OCTOBER 23RD 2005 - 4-Day Wonder - 102305 - 10232005 - 20051023

[StuartMI]

Anyone else on this one? :earboy2:

[Henlady]

Yep, we'll be there. :cool1:
Our first cruise ever. DH and I and dear friends were able to snag SPH 5022 and 5024. We will be adding 3 nights at POR and visits to the parks after the cruise. Can't wait.

[StuartMI]

Cool - We're in SPH 5520 across the hall! :P Small world! pirate:

[Henlady]

:Pinkbounc Bump :Pinkbounc

[Shana Rayce]

Hi all!
Count us in for the Oct. 23 Disney Wonder!!

StuartMI...I see you are from Ann Arbor...we are from Midland!

Do either of you have children coming on the cruise?
I am bringing my DS9, DD18, DD21. My DH is sitting this one out...it is actually a graduation present for DD18. My DH, DS9 went on the Wonder last Halloween...it was great! We rebooked a 7-day for Oct. 2006...but I just couldn't wait that long for another one!

I am trying to get my counter to work...but am having problems. I'll keep trying!

[StuartMI]

No kids. Eesh. :) I am 29 and DW is 31. Soon, but not yet.

Have been to Midland many times.. I am involved with the Jaycees and we have conventions every now and again at the Best Western Valley Plaza. Goot Filet steak at the restaurant there.

Nice graduation present and we are the same boat (no pun intended) -- we couldn't wait until 07/06 for our 7-day so we're doing a quick 4-day to get our fix.

[Henlady]

Hi Shana. Welcome to the Oct 23 Wonder trip.
No children with us this time. DD will be 22 (hopefully working after she gradutes in May) and DS will be 23. This will only be our 2nd trip to Disney without the "kids", and we are looking forward to it. :cool1:

Kris

[Henlady]

Just bumping this on up :cheer2:

[StuartMI]

:goodvibes bump :goodvibes

[UGAFan0829]

No kids. Eesh. :) I am 29 and DW is 31. Soon, but not yet.

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No kids for us either, but we'll be on the boat with you guys.
Anyone want to plan a meet?? :wave2:

[Henlady]

Of course we can plan a meet! You can count on us and our Dear Friends (also traveling without kids). We are all in our early 50's and looking forward to a "WONDERful" time. :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc

[StuartMI]

Should meet over by plutos or something -- have a few snacks.

[keef22]

So we'll be on this cruise and we're taking our 4 year old for his first Disney experience! (...and everyone's first cruise) :earboy2:

Any advice? I'm reading as much as I can online...

[Henlady]

This is our first cruise too Keef. I'm with you reading these boards. I am getting loads of info. Welcome aboard.

Kris :wave2:

[keef22]

Okay, I know that this may be considered off topic, but I'm having problems finding info with the search tool...

It's almost as if there's too much information on the boards...

What's the deal with the pillowcase autographs?

[Henlady]

Keef22
From what I have read on the boards, if you drop off a pillowcase or t-shirt at guest relations (have it in a lg ziplock bag with marker/markers) they will have the characters sign the item and then you can pick it up on the last night of the cruise. Sounds like a nice souvenir for the little ones - or maybe the big ones too.

Kris :wave2:

[keef22]

That's a great idea. DS4 will probably be a little nervous going up to the characters :scared: , and I'd hate to have to carry an autograph book around with us all day...

:rockband:

[bgomes]

Hi Shana.

Wanted to let you that it was great meeting you, Brent & Logan on last years' Halloween on the Wonder. I know how you feel about not wanting to wait to go on another cruise. Bob & I did one to the Southern Caribbean on Royal Caribbean's Serenade of the Seas last February. We left from San Juan and went to St Thomas, St Maarten, Antigua, St Lucia and Barbados. I think that was my favorite one so far. Lise (my sister), my other sister and I are taking Mom on a Western Caribbean this coming October 16. Girls Only!!! Since we are spread out all over the country, we are meeting in the middle and are leaving out of Galveston. Enjoy both your upcoming cruises. I know you will.

Barb pirate:

[Henlady]

:cool1: So far we have StuartMI, Henlady, Shana Rayce, UGAFan0829 and Keef22 sailing along on Oct 23. Anyone else????

Henlady, DH and our friends are staying at the Comfort Suites in Cocoa Beach the night before the cruise


Only 169 days till we leave for our very first cruise. :Pinkbounc :banana: :Pinkbounc

[StuartMI]

:goodvibes bump :goodvibes

[Henlady]

Hi Stuart - We'll keep this bumped up to see if anyone else is going along. :goodvibes

Only 136 days till we leave. We're coming down on the 21st on the AutoTrain.

Kris :wave2:

[Henlady]

:Pinkbounc Bump :Pinkbounc

ONLY 120 DAYS TO GO!!!!!!!!

[StuartMI]

Woooooooooo - double digits soon! :cool1: :cool1: We'll be paid off completely in a few days, too. :banana: :banana:

Where is everyone staying the night before? We're staying at the HI-express on A1A.

[Henlady]

We're at the Comfort Inn/Suites in Cocoa Beach.

Kris :wave2:

[StuartMI]

Cruise is PAID OFF as of this morning! 90-day castaway club reservation mark is 07/25/2005.

:banana: :dancer: :rockband: :dancer: :rockband: :dancer: :banana:

[Henlady]

:banana: :Pinkbounc CONGRATULATIONS STUARTMI :banana: :Pinkbounc

Great feeling, huh.


Kris :wave2:


113 days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary Wonder Cruise and
4 days at PO-R

[StuartMI]

Anyone putting anything on their stateroom account before they go? We have a $100 credit for re-booking on board and I just loaded $400 onto it yesterday so we'll have $500 sitting there waiting for us when we board. A nice feeling.

[Henlady]

Hadn't thought of putting down money beforehand, but it sounds like a good idea. We aren't planning on doing any "excursions" at this point in time, just a little sight seeing/shopping in Nassau in the morning, then DH and friend are thinking of going golfing at Cable Beach in the afternoon (taking their own clubs, etc) and DF and I are heading to Atlantis for the afternoon. Probably will just rent a float on CC. We are not big "picture" people so Shutters won't be an issue, but drinks may be another subject. Will be doing Wine Tasting and Beer Tasting and a few tropicals/martinis/beers each day. :cool1: I may book DH for the "Chakra Balancing capsule" at the spa if it is still available, he thought that looked pretty neat.

Kris :wave2:

105 days till we Leave for our 30th Anniversary 4-Day Wonder Cruise and a few days at PO-R

[Admiral Boom]

We're on this cruise, too!

[Henlady]

WELCOME ADMIRAL! :goodvibes
Glad to have you aboard.


Only 106 Days till we set sail.


Kris :wave2:



104 Days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary 4-Day Wonder Cruise and a few days at PO-R

[lissisuarez]

hi everyone, We are going on this cruise too, we are traveling with my 4 children ages 2, 4, 6 and 15 and my nephew 12

We are staying at the nickelodeon hotel 4 days before the cruise we are very exited can't wait :cool1:

[Admiral Boom]

hi everyone, We are going on this cruise too, we are traveling with my 4 children ages 2, 4, 6 and 15 and my nephew 12

We are staying at the nickelodeon hotel 4 days before the cruise we are very exited can't wait :cool1:

Welcome!!!

What stateroom(s) are you in?

[lissisuarez]

we are staying on conecting stateroom deck 2 rooms 2085 and 2083 how about you are you traveling with kids?

[3boysmomma]

Hi! I've been reading these forums for what seems like forever and finally decided last night to join. We'll be cruising along with you too. Myself,DH, and Twin 3 year olds and a 6 year old, aling with my parents. Can't wait :goodvibes We are staying at Port Orlans Riverside for 4 night prior to the cruise ::MickeyMo

[lissisuarez]

Welcome, I have been reading this forum for a long time now too, and just decided to post I am glad I did. I am sure will see each other on the cruise, I will try to put my 4 and 6 year old on the children club. Maybe they will meet your 6 year old :banana:

[3boysmomma]

I think that my 6 year old plans to spend most of his time in the clubs,he's always asking to see the pics on the DCL website,I think I will have to do alot of coaxing to get him out! I am hoping that since the twins will be 3 1/2 are potty trained that maybe they will stay at least for a while so that me and my husband can have some time without them since we will be celebrating our 10 year anniv. :love: Are your 4 and 6 year old boys or girls?

[lissisuarez]

my 4, 6 and 15 are boys I also have my 2 year old little girl

We will be celebrating my 6th year old birthday actually he will be 7 on the 24 :rotfl:

[Henlady]

Welcome Lissisuarez and 3boysmomma!! Glad to have you aboard. Our numbers are growing.

You all realize we are soon coming up to our Double Digit Dance Day :banana: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :cheer2: . The more the merrier.

We're in staterooms 5022 and 5024 traveling with our dear friends. Not traveling with any children, they are 22 and 23 and wish they were traveling with us though, maybe next time :teeth: .

Kris :wave2:

100 days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary 4-day Wonder cruise and a few days at PO-R

[lissisuarez]

Thank you Henlady, This will be our first cruise with the kids, we can't wait, I really hope the weather is nice, and all these hurricanes are over with by the time with get there.

Is anyone dressing up for Pirate Night? pirate:

[lissisuarez]

Where is everyone at? :confused3

[Henlady]

Hi Lissisuarez:

We're here. I'm sure the weather will be just fine for the cruise. Keep a positive attitude. We are not planning on dressing up for Pirates night. DH is not a "dress up" kind of guy. Probably just "tropical" type shirts.
This is our first cruise of any type. We have been to WDW many times though, and we're adding a few days there at the end of the cruise. Oct 23rd can't get here soon enough. :flower:

Kris :wave2:

99 days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary 4-day Wonder cruise and a few days at PO-R

[3boysmomma]

I was planning on having the boys wear tropical shirts that night and then getting some pirate accessories for them at the local party store. pirate: I haven't decided how me and DH will dress.

[lissisuarez]

Well I am defenetly going to dress up the kids, pirate: me and my husband probably will too, I just don't know what yet, I have to go to party city and see what they have . :wizard:

[Admiral Boom]

Attention.

WE ARE NOW DOUBLE-DIGIT DANCING! ! !

:cool1: :cool1: :cool1: :cool1: :cool1:
:cool1: :cool1: :cool1: :cool1: :cool1:
:cool1: :cool1: :cool1: :cool1: :cool1:

[Henlady]

Yes we ARE!!!!!!!!!! :Pinkbounc :banana: :bounce: :rotfl: :sunny: :Pinkbounc :banana::bounce: :banana: :rotfl: :bounce: :sunny: :goodvibes

[3boysmomma]

I better start packing :rotfl: Honestly, I think packing will be the hardest part since we are spending 4 days prior to the cruise at POR. I have already begun shopping for the cruise and buying small toys to keep the boys busy on the plane. I having been going to the Disney store once a week to add to our collection of WDW attire ::MickeyMo

[lissisuarez]

Hi everyone :wave2: 3 months to go :cool1: we can't wait. :rotfl:

[Admiral Boom]

ATTENTION
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Secret Porthole Room = 5520 - Starboard side IS NOW AVAILABLE!

We upgraded to 7620 which is one of the Secret Verandah rooms. It's basically a Cat 5 reclassified as a Cat 7.

Someone go get this room (5520) -- it is a CATEGORY 9 for the price of a CATEGORY 10!

[lissisuarez]

Hi everyone :wave2: I just saw the Big Beutiful ship pass by two palms, I was at the website. I don't know which ship it was if it was the wonder or magic but it was defenetly disney. :p

94 more days to go......... :jumping1:

[Henlady]

The cruise is now :jumping1: PAID OFF :jumping1:

What do all of you Oct 23rd cruisers think of getting a "meet" together once we're on the ship????? I would like to be able to say HI in person.

Kris :wave:

90 days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary 4-day Wonder Cruise and a few days at PO-R

[Admiral Boom]

Absolutely as long as it doesn't conflict with one of my massages. :)

[Admiral Boom]

Well we got all the ressies we wanted. I stayed up till 3am last night and booked them all online.

