20041009 - 10/9/04 - Western

[Tigfanjeff]

We're booked for a Category 3 right now. Best discount still was the onboard rebooking. Military and Cast discounts won't be out for another 4 months or so (They are currently out through March)

So who else is going?

[scubarn]

I almost started a post for this sailing

My family and I will be sailing along with our son (5) and Daughter(3)
also along for the cruise will be our family members.....
My Mom and Sister
My Father and Mother in Law
My Brother, Sister in Law and their son(4)
My Sister in Law's parents

So far we have 5 Cat. 6 on deck 6
When I booked in June we tried to get a Cat 3 but were told they were all booked.

We are down the coast from you in West Palm Beach.

[jenschaef1]

We are going too. There are 6 of us, DH, DW(me), DD15, DD13th bday on board, DS7, and DD4. We just got back from the 10/5 Wonder and rebooked while on board. We have 2 connecting Cat 10s on Deck 7.

Jennifer:D

[thegales]

We will be there as well. Booked Category 4 while onboard earlier this year.
We have myself, DW, DD8 and DD6.

[JenKatt]

scubarn, Call DCl back, we booked our Cat 3 a week ago onboard and had a pick of cabins (I'm tigfanjeff's wife) (Hi!!!)

While we won't be cruisetoberfest (that's the cruise before us (Hi!!) we will have a great time and hopefully can get a great thing going on here...

So who's done the western before besides us?

[Surfergirl]

We will be there too. Myself, DH, DD 13, DD 10 and probably Mother and Father in law.

[scubarn]

We will stick with our Cat 6 rooms now, since we are all right next to each other.
But would love to upgrade to a suite.
This will be our first Disney Cruise and first time to both Grand Caymen and Cozumel.

Karen

[JenKatt]

Karen,
You'll love the Disney Cruise. We had so much fun. We just came back from the Western so if you have any questions, please feel free to ask away!!!!

[Tigfanjeff]

Wow, what started as a trip for 3 maybe 4 now looks like 11 or 12. Every one of our friends wants to get on board. This could be a lot of fun. And hopefully a few more DIS'ers join us. The Oct 2nd cruise seemed nice, but with the Columbus day holiday and at least 1 if not two school employees among our friends and family that extra day off for free is hard to pass up. Plus its the MIL's birthday (October 9th) and getting on the boat as a birthday present is much nicer then getting off it.

I've been in adjoining cat 5's before. They were very nice, and having the second bathroom means that 4 people can get ready at once (with the split baths) which is a big help if someone takes up a long time.

[JenKatt]

Now we just have to decide what to do for shore excursions, the same things that we loved or try something new? Only 362 days to decide :sunny:

[Tigfanjeff]

Just got a majority of the pictures back from this years western. Apparently I had a lot of fun at C&C's in Cozumel. Interesting because I really don't remember it.:tongue:

I really want to do a private boat to Stingray City on cozumel this time out. Has anyone done this before? Anyone else interested?

Obviously Jen's going to get input too into what excursions we do, but I basically feel like lounging and sailing on Castaway Cay, so snorkeling there isn't on my third trip priorities.

BTW, the Hobie Cats on castaway cay are a lot of fun. Anyone else here want to go hobie cat racing?

[JenKatt]

Well it's nice to know I get some say :p

[Tigfanjeff]

Originally posted by JenKatt
Well it's nice to know I get some say :p

Its nice to know you're reading the DISBoard at work :wave2:

[Tigfanjeff]

Originally posted by scubarn
We will stick with our Cat 6 rooms now, since we are all right next to each other.
But would love to upgrade to a suite.
This will be our first Disney Cruise and first time to both Grand Caymen and Cozumel.

Karen

You'll love Grand Cayman. Cozumel might be a bit over the top for the kids (Its definitely the most aggressive hawkers I've seen in the Caribbean. They make the Nassau hair braiders look tame.

[JenKatt]

Originally posted by Tigfanjeff
Its nice to know you're reading the DISBoard at work :wave2:

:yo-yo:

[JenKatt]

bump

[scubarn]

We have not thought about what to do in Key West yet, have been there numerous times already.
We would like to do Stingray City on Grand Caymen and were thinking about the dolphin swim on Cozumel.
Probably we will relax on Castaway Cay

Karen

[JenKatt]

We did the dolphin swim in Cozumel, it was well worth it. The dolphins are amazing and it's a once in a life time opportunity.

We felt the same way about Key West, Jeff and I fly down there in a cessna for dinner sometimes. We figured we do a touristy thing and went on a catamaran racing excursion. It was a whole heck of a lot of fun.

[Silentshot]

OSCAR>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cossette. No tail......

hi bro and Bubbles......

[alex1963]

We, (DD, DH and I) just got back a few hours ago from the 10/18 Eastern and booked onboard for the 10/09! As I sit here writing this I feel like I'm going to fall off my chair, I am still feeling the effects from the ship! What an amazing time we had!! We're very sad it's over, just yesterday we were sitting on the beach at CC:( But we're only 349 days away! ::MickeyMo ::MinnieMo ::MinnieMo

[Serena6010]

We just got off the 10/25/03 cruise too(wow it was great) and booked onboard. I can't wait! :)

[JenKatt]

So my mom came down this weekend to go to Epcot's Food and Wine Festival. We surprised her in the airport by telling her she's going on the cruise with us. She's really excited. I'm excited... too many days until we go tho :mad:

[Tigfanjeff]

Originally posted by Serena6010
We just got off the 10/25/03 cruise too(wow it was great) and booked onboard. I can't wait! :)

Wow, looks like we're going to have a few people on board. Could be a lot of fun.

We keep telling more friends and family and hopefully they'll go with us. Most of them will be ;)

[MnParrothead]

Hi fellow 10/09/04 Western cruisers,

My family will be joining all of you for our first Western cruise (DH, myself, DS will be 17, and DS 12 turning 13 on the cruise). Trying to get more family members to join us.

:sunny:
:smooth:

[Silentshot]

I will create a Spread sheet later with all people involved and mail it to all.

Jenkatt........ we got home alive... we miss u both and ur mum is great we look forward to seeing u both April 8th.... Gaby is already planning stuff.......

[JenKatt]

I tried emailing you Jeff and your mailbox is full..

Miss ya'll already. No one to go play chess with or to the pub.

I guess the making of the official spreadsheet has to come from Germany :crazy:

Tell Gaby to email me and we'll plan together!

[Silentshot]

I know my inbox is full.......... over 600 mails...
but i am working it down.

well Since this is Dadtober fest..
;)

Kidding aside we need a official name for the Cruise.......

I will get Gaby to mail u when she is up and feeling better...

[JenKatt]

Hope Gaby is okay Jeff, just tired?
If you stay online, my AOL IM name is JenKatt and Jeff's is TigFanJeff.

Tell Gaby I hope see feels better.

We could get really silly with the name ya know:hyper:

[Tigfanjeff]

Originally posted by JenKatt
Hope Gaby is okay Jeff, just tired?
If you stay online, my AOL IM name is JenKatt and Jeff's is TigFanJeff.

Tell Gaby I hope see feels better.

We could get really silly with the name ya know:hyper:

"DISaster at Sea"?

[Silentshot]

I like it...

[JenKatt]

The might apply to Jeff squared, but what about the rest of us?

[Tigfanjeff]

Originally posted by JenKatt
The might apply to Jeff squared, but what about the rest of us?

"DISaster Victims"

[JenKatt]

I think Gaby and I can vouch for that :wave2:

[Silentshot]

We must take a a Vote..........

[JenKatt]

I don't know about that Jeff, this is Florida, what would be do with the hanging chads? Dad wouldn't stand for that...

[Silentshot]

Mum would vote if she could just read what was wrtten here... ;9

[JenKatt]

I'm glad Mom can't see this, she'd be upset

[Tigfanjeff]

Originally posted by JenKatt
I'm glad Mom can't see this, she'd be upset

Ok, before we confuse everyone else

This is a running gag between Myself, JenKatt, Silentshot and Gaby. We basically had some waiter believing we were twins (Jeff and Jeff) and he asked what color eyes dad had, and then what color mom had, and we said mom had no eyes and walked off.

It has grown into an entire family of "DISfunctional people".

I'll now return you to your regular programming.

[Tigfanjeff]

Ok, I know there are others cruising with us. I've checked the list. Of course, I hope our antics haven't scared them all off.


I'm curious if anyone wants to arrange a DIS meet on this cruise, perhaps a topsiders lunch meet on one of the sea days or something. Suggestions?

[Silentshot]

True....

let me introduce myself............
I am Jeff and i will be cruising my wife Gaby.
I am English and working in Germany.
Gaby is German and working in England... Nope in Germany too.

This will be our 3rd Cruise and I have losy count of how many times to WDW.

