January 20, 2007 - Magic - Anyone?

[mom-of-2-girls]

Hello all. I am new to the DIS Boards and new to the DCL. My husband and I have cruised before but neither of us have ever been in Disney style. We are taking our 2 daughters, ages 8 and 12. Any advice, tips, info, etc. is greatly appreciated. We can't wait!!

 

[loucrew]

We will be on this cruise too with our sons age 11 and 8 and daughter age 7. This will be our first cruise as well and our very excited.

 

[mom-of-2-girls]

I can't wait till the cruise. Are you flying in? I noticed you are from NJ, right? I am from VA and will be driving in the day before. Do you know what time you can start boarding the ship?

 

[loucrew]

Right now the plan is to fly in the morning of the cruise and rent a car to drive to the port. With the weather being what it is those plans could change up to the 20th. In the worst case, we will drive out to beat any potential storms as early as Thurs before the cruise.

 

[loucrew]

Gonna be fun with only our two families on the boat.

 

[loucrew]

Really just a bump, but come on people, anyone else on this trip?

 

[kellimomo3]

We will also be joinging you! This will be our third cruise but the others were both Western Caribbean. It will be me (36), DH (42), DS (10), DS(8.5) & DS (6.5). Our boys LOVE the clubs, we have to plan ahead for them to hang with us!

Kelli

 

[Tinkified]

Add us to the crew. My husband, DD (turning 6 on the cruise!) and myself will be joining you all. We are sooo excited. My husband and I have cruised (3x) before, but this is our first DCL. Went to WDW in 04 and 05 with our daughter and had a blast. I keep telling my husband that I think this trip is going to be our best ever! By the way, we are flying in from NY.

 

[Katie1]

We are new to the Dis boards and will be sailing Jan 20, 07 also. First DCL cruise with kids. Only one other cruise before on the RC without kids. We are excited.

 

[newmansclan]

You can add us to the crew as well! Sailing with be myself (43), DH (45), DD (19), DS (14), DD (13). Also sailing with us is my brother (33) and our parents. This is a first time Disney cruise for all of us and we can't wait!

 

[Carolinax4]

We are traveling on the January 20th cruise as well. It's our first Disney cruise so we're looking forward to it. Glad to see other 8 yr olds - my son is 8 and my other son will be 6.

Figure they'll probably eat some dinners with the counselors/kids' clubs. Does this mean the dinner tables are often half full? Just wondering if that's why Disney tips are a little higher - since the wait staff is being "cheated" a bit or... should we tip in full for the kids regardless of whether they eat every night with us???

Can't wait to go cruisin'

 

[Katie1]

Thats a good question. I have no idea about the extra tipping. I figured we would be tipping everynight for 5 people. But if they are eating somewhere else...hmmm. We plan on eating at Palo one night also, so I know they won't be eating with us then.

Kathy

 

[Picmac]

Count us in, too.... Add three more, husband, myself and DD (8). First time with DCL and we are really excited. We wanted a change from the parks (as much as we love them). We are flying in from Philadelphia on the 19th and driving to the port Saturday morning. I've heard that you could board the ship as early as 11:00-11:30 am, is that true?

 

[Katie1]

I have heard the same, that you can board early. We are hoping to also. Flying down on the 18th, Disney World on the 19th....my kids have never gone....and then board on the 20th hopefully by 11:30 also. We are very excited also!! Can't wait.

 

[kellimomo3]

Hi all!! We just paid off our balance!! Whooo-hooo!! On October 22nd we can make our Palo/Spa ressies!! I just realized that there is like three threads for our cruise. Too bad we can't consolidate them. As the cruise nears, I am wondering if anyone with children close to my boy's ages would like to exchange emails. On our last two cruises, the boys really liked getting to"know" friends prior to meeting them in the clubs. Anyone intested?? My youngest will be 6 1/2 and will be in the 5-7s club. My other two are 8 & 9 and will be both in the 8-9s Lab. Anyone with boys that age that's interested, pm me.

Kelli

 

[Katie1]

HI Kelly, wow Oct. 22!! I was told I couldn't make any reservations until Nov. 6 for the Jan 20 cruise. That was per Disney. I will have to double check on that.

Kathy

 

[kellimomo3]

Hi Kathy,

Oct. 22nd is the date to make ressies if you are a castaway club member. This will be our third cruise and that's one of the perks. Otherwise I think it's 75 days out.

Kelli

 

[Fawn]

I believe it is 105 days out for Suites!

 

[Happy Holly]

We just made our reservations. We are so excited. I have a 7 year old boy and 5 year old girl. Have you done a disney cruise before?

 

[Tinkified]

To Happy Holly: we are traveling with our 5 year old daughter too. Actually she will be turning 6 when we are on the cruise. This will be our first disney cruise as well as our first cruise with our daughter. Where are you traveling from?

Hi to all! Not too much time left!

Michelle