November 18, 2006 Thanksgiving Magic Special Western 2X Castaway Cay 11/18/06 [Archive] - The DIS Discussion Forums

yogibigdog

05-18-2005, 12:39 PM

We had such a good time on the 04/17/05 4-Day Wonder that we have now booked the Magic Thanksgiving Cruise for 2006.
My two DS had such a great time but we have not told them yet that we are going back. It would be way too long for them to wait.
Who will be joining us? It will be great to go to Castaway Cay twice!

two-foxes

05-28-2005, 06:51 PM

You can add us to the list! Tim (DH-37) and me (Jill-31). We booked this way back in October 2004. We had a 4-night cruise planned for Sept, but we just cancelled it last week due to DHs work, so we have a LONG wait till our next cruise, but it will be a good one!

yogibigdog

06-01-2005, 08:40 AM

I am glad to see we won't be alone. I was surprised that so few DISer's are on our cruise. We will wait and see. I am looking forward to seeing what others have say when they return from the Thanksgiving 2005 Magic. They have a big thread going and sounds like they are going to have a lot of fun.

two-foxes

06-01-2005, 07:49 PM

give it time...the meet thread will grow bigger as the cruise gets closer. We cruised with the "Cruistoberfest" group last year. We all rebooked on board (we switched our date after we got home to sail on a different itinerary), but that thread for the 2006 cruise started before we even got off the ship! It is huge now!!!

Although this doesn't sound very "family friendly" I am soooo looking forward to a Thanksgiving with out the stress of having our families (Tims folks and my folks are like night and day) at our house (thanksgiving headquarters.) I am notorious for undercooking a turkey and overcooking the stuffing, so maybe the family is ready for a break, too!! :earboy2:

hopelea

06-27-2005, 08:20 AM

We are booked too!! We rebooked while onboard 4/9/05 Magic. We are a party of six, me, dh, two dd's 12 & 10 when we cruise & my parents. This will be our 3rd cruise. We had talked about trying to change our date to a less expensive time when the '07 dates come out. Still aren't sure if we will or not. I really like the idea of not cooking.

Have a great day!!! :wave:

WMILLER86

07-13-2005, 04:19 PM

Hi guys, I am on THIS years Thanksgiving Cruise, and I was on the 2004 Thanksgiving Cruise. Not sure yet if we will be booking onboard to sail with you guys for 2006, but I just wanted to drop in here and say hello, just in case. There may be some folks rebook while onboard this year at Thanksgiving.
I may be able to answer some of your questions about the Thanksgiving cruise, if you like. For instance, on Thanksgiving dinner, we had regular turkey,dressing, etc, OR you could order lobster. So, of course I had BOTH!

And the Christmas decorations in the terminal, onboard, and at CC are terrific.

Anyway, like I said, we will be sailing this year, so if you have specific things you would like me to check on, just let me know.I don't know how often I will be looking in here, so you may need to email or send me a PM.

Willie

WMILLER86

07-13-2005, 04:21 PM

Oh yeah, and the double dip to Castaway Cay is THE BEST part of the whole cruise!

yogibigdog

08-24-2005, 03:18 PM

We will be looking forward to a full trip report when you get back! It should be a lot of fun. Is this years cruise western too? Have a wonderful time it will be here before you know it. I have read some of the thread going for this year it is very long it sounds like you guys will have a blast. These boards are the best for us disney nuts!

4boons

08-30-2005, 05:35 PM

We are currently booked for the Thanksgiving 2006 western. Booked while on the May repo. We may trade when we see the 2007 schedule.

GreenGirl8

11-06-2005, 11:46 AM

My fiance and I just booked for the Thanksgiving 2006 cruise. It will be our Honeymoon and thanksgiving all in one. This is going to be our very first cruise and we are extremly excited. I look forward to learning everything I need to know from the wonderful group on these boards.

Jennifer Marie

Disneyfan37

11-26-2005, 03:10 PM

yogibigdog

12-06-2005, 11:03 AM

We just got back today,and we are booked for Thanksgivng 2006 on the Magic.We had a great Thanksgiving Cruise this past week on the Disney Magic!Now,we have to wait for another year!It will be just dh(38) and I(40).

Maria
Glad to hear you had such a good time you are going back next year. How was the weather on your sailing this Thanksgiving?

Disneyfan37

12-06-2005, 11:34 AM

Glad to hear you had such a good time you are going back next year. How was the weather on your sailing this Thanksgiving?

We had great weather all week long.We were able to go swimming at Castaway Cay although when you first went into the water it felt cold.It was warmer though compared to what we experienced in December 2004.The seas were calm except for the first night,but other then that we had great seas.

Maria

LAMPSKIES

12-13-2005, 12:23 PM

Ya know, if you are going to carry on the "Turkeyday tradition" you are all going to have to start posing a little more.....Maria, I pass the batton to you! Take this thread and run with it..... :banana:

Disneyfan37

12-13-2005, 02:17 PM

mollygirl13

12-13-2005, 07:44 PM

LAMPSKIES

12-13-2005, 07:49 PM

Welcome Mollygirl.....if you want to see a little of what is in store for you check out the live from the 11/19/05 Turkeyday sailing.....great choice for your first.....2 days at Castaway Cay!!!!

Disneyfan37

12-13-2005, 08:29 PM

Hello all-
This is my very first post. :banana:
We just booked our FIRST Disney Cruise for 11-18-06 and boy are we excited! Traveling will be: me, my husband, my twn sister and my parents. We are celebrating my parents' 60th birthdays!
Hope to see you all on board! :sunny:

Welcome aboard Molleygirl :wave: !You will love DCL!This will be our fifth cruise,so you could say we are hooked!

Maria

two-foxes

12-13-2005, 08:58 PM

GreenGirl8

12-13-2005, 09:45 PM

It seems like the trip is sooo far away. The ticker keeps counting down though. :) I am so excited about this trip!

Disneyfan37

12-14-2005, 06:07 AM

The countdown timers just can't be right.....11 months and WHAT????? Just can't wait! With DH's new work, there is a tiny chance he won't be around for the cruise....then what's a girl to do????? GO ANYWAY! He's doing his best to make sure he's here for the cruise, he'd better! We have a quick 3- day scheduled for Feb (yes, we are that desperate for DCL that we'd go then!) but it just will be a teaser!

Glad to hear all went well on the 05 Turkey day cruise.

I know!The countdown clock can't be right!I know we just got back a few weeks ago,but it seems like we haven't gone yet.It just goes by so fast.Hey!I will take a three day cruise on the Disney Wonder.The rest of us here have to wait till November!To think we got hooked on the Disney Wonder,4 years ago.We had a great time with the 2005 Turkey Cruisers.We look forward to cruising again sometime with them.

Maria

yogibigdog

12-14-2005, 12:30 PM

Welcome to the boards and the Turkey day cruise Mollygirl13.
Just back from a quick 3 - day trip on the Wonder. It wasn't too hard to leave because I new we would be back in less then a year. First night out we had rough seas. We had perfect weather in Nassau and at Castaway Cay. Could not get the kids out of the water. Already excited for next November.

GreenGirl8

12-14-2005, 12:52 PM

Since so many people on this thread are experienced cruisers. I guess it is a good place to ask questions. :) Here is a silly one I couldn't find the answer to.

We will be getting robes in our room. Is it normal for people to wear these to and from the spa. Or is it common that people go to the spa dressed, change to suits there and enjoy the Rainforest. Change after and return to their room?

LAMPSKIES

12-14-2005, 12:58 PM

GreenGirl8

12-14-2005, 01:35 PM

I think we are supposed to get robes as part of our '06 REAS package. At least that is what we were told. Not sure if this has changed since booking.

WMILLER86

12-14-2005, 01:57 PM

Hello Turkey Day 2006'ers!

How about a peek into the future for y'all? Here is a peek at Thanksgiving Dinner!

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid195/p5c7903c68ad0e5cef8c366694493c84f/f1479153.jpg

Turkey was also available if you don't like lobster!

Disneyfan37

12-29-2005, 12:42 PM

Hope you all have a great New Year! :wave2:

Maria

Catnip0113

12-30-2005, 06:42 PM

I think we are supposed to get robes as part of our '06 REAS package. At least that is what we were told. Not sure if this has changed since booking.
I did the REAS on my last cruise and we didn't get robes. You do get a reservation for a couples massage and Palo dinner and brunch. Ours was a special Mexican Riviera western cruise so maybe things were different though.

I am currently booked on this cruise, but I think we will be moving it to 2007, although you all are making it seem so good with Castaway Cay twice. I didn't know that, what port is being missed in its place?

cody'smom

12-30-2005, 07:27 PM

No robes unless a cat. 3 or better....also this IS a Turkeyday sailing......there is NO NEED for clothes....that seems to be the sailing for the "streekers". :rotfl2:

Spoken like a true expert- SO were you the one at the hot tub that night??? Pam

cody'smom

12-30-2005, 07:31 PM

I did the REAS on my last cruise and we didn't get robes. You do get a reservation for a couples massage and Palo dinner and brunch. Ours was a special Mexican Riviera western cruise so maybe things were different though.

I am currently booked on this cruise, but I think we will be moving it to 2007, although you all are making it seem so good with Castaway Cay twice. I didn't know that, what port is being missed in its place?
The port we missed was Key west.... it was worth it!!! hOwever, I did see that the 07 turkey day cruise goes to Costa Maya and not grand Cayman. We were not impressed with Costa May, but the 2 x At Castaway makes it worthwhile.... But Costa Maya was a substutitue for Cozumel on our cruise. We missed GC due to weather. SO our ports were 2x CC and Costa Maya. But 4 sea days were great!!!

Disneyfan37

12-30-2005, 08:16 PM

The port we missed was Key west.... it was worth it!!! hOwever, I did see that the 07 turkey day cruise goes to Costa Maya and not grand Cayman. We were not impressed with Costa May, but the 2 x At Castaway makes it worthwhile.... But Costa Maya was a substutitue for Cozumel on our cruise. We missed GC due to weather. SO our ports were 2x CC and Costa Maya. But 4 sea days were great!!!

The Thanksgiving cruise we booked onboard for 2006 goes to Cozumel and Grand Cayman at least that is what scheduled as of right now.I don't care where we go as long as it is CC twice.We so enjoyed having two days at CC this past Thanksgiving.

Maria

cody'smom

01-07-2006, 03:07 PM

The Thanksgiving cruise we booked onboard for 2006 goes to Cozumel and Grand Cayman at least that is what scheduled as of right now.I don't care where we go as long as it is CC twice.We so enjoyed having two days at CC this past Thanksgiving.

Maria
Maria, I have seen 2 different itineraries for this cruise!! Fortunately DCL site has it as what you have listed above. We are looking at booking it- hope to make my "presentation" to DH this weekend- got all my quotes lined up- of course I will remind him that we could be saving MORE if we had booked when we were there!! It looks as though you guys are the only "turkeys" on this cruise so far?????

Any AA members- oops wrong cruise- I mean AAA members out there- they have great shipboard credits ($150 for cat 1-9, $75 for rest of cats) and the price we were quoted was the same as Dreams unlimited and DCL

Pam

Disneyfan37

01-07-2006, 03:40 PM

Maria, I have seen 2 different itineraries for this cruise!! Fortunately DCL site has it as what you have listed above. We are looking at booking it- hope to make my "presentation" to DH this weekend- got all my quotes lined up- of course I will remind him that we could be saving MORE if we had booked when we were there!! It looks as though you guys are the only "turkeys" on this cruise so far?????

Any AA members- oops wrong cruise- I mean AAA members out there- they have great shipboard credits ($150 for cat 1-9, $75 for rest of cats) and the price we were quoted was the same as Dreams unlimited and DCL

Pam

We are the only turkeys so far.It would be great if you all joined us.Keep me posted.We booked onboard.AAA does give great rates.We personally don't care what itinerary we get aslong as we are on DCL.You may want to check also All Seasons travel!Hope you join us!

Maria

cody'smom

01-11-2006, 11:22 PM

We are the only turkeys so far.It would be great if you all joined us.Keep me posted.We booked onboard.AAA does give great rates.We personally don't care what itinerary we get aslong as we are on DCL.You may want to check also All Seasons travel!Hope you join us!

Maria
Maria- FYI - the price difference to go the week after Thanksgiving offset the guilt of taking my kids out of school for a week. SO we will be going the 25th- not as crazy about the itinerary, wish it was 2 days at CC! Hope to see you on a 2007 cruise!! Pam

Disneyfan37

01-12-2006, 06:02 AM

Maria- FYI - the price difference to go the week after Thanksgiving offset the guilt of taking my kids out of school for a week. SO we will be going the 25th- not as crazy about the itinerary, wish it was 2 days at CC! Hope to see you on a 2007 cruise!! Pam

I am sorry to hear that,but I fully do understand.There is a big price difference.I belief you all will like the Eastern Carribbean.We like the Eastern Carribbean better then what we saw of the Western,but then again we didn't go to Grand Cayman or Cozumel.We will see how it goes.We do love the idea of the two days at CC as it was great this past November..Hope to see you all in 2007.

Maria

maggiekid

01-16-2006, 11:28 AM

HI, I am new to this. We will be sailing for Thanksgiving 2006 and can't wait. I been reading everything on this site and taking notes. If there is anything special you can tell me, please do so. We will see you there!

WMILLER86

01-18-2006, 02:11 PM

Disneyfan37

01-19-2006, 05:49 AM

Hello Turkeys!

Maria, you will love Grand Cayman and Cozumel. I was very disappointed not to get to visit those two ports last year. Doug had a great private charter lined up at GC.

Maggiekid, just ask Maria, she is an experienced DIS cruiser!

See ya real soon!

