Disney Dream - June 12, 2011

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We just booked this cruise. we are in a gty cabin. Mike here and dw is Eileen. this will be our 5th cruise. looks like we have a lot of catching up to do will be reading past postings all weekend.

Welcom Mike and Eileen! This will be my fifth also!
Where are you in NY?
I'm in Liverpool, just outside of Syracuse.

 

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I haven't been on the DIS for a while, and just realized I missed our 1 year mark! That's okay, because now I can say that we will be on our first ever cruise in less than a year!!!

Bad news though, Dmom will not be able to go with us afterall, so it will be just me, DH, and DD. What will we do with all the extra closet space?

 

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Our family has done two Disney cruises, both three nights. We are scheduled for this one although our kids (girls who will be 9 and 11 at the time) do not know it yet! My father just took us on an RCCL, the kids liked it but really missed Disney! My wife and I are sooooo excited to get back to Castaway Cay after Labadee!

Welcome!

So many new people!

Yup, nothing like Disney!

 

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I posted the last one in rush. I just found the thread but the kids were itching to go to the pool. Anyhoo more about our Clan. My wife and I celebrate our 16th anniversary tomorrow. We another family from Carolina. We live in Greensboro, NC. We have two precious daughters who are 10 and 8 and will be in the fifth and third grade respectively next year. I was an estate planning attorney for 8 years but gave that up. Two years ago I closed my practice and I now teach Latin at my girl's school to 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders. I love having the summers off to hang out with my family, go to the pool in the neighborhood and backpacking. I have hiked about 160 miles on the Appalachian Trail. I have a 40 mile jaunt across the state of Maryland scheduled in about 4 weeks. Those are the highlights, glad to be aboard. Now I am going to try and read the rest of the thread!

Wow, lucky you with summers off
I still vow to read the rest of the thread but haven't yet

 

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We are getting a late start on the group is the a dis meet planned and or FE exchange

Not yet I think

 

[Scouter]

Hello fellow Cruisers!!

well, here we are, back from vacation! Williamsburg and DC were great! Hot and Humid, but great! I knew we'd do a lot of walking in DC, but not as much as we did!! I think we figured over 6 miles on Saturday alone....and this is a lot for a family that does NOTHING athletic. Our screen name for our truck club is WVBubba and MrsBubba....got the picture...we're fluffy, pooh sized people. By the end of Saturday, I thought we'd pass out! LOL BUT, we made it!! We have lived to tell about it!

On a sad note, before we left, we found out that our neighbor of 11 years, just 40 years young, had cancer. While we were away, Amy passed. Her funeral was yesterday. It was one of the hardest, most emotional days of my life. Nothing about this is right...it's not fair. Not to her, not to her young family. But as the Pastor said, Don't try to understand, just trust. He will guide the way. Just be there for the family. Which we will. Many tears flowed, but much love was felt. The paster also said, in all his 34 years of doing services, never has he seen so many people come to mourn. For 2 hours straight, there was a stream of people pouring through the church. Amy will be missed, by many. June 12 was the day she passed.....one year to the day we cruise.....ironic, I guess.....
Then we came home to find Steve's Mom was admitted to the ER with chest pains. She is home today and sees a cardiologist in a few days. Although, they initially say no heart attack and her stress test was good.

Welcome to the people who have just joined the group!! we are going to have so much fun!!!! (I am glad to see another Michele with one L! A rare find!)

I love hearing the new reports on the ship! I am glad to hear we'll have an "insider" who can give us the scoop directly!!

Fab5 and Crystal, thanks for the margarita machine tips! I haven't had a chance to really use it! Just been CRAZY since we got back. I am hoping tomorrow things will slow down some. I still have a suitcase full of clean clothes! LOL At least they are clean! We'll get there!

