4/30/09 Wonder Cruise Anyone?

OK, I know officially have memorized my reservation # just from typing it in so many times. For 5 years I could not memorize my employee ID# but I have that stupid res # down. :earsboy:


scraptami: Does your screen name have anything to do with scrapbooking? If so, have you bought anything for your scrapbook ahead of time? What kind of book do you plan to put together? I like to digital scrapbook but I have never seen any digital Disney stuff. I really want to put something together quickly after our trip since we will be visiting family the week after. If your screen name has nothing to do with this, please ignore. :upsidedow

fitnessmouse: I have a 3.5 year old dd also! Will you take her to the Oceanneer Club at all? My dd is so excited (thanks for my craziness). We have watched a lot of youtube videos and anything else cruise related that we can find. At this age she does better with familiar things so I want her to recognize some things on the ship when she see them even though it is her first cruise. Actually, I think she is most excited about seeing other kids. She doesn't go to preschool or daycare so she is especially excited to be around other children.
 
Suzyqn: I have registered her for the oceaneer club, yes, but don't know how it will all work out. She started peeing in her pants again this week.

I wonder how she's going to like it or not, she doesn't speak english
 
Suzyqn: I have registered her for the oceaneer club, yes, but don't know how it will all work out. She started peeing in her pants again this week.

I wonder how she's going to like it or not, she doesn't speak english

Our daughters will be perfect friends - my dd just started pooping her pants again. (looking for a pulling my hair out smiley) It is unbelievably frustrating.

I hadn't noticed your "location" until just now. If your dd needs a friend we could connect her with mine - my Bella plays all day with her sister who doesn't yet speak. She is a pro at "interpreting" for me :). Not to mention Bella talks so much that she might not even realize someone wasn't speaking English. ;)
 
Suzy, I am a HUGE scrapbooker. I've been scrapping for 13 years. Used to sell Creative Memories for years. Now I just enjoy doing them. I don't digital. I've done a few little things here and there, but I own sooooo much stuff, I think my DH would throw me overboard if I decided to start digi. LOL There is Disney digi stuff out there. In fact, I *think* Creative Memories has digi Disney, but I'm not sure. I've never paid that much attention to it to know.

I do have my Disney album I'm doing for the cruise. My standard is each of the kids have their own album...ahem, I mean albums. :rolleyes1 But I'm not scrapping the whole cruise for each of the three kids, so I'll do a family vacation cruise album and then just pick out the best pics of each kid for their own album to do a couple pages.
 

EEK! You guys haven't gotten your numbers yet? That sucks! I'm waiting for ours and we leave on May 2 Magic....ugh....I guess I'll keep a watch here, hopefully we'll get ours right after you guys then. The waiting is frustrating....lol
 
THEY'RE ASSIGNED!!! We got upgraded from two cat 12's to two cat 9's side by side.:woohoo: Was NOT expecting that. We're on deck two. Really I was just hoping to have the cabin near my parents, but I'll take the upgrade too. LOL! So go check yours!
 
WOOHOO!!! Good for you! :banana::cool1:

Still don't have ours yet, but since we're cruising only 2 days after you, I'm hoping it'll be SOON! Thanks for the update!:cheer2:

Oh, we have 2 cat 12's on our ship too, I REALLY am hoping for an upgrade, but not expecting one!
 
THEY'RE ASSIGNED!!! We got upgraded from two cat 12's to two cat 9's side by side.:woohoo: Was NOT expecting that. We're on deck two. Really I was just hoping to have the cabin near my parents, but I'll take the upgrade too. LOL! So go check yours!

Thanks Scraptami for the update!!! Of course my computer froze and then 10 other things happen so now I finally go to check it. At first I was disappointed because my reservation still said catagory 12 but when I went to the stateroom report/review site ( http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/cruise-new/roomlist.cfm ) it said it was a catagory 9 !!!!!

We are on deck 1 (isn't that where the REALLY poor people stayed on the Titanic :confused3) and according to the reports this room has 2 small portholes versus the giant porthole we had last time. We are close to the medical center (hope we won't be needing that!) and easy access to getting off the boat when docked. We are midship located near the elevator but since there are only about 40 rooms on this deck it shouldn't be too noisy. It looks like it has a split bathroom which should be helpful.

Once again I am glad that I did not pay any extra. I'd rather take the chance and hope for the upgrade.
 
We got our cabin #'s 2021 and 2019. Cant wait, even looking forward to the 1560 mile drive (one way ) with 4 of our sons:yay:
 
Finally!!!!!!!! Cat. 9 on floor 2. I love getting more for my money!!! I have 2 boys, 12 and 7 and will be taking my nephew, 16. I would love for my boys to get acquainted with someone before the cruise!
 
Yay for the upgrades!!!

