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

[Dyanne]

We've decided not to sign up for any official excursions yet.

My husband took the kids on the St. Thomas skyride during our last cruise and they all loved the parrot show at the top. It's just a quick walk to the base. He talked me into doing that with everyone this time.

The Butterfly exhibit is not far, either, so we're doing that on our own as well. Our plan is to spend the morning attending both the butterfly and the skyride, then head back to the ship to have lunch. We'll stay on board the rest of the day.

We want to hear more from cruisers about their St. Croix excursions before we make any decisions, but I'll probably stay on board. I'll keep an eye on the Trip Reports to see if anyone gets off at St. Croix. There are two other cruises like ours before we go.

Dyanne

 

[SandieT]

We too are not signing up for much. I went outside of Disney and signed up for a VIP sailing Adventure in St. Thomas. It will just be our family of 5 on a private yacht. They have something like it in St. Croix through Disney and I did inquire about the cost, 1299.00 for 6.5 hours. Exactly double what we are paying for the same time.
I think we will just hit the beach in St. Croix. I was reading about St. Croix and only one cruise ship docks there a day so it is not as crowded as some other ports.
One night at Palo and a pedicure and we are calling it good.

I asked about the 3 night cruise for $99.00 pp and they said there will be paperwork about it in our cabins when we get on the ship.

I also asked if formal night, pirate night etc. were the same as the the other eastern cruises and they did not have that info but hopefully it is the same. I booked Palo for formal night because we just are not the formal type.

88 days and counting!

 

[disneyfreak1]

Hey SandieT,

Haven't seen you on here in awhile. I have organized a fish extender exchange if you and your family are interested. Just pm me your names (first and last), stateroom number, and the ages and sex of your children.

Pam

 

[RalphM]

Hi Pam...it is official, we are booked for the 3/28/09 cruise...It will be me, hubby, DS18, DD17 and DD9....we are the crafty type and would love to particpate in the FE. We are currently signed up for a cat12 but hoping to upgrade...what happens if we upgrade at the port...how will the other FE people find us? Can't wait.
PS How do I find other teens on the boat?
Maureen
Ralph 47
Maureen 45
Sean 18
Madddie 17
Olivia 9

 

[RalphM]

Hello...we are booked on the 3/28 Eastern. It will be
DH
Me
DS!8
DD17
DD9
Any other teens going?
We are defintely doing the FE...Me and DD17 are aleady planning what we will bring...how much fun...
Maureen

 

[disneyfreak1]

Hey Maureen and welcome!

The only other thing I need is your last name. I will close out the list the end of February and send it to everyone. We will also meet onboard once we embark at a designated place and time to get any last minute upgrade information or stateroom number changes.

Pam

 

[RalphM]

Hi Pam...our last name is Martinez. Can't wait, this is gonna be fun!
PS...My name is Maureen, but I go by Mo

 

[RalphM]

Pam...I just saw that you live in Tallahassee...so do we! What part of town do you live in and how old are your kids?
Mo

 

[disneyfreak1]

We live in Southwood and our son is 13. He goes to school at Florida High.

 

[RalphM]

we live up in Summerbrooke...Our last disney cruise, my son (15 at the time), met someone from Tallahassee and he still sometimes runs into him, at the mall, skateboard park etc...small world!
Thanks for organizing the FE, My daughters are so excited to start the project!
M

 

[disneyfreak1]

There was another family from Tally on our 2003 Disney cruise. My DH is in the mortgage business and the lady was in the mortgage business as well, so they knew each other. It does get to be a small world.

 

[mumom95]

Hello...we are booked on the 3/28 Eastern. It will be
DH
Me
DS!8
DD17
DD9
Any other teens going?
We are defintely doing the FE...Me and DD17 are aleady planning what we will bring...how much fun...
Maureen

I just noticed you have a son that is 8 and a daughter that is 9. I have the opposite, my son is 9 and my daughter will turn 8 the second day of the cruise. Maybe they will hit it off and become buddies while on board (this will be my kids first cruise).

 

[RalphM]

They are going to have a blast...Our 2005 cruise, my daughter cried everytime we came to pick her up from her "camp". At castaway cay, we felt guilty she was not on the beach with us so we went to her "beach camp" and she would not leave...they do all sorts of fun things....she has talked about the cruise non stop since. Needless to say, she is so excited to be going again. Hope to meet you on board! Mo
PS Did you sign up for the fish extender exchange?

 

[mumom95]

They are going to have a blast...Our 2005 cruise, my daughter cried everytime we came to pick her up from her "camp". At castaway cay, we felt guilty she was not on the beach with us so we went to her "beach camp" and she would not leave...they do all sorts of fun things....she has talked about the cruise non stop since. Needless to say, she is so excited to be going again. Hope to meet you on board! Mo
PS Did you sign up for the fish extender exchange?

We did sign up for the fish extender exchange.

 

[nkoelr]

Our challenge with our kids is they wanted nothing to do with the kids programs - but we have only been on the 4 night cruise which is much different. On the 4 night, the only full day at sea is the last day. Since we always did excursions in the Bahamas and spent the day together at Castaway Cay, the kids never really hooked up with anyone. And they actually had a graduation ceremony during the afternoon on that one day at sea so it was odd to just join and then 'graduate'. So we are certainly hoping that with the days at sea starting us off, they may meet some friends right off!

 

[nkoelr]

Also, someone mentioned the dinner themes - what was each day's theme for past cruises (assuming (or hoping?)) that it will be the same for this one?

 

[ps17]

Family of 4 from Eden Prairie, MN. DW DH, DS6 and DS11. This will be our fourth spring break Eastern cruise on DCL. We had 5 in the past but our oldest will be playing baseball in FL with his HS team.

One thing differrent about this year is that we will be going to St. Croix instead of St. Martin - actually a little bummed as we really liked St. Martin and St. Croix sounds somewhat similar to St. Thomas (but less busy and crowded). For example - will a Buck Island day sail be similar to a St. John/Trunk bay day sail?

If anyone here knows anything about the preferrable St. Croix beachs/itineraries, feel free to share. Also, does anyone know if St. Croix even has private daysails the way St. Thomas has?

In St. Thomas, we have usually chartered our own day sail. We may do that again but it is not for certain.

 

[disneyfreak1]

Hi ps17,

Would you like to join in on our fish extender exchange?

Pam

 

[ps17]

Also...
Have all of you travelling on this cruise and travelling from afar booked your air yet? For all the super deals that are supposed to be out there, we just checked and flights in and out of MCO from the Twin Cities are still pretty spendy....

 

[mumom95]

Just bumping this up.

Is everyone else getting as excited about the cruise as I am? Maybe because this is our first Disney cruise I'm more anxious than others. We were in Disney World over Christmas, and it really has me in the Mickey and Minnie mood.

What kind of excursions are people doing? I can't book mine until Sunday, I'm hoping they won't all be filled.