9/24/09 3 Day Wonder - Cruise Meets, and FEs, and Goombays oh my!

[jenny105]

Welcome aboard!

Is this your first cruise ever or first cruise with DCL? Your DH will NOT be bored. I've never sailed with DCL but I can tell you from being on other cruises, there is never a time where there isn't something going on. It is what you make of it!

I've been to Nassau once before and got off the ship to go to Senor Frog's. I did not feel comfortable walking from the ship to the restaurant. People kept approaching us and somebody even tried to sell us cocaine. Unless I can go with a large group, I'm staying on that ship!

I'm super excited!

 

[m_kasch]

It is our first Cruise ever!! For DH, this is one of his very few vacations anywhere besides Disneyworld, although it is still a Disney Cruise and we are going there after...i'm trying to get him to branch out!! I know that he won't be bored, but try telling him that!! He just isn't used to do anything different.

That's pretty much the same thing i've heard about Nassau. If I find a great shore excursion I might do it, but I don't think we will venture off on our own. I'll just spend the day at the pool with some drinks and exploring the boat!!

 

[disney honeymooners]

Welcome! I have been on this cruise once before and I was 18 when we went and I did not get bored so if an 18 yearold didn't get bored i don't think your DH will either. I am doing the 7night land and sea with my DFi for our honeymoon and my DFi is excited to go on the cruise b/c it will be his first cruise. I have been on 3 cruises and everone has stopped in Nassau and evertime i have gotten off the ship and seen Atlantis so we are staying on the ship when we dock in nassau this time. I don't feel like getting offered everuthing under the sun on my vacation. You will enjoy the cruise the service is typical Disney they will do anything you need them to and the Private island makes the whole trip worth it.

 

[jenny105]

I'm debating on going to Atlantis or staying on the boat, enjoying the pool and a frozen drink. I absolutely cannot wait to go to Castaway Cay. I think we're going to do the Extreme Getaway Package so we can get a sample of everything the island has to offer.

Mkasch - Are you first or second seating for dinner?

 

[disney honeymooners]

Atlantis is fun but have extra money with you the food is expensive we are doing the fishing excursion on castaway cay and then going to serenity bay for the rest of the day it always looks empty even during the summer so it will be like having your own beach and they have a place where they have the food that they have on the family beach so that you can eat lunch there instead of riding the tram back to the family beach.

 

[jenny105]

If we do the Disney excursion to Atlantis, I'm pretty sure lunch is included. I've heard Atlantis charges a LOT for food and they don't take cash. What's that all about??

 

[m_kasch]

Yes, I also read that lunch is included on the Disney excursion, and that the food is super expensive there -- someone said on another thread here that they paid $30 for 3 hotdogs and 3 gatorades. That's nuts! I am excited that you can bring your own liquor on Disney cruises -- I'll be in Orlando the whole week before my cruise, so I should be able to scout out a good liquor store to get some for fun drinks!

Jenny -- we have the 2nd seating. I heard that it is less rushed, plus we normally eat a little later anyway.

 

[jenny105]

Ah man, I have the first seating. I looked at your profile and noticed we're the same age, so I was hoping we'd be grouped at the same table! But you're both at second seating so maybe you guys will sit together!

I'm going to try to bring my own liquor too. I was thinking maybe sangria or wine. Yum!

 

[disney honeymooners]

Yeah the food is super expensive we did the beach excursion to Atlantis on another cruise and food was included and it was good that it was b/c it would have costed us an arm and a leg to eat. However if you have never been there it is worth going to see once the ruins are cool. Yeah maybe we will sit together we also booked the second seating since the last disney cruise we went on we were in the second seating and it seemed like there were more adults in that one and less children. I wish i could bring the stuff to make the drinks cuz i have a feeling the bartender may look at me like i have 2 heads if i ask for a Goombay Smash.

 

[jenny105]

You two are making me want to switch to the second seating!

 

[disney honeymooners]

The more the merrier My DFi thought it was funny that the only three people on this board talking to each other are going as couples with no children with them. Also jen i can't say Jenny around my DFi w/o him trying to sound like tom hanks in Forest Gump so i have tried to refer to you as Jennifer so that i don't have to hear it i love him but i can only handle hearing Forest Gump once a month.

 

[m_kasch]

Well, I went to apply for my passport yesterday!! Yea, I am excited to get one. Now, if I ever feel the urge to just leave the country or something...I can!! LOL!!

I started looking at shore excursions again (I love to plan!!), and the sealion experience looks pretty cool. They are just so cute!! I have done the Dolphin thing before in Mexico, which was really cool, so I'd like to try something new. Do either of you know if it is better to book the shore excursions in Nassau through Disney, or through the tour place directly? It seems to be a little cheaper to go right through the tour company, plus, you can make reservations ahead of time. I'm still not sure if we will get off the boat in Nassau or not, but a little planning never killed anyone!!

I was also reading through some of the old navigators yesterday, and the drinks of the day look really good!! It made me want myself a cocktail!! That goombay whatever drink that you guys were talking about before sounds really good (is that the right name? I am too lazy to look back right now...). I think I will have to try it next weekend with my DMIL at the Super Bowl Party!!

