Diez (10) Noches Calientes en la Riviera Mexicana/17 de abril 2011 (4.17.11 Wonder!)

[fourmcds]

Michelle.....when you get the DCL page, before coming to the "meets" page. It was one of those posts, today, on the first page. I think it was called "cabo pool break"!!!

Lisa.... LOL. I was wondering why no one asked me that yesterday! I wanted to scream it, but was waiting for an invitaion to do so!!! Booked 10-A (inside stateroom) and got 7-A (Navigators Verandah)!!! I was sort of kind of (but not majorly) feeling bad about cruising alone with the kids, not being able to go out at night, not being able to check out the dessert buffet, etc. But now I have a Verandah to read and enjoy a drink on!!!

I am excited and I want it to be here now!!!

~Jennifer

Very awesome upgrade! I loved the verandah in the early mornings when the family was still asleep...got to read and enjoy my coffee in quiet watching the sun rise...yup, I can't sleep in on vacations!

 

[fourmcds]

We're also doing the dolphin swim at 9:45 on Monday and would love to share the CD. How many people can share a CD? Can we get a whole bunch of us and get the price down to a couple bucks each???

When we did the zip tour in PV three of us shared the disc, the only trick was that they charged more for each disc. So, we just had one sent to us and that person (I think it was me) made copies for the other 2 in the group. But, we can work out the details when we get there I am sure! Yeah....more chances for pics for less $$!

 

[fourmcds]

To all you readers, this cruise might be a good excuse/justification to buy yourself a color Nook from Barnes n Noble and then you can share the books amongst your Nooks on the cruise. My mom just got one and is in love with it.

I have the Kobo from Borders and LOVE IT I went on the maiden dream and was able to bring (and read (remember I don't sleep on vacations!)) 5 books! Would have never lugged that many on a cruise before, but it was perfect. Have some on there for the girls too, incase they finish their books early.

 

[jweiss]

Thanks for the positive thoughts re. our upgrade! We are not selfish, and are willing to share with anyone and everyone! We didn't get KSF, so that might be why we were so lucky. Anyway....

Stop with the Kindle talk! It's not in my budget and now you're all making me want one!!!

So excited, so excited, so excited!!!

 

[True Romance]

The FE lists are almost done. I am still waiting for a couple more participants to respond to me with cabin numbers, and if they want to be on the full or half list.

Deseriemilburn
JillsterZ
Mjespro
Mykids2


If you guys read this, can you PM me your room numbers, if you want to be on the full or half list, and if you have a delivery day preference

Thanks.

 

[HoppingMad]

iPad 2 will be on sale March 11! Just in time for the cruise!

Kel, I have an iPad and I love it, especially for the books and magazines (I'm a magazine junkie!)
I've got the iBooks as well as the Kindle apps and they're great. Saves lugging around tons of reading material. I still love the real deal, but this is brilliant for travelling.

 

[LiserAnn]

iPad 2 will be on sale March 11!

Our 12 year old bought an iPad (and he lets us use it if we're good ). You can download the Kindle app on it too so you're not limited to just the Apple e-reader on the iPad.

 

[szubieta]

We're also doing the dolphin swim at 9:45 on Monday and would love to share the CD. How many people can share a CD? Can we get a whole bunch of us and get the price down to a couple bucks each???

Cool....we will talk on board...I am sure we don't have to do anything ahead of time!

I just checked and ours is at 8:45...but maybe we can let them know we all couldn't get the same time slots.

 

[LiserAnn]

I have the Kobo from Borders and LOVE IT I went on the maiden dream and was able to bring (and read (remember I don't sleep on vacations!)) 5 books! Would have never lugged that many on a cruise before, but it was perfect. Have some on there for the girls too, incase they finish their books early.

Ummm, clearly you were not entertained enough on that voyage because I don't recall you reading much on the PC and I know for a fact we'll keep you way too busy to read on this one either (you know...martini tastings, wine tastings...) need I say more.

 

[virdis]

Congratulations to all with upgrades so far.

