December Dreamin' ...12/8/2013...4 night Bahamian Cruise

[Tiggersweetpea]

I'm new to this, so I hope I am doing this right

Stateroom: 6501
DIS Name: Tiggersweetpea
Names/Age(s): (at sailing) of everyone going with us: Amy/34, Jay/37, Pierce/6
Where From: Baltimore, MD
Dining - late or early: Main
Celebrating: Jay's Birthday, First Cruise
Participating in the Fish Extender: (only if you want to - not a requirement) Yes

 

[nurselalie]

Hi!! My family just booked a stateroom on this lively cruise and would love to be part of this group! This will be our third cruise, second Disney cruise. We are all excited for a fabulous time on the "big, big boat" as the 4 year old calls it!
Stateroom: 8656
DIS Name: Nurselalie
Names/Age(s): Steve (29), Laura (28), Jack (4), Kaylee (a month shy of 2)
Where From: Colorado Springs, CO
Dining - late or early: early (may switch as we are on mountain time)
Celebrating: Christmas! And just being together... And we could probably tack on miss Kaylee's birthday

Ahhh!! And we definitely DO want to do the fish extender!! My kids will love it sorry I forgot to add that! (Thanks for reminding me with your post Tiggersweetpea!)

 

[shadowryter]

Hi!! My family just booked a stateroom on this lively cruise and would love to be part of this group! This will be our third cruise, second Disney cruise. We are all excited for a fabulous time on the "big, big boat" as the 4 year old calls it!
Stateroom: 8656
DIS Name: Nurselalie
Names/Age(s): Steve (29), Laura (28), Jack (4), Kaylee (a month shy of 2)
Where From: Colorado Springs, CO
Dining - late or early: early (may switch as we are on mountain time)
Celebrating: Christmas! And just being together... And we could probably tack on miss Kaylee's birthday

I'm new to this, so I hope I am doing this right

Stateroom: 6501
DIS Name: Tiggersweetpea
Names/Age(s): (at sailing) of everyone going with us: Amy/34, Jay/37, Pierce/6
Where From: Baltimore, MD
Dining - late or early: Main
Celebrating: Jay's Birthday, First Cruise
Participating in the Fish Extender: (only if you want to - not a requirement) Yes

to December Dreamin'....I have updated the first page with both of your info and will be updating FB later today. Our numbers are small but growing and there's a great group of people here and on FB. Have a magical day!
Linda

 

[jehaberl]

Hello everyone! This will be our very first Disney cruise and our children's first cruise ever. I am very very new to the Disboards so please be patient with my posts. I am super excited for this trip. We will be visiting our second home for a few days before the cruise. Staying 3 nights at World!
This trip will be our Christmas gift to our kids so they will have no clue about the cruise! So, here's our answers:
Stateroom: 7675
DIS name: jehaberl
Names/Ages: Jeff (adult), Emily (adult), William (9), Grace (6)
Where from: O'Fallon, IL
Dining: Main
Celebrating: Christmas and my new job as well as our love of all things Disney
Participating in FE: Planning to! What a fun idea!!

 

[shadowryter]

Hello everyone! This will be our very first Disney cruise and our children's first cruise ever. I am very very new to the Disboards so please be patient with my posts. I am super excited for this trip. We will be visiting our second home for a few days before the cruise. Staying 3 nights at World!
This trip will be our Christmas gift to our kids so they will have no clue about the cruise! So, here's our answers:
Stateroom: 7675
DIS name: jehaberl
Names/Ages: Jeff (adult), Emily (adult), William (9), Grace (6)
Where from: O'Fallon, IL
Dining: Main
Celebrating: Christmas and my new job as well as our love of all things Disney
Participating in FE: Planning to! What a fun idea!!

to the DIS and welcome to December Dreeamin'. I've added your information to the first post of this thread and will update FB soon. BTW, welcome to our FB group also. There's a great bunch of people on this cruise and our FB page is getting busier. Just have fun with the DIS as there is a wealth of information on these threads. I've also posted some info about the Fish Extenders on the first page. If you need any help just ask.
Linda

 

[jehaberl]

Hey everyone, Just curious since we've never been on a DC... Is there a pin trading event or can you trade with CM's? We just started getting into this at DW and aren't sure if we should bring them along on the cruise. Thanks!

 

[tinker1bell]

Hey everyone, Just curious since we've never been on a DC... Is there a pin trading event or can you trade with CM's? We just started getting into this at DW and aren't sure if we should bring them along on the cruise. Thanks!

Not sure if there will be a pin trading event but you can trade pins with the CM's

 

[jehaberl]

So, I have a few questions for those of you that may have done a cruise once or twice *wink wink*.

Are there excursions that anyone has done in the past that they would recommend?

Does anyone have a source they would recommend for their FE?

I had heard that it is possible to ship our FE gifts ahead of time so that there's more room in our luggage. Any truth to that?

 

[shadowryter]

So, I have a few questions for those of you that may have done a cruise once or twice *wink wink*.

Are there excursions that anyone has done in the past that they would recommend?

