Disney Fantasy, August 18, 2012 - Western Caribbean

[DVC_Chris]

Since the original thread starter has switched her cruise, I have volunteered to organize the new meet thread. If everyone could please re-announce themselves on this thread, (members of their party, and number of cruises) since there have been a lot of people switching reservations around on the old one, I would greatly appreciate it.

I plan on editing this post as necessary so that we always have a quick summary of who is going on this cruise for the first post, and also having other important information here.

I'll start.

I'm DVC_Chris, travelling with us will be my DW and soon to be DD, who will be 1 at time of cruising. Depending on how things work out, this will be our 8th or 9th Disney Cruise!

Who is sailing with us:
DVC_Chris, DW (Amanda), and DD(Lexi, 1)
It'sWDW4Me (Mary), DM (Elsie Birthday Cruise!), DS (Brandon, 16), DB (Matt, 16)
Dayita (Charlene), DD (Ruby, 11), DGM (Cathy), DGP (Pierre)
PrincessBelle39 (Suzanne), DH (Mark), DD (Megan, 10), DD (Sammy, 8), DM (anthill)
PAPrincess (Elizabeth), DH (Michael) , DM, DS (Issac, 16), DS (Matt, 15), DD (Emily, 10) DD(Abby, 6)
MDinowitz (Jessica), DH (Marc), DD (Jillian, 12), DD (Katie, 8), DS (Matt, 6)
cinderella_mom (Susan), DH (Mike), DD (Megan, 11) and Friends Jennifer, James, DD (Emily, 8), DS (Jacob, 5)
smile750 (Jen), DH (Ray), DS (Ethan, 7), and DS (Zachary, 5), DSis (Melissa)
DizzyFORDisney (Kathy), DH (Mike), DS (14), DS (13), DS (11), DS (5)
Olympia (Lola), DH
CruiseBound (Tonya), DH (Greg), DD (Nicole, 12) DD (Renee, 12), DD (Erin, 7)
Con5421 (Connie)
Stacey6274 (Stacey), DH (Bob) DD (Emma, 9)
Cherokee2504, DH, two children (8 & 4)
Corkie, and whole family
peytonbrady, two children (4 and 6 months)
trinity88, and family
casana (Ana), DH (Frank), DD (Sofia, 8)
PixiePirate, DH (James), DD (Samantha, 13), DS (Aaron, 11)
ibchupacabra (Laura), DH (Paul), DS (Dylan, 8)
Disfools (Sabrina), DH (Mark), DDad (Bud), DD (Michelle, 13) DD (Kimberly, 12)
VeryBeachy, DH, DS (10)
BeansSF, DH, DSis
GMayers DH, DGD (11), DGS (6)
DVCMan
TonyTheWOP DW, DS10,DS10 ( identical twins), DF, DFW, DFS10, DFS7
SkipCody DW(Jennifer) DD (Paige, 9), DD (Peyton, 7), DD (Kennedy, 6)
Stafiferi DH, DD (5.5)
DizneyCrazee Bren OH ( Paul) & DD (Georgia 7)
designertravels Jill
yensidfan

Important Information:
People signed up for the FE List are in red above!
FE List (Excel): http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8106238/FE_List.xls
FE List (PDF): https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8106238/FE_List.pdf

We will start working on plans for a meet closer to sail date.

Day 1 - Sail Away
Day 2 - Day at Sea (Formal)
Day 3 - Grand Cayman
Day 4 - Costa Maya
Day 5 - Cozumel (Pirate Night)
Day 6 - Day at Sea (Semi-Formal)
Day 7 - Castaway Cay
Day 8 - Disembarkation


Cannot wait till the cruise is here!

 

[It'sWDW4me]

Yay - thanks Chris!!

This will be our first ever cruise for all of us:

Me - Mary - family Disneyholic and proud of it
Mom - Elsie - we'll be celebrating her X'tieth birthday a few weeks early on this cruise
DS - Brandon - 16 at sailing
DB#3 - Matt - also 16 at sailing

I've been wanting to go on a Disney cruise for quite a few years now and I can't wait!!

 

[Dayita]

An here I am again. I will be on the cruise with my daughter, Ruby, who will be 11. Also coming is Gramma Cathy and Grampa Pierre for their first ever cruise (it will by Ruby's second and my third). Looking forward to the next 16 months on DIS!

Charlene

PS. Can we move this "official" thread to the Cruise Meets lists?

