July 14 - 17, 2005 Wonder

[alanapapa]

:sunny: :sunny: :jumping1: My whole family is very excited to be going to WDW and on the Wonder. My wife and I told our two girls on Christmas day. We had given them gifts like Sunscreen, Aloe Vera, Sunglasses, but they did not put it together until they opened the new suitcases that we were going someplace. We then told them where and when. Anybody else going on this trip???

[alanapapa]

Bumping this up.
At 154 days out, I am hoping SOMEBODY will be cruising with us.

[alanapapa]

Bump :dancer:

[alanapapa]

:disrocks: Bump

[alanapapa]

Just another bump. I can't believe we are the only ones from the boards on this cruise. :sad2:

[hawaii5o]

My husband, daughter and I are going on this cruise. It is our first disney cruise. How old are your daughters, mine is 9. :earsgirl:

[alanapapa]

Hi Hawaii50,
Ours are (will be) 6 and 11. We haven't decided what excursions yet, but are having fun thinking about it. See you in July. Are you doing WDW before cruisng?

[hawaii5o]

Yes, we are going to WDW before the cruise. Arriving on July 9th and then going on the cruise the 14th. We are staying at pop century for now. I am waiting for a deal to come in the mail. They usually send something for an upgraded hotel, but I have not gotten anything yet. Oh and my husband did the same thing for xmas, he gave us the disney passes, so I said lets do the cruise too!!!! Have you been to disneyworld before? :earsgirl: :earsgirl: :earsgirl:

[alanapapa]

My DW & I have been to WDW many times. We are both ex-CM from Anaheim. This will be the first time for our DD's. We are staying at the AKL starting on the 10th. We will look for you guys.

[4dysarts]

Just wanted to drop in and say Hi. We will also be on the 7/14/05 DC. My two children ages 8 & 9 will be going with us. This will be their 1st cruise, and my first Disney cruise. I just can't wait. We did WDW in December of 2004, it was great and beautifully decorated for the holidays. Any input or info regarding the cruise would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

[alanapapa]

Hi, thanks for joining this thread. We look forward to cruising with you all in July.

[alanapapa]

J We will also be on the 7/14/05 DC. My two children ages 8 & 9 will be going with us. This will be their 1st cruise, and my first Disney cruise. I just can't wait.

BTW, are your children girls like Hawaii50 and mine??

[hawaii5o]

how old are your kids, I am sure you probably told me already. There doesnt seem to be anyone other than us 3 on this cruise!!! I am sure I am wrong. Is this your first time on DCL? It is for us. Are you doing disney before or after the cruise? I think you said you were from the west coast, California??? Did you think of any excursions yet?

[alanapapa]

In hopes Hawaii50 was refering to me. Our DD's will be 6 and 11. The DD11 gets along well with younger kids.
Yes this is our first cruise, DCL or otherwise. We will be at the AKL from the 10th to the 14th. We will have a magnetic sign on our cabin, but won't at the AKL.

[4dysarts]

Hi,
Both my children are girls. At the time of the cruise they will be 8 & 9. I am new to this, so what is the magnetic sign on your cabin door that you were referring to in the above thread? thanks

[hawaii5o]

hey dysarts,

I got your pm the other day and I responded to it (wrote a book) and then when I went to go find a site for you to look at, my book was gone!!! LOL...

[4dysarts]

Hey Hawaii50,
That's OK, I believe I was just mentioning about my daughters experience with the Rock n Roll Roller coaster and some other things, which I can't remember now. Sorry.
So what site was it that you went to? Also my daughters think it is neat that I'm corresponding with people on the cruise with us and that there will be other kids their age on board. Talk Later

[alanapapa]

Hi,
Both my children are girls. At the time of the cruise they will be 8 & 9. I am new to this, so what is the magnetic sign on your cabin door that you were referring to in the above thread? thanks
There is a thread about them, some of the posts have pictures. :cool1:
Do a search using titles only and put in magnetic and you will find them. I have to still find a source for the magnetic paper. I might have to buy them online.