Willie

Willie-Charlie and I are looking forward to Cozumel and Grand Cayman.We were disappointed also that we weren't able to see Grand Cayman,but there is always this year.We loved the Eastern Ports,but we haven't seen the Western ports yet you could say as Costa Maya was it for us as far as Western goes.We will surely miss you all that week though!

Maggiekid-Welcome!We have cruised DCL four times now.Two were four nights,and two were 7 nights.We enjoyed all of the our trips,but the 7 nights are the best as one isn't as rushed.We have never cruised with anyone else besides DCL.

Maria

pdeep

01-22-2006, 02:56 PM

Disneyfan37

01-22-2006, 07:26 PM

On our first Disney cruise. Just me (Pat-49) and my wifey Shirley (54). Will miss the rest of the family on Thanksgiving. First time to be gone for that. Also will be celibrating our 23rd Anniversary on the 19.

It seems so far away.

Pat

Welcome aboard!This past Thanksgiving was the first Thanksgiving we were gone away from family,and we had a blast.We had such a great time we booked onboard again for Thanksgiving this year.You will love it!It will also just dh(Charlie-39) and myself(Maria-41).This will be our fifth cruise with DCL.Yes,it does seem so far away!

Maria

DiszyGram

02-16-2006, 11:12 AM

Disneyfan37

02-17-2006, 05:53 AM

Looks like we'll be on the Magic Thanksgiving cruise with the rest of you. We were booked for the 4 night Wonder T-day cruise and my daughter decided to upgrade. She'll be changing our reservations tomorrow. :cool1:

It will be me, (62), my DD (38) and my grandson, (7). I treated them and my son's family to a four night Disney Wonder cruise last Nov. 6-9. We all LOVED it! First cruise for all of us and we caught the cruise fever. :goodvibes

We met some great people from here on the cruise.

Gail :wave:

Welcome aboard!Yes,that great cruise fever.You will love the Disney Magic.We started out on the Disney wonder also doing 4 nights.We had a great time onboard this past November with some great people from here.We didn't miss not being home for Thanksgiving at all as it was great spending it on the cruise.

Maria

DiszyGram

02-17-2006, 10:10 AM

I'm already looking forward to it. The older you get, the faster time flies, so I know the cruise will be here quickly. :teeth:

On the last cruise, I posted a list of everyone going from here, along with all the information about them available from their posts...etc...first names, ages of children, and home city, state, or country. A copy of it came in handy when we picked a place to meet. :grouphug:

I'm willing to do it for this cruise also, unless one of you more seasoned cruisers wants to do it. There are nine posters so far and will probably be a lot more as it gets closer.

BTW, Maria, I have a sister living in Cocoa Beach. I'm hoping she and my brother-in-law will join us.

DiszyGram

02-17-2006, 12:24 PM

Disneyfan37

02-19-2006, 09:29 AM

WOW!! I just looked at the thread from last year's Magic cruise and we have a lot to measure up to. :eek:

Maria, I see you were on it last year. Sounded like a MAGICAL pixiedust: cruise for everyone. :Pinkbounc

ITINERARY

DAY.....DATE...........PORT....................... .....ARRIVE...........DEPART

Sat..Nov 18...........Port Canaveral, FL...................................4:00pm
Sun..Nov 19.........Castaway Cay, Bahamas.........8:30am..........2:30pm
Mon..Nov 20.............At Sea
Tue..Nov 21.....Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands....8:30am...........4:30pm
Wed..Nov 22..........Cozumel, Mexico.................10:30am.........10:30pm
Thu..Nov 23.............At Sea
Fri....Nov 24......Castaway Cay, Bahamas..........9:30am.............4:30pm
Sat...Nov 25......Port Canaveral, FL..................7:30am

Gail

We had a great time.We had a great Disgroup.DH and I enjoyed this past cruise tremendously.Yes,we do have a lot to measure up to.

I hope we get to go to Cozumel as well as Grand Cayman this time around as we missed both ports,but I personally don't care aslong as I am on the Disney Magic.CC twice was fantastic except for the bugs.I got eaten up.Second time was not as bad as I sprayed myself down with sss,and nothing bit me.I can't wait! :Pinkbounc

Maria

outahere

02-22-2006, 09:04 AM

We (myself, DW and DS12) booked the Thanksgiving '06 cruise, while on the August repo last year, as a "placeholder" for one of the 2007 cruises. However...... we found out yesterday that we had cleared the waitlist for a Cat 3 and now have one of the mid-ship suites, so we decided to go on this cruise and just take our chances on the 2007 trips. If past menus are any indication, I think we'll be having turkey and lobster on Thanksgiving Day! Certainly wouldn't be getting that at home :rotfl2:

See you all there............

Ed

Disneyfan37

02-23-2006, 06:00 AM

DiszyGram

02-24-2006, 08:40 AM

We have at Cat. 9 , mid-ship,on deck 2 this time. My daughter is treating me to the cruise this year because I treated everyone last year, 7 people in all, to the cruise and two nights in Disney World. She won't go any higher on the ship because she is so afraid of getting sea sick. The lower you are, the less movement. Sea bands worked well on the last cruise....but she doesn't want to chance it. :sick:

I will still pay for any other expenses, such as airfare. It's so difficult letting your daughter pay your way but she insists on it. :hug:

Disneyfan37

02-26-2006, 08:56 PM

We have always had category 9 and deck 2.We prefer the less movement ourselves.We are so looking forward to this cruise.That is very nice of your daughter to treat you to this cruise.

Maria

two-foxes

03-01-2006, 10:19 PM

Ickkk. Having to cancel yet a second cruise due to DH's travel schedule...I contemplated going on my own, but that would just be mean! So, looks like we won't get to have turkey and lobster on Thanksgiving :sad:

We transferred the ressie to the NYE cruise leaving on 12/30, but all of you have fun, enjoy the holiday and most importantly, enjoy two stops at CC :thumbsup2

Disneyfan37

03-02-2006, 05:58 AM

I am sorry you won't be joining us!The New Year's Cruise should be a lot of fun too that.I would love to cruise some time during Christmas or new year's!

Have a great time!

Maria

yogibigdog

03-02-2006, 07:34 AM

Had to change our plans. We are now going on the 4 day Wonder Thanksgiving cruise. At least I was able to go. Have a Magic trip planned for April 07.

I will be looking forward to at least :wave: waving to you guys if the Magic and Wonder should cross paths again this year at Castaway Cay.

Hope you guys have a WONDERful and MAGICal time.

DiszyGram

03-02-2006, 03:32 PM

Hey!!! We are supposed to be adding people to our cruise list here, not checking them off. :sad: I'm sorry yogibigdog and two-foxes won't be with us.

Have you all looked at the thread on the cruise leaving on the 11th of Nov.? There's over 1,000 posts. :eek: We have to get busy to catch up.

Our cruise should have a lot of children on it since they are off school that week. It's more and more difficult to get teachers give permission for children to take vacation time during school days. My grandson will be in first grade. He will only miss one day. I think he will survive it. :)

outahere

03-06-2006, 02:30 PM

Hey!!! We are supposed to be adding people to our cruise list here, not checking them off. :sad: I'm sorry yogibigdog and two-foxes won't be with us.

Well..... I'll add a couple more here. Yesterday we decided to bring my parents on this cruise with us. They have only cruised once before, on a small ship in Alaska. So..... a DCL cruise will be different for them. When I talked to DCL yesterday to book their reservation, the DCL rep asked if they had cruised before. My answer was yes, but not on Disney. Her response was "So, they've never really cruised before?". I had to agree and told her that we would show them how cruising is really done!!

DS is already making plans to show them the entire ship (this will be his 4th Disney cruise, so he knows the ship pretty well). Somehow, I think he will have his grandfather cornered on the shuffleboard courts..... they spend hours playing shuffleboard when they go camping together.

njmoms

03-18-2006, 12:00 PM

Hey there!
I am going to be booking us this week for the 2006 Thanksgiving cruise! We are 5 adults and 1 child. Actually we are all kids at heart! We just love everything Disney. This will be our second Disney cruise, though this time minus my sister. We have my partner, my daughter who is 7, my mother-in-law, father-in-law, and brother-in-law. Can't wait. Looks like we'll be on Deck 2. :Pinkbounc

DiszyGram

03-19-2006, 10:53 AM

Nice to see you joining us, njmoms. :wave: My grandson will be 7 by the time we are on the cruise. We will also be on deck two.

Gail

Moonbeams

03-26-2006, 12:36 AM

Hi all! :wave2: We are former Turkey cruisers from '04 and we can't wait to get back on this November! After missing the '05 Turkey boat, we vowed to never miss another one. So count us in!

DiszyGram

03-26-2006, 05:00 PM

Hi Jennifer and Berry, welcome to the group. Hopefully as we get closer to Thanksgiving, we'll all get to know each other. :)

DiszyGram

04-15-2006, 07:40 PM

OK group, I'm bumping this up to see if we can find some more Magical turkey floaters. :wave: Only 7 months away and counting.

WMILLER86

05-19-2006, 10:18 AM

You Turkeys had better get to posting! You have a reputation to live up to!

Willie

DiszyGram

05-19-2006, 06:37 PM

Willie, I'm trying my best. :) Might be that last year's turkey day cruise was so outstandingly fantastic that our group this year is intimidated about posting. :confused3

The Ducks

05-21-2006, 08:40 PM

You can count us in! DH & I, and 16 y.o. DD. Have been trying not to think too much about it yet, because it's still 6 months away, but today I thought I'd glance at the boards and that was several hours ago - I'm still here! This will be our 3rd DCL cruise - we did one 4 day in 2000, which wasn't nearly long enough, and one 7 day in 2001. Made the mistake of trying CCL in 2003 and now can't wait to cruise Disney again!

ICEMANPAD

07-05-2006, 05:45 PM

Hi everyone!! We sailed on the Thanksgiving Magic in 2004 and 2005. We were going to try the 10 day Holiday Magic this year, but we are not able to take the time off from work. As a result, it looks like we will be joining ya'all for the 2006 Thanksgiving Magic. We will be travelling w/ our DS, Mason, who will be 7 by the time of the cruise.

Chuck and Lisa

DiszyGram

07-06-2006, 05:51 AM

Hi Chuck and Lisa. Nice to see another group joining us. My grandson will be there with my daughter and I. He just turned 7.

ICEMANPAD

07-06-2006, 07:16 AM

Thanks for the welcome DizyGram!! Has your grandson sailed on the Magic before? This will be Mason's 3rd time--He LOVES the ship and the Children's programs!! :thumbsup2

Lisa

ICEMANPAD

07-06-2006, 11:43 AM

Hopefully we can stir up some chat on this thread. Next year's Turkey Day thread is up to page 14, largely b/c it was started by the Turkey Day gang. Growing from a core of 5 families in 2004, we linked 28 cabins for dinner in 2005 and essentially had the right side of the entry walkway in the dining rooms to ourselves. They actually treated us as a small convention. Come November 18th, we will be there in our flourescent green Turkey Day gang t-shirts. last year, we had over 100 people in the shirts at the port. Made us easy to spot for each other. Also, the thread spanned at least 3000 entries.

Seriously, we knew no one when we signed up for the 2004 cruise in August 2004. Through this site, we met what became the core group and ultimately expanded to last year's much larger group. We even managed to get a party of about 30 people into Palo's together for brunch. Hope to hear from others soon.

DiszyGram

07-06-2006, 05:57 PM

Hi Lisa, we did go on the Disney Wonder last year after Thankgiving on a 4 night cruise. I met a few people then from from your huge group. That was my second cruise on the Wonder and this will be my first on the Magic.

My very first cruise was just with my sister, who is fortunate to live in Cocoa Beach, and can afford to go on numerous cruises every year. No children. :teeth:

Gail

ICEMANPAD

07-08-2006, 08:35 AM

Gail-

You will really enjoy the Magic!! :thumbsup2 Those extra 3 days are great!! :cool1:

Lisa

LAMPSKIES

07-08-2006, 10:27 AM

Lisa, Chuck......looks like you guys are in charge of keeping the "Thrkeyday" reputation in line......... :rotfl2:

DiszyGram

07-08-2006, 10:30 AM

We plan on having a MAGICAL time. :wizard:

This will be the first western cruise for us too. Waiting impatiently for Southwest Airlines to post their November dates and rates. I've found you can't beat their rates and we don't need airline frills on a two hour direct flight. :)

ICEMANPAD

07-08-2006, 10:53 AM

Lampy- We're trying!! We miss all you Turkeys!! :guilty:

Gail- We always fly Southwest b/w FLL and BWI. Chuck's family is from the Baltimore area. His parents live in Pikesville. Where in Maryland are you from?

Lisa

DiszyGram

07-08-2006, 05:07 PM

I'm in Glen Burnie, just south of Baltimore and 15 minutes from BWI. My daughter is in Severna Park.

I'm close enough from the airport to make it a short trip there, but not close enough to notice the noise from the planes flying to and from it. We like having an airport van pick us up at my home and take us there. It's nice to have it waiting for you when you return to go home. No picking on relatives to transport you. :)

We had a van waiting for us after our last cruise. There were 7 of us coming back. Our van was the ONLY vehicle waiting in front of the departure doors when we walked out. That was extremely strange for a busy BWI early evening. We soon found out some security problem had shut down those lanes and our van was the only vehicle who made it through before the shutdown. The driver had no idea about why he was alone out there. :confused3 He was directed to drive over the curbs to get out of the lane.

