August 23, 2014 FANTASY Eastern cruise meet!

[FJS961]

They are in a Cat V, same room as last cruise

 

[FJS961]

I was excited to see my counter dip under 600, then I realized we have to go through ANOTHER new years and 8 months to boot ....

 

[mindelmouse]

They are in a Cat V, same room as last cruise

Cool...it's so nice when you see family's going together.

 

[mindelmouse]

I was excited to see my counter dip under 600, then I realized we have to go through ANOTHER new years and 8 months to boot ....

I'm kind of okay with it...I have my med cruise on the Magic in June and then I have to get through my twins Bar/Bat Mitzvah in the May before this cruise, so I'm ok with not having to pay for this for a while...

Anyway it gives us more time to convince more people we know to go..

 

[FJS961]

With 6 inches of snow on the ground and cold temps in forecast, we are excited about heading to Puerto Rico two weeks from Friday

 

[Maryrn11168]

Happy New Year everyone!!

 

[tinkerbelltwins]

With 6 inches of snow on the ground and cold temps in forecast, we are excited about heading to Puerto Rico two weeks from Friday

Any excursions planned? On our recent Fantasy Turkey cruise we went to Castillo San Cristobal and Castillo San Felipe de Morro on our own and loved both! Got our morning history lessons done (amidst the whining of "really Mommy do we have to see another one?") and then took a taxi back to the ship, found K's family and hung out by the pool and soaked up the sunshine!

Beth

 

[FJS961]

We are flying into San Juan and going over to the El Conquistador resort in Fajardo for 3 nights. I got a discounted rate on a 2 BR ocean view suite They have a water park and 100 acre private island (beach) ... think mini castaway cay. It's a long weekend and we don't plan on leaving the resort.

 

[Kirbo]

I think this is the furthest out I have booked a cruise

Same here!

Hello everyone. My family is in! Sailing with me is my husband, Steve, and our twin daughters, Skye and Hope, who will be ten years old at cruise time. We just completed our sixth cruise, three of which were this year: NY-2 day in June on the Magic, Alaska in August on the Wonder, and EC at Thanksgiving on the Fantasy!

Beth

Hi Beth! Our twins will also be ten when we take this cruise

Hi,

We have a few friends that have also booked this cruise.

My name is Kristin and I have twins who will be 12 at the time of sail.

More twins! Hi Kristin, I'm Kirsten.

Hello!

My wife tells me that we will be cruising with you all. Looking forward to chatting with some old friends and some new ones.

Dropping in to say

Just moved a dummy date to this cruise. We sailed the Eastern itinerary on the Fantasy this October (hello, Sandy).

Looking forward to it!

Hey everyone, I started a FB page for our cruise. The closed group is called "8/23/14 Fantasy Cruise." I'm the administrator of it so send me a PM here if you would like to join (with your real name) so I can add you in.

Here is the link: http://www.facebook.com/groups/583339905014713/

See you over there too!

Beth

I sent you a PM. Thank you for taking this on.

Thanks, Beth for setting up the Facebook page. It looks GREAT!!

I am happy to organize the FE Exchange for our cruise!!

Kristin, That is so nice of you to volunteer to organize the FE Exchange!

Hi we're here too...It's me, my DH and 13 year old B/G twins (at the time of sailing). This will be our 8th DCL cruise. We did 3 this past year, 2 day out of NYC, NYC to Bahamas and a 4 Day on the Dream in September. We have a Med cruise planned for June.

I've followed you on your friend's Med cruise thread

We are onboard! Like Frank we were on the Aug 25th cruise this year which was amazing. I must say though that I was disappointed that you lost the 10% onboard booking bonus if you took a concierge suite. I was excited about getting concierge level, but to lose a $500 discount was a tough pill to swallow. So we booked back into exactly the same cabin we had this summer on Deck 10

 

[Kirbo]

Soo excited for this cruise. Going to be a fun group!!

I agree, looks like a lot of great folks!

Hi all!

Me, my husband, and DD (11 by cruise sailing) will be joining in! Unless I manage to get another cruise in, this sailing will be our 5th and will fulfill sailing on all four vessels! We head to the Med this June!

Kim

This will also be our fifth. Our fourth will be our June Med, but we're on the first 7-day. I've read lots of your pre-cruise thread

How many sets of twins do we hsve in this group? I know of at least 3.

And mine.

Hi all!
I am the wife of rancan who told my husband that we are going.

Looking forward to seeing old friends and getting to know new ones!

Just booked!!!!

Hi Mindy!!!

