"Double Dip Delight" 09.27.2008 - Chapter 4!

[Selket]

The kids' club incident...


Instead I found her standing 5-6 feet from the "treasure chest television" bawling her little eyes out, sobbing and terrified. Her eyes were red and swollen and she'd obviously been crying for quite a long time

I'm so sorry she had this experience. My younger son was in the 5-7 group and I agree that those two groups didn't mesh all that well together. Since he is older though it wasn't traumatizing for him - but a 3 year old and an almost 7 year old are quite different. He probably seemed really old to her and the 3 year olds were like babies for him. I think they should not have put these two groups together as much as they did. I tried to keep him out when I saw they had them together as he didn't enjoy the club as much then. I am glad that you had a sit-down with the management on this. For the 3-4 year olds - being with 6-7 year olds (1st and 2nd graders) is just too much I think.

Hi all, just wondering what the feedback from your 11-13 year olds on the Disney Quest was? Our DD and DS went one time, then didn't go back. I am thinking it wasn't structured enough for them? Not sure, not getting a lot of constructive feedback from them. Just wondering

My older son is almost 11 (few weeks to that birthday) so they let him in OQ and he LOVED it. He really enjoyed the counselors and the ability to come and go. He could go with them to the activities or stay in OQ - he enjoyed all of it including the other kids.

I thought the food was MUCH better this trip than our 7 night trip on the Magic about a year ago. DH thought the same. The food was so darn bland last year I really got sick of it. I was planning not to eat in the dining room as often this trip but we ended up going every night except our Palo night. I though the Topsiders lunch wasn't quite as good - though the desserts made up for it!

Many thanks to the FE folks - we loved all of our gifts. Who made the little scrapbook? There were a few handmade items in there (notepads, sticky pads, etc) and I just wanted to give those people some extra kudos - that scrapbook looked like hard work and is beautiful. The kids loved all the pirate stuff and tattoos and the pens - the jumping beans are awesome! The survival kits were quite useful - all the little toys and trinkets & glow sticks- the whoopee cushion and vampire teeth were a big hit with my 6 year old - LOL! - many thanks to everyone!

 

[ntheory]

Welcome home, Shell! Sorry I didn't get to meet you! I have to say a special thank you for Sarah's FE gift. She has it as I type and it is covered in drool, so good job!

I'm SO glad she likes it. I hope she can use it and love it for a long time to come.

Rest of the cruise was great, except for the two nights that our door magnets disappeared. Dress up Mickey went MIA on Monday night between 9-11pm and our "Casa de Day" sign disappeared on Friday night. Mean people suck.

Yeah, what was up with that?! I saw your note on my door sign and left it there for several nights. I'm so sorry that you didn't get them back. That's sad.

Well, when Mickey went missing, we thought that they left the other magnet because it was personalized... Guess not. I can't figure out why anyone would want our magnet with our name on it.... Now we are plotting ways to make magnets unstealable. So rude.

I just don't get people. I can't even imagine taking someone's magnets (or anything else for that matter). That's insane.

 

[Maggie62677]

Mean people really do suck....no, seriously. There is no reason AT ALL for ANYONE to take something that doesn't belong to them...guess there are some folks that need a refresher in Kindergarten 101 ....(stepping down from my soap-box).

Sorry to those of you that didn't make it out unscathed...I would have broken in to the bridge and forced that microphone from Brent demanding the 'punk' return my magnet(s)...thankfully my Mickey Mouse Rays Baseball magnet made it through the whole trip.

sheesh....some people.

 

[Scrappingjen]

My DS was in the 3-4 and he never wanted to leave but he is a very outgoing, talkative kid who has never met a stranger and would just go ask a CM if he wanted anything. I did feel as if it wasn't as orgaised as I thought it should have been but thats just me.

My DD is more shy and she was in the 5-7 she had a great time too. But our last day as CC she wanted "family" time so the 3 of us spent the day togther no serinity bay for Mom and Dad But we had a AWSOME time togther.

My biggest complaint about the club is some of the best stuff happens in the evening and if they did it they would miss the shows and my kids loved the shows.

 

[Elliott's_mommy]

Ok. Am I the only one having issues transitioning back into real life at this point?

 

[alleluia5]

Ok. Am I the only one having issues transitioning back into real life at this point?

NO! It is soooo hard to work - I mean, come on, where is my cruise nap, my bed is still unmade and I have laundry to do

 

[Epperbiker]

Ok. Am I the only one having issues transitioning back into real life at this point?

Oh my gosh, yes. Put it this way...


Your Countdown Date to your next Disney Cruise is: (09/12/2009)

Your Countdown Time is 0 years, 11 months and 6 days.

Your Countdown is also exactly 341 days.

Your Countdown is also approximately 8,184 hours.

Your Countdown is also approximately 491,040 minutes.

Your Countdown is also approximately 29,462,400 seconds.

