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TNMomof3

06-23-2004, 06:42 PM

Hi pittcrew! :wave2: How neat that they were so excited to update the countdown timer. :D

Did you do the eastern or western this past trip? We've not even started looking into excursions yet, but I'm sure we'll start checking them out soon.

Did your kids love the clubs? What were their favorite activities? I think my kids will love them. The two oldest are the same ages as yours, only sexes reversed. By the time of the cruise they'll be DS (11), DD (9), DD (4).

Carol36

06-23-2004, 08:13 PM

I haven't even thought about excursions, yet!
By the time we cruise, my 4 DC will be: DS17, DS15, DS12, and DD10. My two youngest liked the kids clubs pretty good. I really thought my DD would have loved them. They did love making flubber and going on scavenger hunts.
We are hoping that my 2 DB's and their families, my DS and her family, and my Mom will be going, also. There will hopefully be nineteen of us. The ages of the children range from 7 to 18.
On the May 23rd Wonder, there were 11 of us.(my family of 6 and my sister's family of 5) We really did have a blast!
We went to 2 DIS meets; one the evening before the cruise at Grill's and the other at the Promenade Lounge at 3:00 on the day of embarkation. I enjoyed the one the evening before more than the one on the day of because there is so much to do and see after getting on the ship.

Carol

pittcrew

06-23-2004, 09:31 PM

We have done the Eastern itinerary both times. (June 2004 cruise with the kids and July 2002 with two other couples. ) Looking forward to doing new excursions - and of course the kids are exctied about going to Margaritaville. (We are big Buffett fans!!) :teeth: On our latest cruise we made sure to stop by Last Mango in Paradise in St. Maarten.

The kids really enjoyed the clubs. My DS seemed to prefer the "free" time in the lab, and my DD preferred the organized activities (scavenger hunts, flubber, making a mousepad,etc. ). Since my DD just turned 10 at the end of April and is petite, she was able to be in the 8-9 yr. old group with her brother. Next time, though, they will be in different groups. But, after seeing how they were so independent of each other this time I'm not worried.

tiggers my favorate

06-25-2004, 11:29 PM

Hi, were going to. I have a dd who will be 17, and two ds's who will be 15. Looks like there will be some of the same age's going. they do not no yet it is going to be a big suprise. We will maybe do Disney after. Not sure yet. Can't wait.

Carol36

07-09-2004, 12:19 AM

We are not planning on doing WDW after the cruise because we have other family that we will have to make time for since we are arriving back home on CHRISTMAS EVE. If we do decide to go, it will have to be a few days before we cruise. I try not to think about the cruise too much because I get a little anxious for the time to fly. I sure hate to wish time away because my DC are already growing up too fast!!!

Have a great weekend!:sunny:

Carol:wave2:

Wonder091204Reads

08-01-2004, 11:35 PM

I'm not going , but december 17th is my birthday i'll turn 13!

goofyshell

08-04-2004, 11:20 PM

Us too! I just put a deposit down tonight with DU. I am so excited! We did a 4 day wonder in 2002 and I can't wait to do seven whole days!
It's my and husband and I and our 3 kids (dd6, ds11, and ds12).

Hey TNMom! We are just up the interstate in Bowling Green. My dh grew up in Hendersonville.

djjmitt

08-08-2004, 10:03 PM

Hi everyone, we are going too. We did the 4 day wonder this past 5/2/04 and we loved it. we originally booked for 4/16/2005 on board but we just changed it. Look forward to getting to know everyone over the next year.

We are going with our ds who will be 7, and ds and dd who will be 4 and my father.

David and Jennifer

pirate: ::MinnieMo :earsboy: :earsgirl: :earsboy:

ps i did a search and this thread didn't come up and i started a new one. I have to see if i can delete it

TNMomof3

08-10-2004, 01:25 PM

Yay! Welcome two more groups to our 12-17-05 thread!!! Hi goofyshell and djjmitt. :wave: Looking forward to chatting with you guys during our long 16 month wait. :D

Originally posted by goofyshell
Us too! I just put a deposit down tonight with DU. I am so excited! We did a 4 day wonder in 2002 and I can't wait to do seven whole days!
It's my and husband and I and our 3 kids (dd6, ds11, and ds12).

Hey TNMom! We are just up the interstate in Bowling Green. My dh grew up in Hendersonville.

You aren't too far away at all, goofyshell. My best friend in college was from Hendersonville. I've spent quite a bit of time with her out on Old Hickory Lake up there. Beautiful place! :D

dvcmomdeh

08-12-2004, 12:10 PM

Hopefully we'll be there. I can't book until January tho. So it will depend on if there is availability in our category. We plan to use Vacation Club points. It will be me, DH, DD 14, DS 17. It will be our 3rd cruise.

goofyshell

08-26-2004, 02:20 AM

Hey! We just added two more to our travelling party! My parents are going with us. I am so excited! My mom is not in great health and we've never been able to take a trip with them (we travel alot with my in-laws). I think this will be so much fun for the kids and my parents.
Anyone else worried that it might be cold in the water in December? What seating time are you all on?

dvcmomdeh

08-26-2004, 12:12 PM

November 20-27 was great weather. I can't imagine that adding 17 days will make it colder. AT LEAST I HOPE IT WON'T. I have to wait 3 months before I book our reservation using vacation club points I hope all the good rooms aren't gone.

AKB

08-26-2004, 05:12 PM

We're going, We're going, We're going too!!!:Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce:
We had to sadly cancel our cruise for March 2005. But we transferred to the Dec 17, 2005 cruise. This will also be our first cruise.
There will be my DH and myself, plus DS - 16 and DS - 13.
We booked two catagory 9 cabin's. (Hope to invite family members to join us).
Also have 1st dinner seating (may change to late, but will decide that later).
Kathy

goofyshell

08-29-2004, 12:50 AM

Hi AKB! Welcome Aboard! We're on late seating. What seating does everyone else have?

Carol36

08-29-2004, 01:05 AM

We have late dining, also. When we were on the "Wonder" in May, we had late dining and really loved it. Of course, our DC are not babies anymore.

Welcome...goofyshell, djjmitt, dvcmomdeh, and AKB!!!

Carol:wave2:

djjmitt

08-29-2004, 05:47 PM

We have early seating but we also have young children. What is everyone doing after the cruise? Is anyone staying the week after? Any suggestions for elsewhere in Florida? We know that its just so busy in the parks that week.

BTW, we just got back yesterday from a week at the parks and its was great and hot.

David and Jennifer

travellady

08-31-2004, 03:03 PM

Just booked it this morning after much pondering. Had initially booked the Caribbean Princess for week of Xmas 2005 but decided we wanted the Disney Western since our son will be 12 and Disney won't be quite as appealing as he gets older. Also, wasn't sure if Princess would be as much fun for him.

We are headed out on the 3 day Wonder this Dec 16 and no sooner do we get off that ship then we hop on the RCCL Sovereign. Would have done the 4 day but rates were high and my 25 year old single son is joining us on that journey (he didn't think Disney would be as much fun).

We will opt for 1st seating - just had 2nd seating on our Voyager of the Seas this summer and found it was just too late for us - my now 10 year old son opted to stay in the kids club instead as that's when all the activities were happening.

See you all in Dec 2005 and may we all pray for smooth sailing in our lives until that time :-)

TNMomof3

09-03-2004, 11:35 PM

:wave2: Hey, we're on two pages now! :teeth:

We have two connecting cat. 9 staterooms also. We're scheduled for early dining and have requested A,P,L rotation.

We're planning on checking into the Boardwalk Villas when we get back on 12-24. I know the parks are going to be mobbed, but we'll try to get there early and get out before it gets too bad. We're mostly just looking forward to soaking up the atmosphere, and enjoying being together. :D Can't believe I'm using an entire years worth of points for just 4-5 nights. :earseek:

Looking forward to doing some cruise planning and dreaming with you guys. :D

Richfield Autopia

09-11-2004, 11:21 AM

We'll be on the December 17 2005 Disney Magic cruise too.

3rd cruise on the Disney Magic. The other two were spring 2002 (Eastern) and spring 2004 (Western). Looking forward to the Christmas decor on the ship and in the ports.

Family of 4. Daughters will be 14 and 16. Late seating.

I'm amazed how large this thread already is, considering that there are still 461 days until sailing.

goofyshell

09-12-2004, 12:21 AM

Hey everyone! Just checking in to say this is too long to wait!!!
I was sure I would find others here who feel my pain, so how do you keep yourselves from going nuts?
Also, anyone know anything about the stingray excursion on Grand Cayman? I keep reading on the boards that it is awesome and I also read that Capt.Marvins is awesome. Does Disney use Capt.Marvins? I think we will definately do this one. Just wondered what anyone else knew about it.
Michelle

travellady

09-12-2004, 01:48 AM

I've figured out only one way to handle the long wait - several cruises prior to this one and one of them the 3 day Wonder. This fix can get costly but what can I say - there's nothing like a cruise to forget your cares.

I just got the list of possible excursions today from my TA and though I glanced at them, decided I wasn't going to make any decisions for awhile. I was hoping there would be a scuba dive for people who don't have a certification - my son will have just turned 12 prior to this cruise and would love that. Maybe I'll do some checking around to see what I can find. I know I want to get in some beach time, and plenty of it. I live in Washington State and need several sun fixes during the winter months as it's cloudy and grey here most of the winter. Not to mention very short days with sunrise (when it is sunny) not until after 8am or so and then it sets by 4.

princessmomma

09-13-2004, 02:29 PM

Hi all,

We are on the Magic as well. We are also a family of 4 with a 8 year old son and a 6 year old daughter. We have the early seating.

We will definitely be doing Captain Marvin's stingray excusion. I wonder if it fills up quickly? I think it is quite a bit cheaper than the ship's excursion and better (less people).

We just booked and already our category is up another $100 from what we paid. I wonder how much they will be selling for next year?

Colleen

lbgraves

10-01-2004, 09:38 PM

Hello everyone!!! I just booked a SPH on this cruise. That actually made up my mind for us as far as when we are cruising in 2005. LOL! We have early seating too. This definantly works best for us with the kids. This time will work well with the kids not missing much in school before the holiday and the stateroom speaks for itself! :) There will be myself & DH, DS (7 when we cruise) & DD (5 when we cruise). Right now we are focused on our 12/4/04 Western which will help alot with our planning for this cruise. I can't add it to my sig yet because DH doesn't know about it. :eek: I mentioned that the SPH was available when checking out cruise prices that we might book when onboard for 2005 and found it. :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: What is the difference if I reserve it now or get a regular cat 10 in 2 months, right? :) Looking forward to getting to know everyone over the next year plus!

travellady

10-01-2004, 09:53 PM

lbgraves - wow, you were lucky to get an sph. When I booked a couple of weeks ago and asked for one, there weren't any available. Must have been good timing.

lbgraves

10-01-2004, 11:57 PM

It has actually been a very difficult few months so this gives me something to smile about. :)

Colleen, where in NC are you? We are on the coast in New Bern.

AKB

10-03-2004, 12:36 AM

:wave2: Hi everyone! More and more are joining this cruise - that is great. It seems so far away though. However it is getting closer and closer.
lbgraves - congratulations on getting a SPR. We gave up a SPR on our original cruise that we had to cancel and transfer to this date. But we compromised with adjoining cat 9's to give us more room and still get portholes. Went from 1 room to 2. We are wait listed for connecting Cat 9's.
We are still debating the early vs late dining. I would like late, but there are activities in the teen navigator that my two DS's are interested in at 8:15 (The teen time to work out in the fitness area). So as the time gets closer I'm sure things may change in the navigators (?) who knows. I've heard it is easier to change from early to late so we hopefully will be able to change to late if that is what we decide.
Kathy :sunny:

lbgraves

10-03-2004, 10:34 PM

LOL! Kathy, the CM at the resie table would probably give you a great big hug if you told her that you wanted to switch from early to late seating. They have so many more people wanting to switch TO early.

princessmomma

10-03-2004, 10:42 PM

Wow, SPH, good job.

Lisa, we are in the foothills of NC, in Hickory. This will be our second Disney cruise, we did a 4 nighter in 2001.

lbgraves

10-04-2004, 02:34 PM

Goodness! Are you guys OK out there after all the storms have passed thru. The stories coming out of the western part of the state have been terrible. :( We have been so lucky this year. So far we have only had rain from Ivan after it split up in VA & headed back down to the gulf.

princessmomma

10-07-2004, 08:57 AM

Hi Lisa,

We were fine during the storms. Further up in the mountains, especially Asheville, had a lot of flooding and washed out roads. We had a few heavy downpours but it didn't accumulate to much.

