2007 DVC Member Cruise - SSMC07 - October 21, 2007

[trishy]

I was curious or rather my daughter was curious as to whether there will be kids on this cruise since most kids are in school this time of year. She is 10 and will be days from turning 11 when we cruise.

We're bringing the family!!! We'll have an 11 yr. old, 14 yr. old, and 18 yr. old at the time of the cruise. All of them girls. Glad to see there will be other kids there!!! We are really looking forward to this special cruise.

 

[krdisneybound]

good morning cruisers

Glad to see so many new names on this cruise. I'm sure each day we'll get more people joining

Have a wonderful day

 

[krdisneybound]

LINDA: Have a wonderful time at Beauty and the Beast. Say "HI" to Georgie and Joe for me

 

[JOANNEL]

Linda, Have fun in NY. that where I am originaly from. I love the city at Christmas time.

This cruise will be our 5th. 4th Disney. Did the Mariner one summer for a cheaper cruise. It will be just me(48) and dh(50). We have two boys but they will both be in college. We just did the double dip in Sept. I am looking forward to 2 days in CC again.

have a great day.

 

[madaboutpooh]

We're bringing the family!!! We'll have an 11 yr. old, 14 yr. old, and 18 yr. old at the time of the cruise. All of them girls. Glad to see there will be other kids there!!! We are really looking forward to this special cruise.

Oh, my daughter will be truely excited to hear that there will be kids on the cruise and one that is close to her age.

 

[seaulater]

I was curious or rather my daughter was curious as to whether there will be kids on this cruise since most kids are in school this time of year. She is 10 and will be days from turning 11 when we cruise.

On the SSMC06 there were 1951 passengers on board (and another 998 crew). Of the 1951, about 300-350 kids. Lots of younger kids. My daugher (14) no longer goes on them because she can't miss high school. Her last cruise was SSMC05 which was over Labor Day. She wants to go, but is worried about keeping her grades up for college since now it is all so competitive for kids to get in the college they want!

I'm sure that the pre-teen and teens will be able to find someone to hang with. The best place for the teens is The Loft. Even though there may be a small group, they will have a great time!

 

[Thistle]

We initially got the email that said we were out, then got the phone call that we were IN! So we're booked in a cat 11 on deck 5. We won't be bringing any children with us this time. Just the two of us. We might be bringing a service dog in training though. We get our new one next month so we'll see what kind of temperment she has first.

 

[DVCkidsMOM]

MadaboutPooh:
Our son will be 9 and our daughter 7 at the time. The only other cruise we were on was in late January after "school" was back in and there were plenty of kids. I'm sure your daughter will make friends in the "lab" or you could request to be seated with another family at dining. This is Disney - there will be kids and some of us adults will be having fun like kids ;-)

 

[madaboutpooh]

Glad to hear that there will be plenty of kids on the cruise. Since we had a hard time getting our daughter to leave the clubs I know she will meet some there. Thanks.

 

[krdisneybound]

just popping in to say "HI" to all


Linda, let us know how NY is today - hope your flight was a good one

 

[cobbler]

Pixie dust was sprinkled upon us and we were able to book

We are booked for a catergory 8 on deck 6. We chose the late eating assignment. It will be me, dh, ds11 (at cruise time) and ds6 (at cruise time).

This will be my family's first ever Member cruise, Disney cruise and first ever cruise period. Quite excited.

 

[Jaypd]

Hey All!!!!! Just popping in to say my family and myself are also on board. We are DW DS 7 DS 3 (time of cruise) I have to go back and read all these other posts make sure I did not miss anything.


Also I have a question for anyone who did the member cruise before. We will also be on the 3 night cruise before the member one. We have the choice to get off and right back on the ship or do the normal check in. Will we miss anything given out upon check in? Other then the Castaway Club stuff which we are not worried about. I want all the goddies we can get from DVC

 

[Copper3]

Hey All!!!!! Just popping in to say my family and myself are also on board. We are DW DS 7 DS 3 (time of cruise) I have to go back and read all these other posts make sure I did not miss anything.


