January 30, 2005 Anyone?

[Dcanoli]

We are booked for the January 30, 2005 Wonder....anyone else out there going?

(If there's already another thread going, please let me know!)

It's time to start counting down the days.....hmmm...120???

 

[nanarn]

me!!! and my dd and dgs(6) and dgd(7) after a land stay at the poly

 

[Dcanoli]

Well! At least there will two families on board!

We've got such a long time to go that I'm hoping we discover a lot more people cruising with us before the date actually gets here!

I'm so glad you posted! Good to "meet" you! I'm looking forward to some great chats over the months ahead!

 

[nanarn]

I am excited also. I said in the last post that my dd was going,but it is really my dh. Is it really only 120 or so days? We booked this last January so it has been forever it seems. Do you have kids that are going? This is our first Disney Cruise. Am trying to find out as musch as I can prior to going. "Talk" with you soon Kathy

 

[Dcanoli]

Hey Kathy!

It looks like just you and me chatting for a while, huh?

I am going with my dh and my two ds--7 and 4--well, 8 and 5 by the time we actually go.

I've never been on a DC before either, but these boards are a great source of wisdom and tips! I've been searching them for a long time.

We were originally scheduled on the 9/26 4-day, but Hurricane Jeanne came along, and we decided to reschedule. Based on the 9/26 cruise thread, I'm glad we did. It seems more people were unhappy rather than happy with their trip.

Where are you reservations on the ship? We booked a CAT 12 to get the lowest fare possible, but they said we would probably get bumped up to a higher CAT somewhere along the way. I'm excited to see what that actually means.

A friend of mine, who cruises all the time (but not on DCL) said she booked a "basement" room on her last cruise, and she got booked all the way up to a room that overlooked the atrium in her ship! So, I guess it's possible!

Oh well, I'm off to get dinner rolling along....talk to you later!

 

[nanarn]

We are booked in a cat. 6 as that goes with the resort we wanted to stay at. My dgs is "off track" that wk so we only will have one out of school. He is in first grade and my dgd is in 2nd. The reason we are cruising this yr is they get to be in the same "kids" club. My dgd would be fine by herself but our dgs is a lttle skiddish and will be happier with "cousin". Kathy

 

[Dcanoli]

Maybe we will cross paths somewhere along the way. My oldest is in 2nd grade too.

I'll be pulling him out of school. We usually do Disney every other year, and we always pull him out for the week. The teachers have been understanding and always give us his homework for the week. LOL...you KNOW he loves that!

I keep trying to talk up the kids' clubs, but I have a feeling my two may stick by the pool the entire time!! Who knows! (Maybe it will be cold, and they'll have to try out the clubs!!)

Maybe we can arrange a meet closer to the sail date, once people start finding this board/thread, and let everyone put a face with the names! That would be fun!

Oh well, off to get ready for another day at school! Cya!

 

[nanarn]

Hoping some one else will see this also

 

[arlenesp]

just placed the deposit today. Jeanne knocked us off to Cozumel in Sept and my dh was really disappointed. So instead of taking the whole family again we are going alone.In spite of it we had a ball and the dgk all 3 of them didn't leave the clubs too much. So we better not have any more storms. We are hurricaned out here in Fl

 

[arlenesp]

Dcanoli I had the same thing with my dgk.Ages 8,7, and 5They all stuck up their noses and said they weren't going. But after the first night and the crossing was bad due to the hurricane, they went for a while and the 5yr old announced the next day he was going to spend the entire day. They all stayed til they closed up. They only paged us a few times to go swimming but one night they all had dinner witht he clubs and she didn't see them all day. Now that's what I call a vacation for all. So don't be thinking all is lost. There is so much pool they can do and they get tired of climbing up the slide. It's a novelty at first but they all get tired of it.

 

[Dcanoli]

I'm so glad you posted! It's nice to see someone else going on the 1/30/05 trip too!

So...you will have to tell me your story--what cruise did you go on? Was it a four-day or seven-day that got side-tracked by Jeanne?

Thanks for the tidbits and scoop on the clubs. I think my 7-year old will go; he was ready to go and make Flubber in September, so I know he will go--especially when he finds out he'll be 8 when we cruise, and he'll be able to hit the "big" club!! LOL!!! And...I think my four-year old will go to when he sees the big brother going!

