January 30, 2005 Anyone?

nala1128-We're near Washington DC but the weather pattern has been the same for most of the east coast. So today was the warmest of the week and tonight we are to get heavy rain and wind and then the cold comes.

We didn't order room service on our last cruise so my DS's are looking forward to donuts delivered to our room for breakfast. Also we ate breakfast and lunch at either topsiders or from Pluto's, this time I'd like to eat in a restaurant at least once for lunch.

Regarding the character breakfast, I heard that some characters came out during breakfast in the restaurant. It wasn't really a character breakfast like you get at the parks.

In the Navigator for each day it lists what characters will be where. Some are there for pictures and autographs and some just for autographs. There is also a large board where they post the places and times of the characters for each day. Don't get discouraged if you see a line. There was always a line as people lined up early, however it's very organized and moves quickly.

The photographers from Shutters are sometimes w/the characters also taking pictures but you can take your own picture too and then see how theirs turned out. Also before dinner they set up different backgrounds and take your picture. Some of the pictures you see on the boards are from this. We bought a family picture that had the ship at night in the background and the round life preserver that says Wonder in front. I think alot of the "formal" pictures are 8x10's and they cost $19.99/ea. The other pic's from them are 6x8's and you can get several packages or purchase them individually.

I've got to go, I'll be back tomorrow.

Oh yeah I almost forgot...our documents came!!! :cool1: :cool1: :cool1:
 
My dgks stood on line to get the pix with Stitch which is their fav, and then Stitch came into the clubs and they got better pix there. Go figure.The line for the princesses was enormous and we missed the last night gathering in the atrium where all the characters and cast from the shows come out to say goodbye. That we'll try to see.
The kids liked the Dreams show. They didn't see Golden Mickeys altho they would've loved seeing it . They were busy in the clubs.
We also will be ordering the cheese platter and maybe mickey bars at night. Never ordered on the first cruise. And will be trying the new coffee cove.
All meals were had in the dining rooms. We liked the pc brunch.(I like the seafood).Tritons works off a menu so it's a bit limited.
The kids went to beach blanket buffet for meals with the clubs and I think they enjoyed that more for lunch.
We will be trying to do the galley tour.The family did that and enjoyed it. Also the bridge tour providing dh is up to it.
We're still debating whether to go early to Atlantis for a bit of the casino and then get back in time for lunch
We will try to spend more time on the chairs on Deck 4. Very comfy.
I can't come up with anything we did we were disappointed in other than not getting to our original destinations. But we both loved being out at sea.
It was the perfect vacation and all around healing for the family after the medical nightmares we had in the past few years.
I just wish we could've taken the dgks with us again. They still talk about going again.
 
My :earsboy: :earsboy: didn't spend much time in the clubs and say they don't want to again. That is fine with us but they may have to go there if we end up deciding to go to Palo's.

We did the bridge tour and I thought it was very interesting. It was a fairly small group and some of the questions were too technical for the CM doing the tour that she got one of the captains to come out. If we have time I would do this again.

We did not go on a galley tour so I would like to do that if we can this time.

We plan to definitely order :mickeybar as I didn't even know you could last time.

We went to the atrium the last night where the characters come out and we got lots of their autographs and pictures. There were so many that some of them didn't have a line, of course the more popular ones always had a line.

Chairs on deck 4? What chairs? :rolleyes: I would like to at least check these out if I can. We didn't go there the first cruise.

We rented bikes on CC and my kids loved it. I only wish there was another path to ride more. It was very hot and thank goodness they had water at two places. We went to the family beach on CC and ate lunch at Cookies. I was happy with that, however the adult beach would have been peaceful and very relaxing.

We also would like to buy postcards and mail them from CC. It takes a couple weeks to get them but the kids want to send them to their classes at school.

I was the only one who did any snorkeling and I went out to find Mickey underwater, took some pictures w/the underwater camera and then came back. I did see some fish out there but not many. Since noone is interested in snorkeling I doubt I'll do this again and the water will be cooler than it was in July.

There was a wedding going on at the one pavilion so we didn't walk over there but I'd like to get some pics of CC from there this time.

For breakfast we ate the buffet at topsiders and our first time thru I thought that all the food was there where you get your tray. After you go thru there and get your drink at the end, there is another table with lots of pastries, donuts and such and then another table with fruit and cereals and then another table w/chocolate mickey waffles and plain ones. Needless to say you won't go hungry.

I started putting a few things together since our documents came. I rec'd the passporters guide to DCL as a gift so it is now w/our documents and I'll read it on the trip down.

I hope we have great weather. :sunny:
 
I will send you photo of deck 4 lounge chairs( when i figure out how)
We enjoyed the breakfast menu and will prob do it again. I need to not have so many choices in the am.
I may try the snorkeling if it's not too cold. My dgks and I were to do the biking but will probably pass on that too.
It's been raining all morning here in Orlando and the temp is down.Still checking the mail for the docs.
 

