you think you DDs would like to correspond with mine? They both have e-mail or I can show them how to post here.
you can add 4 more to your list for me my sis her hubby and her dd 10 and ds 6 are goin with us too

GASSMANDY (3) ROOM 2611
I'm one of izzinmac's daughters. My husband, 7 1/2 month old daughter (in Nov. --she's only a month right now), and myself will also be there!!! This is our 3rd Dis. cruise-- 2nd 7 day. We loved our 4 day right after Thanksgiving 2 years ago!! The ship is all decked out for Christmas!

BFFTTSIU (2)
We'll be on this cruise enjoying our Honeymoon after our October Vegas wedding. We, as with Lampskies, were to be on the cancelled cruise of last year. Hopefully we will have better luck this year (although we were suppose to be at POFQ and that has been closed down, hopefully it will only get better).

OBSESSEDWITHDISNEY (3)
This will be our first DCL cruise (although it will be our 3rd cruise). It's me, DH and DS7. November seems so far away, and the wait is killing us!
Kathy

CRUISERDEW73/PENGUINSFAN (15)
I'll be on there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm 14..., i'm goin w/ my mom dad, and siblings, 16, 11, 9, and 6
I'm cruiserDew's mom, we have a group of 15 going. We are calling it the Cousin Cruise - 9 cousins under the age of 16. We have 5 kids 16, 14, 12, 9 and 5, cousins 16 & 9 and other set 9 and 6. We ended up with late seating, we'll see what kids dump us to go to the clubs. This is the first DCL trip for the other two families. We took our crew for a 7 day 1/19/02 and fell in love with it. There looks like lots of folks ready to enjoy the holidays early. We'll see you there

SCHROLLS (7)
We'll be there. DH, DS (9) and my MIL, FIL, and 2 SIL's. This is third DCL cruise for us. Last cruise was 7 day eastern October 2002.

MICKEYSWIFE (7) ROOMS 5639 & ?
Hi, we will be cruising with 7 people. Myself, DH, DMIL, DD(26), DS(23) DS(11) and DD's friend, Kimberly. We have late seating. DMIL and Kim have never cruised before. What a treat awaits them. DD and DS have cruised another line. They are somewhat nervous about not seeing people their own age. We are using one cat 11.. cabin 5639 and one cabin in cat 6. (Don't know that number yet). I can't wait!! Hi to everybody...Nancy

CRUISINCHICK (3)
We'll be there (on the November 29th cruise). My DH and 4 year old DS. We can't wait. All my son talks about is when he's going on "Mickey's boat". (I'll have him saying "Mickey's Ship" before November).
My DH and I have cruised a LOT (15+), but this is the first Disney cruise AND the first in 4 years. It's been WDW for the past 3 years and we're both having cruise withdrawal. And now we'll get the best of both!!!

ARMYFAMILY (3)
We will be there too! It will be our first Disney cruise and DS (6) first cruise. He's so excited.
We are also on deck 6 with late seating dinner.
I am so glad I found these boards! It is so useful and it's nice to "know" some of the fellow cruisers.
Lisa

BEARFAN (2)
Hey!
We'll be there too! DH(39) and me(38). Hey Lampskies, do you have your tickets yet? Does ATA leave out of only Midway?
Lisa Marie Smith

JKOVICK (2)
DH and I will be on this cruise too. Not our first cruise, but our first DISNEY CRUISE and that (I'm told) makes a big difference. We are both so excited!

PENSKESTH1 (4) ROOM 7020
We will be there for the Nov. 29 seven day Eastern... We have room 7020. DH, DD(14) DS(5) and myself. We can't wait to set sail. It will be our first Cruise ever.
We also are doing the late seating. We are use to eating Late anyway.


NJCRUISERS (3)
Please add us to the list!! We're cruising with you on November 29th ..... my DH and DS4 and me, of course. This is our first Disney Cruise but DH and I have been on lots of other cruises. We LOVE cruising and hope DS does too. This could be the first of many for him

DISNEYGIRLTINKERBELL (3) ROOM 7565
Any SCUBA divers?
I will be on this cruise with my sons, ages 16 & 10 (well, 11 since he'll have a birthday on the cruise!). We are in cabin 7565, but hope to upgrade at the terminal.

PRINCSSDISNYGINA (4) ROOMS 5137 & 5139
I will be there
My husband and I will be there in room 5139 with my parents in room 5137. We have taken two 4 night disney cruises but this is our first 7 day. We are SO excited! We are also going to WDW afterwards and staying in the Caribbean Beach for 4 days. We are frequent disney travelers, I have been every year since I was born and I am 25 years old! We are from Indiana.
Jason & Gina Bowman

WILE13 (4) ROOM 2066
Found You Guys!
Thanks we found out where all the Novermber 29th cruisers are!
This will be our 2nd cruise, we were just Upgraded to a Cat # 9 from an 11. Will be staying at 2066 anyone else, we are bringing our 3 year old and 6 year old with us. I see we are looking at meeting at the Bon Voyage Party.
Thanks,
Eric

ROHU13 (4)
first time cruisers
My family will also be on the 11/29 cruise. myself, DH, DS10, and DD6. We are so excited! I'm also nervous with this being our 1st time on a cruise. This trip has been in the planning for 2yrs....oh by the way we have late seating. Hope to meet a few of you all on the ship.

CRAZY MOMMA (3)
DH and DS 7 and I will be sailing. We are going for our 10 year anniversary. This is our 2nd disney cruise. Our son is giving us a hard time about staying in the kids club while we go to dinner a Palo's.

TCHRIST05 (2?)
The black cloud has passed....
Hello all.....the black cloud over my head has finally passed and I will be on the 11/29 cruise with all you guys.....9 weeks to go.....ready to go now!
Tom

[gassmandy]

Dad-
Work must not be that busy today, huh??? Hahaha!
:p

[bffttsiu]

I got a call from my TA today. Our docs came in today and I'm picking them up tomorrow. Apparently she is moving to Texas in November and requested from Disney that they send out the docs early.

:hyper: :hyper:

[gassmandy]

No docs. yet for us.........hopefully soon!!

[TChrist05]

As a die-hard Yankee fan I am a bit disapointed that we are not going to be playing the Cubbies in the series....Cowboy down and out.....although I did feel sorry for the Sox last night...all except Pedro......but gotta get the series over with(hopefully we win) and then we are a couple of weeks closer to the cruise....only 6 weeks to go....and no doc's her yet either....they did give us a different cabin number....6136...with a navigator's verandah.....
Have a good one all....Tom

[izzinmac]

TChrist
My daughter Amanda (Gassmandy) will not be happy! You were upgraded to the cabin she gave up to save $ and take advantage of Fla Resident Rates. However, my son Matt and his family will be right next to you in 6138, and a bunch of us and Lampskies are just down the hall!

After reading about your upgrade, Amanda may become a Marlins fan afterall!

[gassmandy]

HaHaHa--you are actually mistaken pops..........I had 6636--Matt's in 6638. HaHaHa.....nice try at rubbing it in.:hyper:

[Schrolls]

I haven't posted with you guys in a while but I wanted to let you know our docs arrived today via UPS!!! It's a GO!!:wave2:

[Crazy Momma]

Did you book your trip through Dreams Unlimited Travel? All this excitement is going to kill me. I'm ready to go now!!!!

I'm doing the the "Disney Happy Dance"

:bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce:

[princssdisnygina]

Oh my goodness! Who did you book your cruise through? Did they request them early? I want my docs now too! I am SO excited I can hardly stand it! Jason can't stop watching the cruise video and looking at our pics from last year! Did you have to sign for them or did UPS just drop them off?

[Schrolls]

I booked while onboard last year and did not go through a travel agent. I didn't have to sign for the docs but I met the UPS guy on the walkway before he had a chance to make it to the porch!! I don't know if he would have left them or not. I'm just glad I was home today!! Now the excitement can begin!!!

Hope you all get yours soon!

[Favorite Auntie]

Tchrist05

I don't feel bad for Pedro at all! He showed his true colors, and they were NOT RED Sox RED ! Don't even get me started with Grady Little...He should be coaching your local High School team SOON!!!

My parents are picking up our docs in a couple of weeks once they get to Florida...can't wait!

[TChrist05]

Favorite Auntie....I can relate....I was very happy when Grady Little decided to go with Pedro....as great a pitcher as he is and can be he had nothing left in the tank....and Grady showed he had very little upstairs....but that is the way the sports world goes....a little decision here and there makes for some crazy finishes....hopefully my Yankees win it all....and can you believe it that exactly 6 weeks from now we will be in beautiful Florida waiting to board the most MAGICal ship around.......Have a good one.....and I am truly sorry for a lot of the Sox players and the long suffering fans....
Tom

[imgoingtodisney]

So how are the rest of you doing with your docs?
We're still waiting for our 11/8 cruise docs

[PenskeSth1]

Now I will be watching everyday for the BIG BROWN TRUCK! Come on Docs we are ready to cruise...:Pinkbounc :bounce:

[jkovick]

Let's all hope today might be the day for docs!!!:D

[gassmandy]

No docs. today for us--but just got back from about 4 hours at Magic Kingdom. So that will hold me over for the time being.princess:

[Crazy Momma]

Don't tease me. I have 37 more days before I can visit the Magic Kingdom.

I'm doing the Disney Happy Dance!!:bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce:

[imgoingtodisney]

no docs here either
and we leave in less than 17 days!

