Cruising on the Wonder Jan.29, 09

[samily]

Gee, everyone's been quiet out there - how is everyone doing? We've been busy with the end of school & camp starting...I'm so happy summer has finally arrived!

 

[Googelibear]

Gee, everyone's been quiet out there - how is everyone doing? We've been busy with the end of school & camp starting...I'm so happy summer has finally arrived!

I have been so busy. As soon as school's out, I get super busy with my business - we do live in a touristy kind of town. It won't let up until after Labor Day. I'll be a wreck by the time that comes around

What are you going to do for the summer? Can you get away? Will you go to WDW?

 

[samily]

What kind of business do you have? At least busy is good!

Our big events this summer are my BIL's wedding next month & after we get through that we will be driving north to NH & Maine for a few days for my DS's 7th bday - we are usually on DCL for his older sister's bday, so he's excited we are taking a vacation for his bday this year!

We always hit the beach quite a bit also as all 3 kids love it. We usually don't head down to FL until the weather is cold here - it's our escape!

 

[Googelibear]

What kind of business do you have? At least busy is good!

Our big events this summer are my BIL's wedding next month & after we get through that we will be driving north to NH & Maine for a few days for my DS's 7th bday - we are usually on DCL for his older sister's bday, so he's excited we are taking a vacation for his bday this year!

We always hit the beach quite a bit also as all 3 kids love it. We usually don't head down to FL until the weather is cold here - it's our escape!

I own a little resort in Michigan. Right by Lake Michigan and that starts getting busy TODAY Which is great and it is not so great, because I cannot enjoy this beautiful area and the beaches like my friends, who don't work in the summer and just spend time fooling around. Not complaining though, it is fun but I won't have a break until late October

This last week until this morning, we housed some movie people here. They are filming a movie with Ray Liota and that cute little guy that was in "Juno" and is also doing the Mac/PC commercials on TV. I cannot remember his name.
Anyhooo, some of the "behind the scenes" guys and girls stayed with me and it was great fun to talk with them. One of them was the set decorator. He is from Australia. Fun to get the inside scoop

yay for your little guy, he gets his own birthday trip.

 

[binks]

Hi fellow cruisers. Sorry I haven't been participating, but to tell you the truth, I'm not 100% positive that we'll be doing the cruise. I really want to, but since we've done it the last two years, and then we'll be doing the NCL Bermuda cruise next August, I'm just not sure I can justify it. We got a great deal on the cruise because we booked on board and very early, but I really worry about what's going to happen to the economy. I'm making plans as if we'll be going, but we won't make a final decision until the 90 day mark. Please, talk me in to going!

 

[Googelibear]

Hi fellow cruisers. Sorry I haven't been participating, but to tell you the truth, I'm not 100% positive that we'll be doing the cruise. I really want to, but since we've done it the last two years, and then we'll be doing the NCL Bermuda cruise next August, I'm just not sure I can justify it. We got a great deal on the cruise because we booked on board and very early, but I really worry about what's going to happen to the economy. I'm making plans as if we'll be going, but we won't make a final decision until the 90 day mark. Please, talk me in to going!

doesn't matter to me. Just keep posting here - making new friends

ooops, that came out wrong. It would be nice to actually meet you on the ship, but if it's not to be, then we'll just be pen pals, all three of us, lol

 

[samily]

I own a little resort in Michigan. Right by Lake Michigan and that starts getting busy TODAY Which is great and it is not so great, because I cannot enjoy this beautiful area and the beaches like my friends, who don't work in the summer and just spend time fooling around. Not complaining though, it is fun but I won't have a break until late October

This last week until this morning, we housed some movie people here. They are filming a movie with Ray Liota and that cute little guy that was in "Juno" and is also doing the Mac/PC commercials on TV. I cannot remember his name.
Anyhooo, some of the "behind the scenes" guys and girls stayed with me and it was great fun to talk with them. One of them was the set decorator. He is from Australia. Fun to get the inside scoop

yay for your little guy, he gets his own birthday trip.

wow, that sounds so nice - i bet you meet a lot of interesting people each summer! must have been fun with the movie people there are you open year round or is it seasonal?