[alanapapa]

pirate: :disrocks: :dancer:
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[alanapapa]

:cool1: just another Bump :dancer:

[hawaii5o]

Bump :cool1: :cool1: :cool1: :cool1:

[4dysarts]

I still can't believe that its only us three going on the cruise (ha,ha). I've been reading the threads and no one else seem to be going on this date. Wouldn't that be cool :cool1: , but its a big ship so it could be lonely, also. Talk later

[alanapapa]

Yay!!!! We are now into double digits, at least for the land part. Can't wait to go, can't wait to meet you guys.

[hawaii5o]

I know, I cant wait to go!!!! I am waiting for my passports also. I sent for them last week. We will have to see who gets them first. I wonder if the week we chose is a bad week or something. Do the people on the boards know something we dont know??? LOL.... I cant believe us 3 families are the only ones so far that are going...... did you guys think about your excursions yet? Oh and what is ps??? I cant figure that out.

[alanapapa]

Well, if we are the only ones, we are sure to have superb service :rotfl:

No, we haven't figured out our excursions. there are a few things we want to do, but haven't put anything down on paper. Part of it depends on our two DD's. We have them in swim classes so we can go snorkeling in CC. My DW had Lazik surgery yesterday so she could see while snorkeling.

PS is "Priority Seating" at restaurants at WDW. They are in essence reservations. Most of the places that take PS's only do them 90 days out. We have our reservation for the "Hoop-de-Doo Revue" already as that one you can make 730 days out.

:hourglass Counting down

[4dysarts]

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[alanapapa]

:wizard: BUMP

[alanapapa]

Bump pirate:
Getting Close to cruise

[4dysarts]

Bump :earsboy:

[alanapapa]

Bump :dancer: :fish:

[4dysarts]

Hey,
I still can't believe we are the only ones on this cruise :rotfl:
Check out the new DCL site. I went ahead and registered the kids
for the oceaneers lab. This should be one less line to wait in. You can even print your cruise documents. I didn't though, afraid I'd loose them between now and then, maybe at a later date. Talk to you later.

[hawaii5o]

I know I cant believe we are the only ones on this board going on this date.... I checked out the new site and registered our daughter for the kids club also. Did you guys think about excursions yet? I guess the next thing to do is just wait. We will be at pop century on the 9th so it is just a little over 2 months away!!!!! Are your kids getting excited??????? :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc

[alanapapa]

Our two DD's have been excited since we told them, now that we are less than 2 months out I can't tell who is more excited, the two of them or my DW & I. We made some of our excursion ressies and our Palo's yesterday. The upgrades to the DCL site are awesome. :cheer2:
What excursions are you guys thinking about? We think all we want to do in Nassau is take the city tour and then walk on our own. DW wants to parasail in CC, but don't know what else.

[4dysarts]

I know 2 months away!! I have not made any excursion decisions yet. I have also been thinking about the historical city tour or the Ardastra garden and city tour. I have read mixed reviews about it though. However, my mother has never been to the Bahamas so I hate for her not to see it or experience it. My kids birthdays are in May, I got them each their own snorkel set (@ Walmart). The ones birthday has already passed so she has gotten hers and that has just made her more excited. Well, talk later. ::MickeyMo

[whetstone]

We will also be on this cruise :) Me, my Wife and 10 year old son. This will be our first Disney cruise. My wife and I have been on a carnival cruise last year. Deceided to take our son Disney for his first cruise. From what I'm hearing/reading it should be a great time.

Tony

[alanapapa]

We will also be on this cruise :) Me, my Wife and 10 year old son. This will be our first Disney cruise. My wife and I have been on a carnival cruise last year. Deceided to take our son Disney for his first cruise. From what I'm hearing/reading it should be a great time.

Tony
Hi Tony, welcome. I believe that this will be the first for 4dysarts, hawaii5o, as well as our family. We will all be newbies together. We will all have to figure out a place and time to meet. Maybe during the sail away party or before the lifeboat drill?

[hawaii5o]

Welcome Tony,

We are all first timers on the cruise so far. We have been anxiously waiting for more people to join us!!!!! One more group going YAHOO :cool1: :cool1: :cool1:

[4dysarts]

Hi Tony

Are you and your family as excited as the rest of us? Propably :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc Welcome we were wondering if any one else was goign to be cruising with us.