Day 1

Palo Dinner @ 8pm

Day 2

Thriller Powerboat @ 1045am
Foot Treatment for me @ 5pm
Foot Treatment for DW @ 6pm

Day 3

Banana Boat Ride @ 320pm

Day 4

Palo Brunch @ 12:00pm
Well Being Couples Massage @ 4:30pm

[3boysmomma]

I'm anxiously awaiting August 9th ay 12:01 am to make my Palo reservations and massage appointments (guess that I better sign the boys up for the clubs too!) :goodvibes I wasn't sure if Palo bruch was available on the 4 day I'm so glad to see that it is :cool1: Does anyone know how I would book reservations for my parents too for Palo? I assume that I need their reservation # but how about having them "linked"so that we sit together? Or on second thought maybe DH should go alone :lovestruc :lovestruc

[KristenCheeks]

hi!

i just joined the board. me and my future husband will be taking our honeymoon on the wonder on the 23th! our wedding is the night before, so we'll be rushing down to make it. we're so excited. :) we're 22/27 and we just made reservations last week. we were having such a hard time deciding what to do. this will be the first cruise for the both of us.

so exciting! we'd love to meet up. (in between all the honeymoon stuff, of course.) :blush:

[Admiral Boom]

hi!

i just joined the bored. me and my future husband will be taking our honeymoon on the wonder on the 23th! our wedding is the night before, so we'll be rushing down to make it. we're so excited. :) we're 22/27 and we just made reservations last week. we were having such a hard time deciding what to do. this will be the first cruise for the both of us.

so exciting! we'd love to meet up. (in between all the honeymoon stuff, of course.) :blush:

Hey, you've gotta do what you've gotta do. :earsboy:

What stateroom did you get? What category?

Maybe consider the romantic escape at sea add on - it's $339. for the package and includes couples well-being massage, romantic turndown service, champagne breakfast, box of chocolates, palo dining fee, etc. In addition, rather than having to wait till the 75 day mark to make your online reservations (and I do recommend you do that especially for Palo) you will be able to do it immediately (as long as you're paid off) since we're within 105 days of sailing right now.

Congrats.

[KristenCheeks]

Hey, you've gotta do what you've gotta do. :earsboy:

What stateroom did you get? What category?

Maybe consider the romantic escape at sea add on - it's $339. for the package and includes couples well-being massage, romantic turndown service, champagne breakfast, box of chocolates, palo dining fee, etc. In addition, rather than having to wait till the 75 day mark to make your online reservations (and I do recommend you do that especially for Palo) you will be able to do it immediately (as long as you're paid off) since we're within 105 days of sailing right now.

Congrats.

i just realized my freudian misspelling up there. "bored" instead of "board."
i'm obviously at work.

we booked through small world vacations and requested a category 12. we're just getting started and between our student loans and our frantic search for new jobs in a new city, we don't have a lot (or any) to spare on bigger rooms/extras. i've read about the romance package and it sounds so nice. maybe we'll do it on an anniversary. :) we can definitely afford the chocolate covered strawberries and champagne for our room, though. and we're both interested in the rasul bath. :teeth:

the travel agent said we wouldn't know the room number till closer to the date. i'm not worried about it, though. after all of the stress of wedding planning, i'd be satisfied with a walk-in closet with an air mattress. (as long as we'd be all by ourselves and far away.)

[Admiral Boom]

Sadly you won't get a walk in closet. If you can't do the REAS package, make sure you book Palo at precisely 75 days out at 3am Eastern Time. That way you'll be guaranteed a spot for a romantic dinner.

With regard to the CAT 12 - there is a decent chance you may be upgraded since there are only 12 cat 12 rooms on board. So, cross your fingers for a porthole!

Do some searching in the main forum on the rasul. From what I hear the room is ultra hot and steamy and while it sounds naughty and romantic, some apparantly get in there and sit as if its a sauna because its too hot to move. DW and I opt for the couples well-being massage.

[Henlady]

Welcome KristenCheeks and contratulations on your upcoming nuptuals.
DH and I will be celebrating our 30th Anniversary on this cruise. Wish you a long and happy life together - it goes by quickly.

We are booked in one of the "secret porthole" rooms on deck 5.
This is also our first cruise ever. Can't wait.
I'm sure you'll need the relaxation of the cruise after all the wedding planning.

Would enjoy getting a meet together to get to know all the other "dis'ers".


Kris :wave2:

81 days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary 4-day Wonder Cruise and then a few days at PO-R

[3boysmomma]

Anyone else anxious to make their reservations for Palo? I am still not sure what night to make them for. I remember reading somewhere what the typical rotation is if you are travelling with kids but can't seem to find it when I need it :confused3 I definetly don't want to make them for Tuesday because I am pretty sure that it is Pirate's Night (am I right?) and know that Sunday is not a good one for us. Who knows, when I go to book I may not be able to be so picky :rotfl:

[KristenCheeks]

jason's in charge of booking after midnight. so excited. i hope everything works out. we're just shooting for a 6:00 seating on any night -- preferably the last, so we have something super nice to end the honeymoon with -- but any other time is fine, too.

our regular dining seating is 8:30, and we're greedy double dippers. :earboy2:

[Henlady]

Since this is our first cruise, I think we're gonna just "do" the normal rotation and save Palo for the next one (DH is already planning on booking a 7-day Western while we're on this one - as long as he likes cruising that is). I do want to reserve the "Chakra Balancing Capsule" treatment for DH, but I don't think you can reserve that one online.

I'm getting so excited. :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc I have my list of what to pack ready to go. DH decided we needed to get passports - cause we'll need them for that 7 day he's planning.

Kris :wave2:

73 days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary 4-day Wonder and a few days at PO-R

[3boysmomma]

I just got my reservations :Pinkbounc :bounce: I registered the kids for the clubs, booked Palo for dinner on Monday night, brunch at 10 on Wed. and a "Couples" cabana massage for my mom and I. Last night I brought a new pantsuit for dinner at Palo's now this morning i start my 75 day DIET!! :rotfl:

[keef22]

Hey folks!

Back again! Been lurking for a while, though (no time to post -- boy do I need a vacation!).

Let's pretend that we don't have our passports yet. :rolleyes: How early should we be applying for them if we don't want to pay the "rush" fee?

Also, when's the best day for a Paolo brunch? We're not big eaters (you'd never know it to look at us!) so we're planning on trying brunch instead of dinner this time...

I'm up for a meet! When and where?!

[Admiral Boom]

Hi everyone :wave2: I just saw the Big Beutiful ship pass by two palms, I was at the website. I don't know which ship it was if it was the wonder or magic but it was defenetly disney. :p

94 more days to go......... :jumping1:

You saw the Wonder! The Magic is out in California! :)

[Admiral Boom]

Anyone else anxious to make their reservations for Palo? I am still not sure what night to make them for.

See, we were up in the air on this one. I know pirate night is either going to be the 2nd night (Nassau) or 3rd night (CC) so I don't want to do Palos then. So that leaves either the 4th night, or the 1st night. Since it is quieter, and because we're just two adults and thus probably get the TAPT seating, we opted for Palos on the first night. Here is our (revised) schedule:

Day 1 - Port Canaveral - Sunday, October 23, 2005
Palo Dinner - 8:00PM 10:00PM (both)

Day 2 - Nassau - Monday, October 24, 2005
Thriller Powerboat - 10:45AM 12:15PM (both)
Elemis Exotic Hand Ritual with Manicure - 5:15PM 6:00PM (DW)
Elemis Sole Delight Foot Treatment with Pedicure - 6:00PM 7:00PM (DW)

Day 3 - Castaway Cay - Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Banana Boat Ride - 9:20AM 9:50AM (both)
Elemis Aroma Spa Ocean Wrap with Half Body Massage - 4:30PM 6:00PM (DW)

Day 4 - At Sea - Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Palo Brunch - 12:00PM 1:30PM (both)
Well Being Massage for Couples - 5:45PM 7:00PM (both)

Day 5 - Port Canaveral - Thursday, October 27, 2005
No Activities are reserved.

Hopefully we can still get a DIS meet in there somewhere and see everyone on board.

[Admiral Boom]

Okay, I went through all of the people that have posted here and here is what I've found, please send in missing information so we can have a master list and maybe get a game of DIS Tag going!

Admiral Boom (+DW)
Category 7
Room 7620

StuartMI (+DW)
Category 10
Room 5520

Henlady (+DH & Friends B&S)
Category 10
Room 5024 and friends in 5022

Shana Rayce (+DS9, DD18, DD21)
No Room #

UGAFan0829 ()
No Room #

Keef22 (+DW, DS4)
No Room #

lissisuarez (+DD2, DS4, DS6, DS15, ??12)
Category 10
Rooms 2083 and 2085

3boysmomma (+DH, DS3, DS3, DS6, parents)
Category 8
Rooms 7508 and parents in 7510

KristenCheeks (+DH)
Category 12
No Room #

Crazymomof52001
No Room #

Mom23
No Room #

[Henlady]

AdmiralBoom
Over on Magestics "Who's going list", there are also the following listed for "our" cruise

Mom23
Crazymomof52001

So that makes 2 more.

DH & I will be in Stateroom 5024 and our friends B & S will be in 5022.


Kris

72 days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary 4-day Wonder cruise and a few days at PO-R

[Henlady]

Here are our plans for the trip/cruise:
Oct 21 - Head to FL on the Auto Train
Oct 22 - Day at Cocoa Beach
Oct 23 - Board the Wonder as early as possible. Eat, check out the adult pool, have a drink or two. Early Dinner seating, Show, hit the clubs, have a drink or two
Oct 24 - Eat, explore Nassau - maybe a horse drawn carriage tour, DH & B are golfing at Cable Beach, Me and S are heading to Atlantis. Early Dinner, Relax, hit the clubs, have a drink or two
Oct 25 - Eat, Relax on the beach at CC all day, eat, have a drink or two. Early Dinner, Show, Pirates IN the Caribbean Party,
Oct 26 - Eat, Relax at the pool, Chakra Balancing Capsule for DH (if it is available), Pool time, eat, Wine Tasting, Beer Tasting, Cooking Demo, and eat some more, Show, hit the clubs and have a drink or two.
Oct 27 - head over to the World, PO-R, EPCOT for the Food & Wine Festival
Oct 28 - Day of relaxation, shop, laundry, DH golfing @ Buena Vista Course, Supper at Olivia's, DTD & Pleasure Island.
Oct 29 - MGM, Supper @ SiFi Dine In, Fantasmic, DTD.
Oct 30 - Time to head home via the Auto Train.

Looks like I better find some time in there to do a little walking on deck 4.

It sure is fun traveling without the kids. (They are 22 & 23 now and wish they were coming along)

Kris

[lissisuarez]

Hi guys, does anyone know if we can rent jet skis to go on our own ? :confused3 the only thing I see on disney websidte is a tour.

[3boysmomma]

DH and I with DS 6 and one of the DS 3(twins ) will be in 7508. My parents and the other DS 3(twin) will be in 7510. :earsboy:

[Admiral Boom]

Hi guys, does anyone know if we can rent jet skis to go on our own ? :confused3 the only thing I see on disney websidte is a tour.
Just the tour on CC - sorry. :guilty:

[Henlady]

Well, all of you Oct 23rd cruisers, by my calculations, in 60 days we'll be waiting to board the Wonder. :Pinkbounc Time is creaping up quickly, but not quickly enough. I found myself starting to gather up all those little things you just can't do without on a vacation and putting them away. That is a sure sign that vacation time is getting near.

Got our excursion planning pamphlet/info from DCL in the mail the other day, too.

I know we're planning on getting to port by 11:00 am on cruise day, how about the rest of you???

Kris :wave2:

58 days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary Tour - 4-nights on the Wonder and a few days at PO-R

[Admiral Boom]

Have $800 loaded onto our stateroom account. Massages, shore excursions, etc are booked. We'll be there by 10am!

Ready to go!

Between now and then, though, we're off to Vegas next weekend for a wedding, then a drive out to the Catskills for another wedding in late september, I also am becoming a US Citizen in that time, too. Then we have my father-in-law visiting as well. The time will fly!

Cant wait to meet everyone. Do we have a place/time decided upon to meet?

[keef22]

Got our excursion planning pamphlet/info from DCL in the mail the other day, too.

We didn't get ours, yet. :confused3

Our plan to get our passports the other day bombed. Should we go ahead with rushing them out? I'm convinced that it will just make everything easier. Anyone have opinions?

