Sounds good. We live about 50 miles from Port Canaveral and plan on getting there around 11 am. Usually we don't get to Port Canaveral until about 2 and go straight to the room, but we figured with the little one with us this time it would be fun to get there early, eat lunch and hang out to try to catch some characters for photographs, etc.
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Mousebrat & LadyShiva - Glad to see there will be folks bringing some tinyl youngsters along. I really debated about whether or not Ben was too young for this kind of trip. But, I think the kids will have a good time even if they are not able to be in "bigger kid clubs".
We are really looking forward to Castaway Cay. Ben loves the water and since he can't swim in the onboard pools, it will probably be our only chance to swim!
We are really looking forward to Castaway Cay. Ben loves the water and since he can't swim in the onboard pools, it will probably be our only chance to swim!
DS (Brec) also loves the water. Even though he can't swim onboard I think that he will really enjoy the new water feature for the toddlers. Of course, I think that I will enjoy it as well! I can't wait to see his face when he sees Mickey for the first time. He loves Chuck E. Cheese so I don't think we will have any issues.
I've packed his speed boat float for him to sit on at Castaway Cay along with a basket of beach toys to build sand castles and such. I just hope he doesn't swallow the salt water. He loves to guzzle the water in the bath tub.
I've packed his speed boat float for him to sit on at Castaway Cay along with a basket of beach toys to build sand castles and such. I just hope he doesn't swallow the salt water. He loves to guzzle the water in the bath tub.
Carolyn,
Welcome!!
Lisa and I are just down the hall from you as well in 7070. There are quite a few of us up on deck 5.
So, sing along with me everybody.....
TOOOOO-----MORROW
TOMORROW, WE'RE LEAVING TOMORROW,
IT'S ONLY A DAAAAAY, AAAAAAA---WAAAAAY!!!!!
Safe travels everyone,
Linda
Welcome!!
Lisa and I are just down the hall from you as well in 7070. There are quite a few of us up on deck 5.
So, sing along with me everybody.....
TOOOOO-----MORROW
TOMORROW, WE'RE LEAVING TOMORROW,
IT'S ONLY A DAAAAAY, AAAAAAA---WAAAAAY!!!!!
Safe travels everyone,
Linda
Hi Carolyn!
Welcome! My 'cast' consists of me, my DH and our DD 5 (Maddie Rose). This is our first cruise. We'll be at port by 1pm/1:30. We're in room 5622. Hope to get to the DIS meet at 3pm!
Thanks all about the allergy med advice! Silly allergies are causing both her and I to have so much fun! not!! ha ha ha ha. DH found special vitamin lollipops for kids when he was picking up the Claritin and my allergy meds! This will help especially during our flight!
Question - DH doesn't want to bring a Jacket for "dress up night" attire. He has nice dress pants, polo shirt, dress shoes. I'm not sweating but don't want him to get there and then regret it. Ya know what I mean?
CAN WE SAY IT...... WE ARE HOURS AWAY !!!!! YAHOOO!!!!!
Take care!
Welcome! My 'cast' consists of me, my DH and our DD 5 (Maddie Rose). This is our first cruise. We'll be at port by 1pm/1:30. We're in room 5622. Hope to get to the DIS meet at 3pm!
Thanks all about the allergy med advice! Silly allergies are causing both her and I to have so much fun! not!! ha ha ha ha. DH found special vitamin lollipops for kids when he was picking up the Claritin and my allergy meds! This will help especially during our flight!
Question - DH doesn't want to bring a Jacket for "dress up night" attire. He has nice dress pants, polo shirt, dress shoes. I'm not sweating but don't want him to get there and then regret it. Ya know what I mean?
CAN WE SAY IT...... WE ARE HOURS AWAY !!!!! YAHOOO!!!!!
Take care!
It was fun to meet all of you on the cruise. Throughout the cruise I chatted with Brandie and Carolyn several times and waved at Christina at Tritons during breakfast. For those of you that I didn't see, how was your cruise??
Lisa and I had a fabulous time, truly one of the best vacations that we have ever had. We had only one disappointment however, we were not able to do the Dolphin Encounter. When the itinerary changed, brunch was changed as well. By the time we got back from brunch to find the messages and the note about the shore excursions and called guest services to re-schedule the time they were already full. Oh well...there WILL be another cruise.
We were able to shop way too much in Nassau and found a diamond ring to match the one that Lisa gave me, so it all worked out extremely well.
We totally enjoyed both our dinner and brunch at Palo, our verandah, many many fruity drinks, the quiet peace of the beach at Serenity Bay, our wonderful servers and the service in general, napping, reading, meeting our dining table mates and trying to converse with 2 of them in a mix of Japanese, English, "sign language" and other funny faces and gestures....in short just about everything connected with the cruise experience in general. The only thing we definitely did NOT enjoy was getting off the ship this morning. I actually got all teary eyed.
