Hypermommy
Dreams of being a local on Castaway Cay
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Okay, the time has come to share some of the spreadsheet info. I was wrong in my count this morning... I was counting DisneyFooter because she (he?) had filled in the spreadsheet before deciding to go on a different cruise. So we have DISsers that have filled in the spreadsheet.
So what's our cruise starting to look like? Well, we know it's gonna be lots of fun! But here's some more about it.
Adults
Here are the adults we have going on the cruise. Maybe this info will help someone find a playmate or two.
F 38 Virginia (mommyarewegoingback)
F 39 Mary (MaryAz)
F 40 Kim (mommykeg)
F 43 Desi (Desi)
F 43 Susie (sandiegosusie)
F 43 Denise (Hypermommy)
F 44 Lisa (binky1)
F 45 Angie (GreatWhiteNorth)
F 46 Bernadine (binky1)
F 48 Kimberly (Kim) (nc_monkey)
F 50 Deborah (Di) (nc_monkey)
F 51 Becky (mousemom11)
M 36 Jeff (MaryAz)
M 39 Danny (mommykeg)
M 42 Peter (binky1)
M 42 Andy (mommyarewegoingback)
M 45 Ed (binky1)
M 46 Graig (sandiegosusie)
M 47 Tom (mousemom11)
M 52 Jim (Hypermommy)
M 55 Ken (Desi)
Hope none of you adults minded me posting your age. Remember that continuing to grow older beats the heck out of the alternative!
Children
Now remember, I'm not putting anything (I hope) that will allow the child to be identified with any particular adult. If you see a matching playmate for your child on this list then you could put a note to the group saying that you have an X year old (gender) child and see that there are children around the same age/gender as yours. Then you could ask folks to PM you if their child matches the request. That way, you can exchange information about your children (if you feel comfortable about it maybe the kids would like to talk to each other on the phone before the cruise) in a manner that each parent feels safe with.
I think most everyone put the age the child is going to be at the time of cruising. If you didn't, please let me know so I can change that. Thanks!
Oh, and there are a couple of unknown genders in here. Those are actually correct. The parent didn't put their child's gender and the names are such that I'm not 100% certain. I'll PM the parent and the next time I list this, it'll be corrected.
Unknown gender -- ages 5 and 8
Females -- 2 3yos, 1 4yo, 1 5yo, 1 6yo, 4 8yos, 1 11yo, 1 12yo
Males -- 1 4yo, 18yo, 1 13yo, 1 14yo and 1 16yo
So both in terms of adults and of children, the females outnumber the males. As it should be!
Cabins
So how are we gonna find everyone? I mean, if nothing else we need to know where to put fish extender stuff. So here are the cabins that everyone has.
Deck 2 - mommyarewegoingback (2126) and Desi (2574)
Deck 5 - sandiegosusie (5020) and nc_monkey (5629)
Deck 6 - MaryAz (6116), mommykeg (6558), GreatWhiteNorth (6576), and Hypermommy (6599)
Deck 7 - mousemom11 (7086), binky1 (7558), binky1's inlaws (7560)
Events
Oh, here's some fun info! Who's celebrating what on our cruise!
Looks like Mary, Angie and I are going just to be going, eh? Sounds like a good enough reason to me!
Dining
A big part of a cruise is the food, right? So who's dining when? Well, our early diners are sandiegosusie , mommykeg, mousemom11, binky1, and mommyarewegoingback. Late diners are Hypermommy, GreatWhiteNorth, nc_monkey, MaryAz and Desi.
Friday Night
Oh, here's another fun one! Who's staying where on Friday night. Hey, any of you staying in Port Canaveral feel like getting together for dinner? Let me know... if we get enough response, maybe someone can organize that. And yes, I'm jealous of you WDWers. But it's King Charming's vacation too and I know how much he's looking forward to "seeing the sights" again at the "gentleman's club" down the road.
Port Canaveral:
Hypermommy (Radisson), GreatWhiteNorth (Radisson), Desi (hasn't decided where), mommyarewegoingback (hasn't decided where)
Walt Disney World:
sandiegosusie (unsure where), mousemom11 (Formosa Estates), MaryAz (Caribbean Beach)
Other:
mommykeg (Hyatt MCO), nc_monkey (driving down from NC), binky1 (Hyatt MCO)
First Cruise / First Disney Cruise
Oh, check this out! It's nc_monkey's first Disney cruise although they've cruised before. And for these folks (if I didn't get cross-eyed looking at the database) it's their first cruise ever: GreatWhiteNorth, mousemom11, binky1, Desi, mommyarewegoingback.
