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

[lucky1]

Hi... We are joining this cruise. This will be are 4th DCL cruise and we are also doing the Dec 30th NYE cruise out of PC.

DH and DD (age 9 at time of cruise) will be joining me.

We haven't even been planned anything, but look forward to meeting you all. We would like to participate in FE.

Laura

 

[LV Disney Fan(atic)]

Welcome to the group, lucky1!

 

[szubieta]

Aloha lucky1!

 

[MazatlanMonica]

Hello to everyone in this group. I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself. My name is Monica and I live in Mazatlan, Sinaloa Mexico. For anyone on a future Disney cruise to the Mexican Riviera, I am pleased to make myself available to you for any questions about the city of Mazatlan or country of Mexico.

As for myself, I am a resident of both the United States and of Mexico. I speak both English and Spanish fluently and I have sailed on DCL numerous times and have been a lifelong fan of Disney. Let me say right upfront, I am NOT selling anything nor am I affiliated with any business or tour company. I am only here to help and give honest information and opinions in an attempt to make your time in Mazatlan or Mexico a positive experience.

I hope that everyone will welcome me to the discussion and that I can be of assistance to anyone who has a question about my city or country. I will attempt to check the boards once per day, but should I miss a question, please do not hesitate to send me a private message. I look forward to getting to know everyone!

Gracias,
Monica

 

[True Romance]

Welcome to our new members Feenie and Lucky1
So excited to have more members join our meet thread. In the Fall I will start taking names of who wants to participate in the FE.

This is our last week of school and then I am heading out of town for a few weeks. Going to be at DL a week from today with our GAD promo ticket, then we are doing Legoland, Seaworld, and I am driving to Phoenix to visit friends there. 1 week of the trip my husband with be with us and then he flys home and I am on my own with the 3 kids. Wish me luck. Not a very relaxing vacation, but it is better then staying home. I will probably stress my family out with our day at DL. I want to try and get everything done in both parks just in one day. I know I am crazy. Wish we lived closer or that they offered a CA discounted AP instead of just SoCal. We would visit DL more often if we could afford an AP.

Hope everyone had a great Memorial Weekend. Just 10 1/2 months to go. It will be nice to get in the single digit months soon.

Kristi

 

[Patricia1]

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?

Didn't mean to cause concern, I was just reading the posts and wondered where this comes from too. I thought about calling DCL but haven't had the chance.

 

[jweiss]

We're in!!! After talking about it for months, I finally BOOKED it today!!! This will be our 6th DCL cruise, after a three year hiatus. It will be me and my 3 girls, ages 20, 7, and 5 at time of cruise!!! Main dining. Sleeping quarters; in the dungeon!!!
~Jennifer

 

[True Romance]

Didn't mean to cause concern, I was just reading the posts and wondered where this comes from too. I thought about calling DCL but haven't had the chance.

The talk of the cruise being canceled came from a NYE 10-day cruise that was canceled and split into 2 five day cruises. There has been absolutely no real talk of this cruise being canceled. We just made a statement saying we hope that did not happen to our cruise. They were just merely some statements from us posters, just disregard them.

I would no call DCL, really no reason.

 

[lucky1]

The talk of the cruise being canceled came from a NYE 10-day cruise that was canceled and split into 2 five day cruises. There has been absolutely no real talk of this cruise being canceled. We just made a statement saying we hope that did not happen to our cruise. They were just merely some statements from us posters, just disregard them.

I would no call DCL, really no reason.

I was my NYE 10 day cruise that was cancelled or rather changed into 2 5 day cruise to the same locations and yes we were . One thing I noticed about that cruise was there were lots of available rooms and our DIS meet board only had about 3 people that were active on it. At least on this one there are many people active on this meet and I doubt they would cancel it. (crossing my fingers here). So we moved our NYE 10 day to the 7 day NYE cruise (birthday celebrations for us) and then most recently they opened up Cat 12 on that cruise, so we saved more than $2K by rebooking a Cat 12 and then were able to afford this cruise. We really wanted to do a longer cruise. Plus it matches our spring break.