Do not let our joking around scare you. All you first timers let us know your questions and we can try and help out...

I think a DIS meet would be good on a sea day....

[JenKatt]

Any other ideas for names?

[ennazus]

Whoo Hoo! I'm so glad I finally found this thread! I love the new board set up!

We will be sailing also! We are a party of 3... DH, myself and our 9 y.o. DS

We sailed last year for the first time with DCL during Halloween (Western). We can't wait to go again!

Last year for excursions we did the conch train in Key West
this year we may just stay on the ship

in the Grand Cayman we did a stingray excursion. DS loved it and we will probably have to do it again (to my dismay... they freak me out!)

and my most favorite was the Beach Break in Cozumel!! It was great!

I look forward to counting down the months & days with you!!

[realdznyfan]

Our extended family of 5 rebooked while on ship (Magic -10/18) - same 2 cabins that we've had in October 01-02 and 03!

Looking forward to another great cruise !!

[Silentshot]

Welcome to the thread............................

Jeff wheres that email account for me....

[JenKatt]

While searching the 'net, I came across a pretty nifty shore excursion web site called www.shoretrips.com Since especially on Grand Cayman, Disney offers very little in shore excursions this web site offers a lot more. I've used them beofre for info and then researched the trips a bit more was able to booked them on my own. Hope this helps.. the tea in Grand Cayman looks really interesting

:sunny:

[kab407]

My name is Kathy and I'm going on a Disfunct....I mean Disney Cruise. Hi all :wave2: ! I'm Scubarn' sister and part of this merry tribe. Don't ask me how I got rooked in to this. All I know was that one morning I called All Seasons Travel and turned over my credit card number. We should be a fairly harmless group. I think the worse will be the Grandmothers complaining that one of the kids need socks on (inside joke).

This is my first Disney Cruise. I'v been to Key West before, so no biggie. I was to Cozumel when the only people who knew about Cozumel were divers and everything was in Spanish. I've never been to Grand Cayman.

Looking forward to getting to know you all over the next few months.

Karen, you forgot that SIL's brother is also joining us with girlfriend.

Take Care,
Kathy

[JenKatt]

Welcome Kathy!

It's nice to see another extended family on board. We're up to 7 people confirmed to go on the cruise, but that will probably double in the next month or so :eek:

[JenKatt]

Jeff,

If I remember right ya'll are booked in room 7120, which Barb;s site, ***************** has pictures of the verandahs.. not bad for the price break...

Bubbles

[Silentshot]

Welcome.... Kathy and trues me if you have a running Family Joke you will fit right in with us...

Jen thanks for the Tip on the room.... Gabys over the moon....

[Silentshot]

Jen.............. We have to do the Tea ........ I will teach you how to play bridge if you do not KNOW.. ;-)

OK.. OK... Gaby will teach us how to play it..

[Viking]

Hi Jeff,
tried to call you Saturday. Will try again today. CU

[Silentshot]

Had my Phone on Silent so I would not get called by the Office..
Sorry I missed you..

[JenKatt]

Jeff,
The tea does sound wonderful doesn't it?
Nope, don't know how to play bridge.... I'm sure Gab, if willing, would do a great job teaching us..
There were a few other excursions that peaked my interest, I'm going to research them a bit more...

[Silentshot]

No Problems.......... we have a while before then.... ;-) First got to plan your German excursions.... hehehehehehe

[Silentshot]

Hi All,

We (Jenkatt, Tiggerfanjeff and Me) are starting a "DISaster at Sea" List that will be updated with Your Name, who is traveling with you... Cabin Number what dinner seating you are on. If you are cruising for a special reason (Birthday, Wedding)If you think of other things that should be added let me know...

We will update it bi weekly.

Send all your info to this address and I will get it in some order.
cruisereg@tiggerfan.net

Jeff

[JenKatt]

Hi, my name is Jen and I'm cruising with a bunch of really weird people, but it's okay because we have alot of fun :crazy:

[Silentshot]

Well last time we had A BLAST.................. The MOORE :jester: the merrier.....

[Surfergirl]

Sounds like a great group going. Jeff I sent you our info.

[Silentshot]

I will be sending the Info out Bi monthly in Excel format.
Do I need to do anyother format???

Thanks Jane...

[ennazus]

I just sent you our info.

Thanks for preparing the list! :)

[JenKatt]

Maybe converting the list to PDF for mac users. If you don't know how to do it, I'm sure you do, I know the other Jeff has plenty of expeirence converting to PDF after last years WDW Scavenger Hunt.

How's the UK? Have your tea yet?

[Silentshot]

No problem with the pdf convert.............

Just having Tea...... Scones...... Jam..... Clotted cream.......... When you come over I will make sure I have Clotted cream for u..... Tastes sooooooooooooooo much better than that in Palos...

[JenKatt]

Clotted cream? Sounds like something you find in the arteries of someone who eats to much McDonald's.
When ya'll visit us, there is a small tea house by our house that we want to try.

[Tigfanjeff]

Do I really need to post my info? Ok here goes.

I'm 28 (be 29 by the cruise), I'm a network administrator for a non-profit organization. I work at WDW on the weekends as a monorail pilot and I'm pretty much a geek. My past times are computers, cars, flying planes and nerf.

I'm a disney addict (and in particular tigger). I'll be traveling with JenKatt (my lovely DW), my father and his wife, my DMIL, and possibly DBIL. Other possibles include my best friend and some of her friends as well as my boss and his family.

[JenKatt]

Don't forget Dad's legs.. I'm ordering a special case for them :crazy:

[ennazus]

I work at WDW on the weekends as a monorail pilot

Wow! You are nearly famous in our eyes! LOL

Really, my son will think that is really cool....heck I think it's cool! LOL Does that make me a geek?

[Silentshot]

Originally posted by JenKatt
Don't forget Dad's legs.. I'm ordering a special case for them :crazy:



ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[Tigfanjeff]

Originally posted by ennazus
Wow! You are nearly famous in our eyes! LOL

Really, my son will think that is really cool....heck I think it's cool! LOL Does that make me a geek?

Nothing wrong with being a geek. And it is a lot of fun. There aren't exactly a lot of Monorail Pilots in the world so it definitely is a unique experience.

It is kind of funny how many people are impressed with the job. I see it as playing with a 14 mile long electric train set on the weekends, but I'm definitely one of the more knowledgeable pilots out there (other cast members send guests to me with the very difficult questions about the trains) .

I'm also a very big Disney addict, in particular the Walt Disney World resort.

[JenKatt]

It's so funny to see kids with Jeff, especially little boys, He might as well be SuperMan or something... it's pretty cool

Of course Jeff hams it all up...

[JenKatt]

So FIl wants to do the Pub Tour of Key West (the Scavenger Hunt) to which SilentShot said, no need for a formal tour, we can do that on our own :tongue:
My mom likes the idea of afternoon tea on Grand Cayman after we do whatever in the morning, I think Gaby was interested in Horseback Riding like we did this year and Jeff wanted to veg on a boat..
Too many people I say :hyper:

[Silentshot]

Yup Gaby wants to do the riding........ Veg in a boat sounds great... the Tea is cool.... and PUB CRAWL.......... YEAH BABY YEAH

[JenKatt]

We could veg on a boat in Key West, there are tours that do that, and then ride in Cayman... too much to do and so little time

[JenKatt]

Anybody on the 10/9 cruise still out there? Or have I been abonadoned?

If anybody does read this, do you know anything about Mr Sanchos in Cozumel? www.mrsanchos.com


:confused:

I'm loooost

[Silentshot]

I am here.... Jen.... Work and travel have been taking its toll...
Will check the link in a minute...

How are you and Jeff doing??????

I have got the Spead sheet up to date with the people that have registered on it ready.. Will send it this weekend.

[Silentshot]

Looks interesting.................. Could get painful the next day with all that TEQUILA........... Or someone we Know could just go to sleep on us..... :jester: :teeth:

[JenKatt]

I don't care who falls asleep as long as it isn't me!

[Silentshot]

Well... who else is on this on this Forum................

[cindy21494]

Hi, missed this thread earlier. I will be traveling with DH, DD 10 and DD 4. We were on the Eastern this past June and had a real good time. This is our first Western. Any suggestions for excursions? We will be flying in the day before and staying at the Radisson. Anyone else?

[ennazus]

Although I haven't made a reservation yet, we will probably be staying at the Radisson. We did that last time and it worked out well with their shuttle to the port. :)

[JenKatt]

I don't know what we'll be doing the night before, my inalws and my mom have to fly down from NJ and I'm not sure if they'll fly into Tampa or into Orlando and we'll stay at an airport hotel up there.

As far as excursions, we really enjoyed the Catamaran racing in Key West, horseback riding in Grand Cayman and the dolphin royal swim in Cozumel. I think this year we'll dot he sea lion swim and then Mr Sancho's in Cozumel. Probably going to do tea in Grand Cayman, possibly after horseback riding again, and FIL wants to do the pub scavenger hunt in Key West.