 

[PrincessBelle39]

Hi everyone
This cruise will be our second Disney cruise (and second cruise ever) having done a Western itinerary on the Magic in September 2009.
We have:
Me - Suzanne
DH - Mark
DD - Megan (10 at time cruise)
DD - Sammy (7 at time of cruise)
and joining us for her first cruise is:
My Mum (she is antmeal on the board)

I will let Mum know that the thread has moved. Have the others been pm'd to let them know we've moved. I can do this if it hasn't. It would be great if this could be added to the cruise meet list so that others can find us.

 

[DVC_Chris]

Welcome back everyone

Just remember, today we get the official DCL announcement about the rest of 2012. I know I will be trying to sneak a cruise out of NY before this one.

I will ask Irish Cowboy to update the link, and start PMing other people tonight.

 

[boundfordisney]

we will also be on this cruise myself Leslie dh Terry and Grandson Jordan who will be 16, also joining us will be my daughter Jennifer and 2 of my other grandchildren Tori 15 and Logun 8. waiting to see if my daughter Jolene will be sailing as well. This will be a 3rd disney cruise the last one being the end of Jan, on an eastern we took Logun , it was his first cruise. Took Tori and Jordan on the western Nov.2009, much prefer the western and so this is a done deal!Daughter Jennifer has never cruised so its her first, everyone is excited that they will be sailing on the new fantasy!Grandkids loved the clubs and look forward to making new friends once again.we are in stateroom 7104, any thoughts on the fe exchange we have done this on both cruises and had alot of fun with it. Looking forward to chatting with everyone till we set sail , wish it wasnt so far off!

 

[DVC_Chris]

Welcome aboard!

I know it is a long way off, but only 500 more days from today we will be onboard!

I think if there is enough interest we will organize a FE exchange, but should probably wait a few more months to start doing it in earnest.

 

[It'sWDW4me]

Welcome aboard!

I know it is a long way off, but only 500 more days from today we will be onboard!

Exciting and, yet, depressing at the same time! Sooooo long but I can't wait!!

I think if there is enough interest we will organize a FE exchange, but should probably wait a few more months to start doing it in earnest.

I know I'd love to do an FE exchange. I've been reading a bunch about it and it sounds fun.

 

[PrincessBelle39]

We are also interested in the FE. We did it last cruise also and the kids loved it. They have already talked about it this time as they see it as part of the cruise.
Forgot to mention our cabin numbers. We are in 6574 and 6576.

 

[boundfordisney]

5oo days well we should all know each other pretty well by time of sailing! I will be going to disney the end of september for the food and wine festival with my sister and a friend so for now I will be busy with the planning for that trip, when we get back it will be all the more closer to the cruise and will start to think about where and for how long we will be staying at the world once again. stayed at the poly before the cruise in Jan. , like to try different resorts each stay but my favorite is the yacht club so far. staying at the caribbean beach in september and love it there as well. So new ports anounced today, interesting but Im sticking with this cruise and the new Fantasy!

 

[PA Princess]

Howdy! Just found the new thread. We are sailing on this cruise...pretty certain we will not change. We are...
Elizabeth (me: mom and Dis planner)
Dh Michael
ds Isaac 16
ds Matt 15
dd Emily 10
dd Abby 6
Gram (my mom)

We have 2 cabins on deck 2 at the moment reserved for this cruise. I still am wondering if that is where we want to be, but at least we have reserved spots.

This will be our second Disney cruise and our 4th cruise overall (first time for a week and first Western). We are all super excited for this trip! Our eldest especially loved the last Disney cruise - kinda funny.

 

[boundfordisney]

Howdy! Just found the new thread. We are sailing on this cruise...pretty certain we will not change. We are...
Elizabeth (me: mom and Dis planner)
Dh Michael
ds Isaac 16
ds Matt 15
dd Emily 10
dd Abby 6
Gram (my mom)

We have 2 cabins on deck 2 at the moment reserved for this cruise. I still am wondering if that is where we want to be, but at least we have reserved spots.

This will be our second Disney cruise and our 4th cruise overall (first time for a week and first Western). We are all super excited for this trip! Our eldest especially loved the last Disney cruise - kinda funny.

my grandson loved the clubs as well, he will be 16 when we sail so im sure he will meet your sons in the club, maybe when it gets closer to sail date we can arrange a meet on the ship , we did this on the last 2 cruises with other dissers that way the kids got to meet before actually going to the clubs ,it
worked out well.met up around 230 , for kids that are a little shy it made it much easier for them when they were headed to the club for the first time,

 

[It'sWDW4me]

I'm so glad we have a few mid-teens going. While my son is somewhat outgoing and can make friends fairly easily with other outgoing teens, my youngest brother is painfully shy and very quiet. I've suggested that, as we get a little closer to our sail date and we get a list of teens who will be on this cruise, they may want to sign up on the DISboards themselves and start chatting with the other teens on our cruise. Maybe even get a teen thread started for this particular cruise.

