MEMBER CRUISE--Sign here if you got on

[sigillaria]

My call was answered at 9:27 and I am on HOLD. :rolleyes1

If you got on sign here. :flower:

[SimplyMagical]

At least you are on hold - we have been trying and it has been busy for 50 minutes. Good luck.

[MarkRG]

WE ARE IN!!!!

Check in with the dis meet group, just click the logo below :)

[MrsQ]

We are confirmed! Got on about 6:05 California time and 15 minutes later we were booking our reservation. It took the drama out of last Member Cruise when we were on the wait list. Looking forward to our third Member Cruise. I know it will be awesome. It would be great if Roy Disney is one of the speakers. Mark, count us in for the buttons again if you are going to make them. It was a pleasure meeting you and your wife last time.
Thank you, Lisa and Michael :cool1:

[sigillaria]

I made it!! :flower:
Category 8 on Deck 5
Phone answered at 9:27 and booking completed at 10:14

[scrappindeb]

I'm in yeah :banana: :cool1:


We got a cat 4
look forward to meeting DIS members

Debi

[MarkRG]

Most definitely making buttons, arranging dis meets, all that jazz.

A bunch of us are in Dis chat(linked at the top of this forum) right now...

[unixadm]

Got in....category 7!

7628 and Early Dinner Seating

Can't wait to meet all of you!

[Scratch42]

Got It Too!

6638
Early Dining!

See you all there!

janet
:cheer2:

[rsschneck]

Room 6085
Early Dining

Janet: We sailed with you on the Repo. Cruise it will be nice to sail with you once again! :cool1:

[MickeyMagic]

WAAHOO!!! We are in! This will be our first member cruise :banana:

[CarolA]

Call LOST at 11:03. According to my phone call time was TWO HOURS and I never got a human.

I will be complaining. I don't expect them to do anything but that was inexcusable. My call was lost in thier system which then hung up on me! (And since it was on my cell I have the call log to prove it!)

[leeleelew]

I have been searching and searching and I cannot figure out how to get to and register for the chat room. HELP!!!

[Donna]

FINALLY...this is over, lol! I got through at 9:40, call completed including hold and giving info, 57 minutes later! She was getting all my personal info before i got my room! i was going nuts!!! i said, i have cruised before but she said it was blank but then found my previous cruise info. grrrrr.....
but WHO CARES now, we are in and excited!!! :cool1: :banana: :Pinkbounc :cheer2:

[Donna]

Category 7 is now sold out!

[rkdahl]

I have been searching and searching and I cannot figure out how to get to and register for the chat room. HELP!!!

Check out this link leellelew:

http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=663256

[beattyfamily]

Got in and booked by 10:00a.

Category 8, Deck 7, cabin #7010
First Seating.

First DVC cruise but 4th DCL cruise.

They'll be 4 of us, me, DH, and 2 DDs ages 7 and 10 then.

Paid cash.

[Scratch42]

Room 6085
Early Dining

Janet: We sailed with you on the Repo. Cruise it will be nice to sail with you once again! :cool1:

Glad you got in!

It will be nice knowing someone!LOL

janet
:banana:

[CarolA]

OK. Called back at 11:40 and got what I wanted. Category 9... I did mention that I was on HOLD for TWO hours and asked the CM to pass it on, but I got the feeling that she wasn't. So Monday I will call and find someone to complain to. There was a problem with the phone system and they need to fix it!

[beaker]

I had to use the 407 number just to get in line. CM said I got the last cat. 7 room 5140. We took late dining. :sunny: :Pinkbounc

[fireplug]

we are in 7014. So we will be seeing you all there!


Squid

[rkdahl]

Got mine booked at approx 11am CT. Had same issue as Carol, got disconnected after on hold for 20-30 min. Had to redial and start all over.

Asked for and received a Cat 9 cabin and early seating.

Good luck to all!

[PKK/MJK]

On hold for almost 3 hours--but finally got through without being disconnected, thank heavens! We are on deck 6, room 6602--a category 6. We have late dining.

[MarkRG]

It really sounds like we broke the phone system.


Wonder whose dues that one will come out of. :rotfl:

[Diana Lyn]

Got in and booked by 10:00a.