There is a great thread on CC on the boards. I am going to post it here so we have it next December.

Colleen

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=655880

goofyshell

11-05-2004, 02:42 AM

Hi everyone! I thought I would bump our thread up from the last page!
I saw there were a couple of others with daughters around my dd age (6 when we cruise). Anyone have boys around 11 and 12?
I am also keeping my eyes open for need disney decorations I can buy now and take to use in our stateroom! It's almost down to one year!

goofyfamily41

11-05-2004, 06:36 PM

Hello, Hello,

We are going cruisin. Our Family of four will be on the December 17, 2005 Western for our second Disney cruise. (first was Eastern) Mom and Dad, DD 17, DS 9 are pyched for a great time.

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

goofyfamily41

Carol36

11-06-2004, 12:29 AM

I have 4 DC, with one of those being a 12 year old boy when we cruise! I cannot believe how time has flown already!
This group is growing!!!

Carol:wave2:

lbgraves

11-16-2004, 04:25 PM

Hello everyone! Just wanted to jump in to see what was happening with the group. I haven't seen mention of a website in previous post. Once we get back from our 12/4 I would be happy to update the website that I used for that group with information from the 12/17/05 group. The kids love to see pictures of the friends that they will be seeing on the ship and it helps me to learn names with faces.

princessmomma

11-19-2004, 08:29 AM

A website for our cruise with pictures. What a great idea. We went on a Mariner cruise and I chatted with a lot of other cruisers for months before and when we got on the ship we had a absolutely wonderful time. So did the kids. In fact, next month we are going on the Splendour with one of the families we met on the Mariner.

This will be great. Just tell us where and when.

Colleen

lbgraves

11-20-2004, 11:32 PM

It actually helped us to meet a family over the summer for our upcoming cruise. After I entered their info I sent them the site & he emailed back immediately after seeing where we live. It turns out that they have vacationed 40 minutes from here every summer for the past 16 years! :eek: Their next trip was 2 weeks away so we made plans to spend the afternoon together & the kids had a blast. Now both of our 4 yo DDs are excited about going to the club with their new friend. :) Things will probably be crazy here after we return 12/13 but by Christmas I should be able to have time to wipe out that data to switch it over to this cruise. It is nice to already have another one lined up this time. Maybe it will make leaving the ship easier?

AKB

11-27-2004, 10:35 PM

Hi Everyone,
Hope everyone had a Happy Thankgiving! We did. I am enjoying the time off work. Also fought the crowds and did some Christmas shopping on Friday.
Has anyone thought about doing the MVMCP before the cruise next year? This year the last party is offered Friday night Dec 17 - if next year's schedule is the same this will be the Fri night before our cruise. We have never been to WDW and won't have much time before or after the cruise to do much. Original plans were to fly in Friday and drive on to the coast, but after reading about the MVMCP thought this might also be an option.
It's getting closer to our turn to cruise each day!
Kathy :flower1:

cantsitstill

11-28-2004, 10:49 AM

Hey all! We just booked the Dec 17th Western sailing of the Magic while on the Magic the week before Thanksgiving. It will be myself, my DH, my 2 boys - 13 and 11 (at the time of sailing), my Mom and Dad, sister and her boyfriend, other sister and her husband, AND 2 aunts with 2 uncles........(big deep breath.......) WHEW!!! ... And anyone else we can convince to come along! We were originally booked for the land/sea, but after spending 7 glorious days, we were convinced that 4 days will just NOT do it! So, the research has begun on Western ports and excursions - any input here would be GREATLY appreciated! Looking forward to chatting with all of you and spending this lllllooooonnnnnngggggg wait here on the dis! :wave:

princessmomma

11-28-2004, 01:52 PM

Welcome cantsitstill,

How was your cruise? Did you get a good deal booking onboard? What category did you book?

We booked category 9 a few months ago and they really seem to be disappearing quickly, many people have booked in the last month. I assume in the new year there won't be many cabins left.

We are going to get together a web site for this cruise so we can get to know each other. Should be fun! :cool1:

cantsitstill

11-28-2004, 06:54 PM

Thanks princessmomma and YES our cruise was absolutely wonderful. The seas were pretty rough compared to our July 2003 cruise, but with Bonine, I had no problem. We booked 2 cat. 11's (cheaper than a cat. 7) and got a 10% discount and $200 per stateroom credit. Everyone in our party got cat. 11's except for my one sister (they got a cat. 9), so we're all on deck 6 forward - sis and DH are on deck 5 forward. Looking forward to the meet website! We did that one this past cruise and it was great to have all the pics and then pick everyone out so easily in the terminal.......

princessmomma

12-01-2004, 02:28 PM

Wow!

The prices for this cruise just jumped $300 +.

I knew that they would start climbing around Thanksgiving and Christmas.

coriedorie

12-01-2004, 04:59 PM

Hello everyone. :wave: I am cantsitstills Mom and was glad to hear that she found this thread. Our pre-Thanksgiving cruise was the first for me and DH. We had such a wonderful time....are definitely hooked!!! I saw mentioned about posting pictures of us all and think that is a wonderful idea. We did that on our last cruise, and really helped to find people on the ship, since we slept through our DisMeet :blush: In our defense, we had taken a redeye out of LA, and just couldn't stay on our feet any longer...!! I only meant to rest my eyes a few minutes! Looking forward to spending time here over this next year sharing ideas and getting information... :D

Corie

princessmomma

12-02-2004, 07:30 PM

Welcome Corie,

Glad you took the time to check us out. I love talking to fellow cruisers beforehand. I enjoy meeting new people and have had good luck with meeting great people from these boards. :Pinkbounc

I remember our last cruise, we met some really wonderful people online and had a great time on the ship. Unfortunately, our table mates that we were assigned to were just awful. :rolleyes: Just couldn't get a conversion going at all. They wouldn't even let our two children sit beside their two children so they could enjoy each other's company. Just can't allow fun to be had! Good grief! :space:

Anyway, glad to have you aboard and it will be good to meet you and your family. :wave:

Colleen

goofyshell

12-12-2004, 01:43 AM

Hi everyone! :wave:

Kathy- I actually had thought about doing MVMCP the night before the cruise. I've been trying to talk my husband into doing MK the day on Friday and was hoping they would do MVMCP that night. What does it cost? I watched the travel channel special on Disney Christmas last night and I sooo want to go.

lbgraves

12-12-2004, 09:42 PM

Hello everyone!!! Just got home from the 12/4/04 cruise & am already excited about going on this one. I can set up the thread in my bookmarks now too since I told DH about our booking. LOL!! Daniel was great about adjusting our reservation on the ship last week & now I will be shopping for a great TA deal. Our tablemates & now good friends from the board booked for this week too & we are already linked for dinner. The kids had an amazing time together.

As for the Western last week, the ship was great. The ports need some work. By next year it should be much better. GC was of course working on repairing itself from the hurricanes. Cozumel is doing ALOT of road construction along the main road by the water. The lane by the water was blocked off & being dug up for over 10 blocks so we had to make our way along the sidewalk in front of the stores. It was very narrow, had many venders calling you into the stores, and was also being torn up in spots. Not at all easy to get along with a stroller so we were glad that DS had stayed on the ship in the club & we only had DD in the umbrella one. It was nice to stay in Key West later than they had been, though I missed the sunset party while taking the kids to see the characters for pictures.

I will start changing the website during the week inbetween loads of laundry & trying to get things finished up for Christmas this year. I am really excited about being on the ship again for the holidays!!!

We didn't do the MVMCP this time since I knew that we would be on this sailing next year. Since DH's bday is 12/25 I would like us to go to MK that day & see all of the parades & fireworks then. The tickets were 38 for adults & 28 for kids I think...or close to that. IDK if we will keep to this though since I will do some research about the parks that week. I really want to limit the number of days that the kids are out of school though. They will be in Kindergarten & first grade but chose this cruise because they would already be out of school a couple days this week.

Honestly, knowing that we already had a cruise booked did make it easier to get off the ship Saturday morning. I have lots of pictures of the decorations that turned out much better than last year's with our new camera & will post some soon.

princessmomma

12-14-2004, 09:05 AM

Lisa,

Sounds like you had a great time. Did you just meet your tablemates on this cruise? How old are their children? That is great when you can hit it off with another family.

Thanks for getting everything in line for our group. It will be greatly appreciated by everyone!

Colleen

lbgraves

12-14-2004, 02:46 PM

Colleen, we met the family on the DIS thread for the cruise. They sent me their info & picture and when I added it to the website & sent them the link I got a big surprise. They live in OH but vacation here in NC about 40 minutes away from us. They have done that for the last 10 years plus. Their trip was two weeks later so I drove down with the kids & they played together all afternoon. It was nice for them to already know someone on the ship & it was probably the only way either of our DDs agreed to go to the club at all.

lbgraves

12-14-2004, 04:51 PM

xxxxx

Nemo Mom

12-22-2004, 03:15 PM

This is so cool! I have been doing a year's worth of lurking on the DIS. We are also on the Dec 17 sailing. There are 30 of us booked so far. 8 rooms total. Kids ages are at time of sailing (I think) (2) 8 yo girls, (2) 8 yo boys, (1) 5 yo boy, (1) 5 yo girl, (1) 6 yo girl (1) 4 yo girl, (3) 3 yo boys, (2) 14 yo girls, and (1) 18 yo boy. We are all so excited. Some have cruised before and some haven't. We all have early seating. The website is a great idea. Can't wait to see it!

AKB

12-22-2004, 11:30 PM

Nemo Mom: Welcome to the Diz Board and to the Dec 17 cruise. How exciting to be cruising with 30 others.

lbgraves Thanks for providing a official web site for the Dec 17 cruise. I'm glad you had a great cruise. I've been admiring some of your pictures on other threads - Great Pictures!

Each day this week I've been telling my family "Today is .... and we would be ...." Well - Today is Wed. and we would be in Cozumel. I can't wait till it's our turn.

Happy Holidays Everyone.
Kathy :sunny:

lbgraves

12-22-2004, 11:35 PM

Guys, I am going to leave it to you whether I put a password lock on the website to view it. I have in the past for privacy concerns since it has more information about our locations & family pictures. That is why I have only sent the link to the people who have sent me their information. LMK if you would like to keep it that way or just have it open.

lbgraves

12-23-2004, 10:04 PM

Oops! I forgot to ask that you save your pictures as web ready before you email them to me. :) I am on dial up & it can take quite a while for them to come thru. I have to change them before putting them on the website anyway. Thanks to everyone who has sent info so far. It is fun seeing the group grow so early.

AKB

12-23-2004, 11:54 PM

:flower1: Just so everyone knows - Today is Thursday and 1 year from now we will be having a fun day at sea! :flower1:

Also read on the live magic thread that the diz group had an ornament exchange. This sounds like it could be a fun thing to do as a group.

Happy Holidays,
Kathy

lbgraves

12-24-2004, 01:56 PM

I agree with that idea!!! We also brought Santa hats with us & took a couple pictures with them, but not like I planned. I wanted to get a picture of us in front of the huge tree dressed up but that didn't happen. If we wanted to get a group shot done in front of Lumiere's in the atrium with Santa hats, that would probably look cute. Get those hats after Christmas when things get marked down! LOL! That's when I buy every thing. :blush:

AKB

12-25-2004, 09:25 AM

I like the santa hat idea also - thanks for the idea - I never would have thought about that.
Merry Christmas,
Kathy

princessmomma

12-29-2004, 10:35 AM

Hope everyone had a nice Christmas. My family and I just got back from our Splendour of the Seas cruise. We had a great time. Now I really want to get on the Magic!

I can't believe how the prices have jumped for this cruise. There must be a lot of people booking while on board this week for next year.

There are only guarantee left in a lot of categories.

Happy New Year!
Colleen

princessmomma

12-29-2004, 10:43 AM

Welcome Nemo Mom,

Yes it will be a great time. So great getting to know people before we sail.

Lisa, I sent you my information and picture for the website. I hope it turns out.

Colleen

fonzy

12-29-2004, 07:54 PM

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Hi, I'm from Oregon and this is my 2nd cruise. Last time we took the Eastern. I will be 14 when we go. Last time I met a famous person and I hope to meet one again. Anybody out there famous?

lbgraves

12-29-2004, 08:48 PM

Ugh! I managed to catch a nasty virus that showed up Christmas Eve afternoon so the past five days haven't exactly been alot of fun for me here, but the kids had a good Christmas. Glad that you had a nice time on your cruise, Colleen. I did get your email tonight but will wait a day or two to add it to the site. I'm still a little fuzzy and don't want to mess it up hitting the wrong button. :)

princessmomma

12-30-2004, 08:58 PM

Lisa,

Sorry you caught that bug. I hope you are feeling better.
Both kids were sick on the Splendour, needed to get antibiotics for one ear infection and one nasal infection. They did remarkably well considering.

