I have been on the Illuminations cruise on Breathless and it was great, BUT after reading reports on these boards, Wishes seems fantastic and I've not read anything bad about it.
Like you I started dialling just before 7am and even did a trial run yesterday to know which buttons to press in what order - how sad am I!
As they moor the boats near each other we'll no doubt see each other.
I am going for two weeks from 14 Dec and have all of my reservations done now. Although i have been to Disney on many occasions for some reason I'm very excited about this trip. It's probably because I've discovered these boards!