Aug 3 Western Disney Magic Roll Call

[Jamie]

We also are debating the cooler. We mainly wanted to bring it for the days at Grand Cayman and Cozumel as I really do not want to eat the food. On the other hand we really do not want to haul around a cooler if we are shopping. What are you guys doing on beach days???

 

[nancyz]

Hi,

Since MJ mentioned the water so good on Deck 9, we switched out our wheeled cooler for a small one, 12 can size, which we will use on beach days and on excursions. It is easier to squish into the luggage and we even plan on using it for food for the plane.

For water, we have 2 water bottles, a 1 liter container, and plastic cups for the pool and excursions.

For alcohol, the margarita mix is already in one suitcase since it is in plastic containers. DH will carry on the tequila after our grocery stop. We may carry on bottle of wine, not sure yet.

 

[MCazer]

We (me 38) DH (38) DD (6) DS (4)

Will be flying in the day before, renting a minivan through avis and staying at the Radisson. We will check in, and go shopping to a liquor store and anything else we may have forgotten.

I have my over the door shoe holder empty because I put alot of bathroom items in there that I pack in our carry on.

Don't forget your lanyards. And a hole puncher for the room key (don't punch the magnetic strip. They are great for holding the kids club beepers too, I find if its around my neck, I won't lose it, or put it down and forget it. My husband left ours in the room one night, luckily the kids didn't need us.

I may bring a smaller soft sided cooler for snacks for Grand Cayman and Mexico and Key West and Castaway. Hopefully we will get to see it this time!

I have 2 large $1.00 blow up floats and 2 Disney Store floats for the kids. We also picked up some sand pails and shovels at a local .99 store by the port for this kids at Castaway cay.

Oh, this is a good thing to bring....

have you seen those commercials for those hooks that you can clip on mirrors and walls, they come like 8 to a set. They hold really well. Anyway, I brought one last year and it was invaluable. I clicked it onto our full length mirror in the room and it became a great place to hold a hanger for getting dressed and also for my lanyard when I would get ready for bed. Always knew were it was!

oh, and if you are a freak like me, and have to have some kind of white noise in the background when you sleep, do what I did. Went to a cheapo store (odd job, maces) and got a little radio / digital clock. I would set the radio on static and it was great! Also good because there are no clocks in the rooms.

If you have kids, don't forget to bring the hair detangler, because after swimming and swimming, their hair seems to get into knots a whole lot more!

If I think of anything else, I will be sure to post it.

If you guys come up with anything, be sure to post too!

 

[nancyz]

I was wondering if others were bringing floats and sand toys. DH isn't too keen on bringing sand toys, said it takes up too much room, but I thought it would be a good idea, since we have small ones in the yard we could use.

Are others bringing their own floats? Not sure if DH will agree to blow up floats. Of course he doesn't know yet that I've packed two blow up balls for the beach.

nancy

 

[BarbaraB]

Yes, we are bringing a soft, cooler. But I think I am going to pack it in our duffle bag. We have reserved an 11:15 Captain Marvins trip and I wanted to be able to bring some lunch. We are also planning on bringing some soda and maybe a couple of bottles of wine.

I bought two blow up inter tubes, and a couple of beach balls to bring (all under a dollar at Walmart), but haven't decided about the sand toys (they are bulky). I was thinking of just throwing in a couple of shovels for us to play with.

I am also bringing some party bubbles and some of those "glow in the dark" necklaces or sticks for the kids for the evenings (Ace has them on sale here for .99)

I still need to do one more shopping trip for disposable water cameras, lanyards, etc. I am planning to do that this weekend.

We are soooo excited about going!!! We leave 3 weeks from tomorrow!

Barbara

 

[tinkerbell4two]

Nancy - If you bring the blow up toys, I'll bring the shovels and buckets which double as castles.

I also found mini squirt animals and disk weights for the pool - very cheap at target. Also got water cameras at target, glitter sunscreen which both DDs like, Wrinkle Free for the clothes and travel clock which illuminates to see the time in the dark.

Any luxury items? Mine is a water mister for WDW and maybe my iceshaver if I find the room.

Nicole

 

[nancyz]

BarbaraB - I found the lanyards with ziplock closure pouch at Walmart for $.97 in the fishing dept. Great purchase!

Nicole - I'll pick up floats, two ok? We are reserving two blue floats on CC. DH doesn't want to blow up anything, so we may need to recruit a few others to blow everything up.