The Land and Sea Guy

01-01-2005, 05:48 PM

Just found the thread. We'll be joining you on this cruise. Just off the 10 christmas cruise! Me and my DW and two DDs (7 and 9). Can't stay away. This will be our 5th cruise.

lbgraves

01-01-2005, 07:57 PM

Welcome to the group!!! I have been reading the reports from the 10 day cruise with envy.

momx2

01-03-2005, 12:00 AM

We will be there too!!!! Just booked today for cat. 9. It was through cruisequick.com and it was only guaranteed. This is my first cruise, so I assume it means that we will get a cat.9 cabin.

Goofyshell: We are from BG, KY and we have a (then) DD4 and DD8. I think we just miss your kiddos' ages. Its so weird that 2 of us on this cruise from BG.

I will have a million questions before then, so bear with me.

See you all on the 12/17/05! :wave:

princessmomma

01-03-2005, 12:29 PM

Glad you found us momx2, welcome! :jumping4:

I did email cruisequick and he said he couldn't better the price for us. Our rate has gone up $400 since we booked, (which was actually in August, I can't believe I booked this last August, seems like yesterday!) now I know why he couldn't match it, the cabins are selling like wildfire.

Well there will be lots of planning to do. This will be our 6th cruise. Second on Disney.

Just can't wait for that sail away party :cheer2: and meeting new friends! :grouphug:

Colleen

Snow Birds

01-03-2005, 02:22 PM

any1 goin?:crazy: :jester:
We booked for 12/17/05 just last month. The best part is we are set to sail on 1/15/05!!! Can't wait!
We have 2 sons, will be 8 & 5 at that time, we will try to keep them in the dark for 12/05 cruise, wake them up and head to the airport!

The Land and Sea Guy

01-03-2005, 06:22 PM

lbgraves - wow, you were lucky to get an sph. When I booked a couple of weeks ago and asked for one, there weren't any available. Must have been good timing.

What is sph?

princessmomma

01-03-2005, 06:41 PM

Land and Sea,

These are secret porthole rooms, oceanview rooms (cat 9)at a inside price (cat 10):

One of the best-kept secrets on the Disney Wonder are the "secret porthole" rooms. These six rooms on Deck 5 are sold as Category 10 inside staterooms, but they have obstructed view portholes. Thus, you get sunlight and little view for "free." These rooms can be specifically requested, but book them as far in advance as possible because they go quickly. They are #5520, #5522, #5524, #5020, #5022, #5024 ( 5522 & 5524 and 5022 & 5024 are adjoiners).

princessmomma

01-03-2005, 06:43 PM

Welcome Snowbirds,

Wow, two cruises in the same year, lucky kids, lucky you.

Why the name Snowbirds??

We have an 8 year old boy and 6 year old girl.

Colleen

The Land and Sea Guy

01-03-2005, 06:58 PM

Thats right. I read about these rooms before on here. Just forgot and couldn't figure out what that stood for. :rolleyes: I'm sure they are all gone. But it is possible to get one if you contact inventory control and get on a waiting list. Were doing a cat. 4. It was the best avalible when I booked this through Dreams Unlimited. Booked on 12/31/04 and got the $200 credit before it expired. The price quoted on the Disney Magic with the 10% savings was more than D.U.. I got several quotes while on board and it seems its starting to get a little pricey. This will be our 5th Disney cruise.

lbgraves

01-03-2005, 08:34 PM

The SPH rooms are actually the same size as the category 8s that are on the rest of deck 5 forward. :) I peeked in the one we will be in when it was being cleaned on our last cruise & was very happy with it.

lbgraves

01-03-2005, 08:57 PM

I just checked the fare tonight & it has gone up another 300!!! That's 600 for a category 10 since 10/2/04!!! WOW! I am waiting to find out how much we will save by transfering the resi to a TA. Hopefully that will all be completed this week then I wont have to worry about anything else for it. :)

Welcome to everyone new! This is quite a growing group. Sounds like there will be alot of young DIS kids on the ship too.

Snow Birds

01-03-2005, 09:00 PM

Welcome Snowbirds,

Wow, two cruises in the same year, lucky kids, lucky you.

Why the name Snowbirds??

We have an 8 year old boy and 6 year old girl.

Colleen
Thanks for the welcome princessmomma.We are glad we learned of
this site.What a great idea,especially for the kids to meet others their age.
Our boys don't know about our christmas cruise yet,as a matter of fact they
think they're comeing home on 1/22/05 after we get off the ship but,we
booked a few days at port orleans french quarter. I can't believe we managed
to keep the secret for over a year!
You asked why snow birds, it was spur of the moment, so we just "winged" it!
But seriously up here in the NE if you looked out he window, you'd understand why we thought snow birds.

The Land and Sea Guy

01-03-2005, 09:10 PM

This cruise date works out perfect for our kids school schedules! This year we would have had to take them out a whole week if we did the cruise the week before christmas.

I see some are thinking of doing the MVMCP prior to the cruise. Were in for that! The last one of the year usualy sells out, so buy tickets early. :smooth:

lbgraves

01-03-2005, 09:43 PM

We are planning to go to MK on Christmas Day so that we don't have to buy the extra tickets. Is that insane? DH's birthday is 12/25 so I would like to have him celebrate in a special way this year. It also looks like they do the parades & fireworks a couple times each day the week after Christmas. Would that be much better crowdwise?

princessmomma

01-03-2005, 09:51 PM

We are planning to go to MK on Christmas Day so that we don't have to buy the extra tickets.

Lisa,

Do you already have AP's? What do you mean by extra ticket?

We are thinking about doing MVMCP too! We did it one year. It was great because even though it states the party begins at 7 p.m. (I think) we actually were let in at 4:00 p.m. You only need the special ticket to get into MK. We don't have AP's. Should be a nice way to kick off the vacation.

Colleen

princessmomma

01-03-2005, 09:56 PM

You asked why snow birds, it was spur of the moment, so we just "winged" it!
.

Cute! The reason why I asked was to find out if you were a snowbird to escapes to Florida for the winter. I know quite a few from my hometown in Canada that did this.

Oh, Lisa, forgot to mention that we are originally from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Basically, it is a prairie province north of Montana and North Dakota. Really nowhere near Nova Scotia. But you are right, it is beautiful up in the maritime provinces.

lbgraves

01-03-2005, 10:07 PM

Colleen, I am talking about the tickets you need to buy to get into the park after 6 pm. That would have cost us another 150 this past trip so we opted to skip it. We definitely are NOT APs. We usually get a one day pass for MK when we go before the cruise but are thinking of driving down on Thursday & Friday so we wouldn't miss anymore school for the kids so we would miss that Thursday at MK.

AKB

01-03-2005, 10:37 PM

:wave: Hi all.
Welcome to all the new cruisers! Glad this cruise is growing.
Was checking the DCL site tonight and there are no longer any cat 9's available. How am I suppose to tell how much my cat 9 has gone up? I guess I will add ~ half the difference from a cat 10 & 8. Will this work? Hopefully this means some of the cat 9's might be upgraded (wishful thinking). However I am very happy with our cat 9. Cat 12 would be ok as long as I was on the Magic! :sunny:
Kathy

princessmomma

01-04-2005, 12:20 PM

Oh My, AKB, you are right! I just checked Travelocity and they only offer cat. 5,6 and 8. No more 9-12!!

You are right, how are we suppose to check? :rolleyes:

Anyway, glad we have a cabin on the ship!

momx2, I bet you are glad you didn't drag your feet booking this one. But you got your cat. 9, (or above with your guarantee!).

lbgraves

01-04-2005, 12:54 PM

Cool! How exciting for the cruise to be selling out so soon! There will be rooms opening up a few months out from 12/17 as people cancel. There were 9 & 10s on DCL's site just last night!

momx2

01-04-2005, 01:22 PM

Yes, Princessmomma, very glad we booked when we did. I think that's what pushed me to do it on 1/2/05. Disney had no Cat. 9 that day and Cruisequick.com was down to guarantees only, so I did it! (I'm quietley hoping for that suprise upgrade) But will be glad with a cat. 9, after all, that is what I'm paying for. We are so excited! I actually cancelled our previously planned trip to WDW for April, just couldn't afford both. And we were there 3 times in 2004. I just couldn't get excited about that trip since we booked this one.

We're thinking of taking the kids out of school 1 or 2 days early and going to MVMCP if they have it on Friday, December 16th. That is my oldest DDs birthday and I thought that would be a treat for her (and me! :blush: ). Well, better get back to work. Renae

lbgraves

01-04-2005, 07:05 PM

princessmomma

01-04-2005, 07:31 PM

I just checked & there is only a category 5 available with 2 kids. I checked for 2 adults only & there are 5, 6, & 7. WOW! DH wants to know what is going on with this cruise that it is selling out. LOL!

That is amazing isn't it! But if you compare it to the next week or Easter week, it is about half the cost. Most of us will only have to take our kids out of school for a few days.

I bet a lot of people from the 10 day 2004 cruise booked again for this cruise or 2005 Christmas cruise.

They do say that this is the heaviest booking time for hot weather vacations and cruises.

Glad we all have ours booked!

Colleen

momx2

01-05-2005, 07:12 PM

Hey, what are we doing way over on page 2! Gotta get excited people! Only 11 1/2 months left! :earboy2:

The Land and Sea Guy

01-05-2005, 09:47 PM

momx2,
I agree! We were on the 10 day cruise meet thread and it had over 24,000 post prior to sailing. We should get a list of all that have posted. In regards to the MVMCP prior to the sailing, one idea is to hit the gift shop after riding pirates of the carribean and getting pirate novelties to wear on pirate night. Our kids loved getting dressed up as little pirates ARRG.

lbgraves

01-05-2005, 10:16 PM

lbgraves

01-05-2005, 10:18 PM

The Land and Sea Guy

01-05-2005, 10:24 PM

L&SGuy, those guys from the 10 day are great! Several of them are regulars in chat & I am talking to them about some of the activities that you guys did for this cruise. A couple pages back I have my email with the info that I am posting on our cruise website.

As we get more people on this thread, maybe we can incorporate some of the activies we did on the 10 day? And come up with some of our own! :smooth: I'll email you my information for the web site.

Cary

The Land and Sea Guy

01-05-2005, 10:29 PM

BTW, if you wait until Halloween, you will be able to get some great deals on pirate costume stuff at a discount. :) Check out Target on Friday morning for the Santa hats. They will be going down to 90%. :)

Thats a very good idea! I heard there is a great pirate store in Key West. Seaulater from the 10 day raided it along with making her own costumes! When back onboard the ship she mentioned it to me and I was so jealous. Next time I'll check it out. Can't remember the name of the store, but, I'll try to find out from her.

princessmomma

01-05-2005, 10:39 PM

Great ideas!

Lisa,
Could you post here when you get new additions to our web page?

Cary,

Were there a lot of cruisers dressed up for Pirate night? How fun was that? What activities were there?

Colleen

The Land and Sea Guy

01-05-2005, 10:52 PM

Cary,

Were there a lot of cruisers dressed up for Pirate night? How fun was that? What activities were there?

Colleen[/QUOTE]

About 10 to 15% dressed up. Mostly informed DISers :earboy2: There were some elaborate pirate: 's at dinner and deck party. At dinner they gave out bandannas and souveniers menus. At the deck party, fantastic show with several surprises. I won't spoil it. But, the fire works were great! When we pulled into St Lucia, the best part was when a real pirate ship (the one from pirates of the carribean) pulled up port side and fired on us. My DD(7) could not understand why they were "shooting bombs and waving at us at the same time" LOL

lbgraves

01-05-2005, 11:18 PM

Nemo Mom

01-06-2005, 08:42 AM

OK, this is sooo typical of my Disney planning. We were all set to do a cat. 12. I kept telling myself we could do it. Next thing you know, we upgraded to a cat. 5. Of course there were lots of reasons. We "need" the space. We will use the verandah. Bottom line is, I do this with every trip. We start out with a limited amount of days, and by the end of the planning, I have added at least one but usually two more days. I think its just a sickness. Right now we are booked at Ron Jon's the night before. All the talk of MVMCP has me thinking of Disney :love: so we'll see how long the Ron Jon's stay lasts.

momx2

01-06-2005, 09:34 AM

Fireworks! I didn't know about those. Are they on every 7 night cruise? How cool! :cool1: I don't know how dressed up (like a pirate) I'll be, but it sounds like a great party. I'm sooooo excited! I really, really hope they do MVMCP on Friday before. I really want to do that. I also really want to stay at the Grand Floridian that Friday night. I can't afford it when we go for a week or longer, but at Christmas it is so beautiful. We were at WDW 2 Decembers ago and loved the Grand Floridian. The 2 story gingerbread house and everything else. We were staying at the Wilderness Lodge and like it at the GF better (no flames please, JMHO!)

