Cruising Sept 11, 2005 - All Aboard

[CaribGirl]

Starting this super early. Anyone else going? :Pinkbounc

[mom2rb]

Yes! We will be on this cruise. It will be me, DH, MIL, and 2 DS. It will also be my 35th birthday on the 11th. What a great present!!

[CaribGirl]

Oh, Finally, I was starting to think that we will be the only family on board. It will be me, DH, and 3 DD's, 15,11,7.
Can't wait, want to set the countdown clock, but haven't figured out how yet!!! :cheer2:

[mom2rb]

If we're the only ones then maybe we'll get upgrades. :earboy2:
I forgot our room numbers, but I have two cat.11s. One for me and DH and one for MIL and my two boys. My boys will also be 7 so they will be with one of your daughters.

[jinga]

This will be our first disney cruise. I promised my dd who will be 9 that we would go on a disney cruise a couple of years ago. Wanted to wait untill my other dd was older. She will be 5.

[CaribGirl]

So excited!!! We will be in 2 Cat 10, and of course hoping for an upgrade, but at least on the boat!!! :cloud9:
Don't want to alarm anyone, but have a funny story! We were scheduled to go last year. First cruise was booked for Sept 5. That day as everyone knows "Frances" hit us. So we rescheduled for Sept 26. What are the chances of another hurricane!! Wrong, that was the day Jeanne paid us a visit. After that we cancelled for the year. And of course no more hurricanes for the year! So even though we are going during major hurricane season, I am still positive that this year will be our year!!!
So don't go cancelling your cruise!!! :bitelip:

[CaribGirl]

Bump, and just got my countdown clock setup. Boy, does that seem like a long time to go... :sad2:

[CaribGirl]

Are we it? Let's keep this date a secret!!! Then we can get the Disney suite!!! :earboy2:

[explorer1977]

We will be on the Sept 11th cruise as well. It will be our first and it will be our honeymoon. We are doiing the land & sea with a couple extra days ay WDW. We just can't wait

[jinga]

There doesn't seem to be alot of people going on this cruise. Maybe we will all get upgraded. I booked a cat 11, thinking that we would probably not spend alot of time in the cabin. Also, my husband is really cheap!! :rotfl:

[ragdoll]

My DD and her daughter who will be three are booked on this cruise. She asked me to check if there was anyone going then. She booked a Cat. 12 but would be thrilled with an upgrade.

[pixiefaery]

Nice to meet you all! My family and I will also be on Sept 11. Im really hoping that not to many people book it. Im doing the land and sea vacation. Anyone else?

[RAM]

We have just moved our date from Oct 2 back to Sept 11, so you now have myself, DW, and DS (11) joining you. First timers, so be gentle. :cool1:

[pixiefaery]

hi RAM!! Me and my family are first timers too!

[CaribGirl]

Our first too!!!
Okay, lets close this now and let no one else know about this date. :rotfl:

[pixiefaery]

It will be our little secret!!! :cool1:

[jeanette1969]

Hi all!

We will be going on this cruise as well. We took this same cruise on January 27, 2005 and had a great time. We had booked a RCCL for August and cancelled to come back on the Wonder. It was an awesome time. This time the inlaws will be coming along. It should be fun. My DD is 8, DS 10 and DS 20 months. I can't wait to do it again!

Jeanette

[pixiefaery]

Hi all!

My DD is 8, DS 10 and DS 20 months. I can't wait to do it again!

Jeanette

Hi Jeanette! I have a DD who will be 3. This will be my families' first cruise. We are also bringing the inlaws. We an't wait. its going to be so much fun!!

[RAM]

We have an addition to our group. We had hoped to bring my DD 16 but were unsure of if it would work, but it is now confirmed that she will be with us. I see that there are other DD's and DS's in the same age range, so they will probably meet up and have a great time. Everyone here is bouncing off the walls already, and we have over 6 months to go!

[FirstTimer]

It's official! I'll be on this cruise, with DH and DD who's turning 5 on sept. 13th. It's our first cruise and i'm looking forward to disney. :cool1: We're staying at disney for 4 nights then cruising for 4 nights. :earsboy:

[pixiefaery]

It's official! I'll be on this cruise, with DH and DD who's turning 5 on sept. 13th. It's our first cruise and i'm looking forward to disney. :cool1: We're staying at disney for 4 nights then cruising for 4 nights. :earsboy:


Hi!! We will be staying at diney' AKL for 3 days and then cruising for four!! I can't wait!! Where are you and your family staying?

[FirstTimer]

Hi!! We will be staying at diney' AKL for 3 days and then cruising for four!! I can't wait!! Where are you and your family staying?

We're actually staying at Cypress Pointe Resort for the 4 nights prior to us sailing. I'm so excited. :cool1:

[HLester3]

Hi. We just booked this morning. I was on the Sept. 8th 3 day cruise, and decided to add a day after looking at all of the kids activities would be missing out on the boat. It is me, DH and DS/DD Twins who will turn 4 Sept. 6. This is our first cruise. I am a little worried about sea sickness, and we could only get the late seating, which I am worried about with 3 year olds. Hopefully that will not be a big problem.

Heather

[jeanette1969]

Hi Heather,

We were on this same 4-night cruise on January 27th of this year, and had the late seating as well. It worked out great for my 18 month old since we went to see the show first, then went to dinner. One of the nights he was sleeping in the stroller, one night he went to the Reef Nursery, and the other two nights he had a great nap during the day and it wasn't an issue at all. I did make sure he ate from the 9th deck before we went to the show and it couldn't have worked out better. In fact, when we booked this cruise on the ship I made sure to schedule the late seating. I also highly recommend the Reef Nursery. The staff was awesome and everything was very clean. My little one had never been to a daycare and he wasn't real crazy about us leaving him there, or we would have used it more than one night. Hope this helps and if you need any more information let me know.

Jeanette

[TJHutch]

Hi everyone! We will also be cruising. This is a surprise cruise for our 2dd's. They think we are just going to disney world for the week. Little do they know we will be doing both. Now if dh and I can just keep it a secret. My dh has always wanted to watch one of the ships leave out of port so the plan is to drive to port canaveral on saturday to watch the magic, spend the night and drive to disney in the morning except for dh will take the wrong exit ;) and now we have to drive all the way down to the port and turn around....won't they be surprised when we pull up and start unloading the luggage. :jumping1: This will be our third cruise w/ disney so we can't wait.

[HLester3]

After reading your post, about the last seating, maybe I should call back DCL and tell them to take my name off of the waiting list for early seating. Now that this looks like a better option, I would not want them to change me to early. Did any of you get seasick on the previous cruises? I get carsick, so I am a little worried.

My husband is afraid that we will be bored when we are on the boat.

I also have one more question, do you sit at your own table at dinner? I was reading about your table mates. How does this work out?

Thanks, Heather

[CaribGirl]

We are also scheduled for late seating with DD's 7,11,14. And with another group that has DD 12 & DS 9. So lots of kids. We are all used to carting kids everywhere we go, and used to the fact that you can never plan around kids.
Another thing, I don't have my countdown clock anymore since they upgraded the site. And been too lazy to get the new countdown thingy. So now I don't know how long before we go... :rolleyes:

[pixiefaery]

we are also on the wait list for early seating, but now im thinking of changing too. dd is a night owl anyway, so i dont think that it will really be an issue if we didnt get the early seating. now i dont know which way to go!! :confused3

[FirstTimer]

we are also on the wait list for early seating, but now im thinking of changing too. dd is a night owl anyway, so i dont think that it will really be an issue if we didnt get the early seating. now i dont know which way to go!! :confused3

same here pixie, we're also waitlisted for first. I don't think it'll be an issue either cause DD4 (turning 5) will be fine as long as she has her afternoon nap. :goodvibes

[HLester3]

I guess I am not going to have to worry too much about getting moved over to the early seating, since the waiting list looks long already :p
Heather

[jeanette1969]

We were on a waiting list for the earlier seating as well, but nothing ever happened. When we got to the ship in the morning we were put on another waiting list. It was still very long and we ended up having a great time at the late seating. We also requested a table to ourselves and that worked out great, too. It's so hard to have an 18 month old with strangers at the same table :crazy: .