[LAMPSKIES]

HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! O.K., as most of you know we just returned from Vegas two weeks ago. DW STILL has the suitcases on the sofa in the family room with our "summer clothes" in them. Tell me she doesn't have it bad.

[LAMPSKIES]

Under 40 days to go and only 13 cruiser pics!!!!!!!1

[Favorite Auntie]

I still have to get our pics to you...I promise this weekend....:(

[princssdisnygina]

If someone would email me I will try to remember to send pics! I keep forgetting as well. I am counting down! I have started to put my lists of confirm #'s together for WDW and my email confirmations for shore excursions! I am ready!::MinnieMo

[Crazy Momma]

I will get dh to send the pictures. I have lots of pictures of my ds but, like most people you never have a picture that you really really... like and want everyone to see.

I'm doing the Disney Happy Dance
:Pinkbounc :bounce: :bounce: :Pinkbounc

[TCROMW1013]

ImgoingtoDisney congrats on your weight loss. I just started at Curves and working on that goal myself. I know what a battle it is.

[princssdisnygina]

I just got a call from my travel agent! My docs are on their way! YEAH!!! So everyone else....watch your mailboxes!::MinnieMo

Gina::MickeyMo

[jkovick]

Life is soooo good! Just got an e-mail from expedia this morning--- my docs were mailed out yesterday!!!!bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc

[DisneyGator01]

Well up until today I was going on the 11/30 4 day, but I decided what the heck... it's 7 days for me!!

So I called up, changed my ressie, and poof, I'm going on the 11/29 Eastern instead!! Yippee. I am so excited. I have already done 3 4 day Wonder cruises, but have yet to do a 7 day on the Magic, I have so much to learn in so little time.

Well I have a lot of catching up to do on this thread! I will have to get settled in and get reading. I can't wait! 7 whole days on a disney cruise!

Has anyone done this cruise before? So am I considered a newbie since I haven't done a Magic Cruise yet?

Well--until November 29th!!
:wave2:

[Favorite Auntie]

DisneyGator01, Welcome to your thread! The people going on the 11/29 Magic cruise appear to be a great bunch, :goodvibes I am sure you will feel the same way once you start to chat on this thread. :chat: I am glad you chose to switch to the 7 day, 4 days just isn't enough! I am actually thinking that 7 days isn't enough!!!

WELCOME!!:grouphug:

[jkovick]

Welcome Aboard DisneyGator01!
We have a great group of people going on this trip, it should be so much fun. You have more DCL experience that DH and I. We have sailed other lines but never with Disney, so I am really, really excited.

[princssdisnygina]

Welcome DisneyGator01! I have done the 4 day cruise twice before and loved it! And I agree with you, it just wasn't long enough! I have been on a few other 7 day cruises but not Disney! Welcome aboard! What is your cabin number?

Gina::MinnieMo

Oh....and to all of you who keep checking orbitz.com to see cabin availablity, I have new info! I spoke to Disney Cruise Line about that when I called about my docs. They said Orbitz and other travel sites are only allowed to post 5-6 available cabins per deck, and some of them they only allow 2-3 to be posted. So, what we see on orbitz and other travel sites isn't accurate as to what is left. The lady could not tell me exaclty how full the ship was but she said it was pretty full, was the way she put it, but she said it is not sold out and probably won't be. She did say there were plenty of cabins left. Just an FYI!

[princssdisnygina]

Oh....can someone tell me where it is better to shop? St. Thomas or St. Maarten? For jewelry I mean.

Thanks, Gina::MinnieMo

[DisneyGator01]

Thanks for the warm welcome:cool: !

Not sure what my stateroom # or category is yet. We are sailing GTY--- run of the house (what's available basically). But I don't really mind. I have lucked out on my past 3 DCL cruises and ended up with outside staterooms everytimes. 2 times on Deck 2 and, once on Deck 1.

We'll find out once we check in at port. I have to go get a formal outfit though. I wasn't planning on the 7 day at first. I think I will just get one and be economical and wear it twice. Or pack another nice outfit I already have and see how formal--formal really is.

Anyone know? How formal should I go?

Anyway--I am really looking forward to it. I completely forgot until I started reading up on the 7 day this morning that I will finally get a chance to do High tea and a brunch at Palo! I have had dinner on the 4 day there but I can't wait to do the other things there.

And I get a character breakfast, WOW...changing to the 7 day was best idea I have had since I switched to sailing DCL!!!

[Crazy Momma]

Welcome DisneyGator01

I'm taking a formal gown and a formal pants suit. I'm taking both because it depends on my mood. I'm probably going to wear the pants suit for the formal night. I like having the dress along just incase I change my mind. We're driving so, I don't have to worry about extra bags. DH is wearing a suit. I'm dressing DS 7 in slacks with a dress shirt. I'm not buying a suit for him to wear once. Check on Chadwicks website they have nice formal wear.


This is our 3rd cruise, 2nd for Disney and our 1st 7-night. I'm looking forward to brunch and dinner at Palo's and the wine tasting.

I'm doing the Disney Happy Dance!!!

:Pinkbounc :bounce: :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce:

[gassmandy]

I wore a pretty balck dress for formal night--probably just considered semi formal to some since it was just a couple inches below my knees. I am not into floor length formals--I always feel like a prom kid or an old lady..............but that's just me. Plus, Florida is a very laid back state as far as attire. I'm sure whatever you choose will be fine. I NEVER felt under-dressed or over-dressed as there was a wide range of clothing (even one man in cut off jean shorts and a tank top!!).
Can't wait!!! It'll be nice to relax and not clean or cook!! (Waiting for a smart alec comment from izzinmac about how I never cook anyway........:p )

[Favorite Auntie]

I have a simple black dress that I wear for formal night. I am not into gowns either. I would never wear them again. I have a few brides maids dresses (always a brides maid, never a bride!) but I just can't be bothered to pack them. I have never felt underdressed on formal night.

[DisneyGator01]

princess:
bump

[princssdisnygina]

DisneyGator01

How do you get GTY? And if you don't mind me asking, is it cheaper to go that way?

Gina

[DisneyGator01]

It's a CM thing... we book seperately. We aren't given a specific room that way they can better accomidate guests--upgrades/ ajoining rooms, etc... And also they can fill the ship better, balance out the passagers. It's a set price and we get what we get---on my 3/03 cruise I got one of the "noisy" rooms underneath Wavebands... needless to say, was a little noisier then I would have prefered, but hey can't complain when you are on a Disney cruise... anything is great.

[TChrist05]

We have been GTY on 3 cruises. We had a cabin before we sailed and each time was upgraded 3 categories. I believe you have a better chance if you are GTY.
Tom

[princssdisnygina]

That sounds great! But you still haven't answered my question....is it cheaper to go GTY? Actually, what does GTY stand for? You won'd need to give me an actual price but where does it compare? Cat 11? Cat 4? Just want an idea in case I decide to do it next cruise.
Thanks


Gina::MinnieMo

[Favorite Auntie]

If she is a CM it is always cheaper for them, and other people can't get their rate anyway..

GTY means guarantee, If you book a Cat 11 and end up with a cat 11 gty (you can't request a gty rate) that means that you are guaranteed a cat 11 or HIGHER. We booked a cat 11, got a cat 11 gty and ended up with a cat 8!

[DisneyGator01]

The best thing to do is book early and shop around---I have also heard that booking on board is a big savings.

Unless you want to move to Florida and take advantage of the Florida resident rates. Those are the best discounts around. :)

[princssdisnygina]

Oh, I see. So we booked a Cat 11 guaranteed so that is what you are talking about. I have only been upgraded once, hopefully when we get there they will upgrade, if not...oh well, I am still going!::MinnieMo

[DisneyGator01]

One thing I am really excited about is seeing the ship decorated for the Holidays. My first Disney cruise, we sailed in December and the Wonder looked amazing! Anyone know for sure when the ships are decorated?

[princssdisnygina]

I think they are decorated for THanksgiving and after. It should be decorated for our cruise! I am excited too! I love the holidays at Disney!::MinnieMo

[Favorite Auntie]

I have heard from people that have cruised Thanksgiving week in the past, that every morning when they woke up there were more Christmas decorations.....I can't wait to see it decorated either!

[BearFan]

Welcome aboard DisneyGator01! You'll be soooo glad that you've done a 7 day that it might be hard to go back to a 4 day cruise.

As far as shopping goes, it's been our experience that shopping is better in St. Marten that St. Thomas, although some stores will have the same prices. We definitely liked the shopping better on the Eastern over the western itinerary hands down.

BTW, we got our docs two days ago via UPS. I can't wait!!!!!!

Bearfan

[izzinmac]

We were on the Wonder 4 day right after Thanksgiving and the ship was fully decorated for Christmas. I assume the Magic is the same. Big Christmas tree next to the stairway in the Atrium, Gingerbread House by Preludes, and other decorations throughout. Even a small tree that I think they got from Snoopy and Linus on top of the highest point on the ship. They had a Christmas tree lighting ceremony the first night between early seating and late (8pm) where one family along with M & M got to throw real pixie dust on the tree and it magically lit (lighted?). Even included "snow" which was a real treat for us Floridians. It was true Florida snow - never melted!

