December 24, 2011 Celebrating a Magical 6-Night Caribbean Christmas Cruise

[chernabogfamily]

Hello All,

I can't believe I'm starting this cruise meet thread off, but here goes.

We are so excited to be joining Mickey and the Gang for all the Christmas festivities. We can't wait to experience the holidays at sea!
We are DH (42), DW (39), DS (11 at cruise time), and DD (8 at cruise time).

Who else is joining us???

 

[IrishCowboy]

I have added your thread to the cruise meet list

 

[brantleysmom]

My son (12 turning 13 on the cruise) and I (mom 40's) will be joining you on this 6 day Christmas cruise ! SO excited! We JUST did a bahamian cruise on the Wonder and immediately booked the Magic for 2011.

Would love to hear from you and others joining us! Just to chat about experiences, etc!

Sharon (brantleysmom)

 

[brantleysmom]

Just noticed that you were in Missouri, too! "It's a small small world"!

 

[chernabogfamily]

Just noticed that you were in Missouri, too! "It's a small small world"!

I guess us Missourians want to escape the midwestern winter and go TROPICAL!!

Are you near St Louis or KC? Or right in the middle?

 

[chernabogfamily]

We just went on our first cruise also. We did the 5-night Key West cruise on the Wonder at the beginning of June.
It was fantastic, and we booked while on board as well.
My kids proclaimed that they never want to do any other kind of vacation...they said they even liked it better than experiencing the rides at the parks?!?!

Which cruise were you on?

 

[chernabogfamily]

I suppose it's never too early to start a Roll Call for this cruise. The Christmas Cruisers are:

1. Chernabog Family- DH, DW-Kellie (me), DS (11), and DD (7)
2. BrantleysMom- Sharon, DS (12 turning 13)

 

[brantleysmom]

Hi Kellie!

We are about 6 hours from St. Louis and 4 from KC. And you?

We were on the Wonder also! We went to Nassau and Castaway at the end of May, so right before you!

We had Henry and Kerry as servers... you didn't happen to have them, too, did you??

We had a GREAT time! We played with the stingrays and the sea lions. It was amazing!

On this next cruise, you will also go to the keys again, right?? What did you do there before? What should we not miss?

Brantley (DS) really enjoyed the cruising as well! We were so busy every minute!

Do you have a facebook page? I check that more often than I check in here, sorry I was so late to reply. I'll try to remember to check more often!

(triple w.facebook.com/brantleysmom if you do fb.... trying to "trick" this system because it won't let me post a link )


Sharon

 

[HFC1969]

Hello...

Just being nosey....

From MO also..

We are annual

This seems to be a short for some reason

This is the cruise we are are considering for 2011.

 

[brantleysmom]

Hi Amy!

So do you think you will choose this cruise?

What led you to be annual Christmas cruisers? Just curious!

I'm pretty sure that this one is shorter because the NEXT one got the extra day due to the way the two holidays lined up in the week. I'm ok with it though..... I'm thinking 6 days will be enough..... we are NOT seasoned cruisers, yet anyways!

Would love to hear more when you have time!

Sharon

 

[brantleysmom]

Amy,

I just clicked on your Vika link! HOW wonderful!! Looks like you all are so blessed to have a new little one in your house and family!

CONGRATULATIONS!

Sharon

 

[HFC1969]

Thanks for the congrats on our daughter

We started going on the 6 years ago... Decided that each was much more memorable if it was just us.. instead of running place to place on Christmas day.. We thought of it as making memories with just our family. My folks went the first year (were avid cruisers) They loved it.. we have booked ever since. Currently we are on count down for the 11 day Southern

This will be our daughters first home with us.. and her first ofcourse.. Praying for a perfect time.

As of now this is the one we are going to book once on board the Magic for 2011. The decorations on the are AWESOME It is so nice to wake up in the Carribean on instead of STL..

If you were to ask our 10yo DS what is his favorite vaca he would say

Mike aka Dr. Amy's DH..

 

[chernabogfamily]

Welcome aboard Amy!

Well, it looks like us Missourians are going to take over the ship on this cruise.

We've always wanted to see Disney at Christmastime, and thought this would be the least crowded way to do it. Plus, we fell in love with cruising!

 

[jitsb]

Hi everyone! I decided to go looking for this thread, as I believe this is the cruise we are considering taking next year, and wanted to see who would be aboard!

Oddly enough, given the current discussion, we will be living just outside KC at the time of this cruise!

My husband will be taking a year-long course for all of 2011, with very little vacation time allowed. So we thought, once he was finished on the 18th of December, we should treat ourselves to a Disney Christmas cruise!

Our first DCL was in May of 2009 in the Western Caribbean and in 17 days we leave on our 11-night Mediterranean Cruise!! I'm thinking this is when we'd like to book the Christmas cruise. Any advice for me?

 

[HFC1969]

Any advice for me?

Do it... Cruising at Christmas is truly Magical!

 

[brantleysmom]

Oh I'm SO excited that we are all from Missouri!! That's so much fun!

I can't wait to hear about your cruises in the meantime! Please post about your fun experiences and adventures!




Sharon and Brantley

 

[jitsb]

It's official! We're booked on the December 24th Magic cruise, stateroom 6558!!

If you are interested, I have my trip report from our most recent cruise: www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2536667 I'll be adding photos over the next few days.

By the time it gets here, we will be me (34) DH (35) DS (8) DS (5 1/2) Hope we get more people signed on and in the thread! I'd love to plan some fun activities!

 

[HFC1969]

It's official! We're booked on the December 24th Magic cruise, stateroom 6558!!

Congrats... we wont be able to book until we are on the DCL for this

If you are interested, I have my trip report from our most recent cruise: www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2536667 I'll be adding photos over the next few days.

Will defiantely take a peak at that this week.

By the time it gets here, we will be me (34) DH (35) DS (8) DS (5 1/2) Hope we get more people signed on and in the thread! I'd love to plan some fun activities!

Oh my... just thought my will be 5 then..

 

[brantleysmom]

Great to meet you Sarah (and family!) We are certainly up for FUN activities with you!! We'll keep checking back ! LOVED reading about your awesome Med cruise! Thanks for giving the link!

Sharon

 

[chernabogfamily]

Plans changed for us for the holidays, so we had to switch our cruise. Bummed I won't meet all the other Missouri folks, but there's always another cruise. Happy Sailings!