Can't believe we embark 2 months from yesterday!
:bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc

[Henlady]

Hi Keef22
DH and I got passports because we also believe it will just make things easier. I sent for mine on Thursday,August 4 thru the postoffice and I received mine back today. I did not request, nor pay for an expedited return. DH sent for his the following Thursday the 11th I believe, so we expect his to be here next week.
Besides, with passports, it makes sense that we really should travel more to use them and utilize the price we paid, right:goodvibes?!

I've been checking stateroom availability at DCL site and there seem to be a good many rooms left especially in category 4. May we all be lucky enough to be upgraded. :banana:

Kris :wave2:

57 days till we leave for our "30th Anniversary Tour" 4-Day Wonder and a few days at PO-R

[3boysmomma]

From what our travel agent emailed me today, we are being picked up at Port Orleans Riverside at 11:45. So, does anyone know how long it takes from Orlando to the Port? I thought that I read somewhere that it takes about an hour, does that sound right? :confused3 I have been buyng little things for the boys and stocking them away for the trip(plane ride,and to keep them busy at dinner in Disney if need be) I found Pirate costumes today at Party city they were $5 but they didn't have all their sizes so I didn't get them :guilty: We are so looking forward to this trip, my dad will have just celebrated his 75th b-day and we'll have just had our 10 year anniv. on the 14th :sunny:

[lissisuarez]

Hi everyone, I just bought our Pirate costumes , pirate: we are all getting dress up, can't wait. :cool1:

[Henlady]

3Boysmomma, I did a search on Mapquest and it is about 63 mile from Lake Buena Vista(Disney area) to Port Canaveral, so an hour of travel time sounds about right.

We're getting to port early - staying at the Comfort Suites in Cocoa Beach - probably around 10:30-11:00. I don't think I will be able to stand just sitting around in a hotel room any later than that. I'll probably go to Mass on Saturday evening so I can be sure to get to Port early enough.

I'm looking forward to the Pirates IN the Caribbean party. It should be "cute" to see all the little ones in their pirate gear pirate: .

We'll have to make some type of plan so we can get a chance to meet the Diser's who will be on board.

Kris :wave2:

56 days till we leave for our "30th Anniversary Tour" on the 4-night Wonder and a few days at PO-R.

[3boysmomma]

Kris_Thanks so much for mapquesting that for me! :sunny: With this being our first trip it's great to have Dis boards to turn to for help :cheer2:

[Henlady]

You're welcome 3boysmomma. Glad to help. I see you are staying at PO-R before the trip. Have you stayed there before? We're there for 3 nights after the cruise. This will be our 7th stay at Port Orleans-Riverside. We love it there. My "kids" won't stay anywhere else when they go. I'm sure you'll have a great stay.

Kris :wave2:

[3boysmomma]

Kris, no we have never stayed at PoR. We stayed at POFQ for our honeymoon 10 years ago and loved it. We love the idea of taking to boat to DTD especially since my parents will be with us and not going into the parks everyday with us the resort gives them a lot of options to keep themselves busy. Plus, with allowing 5 in a room it is perfect for our family :earsboy:

[Admiral Boom]

What do you all think about meeting at Grills for dinner around 4pm on 10/22 ? That way we can see the magic off and meet each other :confused3

[keef22]

We actually have plans for dinner the night before. We're spending our first night at "home" at SSR and we're meeting an old high school friend of mine at the new Irish Pub :shamrock: at DTD. Hopefully, they have some good tunes going on that night! :music:

...but we should definitely have a meet on board, sometime. ::yes::

[lissisuarez]

when we book online for excursions, do we pay before our trip or do they put it in our cruise bill to be pay at the end of the cruise?

[Henlady]

Admiral
I wish I could shout a resounding "YES", however I'm planning on going to Mass at 4:00pm so we can be sure to be at port early on Sunday morning and I know DH and our friends B & S won't be ready to eat until around 6:30 or 7:00. I will definately be on the lookout for you and your DW at Port. I will give you all a description of me and what I'll be wearing closer to that time, that way hopefully you'll be able to "recognize" me (it won't be difficult - I'm 6ft tall)and feel free to come up and say "HI". I will look forward to it. Maybe we could all get away for a few minutes on Sunday evening for a get together after meals and shows are out of the way, because I'm sure everyone will be busy before that.

Kris :wave2:

50 days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary Tour - 4 night Wonder cruise and a few days at PO-R

[Admiral Boom]

when we book online for excursions, do we pay before our trip or do they put it in our cruise bill to be pay at the end of the cruise?
As long as it's a *Disney* excursion, you pay for it at the end of (or during if you make payments as you go like we do sometimes in cash) your cruise.

[Admiral Boom]

Admiral
I wish I could shout a resounding "YES", however I'm planning on going to Mass at 4:00pm so we can be sure to be at port early on Sunday morning

No problem. Well it's an open invitation to everyone then. DW and I are having dinner at Grills at 4pm on the 22nd so we can see the Magic off! Anyone wants to join us, please do!

What night has everyone booked for PALO? DW and I are on the first night (sofar) at 8:00pm. What about everyone else?

[Henlady]

Hi All :sunny:
Just a little Info on "our cruise". I've been checking out the DCL site to see just how crowded the cruise will be. As of yesterday, there are: 9 open category 4 rooms, 22 in category 5, Cat 6 and 7 have been GTY for about a month, 15 in category 8, 26 in category 9, 26 in category 10, category 11 has been GTY for about 2 weeks.
I know, by now you all think I am totally nuts, and have nothing better to do, but I just get curious about things like that.

See you all in 45 days. :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc

Kris :wave2:

43 days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary Tour - 4 nights on the Wonder and a few days at PO-R

[Admiral Boom]

Cat's 1-2-3 are sold out. :rolleyes:

[Henlady]

I didn't know about Category 1, 2 & 3 being booked up. They are not listed on the DCL site. Oh well, as long as they don't "upgrade" me to a Category 9 from my SPH room I'll be happy where I am.

Kris :wave2:


42 days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary Tour - 4 nights on the Wonder and a few days at PO-R

[lissisuarez]

I don't know about all of you, but I am getting worry about all these Hurricanes. We have 6 more weeks to go and I am getting very nervious about having a Hurricane when we leave.

Anybody else concerned? :guilty:

[Henlady]

Hi Lissisuarez,
I know what you mean about being concerned about the possibility of hurricanes. But take comfort in knowing that the time "we" are all going is toward the end of the Hurricane season. Late August and September are usually highly active times for hurricanes. Disney Cruise Line as well as other cruise lines do not put their passangers in danger. If there is a chance of a hurricane, they will divert the scheduled cruise path to keep us out of harms way. We may end up with an altered schedule, but we'll still have fun. On the outside chance that there would be bad weather, we can all get together somewhere on the ship and keep each other company. Fear is easier to conquor in the company of others.

A favorite pastor once expressed that "worry is a non-productive and destructive pass time. If you do not have control over a situation, worry does not help or change things. If you do have control of a situation, don't worry about it, do something to change or rectify it". I have tried to follow this bit of advice and found that it is very true and comforting.

Kris :wave2:

42 days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary Tour - 4 nights on the Wonder and a few days at PO-R

[Dwingate]

Hey, first time on a cruise, it's actually a honeymoon trip. :love2: We are doing the Land and Sea trip so we are flying in on 10-20-05. I went to WDW 2 yrs ago and had a great time. My future wife is a little worried if I have made the right choice. She has never been there been and I have been talking it up alot. She was thinking Vegas or something more adult driven, but she has all the Disney movies, so I hope she like it.

We are staying in Cat.7 somewhere, they said we would not know exactly till we board, which scares me. :confused3 Its been fun to read everything on these boards, and hope the weather works with us.

[Henlady]

Welcome Dwingate! :sunny:

We're looking forward to our first cruise too. It should be a fun time.
Congratulations on your upcoming marriage. I believe we have another newly wed couple on this cruise too.

Kris :wave2:


40 days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary Tour - 4 nights on the Wonder and a few days at PO-R

[Dwingate]

Hey,

1. Where did you find the web site saying how full the ship was?

2. What does 'GTY" stand for? I'm new, took me an hour to figure out "MNSHHP" was! Will there be any type of Halloween paty on the ship?

3. "full of questions aren't I?" :goodvibes Just one more i promise, for now. I thought I saw some where that "certified birth certificate" was amble. Did i read wrong?

I cant want to go, we just got our "GF resort" suite locked in I think according to our TA.

Dave :badpc:

[Henlady]

Dwingate:
There is no site that specifically states that a ship is full or not, you just have to do some research on your cruise and the different categories on the Disney Cruise Line Site. I started checking a month or so ago and kept a list of the rooms available and removed them as they "disappeared" from the DCL site.

GTY means a Guarantee stateroom. You book a specific category, but not a specific stateroom. If they "oversell" a category they will upgrade people who booked to a higher category. Say I book a GTY Category 6 and they oversell the number of category 6's, so either I or another cruiser will be given a category 3, 4, or 5 stateroom. You will definately have a stateroom, and the "lowest" category stateroom you are assigned will be the category you booked, you may get lucky and get bumped up to a higher category. Hopefully that isn't too confusing.

A certified birth certificate (one issued by the state you were born in) along with a state/government issued picture ID (ie...drivers license) is what is needed for the cruise. Make sure that the Birth Certificate is official, and not one issued by a hospital - those won't work. Also, from what I have read on these boards since your new wife probably won't have a drivers license issued in her married name yet, you may want to take along the marriage license if she was booked under her "married" name for the cruise.

DH & I got passports so I wouldn't have to worry about original birth certificates, etc....

Good luck with all those wedding plans.

Kris :wave2:

39 days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary Tour - 4 nights on the Wonder and a few days at PO-R

[Dwingate]

Henlady,

Thanks for your reply, was just wondering.

On a personal note: This is both of ours second go around, and neither of us wish to have another big wedding, "been there, done that".

I have not been to WDW for two years and I'm really looking for to it. I'm self-employed and I'm driving my fiance crazy too with all my looking up stuff on the web. Everyday I'm telling her something new, and I just booked last week, in another month or so, she will be like "alright all ready".

I did not see your room number but would love to meet up with you and have a "coke" or something together if you would like. If not, that is fine as well. :teeth:

Dave

[Henlady]

Hey Dwingate (Dave) - DH and I are in 5024 and our "bestest" friends are next door to us. I'm sure we would enjoy getting together, for a "coke" (I'll probably have a little rum in mine). I know that Admiral Boom(a fellow Diser) and his DW would like to meet up also. We will definately have to get something planned.

DH is used to my planning after 30 years. :goodvibes He loves going to WDW and when I suggested a cruise he jumped at the idea. He's always asking "what's new on your boards". Actually, Disney World was the first major trip we took together(besides the honeymoon).

Kris :wave2:

39 days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary Tour - 4 nights on the Wonder and a few days at PO-R

[keef22]

Hey Henlady, We're just down the hall (okay, we're WAY DOWN beyond the clubs) from you! Stateroom 5134... :wave2:

One month, one week!

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

[lissisuarez]

does anyone knows how long is the Golden Mickey Show? We will be attending the show at 8.30 since we have early seating, are we going to have enough time to make it to the pirate party? 5 more weeks to go :cool1: but who is counting :rotfl: :cheer2:

[Admiral Boom]

does anyone knows how long is the Golden Mickey Show? We will be attending the show at 8.30 since we have early seating, are we going to have enough time to make it to the pirate party? 5 more weeks to go :cool1: but who is counting :rotfl: :cheer2:
I remember it being maybe an hour? It's a *great* show - don't miss it.

Alternatively you could go to the early show at 6pm then hit the buffet for dinner, Plutos, Room service, etc. I suppose it is somewhat of a snafu that they put what I think is the best show on during Pirate's night :( Oh well, roll with the punches!

Just over a month to go folks!

[Admiral Boom]

Ok people, are you all familiar with DIS Tag? Do you want to do it?