The rest of us... remember your first cruise? Oh, boy! The excitement of the unknown. I mean, I knew it was gonna be good because it's Disney. But I didn't know if I'd get seasick (I didn't) or if I'd get bored (oh, boy, I didn't!).
Hey, first timers... I highly suggest that you take some time to read some of the trip reports available here on the DIS. You can have a REALLY good idea of what happens. Let me just plug two of them, both from my DH, King Charming. In addition to the general discussions of what we planned to do and what we actually did, he did a really good job of laying down specifics of expenses and that can be very helpful.
Pre trip report: http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1758975
Post trip report: http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1807135
Excursions
Of course, not many of these are planned yet. But I thought I'd list what was planned. Also, if you guys know you're leaning towards something, let us know. You might find it very enjoyable to go on an excursion with some of your DISmates!
Mousemom11 has planned Captain Marvin's Half-Day Excursion (not Disney) in Grand Caymans and Dolphin Royal Swim at Chankanaab (not Disney) in Cozumel. I only note that it's not Disney in case someone else is looking for the excursion (so they'll not go crazy when they can't find it on the Disney site).
My kids are going to do The Wild Side (a teenager thing) on Castaway Cay -- if they can raise enough money to pay for it.
Palo
Of course most of the answers I got about Palo were rather vague because no one actually has ressies yet and/or maybe hasn't even thought about it. But when you start thinking about when you'd like to go to Palo, let me know. Again, it might be a fun thing to do with your DISmates.
Other Info
Boy, this is gonna be fun! Everyone that's responded so far has replied that yes, they want to do the Saturday 2pm DIS meet (well... except for one family). And everyone's participating in the fish exchange and dressing up for pirate night!!! Does this cruise group rock or what!!!!!!
Okay... so that's what I know so far. Hope it wasn't information overload. I find that the anticipation of the trip and the planning for the trip is almost as much fun as being there.
And no, KC, that doesn't mean you can tell me we're going to go to the parks so that I'll have fun planning it and then have no actual intention of going ('cause I know that's what was going through your mind). The disappointment I'd feel if you took that course of action could be hazardous to your health.
So what's our cruise starting to look like? Well, we know it's gonna be lots of fun! But here's some more about it.
Adults
Here are the adults we have going on the cruise. Maybe this info will help someone find a playmate or two.
F 38 Virginia (mommyarewegoingback)
F 39 Mary (MaryAz)
F 40 Kim (mommykeg)
F 43 Desi (Desi)
F 43 Susie (sandiegosusie)
F 43 Denise (Hypermommy)
F 44 Lisa (binky1)
F 45 Angie (GreatWhiteNorth)
F 46 Bernadine (binky1)
F 48 Kimberly (Kim) (nc_monkey)
F 50 Deborah (Di) (nc_monkey)
F 51 Becky (mousemom11)
M 36 Jeff (MaryAz)
M 39 Danny (mommykeg)
M 42 Peter (binky1)
M 42 Andy (mommyarewegoingback)
M 45 Ed (binky1)
M 46 Graig (sandiegosusie)
M 47 Tom (mousemom11)
M 52 Jim (Hypermommy)
M 55 Ken (Desi)
Hope none of you adults minded me posting your age. Remember that continuing to grow older beats the heck out of the alternative!
Children
Now remember, I'm not putting anything (I hope) that will allow the child to be identified with any particular adult. If you see a matching playmate for your child on this list then you could put a note to the group saying that you have an X year old (gender) child and see that there are children around the same age/gender as yours. Then you could ask folks to PM you if their child matches the request. That way, you can exchange information about your children (if you feel comfortable about it maybe the kids would like to talk to each other on the phone before the cruise) in a manner that each parent feels safe with.
I think most everyone put the age the child is going to be at the time of cruising. If you didn't, please let me know so I can change that. Thanks!
Oh, and there are a couple of unknown genders in here. Those are actually correct. The parent didn't put their child's gender and the names are such that I'm not 100% certain. I'll PM the parent and the next time I list this, it'll be corrected.
Unknown gender -- ages 5 and 8
Females -- 2 3yos, 1 4yo, 1 5yo, 1 6yo, 4 8yos, 1 11yo, 1 12yo
Males -- 1 4yo, 18yo, 1 13yo, 1 14yo and 1 16yo
So both in terms of adults and of children, the females outnumber the males. As it should be!
Cabins
So how are we gonna find everyone? I mean, if nothing else we need to know where to put fish extender stuff. So here are the cabins that everyone has.
Deck 2 - mommyarewegoingback (2126) and Desi (2574)
Deck 5 - sandiegosusie (5020) and nc_monkey (5629)
Deck 6 - MaryAz (6116), mommykeg (6558), GreatWhiteNorth (6576), and Hypermommy (6599)
Deck 7 - mousemom11 (7086), binky1 (7558), binky1's inlaws (7560)
Events
Oh, here's some fun info! Who's celebrating what on our cruise!
