March 13th 2011 Fiesta time on the Wonder!

[Fire Ohana]

Hello~

Wow, there are quite a few people here that have booked this cruise. Like many others, we jumped on the KSF promo. It is our first time cruising, so we are excited about all of it. I am looking through various posts and see lots of things to make it super-fun. One question though...what's a fishhook (I think that's what it's called...) Looking forward to all of your tips/suggestions/etc. as well as fun and friendship next Spring!

Now, I still don't get all of the "category lingo" being a cruise noobie, but I can tell you we're in a Cat. 6A and are on the 7th deck...

Talk with you all later!

 

[BigRed1]

BigRed1 - I just sent a PM with our info. Thanks for coordinating this! It is going to be fun. Wish it were sooner.

I got it, updated the list, and I'm sending it to you!

 

[lmhall2000]

Hello~

Wow, there are quite a few people here that have booked this cruise. Like many others, we jumped on the KSF promo. It is our first time cruising, so we are excited about all of it. I am looking through various posts and see lots of things to make it super-fun. One question though...what's a fishhook (I think that's what it's called...) Looking forward to all of your tips/suggestions/etc. as well as fun and friendship next Spring!

Now, I still don't get all of the "category lingo" being a cruise noobie, but I can tell you we're in a Cat. 6A and are on the 7th deck...

Talk with you all later!

Welcome and don't forget to find us on Facebook..it's Fish Extenders!!! Here's an example of one we pulled together with scissors and sharpie in 5 minutes!!

There are some excellent crafty ones out there, but to give you the idea, if you participate you bring little tokens to share with others participating..each day you will find goodies in your pocket..some have just kids participating and others have everyone or just adults..it's a fun way to add some excitement to the vacation...

On the main page there are disigners who will create these images for you to put on your door for magnets...with sooo many doors it's a great help to find your room easily!

Welcome!!
Tara

 

[hopelea]

I love the goofy hat for the door!! I would love to do something like that for mine!! How was it made???

Hope

 

[lmhall2000]

We were on the May 5th Med cruise as well. It was so much better then I ever expected!

Welcome aboard!!!

We were blessed with great weather (outside La Spezia! ) and calm seas!! hoping the same for the Pacific!! Hope to meet your family this next cruise, we were sooo busy on the Med that we really did not get to meet many families!!

Tara

 

[lmhall2000]

I love the goofy hat for the door!! I would love to do something like that for mine!! How was it made???

Hope

Hey Hope!!

On this thread you'll find many fun designs..
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2172891&highlight=creative+disigns

.I just saved the files and printed them out, then I ran them through the laminate machine at Kinko's and cut them out...some cut them out (because some are in 2-3 pieces) then laminate but I'm always in a rush, then I just bought a roll of magnetic tape and stuck it to the back...very easy!

HTH!!
Tara

 

[keaster]

I see that Keaster and Abdmom are from Toronto area. So are we. Where are you guys from exactly? We are in Ajax. Maybe we could have a Dismeet or two before the cruise to do a meet and greet.

Keaster here! Sorry we've been crazy busy.

We live in Barrie, so looking to fly out of Toronto...we considered Buffalo, but it's bit of a drive for us from here. We will probably have enough Avion points to cover at least 2 of our flight

 

[BigRed1]

Hello~

Wow, there are quite a few people here that have booked this cruise. Like many others, we jumped on the KSF promo. It is our first time cruising, so we are excited about all of it. I am looking through various posts and see lots of things to make it super-fun. One question though...what's a fishhook (I think that's what it's called...) Looking forward to all of your tips/suggestions/etc. as well as fun and friendship next Spring!

Now, I still don't get all of the "category lingo" being a cruise noobie, but I can tell you we're in a Cat. 6A and are on the 7th deck...

Talk with you all later!

Aboard!!! We are keeping a list for our cruise. If you are interested, click here to see what to do!!

 

[BigRed1]

Was doing a little digging yesterday and found the port schedule, and came up with a hotel near the port that has a free shuttle to the port. Here are the links!
http://www.sanpedro.com/spcom/crusshp.htm
http://www.sanpedro.com/spcom/hotlodg.htm
http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/cp/1/en/hotel/laxpv?rpb=rate&ias=y

 

[mindy327]

Was doing a little digging yesterday and found the port schedule, and came up with a hotel near the port that has a free shuttle to the port. Here are the links!
http://www.sanpedro.com/spcom/crusshp.htm
http://www.sanpedro.com/spcom/hotlodg.htm
http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/cp/1/en/hotel/laxpv?rpb=rate&ias=y

Let's ALL give BigRed1 (Allen) a HUGE for all of his hard work... His cordination efforts mean a lot to all of us.