I was pleased our exhausted family had someone there. :cool1:

ICEMANPAD

07-10-2006, 05:37 PM

Gail-Great story!! It sounds like you picked the right transportation service!! :cool1:

We got our Disney planning kit in the mail today!! :thumbsup2

Lisa

DiszyGram

07-13-2006, 02:43 PM

We have our Southwest tickets reserved! :banana: Southwest just posted their November and December flights this afternoon. The day we planned to return on was almost sold out already. We didn't get their cheapest rates but did get tickets on the days and times we wanted. :Pinkbounc

Thanksgiving week is a huge traveling week for families. Starting out with a little traveling magic. :wizard:

MontclairBear

07-14-2006, 07:53 PM

First time for us. We will have 11 in our group. Me, DH, DD4.5, DD2.5, my Brother, his wife, DS11, DS6, DS3, our Nanna (89!) and my Godmother.
We are so excited. :Pinkbounc
I'm wondering if it is advisable to book 2 excursions in one day (Grand Cayman)? We'd like to take the kids on the semi-sub in the AM and then put them in the clubs and head out in the afternoon for Ship Wreck & Reef snorkeling. Any advise? Has anyone taken these excursions? What about excursions for Nanna in GC and Cozumel?
Thanks- look forward to sailing with you. :boat:

ICEMANPAD

07-14-2006, 08:00 PM

Welcome to the thread Montclairbear!! We took our DS on the semi sub excursion 2 years ago when he was 5. It was neat for him to see the coral, fish and diver. After that we offered for him to go shopping w/ us or we offered to take him back to the ship and go to the kids club. He chose the club. He LOVES the club!! :cool1:

There is enough time to do the semi sub excursion and something else in GC--so long as the times of the excurisions don't conflict.

If Nanna can climb stairs, she may enjoy the semi sub also.

2 years ago we did the fury catameran in Cozumel. It was a fun excursion! :thumbsup2

Last year, due to the weather, the ship wasn't able to go to GC and then we went to Costa Maya instead of Cozumel due to the damage of the port after Wilma. So, we are trying again this year!!

We look forward to meeting you and your family!!

Lisa

DiszyGram

07-15-2006, 06:17 AM

Welcome Montclairbear. :wave: Wow! You have a nice sized group going. We had 7 of us on the Disney Wonder last year and it was my treat for my children and grandchildren. Spent a lot of time later on the side of the road, after the cruise, with a "will work for food" sign. :)

I'll be on the computer as soon as I can, which I believe is 60 days before the cruise, and pick out our excursions. They'll all be new to us since we've never taken the western cruise. Definately want to go on one of the mini subs.

We all just have to hope and pray a new hurricane season doesn't wipe out our choices :scared1:

ICEMANPAD

07-19-2006, 05:00 PM

montclair: two excursions in grand cayman is likely to be difficult given the overall amount of time that you are there combined w/the extra time it will take to tender the kids back to the ship. the faux-sub is fun w/the kids. we are doing the stingrays this year to make up for last year's inability to make port.

also, to all concerned, the passporter guide rates all the excursions and we have found their ratings to be pretty good. the turkey day gang took lots of excursions the past two years.

looks like we are holding down the fort this year, but as can be seen from the 2007 thread started by doogierunner, the gang will be back in force next year.

chuck :cool1:

ICEMANPAD

07-30-2006, 06:30 PM

This thread was on page 4. :guilty: Where is everone??? I have had a rough week. I broke my right arm on wed. and yep--i'm a rightie!! Hopefully, the rest of you are having a better summer! :sunny:

lisa

MontclairBear

07-30-2006, 10:52 PM

ICEMANPAD

07-31-2006, 05:04 PM

Ouch! Guess you'll be back in tip top shape by NOV.
I've been busy planning excursions, etc. Get to book 105 days in advance b/c we have Romance Pkg- it is our 7 yr anniv.
saw Pirates last Thurs- got us excited to visit CC popcorn::

Thanks!! The arm better be better by the time of the cruise!! Chuck and I had our 7th anniversary this year--March 30th. When is your anniversary?

MontclairBear

08-01-2006, 01:43 PM

ICEMANPAD

08-02-2006, 11:32 AM

NOV 20th. I hope I either get Flounder's babysitting or they let my DD 2y10mo into Oceaneer Club so we can go out after dinner :cool1: :drinking1
I started potty training her yesterday- wish me luck! Gotta go help my sister-in-law figure out reservations- so excited!

That will be so much fun to celebrate your anniversary on the Magic!! I wish you well on the potty training!! By the time of the cruise, your dd should be able to go to the Oceaneer Club!! :thumbsup2

Lisa

MontclairBear

08-02-2006, 09:54 PM

So you are a veteran- what it Turkey Day dinner like? Do you order off of a menu? And is it semi-formal or formal? What about football on the TV's in the lounges? I know my DH and DB are going to want to watch some (many) games. :surfweb:

ICEMANPAD

08-03-2006, 09:38 AM

Thanksgiving is semi formal night. It is also lobster night. However, if you want a traditional Thanksgiving dinner--there is turkey and all the trimmings on the menu. You can order what you want...so if you are in the mood for lobster and turkey...no problem!! :thumbsup2

Diversions is the sports bar---plenty of games televised. Also, last thanksgiving they also played the NFL games on the new Jumbotron over the Goofy pool.

Lisa

DiszyGram

08-05-2006, 08:47 PM

Nice to see a little action on here while I was away. My daughter, 7 year old grandson and I were just at the Disney Coronado Springs resort for the week. We had a wonderful time, although my wish for a week of days with temperatures in the 80s and low humidity didn't come true. :sunny: :teeth:

At least we were away from the 100 degree temps up here in Maryland.

Sorry to hear about your arm, Lisa. Hope it heals quickly.

ICEMANPAD

08-06-2006, 05:59 AM

Thanks, Gail!!

I hope you and your family had a great WDW vacation!! :thumbsup2

Lisa

outahere

08-07-2006, 08:29 AM

Well........... this must be real now!! We're paid in full and have excursions and Palo reservations booked!

I'm not sure what the story is about the Cozumel excursions though..... there were only 4 available to book online. Perhaps there are still some not operating because of hurricane damage from last year. I'm going to post on the main cruise board to see what any recent Western cruisers experienced.

Ed

DiszyGram

08-07-2006, 09:10 AM

Hi Ed,it's too soon for us to reserve our excursions. We have to wait until 90 days before the cruise. You must be on a higher priority list. :)

We do have the list of possibilities to choose from on our cruise plans. They will have to be things both my daughter and I, and my 7 year old grandson will enjoy.

Gail

outahere

08-07-2006, 01:02 PM

Hi Gail,

We're staying Concierge, so when we hit the 105 day mark, we could book everything ( guess that's the higher priority list :rolleyes1 ). What I found strange is the small number of excursions listed to book online. The port info lists probably 15 or more, but only 4 showed up as available to book.

On another note..... glad you had a good trip to WDW. We're off to WDW in two weeks and staying at VWL. I REALLY need a dose of Disney right about now!!

Ed

ICEMANPAD

08-07-2006, 04:48 PM

Ed-

What Cozumel excursions were available? Like Gail, we have to wait for 90 days. Thanks!!

Lisa

DiszyGram

08-07-2006, 07:08 PM

I was pretty sure that was the case. :) Did you get a room overlooking the animals?

We did take the safari ride three times in the Animal Kingdom and it was packed with animals. Wonder what the secret is to keeping them off the road? Whatever they do to stop them from getting run over is well hidden.

GreenGirl8

08-07-2006, 09:11 PM

I also have access to reservations and see the following available to reserve in Cozumel:

Atlantis Submarine Expedition
Caverns Exploration and Beach Tour
Certified Scuba Tour
Cozumel Beach Break
Cozumel Ruins and Beach Tour
Dolphin Discovery Cozumel
Dolphin Discover Observer
Fury Catamaran Sail, Snorkel, and Beach Party
Dune Buggy and Beach Snorkel Combo
Mayan Frontier Horseback Riding Tour
Power Snorkel Treasure Hunt
Reef Snorkel
Tropical Jeep Safari Tour
Xcaret Echo Archeoloigical Park

ICEMANPAD

08-12-2006, 02:11 PM

To those of you who have already been able to book excursions and Palo reservations--what excursions and reservations have you booked?

Lisa

MontclairBear

08-13-2006, 03:55 PM

HI- we booked Dolphin Discovery on Cozumel, Seven Mile Beach Break on Grand Cayman. Stingrays on CC. Can't get too adventuresome because we have so many little kids with us. DH and I have Palo dinner reserv on Friday for dinner. Also have Brunch and Tea at Palo scheduled for days at sea- we'll do that with just the women in our group. :sunny: And- I reserved 10 hours at Flounder's for DD 2.5 just in case she can't get into the club with her sister and cousins. I wanna do some dancing after dinner.

ICEMANPAD

08-14-2006, 03:42 PM

You did a great job booking!! We are looking forward to the 90 day mark!!! :thumbsup2

Lisa

GreenGirl8

08-14-2006, 08:23 PM

We booked Palo dinner and brunch (It was so nice to get our top choices and times). We also booked the 2-day getaway package at Castaway Cay. We are going to do a stingray excursion through an outside company in Grand Cayman.

ICEMANPAD

08-20-2006, 02:36 AM

Anyone else awake? Yep, I had to do it--I booked Palo Brunch and Dinner; Parasailing on CC and Island Tour/Stingray Tour on GC. Now, I'm going to sleep!!

Lisa :cool1:

The Ducks

08-22-2006, 05:53 PM

We finally managed to get online and booked our preferred time for Palo. Haven't decied about the excursions yet - I'm hoping that won't be difficult

DiszyGram

08-22-2006, 08:55 PM

We got online, filled out all the forms, and picked our excursions today. Makes the cruise seem a little closer. :)

DiszyGram

09-05-2006, 01:04 PM

Okay Turkeyday Group, I'm doing what I did for our group on the last cruise we went on. They seemed to like it and I hope you all do too. party:

In order of when they posted they were going, and leaving out those who decided not to go, :sad2: here is a list of our cruisers. I have added any information that I could find posted for each family. If anyone wants more added, post it or email me. :)

hoplea
Alabama
Party of 6, self, DH, two parents, DD's 12 & 10

4boons
West Texas

DiszyGram
Maryland
Myself (Gail) DD 38 & her DS 7
Cabin midship Deck 2
Early seating

GreenGirl8
San Diego, Ca.
Jennifer Marie... self and a new husband. Anniv. cruise.

Mollygirl13
Bucks County, Pa.
self, DH, twin sis, and parents (60th birthday)
Cabins 6072/6074
Late Seating

catnip0113
Connecticut

maggiekid

pdeep
self (pat 49) & DW (Shirley 54) 23 anniv. on Nov. 19

outahere
Suburban Boston West
self (ED) DW, DS12 and Ed's parents

njmoms
New Jersey
5 adults and 1 child (7)

Moonbeams
Dallas, Tx
Jennifer & Berry

The Ducks
Self and DH, DD16

ICEMANPAD
Weston Fl.
Chuck, Lisa and DS7
Cabin 7127
Late seating

Montclair Bear
11 in group, self, DH, (7 year anniversary on 11/20) DD4, DD2, Brother & wife with DS11, DS6, DS3, Nanna (89) and a Godmother

njdisneymomof2
New Jersey
3 cabins on deck 2
#1 self, DH, DD9, DS8
#2 SIL, BIL, Niece 2 (almost 3)
#3 MIL, Niece 11 from PA.

Cruisecrzy
Kissimmee, Fl
Michelle 31
DH John 32
DD 27 months
Late seating
Cabin deck 2

andilynn
San Francisco, self

MontclairBear

09-05-2006, 11:36 PM

our 7 year anniv is on 11/20 :love:
Looks like there are three or four DS ages 6-7, and also three or four ages 11-12, that is good!
I hope we have more people join this string.

DiszyGram

09-06-2006, 11:36 AM

Added in the anniversary. :)

ICEMANPAD

09-06-2006, 12:39 PM

DiszyGram-Thanks for the great list!! :thumbsup2 The name of the town we live in is Weston. Thanks!!

Lisa

DiszyGram

09-06-2006, 12:46 PM

OK, Lisa, changed it. I saw western twice when I looked at it. Shows how the mind can fool you. Pictured you looking out at the Gulf. :teeth: I do have a sister on the east coast in Cocoa Beach.

ICEMANPAD

09-08-2006, 06:07 PM

Thanks, DiszyGram!! :thumbsup2

Lisa

DiszyGram

09-09-2006, 06:03 PM

We need a way to get some activity on here. Thanksgiving 2007 is way ahead of us already. :worried: Looks like we have a quiet group on this cruise.

Everyone picked their excursions yet?

njdisneymomof2

09-09-2006, 07:44 PM

You can add us to the list for the Thanksgiving 2006 cruise. We have 3-cabins on Deck 2:

CABIN #1: Myself, DH, DD-9 and DS-8 (New Jersey)
CABIN #2: SIL, BIL and Niece-2 (2-months shy of 3 yrs old) (Pennsylvania)
CABIN #3: MIL (New Jersey) and Niece-11 (Pennsylvania)

This is my family and MIL's first Disney cruise. My SIL's family has cruised with Disney before.

We are looking forward to our cruise.

ICEMANPAD

09-10-2006, 06:55 AM

We need a way to get some activity on here. Thanksgiving 2007 is way ahead of us already. :worried: Looks like we have a quiet group on this cruise.

Everyone picked their excursions yet?

I agree!! This will be our 3rd year in a row on the Thanksgiving Magic!! :thumbsup2 This is the most "quiet" group of Turkeys. There is still time to get to know each other!! :thumbsup2 We are doing the city tour and stinray snorkel in GC and we are going parasailing the first day at CC.

Lisa

ICEMANPAD

09-10-2006, 06:57 AM

DiszyGram

09-10-2006, 05:38 PM

Welcome njdisneymomof 2, added in your information. My daughter and I will be Atlantic City next month. :)

We are also on deck 2. My daughter is very prone to motion sickness and the lower decks have less motion. Sea bands work great for her in keeping away the motion problem. My grandson is 7 and already signed up for the kid's club.

