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

[Thumpersmom]

Yes, being from the West Coast we thought it was best to fly in on a red-eye Thursday night arriving Friday morning and also thought it would probably be the one and only time to do it so why not. DS is excited but still not sure about "missing" Halloween. We have not decided on costumes yet......

Kristina

 

[mrspat2]

Me, my husband and DD 7 and 9 will also be on the 11/1 cruise. We will be flying in on 10/29 doing MNSSHP on 10/30 because we heard how croweded it was on 10/31. Last year we did it on 11/1 and it was not crowded at all and the kids loved it. Then we still have one more day to hit the park before the cruise. THis is the first cruise for my DH and DD's but second for me. Also from south jersey and have always taken advantage of the teachers convention week.

 

[tagall4]

Thanks strasfamily and sweetspot for info on drinks/coolers. Someone, somewhere, don't recall which site now, suggested packing a suitcase/small bag full of h20 bottles for the trip and using the empty suitcase for souviners/etc. on the way home. And bottles can be refilled as needed on board for shore excursions.

What do those poor people who don't know about these sites do?

Any info on the meeting time day 1 yet?

welcome mrspat2. where in so jersey r u from? we're from toms river.

 

[mrspat2]

we are from Medford Lakes. We have doen Disney almost every 6 months for the past few years and my kids are actually getting tired of it, so I am hoping the Disney Cruise will be different for them. Still trying to make final decisions on what to do in the ports, possibly chartering a boat in St Maarten and going to Anguilla, my husband wants to Snuba with my DD, 9, but that leaves me and DD, 7, to do something else in St thomas. DH was thinking of snuba at coral world has anyone ever done that? or suggest another place?

So I hear of a NJ meet on Deck 7 day 1. Actually that is the deck we are on.

 

[dis4me]

Welcome Mrspat2
I will be in Fl on Oct 28th but since my dh willnot get there until the 31 we are waiting for him to go to MNSSHP. Did your daughters enjoy it last year.I look at it this day we have done WDW at Christmas time so it can't be THAT crowded.(I hope).

 

[mrspat2]

We have never done Disney at Christmas and have only done MNSSHP on Nov 1 last year. We heard that the 31 is so crowded that we opted for the 30 this year. Ride lines were close to nothing. I am hoping that it will not be as crowded on the 30th. My girls loved it and when we gave them the option this year of WDW then cruise or Cruise then WDW they chose WDW first so they can do MNSSHP and miss there parties at school. They like the idea of picking a theme and the whole family dressing. Last year we did Peter Pan. This year it is Dalmations. YEs, I can't wait to se my DH as a Dalmation. Of course I am not having luck in buying these this year, in past years you could find them, so I opted to make them, simple ones at least.

 

[dis4me]

Does anyone know what the current movies onboard are? With 3 days at sea I figured we could catch up on what we haven't seen.

 

[dis4me]

Dalmations sound cute. My dd wants to be Pocahontas and other wants to be either Lilo or Ashante(never heard of ashante) so we will not be doing a theme. I have no idea what my son will be. What was the weather like last year? I am afraid the costumes will be to warm. We were there Nov 3-16 last year and it was still shorts weather.
PS Has anyone picked a time for deck 7? Are we doing before or after the sailaway party?My dds are so excited to meet all the girls on board.

 

[mrspat2]

We were there just a bit earlier than you last year and it was shorts weather during the day and a little cooler at night. We all had long sleeve tshirts and were fine.

 

[dis4me]

thanks
PS I added you to the list.
Maybe we should make a new list and put actual names with our user names.

 

[keithbpatterson]

Hi - I am mrspat2's hubby - here are pics of the MNSSHP. It really was a blast last year.

Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party 2002

Has anyone done SNUBA before? I want to take my 9 year old daughter in St. Thomas. Anyone else interested?

