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

[4newtocruise]

For Splashdown: How about the week of August 20th? Can we pick a date that week. Like I said, I'm pretty open, I can request off.

We are planning on flying in on Thrusday and going to Cape Canaveral on Friday. For anyone who has been there, is it an all day thing? I would love to meet for dinner as long as we make it back.

Let me know if you want me to do the spreadsheet.

-Joan

 

[4newtocruise]

Question: Is it difficult to get transportation to the shore excursions if you do it on your own? DCL provides transportation, correct?

-Joan

 

[anty30]

Hey all,
Tink - please handle the Grills dinner. That would be fab.
We are staying at CI&S friday night.
Joan - we will be away the week of the 20th in August. Heading to Myrtle Beach. Any other week in Aug is good for us.
Also, transportation is easy in the ports. The cabs are always at the piers waiting for customers. Just make sure you settle on a price before you go.
Sometimes they say $10, and then it ends up being per person when you arrive. It is safe but they are in need of cash and may try to swindle you.
Ant

 

[msdisney53]

Just got off the phone with member services and booked our cruise. We will also be on Deck 6. This will be our 5th Disney cruise and our 3rd Western. It will be Myself(Denise) DH (John) DD (Gianna,who will be celebrating her 16th Birthday on board) and DD 17 (Nikki). We are also hoping to have three other families joining us.

I starting reading this while I was on hold with Disney but haven't finished yet ,10 more pages to go.

Denise

 

[wdhinn89]

Just got off the phone with member services and booked our cruise. We will also be on Deck 6. This will be our 5th Disney cruise and our 3rd Western. It will be Myself(Denise) DH (John) DD (Gianna,who will be celebrating her 16th Birthday on board) and DD 17 (Nikki). We are also hoping to have three other families joining us.

I starting reading this while I was on hold with Disney but haven't finished yet ,10 more pages to go.

Denise

WELCOME

Less than 10 months to go

 

[4newtocruise]

Some thought - I bought the PassPorter's Field Guide for the DCL and they have some great information on the excurtions. They include how to do it on your own as well as booking through DCL.

Welcome to everyone new on the thread!

Hudson Valley: How about Splashdown the week on August 12th. Maybe Wednesday, August 15th?

-Joan

 

[anty30]

Wed. August 15th sounds good to me.
Antoinette

 

[Tinkified]

HUDSON VALLEY NYERS and Joan and Antoinette: Splashdown on Wednesday 8/15 works for me! It is a date! Aren't there more of us from the area too...I forget..the group keeps getting bigger and bigger and bigger!

Welcome Denise!

Joan: Yes, the passporter is a great guide. I used that myself and perhaps that is where I got a lot of the excursion on my own info! My husband and I did Kennedy Space Center. There is a lot to see. I would say it could be a whole day thing if you wanted it to be. I recall getting there early after we disembarked off a cruise and did lunch and was probably at the airport for a early evening flight home to NY. As far as the pre-cruise dinner at Grills...I am thinking a 7pm kind of thing...that way later arrivals can join, earlier arrivals can enjoy day etc kind of thing. Of course as the date gets closer we will finalize a time for dinner/meet.

To all that plan on arriving to Florida Friday 4/18 (night before cruise) a pre-cruise dinner at the restaurant GRILLS at port canaveral is being arranged by me (michelle aka Tinkified) Let me know who is interested and I will start creating a list/head count kind of thing.

Ciao for now!
Michelle

 

[msdisney53]

We booked stateroom 6134 on 5/22/07. We actually had a choice of port vs starboard and since port "wasn't good for sunsets" we knew that port would be superb for "sunrise" which is when i plan on being out on the verandah.
I know it will be be worth the $, but it seems like it's gonna turn out to be 3x what a WDW trip costs for us once all is said and done. At least i have a year to save

It looks like we're going to be neighbors.We booked statroom 6132 and 6135

 

[msdisney53]

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?

