any1 going in december 17 2005 on the west

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Hi Kelley,
I will keep my fingers crossed for you DD. When our son got his braces it was pretty miserable for 2 weeks, and by then they needed to tighten and adjust them again, so then it was painful for a few more days. But he never complained because he wanted them so badly and they worked fantastic!!!!
Just be sure and bring some tylenol for her. There are plenty of softer foods aboard in case she is still sore. I wish her the best.
see you soon,
Kathy

 

[nzdisneymom]

This is from the DCL contract
"Each guest is allowed to bring aboard the vessel a reasonable amount of clothing and personal effects, not to excedd two bags per person."
I didn't find anything regarding size of bags.

Thanks for checking that for me! Two more days til I start packing for real! LOL.

 

[Grandma x3]

Hi Everyone,
Boy, I sure do admire all of you oraganized folks - Xmas shopping, wrapped presents, cooking, cards, etc. And, so organized for the cruise. I am woefully behind on everything. However, I've got my priorities straight - gift cards for everyone for Xmas and concenrate on the cruise!!!!!
We've got to redo our excursion plans as DD Lori just suffered a miscarriage and will still be recovering when we depart. However, she said she can't think of a better place to recuperate!
I will probably have some last minute questions for you experienced cruisers - this is our first ever - and I am sure that I'm going to panic once I start gettng sorted and packed!
Look forward to meeting everyone!
Chris

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Grandma x3, (chris)
I'm so sorry to hear of your daughter loss. Maybe the cruise will be just the thing to perk up her spirits.
When you think of any questions, just ask away, someone here will be able to answer them I'm sure.
You have such a long plane trip to get here, I dont envy you on that! We moved here from Oregon and have flown back home a few times to visit and it takes all day to do. Hope you are coming a little ahead of time so you can get over any jet lag you may have with the time change.
Our daughter Marie and her family are arriving the evening of the 16th from Oregon, so they will have one evening to relax and that is all. But they are young and full of energy do they probably wont notice it at all.
I'm glad we only have to drive for about one hour and 15 mintues to get to the port.
Are you doing any excursions? we are doing Key West on our own, and doing the city tour at Grand Caymen and the ruins tour on costa maya. we didnt schedule any thing at castaway cay because you never know what the weather will be like til you get there and most things dont fill up, so easy to get one at the last minute. We usually walk the trail to the far side of the island, and go to the grouper game room, then relax on the beach. family does snorkel when the weather permits.
Looking forward to meeting you soon,
remember to ask away on the questions you may come up with.
Kathy

 

[jgrant03]

hey does anyone know what movies they will be playing onthe ship?

 

[Richfield Autopia]

hey does anyone know what movies they will be playing onthe ship?

On Movie Night in the Walt Disney Theatre: "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe."

In the Buena Vista Theatre, various films (primarily from Disney), as described in this thread: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=959214

 

[nzdisneymom]

Chris - I'm sorry to read about your DD's loss. {{{hugs}}} for all of you.

Does anyone have people coming to say "Bon Voyage" and wave off the ship? I have a friend and her DDs who want to do that for us but I'm not sure about where they should go, how / when we could see them, etc. I know they can't get on the ship (obviously) but was wondering about where we could meet up to see them for a bit. They recently moved from our hometown and now live in the ORL area and we miss them like crazy, so we want to see them. I'll post on the main board but was just wondering if anyone else had someone coming to wave them off.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Hi Cindy,
There really isnt anyplace for someone to come to the port and say farewell, due to security.
However some people go to Jetty Park and will wave as the ship goes out the channel to the ocean. It does cost to park there and use the facilities, I believe it's $7 to get in, but you can easily see people by standing on deck 10 when the ship starts moving on the right side of the ship. It is right at the end of the channel.
There may be somewhere else too, but I have never heard of it.
Hope you find some place better so you can visit,
Kathy

 

[CBJHockeyNut]

AAAAAAAAAGH!!!

