8/31/08 Wonder - Who's sailing

[Tigger98]

Just wanting to know who will be on board the Wonder for the 8/31/08 cruise?

 

[Tigger98]

I guess if no one is cruising - we get the ship to ourselves.

 

[dennismcneely]

Hey Tigger98,

We'll be on board the Wonder on August 31st 2008, so you,ll need to share the ship with at least 7 more . Four adults, and three beautiful girls 1 teen (18) and 2 girls (6, 10). We are all first time cruisers and hope to have lots of fun.

 

[dennismcneely]

Anybody else sailing on the Wonder on August 31st, 2008?

 

[Tigger98]

We (DH, DS 10 and me) won't mind sharing the ship. You will enjoy it. Our first cruise was in April 07 (land/sea). On that trip, there was 13 of us. My sister turned 40 and wanted to be on a Disney Cruise. It was a great family reunion!

 

[Tigger98]

Dennismcneely, let me know if you have any questions - I will be glad to help you out.

 

[dennismcneely]

Thank you!

I probably will need to ask a few questions.

your help is really appreciated.

Dennis

 

[DisneyCrazy915]

Hey everyone, all two of you

We're going on this cruise too!! I'm super excited, it will be our third Disney cruise. We, Me-19, as of Aug 31st 16 days short of 20, DMom, and DDad, who are age sensitive and my mom's best friend from Japan and his DS- 12 or 13, I can't remember. So that's five more!!

BTW, did anyone notice that our itinerary is different than the regular 4-nighter. It's Nassau, Day at Sea, Castaway Cay, instead Nassau, Castaway Cay, Day at Sea. I wonder why that is, or did I read it wrong

 

[dennismcneely]

Hey!

Glad to know that more DISers will be on board.

You are right! I got our confirmation receipt yesterday, but I didn't realize that as you said our itinerary is a bit different from the regular 4 night cruise. According to our reservation receipt our itinerary is the following:

SUNDAY - PORT CANAVERAL
MONDAY - NASSAU
TUESDAY - SEA
WEDNESDAY - CASTAWAY CAY
THURSDAY - PORT CANAVERAL

Who knows, maybe the "MAGIC" will be at Castaway Cay That Tuesday.

By the way my beautiful niece Alba(18) will be on board with us, she is always looking forward to making new friends, she is from Spain but does speak English pretty well. She is a bit worried because she doesn't know
what to do while on board, I mean that she won't be allowed to join The Stack, (because she is too old), but she is also too young to enjoy adult activities. Since this will be your third cruise, you may have any suggestions for her.



Take Care

Dennis

 

[Tigger98]

I asked that question early on. I was informed that the Magic will be back from the West Coast and heading out for a special 5 night cruise. They will be at CC on Tues.

I am hoping that we might get to see it while out on the water?

I wish I could give suggestions on your niece, but my son is only 10 and my Nephew (who came with us last year) was 21. However, I will poke around for you and see if I can find anything.

 

[DisneyCrazy915]

That would really neat if we got to see the Magic in CC

As for suggestions for you niece, there isn't oodles to do when your b/w 18-21. I usually see a couple movies, go to see the shows, sit up on deck by the adult pool since it's a little quieter, maybe I'll go to one of the clubs later on, and of course eat after all it is a cruise

Diversions has a couple different board games that I usually wind up playing with my mom and her BF, since we're all board game lovers. It's also nice b/c there's usually no one in there during the day, so it's quite and air-conditioned

We also do some of the family activities together. The 12 yr old in our group is a ping pong champ, so I'll play with him and be beat bad

Nassau, my mom and I spend as much time as we can shopping, while the boys head back to the ship after an hour although we might go to atlantis this time

On CC we all stick to the family beach, do the banana boat, rent bikes, snorkel, stuff like that. We're not to keen on the adult beach, not enough to do, but that's just us. The grouper game pavilion(i think that's what it's called) is a must for us also

Ok, I'll stop now, I can see I'm starting to ramble
I wouldn't worry though, your niece will find stuff to do. Every time I get on the ship I always think I'll be bored, but by the end you've gotta drag me off b/c I had so much fun.

P.S. The Stack is geared a little more for younger teens anyway. The first time we went I was 17 so I was young enough to go there. It was ok, but I wasn't crazy about it. If I was 14 or 15 I would've loved it. Anyway, my point is she's not missing much, IMO.