Who knows!

[FredS]

That just gives me the creeps -- guess I am superstitious. What about some other DIS words to play on? DIStinctive, DIScovery, DISorder/DISorderly, DISease (okay, forget that one), DIScriminating, DIStant, DISobedient (that's just me), um........someone help me here!

[JenKatt]

You can pop in DIS into the word searches here http://www.oneacross.com/
and come up with some odd words.... esp if you put DIS in the back of the word. So I was thinking maybe macking an DIS aconym instead and really go nuts.. what to you think?

[ennazus]

DIScombobulation at sea? LOL

DIScotheque (nah!!!)

[Silentshot]

I hate Bloody Mondays.... Anyway... Jen Gaby saw the Beach place and thinks its Great..
Now we need to plan more... HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHA (Sorry it was that take over the world Laugh)

[Viking]

Friends,
what's up :confused: We've got nearly 5 times as many posts as you :teeth:
BTW, you're thread is futile as we will take over control of the ship and extend 10/02 to last at least 4 weeks :teeth:

[JenKatt]

Ok Brain....

Let me get through the next few weeks with the inundation of family coming for visits and I start to work more on the cruise..

later :wave2:

[JenKatt]

Originally posted by Viking
Friends,
what's up :confused: We've got nearly 5 times as many posts as you :teeth:
BTW, you're thread is futile as we will take over control of the ship and extend 10/02 to last at least 4 weeks :teeth:

It's really easy eric to make a new thread with all the old people. We're venturing out on own own, meeting new people, cutting the aproms ties, not going back again ::yes::

[Silentshot]

Go Jen....

Truth be know it Quality not quantity that counts... and I guess we have the Quality.... ;)

[Silentshot]

ok I have the First draf of the list ready with 5 people on... I will send it out tomorrow after I have installed my PDF writer on the pc.

If anyone else can give me their Info I will add it and you will also get it tomorrow.

Mail it to cruisereg@tiggerfan.net

thanks

[Viking]

Originally posted by JenKatt
It's really easy eric to make a new thread with all the old people. We're venturing out on own own, meeting new people, cutting the aproms ties, not going back again ::yes::
Hey,
a third of our crew is new, too. And because we don't want to go back again we go to Antigua ;)

[Silentshot]

First Off the reason we are waiting before we go to Antigua is so you guys have worked out the problems... ;)

Secondly.... Antigua ?????? if you have seen one english ex town you seen them all....

[Silentshot]

Got our Cruise Confirmation yesterday... :Pinkbounc

guess time is rolling closer...

[snowwhite86]

My dh, and my 2 dds and I will be in a cat. 10 deck 7. My mom and dad will be joining us. See ya'll there!:bounce: :Pinkbounc :wave2: pirate:

[ennazus]

Welcome, Snowwhite!!

Have you ever cruised with Disney before? How old are your DD'S?

I wish I could get my parents to join us on a cruise! I know they would LOVE it!! (who wouldn't? LOL)
Suzanne

[snowwhite86]

My dds are 11 and 14 and we have never cruised before. My 14 year old is alittle hesitant and doesn't know if she'll like the cruise. The 11 year old can't wait. The cruise was my parent's idea. We have vacationed together before and a few years back, we all rented a large RV and traveled out West to see Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Zion, and Navajolands. ::yes:: :sunny:

[JenKatt]

My Mom and my FIL and SMIL are joining us on the cruise. I've traveled with my FIL before, but not with my Mom since I was a kid. It'll be interesting. We're all looking forward to it :bounce:

[thegales]

Greetings all - we posted on the beginning pages of the thread, but I have just now sent an e-mail to Tigfanjeff with our information.

One excursion we want to try is the Stringray City. Any recommendations would be welcome. Tigfanjeff mentioned renting a private boat as well.

This is our second cruise. Previous was an Eastern this past June.

Did any others who booked early get a letter from Disney? It re-iterated how wonderful each of the ports were, and built everything up. From the tone, I know there was going to be bad news at the end, and there was regarding the cost. It seemed one location had raised their Port fee, and the cost was going to rise $1 per person. I laughed out loud. Seemed like a lot of effort to explain a total of $4 increase for the total cost.

[ennazus]

I didn't get a letter from Disney... I booked roughly April, 2003

Did you book through a travel agent or directly through Disney? I booked with Dreams Unlimited.

Surely seems like Disney could have eaten the $1.00 fee instead of sending out letters! LOL

[thegales]

We booked directly through Disney while we were on board this past June. Could be that DU got the letter and is eating the $1.

[Viking]

Originally posted by thegales
Greetings all - we posted on the beginning pages of the thread, but I have just now sent an e-mail to Tigfanjeff with our information.

One excursion we want to try is the Stringray City. Any recommendations would be welcome. Tigfanjeff mentioned renting a private boat as well.

This is our second cruise. Previous was an Eastern this past June.

Did any others who booked early get a letter from Disney? It re-iterated how wonderful each of the ports were, and built everything up. From the tone, I know there was going to be bad news at the end, and there was regarding the cost. It seemed one location had raised their Port fee, and the cost was going to rise $1 per person. I laughed out loud. Seemed like a lot of effort to explain a total of $4 increase for the total cost.

Hi there,
try this link: Captain Marvin's (http://www.captainmarvins.com) . We did it and liked it very much. It was about $40 per person. It was a 5-minute walk from the place where the tender put us ashore and from there they shuttled us over to the boat with some nice vans. Enroute they told some trivia about the islands and made a short stop at the Governor's residence.
We then took the boat out to three different locations. We snorkeled at the first location, then went to Stingray City, where we waded in about 3-4 feet deep water and interacted with the stingrays, and finally we pulled over to the last snorkeling location about 400 yards from Stingray City. The whole thing lasted about 3-4 hours and we had a blast. The provided water and fruitjuice and had all the equipment on board: Fins, masks and snorkels. Additionally we were accompanied by a video photographer in scuba-gear who taped everything. You could order the film either on VHS for $59 or on DVD for $66. Stiff price, but it was worth it. They managed to send it from Grand Cayman to Germany within 10 days.
For the tour-reservation you have to supply them with your creditcard# to hold it, but you pay at the shop before the cruise. Back at the shop everyone gets a rum-cake and 10% on everything in the shop.
The tour leaves you with plenty of time for shopping before heading back to the ship.

[Surfergirl]

Hi Snowwhite 86, We are sailing with our 2 daughters. They will be 10 1/2 and 13 when we cruise. Are your two 11 and 14 now or on the cruise.

[snowwhite86]

They will be 151/2 and just turned 12 when we cruise. It would be great if they could get together. My 14 year old is alittle shy and isn't sure if she'll enjoy the group activities, but I think she'll do better if she knew someone.:)

[cindy21494]

Hi Surfergirl and Snowwhite 86, we too will be on the October 9th cruise . I also have a daughter that is going to be 10 1/2 when we go. I also have a 4 year old. It would be great if they could all get together.

This will be our third cruise and I can't wait!:wave2:

[JenKatt]

Hopefully Jeff (silentShot) will be sending out the first cruise update.....

[cindy21494]

Jeff, I just sent you our information. Not sure if I missed anything. If I did, let me know.

Cindy

[Surfergirl]

Hi Cindy21494, it would be nice if our daughters could meet. this is also our third Disney cruise.

[Silentshot]

its in the mail..
The List...
Sorry about it being soooooooooooo late.. stuff has been getting my life out of balance and hectic..

Bust my ankle up last night in training..

Oh well the weekends here.. ;)

[Viking]

Get well soon, Jeff :wave2:

[Silentshot]

Thanks mate....

What I am looking for is any recipes from disney hotels or the Cruise ship.. please provide me with some... or a link...

thanks...

[Viking]

Check out www.wdwig.com

[Silentshot]

Thanks Eric...
Will try call you this week..

[Tigfanjeff]

Been a while since I posted, I've been in and out of my mind getting ready for the mousefest events at WDW.

As far as renting a boat at stingray city is concerned, my dad's wife can't swim so we'd need to make sure she could still be accomodated. I'm sure she could. Also, we'd definitely think that we'd get a better deal with more people on a boat and probably a better boat too, but I'd definitely be open to anyone's recommendations. I think it would be a better and more fun trip in one small boat. Our only personal requirement is that we get back for afternoon tea on the island, which shouldn't be a problem.

[Silentshot]

Will check with Gaby.... But I think she wants to Horseback ride there since U both told her how great it was.. LOL

Since the euro has stablised time to pay the cruise.. save about 500 euros.. Jeff thanks for the advice....

