April 19, 2008 - Western - VERY Early Roll Call - Anyone??!!

[Angiefromalberta]

Hi everyone!

Please add myself, my wife and three girls to the roll call! We're from Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Frank (41)
Pam (40)
Jamie (10)
Sydney (7)
Brenna (4)

We're excited to be planning our first disney cruise!

Has anyone done the scuba excursions on either Cozumel or Grand Cayman? I'm trying to decide between the two.

Thanks,
Frank

Hello fellow Canadian friends. So far your family and mine are the only Canadians to check in. Like you, we are planning our first cruise too.

We live in Lethbridge Alberta but my husband is a Newfie. We have the candy countdown on.

Our girls will be 7 and 3 at the time of cruising.

Angie

 

[Mass-cateer]

Leaving for Disney World next week.

Wanted to check in to see if anyone purchased their plane tickets yet?

The ones I have found have been really high.

Yogibigdog,

I bought our tickets last week...BOS to MCO via Charlotte on US AIR. I prefer to fly out of Manchester or even the direct flights from BOS-MCO, but too much $$. I bought these tickets on USAir.com and paid $290 per ticket. I don't think they will get cheaper. For the cruise we did this past April, I bought them 330 days before and paid about this much as well.

 

[conny264]

I´m so envy that you got your flights allready.I´m trying and trying,but so far it´s close to impossible to get a good connecting from Europe to Orlando.
But I´ve been in contact with Capt.Marvins in Grand Cayman.They seem very nice and helpful.We will definitly to an Excursion with them instead of booking with Disney.
We will do Key West on our own and hopefully the Jeep excursion in Cozumel with Disney.
Our first Cruise was the Eastern in 2004.The Islands were nice and one more Seaday was great.But now we´re excited to go on the Western and meet everybody.
Greetings from Germany
Conny

 

[OSUBuckly]

Conny brought up an interesting question I have for everybody (and I'll be sure to ask closer to the 90 day activity booking date). For those that have sailed on the Western (or know much more about it), do you have any non-Disney excursions you can recommend? I'm always a big fan of saving money and I hear there are quite a few decent private companies out there to book with. If anybody has any suggestions, that would be great!

Thanks!

 

[anty30]

Conny brought up an interesting question I have for everybody (and I'll be sure to ask closer to the 90 day activity booking date). For those that have sailed on the Western (or know much more about it), do you have any non-Disney excursions you can recommend? I'm always a big fan of saving money and I hear there are quite a few decent private companies out there to book with. If anybody has any suggestions, that would be great!

Thanks!

Like I said earlier, I definately recommend Nativeway in GC. They were about half the price of the DCL excursion. We paid when we got there, in cash. I believe it was around $45.00pp for the island tour and stingray city.

 

[AddictedtoMickey]

Hello fellow Canadian friends. So far your family and mine are the only Canadians to check in. Like you, we are planning our first cruise too.

We live in Lethbridge Alberta but my husband is a Newfie. We have the candy countdown on.

Our girls will be 7 and 3 at the time of cruising.

Angie

Hi Angie,
Thanks for saying hello. Are you looking into any shore excursions yet? Maybe our girls will be pals!

Frank

 

[Tinkified]

Just checkin' in and My oh my, we are on the third page ...toward the bottom no less! I guess we all are suffering from spring fever, now that it is almost summer! I know we have been busy with spring clean up, dance recitals, and now the pool. And I am a teacher too, so here in NY we are in our final 2 weeks...the only thing that could make me any happier right now would be a vacation on the magic...

Airlines ressies for our cruise have opened up...which gives me a glimmer of hope that April 08 is around the corner. We are going to sit and wait until Jetblue or Airtran publishes theirs...Jetblue is into January 08 now so it shouldn't be too long!

Joan and Anty...any ideas on dates for a meet at splashdown?

Happy Monday Morning all! oh, and welcome to anyone new whom I may have missed!

Michelle

 

[anty30]

Hey Michelle, Your schedule sounds like mine. This is the beginning of our next to last week of school. So this week it is class picnics, field days, field trips, clean-up of desks, etc. etc. I am hoping there will be no more homework from here on out. Lacrosse and baseball finish this week also.
We are camping at Jellystone in Woodridge, NY on the weekend of the 22nd. (We get a lodge, so I dont know if you call that camping, but we do! )
Mohegan Sun the 30th of June (O&A Comedy Show )
So we have a lot going on.