Here, sofar, is the room list that I have put together. Feel free to print it out before you go so you know who to tag next:

Admiral Boom (+DW)
Category 7
Room 7620

Henlady (+DH & Friends B&S)
Category 10
Room 5024 and friends in 5022

Shana Rayce (+DS9, DD18, DD21)
No Room #

UGAFan0829 ()
No Room #

Keef22 (+DW, DS4)
Category 7
Room 5134

lissisuarez (+DD2, DS4, DS6, DS15, ??12)
Category 10
Rooms 2083 and 2085

3boysmomma (+DH, DS3, DS3, DS6, parents)
Category 8
Rooms 7508 and parents in 7510

KristenCheeks (+DH)
Category 12
No Room #

Crazymomof52001
No Room #

Mom23
No Room #

Dwingate (+DW (Honeymoon))
Category 7
No Room #

[lissisuarez]

Admiral I don't know what Dis Tag is? :confused3

[Henlady]

Admiral,
I have heard of "Tag", but not quite sure exactly how to play, but hey, I'm game. :goodvibes

Also: Just read elsewhere that someone on the Oct 22 - 7 day just got their documents in the mail today. Maybe ours will be coming soon too!!! :Pinkbounc :cheer2: :boat: :bounce:

Kris :wave2:

37 days till we leave on our 30th Anniversary Tour - 4 nights on the Wonder and a few days at PO-R

[lissisuarez]

Are any of you guys Scuba divers? If you are how is Nassau for diving?
DH would love to do a dive

[Henlady]

Lissisuarez:
Sorry, no scuba divers here. DH and friend "B" are golfers. They are taking their golf clubs with them to play a round on Nassau. I'm sure they'd be happy to add another player if anyone is interested.

Kris :wave2:

[Henlady]

Well, since my daughter is now living in Pittsburgh, I have been using her bed as the catch-all for the stuff I will be packing for the cruise/trip. Yes, it's just a little over a month away and already I'm getting stuff ready - the toiletries, the extras I think I might need and the clothes I don't plan on wearing before then. I know I'm a little bit of an "overplanner", but it makes the time till then seem to go a little more quickly :goodvibes . I've got my door sign(s) just about done (after what seems like 50 changes) and a sign for our dear friends. I've got the pouch containing the important info(train tickets, passports, hotel confirmations, WDW ADR confirmation #'s, etc..) all ready, now, I just need those cruise documents to put in there.
Anyone else at this "stage" yet? Please tell me I'm not "totally nuts" :teeth:.

Kris :wave2:

33 1/2 days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary Tour - 4 nights on the Wonder and 3 nights at PO-R

[3boysmomma]

Kris,you're not the only one! I brought two small laundry baskets and stored them on a shelf in our closet and each time i go shopping I pick up a thing or two. So far I have yet to put aside any clothes (except for the character shirts for the boys for Disney world) but I do have swimmies for them,toys for the plane, glow braclets,pirate accessories, Bonine and a few other things ready to go :cool1: I can't believe that we will be leaving in 31 days :banana: :banana: :banana:

[ddndogma]

Hi there. Read this thread about a week ago and just getting around to posting. My DH, and our DD 5.5 princess: have been booked about a year now after being affected last Sept by the last hurricane making our 4 day cruise a 3 day And we missed out of CC. So we are hoping and praying that booking a month later makes a big difference. :goodvibes
Last month we also booked my parents to join us for their first cruise ever. Hoping DM does not get seasick as her bday is the 24th! :scared:

[Henlady]

Welcome to the cruise ddndogma & Family. :sunny:

We're all hoping for smooth sailing also. Think positively - It will be BEAUTIFUL that week. Only smooth seas, bright sun, blue sky with big puffy white clouds and cool breezes.

This is our first cruise too. I'm taking Bonine starting the day before we leave - don't want to chance any seasickness.

Kris :wave2:

32 days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary Tour - 4 nights on the Wonder and 3 nights at PO-R

[3boysmomma]

Hi All. :wave2: Just "Wonder"ing if anyone got their documents yet? :confused3 TA emailed me today saying that she recieved our documents :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc .I am going to get them tommorrow night. I assume that it's both portions of our trip(WDW and cruise) because she called them DOCUMENTS :cool1:

[Henlady]

oooohhhh Lucky Lady 3boysmomma!! :Pinkbounc
We booked directly with DCL, so maybe ours will be out soon. Let us know what you get from your TA.

Kris :wave2:


31 days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary Tour - 4 nights on the Wonder and 3 days at PO-R

[3boysmomma]

I thought that it may be too good to be true! She only had the Land portion of our trip :sad2: But the good news is that she said that typically she has them just around the 30 day mark so here's hoping :goodvibes

Eileen

[Henlady]

Well, 3Boysmomma, at least you have the land part in your hands now - that is a little progress.

Just realized that 30 days from now I'll be sitting in Cocoa Beach waiting for tomorrow to get here so we can start the cruise. :cool1:

Kris:wave2:

[SPZcurly13]

Hi everyone, I am so happy to have found this thread. i was wondering when one was being put out for our cruise. My DH-to be (29) and I (26) will be doing the land/sea combo. we are staying at CBR on the 20th for 3 nights and then we are off for our first ever cruise. We are secretly hoping for 2 things 1) to maybe get a little presetn from WDW, an upgrade?
2) a little souvenir (we want to try having kids right away)
Has anyone gotten docs yet? We booked from a TA back in March. We have cat.9 room 2070. We also have some spa treatments and the Palo Dinner (9 pm on day 3) and Brunch on Day 4.
Anyone suggest one spa treatment over another. I recently started doing spa experiences here in Baltimore, so I feel like a spoiled (poor though) brat.

Looking forward to maybe meeting you all.
Thanks,
Michelle
(wedding is 23 days away 10/15/05) :bride:

[3boysmomma]

Congratulations on your upcoming wedding(our 10th anniv is the 14th of Oct.)
As far as the spa treatments are concerned I typically get a regular swedish massage(not as frequent as I would like!!!) but on the cruise I am trying the hot stone massage. My mother tried this one on her last cruise and absolutely loved it so I thought that I would try it. As a mom to my 3 boys though I would take whatever I could get :rotfl:

[SPZcurly13]

I have a pedicure booked, just because with all of the park walking, I figured I would need it. I might try the Hot Stone therapy, sounds relaxing! Happy anniversary , I hope Chris and I are blessed to have many years of marriage and children like you and your DH! :bride:

[Henlady]

Welcome from another fellow cruiser SPZCurly13 and congratulations on your upcoming marriage. It looks like you and your DF/DH will be the 3rd newlywed couple joining us. Can't help you with the spa treatments, this is our first cruise, but they do look interesting. Hopefully we will all be able to meet while onboard. Regarding the documents - haven't heard of anyone on our curise getting them yet, but we anxiously wait each day for them to appear.

Kris :wave2:

28 1/2 days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary Tour - 4 nights on the Wonder and 3 nights at PO-R

[SPZcurly13]

I am anxious to meet you all. IF anyone has a time or date set up, please let me know, we are so excited!
Does anyone know where the pick ups from WDW are and what times to take us to the cruise ship on the 23rd?
You are all great to answer my questions, and thanks for the well wishes!
Hopefully we can bring some pics with us! I do have my door sign made, and I even made one for quests and DCL staff to sign for us, I hope you all stop by 2070 and take a look and leave a message for us! :bride:

[Admiral Boom]

Okay folks, sorry for the delays:

DIS TAG
======

Basically someone (I can) comes up with a mickey ear "sticker" with magnets on the back of it. Usually it'd have some type on it that said "Dis Tag" and the cruise or whatever and basically if you see it on your door, you sign it/write something witty, and then tag someone that hasnt yet been tagged by sticking it to their door. The last one tagged gets to keep it and should post a pic of it at the end of the cruise.

SPA - DW and I have had the spa taster which was awesome and this time we are doing the couple's well being massages.

SPZCurly - Welcome and best wishes!

Updated Room List
==============

Admiral Boom (+DW)
Category 7
Room 7620

Henlady (+DH & Friends B&S)
Category 10
Room 5024 and friends in 5022

Shana Rayce (+DS9, DD18, DD21)
No Room #

UGAFan0829 ()
No Room #

Keef22 (+DW, DS4)
Category 7
Room 5134

lissisuarez (+DD2, DS4, DS6, DS15, ??12)
Category 10
Rooms 2083 and 2085

3boysmomma (+DH, DS3, DS3, DS6, parents)
Category 8
Rooms 7508 and parents in 7510

KristenCheeks (+DH)
Category 12
No Room #

Crazymomof52001
No Room #

Mom23
No Room #

Dwingate (+DW (Honeymoon))
Category 6
Room 5144

ddndogma (+DH +DD5)
No Room #

SPZcurly13 (+DH (Honeymoon))
Category 9
Room 2070

[SPZcurly13]

Has anyone gotten any upgrades or Documents yet????

I can't believe we are going to be in Disney in 3 1/2 weeks!

:bride:

[Henlady]

Admiral: - Its good to see you back. I know you've had a busy month. Hopefully all travel went well. I will definately participate in "DIS Tag".

SPZ:: If you have wedding pictures - definately bring them. I LOVE wedding pictures.

I was doing a little exploring on the DCL site and it looks like they are starting to disburse the rooms that were available yesterday. There were about 30 category 10 rooms available, now it is listed as GTY status. Maybe documents will come soon.

30 days from right now (11:50 am) we'll be anxiously waiting to board that ship.


Kris :wave2:

28 days till we leave on our 30th Anniversary tour

[Henlady]

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[Admiral Boom]

Yes travel went well, sort of. Had some problems with the equipment in Cincinnati but we finally made it to Vegas albeit 3 hours late. Off to the Catskills next weekend then the cruise, then off to Texas for a week right after we get back. :earseek:

No docs here, yet. Not expecting them for another couple of weeks. Last cruise docs came about 3 weeks out.

Yeah the DIS tag was a fun thing we all did on the last cruise. Hope more people give me room numbers, though, or else we'll end up having 3 signatures on the card! :rolleyes:

[lissisuarez]

Hi guys, I am sorry to say that I won't be participating in the Tab Game or be able to meet with you all , since I will be too busy with my 4 kids and my nephew, none of them want to do the clubs, so mommy will be running around with all 5 of them at all times.

But is been defenelty great talking to you all in this board.

3 more weeks for us to go to WDW :cool1:

[Henlady]

I "feel" for you lissisuarez. I'm sure you'll have a great time anyway. With a little luck maybe the little ones will meet some new friends at the pool and want to join them in the club and give mommy a little break to relax. I'll just keep on the lookout for the lady with all the kids and ask if it's you so I can at least say "HI".

Just a thought: If you would like to participate in the "Dis Tag", when I get the "Tag" I'll pass it on to you, you can sign it and put it back on your door and I'll check for it later in the day and pass it on for you. That way you can still participate without the "worry" of having to pass it on. Let me know.

Kris :wave2:

[SPZcurly13]

Can someone explain the tag game to me, I am not sure if I understand! :bride:

[Dwingate]

I would love to, however im not sure what my room number will be :confused3. I have a cat.7 room and was told i wouldn't know till i board the ship. Cant believe how close it is getting, cant wait!

[2disneycruzrs]

Hi everyone! I'm not on this cruise, but a friend and her family (DH, DS-6, DS-4) are and it will be their first time. Let me know if you have planned a meet, and I'll encourage her to visit this thread. Thanks!

[Dwingate]

Hey we got an upgrade, :goodvibes we are in room 5144 next to Keef22 so thats cool. That area of the boat looks quiet, cool again. Cant wait so go!!

[Admiral Boom]

Woohoo - full verandah! - Enjoy the cat 6! Last Nov we were in 5650 on the other side. VERY quiet. Full wall verandah as opposed to plexiglass but oh well, no big deal.

[SPZcurly13]

DWINGATE~
Did you get an upgrade???
Congrats on your upcoming celebration,when is the wedding!
My DH and I are getting married in 19 days (1015/05)
I am so excited, if you got one, maybe the pixie dust will land for me and my DH too!

Congrats! Hope to meet you soon!
Michelle
10/15/05

Cruise 10/23/05
CBR 10/20/05 :bride:

[Henlady]

Congrats on the upgrade Dwingate!! :Pinkbounc :cheer2: :Pinkbounc
You and Keef22 are on the "other end" of the ship from us - we're in 5024.
Looks like the best :goodvibes deck of the ship.

We definately need to set up a meet for sometime the afternoon or evening of the 23rd. We'll be at port sometime between 10:30 and 11:00. We have early seating for our dinners.

