"Double Dip Delight" Alternate Western 09/27/08

[CodyJ]

Hello Cruisers,

I am booked on this cruise with my sis and mom. We did the two castaway cay day cruise in may of 2006. It was wonderful and am looking forward to doing this one. There is nothing like a day at castaway cay... laying on a raft... dining at cookies.... laying on a raft... and then to do it all again.

Looking forward to getting to know you all.

Have a good day.

Liz

 

[Buckeye Gal]

Hello, Liz!!

Congrats on doing it all over again!! Sounds like a great mother/daughters getaway for all of you! That's what my mom and I are doing as well on this cruise.

We're a big/busy/active group of cruisers here, which has been so much fun! Not sure how much catching up you've been able to do in the previous 93 pages , so allow me to introduce myself as the Cast Roll Call lady. We have a website dedicated to this cruise as well that includes the Cast names and info that gets passed along to me. The website isn't current, so understand there's a lot missing there! It was just Marsha's (brady961) first attempt to show us what we can have, which is pretty awesome.

Check out the links in my signature for the website as well as Post 577. If there's any more info you would like to provide about your family that's listed in #577, feel free to either PM or email me to the Hotmail account you see below. Personal email addys are kept private and will not be passed along to anyone other than myself and Marsha (our website hostess).

BTW, assuming the three of you are sharing one room, you represent our 98th cabin, and your family brings our total number of DIS cruisers up to 298!!!! I'm thinking Drea will be the one to tip us over the 300 mark!!

Again, welcome!

PS: We have 3 other families on-board calling Maryland their home.

 

[zweihund]

Welcome Drea and Liz!

 

[Muushka]

Just dropping by......and wondering....has this cruise increased in price yet? I saw the fact that it dipped at CC twice and got to missing DCL and saw the great prices....

PS I only read the past few pages, but you all seem very nice! Thanks

 

[anewmac]

Welcome Drea and Liz!

thank you! By the way I read your Travel report and loved it! I cant wait to get one started... HOPEFULLY! all I could do today was think of things to look up write down find out about and dream about LOL

it all comes down the to "talk" I have to have with the DH about it all LOL

 

[anewmac]

Ok question on INSURANCE

Ive read a few dozen post I could find and well Im confused LOL

Im more worried about the fact that DH might be extended (it would be our luck) so he would miss the cruise (I said the kid and I would send him a post card but he didnt seem to like that idea LOL)

Ive never planned a trip with insurance. I was quoted $336. through DU. for the 4 of us. Could I find it cheaper? if so WHAT DO I NEED? I went to a few of the websites listed in the threads I found and ya im over the top confused! any help, insite yall could provide would be great! I want to have all my numbers for Dh by tmrw to give him a day to soak it i before I tell Tracy YES LOL. This is a big deal for us we NEVER go on big vacations.. like this magnatude. So for us to splurge this much I just want to make sure Im doing it RIGHT. Any help in the insurance area would be great!

Thanks!

 

[jcemom]

I compared prices through InsureMyTrip.com and purchased an acceptable (to me) policy through them. It was less expensive than Disney's insurance and with comparable coverage.

 

[anewmac]

I compared prices through InsureMyTrip.com and purchased an acceptable (to me) policy through them. It was less expensive than Disney's insurance and with comparable coverage.

I read someone else recemended them, now my next question is... what type of coverage do I need????? Im so lost....

but on a good note.. Hubby is loving my quotes, and stats so far LOL

 

[jcemom]

Well... this is my first cruise, so I don't think I should advise on what type of insurance is needed, LOL. I tried comparing to what Disney was including/covering and trying to guess what would be important or relevant to me. Hopefully someone here can give you some guidelines.

 

[Buckeye Gal]

Just dropping by......and wondering....has this cruise increased in price yet? I saw the fact that it dipped at CC twice and got to missing DCL and saw the great prices....