[wayneg]

Hi everyone,
Just booked Oct 9th 7 nt western. This will be our 2nd Disney cruise. Did Wonder 4 nt this Oct and liked it so much we have decided to do 7 nts. My name is Wayne my wife is Karen and our 9 (10 in Oct) year old son is Mathew. We come from UK and try to spend around 5 or 6 weeks a year in Orlando. Think that covers everything.
Wayne

[jenschaef1]

Snowwhite86:

We will be on the Oct 9th cruise. We have 4 kids including DD13 on 10/8/04 and DD15 (when we cruise). We will be in rooms 7507 and 7505. (cat10s) My DD15 is also very shy, but would love to make some internet friends before we cruise again. We cruised on the Wonder this past Oct and she was kind of lost until the last day when she met up with another teen DIS member and then she had a blast.

Jennifer

[thegales]

This thread was moving too far down the list, so I am taking this opportunity for a bump. Since I normally don't like shameless bumps, I will also pose a question.


Anyone with DD in either the 8-9 year range or the 5-7 year range? Last cruise, DD's :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc were both in the 5-7 club, which made it very comfortable for them to go since they automatically knew each other. They also met fellow dis'r's DD6:Pinkbounc .

Just the fact they knew someone made it very easy for them to go to the club. Once there, they had a great time. Ironically, they wouldn't necessarily be playing with each other or the other girl once there, they just needed something to help get them into the club.

Thanks.

[Viking]

Originally posted by Tigfanjeff
Been a while since I posted, I've been in and out of my mind getting ready for the mousefest events at WDW.

As far as renting a boat at stingray city is concerned, my dad's wife can't swim so we'd need to make sure she could still be accomodated. I'm sure she could. Also, we'd definitely think that we'd get a better deal with more people on a boat and probably a better boat too, but I'd definitely be open to anyone's recommendations. I think it would be a better and more fun trip in one small boat. Our only personal requirement is that we get back for afternoon tea on the island, which shouldn't be a problem.

Jeff,
the water in Stingray City is just hip-deep and you stay within 10 yards of the boat. At the other two locations the water is deeper, about 10 feet, but perhaps she could float around with a buoyancy vest - or just stay on the boat.

[il-gander]

We're booked!!! I just talked with the TA and we are confirmed on this cruise for a category 6, cabin #6070. It will be myself (Mom), DH, and DDs 7 & 11 (at time of cruise). The DDs would love to get acquainted virtually with other cruisers their age before the cruise. Please PM me if your children are interested in this. At this point, we're thinking of the following excursions:

Key West - deep-sea fishing for DH, general hanging out/touring for us girls
Cozumel - Tulum Ruins (a must do for DD11, who is very in to archaeology!)
Grand Cayman - Stingray City and Island Tour
Castaway Cay - relaxation!

We are beyond excited about this cruise and cannot wait - we're only a few weeks from the 9 month-mark!

Carla
:bounce: :Pinkbounc

[cindy21494]

Welcome Il-gander!!:wave2:

My DD will be 10 1/2 when we cruise and is looking to get to know others her age before we go. We are in cabin 6118, not too far from you. I will pm you soon.

Cindy

[Silentshot]

We wish you all a Happy and Properous New Year and Look forwaed to seeing you all in Oct, (Some of you earlier)

[il-gander]

Hey everyone, we're only 9 months and a few hours away from sailing away from the world on the Magic!!!:Pinkbounc :bounce:

Carla

[Surfergirl]

Thanks for making it seem that much closer.:jumping1:

[wayneg]

Booked our flights yesterday, Arriving on 8th Oct leaving 29th Oct.
Going via Chicago airport.
Only 9 months to go.
Wayne

[wayneg]

Wakey Wakey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Its a very quite cruise this one. Just think of that Caribbean weather while you are all frozen and snowed in.
Wayne:sunny:

[joeys]

I'll give this a little nudge. We will also be on the Oct. 9th western. We were on the 10/25 western last October and had a great time. We are DH, DD 10 when we cruise, DS 8 when we cruise, MIL, FIL and myself.

Hope to meet some of you here before we sail. And what exactly IS clotted cream anyway?

[wayneg]

Hi Joeys
Thought everyone had cancelled with such little activity on this thread.
We did 4 night Wonder last Oct. This is our 1st 7 night cruise and can't wait.
Booked our hotel yesterday staying at the Homefield suites near Universal for 2 weeks after the cruise.
Just to decide wether to get cab to and from Port or 1 way hire cars.
Our DS can't wait to get back to Kids club onboard.
Wayne

[joeys]

Hi wayneg

I'm sure you will enjoy the 7 day cruise and WOW three weeks on vacation! The weather last October was awesome...not a bad day and the water was still warm and calm except in the gulfstream. It was our first cruise and it was great but my kids didn't want to get off the ship the last day. The days just flew by. We live just north of Orlando about 1 hour from Port Canaveral and our kids have fall break during that time but it didn't seem like the ship was really full last year. By the activity on this thread I'm thinking UPGRADE and a really good Fl. resident rate!

I think I have read on other threads that the limo service is very good for transportation from the port. I remember reading something about discounts or coupons somewhere...if I come across some information I will pass it on.

[Pootsie]

We are booked for 10/9/04! Traveling with DH, DS9 and DD5! Went on 3-day cruise in June and can't wait for the 7 day. I would love any advice about activies for the kiddos at Cozumel, any suggestions?

:earsgirl: :earsboy: :earsgirl: :earsboy: :wave2:

[HebeJebe]

Well no wonder the main dining seating is full already!! I had no idea so many people were on the Oct 9th sailing.

I also will be on the Wonder along with about 10-15 other adults for my wedding at Castaway Cay!

The only excursion I have picked out so far is the ruins in Tulum. It just looks to beautiful not to go. And maybe a spa treatment or two.

[CGC33A]

We should be going also (if all works out as planned). It's me, DH, DS (10 at the time), DD (4). I expect to be traveling with friends, with DD (4), DS (2) & oldest DS & DIL & GD (1). We are on deck 7. Still trying to decide on excursions good for all of us (or as many as we can make happy). Seems that this cruise will be very full since the Wonder will be in dry dock. Hoping for FL resident rates etc. but don't think there will be any that week (thought this date showed up on the DVC value season rate list)

[Scooby3x1y]

We're so excited! We'll be there as well.

Me, DH, DS's 13,11, 10 and dd 8. This is our first Disney Cruise, we're excited already!

[WDWgirls]

Hello - Just found this thread this morning. We will be on the 10/9 as well. We were on the Oct. 5th 4 night last year. It will be myself, DH, DD8, DD8. We are on deck 7 in Cat. 5. I can't believe early dining is already booked! I guess I just made it (I booked in late Jan.)

We had such a great time last year - I hope our weather is just like last October. CC day was picture perfect!

I'm so EXCITED!!!:bounce: :Pinkbounc

Michelle
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DCL - Wonder

[Surfergirl]

Only 8 months to go!!!:hyper: :cool1:

[Pootsie]

I would love to try to get to know any fellow cruisers before we set sail. Especially for my DS(9) and DD(5)! Hey if you are bored take a look at a website my DH designed in his free time! I think he is just a little excited about cruising again!

http://qssol.hypermart.net/

:earsgirl: :earsboy: :earsgirl: :earsboy: :wave2:

[il-gander]

Originally posted by Surfergirl
Only 8 months to go!!!:hyper: :cool1:

I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one obsessively keeping track of anniversaries like yesterday! Are we there yet?:rolleyes:

Carla:bounce: :Pinkbounc

[scubarn]

Pootsie,

Great web site!
We are going to be down the hall from you in 6610

[Pootsie]

Scubarn

I wish I could take credit for it but it is all the DH!

Last cruise we stayed on 7- and had no problems, I hope 6 is just as great!

:earsgirl: :earsboy: :earsgirl: :earsboy: :Pinkbounc

[MicheleRDH]

Hi everyone,

My DH and 2 DD's (ages 4&7) will be on the 10-9-04 cruise. We go to WDW every year but this will be our 1st cruise ever. We're all very excited. I would love to meet some people who will be on the same cruise, especially those of you with girls the same ages as mine. My girls will be in different kids programs due to their ages and it would be nice if they could meet some friends their own age before we arrive.
Can't wait till October!!!!

