August 16 2009 4 night Wonder, Cruise-O-Maniac

[Keever]

3:00 pm sounds great! My family will be there. I may be a little late as I have a pedicure which is to finish at 2:55.

So excited to meet you all!

 

[mvlimmex]

I can't wait to meet everyone too!!!!!!!! This cruise can't come soon enough.



Lani--how is your husband doing with his lyme's disease? I hope the antibiotic is working and that he is recovering well.

Vicki

 

[magchavez]

I am getting so excited. We leave 3 weeks from today. (We're spending 3 nights at CBR first). I made our fish extender earlier this week and it turned out really cute (I didn't know I had that in me!). Now I just need to finish up the FE gifts!!!

No luggage tags for us yet either. I have recevied everything for our resort stay, just awaiting the DCL goodies!!!

 

[mandymouse]

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Just 3 Weeks to go !!! ​

 

[3smithboys]

I can't believe that we are leaving in 3 weeks either!

Vicki, thanks for asking about Nick.... he is doing much better! He even went a played a round of golf in 90 degree heat with Matt and his brother who is visiting from Atlanta.

We went to see G-Force last night. We all thought it was pretty cute. I'm sure it will be playing on the Wonder when we are there!


I can't believe how fast the summer is flying by. I'm starting to get emails from school, and the dreaded back to school commercials have begun. They are pure evil.....

 

[mandymouse]

Yay !! Our docs arrived this morning

Well I say docs, but it was mainly the luggage tags but I do get excited when I receive mail from DCL

 

[SSR Lover]

Sorry I haven't chimed in yet, but 3 pm in the Promenade Lounge works for me too. (So long as our flight gets in okay - since we had to book thru DCL we have a connecting flight on Delta that lands at MCO at 12:30, which is making me nervous).

Mandy - that's exciting that you got your luggage tags already! I can't wait to check my mail today now.

 

[magchavez]

No luggage tags for us yet. Hopefully they will arrive any day now. I have to tell you all I had a dream about my fish extender last night. I can't remember the details but I woke up at 2:00 thinking about all I have to do before we leave (finish fish extender gifts, pack, figure out pirate costumes, ship a box of goodies to the resort, order water, get Bonine, etc.). I was up til after 4:00 with nothing but Disney on my mind. I better get some of this stuff done so I can sleep!!!

 

[Keever]

Our tags have arrived - last Friday! I think we have everything. I would like to lay out the luggage and begin packing. Has anyone else started packing?

My son Danick would like to say a big hello and welcome to all the 10-12 year old Disney friends who will be going to the kids club.

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We have been reviewing our Disney Trivia to prepare for the games on the ship. Tonight we'll watch the Little Mermaid for the very first time. (I have never seen it, but could quote the entire script from Toy Story!):

Counting down....

What time do families usually arrive at the port?

 

[mandymouse]

Hey everyone

I hope you're having a good day

I have made a start on my packing All my FE gifts have been bagged up and packed, and I've sorted out mine and Paul's clothes. I need to make a start on the girls' packing, but no doubt I won't get many of their clothes till the middle of next week ~ I still can't believe that we'll be heading to WDW in 11 days time

 

[magchavez]

Does anyone know how the cruise documents arrive? Mail, Fed Ex, UPS? just want to keep an eye out!!

 

[Keever]

Our tags arrived Fed Ex.

 

[DisneyWhirled]

Colby wanted me to say: "Hi right back and I can't wait to meet him!"

We have started packing (about a week ago). We are using Happy Limo to get to the Port and we plan on arriving around 11:30-11:45.

We got our luggage tags today!!

 

[3smithboys]

Our documents came UPS today too!!! I can't believe that August is right around the corner.... that's good and bad (from a teachers point of view) BUT we can't wait to go on the cruise, so I guess we have to get to August for that to happen!!!

Matt, Jack, and Ryan are looking forward to meeting everyone too!

 

[SSR Lover]

I joined the Luggage Tag Club today, too!! I just need to finish up my FE gifts, make some door magnets, and start packing. I think I need more than 18 days! The kids and I watched the DCL DVD this afternoon. Then my youngest asked if there was phone in our room because his friend told him to give him a call from the ship - I wouldn't want to see that charge on my bill at the end of the cruise. I'm glad he asked about it first!

 

[Coach Rick]

Ok, random thoughts here. First, YIKES..can't believe it's only a little over 2 weeks before we board the ship! In a sense it's too far away, but in another sense, YIKESQuestion becomes am I ready Ok, that was only a fleeting thought

I have been checking our flights on an online tracker to see what kind of on time record they are having. This morning it got to Orlando at 8:47 AM..heck that's in time to catch the gate opening! Well almost. Of course not everyone in my family is thrilled about the plane taking off at 6:15 AM.

Packing, yep, I am ready to leave tomorrow!

I bought myself a new digital slr, which I have wanted for years now. Can't wait to put it to good use. Even takes HD video. Now I am contemplating buying a really good zoom lens for it. or Maybe not.

Got all my days planned, for the 4 days we will be in the park before the ship.

Oh, in the mean time, I bought another addon DVC contract at BLT! Don't ask me why. That gives me enough points to sleep a small army now.

Ok, so 3 PM in the Promanade Lounge. I will have our lime green shirts on...

Did I mention I can't believe it's almost 2 weeks away?

 

[VA Girl]

Hey everyone!! All 4 of our families received their packets on Tuesday. We are all so excited .

So it is set... we will meet at the Promenade Lounge at 3pm. Let me give a list of the kids... the girls are 6,6,8(almost 9),9,9,12 and the boys are 6 and 7. I'm pretty sure I shouldn't list the grown-ups ages, I don't think they would be too happy. We'll just say we are ALL young at heart. We can't wait to meet everyone .

My family is going to WDW after the cruise for 6 days but the rest of the families have other plans. Is anyone else going to WDW after the cruise? It's been two years since we've been there, so we are excited. We just decided to do this a few weeks ago. I was telling my DH our plans and he said, "What no Disney World.. you need to book us some days after, I can't go to Florida and not go to Disney". So of course, I did. We booked the package deal with the free dining but I had a hard time getting the TS meals I wanted. I guess that is what happens when you book so late. It actually kind of stresses me out because I usually plan everything way in advance. Oh well, I'm sure we'll still have a blast.

Well, bye for now and I'll talk with everyone soon.

Gretchen

 

[SSR Lover]

Rick - What kind of camera did you get? My husband just bought a Nikkon D90 (I think) and he hasn't had a chance to play with it too much yet.

Gretchen - We are staying at SSR after the cruise, flying home on Sunday night. We are only planning on doing Epcot this time around. The kids want to do the Kim Possible missions in all the countries, so we thought this might be a good time to let them do that. We had our first DVC stay last fall, but we brought family with us who had never been before, so we didn't really get to explore the resort. We plan on swimming, mini-golf, etc., and maybe a day at a water park. We'll be back for a week in January, so we'll hit all the parks then.

I can't wait to land at MCO on the 16th!!!

 

[DisneyWhirled]

We are staying at PO after the cruise. I cannot IMAGINE going to FL and not WDW Leaving on Monday the 24th.

Coach Rick-we added on at BLT, too! Did you do it at the Disney Vacation As You Wish event? We hadn't planned on it, but the price was right!

We just bought a Nikon CoolPix with touch screen, it is really cool.

Soooo looking forward to this trip and meeting all of you!!!

 

[mandymouse]

Woohoo !! It's getting closer !!