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

[lucky1]

Welcome to all the new posters!!!

Seems like we are going to have a roll call again, just to keep the DISnames and names straight.

Laura

 

[szubieta]

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!

This will be our 2nd time to drive to the port. Make sure you come in a few days earlier and explore LA if you haven't been there before.

Last cruise we stayed at the Sunrise Hotel on Harbor Blvd. It wasn't that great. I don't know if we just got the last (crumby) room or what. The lobby wasn't bad. JoJo was 5 1/2 and broke his elbow 2 days before the cruise and after spending the 2nd night in the ER getting it casted...we got in to LA after 1a...WE weren't missin' that cruise!!! The only real plus to the hotel was when we woke up we could see the back of our ship from the window. At that point I could careless about the crappy room.

It's soo nice now that schools out, but I need a day to myself soon. Since we have a pool...I try and read while watching the kids, but that's not too productive with 7 y/o's. 8 weeks til we go back to school.

Sandy

 

[szubieta]

Welcome to all the new posters!!!

Seems like we are going to have a roll call again, just to keep the DISnames and names straight.

Laura

Yes in deedy...want to make sure the kiddos get there FE gifts and no ones left out. So glad we are driving. Danny has no idea about the FE gifts...yet.

 

[M2DD's]

Just wanted to pop in real quick(have to start supper) and welcome all the new members to our meet
Our ship is starting to fill up quickly. I only could find 5A cat and higher for a family of 4 with 2A2C. Its going to be a blast

 

[szubieta]

lucky1 just saw your post on the magnet thread...I downloaded the Mickey Ears... ...thanks! Congrads on the anniversary...a little early a guess. Is that your Dec/Jan cruise? For our 25th we did the 15nt Hawaiian circle cruise out of LA in '08 it was FAV. Wanted to go back to Hawaii since we spent our honeymoon there. I went back on our 8th anniversary and took his mother. He wanted to take her to Hawaii and I told him that he could take her or I could take her and I would NOT go with the two of them. So I spent my 8th anniversary with my MIL in Hawaii. We had a nice time, but you can't get lovie-dovie with your MIL.

 

[szubieta]

Can u tell I don't feel like cleaning...

lucky1 - I just looked at the MickeyEars and Jordak forgot Manzanillo. You did have it in your request.

 

[lucky1]

lucky1 just saw your post on the magnet thread...I downloaded the Mickey Ears... ...thanks! Congrads on the anniversary...a little early a guess. Is that your Dec/Jan cruise? For our 25th we did the 15nt Hawaiian circle cruise out of LA in '08 it was FAV. Wanted to go back to Hawaii since we spent our honeymoon there. I went back on our 8th anniversary and took his mother. He wanted to take her to Hawaii and I told him that he could take her or I could take her and I would NOT go with the two of them. So I spent my 8th anniversary with my MIL in Hawaii. We had a nice time, but you can't get lovie-dovie with your MIL.

Can u tell I don't feel like cleaning...

lucky1 - I just looked at the MickeyEars and Jordak forgot Manzanillo. You did have it in your request.

Thanks for catching that.. I posted to Jordak to make the change... Our anniversary is this year and so we are doing the December cruise to celebrate (along with DD birthday and my birthday). DD birthday will be in the middle of the cruise and unfortunately mine is the day we disembark from the cruise So we will spend disembarkment day at a WDW resort and doing things at DTD, before traveling home the next day. Would hate to spend my birthday flying home or sitting around at MCO.

We did it this way, so we didn't have to deal with Inlaws , they generally like to come after the holidays and spend it with my DD for her birthday.

 

[lucky1]

Here is the graphic that szubieta was commenting on... Click on the picture to get the full graphic and download if you want to save it.

 

[LiserAnn]

Hello everyone! We paid our deposit over the weekend (thanks to the kids sail free promo) so we're coming along! This will be our third DCL cruise...we did MR on the Magic in 2005 and the Westbound Panama Canal on the Magic in 2008. We're very excitied to be sailing the Wonder. Our gang is be me (Lisa-45), DH (Mark-44) and our sons will be 12 (Ryan) and 9 (Drew). Our really good friends who we met on the PC cruise are also coming, not sure if they've posted on the thread yet.

Looking forward to it. Life is crazy so I can't say I'll be on the thread all the time but I'll try to keep up.

 

[szubieta]

Welcome LisarAnn!!

 

[M2DD's]

I made reservations for 2. If DH comes along he'll just hang out at Victor's while DD and I ride.

Randi e-mailed me back and said we can't ride double and DH said he doesn't want to ride and were a little nervous since our kids have never rode so I don't think were going to book this excursion(unless I leave them on the ship and join your family)


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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.

Did you end up changing to the KSF offer or did you just keep what you had?

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.

We went to disney land once 5 yrs ago. I youngest wasn't even 2 and or older DD was only 4 at the time. We only did DL for 3 days with two small kids so it will almost be a new expierence for all of us

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!

We are also flying and live in the midwest


Ok I think I'm caught up

 

[amyamya]

OK, I just booked this cruise and am doing the happy dance!!!

It is our first DCL, we were booked on the 2008 Panama Canal Repo but had to cancel as my dad got very sick. He is no longer with us so this cruise is in his honor as he always wanted to cruise with Mickey.

It will be me (Amy), my mom and DD (6) and DS (4). Hi everyone!

Oh, and I think I saw somewhere someone said they live on the Lincoln/Rocklin border? That is where I live! Hi neighbor!!

Can't wait to catch up and read the posts and find out about what's planned!

