Feb 20, 2011 - Presidents' Week - Mexican Riviera

[Dishy24]

Hi all!
I just booked this cruise yesterday... We are just back from the EBTA --14 nights on the Magic! While onboard we booked back-to-back for May on the Dream.
On our last morning I woke up to 2 postcards from Jocelyn (the future cruise lady) for Friends & Family-- Yesterday, I decided that I would be my "own friend"... while I didn't get the 10% off, I did get a $200 OBC.

Anyway-- this will be our 9th Disney Cruise-- 1st time on the Wonder! On the TA we had 3 FE groups-- In my group there were 54 families!!! I think Dh will be skipping this cruise, so it will just be me, my Mom & DS (he will be turning 11 a few days before the sailing.)

Let the countdown begin!!!

 

[minie_meese]

Welcome to the group. Looks like we'll be a bit smaller than your TA group but we're all looking forward to having a great time. We've cruised twice before. This will be our first time on the west coast. We currently have 5 people in our group but I am trying to motivate a few more to join us. My niece went to Cabo on her honeymoon last year and just loved it.

 

[XMom]

Hi everyone...we just booked this cruise. There will be 6 of us (Me, DH, DS7,DS5,DD3 & Gma). We have connecting cabins on deck 2...trying to save money, but am now worried about all the engine noise now that I'm reading reviews. Hmmm....maybe I should change cabins?? We are deck 2 aft. Anyone have any experience there??

Anyway, we are so excited and can't wait for February!!

 

[Sweetpeabass]

Hi everyone...we just booked this cruise. There will be 6 of us (Me, DH, DS7,DS5,DD3 & Gma). We have connecting cabins on deck 2...trying to save money, but am now worried about all the engine noise now that I'm reading reviews. Hmmm....maybe I should change cabins?? We are deck 2 aft. Anyone have any experience there??

Anyway, we are so excited and can't wait for February!!

Hello XMom, we went to Western Caribbean in February and were on Deck 2 midship. I LOVED being on Deck 2, actually, and really hope we get upgraded to that deck again. I have also stayed on Deck 6 and 7 on my other two cruises and Deck 2 was my favorite, but it could be that it was midship and we were right inside the doorway from the stais adn elevators. Made going to dinner quick, lol.

 

[Dishy24]

264 Days....

 

[minie_meese]

We're still hoping to get a few more family members to join us but we have started to do some planning. Since we are traveling pretty far my husband and I are looking at arriving a week or so ahead of the cruise to enjoy some of California. We haven't been out there for a number of years. For those of you in Southern California any ideas of a reasonable place to stay south of LA. We'd be ok with the beach communities or even down to San Diego.

 

[XMom]

We're still hoping to get a few more family members to join us but we have started to do some planning. Since we are traveling pretty far my husband and I are looking at arriving a week or so ahead of the cruise to enjoy some of California. We haven't been out there for a number of years. For those of you in Southern California any ideas of a reasonable place to stay south of LA. We'd be ok with the beach communities or even down to San Diego.

Maybe stay down near La Jolla so you can see Legoland, La Jolla, San Diego and do Sea World too. San Diego is a fun place. They have Pacific Beach that has a little amusment area by the boardwalk and nice beaches to play on. You can visit the famous Hotel Del Coronado on Coronado island. I can always waste a good 3-4 days down there.

Closer to L.A., you have Hollywood with the walk of stars, Universal Studios, Knott's Berry Farm, Disneyland and Santa Monica.

I guess it all depends what you want to do and where you want to stay. You can usually find some reasonable to stay.

I'm happy to help with any questions if I can.

 

[MazatlanMonica]

Hello to everyone in this group. I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself. My name is Monica and I live in Mazatlan, Sinaloa Mexico. For anyone on a future Disney cruise to the Mexican Riviera, I am pleased to make myself available to you for any questions about the city of Mazatlan or country of Mexico.

As for myself, I am a resident of both the United States and of Mexico. I speak both English and Spanish fluently and I have sailed on DCL numerous times and have been a lifelong fan of Disney. Let me say right upfront, I am NOT selling anything nor am I affiliated with any business or tour company. I am only here to help and give honest information and opinions in an attempt to make your time in Mazatlan or Mexico a positive experience.

I hope that everyone will welcome me to the discussion and that I can be of assistance to anyone who has a question about my city or country. I will attempt to check the boards once per day, but should I miss a question, please do not hesitate to send me a private message. I look forward to getting to know everyone!

Gracias,
Monica

 

[Dishy24]

FYI- Disney added the Kids sail free promotion to this and other Mexican Riveria cruises. The code is KFMR. It didn't work out for me as we are 3 adults & 1 child-- We booked abord the Magic, so to get my son free we would lose our 10% off & $275 OBC-- but it may work out fr others on here!

 

[Monica D]

I just put a hold on the 2/20/11 cruise. This would be our second one; we did the 4 night cruise in Nov. '07. I actually requested our same room, which would be really cool!

 

[Señor DonDuck]

We just got the Kids Sail Free deal added to our reservation. We have two kids, so this really made our day. We are soooooo happy right now!