Kris :wave2:

25 days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary Tour - 4 nights on the Wonder and 3 nights at PO-R

[Dwingate]

:goodvibes SPZCurly13, we are getting married on the 16th of Oct.

Admiral Boom, Will we have an open view or one behind a plexiglass wall, Hope we dont, not to jink myself, but i dont think i will like that.

Henlady, I dont know how we will meet up but would love to see you all the first night. You tell me how and we will be there. We are having a late dinner seating, we are night owls. :goodvibes

NOTE: I thought it was a plexiglass wall like a big top to bottom window. Just bottom of railing covered by metal or plexiglass. Some said it was a problem to seat and see but i did not pay for it anyway. :cool1:

[Admiral Boom]

Admiral Boom, Will we have an open view or one behind a plexiglass wall, Hope we dont, not to jink myself, but i dont think i will like that.

Alright, there are three types of verandahs:

SOLID WALL verandahs vs PLEXIGLASS verandahs:
http://*******.com/8qnp4

Navigators verandahs:
http://*******.com/bhwm4

As you can see, you are never (totally) enclosed, so fear not. Your verandah will be like the top picture with the solid metal wall.

[Admiral Boom]

This excursion at CC is available for online booking (apparantly) on 10/2. I think we're going to do it. Anyone else?

[Admiral Boom]

Can someone explain the tag game to me, I am not sure if I understand! :bride:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=708927&page=8&pp=15#post10027727

[Henlady]

I am seriously considering the Stingray encounter. Not to sure that DH will be willing to participate, but hey, if he doesn't want to try something new & different, that's his problem;). Maybe it could turn into a "DIS" Stingray encounter.

Kris :wave2:

24 days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary Tour

[Admiral Boom]

I think we're going to do the 11am one. We have 920am-950am banana boat rides for DW and I so we will relax and shop a little and then do stingrays at 11. After that we'll have lunch at Cookies or down by Serenity Bay and then relax on the adult beach for the rest of the afternoon. I really love how quiet it is there. :sunny: :sunny: :sunny:

[SPZcurly13]

Thanks for giving me the post admiral boom. Dwingate, enjoy the wedding! I can't believe how fast time is flying.
Anyone get their docs yet, any more upgrades yet?

Have a great day!

P.S Where is everyone meeting once we board on the 23rd, what time? :bride:

[ddndogma]

DH, DD and myself are planning on the Stingray Encounter too! Had it booked last year at Nassua and b/c of the hurricanes the rays were in shelters. :(
Prefer to do this at CC since the time is much less than 4-5 off ship in Nassua and a little cheaper too. We plan to book on Sunday, Oct 2nd asap. Not sure of time yet. 11A sounds like lunch time for DH and DD. Me, I could wait to eat.
As soon as we and my parents get our docs, I will post the room numbers. We have 7035, parents are on Cat 12 gty.

[Henlady]

So Admiral, we can supposedly book the Stingray excursion starting Sunday 10/2, right? Well, I guess I'll have to be up early and get it done then.
I'm so excited. I think I will be uncontrollable when those documents arrive.
I had ordered park tickets from Ticketmania for our stay at The World after the cruise, and they came this past Saturday and I was beside myself with joy!! :jumping1: You know, it's pretty bad when a 53 year old woman still gets excited about Disney.

Kris :wave2:

[KristenCheeks]

so many honeymoons and anniversaries! we're getting married the night before the cruise -- oct. 22. we're not planning any excursions (save palo, of course) just yet ... though we might if there's something we're desperate to do. i was recently offered a job at turner broadcasting/entertainment in atlanta and moved down here three weeks ago.

we've been so stressed from the move, the job, and the wedding that all we want to do is relax with each other and make no plans. we're both so excited about the moment when we're sitting on the plane together, knowing that we don't have to worry about *anything* except for what to eat... ha!

so looking forward to seeing you all. i'd love to be a part of the tag game. we still don't have a room number, so i'm assuming we won't be upgraded. i definitely don't mind. i just want to feel the sand in between my toes.

kristen
(another bride)

[Henlady]

Hi All.
I was able to book Castaway Ray's Stingray excursion this morning for the 11:00 am time slot on Castaway Cay day. DF Sue and I will be doing this.
DH is a little chicken I think - He just wants to sit on the beach in the sun all day. This is the only excursion I have planned. The only other definate things I want to do is the Martini tasting and the Wine tasting. Other than those, everything else is "up in the air" - you know, just go with the flow.

Kris :wave2:

19 days & 18 hours till we leave for our 30th Anniversary Tour - 4 nights on the Wonder and 3 nights at PO-R

[Dwingate]

Hey, where and when is the Martini and Wine tasting thing going on? That sounds like fun. Epcot is doing a wine festival too the time we are going.

GETTING CLOSE :hourglass

[Henlady]

Dwingate:
Here is a description posted by "JSME" elsewhere on the cruise thread. Hope it helps:

located in Diversions. For us it was available all day from 12-12 every day.

You drank them in a specail order which is NOT the order they are placed on the mat.

The martini tasting was fun. You have 5 different to taste in small martini glasses. You still get plenty and it was well worth the $15.
You are to drink them in a special order, not the way they sit on your mat. The first one is a melontini. Very strong and sweet. It is the first one on your mat. Then you skip the next and go to the third one, which is a Blue Baracuda. I do not think it was as strong but just as sweet. Then you go back to the second one. It is a citrus martini. Sorry I can not remember the names of the next ones. After the first two I could hardly walk. I liked this one the best. The next was the 5th on the mat and it was a champagne and strawberry martini. The last was a chocolate martini which is the fourth on your mat. It was a good dessert martini. Very nice and all very presented great.

This is from a cruise report I did on another site. Hope this helps you out. Diversions has a snack buffet. I highly suggest you fix a nice plate prior to the tasting. I would drink a little and eat at little.
__________________

Kris :wave2:

18 days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary Tour - 4 nights on the Wonder and 3 nights at PO-R

[SPZcurly13]

Where and when are we all meeting on the first day!
I can not wait to meet you all!
I have already started packing! Any upgrades or docs yet? :bride:

[Admiral Boom]

Hi All.
I was able to book Castaway Ray's Stingray excursion this morning for the 11:00 am time slot on Castaway Cay day.
We're going at 10am. Banana boats first, though, from 920 to 950 then over to Serenity Bay for the rest of the day!

[Henlady]

OK Admiral - Since you've been on the "boat" ;) before, where is a good place for everyone to meet once on the ship. Time and place are not a problem for us, since we don't have any little ones to contend with.

As I posted, I booked for 11 for the stingray excursion. DF Sue was going to try to book last night, so if 11 was filled up, we'll be switching to some other time.

No documents yet - maybe this week.

Kris :wave2:

[gsu1988]

DW and DD (7) will be on board

[Henlady]

Alllrrrriiigghtt :banana: - another family to cruise with us. Welcome gsu1988 and family. Do you know what stateroom you're in yet?? Join our "DIS" tag team.

Kris :wave2:

17 days and 11 hours till we leave for our 30th Anniversary Tour - 4 nights on the Wonder and 3 nights at PO-R

[gsu1988]

We will be in 6522. This is our first cruise and we are really looking forward to it!!!

[seagee]

Hello Fellow Cruisers! We will also be with you... myself, DH,and DD7 (birthday present). We are doing the land and sea pkg: staying at BC and attending the MNSSHP on Oct 21 as The Incredibles! Yes to pirate night except DD does not know yet he will be dressing up. DD and myself will be dressed more like a gypsy. Just today I spoke with Shirley from The Perfect Gift. As you can read I have many surprises up my sleeve for my family. Our stateroom is 7084. I have learned so much from this board. Infact bought my over the door shoe hanging today at Walmart $5.98 -I'll return my $15 one I bought from Bed Bath and Beyond. Can't wait:)

[Admiral Boom]

OK Admiral - Since you've been on the "boat" ;) before, where is a good place for everyone to meet once on the ship. Time and place are not a problem for us, since we don't have any little ones to contend with.

As I posted, I booked for 11 for the stingray excursion. DF Sue was going to try to book last night, so if 11 was filled up, we'll be switching to some other time.


Uhhh - all a question of timing. It's so difficult to suggest a time because people have shore excursions, meals, kids, etc, and as such there won't be one *good* time in which to meet. Doing it on the first day, though, is quite popular and would facilitate our game of DIS TAG a lot more since those that don't have room numbers will now know what they are and can distribute them. Lots of good places to meet, though.

Alright, here we go, I'll be proactive and suggest a date/time/place and you all can shoot it to pieces if you like. :rotfl2:

What if we meet at 3:00pm BEFORE the safety drill, and sail away party. Let's say, the secret "deck 7" verandah. Go to deck 7 and walk all the way back and then out the door that is there. I'll have copies of the room list as it stands the day before we leave, so people can write in room numbers and socialize a bit. Thoughts, concerns?

DW and I will also be wearing red ball caps when checking in and in line, so you will be able to spot us! :smooth:

[Admiral Boom]

DIS TAG
======

Basically someone (I can) comes up with a mickey ear "sticker" with magnets on the back of it. Usually it'd have some type on it that said "Dis Tag" and the cruise or whatever and basically if you see it on your door, you sign it/write something witty, and then tag someone that hasnt yet been tagged by sticking it to their door. The last one tagged gets to keep it and should post a pic of it at the end of the cruise.

Updated Room List
==============

Admiral Boom (+DW)
Category 7
Room 7620

Henlady (+DH & Friends B&S)
Category 10
Room 5024 and friends in 5022

Shana Rayce (+DS9, DD18, DD21)
No Room #

UGAFan0829 ()
No Room #

Keef22 (+DW, DS4)
Category 7
Room 5134

lissisuarez (+DD2, DS4, DS6, DS15, ??12)
Category 10
Rooms 2083 and 2085

3boysmomma (+DH, DS3, DS3, DS6, parents)
Category 8
Rooms 7508 and parents in 7510

KristenCheeks (+DH (Honeymoon))
Category 9
Room 1038

Crazymomof52001
No Room #

Mom23
No Room #

Dwingate (+DW (Honeymoon))
Category 6
Room 5144

ddndogma (+DH +DD5)
Category 11
Room 7035

SPZcurly13 (+DH (Honeymoon))
Category 9
Room 2070

gsu1988 (+DW +DD7)
Category 8
Room 6522

seagee (+DH +DD7)
Category 5
Room 7084

Sam's Mom (+DH +DD3)
Category 7
Room 7622

Sam's Mom's MIL (+DH)
Category 7
Room 7122

[SPZcurly13]

That sounds good to me!
I will look forward to meeting you all....

Does anyone know what MNSSHP means?
I may want to do this too?

[Admiral Boom]

You can do MNSSHP if youre at the Magic Kingdom! - It's Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party!

[Henlady]

Admiral - How could you pick such a lame time and place :rotfl:
Just kidding. 3:00 - secret deck 7 verandah will be just perfect for me and whichever of my compadres decide to join me. I will hopefully see you at the terminal while we anxiously wait to board.

For anyone who wants to "look me up" a brief description is:
Female, 6ft tall, I consider my build medium, some may call me large,
shoulder length lt. brown hair (hopefully will be getting rid of the gray by then), glasses, at "check in" I will be wearing a white disney logo t-shirt and navy shorts. You can't miss me. Please feel free to come over and say Hi.

Got to get back to work now.

Kris :wave2:

16 days 22 hours till we leave for our 30th Anniversary Tour - 4 nights on the Wonder and 3 days at PO-R

[Dwingate]

Sounds like a great place, at first I was thinking it may be too small. After I looked it up on the deck plan it looks just fine.

I will try to get her to wear her Mickey wedding ears I bought her, lol, when we board. So like for the ugly guy with the really cute girl in the white Mickey hat.

[Henlady]

Just got home and............................................... ........................
:jumping1: :jumping1: WE GOT OUR DOCUMENTS :jumping1: :jumping1:
:cool1: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :rotfl2: :cheer2: :rotfl: :banana: :rotfl: :banana: :cheer2: :rotfl2: :Pinkbounc:bounce: :cool1:

Kris :wave2:

[3boysmomma]

Thought that I would join you in a dance :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2:
:cool1: :cool1: :cool1: :cool1:
We will try our best to meet you all at 3 o'clock on Sunday. As far as looking for me prior to arrival we won't be getting to the Port til at least 1(probably closer to 1:30 because we are't getting picked up from POR until 11:45.
In just 2 short weeks we will be at WDW :earsboy: :earsboy: :earsboy:

[Sam'sMom]

Alright, I've been lurking for months gathering information and finally decided to let you know that we'll be joining you on the Wonder, too! Me, DH, DD3, and MIL and her DH. We're in 7622 (next to you Admiral!) and close to the meeting place. MIL and her hubby are in 7122!

