April 14, 2007 Eastern Cruise!

[hannahmom]

MEdisneyfan my DD will also be 6 on the cruise along with my neice so the girls will be in the kids area together. This is our first Disney Cruise we are going to do the Butterfly Farm with the shopping, my DD also loves to shop. My DH wants to do the submarine tour on St Thomas.

 

[CRSNDSNY]

MEdisneyfan my DD will also be 6 on the cruise along with my neice so the girls will be in the kids area together. This is our first Disney Cruise we are going to do the Butterfly Farm with the shopping, my DD also loves to shop. My DH wants to do the submarine tour on St Thomas.

We did the butterfly farm in St. Maarten and loved it. We're thinking of doing that again for the April 07 trip. I think our DD would enjoy it.

 

[MEdisneyfan]

I will have to look into the Butterfly tour. I bet that she would love that. She also wants to do the submarine tour on St. Thomas. Is it a good tour?

 

[CRSNDSNY]

You could probably do the Butterfly Farm tour on your own for less $$$ but when we did it we enjoyed being driven around and then being taken directly to the shopping area. We enjoyed it. It could be educational -- there were a lot of kids there who seemed enjoying the learning aspect of the farm but there were also more people like us who were just wandering around taking photos of the beautiful nature. It is one of our fondest memories of our honeymoon.

 

[CRSNDSNY]

Just bumping to get us back up to page one so new cruisers can see us.

 

[tyna]

Haven't checked in for quite some time, this summer has been a whirlwind! The boys (9 and 13) went back to school today so I finally have some free time and access to computer. We are not planning on doing any shore excursion, maybe rent a car and do a self tour with some beach time. Any one done this or have any suggestion on where to start researching?
I think I will hit the library and check out some travel books to see what options there are.
Tyna

 

[CRSNDSNY]

Tyna - Can't say we've ever ventured out on our own that much. The furthest we ever got at any of the ports for a non-excursion was to take a taxi somewhere. The beaches are so beautiful on the Eastern so we are hoping to get some beach time, too.

Hope the boys have a good transition into the new school year!
Classes started on campus here in PA so it's been hectic. Can't wait for it to calm down!

 

[pershing]

Just stopping by to say 'hi'!

Oh...and...BUMP!

 

[yogibigdog]

Just stopping by to say 'hi'!

Oh...and...BUMP!

Hi,

Did you purchase you airfare yet?

 

[pershing]

Hi,

Did you purchase you airfare yet?

No. I'm gonna play the waiting game. Jetblue is still outrageous and I couldn't touch Delta with a ten foot pole. So, I really don't have a choice but to wait for Southwest.

Something tells me the flight down will be much more expensive than on the way back.

 

[wilbeer]

My DD who will be 11 on this cruise wanted me to ask if there are any other kids on this thread her age going? We also have a 4yr old.

 

[luvbuggy]

Hi all: we are sailing on 4/14. It will be me, DH and DS5 along with my BIL and SIL and their DS7 and DS5 (his birthday is during the cruise!!) We are from NJ and they are from CA.
It is the 1st Disney cruise for all of us but it is my SIL's first cruise ever! We are very excited.

luvbuggy

Carnival Pride to Bermuda 8/2003
RCCL Voyager of the Seas 8/2005
Disney MAgic E. Carribean 4/2007

 

[munchkinsmom]

We are from NJ and they are from CA. It is the 1st Disney cruise for all of us but it is my SIL's first cruise ever! We are very excited.

Welcome luvbuggy! We're from CA as well. I posted my intro here: http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=13341834&postcount=56

We'll be flying into Orlando two days prior and staying at Port Canaveral. We initially thought we'd visit WDW a few days before, but then changed our minds, thinking that we might overtire ourselves before the big cruise. Oh well...we will just have to come back another time to do WDW.

We're very excited too! It'll be our first Disney Cruise as well and our DD6 and DS4's first cruise ever.

Looking forward to meeting everyone!

