June 21, 2014 Disney Fantasy Western Caribbean Meet Up

[Wilhelmis4]

Here is a pic of you leaving PC passing by the Two Palms cam. Hope you have a magical time on the Fantasy. We are going on 6/15 for an Eastern as well.

We had a BLAST! Booked our rooms for this cruise on the first sea day! The ship is so nice, the weather was amazing, not too hot. Now it is time to get back to work and school, and I get to do loads and loads of

I have our cabin numbers now.
Mine is 6176, Mil's-6679
Sil's- 6677

 

[TIGGER/POOH4]

We had a BLAST! Booked our rooms for this cruise on the first sea day! The ship is so nice, the weather was amazing, not too hot. Now it is time to get back to work and school, and I get to do loads and loads of

I have our cabin numbers now.
Mine is 6176, Mil's-6679
Sil's- 6677

back. Glad you had a great time on the Fantasy. Sorry now it is back to real life. Only 466 days until this cruise.

 

[TIGGER/POOH4]

Good morning fellow cruisers. Another week has gone by.
We now have only

weeks to go to the Fantasy.

 

[TIGGER/POOH4]

Good morning fellow cruisers. Another week has gone by.
We now have only

weeks to go to the Fantasy.

 

[Alohagirl73]

Woohoo!!! Can't wait to cruise the Fantasy again.

 

[Grandma Rainbow]

Hi, everyone:
We are Richard and Jennie from Waterbury, CT and booked this cruise yesterday. We are seasoned cruisers having cruised about 20 times, mainly with Celebrity, but never ever with DCL. Having been to WDW three times and a huge Disney fan it goes without saying that we are super excited about this cruise. It will be a very special birthday for me (75) aboard a very special cruise line. I was so excited last night when Mickey phoned me to welcome us. I feel like a little kid and cannot contain the excitement.

Being new to the Disney boards, I'm still trying to decipher the initials used by everyone. Finally figured out FE is fish extenders but do not know what they are except for something outside the room door.

We'll be staying at one of the resort hotels, hopefully Animal Kingdom, for two or three night before or after the cruise. Not sure which would be better.

So, that's our story. Really looking forward to reading about everyone and meeting you all next year!

Jennie

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

Welcome Grandma Rainbow! You are going to have an amazing time!!!! Your post had me smiling, I can hear your enthusiasm and excitement.

The FE (fish extenders) are a great way to add some fun to the cruise. The FE hang outside your door. Easiest way to describe it is it looks similar to a over the door shoe holder. the kind with the pockets. typically each person in the room has their own pocket. Then each cabin that signed up to participate in the exchage gives a gift to the other cabins. So throughout the cruise you get little presents! We've been on 3 DCL cruises and this last time we did the FE and it was a lot of fun!

 

[TIGGER/POOH4]

Hi, everyone:
We are Richard and Jennie from Waterbury, CT and booked this cruise yesterday. We are seasoned cruisers having cruised about 20 times, mainly with Celebrity, but never ever with DCL. Having been to WDW three times and a huge Disney fan it goes without saying that we are super excited about this cruise. It will be a very special birthday for me (75) aboard a very special cruise line. I was so excited last night when Mickey phoned me to welcome us. I feel like a little kid and cannot contain the excitement.

Being new to the Disney boards, I'm still trying to decipher the initials used by everyone. Finally figured out FE is fish extenders but do not know what they are except for something outside the room door.

We'll be staying at one of the resort hotels, hopefully Animal Kingdom, for two or three night before or after the cruise. Not sure which would be better.

So, that's our story. Really looking forward to reading about everyone and meeting you all next year!

Jennie

aboard the Western Jamaican Fantasy and also to the DIS. Also please feel free to also join our FB page as well. https://www.facebook.com/groups/494617903904145/ To answer your question as to whether to go to the parks before or after the cruise is really a personally preference. We always do the parks first do to the parks are all go go go and then relax on the cruise. To some people like to go to the parks afterwards since they do not want the Disney pixie dust to end so they desire a few days at the parks after the cruise. It is your call. Good luck with your decision. We are veterans of 8 DCL cruises (with another in 8 weeks) so if you have any questions regarding the ship or itinerary please do not hesitate to ask.

 

[Grandma Rainbow]

Thanks so much to both of you for welcoming this old lady. LOL! Now I know what FEs are. Reading all the posts from the Disney boards is sharpening my observation skills trying to figure out the many initials used. Now I now what a ressy is.

The reason we were thinking about the AKL first is that we won't be going into any parks. We were in AK three years ago and loved it. We have mobility problems, so we thought it might be relaxing to just hang out at the resort, do DtD and animal gaze at the resort. Seems like the perfect place to chill since we will probably be more active on this cruise discovering all that's new and different. We've been on Celebrity so many times we mostly chill on those cruises. Also, flying in the day of the cruise is too uncertain with all that has changed with air travel. Flying in and going to a resort won't be as stressful since time doesn't factor in.

I know that we'll have a lot of questions. I have been reading everything available on these boards. I want to buy a magnetic sign for the door. Finally found some on Ebay. Found a lot on these boards to download and DIY, but I'm not too artistic or creative.

