Fantasy june 2, 2012 eastern caribbean

[Piecey]

We are main seating on the dining. I figured it would be easier to switch to late later if we wanted than to get back to main. Plenty of time to change my mind.

As of right now my oldest (18months) is a champ. He goes to bed about 10:30, sleeps until about 10, and naps daily from 2-5ish. We rarely eat until 8 and he did awesome with late ADRs at WDW a few weeks ago- we usually made ADRs for 8:30.

I want to wait to see how my youngest (4 months) will be with sleep before I think about switching. We might need main to accomodate him. Hopefully he'll be like his brother, though, I'd much prefer late seating!

 

[braysmommy]

We have late seating right now with my DS who will turn 6 on Pirate Night doesn't get much better! I keep going back in forth on which would be better but I don't want to feel rushed and figure he can always do Dine and Play. Hoping he might be able to master the art of napping by then or at least letting his mommy nap

 

[alamere1496]

Yikers - got caught up in all the holiday craziness and have not been on the boards at all. I'm so glad the FE has been started, sounds like so much fun - thanks for organizing it Alamere! I need to get to 10 posts!

No problem...I'm an obsessive-compulsive planner, so I enjoy having something to focus on while we wait for the cruise!! Once you get to 10 posts, just send me a message and I will add your info to the list!!

 

[NMMickeymom]

We also prefer late dining. The timing of dinner has always fit well with how we handle our busy ship schedule...ahem, I mean our gluttony and sloth .

TiffanyD, I think we participated in the FE together for our Nov '09 Wonder cruise?

Lots of birthdays on this cruise! My DD will be turning 9 on June 9 when they kick us off the boat. (I really don't like it when they do that!)

My husband and I are joking that my new years resolution is to NOT go to Disney in 2011. Somehow.... I always manage to squeeze a trip in I think all of the construction at the parks will help keep me away. Besides, I have the Fantasy to look forward to.

 

[808Mom]

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. Yep, just need to keep chatting my way to 10 posts...

So we decided on main dining because I, too had heard how difficult it is to get it. Sounds like many of you prefer late though, yes?

I'll have a 5 year old and almost 3 at the time and I didn't want any grumpy-stripes at dinner. But now that I see everyone's rationale, i may need to re-think this. Late afternoon naps - love this! We'll also be on Hawaii Standard Time, so 5 (or is it 6?) hours behind EST. Then again, my oldest had no problem adjusting when we visited Japan at 10 months old. Hmmm, decisions, decisions.

 

[braysmommy]

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. Yep, just need to keep chatting my way to 10 posts...

So we decided on main dining because I, too had heard how difficult it is to get it. Sounds like many of you prefer late though, yes?

I'll have a 5 year old and almost 3 at the time and I didn't want any grumpy-stripes at dinner. But now that I see everyone's rationale, i may need to re-think this. Late afternoon naps - love this! We'll also be on Hawaii Standard Time, so 5 (or is it 6?) hours behind EST. Then again, my oldest had no problem adjusting when we visited Japan at 10 months old. Hmmm, decisions, decisions.

I just called our TA to switch us to early dining since it fills first. This way if I think my DS, 6 at sailing, can handle late dining I can make the change back to late dining. I want to pack as much is a possible but don't want him falling asleep in his dinner This happened on our past Thanksgiving trip to the Dominican Republic! The people sitting around us thought is was hilarious...well I did too.

 

[TifffanyD]

TiffanyD, I think we participated in the FE together for our Nov '09 Wonder cruise?

Yes, we did! I remember your name

Were you theo ne with the door with the KTTW card wreath? And the paper bag album for the gift? Or were you one of the cd's? We did the little "booty bags" of pirate stuff for that one!

 

[Piecey]

Yeah, I would really prefer to do late dining. I feel like to make the early seating you cut your day by quite a bit to get ready and to the dining room on time. But like previously stated, it's harder to get so that is what I have us on right now. I know it will be easier to switch to late should DS2 have the same schedule as his brother.


I haven't looked into the new ships show schedules, but aren't those different now too? I wasthinking there were 3 times.

 

[NMMickeymom]

Yes, we did! I remember your name

Were you theo ne with the door with the KTTW card wreath? And the paper bag album for the gift? Or were you one of the cd's? We did the little "booty bags" of pirate stuff for that one!

