12/23/12 Wonder Christmas Cruise (Miami)

[disdadIL]

If you do plan for the unexpected! South Florida has traffic especially Miami! Do plan ahead as much as possible! I live in South Florida and it is a disaster going from point A to point B due to construction!

I'm on a 5:30 am flight

 

[5by5]

I'm flying in the morning of the cruise from Chicago. Am I crazy?

The other risk is your flight being cancelled out of Chicago due to bad weather. Just have a plan for what you may do in that case and you should be fine.

Welcome to the cruise!

 

[JD3ofthem]

We are flying in from Chicago the day before. We fly into ft lauderdale. Haven't figured out where we are staying or how we are getting to the ship the next day. We are also staying two nights afterwards and haven't figured that out yet either. Husband travels for work and is a big Hilton guy so I know our hotels will be from that brand.

 

[travelgal2]

Hi. Our family is contemplating this sailing. I think it would be neat to sail at Christmas, but one concern I have would be the seas. Have any of y'all read about the Caribbean in December? (Very choppy water, high winds, etc?) While I am willing to do an inside cabin just to get on the boat...I'm wondering if any of you have sailed at the holidays before and what was it truly like. I'm familiar with most other times of the year, just not in December. I know there are stabilizers, etc...but also know they can only do so much. Also wondering because if the ocean breeze in Dec is too chilly...there's no point in me wondering about a verandah!
We just did this itinerary in June on the Fantasy-really want to go back-and hey, it's on the Wonder (a fav ship)!
Thanks!

 

[MiamiDisneyFamily]

We just booked our first Disney Cruise for Christmas! So excited cant wait!!!

 

[icehawkmom]

Heads up for those of you planning ahead for Palo, costumes, etc. I talked to the concierge yesterday and was told there will be no Pirate Night dinner on this cruise because it is a Christmas sailing. They said there still might be a Pirate Party after dinner but that had not yet been confirmed.

 

[roxiw9234]

Greetings Holiday Cruisers!

My 22 year old DS will join me on this cruise to celebrate his graduation from University of Central Florida. We did the December cruise on the Magic the week before Christmas last year but am really looking forward to spending Christmas Eve/Day on the ship.

Is someone going to start a Facebook page?

Look forward to chatting with everyone.

Roxi

 

[disdadIL]

Greetings Holiday Cruisers!

My 22 year old DS will join me on this cruise to celebrate his graduation from University of Central Florida. We did the December cruise on the Magic the week before Christmas last year but am really looking forward to spending Christmas Eve/Day on the ship.

Is someone going to start a Facebook page?

Look forward to chatting with everyone.

Roxi

Hi roxi. I'm bringing the 4 y.o. DD. see you on the cruise. I'm still hoping for some fish extender people.

 

[lrains]

Heads up for those of you planning ahead for Palo, costumes, etc. I talked to the concierge yesterday and was told there will be no Pirate Night dinner on this cruise because it is a Christmas sailing. They said there still might be a Pirate Party after dinner but that had not yet been confirmed.

Are they still going to do the fireworks? We are in Concierge as well.

 

[jehender]

I hope they still do something for Pirate night. My kids will be disappointed.

 

[MiamiDisneyFamily]

Anyone have any info on the fireworks? Will that take place during the holiday cruise?

 

[travelgal2]

Roxi-
We will definitely need to introduce the kids to each other at a meet-n-greet the first day. We have a number of family and/or friends who have attended (or are attending) UCF, and our two sons will, by then, be 20 and 22.

 

[roxiw9234]

Roxi-
We will definitely need to introduce the kids to each other at a meet-n-greet the first day. We have a number of family and/or friends who have attended (or are attending) UCF, and our two sons will, by then, be 20 and 22.

Sounds good Tracey...look forward to meeting another Tink fan as well

 

[travelgal2]

Greetings, fellow cruisers! I suppose I haven't properly introduced us-we are a family of four excited about a Christmas cruise! Planning to cruise will be me, DH, and our two sons (20 and 22).
We look forward to participating in FEs if that's a "go," and hope to see you at a meet-n-greet after we all board so that we can introduce ourselves!

On past sailings, we've linked up with others right before the muster drill. What do you think?

 

[cinderellalov]

Going on this cruise so exited!

going are me DW, DH, DD(14) and DD(11)

anyone have any kids around these ages going?

What ages are your kids?

 

[cinderellalov]

we are flying in and staying in a hotel the night before to avoid complications

 

[JD3ofthem]

I have DS (turning 12 on cruise) DS 10 and DD 8. Has anyone figured out how Santa is going to find us?

I would be up for a meet and greet before the muster drill. We did that on past cruises and it worked out as a good time.

 

[disdadIL]

I have DS (turning 12 on cruise) DS 10 and DD 8. Has anyone figured out how Santa is going to find us?

I would be up for a meet and greet before the muster drill. We did that on past cruises and it worked out as a good time.

Greetings from a fellow cruisemate from Chicago. Santa is getting a letter telling him our cruise itinerary. Plus i would play secret Santa for fellow cruisers if needed

 

[disdadIL]

Greetings, fellow cruisers! I suppose I haven't properly introduced us-we are a family of four excited about a Christmas cruise! Planning to cruise will be me, DH, and our two sons (20 and 22).
We look forward to participating in FEs if that's a "go," and hope to see you at a meet-n-greet after we all board so that we can introduce ourselves!

On past sailings, we've linked up with others right before the muster drill. What do you think?

We are in. It's me and DD (4)

 

[JD3ofthem]

Greetings from a fellow cruisemate from Chicago. Santa is getting a letter telling him our cruise itinerary. Plus i would play secret Santa for fellow cruisers if needed

Sending Santa a letter is a great idea. Has anyone heard anything about any Disney doing anything special or different because it's a Holiday cruise? I know I read somewhere that there is no pirate night.

This is my second Disney cruise. Our last one was this past Spring Break. When we had less than two months to go there was more activity and people talking and sharing more. Someone mentioned creating a facebook group. I think that might help. If anyone is interested I can set it up. It'll be a closed group so people can feel free to post pictures. I'll post my information on this thread and then people can send me a request to join the group.