 

[pershing]

Time to bump again!

Southwest is getting closer! They just opened up March!

Although, I just moved into my new house and there are sooooooo many íncidentals that had to be bought. That coupled with the mortgage payment has me holding on to this cruise with the skin of my teeth!

I'm thinking I need to re-work my monthly budget again The food bill can usually be shaved.

Except my 3 little DS's have become eating machines overnight!

Is that snail really heading towards 6 months! Yikes!

 

[pershing]

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In all concierge-level suites, there are comfortable duvets and a new "Pillow Talk" program which allows concierge guests to choose from a selection of hypo-allergenic, feather and therapeutic memory foam pillow options.

 

[pershing]

Ok-

How many got passports just for this trip?

I was waiting for my ex- to sign one of the papers and then was going to shell out the bucks! Now, I don't have to!!!

More money to go to airfare.Yeah!

 

[hannahmom]

My DH and I got our's about 3 weeks ago and we just received my DD's last week right before they changed the law. Oh well now we are ready for any last minute trips across the pond.

 

[disneyfanatic3166]

Hey Everyone!

I can't believe I have only just discovered this thread!!! We will be crusing 4-14-07 as well!!! Yippee!

The Cast (Sorry - big theater fan, my DD's into theater )
Tracy (thats me) - the Mom
Ken (DH) - the Dad
Casey (DD) - age 14, 8th grader
Ryan (DS) - age 8 (almost 9, bday 4/29) 3rd grader
Stephanie (DD's friend) - age 12 (almost 13 bday 6/3) - 7th grader
Joan (DMIL) - Ken's Mother

Were from MA as well, eastern to be exact. Im guessing there will be a lot of MAers because is vacation week. Maybe some of us can meet before the cruise

I haven't read the whole thread yet, so i'll probably end up posting more later

 

[disneyfanatic3166]

Yep, I ended up deciding to post more

I tried collecting a list of everyone coming so far - let me know if I missed you or anyone in your party, got ages wrong,... So, here goes:

Btw: I have some weird/unusual abbreviations, like:
If an age is in parentheses, it means they're almost that age
DM = dear mother
MIL = mother in law
DP = dear partner
DS (in catnips case) = dear sister
BIL = brother in law
DN = dear niece/dear nephew
DM/D = dear mother/daughter
DF = dear father
SIL = sister in law
DDF = dear daughters friend

DISNAME ADULTS KIDS
mjkmom DW, DH DS7, DD8
pershing DW, DH DS12, DS10, DS8
tyna DW, DH DS14, DS9(10)
yogibigdog DW,DH, DM, MIL DS7, DS5
dutchgirlscout DW, DH DS14, DD12, DBaby
wilbeer DW, DH DS
triggs2 DW, DH DD11, DD7
EAP'sDAD DW, DH DD11, DS8, DS7
VBSunGoddess DW, DH DS10
Hannahsmom DW, DH DD6
CRSNDSNY DW, DH DD1 (2)
munchkinsmom DW, DH DD6, DS4
2munchkins DW, DH DD5, DD5
dis2008 DP, DP -----
gammasip DW, DH, BIL, DM -----
catnip0113 DW,DH,DS,BIL DD15, DN13, DN5
AllAmerican DW, DH -----
MEdisneyfan DM/D, DM, DF DD6
luvbuggy DW, DH, BIL, SIL DS5, DN5, DN7
************* DW, DH, MIL DD14, DS8 (9), DDF12 (13)

Please let me know what my errors are, I know there are probably a million!

I will continue to update the list as people are added/things change.

Can't wait for our cruise

P.S. We've got 20 families on our list!!

 

[pershing]

Wow, that list is so long. I didn't realize that many people had posted!

2 of my kids are close in age to yours.

However, there's no DH for me. That's why Disney is the only cruiseline for me. It's gives me the major break I need!

So Disney fanatic, what's your cruise history? Times and fav. stuff?