First Ever DISUnplugged Podcast Cruise 5/10/2009

[NancyIL]

I decided tonight that I'm going! I don't know who will go with me, but for now my oldest daughter is listed as the 2nd passenger. We have late dining.

 

[disneyholic family]

Welcome Yvet and Emiel


There should be a prize for who ever comes the farthest for this cruise.

(Kevin, Tracy, hint...hint...hint...)

yes, yes...Kevin, Tracy....that's a very good idea....
(given that i think we're coming the farthest....unless the family from Australia has tossed their hats in the ring)..

 

[Yvet]

Welcome Aboard!!! Who knew they used y'all in the Netherlands?!?!!? I thought it was just a Southern thing. At least I'll be in good company.

We don't use y'all....
But heey we've been many times to America before and then you just use what sounds nice and y'all sounds much more fun.....

We also have been to Australia twice and still uses the phrase no worries mate.....

 

[winotracy]

yes, yes...Kevin, Tracy....that's a very good idea....
(given that i think we're coming the farthest....unless the family from Australia has tossed their hats in the ring)..

I don't think Kevin and I have a say in who wins what. Remember ol' "greedy hands" from the Podcast this week My bet is on any contest ideas coming from him

Are you further than the Netherlands? I'd say it's close.

 

[disneyholic family]

Are you further than the Netherlands? I'd say it's close.

oh yes, we are most definitely further than the Netherlands....much further...

our non-stop flight to new york (there isn't one to florida) is close to 13 hours.....that is a very long non-stop flight just to get to new york....add on a plane change and waits and it's very very far...

but to get geographical - the netherlands is on the western side of western europe....we're at the eastern edge of the mediterranean, not in europe at all....
the flight from us to amsterdam is over 5 hours.....so yes, we are much further....

but if the australians come, they would definitely win....they live at the very end of the earth....."turn left at the end of the world"....

 

[Madi100]

We got the cruise DVD in the mail yesterday, and we all sat down last night to watch it. The whole family. It was so nice. Then I realized that DH was sleeping. But, it was still nice. The best part was that my DD10 watched the entire thing. I was tired and went to bed. She stayed up and watched the entire thing and now is so excited to go.

This is exciting for me because DD10 is the one that I have to drag to WDW. I swear she is adopted. She has it all planned what she wants to do. She is curious though as to what I am going to do, because at looking at the adult activities none of them look like anything that she thinks I would want to do. Guess I'm a pretty boring person to her But, I'm so thrilled that she is looking forward to going.

 

[Annette_VA]

We got the cruise DVD in the mail yesterday, and we all sat down last night to watch it. The whole family. It was so nice. Then I realized that DH was sleeping. But, it was still nice. The best part was that my DD10 watched the entire thing. I was tired and went to bed. She stayed up and watched the entire thing and now is so excited to go.

This is exciting for me because DD10 is the one that I have to drag to WDW. I swear she is adopted. She has it all planned what she wants to do. She is curious though as to what I am going to do, because at looking at the adult activities none of them look like anything that she thinks I would want to do. Guess I'm a pretty boring person to her But, I'm so thrilled that she is looking forward to going.

Too funny! I got mine yesterday, too. Right after I saw your post about how it's still 15 months away & we're already planning on when to arrive, I checked my mail & it was in my mailbox and straight into the DVD player it went. It's gonna be a lonnnnng 15 months

 

[Madi100]

Too funny! I got mine yesterday, too. Right after I saw your post about how it's still 15 months away & we're already planning on when to arrive, I checked my mail & it was in my mailbox and straight into the DVD player it went. It's gonna be a lonnnnng 15 months

It really is. You don't know how excited I am that my DD is excited. I feel so bad everytime we go to WDW because she has this attitude that I'm being a bad parent. Then I feel bad because my 10 year old is so spoiled that she doesn't realize how lucky she is to go to WDW almost every year. Part of her problem is that she doesn't like to miss school. Odd duck. She doesn't love WDW and hates to miss school. That she is as excited as she is just thrills me. And, I told her we are going to WDW after the cruise, and she is even excited about that.

 

[winotracy]

If you all are so excited and can't wait the 15 months, why not book another cruise sooner

 

[Madi100]

If you all are so excited and can't wait the 15 months, why not book another cruise sooner

Do you have any advice on how to do that I think we'll have to look forward to our WDW trip in December to tide us over.