Anyway, I am already obessed with this trip. I'm already planning like crazy: Should we bring water or not; should we do excursions or not; should we bring some beer on or not; will my DD (8) get mad when I don't let her sign herself out(I just read that last night on another thread about 8 year olds signing theirselves out. I didn't respond, but there is noway my 8 year old gets to do that). Questions, questions, questions! Planning is more than half the fun! Renae

The Land and Sea Guy

01-06-2005, 01:59 PM

"Planning is more than half the fun! Renae"

Isn't that the truth! :jumping4:

The Land and Sea Gal

01-06-2005, 02:13 PM

Hi, I'm the other half of the land and sea guy. Just wanted to introduce myself.

Susan

The Land and Sea Gal

01-06-2005, 02:23 PM

It was about the same on our 12/4 cruise...the 2nd with the fireworks in the show. :) I had already bought our Mickey tropical outfits so we wore those and the kids wore some black felt pirate hats that we had in their dress up box. Our friends let DS use an extra eye patch they had & he had fun with that. Of course, no matter what you decide to wear that night, you need to get the kids the glow bracelets! We just had the sticks last year but I picked up a couple packs of the bracelets in the dolllar store for this past cruise. The kids loved them & it was MUCH cheaper than buying what the ship was selling at the party. :)

The glow bracelets sound like alot of fun. On the 10 day Linda aka seaulater ordered flashing pirate pins. Our girls had so much fun with those. There is a picture of them on the 10 day thread-- I don't know what page it's on there's only like :earseek: :earseek: 24+ thousand posts :earseek: LOL

princessmomma

01-06-2005, 03:49 PM

The glow bracelets sound like alot of fun. On the 10 day Linda aka seaulater ordered flashing pirate pins. Our girls had so much fun with those. There is a picture of them on the 10 day thread-- I don't know what page it's on there's only like :earseek: :earseek: 24+ thousand posts :earseek: LOL

Welcome Sea Gal,

Wow, that sounds great too! You are all right! Plan, plan, plan, perhaps I will PM seaulater and ask her where she ordered the pins instead of sifting through 24000 posts.

This group is really growing! Do we need a group name??? :grouphug:

What about Dis group t-shirts???

Colleen

Renae, Keep planning girl...........only 300+ days left!!!! :jumping4:

momx2

01-06-2005, 07:12 PM

Hello, Susan. Great to have you aboard!

Name, T-shirts, whatever! I'm in for it. :thewave:

The Land and Sea Guy

01-06-2005, 07:34 PM

Here we go...

ram2007
TNMomof3
Carol36
pittcrew
tiggers my favorate
Wonder091204Reads
goofyshell
djjmitt
AKB
travellady
Richfield Autopia
princessmomma
lbgraves
goofyfamily41
cantsitstill & coriedorie
Nemo Mom
fonzy
The Land and Sea Guy & The Land and Sea Gal
momx2
Snow Birds

Let me know if I missed someone.
Should we put other info on here? cabin #s, dinner seating time ....

Colleen, group name - Here's some: the cruisemice or magicmice ???

lbgraves

01-06-2005, 08:54 PM

All of that info is on the website in table format. As more people send in their info I will put them in order by deck.

lbgraves

01-08-2005, 06:37 PM

The website has been updated this weekend. So far I have information from the following DISers:

lbgraves
jhalkias
Goofshell
AKB
princessmomma
NemoMom
LandAndSeaGuy & Gal

lbgraves

01-08-2005, 09:28 PM

Cary, I am trying to send you a reply to your email with the site link & password but it keeps coming back as a system failure. You may need to add me to your address book to let your system accept my emails?

momx2

01-08-2005, 10:37 PM

Lisa, what website are you talking about? How do I access it to send our information?

princessmomma

01-09-2005, 09:51 AM

Renae and everyone else,

If you are interested in our cruise website, send a picture (if you want) and the following information to Lisa and she will send you a link to the website.

This is from one of Lisa's earlier messages:

OK everyone! The Official Website for the December 17, 2005 Magic Western cruise is now ready!!! Please email me at mandlgraves@earthlink.net with the following information and a picture of your family or whoever you are sailing with in a web ready format. I will add it to the site and send you the link with the password. I have also included two pages of pictures of the Magic, the terminal, and Castaway Cay decorated for the Holidays from our 12/4/04 cruise.

DIS ID:
Family: names & ages (at least of the kids at time of cruise)
Any special occasion that you will be celebrating on the cruise.
Number of Disney cruises you have taken.
Stateroom:
Dining:
Home:
Email:

lbgraves

01-09-2005, 08:22 PM

LOL! Colleen, you are faster than me. :) I just went to copy it & see that you beat me to it.

The Land and Sea Guy

01-10-2005, 08:25 PM

Just checking in. Hope everyone is doing well and that more people join our :grouphug: .

Cary

momx2

01-10-2005, 08:29 PM

Thanks for the link. I just sent Lisa our info. minus a picture. I'm not that computer savy yet. Maybe one day. Thanks for getting all this information together. Renae

momx2

01-12-2005, 07:39 PM

The Land and Sea Guy

01-12-2005, 09:08 PM

Guess what. I looked this morning at my Disney Visa account and saw where they had $50 on board credit if you pay for your cruise with your disney visa. I had put my deposit on that and plan putting it all on there (I pay my balance every month). I emailed Cruisequick and they checked and said as long as I put my final payment on it, I get the $50. Not alot, but hey, nothing to sneeze at. Maybe you guys should check to see if you can get this if you have a disney visa.

Thats great! Don't have a disney visa but, I'm up for any savings I can get or an on board credit. Once I had a $200 on board credit and while onboard they gave me an additional $50 on board credit! :cloud9:

ckb_nc

01-13-2005, 12:22 AM

We are in

DH, DW tow DDS (9 and 7), and DS (2)

And my parents (is DGG and DGM??)

:earboy2:

2003 WL Concierge
2002 Off site
2001 Poly concierge
2000 Contemporay

90 Offsite

80 Contemporary
78,79,77 Offsite

The Land and Sea Guy

01-13-2005, 09:54 AM

[QUOTE=ckb_nc]We are in

DH, DW tow DDS (9 and 7), and DS (2)

And my parents (is DGG and DGM??)

:earboy2:

Welcome to the Thread! I think this is going to be a great cruise! Be sure to read post #53.

Cary

princessmomma

01-13-2005, 02:32 PM

OK, ckb nc,

You need to give us more information than that!! :flower1:

What are your names, when did you book, what do your kids like to do, etc...

We are just a curious bunch! :grouphug:

We are going to plan some great group activities, so get ready to have a unbelievably great time!! :cool1:

Colleen

coinkc

01-13-2005, 11:46 PM

Hi Everyone! I *think* we will be on this cruise too!!!!!

It will be my then 9 year old daughter and myself. We are just waiting for next years school schedule to come out to confirm, but things are looking good. This will be our first cruise and we are soooooo excited!!!

Looking forward to "meeting" others that we will be sailing with.
colleen

ckb_nc

01-14-2005, 02:02 AM

Ok

Me (Chris), the wife (Ginny)

The kids
Anna - will be 9 and the princess _ Loves all things Disney, keeps pestering me to head back to WDW - loves to swim
Ruth will be 7 and one tough cookie- Huge Peter Pan fan; Have an awesome picture of her with Peter from WDW and the Family Magic tour
Huck - 2 likes to eat

The parents
Larry and Ann - huge cruisers, this is kind of a makeup cruise from December 2003 when Huck's impemending arrival squashed a 40 anniversary cruise. I think a cruise is my dad's favorite vacation by far. Enough variety, good food, and plaenty to do or not to do. they have cruised hawaii, Europe and all over the Caribbean and Mexico.

What do we like to do - Huge movie family, the idea of free movies ever day will freak out my daughters; we think we may never actually see them once they get a whiff of the kids club on board;

big beach people ( me especially). I love to snorkel and can't wait to try out Cozumel and the Caymans.

My wife loves just being with her family and will enjoy the shows.

The younger set loves Disney. 2004 is the first year we have not been in 3 years. I had solo trips to both WDW and Disneyland (work related) as well. So 04 was full of disney withdrawal. I am asked weekly when we are going to WDW.

Once Huck turns 3, look out. [I am staring at my toy monorail and the Contemporary as I type to give you some reference].

My parents actually booked it last week through local travel agent; they are paying for it :jumping4:

Sent my pictures and data along last night but have yet to hear a reply. Sounds like a very busy, fun time ahead.

Anyone else planning to hang around after the cruise for Christmas Eve and Christmas but not head to WDW?

lbgraves

01-14-2005, 08:21 AM

I didn't get on the computer last night but am currently waiting for what must be your picture to download. It is a HUGE file, not web ready so it will probably not complete downloading until I can get back on here after I get back from PS with DD. I'm on dialup so it takes a while for those big ones. We still aren't sure if we are going to the inlaws this weekend so it could be Monday before I get the info on the site.

Welcome to the group!

The Land and Sea Guy

01-14-2005, 05:52 PM

lisa,

I'm working on sending you a picture of my family.

Good to see more people join! Yea :Pinkbounc

Cary

princessmomma

01-15-2005, 08:59 AM

Welcome Chris,
Wow, thanks for the report on the family. Sounds like you are a fun group. My daughter Lauren will be 6 and is always looking for playmates!! She is my social butterfly.

Welcome Colleen,

I hope your school schedule works out! We have to take the kids out of school for 2 days (the Monday and Tuesday) to take this cruise, but the price was so great, it didn't take my consideration.

From another Colleen!

momx2

01-15-2005, 09:40 AM

Welcome Chris and Colleen!

I was luck about school. Here our last day is Friday, Dec. 16th. But will probably take DD (8) for 1 or 2 days to spend her Birthday on the 16th at WDW. Can't wait!!!!

Chris looks like one of my DDs (8) will be in the club with one of your DD(9). I can't tell you all how excited I am to be going. I haven't been this excited over something in along time. :rockband:

princessmomma

01-15-2005, 04:21 PM

Check out this thread..

http://community.webshots.com/photo/70830733/70830733GubfrW

Basically, it says that the dining rotation we want is APLAPLA, so we have formal nights in Lumieres.

I am going to email my TA and have that rotation requested.

Has anyone else already done this??

Colleen

coinkc

01-15-2005, 04:57 PM

Thanks for the welcoming! I am getting so excited!

As far as school, I am hoping our last day will be Dec. 16. Then we can fly down that night or afternoon if i can swing it. Unfortunately missing school is not an option as I am a teacher and we are not allowed to take the day off before a holiday. :(

I have an 8 year old daughter too who will be in the kids club! (She'll be 9 when we cruise).

The Land and Sea Guy

01-16-2005, 08:55 PM

This thread was on page 2 working its way to page 3. Can't have that. Colleen, we have apl rotation also.

Cary

momx2

01-17-2005, 12:13 AM

How do I find out rotation I will have? I thought that was something you found out after checking in on cruise day. I'd love to know. But I'm not paid in full yet, does that make a difference?

princessmomma

01-17-2005, 12:22 PM

Renae,

You don't find out your rotation until you board, but you can request your TA to put in on your reservation. You booked through cruisequick correct? Just email them and ask them to put it on your reservation and hope for the best!

Maybe if we linked some of our reservations we may have a better chance, at least we will all have the same rotation. What does everyone else think?

Colleen

momx2

01-17-2005, 12:43 PM

Colleen,
That sounds great to link, but I have the late seating. What about everyone else? Early or Late?

princessmomma

01-17-2005, 01:09 PM

Do you prefer the late seating? Or was that all that was left? The majority of us have the early seating. If you have the late seating you can always waitlist for the early. You can call you TA again and request that. Normally, there are a great number of cancellations before final payment so you may get in.

Your chances may be even better if you are linked with those of us who are in the early seating. Not sure, but worth a try! :D

Colleen

Campcoach

01-17-2005, 01:45 PM

Hi everyone. We will be joining you in December.
For quick reference, I am Fonzy's mom. I know she posted at some point.
Anyone with first seating in our rotation will probably be able to spot us right away. We are traveling with a group of 15 people!
Anyone else from Oregon cruising?
Campcoach (Marie)

lbgraves

01-17-2005, 04:06 PM

OK, I have received a couple emails while I was gone this weekend. If anyone has an email address starting with Dacribb it was blocked due to a virus being attached to it so I don't have that. I did receive coinkc's info and will be posting that along with the two others I got last week tonight after putting the kids to bed, and making dinner, and trying to tackle the laundry. :(

princessmomma

01-17-2005, 06:16 PM

Welcome Marie,

Glad to have your group aboard! Should be fun planning, stop by often and post, it will be great getting to know everyone before hand!

