June 26, 2011 5 Nights on the Disney Dream!!!!

[leonghoward]

I paid in full today... like ten days to make other ressie and excursions.

 

[Va-NanaTink]

I paid in full today... like ten days to make other ressie and excursions.

makes it seem real, doesn't it?

 

[smnslc]

Hi all- My family, me, DH, and DD(7) will also be joining you on June 26. Along with us will be cousin, her DH and DS(7), and her sister, DH, DD(9), and DD(11). So a total of 10. We are all excited and can't wait to go. We are emailing each other daily because we all live in different cities, two in Ohio and the other in Texas. Because DH, DD, and I have sailed before we were able to book a Nassau excursion and Palo on 3/28. We still need to decide about CC excursions. The rest of the group can book on April 12.

I did not get to read the whole thread so if someone can point out the important info or any group activities that would be great.

We can't belive we are less than 90 days. We booked this back in 2009 I believe and the time is finally approaching.

Shavonda

 

[Tammyepolytinkfan]

Hi all- My family, me, DH, and DD(7) will also be joining you on June 26. Along with us will be cousin, her DH and DS(7), and her sister, DH, DD(9), and DD(11). So a total of 10. We are all excited and can't wait to go. We are emailing each other daily because we all live in different cities, two in Ohio and the other in Texas. Because DH, DD, and I have sailed before we were able to book a Nassau excursion and Palo on 3/28. We still need to decide about CC excursions. The rest of the group can book on April 12.

I did not get to read the whole thread so if someone can point out the important info or any group activities that would be great.

We can't belive we are less than 90 days. We booked this back in 2009 I believe and the time is finally approaching.

Shavonda

Welcome to the boards. The FE is already closed for this group, but there is one group interested in doing a mixology class for the adults. Check a few posts back for the info.

We have not planned any group meets during the cruise yet. Anyone have any ideas???
Group meeting for family games or something?
Anyone have any ideas or would like to get some kind of meet going? On at Sea day maybe.

 

[bombygriz]

Guess what, folks?? It's April 1st, and it's SNOWING. I am NOT a happy camper. xD I need this cruise so bad....

 

[TubaBabe86]

Happy April's Fools Day everyone, hope no one has been tricked too badly

 

[bombygriz]

I think the snow was our April Fools' trick, Mother Nature teased us with some nice warm days and melted all the snow, then BAM! :C

 

[Va-NanaTink]

I think the snow was our April Fools' trick, Mother Nature teased us with some nice warm days and melted all the snow, then BAM! :C

As my Daddy always said "it's a sugar snow, suga!"
Just dream of those warm caressing Caribbean breezes....wait....June HOT Caribbean breezes!

 

[NMDisneyMom]

I'm sorry to hear about the April Fool's Snow some of you had. I'm sitting here in almost 80 degree weather, thinking it's getting hot too fast. Not quite ready for it. But on the other hand, I'm ready to be sitting on Castaway Cay soaking up the rays enjoying an adult beverage. Can't believe it's 85 days and counting (actually 84 since we are coming in early). Kids still don't know. We are keeping it a surprise until the very end. It's getting harder but thinking about their faces when they find out - priceless!!! I'm sure everyone in the Radisson that evening will know when they find out!

Also want to thank everyone for the well wishes for my mother. It's been three months now since her fall, and she is about 90% recovered. It's been a tough road for everyone, but finally things are looking up.

 

[TBRox]

Checking in from NJ with everyone... So excited to be planning all the details for our Dream Cruise. Sailing with our crew will be Me, DH, DD (22), DS (14). It will be our 3rd Disney Cruise and we're all already "too excited to sleep".

A question for everyone out there - Our DD has PDD (Pervasive Development Disorder) - SO, in a nutshell, although she is chronologically 22 - you'd all probably guess her to be about 16 or so. She knows she can't go to the 'Teen' club anymore but she's not feeling as though she belongs with the "adults" either-at least not Mom & Dad if you get my drift. She's was quite independent during the last 2 cruises and we'd like to help her find someplace to fit in this cruise too. Anyone traveling with someone who either has belonged to a "Best Buddies" group during HS or College that might be willing to just make an introduction and perhaps just clue her in to what the college-crowd can do on the ship?

