January 28, 2007, 4 nights on the WONDER

[jzimmerman9]

luvcruisn/kty-
I will email you on Sunday when things settle down over here and we'll get the girls chatting! Could we put them on a board like this or do you think emailing is the way to go?


Logabbmom-
Where in Wisconsin are you from? We are in Burlington, 30 miles South of Milwaukee.


Everyone-
Thanks for all the warm thoughts for our family. FIL has had lung cancer for the last couple years and this was a blessing for him.

 

[lweigard]

jzimmerman9 - Sorry to hear about your FIL.

Only 16 more days til the cruise! 13 more til our Disney trip begins!

Great news... I checked online and our passports have been mailed! They're due by the 17th! Yippppeeeee! What a relief! I received DH two days ago.

So, we've started packing - more like making piles to see what I need and what still fits. Is anyone bringing anything fun on the boat that I should think about? For instance, I read on another post that people bring bubbles for the sail away party, or pirate garb for the pirate party. Some people even mentioned magnetics for their door. Any other ideas???

 

[KS Prarie gal]

lweigard

My DDs have been planning pirate costumes from the moment we told them about the cruise. We also made some door signs over the Christmas break, which I hope will help us find our room. I have heard other people mention bringing little favors for the Pirate Party, or gifts from Tinkerbelle or Mickey to put on the kid's pillow each night. Don't know if I will do that, as my girls are a little old to fall for it!

 

[luvcruisn]

luvcruisn/kty-
I will email you on Sunday when things settle down over here and we'll get the girls chatting! Could we put them on a board like this or do you think emailing is the way to go?

We could just make them a thread and let them talk on here. I am okay with that as long as we supervise the posts I worry so much about what DD does online. I will look on Sunday to see what is a good time for y'all. We are available basically any night. Tuesdays and Thursdays I am not home from 6:45 EST to 8:15 EST.

 

[KS Prarie gal]

Just got word that I have to pick my kids up from school in 30 minutes. Icy rain is falling and they want to get them home before it gets worse. They are expecting power outages tonight due to ice buildup.
I am looking more and more forward to being on that ship! At least it may give is a little extra time to get packed!

 

[ArmandXG]

We had magnetic signs on our door stating we were DIS'rs, it was our first cruise AND it was our wedding anniversary. On the second day, we walked out of our room and noticed that we had acquired another sign wishing us a happy anniversary from our DISboard friends . Someone took charge of printing out signs to acknowledge birthdays and anniversaries. We later took a tour of the boat, walking down all the halls, looking at all the wonderful door decorations. Some people get a little wild. One family had the entire door, from top to bottom covered with photo's of ALL their previous Disney cruises. One family simply put Mickey ears above their door number, giving it the classic "hidden mickey" look.
Our DIS board tried to do a door tag game, where if you found the tag on your door, you would sign the back with name and room # and then proceed to tag another DIS'r without being caught. We had a list of those who wanted to participate in the game, so we knew where everyone was. Unfortunately, we found that alot of us didn't get tagged because someone took our tag sign. I guess they found it to be cute and wanted it for themselves . I have heard rumors (on the DISboard) of mischevious children (and maybe some adults) taking door decorations and moving them a few doors down . But I didn't hear of that happening on our cruise (except for the missing door tag).
I hope this gives you some ideas. You can make up your own activities, like icecream eating contests, scavenger hunts, etc. I know there is so much to do on the ship, but when you schedule time to meet new friends that you've met on the DISboards, it makes it so much better. Every where we went, on and off the ship, we ran into DIS friends. I look forward to our next cruise, knowing we will meet more wonderful people on the DISboard.
I WANNA GO NOW!!!

 

[DVCJack]

Don't forget us! 28th not coming soon enough!!!

 

[stampinshauna]

Don't forget us! 28th not coming soon enough!!!

Welcome to our meets thread DVCJack!

 

[logabbmom]

Logabbmom-
Where in Wisconsin are you from? We are in Burlington, 30 miles South of Milwaukee.

We are from Tomah - about 2.5 hours from Milwaukee.

We had a "Create our Door Sign" night - my girls and my sil dd's had a blast making signs. I logged onto the boards and showed them some samples of what others did. Cheap and got them very excited. They have a disney countdown link chain going and we have a countdown calendar going. All 4 of them have pirate costumes for pirate night. We also did glow in the dark necklaces for pirate night - read that on someone's post. Opted to not doing bubbles since I really didn't want them packed in suitcase with my clothes for fear of them leaking and getting all over. I figured they will be to busy dancing to worry about blowing them.

