Forget Reality! We're cruising on the Fantasy July 28, 2012!!!

[Princess Runner]

They opened at midnight on the last cruise I did which was in January. Don't sweat it though if the ressies you want aren't available as they hold some back for onboard booking. We are not doing any excursions my kids are too little. Make sure to do the online check in too for the earliest boarding time.

Ill be here for sure at midnight. In our last cruise July 2011 5 nights in the Dream, I was not able to book on line, there was just one day at sea. When we got on board there was NOTHING, we placed ourselves in the waiting list and this never came thru, btw we like the brunch no the dinner, so we got dress and showed up at Palo, when we were at the hostess desk, Pietro, the maitre d' came out and regocnize us from the Magic!!!!!! he seat us, but the other couple that was with us didnt make it. I know this time more slots are going to be available because we will have 3 days at sea, my other concern is Bidibibodi Boutique for my DS....I heard is super hard to get reservations for this one.

 

[princesscinderella]

Well I was able to get all the ressies I wanted, palo brunch on day 2, dinner on day 3 and remy on day 4. And the nursery times that coincide with the reservation times. Woo hoo the next 90 days are going to fly by.

 

[WAHkoMom]

I was online with you last night/early this morning, too! I got what we wanted: Palo Dinner on Monday and Palo Brunch on Thursday, plus our excursions for St Maarten (Rib Boat Adventure) and St. Thomas (Screamin Eagle Jet Boat). My DD14 wanted me to see if I could book her a massage at the Chill Spa, but as I suspected, no options for that online. We'll head straight to the spa when we board and see what we can get her, plus see what the specials are (for me!).

Isn't it soooooo exciting to be less than three months away!???!!

Princesscinderella - - JoJo posted the FE info somewhere, but not the first page because the person who started this thread dropped out of the group due to a date change. Let me see if I can find the post number.

 

[WAHkoMom]

I have gone back thru the thread right back to the beginning and made a list of everyone that has said they are cruising. I hope more of the folk will come back as the cruise gets closer and we can then get a proper FE taking place.( So far there are only 3 families taking part that I know of that have messaged me) The names of those that are currently active on the thread are in red, as folk notify me that they are active I will then change their colour too.

ROLL CALL(by DIS name)
Elfinjojo
RLccweems
smileneyes
WAKhoMom
DVCMary
Im_A_Princess
Suzcruise
Nette
PrincessCinderella
Princess Runner



Macassi
Lady pirate
Simbasmom2
Jacksmom2009
Irishcowboy
Disneypoor




FE LIST(all details will be PM/emailed once list is final)

DISname: Elfinjojo +3
DISname: RLccweems +2
DISname: WAKhoMom +3
DISname: Suzcruise +2
DISname: Princess runner +2
DISname: Mayda+2
DISname: Princesscinderella +4
DISname: Im_A_Princess+1




If you want to be added to the FE list
Or to let me know that you are active on the board, please PM me with your details(for FE this includes names of folk travelling in your party, ages of children, any allergies to take into consideration and finally a SR# if you have it)

Thank you

Lots of Princesses on our FE list!!

 

[Elfinjojo]

Hello just a quickie from me tonight, hope everyone is well

We were able to book our reservations we have snagged a Remy for both weeks, a Palo brunch and a Palo dinner for week one and a brunch for week two. We have also booked BBB for Holly and Evan on pirate night(pirate makeovers for both, not princess for Holly, she would have a fit) but on week two.

Excursions wise, we had decided not to do any excursions again, but DD expressed a wish to see the turtle farm, so thats what we shall be doing in Grand cayman during week 2, but on this cruise we are going to do the butterfly excursion on St Maarten. DH has some diving booked at St Thomas I believe and also during costa Maya on the second week.

Also a big dose of PIXIE DUST from DH, he booked us a virtual porthole room for this cruise and for the second leg we are heading on up to deck 12 we have never been so high before and also first time for concierge so any insight from fellow cruisers is great fully received

 

[Princess Runner]

Hey Jojo! I was able to add my DS (19 ) to our reservation last week, please add him to the FE list, thank you

 

[Princess Runner]

Well I was able to get all the ressies I wanted, palo brunch on day 2, dinner on day 3 and remy on day 4. And the nursery times that coincide with the reservation times. Woo hoo the next 90 days are going to fly by.

