August 16, 2011, Disney Dream - Part 2

[hmansure]

AWWW and I'll have some free time to dream about our cruise !!!!

BTW maybe it's too early to post this ... but I'll ask anyway :

Would someone be willing TO LINK TABLES WITH US FOR OUR CRUISE ?
We have SECOND SEATING ( late dinner ).

We'll be JUST THE TWO OF US ; over the past cruises we always shared meals and chats with some of our fellow cruisers ( from the DIS) and
always it has been SO GREAT !!!!

With two couples we are still in touch ...

Let me know HERE or , if you like so , please send me a PM !!! THANKYOU !!!

laura & DGH

Laura - My wife (extremely proud of her Italian heritage) is dying to meet you guys! Would love to join you for dining; however, we are @ main dining. We must find time to meet at some point though!

 

[MrsJobba1]

AWWW and I'll have some free time to dream about our cruise !!!!

BTW maybe it's too early to post this ... but I'll ask anyway :

Would someone be willing TO LINK TABLES WITH US FOR OUR CRUISE ?
We have SECOND SEATING ( late dinner ).

We'll be JUST THE TWO OF US ; over the past cruises we always shared meals and chats with some of our fellow cruisers ( from the DIS) and
always it has been SO GREAT !!!!


With two couples we are still in touch ...

Let me know HERE or , if you like so , please send me a PM !!! THANKYOU !!!

laura & DGH

Hi Laura,
Dave and I have late seating and welcome the opportunity to link reservations and share a table.
We have linked tables with fellow disers the last 3 cruises and it's been great!

 

[TiggerAllie]

SOOO happy for you !!! Have a wonderful trip !!!

Where will you be staying ?

laura

1st night at POFQ, then DVC at AKL. I'm really excited, because we are finally going to get to the do the Sunset Safari!

 

[uncw89]

Hey everyone.
Just FYI- we probably won't be able to make this cruise (or the one after it, we were doing b2b)
Unfortunately we already paid for flight tickets, lodging, tickets, etc. Sooo.... if we can't go on the cruises we'll just extend lodging and stay at WDW longer. I'll be wishing I was with y'all though! :-(

Sorry to see you go! At least you are still going to WDW!!!!

1st night at POFQ, then DVC at AKL. I'm really excited, because we are finally going to get to the do the Sunset Safari!

Have a great time.

Laura, I love all of your cute icons! We have main dining, but I hope to get to meet you all! On our last cruise, I remember seeing you, but didn't speak cause I was shy!
I hope we can all have a Dismeet this time! Last time things got crazy with the last minute itinerary change!
Do any of you listen to the Inside the Magic podcast? I 've been listenng to the Jan 30 episode and he was telling about the Christening cruise and alot of details about the ship! I was getting excited listening to it! Only 160 days!

 

[MICKEY'S DREAMERS]

Laura - what dinner do you have? Main or late? Would love to have you near us at dinner. We are at the main sitting.
Janeanne

HI Janeanne !! We have the late seating , otherwise we would have loved to be seated with you !!!!
BUT we have to plan a meet-and-chat !!!!

Laura - My wife (extremely proud of her Italian heritage) is dying to meet you guys! Would love to join you for dining; however, we are @ main dining. We must find time to meet at some point though!

Oh yes , of course !!! Do you know where in Italy your wife's family was coming from ? How nice that she is so proud of her heritage !!
Do YOU get to eat lots of lasagne ????
WE definitely HAVE to meet up !!!!!

Laura, I love all of your cute icons! We have main dining, but I hope to get to meet you all! On our last cruise, I remember seeing you, but didn't speak cause I was shy!
I hope we can all have a Dismeet this time! Last time things got crazy with the last minute itinerary change!

Oh PLEASE , stop by this time !! I guess that Marco and I are very easy to "spot" onboard ... as the only ones speaking Italian between us !!! We would like so much to meet you !!

As you write
I too HOPE THAT WE ALL CAN HAVE A DISmeet ONBOARD !!!

THAT WOULD BE A NICE WAY TO START THE CRUISE ( Sail away party ?) or TO CELEBRATE DURING THE CRUISE !!!!

Any thoughts anyone ??
Would you like a DIS meet aboard the DREAM ??
When / where should our DIS group meet up ??
laura

 

[MICKEY'S DREAMERS]

Hi Laura,
Dave and I have late seating and welcome the opportunity to link reservations and share a table.
We have linked tables with fellow disers the last 3 cruises and it's been great!

WOW !!!! VERY VERY HAPPY to link tables with you and Dave !!!

We had a DAVE (+ Bev) as table mates on our past cruise : it has been so much fun !!!! CAN'T WAIT for the cruise to be here !!!!

PM sent !!! CIAO , laura

 

[eyes4mickey]

Any thoughts anyone ??
Would you like a DIS meet aboard the DREAM ??
When / where should our DIS group meet up ??
laura[/QUOTE]

A Dis Meet would be Great!!

 

[eyes4mickey]

Is anyone planning on doing any excursions in Nassau?

I'm considering the Blue Lagoon Beach day, has anyone done this one before?

We've already done the Atlantis/Comfort inn and I just don't feel like doing it again or spending that much money for a day trip. That was a great day though.

 

[Minniemouse07]

I found another bag to consider!

Travelon Messenger Bag

The cell phone pocket is a really nice bonus!

 

[MICKEY'S DREAMERS]

I found another bag to consider!

