March 9, 2006 - Three Day Wonder [Archive] - The DIS Discussion Forums

jlowejd5

06-09-2005, 03:50 PM

Our group numbers keep fluctuating. One couple is pregnant, so they're waiting to book until after she delivers in November. Gotta make sure everything's okay with #2. We think they're leaving the new one at grandma's and bringing the 3.5 year old. We think.

Never stayed at PO. It looks pretty neat, though.

jlowejd5

06-17-2005, 03:56 PM

Just because I like big even numbers, today marks 260 until the plane leaves for the Land/Sea. Whoot.

Meshee

06-17-2005, 07:41 PM

Are we the only three going on this cruise. There must be someone else....

jlowejd5

07-02-2005, 12:56 AM

Anybody new out there?

Houzer

07-03-2005, 02:38 PM

Oh boy.....this is just way too sad... :confused3 :sad1:

jlowejd5

07-17-2005, 12:15 AM

Bump, yo.

Houzer

07-31-2005, 08:04 PM

Bump...this is really sad guys! :worried:

jlowejd5

08-09-2005, 10:20 AM

I'm just going to keep bumping until we get more than three people going.

whoot.

Houzer

08-14-2005, 09:41 AM

Yikes we got onto the bottom of page three! I am thinking this cruise could be a lonely one the way we are going right now! LOL :paw:
Houzer

jlowejd5

08-17-2005, 12:09 PM

We are now UNDER 200 DAYS!!!

Houzer

08-28-2005, 08:16 PM

Ohhhh so sad we are on page 3 again!

jlowejd5

09-19-2005, 03:16 PM

:wave2: :confused3 :badpc:

Houzer

09-24-2005, 02:28 PM

Looks like we're going to have this ship all to ourselves. Houzer :paw:

Meshee

09-24-2005, 08:52 PM

Wouldn't that be just awesome!

jlowejd5

09-28-2005, 09:23 AM

We're officially a group of (at least) six right now. Our friends talked their dad and his wife into going. We're still working on about a half-dozen more. Whoo!!

Houzer

10-06-2005, 07:43 PM

Bump!!
:paw:

Houzer

10-10-2005, 09:47 AM

OK I am sorry to say this but I am tired of bumping this post...is there no one else going on this cruise??
Houzer :paw:

dairyou

10-10-2005, 08:03 PM

We are considering going on this cruise :)

It would be myself, DH, 2 DS ages 14 and 12

Anyone with kids those ages?

Deb

Meshee

10-10-2005, 08:59 PM

Welcome Diaryou.

There is myself, dh, dd13 and ds7 along with two other families going on this cruise. One of the families going with us has a 14 year old son as well. We are all staying at the POFQ for the first 4 nights before the cruise.

Houzer

10-12-2005, 08:09 PM

Welcome Diaryou! Finally another family....LOL

jlowejd5

11-04-2005, 10:15 PM

Me and the wife, a friend from college and his sister, and their dad and step-mom. The step-family is coming, too, but only for the land part, and they're staying off-property someplace.

If anybody else is planning the land part, the March 2006 hours are now out.

Meshee

11-06-2005, 07:41 AM

Thanks for the info jlowejd5.

shaycamp21

11-08-2005, 08:48 PM

Hello,
We just booked (myself, Dh, DD7 and DD6) and are sooooooooo excited. :cheer2: :Pinkbounc This is our 1st cruise and have no idea what to expect. Any advice for a newbie. We may stay at Disney for a few days after but are not sure yet.
Thanks
Shay
Houzer: Where in ON are you from? We live in Whitby.

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Houzer

11-10-2005, 08:06 PM

shaycamp21: Welcome aboard! You will have a blast on your cruise we all did on our last one. Ask away and we'll see if we can help you out, Meshee's family is going with us along with another family.
We are from a very small village outside of Brantford.
Houzer

shaycamp21

11-12-2005, 06:58 PM

Has anyone ever done any of the excursions? They do seem pricey but are they worth the price. One year Dh and I vacationed w/o the kids in the Mayan Riveria (Mexico) and we did this excursion that cost us around $90 US which I later found out had we done ourselves would have only cost $12 US. I would just like to go to the beach and lie around. My dd's seem interested in the stingray excursion though. Any info about excursions.

Also, what kind of weather should we expect on the cruise in March?

:cool1:

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jlowejd5

11-15-2005, 02:19 PM

The only official excursion we've done (this is our third DCL cruise, all on the Wonder) was the Atlantis walking tour in Nassau. It was nice, but a haul. The first time we just wandered through Nassau.

I have no idea what the rest of my group this time will want to do. I think we'll figure it out over the next few weeks and start booking.

