July 27 - 7 Day Eastern Cruise

[drl]

Thanks so much for the warm welcome. My sons names are Conner (the oldest) and Chase. They are very excited!! I'm afraid we're at the bottom of the ship on Deck 1. We have Cat. 10 rooms (1049 & 1065 - my in-laws), but we are at the bottom. I hope these won't be too awful. I didn't know I could request a certain room when I booked. Next time I will. Hopefully we won't be spending very much time in the rooms anyway, right? My name is Dena and my husband is Noal. My in-laws are Harriet and Kenny. We don't have a picture to send. Sorry. I'll work on getting one next week. I did not get my shore excursions booked today - ran out of time. I wish I were adventurous enough to try navigating the islands without an excursion. Has anyone tried this? I'd be afraid we'd spend hours lost or something. I'm already taking a lot of ribbing from my father in law about the price of this cruise v. the other two non-Disney cruises they've been on. I'll never here the end of it if I get them lost in the Carribbean!! Any advice out there would be greatly appreciated. Oh yeah, one more thing I thought of - do I need to find the SeaSafe lotion somewhere, or is this sea lice thing a rarity? Thanks again, Dena

 

[drl]

of course I meant "I'll never HEAR the end of it"... I got distracted!!

 

[grandmalinda]

Hi, Dena What an awful thing to happen to Connor! Poor baby. It's amazing how fast the little ones bounce back, isn't it? He needs this vacation more than anyone!! Don't feel as if you are on the bottom.....I am in category 12 with my two granddaughters (Danielle 8 1/2 and Kylie 5 1/2). I think I'm next to the crew. From the great things I hear about the crew, this could be a good thing. I don't even have an assigned room yet! There are some great tips posted on this forum. Tell your FIL there may be other cruises but there is only ONE Disney cruise line. Everyone keeps coming back so it must be worthwhile. I went to WalMart today and purchased several large tubes of sunblock: Sea & Ski spf 50 ($6.46 ea.). It is pink. yellow cap and says BABY at the bottom. The important thing is it has zinc oxide. I saw a report recently that said the only ones to buy must have either Parsol or Zinc Oxide in them. Hear horror stories about that Caribbean sun. Also got some Solarcaine, just in case.

 

[drl]

Okay, I'm evidently getting excited about this trip, because I'm up at 1:00 in the morning thinking of more questions to ask! I was wondering if I can find out our dining rotation schedule ahead of time. I'd like to make Palo res. for both DH and I and my in-laws. I don't want to miss anything in the other dining rooms, though, so how do I choose a night? I've read so many great tips, I'm starting to feel like I know what I'm doing. Thanks so much!! Maybe I can sleep now.

 

[ZooMommy]

Hi drl! I'm up at 1:00 a.m. too! LOL Then again, that's still a little early for me to go to bed! You should've been given a choice on your dining rotation when you made your reservations; at least, we were able to make them thru our TA. If you didn't, you might try calling your TA or Disney cruise line to see what they have available. I still don't know when we want to go to Palo's or the spa....sigh....choices, choices!

 

[MICKEY'S DREAMERS]

And we are already awake here
So excited ... yesterday evening we got our cruise documents
Marco & Laura

 

[drl]

Morning. I know we have the late seating, which I understand has been moved from 8:30 to 7:45. ( We got a letter regarding this change in our docs. This suits us fine, but I wouldn't want to have the 5:30 seating! I'm assuming they have also changed the show schedules to match - does anyone know? )I was wondering how to figure out which dining rooms we would be in on which nights. I read somewhere about the different rotation schedules. I don't know how to decide which dining room, theme night, etc., to miss.

Marco, what part of Italy are you from? DH and I spent a week skiing in Courmayeur before our kids were born. So beautiful!!! When the kids get a little bigger we want to take them back and also see other parts of the country. We had them both on skiis last winter!

 

[MICKEY'S DREAMERS]

Hello everybody !