Colleen

lbgraves

01-17-2005, 06:25 PM

Well, there are now cat 10s available for 872.12 more than we booked for back in October.

lbgraves

01-17-2005, 09:37 PM

Ok everyone...I have updated the website with three more families!!! This group is really growing!

Colleen, when we adjusted our reservation on the ship 12/4 there was only late seating available. It is all that is available on all the late November & December sailings now. :( We are looking at other weeks because our friends may not be able to cruise this week & the more we look into WDW this time of year the less interested we are in fighting the crowds for as much as it will cost us. I will let you guys know before we let go of that SPH though. ;)

glindamood

01-18-2005, 01:48 PM

Is there room for 6 more? Just booked using our DVC points this morning and boy, is this a full ship. There will be DH and myself, 3-DS's and DS's GF. I have sailed on the Magic 4 times but this is my first Western and I am really looking forward to Grand Cayman and Cozumel.

Lisa - I will send you an email, minus the picture and send that later.

princessmomma

01-18-2005, 03:42 PM

[QUOTE=glindamood]Is there room for 6 more? Just booked using our DVC points this morning and boy, is this a full ship. QUOTE]

Welcome Glindamood,

Oh, yes we should be able to squeeze you in someplace! :Pinkbounc

Glad you booked. Were you able to get the cabin category you wanted? Did the CM/TA comment on it being a full ship?

How old are the boys?

Colleen

princessmomma

01-18-2005, 03:44 PM

Lisa,

Sorry to hear you may be canceling. I hope it all works out for both families.

glindamood

01-18-2005, 03:51 PM

Colleen - Thanks for the welcome. I was hoping for category 10's but all they had left were 11's in a point range I was willing to do anyway. Next higher may have been a Cat. 7. I won't get my soapbox out regarding DCL and DVC - we are on and that is all that matters.

My boys will be 24, 22 and 16 when we sail! Gee, I didn't think I was old enough to be their mom :rolleyes:

lbgraves

01-18-2005, 04:13 PM

LOL! Welcome aboard Glinda. I'll update the info you send tonight & send you the link to the sight.

Thanks Colleen, it's a great group here but we are finally talking about the doubts that both of us were having with this cruise and it looks like it is going to work out better for both families. Nothing is definite yet though and I will transfer the site over to someone else to keep updated when we know for sure. It is really easy to do on ivillage.

lbgraves

01-18-2005, 09:25 PM

Well, it's official now. We have switched our reservation to the 12/10/05 so we will be enjoying the Magic the week before all of you board. SPH 5024 is now open!!! I hope that someone here who wanted one gets it!!! :) If someone would like to take over the website, PLMK and I will transfer it from our family listings to a seperate one that you will be able to access. I will keep it up until someone can take it over.

momx2

01-19-2005, 04:44 PM

Sorry to see you go Lisa, but understand. We picked this week so as to not take DD out of school much, but now I think we will end up taking her out 3 days anyway and go down on Wednesday to enjoy WDW.

That'll be over 1 year between visits! Don't know if I can stand it. I have active APs good through May 20, but don't see us getting down there. Oh, well, maybe with a little pixie dust.

Welcome glendamood!

coinkc

01-19-2005, 06:06 PM

The Land and Sea Guy

01-19-2005, 08:44 PM

Sorry to see you switch Lisa. But the good news for us is that I was able to book the secret porthole room that you cancelled!!! We are assigned to stateroom 5024 now! thanks for letting us know that you had cancelled!

We currently have the Main dining rotation. Can anybody tell me the pros and cons of Main vs. Late? I am trying to decide which one we would prefer.

Well, I can tell you this, if you have main it is far easier to switch to late. If you have late and want to switch and your close to cruise time, then if gets very hard to do. Main is the more popular. I've always had it and it works out good with children.

Cary

princessmomma

01-19-2005, 08:55 PM

I agree keep the main seating and see if you like it. If you don't it will be SO easy to switch to late.

lbgraves

01-20-2005, 08:47 AM

Hey guys! I updated the website last night. PLMK if I have left anything out. I'm not sure if I have posted all of the pictures. My brain is pretty fried from fighting with the insurance company for MIL's chemo.

AKB

01-20-2005, 07:58 PM

Hi everyone,
Hope everyone is doing good!

Lisa,
I'm also sorry you won't be joining us on the Dec 17 cruise. But I also understand. I had to cancel my original cruise to this one. But luckily DCL will let us transfer our cruise dates without any trouble.

coinkc,
I am so glad you were able to get the SPR. :cool1:

Kathy

princessmomma

01-25-2005, 10:23 PM

Just checking in. My sister just called and she wants to go to WDW at Easter. Oh well, I guess I have to plan a trip now. Hate doing it because we will have to pay rack rates on hotels, I have always used codes for all my trips.

krhardy

01-26-2005, 03:38 PM

OK, I'm "coming out of the closet"...not what you think. Unbeknownst to our children, we are planning on being on this cruise. I've been lurking, and watching all the posts for the last 5 months (since our last cruise). We haven't said anything to the kids just in case something changes...my DD is like me and doesn't cope well with disappointment. At the time of the cruise, DH and I will have DD(11), DS(8), and DD(5). We will have second seating. We are definitely not morning people, and we never eat dinner before 7 at home. We had second seating on our second cruise (their first) in Jan 03, and they handled it beautifully. Gave them time to get a nap after the day's activities if necessary.
As of right now, we will also have my DM with us, and are trying to convince DH's DM and DD to come as well. MIL is a teacher on the crux of retiring. If she can figure a way to swing retiring at the end of this year, they will join us. Unfortunately, if she doesn't, her county goes THROUGH DEC 23 this year. I couldn't believe that when she told me. UGH!
We will probably do the island tours and museums as our excursions...with 5 of us (love my DM, but she's gotta pay her own excursions and tips!) it gets quite pricey to do the other excursions. Will DEFINITELY make the pilgrimage to Margaritaville in Key West!!!!!
My kids are gonna flip when they find out. It's hard to keep it from them b/c we're excited. We probably won't tell them until around the time we have to make our final payment. This IS Christmas in our house. I think we will come home right after the cruise b/c my DS is having a baby in April, and my DM wants to be here for the baby's first Christmas. Can't say I blame her.
Although, we have considered going to WDW for a day or 2 before the cruise. AHHHH, so many wonderful decisions to make!

Here's hoping nothing changes in the next 10 months!!!!!

AKB

01-26-2005, 05:40 PM

krhardy - Welcome to the Dec 17 cruise. :wave:
Our group is growing and growing. Can't wait for our turn to cruise! We've been debating driving vs flying. I want to fly, but my husband wants to drive - he hates flying. I'm not looking forward to 2 days of driving before and after the cruise, but we always drive on vacations - much cheaper - will be half the cost at least for transportation. The flights are just being released for next Dec on most airlines and of course no bargins yet. If we drive that will just leave more $ for excursions, souviners, etc.
Have a good week.
Kathy :sunny:

momx2

01-28-2005, 11:24 AM

Hello everyone. Glad to see new members! :wave2: Anyway, we are flying. Only because of Christmas Eve. Must be back at home for Santa to come that evening!

I've been checking airfares today. I wouldn't usually get the tickets this far in advance, but I'm worried due to flying back on Christmas Eve. Anyone else worried about this?

Delta seems to have some good fares right now. I may just go ahead and book the flights and pay for it and I'll have one less thing to worry about. But we can't decide if we want to go 1 or 2 days before. Probably just one day. Fly in on Friday, 16th (my DD's 8th B-day). Maybe do MVMCP that night if they have it. That would be fun. Anyone else have plans yet? Not trying to wish my life away, but time does move slow when you're this excited. :hourglass

nzdisneymom

01-31-2005, 10:09 AM

We're going! Me (41), DH (49), DS#1 (9 1/2) and DS#2 (8)... ages at time of sailing :) We were supposed to go in March this year but a variety of things have kept us from going, so we rebooked for Dec. 17th (and saved over $3K off our original sailing price plus have a Cat. 4 booked rather than the Cat. 6 we originally were going to have).

This is our celebration for achieving our black belts in taekwondo -- the boys and I earned ours in August 2004 -- we were going in March because of school breaks, but long story short, we had to postpone til winter break this year. Either way, it's gonna be a blast!

Cindy D.

AKB

01-31-2005, 05:34 PM

Cindy,
Welcome to the Dec 17 cruise. We also had to cancel a March cruise and change to this cruise. I think it will much better to cruise around the holidays.
Kathy :flower:

lbgraves

01-31-2005, 05:48 PM

So has anyone gotten our SPH room 5124 since it was cancelled again? I hope that a DISer ends up getting it. :)

coinkc

01-31-2005, 08:13 PM

Well, due to my work schedule being unaccomadating, we are going to have to cancel our cruise in Dec. I hope you all have a wonderful time!!!! Please tell Mickey we are sorry and that we WILL get back to see him again...just not sure when right now.

As soon as I let my travel agent know, I will be cancelling a Secret Porthole room...5024 (I'm pretty sure). Hope a fellow Dis'er gets it if you are looking for one!
colleen

goofyshell

02-05-2005, 01:58 AM

Hi everyone! :wave2:
Lisa- Sorry to see you go. Have a great time on your sailing and save some food for us!!

Colleen (princessmomma) I will also have a six year old Lauren on board!! I am so hoping she will make a friend and like the club. Looks like khardy has a little girl that age too. What's her name?

Anyone have any more thoughts on a name for our group? Has anyone volunteered to take over for Lisa?

lbgraves

02-14-2005, 08:20 PM

Is there anyone here who can take over the web page for this cruise or transfer the information to a format that you are use to? Ivillage is super easy. I have just accepted more responsibility with the PTO at DS's school and that is going to be taking alot more of my time. LMK so that I can try to copy the site to a file you can access.

poohbear56

02-17-2005, 04:54 PM

We are going. 2 families of 4.

jgrant03

02-18-2005, 06:47 PM

hey im goin i strated this thing but i forgot the apssword so yea but anyways hows everyone is everyone excited this is my frist cruise ill be 16 guy hopefully itll be fun

John :crazy:

AKB

02-19-2005, 08:57 PM

poohbear56 Welcome to the cruise!!! Glad to have more join in. Let us know about your family.

jgrant03 Welcome back to this meet thread - been wondering where you have been. I have a DS(16) and DS(13) that will be on this cruise.

lbgraves Have you found anyone yet to take over the web page?

Have a great weekend,
Kathy :sunny:

Carol36

02-20-2005, 02:19 AM

300 days and counting!!! :cheer2: It's still a secret from our DC!!! :) This thread is growing!

Carol :wave2:

mom x4,grandma x4

02-20-2005, 08:53 PM

AKB

Took your advice and joined you on this thread. Anyone with a teenager going? My 14 year old grandaughter would like a response from another teen out there. She has a thread started under "Fonzy", she is on her second Disney cruise, and would like to hear form other teens going on 12/17/05.
This will be our 6th Disney Cruise. Each one keeps getting better and better. The ship looks great at Christmas time. If you've never seen it before you'll be very impressed. I love the big gingerbread house.
The towel folding is a lot of fun and kids are invited too. You learn to make all the neat animals the staff makes and leaves in your rooms. It's great family fun, so is the MIckey 200 race. Be sure and check it out is you have kids.
Hope to meet some of you during the cruise.
Kathy, mom x4,grandma x4

momx2

02-22-2005, 09:13 AM

:wave2: Well, we're changing our reservations. We decided Christmas Eve in the airport wasn't for us. My kids have to be home Christmas Eve. Plus, when I priced the cruise for January 14 and saved $900! It's hard to argue with that. DD will just have to miss school a week. Hope everyone has a great cruise!

tamicampbell

02-24-2005, 07:17 AM

We are also cruising Dec 17th. I have 2 daughters that will be 9 and 6 when we set sail. We cruised Disney last year inbetween hurricanes. Wew live in FL and needed a break from all of that. It was a mess. The cruise was wonderful but since there was so much damage to CC we could not dock. That was OK we were just happy to be cruising.

