December 13, 2008 Western Caribbean!! Let's get acquainted!

[Mom2grlys]

I have been trying to think of a clever name for our cruise too! I am starting to really get into planning for the cruise, I know, crazy that I am doing this so early. The more I read on this site, the more excited I get.....I CAN'T WAIT!! I want to make some cool stuff for our door and I need to think of a good name first.

Also, starting to think of those excursions. Anyone have any suggestions for this western cruise. I was looking at the semi-sub trip. Seems like fun and we have a diverse group from ages 3-60. Sounds like something everyone could enjoy, but a short trip though. I am just not sure what to do for the excursions. Any tips would be appreciated!

 

[SILLYANDI]

OK, here's my disclaimer: Not very creative, but I thought if I throw out some ideas it would get everyone else's creative wheels turning....


Here are a few I thought up:
Konk'd Out at Sea (there's a Konk'd Krusiers group we could borrow that in some other form?)

Westward HO

Castaway Cruisers

DIS'aster in the making (kinda ominous though)

my DD8's contribution- the cookie cruisers
DD10's- The Konk'd Karibbean Kids

DH's contribution- Dorks on DIS (he really is charming)

 

[PenskeSth1]

SILLYANDI--I know I have NO creativity what so ever LOL..

Those are some pretty interesting names though. We love Bill Enval in our house and he uses Dork alot....LOL I often call my DH a Dork.

Konk'd Karibbean Kids is cute even if we may be older kids!

 

[KATIESMOMMY]

loved the names
Only ones I could come up with

Magical Dis'ers
Magical Mayhem
Kooky Kruisers
Magical Carribean Cruisers
Captain Jacks Magical Crew
Magical Wenches and Crew

 

[KATIESMOMMY]

Well I have decided to forgo the whole dolphin thing, Carrie is so young and tiny for her age, I just am to worried she would get hurt. I honestly think we will just wing it for the most part or maybe book a beach break somewhere...


Does anyone have a list of who is going and ages? Just trying to see if there are any kids around my kids ages

 

[SILLYANDI]

Marcy- Maybe if you're not too busy we can Pm you our info and you can edit the first post to include who is cruising and with whom. that way it will be easier to keep track of all of us (now that we actually have a group!). If not, I am willing to do it but my first post isn't until the bottom of the first page so it might be easy to miss.

 

[KATIESMOMMY]

Was bored so I went through the threads to see if I could compile a list, this is what I have found, hope I didn't missanyone ( you will find I am a huge list maker/planner lol)


PenskeSth1-Michele room 7564.
DH (46) at time of cruise, Myself (42) DS (10) and maybe DD (19)

Stinasmom-Marcy room 6610
(41 at time of sailing), DH (42), DD(12) and DS(7).


SILLYANDI- Andrea
35 at time of cruise DH36, DD10, DD8, DS7 & DD4+dear friends and their 2 boys- 8 & 5

Mom2grlys
36, DH 39, DD 12, and DD 10 +DM and DD, his DM and DD, my BIL, SIL and their DD 12 and DS 3

STLDisney_Freak -Sandra
Michael (Dad) Kassondra (Age 3) Autumn (Age 5)

Dr. G
3 boys cruising ages of 15, 9 and 6. 2 girls cruising ages of 13 and 11. I'll be 40 this year and my wife 39 +mom

Skallywag

KATIESMOMMY-Lucinda (40)

Dh Casey 47, DD Katie 4, DD Carrie 2.5 (ages at cruise time)

 

[Stinasmom]

Andrea and Lucinda---
Funny! I had already put together a list (just the other day)! We obviously think alike.
Guess I had some free time that day and as always, love to fill my free time with Disney trip planning!

I had also thought of editing the first page to include more info! Great minds....

At some point it would be fun to post pictures so we'll all recognize each other.

Marcy

 

[IndyDisneyFan]

Hi everyone! I just booked this week while onboard the Magic a couple of weeks ago. It will be myself, my DH, my DD 22 and DS 12. The kids don't know yet, so don't tell them! Once I have more time I will read through all of the posts to get to know everyone a bit better. This will be our 6th cruise (not including the kids), the 4th time on the Western. Planning is half the fun, so it will be fun planning and counting down together.

Laura

 

[Stinasmom]

Welcome Laura! (IndyDisneyFan)
It will be nice to have a veteran in the bunch! Just may have questions for you as we get closer!
I will add you to the first page!

Marcy

 

[KATIESMOMMY]

Well they say great minds think alike lol!!
HI and welcome fellow Hoosier Laura!! I used to live in Indy for a time also, am 3 hours north of you now in the South Bend area.This will be our very first cruise, so I love the fact we have all these veterans to help walk me through it! Its going to be so much fun planning!

