Feb 20, 2011 - Presidents' Week - Mexican Riviera

[minie_meese]

Glad you can join us Amy - I will add your name to page one of this board later today and I will add all of the information I've received so far to my detail list.

 

[minie_meese]

DW and I were on the FE fence, but decided to take the plunge, here is our info:



My MIL & FIL will be cruising with us as well, but they are not sure yet if they want to participate.

Chris - let me know if your in laws want to be added to the FE group

 

[XMom]

100 days and counting!!!! Woo hoo!!!

 

[Pooh Lover]

100 days and counting!!!! Woo hoo!!!

Wahoo!!!

 

[LKFan]

Has anyone decided on excursions or what you're going to do at port?

Also, is anyone planning on Palo reservations? If so, what day/meal are you considering?

 

[Pooh Lover]

We're doing Randi's Happy Horses in Mazatlan. Not sure about the other two. Kids want beach days, so I'm going to look for excursions. I've heard about a day pass at the Dreams resort in PV. That looks pretty good. Might do that one.

Any other singles going that might want to hook up for a Palo dinner? I'd really like to have that experience, but won't go by myself.

 

[XMom]

We are thinking of doing the canopy excursion in PV. I'm not sure if it is too physical for my Mom who is 68. She is a young to average 68. No health problems but not a gym rat either. It includes the zip lines but I read about 2 90 foot verticle repells which kind of makes me wonder if she or I could do it. Anyone know about it or done it in another port?

We are going to skip Palo because we really want to enjoy each night in the dining room. We are going again for a 6 night with only our youngest(feel bad pulling the other 2 out of school) in Jan 2012, so can always do Palo then. I am going to aim for a Palo brunch for the 3 of us(me, dh, mom) and consider that our taste test.

 

[minie_meese]

Since we've never been to the west side of Mexico before we're interested in doing some things to see some of the local culture. I'm going to start looking at things in earnest this week.

MaryLynn - we have two singles in our group - one or possibly both of them might be interested in Palo. I will ask. Not sure if I just realized you are from Rochester or not - on my last cruise there were 3 families from Rochester in our FE group.

Elaine

 

[LKFan]

I was poking around, looking at what to do at the different ports and noticed that Feb 24 is Mexican Flag Day. We'll be in Matzalan that day. I was looking for celebrations or festivals that might be occuring and just found that it was a major holiday. I wonder how major of a holiday it is and if places will be closed.

"The major holidays in Mazatlan are New Year's Day, Constitution Day, Mexico's National Flag Day, Good Friday, Easter, Cinco De Mayo, Independence Day, Day of the Race, Day of the Dead, Mexican Revolution Day, Christmas Day. For specific dates, go to the Mexico Tourism Board website."

 

[Pooh Lover]

I was poking around, looking at what to do at the different ports and noticed that Feb 24 is Mexican Flag Day. We'll be in Matzalan that day. I was looking for celebrations or festivals that might be occuring and just found that it was a major holiday. I wonder how major of a holiday it is and if places will be closed.

Wow! That might end up being something really cool. I wonder if there will be a parade?

 

[minie_meese]

We're almost down to 90 days till the cruise Woo Hoo
I'm pulling together the info for our FE group and want to make sure I include everyone who would like to participate. The families listed below have indicated they'd like to participate. I want to verify the list in case I accidentally missed someone.

Also, there is still time to join if you are interested - just let me know by Dec 12th and send me the information at the bottom of this post.

Thanks

Elaine

If your name is listed under "Still need info" please PM me or post the information to me so I can update the spreadsheet for the FE participants.

FE Families

Have info:
Aurora76
DVC Chris
II_california
minie_meese
LKFan
samily (Beth)
Senor Don Duck

Still need info:
AuntAmy (Amy)
betsy2010
Bruins (Ken) and LKFan(Deb)
Dishy24
Erica G (Erica)
Pooh_Lover (Mary Lynn)
silence (Silence)
Sweetpeabass (Shannon)
Vetbeth
winny pooh (Wendy)

disboard name
first name of the person providing the information (optional)
Stateroom Number(s) - (if you are currently GTY just indicate that)
Number of adult ladies and number of adult men - some people like to make things specifically for lady or a man
number of girls and their ages
number of boys and their ages
how many Disney cruises have you been on including our 2/20 cruise?
Are you celebrating anything special (like a birthday or anniversary)? - if so, who in your party and what are they celebrating?
Are there any special things people should know about individuals in your party - this could be any number of things like allergies or requests because of allergies (no nuts, no food items) or something Disney related that someone in your party likes (6yr old loves Lightning McQueen) - include anything that will help people who wish to personalize their FE gifts do so.

 

[Pooh Lover]

Done! Thanks again for putting this all together Elaine!

 

[LKFan]

Have info:
LKFan

Still need info:
Bruins (Ken) and LKFan(Deb)

I sent you our info so you can delete the "Bruins and LKFan" listing.

Thanks Elaine!

 

[Mich123]

Final payment made! Studying the port adventures and ready to go!

 

[CeCe]

Looks like we accidently got left off the FE list.

We are looking forward to trying the FE exchange!

Disboard name : CeCe
First name: Cheryl
Stateroom #: 2579
1 adult Female
1 adult Male
1 boy age 13
1 girl age 10- who has a milk and egg allergy, so no chocolate for her

This will be our fourth Disney Cruise

 

[LKFan]

I just called Disney to double check info about Palo and the excursions. The customer service rep said that they were told that the site is going to be down from 8 pm tonight until 8 am tomorrow morning in order to update info about the Dream.

 

[samily]

I just called Disney to double check info about Palo and the excursions. The customer service rep said that they were told that the site is going to be down from 8 pm tonight until 8 am tomorrow morning in order to update info about the Dream.

I'm so glad I made my Palo and spa ressies this afternoon then! I would have been upset if I had put it off until tonight! We are doing Palo brunch - we've tried many times but have never actually made it to brunch in the past (one of the kids always seems to get sick on our brunch morning, lol. Last time my son came down with strep throat and we spent our brunch time in the medical center!). Hmmm, maybe I should just not even book it so they stay healthy this time

 

[XMom]

Do u know what number I would call to make the reservations? Do they open at 8am? Thanks

 

[samily]

I don't think they will book reservations over the phone unless you booked concierge. You can book online under your reservation. DCL customer service opens at 8am EST if you have questions.


What is everyone booking? We booked Palo brunch and a spa treatment; I think we'll do excursions on our own.

 

[XMom]

We were thinking of doing the canopy adventure in PV but after reading about two 90 foot repells, we are kind of second guessing it. Has anyone done anything similar? We are not athletes but are not sedentary either. I just have visions of not doing the repel correctly and smashing face first into the rocks.

Other than that, I think we are just going to hang in Cabo, maybe eat lunch at Mango Deck then head over to check out La Estancia Resort to show Grandma where we will be staying in the future then head to Cabo Wabo and have a big drink(can't drive 55 is the name of it). As for Mazatlan, we will probably just hang out on the ship all day.

Well, considering I have to wake up at 5 am to make my Palo and excursion ressies, I'd better hit the hay.

Any advice on the canopy excursion would be great!!

Thanks again...