11/8/03 Western Cruise roll call.... "looking for info from DISers"

[imgoingtodisney]

oops- hopefully then we can celebrate our anniversary (22yrs) at Palos Mon night and start my birthday (39+) w/Palos Thurs morn
Which dining rotation has char brkfst on Thurs morn?

Hope Oct flies by - Ive had enough waiting
Its getting real cold here in MA. Hopefully we'll be in warm tropical caribbean weather in just about 38days.

anyone else get their docs?

 

[alisbarc]

Hello All,
I need the weekend (actually Sunday) to get the next newsletter done. So, it is coming out on Monday. We picked up a good number of new folks so I want to get them all properly introduced to everyone. Just can't seem to find enough free time during the week to put it together with all the kid activities, etc.

Look over the cruis docs last night. Got tons to do. Started our cruise stuff box. Already almost full. With 7 of us I'll probably have more than one box.

ttfn
david

 

[wdw1972]

No docs here yet - but since I'm DVC I guess they'll come after the non-DVC people get theirs.

 

[goofy4wdw59]

Hello All! I can't get on the boards as often as I'd like--this past month has been so busy!
I just wanted to say that we got our cruise docs today! (I can't believe I didn't know what the package was until I opened it--I'm far too distracted with school stuff)
Now, I'm really starting to get excited about the cruise.
Hello 3MinnieMom! We are from Westmont/southwest suburbs. I was so happy to get the "SPR" rooms--I was glad to see another DIS'er got the other ones .
I pulled out our luggage the other day and I'm starting to get the kids stuff together. How many pairs of shorts, etc are you all bringing for the kids? I was thinking of bringing more shorts/only a pair or two of long pants? I don't want to bring too much and may try to do laundry one time.

 

[disneyeveryyear]

No docs here either. I called the TA, and she didn't get them today.

Am I correct in my thoughts that people who book with DCL get theirs first, then TAs and then DVC?

What do you think of that logic?

I don't know why I am so aflutter, no mystery here, have specific rooms booked, so don't expect anything different there.

Did look on travelocity and most rooms up through Cat. 8 are now GTY, so it looks like a busy ship for us.

Hope all are doing well.

See you soon.

Beverly

 

[dianthus]

Perhaps DVC is a bit slower, as when they receive the docs from DCL, they have to pay for all us point people to cruise!

DVC probably doesn't have to pay up at the 60 day window, as a "family" courtesy may be extended... Takes time to convert all those points into cash!

I don't care when I get them, as long as I get them before we leave.

 

[acrucifer]

would appreciate knowing when dvc members start receiving their docs (since I am a newer dvc member) and having docs sent to work location. It would be good to look out for their arrival. thanks.

 

[imgoingtodisney]

of course you guys will know when we get our docs! (rest of the boards may not know, but you guys will)
I need my cruise - warm caribbean weather, cold tropical drinks, dark night sky, beautiful ocean view and did I say dancing? Ok who's dancing with me?
Only 36.5 more days

 

[momof2greatgirls]

Travel Agent called yesterday and has our docs!!! It is getting close. I bought my wrinkle releaser yesterday.

OK....I still haven't booked a snorkling trip for Grand Caymen yet. I found that Captain Marvin offers a conch dive on its full day excursion. Conch season starts November 1st. You get to dive and get your own conch and they will clean them for you. I thought this would be so much fun for the kids and a neat suvioner that has a great story to go along with it.
Now my problem...I don't want to do a full day excursion. Does anyone know if anyone else offers a conch dive with a half day excursion?

My other thought is doing a private tour with the conch dive, stingray city and barrier reef. It is quite a bit more expensive if we book this for just our family but if I could find 10 more people to join us it would actually be cheeper to do the private tour than the half day group tour. Is there anyone intrested that has not booked a snorkling tour yet???

Lisa A

 

[dianthus]

dancing is good....

 

[3MinnieMom]

We got our Docs yesterday!!! Since this is our first Disney cruise, I was expecting flat envelopes - I thought these boxes were something for my husband (like a computer part from Dell!!) My kids were so excited to see their names on the docs.

Hey, Goofy4WDW59 - we are from the opposite side of Chicago, the far Northwest suburbs (Woodstock, to be exact - just South of Lake Geneva, WI). Now I wonder who got the other 2 "SPR's" on Deck 5. We are looking forward to meeting you and your family (as well as all the other 11/08 DIS cruisers!) As far as the # of shorts and long pants per kid...my 3 girls and I did some real summer clearance power shopping in August. Now I'm afraid we will be seriously overpacking, just to justify our purchases!!! We are also going to Universal Studios for 3 days prior to the cruise (we leave 5 weeks from today). We will need to pack extra for that part of the trip. I envision my husband's face now, as we stand in line at the ticket counter at O'Hare with a stream of luggage in tow...I better start sorting and narrowing-down clothing choices now!!

