July 27 - 7 Day Eastern Cruise

[drl]

Hey Tracy, great minds must think alike. I went to the Disney store today and bought some of the little things for 75% off! I thought I'd maybe leave one on each of the boys' pillows at night, kind of like a little gift from Mickey. I'm hoping that will keep us from having to do too much souvenir shopping on the ship. Not that I mind the shopping, just that I'm sure the Disney logo stuff will be super expensive.

Welcome to the new families!! Looking forward to meeting you!

 

[D A P & I]

WELCOME,WELCOME,WELCOME!!!!
Glad to have you Luckymom and family. Also to Sungirl and family.
Hope EVERYONE has a GREAT trip.

Anne


(grandparents)

 

[luckymom]

I have been glued to the computer since finding this site yesterday - great info!! My first goal was to find out about the quality of the excursions offered on the cruise. Right now my husband has signed up for the scuba in St. Maarten - anyone else going?

Also, I am very excited about meeting everyone at 3:00 by the pool. Will this give us enough time with the Lifeboat Drill - where does that happen?? See you all soon!!!

 

[ZooMommy]

Hi Luckymom! Glad you can holler on here now! Welcome aboard! What are the ages of yours and Marla's kids? Greg's hoping for some more 6yo boys! LOL

I went to the Disney store today and couldn't find any good trinkets... rats! They had a lot of mini beanies in costume (Chinese year of whatever) but we sure don't need any more stuffed critters around here.

Is anyone going thru A Perfect Gift (Shirley's site) for cruise baskets? I'm sending her a beach bucket with lots of little things in it for the kids. The only thing she needs to add to it will be snacks and water bottles (I still haven't gotten used to the idea of drinking sea water, even if it has been cleaned up!) I got the kids some beach towels (on sale, of course!) and 1 mini beanie each. Hopefully, that'll keep my cost down, although she does have very good prices.

My MIL informed me today that she has to have a wheelchair for getting around, so we'll need to take ours with us. Has anyone any experience with taking something like that? Surely it doesn't count as a piece of luggage, would it? I'd be more inclined to rent one, but she's concerned about the cost.

Anyone heard anything about what movies are going to be playing on board? We hope Country Bears will be on there since it opens the 26th; it looks cute!

Talk to y'all later, taters!

 

[D A P & I]

Good Morning everyone! We are so looking forward to meeting everyone.
Luckymom tell us about your family. Our daughter Paige is 8 1/2 now and our son Ian is 4 1/2 now. We just celebrated their half birthday's so they are offical. LOL


We are winging it on our own, instead of excursions, so we will see what happens

Hope all have a great day and we'll see you all REALLY soon.

Marco please send me a WORD copy of the list Thanks!!!

Anne


(grandparents)

 

[luckymom]

Hi Everyone! I've sent Marco the info directly, as before I was having trouble posting. But now, for the rest of you! We are Colleen and Terry of Florida (not so sunny at this time). We have three kids, DD Shannon 12.5, DD Taylor 9, and the best of all Michael 14mo. Our friends, Marla and Paul are also on the cruise with their DD Ashley 10 and DS Paul 8. I am as excited as the rest of you about this cruise and I'm so thankful to the Beachgirls for starting this thread. I've been telling my family about all of you and the're starting the get to know you like I do. Shannon is very happy to hear that there are other 12.5 y/o DDs, and Paul was hoping for more boys as he is always outnumbered. My kids are planning on doing the Lab most of the time and are hoping for Lilo and Stitch at the movies!! Marla and I are looking forward to the beaches. Has anyone found a nice beach in St. Martin that does not have a bundh of naked people? Also, to ldb1030, what are you planning on doing with Will? Since I am a stay at home mom, Michael has never been to a daycare setting and I don't know how I will deal with it. Well, i hope the weather is better at sea that it has been here - I can't believe how much rain we have had.
I'm still looking for scuba divers

As far as birth certificates, mine do not have a raised seal, but they all have a watermark or purple ink, or something like that. Has anyone found out about how exactly a cert has to be prepared?

I'm so excited!! I can't wait to see the sun!!

 

[ldb1030]

Hi luckymom!