 

[samily]

Hi fellow cruisers. Sorry I haven't been participating, but to tell you the truth, I'm not 100% positive that we'll be doing the cruise. I really want to, but since we've done it the last two years, and then we'll be doing the NCL Bermuda cruise next August, I'm just not sure I can justify it. We got a great deal on the cruise because we booked on board and very early, but I really worry about what's going to happen to the economy. I'm making plans as if we'll be going, but we won't make a final decision until the 90 day mark. Please, talk me in to going!

Oh no, you have to come - we cruised together back in January! This time we could actually meet - our kids were probably in the clubs together last time and we didn't even know it!

 

[ReneaB]

Hello,
My family is thinking about this cruise. We have been on 1 other cruise but it was not a Disney one. The day the cruise starts will be my daughter's 16th birthday. Right now we are checking prices. The cruise prices are great...but the flights are expensive. Any tips on finding cheap flights?
There are possibly 7 of us going.
My husband and me...my daugher with the birthday, my 13 year old son, and my mother. I am also inviting my daughter's best friend that will be 14 and my nephew who will be 12. I think it would be so much fun for my kids to both have a buddy there.
Well I will let you guys know when we make the final decision.
ReneaB

 

[Googelibear]

wow, that sounds so nice - i bet you meet a lot of interesting people each summer! must have been fun with the movie people there are you open year round or is it seasonal?

Ohmygoodness, I totally didn't see your post.
As a matter of fact, we do have some really interesting people here. Last week they filmed a movie with Ray Liota, and the one young guy that was in Juno (Drew Barrymore's boyfriend) and some others in our town and some of the behind the scenes people stayed with me. Too much fun to talk with them after they finished work and sat down and had cocktails with us . Heehee, I felt like Mrs. Fooffooffnick, drinking with the movie crowd.

Anyhooo, lots of work but lots of fun as well.

 

[Googelibear]

Hello,
My family is thinking about this cruise. We have been on 1 other cruise but it was not a Disney one. The day the cruise starts will be my daughter's 16th birthday. Right now we are checking prices. The cruise prices are great...but the flights are expensive. Any tips on finding cheap flights?
There are possibly 7 of us going.
My husband and me...my daugher with the birthday, my 13 year old son, and my mother. I am also inviting my daughter's best friend that will be 14 and my nephew who will be 12. I think it would be so much fun for my kids to both have a buddy there.
Well I will let you guys know when we make the final decision.
ReneaB

Hi ReneaB, good to see you. Welcome to the Ship of Fools
I could cry about the prices I had to pay for the plane tickets to Florida for this cruise.
Last year the identical tickets cost me $ 278. per person. These tickets were $ 600. per person. My husband does not want to know what anything costs so not to keel over and die from the shock And I won't tell him.

I have no tips for you in that direction. But! I don't know where you fly out of, maybe you should go and look at the Dings for NWA. I have to fly out of a little airport and change at either Detroit or Chicago. Those flights are always more expensive

 

[ReneaB]

Thanks for the welcome!!! We will be flying out of Indianapolis. I live an hour north of Indy. I will do some checking around for flights. I just hate to spend so much to fly to Florida when we can only stay long enough for the cruise. I will be taking my kids out of school for the cruise, but I don't want them to miss more than 3 days. Seems like a lot of money to pay to fly there for that short amount of time. Though I know if I wait and go when school is out....the price of the cruise itself will be much higher.
Your husband sounds like my husband!! I have not even told him how much the quote for the flight is yet. LOL

 

[Googelibear]

Thanks for the welcome!!! We will be flying out of Indianapolis. I live an hour north of Indy. I will do some checking around for flights. I just hate to spend so much to fly to Florida when we can only stay long enough for the cruise. I will be taking my kids out of school for the cruise, but I don't want them to miss more than 3 days. Seems like a lot of money to pay to fly there for that short amount of time. Though I know if I wait and go when school is out....the price of the cruise itself will be much higher.
Your husband sounds like my husband!! I have not even told him how much the quote for the flight is yet. LOL

I know what you mean about paying so much for a one hour flight, for goodness sakes.