[Favorite Auntie]

I woke up to true New England Snow this morning...:eek: UGH!!! How many more days?????:sunny:

[princssdisnygina]

There is on the theme park home page a place where you can see where holiday decorating starts for all disney parks and ships. The Magic, is scheduled for decorating from Dec 1-6, while we are on it! But who knows, they might treat us and have it done when we get there!

We cancelled our Trunk Bay excursion and are going to do it ourselves, we want more time on the beach! But we are still doing the Eagle Catamaran!

I feel sorry for your New England snow, I am in Indiana and I am complaining, but I guess I should feel lucky it is only about 55-60 degrees here.

It is soon, hang tight! We will be sailing on beautiful blue waters before you know it! I was only a while a go when we are counting down from 100+ days.

Gina::MinnieMo

[DisneyGator01]

So 5 weeks and one day until our cruise!!!

Anyone planning on doing excursion? If so which ones?

How about dinner seating?

We are planning on doing the Island and Butterfly farm tour in St. Maarten, and we have late seating...

[Favorite Auntie]

We have Main seating and we are planning on going to Coral World and Coki Beach on St Thomas. I have been to St John a couple of times, so this time I want to spend some time on St Thomas. On St Martin I am going to shop and spend time at Great Bay Beach, maybe rent a wave runner.:jumping1:

[jkovick]

DH and I are also going to Coral World on St. Thomas. Still undecided about St Martin though, we will probably just wing it there. We requested late seating for dinner, so I am assuming that is what we will get. Haven't got my docs yet, but maybe today will be the day.:D

[izzinmac]

One of my sons and family are taking the Butterfly Farm tour also.
Most of the rest of the group plans on doing beach trips on their own, or just stay on the ship and take advantage of the uncrowds.

Our group of 22 has early seating. Since all the grandkids are 6 or under we anticipate we will get APLAPLA rotation. However, I sent an email to DU stating even though we have no control over our rotation, we would prefer PLAPLAP with two 8 top and one 6 top tables with the same servers. Got a nice reply from Tammy at DU stating it doesn't hurt to let Disney know our preferences and she passed them on to her DCL contact. Be interesting to see if we get our request!

[gassmandy]

No excursions here--dh MIGHT do Mahogany Run Golf Course w/ my sister's boyfriend (if her bf can get the "pro" rate since he's a head golf professional at his parent's course in NY--otherwise it's $135pp). We have a 7 1/2 month old so I'll be enjoying the ship or walking around the port w/ her. Better not to make plans!!! Did a bunch of excursions last year on the Western and am looking forward to more time on the ship this time.
We have early dinner since there are 6 kids under 6 in our group.
No docs. here, either. Hopefully soon!!!!!!:hyper:

[princssdisnygina]

we have the late dinner seating (less kids and more time on land). And, we are doing the Eagle Catamaran on St. Maarten. We are going to go to trunk bay but we are going to do it on our own. 5 weeks and counting!

Gina::MinnieMo

[NJ Cruisers]

We got our docs today .... no upgrade and still late seating. But who cares ... we're going and I'm soooooooooooooo excited. I'll start filling out the forms tonight - you won't see me holding up the line trying to fill out the forms. No sir - mine will be ready to go 5 weeks ahead of time.

We booked late so we couldn't get early seating. We'll try to get it changed when we board.

We aren't doing any excursions. We've been to St Thomas lots of times and St Maarten on 4 other cruises so we don't need Island tours and our son is too young for any other excursions. We usually do snorkel tours, but not this time with a 4 year old.

In St Thomas we're going to Magen's Bay in the morning and then I'm going downtown for shopping later in the afternoon while the boys (DH and DS) play in the pool on the ship. We'll be doing the same thing in St Maarten, but I'm not sure what beach yet. I'm looking for someplace with a nice beach, chairs to rent, drinks for sale, bathroom. We used to go to Mullet Bay but I'm not sure it has the amenities after the hurricane a few years ago. Maybe Dawn Beach or the one right in town. Does anyone know any others?

Diane

[TChrist05]

Five weeks and 1 day and the brown truck just dropped of the documents....now I really can feel the cruise is right around the corner....anyone else get them?
Tom

[Crazy Momma]

Did anyone who has received their Doc. book through Dreams??

I'm doing the Disney Happy Dance



:cool1: :cool1: :cool1: :cool1:

[TChrist05]

We booked directly with DCL.....got docs today but cabin number is wrong....just gotta write in the correct one.....
Tom

[PenskeSth1]

We booked through DVC member services, No docs here yet. :(
We got our Excursion papers yesterday. We are only doing excursions on CC though. Decided to rent a car at St. Maarten and check out the island on our own.
Where oh where is that BIG BROWN TRUCK with our Docs? LOL

[gassmandy]

We booked thru DU and haven't received ours.

[princssdisnygina]

WE GOT OUR DOCS TODAY! Yeah! I am SO SUPER DUPER excited! 5 weeks and counting!

Gina::MinnieMo

[DisneyGator01]

I picked up my docs today, does that count?

So 5 more weeks!! I officially got the 29th off today. I changed my ressie on Wed to the 7 day (from the 11/30 4 day), without techincally having the 29th off from work...oops. Well need not worry, it's all okay, I have the day off. Like I'd let a little ole job stop me from going on a Disney cruise!!!

[TChrist05]

DisneyGator...you are gonna love the 7 day...you get so many more things on the 7 day.....character breakfast....sea days.....time to relax.....welcome aboard.....5 short weeks.....
Tom

[gassmandy]

DisneyGator01--you'll really realize how much better the 7 day is when day 4 rolls around and you realize--you're not getting off!!!!

[DisneyGator01]

Can't have that!!! Our cruise is the MOST important!!:cool:

How many of you are planning WDW stops before or after your cruise?

[TChrist05]

Actually I have to tell a secret. My wife is down in Tampa visiting her mother....I am home recovering from knee surgury I had two weeks ago. We joined the vacation club last May on the Magic....so I decided that instead of my wife flying home tuesday, I will fly down and we will stay 3 nights in Beach Club Villas....so we return home on Halloween night.....fly back down on 11/29 and then spend 7 great nights on the Magic...followed by 5 nights in Old Key West.....so.....I would say life is pretty good....anyone else staying in Disney World after the cruise?
Tom

[NJ Cruisers]

We are spending just one day at WDW after the cruise - the Saturday that we get back. We'll be flying home on Sunday. It will be like a tease. Originally I was going to do a 3-4 day cruise and 4-5 days at WDW so I could get my annual Disney "fix". But then we decided that 3-4 day cruise was too short. I'm sure we made the right decision but it will be tough not having a week at WDW.

We'll go to MGM or Magic Kingdom during the day and Epcot for dinner. I just love the Christmas music and decorations at Epcot!!!

Diane

[ObsessedwithDisney]

We just changed our plans to spend the day at WDW on the Friday before (11/28). Our flight gets to Orlando pretty early, and we've been trying to decide what to do with our day. My DMIL has never been to Disneyworld before, so this will be a special treat for her, even though its just a little taste of it. We made a priority seating at Ohana's (DH's favorite WDW restaurant) for an early dinner Friday evening before we head to the Radisson.

The anticipation is killing me!

Kathy

[bffttsiu]

We are spending Thursday and Friday at WDW.

[gassmandy]

We have tentative plans to head over to WDW on Thurs. We'll see!!:Pinkbounc

[DisneyGator01]

Well if anyone is planning on heading to the Studios, come visit me at the Tower of Terror :)

[gassmandy]

Oh how cool!!! Are you by the elevators (where you get on??)

[Favorite Auntie]

Lampskies
I just sent you our photo, I had trouble getting it on to the web site.:(

[DisneyGator01]

I'd be down in the gift shop at the end of the attraction...


that is if you survive!!

:earseek:

[princssdisnygina]

So we have started gathering all of our little things like birth certificates, waterproof wallets, prior seating #'s for WDW and all that stuff! We are starting to put together our things! 4 weeks 5 days and counting! These next 33 days will seem SO long!

Gina::MinnieMo

[LAMPSKIES]

Favoriteauntie.............I recieved your email but can't upload from my yahoo address. Try emailing to Lampskies@aol.com. I can do it with that attachment.

O.K., we've been out of town camping since last Thursday morning. I recieved a call from DCL about a possible "upgrade" on our land portion.(Thursday and Friday) Don't worry bfftsiu I didn't forget about you.......I'll act as your TA. It looks like they are going to come thru on that Yacht Club promise. I have to call tomorrow. Good to see more pics on the site.

[Favorite Auntie]

I did it! I finally figured out how to post the pictures....it was tough, and I had to try a few different ways with different file names...but it worked! I surprise myself sometimes.

One month from right now I will be on a plane from Manchester, NH on my way to Orlando FL!!!!

[PenskeSth1]

Woo Hoo! I can finally do the Happy Doc Dance.... They came in today! I am sooooooo ready to go cruising now!:Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc :bounce:

[TCROMW1013]

I am still awaiting my documents. I know there is still plenty of time, but with all of you receiving yours, I can't wait. Has anyone who booked thru All Seasons Travel received theirs yet?

See you all soon.

[Favorite Auntie]

Exactly one month from right now and we will all be getting ready for our lifeboat drill! Of course that is after we have stuffed ourselves silly at the lunch buffet...:o

We booked through AAA and they called the other day to say we could go pick up the docs....