So we got our documents!
DHL is always very reliable and very on time (our US TA DHLled them to us).
WOW ... Laura is acting like this guy

Can't wait to set sail, can't wait to meet all our new friends

drl:
we come from Milan (Northern Italy, approx 200 miles from Courmayeur) Glad you have nice memories about our country!
While we are on the cruise you are very welcome to ask any question could help programming your next Italian vacation with the kids!
Did you like Italian food? They say that Palo is featuring high cuisine from Northern Italy

Concerning "Rotation", the rule looks like:

· Have a lot of little ones...count on Animator’s, Parrot Cay then Lumiere’s.
· Have say 7-10 year olds...count on Parrot Cay, Lumiere’s and then Animator’s
· Have older teens, senior citizens, honeymooners, or just adults...count on Lumiere’s, Animator’s and then Parrot Cay.

So, drl, I assume you will be APLAPLA.

By the way with any rotation, day 4 (tuesday) will be the day when you will dine in the same restaurant that you see three times. We will go to PALO that day.

BACI E ABBRACCI (kisses and hugs) FROM ITALY

Marco & Laura

 

[Paintballbusters]

FYI --- Beachgirls mom and I went to Big Lots in Shawnee and just happened to find some sunscreen that is saltwater safe. It is called Iguana Sport and one of the girls that works in the store was from Hawaii and she said she used it all the time and it doesn't come off in the ocean like the other stuff. This will be very useful especially since we blistered on our last cruise while snorkeling. We looked very funny -- the front of us was white and the back of us was beat red and we were very sore. We were glad that Castaway Cay was the last day of the cruise as this was when we blistered. Hope this helps you newcomers.

 

[MICKEY'S DREAMERS]

next post will be the "last" version.
It includes drl.

If you like to receive the updated word file, just email me.
m.dinaro@tin.it

ciao

 

[MICKEY'S DREAMERS]

Marco1
Marco 49
DW Laura 49
Milano – Italy
Second seating
Stateroom 7507

Zoomommy
Tracy 40
DH Russell 44 (almost 45)
MIL Shirley 61
DD Devin 11
DS Greg 6
Chicago - Illinois
Staterooms 6144 / 6146

D.A.P.& I.
Anne 41
DH Doug 41
DD Paige 8
DS Ian 4
Hickory – North Carolina
Grandpa Bob 75 while on board !
Grandma Jeane 74
Augusta - Georgia
Second seating (waiting list for the first)
5504

Beachgirls
Tyla 37
DD Tiffini 16 (almost)
DD Taylor 10 1/ 2 (almost 11)
Oklahoma
Second seating
6078
sister of Paintballbuster

Paintballbuster
Brandi 38
DH Justin 39
DS Justin S. (AKA Justin S. or Scotty) 15 1/2
DD Callie 12 1 / 2
DM’s Mom Bev 55
Oklahoma
Second seating
8046
sister of Beachgirls

Grandmalinda
Linda
DGD Danielle 8
DGD Kylie 5
San Diego - California
Cat 12 stateroom

LDB1030
Lisa
DH Jim
DD Alexa 11
Lisa’s Sister Mary, Cassy, Will (20 months)
All from Kansas
Lisa’s Sister Julie (San Francisco)
First Seating
Deck 5 – 3 x Cat 7, 1 cat 6 staterooms

54Suzie
DH
MIL
FIL
SIL + Husband + other friends
California
Deck 7

CruelladeVille
Karen
DD 15
Eugene – Oregon
Second seating
Stateroom 7628 welcome aboard again

Buzz2
DW
DS 9
DD 5

drl
Dena
DH Noal
DS Conner 5 1/ 2
DD Chase 4 1/ 2
1049
MIL
FIL
1065
Virginia

 

[drl]

Thanks for the info on dinner - that makes it easier. Looks like Tuesday will be when we try for Palo's, too. We love Italian food; however, we rarely get to enjoy "real" Italian as we don't have many good restaurants where we live. We'll look forward to trying Palo's. Guess I'll start tomorrow trying to round up stuff to pack. With all the good ideas I've heard about things to take, ziplocs, coolers, etc., I wonder how we'll fit in any clothes!?! My boys are bouncing off the walls with excitement and we still have weeks to go! We're gonna go see Lilo & Stitch tomorrow - they might be running it on the ship, but I don't think we can wait. Maybe that will settle them down some! Talk to you later!

