AUGUST 3, 2013--FANTASY 7 night WESTERN

[lwilliam]

To Jonasaa....congrats on your upcoming wedding and honeymoon.

Even though this will be our 11th DCL cruise, I'm still enjoying reading all the tips on the boards....I am a daily reader.

A first day meet would be awesome. Since we've never been on the Fantasy, I'm not sure where a good location would be. It should be a place where children may be included. Any suggestions?

Let's keep the conversations going.....Lucy, and Bob

 

[Snowpuff526]

That is a great question... are we going to meet on the cruise? And possibly go over FE's? Does anyone have any ideas or comments regarding this topic?

 

[tth5454]

Hi everyone!

Steinar (my fiancé) and I are from Oslo, Norway, and we're both very excited about this cruise!

We are getting married July 26, and our honeymoon follows the very next day with a week in New York + this fantastic cruise. The honeymoon consists of both our choices - he wanted New York, I wanted a Disney cruise, so we went for both!

I have been on a Disney cruise once before, back in 2003 (or 2004), which was a three day cruise to the Bahamas. I was a cast member back then (Epcot, International Program), so we got the cruise really cheap! Unfortunately the weather wasn't good enough for the ship to dock at Castaway Cay, so we'll both looking forward to seeing the "Disney Island" (also, I'm still struggling with pronouncing Cay 'kee').

Our cabin number is 8570. We picked deck 8 after reading a couple of forum discussion of where the most quiet cabins might be (we may be wrong, haha!).

So we are:

Jonas (31 now, 32 on the cruise)
Steinar (34, 35 on the cruise)

I also have a few questions, as we're not seasoned cruisers at all:

We're thinking of doing Palo and Remy - but what meal is more fitting for either? I was thinking brunch at Palo and dinner at Remy? Remy sounds wildly expensive though, especially with wine + tips...

What movies do you guys think this cruise will offer? I'm really hoping Wreck-It Ralph as we haven't seen it in theaters. Also Oz: The Great and Powerful.

Does anyone have any experience with the In-Room Gifts one can order? Except for the wine packages I don't really see anything that tempts me very much, but I can be convinced!

What's there to do at Cozumel? We like history stuff and sightseeing, but time seems veeery limited at that port... I've also heard "stick with the Disney shore excursions" as an extra precaution should you get delayed at any port (as the ship will wait for you then).

Oh - and I'm on a diet (with exercise) too! Trying to lose weight and build muscle and tan and everything for both the wedding and the honeymoon! My goal is losing about 22 pounds so I feel like that's pretty substantial.

I like the idea of fish extenders, too, but I'm not sure we will opt in yet as we are trying to travel as light as possible. I will let you know though!

See you all real soon!

How exciting to be on your honeymoon. Yeah! I'm dieting too for the trip. Palo brunch is great. My friends loved Remy, my son would never go for a French meal.

 

[tth5454]

I made a mistake on my first quote my bad!

Still getting use to this website!

I may not want to do this now on second thought!

Depending what this gift exchange is and if it's worth my while!

I'm always making mistakes on here. I'm also new and it confuses me

 

[tth5454]

That is a great question... are we going to meet on the cruise? And possibly go over FE's? Does anyone have any ideas or comments regarding this topic?

I would live to do a meet on the ship. They have a lot of great places on the ship that we can all meet

 

[Donald & Daisy Duck]

I think a meet and greet sounds like a great idea!!!

 

[Snowpuff526]

I think a meet and greet sounds like a great idea!!!

Does anyone have any ideas/times of where we could meet? I was thinking maybe the D lounge after the Muster Drill and before the Sailing Away Party.

 

[tth5454]

Does anyone have any ideas/times of where we could meet? I was thinking maybe the D lounge after the Muster Drill and before the Sailing Away Party.

I think that the D Lounge would be a great spot

 

[jham]

Welcome new people! We definitely need an on-board meet on our first day so we can recognize each other as we run into one another on the ship throughout the cruise! Feel free to come find us on Facebook too! https://www.facebook.com/groups/277560752350790/

 

[jessica52877]

On our last cruise we met after the muster drill and it seemed to work out well time wise. Welcome to all the newbies! I'm getting more and more excited as we get closer to the sail date, seems as if it won't be too much longer!!

I can't wait to work on FE gifts! I have so many great ideas going through my head and can't quite figure out what I want to narrow it down to.