Jeanette

[pixiefaery]

i dont think that late seating will be a problem. the only problem i can see is actually getting DD to take her nap! its hard enough at home. i cant imagine how hard it will be with all the excitement on board!! :earsgirl:

[FirstTimer]

i dont think that late seating will be a problem. the only problem i can see is actually getting DD to take her nap! its hard enough at home. i cant imagine how hard it will be with all the excitement on board!! :earsgirl:

you and me both pixie, it's gonna be a challenge to say the least. :goodvibes

[HLester3]

I feel like I would be torturing someone to have to share a table with 2 three year olds... I have heard that it takes 2 hours to eat dinner. That is really scareing me. There is NO way that they could possibly sit there for that long.

My dream is that they would eat early, then we would go to the show. After that I would give them the choice (knowing what they will choose) of either going to bed, or going and watching a movie with their friends. Then DH and I could go and actually eat a meal instead of worrying about entertaining them.

[FirstTimer]

I feel like I would be torturing someone to have to share a table with 2 three year olds... I have heard that it takes 2 hours to eat dinner. That is really scareing me. There is NO way that they could possibly sit there for that long.

My dream is that they would eat early, then we would go to the show. After that I would give them the choice (knowing what they will choose) of either going to bed, or going and watching a movie with their friends. Then DH and I could go and actually eat a meal instead of worrying about entertaining them.

My DD is real calm, so much so that I sometimes wish she would act a little crazy :confused3 but I don't think even she could last 2 hours just sitting there, I hope there's some sort of entertainment. shoo I might go stir crazy in 2 hours.

[pixiefaery]

WOW!!! :earseek: 2 hours!!! i had no idea! I really hope that there is entertainment. I have a wild child. This could get difficult! :moped:

[HLester3]

Maybe someone who has already been on a cruise can clarify. That is what the CM told me when I asked her how dinner usually takes (about 2 hours). I asked her if there was any way to speed that up, maybe by eating faster etc. She said the kids are entertained. But I still don't think they will be able to sit through a 4 course meal, with a slow waiter. I am assuming that the eating will be like going to a wedding reception, where the waiters bring out the salad when everyone is done at the table, then brings out the main course.

[TJHutch]

Our dinners took anywhere from 1 to 2 hours. Now alot is going to depend on your table guests. We were lucky the past few cruises we did not have to wait for table guests arrive. If you are not into ordering the appetizers and dessert you will get out much quicker. However a word of warning the wait staff will keep after you if you do not order a appetizer and dessert. They will keep asking you are you sure I cannot bring you something. They are very nice about it though. There was one night were we just could not eat another bite of food so they packed a dessert for us to take back to our room. They want to make sure you are enjoying your meal from beginning to end. Crayons are provided for your child for coloring. If they have a favorite toy or video game you could bring that along with you to dinner. But for the most part our dd (age 4) was entertained by our wait staff and what was going on in the dining room. Hope this helps

[pixiefaery]

Thanks TJHutch!! That calms me down a bit! As long as there is some entertainment going on, I think DD will be fine.

[TJHutch]

I ran across this link from another post and has some very good tips/information that may be of some help for you first time cruisers. I wish we had this kind of information on our first cruise, we would have known more of what to expect. :flower:

http://www.allearsnet.com/cruise/mdcg.pdf

[FirstTimer]

I ran across this link from another post and has some very good tips/information that may be of some help for you first time cruisers. I wish we had this kind of information on our first cruise, we would have known more of what to expect. :flower:

http://www.allearsnet.com/cruise/mdcg.pdf


Thanks TJ that link provided a lot of information. :cool1:

Plus, I just spent 4 1/2 hours in church today with DD and she took it like a champ so now I'm hopeful that 2 hours at dinner will be a peace of cake :goodvibes

[FirstTimer]

Wow I had to scroll all the way to page 3 for this thread. Where's all the Sept. 11th people, my daughter's shy I gotta meet as many friends for her as possible :goodvibes

[RAM]

I know what you mean! According to several sites the boat is filling up (all inside rooms are sold out, and lets face it, a lot of the outside rooms must be sold by this point as well). Apparently all but a few of us are either too shy to say hello, or maybe they just want to surprise us when we all get there. :earboy2:

[pixiefaery]

wow!! i was kinda hoping that we would be the only people on the cruise! darn!!

First Timer:
I know what you mean! my DD will be 3 and she is shy too!! Im hoping to get to know a few people before we sail. that way she has some friends to play with.

[explorer1977]

Sure is alot more people on here now since the last time I looked. Should be a blast

[CaribGirl]

The more the merrier. I know I was hoping for a slow and empty cruise also, but can't keep prices like this a secret. It is the best time of the year to cruise for the prices. (We are not talking weather here!!! :teeth: )

[RAM]

I haven't seen anything from Mickey and the gang. Do you suppose the are vacationing elsewhere?

[FirstTimer]

Ok c'mon people we gotta keep this thread alive :cool1:

Anywho my DD is 4, she'll actually be turning 5 while we're on the cruise. :goodvibes

[FirstTimer]

so it looks like it's up to me to keep this thread alive, ok

ahem


*singing*
Thread Alive! Thread Alive! Ah Ah Ah Ah! Thread aliiiiiiiiiiive aliiiiiiiiive aliiiiiiive aliiiiiiive! It's staying aliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive! :cool1:

[CaribGirl]

I am here too... Lets keep this cruise date a secret. We definelty want a cruise that is not full, and then we will all get upgraded...
I want the Walt Disney suite.... :teeth:
Hey I can dream can't I?????

[TJHutch]

FirstTimer - I noticed your dd will be about the same age as my dd. My dd will be 5 in June. This will be her 3rd cruise, 5 yrs old and she is already a veteran cruiser! Would love for her to have a friend to hang out with at the clubs. Maybe we could swap pictures of the girls. PM if you are interested. :hyper2:

[FirstTimer]

FirstTimer - I noticed your dd will be about the same age as my dd. My dd will be 5 in June. This will be her 3rd cruise, 5 yrs old and she is already a veteran cruiser! Would love for her to have a friend to hang out with at the clubs. Maybe we could swap pictures of the girls. PM if you are interested. :hyper2:

:goodvibes

[Dawn M]

Hi,
I just found the neatest idea for anyone cruising with children. Apparently you can have someone that has returned from a Disney Cruise send a postcard to your child "signed" by the character of your choice. This should get the disney magic started before you even leave home. On the search button type in postcards and click on the thread for "pay it forward"
:cool1:

[FirstTimer]

Hi,
I just found the neatest idea for anyone cruising with children. Apparently you can have someone that has returned from a Disney Cruise send a postcard to your child "signed" by the character of your choice. This should get the disney magic started before you even leave home. On the search button type in postcards and click on the thread for "pay it forward"
:cool1:

Yeah it really is great, my DD got hers last week :cool1:

[deefranco]

Our family is planning our first time trip there. Land and Sea package, sailing the 11th-15th. We too were originally scheduled for the Oct 2nd sail date and moved ours up too. Had heard that "historically" October was hurricane month, so moved into early September. We are a family of 6 and have 2 adjoining Cat 6 cabins. Also staying at AKL and we can't wait. See you all then!!

[deefranco]

Hi!! We will be staying at diney' AKL for 3 days and then cruising for four!! I can't wait!! Where are you and your family staying?

We are too!!! Just booked our trip and actually arriving 2 days early, but staying at AKL 3 nights before the cruise. We're a family of 6, myself, DH, DS 15, DS 13, DD 9, and DD 6. We are actually celebrating DD (6) birthday early, her actual bday is in Oct., she'll be 7, but booked trip early because she had to have surgery and wanted to give her something to look forward to. Since you are staying there as well, do you happen to know about how transportation works from AKL to the ship??
Dee

[RAM]

We're in a Cat 6, as well. Where are you located? We will be in 6536.

[deefranco]

We are in 6072 and 6074!