 

[hopelea]

Tara, Thanks for the link. I just printed out my ears for my room. Mine will have the Hollywood Studios Hat I printed the mickey ears w/the captains hat for my parents room. I need to get them ready and hide them at work so I can laminate them when my boss isn't there

 

[Fire Ohana]

Thanks for the welcome! The FE exchange sounds like fun! Pencil us in, I'll send you the info once I get the minimum # of posts. Time to go "bump" a few

 

[JDBlair]

Was doing a little digging yesterday and found the port schedule, and came up with a hotel near the port that has a free shuttle to the port. Here are the links!
http://www.sanpedro.com/spcom/crusshp.htm
http://www.sanpedro.com/spcom/hotlodg.htm
http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/cp/1/en/hotel/laxpv?rpb=rate&ias=y

Thank you,thank you!!

Is anyone booking their hotel stays already? I'm thinking about getting our hotel reservation booked now. We are going to Disneyland the day before the cruise so we'll be staying in Anaheim/Garden Grove and not near the port. Anyone else going to Disneyland the day before? I know I've asked a bit but now that the ship has filled up, kind of thinking need to jump on hotel ressies before we are out of options!

 

[Fire Ohana]

I just booked a night at the DoubleTree in San Pedro. We are driving down from the Bay Area the day before the cruise, and the DoubleTree has a park and cruise special for $189. We get to keep the car there for the duration of the cruise and there is a complimentary shuttle to the port, as well as a free breakfast the morning of departure and drink tickets for the adults for Saturday night. Parking at the port is $15/day, so it's a push, but at least we have lodging and parking taken care of (with breakfast and drinks as a bonus.)

 

[BigRed1]

I just booked a night at the DoubleTree in San Pedro. We are driving down from the Bay Area the day before the cruise, and the DoubleTree has a park and cruise special for $189. We get to keep the car there for the duration of the cruise and there is a complimentary shuttle to the port, as well as a free breakfast the morning of departure and drink tickets for the adults for Saturday night. Parking at the port is $15/day, so it's a push, but at least we have lodging and parking taken care of (with breakfast and drinks as a bonus.)

Sounds like the Radisson @ Port Canaveral! I'm sending you a PM w/ my email address!

 

[BigRed1]

Let's ALL give BigRed1 (Allen) a HUGE for all of his hard work... His cordination efforts mean a lot to all of us.

Thanks!! But I don't deserve that!! Google is the hard worker!!

 

[krazy4crusing]

Thank you so much!! This is great! Now we can start looking at Port Hotels too!

Was doing a little digging yesterday and found the port schedule, and came up with a hotel near the port that has a free shuttle to the port. Here are the links!
http://www.sanpedro.com/spcom/crusshp.htm
http://www.sanpedro.com/spcom/hotlodg.htm
http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/cp/1/en/hotel/laxpv?rpb=rate&ias=y

 

[krazy4crusing]

Thank you,thank you!!

Is anyone booking their hotel stays already? I'm thinking about getting our hotel reservation booked now. We are going to Disneyland the day before the cruise so we'll be staying in Anaheim/Garden Grove and not near the port. Anyone else going to Disneyland the day before? I know I've asked a bit but now that the ship has filled up, kind of thinking need to jump on hotel ressies before we are out of options!

We plan on flying in Friday night and go to DL for the day on Saturday. I want to stay at the Port on Saturday night so that when we get up on Sunday we can just make our way to the ship and start the party!

Do you guys think we can do both DL and California Adventure in one day? They don't seem that big but I am not sure...

What are other people's plans?

 

[JDBlair]

We plan on flying in Friday night and go to DL for the day on Saturday. I want to stay at the Port on Saturday night so that when we get up on Sunday we can just make our way to the ship and start the party!

Do you guys think we can do both DL and California Adventure in one day? They don't seem that big but I am not sure...

What are other people's plans?

You would not be able to do both parks in one day if you were trying to see and do everything. If you wanted to see the very top highlights, it's do-able but you will definitely miss out on some stuff, for sure.

Our plan will be to go to Disneyland/CA Adventure from open to close on Saturday. We're staying in Anaheim and will drive to the port Sunday morning. I'm not trying to be at the port at opening this time but we'll definitely want to be on the ship around lunch time.

 

[hopelea]

I dont know what we are going to do on Saturday. I think my dd's want to see some of CA. We are goin to stay close to Ontario airport. (my sister lives 10 minutes from there). We will arrive @ the port around 10ish? What time can we go into the port? I like to be early!! Don't want to miss a minute of my trip