April 5, 2008 7 Night Western

[kimlam1]

Cruise Meets:
Fri. April 4th, 6pm, Fishlips near the port. www.fishlipswaterfront.com
Sat. April 5th, 3pm, deck 10 above the Goofy pool, port side ** stop by Home Depot and pick up lime green Mickey paint chips and put your name on one to wear so we know who you are when we meet!

Roll call and information as of 3/25/08:

kimlam – Kim, DH, DD9, DD turning 7 onboard, DS3
jk8 – DH, DS 8
Mom24Princesses – Melanie, DH, DD16 ¾, DD14 ¾, DD10 ½, DD8
pooh mania – DH, DD7, DS6
dwick – DH, DD10 ½ , DS8 ½ , DD6 ½, DD almost 4
dmi188 – DH
SC Minnie - Mona, DH aka scduckman, DD Catherine (13/34)
DEADEA - DH, DS(10), DS(8), DD(4)
Yonkrs Girl - DH, DS(8), DD(5) + friends Debby, DH, DD(6)
ebony - Jan, DH
AnnMarie3 - AnnMarie(42), DH, DS(12), DD(4), DB(50), DSIL(43), DN(7), DN(4 1/2) + parents
Nena Cruise - Arlene, DM, DS Josh (10)
kendo911 - +1
metzfan64 - DH, DD(14)
sunshine state kim - DH, DD(13), DS(10)
Molli&Emmas mom - Sister Becki, DD Molli (9), DD Emma (5)
justKim - Kim, DS(8), DD(5)
morgy827 - DH
cruisedis05 - DH, DD(14), DD(6)
NJMomma - DH, DS(9), DD(5)
lyndenfa - Lynne, DH, DGS(10), DGS(12)
FIREFIGHTERMICKEY - DW, DS(6)

Latest Dining Times:

Early
kimlam
jk8
Mom24Princesses
justKim
Yonkrs Girl + friends Debby, DH, DD

Late
Dwick – wait listed for early seating
dmi188 – wait listed for early seating
Nena Cruise
NJMomma
ebony
lyndenfa

States/Countries Represented:
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
New Jersey
South Carolina
Virginia
Washington
Canada
United Kingdom


Room Numbers for Fish Extenders:
Arlene, DS10, Mom---------------5627 (3ppl)
AnnMarie3-----------------------8072 & 8074. My folks are in 8102.
sunshine state kim---------------7618 and 7619
dmi188--------------------------7621, 7 aft.
morgy827----------------------- 7567
cruisedis05----------------------2618
kimlam1-------------------------8002 (2A, 3C)
Mom24Princesses----------------7507
NJMomma-----------------------TBD
YonkersGirl----------------------6064 (2A, 2C)
YonkersGirl friends---------------6066 (2A, 1C)

Planning to attend the FishLips meet:
NenaCruise - Arlene, Son, Mom
Cruisedis05 - DH, DD(14), DD(6)


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Hi! We just booked a cabin on this cruise. Myself, DH, DD9, DD turning 7 on the cruise, DS3. We rebooked when we were on the 3 night Wonder. We can't wait to go again! Who else is going?

Kim

 

[kimlam1]

I know there are more of you out there!

 

[jk8]

Hi! We are going. DH and I and DS wil be 8 then.

Can't wait!!

 

[kimlam1]

I'm so glad to have someone else posting! Have you been on the western cruise before? We did the eastern, but this will be our first time to some of these ports.

Kim

 

[jk8]

We did the Eastern in 2006 so this will be our first Western as well.

 

[Mom24Princesses]

Hi Guys,

I booked this cruise on 11/1/06. We were on the April 1-8, 06 Eastern and LOVED IT. We take 2 cat 10s and the SPH were all open when I booked BUT older DDs wanted our Deck 7 cabins so we got them again. (LOVED THEM --the SPH would have been fun and in hind-sight, easier for our younger 2 DDs I'm sure (clubs))

Girls will be 16 3/4, 14 3/4, 10 1/2 and 8 by 5 days.

