Just wanted to say hello to all. I just joined the thread as we just booked our Feb 2012 cruise. Seasoned cruisers (just got off the Magic in the Med last Saturday). Three of us right now.
It was wonderful and very excited and very exhausting. We saw everything there was to see. It was hard to "relax" though since it was so heavy on the port days and things to see and do! Recommend it to all though! We went in a big "horde" of family of friends. Had 9 people with us. It was a trip of a lifetime. We spent 4 days before the cruise in Barcelona too. It was a lovely city. Wouldn't recommend the AC Diplomatic Hotel that Disney uses though. Had pretty bad customer service and made some big $$ errors on our bill.
You will see all kinds of different things on formal night from very very dressy to flip flops and shorts. I have only seen one gentleman in a tux and he was having formal pictures taken with his family. Looked like perhaps a family reunion of some sort. We usually recycle the home coming, graduation, dance type dresses for my daughter (she's 16 now) and I bring a nice cocktail dress. Suits for the boys. Nothing too fancy but we shine up nice!
I just did a quick count of the people that have joined the meet thread so far.
There are 32 family/groups. From those that indicated the number of children that will be sailing I counted 20 boys and 18 girls so far!!!
How many of you are interested in joining the FE? Thanks to BlessedmomofBoys (i think it was her ??) for volunteering to keep track of that.
Counting the days until we are sailing again
. Since I obviously don't have young kids, and I was chatting with her little son about the new "Cars movie" lol, she started telling me about how he loves it even though he hasn't even seen it (yet) and I was compelled to tell her about how much I experience Disneyitis, and about the cruise, and she sounded as excited as I felt lol.
blessedmomofboys so kindly and thoughtfully set up for us!
as we get closer to our sail date.
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lol.Yes, there is a semi-formal, a formal, and a pirate night. Yes, people will wear full out formal dresses. People will also be wearing sundresses. I wouldn't worry about it too much. Just wear what you are comfortable in and what you can pack. A lot of people plan to take special occassion photos in their formal wear and coordinate things like Chirstmas card photos (so like everyone is dressed in red and green holiday formal) or everyone comes in with their Hawaiian print shirt on or whatnot. You will see a little of everything.When you say you wore a formal dress, do you mean an evening gown? 'Cause I do have one from a few years ago, I'd have to try it on ... but I could force myself to go shop for a cocktail dress lol.
So there's a formal night AND semi-formal night? AND a pirate's night?
Hmm ... so many reasons to go shopping
, but just as many are in curise casual. My daughter has a dress she got at The Morocco Pavilion in Epcot and she likes to wear that. (It's getting a bit short so she would like to pick up another one when we goto WD in aug. - just for this purpose)
- My only real suggestion enjoy your dinner time with your family and have fun - Don't let the little things get in the way of ruining that!!
I'd love the info since right now my family packs an entire suitcase of waterbottles and wine!!!One more thing i wanted to tell you all. In case any of you are celebrating anything special on our cruise, there is a local company you can use to get really cool gift baskets. I ordered one for our last cruise and they did a great job. We have to fly and dont have a lot of extra room. They will personalize with whatever pop, juice, beer, wine etc.. and chips, candy etc... for kids or grownups. You tell them what you like and they will put it togehter and it will be delivered to your cabin. Let me know if you want more info.
Yes, it is a fabulous thing to do. Always ALWAYS keep checking on the price of your cruise after booking too ... as that discount can add up. In addition to the 10% onboard booking, we also saved about another $800 per state room by checking the price frequently. With 4-5 rooms per trip (my extended family tends to travel in a large horde) that savings really adds up.Couldn't agree more. We saved a ton. Also, if you book while on the cruise and need to change the date or type of cruise later you still get the discount and you keep any onboard credits you might have gotten when booking while cruiseing!!
One more thing i wanted to tell you all. In case any of you are celebrating anything special on our cruise, there is a local company you can use to get really cool gift baskets. I ordered one for our last cruise and they did a great job. We have to fly and dont have a lot of extra room. They will personalize with whatever pop, juice, beer, wine etc.. and chips, candy etc... for kids or grownups. You tell them what you like and they will put it togehter and it will be delivered to your cabin. Let me know if you want more info.
I can't seem to get to the Facebook page link any longer? Can someone re-post it?
