February 12, 2011 - 7 night Eastern

[mrbudyhed]

Yay! I saw someone post on Disboards that kids sail free just became available for my cruise. I just called Disney and they applied the kids sail free code to my booking and now I have $1,400 less I have to save until Feb.! See, it pays to suck time away on the disboards instead of cleaning the house or something.

 

[Disneyhenry]

Oh Thank you mrbudyhed, I am going to call tomorrow and have that special applied to my room

 

[adventure_woman]

Well..good and bad news folks! The great news is that I got the KSF promotion so we now have a VERANDAH room! The bad news is that I will not be sailing on 2/12 with you...I will be departing 1/29! Everyone have a great trip!!

Stephanie

 

[TiredOfCold]

Well - I guess I better get posting because apparently I can't even reply to PM's until I have at least 10 Posts! hahaha

So... to ILoveDevin... our room number is 6152

Thanks for taking the lead on this!
As for DIS meet - I have never cruised Disney before so I don't really have any suggestions. I would think the earlier in the cruise the better? I would like Eva to meet a few kids close to her age before I take her to the Oceaneers Club.

 

[capitalmom]

Welcome TiredOfCold - nice to see some fellow Canadians on board! We live in Ottawa (but originally from Newfoundland - me, and Toronto - DH). How old is your DD? Our two girls are 6 and 18 mos (will turn 2 on the cruise) and both are very outgoing. Anyway, we're looking forward to meeting you! As for the cruise meet, on past (non-Disney) cruises, we usually arranged a meet with online cruise board types somewhere on the main deck/pool area, after muster drill and sailaway, but I'll leave it to one of the Dis experts on here to suggest a good place and time to meet

And to everyone else, congrats on the kids sail free savings - that sounds like an awesome deal! We were seriously tempted to upgrade, but having already cancelled and rebooked last week to take advantage of the 25% off for Canadian residents offer (which saved us $650 ) we figured we'd leave well enough alone and enjoy our SPH stateroom, and leave the balcony for another time, when our extremely active toddler is a little older and we won't have to worry so much about her going overboard! You'll understand when you meet her - she's a force of nature!

Danielle

 

[Disneyhenry]

We didn't up grade on our cruise but because of our cruise discount I got I changed from the Movies to the AKL, my dream vacation is going to happen!!!!
capitalmom ~ my son turns 2 Jan 31st just before our cruise, yeah we must meet!

THIS IS GONNA BE SO MUCH FUN!!!!!

 

[babymaeby]

Just booked this one today. That Canadian resident rate is tooo good to pass up. This is our 2nd cruise. The first being a 7 day western in Jan 2008. It's been too long. Can't wait - only 163 days to go. Don't forget November 29th....will we all be staying up late that day??

 

[babymaeby]

BTW, we have a GTY room. Has anyone with GTW been given their assignment yet? Any nice surprises?

 

[TiredOfCold]

CapitalMom - Our daughter is 6... and I totally understand what you mean by your 2 year old being a force of nature! When Eva was that age her daycare workers used to call her "circus baby"... she also managed to dislocate my elbow when I was trying to change her diaper. Very glad that she has calmed down at least a little bit, although she is still like a shark... never stops moving (or talking)!

 

[Disneyhenry]

Tiredof cold, glad to know that I am not the only one with what you call a "circus baby" I have an adventourus boy! 1st set of stiches on fathers day at age of 16 months, 1st black eye at 18 months. He is a climber, a runner and loves to explore....

any hows I can't wait to meet everyone!

 

[noelk]

Hi folks -

I hate to be the bearer of bad news...

We just got a new confirmation from DCL today...as my DW (CapitalMom) mentioned, we rebooked last week to take advantage of the Canadian resident discount...so DCL sent a new confirmation in the mail with our new confirmation number, price, etc.

So, the "bad news" part is, on the lower part of the page where it describes the cruise, for Wednesday (Feb. 16) it says we now says "St. Thomas: Ashore 7:45am; Onboard 3:30pm - Tender...so this seems to suggest we've drawn the short straw and will be tendering in to Charlotte Amalie.

I've read on other boards and threads that due to the large number ships calling on St. Thomas, they no longer have room at the various piers, and that each cruise line takes a turn tendering. I also checked cruisett.com...there will be five other cruise ships in St. Thomas on the 16th (including two huge ships: Freedom of the Seas and Norwegian Epic).

The silver lining in all of this, from what I've read, is that the tenders take you right into downtown...no taxi ride from the pier.

Anyway, I think we may serious consider staying on board in St. Thomas...we were there on our last cruise, and the recent violence is a bit disturbing...

