Mar. 19, 2009 Wonder: Aye, But We're Loved by Our Mummies and Dads

[Juliet25]

Doh! I meant Stephanie, not Juliet.

LOL, that's OK. When I registered on the DID Boards I was going through a phase where I was using my cat's name as a screen name on boards I frequented. Pre-kids.

We're also on late dinner. My kids are definite night owls, so I don't foresee any issues.

I talked with Phoebe tonight about the cruise and showed her the videos on the DCL website. She was a little concerned that we were going to leave her on the ship! I'm trying not to push the issue, but I really hope she'll take to the kids clubs. I think she'd have a lot of fun once she's there.

 

[Txgirl1]

Well, do you think if she met maggie and maggie was all about going to the club Phoebe would be more willing to go? mags is pretty easy going about stuff like that--trying new things.

I didn't think of the shows. Although we do normally eat about 6 or 6:30 since her bedtime is usually 7:30ish. Although I'm sure all that will go out the window on this trip.

~v

LOL, that's OK. When I registered on the DID Boards I was going through a phase where I was using my cat's name as a screen name on boards I frequented. Pre-kids.

We're also on late dinner. My kids are definite night owls, so I don't foresee any issues.

I talked with Phoebe tonight about the cruise and showed her the videos on the DCL website. She was a little concerned that we were going to leave her on the ship! I'm trying not to push the issue, but I really hope she'll take to the kids clubs. I think she'd have a lot of fun once she's there.

 

[Aunt Stepody]

We will also be going on our very first cruise this year. It will be me, DH, DS9, and DS6.

That's cool our children are pretty much all the same age. We also have the second dinner seating. We are booked for the Dolphin Encounter from 9:30am to 1:45pm in Nassau. We also have reserved Palo at 6pm for my DH's birthday on 03/20. I hate that we will miss the pirate dinner. However, I had heard from another site that the people with the late seating ususally miss a little bit of the Pirate deck party. We think we would rather miss the dinner than the show.

I am glad for my first post that someone referred me to this section of the forum. My DS6 is pretty shy. I hope he will do alright in the kids club. I'm not worried about my DS9. He has never met a stranger. BTW, we are from Texas also!

 

[chrisann]

We will also be going on our very first cruise this year. It will be me, DH, DS9, and DS6.

That's cool our children are pretty much all the same age. We also have the second dinner seating. We are booked for the Dolphin Encounter from 9:30am to 1:45pm in Nassau. We also have reserved Palo at 6pm for my DH's birthday on 03/20. I hate that we will miss the pirate dinner. However, I had heard from another site that the people with the late seating ususally miss a little bit of the Pirate deck party. We think we would rather miss the dinner than the show.

I am glad for my first post that someone referred me to this section of the forum. My DS6 is pretty shy. I hope he will do alright in the kids club. I'm not worried about my DS9. He has never met a stranger. BTW, we are from Texas also!

Maybe right at the beginning of the cruise we can meet up, our sons are the same age!! What category are you booked in? Did you put a request for main dinner with DCL? We did and it just got changed from late to main a couple days ago. We're from, Ontario, Canada.

 

[Out to Sea Lee]

I just typed a whole page of stuff and lost it. Here I go again:

Count our crew in too!! Me, Dh, DS11, and DD7. This will be our second cruise on DCL, our first cruise was a 7 night western last March. We had the best vacation ever. The kids ask daily "Mom when can we go on another Disney cruise?" So, since we were kinda last minute booking this crusie we have decided to keep this as a SUPRISE for the kids.

We will be staying at the CBR from Sat until Thursday when we leave for the cruise. My daughter will be dancing at DTD on Monday of that week so we decided to stay with the dance team rather than staying on our DVC points (we were going to stay at BCV).

We have booked a Cat12. Last year we booked a Cat6 and enjoyed having the balcony so much!! We have never sailed without atleast an ocean view!! (I'm kinda hoping for an upgrade since we have not been assigned to a room yet, but not counting on it.) I just know that no more time than we spend in the room that it will be just fine no matter what!! Even on the 7 day last year I was not able to do everything that we wanted to on the cruise!!

We also have the late seating for dinner. I always enjoy having the late seating and feel we get the most out of the cruise with it. (Especially with the shorter cruises!!) When you have the late sitting you go to the early show (while the early dining is going on). The dining staff does a great job of rushing through dinner on pirate night. The kids even got to do the limbo around the dining room, it was lots of fun!! We were able to be up on deck well before the show even began and were even right up front!!