Michele

[wayneg]

Welcome Michele
As you will see from my sons holiday list below we also love Disney. We did our 1st cruise last Oct (4nt) and loved it so doing the 7nt.
Hope you have good appetites.
Wayne


My Holidays
By Mathew born 26th July 1994

1995 - Salou, Spain, Hotel Blau Mar

1996 - Playa d’En Bossa, Ibiza, Spain, Hotel Algarb
- Marmaris, Turkey, Hotel Nergis

1997 - Praia da Rocha, Algarve, Club Praia da Rocha
- Orlando, Florida, USA, Holiday Inn Nikki Bird

1998 - Alcudia, Majorca, Spain, Delfin Verde
- Zakynthos, Greece, Galaxy

1999 - Orlando/Clearwater, Florida, USA, Sheraton Four Points/Hilton
- Benidorm, Spain, Ambassador Playa
- Fuengirola, Spain, Gardenia Park

2000 - Ayia Napa, Cyprus, Sancta Napa
- Magaluf, Majorca, Spain, Sol Elite Antillas/Barbados
- Orlando, Florida, USA, Disney’s All Star Resort

2001 - Amsterdam, Netherlands, Jolly Carlton Hotel
- C’an Picafort, Majorca, Spain, Clumba Mar
- Orlando, Florida, USA, Travelodge Maingate East

2002 - Amsterdam, Netherlands, Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky
- Lanzarote, Canaries, Spain, Lanzarote Bay
- Benidorm, Spain, Sol Ocas/Pelicanos
- Amsterdam, Netherlands, Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky
- New York, Crown Plaza, Times Sq/ Orlando,Florida,USA, Sheraton World Resort
- Torremolinos, Spain, Beach Club

2003 - Amsterdam, Netherlands, Doelen
- Orlando, Florida, USA, La Quinta Lakeside
- Amsterdam, Netherlands, Swissotel
- Orlando, Florida, USA, Disney Cruise Line & Raddison Parkway
- Benidorm, Spain, Sol Ocas/Pelicanos

2004 -
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Orlando, Florida, USA, Homewood suites by Hilton, Nr Universal

[Pootsie]

Hi MicheleRDH!

I have a daughter who just turned 5 and will be seperated from her brother due to their ages( he will be 9). Last time we cruised with our neighbors and each of my kids had their best friends to pal around with. I am sure that they would feel better if they knew someone. We are in 6522. Maybe we can introduce them. I am traveling with my DH, DS(9),DD(5) and my MIL and FIL.

Can't wait till October!


:earsgirl: :earsboy: :earsgirl: :earsboy: :Pinkbounc :bounce:

[MicheleRDH]

Hi Pootsie,

That would be great. We are also on Deck 6 in room 6067. I was wondering what excursions people with young children are picking to go on. My youngest daughter is 4 and not old enough for most of the excursions. Did you have this problem with your last cruise?

Michele

[scubarn]

micheleRDH

We are also on the cruise along with 13 other family members
My dd will be 3 and ds 5
We were going to leave Key West open, we live in South Florida and have been there numerous times.
We were thinking of doing Stingray City with Capt Marvins
Cozumel we were thinking of Chanubuka
Park on our own, or the beach

[Serena6010]

Hi,

My family and I will be on the 10/9/04 Magic. This will be our 2nd Disney cruise, our last was on 10/18/03. The people traveling are myself,DH, MIL, DS 4 and DD 1. We are so excited to be cruising again :)

[MicheleRDH]

Hi Serena,

Looks like your DS and my DD are the same age. My youngest will turn 4 in September, just before the cruise. Did your DS go on the cruise with you last year? Did he participate in any of the kids activities? My older DD is 7 and she's looking forward to going to the Oceaneer Club.

Michele

[JenKatt]

Sorry Jeff, Jeff and I have been gone for so long, we've been having issues...

We're still planning on tea at the cabana on Grand Cayman, no idea what else..

[Silentshot]

Yes..... We are Back.... Sorry But due to Problems out of our hands we were away...

BUT NOW WE ARE BACK........

[Serena6010]

Hi Michelle!

Yes, my son did come w/ us last year and he loved the club. We had a hard time getting him out. However, I'm not sure he partcipated in a lot of the activities. He's the type of kid that gets bored w/ group singing/dancing, ect. Lol...all he really wanted to do was run around, play on the equipment, and computers. Every night at dinner(we had early seating) we would take him to the club at 7:30 because he started getting restless at the meals. That worked out great.

[il-gander]

Our cruise must be filling up... we booked through All Seas Travel in December and I watch the price just for fun. It has gone up twice the in past week and now stands at $1100 more than we booked for! :smooth:

Carla

[JenKatt]

I wonder who booked the earliest for this cruise, Jeff, Jeff, Gaby and I booked October 16,2003, while on the Western last year...

[ennazus]

We booked with Dreams Unlimited on 4/17/03 :) (I looked it up in my email)

[Surfergirl]

We booked April 23, 2003 with Dreams.

[Viking]

Originally posted by Silentshot
Yes..... We are Back.... Sorry But due to Problems out of our hands we were away...

BUT NOW WE ARE BACK........

Hi Jeff & Gaby,
where have you been so long? What about going out some time?
How's work in Neu Isenburg? We've been to Darmstadt last weekend to do some shopping, first time since we met with you there last summer. Perhaps you may want to give me a call at the office :wave2:

Hugs to you and to Jen & Jeff

Anja & Eric

[JenKatt]

We've been busy Eric, we'll actually be visiting Jeff and Gaby in Germany in a month.. see you soon!

[Viking]

Originally posted by JenKatt
We've been busy Eric, we'll actually be visiting Jeff and Gaby in Germany in a month.. see you soon!

We would love to meet you again ::yes:: When will you come exactly? We'll be on a sightseeing trip to London from 03/27-04/03, which is also in month. We hope this doesn't overlap with your visit to Germany.

[JenKatt]

Nope we'll be in Germany 4/6-4/15

[Viking]

Sounds perfect - will call GAby & Jeff :wave2:

[KyBuckeye]

Hi all, just found this thread and wanted to add our family to the list. We are me, dh, dd (6) and ds (5) at cruise time. This will be our first Disney cruise tho hubby and I have cruised before. We are on 8 and I can't find the cabin number (still waiting for info from our travel agent). I'm looking for advice on shore excursions for kids this age. Anyone have any experience to offer? Looking forward to meeting all of you and having the time of our life!!!

[JenKatt]

If your kid's like horseback riding, Honeysuckle on Grand Cayman is a great time. Catamaran racing in key west seemed to also be very popular with more adventurous kids.

[thegales]

Getting closer - Seven months from today we will all be boarding!

[ennazus]

Can't wait!!!

[JenKatt]

:bounce: :bounce: :tongue: :boat: :bounce:

[S.S.WILSON]

We are also on the Oct. 9, 04 sailing. We have 2 girls ages 5 and 7. We are sooo excited! We will be on deck 5, cat 8. Hopefully good location as this is our 1st Disney cruise, and we have no idea about the ship. Have heard great things about this cruise. I have so many questions! Hopefully we can all meet. I know we had to get the late dinner seating cause the early was full. Does anyone know how old you have to be for the dolphin swim? Which port is it offered? Also are ya all doing Palos? When and where do ya sign up? Thanks for the help! Looks like we have a great bunch.:sunny:

[thegales]

Our girls were the same ages as yours when we went on our first cruise. They are in the same age group for Oceaneer's Club, which helped a lot. You all will have a great time.

It's been said that any room on board the ship is a good location. I would have to agree with that. Deck 5 is close to everything, lets you avoid the elevators if you want.

In Cozumel, there is a Dolphin Discovery. This is for ages 3 and up, but it clearly says, it is NOT a Dolphin Swim. There may be a Dolphin Swim you can do on your own (or it could be I just missed it in the Excursion book).

Palo signups are happening just after you board. Ask where when you check in.

[thegales]

We will be boarding in 200 days!

How is everyone doing at their planning? Excursions picked out, anticipated night for Palo, how much time are the kids going to spend in the club ;) ...

We have yet to book where we will stay the night before. Last year we stayed at the Radisson, and had a Dis meet Friday night by the pool. It was great to meet others before getting to the terminal. When we arrived at the terminal, we saw lots of familiar faces, and even waited in line with some of the other families.

What are others doing the night before?

David

[JenKatt]

We haven't figured much out yet. We're meeting with Silentshot in Germany in less than 2 weeks, we'll figure some out then. No clue about the night before, since we're such a hodgepodge of people going.

[Surfergirl]

Hi ,Our plans are: staying at the Radisson Friday night
:doing our own thing in Key West
:Sting Ray city with Captain Marvins (all booked)
: Royal swim with the Dolphins in Cozumel( all booked)
Generally having a good time and relaxing!:sunny:

[JenKatt]

You'll hjave so much fun on the Royal Swim, we did that last year. Make sure to buy the video from the swim. While expensive,. it's well done and worth it.

[il-gander]

Getting past that 200 day milestone is pretty exciting! We're looking at the following excursions, but haven't finalized our plans:

Key West - trolley tour, possible jet ski for DH
Cozumel - Tulum Ruins
Grand Cayman - Island Tour & Snorkeling w/ Stingrays (DCL)
Castaway Cay - maybe bottom fishing for DH

Our DDs are getting excited about the clubs and have met a few girls their age through the boards (hi all!). I imagine they will go to selected activities.

