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

[MARTYS4]

I reached out to Disney Cruise re: our beer, martini or tequilla tasting. I'm told that they can take from a few days to a week to respond. In the meantime, I wanted to start putting together a list of those intersted. Please send me a PM with your Disname and names of those in your party that will be joining the fun.

Thanks!

Count us in MARTYS4 - for 2. Beer, tequila and wine. (no martinis)

 

[MARTYS4]

Count us in MARTYS4 - for 2. Beer, tequila and wine. (no martinis)[/QUO


Not sure what a PM is

 

[CasaMartinez]

Count us in for the group tasting (me & hubby). Can't send PM yet - not enough posts. Working on it...

Oh my gosh, that sounds like fun. I like wine,and I'm new to martinis, but I do like. DH likes wine and beer (possibly martinis). We'll all be staggering back to our staterooms.
And I must say, as much as I am TOTALLY looking forward to this cruise, I will be said when it comes to an end, as I will miss all the lovely friends here, and our daily 'chats' .

Helen - count Sean and I in everything but tequilla tasting. I can still remember the nasty hangovers I used to get in college some 20 years ago!

Helen, Please count both of us "in" for whatever tasting you come up with. Thanks for taking the lead on this.

Count us in MARTYS4 - for 2. Beer, tequila and wine. (no martinis)

Will add you all to the list. Hopefully they will get back to me soon!

 

[bitocas]

For FE purposes, does everybody on the FE list celebrate Easter in some fashion? I would hate to deliver Easter candies to FE-ers that recognize other celebrations. We do Easter, btw.

hi there.
we are in your group and my delivery is on sunday easter i will be delevering chocolates eggs for the kids,something diferent for teenagers and port wine samples with our cruise logo for adults.hope you all enjoy.

 

[HoppingMad]

For FE purposes, does everybody on the FE list celebrate Easter in some fashion? I would hate to deliver Easter candies to FE-ers that recognize other celebrations. We do Easter, btw.

Kel - yes to Easter!

Will add you all to the list. Hopefully they will get back to me soon!

Helen, please count James and I in, although we're not beer drinkers, or much into wine, we're happy to go with the majority - I'm sure it's all about the company anyway

 

[Patricia1]

Yes, it would be a private tasting just for our Disboard group. Someone organized a wine tasting for the Disboard members on Connie's and I's Med cruise last May and it was great. It was a large group I think around 30 people. It was a lot of fun!

How fun... count DH and I in!

 

[loving _life]

Helen, please count James and I in, although we're not beer drinkers, or much into wine, we're happy to go with the majority - I'm sure it's all about the company anyway

I concur!

 

[Susiesark]

hi there.
we are in your group and my delivery is on sunday easter i will be delevering chocolates eggs for the kids,something diferent for teenagers and port wine samples with our cruise logo for adults.hope you all enjoy.

How in the world are you able to bring all those bottles of port wine samples (DH's favorite) halfway around the world?!

 

[True Romance]

Group two participants--hold off on gifts for Mjespro--I cannot get ahold of her. Does anyone know Jennifer and is she still doing the FE?

Sorry...I'm finally back! No more disappearances before the cruise. Yes, we're still in for FE unless that doesn't work for you. I'll understand if it's too late.
Our stateroom is 7080.
Spenser is a boy (note the two s's). He loves when his name is spelled right. None of his school certificates this year have had his name spelled correctly - and I teach at the school! [/QUOTE]


Yay, Jennifer, glad you are back. I was worried when I did not hear from you that we had lost you. Great, added all of your information to the FE. I will P< you the link to your list soon.

 

[Az Pirates]

Sheila, I would love to hear the story of the FE. How long ago was this?

Hey Kristi,

It was on the Westbound Panama Canal cruise back in 2005. The cruise sold out within a few days of booking opening, so we had a long time to get to know each other on the meet thread.

The FE didn't come about until just before the cruise though. A Dis-er found stacks of Mickey Mouse hanging organizers at her local dollar store. She offered to pick one up for anyone who was interested. Umm, pretty much everyone who had been posting, in fact I think that even enticed a couple of lurkers out into the open.

IIRC I don't think we even had an official FE sign-up, but we did have a special Dis board navigator for our cruise with everyone's cabin number listed and a lot of folks were planning on doing little gifts, or they were involved with groups that were doing gifts. So we came back with tons of goodies anyway and the Mickey organizers worked perfectly.

There was quite a bit of discussion between the Westbound and Eastbound PC cruises, and since they had more time, I'm pretty sure they took the FE idea and did a more organized exchange. Then I think it all just took off from there.


I'm really slacking this cruise. I have no idea what I'm doing for the FE exchange yet. I guess I better come up with something soon though... it's coming quickly!

 

[fourmcds]

For FE purposes, does everybody on the FE list celebrate Easter in some fashion? I would hate to deliver Easter candies to FE-ers that recognize other celebrations. We do Easter, btw.

yes for my family as well. thanks!

 

[Susiesark]

For FE purposes, does everybody on the FE list celebrate Easter in some fashion? I would hate to deliver Easter candies to FE-ers that recognize other celebrations. We do Easter, btw.

Yes, we celebrate Easter. In fact, I'm bummed that we will miss our Easter Celebration at church. It's my favorite.

