any November 15th eastern 7 ngt cruisers out there?

[lbgraves]

I thought that I did something wrong since I stopped getting them on Friday night. Must be the board because I'm not getting any emails from DIS posts now. ???

Anyhow, we are going to BG & a family wedding this weekend so I will wait until next week to switch out our clothes. DS's are in the closet already so I just hve to move them around. DD's are under the bed so that is pretty easy too. Mine are the problem lugging everything out of the garage. I wish we had a bigger closet!!! Are you guys packing some warmer stuff too? I haven't checkd any sites for weather history for the Caribean in November. Also, are the fashion "rules" in effect on a cruise ship...ie white shoes after labor day? I have a couple warm weather outfits that really only go with my white sandles or shoes.

 

[mkauffman]

Lisa, I'm not sure what the "rules" are, but I'm planning to take my white sandals. I have certain outfits that I'm wearing them with. I'm quite sure someone on this board will tell me that I'm not wearing appropriate dining room attire because of my white sandals . Oh well....I live to be daring!

I just checked out the averages and St. John's average in November is 86F for a high and 74F for a low. St. Thomas average is 88F and 75F, respectively. That should give you a pretty good idea. I say....break out the shorts and white sandals!

Michelle

 

[sherry]

I just bought white sandals for dinner on clearance. After I bought them, I was wondering the same thing about the time of year. Decided I was going to wear them no matter what tradition says! They are very comfy.

 

[Jo-Anne]

Here's another white sandal person! I'm going to try to get away with wearing them with formal and semi formal outfits. I really want to try to pack light. I'm even thinking of trying to book Palo on the formal or semi formal night so I wear the same outfit to Palo and then to either semi or formal night! We'll see! When the documents arrive, will we know then what our dinner rotation is? I'm trying to figure out which night to book Palo. Jo

 

[nedleycan]

You will not know your rotation until you get on the ship. You do not get your rotation with your documents. But, with the age of your kids, you will probably get APL (Animators, Parrot, Lumiere). I have calculated every possible rotation and what nights would be best for Palo. This is also based on the menus at each restaurant, and the special menus that occur so many nights. Wednesday or Thursday seem to work best for us, based on the foods we really like (we actually will eat anything... the most exotic the better!) Also, Lobster is on Sunday night, so I don't want to miss that! yummy!
White sandals are fine. Everyone had them last year. The temperatures should be hot and lovely! You can wear whatever you normally wear in the summer.

 

[mkauffman]

Let me be the first to say..........we're going on vacation NEXT MONTH!!! Boy, it seemed like we'd never be able to say that.

Jo, I have a goal of packing light, too. The guys are re-wearing some of their pants with different shirts and believe it or not, I'm trying to only take two or three pairs of shoes (not including my sneakers). Am I the only one that has a hard time narrowing down my shoes?? I feel like only certain shoes match certain outfits. DH will have a fit if I take a bunch of shoes.

Linda, you're going to have a great Sunday....meeting us 11-12, High Tea and Lobster! There's no way it gets better than that!

Sherry, clearance sandals are the best kind!

Michelle

 

[Jo-Anne]

So exciting that We're into October!! Linda - I've been doing the same thing with the dinner menus and Palo! So assuming we get APL, I think we'd do best going to Palo on either Monday or Tues night. Thinking that on the Mon sea day we wouldn't be so rushed around dinner time, and I'm not all that fussed about the Tropicalifragisomethingorother menu. We're going to see the other family we are travelling with this weekend and I'm going to hand them the menus for Mon & Tues nights and say...which one do you like the least and then that's the night I'll book Palo. Good thing my friends actually want me to do this type of planning!

 

[nedleycan]

Yup, just looked at my list, and Monday is a good day too. The reason I don't want to go Tuesday is because it is casual wear, and I don't want to dress up for Formal, Semi-formal and Palo... too many dressy clothes.

 

[mkauffman]

Originally posted by nedleycan
... too many dressy clothes.

Agreed!

Michelle

 

[lbgraves]

Gosh! Am I the only one looking forward to dressing up? LOL! I hve a new dress for every night...of course they were all fantastic deals & this is a chance for me to wear them all. We aren't even going to Palo. I hemed up the pants of William's suit. Can't wait to see him all decked out this weekend at the wedding! He will look sharp on the ship too. Not sure how many pairs of shoes I will end up taking...whatever I need. The socks will get stuffed in them.

 

[nedleycan]

I am probably thinking more about Hubby than myself. He looks so nice in some nice pants and a raw silk-type sport shirt. I think he looks so handsome and clean and dressy (in my opinion). He will bring a suit for the formal nights, but our style is more resort casual, but always clean and proper. One thing that kinda bugs me about Disney (that a lot of other cruise lines have given up on, and most workplaces have too) is that they think that by putting someone in a suit, they are more presentable. I think that a well put together person looks good no matter what they wear (within reason).
I am looking forward to the nights that we can be comfortable and be ourselves. DH and I both work in very corporate type worlds, but we haven't worn a suit in years... I just think it is funny that Disney still considers this to be the desired dress.
Don't flame me! We are both still looking forward to a couple of dressy nights, just not too many! : )

 

[lbgraves]

You know, your post made me realize that I am probably looking forward to dressing up because I usually wear jeans or shorts except for Church on Sunday. I don't get that many chances to wear a dress. That's what is great about vacations. Everyone can do what makes them happy.

