July 9, 2006 WONDERful Cruise! All Aboard!

[Hollyster2]

I am working on getting some more people to book this date!

 

[Trishde]

We will be on board for July 9th 2006. Just booked it Friday, the kids are very excited since this is their first cruise (5 & 10 year old boys). My husband & I were on a Royal Carribean for our 1st anniversary so this is our 1st Disney cruise.
We have been doing Disney World for a long time. We are also in Disney Vacation Club.
I have heard so many good things about the Disney Cruise and I am very excited that we can all get a little time to do our own thing (I rarely get to do that on a vacation). So this will actually BE a vacation for me.

 

[Hollyster2]

Welcome to the July 9, 2006 board!!
I hear what you are saying about having a vacation yourself! I have an 11 year old son, a 16 yr old daughter, and a 7 yr. old daughter traveling with my husband and I. Our 19 yr. old twin daughters will be staying home this trip. We are traveling with another family with 3 little girls. This is our 3rd Disney Cruise, but the first one on the Wonder!
Looking forward to doing more relaxing than on the previous 2 cruises. That is the goal, anyway. My daughter is Tallmidgetgirl, by the way. She is great, and share's her mother's enthusiasm for Disney Vacation planning!

 

[TallMidgetGirl]

YAY! Another person on the cruise!!

 

[Trishde]

Thanks Holly!
We are very excited . I have an older son (who is 19) who will not be going with us. He did just go to Disney World with us in November but I think that might be one of the last trips he'll take with us for a long time ,
I have been getting a lot of info from these boards. Both of my younger ones have been to Neverland Club and Cubs Den in Disney World but I really needed the info for our 5 year old.
I will definitely be checking back in as it gets closer.
Have a good one!!!!

 

[Hollyster2]

We are travelling with 2 7 yr olds, a 5 yr old, and a 3 yr old. I have no information on the Netherland club. I would like some! Also, I want to find out exactly what goes on at the Ohana during dinner to keep the kids entertained. We will be celebrating my friend's birthday there!

 

[Trishde]

We have only been to Ohana's for breakfast & it was ok. It was Stitch with mickey, goofy chip & dale. Not sure what they have for dinner.
Our favorite character meals are Crystal Palace for Breakfast & Chef Mickey's for dinner.
The Neverland club is great. The kids have arts & crafts, movies, games all kinds of thing for them to do.
My soon to be 10 year old loves it (they did cub's den at wilderness but there wasn't as much to do & they ordered & brought dinner in).
Neverland also has a buffet for the kids for dinner. When you walk in it is Wendy's room & the kids go through what is her window.
They give you a pager & you fill out a form with where you plan to be and contact numbers.
I think it is $10 per hour per child but for us it was well worth it to be able to go to dinner (we've gone to california grill & emeril's a couple of times) when we go with just my husband & I and have no other babysitter with us.

 

[Hollyster2]

Wow, I am going to do a search on the Neverland Club! It sounds really great! We will have a bunch of Peter Pan fans with us this trip. Thanks! I am off to Disneyland for my birthday this weekend. It will be my first time spenging my birthday there. I am pretty excited!

 

[Trishde]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We have never been to Disneyland, we have talked about going, for us it would mean a very long flight.
My kids love neverland club but from what I hear about the cruise, they are going to be blown away by what there is to do.
One of the hygenists that works for my husband said that the kids will probably want nothing to do with us.
My 9 year old (he is turning 10 before the cruise) found out about the food (he is an eater, my dh is italian so it's a food thing with them, lol), I just started weight watchers myself before knowing we were going on the cruise (my incentive to stick with it) and he even said ya know mom maybe I'd better lose a few before we go with all the food I am going to eat.
Gotta love kids!!!!
Again, have great birthday!!!!
Say Hi to Mickey for me!!

 

[jimmiej]

Just checking in. DW & I have been discussing spa treatments. We're thinking about the Rasul. Some other DISers have talked me into it.