[RAM]

I am sure that our path's will cross. :earsboy:

[jinga]

tjhutch and firsttimer, my daughter is 5, she is very timid and shy hoping that she will make some friends so she will not be so lonely. This is our first cruise, I am hoping that she will not be afraid of the boat and the characters. I am hoping for her to meet a few friends to make the trip happy!!

[TJHutch]

Jinga - I am sure once your dd is on the ship she will be fine. We will need to set up a meet once we all get on board. Firsttimer and I have exchanged pictures of our dd's. DD is excited about meeting new friends.

[FirstTimer]

tjhutch and firsttimer, my daughter is 5, she is very timid and shy hoping that she will make some friends so she will not be so lonely. This is our first cruise, I am hoping that she will not be afraid of the boat and the characters. I am hoping for her to meet a few friends to make the trip happy!!

my DD is the same way jinga. but through this board i'm starting the initial meeting process for her. :cool1:

[Shannon1984]

Hi everyone, my DD and I will also be on this cruise. It will be my first time bringing her and she will be 3 years old. I am worried about weather or not she'll be potty trained by then, but we should have a good time either way. Does anyone have any good tips about bringing toddlers on the cruise? :bounce:

[Pistachio42]

Hi all ... Add 2 more to this group. My BW and I will be on this cruise. Booked in a Category 12 guarantee so hopefully the ship won't be full. This is our 12th cruise but first on Disney.

Tom & Donna

[jeleadams]

Hi, everyone! You need to add alot more to your cruise. Like 10 more, there goes everyone's upgrades!! HAHA Anyway it well be me, dh, dd, ds, dmom, dsis, and her 4 ds's. :grouphug:
my kids are 6 & 5 and hers are 13, 12, 9 & he'll be 16 months. This is our 2nd Disney Criuse and her 1st. Our last was 3 years ago though. So I need help with all the new stuff I need to know.

Shannon I was able to get my son potty trained when he 21/2 by telling him
you can't go play with all the other kids unless you can use the big boy potty.
It worked he was potty trained about 5 months before our cruise and the day we sailed was his 3rd b-day. :wizard:

[explorer1977]

the cruise is getting closer and we are under the 105 days mark now (did ny reservations for the spa a Palos last Sunday online and it was so easy and great). I just can't wait for the time to come when we leave cause it means we are married.

[Shannon1984]

Thanks jeleadams for the info. I hope it works. She will be 3 in july and is not even trying to use the potty. Everytime I bring it up she throughs a fit. I hope it works

[RAM]

It is looking like we are going to have the quietest group of cruisers possible! :sad2:

[TJHutch]

RAM - I keep checking periodically to see if anyone else if posting. Sure does seem like it is going to be a quite group...

[jeanette1969]

I was wondering the same thing about our group. It does seem like a very quiet group. Maybe we'll all let loose on the ship :cheer2: . I'm really looking forward to all the fun. We went on the same cruise in January and am so looking forward to our Sept. cruise. I can't wait. My 10 year old and 8 year old didn't go with us on our January cruise because of school and we are taking this one in Sept. for them. It will be here before we all know it :hourglass . Maybe some additional cruisers will find this thread and make some more postings. I hope everyone has a great day :earboy2: .

Jeanette

[CaribGirl]

I am here too!!! It seems still so long before we board.... Ready for fun though. :sunny:

[Shannon1984]

i'm still here too. I don't get to go online often or I would post more. The cruise seems so much closer now that we booked our excursions online. I cant wait. Hopefully my 3 year old will be potty trained she's doing a little better with it. have a good day everyone. :cool1:

[CaribGirl]

Just reading some other cruise meets dates and some cruises that are leaving much later than ours, or some during the same time are up to over 2000 posts. Very busy cruise. Ours is neatly at 70+. Hoping that we can keep this date a secret!!! And then we will all be upgraded.
Anyone signed up for all the excursions? I got the stuff in the mail and read all about, but of course haven't done anything yet. I will be the one at the terminal screaming to be let on one of the excursions.... My own fault for not doing this on time :rotfl: Still don't know what to do. Part of me want to just do nothing but sit on the beach or by the pool, and the other part wants to go do extreme adventures. :moped:

[TJHutch]

Booked our Palo reservations and signed our dd up for the club. I am so glad disney is doing this now!!! It was frustrating when dh and I would have to go in seperate directions to get reservations. We have not decided if we are going to do any excursions, if we do it will be at CC. Our plan is to stay onboard in nassau and enjoy the ship...

[CaribGirl]

Aaahhhhhhhh!!! Tried to go online to make ressies, and the site is experieincing problems with the online ressies stuff!!! :badpc:
I just want Palo's, I'll take any day and time. Would like to do a spa also, but will give that up for a Palo's ressies... How do we know what night to book, since I don't know what my dining rotation is? I would hate to have ressies at Palo's on the night of the light show in AP, although I wouldn't mind doubling up on dinner... Just won't eat for a month after cruise. Already started dieting, but this stress about not being able to book is not helping... :crazy: I have a list of must haves on the cruise, and I am not passing up anything.

[FirstTimer]

Aaahhhhhhhh!!! Tried to go online to make ressies, and the site is experieincing problems with the online ressies stuff!!! :badpc:
I just want Palo's, I'll take any day and time. Would like to do a spa also, but will give that up for a Palo's ressies... How do we know what night to book, since I don't know what my dining rotation is? I would hate to have ressies at Palo's on the night of the light show in AP, although I wouldn't mind doubling up on dinner... Just won't eat for a month after cruise. Already started dieting, but this stress about not being able to book is not helping... :crazy: I have a list of must haves on the cruise, and I am not passing up anything.

That's the same thing I've been trying to decide, what day to make the ressie for Palo's :confused3
I've checked out all the excursions and I think I kow which ones I want so now I'm just waiting, :goodvibes
My DD asks everyday if we're going to disney today and I keep saying no honey not til it's your birthday and she says I wish we could go now and I'm thinking me too baby, me too :earboy2:

[CaribGirl]

Got the Palo's ressies!!! So excited. We will be "double dipping" for dinner that night. Since I was trying to get a larger group to all sit together, I wound up calling after I made the ressies online. I asked the DCL rep what if my Palo dinner is on the same night as AP light show, and she said that it should be okay to change night. I will keep her to it!!! But we will make it in time for our late seating. So excited.... :cheer2:

[TJHutch]

We did Palo on our last cruise and we double dipped. I thought I was going to explode :eek: We decided this time we would try the brunch. We are getting very excited about the cruise. Our 2 dd's still do not have clue we are going on a cruise. :ssst:

[CaribGirl]

Bumping, since I had a hard time finding the thread... We sure are a quiet bunch. Saving all the energy for when we are on board...

Anyone made their ressies today??? Still can't decide what excursions, and by the time we decide, they will be all booked up. :confused3

[CaribGirl]

Anyone???? :wave2:
Am I the only one that is celebrating 75 days to go??? Maybe I'll get upgraded to the Roy Disney suite.... :rotfl:

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

[FirstTimer]

Anyone???? :wave2:
Am I the only one that is celebrating 75 days to go??? Maybe I'll get upgraded to the Roy Disney suite.... :rotfl:

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

I'm still here :cool1:

[explorer1977]

I got all my ressie's done some time ago (at the 105 day mark). Palo for dinner and brunch as well as some spa stuff. We still can't decide on excursions either and may just do things on our own or just play it by ear when we board. Hopefully the thread will become a little more active since we are only like two months (ok and a little bit) away from boarding

[jeleadams]

I Like to of fell over when I found this thread on the first page. Makes everything even more exciting. Even my husband is starting to get excited. He likes to go to WDW and the cruise, but doesn't normally get excited til we are pulling out of the driveway. We are going to WDW a few days before boarding the ship, and we figured out we're now only 69 days away!!!!!!! :cloud9:


For those of you having trouble deciding what night to book Palos, we have found that the first and last dinner are at the same restaraunt. So if you have Triton's on sailing day you will also have it on the last day. We try to book Palo's on either the first or last night then you don't miss eating at any of the places. :cool1:

Well I'm off to try an figure out what spa treatments we will be needing. Notice the needing not wanting. :rolleyes1

[RAM]

Actually, I have been told that the third and fourth night are at the same restaurant, due to Pirate Night falling on night three.

