January 15, 2006 / 1/15/2006 anyone?

[meandmad]

I'm not giving up yet... Anyone else booked on this one? :confused3

[Mommyjamiex4]

LOL I will be one right before you. We are going from 1/12-1/15. :wave:

[disneedee]

we will be there

[disneedee]

looks like a lonely cruise

[meandmad]

looks like a lonely cruise

It sure does!!! Boy, upgrades, spa ressies, Palos, etc. are almost a sure bet! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[we6clarks]

We'll be on the Jan 15 2006 Wonder. I'm so excited to find this post. I was begining to think we were going to have the ship to our selves.

[disneedee]

looks like you are in the east side of the country
our group in coming from the west.
do you know your cabins yet?
we will probably have 4 family groups coming (1 hasn't made ressys but said she is going to) got a cat 12 gty, cat 11 &cat 7 on deck 7 :teeth:

[disneedee]

:blush: pushed the button too many times

[we6clarks]

We don't know our cabin numbers yet. We are in 2 cat 12 gyt staterooms. We have 4 children. Do you have any children in your group?
Michele

[disneedee]

not sure if we are bringing one of the kids(adults really, youngest is 16). my brother has 4. g7,b9,b10,g12. my sister has b7, my parents are the other part of our party (they don't know yet, it is an anniversary gift for them)

[we6clarks]

What a great anniversary gift! At the time of the cruise S 6, D 4, Ders 2. Is this your first cruise? It is ours.

[disneedee]

my husbands and my first, not parents first, not sure about my brother&sis

[DVCconvert]

:wave:
3 east coast couples will be aboard on our first cruise!
:earsboy: :earsgirl: :earsboy: :earsgirl: :earsboy: :earsgirl:

:wave2:

Just noticed the Anniversary gift! (nice choice! ;) ) Actually this is a birthday gift for my DW (and for fun, bring her parents & another couple).

[DVCconvert]

*bump*

[we6clarks]

Hi DVC. Looks like their will be lots of celebrating on our cruise with all the b-days and anniversaries. My DH's b-day is 2 days before the cruise leaves.

[we6clarks]

Looks like the ship is starting to fill up. I noticed on mousesavers Jan 15th cruise is no longer on the magical rates list.

[MarceloandFefa]

My name is Marcelo and I´m married with Fernanda. We have a 4 year old daughter called Pietra. I work as a medical anesthesiologist and my wife as a teacher in the city called Joinville (Southern Brazil). We will be in stateroom 7514 cat. 8. It´s our first cruise (Jan 15th 2006) and we are very excited.
We hope we meet you there and have lots of fun. Do you know which shore excursions you are going to do, if any?
Thank you
Hope to hear from you all
Marcelo, Fefa and Pietra

[MarceloandFefa]

hello

[we6clarks]

Hi Marcelo, Fefa and Pietra,
We have a daughter who is turning 4 soon. Her name is Regan. Hopefully her and Pietra will enjoying playing with each other on the cruise. Are you going to sign your daughter up for the kids club?
Michele and Robert

[DVCconvert]

Hi Marcelo and Fernanda.!

This will be our first cruise as well! :earsboy:

[MarceloandFefa]

We will for sure sign her up. Hope to hear from you soon. What will be your stateroom? Pietra will turn 4 on Nov 2005.
I just can´t insert a picture in my post and don´t have a clue why not.
I click in the picture below the font size and a window opens saying "enter the text to be formatted" (?). Any help?

Marcelo

[we6clarks]

We don't have our stateroom assignments yet. We are in gyt. I'll post when we find out. Regan turns 4 at the end of Sep. I noticed on one of your other posts that you are staying at WDW after the cruise. We are going to stay 2-3 nights. We don't know at which resort yet.
Michele

[MarceloandFefa]

We don't have our stateroom assignments yet. We are in gyt. I'll post when we find out. Regan turns 4 at the end of Sep. I noticed on one of your other posts that you are staying at WDW after the cruise. We are going to stay 2-3 nights. We don't know at which resort yet.
Michele

Hi there.
Let us know when you have your stateroom number. Hope to meet you guys there. After the cruise we will be at All Star Movies Fantasia building. Below is a picture of Pietra, our daughter.
Take care.
Marcelo

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/Marcelo-Macuco/d188.jpg

[MarceloandFefa]

Thanks a lot to DVCconvert for helping me posting pictures. Now I got it!
Thanks a lot also for we6clarks for keeping in touch.
In August 2005 we will go to Bariloche, Argentina for a week of snowskiing and are also very excited about it.
See pictures below:
The 3 of us and me skiing in Chile 2004.
Take care
Marcelo

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/Marcelo-Macuco/b5fe.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/Marcelo-Macuco/skichile2004portrait2.jpg

[DVCconvert]

Thanks a lot to DVCconvert for helping me posting pictures. Now I got it!

OK!! AHahahahahaaa! Way to go Marcelo!!!

I'm very happy to have been able to be of some help to you! :)

Great Photo! :) You all look like you're having a bunch of fun! :):)

Let's keep this thread alive...perhaps a bunch of us can get together on board! We will actually be on Deck 8 (cat 1) we'll have some other family related get-togethers, but maybe we can still get together! :):):)

[MarceloandFefa]

OK!! AHahahahahaaa! Way to go Marcelo!!!

I'm very happy to have been able to be of some help to you! :)

Great Photo! :) You all look like you're having a bunch of fun! :):)

Let's keep this thread alive...perhaps a bunch of us can get together on board! We will actually be on Deck 8 (cat 1) we'll have some other family related get-togethers, but maybe we can still get together! :):):)

Ok my friend. See pictures of my daily work below.
What stateroom are you guys gonna be? How are we gonna find you guys in the ship?

Take care and keep in touch.
Marcelo

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/Marcelo-Macuco/fev2005001.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/Marcelo-Macuco/fev2005002.jpg

[we6clarks]

What dinner assignment does everyone have? We have the late time.

Marcelo you won't be able to miss our family we'll be the two parents going crazy trying to keep up with 4 children 6 and under. Your daughter is so cute. Could you teach me some simple words or phrases so Regan could communicate with Pietra.

I'm still hoping there will be someone DS 6 can meet before the cruise. He is pretty shy.
Michele

[disneedee]

hi Marcelo, Fefa and Pietra
we are in 7623 cat 11, my husband and i, my sister is supposed to be coming also but hasn't booked yet. she is an anesthesiologist in texas. she has a boy who will be 7. your daughter looks like a princess. we are on early dinner

[MarceloandFefa]

Hello we6clarks and disneedee:

We have the early dinner because, from what I´ve read, it´s more commom for families with children have the early dinner. Why don´t you we6clarks change for early dinner, so we can all dine together and watch the show later? When we get together I will teach some words in Portuguese, if you wish, no problem. Don´t forget to let me know what room you´re gonna be, we6clarks.
What a coincidence that your sister is an anesthesiologist, disneedee. I hope she goes. Our room is 7514 cat. 8. Hope to meet you guys.
See a picture below of the 3 of us in Disneyland in 2003.
Take care and keep in touch
Marcelo

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/Marcelo-Macuco/Posternafrentedocastelo.jpg

[we6clarks]

DisneyDee my sister and brother are thinking about coming with us but they haven't booked yet either. My sister loves Disney and my brother loves cruising. I think mainly they are doing this at my mother's insistence. She doesn't think we'll be able to manage all of the kids by ourselves and is worried they'll get hurt on the boat. Hope your sister will book soon. I'm sure the trip would be more fun for you with her onboard.

Marcelo are you sure you know what you're asking? I was going to add to my last post that I felt sorry for whoever got a dinner assignment sitting at the same table with us! Seriously, I will call and see if dining time can be changed if you're sure we won't ruin your dinner.
Michele

[MarceloandFefa]

DisneyDee my sister and brother are thinking about coming with us but they haven't booked yet either. My sister loves Disney and my brother loves cruising. I think mainly they are doing this at my mother's insistence. She doesn't think we'll be able to manage all of the kids by ourselves and is worried they'll get hurt on the boat. Hope your sister will book soon. I'm sure the trip would be more fun for you with her onboard.

Marcelo are you sure you know what you're asking? I was going to add to my last post that I felt sorry for whoever got a dinner assignment sitting at the same table with us! Seriously, I will call and see if dining time can be changed if you're sure we won't ruin your dinner.
Michele

Go for it Michele! Change your dinner and we will have a wonderful time!
My daughter is also very active and we are used to it. We will take turns (some take care of the kids while others eat and vice-versa, OK?)
Take care
Marcelo

[we6clarks]

I showed Regan your daughter's picture. She wants to know if Pietra wants to play princesses on the boat? I'll call DCL about changing our dining time.
Michele

hi pietra regan

[we6clarks]

I called DCL last night and I couldn't switch dining times but they have us on a waiting list.
Michele

[MarceloandFefa]

Hi Michele.
What´s up? Good luck for you guys. But we still are going to meet and have lots of fun. Tell me your room number when you know it. Send me pictures of you guys and Regan. Pietra loves to play princess.
e-mail: marcelomacuco@yahoo.com
Take care
Marcelo

[we6clarks]

If we don't get an early dinner time we can always meet for breakfast or lunch. When Regan saw Pietra's picture she said, " She looks like a princess flower girl." She is going to be the flower girl in my brother's wedding in 2 1/2 weeks. So she has flower girls on the mind. I'm pretty computer illiterate I don't think I could post photos here. I'll try to email you some. I have learned to do that.
Michele

[MarceloandFefa]

Michele and family:
Where are you guys from? I´m still waiting for the pictures.
Marcelo

[we6clarks]

Hi Marcelo,
We are from Louisville, Ky. I emailed you 2 photos of us from our trip to WDW last month. My DH is a computer programmer. He is helping me get an account at photobucket so I can post a photo here.
Michele

[MarceloandFefa]

Hey guys. I saw the pictures. Beautiful! See the ones I just sent to your e-mail.
Kisses and Hugs
Marcelo and family

[we6clarks]

I'm going to try and post a photo from our trip to WDW in May.
Michele
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b115/melfordrac/P1010005.jpg

[we6clarks]

I'm going to try again looks like I didn't quite get it right last time.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b115/melfordrac/P1010085.jpg

[we6clarks]

Now I only see a box with an x in it. When I right click and go to show picture nothing happens. Help. What do I need to do different?
Michele

[jmet]

Hello!
I decided to jump in here - Thanks to Michele who so nicely responded to another one of my posts! It will be me (Jamie), DH - Mark, DS13 Jacob and DS7 Nathan. We are also in a Cat 12 gty - and just SO happy to be on the boat! This will be our kids first cruise - DH & I went on Carnival for our Honeymoon 18 years ago - but that seems like a lifetime ago now so it really feels like our first too!

I am especially excited to find a buddy for Nathan because I know it will make all the difference for him - so thanks again Michele for "finding" me!

I really loved seeing all your photo's - sadly, I am waaaay too computer challanged to figure out how to post any. OK - to tell the truth I haven't even figured out how to use my new digital camera yet :blush: (DH is working on it, but this is his super busy season, so he's not making very quick progress either!) Can you tell we are a BIT challanged in this area? LOL! Eventurally though I bet he'll figure it out - he is pretty good if he's got the time to tinker around with it - me- not so much :rotfl: !

Hey, maybe by the time I can post a photo I'll manage to lose a few of those extra pounds - well, a girl can dream!


Jamie

[we6clarks]

Hey Jamie,
I'm so happy you've joined in the cruise meets. Blake has been asking me since we found a friend for Regan if there was going to be a friend for him on the boat too. Blake likes super heros also. His favorite is spiderman. I'll post a photo of Blake here so you can show it to Nathan before the cruise. Luckily my DH is a computer programmer so he helped me with all of the technical stuff. I'd never have been able to figure it out on my own. LOL
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b115/melfordrac/P1010071.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b115/melfordrac/MeetingMinnieMouseatMK.jpg
Here's a picture of Lauren and Taylor. That completes our family.
Michele

[jmet]

Michele - what a good looking family you have! Blake is adorable - he reminds me a little of Nathan actually! Now I am ITCHING to tell Nathan all about Blake - and I CAN'T - whaaaaa! He DID notice his picture on the screen though and ran over to look - I'm sure it might have had something to do with Tigger - but little does he know he was really looking at his future buddy too :teeth: !!