I will say I get my fill of beach time at CC, over at the adult beach. It's the most relaxing place I've ever been to in my life. Put my toes in the sand, and a guy with a tray brings me something frothy in a plastic conch shell. Ahhhh... :cool2:

jlowejd5

11-24-2005, 12:23 AM

But more importantly (at least for those of us who are doing this cruise on the back end of a Land/Sea...

100 days to go!!

Tomorrow, we become Double Digit Midgets. And it could not come soon enough.

:dancer: :dancer: :dancer:

Meshee

11-24-2005, 07:58 PM

Oh My! Are we really almost at the double digits?

jlowejd5

11-28-2005, 01:36 AM

Absolutely!! We're double digit dancing, folks!! Christmas Eve marks 70 days, btw.

And with the park hours already out, we know we're doing Sunday all day at the MK, with the EMH that night. Most of our traveling group has never been to Disney, so we have to start with Main Street and the Castle. We also know we're ending on Wednesday night with Fantasmic at the Studios, and probably a character breakfast Thursday morning before the bus.

After that, it's nothing but relaxation.

Houzer

12-01-2005, 03:37 PM

WOW, I just can't believe how time is going by!!!! We are still trying to figure out transportation. We are flying in on the Sunday and we haven't decided what to do because we would like to rent a car but we would also like to take the Disney Bus which seems to much easier. Our dilema is that we are not staying only one week we are coming back to Disney Pop Century for the following week and I don't know if the Disney Bus would take us to Pop and then back to the airport for the price of one week?? I have to make some calls to Disney yet and figure this one out. UGH!!! :confused3
I don't think we will do anything as far as an excursion...I am thinking we missed out on a lot of beach time on our Janurary 7day Western and the hour we did spend their was just not enough for the kids. I am thinking a beach day would be great for them.
What are others doing about telling your children have you done that yet...we are trying to figure out how to surprise them for Christmas??? Not sure how to do that though??? :hourglass Time is running out for ideas, I am going to have to think fast.

Houzer

KennyK

12-05-2005, 07:25 AM

Hello everyone,

Well we rebooked for this cruise on The Magic Thanksgiving 2005 cruise. My wife and I will be taking my son and GS (First Time cruises) on this one.

Now that I found the thread. I'll have to go back and catch up on the back posts.

On the Thanksgiving Cruise, we had in excess of 50 DIS families that we knew of. There is a trip report on the report boards with some fantastic pictures. We all wore LIme green shirts at the sail away and in the terminal. It was a blast.

This will be our 3rd Wonder cruise (5th DCl) cruise in all.

Looking forward to begin a new set of DIS friends.

kennyk :wave:

KennyK

12-08-2005, 08:37 AM

Come on fellow March 9th cruisers,

We can't let this thread become buried in all the other cruise meets.

We have less that 100 days, and tomorrow marks 90.

Excursions can be booked then. Yea

Ken

Meshee

12-08-2005, 06:58 PM

Welcome KennyK. :wave:

This is our 2nd Disney cruise. We did the 7 day Western Cruise on January 15, 2005 and loved it. We will be spending 2 weeks in Orlando in March and are looking forward to this trip. :bounce: :Pinkbounc

Houzer

12-10-2005, 02:35 PM

I just can't believe how time is flying by us!!

jlowejd5

12-12-2005, 04:53 PM

No kidding. With all the hoopla leading up to Christmas (not to mention all the end-of-year nonsense I have to put up with at work) it's hard to come to grips with the fact that, once we get clear of all the holidays, we're at two months or less. Since we put down our deposit LAST February, this has been a LONG time coming.

But I made the final payment about two weeks ago, and ooooooweeee did that feel nice. :earboy2:

jlowejd5

12-23-2005, 10:42 AM

Nothing much to say, just wanted to get us back on the first page.

/back to my Festivus celebration
//and now, the Airing of Grievances!!
///I miss Seinfeld...

Houzer

01-01-2006, 08:55 PM

Happy New Year Everyone!!

Houzer

01-04-2006, 07:02 PM

I am sorry but this is sad that there are 59 days left and I have to bump this post off the bottom of the second page!! :confused3 We need to get pumped everyone....we are going on vacation soon! ( not soon enough for me though! ) :banana: :banana: :rotfl2: :cool1: :flower:
The weather is terrible here in southern Ontario and I need some sun...I was watching the news and they said we have gone 15 days since we had sun. I was in Northern Ontario over the holidays and I can tell you there was a pile of snow and it was cold :cold: but no sun! We should be excited about sun, sun, sun!!!!
Houzer

shaycamp21

01-04-2006, 08:08 PM

Hi again everyone (wow it has been ages since I last posted here). Yes the southern ON weather right now has been a real drag. I still can't believe we will be cruising in about 2 months!! I am definitely looking forward to the sun. :sunny: Has anyone ever been in March (I've been to FT. Lauderdale 2x and it was great) and I am wondering what kind of weather to expect?

