Ahoy November 12th, 2009 Cruisers!!

[jedijill]

Hey kids! Its official! Another 2/8 peep joining in on the bounceback. I couldn't resist especially with no single supplement penalty!!!

Jill in CO

 

[3littleHalls]

Yea Jill!! Glad to see you are "on board" for another cruise!

 

[Alice_on_WONDERland]

I just have to say - this is a great thread! Since we have all cruised together in one way or another we all have great ideas. Plus it just makes for one fun cruisin' community. Love it!

 

[disneydarling07]

I talked to dh last night. How close is the Raddison to port? do they have a shuttle or would we need a rental car?

Harmony...where did you stay before and how close was the beach?

I brought my notebook today...gotta start taking notes and making lists...oh boy...it's so early...only 218 more days to go!!!!

 

[Alice_on_WONDERland]

Hey Wendy!

We stayed at the Motel 6 - and will NEVER stay there again! We almost checked out the moment I saw our room, but I was too tired/hungry/grumpy to go scout out a new place, so we ended up staying. It was cheap and that's the best I can say about it.

The Radisson is VERY close to the port and they do have a free shuttle to the cruise terminal. You may need to rent a car to get there from the airport though. That's what we're doing. I found a rate of $99 for the Radisson. I thought that was a good price. Has anyone found anything better?

I think it will be great for most of us to stay there. We can all hang out by the pool and let our kids play together (while we sip our favorite adult beverage, right?!).

 

[jedijill]

The great thing about the Radisson is that they provide free parking. I've heard that even if you don't book a park 'n stay package, if they have room they will give you the free parking. They have a free shuttle to the port which you can make reservations for ahead of time.

I'll be making my reservation there soon.

Jill in CO

 

[anetnmike]

Hey Jill! We are so excited that you are coming with us!
Little Michael says to say Hi!, still gotta get the big one to send you the picture of us and the sting rays! Are you up for the spa?princess
I believe they may need extra help to take care of our party!

 

[elmo2200]

I talked to dh last night. How close is the Raddison to port? do they have a shuttle or would we need a rental car?

Harmony...where did you stay before and how close was the beach?

I brought my notebook today...gotta start taking notes and making lists...oh boy...it's so early...only 218 more days to go!!!!

disneydarling07, We have stayed at the Radisson twice and loved it!!!! In Feb. we paid $107 + tax. You can get a time slot on the shuttle now (even 1 year in advance!). We got a rental car at the airport and left it for free at the Radisson. ALL rooms include the free parking - not just the parking package. They have a great pool. The hotel is not far from the beaches. FYI - we will NOT eat at the Omlet Station again...

 

[jedijill]

Hey Jill! We are so excited that you are coming with us!
Little Michael says to say Hi!, still gotta get the big one to send you the picture of us and the sting rays! Are you up for the spa?princess
I believe they may need extra help to take care of our party!

Hi Little Michael!

I'm always up for the spa!!!!!!! You gotta do the Alone time! OMG! It was fabulous!!!!!

Jill

 

[elmo2200]

Just booked Radisson. What time are you guys booking shuttle? I will probably book for around 10 or 10:30am. We were on 10:30 last time and it worked out well. I don't think we will try to buy upgrade at the port. We wont know what our cat. is until docs arrive. We booked cat 12 last time and got cat 9. We will just be surprised again!!!!
Just checked out rental cars. I know it's early... but anyone find a great rate? So glad the water will be warmer than in Feb!! Also started work on FEs!
Better get to bed, rather cruise the DIS!!!! FYI: I just found the scrapbooking threads, somebody force me to leave!!!!

 

[Alice_on_WONDERland]

FYI - we will NOT eat at the Omlet Station again...

Why? What happened? We ate there and everything was fine...

 

[elmo2200]

The people were nice. We just did not like the food at Omelet Station.

 

[disneydarling07]

as soon as DCL gets our voucher and adjusts the price, we are going to book our room at the Radisson. I have to start looking for a rental car too. I have no idea where to start.
Is everyone planning on going to Fish Lips too?

I'm going to be able to start working on my cruise scrapbook this weekend, so I will be missing it even more...and getting more anxious to go back! lol

 

[elmo2200]

Taking a little break from doing my taxes. I booked the 10:30am shuttle at Radisson. I couldn't get 10am. Around 5pm Florida time the kids and I used a port webcam to watch the Wonder leave. Hope you guys are having a WONDERful day!!!!

 

[disneydarling07]

seriously?? the shuttles are booking up that fast??

