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

[pclaire]

Hi everyone- glad to see there are some more people joining in! Sandi T - my daughter and I live in Lakewood - small world. She'll be 10 1/2 when we cruise and in 5th grade. What school do your kids go to? does anyone else have kids that have been in Ocean Quest? (I think thats the name) My dd was too young last cruise. she's never liked the club or the lab much, so I'm hoping this will excite her. Cant believe summer is finally here - only 2 more days of school . . wish the cruise was next week!

 

[SandieT]

Anyway, slightly but I'm curious to hear about what you thought about your RCCL cruise, b/c I've been toying with the idea of surprising DW with one for our anniversary this year (last minute, I know)....I already have an adults wknd at WDW planned, but have been debating about doing something that takes us that much "further" away....

Cobbo,
We LOVED the RCCL cruise. We were on Freedom of the seas with 3000 other people but I have no idea where they were because there was never a wait or crowd for anything! The pools were not crowded and we always found chairs available to us. My family of four actually preferred this to the Disney Cruise but my 86 year old father did not. There was so much for my family to do we did not see my father as much. He preferred the Disney Cruise and since the cruise is his treat, we go with what he says. Although I must say we did love our Disney cruise and I am beyond excited for this one!

P Claire,
My daughter will be in 5th grade as well. She is at Shaffer-Jefferson County. On the last cruise, she was just shy of 8 and spent very little time in the kids club. She was with the 5-7 yr olds and hated it. They offered to move her up as she is rather mature in her demeanor but she is tiny and I was not comfortable to have her with 8 & 9 year olds. In the 10-12 year old group, I think she will have a grand old time. My 6 (turning 7 on the ship) year old is so happy go lucky, she will fit into wherever we put her.
Where does your daughter go? We just spent the weekend in Glenwood Springs. My kids LOVE the pool. We tried to get them to do something else up there but in the end, we spent 6 hours, two days in a row at the pool. My kids wanted to go back the last day but my skin could not take it. 85 SPF and still I turned red!

 

[pclaire]

Hi everyone. I was wondering, is anyone planning to do a snorkel trip to St. John's, and if so, what company? Or is it way too early to think about it??!! My dd loves to snorkel, and we'd rather do a smaller excursion than DCL's, but we dont know anything about the different companies I'm thinking that in St. Croix we will do a ship excursion, just because there aren't many reviews of private ones out there, since the cruise ships have just recently gone back to the island. I'm a little nervous going off on our own there, but not in St. Thomas/St. John. anyway, looking forward to hearing about everyone's ideas on excursions.

Sandi, my dd goes to Bear Creek, also in Jeffco - at Kipling and Morrison. Right now she's on vacation with her dad in Durango - doing zip lines and a raft trip. I'm nervous cause the run off is at its peak and the rivers are so high. She's already started rolling her eyes at me when I do the worried mom thing. Imagine when she's 13 . . .

 

[Deweysgirl]

abr and SandiT

pclaire - I think we will be going to St John this time and we are looking for some snorkling adventures there too. Last time on St Thomas we sailed on the Doubloon and went snorkling with that excursion and had a blast! But, they do not go over to St John. Go to their website Doubloon.com or check out what others are saying on The Dis, this is a super fun snorkling excursion for kids and adults.

Cobbo - Hi-de-ho Neighbors! We are in Pinellas, Palm Harbor area. Where about in Tampa are you? My DH grew up in the Town and Country area.

 

[llp479]

Looks like quite a few of us are on Deck 6. Still looking for reasonable airfare. As of now, looks like the new minivan will be getting some major miles.

 

[Disney Debbie]

Woo hoo - count us in! My parents 50th Anniversary is 5/31/09 - but my nieces won't be out of school yet. So we're all going on the 3/28 to celebrate their anniversary. It will be me, DH & Becca (22), my brother, sil and 2 nieces - (13 & 11) & of course Mom & Dad. Of course, I'm saying all this and we haven't officially informed my brother yet!!! But he knew it was in the works. Mom & Dad are paying 1/2 so how can you turn that down? I"ve been on the 3 day & the 4 day Wonder - we went last Sept for our 25th anniversary on the 4 day. But I've never been on a week long cruise so I am psyched!!!

 

[Deweysgirl]

Welcome Disney Debbie and Family!

Happy 4th of July everyone!!

 

[Angie_Ohio]

Hey Dewysgirl!
My family also did the Doubloon Sail and Snorkel!
We had a blast. We're looking to snorkel again but at St. John and maybe the rainforest in St. Croix. I would love to do a zip line if they had it there. I can't wait until March.

 

[SandieT]

Hi all,
Chilly weather is upon us in Colorado although I'm sure it will warm up again. We are just about 6 months out. YEAH!
Has anyone seen these? Kinda fun.

Fish Extender link
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1219607

 

[Deweysgirl]

Those look great! I've seen them on prior cruises and it looks like a fun idea.

 

[disneyfreak1]

We will be joining you, too! We are family of three. My ds is 13. This is our 4th Disney cruise. We sailed the Magic Eastern in 2001 and 2003. Then, in 2005, my ds and I went with my friend and her daughter on the 3 night Wonder.

I think the Fish Extenders are awesome and am up for it!

