January 28, 2010 3 Night Wonder

[tigger0215]

Tigger. My dd is 8 and her name is Ramiah. I missed that message you sent!
You guys are silly complaining about 50 degree weather!!! It was 13 degrees when I woke up this morning!! BURRRRR!!!! I'm ready for my escape to FL!!! 24 days till we leave for the world and 29 days till the cruise!!!!!!

Oh dear, 13 degrees?! I would DIE!

Hope you all have a wonderful new years!

 

[tigger0215]

Hanover- could you put my mom's name (Cheryl) on the FE list?

Thanks!

 

[Hanover]

Happy 2010! I'm so glad we can say we are sailing this month! Anyone get their documents yet? We got our Magical Express tickets for the way back from the Beach Club to the Airport. We are doing a town car from the airport to the Residence in on 1/27 and back to the Beach Club.

We had about an inch or so of snow yesterday and it's been absolutely freezing here. Makes me wonder all the time why we didn't move to Florida after college like we had wanted to do. I do love our home and community but if we could just have nice weather year round I'd love it all the more!

I added the requested info to the 1st page for the FE exchange.

My son is Keegan and he's 12

My friend Beth's son is Jake and he's 13.

 

[Hanover]

Can everyone take a peak at the 1st post and make sure the information is correct.

If I'm right, there are 8 rooms participating in the FE exchange.

 

[tdmathews]

Looks good to me. Will we get a pm with the cabin numbers? Also, what if someone changes rooms at the port? Thanks, Tracy

 

[kindra657]

Looks good to me. Will we get a pm with the cabin numbers? Also, what if someone changes rooms at the port? Thanks, Tracy

Hey great point!! Our room number is 8022. We could make sure of our staterooms during our meet?? I think Amanda was talking about a quick meet on the first day but I can't remember where at (cause I'm not familiar with the ship).

 

[tigger0215]

Our stateroom is 2586

I cannot wait!

I wish i were in catergory 3 (like yours in 8022)... oh my goodness .. your room is AWESOME.. theres seperate bedrooms and like 2 showers! holy cow its 614 sq feet.. Have a WONDERful time in there!

 

[tdmathews]

Hi All,

For FE purposes,

We are in cabin 2633, we are two adults and a DD11 and DD9.

Thank you, looking forward to our trip, just got our FE gifts and the girls are making their FE. We went to Michaels and let them choose some COOL stuff to put on their little pouches.

 

[AbsyBabsy]

Hey gang - not long now - only 25 days!

I propose we meet at 3pm in the Promenade Lounge on deck 3. For the newbies - don't worry you will be able to find it!

I will be happy to put together a typed list showing everyone's name and room number to hand out at the meet. I will bring a pen to make room changes for those (me) that are still hoping for some pixie dust.

I find it is best if we have Dis names, real names and kids ages, along with the room numbers. If you do not feel comfortable posting this info, you can PM me and I will make sure it gets added.

My daughter, Abigail (9) is already exchanging emails with Ramiah. We would love to get to know some other kids around the same age, if you want to join in on the fun - please send me a PM.

I will bring an activity for the kids in the 7-10 age range to do at the meet - does anyone want to volunteer to bring an activity for the younger set? It can be simple (cruise coloring pages and a handful of crayons). I will likely bring foam cups or hats with foam stickers and letters to use to decorate.

We decided to bring my sister in law and her grandchild, Anna with us. Anna is 4 and I am going to surprise them with the fish extenders - they will have no idea what is going on - I will be delivering their extender gifts, along with my own - hopefully, I can keep it a secret how they are getting gifts every day!

We tried to go to Magic Kingdom yesterday - it was packed - the line at the transportation center was way too long. We ended up taking the monorail over to Epcot, which was much better for crowds. We rode on the new Sum of all Thrills - it was great and I recommend you ride it if you are combining the parks and cruise. The end of January is not very crowded so it is a great time to visit the parks, if you can.

How many are staying on the ship instead of hanging in Nassau? I will probably only get off long enough to grab some conch fritters and hit the coach shop (for my birthday gift), about an hour. For those who are planning to stay on board, if you want we can arrange a lunch meet. Let me know if you are interested.

Okay, that is it for me for now. I am going to hit JoAnns today to make the surprise fish extender - I have a coupon.

See ya in 25 days.
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[kindra657]

Our stateroom is 2586

I cannot wait!

I wish i were in catergory 3 (like yours in 8022)... oh my goodness .. your room is AWESOME.. theres seperate bedrooms and like 2 showers! holy cow its 614 sq feet.. Have a WONDERful time in there!

