July 27 - 7 Day Eastern Cruise

[luckymom]

Hi Laura,
Terry is wearing his tux and I have a long gown. It will be fun to get dressed up!

For all the birth cert questions, I called Dan at the Documentation Center for DCL and he stated that a cert with a watermark or a certification stamp is fine. Not all states have "little bumps" on their certificates. So we're good there!

As for excursions - Lisa, we will also be on the under 2 flags while Terry is diving in St. Martin. Beachgirls, did you find out where your group is diving?

And Marco, how do you know so much about the DCL? Have you been on the cruise before?

BTW - the sun was out for a short time this am in south Florida. I sure am getting tired of all this rain - Can't wait to catch some rays!!!

 

[beachgirls]

Hey send some of that rain to Oklahoma - we could sure use it. My sis tells me that they are scuba diving at St. Thomas.

 

[drl]

Hey everybody. Laura, I'm taking a black velvet and satin gown (not long), a long black satin gown, and a black dress with deep red lace overlay that can go either formal or not. Am I overdoing it? I figured two formal nights, plus Palo's is formal, right? Noal does not plan on taking a tux, but is planning to wear dark suits. The boys have dark navy suits they will have to wear twice, I guess, with different shirts and ties. We don't get a lot of chances to really dress up except for around the holidays, so I'm kind of looking forward to it.

Hi Lisa. We will be on the Under 2 Flags tour as well. There are six of us - Noal, myself, two boys, and my in-laws. So we'll see you there!

Well, if I find any more stuff to pack there won't be room in the van for all of us. Someone told me to just plan on wearing the same clothes more than once so I wouldn't have so much to pack. I don't know about the rest of you moms, but my clothes don't tend to stay clean through one wearing, much less two. Invariably, one child or the other will wipe his hands, face, nose, whatever on me at some point. And I sure don't want to spend my time doing laundry. I'd rather take everything I own and wash it all when I get home! I broke down and bought the cargo carrier at Target. Tracy agrees that Noal has to have somewhere to ride!! LOL.

Our plan is to drive from Richmond to Jacksonville on Friday. We're thinking that we'll have about two more hours of driving on Saturday to the port. Does that sound right?

Talk to you later.

 

[ldb1030]

Hi drl and luckymom! I will tell my Mom/Dad/Cassy/Alexa/Will that our new friends will also be on the "under 2 flags" tour!!!

 

[luckymom]

Two hours is about right from Jacksonville assuming you stay on the South part of town. If you stay on the North siade allow for another 25 minujavascript:smilie('')
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[ZooMommy]

Gee, it sounds like all the ladies like to dress up, but not me! I must not be a "lady!" I will be in formal wear, but I will not like it while I'm in it... my idea of dressing up is making sure my jeans don't have holes in them.... Russell is taking his one black suit with different shirts and ties, Devin is a lady and wants to dress up and so is Granny. Greg couldn't care less just as long as dessert is served! LOL Do we have to wear semi-formal to Palo's?

Laura, I got your "Italian" email and was busy looking up words, but I don't think I got them all! Is "forti" the plural of "forte?" I couldn't find forti in my book... AOL has been giving me fits for the last couple of days so I don't think the problem with email is on your end. AOL hates me.... That's ok, I'm tempted to cancel it....

Good night, y'all!

 

[grandmalinda]

Hi, Marco and everyone Yes, I'm finally getting it together for my two back to back cruises. I've traveled a lot and haven't needed half the stuff I hear I need....bubbles, fan, 99 cent rafts, ext. cord, lanyards, business cards, comb for braids, underwater cameras, air freshener, aloe vera, water shoes, Downey wrinkle releaser, OFF repellent, ear plugs, expandable accordian file, baggies, xtra hangers, shoe hanger for door, binoculars, a pillowcase, yada, yada, yada. Then again, I've never been on a Disney cruise before!
For the formal night I'm wearing a Jean-Louis Scherrer couture long black gown I bought in Paris for a Millennium gala. Don't know where I'll wear it again except on these two cruises. Might as well get some use out of it. I better check and see what the girls are wearing.
Today, Marco, I was on a gondola ride in San Diego!!!! A group of us took real Italian gondolas with singing gondoliers (???), wine and appetizers thru some "canals". We could have stayed all day. Hard to believe that on Aug. 7th, I'll be in Venice, Italy on another gondola ride. The excursion is 40 mins. thru the canals, Murano glass factory, Doge's palace, St. Mark's Sq. Also doing a "Hidden Venice walking tour" to Campo San Polo, Riva del Vin, Church of La Pieta, Campo San Giovanni e Paolo, etc. Two days after I return from the 2nd cruise, I'm going to my high school reunion. Of course, I'll be waddling. In a muu-muu.

 

[Cyberkashi]

We were not going to take formal wear but now I am rethinking. I have a sequined gown but Scott no longer fits into his tux and the rental is too expensive for a dinner. For the same money we can buy him another suit (almost) and I think we will do that.