We have not told the DDs, in-fact I don't know if DH realizes I've really booked I told him we had to go that week. With the Magic going to LA for the summer and we can only sail during peak times AND DD#1 pointed out that we must sail while she is still a "kid"! That is the ONLY week. He did not disagree SO I TAKE THAT AS APPROVAL. He worries about that much money that far out "What might happen between 11/1/06 and 4/5/08?

ANYWAY - happy planning--we are returning to WDW after 3 years away and I can not get excited because I am soooo excited about the 08 cruise.

 

[jk8]

Hey Melanie, we were on the April 1-8, 06 Eastern, too! I am excited about trying the Western although I did like the extra sea day. We were on deck 2 last time in a cat9 but this time we are doing deck 6 and a cat 6. I am very excited!

 

[pooh_mania]

We just booked a SPH cabin for our first ever DCL cruise! We've been on Carnival before, but decided that this is the perfect age for DCL. We are very excited! I've been to Cozumel for a vacation, but never as a cruise stop. Never been to Grand Cayman or Castaway Cay.

Looking forward to our trip already!!

 

[kimlam1]

Welcome Pooh Mania. I'm so glad there are more people going! Do you have little ones in your group too?

Kim

 

[Mom24Princesses]

Sounds like what we did for our first cruise Pooh Mania.

Quick story - My sis sailed DCL in 2000 just after DD#4 was born. Wanted to too. 4 DDs
Wait until DD#4 is @6. April 1, 2006 she was 6 by a day (3/31/2000). It was great.
She will remember it and loved the programs - could not keep her out.

DD#3 is a bookworm and that age group goes to the sport's deck a lot. She did not stay as much - usually a couple of hours at a time. She will be 10.5 next time and is pretty mature NOW. I think I will give her sign-in/out "rights" to prevent me from running back and forth. We will have RULES about where and when BUT . . .anyway.

Welcome aboard! Words can not describe DCL.

We did Eastern and LOVED IT. We'd be sailing this week if it were Eastern again. DH and I spent a week on St. Thomas this past June. The VIs are incredible. We visited St. John and the British VIs too. I really was hoping this would be an Eastern week.

We went to Cancun 1986. I would like to take the girls over to the mainland BUT I think it is too long a trip.

 

[pooh_mania]

Good to "meet" some fellow cruisers. I just booked the cruise and I'm already obsessed with researching all about it.

We were torn about spending the extra money for DCL versus other lines, but we figured this was the perfect age to go. (The kids will be DD 7 and DS 6 at cruise time.) We are thinking of going to Grand Cayman for a regular vacation at some point, so a cruise stop is a perfect way to scope it out in advance. And I loved Cozumel when I vacationed there many years ago.

 

[Mom24Princesses]

WELL, WE LEAVE ONE YEAR FROM TODAY . . .ANYBODY PACKING YET???

I hung a paper chain with 365ish links in my kitchen today. Black, white, red and yellow. We will tear off 7 links each Friday or Saturday until next April.

AND I am wondering how "our" cruise is selling. I play on the DCL web site a lot making up pretend cruises. We have CAT 10s and 5 or 6 SPH cabins are gone from deck 5, but the next popular deck 7 cabins (there are 9 CAT 10s on deck 7) - only 3 are gone AND I HAVE 2 OF THEM . I am watching for any price change. If it is not selling well after next week I think they may drop the price a little. A girl can dream.

OK, "tomorrow" Key West, see you there!

 

[Mom24Princesses]

Me again,

This is an early call for one of my DDs. On our first cruise she did not LOVE the Club enough to stay for long stretches. NOW I THINK it was because she did not have a buddy. SO I am looking for girls, (or boys), in her age/type. She has a fall Bday so she will be 10 1/2 but finishing 4th grade. She likes sports but is not great at sports. She LOVES TO READ. She reads a book a day. (Drinks coffee too) She loves High School Musical and most anything on the Disney Channel. She is probably a bit tame as tweens go, not into being all grown up even though she has teen sisters.

That is her bio. If anyone joins our group who has DD that might be a fit let's get them together.

 

[dwick]

Hi Guys,

We just booked our 2 rooms as well. First time cruising and from what I hear from our neighbor (hi KimLam) we are going to have a blast!

