June 4 2005 West Coast Cruisers

[diznefan76]

Well I am now officially off work!!! YEA!!!!..... Now it's time to get things started. Mickeyfan66 & I went shopping tonight and I think that we pretty much have our "fairy gifts".....now...how to fit it all in the luggage!!!..lol....

Hopefully the weather will warm up by next Saturday! That way we can start our cruise the right way!!! A little dip in the pool!!! and let's not forget the !!!!!

I hope that the May 28th cruisers will post quickly and let us know the official Itinerary!!! I'm anxious to see what Disney has planned for us. I really hope that they do something for the 50th celebration...since that is why the Magic is on the west coast. You would think that they would right??!!

 

[TheMemoryMaker]

Hello Everyone!
We are new to these boards and this is our first post. I am surprised to see that most of the users to this topic do not reside in the Western states.The Magic coming to the Pacific is a dream come true for a lot of Disney fans in the West that have not been able to make it out to Florida.We are native Californians and very frequent visitors of Disneyland. We would be happy to answer any questions someone may have.We will be in Disneyland on the 3rd. Four people make up the The Memory Makers: DH,DS-7,DS-3 and myself. Stateroom #6034. This cruise celebrates our 10th wedding anniversary

 

[diznefan76]

Hello Everyone!
We are new to these boards and this is our first post. I am surprised to see that most of the users to this topic do not reside in the Western states.The Magic coming to the Pacific is a dream come true for a lot of Disney fans in the West that have not been able to make it out to Florida.We are native Californians and very frequent visitors of Disneyland. We would be happy to answer any questions someone may have.We will be in Disneyland on the 3rd. Four people make up the The Memory Makers: DH,DS-7,DS-3 and myself. Stateroom #6034. This cruise celebrates our 10th wedding anniversary

Welcome TheMemoryMaker!!!! So glad to have you with us!!! And congratulations on your 10th wedding anniversary!!!!

 

[CACruisin']

Welcome MemoryMaker to DisBoards! We are not on your cruise (going 6/18), but I agree with you that the Magic on the West Coast is awesome. I grew up in your hometown. Have a Magical Cruise!

 

[tarheel_girl]

Welcome MemoryMaker! I have a question for you. Is it unusally cool out there right now? I can't believe the people on the repo cruise saying it was in the 60s!! I hope that is not the norm. temp or I may have to rethink my 1st day clothes. I was planning on wearing shorts and a t-shirt, just like I always do in Florida. Any advice you can give would be helpful. Thanks

 

[MousseauMob]

Okay you guys just thought I was a wimp---- the repo report said they were all cold on deck and noone was in pool today. I think they said 60s in the daytime. If this is the case we may not be at the Mickey pool.

60's really! Wow, that is not normal. We're hitting 80's in Utah. I'm shocked, LA is always warmer then us!

 

[MousseauMob]

Hello Everyone!
We are new to these boards and this is our first post. I am surprised to see that most of the users to this topic do not reside in the Western states.The Magic coming to the Pacific is a dream come true for a lot of Disney fans in the West that have not been able to make it out to Florida.We are native Californians and very frequent visitors of Disneyland. We would be happy to answer any questions someone may have.We will be in Disneyland on the 3rd. Four people make up the The Memory Makers: DH,DS-7,DS-3 and myself. Stateroom #6034. This cruise celebrates our 10th wedding anniversary

Welcome and congratulations on your anniversary. I'll add your stateroom to our Stateroom Tag magnet, so you can get in on the fun!

We're west coasters - not as far west as California we're from Utah and we go to California a couple of times a year.

 

[tarheel_girl]

60's really! Wow, that is not normal. We're hitting 80's in Utah. I'm shocked, LA is always warmer then us!

Glad to hear that! Here in NC we have four seasons too....summer, summer, summer and Christmas! I don't want it to be in the 60s that's March weather here, not cruise weather.

 

[windermerejudy]

I just went n the 10 day forecast for LA and this weekend was in the 60s Today is 68. Next weekend however is supposed to be mid 70s with lows of high 50s. That is still slightly cool for a Florida girl. Remember when you are on the open ocean it is probably cooler still because of the breeze. I'll have to find the link to the DCL pool temps.

 

[MousseauMob]

I just went n the 10 day forecast for LA and this weekend was in the 60s Today is 68. Next weekend however is supposed to be mid 70s with lows of high 50s. That is still slightly cool for a Florida girl. Remember when you are on the open ocean it is probably cooler still because of the breeze. I'll have to find the link to the DCL pool temps.

brrr - even from Utah that's a bit cold for swimming. I read this on the Disney Cruise website, but it might still be to cold.

"The pools are heated when the water temperature drops below 75 degrees."

Filling out the cruise documents today. BTW, does anyone know what to do with the signature line on the passports for little ones? It say's it's not valid if not signed, but I'm not sure if I should sign her name, sign my name, or leave it blank.

