Feb 6 2010 7 Night Western

[love2driveinct]

Anyone cruised in February before? I keep reading snippets on other threads about the weather being iffy... my hubby has a friend at work who took a 7-day DCL cruise in February and had a fantastic time, great weather, went swimming, etc... but is that really the norm? I am trying to prepare myself (and the kids) for the fact that it won't be quite as warm as when we sailed in early October.

I guess the upside is that maybe we'll get to enjoy some of the things that we didn't want to do last time because it was TOO hot, right?

 

[love2driveinct]

Oh, and the for the record, we are still booked. We haven't made our airline reservations yet because we want to add a day or two in FL onto the end of our trip and we haven't finalized that, so we are slow to finish making plans. But hey, we just booked this trip a couple of weeks ago! Until we got the KSF pin code we had NO plans to take another DCL cruise. We probably won't even tell the kids until Christmas.

So right now it's:

Me (37, but 38 on the trip)
DH (37, but 38 on the trip)
DD (11, just shy of 12 on the trip)
DS (8, but turns 9 during the trip -- his birthday is Feb 12th!)
DD (4, but 5 on the trip)

Can you tell we all have winter birthdays? heehee

This will be our second family cruise, took a 3-day in Oct 08 as part of our own land/sea package. Spent 5 days at Shades of Green in WDW and had a fantastic time, then did the cruise. When asked which part they liked better, all 3 of the kids said the cruise! So there you have it.

This will be my fourth cruise, and my DH's third... we have never done a Carribean cruise before so this is exciting. I have been to the Caribbean for a vacation once (Peter Island, near Tortola), but that's the extent of my experience. I am looking forward to seeing other islands. And Key West, too -- FUN!

 

[GuardMusic]

Anyone cruised in February before? I keep reading snippets on other threads about the weather being iffy... my hubby has a friend at work who took a 7-day DCL cruise in February and had a fantastic time, great weather, went swimming, etc... but is that really the norm? I am trying to prepare myself (and the kids) for the fact that it won't be quite as warm as when we sailed in early October.

I guess the upside is that maybe we'll get to enjoy some of the things that we didn't want to do last time because it was TOO hot, right?

Yep! We actually did this exact cruise at end of Jan/beginning of Feb in 2008!

We had great weather last time. It was crazy windy in Key West, but hot. I think it might have started to rain in the late afternoon on CC day, but that was it.

The pool water, since it's heated, was of course awesome! CC was VERY CHILLY in the morning, but I eventually got used to it around lunch time. I hate cold water, but I wasn't foregoing enjoying CC!

I needed a light jacket/sweatshirt in FL & in the morning at Key West. Otherwise it in the high 70s/80s the rest of the trip.

BFF is coming tomorrow for us to finalize our excursion/dining plans, as well as dining the night prior with FL family for our night-prior at AKL-Villa.

We leave 13 weeks from tomorrow!!!
Gayle

 

[warrenite]

Hey,

Just noticed on the DCL page that they seem to have changed the itinerary for our cruise slightly.

Their web page shows Tues-Cozumel -- Wed-Grand Cayman

I think this is a change and out of the ordinary?

Start our bookings tomorrow!

 

[wallyb]

Hey,

Just noticed on the DCL page that they seem to have changed the itinerary for our cruise slightly.

Their web page shows Tues-Cozumel -- Wed-Grand Cayman

I think this is a change and out of the ordinary?

Start our bookings tomorrow!

We got a notification of the change several months ago -
it had to do with port traffic.

 

[coasterwiggs]

Got my first choice for Palo brunch and dinner. I am definitely up past my bedtime. :

 

[GuardMusic]

We got our first choice reservations too! Didn't have too many to do though.

Palo = Monday at 8pm
Cozumel = 5 hour tour of Ruins (BFF only; I'm staying on the ship)

We'll probably do the hop on/off in Key West, but that's not a Disney excursion.

Gayle

 

[coasterwiggs]

Will we dock at Mallory Square or Westin pier?

 

[wallyb]

Will we dock at Mallory Square or Westin pier?

Can we Pick?
Which one is closer to the boyz?

 

[coasterwiggs]

I just realized I remember you from Rob & Scott's wedding thread. I so loved reading their story. Lisa

 

[wallyb]

I just realized I remember you from Rob & Scott's wedding thread. I so loved reading their story. Lisa

What gave me away?

 

[coasterwiggs]

The devil horns are hard to miss, lol.

 

[love2driveinct]

Got my first choice for Palo brunch and dinner. I am definitely up past my bedtime. :

Woops! I forgot all about this!

Guess it would help if I paid the balance due on the cruise first, though...

Honestly... don't shoot me here... hubby and I were not super-thrilled with Palo to the point where we would be disappointed if we didn't go there at all. We'd be just as happy to spend that money on something else.

 

[Sweetpeabass]

We were able to get everything we wanted at the times we wanted, too:

Monday - Palo brunch at 11 a.m.
Wednesday - Stingray City Snorkel
Friday - Tristan only - Bottom Fishing Castaway Cay (I will be relaxing at the 18 and older beach by myself until he comes to join me ; )
Friday - Dinner at Palo's at 7:30 p.m.

Does anyone know if they do a "Superbowl Party" on the ship? It is Superbowl and since I am a HUGE football fan, I would like to watch it. I think it starts around my dinner time, though, so not sure what to do???? It will be the first night at one of the restaurants and I love the first night at each one. I will have to make a decision, lol!! Bummer!!

 

[MrsMork]

We were able to get everything we wanted at the times we wanted, too:

Monday - Palo brunch at 11 a.m.
Wednesday - Stingray City Snorkel
Friday - Tristan only - Bottom Fishing Castaway Cay (I will be relaxing at the 18 and older beach by myself until he comes to join me ; )
Friday - Dinner at Palo's at 7:30 p.m.

