10/6/2011 Disney Dream

[lucyem]

Discorsner I know what you mean about WDW plans - they are always changing, especially if you hang out on the disboards

Yes we are DVC and it really works out well for us. We absolutely love having the extra space. Especially with two crazy boys.

This will be our first DCL cruise and we are excited. Our last, and only cruise was 15 years ago. This will be a whole new adventure

 

[discorsner]

Discorsner I know what you mean about WDW plans - they are always changing, especially if you hang out on the disboards

Yes we are DVC and it really works out well for us. We absolutely love having the extra space. Especially with two crazy boys.

This will be our first DCL cruise and we are excited. Our last, and only cruise was 15 years ago. This will be a whole new adventure

Oh I am so excited for you for your first DCL cruise and your boys first cruise! I will warn you that you may become very addicted. We started by trying a 3 nighter on the Wonder that was combined with a WDW trip. We did the cruise portion first and we seriously didnt want to leave the ship even though we knew we were on our way to WDW. And we are SERIOUS WDW fans!

My boys will now choose the cruise over anything!

 

[dismom73]

I am so excited to see life on the thread! I don't have much time because I'm headed out to work...but I just wanted to say Hi! You guys will LOVE MNSSHP! We've done it twice, once with a WDW vacation and once as our only WDW park day right before going on the cruise, in 2009. That time we stayed at POR and really liked that resort. It's the only moderate we can do, because we are a family of 5. I will check back in later when I have more time to chat.

By the way, has everyone watched the float out video of the Dream?

 

[dismom73]

OK, home from work....
Disncorsner, thanks for starting that list! I will have to tell my group to start chiming in now that there is life on the thread. We all booked back in Feb, some even earlier and have been waiting for people to show up. I've only ever done a 7 day and those threads are nonstop chatter, so I was really surprised at how quiet the shorter cruise threads are. I'm trying to keep up with both threads since we are doing a b2b, so I will try not to confuse you guys with the 4 nighter people, no guarantees though.

Heres our info,
Me, Andrea
DH, Ryan
DD17, Ashley
DD12, Riley
DD7, Bailey (ages at time of cruise)
You already have our room info.
We are meeting up with my brother and his wife, son and in-laws from Massachusets, we are also meeting up with one of my good friends and her family (our 11 DD's are best friends), all of which traveled on their first disney cruise with us October 2009. We actually wont have the group of 26 on this one, it will be on the 4 day right before this one. We will have a group of 13 on this one. How sad will it be for the other half of our group to get off the ship on the 6th, and we get to stay on for another 3 days? Well, it wont be sad for us!

 

[discorsner]

Hi again dismom73!

I updated your info. Hopefully I got it right!

I know there isn't much chatter over here. We are booked on a 7 night all the way in 2012 and that board is on fire. Well, I am trying to get this one going a little bit even if there is only a few of us?

Yes I saw the float out of the Dream! We were watching live. It was the highlight of our day.

My DS8 said, "Mom, we are not like other people."
He said none of his friends would be this excited about a ship. I assured him there were many families on the dis that would be as excited as us.

We have never done the fish extender gifts but we would definitely participate if anyone else wanted too. We think it would be fun. Our group for our 2012 cruise is already organizing it. I feel like we are behind in this group.

If anyone wants to do then chime in!

 

[discorsner]

Hmmm..... did I scare everyone away?

 

[lucyem]

Hmmm..... did I scare everyone away?

No, still here

We watched the float out highlights afterward. My kids have no clue how big the ship will be in real life. Last month we saw some very small cruise ships and my boys were impressed. It will be great to see their faces when they see the Dream in person.

I have been following some of the other links showing some of the Dream photos. It will be neat to read what other's have to say after the first few cruises.

Also reading up on the various shore excursions for Nassau and Castaway Cay.

 

[Stephieann]

On our cruise it is myself and DH no children to tag along. I am 36 and DH is 40, of course add a year for how old we will be at cruise time... LOL. We will be in cabin 7022; we have friends that will be cruising with us also. I am trying to get here on the board here! They have 2 children but not sure if they will be joining or not. They are in cabin 7520, I think!

 

[discorsner]

On our cruise it is myself and DH no children to tag along. I am 36 and DH is 40, of course add a year for how old we will be at cruise time... LOL. We will be in cabin 7022; we have friends that will be cruising with us also. I am trying to get here on the board here! They have 2 children but not sure if they will be joining or not. They are in cabin 7520, I think!

Cool I updated your info on the list post. Now we just need to know what if anything anyone wants to do?

