June 6, 2009--Anybody going?

[CRUIZEN MAMMA]

Anyone interested in a Shark dive in St. Maarten? We need 6 divers and Dive Safari will do one for us on Tuesday, from 1 PM to 4 PM. (They usually do these on a day when we're not in port.)

I did this one several years ago and it was a real blast. Not as scary as it sounds.

Scubadad

Sorry Scubadad, the closest shark encounter I want is at SEA WORLD

 

[Principessa]

Shark Dive? No, but I'll scrapbook the survivors!
Maybe some braver souls will log in soon. Good luck!

 

[Principessa]

Could the veteran cruisers give me an idea of how much people participate in dressing up for this? Full costumes like on Halloween? For kids only? Hats? Just tropical shirts?

What are you planning on wearing for this evening?

 

[Suz D]

Could the veteran cruisers give me an idea of how much people participate in dressing up for this? Full costumes like on Halloween? For kids only? Hats? Just tropical shirts?

What are you planning on wearing for this evening?

When we cruised in December with our dear friends we all dressed up in matching "Pirate" outfits. We had actually dressed up as "a roving band of gypsies" a few Halloweens ago so we just used those costumes. This cruise we will be wearing those again. Women are olivey green skirts with white peasant blouses and scarves for head and waist. Jeff (the lone male) will be wearing a white T shirt with tan knee lenth pants and a scarf around the waist. I didn't notice a ton of people dressed in costume, but there were definately some families dressed up.

If we didn't do the dress up thing, I looked at some adorable t-shirts on E-bay that had an appliqued Mickey head with a pirate scarf and earring.

Can anyone actually concentrate on non-trip related things? I know I can't!

Suz

 

[disneydka]

We're dressing up...not sure when we'll be able to afford to go again so we are getting into it. I went to party city this past weekend and got DH a pirate shirt and ds a jack sparrow costume. I will repurpose an old pair of my husband's work pants to be pirate pants. Got DD's ensemble at goodwill, pieced together a skirt and blouse combo with a jacket...I have a peasant shirt and capris...after Halloween last year we stocked up on eye patches, earings, swords....and then this Halloween we will all be pirates.

I did also download from michaels.com instructions for making pirate shirts for dh and ds using t'shirts and tie dye and some grommots, went so far as to buy the t-shirts and tie dye but when I looked at my to do list, decided much easier to just buy some things.

 

[CRUIZEN MAMMA]

DS did not want a costume so we are all wearing piratey shirts that I am making with iron transfers from som very talented DISigners and wearing with bandanas.

 

[AbsyBabsy]

Could the veteran cruisers give me an idea of how much people participate in dressing up for this? Full costumes like on Halloween? For kids only? Hats? Just tropical shirts?

What are you planning on wearing for this evening?

I am not sure if we are dressing up or not. If I find something I like, we will otherwise we will just dress as pirates undercover as tourists!

 

[degrapevine]

We all have black pirate themed t-shirts that I bought last year on ChoiceShirts.com. Really cute! We'll wear them with jeans for Pirate Night. DD was a pirate last year for Halloween and she thought maybe she could wear her outfit on the cruise, but she's jumped from a size 8 to a 12 in the past 6 months! So pirate shirts it is. No way I could get the boys and DH to dress up, anyway. Maybe DD and I will look for some outfit pieces at Goodwill and see what we can find. First, I need to find the TIME!

 

[AStamm]

Could the veteran cruisers give me an idea of how much people participate in dressing up for this? Full costumes like on Halloween? For kids only? Hats? Just tropical shirts?

What are you planning on wearing for this evening?

We all dressed up on our 1st (and only) DCL cruise and to be honest, I felt a bit strange. I'd say about 50% of the ship had some pirate-themed item on, but the majority of it was a POTC shirt or the bandana at dinner given that evening. In the elevator I remember someone asking why we were dressed up..."uh...it's PIRATES night!" and someone mistook DH as a CM at Shutters since he was all decked out.

I love our pirate-night picture from that trip, but for this cruise only DS will be fully dressed up. I may wear the pirate hat I still have from the costume I bought for that cruise though.