[jeleadams]

This is new to me. The different dining, we have never been on the wonder when they had pirate night.

[FirstTimer]

Ya know I'm glad I came back I didn't realize we hit the 75 day mark yet :earseek: Now I gotta make my ressies! I hope it's not to late for Palos brunch :confused3 :love:

[CaribGirl]

New question for everyone. Anyone makeing door signs? I was just reading a thread about door signs, and they look so cool. Just a bit of paranoia (SP) sitting in if I want all the names of kids on the sign.

:crazy:

[FirstTimer]

New question for everyone. Anyone makeing door signs? I was just reading a thread about door signs, and they look so cool. Just a bit of paranoia (SP) sitting in if I want all the names of kids on the sign.

:crazy:

I got Palo for brunch :cool1:

Yes I'm planning to make a door sign cause we'll be celebrating DD's 5th birthday on this trip :cheer2: plus DD doesn't trust anyone, someone can try and come up to her and say her name if they wanna she'll look at them like :rolleyes: um do i know you

[Shannon1984]

Hi everyone, were still here too. Isigned my daughter up for the club and we bokked the stingray excursion for Nasau. I never thought about doing doorsigns but maybe we'll do that too. :cool1:

[AllMixedUp]

Hi - I just found the thread. I will be on the Sept 11 Cruise with my mom and my two sons (ages 8 and 10).

[CaribGirl]

Welcome aboard. :banana:

[jeleadams]

Just signed my kids up for the kids club and got Palo's for brunch. We haven't even started talking about excursions we've never just stayed on the boat before. Might just enjoy the pool and catch a movie.

[jeleadams]

Is it just me or does anyone else feel that they just might burst before it gets here! I think I'm more excited this time then any of our other vacations!!

[kimcue]

Hi Everyone!
We just booked the September 11th!! We can't wait! It will be our first cruise! We are actually doing the Land/Sea. Sept 8th- 10th in WDW and 11th - 15th on the Cruise!!!

We = Husband, myself and 6 year old son!

We booked the Champagne Brunch - anyone else???

I can't wait!!!!!!!!!!

[jeleadams]

Where's everyone at? Surely your not busy packing yet!! ;)
Although I wish it was time to!!!!

[jeleadams]

:Pinkbounc :bounce: bump :bounce: :Pinkbounc

Just trying to keep us on the front page :blush:

[TJHutch]

I saw a post about the door signs. Has anyone started working on theirs yet? We got our mickey paint chips (lime green I think) from Home Depot. Me and dh are trying to do everything secretly since cruise is still a surprise. We are getting very excited. Just hope the hurricanes stay at bay...

[CaribGirl]

Still here also... Wish I could be packing. Reading all the new postings and trip reports. Don't know what else to do for the next 70 days... Need to some up with excursion plan. Kids want to do dolphin encounter, but am afraid kids will chicken out at last minute to touch these animals. Too much $$$ to risk it...
Now stressing over how many suitcases to take and how many pairs of shoes... :sad2:
Isn't the color Alien green??? Oh no, I have got to go back and get the right color then, oh no oh no....
Huricanes... What hurricanes???? :teeth:

62 days to sail away party....

[CaribGirl]

:banana: :banana: 61 days!!! :banana: :banana:

:Pinkbounc :bounce: Bump. :Pinkbounc :bounce:

:cheer2:

[RAM]

Cut that out! I thought that I would feel better when we got down to double-digits, but it is just getting worse!! This will be the longest 60 days in history... :crazy:

[CaribGirl]

:guilty:

[RAM]

Oh great, now I hurt your feelings. :sad2: Tell you what- you can be our official countdown clock. :hourglass

[CaribGirl]

Nah, takes a lot more than that!!! :love2:

Just very excited about going and trying to keep this thread on front page...
I promise no more count downs, :angel:

[jeanette1969]

I can't wait! I'm still here and waiting. My older kids are very excited and can't wait. They will even be taking that week off school. I'm pregnant with my fouth and last child and am so very excited. My toddler who turned two on July 1st has no clue yet about how much fun he will be having again since he already took this same cruise the end of January of this year. He'll be a little older and maybe understand a bit more. I CAN'T WAIT! Keep those countdowns a coming :cool1: ......

Jeanette

[CaribGirl]

Bump
:Pinkbounc

Like to be on the front page of threads...

[jeanette1969]

Just curious... I'm from North Central Florida and will be driving down for our cruise. What about you guys?

Jeanette

[RAM]

North Texas- flying, not driving. Too far to push driving in a day, and just wear ourselves out before our vacation even starts. :earsboy:

[explorer1977]

We are from Ontario, Canada and will be driving in a bit before the cruise. I can't wait.

[CaribGirl]

Right here from the Space Coast. Makes for a easy drive to the Port (only 20 minutes) :cool1:

[explorer1977]

Must be nice to have a 20 min drive. Ours is more like 20 hours. But all worth it

[jeanette1969]

That's awesome that you only have a 20 minute drive! I have a 4 hour drive. We are thinking of going down Saturday and possibly doing something at disney and head to the port early on Sunday. Since I've cruised before with Disney they say they do something special for return cruisers, does anyone know what they do? Also, how early can we actually get there?

Jeanette

[jeleadams]

We are from NW Oklahoma. We are driving down it will be me, husband, sister-in-law, and the kids are 14, 12, 9, 7, 6, and 16 months in a Expedition for 18 hrs. :scared1: We will need your prayers!!!! :crazy2: :scared:
:goodvibes No it will be OK we are leaving at 6 one evening me and my sister-in-law are going to drive all night while everyone sleeps then my hubbie will take over.

[FmrQM]

Hello All, :wave2:
Can't wait to go!! Were cruising with our two kids, 11 and 8. Looking forward to having fun with the kids, but also find the time to get a bit :drinking1 later!!

[TJHutch]

Sjeanette1969 - I have heard they are giving beach bags to return cruisers..it used to be a beach towel and a pin...We got to the port at 10:30 and was on the ship at 11:45 and eating lunch at Parrot Cay by 12:00. Not too much longer...keep asking dh is it here yet!!!!

[jeanette1969]

Thank you so much. I too am so looking forward to the cruise. I'm pregnant with my 4th and last little one so it should be interesting to cruise while pregnant. At least I'm in my second trimester so I don't have to worry about that terrible morning sickness.

I think I will arrive at the port around 10:30 a.m. as well. Last time we had a buffet lunch at the beach blanket buffet and it was really nice with lots of good food. I think I'll try Parrot Cay this time for lunch. What did you think of it last time?

Jeanette

[TJHutch]

jeanette1969 - Congratulations!! We loved Parrot Cay and thought it is much easier especially if you have little ones. Beach Blanket buffet you have to go through a line with a tray, try and find a table, get drinks, too much work with little ones. AT PC they seat you and you go to the buffet much easier and relaxing.

[jeanette1969]

Thank you. I will try Parrot Cay this time for lunch. It was hard to maneuver around with the tray and worry about getting the drinks. Great idea, thank you. I enjoyed Parrot Cay for breakfast a few times, it was very nice.

I can't wait! It's only a month and a half away. I can't believe how fast this year is flying by. We reserved this cruise while we were on a cruise in January and it seemed so far away. It's hard to believe it's almost here.

Jeanette

[Shannon1984]

:jumping1: Hi everyone, sorry haven't had time to go online lately. My 3 year old daughter and I will be flying from Cleveland, Ohio in the mourning. I think we are also going to try Parrot Cay for lunch. That's a good idea. Last time I went on the cruise we got a beach towel and they also have a party for repeat cruisers with the captain.

:confused3 Is anyone planning a meet or anything for this cruise? I think we're going to make a sign or doorhanger. What color mickeys are you supose to get Lime Green? :confused3

[Dawn M]

:hourglass Only 45 days 20 hrs and 25 mins until we set sail. :sunny: Can hardly wait to go on my first cruise!!!!

[jinga]

Just to let every one know that I just booked the Atlantis Hotel for 99.00 for 9-12. To Book: Call 1-800-ATLANTIS (1-800-285-2684) and mention rate code FTZOO. This is a great deal.

