March 15-22, 2008 Eastern - Way-Way Early Check In

[carolmp]

I finally found my clear shoe organizer to hang over the door. I've been looking around and couldn't find a clear one. I searched every -Mart I could find, dollar stores, drug stores - and couldn't fiind one. So I googled it tonight thinking maybe I could find one cheap online and who should pop up but Lowe's! And according to their website, they even have it in stock. I'll be driving over there this weekend. Hooray!
I never would have thought to look there.

 

[DiszyGram]

Sounds like everyone's plans are coming together.

I got most of my clothes out, and returned a few of them. Those plastic bags you can buy for clothes that compress them are great. They look like large zip-lock bags. You put a pile of folded clothes in them, start rolling the bag from one end to the other, and the clothes are nicely compressed into a much smaller package. The air comes out of the bag. The clothes also don't get wrinkled. I made a pile of eight shirts look like four of them.

Welcome Pammy Jo. It will be nice meeting a neighbor. Look for the magnet with a large frog holding a ship it it's front legs.

I didn't find green beads yet but I will have a green Disney polo shirt on as I arrive at the ship. The shirt you can buy at the online Disney store. My daughter and 8 year old grandson will be with me. We are staying in Cocoa Beach so we will only be a fifteen minute drive from the port. We leave just two weeks from today.

 

[limati]

We also fly out TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY

The tram ride in St. Thomas looks kind of neat. It is very close to where we dock. I'll bet the view is beautiful!There is a nice port map and great info for the skyride at stthomasskyride.com. Looks like fun.

Happy Leap day

 

[Gretel]

Two weeks from today is my birthday and we will be headed towards the Magic! Woo Hoo, can't wait!

 

[carolmp]

2 weeks, 2 weeks, 2 weeks

Gretel, which airline are you flying out? We're on the SunCountry flight in the morning.

 

[PixyDusted]

2 weeks and 1 day from today!!!

I can't wait! I think I'll be wearing a black and offwhite linen dress and black espadrilles on the 15th if anyone wants to say hi! And I have long brown hair...

Here's the 2 of us on our last cruise

 

[Gretel]

carolmp: We are on a Northwest flight on Friday night at 7:00. DD 17 could not miss any school so we had to leave after school on Friday night. We will be staying at the Hyatt that evening.

 

[nlm]

Was just reminded (long about way, but....)

Anyone else planning to try to sign up for one of the "Family Tea Party" events? (Tea with Wendy or Alice, depending) DH isn't interested, but both DD9 and DS11 are.

We're planning on doing it (me, DD5, DD10). I was surfing the board and came across the following hint:

One tip for that is: when you get on the ship go to Guest Services and ask "What's going on that I have to sign up for?" Then you can go ahead and reserve spots in any of the on-board activities that will be coming up during the week.

I'll probably send DH to get tickets, along with signing us up for the various "tastings" they offer, like Martini, wine, etc., right after we board.

LOL, DD can't believe how many 9 and 10 yo girls are "in" this group. She's kinda wishing she was a couple months older to join the larger of the two groups. She's a June b-day girl, and she's well aware that the groupings are 8-9 and 10-12. Ah well.

Yes, I think I counted about 19 10 - 12 year olds! Unbelievable! DD10 will have sign out privileges - anyone else giving their child sign in/out privileges?

Hi everyone! I can't believe I'm joining a forum about my upcoming cruise but I am....

It's my 3rd time on a Disney Cruise, first time on a 7-day and first time on the Magic! I'm really excited. It's just me cruising with my boyfriend and I CANNOT WAIT!! (It's our second cruise together)

Welcome PixyDusted! I'll add you and your BF on the list of cruisers on page 1.

 

[happymommy]

also silly quesiton, but what is REAS?

Romantic Escape at Sea - we get a package in the room with chocolates, a frame, a free 8 x 10, robes, plus a bottle of wine in Palo, champagne breakfast in bed, and you get to reserve activities earlier, at 105 days. A couple of other minor things. I booked it long ago - about $350 plus. Maybe it's expensive, but we got the Palo night we wanted and decided to keep the brunch we wanted as well (our friends can't get a brunch reserved, and they tried the first day they could book it).