Thanks again.
Jennie

 

[TIGGER/POOH4]

Good morning fellow cruisers. Another week has gone by.
We now have only

weeks to go to the Fantasy.

 

[lmsull65]

Hi everyone,
i just got off the fantasy eastern on saturday and booked this cruise before i got off. I loved it!!!! I will be in room 10550. I was in this section last week and I heard no chairs being moved around. It will be me Lynne, Pat and my son Bing who will be 10 by next year. I was on a very busy group last time and hoping the same for this time around. Look forward to getting to know every one in the next year.

 

[TIGGER/POOH4]

Hi everyone,
i just got off the fantasy eastern on saturday and booked this cruise before i got off. I loved it!!!! I will be in room 10550. I was in this section last week and I heard no chairs being moved around. It will be me Lynne, Pat and my son Bing who will be 10 by next year. I was on a very busy group last time and hoping the same for this time around. Look forward to getting to know every one in the next year.

aboard the Jamacian Fantasy. Great to hear you had a great time on the Fantasy last week. Now you only have 59 weeks to wait until the next time. If have any questions regarding the itinerary please do not hestitate to ask.

 

[lmsull65]

I am so excited to go again. I started looking at the excursions. i want to not go to one of the ports and stay on board to a quieter ship, but it is going to be hard to decide which one to skip.

 

[LV Disney Fan(atic)]

Hi, everyone:
We are Richard and Jennie from Waterbury, CT and booked this cruise yesterday. We are seasoned cruisers having cruised about 20 times, mainly with Celebrity, but never ever with DCL. Having been to WDW three times and a huge Disney fan it goes without saying that we are super excited about this cruise. It will be a very special birthday for me (75) aboard a very special cruise line. I was so excited last night when Mickey phoned me to welcome us. I feel like a little kid and cannot contain the excitement.


Jennie

Welcome to the group! A Disney cruise is a fabulous way to celebrate a birthday - I'll be celebrating my 50th on this trip This will be our 7th DCL cruise and I still feel that same excitement planning as I did for our first trip. You're going to have a wonderful time!

I am so excited to go again. I started looking at the excursions. i want to not go to one of the ports and stay on board to a quieter ship, but it is going to be hard to decide which one to skip.

Welcome! Having another cruise to plan really helps ease the pain of getting off the ship, doesn't it? We plan to stay on board during one of the stops as well (want to spend a quiet day in the Rainforest Room!). I think for us it will be the Cozumel day. We've been there before and really enjoyed an excursion to the Tulum ruins, but don't need to do that again and nothing else is terribly appealing. But there's still plenty of time (too much time!) to decide.

 

[TIGGER/POOH4]

Good morning fellow cruisers. Another week has gone by.
We now have only

weeks to go to the Fantasy.

 

[Alohagirl73]

Woohoo. Now we are in the fifty weeks!!! Can't wait.

Welcome to all who are also on this cruise!!!

 

[lmsull65]

Welcome to the group! A Disney cruise is a fabulous way to celebrate a birthday - I'll be celebrating my 50th on this trip This will be our 7th DCL cruise and I still feel that same excitement planning as I did for our first trip. You're going to have a wonderful time!

Welcome! Having another cruise to plan really helps ease the pain of getting off the ship, doesn't it? We plan to stay on board during one of the stops as well (want to spend a quiet day in the Rainforest Room!). I think for us it will be the Cozumel day. We've been there before and really enjoyed an excursion to the Tulum ruins, but don't need to do that again and nothing else is terribly appealing. But there's still plenty of time (too much time!) to decide.

It does ease the pain. . We kept on saying that on the last couple of days. We loved the rainforest room!!

 

[LV Disney Fan(atic)]

It does ease the pain. . We kept on saying that on the last couple of days. We loved the rainforest room!!

Last cruise was our first time in the rainforest room - and we were hooked! Now we are planning an entire day around it

59 weeks to go! So nice to see that number dropping but it's still soooooo far away. I don't think we've gone a year between cruises since we started cruising (lucky us, I know) so this feels like a really long time. We need to pick up the chit chat here to help make the time go by faster!

 

[Grandma Rainbow]

First time Disney cruiser here with questions:
The pirate show and fireworks look amazing. Since we cannot stand for long periods of time, are there seating options? in all the pictures it seems everyone is standing.
We fully plan to go on Aquaduck. Since you seem to start and end in different areas, are you able to take your personal belongings with you in the raft (like shoes)?
We are staying at AKL for three days pre-cruise. What time can we expect to be picked up by the Disney bus?
Thanks and keep those posts coming. I feed off them and my excitement continues to escalate.
Jennie

 

[lmsull65]

During the fireworks you can pull up some chairs and sit for the show and the fireworks. Just don't put the chairs on the pool (it is covered). As far as the aquaduck goes, you can leave your stuff at your lounge chair or you can put them in the cubbies at the beginning of the ride. The end is not that far from the beginning. I would not bring them on the ride because you get soaked!!!!!