 

[disney honeymooners]

Yes it is called Goombay and it is GREAT!! There is a place here in Ga that has it on their drink menu but it is not good they added orange juice and used captain morgans spiced rum and banana rum which makes it taste really bad the best way to make it is one shot each of clear rum and malibu cocnut rum and half a shot of dark rum i think you can add more if you like but i make mine a little bit less strong since it has 3 rums in it and of course pineapple juice. The only problem i have found talking to my friends and family that have gone on other cruises they said the only draw back to booking directly through the excursion company is that they had to find their own transportation to the excursion but that was not with disney so i am not sure if they are the same.

 

[jenny105]

You can call me Jen. I actually prefer that to anything else but it was taken on here! And I get the 'Jenny' thing all the time. My old manager used to do it and it drove me insane!!

I have to get my passport!! Do we have to have it by a certain date? I know when we pre-register or pre-checkin or whatever, Disney asks for a passport number. I have to stop procrastinating.

I looked into the sea lion excursion too! That'd be super cute!!! We haven't decided what we're doing that day either but I'm looking into our options...

We sound like a bunch of boozebags!

 

[disney honeymooners]

Well at leats your first name doesn't irritate you as much as mine irritates me i of course was named after my grandmother PATSY!! so i get the Patsy Cline comments all the time (it makes it worse b/c she is one of my fav old country singers so they bug me about that) that is why i go by lainey (middle name is Elaine) but i guess it could have been worse my mom could have used my grandmothers middle name as my first name Lorretta We may sound like booze bags but we know how to have a good time I wish we could have goombay at our super bowl party since we are die hard Steelers Fans we are rooting for them in the Super Bowl and are having a Monster blow out with all of our family (we have the HD TV so everyone comes to our house)

 

[m_kasch]

Okay well, my name is Mary. So, I get ALL of the typical, mary mary quite contrary, mary had a little lamb, "mary" christmas, blah, blah, blah. Quite the loverly name!! And the best part is, my Grandma's name was Mary, except that everyone called her by her middle name, Louise, and my mom (who didn't get along with my grandma so much) had no idea when she named me Mary that it was my grandma's name...so my grandma always thought that I was named after her even though I wasn't!!

For the passports, it says on the Disney site that they would like to have it at least 75 days prior to departure. I just got mine a little early because I signed up for clear (the airport security line), and I need it to enroll because my last name doesn't match my birth certificate and it is more complicated to get it with bc & marriage license. But i'm super excited to get clear, because every time I fly home from Orlando the security lines are LOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG.

Tonight at dinner, my DH accused me of over-planning. The nerve!! I asked him if he would be interested in going to the sea lion experience, and he said he would think about it and let me know closer to the date. But he did think they were cute, so that is a good sign!!

 

[disney honeymooners]

You can never OVER PLAN!! especially when disney is involved. my DFi calls me his disney tour guide and he said that where ever i go he will follow. I already have our WDW ADRs planned out for March when i can call and make them. Yeah i read that about the passport number on the website we are getting ours in Feb. What deck are yall on me and Jen are both on deck 7? This will be me first cruise with a veranda!

 

[m_kasch]

Well, I (being the smart one) know that you can never over plan...and whenever he says anything about it, I say well what would you do if we didn't have any reservations??? And then he stops for a bit, LOL!!

Did you know that you can't make your dining reservations until 90 days now? So, if you are going in September, it would be June. I'm not sure how I feel about it...on one hand, I like that we don't have to decide so soon where to eat...on the other, I love to plan, and this really just delays the whole thing!!

I'm not sure what deck we are on yet, I just booked a GTY 12 with the hopes that maybe we will get upgraded. If not, I will be happy with the room that we get or I will try to upgrade at the port. We are planning to get there pretty early since I will be in Orlando the whole week before. We'll see!!

 

[disney honeymooners]

Well that sucks i was hoping that i could make them in march which is 180 day sbut i guess since it is the same for anyone who is going to disney when we are that they can't make their reservations until june either which doesn't change the chance of us getting to eat where we want to eat. Well me and my DFi wont be at the port until i think 12 or 12:30 it depends on when the bus picks us up from the Poly that thursday since we are doing the land and sea this will be my first time doing the cruise and park in the same week and not having to worry about a car or getting gas. I can't wait til the Super Bowl GO STEELERS!!!!

 

[jenny105]

Hi girls! I've been MIA. It was my DBf's birthday on Thursday so I took him out to dinner on Friday night at Medieval Times and Saturday we went to Atlantic City. Sundy was a much needed recovery day. I was exhausted. I'm still tired today.

I think they changed the ADR policy recently. I looked it up online because I was going to make them for my clients but I can't yet! So we have to wait til what, June? I have to check the calculator on the info site.

Is parking still $15 a night at the port? We're most likely driving down to Orlando so we'll have a car on us at all times. Which is good considering I've heard the lines for the buses at POR can get out of control sometimes! I want to get to the port nice and early so we can get on the ship right away!

Do guarenteed rooms get upgraded a lot? Can you still get upgraded even if you already have an assigned cabin? Disney is partners with AAA so I want to throw in that I work for them at check in and see what happens