Tell Blake Nathan also loves Spiderman - in fact, for his 5th b-day he had a Spiderman theamed b-day party complete with a huge Spiderman shaped moon walk (we call it a "jumpy thing"). Now he's really into Batman - because he LOVES capes LOL! Anyway, sounds like they will have plenty in common!

Lucky you to have a "computer guy" in the family - I'm jealous! My brother is pretty good at all things computer and he used to be good about helping me (and my parents too) - but of course he moved to Michigan a year ago (we live in Minnesota) - now the rest of the family is "lost" again! Oh well.

Oh, I suppose I really should go get some things done...I'll be in touch though!

Jamie

[we6clarks]

Thank you. Blake has been spiderman the last 3 years for Halloween. There is no way I could keep the cruise a secret that long. Good luck!! You sound like you're ready to burst with excitement already.
Michele

[MarceloandFefa]

Hello Jamie.

We live in Brazil and we will also be in the same cruise. See the previous posts in the previous pages so you can get to know us better. You will also see pictures of us and our daughter Pietra (4 y). Pietra and Regan (Michele´s daughter) are exchanging pictures already. We are very happy we could meet here so we can get together during the cruise and the kids could play together. Hope to meet you guys also in the future. Our stateroom is 7514 cat. 8
Take care
Hope to hear from you
Marcelo, Fernanda and Pietra

[jmet]

Thanks for the warm greeting Marcelo - I have read all the previous posts (and looked at all the great pictures too) and your daughter is adorable! You are right the kids are going to have so much fun playing together - which can only mean more fun for us adults too! A "win win" all the way around if you ask me!

It's fun to actually have a reason to look FORWARD to January for a change LOL!!
Jamie

[we6clarks]

Jamie,
Hi. Thought I'd let you know the Disney Store has an extra 30% off summer clearance in case you want to do some pre cruise shopping for your boys. I got the kids lots of stuff last night.
Michele

[jmet]

Hi Michele ~
Thanks for the heads up about the great sale - too bad I totally missed it! :rolleyes: I have been busy with DS13 b-day stuff, a family camping trip, and all the other typical "stuff" - and forgot all about checking the meets boards! I am still thinking I might run over to the Disney Store this weekend and check it out - haven't been there in weeks (and I live about 5 minutes from Mall of America) - I could use a "fix" about now!
Jamie

[we6clarks]

Hi Jamie,
I hope Jacob had a happy birthday!! Good luck with the shopping. Maybe the sales will be even better now.
Michele

[jmet]

Yes - Jacob had a wonderful b-day! Now it's on to Nathan's (8/3)... and then before we know what hit us the summer will be over! I did finally make it over to the Disney Store - and was shocked to find the store almost completely empty!!! I about had a stroke - but then found out they are just closing for remodeling and will re-open in Sept. Guess I'll just have to WAIT...shoot!
Jamie

[we6clarks]

Hi Jamie,
How was Nathan's b-day? Sorry you missed the Disney sale. Do your boys go back to school soon? Blake starts kindergarten on the 16th. Friday he goes to see his classroom and meet his teacher. Can't believe summers almost over. Talk to you soon.
Michele

[WeLuvDCL]

We just booked and will be joining you all! :banana: It will be me, DH, Uncle, Grandfather, Cousins and their two boys, 6 & 8.

[we6clarks]

Welcome aboard!! :cool1:

[DVCconvert]

Anyone Else On Board? :)

[jmet]

Hi Michele!
Yes, Nathan's b-day was also a great success! He starts 1st grade Sept. 1st. and it seems unbelievable that it's almost that time again!
I have been entertaining myself by trying to decide what to wear for pirate night...my DH totally surprised me and said he wants to go in full costume - that is out of character for him (to put it mildly)! SO I'll be interested to see how serious he is about that! How about you guys?

Also wanted to offer a warm WELCOME to WeLuvDCL!!

Jamie

[WeLuvDCL]

Thank you all for the warm welcome.

This will be our 5th Disney cruise but our first having kids along with us. Any advice you guys could give me about kids activities would be greatly appreciated. I'll pass the information along to my cousin and her two boys ar 6 & 8. Thanks!

Dawn

[WeLuvDCL]

Well, it looks like we won't be joining you after all. My cousins did not actually book the cruise the day I did. They tried to book a few days later and the ship is almost full - not cat 10 or 11 left. There were plenty of rooms available when I checked, I think some travel agent snatched them up. So now we are going the following week 1/22. I'm so disappointed, I was finally able to get a SPH room and now I'm going to lose it! :( No SPH rooms left on the 1/22, no deck 5 cabins at all. If anyone booked a cat 10 and wants to change to a SPH room, I will be changing our reservation tonight. I hope you all have a WONDERful time on the cruise - please keep the ship in tip-top shape for us... :rotfl2:

[jmet]

WeLuvDCL - Just wanted to say sorry to hear you won't be on our trip now afterall! Especially since it means losing your SPH room - BUMMER!!! I would be SO disappointed about that too! On the bright side I am glad to hear that you are at least still going - maybe you should just UPgrade to make up for the disappointment - :cool1: ha, ha!

In any event have a great time on your trip!
Jamie

[DVCconvert]

and the ship is almost full -


Well -- If the ship is almost full.....there must be other DIS'ers here! :)

[we6clarks]

Hi Jamie,
Blake has had a good first week of school. Regan doesn't go back until Sept 6. I wish Blake didn't start until Sept too. It has made summer seem really short this year. For pirate night I thought I'd try and get eye patches, hooks, and swords for the kids. I don't think Robert is aware about pirate night yet. He would be the one of us more likely to dress in full costume. He always dresses in a costume for Halloween. What dinner time do you have? Early or late?
Michele
PS Enjoy your cruise on the Jan 22nd WeLuvDCL.

[jmet]

Hi Michelle~
Here all public schools in the same city (maybe district?) start the same day, which is nice I guess - but some cities start before labor day and some after - of course we are in the "before" camp. The silly thing is they don't start till Thursday - so they go for just two days before labor day - which seems dumb to me, but what do I know? Actually, it apparently seems to dumb to plenty of others too since they passed a new law now that says school cannot start before labor day anymore - costs the resort area's too much in lost $$ and help :cool1:

I really have no idea what I am going to do about the kids costumes for pirate night - they are both very unpredictable about weather or not they would dress up...and since I can't exactly ask them it's a little hard. I'm thinking about seeing what's on clearence after halloween so I can be prepared if they do want to, without risking much if they won't. I like your idea of the eye patches and such - I will for sure do those things at least.

I am pretty sure we have early seating. I did initally sign up for late - but changed my mind after thinking about it a couple of days. I realized that I really like to eat earlier - that way the rest of the evening is fair game for snacks and treats :rotfl: !! Anyway, I called to change it - and when I checked my ressie on line it does list it as early now.

Well, I better wrap up my little book here - stay in touch!


Jamie :sunny:

[we6clarks]

Hi Jamie,
We are wait listed for early seating. I hope it gets changed. Everyone we've met on here is eating early. If it doesn't get changed maybe there'll be lots of free spots in the nursery for the twins. There is no way they will behave through a 2 hour meal. I like your idea about shopping post Halloween for pirate costumes. I'll have to borrow it. Did you decide how you are going to tell Jacob and Nathan about the cruise? Did you get the cruise travel kit in the mail today? Talk to you soon.
Michele

[jmet]

Michelle,
I will keep my fingers crossed for you that you get your seating time changed - from what I've read on these boards it seems like it could happen! How old are your twins again? I can believe that a two hour meal would be challanging for little ones - Heck, I'm hoping my 7 and 13 year olds can behave :rotfl: - well, that is WHEN they are both there. I am thinking that Jake might end up just "opting out" of some of the meals (knowing him) - so maybe we'll just "go with the flow" and see what happens!


Did you say you got a CRUISE KIT???? No, I haven't gotten any such thing - and maybe I won't - did you book with DCL directly or use a travel agent? I booked through - oh boy, now I've forgotten :rolleyes: (I know - that is terrible!) it was either Travelosity or Expedia because they were they only ones left I could find that still offered a Cat12 GTY (here's hopin' for an upgrade!). Well, anyway - not likely to get any special "perks" through them - but if it's something everyone gets then MAYBE we'll still get it! I'm glad to know to be on the lookout for it though - one of the kids finding it might have led to some ummm ...creative conversation....

Right now we are thinking of having them open a portable DVD player - This will be on Christmas Eve...which will have the DCL Cruise CD qued up :teeth: . But before that we will have them open a couple "normal" (but small) gifts and THEN something to hint at the cruise - like a beach towel for Nathan / new swim suit for Jake (or something a little subtle that won't give it away, but will make 'em WONDER - ha, ha - :confused3 get it? - OK SORRY). After the CD they might have a couple small "cruise related" gifts to finish it off - we'll see. Well, as you can tell the plan is still a work in progress - stay tuned on that one.

Are you planning 'dressy" outfits? I"m starting to think about that and I'm not sure yet what I'm going to do, which is probably fine because once I have that figured out I'll invent something new to worry about!

Take Care,
Jamie

[DVCconvert]

bump! :)

[we6clarks]

Hi Jamie,
We did book with DCL directly. Let me know if you don't get the travel kit. I'll mail you one of ours. We got 2 because we have 2 cabins. We don't need both of them. The kit goes over things to do on the ship and at the ports.

I have started thinking about what to pack. I thought I'd take one dressy outfit in case we decide to eat dinner or brunch at Palo. Mostly I probably will do more casual clothes for dinner, skirts and black pants. What were you thinking about packing?

How was Nathan and Jacob's first day back to school? Do you have any plans for the long weekend?

The twins will be 21 mo. old on the 4th. I can't believe they are almost 2.
Talk to you soon,
Michele

[jmet]

Hi Michele (I noticed I misspelled your name before - sorry about that! :blush: )

That is SO nice of you to offer to send one of your kits to me! I will wait another couple of weeks or so and if I don't get one I just might take you up on that! Sounds like it would be kind of fun to have.

I have been trying to post here recently, but my computer has really been giving me problems lately so when I submit my post it just goes - I don't know where - post heaven? So far today it seems to be running better, so I'll give it another shot and see what happens!

Did you have a good Labor day weekend? Ours was eventful. Mark's truck got stolen right out of our driveway sometime Sat night/Sun morning. He had it full of all kinds of tools for work and lots of personal items too - even his wallet! Fortunately a nice lady found his wallet Sun. afternoon and called us - everything was in it except the cash of course, so that was good. The wallet was found quite a ways from here and we drove up there to get it and drove around looking for the truck, but of course didn't find it. Mon. morning Mark went back up to look around and stop at the local police dept. to ask them to keep an eye out for it too. Mon. afternoon they called - they found it!! The guys were still driving it around - the police couldn't even believe it. Of course everything was pretty much gone that he had in it, but it only had minor damage to the back bumper, so it could have much worse. He is just thrilled to have it back. Anyway, that ended up kind of taking over our weekend, but at least it was a pretty happy ending ~all things considered.

Nathan and Jacob's first days back to school went nice and smooth. It is really weird having Nathan gone all day long now! I think he's really going to like it though as he was starting to go a bit stir crazy here - he's really a "what are we gonna do NOW?" kind of kid! How much school will your kids miss for the cruise? Mine are off that Monday (for MLK) and Friday (teachers meetings or something) so they will just miss 3 days which isn't too bad.

Sounds like we are on the same track packing wise. I have a couple of pairs of capri's, and some black pants too - not sure what I'll bring in terms of skirts/dresses...still mulling that over. We still haven't decided about Palo either - IF we do it we are thinking of doing brunch just because the view sounds like it would be amazing, but we haven't decided anything yet.

Are you staying near the port the night before? We are booked at a hotel near Disney that night and plan to drive there that morning.

Talk to ya soon!
Jamie

[we6clarks]

Hi Jamie,
I am so sorry to hear about your husband's truck. That's horrible. I am glad to hear you got it back. We have been having some car troubles here as well. We were hit head on June 26th. We still don't have our van back. The body shop says it won't be ready again this week. Here's hoping it will be ready next week.

