10/22/11 Parley!! Will this get me on the ship any faster?

[minnieandmickey]

Whew... found our passports today. The first since we moved that we found them. We were starting to worry!

Looking forward to the FE work and to really get down to the planning now that we are in the final 75 days!

Had to renew mine and had to upgrade Sarah to an adult one both to the tune of $235.....not fun

 

[scorp111]

Had to renew mine and had to upgrade Sarah to an adult one both to the tune of $235.....not fun

My wife and I will both have to renew after this cruise. But we sure have had a lot of use in the last 10 years.

 

[scorp111]

Trying to plan our excursions, thinking we will do:


Castaway Cay - Stingray adventure and do the combo with snorkeling equipment, float, and bike rental. We did the wild stingrays a few years ago in Grand Cayman, but our youngest didn't get much out of it

St. Thomas - St Johns Champagne Catarmaran Sail and Snorkel

St Maarten - Just a taxi to the island zoo, and some time in Phillipsburg

At least that is what we are thinking tonight

 

[lewiskids004]

Trying to plan our excursions, thinking we will do:


Castaway Cay - Stingray adventure and do the combo with snorkeling equipment, float, and bike rental. We did the wild stingrays a few years ago in Grand Cayman, but our youngest didn't get much out of it

St. Thomas - St Johns Champagne Catarmaran Sail and Snorkel

St Maarten - Just a taxi to the island zoo, and some time in Phillipsburg

At least that is what we are thinking tonight

Grand cayman stingray city has my vote so far for my favorite excursion of all our cruises Sorry your son didnt like it as much!! Sounds like you have more fun stuff planned for this time around!

 

[scorp111]

Grand cayman stingray city has my vote so far for my favorite excursion of all our cruises Sorry your son didnt like it as much!! Sounds like you have more fun stuff planned for this time around!

He was only 2 at the time, so that probably had a lot to do with it. My wife really enjoyed it though.

But we now have booked the 2 excursions through DCL, since we just hit the 75 day mark

 

[melissa99]

Online check-in today for us newbies!!!

No excursions booked yet but I have our port arrival time and the basic info in the system

 

[wilma-bride]

Online check-in today for us newbies!!!

No excursions booked yet but I have our port arrival time and the basic info in the system

That's great Melissa. Our friends are also newbies and were able to complete online check-in this morning and secure an 11.30-12 arrival slot, which we are more than happy with.

 

[melissa99]

That's great Melissa. Our friends are also newbies and were able to complete online check-in this morning and secure an 11.30-12 arrival slot, which we are more than happy with.

We have the same arrival time. I was so glad we were able to get an early one as we would be checking out of our hotel and would have no where to go otherwise!

 

[scorp111]

Online check-in today for us newbies!!!

No excursions booked yet but I have our port arrival time and the basic info in the system

We booked the two excursions through Disney, and were able to secure the 11:30-12:00 arrival slot as well.

All of this activity makes it seem real!
Can't wait!

 

[jmjousley]

We got 11:30- 12:00 port arrival time also.
We booked the all day excursion on St. Thomas to Turtle Cove and Honeymoon Beach along with the Stingray Adventure on Castaway Cay. We are going to do Bernard's Tour on St. Maarten.

I'm still trying to decide if we want to book Palo on the last evening. There was plenty of time slots open this morning.

My kids are starting to get upset with me because they are staying home and all I have been doing lately is pouring over cruise information. My 10 year old was almost in tears when we told him we were doing the Stingray adventure. He wants to do that so bad. (bad mommy award?) I told him we were definitely planning to re-book on board for 2013. I hope they release the dates by then.

So officially we are at the 75 day mark!!

 

[minnieandmickey]

We got 11:30- 12:00 port arrival time also.
We booked the all day excursion on St. Thomas to Turtle Cove and Honeymoon Beach along with the Stingray Adventure on Castaway Cay. We are going to do Bernard's Tour on St. Maarten.

I'm still trying to decide if we want to book Palo on the last evening. There was plenty of time slots open this morning.

My kids are starting to get upset with me because they are staying home and all I have been doing lately is pouring over cruise information. My 10 year old was almost in tears when we told him we were doing the Stingray adventure. He wants to do that so bad. (bad mommy award?) I told him we were definitely planning to re-book on board for 2013. I hope they release the dates by then.

So officially we are at the 75 day mark!!

Realize if they don't release 2013 by October you can always book a "dummy" date and change it later with no penalty and you still get the 10% discount and OBC

 

[dennisbryce]

My DH and DS would like to do a bike ride in either St. Maarten or St. Thomas however they are not sure which one to do. Has anyone done either or both? Just looking for imput and other peoples experiences...

Crystal

 

[abigaillynn]

Online check-in today for us newbies!!!

No excursions booked yet but I have our port arrival time and the basic info in the system

If you decide to sign up for the Mountain Top Downhill Rainforest Trek let us know! We always do bikes at Castaway Cay too. Counting down the days. We have a couple of days at Bay Lake Tower in September because DH sister and our brother in law are coming for a long weekend Counting the days until the cruise!

 

[scorp111]

We got 11:30- 12:00 port arrival time also.
We booked the all day excursion on St. Thomas to Turtle Cove and Honeymoon Beach along with the Stingray Adventure on Castaway Cay. We are going to do Bernard's Tour on St. Maarten.

I'm still trying to decide if we want to book Palo on the last evening. There was plenty of time slots open this morning.

My kids are starting to get upset with me because they are staying home and all I have been doing lately is pouring over cruise information. My 10 year old was almost in tears when we told him we were doing the Stingray adventure. He wants to do that so bad. (bad mommy award?) I told him we were definitely planning to re-book on board for 2013. I hope they release the dates by then.

So officially we are at the 75 day mark!!

Bernard's is fantastic, as we used them on the last trip to St. Maarten. We just didn't want to do the same exact thing twice. So it will be renting a car, the zoo, a trip to Marigot, and then some Phillipsburg shopping.

 

[mdwoodman]

Good evening!

We just booked this cruise today. Looking forward to meeting everyone!

 

[wilma-bride]

Good evening!

We just booked this cruise today. Looking forward to meeting everyone!

Welcome aboard! Look forward to meeting you too, tell us a little bit more about your travelling group

 

[njprincess]

Good evening!

We just booked this cruise today. Looking forward to meeting everyone!

Welcome!

I'm Kathy traveling with my DB Frank, my Mom and my Dad, 'Master Guns' Ralph. My Dad will be happy to meet another Marine!

 

[Dyerneeds]

My kids are starting to get upset with me because they are staying home and all I have been doing lately is pouring over cruise information. My 10 year old was almost in tears when we told him we were doing the Stingray adventure. He wants to do that so bad. (bad mommy award?) I told him we were definitely planning to re-book on board for 2013. I hope they release the dates by then.

So officially we are at the 75 day mark!!

when we got back from our "family gathering" last month at WDW..both of our kids (ages 33 and 24) were depressed about coming home. Robin and i tried to hide our excitement that we'd be coming back to WDW and a Disney cruise in just 3 months. ( now just a little over 10 weeks!).

we gave them the port canaveral website so they can watch us sail away.

 

[Dyerneeds]

Realize if they don't release 2013 by October you can always book a "dummy" date and change it later with no penalty and you still get the 10% discount and OBC

we're going to book 2 cruises this time so we always have a "backup" that we can transfer later.

 

[Dyerneeds]

Good evening!

We just booked this cruise today. Looking forward to meeting everyone!

Welcome! I'm Mike and will be celebrating 36 years of wedded bliss with my lovely bride Robin, aka Tart Annihilator.