1st Disney Cruise excitement!!!

[DISNEYWORLDBORN2SHOP]

Am I excited about my 1st DCL cruise? You bet, I have the days until I leave marked off on my calendar at work. I live on these boards. Whenever the kids are looking for me, my DH tells them to check by the computer. Our friends who have been on 3 Disney Cruises say that I already know more about the ship than they do.

If I am this excited now, what will I be like in 100 days? I don't think anyone will want to be around me.

 

[CRSNDSNY]

Originally posted by Verandah Man
I'm just a big kid at heart, and I think some family members are getting tired of hearing about our upcoming cruise. Actually, I think they are jealous, and they should be!!!

Well, if they think you talk about it a lot NOW, just WAIT until you get home from your cruise in August! You're going to have the time of your life!

 

[skoi]

We're also going on our first cruise- Magic Western 9/13/03. We booked about a month ago. I don't know how people booking over a year away can stand the wait. I'd be nuts.

Boy was it hard to talk my husband and daughter (9) into going! He never wanted to go on a cruise, and she doesn't want to be out of sight of land. But ds (5) and I won out. I've been reading and planning for months, and I'll keep doing it like I do for every Disney vacation. Dh pretends to think I'm nuts, but when he read the Passporter he said, "Hey, I'm really glad that you're so obsessive because you'll know what to do. If you weren't crazy, we would be lost when we got on the ship." How's that for a backhanded compliment??? He doesn't even say, "you're looking at that website again?" when he passed by and sees me here.

Oh well, as long as I get on the ship. Like everyone else, I'm so excited. We're just praying for no deployment until after we get back, though he says to go without him.

Anchors aweigh,
Julie

 

[Verandah Man]

Originally posted by CRSNDSNY
Well, if they think you talk about it a lot NOW, just WAIT until you get home from your cruise in August! You're going to have the time of your life!

That's what I'm hoping for!!!

 

[ncligs]

We are also going on our "1st cruise ever" for DW and I.We are going on the Wonder (Feb 22,2004).We are trying the 4 day cruise first.......if we like it......then the 7 day.........

 

[Empire Day]

Us Too!!!! Us Too!!!!
And I or DW haven't been to Disney since '78-'79! We can not wait a year of planing, I've become adicted to these boards my DW to those at pasporter and DS 7 has watched the DVD, VHS, from Disney, The tapes we made of all the Disney travel chanel specials every night for a month!!!!!
We never thought the countdown clock would get this low!!!!!!
Everyone have a great Cruise/Trip!!!!

 

[jlawall]

Well, I got news for you! YOU WILL WANT TO GO BACK THE MINUTE YOU GET OFF THE SHIP! HAVE A GREAT TIME, AND DON'T forget to write a trip report!!1

 

[DeniseCJ]

Its our first one to..we sail on Aug 2 Magic and will be celebrating our 10th Anniversary.... My friends and family laugh because I know exactly how many days till we leave...August can't get here soon enough...if it weren't for these boards and my passporter I would go crazy

 

[disney3144]

This is our first cruise also!!!!! I think I'm more excited than anyone else in my family!! I have a countdown calender at home, and at work. Everyone at work thinks I'm nuts. I guess I may be. But I don't care.
We booked this cruise way back in Feb of 2002. We still have 4 months to go. I was even so excited about this cruise, I went ahead and booked one for Dec. 2004 already!!
Jennifer

 

[luvstiggertoo]

This is our first Disney cruise too!!

We are on the 5/18 Wonder. It was my Christmas present from DH. We are taking our DD(12) and DS(9).

We are almost a month away and cannot wait!!!!

 

[disney queen]

my husband and i are going on our first cruise ever! this is for our 30th anniversary. we sail on may 17 on the magic for the eastern caribbean!!

 

[suezpqt]

We are going on our 1st Disney Cruise September 20th - DH, DD (3 1/2), BIL, MIL, and family friends - total of 7. I am just so excited - DD keeps asking "When do we go on the Mickey Mouse Boat?" 20 more weeks to go -I think that I am going to make a paper chain to help her count down.

I just love this board - I have gotten so many useful hints & "insider" info that I know will help us have a MAGICal cruise. My thanks to everyone for their contributions.

 

[skippyNC]

this is our first cruise, and it is in less than a week! in fact, we're driving down to WDW TOMORROW!

 

[MamaGriz]

I've got nearly 11 months to wait for my first cruise, and can hardly stay away from the boards to get all the info I can get my hands on. These postings are amazingly helpful to my DH and myself, being newbys. The waiting is the hardest part.

 

[ptea]

This is our first, too! We leave on the Wonder on May 1 and since I discovered these boards a few weeks ago, I've been planted in front of my pc. I only wish I had longer to learn from everybody out there who is so knowlegeable!! Every night as DH retires to bed, and I'm still sitting here, he gives me the strangest look!

Thanks to everyone who contributes to these boards...what a wonderful resource they are!

 

[mowanda]

I just wanted to say our first cruise was 3/22-29/03, and it was the best, the most magical time on a vacation I have ever had in my life!! Oh, by the way I am 53 years old. It was everything everyone on these boards had said and then alot, lot more. The cast members and all on board just could'nt do enough for you. I am now dreaming about booking our next cruise. So I have to start saving now, and book in January for March 2005. All of you that this is your first cruise are in for a trip of a lifetime. I believe they pour pixie dust on you when you board and it last for your entire trip. I'm still basking in it. I got my picutures today, and I want to go again now!! Maybe I will run into some money. All I can say is you will have a great time.

 

[Verandah Man]

Originally posted by mowanda
I just wanted to say our first cruise was 3/22-29/03, and it was the best, the most magical time on a vacation I have ever had in my life!! Oh, by the way I am 53 years old. It was everything everyone on these boards had said and then alot, lot more. The cast members and all on board just could'nt do enough for you. I am now dreaming about booking our next cruise. So I have to start saving now, and book in January for March 2005. All of you that this is your first cruise are in for a trip of a lifetime. I believe they pour pixie dust on you when you board and it last for your entire trip. I'm still basking in it. I got my picutures today, and I want to go again now!! Maybe I will run into some money. All I can say is you will have a great time.

Now I am even more excited than ever!!!

 

[winddancer]

Our 1st cruise is in 2 weeks!!!!!!!! I think we've finally got DD's(9) nosebleeds under control. They started when we tried on bathing suits a month ago and have been a weekly ordeal since. She gets them when she gets excited. Since this is her first flight, first trip to FL, and first cruise, I'm anticpating a few more nosebleeds in the next few weeks.

 

[Incharge]

Me! Me! Me!
This is our first Disney cruise, and my daughter and grandsons' first cruise. It is so exciting, because I feel like this is a whole new experience although this is my 5th cruise. We have never been to Orlando, so everything is new to me. I know Miami port and airport like the back of my hand, but this is too cool, not knowing what we will encounter. I have to catch myself so that I don't talk a hole in everyones' ear about this cruise in September. Everyone enjoy your cruises.

 

[PRaffen]

Me!!!! But it seems like such a long way off. I'm the only one excited about it. Husband and daughter think I'm nuts to get excited so far in advance which is why I'm on these boards daily.