 

[nedleycan]

We will happily dress up for the formal nights and will look respectful on the non-formal nights! That is what Disney asks for, and we will follow out of respect.
I remember last year when we all dressed up for formal night and even DS wore a tie, it was so much fun! It felt very special. I just hope DS will wear the tie again this year! Things have changed... if it isn't "cool" he won't wear it. Anyone know if they sell SpiderMan ties?

 

[Jo-Anne]

I'm sure there are spiderman ties out there! My DS wants a Rescue Hero tie! We have one of those basic clip on ties that came with a vest and formal pants that he'll wear for formal night and its easy to come up with a nice dress for Katie, but like Linda, both DH and I are in corporate worlds but our offices went business casual years ago. I think I've extended my life expectancy by not having to wrestle with pantyhose every morning! Even to church I wear dress pants. So we'll dress up and look good, but there will be no long gowns or beads on me!! , but there will be tons of other folks dressed to the nines, and Lisa, I can't wait to see all your wonderful outfits and you can privately tell me about the deals!! Jo

 

[mkauffman]

DH is in the construction business, so he NEVER dresses up! Funerals and weddings are pushing it. I work in the computer business and we also went casual years ago. A lot of days I'm crawling around on the floor working on PCs and I wouldn't dare wear anything decent! Linda, I whole-heartedly agree that putting someone in a suit does not make them more presentable. It's all in your attitude and demeanor (sp?). If you're sitting beside me at dinner and you make me laugh and feel comfortable, I don't give a hoot what you're wearing (within reason, of course!).

Lisa, you are going to look beautiful in your "dressy" clothes. I'll probably envy what you have on. Myself, I don't even know if I'd know how to put pantyhose on anymore.

Michelle

 

[nedleycan]

Here I am saying that I don't want to dress up much, but there is a good chance that I will be able to use a friend of mine's beautiful strapless black velvet floor-length gown. She lent it to me last year for our cruise, but since our Magic cruise was cancelled, and we ended up on the Wonder, I didn't need it (Wonder is much more casual). I am going to ask her for it again.

SO... after all this ranting of mine (hope it didn't sound like ranting, cause it wasn't) I will be joining Lisa as the "Belles of the Ball"!

Linda

 

[SINK]

Although what you wear does not reflect who you are, but, outfits does make a person look fantastic (in the case of good looking people, they look more beautiful than ever with the right clothes/hairdo/makeup if necessar). Or else, why would women put on make-up?

I'm not trying to start a debate, so please no flaming here. If I offend anyone, I apologize up front.

 

[nedleycan]

We are all friends here just having a discussion. No offense taken! : )

So, it is getting closer and closer! This weekend I will be bringing our summer clothes home from the cottage. I will wash them and put them into "the pile". That will be so much fun!

I know you ladies were talking about doing Bingo some day, that sounds great! I didn't do it last time, mainly because the 4 day Wonder just isn't long enough to do everything. I am really looking forward to having the time to do things like that.

 

[mkauffman]

Originally posted by SINK
Or else, why would women put on make-up?

Good point! I have my "little black dress", as I like to call it. We'll all just be lovely, won't we? I'm still so excited I can hardly stand it. It's actually fun to know what you all are wearing. Our tropical clothes are not really big-bold-bright. They're more subdued.

I guess bingo is best on one of our at sea days, right?

I've really got to get off my duff and get to the tanning bed a few times.

Michelle

 

[mcampbell_22]

Just thought I'd add my 2 cents (that's all I have - the rest is being socked away for the cruise!) on the dressing up chat. We are all planning to dress up every chance we get. I have a floor length gown with sparkle beading (it even has a "minnie" LOL train) and DH is wearing a tux on formal night.

Although I'm a SAHM, I'm a "dress" person. I prefer to wear dresses more often than not. Maybe it's the not having a waistband to restrict me part that I like! Thus I have a lot of dresses to wear for all nights and days (once again I prefer sundresses over shorts). My big dilemma is do I wear nylons. I don't ususally in the warmer weather but I'm wondering how cool it will be at night and during dinner. Suppose I'll just pack a few new packages and make the decision on board.

Think I've got the shoes thing down to 2 dressy, 1 sandal, 1 sneaker. Now DH's shoes, although he's only taking 2 other pair, they're so much bigger than mine! Take up way too much room that I could be using for more ME stuff!

Overall we are all really looking forward to the dressing up part because we so rarely get to do it in "real" life. It's part of what's going to make this special for us.