AlexandNessa
<font color=red>Proud Redhead<br><font color=green
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- Jun 14, 2003
Love Julia and Alice (have not met Kemisha)! They really are so great and so sweet, aren't they?!
Quick and painless check-in...gotta love it! Your daughter is just adorable!
Lump me into the category of not being a GF fan. Somehow Stanley Kubrick and "The Shining" come to mind whenever we go over there.
Subbing
Were booked on the Fantasy in January 2014 so I cant wait to hear all about your experience! That photo of your daughters expression when she saw Cinderella is priceless!
Yay another good TR to read! I just read your Pre Trip Report and the start of you TR, your family seems lovely and I can't wait to read more. Thanks for taking the time to write it.
Not only is this our first time in concierge, this is our first time on DCL! My little girl will be about the same age as Jayden, so looking forward to reading your experiences.
Love Julia and Alice (have not met Kemisha)! They really are so great and so sweet, aren't they?!
Hi Cassie! By any chance, do you remember your room # at the GF? I would love to try the dormer room with a view to the fireworks...but I am with you, flowery wallpaper gives me headaches! Thankfully we don't spend too much time in the room!
As for the stateroom, I would love to hear more about the balcony and whether the proximity of each grand suite hot tubs was an issue. We managed to snag room 12000 for a Western in 2014, and wonder if we will be "partying by proxy"
So happy you, hubby and DD had a great time!!
Hi-have been following your pre trip report and will definitely sub to this one. I am sailing November 30 on the Fantasy. We go to St. Martin instead of San Juan. Just loving the pics of Jayden as Cinderella (my FAVE princess). Just.SO.adorable! Did you join a cruise meet group? If so, did you do FE? I am curious, because that is what I am doing and want to make sure what I get the kids will be enjoyed. Can't wait to read the rest. Btw-did you post the video of the reveal and I missed it?
Siggy aka Jill
So excited to hear more about your trip! Your daughter is very adorable!!!
We are sailing on the Fantasy in June 2014, so I'm excited to follow along with your trip and get excited about ours. On our trip, we will be celebrating mine and DH's 25th anniversary and our 2 DD's graduations (one from college, one from high school).
I wish we could book concierge, but I will have to live that part vicariously through you.
iloverags2 said:Cabanas is so hit or miss with people knowing what to do (or not what to do). We were lucky on our Oct 2012 Dream sailing. Pretty much everyone had the idea down pat of just moving right to the station you wanted something from. Even my first-time-she-ever-cruised friend figured it all out without me uttering a word on how it works. Sorry you had to deal with that!
Looking forward to hearing more!
AlexandNessa said:Thanks for the room pics! I have heard that 12000 has its own hallway before you get to the room, true or no? Just trying to figure out if we will have two doors to open to get to the room. Thanks!
Luv2Diz said:I'm enjoying your TR...Jayden is such a cutie!
Love the photos. I am hoping to book a cruise on the Fantasy soon. We've only cruised the classics so far, so I'm excited to see your Fantasy photos!
lizzyb said:on board!
2BusyPlanning said:Can't wait to hear more! Sailing on the Fantasy in September!
Guineveree said:Thank you for the info Cassie re: GF + balcony!
I saw the pic you've posted, and I got so excited! I heard that it's really hard to score stateroom #12000 b/c they usually keep that room in case one of the people booking the suites would want this connecting 1-bedroom.
My TA managed to book it before the suites were sold out! She is simply the best!! I can't say her name here (don't want to run into trouble with the Mods!) but if you want to know her name, shoot me a PM. I can't say enough good things about her!
Also, I too am interested into finding out more about that entrance hallway!
After leaving the concierge lounge, we decided to go to Cabana's for lunch. Oye! OK, folks...pay attention, here, this is important...Public Service Announcement:
Cabana's does NOT have one single line to go through 10 different stations. There are supposed to be 10 different lines. There will be workers there telling you this...BELIEVE THEM! Getting lunch was a nightmare, because if you tried to do the lines like they told you to, people made snarky comments about how you need to get in the beginning of the line to get your food. It was painful to say the least. We only went back to Cabana's one other time and that was for breakfast. Next time, I will likely go to the rotational dining restaurant for lunch the first day.
Really enjoy reading your report. And what a beautiful day for Sail Away! I manged to watch it on the Port Canaveral Web Cam.
We try to watch the sail away of the Fantasy every Saturday!
Cassie, I'm so glad you too have a TA that does a great job...isn't it the best!!!
One question for you: did you get a lot of "onlookers" from the deck above? Was it something that bothered you or was it something that could be easily "tuned out?"
Thank you again for the wonderful pictures!!
It got better after that first day. We didn't do Cabana's a lot, but when we did, we always found it better than on day 1. Plus, let me tell you, when up at the crack of dawn for breakfast (my world), there are no line ups at all!