JULY 8TH 2006 - Eastern Magic - 070806 - 07082006 - 20060708

[linnied]

Oh my Goodness I just cant stand it any more. I am all of a sudden just .
So what do you all think - or should I say know ---
Will they be showing Pirates of the Caribbean 2 on our cruise since it opens the day before we sail??????

I think I am going to explode before July 8th roles around

 

[linnied]

I think I read somewhere this morning on one of these threads and now I cant find it - that there is a cold stone creamery where the ship docks in St. John/St. Thomas. Did I imagine that or is that true?

 

[MBFergie]

Yes there is a Cold Stone Creamery in St. Thomas. When you get off the ship it is to the left off all the shopping, kinda between the ship and the tram. Ask the crew memebers, last time we saw alot of ship personel in there or at the internet cafe that was next to it. Beware they are on Island Time, therefore very slow! For whatever reason my DD loves to stop there (we have one less the 1 mile from the house..go figure).

I am really getting excited too !!

 

[ljql_5969]

We are all excited here too!

My oldest DS turned 10 on 6/6! So yeah for him! His birthday party has me occupied right now or I would be bouncing off the walls waiting for our sail date to get here!!!

I thought that Pirates of the Caribbean was going to be coming out the week before we leave. It is cool that it is just coming out the day before! I hope we get to see it on the boat!

Talk to y'all later!!

 

[ljql_5969]

I wonder if somebody ended up getting into the Walt Disney suite? If nobody is in the suite for the cruise, would they (cast members) let you peek in it?

I would love to just see the inside of that room!

 

[MBFergie]

Couple of little questions.

Is anybody doing door signs? I can't decide.

Leanne (sp?) are you giving your 10 y/o sign out priviliges, still conflicted on this. I think he will be okay... Also tell you Birthday Boy..Happy Birthday. My DS has 9 more days to turn 10. How is his baseball season going?

 

[K&Z Cruizers]

Yes we are all doing door signs. None of the kids on our good will have sign out access.

 

[ljql_5969]

I have given him sign out priveleges bu told him they can be taken away very quickly.

Baseball was going well but we have hit kind of a slump and we have had ALOT of rainouts and make up games. Hit a lot of parent vacations so we have kids missing all the time. Hope your season is going well.

I did door signs for all 5 of the cabins in our party!

 

[linnied]

I am attempting door signs for at least our cabin. There are two others in our party but dont know if I will get around to doing for them. Computer problems and my poster program is stuck in my other computer that wont power up

My 11 year old will have sign out privilages, but like you ljql - they can be revoked.

I have a few questions for you pro's :

What is the disembark routine for US citizens?
Do we have to get off the ship by 9 AM?
We have a late afternoon flight and want to stay on board as long as possible because we do not know what to do until 3PM when we have to arrive at the airport!!!

Also we are huge krispy Kream lovers - where and when are these served onboard

 

[MBFergie]

Typically you disembark after your breakfast. If you have early dinner you have early breakfast. You cannot really wander the ship afterwards because they are cleaning up getting ready for the next cruise. Two years ago we were not able to disembark due to Hurricane Charlie causing problems and we were stuck onboard, even then nothing was open.

Have you considered going to the Kennedy Space Center http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/about/visit/index.html. You could always head back to Orlando and go to some of the outlet malls, downtown Disney or one of the short attractions like Ripleys Belive it or Not on I-drive. http://www.ripleysorlando.com/

I know the Krispy Creams are served on the breakfast buffet up in Topsiders. You may beable to get them at sit down breakfast too.

Baseball is going great. My DH coaches DS and they won their division championship. Now they are playing a Select Tournament (best 9 y/o) then we have All Star Try Outs. Don't think we will be on that because of cruise.
Hopefully the rain will stop and you have a great end to your season.

 

[ljql_5969]

Marie,

I was reviewing our schedule and I don't know if my stomach will be able to handle Palo Brunch and Palo High Tea on the same day. Our brunch is reserved for Thursday with my whole family and then I think the high tea that you had reserved is on Thursday also. I think I am going to have to regretfully decline because I think I would be sick to my stomach if I ate that much. I'm really sorry.

 

[linnied]

regarding the disembark - jee I am not even on board yet and I am concerned with getting off - since we have the late seating, then we would eat breakfast that day say around 9 ish, and then disembark around 10 ish?

 

[shanfl]

Hi we are cruising this on too. There will be 11 of us 4 kids ages 8 7,7,4 3 boys and 1 girl. Hope to meet you

 

[MBFergie]

Welcome Shanfl..What part of florida are you from? We live in South Florida.

Lin-I think 10ish is on the late side to disembark. Once you are done eating they kinda rush you off the ship. I am thinking late breakfast was 8ish, I know early breakfast is really early!! Have you decided on your DD curfew time? My stictist rules are NO KIDS IN ROOM & DON'T GO IN OTHERS KIDS ROOMS UNLESS WE GIVE PERMISSION (can't find me is not permission) and at the end of the evening no walking to room by yourself! I would rather she walk a new friend to her room and I wil meet her wherever she is.

I finished all my paperwork online today now to just pack and get on board!

 

[K&Z Cruizers]

I spoke to DCL today. All of our documents are in progress and should be sent out in the next few days. They send them out UPS 3 day select so I would say by the end of next week we should be doing the DOC DANCE!



Linnie - 10am is way too late to disembark. They kick you out right after breakfast so if you're early seating, expect to be out around 8, late seating around 9 - 930am.

 

[agirlinflorida]

I have not posted anything for a long time. My husband and I have been building a house for the last 6 months, so we have been a little busy. We have a very large group getting together for the cruise (11 cabins, I think). We can't wait! It's my family's 4th Disney cruise, but our 1st to the Eastern Caribbean. I need some help from you guys. We want to do a beach excursion on our own in St. Maarten. Can anyone give me any ideas? And want program are you using for your door magnets?

 

[suRfergiRl91]

I think we may be going to Orient Beach on our own by cab. They have alot of stuff to do near by like jet skis and parasailing. Beware: it's very European aka naked people. There is the other beach where the airplanes fly right over you..forgot the name though.

You can print the magnets with any publisher type program. You just have to get the magnet paper or some lamanate the print and use stickable magnets. I purchased a tape role that has sticky on one side and magnet on other that I use to put up stuff on fridge, I think that is what I will use if I do them.

My DD is even getting excited. She was on reading everything today.

 

[MBFergie]

oops..apparently my DD logged in on her dis name..surfergirl91

therefore above post was really from me.

 

[ljql_5969]

There is the other beach where the airplanes fly right over you..forgot the name though.

This is Maho Beach. We thought about going there but my DH wasn't sure.

You can print the magnets with any publisher type program. You just have to get the magnet paper or some lamanate the print and use stickable magnets. I purchased a tape role that has sticky on one side and magnet on other that I use to put up stuff on fridge, I think that is what I will use if I do them.

I just used MicroSoft Word to make my door signs.

 

[K&Z Cruizers]

We're doing the Pinel Island Snorkle Tour and then will head over to Maho beach so I can get clipped by a 747.

I believe DW has used Quark for creating our door signs. We combine our door signs with pictures from previous cruises, too. See attached:

Obviously since that sign was from our first cruise, we didn't have any cruise pictures to share. Now we have plenty such as:

which was when DW was invited to sound the Mickey Whistle on Cruise #2.