MontclairBear

09-14-2006, 06:15 PM

Just checking in...DD 4.5 has been hounding me...how many days until the Dianey Cruise? So I finally counted- and then thought- I need a ticker!

Our extended family is having fun gathering pirate stuff so we can all dress up for the Pirates in the Carribean dinner & party. pirate:

I'm trying to figure out how many princess dresses I need to bring- it may be just one each.

I'm looking forward to seeing any holiday picture posts on the new thread.
Have a good day!

mollygirl13

09-24-2006, 11:33 PM

ICEMANPAD

09-25-2006, 09:50 AM

Hi-
We are all excited for our 1st Disney Cruise :banana:
We booked some excursions: Stingray City in Grand Cayman, fishing in CC, snorkeling in CC. Couldn't get any Palo ressies. My mom really wanted to do Brunch or High Tea but they are already taken :guilty: Nothing left.

Please tell your mom not to worry about Palo--once you board you can make Palo reservations in person, in one of the lounges on deck 3 I think. They don't release all of the times on line. :sunny:

ICEMANPAD

10-04-2006, 07:24 PM

If we counted correctly, 45 days until we board the Magic!!! :cool1: :thumbsup2 :sunny: :cool1: :thumbsup2

Lisa

cruisecrzy

10-08-2006, 04:04 PM

Hello everyone!!!

We are so excited to be joining you for a Thanksgiving Cruise. This will be DH and mine third Thanksgiving Cruise and DD second Thanksgiving Cruise (it was her first cruise last year on as she calls it the Mickey Boat)

Right now we are an inside stateroom, but hope to be able to upgrade as we get closer. We were just glad to get on. We are also doing the late seating because we like it better.

Who we are
Michelle 31
DH John 32
DD Jessica 2 (27 months when we board)

We live in sunny and very hot yesterday Florida and look forward to sailing with everyone.

I have not had the chance to read all the posts, but I will later tonight or tomorrow.

My daughter is so excited. All day she has been getting her shoes and telling us "go to Mickey Boat"

ICEMANPAD

10-08-2006, 07:10 PM

cruisecrzy

10-08-2006, 08:22 PM

We missed the 2004 Thanksgiving cruise since my daughter was born that August and the three hurricanes that slammed our house did not help the cause.

We live in Kissimmee at the Orlando-Kissimmee border....not sure if that is near you.

I am sure I saw you at some point last year. I remember all the green shirts on the one side of the boat as it sailed away from port.

Well I am going to make an attempt to read all these posts. So much to do. We just sat down with our daughter today to ask what character she wants on her door sign and what characters she wants on her pillow.

Off to read

cruisecrzy

10-08-2006, 08:25 PM

ICEMANPAD,
Maybe I will learn to read. I see you live in Weston. My neighbor's son lives there and owns a dog grooming parlor there.

ICEMANPAD

10-09-2006, 09:45 AM

Michelle-

We were part of the "green" disboards group last year. Quite a few disers ordered the same shirts and we linked our dining reservations together--it was a lot of fun. However, I think we are the only "turkeys" from last year that are sailing again this year. A few have rebooked for 2007. My DH, Chuck, "stands out" in a crowd--he is 6'8"--difficult to miss him!! We will be wearing "dis green" again this year!! We look forward to meeting this year's group.

Lisa

cruisecrzy

10-10-2006, 02:24 PM

ICEMANPAD

10-10-2006, 06:35 PM

So my favorite part of our trip is the planning and preparing. One of the things I have been doing is reading the boards and it has saddened me some.

The two biggest things have been how they have changed the lunch buffet and what seems to be a new and very disappointing castaway club party. Does anyone else have an opinion on that?

Our favorite lunch buffet was the seafood buffet on thursday the last 2 years. My DH will be disappointed if there is no seafood buffet. We enjoyed the CC party last year--there were drinks and plenty of hor dorves. Hopefully DCL will go back to that type of party.

We are still sifting through things trying to figure out what we want to do at the Grand Caymans and Cozumel. We really like the Costa Maya stop last year. We liked the giant pool in the middle of the shopping area and the easy access to the beach. We have a little one so we won't be doing any excursions. We are eager to see the "new and improved" Cozumel. We enjoyed it so much the last time we were there.

We are doing the stingray city and city tour w/o our DS. Our first time in GC (2004) we took him on a partial underwater boat trip and all he wanted to do was go back to the kids club. Last year, as you know, we didn't stop in GC--our DS was very happy!! In Cozumel we just plan to look around and maybe take our DS mini golfing--if we can get him to leave the kids club for a little while!!

So does anyone have their plans for the islands yet? I read some of the excursions people are doing, but curious what else everyone had planned.

Counting down the days.

Lisa :thumbsup2

cruisecrzy

10-12-2006, 08:58 PM

Dszygram and Icemanpad I am with you. On my March cruise it felt like we were all family before we ever got to the port. This group is definately quiet.

We just went to Disney for a few hours tonight and my daughter got all excited when she ran by one of the cruise planning desks. Everyone at the Beach Club knew she was going to be going on a cruise.

So have people decided on what they are doing at Grand Cayman and Cozumel? We are trying to figure things out. We know we do not want to do an excursion because we don't want to be tied to someone else schedule with a 2 year old that may not want to be on that schedule. And we are not keen on putting her in a taxi. We remember an area that we walked to at Grand Cayman that had some sand then a lot of rocks before you reached the water. I went Snorkeling there a few years back,however, I have traded the snorkel gear in for sand toys and a stroller. We may let her play in the sand for awhile unless we come up with a better idea.

We figured we would go off the boat for a bit then do lunch and let her take in some pool time.

So anyone want to share some ideas for the islands? Maybe we can steal them. :rotfl:

cruisecrzy

10-12-2006, 08:58 PM

DiszyGram

10-13-2006, 02:47 PM

Hi Michelle, I am adding you and your family to the list. It's getting so close now. :cool1:

I just finished making a stick-on sign for our cabin door so my 7 year old grandson can find it. Last year our group was in three different cabins and I had magnetic picture signs for each of us. You can imagine the problems of getting large magnets through airport security. :eek:

Hope we get together some plans to meet each other while on the cruise. I'm the list maker, we need a meeting maker. :)

Gail

DiszyGram

10-13-2006, 03:17 PM

Adding another post to tell our Island plans. We are just renting floating tubes for Castaway Cay. My grandson loves the ocean too much to do anything else. I love looking at the water and wading in up to my knees. :teeth:

On Grand Cayman, we are doing the island tour and butterfly farm. On Cozemel we are taking the Atlantis submarine excursion. Both excursions were chosen because of my grandson but we will enjoy them too. It will be our first time on both of the islands.

cruisecrzy

10-13-2006, 09:02 PM

For CC we are renting bikes because my daughter loves to ride. We are bringing a small blow-up raft for DD. Last November she spent about two minutes in the water and lots of time playing in the sand.

On our March Cruise we all met up at the SailAway party.

I was the list keeper and when the time came we actually made a list which included room number (or deck numbers) and what we would be wearing for our arrival at port.

I made a barett from the green Mickey Heads. One family got the green heads at home depot and some ribbon. They punched a hole in the head and made necklaces. Made it easy to find them and they were lots of fun.

I have not even started my door signs yet. Well we actually have the one for my daughter to find the door, but I need to do the ones for each day.

Right now I am working on DD pillowcase.

ICEMANPAD

10-14-2006, 10:07 AM

Michelle and Gail-

You both have some great ideas!! In 2004 and 2005 we had Dismeets on deck 10-on the side facing the port-overlooking the Goofy pool just prior to the Sail-a-way party. The group from 2005 stood out b/c we ordered matching Dis Green t-shirts. It was a good way to match faces w/ names.

Hopefully, this years group will start adding more posts to this thread so we can get to know each other better!!!!

Lisa

cruisecrzy

10-14-2006, 02:34 PM

Lisa,

You guys certainly did standout. It was as if you guys were taking over the ship. I vividly remember all those green shirts.

I am so excited because another friend of ours just booked. It is two adults and two girls ages 3 and 5.

That means more doors signs for me. I am going out tomorrow to look for cute items to put into the package I am making my daughter and for my friends girls. Just little Disney activities for them to do at dinner and down time. We got a bunch of stuff last month at Target. I will go to Downtown Disney tomorrow and see what little stuff I can find in there cheap area.

Lisa and Gail it is obvious that we are all excited. :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc

:dance3: Where is everyone else...we need to get to know each other so we will see some familiar faces on the trip ?? :yay: We don't have much longer before our vacations will begin. :yay: :yay:

cruisecrzy

10-15-2006, 02:19 PM

I figured I would post again and bump us up plus share some info.

Ok, so I went out today to look for more trinkets and treasures for the welcome aboard baskets we are making for the girls. I went to the Disney Store in the mall and they had all their costumes (princess for girls and buzz, capt hook. pete pan, etc for the boys) at 50% off. Thought I would share for those looking for costumes

Our baskets are coming along great. So far I have the regular autograph book, a gold autogrpah book which the kids can put pictures in, some cool things I got awhile back at Target, princess brush, pens, cruela deville journaling book, and a cinderellabration purse filled with coloring stuff. Oh, I forgot a shovel and some pool stuff. So I think we are set on those.

Time to focus on stuff for Pirate night next.

Anyone else starting to prepare.

njdisneymomof2

10-15-2006, 05:58 PM

I convinced my children (DD-9 & DS-8) to dress as Pirates for halloween. We are bringing the costumes for them to wear on Pirate night. They are getting very excited. Less than 5-weeks away! I thought I was quite prepared, but my son tried on clothes yesterday and he needs dress pants, belt, tie and dress shoes. I hope the dresses I purchased for my daughter still fit. I can't believe how much they have grown the past few months! I love reading the posts and getting all the great information on this board. Thanks to everyone!

cruisecrzy

10-15-2006, 08:19 PM

I convinced my children (DD-9 & DS-8) to dress as Pirates for halloween. We are bringing the costumes for them to wear on Pirate night.

I have been trying to convince my husband to let me make a costume for him. My daughter has one and I made one for me last year. He says his job is to be a photgrapher.

ICEMANPAD

10-16-2006, 08:10 PM

Hopefully our DS will want to be a pirate for Halloween--that way he can bring the costume on the Magic for pirate night!!
pirate:

Lisa

cruisecrzy

10-16-2006, 08:43 PM

Gail,

I know you said you were making door signs. I have never seen the Mickey ears and was not sure if you ever have. I found the thread today and I think I might cut me out some of those ears. I think it looks cool and I bt it would make my dd laugh.

Here is the link
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1220600&page=1&pp=15

DiszyGram

10-18-2006, 08:04 AM

Thank you for the ears link. :thumbsup2 I bought some peel and stick computer paper that makes it easy to print out pictures and put them on the door. They come off easily with no residue.

My son, and family came last year and my second grandson celebrated his 5th birthday on the cruise. I made some extra magnetic birthday cards for him to put in the room. There were a LOT of magnets in our suitcases. :teeth: Only one case was searched on the way home and some of the magnets were taken.

I bought adult Captain Jack Pirate shirts for my daughter and I from the Disney store. They were half price. The sizes were also half as big as they said they were. Mine looked like it was painted on me. pirate: I am a 62 year old grandmother who doesn't wear skin tight t-shirts. :teeth: We missed the pirate party last year but will make sure we go to it this time.

Someone come up with a place and time to meet and I'll be there. :)

PS. My daughter is 38 and single now. I've promised to baby sit for her if she finds someone to go dancing with her. She is a very good dancer and singer, plus she is nice looking (not just my opinion :) ) If anyone knows of someone who would like to go to one of the clubs with a dance partner, let me know. She would kill me if she knew I was asking. :eek:

Gail

cruisecrzy

10-19-2006, 03:00 PM

Now that we have it that magical one month and counting day I thought I would pop us back upto the top.

Is every one in full planning mode now? I finished the front of DD pillow and have started on the back. Once that is done I have three more to do. I will post a picture once I finish. There are 11 characters on the front of the pillow. I have one on the back so far and about 9 more to go.

We finished buying all the things for the kids welcome aboard baskets. We have added the remaining dresses to the kids princess collection thanks to the big sale at the Disney Store.

I guess it is time to think about adult packing. The adults are trying to finalize all their plans. Dinner linkinings and where we will be and what we will be doing each day. Just the big activities...not every minute of every day.

Are there any others interested in meeting for the sailaway celebration? I know that IcemanPad and diszygram is. Anyone else. I will organize the time and place if we are interested.

Also, anyone want to chime in with their dinner time. We can see when we will all be passing each other.

We along with the other two families we are traveling with are the late seating.

This month will fly by!!!

DiszyGram

10-19-2006, 03:32 PM

Meeting for the sailaway celebration sounds good to me. :thumbsup2

We will be at the early dinner. Since there are only 3 of us, we will probably be seated with strangers. I have seldom met a stranger I didn't like so I'm looking forward to meeting them.

Down to marking off the days. :bounce: We are arriving Friday and staying with my sister and brother overnight in Cocoa Beach. My dear sister is picking us up at the airport, letting us stay overnight, feeding us, picking us up after the cruise, and driving us back to the airport. What more could I ask for in a sister? :love:

Gail

mollygirl13

10-19-2006, 06:26 PM

Less than 1 month. How great is that?? I remember booking this trip 3/05. Seems like such a long time ago.....
I am pretty much done. I have my pillowcases, my door signs, pirate night outfits, packing list (already started to pack!!!!!)
Our family has the late dinner seating-there are 5 adults!
We are going to Paradise Beach in Cozumel and on the Stingray Excursion in Grand Cayman. On CC, we are going to Serenity Bay to swim, relax, eat!
I feel very ready for my trip thanks to all the nice folks here! :cheer2:

mollygirl13

10-19-2006, 06:50 PM

We are in Rooms 6072/6074. Anyone close to us?????