Well guys I almost committed mutiny and switched cruises! When the sponsor called to book our cruise *finally* I was offerred the chance of going over Christmas which is normally blacked out!! I was excited and then unsure, even posted asking for opinions. Well I convinced myself we were switching and then when I talked to them totally changed my mind! I just could NOT be away over the holidays, am sure I did the right thing!
We also decided definately not to do the dolphin excursion, my youngest is such a tiny thing and a poster told me how rough the waves can be and that pretty much did it. Carrie is a lil ball of energy but LITTLE is the operative word!!

Here are my two "angels " ( trying to control the laughter at calling them that!!)
and me and DH

 

[Addler]

Hello Hello!!!

I am glad I am not the only person that likes to plan things far in advance, seems alot of you have me beat! I have been driving my DW insain with all the cruise talk since we decided to go on this cruise! I am glad I have found a nice home with other people who are just as excited about this as me! This will be our first cruise ever and we are so excited, I think I am more excited then my girls (the other day one of them said to stop counting down the days because it is only making it seem farther away).

Our crew includes myself (29, as of tommorow actually!), my DW (will be 32 at cruising but shhhh you did not hear that from me) and our two DD's 10 at time of cruising and 12. I work overnights and have been reading the boards all night, told my daughters about this thread during breakfest and that perhaps they can start emailing thier hopfully new "friends" and get to know them so they have some people on board that they will already know.

We went overboard on this, it is our first big family vacation out of the country (we are in the great north eh! saw someone talking about snow, lol we have snow banks taller then myself! 6'2") We decided to come in a day early, right now we are staying at the airport hotel but this may change. After the cruise we are going to be at the French Quarter untill the 27th, will be a very magical Christmass for sure!

Saw some people talking about excursions, we know for sure we are going to be going for the Dolphin Trainer program at dolphinaris that is going to be a big highlight for my DW and DD's. Probably going to book it direct as it saves $320 in doing so, mind you the main site for dolphinaris has a different age restriction then the Disney excursion but are the same programs? Anyone have any insight on this? The main site says 12+ but disney says 10+ on the excursion page. The main site says 3.5 hours and the disney one says 5.5 hours anyone know what the differences are?

Ok I think thats enough for now I have so much on my mind about this trip I could go on forever lol - the magnetic sign making, the excursions the new friends and fun times ahead! Can't wait!

*edit* forgot to mention, we are on deck 6, #6006, saw someone else saying they are on deck 6 too, anyone else?

 

[IndyDisneyFan]

Well they say great minds think alike lol!!
HI and welcome fellow Hoosier Laura!! I used to live in Indy for a time also, am 3 hours north of you now in the South Bend area.This will be our very first cruise, so I love the fact we have all these veterans to help walk me through it! Its going to be so much fun planning!

Hi KATIESMOMMY! I have actually been to Mishawaka. I worked there for two weeks while training for a new job about 16 years ago. It is really cold here, so I know that it is cold up there! It makes the cruise sound so much better doesn't it! I can't wait! Have fun planning!

Laura

 

[KATIESMOMMY]

Addler!! Sounds like a bunch of us are plan-a-holics, we should all get along well

Laura- it is cold here and we got dumped on with lake effect snow, to keep warm I spend the day planning for our cruise and looking at summer clothes for the girls!

Well we dont have a cabin number yet, but the JA emailed and said that she has booked the cruise, they upped us from a cat 11 to a cat 9 which was really nice. SO I guess we are on deck one or two unless we get some pixie dust and an upgrade, but I am just excited to have a window! They booked our flights, we will be at WDW by 11am on Weds before so all looks good!! I finally feel like this is really happenning!

 

[Mom2grlys]

I guess we are all plan-a-holics! I can't wait for our cruise and I am having a blast planning this thing.

Addler, we have the same age girls and this will be our first big vacation too, we always go visit families on vacation. It will be fun to just go on vacation to have fun!!

We are torn between the Jeep excursion and the dolphins. I so want to do the dolphins in cozumel, but I think we are all doing the Jeep one instead. Is the one you are talking about in Cozumel or somewhere else? I wasn't familiar with that particular one you were talking about.

I agree, excursions, flights, hotels, door designs....we better get busy!! I just can't wait!!

 

[KATIESMOMMY]

Theres a name for us,MAGICal Perpetual Planners

Hope everyone is having a great week, we are getting bombed with snow and its soooo cold here today. We got our gas bill today and it was over $400...definately did not make my day!

 

[Mom2grlys]

Theres a name for us,MAGICal Perpetual Planners

Hope everyone is having a great week, we are getting bombed with snow and its soooo cold here today. We got our gas bill today and it was over $400...definately did not make my day!

