8/21/08 Wonder 3 night

[postalcop]

brasey- welcome abourd!! 16! wow, hey the more the merrier!! hey how old are the kids?
gonegruisin- hey did you get your cruise docs, yet?? i can't wait until i get mine!
hey has anyone decided if, when and where we will be meeting,(if we still are). i don't think we decided. ski- any suggestions since you will be on the cruise before us, also?
well i didn't go down the shore today,(though it was going to rain, but it didn't).
pierresgirl-i didnt do the online check in yet, either. i still have to put my CC info in 1st. i guess thats why i cant fill out the last fourm. i have to do that soon.

oh well the kids want to play wii.
i'll see ya later
~Sue

 

[MPAULIN123]

Well first hello to all...

welcome to the group brasey! Gonecrusin, i am getting jealous that you have your room information and i am still waiting. we booked our cruise feb 08 for catergory 12 and would love a fairy, angel, gnome, elf.. something to bless me with an upgrade. I think my kids would love to be able to look out of a window, actually mom would really love that too.. but since this is our first cruise.. i will take what i can get. Right now i have alot of jeoulous family members stating "oh must be nice to go on a cruise" i keep telling them i saved money. DONT HATE! I am not going to sit at home and wish i was doing something and let my life just go by. Geesh, what do you do with the complainers?

I am trying to make sure i get my oldest DS8 his birthday stuff hidden in the suitcase before he realizes it. i did contact DCL and told them he would be celebrating his birthday and they are going to celebrate it the 2nd nite at dinner. i am excited about that. DS will be so surprised and since we have another family traveling from New Rochelle, NY and DC (disney cousin) will be celebrating her 7th birthday on the same day, it should ROCK!

does anybody know how i get a disney birthday button for the ship? i know how to get one when we arrive at the wild animal kingdom resort on that Sunday afternoon, but not sure about the ship. I just wanted to make it know my baby boy who will be 9 is celebrating his birthday.

 

[pierresgirl]

I filled out the forms for me and dd since I have our passports at home. dh needs to get his and ds today so I can finish it. I did notice that somewhere it said the forms need to be submitted 75 days prior to arrival? Then somewhere else is said 48 hours in advance BUT you can fill forms out when you get to port They lost me! So do I just fill them out online, print what I need to do and bring it all?

I need to book our rental car today since we'll be going to the Nick Hotel after the cruise for a night. We booked a cat. 10 so I'm hoping for an upgrade If I *happen* to get one am I notified by email or phone? How do you find out that the ship is full?

Oh another question.... what is the best time to get there and is that based on what number boarding card you get? I lied, one more ques. popped into my head. I have UK citizenship but dh, dd and ds all have US passports. Think I need to bring anything extra like my Alien Reg. card?

 

[brasey]

Thank you for the warm welcome. We are all friends and this is our first trip together so hopefully everything will go smooth. The kids ages are:
1 12 year old
2 11 year olds
2 8 year olds
1 7 year old
2 6 year olds

 

[Gonecruisin]

I got my cabin # by checking my reservations on the DCL website (remember how I said I was keeping tabs on the occupancy ratio of the ship? Obsessive, I know. I actually haven't done that in a while. Maybe I'll do it today and report back. )

Well, suddenly when I last checked my ressie, there was a cabin # next to stateroom. There had never been a cabin # before. I looked up the cabin # and it was for a cat 9!

Of course being the obsessive person that I am, I had completed online check in 75 days out. That might have something to do with it. They might not assign cabins until you check in. Although this is my first cruise so I really have no idea what I am talking about.

I haven't gotten my cruise docs yet. I don't expect these for at least another week. The 8/17/08 cruise's docs were just sent so they'll be receiving them shortly and we should be next. (Alright, I admit -- I was following their Meet thread to get an idea of when we could expect things to happen cuz I figured we would be a week behind them. It's that obsessive thing I keep talking about. I only use my obsessions for the good of my family and others -- oh and my job -- it actually helps that I am so thorough at work. And by work I mean when I am not posting on the Disboards but actually doing work!! )

Now if I could just find a way to get a grip on my new obsession --- trying to forecast the weather at Castaway Cay on August 23, 2008 -- then I could focus on packing --- or is it too soon for that?