Category 8, Deck 7, cabin #7010
First Seating.

First DVC cruise but 4th DCL cruise.

They'll be 4 of us, me, DH, and 2 DDs ages 7 and 10 then.

Paid cash.

I FINALLY get to meet one of my ATWT friends!!! Welcome to the group!

We're in 7565. First seating. 4th cruise, 3rd Member Cruise!!! :banana:

It really sounds like we broke the phone system.


Wonder whose dues that one will come out of. :rotfl:

Probably mine. If all else fails, everyone around here always seems to blame me! :rotfl:

[MarkRG]

New update.

9, 8,7, 5 Sold out
6 very limited
3 very limited
4 10,11,12 still available.

[crzy4dals]

we are in

Cat 11 deck 6 6069

1st cruise belated 10 yr anniversary present to DH and myself!!!!

I cant wait :bounce: :cheer2: :bounce: :cheer2: :bounce: :cheer2:

[chipscinderelly]

if I remember correctly the same problems happened last year with the phone lines. Glad you all were able to call back and get what you wanted!

We're onboard as well - 6598 same as last year
2nd DCL Cruise
2nd DVC member cruise

[alikat99]

We're in!! We got a SPH room on deck 5.

3rd DCL cruise
2nd DVC member cruise!!!

[MarkRG]

As of now all gone except some 3, 4 & 12.

[mrsdon]

We were lucky. DH on cell phone got through right away.
At least to the hold message.
Total time trying and booking and hanging up was 38 minutes.
I was going to settle for a car 8, but he suprised me and booked a 6,
Cant wait.

[Donna]

We were lucky. DH on cell phone got through right away.
At least to the hold message.
Total time trying and booking and hanging up was 38 minutes.
I was going to settle for a car 8, but he suprised me and booked a 6,
Cant wait.

Debbie,
We'll have to have a drink on your balcony! We are slummin it in cat. 12! :rotfl:

[smjj]

We are in. Room 6008. Like several others we were disconnected after over 2 hrs. on hold. Dialed right back and got right in so we guessed many were disconnected at the same time. Oh well we asked for cat. 8 and got it, thats what counts. We got back from 4 days at OKW yesterday and will be there again in May with our son and his family and now on the cruise in Oct. Can't get much better tyhan this!!!...smjj

[cgcw]

We're in. Cabin 6058 for us......same one as SSMC05!! :cool1: :cool1: :cool1:

Don't forget to come on over to the DIS Cruise Meets board and meet your fellow SSMC06 cruisers. We're really a friendly bunch. :cheer2: :cheer2:

Here's the link.

SSMC06 Cruise Meet Thread (http://http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=904870)

[wdwstar]

We are in, LIFERBABE & I. I really dont know the details LIFERBABE booked it
(she got thru before me) i do know its cat 9. Maybe she will chime in with the details :rotfl:

[mrsdon]

Debbie,
We'll have to have a drink on your balcony! We are slummin it in cat. 12! :rotfl:
XXXXXXXXXXXX
Hey Donna
You guys are welcome anytime!!
Im not a mudslider though
I do enjoy a margarita however,, LOL
PS
i guses I havent todd you, Im up to 900 points... LOL

[tn4mickey]

We atarted calling on 2 phones just before 6am and kept getting busy signals. Called like this for 2 hours. We're @ DL trying to enjoy the Christmas decorations, etc. and took time out of our short trip to keep calling. Finally decided to go on to the park, but kept calling on my cell. I got through and was put on hold at 8:50PT. I was on hold for 2 hrs and 45 minutes when my cell phone battery died! (It was charged when I left the room) I know this is a fair way of booking, but it's very disappointing. This is the first member event of any kind we've been able to participate in.

[sanddune]

We made it through in less than 20 min.. Cabin 5524! ( secret porthole room)This is our 3 rd member cruise. So we know what a blast member cruises are. Can't wait to meet the new cruisers. :wave: Come on over on the cruiseline meet board.

[fireplug]

tn4mickey call monday and get on the waitlist I am sure there will be SOME cancellations.

GOOD LUCK!

