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

[LV Disney Fan(atic)]

DD just convinced me to book a cruise on the Dream next summer so she can spend her 16th birthday on Castaway Cay - I will admit it didn't take much convincing! Hope everybody is having a good week!

 

[True Romance]

DD just convinced me to book a cruise on the Dream next summer so she can spend her 16th birthday on Castaway Cay - I will admit it didn't take much convincing! Hope everybody is having a good week!

Yeah!! How fun for you guys. Are you doing a double dip at Castaway Cay? I can't wait to go back to the Caribbean. However it will probably not be till 2012. Coming all the way from CA, I will only do a 7 night or more, which I don't think there will be until the Fantasy is sailing.

I can't wait to do Alaska with Disney, but I think my kids need to be older. I have done Alaska twice and loved it. Once with Princess and once with Celebrity. However Alaska is all about the scenery and beauty and my kids are all about the swimming and fun right now.

 

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Yes, it's a double dip That and the fact that it's a 5 day cruise instead of 3 or 4 is the only reason I'm willing to it. I agree with you, anything less than 7 days is usually going to be too short! To make the flight worthwhile We'll probably add a day or 2 at universal before the cruise - we really want to check out the new Harry Potter attraction.

We're doing an Alaska cruise on the Carnival Spirit this July; first time to Alaska for all of us. Priced the cheapest balcony on the Wonder to Alaska next year and it's almost double the price of our extended balcony on Carnival! I love DCL but we've had wonderful cruises on Carnival too, and that price difference more than pays for all those expensive Alaskan excursions.

 

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Happy Mother's Day! Hope everyone has a great day.

 

[M2DD's]

Just wanted to drop in and say HI and that we finally decided that we are going on the 10 day cruise in April

I would love to join your meet and to get to know my fellow cruisers before we leave

 

[szubieta]

Welcome M2DD's!!

 

[LV Disney Fan(atic)]

Welcome to the group! It's going to be a great cruise

 

[Patricia1]

I browse and read alot, but don't participate much. I was just reading about the possible cancellation? Where does one find out about this stuff? nothing like the Disboards! Thanks for the info on Doubletree in San Pedro and great info on excursions.
We're driving from San Diego the night before, so the DT sounds perfect!
I didn't read all the logs and was wondering if the Fish Extender question had been asked yet?

 

[szubieta]

I browse and read alot, but don't participate much. I was just reading about the possible cancellation? Where does one find out about this stuff? nothing like the Disboards! Thanks for the info on Doubletree in San Pedro and great info on excursions.
We're driving from San Diego the night before, so the DT sounds perfect!
I didn't read all the logs and was wondering if the Fish Extender question had been asked yet?

We haven't talked about FE's yet. Though there is lots of time...we hope...are you talking about our cruise being cancelled? If so what have you read and where?

 

[True Romance]

I browse and read alot, but don't participate much. I was just reading about the possible cancellation? Where does one find out about this stuff? nothing like the Disboards! Thanks for the info on Doubletree in San Pedro and great info on excursions.
We're driving from San Diego the night before, so the DT sounds perfect!
I didn't read all the logs and was wondering if the Fish Extender question had been asked yet?

There has been no real talk about our cruise being canceled. We had been reading the main cruise boards and a New Years cruise was canceled, and we were just saying I hope that does not happen to ours. I highly double that they would cancel or shorten this cruise. Since it is right before the repositioning to Alaska.

Welcome to our board! We are all very excited for the next 11 months to go by quickly.

I am all up for FE's. I have never done them before, but they sound like fun. I guess I can start a list of who is interested.

Is anyone crafty enough to make a cruise logo for us? I don't have those skills at all.

Kristi

 

[szubieta]

I am not crafty...so I haven't decide on doing a FE yet. I will keep you posted.

For a cruise logo, we can get them from the graphics threads for magnets. I have been watching that thread and trying to decide which ones to do for our door. I am going to make some for DSister and DBIL too. That's about as crafty as I get. Then I or we can look thru their pictures and we can do some theme magnets.