Thanks for the consideration fellow cruisers!! Happy Planning and See you all very soon!!!

 

[CSwan1]

Hi all- My family, me, DH, and DD(7) will also be joining you on June 26. Along with us will be cousin, her DH and DS(7), and her sister, DH, DD(9), and DD(11). So a total of 10. We are all excited and can't wait to go. We are emailing each other daily because we all live in different cities, two in Ohio and the other in Texas. Because DH, DD, and I have sailed before we were able to book a Nassau excursion and Palo on 3/28. We still need to decide about CC excursions. The rest of the group can book on April 12.

I did not get to read the whole thread so if someone can point out the important info or any group activities that would be great.

We can't belive we are less than 90 days. We booked this back in 2009 I believe and the time is finally approaching.

Shavonda

WELCOME! Glad you could join our group! I don't think too many group events have been planned. We had thought about meeting up at the Sail Away Party and during Pirate Night..... anyone want to take charge of this? Plan some gatherings for us????? Also, as Tammye mentioned, o member of our group is trying to get a private Mixology class together for us.

Guess what, folks?? It's April 1st, and it's SNOWING. I am NOT a happy camper. xD I need this cruise so bad....

Isn't this NUTS! When is your last day of school? For the kids in my family that are sailing with us, their last day is now June 20th and we fly out June 21st! We are spending the night in Hartford on the 20th so I guess right after school, away we go!!! This had better be the LAST SNOW DAY!!!

I'm sorry to hear about the April Fool's Snow some of you had. I'm sitting here in almost 80 degree weather, thinking it's getting hot too fast. Not quite ready for it. But on the other hand, I'm ready to be sitting on Castaway Cay soaking up the rays enjoying an adult beverage. Can't believe it's 85 days and counting (actually 84 since we are coming in early). Kids still don't know. We are keeping it a surprise until the very end. It's getting harder but thinking about their faces when they find out - priceless!!! I'm sure everyone in the Radisson that evening will know when they find out!

Also want to thank everyone for the well wishes for my mother. It's been three months now since her fall, and she is about 90% recovered. It's been a tough road for everyone, but finally things are looking up.

Glad to hear you mom is doing so much better! Good luck with the surprise! I did this to my DD in July---- what a blast!

Checking in from NJ with everyone... So excited to be planning all the details for our Dream Cruise. Sailing with our crew will be Me, DH, DD (22), DS (14). It will be our 3rd Disney Cruise and we're all already "too excited to sleep".

A question for everyone out there - Our DD has PDD (Pervasive Development Disorder) - SO, in a nutshell, although she is chronologically 22 - you'd all probably guess her to be about 16 or so. She knows she can't go to the 'Teen' club anymore but she's not feeling as though she belongs with the "adults" either-at least not Mom & Dad if you get my drift. She's was quite independent during the last 2 cruises and we'd like to help her find someplace to fit in this cruise too. Anyone traveling with someone who either has belonged to a "Best Buddies" group during HS or College that might be willing to just make an introduction and perhaps just clue her in to what the college-crowd can do on the ship?

Thanks for the consideration fellow cruisers!! Happy Planning and See you all very soon!!!

I don't have any advise or help to offer, just a big WELCOME TO OUR GROUP!

 

[We Love the Mouse!]

I'm sorry to hear about the April Fool's Snow some of you had. I'm sitting here in almost 80 degree weather, thinking it's getting hot too fast. Not quite ready for it. But on the other hand, I'm ready to be sitting on Castaway Cay soaking up the rays enjoying an adult beverage. Can't believe it's 85 days and counting (actually 84 since we are coming in early). Kids still don't know. We are keeping it a surprise until the very end. It's getting harder but thinking about their faces when they find out - priceless!!! I'm sure everyone in the Radisson that evening will know when they find out!

Also want to thank everyone for the well wishes for my mother. It's been three months now since her fall, and she is about 90% recovered. It's been a tough road for everyone, but finally things are looking up.

We surprised our kids on our last cruise! They thought we were going to the beach for a couple days and staying at the Radisson. We took a towncar from the airport and as soon as we could see the ship the kids were commenting on how bummed they were to not be sailing. They didn't get it until the towncar pulled up to the curb and dropped us off at the terminal! They were in Shock!!

