03/30/08 4 night Wonder, 30th March 2008

[wayneg]

I have been looking for a thread for our cruise for over a week now with no luck, please post a link if there is one already started.
This will be our 4th Disney cruise, 2nd on The Wonder.
There will be myself(Wayne), DW(Karen), DS(Mathew, 13) and DS best friend(Daniel, 14)
2 inside Cabins on Deck 5. Had verandah last time we sailed on Wonder but was a waste, never used it.
Anyone else?

 

[Deweysgirl]

Hi There! We will also be on The Wonder sailing 3/30/08! It will be me (Liz), DH, and 2 DD's.
Glad you started the post, I have been looking for it too!

We have sailed once on The Wonder and once on The Magic-Western. We have an Eastern coming up in September to celebrate DD's 13th birthday!
We booked this 4 day as it is Spring Break for us here and we will also be celebrating little DD's 10th birthday onboard, the 2nd of April.
We have 1 cabin, Cat. 10. We had an inside on our 1st Wonder cruise and it worked fine for us. We have a verandah for the 7 night, I thought maybe we will have a chance to use it more.

Anyone else???

 

[wayneg]

Hi Liz & family
Glad you posted, I was beginning to think we were having the ship to ourselves.
What deck are you on? did you manage to get a Secret porthole room? we have had them twice on The Magic, great value if you can get them. All 3 of our previous cruises have been deck 5, visited other decks while onboard but we like 5.

 

[Deweysgirl]

Hi again! Maybe our families will have the whole ship to ourselves! I see you have been on the Magic before...was it the Eastern itinerary? I'm trying to decide on shore excursions for our Eastern cruise coming up in September. Any suggestions? Thanks!

 

[wayneg]

We have done both Eastern and Western but only excursion we have done is Ocean bottom Fishing at Castaway Cay (considering again).
In each port we visited we only got of for an hour for a quick look around then back on to enjoy the empty ship. We go on cruises to totally relax so not done the excursions sorry.
Is there any you have seen you are considering?

 

[Deweysgirl]

Gosh! Looks like we really are going to take over the ship! OK - I call the Mickey Slide and one of the hot tubs for my family and I'll take the Walt suite, your family can have the Roy suite! Sound good!

We are thinking of the Doubloon Sail and Snorkle in St. Thomas and my girls want to see the butterfly farm in St. Maarten. I was considering the 12 meter regatta but kids not old enough yet. I definately want to get some shopping time in too. I, like you, would like to also have a bit of chill out time to hopefully just relax!

 

[Deweysgirl]

Oh my gosh! We were on page 4! BUMP!

Any spring break cruisers amongst us yet?

Hi Wayne and family - we decided on the St. Maarten Island tour and the Butterfly Farm. My 2 DD's thought that might be fun!

In St. Thomas we are planning to go snorkeling at Buck Island and hopefully seeing some sea turtles, then hitting some shops in town and taking the tram up to Paradise Point. We are avid boaters/living here in Florida so this sounds right up our alley.

We are really looking forward to our Spring Break cruise, we are hoping to spend the day over in Atlantis, I heard they are adding a new excursion that includes the waterpark and facilities there. That would be awesome rather than renting a room for the day there just to be able to use their pool,etc.

 

[wayneg]

Hi,
There must be other diser's going with us.
Your plans sound great, I have not looked at excursions for spring yet. Will have a look nearer.
Have to rush off now, just finishing off at work then home to get ready for our trip tomorrow, 25 nights in Florida, can't wait.
Wayne

 

[Deweysgirl]

Crossing the pond, eh? Hope your family has a wonderful trip and enjoy your vacation here in Florida!

 

[wayneg]

Hi Liz and Family
Still no-one going with us?
Had a great time in Florida, after 25 nights there we did not want to come home. Found a new place to eat which we loved, Texas Roadhouse. Food there was just what we like at great prices. We considered doing RCCL cruise for 4 nights it was so cheap(about $300each) but decided to wait until next March for Disney.
Hope you are all OK.
Bye for now.
Wayne

 

[Deweysgirl]

Hello! Glad you all had a great vacation here in Florida! We were actually over at DisneyWorld for a few days taking advantage of the free dining promo. We could have had a mini-dismeet except it would have only been just your family and mine! The smallest dis-meet ever!

