Magic Christmas Cruise 2010 (Dec 18th - 29th) - PART II

[DVC4US]

We just booked this cruise today! We are me, dh, dd 17, ds16, ds15. Will be in 2 rooms. We are from Fort Worth, TX. Anyone else from this area going? Would love to meet beforehand.

Welcome Aboard! We have a great group going on our cruise and Aaron(bigAWL) has organized a lot of information for our cruise on the first page so much sure you read that. I am sure he will add you to the roll call as soon as he sees your post. DD was glad to see more teens(especially boys )join our cruise. The teens also have a thread going and I believe the link is on the first page.

 

[DVC4US]

Nice pics momssurprise!

 

[3princessMommy]

Welcome! I think there are several from TX on our thread, but I know it's a BIG state. We have a great group here excited to celebrate the holidays!

 

[Dagny]

We just booked this cruise today! We are me, dh, dd 17, ds16, ds15. Will be in 2 rooms. We are from Fort Worth, TX. Anyone else from this area going? Would love to meet beforehand.

Hey there! Plano, TX here Not too far away!

 

[Dagny]

Is Barbados the Turtle Shipwreck and Snorkel? If so, we are doing that too. What time are you going? We are going at 11:15 and I know that there are some going at 8:15. We are also doing the Buck Island Sail & Snorkel at 11:45.

We are also on the 11:15 am Turtle Shipwreck and Snorkel in Barbados Will be nice to have some others along with us

 

[Dagny]

*whispers to Dagny*
Golden Eagle Catamaran in St. Maarten... *nods* A lil pricy, yes...but I promise you will NOT be disappointed.

Hey Nick:

We looked at this one and it didn't impress DH too much. What did you like about it. Sadly, all the stuff we wanted to do on St. Maarten was already booked up, sigh.

 

[disneycruising]

We just booked this cruise today! We are me, dh, dd 17, ds16, ds15. Will be in 2 rooms. We are from Fort Worth, TX. Anyone else from this area going? Would love to meet beforehand.

Welcome

 

[jgura]

...and just because I think he has such mad skillz, this is what my hottie German carpenter husband built for the girls. Designed and built completely by him. Cedar, all bent by his invention, and completely handmade. We put it in a Christmas parade.

JEEZ!!!! That is impressive. Can you make sure he makes my FE???? It doesn't need to be quite as big.

 

[BBQMommy]

Hello kevnbren

Loving all the photos! Am excited we hit the road 2 months from today ...

Headed to Gatlinburg, TN for a jewelry workshop (metals!) for the weekend. Looking forward to reading the pages of new posts upon my return. Have fun!


Caryn

 

[bigAWL]

We just booked this cruise today! We are me, dh, dd 17, ds16, ds15. Will be in 2 rooms. We are from Fort Worth, TX. Anyone else from this area going? Would love to meet beforehand.

Welcome! I've added you to the roll call on post #1.

 

[bigAWL]

Here's our last pirate night:

I love the pirate snarl!

 

[jenedpey]

Hey Nick:

We looked at this one and it didn't impress DH too much. What did you like about it. Sadly, all the stuff we wanted to do on St. Maarten was already booked up, sigh.

Another choice is to do a non Disney sponsored excursion. We are currently planning on using Bernards tours in St. Maarten. It has a lot of positive reviews on cruisecritic, but we haven't booked quite yet. If we can get enough people interested in similar things, we could also go with a private tour through Bernards. We are hoping to change the public tour around a little bit to make sure we are at Maho beach for the larger planes landing in the afternoon. Cost is much cheaper than most of the Disney excursions and you get to see a little bit more of the actual island.

http://www.bernardstours.com/interest.htm

The tour will consist of the following stops.

Great Bay overlooking Phillipsburg and harbor.
Cayhill overlooking Simpson Bay marina.
Sunset Beach bar ( Maho Beach ) where you can see the planes land right over your head.
Marigot - open market (French Capital).
Hilltop at Orient Bay overlooking the beach.
Swim at Orient Beach for up to two hours, as time allows.
Return to Philipsburg will be between 1:30 and 2:00, depending on factors.

Note: Shopping at the Rima's store will be for 20 minutes if time allows.
Note: Each scenic stop will be between 5 to 10 minutes.
Note: The Marigot open market will be a 30 minute stop.
Note: Upon your return to Philipsburg, you will be offered a direct return to the ship at the Cruise Facility, or you may choose to remain in Philipsburg for shopping and return to the ship on your own.