 

[winotracy]

Do you have any advice on how to do that I think we'll have to look forward to our WDW trip in December to tide us over.

Be sure to use a good travel agent

 

[NancyIL]

Be sure to use a good travel agent

Hmmm...know of any good ones, Tracy?

 

[disneyholic family]

If you all are so excited and can't wait the 15 months, why not book another cruise sooner

it wouldn't be the same without this cRaZy bunch...

 

[winotracy]

Hmmm...know of any good ones, Tracy?

I know of one I could recommend

it wouldn't be the same without this cRaZy bunch...

You gotta point there

 

[minie_meese]

We travel a lot but have never been on a cruise and never had much interest until now. This sounds like so much fun and a great opportunity to really meet people I've talked with and listened to. We got our quote and will decide this weekend but have a little complication.

My son is really interested. His 5 year old is a Disney veteran and I am sure would love it. Unfortunately my other granddaughter cannot come. He mom is terrified of having her daughter on a boat.

I was talking with my sister-in-law, a non-Disney cruise veteran. She has been thinking of taking her 9 yr old granddaughter (and maybe her son, his wife and their 2 year old) on a Disney cruise so I told her about this cruise. She is really interested, loved the idea of planning a family cruise in May 09 and said let's do it!. As luck would have it, my brother-in-law just moved his wedding from Fall 2008 to May 9, 2009 so our travel day would be the cruise day. I'd much prefer to travel the day before but that would not be possible. I will find out tomorrow what time the wedding is - hopefully afternoon. Tracy said we should be ok - we can get a very early direct flight into Orlando.

I need to talk to my sister-in-law about the cruise being the day after the wedding. I think I am committed to going with my sister-in-law (we have been great friends since high school so I really do want to go with her) but she is also very opinionated. If she thinks it is going to be too much we may need to miss the podcast cruise and pick another date. I'll see my brother-in-law tomorrow - hopefully it's an afternoon wedding which would at least make things not as rushed.

Any thoughts? Two cruises is definitely out of the question.

 

[UrsulasShadow]

Any thoughts? Two cruises is definitely out of the question.

My thoughts on this are that family trumps PodSquad. We'd so love to have you and your family, the more the merrier, but if it stresses out the family to have to work around several obstacles, I'd consider a better date. It appears that you'd love the cruise as a family trip, and of course all the cool things we're going to do will be family-friendly (I assume...Pete's always been adamant at having the DIS family-friendly), but I wonder that you might find yourself in a position of choosing between DIS activities and things the rest of the family want to do.

If this goes well, I'll bet a Podcast Cruise becomes a regular event, and you can always catch another.

 

[minie_meese]

We'll just play it by ear this weekend and I agree, family trumps everything - all 13 siblings among my husband and me (you should see my house on Christmas) - I'm glad we're not all trying to coordinate. With that many families there's always a potential conflict on the horizon. I wouldn't trade any of them for anything though. If it works out great, if not, I am sure whatever does will be fun. I think my sister-in-law would have a great time either way but if it will stress her we'll figure something else out.

 

[DebbieT11]

They could get married on the boat.....

 

[disneyholic family]

Hi Tracy,

someone suggested this in an earlier post....
on that front post where you have everyone listed, plus the running total of everyone listed, would it be possible to list a total number of rooms booked (whether they're posted or not)?

in other words, right now you have 31 in your list and the total 31 rooms at the top...

could you have the total 31 rooms of those listed plus (for example) 10 rooms of those not listed, for a grand total of 41 rooms reserved thus far on the podcast cruise.

would that be possible?

 

[winotracy]

Hi Tracy,

someone suggested this in an earlier post....
on that front post where you have everyone listed, plus the running total of everyone listed, would it be possible to list a total number of rooms booked (whether they're posted or not)?

in other words, right now you have 31 in your list and the total 31 rooms at the top...

could you have the total 31 rooms of those listed plus (for example) 10 rooms of those not listed, for a grand total of 41 rooms reserved thus far on the podcast cruise.

would that be possible?

That would be very difficult to keep up. There have been some that want to be on this list before the deposit has actually been paid. There are a few that I don't know their DIS names and some DISers that I'm not sure what their real names are. When you guys tell me to add you to the list, I don't check my work records to see that you are giving me the same names, same dining etc. because this part is the fun of the cruise and I try not to mix that with work.

It would be much easier to keep the fun part of this cruise separate from the work part of it.