I just have to do my best to keep this a secret between now and March!!

I look forward to getting to know all you guys better over the next two months!! I am normally the "queen lurker" but I'll try to do better and come out of "lurking" more often!!

Lee Ann

 

[Aunt Stepody]

Maybe right at the beginning of the cruise we can meet up, our sons are the same age!! What category are you booked in? Did you put a request for main dinner with DCL? We did and it just got changed from late to main a couple days ago. We're from, Ontario, Canada.

That would be great to meet somewhere, if we can.

We are booked in the Cat. 12 guarantee. I do not think we can request for anything.

When I called the other day to see if we could choose our room out of the cat 11's. The DCL agent said, "No, you do not get to pick." She looked at how much we paid and proceeded to tell me that we got the best deal they have. She kinda made me feel bad for asking. She said "People are calling everyday trying to get the deal you got and we are all sold out." So, I felt like I was told to just be happy with whatever I get. I hope we aren't treated like lowly's on the ship just because we paid less than others. We could have paid more, but we figured why. We aren't going to be in our rooms much, except to sleep. We have the same philosophy when we are at WDW. We stay in the Value Resorts mostly. But, we have stayed at the WL and OKW a couple of nights, too. (Sorry, I went off on a tangent. I had to vent.)

Our travel agent booked us. As far as I know, she did not select a dining time for us. The only thing I made sure she noted on our reservation was that my DS6 is allergic to peanuts.

 

[Aunt Stepody]

The dining staff does a great job of rushing through dinner on pirate night. The kids even got to do the limbo around the dining room, it was lots of fun!! We were able to be up on deck well before the show even began and were even right up front!!

I just have to do my best to keep this a secret between now and March!!


Lee Ann

How fun! I love "surprise" secret trips. We have done several of these with our boys, too. It is really hard not to accidentaly say something though. The further out we book the trip, of course the harder it is to keep quiet. Good luck!

We went to WDW last Sept. Then, we heard they were having "free dining" again in November. So, we went again. The boys did not know anything until we were on the road. We've been to Disney so many times that my oldest picked up on our destination when we crossed over into Louisiana. He was a trooper though. He didn't spoil it for his little brother. This was the first time we drove straight throught the night (18 hours). We usually stop in Pensacola (11 hour drive from TX). But in order to keep the trip a surprise to the last minute, we decided to drive all night and let the kids wake up to driving into the gates of the World. It was so fun to see their face light up. This was probably one of our best Disney trips (spur-of-the moment). We were also there to see the space shuttle Endeavor during a night launch, which was AWSEOME. BTW, I do not recommend driving 18 hours straight. We were very sore and tired.

That is great to here about the pirate dinner. It wouldn't seem right if the late dinner crowd did not get to see all of the show.

 

[Aunt Stepody]

Oops, sorry. This printed twice.

 

[PurdyBertnie]

Hi Everyone!!!
My mom has already posted but I just wanted to say hello to all our shipmates too. Looks like we are gonna have lots of cute little kids running around I am so excited , this will be my first cruise, if only March would come faster

 

[Txgirl1]

Hi, welcome to the thread. I just wanted to drop by to say Hi. Along with me is DH and DD6, maggie. What part of Texas (yay!) are ya'll from? We are in North TX.

I think we've decided to stay on the boat in Nassau since this is a short trip. I remember complaining on our last cruise how we crammed in so much on excursions that it was hard to really relax. We are excited about CC and snorkeling, feeding the sting rays and hanging out on the beach.

Non first timers: What is the pirate deck party? Also, do a lot of people dress up for pirate dinner/nite?

We seem to be the only ones trying to get early dinner. We asked but had to have a medical reason to change--DCL. Or so we were told. I'm working on that.

Are you going to do the Fish Extender or magnets on the door?

~vivian

We will also be going on our very first cruise this year. It will be me, DH, DS9, and DS6.

That's cool our children are pretty much all the same age. We also have the second dinner seating. We are booked for the Dolphin Encounter from 9:30am to 1:45pm in Nassau. We also have reserved Palo at 6pm for my DH's birthday on 03/20. I hate that we will miss the pirate dinner. However, I had heard from another site that the people with the late seating ususally miss a little bit of the Pirate deck party. We think we would rather miss the dinner than the show.

I am glad for my first post that someone referred me to this section of the forum. My DS6 is pretty shy. I hope he will do alright in the kids club. I'm not worried about my DS9. He has never met a stranger. BTW, we are from Texas also!

