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

[szubieta]

They were able to add the KSF to my existing ressies. Just might go ahead and upgrade. I put in an e-mail to my TA, Tracy, thinking I would hear from her tomorrow since she is out til then. She responded after 5p and by 8p I had a new contract. OLE' Wish my DSister could get a break too. Guess we could try and pass DBIL off as a child...shouldn't be too hard...He's a 50 and male. I think I need to go to bed before this gets ugly.

 

[lucky1]

To anyone that upgraded a reservation from Onboard rebook to KSF... Did you have to pay the full deposit now or did you keep the 50% deposit.

Might make sense for use if we want to upgrade. We already moved our Onboard rebooking to this cruise when they reduced the price of our NYE cruise. Hmmm if they keep doing this we might end up making Gold Soon.

 

[LV Disney Fan(atic)]

We had to pay the full deposit, but only for the 2 adults, so $1200.

 

[M2DD's]

They were able to add the KSF to my existing ressies. Just might go ahead and upgrade. I put in an e-mail to my TA, Tracy, thinking I would hear from her tomorrow since she is out til then. She responded after 5p and by 8p I had a new contract. OLE' Wish my DSister could get a break too. Guess we could try and pass DBIL off as a child...shouldn't be too hard...He's a 50 and male. I think I need to go to bed before this gets ugly.

I'm glad you were able to add the prom to your ressie sorry about the rest of your family.

FWIW- We were on the wonder in April 2010 sailing when most of the ship was able to get the KSF promo they offered. We booked last minute and had to pay full price for our two kids because the offer had expired. It kinda of "stung" a little because it seemed like we were the only one that payed full price for our kids(I'm sure there were others )

To anyone that upgraded a reservation from Onboard rebook to KSF... Did you have to pay the full deposit now or did you keep the 50% deposit.

Might make sense for use if we want to upgrade. We already moved our Onboard rebooking to this cruise when they reduced the price of our NYE cruise. Hmmm if they keep doing this we might end up making Gold Soon.

Sorry I can't help .We were already payed in full so they are actually refunding the money back to us(It kind of feels like they are paying me to have my kids sail with us) We are using the money to buy 5 day tickets to disneyland and plan on going right after our cruise

 

[szubieta]

I'm glad you were able to add the prom to your ressie sorry about the rest of your family.

FWIW- We were on the wonder in April 2010 sailing when most of the ship was able to get the KSF promo they offered. We booked last minute and had to pay full price for our two kids because the offer had expired. It kinda of "stung" a little because it seemed like we were the only one that payed full price for our kids(I'm sure there were others )

Sorry I can't help .We were already payed in full so they are actually refunding the money back to us(It kind of feels like they are paying me to have my kids sail with us) We are using the money to buy 5 day tickets to disneyland and plan on going right after our cruise

Thanks...it's just the two of them going so they already are saving by having no children with them.

I am so happy to here you get to go to DL. I'm assuming you have been before and love the two park being steps away from each other. We love going that time of year for a lot of reasons. We're going at Christmas if everything stays on course.

 

[my2mickeykids]

Hey everyone! We just booked with KSF promo and excited to be here!! We sailed on the Wonder in 2000 on our honeymoon and are so excited to be on the same boat, exactly 11 years later with our 2 kids.

 

[itutorfortravel]

Hey there! I just booked this cruise yesterday for my family. These will be new ports for us...has anyone been to these ports before? I'd love to know more about them. Also, can anyone recommend a good hotel near the port?

Thanks!

 

[szubieta]

Welcome my2mickeykids & itutorfortravel!! Glad to see people are getting the KSF discount.

 

[DisneyManFamily4]

HI Everyone! I've been booked on this cruise for a while now, but we've been on the fence about whether or not we're really going on this one. We booked on board for the OBC, but now I just found out about the KSF discount. I'm planning on calling tomorrow to see if they will let me use the KSF offer. If they do, then I know we'll stick with this cruise!
Has anyone else done that? Should I prepare myself to argue, or more likely beg for the KSF offer? Will I have to drop the OBC and 10% discount in exchange for the KSF? Will they let me keep my room?
Sorry for the 20 ?s.

 

[M2DD's]

HI Everyone! I've been booked on this cruise for a while now, but we've been on the fence about whether or not we're really going on this one. We booked on board for the OBC, but now I just found out about the KSF discount. I'm planning on calling tomorrow to see if they will let me use the KSF offer. If they do, then I know we'll stick with this cruise!
Has anyone else done that? Should I prepare myself to argue, or more likely beg for the KSF offer? Will I have to drop the OBC and 10% discount in exchange for the KSF? Will they let me keep my room?
Sorry for the 20 ?s.

No you won't have to beg there very nice about it . The lady I spoke to was as happy as I was about the offer. We were able to keep our same room but we did loose our OBC and 10% rebooking offer but we are getting almost 1000$ back. You may want to do the math to see which offer is better. If you have more than one child under 17 the KSF offer will probably be better. If it's only 1 child it may be about the same depending on what cat you booked and how much you paid.
HTH
let us know how it works out

 

[szubieta]

Welcome DisneyManFamily4!