ICEMANPAD

10-19-2006, 06:56 PM

We have late seating. The last 2 cruises we had APL which was great!! Hopefully we will have APL again this year--formal night in Lumiere's and Pirate night at Parrot Cay.

We are in stateroom 5020. I was home one day this summer after breaking my right arm--and luck was w/ me--5020 (one of the secret portholes) was available!! :cool1:

For all of you who are totally on top of the planning and packing--I compliment you all a lot!! :thumbsup2 I just started a new job on monday--I've been leaving my house at 7am and getting home around now--I need to start working on getting ready for the cruise!!!!

Lisa

cruisecrzy

10-19-2006, 08:53 PM

Wow, Mollygirl you are on top of things!!! I assume you will be at the 8:30 adult dinner. We do not know our room number yet. We are hoping for the 8:15 seating. That is what we have had for the last two cruises and we loved it.

We just got my daughter a new pirate dress. A friend stumbled upon it at a disney discount store. We are still trying to figure out what princess dresses to bring. She wants all of them, but then mom and dad would have no room for their clothes.

Diszygram that is great of your sister. We are 15 min from the airport and 20min from the Disney Maingates so we are often a hotel. But we love the company.

Icemanpad the cruise will definately be a great break for you.

I have started the list with room #'s and seating times.

WMILLER86

10-19-2006, 09:53 PM

Hey Turkeys 2006! Yall had better get to posting if you want to top last years Turkeys. That thread had 5,134 posts! The Turkey 2007 thread is plodding along. Maybe some of you will rebook while onboard for 2007. It truly is a great week to be aboard the Magic!

And don't EVEN get me started about the tradition on the Turkey Bon Jovi's that you will need to keep up with....

Can yall at least all wear DIS Lime Green to the sailaway party?????

Ya gotta! Last year there were over one hundred lime green shirts at sailaway.

I wish you guys as awesome a sailing as we had for 2004 and 2005!

DiszyGram

10-20-2006, 07:21 AM

Willie, I just ordered two of the light green Disney Mickey polo shirts for my daughter and I. They are the world's worse color for us but I will make the sacrifice for the Disney group. ::yes::

cruisecrzy

10-20-2006, 09:30 AM

I have a lime green Tinkerbell shirt that I will be wearing and my daughter might be wearing her green and white Tinkerbell dress unless she is not in the mood that morning....ahh nothing like a two year old dressing themselves

cruisecrzy

10-20-2006, 02:43 PM

Using Diszygram's list and adding in the stateroom and dinner info to it. Here is what we have so far.

hoplea
Alabama
Party of 6, self, DH, two parents, DD's 12 & 10

4boons
West Texas

DiszyGram
Maryland
Myself (Gail) DD 38 & her DS 7
Early Seating

GreenGirl8
San Diego, Ca.
Jennifer Marie... self and a new husband. Anniv. cruise.

Mollygirl13
Bucks County, Pa.
self, DH, twin sis, and parents (60th birthday)
Late seating
6072/6074

catnip0113
Connecticut

maggiekid

pdeep
self (pat 49) & DW (Shirley 54) 23 anniv. on Nov. 19

outahere
Suburban Boston West
self (ED) DW, DS12 and Ed's parents

njmoms
New Jersey
5 adults and 1 child (7)

Moonbeams
Dallas, Tx
Jennifer & Berry

The Ducks
Self and DH, DD16

ICEMANPAD
Weston Fl.
Chuck, Lisa and DS7
Late Seating
5020 (secret Porthole)

MontclairBear
11 in group, self, DH, (7 year anniversary on 11/20) DD4, DD2, Brother & wife with DS11, DS6, DS3, Nanna (89) and a Godmother

njdisneymomof2
New Jersey
3 cabins on deck 2
#1 self, DH, DD9, DS8
#2 SIL, BIL, Niece 2 (almost 3)
#3 MIL, Niece 11 from PA.

Cruisecrzy
Kissimmee, Fl
Michelle 31
DH John 32
DD 27 months

Veranda
Late Seating

Friends traveling with us
Ettie 34
DH34
DD5
DD3
Deck 2
Late Seating linked with us

ICEMANPAD

10-21-2006, 07:21 AM

Thanks for all of that work Michelle!!

Wmiller and Disfan37(Charlie and Maria) are not sailing this year, unfortunately.

Lisa

cruisecrzy

10-21-2006, 10:07 AM

That was Diszygrams list that I just edited a bit. I have removed the two names from list that I saved on my computer so I can add more info when others chime in.

Diszygram you may want to edit your list and remove those names as well.

Has anyone read the ?'s for recent Western Cruisers. Apparently on the last Westernthat did GC and Cozumel they changed pirate night from Weds. to Tues. OH NO!!! for those who booked Palo on Tues. I decided to email DCL and see if they could tell us if this is the case for our Nov. cruise....figured I would go to the source instead of freak out.

ICEMANPAD

10-21-2006, 11:34 AM

Michelle-

Please let us know what DCL says about Pirate night. We booked Palo for tuesday night. Thanks!!

Lisa

DiszyGram

10-21-2006, 02:29 PM

I removed the two names from the list. :sad2: :( :sad: We'll just make the most of those people we still have. :)

WMILLER86

10-23-2006, 08:34 AM

Willie, I just ordered two of the light green Disney Mickey polo shirts for my daughter and I. They are the world's worse color for us but I will make the sacrifice for the Disney group. ::yes::

That's the spirit, DiszyGram! pirate:

ICEMANPAD

10-23-2006, 07:13 PM

Makes you wish you were going, doesn't it willie? of course we will be sure to post live updates from the boat. and yes, i had a long chat w/John.

Chuck :cool1:

cruisecrzy

10-23-2006, 07:39 PM

Icemanpad,

It appears as though we are safe. It looks like the Oct.7 cruise changing of Pirate night was a one time thing. According to the folks at DCL we are scheduled to depart Cozumel at 9:3opm. This means Pirate Night stays on Wednesday.

Thankgoodness, now we only need to work on changing our Palo Brunch from Thursday to Tuesday. We will have three unhappy girls if they do not get to go to the Princess Party.

If I get an email response from DCL letting me know anything else I will let you know.

cruisecrzy

10-24-2006, 02:16 PM

Okay so I got the response back from DCL :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc and if you didn't guess it is great news. I am pasting it in below. Keep in mind I gave them our cruise date...of course they put in the official disclaimer. :blush:

Dear Michelle,

Thank you for choosing a Disney Cruise Line Vacation!

Based on your itinerary, Pirate Night takes place on Wednesday, your day
at Cozumel. However, please keep in mind that all scheduled theme
nights are subject to change.

I hope this information has been helpful. If you require further
assistance in planning your visit, please feel free to contact us.

We look forward to sailing with you! Have a Magical Day!

DiszyGram

10-25-2006, 03:13 PM

Even though it will be my third Disney cruise, this will be my first Pirate Night. :bounce: My son made a great CD of our last cruise and Pirate Night was in it. I got to see how much fun everyone was having, while I was sleeping.

Looks noisey enough to keep me awake. pirate: aaaaargh!

ICEMANPAD

10-25-2006, 07:07 PM

Michelle-

Thanks for the great news!! :cool1: :thumbsup2

Lisa

cruisecrzy

10-27-2006, 03:55 PM

Well there is pretty much just 3 weeks left until we board the Magic. Hopefully a few more Disers will be checking in. Almost time for those Docs to start arriving.

I went and checked out items to decorate our table with at Pirate Night. I am almost done with the first of four pillows for autographs. The rest will be much quicker. This one has oover 20 designs. The rest will be simple.

Door signs are half done and door decorations are ready to be laminated.

Now must start on packing. How is everyone else coming along.

I took my daughter to the Magic Kingdom to get a haircut. She kept telling everyone in the barbershop she was cutting her hair for Mickey. It made everyone laugh.

I know that Icemanpad, Diszygram, and one other (sorry I forgot your screen name) is interested in a DISmeet. Anyone else? :confused3

We know where everyone is coming from. Thought I would start with what everyone does in order to get to know each other a bit more before the trip.

I am a part-time teacher (Physics and Physical Science in a high school) and spend the rest of the time chasing around a 2 year old. My husband works in Television and Film.

Anyone else want to share??

See y'all really soon.

mollygirl13

10-27-2006, 04:53 PM

3 weeks to go....... :hourglass
I remember the day well when my husband and I booked our first DIsney Cruise. It was a very cold day in March 2005 and I thought that Nov 2006 was forever away!!!
I am already in my packing stages (but to be fair hubby and I are going to Disney World next week for a 3 day trip including a Disney Wedding :banana: )
I have my door signs already made. I am very proud of them so if you are on our deck please stop by Rooms 6072/6074 to see our signs! I was so excited that I made them 6 months ago.
Pillowcases are done along w/ Pirate Night costumes. ***Can someone please tell me what things you decorate your table with!!!I didn't know about that but I still have time to get something***
This is my 1st Disney Cruise. Has anyone ever cried when they saw the ship?? I already have my Kleenex packed. :blush:
I am an x-ray tech & I specialize in Mammography. Hubby is an RN by trade but he is an Administrator for a Surgery Center in Trenton, NJ.

:wave: :wave: :wave:

DiszyGram

10-27-2006, 06:37 PM

My daughter has our room number but all I know right now is that the cabin is on deck 2, located right next to where the two ends of the ship were joined together (mid ship) and our port hole will be facing the beach when we dock at Castaway Cay. Last time it looked out at the ocean side.

I recently retired from the public library system. Many people think we are all librarians. I am not a librarian, but was the nice lady who tells you your books are late. Of course it was my fault because no one called to say they were due back yesterday. :teeth:

My daughter works for the government and I help her out a lot now with my 7 year old grandson. She has a free sitter if she has to work late or wants to go out dancing with friends.

I have two door signs made up now and I'm pleased about how they turned out.

This time I am promising myself I won't wipe out my door key card again by sticking it in my pocketbook with the cute Disney magnets I just bought. :crazy:

The two green Disney shirts with the small Mickey logo on them came today.
My daughter and I will have the matching shirts on when we meet, and will have a slender, blond haired, 7 year old boy with us.

Gail :hourglass <---- time is moving faster now.

ICEMANPAD

10-27-2006, 07:45 PM

So far the only thing we have ready for the cruise (except for the excitement) are matching dis green t-shirts that we bought from disneyshopping. Hopefully, we will make a magnet/door sign for our door. Tomorrow after our son's 7 year old annual exam and soccer game we are going to look for a halloween/pirate costume for our ds!! :thumbsup2

Both Chuck and I are attorneys. Our DS thinks he is an attorney as well---he loves to debate any issue at all!! :rotfl2:

Lisa

cruisecrzy

10-27-2006, 08:30 PM

I can tell you what I am doing for our Pirate table. We have four kids sitting at a table (2-2yo, 3yo, and 5yo) so I am making little "goodie bags" for them. Better known as keep you occupied for the two hour dinner. I am collecting pirate stickers, eyepatches, and little pirate goodies that I get after halloween.

Mollygirl, you are going to love the Disney Wedding. They are very elaborate and if it is at the wedding pavillion the view is incredible. We went to one a few years ago. Though the couple said they would never do the Cinderella coach again. Apparently being in a glass bubble in the Florida sun is a bit hot. However, looks like you are going to have very nice pleasant weather next week.

Well i must get back to making my doorsigns.

DiszyGram

10-28-2006, 12:18 PM

So far, most of Florida has been blessed with good weather this hurricane season. My sister bought a new SUV this past spring so she and her husband would have lots of room to pack evacuation items in it if a hurricane headed her way. Hasn't happened yet but she still loves the SUV. :)

I'm taking two large suitcases this time. I love my own pillow and am bringing it with me. That plus more dressy dinner clothes to bring will fill up one whole suitcase. Need the other one for everything else.

mollygirl13

10-28-2006, 12:34 PM

I just purchased some things to put on our table for Pirate Night pirate: . Thanks for the info.
Today I made our "Our First Disney Cruise" matching t-shirts for the family to wear when we board the ship. I think they came out great! DH will wear his only because I want him to! He is such a good sport.
I wonder what I'll be doing 3 weeks from today..........
party:

ICEMANPAD

10-29-2006, 08:31 PM

It is nice to finally see some life in this thread, although next year's thread is up to page 24 - we are booked on that one too. We always take the late meals b/c our 7 year old son would much prefer the kid's club to a two hour boring meal w/us..LOL. It is also much easier to get ready for the late rotation after shore days or the Palo brunch.

On the first day, we will be in the terminal and then on deck 10 midships for the sailaway party in the flourescent green shirts which signify Disboards. At 6'8", I am tough to miss and Lisa approaches 6' as well. For various reasons, the rest of the last 2 years' Turkey Day Gang is taking this year off, although several are booked for next year, but we hope to meet plenty of new friends and continue the tradition.

Our door well be marked by a Turkey Day Gang sign (5020 secret porthole cabin).

Chuck :cool1:

ICEMANPAD

10-29-2006, 08:35 PM

cruisecrzy

10-29-2006, 09:26 PM

Lets do meet at the sailaway partysince most of us will be going. How about Deck 10 port side.

We plan on leaving our house at 9am which would get us to the port by 10am, but more realistic will be 10:30am. We will be anxiously awaiting the opening of the doors and the opportunity to get on the Magic.

As of now we are in 7520. Deck 5 is my favorite, but that is the verandah they gave us and we are happy to have it. We have never been on Deck 7 so it will be new for us.

We have lots of door signs. At least one per day plus the welcome one for our daughter, the one for my daughter to find the door, and whatever else I end up with. I have mickey heads that I am hanging streamers from like balloons.