TrueRomance - I noticed you were on the Oct 17 cruise in 2009, that was our cruise as well. Not sure we crossed paths on that cruise.


Anyhow looking forward to getting to know you all!

 

[szubieta]

Welcome MazatlanMonica & jweiss !!

 

[jweiss]

What is the official name for "fish extenders"? I.e; what do you search for on E-Bay? (We have one, but I'm looking for ideas.....) Thanks....

 

[lucky1]

What is the official name for "fish extenders"? I.e; what do you search for on E-Bay? (We have one, but I'm looking for ideas.....) Thanks....

I just searched on DCL Fish Extenders and it came up with at least 2 options

http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_tr...=DCL+Fish+Extenders&_sacat=See-All-Categories

 

[szubieta]

jweiss - Take the DCL off the search and you'll get more FE's to look at.

LV Dinsey Fan (Dany)...I found a treasure map graphic on the board and also a treasure map with Mickey. If they are in a shared file on photobucket can you work some MAGIC on them?

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2440038&page=72

in posts 1069 & 1070.

 

[LV Disney Fan(atic)]

If anyone is looking to buy a fish extender on ebay, I can highly recommend gradysmommy. The quality of her FEs is outstanding, and she's so easy to work with on personalization.

I would love to work on those maps! It's fun playing with Photoshop when I have a good idea of what I'm actually trying to accomplish. Last Mexico cruise I also did a day by day itinerary map based on something another DIS board member came up with - I'll see if I can fit 10 days on it.

Dany

 

[szubieta]

True Romance (Kristi) have a great time and relax when you get back. Wish we could get the CA discount too. Fresno's zip is just out of the allowed zip codes for SoCal...sucks! If you can get two 4/5 day trips in a 12 month period, you could justify the AP cost, but it still is a big hit at once. Have you children tell Mickey we'll be there to celebrate Christmas with him (well after) and can't wait. Its been over a year since we were there last and it sucks. Hope you guys get to see the new World of Color and Fantasmic. I REALLY want to see them!!

 

[True Romance]

TrueRomance - I noticed you were on the Oct 17 cruise in 2009, that was our cruise as well. Not sure we crossed paths on that cruise.

That's funny, I bet we did cross paths. I was not too involved with that meet thread because we only booked 2 weeks out and I was too late to join the FE's. We had a blast and my kids just adored the clubs, however the weather sucked. I was so tired of being rained on after that trip. We were stuck in the pouring rain in Grand Cayman, Cozumel, and CC. That was my first trip to the Caribbean and hope to return in maybe 2012. I am really hoping to have nice weather in April 2011.

 

[lucky1]

That's funny, I bet we did cross paths. I was not too involved with that meet thread because we only booked 2 weeks out and I was too late to join the FE's. We had a blast and my kids just adored the clubs, however the weather sucked. I was so tired of being rained on after that trip. We were stuck in the pouring rain in Grand Cayman, Cozumel, and CC. That was my first trip to the Caribbean and hope to return in maybe 2012. I am really hoping to have nice weather in April 2011.

Kristi - The rain did suck on that trip. And it was COLD at key west, which really surprised me. Our worst port was Grand Cayman as our whole excursion it poured, couldn't wait to get back on the ship. But Cozumel, we had a wonderful time and same with CC. So much that we are going back Dec 30th for our birthday Cruise, but doing the eastern this time.

DD loved the clubs and even made good friends with our tablemates and their DD. We tried to talk them to coming on this cruise again, but unfortunately they could not swing.

Just waiting to hear about what "extra"s they will add on this cruise for the extra nights.

Laura

 

[True Romance]

DD loved the clubs and even made good friends with our tablemates and their DD. We tried to talk them to coming on this cruise again, but unfortunately they could not swing.

How old is your DD? Mine will be turning 8 on the cruise.

 

[lucky1]

How old is your DD? Mine will be turning 8 on the cruise.

DD will be 9 (she is celebrating her birthday on our Dec 30th NYE cruise)

 

[LV Disney Fan(atic)]

Well, here's my first try at a design; it's based on one of tjbaggot's creations. If anyone has any suggestions for changes, feel free to let me know!

Dany