Dec 4, 2011 Dream

[dvc deernut]

Congrats on paying your trip off. We paid ours off in January, what a great feeling!

Who is staying before and or after the cruise? We have 2 nights before the cruise at Bay Lake Tower. Then 8 nights after at Bay Lake Tower, and 2 nights at the Grand Floridian. I can't wait for the cruise and the holiday decorations at WDW!

We are only staying 2 nights at OKW resort after cruise. They have a great Gingerbread house at Floridian

 

[dvc deernut]

TL- not to be picky, but I will be celebrating my birthday (not telling which one!) on board too! It's so cool to have so many Birthday celebrations!

Wow. The FE is getting big! Id better get moving on my gifts! Under 5 months, yay!

Our friend Sophie will be celebrating her birthday DEC 5th on board

 

[TLinden16]

TL- not to be picky, but I will be celebrating my birthday (not telling which one!) on board too! It's so cool to have so many Birthday celebrations!

Wow. The FE is getting big! Id better get moving on my gifts! Under 5 months, yay!

Well, I've updated the list of people who said they are going on the cruise again. The people who are confirmed to be participating in the FE are in red.

Dynamic DisneyDuo (Dan) and Imanazd (Mandy)
Weich1001—party of 20-25
Dvc deernut (Ian) and DW Laura
MickeyBella and her new DH Joey
Buckeye Princess, DH, DD2, and DS1
Mlissa88 (Melissa) plus DH and DS3
Rhode Island Quahog (Valerie) and DBF Joe
MoranClan
CherylSue (Cheryl) plus DH Sean, and DD13
Donutday (Joan) and DH Kevin
Jennybinflorida (Jenny) plus DH Angelo, and 2 DS Keegan and Landon (ages 10 & 4)Gydell, DD and DGS
CruznLexi (celebrating her birthday)
BethC1952 (Beth) and DH Jim
Matheke (Dan) and DW Sue
Sistert plus DH, in-laws, and mom (Roadweaver)
JacksMama (Olivia) plus DH, and DS, who will be turning four on the cruise!
Cardidog (Sue) and 3 friends
DZ mom plus DH, and DS, who will be turning five on the cruise!
Tessasmom (Julia), who will be celebrating her 21st birthday! plus DH Sam, and DD Tessa, 21 months
TLinden16 (Karen) plus my friend Masayo in another cabin
Eeyore77 (Jennifer) and her Grandmother
Karen89 plus her DH and DS5

I will be staying at the Boardwalk for three nights before the cruise, and four nights after the cruise! Can't wait!

 

[BethC1952]

Congrats on paying your trip off. We paid ours off in January, what a great feeling!

Who is staying before and or after the cruise? We have 2 nights before the cruise at Bay Lake Tower. Then 8 nights after at Bay Lake Tower, and 2 nights at the Grand Floridian. I can't wait for the cruise and the holiday decorations at WDW!

Let's see...the night before the cruise we'll be at the Country Inn & Suites at Port Canaveral. The seven nights before that, we'll be onboard Magic sailing around in the Western Caribbean. We thought about doing a double dip on one ship or the other, but that would mean the same ship and the same restaurants. Two cruises mean all different stuff. After the cruise we're going back to WDW for three nights at a Wilderness Cabin. We've camped there before, but this will be our first cabin. No parks this visit, just a lot of downtime!

TL- not to be picky, but I will be celebrating my birthday (not telling which one!) on board too! It's so cool to have so many Birthday celebrations!

This vacation is a double celebration for us (maybe that's why there's two cruises?) Our 39th wedding anniversary is Dec. 30, and DH's birthday is Jan. 7. It's a big one--he'll be 62! We can't get away at the end of Dec. due to work requirements, so we'll be celebrating a bit early.

Our cruise to Canada in June will celebrate my birthday. It's a big one too. I'll be 39 (again)!

Beth

 

[tessasmom]

Hahaha! Funny TL! I am way past 21, but happy about THAT! No way would I want to be 21 again!

We are probably staying the night pre cruise at one of the PC hotels...any recommendations? Just a clean room for the night. We don't want to take a chance with the weather in Dec. Possibilities of flight delay or cancellations are not in our plan!

