February 19, 2011 Magic Western - Presidents of the Caribbean!

[DENISEES]

Just booked our First Cruise/Disney Cruise!! Myself, DH, DDs (7, 4) DS (2)
Grandma is coming too for a surprise 70th bday present! Would appreciate any tips, tricks, etc. Again first cruise so there is a lot to learn I am sure. I have been reading the boards and they have been quite helpful and addictive!

 

[gardengirl628]

Oh no!!! Another New Yorker!!! I am definitely in the minority!
Welcome!!!

 

[DENISEES]

Well I am sure there will be others aside from us NYers!!! Wish we didnt have to wait a year- I am already excited!

 

[gardengirl628]

me too!!!!

 

[wcw57]

me three!

my DGD and I are throwing a "surprise" ONE YEAR TIL CRUISE PARTY....she (and I) will be doing a full menu (sort of) and there will be place cards, a banner, centerpiece, music and games.....

Its my way of keeping her interest peaked and venting some of my enthusiasm....

You don't want to spend too much enthusiasm too early so you're worn out or bored with too much information by actual crusie time, I think.

Westchester is nice. Been there a few times. My DGD wil be six and 3 months when we cruise......maybe Denisees' DD and my DGD will chill together...

 

[DENISEES]

my mom and I are from LI-- miss it actually....where are you on LI? Still have family and friends there so at least I am out there all the time.....Would love to try to meet up on the ship...
Cute idea to have a 1 yr till party--- havent even told my kids yet b/c they will never keep it a secret from Gramma!!!-- have to decide when to tell her though b/c i think she needs to renew her passport!!

 

[Kris10luvsDisney]

Welcome aboard Denisees!! I live in Westchester too!! Yorktown Heights actually, how about you??

This thread has been a little quiet, but hopefully now that we are approaching 1 year until the cruise, it will pick up a little bit! Looking forward to chatting with you

 

[wcw57]

We are in the Hamlet of Brookhaven which nobody has ever heard of....we are next to (east) Bellport which NY Times readers know....near Patchogue.

South Shore of Long Island....almost dead center between Manhattan and Montauk


THAT is why, on a much earlier post, I was wondering if people were in love with Castaway Cay because they don't get to see beaches ever/often or if it is really THAT special. I've seen Caribbean beaches and was duly impressed with the water but sand and waves don't impress me so much.

Still, I'm looking forward to goin"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Where are your relatives, Denisees?

 

[DENISEES]

Of course I know where that is!-- I grew up in Selden and have family/friends in Mt. Sinai, Holtsville, Baldwin....too many to name! I hear what you are saying about the ocean-- never realized how much I missed the beaches on LI till I moved up here---yes there are beaches here but not like LI- in fact everyone in Westchester seems to drive to LI for the beaches!

- BTW Kris i am in New Rochelle- so not too far from you and my mom (former LI-der) just moved to Tarrytown....

Hopefully we can cont to chat and the next year will fly by!!-- i love all the tips and tricks i keep reading!!

Quick ?- since i am new here-- how do i get those cute timelines on the bottom of my posts? i went to that magik kingdom site and set it up- but how do i get it on the actual post?

thanks guys!

 

[wcw57]

Denisees:

go to **************


it was a little confusing to me but I got it done............

if I can do it, ANYONE can.......

I used to live in Mount Sinai in a former life.....many moons ago



Ever notice how people ask the same questions over and over again? I think it's GREAT because you get so many diverse answers over a period of a year or so...Thank goodness the search engine on the DIS boards are so lousy.

What about AIRTRAN, you guys? Any personal experience?

 

[Kris10luvsDisney]

WCW, having been a travel agent in a previous life I would never fly Airtran. They are notorious for canceled flights, horrible customer service etc...to me it's not worth the few extra dollars you save vs. a bigger airline..

Denisees- if you want a ticker on your signature, go to one of the sites, pick out a ticker and enter your info. Then you have to copy the codes (it's usually the top one on the list they give you). Come back to the boards and click on "UserCP" (it's on the red bar at the top of this page). Then click on "edit signature" a blank white box will appear, and you can paste the link you just copied here. Click preview signature to see if it works and if it looks okay hit save signature and you should be all set to go!
It took forever for me to figure it out too! lol

We are almost at the 1 year mark! I can't believe it - I have been watching a disney cruise special we taped on travel channel a few weeks ago, and my kids are so excited to go already!!