Is anyone else considering doing MNSSHP the night before the cruise (assuming they have it then)? We're really hoping that works out... we're flying in on Friday anyway and it would be *perfect* timing to just head to WDW, go to MNSSHP (our first time) and then head out for a magical cruise the next morning. If that doesn't work out, we'll probably book at the Radisson.

Carla:Pinkbounc

[JenKatt]

We did MNSSHP last year the night before and it was a lot of fun, but made for a VERY long night...

[S.S.WILSON]

I think we are also staying at the Radisson, Have no clue on what to do as this is our 1st Disney cruise! Any suggestions? Should I be worrying about this already?

[JenKatt]

You should probably be thinking about it. Most shore excursions will still have space available when you board, but it's better, and less stressful to at least have an idea before you board, if not have already booked.

[KyBuckeye]

Hi Gang, What exactly is MNSSHP? I'm confused!?? And do any of you have suggestions for excursions with kids age 5 & 6? I'm not sure the stingray triip would be worth it as dd is very reluctant about such things. Is the Dolphin trip suited for kids this age? I could sure use the advice! Thanks!

[wayneg]

Hi KyBuckeye
It stands for Mickeys not so scary halloween party. If you havn't been with your 5&6 year olds, don't miss it. We have been for last 3 years and thinking about it again this year (more for us than our 10 year old).
Wayne

[JenKatt]

There are different dolphin encounters. There are ones suited better for kids, I think the one affiliated with Disney would be the best since you stay on a platform instead of swimming in the water with the dolphins.
MNSSHP is not to be missed, it truly is wonderful!

[S.S.WILSON]

Where is the Halloween party?

[wayneg]

At The Magic Kingdom. Park closes around 6pm they get everyone out then reopen for MNSSHP around 7pm. They do this for about 12 nights in October.
Wayne

[JenKatt]

It takes place at the Magic Kingdom. It's a hard ticket event meaning it happens after normal park hours and requires seperate admission.
Here's Deb's link to it:Mickey's Not So Scary (http://allearsnet.com/tp/mk/mnssh.htm)

[S.S.WILSON]

I dont see the dates that we would be there on the website, looks like its the 10th. We will be there on the 8th. Looks like fun . So back to the question, All you pro cruisers, what exursions are not to be missed?? I dont want to miss out!!

[scubarn]

We are staying at the Ron Jon Resort on Friday night
I really want to do the stingrays in Grand Caymen, almost booked with Capt Marvins, but DH thinks DD3 and DS5 will be scared.
We are looking foward to Palo's Brunch:earsboy:

[S.S.WILSON]

Is Ron Jons a cool place? It seems everyone talks about it! Should we stay there? I also would like to do some kind of dolphin encounter, but my daughters are 5&7, not sure if there is an age requirement. Also where is the best stop to snorkle? Can kids snorkle? also wouldnt mind doing a boat ride, island party thing , hopefully that made sense!:crazy:

[il-gander]

Originally posted by S.S.WILSON
I dont see the dates that we would be there on the website, looks like its the 10th. We will be there on the 8th. Looks like fun .

The MNSSHP dates at the link above are from last year - this year's dates have not yet been released. Board wisdom has it that they will be released at the end of April. I'm hopeful that Friday the 8th will be on the list so that we can go!

Carla

[JenKatt]

Like I had said before, it probably won't be an issue to do the Disney Dolphin encounter at Cozumel. There's no swimming, you stay on a platform.
We really liked the catamaran racing in Key West, that was a blast. Also, the horseback riding in Grand Cayman was great.

[KyBuckeye]

Wayne, thanks for letting me in on the abbreviation! And thanks for any excursion advice. I know my kids would love the dolphin encounter, but I'm still on the fence with the stingray thing. I believe my 6 yr old daughter would be terrified and probably stay in the boat the entire time. Would also love to see some ruins but it seems the trips are all day ones and don't really want to spend the entire day doing that. So many decisions!

[S.S.Wilson II]

My family will be joining all of you for our first Western cruise (myself, DW [S.S.Wilson], DD will be 7, and DD 5). Looks to be a great time. Can't wait to meet some of you.

Mr. Shannon

[traycie2201]

Hi, i'm so excited that i'm going to be travelling with you all, its great to see lots of teenagers , i'm taking dh and ds13 and worried that ds would be bored but don't think so !
Any tips for a first timer on trips / excursions/ must sees / must avoids would be great, we only booked on thursday and could only get cat 10 on deck 1 or cat 11 on deck 7 so i chose deck 7 , has anyone stayed in cat 11 and is there enough room for 3 - don't plan on being in it much anyway :)
:earsgirl: :earsboy: :earsboy:

[il-gander]

Welcome traceie2201! We're travelling (DH & I) with DDs 7 & 11 and its our first cruise as well. The best advice is to scour these boards - somebody (or several somebodies) know the answer to just about anything I've ever thought to ask!

Carla

[traycie2201]

Hi Carla, thanks for the welcome, i've been scouring for 7 days solid since we booked, am compulsive planner :) and have managed to find nearly everything i ever wanted to know, just want to be sure i don't miss any secret hints or tips so will probably spend the next 184 days still scouring ( how sad am I ?) i'll need to see my optician soon , am going bug eyed from over use of the dis boards !
Have a fab cruise , see you there.
Traycie
:earsgirl: :earsboy: :earsboy:

[WDWgirls]

Hello everyone - I had a question for Surfergirl - I am trying to book Royal Swim in Cozumel and was wondering what time you chose? I read earlier that you are a party of 4 - possibly 6 and I'm not sure how many they allow at each time. I hope I can still get in - did you have any problems getting your booking? Who did you book through? Thanks for the help.

Michelle

[JenKatt]

Jeff and I booked the royal swim a few months out, Jeff and Gaby booked while we were embarking at Port Canavral. Orginally, they had a 3 pm swim, but were able to move into our swim time when we checked in. Our swim was at noon. There were 6 of us in the swim.

[Surfergirl]

WDWgirls- We booked directly online at their site www.dolphindiscovery.com and had a prompt reply from Marian Davies.
There are 4 of us and they only allow 8 people per Royal swim. I don't know how booked up it is but our first choice of 11:00 was full so we have 2pm booked.
I would try right away if you are interested.

[WDWgirls]

Thanks Surfergirl - I booked through shoretrips.com and requested the 2pm also. There are four of us also so if we get it we'll be going together.:sunny: They said they would contact me through email within 72 hours. I dont know if I can stand to wait that long! Maybe I should book direct like you did? I'm so impatient. Thanks again for the quick answer - I hope we get the 2pm it would be nice to meet you.

Michelle

[Surfergirl]

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you Michelle.
Jane

[WDWgirls]

Thanks for the crossed fingers Jane because it worked! We got the 2pm Royal Swim so we'll be kissing the dolphins together! It will be nice to meet you. It will be me, DH, DD8 and DD8. :cool1:

Is it October yet?

[Surfergirl]

See you there Michelle.
We are myself, DH, DD 13, DD 10
Only 6 months away.:Pinkbounc

[traycie2201]

Hi all, aren't we all busy little planners :)
just booked my stingray swim through nativeway , $80 for 3 of us for 35 mins with stingrays , 35 mins at coral gardens reef and drinks on board with all snorkelling equipment, total around 2.5 hours, what a bargain.
Anyone got any other thoughts on stuff to do in GC and has anyone done bottom fishing in CC ?

Are we there yet ????

:earsgirl: :earsboy: :earsboy:

[thegales]

Six months from today, we will be boarding!

[il-gander]

Woo hoo! Can't wait! ::yes:: ::yes:: ::yes::

Carla

[Surfergirl]

:bounce: :Pinkbounc

It's getting closer!

[traycie2201]

Hi we are arranging transportation for 3 returning from 10/9 western on 16th oct to MCO airport, does anyone fancy sharing a limo , there will be 4 / 5 seats spare and it would be cheaper than the disney transfers etc if we could share , its $160 so for two families would be $80 per family & tip. pm me if you're interested, i'll be travelling with DH and DS 13 and we'll be heading straight to the airport after disembarking.

[traycie2201]

We're nearly at the 5 month mark , YIPEE

:Pinkbounc :bounce:

[Tigfanjeff]

After spending a few months with other things, the cruise is now the next big thing on my horizon. Trying to figure where I want to go scuba diving is now the big thing. I've been told grand cayman is the better choice (between cozumel and grand cayman) but diving at grand cayman leaves little time for other activities while the late departure from cozumel changes that.

Sigh...

Its good to have these kind of problems though.

[traycie2201]

Hi Tigfanjeff i'm pretty sure both have great dive spots, but apart from the snorkelling / diving etc on GC there's not that much else to do apart from Hell / Turtle farm whereas there seems to be quite a lot to do at Cozumel so i guess it depends on what else you want to fit in your day on which spot you choose, i'm sure either will be fantastic.