I have trouble posting on here sometimes. I'll log in type my message. When I hit send I get a message that I'm not logged in and I can't post a reply. I've tried writing you back 2 other times with no luck.

Blake will miss 3 days of school also. They are off Monday and Tuesday the week of the cruise. Regan will miss 1 day of preschool. When are you going to let the school know your boys are going on vacation? Have you ever taken them out of school for a vacation before? We asked the principal if it would be OK for Blake to miss school for a family vacation. She said it would be alright but that I have to send a written letter to her and his teacher.

My brother lives in Jacksonville. We are going to stay with him the night before the cruise. We will drive down to Cape Canaveral Sunday morning. We are going to stay at Disney Thur and Fri night after the cruise. Are you staying in Orlando afterward or are you heading back home? Talk to you soon.
Michele

[jmet]

Hi there Michele,
Wow - so sorry to hear about your accident this summer! I hope no one was hurt!? I can't believe it's taken this long to get your van back - I hope you have it by now!!

We are planning to stay at Ron Jon's the Thurs/Fri after the cruise as my husband thinks he'll be ready for a change from Disney after that (we are going for just a quick ALONE trip 10/18 - 10/22 also). I always have "just a few more things" I could do at the parks - but the resort sounds fun too - providing the wheather cooperates!

Yes, we have taken the boys out of school before for trips - only once before for Nathan since last year he was in Kindergarten (and we didn't go anywhere the year before when he was in pre-school). But Jake we have taken out I think 3 times before. We were lucky in that the schools have been really good about it, but the older he gets the more nervous it makes me to have him miss (he's in 8th grade this year). I think 3 days isn't too bad though - and Mark doesn't even think twice about it!

OH guess what?! Yesterday I finally got my "cruise kit"!!! I was surprised - it came by UPS even - is that how yours was delivered too? I actually got an e-mail ahead of time saying there was a package being sent to me and listing the delivery date - I had to really look hard, but finally saw that it said it was from "Cruise Care"...I had no idea what that meant, but it seems like it came directly from DCL. Doesn't matter anyway - it was just fun to get it!

I stopped at MOA (Mall of America) this weekend because I was excited to check out the new Disney Store - and to my disappointment it STILL is not open! The sign oringally said it would re-open in Sept., but now it just says "Coming Soon"...I'm waaaaaiting. You have one near you right? Do they have anything new/different I should know about? I'm probably better off not being able to shop there anyway, but it's so much fun I miss it!

Glad to hear I'm not the only one with computer problems...mine has been working better now though (after paying the Geek Squad big bucks!) - so here's hoping this goes through!

Jamie :wave:

[we6clarks]

Hi Jamie,
We did get our van back last week :cool1: But it had to go back to the local dealer this week because the check engine light was coming on :confused3

Regan turned 4 last week. We are having her birthday party tomorrow. I probably should be doing some more cleaning. I'm tired.

I was at the Disney Store last week. Mostly the store was filled with Halloween costumes. I think I'll try and go back closer to Halloween to see if I can get some of the pirate costume accesories on sale.

Cocoa Beach is a fun place. Robert's sister lives near there. We need to visit her family at some point during the trip. We were too exhausted to stop and visit when we were at WDW over the summer. We haven't seen our niece since she was a newborn. I keep holding off making our reservations hoping that Disney will come out with a disc for Jan. Talk to you soon.
Michele

[DVCconvert]

*bump* January is only a few months away! Anyone else on the cruise with us? :)

[jmet]

Hi Michele,
Sorry it's taken me so long to write. I was distracted getting ready for a quick trip Mark and I took to WDW (ALONE!) last week (we were belatedly celebrating our anniversery). Anyway - I am back to obsessing about the cruise now - LOL!

How was Regan's b-day party?? I bet it seems like a long time ago by now huh?? Did your van get fixed once and for all? I sure hope so.

Have you guys been thinking about excursions for the cruise? We have been talking about it and I think we have finally decided to just go check out Cable beach - would have LOVED to have done the dolphin swim (was going to book it directly), but for a variety reasons - including the cost - in the end decided a day at the beach would be a relaxing, fun way to spend that day. Not sure yet what we'll do at CC - haven't gotten that far yet. I guess maybe we better figure it out or we won't HAVE any choices to worry about huh?
Have you picked up any pirate accessories yet? I went to check it out at Party City before we left for Florida and it was getting cleaned out! I did pick up a few things - but I then I saw swords at MK cheaper than I bought here go figure!

Well, I better run - I have lots to catch up on around here. Can't believe it's only a little over 2 months away - it's going to go fast I think with the holidays in the middle of it all!
Take Care,
Jamie

[Tiffann4k]

We will be on the Wonder Jan 15th


This will be my third Disney cruise , My husbands second, 2 of my childrens first and the other two childrens second cruise.

My children are ages 8, 7, 6, & 5 ( and yes we know what caused that :rotfl: )


We are starting to get anxious for the time to come

Ive been mostly a lurker and decided to finally sign up and start chatting

[jmet]

Just wanted to say HELLO! and Thanks for posting Tiffann4k :) !!

This will be our families first cruise - well, my husband and I took one 18 years ago for our honeymoon, but that hardly counts.

We have 2 boys - Jake is 13 and Nathan is 7 - so maybe Nathan and yours will cross paths in the clubs etc. - that would be fun.

Sounds like you are vets compared to us newbies - so feel free to share any tips you have with us!

Glad you decided to hop in here with us!

Jamie

[Tiffann4k]

Just wanted to say HELLO! and Thanks for posting Tiffann4k :) !!

This will be our families first cruise - well, my husband and I took one 18 years ago for our honeymoon, but that hardly counts.

We have 2 boys - Jake is 13 and Nathan is 7 - so maybe Nathan and yours will cross paths in the clubs etc. - that would be fun.

Sounds like you are vets compared to us newbies - so feel free to share any tips you have with us!

Glad you decided to hop in here with us!

Jamie

Hi Jamie!
No tips as I am still a newbie myself to DCL. We went on other crusies ( RCCL & Premier~ I think they went bankrupt..dont remember) but nothing is quite like cruising Disney style...lol

I forgot to say that my children are 8 year old girl, 7 year old girl, 6 year old girl and 5 year old boy.

Tiffany

[we6clarks]

Hi Jamie,
Regan had a good birthday. Tomorrow is Blake's 6th birthday. We had a party with his kindergarten class today. I am exhausted!!

Hopefully our van is fixed now. It has been back to the shop 4 times since I last wrote. I'm ready to sell it and get something else. Of course Robert doesn't agree with me.

How was your trip to WDW for your anniversary? It sounds wonderful. I haven't thought much about excursions yet. I guess I need to start because we can book online in a few days.

Hi Tiffany!! Nice to meet you. We also have 4 kids. We have a son 6, a daughter 4, and twin daughters who will be 2 in Dec. I'll have to tell Blake there will be another boy his age on the cruise. Talk to you soon,
Michele

[Tiffann4k]

Hi Tiffany!! Nice to meet you. We also have 4 kids. We have a son 6, a daughter 4, and twin daughters who will be 2 in Dec. I'll have to tell Blake there will be another boy his age on the cruise. Talk to you soon,
Michele


Hi Michele, nice to meet you as well.
My son is going through the stage right now where he doesnt want to go.....he would rather stay home and play in the snow..... :confused3 Hopefully he will snap out of it, I know he will have fun...maybe he will bump into your son and have a good time :banana:

[we6clarks]

Is anyone else going to brunch at Palo? I made our reservation today :cool1: I was suprised that I was able to get time at Flounders for the twins during brunch and every night during dinner. I am sure everyone who has 2nd dinner with us is breathing a huge sigh of relief with that news!!

Michele

[flowerfacade]

Going on the Wonder too! So excited! We are going to brunch too! Have DD, 9 and DS, 4. It is our first time and we have not told the kids. We are going not telling them until we are on our way. Keeping a secret like this is sooooo hard!

[jmet]

Hello again!

Wow Micele - a party with the whole kindergarten class?!!! I would be exhuasted too - STILL - HA! I bet Blake had a blast though!

Yes, our trip to WDW was SO much fun! We figured out that we had actually never been away ALONE together for longer than a weekend in all the 18 years we have been married - so it was about time!

Oh MAN - I sure hope your van is good for awhile. I would be in your camp ready to try something new already - of course now it's probably "fixed" and it would be a waste of all that $$ you put into into it.

We booked brunch at Palo's too! I actually did it without asking Mark and now he's says he's not sure if wants to go or not (he was half sleeping when I told him about it). I'm pretty sure he will want to go in the end - he just has NO clue what it even IS as he's not into the planning at all and we don't get a chance to talk about it much since it's a surprise for the boys. I did tell him about it months ago and he seemed kind of interested then - but now he doesn't even remember that :rolleyes: shows how much he listens to me - HA! I think he'll LOVE the food AND the view sounds awesome so what more could a guy want? LOL!

I haven't booked any excursions yet either - another thing we still haven't talked about enough to make any decisions...you think we could have worked that in while we were in FL - but I guess not!

Well, we are having our church "small group" here tonight (if you can call 16 people "small") so I guess I better get back to work on the house.

OH and HELLO to flowerfacade - nice to have you here. Our trip is a surprise for our boys too! You aren't kidding it's HARD to keep this secret - wow!

Jamie

[flowerfacade]

We are terribly excited and new to all of this. I have read a lot and was under the understanding that Pirate's Night was the 2nd night of the 4 day cruise on the Wonder; however, I am thinking now it may be the 3rd. We have Palo ressies for the 2nd night of the cruise (Nassau day). I chose this because I thought the dinner rotation for the 2nd and 3rd nights is the same restaurant. Am I confused? can't imagine that! :) AND mostly I am just trying to figure it all out so that my kids don't miss anything big.
You guys are full of helpful information, so I am sure one of you can straighten me out!
Thanks, Laura

[Tiffann4k]

Hi Laura! I am not sure when pirate night is but I know my kids and looking forward to it, I still have to purchase some costumes though......

[we6clarks]

Hi Everyone,
Laura nice to meet you. I looked at the most recent navigators for the 4 night cruises. Pirate night was on the third night. I hope that helps you with your planning.

Luckily the weather was nice so we could have Blake's party outside and only about half of the class came. With everything going on I didn't make it out to pick up pirate costumes during Halloween clearance sales.

The van had to go back to the dealer (visit number 6 in 6 weeks). The same part had to be replaced that was replaced on the first time we took it in. The vam still is under warranty so we haven't had to pay anything out of pocket.

Jamie How did your small group meeting go with church? Talk to you soon.
Michele

[Tiffann4k]

Hi Everyone,
Laura nice to meet you. I looked at the most recent navigators for the 4 night cruises. Pirate night was on the third night. I hope that helps you with your planning.

With everything going on I didn't make it out to pick up pirate costumes during Halloween clearance sales.
Michele

Michele,
Thanks for the pirate night info....as far as costumes go to http://www.shindigz.com I was able to get 4 costumes for my kids for $27 Some were $7 and some are $6 if you use the code WINTER05 you can get $4.95 shipping.

[we6clarks]

Thanks for the info on the pirate costumes. I book marked the site so I can show it to Robert when he gets home tonight. The prices are really good. You can't beat costumes for 4 kids for 27.00.
Michele

[jmet]

Hello again!

Michele, I can't believe all the trouble with your van! Thank goodness for the warrenty - but STILL! What a pain in the neck to have it down so often! I mean, how can a person concentrate on their upcoming CRUISE with all those pesky car problems? :confused3 :rolleyes:

Oh - our church small group meeting went great. We only ended up with about 12 people total I think, so it was a nice group without feeling crowded at all.

Did you order the pirate costumes for your kids?? I can't remember if I mentioned it already or not, but I just ended up buying the boys pirate t-shirts while we were in WDW in Oct. Of course they will also have swords, eye patches and whatever other accessories I come up with by then. I am a little worried though that if they don't have full costumes they might be disappointed pirate: ...but for now that's my plan and I'm stickin' to it - (OK maybe).

Hope everyone here is having a good November - can't believe we are almost at 60 days now - woo hoo! Stay in touch!!

