FEB 14 2004 Western Cruiser's

[Mojomanny]

Since I am not sure what makes official vs unofficial, I am just making this the list. I was waiting until we got closer to the date to start a thread but since 2/21 and 2/28 already have active threads, I figure its our turn to join in

We will be on the cruise. Myself (a few years older than 29), My wife (not as old as me, only by 18 months) and our son (7).

This is our second 7 day DCL cruise. The first was 2 years ago and was the Eastern. We had a great time, in fact it was the best vacation I ever had. We booked the exact same cabin which is a Cat 7.

We will be flying in on Friday and staying at the Radisson. We stayed there last time and enjoyed it. The pool is great with the waterfalls. We also meet some of the of DIS cruisers there and had dinner with them. Perhaps some of us will be able to do that as well.

We booked through Costco which was about $600 less than DU even after factoring their rebate.

Hope this gets the thread going. All you Valentine's Cruiser's come out and show yourself!

[moocow35]

Hi Mojomanny,

We will be there!!!!!! This will be #5 for us, and we are in the same cabin the last 3 years in catagory 7 also! It will me, DD17 and DD friend 17. We are using Disney air etc... and flying in a day early. We have our tickets already for Cirque du Soleil (front row!) that Friday, and staying at the Hyatt.

We did the Western last year, and had a really good time with the Dolphins and Stingrays. Can't wait to do something else this time.

Would love to arrange some kind of DIS meet this time. It fell through for us this year, but definately could work this time.

What deck catagory 7 are you on? We are on deck 7.

Robin ºOº :smooth:

[Mojomanny]

We will be in 7624.

I hope to work on a DIS meet and am hoping we will remember to wear our lime green ribbons.

I have seen many of the Cirque performances and they are not for me. I feel after you have seen one, you have seen the all (for the most part). "O" in Vegas was a little better, primarily because of the added dimension of the water. I am sure you will enjoy the show, its just not for me.

[DMOMof3]

Saw this post last night but didn't have time to reply, this should bump it back up.

We're going too!!!

Myself, DD17, DS14 and DD12. It's our first cruise!

I booked through disney also and am flying in the day before, don't want to miss the trip because of weather delays. I don't know yet where they will be putting us for the night though.

Would also like to do a DIS meet.

Lynn

[Mojomanny]

To bump this a bit....

We have purchased the insurance thus far only for the airline. Figured there was not sense insuring the cruise until the 60 day window. I plan on getting the insurance for the cruise when the time comes.

I have had an experience where we did have to cancel a trip to Vegas and was very happy we had the insurance, since 1 person was ill and had to cancel. We all decided to reschedule. All 5 people would have been out a lot of money otherwise. (Or we would have gone and been out even more, courtesy of the casino's)

[moocow35]

We will be in 7122, on the other side of the ship. I really love this location, it is so easy to walk up 2 flights to the deck 9 coffee station in the morning. Of course we are also near the aft deck.

Lynn, ages ago I sent you a PM, did you ever get it? Where in Connecticut are you from? We are in Norwalk, and will be flying out of LGA. Are you doing Disney Air, hotel etc...? We did this last year, and they put us up at the Hyatt. Going in the dead of winter, I'm always afraid if I book anything on my own, and something happens, it would be up to me to make it right. For peace of mind, I have Disney do it all for me. This year we just missed the BIG snow storm. Alot of people got to the ship really late, and some had to travel to the next port! My travel agent already said that this year we will staying at the Hyatt. It is so nice to get a good nights rest, and walk out of the hotel to meet the bus. Your daughter is the same age as mine and her friend. This friend is someone she met on the cruise 3 years ago, and she lives in New Jersey. If you are also at the Hyatt, maybe your daughter would consider meeting Aimee and Ali so she could know some "old hands" at the common grounds.

Definately closer to the time we will have to work out a DIS meet. Has anyone thought about what excursions they are going to take yet? Since I have been on the western just 6 or so months ago, let me know if you have any questions.

Robin ºOº

[Dreamer04]

Thank you for starting a thread for us!!
Myself, DH (both forty-something), DS14, DD6 and DM are all going on this cruise. It's DCL cruise #2 for me, DD and DM and 1st DCL cruise for DH and DS.

We are all looking forward to it and I would absolutley LOVE a DIS meet. I haven't decided where to stay. We will be flying in around 8pm on Friday, so it will probably be the Hyatt. Then Happy Limo to the port, nice and early in the morning. We have tentative plans for Key West (trolley tour), Cozumel (Sally's Mini Golf) Grand Cayman Dolphn Discovery...

Lynn, what do you think of getting our DS's together via e-mail or somthing?

I love the idea of the ribbons or how about the mickey stickers from Home Depot?

I am soooo excited!!


Ursula

[Mojomanny]

Welcome Aboard our thread Dreamer. Perhaps your DD and our DS will be in the clubs together, that would be nice.

How close are you to the World Famous Rockaway Bakery? I have cousins in Montvale and a trip to the bakery is almost a required stop. It is so neat there and the bread/rolls are wonderful.

For your night before, have you followed some of Barb's posts about priceline and the Hyatt (I think its the Hyatt). She seems to get some very good deals.

When is everyone's return flights? Ours is 1:00 via Delta Airlines.

[moocow35]

I have already collected several of the lime green Mickey's from Home Depot. They aren't stickers though, they are cards.

I am at Disney's mercy as to our flight times, I am paying extra for a deviation request to make sure we are in Florida early on Friday so we can go to Downtown Disney for the early evening. I find that using Disney is alot cheaper than getting air myself this holiday week. I'm still pricing air on my own, but everything is way above Disney's quoted pricing. I won't know my flight details until about 60 days
:confused:


I have been counting this down since we got back in February, and time is now going very fast!

Robin ºOº

[JeffreyY]

Hi

We are also going on the 2/14/04 cruise (and are also on deck 7!)

We have a daughter who will be almost 8 and a son who will be 12. We were on the President's week 2002 Eastern Magic.

Three other non DIS families are joining us. We are all from New York (Queens & Long Island).

We have a button machine and can make buttons for a DIS meet. We used buttons on our last cruise as thank you "notes" with the phone cards or tip envelopes and can modify the mickey design (lime green?).

We are all looking forward to our favorite non theme park vacation.

Jeffrey

[Dreamer04]

Here in Rockaway Park, there is only one famous bakery, and that's the Harbor Bake Shop on Beach 116 st. Yes, their rolls are awesome! I have sisters in North Carolina and Virgina and a trip to the bakery is a requirement. They miss it so!!

I have to check Barb and Tony's site again regarding the Hyatt at MCO. Since the kids have school on the 13th, flying down Friday evening is the only option for us.

Ursula

[Mojomanny]

The bakery I was thinking of is Rockland Bakery. Oops....but yours sounds wonderful.

Sounds like our cruise DIS-Meet is coming along nicely. Jeff seems ready to make some buttons for us. I will buy some lime green ribbons.

Verandah Andy arranged for a brunch DIS-meet on his cruise. What do you all think about a Palo brunch meet on a Sea day?

My son had a blast in the club, having some people he may "know" might make it even more special. He will be 7 1/2 on the cruise.

Would it be helpful if I put together a Yahoo group for us where we can post pictures? If Jeff can make the buttons, perhaps I can ship them out to people along with the ribbons ahead of time.

Am I trying to be too organized about this???

[Dreamer04]

Mojomanny, I love your ideas!! The Yahoo site sounds great and so does the Palos brunch DIS meet!!

I am glad your organized, because Andy had a great time meeting DIS'ers and I would love to do that, too!! Also, I am eager to get the planning underway and have no idea how to proceed. So, just tell me what, where and when and I'm there!!

If there is anything I can do, just ask! I have a scanner and some time on my hands, so I'll be happy to help!!

BTW

Our names: Myself-Ursula Kelley, 43
DH Brian, 41
DS14 Danny
DD6 Theresa
DM Dorothy Kelleher 77

[moocow35]

The brunch is definately not to be missed! This year my DM was on the cruise with us, but last year it was just the girls and I. I went by myself to the brunch. The cm making the ressie looked suprised at the time, but I got great service at my table for one.

The yahoo group sounds like a good idea. I'm glad your so creative to be able to do that. This gives me an excuse to go out and buy that printer/scanner I have been wanting. The old one died ages ago.

Please, let me know how I can be of use. Or I could dream up something on my own?

Robin ºOº

Robin Snyder 47
Aimee 17
Ali Marcus 17

[JeffreyY]

Hi

I made a mock up of a button. Its basically the DCL wave logo with a lime green Mickey instead of a red one. There is a place on the top for a name and the bottom has Disney Magic 2004.

How do I show it? I have a MAC and when I paste it, it does not show.

Jeffrey

[DMOMof3]

Hello fellow cruisers,

Glad to see we finally got a thread going. Had a busy weekend and just checked back now. Had an appendix scare with my DD12 and found out my puppy needs knee surgery, vacation can't come soon enough.

Robin I did get your PM about a few weeks after you sent it, didn't see it, was still new to the boards. We are from Southington, my DS17 spent 2 weeks at Univ of New England this summer with a girl from Norwalk.

I did book everything through Disney because of the time of year, insurance too. Last Feb we went to Aruba for Feb vacation and were one of the last flights out before everything started shutting down. At least we can say we were in Aruba during the blizzard of 2003!

We will be doing Dolphin & probably Stingray excursions, have to start my research and questions soon.

We will be on deck 8 aft, Cat 3. I would be glad to make a ressie for a Palo brunch for a Dis meet. What day is good for this, an at sea day?



Ths should bump us back up again

Lynn (41)
Suzanne (17)
Joseph (soon to be 14)
Rachel (12)

[Dreamer04]

Hi ..an at sea day sounds great to me! We're also on deck 8, cat 3 and cat 4.

Now this is getting very exciting!!

Ursula

[moocow35]

Lynn,

I am so sorry to hear about the appendix scare. I hope every thing is okay now. I'm glad you got my PM. What airport are you flying out of? I agree with you booking completely with Disney this time of year. You never know what this years weather will bring. The other part of my family did not request flying out a day early, and they went from New York to Pennsylvania in a little tiny prop plane, and were stuck there for hours due to the storms. They barely made the ship before it left.

Also, may I recommend doing the Dolphin swim rather than the one Disney offers. You actually get to go in the water with them, and it is limited to a small group of 6 or 8. It is an amazing experience, I'm glad we got to do.

Jeffrey, I am completely computer handicapped. I have no idea how you would post a picture with a MAC. You might put this question through on the technical board?

Please you guys let me know what I can do?

Robin ºOº

[Mojomanny]

We have our own Yahoo Group.

You can access it by going to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/021404Magic/

To protect against spam and objectionable posters, I have set it tha tyou must request permission to join the group. I hope no one is offended by that, just trying to avoid any problems.

Once you are a member you can post messages and we will all be able to get them via email or checking the group.

I posted some photos from our Eastern Cruise. Please post family pictures, previous cruise photos or what have you.

Regarding the Mac artwork, what format is it in? Can it be saved as a jpg or bmp?

I have already entered reminders for when our final payments are due, both on the day and one week before.

Lets have some fun!

[jpbsm]

How Exciting!!! We will be there too! Our first Disney cruise and we are ready. Myself, DS13, DS9 and DD7. We are also traveling with 3 other families and this will be everyones first Disney cruise. Sounds like the boat is filling up!
Patty
:jester:

[Dreamer04]

I joined the group under my yahoo name which is urs4011694, so if you see a message for that member name, it's me!

Ursula

[moocow35]

I just joined, my yahoo name was already cudchewer101955. I am awaiting approval to join, is this what is supposed to happen? I definately will have to go out and get that scanner this weekend!

Thanks Mojomanny!

Robin ºOº

[DMOMof3]

I joined last night too. Yahoo name LCLEMENTE2003,
getting really excited about this trip, kids think I'm nuts!:bounce:

[Mojomanny]

Well, the first message has been sent to all those who have joined the yahoo group.