I am so excited. This will be my first cruise on DCL and first cruise since my senior trip in high school. My DH has never sailed, which is why I booked us a Cat 7 for the first one. Wanted a bit more space and a verandah since we'll have to spend some time in there for DD's naps, etc.

You'll recognize us at boarding by finding the 3' foot tall, curly haired 3 year old with her favorite bunny running around because she will have been cooped up in our van for 2 days! We leave at 5am on Saturday morning and will pull in to Port Canaveral between 11am and 1pm on Sunday.

Can't wait to get our docs too! :cheer2:

Beth

[Henlady]

Well, Welcome Sam'sMom(Beth) & Family. :teeth:
We are getting quite a nice little group here. There seem to be a few of us "first time cruisers"(us included - I have the Bonine packed and ready - not taking any chances).
Where are you traveling from? We have done the 2 day travel with small kids in the past - dd was 3 and ds was 5 on our first trip to WDW. That was about 19 years ago, it really wasn't that bad.

Kris :wave2:

15 days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary Tour - 4 nights on the Wonder and 3 nights at PO-R

[Admiral Boom]

First, I'll join the dancing, too!

:cool1: :cool1: :cool1:
:cool1: :cool1: :cool1:
:cool1: :cool1: :cool1:

We got our docs last night, as well. Of course, they're already filled out! Ours came as one booklet for both of us which is much nicer than one booklet for each person!

Re: Bonine

Ah yes, sea sickness. Didn't bother me last year, but DW didn't like it all too much. Also, me eating escargot in Tritons while she was sitting next to me and pretty much "Green" didn't help either. pirate:

Re: Cabins

Welcome aboard, Samsmom! Apologies now for any...noise you hear. :bitelip: :rolleyes1 tee hee. I suppose it could be worse though. Could be next to one of the honeymooning couples. :love1: :love1:

Not much time left now!

[Dwingate]

I'm glad our verandah is near the back :rolleyes1 :love2:

[Sam'sMom]

Henlady: We'll be coming in from St. Louis. Our DD travels really well and took her first road trip when she was 4 weeks old! She's never flown anywhere, but has traveled by car, truck, or van all over the midwest more times than I can count. And even if we flew down, we would still have to take a whole day to travel on Saturday, plus have to lug carseats and strollers, etc. Driving we get to leave all that stuff in the van! Yippee!

Admiral: What noise? :confused3 :) ;) :teeth:

Can't wait to set sail!!!

Beth

[ddndogma]

Our documents came late yesterday afternoon and my DD5 thought I had lost it when I was jumping and dancing around. :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc
I am so looking forward to getting back on the ship. DD was very happy though the day before to get her postcard from Cinderella. princess:

Our cabin number is the same, 7035. DM & DF did not get their documents yet so once they do I will post those numbers as well.

We are doing the stingray excursion at CC too. Have to find out if DH scheduled it at 10 or 11. We had signed up for the one on Nassua so am more than happy to experience this at CC instead.

Looking forward to meeting everyone at 3P on Sunday. The countdown is on. :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[Dwingate]

How are the "docs" delievered? :confused3 :badpc:

[ddndogma]

We received ours by UPS yesterday and last year. Not sure if it makes a differnce who you book through. We booked through DVC so Disney directly.
I booked my parents through a cruise travel agency and their docs did not come in yet. Believe those go to the agency first and then delivered.
Find out soon, I hope. :hourglass

[Admiral Boom]

We booked through Dana @ *********** and our docs were delivered yesterday directly to us.

[Sam'sMom]

We booked through a TA and she said the docs will go to her this week, and she'll forward to us. Maybe they'll be there when I get home from work today!!!!

Beth

[Henlady]

We booked directly with DCL on July 11, 2004

Kris :wave2:

[SPZcurly13]

anyone, anyone!

[Dwingate]

I think mine got lost,lol. :confused3

[Henlady]

SPZ Curly - No upgrade here, but I am content with what we have, but if DCL would like to use up a couple of those category 4 staterooms that are open, I wouldn't complain if they gave us and DF's a couple. I think that would be good PR on Disney's part.

DWingate - Don't worry you'll get your Docs. They really are nothing special. :rolleyes: (hehe). But then again, maybe the dog (or cat) got them. Or the neighbors dog got them.
Or the big hairy ape guy from Universal studios is holding them hostage. :scared1:
Maybe the wife-to-be is hiding them from you just to make you sweat a little (did you do everything she has asked you lately - think about it) :rolleyes2 . Or maybe the UPS guy got hijacked by the DHL guy and he has them. Aren't you staying near Keef22? They could have sent yours to him by mistake. Just a few little scenarios to think about.

Kris :wave2:

13 days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary Tour - 4 nights on the Wonder and 3 nights at PO-R

[KristenCheeks]

Our room number according to the website -- still waiting on the docs -- is 1038. Directly underneath the number it says "Category #12 Standard Inside State" ... but after looking up the number on the deck plan, it looks as though 1038 is Cat 9, Deluxe Ocean View. So which is which? Could anyone help us out?? It's fine if we didn't get an upgrade, but I want to know if we did... before we get really super excited.

Who am I kidding? We already are!

[3boysmomma]

I checked the deck plans too and it certainly is a cat.9 :cool1: You must be jumping out of your skin :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc. So far it looks like you are the only ones to get an upgrade :Pinkbounc

[KristenCheeks]

oh my gosh!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!


i'm so excited. okay, admiral. put us on the list -- 1038. and also be sure to list us as honeymooners!



can't wait to meet you all! (and count us in for dis tag!)

[Admiral Boom]

Our room number according to the website -- still waiting on the docs -- is 1038. Directly underneath the number it says "Category #12 Standard Inside State" ... but after looking up the number on the deck plan, it looks as though 1038 is Cat 9, Deluxe Ocean View. So which is which? Could anyone help us out?? It's fine if we didn't get an upgrade, but I want to know if we did... before we get really super excited.

Who am I kidding? We already are!

Yes, you got an upgrade. When DCL hands out upgrades they ONLY CHANGE the room number, NOT the "verbal" category that you have booked. Therefore, you must be vigilant and check that the room number assigned is indeed the category that you have booked. Also, don't forget, there aren't even any cat 12 rooms *on* deck 1. You will have two small portholes as opposed to one large one, however an upgrade is an upgrade. More room, split baths, etc. Plus you will be nice and close to the gangways when we stop! I'll add you to the room list tomorrow when I get to the office. No time right now - Family Guy is on in 10 minutes :)

http://*******.com/744hm

Ahh - two weeks from right now and I'll be having dinner @ Palo. :) :) :)

[Admiral Boom]

Anyone else doing a door sign?

Here's our preliminary one which is subject to change. Around it we will have probably 15 or so 4x6 pictures on magnets of our various WDW/DCL exploits.

http://w3.med.wayne.edu/sign2005.gif

[Henlady]

Congrats on the upgrade Kristen.

Nice door sign Admiral. I've been working on mine for a while. We'll see how it turns out.

I started ironing some of DH's shirts that he's taking along, don't want to have to spend the night before ironing for 2 hours :eek:. I'm gonna try the tip someone else posted on the boards about placing each shirt in a dry cleaners bag before putting it in the garment bag - supposedly it keeps the wrinkles to a minimum, so we'll give it a try.

Kris :wave2:

11 days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary Tour - 4 nights on the Wonder and 3 nights at PO-R

[3boysmomma]

Admiral Boom-Love the door sign! We may be long lost relatives- DM (who is traveling with us) maiden name is Kirk! I may not introduce you to her or you will get the whole "where is your family from?" and 100 other questions! Count us in also on the Dis tag game. But, we don't have a scanner or digital camera, if we end up with it at the end -so you better all not leave it on my door at the end if you'd like to see a picture of it posted :rotfl:

[keef22]

We'll do our best to be at the 3:00 meet on the secret deck.

Feel free to stop us if you see us! I'd be glad to meet any of you! We look like--Well, see picture below, but without Renaissance garb! :rotfl:

See you all in less than 2 weeks.

For the record, DW's DS, DBiL and DNeices are embarking on the Wonder this coming Sunday! (We intentionally took a different week, this being our first cruise and all.) The nice thing about that is that we're not only doing our best to patiently wait for our cruise :rolleyes1 ; but we're also getting a little side order of excitement for them as they get ready to leave! :hyper2:

[seagee]

I'm so excited we got our documents today!!! About time! Time will fly. I hope I get everything done before we leave. So much to do! Can't wait to meet everyone.

[ddndogma]

Nice door sign Admiral! Kinda jealous of those of you with the time and talent to be so creative. BTW, I was in your next of the woods this past weekend near Jackson and saw the end of that game on TV sitting next to another die hard M fan. Too bad.
See you all soon. Still no word on parents docs yet.
Gayle

[Admiral Boom]

Yes. Stupid field goals. I can't remember the last time we lost to Minnesota - I think it was at least 10 years ago, if not more. I want to say maybe even the 80's. :rolleyes: If you were by Jackson, you were about 20 minutes from me. I live on the west side of Ann Arbor very close to Dexter.

Also, my wife is the creative one. All of that stuff is done by her. I just tell her what I'm picturing and she makes it happen. I'm ignorant with such things. :confused3

[keef22]

I have document questions!!

We finally got ours; but since we're DVCers and using points (I know, I know, "don't do that! you're wasting money!") I'm interested to know what I should put on the sheets to give the folks in the Bahamas.

What do I put for travel agent? Since we're not really staying the night, do we have to mark what our accomodations are? :confused3

If someone could PM me and help me out with some of this stuff, I'd appreciate it! I just want to be able to move quickly through the line when we get to Port Canaveral. I've always been extremely careful to have as much ready to go as possible so that I'm not holding up a long line of people when I get to the front...

Less than 2 weeks! :bounce:

[Admiral Boom]

Who'd you book through? DCL? Your agent, then, would be the "Magical Cruise Co., Ltd." out of Celebration Florida.

Number of nights? We're not staying over night. So, zero.

[Henlady]

Yippee on getting your docs Keef22. We got ours filled out over the weekend. Thanks Admiral - was wondering what to put in for the "nights stay" part. I also used DCL so I put Magical Cruise Co, only in the docs booklet it had Lake Buena Vista for the address so I used that. If it's wrong I'll just fill out another one at port, no biggie.

DF Sue and I are booked for the 11:00 Castaway Ray Stingray Excursion. Anyone joining us?

Still working on our door signs. My printer is having issues, so don't know how they'll turn out.

I have a lot of our stuff packed. It's 10 days till we leave and I can't believe I've packed stuff already. I'm usually packing the night before. I must be excited about this trip.

Kris :wave2:

10 days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary Tour - 4 nights on the Wonder and 3 nights at PO-R

[Admiral Boom]

We're at the stingrays at 10am. We do intend to do the Pirate Museum in Nassau as well as the Thriller Powerboat ride, too!

[SPZcurly13]

:cool1: :earboy2: :Pinkbounc

My TA called, and we are going to pick them up today!

I am looking forward to meeting you all, 3 pm, deck 7!
I am off to get married!

Can't wait!
Michelle
10/15/05 :bride:

[Henlady]

Michelle ~ Have a WONDERful wedding. Try to relax a little and enjoy everything about that day ~ it is your and your DH day to celebrate and rejoice in the love you have found in each other. Best wishes.
See you on the 23rd. Have a safe trip.

Kris :wave2:

8 days & 19 hours till we leave for our 30th Anniversary Tour - 4 nights on the Wonder and 3 nights at PO-R

[Henlady]

Only 8 days till we leave for our trip. It's getting closer.

