Magic - January 12, 2008

[Eeyore77]

Wow you really have put a lot of thought into this trip. Since we have been on a few we will probably do our best to relax and just do nothing. I know that we will try to go to Palo for both Dinner and Brunch. We will try to catch a few movies. Really this will probably be a fly by the seat of our pants kind of trip. I have tried to look at the excursions but the website won't let me look. I am not sure why as I could last time. I am not trying to book yet as I can't until the Castaway Club Members can, but I would like to see if there are any new offerings.

 

[laura_hattaway]

Wow you really have put a lot of thought into this trip.

Oooh... Also, I have very serious plans to etch a path down the corridor on Deck 6 from our stateroom to the aft staircase, up three flights, over to the drink station, and back to the room. When you factor in the soda I consume weekly in general and subtract the cost of that from our cruise, I think it's only netting us (er, Dad) about $30 a day for me.

 

[Eeyore77]

I got our cruise info packet about excursions, etc last week and I was soooooo excited!!! Bad part is that they sent the wrong excursion guideto us. We got the one for the eastern and not for the western. Oh well I guess I will have to wait until I can get into the system and book stuff on the 14th of Oct. YEAH!!!! I am soooooo ready!!! Everytime we go I plan to Parasail, but then I never do it. Part of the reason for that is the water at Castaway Cay has been Very Chilly when we have gone in January. We have gone that month 2 times and the water was definately not like a Bathtub. It is still beautiful though!!! Clear blue water and beautiful beaches. Not to mention the on the island lunch at Cookies BBQ! All great stuff. I just enjoy laying by the water. That is what we do here in West Palm Beach sometimes and we never even touch the water.

Are we all going to plan to get together when we get on the Boat so we can met or do we all just hope to meet in passing?

 

[laura_hattaway]

They did the same with us, sending us the Easterns stuff... I just called the customer service # on back of one of the brochure thingies and asked for the correct one. Although she said, "You realize all of this is online?" we had the corrected packet within a week. I was thinking, "Don't you know how ANAL most of us are about this kind of thing?!" Hee...

And I'm all for meeting up, just not the first day. Maybe on one of the "at sea" days?

*sigh* October 14. Well, since it's our first, we'll be behind you by a couple of weeks. Still, it's getting close enough to start getting REALLY excited!

 

[Eeyore77]

I have tried to look at the stuff online several times and it does not seem to want to let me..... Oh Well I kinda remember what's there, but I wanted to see what had been added that was new.

Meeting on the sea days would be fine with me. The first sea day is me and my DH 1st anniversary so I will have to see what we have planned for the big anniversary. But I will let you know when we get closer!!!

Where did everyone else go? Have we been left all alone? LOL. J/K

 

[laura_hattaway]

Actually, I was thinking... We HOPE to get everything done online beforehand, so after we get on board, we can just hang at the pool with the kids. SO, we might be holding court at the pool in case anyone wants to stop by. I've just seen people's pictures from the Promenade Lounge their first day on board, and I know we (maybe moreso than the kids) will be way too excited to sit inside for very long! I want to explore the ship!

Probably, knowing our four kids and their love of the water, we'll end up taking shifts watching kids (a.k.a. lounging in a chair) and checking stuff out. Can't wait!!

 

[laura_hattaway]

Where did everyone else go? Have we been left all alone? LOL. J/K

OH, and my dad just sent us the final payment confirmation, so he might be busy lining up part time jobs to re-fund his retirement. That might explain why he's not posting.

And HAPPY 1st anniversary! (Early)

The day we disembark will be the 10th anniversary of the day my husband and I met. (And we married 28 days later!)

 

[cmacf1]

I'm still here! Haven't posted recently because my mom (who is supposed to accompany us on this cruise) has been quite ill. She'll be having a tumor (probably malignant) removed from her kidney, but they believe it is very small and that the cancer is nowhere but in that one small tumor (i.e. it has not metastacized). In any case, I sort of put the cruise on the back burner (until I got the Travel Kit last week, that is!) We're not sure if my mom is going to go on the cruise, but we all want her to go. She'll be totally recovered by then, but she can't even think about it right now.

