December 23, 2009 ~ Christmas on the Wonder!

[JohnsPrincess]

Subscribing

Will you be joining us on the cruise?

 

[JohnsPrincess]

yeh! we all got our tickets today aswell!!

I don't think Dh has gotten ours yet!! Hopefully by the weekend!

 

[TheBeadPirate]

Ours are here too! We found them yesterday on a neighbor's porch!

Hope everyone ended up chock full of good food.


One last reminder for the FE exchange. Monday is the cutoff day! PM me by then, and I'll be sending the list I have out to everyone, probably Tuesday!

 

[grantclaire]

Hi everyone, picked up our cruise docs today. Nov 27. Time to start packing! or at least start making lists.

 

[JohnsPrincess]

Ours are here too! We found them yesterday on a neighbor's porch!

Hope everyone ended up chock full of good food.


One last reminder for the FE exchange. Monday is the cutoff day! PM me by then, and I'll be sending the list I have out to everyone, probably Tuesday!

I don't think ours are there yet!!!! I wonder when I should start getting worried??

 

[prdaniel]

I don't think ours are there yet!!!! I wonder when I should start getting worried??

I don't have mine either - got my WDW docs yesterday, but nothing for the cruise. I've got a message into my TA to see if they are coming next week. Patricia

 

[JohnsPrincess]

Hmmmm I think I'll send mine an email too!

 

[mickey squared]

OK, so we're back from our Thanksgiving Day cruise and I'm still rocking!! Could be from our blown engine and fire onboard. The lights went out and there was black smoke everywhere. We came to a complete stop and the crew were running everywhere. The fire doors were shut to the cabins and the elevators were of course turned off. We did eventually start moving, but we lost time so we didn't get to Castaway until 10:00. Then, we couldn't dock until 1:30 because we didn't have enough engine power with the winds and tide.

Very interesting cruise. This was our 5th Disney cruise and we found it very different. Could be because there were a lot of big groups of families. I know for us, we usually see the same people all week on the ship, but this time, we saw new people everyday!! And our servers, the worst we've ever had. We skipped dinner twice and didn't go to the character breakfast. My kids really missed our old servers. Especially when they saw all the attention some other kids were getting at other tables. If this was our back to back, I would have requested new servers!!

The water at Castaway was very cold and since we got there late, there was no food on the island. We still enjoyed it, but I heard others complaining.
We still had a good time and we're loking forward to this cruise. The kids were shocked and surprised only realizinf the night before that we were going somewhere because "all their cruise clothes were missing" from their closets. I'm sure they have no idea about this one. We're crazy but I don't think they know how much!!

Oh, how can I forget. My daughter was diagnosed with h1n1 for the 2nd time on the cruise!! She first had it 2 months ago so this was mild, but still
Now, I need a vacation!!

Our docs were waiting for us when we got home. Looking forward to meeting everyone.

Marguerite

 

[JohnsPrincess]

OK, so we're back from our Thanksgiving Day cruise and I'm still rocking!! Could be from our blown engine and fire onboard. The lights went out and there was black smoke everywhere. We came to a complete stop and the crew were running everywhere. The fire doors were shut to the cabins and the elevators were of course turned off. We did eventually start moving, but we lost time so we didn't get to Castaway until 10:00. Then, we couldn't dock until 1:30 because we didn't have enough engine power with the winds and tide.

Very interesting cruise. This was our 5th Disney cruise and we found it very different. Could be because there were a lot of big groups of families. I know for us, we usually see the same people all week on the ship, but this time, we saw new people everyday!! And our servers, the worst we've ever had. We skipped dinner twice and didn't go to the character breakfast. My kids really missed our old servers. Especially when they saw all the attention some other kids were getting at other tables. If this was our back to back, I would have requested new servers!!

The water at Castaway was very cold and since we got there late, there was no food on the island. We still enjoyed it, but I heard others complaining.
We still had a good time and we're loking forward to this cruise. The kids were shocked and surprised only realizinf the night before that we were going somewhere because "all their cruise clothes were missing" from their closets. I'm sure they have no idea about this one. We're crazy but I don't think they know how much!!

Oh, how can I forget. My daughter was diagnosed with h1n1 for the 2nd time on the cruise!! She first had it 2 months ago so this was mild, but still
Now, I need a vacation!!

Our docs were waiting for us when we got home. Looking forward to meeting everyone.

