"Dream Weavers" September 1, 2011

[realfam]

Disname: Realfam Alex, Michelle, DD15 Maggie, DD3 Rebecca

Also in another cabin, my inlaws Bill and Gerry

 

[mattmommy]

Disname - Dizneyfan - Colleen, Mark and ds Matthew (will be 11)

Outside of planning for our WDW stay for 1999/2000 New Years Eve six years in advance, this is the furthest I've ever planned out.

 

[dstevens]

Disname - Dizneyfan - Colleen, Mark and ds Matthew (will be 11)

Outside of planning for our WDW stay for 1999/2000 New Years Eve six years in advance, this is the furthest I've ever planned out.

It's never too early to plan. Oh by the way, Welcome aboard.

 

[dstevens]

Disname: Realfam Alex, Michelle, DD15 Maggie, DD3 Rebecca

Also in another cabin, my inlaws Bill and Gerry

Welcome aboard

 

[pjstevens]

Disname - Dizneyfan - Colleen, Mark and ds Matthew (will be 11)

Outside of planning for our WDW stay for 1999/2000 New Years Eve six years in advance, this is the furthest I've ever planned out.

Colleen, so you have two dis'names'? Do you use mattmommy more, or the dizneyfan? Hubby and I both have accounts and sometimes post under the wrong one.

 

[mattmommy]

ARGH Brain fart. Dizneyfan is our ebay name. Sorry.

DCL excitement. Just the fact that both dh and I greenlighted the trip is a miracle.

Of course I had a bunch of "sads" today. Went into the Disney Store. DS9 is too old for everything in the store and there's nothing for adults. I miss the old store where you can buy dh his polo shirts and cute outfits for me. Oh well.

 

[pjstevens]

ARGH Brain fart. Dizneyfan is our ebay name. Sorry.

DCL excitement. Just the fact that both dh and I greenlighted the trip is a miracle.

Of course I had a bunch of "sads" today. Went into the Disney Store. DS9 is too old for everything in the store and there's nothing for adults. I miss the old store where you can buy dh his polo shirts and cute outfits for me. Oh well.

No problem at all. Haven't been in the Disney store in so long (I hate the mall!!!) that I didn't even realize they didn't carry grown up things. They use to have some great sales in the summer.

 

[boundfordisney]

We will be on this cruise as well, doing a b2b with this being the later part. It will just be myself Leslie and dh Terry as the rest of the family will be heading home after the first part 4 night. Can t wait to see the dream!

 

[pjstevens]

We will be on this cruise as well, doing a b2b with this being the later part. It will just be myself Leslie and dh Terry as the rest of the family will be heading home after the first part 4 night. Can t wait to see the dream!

Leslie, welcome to you and Terry. I'll add your info to the first post. If you change your ticker markers from <> to [] your ticker should show up.

 

[mattmommy]

I can't wait to see the ship reviews. I have my family and parents as definites and a ton of possibles.

I've been touting the "you'll only be off the ship for an hour to get new room keys" to sell the b2b, but most of my possibles will only be doing the 3 or 4.

 

[pjstevens]

I posted this on my facebook page the other day. Just something to enjoy.


A little horn battle in St. Marteen, Big Ship vs. Small Ship (Disney)

 

[mattmommy]

Just got verclempt hearing the Disney horn.

 

[pjstevens]

Just got verclempt hearing the Disney horn.

Mattmommy, I had to look up that word, lol. I thought that's what it meant though. I see your family is from Jersey. Do you fly out of Philly?

 

[cathyalby]

Ahoy! Glad to see more people have joined the thread!

This is: cathyalby (our names, I know, but it's easier to remember...) DS 11, DD 10, and BDS 9. We can't wait for our first cruise and are so excited that we have convinced my brother and his family to go, too! We are all Disney crazy, but this will be everyone's first Disney Cruise, and we plan to keep it a secret from the kids. Looking forward to checking back at the DIS and seeing who else joins!

 

[realfam]

If you guys are Disney crazy, and this is your first cruise.............

be prepared to have the most amazing time of your life. It is highly addictive and I promise it wont be you last.
We said on our first DCL, ah we just would like to try it once. By this cruise we would have been on all the Disney ships and our 6th cruise
Look forward to sailing with y'all

Cheers

Alex

Ahoy! Glad to see more people have joined the thread!

