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

[bpescar]

Hi Everyone;
Thanks for adding us to the roll call and the FE list. Where do I find this FE list? My daughter told me something about being able to print out the list before we set sail. As you can tell we are really excited. I have been stuffing away items and want to make sure that our elves did not mix up their gifts with other good intentions. See you real soon!

 

[itutorfortravel]

People with kids- do your kids have a favorite color? If so, what is it?

Both of our DD's favorite color is blue!

 

[riggins]

Which brings me to a bizarre question...People with kids- do your kids have a favorite color? If so, what is it?

Emma likes pink and Sarah like purple (typical girls, huh?).


Any other CC members online tonight waiting until the clock strikes 12 to book Palo and excursions?

 

[itutorfortravel]

Hey Leslie! I'm here, ready to book. Hope you get everything you want

 

[riggins]

Thanks Kimberly! Glad you got home in time. I just finished and got everything I wanted with no problems. I hope you had the same luck.

 

[Downrivermama]

Woo Hoo! Just booked my ressies and got what I wanted. T-90 and counting!

 

[itutorfortravel]

Hey Leslie! Yep, I kept my eye on the clock tonight and once it got to be 11:30 I told DH we needed to say our goodbyes to everyone and get home to the computer - LOL! We've got a group of couples who do a supper club every couple months and some were already leaving so it worked out well.

Glad you and Tina both got everything you wanted...so did we! I'm thrilled!

 

[drizzt117]

Same here. Got all my Palo times, my excursions, and couples cabana massages on X-mas day!!!!

 

[itutorfortravel]

Same here. Got all my Palo times, my excursions, and couples cabana massages on X-mas day!!!!

Have you ever done the cabana massage on CC? I signed up for just me to do that, DH and step-DD are doing the jet ski excursion as their special Christmas day activity, so I think I will treat myself to a massage! I've never even been over the Serenity Bay - we didn't make it over there in April?

Well, congratulations on getting everything you wanted. Anyone else doing the St. John island tour or the Golden Eagle Catamaran?

Oh, by the way drizzt117, let me know if you want to be added to the roll call. We've got a link to it on page 1 of this thread.

 

[riggins]

Anyone else doing the St. John island tour or the Golden Eagle Catamaran?

Hi Kimberly - We're doing the Golden Eagle Catamaran at 1:00. Are you doing that same one or are you guys going in the morning?

 

[SoCalDCLfan]

DH and step-DD are doing the jet ski excursion as their special Christmas day activity

Anyone else doing the St. John island tour or the Golden Eagle Catamaran?

We're doing the Golden Eagle Catamaran in St. Maarten also - picked the morning slot. And my daughter and I are doing the jet skis at CC too. sounds like we have similar tastes DH and DS are going fishing in CC also - it's a favorite of theirs. Got the Palo time we wanted too

 

[itutorfortravel]

Great! Sounds like everyone is getting what they wanted excursion wise and Palo

We currently have the 1 PM Golden Eagle reserved. DH wants me to change it to the morning, though because we have early dining and it would mean probably missing the dining room that night. We'll see, tho...I haven't changed it yet. Will be fun to be with other DISer's no matter which one we do!

 

[lovesDCL]

Hi everyone! We also got everything we wanted !!!

And we're also doing the Golden Eagle Catamaran (8:15am).

I'm soooooooooo excited!!!

 

[bpescar]

Hi
I am replying to your message. My id is bpescar. We will be in stateroom 2568. How do we find out where everyone else will be? Or do we just travel from floor to floor? Last time my daughter participated in this she had a print out of who she exchanged with. I am curious how that works. Or do we exchange with everyone on the list? We just did our online check in. We are now going through our stash(gifts) to make sure the elves are on the job...
See you real soon. We love anything. Giving is our greatest pleasure!

 

[bpescar]

We are now booked. St Marteen: Afternoon Beach Bash Tour at Orient Bay.
St Thomas:Screamin Eagle Jet Boat; Skyride; Lunch and Shopping at Milano, Del Sol and the perfume store(I forget the name but it has perfume, liquor and cigars). Castaway Cay: Catamaran, Cabana Couples Massage and beach lounging. Palo for Brunch on Christmmas Eve day. We can not wait. We are counting down. I am a college instructor so every week that passes I play my Castaway Cay soundtrack on Monday morning for my students.

