December 12 - 19, 2009 Western Magic

[RBennett]

I have a Palo question.

Is it worth it? What is the median price? What type of food?

It is DEFINITELY worth it!!!! DW and I ate there on our anniversary in 2007 and it was the BEST EVER!!! We let our server choose everything for us and it was nothing short of magical!

 

[bevtoy]

Oh....I thought it was like $40 or $50 per person. Is everything included in that fee? Meal, drink (non-alchoholic) and dessert?

Not alcohol and I think you still need to tip. But it does include dessert.

 

[nashville_minnie]

Just wondering if anyone has done the Western Caribbean cruise itinerary before? If so, what did you do at each port? If not, what are you planning to do this time? We have no idea yet.

Also, has anyone cruised in Dec before? I am wondering about the weather!!

 

[Scooby3x1y]

Just wondering if anyone has done the Western Caribbean cruise itinerary before? If so, what did you do at each port? If not, what are you planning to do this time? We have no idea yet.

Also, has anyone cruised in Dec before? I am wondering about the weather!!

I think it depends on the age of those going, and adventure/activity level. Also, last WC, we were supposed to go to GC and swim with the stingrays. But hurricanes, Frances, Jeanne, and Ivan went through the area and we had a diversion. Ivan hit GC head on and obliterated the port and a lot of the island. We were diverted to Costa Maya. At first we were totally disappointed. However, we were toying with going to the Tulum Ruins in Cozumel. In Tulum, you cannot climb or do much on the ruins. In Costa Maya, they had quite a few ruins excavated, and cleared. There were some that were only partially cleared, and some that hadn't been discovered, and only 20 feet cleared. We wound up being thrilled because we got more hands on time on the ruins. Instead of going through Disney, we had a Suburban all to ourselves (7 of us), and a private guide. After seeing the pictures and hearing the stories of how long it took to get to Tulum, we felt we wound up with a good deal. We missed swimming with the stingrays, but knew we could hit that another time.

I haven't checked yet, but if there is a zip line in one of the stops, we would like to do that. We did that in Puerto Vallarta, and Costa Rica, it was AMAZING.

There is a thread about the dolphin swim in Cozumel. I think we will probably wind up doing that. It comes with a beach/park, and a slew of activities.

Last time in Key West we were going to parasail, but it was too windy. We may do that, but we will do it privately, not through Disney.

 

[Scooby3x1y]

Just wondering if anyone has done the Western Caribbean cruise itinerary before? If so, what did you do at each port? If not, what are you planning to do this time? We have no idea yet.

Also, has anyone cruised in Dec before? I am wondering about the weather!!

Here's the link for the dolphin excursion:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=31027327#post31027327

 

[Scooby3x1y]

Does anyone want to keep the list for our cruise?

I can if nobody wants to.......

 

[Tinker_Bell16]

Hello Everyone,

How is everyone's weekend going? Welcome to all who are new.

School is tieing me down alittle. So are we going to use the one name that was given by Bev I think. I want to start making pics for the site. Also, if you haven't gotten an invite to the site, pm me your email and I'll send it.


Hope everyone is well.


-Cassie

 

[bevtoy]

Does anyone recognize or claim this addy (angelstravel6)
they are requesting membership in our cruise groun through yahoo also a 91 year old man from India who I don't recognize. I don't want to be rude, but I do not want to give them group access if they are not from this group.

 

[pamrob]

We just booked this cruise on Monday. There are seven of us myself, DH and five DDs (16-6). We have cruised on Carnival and RC before but never Disney. Looking forward to a cruise with some Disney Magic!

 

[bevtoy]

Welcome to the group! I hope you will enjoy it!

We just booked this cruise on Monday. There are seven of us myself, DH and five DDs (16-6). We have cruised on Carnival and RC before but never Disney. Looking forward to a cruise with some Disney Magic!

 

[Scooby3x1y]

We just booked this cruise on Monday. There are seven of us myself, DH and five DDs (16-6). We have cruised on Carnival and RC before but never Disney. Looking forward to a cruise with some Disney Magic!

Pam,

What ages are your dd's? Do you have a 13 yo? My 13 yo dd wants to write (pen pal) someone.

 

[pamrob]

Pam,

What ages are your dd's? Do you have a 13 yo? My 13 yo dd wants to write (pen pal) someone.

