April 29, 2012 ~ Aloha! ~ Wonder to Hawaii- who is with me?

[Brooklyn]

 

[dolphingirl47]

Don't hold your breath! I sent them a long detailed letter with a copy to my TA after the PC cruise and neither one of us heard anything. NADA. ZIP!

Yes, that is what I am expecting. Still, as long as they read the feedback and it gets them thinking, then it is all good.

Corinna

 

[valbob89]

love it!!

val

 

[UKANGEL]

Hi Everyone - we've booked this cruise, so hope to chime in on the board occasionally. Probably not as much as I did on the PC cruise, because in the end, we rarely took part in any of the on-board activities organised by the DIS crowd
I look forward to sharing the excitement with you all

Cheers,
Sally

Welcome to you!

Ooooooh love that!!

 

[KrisannB]

With Regards to the Pins, special merchandise, I do not understand why they did it different than they did on the WBPC in 2008 - it was all on a sheet, we ordered as we wanted with limitations, had a certain day to pick them up by, what was left after a certain time became available for anyone to purchase. Simple - and they have done it before, so they know how to do it that way!

Krisann

 

[jiminyC_fan]

Simple - and they have done it before, so they know how to do it that way!

Krisann

EXACTLY!!!

LOVE your designs Brooklyn!!

 

[aan1701]

With Regards to the Pins, special merchandise, I do not understand why they did it different than they did on the WBPC in 2008 - it was all on a sheet, we ordered as we wanted with limitations, had a certain day to pick them up by, what was left after a certain time became available for anyone to purchase. Simple - and they have done it before, so they know how to do it that way!

Krisann

I was told it was because the people who handle that were to busy with, oh here is a shocker, the Dream. That is why we all need to let DCL to do it right.

 

[DisneyDiva4ever]

Hello from Wisconsin!

I'm excited to cruise to Hawaii with this bunch! The last time I was on a 2-weeker was the EB PC in 2008. Great memories. I've been dying to do another long cruise, but had to work my cruises around my second son! HA!

With that said, I will be sailing to Hawaii with my DH, almost 4 and almost 2yo sons. We'll be in a group of 8 total. We just got off the Dream MV in January, and are excited to go "old school" with the Wonder next year. Still love the Magic and Wonder, always will. My DH thinks that the Oceaneer's club is BETTER on the Magic/Wonder. We'll see what our boys think.

I don't have very high expectations of seeing and doing everything on the islands....just because of the age of my kids, but I am really excited for the fun that we will create during 15 days of our Hawaiian adventure! I won't miss the flights that it would take to get us to Hawaii if we didn't cruise. Anybody else with young kids? Anyone else from the land of Cheese and Packers?

Hopefully I will find some time during "nap" each day to check what the Hawaiian cruisers are talking about!


Oh, and on the topic of Merchandise. We had the same mess on the Dream MV as the Wonder PC everyone is talking about. I have no idea WHY DCL used to be able to handle special itinerary merch. and then seemed to let their system of "pre-ordering" go. No one wants to spend their vay-cay waiting in line for pins each day. The pre-order forms were available on the '07 WB TA and the '08 EB PC. The system worked GREAT! I need to write a letter and let them know how I feel about this as well. My sis missed her first dinner on the Dream because she was waiting in line for merchandise. Silly.


Well, enough of that.

Here's hoping that Hawaii is well worth the wait! Let the countdown begin!

Erica

 

[jiminyC_fan]

I was told it was because the people who handle that were to busy with, oh here is a shocker, the Dream. That is why we all need to let DCL to do it right.

That's crazy because they majorly dropped the ball on the Maiden Voyage for us as well. (not the pins, however) They can't use that as an excuse!

 

[jiminyC_fan]

Welcome Erica! Sorry, I posted about the fiasco on the MV before reading your post. I didn't even THINK about merchandising being a problem for the main diners until we went shopping after dinner. Nothing, nada. People running around in the stores like crazy trying to find at least one thing. It was frustrating.