Marguerite

I'm sorry your cruise wasn't as good as others!!! Hopefully this one makes up for it!! And I'm also hoping the water at CC warms up!! I booked the snorkel excursion!! LOL

 

[TheBeadPirate]

Just a reminder ya'll, today is the last day for FE exchange sign ups! I PMd the ones that posted interest but I never received info from. I'm hoping to get the list out tomorrow, but would like to hear back from those PMs first.

It'll be here before you know it now!

 

[prdaniel]

Hmmmm I think I'll send mine an email too!

Lexi - according to UPS, my TA just got my docs delivered to them this morning.

In case you didn't know this, you can track your docs if they have been sent by going to http://wwwapps.ups.com/WebTracking/reference and putting in your reservation number for the "shipment reference" and then the country & zip code for your TA where it asks for destination zip/country.

I learned this trick from the DIS group for my last cruise.

Patricia

 

[JohnsPrincess]

Patricia - I had no idea you could do that!!!!! I'm going to have to remember that for next time because....they arrived!!! John said they were in the mail yesterday (Monday)!! So stinkin' excited!


I HAVE to go shopping this Sunday because I don't have enough of...something...for my FE gifts!! Plus it'll be my last chance to shop over here so I need to get a ... few ... more purses for me and some other gifts and such. Lol

 

[JohnsPrincess]

I have a question about the shipboard account... I read that you have to start it with 500$ (I think). Can they take that out of a credit card? Or does it have to be out of your main account?? And then, what if you don't use the whole thing?? I imagine it won't be TOO hard to blow through that, lol, but I'd rather not. Do you credit it back to you account? I haven't read Anything that says what happens if you don't happen to spend it all.

 

[TheBeadPirate]

I have a question about the shipboard account... I read that you have to start it with 500$ (I think). Can they take that out of a credit card? Or does it have to be out of your main account?? And then, what if you don't use the whole thing?? I imagine it won't be TOO hard to blow through that, lol, but I'd rather not. Do you credit it back to you account? I haven't read Anything that says what happens if you don't happen to spend it all.

You can put a credit card toward your account- they "pre-authorize" it for $500- not charge it, but kind of like a hold a hotel does when you check in. At the end of the cruise they charge the card whatever amount you've charged to your onboard account.

Alternatively, you can put cash toward your account. I'm not sure how much they require/ask for, but when you start getting close to that amount they ask you to come to guest services and pay on it, then you can charge again.

If you want you can go ahead and "prepurchase" onboard credit also. We've done that on our last cruises. I called when I got paid and put $500 toward the account- so I knew our excursions and a couple of adult beverages were already covered in our budget before we even got there!

 

[TheBeadPirate]

I have PMd lists to everyone. If there's a problem please let me know ASAP so I can fix it. What I sent is a screenshot of the excel spreadsheet I have. If you'd like that instead send me your email address and I will be glad to email it.

Thanks!.....and Happy December!

 

[mickey squared]

Thx, got the FE list. Now I can start putting them together. At least something will be done before the last night rush!!

 

[JohnsPrincess]

You can put a credit card toward your account- they "pre-authorize" it for $500- not charge it, but kind of like a hold a hotel does when you check in. At the end of the cruise they charge the card whatever amount you've charged to your onboard account.

Alternatively, you can put cash toward your account. I'm not sure how much they require/ask for, but when you start getting close to that amount they ask you to come to guest services and pay on it, then you can charge again.

If you want you can go ahead and "prepurchase" onboard credit also. We've done that on our last cruises. I called when I got paid and put $500 toward the account- so I knew our excursions and a couple of adult beverages were already covered in our budget before we even got there!

Ah, thank you! I've been looking for that info everywhere. I even bought one of the Disney Cruise books and even it mentioned having to put 500$ down...but not anything more! LOL

 

[TheBeadPirate]

I hope all this silence means everyone is getting ready to go go go!

 

[milliesmum]

I hope all this silence means everyone is getting ready to go go go!

Yes, I've just spent the last hour and a half filling out forms for our ESTAs(online visas) and the online check in for DCL. One lot of forms doesn't take too long but when you are doing it for six it seems to take ages.
I think we are just about ready to go - now all we have to do is pack!!!Oh no!!!

 

[NCDisneyfam]

Got it, Bead Pirate--I will pass it along to my parents. Can't wait to cruise with you all!