December 13, 2007 Wonder

[M&N]

I read someone really liked the sideways staterooms. Glad your brother can make it.
I think Mousefest is the week before us so lots going then. I thing we're just with non-DISers. That's their loss!
Anyone doing Nassau excursions?

 

[druidia]

congratulations on your upgrade!! I was wishing we would get one too, doesn't everyone? well almost I bet!

We are in two cat 10's so I am sure we will not be receiving one.

How did you learn about your upgrade?

We made our ressies through DU, and the TA told us that my parents went to a Cat 11. When I checked my ressie on DCL.com, it showed our assigned cabins as a Cat 11.

From what I understand, upgrades out of Cat 12 are frequent when you have more than 2 adults in a room.

 

[druidia]

I read someone really liked the sideways staterooms. Glad your brother can make it.
I think Mousefest is the week before us so lots going then. I thing we're just with non-DISers. That's their loss!
Anyone doing Nassau excursions?

Yes, they look pretty cool from what I've found online.

We're winging it in Nassau. We're going to take a taxi over to Atlantis and walk around, and if we want to see the aquarium, we will buy tickets for the Dig. We are staying out of the town proper, though. Yuck.

We're doing the Catamaran snorkel excursion at CC.

 

[LandBoatRide]

Wow, this cruise does seem empty compared to others in this thread. We have a group of several cast members going with us (our group is currently at 11 people and growing, lol.) I suspect a lot of WDW cast members will be on this cruise, as I know of other acquaintances going (though not with me per se).

Druidia, one of our rooms is the deck 6 "sideways" variety also, front of ship. We might be neighbors, lol. I'm excited for deck 6, as it will be relatively close to the main areas of the top of the ship (can use stairs). My last cruise was deck 2 stateroom, sigh.

I know some of you have cruised DCL before and the rest have probably read plenty of info. Here are my best tips, as this is my 4th cruise:

-Disney is not an alcohol stickler like Carnival and others. You can bring alcohol on board (provided you aren't overly overt with it.) You can also keep any bottles of liquor you buy (duty free and cheap) in Nassau - they don't hold it for you til end of cruise. As such, you can open your bottles during the cruise and make your own cocktails, especially with the drink mixers on deck 9 (soft drinks).

-book Palo for dinner, preferably the night you are scheduled for Parrot Cay dinign room, the least impressive of the 3 dining rooms. Palo is simply delicious and worth the extra charge.

-if going to Atlantis in Nassau, the cheapest way is the water taxi (under $10 round trip) unless your group is big enough to pile up in a taxi and split fare. Note you have like a 1/4 - 1/2 mile walk to and from the water taxi drop off point and Atlantis proper, so only do water taxi if this is acceptable.

-bring pirate clothes/costume for pirate night.

-Bring your appetite, as the food is great and available 24/7 with room service.

- get ready for a great time. DCL is sooooo much nicer than Carnival in terms of appearance, cleanliness, and food quality. I'm just as excited for DCL cruise #4 as I was my first.

Less than 3 weeks from now. Woohoo!!

 

[M&N]

I booked with a cast member too. He works at an outlet. My mom and I are staying with them all December and taking in the Disney Christmas things. None of us have ever cruised before and so looking forward to it. It won't be long now. Thanks for your tips.

 

[druidia]

OK, bumping this thread.

One week to go!

 

[druidia]

I'm a tad bit concerned about the weather for our cruise this week. There is a tropical depression in the area. It should dissipate by Friday I think, but I hope it doesn't make for rough seas and yucky weather the whole time we're in the Bahamas.

 

[LandBoatRide]

Yes, weather should be "interesting" this weekend. The tropical depression is to the south, but the local Orlando forecasters showed how that, combined with high pressure just north, is bringing big winds onshore to east Florida, meaning bigger than normal waves out to sea. Should be a bumpy first night for sure.

I'll be on the Disney Wonder in 10 hours...woohoo!!!!