If you did not get it, let me know

[JeffreyY]

Hi

Thanks for setting up the Yahoo area, Mojomanny. I will try to post my JPG button sample there.

Patty - We may try to get our DD7 (she looks 5 or 6 but will be 8 in April) moved up to the Oceaneer Lab with her brother and other friends. Will your daughter be closer to 7 or 8? Our daughter would love to make a friend before the cruise.

Jeffrey & Judi

[Mojomanny]

Here are the email links for our group:

Post message: 021404Magic@yahoogroups.com

Subscribe: 021404Magic-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

and to access the group:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/021404Magic/

[Mojomanny]

Do we have any 5, 6 ot 7 yr olds who will be in the younger club?

My DS (Stephen Michael) will be 7 1/2 (literally to the day on the 15th) on the cruise. I am planning that he will be in the younger club since he enjoyed it so much a couple of years ago.

As an FYI to first time cruisers, if you have seen the commercial where the parents wanted to go to bed and the kids wanted to stay out at the club, that was our son. After the show, Karen and I were ready for bed and Stephen Michael wanted to go to the kids club. He really had a great time.

[Mojomanny]

On the yahoo group page Jeff has posted some suggestions for a button for the cruise. If you get a minute, please vote for your Favorite.

[jpbsm]

My daughter will be 7 1/2 when we cruise. We are cruising with 3 other families and we all have daughters that will be 6 and 7 years old along with a few other children ages 6-13. They are all Disney crazy and will love the clubs. I am sure that they will all outlast me and want to stay up to all hours of the night. She will love to hear that we already know friends that will be on the cruise with us.
Patty

[DMOMof3]

Had to go looking for this post, need to bump it back up.

Anymore 2-14-04 cruisers out there?

Join us on our own group we've started, check this thread for details.


Any other 11 or 12 year old girls on this cruise?

My DD12 isn't too happy :mad: about being in a different club than her siblings, DS14 & DD17. I however am glad she will be in the younger group.

Is it too early to pack?

[moocow35]

*bump* again

According to the cruise list, there are several more DIS families on this cruise. I guess they aren't board addicts like we are.

LOL (too early to pack?) Once the snow starts falling upon us, is the best time to bring out the suitcase, and wash up some nice summer clothes and begin the list.

Robin ºOº:smooth:

[Dreamer04]

I think instead of putting away my summer stuff, I'll just pack it!
Save some time and effort!

Ursula

[moocow35]

Great thought Ursula, unfortunately my condo is too small to have my giant suitcase out for 149 more days! I do admit to having already a small corner where I am already placing various things that I will pack.

Robin ºOº

[DMOMof3]

bump

[moocow35]

another bump;)

[DMOMof3]

BIG BUMP back to the top

Look at what I found on page 7.....:rolleyes:

The cruise is slowly approaching, the anticipation is agonizing.

[Mojomanny]

I added some new info to the Yahoo Group. A link to the Navi's are there.

We also have a new Group Member!

[moocow35]

Thanks Mojomanny,

I just wanted to try out the new smilies and bump this up a bit. :wave2:

Fall is finally here, I love this time of year with the cool crisp days. I love the leaves turning, and best of all, it puts us closer to our cruise!!:boat:

Is everyone getting excited? ::yes:: Now that it is cooling off, I remember just this past February we were in Key West, it must have been in the 80's, and back home was getting the blizzard of the century.

Robin ºOº:sunny:

[Mojomanny]

Time is ticking down......

Anyone have any thoughts on the excursions they will be doing?

BTW - We are coming up on 2 months or so from final payments and being able to book excursions

[DMOMof3]

It's getting closer, but life keeps getting busier!

Everytime I think I'm going to search this board for tips, I find out something more urgent needs my attention.:(

Thanks to Robins comments and great photo of Aimee with the dolphins(on our group page) I've reserved the 2:00pm slot for the Royal Swim at Dolpin Discovery in Cozumel for the 4 of us, they sent back my confirmation in just hours.

Next I have to figure out which Stingray excursion to book. My teens will probably do a teen thing on Castaway Cay and I think Key West will be left open for now. I don't want to overbook.

I have been making partial payments online with DCL but still have a large chunk left.

[moocow35]

Hi everyone!:wave2:

I hear what you are saying about being busy Lynn. I have been meaning to answer your questions posted on the Yahoo board, but something else always stops me.

Our final payment is due on 12/15 with DU. My Christmas bonus comes on the 10th, so I plan to pay in full a little early. I believe Disney excursions will be open for booking on the 14th for us.

Lynn, you will have the time of your life with the Dolphin swim. I found the people at Dolphin Discovery to be extremely helpful and friendly, and always answered my emails immediately. The park is extremely clean, and they even have lockers for you to keep your personal things in while you are in the water. Let me know if you have any other questions.

We did the Disney excursion in Grand Cayman with the Turtle Farm, Hell, and the Stingrays. The other part of my family booked with Captain Marvin's. I've heard rave reviews about Captain Marvin's, and my family was very happy with the service and the excursion. I went with Disney simply because I wanted to get a "taste" of the island. It seems like we are there for such a limited time (departs at 5:30) rather than 11 something at Cozumel. This 2004 trip I already had booked, so I knew I would be going back. The stingray part of the excursion was great! Tip: buy your own underwater cameras here from like Walmart. They sell them on the boat that takes you out to the rays, but they wanted $20.00 each for them!!! The turtle farm was fun, Aimee got to hold a turtle, and of course stop in the shop for some rum cake! Hell, was okay. They do a very quick stop there, we took some pictures, and mailed a postcard from "hell"

We didn't book an excursion in Key West. We took the trolley on our own, which allows you to get off at any stop along the way. We did alot of shopping, this time the first stop will be Keno sandals. My DD was so upset last time, we decided to do that last rather than carrying her purchase everywhere, but the shop closes really early and we missed it! The Hemingway House tour was facinating, that is the only other thing we did.

This time we are leaning towards the Jeep excursion in Cozumel, and possibly horseback riding in Grand Cayman. Key West, well shopping, and perhaps renting one of those electric cars to explore some "back roads" The town itself is so quaint and colorful.

Only 4 more months! Time is flying by now.

Robin ºOº

[jpbsm]

:( The bad news is my family and I are not going on this cruise with you guys. I was enjoying getting excited with everyone and looking toward meeting on the Magic.

:cool: The good news is---and I mean it is really good!!!! I have rescheduled our cruise for Nov 22nd, 2003, Thanksgiving week with a reduced price and upgraded room!!!!! All Seasons Travel is offering GA residents reduced rates and I jumped on it. Sooner, Cheaper I can live with that. It is the same Western cruise except 2 stops in Castaway Cay instead of Key West. I will gather all of the info I can and get it to you before you cruise.
Patty

[Mojomanny]

Disappointed you will not be with us :(

Happy you are going earlier and can spy for us :)

I cannot beleive you would agree to miss out on Key West. My first stop in KW will be the Blonde Giraffe for a slice of Key Lime pie. My last stop in KW will be the Blonde Giraffe to pick up a Key Lime Pie and maybe a Key Lime Rum cake.

I am SOOOOO looking forward to some great key lime pie.

[DMOMof3]

:wave2:

[moocow35]

Hi everyone!

Mojomanny, what is the secret with the Blonde Giraffe and where is it? Our very first stop in Key West will be Keno Sandals.

Well, I couldn't stand it anymore, so I bit the bullet, and went for broke, and requested the air deviation to my specifications. We will be flying direct, and be in Orlando at 9:51am on Friday. Our return flight leaves Orlando at 1:55. I should be able to pick my seats in a day or two. I am relieved I don't have to stress anymore about how and when. So Lynn, hopefully you will have a morning flight also!

Only two months till final payment, and then we can start booking our excursions. I can hardly wait to hear about the changes onboard!

Robin ºOº

[Mojomanny]

Blonde Giraffe is run by a brazilian couple who use the grandmothers recipe for Key Lime Pie. It has been voted best Key Lime Pie in Key West. Since this is the Key Lime Capital of the World, I am betting it is pretty good.

Where will you be staying? We get in to MCO around 3PM and are staying at the Cape Canaveral Radisson.

[moocow35]

Hi Mojomanny,

Thanks for the info, I will have to do a search to find out where the place is. It's not the one where the old guy stands out on the street corner holding a pie, is it?? I have a picture of him looking like he was going to throw it at us. I will have to dig that picture out and see if it is the same place.

We are staying at the Hyatt, and using DCL transportation on Saturday.

Robin ºOº

[DMOMof3]

:hyper: getting closer to double digits!!!! :hyper:

[Mojomanny]

Almost down to double digits. Everyone have your dancing shoes ready for the double digit dance?

[DMOMof3]

Looks like I'll be leading the double digit dance... for some reason my counter will reach double digits before anyone else...:scratchin

[moocow35]

Bumping this up so it will get moved to the proper board!:wave2:

Robin

[DMOMof3]

Everybody ready for the double digit dance?

:jumping1:

[moocow35]

Yes, I sure am! I can't believe how fast time is flying. I just got my new 2003-2005 DCL brochure book in the mail today. Perfect timing! My timer appears to be a bit off, we land in Florida at 9:51am on Friday.

Robin ºOº:bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :yo-yo:

[Mojomanny]

Did anyone else watch their clock slip to double digits?

Yahooo

[DMOMof3]

My kids are finally getting into the spirit. I think my singing 99 days till our cruise (to the tune of 99 bottles of beer) got to them. :crazy:

Now they are the ones telling me how many days till our cruise.

I think their lives are so busy that they can't think that far ahead!

[moocow35]

I will be getting my suitcases out the long weekend of Thanksgiving. Typically that is when I get all the Christmas stuff from the attic, and the suitcases will come down to air out.

This is an extremely busy time of the year, but once it is all over after New Years, the cruise is right around the corner. Yippee:cool1:

Robin

[dgmom2]

Sorry Mojomanny I don't know how my screen name wound up next to your message, I am signing on for the first time.

I am returning again this year to the 2/14/04 cruise and am wondering if there is anyone else who was on that cruise last year with children who went to Common Ground. My kids are
11 and 15 and are hoping to see some of their friends from last year!!!

[DMOMof3]

This is our first cruise.

I am sailing with DD17, DS14 & DD12.

[moocow35]

Hi dgmom2,

Welcome to our group of 2/14 cruisers! We were on the cruise last year same time. My DD17 and her friend also 17 were both on the cruise last year. This will be their 5th cruise during Presidents week. My daughter in fact met her friend on the cruise, and they have stayed in contact. We are in Connecticut, and Ali is in New Jersey, so they only see each other twice a year besides the cruise.

Is everyone getting excited yet??:jumping1:

Robin ºOº

[Mojomanny]

We will know decisively in the morning.....but as of right now I think we will not be on the cruise.

Unforseen circumstances are causing us to change from the 2/14 Magic to the 2/15 Royal Carribean Mariner of the Seas. Eastern instead of Western....and not Disney.

SO disappointed....but at least we will still be on a ship

(and will spend 2/14 at WDW, possible 2/23 also since we will have to fly home on Monday)

[militarymomof2]

We're going, we're going, we're going!!:Pinkbounc :bounce: My name is Kelly Trout and I'll be on the 2/14 cruise with my husband and 2 daughters (6 and 8). This will be our first cruise so we are very excited!:wave2: I'm going to try and find your Yahoo group...wish me luck! Kaitlyn (my oldest) will be celebrating her 8th b-day on the cruise. Does anyone know if they do anything special for childrens' b-days? Looking forward to talking with all of you.:grouphug:

[moocow35]

Welcome Kelly and family! I'm not sure about what DCL does for birthdays. You can have a cake sent special to your table and the waiters will all sing happy birthday. You can also order gifts or decorations for your stateroom through DCL. Those you can find on the official DCL website. You might post that on the general board for more answers.

Mojomanny, I am so sorry to hear that you will not be joining us. I am interested in hearing about Royal Carribean though. I've been thinking about that myself for 2005 out of New York. You'll have to post back your report, okay?

We are getting really excited! Almost time to pick out our excursions.