[izzinmac]

Exactly one month from right now us early diners will be sitting down for our first rotation! No docs here yet. Soon, I hope!
Lampskies, BFFTTSIU, and DineyGator1 - I think several of our group, including Gassmandy, have decided to go to WDW on Thanksgiving Day. Past years we have done the dinner at Vero Disney, but with the cruise just a day away we decided to forego that this year. No one wants to cook a big dinner either. So we came up with the WDW alternative. Maybe we could hook up for a quick mini Dismeet at the Tower of Terror gift store. Anyone else going to be at WDW on Thursday?

[ObsessedwithDisney]

We booked thru All Seasons Travel too, but so far no docs yet. I'll post as soon as we get them, though - and you do the same!

[DisneyGator01]

Yeah, come hang out with me at the Tower of Terror Gift Shop.. I'll be closing Thanksgiving day, so I'll be there anytime after 1pm!

[Crazy Momma]

We will be down on the 25th. We are having Thanksgiving dinner at a friends house. Depending on when dinner is we will try to go to one of the parks in the morning or late evening. Where is everyone going on Friday?

No Docs yet
:confused: :mad:

I'm doing the Disney Happy Dance:bounce: :bounce:

[jkovick]

We are arriving in Orlando late on Thursday. We are thinking about going to MK on Friday, (however that may be a crazy idea, as crowds will probably be insane):D

[jkovick]

PS. Still no docs here either, even though Expedia said they were sent 10/21. Maybe today.

[TCROMW1013]

Obsessed, you bet I will post when our docs arrive. We are getting closer, and I am driving my husband crazy with my shopping for things we need.

[DisneyGirlTinkerbell]

Greetings all!

I see many posts regarding a "meet". Some have suggested WDW Thurs. or Friday. We will be at DisneyQuest on Thurs. and Epcot on Friday. It might be difficult to arrange with everyone going in a different direction. Why don't we meet on the ship? Does anyone remember the name of that room that can be used for meetings on the ship? Or perhaps just topside, near a particular landmark? I'll bring the sign, if we can agree on a spot/time to meet. Don't make it too early. We don't turn our car in until 12:30 p.m. Probably leave from the airport about on Mears (Disney bus) about 1:00 p.m.

I can't wait to meet you all. Bring kids to the meet too, if you can keep up with them for that long. My DSs 16 &11 are veterans at Oceaner's Lab and Common Grounds. They would love to have some "new friends" even before the kids centers open.

Post some suggested meeting locations.

Can't wait to meet you all!

:bounce:

BTW--Still looking for SCUBA divers. Send private message or post if you want to dive in St. M or St. T. DS 16 needs a buddy to dive.

No docs yet either!:(

[jkovick]

I think it was agreed on to meet at the Sail Away party on Deck 10. :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: Is it time to go yet?

[LAMPSKIES]

izzinmac...........we will be landing at 10:50am on Thursday. We usually check, in put our luggage at the front desk and head to MGM for some Tower of Terror and Rockin' Rollercoaster. Still have no plans for dinner Thanksgiving.........We have hoop tee do review sp? Friday. We usually do a Planet holywood when we are there. Maybe Thurs.

[gassmandy]

Yah--the sail away party on deck 10. Look for a group with the big Mickey hands that the CM's on land wave good bye with--cuz our group will have them. Also I think Lampskies will be recognizeable as the one w/ the ESPN mug glued to his hands. LOL. Wait--that sounds like an exact description of my husband! (Actually--he may be wheeling a keg around behind him. LOL).

[LAMPSKIES]

KEG?!?!?!?!? Than I'll be the one sitting ON the keg with the ESPN mug.LOL

[LAMPSKIES]

jkovic...........we were there last Thanksgiving........it wasn't that bad. About a 30 min wait at The Tower. Lines were a lot shorter than I expected.

[DisneyGator01]

One month to go!!:Pinkbounc

[ObsessedwithDisney]

Do any of you know what MK will be like Friday after Thanksgiving? We were thinking of doing that, but kind of afraid its gonna be too crazy. What do you think - is it safe?! Anyone else planning on going there?

[DisneyGator01]

It will be busy... not Christmas/ 4th of July Busy... but it will be a crazy day.

[LAMPSKIES]

For all you newbies to this forum I figured I'd move this link closer to the "chat". http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dclsnov29eastern

[LAMPSKIES]

Wow!!!!!!! I thought this thread was gone!!!!!!!!1

[jkovick]

I thought the same thing. When did this get changed?

[DisneyGirlTinkerbell]

Originally posted by jkovick
I think it was agreed on to meet at the Sail Away party on Deck 10. :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: Is it time to go yet?


Thanks. I was reading at work the other day...didn't have time to catch up on the whole thread.

I added the Meet onto our yahoogroups calendar.

See you all there!:earsgirl:

[DisneyGator01]

:wave: Hi everyone!

Less then one month to go now! WooHoo!!

So our official DIS meet is Sail Away Party, deck 10, correct?

How about we do a 11/29 Eastern Roll Call, I know we did one earlier in the thread, but this will help us newbies know everyone who is going so far.. our name, where we are from.. things like that!

I'll go first :)

I'm Shelley (25) from Orlando Fl--this will be my 4th DCL cruise and First 7 day DCL cruise!!

I'll be sailing with my Grandmother, this will be her 2nd DCL cruise, and first 7 day DCL cruise.

No stateroom number yet. So far we haven't booked any excursions. Just looking forward to a relaxing but fun-filled DCL cruise.

[ObsessedwithDisney]

My name is Kathy (35), and we're from Mt. Airy MD. I'm traveling with DH Joe (46), DS Shawn (7) and DMIL - Bette. This is a first DCL cruise for all of us (although me, DH and DS have cruised before). I think we're in stateroom 7052, but not quite sure due to some changes we made with our categories.

We haven't booked excursions yet either - still having trouble deciding on things that all 4 of us would enjoy doing!

[princssdisnygina]

My name is Gina(26) and I am travelling with my husband (26), mother (53), and father (60). We are from Pendleton, IN and this will be our 3rd Disney cruise but first 7 day! We are staying at POR afterwards for 4 days as well. We are frequent Dis travelers! We are in staterooms 5137 and 5139 for now, we may change when we get into port.

28 days and counting!!

Gina::MinnieMo

[gassmandy]

My name is Amanda(28) and I'll be with my DH Shawn(34) and our DD(7 1/2 months at cruise time). My parents Bob(izzinmac) and Mary will be there too along with 4 sisters,2 brothers, all their significant others and kids. Here's the list:
Brother-Matt(36) and wife April(30-31?) and their son Sawyer (15 months)
Sister-Susan(34), her hubbie Randall(38?) and their kids Bethany(6) and Timothy(5)
Sister-Sarah(29) and her huband Jeff(40-ish) and their 2 kids Sammy(just over 2) and Abigail(8 1/2 months)
Sister-Becky(27) and her husband Jason(33)
Brother Andrew(25) and his friend Wilberto(25??)
Sister Vikki(22) and her boyfriend Scott(23/24?)

Can't remember all the rooms--some deck 2, deck 6 and deck 7

[NJ Cruisers]

Hi everyone. Just 4 weeks today!!!!

My name is Diane and I will be cruising with my DH (Rick) and my DS4 (Matt). It's Matt's first cruise but Rick and I cruised a lot (10+) before Matt. But this is our first Disney Cruise. We enjoyed all the other cruise lines, but picked Disney for Matt - the other kids, the clubs and especially the fact that everyone on the ship knows there will be kids all over the place.

I am so excited. It has been 4 years since our last cruise and we are ready for this one. Looking forward to that Keg that Lampskies is bringing. So kind of you to carry it on board for our Meet. Should we bring our own mugs?

Diane & Rick & Matt

[LAMPSKIES]

Good idea.............Stateroom 6608...........I am Ron(38) and will be sailing with DW Kim(34), DD Jessica(13) and DD Alli(11). We live in Crown Point Indiana. This is our "replacement" Eastern for our cancelled cruise the same time last year. We will be at POR Thursday and Friday prior to the sailing. This is our third Disney cruise....................Hey NJ Cruisers........How 'bout one of those tappers that they carry around at ballgames?? I could strap it to my back???

[Favorite Auntie]

Here goes..... I am Joanne (31) and I will be traveling with my nephew Bobby (5), My parents Barbara and Bill. We are from the Boston area. This is my 3rd 7 day DCL cruise, Bobby's first and my parents 9th (or something like that...)! We are really looking forward to this cruise and getting to meet all the dis friends! My parents aren't on line, but I show them the site whenever they are over.

[DisneyGator01]

bumping:bounce:

[TChrist05]

Hello all....we will be on the ship.....Tom(50) and my DW Marilou(46)...we have sailed 5 times on Disney and were part of the cancelled cruise last year with Lampskies....we are in cabin 6136 and look forward to meeting all and spending 7 MAGICal days on the Magic and then 5 great nights in OKW.......just came back from a couple of nights in Disney and I must tell all the new fireworks show at the Magic Kingdom is breathtaking....if you can possibly get to see it you will not be disappointed. Anyway, 27 days to go......
Tom

[PenskeSth1]

The things you miss when you go away for a few days..

In our party is DH David(41)myself Michele(38) DS Davey(5) and DD Tiffany(14). we are from Lakeland Fl. and this is our first cruise of any kind. We also were suppose to be on the DC that was cancelled last Nov.. We are in room 7020 and we have late seating for dinner. We are so excited and can't wait to get on the ship... FINALLY!

