Halloween on Oct. 31, 2002 Wonder?

[greene2411]

My DH 40, and two DD's ages 7 and 3 will be on the 10-31-2002 cruise. This is our first Disney cruise and are looking forward to it!!!! We are not sure what to dress up as, afaird there will be lots of Lola's and princesses, want to do sometime different!!


Hope to see you all on the cruise having a wonderful time.

 

[taswira]

WELCOME to the Halloween Wonder, greene2411! I'll add your family to our <B><a href="http://www.primateprojections.com/travel/DISlist.html">2002 Halloween Wonder DIS List</A></B>! Let me know if you're willing to be in the group photo, and I'll put an asterisk by your names.

I'm not sure what I'm going to dress for Halloween as yet either.

Shari

 

[momto2dkids]

green2411,
It will be nice to have you and your family with us on board the Halloween Wonder. A 'wonder'ful time should be had by all!!!

 

[arkiepaula]

what time is the photo? Count us in...............

 

[taswira]

You now have a asterisk on the list, <B>arkiepaula</B>! I figured (Hey - I'm not REALLY "in charge," so everyone feel free to chime in with suggestions!) that we'd do the group shot on Halloween night (evening). My idea was for a photo of our big (I think there are 46 so far but not everyone has said they'd be in the pic) DIS group in costume, but even if you are NOT in costume, please join us! The exact time of the photo will depend on availability of Shutters (since I planned to ask them to photograph us all and then we can also shoot a few ourselves), PLUS the dining times. I thought we should wait until closer to the cruise to decide a time, after we know <I>for sure</I> if they are sticking to the new dining times or not. Opinions please?

 

[taswira]

Bumping this up so any new Halloween Wonder cruisers can find us. Also looking for more input and ideas for our Halloween cruise!

 

[jmalk]

Am I correct in my count of 18 kids? I was hoping we could meet at the same place for the sail away party, or at least sometime before the gala festivities begin.

 

[taswira]

I think there may be <I>19</I> kids. Maybe I mis-counted. But YES, we <I>should</I> all get together before the sailaway! If they keep the new earlier dining times, early seating will be 5:30 and I heard they have an "abbreviated" sailaway party, right? I LOVE the sailaway - and ALL the deck parties. I guess we could meet somewhere either around 3 p.m., or just after 4:30 - after the safety drill but before sailaway. What do you think?

 

[momto2dkids]

Meeting before or at sail away party sounds like a great idea to me. We do have early seating so it might be tight between the safety drill and getting in costumes and ready for dinner, but we are planning on going to as much of the sail away party as we can. I am really looking forward to hearing the infamous Disney horn. I planning on bring some regular bubbles or even the new 'catch a bubble' bubbles that last longer for the kids and us kids at heart to use for the sail away.

 

[taswira]

What are the "catch a bubble" bubbles? Where do you get them? Not having kids, I'm sort of out of the loop, but still a kid at heart!

 

[momto2dkids]

taswira,
From the back of label-"Catch-a-Bubble is a breakthrough in bubble technology. These bubbles magically harden when they come in contact with air making them stronger and longer lasting! For best results, blow the bubbles slightly upwards into the air and let them harden for a few seconds before touching them. Then try catching and stacking them to form a pile of bubbles!"

They are 100% water soluble and non-toxic.

I think they are made by Spin Master Toys, www.spinmaster.com

I have seen them at Toys-R-Us, Walmart, and various drug stores.
We found ours at Costco several months ago in a pacage of 8 or 10.

My kids love them and the bubbles really do last a long time.

Let me know if you can't find any where you are at and I will pick up some for you.

 

[kimber79]

I think that is a terrific idea to meet before the sailaway party! Unfortunately, we too have early dining so we might be pressed for time but would like to at least meet to say "HI"!

At first time was ticking ever so slowly, but now it is moving along so quickly I can't stand it!! I am sooooo excited!

See you all soon..............

Kim

 

[taswira]

<B>momto2dkids</B> - Thanks for the info on the bubbles! When in Idaho (as I am right now) I am sort of "in the boonies," but there is a big Walmart Superstore here so I'll check there. They sound much better than regular bubbles.