Does anyone know if they do a "Superbowl Party" on the ship? It is Superbowl and since I am a HUGE football fan, I would like to watch it. I think it starts around my dinner time, though, so not sure what to do???? It will be the first night at one of the restaurants and I love the first night at each one. I will have to make a decision, lol!! Bummer!!

Talk with your servers the night before. You might go to dinner for a bit and just have the entree, have snacks while watching the Super Bowl. Have a great time all of you. I really, really wish we were sailing with you!

 

[love2driveinct]

Just went through the posts and here's who we have so far:

warrenite:
John from Ontario
and his DW, plus DD9
sweetpeabass:
Shannon from Oregon
and her DH Tristan
celebrating 10th anniversary
wallyb:
party of two from Boston
jamieandben:
Jamie and Ben from South Carolina
Bradg63:
party of seven
celebrating 50th birthday
coasterwiggs:
Lisa from Tennessee
and Ken
2nd DCL cruise, 10th cruise overall
GuardMusic:
Gayle and Kara, friends from Indiana
love2driveinct:
Cari from Connecticut
and Bill, plus kids DD11, DS8, DD5, and Cari's Mom
celebrating DS's 9th birthday
islandjen:
Jen from Ontario
and her DH Trevor, plus DD7 Caitlyn, DD4 Alexis
their first cruise
son3disfan:
Sonya and dh Mike, plus DS's 13, 11, 9, their 3rd DCL cruise
Tammy and dh Ken, plus DD's 14, 9, their first cruise
JennL:
Jenn from the Washington DC area
and her DH Jay
ajeent:
AJ from New York
and her Grandma, cousin Robin, DS's 14, 12
her 2nd cruise
shenaniganzz
Trudy and her DH Matt
plus DD2 Samantha, and DNc(niece)'s 7 Alyssa, 12 Brianne
their first cruise
mamakdjco
Kim and her dh
plus DD6, DS4, and Mom & Dad
kids first cruise and their first DCL cruise
clemsonbiship
he and his DW, from Florida
plus DS6, DS2
jessica52877
Jessica & her DH Lin
plus DS7 Dallas
firefamily
Shawn and DW Mara, from Ontario
plus DS9 Daniel, DS4 Tyler
their first DCL cruise
traveling with Mark & Amy
and DS4 Keiran, DD2 Kara
vbarry
Vanessa from Illinois
and kids 5 & 9
mommy2chloentori
Carrie & her DH Tony, from Florida
plus DD1, DD3
their first cruise
MickeyMom
from Florida
Caribear
Cari from Florida
on a "mom's getaway"
tazgirl1981
Shauna from Florida
plus DS4 Chris, DCousin16 Chelsea
avani'smom
Ruthie and her DH from Orlando
plus DD1 Avani
first DCL cruise
StillVibration
he and DW


Also, here is a separate list of just the kids; I tried to group them by the youth club ages:

DC16 Chelsea (Shauna)
DS14 (AJ)
DD14 (Tammy, Sonya's friend)

DS13 (Sonya)
DS12 (AJ)
DNc12 Brianne (Trudy)
DS11 (Sonya)
DD11 Samantha (Cari) horsey girl, loves swimming, Facebook, Twilight, Vera Bradley

DD9 (John)
DS9 (Sonya)
DD9 (Tammy, Sonya's friend)
DS9 Daniel (Shawn)
DS8/9 Will (Cari) Legos, video games, swimming, soccer & baseball

DD7 (Jen) Caitlyn reading, horses, princesses
DNc7 Alyssa (Trudy)
DS7 Dallas (Jessica) Legos, video games
DD6 (Kim)
DS6 (clemsonbishop)
DD5 Sarina (Cari) ponies, princesses, drawing, swimming
DD4 Alexis (Jen) animals, playing house
DS4 (Kim)
DS4 Tyler (Shawn)
DS4 Keiran (Mark & Amy)
DS4 Chris (Shauna)
DD3 (Carrie)

DD2 Samantha (Trudy)
DS2 (clemsonbishop)
DD2 Kara (Mark & Amy)
DD1 (Carrie)
DD1 Avani (Ruthie)

I'll be glad to fill in more info if you post it -- or someone else can copy and paste this and take over if you wish.

Just thought it was time that we took a little inventory to see who we'll be traveling with.

 

[warrenite]

Just went through the posts and here's who we have so far:

warrenite:
John from Ontario
sweetpeabass:
Shannon from Oregon
and her DH
celebrating 10th anniversary
wallyb:
party of two from Boston
jamieandben:
Jamie and Ben from South Carolina
Bradg63:
party of seven
celebrating 50th birthday
coasterwiggs:
Lisa from Tennessee
GuardMusic:
Gayle and Kara, friends from Indiana
love2driveinct:
Cari from Connecticut
and Bill, plus kids DD11, DS8, DD5
celebrating DS's 9th birthday
islandjen:
Jen from Ontario
and her DH, plus DD7, DD4
their first cruise

I'll be glad to fill in more info if you post it -- or someone else can copy and paste this and take over if you wish.

Just thought it was time that we took a little inventory to see who we'll be traveling with.

Hi - can you add DW and DD -9 to my line

 

[warrenite]

Hi IslandJen:

Just noticed you are from St Joe's, we're in North Bay and I travel to SSM with work a few times a year.

Welcome aboard.

John

 

[love2driveinct]

Hi - can you add DW and DD -9 to my line

Well, my son will have at least one other kid there his age!

 

[coasterwiggs]

Can you add Ken to my listing? We are from Nashville and love roller coasters. This will be our tenth cruise and second on Disney. Thanks, Lisa.