any November 15th eastern 7 ngt cruisers out there?

[Kabuli1]

Michelle and Cathy!

What a difference a week makes - last Monday: 1F; yesterday: 81F!!! you're right, with spring and summer to look forward to it's easier to wait.

Cathy, I'll hold you to that and we can make arrangements later - I never did get around to shopping at the Carousel Mall - and now my DS is graduating (and interviewing in CA)! Better late than never!

Karyn

(sorry Big Red, you never had a chance)

Go Cats!

 

[mkauffman]

I'm so afraid we're just being teased, but for now, I'll take it!

I just picked up my Passporter from Waldenbooks the other day. I spent all weekend leafing through it. It not only brings back great memories, it's packed with stuff that I didn't know! There's so many of us going on this trip that I'm afraid I'm going to miss something I need to know or pass along to the others. Anyway....for those who haven't gotten the Passporter.....RUN...go get it!

What did you all think about meeting Saturday night or Sunday?

Michelle

 

[Cathy-Jesse]

Michelle,
What's the Passporter? Is it about the Disney Cruise line or is it on WDW travel? Inquiring minds need to know. I had to buy a whole travel book on the Caribbean just to read about St. Maartan and St. Thomas.

Karyn,
It's a deal. But the Disney Visa has been abused already. Groceries.

How about all of us meeting Sunday afternoon after the drill in the Promanade Lounge? Then we can hit the Bon Voyage deck party. But I'm open to alternatives.

Yea!!! ( Sorry, I'm in a good mood, how many days left?)

Cathy

 

[kendo9114]

glad to see a lot of you are going with us. this will be cruise number three for us with disney. once you go disney there really is no other cruise line. I would go even if I did not have a daughter. will be staying on deck 6 in a verandah. interested in the breakfast meet let me know

 

[mkauffman]

Cathy,

The Passporter book is called The Passporter Field Guide to the Disney Cruise Line. It's all about DCL and it's ports of call! Great book, very thorough! There's no need to buy another book....this one has it all! I've even learned stuff that I didn't know from our last Disney cruise! I particularly liked the information on excursions. I had to have Waldenbook's order it in for me because they didn't stock it, but it was well worth it. My SIL just ordered her copy from Amazon.com.

I'll be game for whatever the majority wants to do. We can either meet after the drill on Saturday or meet sometime on Sunday. Like someone said earlier, we have some time to decide what works for everyone. In the meantime, let's keep bumping this thread up!

Michelle

 

[Cathy-Jesse]

Michelle,

thanks for the info. I have never heard of it. I'm soooo ashamed!
I'm a poor excuse for a Disney addict. Well, now that I know I'll check out my local bookstores this week and pick it up. how much did it cost? Just nosey.

Cathy



Welcome to the group kendo9114. Glad to have more repeat cruisers on this thread. What's your name and how many people are traveling with you? And I agree, once you go DCL you never leave.

 

[mkauffman]

Cathy......it was about $15 at Waldenbook's. You can get it at amazon.com for about $12 + shipping. However, if you spend $25 or more, shipping is free. That's what my SIL did. She combined her order with another person's order (someone was ordering Cruising for Dummies....didn't even know there was such a book!). Anywho, that Passporter book was the best purchase I've made (since the cruise itself!). Good luck!

Michelle

 

[mkauffman]

Forgot to say that walmart.com also has the book for a very good price (I think it was $9+). I looked at my local Wal-Mart and they didn't have it in stock.

Michelle

 

[kendo9114]

my name is ken and i will be traveling with my wife tammy and daughter kelsie. lets do the meet

 

[mkauffman]

Welcome to the club, Ken! It's nice to meet you. How old is your daughter? I have two boys (15 & 9) and a husband (Tony). My group of family and friends have 11 cabins booked for this trip. Should be interesting!

My vote for meeting would be Sunday after breakfast. After thinking about it, I think Saturday after boarding will be quite hectic with everyone settling in. Anyone else for Sunday?

Michelle

 

[lbgraves]

It sounds like we are going to be busy that first day getting use to the ship & getting signed up for everything. The kids are going to be a handful too.

 

[Kabuli1]

We've been a busy topic today, haven't we?