 

[drizzt117]

Have you ever done the cabana massage on CC? I signed up for just me to do that, DH and step-DD are doing the jet ski excursion as their special Christmas day activity, so I think I will treat myself to a massage! I've never even been over the Serenity Bay - we didn't make it over there in April?

Well, congratulations on getting everything you wanted. Anyone else doing the St. John island tour or the Golden Eagle Catamaran?

Oh, by the way drizzt117, let me know if you want to be added to the roll call. We've got a link to it on page 1 of this thread.

Yup, done the massages twice. My DW loves it. We'll be doing the 12 metre Regatta in St. Maarten, and SCUBA diving on our own in St. Thomas. We'll also be doing the jet ski at CC for the 2nd time.

Please add us to the roll call. Thanks.

 

[itutorfortravel]

Hi
I am replying to your message. My id is bpescar. We will be in stateroom 2568. How do we find out where everyone else will be? Or do we just travel from floor to floor? Last time my daughter participated in this she had a print out of who she exchanged with. I am curious how that works. Or do we exchange with everyone on the list? We just did our online check in. We are now going through our stash(gifts) to make sure the elves are on the job...
See you real soon. We love anything. Giving is our greatest pleasure!

Hey! If you look at the link on the first page of this thread, you will see the roll call and under each family's name is a note if they are participating in the FE exchange. I think we have 13 or 14 families at this point. I am putting together a list off line and will pass it on to Tina (downrivermama) as we get closer to the cruise, as she is going to coordinate the FE exchange for us. Perhaps she can comment on how she wants to get a list out to everyone. I think I remember her saying something about posting a final list on her cabin door with any stateroom changes, maybe she will see this post and confirm that for us or let us know how she wants to handle that. We haven't really come up with any specific rules for the FE exchange yet, but I think if we don't have too big of a group we were planning to all exchange with every family. Hope that helps!

 

[itutorfortravel]

We are now booked. St Marteen: Afternoon Beach Bash Tour at Orient Bay.
St Thomas:Screamin Eagle Jet Boat; Skyride; Lunch and Shopping at Milano, Del Sol and the perfume store(I forget the name but it has perfume, liquor and cigars). Castaway Cay: Catamaran, Cabana Couples Massage and beach lounging. Palo for Brunch on Christmmas Eve day. We can not wait. We are counting down. I am a college instructor so every week that passes I play my Castaway Cay soundtrack on Monday morning for my students.

Great! Sounds like you have a lot of fun planned!

I can't believe it - another teacher - LOL! There are quite a few of us on this cruise! What do you teach? I have my own math tutoring business and love it!

 

[Downrivermama]

Hey! If you look at the link on the first page of this thread, you will see the roll call and under each family's name is a note if they are participating in the FE exchange. I think we have 13 or 14 families at this point. I am putting together a list off line and will pass it on to Tina (downrivermama) as we get closer to the cruise, as she is going to coordinate the FE exchange for us. Perhaps she can comment on how she wants to get a list out to everyone. I think I remember her saying something about posting a final list on her cabin door with any stateroom changes, maybe she will see this post and confirm that for us or let us know how she wants to handle that. We haven't really come up with any specific rules for the FE exchange yet, but I think if we don't have too big of a group we were planning to all exchange with every family. Hope that helps!

When it gets closer I can either, PM everyone with a list or I could use Goggle documents (I'll have to figure out how to use it!) Also for last minute room changes I can post a list on my cabin door.

I think so far we have a nice size FE group. As for specific rules, maybe some general guidelines. Will have to think about that!

Kimberly, dd and I are doing the St John Island tour and the St Marteen Island Tour & Butterfly Farm. I also got a Palo Brunch and Palo High Tea! I'm so excited!

 

[robynchic]

Great! Sounds like you have a lot of fun planned!

I can't believe it - another teacher - LOL! There are quite a few of us on this cruise! What do you teach? I have my own math tutoring business and love it!

I'm starting to think we should rename the cruise to "Teachers' Week Off" With the number of teachers (I think I've counted somewhere around 10, since drizzt117's wife is also a teacher), this certainly will be a vacation.

Which brings me to what I think should be our number 1 rule- no talking about work! This is a VACATION, people!