Calling all July 20th Western Cruisers!!!

[mmouse37]

A black cocktail dress will be fine....don't stress about being underdressed (a rhyme!!)

No, really, you will be fine in the black dress. Only about 20-30% wear long formal gowns.

MJ

 

[floridaminnie]

I would wear the cocktail dress. The only reason that I'm wearing a long formal is that I own one and I don't get to wear it that often. See ya on the ship

 

[DisneyCruiseluvr]

I'll be wearing cocktail dresses on formal nights. You really don't see too many ladies in evening gowns, so don't worry. You'll feel right at home in a cocktail dress! Plus, evening gowns take up more room in your suitcase! Another good reason not to go out and buy one!

 

[floridaminnie]

bump to see if there are any other July 20th cruisers out there. Where are you?

 

[DOOGIERUNNER]

We don't have our documents yet? I noticed some of you have already gotten yours.

Is anyone doing the Captian Marvin's 1/2 day snorkel? How about the Fury Catermeran on Cozumel?

 

[DisneyCruiseluvr]

Hi!

We're thinking about doing the Fury Catamaran excursion in Cozumel. Haven't signed up for anything yet though. Our DS might turn around and go on the same boat that night for the teen cruise too. We haven't received our documents yet either. What is up with that? We went through AAA, so maybe we have to pick them up like we did last year.

 

[floridaminnie]

We booked with our TA and we received our docs about a week ago and we had to go pick them up from our TA. I don't know how Disney sends them out, but you can go ahead and make your excursions plans through disney. We already did our

 

[DOOGIERUNNER]

Anyone know if Lelio and Stich will be showing?

 

[floridaminnie]

It should be playing. They say to call a week before your cruise to verify the movies playing on the ship.

 

[floridaminnie]

Has anyone received a letter from DCL about changing the dinner times. I was just wondering, b/c I haven't. We booked through a TA and she seems to get all of our DCL mail though.

 

[PartiesNBalloons]

We have not received a letter of dinner changes either. We booked using our DVC points so I'm thinking the letter would come from them. We have not received our docs either and I'm anxiously awaiting them.

We have the late seating and the new time change puts a cramp in our plans for Key West. We were going to go to Mallory Square for the sunset and then go to dinner at 8:30. I'm not sure what we'll do now since we will most likely be eating at sunset

 

[floridaminnie]

I called DCL today to find out what time the seating were for our cruise, because I don't like waiting around to find out information. They told me that the main seating for this cruise is 5:30 and the late seating is at 7:45. PartiesNBallons what you might want to do for the night we are in Key West is to book your night at Palos for later, because I don't want to miss the sunset at Maloory square either! (We have the 5:30 seating though!) Hope that helps some !

 

[PartiesNBalloons]

I received a letter today from DCL about the dining time changes so everyone should be getting their's soon also.

As far as our dining plans for Key West, we may just eat at Topsiders or poolside that evening. It really depends on the rotation we get because we do not want to miss the 1st dinner in AP. We have 2 children and really want to dinner with them in the evenings so Palo's is out but it was a great suggestion.

 

[DisneyCruiseluvr]

Sdoane,

Thank you so much for the "heads up" on the new dining schedule! We were scheduled for the early seating and have now switched to the later seating before everyone gets the same idea! We're never hungry at 5:30PM! Plus it cuts into our activities for the day ... we had a tough time making the 6:00PM dinners on our last two DCL cruises!! I am very unhappy about the changes in dining times. I think it would've worked better the other way around ... 5:45 PM and 7:30PM.

 

[SusanB]

DD (13) and I will be cruising July20 - can't wait! Haven't received our documents yets, but did get a letter yesterday advising that they've changed dining times. We've requested the early dining, which will now be 5:30! That means we'll miss dinner on our Cozumel day because we're going to do the Tulum tour and it won't be back until 6 pm - bummer! I think Disney should work with their vendor to move the excursion up earlier so their guests will be back in time, but oh well!

 

[PartiesNBalloons]

SusanB,

Hi! I'm happy to see your DD is 13. Is she planning on participating in the teen activities? My DD is 14 and she is hoping to make friends with a few kids her age to hang out with.

 

[Laura E.]

Yeah - Finally - I found others!!! Have been frantically searching and don't really know how I came to be here but I'm here. Anyway, our family of 5, DH, me, 16-yo-m, 15-yo-f (b-day on the 20th) and 9-yo-f are sailing on the 20th. Would love to have them be in communication with others before the trip. If this sounds like a great idea, please contact me. Not sure how this works or even if I can get back here - well at least to this same spot. If someone out there can help me, please contact me.

Also, we have sailed Disney as family (& w/o) before on the 3, 4 & 1st 7-day Eastern Caribbean cruise. For you 1st timers- your in for the ride of your life!

If I can be of any help, feel free to write me.

Can't wait - hope to hear from some of you.

Laura E.

 

[DisneyCruiseluvr]

Hi Laura E.!

I have a 9 yr. old DD who would love to contact your 9 yr. old DD! Our family of four will be cruising along with you all on July 20th. This is our 3rd cruise on the Magic so she already knows her way around the boat pretty well. What she most enjoys about DCL is the game room, going to get ice cream with her friends, the deck party, biking on Castaway Cay and making flubber!

Hope to hear from you guys! We're from Maryland!



(She picked out all of the smileys above)

 

[Laura E.]

Hey Disney Luvr - I'm so glad you responded. I have updated my profile so if you want to send me an e-mail I can have my daughter open it up. That would jazz her up! She also has a pretty good memory of the ship so looks like hopefully the girls will hit it off. She is already talking about how she going on the slide 1st thing. Pack the suits or wear them! BTW, she doesn't have her own e-mail address so if you want to get some more personal info (one can never be too cautious with our babies) just write me and I'll give you more details and hopefully exchange pix.

Another BTW, these boards have totally changed since our last cruise in '00. Nothing is the same and I feel lost. But having a friendly hi helps.

Thanks for responding so soon.

Want to laugh? We're only 15 minutes away from Disneyland in Anaheim, CA. But seems that all 3 kids prefer WDW. Less crowded. But somehow, I think that the boat has something to do with it. OH! We'll get TO FL on the 17th & leaving on the 7th of Aug. Can't wait.

 

[tinkerbell86]

Hey Im 16 yo-f. I went on the Eastern Carribbean cruise last year and had a blast meeting new people. Just lettin you know that i will be on the cruise! I cant wait!