See you there , 5 1/2 months to go YIPEEEEEEEE
:thewave: :thewave:

[Tigfanjeff]

Yeah, that's kind of what I'm thinking. I want to lean toward GC and save Cozumel for other activities. We did go horseback riding on the North Side of the island last time and it was great too, but the time on GC is short compared to Cozumel.

[JenKatt]

The shore excursions on GC also seem to be a lot less. Meaning that there is very little variety. Where is at Cozumel I think In could spend a week and still not do everything

[Tigfanjeff]

Originally posted by JenKatt
The shore excursions on GC also seem to be a lot less. Meaning that there is very little variety. Where is at Cozumel I think In could spend a week and still not do everything

Of course, why am I trying to figure out where I'll be doing what. No matter what jen's got final say:earseek:

Jeff (who is now in trouble)

[JenKatt]

Originally posted by Tigfanjeff
Of course, why am I trying to figure out where I'll be doing what. No matter what jen's got final say:earseek:

Jeff (who is now in trouble)

Folks, I'd like to introduce you to my husband who must really like the taste of his shoes... :love2:

[traycie2201]

Tigfanjeff - what flavour were your shoes and was the doghouse comfy LOL

I've only got GC stingray and snorkel booked so far, not really sure what else is a don't miss.

Let me know if you come across any great excursions ( are you travelling with kids or alone ) I noticed that there are some great teen excursions am trying to convince DS13 to go on some.

Oh happy holidays

[JenKatt]

Originally posted by traycie2201
Tigfanjeff - what flavour were your shoes and was the doghouse comfy LOL

I've only got GC stingray and snorkel booked so far, not really sure what else is a don't miss.

Let me know if you come across any great excursions ( are you travelling with kids or alone ) I noticed that there are some great teen excursions am trying to convince DS13 to go on some.

Oh happy holidays

The catamaran racing is great in Key West! Kind of adventerous, but not crazy and a ton of fun, the kids on our boat had a great time.

[traycie2201]

Hmm I'll check it out, not sure if it's DH's thing though, but like you i'm in charge LOL

[Tigfanjeff]

Originally posted by traycie2201
Hmm I'll check it out, not sure if it's DH's thing though, but like you i'm in charge LOL

I wholeheartedly endorse the catamaran racing as a lot of fun that doesn't take much time. Plus it departs right from the ship so when you get back its a five minute walk to get a shower and enjoy the rest of key west.

[Tigfanjeff]

Originally posted by JenKatt
Folks, I'd like to introduce you to my husband who must really like the taste of his shoes... :love2:


mmm, its better than crow. :drinking1: not as good as guiness

[Silentshot]

Jeff.... Do not worry.. I will ferry in Crystal Weizen for you mate...

[Silentshot]

slowly putting myself in the dog box.... here......


Got the Airplane tickets yesterday....
depends on what the Dollar does monday i may pay off the rest of the cruise..

[JenKatt]

The Germans are coming! The Germans are coming!:scared1:

Oh wait, I'm not French! just kidding!!!

[wayneg]

Hi Silentshot
Will we have to be out by 3am to get our towels on the sunbeds?:sunny: Or do Germans only do that it Spain? ::yes::
Why does Michael Schumacher have to be so good, Can't he give someone else a chance?
Wayne

Just turned May here in UK, Its getting closer.

[JenKatt]

Originally posted by wayneg
Hi Silentshot
Will we have to be out by 3am to get our towels on the sunbeds?:sunny: Or do Germans only do that it Spain? ::yes::
Why does Michael Schumacher have to be so good, Can't he give someone else a chance?
Wayne

Just turned May here in UK, Its getting closer.

Welcome Wayne... we'll have to get together for a pint at Diversions...

[Silentshot]

Originally posted by JenKatt
The Germans are coming! The Germans are coming!:scared1:

Oh wait, I'm not French! just kidding!!!

Jen u know it would be The German is Coming I surrender!

and as far as i know its one german.

[JenKatt]

I know you're not officially German, but you have lived in Germany longer than anyone else, so you're Germanish :sunny:

I'll be giving you a call to discuss Palo resservations and what you want to do for Gaby's birthday

[Tigfanjeff]

Originally posted by JenKatt
I know you're not officially German, but you have lived in Germany longer than anyone else, so you're Germanish :sunny:



Yeah, he's a brit, born in Kenya, whose lived in Germany for 20 years.

[il-gander]

I got our MNSSHP tickets today for 10/8, and we're very excited (first time). OK, OK, full disclosure... DDs and I are very excited. DH thinks we're nuts. :rolleyes: Anybody else planning on going?

Carla

[JenKatt]

I doubt we'll go to MNSSHP the night before, we did that last year and as much fun as it was, it led to a very long day/ night as we worked that day. I'd rather drive across the state and get a room at the port... You'll have a great time tho, MNSSHP is a wonderful expierence!

[traycie2201]

Hi Wayne, Jenkatt , il-gander and all, am so excited 5 months yesterday to the cruise , are we arranging a dis meet for on board ?? and also how do you get the mnsshp tickets online ? we're planning on going too on the 8th then driving to PC early sat morning arriving around 1030 am

You guys are lightweights when it comes to reserving sunbeds, i've sent my union jack towel ahead and have arranged concierge to lay it out at 2 am precisely every morning from 8th oct just to be sure of a space .... LOL

See you all soon:jester:

[JenKatt]

Originally posted by traycie2201
Hi Wayne, Jenkatt , il-gander and all, am so excited 5 months yesterday to the cruise , are we arranging a dis meet for on board ?? and also how do you get the mnsshp tickets online ? we're planning on going too on the 8th then driving to PC early sat morning arriving around 1030 am

You guys are lightweights when it comes to reserving sunbeds, i've sent my union jack towel ahead and have arranged concierge to lay it out at 2 am precisely every morning from 8th oct just to be sure of a space .... LOL

See you all soon:jester:


Traycie... You're staying on conceirge too? We'll be in room 8080.
I don't belive you can order MNSHHP tickets online. We've always had to call and get them.
As far as reserving sunbeds, I'd rather reserve that table in Diversions!

[il-gander]

Hi Traycie-
I don't think the MNSSHP tickets are yet available online. They starting selling them on Saturday the 1st over the phone (1-407-WDISNEY), that's how I got ours. I don't think there's a blazing rush to get them for our date (just my impatience, LOL) as I understand that only the dates closest to Halloween generally sell out. MNSSHP tickets were what I asked the family for for my Mother's Day gift this year!

Carla

[JenKatt]

Originally posted by il-gander
Hi Traycie-
I don't think the MNSSHP tickets are yet available online. They starting selling them on Saturday the 1st over the phone (1-407-WDISNEY), that's how I got ours. I don't think there's a blazing rush to get them for our date (just my impatience, LOL) as I understand that only the dates closest to Halloween generally sell out. MNSSHP tickets were what I asked the family for for my Mother's Day gift this year!

Carla

Usually, the most sought after dates don't sell out until Aug/ Sept. Going on Halloween is nice, but really no different than any other day.

[traycie2201]

Thanks JenKatt, no i'm afraid we're not in concierge was joking re the sunbed reservation, however the upgrade fairy may be floating around and send me to concierge if i'm lucky :earsgirl:

Is diversions a restaurant or a bar ? i haven't heard it mentioned before.

I'm impatient too and want to get my MNSSHP party tickets booked and ticked off the list :)

[Tigfanjeff]

Originally posted by JenKatt
Usually, the most sought after dates don't sell out until Aug/ Sept. Going on Halloween is nice, but really no different than any other day.

I'd think that if you can go any night *OTHER* then friday you'll enjoy it more as its less likely to sell out which means more park for you.

I'm seriously thinking about renting a dive boat for the morning at GC to do a two tank dive. Anyone else interested in getting in? (Not looking at firm commitments, just want some idea so I can look at boats and prices)

[Tigfanjeff]

Originally posted by traycie2201
Thanks JenKatt, no i'm afraid we're not in concierge was joking re the sunbed reservation, however the upgrade fairy may be floating around and send me to concierge if i'm lucky :earsgirl:

Is diversions a restaurant or a bar ? i haven't heard it mentioned before.

I'm impatient too and want to get my MNSSHP party tickets booked and ticked off the list :)

Diversions is a bar that replaced the comedy club. Its kind of like a lower scale cadillac lounge. I definitely feel more at home there. Plus they have guiness on tap. (FYI, I'm the first guest ever to have Guiness Draught on a Disney cruise.)

It was added to the ship during the last dry dock when they did all the moving around of things.

[JenKatt]

Originally posted by traycie2201
Thanks JenKatt, no i'm afraid we're not in concierge was joking re the sunbed reservation, however the upgrade fairy may be floating around and send me to concierge if i'm lucky :earsgirl:

Is diversions a restaurant or a bar ? i haven't heard it mentioned before.

