8/31/08 Wonder - Who's sailing

[rhondamccollough@hot]

Ok, officially starting to panic...nothing packed and we leave tomorrow evening!!!HELP!lol

 

[Tigger98]

Monte Cristo - how about if we knock you out, carry you on and then wake you up in the ship lobby?

rhondamccollough@hot - don't feel to bad. I haven't started packing either.

As our trip nears and everyone starts driving towards the one destination (PC), I hope everyone has a safe trip. See ya at port

 

[rhondamccollough@hot]

As our trip nears and everyone starts driving towards the one destination (PC), I hope everyone has a safe trip. See ya at port

Yes, I hope everyone has a great trip. If you hit the rainy areas be sure to go slow!!!!

You can't really miss us....I made us custom tshirts for our cruise with our name in Disney charater print...Nana is in Jasmine, I'm Princesses, DD(7) has Little Mermaid, DS(7) has POTC Mickey Style and DD(5) has Minnie and Daisy at the beach.

We are also on deck 8 aft and will have a decorated door! We are gonna be having a dry erase board so be sure to drop by and leave us a message!!!

I am nervous as a cat on a hot tin roof...Disney Cruise here we come!

 

[queentude1]

My excitement/anxiety is getting worse. Must be the closer it is.....
I have started packing but I think I have too much. I put a little bit of everybody's stuff in each suitcase just in case they (airport) loses a bag.

Don't overthink the seasickness, try to relax and have a good time.

3 more sleeps..2 for us actually

 

[Morty Fieldmouse]

I found a packing list somewhere on the DIS, and one piece of advice it had was to pack what you think you'll need, then reduce it by 25-50%.

Future DW is getting stressed enough about the details for the wedding... good thing she doesn't know where we're going or she'd probably be super-stressed about Fay & Gustav.

 

[kevin_254]

disney posted an update about the tropical storms:

TROPICAL WEATHER UPDATE
As of Thursday, August 28, 2008

Guests sailing today, August 28th who have questions regarding their voyage and the effects of Tropical Storm Hanna should be aware that the safety of our guests and crew is always our first priority at Disney Cruise Line and we continually monitor a storm's progress through the National Weather Service.

At this time, we do not anticipate any changes in the August 28th or August 31st voyage of the Disney Wonder or the September 1st voyage of the Disney Magic.

Should weather conditions change, our Captain can alter the ship's course or itinerary for the safety and well being of our guests.

 

[rhondamccollough@hot]

Ok...fixin to head to Baton ROuge and if anybody needs ANYTHING while cruisin come see me...I guarantee you I have it!LOL See ya at the port!

 

[Monte Cristo]

We leave at 6 am tomorrow morning. See you all Sunday....cross your fingers for good weather.

 

[Monte Cristo]

I guess I am the first one back home.....how's everyone?

 

[toesnthesand]

Nope, I've been back.....just waiting for someone to post. We, again had a great and very relaxing time. We enjoyed Atlantis ALOT!! I would say that my service was the best of all 3 cruises yet again didn't like hearing the guilt trip of not attending dinner. I skipped Triton's twice and the head waiter really let me know me know about it.....so strange.

How was the trip for you first timers??

 

[Monte Cristo]

I can't wait to see some pics from you all to see if I recognize any of you from seeing you around....we should have made more of a concrete plan to maybe meet up and have a drink...maybe next time. I'll post some too.

 

[toesnthesand]

I agree....I thought there was a standard "meeting" of DIS'rs down around the lounge on the first night but once I got there realized I had no clue when it was. Traveling with just my son I normally have good luck with tablemates and end up making new friends to chat with during the cruise. This time the tablemates were a young couple who didn't want to sit next to young children and then we were placed with 2 young girls who only spoke Spanish. Therefore....I skipped dinner a few nights. Would've been nice to cross a face every now and again.

 

[rhondamccollough@hot]

Awesome is all I can say! We had a blast but I am sooo tired! I will be glad to see some pics from others too! I'll try to post some of my own.

 

[Tigger98]

Finally finished my trip report and posted it.

We arrived home around 6:00 pm Thursday. I had posted on the main board regarding the med emergency - an answer was finally received.

I agree. We should have set a meeting time/place. It would have been nice to meet everyone.

rhondamccollough - I think I saw you during the boarding process. You were getting a group picture the same time we were. My DH wore a "Mike" shirt from Monsters INC. It was lime green with a big eye on the front. I had on a blue Mikey Mouse shirt (I have red hair) and DS was waring a white "Trouble in paradise" shirt from CC. Needless to say, he didn't look to thrilled in the picture. I wanted to say something, but had forgotten your name.

Our table mates were great. However, one of the couple were not there most of the trip as their daughter was quarantined. The servers were great but the food prep was extremely slow. Most of the time, the kids received and finished their meals before we got ours.

 

[dennismcneely]

Hey! I remember seeing that lime "Mike" Tee with a huge eye right in the middle!! We also made our trip back to Spain safely. It is amazing that we had such a nice weather during our cruise considering all the storms-hurricanes in the area. Was our first cruise, but won't be the last, we enjoyed so much. I'll tryto post some pictures of us as soon as can. Although we never met i would like to keep in touch with you all. If any of you is in facebook, please feel free to add me as a friend

dennismcneely@hotmail.com

Anyways, I will keep posting here some of the wornderful experiences we had during our cruise.

Take care,

Dennis

 

[Morty Fieldmouse]

My wife talked with the woman who's daughter was quarantined while we were waiting to get in to Animator's Palate the last night.

Our table was a good mix from around the country: My wife and I from Indiana/Ohio, another married couple from Boston, a couple Wisconsin, and a non-couple from LA. We always got there first and chose seats that let us see the most of the dining room.

 

[SAGE]

I'm sorry too we didn't arrange to meet.

Tigger98 - Read about your "uncooperative" dolphin. Ours swam away a few times but did come back. Since we boarded Aug 28 for a B2B, our dolphin encounter was during the 3 day cruise.

Did anyone have a moment of weakness and rebook on board? I did - next August - right in hurricane season again.

Some of you are planning on posting pictures. Can anyone let me in on how to do it? I plugged in my digital camera to the computer and am confused.

 

[rhondamccollough@hot]

I wish you would have spoken up Tigger98...you should have just yelled "I'm from the Dis Boards"ROFL!!! One thing I was so disappointed about was I forgot our door signs...I put them in a holder and then guess I left them out of the suitcase .

I didn't book onboard but I am looking forward to the release of the 2010 dates and hopefully can book then!

MOrty, wasn't the cruise a surprise trip? How did that work out?

 

[Tigger98]

Yea, I guess I should have said something But I was caught up in the moment.

The one couple who's daughter was from PA and the other couple was from Canada.

As for posting pictures:
I saved them to a directory on hard drive
open the web page for image shack: http://imageshack.us/
I click BROWSE
Click OPEN when I have the right picture selected
click HOST IT
while it is loading, I start my post
once loaded, I scroll down to the "Hotlink for forums(1)"
I copy the "details" to my post





Then I submit my post
then you can close the Image Shack window

That is how I post pics

 

[SAGE]

Thank you!