Well, we just got back from the Eastern on 5-15 and had a marvelous time. My parents and I were on our second cruise, and this time we brought along my grandmother, uncle and great-great-aunt, who turns 93 next month!! They all had a blast. We even had a few problems (luggage that came in on a different and much later flight than we did, snotty manager at Palo), but the trip overall was fantastic. We were lucky enough to book two of the larger cat 3 suites midship that connected - and only a year out!!! I was amazed. There must have been a cancellation. Our first cruise was in May 2003, so I think it's becoming an annual tradition for us
If anyone has the means and opportunity to book a concierge suite, I highly recommend it. I'd read about spotty service on the DIS boards, but they've obviously got their act together now. I'll probably post specifics on that in a day or so.
For this past cruise, we set up a Yahoo group so that we could all e-mail each other easily. I don't know about anyone else, but I check e-mail a lot more than I check the boards. If other people are interested, I can set that up for anyone who'd like to be in touch that way.
Anyways, it'll be myself, my mother (Debbi - 50 at time of cruise), and my father (Barry - 51 at time of cruise). My name's Jen, and I'll be 24. We're currently a cat 4 gty and on the waitlist for a 1, 2, or 3 (all the suites were booked and now we're spoiled). So, I guess we'll be on Deck 8. Our fingers are crossed that a suite opens up, but we know that's unlikely.
Now I've gotta redo my signature again <sigh>.