2010 ~ January 3 ~ Wonder

[Dawncala]

We're on a plane at 7:00 AM tomorrow morning. Last minute packing is driving me nuts because the weather predictions keep changing. It seems to be cooling now at WDW. (prediced lows in the 30's some nights) I need to work out some clever layering options.

We'll try to meet up at 3:30 on cruise day. Happy cruising everyone!
-Dawn

 

[rstackjd]

So will there be some kind of sign or something on Deck 10 for the get together?

Also, do anyone know if the Dutchman is still at Castaway Cay? We've been lookingoforward to seeing it, and I read something the other day where there was speculation it was going to be moved.

Ah one more day before we head to the Caribbean Beach resort for 3 days before the Cruise.

My DW (Mary if you meet her) will turn 50 on Castaway Cay - I can think of worse ways to spend a birthday!

 

[Pinkprincessmom]

We leave at noon tomorrow...busy packing now. I don't know if I'll get a sign made for the meet, but my picture is posted on this page or page 10. I got my hair cut to shoulder length, but think I'll still be recognizable. Unless it is freezing, I will be wearing a gray Mickey t-shirt...along with the rest of my family. I cannot believe cruise time is here!!!

Looking forward to seeing everyone!

Safe travels!

 

[Pinkprincessmom]

Hello all. Is everyone home safe and sound now?

I hope everyone enjoyed the cruise. We tried to make the best of the colder weather and a couple of sick ones in our party.

I wanted to apologize that the cruise meet didn't work out so well. I guess I should have planned better around the safety drill. I was on deck 10 from 2:45 until 3:45 and then back at 4:15 after the drill. By 4:15 the deck was getting pretty crowded due to the sail away party.

I did get to meet Flagfred, RHOOK, and Disney Trio on deck 10. I met wishsndreams and mooshu while delivering goodies. I met annrae, Barbara, while delivering goodies to her daughter and then ran into her pretty often on the cruise. Thanks again for the laundry detergent, Barbara!

We enjoyed all of our goodies. My daughter especially enjoyed helping me deliver and checking our bag multiple times a day.

Maybe we'll cruise together again someday! Hope all of you have a WONDERful 2010!

 

[wishsndreams]

Hi Pinkprincessmom,
Everyone is home safe and sound. It was so nice to meet everyone! I'm glad your little one is feeling better. Please tell your dd that her little parrot accompanied me everywhere pirate night! Despite the cold , ( it really was much colder at home, so we could stand it)we had a wonderful time. I just love Castaway Cay. I hope we get to cruise again sometime! I think mom is going to do a trip report...... she did mention something about it the other day...

 

[Mooshu]

Hello Dis Cruisers!

Thank you all for the fabulous gifts, it was fun to check the fish extenders every day for the little presents we received. It made me feel important and special!

I'm sorry we missed the meet, but we got confused on the location and time. I kept checking the different areas, but had to go to the safety check and then the sail away party.

Thank you Pinkprincessmom for organizing the fish extender exchange! I love my fish extender and I will hang it on my office door....maybe someone will decide to put treats in it!

 

[mkymsehi]

Yeah, what Marcia said!

We had a great pre-cruise trip of 8 days at WDW. Cold weather was a downer.

We got to the ship early on Sunday to embark. I was the one with the Mickey Gnome taking pictures around the hall and the ship.

We missed the meet, thinking it was after the lifeboat drill, instead of before. I only ran into one person while she was dropping off in our extender one day. (Sorry, but I can not remember her name). My girls got a kick out of all the goodies they received.

Boy was it cold on that cruise. Nassau wasn't too exciting for us, as we just did a short walk around the first two blocks. No excursions, so we headed back on board the ship.

Castaway Cay was fun to run the 5K on. The water was cold, but my younger daughter braved it and walked in.

We had a great cruise, and will gladly do another one in the future. The food was great, especially Palo's. We had great servers, who entertained and watched our girls the night we dined at Palo's.

Following the cruise, Marcia and I returned to WDW for marathon weekend, and ran off all those calories. Marcia ran the Goofy (her 4th), while I did an unofficial 5K on Friday, the official Goofy (my 3rd) on Saturday and Sunday, and an unofficial 5K on Monday. We dubbed it the "Dumbo" challenge. 45.5 miles over 4 days. Including the running I did on the ship/Castaway Cay it was about 55 miles for the week.