Squid

[LIFERBABE]

We met at Member Homecoming 2004 and had a great time! Star and her sister treated me like fam! (except for that ugly spat on Main St. over a charming Prince! I won by the way, only to lose him to some hussie with one shoe LOL!)

We are in Cat 9 Deck 2 and have early dining. We will be the party girls with no kids!! JK!

[BCVOwner2002]

We got in too. Category 7 on deck 7. I was on and off the phone in less than 25 minutes on the 800 line. Annmarie

[Donna]

XXXXXXXXXXXX
Hey Donna
You guys are welcome anytime!!
Im not a mudslider though
I do enjoy a margarita however,, LOL
PS
i guses I havent todd you, Im up to 900 points... LOL


DEBBIE! 900 now! no wonder you got that verandah! You are my idol next to darla for being points queen, lol. Hey, i can substitute a margarita anytime, if there's a verandah involved, lol. Can't wait to see you guys again. Did you get early or late seating?

[IleneF]

I started calling at 8:59. I didn't get through until 9:17. Then when I pressed option 3 for member services there was nothing on the line, no music, no voice, nothing. I was just about to hang up and try again when Kevin, bless his heart, LOL, answered. YAY! We are cat 9 room 2612. I can't wait. I booked my brother and SIL into our cabin just to hold the spots because I figured it was worth $75 modification to give someone else the chance to come with us even if they can't. This is going to be soooo cool.http://www.disboards.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=10763446#

[iluvdisney]

I got in early this morning and am sailing with Karen NY - we both had cell phones going (we're both at WDW) and I was so thrilled when all was said and done - I couldn't have asked for a nicer CM - Emily was very upbeat and sweet the way she handled all the deal - DVC Cruise 2006 - here we come!

[4Gus-Gus&Figaro]

We're in, as well. :banana: Cat. 11, Deck 7, Room #7623. We were having no luck on the 800 line, so we switched to the 407. Although my DH had been on hold longer than I, I got through first (???). :confused3

It's our first Member's Cruise, but will be our 5th with DCL. pirate:

Let the party begin!!! :cool1:

Karen

[cquick]

:Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc We got cat.3 accessible room 8100! Early dinner, but we might change to late dining. With 2 adult children, late dinner will probly work out better. All four of us are going! YEAH! :cool1: :cheer2: :earsboy: :earsboy:

Started phoning at 9:30, kept getting "your call did not go through" for and hour, then on hold after hitting #3 with absolutely no sound for 1/2 hour, then on hold with music for 1/2 hour, but we got our ressies by 11:30!

See ya soon! The Quicks in Orlando

[cherylp3]

I got in too!! Yay to those that got through!

[MaryJ]

I got in right away on the 407 #. Cat. 6, cabin 6076. This is my second member cruise, but it will be the first for my DH since my sister went with me last time.

Right now it seems like a long time away, but believe me, the time will go by fast!

[bongo59]

Well we got waitlisted today for a cat 3............or anything else................the cat three price was steep..............5700 bucks but we wanted to get on.

[wdwstar]

I wonder how long it took before the ship was sold out, anyone know ?

[MarkRG]

About 4pm, a couple hours longer than last time. I'd chalk the difference up to the phone system screwing up and the fact the people answering had to read this really long decription of the cruise to everyone calling in. Average time actually booking(from the time of actually gettting to a person to confirmation) was about 15-20 minutes.

Actually getting thru was an hour or more.

[bongo59]

MS told me today that the wait list is very short and given that the cruise is 11 months away they feel quite confident we'll get in...............so we will see.

[MarkRG]

Well we got waitlisted today for a cat 3............or anything else................the cat three price was steep..............5700 bucks but we wanted to get on.

You're from the other thread that had the whole office calling?

Well, I wish you luck. I'm sure there will be some backers out before the final deadlines. There were people who made it from the waitlist last time.

[Copper3]

I made it on in a Cat 11, 7629. It took 45 minutes before I got through, 30 minutes of the 800 number and 15 minutes of the 407 number. Wait time was about 25 minutes with an additional minute or so of dead air. About 10-15 minutes to book once I started to talk to someone. I look forward to sailing with everyone.

