April 17, 2004 -- anyone going with us?

[ehtpnt]

Oh I am Soooooo jealous. I can't wait. When the docs arrive I'll have a reason to ask for the suitcases. Hope ours get here soon. Like tomorrow!! I can dream can't I? Talk to you all later, youngest is driving to Ohio to visit her young man and we can't tie up the phone line for long. Estelle

 

[Luv2Dream]

Oh, skuba2, I keep checking for my docs....I can't wait....I'm so jealous!

 

[ehtpnt]

We booked the glass bottom boat on CC this afternoon. We had a planning session with our friends and decided to sign on. So we are on the 9:45 tour. I noticed it's not a three hour tour...LOL Hopefully the mates name isn't Gilligan.
Has anybody done anything in the spa? Jen and I have been talking about trying something but don't know what might be fun to do. Any suggestions?
Treadmill time so I'm off til tomorrow. Estelle

 

[outahere]

YIPEEEEEE !!!!!!!!!!!!! Our docs just showed up. Now it's starting to feel real (as though seeing the final payment on the credit card statement wasn't enough).

Hope everyone else gets theirs soon (like today!)

Ed

 

[BCVOwner in MA]

Hello fellow 4/17 Magic cruisers!!

I was wondering if anyone else is cruising with their son/nephew/grandson who is 8 or 9 years old

I'm looking to put my fairly shy 8 year old son in touch with another boy his age before the cruise so he has someone he "knows" when he goes to the kids program. I thought if they could exchange a few emails or maybe a letter or two before the cruise, it would make it a little more comfortable for two boys who wouldn't otherwise know anyone in the kids program.

Please feel free to PM me and we can work out the details.

Thanks!

Mark

 

[ehtpnt]

Okay that's it I want my docs NOW! DH says the TA will call when she has them and we'll go get them. I'm calling her the minute I get off of here. Maybe she has them. Well I can hope can't I?

BCVOwner unfortunately our friends little boy is only 5 but I know there are several boys about the right age on the thread.

Jan--If you are lurking and or back from the trip. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Your ecards were sent this morning. Are you having the cheese cake?

Going off now and call the TA before I expire of nervousness.
Talk to you all later. Estelle

 

[BCVOwner in MA]

Estelle--

Your friend's little boy will be in the same program as my other son and our neighbor. They'll both be 5 by the time the cruise comes around.

I'm pretty confident I'll find someone for my 8 year old to "meet" before the cruise. Although we're travelling with an 8 year old girl neighbor, I'm sure my son would much rather have another boy to hang around with.

I hope you heard good news about your docs!

 

[outahere]

BCVOwner in MA............

Mark,

My DS is 9 (10 at the end of May) and will probably stay in the 8 - 9 year old group.

Send me a PM and we can get them hooked up. I see you're also in MA, so let me know where and if close by, perhaps they can meet before we go.

Ed

 

[lsutigger2]

Okay, I'm going straight to the experts. That would be you!!

And I know this is a question that usually females ask, but here goes: What kinds of clothes are your DHs bringing for dinners? DH is starting to plan his wardrobe (we usually have to get him a new suit anytime someone in the family gets married or dies because he's outgrown the last one!!LOL). I'm "concerned" about dinner wear. No tux for formal night. Any help anyone sailing with us can offer will be greatly appreciated and payable with Mardi Gras beads!!

Thanks. I'm really getting anxious!!

Janie and Tom

 

[outahere]

DW and I have agreed that neither one of us feels like getting dressed up on this trip. We plan on eating at Topsiders, or on our verandah, on the "dressy" nights. I may bring a sport coat to wear with Dockers and a polo shirt (in case we do the Palo brunch), but that will be the extent of my "fancy" wardrobe.

I know that's probably not the "norm", but we just want to relax and take it easy this time.

Ed

 

[lsutiggeratwk]

Got my "box of docs" yesterday, didn't find them until this morning when I went to get my newspaper!! I hate when the UPS man does that!!

And the worse part was I had to leave to come to work and didn't have to look at everything. Gives me something to look forward to tonight when I get home!

Getting closer everyday!!

any other help on the dh dress issue??

Janie

 

[brendapap]

Estelle,
Been away from computer for a few days and when I started to read the post I miss I must admit I got a little nervous when I read you could not find juniors, but then I got really happy when I found out you found them. Thank you so much and I look forward to meeting you. Brenda

 

[dianthus]

Hi Guys! Been away from the boards lately, had to catch up on a few pages. Wow! Docs are showing up! That's great! It means it's really coming soon. I'm used to DVC sending about a week before, so it'll be interesting when I get mine this time, as I booked with cash. As long as I get them before we leave...

As far as the dress goes on the ship, in November we really saw it run the gamut. It tends to be really dressy closer to the holidays. The spring cruises are bit more relaxed. Tuxes, suits, ultra casual, we saw it all last time, but thankfully no shorts in the evening dining rooms. A good bet is a black cocktail dress, or a long black skirt & a couple of tops for the 2 dressy nights. I'm bringing one black sleeveless dress & 2 jackets for it- simple. A nice dark suit for men works on formal night. You can rent a tux on ship if that's what your DH wants & it'll be in the stateroom when you arrive. The info will be in the docs. DH did this in Nov. as it was our anniversary & we wanted pics, but on other cruises he brought a sportjacket & a dark suit.