 

[gortman65]

Who else besides Shauna is doing WDW before the cruise? Just curious. We will be at CBR for three days before the cruise, and the excitement of it all is almost getting to be too much to take!

 

[lweigard]

Gortman65 - We're doing Disney first - we're staying at Port Orleans. We leave on Jan 25th. I think the plan (so far), is to go to AK on the 25th for the 1/2 day we have left once we arrive. Then MK the 26th with the Pirate and Princess Party that evening. I'd like to hit MGM on the 27th (or back to MK if we haven't had enough). That evening we have reservations for the Sci-Fi Theatre. The next day is the boat... can't wait for that part!

logabbmom and ArmandXG - Thanks for the door sign ideas. I mentioned them to DH and just got this: - I think it sounds like a lot of fun! I think it sounds like fun! We're going to download some Pirate pictures (ie: Johnny Depp ) and make iron-ons with them for Pirate night. I'm trying to stay frugal.

 

[gortman65]

lweigard,

Are you staying at POFQ or POR? My wife and I stayed at Riverside for our honeymoon in Oct. 2004 and really loved it.

My sister is coming along with us on our land/sea vacation. Since it's her first time ever at WDW, we are going to try spending some time at every park so she gets at least a little taste of everything. I think we're doing either Epcot or DD the evening we arrive (1/25), then MK and AK on Friday (including the character breakfast at CP), then MGM and Epcot on Saturday. We're hoping to catch Illuminations and maybe Fantasmic if it works out. I'm almost as excited for my sister to discover the magic as I am in reliving it for myself and my wife! Let's hope the long range forecast pushes the temperatures up for the time we're there. According to accuweather, the highs in Orlando for that weekend are only high 50's-low 60's, while they're having highs in the 80's right now.

 

[classicdisney]

Who else besides Shauna is doing WDW before the cruise? Just curious. We will be at CBR for three days before the cruise, and the excitement of it all is almost getting to be too much to take!

Classicdisney here. both me and my son will be at disneyworld for 8 days we arrive on the 20th. Will be trying to meet up with Shauna on the 27th.

 

[DisneyDuo]

We'll be at the World too! Will arrive the 21st, staying at Saratoga Springs. Just me and DH - our annual Disney "pilgrimage"

Lin

 

[kty]

JZIMMERMAN -


sounds good to me - but email when you get the chance, i am sure you have way too much on your mind right now with your FIL.... sunday is fine, or another day. we still have time
katie

 

[stampinshauna]

I love POFQ, we stayed there post cruise in 2004 and it was great! The rooms seemed so nice and spacious--not sure if they really were that spacious or if they just seemed that way compared to the rooms on the ship. You really can't go wrong with Disney.

 

[kty]

we are definitely bringing pirate costumes, kids are psyched with that. but if you dont want to bring pirate costumes, everyone gets bandana tied around head at dinner the night of the pirate party.

also bringing own snorkeling gear for cc, as we have it, and that way we dont need to rent them. also maybe sand pails/shovels if they fit.

bringing waterproof cameras for kids to mess around with - alot cheaper at walmart than on cc

not sure about getting around to door signs, i'll have to mention it to kids - if i tell dh he will just look at me like this he already thinks im nuts.

 

[lweigard]

gortman65 - we'll be at the POFQ section (hoping the beignets will bring back Mardi Gras memories )! Sonds like you will have a jam packed visit! You'll need the R&R on the ship, for sure!

Stampinshauna - glad to hear POFQ is a good pick! It received some really good reviews in the books I've read.

kty -Bringing snorkels is a great idea. The kids will only want to play with them for a few minutes anyway, so I'll save the rental fee! (Plus, putting mouth on rental snorkel is kinda gross).

logabbmom - I love the idea of bringing glow necklaces. It'll all be so much less expensive here, too. I did pick up some fun disposable cameras and an underwater camera here, also.

We received our Pirates & Princesses tickets Friday! Can't wait for that! If anyone attends before the 25th, please let me know how it went!

 

[stampinshauna]

We're bringing our snorkle gear as well. They will give you a life vest at CC for no charge.

For anyone doing door signs, make sure there is a magnet on them as they don't like signs taped to the doors.

2 weeks everyone!!! Has anyone got their docs yet?

 

[gortman65]

We haven't gotten our docs yet but I called DCL Friday and the CSR said they were mailed out Thursday the 11th. Hopefully they will be here early next week!