Never mind - I found the info on the passport website. In case anyone else was looking for this.

In the space provided for the signature, the mother or father must print the child's name and sign their own name. Then, in parenthesis by the parent's name, write the word (mother) or (father) so we know who signed for the child.

 

[tarheel_girl]

I wonder how far we will have to sail before we reach tropical weather? Finished my gift fairy shopping today. I'm so excited about next weekend!!

 

[windermerejudy]

I would imagine the first day would be all that would be cold and then maybe the last. I know Cabo weather was ALOT warmer (90) on forecast.

Alright girls help me remember that I promised someone from DIS boards that I would search for a coloring book in the gift shop.

They said they weren't allowed to board til noon. If this holds for our cruise as well, look for us in line. We can jump start the mickey pool introduction. Last cruise the DIS folks all boarded together and were announced as the DIS family. That would be alot of fun. I am still going to aim for arrival BY 11 am I think. Its either wait 1 hour before they start or come when the line is long and then wait an hour.

 

[diznefan76]

We finished our "fairy gift" shopping today! Now time to pack it all!!!!..lol We are going to try to get on the first shuttle from Paradise Pier in Dland to the port! I really hope that they start early boarding. That would be great. Oh and I found a lime green shirt that I liked....so now I'll be wearing lime green like everyone else on embarkation day!! YEA!!!

Just think about this time (at least for us west coasters) we will be getting ready for drill and putting on the lovely life jackets!!!...lol I can hardly wait to go!!!

 

[Mickeyfan66]

OK, so I am a little late but, Welcome to our new Cruisers! Glad to have you aboard.

I can't believe we are only a week away! I have pulled out the suitcases and am starting to get things organized to go. Now that I am off work and we have finished all our shopping, I have a few days to concentrate on nothing but getting things together.

As far as the weather goes, one of my co-workers was in Disneyland last week. She said it was so hot that they left the park to go to the pool. From what I was told, it was about 100 there last week. Hopefully it will be somewhere between that and the current temp when we arrive on Wednesday. (However, for those of us from Western Washington the 68 would be nice. Until the last couple of days we had not made it out of the 50's.)

I too have my green shirt. So I will be looking out for others when we get there. As Diznefan76 mentioned, we are going to do everything possible to get on that first shuttle at 10:00. That should put us there around 11:00 depending on traffic.

 

[tarheel_girl]

Megara13 and I are going to try to be on the first shuttle from the airport. According to cruise docs the shuttles start running at 9:00am from there. We will hopefully be on that one. It would be great for all of us to actually get to meet in line before boarding. It'll be pretty obvious that we are all together with our line green on!

 

[diznefan76]

Last cruise the DIS folks all boarded together and were announced as the DIS family. That would be alot of fun.

How cool would this be!!!! I LOVE this idea...hopefully this will happen!!

 

[windermerejudy]

Tarheel and megara13---you think you will be there about 10am then? Do you leave at 9 or meet at 9? I would not think you would have a problem being so early and few flights in at that time. I truly think most people think you show up around noon-1pm. We should be there around the same time.

Mickeyfan and Disneyfan---why don't you come join us when you get there.?
We'll save you a place. I think MousseauMob was going to be there at 10-11 too. Hey you guys have fun at Disneyland. I couldn't convince my DH to go since we have WDW here. It would be nice to ride the different rides like Indiana Jones, Matterhorn, ....ok is that it?I know there is more. I think their Haunted Mansion and Pirates are so much better than ours although the last time I was there was 18 years ago. They may be the same now.

Hey I just got my daughter singing all the Hercules songs and now I heard its no longer one of their shows. But on the up side they said the new show is awesome.

I am wondering now if we are going to make our plane coming home. You know how usually at PC they dock at 4-5 am and start unloading? Well the photos show the boat in daylight coming into the harbor I think 6-7 am. Anyone else have a close flight out? I think ours is at 12:30. Oh well the worst that can happen is we miss our plane and have to go again on th Magic the next week .....LOL

 

[TheMemoryMaker]

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome. We look forward to meeting as many of you as possible. Are the fairy gifts supposed to be from our hometowns/states?

CACruisin'- from Stockton to S.Diego; that's quite a change in scenery. Do you ever visit Stkn from time to time? The town has changed a lot recently.

tarheel girl- yes, the Summer type weather has been slow to start.But I am in No. Calif and last weekend we had some 90's, but right now were down to the low 70's.

 

[diznefan76]

Judy- As soon as we get off the Disney bus we will start looking for the lime green shirts in line! Thanks so much for saving a spot for us in line!!!

TheMemoryMaker- The "fairy gifts" are just little tokens.They can be anything you want them to be. Candy, key chains, trinkets...etc..most of us ( I think) are giving something that represents our state that we are from. They are just a little something....nothing too big. Are you driving down to the port?

 

[Mickeyfan66]

Have we lost Poos4me? I haven't seen her on the boards in a while. Anyone know if they are still joining us?