Michele

[jkovick]

My name is Jennifer (32), I will be traveling with DH (Jason,32). We are from Marshall, MI. This is our first Disney cruise, though not our first cruise. (We have cruised before with Carnival and RCCL. ) We are arriving in Orlando on Thanksgiving Day and are spending Friday at the MK to catch "Wishes " and "Mickey's Philharmonic". We are both very excited and counting the days!


P.S. We finally got our docs on Friday. Hurray!

[TCROMW1013]

Hi, We are traveling with myself (37) and my hubby Mark (37) and my two childred son (12) and daughter (8). This will be our first cruise ever and are so looking forward to it. We are flying out of Dayton, OH on Friday and plan to spend a relaxing day at the Raddison before hand.

See you Soon
Tammy

[LAMPSKIES]

Hey.............how 'bout we finish our posts for the next 25 with our "real" first names. Then maybe we can place "real" names with dis board I.D.'s?????


Ron

[LAMPSKIES]

Hey gassmandy....................I was reading another post about the "norwalk virus". It says that people who came down with it on the ship got "upgraded" to a verandah room............How bad you want that upgrade. LOL

Ron

[gassmandy]

Lampskies--read the same thread----unfortunately they had to be quarantined for a few days, too!! Maybe Shawn will volunteer!
LOL!
Amanda

[princssdisnygina]

Ok, so I am an idiot. What night is the formal night? And, is there any way of knowing our dining rotation before we arrive?

Gina::MinnieMo

[izzinmac]

Gina,
Idiots?? Not on our cruise!

That reminds me of a quote: "There are no stupid questions, but there are a LOT of inquisitive idiots" Doesn't apply to 11/29.

Anyway, back to your question, formal night is Sunday, but your menu will be the normal rotation meal for whichever dining location you have that night. Thursday is Semi formal night with the Captains Gala menu (lobster, etc.) It always seems to me they ought to switch formal and semi formal nights to have formal with the fancy menu.
Regarding rotation, the first you will know that is at check in. It will show up on your KTTW card.

Bob and Mary

[LAMPSKIES]

Gina............This should give you an idea of dining rotations:::::::::Eastern

Night Port Menu Dress code
sat Port Canaveral Rotation Casual
sun Day at Sea Rotation Semi-Formal
mon Day at Sea Rotation Casual
tue St. Maarten Tropicali... Tropical
wed St. Thomas Around the World Casual
thu Day at Sea Captain's Gala Formal
fri Castaway Cay Best of Master Chef Casual

Rotation is either Lumieres, Animators Palate, or Parrot Cay menu depending on what resturant you are in.


Or go to Barbs site at www.castawayclub .com

Ron

[princssdisnygina]

Thanks for the info Ron! I have another question. My Husband doesn't have a tux and I am not sure we want to rent one, so would a jacket and tie be sufficient for the formal night? Need opinions please!

Thanks,

Gina::MinnieMo

[LAMPSKIES]

Gina...................I WILL NOT be wearing a tux!!!! Last cruise I took a sport coat and tie. That's as formal as I am getting......I'm on vacation!!!! Besides being a Finance Director fot the other 51 weeks of the year......there will be as little formal as possible for me.

Ron

[jkovick]

My DH is not wearing a tux either. He is bringing a nice suit for formal night and a sport coat & tie for semi formal night.

[LAMPSKIES]

Jen and Gina......are you early or late seating??? We are late!!!


Ron

[princssdisnygina]

Good! I was hoping that would be sufficient. It is nice to know others are thinking the same, WE ARE ON VACATION! Luckily I found myself a decent dress at a good price. It is getting closer! It seems like when we booked back in March it would never get here! Now less than 26 days! The sad part is, it will come and go so quickly, we will be counting down our next WD vacation!

Gina::MinnieMo

[LAMPSKIES]

Every morning my DD's ask "o.k. dad, tell us how many days now.....because I know you're going to tell us".

[DisneyGator01]

Okay who's ready for a vacation???

I know I will be after this weekend.. it's Super Soap Weekend at the Studios (Super Scary Weekend). Can we bump the cruise up to 11/8/03??

I've been looking at all the menu's trying to pick out what I want to order, and it's pretty hard. I want to try just about everything! Anyone who has gone before, how is the Around the World Menu? What are some of your fav's from that night?

Well.. 25 days to go!
Shelley

[jkovick]

Ron- We have late seating.

[LAMPSKIES]

Gina..........don't stress over what to order. Last year on our Dec. Wonder I couldn't decide???? do I want the filet or the seafood?? So they brought me both!!!!

[LAMPSKIES]

I know we are all having our dis meet somewhere on deck 10 at the sail away party, but............how many head strait to the buffet after boarding??? And how many 2nd time or greater cruisers are planing on the Castaway Club coctail party???

Ron

[Favorite Auntie]

We head right to Topsiders (my mom goes and makes Palo ressies) and we do go to the cocktail party. Yummy coconut shrimp! Get there early or we will eat it all! The drinks that they serve you are yummy too, and it is neat to meet and greet the steering commitee. I heard Jacqui was the director, I hope she is still there when we cruise!!

[Crazy Momma]

Hello all, I haven't been on-line for a few days. My name is Susan (40) I'm sailing with DH Gary (35) and DS Matthew (7). We are from Fredericksburg VA (50 miles South of Washington DC) This is our 2nd Disney cruise. Our room number is 6588, I think.
We have the early dinner setting.

I'm doing the Disney Happy Dance!!!

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[TChrist05]

Hey all.....head to Topsiders first...gotta get those big shrimp....they are the best....anyway....I would imagine that the Haunted Mansion will be the "big movie presentation"on the ship since it is going to be released on November 26th.....as far as everyone going for Palo ressies....my wife and I have only done Palo once....we just don't really like all the fancy food....I am just a meat and potato person....so all the fancy stuff just does not do it for us....the second place we go is to get our special server...Sasha Sakic from Croatia.....we had him 2 years ago and requested him for our cruise last May....they changed us and we had him.....and he told us he will be on the 11/29 cruise....it costs me more money....cause he is so good I have to give him like twice as much as suggested....and we even bought his new baby a gift last time.....anyway.....26 days...almost 25 to go.....
Tom

[ObsessedwithDisney]

I'm afraid I'm suffering from a serious problem! I don't have any motivation for anything at all UNLESS it is cruise-related! I've been creating and re-creating packing lists, made a countdown calendar, went shopping this weekend JUST to pick up cruise things, including a new dress (which I really didn't need, but it was "such a great price"). My spare bedroom is now full of open suitcases and clothes (which I pack and repack just to do something related to our cruise). I hope I don't have any unexpected guests between now and the day we leave - I don't know where they will sleep! And in my "spare" time, you can find me browsing these boards (okay, most of the time I am browsing these boards)!

Anyone else experiencing this incredible phenomenon, or is it just me???

By the way, to catch up on a few topics - my DH will not be wearing a tux, either - a coat & tie for both nights suits him well (actually, this is the first cruise where he hasn't complained about dressing up at all)!

We'll probably hit the buffet soon after we get on board (or soon after making Palo reservations).

Tom, thanks for the info about Haunted Mansion! I hope that is the movie playing. We don't get to the movies often, so this will be a special treat for us.

Kathy

[gassmandy]

Obsessed--you're not alone! I wanted to pack my 7 month old's suitcase about a week ago and my husband told me it'd be best to wait(I guess 5 weeks out is a LITTLE early). We all usually head straight to PC for the buffet, but decided this time it'd be nice to sit out on deck at Topsiders--for all the family w/ us who haven't been on the ship before. I will probably be a nervous wreck like last cruise until I am done making both Palo dinner and brunch reservations. Last time I took care of everyone's (6 of us) but this time w/ 16 adults--I'll need help. The only thing in the spa I usually do is the Rainforest so no rush there. I need to go buy myself some clothes since things don't fit exactly the same as they did pre-pregnancy--I've spent the past 6 months shopping for cruise outfits for my dd (needless to say she's set!).
No tux for dh either. He has a really nice Perry Ellis sports jacket and pants and some beautiful shirts for underneath. I think he looks very dressy even if he wears no tie, too.
Alright--enough for now!!
SOON..................:Pinkbounc :bounce: :earseek: :hyper: ::yes::

[gassmandy]

Also--I was laughing reading Ron's post about his daughter's asking him how many days because they know he'd know....my sister's always make fun of my dad and me about being on these boards. My sis Vikki always does that thing where you cough and say "dorks" under your breath whenever we all get to talking about info from here or the dis meet, etc.

[princssdisnygina]

Ron - We have the late seating! That is what we wanted, that way we get more time to do what we want before dinner. Plus, not that I dislike kids, but this is an "adult" trip for us so there are less kids at the late seating!

And yes....I have the vacation fever too! Everyday I am planning and typing things up on the computer. I am thinking about things I need to get to go. I have already hit all the stores and destroyed their summer clothing, especially at old navy. They have great sales, $4.99 for shirts and shorts! Everything I think about is cruise related. November 29th can't get here soon enough! I am even struggling to go to work, but I keep telling myself I have to work to have spending money! I would just like to stay in bed until its time to go. Wow...what a dream world I am in!

Hurry up November 29th!

Gina::MinnieMo

[izzinmac]

Vacation fever! --- Are you kidding....my dughter Amanda and I have had it for nearly a year...and it's getting worse...I understand it is a terminal disease....it only goes away when you get to the terminal!!!!