 

[coffman6]

This is our first cruise...EVER!! We are sooooo excited! Please tell me there are plaenty of things for our teenagers to do?? We have 3 girls ages 16, 15, 13 at the time of the cruise and a son who will be 11. I am sooo excited to read all of the information on here!! WAHOOO!!!

 

[Brooklyn]

Hey there! I just booked this cruise yesterday for my family. These will be new ports for us...has anyone been to these ports before? I'd love to know more about them. Also, can anyone recommend a good hotel near the port?

Thanks!

We have been to Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta and Cabo with DCL in 2008. We really enjoyed the cruise and the ports.

In Mazatlan we did zip lining and ended at a Tequilla factory. We booked this through DCL and I highly reccomend it. The company was great. My husband and I had a blast!

In Puerto Vallarta we did swim with dolphins. We booked this on our own. It was WONDERFUL!

In Cabo we did the family beach excursion through DCL. I would not reccomend that one. We did not enjoy it. The hotel was packed, the food was "so-so" and the beach was too rough to enter the water.

SO EXCITED!!!

 

[DisneyManFamily4]

Thanks for the welcome!!!
We also did Cabo and Puerto Vallarta on Disney in 2008. The only thing I would recommend is the "Las Caletas Hideaway" in Puerto Vallarta. It was an all inclusive beach day. We had a blast, good food lots to see and do. Even though it rained at one point, it didn't stop my kids from having fun in the surf.
We didn't really do anything in cabo. Any recommendations?

 

[szubieta]

ALOHA Coffman6!!

 

[LV Disney Fan(atic)]

Welcome to all our new cruisers!

This is our first cruise...EVER!! We are sooooo excited! Please tell me there are plaenty of things for our teenagers to do?? We have 3 girls ages 16, 15, 13 at the time of the cruise and a son who will be 11. I am sooo excited to read all of the information on here!! WAHOOO!!!

I’m especially glad to see some more teenagers coming along! We are cruising with our 15 yo daughter, who has never been bored on a cruise; there’s always something to do. Games and activities in the teen club, swimming, movies, hanging out with new friends; your kids will have a great time!

Hey there! I just booked this cruise yesterday for my family. These will be new ports for us...has anyone been to these ports before? I'd love to know more about them. Also, can anyone recommend a good hotel near the port?

Thanks!

There are two hotels I can recommend near the port: the Crowne Plaza and the Doubletree. These are great if you have a car you want to leave parked during the cruise or if you are just looking for a one night stay before the cruise. But there isn’t much to see or do in San Pedro, so if you are spending several nights and want to do some sightseeing I would definitely recommend you look elsewhere in LA near what you want to see.

As far as the ports, here are our experiences:

PV - We’ve done the dolphin swim, Las Caletas, and the Outdoor Adventure ziplining excursion. Really enjoyed all of them and can highly recommend them (although the ziplining is best for older kids). It's also easy to take a short cab ride downtown and just wander around.

Mazatlan - We always go horseback riding w/Randi’s Happy Horses on Stone Island. I’ve read great reviews about Mazatlan Frank if you are interested in an individualized tour of Mazatlan; he has a thread on the main cruise page.

In Cabo we’ve taken a couple catamaran sailing/snorkeling trips. They were fun, but the ocean is cold in April and the snorkeling itself was only so/so. This is the only tender port on our cruise which makes it a little more complicated to get to/from shore but it's not bad.

Manzanillo - We took a great tour to a turtle farm outside of town, also included a boat ride through a nature preserve and a short visit to a salt museum. Can't find much else to do there yet except go to one of the hotel beaches; looking forward to finding out what excursions DCL will offer.

For anyone who’d like to do some research on the MR ports while waiting for DCL to release the excursion list, check out Cruise Critic, which has a whole forum devoted to the Mexican Riviera.

 

[MousseauMob]

Doin' the happy cruise dance. I just put this on hold, I just need to check a few things before I plop my down payment on it. We were able to get the KSF offer for 3 kids, saving me almost $2700 dollars - YEAH!!!! Are cruising mob is: Me, Adult Daughter, DS(14), DD (7), DGD(7) - the kids will be 15 and 8 by the time we cruise.

We're going to be a bit cramped this time around in a Cat 4, but I couldn't pass up the KSF special, nor could I afford a suite this go around. We sailed in both 2005 and 2008 on the Magic when it did Mexico, so this will be our first time on the Wonder!

I just made it through reading the entire thread, and what a joy to have such an active thread. We have an Alaska (not DCL) cruise coming up in September and the meet has a post once a month.

Just want to thank szubieta for directing me to the meet thread, I had a heck of time searching trying to find it. I never even thought about it being in Spanish LOL!!! But I LOVE it, so thanks again szubieta!

 

[LV Disney Fan(atic)]

Welcome, MousseauMob! We're really filling up now - and to think we were worried about not having enough cruisers a few months ago!

We're heading to Alaska on a Carnival cruise in 3 weeks - our meet thread for that cruise is really slow too. Maybe it's an Alaska thing?

 

[itutorfortravel]

Anyone else in this thread from the east coast? I notice lots of folks from CA and the western part of the USA...I'm so spoiled with being able to just drive to Port Canaveral, this will be a new experience actually needing to fly!

 

[szubieta]

Welcome MousseauMob!! So glad you found the thread...hope the hunt was worth it.