5/27/06 "Il pochi il fiero i blabbermouths" We *will* sail again Part 12

[scuba diver]

Good morning.

Today could be Annoucement Day for DCL.

Stay tuned..........

 

[chip&dale&fun]

And I will be on the road....Guess I will have to wait to hear until tonight...

Have a good "waitingday" everyone....

 

[CajunGirl2]

Good morning everyone! Guess I'll be watching the boards today.

We've got the cold rain this morning. I need to go check the news again since temps were dropping between 5:00 and 6:00. The weather man said this morning that they've been watching a system that is coming through Sun. night more closely than the one today ... ugh!

Hope everyone is safe & warm.
Ang

 

[WDWLVR]

Good morning cruisers


Happy Thursday!



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Didn't happen yesterday - is today the day we find out the plans for 2008 and hopefully get a plan together for the blabbermouths?

 

[WDWLVR]

Well it looks like at least part of the news is out. Magic is doing 15 day repo cruises followed by 7 day Mexico cruises. No word on the Wonder which makes me think they won't be offering anything special.

Looks like we won't be cruising DCL in 2008 unless we do another Member Cruise.

Any ideas???? Anyone up for a cruise before May or after September???? I know those are hard with the kids in school. Or RCCL????

 

[CajunGirl2]

Well it looks like at least part of the news is out. Magic is doing 15 day repo cruises followed by 7 day Mexico cruises. No word on the Wonder which makes me think they won't be offering anything special.

Looks like we won't be cruising DCL in 2008 unless we do another Member Cruise.

Any ideas???? Anyone up for a cruise before May or after September???? I know those are hard with the kids in school. Or RCCL????

I'm disappointed. I was really hoping for something special on the Wonder. We'll probably still do a 4-night on the Wonder since we've never done one before. On one hand I'm concerned that we're in for a let-down after doing a 7-night. But, on the other, I may try to convince my sister in to doing one. My BIL swears that he'll never cruise but maybe we could convince him in to doing a short one ... or better yet, leave him home & just have my sister & kids go!

We can't go before May or after September.

Ang

 

[mickeymo]

Just jumped on the other cruise discussion board - RCCL doesn't typically release their itineraries for summer until the end of April...

We'd be in deep trouble with the kids if we went without them on Disney...Another line - we could get away with it. But, not Disney.

 

[TiggerInNY]

OK, since Mary suggested a DIFFERENT cruise, how about an RCCL? We're planning on doing a 7-night RCCL in February '08 on the Freedom of the Seas. Anyone else interested? Probably either Feb 16 or 17th start date. Awesome ship - water park for the kids, ice skating rink, surfing right on the ship, an awesome Promenade with great shops, etc. How about it? Blabbermouths take over the Freedom of the Seas!!!

 

[WDWLVR]

Sorry Maria - that one would be out for me. I love the idea of Freedom of the Seas, but those dates are a Western and we want to do an Eastern.

Here's another thought. Anyone for an Alaskan cruise?

 

[ohiominnie]

Any ideas???? Anyone up for a cruise before May or after September???? I know those are hard with the kids in school. Or RCCL????

Homeschoolin' baby! We LOVE to cruise in May. We could bump that to mid-late April. September works for us too. I know it's not good for those ppl with kids in "school" but as long as our kids take their teachers and principal, we're good to go!

Or we can do the Wonder/Vero idea. That's good.

The WDW idea doesn't excite me b/c I know my kids will want to hang with the other kids.....which would mean touring together as big groups. Adding one family in wouldn't be bad (right, Pam?) but when you get 15 ppl massing around together it gets hairy.

Budget wise, I'm thinking we'd rather pay off debt than drop money for a repo cruise. And we're not that interested in the ports on the Mexico cruises.

 

[TiggerInNY]

Mary, there's an Eastern on the new ship to be launched very soon on RCCL - The Liberty and that does the Eastern at the same time. THAT'S the one we're probably doing. Sorry about the mix-up.

Anybody, anybody???

 

[ohiominnie]

I'm disappointed. I was really hoping for something special on the Wonder. We'll probably still do a 4-night on the Wonder since we've never done one before. On one hand I'm concerned that we're in for a let-down after doing a 7-night. But, on the other, I may try to convince my sister in to doing one. My BIL swears that he'll never cruise but maybe we could convince him in to doing a short one ... or better yet, leave him home & just have my sister & kids go!

We can't go before May or after September.

Ang

Look at it this way.....the Magic goes to much better ports. If you go on the Wonder, take the opportunity to take FULL advantage of the ship (maybe not even getting off in Nassau or only for a brief time) It's VERY relaxing to cruise without having planned excursions in every port!

 

[ohiominnie]

Sorry Maria - that one would be out for me. I love the idea of Freedom of the Seas, but those dates are a Western and we want to do an Eastern.

Here's another thought. Anyone for an Alaskan cruise?

me me me me me me me me me me me me me!!!!

Mike isn't that keen on it, but if the draw was Blabbermouths, he'd go for it!

Ok, that's a sign. U TOP with Mary and an Alaskan cruise!!!!

pdfg

 

[ohiominnie]

Mary, there's an Eastern on the new ship to be launched very soon on RCCL - The Liberty and that does the Eastern at the same time. THAT'S the one we're probably doing. Sorry about the mix-up.

Anybody, anybody???

February is a really hard time for us to go away. We've done it to ski b/c that's the only time of year you can ski, but not sure we'd do it to cruise when there are other options. Mike's office is SOOOOO busy that time of year it puts a real strain on the other docs. Plus, that whole time he'd be losing $$$. He'd rather take time off when the office is slow and he wouldn't be making as much anyway.

 

[WDWLVR]

February is a really hard time for us to go away. We've done it to ski b/c that's the only time of year you can ski, but not sure we'd do it to cruise when there are other options. Mike's office is SOOOOO busy that time of year it puts a real strain on the other docs. Plus, that whole time he'd be losing $$$. He'd rather take time off when the office is slow and he wouldn't be making as much anyway.

If February doesn't work for the Ohio family it won't work for us. We need to cruise with Mark's son.

 

[BWVPam]

Homeschoolin' baby! We LOVE to cruise in May. We could bump that to mid-late April. September works for us too. I know it's not good for those ppl with kids in "school" but as long as our kids take their teachers and principal, we're good to go!

Or we can do the Wonder/Vero idea. That's good.

The WDW idea doesn't excite me b/c I know my kids will want to hang with the other kids.....which would mean touring together as big groups. Adding one family in wouldn't be bad (right, Pam?) but when you get 15 ppl massing around together it gets hairy.

Budget wise, I'm thinking we'd rather pay off debt than drop money for a repo cruise. And we're not that interested in the ports on the Mexico cruises.

Well, I am disappointed. I have two kids graduating from MIddle School and from High School in 2008, so pulling them out of school is not an option for us. I really don't want to do Mexico, I would rather do a 4 day or do something on RCCL. My kids only want to do RCCL is there are other kids they know going (afraid of the unknown)

I agree with OM about a whole bunch of people trying to do the parks together. It works out ok with just a couple of families, but more could be rather cumbersome.

We have never cruised on the wonder and that is semi appealing at this point. I still don't know when school will get out, need to call school district. Decisions, Decisions

 

[ohiominnie]

Well, I am disappointed. I have two kids graduating from MIddle School and from High School in 2008, so pulling them out of school is not an option for us. I really don't want to do Mexico, I would rather do a 4 day or do something on RCCL. My kids only want to do RCCL is there are other kids they know going (afraid of the unknown)

I agree with OM about a whole bunch of people trying to do the parks together. It works out ok with just a couple of families, but more could be rather cumbersome.

We have never cruised on the wonder and that is semi appealing at this point. I still don't know when school will get out, need to call school district. Decisions, Decisions

Are you up for Alaska? They only go in the summer. Something about ice and snow in January.

DCL has goofed up everyone's plans!!!!

 

[CajunGirl2]

I just sent DCL an email voicing my disappointment over no 7-night cruises out of Port Canaveral. I know that it does no good but needed to get it off my chest. I politely said that I knew that they can't please everyone but that I was disappointed. I'm sure I'll get some "canned" email back.

Ang

 

[ohiominnie]

I just sent DCL an email voicing my disappointment over no 7-night cruises out of Port Canaveral. I know that it does no good but needed to get it off my chest. I politely said that I knew that they can't please everyone but that I was disappointed. I'm sure I'll get some "canned" email back.

Ang

No, that's good. I mean, what will that be.....3 summers without 7 day cruises out of FL?
summer of 2006 was panama canal/mexico
summer of 2007 will transatlantic/med
summer of 2008 will be panama canal/mexico

i think lots of ppl should complain about that.
and what is disney's "back by popular demand?" if it was popular demand, they'd go to alaska b/c i know LOTS of ppl request that in their little surveys at the ends of cruises.

 

[CajunGirl2]

Someone posted on the main board that the 4-night cruises will have 2 stops at Castaway Cay and no sea day.

Does that mean that there would be no Palo brunch? I was hoping to be able to try that this time. Oh well.

Ang