We have 4 kids. Ages at time of cruise will be DD 10-1/2, DS 8-1/2, DD 6-1/2 and DD will almost be 4. Mom24princesses--our daughters could be twins! She will be finishing up 5th grade (late august bday), loves books but would rather have hot chocolate than coffee, and loves HS Musical. Are you sure we aren't talking about the same kid?

The family is extremely excited for this vacation - I think I really scored some points this time!

 

[kimlam1]

I'm glad this group is heating up. I'm sure this cruise is going to be a blast. For those of you new, I wanted to post a useful link so you can view past cruise navigators. disneycruiser dot info. (Can't post the actual link as it'll get deleted).

Mom24Princesses - You sound as Disney crazy as I am!!! Please let us know if prices drop.

dwick - Yay! Our kids are probably going to go crazy next year in the March/April timeframe due to the excitement.

As far as packing goes - I just unpacked from our last cruise. That was soooo hard. It would be *wonderful* to live on the Disney ships. My husband, Brian wants to do a 14 day, but I can't swing that schedule-wise. At least next year my packing list shouldn't include diapers!!...fingers crossed

Kim

 

[Mom24Princesses]

Hi Guys,
Mom24princesses--our daughters could be twins! She will be finishing up 5th grade (late august bday), loves books but would rather have hot chocolate than coffee, and loves HS Musical. Are you sure we aren't talking about the same kid?

This might work well! It would be great if she found (a) freind(s). She just did not feel like she had any and while we love our girls, she was hanging with Mom and Dad a little too much. We tried to eat lunch alone the last at sea day but she could not be shaken off!

Mom24Princesses - You sound as Disney crazy as I am!!! Please let us know if prices drop.
Kim

I'll be checking . We are all a little obsessed BUT DD almost 14 is annoyed. "Mom, YOU ARE taking that stuff down before my birthday!!" I don't think I mentioned I printed off signs (like door signs) for each day 4th - 12th and posted them in the kitchen announcing what we'd be doing on that date a year into the future.

 

[kimlam1]

about the filet mignon and lobster at Palo's!!!! Also - what's the sweet bread called that they have at brunch? The kind you pile whipped cream and berries on and then it melts in your mouth... Yum! It must be nearing lunch time! LOL!!

Kim

 

[kimlam1]

Who's dining when? We have the early seating. This has always worked really well for us since we have younger children.

Kim

 

[dwick]

We have second seating but on the waiting list for first. I've heard good and bad for both seatings, but since this is our first cruise we don't really have anything to compare to.

Mom24princesses...would you like to get the girls writing to each other? It may be a little early to start, but if they have a few months to get to know each other (via email or letters) then we may have a better chance of them leaving us alone for a few peaceful moments on board

 

[Mom24Princesses]

about the filet mignon and lobster at Palo's!!!! Also - what's the sweet bread called that they have at brunch? The kind you pile whipped cream and berries on and then it melts in your mouth... Yum! It must be nearing lunch time! LOL!!
Kim

I don't remember the lobster at Palo. Was that because you ate there on "Lobster Night"? BUT I DO REMEMBER THE FILET. Had it a brunch AND dinner. I could eat filet every night almost. Glad to hear there is a filet like cut a AP now. I did not like any dinner choices at AP.

Who's dining when? We have the early seating. This has always worked really well for us since we have younger children.
Kim

We have second seating but on the waiting list for first. I've heard good and bad for both seatings, but since this is our first cruise we don't really have anything to compare to.

We had early last time and have early this time. We live in the Eastern time zone and late is too late for us. When I am working the alarm goes off at 4:30A.M. It is tough to cut the afternoon short to get to dinner.

We like to get up early and enjoy the ship when many are still sleeping (I'm talking 8:00). We were in bed most nights by 11:00.

Mom24princesses...would you like to get the girls writing to each other? It may be a little early to start, but if they have a few months to get to know each other (via email or letters) then we may have a better chance of them leaving us alone for a few peaceful moments on board

Sounds good! But can we wait until summer?? (for us that is May/June (kids get out 5/25)) We are swamped right now AND while I am trying not to think about it, we MIGHT have to postpone our trip and I should have a better feel by mid June. OK?

FINALLY, I promise to shorten my signature after our June trip to WDW!