If anyone else is interested, please post or PM me.

Thanks
Ed, DW, DD11

 

[HFC1969]

Cant wait to see the new port terminal

I think this is from 2 years ago...

 

[bigAWL]

Cant wait to see the new port terminal

I think this is from 2 years ago...

I haven't been paying attention. Did they do something to the main terminal building? I thought it was mostly added parking and such.

These are from July 2009

 

[kevnbren]

Another choice is to do a non Disney sponsored excursion. We are currently planning on using Bernards tours in St. Maarten. It has a lot of positive reviews on cruisecritic, but we haven't booked quite yet. If we can get enough people interested in similar things, we could also go with a private tour through Bernards. We are hoping to change the public tour around a little bit to make sure we are at Maho beach for the larger planes landing in the afternoon. Cost is much cheaper than most of the Disney excursions and you get to see a little bit more of the actual island.

http://www.bernardstours.com/interest.htm

The tour will consist of the following stops.

Great Bay overlooking Phillipsburg and harbor.
Cayhill overlooking Simpson Bay marina.
Sunset Beach bar ( Maho Beach ) where you can see the planes land right over your head.
Marigot - open market (French Capital).
Hilltop at Orient Bay overlooking the beach.
Swim at Orient Beach for up to two hours, as time allows.
Return to Philipsburg will be between 1:30 and 2:00, depending on factors.

Note: Shopping at the Rima's store will be for 20 minutes if time allows.
Note: Each scenic stop will be between 5 to 10 minutes.
Note: The Marigot open market will be a 30 minute stop.
Note: Upon your return to Philipsburg, you will be offered a direct return to the ship at the Cruise Facility, or you may choose to remain in Philipsburg for shopping and return to the ship on your own.

If anyone else is interested, please post or PM me.

Thanks
Ed, DW, DD11

We would be interested in this tour. Is it $40? We would have 5 of us-adults and teens.

 

[kevnbren]

Hey there! Plano, TX here Not too far away!

Are you taking any kids? What ages?

 

[HFC1969]

I haven't been paying attention. Did they do something to the main terminal building? I thought it was mostly added parking and such.

Last Christmas there was alot of construction going on everywhere .. Should be fun to see. Im sure they need a much bigger building to hold everyone getting on board the bigger ships..

 

[Liz Arjay]

We just booked this cruise today! We are me, dh, dd 17, ds16, ds15. Will be in 2 rooms. We are from Fort Worth, TX. Anyone else from this area going? Would love to meet beforehand.

Welcome! We also have DS16 and Ds15. Do yours like to play basketball on Deck 10? We are from Central FL, but I've heard nothing but great things about Fort Worth.

 

[DVC4US]

We are also on the 11:15 am Turtle Shipwreck and Snorkel in Barbados Will be nice to have some others along with us

That's awesome! It's always great to have other DISers on excursions. For our group it will be me, DD(14), DD(21), DDBF(22), boyfriends parents, and my dad is joining us for this excursion. Should be a fun time!

 

[Liz Arjay]

Another choice is to do a non Disney sponsored excursion. We are currently planning on using Bernards tours in St. Maarten. It has a lot of positive reviews on cruisecritic, but we haven't booked quite yet. If we can get enough people interested in similar things, we could also go with a private tour through Bernards. We are hoping to change the public tour around a little bit to make sure we are at Maho beach for the larger planes landing in the afternoon. Cost is much cheaper than most of the Disney excursions and you get to see a little bit more of the actual island.

http://www.bernardstours.com/interest.htm

The tour will consist of the following stops.

Great Bay overlooking Phillipsburg and harbor.
Cayhill overlooking Simpson Bay marina.
Sunset Beach bar ( Maho Beach ) where you can see the planes land right over your head.
Marigot - open market (French Capital).
Hilltop at Orient Bay overlooking the beach.
Swim at Orient Beach for up to two hours, as time allows.
Return to Philipsburg will be between 1:30 and 2:00, depending on factors.

Note: Shopping at the Rima's store will be for 20 minutes if time allows.
Note: Each scenic stop will be between 5 to 10 minutes.
Note: The Marigot open market will be a 30 minute stop.
Note: Upon your return to Philipsburg, you will be offered a direct return to the ship at the Cruise Facility, or you may choose to remain in Philipsburg for shopping and return to the ship on your own.

If anyone else is interested, please post or PM me.

Thanks
Ed, DW, DD11

This looks like a great tour and at $40, the price sounds right! We may be interested (4 adults, 3 kids).