June 6, 2009--Anybody going?

[CRUIZEN MAMMA]

Hard to believe that this time next year we'll all be ready to board the Magic- , my son's last full day of school is today- he'll have 3 half days then that's it, next year we'll be getting out on the 3rd. We plan on staying in Cocoa Beach for two days before we board- at either 4 points Sheraton or the Radisson. Anyone else palnning to arrive at the port a day or two before?

 

[Grandma Debby]

We will be at WDW for the week before we sail and are going back & forth between Disney bus to the port or a limo - need to check prices and times.

Brooklyn Kate is finally here!! She is the newest member of our family so now I have to contact Disney (World & cruise) and change her name from TBA.

When I check availability on our cruise there are still cabins available so maybe everyone is going to take a different Eastern cruise this next year and leave the June 6 Magic to us.

My 11 year old granddaughter and mousecraszy's 11 year old daughter (when they sail) are emailing each other and they have a LOT in common - hope there are others out there who would like to be a part of our kid's exchange and get togethers.

June 6th is just around the corner - isn't 369 days just around the corner

 

[CRUIZEN MAMMA]

Today was DS -(8 1/2 will be 91/2 by cruise) last day of school- and all I could think of was this time next year will be in COCOA BEACH !!!!!!!!!

I think I know why this is a slow start thread- we need a fancy name for our group- there's the Tortola Treasure Seekers and the Double Dips, we need a name Any suggestions??????????

 

[Taffygirl]

Anyone else palnning to arrive at the port a day or two before?

We plan on arriving a day early just to ensure we don't miss the boat! Have not booked a hotel yet; will probably be near the Orlando airport. We want to see how to connect with the Disney shuttle to the port, like do we have to go back to the airport to get the shuttle? We took the Disney shuttle last November to the port. What was nice about it is they show a video which the kids enjoy (grownups do too). It helped pass the time on the bus and got the kids even more excited.

Has anyone thought about what they are going to do in the ports? We've not been to St. Thomas before and I haven't been to St. Maarten's either (DH has in a previous life-lol). We have a Carnival cruise booked for January that goes to both of these places, so we're trying to decide what to do during each visit. Suggestions are most welcome.

Glad to see this thread has picked up a bit. DD and her family (who will be on this cruise with us) are taking a car trip to Milwaukee right now. Once they are back I'll let her know about some of the kids communicating. Her son is 10 1/2 and gets along very well with girls his age. Our granddaughter will be 8 by the time of this cruise. Are there any kids going around that age?

Talk to you all soon, Marilyn

 

[Myth-USA]

Hello all!!

We just got back from the Double Dip on the Wonder. It was our first DCL trip (but not our first cruise). CC two times was fantastic!!

We booked the seven day for June 9, 2009 while on board .

We are:
Me = Jeff
DW = Jennifer
DS8 = Drew
DS4 = Zach (did not go on the double dip - he stayed with Granny )

And maybe DIL's Joe & Shirley.

 

[disneydka]

Can't believe it is now officially less than a year before we sail. I have two children who will be sailing with us, DD who turns 16 6/28 this year and will be almost 17 when we sail and DS who will be 7 when we sail. Would love for them to have the chance to "meet" kids their ages when we sail since they will spend lots of times in clubs. Their last day of school that year will be 6/4/09, we will drive down to FL that Friday night, not sure what hotel yet so that we are fresh on Saturday sailing day. Considering possibly extending our trip to include a few days at the parks afterwards. No idea about excursions as of yet but looking at minimizing additional expenses. THis will be our first cruise ever so would like to explore ports a bit. Have read a bit about renting Jeeps and touring, anyone done or thinking about doing this?

 

[mousecraszy]

Yes...this week we've been saying "a year from now we'll be...". We can't wait!!

Our last day of school will be 6/3/09. We are planning on coming down Friday before boarding on Saturday am and then heading to the WORLD for the following week when we disembark on 6/13. Undecided on where we will stay on 6/5 before boarding but will probably wind up at the Swan for the week after.

As far as excursions...DH will most likely do the golf excursion in St. Thomas...anyone one do this one yet??? I want to go to Coki Beach/Coral World. St. Maarten has the beautiful mountains that i would love to go up into that terrain and grab some awesome pics of the ship...so, I'm unsure there. Never rented the jeeps in any port.

