DREAM 5-night June 21 2011

[Mickey moos]

That would be fine up til cruise time, then maybe something like " Living the Dream." Maybe we could have chasing until we get on board then change to the living.

Scott

 

[ranidayz]

That would be fine up til cruise time, then maybe something like " Living the Dream." Maybe we could have chasing until we get on board then change to the living.

Scott

Maybe "Catching the Dream..." - but I like "Living the Dream..." as well.

 

[ranidayz]

I got it! I got it! I got it!

What about......

Wait for it.....

"Dreamin' La Vida Loca"​

 

[skylynx]

Hi, Everyone

Our family went to a DVC member event in the Chicago 'burbs over the weekend. DVC is giving away Dream cruises as purchase incentives, so the event was heavily focused on the new ship. They even had an operating model of the video porthole that will be in the inside cabins. It was so cool...had everyone mesmerized watching it. The starfish from Finding Nemo was on it, plus the house and balloon from Up would occasionally go sailing by, Flounder jumps out of the water, etc. I heard one of the DVC cast members say they'd been told by DCL some folks with inside staterooms had turned down upgrades because they wanted to experience the video porthole! Not sure I'd go that far, but the porthole was something to behold.

The other neat thing we learned about is that in certain places around the ship, and particularly in the atrium, there will be "enchanted art," which will be pictures framed on the wall that sense your presence and will interact with you. For example, one was a picture that looked like an old black and white photo of Walt and Mrs. D that occasionally would have a cartoon Donald Duck fly past them on a magic carpet (a' la The Rivers of Time ride in Mexico). My favorite was a painting of the bay at Neverland, and there was some way you could steer one of the ships in the painting around by waving. Kind of like a Wii, I guess. With all the talk about the new restaurants and the Aquaduck, it's exciting to know there will be other, less obvious bits of Disney magic to discover!

 

[miztigg]

hi everyone
I will be joining you guys on this cruise!!!! Me and DH just got off a 3 day without the kids and rebooked on board!! 3 days are way too short!!! We have a verandah room booked its me DH and our then 8yr old twin girls. My mother in law and son are gonna book in the next week or so in a inside room. Looking forward to chatting and planning with all of you guys.
Rita Kathleen

 

[skylynx]

Welcome, Miztigg. Plenty of room for more DCL addicts on this cruise. Rebooking on board is, as far as I can tell from my own experience, the ONLY real antidote to the end-of-cruise blues. That way, when you haul your luggage out under the "see you real soon" sign while disembarking, you'll know that saying is true, and not be so depressed!

Happy to have you with us.

 

[indimini]

the ONLY real antidote to the end-of-cruise blues. That way, when you haul your luggage out under the "see you real soon" sign while disembarking, you'll know that saying is true, and not be so depressed!

Ain't that the truth! The only vacation I ever almost cried because it was over was our first DCL cruise (actually my first cruise ever.) Since then, I've become addicted to cruising. So looking forward to our double dip on the Dream.

 

[miztigg]

Thanx for the welcomes I agree I DONT get off the mickey boat without having another cruise booked Even if its over a year away . I did just find out that my hosp that i work at is going to be giving a TON of OT this summer I may just work some so i can do another short cruise this fall to get my disney fix

 

[indimini]

Decided to switch from a deluxe family ocean view to a deluxe veranda today (sshhh... don't tell DW. )

Price was only $400 more and it's an aft balcony which we've never done but heard is a great. Looking forward to next summer already.

 

[pixie08]

Hi everyone!

I haven't yet had a chance to come over here because I have been planning my cruise this summer but Dh and I booked for this cruise for our Four year anni (June 22nd). We are super excited! My mom and brother are joining us.

ME (pixie08)
DH (mousepotato)
Mom
DB (goof trooper)

We are all in the second seating!

 

[skylynx]

Welcome, Mary

We have a great bunch of DCL addicts on this cruise. Happy to have you joining us to celebrate your anniversary (we'll be celebrating ours, too!)