Outahere~ The casual dining in Topsiders is good. We went there on Key West night in Nov.& we were very impressed with this option. They served the same menu as the dining room. It's table service- appetizers & dessert is buffet, nothing else. We even saw people dressed up in there too, which surprised us, as we thought that defeated the purpose... Semi formal night you could really get away with a nice shirt/golf polo & not feel out of place if you didn't want to dress up & go to the dining rooms. You would not feel funny. We saw guys very dressed down that night(T shirts), but not on Formal night.

Hope this helps!

It's snowing here right now again, so this cruise can't come soon enough! I was getting used to the nice weather last week...

~ Linda

 

[ehtpnt]

Janie and Tom,

DH and the DH of the other couple are not dresser uppers. On the first cruise we took he had a suit and a sport coat in fact I think he had two sportcoats. This time Phil (my DH) says he is going with one dark sport coat. That with dark pants will handle all the dress up evenings and the brunch. We saw all sorts of styles on the first cruise. I think that a nice sport coat would handle all the requests Disney could make. I don't think he is even considering a tie, although he did have one on the night we ate at Palos, so he may take one.
Brenda I am looking forward to meeting you too. Let me know if you have any particular way you want me to hand you the Chocolate Juniors.
Couldn't get hold of our TA yesterday so I am hoping the docs arrive sometime this week.

Yes we have intermittant snow showers. AH Spring where are you when we want you.
Going to treadmill city. More later, Estelle

 

[Luv2Dream]

Janie,

Pete is renting a tux so we don't have to lug so much as we have the week before at WDW.

I got my docs! I was so excited because I was having a really bad day yesterday and I went to my front door just before going to bed and I saw this bag hanging from my storm door handle. Sure enough, it was the docs! I spent the next 1/2 hour in bed looking them all over. I went to bed a happy girl!

Today is March 10 so I leave in exactly ONE month for the beginning of my 15 day vacation! I am definitely happy today!

Lynn

 

[Skuba2]

DH has a tux and I have a gown that I've used on the last few cruises. I like being dressed up but hate getting dressed up. We do Palo on that night so I don't have to do it twice. We'll eat in cabin on the second formal night--just to take a break from everything. I usually do crop pants to dinners on the other nights.

Someone mentioned to call DCL and ask for the concierge team to pre-book stuff---THANK YOU! It worked. I was able to do my Palo and my brunch. Also requested the PLAP rotation. One note of advice they gave was to leave a lot of extra time to get to port. It is spring break and she said the highway gets jammed with beach goers. We will probably leave early and then head down to do liquor runs and grocery by the Radisson. I would rather spend my time waiting at the port than on the highway.

Gotta go get kids to the bus.

Deb

 

[lsutiggeratwk]

Lynn, isn't it amazing that a little "bit" of Disney always chases the "bad" away!! and thanks for the clothing update! Tom is going to bring a new sports coat and a couple of pair of slacks to go with it, shirts, probably a tie, etc, etc, etc. I wanted to do the formal night on our first cruise.

Hope you have good days the rest of the week!

I'm sure I'm not the only one, but I'm getting more and more excited as the days pass. Good thing I've got lots of things to do at work to make the days go by, like moving our office in 1 1/2 weeks!!

Tom and I have started putting stuff to take in a canvas bag. It's a gathering place for stuff I don't want to forget or hunt for later when I'm really in the packing mode.

I'm looking forward to meeting all the DISer's also.

Take care and I hope everyone has a great day! No more snow for you in the Northeast!!

 

[ehtpnt]

Our docs have arrived! At least the TA has them. So bright and early tomorrow we are off to pick them up. Yeah!!

DH did tell me today what he is officially taking in the way of clothes. He is taking a suit and a couple of pairs of pants that will go with the jacket. And he is taking a tie. That's for formal night and semi formal and the dinner at Palos.
I notice that none of the women on the thread seem to need any help with what to bring in the clothing line. We are just more together about that sort of thing than the men are.
I am getting so excited. The weather turned cold this weekend and we had snow showers. Nothing stuck thank goodness. I am sooo ready for spring and the cruise.
Talk to you all later. Estelle

 

[Skuba2]

Estelle--weren't those flakes big---the snow ones that is. LOL! We are heading into the city on Friday to catch The Producers and of course it is suppose to snow then too--although I haven't seen the news today so that could have changed.

I have an abundance of clothes down in the basement in multiple sizes. It will all depend on what size I am in a month to see what I am taking. I did just try and find my swimsuits. Found the 14's and the 10's but of course can't find the 12's. Yes, I have gone up and down that much but not like a yo-yo. I was a 10 until I had my 2 1/2 year old. Before that I was a 1X. I am getting back down there though.

Anyone care to join me for early morning workouts onboard? I usually try and hit the gym first thing before the waitlist gets started and between shots of coffee. I will be the one on the cross trainer.

DG

 

[rae519]

I haven't received ANY updates on this forum in my e-mail notification for ages - so I looked it up and whew! There is so much to catch up on!!!!

Okay, big problem for us -

The person who could have gotten our brunch reservations for all of us is going to be away, so we will need to either have someone with concierge level service to make them for us OR do the ressie rush ourselves and hope we can all get together.

IF anyone has this level service and is interested in helping us out, please let us know!!!

Estelle, we are also on the glass bottom boat tour at CC at 9:45.

We haven't gotten our documents yet and I am hoping that they come soon, but since we booked on points and cash, it may be a while!!!!

I am going to call DCL to link reservations today and get my REAS taken care of.

And no, I'm not packed yet!!!!!


Hugs,
Rae