10-Oct-2009 - Eastern Magic St. Croix

[JeanC]

Welcome, Barb!

My husband and I are retired and are also taking this cruise. I see you are a DVC member. What is your home resort? We joined DVC in 1994 and love it. We have ownership at OKW (just added more points last summer), VB and HHI. Have you cruised DCL before?

Jean

 

[DenverVal]

Hi Barb! It's great to see returning friends! Whatever happened to our Colorado thread??

 

[Mickey02]

Hi Barb! It's great to see returning friends! Whatever happened to our Colorado thread??

Hi Val!- Wasn't sure you remembered me. We have a new one and there are
several new Colorado people on it. I was surprised that there are so many Dis member that live in Colorado!

Here is the link:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1750688&page=64

 

[Mickey02]

Welcome, Barb!

My husband and I are retired and are also taking this cruise. I see you are a DVC member. What is your home resort? We joined DVC in 1994 and love it. We have ownership at OKW (just added more points last summer), VB and HHI. Have you cruised DCL before?

Jean

Hi Jean!- We have been DVC since 2003. I LOVE it! Never regreted it for a minute. We own in 2 resorts. Beach Club and Saratoga. I would love to buy in one more but gotta pay off these first Blah!

We have cruised 2 times on Disney before in 2002 & 2004 both 7 day. We took a cruise to Hawaii in 2006 but it was not on Disney so it doesn't count. Sure wish Disney would go to Hawaii. My daughter gradutates college in 2 years and I would love to take her on a Hawaiian cruise.

 

[MJGirl]

Hi

Mind if I join in? I booked this cruise the other day. Me & Dh, DD 21
Have not read the thread yet but plan to.

Welcome aboard Barb. Another DVCer here... Bought into AKV last year. Love it! I would love to buy into Contemporary, but like you, want to pay off akv first !

I got very frustrated. I gave up after 1 1/2 hours and then thought about it again and opened the window and I got in and booked everything I wanted. Wasn't so lucky for my tablemates. They wanted the dolphin swim in Puerto Vallarta but I couldn't get it for them. Also Palo was screwed up. I couldn't get a table for 8 for dinner and when I selected the brunch, by the time I confirmed it, it was gone.

Sorry things went so horrible for you. I had 3 tours booked before the crash, but forgot to submit them so lost them. When I finally got back in, I was able to get them back. I was all complete by 1:30, mind you I was only booking for two of us. I got brunch for my daughter and I, but am relying on the solo group getting the Private room for dinner, as the menu is too adventurous for Kirstyn.

 

[DenverVal]

Hi Val!- Wasn't sure you remembered me. We have a new one and there are several new Colorado people on it. I was surprised that there are so many Dis member that live in Colorado!

Here is the link:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1750688&page=64

Of course I remember you, now I'll finally get to sail with you too! Thanks for the link - 64 pages!

We're taking a Hawaiian cruise this summer, not Disney, but it definitely counts! It will be interesting to see the differences between the cruise lines. I have to say that booking excursions is DEFINITELY nicer on NCL. You can book "whenever", even long before final payment. No nasty awful middle-of-the-night ressie rush.

 

[Mickey02]

MJ-Is the Contemporary going to have DVC? I have head so many rumors but never heard anything definite. I would Definitely buy Contemporary if it was available. Walking distance to Magic Kingdom!! I'm In!

Val-My sister and I have been kicking around the idea of taking a NCL cruise next April for my Mom and Dad's 60th anniversary. I have looked at the ships on-line and they look nice, prices are not that bad either. When we went to Hawaii in 2006 one of their ships was docked where we were. Our ship looked tiny next to that one! I love the fact that when you open up their website they have so many places to choose from. I LOVED LOVED LOVED Hawaii. It is so beautiful there. I would love to go back!

 

[MJGirl]

MJ-Is the Contemporary going to have DVC? I have head so many rumors but never heard anything definite. I would Definitely buy Contemporary if it was available. Walking distance to Magic Kingdom!! I'm In!