ME, DH, DD (will be 12), DD (will be 6)


Hi FJS961.... (Stu's wife, Janine here...)....

On the bright side, there is plenty of time to pay for it.

Excellent point!

Hello Disney cruisers,

My family and I just got back from the Dream in Dec. We did concierge for the very first time and loved it! So just yesterday we decided to book Aug. 23rd 2014 on the Fantasy.....concierge of course!!! We also had booked a cabana for the first time and it was well; AMAZING!!! Hoping to book this again.

We are sailing on the Fantasy this April school vacation as well and I'm excited to say it's in 106 days.

We took part in the FE exchange on the Dream and received lots of nice Disney treats and souvenirs. Hope to take part in another FE exchange!

Anyways my name is Carol, DH IS mike and my 2 DS are Jayden and Logan.... Who will be 10 and 7 at the time of the cruise

Great to meet all of you! Looking forward to sharing some Disney magic with everyone.

Hi Carol!

We are very excited for this cruise! It will be me, DH Kevin. DD Morgan will be 12 when we sail (almost 13 - gulp!) & DS Kyle will be 10!

Oops I'm Juli

Hello Juli!

it's funny....I am sailing on Royal Caribbean in August 2013 and there 3 people on the cruise critic board and 1 person on the facebook page.... crickets over there...

Well, we're much cooler over here

 

[Kirbo]

Booked my folks onto the cruise

How fun!

I hope lots of pixiedust lands on everyone in 2013! Happy New Year's Eve!!!!!!

Happy New Year!

I was excited to see my counter dip under 600, then I realized we have to go through ANOTHER new years and 8 months to boot ....

Nice way to be a downer

With 6 inches of snow on the ground and cold temps in forecast, we are excited about heading to Puerto Rico two weeks from Friday

Enjoy, that sounds lovely.

Happy New Year everyone!!

Happy New Year to all of you!

 

[tinkerbelltwins]

We are flying into San Juan and going over to the El Conquistador resort in Fajardo for 3 nights. I got a discounted rate on a 2 BR ocean view suite They have a water park and 100 acre private island (beach) ... think mini castaway cay. It's a long weekend and we don't plan on leaving the resort.

Sounds wonderful!!! Soak up the sunshine for all of us left behind!.

 

[Kirbo]

Ok folks, I've never been the person who started a meet thread (and maybe I shouldn't be one now ). I will try to be better about checking in.

I am going through this thread and hope to have the OP updated by tomorrow with all our names. Please check to make sure I've gotten you listed and listed you correctly (I'll post again once I update it).

If there is a way to have someone take over this thread, I'd be happy to relinquish it. Not sure if that's possible. If it's not possible, I will really try to be better about checking in. Please let me know when things pop up that I should be posting in the OP since I'm just not hip to what they are.

All help is appreciated. Thank you, everyone!

 

[Kirbo]

Ok, look over the OP and tell me what I've forgotten or gotten wrong.

 

[MinnieDiva]

Ok, look over the OP and tell me what I've forgotten or gotten wrong.

So glad you've checked back in! And so cool that after chatting previously that we'll get a chance to meet!

On the roll call list, I'm "Minnie", not "Mini". Oh how I wish I was mini! Lol!!

 

[mindelmouse]

Ok, look over the OP and tell me what I've forgotten or gotten wrong.

We can do this with a google doc rather than on the opening post if that would be easier.. What do people think?

My listing should be DH (Jim), Haylee (13), Sam (13)

 

[Kirbo]

So glad you've checked back in! And so cool that after chatting previously that we'll get a chance to meet!

On the roll call list, I'm "Minnie", not "Mini". Oh how I wish I was mini! Lol!!

Done

We can do this with a google doc rather than on the opening post if that would be easier.. What do people think?

My listing should be DH (Jim), Haylee (13), Sam (13)

Got it

I think a Google Doc sounds great. I will continue to try to keep the OP updated, but I honestly don't get on here as much as I should for a meet-thread starter.

 

[mindelmouse]

Done

Got it

I think a Google Doc sounds great. I will continue to try to keep the OP updated, but I honestly don't get on here as much as I should for a meet-thread starter.

Ill see if I can figure out how to create doc and set it up. Then we can stick in a signature line and anyone can update. May not be until this wkd

 

[Kirbo]

Ill see if I can figure out how to create doc and set it up. Then we can stick in a signature line and anyone can update. May not be until this wkd

Wonderful!

 

[Sunflowergirl66]

is it wrong that I am looking forward to this cruise more than the one I have planned for August 2013??