August 24th 2012 Cruise to the Bahamas!!!!

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lol... you're funny.

My history going to Disney goes WAY back... but we very rarely stayed on site...

One great memory was staying at the Campgrounds in one of the trailers that they rent (they're not trailers anymore... they've built them out to full on cabins).

I wish I'd done this as a group... but c'est la vie. I'm not sure that we'd have gotten anything other than price guarantees.

 

[mcd2745]

400 DAYS!!!

 

[templed]

So far away...

I'm on vacation in a couple weeks... (OC, MD)... but... it's not a cruise / disney vacation.

 

[bambilin]

So far away...

I'm on vacation in a couple weeks... (OC, MD)... but... it's not a cruise / disney vacation.

We go on vacation on 08/19 oursleves and it is also not a Disney vacation, but I am not making a sad face because we will be in Hawaii!! Got a GREAT price on Norwegian's Pride of America, booked it in January of 2009. I like to plan things in advance, saves us a bundle and we get to go on a real vacation every year!!

 

[stewartm]

Considering We made this reservation 2 1/2 years ago its almost here!!!!!!

 

[egesicki]

Has anyone done a Disney cruise before with a three year old or observed how children that young react to the Oceaneers Club? Hoping our grandson will not too young to enjoy the experience.

Hello everyone, my family will be joining you. We are from NE WI, it's me 40, DH 42, DS 6 and DS 1 at time of sailing. We were on the Dream in Feb and really enjoyed it, so much we booked this 5nt on board before the cruise ended. Anyone with experience or advice on sailing with a 13mo old?

 

[bambilin]

Hello everyone, my family will be joining you. We are from NE WI, it's me 40, DH 42, DS 6 and DS 1 at time of sailing. We were on the Dream in Feb and really enjoyed it, so much we booked this 5nt on board before the cruise ended. Anyone with experience or advice on sailing with a 13mo old?

Hi and welome to the party! Sailed on the Magic when my son Dillon was 3. He wanted to go but would not stay without us. He had never been in day care or anyhthing at that point. However when Trevor was 3 we could not get him out of there.

Have sailed with both our boys very young, Dillon at 11 months and Trevor at 16 months, but since Trevor is turning 4 next week, my memory is fading!!! Is there anything in particular you were wondering about? I remember we packed shelf stable milk to take on shore and also a small dishwashing liquid for cleaning the bottles. Let me know what you were thinking of and I will try to jog my memory!!! LOL

 

[egesicki]

Did you use the nursery or babysitting? Did you bring a stroller and if so how did that work out? Did you get a pack n play in the cabin? How about the restaurants at supper time? Thanks!

 

[bambilin]

Did you use the nursery or babysitting? Did you bring a stroller and if so how did that work out? Did you get a pack n play in the cabin? How about the restaurants at supper time? Thanks!

No, we did not use any babysitting, kept the kiddies with us when they were that little. But I can tell you my cousin used Flounders Reef Nursey when her little guy was about 13 months one or two nights while her other daughter was in the kids club and he loved it.

We did bring a very lightweight folding travel stroller and had no problem using it on the ship. We were fine in the restuarants, the staff is so very helpful, if they see a frown, they usually do all they can to turn it upside down so you do not have to. There will beplenty of other babies on board!!

We did get the portable crib in the room but gave it back the 2nd day, took up too much room and he would not stay in it, used it like a jail and kept escaping. He was already in a bed at home so he was not going for that at all!! :0)

 

[socababy]

Well, we booked this a couple of months ago. As it stands now, it will be a total of 15 of us in 4 rooms. Trying to get 2 others in 1 room to join the group. Age ranges from 10 to 60. Looking forward to the new ship.

BTW, also booked on the 11/20/2011 MR Cruise and this thread is a bit more active than that thread. Don't know why.

I am booked for this cruise and the MR Wonder Thanksgiving cruise as well. Yes, that thread is a little on the slow side especially considering it is a holiday cruise!

 

[templed]

Ok... doing the single digit dance... (ok... the 1 year dance)




Back from our summer vaca. Had a great time in Ocean City, Maryland. Now... it's down to 1 year until the cruise!

YAY!

 

[templed]

I hope everybody on the East Coast made it through the storm ok?

 

[mcd2745]

With our just-completed trip to WDW now behind us, we are now solely looking forward to this cruise. And I must say, I do miss having two tickers . But now we can focus on planning what we want to do for the few days post-cruise...back to WDW, try Universal or the Nickelodeon hotel (have heard VERY mixed reviews on that one), go to Seaworld & Aquatica, etc. Oh, the choices.

 

[templed]

My brother stayed at the Worldquest resort.... which is right down the street from the nickelodeon resort... 3 bedroom villa's for just over $100 a night.

He said it was more than adequate.

We're tossing around the WDW part of the cruise now... I know we're going... just not where we're staying yet.

We've been actively "thinking" about the cruise now that our summer vacation is over with...

 

[dizneeat]

Hi!

We will be joining your cruise as well!
Tom and I are from Austria and we love everything and anything Disney. We just got back from a triple cruise on the DREAM and 17 nights at WDW and can't wait to go back!

It's a wonderful ship with lots of things to do.

Anyone interested in doing a Fish Extender Exchange? We participated in the ones on all three last cruises and had a blast!

 

[templed]

Welcome to the cruise!

I'm slightly aware of this fish extender concept...

Can you elaborate?

I had to laugh... my wife and I were talking about the cruise this weekend, and this will be the first cruise for one of her sisters... and the first cruise in DECADES for the other sister (we always ask her how her cruise the Lucitania was...)... They're all pumped up... they've already started shopping...

 

[dizneeat]

Welcome to the cruise!

I'm slightly aware of this fish extender concept...

Can you elaborate?

I had to laugh... my wife and I were talking about the cruise this weekend, and this will be the first cruise for one of her sisters... and the first cruise in DECADES for the other sister (we always ask her how her cruise the Lucitania was...)... They're all pumped up... they've already started shopping...

Thank you for the welcome!

We just got off the ship about weeks ago and I cannot wait to go back in February! Truely bitten by the cruise bug!

FE - it's like a secret Santa thing. People sign up for it and hang a FE outside their stateroom. During the cruise everyone who has signed up for it leaves a little gift for every stateroom.
We did it for all our summer cruises (went on the DREAM three times in a row, back to back) and had a blast. Every time we got back to the stateroom we would find something new in it.
And it's all about the thought that counts. We got the funniest homemade things, magnets, a necklace, lots of candy and stuff people brought from their home countries/states.
We don't have kids and LOVE participating in it. We got to see some parts of the ship we would never have wondered into while handing out the gifts - so much fun.
I really would love to do it again. I organized two of the three FE lists for our last cruises, so if I can help you out with lists, just let me know!

 

[michelle9343]

I really enjoy the FE exchange. I think it adds so much fun to the cruise!!

 

[dizneeat]

I really enjoy the FE exchange. I think it adds so much fun to the cruise!!

So, can I count you in for this one?

 

[mcd2745]

I'm still trying to get my head around the whole FE exchange thing. So, basically, you leave a little something for EVERY person/stateroom who agrees to do this? That's potentially a very large number though, isn't it? Or does the "keeper of the list" assign you a certain number of people to leave gifts for?