2/9/2008 - Valentine Cruise 7 Night Western - Anyone On The Love Boat ?

[tevagirl]

Good morning all!

I'm really not this happy in the morning. I really look like this...

Anyway, along with all of the above mentioned things for Christmas, how about a snorkel set?

 

[bkfor]

welcome to the newcomers!!

 

[4luvofthemouse]

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[gallafamily]

Thank you everyone for the ideas. It is going to be really hard to keep this secret until Christmas, but hopefully we can pull it off. I really want to surprise them. Our 2 oldest have been on Disney Cruises before, so they ask all the time when we are going again. It's hard not to say that we are going in February 2008. We had 2 other cruises planned, but had to cancel due to our 2 newest additions. That was kinda disappointing to them, but I hope we will be able to keep this surprise!

Welcome to all the new people, & if anyone else has any ideas, I would greatly appreciate it.

 

[Princess Tink]

thanks everyone for the warm welcome. I'm glad to see there will be so many kids on the ship, I must admit I was a little worried booking this time of year.

Gallafamily, I know what you mean about the keeping a secret....we are doing the same thing. We are undecided whether to surprise DS for Christmas or his birthday (b-day is 02/12, so it would have to be an early surprise). I'm thinking more for Christmas at this point. We've done the whole scavenger hunt thing....for his birthday surprise to Disneyland last year, so I was thinking maybe a box full of goodies. Right now I have gold MM ears, a Fantasmic MM hat, and big fluffy white gloves….all thanks to a Disney rep that did a Disney Event at the Travel Agent I booked through. I couldn’t believe he gave me all these things, I was so happy leaving there…..and we had already booked our trip at that point. It’s been hard keeping these hidden from him, I’ve had them put up since last year this time. I was going to try to add a couple small things to the box, we’re going to WDW in July so I was hoping to find and sneak a couple things from our trip.

We are thinking about flying in Friday before the cruise and staying to the Residence Inn at the port. We will probably just rent a car, since it’s just the 3 of us.

Micaela

 

[bkfor]

wow! another disney wedding. that is so cool!

brian

 

[tevagirl]

Hi! we just booked out cruise for 2/9/2008!
We are getting married in dec. at Disney World and our honeymoon is the cruise. We are bringing our daughter with us so she has renamed as our Familymoon.
It our first time on a cruise so its really exciting. Actually I'm looking forward to it more than the wedding!

Hi and welcome!

 

[4luvofthemouse]

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[bkfor]

bkfor on a previous post did you say you were from Michigan?
We are right across the Detroit river, in Ontario!!

yes, i am from michigan. you probably get all the weather we do, huh? the weather is one of the many reasons we look so forward to cruising in the winter!

b

 

[IndyDisneyFan]

Hi everyone! Sorry I have been gone for a while but I am slowly working my way through college so not much free time. My DH and I are planning on arriving probably on the Wed. before the cruise. That is what we did last year. The parks aren't very crowded and we got to ride everything that we wanted. I am hoping for some great passholder rates so we can stay at the Beach Club Villas. We were upgraded into a one bedroom in Feb. and it was fabulous! Although we are not taking our son with us on this cruise, we are taking him in Sept. on a 3 night. We are telling him on his 11th birthday (May 28). I bought a 2007 Mickey on our last cruise along with a 2007 pin. Disney sent us blank postcards that say "see ya real soon!" and we are going to address it to him and put on it the date of the cruise, then wrap them all together. It is so hard not to tell him as I know how excited he will be, but I must be strong! Hope everyone is starting to get some warm weather, as we are finally here in Indy. We can't wait to sail!!

Laura

 

[tevagirl]

Hello, just checking in.

 

[yearbook50]

Hi everyone!!!

19 more days until I"m back to the states. I can't wait to be back. Africa's fun but 2.5 months is a long time to be away from home.

Glad to see the list of people joining on our cruise is growing

 

[tevagirl]

Hi Melissa! 19 days!

I hope you have a safe trip home!

 

[Tinkermom3]

Hello Everyone! We are cruising with you all on 2/9/08 for our very first Disney Cruise! I found my way here to the Dis Boards and am learning so much!

I see others here are going to surprise their kids with the cruise. We also are keeping it a secret from our kids, DS 12, DS 10, and DD 5. Man, this is going to be difficult to keep quiet about for 10 months. The kids have been wanting to do a cruise so bad. I have been telling them that "someday" we would do that, not any time soon as the cruise is expensive and such. We are going to WDW for 3 or 4 nights prior to the cruise.

So, I have some ideas of ways to tell them the big surprise:


-Give it to them at Christmas - I was thinking of having them open "one last gift" that would be for the 3 of them. Maybe wrap up a toy boat with a card inside telling them about the cruise. If we did this they could have the last 6 weeks or so before the cruise to help plan and get excited about it.



-Don't say anything until it is time to board the Disney Cruise Line Bus - We are staying at WDW for 3 or 4 nights prior to the cruise. As it is time to leave the resort we would be waiting for the Magical Express bus to go back to the airport. This is always a sad time for all of us. But, of course we would actually be waiting for the Disney Cruise bus! Wouldn't they be surprised as that bus pulls up and we stand up to board and say "Oh, did I forget to mention... we are going on a DISNEY CRUISE!


-Tell them during dinner our last night at WDW - I was thinking of doing a character meal (Chef Mickey's perhaps?) on our last night at WDW. I was wondering if we could get Mickey to bring a card over to the table for the kids. I would have this poem inside:
"Here at Disneyworld we hope you've had fun,
but really the fun has just begun.
Look at Mom and Dad for the big news..."
Then as they look up I would hold up a big sign that says - "WE'RE GOING ON A DISNEY CRUISE!" and DH can have his camera ready to catch their little faces!

So, what do you think? Which way is the best way to surprise them? Please let me know if you have any other ideas!

 

[4luvofthemouse]

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[jdybnsn]

Hi all,

Just checkin in again - back from Cyprus and just catching up with everyone.

Judy x

 

[bkfor]

i like the second one!

brian

 

[tevagirl]

Hi all!

Welcome home, Judy. Did you have fun?


Tinkermom, I would choose #1 and surprise them at Christmas but only because I believe the anticipation and planning can be almost as much fun as the actual trip.

 

[Princess Tink]

tinkermom, I would probaly choose no 1 as well.....only cuz I think it will give you and them more time to get excited together. Or at least, that's what I think has talked me into surprising DS(9 turning 10 on the cruise) for Christmas rather than his b-day. Good luck.

 

[tevagirl]

Hello my fellow cruisemates