Taffygirl...pm me if your g-son wants to e-mail. Grandma Debby's g-dtr has been great for my dtr as the other children in our party will be 8, 6, 2&2. As a protective parent, I was unsure of sharing info on-line, but after reading here about others doing this pre-cruise, I thought it was an awesome idea. Also...thanks for starting this thread.

Grandma Debby...congratulations on the new grand-daughter!!! I pray baby and family are all doing well. Looking forward to meeting Brooklyn Kate in a year!! Got your g-dtr's e-mail just now and my DD will be thrilled to write her back tomorrow.

disneydka...since the price of gas is getting ridiculous, can you just swing thru and pick us up on your way down...tee hee!!! We will have an 8 (one month shy of 9) yr old boy in our group as well.

CRUIZEN MAMMA...hmmmm...what could we name our group??? I'll have to ponder that one for a while...the June Bugs, the Eastern Ediots (idiots..HA), the Magical Maniacs...??? That's the extent of my creative juices at this point.

Myth-USA...glad you're aboard, so to speak. I'm assuming you had such a great cruise that you decided to do it again!! I, too, am looking forward to re-booking whilst on-board.

Good night all!!!

 

[CRUIZEN MAMMA]

As far as excurions, our family really wanted to do the zip lines at Lotree but Disney dosen't offer that excurion, we'd have to book it on our own and I'm a little leary of that. We have 1 vacation rule: to do a once in a lifetime activity while on vacation, one year we did white water rafting, the next a hot air balloon ride over the Smokey Mountains, and the Dolphin Excurion last Nov- in the Bahamas. We want to do some sort of snorkel excurion and DS-will Be 9 and I are planning to do the Tandum Parasailing at Castaway Cay.

My son's only complaint on the 3 day was that he did not make any friends so I know he'd love to chat with mousecrazy's son and disneydka's son before the cruise. Please PM me if your children are interested in an email pal.


As far as a group name the best I could come up with is" Stowaways at Castaway" please submit your ideas.

I think I'm most looking forward to Palo brunch, they don't offer that on the 3 nite. DH is not a big Mickey fan, and until the 3 nite was very apprehensive on cruising, but DCL made our trip so magical that by nite 2 we had rebooked and DH insisted that we not book any thing less than the 7 nite- ok Dear if you insist. . I did all the planning for the 1st cruise, he wanted no part, but as soon as we were home, he grabbed my passporter and read it cover to cover: rotfl2: - He won't admit it but he is a convert-
It's funny if we're not talking about what will be doing this time next year we're reminising about that last cruise.

I'm hoping 2010 dates will be so tempting that we'll have to rebook on board - but if not DS will turn 10 in Oct 2009 and I'll turn the Big 40 in March so I'm planning a big trip to the parks- DS has only been to the World once when he was 5, and I've never been to Epcot but have been to all the other parks at least once.
so we're gonna do it up right-

We'll have to see how things go-
Dottie(Cruizen Mamma)

 

[disneydka]

Just reread this thread to see if I missed anything from before. ...I knew that I had planned to send a response the other day but time got away from me.

taffygirl...I see that you are going to St. Maarten and St. Thomas in January, please share what kinds of things you found to do there and any great tips. I also see that you have a grandaughter who will be 8, my DS will be 7 1/2 so they should be able to hang out a bit along with mousecraszy's nephews and cruizen mama's 9 yr old ds. she will be the Belle of the ball (ok, it's early)

mousecraszy.. I realize gas prices are high and almost thought about stopping on 77 for you until I saw you were a group of 16! I was also considering spending a week at WDW after the cruise but can't seem to get a price quote online, they are only pricing through December 31, 2008. Do you have a secret you wish to share? Then I have to see if I can convince DH....

 

[Taffygirl]

OK, I'm a senior citizen. What does PM mean? A couple of you ask me to PM you so my grandkids can talk via emails to your kids, but I don't know what that means. Sorry.

I will try to post some tips on the ports after our January cruise to St. Thomas and St. Maartens. I've heard that St. Thomas is supposed to have a wonderful beach area at Megan's Bay, so if we get there, I'll let you all know.

Have a great day!