 

[Jareds_mommy]

For FE purposes, does everybody on the FE list celebrate Easter in some fashion? I would hate to deliver Easter candies to FE-ers that recognize other celebrations. We do Easter, btw.

we celerbrate easter too

 

[Susiesark]

Who knows anything about DIVERSIONS on the ship? I'm hearing it's a little place to relax and play games.

 

[lymommy]

Haha... I disappeared for a few days, and there is so much to catch up on! I am currently moving... Lots of packing and unpacking... I had to read 12 pages...

Can you add us to the list for the tastings as well...

For those of you doing the dolphin encounter on Monday in Cabo, is anyone doing it at 10:45? Want to share pictures?

Yes we celebrate Easter.

As for the e-readers or the ipad. I am an optometrist so have some experience with patient complaints of fatigued eyes . I would say the e-reader is much better for reading. It is not back lit, it is made with technology called e-ink, which therefore doesn't cause the eyes to overaccomodate. The ipad as with other computer screens screens are typically higher-contrast, brighter, flicker and reflect glare more - all of which are potential sources of eyestrain, headaches, and fatigue. That being said. The ipad is pretty awesome! I'm trying not to play with one- since I love gadgets, bad for the pocketbook

 

[lymommy]

Forgot to ask....

This is my first cruise ever. I get motion sick in the car all the time, so I figure I will be prone to sea sickness.

I have gotten the patch from the M.D. I have also bought the bonine. What is your guys experience. Should I take the bonine 24 hrs before and hope that works well... if not add the patch? Or should I go full throttle and use the patch? I am scared to use the patch, because of the side effects- dry mouth, dilated eyes, I CANT drink!

Also, what about the kiddos? Do they get sea sick at all? My pedi told us to give them benadryl if needed. Did anyone have to do this?

Thanks!

 

[szubieta]

This is my first cruise ever. I get motion sick in the car all the time, so I figure I will be prone to sea sickness.

I have gotten the patch from the M.D. I have also bought the bonine. What is your guys experience. Should I take the bonine 24 hrs before and hope that works well... if not add the patch? Or should I go full throttle and use the patch? I am scared to use the patch, because of the side effects- dry mouth, dilated eyes, I CANT drink!

Also, what about the kiddos? Do they get sea sick at all? My pedi told us to give them benadryl if needed. Did anyone have to do this?

Sorry we don't get sea sick...but for JoJo's first cruise I took children's bonine and candied ginger just incase. Ginger ale is suppose to help some people too. On that same cruise our friend (her first cruise) gets motion sickness use the wristband and never had to use anything else. She was able to drink with the wrist bands. HTH

 

[LiserAnn]

Forgot to ask....

This is my first cruise ever. I get motion sick in the car all the time, so I figure I will be prone to sea sickness.

I have gotten the patch from the M.D. I have also bought the bonine. What is your guys experience. Should I take the bonine 24 hrs before and hope that works well... if not add the patch? Or should I go full throttle and use the patch? I am scared to use the patch, because of the side effects- dry mouth, dilated eyes, I CANT drink!

Also, what about the kiddos? Do they get sea sick at all? My pedi told us to give them benadryl if needed. Did anyone have to do this?

Thanks!

I tend to get motion sick but I only felt sick on a DCL cruise once...12-15 foot swells, in the jacuzzi...took one sip of an adult libation. I looked at my friends (fourmcds) and hubby and said, uh oh, I'm outta here. I ended up in the cabin for 4 hours. I really think it was because the ship was going one way and I was in a different body of water that was going the opposite direction of the ship.

I've used the patch and hated it. I prefer bonine but again I've never had to take it on a Disney cruise. My kids have each used bonine and it works great for them.

 

[mommafox]

Lymommy, I'm hitting my 8th cruise this time around and I've been on some gnarly swells, one hurricane almost ruined our stop in Bermuda! Anyhoo, my cure? It's STAY OUT OF THE ROOM. Yup, I would suggest going dancing or keeping near some fresh air, but in the room it's like all you think about is the feeling of rocking and rolling. On the dance floor you just wobble the electric slide in the direction of the rolling, and it's pretty fun! The kids like to hit the "wave" pool when it's rocky like that.

Hopefully you are in a middle and/or lower cabin because that can help when you're ready for bed. I can get car sick, and boat sick (Catalina Ca. boats can really rock!) but rarely get ship sick. Sometimes I feel it when lying in bed (insomnia) and I picture myself being rocked to sleep by a giant mom (LOL).

I see people with patches and pressure wrist bands (I tried when I was deathly preggers...didn't help me), and they swear by them, but are never without so who knows if it is working. Ginger, granny smith apples, keep your eye on the horizon, Dramamine, Benadryl (both of which slow down your body to trick it into not caring about the motion, unless you are like me and my kids and it can hype you up with the antihistamines), and I actually have a prescription for something right now from a stint with strep throat, and it made me sleepy and worked.

Oh, my girls never get sick (knock on wood), this will be their 4th cruise, ages 4 and 7. Syd gets car sick, but not ship sick. A little boat sick on Alaska whale watching boat, but we took her out in the air to look at a stable horizon and she was good.

 

[szubieta]

I tend to get motion sick but I only felt sick on a DCL cruise once...12-15 foot swells, in the jacuzzi...took one sip of an adult libation. I looked at my friends (fourmcds) and hubby and said, uh oh, I'm outta here. I ended up in the cabin for 4 hours. I really think it was because the ship was going one way and I was in a different body of water that was going the opposite direction of the ship.

I'm not brave enough to get it the wave pool or hot tub when it's splash around that bad.