[jeleadams]

HI ALL!!!!! I just got threw making my packing list :rotfl2: I know I'm one of those people that have everything planned out months in advance. My hubbie is not. :confused3
The only thing that I was able to plan for this trip was Palo's, we are doing things spur of the moment, for him this trip. :rolleyes1 It might not be reserved and down on paper but I have it pretty much planned. :rolleyes:


:grouphug: We are going to have to start posting more we were on the 3rd. page. I think a meet and greet would be fun

[FirstTimer]

Hi all, I've been soooo busy at work
anywho we're fying in from NJ, gonna spend 5 days at disney prior to the cruise :cool1:

[TJHutch]

Hi everyone...I was thinking about my packing list the other day. Has anyone tried packing their clothes with gallon size ziploc bags? I am trying to avoid taking too many suitcases and have heard this was a good way for saving space and cheaper than buying the space bags. I need to buy an over the door shoe holder. I have read several posts were this has saved alot of space in the room. We are getting closer to the 30 day countdown. I will be curious to see who receives their docs and when.

[deefranco]

Hi Everyone....it's been a while since I've been on the thread. I was in California on vacation to see the family and didn't get on to the computer to make any plans yet. Can't believe we're a little over a month out. We're so excited about our trip. We're going to do the Swim w/the dolphins in Nassau, just need to call the company on Monday morning. But Palo's is booked, do people ever cancel....do u think we'll still be able to get in?
Sure hope so. Would love a quiet night out with hubby. Can we find out what shows will be playing on the ship and get a ressie for those as well? Also, what are the door signs about? First time on a Disney cruise, sorry.
Thanks everyone.

[jeleadams]

:earsboy: :earsgirl: Only 41 Days til we sail!!!!!
We're going to WDW first we only have 35 left!!!!!!!!

[CaribGirl]

I am still here too. Haven't posted for a while. But getting really excited....
Not thinking yet what we are going to pack, but while getting kids school clothes, was keeping in mind, could we use on cruise???? :rolleyes1

[jeleadams]

:hourglass 40 DAYS!!!!!!!!


Did anyone decide if we were going to have a meet and greet? I think it would be fun.

[CaribGirl]

I am with you. Can't believe we only have 40 days to go.... Are we still going to get doc's since they are online now? Will greatly miss doing a doc dance at that time... :cool1:

[jeleadams]

My TA called yesterday and said that our docs were scheduled to arrive the 21st. :cheer2:

[jeleadams]

:bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc BUMPING US TO THE 1ST. PAGE

[explorer1977]

We were talking yesterday about when we think our docs would show up. I can;t wait for them to arrive because it will add to the excitment.

[pixiefaery]

Hi all! Wow! This thread sure has grown!!!! :earseek:

Sorry I havent posted in a while. Now, with the trip getting closer, I might burst with the excitement. :banana:

I saw a post about door signs. This would be a fun project for me and my daughter! Any tips on how one is made? :confused3:

We are doing the land/sea vacation. anyone else? We will be at the AKL for 3 days and then at sea for 4. OMG! Just talking about it makes me want to scream "WE'RE GOING TO DISNEY, BABY!!" :maleficen:

[jeleadams]

:hourglass 38 DAYS!!!!!!!!!! ::MickeyMo

[jeanette1969]

I love the countdowns! Please keep em comin! I can't wait... :Pinkbounc

Jeanette

[jeleadams]

:hourglass 37 DAYS!!!!!!!!

[jinga]

36 days now!!! I hate to be a downer, but it seems to be that no one wants to be a part of this group. I know that I learned about message boards from someone @ work.

[jeanette1969]

I'm just thinking there may not be a lot of people that know about this forum. It seems the ship is booked up by what my travel agent told me. Who knows? I'm really looking forward to this vacation and my kids are really excited as well. I now wish I could have kept it a secret and surprised them when we got there. Oh well, there's always next time.

Jeanette :earsgirl:

[TJHutch]

jeleadams - We love the countdowns..Dh always asks how many days and I know I can count on your countdowns..

[jinga]

When do you think our documents will arrive? Hopefully soon.

[TJHutch]

We were on the wonder last year during september and we had a wonderful time. We are getting sooo excited about this cruise we just cannot wait...

[jinga]

Is anyone becoming obsessive compulsive about this cruise now? I have been reading the board and I just can't wait!!

[kfeuer]

:wave2: Hi, everybody! This is my first post to the thread. My DH and I are going on this cruise to celebrate our 12th anniversary. My 4 year old and 2 year old are staying with grandma :) (don't feel too sorry for them, they will get spoiled rotten and we're taking them to DW in January).

We did this same cruise back in 2002 right before I got pregnant with my second child and we loved it. This time we're looking forward to doing the Dolphin Encounter in Nassau, the brunch at Palo's, DH is getting a cabana massage and I'm getting the hot stone massage. I can't wait! I love my kids to death, but it will be so wonderful to have somebody waiting on ME for a change!

Kim

[TJHutch]

2nd page.. :earseek:


kfeuer - Great to have you join us. You guys will have an awesome time...We celebrated our 15th last year on the Wonder. We took our dd 4 at the time. DH could not leave her home because we had already left her at grandma's for a week earlier in the year. Oh well!!! We still had a great time though.

[Pistachio42]

We;'re still around just haven't been back on here to post. We are really getting excited about this cruise. We don't have any kids at home, so it will just be us two.
:cool1:

[jeanette1969]

How many days do we have left until our cruise???

Jeanette

[pixiefaery]

ONLY 28 DAYS LEFT!!!! (i have a countdown on my desk at work!)

[RAM]

I hate to argue with you, but I believe that we are 31 days from sailing. Are you maybe arriving a few days ahead for WDW?

[pixiefaery]

OOPS!!!! Sorry!! :bitelip: Im doing the Land and Sea vacation. So we will be in Disney first!

31 DAYS LEFT!!!! :banana:

[TJHutch]

Woo hoo 31 days...I am so ready for this vacation... I need to pull out my packing list and get started. Has anyone been upgraded? Maybe someone will get lucky!! That would be so cool...

[jeanette1969]

I so wish we would be upgraded, but I think not. My in-laws and I have a cabin next to each other and I don't think there will be an upgrade since we booked our cruise together. It sure would be nice though. When we went in January we were upgraded and the cabin was larger. Oh well, I guess I just won't spend as much time in the cabin. I'm on the 5th deck. Anyone else have a cabin on deck 5?

Jeanette 30 days now??? Can't wait! :banana:

[pixiefaery]

30 DAYS! 30 DAYS! 30 DAYS!! Its my mantra!!! :cheer2:

No upgrade here. We are going with family too and have a connecting room, so i doubt that we will be. But I hope some one is lucky! :cloud9:

[TJHutch]

Not deck 5 but deck 7... which will be nice to be close to the pool. I wish we would have gotten deck 5 it would have been closer to the clubs. I don't care if I have to sleep in a deck chair as long as we are there...

[Shannon1984]

:cheer2: Hi everyone. We got Upgraded!!! I orriginally had a category 12 and we got upgraded to category 9!!! I can't believe it. Especcially since it's only me a DD. 30 more days!! We should get a meet together i think that would be a great idea. have a good day everyone!

[TJHutch]

Woo Hoo congratulations Shannon1984 :cool1: !!!!!! How did you find out you were upgraded?

[jinga]

Shannon 1984, congrats on your upgrade!! :banana: Lucky you!!! :Pinkbounc

[Shannon1984]

TJHutch, you can go to Disneycruise.com under My Cruise. You can make reservations and everything on there. Good Luck. :bounce:

[Shannon1984]

Ok, what does everyone think about meeting in the promenade lounge at 3:00 on sunday? let me know what everyone else thinks, i never set a meet up before. my mom recommended that time. :confused3

[CaribGirl]

Hey all,

Haven't posted in a while, but just realized that we are less than a month away. Keep those countdowns coming. Did get the kids some snorkeling equipment now that summer stuff is on sale. Especially the kids for who I was told the equipment on CC doesn't fit them proper. Got a nice set from Walmart with fins and all. It is not Jacque Costeau material, but will do.
I am in for a meet. It does seem that there aren't many people on board. I am also in for making door signs. Saw bunch of cool/nice ones to boorow idea from!!!

