FEB 14 2004 Western Cruiser's

[militarymomof2]

We're going, we're going, we're going!! My name is Kelly Trout and I'll be on the 2/14 cruise with my husband and 2 daughters (6 and 8). This will be our first cruise so we are very excited! I'm going to try and find your Yahoo group...wish me luck! Kaitlyn (my oldest) will be celebrating her 8th b-day on the cruise. Does anyone know if they do anything special for childrens' b-days? Looking forward to talking with all of you.

 

[moocow35]

Welcome Kelly and family! I'm not sure about what DCL does for birthdays. You can have a cake sent special to your table and the waiters will all sing happy birthday. You can also order gifts or decorations for your stateroom through DCL. Those you can find on the official DCL website. You might post that on the general board for more answers.

Mojomanny, I am so sorry to hear that you will not be joining us. I am interested in hearing about Royal Carribean though. I've been thinking about that myself for 2005 out of New York. You'll have to post back your report, okay?

We are getting really excited! Almost time to pick out our excursions.

Robin

 

[militarymomof2]

Thanks for the info. I'm awaiting my membership request on the Yahoo group. We can't wait to tour the website!

 

[militarymomof2]

Bump! Bump! Any new cruisers out there?

 

[Mojomanny]

Due to an unexpected complication, we will not be joining all of you on the ship.

The good news is that we will be leaving from Port Canaveral the next day on the Royal Carribean Mariner of the Seas, so we will at least be on a voyage, just not the one we have planned so much for.

Any volunteers to take over the Yahoo group or should I shut it down?

Be well and happy voyage!

 

[militarymomof2]

I'm so sorry that you won't be with us! At least you're still cruising! Have you started a Yahoo group for your new cruise? I don't want you to shut our group down, but I don't really feel savy enough to do what you did with the group! Any other takers?

Good luck on your cruise!

 

[Dreamer04]

Mojomanny-I'm sorry to hear you won't be on the Magic with us, but I am happy you are still sailing! Enjoy your cruise!

I would be happy to help out with the Yahoo group, if you don't mind telling me what to do

Just let me know!

Ursula

 

[Mojomanny]

you can email me at:

mojomanny-at-hotmail-dot-ignorethis-com


Think I used enough tricks to fool the spammers?

obvious ignore the ignore this, exclude the dashes and insert the symbol to replace the at

 

[DMOMof3]

well all charged anyway.

I didn't want to forget to make the final payment.

Hope to have DD's college application in mail tomorrow and am off to the post office to mail DS's high school application.

Then I can focus on the cruise and excursions after this week, already have one booked.

Since I have CAT 3, I will call, if they don't contact me, to reserve Palo for an at sea brunch. Any DISers interested?

From what I have read I will need cabin #'s and names. I would rather reserve for too many, than not enough, can always cancel if you change your mind.




Mojomanny so sorry you won't be cruising with us, have a great time on your alternate cruise.

 

[moocow35]

Hi everyone!

Yes Lynn, I am definately in for the brunch. Snyder party of 1, stateroom #7122. Thanks for the offer, do you get to pre-book before the "ressie rush"?

My company Christmas bonus is paid on 12/10, I will pay my cruise in full on 12/11. This is always such perfect timing! Gee, only one college application? My DD is applying to 5 colleges. Now we are making appointments for the interviews. Good luck to your daughter, I hope she gets exactly what she wants.

Okay, I am so ready now for some warm weather. This freezing cold is getting old already, and it just started. Lynn, you will find out your flight and hotel info in just a month. Aimee has really expressed an interest in meeting your DD before the cruise. So, if you can't make it to downtown Disney with us, then for sure we should meet up at the Hyatt later. We will touch base later when you know what your timing is.

Getting close!!

Robin ºOº

 

[moocow35]

I am so happy that we are paid in full! Just 2 short months away now. Sunday is the actual 60 mark for all of us, but I don't know if Disney will be in to take the reservations for the excursions that day. I will definately be on the phone first thing though. So don't forget everyone to make your Disney excursion reservations!

Have any of you used Hotels.com? Our flight out of New York on Friday was at 7:00 and has now been moved to 6:30, so we will stay Thursday night at an airport hotel. Hotels.com has the cheapest rates for the Clarion. I have never heard anything about them. But for a couple extra hours of sleep, it will be well worth it. To book with the Clarion directly is almost $100.00 more than hotels.com.

I am really excited now!



Robin

 

[robins]

We are first time disney cruisers and so excited . My kids are 3 girls ages 13,11,5. We will be also traveling with another family. It sems I have so much to learn before our trip,what fun!!!
Robins

 

[moocow35]

Hi Robins (I like your name!)

Welcome to the February 14th Valentines cruise! Your first cruise, you must be so excited. We have done 4 previous on Disney, just let me know if you have any questions. Are you arriving the day before?

Don't forget everyone, I believe tomorrow we will be able to book excursions.

Robin

 

[moocow35]

I was wrong! After staying on hold for ever this morning, I found out that tomorrow is the real day we get to book our excursions.

I will be on the phone first thing tomorrow morning:happy1:

Does everyone have their excursions picked out? Only 60 days!





Robin

 

[DMOMof3]

We are so ready for this cruise, its bad enough we have snow, now its iced over.

Robin, I already booked Cozumel with dolphin discovery and will probably do Captain Marvins excursion in Grand Caymen (was debating going with Disney but we like his itinerary better). I think we won't do anything at Key West, maybe some shopping and take advantage of the ship.

Welcome to the cruise Robins, I'm traveling with my DD17, DS14 & DD12.

As we get closer to cruise day I will be calling concierge to get my at sea day brunch ressie, I believe its Monday. Thanks Robin for the info, if anyone else would like to join us let me know so I can include you.

Lynn

 

[moocow35]

I hear you about the snow! Two weekends now in a row, and more is called for this Thursday. We were so lucky for so many years with light winters. This is starting out very bad!

Lynn, my sister really enjoyed Captain Marvins, very well run outfit. You'll love the Dolphins. Since we did both of those last time, we are trying something different this time.

Robin

 

[Happy Birthday Cat]

Thanks to DMOMof3 for pointing out this thread to me.

We will be joining you all on the 2/14 Western. We have myself, DH, DD 16, DS 15, DS 11, DD 9. This is our first seven day cruise after doing a four day in each of the last two years.

We just set up our excursions today. We are looking forward to visiting the ruins in Tulum. We booked the three hour stingray city tour with Captain Marvin's last week.

HBC

 

[moocow35]

Welcome Happy Birthday Cat!

I booked some of our excursions as well today. Did any of you with teens book the teen fury catamaran trip in Cozumel? Both my DD and her friend did it last year, and wanted to do it again this year. They had a great time.

Robin

 

[Happy Birthday Cat]

Did any of you with teens book the teen fury catamaran trip in Cozumel?

No they both wanted to go with the rest of us to Tulum. Our oldest daughter is doing the "wild side" teen excursion on Castaway Cay. She did the catamaran in Nassau last year and loved it though.

HBC

 

[DMOMof3]

Just got my flight assignments!

I took a chance not paying extra for the deviation and I'm very happy with what I got. I just have to call now for seats. We are staying at the airport Hyatt for fri night.

2/13 we stop at charlotte and arrive in florida at 11:45am. we have a direct flight on the way home, only problem is it doesn't leave till 6:15, have to find something to do for the day..... any ideas?

Just got my confirmation for captain marvins!

It's starting to really sink in, now I'm going to panic (take 3 deep breaths--okay better), there are so many threads I wanted to go back and read about packing, but first I have to get through Xmas.