Yeah I'm way excited!!! I think we only got lucky because I procrastinated on sending in the cruise voucher. By the time the DCL recieved the voucher, they were out of Cat 4s and we were guaranteed one because we have 5 people. They could've split us into 2 staterooms cat 5 or 6 and I wouldn't have cared!!! I was reading about the different cat 3s and how their layouts are different. Looks like we got one of the rooms that no one else wants (because of the rectangular layout) but you won't hear me complaining about a free upgrade!

Anyway, I was thinking about having like a little dis party in the room since it is so big but I don't think my in-laws would be for it .

 

[kindra657]

Hey gang - not long now - only 25 days!

I propose we meet at 3pm in the Promenade Lounge on deck 3. For the newbies - don't worry you will be able to find it!

I will be happy to put together a typed list showing everyone's name and room number to hand out at the meet. I will bring a pen to make room changes for those (me) that are still hoping for some pixie dust.

I find it is best if we have Dis names, real names and kids ages, along with the room numbers. If you do not feel comfortable posting this info, you can PM me and I will make sure it gets added.

My daughter, Abigail (9) is already exchanging emails with Ramiah. We would love to get to know some other kids around the same age, if you want to join in on the fun - please send me a PM.

I will bring an activity for the kids in the 7-10 age range to do at the meet - does anyone want to volunteer to bring an activity for the younger set? It can be simple (cruise coloring pages and a handful of crayons). I will likely bring foam cups or hats with foam stickers and letters to use to decorate.

We decided to bring my sister in law and her grandchild, Anna with us. Anna is 4 and I am going to surprise them with the fish extenders - they will have no idea what is going on - I will be delivering their extender gifts, along with my own - hopefully, I can keep it a secret how they are getting gifts every day!

We tried to go to Magic Kingdom yesterday - it was packed - the line at the transportation center was way too long. We ended up taking the monorail over to Epcot, which was much better for crowds. We rode on the new Sum of all Thrills - it was great and I recommend you ride it if you are combining the parks and cruise. The end of January is not very crowded so it is a great time to visit the parks, if you can.

How many are staying on the ship instead of hanging in Nassau? I will probably only get off long enough to grab some conch fritters and hit the coach shop (for my birthday gift), about an hour. For those who are planning to stay on board, if you want we can arrange a lunch meet. Let me know if you are interested.

Okay, that is it for me for now. I am going to hit JoAnns today to make the surprise fish extender - I have a coupon.

See ya in 25 days.
http://www.wdwinfo.com/images/smilies/cool1.gif

yay!!! can't wait!!!
I have a little craft for the little kids. I have these bookmarks that come with a little stick and the stick is used to "scratch" a design on the bookmark. It's kind of a "make-your-own" thing. I was going to include it in with the FE gifts but they would be great for kids of all ages to keep busy . the 3pm promenade sounds great!
also, if other kids join in on the emailing, let me know so that ramiah can email too. she's really liking the whole email thing .

My friend was at Epcot yesterday too. He said that future world was a little crowded but the world's showcase was empty. He said it was pretty chilly tho too. I had to remind him about what it's like here in OH!! Poor Joe, he'll be back here in the nasty weather and I'll be in FL in a few weeks .
He said that the AK is completely empty today. He said they walked onto Everest and Dinosaur without any waits at all! I hope we have crowds like that when we go!!
We'll be in a 2bdrm villa at Kidani Village from the 23rd-28th. I'll have my laptop with me (for school purposes) and I'll be checking in with you guys too. We have our ADRs all set and the touring schedule is all made out! I love planning lol

I plan on maybe getting off the ship early in the morn at Nassau but then getting right back on. I'm hoping to catch some nice deals at the spa. DH and I both agreed that we didn't want to take our daughter all over the place at Nassau (even though we hear that it's very safe). I just did a lot of research on human trafficking and I'm still a little freaked out I guess. Even if I get a spa resie, I'm still open for lunch! That sounds very nice.

We have Palo reservations for the 29th at 6:30 and we are doing the jet ski excursion on Castaway Cay at 10:00am. Our dining rotation is: Thurs- Animator's Palate, Fri- Palo, Sat- Triton's. I'll probably order room service from Parrot Cay sometime during the cruise just so I can try their food cause I hear it's pretty good. We have main dining seating. What about you guys? What dining seating do you have? BTW, how do they seat so many people and feed them all at the same time? This is still confusing me.

