January 18, 2013, A Magical 8 day western

[chrissybean]

Welcome neighbor!! Exciting to see someone so close from home on this trip Im from the Niagara Falls area

Welcome and get ready to get the summer clothes out

Thanks, I was in Niagara for the past two days at Great Wolf Lodge. Are you flying out of Buffalo? We are flying out the day before.

 

[chrissybean]

Got you both added to the list and you should have your emails with the link. Welcome aboard!

Thanks sweetpee!

 

[chrissybean]

When I arrive in Houston I am going to stay in Galveston for a night and then when we get back from the cruise I was going to stay at the JW Marriott in downtown Houston by the Galleria mall, for the next two nights three days. Reading some of the posts maybe this is not a great plan. What would you recommend? Stay in Galveston or go to downtown Houston?

 

[sweetpee_1993]

For those flying in but haven't booked their flights yet, Southwest has a great sale going on right now that started on Cyber Monday. Don't know if that could help at all. I found flights for the hubby & oldest son to fly over to meet up with us for Christmas (Hobby to Jackson, MS) for like $79 each. The youngest & I plan to drive over to my folks house earlier in December.

 

[sweetpee_1993]

When I arrive in Houston I am going to stay in Galveston for a night and then when we get back from the cruise I was going to stay at the JW Marriott in downtown Houston by the Galleria mall, for the next two nights three days. Reading some of the posts maybe this is not a great plan. What would you recommend? Stay in Galveston or go to downtown Houston?

It's up to you, really. There's stuff to do in Galveston that's fun. The Galleria is a rare treat for us because we try not to go downtown too much. That'd be a day of fun for me right there. Heck, a meal at the Cheesecake Factory in the Galleria would be all the excuse I need. LOL! Not sure what to recommend for the 2nd day, maybe a trip to one of the museums or something? I'm not super-familiar with that part of town. LOL!

 

[couturegirl]

We too are hoping that flights will go down. For four roundtrip flights right now are crazy prices. At this moment we are probably driving to the port from Arizona.

Okay, my DH just checked flights to DFW and they were much cheaper than into Hobby. He found through American the four of us could fly round trip for $1050 I believe. I think that's what we'll be doing.

 

[Our 2 Princesses]

Welcome neighbor!! Exciting to see someone so close from home on this trip Im from the Niagara Falls area

Welcome and get ready to get the summer clothes out

I was born in Niagara Falls, NY and still have family who live there. Does that count?

 

[JennKet]

We are on the cruise as well. Anyone know if there is a fish extender group yet?

 

[MelMtlk]

Yes there is an FE group! If you look at earlier posts, you will find the information.

 

[sweetpee_1993]

We are on the cruise as well. Anyone know if there is a fish extender group yet?

Yes there is an FE group! If you look at earlier posts, you will find the information.

JennKet made the FE list! I don't think there's going to be many more additions since it looks like everything but 7 00T's is booked up now. It's going to be a great cruise!

 

[Shannon G]

Hi all! We are also booked on this cruise - our first Disney cruise! I think my girls would have a blast with the FE, so please add us to the group (hopefully I can buy a cool one somewhere, since I am NOT the crafty type at all, lol). Here's our info:

Stateroom: 6110
Disboards: Shannon G
email: shannongamache@sbcglobal.net
Cast of characters: There are 4 of us: Me, Shannon; My mom, Mary; and my 2 DDs, Julia, age 10, and Katie, age 8.

I also joined the FB group today.

 

[MelMtlk]

Just sent a fb request! I am soo excited for this cruise! It's a Christmas gift for my kids....dd 11 & 9 ds 3. my parents are coming.with as well

 

[sweetpee_1993]

Hi all! We are also booked on this cruise - our first Disney cruise! I think my girls would have a blast with the FE, so please add us to the group (hopefully I can buy a cool one somewhere, since I am NOT the crafty type at all, lol). Here's our info:

Stateroom: 6110
Disboards: Shannon G
email: shannongamache@sbcglobal.net
Cast of characters: There are 4 of us: Me, Shannon; My mom, Mary; and my 2 DDs, Julia, age 10, and Katie, age 8.

I also joined the FB group today.

Hi Shannon! Got you added to the FE list and emailed you the link to the Google document.