I, too, am waiting for the Air Tran & Jet Blue tix to open up out of Westchester County Airport. That is our 1st choice, Stewart is our 2nd choice. We shall see. We are flying out of Laguardia in August to go to Myrtle Beach, and I really do not enjoy going to those large airports.

I dont have any date yet for Splashdown, but I am thinking July definately.

Antoinette

 

[wdhinn89]

I'm with you guys on the air out of NY. Jet Blue has not posted yet like some of the other airlines and I don't know if I should wait.

For our Nov 8th trip to WDW, I waited for Jet Blue fares and had to change are dates by one day because the Nov 7th airfare was outrageous. By the time Jet Blues rates come out, all the other airlines rates are sky high because they have already been out for months.

Enjoy this beautiful day my fellow New Yorkers and every one else too!

 

[TJeff]

Hey all,
Just checking in.
This will be our 2nd cruise.
Our first one was this past April 14th, 7 day eastern.

Me (jeff)
DW
DMIL
DS - 6
DD - 2

We're from Taunton

Can't wait!

I'll be keeing an eye out for Jet blue to release our dates.
Ended up paying 600+ round trip for each of us this year.

 

[gottagoo]

Well I just signed up for our first Disney cruise!!! (4-19-08 cat 6)

AND yes we are from NY. Its funny how many New Yorkers are going - especially from upstate. We are from just outside Middletown and I too work for a local school district. I saw someone is going to Jellystone at the end of the month well we are going this weekend for some needed R&R. My DD will be 14 at the time we push off from dry land. Does anyone else have a teen?

Also how is the teen club - DD can't wait but is she getting her hopes up too high?

 

[kewbrickny]

Wow - look at all the Hudson Valley people. We will be joining everyone on our first cruise (shhh, it is still a surprise!!!). We are from Tallman NY (Rockland County).

ME - Kev
DW
DD 15
DD 10
DD 7

Looking forward to it. We are traveling with another couple and their son as well. Also watching the plane tix $$$ as well. See ya real soon!

 

[anty30]

Welcome fellow NY's.

kewbrick, my DD is 10 also. Maybe they will bond.

 

[wdhinn89]

TJEFF, I noticed Jet Blue has that $299 one way fare around holiday times, we paid $600 roundtrip in February that is why I'm wondering if I should just book American Airlines now before theirlow fares get higher. I really prefer Jet Blue though

 

[Tinkified]

Welcome all newcommers to our little thread...even the ones not from NY!! I can't believe how many people are going from NY and the hudson valley region...maybe we can ask for a regional/state discount...tee-hee! Well at least it will be easy for us to plan a post-cruise reunion!

Gottagoo..where do you teach? I teach in Newburgh. Counting the days! Actually, I am headed off to a retirement party for our districts Physical Therapist.

For those of you in the hudson valley region...we have tentative plans for a pre-cruise meet with kids and all at Splashdown in Fishkill/poughkeepsie area this summer. No specific date as of yet. Hope you can join us! Maybe just us adults should go out too!

Ciao for Now
Michelle

 

[TJeff]

TJEFF, I noticed Jet Blue has that $299 one way fare around holiday times, we paid $600 roundtrip in February that is why I'm wondering if I should just book American Airlines now before theirlow fares get higher. I really prefer Jet Blue though

Last year, there was a ding with a 4 day period for buying multiple tickets on jet blue for just $79 each way.
My dates WERE included in there for that 4 day period, but that was it.
We didn't know how early we wanted to fly down and well.... you snooze, you loose and we did big time.
$600+ round trip each.

I'll keep watching Jet blue for the next few months.
If I get something, I'll post it up here too for you.

Jeff

 

[wdhinn89]

Last year, there was a ding with a 4 day period for buying multiple tickets on jet blue for just $79 each way.
My dates WERE included in there for that 4 day period, but that was it.
We didn't know how early we wanted to fly down and well.... you snooze, you loose and we did big time.
$600+ round trip each.

I'll keep watching Jet blue for the next few months.
If I get something, I'll post it up here too for you.

Jeff

Thanks!

We fly out of JFK or LGA if it's cheaper.

 

[wdhinn89]

School's almost out for the summer. 4 more days

 

[anty30]

School's almost out for the summer. 4 more days

I feel the same way. No more homework, no more books...

 

[Tinkified]

...and I will finish that line for you.....No more teacher's dirty looks....

But gosh, just as the third week of June rolls around...that is certainly is not the look you get from me.....cause...I BE SMILING all the way home!

Happy almost summer vacation, at least to us Northerners!