We can not wait until December!!! :cheer2:

lbgraves

02-24-2005, 08:36 AM

The website will be shut down at the end of the month. Ivillage is doing away with their websites. It can be transferred to another site before then. If anyone wants to do this, LMK. Otherwise, it will no longer be available.

jgrant03

02-24-2005, 07:23 PM

y r u shutin it down people talk on it?????

lbgraves

02-24-2005, 08:25 PM

I have no say in it. The website provider is closing down their service. Noone can chat on it.

jgrant03

02-24-2005, 10:33 PM

so ur sayin start a new thread?????????????/ :badpc:

lbgraves

02-24-2005, 11:10 PM

NO! Everyone who has been on this thread knows what I am talking about. I'm out of here.

AKB

02-25-2005, 09:57 PM

lbgraves - Thank you for letting us know about the web site. I know you put in a lot of hard work on the site. I wish I was more computer literate and could take over the site elsewhere. Thanks for keeping it up even after you cancelled the Dec 17 cruise.

jgrant03 - lbgraves was generous enough to start a web site just for us Dec 17 cruisers - you can read about it several pages back. She is just letting us know that web server (Ivillage) for that web site is shutting down - she has no control over this. The DIZ and this thread will still be here for us to keep up to date with each other.

mom x4,grandma x4 - Welcome to the Dec 17 thread and cruise. Let your DGD know that I have two teenagers coming - DS(13) and DS(16). I haven't read of any teenage girls yet on this cruise - at least that I remember.

Everyone have a great weekend.

Kathy :sunny:

jgrant03

02-26-2005, 09:49 PM

oo sorry i didnt know how it work well thanks for doing that for us

goofyshell

03-02-2005, 02:07 AM

Okay, our cruise seems sooooo far away! It is so hard to wait! We've already been booked for seven months!
I have now rolled enough change to cover our tips. Now to begin rolling for excursion money.

tamicampbell-Welcome! I will have a six year old daughter also! Her name is Lauren.

mom x4,grandma x4

03-02-2005, 03:15 PM

It is a long time, but believe me it will go quickly.
we booked it a year ago, so for us it's really been a long wait.
we have already booked back to back 7 day cruises for the end of November and first week of
december of 2006 for just my husband and myself. It does give you something to look forward to. I too have been saving all my change in 4
disney penny banks, but havnt counted it yet. I also started saving all my
$1.00 for the last year for spending money for all our kids and grandkids so we dont get hit with a big bill all at once. Hope to meet you sometime on the cruise to see if your having a magical time. mom x4,grandma x4

tamicampbell

03-03-2005, 07:10 AM

Now that it is March, we only have 9 more months left, LOL. I am not to sure who is more excited, the kids or myself.

We live about 45 minutes away from Disney and we just bought the annual passes. We are going to Disney this weekend. I told my DH that we needed to do Disney atleast once a month until our cruise. Maybe that we help me, LOL.

I read that there is a website for the 12-17 cruisers. Can someone post that to me?

Thanks
Tami :earboy2:

mom x4,grandma x4

03-03-2005, 08:38 AM

Tami,
We live about 45 minutes from Disney too. What an odd coincidense that we both live fairly close to Disney. We live in Poinciana. We have annual passes and go to Disney all the time. One of our sons and his wife work for Disney.
Our house is filled with lots of Disney stuff,That I have collected over the past 5 years. My dining room is set up with stuffed animals around the table having a tropical party, like we had on the ship. I will change it to a Disney Christmas party just before the cruise. We have to eat in the nook area because there is no room in the dining room.
If you go to the Magic Kingdom, be sure and check out the gift shop at The Pirates of the Caribbean. They have lot of great shirts, head banbanas, eye patches etc... to wear at the pirates dinner party on the ship.
mom x4,grandma x4

krhardy

03-07-2005, 01:40 PM

as far as pirate stuff goes, check out this site:
http://www.talklikeapirate.com/
OK, maybe we're a bit obsessive about pirates in this house, but the are cool, and a fabulous launching point for learning opportunities with our kids pirate:

mom x4,grandma x4

03-07-2005, 04:54 PM

Thanks for the headsup on the pirate website. I browsed through it today and enjoyed it very much. I will pass it on to my other family members who are coming on the cruise with us.
Mom x4,grandma x4

krhardy

03-07-2005, 06:06 PM

ok, I know it's still 9 months away, but considering that we've been planning since July, it's kinda like we hit our halfway mark! Our tax refund came, and we finally called and added the kids and my mom today :cheer2: ...they're even going to request splitting the beds in 1 room from queen to 2 twins...WOO HOO! Now, if only my husband's company's stock would go up so we can sell his ESOP to pay for the rest of the cruise!!!

tamicampbell

03-08-2005, 06:57 AM

Thanks for the heads up about the pirates stuff. I was wondering if we would have one on the ship or not. We are new to Disney cruises, cruises for that matter. We went on the Disney 3 day last Sept. inbetween hurricanes and did not dock at CC. We really did not matter, we just needed a vacation at that time. We had some water damage to our house but nothing too bad. We live in Melbourne, all hurricanes we went to Tampa. This hurricane season we will just stay home unless the kids want to leave. Hopefully this season will not be like last year.

Anyway thanks again for the heads up. Is there a website just for our cruise with everyone on it?

lbgraves

03-08-2005, 08:18 AM

Once again, there is no longer a website. Noone offered to transfer it to their control before Ivillage shut down on 2/28/05 which is where the 12/17 website was. It is now gone.

tamicampbell

03-17-2005, 06:32 AM

I just went on ebay and bid on some pirate costumes for my daughters for the cruise. So far I won one for my 5 yr old. She can not wait for it to arrive. Now I only have 3 more costumes to go. I know what we are going to all be for Halloween this year, LOL :rotfl:

Hugs,
Tami

tamicampbell

03-17-2005, 06:33 AM

Happy St. patty's Day everyone!!!! 9 months exactly till we are cruisin!!!!! YIPPEE!!!! :banana: :banana: :banana:

Hugs,
Tami

AKB

03-17-2005, 03:01 PM

:wave: Wow, it is only 9 more months to go - just like having a baby. :flower: Happy St Patrick's Day. I have my green on - do you?
Kathy

mom x4,grandma x4

03-17-2005, 06:08 PM

Happy St. Particks Day to everyone,
especially to campcoach and Fonzy, from this thread. They are one of my daughters and grandaughter. We'll be easy to spot at early dining, there are 15 of us, unless someone has to cancel. Anyone else have early dining?
We prefer it over late dining as we are all very hungry by that time after going all day long on the ship. Will be our 6th cruise with Disney.
9 months to go!!!!!!!!!!!
Can't wait,
mom x4,grandma x4

jgrant03

03-17-2005, 10:15 PM

hey i have early seating ill be w/ my mom dad lil brother my aunt uncle and lil cousin i cant wait till we go but first we are stayin at wdw so we can go to the verymerry christimas party :hourglass :cool1: :sunny: :banana: :moped: :bounce: :bounce: :mickeybar :crazy: :) :cool1: :rotfl2: :banana: :Pinkbounc :moped: :bounce:

mom x4,grandma x4

03-18-2005, 02:30 PM

Howdy,
You sound like a young adult. I have 4 grandkids coming on the cruise too. The girls are 6 and 14, the boys are 3 and 11. Do you fit into their age group? If so let me know and you can meet through this thread if you like. I know they would love to know someone before they get on board. It will be their second cruise, and they have been to WDW a few times. They will be there again this summer and just before the cruise. They could probably give you a few tips or answer any questions you might have. The 14 year old girl is on this thread, under the name of Fonzy, she hasnt had any replies yet, so feel free to write if you want. I'm going to WDW this weekend, but we go almost every weekend because we live very close. You'll have a great time there,especially at Christmas time, but be prepared for crowds.
mom x4,grandma x4

tamicampbell

03-20-2005, 07:53 AM

OMG, our mail came yesterday and my dd5 pirate costume came in. She tried it on and loved it. It is sooooo cute on her. i will have to take some pics of her in it. Makes the cruise seem more realistic now. before it seemed so far away and now it is slowly creepin up. :earsgirl:

Has anyone been to the pirates party on Disney? When we cruised in Sept last year they did not have it. It seems like alot of fun.

Hugs,
Tami
:jumping1:

tamicampbell

03-20-2005, 08:02 AM

I printed out all the excursions and trying to see what ones we want to do. Any of them better then others. We go to Key West ALL the time so we will not do any there. I would like to do the Stingray's but I am not sure if my younger one would enjoy it. Last cruise we had to beg the kids to leave the ship while we were in Nassau, LOL. My DH would like do to the Shipwreck and Reef Snorkling.

ANyone else have ideas? Can you booked these excursions now or is it best to wait? Last cruise we did no excursions. It was inbetween hurricanes and we had no money left. This year I want to spend, LOL

Hugs
Tami :jumping1:

jgrant03

03-20-2005, 07:39 PM

hey how r u

im 15 year old guy hits is gonna be my first cruise, but ive gone to disney 4 times i love it there i ussaly stay at dixie landings i lvoe takin the the boat at like 10 at night and goning to downtown disney i would love to meet your family i htink im gonna be kinda nervous meeting people there like and the 401 i can geet kinda shy but once i know the person im cool then im outgoing so yeah i would like to meet you i have a little brother who will be 11 on the ship w/ me then my aunt and uncle and there daughter who will be 10 on the ship but we are trying to get my other aunts family to go on but i dont hink there going what do you concider cold???? i hitnk like 10 degrees and windy because i htink its weird when i go to florida and people are in jackets and sweatshirts in december and i think like 45 and up is warm but i also live in illinois soo yeah well take care

John

Illinois is gonna win :jumping1: :cool2: :cool1: :crazy:

mom x4,grandma x4

03-21-2005, 07:54 AM

Howdy John,
Please drop a line to Fonzy, who is back a ways on this page. She will be 14 on the cruise and her brother will be 11 so your brother could make a friend too, if he wants to. Both of my grandkids are very good about meeting new people. They are actively involved in all kinds of stuff. So they are use to interacting with ther kids they dont know. I'm sure you'll get along great. Dont let being shy stop you from writing! If you can't find Fonzy, watch for Campcoach, also back a ways on this thread. She is Fonzy's mom.She is very involved with kids programs. She is a campfire leader, works with the special needs kids at school, does countless hours of volunteer work at the childrens museum where she lives and much more. Both would love to hear from you or anyone from your family. I don't think they know that I'm on the thread now too so you could surprize them by telling them you've met their grandma, my name is Kathy. It's been cold and windy most of last week, but today is sunny and suppose to be 80. This is the longest cold spell we've had here in Florida since we moved here 5 years ago. Fonzy lives in Oregon, so she is use to all the cold. Let me know if you write,
sincerely mom x4,grandma x4

jgrant03

03-21-2005, 09:06 AM

Hey How are you?

Ill Drop her a line my little brother makes friends quiet easily he likes playin football basketball running around out side and playing video games and stuff like that. I mine im not that shy like ill be more quite around play i dont know but like once i meet them ill brake out of my shell. It sounds like fonzies mom is very nice my mom and little brother are indian guides its just like boy scouts they do alot of volunter work. Today it was 42 and i wore shorts to school because i think its nice out but yeah i lvoe goin to florida well i gotta go back to doing my school work take care

john :cool1:

mom x4,grandma x4

03-22-2005, 08:53 AM

Hello,
Just a note about excursions. Book as early as you can, some of the most popular excursions fill early. We have been on a lot of cruises and done excursions everytime and we call and book about 90 days in advance of the cruise. Our first cruise we didn't know anything and some things were already booked by the time we got the paper in the mail and sent it in, that's why the excursion form has places for more than one choice. We have not been onn the western cruise yet, so I don't know which excursions are best for it.
I'm sure all of them will be fun.
Less than 9 months to go!
mom x4,grandma x4

mom x4,grandma x4

03-22-2005, 09:12 AM

I'm happy to hear your going to drop Fonzy a line, I know she will like that.
Since this will be your first cruise, and she has gone before, please dont hesitate to ask her any questions you might have. She has a great story about a famous ex-football player she met on a eco hike on St. Johns Island, and what her grandpa did to them. Ask her to tell you about it, it's funny.
We are suppose to be about 80 again today, but it is cloudy and we may get a shower or two. There is a lot of new things at WDW this year. If you have time before the Christmas party maybe you can check out some of them.
Less than 9 months to go!!!
mom x4,grandma x4

jgrant03

03-23-2005, 08:47 AM

hey how r u

I just emailed your grand daugther i cant wait till i go i dont like goin to florida in the summer because it rains to much. today the high is supposed to be 39 not that bad how many cruises have you gone on? have u ever gone to cozemul. i g2g take care

john

mom x4,grandma x4

03-23-2005, 01:24 PM

Howdy,
We have been on 5 disney cruises, our 6th will be this december and we are booked already for the last week of november 2006 and the first week of december 2006. That is back to back 7 day cruises. We don't even have to get off the ship between cruises, we just stay on board and keep the same room for both weeks. That will really be fun. I have never been to Cozumel.
But people I've talked to say it's great. I have been to Nassau, castaway cay, St. Thomas, St. John's,St. Martin's and Paradise island, Freeport. That is quite a few. I would love to do the 10 day disney cruise because it goes to ports they do not normally stop at, but those cruises book up right away.
I'm glad you wrote to my grandaughter, she is on spring break this week. They went to the beach but I think she is probably back now.They are very excited too. We are hot and rainy today. I wish the weather would make up it's mind here. At least we are warmer than you are. 39 is way too cold for my old bones!
mom x4,grandma x4