I'm impatient too and want to get my MNSSHP party tickets booked and ticked off the list :)

Diversion is a combination sports bar/ british pub. They do a "British Pub Night" which is down right silly. It really goes along the lines with Monty Python. They have Guinness and Strongbow, though Strongbow is not on tap. (Very hard to find in the states :(

[Tigfanjeff]

Originally posted by JenKatt
Diversion is a combination sports bar/ british pub. They do a "British Pub Night" which is down right silly. It really goes along the lines with Monty Python. They have Guinness and Strongbow, though Strongbow is not on tap. (Very hard to find in the states :(

You can ask the resident Kangaroo all about it. (Silentshot)

[cindy21494]

Count us in for MNSSHP!!! We've never done this before. It sounds like a really fun time. I'm not worried about staying up too late, since I got the REAS package as a surprise for DH.;) We can sleep in the next morning.

Are any adults wearing costumes, or just your children? I haven't worn a costume since I was about 12.:p

[JenKatt]

Originally posted by cindy21494
Count us in for MNSSHP!!! We've never done this before. It sounds like a really fun time. I'm not worried about staying up too late, since I got the REAS package as a surprise for DH.;) We can sleep in the next morning.

Are any adults wearing costumes, or just your children? I haven't worn a costume since I was about 12.:p

Last year there were many families in costume, one family dressed as Peter Pan (Dad) Wendy (Mom) and Tink (baby)... MNSHHP is a wonderful thing

[wayneg]

We have been for last 3 years and dressed up each time. I don't think you should be allowed in without costumes. DS also wore his costume round The Old Town on 192 (think it was last Sunday in Oct) all stores give away sweets or discounts off ice cream etc.
Can't go to MNSSH night before as we don't land until after 7pm but will be going after cruise.
Wayne

[Tigfanjeff]

Originally posted by wayneg
We have been for last 3 years and dressed up each time. I don't think you should be allowed in without costumes. DS also wore his costume round The Old Town on 192 (think it was last Sunday in Oct) all stores give away sweets or discounts off ice cream etc.
Can't go to MNSSH night before as we don't land until after 7pm but will be going after cruise.
Wayne

I don't know about not being allowed in without a costume, but I definitely think they should only hand out treats to people in costume. (Says the person who never went in costume and happily abused all the treats).

If *ONLY* they'd let me go as a monorail pilot.

[traycie2201]

Strongbow ! - DH will be thrilled, me i'm sticking with drink of the day , they sound so tasty.

We've already booked stuff on GC but dive boat sounds fun, anyone interested in hooking up for a fishing trip for KW , DH and DS 13 want to do it but charter too expensive for just 2 , might work out a good price for 4 or 6 though. pm me if you're interested.

p.s we're in the 4 month and x days range, it's getting closer, can i pack yet LOL

:earsgirl: :earsboy: :earsboy:

[JenKatt]

Originally posted by traycie2201
Strongbow ! - DH will be thrilled, me i'm sticking with drink of the day , they sound so tasty.

We've already booked stuff on GC but dive boat sounds fun, anyone interested in hooking up for a fishing trip for KW , DH and DS 13 want to do it but charter too expensive for just 2 , might work out a good price for 4 or 6 though. pm me if you're interested.

p.s we're in the 4 month and x days range, it's getting closer, can i pack yet LOL

:earsgirl: :earsboy: :earsboy:


What are ya'll doing in GC? Last year we went horseback rising which was great!
I doubt we'll go fishing, I don't think many of us are inspiring to be anglers

[traycie2201]

Hi jenkatt we've booked stingray sandbar swim and coral gardens snorkel through nativewaywatersports, i'm not into fishing per se but DH and DS were quite keen on a couple of hours fishing, i'm sure i'll persuade them to do something else though :sunny:

[Tigfanjeff]

Originally posted by traycie2201
Hi jenkatt we've booked stingray sandbar swim and coral gardens snorkel through nativewaywatersports, i'm not into fishing per se but DH and DS were quite keen on a couple of hours fishing, i'm sure i'll persuade them to do something else though :sunny:

I'd love to go fishing, but frankly I'm bad luck on fishing boats. If my dad was still going, he'd go in a heartbeat, but alas he had to cancel since he's moving to Davenport from NJ this summer. He'll at least get a good dose of the mouse ;)

[Silentshot]

Hi Hate going to customer sites.. No Internet access.......... Also why are my sales guys selling to Customers out in the middle of NOW WHERE............... NO wireless in these small hotels...

Anyway...plane tickets got... Now where is that towel to reserve my sun bed to tad make the rest of the boat mad... HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE.

Jen let me know when to chat about gabys b-day...

Miss you both...

[JenKatt]

Originally posted by Silentshot
Hi Hate going to customer sites.. No Internet access.......... Also why are my sales guys selling to Customers out in the middle of NOW WHERE............... NO wireless in these small hotels...

Anyway...plane tickets got... Now where is that towel to reserve my sun bed to tad make the rest of the boat mad... HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE.

Jen let me know when to chat about gabys b-day...

Miss you both...

I'll call you Saturday morning, our time

[Tigfanjeff]

The website is up. Feel free to send me the pertinent information (As much or as little as you'd like) and a picture.

The site is http://www.tiggerfan.net/DISaster


I'm not going to post e-mail since we can all use PM here and I don't feel like having people get spam. You can e-mail me at jeffc@tiggerfan.net and put October Cruise Info in the subject line.

You can also send me a PM here with the relevant info.

[Tigfanjeff]

Originally posted by Tigfanjeff
The website is up. Feel free to send me the pertinent information (As much or as little as you'd like) and a picture.

The site is http://www.tiggerfan.net/DISaster


I'm not going to post e-mail since we can all use PM here and I don't feel like having people get spam. You can e-mail me at jeffc@tiggerfan.net and put October Cruise Info in the subject line.

You can also send me a PM here with the relevant info.

I've also added a DIS events listing. Again, e-mail or PM me to get on it. *PLEASE* don't e-mail anything that is small or informal or that you don't want the world to know about.

If you wan't to hold a DIS shuffleboard event, by all means, post it on my list. If you want another group for high tea, just post here.

[crainbow]

I would like to take a moment and introduce myself and my DW who have just swapped onto this cruise. This will be my DW's (Mina) first time at sea. As for me I have plenty of time at sea, but all of that was on an aircraft carrier almost 20 years ago now. This will be about the first trip without the children and we are looking forward to it.

Chuck

[Tigfanjeff]

Originally posted by crainbow
I would like to take a moment and introduce myself and my DW who have just swapped onto this cruise. This will be my DW's (Mina) first time at sea. As for me I have plenty of time at sea, but all of that was on an aircraft carrier almost 20 years ago now. This will be about the first trip without the children and we are looking forward to it.

Chuck

Welcome chuck. I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

What carrier were you on? My uncle served on the America for a few years as a Maintenance Officer for the EA-6B

[traycie2201]

Welcome Chuck and Mina, we'll have a great cruise.
:bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc

[crainbow]

Originally posted by Tigfanjeff
Welcome chuck. I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

What carrier were you on? My uncle served on the America for a few years as a Maintenance Officer for the EA-6B

I was on the Forrestal. Spent about half my time as R Division Officer. There is nothing quite like driving an aircraft carrier.

Chuck

[Tigfanjeff]

Originally posted by crainbow
I was on the Forrestal. Spent about half my time as R Division Officer. There is nothing quite like driving an aircraft carrier.

Chuck

Heh, no kidding.

Thats probably one license I'll never collect. (I joke that I collect licenses, I've been an EMT, Monorail Pilot, Ham Radio Operator and Airplane pilot so far, and working on my Scuba Cert).

It will definitely be nice to have you join us.

I'm hoping you weren't on board back in 67 were you?

[crainbow]

Originally posted by Tigfanjeff
Heh, no kidding.


I'm hoping you weren't on board back in 67 were you?

I'm impressed, someone knows the other nickname for the ship. No, I served in the mid-80's. Although when we were in the shipyards in Philly, you could still see some of the damage. There is also nothing more impressive than seeing a carrier on the blocks and looking up from under the keel.

Chuck

[Tigfanjeff]

Originally posted by crainbow
I'm impressed, someone knows the other nickname for the ship. No, I served in the mid-80's. Although when we were in the shipyards in Philly, you could still see some of the damage. There is also nothing more impressive than seeing a carrier on the blocks and looking up from under the keel.

Chuck

Yeah, the USS Forrest Fire. Don't put APU's next to missiles.

That would be amazing seeing that thing out of water.

Being only 29, I've only seen all the documentaries etc, but I hear they are *STILL* using that incident for training in the Navy.

[Surfergirl]

5 Months to go!:Pinkbounc :sunny: