12/29/07 Western - New Year's Eve

[Caitsmama]

I agree, i think that for that time of year, and for it to be a new years cruise, more DIS'ers would be going?!

I am getting soooooo excited!

 

[birkner]

I agree, i think that for that time of year, and for it to be a new years cruise, more DIS'ers would be going?!

I am getting soooooo excited!

I am just keeping all body parts that my DD's DH will be well enough to take this cruise!!

 

[iloveokw]

Let's get this up at the top again - we have to have more people on this cruise!

 

[WiscBill]

Let's get this up at the top again - we have to have more people on this cruise!

I agree, but I'm starting to worry that we are the only fun ones. On the main board, some one posted a link to photos of the Christmas decorations on the Magic and CC. They look great. I'm glad they will still be up for our cruise.

Does anyone know how Noel is doing?

 

[birkner]

I agree, but I'm starting to worry that we are the only fun ones. On the main board, some one posted a link to photos of the Christmas decorations on the Magic and CC. They look great. I'm glad they will still be up for our cruise.

Does anyone know how Noel is doing?

I am well. It is my DD's DH who is not well.

 

[pcjmom]

Hi, we will be joining all of you on this cruise! It will be me, DH, and 3 DS's aged 15, 12 and 7. We are also travelling with friends who have DS15, DD12 and DD5. We are so excited and can't believe it is just over 4 months away now! My family is in connecting cat. 9 staterooms. Just applied for passports last week- hope they come in time!!

 

[birkner]

Hi, we will be joining all of you on this cruise! It will be me, DH, and 3 DS's aged 15, 12 and 7. We are also travelling with friends who have DS15, DD12 and DD5. We are so excited and can't believe it is just over 4 months away now! My family is in connecting cat. 9 staterooms. Just applied for passports last week- hope they come in time!!

Welcome aboard!! My DH and I are traveling with two of my DD's, oldest DD's DH, and GK's GD Aspen, age 13, GD Bailey, age 10 and GS Spencer age 9. This will be our third cruise on DCL.

 

[pcjmom]

Are you CaliforniaMrs. from the other boards? The ages of the children look familiar. If so, we have spoken before. You're staying in The Walt, right?
We're looking forward to our tour I can't believe it's a little over 4 months away now- we originally spoke back in February!!!

 

[WiscBill]

Hi, we will be joining all of you on this cruise! It will be me, DH, and 3 DS's aged 15, 12 and 7. We are also travelling with friends who have DS15, DD12 and DD5. We are so excited and can't believe it is just over 4 months away now! My family is in connecting cat. 9 staterooms. Just applied for passports last week- hope they come in time!!

Welcome!! My DD5 will be excited that there is now another child in the same age group. My rough count is that we have at least five DIS kids in the 5-7 group for the Club.

 

[birkner]

Are you CaliforniaMrs. from the other boards? The ages of the children look familiar. If so, we have spoken before. You're staying in The Walt, right?
We're looking forward to our tour I can't believe it's a little over 4 months away now- we originally spoke back in February!!!

Yes, I am. The other board is not very active but I am pretty active here. I can't wait for December either!!

 

[Caitsmama]

Hi everyone, just checking in here!

Welcome pcjmom! My dd will be 6 (just about 7) on this cruise! She is so excited about the kids clubs -- as am i! LOL KWIM??

 

[birkner]

Hi everyone, just checking in here!

Welcome pcjmom! My dd will be 6 (just about 7) on this cruise! She is so excited about the kids clubs -- as am i! LOL KWIM??

Can you believe it is only a little over 4 months away? We have been waiting for this cruise since March of last year!!

 

[iloveokw]

And the amazing this is that so far I've kept it a secret from Melissa (celebrating her 16th) on her cruise and my hubby Mike!

 

[birkner]

And the amazing this is that so far I've kept it a secret from Melissa (celebrating her 16th) on her cruise and my hubby Mike!

I am very impressed!! What a terrific birthday surprise. How are you going to tell your family?

 

[iloveokw]

Well, if I can pull this off (again - did it once before for a 3 night DCL cruise) they won't know until I head East instead of West on 528 - and if I'm lucky they will think we are headed for Vero DVC - of course when we check into the hotel at Port Canaveral the game will be up! But she might not figure out it is the week cruise until we get on board!

 

[birkner]

Well, if I can pull this off (again - did it once before for a 3 night DCL cruise) they won't know until I head East instead of West on 528 - and if I'm lucky they will think we are headed for Vero DVC - of course when we check into the hotel at Port Canaveral the game will be up! But she might not figure out it is the week cruise until we get on board!

You have a great plan!! With us, the scheduling of 7 people takes precendent over surprises.

 

[pcjmom]

When we went on our Wonder cruise, it was a surprise for our 3 boys. I only had to keep the secret for 4 months, but it wasn't easy. It was a Christmas present and we wrapped up several "clues" for them to open like a swimsuit, a rolling bag, and an underwater camera. At this point, they thought they were going to Hawaii and were very excited. But, then they opened the last present and it was the DCL brochure and we had the DVD ready to go in the player. They were even more excited! It was great.

Our friends who are going with us in December on the Magic are surprising their kids for Christmas with the cruise. The hard part is that our kids know we're going and they also know our friends are going, so I'm so afraid they will spill the beans when they see each other at school. We'll see...

Good Luck, iloveokw! Have fun!

 

[birkner]

When we went on our Wonder cruise, it was a surprise for our 3 boys. I only had to keep the secret for 4 months, but it wasn't easy. It was a Christmas present and we wrapped up several "clues" for them to open like a swimsuit, a rolling bag, and an underwater camera. At this point, they thought they were going to Hawaii and were very excited. But, then they opened the last present and it was the DCL brochure and we had the DVD ready to go in the player. They were even more excited! It was great.

Our friends who are going with us in December on the Magic are surprising their kids for Christmas with the cruise. The hard part is that our kids know we're going and they also know our friends are going, so I'm so afraid they will spill the beans when they see each other at school. We'll see...

Good Luck, iloveokw! Have fun!

All 7 of us were on the cruise when I booked this trip last March. Since the cat. 1 deposit is non refundable, I made sure everyone could go on this trip before I forked over the credit card. You can imagine I did not want to give them $3500 and hear later someone can not go on this trip.

Now we are getting down to the wire for the final payment and I am hopeful my DD's DH will be well enough to go on this cruise. Fingers and toes are crossed in our family!!

I sure do sympathize with you as most kids do really have a hard time keeping secrets, don't they?

 

[pcjmom]

Yes, they do and my friend would not be happy if we blew it!

Why wouldn't your son in law be able to go? I think you mentioned in another post, but I don't remember.

 

[birkner]

Yes, they do and my friend would not be happy if we blew it!

Why wouldn't your son in law be able to go? I think you mentioned in another post, but I don't remember.

My son in law has developed lupis nephritis. I am just hopeful he will be able to be well enough to go on this cruise.

In case you do not know what this is, I have provided a link:

http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/lupusnephritis/