August 10, 2013 Eastern Caribbean cruise on the Fantasy

[thefamilyford]

[QUOTE=heatherpenni;48398804]Is there anyone who happens to be around mine or my family's age? I'll be 27, at time of cruise, hubby will be 29 and my kids will be 10 and 5 (one month away from 6). I'd like to make some connections or some friends to have on the ship who can help me should I need, I'm not particular about age as I feel I'm much more mature than my age but it would be nice. Also I'm from Whitby, ON, is anyone from the general area on this cruise as well?
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Welcome to Disboards! We definitely live your general area. We are in Toronto...a few fellow Canadians who cannot wait for the Caribbean!

[heatherpenni]

Originally Posted by AussieBeth

The last time i cruised on the Fantasy i had room 9638 and i can't say enough good about it. Being at the AFT of the ship you have the elevator that opens directly into cabanas so sneaking up for a coffee and a tray of pastries for breakfast in bed is easy. It's also the elevator that takes you directly to animators pallet and the night clubs

It's on the starboard side of the ship so you get an awesome view of Castaway Cay when we get there. It has a nice Queen bed with a curtain to close off the kids sleeping area and a balcony. There is room under the bed for storage and you get the bath and toilet separate.

The only thing with the rear of the ship is that you may feel the movement a bi more than if you were in the middle but i only had one night (as we sailed around a storm) where i felt it and you may get a bit of noise outside your room as your closer to the elevators and stairs than i was.

I hope that helps.

Thank you very much! This helps greatly... All information is helping very much. It's making me that much more exited!!!

[yellowrosedtxn]

Originally Posted by AussieBeth

Were going to have so much fun on this cruise. You all sound like awesome people to me I made so many good friends on our last Fantasy cruise that we have all rebooked together for new years 2014/15. It's all part of the Disney magic.

Town car rates vary a fair bit but as there is a lot of you travelling it's a good way to go. The magical express is $35 pp each way so $70 per person round trip. For your group of 5 that would be $350 bucks so town car is cheaper.

You can rent a car for around $30 a day and i believe budget have a rent a car spot at the port so you can do 2 one way drives if your interested in going solo. Then you can leave your luggage in the car while to shop at DTD. look out for coupons if your going to hire a car too.

I will look into that. As renting a car would be a LOT cheaper than doing the town car. And we wouldn't "need" it for anything more than transport to and from each destination. Well, other than the last day and we want to go to DTD. Thanks!

Originally Posted by gilliland1997

Hey does anyone know anything about collecting charms at some of the stores in st. Martin. I'm always looking for fun gifts for my dd and I had heard that if you go to certain stores they will give you free charms.

I would like to know more about this as well. It would be fun to do this for my girls and myself as well to go on my charm bracelet! What a neat idea!

[englishrose47]

Just checkin' in !!!

[Embraer]

Well here's one more thing that's exciting my 5year old - Planes - it comes out on the 9th August