11/30/06...The Wonder

[aiken4mickey]

This will be my 5th cruise on the Wonder.....the second in Nov.....hope for great weather again this year!

 

[linero]

This will be our first disney cruise, my grandaughter (7) and I will be cruising. We are very excited and already have our brochure read hundreds of times.

 

[Rachie0507]

We are cruising then too . It is the second time on the Wonder for DH and me but the first time for our kids--DD is 6 and DS is 4. We are getting so excited as it gets closer

 

[aiken4mickey]

"bump" it up!!

Where are the rest of you?

 

[Fabinva]

We are!!!! my husband and I going for our second cruise and it'll be the first for our kids, DS 6 and DD 4, we are soooo excited and can't wait!!!

 

[Jamie Curci]

Our family (wife, sons 5 and 1) will be going as well. Lauren and I cruised with Disney for our honeymoon in October 1998 so this will be our 2nd time. Starting on Sunday, the 26th at Boardwalk to make it a land and sea vaca!

 

[aiken4mickey]

How great to be doing the Land and Sea......I have 4 kids ranging in ages from 14-7 yr old twins.........taking them out of school more than 2 days at this point is too much. So, to make up for that......I just try to to save up and cruise every year.....but, not bringing everyone at the same time...it gets too expensive......this is special this time with all coming. Plus, we are traveling with friends and grandparents........should be a great time.....it's a surprise.....I am not sure how much longer I can keep it one.

 

[Fabinva]

Aiken4mickey how nice that you are traveling with family and friends!!!
By the way I was able to make reservation for Palo this morning when I go to work!!! So excited I got what I wanted

 

[aiken4mickey]

I don't know if you read some of my other posts....but, I was up at 3:00 am this morning......to get my Palo...I was successful getting 2 tables for the same time the final evening. I got upon myself as the one out of group that would handle this....I have another CC member's log in info from our group and I was able to login and logout and log back in and secure what we needed....After reading all the other posts about how nothing was available..I dindn't want to take chances!

What evening did you get?

 

[Fabinva]

I read your post after I wrote mine this morning, for some "weird" reason I thought the date was Sept 2 to book Palo, I just decided to try this morning and was surprised to see it working so most likely I got my dates wrong Trust me I was planning to get up at 3AM tomorrow but now I don't have to. I got the first night, figured the kids would not be as tired and should be easier to leave them alone for a while.
What night did you pick? How nice of you to booked for everyone

 

[aiken4mickey]

We're 8:00 on the last night! A perfect way to end our cruise! Last Nov when we cruise .......we had the last night as well(missed out Tritan's night)....and loved ending it in Palo...our reservation was later...maybe 8:30 and we missed the Farewell in the Artium........One of the Mom's in our group was worried about our 10 yr old girls...so, she left Palo early and went to see about them...and take pictures...but the rest of us weren't going to miss the Chocolate Souffle That was my only regret...so, I hope the 30 minutes earlier will make a difference.....I have my 4 children this trip...my twins are 7 and too young to go on their own...and it's something I'd like to at least do with my 7 year old daughter.....and also encourage my 11 yr old as well to dress back up in Princess Gowns and do more pictures...for the 11 yr old...I feel like this is it for her But, if the younger ones are living it up in the clubs and never know what they missed...then that's ok...cause that means the adults were living it up in Palo!

What night did you get?

 

[Fabinva]

My husband and I are going the very first night, we'll be at the parks before cruise for six days and I know by the time we board we'll be in need of a break from the kids and a quiet dinner.

 

[jgc]

Hubby and I will be on this cruise too! Our first-ever cruise as well......we celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary this yr and we are cruising to celebrate! I can't book Palo till the 16th of Sept, even tho we are paid in full.... as we are not CC members yet....I'm not very hopeful of getting ressies tho....not gonna sweat it either way tho!! I am just wanting to have a good time! I think we will!

 

[Jamie Curci]

For those who are returning and now have the 'open window', is anyone considering the Rose Island Beach excursion? It looks new and maybe is replacing the Blue Lagoon Beach excursion that mysteriously went away.

There's one post out there that looks pretty favorable and we're trying to find something laid-back for our 5 and 1-year olds.

 

[Rachie0507]

We are!!!! my husband and I going for our second cruise and it'll be the first for our kids, DS 6 and DD 4, we are soooo excited and can't wait!!!

Our kids are the same ages, but opposite genders. Maybe we will meet up in the kids club sometime!

This is the second time on the Wonder for DH and me and the first for the kids. We left them home last time . We aren't planning on telling them what we are doing until either the day before or the morning of the cruise. We are going to head to the airport Wednesday afterschool and neither confirm nor deny any questions they have about the trip. We will hold back the information as long as we can stand it

 

[Fabinva]

Hi Rachie,
it would be nice to meet someone from this board in person
The first time my husband and I cruised was for our honeymoon aboard the Magic and we loved it! I wish I had no said anything to the kids about the trip but could not help it. Are you doing any excursions in Nassau?

 

[disjest8]

I will be on the cruise with DH, DS 3.5, and DS 4.5. We will be at Beach Club Villas for 5 days before the cruise. This will be our second time on the Wonder and we are also looking forward to a little peace and quiet after several days at the parks.

 

[Jamie Curci]

Wow! With my sons 5 & 1 just across the way at the Boardwalk from Sunday through Thursday (before embarkment), we should try to say hello. I'm sure we'll be doing a Beaches and Creme or Cape May visit somewhere in there!

 

[Rachie0507]

Hi Rachie,
it would be nice to meet someone from this board in person
The first time my husband and I cruised was for our honeymoon aboard the Magic and we loved it! I wish I had no said anything to the kids about the trip but could not help it. Are you doing any excursions in Nassau?

I don't think we will be doing any excursions. We are planning on enjoying the partially empty ship while in port in Nassau. That is what we did on our last cruise also.

I'd love to meet up with some people. During our last cruise, there were only a few DIS members onboard and nobody seemed interested in getting together.

 

[Fabinva]

Originally Posted by Rachie0507
I'd love to meet up with some people. During our last cruise, there were only a few DIS members onboard and nobody seemed interested in getting together.

I heard that about the short cruises, I guess there is a lot to do for such a short time. I'm in for a meeting if anyone else is interested.