 

[lucky1]

OK, I just booked this cruise and am doing the happy dance!!!


Oh, and I think I saw somewhere someone said they live on the Lincoln/Rocklin border? That is where I live! Hi neighbor!!

Welcome Amy and Family!!! I grew up in the area of Lincoln/Rockin (what is now Granite Bay just down the road from Folsom Lake), but have been living in Tucson for a number of years now. I will have to go through my notes to see who said still lived there.

Seems like it will be time for a Roll call, once the Kids Sale free promo ends.

 

[my2mickeykids]

I am excited to see that some of you have excursion experiences on the MR. It is great to know which ones to try and which ones to avoid! I have never been to Mexico and excited that we have 4 port stops.

 

[LV Disney Fan(atic)]

Welcome to the group, Lisa and Amy!

Randi e-mailed me back and said we can't ride double and DH said he doesn't want to ride and were a little nervous since our kids have never rode so I don't think were going to book this excursion(unless I leave them on the ship and join your family)

I can understand being nervous with younger kids and you have to do what you are comfortable with. But you are definitely welcome to join us! Tell hubby you're going to leave him on the ship to watch the kids and see how fast he changes his mind about riding.

The 2008 Passporter does have quite a bit on info on PV, Mazatlan and Cabo, including reviews of all the excursions DCL offered then. Unfortunately nothing about Manzanillo since they never stopped there in '08.

 

[True Romance]

OK, I just booked this cruise and am doing the happy dance!!!

It is our first DCL, we were booked on the 2008 Panama Canal Repo but had to cancel as my dad got very sick. He is no longer with us so this cruise is in his honor as he always wanted to cruise with Mickey.

It will be me (Amy), my mom and DD (6) and DS (4). Hi everyone!

Oh, and I think I saw somewhere someone said they live on the Lincoln/Rocklin border? That is where I live! Hi neighbor!!

Can't wait to catch up and read the posts and find out about what's planned!

Hi Amy and all others to our cruise,

That's me that lives in Lincoln We also have kids around the same age. My DD just turned 7 and my DS just turned 5. I wonder if we know each other? I just got another friend of mine from Lincoln to join us on this cruise. She has has a DD who is 6. I will get her to join this meet board. If you are ever up for a playdate before the cruise, send me a PM.

I am on vacation this week in Lake Tahoe with my mom and kids. Actually it seems like I have been on vacation this whole summer. It is beautiful weather here and we are having a good time, but I miss my DH. He is at a convention in Vegas this week. I just keep thinking of our fun, family cruise we will all be taking together next April.

So happy to have more and more families join our cruise and meet thread. I volunteer to do a roll-call when I get home next week.

This will be a fun cruise with so many kids.

 

[lucky1]

Kristi - Lake Tahoe is one of my favorite places! How is the weather there this week? I loved going camping there in the summer and running down to the lake and putting our toes in the water and then screaming about how Cold it was.
(Jotting that one down as another cool place to go when the Summer gets too HOT in Arizona)

 

[LiserAnn]

We will be joining you on this one! We are so very excited to finally find dates where school is not an issue and either are our dd's other actvities!

It will be DH and I, along with our 2 dd's, 9 & 5. We will also be bringing grandma along too.

We did the Mex Riv cruise in 2008 and really enjoyed it. Recently we just took the EB Transatlantic along with the 1st Med cruise with DCL.

We live in San Diego....any other SD folks out there?

We're not too far from San Diego...we live in Murrieta (Temecula Valley). I seem to remember you from another thread somewhere...did you plan on going on the WB PC in '08 and had to cancel? Met so many people on these threads through the years so I could be loosing my mind, lol!

 

[True Romance]

Kristi - Lake Tahoe is one of my favorite places! How is the weather there this week? I loved going camping there in the summer and running down to the lake and putting our toes in the water and then screaming about how Cold it was.
(Jotting that one down as another cool place to go when the Summer gets too HOT in Arizona)

Lake Tahoe is beautiful this week. In the mid 80's, it is nice to escape the Sacramento Valley of the 100's. The kids just love the lake, even though it is ice cold. Tahoe is a nice and relaxing vacation, just swimming and sight seeing. Not so much the hustle and bustle of visiting the parks. It is less than a 2 hour drive from us, so sometimes we make day trips to escape the heat.

Today we are heading to Virgina City, NV. An old wild west mining town. The kids should love it. We are planning on riding the train and a real stagecoach around the town.

Amy and I found out we live in the same neighborhood. So fun! Will be great to get to know other families before the cruise. Especially since it is a longer one.

 

[szubieta]

Lake Tahoe is beautiful this week. In the mid 80's, it is nice to escape the Sacramento Valley of the 100's. The kids just love the lake, even though it is ice cold. Tahoe is a nice and relaxing vacation, just swimming and sight seeing. Not so much the hustle and bustle of visiting the parks. It is less than a 2 hour drive from us, so sometimes we make day trips to escape the heat.

Today we are heading to Virgina City, NV. An old wild west mining town. The kids should love it. We are planning on riding the train and a real stagecoach around the town.

Amy and I found out we live in the same neighborhood. So fun! Will be great to get to know other families before the cruise. Especially since it is a longer one.

LOVE Virginia City. Although we won't be going this trip. We'll be just up the road from you this weekend. We're visiting family in Reno for the 4th. Will be nice to get out of town. Reno will probably hit 90 on Sun or Mon. And their evenings are always cool because it's the high desert. Just 2 nights ago it was 92 at 11p here but last night was nice again. I do love our dry heat but come on...92 at 11 at night.