3/5/2005 Eastern Cruisers?

[CRSNDSNY]

Is there anyone out there for the March 5 - 12, 2005 Eastern yet?

I just made my reservation today! Hope to meet some fellow cruisers soon! :)

[CRSNDSNY]

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[CRSNDSNY]

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[carole88]

Hi CRSNDSNY -

We are also sailing on 3/5/05! We were on last years' Halloween cruise and had a wonderful time. We are:

Carole (myself)
John - DH
Rachel - DD (10)
Tessa - DD (7)

We are all looking forward to cruising again. Watching the other night's episode of According to Jim got us excited all over again.

Who is cruising with you?

[CRSNDSNY]

Hi Carole! This is great! I'm so happy to see someone reply to this thread!

It will be me and my DH. It is my 4th Disney cruise and his 3rd. We did the Eastern itinerary for our honeymoon in 2001. We can't wait! Doesn't it seem so far away?

Do you have first or second seating?
Do you have a stateroom assignment yet?
What are some of the things you're looking forward to?

It's great to meet you! :wave2:

Melody

[carole88]

Hi Melody -

We have the first seating for dinner. I think that it's a little easier to eat early with the kids.

We are in room 5020. That's one of the secret porthole rooms.

We are looking forward to doing many things. One thing that we definately want to do is visit the butterfly museum on St. Martaan. We had wanted to do this in Key West on the last cruise but our plans got screwed up. I also can't wait to see the Golden Mickey show.

What seating for dinner do you have? What is your room number?

I agree with you that it seems so far away, but we will be moving this summer from Long Island to Las Vegas so I think time will go by pretty quickly for us. Where do you live?

[CRSNDSNY]

Hi Carole!
We have the second dinner seating...no kids yet (hopefully, someday!!!). That's awesome that you got a secret porthole room! I was 2 cabins away from you on my last cruise in 5016. I think you'll like the location! This cruise we are in CAT8 7514.

Are you planning on doing the Disney Butterfly Farm Excursion in St. Maarten? If so, we did that on our honeymoon in 2001 and it was a lot of fun. It happens earlier in the day, so you'll even have time afterwards to go to a beach. If you are interested, go to www.thebutterflyfarm.com -- that's the Farm's official website.

WOW :earseek: -- That's a big move you're making! NY to LV?! Wow. We're in Northeastern Pennsylvania.

I can't wait for my husband to see Golden Mickeys. I saw it with my Mom last December and it quickly replace Disney Dreams as my favorite show. It is phenomenal.

[CRSNDSNY]

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[carole88]

Hi Melody,

How are you doing? Thanks for the information about the butterfly museum. My daughter can't wait to go.

I have got a friend that just went on the Eastern cruise last week and had a fantastic time. She said that she enjoyed it much more than the Western cruise. She felt that it was much more relaxing since there is the extra sea day. Since you have already been on the Eastern, do you agree with her?

Can't believe that the cruise is still so far away. At least it is now less than a year away.

I wonder if other people will start responding to this thread soon. I would like to get some penpals for my DDs. We did this with our last cruise and it was great for them to make friends before we even got on the ship!

Hope you and your husband are well!

Did you get more snow?

[CRSNDSNY]

Hi Carole!

For our honeymoon in 2001, we went on the Eastern -- it was our first cruise ever. We haven't been on the Western, but I've been on two 4-days since then. The reason we chose the Eastern again is for a few reasons. First, the extra sea day is a bonus. Second, this cruise is during the college's spring break (I work for a college) so the timing is perfect. Third, we just never had any interest in the Mexican ports of call. Don't know why, but they just don't interest us. We're really excited for the Eastern again.

I'm hoping now that everyone is back from this cruise this year, that many rebooked and will find our thread. It'll be great to get to know some DISrs before cruising. Maybe we can do a Palo brunch or something! :)

Take care,
Melody

[carole88]

Sorry I've been out of touch. We're in the process of selling out house and finding a new house in Las Vegas.

Hope you had a good holiday!


Anybody else out there that will be sailing with us?

[CRSNDSNY]

Originally posted by carole88
Sorry I've been out of touch. We're in the process of selling out house and finding a new house in Las Vegas.

Hope you had a good holiday!


Anybody else out there that will be sailing with us?

Hi Carole! I hope everything with the move is going well. I can't imagine making such a big move! :)

We switched our cruise date, though. We bought annual passes and decided to go to Disney in March 05 instead -- trying to get our money's worth! We switched our cruise to September but are also waiting to see the summer 05 releases.

It was great meeting you, though. Maybe we'll cruise together in the future! :)

[mickeyworld]

Hi you two! I am also in the March 5, 2005 cruise. It is me and my two girls who will be 10 and 14. WE are also traveling with another family who has a DD who will be 11. It will be our 2nd cruise, I am so busy planning! We are first rotation and haven't booked an excursion yet, want to snorkle at Trunk and chill on Meagan's Bay. Look forward to hearing from you over the next 300 days!
:wave2:

[mkymouse4ever]

Sorry to see the (original poster, change her plans :( ) But nice to meet you guys!

