Cruising on the Wonder Jan.29, 09

[natale1980]

That's awesome!!! I am definitely signing Dexter up. He is a very independent tiny man! I have a feeling that as soon as he enters one of the clubs he won't need us anymore.

- did you notice your one post away from 500!

-nat

 

[samily]

oh boy, here's post #500!

jacob is my velcro baby. he didn't last long in the club on our last cruise, so i'm hoping next time he will stay for a little while. he starts preschool in sept. so hopefully that will get him used to being on his own a little. my other 2 love the clubs at least .

 

[samily]

wow , one week and no posts...where is everyone...did you guys take off to WDW and not invite me

 

[natale1980]

Thats what I was thinking!!!
Our cruise is almost exactly 6 months away!!

-nat

 

[samily]

Hi Nat, I read your 07 trip report - Dexter & your niece were so cute in their costumes! And I'm happy to see you have little Skylar now

 

[natale1980]

Hi Nat, I read your 07 trip report - Dexter & your niece were so cute in their costumes! And I'm happy to see you have little Skylar now

Yep! Skylar is our happy ending! Doesn't even feel like that happened anymore.
This will be her first trip to DW! (well second if you count when I was pregnant last Sept)

-nat

 

[samily]

Yes, I would count that... I count Jacob's 1st cruise as the one when I was pregnant with him It was a September cruise and we were trying to outrun Hurricane Jeanne! It was amazing between the boat rocking & the pregnancy I never got sick thank goodness!

 

[natale1980]

That's too funny! Dexter's first cruise I was pregnant with him!!

Oh my goodness were we on the same September cruise!!??!! WHEN DID YOU GO!!!!! We were out running Hurricane Jeanne too!!!!! It was the seven night that ended up going to Puerto Rico.

-nat

 

[samily]

Wow, isn't that funny! So when was Dexter born? There must only be a couple of months between him & Jacob. Jacob was 12/22.

We were only on the 3 night. We ended up sailing to Cozumel which then turned the cruise into a 4 night which was nice. We also disembarked in Fort Lauderdale instead of Port Canaveral. We missed CC that trip - they mentioned stopping to pick up the CM's there, but if we did end up stopping to get them it must have been in the middle of the night. You guys must have been the first cruise to go to CC after the hurricane. I was disappointed we didn't get there, but was happy with the extra night!

 

[natale1980]

Dexter was born on March 29th 2005.

Yep! We were the first at CC.
BUT we did miss CC on our honeymoon in '99 because of a hurricane. Thats why we are going in January this time.

-nat

 

[eeyore7360]

Hello there!
I will also be on the Wonder on Jan. 29. After too many trips to WDW to count and a few to DL I am going to try my first cruise. I am really looking forward to it.

 

[samily]

Dexter was born on March 29th 2005.

Yep! We were the first at CC.
BUT we did miss CC on our honeymoon in '99 because of a hurricane. Thats why we are going in January this time.

-nat

Wow, 2 hurricanes, you have good timing! Yes, it's probably best you don't book in September again...

 

[samily]

Hello there!
I will also be on the Wonder on Jan. 29. After too many trips to WDW to count and a few to DL I am going to try my first cruise. I am really looking forward to it.

Hi! to the boards! I'm sure you will have a great time on your first cruise! Check out the forum for answers to lots of common questions on DCL.

Are you traveling alone or with family or friends? Dcl is nice because they have something for everyone...

 

[eeyore7360]

My mother casually mentioned that she would like to try a Disney Cruise, so of course I flew to the computer to book it. It will just be the 2 of us and I am looking forward to checking out all the adult activities.

 

[samily]

I'm sure you guys will have a great time! My DH & I are doing an adult only 3 night in October - the first time we are cruising without the kids. I was very hesitant at first to be going without them, but now I can't wait to try all the adult things we've never been able to do in the past! Serenity Bay, here we come!

 

[natale1980]

Less then six months to go!!!

This surprise thing is getting funny!! This weekend Shawn said that he really wishes we could go on a cruise!
That made me want to keep it a surprise even more!!! I can't wait to see the look on his face when I tell him while we're in Disney. "We are leaving on Thursday!!!!" I'm going to try my hardest to get it on video.

I still have to find my Birth certificate and pick up Skylar's.
I already purchased a baby float that I can blow up at Castaway. I hope they don't make a big deal out of it - cause technially your not supposed to have one. BUT they don't have any baby ones you can rent.

So what have you all 'packed' or put aside already??

-nat

 

[samily]

That is the absolute best surprise! You've got great will power!

We have our passports so we are all set there, but I have started to pick up little things here and there for the fish extender exchange we are doing on the 4 nighter right before this sailing. I also hit the Disney Store a few weeks ago & they were having a great clearance sale, so I picked up a few things there as well.

How about you - are you doing costumes again for the kids in WDW?

Speaking of fish extenders, anyone here interested?

 

[natale1980]

Will power? I'm not sure if it's will power or knowing that he may make me cancel if he knows!

Speaking of fish extenders - what are fish extenders?

I'm not sure if we are going to do costumers this year. I guess it depends on if they have good sales after halloween or not.

I'm very jealous that you are doing back to back cruises!! I really wanna do a 7 day next.

-nat

 

[samily]

lol - you should have booked a suite - that deposit is non refundable - than you couldn't cancel!!!

The fish extender exchange was started years ago by a Diser - do you remember the pewter fish that is outside of every stateroom door? People hang a pocket organizer on it and your fellow participating cruisers on your meets thread leave little surprise gifts in it throughout the cruise. We have never done it before, but thought it would be fun so we are doing it on the 4 night - this is one surprise I am keeping from the kids- I think they'll love finding little treats in there every day!

Here are some threads on fish extenders :

This one talks about the little "gifts":
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1774643

This one has some pics of them hanging outside staterooms:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1219607

Yeah, we wanted to do a 7 night too and when we priced it, the 7 night was significantly more than the b2b. Also my DSIL wanted to try cruising so was originally going to do the 3 night with us. She ended up booking the b2b in the end! Turns out she will be cancelling anyway - she just found out she is pregnant again so will be too far along to sail...I'm going to be an auntie again!!!

I think we are going to rebook onboard for the 7 night - can't decide between the eastern & western - have you picked one yet?

 

[natale1980]

fish extenders are cool! I wana play!!! One more thing I am going to have to sneek into our bags!!!

I was thinking about re booking Nov 09 they are going to castaway twice!!! It's really my favorite stop.

Know what funny??? Shawn is in the room most of the time I am posting about the cruise!!! He's so clueless!!

-nat