January 7, 2006 *Magic* 1/7/06

[Mommy2abunch]

I have a question ON formal night do the kids(namely the lil ones) really dress up?? Jaykob and Mikey have suits and Mikey is soo ready to wear his LOL Jaykob on the other hand(this is his wish BTW from Make a wish He has had 3 open heart surgeries and his scar can be bother some by shirts like his button downs KWIM He loves to dress up but I know he would never keep a tie on KWIM. Does he really have to wear one or is ok for just his jacket KWIM. The girls all 3 of them(well plus mommy nana meme) cant wait to dress up LOL. Something we dont get to do much. Is a simple black dress ok for my preteens?? Do you think it would be ok for my youngest daughter to wear her bell dress that mommy made??

 

[Griffin33]

If the kids want to dress up and are comfortable in dressy clothing, great. If you son doesn't want to wear a button down shirt or tie, it doesn't matter one little bit IMHO.

There is a great deal of latitude in what the grownups wear on formal night and even more latitude for the kids! Last time, my son wore a nice golf shirt and khakis. He looked sharp and was comfy.

Your preteens will look great in black dresses.

My party will be the ones not wearing tuxedos, not wearing formal ball gowns, not wearing ties. We play dress up enough in the real world. We will wear nice, comfortable clothing and will have a great time.

The exception, of course, is Palo night....I'll wear a sport coat but no tie.

 

[lilofan]

We are celebrating an anniversary so we will dress up big time on one formal night but go more casual on the other. As others have said, there is a great deal of latitude and the most important thing to wear is a smile.

 

[dan and scott]

Anyone else still in a GTY status for their room?

I just added another person to our reservation (Scotts mom) and still no room number!

Dan

 

[dan and scott]

We also do not dress up for formal night! I am on vacation and choose not to do this-but several people do dress up-it goes both ways!

Dan

 

[Griffin33]

Anyone else still in a GTY status for their room?

I just added another person to our reservation (Scotts mom) and still no room number!

Dan

We booked our same room as last cruise (Roy Suite) so I guess this doesn't apply to us. What is GTY?

 

[dan and scott]

Guarantee status-you hae the Category number but not the room number!

Dan

 

[Mommy2abunch]

We got our cabins today from Make a Wish Now if someone could tell me if 2630 & 2632 are the ones with the adjoining door KWIM also we will have 2592. And our dads are also going to be joining us for sure I am soooo ready to go LMAO

We got our fight info today too.

 

[dan and scott]

Rooms 2630 and 2632 are not connecting rooms. They are adjoining but do not have the interior door inside to get from one room to the other.

dan

 

[Mommy2abunch]

Thanks Dan That is what I thought but when I looked on the DCL site it kinda looked like a door that swing

No biggy LOL We are splitting up kids between each grandparent and us. My mom and step dad will get Jaykob the Wish Kiddo LOL

 

[MyLove4Disney]

You can count me and my daughter in. We are making this our 2nd cruise and celebrating her 21st birthday. Her birthday is actually 12/26 and she informs me that she is going to celebrating it everyday until we get back. We both can't wait. We are going to WDW 5 days before to enjoy the parks. I am even using my air miles to get there from CA and flying 1st class all the way for $20 can't bet that.

this is how we are feeling. We are getting all our clothing ready. Last time we didn't know about the theme nights, bet we are going to be ready this time. I know some don't like to dress up but we are going all the way. 1 formal night, 1 semi-formal, 1 pirates night, and some cools stuff for the adults only lounge 60' 70' and 80's themes. Hey for the adults going it really is great at Rock'n Bar D you gotta just go and do things that you might not do at home. My daughter a music major in college is going to sign up for the guest talent show and she is really excited about that. Last cruise we didn't go, but heard it was a riot. Some really good and some not so good.

We can't wait to see Castaway Cay, last time the current was going the wrong direction and we couldn't pull into port, the Capt'n tried 3 times, we were disappointed, but still had a great time on the ship.

I enjoy reading about everyone elses adventures and expectations, keep writing now that it is getting so close.

 

[dan and scott]

Welcome MyLove4Disney!

Dan

 

[lilofan]

Question to some of you veteran cruisers, if we book Palo on the last night (Friday) will we miss anything special or is that a good night to go?

