January 15, 2006 / 1/15/2006 anyone?

[DVCconvert]

Wow, I'm surprised by the fact that some folks don't have a cabin assignment. When we booked, and got our orginal faxed confirmation, we had our room # given to us then. Did those who don't have a cabin # book via Disney or a Travel Agent? --just curious.

 

[Tiffann4k]

Michele,
We have another snow storm headed our way, I cant wait to get out of here! 30 more days and we are heading to Florida! ( we are driving)

My parents left for yet another cruise yesterday and my dad just had to call me before they sailed while he was sitting out on the deck in shorts, it was 15 degrees here

Soon enough!

 

[we6clarks]

DVC We booked through Disney online. We are driving down as well Tiffany. I hope we don't hit any bad weather on the trip down or back. What day are you leaving? We are going to get on the road after we pick Blake up from school on Jan 13th. Jamie I am so impressed that you have been able to keep the cruise a secret for so long. I would have spilled the beans a long time ago. When are you going to let the boys school know that they are going on a family vacation? I thought I might send the note in after the break. Talk to you soon.
Michele

 

[Tiffann4k]

DVC We booked through Disney online. We are driving down as well Tiffany. I hope we don't hit any bad weather on the trip down or back. What day are you leaving? We are going to get on the road after we pick Blake up from school on Jan 13th.
Michele

Michele,
We are also leaving on the 13th probably around 3-4pm after my DH gets home from work. We will probably hit Tenn. and stop for the night and continue driving the next day. I hope we dont hit any bad weather as well.
Tiffany

 

[we6clarks]

Hi Tiffany,
How long is the drive for you? It took us 14 hours to drive over the summer. We will probably drive straight through the night. Our kids have to stop every 5 minutes if we drive too long while they're awake. Will it get any easier travelling as ours get older?

I am really excited we got our room number today We are in rooms 6087 and 6089. I am thrilled that our rooms are going to be close. Did you and Jamie get our room assignments today too? Let me know when you find out.
Michele

 

[Tiffann4k]

Michele,
Its going to be about 18-19 hour drive. We have plenty of stuff to keep our kids busy..lol

Yahoo I just checked and we got our room number #1044 I am not very happy about that...we are in the stinking boiler room We booked a cat 12 inside stateroom, not sure how they can call this room a "deluxe oceanview stateroom

I will have to do some more checking into this room

EDITED: Okay now I am doing the happy dance we have a porthole!! Whoo hoo! Guess we did get bumped up 3 catagories even though we are still in the boiler room

 

[we6clarks]

Hi Tiffany,
Congratulations on your upgrade. I hope you enjoy your porthole!! We booked cat 12 also. It looked like we're in cat 11 rooms. Do you think there will be enough space to put 2 pack n plays in the same room? The twins are used to sleeping in the same room.

Marcelo,
How are you doing? Regan got a Cinderella book with stickers this week. She didn't want to play with it because she wants to take it on the boat and share it with Pietra.
Michele

 

[flowerfacade]

Looks like we got ours too! 7503. I think that is a Category 10. We booked a category 12. We have the early dinner seating too. It sounds like you guys up North are having some pretty cold weather. We are freezing to death here in the rain and 40's today; I can't imagine how it is for you guys! Can't wait for January!
Laura

 

[Tiffann4k]

Michele,
I honestly dont know if there would be enough room for 2 pack and plays. Could they possibly sleep in one together? I am sure thats not enough room.....
If you go to the disney cruise line website, click on virtual ship tour, then go to deck 6 and click on Standard Inside Stateroom, it will show you what your room will look like. It may not be the exact setup but it gives you a pretty good idea.

Marcelo hasnt been back here since July...

30 more days guys!!

Laura,
Its pretty cold here, we are getting yet another storm, but soon enough we will be out of this and enjoying some nice weather!


Has anyone set up a time to meet other DISers or are we not going to do that.... I will be with about 12 others who are not DISers so not sure how my schedule will be once we get on the boat, but maybe we will bump into each other...Michele, every mother I see with twins I will be like...Michele??...lol

 

[jmet]

YES! We got our room # too!!! We are in #2502. We also booked a Cat 12 gty and this is a Cat 9 - so we too have a porthole - woo hoo!! The bad news is this is listed as a "noisy room" - eeeeek! I'm SO excited about the upgrade though that I'm hoping it won't matter - at least TOO much! Can't wait to tell Mark - He was out plowing all the night and is still sleeping, but I get to wake him up soon cuz he has an appointment to go to!

I'm so excited for ALL of us!!!!
Jamie

 

[Tiffann4k]

Whoo hoo Jamie! You will be down in the boiler room area with us ( only kidding of course! )

I am soo excited about the port hole! My husband thinks I am odd..lol
Tiffany

 

[we6clarks]

Jamie and Laura Congrats on your upgrades too!! What did Mark think when he found out Jamie?

Does anyone have 2nd dinner with us?

I would like to meet everyone.

Tiffany are you travelling with family or friends?

We used to have them share a pack n play when we travelled. I'm not sure that they will be able to sleep comfortable like that any more since they're big 2 yr olds now. We might have to try out a few different sleeping arrangements to find one that works for them.