I have one recommendation for you. Go through your local travel agent. Yes, they charge you a commission of around $30., but they keep an eye out for you for the best prices and they can place holds on seats until they can talk with you. I wish I had done that, but I jumped the gun when the prices kept going up every hour while I was searching. My agent could have gotten those tickets for me for $ 900.00 compared to $ 1200.
So, bad for me. But you might benefit from my trigger finger

Good luck

 

[samily]

Hello,
My family is thinking about this cruise. We have been on 1 other cruise but it was not a Disney one. The day the cruise starts will be my daughter's 16th birthday. Right now we are checking prices. The cruise prices are great...but the flights are expensive. Any tips on finding cheap flights?
There are possibly 7 of us going.
My husband and me...my daugher with the birthday, my 13 year old son, and my mother. I am also inviting my daughter's best friend that will be 14 and my nephew who will be 12. I think it would be so much fun for my kids to both have a buddy there.
Well I will let you guys know when we make the final decision.
ReneaB

Welcome!!!

For flights, check out Southwest - they fly out of Indianapolis and usually run some great specials; however they are only booking through October right now - January won't be released for another couple of months. But to give you an idea, checking out October flights coming in on Wednesday evening 10/1 & flying out Sunday 10/5 they are priced at 69.00 per person & 109.00 per person! We always find great pricing from them - we got our October flights for 77.00 pp & 109.00pp!

Also not sure if Jetblue flys out there or not, but we booked our January flight down to MCO for 114.00 ea I believe; however they are only booking through 1/31/ right now so we have not booked coming home yet.

Good luck with your planning! Hope you guys end up on board with us!

 

[samily]

Hi ReneaB, good to see you. Welcome to the Ship of Fools
I could cry about the prices I had to pay for the plane tickets to Florida for this cruise.
Last year the identical tickets cost me $ 278. per person. These tickets were $ 600. per person. My husband does not want to know what anything costs so not to keel over and die from the shock And I won't tell him.

I have no tips for you in that direction. But! I don't know where you fly out of, maybe you should go and look at the Dings for NWA. I have to fly out of a little airport and change at either Detroit or Chicago. Those flights are always more expensive

Holy cow!! 600 per person!! I think my DH would make us drive down!!

Justin Long - Drew Barrymore's boyfriend - he seems like such a sweetie! My kids liked him in Herbie!

 

[Googelibear]

Holy cow!! 600 per person!! I think my DH would make us drive down!!

Justin Long - Drew Barrymore's boyfriend - he seems like such a sweetie! My kids liked him in Herbie!

Let me tell you that after I plunked down that money, I got a paper bag and started breathing slowly
Mike does not know and will never know how much we paid.
He would have a coronary

This Justin Long - I have never seen him, I think - looks so not handsome, I think. I might be wrong. There's a picture of him in the local paper this morning and I must say, I might be too old, lol.

 

[samily]

Let me tell you that after I plunked down that money, I got a paper bag and started breathing slowly
Mike does not know and will never know how much we paid.
He would have a coronary

This Justin Long - I have never seen him, I think - looks so not handsome, I think. I might be wrong. There's a picture of him in the local paper this morning and I must say, I might be too old, lol.

lol- no he's not super good looking, but he seems like such a nice guy - he seems to be good for drew... they look cute together

maybe you'll get to meet him - you'll have to let me know. i didn't know he was in juno - i haven't seen it yet. i haven't been to any adult movies in a while - hmmm... that didn't sound right. - i meant i have only been to movies with the kids lately...

 

[Googelibear]

...maybe you'll get to meet him - you'll have to let me know. i didn't know he was in juno - i haven't seen it yet. i haven't been to any adult movies in a while - hmmm... that didn't sound right. - i meant i have only been to movies with the kids lately...

heeheehee, your true colors are coming through

 

[samily]

heeheehee, your true colors are coming through

lol...i have to remember to be careful...this is a disney cruise afterall...

 

[Googelibear]

lol...i have to remember to be careful...this is a disney cruise afterall...

I'd say. Just learn to speak in toungues