June 6, 2009--Anybody going?

[Suz D]

Dawn, what is your room number? If you check on the DU website they have a map of the ship which shows the categories. I can check for you if you want.

Suz

 

[disneydka]

Suz,

It's 2532. Thanks!

 

[Suz D]

Suz,

It's 2532. Thanks!

You got upgraded to a category 9 with a porthole on deck 2! We got the same upgrade in December to a category 9 on deck 2 and absolutely LOVED it! I think you'll be so happy. Have you cruised before?

Suz

 

[disneydka]

You got upgraded to a category 9 with a porthole on deck 2! We got the same upgrade in December to a category 9 on deck 2 and absolutely LOVED it! I think you'll be so happy. Have you cruised before?

Suz

I am sooo excited, thanks so much! This is our first cruise ever and now I am even more excited than ever! i love the idea of a split bath especially with having 4 of us, one being a 16 yr old girl!

 

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

Hi! My family will be on this cruise - and it's our first! We are so looking forward to it, and even more so now that we have our room assignment! We have been upgraded from a GTY 12 to a 9 on deck 1! I'm trying ignore the bad reviews - we got the "dreaded" room 1062. But a little bit of noise never hurt anyone, and the location seems just so great! So wish us all peaceful sleep! (Thank goodness for earplugs!)
So, I will be traveling with my DH and DS(12) and DS(16). I have noticed a few people on this thread who have kids around the same age, and I bet they will all have such a great time! If any of your kids want to catch up with DS(16), he'll be wherever the food is!!!! We figure his food intake will pay for the cruise alone! It just ticks me off that he can do that and still stay so skinny.........
Thanks for "listening" to me - sorry it's taken me so long to post!

 

[Suz D]

I am sooo excited, thanks so much! This is our first cruise ever and now I am even more excited than ever! i love the idea of a split bath especially with having 4 of us, one being a 16 yr old girl!

Dawn,

We love the split bath! The cat 9 has about 20 more square feet than the cat 11-12. We haven't sailed in an 11-12 since our very first cruise and we really didn't mind it then, but I have to admit, I loved having the porthole (not enough to pay for it 'though).

 

[MN Dis Fans]

SheWhoMustBeObeyed Is your 12x year old interested in a cruising buddy? We've got a DS 11 , one month shy of 12, which would love to meet up / correspond with someone prior to cruising. PM me if you're interested.

 

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

My kids are SOOOO excited about the possible launch scheduled for June 13! Here's to hoping it is able to launch before we have to leave the ship!!!!!

 

[AbsyBabsy]

Rose,

I see exactly what you are saying. In my drug induced stupor it made sense but you have explained it just right. If we did it the way I suggested each child would receive 15 gifts instead of 25. I'm okay with that, but absolutely will be fine with however it works out. We're just glad to be sailing!

Well, I'm off to bed. Night all!

I hope you're feeling better!

 

[Suz D]

I hope you're feeling better!

I am, finally! Thank you for asking. I'm hoping that we got the sickness out of the way. I was sick on our spring break 2007 cruise and it was miserable. Spent $100 to see the ship's doctor just to find out that it was viral and there wasn't anything they could do. UGH! To top it off, I didn't realize that our trip insurance would pay for the doctor visit so I didn't turn it in. Oh well, live and learn. Six weeks from now we'll be relaxing at sea!

Suz D

 

[Terrip63]

My name is Terri. We live in Idaho. My DD13 and I will be cruising with Suz D and her family. This will be our first Disney cruise. DD13 has never cruised before, and I've been on a couple from Ca to Mexico. I'm looking forward to the Disney "magic"!

We will be participating in the kid's exchange and the Fish extenders. Should be a fun way to make friends!!!

Looking forward to meeting you all and having a blast!

Terri

 

[AbsyBabsy]

My name is Terri. We live in Idaho. My DD13 and I will be cruising with Suz D and her family. This will be our first Disney cruise. DD13 has never cruised before, and I've been on a couple from Ca to Mexico. I'm looking forward to the Disney "magic"!

We will be participating in the kid's exchange and the Fish extenders. Should be a fun way to make friends!!!

Looking forward to meeting you all and having a blast!

Terri

Hi Terri!

 

[Suz D]

My name is Terri. We live in Idaho. My DD13 and I will be cruising with Suz D and her family. This will be our first Disney cruise. DD13 has never cruised before, and I've been on a couple from Ca to Mexico. I'm looking forward to the Disney "magic"!

We will be participating in the kid's exchange and the Fish extenders. Should be a fun way to make friends!!!

Looking forward to meeting you all and having a blast!

Terri

Hello my friend! We're getting so excited to sail. I'm so glad you've found our meet thread

 

[CRUIZEN MAMMA]

Well just wanted to check in, had a productive weekend and found a great dress for formal night- and only spent 35$.
We are dressing up but not in tuxes or afull length gown- DH has a 3 piece suit, thanks to the grandparents DS has a new blue blazer and I have a " cute little black dress" family members have asked for professional pictures for Christmas so I hope to get lots of great pictures from shutters.