 

[Griffin33]

Lilofan -

The general feeling from people is that Friday is not a good night for Palo reservations for a number of reasons. First, you will have just had an exhausting, sandy day on Castaway Cay and may not want to dress your best. Secondly, you may need some extra time packing and getting your suitcases out so you may not want to have a late night. And third, you will not see your servers on the last night when they usually do something special for the kids and also traditionally are thanked and given their gratuities.

That being said, if the only night you can do it is Friday, then by all means, you should do it anyway!

 

[NancyDVC]

Hi all,
We enjoy dressing up for the formal and semi formal nights, but we don't go crazy. Just something long and pretty. But then being 2 'mature' ladies what else have we got to do?
I missed pirates night on our last cruise because I was confined to the room due to a stomach virus. i am looking forward to it this time around.

I was just reading in my Pasporter that the most misses of docking at CC are in January & February I am telling myself not to worry. If we made it last time (we the first ones back to CC after Hurricane Frances) then we will make it this time.

Hmm I forgot we could make our Palo ressies already. I have no clue what night we want to go. I better get planning!

TTFN

 

[MyLove4Disney]

Hi all,
I was just reading in my Pasporter that the most misses of docking at CC are in January & February I am telling myself not to worry. If we made it last time (we the first ones back to CC after Hurricane Frances) then we will make it this time.

Hmm I forgot we could make our Palo ressies already. I have no clue what night we want to go. I better get planning!

TTFN

Hi NancyDVC, I hope for goovibes also as last year Feb 5-12 my daughter and I made the same cruise and we didn't get to go into to CC port, we were disappointed as we were mostly excited about laying out on the beach and really enjoying the ocean we really didn't do that at the other two ports, but it didn't happen. Also we saved all our gadget and small gift spending money for CC so our friends all got the same souvenirs from the ships limited shopping. Soooooo I hope we make it.

FYI I booked at Palo's on Sunday night at 8pm is seemed to be the most open night to us. Based on Last Years events schedule.

Hope to maybe meet you on the crusie. TTYL

MyLove4Disney

 

[RobynC]

Mommy2abunch---I'm not sure how old your little ones are but by the second night on our first cruise we found that it just wasn't worth getting the kids dressed for dinner each night and having them sit for a formal dinner (especially since they would only eat chicken nuggets or hot dogs). We started checking them into the kid's club before we went to dinner. They ate there (if you had them there by a certain time) and had a great time while the grown-ups enjoyed a nice dinner without the whine! We felt like geniuses after we started doing this!

 

[RobynC]

I have a question ON formal night do the kids(namely the lil ones) really dress up?? Jaykob and Mikey have suits and Mikey is soo ready to wear his LOL Jaykob on the other hand(this is his wish BTW from Make a wish He has had 3 open heart surgeries and his scar can be bother some by shirts like his button downs KWIM He loves to dress up but I know he would never keep a tie on KWIM. Does he really have to wear one or is ok for just his jacket KWIM. The girls all 3 of them(well plus mommy nana meme) cant wait to dress up LOL. Something we dont get to do much. Is a simple black dress ok for my preteens?? Do you think it would be ok for my youngest daughter to wear her bell dress that mommy made??

Mommy2abunch---I'm not sure how old your little ones are but by the second night on our first cruise we found that it just wasn't worth getting the kids dressed for dinner each night and having them sit for a formal dinner (especially since they would only eat chicken nuggets or hot dogs). We started checking them into the kid's club before we went to dinner. They ate there (if you had them there by a certain time) and had a great time while the grown-ups enjoyed a nice dinner without the whine! We felt like geniuses after we started doing this!

 

[budwmn]

Hello to everyone. Glad to see this thread has had some action lately. I started it a while ago, but then was worried that I was going to have to cancel the cruise. My doctors thought I had thyroid cancer. I just had it removed a week ago (of course right when my final payment was due). I received the biopsy reports and it was benign -- no cancer! First thing I did after calling family members was book our air arrangements for January. Finally, the trip feels real and I can't wait.

lilofan - In regards to your question about dining the last night at Palo, it can be nice. We've done it twice. It just takes some planning. Tip your waiters on Thursday night. That's not really a big deal. Packing isn't that bad because you're just loading up dirty clothes into a bag. Dinner at Palo ends the cruise on a real high note.

 

[Griffin33]

Hi Jenny -

Glad to hear that you are okay and will be joining us!