Travelon Messenger Bag

The cell phone pocket is a really nice bonus!

That PINK colour is nice !! specially in the Florida sun !!!

 

[elgerber]

I found another bag to consider!

Travelon Messenger Bag

The cell phone pocket is a really nice bonus!

Stop stop stop!!! I have an addiction to travel bags, leave me be!!!

I have tried that bag, the cell phone pocket is not big, my phone wouldn't come close to fitting in it. But if you have a small phone it's good.

I have this bag, and I do really like it. I used this one in St. Maarten and Nassau on our last cruise. A Kindle wouldn't fit in it though...

http://www.travelonbags.com/pages/XXXXX/700/746.html

 

[MICKEY'S DREAMERS]

1st night at POFQ, then DVC at AKL. I'm really excited, because we are finally going to get to the do the Sunset Safari!

AWWW !! Will you come back with some pics to share ?
When we did the Sunset safaris we had a blast !!
the animals come SO CLOSE to you !!! and our guides were so friendly ! they knew everything about every animal we met ....
Also the dinner you get at Jiko was fantastic !!!

AKL is our favorite resort ! Have some Zebra Domes ... and think of me !!!!

HAVE A WONDEFUL TRIP !!!

 

[MICKEY'S DREAMERS]

Is anyone planning on doing any excursions in Nassau?

I'm considering the Blue Lagoon Beach day, has anyone done this one before?

We've already done the Atlantis/Comfort inn and I just don't feel like doing it again or spending that much money for a day trip. That was a great day though.

AWWW !! are you ( or someone in the family) doing the DOLPHIN ENCOUNTER ?
Wow , that' amazing !!! I guess we spent about half an hour with a Mom dolphin , so sweet !!!
Be sure you wear "water shoes".

laura

 

[eyes4mickey]

AWWW !! are you ( or someone in the family) doing the DOLPHIN ENCOUNTER ?
Wow , that' amazing !!! I guess we spent about half an hour with a Mom dolphin , so sweet !!!
Be sure you wear "water shoes".

laura

Hi Laura!
No, I was just looking at the Blue Lagoon Beach day. It includes floats, lunch, chairs. Just a day at the beach.
The Dolphin Encounter does look nice though. We did the one in Cozumel last time, it was great.

Are you planning on any excursions?

 

[gfolchick]

Stop stop stop!!! I have an addiction to travel bags, leave me be!!!

If there's a support group for bags PLEASE let me know. Guilty!!



And then the rains came...well, all of our snow is now replaced with mud, rivers, streams, etc. It has been raining here on and off for the past week. What a mess!

I did take advantage of the crummy weather yesterday and made some reservations...CI&S for Monday night, car rentals for the week before and departure day (but I have no flights yet may end up driving) and will book today Beach Club for Sunday-Monday before cruise (discounts start that day so it wasn't bad). We are staying at our timeshare that is Sunday-Sunday so we need a place and the kids have wanted to stay there for ever so we'll just chill by the pool for two days then head over to CI&S Monday night.

No idea what our friends and family that are cruising with us will do. I think everyone's arriving on their own schedule so we may not have any park days together beforehand.

I did mark on the calendar to pay the balance by May 1st so I can try to book online starting May 2nd (for Gold level). Trying for Palo dinner and Catamaran in Nassau. If it doesn't work out we'll just stay on the ship in Nassau.

Happy Friday!

 

[hmansure]

Oh yes , of course !!! Do you know where in Italy your wife's family was coming from ? How nice that she is so proud of her heritage !!
Do YOU get to eat lots of lasagne ????
WE definitely HAVE to meet up !!!!!

Lots of Italian food eaten here! As my wife likes to remind us - there are two kinds of people here- Italians and those who want to be Italian!

Her family origin was scattered about Italy - Naples, Ascoli Satriano (spelling?) - where their last name was derived from when they came to the USA, and her mom's side is from Calabria.

 

[hmansure]

Is anyone planning on doing any excursions in Nassau?

I'm considering the Blue Lagoon Beach day, has anyone done this one before?

We've already done the Atlantis/Comfort inn and I just don't feel like doing it again or spending that much money for a day trip. That was a great day though.

We're still torn on whether to get off in Nassau or not (been there done that, etc). I have "fears" of crowded pools and Aqua Duck lines and maybe the Nassau day will provide relief? DW will definitely want to get off for a bit to do some shopping I'm sure though

 

[hmansure]

We check airfares almost daily here and they continue to remain the same and/or are creeping up... We are now booked on the Autotrain, but will continue to check airfares... It's not just the fare anymore right? Checked bags, seat assignment fees, the right to breathe on the plane fee, etc.

 

[eyes4mickey]

We check airfares almost daily here and they continue to remain the same and/or are creeping up... We are now booked on the Autotrain, but will continue to check airfares... It's not just the fare anymore right? Checked bags, seat assignment fees, the right to breathe on the plane fee, etc.

We live in NJ too. I booked Southwest out of Philly, the flights have definately been creeping up. With SW, they don't charge for baggage so, it's a big savings. I had to change a flight time already and there's no fees to switch. They're prices seem higher out of Newark.

We will be flying down on Thursday night and staying at BLT until Tuesday morning. We haven't stayed there before.

 

[eyes4mickey]

That's exactly why i'm on the fence!! I'm not crazy about Nassau and I'm also thinking should we just spend the day on the ship with less people.