February 15, 2009 4 Nights Disney Wonder

[DVCRon]

Hello! I see that my daughter (Twilight) posted. I'd suggested that she do this. She seems to think she'll be the only one who won't know anybody She claims to not be good at meeting people yet I've watched her make friends on vacation in minutes. People she still keeps in touch with. I'm sure she'll be fine. I'd just noticed that I'd missed the fact that there was your post way back and that your daughters are so close in age to ours. Are either of your daughters feeling the same? Can't believe it's getting so close! I'm sooooo cold!

My daughters are the same. My older one keeps asking if there will be anyone her age. I'm sure with it being the holiday week there will be plenty of kids their ages.

 

[jlowejd5]

I'll say this, with the way the weather has been here in Ohio the last three weeks, I am REALLY glad we decided to fly down the day before.

Does anybody know where the form is to indicate that we've had enough single-digit temperatures? I'd sure like to get that filled out and turned in...

 

[minie_meese]

Does anybody know where the form is to indicate that we've had enough single-digit temperatures? I'd sure like to get that filled out and turned in.

I second your sentiments. Upstate NY has been in the single digits for much of the past week. Today's 22 degrees feels almost like a heat wave. We're all so looking forward to getting out of the cold. We have a group of 12. Everyone but my daughter heads down the Wednesday before and she leaves from NYC on Friday. We're all on direct flights.

Over the weekend my 5 yr old granddaughters and I finished out "fish extenders". It was a lot of fun and she had a great time doing it. It certainly got her in the mood. I think it will be hard to contain her until we leave. Here is one of our "fish extenders"

 

[Mom 3 mouseketeers]

I can't believe how close it is getting to the cruise. I am beside myself with excitement. We are totally in for fish extenders, I sent a pm to mkeeting I believe with our info.
We are flying in late Wednesday and staying the Grand Floridian for several days before the cruise. I'm not sure who's more excited me or the kids??? Always a kid at heart when it comes to Disney right???? My group will consist of me, DH, DS (8 1/2), DD (7), DS (5), my brother, sister and law, nephew (4) and my parents. Anyone with kids similar ages?
I know a lot of us are from the northeast and all I gotta say is this winter stinks!!! I don't care if it's not really warm cause anything ovr 40 degrees will be better than this!!!!

 

[bxrluv]

Our family would like to participate in the FE now that I know what they are. I guess I can't pm yet since I haven't had enough posts. Anyway, we have the two girls ages 10 and 15. We're in room 5020. So we'll need to get a list of everyone else participating closer to the date right? We're leaving 2/8 for our land portion but I see some other people are too so hopefully it will all be wrapped up by then. Let me know if I can do anything to help!

 

[Tneah]

Count us in the FE.

It's DH, ME and DS (12), DD (9). Stateroom 6551.


I'm ready for warmer weather. The day we arrival back from Fl., we come home and pack ASAP to head out to the Poconos for the long ski weekend with 9 families from the neighborhood. What a temperture shock this will be.

 

[minie_meese]

My 9 yr old niece will be with us and we are just down the hall from you. I think she and her grandmother are in 6580. We have 5 staterooms right near each other. We also have 2 girls who are 5 yrs and a 2 yr old boy. This is the first Disney cruise for all of them.

We're back in the deep freeze here in NY and can hardly wait for some nice weather - just 3 weeks away!

 

[bxrluv]

minie meese & mketting: I can't pm and we do want to do the FE too so can you fill me in here or pm me if there is anything specific we need to do please? My kids are excited about this I've already been picking up items as I find them to bring along. Thanks much!

 

[minie_meese]

I'm new to this FE thing too. This is our first cruise so we're all learning as we go.

It looks to me like a number of people want to do this. I think there are 16 kids. From what I can tell right now (mketting may have more names) here is who I think wants to participate so far - anyone else is welcome to join

Minie_meese (me) 6580, 6583, 6585 - 5 adults and 2 girls (5)
My sister-in-law 6578, 6582 - 3 adults and a boy (2), a girl (9)
mketting - 6041 - 2 adults and 2 kids, boy (9), girl(11)
mketting sister-in-law - 6042 - 2 adults and 2 kids, boys (6) girls (6)
bxrluv - deck 5 - 2 adults, girls (10), (15)
tneah - Room 6551 - 2 adults, boy (12), girl (9)
mom_3_mousketeers - 7080 - 2 adults, boys (8) (5), girl (7)

Please correct me if I made a mistake

I ordered a few things from Oriental Trading and picked up some things from the dollar store. Most of it will be things for the kids but there are a few things adults may enjoy. You can bring things to put in people's FEs one or more times during the cruise. My little granddaughter is making valentines for all of the kids (or she hopes to) since she is missing valentine's day at school.

Keep it simple, inexpensive and informal. I am sure the kids will all enjoy it.

I think I have a lot of the rooms numbers and can post them in a day or so. As I mentioned earlier if anyone else wants to participate we will add them too.

Hope this helps. Hope to get to meet some of you in person on the cruise.

 

[Tneah]

I think this is a great idea! We will do this, too. My daughter will be making one of the surprises, but I'll keep that a secret for now.


I think we should try to meet somewhere on the first day/night. Most of us seem to be from up North. We've got Ohio, NY and Pa covered. Any others?