Oh it has been something like 500 posts to this thread since I last posted!!! I switched jobs, changed emails and lost track of the DIS boards for awhile. I was fine and calm until I just finished reading a couple pages on this thread. My wife has been panicking for some time on having everything ready for both the holidays and the cruise, but I am well taken care of!! Only one present to worry about--did I tell you we were going on a cruise?--and getting the family to the airport on time. True, life isn't fair, but that pretty much sums up my Christmas and vacation responsibilities.

With so little to worry about I only needed to respond to my wife's stress and reassure her that everything would be OK. Reading through what all of you have already done or still have to do is way more than I can handle!!

Can't wait to meet all of you in a precious few days.

Nicholas.

 

[Growing up DISNEY]

We are doing the single-digit dance now!
Happy packing and traveling!
See ya'll in 9 days,
Susan

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Kelley,
How did the braces go? I hope it's all ok and she is not too sore.

Nicholas, glad you found us again. In case you missed it we are going to meet the first dday in the promenade lounge at 3 p.m. for those who are able to make it.

Ok everyone, a few of you have given a description of yourself, or your family or the clothes you'll be wearing or a hat or bag you will be carrying so we can try to see if we can spot anyone in the terminal before we board.
Now my question, Is there anyone else who wants to give a description? If so this is the time to do it as a lot of people are leaving early to do a few days at disney before the cruise.
I have written down all the descriptions so far to bring with me so I can look for you guys.
see you soon,
mom x4,grandma x4
Kathy

 

[Disney Rocks]

Well we are leaving tomorrow although we are a mile away from being ready so I guess I should leave our description tonight. We are a family of eight: my husband and I with three little girls, two big girls and our son. I am 5' 2'' with very short hair and my husband is 6' 2". Our little girls will likely be wearing their princess dresses so we should be easy to spot. Three of our girls have long blond hair. That should likely be enough for you to find us. Take care and we will see you so soon.

 

[Momma2girls]

We leave on the 13th and I haven't a clue what we will be wearing on the 17th. We are a family of 4- Mom, Dad and 2 girls. We are Asian, we all wear glasses except the littlest girl. The girls have shoulderish length brown/black hair. We will probably be the ones standing around looking at everyone trying to figure out if you are from this thread!

I look forward to meeting you all- and hope to actually meet you!

Safe travel to all-

Sandi

 

[krhardy]

HOLY COW! How did the single digits sneak up on me???? We leave in 4 days!!!!!!So MUCH to do! DH has a santa hat with Mickey ears that he can't find....OH NO! Kids still dont' know, which makes the whole packing thing difficult...we're having brunch here Sunday w/our SS class (which I am thrilled to do) and I"ve used that as my cover for them to clean their rooms today as opposed to next week. Those of you with kids know what I mean...there was no way I could get to their closets to get what we needed! So, hopefully tonight, tomorrow night, and Sunday night I can get the packing done that I need. We are driving down Tuesday after work...DH has to work, and I work afternoon/early evening. We should actually get home around the same time. Gonna load my car Monday night, and let DH drive it to work on Tuesday...if the kids ask why, just tell them something like "Someone at daddy' soffice is looking to buy a Durango, and wanted to see mine first"...Tues night we'll get home, all change (the kids will have had karate) and then make up some story about going out to dinner to get them in the car. Obviously once we're in the car, we'll have to tell them...they're pretty quick...they'll notice the luggage
OK, better get off the computer and go wake up the little monst...I mean angels!

Oh, Kathy, DD is doing well. THanks for asking...she's a drama queen, so it's hard to tell sometimes what is real and what is not! I remember getting braces, I know they hurt! But, by yesterday she was claiming that they didn't hurt anymore...I guess she really wanted a cookie for dessert!

 

[nzdisneymom]

Oh my - a week from today we leave! I told the kids I am packing this weekend even if that means they wear the same thing to school every day next week since everything else will be packed . It's a busy week ahead with short days at school, holiday parties, work (gosh, why is it when I'm trying to make my work pile dwindle, the boss keeps adding to it? doesn't she get it that I'm going on a DISNEY CRUISE in a week????).