[disney1972]

Hi Shannon1984 (and everyone else too!!)

We will be joining you on the Sept. 11th cruise. Did you reserve your cabin originally as a guarentee? Also how do you find out if that you had been upgraded?

This will be our first Disney cruise. Thanks!!

[princesslondon]

Just wanted to jump aboard. My husband and I will be crusing with our DD who is 4 and our friends are also going and they too have a DD that is 4.
(They also just found out they were upgraded from a Cat12 gty to a Cat.9-so they are super excited) Now if only we would get upgraded from our Cat 3 to a Cat 1 it would be even more AWESOME!!!

[deefranco]

Yea...how did you know you got an upgrade??? Don't guess we'll get one. We're CAT 6 with connecting rooms. They would have to upgrade us to CAT 4 to make a difference, the rooms would be a little bigger. We are currently in the middle of the ship, better for our daughter, less rocking. And we are only one floor away from the kids clubs. It would be fun to get an upgrade, as long as it was still in the middle, otherwise I'd stay where we are.
Can't wait! This is going to be a great trip.
I would be in for a meet if everyone wanted to get together. :sunny:

[Shannon1984]

hey everyone, we have to think of something to do so we can identify everyone at the meet. anyone have any ideas?

also to find out if you got an upgrade go to disneycruise.com under my cruise and check your reservation. it should have your room # and the original category booked, but check the room # on the map of rooms because it may not be the same category. or just call your travel agent. oh yea and i didnt reserve a specific cabin, i think that makes a difference.

what does everyone usually do for the doorsigns? i think my 3 year old would love to do one of those.

[pixiefaery]

25 DAYS!!! :cheer2: :banana:

did anyone get their docs yet?

[RAM]

Not yet... but anxiously awaiting! :bounce:

[Shannon1984]

:Pinkbounc not yet...still waiting here. :rotfl:

[disney1972]

We had all 3 of rooms upgraded too!! From Cat 12 to Cat 9. I went to the site to see how many cabins they still have available.. They are still booking Cat. 4(8 cabins), 5(7 cabins), 6(only showing a GTY), 9(1 cabin) and 11(2 cabins). I was told that booking GTY you have a good chance of being upgraded. I think going in the "off-season" helps those chances. Glad we listened to that advice.

Still waiting for our docs to arrive.. Do you think it is too early to drive to the port??

[kfeuer]

I just checked and no upgrade here...I doubt we get one since it's just the 2 of us going. Maybe we'll get lucky and get a last minute upgrade at port (wishful thinking). I can't complain though, we got a fantastic price for this cruise and we'll be happy just to be on the ship. I did enjoy having a window last time, though (we have a Cat. 11 this time).

On a different note, if you need luggage tags Target has a really cute lime green set for $3 or $4. We flew with them last week and aside from them being the cool DIS color it helped our luggage stand out on the turnstile.

I can't believe we leave in a little over 3 weeks. Woo-hoo!

[disney1972]

I was crossing my fingers that this promotion was still available but it is not.. Cheapest room they have now is $310.00. Oh well!! Have a great time the pool and slides look awesome!

[disney1972]

Just to let every one know that I just booked the Atlantis Hotel for 99.00 for 9-12. To Book: Call 1-800-ATLANTIS (1-800-285-2684) and mention rate code FTZOO. This is a great deal.
Sorry about that.. Coming out of left field on that last post!!

[jeanette1969]

I was so excited when my doorbell rang and there was the UPS guy with two boxes which contained our boarding tickets! I'm so happy :banana:. I guess everyone else should be receiving them soon. Oh my gosh, I can hardly contain myself :Pinkbounc.

Jeanette

[pixiefaery]

LUCKY!!!! :dog2: Now Ill be at my window until they come. :dog:

[CaribGirl]

No docs here either. :sad1:
Will be waiting for delivery all day tomorrow. :wave2:

[TJHutch]

Woo Hoo!!!! Got our docs this afternoon.... :cool1: :banana: :bounce:

[Shannon1984]

Congradulations Disney1972 on your upgrade, doesn't it make you even more excited? Don't worry kfeuer on the upgrade there is still hope with rooms available still you may get an upgrade at port. It doesn't matter that it is just the 2 of you. Me and my DD got an upgrade.

I can't wait to get home and see if I got my Docs yet. I'm leaving work now to see. :moped:

[disney1972]

Thanks Shannon1984.. Yes I am really excited now. My DParents did not believe me because when you pull up the info online it still shows the original Cat.. so you have to look up the actual room number that is listed. I was sad at first because it showed Cat 12.. But when I pulled up the deck plan we were upgraded to a Cat 9. I was really surprised to be upgraded 3 Cat's though. My Mom called Disney to confirm!! So check the cabin numbers to see if you were upgraded! I will cross my fingers for you kfeuer and everyone else too!

Finally got my ticker ticking!! Just waiting for my docs to arive. This is going to be the longest 3 weeks ever!!

I went out today and bought a "Cruise Dress". Something "tropical" that I will probably never wear off the ship!! Oh well it was a great sale!!

[explorer1977]

No doc's yet but waiting and hoping they come soon. 16 days till we leave for WDW but 23 days until the cruise. :Pinkbounc :banana: :cool1: :banana: :Pinkbounc

See you all soon

[Shannon1984]

Yeah I had the same problem. My mom told me I was upgraded I didn't believe her cuz' it still said category 12 but then she showed my the room # on the ship lay out and I was upgraded to a Cat 9 too. I'm just waiting for my doc's too didn't get them yesterday.

Does anyone still want to do a meet? Let me know.

have a great day everyone. :earseek:

[jeanette1969]

Did everyone get their docs?

Jeanette

[RAM]

Got ours! * :banana: doin' a happy dance :banana: *

We are up for a meet- just let me know when and where. :cool1:

[jinga]

Nothing yet!! :guilty: Do they come by mail or UPS?

[TJHutch]

Ours came UPS....Did you book your cruise through disney or a ta?

[RAM]

They came by UPS.

[jinga]

I booked it through a TA, Using my Hilton Honor points.

[TJHutch]

I may be wrong about this but I think the docs are sent to the ta and the ta will send them to you either ups or mail. We booked this cruise through du and looks like the docs were sent directly from disney. When we booked through AAA the docs were sent to them and they forwarded them to us. :confused3

Hopefully you will get them on Monday. Unless UPS runs on Saturdays in your area.

[disney1972]

Nothing here yet either...
Set a time and place!!

[deefranco]

We haven't received ours yet either...soon I guess.

[deefranco]

We booked through a TA and she said she would call us as soon as they arrived and then she would go through the packet with us to make sure we understood everything. I've been making a book with all of our confirmations...air, car rental, cruise papers, hotel reservations, and all of our ressies. It will all be covered. I won't panic until we are 7 days out. She'll get it.

[jeanette1969]

Mine came UPS. I bet within the next couple of days you'll get them.

Jeanette

[Shannon1984]

We didn't get our Doc's either. We also booked through Disney. We'll be looking for them Monday. :cool1:

:confused3 Let me know what everyone wants to do about a meet??? :confused3

[FirstTimer]

I got our docs yesterday in the mail. I was so excited when I seen them but then I noticed it was only my information. DD and DH's went to his old address (the address on his driver's license) luckily his mom still lives there ore else I would have been frantic. :cool1: so excited

[disney1972]

Is anyone dressing up for Pirate night?? We were thinking about getting costumes.. anyone else going to join us?

[CaribGirl]

No docs here either. Hoping for a nice surprise when I get home today. I want to join in the dance.

Wasn't going to dress up for Pirate's night, maybe just something tropical. Want to start packing so badly, 20 more days???? :Pinkbounc

[deefranco]

I know how you feel..I want to start packing also. We leave 2 weeks from tomorrow. So I am trying to restrain myself. I'll start packing next Monday. If I start any sooner I will drive myself batty with anxiety. I want to go soo badly. :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc

[Dawn M]

Is anyone dressing up for Pirate night?? We were thinking about getting costumes.. anyone else going to join us?
pirate: I'll dress up if you dress up!!! :cheer2: But what do we wear???? Where can we get some red and black striped pirate shirts. I'm sure we can get eye patches at the party store but then what?? Anyone have ideas?