So much to do so little time....less than 20 days left.

See y'all really soon

DiszyGram

10-30-2006, 06:10 AM

It is nice to see some some action on here. :goodvibes Anyone want to come up with a time to meet? Also, where on the portside is a good spot? I know we will be having a life jacket drill sometime soon after we sail away.

Deck 10, portside sounds good. Just have to look it up again and see which side is the port side. :teeth: Wild guess...left side since I read "port" has the same number of letters as "left". Won't that side be facing the ocean as we sail away?

Gail

mollygirl13

10-30-2006, 07:25 AM

Oh and by the way for whoever mentioned attending a Disney wedding, they are lots of fun. Lisa and I got married at the wedding pavillion / Grand Floridian ourselves back in 1999. Disney does a great job and the food happens to be very good.

Chuck :cool1:
DH and I are going this Friday to a Disney Wedding! In fact, we had our own Disney Wedding in 1999 also! July 20th to be exact. We had our ceremony at the Pavilion and a Reception at the Grand Floridian. Best day of my life! This wedding we are going to on Friday will be very similar to ours so it will be nice to be a guest at a Disney Wedding.

cruisecrzy

10-30-2006, 09:48 AM

As far as time I say if we just pick an area and be there for the sailaway party we should all run into each other. This is what we did for our cruise last March.

And i appologize I did not mean portside. What I mean is Deck 10 above the stage and on the side of the ship that is up against the terminal. That way we can see everyone wave to us from the terminal with the giant Mickey hands. I think the younger kids will love that....at least they did on our last sailing.

DiszyGram

10-30-2006, 01:56 PM

Great, Michelle. :thumbsup2 I did wonder if you had picked the other side because it would have less people on it. :) My grandson will be waving right back at the Mickey hands.

What's a good time to try to find each other? Or should we just say hello to all green shirted people. Unsuspecting people, who have no idea they are wearing a Disboard green colored shirt, might like having strangers greet them. :teeth: Hey, I worked with the public for many years. I'm not shy with anyone. :grouphug:

Gail

ICEMANPAD

10-30-2006, 07:07 PM

The green shirts are the easiest way to meet b/c it symbolizes disboards and b/c you really stand out. Of course at our height, we really stand out antway. That said, we will be in the flourescent green shirts.

Chuck/Lisa :cool1: :eeyore: :drinking:

cruisecrzy

10-30-2006, 07:27 PM

I think it will be easy to spot the Icemanpad crew since those shirts certainly stood out last year.

I say lets not try to pick a time, but just say at the sailaway party since we cannot predict if the ship will be leaving late or early. We know the ship won't be leaving without the party....that is for sure.

I will be wearing my bright green tinkerbell shirt.

We may not need to worry too much. I donot think we have that large of a group. It seems like just the four of us families are active on the board. Surprising since I know there were so many last November and even for my March cruise.

DiszyGram

10-31-2006, 05:53 AM

Our shirts are not a bright lime color but they are the light green polo shirts with the small Mickey icon embroidered near the collar. I'll keep an eye out for lime green ones. We met some wonderful people from here on our last cruise. One of them was Ibouncetoo, who is a very active poster here. She joined our group for brunch at Palo.

Another family won their cruise from the "Make a Wish Foundation" because of their beautiful, severely handicapped daughter, who loves Mickey Mouse. I still hear from her.

I think I'm going to add a Disboard decal to the shirts. Ink Jet now has dark T-shirt transfers that you can iron on colored shirts. Last year I only found ones you could use on white shirts. I'll add my board name on mine, Diszygram. It's short for ditsy grandmother, and I am. :teeth:

Less than three weeks! :yay: :banana: :bounce:

DiszyGram

10-31-2006, 07:45 AM

For anyone who might be interested, here is my cruise report from last year. The cruise was a gift from me to my children and grandchildren. It also gave them the Disney Cruise fever. A very addictive fever. :teeth: That cruise was on the Disney Wonder.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=958007&referrerid=&highlight=

WMILLER86

10-31-2006, 01:37 PM

Makes you wish you were going, doesn't it willie? of course we will be sure to post live updates from the boat. and yes, i had a long chat w/John.

Chuck :cool1:

OK Bowser, er I mean Chuck, You really know how to hurt a guy!

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid195/p60191a421d9b5a62cd0d770be2085b34/f1468b66.jpg

ICEMANPAD

11-01-2006, 07:46 AM

Well, thanks to Willie, you now know what Lisa and I look like. That is Lisa to my right and Mason in the forefront. :cool1:

Chuck

DiszyGram

11-01-2006, 07:50 AM

Only 18 days away! pixiedust: Where is everyone? We've slid off the first page on here and are getting buried by cruisers leaving a long time from now. Some leaving over a year from our cruise. We may be a small group but we can be a friendly one and good representatives from the Dis boards. :grouphug:

cruisecrzy

11-01-2006, 08:26 AM

Well online check-in is ow completed for us. I finished up the giftbags for all the kids traveling in our group.

Diszygram I agree. The list made it look like there were a lot of people in this group, but where is everyone???? Maybe they are all packing since we are getting so close.

DiszyGram

11-01-2006, 02:17 PM

http://www.websitesbymark.com/gail/Gail_Mickey_Debby.jpg

Here in order are me (Gail), Mickey, and my sister, Debby on a Disney Wonder cruise two years ago. I haven't changed much. Just two years older. :)

GreenGirl8

11-01-2006, 08:45 PM

Good news..Disney Cruise Line called us and let us know that documents were being sent out today. They should make it in our hands by Friday or Monday!

cruisecrzy

11-01-2006, 09:13 PM

The funny thing is I live 20 min in a straight line up the Osceola Parkway from where the cruise docs are and I am almost always one of the last to get them. They still get routed through some UPS clearing house. As long as I get on the ship it is all we care about.

Greengirl8 great to hear from you. If you would like to give us your room # or deck # and dinner seating I can add you to our list. I do not believe I have you on the list with room #'s and dinner times.

How are all your plans going?

Our honeymoon was also on the Magic...it was several months after out wedding, but it was still great.

I will post a picture when I have the chance to get it off the disk.

I finished my dd pillow for autographs. I will take a picture and post it when I have the opportunity.

outahere

11-03-2006, 11:50 AM

Anyone get their docs yet? I saw the post that they were going out on Wednesday. I did do the online check in, but the trip will feel a lot closer when I have those docs in my hands. :yay:

We're leaving for Florida two weeks from today..... actually we should be landing at MCO about this time. Then off to the Wilderness Lodge for the night.

DiszyGram

11-03-2006, 02:07 PM

ED, will you be meeting us at the sailaway party? We are leaving two weeks from today also. Doesn't seem possible it's so close now.

I do know for myself that time moves faster the older you get. :hourglass

outahere

11-03-2006, 02:48 PM

Gail,

We will certainly try to find everyone. We won't be wearing lime green though..... I'm having a really tough time picturing my mother and father in lime green tee shirts :rotfl: Not going to happen!! The five of us will be wearing yellow lanyards, so be on the lookout for us.

I can't believe it is this close, and I definitely agree that time moves faster the older you get!! We booked this while we were on the August repo cruise last year (actually booked it the day before we went through the Panama Canal). We have not even started getting things ready to pack because DW has to go to Los Angeles this Sunday on a 4 day business trip, and that is kind of taking priority at the moment. There's always next weekend!

Ed

cruisecrzy

11-03-2006, 02:51 PM

:cheer2: :banana: :banana: :cheer2:

We are doing the doc dance. All of the people we are traveling with recieved theirs today as well. Now keep in mind we are right near the Cruiseline Office they are sent from.

Greengirl8 and Outahere don't forget to post your room (deck) and dinner info if you want it added to the list.

We are in room 7520 according to our luggage tags. Just a few hours more than two weeks before we board the magic.

Outahere we will watch for your plan overhead. I live 10 min from Orlando International.

:wizard: Hope others get their Docs as well.

outahere

11-03-2006, 03:05 PM

Outahere we will watch for your plan overhead. I live 10 min from Orlando International.

If we circle over that direction, I'll be sure to wave. :wave2: We'll be on a Jetblue plane.

DiszyGram

11-03-2006, 03:56 PM

Michelle, we'll be flying in on Southwest Friday. I'll try waving but you'll be difficult to spot. Kissimmee has grown tremendously since I first saw it in 1973. :teeth: It was barely a town then.

Ed, my brother-in-law is from Mass. Hope you sound just like him. :)

ICEMANPAD

11-03-2006, 06:35 PM

We received our docs today too!!! :cool1: :cool1: 2 weeks from today we will be driving up to Port Canaveral. We will be staying at the new residence inn. The first time we sailed the Magic, we drove up the morning of the cruise, but I felt very nervous. Last year and this year we decided to stay near the Port the night before boarding!! There is a great Ron Jon nearby!! :thumbsup2

Lisa

ICEMANPAD

11-03-2006, 06:37 PM

DiszyGram

11-03-2006, 07:55 PM

Lisa, just shows you are twice as excited. :banana: I'm one of those people who always arrives early wherever I go. Gets me front row seats in some situations. :teeth:

Gail

DiszyGram

11-03-2006, 08:00 PM

Is my banana dancing on top of my smiley face when the rest of you see my last post? It wasn't planned. :rotfl2:

outahere

11-04-2006, 12:34 PM

Ed, my brother-in-law is from Mass. Hope you sound just like him.

Sorry........ but I'm not originally from Mass. I've lived all over the country, so I really don't have a Mass accent. Kind of a mix of Mass, Pittsburgh, midwest and southern accents. Hmmmm...... wonder if anyone can really understand me, or are they just agreeing with me to shut me up??
:confused3

Ed

TiggersPal

11-04-2006, 03:13 PM

Hello Magic travelers! A huge group of Dis'ers are on the Magic 11/11/06 cruise and I just popped in to say :wave2: Not sure if we'll pass you on the load - unload since this is my first cruise - but I know how excited I am - so I know you must be too!!!

Have a great trip! (Maybe you can catch a live trip report from someone on our cruise?) I believe Woody73 will be posting one!

njdisneymomof2

11-04-2006, 05:21 PM

This is our first cruise. My SIL booked through AAA.

Will our documents be sent from Disney to AAA and then forwarded to us or does Disney send them directly to us? Our family lives in NJ and PA. Our AAA Agent has not been too helpful. She couldn't tell me how much our onboard credit is. My SIL doesn't remember what the deal was when she booked this trip in Feb 2005. I guess I will have to wait until we board. If our documents go to the AAA Agent, I want to call her on Monday and check to see if she received the documents.

My family (DH, DD-9, DS-8 and myself) are flying to Orlando on Thursday (Nov 16th) from Newark. My kids are really getting excited. I keep giving my kids the countdown. I am trying to read as many tips as possible so we are prepared. This site has been so helpful and everyone has been really nice. We can't wait for the trip!

The Ducks

11-04-2006, 06:47 PM

I just feel I should jump in now, so people don't think we've fallen off the face of the earth!! we don't have our docs yet, but it seems like we may get them Monday. After 9 months waiting for this trip to get here I'm finally ready to start getting excited (I was controlling myself!!)

Two weeks from now we'll be sailing :banana:

cruisecrzy

11-04-2006, 08:24 PM

njdisneymomof2-
1) Your docs should be sent directly to you. They will be coming UPS. If you are not home they should be left at your door. So look for a white envelope at your doorstep.

2) I believe you can call Disney Cruise Line directly and they can tell you the amount on your shipboard account and any other notes connected with your reservation. I do not have the 800 number, but there is one for DCL. I only know the local number.

The Ducks-
Will you be spending two days at WDW or what will you be doing with the extra time.

Everyone else, don't forget we are trying to plan a DIS Meet at the sailaway party. Let us know if you plan on attending and what to look for. Remember you can go to homedepot and get the bright green paint chips and turn them into a necklace, or barette or whatever you can think of. I know iceman pad and I will be in lime green shirts.

Also, if you want me to update you on the list once you
get your docs let us know your stateroom number or deck number and dinner time.

cruisecrzy

11-04-2006, 09:31 PM

So this is not our best phoo, but I thought finding a Thanksgiving one was fitting. This was from our Nov. Cruise last year.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f257/mazzucam/IMG_2694.jpg

andilynn

11-04-2006, 09:52 PM

Hello Everyone,

I am so excited and so nervous :blush: at the same time. I travel alone all the time but never on a cruise. I went on a Princess Cruise with my Mom and Sister last year and except for meals, excursions and at night we each did our own thing during the day. So I figure...I can do this! I can go on a cruise alone and have fun! :joker: Ok, I admit it...I'm scared that it will be awkward.

When I learned a week ago that I was getting some extra time off for Thanksgiving and that my Mom wasn't hosting Thanksgiving this year, she's not feeling well, I immediatly looked into booking this Disney Cruise. I love Disney :love: , I love cruises :love: , and I love kids :love: ...so I thought this would be a great cruise for me.

I would love to connect with anyone that is going solo or any couples, friends or families that love to have fun and would love a new friend :wave2: .

I hope to hear from you soon!

Andrea

andilynn

11-04-2006, 09:56 PM

I forgot to mention...I lived for a year on Cayman if you have any questions. Maybe I can help!

Thanks!

Andrea

DiszyGram

11-05-2006, 05:51 AM

Hi Andrea and welcome to the cruise. :wave2: Make sure you go to the sailaway paty and look for the green shirts. It's the best way to meet everyone.

Looking forward to it. I have one suitcase packed and things piled up for the other one. Those plastic travel bags you can buy that compress your clothes into a small package are great. You put them in and roll the bag up to get rid of the air.