Copper3

[sigillaria]

About 4pm, a couple hours longer than last time. I'd chalk the difference up to the phone system screwing up and the fact the people answering had to read this really long decription of the cruise to everyone calling in. Average time actually booking(from the time of actually gettting to a person to confirmation) was about 15-20 minutes.

Actually getting thru was an hour or more.

That reading of all that stuff freaked me out! In my mind I could see my category filling up--I even asked if he was looking for my stateroom while reading. He say no--he was required to complete the intro before going to another person to check my request. :rolleyes:

[Donna]

That reading of all that stuff freaked me out! In my mind I could see my category filling up--I even asked if he was looking for my stateroom while reading. He say no--he was required to complete the intro before going to another person to check my request. :rolleyes:

This happened with me too. she was reading all this and i said I JUST WANT MY ROOM! she laughed and said don't worry, there were plenty left. I didn't get through til almost 10:30 so i was sure there were none left in what i wanted. :cloud9:

[smjj]

OK, we are now going on our first Member's cruise(room 6008). We have been on two Disney cruises before, both on the Magic. How are they different? I mean, food, intertainment, freebies and the such...smjj

[4greatboys]

We got in too! Its our first all the way around, first cruise and first DVC cruise. Though so far we look to be the only ones on Deck 2. We got 2 Cat 9's. Will have 3 of our 4 sons, at the time of the cruise they will be 16, 6 and 4.

[debloco]

Hi everyone :wave:

Late posting this, but I just got back from WDW late on Monday. We got a cabin for SSMC06! Cat 6, Deck 6 Cabin 6542! Requested late seating for dinner. It's me, DH and DD (who will have just turned 17).

There clearly was something going wrong with their phone system though. Since I was in WDW, I had DH and DD calling in that morning. They got on hold after about a 1/2 hour. When I called DH he had been on hold for a little over an hour.

I decided to try calling in myself. I got on hold right away and to a CM in about 15 minutes. Booked our cabin and was done in about 40 minutes. I called DH back to tell him and HE WAS STILL ON HOLD. So his total hold time was about 2 hours and he had been hearing music and the recording saying what he needed the whole time...no dead air.

Really made me kind of upset that the system clearly does NOT put callers in a queue based on the order in which their calls were received.

All that effort and time on DH's part just wasted. :sad2:

[CarolA]

I sent DVC an email about the queue problem which as far as I could tell the didn't actually READ!!!

The email CLEARLY stated that I had finally gotten thur and got the cruise booked. Thier response suggested I call for the wait list!!! SHEESH!

I think maybe a phone call or letter to someone higher might work? I may try to do that next week.

[WDWLVR]

SSMC06 Cruise Meet Thread (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=14410802#post14410802)

Giving this a bump as we are getting close (a little over 6 weeks) until we cruise. If you haven't already done some come on over to the cruise meets thread and introduce yourself.

Also if you want to be included in the button and navigator we are making for the cruise please contact us. Full details on our SSMC06 web site which you can get to by clicking on the Member Cruise logo in my signature. The DIS group has some fun things planned. Hope to see you all checking in!

[JR]

We were selected in the lottery, booked catagory 5 deck 7
late dinner seating. Second Disney cruise(7 day), first member cruise. Going because of two stops at CC.

JR

[skylynx]

HI..hoping some kind person will indulge me with some answers about DVC cruises. We are brand new DVC owners, having bought after our 8th Disney Cruise last month, so we did not, of course, receive notice of this member's cruise. Our guide told us DCL was not a good value use of our points, that cash was better, and that there were no DCL discounts for DVC members. Can someone tell me if there is a special cash price/point rate for the DVC members cruise? Is the ship reserved exclusively for members or will they sell passage to others if the ship doesn't fill? When is the member's cruise, and how far in advance notice did you have to book?


Thank you in advance for your patience and tolerance...we might want to do this next year!

[Zane_Anthony]

Can't answer all your questions but I just bought DVC in Jan and I called about 2 weeks ago about the member cruise and was put on the waitlist. I just got a call yesterday and a spot for me came open!! :cool1: The points chart is on the member website under special events.