PS I only read the past few pages, but you all seem very nice! Thanks

Hello there!! I will tell you that I booked at the end of April for a Cat 7. When I booked, it had raised $50/adult person since I had first started looking at it at the first of April. I've seen it's gone up another $20/adult person since I secured my ressie, and that was about 3 weeks ago when I noticed that increase. I noticed only because I was helping friends price out for their family.

The double dip was very enticing to us as well!! I hope to see you back here!

 

[Buckeye Gal]

...Im more worried about the fact that DH might be extended (it would be our luck) so he would miss the cruise (I said the kid and I would send him a post card but he didnt seem to like that idea LOL)

This reminded me of something...doesn't DCL give military discounts for active duty service-people?

 

[anewmac]

only on certain cruises they offered it. I belive it was the Med cruises. We could have gone for the same price as we we will be doing on this one (maybe doing LOL). But by the time we even thought of a CRUISE it was way to late to plan for that one.. Passports being the biggest obstical.. and time off from work. OH WELL LIVE AND LEARN LOL. (NEXT TIME LOL)

 

[MAGICFOR2]

Welcome Drea and Liz!

Drea, we will be flying out from OR - almost the same as CA! We find that we need to fly out a day in advance, as you get there too late to catch the cruise, unless you take a red eye, which we are remote and can't get from here.

We stay at the Hyatt inside the Orlando airport. They have a great military discount, and when you make your ressies, you can tell them you are DCL, and you will be in a special wing - which, if you book Disney transportation (we do, I recommend it!) Your bags will be picked up in the hallway at your room, you will meet the Disney people inside the hotel, and take the bus right from the airport to the ship! We love doing it that way! No hassles!

Thanks so much to your DH and your family for your sacrifices! We are a military family, so I know how it is to have him gone, never mind in harm's way. Our prayers are with you, and it will be great to meet you!

 

[CodyJ]

Good Morning, Cruisers


BuckeyeGal, Sweihund, Magicfor2... for the welcome. I know we are going to have a great cruise.

The temps in Baltimore are going to be in the 90's for the next 7 days. Yuck!! Unless I am at the beach, 90's are just too hot, hot, hot. (We have high humidity too.) Lots of bad hair days for me in August. Oh well, my dh says it is better than 2 feet of snow.

DSis, DM and I get the travel insurance but since Dsis makes the reservations I don't know who she goes through. We always get it because Dm is 88 and will be 89 when we cruise. I know this is not helpful to you for looking for the best price for trip insurance. Good luck!!

I hope everyone has a good day.

Liz

 

[California Screamin]

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My name is Shirley. I am a kindergarten teacher. I love it. I especially love to see children when they realize they can read. My DH, Bobby, is a police officer.

Shirley, I taught kindergarten too. In fact, I'm homeschooling my DGD this year in kindergarten. I loved it too, especially when they started losing teeth and can't say phonics sounds without spraying. I'd tell them, "Serve towels when you talk."

Update on our flooded church. There's no news. The refinery is buying out homes of people that were in the oil's path, but so far, only homes.

How do I get the ticker on my signature to work?

 

[skoi]

Haven't posted in a while. We've been busy preparing our old, rickety house for our homestudy, keeping 3 kids busy, and preparing for a potential deployment which didn't materialize, so it's been a nutty summer for us.

Just a recap on us: We'll be me, dh (unless he's really deployed the next time it comes up), dd 13, ds 9, dd 3 and new ds 3 (unless China is really slow processing our paperwork). We have a cat 6 and a cat11 across the hall, and I hope this works out.

Is there a post that outlines any plans everyone made?
I'll be checking in more regularly now that we're set to start school.

Julie

 

[LadyShiva]

How do I get the ticker on my signature to work?

Take out the [ / U R L ] one and add [ I M G ] before http. Remove the spaces from what I have here.

Lemme see if I can test it and make sure your http part is working... BRB.

Is that how it is supposed to look?

 

[Scoobypop]

I don't want to be too scheduled as this is our first cruise of any kind, but for those of you who have been before do you typically do something in each port? Also if anyone has any experiences to share I would love to hear about them. I really enjoyed Hadley's Kohunlich review.