 

[Elliott's_mommy]

Oh my gosh, yes. Put it this way...


Your Countdown Date to your next Disney Cruise is: (09/12/2009)

Your Countdown Time is 0 years, 11 months and 6 days.

Your Countdown is also exactly 341 days.

Your Countdown is also approximately 8,184 hours.

Your Countdown is also approximately 491,040 minutes.

Your Countdown is also approximately 29,462,400 seconds.

I am SOOOOO glad that its not just me then. I could happily fly back to Castaway Cay and spend today sitting on the beach.
maybe I should play the lotto and hope to get lucky...if I win big can I just purchase the walt suite on the Magic and live there?

 

[TheDisneyGirl02]

Ok. Am I the only one having issues transitioning back into real life at this point?

Well, I'll be going back to real life tomorrow...my weekends are Sunday/Monday, so I'll be back at work tomorrow. Sigh...

I miss cruising already...

 

[Nette]

Mean people really do suck....no, seriously. There is no reason AT ALL for ANYONE to take something that doesn't belong to them...guess there are some folks that need a refresher in Kindergarten 101 ....(stepping down from my soap-box).

Sorry to those of you that didn't make it out unscathed...I would have broken in to the bridge and forced that microphone from Brent demanding the 'punk' return my magnet(s)...thankfully my Mickey Mouse Rays Baseball magnet made it through the whole trip.

sheesh....some people.

Yeah, we ran into Brent in Sessions after Mickey went missing and considered complaining to him... but really, what's the point? Besides, they only got the top half of his tux, his hat and dress shoes... all the other "clothes" were on the inside of our door. (His pants must've fallen off and gotten kicked back under the door cuz we found them the next morning on the floor)

Ah well... it's not a big deal.

 

[crissichef]

Hello all,

It was so nice meeting so many of you! We enjoyed the cruise but I think we extended our vaca a little too long with 2 days at Disney after........we are all exhausted!

Our asst. waiter (Valerie from France) was the pits. She never talked or even smiled and her service was terrible. We had ice tea everynight and always had to ask her for sugar. Several nights, we even had to ask for forks. Hopefully, she leaves the cruise business soon.

Diana,

Wow, we had Valerie from France at late seating along with Ivan from Bulgaria and they were both awesome! She would cut up the kids food and make sure our drinks were refilled, usually without asking. In fact, her and Ivan even shelled our shrimp for us. She had our drink order memorized after the 2nd day! We wanted to take them both home with us. That's crazy how we both got totally different impressions.

I am happy to be home............but not back to work tomorrow!

Talk to you all later!

Crissi

 

[pfishgirl]

FINALLY... I am able to post.. I have about 10 pages to catch up on..

THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH FOR ALL THE FANTASTIC F/E TOYS AND GIFTS!!!! There were soooo many I almost ran out of room in my Pirate Loot Bag..

I am sad to report, my Dis Message Board was stolen off my door.. I was totally bummed out and looked for it on other people's doors in case it was replaced elsewhere and nothing

We had a GREAT time, even with Castaway being a little gloomy on Friday.. It was Really wonderful meeting you all and the landyards helped break the ice too..

For ALL of you who have "teens" that met our Brittany.. I am sorry We ALL know She is a bit of a talker.. and I know she has been Texting and Talking to several of your children since we've got off the ship..

 

[MagicMe]

I don't think I lost any magnets but I did come out on Thursday morning to find all of our magnets on the door across from us. Kind of funny 'cause the lady was just entering into their cabin with her grand-daughter and I heard her saying "I know this is our room but I don't know where all these nice magnets came from...." I took a quick look at my door and realized that they were mine!!! I thought my son had done it (since he loved turning my magnets upside down all week) but he swears he didn't do it. At least they just moved them somewhere I could find them right away!

 

[MagicMe]

Our servers were Oppie and Marko. Oppie was our server and he was very good. We had no complaints about his service but he wasn't overly personable. We found out Saturday AM that he was finished his contract and was going home for 3 months so he may have been a bit distracted, but again, we couldn't complain about his service.

Our assistant server, Marko, on the other hand was fantastic. We had so much fun with him and he knew our drinks after the first night. Always had that coffee cup ready for my Mom. We even ran into him one afternoon at Pluto's. We picked up our food and we were looking for a table when I turned around and there was Marko with two diet cokes!!! (one for me and one for my son). He then checked with my Mom to see if she still wanted coffee (since it was hot on Deck 9) and also checked with Amy as to what she would like since they didn't have Ginger Ale up on Deck 9. He really went out of his way!!!

We really wanted to bring Marko home but I think his wife would have objected!!!

 

[pfishgirl]

Did anyone sign up for the Sept. 19th, 2009 sailing? We'll be there!