TiredofCold - welcome aboard...I noticed you elsewhere too (I'm aka SensFan11)....it's great our daughters are the same age...you gearing up for grade one too?!?

babymaeby - glad to see yet another Canuck here...are you from that big metropolis to the southwest of us?

Disneyhenry - great our babies are within two weeks of each other...and that's a great upgrade from a value to a deluxe resort! There's some great prices for staying at WDW pre-cruise...post-cruise, things will be kinda busy and expensive there with the President's Day weekend...we're still trying to decide whether to head straight home after we disembark on February 19, or spend one extra night in Orlando. I keep telling myself to extend, seeing as Monday is a holiday in Ontario too (well, at least for the kids...kinda ironic that the schools and daycares are closed, but both myself and my DW have to work!)

adventure_woman - glad you got that great discount...but very jealous that you'll get to sail two weeks earlier than the rest of us! Take good care of the Magic...

 

[capitalmom]

Well, if we do stay on the ship, Feb. 16 also happens to be Amy's 2nd birthday, so we'll find somewhere on the ship to throw her a little party and invite all of you for cake

And as for her active nature, no injuries to report yet, but she certainly does tend to bully her much older sister - she's definitely the stronger of the two and we usually have to intervene to keep the little one from hurting the big one. And I love the "Circus baby" nickname . The staff at A.'s daycare call her "Happy Feet" becuase she never stops moving. However, it's the 6 year old who never stops talking. We joke that Amy will never bother learning to talk because she knows that Laura will never let her get a word in edgewise anyway!

Anyway, look forward to getting to know you all better as the clock ticks down to our big adventure!

Danielle

 

[Jax]

Hello!

I have officially confirmed my reservation and will be sailing with you guys on the Feb 12 cruise....

Sailing in our group we have myself (Jackie), my friend (Laurie) and her 2 daughters Elizabeth (1o) and Alison (8).

So excited about the trip, and getting to know everyone before hand and meeting people onboard.

 

[prittfamily98]

We are finally going on a cruise! February 12-19 It is for my 40th birthday.
I am scared to death. Not of sailing but of the entire experience.
My husband is a oil worker so he is on the water 60 days at a time. This is nothing new to him.
I do not want to spend a fortune but I do want to relax and have fun.
I have been a DVC member for 2.5 years. I can do a week at WDW for $200 for my and the kids. This is a lot of money.
We got 2 inside staterooms next to each other cheaper than a outside stateroom that sleeps 5.
How can I enjoy the spa, have private time with my husband and still have fun with the kids and celebrate my 40th birthday and RELAX???

 

[prittfamily98]

our family is sailing FEB 12-19. Who can participate in the FE? I am interested.

 

[ilovedevin]

Hi, my name is Julie and sorry I have been busy but was going to PM you about the FE exchange. It is open to anyone who want's to participate I am working on a spread sheet with everyone who is going on the cruise with us and who does and does not want to participate in the FE along with everyone's stateroom number. We are leaving it up to everyone as to how you want to hand out your gift's ie, one per stateroom, one per person just kids or all of the above also when you chose to hand them out.

Once again sorry took so long,
Julie

 

[Disneyhenry]

Hi, my name is Julie and sorry I have been busy but was going to PM you about the FE exchange. It is open to anyone who want's to participate I am working on a spread sheet with everyone who is going on the cruise with us and who does and does not want to participate in the FE along with everyone's stateroom number. We are leaving it up to everyone as to how you want to hand out your gift's ie, one per stateroom, one per person just kids or all of the above also when you chose to hand them out.

Once again sorry took so long,
Julie

Hey thank you so very much

 

[ilovedevin]

only 5 more month's to go

 

[TiredOfCold]

So last week I went to the dollar store and spent $60 on potential FE items. I figure if I don't use them for the FE gifts I can always stick them in DD's birthday goodie bags for her friends.

I'm still a bit perplexed by the FE thing - but I'm thinking I will leave each child a few little gifts in their pouch and maybe 1 small gift for the adults in the cabin?? I don't want to spend a million dollars, but I also don't want to be too cheap.... for eg. if I left each child a pen/pencil, notebook, small confectionary item and a magnet would that be an "average" gift? I am aiming for average... hahaha.

Today I laminated some artwork and bought some magnetic sheets from Michaels so we can decorate our door. First Disney Cruise and I want to participate as fully as possible!

 

[TiredOfCold]

NoelK, I am on a few other boards with this name. I have been on the "large" general travel board for years and recently joined the cruise section of it - I think that is where you likely saw me as I remember your daughters age and your location (excited to see a fellow Canuck with a daughter the same age!)

Eva started grade 1 a few weeks ago - she isn't 6 until November, so is one of the younger ones in her class. She speaks French and English and has friends ranging in age from 4 to 8 so I'm excited for her to meet up with everyones children!

This trip is going to be a blast....