**Disney Fantasy June 30th, 2012- EASTERN**

[QBNQT]

Anyone going to dive in St. Maarten and St. Thomas? We are going through outside operator.

 

[Pawleys4]

Got the 11 check in time. Did NOT get Palo brunch. Boo!!! And no cabana, either, though honestly, I didn't expect to be able to get that.

I'll keep checking for the brunch, and if we STILL don't have it when we get onboard, I'll book it to the dining reservations (any idea where those will be on Fantasy?) and see if we can get one. It's truly the ONE thing I really wanted to do on board, so I'm a little bummed.

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Me too! I was able to book Palo dinner but could not get a Palo brunch on any day... and I love Palo brunch! What are my best chances of getting a cancellation? Going to the dining reservations sign-up when we first get on the ship?

 

[Pawleys4]

We have 13 and 11 year old children. They are very mature. Does Palo allow them in?

No. Palo is not set up to accommodate children. I doubt your children would really enjoy it anyway. YOU will love it, but they would most likely be happier in the kids' clubs.

 

[QBNQT]

How do you book a cabana for this cruise?

 

[DisneyMom70]

Anyone going to dive in St. Maarten and St. Thomas? We are going through outside operator.

My DH is. Do you have a reccomendation? For a good operator down there. He will do the one DCL dive, but not sure about any more. We have had some CRAZY dives in the past, so I am a bit paranoid about something going wrong and him not getting back to the ship in time.

 

[gonzalez8530]

My DH is. Do you have a reccomendation? For a good operator down there. He will do the one DCL dive, but not sure about any more. We have had some CRAZY dives in the past, so I am a bit paranoid about something going wrong and him not getting back to the ship in time.

This this the DH to QBNQT. We have a child that will be 11 on the cruise (he's limited to a max depth of 40 ft). We could not book through DCL because they have a minimum age of 12. I don't know of first hand experience with these dive ops but their communication has been good so far. The dive ops I contacted are:
St. Thomas - Blue island divers (their boat is at the dock)
St. Maarten - Caribbean dive college
I tried to find dive ops close to the docks or easy to get to that can accommodate cruise ship passengers. I hope we don't end up as a nightmare story.

 

[gonzalez8530]

Sorry, both Palo and Remy are adult only - 18 and over

I thought it was adults only, thanks. This will be our second cruise and we did do Palo last time without kids but I didn't remember if kids were present. I guess there weren't any. What I remember of Palo is that the dinner was great.

 

[gonzalez8530]

No. Palo is not set up to accommodate children. I doubt your children would really enjoy it anyway. YOU will love it, but they would most likely be happier in the kids' clubs.

I definitely know the DW and I will love Palo. We currently have a young teenager so I don't know how her reaction will be with kids camp. She just may not get a choice.

 

[Pawleys4]

I definitely know the DW and I will love Palo. We currently have a young teenager so I don't know how her reaction will be with kids camp. She just may not get a choice.

Has your daughter been to the teen club before? When my sons were younger, they LOVED the teen club. We booked Palo midweek to late-week. By then the kids had made friends in the teen club and were more than happy for us to have dinner at Palo without them, so they could have dinner with their new friends at the buffet. Plus, my teens thought unlimited room service was really a treat so they did not mind us leaving them at all.

 

[gonzalez8530]

Has your daughter been to the teen club before? When my sons were younger, they LOVED the teen club. We booked Palo midweek to late-week. By then the kids had made friends in the teen club and were more than happy for us to have dinner at Palo without them, so they could have dinner with their new friends at the buffet. Plus, my teens thought unlimited room service was really a treat so they did not mind us leaving them at all.

When we were on our last DCL cruise two years ago, we were on a 5 day with 3 stops so there wasn't much time for the kids to do kids camp. However, in the middle of the cruise, the kids did go to the camp and made a friend and had fun. Last summer we were at a beaches resort and both the kids were not very interested in their camp. I think with a teen camp, she will be more interested. Last year she was still in that tween phase.

 

[SuJo]

OK, so I don't feel like I am really prepared for this trip this year. I have booked the usual things (Palo's and excursions) but I usually have my magnets done, FE's started, and planning meet and greets. Any one else feeling behind?

Susan

 

[Paragd911]

How do you book a cabana for this cruise?

You book on the Disney web site. But all of the cabanas are sold out.

 

[scottygirl]

I set up a facebook page for the graduating seniors to get to know each other. Here is the link. https://www.facebook.com/groups/214799315287495/

Once a grad takes over I will exit as administrator and they will have the group all to themselves!

 

[SuJo]

I set up a facebook page for the graduating seniors to get to know each other. Here is the link. https://www.facebook.com/groups/214799315287495/

Once a grad takes over I will exit as administrator and they will have the group all to themselves!

Great! My DD just sent in a request to join!

 

[Pawleys4]

I set up a facebook page for the graduating seniors to get to know each other. Here is the link. https://www.facebook.com/groups/214799315287495/

Once a grad takes over I will exit as administrator and they will have the group all to themselves!

Thanks, ScottyGirl! My two sons will definitely join in the Facebook chats... once I tell them about the cruise. It's really hard keeping this cruise a secret to surprise my younger son for his high school graduation. I am so-o-o excited but am trying to hide my excitement from the boys.

 

[DCLaholic-mom]

DS has sent in a Facebook request.

Finally our cruise planning is getting better. We are very odd people (I think) so we are going different than everyone else. We will be visiting DTD the early afternoon of Fri. 6/29. DS wants to go to Trex (even though we have been to Rainforest a bunch of times). I remember when he went thru his dinosaur phase. Oh, the memories! And then I suppose we will walk around for a while. I hope to meet some of you there since that seems to be where most of you are staying. I think we might wear bright green DIS shirts or something so people can find US. A little excited since that will be the closest to WDW I have ever been. I am a disneyland veteran. Lived there my whole childhood and have been on DCL, but never been to WDW. I heard that even if you stay a week you still cannot see everything there is - EPCOT, etc. Someday!!

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

OK, so I don't feel like I am really prepared for this trip this year. I have booked the usual things (Palo's and excursions) but I usually have my magnets done, FE's started, and planning meet and greets. Any one else feeling behind?

Susan

I feel the same way right now. Usually I have everything pretty close to done and I spend the time fine tuning the plans, working on matching Tshirts etc. I have so much work ahead of me. Hoping that it will all start to come together soon.

 

[scottygirl]

I have exited the grad facebook page and asked my son to take over as administrator. If anyone has trouble getting accepted to the group let me know and I will gently nudge him in the right direction.

 

[marlower]

I have exited the grad facebook page and asked my son to take over as administrator. If anyone has trouble getting accepted to the group let me know and I will gently nudge him in the right direction.

You're awesome!!

 

[marlower]

Hey Everyone! Let's plan to meet on June 30th at 3pm at the Vista Cafe, Deck 4, midship. I would also love to plan a meet up for a wine tasting too...anyone interested or have more info on this? I think there is a wine tasting available at the Meridian but not sure on this.

Looking forward to meeting all of you!!