Talk to you soon,
Michele

 

[Tiffann4k]

Michele,
We are traveling with my family DH, Me & 4 kids
Then my parents
My brother(21) & his friend
My other brother & his wife
My other brother, his wife & their 3 children

We will also be traveling with my aunt and uncle, their son & girlfriend, girlfriends parents and one of their granddaughters so we will have a nice big group...lol

 

[jmet]

Tiffany - Not only are we in the boiler room area- but our room is located alllll the way forward (2nd to the most forward cabin on that whole deck!). Should be INTERESTING for my husband who is pretty prone to motion sickness! Guess who's getting a "variety pack" of motion sickness remedies in his stocking this year? And watch it be ME who gets sick - HA!
Hey that is a pretty big group you are traveling with Tiffany! That is how this trip got started for us - Mark's family was thinking about all doing a cruise together (there are almost 40 of us altogether), so I researched it all and got all excited about it, but all it took was a few party poopers and the idea fizzled - except not for US -

Michele - Mark was half excited - half leery about our "good" fortune! He's not TOO excited about the location (suspects there will be mechanical noises when docking etc. at that location and also thinks it looks like kind of a long walk down that hallway to/from our cabin to get anywhere). On the other hand, he LOVES the idea of an upgrade and was all about getting the planning dvd out and checking out what the room will look like - and THAT was appealing - SO I think we will just settle on being HAPPY with what we got and wait to find out different!
Oh, to answer an earlier question - about when to tell the school about our vacation - I was thinking of doing the same as you - sending a note in when they go back from winter break. I have mentioned trips much earlier in the past and they always just tell me to write a note a week or two ahead anyway, so I figure that should be fine. We are listed for the early dinner seating - (probably already mentioned that) - are you still thinking about trying to switch once you get on board or are you thinking of just leaving it alone?

I hope we get to meet everyone too - especially so the kids can get to know each other!! Any idea's about when/where works best?

Talk to you all soon!
Jamie

 

[Tiffann4k]

Jamie,
Hopefully no one will get sick! I was thinking about that to being so close to the end of the ship and also so far down..yikes, but I have heard that the bottom and top of the boat are the best in rough weather. When I cruised 2 years ago we hit a storm and I tell you what we were about rolling out of our beds but I didnt get sick thankfully.

We are early dinner as well.

I dont know when a good time to meet will be since it seems like right after the sail away party everyone is going to be getting around for Dinner....we could always meet before hand ??

Tiffany

 

[we6clarks]

Hi Everyone,
I think I got my answer this morning about the twins sleeping in different rooms. I got up with Taylor (she's sick) in the middle of the night. At 5:30 AM Lauren is screaming, "Mommy, Mommy Taylor no no in bed."

We are wait listed for early dining. We haven't had any luck so far. I may try to change once we board. I have the girls signed up for FLounders every night from 8-10 PM. I thought they would sit better through the shows than through a long dinner. After the way they behaved this week at Regan's Christmas program, I'm not sure.

I got to the spend the day working as an aide in Blake's classroom. His teachers aide fell and broke her arm yesturday during afternoon carpool. I got to ask his teacher about him missing school for vacation. I do have to send a note in after break. She will save his work for him to do when we get back. I feel relieved. Being new to the school I wasn't sure how they felt about children missing for vacations.

Tiffany it sounds like your group is going to have a blast together. I like the idea of the kids getting to meet each other too. If they make friends I figure they will be more into spending lots of time at the kids club.

Talk to you soon.
Michele

 

[Tiffann4k]

Hi Everyone,
I think I got my answer this morning about the twins sleeping in different rooms. I got up with Taylor (she's sick) in the middle of the night. At 5:30 AM Lauren is screaming, "Mommy, Mommy Taylor no no in bed."

Awww hope Taylor starts to feel better soon.


I hope we will have fun, my DH doesnt really get along with my 3 brothers so I imagine he wont want to do much with everyone but thats okay, I am sure we will have plenty of alone time

I hope you can get your dinner changed.

Hopefully the kids can meet, I am really worried about my 5 & 6 year old...they are so much alike i am afraid they will fight like cats and dogs because they wont know anyone else there so they will tend to hang around each other a lot more.

 

[we6clarks]

If Blake and Regan don't like being in the kids clubs it is going to be a long 4 days for us with no alone time Tiffany have you cruised with a 2 yr old before? If you have do you think FLounders is better for shows or dinner?

Robert took a long nap when I got in with Blake from school yesturday. He had a rough day with the girls. Taylor seems to be feeling better this morning. She slept through the night and is up laughing and playing.

Michele

 

[Tiffann4k]

Michele,
The first disney cruise I went on with my children we only took the 2 oldest. They were 4 & almost 3 at the time( We left the 18 month & 8 month old with grand parents) . Paige was almost 3 so they let her go into the kids club so we never had to use flounders so no advice there. ( My second Disney cruise I left the kids and hubby home...it was a wonderful womens only trip! )

I am sure Blake & Regan will have fun

Glad to hear Taylor is feeling better

 

[flowerfacade]

Hey everyone!
I just checked my reservation (again, it's a sickness) and I noticed my dinner time no longer said 6:00pm. It just says Main Dinner Seating. What is that all about? Are they not doing a staggered dinner seating and is this the early time?
I hope you all get over all your sicknesses. We have had some kind of killer virus around here, terrible congestion and coughing and it hangs on for weeks. (I work in the schools and it is widespread; my family, except for my four year old, have all had it and almost everyone I know). I hope it just strengthens the immune system for January!
Laura