Aug 14th 2004 - Anyone coming with us?

[markey]

I also booked last August while on board, and today just made the final payment, now I am ready to book 1 excursion for GC with DCL (when we reach the 60 day mark), have Key West and Cozumel taken care of on my own. Have the plane tickets, room booked for beach from Monday to Saturday, and rental car. I guess sit back and enjoy the summer, even though I love to go on vacation summer is my favorite time of the year, so I'm not trying to russ anything.

 

[disneyma]

Hi Everyone,

Wanted to let you know that we will be joining the list of people on this 8/14/04 Western. We are looking forward to it. Am a bit suprised that more people aren't on the list. The week before and after seem to be overflowing! Looking forward to staying in touch with everyone over the next few months!

Ed and Bryan from Massachusetts

 

[MICKEY'S DREAMERS]

Originally posted by disneyma
Hi Everyone,

The week before and after seem to be overflowing!

The week before and after are the first Antigua cruises

 

[disneyma]

Actually I think that is in October as the week before and after is going to San Juan.


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Sail to St. Thomas and San Juan or St. Thomas and Antigua and Disney's own island in The Bahamas, Castaway Cay. Check rates and dates for this itinerary.
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Sailing to San Juan, St. Thomas and Castaway Cay on 8/07/04, 8/21/04 and 09/04/04

 

[TartanFan]

Can't have us back on page 3 when we've only got 81 days to go! Which means that I've only got 3 weeks left to decide which excursions (if any!) we want!

 

[disneyma]

IT is really amazing how fast time is going by.....time to start making those decisions!

 

[skyhawk]

As we get closer (see countdown clock below) we have become a bit more relaxed actually - I think I'm just exhausted from being so excited since last August. Regarding excursions, I think we are leaning towards relaxing a bit more - I think we are just going to do our own dolphin "swim" in Cozumel - other ports, just walk around, maybe stay on the ship.

Well, it's almost June! It's getting to be crunch time!

 

[zeets1]

We are a family of 4 from New Jersey. Any ideas in terms of excursions?

 

[TartanFan]

You can all sleep easy in your beds now - I've finally made ALL my decisions on excursions, ressies, etc!!!! I just need the 60 day mark to come around quickkt so I don't change my mind again!

We'll do a Conch Train tour on our own in Key West, Island Tour in Grand Caymen (just so I see more of the island than the Hard Rock Cafe like last time!), Cozumel Ruins and Beach Tour for DD's benefit (Tulum looks more interesting but can't face a 7hr trip in the August heat!) and parasailing on CC for DH and DD (I did it last time and missed Cookies - not letting that happen again!)

I've booked the REAS as a surprise for DH so I've decided on our Breakfast, Brunch, Dinner and Spa times and will be calling DCL shortly to set those up. We'll have a bottle of Champagne as part of our gift basket so if anyone fancies a drop of fizz on the verandah, feel free to come on over to our place (but not on Champagne Breakfast morning!)

Looking forward to meeting as many of my fellow DISers as possible - let's keep this thread on the front page for the next two months!

Best wishes from the UK
Diane

 

[skyhawk]

Just wanted to see how much more time, and to bump us back up to the top. Wow - looks like we're getting close!!

 

[markey]

We took the trolly tour in 2002, it was the hottest thing we did the whole cruise, and with the Trolly we were able to get off and on. The kids were miserable and complained the whole time because it really was not that interesting, I was bored. The best thing was to have a picture taken at the Southern Most Point in the USA, and that only took about 10 minutes. So make sure you take water and dress cool. Key West was very hot the day we were there.

 

[Yunchman]

Hey everyone! This is our first post and will be our second DC and our first time western!
We are Stacy and Shelby and we are very excited about the cruise! We love everything disney and really enjoy reading these boards!

 

[js'smom]

It seems like the cruise is just around the corner. School was out last Wednesday for my daughter and she started summer camp this week. The cruise is the week after camp ends. So we have taken one more step towards the trip, camp started. I also have decided what excursions I want to sign us up for and have agreed to do try the parasailing with my daughter. She's too light to do it herself, but with our combined weights, we'll be fine. Also wanted to do the submarine trip and the day at the beach. Was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on renting the equipment up front for Castaway Cay? I thought it might be smart just to rent it to have it to use all day so we don't have to worry about getting there a certain time to rent the equipment.

I started a new job last month and the first thing I did was to be sure they knew when I was taking a week off in the summer for my vacation. I think it's almost time to start a little calendar and tear off each day until the Magic day.