 

[Tammyepolytinkfan]

Isn't this NUTS! When is your last day of school? For the kids in my family that are sailing with us, their last day is now June 20th and we fly out June 21st! We are spending the night in Hartford on the 20th so I guess right after school, away we go!!! This had better be the LAST SNOW DAY!!!

Hi Crystal,
The last day of school for Claremont is now June 24th the day we fly down to Florida. Looks like we're skipping the last day of school. 5 snow days we have to make up this year. We originally had June 17th as our last day pending snow days. It's nuts!

OK Group meets. We could all meet up at the sail away party but where? Deck 12 left side over looks the mail pool area and would be a less crowded place to see sailaway party. How does that sound?

Pirate night would be good too but what Time? 8pm? between the different dining time and shows. Depending on what is going on on deck we could meet there. What do others think?

Family meet D lounge for games anytime just look for the red Lanyards people are wearing. There are always family game shows going on or karoke. Joining games as a group is lots of fun.

Maybe a group mini golf game at sea day say 10 am? What time do others think? or other deck games basketball/volleyball.

Group meet for Bingo (1st time Bingo is offered or last Jackpot Bingo)


These are just some ideas what does everyone think?

 

[bombygriz]

Isn't this NUTS! When is your last day of school? For the kids in my family that are sailing with us, their last day is now June 20th and we fly out June 21st! We are spending the night in Hartford on the 20th so I guess right after school, away we go!!! This had better be the LAST SNOW DAY!!!

Well, it's supposed to be the 24th now. But we leave on the 24th xD So I'm skipping school for a VERY good cause.

 

[kfamilylovesdisney]

We haven't posted in quite a while. But now that the cruise is quickly approaching we are back and ready to go!

Truth is, we were scared we would have to cancel our cruise. I'm a teacher and the district I work for was threatening to strike. I have no control over that and if they did strike the school year would be extended and I would have had to cancel the cruise. I find out Monday if the agreement went through but I paid in full for the cruise anyway in good faith that things will work out and booked some excursions and spa time - woohoo

SOOOOO, will we all get to meet? I saw some mention of meeting on the day at sea. Another idea is to try to meet on Castaway Cay at a certain area of the beach - we could all try to sit in a certain area and then the kids can all play and have fun together. Just a thought...

I'm pretty new to the DIS boards as I did not read or post on the DIS board before my last 2 Disney Cruises so my ideas have no practical experience to back them up. Just thought I'd throw something out there.

Well, it's great to catch up and read about our fellow cruisers. I hope to see many of you on the cruise and I'll be checking in on this board as all of our excitement is growing!

Oh - we also decided to stay in our timeshare for a couple days before the cruise so we will be headed to the Animal Kingdom Villas for a couple of days before the cruise! So excited!

Peace out!

Leah DM Brian DH Kailey DD13 Brian DS11 Thomas DS9

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[NMDisneyMom]

We surprised our kids on our last cruise! They thought we were going to the beach for a couple days and staying at the Radisson. We took a towncar from the airport and as soon as we could see the ship the kids were commenting on how bummed they were to not be sailing. They didn't get it until the towncar pulled up to the curb and dropped us off at the terminal! They were in Shock!!

Last time we surprised the girls was with a trip to Disneyland. They didn't even know we were going anywhere until we met up at the airport. We are kinda doing the same thing this time around. As this is my and DD's second cruise, I'm thinking she's going to figure it out either when we land at MCO or as we are driving to Cape Canaveral. If not, then we plan to tell the girls as we are checking in at the Radisson. I'm thinking we are going to have 3 VERY excited girls in our party. Not to mention 2 moms that are looking forward to some relaxing.

As for when school gets out, here in Albuquerque we are out May 31st. We did have 4 days to make up, but they used 2 days of scheduled parent/teacher conferences and the Vernal holiday, so we are only making up one day after the regularly scheduled day off. So we are good.