I hope this finds everyone happy and healthy!
Hug the ones you love, love the ones you hug......
Michele

Welcome back!
So your trip was great?
Did you not take any buses/on-off trams, metro?
Cause I know we're thinking of that in August when it's really hot.
You did it all in one weekend didn't you?
We're doing Monday through Saturday, so hopefully we'll have plenty
of time.
What was the best parts of your trip?
And the so-so should skip stuff?

So sorry to hear about your neighbor
And I hope your mom-in-law is doing ok.

 

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Been away for a couple of days, camping in the great outdoors with the Scouts. We just got back from doing a canopy zip line tour just outside the zoo in Ashboro NC. What a thrill, even in the 95 degree heat, it was a blast.

Welcome, From us in High Point NC.

This will be our third cruise, in less than a year now. Can't wait. Now that the bow is in place, the Dream is getting closer to being afloat.

http://www.meyerwerft.com/page.asp?lang=e&main=2&subs=0&did=826

http://www.disneycruisenews.com/Con...playItem=c4f6433d-5e5c-4f7e-b16f-97a31da36bc1

I've been saving videos and pics of the dream construction for my cruise CD

 

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The first two Disney cruises I went on didn't have a large Dis population. We did the "get to the ship ASAP, wear your suits onboard, and hit the pools as soon as you get on" thing both times and it worked liked a charm. Judging from the size and participation level of this thread, THIS far out, I fear my "DIS" advantage will not be as helpful!

This is nothing compared with my last 2 groups(many of us sailed together a few times).
Our last thread, the BOB (Bash on the Boat) at cruise time we had gone through 29 threads, each one 250 pages long or more! We'd go through
10-20 pages a night some nights!
We all got to know each other very well, and have met up before and after our cruises, sent Christmas cards, birthday gifts, etc.
We were and still are like family!

So, comparatively this thread is slow

 

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Hi Rose, Just wanted to mention my little group (we're up to 9 cabins now) will have some 19 and 20 year olds in it too, so don't let Sean think he'll be by himself.

Here is our little group (or should I say sub-group? ):
My 2 cabins = DD17, DS17, DS15, DH, me
Cabin #3 = 2 adults, DS15, DS12
Cabin #4 = 2 adults, DD16, DS15
Cabin #5 = 2 adults, DD19, DS15, DD13
Cabin #6 & #7 = 2 adults, DD18, DD17, DD13
Cabin #8 = 2 adults, DS20, DS17
Cabin #9 = 2 adults, DS20, DS17

I need to check with these families to see if they mind me posting their names, or better yet, to see if I can get them to join in this cruise meet thread.

Wow!
Are you all family? Or friends?

No Sean won't be alone, I know.
So many young adults traveling on this thread, seems more than little ones!
With our friends there will be 3 older teen/adults Sean's age as well.

When you see Sean though, he'll fit in with the younger crowd.
He looks like he's 13. 5'4" and 110 lbs.
Although he'll talk much, much older.
But some last cruises he hung out with younger kids because his size just fit.
The ones his age looked much much bigger and I think he feels uncomfortable with that.
But this time he'll be hanging with the adults in the clubs and the beach.

Get your other friends on here!

 

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Ok guys, I was just looking at posts on another section of Dis. We are planning on going to universal for a couple of days pre-cruise and I'm glad we aren't going now!! Have you seen the pictures for the Harry potter grand opening OMG!! We went to Disney thanksgiving last year and one day at universal. They were building it then. Hopefully, the crowds will be more tame by next year. We would like to go buy not with those crowds!!!

You should listen to the DIS unplugged podcast on the HP review, very interesting.
Mixed review

 

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Happy Father's Day to all the DIS fathers!!
Have a great day.

Next year my prediction for Father's Day will be a day of laundry after a fabulous vacation of sun and fun. (Actually not much different than today)

Um, that is too sad

 

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Happy Father's Day!

 

[wdwluvrs]

Welcom Mike and Eileen! This will be my fifth also!
Where are you in NY?
I'm in Liverpool, just outside of Syracuse.

We are 90 miles south of Buffalo near the PA state line.