Amanda-are you saying your youngest sister/my youngest daughter calls me a "Dork" for my obsession? I never did like that kid!!

She is probably right though! All of us here are probably obssessed, terminal DCL Dorks. Maybe we change the name of the DisMeet to the DisDorkMeet. All of our families could wear shirts that say "I'm with DisDorkBob" or any other name!

Bob

[smittygl]

:earsboy: Firstime Cruisers Here. We are so excited!. There are 7 of us in two deluxe state rooms with verandas. FREE UPGRADE!:cool1: My parents and me wife and three girls. 5, 4 and 8 months.

Can anyone tell me if there is baby food onboard the ship? I know that you can request pack n plays, buy was wondering about the food.

Thanks and have a great trip!

New Cruisers!

::MinnieMo princess: pirate:

[4OFUSFROMPA]

We can't wait! The November 29th Magic trip will be our family's 3rd. Last year we were on the Thanksgiving 'Western Magic' and the year before on the Wonder. We are very excited for the Christmas activities/decorations this trip. Our trip on the Wonder was a Christmas one and the ship looks so festive.
I am travelling with DH and 2 DD (ages 8 and 4). This year my daughter will be going to the Lab and will be separated from her younger sister. She is anxious to meet other girls to hang with.princess:

[TChrist05]

Hey all...it is kind of funny reading all the posts....we did a 3 day Wonder cruise in September....spent 3 days in the parks as well....went down for 3 days in the beginning of October and then I had knee surgery on Oct. 13th.....and last week I went down for 3 nights......don't go back to work until Nov. 17th....and then cruise on the 29th.....we have been back and forth so much and I still cannot wait for our cruise.....it has to be a disease....there has to be some name for it....but the 29th is fast approching....the deck party.....the great meals....shows....night life......drinks.....and on and on.......
Tom

[LAMPSKIES]

Kathy.........Yes my DD's kinda looks at me wierd when they see me on these boards and know the "days left", but this is actually 2 1/2 years of waiting!!!!! Yes we did do a "replacement" Wonder sailing after we got cancelled (the night before we were to fly out). But we "did" the Wonder before and we were soooooo looking forward to different ports of call. Needless to say, yes it was o.k. but what a dissappointment after a year and a half of waiting. Sooooooo all us "disdorks" will understand. And they may think I'M the dork but they still haven't unpacked from our Las Vegas trip in October. LOL

[LAMPSKIES]

O.k. Amanda you said it!!!!!!!!!!!! No tie for me either!!!!! Just some dockers, deck shoes, nice shirt and a sport coat. They should all be luck I'm not wearing shorts........Right???? As far as Palo......... hmmmmmmmmmmm do I hear bfftsiu and Tenna4 volunteering to hang out at dinner with our DD's?????????

[TCROMW1013]

4OFUS - My daughter will be using the clubs too and is also 8, maybe we could introduce them at the sail away meet. We are staying at the Raddison the night before, where are you?

[bffttsiu]

Lampskies - I think your dd's can handle the restaurant all by themselves and we can all go to Palo without them.

[4OFUSFROMPA]

TCROMW1013

It would be great to introduce daughters. It may make the introduction to the Kids Lab a little easier. My 8 year old can sometimes be shy when thrown into new situations. On our prior trips she did the camp with her sister, so the lab will be new to her. She is excited to be old enough to go to Lab. I think the activities will excite her more. We are flying into Orlando on Thurs and spending 2 days at Hard Rock Hotel at Universal. We plan on arriving at Disney Terminal around 10:30 on Sat. - Jackie

[princssdisnygina]

OK. I have another question. Does anyone know anything about the character breakfast? How does this work? Is it something we make reservations for? Is it every morning? We want to do this but know nothing about it because they did not offer it on the 4 day.

Gina::MinnieMo

[DisneyGator01]

princess,

It will depend on your dining rotation, but you will recieve tickets for the breakfast, so you don't have to worry about missing it.

I am pretty sure it is one of the morning's at sea and you will dine at your normal table, and have your evening servers.

Can't wait to go! It's almost here!

[izzinmac]

Is this group getting excited, or what??? New posters, lots of questions, final planning, etc...... I think it is starting to sink in - WE ARE CRUISIN SOON!!!!!!

Since you are all coming to visit Florida, a weather update from the Space Coast - so far November has been about 6 degrees above norm - we are running mid 80s with more than normal clouds for this time of year. DisDorkBob's weather prediction for November 29 at Port Canaveral ----- Clear Skies, lots of sunshine, and a high of 79 degrees!!!!!:sunny: :sunny:

DidDorkBob

[DisneyGator01]

it has been hot down here the past few days... I hope it cools down before Super Soap Weekend... But then warms back up when we all go on our cruise!!

Does anyone know if Diversions the new club has board games? I thought I read somewhere that it did. I thought it would be a cool sea day activity. I am already bringing my dominos and my travel yatzee to play.

[ObsessedwithDisney]

Whew! I am relieved to know I'm not the only one obsessing here! Now I can confidently defend myself to family members who think I'm just crazy!

Hey, DisDorkBob, I love your weather prediction! We've been experiencing higher than normal temps here, too - 84 today! When we first booked this cruise in Nov/Dec, we were looking forward to being able to get away from the cold temps. But its been warmer than usual the past several days so there's been no cold weather to get away from (so far). But, I'm not complaining.


Kathy

[TChrist05]

So....lets get this straight....our Dismeet is during the deck party on deck 10.......it is hot down in Florida these days.....and absolutely not one word about norwalk virus......so we are down to almost 24 days......let's get ready to party!!!!

Tom

[LAMPSKIES]

Just got back in from what is probably my last golf cart ride around the neighborhood for the year.........72 degrees and rainy here on the south side of chicago. As a matter of fact I got caught in the rain on my way back from a "neighborhood drinking convention". (I need to put a heater in that cart) LOL bfftisu....you understand!!!!! I'm just trying to build some tollerence for the disdork convention. Amanda..........sounds like your DH is ready!?!?!!?!? anyone else????

Ron

[TCROMW1013]

We are ready too!!! But still no documents, I keep hoping everyday I return from work.

Tammy

[Crazy Momma]

I spoke with a T/A from Dreams last week. She called Disney an was told they should be printed and mailed out this week.

I'm doing the Disney Happy Dance!!!

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[gassmandy]

Hey Crazy Momma--we went through DU also and.............we just got our docs from the UPS man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!yay!!!! !!!!!!!!!!Anyway- still same room--2611--but it's a couple doors down from my sister Vikki's room (and Scott-her bf). Even though I would've loved an outside room--my husband seems to think the darkness of the inside room will at least keep our daughter from waking at 6 am (like she's been doing this past week w/ the whole daylight savings time thing!). I don't care what room--just get me on the ship!!!!!!!!!!!
And yes, Ron, my dh is definitely practicing raising his tolerance level..................you'll know him by his ever present goofy beer induced grin!! (he loves cruises because he can even indulge in a girlie drink--pina colada or daiquiri--w/out being laughed at!).
:hyper: :Pinkbounc

[Crazy Momma]

Hey Amanda,

When I receive our docs you will probably feel the earth move down in Melbourne. I agree with Ron regarding a dark room. When Matthew was a baby he would wake up as soon as the sun was up. When you are on vaction who wants to get up at 6am. NOT!!! Tell Ron, Gary and I will have a girlie drink with him. I promise I will not laugh. Maybe just a giggle.

Susan

I'm doing the Disney Happy Dance

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[LAMPSKIES]

Amanda and Susan.......if I put an umbrella in my beer would that qualify??? 6:00 am hmmmmmmmmmmmmm Only on my verandah while watching the ship dock while drinking a bloody mary.............Shhhhhhhh DW and DD's will definately be sleeping. With sun or not.

Ron

[Crazy Momma]

Hey Ron,

If you put an orange slice, cherry and an umbrella in your beer you can join our girlie drink club.

I will be on the veranda early while DH and DS are sleeping. I will be drinking coffee. I don't drink the hard stuff until after 9 am

I'm doing the Disney Happy Dance

:cool1: :cool1: :cool1: :cool1:

[izzinmac]

They are here!!!!......Gassmandy is not the only one in our group to get documents today....The rest of our group of 22 had documents delivered.... Not anxious or anything - but mine are all filled out, signed, and ready to go!!!!!

[Crazy Momma]

No docs yet!!! :( :(

Maybe tomorrow

I'm doing the Disney Happy Dance

:cool1: :cool1: :cool1: :cool1:

Susan

[Crazy Momma]

I'm looking for someone to do the wine tasting with. DH doesn't like wine.

I'm doing the Disney Happy Dance


:cool1: :cool1: :cool1: :cool1:

With all the dancing I've been doing maybe I will drop a few pounds before sailing.

Susan

[DisneyGator01]

You can join me and my grandmother!

[ObsessedwithDisney]

DisneyGator01 and Crazy Momma,

I might like to join you too. DH doesn't like wine either!

Kathy

[Crazy Momma]

ObsessedwithDisney and DisneyGator01,

Great!!! Sounds like a date. When it gets closer we can decide what day we want to go. Does anyone know how quickly the wine tasting books up?

Hey Ron,
You can come too. You can put beer in a wine glass and pretend. ha ha!!!