[disney1972]

We got some pirate costumes on ebay.. but you can find them at your local party store since they are getting ready for Halloween they have a lot of last years things on sale.

[jeanette1969]

I'm going to dress up the kids. I keep waiting to see if our local stores start with the costumes, but if not I guess I'll start checking on ebay. I'm a party girl and would love to dress up, but being pregnant I don't think I'd find any costume that would fit except a cow costume. I guess I'll just wear what I wear for dinner that night.

I can't believe we only have 20 days left. I sure wish it were this weekend. I'm sure we will all have a blast. I can see myself at the castaway party now :cool1:.

Jeanette

[disney1972]

I'm going to dress up the kids. I keep waiting to see if our local stores start with the costumes, but if not I guess I'll start checking on ebay. I'm a party girl and would love to dress up, but being pregnant I don't think I'd find any costume that would fit except a cow costume. I guess I'll just wear what I wear for dinner that night.

I can't believe we only have 20 days left. I sure wish it were this weekend. I'm sure we will all have a blast. I can see myself at the castaway party now :cool1:.

Jeanette


Oh that would be so cute!! A pregnant pirate pirate: We were just going to dress the kids in costume at first then we figured why should they get to dress up and have all the fun. We are a party of 10 and I am trying to get everyone to participate. My DH may be a little hard.. depends on how much :drinking: he does that day! My Parents, my Sister-in-law, and my Nephew are in.. and all 3 of my DS so we just have to work on my brother and DH..

I was reading on another thread that they dressed up and I thought it would be fun.. We are probably going to dinner dressed so we can go straight to the pirate: party afterwards.

I am sooooooo excited!! :Pinkbounc Less than 3 week! Are we there yet? Are we there yet? ::MickeyMo Here we come!

[CaribGirl]

GOT MY DOCS... GOT MY DOCS (yes I am shouting!!!))
Here is my dance:

:Pinkbounc :bounce: :banana: :bounce: :Pinkbounc

:thewave:

And this is me right now:
:teeth:

I want to start packing.
:cloud9:

[TJHutch]

woo hoo doing the doc dance with you. :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc :bounce: :bounce:

[pixiefaery]

Still no docs here. :confused3 Has everyone received theirs?

[princesslondon]

None here yet. We booked thru DU.

[disney1972]

We have not received ours yet either. They say anywhere from 2-3 weeks so it should not be too much longer. You can always print them out from the website if you need to.

[jinga]

I am still waiting and waiting. :hourglass Hopefully tomorrow!!

[FirstTimer]

man our poor little thread is always at the end, hmm is everyone too busy packing already :dog2:

[RAM]

Actually, our little thread is nearly at it's end... finally! Hitting its end means we are all boarding the boat. :banana:

[TJHutch]

I have started packing the odds and ends. Next weekend we will start packing the clothes. Always interesting to see our dd 15 packing. She packs everything but the kitchen sink. Her logic is "I need to have a variety to choose from!". When is everybody leaving? We are driving down Sept 9th.

[pixiefaery]

"Always interesting to see our dd 15 packing. She packs everything but the kitchen sink. Her logic is "I need to have a variety to choose from!". "

:rotfl2: thats my logic too!! it drives my DH insane!! :rotfl2:

I wish that i could be packing now! we are leaving on Sept 8 (13 DAYS :banana: ) because we are doing the land/sea package. so we will be in disney for 3 days then the cruise.

it is so close..... yet so far!! :earseek:

[explorer1977]

We have not recieved our doc's yet (but we are in ontario canada) but we did book through DCL. We leave in 9 short days (september 4th) so that's something to dance about (and we will be married)
:banana: :cool1: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :bounce: :Pinkbounc :cool1: :banana:

[princesslondon]

We are finally doing the doc dance - woohoo :cool1:

[disney1972]

Anyone doing a door sign(s)? I was looking on the thread on them and some are really nice. I wish I had the knowledge to make one.

A couple of the pirate costumes were delivered to my parents house yesterday. Hopefully a few will be joining us in dressing the part!! Or my DH will kill me!!

[kfeuer]

Anyone doing a door sign(s)? I was looking on the thread on them and some are really nice. I wish I had the knowledge to make one.



I did, and it was easy. I used a product similar to this:

http://www.staples.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StaplesProductDisplay?storeId=10001&catalogId=10051&langId=-1&productId=85927&cmArea=SEARCH

I have an old Disney program that lets you create all kinds of custom Disney things, and I used that to create a sign with Mickey and Minnie on it that says "Happy 12th Anniversary" as a surprise to my DH. Or as a cheaper alternative, you can get magentic clear acrylic frames and put pictures, etc. in those.

[TJHutch]

I said something to dh about dressing up for pirate night and he said "nooooo waaay". :rolleyes: I was lucky to get him into a tropical shirt with the big flowers on it. :rotfl2:

[jinga]

Still waiting for our documents, maybe Monday. Who is staying Sat. night in Cocoa? We will be @ Double Gate. Anyone else? Grills on Sat. night!!

[jeanette1969]

What a good idea to stay in Cocoa for the night. We will be leaving for the port early Sunday morning. I'm in North Florida so it will take us about 4 hours to get there... ugh.... Oh well, we have so much to look forward to once we are there. We are going on the cruise to celebrate my MIL's 60th birthday. We ordered a little cake for her room. Any other ideas on what would be cool to have as a surprise for her once we get on the ship? Any ideas would be appreciated.

I can't believe it's two weeks from tomorrow. I'm so excited :banana: .

Jeanette

[disney1972]

14 more days!! :banana: :banana: :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc

[explorer1977]

we got our doc's. :cool1: :banana: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :bounce: :Pinkbounc :banana: :cool1:
It really makes it feel like it's here and it was such a suprise to get home at 10 last night and find then on our porch bench

[disney1972]

Well we are still waiting :rolleyes1 Guess that is the story of my life.. Hurry up and wait!

Anyone have Palo ressies? We are having brunch on Sept. 14th.

Well guess I will go back and wait for my docs to arrive, and say a prayer for all those who are going to be in Hurricane Katrina's path. :worship: God bless them all!

[disney1972]

Well we can officially say we are sailing in LESS than 2 weeks!! :cool1:

[j_cwayman]

YEAH!!!! We are leaving in less than 2 weeks!!!! Has anyone got a GTY room upgraded??I noticed that the Cat 6 like we got are all GTY any chance we may get upgraded?? Hope to see everyone there!!! Hopefully we can book palo on the shiop when we get there!!! :banana: :bounce: :Pinkbounc

[pixiefaery]

WHOO HOO! DOING THE DOC DANCE!! :banana: :cool1: :banana: :cool1:

TA called today! i am going to pick them up from her tomorrow!!! :smooth:

[disney1972]

We had 3 cabins upgraded 3 Cat's. Did you pull up your room number on the website? I think most are posted by now. pirate: pirate:

Good luck!

[deefranco]

TA should have our docs tomorrow...but not doing the dance until I have them!!
Can't wait, we leave in one week....arriving before our land/sea package actually starts. Started packing my girls today. :Pinkbounc
Thinking I should make door sign too??? Not sure yet though, have enough to do before we leave.

Are we all meeting?

[FirstTimer]

I'm starting to get nervous, man I hate and love this part, the anticipation, the worry that everything's gonna go wrong, second guessing all my choices, not wanting to go to work at all this week, panic attacks, excitement. Breathe girl breathe, oh I just want this to be great and not a disappointment. I've been waiting my whole life to go to disney and now to be so close to going AND to be going on a cruise as well, i just gotta relax.

