December 20 2009 3 night Wonder

[NatdelPozo]

Thanks so much! I will definitely check into rebooking our room. By the way, what is a CAA discount?

I just talked to Chloe this morning and we are excited about doing the F/E exchange, please add us to the list

Can't believe it's less than 8 wks away!

 

[Ware Bears]

Hi Natalia, Mike and Chloe, welcome aboard!!

 

[Ware Bears]

How are you all, fellow cruisers?

All getting very excited, I hope!!

 

[mcl]

We are getting excited.

A couple quick questions for the veteran cruisers.

...My daughter just turned 13, we're considering "the Wild Side" teen activities on Castaway Cay. Can we wait until we are on the ship to sign up, or does it get totally booked early? Do 13 year olds like this excursion, or is it geared to the more mature teens? What if the weather is bad?

...I thought I read that if you collect autographs, you could drop off your book or hat or whatever and all the characters would autograph it for you. I can't find where I read this. Does anyone know if it is true?

Thanks,
Katie

 

[ShastaDog]

A couple quick questions for the veteran cruisers.

...My daughter just turned 13, we're considering "the Wild Side" teen activities on Castaway Cay. Can we wait until we are on the ship to sign up, or does it get totally booked early? Do 13 year olds like this excursion, or is it geared to the more mature teens?

My daughter is just 13 as well, so I would also be interested if anybody has any insight on this. She has kayaked (sp?) before, but never snorkeled. I've already signed her up, but I guess we have some time...

 

[CoriCW]

Hi, everyone. I've never done this before, so bear with me if it seems like I'm not a pro at this

My husband (DH?, is that the code name?), Mike, and I are travelling on this cruise with our daughter, Chloe (I guess that's DD, right?) who will turn 9 years old on Dec. 21st. We originally booked the cruise to celebrate our 15 yr anniversary, so we really have a lot to celebrate in our short 3 day cruise.

We are staying with a long-time friend in Orlando, both before the cruise and after the cruise. Universal for a few days before, and then Disney for the 4-5 days after.

I would love to have a "friend" for Chloe to hang out with on the ship and during our days on-shore. We have a room booked at Comfort Suites which will allow us access to Atlantis. On Castaway Caye, we are renting bikes, snorkle gear, and floats for a day of total fun in the sun and relaxation.

We do not have a room assignment, yet, just a GTY.

Looking forward getting to know you, our fellow ship-mates

Natalia

Hi Natalia,
Our daughter Tina will be traveling. She will be 9 on Jan. 9! Her cousins will be on board, as well. It would be great to try to connect the girls up at some point!

We are also arriving a few days early and doing MK, and then staying 4-5 days afterwards (but probably visiting with family in Orlando).

Sounds like we have a lot in common. DH and I have been married 14.5 years.

This is getting close! I am EXCITED!!!!

 

[CoriCW]

We are getting excited.

...I thought I read that if you collect autographs, you could drop off your book or hat or whatever and all the characters would autograph it for you. I can't find where I read this. Does anyone know if it is true?

Thanks,
Katie

I've read that if you drop off aziploc-type bag with a tshirt, or pillow case, or autograph book with a couple of markers at the guest services (what's it called on the ship?) at the very beginning of the cruise, then you can pick it up at the end and the characters will have signed your item!!

We are planning on doing this (one bag for each child, and probably one for me and DH each as well!) with tshirts. Or maybe photo mats?

 

[mcl]

TY ShastaDog and CoriCW. looking forward to meeting everyone, in 45 days !!

 

[Charleyann]

We got our room assignment today. We were upgraded from a 12 GTY to category 10. This could be a problem . This could be an upgrade from He**!

Now to give you the story...My best friend and I are taking our 2 boys on a cruise together. They are both chronically ill and both suffer terminal illnesses. One uses a wheelchair/ scooter for endurance and from fatique or disease flareup. We couldn't get an accessible room.

Today our cabin assignment was for#2653. Deck 2 and as far aft as you can get and over the motors!. Reviews say when docking or departing you get thunderous noises and earhtquake sensations which begin as early as 3 am and end around 7 am or when the ship docks.

These two boys will need rest after a long day of play and adventure. This would surely wake them with a start and scare the crap out of them as we are inside with no window...

Should I be concerned? Any options available for us?

Thanks

Charleyann

 

[NatdelPozo]

Hi Natalia,
Our daughter Tina will be traveling. She will be 9 on Jan. 9! Her cousins will be on board, as well. It would be great to try to connect the girls up at some point!

We are also arriving a few days early and doing MK, and then staying 4-5 days afterwards (but probably visiting with family in Orlando).

Sounds like we have a lot in common. DH and I have been married 14.5 years.

This is getting close! I am EXCITED!!!!

Cori,
That sounds really great! We will definitely have to get the girls acquainted. Are you planning on going to Atlantis? We are still waiting on our room assignments, so when we get them, I will post it. Looking forward to meeting you, and everyone else!


Natalia

 

[Snoopygirl]

Hello Fellow Cruisers!!

Well......Unfortunately I must take our family off the list for the FE exchange. Things have not been going too well financailly for us. We almost canceled our whole trip but my mom and I decided that this will probably be the last big vacation for a long time so we're gonna do it! So we really need to cut back on any extra spending. I'm bummed but I hope I can still meet everyone!!!

My daughter is 9 also and it would be great to have these girls meet and hang out while we are cruising.

I'm excited!!

 

[NatdelPozo]

Hey, Snoopygirl (remind me of your "real name", please)
Chloe, our 9 yr old, is already excited about meeting other girls her age on the cruise....we'll post our room assignment when we get it!

Can't wait to meet you guys.
Natalia

 

[NC DCL fans]

We are in cat 9 cabin 2520! Please add that to our info for the FE exchange!
(cabin 2520- nc dcl fans - Nancy and John, DD17 Jennifer; DS14 Ryan).

We are so excited since we booked a gty12 cabin for 2 adults and 2 kids and got a cat 9 with a big porthole on deck2!!! Yippeee!!!!!!

We are so excited for our second disney cruise!! Can't wait to meet everyone!! Keep hoping for some nice warm weather everybody!

 

[Snoopygirl]

Hey, Snoopygirl (remind me of your "real name", please)
Chloe, our 9 yr old, is already excited about meeting other girls her age on the cruise....we'll post our room assignment when we get it!

Can't wait to meet you guys.
Natalia

Sorry about that!! LOL!

Me-Cynthia
DH-Dan
DD9-Alyssa
DD5-Brianna
My mom-Diane

Have you cruised before? This will be a first for all except my mom. We are looking forward to it a lot!

 

[CoriCW]

We got our room assignment today. We were upgraded from a 12 GTY to category 10. This could be a problem . This could be an upgrade from He**!

Now to give you the story...My best friend and I are taking our 2 boys on a cruise together. They are both chronically ill and both suffer terminal illnesses. One uses a wheelchair/ scooter for endurance and from fatique or disease flareup. We couldn't get an accessible room.

Today our cabin assignment was for#2653. Deck 2 and as far aft as you can get and over the motors!. Reviews say when docking or departing you get thunderous noises and earhtquake sensations which begin as early as 3 am and end around 7 am or when the ship docks.

These two boys will need rest after a long day of play and adventure. This would surely wake them with a start and scare the crap out of them as we are inside with no window...

Should I be concerned? Any options available for us?

Thanks

Charleyann

Hi Charleyann,

How funny is this - we were assigned room 2652, which I think is right across the hall from you!

Our category 12 was upgraded to a category 9, which looked GREAT until I read your review about the noises. Actually, I was fairly happy that we were not around a lot of other rooms due to our youngest son's special needs, and the possibility that he has a 'meltdown' and we have to stay in the stateroom with him until he calms down (which can take an hour or more at times).

Mom & Dad (Mike and Susan Canty) were assigned room 7009 - just about as far away from our room as possible! I think they may be secretly happy about that.

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

Well I see that DCL has started assigning GTY cabins at the 45-day mark. That’s a good thing. We’ve updated the lists to reflect the changes posted in the last couple of days. We’ll keep checking for updates and we will probably post the first maps sometime this week (for those that will start traveling very early). Sorry to see some folks have had to drop out of the F/E, but everyone should still have a great cruise. Disney would expect nothing less.