Kathy,

Where in Maryland are you from? I live in Fredericksburg VA.

Susan

I'm doing the Disney Happy Dance



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[LAMPSKIES]

Looks like I'm going to have my work cut out for me......beer, foofoo drinks, beer with orange slices, wine tasting, beer, girly drinks and oh....did I mention beer?? I'm ready to play......put me in coach!! Well..........exactly three weeks from today I will be telling DD's "go to bed, we have to wake up at 3:00am to make it to the airport for our flight". Just like last year I'll have that carribean christmas music jamin' thruout the house to wake them up. I can hear it now........."Christmas in the c-a-r-a-b-eeee----a-n we've got everything but snow!!"

[ObsessedwithDisney]

Hi, Susan

I live in Mt. Airy, MD which is about an hour west of Baltimore. We sometimes take 17 through Fredericksburg on our way to Kings Dominion or Richmond or something. We're almost neighbors!

Our boys are the same age, too. Maybe we can introduce them to each other before they go to the kids club - it could be easier for them if they "know" someone before they get there.

I'm looking forward to the wine tasting "date"! Sorry, I don't know if and when it fills up. I'll do some browsing on the boards unless someone here knows.

Kathy

[gassmandy]

Yah--my dad already has his Bob Marley cd out and ready to bring to my house the evening before for our little pre-cruise party.

I'd love to do the wine tasting thing--think I'll have to see if Shawn will watch our 7 month old--think it's only fair since he already has the following activities planned:
Sat--watch his Miami Canes play (3.5-4 hrs)
Sun--watch his St. Louis Rams play(3.5-4 hrs)
And then golfing at Mahogany Run(4 hrs. for golf
only--another couple for transportation)
So what do you think--think I deserve a little more than the Rainforest pass?? Count me in--we need to make sure we can all sign up together. My brother and his friend I think are extremely interested--and they're hilarious.......I say we get it set up!
:hyper:

[gassmandy]

Crazy Momma, DisneyGator, and Obsessed--I just posted some questions about the wine tasting on the other section of theis board so we can get the specifics!!
How fun!!!!!!

[jkovick]

DH and I are planning on the wine tasting too. I don't know much about how it is handled, is it offered on sea days only? Sounds like a lot of fun though.:D

[princssdisnygina]

Ok, izzinimac and gassmandy have 2 different ideas of formal and semi formal nights. Gassmandy says it is on thursday night and sunday is the semi-formal night, which would make sense to me since thursday is the Captains Gala. Can someone please clarify?

Thanks, Gina::MinnieMo

[princssdisnygina]

Originally posted by LAMPSKIES
Gina............This should give you an idea of dining rotations:::::::::Eastern

Night Port Menu Dress code
sat Port Canaveral Rotation Casual
sun Day at Sea Rotation Semi-Formal
mon Day at Sea Rotation Casual
tue St. Maarten Tropicali... Tropical
wed St. Thomas Around the World Casual
thu Day at Sea Captain's Gala Formal
fri Castaway Cay Best of Master Chef Casual

Rotation is either Lumieres, Animators Palate, or Parrot Cay menu depending on what resturant you are in.


Or go to Barbs site at www.castawayclub .com

Ron

Ok, here is another one. When we go to St. Maarten, do we still have dining as usual? So all 7 nights we rotate between the 3 restaurants? Sorry for asking so many questions but I want to make sure I plan palo for 2 nights making sure we miss our rotations in 2 different restaurants, I would hate to miss animators palate twice!

Thanks, Gina ::MinnieMo

[izzinmac]

Gina,
I agree that formal night makes more sense on Thurday, but the posts I have seen from recent returning cruisers and the most recent Navigators show Sunday as Formal and Thursday as Semi formal. I think the reason they do that is that Sunday is also the night of the Captains Reception before or after dinner in the atrium. I think it is a photo op to get pictures with the Captain in his dress uniform. From a dining standpoint, Thursday still makes the most sense for formal. One thing I have noted is that it has switched back and forth over the past year, so Lampskies may be right yet!

Regarding Palo, last I heard you could only make one dinner reservation per cabin. Some people get around that by going together as two couples with one room signing up one night for four people and the other room doing the same on a different night. You can have both a dinner reservation and brunch reservation, though. Do the brunch - I think it is much better than dinner!
Bob

[princssdisnygina]

Bob:

Thanks for the info! As far as Palo goes, I heard on the 7 day you could make reservations for Palo twice. But no matter, we will go twice since we have 2 different cabins and four people. I have never done the brunch but I love the dinner! The filet mignon was outstanding!

Thanks for the info!

Gina::MinnieMo

[gassmandy]

Actually--I don't think I said anything about dress codes per night yet, but I do agree it's CONFUSING. I know it used to be Sun=semi form. and Thurs=formal(capt. gala). And then like my dad said--more recent cruisers came back and said it flip flopped, making formal now on Sunday(which I agree--I'd prefer it on Capt. gala night so I could drip some drawn butter for my lobster all over my dress--lol). BUT..........I just checked out the navigators on Barb's site for the 10/11/03 cruise (it WAS a western one though--first one after dry dock I believe) and if you scroll down per day--MONDAY was formal night and the Capt. Gala was semi-formal (thurs.). Of course they're in Key west on Sun---and we're at sea so that's why they have formal Monday while ours is Sunday. I wear a black dresses for both--and just accessorize more for formal. I think we're all entering "Operation Short Timers" so we're allowed to be confused and flustered!!!lol!:hyper: :hyper:
And definitely do the brunch--I loved the dinner--was the best one for sure--so you'll love brunch!

[izzinmac]

Gina,
Definitely try the brunch. We had never tried it until our last 7 day cruise and fell in love with it. It is overwhelming! Starts off with a "tour" by your host(ess) of all that is available. There were Alaskan King Crab Legs, already peeled shrimp much better than the ones at first lunch after boarding, all kinds of cheeses, smoked fish, salads, pastries, omlettes, on and on and on....Probably one of the best single bites I have ever taken in my life was a speciality our host brought us. They have a sweet scandanavian bread (can never remember its name) that has an almond flavoring to it. Anyway, he toasted a few pieces and brought it to the table along with pureed fresh rasberries and real whipped cream. Put those on the toast and I thought I had died and gone to heaven! After all that, you get a hot meal which typically consists of beef tenderloin, a chicken dish,or Tilapia. Of course, there is dessert, including a fruit pizza! I have to stop now - I am drooling on my keyboard just thinking about it!
Bob

[izzinmac]

I personally wanted to thank Tammy(TCROMW1013) for faithfully keeping our countdown days on the title to this thread updated. As far as I can tell we are the only one with the countdown days in the title, and I think she is the only one who can update it since she originally started this thread.

Thanks, Tammy

[princssdisnygina]

OOPS, sorry Amanda, it was Lampskies who posted the rotation schedule. My bad. You have made me hungry as well! I am definitely going to do the brunch. I assume reservations have to be made for those and they only happen on at sea days? You guys have really helped us a lot! It is getting so close and I am ready to go!

Gina::MinnieMo

[LAMPSKIES]

Gina...........the first "semi-formal" dinner depends on you "rotation". Not all rotations are the same. Some of us may start saturday at "parrot cay", some may start at "luninares" and some may start at the "formal" dining area. (Tritons on the Wonder). Thus some will be "semi formal" on Sat some on Sun and some on Mon.............Someone correct me if I'm wrong. And you will not know the "rotation" until you get you KTTW card. Am I correct????

[LAMPSKIES]

Gina, Amanda and all other wine tasters........count myself and DW Kim in. It must be a day at sea. Dw and DD's want to shop shop[ shop at ports. The last wine tasting I went to with Dw Kim was Oliver Winery near Indiana University this past summer. I couldn't allow Kim to pour the wine she didn't like in caraffe I had to drink it for her......................

[DisneyGator01]

Sounds like another Dis Meet at a wine tasting then!

Anyone going to try to do Brunch and High Tea? I really want to try to get High Tea, I know it is next to impossible, but I think my grandmother and I would really like it.

[Crazy Momma]

Hello All,

It looks like we are going to have a fun group for the wine tasting. Why don't we plan on going to the 1st wine tasting. It will probably be on Sunday. What do you think? DH and I are planning on going to brunch but, I'm not sure what day. We are going to try to get dinner reservations at Palos for Tues or Wed. Since this our 10 year anniversary we have told our DS (7) he was going to have to go to the club for a few hours while we go dinner.

I'm doing the Disney Happy Dance.

:cool1: :cool1: :cool1: :cool1:

Susan

[izzinmac]

Lampskies,
Sounds like there is confusion on dining rotation and formal/semiformal nites. As an obsessive studier of old Navigator's, here is what I know about the whole subject. Rotation has no relation to Formal/Semiformal/Tropical dress nights. No matter what rotation you are on, formal night will be on Sunday and semiformal will be on Thursday. So some people will have formal in Lumieres, some in Animators Palate, and some in Parrots Cay. Same with semi formal and tropical. It all depends on where you are eating on Sunday (Formal), Tuesday(Tropical) and Thursday (Semiformal)... Thats why some folks are concerned about there rotation. The one I like best is PLAPLAP, which puts you in Lumieres for formal (Sunday), ParrotsCay for Tropical (Tuesday), and Animator's for semiFormal (Thursday). If you have LAPLAPL, you have Animators for Formal, Lumieres for Tropical, and ParrotsCay for SemiFormal. If you have APLAPLA you end up with ParrotsCay for Formal, Animators for Tropical, and Lumieres for Semi Formal. no matter what rotation, you will have the Resturant you are in regular menu the first three nights, followed by Tropicali on night 4 in all resturants, Around the World... on night 5, Captains Gala on night 6, and Best of .. on night 7.
I am so obsessive about this I have created a spreadsheet for each possible rotation which shows dates/dress/menu/character breakfast/etc so we can pick out the best days for those who want Palo brunch and Dinner.
Bob

[LAMPSKIES]

Bob................hmmmmmmmm....So you mean if our formal night is in Parrots Cay I have to dress formal??? We have only been on the Wonder (twice) and Parrot Cay was tropical and Animators was casual and the other was formal.........so it's different on the Magic????............I guess I'll bring my "formal" hawaiian shirt just in case! LOL Parrot Cay wouldn't be the same in formal wear.........