Well, Will is the BRAND NEW son of my sis and her partner! They adopted him from Ukraine and have just been back in the states with him since June 19th! He is a doll and totally a member of our family! He is very tiny for 20months so he and Michael might just have alot of fun playing around!
Last time we talked about it, they do not plan on putting him in Flounders just because it's too soon! He's just getting adjusted to his new family and very well I must say! I think he'll mostly be hanging out with all of us! Between all the family members going, SOMEONE will gladly be with him!


Do you have 1st or 2nd seating?

 

[luckymom]

Hi Lisa! We have second seating and from what I can tell we will have the APLAPLA seating. Will sounds adorable!! Is he walking yet? That's Michael new thing. I'm considering Flouders but I think he can also go to the Club as long as I am with him. I'm kind of anxious about Flouders, has anyone heard anything?

 

[ldb1030]

luckymom! I know they'll take advantage of the family time! He love getting on the floor and playing!
He is not walking yet but pretty darn close! He does great of course if we are holding hands!
We have 1st seating and I won't even guess what rotation we'll get since we have a baby AND seniors! We'll just be happily surprised with whatever we get!
also, I've never heard anything bad about Flounders but we've never experienced it!

 

[beachgirls]

Hey Luckymom - My DD, Taylor, will totally enjoy meeting your 9 year old DD, Taylor - that will make for great times ahead.

I'm so glad I started this thread also - we've all met new and exciting friends and we just can't wait to meet everyone.

I think all our kids will have their own club going before the cruise is over with!!!!

 

[ZooMommy]

Originally posted by luckymom
Hi Everyone! We are Colleen and Terry of Florida (not so sunny at this time). We have three kids, DD Shannon 12.5, DD Taylor 9, and the best of all Michael 14mo. Our friends, Marla and Paul are also on the cruise with their DD Ashley 10 and DS Paul 8. I'm still looking for scuba divers...

As far as birth certificates, mine do not have a raised seal, but they all have a watermark or purple ink, or something like that. Has anyone found out about how exactly a cert has to be prepared?

Hi Colleen! Sorry, no scuba divers in our family, but Devin and I will be snorkeling on Castaway Cay, though! Devin is 11.5 and she's glad to hear that Ashley, Shannon and Taylor are in her age group! Although Devin was mostly excited about Michael and Will! LOL She'll make a wonderful mom someday! I'm a stay-in-the-minivan mom and my kids didn't go to daycare until they were about 3, but it was always with our church so they knew all the kids and adults that were with them. I take that back, Greg was an extremely difficult baby (major colic and tummy problems) so he went once a week for 6 weeks during the summer when he was 6 months old! I needed a break back then!

I don't know about your birth certs; I'd think you'll be ok if they're printed with ink that you wouldn't normally have on a regular printer and, of course, the watermark should make a difference. Devin's b/c from Texas doesn't have a round raised seal on it, but it has a date stamp on it from June 2002, so I'm hoping they won't refuse her....

Tyla, have you gotten luggage yet???? Grab your sis and get goin', girl! Time's a'wastin' now.... I guess I'm gonna have to bite the bullet and scrounge around in the basement for ours. Maybe Russell and I should draw straws! It'd be nice to be able to walk thru my bedroom without tripping over stuff!!! I was teasing Russell and I told him I was going to bring a steamer trunk for my stuff; he actually thought I bought one! He wanted to know which kid would be carrying it... I let him stew on it for a while before I told him I hadn't! I'm so mean to him!

 

[beachgirls]

Well, I've got a carry bag on at least but nothing else!! I'm going to try and get one of those shoe holders to put on the bathroom door! I'm pushing my sis, but I think I'll have to just go get one while I'm out - we've both got so much going on in our work world and plus, I'm leaving several days before she is anyway to get out to Florida. But I'll be ready by the time we leave on the 24th I'll guarantee you that much! I may have to put it all in a big huge black trashbag LOL but I'll get there!!! LOL

LuckyMom - I just told my dauther about your Taylor - and she practically screamed in my ear with joy - but she's worried that she won't be in her "club" group due to her age - but I told Taylor that she could still do things with her outside the club if she didn't stay in the club all the time. She's also glad to hear another 10 year old (Ashley) will be on board as well. My sister (paintballbusters) husband and her son who's 15 are going scuba diving but I can't remember which island. I'll have to get her back on the board to tell you. Her hubby and son got scuba certified about a month ago.

