April 13, 2013 - Western Caribbean Fantasy Cruise

[nascar8820]

Hi my family and friends will be joing you. We have a vow renewal scheduled for our 10th anniversary. Could you help me with what a fish extender is I'm new to the boards and need some help. Thanks all and I look forward to meeting you.

Welcome aboard!!!

For Fish Extender (FE) info check out these links:
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=33184281&postcount=2
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1219607
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=30302583&postcount=609

 

[heidibilotti]

Thanks for the info. I'm in if we decide to do fe. Sounds great and I love to craft

 

[heidibilotti]

Hi Everyone, I started a closed facebook group so we can all chat and get to know each other a bit before our cruise. The group name is Disney Fantasy April 2013 Please join and lets get ready for a great cruise

 

[Breault]

iM GOING SO EXCITED BTW IS ANYONE DOING FISH EXTENDERS??? BOUGHT ONE NOW I NEED TO JOIN PEEPS =)

We are definetely in for Fish Extenders!!! My boys enjoyed getting special treats everynight. Oh and I have some really fun ideas for 2013

 

[heidibilotti]

We are definetely in for Fish Extenders!!! My boys enjoyed getting special treats everynight. Oh and I have some really fun ideas for 2013

I'm up for it and I have some great ideas. Will be cruising the dream in a couple weeks, but have lots of great stuff ready to go for our April 2013 cruise. If no one else posts an FE list I will have my hubby work on it for us.

 

[heidibilotti]

OK Happy Fantasy Cruisers we have a fish extender document. Lets start putting down our information and get this ball rolling. Yeah us we are going to have the best FE yet. Look forward to everyone signing up. See you all in about a year.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AuGs2S1pwQ3DdFZySm8yZGRnQlcxU0NndUhnUkQ5eUE

 

[StaceyGoodwin]

Just signed up with my best friends help. Can't wait till till the cruise.

 

[mdurette]

Give me a couple of weeks and we will be officially joining you!

Heading out on the Dream next week - will sign up then for this April trip to get the discount.

Looking forward to FEs.....just putting the finishing touches on the ones I need for next week!

 

[heidibilotti]

Give me a couple of weeks and we will be officially joining you!

Heading out on the Dream next week - will sign up then for this April trip to get the discount.

Looking forward to FEs.....just putting the finishing touches on the ones I need for next week!

We are heading out on the dream on the 15th Have a great cruise we'll see you in about a year.

 

[AshleySteeves]

Hi fellow cruisers!
This will be my 2nd disney cruise, the first time on the Fantasy! I'm VERY excited for the cruise. We will be travelling with a few other people and to top it off we will be getting married on the Fantasy! Exicted for the FE as well!!! Looking forward to meeting you all!

Ashley

 

[gfolchick]

Hello Fellow Cruisers,
We are booked too! DH, DD16, DS 13 and myself. My parents are also cruising with us so 3 cabins. We are interested in the FE too.

This will be our 8th Disney cruise. Looking forward to a full week on the Fantasy Sailed the Dream in August but 5 days was too short.

 

[CaliforniaGirl09]

Hi everyone,

We just signed up for the cruise today--can't wait. It will be our fourth DCL cruise, but our first one on one of the new ships. We have a party of five in two rooms: me, DH, DS16, DD13, and my mom. But we are also traveling with close friends (and fellow Diser) Calfan and her family. I'm sure she'll be popping in here soon.

Looking forward to hearing from you guys over the next year!

 

[Calfan]

Calfan popping in. As CaliforniaGirl mentioned, we just booked this cruise today as well. This will be our 4th Disney cruise (3rd with CaliforniaGirl and her family) and first on one of the new ships. Sailing will be me (45), DH (45), DD (10) and DS (8). I do need you all to send some pixie dust my way about my DD's fifth grade outdoor education camp. First, that her week to camp is NOT the same week as this cruise. And second, that if it is the same week, she will either decide to skip camp in favor of this fabulous cruise or that DH will get comfortable having the rest of our family take the trip while DD is at camp (with a grandma very close by in case of any emergencies). I doubt we will know anything about the camp situation until the start of the next school year, so I am going to trust that everything will work out because we are so excited about this cruise!

 

[mdurette]

Give me a couple of weeks and we will be officially joining you!

Heading out on the Dream next week - will sign up then for this April trip to get the discount.

Looking forward to FEs.....just putting the finishing touches on the ones I need for next week!

Ok all.....officially joining you, all booked!!!

 

[CaliforniaGirl09]

Hope the cruise last week was fun mdurette! We're also going to Alaska in August but didn't want to take the chance on rooms/pricing by waiting that long to sign up, so no OBC for us this time (we did a suite so 10% discount wasn't an option).

Definitely hoping the April camp is not the week of the cruise, Calfan--sending TONS of pixie dust in your direction.

 

[heidibilotti]

Wow glad to see so many people signing up early. The link for the FE list is on page two under my name. Lets get this party rolling. My family received so many wonderful items in our FE last week, I have so many good ideas rolling around. Can't wait to see who signs up and joins us. Thanks

 

[brich]

We just got off the Fantasy this past Saturday and have booked this same trip for next year!! More than happy to try and answer any questions you might have, at the same time, I'll try not to spoil things... Yes the ship is amazing, Yes you will have an absolute blast, Yes the Aquaduck is pretty darn cool!! Glad to be doing this all over again!!

My wife and I will be joined by DS 14, DS 11, and DD 5... Trying to convince the Grandparents and Aunt and Uncle to join us too

 

[CaliforniaGirl09]

I'm sure I'll have questions for you, birch! Love to see that it was so good you signed up for round #2. What was your weather like? Did you do any Dis Port Adventures?

Heidibilotti, we did FE in the Med last year and had a great time. I think we'll probably be on board. Are you planning to keep it small?

 

[brich]

I'm sure I'll have questions for you, birch! Love to see that it was so good you signed up for round #2. What was your weather like? Did you do any Dis Port Adventures?

It rained at every port... aside from Castaway.... Grand Cayman it showered very briefly. In Costa Maya, it poured!! We did the Chacchoben Ruins tour and loved it. It started raining pretty good when we got off the ship and then it poured during the 1 hour bus ride to the ruins. It showered at the ruins but it actually was refreshing and didn't damper the trip at all... And it rained in Cozumel a bit but we took a Taxi to Mr Sancho's beach resort about 20 miles away from port and had overcast clouds but no rain so that day was a success.

The ruins tour was the only excursion we signed up for. Shopped in GC but will do something different this next trip. We may do something different in CM but I think we actually will do Mr Sancho's again in Cozumel.

On our Facebook page for the trip, it's been kind of a mixed bag of reviews interestingly enough. For those who didn't enjoy the ports, it seemed they didn't do anything other than stay right in port. I haven't seen many, if any bad reports on excursions yet...

 

[mdurette]

Hey Brich - I was on the Dream last week and got the same mixed weather - but we just made the best of it! By chance did you keep the navigators? Can you scan and post?

I noticed a previous comment about keeping the FE short. I have heard from others when the list gets too large. They split into 2 or 3 groups. 15 cabins per group to keep it managable. Just a thought.