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

[SueNFla]

Hi ya'll. I haven't posted in a while, but wanted to welcome all the new folks on board. I'm interested in the meet & greet, so include me and my daughter in the plans. This is our 2nd Disney cruise and my daughter just loves the camp. She's 7 and I won't expect to see much of her for 4 days.

 

[SueNFla]

I got my cruise docs today and my cabin assignment...anyone else???

 

[wayneg]

I got my cruise docs today and my cabin assignment...anyone else???

Lucky you, been expecting ours any day now. 2 weeks and 1 day to work now. Getting so close.

 

[LostGirls]

Sue, thanks for the "heads up". I can now begin to stalk our UPS driver!
We have been SO sick with the flu - I was down for 6 days, my DD 10 missed 3 days of school and my DD 6 missed 5 days! Hubby came down with it the night before last. We are SO ready for some sunshine!!!

 

[wayneg]

Sue, thanks for the "heads up". I can now begin to stalk our UPS driver!
We have been SO sick with the flu - I was down for 6 days, my DD 10 missed 3 days of school and my DD 6 missed 5 days! Hubby came down with it the night before last. We are SO ready for some sunshine!!!

Better getting it now than on your vacation. I have just had a cold for 3 weeks, almost over now thankfully.
I keep expecting the very nice UPS driver to knock on the door but nothing yet.

 

[SueNFla]

Sue, thanks for the "heads up". I can now begin to stalk our UPS driver!
We have been SO sick with the flu - I was down for 6 days, my DD 10 missed 3 days of school and my DD 6 missed 5 days! Hubby came down with it the night before last. We are SO ready for some sunshine!!!

I was just emailed by my TA after advising her that I had happily received my docs from Disney. She said she was shocked, because normally they don't send them out until 2 wks prior to sail date. Keep that in mind for those waiting for the man in brown UPS

 

[nisiemouse]

Sue, thanks for the "heads up". I can now begin to stalk our UPS driver!
We have been SO sick with the flu - I was down for 6 days, my DD 10 missed 3 days of school and my DD 6 missed 5 days! Hubby came down with it the night before last. We are SO ready for some sunshine!!!

Welcome to everyone who is new. I haven't posted in awhile. Things have been crazy lately. Dh, ds10, and myself have all been so sick as well. Our 2 year old refrigerator quit working this week. Thankfully it was fixed yesterday.
We have 6 inches of snow here in Ky. We got our documents yesterday as well as the other two families we are traveling with. It is hard to believe we are so close.

 

[LostGirls]

We received our docs today. No upgrade (Just a tad disappointed because we did get an upgrade last time - guess lightening doesn't strike twice!)
I really hope we all can stay healthy and get there - while everyone in our family is now vertical, there were 11 kids out sick in DD 6's class today! That is like an epidemic! Yuck!

 

[wayneg]

They tried to deliver ours yesterday, left a note saying they will try again today. Unfortunately we are both out all day again. Left a message on door for them to bring to my store or ring me, I can be there in 2-3 minutes. Lets see what they do.
I checked online last night, no upgrade for us either. Only got upgrade on our 1st cruise, never since, don't mind though we only used the verandah once for about 10 minutes all 4 nights.
11 days from now we will be on our way to the airport.

 

[Deweysgirl]

No upgrade for us either. Sailed 4 times and never an upgrade. I am completely happy with what we booked though, like Wayne said, I don't think we'll miss the verandah.

Good luck to those of you still waiting..

Hope everyone is feeling better soon!

 

[wayneg]

They re-delivered yesterday. Left them with a neighbour. Filled them in this afternoon. Also been printing and laminating our door magnets.
Just deciding which bottle of bubbly to have waiting for us in our cabin now
Pic below what I ordered on last cruise

 

[newfie123]

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?

Myself (Bev), DH (Troy), DD (Victoria, 14) and DS (Adam, 9). We are category 10. 1st time on a Disney Cruise. We are so excited but have no idea what to expect. Hope there is lots for teens to do.

