Counting down to May 25, 2002!

[Ed/JeanneC]

Thanks, I will give these addresses to my kids. If your kids want to e-mail mine, Jillian age 11 is APCheer@aol.com and Scott age 9 is SportsnutC@aol.com. Also, after I got off the boards I made our reservations for the Radisson the night of May 24, 2002 before the cruise. Looking forward to hearing from more of you.

 

[twinscandc]

Did any of you book through All Seasons Travel? Have you had any good/bad things to say about them?

It's day 26 for us because we are taking a 7 night pre-cruise stay at Disney Dolphin!!

Can't wait!!

 

[tooexcited]

Twinscandc

We booked with All Season Travel... Had some problems with Air Line Time Changes and not getting back with us in a timely manner. Other then that so far so good.. Have you received your documents yet I understand they come to us from the travel agency. What is your impression?? Only 32 days Yeah!!!!!!

 

[Ed/JeanneC]

TWINSCANDC

No sorry. We booked through AAA. Looking at these boards alot of people use Dreams Unlimited. I do not know much about them either. I know AAA got us a really good rate and have been fabulous since I booked the cruise 6 months ago. My travel agent has taken care of everything, and even informed me of things that I did not know about and took care of them too!!

Looking forward to meeting all of you in 32 days!!!!!!!

Jeanne

 

[twiceasnice]

Ed/JeanneC


We are also staying at the Raddisson the night before

 

[callahanjulie10]

Hi JeanneC- welcome! We are also staying at the Radission the night before- we are going to meet around the pool that evening. I have got to get some lime green ribbon! Anyway- I have a DD- Lindsey who is 10. I will have her e-mail Jillian. Her address is LindsC91@aol.com.

Look forward to putting a face with the name!

 

[Ed/JeanneC]

Hey CallahanJulie10!!!

Thanks for the info on the meet and greet at the pool. Jillian wrote down Lindsey's e-mail. She is going to write to her too. Are these Lime green ribbons just to identify ourselves as people on the boards??? Like I said I am new at this, so forgive some of my questions. Looking forward to meeting everyone and putting faces to these names too.

Jeanne

 

[callahanjulie10]

The ribbons are exactly for that- I have no idea who decided on lime green but that is the color for us DISers! Anyway- I always forget mine!

I will have a semi meet at the Radission the night before- around the pool and then in line at the port the next day. It will be great for the kids to meet before we board-

Great to have you on the May 25 cruise!

 

[twiceasnice]

The Lime Green Ribions are to identify that you are from the message boards, everyone wears them to the terminal before boarding. Can't wait to see everyone!

 

[Ed/JeanneC]

I take it that you all have done this cruise line before. I have cruised on Royal Carribean, but not this one. Is there any more things that I should know about that you can think of at this point before I get on the cruise. Requests that I should make ahead of time etc....

Thanks for your help

Jeanne

 

[twiceasnice]

Hi this is Julia. My mom lets me post on her name sometimes. Ed/JeanneC, I e-mailed your daughter because we are both 11. Maby we could meet you guys at the Raddisson so we will know eachother before the cruise.
we have been on this cruise line 3 times--this will be our 4th. its really fun
from julia

 

[Ed/JeanneC]

Hi Julia.

Jillian just got done e-mailing you. You might want to check your e-mail. She is excited about getting to know you all before the cruise. She loves making new friends. E-mail her and I am sure that she will keep e-mailing you back. You will know each other before you even meet!!!!

Thanks for e-mailing her the first time.

JeanneC

 

[twiceasnice]

cool! i can't wait to meet jillian. you will all like the cruise a whole lot. from julia

 

[twiceasnice]

I think we should have two DIS meets--one at the Radisson and one on the ship- just not at the sail away party because its way too crowded.

 

[callahanjulie10]

If you want to take any DCL excursions- I would prebook those. We usually do our own because DCL is a little expensive but then I don't mind doing the research or going out on our own!

When you board the ship- go ahead and make ressies for Palo ( if you want to try it). Palo is the adults only rest. It has an awesome brunch that is $10 per person- only on sea days, amazing dinner that cost s$5 per person- and also a High Tea which is free but I haven't been able to go on our last 2 cruises because it books up so fast.

Also- try and decide in advance what spa things you are interested in. The Surial and the Cabana Massage usually book up first. Go to www.castawayclub.com for the descriptions by Barb and Tony- they will also be on our cruise! They have cruised 20 some odd times! So they are pros at DCL.

A lot to remember but it isn't as hectic as it sounds. It is the best vacation that my family has ever done- this is #4 for us.

 

[Ed/JeanneC]

Thanks CallahanJulie10

I did already book excursions because we wanted to do the dolphin excursion in Cozumel and I was afraid that would book up, but DS 9 wanted to do the Banana Boat ride at Castaway Cay and I thought that we would just wait until we got there. I started reading these boards and realized that was not true, so yesterday I booked him for that too. I was glad that I did because there were time slots already booked and I could not even get him on until 12:00 noon. I imagine there will not be any slots left by the time that we get there. I really wanted to do the horseback riding to the ruins, but the kids have been wanting to do this dolphin thing. We went to Disney World last year and I was going to do it there, but they wanted $185.00 for each one of us and I thought that was a little steep. In Cozumel it was only $105 per person, so I thought that we should take advantage of it while we could.

Thanks for the tips, if you think of anymore let me know.

JeanneC

 

[twiceasnice]

bump

 

[callahanjulie10]

Getting close! We have 2 countdowns going on at our house


School- 16 1/2 days
Cruise- 28 more days until we leave!!!

 

[twinscandc]

My twins and I did a paper chain to help with the count down. We hung it from the ceiling in our kitchen!! We started it on day 100!!

It is so exciting for the girls because they can no longer stand and take off the next link....they have to pull over their step stool!!

Here in a few days, I will have to use the step stool!!

It's getting so close, I can hardly contain myself!!

 

[BWVPam]

Julie,

We too have two countdowns going here; one for last day of school/departure date and the other for the actual cruise departure date. This is getting really exciting.

Has anyone received notice of an upgrade yet?

Pam