My only thing is this--how do you feel without them? I think I'll feel really weird without them around because this vacation is kind of geared around and for them. Does that make sense? I'm afraid I'll feel lost without them....

BUT...it IS going to be January, and it may be a tad chilly for swimming...we'll have to see how that one goes....however, I am really excited...we bought some presents for my older son's birthday today, and when the younger son said, "Hey, what about my birthday?" He got this reply from big brother: "Hey! Your birthday's on the cruise, so I'm getting presents for my birthday!" LOL...

P.S. How does being a CC member work? Do you get a discount once you've sailed once with DCL? Just curious....

 

[arlenesp]

the only perk you get is a cc gift when you sail after the first. no discounts. my original was a 3 day and we were told at the port the itinerary may change. the kids were crushed. they wanted so much to go to cc and snorkel with us. But we went to Cozumel and the trip was 4 days. I was happy as we got to go to the brunch at palo since we had sea days and the kids were happy at the clubs.we just replayed the videos i took of the sailing away party and the lunch at parrot cay when we first boarded. They got to ham it up at the table with max,goofy and captain mickey. so they were reliving it. the older one wants to go with us in jan and ordinarily i wouldn't have a problem but it's too much responsibility. Told them maybe we'll do a key west vacation sometime and do the snorkeling then.make sure you take the kids to at least one of the shows. I liked golden mickeys and disney dreams.as for missing them. a threesome can be very intimidating and it gave my daughter the time to have her vacation alone with her boyfriend. her husband passed away 4 yrs ago and it's been hard for them.let me know if you have any additional ?s and i'll try to help. hope we can meet on the boat

 

[Dcanoli]

Hey!

Thanks for all the tips....we are definitely going to be doing the shows...that is a requirement, so I won't have to worry about those....

Now, I guess my biggest dilemma is going to be what to pack...themouseforless mailing list has been having some posts about January cruises, so I've been getting some info from there.

Maybe as the time draws closer, we can arrange a meet for all us from the boards...that would be fun!

 

[nanarn]

Goody, another family! Sorry I have been gone to Angel Fire, NM, for my mom's 75th birthday, so I missed out all the intros. My husband and I are early 50's and our dgs( #1son's son) is first grade and our dgd(#1daughter's daughter) is 2nd grade. I am busy learning about skin care for kids with color as my daughter-in-law is black, and I understand there are a few tricks I need to learn (Thank goodness, it is a boy and not a girl, I am not sure I could deal with all the combing and oiling you need to to for a wk with a girl!) I am counting on the packing tips at themouseforless also. I am so out of "Kid stuff" mode. My #4 child is 20, so it has been awhile. hope to talk more soon

 

[arlenesp]

my dh and I are in our 50's also. We took our first cruise during Jeanne and went to cozumel on an extended trip. Took dd(30),ds(25) and dgs8 and 6 and dgd 7 and my dd bf. Has a great trip. Didn't see much of the kids, neither did their mom. This time we are going solo.hope to meet everyone

 

[Dcanoli]

You mean I'm, at 38, the baby of our little group so far?

This is really interesting reading everyone's intros....my dh is 43, and I'm 38. I have two ds--7 and 4.

Can't wait to hear who else joins our group in the months to come! We are getting more excited every day (and there a lot of days to go yet)!!!

 

[nanarn]

I am very exicted. However the downside is that the final payment is also lurking Oh well, it will only hurt for awhile! Kathy

 

[Dcanoli]

Oh gosh! Why did you remind me of that??? I still haven't gotten my money back from our 9/27 cruise yet!!!




But, you are right about one thing--once it's "over," the rest of the time spent waiting will be painless!!!

 

[Kalypso]

I have this one "tentatively" reserved - I'll need to make a deposit by Wednesday to secure it...just not sure yet - LOL. We did the 3-day Wonder on 9/30 and just had a GREAT time...I'm debating on whether or not to do a 7 day!

I think we'll probably stick to the four and see you all on this one!

I'll check back again if we do it

It would be to celebrate DBF's 50th birthday!!

 

[nanarn]

I can't believe we are going all by our selves?!? anyone else out there?