 

[tth5454]

On our last cruise we met after the muster drill and it seemed to work out well time wise. Welcome to all the newbies! I'm getting more and more excited as we get closer to the sail date, seems as if it won't be too much longer!!

I can't wait to work on FE gifts! I have so many great ideas going through my head and can't quite figure out what I want to narrow it down to.

I have most of my FE gifts. When I see them I get so excited.

 

[Snowpuff526]

I have most of my FE gifts. When I see them I get so excited.

Working on the FE gifts are so much fun! I can't wait to share them with all of you!

 

[Donald & Daisy Duck]

I'm in the middle of making my fe gifts....cannot wait till we give them out!! And the D Lou he after muster drill sounds great!!

 

[Donald & Daisy Duck]

Ok I really thought I typed D Lounge lol

 

[Snowpuff526]

138 Days Until our Cruise!

What are you guys looking forward to most?

 

[trajon4]

Hello
We just booked this cruise and are thrilled!
This is our 3rd disney cruise took the Magic and Wonder before.
We did the FE on our Magic Cruise last year & my twins loved it.
May we join you FE list?
DH-John
DD age 8 Grace
DS age 8 Christopher
Me-mom-Tracie
Cabin 7058

 

[jennyno1]

We would love to join the FE group! Traveling in our group:
(9592 & 9594)
DH Neil
ME Jenny
DD Charley (6)
DS Davis (4)
DS Mason (2)
DN Ashley (Nanny)

Thank you for organizing!

 

[Snowpuff526]

Welcome! Glad to have you guys aboard with us!

 

[jham]

Okay, here is the latest update on the FE list, PLEASE let me know if you I have any errors, you have any upadates, you've changed your minds etc. I'm grouping by deck for reference. If you have anyone with a more gender neutral name please let us know so we get it right. Also I think someone mentioned here or on the facebook page, it might be fun or helpful to know people's favorite Disney character so feel free to add that either by posting on this thread or updating the FILE on FB.

NOT KNOWN and GTY:
Donald & Daisy Duck’s Brother Bill : GTY
Erin (16)
Katie(15)
Jimmy (9)
Sister Lori: GTY
Nicole(14)
Chris (10)

JAMESGANG1999: Stateroom ??
Rich-DH
Charris-DW
Nathan-DS

DECK 5
lady9: Stateroom 5548
DH-Tim
Me-Dawn
DS-Steven-17
DD-Mackenzie-12

DECK 6
Snowpuff526: stateroom 6080
Mom- Kim
Dad- Matt
Sister- Madelyn (19)
Me- Emily (15)

dreamertz: Staterooms 6552 & 6554
Michelle (DM)
David (DD)
Evan (16)
Ryan (11)

nixieh: Staterooms 6182 and 6184
Me - Nicola Hart (Mum and Disney holiday planner)
DH - Nigel Hart (Big music fan)
DD-Rachel (16)
DD-Abigail (14)
DD-Emily (11)

DECK 7
jham: staterooms 7000 and 7002
Mike--possibly Grumpy ;-)
Jeanne--Cinderella, Minnie
Jayden (15)(girl)
Seth (14)--Donald
Luke (10)
Lily (7)--Rapunzel

jessica52877 : stateroom 7508?
Jessica
Lin Dallas (10)(boy)

Donald & Daisy Duck: Stateroom 7054 & 7056
Me - Lee Ann
DH - Donald
DD - Meghan (20)
DS - Patrick (18)

trajon4: stateroom 7058
Me-mom-Tracie
DH-John
DD age 8 Grace
DS age 8 Christopher

Simply Sarah: Stateroom 7034
me-Sarah
Hutson
Ben-11
Jack-9

DECK 8:

CastlesandDreams : staterooms 8061, 8065 and 8063
Kirsten
Christine
Jackie
Jason (15)
Tyler (12)
Emily (11)
Sholeh (12)
Sidney (12)

DECK 9:
Tth5454: Stateroom 9656
Tanya
Dane (19) (boy)
Jensen (16) (girl)

jennyno1: staterooms 9592 & 9594
DH Neil
ME Jenny
DD Charley (6)
DS Davis (4)
DS Mason (2)
DN Ashley (Nanny)

 

[jham]

It looks like deck 7 forward is going to be the party place