I was online with you last night/early this morning, too! I got what we wanted: Palo Dinner on Monday and Palo Brunch on Thursday, plus our excursions for St Maarten (Rib Boat Adventure) and St. Thomas (Screamin Eagle Jet Boat). My DD14 wanted me to see if I could book her a massage at the Chill Spa, but as I suspected, no options for that online. We'll head straight to the spa when we board and see what we can get her, plus see what the specials are (for me!).

Isn't it soooooo exciting to be less than three months away!???!!

Princesscinderella - - JoJo posted the FE info somewhere, but not the first page because the person who started this thread dropped out of the group due to a date change. Let me see if I can find the post number.

Hello just a quickie from me tonight, hope everyone is well

We were able to book our reservations we have snagged a Remy for both weeks, a Palo brunch and a Palo dinner for week one and a brunch for week two. We have also booked BBB for Holly and Evan on pirate night(pirate makeovers for both, not princess for Holly, she would have a fit) but on week two.

Excursions wise, we had decided not to do any excursions again, but DD expressed a wish to see the turtle farm, so thats what we shall be doing in Grand cayman during week 2, but on this cruise we are going to do the butterfly excursion on St Maarten. DH has some diving booked at St Thomas I believe and also during costa Maya on the second week.

Also a big dose of PIXIE DUST from DH, he booked us a virtual porthole room for this cruise and for the second leg we are heading on up to deck 12 we have never been so high before and also first time for concierge so any insight from fellow cruisers is great fully received

I don't understand how you guys did it!!!! I was on line at midnight and this morning too, and nothing...so I waited until 9:00 am and call DCL the lady told me that those reservations are only possible on line, so I told her that I was on line and got nothing, she gave me the speech about gold and platinum being able to book ahead of time and I said that my family deserved a fair share because after all....we are paying the same! besides that this is our fifth cruise, so how unfair that is for first time DCL cruisers that won't have the chance to enjoy all the activities available. Don't get me wrong I agree all the way with platinum and gold getting loyalty perks...but I think is unfair that reservations get booked without the rest having a fair chance to it , and the folks that, like my grandmother, don't do online? I know they apart a percentage of ressies for on board booking, but last time we were placed in the waiting list for the brunch and almost didn't get to eat at Palo!and our friends, first time cruisers, didn't make it at all. Long story short: she got me a supervisor, very nice lady and got Palo brunch for the 30th for all the adults in our party. Please don't think I'm being conflictive, I'm ususally a very easy going person but I was under the mind set that we were going to take whatever day/time was available for the brunch, and there was nothing at all.
In any case, very glad you guys didn't have to go trough this too and looking sooo very forward to meet you all. xoxo

 

[jazmyin]

Hi, I have been looking at this thread for a while and decided I wanted to introduce myself. We, (my friend and I) will be joining you all on July 28th!!! It is just the two of us (no children this time). This is my 3rd cruise...1 Magic, 1 Wonder and now the Fantasy!!!!! I am a vacation club member and travel to WDW yearly but haven't been on a cruise in over 5 years. I am interested in joining your group but do not plan on doing the FE this time. Just wondering if there will be any type of cruise meet on the ship? I read disboards everyday and get so much information that is so useful. July 28th can not come soon enough!

 

[princesscinderella]

I don't understand how you guys did it!!!! I was on line at midnight and this morning too, and nothing...so I waited until 9:00 am and call DCL the lady told me that those reservations are only possible on line, so I told her that I was on line and got nothing, she gave me the speech about gold and platinum being able to book ahead of time and I said that my family deserved a fair share because after all....we are paying the same! besides that this is our fifth cruise, so how unfair that is for first time DCL cruisers that won't have the chance to enjoy all the activities available. Don't get me wrong I agree all the way with platinum and gold getting loyalty perks...but I think is unfair that reservations get booked without the rest having a fair chance to it , and the folks that, like my grandmother, don't do online? I know they apart a percentage of ressies for on board booking, but last time we were placed in the waiting list for the brunch and almost didn't get to eat at Palo!and our friends, first time cruisers, didn't make it at all. Long story short: she got me a supervisor, very nice lady and got Palo brunch for the 30th for all the adults in our party. Please don't think I'm being conflictive, I'm ususally a very easy going person but I was under the mind set that we were going to take whatever day/time was available for the brunch, and there was nothing at all.
In any case, very glad you guys didn't have to go trough this too and looking sooo very forward to meet you all. xoxo