Let's keep in touch,
Linda
Lisa and I had a fabulous time, truly one of the best vacations that we have ever had. We had only one disappointment however, we were not able to do the Dolphin Encounter. When the itinerary changed, brunch was changed as well. By the time we got back from brunch to find the messages and the note about the shore excursions and called guest services to re-schedule the time they were already full. Oh well...there WILL be another cruise.
We were able to shop way too much in Nassau and found a diamond ring to match the one that Lisa gave me, so it all worked out extremely well.
We totally enjoyed both our dinner and brunch at Palo, our verandah, many many fruity drinks, the quiet peace of the beach at Serenity Bay, our wonderful servers and the service in general, napping, reading, meeting our dining table mates and trying to converse with 2 of them in a mix of Japanese, English, "sign language" and other funny faces and gestures....in short just about everything connected with the cruise experience in general. The only thing we definitely did NOT enjoy was getting off the ship this morning. I actually got all teary eyed.
Let's keep in touch,
Linda
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I agree, it was nice meeting everyone!!!
Did everyone get home without problems? Fiona did better on this plane ride than the last one, so that was a relief.
We had a nice day to relax at AKL before getting on the plane the next day. The weird part was all the screaming people at AKL. Lotsa unhappy people (kiddo and parents). Very strange.
Oooh, oh, oh! The ickiest thing happened at Boma that night... Someone POOPED in the waiting area in plain sight of all the people in that lobby and NO ONE did anything!!!! I found out in the bathroom while washing my hands when a very IRATE mom came in with a dirty shoe and foot! She had slipped in the poo!
I walked up to the receptionist and let her know, and she had a horrified look on her face! Can you BELIEVE THAT???
Brandie
Did everyone get home without problems? Fiona did better on this plane ride than the last one, so that was a relief.
We had a nice day to relax at AKL before getting on the plane the next day. The weird part was all the screaming people at AKL. Lotsa unhappy people (kiddo and parents). Very strange.
Oooh, oh, oh! The ickiest thing happened at Boma that night... Someone POOPED in the waiting area in plain sight of all the people in that lobby and NO ONE did anything!!!! I found out in the bathroom while washing my hands when a very IRATE mom came in with a dirty shoe and foot! She had slipped in the poo!
I walked up to the receptionist and let her know, and she had a horrified look on her face! Can you BELIEVE THAT???Brandie
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LadyShiva,
We too decided to stay at AKL and for some reason it was a complete zoo (yes, pun intended). We checked in early on Thursday around 10:00am and that is when the trouble started. We noticed that our room seemed very small (queen + bunk). Later in the day I went down to the desk and asked if we were in fact in the right room. I had originally booked Concierge, Savanna view Deluxe (didn't want concierge, but that was all that was available when I booked, so I took it). What we got was a standard room and buried deep in their computer was a note saying that were were "downgraded". We were never told when we checked in, and the rate was not changed either!!! Well, they did some quick fumbling around and lowered our rate and apolojized, but that wasn't going to work for us. We are a family of 6 so trying to make it in such a small room would have really ended badly.
Up to the 6th floor concierge desk and 15 minutes with the lady sitting at the desk was getting me nowhere. I asked to be heard by the next in line which was the manager. 15 more minutes and we were offered joining rooms overlooking the pool. Again, no good for us, as I would have been putting 2 kids in a seperate room (yes joined by a door), but the kids are 6 and 8. And I didn't go to AKL to look at the pool. Another 15 minutes and I asked to speak with the next in charge. Then came the duty manager. Another 15 minutes and we finally got upgraded to a 2 bedroom suite overlooking one of the savanna's. 2 bedrooms, kitchen, family room 2 1/2 baths. Yup, that was the perfect way to end the vacation!!! I looked it up on-line and that room goes for 1,500.00 per night. They simply didn't have any other rooms, or even a one bedroom suite so they had to concede.
I hate (repeat hate) having to make a stink about these types of things, but in 5 years of going to disney, and this year doing the cruise we spent a lot of money with WDC and I wasn't going to let them downgrade us in any way. It was also a good lesson for my 8 yo daughter in what I called "playing hardball". We played hardball on the beach in Nassau when they wanted 30 dollars for 2 chairs and an umbrella. We settled at 20, but not after a brief "no thanks" and walking away. Life lessions on vacation.
I have so much to say about our cruise, I'll try and compose a post sometime this week with pictures of the Walt Suite which was, well, yup, everything I hoped it to be...
