Cap'n Mickey's Wonderkins**6th Sept 09**

[bettyann29]

Just curious.. how many of you guys are dressing up for pirate night??

Is this something that alot of people do?

 

[bettyann29]

boy oh boy.. I have sooo many questions..

I havent been on a disney cruise before but have cruised many times.. just wondering how tempting it is to buy everything in the shops onboard.. I am notorious for spending money at WDW so Im sooo afraid of that spilling over to this cruise.. Im usually pretty good when we go on cruises but with this being a disney cruise.. Im scared..

How much do you typically spend on souvenirs on a disney cruise??

 

[ScotnSteph]

Thanks. I've stayed in a cat 11 and a cat 10 SPR but never in a sideways cabin. I'd love some pics. We are in 5013.

Here are a few.

 

[shoes99]

thanks for the cat 11 pics.
Lots of folks dress up for pirate night. Here is DH's version, he got the face paint from the kids club and painted his face after dinner but before the

 

[ScotnSteph]

While I'm looking at pics from our previous Wonder Cruise, I'll post a few of my favorites.


The Wonder in Nassau

The Wonder at Castaway Cay

Castaway Cay

The Goofy Pool

Deck 4

Does anyone else have any Wonder pics to share?

 

[ScotnSteph]

What a great 16th birthday! I bet it will be one she will remember always.. Have you done the sea lion encounter before?? I was reading up on this one a little and it looks fun..

We have no experience with the Sea Lion Encounter, but Blue Lagoon looks like a great place. I have read some good reviews about the encounter.

 

[jns]

While I'm looking at pics from our previous Wonder Cruise, I'll post a few of my favorites.


The Wonder in Nassau

The Wonder at Castaway Cay

Castaway Cay

The Goofy Pool

Deck 4

Does anyone else have any Wonder pics to share?

Great photos thanks for sharing


Are we planning on a dis meet ?

 

[jns]

We only wear t stirts and hats last time for the pirates night

 

[buckeyelabmom]

OK so I've never done a FE exchange before how do we do this? I'm trying to get things planned and thought out

 

[bettyann29]

OK so I've never done a FE exchange before how do we do this? I'm trying to get things planned and thought out

I havent done one before either.. but I did a search on the boards and have found many ideas..

sounds fun..

 

[JustinsMommy07]

Hey everyone,

Just checking in...haven't been on in a while. I see we have some more Diser's joining us Can't believe how time is flying! We are still trying to get our pre-cruise plans in place. Post cruise we are spending a couple of days at the Wilderness Lodge and doing Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party. Does anyone have any recommendations for a hotel by the port? Last year we stayed at the Hampton Inn and weren't crazy about it Oh yea...and we just found out we are expecting #2 so no drinks of the day or Conch Coolers for me....guess I will have to live vicariously through DH and the rest of you guys!!

 

[Retroloco]

Hey guys! Congrats on the pregnancy JunstinsMommy!!!! You must be thrilled. I will be more than happy to drink a Conch Cooler for you.
We stayed at the Radisson last year and will stay there again this year and it was fine. The room was clean, the pool area was really nice, even though we didn't get a chance to enjoy it last year. We got the $99 room this year (doesn't include breakfast) and will be able to park the car there for the cruise. We got the $129 with breakfast included last year and decided it wasn't worth the extra cost. We will pick up something light and cheap for breakfast this time around because you head straight to the buffet as soon as you board the ship. We didn't dress up last year for Pirate Night but DS4 did of course. We haven't decided yet if we will dress up this time. I am going to go try to find some pictures of the Wonder and our FE. It was pretty fun to do the FE. Some of the things we received were:
A pirate handbag
stickers
candy
pencils
bubbles
CD with Disney songs
I am not a creative person at all so I bought an organizer at a craft store and just put stickers and wrote on out FE. I think we had some magnets on it also. Like I said I will try to post some pics. If anyone has any questions I will be more than happy to answer them. Or at least try to. You can ask on here or feel free to PM me. I would love to do a DIS meet if we can! Talk to you soon
Tina

 

[jns]

Congrats on the pregnancy JunstinsMommy

 

[Retroloco]

Great pictures Jackie. Thanks for sharing. We would love to be added to the FE list. Thanks!
Bettyann: We didn't spend hardly anything on souvenirs. My son got to pick out one thing and I bought a few things. Overall we spent maybe $50. They also have photographers around constantly and then you can go view all the pics from the day in a room and you can purchase those also. I don't know how much they were because we didn't buy any.

 

[bettyann29]

scotnsteph and jns.. great pictures! They are getting me more excited for this trip!!

Justinsmommy-- congrats on the upcoming baby! We are staying at Radison right by the port.. we're actually staying there the week before for 1 night before our Carnival cruise and then we come back from that cruise on Saturday and we are getting picked up by Radison and then staying there that Saturday night before the Disney cruise and leaving our car there during both trips.. I think we got a pretty good deal considering the price we got includes parking during the cruise, shuttle to/from the port and also hot breakfast buffet.. The pool area looks really nice too.. I guess we'll see how it goes since this is our first time there..

Me and DH went down today to get our passports.. I think we'll have them before we leave for Florida.. I know we dont have to have them for this trip, but it'll be nice to finally have them..

I also went down and bought ink for my computer and some paper so that I can check in online and print out stuff for these trips.. I also got a 3 ring binder to put everything into.. I havent had a working printer in several years.. Im too cheap to buy the ink.. The last time I bought ink for it the black ink was around $25 and the color was closer to $30 for the cartridge.. Today the black was $10 and the color was $15!! on top of that Target had a deal if you bought 2 individual HP cartridges you get a $10 giftcard.. so after the giftcard figured in I only paid $15 for both!!! not a bad deal.. I think I'll go back tomorrow and grab another color one and another black one..

Im thinking about a FE.. Im not very crafty, so I'll have to see what I can come up with..

Hope everyone has a great week!

 

[JustinsMommy07]

Thanks everyone! I am going to check out the Radisson for the night before the cruise. We are going to get DS, who will be 2, a pirate costume for pirate night and he can wear it to MNSSHP also. We will probably just wear some kind of pirate t-shirts. Last time I got a pirate design from the disigns board and just ironed them onto tees. I also made a ton of magnets for our door and forgot them at home, but let's not open that old wound Anyway, I can't believe how close we are to cruise time Are we going to try to do any meets?

 

[shoes99]

Here's my favorite Cruise pics:

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The last pic is our DisBoards Breakfast PJ meet. Lots of fun.

 

[bettyann29]

shoes 99-- great pictures.. I really like that one in the middle alot.. very neat!!..

justinsmommy- just wanted to mention that I was at Babiesrus the other day and they had out some Halloween costumes already.. they had the cutest pirate one.. I didnt look at the price, but it was adorable!

I cant believe we're getting closer and closer.. I have so much to do over the next 6 weeks, but it'll be worth it to be cruising and relaxing!

 

[Medic953]

This will be our first cruise. Me 41 and fiance 33.
Can not wait till September.

 

[bettyann29]

This will be our first cruise. Me 41 and fiance 33.
Can not wait till September.

Welcome Medic953..

Its looking good.. more people onboard!!