February 21, 2009 Magic Western Caribean

[tevagirl]

Hi and welcome MyLove4Disney. Hi Pluto, good news on the writing assignment!

 

[strega7]

Is anybody else ready to go! I hope I can make it a year. My husband had to move our suitcases to get to something last night and I wanted him to leave them down so I can start packing . Just checking in with everyone. Hope your march is going well. marci

 

[Donald&Tinkerbell]

Welcome, MyLove4Disney and thanks for the tips. I have looked at the others on the boards, but it's nice to get them directly & for adults. Being childless, we do come at it from a different perspective, and we are planning on taking advantage of the adult evening entertainment.

I hear you about the shoes, but we're only bringing crocs & dance shoes (which will double for evening shoes). As far as overpacking goes though, it's 7 days, you need day clothes & evening clothes. I know I can manage on a couple of evening outfits, but surely in the Caribean you can't wear the day's clothes more than one day? And as you said, it's vacation, I don't want to do laundry! So how much is overpacking?

 

[MyLove4Disney]

Welcome, MyLove4Disney and thanks for the tips. I have looked at the others on the boards, but it's nice to get them directly & for adults. Being childless, we do come at it from a different perspective, and we are planning on taking advantage of the adult evening entertainment.

I hear you about the shoes, but we're only bringing crocs & dance shoes (which will double for evening shoes). As far as overpacking goes though, it's 7 days, you need day clothes & evening clothes. I know I can manage on a couple of evening outfits, but surely in the Caribean you can't wear the day's clothes more than one day? And as you said, it's vacation, I don't want to do laundry! So how much is overpacking?

Well if you each have two large suitcases and a large carry on you might have over packed.



Sure on day clothes and evening clothing, but what we did to help elimintate extra, we did use shorts more than once with different shirts. As for the in the Caribbean part. At this time of year the weather is great, it is not humind and not extremly hot. We spent a lot of time out by the pool so the swim suit and coverup were used regularly, and for the reason to have more than one suit. I even had some of the swim suits that were two pieces with a tank top type. So a pair of shorts over the bottom and the swim suit top ended up being a dayout fits. Dress black slacks and different tops work great.

So in summary, don't have an out fit for daytime, dinner time and then late night time. We took 3 pair of jean type shorts and two pair of capris and light weight shirts for each day. Some of these outfits were used in the evening after dinner as well. Dress clothing for each night - two formal gowns, pirates costum, black dress pants and nice blouse for two nights, sweater that can be worn in the dinning rooms as it can be cool to cold in thedinning rooms. Light weight sweat shirt. That is about it. Also what you wear on the flight wear on the flight home. Oh one thing, take your own blow dryer, the one in the bathroom really is very lightduty. If you flight in the day before and stay at port, go to the drug store and buy your shampoo type supplies there instead of carring them in your suit case. The cruise does supply you with product, but I do not like the smell of the product (lavender) many people love that smell but no me. so I buy it and then I leave it in the room. I have asked the room steward if they want it some do some don't. They do like candy left, but I always leave a note. The last two times I bought candy specificlly to leave for them. They like it as an extra treat beside the cash tip. Anyway have a great time.

 

[MyLove4Disney]

I just took a look at the resis we made and noted that we are on the 2/7/09 western group not this one. So I was just getting to know a few of you and now I have bid a farwell. Everyone have a great cruise. I hope my tips will help this group out. Enjoy.

 

[tevagirl]

Hello? Anyone here?

 

[Cinderella&Dopey]

Didn't think I would find a board already! We went on the 16th - 23rd Eastern and booked this one on board. We got engaged in Disney when were down and this one will be our honeymoon! very excited!! We are getting married on Valentine's day!

 

[Donald&Tinkerbell]

Engaged & honeymooning Disney! Good omens & congratulations. We look forward to meeting you, although as old married people we probably won't see much of you. Hope all the wedding planning goes well. Try not to let it stress you out.

 

[tevagirl]

Didn't think I would find a board already! We went on the 16th - 23rd Eastern and booked this one on board. We got engaged in Disney when were down and this one will be our honeymoon! very excited!! We are getting married on Valentine's day!

Welcome and congratulations! Now, tell me, which one are you? Cinderella or Dopey?