 

[boundfordisney]

I'm so glad we have a few mid-teens going. While my son is somewhat outgoing and can make friends fairly easily with other outgoing teens, my youngest brother is painfully shy and very quiet. I've suggested that, as we get a little closer to our sail date and we get a list of teens who will be on this cruise, they may want to sign up on the DISboards themselves and start chatting with the other teens on our cruise. Maybe even get a teen thread started for this particular cruise.

sounds like a good idea, I so wish it was this august we were going. Im thinking about keeping this a secret from the kids, they know we are going on another cruise next year but dont know the actual date. Was thinking to let them know the night before we fly down to orlando, most likley we will do a few days at disney or universal before the cruise, well at least Ive got lots of time to make my mind up about it all!

 

[DVC_Chris]

Howdy! Just found the new thread.

Welcome aboard. This will be our 9th, (Convinced DW to do a two nighter out of NYC next year). but our first Western, and first time on one of the newer ships as well, so we are really looking forward to it.

What part of PA are you from?

 

[boundfordisney]

dvc chris, wow 9 cruises lucky you! wish I lived closer to the port cause I would be cruising all the time! This will be our 3rd 7 night cruise with dcl, just finished selecting my daughter Jennifers cabin she will be in 7180, the port holes look huge in the pictures I have seen of the dream! Hopeing my other daughter will be joining us too but that wont be decieded on until closer to the end of 2011.Maybe I will just go ahead and book a cabin for them pay the deposit and if they cant go I can put the deposit onto my cruise that way at least she will have a spot. Would have to book 2 cabins as there would be 5 or possibly 6 of them that would be cruising.Better start checking out the cheapest way to go!

 

[mdinowitz]

Hello everyone!

We will be on the Aug 18th Western cruise with you as well.
Our family is.....

Me-Jessica
DH Marc
DD Jillian (12 at cruise time)
DD Katie (8 at cruise time)
DS Matt (6 at cruise time)
We're travelling with two other families with 5 more kids total.

DVC Chris- I notice that you're from Long Island, all three of the families in our travel group are also. Two of the families (us included) are from Wading River, and the other family is from Malverne.

Our daughter Jillian is the only kid in our group who will be in the age group for the Edge, so she would love to get to know some other "tweens" before the cruise.

We are recently off of 4 nights on the Dream, and our only complaint was that we didn't want to leave the ship after 4 days!

 

[boundfordisney]

Hello everyone!

We will be on the Aug 18th Western cruise with you as well.
Our family is.....

Me-Jessica
DH Marc
DD Jillian (12 at cruise time)
DD Katie (8 at cruise time)
DS Matt (6 at cruise time)
We're travelling with two other families with 5 more kids total.

DVC Chris- I notice that you're from Long Island, all three of the families in our travel group are also. Two of the families (us included) are from Wading River, and the other family is from Malverne.

Our daughter Jillian is the only kid in our group who will be in the age group for the Edge, so she would love to get to know some other "tweens" before the cruise.

We are recently off of 4 nights on the Dream, and our only complaint was that we didn't want to leave the ship after 4 days!

welcome aboard tell us about the dream, was it crowded? what was your favorite place to dine and any other info would be welcomed

 

[PrincessBelle39]

dvc chris, wow 9 cruises lucky you! wish I lived closer to the port cause I would be cruising all the time! This will be our 3rd 7 night cruise with dcl, just finished selecting my daughter Jennifers cabin she will be in 7180, the port holes look huge in the pictures I have seen of the dream! Hopeing my other daughter will be joining us too but that wont be decieded on until closer to the end of 2011.Maybe I will just go ahead and book a cabin for them pay the deposit and if they cant go I can put the deposit onto my cruise that way at least she will have a spot. Would have to book 2 cabins as there would be 5 or possibly 6 of them that would be cruising.Better start checking out the cheapest way to go!

Its probably not a bad idea to book and pay a deposit for them now if you can do it. It would be refundable and possibly cheaper for them further out.

 

[PrincessBelle39]

Yes, Welcome aboard mdinowitz. I'd love to hear about the Dream also. I can imagine not wanting to leave the ship. We found that after 7 days on our last cruise.