Regards,
Roveer
We too decided to stay at AKL and for some reason it was a complete zoo (yes, pun intended). We checked in early on Thursday around 10:00am and that is when the trouble started. We noticed that our room seemed very small (queen + bunk). Later in the day I went down to the desk and asked if we were in fact in the right room. I had originally booked Concierge, Savanna view Deluxe (didn't want concierge, but that was all that was available when I booked, so I took it). What we got was a standard room and buried deep in their computer was a note saying that were were "downgraded". We were never told when we checked in, and the rate was not changed either!!! Well, they did some quick fumbling around and lowered our rate and apolojized, but that wasn't going to work for us. We are a family of 6 so trying to make it in such a small room would have really ended badly.
Up to the 6th floor concierge desk and 15 minutes with the lady sitting at the desk was getting me nowhere. I asked to be heard by the next in line which was the manager. 15 more minutes and we were offered joining rooms overlooking the pool. Again, no good for us, as I would have been putting 2 kids in a seperate room (yes joined by a door), but the kids are 6 and 8. And I didn't go to AKL to look at the pool. Another 15 minutes and I asked to speak with the next in charge. Then came the duty manager. Another 15 minutes and we finally got upgraded to a 2 bedroom suite overlooking one of the savanna's. 2 bedrooms, kitchen, family room 2 1/2 baths. Yup, that was the perfect way to end the vacation!!! I looked it up on-line and that room goes for 1,500.00 per night. They simply didn't have any other rooms, or even a one bedroom suite so they had to concede.
I hate (repeat hate) having to make a stink about these types of things, but in 5 years of going to disney, and this year doing the cruise we spent a lot of money with WDC and I wasn't going to let them downgrade us in any way. It was also a good lesson for my 8 yo daughter in what I called "playing hardball". We played hardball on the beach in Nassau when they wanted 30 dollars for 2 chairs and an umbrella. We settled at 20, but not after a brief "no thanks" and walking away. Life lessions on vacation.
I have so much to say about our cruise, I'll try and compose a post sometime this week with pictures of the Walt Suite which was, well, yup, everything I hoped it to be...
Regards,
Roveer
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Yup, booked on-line at the Disney website. They had all of our contact info, they could have called us at any time. Even verified with a Disney person prior to leaving and never a peep of a problem. It all worked out, but it took a lot of persuading on my part. When I apolojized to the Duty manager for having to make a stink, he said, that I was not a problem at all. He said, that he was able to crack a joke with me in the middle of our discussion. He used to work at the Grand Floridian where people are not as nice when things go wrong.
AKL is always booked and I'm struggleing to understand why... Nothing like sitting on your balcony with the smell of, well animal poop wafting through the air. Kids didn't really seem that interested in the animals anyway, and on Saturday we ended up going back to the MK (bus of course), and I hate having to fold up the double stroller. We are a monorail family, have been for 5 years, just guess we confirmed that with AKL. I guess someday that will change, but for now, I enjoy all of disney through my kids eyes.
Regards,
Roveer
AKL is always booked and I'm struggleing to understand why... Nothing like sitting on your balcony with the smell of, well animal poop wafting through the air. Kids didn't really seem that interested in the animals anyway, and on Saturday we ended up going back to the MK (bus of course), and I hate having to fold up the double stroller. We are a monorail family, have been for 5 years, just guess we confirmed that with AKL. I guess someday that will change, but for now, I enjoy all of disney through my kids eyes.
Regards,
Roveer
Hi all!
Same here ... my trip report is going to take me this week and into next... I hope!
Dawn.... Hubby is working to get the Family Reunion on the CRUISE!!!! cross fingers!!! May 3rd would be PERRRRRRFECT!!!!!!
I wore white to work today.... to show off tan/sunburn! ha ha ha ha ha
Same here ... my trip report is going to take me this week and into next... I hope!
Dawn.... Hubby is working to get the Family Reunion on the CRUISE!!!! cross fingers!!! May 3rd would be PERRRRRRFECT!!!!!!
I wore white to work today.... to show off tan/sunburn! ha ha ha ha ha
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Heya, all!
So the in-laws have descended on my house... They'll be here until Thursday morning. Wish me luck!
Oh, and -that's- the reason I can't write the rest of my report... really! That and the fact that I only have left "...and then we got off the ship..."
Beautiful day here in Denver, by the way. High in the 60's.
Hey, Roveer, are you going to make a trip report? I'd love to see the pictures of the cabin and the AKL rooms.
Talk to you guys later!
Brandie
So the in-laws have descended on my house... They'll be here until Thursday morning. Wish me luck!
Oh, and -that's- the reason I can't write the rest of my report... really! That and the fact that I only have left "...and then we got off the ship..."
Beautiful day here in Denver, by the way. High in the 60's.
Hey, Roveer, are you going to make a trip report? I'd love to see the pictures of the cabin and the AKL rooms.
Talk to you guys later!
Brandie
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