Jamie :flower:

[Tiffann4k]

Hope everyone here is having a good November - can't believe we are almost at 60 days now - woo hoo! Stay in touch!!

Jamie :flower:

The days are dragging by sooo slowly!!

[we6clarks]

Hi Everyone :flower:
Robert didn't want to order costumes. I saw a cute picture posted of some adults dressed in red and white stripped shirts, eye patches, bandanas, parrots, hooks and swords. I may copy their look.

I can't believe Thanksgiving is almost here. What are your plans for the holiday? We're going to Robert's family for lunch and then have dinner with my family. Talk to you soon.
Michele

[DVCconvert]

*bump* :)

[Tiffann4k]

Its getting closer guys! I cant wait I have been looking forward to this cruise for a long time. 2 of my children have never sailed so this is going to be a big treat for them...My 5 year old son keeps asking if the boat is going to be bigger than our house ( YESS!!...lol) I am sure he is imagining a little fishing boat or something, even with me showing him pictures he still doesnt really comprehend how big it will be. Hopefully he will be able to find a friend in the club so he wont have to be stuck trailing his sister the whole time, they are too much allike and fight when stuck together for long periods of time ( more than 15 minutes) :rotfl:

[we6clarks]

Hi All,

Cann't wait to get on board and explore the ship. Michele has planned everything which is fine with me. DS(6) and DD(4) will have a great time, however DD(2) and DD(2) may be troublesome. Are the adults planning to dress full costume for pirate night? Michele mentioned that I will go all out but I have not made up my mind yet. I need to check out a few places before I decide what I am going to wear. If I do go all out then I can re-use for Halloween next year :teeth:

It has gotten really cold :cold: and I cann't wait for the cruise and warm weather.

Robert, Michele's DH

[Tiffann4k]

Hi All,

Cann't wait to get on board and explore the ship. Michele has planned everything which is fine with me. DS(6) and DD(4) will have a great time, however DD(2) and DD(2) may be troublesome. Are the adults planning to dress full costume for pirate night? Michele mentioned that I will go all out but I have not made up my mind yet. I need to check out a few places before I decide what I am going to wear. If I do go all out then I can re-use for Halloween next year :teeth:

It has gotten really cold :cold: and I cann't wait for the cruise and warm weather.

Robert, Michele's DH


Hi Robert & Michele,
I know how that weather goes, I am north of you in Ohio and am tired of the cold allready..lol
My husband & I are not going to dress up, my kids will be though.
Do you guys have the late or early dinner ?

Tiffany

[we6clarks]

Hi Tiffany,
We have 2nd dining. It now says on our resservation online a time of 8:30. What dining time do you have? I wanted to ask you how cold it is on the ship. I read a post saying to pack long sleeve and long pant PJ's to wear on the cruise because it's cold. I am starting to think about what to pack. Any tips?
Michele

[Tiffann4k]

Michele,
We have first seating for dinner.
I dont remember being cold on the boat except for during some of the shows and in the movie theatre, but at night we were never cold. So as far as what type of jammies I dont know maybe you could pack a warmer pair and a summer type pair. :confused3
Sorry I couldnt be of more help

Tiffany

[we6clarks]

Hi Tiffany,
We hope your daughter has a Happy Birthday tomorrow!! The twins turned 2 yesturday. Thanks for the input on the PJ issue. That helps me out a lot. Talk to you soon.
Michele

[Tiffann4k]

Michele,
Happy late birthday to your twins!

:cool1: :bday::cake:

[DVCconvert]

Has anyone rec'd their travel documents yet from DCL?

Embarking just 4 weeks from this coming Friday! :)

[Tiffann4k]

Not yet, they should be coming soon though.

Been checking the site everyday to see if we have a room number yet, I hope we get bumped up since we booked over a year ago :wizard:

It will be nice to start the 30 day dance err I mean countdown :Pinkbounc :cool1:

[we6clarks]

No documents here either. We did get our paper work today for our trip to WDW after the cruise. We're also still waiting for our cabin numbers. It is snowing here today. Can't wait to go on vacation where it will hopefully be warm and sunny!!
Michele

[jmet]

Just popping in to say HI EVERYONE!!! :wave:
I can hardly believe how soon our trip is! We have been sooo busy - (as sure everyone has) getting ready for the holidays that the time has just been flying by!

I too check everyday now for a room #...I think I'll be shocked by the reality of it all when I finally SEE one as this trip has been a secret so long it almost doesn't feel real to me! Only 11 more days till the secrets OUT - can't believe it! :banana:

"Happy (verrry belated) b-days" to your little ones by the way - Tiffany and Michele!

Talk to you all soon!

Jamie

[DVCconvert]

Wow, I'm surprised by the fact that some folks don't have a cabin assignment. When we booked, and got our orginal faxed confirmation, we had our room # given to us then. Did those who don't have a cabin # book via Disney or a Travel Agent? --just curious.

[Tiffann4k]

Michele,
We have another snow storm headed our way, I cant wait to get out of here! 30 more days and we are heading to Florida! ( we are driving)

My parents left for yet another cruise yesterday and my dad just had to call me before they sailed while he was sitting out on the deck in shorts, it was 15 degrees here :rolleyes:

Soon enough!

[we6clarks]

DVC We booked through Disney online. We are driving down as well Tiffany. I hope we don't hit any bad weather on the trip down or back. What day are you leaving? We are going to get on the road after we pick Blake up from school on Jan 13th. Jamie I am so impressed that you have been able to keep the cruise a secret for so long. I would have spilled the beans a long time ago. When are you going to let the boys school know that they are going on a family vacation? I thought I might send the note in after the break. Talk to you soon.
Michele

[Tiffann4k]

DVC We booked through Disney online. We are driving down as well Tiffany. I hope we don't hit any bad weather on the trip down or back. What day are you leaving? We are going to get on the road after we pick Blake up from school on Jan 13th.
Michele


Michele,
We are also leaving on the 13th probably around 3-4pm after my DH gets home from work. We will probably hit Tenn. and stop for the night and continue driving the next day. I hope we dont hit any bad weather as well.
Tiffany

[we6clarks]

Hi Tiffany,
How long is the drive for you? It took us 14 hours to drive over the summer. We will probably drive straight through the night. Our kids have to stop every 5 minutes if we drive too long while they're awake. Will it get any easier travelling as ours get older?

I am really excited we got our room number today :cool1: We are in rooms 6087 and 6089. I am thrilled that our rooms are going to be close. Did you and Jamie get our room assignments today too? Let me know when you find out.
Michele

[Tiffann4k]

Michele,
Its going to be about 18-19 hour drive. We have plenty of stuff to keep our kids busy..lol

Yahoo I just checked and we got our room number #1044 I am not very happy about that...we are in the stinking boiler room :rotfl2: We booked a cat 12 inside stateroom, not sure how they can call this room a "deluxe oceanview stateroom :confused3 :confused3

I will have to do some more checking into this room

EDITED: Okay now I am doing the happy dance :cool1: we have a porthole!! Whoo hoo! Guess we did get bumped up 3 catagories even though we are still in the boiler room :teeth: :rotfl:

[we6clarks]

Hi Tiffany,
Congratulations on your upgrade. I hope you enjoy your porthole!! We booked cat 12 also. It looked like we're in cat 11 rooms. Do you think there will be enough space to put 2 pack n plays in the same room? The twins are used to sleeping in the same room.

Marcelo,
How are you doing? Regan got a Cinderella book with stickers this week. She didn't want to play with it because she wants to take it on the boat and share it with Pietra.
Michele

[flowerfacade]

Looks like we got ours too! 7503. I think that is a Category 10. We booked a category 12. We have the early dinner seating too. It sounds like you guys up North are having some pretty cold weather. We are freezing to death here in the rain and 40's today; I can't imagine how it is for you guys! Can't wait for January!
Laura

[Tiffann4k]

Michele,
I honestly dont know if there would be enough room for 2 pack and plays. Could they possibly sleep in one together? I am sure thats not enough room.....
If you go to the disney cruise line website, click on virtual ship tour, then go to deck 6 and click on Standard Inside Stateroom, it will show you what your room will look like. It may not be the exact setup but it gives you a pretty good idea.

Marcelo hasnt been back here since July... :confused3

30 more days guys!! :cool1: :cool1:

Laura,
Its pretty cold here, we are getting yet another storm, but soon enough we will be out of this and enjoying some nice weather!


Has anyone set up a time to meet other DISers or are we not going to do that.... I will be with about 12 others who are not DISers so not sure how my schedule will be once we get on the boat, but maybe we will bump into each other...Michele, every mother I see with twins I will be like...Michele??...lol :rotfl2:

[jmet]

YES! We got our room # too!!! We are in #2502. We also booked a Cat 12 gty and this is a Cat 9 - so we too have a porthole - woo hoo!! :cool1: The bad news is this is listed as a "noisy room" - :earseek: eeeeek! I'm SO excited about the upgrade though that I'm hoping it won't matter - at least TOO much! Can't wait to tell Mark - He was out plowing all the night and is still sleeping, but I get to wake him up soon cuz he has an appointment to go to!

I'm so excited for ALL of us!!!!
Jamie :sunny:

[Tiffann4k]

Whoo hoo Jamie! You will be down in the boiler room area with us ( only kidding of course! )

I am soo excited about the port hole! My husband thinks I am odd..lol
Tiffany

[we6clarks]

Jamie and Laura Congrats on your upgrades too!! What did Mark think when he found out Jamie?

Does anyone have 2nd dinner with us? :confused3

I would like to meet everyone.

Tiffany are you travelling with family or friends?

We used to have them share a pack n play when we travelled. I'm not sure that they will be able to sleep comfortable like that any more since they're big 2 yr olds now. We might have to try out a few different sleeping arrangements to find one that works for them.

Talk to you soon,
Michele

[Tiffann4k]

Michele,
We are traveling with my family DH, Me & 4 kids
Then my parents
My brother(21) & his friend
My other brother & his wife
My other brother, his wife & their 3 children

We will also be traveling with my aunt and uncle, their son & girlfriend, girlfriends parents and one of their granddaughters so we will have a nice big group...lol

[jmet]

Tiffany - Not only are we in the boiler room area- but our room is located alllll the way forward (2nd to the most forward cabin on that whole deck!). Should be INTERESTING for my husband who is pretty prone to motion sickness! Guess who's getting a "variety pack" of motion sickness remedies in his stocking this year? And watch it be ME who gets sick - HA!
Hey that is a pretty big group you are traveling with Tiffany! That is how this trip got started for us - Mark's family was thinking about all doing a cruise together (there are almost 40 of us altogether), so I researched it all and got all excited about it, but all it took was a few party poopers and the idea fizzled - except not for US - :earboy2:

Michele - Mark was half excited - half leery about our "good" fortune! He's not TOO excited about the location (suspects there will be mechanical noises when docking etc. at that location and also thinks it looks like kind of a long walk down that hallway to/from our cabin to get anywhere). On the other hand, he LOVES the idea of an upgrade and was all about getting the planning dvd out and checking out what the room will look like - and THAT was appealing - SO I think we will just settle on being HAPPY :flower: with what we got and wait to find out different!
Oh, to answer an earlier question - about when to tell the school about our vacation - I was thinking of doing the same as you - sending a note in when they go back from winter break. I have mentioned trips much earlier in the past and they always just tell me to write a note a week or two ahead anyway, so I figure that should be fine. We are listed for the early dinner seating - (probably already mentioned that) - are you still thinking about trying to switch once you get on board or are you thinking of just leaving it alone?

I hope we get to meet everyone too - especially so the kids can get to know each other!! Any idea's about when/where works best?

Talk to you all soon!
Jamie

[Tiffann4k]

Jamie,
Hopefully no one will get sick! I was thinking about that to being so close to the end of the ship and also so far down..yikes, but I have heard that the bottom and top of the boat are the best in rough weather. When I cruised 2 years ago we hit a storm and I tell you what we were about rolling out of our beds but I didnt get sick thankfully.

We are early dinner as well.

I dont know when a good time to meet will be since it seems like right after the sail away party everyone is going to be getting around for Dinner....we could always meet before hand ??