OK, now that is taken care of, what do we do for the next 30 days???

What is on your to-do list???

Here is mine:
*I am going to make gift baskets for my girls - actually I'm going to put some stuff in a sand bucket for each of them. Any ideas on what to inculde??

*Need to go shopping for some clothes - waiting on birthday money. :cool1:

* Need to get dh shopping - I know better than to try to shop for him.

*make a few magnets for our door - I think my dd's will like them.

*haircuts for me and my dd - hard to decide when to time this - need cuts before Easter but might still need a little trim before the cruise.

*collecting my scrapbook backgrounds so I can easily make some pages when we return

*I almost forgot the most important one... lose at least 5 pounds so I can gain 5 pounds on the cruise. :thumbsup2
 
Yay for the upgrades!!!

OK, now that is taken care of, what do we do for the next 30 days???

What is on your to-do list???

Here is mine:
*I am going to make gift baskets for my girls - actually I'm going to put some stuff in a sand bucket for each of them. Any ideas on what to inculde??

*Need to go shopping for some clothes - waiting on birthday money. :cool1:

* Need to get dh shopping - I know better than to try to shop for him.

*make a few magnets for our door - I think my dd's will like them.

*haircuts for me and my dd - hard to decide when to time this - need cuts before Easter but might still need a little trim before the cruise.

*collecting my scrapbook backgrounds so I can easily make some pages when we return

*I almost forgot the most important one... lose at least 5 pounds so I can gain 5 pounds on the cruise. :thumbsup2


Suzy, I just saw your locale is central Florida. I live in Plant City. We're probably not far apart. How funny.

Well, now that I have a room number, that clears up about eights hours of my day. We're ordering buckets from The Perfect Gift. She's going to put in some snacky stuff, Caprisuns, and sand toys. The oldest is going to get a journal and pen to write down the vacation. The middle daughter will get some kind of Disney activity book. The 2yo boy will get some kind of Disney toy. I'm also putting in disposable cameras for the girls. I'm thinking the Dollar Tree has sand toys and Disney stuff you could put in their buckets.
 
We finally got ours too!!! We were upgraded from Cat 12 to Cat 9 also, joining rooms! WoohoO!! Thanks!
 
WOOOHOOO We've been upgraded too, cat.12 to a cat. 9!!!!:woohoo: We are on deck 1. My DDis so excited that we'll have port holes:)
 
Congratulations you guys. Seems like y'all got cat 9's.

We got an 11. Was hoping for at least a 10 for the split bathroom. OH well beggars can't be choosers.:cool1:

I'll have to call and see how much more to move to a 10 but I'm so cheap I'll probably not pay for an upgrade.:lmao:

Bill
 
We've been upgraded to a 9 as wel (from cat 12 gty)
We're on deck 1 too! So excited!!!:banana::banana::woohoo::woohoo:
 
There's not that many cabins on deck one. It sounds like everybody on this board is going to be on decks one and two. Now we know where the party will be.:cool1:
 
Scaptami: Yes, I am in Seminole County. I have a vague idea of where Plant City is located. My dh will only buy strawberries if they are from Plant City. :goodvibes

I also wanted to tell you that since we discussed scrapbooking I have downloaded some really great stuff for my digital scrapbooking. I just have to decide what size album I want to do. 12x12 always seems too big for me.

Thanks for sharing your gift basket ideas. I need to figure out what I want to get for Easter baskets first, and then I can think of Cruise buckets. We are also taking a long road trip the week after our cruise and I always like to get some little new thing for them to play with in the car. I know I am going to run out of ideas and money!


Fitnessmouse & Boo323Glad to hear you are on deck one with me. So now we know who is in 3 of the rooms on that deck (out of the 42 rooms) - any one else???

S.S.Oceanlover: Sorry to hear you didn't get the cat. 9 upgrade. It sounds like if you have 4 people sailing you have a better chance of getting upgraded to cat. 9. Will calling help at all?

papaof5boys Wow that is a long drive! You better get started soon . ;) Are you visiting places along the way or just driving for the cruise?


Does anyone know when we will get some mail from the Cruise Line? I feel like it should be soon.

Does everyone have passports or is anyone just using the birth cert./driver's license?

ETA: By the way, summer has officially hit here in Florida. The humidity yesterday and today has been pretty yucky!
 
To answer my own question....

A few minutes ago there was a thump at my front door. UPS was delivering a medium-sized, white plastic envelope. Couldn't figure out what my dh ordered. I was pleasantly suprised to find out cruise papers!!!!!! I haven't gotten a chance to really look at them yet since my dd was all over them with a sticky lollipop. I decided I'd look at it later.

Nothing left to do but get in the car and drive to the port in 28 days!!!! :cool1: (Oh, and a few other hundred things between now and then.)
 

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