You don't have to post any pics. I checked out pics from the other sites and saw the chairs. They look quite comfy. I afraid that my kids will not want to spend time around there though so that will limit my time there. Although if they go to the kids club I will have time to explore the ship more.
 
think it has to do with the way i respond to the post
 
Looks like we are doing the same land/sea as Nanarn. We are actually flying into Orland on the 26th, and staying at the hotel in the airport. We did this for 2 reasons. The first is in the event of bad weather flying out, we have a little room for adjustment, and the second reason is that my DD5, and DS 3&1/2 would be miserable at Disney on the first day if we had to travel that day too. We have been to Disney many times, as my in-laws live in Celebration. FL (Home of DCL offices!), and other family is in Orlando. I am not worried about my daughter in the kids club, but my son is much more attached and clingy. I am hoping he will be OK in the kids club, so me and my DH can do some couple stuff. My DH and I have been on a few cruised, wih the last one being our honeymoon! We are so looking forward to this trip! Glad I found this board, I am already addicted to reading these posts!!!!
~Robin
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I called my travel agent yesterday about the cruise documents. She called Disney and they said that they just mailed them that day (Friday). I will hopefully get them mid-week.

I can't believe it's almost here! Wow!!

Julie
 
Our documents came by UPS (the label said 3 day), so look for that brown truck!

You can go in to the kids club and spend some time, then when your son gets involved in something, tell him you'll be back in how ever much time. And don't worry, they'll page you if he wants to leave.
 
My kids and I are running out every day to check the box, and we still don't have ours. :guilty:

I wonder why they sent your documents by UPS...don't they just usually come USPS?
 
I'm going to call dcl tomorrow. I remember last time a cardboard box with both sets in it. I believe it came from usps.
 
Yippee! Just got an e-mail from our TA (Small World Vacations)! We have two rooms, and they only have one set of docs....they will be mailing out when both sets are in (!!by UPS, by the way!!)!!!

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Okay, folks, today is the day when the "next four-day cruise" sets sail.

Remember, that is when the Pirates night is supposed to start...hopefully, someone from that sailing will be on these boards letting us know if Pirates night has really started!!!

If anyone finds out, please let the group know, and we've got to set a meeting time, etc....in the next two weeks...make we can just all plan to meet at the sail away party! (We could always pick a color from the Home Depot Disney paint colors and cut out the Mickey head and attach it to our clothes to recognize each other.)

Deb

P.S. Don't forget your bubbles/bubble guns for the sail away party!
 
Girls....Guess what?

I just got off the phone with Disney!!! PIRATES NIGHT STARTED ON THE WONDER ON THE 13TH!!!!

YIPPEE!!

OKAY, is everyone ready for Jack Sparrow repeling down the smokestacks? (Because, as the teenagers at my church say, "He's hot!") pirate: pirate:
I hope we get fireworks like the Magic does!!!

The countdown is on!
 
Can anyone help me figure out what kind of clothes to pack without packing my whole closet and my husband's and my kids'? :blush:
Am I packing tank tops and shorts? Longsleeves and jeans? Sweaters? Maybe it's just because it's 16 degrees here right now, I have a hard time believing anywhere could be shorts and t-shirt weather! Has anyone been on to the Bahamas in January before?

Julie
 
I just talked to someone that was on an early January cruise, and she told me they were swimming in CC, it was that warm (the water, that is)....

If you go to www.accuweather.com, you can see the 15-day forecast for Nassau and Orlando. I doubt you will need long-sleeves and pants, other than for dinner and the shows.

I am packing capris for the dinners, and a black cardigan (because it will go with everything) to wear at night. I may take a light sweater for the deck parties, which don't start until 10 p.m. It could get really chilly at night...accuweather shows the low temps in the 40s.

Other than that, I'm only packing shorts, t-shirts, sandals, and bathing suits (basically)!

Deb
 
Thanks Deb. That helps me a lot! I have checked all of the weather sites, but I still wanted to hear from someone who had been there personally.

thanks again!

Julie
 
Hey, no problem!

I was reading everything and checking the weather sites too, and people were making it sound as if we might not be able to swim.

I was really glad to hear that this family went swimming at CC at the beginning of January! (They told me they have been to CC three times, and they still haven't been able to find the "hidden mickey" under the ocean!)

There may be hope for our beach time yet!
 
Spoke to ta today and she said DCL has a problem getting the docs out in timely manner to everyone.Printing problem. She will see if she gets them Tues. and if not will have them sent directly to me.Been having trouble with the mail in the last 2 days and was getting concerned.I'm not worried cuz I know they can get them to me overnight if it gets that close.
I read the water at cc is a bit chilly at first until you get used to it.
Clothing? We always bring too much. We have the lightweight and bit heavier. I get chilly at night so will have my jacket and nylon parka with me.The theatre is a bit chilly as well for all those taking in the show.
Spoke to someone today who just got off the 3 day and she said it was a bit rocky coming back into port rather than the way out.We had the opposite.Hope for smooth sailing
 

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