Tiffany

[we6clarks]

Hi Everyone,
I think I got my answer this morning about the twins sleeping in different rooms. I got up with Taylor (she's sick) in the middle of the night. At 5:30 AM Lauren is screaming, "Mommy, Mommy Taylor no no in bed."

We are wait listed for early dining. We haven't had any luck so far. I may try to change once we board. I have the girls signed up for FLounders every night from 8-10 PM. I thought they would sit better through the shows than through a long dinner. After the way they behaved this week at Regan's Christmas program, I'm not sure.

I got to the spend the day working as an aide in Blake's classroom. His teachers aide fell and broke her arm yesturday during afternoon carpool. I got to ask his teacher about him missing school for vacation. I do have to send a note in after break. She will save his work for him to do when we get back. I feel relieved. Being new to the school I wasn't sure how they felt about children missing for vacations.

Tiffany it sounds like your group is going to have a blast together. I like the idea of the kids getting to meet each other too. If they make friends I figure they will be more into spending lots of time at the kids club.

Talk to you soon.
Michele

[Tiffann4k]

Hi Everyone,
I think I got my answer this morning about the twins sleeping in different rooms. I got up with Taylor (she's sick) in the middle of the night. At 5:30 AM Lauren is screaming, "Mommy, Mommy Taylor no no in bed."


Awww hope Taylor starts to feel better soon.


I hope we will have fun, my DH doesnt really get along with my 3 brothers so I imagine he wont want to do much with everyone :guilty: but thats okay, I am sure we will have plenty of alone time :banana: :rotfl:

I hope you can get your dinner changed.

Hopefully the kids can meet, I am really worried about my 5 & 6 year old...they are so much alike i am afraid they will fight like cats and dogs because they wont know anyone else there so they will tend to hang around each other a lot more.

[we6clarks]

If Blake and Regan don't like being in the kids clubs it is going to be a long 4 days for us with no alone time :rotfl2: Tiffany have you cruised with a 2 yr old before? If you have do you think FLounders is better for shows or dinner?

Robert took a long nap when I got in with Blake from school yesturday. He had a rough day with the girls. Taylor seems to be feeling better this morning. She slept through the night and is up laughing and playing.

Michele

[Tiffann4k]

Michele,
The first disney cruise I went on with my children we only took the 2 oldest. They were 4 & almost 3 at the time( We left the 18 month & 8 month old with grand parents) . Paige was almost 3 so they let her go into the kids club so we never had to use flounders so no advice there. ( My second Disney cruise I left the kids and hubby home...it was a wonderful womens only trip! :rotfl2: )

I am sure Blake & Regan will have fun :)

Glad to hear Taylor is feeling better :)

[flowerfacade]

Hey everyone!
I just checked my reservation (again, it's a sickness) and I noticed my dinner time no longer said 6:00pm. It just says Main Dinner Seating. What is that all about? Are they not doing a staggered dinner seating and is this the early time?
I hope you all get over all your sicknesses. We have had some kind of killer virus around here, terrible congestion and coughing and it hangs on for weeks. (I work in the schools and it is widespread; my family, except for my four year old, have all had it and almost everyone I know). I hope it just strengthens the immune system for January!
Laura

[Tiffann4k]

Laura,
Mine says main dinner seating as well

[we6clarks]

Laura,
I hope everyone in your family gets well soon. I am thinking about putting the kids inside bubbles the week before we leave for the cruise :rotfl2:

I checked our reservation it is now saying second seating, before it said 8:30.
Michele

[Tiffann4k]

Michele,
I am going to do the same thing as well. 2 of my daughters are getting colds so hopefully if they get sick they will hurry and do it now ..lol

[flowerfacade]

I got those chewable vitamin C tablets that I am making everyone take. They will make you toes curl. Lots of yukky faces all around, but maybe they will help...but they sure can't hurt!
Laura

[we6clarks]

Three weeks from today we'll be leaving for the cruise :cool1: I can't wait. I hope everyone has a Happy Holidays!!
Michele

[Tiffann4k]

Leaving in 3 weeks also..whoo hoo!!

Everyone have a safe holiday!

[DVCconvert]

Got my cruise documents today !! :hyper:

[Tiffann4k]

WONDERful!! so far only one member in our group has gotten documents....hopefully they will get here soon....we have been waiting over a year for this cruise, that will be one of the milestones to show that its almost here!!

[we6clarks]

We got our documents today too :earsboy:

Jamie,
What was the boys reaction to their Christmas present?
Michele

[Tiffann4k]

Got ours today! :cool1: :banana:

[jmet]

Hey everyone!!!

No docs for US yet - :confused3 but ANY day now I'm sure!

Michele,
Well, I ended up wrapping up a "certificate" that I made up and they opened it on Christmas Eve. They were really excited! I don't think Nathan actually "got it" right away though - cuz a few minutes later when I was trying to take a picture of them w/the certificate he asked "what that paper meant" (Jake read it out loud, but very fast and he was busy laughing and jumping up and down) so then I explained it to Nathan - and that's when it dawned on him - so I got a cute picture of his look of surprise! Then we played the planning DVD for them, which they really enjoyed. The funny thing is they have barley asked ANY questions about it. Nathan did ask WHEN - but of course Jake has this "thing" about not wanting to know - so we just said "in less than a month". Since then neither one has said too much about it - of course I keep bringing it up and telling them little things about it and showing them pictures etc. on the internet, but I swear if I didn't say anything we could probably just wake them up the day we leave and surprise them all over again! Weird kids - I would want to know EVERYthing about it - but not them! They MUST be their father's children - ha!
Does anyone have any idea's yet for a time/place to meet?? I was thinking maybe around 3:00 ish?? but where? I have NO clue! Nathan did seem excited when I told him (and showed him the pictures) of Blake and the other kids - so that is a good sign!

Does Blake swim? Nathan LOVES the water - but he isn't very brave in it! He HATES to get his face wet, so it's been challanging for him at times. We need to do more swimming lessons this winter - but won't get that in before the cruise unfortunately. I did sign him up for the Stringray excursion at Castaway Cay - he SAYS he wants to do it - we'll SEE.

Is anyone else doing that excursion?

Well, I better get back to my "to do" list here! I'll be in touch!
Jamie

[Quiltstitcher]

I haven't been very active on this thread, but we are on the 1/15/06 Wonder Cruise as well, it is my fiance', his 10yr son and myself (sorry I'm not up on the correct Disney lingo). This is their first cruise so it should be fun. "Our" son was so excited when he finally figured out this gift for Christmas, I setup a scavenger hunt and along the way there were Disney items included, finally towards the end he realized a theme and I don't think he was very excited, he isn't really into Disney, his main interests are with sports, but when I explained he could play basketball in the middle of the ocean, he got excited.

Looking forward to our cruise and to meet everyone!!!

we6clarks- I sent you a direct email today, we are from Louisville also!!!!

Stephannie

[we6clarks]

3 sounds like a good time to meet to me. I don't know where we should meet either. Any ideas Tiffany?

Blake likes water but he doesn't like to get in water that's over his head. A bigger kids dunked him in the pool when he was 3. He has never gotten over it.

I borrowed some suitcases from my parents tonight so I can do some more packing.

Nice to meet you Stephanie.
Michele

[Tiffann4k]

Nice to meet you as well Stephannie


3 should work for me.....but the one thing we have to remember is the life boat drill is at 4 so we would have less than an hour to meet because we will all have to go back to the rooms for our lifevests and get ready for the drill....... unless you all want to meet more closer to the 5 o clock sail away ?? :confused3 or we could possibly do it the next day if the first will be too hectic....I dont know.... :goodvibes

[flowerfacade]

We got our documents today via UPS from Expedia. YEA! I am just waiting to see where you guys decide to meet since I have NO idea where things are or good times...but we will plan to show up too!
Laura

[we6clarks]

What time is everyone planning on getting to the port? Maybe we could meet at the port before boarding or on the ship earlier than 3? I didn't know the safety drill was at 4. What would we do with out you Tiffany?
Michele

[jmet]

We got our docs from Expedia today too! :cool1:

Yeah - maybe we should try to meet sooner than 3:00... We are HOPING to get to the port EARLY - I am thinking by 10:30. So meeting at the terminal might work fine for us - or I would think meeting on the ship a (earlier than 3:00) could work too - I'll wait to hear what everyone would rather do - either way sounds good!

So you've started packing Michele?? I'm jealous! I haven't even had time to think about it yet and I'm getting itchy! Hopefully I'll get started this weekend.

Jamie

[Tiffann4k]

We plan on getting to the port early as well....maybe if everyone is getting to the port early we could plan a 1:30 or 2 o'clock meeting since technically we cant get to our rooms until 2:30 that way everyone should be done getting lunch and running to make any reservations....I dont know, what do you all think ?

Maybe the second day would work better that way no one is rushed ?? I mean I hate to wait until the second day since its only a 4 day cruise but I dont want anyone to feel like they have to rush around...it is vacation afterall :rotfl:

Either way I want to get the kids together as soon as possible that way hopefully some friendships will be made and they will have a blast at the kids clubs

Jamie,
I havent even started to think about packing yet either...lol We are leaving in 2 weeks so I better get moving!

[Quiltstitcher]

What time can we get on the ship? I want to get there as soon as possible...to get the most out of it!!!! Since it is my fiance'/son's first cruise, I want them to get acquainted and heck I want to relax!!!

Steph

[we6clarks]

We are planning to get to the port between 10:30-11. It depends on how long it takes to drive from Jacksonville to Port Canaveral. Meeting at 1:30 or 2 seems good since we can't get in our rooms yet. It sounds like that will give us all time to eat and do any running around we need to do. Robert thinks I'm nutty for starting to pack so early.

Tiffany one more question for the moment. What do you do on the documents where the kids are supposed to sign? Do we sign their names for them? TIA
Michele

[Tiffann4k]

Steph,
They usually let you on the ship around noon or a little earlier.

Michele,
That is a good question, I always just signed them myself...not sure if thats right or wrong, maybe someone else can better answer that :confused3 ...I would hate to tell you something and it be wrong....I havent even started filling our papers out yet, I will wait until we are getting ready to leave to do it

[HeatherAnne]

Hi all,

Just found this thread.......We will also be on the Wonder 1/15-1/19. First time cruisers here and really looking forward to our trip. It will be me, my husband and our 5 yr old son. Received our cruise documents this week! Yeah! We will be spending the rest of the week at the AKL - looking forward to that too becasue we have never stayed there. Anyone spending the day at The Atlantis? I booked a room for around $200 at Comfort Suites so we can use all of the facilities. So worth it - we stayed there last fall and it was amazing - especially all the pools, cool slides and shark tanks! Our son loved it! Looking forward to a much needed vacation.....

Take care,
HeatherAnne :flower:

[Tiffann4k]

Hi Heather, Nice to meet you!

I have a 5 year old son as well

I know what you mean about the much needed vacation, I cant wait !

[we6clarks]

Hi HeatherAnne. There are going to be lots of boys on the cruise. We have a 6 year old son. We are staying 3 nights at WDW after the cruise at ASMu. What dinner time do you and Stephannie have?

Happy New Year :flower:
Michele

[Tiffann4k]

Hi HeatherAnne. There are going to be lots of boys on the cruise. We have a 6 year old son. We are staying 3 nights at WDW after the cruise at ASMu. What dinner time do you and Stephannie have?

Happy New Year :flower:
Michele

Michele,
We are staying at the all star sports Thursday-Saturday :flower:

[Quiltstitcher]

Hi Gang!
We have late seating, my docs said they are going to stagger the times: 8, 8:15, and 8:30, but it didn't say what time we have, I guess we'll find out on the ship!

Steph
Hi HeatherAnne. There are going to be lots of boys on the cruise. We have a 6 year old son. We are staying 3 nights at WDW after the cruise at ASMu. What dinner time do you and Stephannie have?

Happy New Year :flower:
Michele

[we6clarks]

Yeah Stephannie I've finally found someone else on the board with second dining!!

Tiffany I didn't know you were going to WDW after the cruise. What are your plans for after the cruise? We are going to Chef Mickey's Thur night for dinner. Fri we're going to MK. Sat we haven't decided if we're spending the day at Epcot or starting at MGM and then going to Epcot. We have not been to either park.

