11/22/08 Thanksgiving 2008 cruise thread. Double Dipping Travelling Turkeys!

[jsfein]

Stacie -- it may take me a few weeks to compile all that information

Seriously, thanks for taking the laboring oar in putting such a website together. My family is headed to FL in a couple of days for Spring Break (sadly, not to WDW), so it will probably be a couple of weeks before you hear from me. (It really will take me a little while to gather the information for the 15 people in my traveling group).

 

[tjeagle]

Morning all!
Stacie, thanks for compiling the info! I will work on that next!

We have an offer on our house! Now I just need to hold my breath until the papers are signed and inspections are complete!! How about you Lorie? Any bites??

I just noticed we have dipped down into the TEENs as far as our months until the trip go! 19 months sounds so much better than 20!!

Have a great weekend!!

 

[dutch_girl_scout]

Jackie--Congrats on the offer! Selling a house is stressful, it never happens in a 1/2 hour like on HGTV.

 

[IrishCowboy]

It will be cruise #11 or #12 for us. (We have another DCL booked for 12/07, but not sure if we are going. We sailed on a DD back in July 2006 and absolutely loved the itinerary. Beginning and ending the cruise at CC is the perfect cruise for us.

We sailed 3/17/07 with Disneypoor and GreenTad. It was a fantastic cruise. Spent the night before cruise at Country Inn and Suites and was very happy with hotel and tokk advantage of free parking and shuttle service.

By brother and his family along with our parents will be joining us. It will be their first cruise. A total of 10 in our sailing party.

 

[IrishCowboy]

Has anyone sailed on Thanksgiving Day before? Just wondering if DCL does a special menu.

 

[disneypoor]

IrishCowboy--I'd love to know what DCL does on Thanksgiving as well. It won't change my mind one way or the other---I'm just REALLY excited to see the ship decorated for Christmas.

 

[AF5FAM]

Hi all, back from Spring break. Where do people from Florida go for Spring break you ask?? Why to south Georgia to look at schools and the housing market for our upcoming move. Ok so we got to go to WDW for Fall break so don't feel too bad for me.

Congrats Jackie on your offer, we've had some lookers but no offers yet. We still have time, but it's really, really hard to wait (and keep the house in order. Still looking into that velcro wall to keep the kids and their stuff in order!)

Stacie, I work in a church so this week before Easter is going to be crazy but I'll get on the info and pictures next week. Thanks for taking that on for us.

Time to end the mother of all Mondays, starting back after a vacation is always hard on everyone.

Sweet dreams,
Lorie

 

[dutch_girl_scout]

Somehow I think that Turkey and stuffing will taste a whole lot better on DCL. Then again, any meal that I don't have to prepare, and clean up tastes better.

Lorie--Welcome back from Spring Break. Hopefully you'll get an offer soon. Before we sold our house last fall we had most of our "stuff" in storage and ate out and were gone constantly just to keep our house clean and the kids from being bored.

Susan--Sorry you got bashed on the thread about our cruise being full. I knew what you meant and didn't think it came across bad. It's weird that Bill (IrishCowboy) was told something completly different than you.

 

[PrincessFAN2006]

Yes we finally changed our reservation from Easter 2008 and booked for Thanksgiving 2008. We are very excited. It is our second cruise 1st was 11/4/06-11/11/06. Kids enjoyed it! DH and I felt like there was so much we missed doing....

DW - 40 at time of cruise
DH - 37 at time of cruise
DD - 15 at time of cruise
DS - 11 at time of cruise
DS - 7 at time of cruise

Just got back from Hawaii so the kids have no idea we are planning another vacation

 

[dutch_girl_scout]

Welcome!!! November of 2008 seems so far away but I'm sure the time will fly. My DD is looking forward to this cruise because she'll be old enough for the Stack, much to the dissapointment of my DS who will be 16 on this cruise. So far it's always been "his" place.

Did you cruise in Hawaii or just visit? DisneyPoor (Susan) is going on a cruise to Hawaii next year.

 

[disneypoor]

Welcome! I'd love to hear about your Hawaii trip! We're booked for next spring break. We're flying to Honolulu and then doing a 7 night cruise that goes to several of the islands. Hope you had a great time and glad you're joining us for Thanksgiving 08!

 

[PrincessFAN2006]

No we did not cruise we went to O'ahu and it was gorgeous. It was only 8 days but we managed to do alot and I would DEF go back!!

