11/01/03 Eastern Cruisers, I know you're out there!!!

[grimgrinnin]

Thumpersmom -
Just watched the weather. We're supposed to have rain this weekend. That's good for us Phoenicians!

This is our first cruise. It will be DW and I, both 32. We are CDN's (Certified Disney Nuts). I proposed to DW at the top of Splash Mountain, right before the drop (and it's been down-hill ever since *rimshot*). We honeymooned at WDW, of course.

We are sooo excited about the cruise.



Can't wait for the open-air cabana massage at Cataway Cay!


grim

 

[Thumpersmom]

It's our luck that it is going to rain-it is supposed to be around 80 degrees here at home.

We honeymooned at WDW too! We just celebrated our 10 year anniversary last June with a week stay at the Beach Club and the Western 7 day cruise. It is sooo great and you will love all of the "Magic"!

Our Splash Mtn. memory is being on the drop at midnight to welcome in 1995! It is also our son's favorite ride and it was a bummer it was closed the beg. of this month for his birthday trip!

I'm sure we will get in at least one more Disneyland trip before too long...

Kristina

 

[goofysgirl]

Okay here we are....me, DH, and the three princesses, 15,12,and 8. This is our fourth cruise, 2 4-days and the Magic last year. Twhipple I think we were on the same cruise as you last year on the Magic.
Alas we are not from NJ but are your neighbors in Connecticut. After this winter i am looking forward to the sun. It is finally crawling into the 50's here, so we don't have much to be joyous about. But then again it is not snowing...........
We surprised the girls this Christmas with a return cruise. I cut paper plates and made a puzzle telling them when we were going and to Castaway Cay. it was a riot watching them piece it all together. Needless to say there was a lot of screaming going on in my house that day!!
Looking forward to seeing all of you, we are sneaking in a trip to the World in June so we will have a litlle Disney fix before the cruise...Can't wait!

 

[Thumpersmom]

Hello to all again. I have not been on the DIS in awhile so thought I would check in and we are quite a few pages back.

Just wanted to see how everyone was doing and if we have any new families who are going to cruise with us.

Have a good weekend everyone!

 

[goofysgirl]

What did I say about it not snowing? We are expecting 5-10inches today. This cruise can not come soon enough! Anyone new joining us? I hope we are not on a ghost ship! Looking forward to meeting up with everyone!
Cindy

 

[Thumpersmom]

btt

 

[lruggiero]

Hello Everyone!

Thankfully there are some people on this cruise. I agree, maybe it is a ghost ship.

Goofysgirl-

Thank God you have teenage girls. I am bringing my nieces who will be 16 and 14 by the time we cruise and I am stressing that there will be no other teens on the boat.

It is me (Lori) my husband John, 4 year old son Vincent and my 2 nieces Alyssa and Natalie and my mom.
We all definitely need a vacation and since I was one of the cancelled 11/30 cruisers, I can't wait to get on.

Yes we are from Jersey that's why we picked this week because of school.

Talk to you Soon,
Lori

 

[Masonpips]

bumpity, bump, bump, bump....

anyone new? We're getting close to the 6 month mark - time should start flying soon right? Of course, we have the long hot summer to plan, dream, buy discount summer clothing at the end of the season, sunscreen, water toys and more too!

 

[goofysgirl]

Yea!!! Someone else will be there to share the Magic with. We are sooooo looking forward to this cruise as my girls are in track and I am running somewhere at least two to three times a day. We will have that little week in WDW in June, but I just seem to need that cruise to bring me back to the world of the living.

Lori,
do your nieces have e-mail that they might want to hook up with my girls prior to the cruise? This is the first time they will both be in Common Grounds so it should be interesting.
PM if you like or you can e-mail me at leec@dnb.com.

Can't wait to meet everyone!!!
Cindy

 

[Thumpersmom]

Hello everyone. It is great to have someone bump us up to the top to see if anyone else will be joining us.

We just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Easter and fun spring break. We will be having a mini cruise meeting at Easter because most of our group will be there. We were just talking about how it is now less then 200 days to go!

