December 11, 2008 - 3 Night Wonder

[Kimber57]

can't believe there are only 3 of us cruising, must be more out there or else we are going to have a pretty empty ship. I have never been to Disney in December, how are the crowds and the weather?

Good morning..I WILL BE THERE and can't wait!
I am a travel agent and have a tidbit of info for you in regards to cruising the Atlantic in December. IT CAN BE ROUGH!!! but Don;t let it scare you. In fact here is what to take and it is soooooooooooooooooo simple and really works. Pure ginger pills! yup you can get them over the counter and pick them up at any pharmacy or health food store or Walmart. YOU CAN EVEN TAKE THEM IF YOU ARE ON OTHER MEDICATION. Unlike Dramamine they DO NOT make you drowsy and actually give you energy!!!

ALSO...if you have kids? buy an inexpensive teeshirt and bring it with you for the characters to sign!! What a great memory to wear home.

Aee you on board


Kim

 

[mickeymom923]

Hi. Just booked this cruise. It's my DD Lindsay (age 21) and myself Bev (age older) going. My family did the Disney Magic in September to celebrate Lindsay's 21st birthday. This will be our 9th Disney Cruise in 5 years. We love Disney and everything about it. We'll be flying out the day before and staying somewhere in Orlando (didn't book anything yet) so we can do Downtown Disney then we'll drive to the port that morning and fly home on the 14th. We just came back from Hollywood Studios 11/14-11/17 for the soap opera weekend. Looking forward to meeting everyone.

Bev

 

[YenSid1222]

Finally!

The doorbell rang just after we got home and it was UPS delivering some magic!

Getting close now.

 

[nikilee]

so glad to see some more names on here! there are quite a few of us on this cruise now.

I am still doing the FE , and found a big santa with sack to hang on the door.

I wont be doing the magnets, cant find them, havent got time,cant waste any more $'s.

So far......I have 8 girls gifts,5 boysgifts, 2 mens gifts,6 womens gifts.
I dont really know whos doing the exchange so may need more gifts. has anyone counted? who's in charge? And I thought a good place to meet would be at the pirate party, Id love to say hello and thank everyone for their gifts, it seems odd not to, Iknow you'll be having family time, but its also party time, and I think an ideal opportunity for introductions.

anyone have any thoughts on this?

Niki

 

[Heidimai]

Hi, well my FE arrived today, found a mickey hanging pocket organiser on e-bay and it was only £4.99 including postage. I would have made my own but this was cheaper and quicker.

So I need to buy gifts but still no list of who to buy for and what room they are in.

Nikilee - I would love to meet at the Pirate party although I have no idea if the kids will make it, isn't it quite late? It may be just me and my eldest daughter if the younger two are in bed.

not long now!

 

[nikilee]

Hi heidimai!

great, how old are your kids? i have 2 girls aged 13 and 9 and 2 boys 4 and 1.
ill get some gifts for yours and look for your extender, im going to write nikilee on mine so everyone knows who i am!

I dont know of a good spot to meet at the party, ill probably be near the bar!

 

[Heidimai]

Hi heidimai!

great, how old are your kids? i have 2 girls aged 13 and 9 and 2 boys 4 and 1.
ill get some gifts for yours and look for your extender, im going to write nikilee on mine so everyone knows who i am!

I dont know of a good spot to meet at the party, ill probably be near the bar!

Lol!

My girls are 8 (turning 9) and 6 and my little boy is 1.
I will try and figure out a good way of putting my name on my FE.

I will go shopping and get some suitable little things for your kids too, are we doing adults as well?

so much to do , so little time .......

 

[YenSid1222]

Hope everone had a great Thanksgiving!

In exactly one week we will be in Orlando...I guess I should start thinking about packing!

Do we have a count for Fish Extenders yet?

 

[jjnshane]

Hope everone had a great Thanksgiving!

In exactly one week we will be in Orlando...I guess I should start thinking about packing!

Do we have a count for Fish Extenders yet?

YAY!!!! I really hope my high school students understand that I am going to be even more scattered than ever for the next week and two days!

Disneyfan19712006 was collecting names and stateroom numbers, but I haven't heard from her in a while -- I hope she is okay!

I tried to gather user names and numbers of people who have expressed interest on the board -- here is the list that I have, and everyone can correct me if I am wrong! Please correct me if I am wrong! I am really not trying to step on anyone's toes, and I don't want to leave anyone out!

Disneyfan19712006 -- 2 adults
jjnshane -- (room 1) 2 adults & 1 child (7); (room 2) 2 adults
YenSid1222 -- 2 adults
Nikilee -- 1 adult & 4 children (13, 9, 4, 1)
CTalley -- (room 1) 2 adults & 2 children (8 & 10); (Room 2?) 2 adults
Heidimai -- 2 Adults & 3 children (8, 6, 1)

So as it stands right now by my count, there are 8 staterooms (?) and 15 adults and 10 children. I'm sorry if I missed anyone -- please forgive me

I've got all kinds of goodies to give out!