 

[Sweetpeabass]

Does anyone know what ages are considered kids? Is it anyone under 18? We are planning Disneyland in October with my step-kids, but they would rather go ont he cruise and if they are "free," then it would liely cost about he same to go on the extra trip to Disneyland or take them on the cruise. They will be 17 and 15 at the time of the cruise and I am thinking Disney does not consider them kids, lol. They don't for tickets at the parks.

Thanks for the info!

Shannon

 

[Sweetpeabass]

Hello to everyone in this group. I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself. My name is Monica and I live in Mazatlan, Sinaloa Mexico. For anyone on a future Disney cruise to the Mexican Riviera, I am pleased to make myself available to you for any questions about the city of Mazatlan or country of Mexico.

As for myself, I am a resident of both the United States and of Mexico. I speak both English and Spanish fluently and I have sailed on DCL numerous times and have been a lifelong fan of Disney. Let me say right upfront, I am NOT selling anything nor am I affiliated with any business or tour company. I am only here to help and give honest information and opinions in an attempt to make your time in Mazatlan or Mexico a positive experience.

I hope that everyone will welcome me to the discussion and that I can be of assistance to anyone who has a question about my city or country. I will attempt to check the boards once per day, but should I miss a question, please do not hesitate to send me a private message. I look forward to getting to know everyone!

Gracias,
Monica

Thank you, Monica, for the offer. As it gets closer and things come up or we get the list of excursions, I may be calling on your advice.

Shannon

 

[minie_meese]

Does anyone know what ages are considered kids? Is it anyone under 18? We are planning Disneyland in October with my step-kids, but they would rather go ont he cruise and if they are "free," then it would liely cost about he same to go on the extra trip to Disneyland or take them on the cruise. They will be 17 and 15 at the time of the cruise and I am thinking Disney does not consider them kids, lol. They don't for tickets at the parks.

Thanks for the info!

Shannon

from the Disneycruiseline website

Kids ages 17 and under traveling with 2 full-fare Guests in the same stateroom sail free on select 7-Night Mexican Riviera cruises from January 23 through March 20, 2011. Valid for categories 4 – 11 only. Government Taxes and Fees not included.

 

[EricaG]

We just switched from a 3-nt. pre-Thanksgiving cruise to this one--couldn't pass up the Kids Sail Free offer! Our 7-nt. price was only $450 more than our 3-nt.--pretty great! We probably wouldn't have done a West-coast cruise without some kind of incentive, so we're really excited to do something totally new (we've just done one 3-nt. on the Wonder, last year).

We didn't do the FE thing on our 3-nt. cruise, but we'll probably want to get involved for this one--I'll just need some help figuring out what I need to do!

Looking forward to this--February seems like such a long way off!

 

[Mich123]

Hi All!

We booked in March and were just able to "adjust" our reservation to add the KSF. I feel like I've won the lottery! Hooray!

Looking forward to sailing on our second cruise, our first was a 4 day on the Wonder which included DD11's "best day ever", which, by the way, was at Castaway Cay. I'll be traveling with DH, DD14 and DD11. Can't wait to spend more days at sea and am interested in excursions this time, hope DCL will post those soon.

I'm wondering if it's too much to drive from San Diego to the port on the day of the cruise? Opinions, please!

 

[XMom]

Hi All!

We booked in March and were just able to "adjust" our reservation to add the KSF. I feel like I've won the lottery! Hooray!

Looking forward to sailing on our second cruise, our first was a 4 day on the Wonder which included DD11's "best day ever", which, by the way, was at Castaway Cay. I'll be traveling with DH, DD14 and DD11. Can't wait to spend more days at sea and am interested in excursions this time, hope DCL will post those soon.

I'm wondering if it's too much to drive from San Diego to the port on the day of the cruise? Opinions, please!

I don't believe that it would be too much. We have many times driven from Ventura County(just north of L.A. county) to San Diego to catch a ship from their port. It is probably at least a 1 1/2 to 2 hour drive. It's something that can be done depending on what time you would like to arrive at the port in San Pedro. You can also look into taking the amtrack from San Diego if you don't have a rental car. Not sure if there is a station close by or how they work their public transit, but it is definately something to look into.

 

[Pooh Lover]

Aaaack! I can't believe I just booked this cruise. I need someone to start reining in my impulsiveness!

Oh well, too late now! I guess I'll just have to suck it up and have a little fun.

it will be me, DD6 and DD9. I'm wondering what kind of shore excursions there will be. Anyone know?

 

[minie_meese]

Welcome! Glad to see the kids sale free promotion encouraged a few more people to join us. This board has been a little quiet. Hopefully it will pick up with the added folks - and it't less than 250 days away!

We've not booked our airfare yet - waiting till jetblue fares come out. Schools are on holiday the week of the cruise so airfare may be pricey. We'll book something soon.

 

[Pooh Lover]

I booked us on United because the times were really good. I looked at JetBlue and their flights for the fall to LAX were either really early or really late and not the way I needed them to be.

Plus the price for United was lower than JetBlue's prices right now. I didn't think they'd be much lower later. Of course, it wouldn't be the first time I've been wrong!!

Minie, where in Rochester do you live? We're in Greece.