Oh, TL. Is MickeyBella on the FE list twice? And what about that group of 20? This will be our first FE...lots of questions, sorry!

 

[dvc deernut]

Hahaha! Funny TL! I am way past 21, but happy about THAT! No way would I want to be 21 again!

We are probably staying the night pre cruise at one of the PC hotels...any recommendations? Just a clean room for the night. We don't want to take a chance with the weather in Dec. Possibilities of flight delay or cancellations are not in our plan!

Oh, TL. Is MickeyBella on the FE list twice? And what about that group of 20? This will be our first FE...lots of questions, sorry!

Hi , the list ive got is shorter but ive only included the confirmed FEs. I sent TL a private message about the list.

 

[TLinden16]

Hahaha! Funny TL! I am way past 21, but happy about THAT! No way would I want to be 21 again!

We are probably staying the night pre cruise at one of the PC hotels...any recommendations? Just a clean room for the night. We don't want to take a chance with the weather in Dec. Possibilities of flight delay or cancellations are not in our plan!

Oh, TL. Is MickeyBella on the FE list twice? And what about that group of 20? This will be our first FE...lots of questions, sorry!

Tessamom, you're absolutely right. MickeyBella is on there twice. I guess I missed that she was already on there when I updated it today.

The list that I posted is not the FE list. It's the list of everyone who said they were going on the cruise, so there are more names on this list than there are on the FE list.

DVC Deernut actually is keeping track of the FE list. I think as of right now there are less than 20 people on that list. I will make take a look at the list DVCdeernut sent me and change the font color of those who want to participate in the FE list.

Sorry for the confusion

 

[BethC1952]

We are probably staying the night pre cruise at one of the PC hotels...any recommendations? Just a clean room for the night. We don't want to take a chance with the weather in Dec. Possibilities of flight delay or cancellations are not in our plan!

I've stayed at the Radisson At The Port, and it was very nice. I know it gets mixed reviews, but my friend and I really enjoyed it. We had a very nice dinner the night before, and breakfast in the morning, took their shuttle to the port and it was all really easy.

This time Jim and I are trying Country Inn & Suites, just to do something different. We're staying there the night before our Magic cruise, and then the night between the two cruises.

Neither place is really fancy, but both have good internet rates!

Beth

 

[dvc deernut]

I've stayed at the Radisson At The Port, and it was very nice. I know it gets mixed reviews, but my friend and I really enjoyed it. We had a very nice dinner the night before, and breakfast in the morning, took their shuttle to the port and it was all really easy.

This time Jim and I are trying Country Inn & Suites, just to do something different. We're staying there the night before our Magic cruise, and then the night between the two cruises.

Neither place is really fancy, but both have good internet rates!

Beth

If your staying in the Port area why dont you try FISH LIPS Restaurant and Bar. We pass it everytime the ship leaves. Someone told me it was a good place. Id like to try it sometime.

 

[BethC1952]

That's jusr what we plan to do, at least one of the two nights that we'll be there. I'm thinking maybe we'll go there after the first cruise and watch Magic sail away again!

Beth

 

[Tonydana]

we will be on the dream too!! myself, dh and ds (9 when we cruise) this is our third disney cruise!! hoping for no seasickness for me

we would love to participate in te fe, our first one..

can't wait to chat more with everyone befor cruise and meet everyone on cruise

dana

 

[dvc deernut]

we will be on the dream too!! myself, dh and ds (9 when we cruise) this is our third disney cruise!! hoping for no seasickness for me

we would love to participate in te fe, our first one..

can't wait to chat more with everyone befor cruise and meet everyone on cruise

dana

Welcome to the group!!! I put your names on the FE list

 

[TLinden16]

Well, I've updated the list of people who said they are going on the cruise to add Tonydana. The people who are confirmed to be participating in the FE are in red.