I think we should stick with the "Diez Noches Calientes en la Riviera Mexicana/17 - 27 de abril 2011". And do some with "Ten Hot Nights in the Mexican Riviera April 17 - 27, 2011" too. What do you guys think the logo should be? And does anyone have any ideas on a theme for the picture? Here's the link to the thread. http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2440038 . Click on the links in Milliepie, Jordak & tjbaggotts posts to see all the graphics. I'm kinda hoping to start see more MR themed ones as it gets closer to January. Like the pirates one, The Three Caballeros or something to that effect.

 

[szubieta]

I hadn't been on the graphic thread in a few weeks. Looks like Milliepie is moving and won't do any until August.

 

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Count me in if the group wants to do an FE exchange! We've had such a good time doing it on past DCL cruises. szubieta - You don't need to be crafty at all to participate (I'm certainly not!). You can buy an FE on ebay or make a really simple one yourself. And the gifts can be anything you want; small store bought goodies are fine. It was just a lot of fun to both deliver the stuff and find out what had been left for us each day.

I've been trying to come up with a nifty cruise graphic for us but no luck so far (I'm good with the mechanics of Photoshop but not so good on coming up with the creative ideas - lack of that crafty gene again!). But I'll see what I can do. Of course, if anyone else has ideas that would be great!

Dany

 

[True Romance]

Count me in the non-crafty group as well. I do have a desire to be crafty, but just don't have it. I would be happy with any logo. If I can think of some ideas or find some graphics, I will post them.

I have a few magnets made from our last cruise, that we will reuse. Also I will probably start making some more 6 months out. Can't get myself too worked up and ready for the cruise. Need to get through summer first.

Passport prices are going up, so if you need one you might want to get it sooner rather than later. I have to renew mine this summer, so I am going to do it now. Also going to get one for my 2 year old. The older kids have passport cards, but I think I am going to get them books too.

 

[szubieta]

Count me in the non-crafty group as well. I do have a desire to be crafty, but just don't have it. I would be happy with any logo. If I can think of some ideas or find some graphics, I will post them.

I have a few magnets made from our last cruise, that we will reuse. Also I will probably start making some more 6 months out. Can't get myself too worked up and ready for the cruise. Need to get through summer first.

Passport prices are going up, so if you need one you might want to get it sooner rather than later. I have to renew mine this summer, so I am going to do it now. Also going to get one for my 2 year old. The older kids have passport cards, but I think I am going to get them books too.

Do you know when? We still need to get ours...we used our BC in 08 but I really think this time we'll need to get passports.

 

[True Romance]

This is the information I read on another thread on DIS. The person who posted got the information from her employer

The State Department has proposed new fees for many of its passport related products and services. The total proposed cost of a new passport will increase from $100 to $135 for adults and from $85 to $105 for minors according to ASTA. Renewals will increase from $75 to $110 for adults and from $60 to $80 for minors. Travelers needing extra visa pages will soon pay $82 (currently this service is free). The State Department has indicated that these new fees could be implemented as soon as next month. If you need a new passport, if your passport expires this year, or if you are needing additional pages for your passport we recommend you take advantage of the current lower fee structure and renew your passport now before the higher rates go into effect

 

[szubieta]

This is the information I read on another thread on DIS. The person who posted got the information from her employer

Thanks ...it's good to know.

LV Disney Fan...I have been looking at those on ebay, just wish I was a little crafty to make one my self.

I am able to think of loads for gift to put in them...so as least I have something going for me...

 

[feenie]

HI all!
DH and I just transfered our reservation to this sailing from the 11/13/10!!!
We are sad to wait an extra 5 months, but the longer cruise with a different itenerary will be so worth it!.

 

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Yes, it'll be hard to wait those extra months, but we'll try and help you make the time go by faster!

 

[szubieta]

WELCOME FEENIE!!!