Well we went ahead and booked the Stingray excursion for Nassau, I hope it is worth the price tag. And we are in the process of renting DVC points (though I am a bit nervous still about this) to stay at Vero Beach for two days after the cruise.

I better go check on my kiddies....Happy Planning everyone. :banana:

POFQ AUG '05 :earboy2:
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KennyK

01-05-2006, 08:31 PM

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to update everyone. WE'll be going down on Tuesday before the cruise and will be staying at Old Key West (DVC) on the return we'll be staying until Tueday at Saratoga Springs (DVC).

The only excursion I've booked so far is the fishing trip at CC. I did this on our Thanksgiving cruise and had so much fun that I decided to do it again and take my son with me. It is pricey but well worth the money.

Hope everyone had a magical new year. :wizard:

Ken

Houzer

01-07-2006, 08:39 PM

Well the snow is flying and the weather is getting colder here in Southern Ontario! :cold: This is the type of weather that gets you in the mood to set out for a sunny spot and just kick off those big snow boots and extra layers and let the sun soak in!!! :sunny: :cool1:

Meshee

01-08-2006, 09:57 AM

Hi Everyone:

Just wondering what everyone is planning on doing in Nassau. We are having a hard time deciding on what to do.

Houzer

01-09-2006, 07:48 PM

Hi, everyone! I just got off the phone from DCL and then WDW Resorts, I was trying to find out about the meal plan. Has anyone heard that due to us doing the joint land and sea we are not allowed to be offered or purchase the meal plan? I tried to get someone to explain to my why since I would be paying the extra but no one could!!?? Has anyone else heard anything about this? I am a little upset as to why we are no allowed since no one could explain why!??!! :confused:
Houzer

jlowejd5

01-20-2006, 12:12 PM

Bump.

Houzer

01-21-2006, 08:04 AM

Well just wondering if anyone is getting excited?? I see this board is pretty sad for being so close to the cruise...I am thinking we are going to be very lonely on this ship?!
How has everyone been making out with deciding on packing and getting all the last minute details taken care of!?
I know I am patiently (NOT) waiting for Docs to come!~~!
Houzer

jlowejd5

01-21-2006, 05:26 PM

We're leading the charge of (at last count) a party of ten for this trip. Only six of us are coming on the ship, but we've got the whole group for the front-end Land portion. And DW and I are the only ones who've ever been to Disney. We're heading up to Cleveland (where the rest of the party is from) in a couple of weekends to see everybody, hash out the last minute plans, and be the Disney Geek I know I am and answer any questions people have.

I find myself sometimes caught between just telling people what to do (because I know it works) and making sure everybody feels invested in this and has a good time. It's been nice, though, as the rest of the group has pretty much told me to make the plans, because they just don't care. I'm cool with that, but there's always the worry that somebody's going to get skipped.

Like, f'rinstance, DW and I think that Test Track at Epcot is very overrated, and, while fun, isn't worth a wait of much more than 20-30 minutes. I'm just hoping that, if the TT wait times are (as usual) 60 minutes or so, I can convince them to either FP it, or move on to Soarin' or something else (and do it without sounding like a jerk).

Meh. In the end, even a bad day at the World is better than a good day at work, so I think everybody will be cool about it.

I also just finished making a big calendar to hang on the wall that goes from now until the first week of March. I love making big Xs through the days. Like counting down to Christmas or something. Whoo!! :jumping1:

jlowejd5

01-21-2006, 05:45 PM

Oh, and DWs passport came in the mail today. That didn't take long. She mailed everything in about a week before Christmas, and it arrived today. Not 100% sure we HAD to have it this time, but I think it's easier to just have one than have to carry all the other ID (and worry about something happening to the birth certificate or something).

I guess that seals it. Spent the money on the passport, now we have to go to Disney.

Awww, dangit... :mickeyjum :sail:

Houzer

01-21-2006, 08:10 PM

Ohhh poor you have to go to Disney!!! LOL LOL :rotfl2: I just got our passports out of the safe lock the other day to make sure everything was fine with them. All looks good so I guess we as well will just have to go to WDW and the DCL!! :thumbsup2
I am sure your party will have a great time together, I know we plan on our 12 having a blast. We are all doing the entire trip together other then one family going a few different places then us but that doesn't bother us.

Houzer :surfweb: party: :goofy: :smickey: :tink: :mickeyjum

jlowejd5

01-29-2006, 10:24 PM

I just wanted to bump this back up, and to play with some of the new smilies.

:rainbow:

So we're now, what, 33 days out of the beginning of the Land/Sea? Sweet. :woohoo:

mikeyjenbtm

01-31-2006, 08:42 AM

Hello everyone! DH and I will be crusing with you all on March 9th! We're so excited! We honeymooned in Disney 2 years ago, but have never cruised before.

