Dreaming of the Disney DREAM, Feb 17, 2013

[dizneeat]

Yes, we first cruised with Disney last February and really loved it - we are really looking forward to going on the Dream again! The fish extender was a lot of fun for our family!

Disney cruising can get addicting, can't it?
We cruised with them for the first time in 2009 and I could have sworn it would be our only time - instead, this is going to be cruise no 10 for us!

 

[Mason's Mom]

This will be our first Disney cruise and we can't wait!! We will be celebrating my son's 9th birthday. This is his first cruise ever. I don't know who is more excited him or I. I look forward to reading about everyone's planning. I love to plan Disney Vacations!!

 

[dizneeat]

This will be our first Disney cruise and we can't wait!! We will be celebrating my son's 9th birthday. This is his first cruise ever. I don't know who is more excited him or I. I look forward to reading about everyone's planning. I love to plan Disney Vacations!!

Hi!
Welcome to this cruise!
You are going to love Disney Cruise Line, it is so much fun cruising with them, lots of activities for juniors and adults alike.
This will be our 10th Disney cruise and we are still so excited to go back to this beautiful ship.
AND, I LOVE planning Disney vacations too! We are leaving next Friday for our next one. A short week long vacation, with a stay at the Poly before our cruise and BLT after it.
Then during the summer we are travelling for 4 weeks .... to Disney, of course!

I have added you to the list of cruisers in my first post. Have you thought about joining our FE exchange as well?

 

[Tigger1313]

We just got off the Magic and we are now booked on this cruise. It will be me Cathy my dbf Dave and my neice Ashley, 17 at the time of the cruise. This will be her 18th birthday and grad gift. First cruise for her. We would love to be part of the FE

 

[headinaviceboy]

Hi there. We are booked on this cruise. We were on the Magic earlier in February and loved it so much we booked this cruise whilst onboard.
There is Myself (Martin), my wife Mel and our daughter Molly who will be 7 when we are on this cruise.
We will be flying in from the UK and visiting all the parks first.

 

[Douvres Family]

Hello Karin...It's been 4 days since we saw you last...too long...

We will be on the same cruise and participating on the FE gifts.

Hello everyone, we are DS Alex (15yrs old when we cruise next year), DH Dimitri (or Jimmy), and yours truly Katerina (or Dania).

 

[dizneeat]

We just got off the Magic and we are now booked on this cruise. It will be me Cathy my dbf Dave and my neice Ashley, 17 at the time of the cruise. This will be her 18th birthday and grad gift. First cruise for her. We would love to be part of the FE

Hello, and welcome to our cruise thread!
I am sorry it took me so long to welcome you here, but we only got back from our vacation on the Disney DREAM and a short WDW stay.
Your niece will love her first cruise, I am sure!
I added you to the list of cruisers and the FE participants list!

Hi there. We are booked on this cruise. We were on the Magic earlier in February and loved it so much we booked this cruise whilst onboard.
There is Myself (Martin), my wife Mel and our daughter Molly who will be 7 when we are on this cruise.
We will be flying in from the UK and visiting all the parks first.

Welcome to our cruise thread!
I have added you to the list of cruisers!
Aren't Disney cruises just wonderful! We just returned from our 4th DREAM cruise (7th altogether) and cannot wait to go back.
Where are you staying prior to the cruise?

Hello Karin...It's been 4 days since we saw you last...too long...

We will be on the same cruise and participating on the FE gifts.

Hello everyone, we are DS Alex (15yrs old when we cruise next year), DH Dimitri (or Jimmy), and yours truly Katerina (or Dania).

Hi Dania!
We are already missing you dearly!
Cruising with you during President's week was awesome, Tom and I cannot wait to see you again next February!
I added you to the list of cruisers and to the FE participants list! This is going to be such a fun cruise again!
We will be in the same stateroom as last time (for ALL of our upcoming cruises! - I changed them all to 10626! ) and Tom is already thinking up some fun new magnets.
Did you see the Fantasy in NY harbour? I have seen bits and pieces of the christening on TV and it looks incredible!