This is: cathyalby (our names, I know, but it's easier to remember...) DS 11, DD 10, and BDS 9. We can't wait for our first cruise and are so excited that we have convinced my brother and his family to go, too! We are all Disney crazy, but this will be everyone's first Disney Cruise, and we plan to keep it a secret from the kids. Looking forward to checking back at the DIS and seeing who else joins!

 

[boundfordisney]

hi everyone! Happy 4th of July weekend to our American friends ! So are we gonna do an FE? I have one from the last cruise but will need a new one as the one I have looks kinda christmasee.I have to admitt Im a little concerned as to the weather around this sailing date, has anyone else sailed at this time of year before? It will be a first time cruise for alot of my family and I hope it is smooth sailing!Just wish it would hurry up and get here!

 

[pjstevens]

Not sure why, but I'm not getting notices of posts in the thread. Sorry to miss a few.

We cruised this same time in 2008. There were MANY hurricanes that season. Our itinerary was changed slightly due to the storms at sea. We had our sea day first instead of second. The only disappointment to me was that our DFTW vow renewal was to be on a the 8th and due to the change got moved to the 9th. I had something embroidered with the date, so that was my only disappointment (well that and it was too windy for our ceremony to be outside), but no control over it and no hard done.

As long as we get to cruise and get to Castaway Cay, I'll be fine! (I could care less about Nassau, but I'm sure lots of people have plans for there).

Yes, we are definitely doing the FE (fish extender). I figure it's still a bit early, but for anyone not familiar with what this is, please just ask. It's a lot of fun, and is not required to be part of the group. We made some amazing friends on our cruise that we still communicate with (and at times get to see).

 

[boundfordisney]

Glad to hear your cruise worked out in the end!Was there much motion on the ship? Thats really all Im more concerned with.. its the little ones that Im afraid would be prone to getting a little seasick, hopefully that won t happen!So the last cruise you were on did you meet up at some point once you boarded? We met up around 230 I think on the promenade deck, and we did the Fe , somewhere in around 26 cabins. My grandkids really got a kick out of all the stuff that they ended up with, it was a lot of work to but a lot of fun. Although for the 3 night cruise it looks as though its just me and dh at this point, even still I would enjoy doing the Fe even if its an only kids exchange. I hope this year flies by!

 

[pjstevens]

Glad to hear your cruise worked out in the end!Was there much motion on the ship? Thats really all Im more concerned with.. its the little ones that Im afraid would be prone to getting a little seasick, hopefully that won t happen!So the last cruise you were on did you meet up at some point once you boarded? We met up around 230 I think on the promenade deck, and we did the Fe , somewhere in around 26 cabins. My grandkids really got a kick out of all the stuff that they ended up with, it was a lot of work to but a lot of fun. Although for the 3 night cruise it looks as though its just me and dh at this point, even still I would enjoy doing the Fe even if its an only kids exchange. I hope this year flies by!

We had smooth sailing except for one night. It didn't hit until after dinner and walking down the corridor, you really felt it. Looked on the tv and they said 15-20 foot waves. During the night I woke up and it was really moving and turned on the tv and they were 20-30 foot waves. But considering we went around a major storm, we were blessed with a beautiful cruise. And honestly that night was it (and it was kind of late, so maybe the little ones wouldn't have known).

We met up the first afternoon with some from our group. We ended up sitting with two families from our group at dinner and they are the ones we really got to know.

I think we had about 15 cabins in our FE and several of those were adults only (as we were), but we still were creative with the gifts. It was definitely a LOT of 'stuff' to bring on board. I guess I better start picking up things when I see them (I gave a lot of my left over 'goodies' to my teacher friends for the treasure boxes).

 

[pjstevens]

Ahoy! Glad to see more people have joined the thread!

This is: cathyalby (our names, I know, but it's easier to remember...) DS 11, DD 10, and BDS 9.

Cathy, so are you Cathy & Alby? just checking for our first post (for info and when we start planning a meet up and FE).