 

[wayneg]

Welcome Bev and Family.

Looks like a lot of teens on this cruise so hopefully they will all have a great time, our Son will but he has been on 3 Disney cruises before so knows what to expect.

Just had a look this evening, only cat 5 rooms showing. Maybe it is going to be a full cruise.

 

[newfie123]

Thanks for the welcome. We are in the middle of a major snow storm here in Newfoundland. We have about 40 cm now and looks like another 15 - 20 more coming over night. Everything shut down. Winds are about 100 kms/hr. We are so looking forward to sunshine after today.

We are leaving on the 21st and going to Disney Pop Century for 5 nights, Hard Rock at Universal for three nights and then we have one night before the cruise. Not sure if we should head to port canaveral and stay in a hotel there before the cruise.

 

[wayneg]

We never get snow like that anymore, we used to when I was young (30+ years go ), it was here for weeks but recently we just get a covering and goes again within hours.

We always drive over to the port on the morning we sail. Get up, have breakfast and get to port for doors opening.

Soon be seeing these

And my Fave dessert.

 

[Holly Harbor]

Glad to see that there are two more in that age category that our grandkids can meet. My whole family thinks that I am BONKERS because of all the time I spend on these boards "educating" myself...and for their benefit too, I might add! They have eleven more school days and work days before we head south and they are starting to count the days as much as I am. DH and I are just blessed to be retired! DGD (10) has helped me with some t-shirts and magnets. The teenaged grandsons mostly fantasize about playing basketball high up on the ship.

Today the temperature here reached 76 degrees under a beautiful Carolina Blue sky; but we're not ready to say that Spring has arrived. You folks who are still fighting snow, I feel your pain. I like maybe one four-inch snow per winter. This year we've only had a couple dustings, but at least no ice storms. We are all ready for the Caribbean!

When our documents came this week, I decided I'd keep them with me until we get to Country Inn and Suites at Port Canaveral. DS and DD will have enough to do getting themselves and kids ready and dogs to the kennel. I'm trusting that they can remember their passports!

See You soon

 

[newfie123]

My kids are looking forward to meeting your grandchildren. Finally stopped snowing here. You wouldn't believe the amount of snow we have. My friend sent me a picture this morning. When she opened her front door, all you could see was an imprint of her door in the snow. Her whole entrance was covered in.

We are counting down the days now. Three more work days for me and four days of school for the kids.

I am spending too much time on this chat line as well. What are these magnets that everyone is doing?

 

[Holly Harbor]

Bev, your description of your friend's snowed-in entryway reminds me of the picture that has circulated the Internet of a guy in the same situation. When he opened his door you could see that he was using the snow as a refrigerator to cool his drinks. He had inserted them horizontally and all you could see were the bases of the bottles.

About the magnets: On the Disney Cruise Line Forum there is a thread "What does your magnet look like?"...or something like that. It has 184 pages on it; so you might say it has been pretty popular through the years. It's probably on page 3 or 4 of the forum now. Some folks like them, some don't. I had fun doing them for the doors of our three staterooms. I figure it will make it easier for the younger kids to find their room. I want to warn you, it can be addictive. Oh well, I'm still trying to decide what I'll be when I grow up.

Jackie

 

[wayneg]

Hi everyone, gone thru all the posts and put all the info on my website, I am hopeless at remembering names so this is easiest way for me, If I have anything wrong or you want anything adding or taking away let me know.
Sorry if I have missed anything. Its bottom link on left of my homepage.
http://www.astersflorist.co.uk/

This was our door with magnets Oct 2005. I have done something similar for this trip.

 

[Deweysgirl]

Welcome Bev and Family!

Wayne those chocolates and bubbly look wonderful! My folks are celebrating onboard, their anniversary is April 1st and I would like to surprise them with somethng like that, where do I go to order it?

Your door magnets look great! I hope I have enough time to get something together for our doors too.

Jackie - thanks for the magnet info, I'm off to find that page...