January 30, 2005 Anyone?

[Dcanoli]

25 days for us! YIPPEE!!!

Anyone heard any Pirate news yet???? Maybe the boards will start posting some trip reports soon from the January cruises, and we'll get our answer....

 

[liholi]

Nanarn, sounds like a great plan to me! You'll be able to adjust to the slight time change. Even the one hour is a teeny bit difficult for us!

We've never stayed at the Poly but been over to eat a couple times (Kona Cafe & O'hana's). The grounds/pool are really nice and I don't think there is a better view of the front of MK & castle anywhere. Your dgk's will LOVE it!

 

[liholi]

Dcanoli, I've been looking but haven't seen anything on the Pirate Night yet.



Keeping fingers crossed!!

Nanarn mentioned a meet in the last post - I'm up for a coffee break Monday morn. if anybody's interested. 9:30-ish?? Children might (hopefully) be settled into club by that time and we'll all have our first "impressions" to share. Would love to hear other suggestions!

 

[Dcanoli]

Sounds good to me...there wouldn't be anything else going on at that time, right? Just hanging out and exploring the ship....is that our Nassau day? That might be the only obstacle.....

 

[Chrissie-riel]

Since you all asked....here are my trip plans. We are flying down on Friday and hitting the Studios for the afternoon and MK on Saturday. I am lucky enough to have a best friend from college who lives down there and she and her DH are Disney Cast Member lifers! So we'll be staying at there house for a few days and using their free park passes! Yippeee!!! Then we'll be driving over to the pier on Sunday to meet up with the other 30 people in our family group.

Pretty sure that Monday will be the Nassau day, but I can probably do coffee first. Liholi - glad to hear that you have two 4yr old boys!!! My DS turns 4 this Saturday. Maybe they can be kids club playmates! He is right here right now and is jumping up and down asking about "his friends".

Counting the days.....Chrissie

 

[liholi]

Dcanoli - Yes, that is the Nassau day. That occured to me after I posted, as I was driving to work! Trouble is, there's always something going on! What a problem to have right?? Fun Fun Fun

Anyway, we're staying on board that day - been to Nassau before. I would love to see Atlantis but my girlfriend who's stayed there says that's a whole other vacation too! So we decided to 'save' it for a future vacation.

chrissiereiss - Friends with free passes! How lucky are you!! BTW, I think it's great that you all got 30 family members to agree on a date, etc. That took some doing, I bet. So special! My boys are driving me nuts about the trip. Of course, I'd been talking it up before the holidays. I told them 4 more weeks, they thought 4 "days". Tell DS that Tate and Rhys say "Happy 4th Birthday" and see you soon! Lisa

 

[Dcanoli]

Well, what a coincidence...we are driving down from Atlanta (Cumming), and it's an 8-hour drive for us too, so my PLAN is to leave around 4 a.m., and get there around noon.

We, too, are staying at Pop Century, but I am contemplating changing it to ASM--looks like better picture ops there.....and more stuff my kids would recognize....(which, brings up another good point--anybody got any input into which hotel is better???) The idea of staying at WDW's newest AS hotel is tempting, but I think the kids would like the ASM stuff better....

ANYWAY...I was planning on letting them swim (if weather permits), since the pools are all heated or else we will be headed to DTD and getting us some GHIRADELLI (our favorite stop)!!! Then, of course, we will hit all the kids' favorites (i.e., Toy Store, TDS, and Lego...) before we take the trip over to the Yacht Club to have dinner at Beaches n Cream. We'll probably check out the Boardwalk that night after supper to see what's happening....

On Sunday, I wanted to do a character breakfast at Chef's Mickey's, but I think I'm going to save some $$ for the boat and catch a light breakfast somewhere else....also, we're planning on letting the kids ride the loop around the monorail on Sunday a.m.....before we drive over to CC.

In other words, we are spending Sat. doing "everything but the parks!"

Anybody got any good non-character breakfast ideas for Sunday a.m.?

 

[nanarn]

We are not doing anything at Nassau, so Monday for coffee would be great for me. I'll even buy.... oh wait coffee is free(lol). Really, any time that a.m.is fine by me. I do know that we will get off the ship that day but just to say the kids were there. Plan on getting (hopefully) uncrowded Mickey pool time.

