12/19/2009 - 12/26/2009 Magical Christmas Cruise! It's not that far Away?

[MN Dis Fans]

dclcruzerWhy does your last post say less than a year, and then you mention 554 days? <-Should that have been 354 days?

As official "timekeeper" now that Tammy Alphabet has jumped ship, we need to get this right. I don't want to wait an extra 200 days to cruise.

castawaycruzer99 Our eldest DS will also be 14x on this cruise. I'll have to get him to drop you a line!

Hopefully, we'll be able to keep this cruise. Luckily, or un-luckily (at least I'm still employed)?, I am currently scheduled to work next X-Mas / New Year, so I will really have to work hard on my back to back (we work 4 weeks on every day / 4 weeks off) to try and get them off this year. That could be difficult!

By the way, Belated Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to everyone!

 

[dclcruzer]

MN Dis Fans: Whoops! Looks like i'm just day dreaming! Thank you for correcting me! Or else I might have missed the ship! haha
Well yesss, 354....but of course now it's 352...Okay I'm on the right track!

 

[m&p'smom]

Hi Everyone! I just booked this cruise for our family!! Now me and my daughter have to convince my husband to do it! He has never cruised with us so we are hoping he will go!! Wish us luck!

 

[dclcruzer]

WELCOME ABOARD!

I gotta say...Why doesn't your husband like to cruise!?

 

[m&p'smom]

WELCOME ABOARD!

I gotta say...Why doesn't your husband like to cruise!?

Well I dont know if he likes it or not! He never goes because we go in the summer and he is super busy (he does swimming pool repairs) and we live in Texas and he has no desire in July/August to be out in the sun more than he has to! So me and dd are going in August and I decided to book one for December for the 3 of us...We are working on him now! The bad thing is that this cruise cost almost doulbe what I got the August one for! We are hoping that once he goes we have him hooked like we are!!!

 

[dclcruzer]

Ahh...I understand. Well I hope he joins us!
The thread is a little slow going now, but that's just because everyones busy and it's still a little far off. We are all excited, but I think it will liven up once it gets a smidge closer.

 

[owensjro]

Well, we just got back from our 7N Eastern and are ready for the next cruise! Can't wait until December! We're hoping for a bit more differences in the programming with a holiday cruise as this was our 4th cruise (2 7N Easterns and 2 4N's) and there hasn't been much change especially in the kids activities. I keep looking around for Christmas navigators but haven't found any.

We decided to book a week at WDW the week before. We'll have to pull Hannah out of school that week but we decided it was worth it rather than being there the week after which is so busy.

Anyone else have a kid who will be 7 on this cruise? Hannah turns 7 in April and would love to have a friend on this cruise to play with.

Jim

 

[m&p'smom]

Well, we just got back from our 7N Eastern and are ready for the next cruise! Can't wait until December! We're hoping for a bit more differences in the programming with a holiday cruise as this was our 4th cruise (2 7N Easterns and 2 4N's) and there hasn't been much change especially in the kids activities. I keep looking around for Christmas navigators but haven't found any.

We decided to book a week at WDW the week before. We'll have to pull Hannah out of school that week but we decided it was worth it rather than being there the week after which is so busy.

Anyone else have a kid who will be 7 on this cruise? Hannah turns 7 in April and would love to have a friend on this cruise to play with.

Jim

Just curious how was the weather? Was the water warm? I have never done a winter trip so not sure about the weather...I am hoping for sunny warm beaches!

 

[owensjro]

Just curious how was the weather? Was the water warm? I have never done a winter trip so not sure about the weather...I am hoping for sunny warm beaches!

We almost couldn't have asked for better weather. It was in the low 80's at both St. Maarten and St. Thomas. We were very comfortable outdoors in shorts and t-shirts and swimming at St. Maarten. Castway Cay was a bit chilly but once the sun came out it got into the mid 70's and was very pleasant. Some kids were swimming, but not us!!