I'm still voting for Saturday - it worked so well last time - we got to hang out at the sail away party - got us off to such a great start knowing who to look for. Most of us, Michelle, don't have a huge family to settle before we go looking for the Disers - but, we really don't need to settle this yet! How many day is that on your count down clock?

Cathy, looking forward to seeing you in May! Get the Passporter - it's great!

How many of us are sailing w/o kidz?

Looking forward to DL/DCA in just over a week and WDW 10 days later!

Go Cats!

 

[Cathy-Jesse]

Thanks for the info Michelle. I went and checked out the Passporter, and I'm going to ask for it for my Birthday. It will be something different for my husband to get , instead of me saying " anything in the Disney store"or " why don't we go to WDW?"


How about this, some can meet on Saturday if they choose to, and then we can have the big meet and greet on Sunday with everyone else. It's just the hubby and I so check in is easy, and it's cruise #3 so we know the routine. I couldn't imagine traveling with a whole group! Michelle, you are a saint.

Welcome to the insanity Ken. Did you put your name on the big list? It's at the top of the cruise boards.

Cathy

 

[Kabuli1]

Cathy, I like the idea of more than one meet - once we find each other, we'll want to do it again and again - on our last cruise we kept meeting up and arranging little meets the whole time - we even shared tables w/ our DIS friends! I've gotten the impression from reading other threads that the later in the cruise the DIS meet was the less people showed up. And I want to meet everybody.

To those of you who are first timers - the first day stuff is not as confusing and challenging as it sounds! And for most of us - we're going to be ready for a drink and a friendly new faces by the time the drill is over.

Michelle, I agree with Cathy, YOU ARE A SAINT! I can't even imagine organizing that many people - you're going to need a vacation after your cruise!

It's raining and my crocuses are blooming, it must be spring!

Karyn

GO CATS!

 

[mkauffman]

You guys are so nice! The truth is that I really enjoy traveling and arranging these trips so it doesn't feel like "work" for me. I must have been a TA in another life.

I don't have to work around everyone in my group for the DIS meet (thank goodness!). I was just thinking that Saturday might be a little hectic, but I'd be game to schedule two meets. We could arrange a Saturday meet and a Sunday meet and for those that can make both, great! If you can't make Saturday, at least there'll be another! I love to party with the mouse!

I feel like I know you guys already!

Michelle

 

[alexturner74]

I've been lurking for a while and now I'm back on the thread!

Meeting on Saturday and Sunday sounds great...

So I've had a little time on my hands lately and have made a little web site dedicated to our cruise. Check it out...

11/15/03 Cruise

If you would like to be added to the list of cruisers, please email the following information to me (as much as you're willing to tell), and I'll send you the password to access the list.

Names
Ages
Relation (DW, DS, etc...)
City, State
Last Disney Cruise
Special Occasion?
Deck or Stateroom #
Dinner Seating
Email
DIS User ID
Picture

 

[mkauffman]

Alex...you're just full of great ideas! Here's my information:

Michelle
Tony (DH/33)
Josh (DS/15)
Garrett (DS/9)
Thompsontown, PA
Last Disney Cruise: 2/02
Stateroom # ? (I'll get back to you if that's ok)
Early dinner
mkauffman@pa.net
DIS User ID: mkauffman

Thanks, Alex!

Michelle

 

[lbgraves]

The site looks great IMO! Makes this more exciting. DH has suggested that we spend a day or 2 in WDW now before the cruise. Must get busy finding out about that too now since we haven't been there either.

 

[alexturner74]

After our cruise last year we spent two nights at the Wilderness Lodge and went to WDW one day. Spent half the day at Animal Kingdom and the rest of it over at Epcot. Had a good time and we weren't quite as sad as everyone else getting off the ship because we knew that we had another couple of days before going home.

Great meeting all of you so far!

 

[lbgraves]

So you weren't worn out by the cruise? The kids are little & I am hoping that they will stick to their naps so they wont be grouchy. It would actually work out better for us to go after so they don't miss any more preschool & we were going to stay with my SIL & BIL after for a couple days. Thanksgiving is that week too. Hmmm. Now I am just hoping to be able to find a room this late. We were told that is a busy month there.