I finally figured out what we will give for FE and Kid's exchange and am very excited to get those started this weekend. With only 6 weeks + left, we are busy 3 out of 5 weekends with family obligations and activities. I am ready for this trip and can't wait to be on deck with a fruity drink!!!!! Who wants to join me?

 

[Suz D]

I am ready for this trip and can't wait to be on deck with a fruity drink!!!!! Who wants to join me?

I'm in! I can't wait to sip a smoothie at the sail away party (with a side of french fries and ketchup which is a family tradition!)

 

[CRUIZEN MAMMA]

I'm in! I can't wait to sip a smoothie at the sail away party (with a side of french fries and ketchup which is a family tradition!)

OK ,I have to ask how that tradition got started?

 

[Suz D]

http://www.disneyshopping.com has some great prices on t-shirts right now. We're going to get a few matching ones because we're dorks and like to dress alike LOL! They have an extra 25% off sale price and $5 shipping with an $89.00 order. That makes the Disney logo (the one that says DISNEY with all the characters) about $8.00 each and only $7.50 for kids. They also have adult graphic T's BOGO and they are only $12.50 to begin with. I'm off to shop!

Suz

 

[Suz D]

OK ,I have to ask how that tradition got started?

Well, I absolutely LOVE french fries with ketchup and on our first cruise I couldn't believe that I could get all the delicious fries I wanted for FREE! We sat off to the side at the sail away party, drinking diet coke and sharing a nice plate of hot fries. From that point on, with every cruise during the sail away party we split at least one plate of fries. I have to say, one of my favorite things about cruising Disney more than once is the familiarity of it. It's like a comfortable pair of shoes that you just can't wait to put on and don't want to take off.

 

[degrapevine]

Wow! The time is just flying by ... with 3 kids and all their end of the school year activities going on, we are just so busy. Plus, our pool construction is almost done and the kids already have two parties planned for the end of May. I've really got to get working on those FE and kids' gift exchanges!

We decided that each of our children will do their own set of gifts for all the other kids, rather than just 1 per family. That way, if another family has multiple children, they will each get their own "set" of gifts instead of having to share. We'll just do one FE gift per cabin, though. I know what I'm doing for that (kind of my traditional FE "end of cruise" gift when I've done FE's for 3/4 day cruises), so I can let that secret out - It's a cruise CD of songs played onboard, so hopefully, no one else is doing one! If so, please let me know - I can always figure something else out!

I am still trying to lose some more weight for the cruise, already 20 lbs. gone, hopefully another 10 before the trip. So, I am holding out on shopping for some new clothes until the cruise gets closer. Maybe I can even try one of those cute tankinis and get out of my skirted bathing suit (as my DH calls my "granny" suit). Hey - I like that extra coverage! Our formal night outfits aren't quite as formal as others are doing, but all the males (DH, DS14, DS11) will be in Dockers, long sleeve shirts and ties and DD8 and I will be in some type of dresses. I'm really trying to cut back on packing for this trip - With 5 of us, it can really add up! So we'll be in jeans on Pirate Night w/tshirts, again on the first/last nights (with polos/dressy tops), then the males in Dockers w/polos on the other nights and DD and I in sundresses/casual dresses. I'm hoping to only bring 2 pairs of pants for each boy and they can keep them clean for 2 wearings each. Otherwise, I might be visiting the laundry room!

Suz, we were looking at the same logo tees to get for our family! I'm sure we won't be the only ones wearing them, though. I'd love to get the matching shirts/dresses for our whole family, but even with the 25% off, it's still $116. We did another style of those back in 2005 for our Disneyland trip, but the kids have outgrown theirs! DH and I can still wear ours, though. Count us in as another dork family that likes to dress alike (or at least humors Mom!).

I'm planning on a fruity drink (is it the Sailaway Drink that is half strawberry daiquiri and half pina colada) at the party and I want to dance this time - I'm not getting stuck with everyone's streamers again! My daughter Gina has enjoyed getting emails from Abby and Izzy and I'm trying to talk my sons Patrick (11) and Eric (14) into getting some email buddies, too. We are all really excited about taking a 7 night and getting to do all the extra stuff that doesn't happen on the shorter cruises.

Well, that's all for now! Looking forward to meeting everyone onboard and getting to know you better as the trip approaches.

Rose

 

[CRUIZEN MAMMA]

We'll just do one FE gift per cabin, though. I know what I'm doing for that (kind of my traditional FE "end of cruise" gift when I've done FE's for 3/4 day cruises), so I can let that secret out - It's a cruise CD of songs played onboard, so hopefully, no one else is doing one! If so, please let me know - I can always figure something else out!

we are also doing 1 FE per cabin, but I will probably make little treat bags for the kids as well - I won't tell my FE gift until I know I can get it done , but it's not a CD and I'd hope someone would do one- love the one disney sent with the horn. See you all in 40 days!!!!!