Robin

[militarymomof2]

Thanks for the info. I'm awaiting my membership request on the Yahoo group. We can't wait to tour the website!

[militarymomof2]

Bump! Bump! Any new cruisers out there? :boat:

[Mojomanny]

Due to an unexpected complication, we will not be joining all of you on the ship.

The good news is that we will be leaving from Port Canaveral the next day on the Royal Carribean Mariner of the Seas, so we will at least be on a voyage, just not the one we have planned so much for.

Any volunteers to take over the Yahoo group or should I shut it down?

Be well and happy voyage!

[militarymomof2]

I'm so sorry that you won't be with us! At least you're still cruising! Have you started a Yahoo group for your new cruise? I don't want you to shut our group down, but I don't really feel savy enough to do what you did with the group! Any other takers?
:confused:
Good luck on your cruise!

[Dreamer04]

Mojomanny-I'm sorry to hear you won't be on the Magic with us, but I am happy you are still sailing! Enjoy your cruise!

I would be happy to help out with the Yahoo group, if you don't mind telling me what to do:(

Just let me know!

Ursula

[Mojomanny]

you can email me at:

mojomanny-at-hotmail-dot-ignorethis-com


Think I used enough tricks to fool the spammers?

obvious ignore the ignore this, exclude the dashes and insert the symbol to replace the at

[DMOMof3]

well all charged anyway. ;)

I didn't want to forget to make the final payment.

Hope to have DD's college application in mail tomorrow and am off to the post office to mail DS's high school application.

Then I can focus on the cruise and excursions after this week, already have one booked.

Since I have CAT 3, I will call, if they don't contact me, to reserve Palo for an at sea brunch. Any DISers interested?

From what I have read I will need cabin #'s and names. I would rather reserve for too many, than not enough, can always cancel if you change your mind.




Mojomanny so sorry you won't be cruising with us, have a great time on your alternate cruise.

[moocow35]

Hi everyone!

Yes Lynn, I am definately in for the brunch. Snyder party of 1, stateroom #7122. Thanks for the offer, do you get to pre-book before the "ressie rush"?

My company Christmas bonus is paid on 12/10, I will pay my cruise in full on 12/11. This is always such perfect timing! Gee, only one college application? My DD is applying to 5 colleges. Now we are making appointments for the interviews. Good luck to your daughter, I hope she gets exactly what she wants.

Okay, I am so ready now for some warm weather. This freezing cold is getting old already, and it just started. Lynn, you will find out your flight and hotel info in just a month. Aimee has really expressed an interest in meeting your DD before the cruise. So, if you can't make it to downtown Disney with us, then for sure we should meet up at the Hyatt later. We will touch base later when you know what your timing is.

Getting close!!:Pinkbounc :bounce: :jumping3:

Robin ºOº

[moocow35]

I am so happy that we are paid in full! Just 2 short months away now. Sunday is the actual 60 mark for all of us, but I don't know if Disney will be in to take the reservations for the excursions that day. I will definately be on the phone first thing though. So don't forget everyone to make your Disney excursion reservations!

Have any of you used Hotels.com? Our flight out of New York on Friday was at 7:00 and has now been moved to 6:30, so we will stay Thursday night at an airport hotel. Hotels.com has the cheapest rates for the Clarion. I have never heard anything about them. But for a couple extra hours of sleep, it will be well worth it. To book with the Clarion directly is almost $100.00 more than hotels.com.

I am really excited now!

:jumping1:

Robin

[robins]

We are first time disney cruisers and so excited:Pinkbounc . My kids are 3 girls ages 13,11,5. We will be also traveling with another family. It sems I have so much to learn before our trip,what fun!!!
Robins

[moocow35]

:wave2: Hi Robins (I like your name!)

Welcome to the February 14th Valentines cruise! Your first cruise, you must be so excited. We have done 4 previous on Disney, just let me know if you have any questions. Are you arriving the day before?

Don't forget everyone, I believe tomorrow we will be able to book excursions.

Robin

[moocow35]

:( I was wrong! After staying on hold for ever this morning, I found out that tomorrow is the real day we get to book our excursions. ::yes::

I will be on the phone first thing tomorrow morning:happy1:

Does everyone have their excursions picked out? Only 60 days!





Robin:bounce: :Pinkbounc :jumping3: :bounce: :Pinkbounc

[DMOMof3]

We are so ready for this cruise, its bad enough we have snow, now its iced over.

Robin, I already booked Cozumel with dolphin discovery and will probably do Captain Marvins excursion in Grand Caymen (was debating going with Disney but we like his itinerary better). I think we won't do anything at Key West, maybe some shopping and take advantage of the ship.

Welcome to the cruise Robins, I'm traveling with my DD17, DS14 & DD12.

As we get closer to cruise day I will be calling concierge to get my at sea day brunch ressie, I believe its Monday. Thanks Robin for the info, if anyone else would like to join us let me know so I can include you.

Lynn

[moocow35]

I hear you about the snow! Two weekends now in a row, and more is called for this Thursday. We were so lucky for so many years with light winters. This is starting out very bad!

Lynn, my sister really enjoyed Captain Marvins, very well run outfit. You'll love the Dolphins. Since we did both of those last time, we are trying something different this time.

Robin

[Happy Birthday Cat]

Thanks to DMOMof3 for pointing out this thread to me.

We will be joining you all on the 2/14 Western. We have myself, DH, DD 16, DS 15, DS 11, DD 9. This is our first seven day cruise after doing a four day in each of the last two years.

We just set up our excursions today. We are looking forward to visiting the ruins in Tulum. We booked the three hour stingray city tour with Captain Marvin's last week.

HBC

[moocow35]

Welcome Happy Birthday Cat!

I booked some of our excursions as well today. Did any of you with teens book the teen fury catamaran trip in Cozumel? Both my DD and her friend did it last year, and wanted to do it again this year. They had a great time.

Robin

[Happy Birthday Cat]

Did any of you with teens book the teen fury catamaran trip in Cozumel?

No they both wanted to go with the rest of us to Tulum. Our oldest daughter is doing the "wild side" teen excursion on Castaway Cay. She did the catamaran in Nassau last year and loved it though.

HBC

[DMOMof3]

Just got my flight assignments!

I took a chance not paying extra for the deviation and I'm very happy with what I got. I just have to call now for seats. We are staying at the airport Hyatt for fri night.

2/13 we stop at charlotte and arrive in florida at 11:45am. we have a direct flight on the way home, only problem is it doesn't leave till 6:15, have to find something to do for the day..... any ideas?

Just got my confirmation for captain marvins!

It's starting to really sink in, now I'm going to panic:crazy: (take 3 deep breaths--okay better), there are so many threads I wanted to go back and read about packing, but first I have to get through Xmas.

[moocow35]

Hey Lynn,

That is great! You really lucked out. Aimee and I will be arriving like at 9:30 am, and are staying at the Hyatt also. Again, I will extend the invitation to you and your kids to join us going to Downtown Disney. We would be taking a towncar, but would have to book a van or stretch limo to fit everyone. I haven't booked that yet, but will be soon. We plan just to shop around, have dinner perhaps at the House of Blues, and then go to the 6:00 show at Cirque du Soleil. You still might be able to get seats for the show. Then head back to the Hyatt to meet up with Ali who will be flying in that night. If not, perhaps we could meet up that evening so the girls could meet your kids.

I booked and confirmed our horseback riding with Nicki's in Grand Cayman, have the Jeep excursion booked in Cozumel, as well as the teen fury for the girls in Cozumel. I am all set!:boat: Now all I have to do is pack and try to patiently wait.

Robin

[DMOMof3]

We can all relax and breath now... the much anticipated letter arrived... no not our docs..... DD's college acceptance letter, she got in to her one and only choice, what a happy christmas!


Robin, after speaking with the kids and as tempting as it is to go to downtown disney for Friday, we have all unamimously decided to go over to Epcot for the day instead after we have checked in, we still have unused park days on our passes. We really want to try out Mission Space and get dinner around the World (have to price car rental as opposed to taxi). We will definately meet up at the hotel later in the evening, I know my kids will be trying out the pool. What time are you planning on leaving for downtown?

What do you do on disembarkation day? I'm wondering if the Hyatt rents rooms for the afternoon, our flight isn't till 6:15. I know my kids will be tired or we would just like to hang out at the pool.

Lynn

[moocow35]

Hi Lynn,

Tell your daughter congratulations on her acceptance. That was quick! Norwalk schools do things very different. Aimee has to give all her applications to her counselor who then puts in the recommendations (Aimee is not allowed to read them) and mails the applications. We are not expecting to hear back until spring. We still have to book all the interviews as the schools require a portfolio and interview to be considered.

Sorry you won't be joining us, but we understand. I'm hoping when we arrive that early in the morning we will be able to check into the room. This last time I think we were able to check in at 11 or so when we got there. We will head out for Downtown shortly after checking in. We will head back for the hotel around 8 that night to meet up with Ali when her flight gets in. Perhaps we can set something up for a Starbucks coffee or something later?

When we stayed there last, there was a discount offer to rent the room for the day in with our paperwork, I'm sorry I can't remember how much, but they do offer that. I'm sure your kids will be tired that last day. It is customary for the teens to stay up all night that last night on the ship.

5 days till Christmas, and then no time at all till the cruise!

Robin

[moocow35]

Hi everyone!:wave2:

I just got my package of buttons and lanyards in the mail from Jeffrey and his family. They did such a nice job, and were so VERY generous with them. Thank you so much Jeffrey and family!

Robin

[JeffreyY]

Hi Robin

I'm glad you liked the buttons. We are ready for the rest of the group to give us their order. We're off to Killington tomorrow for a little snow fun. Have a good holiday.

Jeffrey

[reddaddy04]

Just jumping back into Forums after 6 month absence... you know how it is, you book the cruise and everybody gets excited until you realize you're not leaving for 9 MONTHS!

Anyway, Feb 14 cruise will be our first on DCL... 3 DD's ages 7,4,2... reading these threads makes me feel like I've got a lot of catching up to do the next few weeks. We're staying at the Radisson Fri nite so hopefully we can meet up with some of you then as well.

I'm somewhat surprised not more posts here since I'm sure the boat will be full for vacation week....:crazy:

[Dreamer04]

It's been a busy fall.

My DH, DS 14, DD 6, DM 77 and I are all on the 2/14 Western. Our shore excursions are as follows

Key West-Old Town Trolley-all of us

Grand Caymen-Stingray City-all except DM

Cozumel-Dolphin Encounter-all of us

Castaway Cay-Wild Side excursion for DS, Parasailing for DH,DS and myself.

The teen catamaran I think is also booked-have to verify this!

We're flying out of JFK on 2/13, staying at the MCO Hyatt. Happy Limo is picking us up and bring us back to MCO on 2/21. Our return flight isn't until 8P, so we're getting a day room at the MCO Hyatt so we can enjoy the pool, nap, have dinner and head home.

[moocow35]

Hi all!

Looks like our prem"ear" at sea will be the Lion King 1 1/2. It releases on the 10th, so most likely that will be it.

I'm home with the flu (so much for the flu shot I got!) at least I am getting any major illness out of the way in advance. Once I shake the "train wreck" feeling, I will start my packing list.

The document dance is not far away now! :jumping1:

Robin ºOº

[Dreamer04]

Robin, take care of yourself. We all had the flu about a month ago and are just feeling 'ourselves' again. It takes a lot out of you.

Feel better soon!

Ursula

[moocow35]

Thanks Ursula,

I have litterly been in bed since Sunday night. This has now turned into a sinus/bronchitis thing, and the antibiotics I was given 2 days ago must not be the right ones, as I am increasingly getting worse. I plan to call the doctor as soon as they open today to get something else. 5 days in bed is way too much for me, I have things to get done!