We have late seating, and I am thinking about requesting the PLAPLAP rotation so that we will be on the same rotation as many of you. I do like being in the tropical restaurant on Tropical night, but the formal night I could take or leave. We are spending three days in Disney before the cruise and 6 days after the cruise so I really don't need more to pack.

I have read some discussion about the excursions. We are going to hte butterfly farm in St. Martin. I have been to St. Martin a couple of times before but only on the Dutch side. I have been told that the French side is much more interesting.

In St. Thomas, Jazi & I will walk through town and go shopping. Scott wants to take the Submarine tour/ride.

We don't plan to book a trip on the Cay--just snorkel and play in the ocean.

Anyone with similar plans as ours for the islands?

 

[grandmalinda]

TODAY, JULY 11th, IS CruellaDuVille's BIRTHDAY!!!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KAREN!!!!

 

[D A P & I]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAREN!

HOPE IT IS FANTASTIC!

Anne

 

[MICKEY'S DREAMERS]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY , KAREN !!!!!

We are sure you will have a VERY SPECIAL day !!!!



CIAO !! Laura & Marco

 

[drl]

Happy Birthday Karen!! You'll have to let them know it's your birthday on the cruise so you can celebrate again!!

 

[beachgirls]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAREN!!! SORRY I'M A DAY LATE - ITS THE 12TH FOR ME IN OKC

CYBERKASHI - my mom and all three grandkids are doing the butterfly tour as well.

We, like you also, aren't really doing much on Cay - we've rented snorkel equipment; my oldest daughter is doing the parasailing and then several of us are going to do the banana boat ride - that's about the extent of Cay for us.

 

[ldb1030]

I can't believe 2 weeks from today, we'll be flying to Orlando! I'm starting to panic!

Tracy- about formal night, I'm just wearing a short, black silk dress that I got for next to nothing on clearance the end of last summer! Have no idea about semi-formal night yet but no matter WHAT you wear, it'll be fine! What ever you feel comfortable in is what will work and you don't need to go out and spend lots of $$ on something you will never wear again!

 

[MICKEY'S DREAMERS]

Originally posted by luckymom


And Marco, how do you know so much about the DCL? Have you been on the cruise before?

We have not been on a Disney Cruise before, but having been in several other cruises we know already how things work on a cruise ship.

Besides we have checked carefully some sites with lot of specific information on the Disney Cruises:

http://www.castawayclub.com/
http://dcltribute.com/
http://hometown.aol.com/entropym/pages/index.htm

Ciao
Marco & Laura

 

[luckymom]

Hi Marco! There does seem to be lots of info on the web and you seem to have done your homework quite well. Thanks for the links. I found the guide to be quite informative. I've especially enjoyed reading all the comments about the Surial bath - it's so entertaining

Happy Belated Birthday to Karen!!

I think I finally have everything "planned" for what we are going to do for the week - but of course, it is subject to change. Right now, all five of us are going on the "2 flags" tour in St. Martin and to Coki beach in St. Thomas where Terry plans to dive there instead of St. Martins. No plans for Castaway - just relax. DD Taylor went on the Wonder two years ago and she can't stop telling us how much fun Castaway Cay is just by itself. Although, she tells us she doesn't want to snorkel - we are going to work on it.

 

[Sungirl2356]

Hey guys

im sry i havent been postin nehting lately i have been so busy with gettin ready to pack and stuff like that...because i have basketball camp the week before and then i come home that friday and its goin to be really tirin

i hope i can meet a group of girls on the ship because then we can all hang out together and get to kno each other

im goin to have so much fun... my family and I are goin scuba divin but i dont know which island

 

[ZooMommy]

Happy belated birthday, Karen! How does it feel to now be "officially" younger than your dd? I sure hope they'll let you go in Palo's anyway!

 

[MICKEY'S DREAMERS]

just a few modifications in the file (luckymom, ldb1030 and DAPI).
As usual if you want the word file, just ask.
marco & laura

 

[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 1/2
DS Ian 4 1/2
Hickory – North Carolina
Grandpa Bob 75 while on board !
Grandma Jeane 74
Augusta - Georgia
Second seating
5504 5506

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
2519

LDB1030
Lisa 37
DH Jim 48
DD Alexa 11
Lisa’s Sister Mary, Cassy, Will (20 months)
Mom & dad
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

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

Cyberkashi
Jami
DH Scott
DD Jazmyn 5 ½
7066
Northern NJ

Sungirl2356
14
brothers 13 and 17
mom & dad
cat 4 deck 8
Massachusetts

Luckymom
Colleen
Terry
Shannon 12 ½
Taylor 9
Michael 14 mo
Florida
Cat 9 deck 2
+ friends Marla, Paul & kids Ashley 10, Paul 8
second seating