We just registered for the boards, too. Which is suprising, because this will be my 12th Disney Vacation.

We can't decide what excursions to do - we signed on for the Dolphin Encounter, but what else is good? Help!

Meshee

02-04-2006, 02:36 PM

Welcome Mikey, This is our 2nd Disney cruise. We loved the first one so much, we had to go back. We are having a hard time deciding on excursions too. I think we will just spend some time on the beach and relax.

Houzer

02-05-2006, 05:21 PM

We're getting closer!!!
:pixiedust: :teleport: :dancer: :rockband: party: :jumping1: :hyper2: :welcome: :rainbow: :goofy: :ccat: :mickeyjum :donald: :smickey: :tigger: :sulley: :fish:

shaycamp21

02-05-2006, 06:23 PM

Wow! I can't believe it is almost a month away. Since this is our first cruise I was wondering when the documents would arrive? What is everyone doing after the cruise? We are spending 2 nights at Disney's Vero Beach Resort which we are really looking forward to as well. I still have to book something for the night before the cruise. Our flight doesn't arrive until midnight (ugh!) so I want to find something close (though I don't want to pay the Hyatt's high prices) to the airport. Oh well I'll have to find something.
The countdown is on!!!!!!!!!! :banana: :cool1: :woohoo: :bounce: :Pinkbounc :yay: :cheer2:
POFQ AUG '05 :earboy2:
Plus I forgot to mention numerous trips to Disneyland 1972-1992

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Houzer

02-07-2006, 07:28 PM

Meshee's family and my family are staying four nights at the New Orleans French Quarter along with another family. Then we are cruising and then we are all spending another week at Oak Plantation Resort after the cruise. Have a GREAT TIME!!! :thumbsup2 :banana: :cheer2: :moped: :woohoo:

jlowejd5

02-08-2006, 12:48 PM

My group is doing the Polynesian on the front end of the Land/Sea. Unfortunately, after the cruise, we're just getting on a plane and coming back to Ohio. Sigh...

Although I am trying to talk DW into coming back down to WDW in early December to see all the Christmas decorations. Wish me luck.

For those doing the parks before/after the cruise, I learned the other day that Pirates is going down for refurbishment as of March 1st, and will be closed through June. The plan is to have it reopened by July, when the next movie comes out (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest). So no PotC while we're there.

Houzer

02-12-2006, 11:57 AM

FYI everyone!! :banana: I don't know about anyone else but we received our docs via "Brown" on Friday afternoon. I just happen to be working at home when I hear the door bell ring and I wasn't going to answer it because I was working. I am so glad I came out off the office to see who it was because there he was holding our docs!! :cool1: :cheer2: It is official...we are well on our way. :moped:
Houzer

jlowejd5

02-13-2006, 11:50 PM

Ours came today in the mail. I miss the little box they used to come in, but they were kinda impractical.

Whoo!!!

:mickeyjum :donald: :goofy: :simba: :mickeybar party: :dancer: :worship: pixiedust: :yay: :wave2: :woohoo:

shaycamp21

02-15-2006, 11:29 PM

We got our documents on Monday too!!! Since this is our first cruise I was not sure what to expect...I thought there were going to be more forms to fill out. I am assuming nothing more is to arrive, we received a little brown trip booklet, checklist and luggage tags--nothing else right??

Also I was a little bummed to see the same stateroom #. :sad2: After hearing about all the upgrades on this board I was kinda hoping we'd get one too---oh well at least we are going. I am so excited anyway. This is the 1st time we are going away in the winter time. We usually go away in the summer so it is a nice change to get away from the cold.

Happy planning everyone :cheer2: !!!!
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mikeyjenbtm

02-16-2006, 09:56 AM

shaycamp, I was upset, too, when I saw the stateroom printed on the luggage tags! This is our first cruise, too, and we were hoping for a miracle to get bumped to a higher stateroom.

No biggie, though, b/c I'm sure we won't be spending a lot of time there!

20 more days! 20 more days! I have my countdown on the refridgerator - it's the highlight of my mornings. :)

Houzer

02-19-2006, 12:22 PM

Hi everyone! The docs have arrived and the reality of packing has began!! As Meshee know's I am not very good with this area...in other words I hate this more then labour!!
We also need a pile of pixie dust sent out to one of our little ones travelling with us. She was rushed into :sick: hospital on Friday night by her parents and she has an advanced case of pneumonia and an ear infection to the point where she was put on an out patient list and required to go back and forth daily. She was sent to the pediatrician the next day and will be seeing another specialist on Wednesday and to get service that quick here in Ontario is amazing so we know its bad!! The doc is saying she may not be able to fly if they can't get her under controle...so we need major prayer and pixie dust for her so we can get her feeling better so she can have a wonderful two weeks.
pixiedust: pixiedust:
Thanks everyone!
Houzer