Thanks for the well wishes, and I'm glad your feeling better, let's see, one month from now at least I'll be feeling "myself" for the cruise.:goodvibes

Robin

[Geneca]

Hi Everyone,

I just found this group and wanted to say a great big HELLO to all
those who will be our shipmates this Valentines. This will be our
4th Disney Cruise, we have been on one other cruise with Princess.
No comparison!! Disney is by far the best. We will be traveling
with my husband, myself, my daughter who
is 12 (a month away for 13 and hoping to go to the STACK) my son who is 10 and my mom and dad in law. We are driving from Michigan and getting to Orlando on Friday and staying at the Boardwalk, then driving to the pier on Saturday morning. We are DVC members so we can use our points for the stay at Disney. We were original planning on being in a cat 11 on deck 5 but got moved to deck 2 because of a discount option for my inlaws. It will be a big change because last cruise we were in concierge level 3. I'm not sure I will like being so low on the ship and without a balcony.
We have late seating for dinner also. My inlaws are not so happy about that because they prefer to eat earlier but it will give us more playtime during the day.
We are planning to go on Conch Train tour in Key West, (after reading the posts I think we will be also making a stop at the Blonde Giraffe. As my MIL loves key lime pie.
I believe we are doing the submarine tour in Cozumel and the Stingray City Observatory and Island Tour in Grand Cayman. I'm not 100% sure on these as my DH is planning this and I never know until it is time to leave what the final decision was.

Can't wait to go!!!
:bounce:

Laura

[JeffreyY]

Hi Everyone

If you have Disney arranged air out of Laguardia (NY) you may want to check with Delta to see if you are on flight 2573 (6:30 AM). We were on that flight 2 years ago and as a guess, I called Delta, and they were able to confirm our group of 11 people are all booked on the same flight this time also. We were able to get seats assigned even though we didn't receive documentation from DCL yet. We are also booked on a 12:00 PM return out of Daytona connecting at Atlanta.

Jeffrey

[robins]

Hi Laura,

We will be on your cruise also. I have a daughter that turned 13 in september. She is unsure of the stack because she will not no anyone. I also have DD11 and DD6. We will be with another family that has an 11 year old girl also. So I think she was planning on just hanging with them, however she would like meeting kids her own age. We are also on deck 2. This being our first cruise, we will not know what we are missing.
I am soo excited. I think it will be a great time.

Robins:bounce:

[Geneca]

Robins,

My DD about this cruise. She read in the DVC newsletter that the age group for the Stack was 12-17. But on the DCL website it says 13-17. So she is quite upset about that. She is will be 13 in May and my DS will be 11 in May. She already acts like she is 16 she doesn't understand why she can't go to the Stack. I did send a question to the DCL but haven't recieved a reply. It seems like if they are that close to the age they might let her go in. Since I know she will be hard to live with if she has to be in the group with her brother.:hyper:

I can tell you that you will love the Disney cruise. Everything is totally first class. You will be forever spoiled for any other cruise line. My DH and I went on the Princess Western last July for our anniversary and it was really nice but near as nice as Disney and I would NEVER take my kids on one. I know on Disney that everything is kid friendly except the areas that they specifically tell you about. Princess didn't seem that way and I would not have been able to take my kids to any of the shows and the kids club was a small as my living room not a whole deck like Disney.

I think you will not want to leave the ship.:teeth: :teeth:

Laura

[DMOMof3]

Welcome all new cruisers!

Just in case you haven't gone back and read the whole thread, I'm trying to get some of us adults together for an At Sea Day Brunch at Palo.

I will be reserving it prior to boarding, all I need are names & cabin #'s. So far it's Robin & I, anymore interested?

How about a DIS meet during the sailaway party so all the DKids that haven't met yet can do so. Looks like there's quite a few of them.

Here's my gang:
myself Lynn
DD17 Suzy
DS14 Joe
DD12 Rachel (who is upset by the way that she is only 12 1/2)
we will be staying in cabin 8086

Here are the plans so far.

Leave Hartford 2/13 arrive 11:45am (tentatively going to Epcot)
meeting up with whoever is at the Hyatt in the evening

Key West - open

At Sea Day - Palo Brunch

Grand Caymen - Stingray City with Captain Marvins

Cozumel - Dolphin Swim with Dolpin Discovery

Castaway Cay - open

2/21 - hanging out at Hyatt until 6:15pm flight to Hartford



I have all my seat assignments & reservations, now all I need to do is possibly rent a car for the afternoon on 2/13.


Robin, hope you are feeling better


I think its almost time to get packing or shopping for those items we don't have.

Lynn

P.S. Jeffrey, is the button factory still open?

[moocow35]

Welcome to the new cruisers from me also!


Thanks Lynn, I am feeling a little better today. Back to work anyway, and made it the whole day.

Jeffrey, we are on that flight number out of La Guardia at 6:30am, however it is the day before, we are leaving on Friday. We are flying out the following Saturday from MCO at 1:55 direct back to New York.

Our plans are:

Key West - Keno sandals first stop, then random shopping (I recommend the Hemingway House tour for anyone interested)

Grand Cayman - Horsebacking riding on the beach with Nicki's

Cozumel - Disney Jeep excursion, the girls will be doing the teen catamaran thing

everything else is open. Basically relaxing and more relaxing.

I've booked our room at the Clarion for Thursday night in New York by the airport so we can have 2 extra hours sleep. FL Tours limo has been booked for our "excursion" to Downtown Disney on Friday. Cirque du Soleil ends around 7:30pm, so we will leave downtown Disney at 8:00 to head back to the Hyatt. I'd love to meet up with any of you staying there on Friday night. I know Lynn and Ursula will be there. Aimee and Ali would like to meet the other teens before "the stack" however both of them are old hands with the cruise.

Lynn, meeting at the sailaway would be great, however I can almost promise that Aimee and Ali will already be off "checking things out" so they won't be there. I asked FL Tours for the grocery stop, and was thinking about getting some champagne or will take any suggestions to toast our sailaway. I'll tell you though, we should pick an out of the way place, if the weather is good, there is so many mobs of people on the upper decks it is very hard to find anyone.

I haven't thought about packing or what to take yet. Too bad one can't magically lose a ton of weight overnight, that would help. But keep dreaming, right!


Robin ºOº

[JeffreyY]

Hi again

Robin - You're lucky to have a direct flight back. Did you book it yourself or thru Disney? Even our Atlanta connecting flight is full (some members of our party do not even have assigned seats yet).

Lynn - My DW, DS12 and DD, who is almost 8, are reserved for the Cozumel Royal Swim but the Discovery Web site now says you have to be 8 and taller than 4'5" which my DD is not (even on her tippiest toes). She is a great swimmer, but we may have to switch to the Encounter program. Either way, I'l be the official photographer.

Yes, the button factory is gearing up for the anticipated requests (we made 24 cruise buttons yesterday). Just email (jeffreyy@aol.com) or PM the info and I will send them out to you.

Bye for now

Jeffrey

[moocow35]

Hi Jeffrey,

I booked through Disney, but I opted for the Air Deviation, and paid quite a bit more to request direct flights. Last year Disney had the other part of my family fly in a little jet connecting in PA then on to FL. There is no way I would step foot on one of those little planes. I'm sure I could of booked direct flights on my own for less, but then this time of year I want the "Disney Air" security in case of bad weather.

Also, I would not worry too much about your daughters height and the Dolphin Discovery. We did this last year, and last minute they booked 2 "walkins" with our group. It was 2 little girls, now I'm not too good with ages, but #1, the adults did not go in with them per the websites rules, and #2, they did appear very young and short!

Robin

[robins]

My I have three DD 13, 11, 6. We are going with a family that has another DD 11 and a DS 7 that is best friends with my DD 6. Since all my other kids are in a different group than my 13 year. She wants to have a penpal that she can talk to before we go on the cruise so she can already have someone she "knows" before go. Does anyone here have a dd 13 that would like to be a penpal with my daughter. princess: ::MickeyMo

[Geneca]

Robins,

My daughter would love to meet someone before we leave. She is 12. will be 13 in May. She hopes they will let her go to the Stack. I called DCL and they said that they have to be within one month of the age for special allowances. But if your DD would like someone to chat with either through email or aol instant messanger just let me know. you can pm me and i can give you her nickname or email address. Of course, i will have to ask her which one she is using this week. ;)

Laura:earsgirl:

[clara]

hi we are going on our first cruise ever and feeling nervous excitement. we have a 12 year old dd, a 7 yr old dd and a 4 yr old ds. my daughter is also annoyed she cannot be in the teen group and would enjoy emailing or im ing other 12 year olds that are "stuck" in the younger group.

[Geneca]

Clara,

Are you going on the feb 14th cruise? My DD 12 would love to talk to your DD. She talks on aol instant messanger with another girl who is from this cruise. She is really excited to already know someone from the cruise. PM me and I will give you her info.

Laura:earsgirl:

[DMOMof3]

My dd12 is also upset, her brother(14) & sister(17) will be in the older group. I am not ready for her to join them. She can't, she's only 12 1/2 on our cruise.

She informed me she will find me whereever I go, I made the mistake of telling them I will be enjoying some alone time in the adult only section.

She currently doesn't have an AOL screenname, will get her one this afternoon and PM it to you. I'm sure she would love to chat with someone beforehand, I'm sure she'll feel more comfortable that first day if she knows someone before. There seems to be two other 12/13 girls from this thread going but they may be allowed in the older group.

When do you fly in? We will be at the MCO Hyatt on Friday the 13th.

Lynn

[Geneca]

Lynn,

We are driving. We will be driving straight thru from Michigan and getting to Orlando on Friday. We are staying at the Wilderness lodge and then driving to the port in the morning. We are DVC members so we want to just use some point for the night and spend some time in Downtown Disney.

My DD will not be online tonight to chat to your DD but maybe tomorrow.

Laura


:earsgirl:

[JeffreyY]

Hi

Robin - We also like the security of Cruise provided Air. Four years ago we were booked on a Celebrity cruise and there was a small snow storm on the Friday before Presidents week. We had a 6PM Friday flight for a Saturday afternoon cruise and when the flight was cancelled we had to really scramble to get to Florida. All of the Saturday flights were already full. We got lucky and our travel agent found us a last minute flight on Midway (I think). We live about 15 minutes from LGA and that is about all the time we had to get there.

Clara - We have a 7 year old daughter who would like to email (she doesn't IM) your DD7 if you are going on the 2/14 cruise. Our daughters name is Jori and her email is JoriY@aol.com.

Jeffrey

[Geneca]

Jeffery,

We got the buttons and lanyards today. Thank you so much. They are awesome. My kids thought they were "COOL" We really appreciate your generosity and talents in making and providing this fun way to get to meet our fellow DIS board friend.

Laura:earsgirl:

[reddaddy04]

Wow, you are all so organized booking your excursions already! We haven't even received our docs yet and since this is our first Dis cruise I am only learning the ropes from your posts.

Guess I better call our travel agent, huh?:crazy:

[moocow35]

Gee Reddaddy,

Your travel agent should have supplied you with all the information on pre-booking your excursions at the 60 day mark. Yes, I would make a call. The documents should be coming in the next week or two!

I don't know about everyone else, but this new cold snap is for the birds, and I can't wait to enjoy the 80 degree weather on the cruise!

Robin

[clara]

wow it's cold in ny. can anyone offer suggestions on what i should pack for the cruise. i heard it's usually chilly on the ship.

i'm flying out of laguardia on the 12, staying at the gran floridian and going to mk on friday.

clarisse

[DMOMof3]

Thanks to all that sent PM's with screen name for my daughter. Thanks for the info for Palo Laura.

We have to take a little trip to the Montreal area for my grandmother's funeral, will be home late Tuesday. She had been ill for some time (my aunt cared for her all this time so she died at home). She is now finally at peace.

I'm sure my daughter will be getting aquainted with her new pals then. We will have to start some serious packing next week. Right now I have to pack for -20F in Canada, brrrr.

[robins]

Lynn,
So sorry to hear of your loss, have a safe flight . My daughter will look forward to "chatting" with yours when you get back.
Robin S

[moocow35]

Lynn,

I am also very sorry to hear about your loss. Stay warm, I don't know how it can get much colder!