Now I'm back at home after 19 days on the road. Catching up on sleep, but I'm still suffering from jet lag, and still on Central/Eastern standard time.

Thanks to everyone who shared in the fish extenders!

 

[Terapin]

Hi! We had a great trip too, and I was disappointed by the weather, but what can you do? It was still better than being at home. We loved our cat 3 cabin - holy moly was it nice. In Nassau we did a little shopping and bought my mom a very nice emerald and diamond ring as a thank you for keeping our 3 children while we were away. We didn't buy too much more, just some tiny rum cakes and a few other little things.

We loved the fish extenders and giving away gifts. I didn't have too much time to do anything fancy so we gave out little candies and chocolates. I Wish we could have prepared more but the wedding was the day before we left and we were strapped for time.

In Nassau we went on the Greycliffe wine and cheese pairing and it was awesome. We availed ourselves of the spa on board, and managed to get to Palo for brunch and dinner.

We left the ship feeling like the cat that ate the cream! We're back on the Magic in September for the TA and totally looking forward to it.

 

[marypopins06]

I just wanted to tell everyone thank you for all the items in the FE's. My kids loved it. The candies were perfect! We had to catch a flight right off the ship so I saved it for the trip home - life savers!!!. My kids loved the special items that referred to the ship/cruise. Thank you everyone who made those special items we have already started to put them in our scrapbook. My DH is sorta tough on Disney - gives me a bit of a hard time- well he surprised me! Booked us for the 7 day Mexican Riviera Cruise Jan. 30 2011! Again thank you for making the cruise Wonder-ful, for my children. A special Thank You pinkprincessmom for taking the time to make the FE's. They were perfect! My son was thrilled to see they were not just for "girls". My DH had fun going to the rooms and delivering mail. Thank You for making it very special for my family. I hope your family also experienced extra magic!

 

[Pinkprincessmom]

Hi again! I am glad everyone enjoyed the FE's. They make the cruise more fun! We are going to try a Carnival cruise in October with some friends...no kids! I've only cruised Disney. We'll see how it goes!

 

[Chilly]

Hello! I didn't realise there was a meet planned although it sounds like it didn't really happen becuase of the drill.

The weather sure was cold wasn't it. We were out there for 22 nights and the best day was December 30th, luckily that was our wedding day.

I can't wait to cruise again but I don't think it'll happen for a long while.

 

[flagfred]

We had such a great time on the cruise - and the weather was cold, imagine how much fun we would have had it had been sunny and warm

The FE's were amazing and the gifts were so much fun....my dh was giving me a hard time about the different gifts and running around looking for items...but i think even he was pleasantly surprised by the fun.

We can't wait to do another disney cruise - I would love to do one on the Dream but we want to spend more than 4/5 days...we want a week...

My girls had the time of their lives. My 13 yr old is Facebook friends with almost all the teens she met in aloft...it really was a perfect vacation for her. My 9 yr old loved the club and all the activities...she made lots of friends but no FB for her

Thanks to everyone for all the advice - disboards made our vacation a great vacation.

 

[mkymsehi]

Doors!

My younger daughter's expression seeing my name, on someone else's door! Priceless.

 

[mkymsehi]

Oh, and it took us a few decks of going fore, aft, port, starboard, repeat...

before we realized, do all the rooms in the same area, just up and down the stairs, fore, aft, port, starboard. Dooh! That was a lot of walking until we got the hang of it.

 

[mkymsehi]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ff1kKSXBQQhttp://www.mkymsehi.blogspot.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch#v=9RIcLU7fB6g&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7OH91Sg4x0&NR=1

 

[Dawncala]

I've been trying to get up here to say thank you to all our fellow Fish Extenders. We had so much fun delivering our goodies and then finding new treats every day. We took photos of all the cool doors like Jeff did, and I tried to get photos of all the great gifts before the kids began claiming them. (the awesome magnets are not in the photos because they were still on our door)

I wish we'd had an opportunity to meet you all, but the kids kept us pretty busy. Except for the chilly weather we all had a fantastic time and can't wait to go again.

 

[Rainwater]

Did I mention that we will be celebrating my birthday on the cruise???

Do we have to bring presents? And if we do, what would you like?