When we went Nov 06 my daughter had just turned 13 and she did not hang out there as much as she thought she would. She met great people and they did a bunch of stuff together.

We are probably also bring my Niece who will also be 15 on this cruise. Trying to convice her parents to go along as well


Kim

 

[love2travel]

IrishCowboy--I'd love to know what DCL does on Thanksgiving as well. It won't change my mind one way or the other---I'm just REALLY excited to see the ship decorated for Christmas.

I am very excited to see the ship decorated for Christmas as well.

 

[love2travel]

Yes we finally changed our reservation from Easter 2008 and booked for Thanksgiving 2008. We are very excited. It is our second cruise 1st was 11/4/06-11/11/06. Kids enjoyed it! DH and I felt like there was so much we missed doing....

DW - 40 at time of cruise
DH - 37 at time of cruise
DD - 15 at time of cruise
DS - 11 at time of cruise
DS - 7 at time of cruise

Just got back from Hawaii so the kids have no idea we are planning another vacation

We were also on the cruise last Nov. 4-11, sorry we didn't meet. We will definately have to meet this cruise!!

 

[dutch_girl_scout]

Ok, a whole day with nobody posting. Unacceptable!

Is anyone working on planning their summer vacation? DH and I have Yellowstone, and the Grand Canyon left on our list before DH15 leaves home. I think this summer might be the Grand Canyon via Yellowstone. Who's been there? Do you have any must do's or travel tips?

 

[disneypoor]

We're not travelling this summer since we just did the cruise. We are going to Disneyland in October though.

 

[cjckclan]

I've wanted to go to the Grand Canyon for several years, but I always get out-voted. 2005 - 4-day Disney cruise won ; 2006 - rollercoaster vactation (3 amusement parks and Gettysburg for good measure); 2007 - a small trip so we can save for 2008 DD Travelling Turkey cruise.

Our small vacation this year is taking shape as a day of whitewater rafting before we drop DS off at scout camp. I would like to add a day of kayak lessons to that, but the kids are campaigning for another trip to Busch Gardens (Williamsburg, VA) since there is a NEW, WAY COOL rollercoaster opening in May. I think they missed the Behind the Scenes at Disney which aired on the Travel Channel last weekend. I noticed some new attractions that would have them drooling, and NO, I don't plan to tell them about it. There just isn't enough time or money to do it all.

 

[AF5FAM]

Ok, a whole day with nobody posting. Unacceptable!

Is anyone working on planning their summer vacation? DH and I have Yellowstone, and the Grand Canyon left on our list before DH15 leaves home. I think this summer might be the Grand Canyon via Yellowstone. Who's been there? Do you have any must do's or travel tips?

Sorry, still in full Easter prep at work and had a long rehearsal tonight. But we must try harder to stay off of page three!!!

Summer plans are a little uncertain for us. Moving is going to take out a pretty good chunk of vacation time, but we are going to take a four day trip to Jeckell (sp?) Island, Georgia for my DH's work the end of May!! The university is paying for everything except a small additional fee for the extra people in his suite. The trip is only a couple days after our 22nd wedding anniversary so he's getting bonus points this year!! Other than that I hope to make a trip with the kids to see our CJCKClan buddies in St. Louis

Also, I grew up in Arizona so ask away with any questions you have. I love going to the Grand Canyon, no picture on earth captures the vastness and beauty of standing on the rim. My brother, niece and some of their friends are hiking into the Canyon this summer in late July. Let me know what kind of time frame you're looking at and I can let you know what's in the surrounding areas that you can get to pretty easily.

Time for bed. In case I don't get back befor then, Happy Easter to all!
Lorie

 

[jsfein]

Hey Kim. Welcome to the thread. I don't think we ever met on the 11/4/06 cruise, but I know we exchanged messages. I think we joked about having a precruise meet at DeLorenzo's. There was plenty we missed out on during the sailing as well, but our days were filled to the brim with what we chose to do.

Right now I'm in South Florida on Sping Break with the kids. Anyone ever go to or hear of Wannado City at Sawgrass Mills? What a cool place for kids ... almost Disney like. There's one planned for NJ later this year at the Meadowlands entertainment complex that is to be built.

 

[love2travel]

Jason, enjoy your time in Florida, it's cold and windy here in NJ!