 

[bxrluv]

Thanks for figuring that out! Love Oriental Trading Co! We probably ordered some of the same things. Looking forward to meeting some other cold northerners

 

[jlowejd5]

And with the weather they're predicting for the next 48 hours here, oh, man am I looking forward to the cruise....

Let's see, highs in the teens, 6-8 inches of snow. Or, DCL. Hmmm... which will I choose?

 

[Mom 3 mouseketeers]

This weather is getting ridiculous!!! I can't stand to even leave the house not to mention I don't even feel warm in the house! If I could blink my eyes and it would be time for the cruise I would be a happy camper. But just knowing that it's only 20 days away, wait did I just say 20 DAYS AWAY!!! I better start packing!!!!
We are all so excited! Are we going to try and all meet on the cruise?

 

[Tneah]

I have a question.

What if our statroom is changed from what is listed under the group doing the fish extenders?


I can't wait to get out this cold climate!

The countdown begins!

 

[MCourtney]

Hi everyone. I just posted this on the main page too. I saw on the news this am (how did I not know this) that the Daytona 500 is on 2/15. For those of you non-Floridans let me just tell you that NASCAR is huge here. This is huge race. Daytona is just north of Cocoa Beach on I-95. So I've posted the "how bad is traffic going to be" question. The race offically starts at 3:30pm. Just wanted to give a head's up to anyone who is driving over that morning - especially I-95.

Now if we could just get the shuttle take off to be postponed until that afternoon..... how awesome would that be to see it take off as we sail away????

 

[mketting]

Hello everyone!

We are sick of the snow and cold here too. We had about a foot of snow yesterday! I just wasn't up to clearing the driveway when I got home from work and I knew my husband wouldn't be either so when I heard a neighbors driveway being done by a plow guy I bolted out of the house and asked if he would do ours too. $15 and 5 minutes later we had a clear driveway, that was the best money I've spent in awhile

So glad more of you have jumped on the Fish Extender Band Wagon. Thank you Minnie Meese for getting it all organized!!

 

[Tneah]

Well, the countdown begins for all us! Wow, I have so much to do.

Mini meese, thanks for organizing the FE list. I just noticed the picture of your FE, it looks great!

 

[Mom 3 mouseketeers]

I'm so excited I don't know what to do with myself. Started going through the kids clothes today. Will hopefully get a lot done next week while they are at school. We are going to Chicago next weekend so I only have 3 days to unpack from that and pack for Florida. We leave the evening of the 11th and will be at the Grand Floridian before the cruise.
Been picking up cute things for Fish Extenders, trying to explain it to the kids. Anyone ever been told what their dining rotation was before they boarded? We made reservations at Palo for Monday night, heard Pirate night is the 3rd but don't want to miss eating Tritons menu. Oh well can't plan for everything!
Been checking the weather everyday, I'm just hoping for above 60 and I'll be happy, it'll feel like a heat wave compared to Connecticut!

Kelly

 

[minie_meese]

We can hardly wait to leave too. This snow thing is just too old. I was in Boston all week and they have a lot of snow too. It rained a lot on Wednesday and then froze at night. People were falling all over. Get me out of here.

Here is the list of people participating in the Fish Extenders - this is a last call for anyone else. We would love to have you. You can do 1 day or more, just kids or put a few things in for the adults. Keep it as simple as you like. I want to see it be a fun for everyone.

BXRLV - we still need your stateroom number.
Everyone else - please let me know if anything needs updating.

Minie_meese (me) 6580, 6583, 6585 - 5 adults and 2 girls (5)
Minie_meese sister-in-law 6578, 6582 - 3 adults and a boy (2), a girl (9)
mketting - 6041 - 2 adults and 2 kids, boy (9), girl(11)
mketting sister-in-law - 6042 - 2 adults and 2 kids, boys (6) girls (6)
bxrluv - deck 5 - 2 adults, girls (10), (15)
tneah - Room 6551 - 2 adults, boy (12), girl (9)
mom_3_mousketeers - 7080 - 2 adults, boys (8) (5), girl (7)

 

[mketting]

Can't wait to go too. We were originally going in May, so glad we changed it.

Has anyone gotten any more word on traffic on Sunday? I am one of those people who like to be at the port the minute it opens. On our previous two Disney cruises we arrived early and were able to be some of the first to board after the CAT 1 and 2 people. It is great to have lunch and let the kids head into the pools to swim for awhile that first day before the ship fills up.

I would recommend Parrot Cay for lunch, we have done both locations now and other than eating outside it was a much nicer experience having lunch in Parrot Cay and then heading upstairs for the kids to swim and relax on deck.

My sister is taking her kids to WDW for the 4 days before cruise but the kids don't know it. I wish I was going to be there to see their reaction Wednesday morning when they arrive at the Magic Kingdom . We will enjoy some relaxation and some time with my DH's sister who lives in Orlando before the cruise as well as day at Animal Kingdom with my sister and parents.

My daughter and I started getting out clothes a week or so ago, my husband thought we were crazy but packing and getting stuff ready is part of the fun for me ( I hate the unpacking after a trip though!!), plus my kids have both grown a ton since last summer and I needed to figure out what things they need for the trip. My son is royally annoyed that at the moment he has the boxes of summer clothes sitting out in his room.