 

[disneyfreak1]

I will organize the fish extender exchange if anyone is interested. Just let me know if you are. I have been looking at what people are using and it is anything from a gift bag, tote bag, Christmas stocking, organizer to a real fish extender.

So, just let me know if you are interested in participating.

 

[Deweysgirl]

Welcome disneyfreak1

Count us in on the Fish Extenders and thanks for organizing, I think it could be a lot of fun!

Liz

 

[mumom95]

Hi everyone, glad I found this link!! We will also be on the Magic the week of March 28. It's myself, dh, ds9 and dd who will turn 8 the second day of the cruise.

We've never been on a Disney cruise before, and the kids have never cruised at all (dh and I did one cruise to Alaska in 2006 on Princess).

I don't know what the fish extender thing is, but I'm always up for anything fun, so if someone can explain what it is I'd love to hear about it.

I really have to start researching the Disney crusie to figure out what we want to do. I'm a planner type of person, so I tend to research everything to death.

 

[disneyfreak1]

Hi and Welcome!

The fish extender actually hangs from the fish beside the door. The fish that is there is for staff to leave notes, etc. The extender is sort of like an organizer, although some people have just used gift bags, tote bags, etc. You can do a search a find loads of information. Once I gather the names and room numbers of everyone who wants to participate, I will send them to everyone. Each family will buy or make inexpensive gifts for the other families and deliver and put them in the fish extender. So, when you come back to your room, you will have a surprise. You can also do a search for fish extender gift ideas. People have done magnets, stickers, candy, personalized items, pencils, etc. Some deliver gifts every day and some only do one day. It will be totally up to you. If we have alot of cabins who want to participate, I will probably divide it up so we don't have soooo many to buy for. I read where another group did that. We certainly don't want 100 cabins to have to deliver to!

I am a planner like you, so I have done search after search and now I'm already planning my gifts! I will probably wait until after Christmas to start asking for everyone's information and then close it out a few weeks before so we know exactly how many to buy for. So, your daughter will turn 8 on the 29th?

Also, people make magnets for their door. They are cool! You can find loads of information about them as well. Any questions, just ask and I will be glad to help. This will be our 4th Disney cruise and my 10th cruise total.

 

[mumom95]

Hi and Welcome!

The fish extender actually hangs from the fish beside the door. The fish that is there is for staff to leave notes, etc. The extender is sort of like an organizer, although some people have just used gift bags, tote bags, etc. You can do a search a find loads of information. Once I gather the names and room numbers of everyone who wants to participate, I will send them to everyone. Each family will buy or make inexpensive gifts for the other families and deliver and put them in the fish extender. So, when you come back to your room, you will have a surprise. You can also do a search for fish extender gift ideas. People have done magnets, stickers, candy, personalized items, pencils, etc. Some deliver gifts every day and some only do one day. It will be totally up to you. If we have alot of cabins who want to participate, I will probably divide it up so we don't have soooo many to buy for. I read where another group did that. We certainly don't want 100 cabins to have to deliver to!

I am a planner like you, so I have done search after search and now I'm already planning my gifts! I will probably wait until after Christmas to start asking for everyone's information and then close it out a few weeks before so we know exactly how many to buy for. So, your daughter will turn 8 on the 29th?

Also, people make magnets for their door. They are cool! You can find loads of information about them as well. Any questions, just ask and I will be glad to help. This will be our 4th Disney cruise and my 10th cruise total.

Sounds like fun, count us in.

 

[SandieT]

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1976200

 

[mumom95]

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1976200

Thanks for the link.

 

[Cobbo]

Okay, I know I haven't been on this board in a while, and alas, I have somewhat sad news to report - at least for my need to go cruising....after thinking about the newly released cruises for 2010, DW & I decided to push back our ressie on this one to a June 2010 itin so that we could fully enjoy having the DDs in the clubs and not be restricted in our hours with DD2 in Flounders....

Okay, that and we've been guilted into spending this Spring Break out in Utah visiting my baby brother & his wife out there in order get the DDs started on some ski lessons before baby bro, et al, move to NC in June....guess it'll be an extended family time (which is fine for me b/c I want the DDs to learn to snow ski, but DW is not too pleased about trading CC for snow)...

Oh well, at least we'll have the 2010 cruise to look forward to....guess it's time to reset my trip trackers....

In any event, ya'll have fun & I'll check back in from time to time....*wave*

 

[mumom95]

Okay, I know I haven't been on this board in a while, and alas, I have somewhat sad news to report - at least for my need to go cruising....after thinking about the newly released cruises for 2010, DW & I decided to push back our ressie on this one to a June 2010 itin so that we could fully enjoy having the DDs in the clubs and not be restricted in our hours with DD2 in Flounders....

Okay, that and we've been guilted into spending this Spring Break out in Utah visiting my baby brother & his wife out there in order get the DDs started on some ski lessons before baby bro, et al, move to NC in June....guess it'll be an extended family time (which is fine for me b/c I want the DDs to learn to snow ski, but DW is not too pleased about trading CC for snow)...

Oh well, at least we'll have the 2010 cruise to look forward to....guess it's time to reset my trip trackers....

In any event, ya'll have fun & I'll check back in from time to time....*wave*

Sorry to hear this, but I'm sure you'll have fun skiing!!