This is supposed to of been our 1st cruise. BUT we kind of chickened out. We just recently opted to try the 3 day wonder, for a try - out and see if we like the whole cruise experience. I have been on 1 cruise years and years ago and it was TERRIBLE & my sister has never been, But we are die hard disney fans & finally decided to give it a whirl. :earseek: My original cruise was with norwiegan cruise lines to the caribean, but totally wrong ship :crazy: wrong crowd (age wise), wrong activities, wrong travel agent, boring. I could not wait to get off that boat. :hyper:

This cruise will be my sister and myself! Both single, have 2nd seating at dinner. and stateroom # 8042. I'm still trying to figure out how my sis & I can get the REAS pkg ( I like the ressie's, spa pkg, & breakfast) (hold the rose petals) for us?

But if the Wonder trip, isn't what we hope, we may not go ahead with the magic? I'm very optimistic, can't see how I won't like something disney, but you never know. :smooth:

I feel like a complete newbie here too. We have gone to wdw, for years, and I could write my own guide books. :earseek: But now its like, you are completely lost, and the unkown really bother's me. How do you do this, where is that? what do you where? etc...... :yo-yo: :yo-yo: :yo-yo:

Well heres to happy planning! ::yes:: Keep in touch.

MKY princess: aka: Laura

[disneyboard]

Our family is booked on this cruise!! :bounce: We are Mom, Dad and a Toddler. This will be Mom and Dad's 7th cruise, Toddler's first. It will be our first time on a Disney cruise as well.

We decided to go on Disney because we wanted a family friendly cruise. WIth other cruiselines, the family friendliness depends a lot on the passenger mix which can vary widely from cruise to cruise.

I'll be hanging around here more often. Hope to find other couples with Toddlers.

:earsboy:

[mickeyworld]

Glad to see you are booked! I sailed on the Wonder for a 4-day trip too March's ago- I have 2 girls, 10 and 14.
Sailing on the Wonder was the best trip of my life and I can't wait to do the Magic.
I am a planning maniac.... can't wait to talk to you over the next few months.
:wave2: :wave2: :wave2:

[disneyboard]

I am doing a lot of research about a pre-cruise stay in the area. I am planning to fly in a couple of days before the cruise. Traveling with Toddler, we are a little bit more restricted as to where we can stay. I am also researching shore excursion suitable for Toddler and enjoyable for Mom and Dad. Tons of planning left to do, but planning is a lot of fun.

:earsgirl: :earsboy: :wave:

[carole88]

Glad to see others joining this thread. My girls will be 11 and 8 when we cruise. We were on the Magic last Halloween and had an absolute blast! We went to Florida one day early and stayed at the Raddison. For our next trip I am looking into the new Ron Jon's Resort.

Hope everybody has a great day!

[heart4dis]

I am so jealous! I have nothing booked. I do hope your DH can go this time. And I see you are tagged by the Tag Fairy!
You really HAVE arrived!
Thanks for your comments in my online album.
Sorry, I am NOT going in March of 2005...
Maybe I can start working on DH about it...

[mkymouse4ever]

We just returned from our wonder trip and it was great! Can't wait for the magic now. Didn't get much rest we tried to do too much, and stay awake 24 hours a day. Think we need a new plan for march. Castaway cay was beauitful, hope it is warm enough there in march!

Happy planning, hope everyone is still coming along. ;)

MKY princess:

[LAMPSKIES]

Crsndsny......here we meet again!!!! My Sis-in-law is going to book a sailing for either the first weekend of March Wonder (3 nighter) or this sailing. Her oldest boy 12 gets motion sickness and doesn't want to do a 7 day and be miserable......so we will know soon if we are going to surprise her on this sailing or the 3 nighter...........

[Footnotegirl]

We booked the March 5-12 Magic this Thursday. This will be our second Disney cruise, the first was a Western Caribbean in May of '03 which impressed us to no end.
My husband (36, will have his birthday on the cruise) and I (32) have no kids, but we're going with two friends who have a 6 (5 now, but will be 6) year old and what will be a 5 month old when we go. We are trying to get some other friends to come along as well.
I read somewhere that Tropicalifragilisticexpialidocious night is becoming Pirates of the Caribbean? If this is true, that would be great, as that is one of our favorite Disney movies ever. (Now if only Disney would show some Emperor's New Groove love, I'd be happier).

[mickeyworld]

Hey footnotegirl!
Glad to hear from another March cruiser! My kids are 10 and 14 when we cruise, we have cruised the 4 day before. Look forward to "talking" as the days tick away!

carole88- if your daughter would like to penpal with my daughter, just let me know- she's in 5th grade, loves to dance, and loves Disney almost as much as I do! Her name is Rachel.

Judy

[peanutgirl]

Hi everyone. We also are booked for the march 5 magic cruise. DH,me and DD age 7 by the cruise date.