 

[tigger0215]

Yeah I'm way excited!!! I think we only got lucky because I procrastinated on sending in the cruise voucher. By the time the DCL recieved the voucher, they were out of Cat 4s and we were guaranteed one because we have 5 people. They could've split us into 2 staterooms cat 5 or 6 and I wouldn't have cared!!! I was reading about the different cat 3s and how their layouts are different. Looks like we got one of the rooms that no one else wants (because of the rectangular layout) but you won't hear me complaining about a free upgrade!

Anyway, I was thinking about having like a little dis party in the room since it is so big but I don't think my in-laws would be for it .

Voucher? What voucher? I want one! haha just kidding- Ill be happy with my stateroom!

My mom and I are planning on staying on the ship while at Nassau, and we would love to join you all at the meets! It's just the two of us so we are goin with the flow!

For the Fish Extenders, do we have a final count yet?

Cant wait! It has been VERY hard for us to sneek around and do all this cruise planning without my sisters finding out.. My dad knows (obviously, I mean how can my mom explain the cost for the cruise on the credit card haha!).

Im having a blonde moment- is there a way to find your Dining Rotation on the DCL website or do I have to wait for the Cruise Docs to come in the mail?

Have a WONDERful evening!

Julie (And Cheryl)

 

[kindra657]

Voucher? What voucher? I want one! haha just kidding- Ill be happy with my stateroom!

My mom and I are planning on staying on the ship while at Nassau, and we would love to join you all at the meets! It's just the two of us so we are goin with the flow!

For the Fish Extenders, do we have a final count yet?

Cant wait! It has been VERY hard for us to sneek around and do all this cruise planning without my sisters finding out.. My dad knows (obviously, I mean how can my mom explain the cost for the cruise on the credit card haha!).

Im having a blonde moment- is there a way to find your Dining Rotation on the DCL website or do I have to wait for the Cruise Docs to come in the mail?

Have a WONDERful evening!

Julie (And Cheryl)

We got a "free" cruise voucher from DVC for adding on 100 points last year. I made the cruise reservation in March 09 but had to mail in the actual voucher 45 days before sailing. I think I mailed it in at the 48 day mark. Anyway, I didn't get a stateroom number until they received that voucher. I'm not sure where you can find your rotational dining but concierge guests are able to choose their dining rotation prior to getting on board. Only request I had was to eat at Animator's Palate the first night and do Palo the second night.
I just reserved some spa treatments for DH and I for day 2. We are doing the couples massage at 3:15pm and the exotic rasul at 5:00pm. I'd rather have an earlier time than 5:00pm because we have Palo reservations at 6:30 so I email concierge to see what they can do. Crossing my fingers! If not, I'll put my hair in a quick and cute updo for dinner. I was considering doing a 7 night cruise sometime on the Magic but I think I'll stick with the 3, 4, and 5 night cruises from here on out....these various excursions and "extras" are getting expensive!!! but it's all part of the vacation experience

 

[Minnie116]

In response to the person that asked if anyone received their documents yet...We received ours on Christmas Eve vis UPS. You should be getting yours anyday now...

 

[Hanover]

Kindra, you are lucky about the free cruise! We added 105 points at BLT onboard the Wonder in Dec 2008 and got 105 one time points towards a cruise or Adventures by disney. When we sailed in February they were offering the free cruise but we didn't add on. We added on 100 points on the Wonder in August but the DVC guide told us that we couldn't get both the free cruise and the discounted points so we went with the discount. We got AKV for less per point than when we joined in July 2007!

Julie, you'll get your dining rotation when you check in at the terminal and get your Key to the World card. We requested a particular server but I'm not sure of his rotation or if we'll even get him. We have Palo the last night.

We may take the boys close to the port in Nassau in the morning and come back to do the spa in the afternoon. Around the straw market I've seen several police and feel pretty safe---though we have been asked by 2 people on different cruises if we'd like to buy pot (and no we didn't!)

Kindra, we really love the longer cruises because it feels more relaxing and love the sea days--- but we also like taking the shorter cruises because we can add more days at WDW than when we sail 7 days plus.

Absy, thanks for offering to print out the lists. On other DCL cruise meets I've been on, we've done a "roll call" with the information that I can start on a new post. If everyone copies/pastes their information, it will give us a start for a final list. It looks like we have 8 rooms participating in the FE.

 

[Hanover]

Roll call for 1/28/2010 3 Night Wonder:

Fish Extender Exchange group:

1. "Hanover"/Danielle, DS 12 Keegan; Friend Beth, Beth's DS13 Jacob/early dining/stateroom 2118
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.


Please copy/paste above on new post with your information added.

