20050514..May 14, 2005...Official Check in Disney's 1st 14 Day thru Panama Canal Part 3

[EpcotKilterFan]

How exciting!!!!

When I read that earlier today I immediately e-mailed my TA.... she checked with Cruise Planners...and they had not gotten them yet

But she is having them sent direct from Cruise Planners instead of sending them to her first.

So who will be #2!

Debbie

Peter it was......

 

[Hygiene99]

This Saturday night at 9 pm will be a chat with the August Repositioning cruise. You can PM Peter for the link and the password. We had a gret time at the last one, and you can ask alot of questions there too.

Debbie[/QUOTE]

bump thanks Kmiles

We Have the location and The pasword If You Need it Again...

Hello fellow Panama Canal Cruisers!

Getting very close for all of you!

The Ship of Fools is pleased to announce the second East-West Combined Chat! Same place, same password!

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bump thanks Kmiles

 

[moocow35]

I'm sitting here reading all of the posts, and the door bell rings. Outside, the brown UPS truck. I'm about to jump out of my skin. This is it!!!!! Our documents are here! We are recipients #2!!

I open the box and inside is...

are you ready....

this is so cool....

I'm so excited....

the replacement lid to our food processor.

Elaine, you are so lucky. And isn't the spelling C-eh-N-eh-D-eh?

Randall

Oh Randall, that is the funniest thing ever! Has your heart stopped pounding yet?

Robin

 

[moocow35]

I'M HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I ripped open my box and checked out my documents!!!!!!!!

Included was:

1. Our travel booklets
2. Passport to Disney Magic booklet
3. Disney Cruise Line Gift brochure
4. Information about the Port of LA
5. Gov't of Bahamas Immigration Arrival Card
6. Formalwear brochure
7. Immigration document reminder
8. New Castaway Cay shore excursion card

all enclosed in a really cool box that looks like a suitcase!!!!

Now I really believe that we're going!!!!!

YIPPEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Elaine

P.S. For all you that said I had to buy drinks....I can only afford the ones at the Deck 9 drink station...remember we're Canadians and it costs us more to get a US dollar (well actually about $1.26 CDN for $1 US) !!!!!!!

Congratulations Elaine! No docs here yet. It's after 8:00, so it looks like it will now be Monday.

Robin

 

[moocow35]

Is anyone besides us using DCL transfers to get to/from the ship? My DH called and found out that they will take us from Long Beach either to the LAX or DL after disembarking. It sounds less complicated to me than renting a car and worrying about traffic etc. in LA. It's going to be one heck of a party on those buses! We usually just drive out to the port, but this time we can't, or we'd have to go back out there to pick it up afterwards.
Renae

Renae, we are taking the DCL bus from the Port of L.A. to the Disneyland Hotel. I am renting a car at MCO (gulp) to drive to Ron Jon's on Friday. Hopefully all the luggage will fit

Robin

 

[Mickey&JoshNut]

We Saw Ladder 49 at the PremEAR At Sea. LOL

Peter by any chance were you on the 4 day Wonder cruise - November 28 - December 2, 2004??? We saw part of the Ladder 49 PremEAR (Mom & I started to fall asleep 'cause it was showing at 11pm)???

Elaine

 

[Janis]

Renae,

My DH and I are taking DCL transportation to the Grand Californian. One thing he insists on when we go to Disney is that he does not want to drive anywhere. He says that's the best part of the vacation!

Georgie

I know you're studying now, but just wanted to send you some prayers and pixie dust for your exam!



Janis

 

[Magic_Fan_Bruce]

Okay... One more post, then I'm going to look at moreBoolean Logic problems!

DH called the cruislline this morning and found out the following moviesare tentatively scheduled to be showing on the Magic during our cruise.

No Star Wars, but that could change. We'll have to call back closer in. They have things like National Treasure, Pacifier, Ladder 49, Mary Poppins, Incredibiles, Pirates of the Carribean - stuff like that.​

I was wondering if they would be showint Pirated the night of the POC Party! Wouldn't it be cool if they had a LATE showing (say after the deck party) and we could all go in our pirate garb!

YO-HO, YO-HO! A PIRATE'S LIFE FOR ME!!!
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What about "Ice Princess"?

"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" is a Touchstone picture and should be showing on our cruise. It would be great to have "Star Wars" but have they ever had a non-Disney released film on the ship?

 

[auntrenae]

Robin,
I'd worry about the luggage too! Since we just booked, I can use all the packing ideas anyone has... 4 7 day's, 1 4 day don't come near to telling me what I need for 14 days! I think I need a new garment bag... Help?
Renae

 

[auntrenae]

We'll look for you guys on the bus. We're staying at Paradise Pier. We try not to drive on vacation too, especially in LA! Scary!

We were on the Wonder on Easter and they had the PremEar at sea of Ice Princess at 3pm and Midnight on Nassau day. That was a little weird, but I guess a lot of people don't go into Nassau, so that's probably why. The other movies on board were Ladder 49, National Treasure, the Pacifier, the Incredibles, and a couple more we didn't see. A 4 day is sure short!
Renae

 

[Az Pirates]

Such a strange question, but . . . I know Minnie always wears the white, flowing, sparkley dress on Formal night for the pictures. But, what does she wear for Semi-Formal night? Is she out and around? I'm thinking that DD may wear the Minnie costume for semi-formal night -- I'd love a picture with them...