 

[headinaviceboy]

Welcome to our cruise thread!
I have added you to the list of cruisers!
Aren't Disney cruises just wonderful! We just returned from our 4th DREAM cruise (7th altogether) and cannot wait to go back.
Where are you staying prior to the cruise?


We are going to stop at a Universal Hotel for a couple of nights and then have a week in a Villa.
Haven't booked flights or any hotels yet. The only thing booked is the cruise which we booked whilst onboard the Magic.

 

[Douvres Family]

Hi Dania!
We are already missing you dearly!
Cruising with you during President's week was awesome, Tom and I cannot wait to see you again next February!
I added you to the list of cruisers and to the FE participants list! This is going to be such a fun cruise again!
We will be in the same stateroom as last time (for ALL of our upcoming cruises! - I changed them all to 10626! ) and Tom is already thinking up some fun new magnets.
Did you see the Fantasy in NY harbour? I have seen bits and pieces of the christening on TV and it looks incredible! [/QUOTE]

Hi Karin, WE LOVE OUR MAGNETS! BTW, I didnt want to say anything before we met, but we do prefer Katerina and Dimitrios on our personalized items since they are our Baptismal names...love the magnets!!!

I'll have to do better on our FE gifts for the next cruise. We are trying to convince my sister in law to join us with her family for this cruise. I'll try to learn a little German before we meet again. We cant wait!!!

 

[dizneeat]

We are going to stop at a Universal Hotel for a couple of nights and then have a week in a Villa.
Haven't booked flights or any hotels yet. The only thing booked is the cruise which we booked whilst onboard the Magic.

We really enjoyed staying at the Royal Pacific at Universal. Staying at one of their hotels gives you their Express Pass for free (at least that was the case when we last visited) which can come in rather handy when it is crowded.
Are you going to book a villa on Disney property of offsite? We love the villas at OKW and Disney UK sometimes offers wonderful specials for it!

 

[dizneeat]

Hi Karin, WE LOVE OUR MAGNETS! BTW, I didnt want to say anything before we met, but we do prefer Katerina and Dimitrios on our personalized items since they are our Baptismal names...love the magnets!!!

I'll have to do better on our FE gifts for the next cruise. We are trying to convince my sister in law to join us with her family for this cruise. I'll try to learn a little German before we meet again. We cant wait!!!

I am glad you like your magnets and that we picked your given names on the bookmarks!

Your FE gifts were wonderful! We loved them a lot!
And I really hope you can talk your sister in law into joining you! You will find that on a "second or third" cruise everything will be much more relaxed. There is no more ...... I MUST do this or do that. You have already seen so much and can now lean back, relax and enjoy!
Can't wait to talk to you in German next time!

 

[headinaviceboy]

We really enjoyed staying at the Royal Pacific at Universal. Staying at one of their hotels gives you their Express Pass for free (at least that was the case when we last visited) which can come in rather handy when it is crowded.
Are you going to book a villa on Disney property of offsite? We love the villas at OKW and Disney UK sometimes offers wonderful specials for it!

We have stopped at The Royal Pacific Resort on our three previous visits and wouldn't go to Universal without stopping there.
We are going to try a villa off Disney property this time. We stopped in Old Key West in August 2011 when they were doing the 42% off and free dining.

 

[dizneeat]

We have stopped at The Royal Pacific Resort on our three previous visits and wouldn't go to Universal without stopping there.
We are going to try a villa off Disney property this time. We stopped in Old Key West in August 2011 when they were doing the 42% off and free dining.

for the Royal Pacific!
OKW is a steal at 42% off and free dining - we have done it for a few years now and have the same deal for summer this year!
It was the 1 bedroom villas at OKW that made us buy DVC.
How many people are in your party? It sometimes really makes sense to rent offsite.
On our last cruise (February this year) we met a family who travelled with their parents and kids and they had rented an offsite villa too. 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, pool for less than two value rooms at Disney!

 

[headinaviceboy]

for the Royal Pacific!
OKW is a steal at 42% off and free dining - we have done it for a few years now and have the same deal for summer this year!
It was the 1 bedroom villas at OKW that made us buy DVC.
How many people are in your party? It sometimes really makes sense to rent offsite.
On our last cruise (February this year) we met a family who travelled with their parents and kids and they had rented an offsite villa too. 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, pool for less than two value rooms at Disney!

There is just three of us including Molly who is six. We fancy trying a villa off site and have found one we like. We have stopped at okw, all star movies , the dolphin before plus The Wyndham and quality inn on I drive in the past.

 

[MMandtheBoys]

Hello!

My family will be sailing on the Dream with you next February. This will be our first cruise and we can't wait! We would love to join the FE exchange. It looks like so much fun.

Thanks!

 

[123Dis4Me]

Hello!

My family will be sailing on the Dream with you next February. This will be our first cruise and we can't wait! We would love to join the FE exchange. It looks like so much fun.

Thanks!

Welcome to the Disboards!

 

[Kim1964]

Hi! I am so excited to be joining you!! We'll be going on our first cruise, and it just had to be Disney. We are a family of four: DH, myself, and our daughters, who will be 16 and 10 when we sail.

After so many trips to WDW, it's a little weird to be starting over again in the "learning about our vacation destination" game. I am counting on the seasoned veterans to steer me in the right direction!

 

[Douvres Family]

Hello!

My family will be sailing on the Dream with you next February. This will be our first cruise and we can't wait! We would love to join the FE exchange. It looks like so much fun.

Thanks!

How many in your family?

Hi! I am so excited to be joining you!! We'll be going on our first cruise, and it just had to be Disney. We are a family of four: DH, myself, and our daughters, who will be 16 and 10 when we sail.

After so many trips to WDW, it's a little weird to be starting over again in the "learning about our vacation destination" game. I am counting on the seasoned veterans to steer me in the right direction!

We are The Douvres...on the cruise it will be me, DH Dimitrios, & DS Alex.

Alex will be 15 when we cruise next year. I must say, he returned totally loving the teen club (Vibe) and made so many new friends from across the country. They all keep in touch via FB. I encourage you to attend open house on the first day...DH refused to leave...he wanted to be 17 again. The teen lounge, "club", TV room, and sundeck with jacuzzi and pool looked pretty awesome. And they have their own bars which includes specialty drinks like Pi~na Colada & Miami Vice (of course...non-alcohol). Outside of Vibe, these drinks are an additional cost.

I think your daughters may enjoy the clubs probably more than they expect to.

Looking forward to all our future chats

 

[dizneeat]

Hello!

My family will be sailing on the Dream with you next February. This will be our first cruise and we can't wait! We would love to join the FE exchange. It looks like so much fun.

Thanks!

Welcome!
You are going to enjoy and love cruising with Disney! The DREAM is a beautiful ship!
I have added you to the list of cruisers and the list of FE participants! I am truly happy so many of you will take part! It is such a fun experience!

Hi! I am so excited to be joining you!! We'll be going on our first cruise, and it just had to be Disney. We are a family of four: DH, myself, and our daughters, who will be 16 and 10 when we sail.

After so many trips to WDW, it's a little weird to be starting over again in the "learning about our vacation destination" game. I am counting on the seasoned veterans to steer me in the right direction!

Welcome, Kim!
I am so happy you came over here to join us! As I said before, I am sure you are going to love cruising with Disney! Their service is just outstanding and there is so much to do and see!

Have you thought about joining our FE (Fish Extender) exchange? It is a fun thing to do.
Please, if you have any questions, just go ahead and ask - there are lots of experienced cruisers around here!

 

[dizneeat]

Dania, thanks for helping out! You are officially my co-host!