6/26/05 Wonder 4-night Anyone going besides me?

[mecook]

First time cruiser with 11 yr DD and DH
Would love to meet you on board. DD needs a friend.
Melanie

 

[fairytalelover]

We are going to be on that cruise on our honeymoon. We are very excited! Any other honeymoon couples out there??

 

[fairytalelover]

Well it looks like it may just be us on the cruise from this site mecook

 

[mecook]

It sure looks like it, doesn't it? Maybe our ship won't be crowded...yeah, right. Melanie

 

[fairytalelover]

Well maybe if it is not crowded we will get free upgrades!

 

[mecook]

I'm afraid we don't need to count on an upgrade. I heard from my TA today about my cabin assignment...which I'm quite unhappy with. It is 1039 on deck one. She said the ship is right at sold out and swapping might be near impossible, although she would wait-list me for deck 2.

 

[fairytalelover]

Almost sold out? That's too bad. I have never been on a Cruise before so is whwat kind of room is on deck one?

 

[mecook]

There are only 42 cabins down there. They are oceanview 9's (us) and interior 10's. Deck 2 Cat. 9's have one large porthole while Deck 1 Cat. 9's have 2 smaller ones. That's a bummer too.
Since you are flying cross-country to cruise DCL on your honeymoon, are you coming just because of Disney World? I mean, you could have stayed in CA and cruised from there since they are doing the "repositioning" this spring. My DD wonders if you go to DL "all the time"?
Even though our life circumstances are far from the same (you on honeymoon and me celebrating 25th anniversary), I'd like to meet you while we're cruising.
Melanie

 

[fairytalelover]

Well we were going to go on the western cruise but we found out that the disney employee discounts are not available due to the fact that this cruise is so new and that it coincides with the 50th anniversary celebrations. And we get quite a good cast member discount. And the western cruise is quite expensive. So we opted for flying over to Florida, staying 6 nights at WDW and then taking a 4 night cruise. We have never been on a cruise before so we are quite excited.

As for Disneyland here, we go all the time. Before I started working for Disney (I work in the Corporate offices at Disney Studios in Burbank) we had annual passes and we would go a couple times a month. And now that I have the Silver Pass we still go a couple times a month but we are happier because we can also bring in 3 guests with us.

We are also having a Disney Fairytale Wedding here at Disneyland on June 17th. We are very excited about it. We will have a crystal Cinderella pumkin carriage take me to the ceremony area with a white horse and costumed footman. We have a cinderella castle cake and everything to make it a true disney fairytale wedding!!

We would love to meet up with you guys on the cruise!

Are you guys also staying at WDW prior to the cruise?

 

[Dis]

yes unfortunately the ship is sold-out, but they are still taking guaranty cabin reservations. Best time to see about upgrade is at the 60-day window when payment in full is due. Some people always cancel. We will also be on this cruise. It will be our third Disney Cruise. Husband and wife and two boys ages 10 and 15.

 

[mecook]

Dis, maybe my about-to-turn 11 daughter and your 10 yr son will meet up and hit it off.
Fairytale Lover, my DD will have a fit when I tell her about your wedding. She is a Cinderella freak. Are you going to have any pics with you on the boat? No, we're skipping the parks this trip. We went twice in 2004.
Let's "talk" about a "meet" as time draws closer. 18 weeks minus 1 day and counting....
Melanie

 

[fairytalelover]

Mecook, Yes I will make sure to have some photos with us to show your daughter when we get there. That way she can make plans to have her future wedding one day at Disneyland and have Cinderella's carriage take her to meet her Prince.

We are looking forward to meeting up with you and Dis and your families.

 

[fairytalelover]

So is nobody else going on this cruise with us??? Anybody out there???

 

[notbernie]

We are going as well. My Husband and I and our 2 daughters ages 7 and 5. It's our first Disney cruise and it's a surprise for the girls.

 

[fairytalelover]

Mecook has a daughter also. Maybe you guys can introduce your kids to each other.

 

[Dis]

I see our cruise list is growing a little. Is anyone coming down the night before? We have a reservation at WDW and at the Raddisson for the night before. Still have not decided where we are going to stay. They both have their pro's and con's.

 

[fairytalelover]

We will be staying at Port Orleans Riverside from the 20th until the cruise on the 26th. We paid to have the DCL bus pick us up from our resort that morning and take us over to the cruise.

 

[Dis]

We have a room reserved at POFQ for the night before the cruise. Because our flight doesn't arrive until 4:00PM, we are going to stay at the Raddisson in Cape Canaveral instead. After the cruise, we will stay at OKW for four days. I heard they have started the fireworks on the Wonder. The fireworks and pirate night will now be on Castaway Cay Day. We are now 100 days from our cruise!

 

[notbernie]

We are staying at the Radisson the night before and I think Mecook is as well.

 

[fairytalelover]

We just booked our excursion in Nassau!!