Does anyone have a source they would recommend for their FE?

I had heard that it is possible to ship our FE gifts ahead of time so that there's more room in our luggage. Any truth to that?

As far as tours go we have only done one; the Atlantis Aquarium tour. It was fun and informative. You also get a tour of the Casino and go shopping in a beautiful yet expensive mall. I know boring huh?

I got my FE from gradysmommy on ebay. She has since moved to Etsy where there are a couple of more sellers. (my FE is posted on the first page of this thread) You get to choose your colors, borders, characters and heading. They are personalized to the max. Whatever you want really.

Yes you can ship your FE and other things to the port ahead of time. I will look up the info and add this to the first page. I know there is a sticky somewhere. So I'll see what I can do to make it easier. Hope this helped a little.
Linda

Found it:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2068966

Also added to first page of DD thread.

 

[tinker1bell]

So, I have a few questions for those of you that may have done a cruise once or twice *wink wink*.

Are there excursions that anyone has done in the past that they would recommend?

Does anyone have a source they would recommend for their FE?

I had heard that it is possible to ship our FE gifts ahead of time so that there's more room in our luggage. Any truth to that?

I did the Dolphin Encounter and really had such a good time. It was worth the money

On Castaway Cay, I did the Parasailing and it was awesome!!

 

[shadowryter]

I did the Dolphin Encounter and really had such a good time. It was worth the money

On Castaway Cay, I did the Parasailing and it was awesome!!

Way to go Terry! You would not get me up there!!!

 

[jehaberl]

Thanks for your help. So much to learn about cruising! Found another idea for FE gifts today so I'm getting totally excited!!! Can't wait to meet you all...or at least see your FE's outside your doors.

 

[bellelinus]

Stateroom: 7076
DIS Name: bellelinus
Names/Age(s): Julie (mom), Elizabeth (21 year old daughter)
Where From:NYC
Dining - late or early:late
Celebrating:Julie's birthday Dec 9
Participating in the Fish Extender: DEFINITELY YES!
(Doing a B2B with the 3 night immediately after this one . . .)

 

[shadowryter]

Stateroom: 7076
DIS Name: bellelinus
Names/Age(s): Julie (mom), Elizabeth (21 year old daughter)
Where From:NYC
Dining - late or early:late
Celebrating:Julie's birthday Dec 9
Participating in the Fish Extender: DEFINITELY YES!
(Doing a B2B with the 3 night immediately after this one . . .)

Julie. I've added your info to the first page of this thread. If you have any questions please feel free to ask. We also have a face book page which is a little more active than here. You can find us at https://www.facebook.com/groups/414169592025680/

 

[bellelinus]

Julie. I've added your info to the first page of this thread. If you have any questions please feel free to ask. We also have a face book page which is a little more active than here. You can find us at https://www.facebook.com/groups/414169592025680/

Thanks for the welcome! These b2b cruises will be our 9th and 10th cruises, but our first on the Dream, so we are looking forward to exploring the new ship.

 

[shadowryter]

Thanks for the welcome! These b2b cruises will be our 9th and 10th cruises, but our first on the Dream, so we are looking forward to exploring the new ship.

This will only be our 5th. When we return next year we'll be Gold Status. Looking forward to that one. What ships have you sailed? We are kind of doing a b2b. We'll be sailing on the Fantasy for 7 days then at WDW for a day until we sail on the Dream. DH Dan wants to do a b2b Fantasy. Some day.

 

[bellelinus]

This will only be our 5th. When we return next year we'll be Gold Status. Looking forward to that one. What ships have you sailed? We are kind of doing a b2b. We'll be sailing on the Fantasy for 7 days then at WDW for a day until we sail on the Dream. DH Dan wants to do a b2b Fantasy. Some day.

I normally travel with all three of my daughters (the 21 year old is the oldest and will be a senior in college this year), and this will be my first with just one of the girls. The other two are a new college freshman and an incoming high school junior and can't get away for those dates in December. We started out on the Wonder on a 4 day, and then have done lots of LONG special cruises on the Magic - Med 11 night, transAtlantic 14 night, Panama Canal 15 night followed by a b2b with a 5 night Bahamian, 7 night Eastern and Western (New Year's eve cruise), and this summer 12 night including Turkey and Greece . . .

This b2b on the Dream celebrates my birthday on Dec. 9 and my oldest daughter and I intend to make it a very relaxing trip. I just booked a Bamboo massage for my birthday at the Senses Spa . . .

 

[giabella1]

6086: GiaBella1--Gia (42) Tom (43) Mary Ann (65) Bella (11)--Kingston, Pa---Early---Birthday for Mary Ann and Bella--FE not sure yet!

 

[jehaberl]

Do we have any idea which characters will be onboard? Just curious...

 

[shadowryter]

6086: GiaBella1--Gia (42) Tom (43) Mary Ann (65) Bella (11)--Kingston, Pa---Early---Birthday for Mary Ann and Bella--FE not sure yet!

I've updated the first page of this thread with your information. aboard.