We also tossed the idea around of taking a different cruiseline, certainly cheaper that's for sure, but it is spring break time for several counties here in Florida and I didn't want to take a chance of getting on another ship where it would certainly be "the party boat" with a bunch of "wild and crazy" college kids! haha! My kids might learn a few things I just might not be ready for them to know! I feel like the Disney cruise will probably be mostly, if not all families, and that's good for us right now!

Well, hopefully we'll be joined by some cruisemates very soon. I'm sure this will be a sold out ship, just a matter of when everyone jumps on...

 

[nisiemouse]

Hi there! We will also be on the 4 night on 3/30/08. It will be myself (Denise), dh, dd who will be 14 at cruise time, and ds who will be 10. 2 other families will be going with us (neighbors) and they have 5 kids between the 2 families. This will be our second cruise. Thanks for getting this thread started. We have a secret porthole room.

 

[wayneg]

Welcome aboard Denise
You got one the secret porthole rooms then, I tried but all taken
Which cruise did you do before?
Sounds like you have a good sized party going with you.
Are you spending some time at Disney also? We are there for 2 weeks incl the cruise. Arrive in Orlando 22nd March.
Wayne

 

[nisiemouse]

Hi Wayne,

We went on the 4 day last time as well in December of 2004. We booked a long time ago (last Novemeber) to get the secret porthole room. 4 were already taken. We got one and one of the other families we are traveling with also got one. The other family is staying above us. We are staying at disney for 2 nights after the cruise. The night before the cruise we are probably going to stay by the port. The 29th is my birthday. This will be the first disney cruise for the other families. It is spring break for us.
Denise

 

[Deweysgirl]

Welcome Denise and family!

We are in a SPH too! Cat. 10 on deck 5 and my folks are traveling with us and they have another SPH. I think we know who has all of the SPH's spoken for now!

Our kids are same age. My DD is 13 the first of October, we are celebrating her birthday on The Magic. My youngest DD will turn 10 while we are sailing on The Wonder,(4/2). We are planning a couple of days at Disney World after the cruise also.

Wayne and his family and my family and I were beginning to think we might be the only passengers on this cruise. Glad you all will be joining us!

 

[nisiemouse]

Hi Liz,

Our friends who are in the other secret porthole room also have a dd who will be 13. I am glad to finally find some disers who will be on the cruise with us.

 

[wayneg]

Hi Liz, Denise and families
Down to page 4 again so thought I should bring it back to the top.
I have never been on a cruise thread so quiet.
We are busy planning our next trip(only just paid off the last )
In 2 weeks we are off to Vegas and Disneyland CA. only a 9 night trip but should be fun, Never been to Vegas so not sure about it. Booked to see Cirque show 'O' and I think we will drive out to the Grand Canyon maybe go on the new glass Skywalk. Then when we get to Disney doing the Halloween party one evening. Maybe a Disney tour if they are not fully booked.
Now I have gone on a bit too much, it was only a bump.
Hope all is well on that side of the Atlantic
Wayne.

 

[nisiemouse]

Hello Wayne,

Thanks for checking in. Glad to hear you and your family are doing well. I have never been to Vegas or Disneyland. Hope you have a wonderful and safe trip.

Liz,

Are you back from your DD's birthday cruise? I hope you had a wonderful time.

Hopefully we will have a few more people join in on this thread as our cruise gets closer.

Take care everyone,
Denise

 

[Deweysgirl]

Hi!

nisiemouse - We are back, we just got back last night. We spent Saturday and Sunday after the cruise at Disney World. The cruise was great! We loved St. Thomas, St. Marten was just ok. The best part of course, was the cruise itself and Castaway Cay. We had a wonderful time and we re-booked this cruise (3/30/08) onboard in order to pick up the 10% discount and the 100.00 onboard credit. Turns out the price of the cruise has gone up a bit since we booked so the savings was minimal but at least we got the 100.00 obc. Every little bit helps!

wayneg - I've never been to Vegas but my parents went 2 years ago and they loved it! They also booked a tour over to the Grand Canyon and they said it was one of the highlights of the trip. They want us to go with them sometime so maybe we'll get a chance to do that with them in the future. Let us know how you enjoy it.

Well, needless to say I have tons of laundry and unpacking to catch up on so I will check in with you all later.

 

[nisiemouse]

Glad you had a great time Liz. I hope you were able to keep the SPH cabins when you rebooked. Thanks for checking in.

Denise