 

[CRUIZEN MAMMA]

Can anyone actually concentrate on non-trip related things? I know I can't!

Suz

NOPE!! I 'm either talking about, shopping for, or working on something for this cruise. Even at work it's "I've got to get this done before I leave for my cruise." I've threatened everyone to turn in their end of the month paperwork no later than 7am June 1st. and plan to have my reports balanced, printed and turned in by 4 pm June 2nd- no pressure just motivated
Just this am DH says "This time Two weeks will be......"

but the minute this vacation is over, I'll be plotting our next vacation- DS turns 10 in October so we'll be celebrating at Disney - He can't decide between AK or MK.


SEE YOU ALL IN 15 DAYS!!!!!!!

 

[Principessa]

NOPE!! I 'm either talking about, shopping for, or working on something for this cruise. Even at work it's "I've got to get this done before I leave for my cruise." I've threatened everyone to turn in their end of the month paperwork no later than 7am June 1st. and plan to have my reports balanced, printed and turned in by 4 pm June 2nd- no pressure just motivated
Just this am DH says "This time Two weeks will be......"

but the minute this vacation is over, I'll be plotting our next vacation- DS turns 10 in October so we'll be celebrating at Disney - He can't decide between AK or MK.


SEE YOU ALL IN 15 DAYS!!!!!!!

Too funny, me too. I have soooo much to do but can only think of the cruise. I better go get some sea bands or some other motion sickness aid, I'm going to be really annoyed if I spend a lot of time feeling sick on board, after all of this anticipation.

I wonder what Grandma Debby is up to, we haven't heard from her in a while.

Any lurkers want to say hello?

I just realized that the cut off for the teen area is 14 on the Magic; DS13 will have to hang somewhere else??? I think our potential friend (sorry DS has not emailed, I knew this would be a problem!) is 14!

Anyone check the long range weather forcast yet?

Has anyone made a decision about meeting on Sunday - time - place?

Ok, going to go answer some of my own questions,

Magic Number: 15!

 

[CRUIZEN MAMMA]

Too funny, me too. I have soooo much to do but can only think of the cruise. I better go get some sea bands or some other motion sickness aid, I'm going to be really annoyed if I spend a lot of time feeling sick on board, after all of this anticipation.

I wonder what Grandma Debby is up to, we haven't heard from her in a while.

Any lurkers want to say hello?

I just realized that the cut off for the teen area is 14 on the Magic; DS13 will have to hang somewhere else??? I think our potential friend (sorry DS has not emailed, I knew this would be a problem!) is 14!

Anyone check the long range weather forcast yet?

Has anyone made a decision about meeting on Sunday - time - place?

Ok, going to go answer some of my own questions,

Magic Number: 15!

I usually get motion sick in cars and some rides, but took the meds only the 1st day after that was fine- although when we were in Palo I thought I has drank too much wine but was told by others that the ship was rockin pretty good!

Livin in FL, I'm happy that this rain has hit now- Datona has gotten like
8-10 " of rain this last week - skies are very cloudy but the sun is trying to show- I think it should fully blow over before we sail.

 

[Krisanm67]

Could the veteran cruisers give me an idea of how much people participate in dressing up for this? Full costumes like on Halloween? For kids only? Hats? Just tropical shirts?

What are you planning on wearing for this evening?

In our group the grandparents bought full costumes (they plan on wearing them this upcomming Halloween too). I have hats and eyepatches for my kids, and some pirate tatoos, my dh and I have eye patches and pirate tatoos. I'm not sure about packing too much stuff with full costumes for all of us. And cost.....for costumes.

 

[Suz D]

Too funny, me too. I have soooo much to do but can only think of the cruise. I better go get some sea bands or some other motion sickness aid, I'm going to be really annoyed if I spend a lot of time feeling sick on board, after all of this anticipation.

Principessa, you might not have seen my post from a few days back re: this. I got a bottle of 100 chewable mechlazine (bonine 25 mg) at Sam's in the pharmacy for $3.47. They might need to order them so just give them a call to double check. I take them for a chronic dizziness problem that I have or I wouldn't have even gotten them. We've not had any problems with motion sickness and I was particularly worried for our first cruise since I do suffer from dizziness.