Dianthus - thanks for the advice on ebags.com. I went on their website yesterday, and they seem to have some real bargains!!!

Take care, everyone!!

 

[nuke]

Hey 3minniemom, we are doing 3 nights at Universal after our cruise.
I'm also in the suburbs....Brookfield. We live about a mile from the zoo.

I haven't even thought about packing yet. We also have to pack up our kitchen as it's being remodeled while we are gone. I'm going to be going crazy the week before our cruise.

 

[Johnathan's Mom]

We got our documents yesterday and no surprises. Same room we booked on our last cruise ,2105. We were happy with this room last time for an interior room. We were hoping for an upgrade but docs say 2105.

Are you allowed to bring the conch shells back to the ship and into the US? I have wondered on past cruises if we could buy shells and bring them back but have never ask.
If anyone knows please let us know.

We are getting really excited. We plan to spend 1 full day at the parks the day before we sail and do a Cinderella castle breakfast the day we depart. We were lucky enough to get these ressies after many years of trying. Our breakfast time is for 10:10am. Does anyone know how long that usually takes and if that would be any problem with us getting to the ship on time? We will have a rental car and will be driving to the port. We don't necessarily have to be there when they start to board since this is our 6th cruise and we know what routine we like.

Carla

 

[imgoingtodisney]

Carla - sounds like you'll be near disneyeveryyear (2122 & 2124) and WDW1972 (2098)
36days from now we'll be at the airport hotel trying to sleep (and I'll use the treadmill) before flying down Fri morn. Spending later part of that Fri at the Radisson in the pool.

 

[momof2greatgirls]

When I called Captain Marvins I asked if we could get the conch cleaned (the conch out of its shell) and was told they would clean them for us and asked if I was on a cruise then recommended getting a bucket and soaking the the shells in ammonia for 24 hour as they would stink up the room. There is also a limit of 10 conch per boat, no matter how many people are on the boat. I assume if you were not permitted to bring them back to the ship/US then she would have said something at that time.
Lisa A

 

[disneyeveryyear]

TA called today and our docs are in. DD and I will be driving to Bloomington tomorrow to pick them up. I would have had her mail them, but she has some extra disney items to give us.

Hey Illinoisians - we are here in Springfield. Looks like quite a crowd from the Land of Lincoln.

 

[dianthus]

Looks like New Englanders and Illinoisians will rule on the ship this cruise. Our last cruise, New England really ruled. It was spring break for us, which is a bit later than the rest of the country. Just about everyone was from Connecticut, Rhode Island & Massachussetts. It was strange!

A family from Mass. won $8000 at the last Bingo game. Maybe this could be your very lucky cruise Barb! Someone on the ship said it was tax free because it was won in international waters! I don't know whether that was true... David, Is that true?

I LOVE Chicago! Can I be an honorary "Illinoisian"?!

3Minniemom~ Glad ebags worked out. Go to Couponmountain.com. Sometimes I've seen e-coupons for them- 20% off 1 items, or $20 off a $100 purchase. They list the codes. Can you tell I'm an internet shopper?

I found Seasafe on eBay for $10.99 a bottle + $2.00 shipping. That's cheap! Got it in 3 days. I paid $20 for it on Lifestylesdirect last cruise. Nov. is not the active season for them, but I'm not taking chances. We were at CC in April ( worst time for sea lice) and there were many people suffering from the red blotches from jelly fish stings. We were really glad we had it on- no problems...

 

[imgoingtodisney]

good morning everyone
We leave in 5wks, 8hrs, 22mins

My immediate boss gave her notice yesterday. The rumor that was going around a few wks ago was a joke that turned into reality. Ive had time to adjust but now my coworkers who were in on the joke are stressing. Her last day will be Oct 31st.
She's out on vaca (to Aruba) Oct 3-13.

Mon Oct 27 I signed up to have a flu shot. If anything happens on the 11/8 cruise maybe we'll have more of an idea what it really is.

Did you see that the Golden Mickey's show may be debuting on Oct 11 cruise? Just took a peek at their thread

Have a good day everyone

 

[dianthus]

Good Morning! I saw this on the 10/11 thread & thought it was a great packing tip. Thought I'd share:

Packing tip!...Make photo copies of your birth certificates, passports,credit cards, and drivers licence. Put the copies in your suitcase. If (God forbid) you lose your wallet or are the victim of a crime, you will have the needed info to continue your trip.

Thanks Relling Twin!

~ Linda

 

[acrucifer]

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