Michele

[jmet]

Hello Everyone!

Just finished filling out our docs :cool1: - hope they are right!

Started a little pre-packing today (made the kids try on clothes to see what fits! etc.) So I'm feelin' good about that!

Can we really not get in our rooms till 2:30 Tiffany??? DANG - I kept thinking I read 1:30 - Oh well, I'm sure we'll be plenty busy till then anyway! Nice to have the voice of experiance to help us out - that's for sure!

Also wanted to say HI! to Stephanie and HeatherAnne - we also have a boys - they are 7 and 13. I bet the little boys are going to have a blast when they get together! (Here's hopin' my "big" boy does too!)

We are also heading back to Orlando after the cruise! We are staying off site at a time share type place called Regal Palms for 2 nights after the cruise - flying home on Saturday. We have one day left on some hoppers so our plan right now is to head directly to the parks when we get off the ship and hit EPCOT (just want to take the kids on Soarin' and see Turtle Talk w/Crush) and then over to MGM for the rest of the day to get in some stuff we didn't do last time...we should be good and exhausted after that! Friday I'm thinkin' sleep in & just hang at the resort if the wheather is good as it looks like they have a great pool area w/lazy river etc. and then maybe go to the magic show at Wonderworks for dinner.

Chef Mickey's sounds fun for dinner Michele - have only been there once for b-fast and I loved it!


Jamie

[Tiffann4k]

Michele,
We dont have any plans set in stone for the parks. We have hopper passes so we will be running everywhere...lol

Jamie,
Maybe it is 1:30 I could be a little confused......I dont know...but I do know its either 1:30 or 2:30..lol

[Quiltstitcher]

Also wanted to say HI! to Stephanie and HeatherAnne - we also have a boys - they are 7 and 13. I bet the little boys are going to have a blast when they get together! (Here's hopin' my "big" boy does too!)
Jamie

Hi Jamie!

Good to hear another "older" boy will be around, I'm sure there are others too, it just seems mostly the kids are younger (but I'm sure I've missed some things!!).

My son is 10, does your son like sports? My son is so excited about playing basketball on the ocean!!!

Have we decided when we can all get together to meet? Was it after the safety drill? At least we know everyone will be on board at this point!!!!

let me know!

Spent last night reading through the "TIPS" thread and throwing odds & ends together for the trip!

I'm getting pysched!!!

Can't wait to meet everyone!
Steph

[Tiffann4k]

Steph,
I am not sure when everyone will meet. It looks like the best time would be after lunch / before the boat drill but I dont want to leave anyone out if they are late getting onboard.....after the boat drill would probably work but then everyone will be getting ready for the sail away party & then dinner afterwards so I dont know...does anyone have any suggestions ??

I think 1:30/2 would work best if everyone is planning on being aboard at that time since everyone should be done with lunch unless you guys want to meet before we board the boat ????? :confused3


Let me know, I am hoping I have a lime green shirt to wear , I will know more later when I start to pack but I am hoping to have lime green for me and maybe one or two of my kids so we are easier to spot...lol

[flowerfacade]

It is possible we might see each other in the terminal since it seems everyone is arriving relatively early. We are planning to drive from the Charleston (SC) area and get there around 10:30, we hope. I am going to put my kids in matching shirts for sure, either green (not lime, don't have it) or red. My husband and I might try to coordinate with them too for the picture we will get when we board. My daughter is 9, and my son is 4 and he wears little round glasses!

Onboard in the afternoon to meet seems good too.

My kids still don't know we are going even though my daughter got a new bathing suit for Christmas and they both got surf shirts. Also, our Wal-mart up this way already has flip-flops in ($1.94), so I would think anyone of them in Florida would have them in(I think I remember one of you worrying about that.) I think we are going to tell the kids on this coming Sunday night...we are excited just thinking about that. I am planning to pack over the weekend.

Laura

[Tiffann4k]

Can we do a quick roll call for all the kids that are coming ??


My children :

Ciara 9 Oceaneer lab

Paige 7 ( almost 8 so she will be in the oceaneer lab )

Caitlyn 6 Oceaneer club

Brian 5 Oceaneer club

[flowerfacade]

Lucy, 9 Oceaneer Lab
Joe, 4 Oceaneer Club

[Tiffann4k]

Laura,
What a great suprise for your kids!

I am not sure what I will be wearing, I mentioned the lime green since that seems to be the "Dis Board Color"

We will be at the port early as well, we are staying in Kissimmee Saturday night.

I havent even started to pack yet...UGH

[Quiltstitcher]

Kelby DS 10 Oceaneer Club

I guess I need to start thinking about the clothing, hmmm I wonder if I can talk my "boys" into wearing Pink Tink shirts!! http://www.disboards.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=11024221#

I doubt it!

We should make pins or something, maybe a something simple, like a colored ribbon bow on a safety pin attached to our shirt? Just something to distinguish us. Lime green ribbon might be hard to come by, but I'm willing to look- anyone one else interested?

Steph

[we6clarks]

Blake 6 Oceaneer club
Regan 4 Oceaneer club
Lauren 2
Taylor 2

We'll be at the port closer to 10:30. Either option is fine with us.
Michele

[disneedee]

i can add some more kids and approximate ages
(they aren't mine, belong to my brother and sister)
bryce 6
victoria 6
mark 9
jonathan 10
kirstie 13

deann

[jmet]

My boys are:

Nathan 7 - Oceaneer club

Jacob 13 - Teen club...(at least that's his plan right now)


Hi Stephanie ~ Glad to hear there is at least one other older boy - too bad they won't be in the same group though - darn!! Unfortunately, Jake's not very sports minded - much to his (former high school hockey star) Dad's chagrin! He was in Tae Kwon Do for a few years but quit once he got his black belt - much to BOTH his parents chagrin!!! He does enjoy some stuff like volley ball and some water sports though - and I suspect he will be intrigued by the gym on the ship - is it open air? (Sorry if that's a dumb question!!) If so, that WOULD be pretty cool even if ya don't like basketball!

Hey, are any of you planning outfits for "dress up night"?? I can't decide what to pack for that...Mark thinks shirts and ties for him and the boys and a dressy dress for me - but I'm a little nervous now that we'll feel over dressed - he says he really doesn't care that much if we are, but I don't like to stick out like a sore thumb if ya know what I mean!



Jamie :)

[we6clarks]

Hi Jamie,
I've been wondering the same thing about dress clothes. I think Robert is going to take a button down shirt and tie for wearing to brunch at Palo and Trition's. For Blake I'm taking 2 polos, two short sleeve button down shirts, khaki and navy pants. Right now I am thinking about taking a dressy dress, sun dress, black pants and gray skirt. I wasn't sure if I needed to pack another dressy dress for brunch at Palo. Regan I have 2 dresses, 2 skirts and tops. I'm not sure if I need dress clothes for the twins. I have a dress, 3 capri pants and tops packed for them in case we need them.
Michele

[jmet]

Hi Michele,
Sounds like we are the same track with what to pack. My boys eacg have one polo, one button down short sleeve shirt, one button down long sleeve (w/ties) and then a pirate t-shirt. when I actually started going through my outfits I realized I have almost all BLACK (long black pants, black capri's, black skirt w/some patchwork details for pirate night AND a black dressy dress!!) I do have white capris too- would that look funny in the winter though? I also have a sundress that I was thinking of wearing to brunch at Palo's ...I don't know, maybe I'll still have to re-work my wardrobe a little - but I'm running out of time!!!

Do you have outfits picked out for embarkation? I am thinking of wearing a lime green top w/ something denim (most likely jeans - but if it's hot a skort) I have matching lime green t-shirts for the boys and I'm not sure yet what Mark will wear - I have to be a little more creative about bossing him around - HA! That should be enough lime green to get us noticed though huh?! HA,ha!

Jamie :sunny:

[Quiltstitcher]

I guess I'll bring my one and only lime green shirt, don't think I can talk the boys into it though!

Y'all are WAY ahead of me, I have some clothes set out and started to set out Kelby's clothes, but in no way am I even close to being packed!!

I wonder how dressy people get, I'm going to start a general thread to get more input.

Can't wait to meet everyone!

Oh-today at Target, I bought Kelby and I white bucket hats (on clearance for 74 cents!!!)we are going to decorate them with paint pens for the trip!!!
Stephannie

[we6clarks]

Hi Steph,
I can only work for about 5-10 min before my darling two year olds get into mischief. Last night I tried to get a couple of things packed for Robert. I came back down stairs to find that they had opened the refrigerator and gotten out an egg. They had cracked the egg and seperated it into several measuring cups. They did throw the shell away in the trash can. They are getting a little neater with their mess making. :rotfl2:

Hi Jamie,
I think white dressy capris would be fine to wear. I think I'll pack another sundress for brunch. I only have one shirt that's close to a lime green I will wear that Sunday. If we don't spot each other in lime we can always look for someone else that is always dressed in black at night. :)
Michele

[jmet]

Hi Michele,
Just have to say - loved the story about your twins - too funny!

Thanks for the reassurance on the white capri's - sadly, I am STILL in flux about my wardrobe - eeeeek! I just haven't had time to think about it much...too many KIDS around this house to think straight for long about anything (oh, I do daycare!)!! So I totally relate to your getting 5 - 10 minute time slots to do stuff!! I swear I'm gonna figure it out any day now though - mark my words! :teeth:

Mark actually stayed home this afternoon with all the kids and let me go out and run around doing a bunch of my errands! I got sucked in at Mall of America and ended up walking around that place for hours! I never did come up with any new clothes - but I did get myself and the boys each some new shoes and few other things I needed. Plus I did get a couple other stops in too, so I did pretty good. I still have a nice long list, but at least I made some headway!

Well, I'm actually thinking about going and dragging the suitecases out now (so don't worry Steph - I'm not ahead of ANYone!) - it is 11:30 pm, but it's finally QUIET so maybe I can actually concentrate for more than a couple minutes in a row - that is, IF Jacob is finally done popping out of his room to ask me random questions for no apparent reason! He gets up at 6:30 am - you'd THINK he'd be tired - but I guess not.

Any more thoughts about setting up a meeting time/place? I was thinking I could also PM our cell phone #'s too (they'll still work while in port I'm sure). I kind of suspect we'll spot each other at the terminal anyway, but it never hurts to have a back up plan.

Jamie

[Quiltstitcher]

Hi everyone! I went to Home Depot today to pick up some lime green Disney paint chips (they are in the shape of mickey head & ears). I plan on making it into a pin and wearing it next Sunday! I'll also plan on wearing the one lime green shirt I have (might opt for my tropical lime/teal top depending on the weather).

Can't wait till next week!

Steph
Quiltstitcher

[Tiffann4k]

I havent even started packing yet.

Apparently the transmission in our van is starting to go out so if that is the case ( we are going to try and get it looked at this week) we might not be going...it will be a choice between using the money for vacation or the money to fix our van.
I am so bummed, we have been waiting over a year for this trip and I really need a vacation. Pray that a miracle happens and nothing is wrong with our van please. :sad: :sad1:

[Quiltstitcher]

Positive thoughts and pixie dust headed your way! Good luck!

Steph

[we6clarks]

Tiffany,
I'm sending you and your van pixie dust.
Michele

[Tiffann4k]

Thanks guys! :hug: Hubby is going to get it looked at later today so hopefully tonight we will know what we are up against...lol I have my fingers crossed that its nothing major though.

I will keep you guys updated :)


I also got the lime green mickey paint chips from Home Depot but the ones I got were stuck to a card so hopefully I can cut them out, and they are small, I thought I remembered them being larger ?? I am hoping to make something for our stateroom door.

[flowerfacade]

I have gotten my kids almost completely packed except I have got to get some more underwear for my 5 year old! We ran to Goodwill earlier today and grabbed him another swimsuit as well. I am about done packing my stuff too. Like Jamie, you may find me in black at dinnertime. I am only taking a pair of black dress pants and then a variety of coordinating tops. My husband is not at all worried (naturally) so he will pack Friday.

We could possibly coordinate meeting at one of the pools. I am planning to eat then take the kids to the pools. But really it doesn't matter so much to me. I can always leave them and come myself for a bit.

We are going to tell the kids tonight that we are going next weekend. It will hard to keep the packing mess a secret all week long!