 

[lg3]

Count us in too!!
We just switched from the 6/12 to 6/21 cruise so other family members could join us. Can't wait!!!!!!!!!!! This would be our 4th cruise (1 Celebrity and 2 DCL before - both on the Magic) I am hoping to combine it with some time at the World, since it is just a 5 night. We couldn't resist checking out the new ship. We are used to the 7 night and are hoping to extend the pixie dust longer that just the cruise. There will be 3 of us, myself, dh, and dd8 at time of cruise. This time she wants to try the Dolphin encounter. I am there already in my mind..............

 

[BethA]

We are booked-myself, my husband, Sean and Brandon-will be 15 then.As it gets closer he will be happy to text anyone close to his age.

A five night is not bad-just did one on the Wonder, but for the cruise is never long enough.
I am hoping my older son and his girlfriend can join us to.

Music girl-I think we were on the Magic double dip with you a few years back-doesn't your husband take amazing photos?

we are also on the maiden voyage-can't wait

 

[skylynx]

Hi, Beth
I'll have a 15 year old boy on this cruise, too. He'll be delighted to make a buddy in advance. He loves Xbox and playing basketball on deck. His name is Jack. I also will have our daughter who will be 18 at the time and freshly graduated from high school. We hope.

 

[ut*disney]

We are on our way home now from our 5-day Double Dip on the Wonder (June 13-18). We booked this cruise because of our kiddos. My hubby and I wanted a 7-day cruise, but our kiddos loved our server so much and wanted to be on the same cruise he would sail on. Not to mention, the 7-day cruises wouldn't be the Dream.

We had a Pirate Party during our cruise. We had a *dressy* night also.

The magic art on the Dream will be like Magic Quest at Great Wolf Lodge. From what we were told, a Disney villan has stollen something. The kiddos use their *key to the world* and the art will give the kiddos a clue to the next piece of art to find the stollen object and what villan stole it. Also, each object will change to something different.

It will be myself, hubby and boy/girl twins (8).

 

[jaurban]

My DD loved MagicQuest at Great Wolf (Wisconsin Dells)! She will be so excited. She will be 8 then as well.

 

[ranidayz]

We are booked-myself, my husband, Sean and Brandon-will be 15 then.As it gets closer he will be happy to text anyone close to his age.

A five night is not bad-just did one on the Wonder, but for the cruise is never long enough.
I am hoping my older son and his girlfriend can join us to.

Music girl-I think we were on the Magic double dip with you a few years back-doesn't your husband take amazing photos?

we are also on the maiden voyage-can't wait

I have a DS who will be 14.5 going on 25 when we cruise. He's a major soccer fanatic and loves playing ping pong on board. In fact, both of my DS played so much ping pong on the last cruise - we wound up buying a table for the house!

Wow - one year from today, we'll be at Universal (shhhh) waiting to cruise the next day!

 

[indylaw99]

Add us to the list! We just surprised my inlaws by telling them yesterday that the whole family is taking them on this cruise for their 45th anniversary!

In our group will be:

Me, my husband, and my daughters (now 7 and 9)
My inlaws
My BIL, SIL, niece (now 1) and nephew (now 4)
My BIL
My husband's aunt

My family has been on 4 DCLs and my husband and I will be doing a 4 night Wonder in September by ourselves.

We're planning on doing Universal the weekend before the cruise to see Wizarding World of Harry Potter and then staying with most of the family in the treehouses at Saratoga Springs the night before the cruise.

I can't believe it's a year out and I am already starting the research obsession!!

 

[ut*disney]

I know we are a year away from our cruise. We just participated in our first FE exchange on our first 5-day cruise June 13. The *keeper of the list* initially set a cutoff date for participation, which was about 6 weeks before the date of sail. This allowed the participants enough time to plan, purchase and prepare their FE gifts. Everybody sent the following information in a PM:

DisBoard Name
E-mail Address (for spreadsheet)
Names of Adults
Names/Ages of Kids
Stateroom No.
Location

He would list the following information and update a particular post so everyone could keep track. The new participants would be added in bold:

DisBoard Name
Jack (Adult)
Jill (Adult)
Billy (10)
Betty (6)

After the deadline, he emailed the Excel spreadsheet out to the participants that included the above information (including the staterooms). On Day 1 of our cruise, we all met and introduced ourselves.

Just thought I would share an idea.

 

[ut*disney]

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