 

[CRUIZEN MAMMA]

A PM is a personal message- only you will get its not posted on the general thread. I just sent you one

 

[Taffygirl]

I got the PMs and thanks for describing them. I've shared the info on the kids chatting with my daughter who thinks its a great idea. I suspect the kids will start chatting soon. Thanks again.

 

[kat123]

Hi - I'm Taffygirl (Marilyn's) daughter and we safely made it back from our road trip. My DD (who will be 8 on the cruise) and DS (who will be 11) definately are interested in exchanging emails with any of the kids who are interested, to start to meet before the cruise. Definately let me know if anyone is interested. I can not believe it is only a year away!

Karen

 

[Taffygirl]

Where is everybody?

 

[disneydka]

Hey gang,

I have friends that are avid cruisers with RCCL, and they showed me a neat website that shows you what other ships will be in port at the same time that we are. Good information in terms of excursion planning to know how many other tourists may be there at the same time. You can search by ship and then departure date and it has our itinerary and then shows what other ships will be in the same port that day. It looks like Liberty of the Seas will be there on our St Maarten day with a possible passenger load of 6875. That is the only time we will see another ship in port other than Port Canaveral that is. The website is porttime.com

 

[Grandma Debby]

That porttime web site is great - if you were going to plan excursions or beach time on your own it would be REALLY handy

My granddaughter (who will be 11 on the cruise) and another one of the girls who will be 11 on the cruise have been emailing each other already and they are so much alike I think they will have a great time on the ship so encourage your kids or grandkids to find a friend early and write to each other - good practice for the summer vacation

I would be willing to put together a list of who is going - using DIS names, home towns and ages of kids in the group and then we could add on to it as people jump on board.

Grandma Debby from Colorado
32 year old daughter (possibly her boy friend)
28 year old daughter - her husband - 3 daughters (11, 5 and 1)

disneydka - Dawn & Tye from South Carolina
16 year old DD
7 year old DS

mousecraszy from Irmo/Lexington SC area
me, Anna, 44 and Dh, Mike, 45 and DD, Emily, 11
Dmom...will turn 77 whilst on cruise!!!!
DsisterX3 (54, 51, & 49)
Close friend, almost sister, 53
Dnephew and wife, 30 & 28 with twin girls, 2 & 2
Dnephew and wife, 28 & 34 with two boys, 8 & 7

Rose Quartz from Orange County, CA
Connie (me),
DH George (Avid golfer...),
and his DD (my DSD), Kimmie, who will be 13

Myth-USA from Orange Park, FL
Jeff & Jennifer
Drew (9)
Zach (5)

AStamm from PA
DS - 10

Disneynut71 From Naperville, IL
Michelle
DS Tyler (13)
DD Emily (6)

Irensin from North Virginia
Lia
husband - Dave
Libby - 9
Ben - 4
Emma - 3
Lia's parents



PM me with info or just add on to this post with your info

See you all in 11 months and 2 days

 

[Disneynut71]

Hello

I am just getting ready to book our very first cruise ever!! We are so excited and can't wait to go.

Once I book (which should be the next week or so) I will post the rest of the details. I am torn between an standard or Navigator's Verandah. I figured by staying in the standard room I could spend more money on other things...like shopping.

I look forward to meeting other Disers on board.

 

[Rose Quartz]

Hi Everyone!

We just got back this morning from our 7-Day MexRiv cruise, and booked this cruise back to back with the 13th while onboard.

We had the best time!!! Now I just have to get to work convincing the family and friends to go next yearl. I find this funny, because when it comes to DCL, my DH and I don't ask "why?", we ask, "why NOT?"

Anyway, we are Connie (me), DH George (Avid golfer...), and his DD (my DSD), Kimmie, who will be 13.

I will be back soon, to check in with everyone, but in the meantime, we are totally in for gift exchanges and DIS group meets. We had the best time meeting up with this group.

Talk soon, everyone!
Connie

 

[Taffygirl]

Welcome Connie and family. Glad to have you with us.

This thread doesn't seem to be very active, but hopefully it will become more so as the months pass.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer. Marilyn

 

[Grandma Debby]

WELCOME Rose Quartz to our small group! Kimmie should feel right at home as we have several teenage girls in the group and I will add you to the list. Hopefully next year this group will start rocking and rolling



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