Clarisse,

I have never found it cool on the ship. But I'm always hot anyway. Florida can be cool in February, but as soon as we get to Key West it was around 85. Very warm in Grand Cayman and Cozumel as well. I always pack my summer sun dresses to wear, and a few pairs of shorts. I've always been very comfortable with only that. Perhaps a light sweater or wind breaker for nights up on deck.

Robin

[Geneca]

Lynn,

We also offer you our sympathy over your loss. Even though we haven't met yet, we care and wanted you to know you are in our thoughts and prayers. God Bless.

Laura

[disneypilots]

Hi Everyone.......Cant wait to go...........

Can anyone assist me in how you add the countdown timers and other special add ons.........Ive been trying to figure it out..but ok, I'll Just ask for directions. Do you know how hard it is for a guy to ask for directions LOL !!!! Thanks and hello again.

pirate:

Mark (Laura's Husband)

[torontodisney]

We will be on this cruise too. We have 2 children, dd1 is 8 and dd2 is 4. They would love to meet a couple of kids their age to be with on the ship. Anyone sailing from Canada? We have never been on a cruise before and are all very excited to try Disney as our first. Thanks.

[moocow35]

Hi Mark (Laura's husband)

Try this link: http://disboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=381216

If that doesn't work, go to the technical board, and you will find the thread to add the countdown timer. Don't feel bad, it took me a while to get it down.

Torontodisney,

Glad you found the thread. You made a really good choice going with Disney. This will be our 5th cruise, does that say enough about how happy we are with the Disney Cruise Line?

See you soon!

Robin

[JeffreyY]

Lynn

We are both sorry to hear about your grandmother. We hope your trip to Canada went as well as it could given the circumstances.

Jeffrey & Judi

[disneypilots]

Thank You very much Robin. As you all can hopfully see the counter works great !!! Are we ready to leave yet ????



Im not a Disney Fanatic, I'm a Disney Connoisseur !!!!!!

pirate:

[disneypilots]

Bump ya go !!!!


pirate:

[Happy Birthday Cat]

We received our cruise documents today. It now seems closer than ever. Did anyone else receive their's?

HBC

[cjsbmiller]

Cant wait only a month to go.

[moocow35]

Congratulations on getting your documents Happy Birthday Cat! Did you book your air with Disney? Usually they mail out the documents to people without air before the people who booked with air. Soon be soon for us, though. (patiently tapping while waiting for the UPS guy)

Welcome cjsbmiller! Have you cruised Disney before?


Hey Mark, glad you got the countdown to work! We all are getting down there. My countdown for this cruise has been going on since August 2002! Still waiting for Disney to release the new info for 2005 before booking the next one.

Robin

[disneypilots]

We got out Cruise doc's on Friday. They were a bit messed up, we changed cat's just before the printing....... But all is now well, Thanks to the great Cast Members at DCL.

Many Thanks again Robin !!!!

We are looking forward to meeting all of you on the cruise !!!

[Happy Birthday Cat]

Robin,

No we did our own air. DH and DS just placed an order for their tuxedo rentals for formal and semi formal dinner nights. The info on the tux rental came in the document package.

Martha (HBC)

[The FairyGodmother]

Just wanted to let you know that I change my user name. It used to be Geneca but I decided that I needed to change my name to my future occupation. Hopefully.


Laura





:earsgirl:

[Happy Birthday Cat]

I decided that I needed to change my name to my future occupation.

If you find out where to put in an application for that job (fairygodmother), please let me know.;)

HBC

[The FairyGodmother]

HBC

I asked one time about how does someone apply for that position and i was told that They didn't think the Fairy GodMother was would be wanting to give up her job anytime soon. HA

I guess they don't know what I have planned for retirement.

Laura:earsgirl: princess:

[The FairyGodmother]

Does anyone know how to upload different avatars. I found one that i want to use but is not in the group of ones that are in the user cp. I did see that you could upload your own it just doesn't tell you how. Any help?

[Happy Birthday Cat]

FGM: I would go to the technical support board and ask them for help. The answer could be different based on a number of factors. Here is the link to that board:

http://disboards.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=43

HBC

[Happy Birthday Cat]

cjsbmiller:

I just noticed you are from Latham. We are from the other side of the river in East Greenbush. It is a Small World after all?

HBC

[DMOMof3]

Thanks everyone for the kind thoughts and prayers, the funeral was a celebration and reflection on my grandmothers life.

Now I know why we stopped visiting Canada in the winter, snow & cold, driving was terrible. Kind of like it is today in Connecticut.

It was so nice to see family I hadn't seen in over 25 years, brought back old memories of summer vacations in Canada.

Now its time to catch up on some cruise reading. I also have to answer a few PM's.

Do any of you past cruisers know when the Character breakfast is? Is this something that may interfere with Palo brunch? What is a good time for brunch?

Waiting for Doc's.

[The FairyGodmother]

We have booked the Conch train for Key West but I am having serious second thoughts on this. From post I have read it seems like maybe this might not be the way to go. The trolley sounds like we may have more flexibility. My questions are if you buy a ticket for the trolley does that entitle you to get on and off at the stops without paying again Meaning is the price of the ticket good for the whole day or do you have to pay each time you want to get back on the trolley. Also, does the Trolley have the same narration that you will get on the Train? Since we have never been to Key West we want to get all the details of the city.

Thanks for the info.

[disneypilots]

The Character Breakfast Days for the Western according to the Passporter are Sunday, Monday, and Thursday. If I remember correctly, If you start your dining rotation in AP, your CB is Sunday Morning, If your rotation starts in Lumiere's it would be Monday Morning, and lastly PC would be Thursday Morning. Does anyone know a way to find out your seating rotation prior to boarding ???

Mark
pirate:

[clara]

anxiously awaiting cruise doc's

getting ready to pack. it's tough to buy spring/summer clothes when we've got so much snow and 0 degree temps.

i'm also hoping to do a palo brunch and would love to know the rotation beforehand. i'm scheduled for the late seating and wonder what my chances of changing times are.

happy planning/packing!:sunny:

[moocow35]

Hi Fairygodmother,

We did the trolley for that reason, you can get on and off when you want. We did not book through Disney, we walked over and bought the tickets there. Yes, the driver does narration, and the fee that you pay is for the day. No problems getting on and off. You might want to check out this link: http://www.historictours.com/keywest/ Hopefully it will work, if not let me know. It explains what both the train and trolley do, and you can even buy online for a discount. Again we had no problem walking a short distance and purchasing tickets there.

Disneypilots, I don't know of any way you can get your dining rotation in advance. Unless maybe if you are in catagory 1, 2, or 3, you might get special treatment.

The character breakfast is very early in the morning as I recall. I have never done it because of the early hour. I did Palo brunch last year on Key West Day. We don't dock until 12:00 noon, so a 10 or 10:30 brunch is what I believe I did. On a sea day the year before, I believe I did an 11:00 brunch.

Clara, we have late dining, I prefer it, so I requested it. You aren't so rushed, and early dining just cuts your day too short. If you have little ones though, they may fall asleep at the table for the first few nights until they get used to it.

I am still (not so patiently tapping) waiting for my docs. Last year I got my docs on 1/17 for a 2/15 sailing. So looks like tomorrow might be the day!

Robin

[DMOMof3]

Is it cold enough for everyone?

[DMOMof3]

went to my mailbox hoping for DOc's, instead I got my Pins from Jeffrey, next best thing. Thanks Jeffrey & family for putting the time, effort and thought into this. Will I look silly if I start wearing them now?

[disneypilots]

If this cold is to get me into the mood for the Cruise and its warm weather.......Enough allready !!!!! We will be in Grand Cayman before we thaw out !!!!


pirate:

Mark

[JeffreyY]

Lynn:

I'm glad you liked the buttons. The bubbles are for the sail away party. We did not get our DOC's either (we made our reservations thru DU with Disney Air). Hopefully they will come Monday when we will actually be home to receive them.

Everyone else on the 2/14 cruise:

If you would like free personalized buttons for our cruise please PM or email me (jeffreyy@aol.com) the first names you want on the buttons and where I should send them. They will come with a lanyard to hold your room card and no-spill sail away party bubbles for the children. (If you received your buttons without bubbles, the bubbles are coming soon).

Jeffrey (in very cold New York)

[moocow35]

No docs yet here either:( When you book Disney Air with your package, they are the last to go out. Jeffrey, I hope you are right about Monday, does UPS run on MLK holiday? That would be great as DD will be home that day. (still not so patiently tapping)

More snow for tonight, enough already, they say we are already above average for the year. The warm weather on the cruise is sounding really good about now. Should be a quick month for us though, lot's of traveling for college interviews. Syracuse yesterday, flying to North Carolina on the 22nd, Boston on the 29th, and Tallahassee on the 5th. Then no time at all to wait for the cruise!

Robin (freezing in Connecticut):wave2:

[Liz924]

Hi

My name is liz, i will also be going on the magic on 2/14/04. I am 15 and it will be my third cruise with dcl. I did western last february and land/sea the february before that. Last time i went I met a whole group of teens on board and I still talk to them all the time... we had a great time!!! Does anybody have a teen that would like to chat before the crusie???

::MinnieMo

[disneypilots]

Hey Robin, According to our countdown's, we are planning on getting on the ship about three hours before you. Are you flying in on Saturday ????

Anyone else arriving on Friday ??

We are planning to arrive at Disney's Boardwalk Villa's ( We are DVC Member's) on Friday, just in case this wonderful Winter Weather does anything nasty............

Just watched the Magic sail away from the Terminal.........It was almost like being there.........

The wait becomes unbearable.............


pirate:
Mark

[moocow35]

Hi Liz,

My daughter Aimee, and her friend Ali will be on this cruise, and both were on last year same time. In fact, it will be the 5th cruise for both of them, all on Presidents week. They met on the cruise. She is out right now, but if you pm me your aim screen name, I will give it to her to add you to her buddy list.

Mark,

We leave LGA at 6:30 Friday morning, we will be in Florida around 9:30. Disney has us staying at the Hyatt on Friday night. We will be going to Downtown Disney for the day, have tickets for Cirque du Soleil. We plan on going back to the Hyatt around 9:00 to meet Ali's flight when it comes in. I guess I didn't calculate the boarding time correctly:eek: Last year we were on one of the first buses to the port. I think we were like 10th in line to board. I'm with you on the wait.................... Our wonderful winter weather is expected to do the nasty tonight!

Robin ºOº:sunny:

[Dreamer04]

We have our cruise docs!! I am very excited now. It's been a long wait and it's suddenly real again.

My sister has decided to join us on the cruise. She'll be staying in my mom's cat 4.

Our plans are finalized.

We leave JFK on Jetblue at 5:00pm on Friday Feb. 13 and check-in to the MCO Hyatt. Sat morning Happy Limo picks us up at 10:00 am, we'll do the grocery stop, and head to the port!!

We have a shore excursion planned for each port.

I hope to meet you all!! WEEEEEEE!!:bounce:


Ursula

[xxPiXiE_DuSt517xx]

hey!!!!!! Im elizabeth. im almost 13 and i was wodering if any girls wanted to talk. I met 2 people already and i would like to meeet more.:wave

[clara]

I got my docs!!!!!

it feels real now and i'm getting butterflies.

excursion documents were not supposed to come with the cruise docs were they? I hope not because i didn't get any.

time to call the doctor to get my motion sickness prescription.

clarisse

[xxPiXiE_DuSt517xx]

im sooooooo excited only 25 more days:Pinkbounc

[DMOMof3]

clara
excursion documents were not supposed to come with the cruise docs were they? I hope not because i didn't get any.

excursion documents come 60 days prior to cruise, that's when you can start booking Disney Excursions.


Got my Docs too :jumping1:

[xxPiXiE_DuSt517xx]

Is there any girls out there?????????? i wana meet some new people!! im almost 13 if you want to talk just reply and ill pm my email/aim to you princess: :Pinkbounc

[Happy Birthday Cat]

Liz,

Hey, my name is Kaylee, this is my third cruise also. Im 16 years old, I have never been on the seven day cruise, so it will be my first. if you PM me your AIM name, i'd love to talk with you.