 

[Cinderella&Dopey]

Thanks!

I'm Cinderella and usually posts but Dopey's always here reading along. hah We had so much fun on the Eastern Cruise can't wait for the Western!

 

[tevagirl]

Thanks!

I'm Cinderella and usually posts but Dopey's always here reading along. hah We had so much fun on the Eastern Cruise can't wait for the Western!

So, I guess that means we can't talk about him, eh?

 

[mc2]

Hello!
Just checking in, and wanted to say hi/welcome to anyone who has joined since I was last here. We had a very unexpected death in the family, so things have been a bit crazy (hubby's 50 year old healthy uncle). On a more positive note, we had been working on convincing my mom to come with us on the cruise (we kind of booked her in and hoped we could be very persuasive between now and Feb 21 ), but she was always somewhat on the fence. She suffers from motion sickness, so she was concerned she would be sick the whole time. We had been trying to explain to her that the cruise ship is not the same as the little passenger ferries she would be used to, but she wasn't convinced. Well, after the passing of hubby's uncle (who they also knew), she kind of took a "you never know what the hell life will bring" attitude and has given us a definite yes! It will be my parents' first cruise ever, so I'm super excited for them. I think they're going to have a great time. I think they're going to have a blast on their own, but I also think they're going to have a great time watching the kids go nuts over all of the characters and such. There are ads that are airing on the Playhouse Disney Channel here for a Disney Princesses on Ice show that is playing in Toronto this week. Every single time the ad comes on, she does her "Miss America"...this high pitched scream with her mouth open and covered by her hand with complete glee on her face...the "I can't believe I just won" reaction. I haven't had the heart to tell her that it's just an ad, but I HAVE been telling her she will be seeing some of the princesses on the cruise, so she's getting pretty hyped.
February can't come soon enough!

M.

 

[Donald&Tinkerbell]

Only 11 months now, yea!!! I'm sorry about your family's loss MC2, but I'm glad it spurred your Mom on. It will be great for your family to share the vacation. My late parents were always up for a trip to WDW. They both loved it. Us kids were grown when it opened, but they took us anyway for my 19th birthday. It was nice for DH & I when in the last few years, we were able to take Mom. She would have to be on one of those dreaded scooters, but it made her happy.

Since we made our reservations in early December, it feels good to be only 11 months.

 

[tevagirl]

Hello to everyone

mc2, so sorry to hear about your husband's uncle. How sad.

My daughter booked this cruise. Her name is Jill, her husband is Aj, and my grandsons Alec (15) and Andrew (4).

 

[Donald&Tinkerbell]

That's great that your daughter & grandkids are joining you. I hope you make a lot of fun, special memories.

 

[tevagirl]

That's great that your daughter & grandkids are joining you. I hope you make a lot of fun, special memories.

All three of my kids, their spouses, and my grandchildren went last month. We had a ball. My daughter and her family had adjoining rooms with us and that was a big mistake. They were pretty rowdy!

 

[Donald&Tinkerbell]

Guess it would be akward to complain about the noise when they're related!

 

[strega7]

We are also traveling with my parents, they are our traveling buddies. This is our third cruise together. We were going to go on a 4 day the week before with my inlaws, but after I booked they backed out. Instead of canceling altogether my parents had me switch the ressies to their name and make it a seven day not a four day. We love traveling with them, and we always get a connecting room. They aren't that noisy so it works out well

Marci

 

[tevagirl]

Oh, I wanted to report them quite a few times, like when we walked into our cabin and found our verandah swarming with seagulls because those nitwits next door were throwing food over on to it. (and this was before we even left the port!)

Or when they taped a 'Recyclables' sign to their side of the verandah pointing to our side and we came back to a verandah full of beer bottles.

The only thing stopping us from calling security was that we didn't want anyone to know we were related to them!

 

[Hanny&AlsMom]

Hello!

I hope to be joining all of you next year. We were on the Feb 23-Mar 1 Western, and rebooked while onboard. Actually, we booked for the Feb 28 St. Croix cruise. I have since booked this cruise, and am hoping to do a back-to-back. My husband isn't completely sure he wants to do this, but I have some time to work on him.

We are: myself, my husband, my daughter (8), and son (5).

Carolyn