Dynamic DisneyDuo (Dan) and Imanazd (Mandy)
Weich1001—party of 20-25
Dvc deernut (Ian) and DW Laura
MickeyBella and her new DH Joey
Buckeye Princess, DH, DD2, and DS1
Mlissa88 (Melissa) plus DH and DS3
Rhode Island Quahog (Valerie) and DBF Joe
MoranClan
CherylSue (Cheryl) plus DH Sean, and DD13
Donutday (Joan) and DH Kevin
Jennybinflorida (Jenny) plus DH Angelo, and 2 DS Keegan and Landon (ages 10 & 4)
Gydell, DD and DGS
CruznLexi (celebrating her birthday)
BethC1952 (Beth) and DH Jim
Matheke (Dan) and DW Sue
Sistert plus DH, in-laws, and mom (Roadweaver)
JacksMama (Olivia) plus DH, and DS, who will be turning four on the cruise!
Cardidog (Sue) and 3 friends
DZ mom plus DH, and DS, who will be turning five on the cruise!
Tessasmom (Julia), who will be celebrating her 21st birthday! plus DH Sam, and DD Tessa, 21 months
TLinden16 (Karen) plus my friend Masayo in another cabin
Eeyore77 (Jennifer) and her Grandmother
Karen89 plus her DH Paul and DS5 Brendan
Tonydana plus DH and DS9

 

[TLinden16]

we will be on the dream too!! myself, dh and ds (9 when we cruise) this is our third disney cruise!! hoping for no seasickness for me

we would love to participate in te fe, our first one..

can't wait to chat more with everyone befor cruise and meet everyone on cruise

dana

Welcome to the group, Dana! We have a fun little bunch here!

And I see you are another MA person! There are several of us from MA on this cruise. Massachusetts will be well represented!

 

[Tonydana]

We live near fall river, south of boston. we are dvc members, since 2003. but if we were smart, would have bought on our honeymoon in 1993 when we had the chance. own at saratoga

will be staying at vwl before and after cruise for a few days.. nice to meet everyone.. ordered my FE this morning.. now just need ideas on what to get for gifts.. my son is very excited.. dh is a little more quiet, excited though too..

 

[TLinden16]

Tonydana, I live north of Boston.

I am also a DVC member. I own at the Boardwalk and the Grand Californian. I bought my first batch of points in 2005. I also wish I bought sooner--I remember when I first heard of DVC, I thought $45 per point was so expensive. I paid double that for my first set of points. hehe.

 

[tessasmom]

Welcome to the group Tonydana!! Its great to have more people joining our group! It helps the time pass until we all get on the DREAM!

I'm so excited, I had a brainstorm today and got the idea for my FE gift! Now I just need to get supplies and get them made!

 

[dvc deernut]

We live near fall river, south of boston. we are dvc members, since 2003. but if we were smart, would have bought on our honeymoon in 1993 when we had the chance. own at saratoga

will be staying at vwl before and after cruise for a few days.. nice to meet everyone.. ordered my FE this morning.. now just need ideas on what to get for gifts.. my son is very excited.. dh is a little more quiet, excited though too..

Hi , We are also DVC members since 1998, wish we had bought in 92. We added 250 points in 08 while we were on the Member cruise. We made friends from South Hadley near UMASS on our first member cruise and have sat with them on the last 4 member cruise since then. I drove 7 hours to their house to do phone in for this years cruise in Sept. Laura and I really like Boston and area. Actually to drive to Boston from here is not much farther than driving to Lake Placid its all 4 lane Highway. When we get another chance we want togo to Boston. The only time we were there was on the 4th of July right after 9 11. We stood right up by the stage to watch the POPS. Walked everywhere in Boston that day. We stayed at the Boston Harbor Hotel for 2 nights using DVC points. Well Ive babbled on and on

 

[Tonydana]

where i live is very country, not city at all.. would much rather stick here.. not only that, i always get lost in the city.. going to the boston pops i'm sure was wonderful, never been though..

as far as fe gifts, ugh, need to think of that, have no ideas.. addicted to checking this board a hundred times a day now though..

 

[BethC1952]

If you're only checking 100 times a day, you're really not addicted yet!

My boss always knows when my cruises are getting close. I don't even bother trying to hide the window where the DIS is open. He's on vacation this week, so I'm in DIS heaven (also a few other things like ebay and some jewelry design and knitting/crocheting sites).

Beth