~*Kaylee*~

[moocow35]

Congratulations Lynn and Clara!

I want mine now. I was hoping that they would arrive today while Aimee was home.

Lynn, who brought yours today, UPS or Fedex? Now I am worried mine will come while I am in North Carolina for 3 days. I think I will call Disney and see what they say.

Robin

[DMOMof3]

Robin

They rang the bell and left it on the front doorstep, my daughter said the brown UPS truck left it.

Lynn

[moocow35]

Thanks Lynn,

I was afraid of that. I will call Disney tomorrow and see if they can give me any information. We leave Thursday for Aimee's college interview and will be gone till mid day Saturday. Next week will be 2 days in Boston, and the week before the cruise will be 2 days in Tallahassee. The condo I live in does not have the "best" kind of people I hate to say, and if a package is left, it won't be here when I get back.

Maybe I will get lucky and they will come tomorrow or Wednesday.

I bet you are all really excited now! I love it when the documents come, I just keep looking at them over and over again! :teeth:

Robin

[JeffreyY]

Hi Robin

If Disney can't help you, I would call UPS and have them tell your local UPS office not to deliver any packages without a signature. That way, if you are not home they will leave a note for you to call or leave the signed slip for the driver. Many times UPS has a residence listed as "signature not required" because the have a release on file.

By the way, our DOC's still did not arrive either.

Jeffrey

[moocow35]

Thanks for the tips Jeffrey! It is a hard call which way Disney sent the docs. Last year it was FedEx, and they left a slip. The year before it was UPS and they just left it at my door, the year before, UPS left a note! Go figure. I will call UPS after I talk to Disney.

Thanks again!
Robin

[moocow35]

My documents came today! Now I'm really excited! UPS just left them, thank god no one took them.

Robin:jumping1:

[DMOMof3]

:wave2:

Robin,

Have a safe trip and Good Luck to Aimee on her college interviews.



all 3 kids are in the middle of midterms, they are a little annoyed with me, I have to curb my enthusiam:(


:hyper:

Lynn

[moocow35]

Thanks Lynn,

Aimee has midterms also, but is going to miss some of them. College interviews are an excused absence though, so she can take make up exams. With all these trips, every week before the cruise, I will be so ready for some relaxation and rest::yes::

Of course Aimee has to pick a line of study that requires a portfolio and interview in addition to the standard applications. Most of her friends have already received their acceptance letters, we are heading out for places unknown! Should be fun though, I have never been to North Carolina or Tallahassee Florida!

Only 3 weeks to go!

Robin

[_DeFtOnEz_ 892_]

Hey my name is mike i m turning 12 soon enough n i saw you were looking for people to talk to im going with my friend mark and our crew see you aboard!:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :p

[_DeFtOnEz_ 892_]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by _DeFtOnEz_ 892_
[B]Hey elizabeth my name is mike i m turning 12 soon enough n i saw you were looking for people to talk to im going with my friend mark and our crew see you aboard:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :earseek:

[chrissyt27]

HI, I just booked our cruise yesterday and am super excited. I finally found airfare and we will be flying in late on the 12th and staying at a hotel near MCO till the morning of the 14th.
On the trip with me will me, my 65 year old aunt, and my grandmother who just turned 90. She actually gets along really well and is excited. Sometimes I think she has more energy than me:> I just turned 25 and I work for Radio Disney in Indianapolis. I have also worked at Disney World while in college and am looking forward to a new Disney experience aboard the Magic. I have never been on a cruise before and I think this is the only way to go.
Only 22 more days!!! (and a million things to do)

Chrissy Taylor
:wave2:

[xxPiXiE_DuSt517xx]

that is soooo cool that you work for radio disney!!!!!!!!!!! :cool1:
i wish i could do that when i get older. What do you do ??

[chrissyt27]

HI, Our station just got up and running in August. We were the first FM station. I work as a promotions assistant. Really though I am part of the “Party Patrol.” It is a lot of fun. I get to travel all around Indy and have fun with kids. We have an awesome prize wheel and all sorts of cool games. We just had a meeting tonight about the spring and we are going to be really busy. The best part is that I get discounts for Disney which I missed since letting my seasonal cast status go.
How old are you? Everyone who works with me are college students so you may have to wait a while.

Chrissy

[xxPiXiE_DuSt517xx]

oh thats cool. wheni siad i would like to do that i meant we im older, older. im only 13

[_DeFtOnEz_ 892_]

are there any boys and grlz out there going on the feb 14 cruise 11 and up?:confused:




___mIkEe*___
:crazy: :bounce: :Pinkbounc ::MickeyMo pirate: :chat:

[disneypilots]

Can You Believe its still another 2 weeks away. Cold here in Michigan, and we are expecting up to another 8 inches of snow.

There are some great web cams of the sights in Key West !!!! Let me know if you want the URL.

BTW............Do we have a list of all the DIS'ers who will be on the Cruise???



Mark

pirate:

[DMOMof3]

Taking the day off to go through my closet and decide what I going to pack, then its a mad rush to the mall this weekend to shop for a few items, when will my DS14 ease up on this growth spurt?

I can't believe it's almost time?

DD12 & DS14 both have Geography/History projects due the friday we get back, they must be done before we go. DD12's is finishing up this weekend, DS14 hasn't even started(puts a damper on the packing excitement).

Anyone else start packing yet?

According to all the lists I've been reading on these boards I think I'll need a U-Haul to bring my luggage to the airport.:teeth:

[The FairyGodmother]

Thought about packing. But it is too darn cold in the house to be trying on bathing suits (how depressing) and shorts. I too need to go get some last minute things especially for my DS10. He refuses to wear dress clothes most Sundays to church so he is in need of some shirts and slacks that are formal night friendly. I know there is no way he will wear a suit . I tie will be pushing it.

Good luck with the closets.

[moocow35]

Hi:wave:

I can't believe it has been 1 1/2 years since I booked this trip and it is almost time!

This weekend will be the beginning of the packing for me. Next week, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and coming home Saturday, we will be in Florida for a college interview. I will then finish up the packing only to leave for Florida again on Friday the 13th! I don't think we will need any last minute mall trips. I don't have the time! Here and there I have done some online ordering, and I am pretty much set. (I hope)

Fairygodmother, I hear you about the depressing thought of trying on a bathing suit. I think I will pass on that, it will only make me more depressed. Sun dresses will do fine for me at this point!

Did we ever decide on a time for the DIS meet, or Palo brunch?

Robin

[DMOMof3]

Robin,

I will be reserving our Palo brunch by the end of the week, not sure on the time. I've been reading the posts and it looks like brunch is one seating at 10:30 and lasts till 1:00.

Is this correct? Did you do the brunch last cruise?

I'm looking at doing it our first sea day which would be Monday. It's also offered on Key West day but I'm afraid that would cut it close for those leaving the ship.

I have to look over my private messages but I think so far its 6 of us maybe 8, I should be able to ad people on as the time gets closer.

As far as the DIS meet, I'm new to this, looks like a lot of people try to do it during the sailaway party in a specific area. Would be nice to just meet up and put faces to the names before our cruise, that way we can say hello as we pass each other during the cruise.

Any suggestions as to a time or place?

Lynn

P.S. If anyone wants to join us for brunch just PM me your name & room #, I will be calling for revervations soon.

[moocow35]

Hi Lynn,

I looked back at my notes from last year, and I did do the brunch on the first sea day. It may have changed since then, but when you go make the reservations, they have time slots all blocked off. I did the 10:30, and they actually have a table reserved for you. I don't believe it is an open come when you want, it would get too confusing for the reserved tables. Unless they changed it since last year. We were there for around 45 minutes to an hour, so you are right about the Key West day. The first sea day sounds great! Any time would be good for me.

I'm open for the meet at the sailaway, just let me know when and where. I was going to try to get some champange to toast the sailaway, as I requested a "grocery stop" with FL Tours.

Lynn, did you still want to try to meet up at the Hyatt later on Friday night? Aimee and Ali would love to meet your daughter before we board the ship. Aimee is already talking to another teen she just met, from the DIS board who lives very close to us. We plan to be back at the Hyatt around 9:00 Friday, but Ali's flight does not get in until 10:30. The Hyatt has a coffee shop that I know is open late, and there is also a Starbucks right down outside the lobby. Let me know.

Well, we are out the door for an interview in Boston! Thank god at least it is sunny for our long drive.

Robin

[DMOMof3]

Robin,

Have a great trip to Boston.

I'll book Palo for 10:30 Monday (11:30 if I can pick a time).

I'm guessing we will be back at the Hyatt no later than 9:30. Epcot closes at 9:00(won't be staying for fireworks, been there done that) & Magic Kingdom closes at 8:00(may swing over on monorail). I'll PM you my cell phone #, definately would like to meet up Fri night.

As far as a DIS meet on board lets go for the sailaway party, I'm assuming everyone will be going anyway. I'll search the boards for times and places that seem to be popular then post them here so we can all decide.

Getting really excited.:hyper:

Went through my closet and now have a pile of possible clothes, have to pick 1/3 of it now.

Lynn

[moocow35]

Hi everyone:wave:

Long drive to Boston and back! We were late to the interview (we got lost), but they understood, and gave her time anyway. Next stop, Tallahassee on the 4th! I'll be glad when this is all over, then we sit and watch the mailbox until April!

Lynn, I pm'd you my cell #. Anyone else staying at the Hyatt on Friday night is welcome to join us. Ursula, I remember you all were going to stay there. Let us know. The kids will all know someone before entering the clubs.

Palo anytime sounds great! That is so cool that you get to pre-book a seating. Thank you Lynn! The only "ressie rush" I will need to do is the spa. I arranged a $200 shipboard credit on my last cruise for this one, so what better way to spend it. Of course we will have to get the unlimited internet package so DD can keep in touch with her boyfriend.

Jeffrey, I received the bubble tumblers today! Thank you so much! Your and your families generosity has gone over and above. I can't wait to blow bubbles at the sailaway party! (I realize they are for the kids, but hey, why not?) LOL

Robin

[disneypilots]

Jeffrey, Thank You very much for the Bubbles. They arrived today. We think that your creativity is only exceeded by your kindness !!!

Now the only question, Will the kids get to play with them, or will the bigger kids (Adults) keep them LOL !!!!

Many Thanks for the Buttons and the Bubbles !!!

Looking forward to seeing all of you 2 weeks from today.


Laura, Mark Elizabeth, & Bobby

princess: pirate: :earsgirl: :earsboy:

[DMOMof3]

http://www.*******************/westday0.htm

Courtesy of "Barb, Dick, Mike and Steven Warner from the DIS board"

New navigators have been posted, and it seems the new DIS servers are up and running at full speed.

What great timing, now I can search for all those great tips I kept meaning to bookmark but never got around to.

Lynn

[moocow35]

Thanks Lynn for posting the link to the new navigators!:sunny: I am so excited!

Robin

[Dreamer04]

The buttons are gorgeous!! You should have seen me, I was a kid again!

Thank you so much! I will love meeting everyone!

No packing yet. Just getting excited. Things have been nuts here.

But, not for long!! Soon, we'll be nuts on the ship!

[JeffreyY]

Hi Everyone

Thank you all for the kind words.

We had a hectic week (not compared to college hunting, though) preparing for our sons 12th birthday party. Now that we survived that we are really ready to start thinking about packing for the cruise. The clothing part is easy, its the other things that I stress out about. You can always buy or live without a piece of clothing, but if the correct chargers, etc. don't make it to the cruise, I wil not be a happy camper or cruiser.

Lynn - Thanks for the navigator link. We are going with 2 other non-DIS families who have never been on a Disney cruise and it will help them get an accurate idea of what to expect .

See you all soon

Jeffrey & Judi

[chrissyt27]

Jeffrey and Family

I received our buttons today and we just love them!! Thanks so much for making them for us!!! Your family is so awesome!! My grandmother insisted on putting hers on today on and all she talks is about our upcoming vacation. We fly out in 10 days and in 12 we will all be sailing away. Maybe we will see you at the Sail away party. We will be the ones with the cool bubbles and nifty buttons. :>

Thanks again,

Chrissy
:earsgirl:

[Dreamer04]

we'll be next to you!!!