My DDs have been to the teen club on the last 2 cruises. They don't like the club so much but it's where they get to meet the rest of the teenagers. Your DD should go the first night to the 411(you can go too if she'll let you)My DD (16) made alot of good friends last time and about 8 of them came to her sweet 16 party last January. They have a cruise reunion scheduled for JUly.

 

[conny264]

Hello everyone.
If I´m able to get a flight from Germany on Thursday,we,too will be in Cocoa beach on Friday.I have a reservation for the Best AWestern Oceanfront.
Our plan is to go to KSC before the cruise.
Dinner at Grills sounds great,we went there before our cruise last year.
If the time allows we might join in.
But everybody should make sure to print the 10% coupon from their website for out of state Drivers licence.

One other question for all of you.Is somebody thinking of doing the 2 Snorkel trip with Eagle Ray DIvers in Cozumel?
My sister wants to do nothing and I would like to go snorkeling,but I´m not sure to book this alone.So,I was wondering if anybody is planning this if I could join in.
If ot,I will do the Discover Snorkel with DIsney.

Anyway,have a gret weekend and take care.
COnny

 

[rantnnravin]

It looks like we're going to be neighbors.We booked statroom 6132 and 6135

can't wait to see your door decorations!
just curious: was 6133 already taken? That seems to be more directly across from 6132 than 6135- which is actually right across from me.
too bad you have teens- my DD is 7 -- of course she thinks she's a teenager...


Joan: any word on the excel sheet? would love to see who DD might be having fun in the lab with. Thanks for vounteering to do that.

 

[msdisney53]

can't wait to see your door decorations!
just curious: was 6133 already taken? That seems to be more directly across from 6132 than 6135- which is actually right across from me.
too bad you have teens- my DD is 7 -- of course she thinks she's a teenager...


Joan: any word on the excel sheet? would love to see who DD might be having fun in the lab with. Thanks for vounteering to do that.

I assume that it was taken, they said this was the closest they could get us. I guess I should start planning some decorations now!

 

[4newtocruise]

August 15th sounds great! Can't wait to meet you!

Welcome to everyone who has joined our group

I'm confused, am I doing the spreadsheet? I don't mind I just don't want someone to be doing duplicate work.


-Joan

 

[4newtocruise]

...in cozumel we are doing a dune buggy tour with beach and snorkle time. It sounds like a lot of fun..we are not booked yet...but I have it book marked to reserve...
http://cozumelcruiseexcursions.com/CozumelDuneBuggyTour.htm

Ciao for Now
Michelle

Did you know that the dune buggy tour is for ages 10 and up? Are you planning to go without your DD? It sounds like so much fun! I wish my DS and DD could go!

-Joan

 

[rantnnravin]

I'm confused, am I doing the spreadsheet? I don't mind I just don't want someone to be doing duplicate work.
-Joan

I'm sorry, that's what i thought tink was saying when she posted:

Joan: Thanks for offering to do the spreadsheet. I know excel, but I don't have access to it at home...only at work...and I am not working for the next 10 weeks...YAHOOO! WHOOPIE...YIPPEE...Can you tell I am excited about summer vacation!

but then i noticed further down that no one actually gave you a definitive answer when you asked if you were definitely doing it.
sorry for the mix-up

 

[4newtocruise]

I'll start working on it! I will post what I get done and maybe everyone can fill in the blanks. I hope everyone will be able to view it. I think there is a excel viewer you can download. Let me know your thoughts.

-Joan

 

[4newtocruise]

I have the spreadsheet done, I just don't know how to insert or attach it

Help

-Joan

 

[4newtocruise]

Try this -
Please help fill in the blanks.
Cut and paste this in your browser:

C:\Documents and Settings\Joan\My Documents\DisneyCruise4-19-08.htm

 

[rantnnravin]

naw
that's just the file name in your computer. only you can see it from there.
i don't know how to do it either....maybe someone more technologically inclined will come along...