Kristina, Clark & Kyle

 

[lruggiero]

Cindy-

I think that's a nice idea for the girls to chat beforehand. Alyssa who is 15 is on the track team too. I went on AOL to check to make sure I had the right screen names and I am now sitting here at 1:15am crying. I guess we all have a story...

My sister passed away 6 months ago from cancer and I know it's really hard on the girls but reading the profile just says so much.

Anyway,
now you have background on them and new "friends" might be nice.

Alyssa is in the 10th grade and her screen name is ditzyqt12 and Natalie is in the 8th grade and her screen name is qtnat501 both on AOL.


Happy Easter to all....maybe this bump can pick us up some new friends//

Lori

 

[Masonpips]

6 months! 6 months! 6 months!

We booked at exactly a year out, so we're 1/2 way there!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

 

[esietz]

New to these boards. We too are going on the Disney Eastern Carribean Cruise 11/1/03. It will be our first cruise. We are also from New Jersey. It will be me (Ephie) and hubby (Steve) both mid 30's. Sons Nathaniel (10 yrs. by cruise date) and Jonah (18 days shy of 7 yrs. by cruise date). The cruise sounds like so much fun. We can't wait!

 

[grimgrinnin]

Hello November Firsters!

Anyone know which excursions they're booking?

I'm thinking about trying either the St Martin OR St Thomas Kayaking trips. Anyone have any info besides what's in the Passporter?


grim

 

[Thumpersmom]

Hello everyone! Nice to see we have had some movement on the thread!!

Welcome Ephie and family. We have two boys in the age range of your kids. Brandon will be 8 in July and my DS Kyle turned 7 in March. Kyle loved the club before and can't wait to get back on board! He talks about it all the time.

Grim grinnin-have you done a thread on the kayaking trip to see if anyone else is going-last year we went Western and were not able to book the Sting Ray city at Grand Cayman through the board we found Capt. Marvins and it was perfect! I know my DH will be scuba diving at each port and will be doing that so I haven't looking into any other water excursions.

How is everyone else doing?

Kristina

 

[Masonpips]

Hi all!

We have just begun to discuss excursions, not sure what we want to do. We are cruising with other families this time so we need to see if we want to to do a family excursion or consider an adults only or one of each (my vote). We did that last year, dh and I did Key West while the kids stayed in the club and then we all did Cayman. None of us left the boat in Cozumel - we had both been there before and preferred having the empty ship to hang out on!

Last year we booked in late June/early July so I'm excited that we're getting close to that - 4 months seems to go by VERY quickly, especially once you start shopping for the right things to wear!

Any other Nov 1sters around????

 

[Thumpersmom]

Yah! Activity on our thread!!!

We also have started to discuss excursions. My DH will be scuba diving on St. Thomas, we went there a couple of years ago and he enjoyed it greatly. I enjoyed the shopping!!! I'm sure he will try to dive in St. Maarten too!

I have been reading the Eastern trip reports to see what everyone is recommending and they seem to go out on their own to tour the island or have a beach day. With our large group and no one having visited the Carribbean before it might just be a hey that sounds fun so let's go. I will do the beach thing on Castaway Cay and it is soo beautiful there you can't beat it probably spend time on the islands checking out the sights and shopping. My DS went with us on some last year and others he stayed in the Club. With someone else his age this time, he will probably never want to come out of the club.

I have started a newsletter for our group and I am getting ready to do newsletter number 2!!! I am including the thread here so let's see if anyone checks in.

Is anyone else out there????

Kristina

 

[dis4me]

Hi All We just booked our 4th DCL cruise for 11/1 somewhat reluctantly. We have done the Eastern 2x and Western 1x and we were hoping to try something different "NJ Week". However every ship I looked at just didn't compare with the size of the rooms. We are waitlisted for a cat 4 so this must be quite a full ship. We are also waitlisted for 1st seating which I am praying for.
We are me and dh (30 somethings) dd 8 dd 7 and ds 1.
I can't wait to get on the ship and try some new things.
Nice to meet all of you.

 

[Thumpersmom]

Hello everyone! I just thought I would bump us up to the top and see if anyone else is joining us.

Welcome dis4me and family!

 

[Thumpersmom]

btt