Laura

[we6clarks]

Meeting by the pools sounds good to me. Which pool did you want to meet by? We haven't come up with a meeting place yet. We were planning on going swimming sometime Sunday too. I was going to pack swin suits in our carry on bags.

Michele

[Quiltstitcher]

Pool sounds good to me! We will probably be checking them out as well, after we grab a bite to eat. Which one is the kid pool? The Mickey pool? The kid pool gets my vote.

Since we might all be there at different times, should we pick a time, or find another way to recognize one another?

Steph

[we6clarks]

Now we're in need of some Pixie Dust. I had to take Blake and Regan to the doctor today. They both have strep. :sick: Hope noone else in the family catches it or gets sick while were travelling.
Michele

[flowerfacade]

Wow! I hope kids get better quickly AND let's cross our fingers that no one else catches it. No fun. And how about the sick car?

Mickey pool sounds great to me. I sincerely doubt you will catch me in the pool in Ft. Lauderdale. Once we get to warmer waters, I might. Southerners have thin, thin blood, and as far as I am concerned any weather under 80 degrees is too frigid for swimming. (Luckily my kids don't feel the same way.) SO, you will probably find me in a pink hoodie jacket and jeans. I have dark brown, shoulder length hair and usually wear black wrap-around shades, and if I can remember, I will wear a kelly green ball cap with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on it. I will probably be, at all times, the person with the most clothes on...I'm worried about the temperature diving down into the 60's in the evenings. So you may be able to pick me out!

Also, do any of you know what the show is to be the 1st night (Sunday)?

Laura

[pfishgirl]

I was wondering if any fellow Dis'ers out there can do me a HUGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE favor....????


MY DH and I will be on the Magic on the 28th to celebrate DH and My birthdays.. This is our first week long DCL cruise.. :hyper:

DH is a DCL PIN pin collector and he would REALLY REALLY LOVE to get the new DCL Stitch Pin.. Well it is a limited edition of 750 pin so he is almost certain he will NOT be able to get it by the time we set sail..

Sooooooooooooooo will someone PLEASE help me and get this pin for him? If you PM me, we can make arrangements. I even have PayPal if you do, or I can mail a check or something..

Thank You sooooooooooo very much in advance !!!!! This would make an awesome Birthday present for DH..

[jmet]

OH NO! Tiffany and Michele ~ I am SO sorry to hear about your troubles!!
I am sending LOADS of pixie dust to both of you and will keep you in my prayers too that all will be well very soon - with kids AND vans!! :grouphug:

Tiffany - please give us an update on your van situation as soon as you can - I am SO hoping it's not as serious as you were thinking!!!

On a happier note - I think meeting by the Mickey pool would work fine - sounds like we are all on the same page about that already - eat lunch and then let the kids swim a little. Not sure how to recognize each other though -I can PM our cell phone #'s if that helps. Hopefully we'll recognize you Michele (and family) from the photo's you posted earlier! Personally, I am on the short side with long blond hair - still thinking I'll be wearing a lime green shirt - but if it's cold it'll be under a jacket! I'm not from the south - but I should be ;) ! Mark is shortish too and has dark brown hair, Jake is about my height, has braces & glasses (med brown hair) and Nathan is really small for his age - looks about 5/6 (he's 7) skinny, has some missing teeth and dark blond hair - ok, he's cuter than he sounds :rotfl: !! Anyway, that's us in a nutshell...

Can't believe we'll be there in less than a WEEK!!!

Jamie

[mooshie's mom]

I'm going too! I will be traveling with my mom and my dd7. We are in room 2056. hope to meet alot of you sometime on the trip. Is there a meeting spot and time?

We are all packed and ready Just need to rid ourselves from the colds that that have brewed over the weekend.

Happy sailing to all of you!

[Tiffann4k]

Michele,
Hopefully Blake & Regan start to feel better soon!

Jamie,
So far the situation is not looking good. The person we had looking at it was a bit stumped ( which is not good when he has been a mechanic for 20+ years) so he is going to take it to a transmission specialist( or something like that) today to look at.

I havent even started packing yet, we were planning on leaving Friday morning and I should be really excited but its hard to be excited when we may not be going.

Not sure what I will be wearing yet, but the Mickey pool sounds like a good idea to meet at.

Hi Mooshies mom! We are on deck 1 in room 1044 so not too far from you :flower:

[we6clarks]

Hi Everyone,
Blake and Regan are feeling much better today.

I just checked our reservation. We've been moved to early dinner :flower: I can't believe it.

Tiffany I hope they figure out what is going on with your van soon. :wizard:

Michele

[Quiltstitcher]

Hi Everyone,
Blake and Regan are feeling much better today.

Tiffany I hope they figure out what is going on with your van soon. :wizard:

Michele

Michele-so glad to hear the kids are doing better, I had Kelby take his Vitamin C this morning and told him about your kids (it helped that you are in Louisville), I think it scared him a bit!!!

Tiffany, let us know how things are going!

See y'all by the Mickey pool sometime Sunday

Steph

[Tiffann4k]

well the transmission specialist looked at our van today and said nothing was wrong with it, it was running fine :confused3 I know there was something wrong with it because it wasnt shifting properly but now its all fixed apparently :confused3 Im not going to argue, I am still not all the way excited like I should be but so far we are still going!! Must of been all the pixie dust that fixed our van...lol thanks guys!!

[Quiltstitcher]

Great News Tiffany! Now are y'all driving or flying? I'll continue to send pixie dust your way and will see you sometime Sunday by the Mickey pool!!!

Steph

[Tiffann4k]

Steph,
We are driving from Ohio so thats why it was such a biggie for our van to be okay...thank goodness for pixie dust :rotfl:

[we6clarks]

I hope you have a safe drive down Friday Tiffany. I know how you feel. A while back our van was acting up. I'm glad you are still going on the cruise. Can't wait to meet everyone Sunday.
Michele

[jmet]

Woo Hoo Tiffany!!! So happy to hear that your trip is still on! I will say a prayer that your van behaves perfectly for this long drive and long after!

See ya all by the Mickey Pool... :cool1:
Jamie

[jmet]

woops - just forgot to say Michele I am so glad to hear that Blake and Regan are feeling better too!! I'm sure that's a relief! Looking forward to meeting everyone on Sunday!
Jamie

[flowerfacade]

I am glad to hear that everyone seems to be doing well and cars seem to be fine. It is always in the back of my mind that those things can go wrong.

How long is the trip from Ohio? When are you leaving?

Yes, and looking forward to seeing everyone on Sunday. My husband just hasn't grasped this whole DISboard thing. He wonders...we are meeting who?from where?how do you know them? It makes me laugh.

Laura

[Tiffann4k]

I am glad to hear that everyone seems to be doing well and cars seem to be fine. It is always in the back of my mind that those things can go wrong.

How long is the trip from Ohio? When are you leaving?

Yes, and looking forward to seeing everyone on Sunday. My husband just hasn't grasped this whole DISboard thing. He wonders...we are meeting who?from where?how do you know them? It makes me laugh.

Laura


Laura,
It will be about a 19 hour drive for us, we are leaving Friday morning, we are staying in Kissimmee and will drive to the port on Sunday morning.

I havent even mention anything to my husband about meeting anyone, he would think I was nuts :cutie:

[Tiffann4k]

well guys we will be leaving in the morning! I am so excited! :banana: Hope everyone has safe travels to the port.

I will look for you guys on Sunday :sunny:

Tiffany

[flowerfacade]

Good luck with your drive!! That is a long way. I have nowhere near as far you to drive and I'm a little nervous. I am sure it will be a good one for you and safe! Can't wait for Sunday!!!
Laura

[we6clarks]

I can't believe we're finally leaving today. :cool1: I hope everyone has a safe trip to FL. and enjoys their cruise.

[mooshie's mom]

:teeth: flight leaves in the morning!!!! see yall there! have a safe trip to the port everyone.

[Quiltstitcher]

Hello Everyone, sorry I didn't make it to the pool on Sunday, glad we met up Michele, even if it was on the way out on Thursday morning.

I hope everyone had as much fun as we did even with the cold weather!!!

Is everyone ready to start planning their next trip? We are!

Take care,
Steph

[flowerfacade]

We were there, but didn't see anyone else! We had a wonderful trip and ready to go back!! However, we are still pretty exhausted!

[we6clarks]

I'm sorry we didn't make it to the pool either. We were still waiting in line at the port during the time to meet. I am glad we got to meet you too Steph. Maybe we'll run into each other in Louisville sometime. Jamie I didn't get your message until late Wed. I'm sorry I didn't get to call you back. Hope you enjoyed your cruise. We had an eventful trip. Taylor got a scratched cornea on the cruise and then broker her colar bone once we got to Orlando after the cruise. We're still recovering today.

[jmet]

Hi everyone!

I am so relieved to hear that we are not the only ones who didn't make it to the pool as planned! I really wanted to make it there, but that afternoon took on a lilfe of it's own and we were getting ready for dinner before we knew what hit us.

Wow Michele - you really DID have an eventful trip!!! I am so sorry to hear about all of Taylor's troubles! Did she have to go see the ship Dr. for the scratched cornea? How the heck did she manage to break her collar bone? Poor kid! I really hope she (and all of you!) are recovering from all your adventures :goodvibes . No need to apologize for not calling back by the way - the cruise felt like a whirlwind to us - and I can about IMAGINE what it felt like to YOU! I think I mentioned in my message that I did get Nathan and Blake together, so that was fun. Nathan always wanted to know if Blake would be in the club when he was going. He said they had fun together, so that was good.

I am curious what dining rotation did everyone get? We ended up with the earliest (5:30) and found that we really ended up feeling rushed alot, so that is the one thing I would change, (well, other than some of the wheather!) but other than that we had a great time!

I think it might take at least a week to catch up on our sleep though.

Jamie

[Tiffann4k]

Hi Guys, I apologize for not meeting at the pool as well Sunday was a bit hectic. We actually just got back today, we spent another week in Orlando and Fort Myers, its nice to be home but its sooo cold!!

I would of love to of met everyone but things happen.

Hopefully soon I will get some pictures posted.....we didnt have our camera for the cruise, my husband had it in his laptop case and I told him NO WAY was he taking his lap top on the boat so he said okay, left it in the car and didnt realize the camera was in it :crazy: luckily my mom had hers so she took some pics for us.

Hope everyone had a great time, we did! The seas were pretty rough the whole cruise and thankfully no one got sick.

Tiffany

[Jillypoo]

:cool1: LOVED IT! Room 2605 catagory 10....first time on the Wonder ship...how did it go for you? :hyper2: Hubby and I were so bummed that the kiddies went nighty night before the pirate: Pirates of the Carribean Party started :( :sad1:

[Tiffann4k]

Jilly,
We were Cat 9 deck 1 ( we had room 1044, even decorated our door )

My son missed pirate night, but my daughters were awake to go....my brother was even on stage not sure what it was for :confused3 but he was contestant #3 Doug from Ohio ( the guy called him John Travolta..lol ) We were up on the higher deck and were suprised to see him up there dancing :banana:

[we6clarks]

Jamie,
It was great that Blake and Nathan got to meet. We didn't take Taylor to the dr on the ship. I was ready to take her Wed. morning and she started doing better. At WDW she fell off the bed and landed on her shoulder while we were unloading the van. The hotel called an ambulance out to look at her. The EMT's thought she had sprained her shoulder. They didn't think she had broken anything. After a few days she still wasn't using her arm and would cry when we changed her clothes... We had her checked out and the x-rays showed a hairline fracture of her collar bone. She would only wear the arm sling for a day. She is doing much better now. How was your trip to Orlando after the cruise? Did your boys have lots of work to make up at school? Blake finished his missed assignments last night. He had more to make up than I thought he would.

Tiffany We are missing the warmer weather too.
Michele

[jmet]

Hi Michele,
I'm so glad to hear that Taylor is doing better so soon. It always amazes me how quick kids can bounce back from things! If it were ME I'd still be whimpering and acting pathetic no doubt :rolleyes: . I hope you were still able to really enjoy your vacation - things like that can make it challanging to say the least.

