5/30/2010-5 Night Disney Wonder Memorial Day Double Dip! Roster-Post 626 on page 42

[ksucats]

Left the house at 3 am. Now drinking wine watching the kids swim at the hotel pool.

 

[Eshlyn]

Here we sit at the airport, an hour after we should have been picked up, no Happy Limo driver, no answering of telphones. I called another company. I'm not so happy!!!

 

[FLORIDA_DAD]

Here we sit at the airport, an hour after we should have been picked up, no Happy Limo driver, no answering of telphones. I called another company. I'm not so happy!!!

Hope all came out okay. Guess what - SAILING TODAY!!!!!
Hope your excitement overshadows Happy Limo

 

[Eshlyn]

Excitement does indeed overshadow the mishaps of last evening. I did find a really nice town car service last night, that has 24 hour live service and they were prompt and very polite. I was very pleased. To top it off, the car trip plus the tip was equal to Happy Limo without the tip. I will at some point be posting about my experience on the main board, but my review of HL will be dependent on how they handle the events of last night.

Now we are sitting in our hotel room (Country Inn and Suites is wonderful), waiting for our time to check out and hop on the shuttle. Getting REALLY excited now.

We saw a group of people in red shirts that said something about "Castaways" in the breakfast room. Wonder if they are going with us? See you all this afternoon.

 

[SuperTim]

We'll be there in our green "Richard's Cruise" shirts.

 

[Eshlyn]

well, not quite yet for us. We don't fly home until Sunday and have a day at the Magic Kingdom tomorrow. It was fun seeing some of you around the ship!

 

[SuperTim]

We are on our long, long, long ride home. We loved meeting those of you who we could and spending a little time talking with others that share our obsession.

Cari was unable to parasail on the second day of Castaway Cay because of our DD4 being ill. Guest services refunded the non refundable price anyway.

Another reason the mouse is the way to go.

Talk to you all soon,

Tim

 

[Time4disney]

We are on our long, long, long ride home. We loved meeting those of you who we could and spending a little time talking with others that share our obsession.

Cari was unable to parasail on the second day of Castaway Cay because of our DD4 being ill. Guest services refunded the non refundable price anyway.

Another reason the mouse is the way to go.

Talk to you all soon,

Tim

Have a safe trip home Tim and Cari. Sorry to hear about DD, but glad to hear Disney refunded your money on the excursion.
Okay, I just have to say that we enjoyed every moment of our cruise. We couldn't ask for better weather. Two stops at CC is the way to go. We will be on the June 7,2011 5 night Double Dip on the Dream!!! Just to let others know, we booked the 2011 cruise in Dec. and we tried booking while onboard to see if we could get a better deal, but the price went up so much that we made out better booking in Dec.

I enjoyed meeting everyone and I want to thank everyone for all the FE gifts. We loved every one of them. When I get home I'll take a picture of everything we received.

Right now we are at WDW for 4 nights before heading home. I need to walk off all the food I ate.

If anyone is going to post a trip report, let us know here so we can go read it.
Hope everyone has safe travels returning home. Have a Disney day!

 

[tsb2]

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for the outstanding FE gifts. My children enjoyed all the fun gifts as did myself and my husband. I am regrettably sorry to say that only 8 of the 11 men received my "husband" gift because 4 of the barbeque rubs broke in transit so two of the other men who were dads received a marshmallow shooter to share some fun with their kids who received one also. Thankfully Garrett & Nikkie gave out BBQ rub also...so happy grilling to the one guy who didn't receive anything from me. I hope the girls liked their necklaces, they were really fun to make.

Well back to reality for me! We landed in Kansas City and it is 99 degrees and 80% humidity and no carribean beach in sight...arrgh! I think our next cruise will be a European or Alaskan one for me and the hubby after I graduate from school next May. It was nice to meet some of you just randomly in the hall or during the Pirate Night Buffet. I wish I could have had the opportunity to have met more of you. Again thanks for all I learned from reading these boards and I am glad that we all decided to do the FE. Happy Future Travels Everyone!

Tara

 

[mollygirl13]

The title says it all.

Chris and I had the most wonderful, perfect cruise. We just can't believe it is all over. I guess we need to start planning for the May 29, 2011 Dream cruise we are booked on.

Thank you very much for all of the fabulous Fe gifts. Chris and I had so much fun looking in our Fe to see what goodies we received.

It was really nice to have met some of you. It made our cruise that much more fun! It was really great talking to everyone!

Hope everyone is settling back into reality. We have been home since Fri night so we have just been trying to get things back in some sort of order before we move in the next week & a half!

Well, thanks again for the great FE gifts and thanks to everyone who made our cruise that much better

 

[miclen]

Hi -

My family and I are sailing on the June 27 5 night curise and I am dying to get some inforamtion about the 5 night cruises. Can anyone help me?

What is the dining rotation?
Is there a pirate night?
Formal or semi-formal night?
What are they shows?

Anything else we should know?

We can't wait. It is actually a surprise for my kids.

Thanks!

 

[akka4]

Well, we are also home and back to reality We absolutely loved this cruise and also booked for the same time next year! We didn't make it to the meet at 2:45. We actually got there around 3:10 because we lost track of time but I didn't see a banner so we're bummed we didn't get to meet any of you. Regardless, it was fun "talking" to all of you on this board.

 

[akka4]

Hi -

My family and I are sailing on the June 27 5 night curise and I am dying to get some inforamtion about the 5 night cruises. Can anyone help me?

What is the dining rotation?
Is there a pirate night?
Formal or semi-formal night?
What are they shows?

Anything else we should know?

We can't wait. It is actually a surprise for my kids.

Thanks!

The dining rotation is different for everyone but if you get the same restaurant twice, the menu will be different. Yes, there is a pirate night!
There was a formal night the day we were at sea, but it looked more semi-formal. As for the shows....someone may have to help me out but there were the Golden Mickeys, Disney Dreams and Toy Story. They also showed Prince of Persia, The Last Song and a few others in the movie theatre. So much fun! You and your kids will have a blast!!!

 

[Stitch1313]

Hi All,

Thank you so much to all the FE participants. Coming back to our cabin and seeing something in our FE made us feel like kids on Christmas morning. I have to say I was quite impressed with how amazingly creative you all were with your gifts. We enjoyed them all.

I am sorry that we couldn't make it to the 2:45 meet on Sunday. We were busy booking reservations for Palo's brunch and private sketch sessions with Don "Ducky" Williams. While I missed meeting fellow disers, it was SO worth it! The brunch was fabulous and the ability to have a personal sketch drawn by Ducky was a dream come true. And, I did get to meet several of you as you made your gift distribution rounds or your tours of the FEs (you know who you are!).

We stayed two days in WDW post-cruise and just got in yesterday morning around 2am. Imagine, how excited we were to go into work this morning (not)! But, we have to get back to work to start paying for next year's cruise on the Dream. Yep, we signed up for the first double dip of 2011. And this time, we will have two cabins and four people. We're spreading the word and enlisting converts!

Will be unpacking tonight and reliving the experience with each item that comes out of the suitcase.

I hope everyone had as magical a time as we did on this, the first Disney 5 Night, Double Dip cruise.

Quick question: Did anyone buy any of the Dooney and Burke DCL purses? I have experienced an issue with mine and wondered if it happened to others or if it was specific to the one I bought. If you'd prefer, you can PM me with your answers.

Lisa

 

[mollygirl13]

Hi All,

Thank you so much to all the FE participants. Coming back to our cabin and seeing something in our FE made us feel like kids on Christmas morning. I have to say I was quite impressed with how amazingly creative you all were with your gifts. We enjoyed them all.

I am sorry that we couldn't make it to the 2:45 meet on Sunday. We were busy booking reservations for Palo's brunch and private sketch sessions with Don "Ducky" Williams. While I missed meeting fellow disers, it was SO worth it! The brunch was fabulous and the ability to have a personal sketch drawn by Ducky was a dream come true. And, I did get to meet several of you as you made your gift distribution rounds or your tours of the FEs (you know who you are!).

We stayed two days in WDW post-cruise and just got in yesterday morning around 2am. Imagine, how excited we were to go into work this morning (not)! But, we have to get back to work to start paying for next year's cruise on the Dream. Yep, we signed up for the first double dip of 2011. And this time, we will have two cabins and four people. We're spreading the word and enlisting converts!

Will be unpacking tonight and reliving the experience with each item that comes out of the suitcase.

I hope everyone had as magical a time as we did on this, the first Disney 5 Night, Double Dip cruise.

Quick question: Did anyone buy any of the Dooney and Burke DCL purses? I have experienced an issue with mine and wondered if it happened to others or if it was specific to the one I bought. If you'd prefer, you can PM me with your answers.

Lisa

Chris and I are booked on the 2011 Dream 5 day as well!

 

[minnie4me]

Just got back less than 2 hours ago, had a fabulous cruise even if DS had poison and a breathing issue that prevented us from going to CC the second day.
Then it was 4 days in disney, also great !! We missed the raindrops every day, either in a ride/show or eating. Let DS swim in the pool till 1115 last night...hope he wants to get up for school tomorrow.

Thanks to all the FE participants for the fun and cute gifts !! DS loved "getting the mail" each day !! It was nice to meet those we could.
Already missing it all....reality bites !!

 

[7DwarfsFanNY]

Hi All!

Best cruise ever! Thanks for all the FE gifts and the great ideas for next time! It was nice meeting a few of you but we couldn't stay long as the rest of the Chix wanted to hit the Nassau shopping meeting! Boy did they shop well in Nassau! We haven't booked our next cruise yet, but everyone wants to go back again next year. Trying to do the double dip again but can't do the Memorial Day one as things were too horrible here at work with my boss gone the same week, and of course, she won't change her future plans! So we are shooting for the June 7th one I think. July and August would be too hot for the girl who got way too sunburn this time!

 

[bmalonef45]

We had a great cruise as well. We weren't able to make the meet but I think I ran into at least one or two of you all during the trip. Of all our cruises this was by far the friendliest trip we've had. The double dip really made this cruise perfect. We spent 4 more nights in WDW a we just returned yesterday. I was amazed how many DVC members there were on the ship, so much for Disney's best kept Secret! I hope you all as much fun as we did. We didn't book on board as we have in the past but we will cruise again. I'm just not sure when!

 

[Time4disney]

Hi All!

Best cruise ever! Thanks for all the FE gifts and the great ideas for next time! It was nice meeting a few of you but we couldn't stay long as the rest of the Chix wanted to hit the Nassau shopping meeting! Boy did they shop well in Nassau! We haven't booked our next cruise yet, but everyone wants to go back again next year. Trying to do the double dip again but can't do the Memorial Day one as things were too horrible here at work with my boss gone the same week, and of course, she won't change her future plans! So we are shooting for the June 7th one I think. July and August would be too hot for the girl who got way too sunburn this time!

We will be sailing on the June 7th DD next year. Hope you decide to join us.

I will miss not sailing on the first 5 night DD at the end of May next year so I will miss everyone who is sailing on this cruise. We will be sailing on the June 7 cruise since it matches up to DH's bday and our actual anniversary on June 11 so it will be exciting to be on a cruise for both.......PLUS, I got this cruise for the same price as the May cruise so I took advantage of that since the June cruise is usually a little more expensive which is the reason why we have sailed the last week of May in the past.

 

[DCLphanatic95]

All I can say is we will NOT be going on another disney cruise, or cruise for that matter. I wont get in to it, but i was horrible. We were actually happy to get off. What a bummer