Do we want to meet up on the first day as a big group? For example the other cruise I am on the people have said that we will have a meet up on the first day at 3pm. Whatever anyone on here thinks is great with me! This will be my first time ever meeting anyone or chatting on the dis before a cruise so I am not sure how it usually goes!

Also, was anyone interested in doing the fish extenders?

 

[discorsner]

No, still here

We watched the float out highlights afterward. My kids have no clue how big the ship will be in real life. Last month we saw some very small cruise ships and my boys were impressed. It will be great to see their faces when they see the Dream in person.

I have been following some of the other links showing some of the Dream photos. It will be neat to read what other's have to say after the first few cruises.

Also reading up on the various shore excursions for Nassau and Castaway Cay.

Lucyem,

What things have you been researching? We are not sure what we are going to do this time either.

Previously in Nassau we have visited Atlantis twice and then just walked around the port area once. The first time we were in Nassau was no kids and we were on a different cruise line. We rented a room at Atlantis so we could use all the ammenities for the day. The last two times we have been in Nassau was with kids and on DCL. Once we just walked around the shops at the port for a few minutes and then another time when we had my parents with us and they wanted to see Atlantis so we just did the DCL excursion where we got transported over there. We walked around and did the aquarium, checked out the beautiful grounds and then headed back. It was harder on the kids because of course it was beautiful and they wanted to get in the water and couldn't because we didn't have full use of the resort. However we just said let's go back and go to the Mickey pool and they were excited! This time with the Aquaduck they will like it even better I am assuming.

So this time we are toying with the idea of not even getting off the ship. BUT, then it seems like a waste too of not doing something. Plus, it sounds like so many people stay on the ship in Nassua. Ugh... what to do?????

My kids will probably just want to stay on the Dream if I know them!

 

[discorsner]

11 months to go!!!!!!

 

[lucyem]

Lucyem,

What things have you been researching? We are not sure what we are going to do this time either.

The cruise is so short and there is a lot we want to see and do. One big reason for such a short cruise is to see how we all handle the trip without being locked in for a whole week.

So far from what I have read it sounds like staying on the boat is a good option on such a short trip. Personally I would like to see more of Nassau and it's history but that is out with the kids. Atlantis and it's water park sounds amazing but probably too much. We may just opt for the Atlantis beach/aquarium tour. That way we get off the ship, have some beach time and see Atlantis. As for Castaway Cay it will be a beach day only. I know my oldest wants to try snorkeling so I expect that will be planned.

Question for those with boys - my 8 yr old would like to know exactly what kinds of activities go on in the kids club.

 

[discorsner]

The cruise is so short and there is a lot we want to see and do. One big reason for such a short cruise is to see how we all handle the trip without being locked in for a whole week.

So far from what I have read it sounds like staying on the boat is a good option on such a short trip. Personally I would like to see more of Nassau and it's history but that is out with the kids. Atlantis and it's water park sounds amazing but probably too much. We may just opt for the Atlantis beach/aquarium tour. That way we get off the ship, have some beach time and see Atlantis. As for Castaway Cay it will be a beach day only. I know my oldest wants to try snorkeling so I expect that will be planned.

Question for those with boys - my 8 yr old would like to know exactly what kinds of activities go on in the kids club.

Well, it's been awhile but when we were last on the Wonder my boys did things like make flubber, play video games, make chocolate chip cookies, have character interactions, play games on the sports deck. Those are the things I remember. I will have to ask them when they are awake what other things I am forgetting.

However, there are probably lots of others on the boards that have lots more experience on DCL than we do!

 

[dismom73]

We are doing the 4 day sailing right before this one, so one of the days in Nassau we are planning on doing Atlantis and one of the days there we are planning on staying on the ship, we just haven't decided which cruise to do which.

 

[Stephieann]

Are we there yet?

 

[discorsner]

Are we there yet?

I hear ya! I am really wanting to be excited and count down but it seems so far away yet!

 

[dismom73]

I guess it's all relative, because I was just thinking how close we are getting! Only 10 and 1/2 months to go! Maybe because we booked almost two years out.

 

[Stephieann]

I booked 18 months out but it was on another cruise (1st part of Novemeber) then we changed it about 2 weeks ago to this one.

I am going to buy me a big bag of M&M's and do me a count down with them... LOL hopefully i will not eat them all before time to go...

 

[dismom73]

We did a paper chain before our last cruise, we made it when we had over a year to go, so the thing wrapped around our entire kitchen. We keep saying we are going to do it for this one too but just havent yet. If we do ever get around to making one it will be much shorter than the last one! With less than 10 months to go now, it's getter closer, every day!

 

[Stephieann]

We cruise this year!!!! Wooohoooo