Yes, Nathan had a TON of homework! His teacher sent 24 pages with us, plus two lists of sight words to memorize, a spelling list and a travel journal to keep daily (along with a written note asking him to count all change, read signs etc. etc.) - this was for THREE missed days! I thought it was a LOT for that amount of days out. He did get it all done and turned in on Monday though, so that was a relief. My 8th grader on the other hand, had 3 worksheets in one class only - it was the end of the quater though and they were working on just getting everything cleaned up before the new one started I guess, - but STILL! I couldn't believe it.

Our stay in Orlando was really great. We actually headed right to the parks after debarking the ship and got to Epcot just after 9:00 am. We just did Soarin', Mission Space and Turtle Talk though and then headed over to MGM to eat lunch, take the boys to see the stunt show, let Nathan meet the Power Rangers, Ride RNRC (me and Jake) do the Backlot Tour and then headed over to MK for dinner at LTT, a couple quick rides on BTTMR and watched the fireworks before heading out to check in at our resort. It was a HUGE day, but everyone held up really well considering how early we got up. We just hung out at the resort pool on Friday and then went to Wonder Works for the comedy/magic show that evening. That was great fun as they ended up getting first Nathan, then me and finally Mark up on the stage at one time or another for silly skits and such. We could not even believe they got Nathan on that stage :teeth: - it was priceless! A VERY memorable evening indeed!

Did you get to do all that you planned in between your mishaps? What parks did you hit? Did you like the resort you stayed at - one of the All Stars right?
We almost always stay off sight, so I enjoy hearing other peoples experiances.
Jamie :wave2:

[we6clarks]

Hi Jamie,
Wow. You got to do a lot in your day at the park. We've only been during the summer before. I got spoiled with not having to wait in line for the rides. It will be hard to go during a busier time of year now. We went to MK Friday. We had breakfast at the castle before the park opened. We did all of the rides in fantasy land. We also went to Mickey's toon town. I watched Cinderellabration while the twins slept and Robert took Blake and Regan to tomorrow land. We left the park at 5:30 and went back to the hotel to swim. We stayed at AS Music. I liked it. I don't have much to compare it to. The only other time we've stayed on site we were at Pop. They are pretty similiar. I liked that AS Music seemed less crowded. It could just be the time of year. Pop has more menu choices and the pop jets that my kids enjoyed. Do you usually stay at the same place off site? Wonder Works sounds like fun. Where is it at? I've never heard of it before.

I can't believe how much make up work Jamie had. Blake had 15 worksheets to do most were front and back. I guess he didn't have it as bad as I thought. I still don't feel like I've climbed out of the post vacation hole. It was so nice not to have to cook, do dishes, or clean for a week. Hope this goes through I've been having trouble posting again :confused3
Michele

[jmet]

Hi Michele,
Your day at MK sounds wonderful! We had b-fast at the castle before park opening one year when we went too - and it was one of the highlights of that trip for me. Sounds like you got ALOT done that day too - and all by 5:30! I too am spoiled with the low crowds. I just could never tolerate crowds AND heat - so I admire you for going in the summer! We have only gone during the winter and have been really lucky with having great wheather every day.

No, we actually have never stayed at the same place twice. The "first" time (well, in recent histoy anyway) we went we stayed at what was then The Holiday Inn Family Suites (now it's the Nick Hotel) and that was great, but the next time we went we took my parents, my older mentally handicapped brother plus our own family so we rented a pool home for the extra space. We liked that, but decided the next time it would be nice to have a little "seperation" from my parents (we love 'em, but stick to us like glue...) so when we went back with the same group in 2004 we rented side by side condo's at Cypress Point. When Mark and I went back alone in Oct. for our belated anniversery trip we were going to stay there again, but ended up doing priceline and getting a room at The Omni Resort at Championsgate - a little bit farther out, but pretty luxurious (especially since they gave us the royal treatment!). Mark had insisted that we spend at least ONE night on site that trip (it was only four nights) so for the last night we moved to Coranado Springs - it was beautiful, but we were so spoiled at the Omni! This trip we changed our minds on hotels about a hundred times it seemed, but we finally ended up staying at Ron Jon's for the night b-4 the cruise (VERY nice!) and then rented a 4 bedroom, 4 bath condo at Regal Palms for the two nights after the cruise. It was bigger than we needed, but we rented directly from an owner (through VRBO) and got a great deal ($99.00 a night all taxes etc. included!). We LOVED being able to spread out a little after the 4 of us sharing one state room on the ship, which is why we went that route in the first place. We really haven't found a place yet that we DIDN'T like - but there are just so many options, I'm always finding a new one! Anyway, that was sure long winded - but hey, your used to that by now!
Wonderworks is somewhere on International Drive - I would have thought we couldn't miss it (have noticed it in the past even) as it is a building that is made to look as if it's upside down...well, we drove right past it (looking for it on the wrong side of the road - duh!) - but it's not too hard to spot - for MOST people :p If you ever go back I highly recommend it - they have a whole floor of interactive science type stuff for the kids, plus laser tag - but we only did the comedy/magic "dinner" show - they serve all you can eat pizza, popcorn and pop. The food was just OK, but the show was great.

It sounds to me like Blake and Nathan actually had almost the exact same amount of work - I just counted fronts and back seperately!
I totally know what you mean about climbing out of the vacation hole - I didn't even feel good for the whole week after we got back. Just getting back in the swing of things a little now!

Speaking of that I better go and get back to reality here. Sorry this is SO long!!! Hope you are having a nice week...
Jamie :)

[Tiffann4k]

I am still having a hard time getting back to normal....all that vacation spoiled me not to mention we spent almost a week in Ft Myers with my DH parents so didnt have to do anything there either....now that we are home I dont want to do anything :guilty:

I do need to start my diet, I gained 5lbs with all that eating..lol I know thats not much but I am allready seariously overweight...ugh....lol

How is everyone else adjusting ?? :lmao:

[disneedee]

we didn't even go to wdw and it still took me a week to recover from a restful vacation. there is something wrong with that picture.
it was a great trip. glad we got to go to castaway cay and the sun was shining there!
i seem to find myself on disboards more than normal, and even have the urge to type instead of just read. disney withdrawls.

[we6clarks]

Tiffany and DisneyDee It took we a while to recover from the trip as well. It was hard to come home and have to do all the daily things to keep our house running after having a long break from them.

Hi Jamie,
Thanks for letting me know about Wonder Works and where you stay in Orlando. Do you have any other siblings besides your brother? I can't get my family to go with us to WDW :confused3 . I think it be a lot fun to have a family vacation there. I have 2 brothers (1 older, 1 younger) and 2 sisters (younger). My parents don't think they can do that much walking. My brothers aren't thrilled with the idea of spending a week there. It looks like we'll be going back this summer. We tried to talk the kids into staying somewhere on the beach for a week. They didn't like that idea and want to go back to WDW. Have a good weekend. :wave2:
Michele

[Tiffann4k]

Im Ready for another cruise! :sad:

[jmet]

Hi Michele,
I realize that you have probably totally given up by now that I would ever reply...but on the off chance you ever check again I thought I would! I haven't checked the cruise board for quite awhile - my apologies!! :blush:

Yes, I actually have 3 brothers - none of them married though! Two are older (including Rick who has gone with us twice to WDW) and one is younger. My oldest brother was planning to go with us on one of our trips, but ended up backing out because he lost his job shortly before that, and my younger brother sometimes acts mildly interested, but never seems to want to commit as far ahead as we do - and then it just never happens as something always comes up. I have mixed feelings about them coming or not - I always want EVERYONE to go - but then when they don't I figure it's two less opinions I have to try to accomadate as I make ALL the plans. Maybe someday they will join us and that would fun because by then hopefully I won't have too much of my own agenda to worry about - ha! I have NO idea when we'll be back though because now we have to save to go to California for a wedding in the fall of 2007 and I don't think we are going to squeeze in any more trips between now and then :( ...doesn't keep me from checking airfare constantly though (I am so BAD!). I am so jealous that you are going back this summer - how FUN! Will you be driving again and how long will you stay? How do your kids hold up in the heat? I'm afraid mine might give new meaning to the word WHINE! I would LOVE to surprise Nathan with a quick trip to Seaworld for his b-day since he's just become obsessed with dolphins and whales since our trip and talks about going to Seaworld all the time now. He see's the pictures of when we were there a few years ago, but doesn't remember a thing because he was only 3! Anyway, I'm sure we won't make it there before our California trip, but even if we could I'm not sure how he would handle all the heat - he doesn't like it so much when it gets hot here! Still I dream... :sunny:
Hope all is well with you and yours!
Jamie

[we6clarks]

Hi Jamie,
We are going to drive again this summer. The kids did pretty well on the drive home during the day. Now that we know that they can make the drive in the day light hours no more drving through the night while they are sleeping. Hopefully we'll start our vacations from now on well rested rather than exhausted. We are probably going to stay 5 nights but we'll probably only go to the parks 2 days unless our children turn into angels. :rotfl2: I need to reserve a room soon. I keep holding off thinking maybe there will be a discount released or that we'll get a pin code. We are going to try to take a break during the day to avoid the worst of the heat. Other than that we drink a lot of water and take the kids to the water play areas to cool off.

I hope you enjoy your trip to California. Maybe you can go to Disneyland while you're out that way. I have always wanted to go out west but the farthest west I've been is Chicago. Sad isn't it?

It was good to hear from you again. Talk to you soon. :wave2:
Michele

[jmet]

Hey! Thanks for not giving up on me! It was nice to hear from you again too!

I SO wish we were within driving distance of WDW!!!! OH--- the danger that would be - :teeth: ha,ha!!!! I don't know exactly how long it would take to drive from here, but I know it would take a couple of days anyway (with stops and all) and we never have enough time to spare that we could dedicate 4 days of our trip to driving. Not that I haven't thought of it - many a time!! Air fare is just killer! It's unfortunate though because I do think our kids are finally old enough to MAYBE not kill each other on a long car trip :rolleyes: . I don't know though - we are driving to IL Easter weekend for a family get together so we'll get a little taste of how they are on a longer trip in the car (it's only 6 hours though). We are also surprising them and leaving a day early so we can stop and spend one night at a water park hotel in Wisconsin Dells. So they will only have one stint of 6 hours on the way home - not much of a test. Probably won't matter as like I mentioned before I doubt we'll be going very far between now and the Calif. trip. :guilty: A little depressing, but I guess I'll live. I have been checking out the Disney Land boards once in a while...I'm not sure how much time we are going to be out there though because the wedding is set for 3 weeks after shcool starts for the year and Jake will be a SOPHMORE by then (can you say YIKES??!!!) I keep hearing it's almost impossible to pull high shcool kids due to the work load, so I'm still in the pre-pre planning stages of what kind of trip that will be. I'm pretty sure I won't be able to resist taking them out for at least a couple of days so we can do SOMEthings!! We'll see.

I know what you mean about holding out for a good rate on the rooms - hopefully you are right though and a code will come out!! Do you have left over tickets? I keep seeing that deal for tickets w/the free upgrade to hoppers plus water parks I think? That sounds like such a good deal.
What do you do on your non-park days then? Hang at the resort and swim? That is what my kids would vote for I'm sure - they probably wouldn't mind that plan at all (I'm the one with the big agenda always!)!
What fun to have another trip to look forward to.

Well, thanks again for digging this thread up - it's kind of fun to get an update evey now and then!
Jamie :sunny:

[we6clarks]

Hi Jamie,
It is a 14 hr drive from here. I wish we could afford to pay 6 airfares. The trip would be so much faster. Maybe one day we'll hit the lottery or something :) We did the same ticket upgrade offer that they have now after the cruise. We got 10 day passes for everyone except the twins (who are still free). We have 8 days left on them. They haven't had a room only discount in a long time. So we probably will be out of luck. I wanted to post some pictures from the cruise. I can't remember our login on the photobucket site. Hopefully Robert will remember. When are your boys out for spring break? Blake and Regan are off school the first week of April. Do you have plans to go anywhere over the break? I had thought about going to Indy for the weekend. I didn't know the NCAA basketball finals were there this year. That cancelled the trip because the hotel rooms were mostly sold out or very expensive. Enjoy your trip to IL!! Talk to you soon.
Michele