August 6, 2005 Mexican Riviera..Who's In?

[justmestace]

We're on there.....myself, DH, DD 15 at cruise time, and DS, 12 at cruise time.

Booked at 3 minutes past opening and they only had Cat 4's left and on down.

 

[jilljill]

Yeah Stacey, you started the thread.
Wine and cheese is all we will need for the week. We have the DH's to look after the kids

 

[kaseyC]

It will be me, DH and our 3 DDs ages 9, 4 and 2. We booked two connecting Cat 9s. Hope you all are willing to share that Wine and Cheese. I can get DH to watch the girls!

 

[justmestace]

Welcome, Kasey....we will DEFINITELY share!!!
Good thing the hubbys are willing to watch the kids (not that they know it yet!)

We have two adjoining Cat 5's.

 

[Catnip0113]

It will be myself, DH and DD13 at cruise time. It will be our 2nd DCL cruise and our 1st trip to Disneyland! We got a Cat. 5 on Deck 7. I hope airfare from CT isn't too expensive in August.

 

[jilljill]

Originally posted by justmestace
Welcome, Kasey....we will DEFINITELY share!!!
Good thing the hubbys are willing to watch the kids (not that they know it yet!)

We have two adjoining Cat 5's.

Welcome to kaceyC and Catnip0113 .
You are more than welcome to join in on the wine and cheese - the more the merrier .

Stacey my DH knows about watching DD, but he will get off easy since she will be in the Lab most of the time. Oh no, I just thought of something.....my DD will be 11 when we cruise and your son will be 12 - I hope we won't have to plan another CC wedding in the distant future .

We will be going to D'land for a week after the cruise, we will be staying at our timeshare. Good thing my parents have frequent flier miles for us to use.

 

[justmestace]

Looks like there are already a few girls close to my DS's age!
I'll just hope there aren't any teen boys the same age as my DD!!!

Stacey

 

[kaseyC]

This will be our second Disney Cruise, our first one with 3 children. We only had 1 DD when we cruised on the Wonder in 2000.
I am really excited about this cruise we were starting to look into a Mexican Riviera cruise with Princess when I began to hear the rumors of the Magic going west.
We are planning to spend sometime before the Cruise at Disneyland. I will either use our DVC points to book to connecting rooms or rent out my points and pay cash.

 

[jilljill]

OK Stacey, I'm claiming post #1,000 oh here. I figured since you started the thread you can have #10,000. Anyone else want to claim a post number?!?
I figure we gotta live for something other than 8/6/05 - that's a long ways away.

 

[justmestace]

10,000!!!! You're thinking BIG!!

Kasey....was one of your DD's a "little souvenir"? Sorry, that was hard to resist, but also shamelessly personal! Forgive me.

We'll probably go to DL before the cruise, too. Still trying to decide about that much time off work. Plus, we like to fly in to John Wayne.....so getting to/from/to/from is more difficult that way. Too much to think about this soon!

Catnip, maybe we're neighbors on Deck 7!

See you later,
Stacey

 

[jilljill]

I have no clue where the airports are located in relation to the port. Is it better to fly into Long Beach and then fly out of LAX or JW since we will be at D'land? I know it's still a long ways away, but I want to be prepared for when I am able to book FF tickets.

kaceyC we may be neighbors on deck 2. I have 2 cabins booked and I need to decide which one to keep. Need to do that today.

 

[kaseyC]

JillJill, I would also like to know more about the airports in the area. I want to try and get the best price possible for air, then I will deal with ground transportation.

Stacey, our youngest DD was a sort of a "souvinier" from our 2002 WDW trip (I figured out I was pregnant with her during that trip) - I was a bit worried because me and my oldest DD spent alot of time on ToT.

 

[justmestace]

Didn't mean to get too personal, Kasey...but that's pretty cool. I'd have been worried, too. GLad it went well!!

The Port of LA is closer to LAX, but John Wayne Airport is much closer to DL....and a much nicer airport. I will never go back to LAX if I can help it.

I decided to do 3 days at DL first...Super Shuttle (cheap) from John Wayne to DL, Super Shuttle from DL to port, and Super Shuttle back to John Wayne. The longest leg will be from port to John Wayne...but that's less than 45 minutes. Especially on a Saturday.

Picture LAX up north (not way north) with the port to the west of it......DL is south a ways, and John Wayne just a little further south than DL. They're kind of in a row. But let me say this again....I HATE LAX.....and I will NEVER go there again. Too crowded, dirty icky. Did I make my point? John Wayne is so clean and peaceful, flights on time...no crowds, smaller...a little more money, yes, but SO WORTH it!!!

 

[jilljill]

You told us about LAX airport (I get the feeling you don't really care for it, but I don't know why?!?) and you told us about JW, but you didn't tell us about Long Beach Airport. So what's up with LB airport?



p.s. I didn't want us to fall off the page either

 

[justmestace]

Long Beach is further south, and very close to the Long Beach port...but we're sailing out of the port of L.A.
Long Beach airport is very small....but that makes it easy to get around in. You go outside to get your luggage, that's how small it is. That would be a no-brainer if we were sailing out of Long Beach.
On Southwest's website, John Wayne is Orange County (SNA), just in case you get confused.


And by the way, do you think we'll have the ship to ourselves? I doubt it, since I got through 3 minutes after, and almost all of Deck 8 was sold out!

So where is everyone?????

Geez, jilljill....we'e scared 'em off already!

 

[jilljill]

We really didn't mean to scare everyone off. We are nice people .

It would be nice to have the ship to ourselves, but I don't think that will happen.
So, just where is everyone?!?

 

[justmestace]

Just me again.......
A clarification: Long Beach Airport would be the closest airport to San Pedro, which is where the port is. It's not a bad drive from Long Beach airport to DL...have driven it many times....but I would still use Super Shuttle. I think DCL is only offering transport out of LAX, but not sure.
The drive from LAX doesn't sound bad , (as in the amount of time, etc) but it is a miserable drive traffic-wise.
What would worry me about using Long Beach airport is their on-time schedule, and availability of cabs or shuttles.
Orange County is, unfortunately more $$, but in my opinion, the best.

 

[Catnip0113]

Justmestace, We are in 7112 (we like the Aft section) near the Secret deck.

It is strange to think that even though we will fly to CA and leave from another port, we will still be on the Magic and have everything we are used to in that respect.

I tried to book the REAS package but they said it wasn't offered on the West Coast ones. Had anyone else heard that?

 

[jilljill]

I tried to book the REAS package too and was told that they do not know what packages or excursions are as of yet.

 

[kaseyC]

But we changed to next week. So we will be sailing out the day you return. Enjoy your cruise!