August 16, 2011, Disney Dream - Part 4

[jns]

Hope everyone has a great cruise
We were meant to be joining you but had to change our plans

 

[parlay]

Sitting at BLT looking at the Castle and packing up to head to the port! Whoooo, the kids are so excited!

 

[tinkerbelltwins]

Cruise day. Wahoo!!!!!!! The ship is now off the ticker....

 

[TexasGirl]

Cruise day. Wahoo!!!!!!! The ship is now off the ticker....

Yeah!!!!!! Cruise day! We are out here in the terminal waiting to board. Long lines. So close yet so far from walking through those ears. Looks like we've missed lunch in Enchanted Gardens since it is closed but hopefully we will make Cabanas.

 

[hmansure]

Having a blast

 

[elgerber]

Back to real life for me. I am so sad. We had such a wonderful time, I do not want to go home! And even worse than that is back to work tomorrow. It was so wonderful to meet some of you. And I wish we would have been able to meet you all, but I somehow missed many of you.

 

[Mummum]

I'm sitting @MCO waiting to go home. Hope everyone had as great a time as we did. I can't wait to read trip reports.

 

[uncw89]

Back home for us as well! We are driving and still have a few hours to go. It was great getting to meet some of you. Wish I could've met more of you. I'm sad too! I didn't want to leave either. Like Erika said back to the real world.
When's Everybody's next cruise? I booked a dummy date. Can't wait to see the 2013 itineraries.

 

[hmansure]

Suffering post-cruise depression, though we have now settled in at Treehouse Villas. Spent the entire day at the new pool area at the Paddock area. It was rough at lunch time - also suffering food withdrawal!!

Waited way too long in line at the future cruise sales desk (one of many, many, many lines we waited in...)... they're going to call us at home next week and we'll still get any onboard offers.

 

[Pudo]

TinkerbellTwins, the Dobrzynski's (not DISers yet ), and us checked in at the Wildereness Lodge Villas. Had lunch at T-Rex in Downtown Disney. T-Rex is cool, second "Build a Dino" stuffed animal in 10 months. Got one over Halloween 2010, our last cruise.

Stopped into WOD and spent more money! We have an 11:20 AM appointment at BBB in Cinderella's Castle tomorrow.

We booked a placeholder for 2013, probably going to be a one bedroom suite on the Fantasy, date TBD.

Talked to a few of our group, seems to be some interest in the 6/15 NYC 2 day cruise to nowhere. Probably going to book that one. That cruise would make us platinum for our next cruise on 08/25/12 and it would be a fun weekend on the Magic.

Had a great time meeting everyone.

 

[TiggerAllie]

Hi all! We're back home... trying to get some rest in before work tomorrow. I am so jealous of those of you continuing your vacations!

We had an amazing time! It was fun to meet the few of you we did find--we had lots of family events going on, so I couldn't do as many DIS activities as I would have liked.

I'm hoping to do at least a mini-trip report... hoping many of you will do the same!

 

[elgerber]

I am home now.... I would love to do the 2 day out of NYC, but there is now way I can swing it. I honestly wasn't planning to rebook, but dh was so enthralled with out aft verandah, that I dropped the card in the rebooking box too.
We had an hour or so to kill before the airport, so I went and spent a bit of $$$ at World of Disney LOL. Didn't make leaving any less painful, but I love to shop!
I always hate coming home from Disney, but I am in a much bigger funk after a cruise it seems. I am seriously so sad now.
Have fun those of you that are still on vacation!!!

 

[renda460]

We are back here at the Beach Club and I just saw on the news that a hurricane looks like it may be a direct hit on the Bahamas and possibly Orlando on Friday. Stay safe to everyone still vacationing at WDW, and good luck to the current Dream cruisers.

I wanted to thank everyone from fish exchange group #2. We got some fantastic and creative gifts. My kids were thrilled with every single gift. I have a feeling that future cruises will have a hard time topping this fish exchange!

 

[Mjasp]

We are back here at the Beach Club and I just saw on the news that a hurricane looks like it may be a direct hit on the Bahamas and possibly Orlando on Friday. Stay safe to everyone still vacationing at WDW, and good luck to the current Dream cruisers.

I wanted to thank everyone from fish exchange group #2. We got some fantastic and creative gifts. My kids were thrilled with every single gift. I have a feeling that future cruises will have a hard time topping this fish exchange!

I agree, I want to thank group #2 FE also, very creative! My girls also loved every gift.

 

[TiggerAllie]

Thank you everyone for the FE gifts! They were great! My parents couldn't believe how many gifts there were--it seemed like every time we went back to the cabin there was something new!

 

[jbm02]

...we're another family that had a change of plans and regretfully missed out on this cruise. So glad to heat what a great time everyone had!! I can't wait to read the trip reports!!

 

[bz8bls]

We weren't part of the Dis Meet groups, but I saw quite a few impressive FEs.

This was a great cruise . I did feel a sense of sadness as one passenger had to be taken off the ship due to an illness and I pray everything works out for that family.

Didn't get a chance to re-book onboard...we meant to and forgot as we pursued so many activities and relaxation. Would like to take the Fantasy cruise in 2013 without extended family members that traveled with us this time (they had a little bit of drama going on within their family).

We spent our pre-cruise at the Tree House Villas as Saratoga Springs for seven days...my DH said we should have reserved a day or two post-cruise to ease back into reality...that was a shocker coming from him as he is not the Dis addict like I am, however, going forward I will make him remember his remarks when I plan the next trip for us.

 

[Woobie]

I think I met you, BZ8BLS. I remember meeting someone from Novi (I'm the one who grew up in Westland).

I loved getting to meet a few of you. I wish there was more time to meet everyone and hang out more. As it was, I feel like we missed so much of the cruise.

THANK YOU (group 2) for the FE gifts. Everything was incredible and we had some very talented crafters. I loved going through it all again today.

Did anyone else end up buying the group photo? I got the one of us waving. Now I need a cheat sheet to tell me who everyone is.

 

[elgerber]

I think I met you, BZ8BLS. I remember meeting someone from Novi (I'm the one who grew up in Westland).

I loved getting to meet a few of you. I wish there was more time to meet everyone and hang out more. As it was, I feel like we missed so much of the cruise.

THANK YOU (group 2) for the FE gifts. Everything was incredible and we had some very talented crafters. I loved going through it all again today.

Did anyone else end up buying the group photo? I got the one of us waving. Now I need a cheat sheet to tell me who everyone is.

Hi Valerie (and you know I will remember that name as long as I live )!!! I bought the group photo, one without the waving. I can tell who a lot of us are, but there are a few I have no clue LOL.

 

[DisneyWhirled]

Went back to work today...wow, was that a SHOCK to the system!! I am now suffering the blues!! Had a wonderful time and glad I got the chance to meet many of you. Like others have said, wish we could have met more of you!

Thank you to FE Group #1 for all of the awesome gifts!!

Hope everyone had a fabulous time, I know we did!!