March 10, 2007 - 7 Day Western Magic

[ShannonR]

Hello everyone! My name is Shannon and this will be our first Disney Cruise ever!. We have been to WDW several times and have been dreaming of taking this cruise for quite a while. It will be myself, my husband and our three children: DD(13), DS(10) and our oops! baby, DD(2). Can't wait to get to know all of you.

 

[kath1210]

Hi everyone! We'll be joining you too! Our family consists of me (Kathy), my DH (Denis), DS15 and DD12. This is our 2nd Disney cruise; our first was the May 2005 Wonder. DD12 (she'll be 13 then) is excited about being in the teen group for the first time.

We were booked on the December 17, 2006 Wonder, but we changed to this cruise. We decided to do WDW at Christmas - we love going to the parks in the cooler weather. Spring is when we are dying for a warm getaway, so this cruise seemed like the perfect solution!

We're looking forward to getting to know everyone!

 

[MECH8T7]

For those that were thinking of visiting WDW before the cruise, just wanted to mention that one of the nights for the recently announced "Pirate and Princess Party" at the Magic Kingdom is the evening of March 8th.

See attached for info.

http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdw/parks/specialEvents?id=PiratesandPrincessPartySpecialEventPage

http://allearsnet.com/tp/mk/pirateprincess.htm

We just got our tickets yesterday. If we decide to pack some "pirate" garb for the cruise, the party at MK will give us a another chance to wear it!

 

[ShannonR]

I hope everyone is as excited as we are!!! We have been reading the Birnbaum and Passporter DCL books and my husband has been pouring over computer based information regarding the DCL( he's a computer engineer by trade, house dad to 3 by heart). We are going to begin purchasing little things off the packing list posted here on the DIS that we will be needing for the trip. Probably a little OCD on our parts, but we are SO excited and want to be prepared for when March arrives! Any good tips from our fellow cruisers for this trip would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

 

[NoFussRuss]

Bump!!!!!

 

[carolmp]

We're coming too! It's me (Carol), DH (Scott), DD 13 and DD 9. This will be Scott's and my second cruise. We first cruised with Disney on the "Big Red Boat" a long time ago. It is our daughters' first cruise.

I noticed a lot of 13-year-old girls out there, but could sure use some 9-year-old girls too! I bought the Passporter book and my 13yo has been checking it out and I think she is looking forward to the clubs, but the 9yo needs some friends to join in with new activities.

 

[ShannonR]

Hello carolmp!! My DD is 13(will be close to 14 by cruise time) but my DS will be 10 at cruise time. He is a sports nut but also lives with two sisters so he used to playing "girly' games when he is forced to. He plays equally as well with both the boys AND the girls at school so I know he would love to go to the activities with WHOEVER is interested in going-boys or girls!! All three of my kids make friends very easily and get along great with whomever they come into contact with.

 

[carolmp]

That is great to hear! I'm hoping that she is willing to do some of the activities in the clubs. I think she will have a great time. If not, I'm sure we'll all still have a good time.

We are all looking really forward to the trip!

 

[NUHusky]

Our DD will celebrate her 13th birthday on March 10 the day, we depart. This trip is a surprise (booked on our last cruise w/o her knowledge) plus I've booked her Grandmother,Aunt, and cousin from SLC to join us. I know she'd love to correspond with other teens prior to the cruise but I'm thinking we need to keep the secret. See you all in a few months.

 

[ShannonR]

Hello NUHusky! What a great "welcome to your teen years" surprise to your DD!!!!! Our oldest DD is also 13 and would love to correspond to any other DD out there that will be on the cruise with us. If you change your mind or ,god forbid, let the surprise slip then let me know! We are ALL so excited that 7months seems like an eternity!

 

[carolmp]

So how do we get the girls together to chat? I'm kind of new to this. Do we share e-mail addresses, or what do we do?

I think I am the most excited about going. I'm hanging out on this board every day. I hope they aren't monitoring my internet usage here at work!!

We are starting to figure out what we want to do for the Pirate party. I have been looking at some online sites for costumes, but also found a couple of nice men's t-shirts at our local WalMart. Haven't quite decided what we want to do. What is everyone else doing?

 

[ShannonR]

I will ask my DH for both my DD13 and DS10's e-mail addresses. I can't remember my own let alone everyone elses! Ha! Ha!(I am very computer illiterate, but keep trying every day). Both my kids would love to correspond to anyone who is willing to write back in order to "get to know each other" prior to the cruise. We are from Texas(VERY south Texas) and the average daily temperature right now is 100 degrees so the kids stay inside with the air con as much as possible right now and have plenty of time to write! The same goes for me and DH. I am awake most nights on account that I am a night nurse and my body is used to being awake at night and my DH is a "computer freak" Men probably don't write back and forth as much as women do, but he is just as excited about the cruise as the rest of the family. Again, 7 months seems like an eternity!!!!

 

[Marsh Family]

Has anyone been here in a while? Booked last year in February, Canadians from Manitoba, Second DCL cruise, Kids met new friends on first one and loved it, looking forward to talking with others on board March 10,2007,
Traveling, me,DW EM, DD BM(12),DD CM(10),DD PM(8), Hope to here from you soon!! DD's are looking for some others to discuss upcoming cruise.

MARSHMAN

 

[Marsh Family]

Just curious to see what happened to hte rest of this cruise crew, no postings for a while anybody still out there?? Drop a line if you find time.
MarshMan

 

[carolmp]

I'm here!

I have been slowly accumulating items for the cruise. We bought our pirate costumes last week. Is anyone else dressing up?

Also, does anyone know if we still need to get passports? I've just kind of glanced at the information, I haven't read through it too closely. We haven't had time to get them yet, so now I'm thinking that maybe I don't need them.

 

[Marsh Family]

Hi,
Glad to see someone still around, count down to this vacation is painful, have been so needing a vacation, but still 5 months to go. As for your question, we are Canadians, however we were informed that every cruiser in 2007 needs a valid passport regardless of home country, so my guess is yes you do need a passport.
Thanks, and Best Regards
Chris (MarshMan)

 

[NoFussRuss]

We're still here - have not given much thought to the cruise yet - just keeping in the back of my mind (until I have to pay that huge balance due on 12/25!). Once paid in full - I'll start getting excited all over again.

 

[Marsh Family]

Good to hear from you, Russ
Can't seem to get this vacation off my mind, just like you our wack of money due in December too, tough time to pay out that. This weekend is Canadian Thanksgiving Holiday which kicks off our Season. Hopefully will fill my mind with something other than crystal clear ocean waters, and saving a small fortune of dollar bills or loonies as we call them in the great white north.
Hope to hear from all soon.
Best Regards, Chris

 

[ShannonR]

Hi Everyone! Can you believe only 22 weeks until cruise time? When I booked this trip, it was 45 weeks away. Don't get me wrong, it still feels like an eternity away, but at least now we are into the holiday season (yes, I count Halloween as part of the season) and time should go by faster. We have purchased some little things here and there and plan to get the kids quite a few things for Christmas that are cruise oriented. We have decided that we are just going to wear pirate T-shirts for pirate night. We are the kind of people that, to us, comfort is EVERYTHING! My kids even look for "comfortable" costumes for Halloween, so we decided to bypass all the costume "hoopla" of pirate night. However, we CAN'T WAIT to see all the neat costumes people will be wearing on pirate night!!!! I hope everyone is beginning to get a little more cruise excited so we can get this thread REALLY going! Talk to everyone soon, Shannon

 

[Tigger&Bubba]

Happy Thanksgiving Canada