SNUBA

 

[dis4me]

Great pictures Keith.I love that you did a theme with the family. We have snorkled but never Snuba. Sounds like a lot of fun.If my ds (18 mos ) was not with us we would try it

 

[lruggiero]

I can't believe it's September 1st!!!!!!

I like the idea of the list with actual names, it starts to get confusing after awhile.

We are Lori, John, Vincent (4) Alyssa (16) Natalie (14) and my mom, Loretta

Anyone else agree about this...

Also, I think it's better to meet after the sailaway only because it's just so crazy at that time. I have seen the show already but for the people who are first timers, they are gonna want to get there early so they can get a a good position.

 

[twhipple]

I hope the meet on Deck 7 we're talking about is a DISmeet rather than a NJ meet. I know there are a lot of you from NJ but the rest of us would like to join in too

We are Tracy (now 35!) and Bill (48). Anytime on Saturday is fine with us to meet. We're late diners so there won't be a conflict. Has anyone thought about getting pins or tags of some sort to identify us all as DISers? I've read about it being done before (I think it was lime green ribbons). That way if we see someone before the meet, we can start the meeting and greeting early. Any thoughts?

 

[Bronco Joe]

Originally posted by dis4me
Does anyone know what the current movies onboard are? With 3 days at sea I figured we could catch up on what we haven't seen.

Here's a link to another thread with info on recent movies...

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=400224

 

[CRenze]

Great idea, adding "real names" along with dis user name.

My name is Cindy and I'll be traveling with my SIL Julie, DNephew 1 (12) Zachary and DNephew 2 (10) Nathan.

Looking forward to meeting you all!

WOOHOO..60 days...well, I don't count today because I'm already outta bed and my day has started and I don't count departure day so that puts us at 58 days!!

This is our first cruise so we'll need details...Deck 7? forward or Aft? What time? We too have late dinning. I liked the idea of somehow identifying ourselves, but how and with what?

Cindy

 

[Thumpersmom]

Yah for the real names!

We are Kristina (35) Clark (35) and Kyle (7).


Welcome to so many new cruisers! We can't wait either. Too funny about the way you count the days Cindy. We count as number of days plus a wake up! My husband started this and now my son does it too. My husband said when you wake up on departure day you will be there on that day so you do not need to count it.

We are also late seating. Maybe that is another thing to add to the new list with names.

Anyone heard if they have been upgraded?

 

[mrspat2]

As for the movies, you can call one week ahead of time 888-325-2500 reservations and they will tell you the movies that will play on the ship, at least that is what I read.

As for names, DH(Keith) 38, DD (Jordan)9, DD (Taylor) 7, and myself (Diana) 35. We also have late seating.

Just confirmed all of our excursions last night and today. We are doing two on our own and one through Disney on CC (just rental of bike, float, and snorkel). We chartered a boat for half a day for St. Martin, and my husband and daughter are SNUBA at Coral on St Thomas.

 

[danamay]

Please add us to the list, we just booked our cruise last week. It will be me (May), DH (Peter) and DD 5 (Dana). Looking forward to meet everyone onboard.

twhipple: took you advice and join the fun.

 

[tagall4]

hey, great idea with the names. we're Terri, dh-George, ds(14)Trevor, ds(12)(1 wk shy of 13 on cruise) Chris, and dd(8) Cassidy.

Our friends are Andy and Kris, ds(12) Andrew, ds(9) Mathew and dd(4) Marissa.

Snuba sounds like fun, but we just booked golf and champ. cata. excursions for st. thomas/st jonn. We're free on st maarten though. We decided to skip the dolphin deal...at almost $200 each, it's just tooooo much. We also did the package deal at CC.

DISmeet Deck 7 after the sailaway party sounds good. Where on 7? Lime green ribbons? Husband can be a scrooge-don't know if he'll wear ribbon, but kids and myself would.

Keith and family --Halloween pictures look great. I love the theme idea too.

I officially started gathering items for packing. Let the fun begin!!!