 

[kindra657]

Kindra, you are lucky about the free cruise! We added 105 points at BLT onboard the Wonder in Dec 2008 and got 105 one time points towards a cruise or Adventures by disney. When we sailed in February they were offering the free cruise but we didn't add on. We added on 100 points on the Wonder in August but the DVC guide told us that we couldn't get both the free cruise and the discounted points so we went with the discount. We got AKV for less per point than when we joined in July 2007!

Julie, you'll get your dining rotation when you check in at the terminal and get your Key to the World card. We requested a particular server but I'm not sure of his rotation or if we'll even get him. We have Palo the last night.

We may take the boys close to the port in Nassau in the morning and come back to do the spa in the afternoon. Around the straw market I've seen several police and feel pretty safe---though we have been asked by 2 people on different cruises if we'd like to buy pot (and no we didn't!)

Kindra, we really love the longer cruises because it feels more relaxing and love the sea days--- but we also like taking the shorter cruises because we can add more days at WDW than when we sail 7 days plus.

Absy, thanks for offering to print out the lists. On other DCL cruise meets I've been on, we've done a "roll call" with the information that I can start on a new post. If everyone copies/pastes their information, it will give us a start for a final list. It looks like we have 8 rooms participating in the FE.

Danielle, you have added a lot of points!! With you dedication to Disney, they should give you a free cruise! We only added on one time and it was in Chicago at the "Doorway to Dreams" last Feb. We fell in love with BLT and decided to drive over there to add on. The cruise was a nice bonus! DH wants to add more but with me being laid off this past year, it's probably not a great idea. Besides, 300 points a year is plenty for the 3 of us!...if we'd stop taking everyone else with us! Oh well, I guess we enjoy taking others with us and showing them the nice resorts (cause paying cash for them is crazy expensive!! ).

Hmmm....pot in Nassau?? Guess I'd be eating a lot at Palo!! I'd definately get my $15 worth!!!

I guess I'd really have to fall in love with the DCL for me to forego my WDW trip for a 7 night cruise! We are doing a 4 night on the Dream in Feb 2011 and I'm looking forward to having a relaxing day at sea.

 

[kindra657]

Roll call for 1/28/2010 3 Night Wonder:

Fish Extender Exchange group:

1. "Hanover"/Danielle, DS 12 Keegan; Friend Beth, Beth's DS13 Jacob/early dining/stateroom 2118
2. "Kindra657"/Kindra, DD 8 Ramiah, DH Donald (aka "Ramal"), MIL Brenda, FIL Donald/ early dining/ stateroom 8022
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.


Please copy/paste above on new post with your information added.

**Just a side note. I call my DH "Don" or "Donald" but when we are around his parents or family, we all call him "Ramal." Because his parents will be with us, you guys will probably hear us call him that unless I am speaking directly to him. His dad's name is Donald too and it helps with confusion. I'm not sure how much his parents will be hanging with us so if you speak directly to him, just call him "Don."

 

[TJGorman]

Roll call for 1/28/2010 3 Night Wonder:

Fish Extender Exchange group:

1. "Hanover"/Danielle, DS 12 Keegan; Friend Beth, Beth's DS13 Jacob/early dining/stateroom 2118
2. "Kindra657"/Kindra, DD 8 Ramiah, DH Donald (aka "Ramal"), MIL Brenda, FIL Donald/ early dining/ stateroom 8022
3."TJGorman"/Tammy, DH Paul, DD Ashley 15 (one month shy of 16), DS Jack 14/late seating/ stateroom 6038
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

 

[tigger0215]

Roll call for 1/28/2010 3 Night Wonder:

Fish Extender Exchange group:

1. "Hanover"/Danielle, DS 12 Keegan; Friend Beth, Beth's DS13 Jacob/early dining/stateroom 2118
2. "Kindra657"/Kindra, DD 8 Ramiah, DH Donald (aka "Ramal"), MIL Brenda, FIL Donald/ early dining/ stateroom 8022
3."TJGorman"/Tammy, DH Paul, DD Ashley 15 (one month shy of 16), DS Jack 14/late seating/ stateroom 6038
4. "Tigger0215"/ Julie, Cheryl (my mom)/ we're hoping for late dining/ stateroom 2586
5.
6.
7.
8.


As a sidenote- I wish i had DVC..

And I am not sure if our FE present (the main one for the stateroom) is going to fit inside a pocket on a FE itself.. but we will try to! If they dont.. you'll probably end up with something hanging on your door (i hope no one steals them but i doubt they will- theyre personalized!.. oo i wonder if Disney could put it in your room.. that would be very nice of them.