Gail

ICEMANPAD

11-05-2006, 07:19 AM

It's great to see all of the posts!! :thumbsup2 :thumbsup2 2 weeks from today we will be docking at Castaway Cay!!!!! :sunny: :cool1:

Michelle-Great family picture!! Chuck and I have a picture w/ Pilgrim Mickey too. Mason was at an activity at the Oceeneer Club at the time so he is not in the picture. I will see if Chuck can post it.

Lisa

ICEMANPAD

11-05-2006, 04:02 PM

Due to some recently learned information, we opted to change cabins based upon a special deal for Florida residents. However, the only cabins affected are cat 11's. Since we had a 10, albeit a secret porthole, we opted to take the cat 11 and save the money, especially since we rarely spend any time in the cabin other than to sleep anyway.

Thus for the list, we will now be in cabin 7127. One nice feature about this location is that it is literally adjacent to the virtually unknown and unused deck on deck 7 aft, so it will almost be like having a private veranda w/out the cost. FYI, we had a veranda last year and are booked for one next year so we do have the means to compare, and while it is agreed that it is not quite the same thing, for literally nearly half the price, we're quite satisfied w/the arrangement.

Noting a tip we saw above, another great spacesaver is to hang a plastic shoe tree over the bathroom door facing out, but instead of shoes, use the slots for brushes, shampoo, suntal oil etc. Since the plastic ones come w/about 20 pockets and are easily packed, they are very handy. Ours comes w/metal hooks that go over the top of he door, but still allow for the door to be shut.

Chuck :cool1:

DiszyGram

11-05-2006, 05:21 PM

Chuck, I bought one of those cloth shoe trees with four metal hanging hooks on it. I'm glad you said to use the bathroom door because I was going to try using the cabin door. I also have a hanging cloth one with shelves for the closet. It drops down and has nice sized shelves for anything that will fit on them. It's like extra drawer space.

Gail

ICEMANPAD

11-05-2006, 05:30 PM

In case anyone is interested, the cabin we gave up today is one of 6 secret porthole cat 10 cabins. It is basically a cat 8 cabin for a cat 10 price. There is an obstruction outside of the porthole, but it's not a major obstruction. If you go to ***************** you can see pictures. We want to share the info in case one of our fellow turkey disers are interested in the cabin. It is cabin # 5020.

Lisa

DiszyGram

11-05-2006, 08:37 PM

Check out post # 101 and see if there is anything more anyone wants added on to our cruise list of people.

cruisecrzy

11-05-2006, 09:30 PM

Andrea, welcome. We have actually added another two people to the group we are traveling with. That brings our total upto 15 in our linked group. Maybe there is someone who is not so large that you can link up with for dinner. You would not want to join us anyway...we have little ones that will not be enjoying the 2 hour meal. Besides we will be bringing some cups and string to communicate with the people at the other end of our table.

Icemanpad, we are glad that you are joining us on our deck. The Aft is alsoour preferred spot on the ship, but the way we look at it is we are on the ship so we will take whatever. This is our first time on Deck 7. We are usually 5 or 6 aft.

Ditto on the shoe organizer. We have the one with the metal hooks and hung it on the bathroom door. What a lifesaver and junk picker-uper it was.

Like Diszygram said if you want anything added to our list speak up. I have the one with room numbers/dinner times

DiszyGram

11-05-2006, 10:12 PM

So far we are the only ones with an early dinner. My grandson is used to a 5pm dinner since he goes to bed early at home.

I'm afraid a late dinner would have him falling asleep at the table. The shows after dinner keep him awake because they are such great shows. The guest desk has free headsets that can be borrowed for heaing impaired people and he is hard of hearing. You wouldn't know it because he reads lips very well and hears enough to tell what you are saying. It's the only problem he ended up with after being born three complete months early and weighing 2 pounds and 10 ounces.

If any of you meet him, just make sure he is looking at you when you speak to him. :) He speaks so well himself that people don't realize he is deaf. I'm proud of how well he has adapted to his handicap and he attends a regular school. He gets very upset and angry when other children, who don't know any better, tease him about his hearing.

Fortunately he is a nice looking boy and attracts a lot of attention from the girls. :grouphug:

MontclairBear

11-05-2006, 11:11 PM

we..will..have..two..less...people...DG...our..Nan na...had..a...stroke...OCT..9...she...is...a...fig hter...and...should...recover...well...we..pray

sorry...for...all...the...dots...my...keyboard...i s...broken....just...what...I...need!!

andilynn

11-06-2006, 12:53 AM

Thanks for the welcome Cruisecrzy! Sounds like you are an expert cruiser. Not sure who I'll be sitting with for dinner yet. I'm thinking Disney will assign me to a table since I am solo. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I get a fun group. I'm eating at the late seating. If anyone has any tips or tricks for my first Disney cruise that would be great.

Andrea (34 years old, single)

njdisneymomof2

11-06-2006, 04:58 AM

We have early dinner. I guess with a family of 9 we will have our own table. From what I have read, our dining rotation should either start with Animator's Palate (young kids) or Parrot Cay (older kids). The kids in our party are 11, 9, 8 and 2 (almost 3). I don't know if they are considered younger or older for the dining standards. I guess we will have to wait to be surprised. We are getting very excited!

njdisneymomof2
New Jersey
3 cabins on deck 2
#1 self, DH, DD9, DS8
#2 SIL, BIL, Niece 2 (almost 3) (from PA)
#3 MIL, Niece 11 from PA.

DiszyGram

11-06-2006, 06:36 AM

(((Montclair Bear))) Sorry to hear about your Nana. Sending prayers she has a quick recovery.

Andrea, mayby you and my single daughter, Valerie, can attend some of the evening events for adults only together. She is a people person and well liked by everyone she meets. She loves getting a chance to go out with just adults occasionally :cheer2: Valerie also knows how lucky she is to have a mom willing to babysit. :wave2:

Her ex husband and father to her son passed away a few months ago from a tragic accident.

cruisecrzy

11-06-2006, 10:03 AM

Montclair Bear vey sorry to hear about Nana.

Andrea, prepare yourself for the 8:30pm seating that goes LAP. Before our daughter that was what we always had.

NJdisneymomof2 you'd be surprised. Last year our 1 year old was enough to get us the 8:15 seating. We Loved be the middle seating....which surprised us since we really wanted LAP.

Later today if my dd is napping I will update the list of times and room numbers.

Off to check some things.

andilynn

11-06-2006, 10:37 AM

Hi again,

M, I'm very sorry to hear about your Nana. My prayers are with her. I :love: Nanas.

8:30 dinner is good for me. On our Princess cruise last year we ate so much during the day it was a struggle to be hungry by dinnertime.

DG, I can't wait to meet Valerie. I'm so sorry to hear about her exhusband. That is terrible. I was 22 when I lost my Dad so I can't imagine what it must be like for your grandson.

Ok, I've got to do some work..I don't want to but I have to!

Andrea

ICEMANPAD

11-06-2006, 04:32 PM

An updated list would be nice if the time presents itself. As to dinner seatings, our DS 7 never eats w/us b/c he finds it boring and a waste of time. He much prefers to have his meals w/the kids club where the meals are shorter, the food simpler and more to his liking, and lots of his contemporaries.

Thus, we always take the late seating which is much easier to prepare for given shore excursions and shopping. We expect to have the APL again for the 3rd year in the row which is our preferred rotation b/c it puts us in the niceat restaurant for formal and semi-formal nights. We requested the rotation and our server from last year from Disney, the latter if she has returned from a sabattical.

Chuck :cool1:

pdeep

11-06-2006, 07:22 PM

We have early seating. Just the 2 of us. Not sure of the rotation. Got Polos for the first night. Will have to check in at our table and meet whomever we might be with.

Pat

DiszyGram

11-06-2006, 09:20 PM

I'm looking forward to meeting any people who join us at our table. Never met anyone I didn't like on a cruise.

Next November my sister and I will be going on my first cruise not on a Disney ship. She cruises every few months. Living in Florida and 15 minutes from Port Canaveral makes it easy. I don't know what cruise line it will be but I know it's from Nov. 3-10 and it is a Caribbean cruise. I'll find out in January. Something else nice to look forward to. :Pinkbounc

outahere

11-07-2006, 07:37 AM

We have main seating and requested the LAP rotation, because it is at 6:00PM. Eating earlier than that really makes you rush. We didn't want to do late seating because my parents usually eat much earlier than 8:00PM.

If anyone is updating the list, we are on deck 8.

Only 10 more days!!!!

Ed

mollygirl13

11-07-2006, 11:52 AM

Hello-
Just got back from a whirlwind Disney-filled weekend! (Disney Wedding)
Had a blast at the wedding. Did 4 parks in 3 days + a Beach Bash at Yacht Club Fri night, wedding & Reception Saturday! Just got in last night. Trying to recover from 5 loads of piled laundry! :furious:
Now onto cruise things!!! :Pinkbounc
Now I need to repack for the crusie. Waiting very patiently for crusie docs to arrive. Not here yet but we are in Philadelphia area.
Glad to see some chatter on the boards. Less than 2 weeks. My family is so excited. DH and I had a nice dose of Disney this past weekend so it satisfied us a bit. (PS: Expedition Everest was our favorite ride!!!)
Hope everyone is packed and ready to go! :sunny:

cruisecrzy

11-07-2006, 02:18 PM

hoplea
Alabama
Party of 6, self, DH, two parents, DD's 12 & 10

4boons
West Texas

DiszyGram
Maryland
Myself (Gail) DD 38 & her DS 7-wearing disney shirts
Early Seating

GreenGirl8
San Diego, Ca.
Jennifer Marie... self and a new husband. Anniv. cruise.

Mollygirl13
Bucks County, Pa.
self, DH, twin sis, and parents (60th birthday)
Late seating
6072/6074

catnip0113
Connecticut

maggiekid

pdeep
self (pat 49) & DW (Shirley 54) 23 anniv. on Nov. 19
Late seating

outahere
Suburban Boston West
self (ED) DW, DS12 and Ed's parents-wearing yellow lanyards
Early LAP
Deck 8

njmoms
New Jersey
5 adults and 1 child (7)

Moonbeams
Dallas, Tx
Jennifer & Berry

The Ducks
Self and DH, DD16

ICEMANPAD
Weston Fl.
Chuck, Lisa and DS7-wearing bright green Tday 2005 shirts
Late Seating
7127

MontclairBear
11 in group, self, DH, (7 year anniversary on 11/20) DD4, DD2, Brother & wife with DS11, DS6, DS3,

njdisneymomof2
New Jersey
#1 self, DH, DD9, DS8
#2 SIL, BIL, Niece 2 (almost 3)
#3 MIL, Niece 11 from PA.
Early Seating
3 cabins on Deck 2

Cruisecrzy
Kissimmee, Fl
Michelle 31-wearing bright green tink shirt
DH John 32
DD 27 months-wearing green tink dress

7520
Late Seating 8:15PLA

Friends traveling with us
Ettie 34
DH34
DD5
DD3
Deck 1
Late Seating linked with us

Fran and Bill (Parents of Ettie)
GTY Cat 6
Late seating with us

5 Adults
1 2yo
Deck 2 midship
Late seating with us

Andilynn
Andrea traveling alone
Sanfrancisco, CA
Late Seating

andilynn

11-07-2006, 04:12 PM

Hi Guys,

I wasn't able to book bruch or tea because I booked the cruise so late :sad1:. Will I have a chance to book a time when I get on the cruise or should I not get my hopes up?

Is it possible to book Disney transportation from the airport if I wasn't able to book my airfare through Disney? How would I do that?

One more thing...would it just be better for me to rent a car and return it in Port Canaveral? Is it crazy crowded at the Budget there or is it ok and I won't have any problems getting a shuttle to the boat?

Thanks so much for your help!

Andrea (34, single and crazy excited!!!)

cruisecrzy

11-07-2006, 04:31 PM

Andrea,
There is always a chance for booking Palo. Just go to Rockin' Bar D(check your navigator to make sure it is there) at the specified time and see if you can book. There is usually space if you get there early enough.

Ground transportation can be booked without booking a flight. Don't know about renting a car since we are local. I know you can buy a seat on the DCL bus because we always have that option. It is ground transportation. Anyone know the 800 number. I only know the number to the office in Celebration. Sorry on that one.

DiszyGram

11-07-2006, 04:37 PM

Hi Andrea, Hopefully you will be able to book Palos on board. Do it as soon as you can.

I just finished packing one large suitcase and sat on it to get it closed. :blush: It weighs 42 pounds and the limit is 50. The other large suitcase is quickly filling up too. Then there's my carry-on. :faint: Can't believe I'll be wearing and using so many things in one week. If we get stranded on a desert island, I'll be prepared. :)

I went out today and bought a nice formal dress. It will be great for Christmas too. The one I originally had looked more semi-formal than formal, so it will be for the semi-formal night.

cruisecrzy

11-07-2006, 04:39 PM

So last night we put together all of DD clothes adn they are suitcase ready.

I have one more pillow to embroider then the pillow assembly factory will begin. They are a lot of work, but i love doing them. I'll post the "before siggies" picture when I am done.

I am checking more signs off my list. I am doing one for each day and some days there will be two. I am posting our main door one and pirate night one. I have lots more, but these two have been saved as Jpeg. The rest are still photoshop files.

I hope more of you have gotten your docs. It is odd since in the past we were always the last to recieve them.

Well time to make some dinner.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f257/mazzucam/Welcome.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f257/mazzucam/Piratefire.jpg

DiszyGram

11-07-2006, 05:16 PM

Very nice signs! Michelle. :thumbsup2

The Ducks

11-07-2006, 06:01 PM

Does everybody have their documents already? I keep looking out for the UPS man but he hasn't been by yet! If we don't get them tomorrow I'm calling Disney. It's getting a little too close for comfort!