 

[anetnmike]

Tracey you are crackin me up!
I'm so not worthy of your level of OCD You have it all together girl!!!
I have not even thought of shuttles. I have only briefly considered rental cars. Although an omlette sounds yummy right about now...
Jill, Michael is really excited that you are coming with us because he loved your FE gifts! He says" she knew exactly what I like Mom!
I will have to check into the Alone Time
Wendy, I have a big pile of stuff on my dresser to make a scrapbook. I have been promising myself I will get to it for 1.5 years now! Maybe I'll start after our next cruise! I saved all the Navigators and all kinds of stuff!

 

[elmo2200]

Wendy, I have a big pile of stuff on my dresser to make a scrapbook. I have been promising myself I will get to it for 1.5 years now! Maybe I'll start after our next cruise! I saved all the Navigators and all kinds of stuff!

anetnmike - me too!!!! I have only finished like 3 pages ever. Those are from our first Disney cruise Feb.08. I may post pics on the scrapbooking thread. I hope to work on more pages this summer. My husband bought me the big Cricut machine with Disney cartridges for Christmas. Now I can make all kinds of Disney embelishments - if I had time!!!! Let me know if you would like some for FEs it would give me a push to get to work. Have you seen the Creating Keepsakes Disney Magazine? It is hard to find because it is from around 2000 but it is awesome!!! I have it on Creating Keepsakes Idea Vault CD-ROM. Enough rambling...

 

[disneydarling07]

I just finished our 2008 Disney trip...it's only about 140 pages! LOL!
This being our 1st cruise...i have already printed out a couple hundred pics....im going to need dozens of albums to put these pages in.

I save everything too...i have multiple copies of the Navigators and anything else i could get my little hands on that would fit in a scrapbook.

And I get to do it all again in November! LOL

I have all the pics of my pages posted on my myspace account. Maybe one day I'll post them here. I thought about it, but it looks like most of the scrappers on the Dis are into digital scrapping.

Oh well,...can't waste any more of my day off sitting here on the computer! Off to organize more pics!

 

[mem22]

Hey Jill...that's awesome that you're going with us!!! I can't wait to meet everyone. I sent you a couple PM's asking if you were taking the bounceback...did you get them?

We had a great experience with the Radisson, great room/prices, great pool and awesome location. We rented a car from Hertz, picked it up at the airport and drove straight to Grills. Since we were leaving on a Sunday we caught the Magic leaving Sat. night for her voyage...that was awesome seeing her sail by! We decided to eat at Fishlips this time just for something different and because Deaven and Brett Meador tried it in Feb and enjoyed it. On the morning of the cruise Michael and I drove accross the street, picked up breakfast and coffee at McD's, dropped off Laura's b'fast and Michael and I found our way to the Port (couldn't be easier and less than 5 mins). We use Portable radios and Laura called us telling us she was ready so we headed back to the hotel and picked up her and the luggage. We then drove to 7-Eleven and picked up some small incidentals. 7-Eleven has a small insulated tote that held a 12 pack and ice perfectly for 6 dollars!! We headed to the beach and hung out for 20 mins or so before we drove over to the Port to drop off Laura, Michael and the luggage. They hung out with Deaven, Sophie and Jake until the Port opened. I drove to Hertz (which is practically right next to the Radisson) dropped off the car and immediately got on the shuttle and was dropped off at the Port. There was no waiting..people are shuttled over as they show up. When I got dropped off Laura was gathering the luggage and we walked right into the Port with the Meadors and were numbers one and two to check in! We love getting there early...it's not for everyone but we really like it (we're early risers anyway). Our Feb cruise was perfectly orchestrated for us....it just seemed to work out great ! We will probably do everything the same this time. Oh...I also recommend using the portable radio's, they work great on the boat and on Castaway Cay. They are a small inconvenience to carry around but if you want to stay in touch...it's the only way to go.

Oh...FYI...I saw a post last year that had a group of people leaving the Radisson at like 4 in the morning to go see Wonder pull into the Port!! lol.... Seemed to be a "club" of some sort..lol.

Mike

 

[anetnmike]

OMG, there is digital scrapbooking?! I am so behind the times!
Wendy, I would love to see yours! 140 pages! WOW!!!
I have a friend who is into scrapbooking. She is going to help me-if I ever get around to asking herWe will probably spend $100s at Michaels for the supplies alone!
Tracey, I'm glad I'm not alone in having my pile of stuff I have not seen any of the things that you recommended because I am not a crafty kind of person but now that you have mentioned them I want to go look for it! I am in the middle of taking a class right now but when it is over that sounds like a fun project to tackle. Then (in theory) I would have everything I need for November's trip!
Anything sounds like a lot more fun than writing papers right now
Mike's plan for the time leading up to embarkation sounds like a winner to me.
It would be fun for the kids to get to hang out together at the pool if we get the chance the day before-give us all time to get reacquainted and make new friends
Annette