 

[Ski-and-Sea]

Hey all,

No cruise docs yet for either this cruise or my 8/17 cruise. But they will be shipped to my TA and then she'll have to contact me.

I don't think there's any time limit on when you can register online. I'll try doing it tonight.

The best place to have a DIS meet on the first day is 3pm at the Promenade Lounge. Its a big enough area with chairs and places to sit and its indoors in case its too hot to be outside. We can meet/greet each other then have plenty of time to head back to our staterooms for the lifeboat drill.

I'm not sure when there is an optimal time to get to the port. In the past we've taken DCL transportation so we arrive whenever the bus gets to the port. This year we'll be in Port Canaveral the night before so I think we'll be at the port by 10:30am.

Pierresgirl.....I would bring along your UK passport as well as your alien card just in case since it probably shows your US address.

Gonecruisin.....I'm an obsessive person myself.....so plenty of company on that one.

Brasey....my DD is 12 so she'll be in the 10-12 age group in the clubs.

Oh, you'll all like this one......I'm leaving tomorrow for a week at the Jersey shore. I had ordered some beach chairs that have wheels on them to make it easier to drag back and forth from the beach. The chairs just arrived via UPS a few minutes ago.

Talk about cutting it close.

 

[Gonecruisin]

Ok, so I checked the DCL website and you can't book a cruise for any week in August 2008. They are all sold out.

Looks like we'll be planning for long lines and crowded pools.

Mpaulin --- maybe the main thread can help w/ your Birthday button question? Try posting it there. I know there have been lots of birthdays celebrated on DCL.

 

[Ski-and-Sea]

That's pretty scary about the Wonder cruises being sold out next month. Wow.

Forget to mention about the birthday button......in the past we've gotten the birthday button at dinner on the night when we celebrated the birthday. We got a button as well as a pin plus a birthday cake. And the CMs all gather around the sing happy birthday.

I have a cute photo of the CMs singing to DD when we celebrated her birthday on the Magic. Her face was totally sunburned after a snorkeling excursion that day.

 

[postalcop]

hello,

well i finished registering online. so that is all done! i called DCL and she said they should be mailing cruise docs sometime this week via- UPS. so we will see about that.
does anyone know know what a fish extender is??? i saw some pics. on a thread. they look cute. but not so sure what they are all about?? just wondering, (will i be the only one with out one??)
gonecruisin'- congats on your upgrade! we are also in a cat. 9. but we did not get an upgrade.. bummer. oh well!
ski- i know your down the shore already, but i hope you have a grat time! and stay off your feet!

ok, bye for now
~Sue

 

[minniemandy]

Hi all, hope everyone is well and happy.

Well I have done the registering thing, about 10 days ago, hope that my docs arrive before we leave! Got some magnetic tape to make door signs with, having trouble finding disney templates (you know where you can put your names on them and stuff?) Any ideas?

I'm up for a meet, what ski said sounds good to me. Be good for the kids to all get to know each other, then they won't feel out of place in the clubs.

I feel all jumbled up inside, I can't seem to think about anything other than this trip. It's so stressfull I shall need another holiday when I get home! Is anyone planning on taking any wine/beer onboard? I read in a trip report that it's ok to do that? Anyone have a clue? Not that I'm planning on drinking a lot!

Anyways, I'm off to print out my park touring itineraries. My hubby thinks I have lost the plot, he called me a computer nerd the other day! Cheek!

Everyone take care, talk soon.

Mandy.

 

[minniemandy]

Bizarrely enough, guess what, my docs just arrived! Woohoo!!!