I have no inside track... I am just speculating, but I sure hope so!!!!

 

[DenverVal]

Val-My sister and I have been kicking around the idea of taking a NCL cruise next April for my Mom and Dad's 60th anniversary. I have looked at the ships on-line and they look nice, prices are not that bad either. When we went to Hawaii in 2006 one of their ships was docked where we were. Our ship looked tiny next to that one! I love the fact that when you open up their website they have so many places to choose from. I LOVED LOVED LOVED Hawaii. It is so beautiful there. I would love to go back!

I'll be sure to let you know what I think of NCL and freestyle once I've experienced it. I love Hawaii too - this will be my sixth trip!

 

[Mickey02]

Val-The NCL you fly to Hawaii then cruise around the islands right? When we went we sailed from San Diego then around the islands. Didn't get to spend much time on the islands but it was wonderful. I sure wish Disney would go to Hawaii.

I am sooo excited that they are building a DVC resort in Hawaii!!

 

[DenverVal]

We're actually flying to the Big Island to enjoy our favorite island for a week, then 7 days of cruising to introduce my kids to all the major islands.

 

[Mickey02]

Val-Sounds like an awesome trip. When my daughter graduates from college I want to take her on a cruise to Hawaii. I have been debating on which cruise to take. The one where the majority of the trip is cruising or the one where you spend more time on the islands. She didn't get to go with us last year because she was in school.

 

[Mickey02]

Good Morning everyone!

I curious why did you all pick this cruise? I know I picked it because it fell exactly on the dates that my daughter is out for Fall break. I don't know anything about St Croix

 

[winotracy]

I picked it due to work. I can't really get away in January to March and I wanted to do both the Tortola and St. Croix Eastern cruises. I picked May for Tortola and October for St. Croix. November is too close to Thanksgiving and I get stressed with vacations too close to the holidays (though that didn't stop me this year LOL). I also like cruising in September or October so it fit.

 

[MJGirl]

I picked this cruise because October 12 is the Canadian Thanksgiving and I only need 4 days off work.

 

[DenverVal]

Tracy twisted my arm. I turned around and twisted Donna's arm (dletz).

The school schedule dictated a later fall sailing. I wanted to sail to one of the new ports, wanted to sail with Disney, needed to make sure my daughter, who will be a senior in HS that year, won't miss any of the mandatory stuff required for graduation which is all at the beginning and end of the school year. She's pretty pleased that we will be celebrating her birthday onboard.

 

[winotracy]

Tracy twisted my arm. I turned around and twisted Donna's arm (dletz).

The school schedule dictated a later fall sailing. I wanted to sail to one of the new ports, wanted to sail with Disney, needed to make sure my daughter, who will be a senior in HS that year, won't miss any of the mandatory stuff required for graduation which is all at the beginning and end of the school year. She's pretty pleased that we will be celebrating her birthday onboard.

And with me

 

[Mickey02]

Tracy twisted my arm. I turned around and twisted Donna's arm (dletz).

The school schedule dictated a later fall sailing. I wanted to sail to one of the new ports, wanted to sail with Disney, needed to make sure my daughter, who will be a senior in HS that year, won't miss any of the mandatory stuff required for graduation which is all at the beginning and end of the school year. She's pretty pleased that we will be celebrating her birthday onboard.

That is the sign of a true friend Someone that will twist your arm to go on a cruise with them!

 

[Mickey02]

Has anyone done any research on St Croix? I know nothing about it. The pictures are pretty!

 

[DenverVal]

That is the sign of a true friend Someone that will twist your arm to go on a cruise with them!

Is the true friend the twister or the twistee??

Actually we had an onboard booking for which only the date was in question. Tracy "made" me change it to her date, and I happily obliged.

I think I'll start looking into the ports sometime next fall. This cruise is so far away still!