We are wondering if anyone knows why the internet service is so slow on board in the cabins.

Hope all the other Dads have a great day.

 

[starchef]

Just taken a second to wish all the dads a Happy Fathers day.

Don't worry our DS will be 18, celebrating his graduation from High School, will love to have some olders to hand with.

Maybe we should get all of these young adults planning out what they want to do while on this cruise. Does anyone want to get a young adult link set up for this cruise thread. I am not sure how that process works, I have seen that some other cruise dates have that link for teens and young adults.

 

[abitagirl916]

I know I'm a little late, but Happy Father's Day to all the Dads out there.

 

[marcij]

I know this is an old post but my wife and I did Celebrity for our 10 year anny no kids, great cruise. Adult only I got nothing but great things to say. If the kids are going, I can't speak to it as we weren't really looking at those programs. It is a solid line.

Thanks for the post. We just got back today and really enjoyed ourselves. The two 18 year olds with us were pretty bored, but the adults had a good time. I can honestly say, though, that I missed DCL. The staff on Celebrity, as a whole, were not nearly as friendly as on DCL. But it was fun to experience something else, and I might try Celebrity again at some point.

 

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We are 90 miles south of Buffalo near the PA state line.

We are wondering if anyone knows why the internet service is so slow on board in the cabins.

Hope all the other Dads have a great day.

Yep, you're very far over.

About the internet....

 

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Just taken a second to wish all the dads a Happy Fathers day.

Don't worry our DS will be 18, celebrating his graduation from High School, will love to have some olders to hand with.

Maybe we should get all of these young adults planning out what they want to do while on this cruise. Does anyone want to get a young adult link set up for this cruise thread. I am not sure how that process works, I have seen that some other cruise dates have that link for teens and young adults.

I'm quite sure that if our older teens/young adults want to do this they are more capable than us
Mine is already on forums most of the day. But they are completely about computers/building/fixing/programs.....etc.

He's been on the DIS for one of our cruises and wasn't on much. He prefers to be doing other stuff and gaming

But I would believe that other 17/18/19/20.... year olds that want to can start their own by just selecting a forum and then on the top of the columns clicking the button NEW THREAD.

 

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Thanks for the post. We just got back today and really enjoyed ourselves. The two 18 year olds with us were pretty bored, but the adults had a good time. I can honestly say, though, that I missed DCL. The staff on Celebrity, as a whole, were not nearly as friendly as on DCL. But it was fun to experience something else, and I might try Celebrity again at some point.

Disney staff is sure hard to beat anywhere

Care to share some pics from the Celebrity cruise?

 

[WDWCrazzyCunninghams]

Welcome back!
So your trip was great? ***YES! we had a great time! Enjoyed everything! It was just HOT and HUMID!
Did you not take any buses/on-off trams, metro?**The only bus we took in DC was the Night Tour. Otherwise, we hoofed it everywhere! Our hotel was by the capitol, just 2 blocks from it and 2 from Union Station.
Cause I know we're thinking of that in August when it's really hot.
You did it all in one weekend didn't you? **Yep! Arlington on Friday afternoon. Capitol tour, Library of Congress, walked to all monuments on Saturday. Air and Space, Natural History and night tour on Sunday, Spy Museum on the way home Monday.We're doing Monday through Saturday, so hopefully we'll have plenty
of time. **You will! There was still SO much more to see that we didn't get to!
What was the best parts of your trip?**I LOVED the night tour. I think the monuments are SO pretty at night! And on Friday night we went exploring by the capitol. Came across the US Army band giving a free concert on the steps! That was nice. Union Station was where we had most meals. HUGE fast food section and a few sit down. We had Pizzaria Unos at 1030 after the night tour!And the so-so should skip stuff? **Don't miss a thing!So sorry to hear about your neighbor **Thanks
And I hope your mom-in-law is doing ok. **So far. Waiting on cardiologist appt!

Let me know if you have any other questions!!