3/28/09 Spring Break Magic in St. Croix

[disneyfreak1]

Ok, today is Feb. 28, so if I'm not too late, I'll sign on to the Fish Extenders. If I'm too late, I do understand. I was planning not to do it till DD asked if we'd have it on this cruise.

The critical points are
Kathryn (50 something), DD Koren (age 18) cabin 7120
This will be our 20th cruise on DCL, 18th cruise on the Magic.

OK I will add you to our list since you were so close to our deadline. Welcome! We are meeting at the Promenade lounge at 3:00 pm on embarkation day also.

 

[skohrs]

Hi! We just booked this last minute Spring Break Cruise about a week ago. Glad I found this Board (I forgot it existed - I had been using the Cruise Critic board). There will be 6 of us: me, DW, DS15, DD13, DS6, and DD6. We have a Cat 6 on Deck 5, and a Cat 7 on Deck 6 (we were lucky enough to get one of the 4 Cat 7 cabins that are really a Cat 6 with a little bit of obstruction).
We are really excited. It will be our first 7-night on DCL. All other DCL cruises have been 3 or 4 night, and have been way too short. We have done longer cruises on RCCL, but we really love DCL more.

 

[skohrs]

I'm a teacher too (1st year) and I couldn't believe that they were offering the FL resident rates for SB week either!! We jumped on the chance, since it never happens. Our girls are small (almost 5 & 7), so we never worried about taking them out of school for vacations, but now that I'm teaching, it's a WHOLE different world.

Thanks for the TR with the navigators, etc. I'm really enjoying reading them, and really looking forward to this trip!!

My wife is also a teacher here in Orlando (4th grade). We too could not believe we were able to book FL resident rates during Spring Break. We have never been able to afford a 7-day on Disney before and always had to do the 7-days on RCCL. As I am sure you know, when you are a teacher, the only times you can really cruise are during "peak" pricing times: either spring break, winter break, or summer break.

 

[alikat99]

In my quest to find something to do in St. Croix with my girls, I found out some interesting information about St Croix. We're scheduled to be there on March 31st, which coincidentally, is their annual Transfer Day celebration. They celebrate the day that the Virgin Islands transferred from the Danish to the US. Kinda cool!

 

[SandieT]

We got our cruise docs yesterday. It is coming up a little to soon!
NOT READY AT ALL!!!

 

[mumom95]

We got our cruise docs today. Doing the happy dance

 

[disneyfreak1]

Ours came over the weekend and I have GOT to finish my FE gifts! I'm going to make myself work on them Saturday.

 

[starview]

We got our docs & air schedule over the weekend. Because we're in Canada, Disney air was a much better deal for us than getting our own & we got a good schedule. We fly in the night before & stay at the Hyatt & only have 1 connector which is normal.

I've also been working hard on fe gifts & hope to finish this weekend as well.

Only 23 sleeps till we leave.

 

[skohrs]

We got our docs for one cabin two days ago, and we got our docs for the second cabin yesterday.

 

[kcashner]

We added a day to our plans! We were already flying out on Friday, but from an airport 3 hours from home (saving $500 on flights and getting direct flight...yeah, driving for 3 hours is a pain, but it's the same time as hanging at a connecting airport). Then, DD was invited to an information session for the Disney College Program at a college which is a 2 hour drive in the RIGHT direction!

So...change of plans...instead of getting up early on Friday, dropping dog at kennel and making tracks down the highway quickly to catch flight, we will now drive 2 hours on Thursday night and attend presentation. We will spend the night at a hotel, sleep till a decent hour, get up and have breakfast...then drive an hour farther to the airport...and still arrive in Florida at the scheduled time.

OK...time to get off the computer and go think about packing!

 

[disneyfreak1]

Glad to know I'm not the only one thinking about packing!

 

[alikat99]

Glad to know I'm not the only one thinking about packing!

I'm planning on packing after this weekend. We're headed to Orlando for my daughter's cheer competition, so we need our stuff for that. But, as soon as we come home, I'm going to start packing stuff away. It's still a secret for the girls, so I need to do it little by little, so they don't catch on to my "mad-last-minute-cruise" packing that I usually do the night before!!!

 

[disneyfreak1]

I am so not a last minute person. That would drive me crazy!

 

[gagamouse]

Hi everyone, there are 4 of us DH, DD(7), DS(4) and me. Sorry we missed out on the fish thing but we would love to meet at the promenade lounge at 3pm. So see you all there. Very excited. Our first Disney Cruise and I have never entered anything on a discussion board before.

 

[disneyfreak1]

Hi everyone, there are 4 of us DH, DD(7), DS(4) and me. Sorry we missed out on the fish thing but we would love to meet at the promenade lounge at 3pm. So see you all there. Very excited. Our first Disney Cruise and I have never entered anything on a discussion board before.

Hello and Welcome!

We look forward to meeting you!

 

[mumom95]

Strep throat and the flu have been going around my kids school, so a few days ago I said to my kids "if you are going to get sick, do it now". And guess what, yep, just got back from the doctors and my daughter has strep throat (plus some kind of a cold virus he thinks).

Luckily we have enough time for her to get better.

Oh, and we got the call, my dh got out of jury duty (he was assigned jury duty the week of the cruise).

 

[alikat99]

Hi everyone, there are 4 of us DH, DD(7), DS(4) and me. Sorry we missed out on the fish thing but we would love to meet at the promenade lounge at 3pm. So see you all there. Very excited. Our first Disney Cruise and I have never entered anything on a discussion board before.

Welcome, Welcome!! Your kids are the same ages as mine, except both of mine are DDs (and youngest DD is turning 5 next month). Welcome to the DISboards. Watch out, because they are VERY addicting (and so is DCL).

Can't wait to meet you!!!

 

[disneyfreak1]

Strep throat and the flu have been going around my kids school, so a few days ago I said to my kids "if you are going to get sick, do it now". And guess what, yep, just got back from the doctors and my daughter has strep throat (plus some kind of a cold virus he thinks).

Luckily we have enough time for her to get better.

Oh, and we got the call, my dh got out of jury duty (he was assigned jury duty the week of the cruise).

Glad he was able to get out of jury duty!

 

[nonzerosum]

I'm also heavy into the packing mode. We're spending 9 days in WDW pre-cruise, so I have lots to pack!! I haven't made my final decision on FE gifts, but I promise they will be good. I'm so excited!

Starview--small world, I'm also in Edmonton!!

 

[disneyfreak1]

I'm also heavy into the packing mode. We're spending 9 days in WDW pre-cruise, so I have lots to pack!! I haven't made my final decision on FE gifts, but I promise they will be good. I'm so excited!

Starview--small world, I'm also in Edmonton!!

I am sure we will all love your FE gifts, no matter what they are! I am so excited!