 

[Hollyster2]

The Rasul sounds really nice! I have been reading about some of the new spa offerings on the Magic, with the whirlpools out on a private deck? I am going to look into the Rasul and this other treatment I read about with a neck/shoulder massage. I had one of those on another cruise line and it was the MOST relaxing thing in the world.

 

[TallMidgetGirl]

my birthday is in two months!! yay!!!

 

[Hollyster2]

Ok, all of our ADR's are made, and we have our airfare. We have our hotels all lined up, and just need to pay off the rest of the trip!
We are going to give the Dining Plan a try in WDW, and maybe the Pirate Museum in Nassau. We are still looking for Golf Review in Nassau. Anyone?

 

[jimmiej]

Hi everyone! Just checking in. Bought our outbound airfare, but not return yet. Prices too high. Hoping for a good DING fare from SWA.

 

[Hollyster2]

Hello!
I love your Don Knotts avatar. I was so sad to hear of his passing. Did you ever see him in "The Ghost of Mr. Chicken?" I have talked about that movie for years to my kids, and I have to track down a copy to show them. Scared the death out of me when I was 7, but I am pretty sure they will think me pretty silly for that once they see it.

 

[jimmiej]

Hello!
I love your Don Knotts avatar. I was so sad to hear of his passing. Did you ever see him in "The Ghost of Mr. Chicken?" I have talked about that movie for years to my kids, and I have to track down a copy to show them. Scared the death out of me when I was 7, but I am pretty sure they will think me pretty silly for that once they see it.

I'm a big fan of The Andy Griffith Show. I have all of them on tape. Yes, I've seen "The Ghost of Mr. Chicken." My fave is "The Incredible Mr. Limpet."

An update on my previous post:

Bought our airfare. Got good price and good times.

 

[Hollyster2]

"The Incredible Mr. Limpet" is my favorite too!
Good news about your airfare! We got great airfare prices too, and really good times. We also got seats all together for a group of 10, so I feel very lucky!
It just went under the 4th month mark for our trip so that means I need to start going through everyones summer clothes and get an idea what we will need. The other family we are traveling with are in Disneyland now for 5 days and I am green with envy. We also received a trip planner in the mail this week and that was fun. It listed the date we could begin making Palo, babysitting and excursion reservations too. Now to just pay the trip off!

 

[Trishde]

Just checking in to say Hi.
We watched the cruise dvd again yesterday & the kids are getting really excited. My middle guy was going nuts over the menus. Then he kept asking if the sharks could get to us at castaway cay (I told him I read there is a shark net on the family beach).
My little guy's birthday is at the end of July & I was debating on whether or not to pick a night on the crusie to celebrate. I think it would be great for him.
I got my packet 2 weeks ago with the date I can reserve things & register the kids.
I saw travel channel is going to have a special on March 14th & 16th about the cruise.
We are still planning on driving (at any time my dh could change his mind).
Everyone have a good one!!!

 

[Hollyster2]

OH I would go ahead and celebrate your Son's birthday! Disney celebrates when you celebrate! My friend will have a birthday on the 15th, and I would like to celebrate it on the cruise also.
We celebrated a 15 yr old's birthday last trip, and they gave her a birthday button, and brought a beautiful cake to the table! She also enjoyed the pluto her Mom had sent to her room that she could have signed. She had fun bringing it everywhere and having CM's sign it and characters. It is a really cute Pluto Dog. At dinner, they sang to her, and then cut the first slices in the shape of an "M" for Mickey Mouse, and her name (Melissa)!
We received our packet in the mail telling us when we could book excursions and Palo. It is soooooo close! I am hopefully going to be all paid up in a week or so. We also will be watching Pirates of the Carribean in high hopes the sequel will be playing on the ship!! I am still trying to decide on what to do in Nassau. We watched a special on Atlantis, and it really looks amazing.
I am busy planning Tallmidgetgirl's sweet 16 party right now. Planning for the cruise resumes in full swing after we finish that.
Have a good day!

 

[jimmiej]

Is anyone going to WDW before or after the cruise? We're staying a week at BCV prior. Looking forward to being so close to Epcot (our fave).