When I've had a few moments not in doctor's offices or with my mom someplace, I've been surfing online reading everything I can find about all of our ports of call and reading about signs to create for our stateroom doors and actually creating some signs from some of the great artwork I've seen on disboards.

We'll be at the pool on the first day. My nearly 5 year old is so excited about the Mickey pool. I know she'll want to go there first thing. We're getting to the port around 10:45 so we'll be on board quite early. On our last cruise, we didnt' make it onto the ship (Crown Princess) until 6:30 PM. The ship left at 11PM, but I felt so rushed and stressed. This time we're going the night before so mommy (me) doesn't feel stressed like that again .

I've enjoyed catching up with everybody by reading all the posts. I'm glad to see that other people are as psyched as me!

Cathy

PS I've been busy also looking at the Halloween stuff in Target, etc for pirate stuff for pirate night. This is the best time to find it

 

[Eeyore77]

I'm still here! Haven't posted recently because my mom (who is supposed to accompany us on this cruise) has been quite ill. She'll be having a tumor (probably malignant) removed from her kidney, but they believe it is very small and that the cancer is nowhere but in that one small tumor (i.e. it has not metastacized). In any case, I sort of put the cruise on the back burner (until I got the Travel Kit last week, that is!) We're not sure if my mom is going to go on the cruise, but we all want her to go. She'll be totally recovered by then, but she can't even think about it right now.

I am sooooo sorry to hear about your mother. That is never a fun thing to have to deal with. My grandmother who I am very close to had to have to 2 different procedures done to her over the last 2 weeks to have to large and very deep skin cancers removed from her face. Each Surgery took 3 hours and she has 2 large scars from it. She stays on me all the time now about being sure to wear sunscreen since I am fair skinned and now she is really after me. I will keep you and your mother in my thoughts. I do hope that her procedure goes smoothly.


On the other hand at least the cruise papers coming in gave you something else to think about. I know that it is always nice to have something to take your mind off your worries for a bit.

I finally was able to look at the excursions last night online and that was a lot of fun. In Key West I think that we will just wonder around on our own since we did a tour last time. In the Grand Caymans I think that we might take the Bus tour that takes you to "Hell" and to the Turtle farms. It also takes you on a tour of the city. In Cozumel I think that we will just kinda see what we can get into. At Castaway Cay I think that we are going to do the Banana Boat ride and then do either the Parasailing or the personal motorcraft tour. The double one.

I plan to take full advantage of the spa this time and either do the couples or the single well being message. I do love a good Message since I am a TV News photographer and my poor back takes a beating. When I get on the ship I plan to see if they are offering the Lady's Morning Package deal that I did last time as it was a lot of fun. A facial, a half body message, and a foot rub, plus champaign and dessert treats afterward (Sorry I am worlds worst Speller)

The last 2 things I plan to book are both dinner and Brunch at Palo. We have done both on seperate cruises and they are both sooooooo good. We have to do them both again this trip. Chris hates dressing up, but he sure did love the food.

Well that are my plans for now, but there is still a moth before I can book so I am sure that there will be changes!!!!

 

[laura_hattaway]

Hey, Cathy. Glad you're still around! I hope your mom feels up to coming; I'm sure it'll be such a blessing for her if she can make it.

So... we'll look for your two little girls around the Mickey pool first day. We intend to be on as early as they'll let us, AND intend to have everything reserved and squared away as much as possible so we can lounge, too.

 

[Corndog819]

myself (18) and two other friends (19 & 18) are going to be on this cruise parent free. We are all broke college students (on a cruise ship, go figure) so we have a cat. 12 room with no assigned cabin just "guaranteed or better", but man, Am i excited.

Anyways, my 7th cruise overall (RCCL, Celebrity, Costa, Blue Lagoon) but first on DCL. We shall see how that goes.