 

[Robin"D"]

love it!!

val

I do like it, but could it be reworded to state something to the fact that it is the "Inaugral Hawaiian cruise" ?

Just a thought

Robin & Angel "D"

 

[jessrose18]

Hello from Wisconsin!

I'm excited to cruise to Hawaii with this bunch! The last time I was on a 2-weeker was the EB PC in 2008. Great memories. I've been dying to do another long cruise, but had to work my cruises around my second son! HA!

With that said, I will be sailing to Hawaii with my DH, almost 4 and almost 2yo sons. We'll be in a group of 8 total. We just got off the Dream MV in January, and are excited to go "old school" with the Wonder next year. Still love the Magic and Wonder, always will. My DH thinks that the Oceaneer's club is BETTER on the Magic/Wonder. We'll see what our boys think.

I don't have very high expectations of seeing and doing everything on the islands....just because of the age of my kids, but I am really excited for the fun that we will create during 15 days of our Hawaiian adventure! I won't miss the flights that it would take to get us to Hawaii if we didn't cruise. Anybody else with young kids? Anyone else from the land of Cheese and Packers?

Hopefully I will find some time during "nap" each day to check what the Hawaiian cruisers are talking about!


Oh, and on the topic of Merchandise. We had the same mess on the Dream MV as the Wonder PC everyone is talking about. I have no idea WHY DCL used to be able to handle special itinerary merch. and then seemed to let their system of "pre-ordering" go. No one wants to spend their vay-cay waiting in line for pins each day. The pre-order forms were available on the '07 WB TA and the '08 EB PC. The system worked GREAT! I need to write a letter and let them know how I feel about this as well. My sis missed her first dinner on the Dream because she was waiting in line for merchandise. Silly.


Well, enough of that.

Here's hoping that Hawaii is well worth the wait! Let the countdown begin!

Erica

not cheese and packers but we are your neighbor in MN....

 

[gdaneowner]

Hello from Wisconsin!

I'm excited to cruise to Hawaii with this bunch! The last time I was on a 2-weeker was the EB PC in 2008. Great memories. I've been dying to do another long cruise, but had to work my cruises around my second son! HA!

With that said, I will be sailing to Hawaii with my DH, almost 4 and almost 2yo sons. We'll be in a group of 8 total. We just got off the Dream MV in January, and are excited to go "old school" with the Wonder next year. Still love the Magic and Wonder, always will. My DH thinks that the Oceaneer's club is BETTER on the Magic/Wonder. We'll see what our boys think.

I don't have very high expectations of seeing and doing everything on the islands....just because of the age of my kids, but I am really excited for the fun that we will create during 15 days of our Hawaiian adventure! I won't miss the flights that it would take to get us to Hawaii if we didn't cruise. Anybody else with young kids? Anyone else from the land of Cheese and Packers?

Hopefully I will find some time during "nap" each day to check what the Hawaiian cruisers are talking about!


Oh, and on the topic of Merchandise. We had the same mess on the Dream MV as the Wonder PC everyone is talking about. I have no idea WHY DCL used to be able to handle special itinerary merch. and then seemed to let their system of "pre-ordering" go. No one wants to spend their vay-cay waiting in line for pins each day. The pre-order forms were available on the '07 WB TA and the '08 EB PC. The system worked GREAT! I need to write a letter and let them know how I feel about this as well. My sis missed her first dinner on the Dream because she was waiting in line for merchandise. Silly.


Well, enough of that.

Here's hoping that Hawaii is well worth the wait! Let the countdown begin!

Erica

I am not from the land of chees and Packers, but from the Great Land of OZ.I am very close with on the kids!.. I will be traveling with my Mom, my 27month old son, and my almost 5yr old son.

 

[valbob89]

I don't have very high expectations of seeing and doing everything on the islands....just because of the age of my kids, but I am really excited for the fun that we will create during 15 days of our Hawaiian adventure! I won't miss the flights that it would take to get us to Hawaii if we didn't cruise. Anybody else with young kids? Anyone else from the land of Cheese and Packers?