Here’s the current F/E list. When we here from the last few groups about cabins, we’ll post the final version and all the accompanying documents. Check your reservations and let us know if there are any changes.

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"Holidays of Wonder" Cruise (Dec 20-23, 2009) - Members Lists
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Current F/E Participants
**Note - Cutoff for joining F/E Exchange will be Sunday, November 29
Cabin - DIS Name - The Crew
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2082 - ShastaDog - Jennifer, DD13:Lauren
2520 - NC DCL fans - Nancy & John, DD16:Jenn, DS13:Ryan
2652 - CoriCW - Cori & David, DD8:Tina, DS7:Ricky, DS5:Ross
6092 - MSGirl - Ron & Trudie, DD6:Madalin
*GTY - MSGirl(2) - Donald & Sabrina
7009 - CoriCW(2) - Mike & Susan
7123 - Jenpink - Jennifer, DD7:Sulie, DN15:Sam
8038 - jtw999 - Troy & Jeanette, DS12:Jordan, DS10:Connor, DS7:Braden.
8528 - Ware Bears - Bryan & Elaine, DD17:Samantha, DD15anielle, DD13:Francesca
**** - nibbo - Nick, DW, DD12, DD14
*GTY - mcl - Katie, DD13ilara
*GTY - kkmcan - Kelly & Kyle, DD12:Molly, DS9:Bennett
*GTY - NatdelPozo - Mike & Natalia, DD9:Chloe

Dis Members also Sailing Dec 20
Cabin - DIS Name - The Crew
-----------------------------------
2629 - Snoopygirl - Cynthia & Dan, DD5:Brianna
2631 - Snoopygirl - DGMiane, DD9:Alyssa
2653 - Charleyann - Charley, DS14:Jacob & Heidi, DS14:Zackary
**** - asmdisney719 - Me, DH, DS14, DD13, DD4
**** - MOMO2DK - Martha, DH, DD10, DS8

 

[Ware Bears]

We got our room assignment today. We were upgraded from a 12 GTY to category 10. This could be a problem . This could be an upgrade from He**!

Now to give you the story...My best friend and I are taking our 2 boys on a cruise together. They are both chronically ill and both suffer terminal illnesses. One uses a wheelchair/ scooter for endurance and from fatique or disease flareup. We couldn't get an accessible room.

Today our cabin assignment was for#2653. Deck 2 and as far aft as you can get and over the motors!. Reviews say when docking or departing you get thunderous noises and earhtquake sensations which begin as early as 3 am and end around 7 am or when the ship docks.

These two boys will need rest after a long day of play and adventure. This would surely wake them with a start and scare the crap out of them as we are inside with no window...

Should I be concerned? Any options available for us?

Thanks

Charleyann

Did you book through a TA or direct with DCL? If you booked with a TA, perhaps they can help?

Hello Fellow Cruisers!!

Well......Unfortunately I must take our family off the list for the FE exchange. Things have not been going too well financailly for us. We almost canceled our whole trip but my mom and I decided that this will probably be the last big vacation for a long time so we're gonna do it! So we really need to cut back on any extra spending. I'm bummed but I hope I can still meet everyone!!!



I'm excited!!

Sorry things aren't going too well but I'm so glad you're still cruising!!

Looking forward to meeting you along with everyone else.

 

[Charleyann]

Did you book through a TA or direct with DCL? If you booked with a TA, perhaps they can help?



Sorry things aren't going too well but I'm so glad you're still cruising!!

Looking forward to meeting you along with everyone else.

We booked with DU. TA said she is doing everything. Disney are the ones being miserable / unwilling to help!

I swear they are losing, what was once good customer service. It seems it doesn't matter to them what they do wrong...because someone else will come along and buy their product. They are just too big now!

This will be our last cruise with Disney. I like the service on Carnival much better. They actually work with you and not against you! Their prices are reasonable and they offer more ports!

STill going to make the best of this cruise . I know I'll love Nassau and Castaway Cay!

Charleyann

 

[Ware Bears]

STill going to make the best of this cruise . I know I'll love Nassau and Castaway Cay!

 

[kkmcan]

KKmcan got our room assignment 6541. Not sure how to put that on the list.