:jumping1: :jumping1: :jumping1:

Kris :wave2:

[Admiral Boom]

Here is the DISTAG sign:

http://w3.med.wayne.edu/distag.gif

So again, Sign your name, write something witty if you want, and then stick it to someone elses door. The last person that gets it has to scan it and post a picture of it! (or take a digital cam pic of it)

Room list as follows:

Updated Room List
==============

Admiral Boom (+DW)
Category 7
Room 7620

Henlady (+DH & Friends B&S)
Category 10
Room 5024 and friends in 5022

Keef22 (+DW, DS4)
Category 7
Room 5134

3boysmomma (+DH, DS3, DS3, DS6, parents)
Category 8
Rooms 7508 and parents in 7510

KristenCheeks (+DH (Honeymoon))
Category 9
Room 1038

Dwingate (+DW (Honeymoon))
Category 6
Room 5144

ddndogma (+DH +DD5)
Category 11
Room 7035

SPZcurly13 (+DH (Honeymoon))
Category 9
Room 2070

gsu1988 (+DW +DD7)
Category 8
Room 6522

seagee (+DH +DD7)
Category 5
Room 7084

Sam's Mom (+DH +DD3)
Category 7
Room 7622

Sam's Mom's MIL (+DH)
Category 7
Room 7122

See everyone on 10/23 @ 3pm - Secret Deck 7 Verandah!

[lissisuarez]

Admiral, nice sign but I think you should update the list with only the people that are playing, unfortunatly my family and I will not be participating :guilty: ,too busy with 5 kids :confused3 , hopefully they will change their mind about the kids club so I can take a few moments to breath.

We will be leaving Tuesday to orlando :cool1: want to wish everyone a safe trip and if I see any of you I will defenetly will say Hi :wave2:

[Admiral Boom]

Admiral, nice sign but I think you should update the list with only the people that are playing, unfortunatly my family and I will not be participating :guilty: ,too busy with 5 kids :confused3 , hopefully they will change their mind about the kids club so I can take a few moments to breath.

We will be leaving Tuesday to orlando :cool1: want to wish everyone a safe trip and if I see any of you I will defenetly will say Hi :wave2:

Noted.

Hopefully you will be able to enjoy yourself! Safe travels.

[Henlady]

Admirable job, Admiral!! :goodvibes

Have a safe trip Lissisuarez - hope to see you on the ship.

Kris :wave2:

[ddndogma]

Admiral: Yes, believe it was '86 since the loss to MN. I stayed in Jackson at night and was in Concord during the days for a dog test I was chair of. :paw: Have at least one club member from Dexter so slightly familiar with the area.

DH, DD and I are doing the Stingrays at 9A. Tried to change to 10A online but 9&10 are not available right now. May be able to change once onboard. Just afraid we may not have it together to make it on time by 9 and 11 too close to chow time for DH & DD.

My parents, B&M received their docs last Fri, just 'forgot' to inform me. They would like to do the dis tag too and are in room 2045. DM is fine w/that. Felt for first cruise and concerns about possible sea sickness being on a lower deck may help.

We are planning on arriving at the port around 11A, no later than 12N. Looking forward to meeting everyone. :wave: If I get everything packed into suitcases that is in my head this past week, we have it made. :earboy2:

[Admiral Boom]

Attention folks:

We are now:

SINGLE DIGIT DANCING!

:cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2:
:jumping1: :jumping1::jumping1:
:thewave::thewave: :thewave:

[Admiral Boom]

What are everyone's travel plans?

We arrive into MCO on 10/22 (my birthday!) at 11:58am - Northwest Airlines. Then (as it stands right now) we're renting a Mustang soft-top from Hertz and doing a one-way rental to port canaveral so we have a car for the day to explore around. If the weather forecast keeps up, though, we may end up dumping the car and doing tiffany towncar both ways to and from port and just sitting at the hotel. At present 10/22 and 10/23 are 60% change of rain. of course. :rolleyes:

http://*******.com/7tf38

[keef22]

We're coming into MCO on Saturday, as well. SW flight??? Getting in at 1:35pm.

We're renting a car that night and staying at "HOME" (for the first time) at SSR. (We'll be visiting Raglan Rd. at DD if anyone else is around! :drinking1 ) Waking up Sunday and heading over to PC for boarding

[Henlady]

We're leaving on Friday morning Oct 21 and heading to Lorton Va, then traveling on the AutoTrain, arriving in Sanford Fl, then to Cocoa Beach on Saturday, spending the day just shopping or at the beach (weather permitting) then heading to the Port at about 10:30 Sunday morning.
We're staying at the Comfort Inn & Suites in Cocoa Beach.

Kris :wave2:

7 days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary Tour - 4 nights on the Wonder and 3 nights at PO-R

[ddndogma]

We are flying into Tampa Sat morn and staying my parents who live abt an hour NE. Then we are all driving over early on Sun morn to hopefully arrive at the port 11ish.
Happy dance is on with the countdown as above. :wave:

[seagee]

Taking a break from packing to read the board. We are leaving Baltimore on Thursday October 20th (7:40am S.W. :sunny: ) and will spend 3 nights at the Disney Beach Club. We then have transportation to the Port sometime on Sunday! Not sure what time we will be at the Port. Does anyone know how the Land and Sea package works-what time we will make it to the ship?

[Captain Kidd]

I've heard various different stories. You're best to run a search and see what comes up. I think there are different times. However if I remember right, the stuff I've read was that you get to port around noon but I could be wrong. :confused3

[ddndogma]

Do you all realize in just 7 days we will be at/near the port to board for 4 Wonderful days!! Wooohoooo :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc
Can anyone tell I need this and am excited? Usually hard to tell by looking at me since I am too often calm and collected but my insides are doing a major happy dance. :banana:

Admiral: pretty impressive squeaky last second win yesterday. :earseek: DH was watching several games switching channels.

[3boysmomma]

Seagee- We are staying at POR from this Wed until Sun. I was told by my TA that we wll be picked up there at 11:45(have to be in the lobby by 11:30) and it will take approx. 1 hour to get to Port. See you all next Sunday :cool1:

[3boysmomma]

Hi everyone I have two questions. First, we are not planning on getting off the boat in Nassau, do we still have to fill out the Bahama immigration form? And second, which I think I will call DCL tommorow regarding is, the form in our documents asking about minors travelling with you. Two of our boys are listed in our cabin, the 3rd with my parents. He, of course, will still be with us so technically they are not responsible for him but I don't want to get to the Port on Sunday and find that we still needed to have the form notarized for my parents to have him in their cabin. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
Eileen :goodvibes

[Henlady]

3Boysmomma(Eileen)
Regarding the Bahamas Immigration form, I would imagine that even if you aren't getting off the ship at Nassau, you are technically still in the Bahamas so you would most likely need to complete it. Not sure about the form for "Minors" hopefully someone else can help in that department.

Well, the time is getting closer. To all of you who are departing during the early part of the week, have a very safe and "wonder"ful trip. See you on Sunday.

Kris:wave2:

4 days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary Tour - 4 nights on the Wonder and 3 nights at PO-R

[fantasmiclush]

Can't wait to see y'all in 5 days! Leaving from Ohio on Saturday morning. Cruise Terminal 11am Sunday. Finally!! :earboy2:

[ddndogma]

Sure you all have seen the developing hurricane out there. Projected to hit southwest FL possibly Sat. Keeping everything crossed here not to have to change ports again this year. I want to see Port Canaveral this time at check-in. :hourglass

[keef22]

Okay, now I'm starting to get nervous. It looks like Wilma's heading North East! :eek:

We all need some help here! :scared:

Maybe she'll weaken and just give us a little rain! :umbrella:

[Henlady]

Here is the NOAA site showing the storm heading right for the lower part of FL. Hopefully it will be outta there by Monday morning & Nassau.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/084537.shtml?5day
Oh well, if it's not we'll have a "rolling" ;) good time. Keep the Bonine handy. This is all DF Barry's fault (traveling with us) He has been thru something like 5 hurricanes and evacuated for either 2 or 3 times because of them. So its all his fault!! :goodvibes

Kris :wave2:

3 days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary Tour - 4 nights on the Wonder and 3 nights at PO-R

[Henlady]

Nice pics Fantasmiclush. Join us at 3:00 pm on "secret" deck 7 verandah on Sunday (weather permitting). Would you like to join our "Dis Tag Team"? Just let us know your stateroom number.

Kris :wave2:

[keef22]

Okay, you all now know that I'm nervous...

No trip insurance here. I may be in for a rude awakening; and I know that Sunday is still 5 days away BUT...

Does anyone have experience with weather issues? What might we expect if...

1) The storm is south of the port and we can board the ship; but can't go south to Nassau and Castaway Cay?

2) The weather in port is too bad and we can't board the ship; but it is clearing up in time for a later boarding time?

3) The whole thing is a train wreck and we can't do any cruising at all?

Will DCL offer other options even though I know they're not officially required to do so?

If nothing else, this gives me something to keep my mind off the fact that we're not packed yet!! :rotfl:

[Henlady]

Hi Keef22:
I can't answer all of your questions, but from the looks of the weather map from NOAA, the storm will be south of Port Canaveral at 2am Sunday morning so hopefully by the time we sail, it may be further out to sea. The DCL cruse info states that they may change itineraries, so ports of call could be different. We'll just have to keep our fingers crossed and say a little prayer that our trip goes off without a hitch. Luckily, we did purchase travel ins.
I am almost packed. I have all the clothes pressed and/or layed out, and all the miscellaneous stuff gathered up. Just have to place it into the suitcases.
We leave on Friday and arrive in Cocoa Beach on Saturday.
Don't worry - Be happy!! :sunny: Things will work out and whatever happens we'll all have a great time.

I'm not worrying now/yet about the hurricane. That has been put off by household problems - had to have the basement drain unplugged because of tree roots in the outside tile drain, electrical work to replace the meter yesterday, then when that was being done the electricians evidently bumped or jarred the cold water pipe to the kitchen sink, causing a major leak, so now we have to have a plumber come today to redo that. Hopefully that is the end of it.

Kris :wave2:

3 days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary Tour - 4 nights on the Wonder and 3 nights at PO-R

[Dwingate]

Wow,

Now I'm not a weather forcaster but, it seems like they put alot of distance on that thing from Sat. 8am to Sun. 8am. I watch the weather like a hobby because its affects my job alot. I dont think it will move that fast. I could be wrong, (it happened once in '99) :rotfl2:

We are now Mr. and Mrs. and are flying out from Ohio (hello Fantasmiclush) on Thrus. morning for our land part of the deal. I would like it to be sunny but if it rains I'm sure we can find something to fill our time. :love2: :rolleyes1

Well everyone be careful and see you there. :wave2:

[ddndogma]

This is all DF Barry's fault (traveling with us) He has been thru something like 5 hurricanes and evacuated for either 2 or 3 times because of them. So its all his fault!! :goodvibes

Well Kris, I am so glad this is someone else's fault b/c I was beginning to think we are the jinx on this one. The end of last September, we had this same 4 day cruise. Flew into Tampa on Saturday, same as now. Spent Sunday, boarding day, in my parents house without electricity and 60-70 mile an hour winds. So the 4 day turned into 3 days, no CC b/c of previous hurricane damage. Plus, we had to rent a car one-way to drive to Ft Lauderdale and board the ship there b/c we were departing at Port Canaveral.
This was the whole reason we rebooked, and a full month later to hopefully avoid the same scenario.

Right now with the projected course going between both ports, I am not certain they would try to board Sunday at either port. i.e., we could be waiting to board until Monday like last year. AAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!

I trying not to be negative or worry too much yet, so all we can do is hope this takes a different course or better yet, falls apart.

Dwingate: Congrats on the marriage. May you have a lifetime of bliss.

[ddndogma]

1) The storm is south of the port and we can board the ship; but can't go south to Nassau and Castaway Cay?

2) The weather in port is too bad and we can't board the ship; but it is clearing up in time for a later boarding time?

3) The whole thing is a train wreck and we can't do any cruising at all?

Will DCL offer other options even though I know they're not officially required to do so?

If nothing else, this gives me something to keep my mind off the fact that we're not packed yet!! :rotfl:

Based on our experience last year here is what I can add. If they can not do Nassau or CC, they may do a different port (did Charleston SC once last year during a hurricane, probably not an option now with projected course). Or, more day(s) at sea.
Second question is partly answered in my previous post. They could keep our port but a day later or change port and a day later. Then you get partial reimbursement or can cancel or change to future date. Can't say for sure what it was last year b/c we used DVC points and we were able to use those towards this cruise.
I believe if DVC cancels, you are entitled to a full reimbursement or placing the cruise towards a future date.