I'm happy you were able to get a ressie at palo brunch in the end. The first thing I booked was brunch knowing that goes first, at exactly midnight there was alredy nothing for day 3, so I looked at day 2 and there was only the 11:30 time available so I grabbed it. I never looked for our last sea day as to what was available since I already got a reservation for day 2. Then I booked palo dinner next as I know at the $20 price point it will book faster than Remy, so picked day three and there were the pick of times from 6 to 8 pm. I picked Remy for pirate night and the earliest seating was at 6:50. Which I took because it can take 3 hrs, but it is amazing we dined there on the dream last summer. It's worth every penny.

When we went last summer on the dream we booked the cruise 65 days before sailing. I figured there would not be any specialty reservations available, but I was able to get palo dinner and remy reservations online. I called from our stateroom upon boarding and was able to get Palo brunch.

I got locked out for 10 minutes before I could get back in probably due to all the site traffic at once and was then able to get the nursery times that coordinate with all of our dinner reservations. I did not bother with excursions as my dd2 is not old enough for most and with 7 of us the fees add up quickly, we just explore on our own.

Make sure you go through all the online check in steps even if you do no have all the info so you can get an early port arrival time.

 

[Princess Runner]

Hi, I have been looking at this thread for a while and decided I wanted to introduce myself. We, (my friend and I) will be joining you all on July 28th!!! It is just the two of us (no children this time). This is my 3rd cruise...1 Magic, 1 Wonder and now the Fantasy!!!!! I am a vacation club member and travel to WDW yearly but haven't been on a cruise in over 5 years. I am interested in joining your group but do not plan on doing the FE this time. Just wondering if there will be any type of cruise meet on the ship? I read disboards everyday and get so much information that is so useful. July 28th can not come soon enough!

Hello there! how nice that you decide to join us, I believe we don't have an official meet place/time but we will soon. xoxo

 

[Princess Runner]

I'm happy you were able to get a ressie at palo brunch in the end. The first thing I booked was brunch knowing that goes first, at exactly midnight there was alredy nothing for day 3, so I looked at day 2 and there was only the 11:30 time available so I grabbed it. I never looked for our last sea day as to what was available since I already got a reservation for day 2. Then I booked palo dinner next as I know at the $20 price point it will book faster than Remy, so picked day three and there were the pick of times from 6 to 8 pm. I picked Remy for pirate night and the earliest seating was at 6:50. Which I took because it can take 3 hrs, but it is amazing we dined there on the dream last summer. It's worth every penny.

When we went last summer on the dream we booked the cruise 65 days before sailing. I figured there would not be any specialty reservations available, but I was able to get palo dinner and remy reservations online. I called from our stateroom upon boarding and was able to get Palo brunch.

I got locked out for 10 minutes before I could get back in probably due to all the site traffic at once and was then able to get the nursery times that coordinate with all of our dinner reservations. I did not bother with excursions as my dd2 is not old enough for most and with 7 of us the fees add up quickly, we just explore on our own.

Make sure you go through all the online check in steps even if you do no have all the info so you can get an early port arrival time.

Thats for sure! Im going to do the online check in and put together documents etc! Can't wait xoxoxo

 

[welchmom]

My DH is a large, let me know your DH size aswell, we are travling with our DD 7 and my DS 19!!!! can't wait xoxox

Mine is a large as well. We will bring it and see you in 3 months!

 

[ladypirate]

Haven't posted in a while, need to get in task for my palo reservation tonite! Today we decided to fly to MCO so I'm wondering how that's going to impact our FE participation. One other cruise we did, we had a spreadsheet (it was type A but awesome!) and the list was big so we only had to do one day for all the FE's and we were done but we still got things everyday from others. I am hoping this one will be similar since I'm going to have limits on space, if I'm only bringing multiples of one item (I have an awesome doodad that everyone will like!), it will help plan. How many participants are confirmed? Just throwing out that idea out there.... Can't believe it's soon!