 

[dennismcneely]

Stephanie,

Thank you so much for your advice, I'm sure that my niece wil find the way of having fun while on the ship (she is good at that) she will also have extra work keeping her sister (10) and my DD Madison(6) entertained. We are spending 12 days in Orlando before our cruise so we will have enough time to have fun all together. We will be doing a lot of shopping too! that's what my niece loves the most!

BTW we were planning to book the Banana boat ride at CC, but it seems not to be available any longer according to this post.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1836587

Dennis

 

[DisneyCrazy915]

Yeah, I heard about the banana boat thing I hope they can get another company or provider because it was fun.
Oh well maybe my mom and I will rent a catamaran this time, those have always looked like fun.

 

[Tigger98]

When you get onboard, there will be a "Nagavitor" in your room that will list what is going on on the ship that day. You will get one every night for the upcoming day.

I know that we missed a bit on our last cruise. We did see a movie, had a couples massage, and saw all the stage shows. Our son loves water and wanted to spend time in the pool and the arcade.

We will be driving down the Sat prior to sailing. We flew down last time, but we thought we could save $$$ by driving down.

 

[dennismcneely]

Sounds like a nice road trip, I once drove from Greer, SC (I have some relatives there) to Orlando, Fl and I remember we all enjoyed our trip across SC and GA. Unfortunately, although I am originally from Monroe, NC I am now living in Madrid (Spain), so I'm afraid our trip wil be a little bit harder than yours . Anyways, we travel to the US every year so we are already used to long trips. The only thing I really hate about travelling from Europe is Jet-Lag, so hard to get over it!!

 

[Tigger98]

My DH and I are originally from southern Maryland. We drove to Orlando for our honeymoon in 94 and that was a very long trip. We normally will go back north to visit family (everyone is still north) and that trip is somewhere between 8-11 hours (Depending on where we are going).

I have never been to Europe. How does Spain compare?

 

[Monte Cristo]

Scoot over everyone, I hope there's room for a few more people here.

Wife, daughter and myself will be aboard. This will be our first cruise so it should be interesting.

I booked the cruise back in January and I just booked our flights this morning, we'll be flying in the night before. Haven't booked the hotel yet for Port Canaveral, does anyone have any opinions? I know there aren't many choices, and the Radisson gets compliments.

Looking forward to saying hello and talking about the cruise!

 

[dennismcneely]

Hey! Monte Cristo, welcome aboard!

As you have probably read above we will be a party of 7 (DW, DD(6) and myself plus my wife's sister her husband and their two beautiful daughters (10, 18). We are also first time cruisers and we are still trying to figure out what excursions to choose. I guess that Nassau city tour is a must for first timers, but we would love to do Atlantis too.

About Castaway cay, we are planning to do personal watercrafts if they don't cancel as the have just done with Banana boats.

Anyways, suggestions are always appreciated.

If we can be helpful in any way, just let us know

Dennis

 

[Tigger98]

Welcome aboard, Monte Cristo! We will be a party of 3 (DH, DS 10, and me). This will be our second cruise. We enjoyed it so much, we just had to do it again.

We will also be driving down the night before. We have yet to book a hotel. However, looking online the ones near/at port are pricy. We might look into one that is not on port. But that could change.

For our excursion on our first cruise, we did the Atlantis AquaAdventure. On this excursion, you have access to the pools, slides and a lunch voucher. Our son enjoyed it and was asleep when it was time to leave. This time we are looking into the Dolphin Encounter. Here, you don't swim but interact with them. And for CC, just relax like last time.

 

[dennismcneely]

Tigger98,

I guess that anyone visiting Spain from the US would find it beautiful, even Exotic, but in my opinion it is not such a nice place to live in as it used to be.The cost of living has icreased a lot lately, it is probably higher that in the US ( a gallon of gas is now about $7.50 can you believe it?) small crime has also risen during the last 2 or 3 years and healthcare, which is free for everyone, doesn't work as well as it used to. However, it is still a beautiful place for sightseeing and I don't think anybody would get dissapointed after having a vacation around here.

I look forward to meeting more DISers sailing with us.

Take care,
Dennis