 

[gardengirl628]

We are so excited too!!!! Anyone have any ideas for any of the shore excursions?

 

[Kris10luvsDisney]

My DH & I have done this itinerary (before kids on Princess Cruise line) and at Grand Cayman we loved the Stingray city excursion and the turtle farm. We also went to Hell, which wasn't all that exciting, but fun to say we had been to Hell & back!

In Cozumel, we did a snorkeling excursion on a catamaran which was a lot of fun. I have never been to Key West, so if anyone has any suggestions about things to do there (with our kids) I would love to hear them!

 

[DENISEES]

Is it too early to ask if anyone wants to partake in the whole FE gifts? I have been reading the posts and it sounds like so much fun! Almost less than a year guys!!! so exciting!!!

BTW- can you tell I still cannot fix my ticker? the tech supp had not helped at all.... so sad...at the bottom it says can allow images on signature = NO--- why does it say that??

 

[wcw57]

As far as the ticker thing: keep trying. It took me a few times before I figured out that I was copy/paste-ing too much (or too little? I forget) into the code box.....I was tutored by "she who must be obeyed" and it was nice of her to bother....


as far as FE gifts: I am torn. I really want my DGD to do this...it sounds like fun. On the other hand, I don't feel like running around the ship to distribute gifts (I am soooooo old sometimes!).....HOWEVER: Since it IS a 7 day voyage I should be able to get this done and tour the ship at the same time....so long as everyone doesn't want their gifts right away

I also don't want to give trinkets to the adults. For a child, it is special...a birthday every day.....for an adult, it's still fun but who needs disney soap and playing cards?

SO: count me in for a kids FE. Not that I don't like you adults....just that kids are special.

Who will be in charge of this stuff? We need to keep a list of participants and maybe a map of room locations.

FURTHER: There was some talk, a while ago, about the Presidents of the Caribbean graphics.....anyone have any talent? I'm about maxed out with my computer savvy by logging into these boards and typing cogent sentences.

Anyhow.......be well, shipmates!

 

[Kris10luvsDisney]

I would like to do the FE's too, but I am not crafty at all!
I also don't know how to do graphics for door magnets etc...I know there are some threads on the main DCL pages where if you provide the guest names, sailing date and what you are looking for, there are people who will put together a graphic for you. All you have to do is print them out and attach them to a magnet!

We are supposed to be heading out to CA for vacation on Thursday, and this impending snow storm is not making that look good...enough of winter already!! (we will be hitting Disneyland for the first time and I can't wait!)

 

[wcw57]

WOW! I'm out plowing County roads right now....Wed 9:30 am (i'm in office because of alternator troubles but will be back on road soon) and airports are N.G.!!! The problem won't be getting out of airport tomorrow, it will be having the planes in the right places to make connections work....

I wish you the best of luck for your trip....PLEASE let us know how it works out!

 

[maronvin]

Been just monitoring this post for the last few months, not much of a poster myself, but with 1 year to go and the whole family wishing we were there now decided to join the crowd. You can count 8 more Long Islanders in on the cruise. I'll be traveling with my wife and 2 sons, along with good friends and their son and daughter.

 

[wcw57]

First: WELCOME Maronvin......where on LI? You need to (please) break down your group as the rest of us have so the powers that be can keep track and in case there is a FE exchange......

SECOND (and I'm glad to say this at least)

ONE YEAR UNTIL CRUISE!!!!!!!



where are all the rest of youse guys? Its been very quiet here........

 

[maronvin]

First: WELCOME Maronvin......where on LI? You need to (please) break down your group as the rest of us have so the powers that be can keep track and in case there is a FE exchange......

As I said I'm not much of a poster, but I think I figured out all the abbreviations. Let's see if I get it right.

Me- Vinnie, DW-Megan, DS-Joseph (9), DS-Vncent (7)

I'll let the rest of the crew post their breakdown.

As for where on LI, we've been in Miller Place for 7 years now.