[The FairyGodmother]

Forgive me if i someone alreayd mentioned this but is there any boys on this trip that are in the 10-11 age range. My DS had decided he is interested in finding someone to talk to before we leave.

Let me know and we will work out someway for them to chat. Either email or I will get him an AIM account.

THanks,

[DMOMof3]

Laura,
all my Dkids are 12 1/2 and up.


Getting ready for another storm here in Connecticut, enough already, just hope the weather cooperates next Friday.

At least all the clothes I've put aside for the cruise aren't being used. My kids like wearing their short sleeved tops in the winter, I've put them aside so they can't get to them.

Robin,
When are you and Aimee going on your next college visit? Hope you make it out okay.(oops-just saw your post-have a safe trip back Sat.)

Anyone here up for a casual gathering just to say hi and meet during the sail away party? I'll be on deck 10, but since I've never been on a Disney Cruise before I am unsure of the layout of the deck. Do any past cruisers have any ideas?

Is everyone getting ready?

We are in the single digits:hyper:

Oh yeah, I got tagged yesterday!:teeth:

[Magic_Fan_Bruce]

We just booked yesterday for the Valentine's Day Cruise on the Magic. Myself, DW, and DDs (11 & 8) will be on our 4th cruise, 3rd western. I'm looking forward to seeing the new spaces and "The Golden Mickeys" show. I havn't read the whole thread yet, but we look forward to meeting fellow DISers.

[The FairyGodmother]

Welcome Magic_Fan_Bruce,

Glad your going on the same cruise. It will be so fun to meet everyone from this group. We have DD12 and DS10 both with in a month of the next age.

Should be so much fun!!!

[DMOMof3]

Magic_Fan_Bruce

Welcome to the group!

I will be traveling with my 3 kids, DD17, DS14 & DD12.

There seems to be a few girls in the DD11-13 age range so far in this group. If your DD11 would like to talk to anyone beforehand PM me, I'll send you my DD12's screen name. Also, if you read this thread you'll find the others.

Lucky you doesn't have to worry about the weather next week. We are in the middle of another storm here in Connecticut and I am watching the forcast for next week, good thing we fly out a day early.

Lynn

[Magic_Fan_Bruce]

You’re right Lynn, weather shouldn’t be a problem for us to get to the port, it’s in the low 80’s here today. But I have to fly to Kansas City on Monday, and then back on Wednesday. I'm not expecting anything near the 80's in KC, and I don’t have any heavy coats. But that’s okay because when I get home I pack for the cruise.

I still haven’t read the whole thread, is there a DISmeet planned?

[JeffreyY]

Hi

Just received the following email from Disneycruise.com. It's amazing that they pick the one week in 2 years I will be on the cruise. I hope we can get a report from someone who gets to go!

Jeffrey

"You are receiving this email because you have participated in prior research for Disney and have agreed to be contacted for future research.

Disney Cruise Line will be conducting live focus group research sessions in New York City on February 17th, 2004. On behalf of Disney Cruise Line and Audience Profiler, a third-party independent marketing research firm, we would like to invite you to participate!

There will be two focus groups conducted on February 17th, 2004 in New York City, each lasting two hours.

If you are available_between the hours of 3:00pm_to 7:00pm on February 17th, 2004 please respond to this email with a telephone number and an ideal time to call you. There are a limited number of seats available so please respond quickly!




Sincerely,





Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Resarch Team"

[danjulia]

DMOMof3 just made me aware of this thread from something I posted over on the cruise forum. We can't wait!!! Myself (Sue), DH , DS9 and DD5 will be flying down next Friday and staying at the new RonJon resort for the night before the cruise. Then onto the Magic...can't wait - my kids have endured my husband's job change and subsequent relocation to 2 hours from our former home between XMas and New Year's. New house, new schools - they deserve this cruise (not to mention Mom!). If there are any boys in the 8/9 group, I'd love my son to email a "buddy" before the cruise. This worked out great when we went 2 years ago. If not, I know he'll have a blast in the clubs like last time. I can't believe the countdown is at 7...

Sue

[cjsbmiller]

I havent had time to get on the boards since I posted last month- Cant believe we leave next friday!! in answer to your question we have done the 7 day eastern and the 4 night too. I just finished booking our last planned excursion for this cruise. We found a cool Pirate Cruise to do in Grand Cayman and we are going to do Sting Ray City too. I think wwe will do Chankanaab on our own in Cozumel and we have planned the DCl excursion to sail and snorkel in Key West but I am tempted to change it to the Catamaran racing just for something different. Any advice anyone? our kids are 7 and 6.pirate:

[JeffreyY]

Hi Carol

Is the Priate Ship the Joger Roger? We have been calling them for the last 6 months to see if they would have a Tuesday daytime sailing. We have gone on it twice before and my kids loved it.

Jeffrey

[disneypilots]

Less than aweek to go !!!!! Hope the weather forecast holds for next Saturday!!!!


Markpirate:

[Happy Birthday Cat]

Originally posted by The FairyGodmother
Forgive me if i someone alreayd mentioned this but is there any boys on this trip that are in the 10-11 age range. My DS had decided he is interested in finding someone to talk to before we leave.
THanks,

Hi FGM. We have a DS who is 11 who would love to talk to someone before going on the cruise. Send me a PM and I will get you his AIM screen name.

HBC

[Happy Birthday Cat]

Originally posted by cjsbmiller
I havent had time to get on the boards since I posted last month- Cant believe we leave next friday!!

Carol, I tried to e-mail you in response to the one you sent to me but it came back as undeliverable twice. I will PM you.

HBC (Martha)

[moocow35]

Hi everyone!:wave:

We just got back about an hour ago from Tallahassee, and it is amazing how many emails one gets while away! One of the emails was from Dreams Unlimited...........and we got an upgrade! I'm not too sure if I am excited about it or not. We have always for the last 3 cruises had a navigators veranda on deck 7 aft. This is a catagory 7 room, and we now will be in a catagory 5 room 7544 which is right by the midship elevators. What does everyone think about it? It will be nice to have the full veranda, but I love the aft location. Any comments?

I am so excited that my countdown is down to 6 days! It was wonderful to be in Florida the last 3 days. To see all the students at the college walk around in shorts and sandals was great to see in February. My DD is completely sold on this college (thank god!) she has already been accepted, now we need to wait on the results of the portfolio interview to see if she gets into the school of theatre. Time will tell, and hopefully it will be positive:sunny:

Lynn, most of the activity for the sailaway is on deck 9 midship by the stage. It gets really crowded, as does the area around it on deck 10. I also like to be on deck 10 forward in front of the sports deck(depending on weather) The best place I guess to meet would be by either of the whirpools behind Pinnochio's Pizza at the far end of the stage. Or directly above that on the overlook in front of the aft funnel. Just let me know, and I will be there:teeth: Does champagne sound good to anyone if I can get FL Tours to do the grocery stop for me? Also, I hope the room number change will not affect the Palo brunch reservation? Oh and congratulations on your tag. I have been on the board since 2000, and am still waiting. What is your secret?

Welcome DanJulia and Magic Fan Bruce! Jeffrey, yes too bad you won't be able to attend the meeting in New York. But, going on the cruise is better any day!

The forecast for the New York area for our flight on Friday is partly cloudy, however Orlando is scattered showers. Saturday for our sailaway looks good! Near 70 degrees! :Pinkbounc

Time to finally start packing!

Robin ºOº

[JeffreyY]

Hi Robin

Or should I say hi neighbor. We booked the stateroom you were upgraded to for a friend who was not able to sail because of the possibilites of a new job. Our group has the 3 staterooms next to you, 7538, 7540 (ours) and 7542. We love that area of the ship. Two years ago we were directly across in 7040 but wanted to try the other view. Its nice being in the middle near the elevators (or the stairs if you want to get some excercise).

And yes I decided to pass up the focus group in favor of the cruise, (only because all of my toys are all dated already).

Jeffrey

[moocow35]

Hi neighbor!

Thanks for the positive input on the location. I guess I'm just used to "my" stateroom and the location. But it will be very nice to have the full view veranda. The aft location is so nice just to walk up 2 flights of stairs, and there you are at the beverage station for early morning coffee. (guess I will either walk a little farther, or utilize room service:rolleyes: )

Can't wait to thank you in person! I'll be the one wearing all the buttons and pins around my neck:teeth:

Robin

[cjsbmiller]

Hi Jeffery, yes the Pirate cruise is the Jolly Roger and they are sailing on Tuesday the 17th form 10-12, check in at 9:45 at the North pier. Maybe we will see you there.

[cjsbmiller]

I dont know why your email is coming back undeliverable and I have no idea how to get your pm- sorry but if you want to email me it is my first name dot miller@astrazeneca.com no spaces in there anywhere. Look forward to your message

[DMOMof3]

congratulations on the upgrade Robin. How excited are you? I am trying to keep my excitement in check or I won't get anything done. I'm off to sort though a pile of clothes on my bed to decide which items to bring.

Glad Aimee liked FL, how exciting, more trips to FL for you. My Suzy was interested in UofMiami but decided she liked Maine better, go figure, must be my Canadian blood! oh well, will have to wait till she's a dolphin trainer at Sea World to enjoy visiting her! Maine isn't that bad, was nice when she spent time there this summer, can't forget to buy her a real parka.


Welcome to all new posters
Lynn, most of the activity for the sailaway is on deck 9 midship by the stage. It gets really crowded, as does the area around it on deck 10. I also like to be on deck 10 forward in front of the sports deck(depending on weather) The best place I guess to meet would be by either of the whirpools behind Pinnochio's Pizza at the far end of the stage. Or directly above that on the overlook in front of the aft funnel. Just let me know, and I will be there Does champagne sound good to anyone if I can get FL Tours to do the grocery stop for me?

Anyone want to join us during the sailaway party for a little get together? Would be nice to be able to recognize some friendly faces during the cruise, also the kids that have been chatting can meet. In front of the aft funnel on the overlook sounds great to me, nice big landmark! Robin, I'm assuming that's on deck 10.

I'll be the one with the DIS buttons and the goofy grin!

Robin, as far as the tags go, I reponded to a post about how the tag fairy doesn't like begging. I just responded by saying how I was just so happy to be cruising on the Magic in a week that a tag wasn't necessary, and minutes later I was tagged! Just made it that more special. Kind of like your upgrade, icing on the cake.

Lynn

[JeffreyY]

Hi Lynn

You can count us in for the sailaway party. According to my wife, I will be the geeky one with the cameras. My children will want to go down to the pool deck and dance with the characters (hopefully I will be able to video them from deck 10).

We are more than half packed, yea!

Jeffrey

[moocow35]

I'll be the other geeky one with the camera!:wave2:

Robin

(slowly getting the packing together)

[reddaddy04]

Thought I would check in with you fellow Feb 14 Magic cruisers since I haven't been on this bouard in a few weeks. This is our first Dis cruise... we have DD's age 7,4,2.Will also be at the Radisson Fri nite.

Couple questions for you Dis veterans... our youngest daughter will be 3 in May, is she likely to enjoy the "Nursery" since she'll be one of the oldest children there? DCL told us no way she can get into OC. We obvoiusly want her to have as much fun as the other two.

Also, we have LOTS of electronics with us (Gameboys, video camera, etc)... do they have enough outlets or should we bring extension cords?

Look forward to meeting all of you...

:jester: :confused:

[Magic_Fan_Bruce]

I can't say much about the nursery because our girls have been too old for it. But the "Lab" and the "Club" are loved by some kids, and are just "okay" with others. My kids are in the latter group. They like the Lab, but with so much to do on the ship, they just go for about an hour each day.

As for the outlets: If you want to plug in more than two things at once, bring the extension cord with multiple outlets.