Jennifer: When I read what your upgrade was, I visualized a slot machine going crazy in Vegas. Cha Ching Ching Ching.... Kudos to you! Everyone knows I love to Gamble Maybe you can spread some magic to Ann and I on the other side of the Caldecott Tunnel


For the rest of us who have not gotten upgrades, have no fear. I believe the possibility of upgrades still exists. There are still many verandah rooms available. With 45 days left to go, I doubt DCL will sell them all. I think (well...honestly I have no clue so I am guessing ) what happens next is that DCL waits for brief period of time to see if GTYs that have been assigned will look to upgrade. These will be standard upgrades so the cost to upgrade would be high but if they can get a few to bite, they would make better financial numbers.

At some point, they will probably call it a loss and attempt to fill the ship. They will probably begin to selectively upgrade folks. The goal at this point is to open/free up inside and oceanview staterooms because they have a better chance at selling these rooms as last minute deals. So hopefully with whatever selection process they use, some of us will get upgrades.

As of 10pm tonight, below is the list of verandah staterooms I can see still available. Lets hope there is still more pixie dust to come.

Category 7A
7628

Category 6A
5150
5650
7134
7634
6650

Category 5C
5624
5626
5628
5130

Category 5B
7114
7614
7116
7118
6588
6590
6592

Category 5A
7578
7576
7574
7572
7560
7544
7072

Category 4B
8578
8518
8514
8014
8012
8010
8002

Category 4A
8566
8562
8070
8068

Category T (Concierge)
8602
8600
8100

 

[mommafox]

Lisa, you are probably right, when will there be time to read? I know that fourmcds has a late-rising family so she has early a.m. time, but we usually can't stop ourselves from hitting every activity on the ship. We like to yank the kids from school to have family pool time, too.

Then back to the room before dinner for roll call, ha ha. Main seating.

Trivia is our fave, but I WONDER if it will vary from Disney trivia. I hope so. Dance classes, wine tasting like you said...all the fun!!

Hoppingmad and LiserAnn, iPads are so great...I learned all about the iPad 2 today...don't know if I can resist one now. The temptation is too great!

So...I am crossing my fingers that those of us that want to dance in the late night clubs can help each other stay up late enough to make it happen. I have no option to sleep in (Jaz wakes up between 5-7am), but I can nap by the pool.

 

[szubieta]

Ummm, clearly you were not entertained enough on that voyage because I don't recall you reading much on the PC and I know for a fact we'll keep you way too busy to read on this one either (you know...martini tastings, wine tastings...) need I say more.

Yeah...I'm not bringing any books either. Ok maybe for the drive down and home. I do want to get onboard early enough to get tickets for some Beer/Tequlia tastings.

 

[LiserAnn]

With 45 days left to go, I doubt DCL will sell them all.

And they only have room for adults, so you're probably 100% correct. I just tried doing a search as a new cruiser, 2 A - 2K and also tried 2A -1K and there was nothing available. Once I removed the kids all together there was availability. So I guess we have a full ship of kids but still have some room for adults. I have a feeling they're going to hold the upgrades for the port. From what I read they offer them at 50% from what you can get them now...so if it costs $1200 to go from a oceanview to a verandah today, then if you're lucky to snag it sailing day, they'll offer it for about $600. It'll be interesting to see how that goes.

 

[Amwill]

Ummm, clearly you were not entertained enough on that voyage because I don't recall you reading much on the PC and I know for a fact we'll keep you way too busy to read on this one either (you know...martini tastings, wine tastings...) need I say more.

Yeah...I'm not bringing any books either. Ok maybe for the drive down and home. I do want to get onboard early enough to get tickets for some Beer/Tequlia tastings.

Did I read these correctly? There will be opportunities to sign up to attend beer/tequila tastings. When and where are these happening? As a newbie to DCL this completely blows my image of sailing on a Disney boat. I know that getting beer and anything harder is virtually impossible at Disneyland (club 33 the exception). Virdis and I haven't done any social drinking out together since the kiddos were born. The idea of sharing a drink with Virdis and other adults sounds wonderful. I can't wait.

 

[loving _life]

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[Susiesark]

Virdis,you got my heart racing after reading your posts about all the available Veranda rooms. So there's a chance they'll let me out of the dungeon? Although I have some great neighbors down there. We might just have to have our own party on deck 2.

 

[TNShellBelle]

Congratulations to all with upgrades so far.