I haven't wrapped any gifts yet, but I figure we'll be home on the 24th and I can just stay up all night then wrapping instead of trying to bust my bottom trying to get it all done before we go. I also am skipping holiday baking since we won't be home anyway... I'll let the chefs onboard the Magic do my holiday baking for me

Here's how I feel right now:

 

[Jim4UF]

We are also looking forward to our first cruise (DW, me, DD). We are part of a six member family that includes our DS (drizzt117 of the DISboard), his DW, my DW, 2 DD, and me.

Drizzt117 and DW are experienced on Disney and one of our DD went on her senior college vacation on another cruise line.

But if you see a couple of awestruck newbies, glassy eyed, and scratching their heads, take pity on us.

Jim

 

[nzdisneymom]

Jim -welcome! Does the UF in your name mean "Univ. of FL?" We're Seminoles thru and thru. This is our first cruise ever, so we'll be right along with the rest of the new cruisers with our mouths agape and looking out for other DISers!

I'll have my red Mickey Mouse backpack as my carry-on / day bag... and we're arriving at the Port early - we have the 10 shuttle from the Radisson but may make it a little later after reading later reports about boarding.

But we do want to be early on the ship so we can get every moment filled with these valuable Disney minutes!

 

[CBJHockeyNut]

As you can guess from my previous post, I haven't a clue what we will be wearing. Heck, I don't even know what we will be packing. It is like being a kid. Wake up in the morning, clothes set out, come back after a full day and again evening clothes laid out.

Since I can't pass that along I went looking for pictures. I am being "told" that I can't post them because I do not have the required number of posts to the board. Very frustrating. If someone knows how to do it, I at least have a picture of my son and myself out on the web but can't even post the link. Did I tell you this post has been VERY FRUSTRATING!!!! (It has taken over an hour of my time!!!--don't tell my employer, however )

Our descriptions (we are a party of 4) are:

DW: 5'5", blonde/brown hair, sholder length.
DS: 10, 5'2", short blond hair
DW: 7, 4'4" (maybe?) with long blonde hair
Me: 39, 6'2", 260 lbs. (proud middle-aged gut--I earned it!!) (note that I am smart enough not to post DW's age/weight charteristics--she might not pack anything for me!!)

We plan on hitting the port between 10:00 and 10:30. This is our 6th so we should be pretty relaxed--I hope.

If someone knows how I can post a picture (I tried adding it to the DIS picture section and posting here, but again, it says I don't have enough posts to the board yet) let me know or PM me and I can send them along.

I love technology when it works for me but HATE it when I have to work to use it. Did I say VERY FRUSTRATING!!

Looking forward to meeting you all.

Nicholas

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Howdy Jim and family,
Happy to have more people joining us. Just in case you havnt read back a few posts we are all trying to meet on the first day at 3:00 in the Promenade lounge. I hope you and your family will be able to join us.

Kelley,
You are amazing to be able to keep this a secret for so long!!!
There is no way I could of done that. My excitement would of given me away for sure. Glad to hear DD mouth isnt too sore.


Hi Nicholas,
It is great to have you posting with us too. I have written down your descriptions to take to the port with me as I have done with many others on this thread. I will be looking while at the terminal to see if i spot you. So if a middle aged lady in a white shirt with disney characters on it, who looks a little crazy comes toward you, dont call for security, it's just me!

sorry I dont know how to post pictures.
mom x4,grandma x4
Kathy

 

[Jim4UF]

Jim -welcome! Does the UF in your name mean "Univ. of FL?" We're Seminoles thru and thru. This is our first cruise ever, so we'll be right along with the rest of the new cruisers with our mouths agape and looking out for other DISers!

Cindy, yep--you guessed right! A Gator. Over my life, I have found that even 'noles can be nice people (please don't tell that to Spurrier). Actually there is only 1 or two times during the year that I root against the 'noles, depending on if we meet in a bowl game or not.

Looking forward to seeing everyone on the cruise. I have no idea what I will be carrying but it is likely you may see my golf hat. It is tan with a large green swamp creature on the front and alumni association on the back.

Jim