05/09/2009 May 9, 2009 7-Night Eastern St Maarten... Watch Out!

[scottie]

There were no Bahama forms either, which I thought were in the packet last time. Does anyone know if these are still required?

I have not been on a 7-night cruise before, but I was thinking the Bahama form were only needed on the shorter cruises becuase the 3/4 night cruises stop in Nassau?

 

[scottie]

If you are looking for some more DCL planning info to read to help the time pass, there is a great section on this site that has scans of navigators. I found myself reading the most recent 7-night one posted this morning.

Link
http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/cruise-new/cr-stateroom-navigator.htm

 

[j2bmickey]

I have not been on a 7-night cruise before, but I was thinking the Bahama form were only needed on the shorter cruises becuase the 3/4 night cruises stop in Nassau?

We needed them for the last 7-night since technically (even though Disney owns it) Castaway Cay is in the Bahamas.

Maybe Disney is slowly taking over the Caribbean and getting rules changed (similar to no more early immigration on St. Thomas).

 

[j2bmickey]

We needed them for the last 7-night since technically (even though Disney owns it) Castaway Cay is in the Bahamas.

Maybe Disney is slowly taking over the Caribbean and getting rules changed (similar to no more early immigration on St. Thomas).

I just went and did a quick search and it looks like they are not required any more:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2102764&highlight=bahama+form


So Disney IS starting to take over the Caribbean. Soon the islands will begin to form a hidden Mickey.

 

[scottie]

We needed them for the last 7-night since technically (even though Disney owns it) Castaway Cay is in the Bahamas.

Maybe Disney is slowly taking over the Caribbean and getting rules changed (similar to no more early immigration on St. Thomas).

So much for my theory... I forgot Castaway Cay isnt on its own planet of perfection!

Thanks for the link to the thread!

 

[MouseNDaHouse]

We got our docs today. They were just left on the side porch - no signature. It was nice to look on the luggage tags and see the Cat. 9 printed there (we had booked the gty. cat. 12).

I bought some paper today and ink for my computer so that I can work on making my door signs. Of course, I have my FE gifts to finish. I think there are 27 cabins. Please let me know if that is not the right count. I have made 9 of my gifts and 18 more to go. Oh my, I need to get those done, don't I?

Oh, and ladies - I found some good deals today at Chicos. The lady at the register who tried to figure out my return and the coupons that I had and the new purchase said she was doing "Chiconomics."

I went to the Disney Outlet yesterday and didn't really find anything but a couple of bags (you know the kind you carry purchases in that are fabric- like you buy at the grocery store.) They are too cute. One is for Earth Day. We should be able to see the Disney Earth movie while on board. Oh, the fun.

Hey there - for your door signs - are you making magnets? Where do you get the magnetic backing/paper? I want to create some myself, but have never done it...

 

[DisneyMommy1022]

I don't know if this will help at all but what I did was I created my door sign then printed it out on to a nice paper. I have a laminator so I laminated them and then at Walmart they sell rolls of magnetic and I cut 1" pieces and put one in each corner. I have made about 30 or so and still have tons of the magnetic left. I tried them on the fridge to see if they would stay when the door was opened and then closed and it worked great and saved me a ton of money because the sheets of magnetic paper are like $20.00 for 5-7 sheets.

 

[ufcabear]

I just bought some cute beach type scrapbook paper and will print the signs on them. I will also laminate mine and put magnetic tape on the back.

 

[DisneyMommy1022]

Well UPS was here and brought me my docs!!! Didn't have to sign or anything.

 

[scottie]

I was chatting with my DD's this morning about the new Dine and Play option and they liked the idea of being able to join us for a bit and eat then escape to the club. I like the fact the counslers will take them so we dont have to leave the table for an extended period.

 

[MouseNDaHouse]

I was chatting with my DD's this morning about the new Dine and Play option and they liked the idea of being able to join us for a bit and eat then escape to the club. I like the fact the counslers will take them so we dont have to leave the table for an extended period.

Yeah. I would love that if I had kids old enough to stay up that late!! Then mommy and daddy could sneak off for a nightcap or ten...I mean two...

 

[lyn9856]

I was chatting with my DD's this morning about the new Dine and Play option and they liked the idea of being able to join us for a bit and eat then escape to the club. I like the fact the counslers will take them so we dont have to leave the table for an extended period.

From my view this sounds great! I love to see the littlies having fun throughout the cruise, and dinner is no exception. But equally...........be nice to linger over latter part of dinner and see the adults having fun

Hope there are some children left for me to see and play with though..or I may have to beg borrow or kidnap a few

 

[MouseNDaHouse]

From my view this sounds great! I love to see the littlies having fun throughout the cruise, and dinner is no exception. But equally...........be nice to linger over latter part of dinner and see the adults having fun

Hope there are some children left for me to see and play with though..or I may have to beg borrow or kidnap a few

Way to make me feel comfortable, Lyn. I'll let you see my daughters...just don't try and grab one for your own nefarious uses!

 

[lyn9856]

Way to make me feel comfortable, Lyn. I'll let you see my daughters...just don't try and grab one for your own nefarious uses!

Oh! I didnt mean anything! Am very embarrassed.

 

[MouseNDaHouse]

Oh! I didnt mean anything! Am very embarrassed.

No worries! I was just playing!!

 

[scottie]

From my view this sounds great! I love to see the littlies having fun throughout the cruise, and dinner is no exception. But equally...........be nice to linger over latter part of dinner and see the adults having fun

Hope there are some children left for me to see and play with though..or I may have to beg borrow or kidnap a few

No fear, I imagine we will have at least one kid hanging around with us through the whole dinner hour a number of nights. You can come visit with them any time you wish at our table... or better yet maybe I will send one over to your table to visit so we can relax at ours!

Just pull your dessert plates on over to our table and we can chat!

 

[scottie]

Yeah. I would love that if I had kids old enough to stay up that late!! Then mommy and daddy could sneak off for a nightcap or ten...I mean two...

You have NO idea how that magic of a Disney ship can make kids stay up to all hours of the night! And then of course crash by the pool the next afternoon!

 

[scottie]

Well UPS was here and brought me my docs!!! Didn't have to sign or anything.

Ours docs came too... happy dance!

Found it kind of odd that a page was included and completed already for onboard airline check in- when we didnt purchase transfers, are not using one of their approved carriers and leave a couple days after the cruise is over! Guess it is just one of those automated things DCL does!

 

[scottie]

I guess I should have hid the cruise doc packs... DW was just looking through them and noticed that we have 10 luggage tags between all of us. She reminded me that means she can pack 10 suitcases worth of stuff, YIKES!

I quickly reminded her we need to tip for each bag at the hotels and port and there are only so many our driver can fit into his trunk... hope I was able to convince her to slim down the packing a bit!

 

[DisneyMommy1022]

From my view this sounds great! I love to see the littlies having fun throughout the cruise, and dinner is no exception. But equally...........be nice to linger over latter part of dinner and see the adults having fun

Hope there are some children left for me to see and play with though..or I may have to beg borrow or kidnap a few

No kidnaping needed you can pick my 2 dd's up on Sat. at 12noon and we will see you when the trip is over!!!!!!