<B>Kim</B> - I guess we <I>still</I> don't know for certain if DCL will decide to stick with the new dining times. If they don't, it will be better for the sailaway party (won't be "abbreviated") and for those with early dining. Being on late seating, I am <I>happy</I> about the 7:45 time, but it does seem to cause a few problems.

On <B><a href="http://www.primateprojections.com/travel/DISlist.html">our list</A></B> - How does everyone feel about letting me know their dining times so I can note that? I assume nearly everyone is on early seating since there are a lot of kids among our DIS group. How about anyone who is on <I>late</I> seating letting me know and I will put that on the list? I know - my nephew and I may be the <I>only</I> ones . .

 

[momto2dkids]

taswira,
I found a couple of website that sell Catch-a-Bubbles.

www.worldofmagic.net is seling a 3pk for $10.99.

www.toyd.com is selling a 5pk for $15.99.

You might also try Toy-R-Us/Amazon online and see if they are selling them.

We have been buying them since early spring and love them. They can get a bit messy when they do finally pop by leaving a residue (sometimes in my kids hair), but all we've had to do is brush or wash it away with no problems. The kids love chasing them around trying to catch as many as they can. Our neighbors were amazed to see lots and lots of bubbles floating over our fence and commented on our long they lasted. Of course we had to do a little advertising for the bubbles.

Hope you are able to find them, but again, if you can't just let me know and I will pick some up for you.

 

[taswira]

Thanks, momto2dkids!

 

[rere]

Hola All......I will be there too , with 5 other celebrants for my 50th bday !!! Staying at BC Oct 27th -31st.

 

[Simba Sarah]

Sorry...haven't checked these boards in while....but yes I am Sarah the one Matt (n0pa) is referring to. We are a young couple and do not have any kids, so it is the two of us for our second Disney cruise on the October 2002 Wonder. Since we don't have any kids we have the late seating since it worked well for us on our first cruise.

We would be happy to join in the DIS group Halloween picture as we are looking forward to wearing our hopefully unique Halloween costumes. We are curious if everyone will be in costume for dinner that evening because we were planning on wearing ours!?!

Also, just a quick note...I think it would be helpful if there was a link for the Oct. 31 Halloween cruise thread on the page that Taswira created, just so that it is easily accesible to read the lateset posts!

-Just an idea! Well looking forward to the cruise, I will check in soon again!

~Sarah and Matt

 

[taswira]

<B>rere</B> - WELCOME! I added you to the list! If you send me info on the others in your party I will add that also. Great to have you with us! Are you joining us for the group DIS picture (time and place to be determined)? We hope so!

<B>Sarah</B> - No sooner said than done! There is now a link to the thread from the top left of our <a href="http://www.primateprojections.com/travel/DISlist.html">Halloween Wonder DIS List</A>, as well as from the bottom of the page. The link goes to the first page in the thread, so you'll just need to click the spot that says "Go to first unread post." I had to do it that way since not everyone will always be on the last page.

 

[taswira]

Sarah - I am also at late seating . . happily had it on two cruises this year and decided I'll stick to it. I've never had kids. My grown nephew will be with me. He's an airline pilot and celebrates his 35th B'Day in October. We will both be in costume for Halloween. I think he plans to be something "Gothic" so I'll probably end up being something along those lines also. I don't know. If you read some of my earlier posts I mentioned his authentic Star Wars Storm Trooper outfit, but since that would have to arrive in a separate crate and would be unwieldy on the ship, he's not going that route! I don't think <I>everyone</I> will be in costume at dinner, but I hope to be. If you and Matt are "unique," you may end up winning the costume contest at the Halloween Bash!

 

[Simba Sarah]

Wow that was quick...the link is great. I was also thinking that a countdown timer would be great on the page...not to give you more work or anything... I don't know about you but I am counting the days until the cruise.

I love Halloween...as it is 3 days after my birthday, it has always been a favorite holiday of mine! Matt and I are working on our costume idea...it will have to stay a surprise for now though. Well will check in soon again!

~Sarah and Matt