Also I have a question for anyone who did the member cruise before. We will also be on the 3 night cruise before the member one. We have the choice to get off and right back on the ship or do the normal check in. Will we miss anything given out upon check in? Other then the Castaway Club stuff which we are not worried about. I want all the goddies we can get from DVC

I'm surprised they will let you stay on the boat but if they said you could you should get all the things you would normally get checking in normally. On the SSMC06 they did not let us to our rooms until 1:30PM. If they let you stay on the boat you can be the first on line for the buffets which is a definite plus.

To all who have booked, have a great time on the cruise! DVC will make you feel very special as will DCL.

Good luck to those trying to book tomorrow! If I were anyone calling in tomorrow I would make sure to be in chat for any tips others may have found. An example would be the dead air from last year's call-in, a lot of people didn't stay on the line missing out on their chance to book.

Kay and Linda, Have a great time! I'll miss sailing with you, maybe our paths will cross when you are in WDW.

 

[WDWLVR]

Hey All!!!!! Just popping in to say my family and myself are also on board. We are DW DS 7 DS 3 (time of cruise) I have to go back and read all these other posts make sure I did not miss anything.


Also I have a question for anyone who did the member cruise before. We will also be on the 3 night cruise before the member one. We have the choice to get off and right back on the ship or do the normal check in. Will we miss anything given out upon check in? Other then the Castaway Club stuff which we are not worried about. I want all the goddies we can get from DVC

Jay you should be able to stay on board and still get the special packet they hand out at the pier. Just alert guest services. They usually hand out a welcome packet with special lanyards in it, a game card which is used for a raffle later in the cruise, and some other papers talking about add on incentives and special guests. Also the KTTW cards are different with a special design. Not sure if by staying on you can get these as I know when a few people needed new ones on SSMC06 they got the regular KTTW cards as replacements.

 

[fireplug]

GOOD LUCK TO ALL THOSE CALLING TODAY!

SQuid

 

[JanDave]

Good Morning Everyone.

I, too, second the good luck for those calling DVC today. Our tablemates from a 9/04 Magic cruise are going to call and hopefully book the member cruise. A week ago today, we were just getting off the Magic.

Cobbler: I live in MI, too -- Williamston, half way between Lansing and Howell. We're originally from the Detroit area.

I'm heading to Ann Arbor today. Going to a performance of "Ralph's World" with three of my grandchildren. I have no idea who or what Ralph is, but being with my precious angels is the main focus for me.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Jan

 

[WDWLVR]

We are in! Called right at 9 am and got our preference of rooms. We had been hearing through other cruisers that many categories were already sold out, but it appears they kept some of every category for today's call in.


As I noted in the 2nd post on the thread Mark and I will set up a web page for the cruise as we have in the past. Click on the monorail green link below to see past examples. I'll post something when it is up and ask for info. Mark also likes to make buttons for everyone so you can identify your fellow DISers on the cruise.

As Linda said earlier I'm sure as we get closer people will want to organize other things like dining and we can use the web page to list those things as well. Linda also gave me a good idea on the last Member Cruise thread of updating one of the early posts. So we'll try and do that on post #2.

Looks like it will be a good mix of lots of new Member Cruisers as well as some of us who have cruised before. I think between Linda, Kay and ourselves we have some 30 cruises between us and all of the Member Cruises so we would all be happy to answer any questions.

Looking forward to getting to know everyone before we sail. We've met some great friends through these cruise meet threads and I'm hoping the same will be true this time.

 

[Jaypd]

Grats WDWLVR for getting on board. I think with all the people going on this cruise there will be a lot more repeats. My family themself have 7 so lets see if we can count all the repeat cruises and break 100

Copper3 they make you get off go into customs and then reboard right away. You still can't go to your stateroom until 1:30 like everyone else but hey at least you beat the crowd upon boarding.

 

[cherylp3]

I made it on board as well! Deck 6 cat 11 aft - everything I wanted yay!!

 

[IWantMyDVC]

Stateroom 2103 checking in!!

Looking forward to seeing everyone in October!

Good luck to those calling today