- mommyarewegoingback are celebrating their vow renewal
- Desi is celebrating their 20th anniversary and a child's birthday
- binky1 is also celebrating their 20th anniversary and a child's birthday
- mousemom11 is celebrating an anniversary and her birthday and a child's birthday
- nc_monkey is celebrating two birthdays
- mommykeg is celebrating her birthday (shall I say which one, Kim?)
- sandiegosusie is celebrating their 10th anniversary
Looks like Mary, Angie and I are going just to be going, eh? Sounds like a good enough reason to me!
Dining
A big part of a cruise is the food, right? So who's dining when? Well, our early diners are sandiegosusie , mommykeg, mousemom11, binky1, and mommyarewegoingback. Late diners are Hypermommy, GreatWhiteNorth, nc_monkey, MaryAz and Desi.
Friday Night
Oh, here's another fun one! Who's staying where on Friday night. Hey, any of you staying in Port Canaveral feel like getting together for dinner? Let me know... if we get enough response, maybe someone can organize that. And yes, I'm jealous of you WDWers. But it's King Charming's vacation too and I know how much he's looking forward to "seeing the sights" again at the "gentleman's club" down the road.
Port Canaveral:
Hypermommy (Radisson), GreatWhiteNorth (Radisson), Desi (hasn't decided where), mommyarewegoingback (hasn't decided where)
Walt Disney World:
sandiegosusie (unsure where), mousemom11 (Formosa Estates), MaryAz (Caribbean Beach)
Other:
mommykeg (Hyatt MCO), nc_monkey (driving down from NC), binky1 (Hyatt MCO)
First Cruise / First Disney Cruise
Oh, check this out! It's nc_monkey's first Disney cruise although they've cruised before. And for these folks (if I didn't get cross-eyed looking at the database) it's their first cruise ever: GreatWhiteNorth, mousemom11, binky1, Desi, mommyarewegoingback.
The rest of us... remember your first cruise? Oh, boy! The excitement of the unknown. I mean, I knew it was gonna be good because it's Disney. But I didn't know if I'd get seasick (I didn't) or if I'd get bored (oh, boy, I didn't!).
Hey, first timers... I highly suggest that you take some time to read some of the trip reports available here on the DIS. You can have a REALLY good idea of what happens. Let me just plug two of them, both from my DH, King Charming. In addition to the general discussions of what we planned to do and what we actually did, he did a really good job of laying down specifics of expenses and that can be very helpful.
Pre trip report: http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1758975
Post trip report: http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1807135
Excursions
Of course, not many of these are planned yet. But I thought I'd list what was planned. Also, if you guys know you're leaning towards something, let us know. You might find it very enjoyable to go on an excursion with some of your DISmates!
Mousemom11 has planned Captain Marvin's Half-Day Excursion (not Disney) in Grand Caymans and Dolphin Royal Swim at Chankanaab (not Disney) in Cozumel. I only note that it's not Disney in case someone else is looking for the excursion (so they'll not go crazy when they can't find it on the Disney site).
My kids are going to do The Wild Side (a teenager thing) on Castaway Cay -- if they can raise enough money to pay for it.
Palo
Of course most of the answers I got about Palo were rather vague because no one actually has ressies yet and/or maybe hasn't even thought about it. But when you start thinking about when you'd like to go to Palo, let me know. Again, it might be a fun thing to do with your DISmates.
Other Info
Boy, this is gonna be fun! Everyone that's responded so far has replied that yes, they want to do the Saturday 2pm DIS meet (well... except for one family). And everyone's participating in the fish exchange and dressing up for pirate night!!! Does this cruise group rock or what!!!!!!
Okay... so that's what I know so far. Hope it wasn't information overload. I find that the anticipation of the trip and the planning for the trip is almost as much fun as being there.
And no, KC, that doesn't mean you can tell me we're going to go to the parks so that I'll have fun planning it and then have no actual intention of going ('cause I know that's what was going through your mind). The disappointment I'd feel if you took that course of action could be hazardous to your health.
. And they both love WDW. I can't wait to meet you and everyone else on board. 
But I see that nobody said they were going snorkeling. Because I like to spend my time in the water. As long as I don't forget to get out and have lunch.
Like my sister did.
If I happen to win the lottery between now and next year, I may join you all
Thanks again 
Glad to have you join our cruise Family. 
You rock.
So it will be me, my daughters who will be 8 and my parents! We would love to join in the festivities again!! We had such a wonderful time on the last one!!! Oh yeah, but it's a surprise for everyone!!!