 

[Txgirl1]

Just wanted to say Hi. How fun you've done a 7 day. I'd like to do that next time. We went cat.5 because mama had to have a veranda.

How neat that dd is going to dance--Downtown Disney??? I'm not very good with all the abbreviations. Where are ya'll from?

Glad you came out of lurking.

~v

I just typed a whole page of stuff and lost it. Here I go again:

Count our crew in too!! Me, Dh, DS11, and DD7. This will be our second cruise on DCL, our first cruise was a 7 night western last March. We had the best vacation ever. The kids ask daily "Mom when can we go on another Disney cruise?" So, since we were kinda last minute booking this crusie we have decided to keep this as a SUPRISE for the kids.

We will be staying at the CBR from Sat until Thursday when we leave for the cruise. My daughter will be dancing at DTD on Monday of that week so we decided to stay with the dance team rather than staying on our DVC points (we were going to stay at BCV).

I look forward to getting to know all you guys better over the next two months!! I am normally the "queen lurker" but I'll try to do better and come out of "lurking" more often!!

Lee Ann

 

[Txgirl1]

Hi Everyone!!!
My mom has already posted but I just wanted to say hello to all our shipmates too. Looks like we are gonna have lots of cute little kids running around I am so excited , this will be my first cruise, if only March would come faster

Hi, I'm guessing your mom is Auntyaba? Well, "Hi!" right back at you!

How very exciting for you going on your first cruise. I'm sure you will love it. They are so much fun and I've been waiting so long to go back on one. Three days is not enough for me but I'll take what I can.

Maybe we'll get to meet the two of you.

~vivian

 

[Aunt Stepody]

Hi, welcome to the thread. I just wanted to drop by to say Hi. Along with me is DH and DD6, maggie. What part of Texas (yay!) are ya'll from? We are in North TX.

I think we've decided to stay on the boat in Nassau since this is a short trip. I remember complaining on our last cruise how we crammed in so much on excursions that it was hard to really relax. We are excited about CC and snorkeling, feeding the sting rays and hanging out on the beach.

Non first timers: What is the pirate deck party? Also, do a lot of people dress up for pirate dinner/nite?

We seem to be the only ones trying to get early dinner. We asked but had to have a medical reason to change--DCL. Or so we were told. I'm working on that.

Are you going to do the Fish Extender or magnets on the door?

~vivian

Hello, neighbor! What a small world. We are from North Texas, also.

We considered staying on board for the same reason as you (short trip). However, I know the kids would love to interact with the dolphins. I figure this may be our only opportunity.

We will need to get more info about the pirate party from the others here. I just heard it was a really good time. We might dress up. I have been told some of the families enjoy doing this.

What are Fish Extenders? I've heard about the magnets. Do you make your own?

Stephanie

 

[chrisann]

That would be great to meet somewhere, if we can.

We are booked in the Cat. 12 guarantee. I do not think we can request for anything.

When I called the other day to see if we could choose our room out of the cat 11's. The DCL agent said, "No, you do not get to pick." She looked at how much we paid and proceeded to tell me that we got the best deal they have. She kinda made me feel bad for asking. She said "People are calling everyday trying to get the deal you got and we are all sold out." So, I felt like I was told to just be happy with whatever I get. I hope we aren't treated like lowly's on the ship just because we paid less than others. We could have paid more, but we figured why. We aren't going to be in our rooms much, except to sleep. We have the same philosophy when we are at WDW. We stay in the Value Resorts mostly. But, we have stayed at the WL and OKW a couple of nights, too. (Sorry, I went off on a tangent. I had to vent.)

Our travel agent booked us. As far as I know, she did not select a dining time for us. The only thing I made sure she noted on our reservation was that my DS6 is allergic to peanuts.

Stephanie,
I tried to pm you but I don't think you can send or receive pm's yet. I have the opposite problem from you though. My older son is not really wanting to do the kids clubs as he's very friendly but not very outgoing, and my younger son is already calling it "his club he get's to go to", very outgoing. Hopefully we can meet up a bit before. What are you guys doing before the cruise? I'm still trying to figure this part out. I would love to do WDW, but I'm afraid DH will be all disneyed out by the end of the week. I'm thinking maybe Cocoa Beach but I can't find anything reasonable. We, like you just back in November and weren't planning on anything else so soon, so we're trying to keep this trip at a moderate budget. We usually take our trips in the Fall and save and plan it during the other 10 months ahead of time so I'm all out of wack!! When you click on your reservation confirmation it should say what your dining time is. Maybe call DCL and find out what your dinner time is and if it is later, request a main dinner(if you want), I imagine it's easier to switch it to late than from late once you're on the ship. Have you ever cruised before? We haven't, so not only is this our first disney cruise, it's our first cruise all together. As for the room, we're in a 12 gty as well, but from what I've read that really doesn't mean much so who knows where we'll end up. I should be going.
Chrisann(You can email me if you want,
clafontaine22@cogeco.ca)