Going shopping with my Mom Friday to a great store that has their summer dresses on sale and thought I might look for something special for the cruise. I asked to leave work early and told my supervisor I needed to go to do some very important shopping! Husband said not to spend too much (of course that depends on your definition of what is "too much".)

I am not doing well on trying to drop a few pounds before the cruise as I now I will pick up a few pounds. I started walking every night after dinner, so will see what some perseverance will do.

I just can't wait for the trip. Made the final payment last week, so we are very ready.

Hope everyone has a great summer break.

 

[markey]

Everything else done, made the last excursion plans with DCL yesterday, Rum Point Beach and banana boat. So now the wait for the docs. Last year was the longest we waited, only got 2 1/2 weeks before we left, always leave the Mon. for FLorida before have gotten as early as 6 weeks before. First one to receive please post!
Also have jet skis in Key West and Dune Buggy in GC. Anybody else on any of these?

 

[skyhawk]

Markey - did you find the Key West Jet-skies through Disney, or independent? Sounds interesting - I'd like to find out more information.

Thanks for your help.

 

[markey]

skyhawk - I booked the tour myself with Islan Water Sports www.island-watersports.com It's a 2 hour tour leaving at 1:30, also had a later one. It's $95 per person, second rider is $10. If you go to their site it gives you a map of the tour-all the way around Key West. Someone else wrote a trip report and had a great time. Last time Key West was very hot in August, so I wanted something with water to do in the afternoon. I called and set it up, they require a credit card, but do not charge your card, will only charge if a no show. Also if you cancel within 24 hours, which you would know by then if the ship had to divert you are charged nothing. It is suppose to be right where the ship docks.

 

[TartanFan]

Final payment made ages ago, REAS ressies made last week, excursions booked yesterday, Shirley @ Perfect Gift doing a basket for DD.

What to do for the next 8 weeks? Well, for starters, got out all the old Navigators from our previous cruises and re-lived the memories

js'smom - we've done the all day rental at CC but found it wasn't really necessary. There were still piles of floats and rings at lunchtime. (I feel your pain about losing those extra pounds, BTW. I seem to be expanding instead of contracting! Time to buy a nice cover-up I think!) Booked parasailing for DH and DD - got a 10.00am slot - yeah! They won't miss lunch at Cookies like I did last time! Have you booked yet? What time did you get?

Hopefully time will now fly.

See you all soon!

 

[js'smom]

Well, it was a busy week at work for me and hubby, so just now did the excursions. I was too late for the catamaran racing in Key West, so went with the afternoon Schooner. I do enjoy sailing, so it should be fun. I showed my daughter the picture of the schooner on its web page and she said it looked like fun. (At least this was not as critical as the Princess Breakfast at Disney World when my daughter was younger because for that one I did call right at the first opportunity on the first day you could call and got us the reservations. It was great!) I got the parasailing for my daughter and I at 1:30 and that's what she really wanted to do. I'm a little nervous, but it sounds like it will be worth my being a little scared. Husband just wanted to lay around on the beach and in the water, but we are taking him with us on the Schooner and we are also all doing the Nautilus Undersear Tour on Grand Cayman.

Gotta make dinner. Counting down the days!

 

[MICKEY'S DREAMERS]

HALLO, everyone !!!
Hope your "waiting" for the cruise is as MAGICal and SCRUMPTIOUS as OURS !!!!!!!

We are all done too !
Excursions booked yesterday:we will be doing the Key West walking tour .............and some shopping + pay a visit to Sloppy Joe's+ (maybe,if DH "permits") try hot and GREASY conch fritters !!!
We also booked Stingray City AND island tour ( 7.30 AM ).
Dolphin discovery 10.20 AM slot was ALREADY (?) sold out, so we are now booked at 12.00 PM - time that DH doesn't like very much, but I really wish to make this "encounter" !!!!

TARTANFAN: hubby found somewhere on the internet and printed the newest Navigators for Western itinerary ... so we can now DREAM day by day ... hour by hour ... what we would like to do !!!


I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO excited !!!

( Time to do some shopping for the cruise ? Do I have all the dresses I (do not) need ???)

See you soon !!!!!!!

 

[TartanFan]

I went to Royal Ascot yesterday (a horse race meet attended by HM Queen Elizabeth if you're not familiar). It's more of a social occassion than anything else! I'm not normally a gambler but since I had been invited thru work and it didn't cost me anything to be there, I had a few bets (actually won 4 races out of 6!) and made a profit! I think that's a few more Cintrontini's paid for!

8 weeks to go!

See y'all soon!