I packed 3 small bottles of bubbles which I had left over from a company picnic. Thought they would be fun for castoff.

nancy

 

[mmouse37]

Nicole, I also pack the over the door organizer empty and fill it once onboard.

Our soft-sided cooler is small, only holds about 5 bottles of water. I don't plan on packing too much in it, just some drinks for shore excursions. We did use it alot on our previous cruises. I also put ice in zip lock bags and then bring the cooler to the pool with me. Works out great!!!

I got hooked on those Smirnoff Ice drinks out a party recently, so I think I bring some of them onboard. We are also going to the liquor store on Friday 8/2 in Cocoa Beach. There was a huge liquor store on the same side as the Radisson a few miles down from it.

MJ

 

[mmouse37]

bump

 

[tinkerbell4two]

So, nobody is bringing a rolling collapsible cooler? Just small collap. coolers for small day trips, right? I haven't decided yet. I know they take up a lot of space, but I really want to cut down on the cost of drinks on board.

I started to pack the kids clothes first. I'm packing all our clothes in pack-mate bags which should save us some room.

Still need to find that perfect sundress.....

Nicole

 

[ExecuMom]

I'm probably bringin my collapsable rolling-coller. I just got it at Costco and I think it will fit nicely in my suitcase. I'm really going to try to not overpack clothes, so it should fit great.

Last cruise I did a load of laundry every other day or so and it worked out great.

We are big wine drinkers so we are planning to stop and buy some wine to keep for both dinner and coctails.

I've not started packing, but have my guestroom stacked with things as I think of them. It's close!!!

 

[Mtdewbuzz]

I haven't even started packing yet. I probably won't until the week of the trip.

Anyone know how much money we should actually bring for when we're not on the boat? Is all we need US dollars & traveler's checks??

 

[mmouse37]

bringing this back up to the front...was all the way back on page 5!!!!

Well, I think we are going to bring about $1,300 cash/traveller's checks with us. I will be happy if we don't go over that. That's including tips, excursions, souvies, drinks, etc. We are a total group of 17 but our immediate family will be 6 on this cruise. This is about what we spent last July on the Eastern.

MJ

 

[tinkerbell4two]

We figured on $1500 for the trip in cash/traveler's checks and the cruise kttw card bill will come to about $1000. The DCL bill includes 1 excursion, 2 spa treatments, shutter's photos, tips, Palo's brunch and dinner, drinks and a few gifts for my parents. The cash part incudes, misc. tips, happy limo, 2 excursions, shopping, 4 day WDW shopping and food at WDW. So far I have been giving DDs Disney Dollars for doing good deeds. I might get more Disney Dollars for WDW. It will just make it that much more fun and I hear that we can even use them at all Disney restaurants at WDW.

Anybody planning a trip to WDW before or after? We are going to be staying at Riverside and will fly home on the 13th.

Nicole

(MJ-Thanks for always bumping this up)

 

[MCazer]

We are staying at Cypress Pointe until the 13th, and are doing Seaworld, and Discovery Cove, Pirate Dinner Theatre, and possibly Ripleys

 

[mmouse37]

I think we are doing Sea World on the day we disembark (the 10th). Our flight is not until 6:00 pm and we will have a rental car. This is the first trip to Florida that we will not be heading to WDW either before or after the cruise. It will feel strange!!

MJ

 

[mmouse37]

bumping up for alternativekid20 to see.

MJ

 

[tinkerbell4two]

Does anyone want me to put up a list of DISers for our cruise and did we ever decide where we were going to meet? My vote is for deck 10 cast-off. We will be the family with lots of bubbles and blue tie-dye shirts.

MJ- I just read your post about the drunken sailer on your last cruise. Wow, you have got so many stories! you should write a book about all of your cruise experiences. Can't wait to meet you to hear lots more.

Only 19 days! I can hardly stand it!

Nicole

 

[Mtdewbuzz]

I don't know what I'm wearing yet the first day. I'm trying to find a Disney t-shirt that I like, but I'm not having much luck. I'll let you know when I find out for sure, or just look for the 6'4" brown-haired 26-yr old guy with his wife & hairy friend.

 

[BarbaraB]

Our cruise doc's finally arrived today. Yeah!!

We will be blowing bubbles during the cast off, but I have no clue what we will be wearing. Probably some Disney shirts we find in Orlando (we will be spending a couple of days in WDW before the cruise).

We leave two weeks from tomorrow.