20060902--Eastern Sept 2nd, 2006

[bielen]

HollyTyler:

We will have our twin daughters who will be 3.5 years old on the cruise.

This will be our first cruise. The refillable beer mug sounds good!

 

[HollyTyler]

HollyTyler:

We will have our twin daughters who will be 3.5 years old on the cruise.

This will be our first cruise. The refillable beer mug sounds good!

Hello! You're going to have so much fun! Yup, the beer mug is great. It's a 22oz glass souvineer mug for $9.99 plus the cost to fill it with beer. I think my total was $13 or so. Then you can refill it at any bar all week long for $3.25, which is the price of a 16oz draft. GREAT deal! Unfortunately, I didn't purchase mine until the last night because my son didn't want to go in the kids' club until the end of the cruise, but I made up for it that last night!

Your daughters are going to LOVE the kids' club! Once I finally coerced my son in there, he loved it and always wanted to go back. And the best part of the cruise, I think, is seeing the look of amazement on your kids' faces when they get to meet the characters all week long.

My son will be happy when I tell him about kids almost his age he can play with.

Welcome! And just be aware that Dis cruises are addicting!

 

[Monstro]

Hi Jeff! Where's Guyton Georgia? We work in Atlanta and live about 35 miles East of Atlanta in Covington.

Ginny

I think it's a a little Northeast of Savannah.

 

[gdulaney]

We don't have any kids, but if anybody is interested, I'd be happy to share some of the kids activities our DIS meet group did on our last cruise.

Ginny

 

[Erik]

ERIK,

I have A DD 18(She'll be 19 at cruise time). She just left for a year studying abroad in England. Boy was that hard - sending her off.

Monstro,
Our DD will turn 18 two weeks before the cruise, she doesn't know if she will join the teen group or just hang out on the ship. Sending someone off to school is hard. We will have that decision also next year.
This cruise is to celibrate our 20th anv, also 4 of us have a B-day within a few weeks of the cruise. So we plan on celebrating all the events over the week.

 

[joshua121301]

Are we there Yet!!

 

[gdulaney]

Not yet....and I sure would love a Mickey bar.

Ginny

 

[joshua121301]

[/QUOTE]My son will be happy when I tell him about kids almost his age he can play with.

Welcome! And just be aware that Dis cruises are addicting![/QUOTE]

We have two boys that age one will be 4 1/2 and one 3 1/2. Seeing that you are from Michigan, I will leave their Ohio State Jerseys at home!! JK

 

[HollyTyler]

[/QUOTE]We have two boys that age one will be 4 1/2 and one 3 1/2. Seeing that you are from Michigan, I will leave their Ohio State Jerseys at home!! JK [/QUOTE]


Hahaha! Wouldn't bother me one bit! I'm not loyal. My son will be 3 months shy of 4 1/2 at the time of the cruise, so I'm sure he'll be playing with your boys lots in the kids' club! We should definitely introduce all of them on the first day so they can see who they'll be playing with. But it's too early to plan on when everybody is going to meet. Last time, we had a Dis meet in the Promenade lounge after sailaway.

 

[gdulaney]

I'm so excited...I just found out that our friends will be cruising the Sept 2nd Eastern next year. They did the Panama Canal "Bringing the Magic Home" cruise this year and were getting off the ship as we were getting on it.

It's so cool the way you meet folks and connect. We had been sitting next to a young girl, her mom, and her grandmother every night. It was a brief "hi" and wave...with light conversation before the show.

Fast forward to the next year....we're standing in line in the terminal and I nudge Andy ... "those folks look like the family we sat next to last year"... Well, a little later I got the opportunity to say hello and sure enough...it was the same family. We sat next to each other in the shows and sat with them at both the Castaway Club party and the DVC meeting. We exchanged email addresses and decided to link our dining reservations together for the following year.

Fast forward again... we ate dinner with Sam (the 12-yr old young lady), Sue (her mom), and Grammie. We even did dinner at Palo with Sue and Grammie.

For 2005, they did the PC crossing and we did the Eastern.... but I just found out that they are definitely going to do the Sept 2nd Eastern. YIPPEE!!!

Ginny

 

[gdulaney]

Are there any DVC members who are planning to cruise on points? If so, we can book on Monday!!!

Ginny

 

[gdulaney]

It's official...we're booked!!

Any other DVC folks booking today?

Ginny

 

[joshua121301]

It's official...we're booked!!

Any other DVC folks booking today?

Ginny

Welcome Ginny,

It will be here before we know it. We have been putting off this cruise for newly four years and can't wait!! (We had three kids during those four years) I am really looking forward to meeting everyone. I have cruised twice before, but that was prior to finding the disboards. What kind of get togethers and activities usually take place involving the dis people??

 

[gdulaney]

Our DIS meet last month was wild! We started off with a meet 'n greet in the Promenade Lounge. A couple of folks had "taken the lead" and compiled a list of all the DISers (names, city/state, and DIS name)... one person made name tags, and one person made little photo albums for all the kids.

The next day, we had a treasure hunt (for hidden Mickeys) for all the kids. The older kids were "captains" and a parent went with each group. While the teams were out searching, the moms (and me...I got drafted) filled "loot" bags. We had a list that showed the number of kids, boy or girl, and age. We had three piles of loot bags.... one for girls, one for boys, and one for tots. Alot of folks brought items to donate......such as pirate coins, beads, gums, crackers, glow sticks, stickers, etc. Also age appropriate items for the small fry...such as "Pirate" rubber ducks, and other toys....not candy or things they could choke on. We did have one very generous (and brave) DIS mom that made tie-dye tees for all the kids. I'm not sure if she got a great deal on tee shirts or what, but all of our little pirates had matching tees. Very cute!!!

Since all of the kids got a loot bag, nobody felt left out. The total time was probably about 30-45 minutes and the parents got a lot of cute photos.

One of the dads was able to get about a dozen Mickey bars (I think Guest Svs helped out) and the dads had a "Mickey Bar" eating contest... very funny!!!!!

I've never seen such a huge DIS meet....it was really fun. We're still exchanging emails with some of the folks we met!

These are just some ideas. I'm sure other folks probably have ideas too.

Ginny

 

[joshua121301]

It sounds like you had a great time!! What a great way to personnalize your cruise and make everyone feel like part of a special group!! I hope that as we get closer we can put together activities like these. I would love to help when the time comes. I be glad to assist anyone in anyway.

 

[tekmnky]

Hi all!
Hi JanDave!
Hi gdulaney!

I may be joining you on this cruise! I'm seriously thinking of abandoning ship for the 11-nt and booking this one. It's a more efficient use of available vacation time - two 7-nighters instead of one 11-nighter with a few days left over for WDW!

Look forward to sailing with you again!

 

[gdulaney]

Hi Bill

Ginny

 

[HollyTyler]

Bill and Ginny: I work with Jan (JanDave) and she's told me how nice you both are! I'm looking forward to meeting you!

 

[tekmnky]

Hi Holly!


Look forward to meeting and cruising with you. You've got a great workmate there!

 

[gdulaney]

Hi Holly,

Jan is wonderful. We had a blast hanging out with her and Dave. Look forward to meeting you.

Ginny