It is 10 degrees here(6pm) and has been snowing all day. No accumulation yet, just darn cold. The change in weather did bring in the labor pts tho so tomorrow should be busy. Makes the time go faster when we are busy.

three wks tomorrow :jumping4: :jumping4: :jumping4:
Kathy

 

[arlenesp]

We will be getting off in Nassau for a bit of shopping.But that will be early as we want to be back for lunch.Reading reports that it's abit windy on deck but no matter what we can't wait to get back. We may even drive out to see the magic sail off today as our day for once is free!!!!! And tomorrow is work. We should start to see some doc dances in the next week as they usually come 14 days out or so. Last time I believe we got them aroun 3 weeks out. Hope to catch up with everyone.

 

[nanarn]

The TA called Disney today and they said that docs would be available at the 2 wk mark. Making me crazy, because the other cruise lines send then at least 3-4 wks out ARRRRG. Oh well, just gives me something else to worry about .
16 days for us. Kathy

 

[pattontwins]

I just found this forum. (Just in time). I will be on the jan 30 disney wonder. I am traveling with my dh and 5 yr old twin daughters. It sounds like they will have plenty of friends in the club to play with. This is our first cruise, well actually our first big trip since having the kids. We will be at Disney World the week before the cruise. Can't wait!

 

[jmw]

I just found this site. We will be on the Jan. 30th cruise. My husband and I will be traveling with our 5 yr. old granddaughter. This is our first Disney cruise, so we are excited. I read through many of your comments and have found them very helpful. Thanks for all of the info. It's not long now!!!
Will anyone be flying into Orlando from Atlanta on Sunday morning?

 

[Dcanoli]

I told everyone they'd be here "any day now!" Oh well, we'll just have to keep looking and waiting for that two-week mark!

Darn it!

 

[Dcanoli]

Are we excited yet?

I just figured out how to do a signature (so I can look like I really belong on these boards)! LOL!

Anybody started packing yet or at least have their cruise box filled up? BTW...I just read on another thread that Circuit City has Disney dispoable cameras for $8.

I'm going to order some on-line for my kids! I always make goodie bags for my kids when we go to WDW, and I think this time I'm going to throw two cameras in each bag! What a cool idea! I'm glad someone posted it!

See you all VERY SOON!

 

[nanarn]

Deb, wouldn't you know that after I did the backpacks for the dgks for Christmas there would be something else I would just have to have! Disney cameras!! May have to change the ones I gave them for these! I also have a suitcase that I keep in the spare bedroom that I have put stuff in. My dd and ddil bought some summer stuff for the kids in August as we weren't sure we'd be able to find what we needed in Jan. (and were we right). Water shoes are not to be found in January in Denver ( now snow boots on the other hand..)

So glad you found us jmw and pattontwins, I know I have been planning this since January of last yr so it is a tad hard to believe we are really going in 14 days and "a wake-up". My dgs's time line is now "is that before or after my trip with Nana and Pop-pop?" He is a little nervous as he has not been away from his parents ('cept over nite once in awhile at my house).

Hope to see you all soon Kathy

 

[sumfun]

i got my tickets thru dcl online and had totally forgotten that even tho we don't have our docs yet if you booked air thru them you can call and get your flight info so that you can call your airline to get seat assignments..i found this out when i called to book an excursion. it makes me feel a little closer to being there. anyone taking ground transfers from airport on sunday? we fly in at 10 something which means we will be up at 4:30 to get to airport on time for our flight. i hope to make our dis meet but we do have an excursion booked for 11 am. m i c you real soon tomi

 

[Dcanoli]

Okay girls--don't know if you guys read through all threads--so I'm going to post a few things here that were on other threads I subscribe to...

First of all--PIRATES Night..guess what girls? Looks like we're supposed to HAVE IT! YES! YIPPEE!! Read this post from someone that is currently on the Wonder:
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Hello, hello again!!

No pirates night for us that is!!!