[whetstone]

But of course I'm excited, I love disney. I try to go at least once a year, since I live only about 4.5 hours from there :). Just wish I could of taken a longer cruise, just time wise this year it wasn't going to happen. Already looking at the 7 night cruises for next year :)

[LongIslandMouse]

Hi ya'll, just found this thread on the 3rd page :rotfl: but I knew I had to come across someone else going on the 14-17th!! We just booked the cruise a couple of days ago and I'm so excited! I have a 15yo DD, 12yo DS, a 2yo DS and my little one just turned 10mos. The kids have never been on a cruise so this should be an awsome adventure for them! We're also staying at WDW at the Polynesian after the cruise till July 22nd.
I was really surprised of the availability of rooms left at this late date. We were able to get two adjoining rooms on deck 7 with verandahs! I hear they will drastically discount the prices 30 days out and offer it to the Disney families, lucky them :rolleyes:
Now I'm very curious about the magnetic thingy on the doors so I'm about to do a search now :p
Since I found these boards yesterday I've been glued to reading testimonials, tips and stuff!
Looking forward to chatting with you guys :flower:

Laura

[alanapapa]

Hi Laura,
And hi to Katie, Ryan, Mickey, and Jack. :wave: Welcome to the Disboards. We are doing the AKL prior to the cruise. If you send me a PM (private message) with your e-mail address I will try to send you a PDF of the two magnetic signs I created for us. Again, Welcome

[hawaii5o]

Welcome Laura and family!!!!

We all have been waiting for more people to join us for this cruise. It looks like we are all first timers for the disney cruise. We are on deck 7 also. I have a 9 year old daughter. Look forward to meeting you guys and having a great time!!!!!!!! Cant wait!!!!!!!!! are you from Long Island New York????? :cool1: :cool1: :cool1:

[LongIslandMouse]

Hi guys and thanks for the welcome! :flower: Can I sound stupid and ask what AKL stands for? Oh, and I did a search for "magnetic" and saw pics. of what some people put on their stateroom doors, very cute. I think I may stop by Home Depot where they sell the disney paint and pick up some of those mouse ears myself! I'm not creative enough to come up with anything myself ;)
Yes, I'm from Long Island, New York! Just about 20 miles or so from the city or 35 mins. on a train ride!
I'm loving these message boards, very addicting :bitelip:

[alanapapa]

Hi guys and thanks for the welcome! :flower: Can I sound stupid and ask what AKL stands for? Oh, and I did a search for "magnetic" and saw pics. of what some people put on their stateroom doors, very cute. I think I may stop by Home Depot where they sell the disney paint and pick up some of those mouse ears myself! I'm not creative enough to come up with anything myself ;)
Yes, I'm from Long Island, New York! Just about 20 miles or so from the city or 35 mins. on a train ride!
I'm loving these message boards, very addicting :bitelip:
Hi Laura,
AKL stand for "Animal Kingdom Lodge" at WDW. And it was not a stupid question, some of these initials and acronyms are very confusing.:confused3
And yes these boards are addicting, both my DW and I check them often. :cool1:

[LongIslandMouse]

Thanks Andrew ;) Hey Hawaii, what room are you guys in? I'm pretty sure we're in 7100 and 7102 adjoining. I think it's near the aft elevators so it will be a busy area and noisy :rolleyes: Did you sign up DD for the Ocean Lab? Andrew sent me a file for some artsy door pictures, I'm going to try and do something similar in the coming few weeks!
My dh booked the land portion of our trip yesterday! We're staying at the Polynesian in a lagoon view concierge until the 22nd! Woot!!! I'm so excited! Oh, and he also booked the romance package for the ship! Does anyone know how I can reserve our spa massage ahead of time? I've already reserved some of the babysitting, signed my 12 yo. for Oceanears Lab, and reserved Palo :banana: Oh, and we're just about to look into the excursions for CC and Nassau. Trying to figure out what we can all do together with the age diff. 1, 2, 12 and 15. :rolleyes: I'd really like to see Atlantis but don't want it to be more work with the two little ones, this is a vacation afterall right?
Ok...enough of my rambling! Somebody else post here please! :earboy2:

Laura :wave2:

[LongIslandMouse]

:rolleyes1
bump :bored:

[hawaii5o]

Well guys.........................31 days and counting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ARE YOU EXCITED YET????????????????? Lets see who gets their doc first. :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc

[alanapapa]

Well guys.........................31 days and counting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ARE YOU EXCITED YET????????????????? Lets see who gets their doc first. :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc
Am I counting wrong? :confused3 I count 34 from today til we debark from Cape Canaveral :cheer2: A bit less til we get to WDW :earboy2:

[hawaii5o]

Boy where did I mess up? Maybe it was until we leave for Disney of July 9th???

