Easter at Sea 2015 - April 4, 2015 Eastern Caribbean (St Thomas)

[Richards04]

We just disembarked from the 2014 Fantasy Easter cruise and are counting the days until our cruise next Easter!
We are from Indiana and it will me myself, Lisa, Ross DH, Bailey DD (17), and Emma DD (10).
For those asking about St. Thomas, there are lots of great excursions available. We zip lined and cannot brag enough about the experience! It was very family oriented, organized, and very well run! They have a Facebook page if anyone wants to check them out. Tree Limin Zip Line St. Thomas is the name (I think).
We will definitely be participating in the FE!

 

[vavalynn2]

DH and I will be cruising for the 5th time (3rd Easter cruise) with all of you next year. I work for a school district so we often have to go when I have my break.

I am going to pick up vacation insurance this weekend. I needed to visit the dr on board this past cruise (nothing major or contagious, I am ok) and was quickly reminded how nice it would be to have an insurance that covers pre existing conditions. Out of all of the cruises we have done I never bought it in time. That is why it is on my to do list this weekend. You never know....

See you on facebook!

 

[DSRMary]

Hi everyone! We were on the 2014 Fantasy Easter cruise. the 2015 cruise will be our fifth Disney cruise. It will be me (Mary), DH Phil, and DS12 Jeremy. Looking forward to getting to know everyone.

 

[Krista3247]

Hi everyone. This will be our first Disney Cruise, and we are all pretty excited! My name is Krista, and I will be sailing with my DH John, DD Kiley - she will be 13 and my other DD Lauren - she will be 11 at time of Cruise. we are looking forward to the FE, although I am not very familiar with the program, I guess I will learn as we go. I did fill out the form for FE exchange I found on Facebook. I am also new to this site, but I'm sure that will be familiar to me soon. My daughters are interested in having a pen pal with kids their age who are going on this cruise, so if you are interested, let me know.

 

[disneymom13176]

Hello! Learned a few days ago that our school district changed spring break, we were sailing the week before... But now we are with you! Party of 6! Me (Amy), DH, DS16, Ds's friend 17, DS10 and my mom! We are all experienced cruisers except for my sons friend... This will be his first cruise. Looking forward to meeting everyone!

 

[WDW1974]

Will be joining with DH, DS(18), DS(16) and DS (15). From Silver Spring MD. Cant wait to get to know you all better. Sent FB request.

 

[Happy_N_Doc]

Hi All,

We are seasoned Disney cruisers and will be going with our son, daughter-in-law, and 2 grandkids (B-8, G-5). This will be their 4th cruise, always Spring Break. We are really looking forward to it, and have a Panama Canal crossing coming up Sept. 12 before that. That is on the Wonder though, west to east. I'm sure we will participate in FE; just have to get the OK from the group in Atlanta.

 

[hotdiggetydogs]

Hi! We are excited to join you and plan to join in the FE. It's me (45), DH (41), DS (8), and DD (6). This is our 3rd cruise. The first two cruises were on the Magic.

Looking forward to all the fun!

 

[LuvENDisney]

Hi all, so excited! We just changed our sail date to this Easter Fantasy Cruise! We originally booked to sail the week before, but switched so we could sail with my sister and her family and all if you! We had such a great time last Spring break that we had to do it again. Sailing with me are my DH, DS (11), DD (eight). Sailing with my sister are her DH, DD (13), DS (10), and DD (9). This is our 4th Disney cruise.

 

[basketlacey]

We booked last week and I am so excited! We will be celebrating my 40th bday. This is our second cruise. I will be sailing with DH, DD(16), DS (13), DD (10).

I'm not sure I want to do Fish extender but hopefully it's ok to still chat?

 

[OKW Lover]

We are on this cruise too. I'm Jeff and my wife is Val. We are both retired and now live very close to WDW. We booked this cruise so we would be on board for our 18th anniversary (4/5) and because we love this itinerary.

This will be DCL cruise #13 for us. Its also possible that we will get in another short DCL cruise beforehand. Living in Fl now makes it easier to do those last-minute specials that pop up.

 

[theJKs]

Hi everyone! We just booked our 2nd Disney cruise as a family and I am so excited! My DH Curt, and our 5 yr old DD Isabella are looking forward to meeting you and sharing that excitement with you all as it gets closer to setting sail. I watched the Fantasy sail away on the Port Canaveral Webcam and got the chills thinking in 215 days that will be us!

 

[OKW Lover]

Noticed at least one question on this thread about what to do in San Juan. Val & I did essentially this same cruise in January 2013. In San Juan we simply got off the ship and walked across the street where we caught the free park service shuttle. We rode that up to El Morro (a must see), spent some time there taking a bunch of pictures, and then slowly walked down through Old San Juan to the ship. Very easy and cheap! I'll see if I can find some pictures.

Lets see if this link works for folks.

 

[OKW Lover]

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[Foglerfamily4]

Hi everyone... Fogler family here from Richmond, VA. Experienced DVC'ers but first time Disney cruisers. And it is a surprise for our kids!!! DH and I are super excited... Hope we can keep the secret till April. DD thinks we are doing a DVC trip to OKW.

I definitely would like to be in on the FE exchange... We are Sarah, Dennis (DH), Lucia (DD, age 10) and Liam (DS, age 3). Have requested to join the FB group! Look forward to getting to "know" you all!!!

 

[ericrod]

Hi. Were excited for our first Disney cruise! My wife, 4 kids(8,7,5,3) parents and in laws will be on board, coming from Cleveland.

 

[Deanp3]

So, I'm new to the Boards here!

Me (Dean) My DW (Melissa) and our DF (FarmerTed), are going on this cruise, and are so excited! I've been on 2 DCL Cruises, and my DW.

Dean

 

[redoctober25]

So now that "we" are signed up for Fish Extenders there are going to be lots of questions about gift ideas from us (Dean3, Melissa and Myself)...

First: are there gifts that will most likely be given by multiple participants that we should not worry about giving ourselves? While looking online for gift ideas I saw a few items that I thought were very cool, but I also wouldn't want to give everyone that if it were given by others in the FE group.

Second: is there a typical or average dollar limit on gifts? I wouldn't expect to spend much on materials and such, but I don't want to overspend (or underspend) compared to everyone else. (Is this a taboo subject?)

Third: do most FE'ers give their gift as a single gift or do most spread them out over the cruise?

That's all I have for now, but I'm sure I will have more later. Thanks for any and all info as even though this will be my third Disney Cruise (2010 - Caribbean, 2013 - Alaska) it is my/our first Fish Extender experience.

 

[kyantrn]

Hello Everyone, this will be our 3rd Disney Cruise second time on the Fantasy. We would like to join the FE group. We have 2 boys 12 yr old and one will be turning 10 on the 4-8 while on the cruise and a girl that is 7. We are so excited and would have fun doing the FE.

 

[kyirish25]

Joining in on the Easter fun! It will be myself, DH, DS (13), FIL & MIL. This will be our 8th cruise and second time sailing over Easter on the Fantasy. Look forward to getting to know everyone and cruise with a couple of familiar faces again.