Jim

 

[robynchic]

Hi, I'm new to the board, and new to Disney cruising. This cruise will be my honeymoon! I'm so excited! It's my fiance's first cruise, too, so we're really excited. I'm not sure what deck or view we'll have, because my parents booked it with DVC.

Any tips on must do's, should do's, "eh, you can avoid it"s would be greatly appreciated.

 

[dclcruzer]

I gotta admit...I'm not sure on any "don't do's" becuase I think everything is a MUST DO!
One definite must do that comes to mind right now is to see the shows! They are amazing!
Also don't worry about sea sickness...that's something I hear everyone worry about, but I have not seen many people getting sick on the cruise.
But that's all I can really think of right now? If you have any questions feel free to ask!
Also...you might want to check out the Picture of the Day Thread, that gives you great ideas also and there are wonderful pictures that everyone shares on there...go check em out.
and finally........

WELCOME ABOARD!
WELCOME TO DIS!
and
CONGRATS!

 

[TammyAlphabet]

A funny thing happened this week. I got to looking at my taxes and looks like my refund (totally unexpected) will pay for a Christmas Cruise on Disney Cruise Line!!! So, on an impulse, I looked at the available cabins online and guess what? Two SPH's were available. I took this as a sign that I should book immediately and I am booked! I assume the other sph is still available if anyone is interested.

 

[MN Dis Fans]

Hi TammyAlphabet!
Guess what: You got the SPH from us. It looks like we'll be the one's jumping ship! I just will not be getting that time off from work this year (2009).
We had 5522 & 5524 booked through DVC, and I managed to move the booking to SPH's last week of July this year (with DVC).
I am still holding 5520 (booked with AAA), in the hopes of hopes that something will change with my work schedule, and we'll still manage to go?
We've also still got 5520, 22, & 24 booked for the following week 26 Dec - 2 Jan., which I also suspect we'll be letting go at some point.

 

[TammyAlphabet]

Hi TammyAlphabet!
Guess what: You got the SPH from us. It looks like we'll be the one's jumping ship! I just will not be getting that time off from work this year (2009).
We had 5522 & 5524 booked through DVC, and I managed to move the booking to SPH's last week of July this year (with DVC).
I am still holding 5520 (booked with AAA), in the hopes of hopes that something will change with my work schedule, and we'll still manage to go?
We've also still got 5520, 22, & 24 booked for the following week 26 Dec - 2 Jan., which I also suspect we'll be letting go at some point.

That is something!! I sad to hear that though. Hopefully you will be able to go.

 

[drizzt117]

Hi all,

We booked this cruise about a month ago. This will be mine and DW 3rd cruise and 1st on the eastern. We hopefully bringing along two friends who we are converting to Disney nuts on their first cruise.

Has anyone started keeping track of staterooms yet? Ours are 6094 and our friends are 2076! We can't wait.

 

[dclcruzer]

Cabin 2500!!

AND ATTENTION ATTENTION!

WE ARE UNDER 300 DAYS!!!! WHOOOOOO!
299 DAYS. 299 DAYS.

 

[owensjro]

Yay! It's getting closer.

Still deciding if we should tell our daughter or not. I'm thinking not. We'll go to WDW the week before and then when it is time to leave head to the port. She can be totally surprised when we don't arrive at the airport but instead at the ship

We're on deck. I don't remember where. We have a cat 9 around midship I think.

Jim

 

[owensamo]

We're on deck. I don't remember where. We have a cat 9 around midship I think.

Jim

Is that the Suite Life - On Deck?

We're actually on Deck 2, and closer to aft than midship. I think we're even port side instead of starboard this time as well - which will be quite disconcerting. It only took me 6 nights last time to figure out how to get to our starboard-side near-midship room.

Amanda

 

[drizzt117]

Bump...a little quiet here, but we are still a while out. Keep those room numbers coming.

Thomas

 

[dclcruzer]

hey everyone!
sorry. i was lost for a while. but i'm back!
280 days!