My girls are currently 5, 11, 11, 12 and 15. My 12 year old would probably love to write. It might be fun for her to "know" someone before the cruise. She isn't happy that she will be separated in the kid program from her older sister whom she buddies with most of the time. She is a pretty mature 12 year old and feels the 11 year olds are "immature" and "silly".

 

[pamrob]

I need some reassurance! I asked my girls to pick between a cruise and Disney this year. They all picked Disney. Then I had the idea to book a Disney cruise. Now I am nervous about the financial committment I just made.

There are seven of us and I am a pretty thrifty girl so the cost of the cruise was significant in my opinion.

We have cruised before. The most recent was a few years ago on RC. The girls had a great time and really enjoyed the kid program. On our trips to Disney World I could see the value of staying on property vs staying off. Disney truly does the best job of customer service overall that I have ever seen.

Make me feel better!

 

[bevtoy]

We cruised Premier cruise lines years ago pre Disney. There is no comparison IMHO. Even my 19 year old prefers Disney cruise line and she no longer wants to got o the parks!

I need some reassurance! I asked my girls to pick between a cruise and Disney this year. They all picked Disney. Then I had the idea to book a Disney cruise. Now I am nervous about the financial committment I just made.

There are seven of us and I am a pretty thrifty girl so the cost of the cruise was significant in my opinion.

We have cruised before. The most recent was a few years ago on RC. The girls had a great time and really enjoyed the kid program. On our trips to Disney World I could see the value of staying on property vs staying off. Disney truly does the best job of customer service overall that I have ever seen.

Make me feel better!

 

[bevtoy]

Just wanted to ask those who are interested: How old are the guests in your party?
Jeff 50
Bev (me) 50
Kate 19
Anna 12 at time of sailing.

 

[bevtoy]

If you want to join the off site Yahoo! private group please send me a email address by private message and I will send you an invitation. Once you are a member you can add polls, link pages and we have database capability to organize our cruise into something special! Thanks!

 

[Scooby3x1y]

I need some reassurance! I asked my girls to pick between a cruise and Disney this year. They all picked Disney. Then I had the idea to book a Disney cruise. Now I am nervous about the financial committment I just made.

There are seven of us and I am a pretty thrifty girl so the cost of the cruise was significant in my opinion.

We have cruised before. The most recent was a few years ago on RC. The girls had a great time and really enjoyed the kid program. On our trips to Disney World I could see the value of staying on property vs staying off. Disney truly does the best job of customer service overall that I have ever seen.

Make me feel better!

My kids have grown up going to Disneyland all the time. (We've never been to DW.) This will be their 3rd DC, and they are all as excited as if we are going for the first time. We've vacationed in Spain, seen a lot of Europe, Canada, etc. We offered them a trip to Hawaii or the WC cruise on DCL again. They all chose the Disney Cruise hands down.

I look at it this way....6 of us, food for 6 of us x 3 meals a day, snacks, entertainment and things to do, hotels, cars, etc. I feel like we make out like bandits. With 3 teenage boys, they can eat me out of house and home. We joke about my 16 yo that if you can't find him, check by the pool where he's just gotten chicken nuggets. He'd show up to shows with a plate of chicken nuggets. He'd show up to get off the ship with chicken nuggets. I believe he's eaten his fare in chicken nuggets

I've sailed on RC and Celebrity. Granted the kids weren't on these cruises with us, but you can just tell what there is for kids to do. Honestly, if my kids never got off the ship, they would still love it. Also, even if dh and I were to chose a cruise to go on without the kids, it would still be DCL.

I think you will have a great time. If your family liked cruising anyway, you're really going to love this cruise. Everything that you loved on RCCL, most likely you will love on DCL 10x more. Most people believe this....that is why DCL has such a high guest return rate.

 

[Scooby3x1y]

I want your guys' opinion. I threw this together, so you can see a little glue that had not dried yet when I took the picture. It's a photo frame for a scrapbook or whatever you want.

Here's my questions: Is it too plain on the left side? Different colors for the wording? Different color for the frame (which would mean different colors for the wording)? I was thinking about putting Bon Voyage where Disney Magic is, but what do you think?

Anything else you want to throw out, please give me an opinion.

 

[bevtoy]

I like it the way it is

 

[Disney Rocks]

Just dropping by to say "Happy Easter" and hope everyone is well.

It is 240 days for us until we start our vacation which includes this December 12 - 19 cruise. We are so excited.

Take care.