 

[Aunt Stepody]

Stephanie,
I tried to pm you but I don't think you can send or receive pm's yet. I have the opposite problem from you though. My older son is not really wanting to do the kids clubs as he's very friendly but not very outgoing, and my younger son is already calling it "his club he get's to go to", very outgoing. Hopefully we can meet up a bit before. What are you guys doing before the cruise? I'm still trying to figure this part out. I would love to do WDW, but I'm afraid DH will be all disneyed out by the end of the week. I'm thinking maybe Cocoa Beach but I can't find anything reasonable. We, like you just back in November and weren't planning on anything else so soon, so we're trying to keep this trip at a moderate budget. We usually take our trips in the Fall and save and plan it during the other 10 months ahead of time so I'm all out of wack!! When you click on your reservation confirmation it should say what your dining time is. Maybe call DCL and find out what your dinner time is and if it is later, request a main dinner(if you want), I imagine it's easier to switch it to late than from late once you're on the ship. Have you ever cruised before? We haven't, so not only is this our first disney cruise, it's our first cruise all together. As for the room, we're in a 12 gty as well, but from what I've read that really doesn't mean much so who knows where we'll end up. I should be going.
Chrisann



That is correct. I have not posted enough yet. I emailed you today when I received your PM. I hope you will get it. If not, then let me know.

 

[Aunt Stepody]

Chrisann,

Did you get my email last night?

Stephanie

 

[Juliet25]

Well, do you think if she met maggie and maggie was all about going to the club Phoebe would be more willing to go? mags is pretty easy going about stuff like that--trying new things.

I think so. Phoebe's kind of shy at first but she warms up quickly, and she **loves** making new friends and playing with other kids. I think she'll really loves the kids club if she gives them a try. Unfortunately, she's very stubborn and once she has it in her mind not to do something, it's hard to change her mind. I know, however, that she'd much rather spend the day hanging out with kids than with her baby sister!

 

[Juliet25]

We are booked in the Cat. 12 guarantee. I do not think we can request for anything.

When I called the other day to see if we could choose our room out of the cat 11's. The DCL agent said, "No, you do not get to pick." She looked at how much we paid and proceeded to tell me that we got the best deal they have. She kinda made me feel bad for asking. She said "People are calling everyday trying to get the deal you got and we are all sold out." So, I felt like I was told to just be happy with whatever I get. I hope we aren't treated like lowly's on the ship just because we paid less than others. We could have paid more, but we figured why. We aren't going to be in our rooms much, except to sleep. We have the same philosophy when we are at WDW. We stay in the Value Resorts mostly. But, we have stayed at the WL and OKW a couple of nights, too. (Sorry, I went off on a tangent. I had to vent.)

Our travel agent booked us. As far as I know, she did not select a dining time for us. The only thing I made sure she noted on our reservation was that my DS6 is allergic to peanuts.

You probably got in on the same deal we did! A friend of mine tried to book this cruise a week or two ago and she got a quote of two times what we are paying. Go us!

I wouldn't worry about being treated differently. No one knows how much you paid, and people are working for tips onboard.

Most likely you have late seating. I think early seating goes really fast. But you're in good company...I think all of us here are dining at 8:15.

 

[Juliet25]

OK, it looks like the cast of kids so far consists of:

Kim (ksoehrlein): DD-8 and DS-5
Chrisann: DS-9 and DS-5
Stephanie (Juliet25): DD-5 & DD<1
Auntyaba and her DD PurdyBertnie
Viv (Txgirl1): DD-6
Stephanie (Aunt Stepody): DS-9 and DS-6
Lee (Out to Sea Lee): DS-11 and DD-7
MollyMcDaniel: DD-4

Did I miss anyone?

 

[MollyMcDaniel]

Add 3 more to your list. DD, Emma, loves the kids club and would rather be around "peeps" her own age (will be almost 5 when we sail) than boring old mom and dad. We are stayin at VWL Sat-Thur.

We were also booked at SSR and were lucky enough to get our DVC choice at WVL....we booked this kind of late.

We are also late dining......gives us time to relax/snooze before the show and dinner.