You too, huh!! We live in Southeast WI, right on the lake. We have had over 80 inches of snow this year!!! I am so sick of snow and dream of the warm spring approaching. I am so glad we will have the cruise to break it up next year. At least we have 40's and rain this weekend, I am hoping it will melt the huge mound of snow we have everywhere! Sorry you have to deal with snow and not rain.

 

[Addler]

We are torn between the Jeep excursion and the dolphins. I so want to do the dolphins in cozumel, but I think we are all doing the Jeep one instead. Is the one you are talking about in Cozumel or somewhere else? I wasn't familiar with that particular one you were talking about.

The Dolphin trainer for a day program in Cozumel. There are two different locations offering this experience. We have decided to go to the one at Dolphinaris. It's a brand new facility (thier old one was ruined by a hurricane) and it looks awsome. dolphinaris.com has more info and its listed as an excursion on the cozumel page. I am going to be contacting them directly in regards to the age thing, its alot cheaper to book through them directly, for our family it saves us $320 in total!

Does anyone know where we dock in Cozumel? is it on the island or the main land, and then we take a ferry to the island? This may be the reason in price difference as the cost to get to dolphinaris depends on the dock location.

Also does anyone want to exchange email addresses for our daughters? My daughter is interested in gettign to know a few of the other girls going, she's 12 years old, my younger daughter is not much into email but i'm sure once her sister gets doing it she'll join in too! PM me if you'd like her email address.

 

[SILLYANDI]

Welcome Addler and family & Happy Birthday to a fellow Pisces! (my Bday was last week- I choose to be 29 again this year!)
I have a DD10 and she is very much in to e-mailing. Maybe that will inspire your youngest!
We are staying at the Residence Inn in Cocoa Beach the night before- DH saw the suite with the jacuzzi on the lanai and he had to stay there. We aren't going to WDW this year, trying to save money but maybe I can talk DH into it by that time

I ahve the hotel, the cruise & our airfare booked. Now I just need to figure out the excursions. We have to do Rasul for DH and parasailing at CC for DD10. otherwise, I think everyone will be content with anything I pick. I'd love to do the Dolphin thing, not so sure my kids will enjoy it though.
They are more adreneline junkies then animal lovers. I guess we will have to talk to them and let them decide. I would LOVE to surprise them with something like this-but it could fail miserably...

Lucinda-LOVE the name! Perpetual Planners of the DIS UNITE!

 

[KATIESMOMMY]

Welcome Addler and family & Happy Birthday to a fellow Pisces! (my Bday was last week- I choose to be 29 again this year!)
I have a DD10 and she is very much in to e-mailing. Maybe that will inspire your youngest!
We are staying at the Residence Inn in Cocoa Beach the night before- DH saw the suite with the jacuzzi on the lanai and he had to stay there. We aren't going to WDW this year, trying to save money but maybe I can talk DH into it by that time

I have the hotel, the cruise & our airfare booked. Now I just need to figure out the excursions. We have to do Rasul for DH and parasailing at CC for DD10. otherwise, I think everyone will be content with anything I pick. I'd love to do the Dolphin thing, not so sure my kids will enjoy it though.
They are more adreneline junkies then animal lovers. I guess we will have to talk to them and let them decide. I would LOVE to surprise them with something like this-but it could fail miserably...

Lucinda-LOVE the name! Perpetual Planners of the DIS UNITE!

Happy belated birthday Andrea!!
We too now have everything but excursions booked. We cut our Disney trip down to just three days, our youngest was just 4 months old when we went the first time and Her Daddy wants to walk her down main street like he did his sister and see her reaction. I dont think its going to be what he hopes for, Katie is all about the princesses and the castle etc and Carrie is not into that kind of stuff, she is more adventurous and rough and tumble. Either way 3 days is better than none!!!
We got our cabin number,2620 cat 9 , I am worried about it, but, the sponsor says if we dont like it and its as loud as the reviews say, to ask on board to change which will be next to impossible I hear. I tried to get DCL to change it for me, but, they cant as the sponsor booked it....bad part is the the sponsor booked us transfer via Disney and its $4 more to do it from the resort, well they wont change it and DCL wont let me pay the damn $4, so it looks like either we take DME to MCO and then transfer or I keep my rental car...rental is winning out it looks like...
Your excursions sound wonderful! With my little ones I am just trying to choose one of the beach breaks...DH says we will just wing it when we get to port and I about died of horror! lol I know you fellow perputual planners will understand that lol
Andrea I see that your one daughter is the same age as my Katie, maybe they can pal around in the club. Katie is the sort who is friends with EVERYONE, she is really sweet though.
We need to liven this thread up a bit guys!! I know you all have lives, unfortuantely I dont I am a sham so I am on here ALOT and check here at leat 5 times a day, I am obsessed!!
Hope everyone had a great weekend!!