 

[Eeyore77]

myself (18) and two other friends (19 & 18) are going to be on this cruise parent free. We are all broke college students (on a cruise ship, go figure) so we have a cat. 12 room with no assigned cabin just "guaranteed or better", but man, Am i excited.

Anyways, my 7th cruise overall (RCCL, Celebrity, Costa, Blue Lagoon) but first on DCL. We shall see how that goes.

You will love it. Well I guess you will if you are a Disney Fan or at least a bit of a kid at heart. I sure am. I seem to have the Peter Pan problem where I refuse to grow up. Oh well I guess there are worse problems to have... LOL!!

I think that the three of you will have a great time. I was never worried about DCL, but that was because I know that anything Disney is a great thing for me. I can't go wrong. But truthfully the ships are awesome and the food and activities are really great too. Glad you joined us here on the thread.

 

[jhannah]

Hmmm. We got the wrong shorex books in our packets, too. Maybe this is an omen. You realize that Castaway Cay is in the Bermuda Triangle. Let's just hope there are no mix-ups with the cruise docs.

What time is brunch in Palo?

 

[Corndog819]

I got my packet yesterday, with the right forms. wooo

 

[Eeyore77]

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What time is brunch in Palo?[/QUOTE]

If I remember correctly I thought that we had our brunch sometime around 2. I will be able to tell you the times after I can get into the reservation system on the 14th! Sorry I'm not more help on this one. I can tell you that I think that all the times were pretty typical for brunch times. Something like 11 to 3 pm. those aren't exact of course but that is kinda what I remember. Like I said I will repot back once I can get on the reservation system. I will be at WDW the night I am supposed to be able to book and I have no laptop computer. I hope there will be stuff left when I get back from Orlando that night.

 

[Tynk13x]

...I'll be on this Cruise too. Well, Myself, DH, DD7 and DS5. This will be our second DCL cruise in 6 months. We loved the first so much, we decided to do it again. Thankfully, most of the stuff we bought for the last cruise, we can use again for this one. I can't wait to start booking excursions. I want to try to do at least one at each port.
Changing subjects, I am all for a meet and greet. Let me know when and where, and I'll be there with my LGMH's.

 

[laura_hattaway]

...I'll be on this Cruise too. Well, Myself, DH, DD7 and DS5. This will be our second DCL cruise in 6 months. We loved the first so much, we decided to do it again. Thankfully, most of the stuff we bought for the last cruise, we can use again for this one. I can't wait to start booking excursions. I want to try to do at least one at each port.
Changing subjects, I am all for a meet and greet. Let me know when and where, and I'll be there with my LGMH's.

Awesome! So both of your kids will be together in the Oceaneer Club, right? (Assuming they both liked it last time.) My daughter and neice will be in there, too.

Six months, huh?... Nice.

 

[Tynk13x]

Hi Laura.
Yep, both kids get to be together this trip. My DS will be turning 5 in 2 weeks. He had so much fun lasttime. If you ask him what his favorite part of the cruise was...the clubs. It worked for us, DH and I got some alone time. This time, we are going to try dinner at Palo. Whoo hoo, fancy.

 

[Eeyore77]

Hi Tynk13x,

Welcome to our thread!!! I am so happy that more people are showing up on here now! I was starting to think that the ship was going to be completely empty! LOL!!! OK so not really, but it really is great to hear from you. I did to DCL cruises within 4 monthes last year and that was the best. We did the DVC Members cruise in October and the 3 day for our Honeymoon in January. It has felt like forever since I was last on a Mickey Ship. OK it will be a year when I get on but that seems forever!

So about that meet what does everyone think. I agree that the first day is a bit too hectic to meet up. We will all be to excited to want to have to worry about meeting up. Laura you said something about a sea day. Maybe up by the family pool our something. Tell me what you think!!!

 

[Tynk13x]

Our first "sea" day would be fine with me. I plan to be up early to see the sunrise, so anyone who wants to join me on 10 is more than welcome. Or, for you late sleepers, anytime. I'm flexible. Unlike when at WDW, I have no intention of going "commando".