[deefranco]

AAHHH! I feel the same way! It's so exciting, but nerve racking at the same time. I think we're gonna love it. :wave:

[Pistachio42]

No docs here yet but TA says will overnight them to us tomorrow. Yeah yeah .. check's in the mail .. I want them in my hands! Haha :confused3

We got upgraded!!!! Ain't QTY grand (sometimes)? :cool1:

We are really excited. Someone mentioned having a Meet & Greet on Sunday at 3 p.m. on the Promenade Deck, but didn't see anything else on this. Where on the Promenade Deck? What deck number is that since I don't see names on the deck plan website I'm using? I think it would be great to meet the people who are posting here even though we haven't posted much. We are still in contact with several people we have met at other meets n greets on previous cruises. Its fun!!

Anyone else for all of us getting together?

Tom :earsboy: & Donna :earsgirl:

[RAM]

We are certainly up for a Meet & Greet, but it seems that the idea got dropped... or at least has taken a delayed pause. Just let us know when and where. :earsboy:

[FirstTimer]

I'm in for the meet & greet :cool1:

[jinga]

I'm in for a meet and greet, also. Where is the best place and time? any suggestions?

[disney1972]

We finally get to do the doc dance too!! :banana: :banana:

Can we go now?? I am going to be worse than my kids.. Are we there yet! :Pinkbounc

[jeanette1969]

I'd love to meet everyone that has posted. I'm up for the meet on the Promenade Deck 3 p.m.

Jeanette

[disney1972]

Sounds good to me too, if I have the ship figured out by then and can find my way there!

[ragdoll]

Hi all! I am DM to Shannon1984. I am here to hijack your thread and take over. And in the process I am sure that I will embarrass DD to death. Good!lol. You will all be meeting in the Promenade Lounge at 3:00 on Sunday. This is the Promenade Lounge, not deck. It is located on deck 3. It is a nice quiet place to talk and easy to find people. This is a good time because it is after lunch and before the drill so there is not too much going on.

Hope you all have a great cruise!

[ragdoll]

Oh my, looks like I scared everyone away. Shannon asked if I read her cruise thread and when I told her what I posted she said "you didn't tell them you are my mother did you?" She just shook her head. Took it quite well, really. Shannon is busy moving and working so she hasn't had time to post.

[deefranco]

Got our Doc's yesterday!! :banana: :banana:
I'm doing the happy dance that it's all here. Now I just have to wait 6 more days till we leave. :(
I did notice that our tickets show the staterooms we booked, so no upgrade here. That's ok, we're happy with our rooms...let them show the love to other families. Just wish I could have gotten reservations for Palo's. I'll ask again once we get on the ship. We'll see. Can't wait to go..we'll see you all there!

[disney1972]

Got our Doc's yesterday!! :banana: :banana:
I'm doing the happy dance that it's all here. Now I just have to wait 6 more days till we leave. :(
I did notice that our tickets show the staterooms we booked, so no upgrade here. That's ok, we're happy with our rooms...let them show the love to other families. Just wish I could have gotten reservations for Palo's. I'll ask again once we get on the ship. We'll see. Can't wait to go..we'll see you all there!
I am sorry you did not get upgraded. You will have a wonderful time and nobody spends that much time in their cabin anyways!! Too much fun to be had on deck.

Is Palo's booked for all dinner and brunch dates already? I hope you will be able to get in. I will cross my fingers for you. Good luck!

[deefranco]

I know we will have a great time, I'm getting really anxious.
:)
As far as Palo's...I can't get a reservation online for brunch or dinner. But, from what I have heard on the boards is that Disney holds some of the reservations for passengers once they have boarded. Guess maybe it's to be fair to those passengers who aren't so computer savvy to have a chance. I'll keep my fingers crossed, but if we don't get in I won't be too upset. This is our first family vacation, if you don't count all the trips to Grandma's house. So we want to have tons of fun with the kids, but 8 days of vacation with the kids...it would be nice to have one romantic dinner with my DH. If we still can't get in...we'll just have to have a romantic stroll around the ship while the kids are in the clubs. Sounds nice. :love:

[Pistachio42]

It's getting soooooo close! We leave for Florida on 9/8 to visit friends then over to Orlando airport to catch the Disney bus to the ship .. yeeeehaww.

We're doing the doc dance this morning. I much prefer having my docs a little further in advance, but all is well now that I have them in my hands. :banana: :cheer2: :Pinkbounc :cool1: :bounce:

Anyone have any special thoughts on what to do in Nassau? We've been to Cable Beach and several times to the Atlantis. Anything else in the 'must do' category other than Blue Lagoon?

See everyone at the Promenade Lounge at 3 on Sunday!

Tom & Donna

[jinga]

Finally, got our documents today! :cheer2: :cheer2:

[jeanette1969]

Do we all have our docs now? Oh my gosh, it's almost here!!!!! :banana:

Jeanette

[disney1972]

Well it is less than a week away! Whoohoo!! We don't leave until the 11th since we are only a few hours away.. We are doing the land part after the cruise. See you all there!

[TJHutch]

Is everyone packed and ready to go?? We leave out on Friday afternoon to start our drive and we cannot wait.

[FirstTimer]

Ok seriously freaking out now.
We leave Wed. (doing the land part first). DH didn't realize he needed a birth certificate (last time he cruised all u needed was a dl and they barely checked that), he goes to look for it and discovers it was part of the stuff that was stolen from him a while ago! :eek: Next, I tell him to look for DD's birth certificate cause he had it last, he swears up and down he never had it, so of course we can't find that either. :eek:
Finally, I decide to search for my trusty passport, do I even have to finish, NO I can't find it :eek: and no we haven't packed yet, why do i have to be a procrastinator, i swear it's a disease people, *sigh* the hunt is on.

I'll be at the meet & greet on Sunday (hopefully) :guilty:

[disney1972]

Oh I am glad I am not in your shoes right now.. I would definately be in a complete panic!! Good luck finding all your paperwork.

[TJHutch]

Oh no! Pixie dust coming your way that you are able to find everything you need. :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: We will see you at the meet and greet.

[Pistachio42]

FirstTimer .. Wow .. what a last minute stresser! :scared: Keep us posted on your search for your passports, birth certificates, etc. Are you close enough to your state government office that issues your birth certificates to go down there and get same day service? As you overcome this, May the Force (and Mickey ::MickeyMo and Minnie ::MinnieMo ) be with you!

Is anyone going to be a Pirate? pirate:

Tom

[CaribGirl]

Wow, haven't posted for a while, and went to check today, and we have a meet and greet place set. I'll be there...
Can't believe we are 6 days away. No packing here yet!!! Have to make it through another work week before I can allow myself to be on vacation mode...
Lots of pixiedust Firsttimer, :wizard: a local office of Vital Statistics can help you get birth certificate right there and then. Here in Florida we can just show up at the office and they will print out a copy. You just need to be born in the state.
No pirates here. Couldn't get the family to join!!!
6 days and counting... :Pinkbounc :cool1:

[jinga]

We haven't started packing yet, but making a list. We leave Fri. checking the girls out of school early, so that we can get on the road. Spending Fri. night with family, then up early to get Cocoa Beach to hit the beach and go last minute shopping.

[disney1972]

I got the whole party of 10 into the pirate: mood. We all tried on our costumes yesterday.. My 4 yr DS wants to put in on and wear it now pirate: pirate: Hopefully we are not the only ones dressing or I will be walking the plank!

[FirstTimer]

Ok, literally have been searching since my last post and finally....


I found my birth certificate AND passport :cool1: so I'll definitely be there
(DD and DH on the other hand :confused3 )
no luck for them and DH claims he's the organized one, ha! :rotfl2:

Anywho, he'll be making the treck down to our state capital for the b/c's for him and DD since they closed the ones for our county down due to allegations of fraud. Needless to say he's not too happy about that and proclaims that if the lines tooo long he's leaving (of course he's not, we leave on wed., so basically he'll just stand in line crying in agony :rotfl2: ) As I type he's still holding out hope that he'll find it and is still looking, claiming he's got 5 good hours of search left in him :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

I know it's wrong but DH is the calmest person I know so to see him for the first time freaking out has me :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

[TJHutch]

I am glad to heard that you were able to find yours and your dh is able to go to your state capital. That will teach him to be so organized. :rotfl2: Dh lost all of our birth certificates. Good thing for him we have passports. ;)