 

[ZooMommy]

Gee, no posts from anyone for the last five days?? What has everyone been doing? Devin and Greg have been in swimming lessons this week (Greg actually got his face wet! LOL Devin's diving into the deep end trying to scare me!) I WAS going to go thru our cruise clothes today, but I took a nap instead... it's too hot to do anything else.

We're still waiting on our cruise docs here. I'm also still waiting to get Devin's birth certificate. I called the bureau in Texas responsible and they said give it another week, but she's "in the system." Whatever the heck that means....

The dog is sitting on my feet trying to get me to go feed her so I'd best hurry up before she takes a chunk out of my ankle!

 

[MICKEY'S DREAMERS]

Hallo everybody !
have you checked the 360 degrees view of the magic?
Marco & Laura

http://www.mytravelco.com/cruises/cruiseship/360/cruiseships.asp?Media_Type=2&SN=815&SC=DM&brand=999

 

[D A P & I]

Thanks Marco & Laura for the great tip! We are running around getting everything together.
I hope everyone is as EXCITED as we are about it being less than 30 days away! See you all soon.

Anne


(grandparents)

 

[drl]

Thanks Marco & Laura for the great site tip. It's nice to be able to get acclamated early! We saw Lilo & Stitch last week - the kids loved it. They hope it is running on the ship so they can see it again! I booked our shore excursions, too. Had to compromise and do things that suited all six of us. I'm sure we'll have a great time no matter what. Anyone doing the "Under 2 flags tour" on St. Maarten or the St. John tour? I figure we'll spend the afternoon on St. Thomas that day on our own as the St. John tour is during the a.m. My kids are a little small for snorkeling so all those were pretty much out. Maybe next time! Zoomommy, my boys are going to swim lessons next week. My four yr. old decided he was a fish, though, so he may not be in the right class level anymore! He went from not wanting to put his face in to staying under all the time in a matter of 3 days time. We joined a pool for the first time this year, so we've been going several times a week. It's amazing what a difference it has made in their confidence levels. By the time we leave for the cruise they may be ready to snorkel - who knows!? Well, off to church for us - we had Bible school last week. The summer's flying by! Bye.

 

[CruellaDuVille]

Is there still time for liposuction?

 

[ZooMommy]

Originally posted by CruellaDuVille
Is there still time for liposuction?

I hear ya! Russell said absolutely not to liposuction for me... of course, that was many years ago and it doesn't still count, does it? All I know is, the swimsuit I ordered from Land's End does NOT make me look like the lady in the catalog.... That's why they put those pictures in there, isn't it? I look like this little "thing" Really, I do! LOL Actually, I don't much care any more - I'm 40, flabby and fabulous!

Everyone packed yet?

Hey, drl, how'd your little one get to where he stayed under water? I even tried to bribe Greg with a huge Bionicle set if he'd hold his nose and jump off the side without holding the teacher's hand! LOL It didn't work, so he saved me some bucks, but still... Devin turned into the fish this time (which I never thought SHE'D do, either!) I was going to buy a membership to the community pool here, but we're going on this cruise instead! There's always next summer, though!

It's 95 degrees here today; please tell me it won't be this hot on the cruise....

 

[MICKEY'S DREAMERS]

"It's 95 degrees here today; please tell me it won't be this hot on the cruise...."

It will be more
marco

 

[ZooMommy]

Originally posted by marco1
It will be more
marco

Marco, that is NOT what I wanted to hear.... I'm already feeling like this guy.... LOL