Hope this helps some.
Gayle

[keef22]

Actually, Gayle, that does calm my fears a little. The main reason we didn't buy insurance is that we ARE using DVC points.

I figure if nothing else, maybe we can use those points in the future. Hopefully we can work something out. Talk about turning your vacation :upsidedow !

[KristenCheeks]

we're flying into orlando the morning (arriving around 9:30 am) after the wedding from charlotte on oct. 23. i'm hoping our flight isn't delayed or cancelled. nervous.

[3boysmomma]

We leave tommorrow morning for Orlando and I am so nervous that it will rain for out whole vacation :guilty: But at least welll all be together :Pinkbounc Yeah, 5 of us holed up in a hotel sounds like fun :rotfl: Well hopefully we'll see you all Sunday.

[Henlady]

Eileen and everyone else leaving tomorrow- have a safe and "sane" trip :goodvibes . Have faith - we WILL all see each other on Sunday afternoon.

I propose that if the weather is to nasty to be outside on the deck 7 verandah, we try meeting at the same time (3:00pm) at the Prominade lounge - from what I've read, that spot is/should be family friendly.

Kris :wave2:

2 1/2 days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary Tour - 4 nights on the Wonder and 3 nights at PO-R

[keef22]

If rain, 3:00 Promenade Lounge. Got it.

Safe travels, everyone! :sunny: :sunny: :sunny:

[Henlady]

It seems Admiral Boom is having some technical difficulties, so He e-mailed me and asked that I post the following:

3boysmomma: Yes - You have to fill out the Nassau form. No exceptions. Best to call DCL on the issue with
your kids in your parents' cabin. I don't believe you will have a problem but better safe than sorry.

Fantasmiclush: Welcome! Are you playing tag?

Keef22: Your concerns are valid ones, however I don't believe we have anything to really worry about. This
is precisely why, though, you should fly in early (where possible)! In the past DCL has done a "cruise to
nowhere" where every day is a day at sea. I can't remember if they offered any compensation on this,
however looking at Monday's schedule for Nassau and Tuesday's schedule for the Abacao Islands (castaway cay)
it looks to be sunny and partly cloudy! I would honestly say the worst thing that would happen is that we
would leave later than planned. Sofar they still think the storm is going to run south of port (by about
3.5 hour drive) through Ft. Laud/Miami area so I'm guessing we'll just have rain. However, to cut over to
Nassau, I dunno. So, we may be delayed, the captain may opt to do day 1 as a day at sea, then nassau, then
cc, then back to PC. Time will tell. I am 99.9% sure that they will NOT scrub the trip though. As my
travel agent says, the best place to be in a hurricane is a cruise ship - you just sail away from it.

Dwingate: Ohhh bee-have! :)

Henlady: Yep. Promenade sounds good, however it will be a little busier. No worries though!!

Looking forward to seeing everyone Sunday! Many greetings,

Admiral Boom.

[ddndogma]

Thanks Kris for forwarding the post from the Admiral. I was beginning to think he was oot again. Really like your calm, planned out thinking right now Admiral and hope you are correct. My only concern is the outer bands of the hurricane and winds keeping them from docking at PC Sunday morn. I really do not want another 3 day cruise. Just not engh time.

We will all know more in a day or two. Happy and safe travels to all going down early.

[seagee]

Hi Everyone! I must say I feel as though I've had the wind knocked out of my sails because of Wilma. I'm trying to keep my head up and my fingers crossed. We leave early am tomorrow for Disney World. Hope to see everyone and have a good laugh over our Wilma "scare"! Cathy

[Henlady]

:crazy2: :headache: :faint: Well, AMTRAK just called and informed us that all trains to Florida on Friday/Saturday have been cancelled. So instead of sitting back and relaxing in our roomette on the AutoTrain, we are now driving 18 hours. I AM NOT HAPPY. Anyway hopefully see you all on Sunday.

Kris

[ddndogma]

Kris,
Sorry to hear you have to make that drive now. :bitelip: That will surely make you all more tired when you arrive. Are you leaving Friday? Be sure to take the toll free number with you to call DCL and find out if there are changes to the port and or time. I found this note taken in part out of the Hurr Wilma now Cat 5 thread:

Our friends will be on the Sunday Wonder, and DCL even told them TODAY that depending where the hurricane heads, their departure could be diverted to the port in Tampa.

See you Sunday.........providing we get our flight in on Saturday.
Gayle

[Dwingate]

Well we are packed and ready to go, I think,LOL. Our flight leaves first thing in the moring, so this will be my last post till we meet. Sorry about your train ride, hate to say but that sucks. DW is scared to death, I told her she was with me and God so it was well under control and not to worry.

Thought of the day: Only worry about something you can control (hint: nothing), let God handle everything else.

See you there,
Peace
Dave Wingate

[ddndogma]

Anybody still out there? The projected path and timeline is looking better and better for all of us! :scratchin
Still praying and keeping fingers crossed........
Gayle

[keef22]

I'm still here. :rolleyes1

I'm still praying. :angel:

I'm still packing. ::yes::

I'm still going to the airport Saturday. :moped:

I'm still on vacation next week. :umbrella:

I'm still remembering that I can't change anything by fretting. :headache:

I'm still going to make this the best vacation ever. :banana:

So there! :teeth:

[Sam'sMom]

I'm still here, too. We're still leaving early Saturday morning to start our drive down. I haven't started packing yet, but keep thinking about packing :rolleyes1 . Now that the Cards are out of the playoffs, I won't have a ball game to watch tonight. :sad1: So plenty of time to pack!

See everyone there! My DD3 is so excited. She now says she's going on the "Cinderella" Boat, not the Mickey Boat. princess:

Save travels to all. :wave2:

[ddndogma]

Keef22: ditto to all your Wonderfully put statements!
DH came home from business trip last night and I gave him the status report. Did not worry him while gone. His comment, besides 'not again', "I don't want to deal with deciding what to use those DVC points on they give us back again" (This of course only if we are delayed a day. NOT going to happen!) Keeping a positive attitude. If we at least get a day at CC this time, it will be a better trip than last year. :angel: :goodvibes

Sam'sMom: If I did not at least have most of the clothes and accessories out ready to pack, I would be a basketcase by now. :hyper: More power to ya.
Sorry about your Cards. Though we are only 45min from Chicago, I am not following the series. Cubs fan here and many White Sox fans are nasty, esp towards Cubs fans.

My DD5.5 thinks this is more about the princesses too. Besides, Mickey is a boy and she does not like most boys. Minnie is fine.

[Sam'sMom]

I got the suitcases out a while back, just haven't put anything in them. Tonight for sure. We travel by car/van a lot all summer long and I pack for the three of us for a weekend in about 25 minutes. This is going to take longer, but I'm guessing less than 24 hours, I hope! :earseek:

Hopefully we can get our "princesses" together. Although DD3 is only 3, she loves to play with the older girls. Her closest cousin is 5 and a half, and they get along great!

[Henlady]

Hi everyone! Just got back to work from picking up the travelers checks. I am adjusting to my "new" travel status. I still am not happy with it, but oh well, we're still going. Yes things do keep looking better for getting out on Sunday - hopefully Disney feels the same way. I was telling the lady at AAA about our dilema while signing the Trav. cks, and she was not understanding at all. Stated "they probably won't sail so you better keep checking."(hurumph) I am not fond of negative people. Disney called my home this morning to make sure they had my cel phone number so they could get in touch with us in case of changes. I had already called yesterday and had it put on my records. Oh well. Have everything ready to pack, just gotta throw it in the suitcases and throw them into the car. We're off at 8:00 am tomorrow morning, hoping to still be able to stay over in Cocoa Beach on Saturday night. I have Shirleys (The perfect Gift) phone number, so I'll check in with her to see how things are going in Cocoa Beach/Port Canaveral area. You all have a safe trip and we WILL see you on the ship on Sunday - 3:00.

Kris :wave2:

less than 1 day till we leave for our 30th Anniversary Tour - 4 nights on the Wonder and 3 nights at PO-R

[keef22]

Okay folks!

Last post before leaving Saturday morning. Have a great couple days and safe travels to all!

See you Sunday at 3:00!

:boat:

Jim

[thechangingtable]

call us crazy, but we are in SW florida and usually we are called to evacuate for anything Category 2 storm or more, so we decided to leave for the Boardwalk on Fri-Sat and then the Wonder on Sunday. I got the "secret porthole" room 5520!!! It will be me, divorced mom with 3 of my kids boy 9, boy 5, girl almost 3 in November.

Hope to have a great time on the cruise and at the park. The kids are excited!

christine

[ddndogma]

Welcome Christine and kids. Well, this sure is one one to stay out of harms way. And the secret porthole at the last minute too.
Some of the posters here are already down for land part of vacation before the cruise. The rest of us leave Sat morn. If you get a chance we are all meeting at 3P on the secret verandah Deck 7.
Have a safe journey to WDW and the Port. Hope your house is without damage when you return.
Hope to see you there,
Gayle

[George_Banks]

The SPR used to be our room until we gave it up! We're now in the secret verandah room 7620!!

DW and I arrived at the Port this morning and things are overcast here.

Here's a picture of the Disney Magic that we drove by about 20 minutes ago. :goodvibes :goodvibes :goodvibes

See everyone tomorrow @ deck 7 secret verandah @ 3pm or Promenade Lounge if it rains.

We're going to grills for dinner tonight at around 4pm to see the Magic off and we'll be at the port first thing in the morning. We'll both we wearing red baseball caps. I also forgot to print the damned room list off so I wrote everyone's rooms on the back of the DISTag sign. It's crooked, but hey,it works. :)

Oh by the way, this is Admiral Boom :rotfl:

http://*******.com/7klsl

[ddndogma]

So the Admiral has another name. Thanks for the pic and update. Looks cloudy over there like it is her outside of Tampa. Actually, it has been raining the last hour. Now that I am in FL, I am even more excited!
See everyone tomorrow.
Gayle

[George_Banks]

Safe travels for everyone going to the port. I'm heading off to sleep. See everyone in the morning!!

[George_Banks]

Cruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuise day today! See everyone soon!

[George_Banks]

It was so wonderful meeting everyone!

Where did the DISTag sign end up? Can someone post a pic of it?

Our cruise photos are at: http://www.*********************/disney05

[Sam'sMom]

Hey Admiral Boom! You guys were on the bridge tour with us! And I figured out that you weren't next door to us when I saw a couple with a 1 year old go into 7620.

We had a blast and are planning to take another cruise for our 10th anniversary next year, probably longer and without our daughter. She had a great time. Pics are at photos.samanthawhitworth.com.

Sorry I didn't formally meet anyone. Turned out to be crazier than expected when we boarded and had to get DD and DH down for a nap!

I dropped the door tag off at 3boysmomma on Wednesday night before the 8:30 show.

See ya,

Sam's Mom

[Dwingate]

Hey everybody,

Hope everyone had a good time , I know we did. Nice pics George.

[seagee]

Back to reality :( . George I have enjoyed your "Live " posts -of course read them after we arrived home. Your pictures were great-enjoyed them also. My family partied behind you at pirate night. It was great to meet everyone. Hope everyone has wonderful memories! Cathy

[3boysmomma]

Great pictures George. I actually see myself and ny kids in the sail away pics. We were next to the DJ right at the front of the stage(I have on a black shirt with white collar and have my 3 boys with me. I got the Tag twice because evev though I wrote on it I forgot to check my name off! I put it on the last one not checked off which was SPZcurly rm. 2070. Hopefully she will post the pics! Sorry that we didn't get to meet you all It was a great cruise despite the Rocking and Rollong but was very busy with the boys! :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc

[George_Banks]

So we now know who the last one was that has it!

How about a pic of it SPZ?

[SPZcurly13]

Okay, I got the TAG, and thank you for remembering us and adding us to the list. We are so sorry that we did not get to meet you all. I have the pic, and should be posting it soon for you all, please be patient, I am not very camera/computer literate.
I did talk to several cruisers that met you, and all were so happy that the group and discussion forum was formed.

Chris and I had the greatest time, wish it were not so rocky and that castaway cay was more up to par (disney should have compensated somehow)
But we are very happy and should have the photo up soon!

Thanks,
Michelle Vance!!