I had to get my birth certificate from Texas also but along with original kind, I bought the wallet kind as well - I'm taking both as I don't know what they'll say about the wallet size one that I got. It would be perfect in my wallet. I don't think anyone will have any trouble with the birth certificates - I would imagine they've seen all kinds.

Does anyone out there planning on going to the gym or workout room - I've been trying to workout at the gym on my lunch hours and I want to continue on the ship, but I'm going to do it early in the mornings so as not to disturb the rest of my fun filled days!!!

I guarantee the food I plan on eating I'd better do a crash diet before I leave LOL SOMETHING ABOUT those cookies everyone's talking about on these boards - gosh - I've already gained a couple of pounds just thinking about them!!!

 

[grandmalinda]

Been re-reading prior posts and taking notes. Came across one that said we could reserve the dining rotation by calling 1-800-395-9374. I've read that Lumiere's is the place to be on our formal night (Sun.) so the dining order would be PLAPLAP. I phoned and spoke to a really nice woman who said she would send an email to the dining dept. requesting that rotation. She also said she would request early dining. She also assured me there would be no problem reserving excursions once on board. Linda

 

[beachgirls]

Why does it make a different where you eat on what night ? Is there some special reason to be in a particular restaurant on a particular night - I'm a first timer remember so I dont' know!

 

[ZooMommy]

Originally posted by beachgirls
Why does it make a different where you eat on what night ? Is there some special reason to be in a particular restaurant on a particular night - I'm a first timer remember so I dont' know!

I have no idea, Tyla! I just want us to be in Parrot Cay for tropical night (Tuesday) They won't be able to differentiate between us and the parrots! I'm on the phone with them now - she's emailing them to tell them we want the PLAPLAP rotation - keepin' our fingers crossed!!!!

 

[beachgirls]

Okay - I was afraid there was something I didn't know about. I guess I don't really care where I go but your probably a head of the game by being where you want to be on a particular night. Thanks for the info - I'll have to give my sis a call and find out what we're doing. Thanks,

 

[MICKEY'S DREAMERS]

If I understand correctly, dinners will be the following:

Saturday: "Your Restaurant"
Sunday: Formal (Master Chef dinner)
Monday: "Your Restaurant"
Tuesday: Tropical
Wendesday: "Your Restaurant"
Thursday: Semiformal (Captain Gala dinner)
Friday: It's a Small World (food from several countries)

"Your Restaurant" means that the dinner will be specific of the restaurant where you will be that evening.

So "Your Restaurant" means:
"The color changes" at the Animator
An elegant dinner at Lumiere
Caribbean food at Parrot Cay

So with this information you can decide which rotation you like best!
Ciao
Marco & Laura

 

[beachgirls]

Hi Sungirl2356 - just talked to my sister (paintballbusters) and wanted you to know they are on Deck 8 also in room 8046. Maybe they will be close to you. She just wanted you to know where they will be.

 

[MICKEY'S DREAMERS]

WOW !!!!!!!!

In two weeks ...in this moment ... we will be on the plane flying to Miami ... and to meet our new friends !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





Can't wait to meet you all !!!!

Grandma Linda : how is your PACKING for two cruises ?
Did you and your friends already choose excursions in Italy ?Need some "Italian" advise ?


Everyone : what are you , ladies, packing for semiformal night ?
Maybe I still have to do some shopping !!!!!!!!



Tracy : can you please check your e-mail ? I'm sending a message ... BUT they say ...error ... and no DH here around !!


salutoni Laura

 

[D A P & I]

Hey Laura!
We are going all out with Doug in a tux and I have bead dresses. Even the little ones are going to be decked out! Ian looks so precious in his Tux and Paige in her long gown.
This maybe our only chance at a really formal picture, so we are going for it.
I am sure that know matter what you wear you will be beautiful, and we all will feel special.

CINDERELLA WATCH OUT! LOL

Anne


(grandparents)