February 7, 2009 Western early check in!

[Billinaz]

Yea, I know... its way out there......

But someone has to start it!

Anyone else a compulsive planner too??

 

[Donald&Tinkerbell]

Actually, DH & I just booked our 1st cruise last night for 2/21/09 to celebrate our 30th Anniversary.

 

[ldb1030]

Yea, I know... its way out there......

But someone has to start it!

Anyone else a compulsive planner too??

Just had to laugh at you! Yes, I am a compulsive planner also!
I guess I'd better start the May 23rd, 2009 thread!!

 

[cdnstitchfan]

Yea, I know... its way out there......

But someone has to start it!

Anyone else a compulsive planner too??

Count us in... and yes I am a compulsive planner too!!
There will be 8 of us all together.
4 adults, 4 kids ranging in age from 17 - 9

 

[DAggiesRWe]

Only problem is that this needs to be moved over to the cruise meets board.



Nothing personal, but it will likely get lost over here.

 

[pgsahm2]

Yep! Another compulsive 2/7/09 cruiser checking in! LOL

We are finalizing our booking tonight (meaning $$$ LOL). Cannot wait! We sailed on the Wonder 3/1/07 on a 3 nighter so we're going back for more in 2009.

We should start a thread on the cruise meets board.

 

[cdnstitchfan]

Welcome pgsahm2.

Yes, you are right we need to start this thread under cruise meets.

 

[tinkerone]

count me in. sph room.
you can never plan to far ahead!

 

[mommasita]

I have moved it to the cruise meets.

 

[pgsahm2]

count me in. sph room.
you can never plan to far ahead!

Which room are you in? We have 5022 and 5024, connecting rooms.

 

[tinkerone]

Which room are you in? We have 5022 and 5024, connecting rooms.

5520, so other side of the ship.

 

[pgsahm2]

bumping us up

I'm hoping there's more DISers on this cruise. I guess it's still early! Only 418 days to go! Waaaahhhh.....

 

[pgsahm2]

414 days.

My parents are going on a Western Carribean cruise leaving in two days. This is not a Disney cruise, but still visiting the same ports. I told them to take notes since we'll be there in a little over a year! Once I get the dish from them I'll share....

Has anyone on this cruise been on a Western before?

 

[cdnstitchfan]

414 days.

My parents are going on a Western Carribean cruise leaving in two days. This is not a Disney cruise, but still visiting the same ports. I told them to take notes since we'll be there in a little over a year! Once I get the dish from them I'll share....

Has anyone on this cruise been on a Western before?

Hi there,

414 days....wow that still seems like a long ways away.

We did a Western on another cruise line way back in 2004. The only port that is the same as this one is Cozumel.

Will be interesting to hear what your parents have to say.

 

[tinkerone]

414 days.

My parents are going on a Western Carribean cruise leaving in two days. This is not a Disney cruise, but still visiting the same ports. I told them to take notes since we'll be there in a little over a year! Once I get the dish from them I'll share....

Has anyone on this cruise been on a Western before?

me, me, me....i have. i did like it.
found key west interesting as i had never been there before. as this was a stop on day one, i did not take a case of water with me or purchase it on board. you can pick up a case (if you want one) at a store very near the port. it will save tons of money if you are going to buy it on the ship.
the only stop i did not really like was grand cayman. i like to shop around town and there was not a lot there. we ended up at the beach and even at that it was something like 15 dollars a person for cab fares just to get to 5 mile beach. this time i will probably skip it and stay on the boat. you may like it, there also may be an excursion we could have gone on. we are not big excursion people. like to do it on our own. cozumel was very interesting. you could walk to all the little shops and booths.
you should like this cruise. heck i like any curise.
see you there!

 

[Billinaz]

Count us in... and yes I am a compulsive planner too!!
There will be 8 of us all together.
4 adults, 4 kids ranging in age from 17 - 9

When it gets closer, we have to get the kids emailing each other.... then they have somone right away they can get together with on the ship....

 

[cdnstitchfan]

When it gets closer, we have to get the kids emailing each other.... then they have somone right away they can get together with on the ship....

Yes that sounds like a excellent idea. We did this with the last one we were on it, turned out great!! My oldest DS is a bit shy, so it help break the ice before boarding the ship.

Now only it would hurry up and get here!!!

Have a Happy Holidays everyone.

 

[pgsahm2]

Hi there,

414 days....wow that still seems like a long ways away.

We did a Western on another cruise line way back in 2004. The only port that is the same as this one is Cozumel.

Will be interesting to hear what your parents have to say.

Today it's only 413 days! LOL We've moved up a day already!

me, me, me....i have. i did like it.
found key west interesting as i had never been there before. as this was a stop on day one, i did not take a case of water with me or purchase it on board. you can pick up a case (if you want one) at a store very near the port. it will save tons of money if you are going to buy it on the ship.
the only stop i did not really like was grand cayman. i like to shop around town and there was not a lot there. we ended up at the beach and even at that it was something like 15 dollars a person for cab fares just to get to 5 mile beach. this time i will probably skip it and stay on the boat. you may like it, there also may be an excursion we could have gone on. we are not big excursion people. like to do it on our own. cozumel was very interesting. you could walk to all the little shops and booths.
you should like this cruise. heck i like any curise.
see you there!

I've never been to Key West either. I am one of those geeky freaks that think standing at the most southern point of the US is very cool. I look forward to it!

Is there a liquor store close by to the port on Key West? We may need it by that time.... lol

We are not sure if we are doing excursions this time either. The money really adds up quickly. But we still have long way to go so we could change our minds. Thanks for the information about Cozumel and Grand Cayman.

When it gets closer, we have to get the kids emailing each other.... then they have somone right away they can get together with on the ship....

Oh that's a neat idea! And what perfect timing since the boys are getting a computer from Santa this year! lol My boys will be 9, 7 and almost 3 at the time of the cruise.

My parents leave tomorrow from Charleston on the Norwegian Majesty for a Western Carribean cruise. I do not like their itinerary nearly as much as Disney's. Same ports, but the break up of days is not very friendly to me. Their itinerary is:

12/22 depart from Charleston
12/23 at sea
12/24 Key West
12/25 Cozumel
12/26 Grand Cayman
12/27 at sea
12/28 at sea
12/29 debark at Charleston

See what I mean? It's 3 ports in 3 days time and then 2 at sea days following that. Yuck.

I guess that's another reason to love Disney!

 

[pgsahm2]

403 days! We're almost to an even 400!

My parents are back from their Norwegian cruise and they had a great time at the ports.

Anyone else keeping their cruise secret until NEXT Christmas?

 

[cdnstitchfan]

403 days! We're almost to an even 400!

My parents are back from their Norwegian cruise and they had a great time at the ports.

Anyone else keeping their cruise secret until NEXT Christmas?

Nope, I cann't kept secrets that long...


Happy New Year everyone.