Az Pirates (Sheila), Does Cammie have a Minnie Mouse costume? Any other around 6 year old DDs (Kaylin?) have Minnie Mouse costume? What a marvelous picture that would be!??

I just started gathering some of Cammi's stuff together today. If anyone has enough clothes to pack away 14 days worth with more than enough left to wear now - it's her!

She does have a Minnie dress and shoes - I'll have to get them out and check the size though. I'm afraid they might be getting smallish.

We've never done the dress-up thing at the parks because I thought it would be too uncomfortable for our typical commando style touring. Might be really fun for dinner one night though.
She has a really beautiful princess dress too (Cinderella) but we will have to see how the luggage space is holding out as that one is pretty poofy!

So are other little ones bringing along Minnie or princess wear?
It would be a really great picture!


Now adding my chant to the rest:

We Want Star Wars!
We Really, Really Want Star Wars!

 

[Tink33]

While I would love to see Stars Wars, I am hoping to see the 2 part finale of LOST. I am hoping that it will be showing as it is an ABC show. Anyone else watch LOST?

 

[DisneyPinDiva]

What about "Ice Princess"?

"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" is a Touchstone picture and should be showing on our cruise. It would be great to have "Star Wars" but have they ever had a non-Disney released film on the ship?

You will be missing Star Wars Weekends at MGM so the very least they can do is show the movie onboard for all you SW freaks.. uh I mean fans!!! They have deals with Speilberg so they can pull it off if they really want to I'm sure. If they're looking to occupy people on sea days... that sure would do it!
Kara is right.. that list of movies is what we had (minus Pacifier) on the Christmas cruise... let's hope they update a bit.

 

[DisneyPinDiva]

Renae: We are staying at Paradise Pier too!!!

I might have to look into the DCL transfers... what do they charge if you don't mind my asking... my TA never mentioned anything about transfers.. and in my excitement of booking I never asked!! I thought I read somewhere $59/person... which I thought was really high.

Any DVC members know if we get a discount on merchandise on the ship at all??

Got my Disney Rewards card today... whooo hoooo! Now I just have to keep from using it for a month...

 

[meb51]

Do you know if DCL will take us to a hotel/motel that is across the street or close to DL?? Or just to one of the DL resorts??

We are also staying close to DL but not at a DL resort. I'm planning to call Supershuttle next week to find out about rates. I believe the rate from the hotel to LAX is $15 pp. I'll let you know what I find out about the rates from the port to the hotel. I think people posted this info a while ago but I've gone back and forth so many times about transportation in LA that I'm dizzzy.

Marie

 

[BethE]

While I would love to see Stars Wars, I am hoping to see the 2 part finale of LOST. I am hoping that it will be showing as it is an ABC show. Anyone else watch LOST?

YES!! I am totally addicted to it! Do you think there is any chance they would actually show it on the ship?

The movies mentioned for the cruise thus far do not impress me -- the only one I would bother to see is Ladder 49 -- I've seen most of them either on the December Mousefest cruise or on my own or I'm not interested.

I would join the chant for Star Wars, but I wonder if there is any hope at all for that, since it's not Disney.

Lost, on the other hand, I can hope for, since Disney does own the network....

Beth

 

[auntrenae]

Leslie,
It is $59, and we usually don't use it because we're so close, but for peace of mind in LA I'm willing to do it this time.

Anyone planning to watch Extreme Makeover Home Edition on Sunday nights and 'How'd they do that?' on Mondays? We LOVE those shows, but if w absolutely Have to, we can have our DS tape it for us... EMHE and HTDT were showing on ABC in our stateroom tv. I didn't see 'lost', but we weren't looking for it. I think they do most ABC programming that is remotely popular.

For all those princess mommies out there, there's a new show on the Castle forecourt at WDW called 'Cinderellabration' that has the most awesome princess gowns for the 'girls'! Tinkerbell's treasures in Fantasyland has matching (read $$$) ones for little princesses. If you don't want your little ones to know that, you're forewarned, but they are gorgeous! I'm grateful I don't have granddaughters yet, or my resistance to these would be nonexistent!
Soarin' has opened at Epcot, the new stunt show is open at the Studios, and the water rollercoaster has opened at Typhoon Lagoon. I haven't been on any of these yet, but we shall see if I get a chance before the 'training' vacuum pulls me into it's full time vortex.....aaaarrrrrrooooowwwwwwwwww! With a sailaway party at the end, I can do it!
Renae

 

[fast43]

DOES ANYONE HAVE THE PHONE NUMBER TO REACH DEBBIE ABOUT RESERVATIONS FOR THE REAS PACKAGE?

THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Az Pirates]

Re: Super shuttle

I got a quote of $92.00 from the port to Disneyland area.
That was for dedicated service with no other stops and 6 people.
I'm sure it varies depending on how many in the group.
You can't book service from the port online.
The number they gave me to call for dedicated service was 1-800-BLUEVAN

Hope this might help someone a bit.

 

[meb51]

Re: Super shuttle

I got a quote of $92.00 from the port to Disneyland area.
That was for dedicated service with no other stops and 6 people.
I'm sure it varies depending on how many in the group.
You can't book service from the port online.
The number they gave me to call for dedicated service was 1-800-BLUEVAN

Hope this might help someone a bit.

That's great to hear. There are six in our party so that would work for us from the port to the hotel.

Marie