I take them on the first day as a precaution. Take a few hours before we leave and then another one in the evening. I've never sailed during this time of year so the seas might be a little more rocky.

Suz

 

[Principessa]

Ok, so after reading everyone's posts about costumes I am going to not worry about being dressed up - we can be in a party mood without the costume, no problem. This could be the night to try for co-ordinating t-shirts, since we ever do that any other time.

I didn't think about the fit in the suitcase aspect - good point. Disneydka, your costume plans sound fabulous. I hope we will run into you on pirate night so we can see them.

When is everybody eating? Do you have early or late seating?

We have late seating, which I think is at 8:30pm. I hope this works out; the TA told us that there would be fewer young kids at the late seating. I like to eat late and so does DH, I guess the others will just have to go along with the plan! I read one of the food threads last week and there were so many opposing opinions I just stopped. It made me crazy to read one person loved it and the next hated it and they were at the same buffet!

 

[lrensin]

When is everybody eating? Do you have early or late seating?

We've got early seating. Because of the 2 little ones, and because I didn't schedule a bunch of outings on the days we're docked, I figured this would work out better. However, I know what's going to happen - we'll get up late, eat breakfast and lunch late, and then no one's going to be hungry for early dinner. Oh well!

Heading to JoAnne's to get fabric for the fish extender and just ordered some goodies for the FE bags. I agree with the previous comments - not much I do these days doesn't somehow involve "I'm going on the Disney cruise in two weeks" thought.

 

[AStamm]

We've got early seating, too. DS isn't too much of a night owl and I'll still be pretty used to getting to bed early and getting up early (school schedule).

Stopped at Hershey's Chocolate World to get the last kids gift exchange items we needed. Now the challenge will be finding room in the suitcases for everything we need to bring!

 

[Euchre_U]

Hello All,

I haven't read the entire thread, but I thought I would post a quick hello (okay, my wife asked me to).

We are -

Kurt - 40-ahem (me, the designated sherpa),
Marlea - 40-ahem (the mom & chief cat-herder). Pronounced - Mar-lee, like Bob Marley the Jamaican singer,
Kyan Grace - 5 (HUGE Hanah Montana fan and diva in charge),
Kristopher - 3 (the smiley, happy boy who's 100% boy),

We are from the Dallas metroplex, but Marlea and I non-native to Texas. My login name here gives away where I grew up.

We did the 14-day east-bound Transatlantic on the Magic in 2007. Port Canaveral to Barcelona, Spain. Fantastic trip, but I would go the opposite direction the next time.

We are sooooooo late signing up for this cruise that I doubt I'll be able to do the FE's. As a point of reference, I Fedex'd 40 pounds to the ship for the transatlantic and then shipped 85 pounds (43 kilos) back from Barcelona. Yeah, we kinda got into the DIS board FE exchanges.

We're forced into the second seating at dinner, as the first seating is full. We'll see if we can maybe change that, but I dunno what's going to happen.

We're staying at the Country Inn & Suites in Port Canaveral Friday night. That is where we stayed last time in 2007, and the hotel was really nice. Breakfast was included, so the kids didn't get too hungry before lunch time on-ship. It sounds like most of the people that I've read that are going down to FLA on Friday are going to be in the Orlando area.

I'll try to catch-up on this thread and get to know ya before we sail. Any questions about us, the ship, give us a post / shout and we will (I will?) try to answer them the best we can.

Can't wait to meet everyone and GO ON ANOTHER DCL VACATION!


Kurt H.

 

[Suz D]

Kurt!

There are a couple of current and former Hoosiers on our cruise. We moved to West Virginia from Bloomington last fall and Rob and his family are current Hoosiers. We had several people join the cruise at a later time so there are some who aren't doing FE gifts. We are going to have a meet on Sunday just so people will have a friendly face to connect with!

See you soon!

Suz

 

[CRUIZEN MAMMA]

Hi Kurt- Welcome,
We have 1st seat dining- and requested plap rotation- hoping this pans out as I've planned palo resies around it-

Have a great 3 day weekend everyone