[alanapapa]

:cool1: :cool1: :banana: :banana: :cheer2: :cheer2: :bounce: :bounce: :hourglass Just 3 more weeks and we will be onboard. Anybody have their doc's yet???

BTW Jeanne, your sign look great.

[hawaii5o]

Thanks Andrew!!! It was my first one that I made. I was surprised how good it turned out. I didn't really know what I was doing. Thought the black might have been too dark, but I think it looks good with the other colors. I can't believe our cruise is almost here!!!!!!!!! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: When are you leaving for Disney? We are leaving on the 9th. I will be so excited when we get the docs :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc. Did you ever pick any excursions? We didn't. Are your daughters excited???? Mine is!!!! Oh I have a ??? on that magnetic door board, how do I get to look at the most recent ones? I used to have all the pages on the screen to click, but now all the pages aren't there..........

[alanapapa]

Oh I have a ??? on that magnetic door board, how do I get to look at the most recent ones? I used to have all the pages on the screen to click, but now all the pages aren't there..........

There is a little carrot or arrow by the name of the last poster for that thread, if you click (probably left click, but I don't know I use a MAC) you shoould go to the last post. Or you could click on the "last page" where the page numbers are.

Yes, we will be arriving on the 9th to WDW and staying one night at ASM before going to AKL.

See you soon,

[alanapapa]

Sorry I forgot, yes we have a couple of excursions planned. My DW has wanted to go parasailing since she was watching the Love Boat in Junior High so.....
Plus DD11 & I are scheduled for the EcoTour. We opted to just take a bus tour of Nassau and then walk around ourselves.

[4dysarts]

Hey Everyone,

We just got back from our camping trip in Missouri and Arkansas, it was very nice but hot!!!
We got our doc's on yesterday. :cheer2: My mom found them @ our back door when she was checking on our house. Now I'm really excited. I can't believe its finally getting close. I never thought it would get here.
Those of you who are doing WDW first, Have fun and maybe we will all catch up on the cruise.
::MickeyMo ::MinnieMo ::MickeyMo ::MinnieMo

[alanapapa]

:cool1: :cool1: :banana: :banana:

Let's all do the Doc Dance, and hopefully our Doc's will arrive soon. :jumping1:

[hawaii5o]

Hey guys,

Just got my docs today!!!!!!!!! Andrew, you should be next!!!!!!!!! gotta do it now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :cool1: :cool1: :cool1: :cool1: :cool1: :cool1:
:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
I am sooooooooo excited!!!!!!!!!!

[alanapapa]

:sad2: :sad2: :sad1: :sad1: :worried:
Here it is Wednesday night and still NO DOC'S.. Please send some Pixie Dust to the Seattle Area and with it send the DOC's, Please..
I know, I am fretting needlessly, but it is hard when some of you got yours Friday.

[hawaii5o]

Pixie dust coming your way!!!!!!!!! :wizard: :wizard: :wizard:
Did you book with Disney or a travel agent? Hopefully they will come today or at the latest by tommorrow. They come ups.

[4dysarts]

Sending Pixie Dust your way. Hopefully they will arrive today or tomorrow. Best fo Luck. :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard:

[alanapapa]

Hi All,
Thanks for the Pixie Dust. I just talked to the TA (in Denver) on the phone and she said the doc's came in yesterday (6-29-05) and were "mailed out" the same, and that we should get them soon. I am hoping that she either FedEx'ed them or UPS'ed instead of US Snail. Even UPS ground from Denver would arrive Tuesday, but US Snail might not make it until Thurs or Fri and we fly out Sat at 7:40AM. Sorry, but I am venting.