We have had our reservation for this one but DH "thinks" we will probally change it when the 2010 dates get published There goes out first B2B

 

[ntheory]

I am sad to report, my Dis Message Board was stolen off my door.. I was totally bummed out and looked for it on other people's doors in case it was replaced elsewhere and nothing

For ALL of you who have "teens" that met our Brittany.. I am sorry We ALL know She is a bit of a talker.. and I know she has been Texting and Talking to several of your children since we've got off the ship..

Seriously?! Geez.


ROTFL!!!! My son was in here when I was reading this, and he read your comment about Brittany. He literally LOL and nodded! LOL!! I guess he's been chatting with her. I'm so glad they all became such good friends.

I don't think I lost any magnets but I did come out on Thursday morning to find all of our magnets on the door across from us. Kind of funny 'cause the lady was just entering into their cabin with her grand-daughter and I heard her saying "I know this is our room but I don't know where all these nice magnets came from...." I took a quick look at my door and realized that they were mine!!! I thought my son had done it (since he loved turning my magnets upside down all week) but he swears he didn't do it. At least they just moved them somewhere I could find them right away!

LOL!! That's kind of funny. I'm glad you got them all back.

I think I was too far away from the mainstream traffic for mine to get taken or ....... rearranged. Not necessarily a bad thing .....

 

[TheDisneyGirl02]

Our servers were Oppie and Marko. Oppie was our server and he was very good. We had no complaints about his service but he wasn't overly personable. We found out Saturday AM that he was finished his contract and was going home for 3 months so he may have been a bit distracted, but again, we couldn't complain about his service.

Our assistant server, Marko, on the other hand was fantastic. We had so much fun with him and he knew our drinks after the first night. Always had that coffee cup ready for my Mom. We even ran into him one afternoon at Pluto's. We picked up our food and we were looking for a table when I turned around and there was Marko with two diet cokes!!! (one for me and one for my son). He then checked with my Mom to see if she still wanted coffee (since it was hot on Deck 9) and also checked with Amy as to what she would like since they didn't have Ginger Ale up on Deck 9. He really went out of his way!!!



We really wanted to bring Marko home but I think his wife would have objected!!!

I missed Marko last night...I actually had to go get my own drink at dinner! LOL!!!

 

[Fizzgig]

AQW: Ditto about the 3-4 year old Club! I think we're done with Disney after this latest bit of insanity at the Oceaneer's Club. Fiona was hurt by counselors TWICE and not one of them said anything. I went to check Fiona in after swimming one morning and was told she had gotten into TWO FIGHTS. Ya think they coulda said something when she was picked up or maybe PAGED US????

I'm still a bit ticked off. DCL didn't refresh either of our staterooms... Our menus were even tattered several times. Sagging beds. Dirty, unpatched grout.

DCL People overall were great, but I think we're done. I'm still deciding on cancelling the 2009 double dip, but that ship isn't getting any younger.
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You Fish Extender crazies: HOLY COW you guys are amazing!!! Fiona was LOVING all the gifts! She loved to make "lists" with the notebooks, and was ecstatic over all the candy and toys! THANK YOU!!!

 

[rkandmjsmommy]

I also have to say my tremendously fantastic Secret Mickey gift brought me to tears. I won't reveal your identity to others (unless you want me to) but I will reveal your amazing gifts in my trip report. You are truly angels.
Thanks again to all of you for making our cruise so special.

You are SOOOOOOOOOOOO welcome!!!! We are glad you enjoyed them!

We gave out the red/white pens with "Dis Double Dip" "9/27/08-10/4/08" "Beacuse one day at Castaway Cay just isnt enough!!!!"
The F/E was a blast, kids loved it!
We got a GREAT cookbook signed my Mickey from our SM...aka Scoobypop, Matthew as amazed they knew Peter Pan was his favorite, they had also made us door magnets!

I saw Val EVERYWHERE I went, I will send dolphin pics when I upload
We had a GREAT time but...we are NOT every year cruisers...we didnt rebook and probably wont cruise again for a few years, Disney is TOP OF THE LINE, cruising just isnt our thing.
It was GREAT meeting so many people!

 

[TheDisneyGirl02]

You are SOOOOOOOOOOOO welcome!!!! We are glad you enjoyed them!

We gave out the red/white pens with "Dis Double Dip" "9/27/08-10/4/08" "Beacuse one day at Castaway Cay just isnt enough!!!!"
The F/E was a blast, kids loved it!
We got a GREAT cookbook signed my Mickey from our SM...aka Scoobypop, Matthew as amazed they knew Peter Pan was his favorite, they had also made us door magnets!

I saw Val EVERYWHERE I went, I will send dolphin pics when I upload
We had a GREAT time but...we are NOT every year cruisers...we didnt rebook and probably wont cruise again for a few years, Disney is TOP OF THE LINE, cruising just isnt our thing.
It was GREAT meeting so many people!

You're home in chilly PA! I was quite chilly when we landed on Saturday!

How was WDW?

Glad you're home safely!