 

[baileyjack123]

Excited for our 1st Disney Cruise and would like to join FE
Stateroom 7022
can not post email (1st post)
Mom Jenn, Dad Chris, Bailey 5 and Jack 3

 

[sweetpee_1993]

Excited for our 1st Disney Cruise and would like to join FE
Stateroom 7022
can not post email (1st post)
Mom Jenn, Dad Chris, Bailey 5 and Jack 3

Hi Jenn! Shoot me an email to sweetpee_1993@yahoo.com so I can have your email address to add to the spreadsheet.

 

[dkbrakemeier]

We would love to join the fe group. I think the kids would have fun with this.
We have to rooms:
Room 2103: Dustin (Dad), Kelly (Mom), Tyler (son 8 yrs), Ella (daughter 3 yrs)
Room 2105: Gabbi (daughter 15 yrs), Jeremy (son 12 yrs), John (grandpa) and Nancy (Grandma)

disboard user name: dkbrakemeier

I cant post my email because I only have one post. How do you want to get my email?

Anything else needed?

 

[sweetpee_1993]

We would love to join the fe group. I think the kids would have fun with this.
We have to rooms:
Room 2103: Dustin (Dad), Kelly (Mom), Tyler (son 8 yrs), Ella (daughter 3 yrs)
Room 2105: Gabbi (daughter 15 yrs), Jeremy (son 12 yrs), John (grandpa) and Nancy (Grandma)

disboard user name: dkbrakemeier

I cant post my email because I only have one post. How do you want to get my email?

Anything else needed?

You can shoot me an email to sweetpee_1993@yahoo.com so I'll have your email address for the list. I'll get the new additions put in & email the link out later tonight.

 

[sweetpee_1993]

Hi Jenn! Shoot me an email to sweetpee_1993@yahoo.com so I can have your email address to add to the spreadsheet.

Got you all added, Jenn, and sent you the document link via email. I have a question that I need you to look at, tho. I'll be waiting on that but otherwise you're in! Welcome!

We would love to join the fe group. I think the kids would have fun with this.
We have to rooms:
Room 2103: Dustin (Dad), Kelly (Mom), Tyler (son 8 yrs), Ella (daughter 3 yrs)
Room 2105: Gabbi (daughter 15 yrs), Jeremy (son 12 yrs), John (grandpa) and Nancy (Grandma)

disboard user name: dkbrakemeier

I cant post my email because I only have one post. How do you want to get my email?

Anything else needed?

Hi there! I went ahead and added your family to the list but still send me an email to the address I mentioned above so I can email you the link to the Google document. Welcome to you and yours as well!

 

[sweetpee_1993]

***ATTENTION EVERYONE ~AND~ FISH EXTENDER PARTICIPANTS***

I'm not on the FB group so I'm not sure if there's been any discussion over there about an embarkation day group meet. When we sailed the Magic last May the group met up at 3:00 in the Promenade Lounge on deck 3 (aft according to DCL's website but it's situated between the midship & aft elevator banks). If there's no other embarkation day meets I would like to suggest this same time & location because we found it quite convenient. It'd be great to have the chance to say hello to everyone and start getting to know our shipmates.

Fish Extender participants, it's particularly important to set up a spot to meet up on embarkation day prior to sail away so if there's any stateroom number changes I can get that info distributed to everyone. I'll send out an email to everyone on the list once the sign-ups close and the list is final. I'll be giving you my cell phone number that you can text any stateroom number changes on embarkation day. At the group meet I'll double-check to make sure there's no other issues with the stateroom numbers so nobody misses out on the exchanging. I'm not anticipating a lot of changes considering how sold out the cruise is but just in case I want to make sure I'm clear how we'll handle this stuff. I'll send out more details with the email next week.

Anywhoo, since I'm not on FB I'd appreciate if someone could copy/paste the embarkation meet suggestion over there if there's not been one set already. If there's been an embarkation day meet already set up please let me know what was discussed.

Also, if anyone would like to try to plan some other meets during the cruise we can do that. During an at sea day meeting pre-lunch can be fun to do so everyone can split off to whatever restaurant they're planning to go to in groups and sit together to visit over a meal. Just a suggestion. Oh! And maybe we could try to meet on the deck 7 "secret deck" sometime! That'd be neat!

So excited! My oldest discovered the surprise. That kid is too clever for his own good sometimes. The youngest still is utterly clueless and, thankfully, everyone is still committed to making it a big surprise for him on Christmas.

 

[baileyjack123]

I cut and paste your message to FB.