Jennifer: When I read what your upgrade was, I visualized a slot machine going crazy in Vegas. Cha Ching Ching Ching.... Kudos to you! Everyone knows I love to Gamble Maybe you can spread some magic to Ann and I on the other side of the Caldecott Tunnel


For the rest of us who have not gotten upgrades, have no fear. I believe the possibility of upgrades still exists. There are still many verandah rooms available. With 45 days left to go, I doubt DCL will sell them all. I think (well...honestly I have no clue so I am guessing ) what happens next is that DCL waits for brief period of time to see if GTYs that have been assigned will look to upgrade. These will be standard upgrades so the cost to upgrade would be high but if they can get a few to bite, they would make better financial numbers.

At some point, they will probably call it a loss and attempt to fill the ship. They will probably begin to selectively upgrade folks. The goal at this point is to open/free up inside and oceanview staterooms because they have a better chance at selling these rooms as last minute deals. So hopefully with whatever selection process they use, some of us will get upgrades.

As of 10pm tonight, below is the list of verandah staterooms I can see still available. Lets hope there is still more pixie dust to come.

Category 7A
7628

Category 6A
5150
5650
7134
7634
6650

Category 5C
5624
5626
5628
5130

Category 5B
7114
7614
7116
7118
6588
6590
6592

Category 5A
7578
7576
7574
7572
7560
7544
7072

Category 4B
8578
8518
8514
8014
8012
8010
8002

Category 4A
8566
8562
8070
8068

Category T (Concierge)
8602
8600
8100

Wow there is a lot available. My TA told me 2 days ago that there were only 5C's to upgrade to. This looks promising.

Did I read these correctly? There will be opportunities to sign up to attend beer/tequila tastings. When and where are these happening? As a newbie to DCL this completely blows my image of sailing on a Disney boat. I know that getting beer and anything harder is virtually impossible at Disneyland (club 33 the exception). Virdis and I haven't done any social drinking out together since the kiddos were born. The idea of sharing a drink with Virdis and other adults sounds wonderful. I can't wait.

Beer, tequila and my all time favorite MARTINI tastings. The times will be posted in the navigator. Lots of fun!

Virdis,you got my heart racing after reading your posts about all the available Veranda rooms. So there's a chance they'll let me out of the dungeon? Although I have some great neighbors down there. We might just have to have our own party on deck 2.

Listen here sister, you're not leaving without me and Lisa HA, HA!

 

[True Romance]

Okay, I just got home from the gym and really need to hop in the shower before picking up Isabelle and friend from school (early release day) but I am so excited I needed to stop and share.

The wrist bands arrived today and they are so cute

Here are the pictures. Please excuse my paperclips. I could not get a good photo of the wording, so I had to squish them down. Paperclips were the only idea I could come up with in a hurry.

I have 200 bands, so there are plenty of extras for those who did not order initially. They come in Adult & youth.

Payment

They are $1 a band. You can pay me via paypal kh at kristihoward.com (no spaces and the @ sign of course--make sure you put that it is a personal transaction for payment owed, so I do not get charged a fee)

Or you can mail me money, just PM me for my address, or you can give me cash on the ship. Any way I am fine.

I calculated the shipping with my postal scale if you would like me to mail them to you. .85 cents for shipping. If you want them shipped, add the .85cents to your total and get me your address.

Or I can get you your bands at the port or on the ship.

Super excited. These came so fast. Now I have to make a short video to get $10 reimbursed.

 

[LV Disney Fan(atic)]

I just checked and ours is at 8:45...but maybe we can let them know we all couldn't get the same time slots.

Sandy, I think you have to be in the same group at the same time in order to share a CD. But we're going at 8:45 am too and would defiinitely be interested in sharing one with you.

Did I read these correctly? There will be opportunities to sign up to attend beer/tequila tastings. When and where are these happening? As a newbie to DCL this completely blows my image of sailing on a Disney boat. I know that getting beer and anything harder is virtually impossible at Disneyland (club 33 the exception). Virdis and I haven't done any social drinking out together since the kiddos were born. The idea of sharing a drink with Virdis and other adults sounds wonderful. I can't wait.

Beer, tequila and my all time favorite MARTINI tastings. The times will be posted in the navigator. Lots of fun!

I guess there's no way to find out when these are in advance, is there? I'm just seeing a great opportunity for a fun DIS meet on board!

 

[LV Disney Fan(atic)]

Kristi - I LOVE the wristbands; they turned out great! Thanks so much for getting them for us.