Nope, I try, but I'm not terribly crafty. Too cool, I rember that wreath as well and save my KTTW cards just incase I'm inspired. We did the Nerd stuff, Dry erase magnets, and the highlighter-dry erase-keychains. We were FE virgins and were just blown away by all the cool things we received. The pirate goodies were a great hit with my kids!

Oh the Dine and Play! We LOVE that! It was one of the things we really missed on our Carnival cruise.

 

[TifffanyD]

Nope, I try, but I'm not terribly crafty. Too cool, I rember that wreath as well and save my KTTW cards just incase I'm inspired. We did the Nerd stuff, Dry erase magnets, and the highlighter-dry erase-keychains. We were FE virgins and were just blown away by all the cool things we received. The pirate goodies were a great hit with my kids!

Oh the Dine and Play! We LOVE that! It was one of the things we really missed on our Carnival cruise.

That was our first FE too! Now we've got 2 under our belts

 

[runwad]

Hi all my family of 5 will be on this cruise too, me DW45, DH48, DD16, DD14 & DS11. I wanted to jump in here and ask if anyone got some cruise documents this week, the one thats like a post card book and says when you have to make your final payment and such? Well anyway mine says that it's for a western Caribbean cruise. I was going to call DCL but I decided to log onto my reservation and it is truly an Eastern. But for a few minutes there I was worried they switched the itinerary on me. Did this happen with anyone else?

 

[chris44]

Yes, I got one of those, too. I did the same thing and checked it on Disney's website, and it still says Eastern. Not sure what happened . . .

 

[braysmommy]

I saw somewhere this happened to many and DCL admitted to the big error!

 

[clhemsath]

Well, getting there anyway. Good morning all! Part of the group that is going with us have been debating on when to book and if parents were going to go and so on. I was out on the Disney website last night, and it looks like to the lowest catagory Oceanview staterooms still available is 8B. They haven't changed the price on those, but it looks like we are filling up!

We did decide to move to the main dining now. This is the seating we did on the cruise last summer and it was fine. I guess because we were a big group (11 last time, 18 this time) I didn't notice the other diners! I figure if we need to switch back later, it will be easier to go the other way.

Hope everyone is staying warm. I am dreaming of the warm beach!

 

[Disney Cajun Man]

Hi all my family of 5 will be on this cruise too, me DW45, DH48, DD16, DD14 & DS11. I wanted to jump in here and ask if anyone got some cruise documents this week, the one thats like a post card book and says when you have to make your final payment and such? Well anyway mine says that it's for a western Caribbean cruise. I was going to call DCL but I decided to log onto my reservation and it is truly an Eastern. But for a few minutes there I was worried they switched the itinerary on me. Did this happen with anyone else?

Hi,
I got those also and called DCL - they told me they out sourced their mailing and they got all messed up. They are working on the fix and will have new communication coming out soon to fix the mistake. Our trip is still scheduled for the Eastern Caribbean.

 

[Disney Cajun Man]

FYI:

For everyone who wants more information on the Dream.

Someone who just got off one the the preview cruises posted on Monday 1/10/11 493 pictures of all sorts of interior areas of the new ship. To see these pictures go to the Dis Boards for Disney Cruise Lines, go to Disney Cruise Line Forum, find the post on Dream Drink Station by pensfan8771, scroll down to the bottom of the first post and click on the picasaweb link to see all the pictures posted.

Enjoy!

 

[Piecey]

FYI:

For everyone who wants more information on the Dream.

Someone who just got off one the the preview cruises posted on Monday 1/10/11 493 pictures of all sorts of interior areas of the new ship. To see these pictures go to the Dis Boards for Disney Cruise Lines, go to Disney Cruise Line Forum, find the post on Dream Drink Station by pensfan8771, scroll down to the bottom of the first post and click on the picasaweb link to see all the pictures posted.

Enjoy!

Thanks!

 

[808Mom]

I did it! I did it, I really really did it!

My 10th post!

Yee Haw!

FE, here we come!

 

[braysmommy]

Just looking through all the posts and it looks like we will have many birthday's on this cruise

My DS, Brayden, will be turning 6 on June 5th...pirate night!!!

Hope other New Englanders are enjoying today's snow

 

[alamere1496]

Just stopping in to say a quick hello to everyone!! After all the snow that dumped on Massachusetts this week, all I can think about is the cruise!! Warmth and sunshine sounds great right about now!! I hope everyone is having a great long weekend!!

And just a reminder to anyone that wants to sign up for the FE, just send me a message with your room number, names, ages, and genders of all the people in your room.