DiszyGram

11-07-2006, 06:18 PM

We are in Maryland and haven't received ours yet.

mollygirl13

11-07-2006, 06:53 PM

My mom got hers today only because she drove herself to the TA to pick them up :confused3 She is very excited, can you tell???
I should receive mine by Friday. The TA mailed them out today.

The Ducks

11-07-2006, 07:31 PM

They're here!! They're here!! THEY'RE HERE!!! :cheer2:

cruisecrzy

11-07-2006, 08:43 PM

Well I finished embroidering all my pillows :dance3: I just need to put zippers in and finish them up. Then all my stress will be gone. I am waiting until Monday to print out all my signs. I want to make sure my room # does not change. I know that two of the people in our group have had room # changes. As of now we have 11 for our stateroom and I made 4 for other people.

Tomorrow is our last day to relas. We have my MIL coming for 5 days with her young granddaughter and we will be running the WDW shuttle. Plus friends are in visiting the mouse and we need to meet up with them. We will get to be building our excitement with our multiple Disney trips so that will be good.

Glad all the docs are arriving. We are almost there.

outahere

11-08-2006, 11:04 AM

It must be real!!!!! Got our docs yesterday afternoon.

Probably should start getting ready to pack!! We haven't done a thing yet, other than put the docs with our passports and lanyards (at least I know where those are!). Oh well...... if you see me wearing the same clothes every day, you'll know why.

Ed

ICEMANPAD

11-08-2006, 11:41 AM

We received our docs over a week ago and have long since registered online. No chance my wife would wait on that one. As to packing, knowing us, next Thursday night is when we will start...and finish since we are heading to the port after work on friday. As always, we will be one of the first cars in line for the parking lot before 10am on the 18th.

As to the question from Andrea about transportation, we strongly suggest arranging thru Disney or renting a car and driving yourself. The reason is that if you travel thru Disney and there is a problem, they may hold the boat. If you travel thru someone else.... Also, two years ago, someone on the Disboards group had their Disney arranged flight arrive late. The boat was held for about 1/2 hour for them to make the ship.

As to door signs, we will have one dedicated to the Turkey day gang (note our signaure below). In years' past, there was also a game of door magnet tag to see who would be left w/the, what else would you expect, turkey. Each cabin had to sign off and pass it on to someone else's door.

As to the Palo question, Andrea, if you arrive early, or when you arrive, go straight to Rockin Bar D or wherever may be designated as soon as you board. Not all the Palo reservations are released in advance online. Further, as a party of 1 or 2 you have a pretty good chance and there are always cancellations. Finally, you can potentially be added to someone else's reservation. The latter was done extensively last year amongst our 28 limked cabins.

Chuck :cool1:

DiszyGram

11-08-2006, 11:59 AM

We are arriving on Friday and my sister should be waiting for us by the luggage return. Years ago she would be waiting at the door as we got off the plane. Unfortunately,for security reasons, no one can do that anymore.

Anyone else remember how nice it was to get off the plane and see the smiling face of a friend or family member waiting right there? :)

I rechecked my packing list and realized I forgot bras. :eek:

andilynn

11-08-2006, 12:08 PM

Thanks so much for the info Chuck! I can not believe how nice everyone on this board is. No wonder you guys make this cruise a yearly event. I don't think I've ever been this excited to go on vacation. I had second thoughts about booking a cruise as a solo traveler...especially a family cruise like this one. I am so glad I did! It's been a really difficult year so I really needed this.

I booked myself on the Disney shuttle yesterday. It turns out that it's a great deal and I won't have to see my luggage again from California to the ship. I found out that my documents will go to Travelocity first, who I booked the cruise with, and then will be sent to me. Makes me nervous but I'm sure it will work out.

I was reading about the pillowcases and getting them signed. Is that free to do or is there a charge? I think that would be a great gift for some of my family and friends. Is there a limit to how many pillowcases you can turn in?

Last but not least - when I lived on Cayman I went to Stingray City many...many times. I highly reccommend that to anyone. When I'm in Cayman on this trip I hope to meet up with some friends. One of my friends is a Principal of a school on Cayman and wants me to meet some of his kids and tour his school. It got re-built after the hurricane. So I won't be able to go to Stingray City on this trip. Is the stingray feeding and snorkle at Castaway Cay worth it for just an hour? Plus I wouldn't want to get in the way of kids trying to enjoy it for the first time.

Thank you!

Andrea

favoriteslave

11-08-2006, 12:59 PM

Chuck & Lisa:

Thanks for stopping by to say hi to us NANA HEADS. I will truly miss you guys this year. We were watching video of last year where Charlie and Chuck were standing next to each other (Charlie being on a chair) and Hunter said goes he was really tall wasn't he.

I bet you guys are getting really excited. I haven't even started packing yet, just firmed up the rental car thing this morning and now im trying to decide what to wear. To catch you up on what will be happening on our cruise, we have people with dressed up teddy bears (im a Hairy god mother to one), the women are all wearing tiara's - whenever possible, most everyone one is going on the Sunny Liston tours in St Marteen and St Thomas and still with all of that going on, it won't be like last year. I hope you guys have a great time and I will make sure to start watching the cruise report threads to see how you guys are doing.

Have a great time all and leave some of the ship intact for us on the 25th.

Hugs and Kisses

Tonya, Trey & Hunter

DiszyGram

11-08-2006, 01:18 PM

Andrea, my son and daughter-in-law did the stingray feeding on Castaway Cay last year with my other two grandchildren. I thought it was a little expensive but they loved it. The stingrays have lost their stingers so they are very gentle and tame.

I would be very nervous being around wild stingrays with stingers. This year is the first time I've heard of them killing people.

We used the Disney Shuttle last year to get to and from the Coronado Springs Resort in Disney World. It was great. It's well organized.

You are going to have a long flight from San Francisco. My husband and I visited your beautiful city twice and loved it. He passed away over 5 years ago but I still feel him with me. :love:

Gail

andilynn

11-08-2006, 01:48 PM

Hi Gail,

I think I'll take my chance at just snorkeling at Castaway Cay. Maybe I'll see some Stringrays without having to pay to see them! I am crazy for snorkeling. I've lived in some great places (Cayman, Micronesia, The Big Island and Maui) so I've fallen in love with snorkeling. I'm in the hotel business so I've been able to move a lot and see a lot of great places.

I'm sorry to hear about your husband. I know what you mean about him being with you. My dad passed away 12 years ago and I feel the same. San Francisco is an amazing city. I really love it here. Unfortunatley the cost of living is outrageous. I have been thinking a lot lately about moving again. We'll see! Looks like I'll be hanging out in Orlando at the airport for 4 hours. My plane arrives at 6:02 am. I'm stoping in Vegas and connecting to Orlando. Maybe I will win some cruise money in the Vegas airport on slots!

Ok, talk to you later!

Andrea

cruisecrzy

11-08-2006, 03:02 PM

Icemanpad did you win Turkey Tag? You are seiorus about being there early. We are planning to leave our house by 9:00am which puts us there some time around 10am. Of course all bets are off since we are on little kid time. We hope to be prepared, but we have some many visitors right now my head is spinning. i'll be running to the other end of Deck 7 to see your door signs. I loved seeing all the signs last November. When we went last March there were not as many door signs but still fun to see all the decorations.

Glad that everyone who has been checking in seems to have recieved their docs.

To answer the pillowcase question. Just put your pillow case in a ziploc (I include my own markers) and take it to Guest Services on the first day. Then you will get it back on the last day. No charge and they typically say one per person in the stateroom. I am finishing mine now and will post pictures when they are done.

Safe travels all!!!

DiszyGram

11-08-2006, 03:15 PM

Vegas is another favorite place of mine. You know, I actually saw someone win a few hundred dollars on one of those airport machines. :teeth: It's fun watching the people rush over and play them between their flights. It's a good way to get rid of any money you may have left. Hope you get some sleep during the trip.

My only snorkeling is the noises I might make while I'm sleeping. :crazy:

Many of my and my daughter's stories about how we know my husband, her father, is still around have been collected by an award winning author. She is putting together her first non-fiction book about after death experiences.

It's a controversial subject that only someone who has experienced them will believe.

njmoms

11-08-2006, 08:20 PM

Hey Diszy, I know what you're talking about and I understand!

We are now just the 3 of us, me, my DP and our 7 yr old daughter, Jordyn. Wendy's (my dp) mom fell and broke her leg back in August and has had nothing but problems with it since. She's had surgery on it, pflebitis (I think that's how it's spelled), and 2 weeks ago she had a pulmonary embolism! She is doing fine now, thank the Lord, but we are just shocked at the trouble she's had. She decided she'd better not risk going on the cruise, so her husband decided to stay home too, so then their son, Wendy's brother, said he'd go to their house for Thanksgiving instead of going on the cruise.

So, it's just the 3 of us now. Really just the two of us, since Jordyn will be spending 99% of her time in the Kid's club. Maybe we'll get some sleep..... :crazy: We're in cabin 2578, so walk softly!

Does anyone know what movies are going to be showing during our cruise???

NJ Moms - Me (Melissa) and Wendy, moms to Jordyn, 7
Succasunna, New Jersey

andilynn

11-08-2006, 11:36 PM

Hi Melissa,

I'm so sorry to hear about Wendy's Mom. Please send her my best. I hope to meet you on the cruise!

I can't believe how many clothes one person has for 8 days :blush: !

Andrea

outahere

11-09-2006, 08:04 AM

I can't believe how many clothes one person has for 8 days :blush: !

Andrea

Just remember the old advice...... pack everything that you think you will need, then put half of it back. We've been on 6 cruises so far, and have never used everything we took with us!! We're getting better, but still have some unused items when we get home.

DiszyGram

11-09-2006, 08:36 AM

I know I'll have unused items left over. The hard part is knowing and taking back out the ones you won't be using. They ALL look important to me right now. :teeth:

One important detail I just took care of is confirming my van to the airport reservation and finding out what time we are being picked up. Not getting on our plane on time would really mess things up. Most planes are filled up and overbooked for the Thanksgiving week.

The van is picking us up nice and early on Friday morning. :banana:

Looking forward to meeting a lot of you. My board name will be on my green shirt along with the Dis Board address. All three of us will have our green shirts on as we board the ship. That means we'll have them on in the nice picture the cruise photographers take of your group as you board. :grouphug:

We are buying the photo package this year. It's cheaper than buying all the individual pictures since they are usually nice pictures and expensive. You can end up spending way too much for them. My daughter has one of those great cameras that also takes video shots. I still have the old fashioned take pictures and have them developed camera.

Gail

andilynn

11-09-2006, 03:19 PM

Ok, so I'm feeling some pressure to think up some questions to ask you guys so we can have more posts on our thread. Did you see all the messages on the other threads?

Ok, here is one for you. I don't have anything really...really formal. I've been looking for something but can't find anything I like. I'm as big as a whale right now. Which is fitting because I'm going on a cruise. On my Princess Cruise I was fine in nice black dress pants and a beautiful sparkly top. Would that be ok or not enough?

Thanks,

Andrea

cruisecrzy

11-09-2006, 03:56 PM

Ok, folks we are in the single digits now....How exciting.

Andrea,
I think what you are describing sounds fine. It does not need to be a formal gown for formal night. I very classy pants suit would do...at least that is my opinion.

My dess is a black cocktail length dress. If I can find a picture from our last cruise I will post it.

DiszyGram

11-09-2006, 04:13 PM

Andrea, your sparkly top and black pants sound fine to me. Formal and elegant. :thumbsup2

My daughter is coming home from work with our documents. Her travel agent/friend/co-worker was off a few days working the election. We will be in cabin 2586.

cruisecrzy

11-09-2006, 05:01 PM

Here are pictures of the three pillows I made for our friends. The fronts are all panels of the four main princesses. I am working on piping for DD pillow and hope to be done my tomorrow.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f257/mazzucam/Ermaspillow.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f257/mazzucam/BrookePillow.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f257/mazzucam/SamanthaPillow.jpg

cruisemutt

11-09-2006, 05:30 PM

Hey gang.....don't worry about turning off the lights when you disembark---we're right behind ya.

Hope you have a GREAT cruise.

:banana:Mutt (one of the dancing bananaheads) :banana:

DiszyGram

11-09-2006, 05:42 PM

They look really nice, Michelle. Something for them to keep as a long time remembrance of the cruise. :love:

mollygirl13

11-09-2006, 06:08 PM

Cruise docs arrived today!!! :banana: :banana: :banana:
How exciting that we leave in about 1 week!

ICEMANPAD

11-09-2006, 07:06 PM

Melissa-

Our DS, Mason, also 7 years old will be spending 99.9% of his time in the Kids club as well. In fact, when we told him that he may need to spend some time w/ us the first night (he's used to being dropped off at the club the first night w/o parents), he was very, very upset!!!!! :rotfl: :rotfl:

Lisa

andilynn

11-10-2006, 01:50 AM

Hi Everyone,

Everything is coming together and it's happening for real!! :cool1: I got my stateroom number today. :thumbsup2 Yahoo! I have a place to rest my head. I didn't get an upgrade to the Royal Suite like I had hoped, anything is possible :wizard: , but none the less I have a stateroom!

I was emailing my Uncle today and he told me not to tell anyone what cabin I'm in and to be very careful with people I meet online. I told him that usually your name is right next to or on your cabin door so that if someone wanted to find you they could find you! I failed to mention that I was going on a Disney Cruise and not a Singles Cruise! Pretty funny. I guess someone could always smother me with a pillow signed by all of the disney characters or hit me over the head with a Mickey Mouse ice sculpture (don't get any ideas and let's not go there).

I have an inside stateroom because when you go single you pay for nearly two people. So I am just happy to be on the ship. Is deck 6 any good? Please call me in my cabin so I am not lonely :wave2:!

Andrea (Wright)