[izzinmac]

Lampskies,
Yea, its completely different than the Wonder, where dress all depends on when you rotate through Tritons. I think they tried to maintain the dress up in Lumieres on the Magic when they started the 7 day, PLUS formal night, PLUS semi formal. If you got the wrong rotation, you could end up having to dress up 3 or 4 nights. Now Lumieres has the same dress code as the others. The night determines the dress.

I have an old leisure suit or a Don Ho necktie. You can borrow whichever you want. Maybe both....a leisure suit with a Hawaiian necktie!!!!

Actually, with the age of your kids, you should be "prime" for the PLAPLAP rotation! We asked for that one-don't know if we will get it.
Bob

[LAMPSKIES]

LOL, Bob.....................Leisure suite huh? Well you know I am a Finance Director at an auto dealership................maybe I can borrow a leisure suite from on of my salesmen????????LOL

[LAMPSKIES]

DW just nextelled me...............WE JUST GOT A VISIT FROM "THE BIG BROWN TRUCK"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Favorite Auntie]

We don't have our docs in our hot little hands yet...alas they are still waiting for my parents to pick them p at AAA in Florida... Some time next week!
Joanne

[LAMPSKIES]

I'm at work and DW (Kim) won't open it up to see if we recieved the other upgrade (Land portion). That I was told I might get.

[Favorite Auntie]

Crazy Momma and other wine tasters:
I would love to do the wine tasting too, I told my parents they had to do it with me, but I am pretty sure one or both of them would be only too happy if I let them off the hook!! (My dad only wants the pin anyway!) Sounds like a great idea. Does anyone know when the first one is?? I am just trying to mentally figure out the schedule. Not a pretty sight!!!

[CruiserDew73]

Do u think that the 'Golden Mickey' show will be on in time for our cruise?:earsboy: :earsboy: :earsboy: :earsboy:

[Favorite Auntie]

I am not counting on it.. I heard that it starts in December, so I bet it starts on a cruise that actually sets sail from Port Canaveral in December. But...we can hope some Pixie Dust comes our way!!!;)

[izzinmac]

CruiserDew...Last post I saw on this said "Golden Mickey" starts with the Dec 6 cruise. Looks like we are the unlucky ones to be on the last cruise without it.

To all the DisWinos - I looked at a bunch of Navigators and it looks like wine tasting is only offered once - on Sunday at Mass (just kidding) Actually only once on Sunday at 2:15. I really thought it was more often than that. If a bunch of you go, maybe you could get a private session! I'd do it just to watch the gyrations my wife goes through every time she takes a sip of wine - I think she thinks she is being poisoned!!!

[LAMPSKIES]

Bob................Sunday at 2:15 is going to probably minimize the tasters. Isn't Amandas hubby talking about The Rams.......and someone else the Cardinals and 'Da Bears. Now the other thread said the "tasing"was in a club. Could it be on of the "clubs" with the games on???

[LAMPSKIES]

Looks like we are skipping Palo..............DW Kim decided 1)"She is not getting THAT dressed up on vacation" and 2) As busy as we are in our every day lives with my crazy hours, and kids in all activities around dinner time she just wants to have 9 nights in a row we can eat dinner as a family. And if I have learned ONE thing in my 14 plus years of marriage......."I know I was put here on earth to make her happy." LOL

Ron

[Crazy Momma]

I'M GOING ON VACATION!!!
I'M GOING TO DISNEY!!! I'M GOING TO DISNEY!!!!

I'M GOING ON THE DISNEY CRUISE!!! I GET TO SEE MICKEY!!!!


I'M DONG THE DISNEY HAPPY DANCE BECAUSE MY DOCS. CAME TODAY.


:cool1: :cool1: :cool1: :cool1: :cool1: :cool1:

Susan

[smittygl]

This will be our first cruise and we have already had a pleasant suprise-we got upgraded. Maybe they feel bad cuz they cancelled our cruise last year-HA HA. All this talk of formal, semi-formal and dinner rotations has my head spinning. Isn't there only one formal night, and isn't it optional? How formal are we talking. Being a mom with three kids, formal is no longer in my dress code. Also, does anyone have suggestions on what you have to have with a baby? Do they provide any paraphenalia?
It's fun to read all your posts. It has taken me three days to figure out how to get my post on the right thread.
Katrina
:earsboy: (33):earsgirl: (32)princess: (5)princess: (4)princess: (8mo)

[LostBoyinVA]

Ron,

That's funny about Palos, the DW (Crazy Momma/Susan) just said last night that maybe we should just do the Brunch at Palos. She doesn't want to miss the food at any of the Rotations. Its our 10th anniversary cruise so I'm fine as long as we get at least 1 meal just for Mom and Dad.

I'm going to post this in the other secton too, but we where reading over the docs last night and they said carry on luggage had to conform to Airline size specifications 9X14X22 I believe. Do they enforce this if you aren't flying?

[izzinmac]

Katrina
Welcome to our slighly crazy group. You are right about head spin from rotation info. Really doesn't matter much anyway, unless you are an obsessive planner. Just forget about it and enjoy the cruise! Formal goes anwhere from Dockers to Formal Wear, with the majority in coat and tie and dressy dresses. Avoid cut offs and t shirts and you will be OK!
I think you sent an email yesterday to all of us who were part of the Yahoo Group site created by Ron (Lampskies) One of your questions dealt with cruising with an 8 month old. We have never done that, but I have two daughters going on this cruise as part of our group. One will have an 8 1/2 month old and the other a 7 1/2 month old. The one with the 7 1/2 month old is Amanda(Gassmandy here). I do know they have converted one of the "ears" on the mickey pool for kids still in diapers. Basically they have turned it into a continually draining fountain type pool to keep the water fresh.

Bob

[LAMPSKIES]

Katrina.........on our first Dis cruise Feb of 2000 I was totally unprepaired. I had no suit coat or tie. Dockers and a polo were all I packed. I thought I would feel a little out of place. But the servers and everyone else made no mention and there were many people in polos. As a matter of fact, on our last cruise Dec 1 Wonder (replacement of cancelled Magic) Some people at the table next to us had on jeans and Harley shirts. The were allowed in..........they did get some looks.

Ron

[LAMPSKIES]

Lostboyinva...............DCL tells you to bring a carry on with "stuff" for the day in the case of misplaced luggage. I believe the luggage is loaded on the ship thru deck 2 so the higher catagories take longer to get luggage placed outside their door. As far as carry on, on our last cruise Dec 1 Wonder (replacement of cancelled Magic) they had portable "airport scanners" before you entered the lobby. I believe I saw someone with a lorge suitcase that didn't fit thru the scanner and DCL tagged it and sent it to where the regular luggage goes. We bring our small duffle bags an 2 small carryon suitcases Just enough to pack a couple cases of my favorite bevergae.

[DisneyGator01]

I might get flamed a little.. but it's just my opinion.. come however you feel comfortable. All I care about is having a great meal, served to me by a great staff, and having fun with my tablemates. Fashion isn't my top priority. Now if you sat down at my table in your birthday suit, I might have a comment. But if you are Brad Pitt... I'd be willing to get past it.

In all seriousness.. there are dress guidelines. And just keep in mind that if you come to dinner in shorts and a t shirt, people might look. If you are comfortable with that, and would be more uncomfortable dressing up. Come how you want! It's your cruise.

But like Lampkies said, dockers, a polo.. maybe a jacket or nice buttondown on formal. You'll be fine. I say, anything but jeans and shorts and t-shirts blends in. There is a wide variety of attire on the cruise.

[gassmandy]

Ron--I posted another question on my "wine" thread--to see if it's offered more than Sunday--cause like you said--if they're not showing the games in sessions (can you see it now: swirling our wine to let it "breathe" while cursing out the refs for some awful call!) I will have to pass...............gotta watch my Rams. But I think I've read they do it at sea days???????We'll see.

Welcome Katrina--I'm taking my 7 1/2 month old girl. As far as dress goes--I wore a simple knee length sleeveless black dress for formal night and a different one for semi. I don't do bridesmaid or prom looking dresses!! And I didn't feel out of place. Shawn will wear khaki pants and a polo or button up short sleeved shirt for the 5 reg. nights and he has a sports jacket/pant set for the other 2. NO TIE!!!!!(good thing since we'd have to have my dad help him with it-lol). We're only doing Palo for brunch this time since I dare not leave Addison w/ family for Palo dinner-----that's her CRANKY time of day and typically only mommy will do!
CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!