Mandy

 

[postalcop]

nope- no cruise docs. here, yet.. well at least for tonight. we'll see tomorrow!

mandy-check out the main cruise site. just keep on scrolling. you will find some door magenet threads going on. i had one made for us.
how old were your kids again?? yes it would be nice for the kids to meet up, too.

well hopefully the big brown truck will stop by tomorrow!- we'll see.

~Sue

 

[Gonecruisin]

The fish extenders are fabric pockets that DisMeet members put treats/toys/gifts in for fellow cruisers. This is pre-arranged, only the members participating distribute or receive gifts. It seems to be a 7 day cruise thing -- not many of the 3/4 night cruises do it. Too much work for too little time?


Threads that explain it and have pics.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1699087

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1219607

 

[minniemandy]

Hi Sue, thanks for the heads up on the door magnet thang, found lotsa great stuff and I've even got into using paint on the pc, always one of those programs that has seemed a little like the holy grail, basically out of reach! But hey, I did our first sign today! Told the girls it is for when we go to Hardrock, and the number 6110 is our room number there! Apparantly, they have less chance of being stolen if your room number is on them!

My girls are Storm (aged 10) and Teigan (aged 6), they still have no idea about the cruise, omg! I can hardly hold my own water right now!

Gonecruisin, you're right on the money about the lack of time to do "fish extenders"! Sounds complicated, why doesn't everyone just buy themselves a present? I'll have a mojito!

Talk soon, Mandy.

 

[MPAULIN123]

what's going on people. we are so close to our trip and i can't stand it. start packing clothes some and getting all prescriptions filled. Yesterday me and the kids hit the disney store to get sunglasses and mom a shirt that was 75% off. looked around the store for other cool stuff that was marked down and most of it was pajamas and those washclothes where you put in water and they expand to regular size. Only other thing I need to do is find the birthday button for kids to wear on ship ( if they want) and I am done!

Hope everyone is excited as me.

 

[MPAULIN123]

Hello all,

guess what came in via UPS yesterday? my cruise documents. i am in stateroom 2502

 

[pierresgirl]

I'm here and getting really excited! Dh works for UPS so I'll have him keep his eyes open for our doc's! I'm going to look up the movies that will be playing onboard, my dd is hoping for the Cheetah Girls new movie to be on.

 

[postalcop]

got our docs. today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! whahoo!!!!! (via- ups also) i can't believe that 2 weeks from tomorrow- we are on vacation!!!!! yeah!!!!!!

Leyla- when you find out what movie will be playing- can you PLEASE post it. thanks!

Mandy- your welcome... did you make any magents?

gonecruisin- thanks for the info on the fish extenders.. guess i don't have to worry about not having one.

mpaul- we will be on the same deck. i think we are on the other side of the ship though.... 2608

~Sue

 

[postalcop]

hey was the 1st page missing on any of your documents... ours was , wonder what thats about???? oh well..

~Sue

 

[pierresgirl]

I tried calling about the movie but they close the office at 6pm and it was about 6:10 so I'll do it today. Ds watched the Disney Cruise DVD yesterday, it was the only thing I could think of to cheer him up. Dd slept over my sister's house and didn't come back till 4 and he was SOOOO bored and asking was asking for her to come home. He was supposed to go to a friends house but that boy got on restriction for the day

Sue- when does you ds turn 6? Cooper turns 6 in Dec. and is going into first grade. We are one of the very few states that have a Dec 31 cut off and he did the preschool program at our elementary school. The teachers said he was ready for K so off he went. Love the pics you posted!

That reminds me- we should all post pics of ourselves so we know what each other looks like. Here are some of mine.


This is Bella (8) and Cooper (5) last week

Me

me and Pierre (dh)

Sea n ski- where can you find the latest Navigators? I'd love to see what they have planned for us. We have main seating and are in room 7001.

What is the best thing for seasickness? I'm thinking more preventative than curing so I'll take any advice someone has to give. Newbie cruiser here