It is DD first cruise and our second but first Disney one for us all.

[Footnotegirl]

Hooray, more people!
Our group seems to have grown a few more in the last week. Along with hubby and I, and our friends P and T and their 6 yo and 5 mo, it now looks like we'll also have along I and J and their 9 yo, H and M and their 4 yo and 6 mo, and two single friends, T and J (who I guess would be J two, eh?)

[mkymouse4ever]

:Pinkbounc bump for the 150 day mark! yeah!! pirate: ::MickeyMo :Pinkbounc :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

mky princess:

[carole88]

Glad to see that the group is growing!

mickeyworld - I think that my daughter would love to be a penpal with your daughter. She did that on our last cruise and had a lot of fun. Here is the funny thing, my DD is also Rachel and is in the 5th grade!

I will pm you my email.

[carole88]

pm has been sent.

[mkymouse4ever]

Oops change in plans, we had to drop our cruise. :eek: Might have to drop entire trip, but due to cancel policy still holding out. :rolleyes: Have a great sail. :boat: :sad2:

MKY princess:

[carole88]

Sorry you had to change your plans Mkymouse4ever. Maybe we'll meet you on the next one!

[carole88]

Just bumping up to see if there is anyone else out there!

[Footnotegirl]

I'm still here!

[ProfJenn]

Hi all- what a cool idea!
We're booked for the 3/5 cruise. There's a few of us going in our party, but our family will be me (Jenn), DH, DS(4yr) and DS (2yr on boat)!
It was really nice to read the thread to this point - I'd love to hear what everyone's planning. We, too, are flying in the night before. We have a ressie at Resort on Cocoa Beach. My biggest headache has been the rental cars-more expensive than I thought for the one-day one-way rentals. Here's hoping our prices will come down as it gets closer. But hitting that 100day mark was EXCELLENT!
I'lll check in soon, just wanted to say HI and can't wait to see you.
Jenn

[hokies]

We are booked on the March 5, 2005 Eastern Cruise too!!! I am very excited, this will be our 2nd DCL cruise. We have 8 in our party...myself and my DH; my mother and father; my sister and brother-in-law, nephew (6 yrs.), and niece (4 yrs). This will be the first DCL for my sister and her family. The children are going to LOVE it!!! I hope many of you are still booked for this cruise!


Dana

[ProfJenn]

Glad to meet you!
Does anyone know if there's DIS Meet scheduled for our trip?
Or is it just up to us to 'bump' into one another?

[hokies]

I haven't read about a DIS Meet for our cruise. I am fairly new to the DIS board....how do these get set up?

[mickeyworld]

Hi everybody! Just talked to my travel agent yesterday to get those final bill numbers.... can't wait to go! We are flying in late the night before, probably just stay near the arport and get transpotation over from there. Haven't booked any excursions yet, guess I'd better get it together, only 81 days to go- been counting for over a year!
Look forward to seeing you all!
Judy

[jdm]

Hi Everyone

I just booked us on the 3/05 Eastern. Our party will be myself, DH, DD12, and DGD7. This is our second cruise. We did our first one 3 years ago on the Wonder. I'm hoping the 7 day will be fun for all.

Jenn (M) as I know there is another Jenn on this thread:~)

[mickeyworld]

Yep, I am paid and now looking at excursions and flights. Think we will fly in the night before and stay near the airport, then take a towncar service to the port and back.
Spent a few days at WDW last month- wached Regis and everybody film the parade. It was a great way to prepare for the holidays.
Does anyone know much about the excursions? Since we live 10 minutes from the beach, just lying on a beach is great but I want to see and do more.
Hope to hear from ya'll soon- HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!
Judy

[julie t]

I have been lurking on and off for several months but just now found this thread. Our family consists of myself, DH, DD 9y/o, DD soon to be 8y/o and DD 6y/o. My girls are 1st time cruisers but seasoned WDW fanatics. I am looking forward to seeing their reaction to this new experience!

Julie

[hokies]

Welcome Julie! Glad to have you join us!
I hope everyone is having a great holiday! Can you believe it is just over 2 months away? I can't wait!!
Dana

[mickeyworld]

Hokies....We live in Wilmington, NC!
Hope everyone had a great new year's eve. The girls and I are in heavy planning now, putting a special place in the house for things we pick up and want to take. Also booked the airplane and printed the tickets, made reservations for the towncar and the Radisson. We are adding a trip to MK the day we dock, just to add to the WDW experience. Shopping sales today- maybe something for the cruise?????
Happy New year toall, and carole... my rachel will write to your rachel soon-
take care!
Judy :thewave:

[zacsmom]

:flower1: COUNT US IN!! :flower1:

The final payment has been made, the flight is booked to come in a day early from Connecticut. All we need to do now is book REAS, car rental and hotel.

DH 42, Myself 41 and DS 12 are ready to cruise!! :Pinkbounc