FYI for ALL: Weather.com is predicting the temps in the mid-60's for our "Sailaway Party", a little cool, but nice!

[xxPiXiE_DuSt517xx]

thank you soooooooooooooooo much for the hats jeffery!!!!!!!!!! we got them today!~!!! when my mom open the package she got totally excited thanks again form the whole family:Pinkbounc

[moocow35]

Jeffrey,

I am speechless! The package came today, and I just can't believe how talented your family is. The hats are the cutest things I have ever seen. What a surprise, and thank you so much from the bottom of my heart.

We definately should all have a group photo with our buttons and hats::yes::

Time to pack!

Robin

[reddaddy04]

Thanks for the info Bruce! I'm sure everything will work out with our youngest. Hope we meet you and your girls...

Great weather report even better news for those of us heading down from the Northeast!:crazy: :o :jester:

[DMOMof3]

Thank You Jeffrey! Such a stressful day today, no time to pack yet, and then I get this wonderful package. Thank You, Thank You.

Lynn

Are we there yet?

[The FairyGodmother]

Jeffery,

I know my DD already told you thank you but I just wanted to add my Thanks also. Like she said I was so excited. I love surprises!!!!:Pinkbounc

I wore my hat to pick up my DS. Just round one of embarrassing him. I even wore it will making dinner. How fun.

Can't wait to meet you and thank you in person. I guess I better get packing. I haven't even started.

See ya all Soon.:jumping1:

[JeffreyY]

Hi everyone

I'm glad the hats are a hit. My family can't take all the credit. We had help. A co-worker made and attached the ears. Two years ago for the Presidents Week Magic, I made the ears out of black vinyl looseleef books. The ears were velcroed on, but it did not look realistic. My children are much happier with these ears (but my DS12 is claiming he will only wear his hat for the welcome picture).

4 more days to pack and then we all won't be able to sleep Friday nite as the excitment reaches its peak.

See you on Deck 10

Jeffrey

[Dreamer04]

Jeff, I'm sooo sorry I didn't post earlier. I came down with an ear infection and I was very upset. It was rather serious and I was unsure if I would be able to fly!!

Thank God for Augmentin--the doctor cleared me for travel!!

We all love the hats soooo much!! Thank you for all the work you did. You are making the cruise very special.

See you all on board!!

Ursula

[DMOMof3]

Bruce,

tell me I don't see rain forcasted for Sat in the Cape Canaveral area.

We are spending friday afternoon & evening at the World, does it get cold after sundown, should we bring jackets(sweatshirts)?

Looks like good weather for our flight out on Friday!

Lynn

[JeffreyY]

Hi Ursla

Wow that's scary. We should all stay in a bubble until Saturday! I keep telling my kids to be careful (if they can't come, they get to stay with their Grand Parents, not their first choice). Glad you are feeling better. See you all soon.

Jeffrey

[JeffreyY]

Hi Carol

You must have the magic touch. I have been emailing and calling the Jolly Roger on and off for the past year. Today when I called the person answering the phone still did not know about a Tuesday cruise, but when I insisted, someone else came on the line and said yes (they even knew your name). So I will be going Tuesday morning with my DS12 and DD7 and 2 of our friends children.

If anyone else with young children is looking for something easy and reasonably priced to do at Grand Cayman visit the Pirate Web site www.jollyrogercayman.com or call them at 345 945-7245

The ship sails at about 10AM within walking distance of the pier (you take a big raft to the ship) and it lasts about 2 hours. The "Pirates" put on a cute little skit and they let you jump off the ship into the water if you want. You can usually see the cruise ship from the Pirate Ship. My son and I have gone twice (it was a Celebrity Cruise shore excursion) and we both thought it was fun.

Jeffrey

[moocow35]

If we weren't doing the horseback riding on the beach, that pirate cruise looks fun.

When I told Aimee about the rainy forecast, she was not at all happy.

Friday in Orlando looks good, only partly cloudy high 72 low 52. I'm sure I will bring a light jacket with me to downtown Disney just in case.

Saturday is only scattered thunder storms and 67, so hopefully our sail away will not be rained on:(

Key West 73 and showers, Grand Cayman 86 and partly cloudy, Cozumel 73 and scattered showers.

Hopefully as the day gets closer, this will all change. However at least here we have had more rain/snow than normal.

Two more days and it's off to the airport:sunny: Time to get back to the packing. Too bad I have to work to pay for this, that would make less stress, and more time to pack!

Robin

[DMOMof3]

from other thread on DIS meets
We had a "semi" meet waiting in line to board the ship, as two of the DIS members were kind enough to make hats for those of us who wanted it, so we walked around finding the others with hats! We drew alot of attention.... *grin*

Okay, I'm game, I'll have my new hat on along with pins, all thanks to Jeffrey!:earsgirl:

DD12 probably will, DS14 maybe, DD17 will be hiding and trying to avoid me, lol (I just love acting like a kid and embarrassing my kids):crazy:

[Dreamer04]

Deck 10 sounds good to me! We'll be wearing our hats, buttons, lanyards-blowing bubbles!

See you all soon!

Ursula

[moocow35]

I'm game for wearing my hat, buttons, and lanyard in line waiting to board. I love to act like a kid also. I doubt that DD17 will go along with it, however if her friend does, she will:rolleyes: I might even wear my lime green DIS shirt (My DD will avoid me, and pretend she doesn't know me)

It's almost time everyone! Only a 1/2 day of work for me tomorrow. Thank god, I need to finish the packing.

Robin

:boat:

[disneypilots]

OK, Packing is done !!!!

We are leaving in the morning for a nice 18 hour ride.............

We will be at BWV sometime friday morning, then on to the ship saturday !!! Looking forward to meeting you all at the sailaway party !!!


Mark pirate:

[chrissyt27]

Yipeeeee!! I can’t believe it, but we leave tomorrow afternoon!!! I can’t wait till Saturday. We will definitely be wearing our awesome Mickey hats and hope to see everyone at the sail away party on deck 10!!

chrissy
:bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc :

[DMOMof3]

For anyone who hasn't read the whole thread, we are trying to meet at the sail away party in front of the aft tunnel on deck 10. :happy1:

Lets hope the weather is nice.:sunny:

Don't forget to wear your Mickey hats, pins or anything lime green, so that we can pick each other out from the crowds. Some of us are even daring to wear them in the terminal Sat morning.:crazy:

For those of you leaving tomorrow, have a safe trip.:wave2:

I'm off to attempt packing, 1/2 day tomorrow, then off to the airport at 4:00am on Friday!

Lynn

[cjsbmiller]

Jeffery- I just got back from Atlanta and found your box of goodies they are amazing! my kids were so excited that they ate breakfast wearing the hats and wore the buttons to school! Thank you so much.
I am very glad that you were able to get through to the jollyroger folks and I am happy that you will be on the adventure with us. I am looking forward to having stefanie and jori meet and the more things we do together the easier it will be for my shy one. We leave first thing tomorrow morning and I can't wait!
All I have left to pack is our formal wear and I am going to go do that now.
See you there pirate: :wave2:

[JeffreyY]

Hi Carol

Jori is very excited about the Pirate Ship (last time she was too little) and that Stefanie might go. We leave Saturday 6:30AM so we have an extra day to wait. Have a great flight See you at the ship.

Jeffrey

[Dreamer04]

I am so buzzy inside!

[moocow35]

Hi everyone!

This will be my last post, pre-cruise. We are leaving in a few hours for the airport hotel. (I hope I can sleep tonight) Very bright and early we take off tomorrow morning and will be in Orlando around 9:30am.

Lynn, I have your cell number with me, and will call you when we get back from Downtown Disney. Ursula, if you are staying at the Hyatt, you are welcome to join our get together at the Hyatt around 9:30pm.

Yes, I am more than "buzzy" inside:hyper: :hyper: :hyper:

Time to finish packing, see you all real soon!::MickeyMo ::MinnieMo

Robin

[DMOMof3]

Thought it was just me, few butterflies too! Keep thinking I'm going to forget things. Just got home, now its time to pack!
Lynn

[torontodisney]

My 8 year old daughter is a bit shy and would love to hook up with someone her age, any fit the bill? Thanks and see you all on board.

[cjsbmiller]

Hi Toronto Disney my daughter is also shy and she will be 8 in march- her name is Stefanie and I would love to have her meet your daughter- we are planning on meeting with the rest of the Dis folks for the sailaway party on deck 10 in front of the aft funnel- we are leaving in 10 hrs yippee look forward to seeing you there
Carol

[Magic_Fan_Bruce]

My daughter Jennifer is 8, and may be interested in meeting some new friends (sometimes she is, and sometimes she isn't). We'll try to be at the DisMeet during the sailaway party.

Weather here was in the 80's today, partly cloudy.

[Magic_Fan_Bruce]

I don't know if anyone is still reading our thread, but a rocket launch is scheduled for Saturday, with the window starting at 1:21pm and closing 5:20pm. It's a Titan IVB which is the largest rocket the US has. I normally wouldn't go to get on board until after 2pm, but deck 9 or 10 aft is one of the best places on earth to watch rockets launch, and I'll be there!!!

[JeffreyY]

Hi Bruce

Thats exciting news. How do we find out while we are on the ship what the countdown is up to?

We would love to see the launch, we never have been nearby when anything was launched.

See you there!

Jeffrey

[Magic_Fan_Bruce]

I know countdowns are normally broadcast on AM radio. I'm not sure what station. But I'm not going to have a radio with me anyway. The countdown usally is set for the opening of the launch window. So if no holds occur, it should take-off at 1:21pm.

I'm just going to hang aroung deck 9 or 10 aft and hope for the best.

[JeffreyY]

Hi Bruce

I will have a radio along. Hopefully I can find the correct station.
See you all on the ship.

Jeffrey

[Verandah Man]

Have a MAGICal cruise all of you Valentine's Day Cruisers!!!

http://www.wdwinfo.com/photopost/data/552/62Magic_2-14-04-med.jpg
Disney Magic docked at Port Canaveral on Saturday 2-14-04

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The Disney Magic sailing up the port channel after a late start on 2-14-04

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The Disney Magic sailing past the Two Palms cam on 2-14-04

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The Disney Magic docked at Key West on Sunday 2-15-04

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The Disney Magic docked at Grand Cayman on Tuesday 2-17-04

[DMOMof3]

Thank You for the photos!

Sail Away was delayed because of a large group on a late flight.

Sail Away was wet so the party was indoors:(

Had a great first day, weather partly cloudy at Key West,

tomorrow it's supposed to be 90 and sunny for our day at sea.

Having a great time so far!

Lynn

[disneypilots]

Well the cruise was great, even though the weather was not. Enjoyed meeting many of you, and hope everyones trip home was safe.

We, like alot of others, booked another cruise onboard. We are going to try Presidents week next year, that time of year works well for us.

Best to All

Mark
pirate:

[chrissyt27]

Verandah Man, thanks so much for posting the web cam pictures!! I had my dad sitting watching the two palms cam at 5. He called and said that they saw us, but I was sure we hadn’t left yet but he said that he was seeing us right then so I went out to the deck to check and realized that we hadn’t even left the dock yet. So he had a picture of a different ship. I found out later that we left late. My dad had given up by then because he said it was too foggy.

The cruise was a lot of fun. My grandmother loved it and I was glad that she was had so much fun. The week went very quickly and it was Friday night before I knew it. Maybe next time we will have to do back to back cruises:> Just kidding. I think that I would be too tired, but it took several days to figure out the layout and feel at home on the ship.

We spent an extra week driving around Florida so I just got home yesterday and am still in the middle of unpacking and doing laundry. I plan to post a trip report soon and am looking forward to reading more reports from other people on our cruise. I only ran into a few people from here and usually just by accident. It was sad that the Sail Away was party was indoors. We were only there a minute. It was very crowded and hard to find a good spot with the wheelchair since we got there late. I did see people with their hats on. People loved the awesome hats that Jeffrey and his family made. Everyone kept asking where we got them. Thanks again. They are going to be a great souvenir from our awesome trip.

chrissy
:earsgirl: