EBPC December 9, 2012!!! Who's in????

[LindaBabe]

GOOD Morning, Happy Cruisers!

IF you need a shuttle in the southern California area, I have had good luck with Karmel Shuttle several times in the past. I originally found them from a recommendation on the Disneyland board here on DIS, so apparently other people have also found them suitable.

Happy Day, all!

 

[4everluvDisney]

GOOD Morning, Happy Cruisers!

IF you need a shuttle in the southern California area, I have had good luck with Karmel Shuttle several times in the past. I originally found them from a recommendation on the Disneyland board here on DIS, so apparently other people have also found them suitable.

Happy Day, all!

Thanks for the info. I will look into them.

 

[BethC1952]

After reading all the stories of people's renovations, I think I'm glad we live in an apartment! Our marriage would NOT have lasted 40 years if we tried renovating anything. We can't even agree when we rearrange the furniture!

One week from today I will be boarding Magic for the final Canada cruise. I can't wait! I just hope that Tropical Storm Leslie is long gone from the area before we get there!

Once I'm home again I can really get into planning mode for this cruise, and can start thinking about the Transatlantic in May. Over the weekend DH decided that he wants to do an Alaska cruise next September. It's a good think I enjoy the planning almost as much as the cruising!

Beth

 

[DVCinderella]

One week from today I will be boarding Magic for the final Canada cruise. I can't wait! I just hope that Tropical Storm Leslie is long gone from the area before we get there!

Once I'm home again I can really get into planning mode for this cruise, and can start thinking about the Transatlantic in May. Over the weekend DH decided that he wants to do an Alaska cruise next September. It's a good think I enjoy the planning almost as much as the cruising!

Beth

I am so jealous you get to go on the Canada cruise again! We had such a terrific time on the 8/12 sailing. Hope you have great weather! Maybe all the Canada merchandise will be half-price

I really hope DCL comes back to NY in 2014. I loved just driving over the bridge to get there!

 

[Land Park Tudor]

We've been booked for a few months now, but are only just discovering this roll call -- based on some post I read about a "fish extender." We've sailed on the Magic twice and a 4 other cruises with our kids (son is 6 and daughter is 8). Looking forward to it and making some new friends.

 

[pharmjenn]

We've been booked for a few months now, but are only just discovering this roll call -- based on some post I read about a "fish extender." We've sailed on the Magic twice and a 4 other cruises with our kids (son is 6 and daughter is 8). Looking forward to it and making some new friends.

Welcome to the group, neighbor! I am from Antioch, down in the Bay Area.
This is a pretty active group, with lots of kids. My DS will be 5 by the cruise. There are a few other Sacramento area people cruising as well.

 

[LindaBabe]

GOOD Morning, Happy Cruisers!

We've been booked for a few months now, but are only just discovering this roll call -- based on some post I read about a "fish extender." We've sailed on the Magic twice and a 4 other cruises with our kids (son is 6 and daughter is 8). Looking forward to it and making some new friends.

Welcome Aboard!

We have quite a few people sailing, but you wouldn't notice that by the progress of this board! I guess everyone is busy with getting back to school and work after the lazy days of summer.

There's a lot of information on this thread, if you have time to read back - including the Panama books people are reading, plans in various places and so forth. In my signature is a link to OUR cruise website. Jeff made it. It includes a ROLL CALL and information on who's doing what when.

This trip MUST be coming closer although time seems to be crawling. My sister-in-law called last night about the WBPC in May which they are taking with us! I'm REALLY not ready for that one!

Happy Day, all!

 

[WVURunner]

Thanks everyone for the praise on the home improvements. It's been busy here, my best friend from college had her baby (Lillian) on Labor Day. She hates Disney so she got very mad when I asked her if she named her daughter after Walt Disney's wife. This was my first bridesmaid baby to be born, three more to go. 4 out of my 6 bridemaids were preggers at the same time, they were all waiting till after my wedding.