 

[leonghoward]

Our family DW DD and DS, went to the post office today to get our passports, first time we were all able to go with all school, girl scout and boyscout stuff.
I was looking at my wife's birth certificate last night it did not have a seal or impression. We go to the post office today and we get real ungreatful postal worker, neither of the ladies working want ed to do the passports. They whined to each other. I point out my wifes birth certificate first. The lady said no not acceptable. NO problem I was ready for it. Then the pictures were't perfect centered.OMG my wife is steaming. The the lady said my head was not lined up...I told her I have a big head hard to fit in that oval, she agreed, I made light of it she lossened up. I said just try to send it. My second chin wasn't in the oval layout. Then the lady was doing my daughters and her picture wasn't center, she looked at my wife and knew to keep on. Then the lady asked for my wifes drivers license I knew they needed it for my daughter application. Again my wife was about to rip into this woman. I calmed them down. When the women got to my sons she didn't even check his picture. But I made a mistake on his DOB. I thought OMG I have to re do it...nope she said just scatch through it. SHEW need a cruise after that. I got online to get a new birth certificate for my wife. The only worry now is her middle name is spelled Mellisa on certificate. and licence and everthing else its Melissa. Hope it slides by when we take her back when certified copy comes...Really need a cruise........

 

[Va-NanaTink]

Truth is, we were scared we would have to cancel our cruise. I'm a teacher and the district I work for was threatening to strike. I have no control over that and if they did strike the school year would be extended and I would have had to cancel the cruise. I find out Monday if the agreement went through but I paid in full for the cruise anyway in good faith that things will work out and booked some excursions and spa time - woohoo

Oh, I know that fear,,,both DH and I are federal employees and we don't know what is going to happen after Friday. Much talk and posturing going on by a bunch of millionaires who WILL get their paychecks as will their staff, and nobody is looking at the hardworking everyday people who make up a lot of that "government".
Contrary to the stories you hear, most of us are not overpaid or underworked. Because our ranks include doctors, lawyers and rocket scientists, that statistic is skewed. And they make lots less than they would in private practice!!
So please send pixies that their posturing doesn't stand on our backs.

Our family DW DD and DS, went to the post office today to get our passports, first time we were all able to go with all school, girl scout and boyscout stuff.
I was looking at my wife's birth certificate last night it did not have a seal or impression. We go to the post office today and we get real ungreatful postal worker, neither of the ladies working want ed to do the passports. They whined to each other. I point out my wifes birth certificate first. The lady said no not acceptable. NO problem I was ready for it. Then the pictures were't perfect centered.OMG my wife is steaming. The the lady said my head was not lined up...I told her I have a big head hard to fit in that oval, she agreed, I made light of it she lossened up. I said just try to send it. My second chin wasn't in the oval layout. Then the lady was doing my daughters and her picture wasn't center, she looked at my wife and knew to keep on. Then the lady asked for my wifes drivers license I knew they needed it for my daughter application. Again my wife was about to rip into this woman. I calmed them down. When the women got to my sons she didn't even check his picture. But I made a mistake on his DOB. I thought OMG I have to re do it...nope she said just scatch through it. SHEW need a cruise after that. I got online to get a new birth certificate for my wife. The only worry now is her middle name is spelled Mellisa on certificate. and licence and everthing else its Melissa. Hope it slides by when we take her back when certified copy comes...Really need a cruise........

YIKES My Dad had an issue with his birth certificate....his mother's middle name was listed as Elvira instead of Elvina. He went to the state and after much wrangling, he proved the certificate was an error on the clerks part since all other docs had Elvina.

 

[TBRox]

'Just spent a little time checking out You Tube videos of the "Dream"!!! SO very exciting!! Looks like Rachel Quinn is the Cruise Director (we've never sailed with her before-anyone?) Any Castaway Club members know if any staff from the other ships is now on the Dream... we loved our old activities director, Dave, and many others - always nice to see familiar faces on board in addition to all the new ones!!

@CSwan1-Thanks for the welcome! Looking forward to finding everyone on board.

The last time we sailed, our 'meets-group' all choose a color swatch for our group from the Disney Paint selections at the local Home Depot - we tied it to our back-packs/luggage/pocketbooks, etc. - it was a great way to be able to approach someone from our thread. My apologies if you all have already worked something else out - I haven't caught up reading this entire thread yet.

 

[tinkerbellandeyor]

Just got my passport mike is still waiting on his