Rob and I almost always do ports "on our own". I know Hadley and family also do. Booking excursions through the cruise certianly has its advantages as well--all the guesswork, transportation, etc. is done for you. For us, once we were on our first cruise and made it to the ports of call, we realized the ease of getting about where we needed to go, and took it from there. A little advance research helps as well.

Rio would not have to be with us (he dislikes baseball more than the rest of us which is really saying something). I am sure many of you love baseball and I am thrilled for you, but I have to say for me there are few more mind numbingly boring ways to spend an afternoon.

Rio said his answer would be none, nothing really embarrasses him. After he said it, I realized he was right. I have never seen him embarrassed. Geez, I want that gene. I used to be terribly shy, but all the moving around we have done left me with two choices: have no friends, or force myself to learn how to be outgoing. I chose the latter. I think I do pretty well (but it IS an effort). I guess those who were on the TransAtlantic can say if I really do okay with that or not.

Hey Erik--we are 5 minutes into Xanadu right now! I will let you know how everyone likes it. And, we introduced Selina to HSM---she loves it! Great girl we have here.

I'll vouch for her, she's AWESOME!!!

Only 17 more days till HSM2!!

A huge thanks for the sacrifices that your family have been enduring to have DH in Iraq for all of us. My Goddaughters' father spent "only" one year away, so I was able to see many of the challenges that created for all of them.

Welcome and thank your husband also for his service. I have two military brothers myself, and appreciate the efforts and work.

Just dropping by......and wondering....has this cruise increased in price yet? I saw the fact that it dipped at CC twice and got to missing DCL and saw the great prices....

PS I only read the past few pages, but you all seem very nice! Thanks

I think someone answered, but grab it while the prices are low. It's among the lowest I think I've ever seen for a 7 night, at least it was when I booked in May. I haven't been back to the DCL website since.

For the other poster who inquired about where to stay, I think it was Drea--we have always taken the red eye out Friday night (from Las Vegas) and it arrives at 6:20 am Saturday morning. Then we're on the first DCL bus, which leaves at 10 am, and gets to the port at 10:45, plenty of time to enjoy hanging out in the terminal until boarding time.

After hearing that in May, many cruisers have scared us into coming in a day early for any "just in case" unexpected delays, so in the future we'll come in on Friday and probably stay at WDW on points, then take transportation from there.

Also been lurking, just hadn't had much to post lately. Been SO busy here. Glad to see everyone though and thoroughly enjoy reading the posts!!! Have a good week.
Chris

 

[Muushka]

Thank you Chris. We did grab it. Between getting a group rate and a Sam's Club $200 plus another $100 credits when the cruise is completed, it was a no brainer.

I have to laugh. We just switched over to Celebrity, did one last Dec and another one coming up this Dec. I thought we were all set, no more DCL, Celebrity from now on...blah blah blah..... Then I start snooping around and find out about this cruise. Well, as they say, the rest is history.

Soooooo, we are just 2 really big kiddos, that is it! And looking forward to cruising the Magic once again!

 

[cyndifan]

Just a recap on us: We'll be me, dh (unless he's really deployed the next time it comes up), dd 13, ds 9, dd 3 and new ds 3 (unless China is really slow processing our paperwork). We have a cat 6 and a cat11 across the hall, and I hope this works out.

Hi, Julie.

Am I seeing one of your pics right? Looks like you have a DD from China! Us too!! Our DD is almost 4.5 & will be 5.5 when we cruise next year. Here's hoping China moves quickly in processing your paperwork - I'd heard that things there have really slowed down in the past few months. I'd love for DD to meet yours - she enjoys seeing other kids from China.

Drea:
You don't want to get insurance through DCL. In fact, its advised to never get travel insurance through the company that you're travelling through. This is to protect you in case the travel company goes bust. That probably won't happen w/DCL, but still......
Insuremytrip.com has been recommended to us - you can compare lots of different quotes.