AKB

03-23-2005, 10:22 PM

mom x4,grandma x4; I also sent a message to Fonzy about my 2 teen boys going on the cruise. I think it would be great if the teens get to know each other via e-mail before the cruise. Anxiously awaiting our first cruise.
Kathy

mom x4,grandma x4

03-24-2005, 08:23 AM

I'm so glad to hear you have two teens she can write to. Fonzy has been on the eastern cruise so she may be able to answer some questions your boys may have since it's their first cruise. It will be our 6th. And we have 7 day back to backs booked for 2006. So whenever it seems like Dec 17 is so far away I just start the count down to 2006 and this cruise does't seem so far away. I'm even more excited than the first time because I know how much fun I'm going to have. Each time I do different things so it's like a first cruise all over again. The shows are fantastic too. very talented people.
Have you and your family ever been to Disney World? We live 40 minutes from there and have annual passes and go every weekend most of the year. One of my sons and his wife work there too.
great hearing from you.
mom x4,grandma x4

fonzy

03-24-2005, 12:51 PM

Hi this is Fonzy. I will be going on the dec.17 cruise. I will be 14. If you are a teen and you want to know others before the cruise then replay to this post.

mom x4,grandma x4

03-24-2005, 02:30 PM

Hi Fonzy, Guess who I am.
I know you and I know you have a younger brother and a dog named Spike!
Spike is a big coward, right.
You have a neice and nephew that will be on the cruise with you.
Have you figured it out yet?
My name should say it all.
mom x4,grandma x4

Cutie

03-25-2005, 09:07 PM

Fonzy, my name is Chris. I'm 12 and will be 13 on the cruise. My mom is AKB and told me that you want to get all the teens together and chat. :chat: This will be our very first cruise. I have a girlfriend named Emily. :love2:

Cutie

03-26-2005, 12:40 AM

Have a great day. :)

:smooth: Chris :smooth:

Disney Rocks

03-27-2005, 05:03 PM

We will be on the December 17 - 24, 2005 cruise. Our crew consists of:

DH - Murray (43), DD - Cynthia (21), DD - Crystal (19), DS - Curtis (16), DD - Cherilyn (8), DD - Catryna (6), DD - Caileigh (4) and myself - Sandra (42). This will be our first cruise. We are staying in cabins 6068 and 6069 and are very excited.

Our three youngest children, my husband and I will also be going on the 10-day December 16 - 26, 2006 cruise and staying in cabin 8046.

Looking forward to meeting everyone.

Cutie

03-27-2005, 09:04 PM

Hi Disney Rocks im Chris. I'm glad to see some new people are going on the cruise. I'm 12 And will be 13 on the cruise. My b-day is April 21. I have a girlfriend named Emily( :love1: ) :teeth: . We are trying to get all of the teens together to pv(private mesage) or just chat over the boards. I'm considered a teen because i will be 13 on the cruise. It would be nice to talk to your DD's And DS, it'll be nice to get to know them. We'll be in catagory #9. What Catagory are you in. See ya for now. :thewave: :thewave: :thewave: :thewave: :thewave: :thewave: :thewave: :thewave::thewave: :thewave: :thewave: :thewave: :thewave: :thewave: :thewave::thewave: :thewave:

mom x4,grandma x4

03-27-2005, 09:04 PM

Glad to have you and your family aboard with us.
This will be our 6th disney cruise. We will be traveling with our 4 adult kids, all of them will be bringing their spouses and 4 grandkids and a family friend, so we are 15 in all. Ages from 3 to 51. The kids are 3, 6, 11, 14 at the time of the cruise. You'll all have a fantastic time. There is something for everyone. Our rooms are scattered throughout the ship. we are on deck 7 but can't think of the exact number right now. We have booked back to back 7 day cruises for the end of 2006. i believe it's November 25 to December 2. That one will just be me and my husband.
mom x4,grandma x4

Cutie

03-27-2005, 09:19 PM

My family will be on deck 2, cat. 9. Have a nice week. :earsboy:

Disney Rocks

03-28-2005, 12:33 AM

Hi Chris:

We are in category 6 and 11. My son will likely meet you on the cruise. He will be 17 at that time.

mom x4,grandma x4

03-28-2005, 12:02 PM

Howdy,
Are any of you diabetics or have a family member who is?
My husband is a diabetic and we have been in touch with other cruisers and have a couple of ideas to improve the food for us in a couple of areas. I'm asking for help with this. If you think the following improvements would benefit you or a family member or just want to help us diabetics please write or call the cruise lines with the following suggestions.

1. Their sugar free desserts are very good, however they are sweetened with nutra sweet and lots of diabetics have allergies to that sweetener. There are many great ice creams and desserts sweetened with splenda or malititol which are less likely to have an allergic reaction to it. All these people cant experience the wonderful dessets until this is changed.

2. They need to have sugar free ice cream available ar scoops. Think of all the people, especially children who would love to share an ice cream with their families just like everyone else, at this point they are left out again for another magical experience.Watching others around the pool really can be depressing if you can't join in or your child can't.

3,They bring out a big platter of cookies and brownies everyday by the pool, but again, no sugar free products for those who can't have sugar.

All these items don't sound like much to most people, but try and imagine if you or your child was totally left out of these wonderful experiences. All 3 of these could be fixed very easily by the cruise line with very little cost to them. A person can only eat so much fruit for dessert. I do realize they cant meet everyones dietary requirements, and they do try very hard. I give them very high marks, but there is always room for improvement.
I assure anyone who goes to the cruise line site and contacts them or calls the cruise line, they do welcome all suggestions and we have seen many improvements that have come from suggestions. So we can make a difference if we all work together to help each other.
Thankyou and please let me know if you contact the DCL as i'm tryning to get some idea of how many are helping our cause.

mom x4,grandma x4

mom x4,grandma x4

03-28-2005, 02:30 PM

Hi Chris,
I think I may of told you that we were on deck 7, but I was wrong. The 2006 cruise we are on deck 7. On this cruise we are on deck 2, the same as you,
We will be in room 2574. Please feel free to bring the family and say howdy sometime, although I hope to meet lots of people at the deck party,deck 9.
We have a few months, so I'm sure people will make plans on when and where to meet sometime. Once the cruise gets started everyone gets really busy fast.
mom x4,grandma x4

Cutie

03-28-2005, 06:16 PM

I will be in room #2014 and #2015.

Cutie

03-28-2005, 06:26 PM

Ooops its room #2014 #2016

mom x4,grandma x4

03-30-2005, 01:50 PM

Howdy John,
have you met a few teens now? I hope so, I've seen a couple of threads whose families have teens coming with them.
Did you have a good spring break? The kids here are back in school again.
One more day and it wil be April, that's another month gone before our cruise.
Time is flying by!
mom x4,grandma x4 :Pinkbounc

mom x4,grandma x4

03-30-2005, 01:57 PM

Hi Chris,
Are you meeting a few teen now? I hope so.
jgrant03 is also a teen on this thread too, in case you havnt met yet. You probably have, but thought I'd ask anyway.
Has your weather started to warm up yet?
We are around 80 today, but sunday it got to 89 at my house. I guess our cold weather is gone again, now we can think about hurricanes starting in June. We got hit by 3 out of the 4 hurricanes last year. I hope it's better this year. got to go buy some groceries and make brownies. have a good day.
mom x4,grandma x4 :hourglass

Cutie

03-30-2005, 09:47 PM

I still havent been able to talk to any teens yet. I've tried to talk to them but they dont reply.

mom x4,grandma x4

03-31-2005, 07:56 AM

Chris,
don't be discouraged, some people are shy and some are gone for spring break. my grandaughter has been gone a lot and is leaving again tomarrow for another overnight trip. The closer the cruise gets the more likely someone will write. The first real response I got was from another teenage boy, jgrant03. I did get a welcome to the thread letter, but mostly it's been you, one from your mom and from jgrant03. So keep trying and sometime you'll get a answer. Florida is getting very warm now, I love the heat, but I don't like the humidity. I did get a new car over the weekend. It's a 2005 impala. Guess you have 2 or 3 years before you will be driving.I needed something with better gas mileage, my first fill up was 35MPG instead of 15 that my old car got, so I'm very happy. We went to Epcot on sunday and we saw a disney cruise line bus headed to the terminal full of happy people. I write down on my calendar every time we see a cruise bus and add it up at the end of the year. It makes the cruise sseems closer. In the back window the :hourglass re is a sillouette of Mickey, Donald, Goofy having a party, which really makes me want to go now!!!! Hope you have a great weekend.
mom x4,grandma x4

glindamood

03-31-2005, 08:29 AM

I have a DS that will be 16 when we cruise - I will see if I can't get him to create a user name and start posting.

mom x4,grandma x4

03-31-2005, 11:03 AM

Howdy,
That would be great if your DS would post or even answer some already there. I know of 3 teens that want to chat on this thread he could write to if he wants. They go by Fonzy, cutie, jgrant03. @ guys and one gal. All are very nice.
Have you been on many Disney cruises? This will be our 6th. And we have back to back 7 day cruises booked in 2006.
this trip will have all 4 of our kids and their spouses and 4 grandkids, we will have a friend too, so it will be 15 in all if everyone is able to make it.
Thanks for giving the kids another teenagers to chat with, there are not many of them on this thread yet.
mom x4,grandma x4 :Pinkbounc :bounce: :rotfl: :cool1: :banana:

jgrant03

03-31-2005, 10:06 PM

hey

ill be a 16 guy on the ship but im 15 now this will be my first cruise i like everything from video games to extreme sports to being funny so yeah im easy going i play football for my highschool if your son wants to im me my aim screename is ram2o07

tamicampbell

04-02-2005, 08:21 AM

After reading several posts about the REAS package, I am planning on buying it and surprising my DH with it. Our 10 year anniversary is in July so I can do that for him, just a few months late but well worth it. :love:

Hugs
Tami

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krhardy

04-02-2005, 12:53 PM

We will definitely do REAS...we did it on our most recent cruise, and it was definitely worth the money! Especially since we will be traveling with our childeren, it will be nice to already have Palo and spa ressies taken care of to avoid the rush once onboard.

AKB

04-02-2005, 07:47 PM

I hope to also do the REAS. Haven't added it yet, but hopefully soon. The idea of having palo and a spa massage already reserved sounds great. The breakfast in bed one morning will also be nice. The welcome basket will be a nice suprise for my husband, unless I can't keep the secret and tell him about it.
Kathy :sunny:

tamicampbell

04-03-2005, 08:49 AM

Keeping the secret from DH will be very hard. I can never keep a secret. I am also going to call Shirley at The Perfect Gift and get the girls a basket also. They will all be so surprised.

Hugs,
Tami

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mom x4,grandma x4

04-05-2005, 08:54 AM

Hello,
I just saw your ice cream question.
scoops has all soft serve, vanilla and vanilla and chocolate swirl only. They have lots of different candies and sprinkles to go on the ice cream. It comes in a cone or a bowl. At the restaurants at dinner you get hard ice cream. They have vanilla every night and then a special tropical flavor that changes every night. On the kids menu they have the Mickey Bar that you can get at WDW. But anyone can get it, not just kids. You can even have 2 or3 or 4 of them. They will keep bringing them as long as you keep eating them. The restaurants also have sugar free vanilla with chocolate swirl upon request.
mom x4,grandma x4 pirate: pirate: pirate:

missannb

04-10-2005, 09:29 AM

I just found this thread. My DH and I, DS and DIL, two GDDs 7 and 9 and GDS almost 2 willl be going. 15th ccrusie for DH and me, first for all th eothers except 2nd for son. We kept the secret until Easter, but had to spill the beans so we could talk about it together. First DCL for all of us. we have cruised the westen manymtimes but will look forward to seeing them enjoy all of this. We will stay over and go to WDW for Christmas Day! HAppy Cruising Miss Ann :earsgirl:

AKB

04-10-2005, 09:50 AM

Miss Ann :earsgirl:
Welcome to the Diz boards and to the Dec 17 cruise. This will be my our 1st cruise. There will be myself, DH, DS(16) and DS(13). We are counting the days.
Kathy :sunny:

glindamood

04-10-2005, 02:30 PM

Hi All! Getting closer - just booked our airline. Somehow that always "seals the deal" for me. Now it is real! I am so looking forward to the Western itinerary - especially visiting Grand Cayman. Soon it will be time to start looking at excursions - Captain Marvin's sounds very interesting to me - just need to convince one other person in my familyt o go with me! But, I want to go bad enough that I just may go alone!