*They* are saying it starts on the next 4 day cruise!! Lucky you. We had tropical night, it was okay.

Our reservations for Palo were for 8:30 last night & yes, they have brunch but just on Wed. 10:00-12:00!! We have ressies for 11:30.

Movies that I know were Incredibles and around the world in 90 days and a few others, don't have the list with me. Our stateroom is right around the corner from the movie theatre!

Weather toda in Nassua was PERFECT!!! 80 and sunny. We went to Atlantis because a friend we are traveling with had free passes. We didn't do the whole pool thing but wish we did. We just walked around and did the Dig and went to the casino, won $150.00 and left!!! LOL What a place. The lazy river went right through the Dig, the slide looked awesome. I have no idea how much it cost but whatever it was I would pay it to go there again and spend the whole day.

Tonight we had Tritons. It was wonderful. I had the duck, shrimp cocktail and a blue cheese salad and creme brulee. Very nice.

My son had a melt down before dinner, so I ordered him room service and sent him back to the kid's club. That's the only place he wants to be. I really hope he wants to eat with us tomorrow night at AP.

Went to the tropical deck party for a while which was a bit lame.
We saw the match your mate show at Wavebands, which was okay and then went to Cadillac Lounge and almost fell alseep! LOL
Went up to the Cove for some coffee and the beeper went off, oh well. I love the Cove. It's comfy cozy and has great coffee!! What a great addition.
Thinking of booking the 7 night before we leave the ship.
BTW, I was very PO'd at room service this morning. We ordered breakfast for 9:30-10:00 and they showed up a little past 8:00!! Good thing I didn't know it was that early or the waiter would have paid!! I did complain, but really just didn't want it to happen again. We just aren't morning people.
Tonight they sent up an apology note and some desserts. Let's see how they do in the morning again.

Well, we should be moving soon. All aboard is now.
*See* ya tommorrow night after CC!!!
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Second--Character Breakfasts--Don't know if any of you know this...but read on....
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We were on the Wonder 3 day in May and there indeed was a Character breakfast on the first morning. I'm sure it would be the same for the 4 day. It was with Captain Hook, Chip, and Minnie Mouse in Parrot Cay. Actually really great. Not crowded at all.

I don't recall if it was in the Navigator or not. I will be happy to look at our old one's from May tomorrow and let you know. We knew about it immediately at dinner the first night. Our server Egi told DD4 about it when he was telling us what was on schedule for the next day. It was all DD could talk about that night..."having b'fast with Minnie tomorow." I will tell you that she was NOT a fan of Capt Hook...he was a little scary even for me!

I just can't imagine that we were soooo very lucky as to be the only Wonder cruise in DCL history to have a character b'fast. If that was the case then...luck us!

It isn't a "character breakfast" Its a character appearance. It just happens to occur during breakfast time at Parrot Cay. We had it on the first day on the four day Wonder as well. Check the character listings.

Yep, very uncrowded. Most people haven't figured out the meet and greets yet.
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Okay, sorry to make this such a long post, but I wanted you all to know those two things: They are supposed to start the Pirates Night on the next 4-day Wonder, and there is a character breakfast the first morning in Parrot's Cay (though, it's not technically a CB--just a character APPEARANCE)!

What do you all think about those two tantalizing scoops of information???

 

[arlenesp]

you beat me to it. I was just logging on to break the great news. This should be great!!!!!

 

[Dcanoli]

Between you and me, Arlene, we should have this boat ROCKIN'!!!

Please always post any information you find--I am just such a junkie--I'm always reading everything on these boards!

You know--it's better to have both of us posting this information rather than NO ONE posting it!

LOL...

 

[arlenesp]

i've been trying to reset my countdown timer but to no avail. sent help to tech .I think it's all the security my ds put in this computer. But noone is as much a junkie as I am. I keep this away from the dh as he's worse than I am. When I saw the post from cpm about the Pirate NIght I went to post it but you beat me to it.Hope we have good weather at CC as I need a break bad.
I just realized the luggage has to come out and the clothes selected again and all the countdown lists.
Now I need to go shopping for some fill ins.....
Keep reading and let us know of any updates...