Oh, and on the topic of Merchandise. We had the same mess on the Dream MV as the Wonder PC everyone is talking about. I have no idea WHY DCL used to be able to handle special itinerary merch. and then seemed to let their system of "pre-ordering" go. No one wants to spend their vay-cay waiting in line for pins each day. The pre-order forms were available on the '07 WB TA and the '08 EB PC. The system worked GREAT! I need to write a letter and let them know how I feel about this as well. My sis missed her first dinner on the Dream because she was waiting in line for merchandise. Silly.

Erica

With cruising the islands you will get a taste of what Hawaii is all about and it's people. You may also get an idea which island(s) you would want to go back to. What you won't get to experience is what a vacation to Hawaii Really is all about - there just isn't enough time during the brief time we are at each island. For those of you who have spent an extended time on one of the Caribbean islands and then visited on a DCL cruise, you know just what I am talking about.

I asked why they didn't handle the pin sales on the PC like they did the 2008 EBPC and I was told the sign-up didn't work.
1. People complained they didn't get the forms that were left on their FE on the first day and missed the merchandise. 2. Others cheated and submitted more then one form and got more then their share (see number 1?)

I can't believe the complaints from that format were more then the PC. Plus, seems like all they had to do was put a note (big enough to see) in the Navigator reminding about the order form and they would have eliminated the first problem. Then have someone put the returned forms in numeric order. If they eliminated the duplicate forms they wouldn't have the #2 problem.

Just my thoughts.

 

[JLSE50]

BROOKLYN! Thanks for the Lilo and Stitch Cruise picture. I have printed it out 6 different sizes and am posting them all over the condo.
A little excited are we???

I have sent three missives to DCL by using the CONTACT US at the bottom of the DCL page. When I log in through my Castaway Club membership I do not even have to fill in name and address, it is all there.

The first was to tell them we hope the WONDER HAWAII cruise and the future MAGIC cruises are not treated like after-thoughts. DCL cruisers do a lot of word of mouth advertising and we want to be able to speak highly of all our ships. I mentioned the pin fiasco, etc. It was all nicely done, not crabby, (if I do say so myself ). I got a form letter kind of reply.

The second and third missives were about some merchandising ideas I would like to see. I just send the third one minutes ago and as I returned to read my e-mails I saw a reply from DCL for the second missive saying:

Dear Jan,

Thank you for writing back!

I would be happy to further assist you.

Thank you for your continued thoughtfulness in sharing ways we can
improve our cruise experience.

As with previous suggestions, your thoughts will be shared with
management. We strive to offer a cruise experience that meets the Disney
standards of excellence our Guests have come to expect and that provides
the type of magical vacation they desire.

Please let us know if you have any other questions.

We look forward to sailing with you again!

Magical Regards,

JD
Reservations Department
Disney Cruise Line

Please note--I was thanked for WRITING BACK. I do think they pay attention and while some of our ideas seem reasonable to us--like my merchandise suggestions -- I have no idea how do-able they may be. So, I will keep them to myself and if they come to pass--lucky us and if they do not--oh well.

One would think I have no other cruises to plan for, or granddaughters to visit or activities to pursue or a job to do, or .....

Have a great day!
Jan

 

[kugalbelle]

Hi everyone,
Managed to book the 15 night Hawaii Cruise in 2012 and can't wait.
We have sailed with Disney many times. This will be our first trip to Hawaii, so excited!
Hope to see you all aboard.
Regards

 

[jiminyC_fan]

Welcome Charmaine.

 

[goofprincess]

Hi everyone,
Managed to book the 15 night Hawaii Cruise in 2012 and can't wait.
We have sailed with Disney many times. This will be our first trip to Hawaii, so excited!
Hope to see you all aboard.
Regards

WELCOME ABOARD

 

[socababy]

Anyone know off hand how many concierge rooms there are on the Wonder? The deposits are non refundable right? I see that one is available for this cruise now according to the website.

 

[auntlynne]

Looking at the deck plan, there are 18 one-bedroom, 2 two-bedroom, and the Roy and the Walt Disney suites.