[4dysarts]

Don't feel sorry for venting. Waiting for the DOC's can make our anxiety level rise. Our passports just came 2 days ago. I know that you technically don't need them yet, but I wanted to have them. Especially since the kids and I are traveling without my husband. I was beigning to wonder since our birth certificates were with the passports. It took a litttle over 6 weeks to get them.
I hope that you get them. Did you get a tracking number so you can look to see where they might be. Good Luck and here is some more Pixie Dust. :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard:

[LongIslandMouse]

Hey ya'll, I haven't checked in here in a while and boy are we closing in on our big day! :jumping1: I haven't gotten any docs. yet either but my TA is on vac. this week so maybe they're sitting on her desk :bitelip:

[alanapapa]

:cool1: :cool1: :cool1: :cool1:
Thanks for the Pixie Dust. The TA sent the doc's express mail and they arrived today. :cloud9: My DW said I was making a big deal over nothing and when I came home from work she said "Here, these are for you"

Now I know tomorrow (Friday) will be a great day. It is the last day working prior to vacation and since I have been at the company (REI Co-op) 20 years, I get an additional 5 week sabbatical, so I don't go back until the middle of August. :Pinkbounc :cheer2: :banana: :bounce:

See you all in 14 days. :wave2:

[hawaii5o]

Our pixie dust worked!!!!! :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: I can't believe it is finally coming!!!! One week from tommorrow for DW.

[alanapapa]

:cool1:
Just wanted to bump this up again. NEXT WEEK we will all be there. Can't wait.

[alanapapa]

Hey all, did we ever decide on a time and place to meet on Thursday?? I could find it when I skimmed through these. Any ideas? :grouphug:

Since we made our Palo and excursion reservations online we decided to still take the bus from the AKL. I believe that gets us to the port around 1:00 or so. Do we want to meet before the LifeBoat Drill or after?

[alanapapa]

Okay everybody, how about meeting just outside Scoops at 3:00 pm on Thursday. We can meet and say hello before the Life Boat drill and decide when to meet after/during the Sail Away party.

[hawaii5o]

Sounds good to me.... Scoops it is!!! Do you think we will have trouble flying in on saturday?????????? Dennis is making me nervous........ :umbrella: :umbrella: :umbrella:

Oh did you get our pic that I sent ya?

[alanapapa]

Sounds good to me.... Scoops it is!!! Do you think we will have trouble flying in on saturday?????????? Dennis is making me nervous........ :umbrella: :umbrella: :umbrella:

Let's hope not, we fly out at 7:40 am and arrive 5 something in the afternoon. We will probably get some rain and wind though.

Oh did you get our pic that I sent ya?
No I have not. It might not have cleared the junk mail screening. Send me a PM with your e-mail address and I will add it to my address book.

See you Thursday.

[alanapapa]

We are on our way, well almost. We are in the finishing touches of packing (okay so it is 11:00 pm our time) and a friend is picking us up at 5:00 in the morning to fly to Orlando. See you at the parks or onboard the Wonder.

[alanapapa]

Sorry we missed the Dismeet. We did not board until after 3:00, we barely made it to Beach Blanket Buffet, thankfully they did not close on time. We got throught the line at 20 minutes to 4:00.

[whetstone]

We missed it also, lost track of time after we got on board :).

We saw y'all on the top deck during the fireworks show, but I didn't realize it till later it was you. I even asked if you were using all your chairs and it was too dark to see your face. So I didn't reconize you (from your sig picture) then.

Great trip even with all the small problems we ran into. We rented scooters on Nassau and went to do a u-turn. My wife's scooter couldn't make the turn and she crashed on the curb hurting her foot. Luckly it was only bruised and cut. And if anyone finds a man's wedding band in the water at Castaway Cay, that would be mine. We were out on some floats when I went to pull myself up on the float and the handle I was grabing for caught my ring slipping it off my finger. Water was ~7-8 foot deep there and too cloudly to find it even with a mask :(

Even with all that, we can't wait to do another dis cruise :)

Tony

[4dysarts]

We had a great time. It went by way to fast. Now back home and to work. :sad1: We really enjoyed Castaway. The kids also enjoyed the show each night. How about the food? I don't think I want to eat for a long time. It was wonderful. The servers were great especially with the girls.
I hope everyone had a great time, and thanks for all your tips. It was a great help and made things go smoother. Until the next time........
::MinnieMo ::MickeyMo pirate: :earsboy: :mickeybar