On the planning front:
DH was in planning mood yesterday and called Disney and prepaid our tips. He wanted to get that expense out of the way. He also put together his "must do in Disneyland" list, which is a crazy EXCEL spreadsheet. He also put togther a "things not to pack since we can buy them at the Target near Disneyland" list. I think he is getting excited.

DH and I were discussing this last night, we were going to shuttle but then he started to look at rental cars since I am the only one out of our group of 5 who has seen LA. He thought it might be nice to have the rental and drive around LA on our way to the port so the kids (meaning him) could see the Hollywood sign and the walk of fame etc. We rent through Avis, discounted through work, and they are at Long Beach so DH would have to do the dropoff/taxi back. Still working on things also.

We also ended up getting a rental car last night. By the time we paid for a shuttle for 5 of us, it was pretty much the same price. This way, we can sightsee. DH will drop us off at the port and then return the car, he will either taxi back (which I hope he does) or his plan which is to "get my run in for the day and run the 4 miles back to the port". I see this being a smelly disaster.

Does anyone know if we can check-in without him or do we have to wait till everyone in our party is there?

 

[Started With a Mouse]

Thanks everyone for the praise on the home improvements. It's been busy here, my best friend from college had her baby (Lillian) on Labor Day. She hates Disney so she got very mad when I asked her if she named her daughter after Walt Disney's wife. This was my first bridesmaid baby to be born, three more to go. 4 out of my 6 bridemaids were preggers at the same time, they were all waiting till after my wedding.

On the planning front:
DH was in planning mood yesterday and called Disney and prepaid our tips. He wanted to get that expense out of the way. He also put together his "must do in Disneyland" list, which is a crazy EXCEL spreadsheet. He also put togther a "things not to pack since we can buy them at the Target near Disneyland" list. I think he is getting excited.


We also ended up getting a rental car last night. By the time we paid for a shuttle for 5 of us, it was pretty much the same price. This way, we can sightsee. DH will drop us off at the port and then return the car, he will either taxi back (which I hope he does) or his plan which is to "get my run in for the day and run the 4 miles back to the port". I see this being a smelly disaster.

Does anyone know if we can check-in without him or do we have to wait till everyone in our party is there?

Insert Mission Impossible music here.

Love, love, LOVE Target. Remember, there's one near the Port of LA too. Just do a web search for "San Pedro Target".

Been immersed in all things soccer lately, as I'm the team parent for the first time. I'll try to post more Disneyland/DCA tips for you in the next couple of days.

 

[socababy]

The kids started back to school yesterday which means this cruise is getting closer! I am beyond excited about this cruise but nervous about telling their teachers that they will be missing 2 weeks of school. I thought my oldest was going to get a certain teacher who I know well and I knew she'd be cool about it. He got a teacher I don't know well as did my ds. I got permission from the office back in January before they even offered this cruise but I am still nervous to tell their teachers. I just don't want to be repimanded!

I need to start working on my FE gifts but that may need to happen after dd and I get back from our Sept. 23 Pacific Coast cruise. I'm really excited about spending some girly one on one time with her!

 

[skayrobe]

Beth. , I see that your tropical storm has turned into Hurricane Leslie. I hope she is gone soon and will not affect your sailing. Have a great time on your cruise. Keep us updated. Sherry

 

[BethC1952]

Yes, we're now looking at a hurricane. I will apologize right now to all of you...it's me!

I've taken a lot of Disney cruises, and had bad weather on many of them. The real problem seems to be when Captain John and I are on the ship together (and yes, I told him that). We sailed through a tropical storm in December, 2007. How often do you get tropical storms in December? We sailed in awful weather in February, 2010. It started raining in Key West and was still raining days later when we got to Cozumel. The weather was so bad that we missed Grand Cayman and ended up in Nassau. The wind was so bad that the ship had trouble docking in Nassau Harbor, and the temperature in Nassau that day reached all the way up to 56 degrees for the high! I actually went back to the ship and got my heavy jacket. In Dec., 2003, we did a 4-night cruise, and it rained the entire time except on our CC day. That was beautiful.

I cruised with a girlfriend in May, 2009. We took a two-week trip, and it rained almost all the time, including on the cruise. That was during the "monsoon May".

Somehow, last November, we only missed ONE port in two cruises, and that was Grand Cayman. We had a seven night Western Caribbean on Magic and then a four-night Bahamas on Dream. The weather was spectacular, other than really high wind at Grand Cayman.

In June, our weather for the Canada cruise was perfect. It looks like my luck has run out again.

Hopefully, someone on this PC cruise has better karma than I do and will bring lots of beautiful weather for all of us. However, the bad weather has never made me not enjoy a cruise! Seasickness does pass sooner or later, sea bands and green apples make it a bit easier to bear, and even a bad day at sea is better than a day in my office!

Beth

 

[dededisney]

Yes, we're now looking at a hurricane. I will apologize right now to all of you...it's me!

I've taken a lot of Disney cruises, and had bad weather on many of them. The real problem seems to be when Captain John and I are on the ship together (and yes, I told him that). We sailed through a tropical storm in December, 2007. How often do you get tropical storms in December? We sailed in awful weather in February, 2010. It started raining in Key West and was still raining days later when we got to Cozumel. The weather was so bad that we missed Grand Cayman and ended up in Nassau. The wind was so bad that the ship had trouble docking in Nassau Harbor, and the temperature in Nassau that day reached all the way up to 56 degrees for the high! I actually went back to the ship and got my heavy jacket. In Dec., 2003, we did a 4-night cruise, and it rained the entire time except on our CC day. That was beautiful.

I cruised with a girlfriend in May, 2009. We took a two-week trip, and it rained almost all the time, including on the cruise. That was during the "monsoon May".

Somehow, last November, we only missed ONE port in two cruises, and that was Grand Cayman. We had a seven night Western Caribbean on Magic and then a four-night Bahamas on Dream. The weather was spectacular, other than really high wind at Grand Cayman.

In June, our weather for the Canada cruise was perfect. It looks like my luck has run out again.

Hopefully, someone on this PC cruise has better karma than I do and will bring lots of beautiful weather for all of us. However, the bad weather has never made me not enjoy a cruise! Seasickness does pass sooner or later, sea bands and green apples make it a bit easier to bear, and even a bad day at sea is better than a day in my office!

Beth

Hopefully your streak will end before this cruise! We have been lucky on our cruises and haven't missed a port and we have always had great weather (did I just jinx our cruise??) I really want to spend a lot of time by the pool, so hopefully it will be somewhat warm.

I just found out in a couple of weeks while the Wonder is in San Francisco I get to take a tour of the ship and have lunch on board! (Really don't need the tour since I have been on it before, but it will be fun to do!) After that, I am going to the Walt Disney Museum in the city. I have never been there before, so I'm excited to see it. I am going with another Disney fan, so we should have a lot of fun!

 

[Land Park Tudor]

GOOD Morning, Happy Cruisers!



Welcome Aboard!

Thanks all! I will definitely begin reading back through the posts to see what's going on and briefly dropped by the website you mentioned. It will take time to work through all the posts.

In the meantime, is there anythign in this thread explaining what fish extenders are all about and whether people only drop surprises in them if you're part of a group cruising together? We might ask grandma to make one for the fam so any info in that regard would be welcomed.
Cheers

 

[Cruise]

Yes, we're now looking at a hurricane. I will apologize right now to all of you...it's me!

Beth

I wish you'd told me this before I agreed to go with you!!!

I finished packing yesterday! Looks like I have everything I need and I did manage to get all the clothes into a carryon size bag. I'll need another shoulder bag for toiletries and stuff, but should be good to go soon.

 

[BethC1952]

I wish you'd told me this before I agreed to go with you!!!

I've gotten much better at being seasick since our last cruise together! If you remember, that weather was bad the first two days. Thanks to Wendy I learned to eat green apples, and that solved the problem!

Beth

 

[skayrobe]

I have heard about the green apple thing. Does it really work? What are the bands you are talking about? Do you have any name brands? I would rather be prepared than surprised. Thanks Sherry

 

[LindaBabe]

Yes, we're now looking at a hurricane. I will apologize right now to all of you...it's me!

I've taken a lot of Disney cruises, and had bad weather on many of them. The real problem seems to be when Captain John and I are on the ship together (and yes, I told him that). We sailed through a tropical storm in December, 2007. How often do you get tropical storms in December? We sailed in awful weather in February, 2010. It started raining in Key West and was still raining days later when we got to Cozumel. The weather was so bad that we missed Grand Cayman and ended up in Nassau. The wind was so bad that the ship had trouble docking in Nassau Harbor, and the temperature in Nassau that day reached all the way up to 56 degrees for the high! I actually went back to the ship and got my heavy jacket. In Dec., 2003, we did a 4-night cruise, and it rained the entire time except on our CC day. That was beautiful.

I cruised with a girlfriend in May, 2009. We took a two-week trip, and it rained almost all the time, including on the cruise. That was during the "monsoon May".

Somehow, last November, we only missed ONE port in two cruises, and that was Grand Cayman. We had a seven night Western Caribbean on Magic and then a four-night Bahamas on Dream. The weather was spectacular, other than really high wind at Grand Cayman.

In June, our weather for the Canada cruise was perfect. It looks like my luck has run out again.

Hopefully, someone on this PC cruise has better karma than I do and will bring lots of beautiful weather for all of us. However, the bad weather has never made me not enjoy a cruise! Seasickness does pass sooner or later, sea bands and green apples make it a bit easier to bear, and even a bad day at sea is better than a day in my office!

Beth

Oooooooh Toss her OVER B OARD!

Hopefully your streak will end before this cruise! We have been lucky on our cruises and haven't missed a port and we have always had great weather (did I just jinx our cruise??) I really want to spend a lot of time by the pool, so hopefully it will be somewhat warm.

I just found out in a couple of weeks while the Wonder is in San Francisco I get to take a tour of the ship and have lunch on board! (Really don't need the tour since I have been on it before, but it will be fun to do!) After that, I am going to the Walt Disney Museum in the city. I have never been there before, so I'm excited to see it. I am going with another Disney fan, so we should have a lot of fun!

VERY COOL!

Thanks all! I will definitely begin reading back through the posts to see what's going on and briefly dropped by the website you mentioned. It will take time to work through all the posts.

In the meantime, is there anythign in this thread explaining what fish extenders are all about and whether people only drop surprises in them if you're part of a group cruising together? We might ask grandma to make one for the fam so any info in that regard would be welcomed.
Cheers

On the main cruise board, there is a thread explaining fish extenders, fish extender gifts and so forth. Just do a search for it, if it's not on the first page. Anyone can put stuff IN. That's what i'm planning to do

I have heard about the green apple thing. Does it really work? What are the bands you are talking about? Do you have any name brands? I would rather be prepared than surprised. Thanks Sherry

I like Bonine, myself. Some people also swear by ginger. The bands are 'sea bands' you can find them in the drug store.

 

[RoxyHive]

What day is the Wonder in San Francisco? I would love to see it at the dock!

 

[Cruise]

I've gotten much better at being seasick since our last cruise together! If you remember, that weather was bad the first two days. Thanks to Wendy I learned to eat green apples, and that solved the problem!

Beth

I remember that... That was the only cruise Rich ever got seasick. I think Hal had problems too.

I'm usually ok if I take meclizine. *knock on wood* That reminds me that I should probably pick some up and start taking it a night or two before we board. Five nights is too short to spend one of them seasick!