Sarah

 

[Princess Runner]

Haven't posted in a while, need to get in task for my palo reservation tonite! Today we decided to fly to MCO so I'm wondering how that's going to impact our FE participation. One other cruise we did, we had a spreadsheet (it was type A but awesome!) and the list was big so we only had to do one day for all the FE's and we were done but we still got things everyday from others. I am hoping this one will be similar since I'm going to have limits on space, if I'm only bringing multiples of one item (I have an awesome doodad that everyone will like!), it will help plan. How many participants are confirmed? Just throwing out that idea out there.... Can't believe it's soon!

Sarah

Welcome back! Yes the spreadsheet is definetily a big plus, if you go a couple post in the past you'll find an updated list of the participants in the FE. So far we are an small group, but Im sure is going to be lots of fun!!! Elcka

 

[DVC Mary]

For those who thought it was hard to make ressies at midnight, let me tell you what I did. I was on scout camping trip w/ my sons. I had to get permission to leave the campsite & reenter that late. The other scout parents thought I was nuts. I left the campsite at 11:10, drove 45 minutes to get to the "closest free wifi," which was at a motel where I had to drive around to find a signal that would work from the parking lot. It should have only been 25 minute drive, but it was hard to follow my paper directions in the dark, so I relied on the GPS which took me down little country roads.

It took about 20 minutes before I could get in, but was lucky enough to get my ressies. After that I tried to find a gas station that was open & didn't look too . I couldn't find one, so I prayed that there would be one on the way to the next day's event. I got back to the campgrounds around 1:45, got up at 7am, & of course there was no gas station on the way, so I ran out of gas in the cemetary where the Lincoln Pilgrimage ended. I waited about 45 min for AAA & then drove home in a rainstorm.

But I got my ressies! Determination or Derangement??

 

[ladypirate]

On a topic other than FE - is anyone planning to do the Castaway Cay 5k? I want to and would love to have another runner with me. I'm not super fast, about an 11:30 pace should be fine, but i want that t-shirt.

 

[jazmyin]

DVC Mary, Your story is so funny to me. I think I would have done the same thing! I'm sorry about the gas incident but I'm sure worth it in the end.

 

[princesscinderella]

On a topic other than FE - is anyone planning to do the Castaway Cay 5k? I want to and would love to have another runner with me. I'm not super fast, about an 11:30 pace should be fine, but i want that t-shirt.

I'm planning on doing the 5k! I have no idea what my pace is. I'm trying to start training for the food and wine half marathon, but I slipped and have aggravated my siatic nerve on my right leg and have had too much pain to run. I have been doing speed walking just to keep at it. It is finally starting to feel better, so I am going to give it my all to be able to do the 5k

 

[ladypirate]

i just hope that they have an organized run and that you actually get the water bottle or t shirt. sometimes i have seen that you have to go to guest services, especially if it's not in the Navigator. I may do a magnet or a t shirt design on my own from the boards, but haven't started on that yet. There's so many new designs since my last cruise. As for pace, no worries. It's not a race for time. I have a 5k next weekend and recovering from bronchitis and not doing great. I can run now up to 5miles (takes about an hour for me) and my friends want me to do a the wine and dine with them, but doing a half is not on my radar. Need to master the 10k first i think! we will definitely have to figure out a way to meet up and all that on the island!

Sarah

 

[Princess Runner]

For those who thought it was hard to make ressies at midnight, let me tell you what I did. I was on scout camping trip w/ my sons. I had to get permission to leave the campsite & reenter that late. The other scout parents thought I was nuts. I left the campsite at 11:10, drove 45 minutes to get to the "closest free wifi," which was at a motel where I had to drive around to find a signal that would work from the parking lot. It should have only been 25 minute drive, but it was hard to follow my paper directions in the dark, so I relied on the GPS which took me down little country roads.

It took about 20 minutes before I could get in, but was lucky enough to get my ressies. After that I tried to find a gas station that was open & didn't look too . I couldn't find one, so I prayed that there would be one on the way to the next day's event. I got back to the campgrounds around 1:45, got up at 7am, & of course there was no gas station on the way, so I ran out of gas in the cemetary where the Lincoln Pilgrimage ended. I waited about 45 min for AAA & then drove home in a rainstorm.

But I got my ressies! Determination or Derangement??

Congratulations Scout Leader! it seems to me that you are really working on the Boy Scouts motto: Be Preapred,
My DS is an Eagle Scout! and I am glad you got your ressies.
Would you like to exchange Council patches? Please let me know xoxo
I am glad you got your ressies,