Do we have anyone in our group that is keeping track of our group? I don't mind doing a spreadsheet and sharing with everyone, I have done it before on some of our other cruises. Usually jsut add names, ages, city and state, cabin numbers if anyone is interested in sharing that sort of info, whatever anyone wants. Let me know - there is quite a bit of information in this thread but I do need emails since I can't attach anything to a PM or an email generated from the DIS.

mom x4,grandma x4

04-10-2005, 06:17 PM

Glad to have you aboard. Your grandkids will have a ball, guaranteed. Our grandkids will be along too. girls are 6 and 14, boys are 11 and 3.
It will be their second cruise, but first on the western. It will be our 6th disney cruise. Hope to be able to meet you and others on this thread once we get aboard.
mom x4,grandma x4

mom x4,grandma x4

04-10-2005, 07:26 PM

Today we headed for Orlando to buy some furniture. We started talking about the cruise and how hard it is to wait. The next thing we knew we were headed for the port. We saw the Wonder in port, and counted 25 cruise line buses carrying happy cruisers to the terminal. I know our ship is the Magic, but somehow it helped to see that the ships are still there waiting for all of us. We tried to figure out how to stow away on board, but no such luck. So we thought about going to Jetty park and waving to the Wonder as she pulled out, but I figured that would be too painful to bear.
So we headed for home, happy to contemplate the near future when we would be on board sailing out to see.
At least for a few days we had our disney cruise fix.
Of course I never got my new furniture. Maybe that's why my husband didn't object to driving to the port. Next weekend, it's furniture stores no matter what!!!
Happy sailing to everyone. Hope you have ways to help pass the time too. :hourglass princess: princess: :wave2:
mom x4,grandma x4

krhardy

04-11-2005, 12:27 PM

that is very generous of you to offer...I will be the first to submit my info:
Kelley and Patrick Hardy
my DM..Sarah Flannigan
DD-11...Victoria
DS-8...Aaron
DD-5...Katharin Ruth
we are in cabins 7004 and 7006

mom x4,grandma x4

04-11-2005, 01:08 PM

Your a brave one for taking on such a big project. Here is some of our information, however I only know our room # at the present, but will give you others at a later date.

Greg + Kathleen Templeton (grandparents)
Poinciana Fl
Too old to remember our age
Room #2574

DD Marie + Jerry Bennett
GD Ana 14, GS Andy 11
Salem Oregon

DD Rachel + Troy
GD Nikka 6, GS Christian 3
Salem Oregon

DS Randy + Christine
Poinciana Florida

DS Peter + Emerald
Pionciana Florida
Newlyweds, 3 months

Family Friend Vlad
(Can't spell his last name, he is from Russia)
Kissimmee Florida
Hopefully everyone will be there, but you never know for sure. They all have rooms booked at the present.
Hope this helps your list. Now we have to decide where to meet on board.
Most who want to meet seem to do it around 3:oo on the first day. The Promenade Lounge on deck 3 is a great place. Lots of room, easy to find.
Everyone might consider this, it's early so we are open to suggestions on this subject.
mom x4,grandma x4 :hourglass :earboy2: :cheer2:

glindamood

04-11-2005, 02:08 PM

I will get started on the list this evening. Don't forget to add your emails - or send me a PM with your email if you don't want to post it.

I like the idea of a DIS meet in the Promenade Lounge but think we should also try and have 2 times - 3:00 can be too early and if you get all caught up with "things" on Saturday or are late arriving to the ship it is nice to have a backup plan. Maybe same time, same place again on Monday??? It really is nice to get to meet everyone - and you will be surprised how many times you bump into each other too.

Disney Rocks

04-11-2005, 06:32 PM

Here is our information:

Our room numbers are 6068 and 6069.

Sandra and Murray

DD - Cynthia (22 1/2 years old)
DD - Crystal (20 1/2 years old)
DS - Curtis (17 1/2 years old)
DD - Cherilyn (9 1/2 years old)
DD - Catryna (7 1/2 years old)
DD - Caileigh (4 3/4 years old)

These ages are at time of cruise. We are from Canada.

If there is a 9 year old girl interested in talking to Cherilyn, she would love to write to someone.

Getting more excited by the day. We check the web cam at Port Canaveral every Saturday to see the Disney Magic.

Meeting on Saturday and then again maybe on Monday sounds great.

AKB

04-11-2005, 10:25 PM

:sunny: This is a great idea. Our info is:

DH - Frank
DW - Kathy
DS - Peter (16)
DS - Chris (13)

We are from Edmond, OK
Cat 9 cabins - 2014 & 2016
We have early dinner seating - (but may change to late)
This will be our first ever cruise

glindamood - Would you be able to have DIZ name and dining time on the spread sheet or will that be to much?

Also like the idea of meeting 2 times. The first on Saturday so we can put a face to the name and hopefully see each other as the cruise goes on. It was suggested earlier in the thread to do an ornament exchange at one of our get togethers. The Christmas cruise last year did this and they reported they had lots of fun. If others are interested in this maybe we can get something organized for our second meeting.

Kathy :sunny:

mom x4,grandma x4

04-12-2005, 08:29 AM

I agree, 2 meeting times would be nice in case someone can't make the first time they have a second chance to still meet.
Although I've never done a cruise meet before. However we did meet people in line, and then we ran into them all over the ship and clubs for the rest of the week. It was so nice to see a familiar face and to hear about some of their experiences on board. Everyone is always anxious to share.
It will be fun to see if some of us meet in line and don't even know it until we meet on board.
mom x4,grandma x4

sdmomof3

04-13-2005, 02:04 AM

This is my first post. I was supposed to sail on May 15, 2004 to celebrate my 40th birthday, but then all of a sudden there was a baby on the way and I was too far along to get on the boat. We rebooked for the Dec 17 to celebrate DS' 13th birthday (actually 12/10). At the time we had to "make up" a birthday for DD since she wasn't born yet. Our TA was among the first on the list to call as soon as DD was born!

Our crew is as follows:
DW Denise
DH Chris
DS Michael 13 (plus 1 week)
DS Aaron 10
DD Aliyah almost 17 months

We're in 2572 and 2573
We're from San Diego, CA

Thank you for doing this!

mom x4,grandma x4

04-13-2005, 08:13 AM

Welcome aboard!!!
Just thought I let you know that there are some teens on this thread that are doing private posts to get to know each other before the cruise. Since you have a 13 year old, maybe he might want to be involved in it.
They are on this thread already, all he has to do is hit the reply icon and put it to either Fonzy, 14. jgrant03, 15, I think, cutie 13 ,I think. Fonzy is my granddaughter, the other two are boys. Fonzy also has a brother who will be 11 by the cruise time so he might like to get to know your 10 year old. Their mother is also on this thread under the name of campcoach in case you want to contact her. It's so nice for the kids to get to know someone ahead of time. Fony has cruised before and could probably answer any questions your kids might have. Looking forward to meeting everyone in about 8 months!
mom x4,grandma x4 :cheer2: :Pinkbounc :cheer2: :hourglass

tamicampbell

04-13-2005, 06:37 PM

We are cruising with the children this December. We can not wait
We do not know our cabin numbers yet but as soon as I know them I will let you all know.

There will be four of us
Tami (31)
Bill (33)
Brianna (9 1/2)
Jenna (6)
email is campbelltami@aol.com

Those are the ages when we set sail. We live in Florida, about 25 minutes away from the port.

I know Brianna is wanting to email anyone her age. her email address is briandjenna@aol.com

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

AKB

04-14-2005, 04:20 PM

sdmomof3
Welcome to the cruise. My son Chris will be happy to see another 13 year old on the cruise.
Kathy

glindamood

04-16-2005, 11:41 AM

Hello everyone!

I have created an Excel spreadsheet with all the information from this thread and the PM's that were sent. I can't attach to an email from here so if you would like a copy of the list you need to get me your email address - and also tell me if I can add it to the list. Unless you tell me otherwise, I will add your email.

If there are additions or corrections to the list, let me know. I will create a distribution in my email and just blind copy all of you.

mom x4,grandma x4

04-16-2005, 02:26 PM

glindamood,
boy you were fast putting together a spreadsheet.
My e-mail is
sixtoedfrog@yahoo.com
Thanks for you hard work,
mom x4,grandma x4 pirate: :earboy2:

tamicampbell

04-16-2005, 02:50 PM

wow, thanks so much. You are very fast

Email address is
campbelltami@aol.com :wave2:

Drew

04-16-2005, 03:28 PM

Hi Im Drew. I'm from MI. My mother is glindamood. I will be 16 on the crusie. This will be my 3rd disney crusie and 4th overal witch being in alaska. I'm and active kid playing soccer and running track. I suggest that the teens start their own "thread" so we can get to know each other beter before the crusie.

Drew

mom x4,grandma x4

04-16-2005, 06:17 PM

Howdy Drew,
I'm not a teen, I'm a grandma, but I know that on this thread there are at least 3 teens that are looking to chat with other teens. They use the name Fonzy, cutie, and jgrant03. If you hit the reply button and address it to them I'm sure they will contact you. I know they want to use the private message board to chat so we old folks won't know your plans!! Ha Ha.
Fonzy is my grand daughter and she has been trying to get in touch with other teens too. She has done one disney cruise so far. I think the other two are new cruisers. If you go way back on this thread you'll find their posts too.
Good Luck!
mom x4,grandma x4

Carol36

04-16-2005, 10:30 PM

Hi Drew!

I have 4DC, including 2 teen boys, one that will be 17 and the other will be 15. They have no idea about this cruise. We aren't going to tell them until the night before. Oh yeah, by the way, my 17 year old's name is Drew, also. Time is drawing close!!! :sunny:

Carol :wave2:

glindamood

04-17-2005, 08:23 AM

Carol - that is SO cool! I tried to do that to my DH on the cruise last September to celebrate his 50th but I couldn't keep the secret. I would blow up (well, almost literally anyway) if I had to keep a secret like that. Since I talk about it almost daily, I don't know how I would manage. Please share with us how the "unveiling" goes.

tamicampbell

04-17-2005, 08:34 AM

:Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc 8 MORE MONTHS TO THE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

I went to Walmart travel yesterday to add the REAS to our package (as asurprise for DH) and I asked if she had any cabins left that they were selling and she said as far as she could tell there were only 50 or so cabins left!!

I was so tempted to book the Xmas cruise for 2006, the 10 day one, but you are actually one the ship for xmas. i would enjoy it but I don't think my parents and grandparents would. We are thinking about another cruise the same week but (ducking) on another cruise line. Yikes, I said it. We are not positive but I really hate the take the kids out of school especially if we have another hurricane season like we did last year. the kids had to make up 11 days of school foir hurricane days. We used to live in MD and had snow days, LOL never hurricane days. Xmas is always safe for us.

Anyone else sign up for REAS? Has anyone done the REAS before? I would love to hear about it.

Hugs
Tami

glindamood

04-17-2005, 08:52 AM

Tami - I have never done the REAS package but have heard good things about it. DH would not enjoy the massage (especially if he knew what I paid for it) so I have never done it. There have been many posts on the general cruise board for people that have enjoyed it.

OK - the list went out this morning to the posters I had emails from. I also got 2 emails back because the addresses were not right so I corrected on the list and in my distribution and sent them out again. If you would like to be included I have added DIS name, real name (if available), ages of children, any special occasion (birhtday, anniversary etc) cabin number, dining time and email address. Any and all suggestions welcome. If you would like a copy of the list send me your info and your email address - if you don't tell me, your email address will be added to the list.

Have a good day all - we are to get into the low 70's today here in Cadillac so spring must be here!

tamicampbell

04-19-2005, 07:00 AM

After taking a good look over the spreadsheet we have a lot of people on the cruise from this board. My daughters have been emailing another set of sisters, the same age so they can know each other before the cruise. They will be 6 and 9 when we cruise. My older daughter Brianna begs everyday to be on the cruise now. We all have to get a Disney fix in so we have planned a weekend in May to go to Disney. We will be staying in Coronado Springs Hotel (never been there) and will hopefully go to Mk and Epcot. We shall see.

Well off to read the boards.
Hope everyone has a great day!
hugs
Tami