 

[reigle4]

I would have loved to join in but our group is too big and would have broken the bank. THere are 22 of us going. It is mine and my husbands Christmas gift to our family members so I am doing my own gifts for my family members. As it stands now I am taking a whole extra suitcase just for tinkerbell gifts for all. Each day tinkerbell gives each person a gift to make the trip a bit more magical. It has been so much fun planning that I hope the trip is not anticlimatic hahaha. See all of you there.

 

[jjnshane]

I would have loved to join in but our group is too big and would have broken the bank. THere are 22 of us going. It is mine and my husbands Christmas gift to our family members so I am doing my own gifts for my family members. As it stands now I am taking a whole extra suitcase just for tinkerbell gifts for all. Each day tinkerbell gives each person a gift to make the trip a bit more magical. It has been so much fun planning that I hope the trip is not anticlimatic hahaha. See all of you there.

Wow! What a great idea -- and how awesome to be traveling with such a large group of family members! What fun!

And I love your cruise countdown! 12 more sleeps till we are on the cruise!

 

[disneyfan19712006]

I would suggest meeting on sailing day about 3:30 in the Promenade lounge deck 3. It should only take a few minutes to meet each other so we can say
"Howdy" when we pass in the halls. I will go ahead and plan on being there. We can't take too long since we have to get to the life boat drill at 4. Can't wait to see everyone there. I just happened to log on to verify my room number and found it had changed since Wednesday. We booked 5131 a Cat 11 and are now in 6636 a Cat 7. I almost choked. I can't believe it is getting so close.

Hi heidimai!

great, how old are your kids? i have 2 girls aged 13 and 9 and 2 boys 4 and 1.
ill get some gifts for yours and look for your extender, im going to write nikilee on mine so everyone knows who i am!

I dont know of a good spot to meet at the party, ill probably be near the bar!

 

[jjnshane]

I would suggest meeting on sailing day about 3:30 in the Promenade lounge deck 3. It should only take a few minutes to meet each other so we can say
"Howdy" when we pass in the halls. I will go ahead and plan on being there. We can't take too long since we have to get to the life boat drill at 4. Can't wait to see everyone there. I just happened to log on to verify my room number and found it had changed since Wednesday. We booked 5131 a Cat 11 and are now in 6636 a Cat 7. I almost choked. I can't believe it is getting so close.

Promenade lounge at 3:30 sounds good. Be able to meet everyone to put names to faces before we set sail.

Congratulations on the upgrade! That is so awesome!!!!!!

 

[Heidimai]

Hi all,
thanks for the pm disneyfan , I replied but I don't know if it got through as I don't have 10 posts yet.

I will keep posting and try again in a minute.

 

[Heidimai]

About meeting up, my hubby is awfully shy so may not come with me - he thinks I am utterly mad with all my magnets, decorations and fish extender

My only question is where on the promenade deck (this is my first cruise) and how will we recognise each other?

 

[Heidimai]

A little more exciting news this weekend, we have managed to secure an annual passholder rate room for two nights at All Stars Music for 17th - 19th December so we will be able to take advantage of some magic hours Plus we will be able to celebrate my daughters actual birthday and our anniversary on property

I have been reading the boards here and I have read that you can ask for a balloon of your favourite character to be delivered to your room, (no guarantee I understand) my daughters favourites are High School Musical and Hannah Montana but I don't recall ever having seen any balloons with these on around the parks. Does anyone know if you can get them?

 

[Heidimai]

Answer to my own question, Disney Florist do a High School Musical and a Hannah Montana singing balloon for $18, oh now which one do I order!

 

[Heidimai]

Another question for you all

Are people delivering gifts to peoples FE's on just one night? will it be the same night or are people doing little gifts on all 3 nights?

 

[jjnshane]

Another question for you all

Are people delivering gifts to peoples FE's on just one night? will it be the same night or are people doing little gifts on all 3 nights?

I really think that it is up to you -- from what I have read, some people give little gifts each night, some do a gift bag just once -- it is really up to you and what your schedule looks like. My mom is planing on a care package/gift bag for the first night and I have a goodie bag that will go out on Friday (Pirate theme for Pirate night! )

Whee! Not long now!

 

[jjnshane]

My daughter Savannah wanted to write a letter to the kids on our cruise -- so here she is!

Hi Everyone,
I am so excited to see all the new people on our cruise! I hope that I make a lot of friends. I am 6 right now and will be having my 7th birthday on the cruise, I hope to meet some kids my own age in the club! I can't wait until the cruise -- 11 more sleeps!

Although, I am a little of the cruise because right now mommy is letting me watch Titanic! She keeps telling me not to worry because there are no iceburgs in the Bahamas!

See you all real soon!
Savannah