DD10 will have sign out privileges - anyone else giving their child sign in/out privileges?

I gave my kids sign in/out privileges, they're 11 and soon to be 9.

 

[Gretel]

I forgot to have us added to the list!

Lisa (43) aka Gretel
Mark (47)
Caitlin (19)
Emilee (17) going on 30

We are in a Cat 5

 

[pop5]

I like the idea of telling what we might have on. It really will be fun to see others from the board. Of course, I have no idea yet what I will have on. Paige

 

[limati]

When we knew we were going on this cruise my mom, sister, and I got us all t-shirts with matching "tiki" Mickeys on them. The girl's shirts are pink and the boys are tan. There are nine of us.

My dd and I will probably be wearing green beads.

For those of you doing the tram ride in St. Thomas - are you doing this on your own or through DCL?

Also, is anyone planning on going to any of the tastings? The tequila/margarita one sounds good. Do these fill up fast?

That's a lot of questions. I'd appreciate any input. 15 DAYS

 

[The_Ryno]

Nice to see more people joining in on the board. Two weeks left of school and I am on my senior spring break. Hopefully there are loads of teens on the cruise.

 

[nlm]

My dd and I will probably be wearing green beads.

I just went to the 5 Below store and picked up another 20 beads for the kids meet - for a total for 40 strands. Hope that's enough - although I counted and it looks like there is around 20 10 - 12 year olds so far in our thread! I'm sure not all of the kids will show up for the meet, so we'll probably be fine.

For those of you doing the tram ride in St. Thomas - are you doing this on your own or through DCL?

We signed up for the tram excursion through DCL - it's slightly cheaper through Disney.

Also, is anyone planning on going to any of the tastings? The tequila/margarita one sounds good. Do these fill up fast?

I am, I am, I am. Someone else will be doing the driving!

I don't know how quickly it fills up - but once we board, I'm sending DH to the Rockin D to see if he can make change our Palo reservations, and then he's off to Guest Services to pick up tickets for Tea w/Wendy (Alice) and sign us up for tastings.

 

[Gretel]

We are doing the tram on our own.

 

[limati]

Nancy,
Thanks for the quick responses! Thanks also for keeping up with the list of cruisers and the meets.

Good idea sending dh to Rockin D to sign up for a few things.

 

[DiszyGram]

For those of you who have never been on a Disney cruise before, your family name is announced as you actually board the ship. You also have your pictures taken in front of a nice Disney cruise background display. It makes a great souvenir. All the pictures taken by the Disney photographers will be found in the photo gallery later. You have to search for your picture. I always think a picture is good if I look good in it.

Your cabin will not be ready until later in the afternoon so you will need to find a place to hang out. The crew does an amazing job of getting all of those cabins cleaned and ready in just a few hours. The halls are roped off to the public until the cabins are ready.

We always head up to the top for lunch. It starts to get busy up there so if you can, have a family member save a table while the others are getting their food. You have to take your carry-ons with you. Some people have swim suits in their carry-ons and head to the pools.

 

[PixyDusted]

Anyone know how many posts I need to do before I can link up photos?

 

[lizg123]

Well, it's two weeks from today that we sail away. I still don't have my cruise documents. Should I worry? I figured that I could wait until Monday after the UPS comes but we get late deliveries. Should I call them now? What number do I use? Thanks for any help. I am getting nervous.

Also, another question. If we have Luminere's for dinner on a night that isn't a formal night do we still need to have the men wear jackets and ties? That could possibly mean that if we have Luminere's first we would have it 3 times as well as the other two night. My husband won't like that idea. It gets confusing.

See y'all soon.
Liz G

 

[tecdavidt]

On a 7 day cruise we don't dress any different in Luminere's than for the other restaurants. If it is a formal or semi-formal night we dress for the occasion no matter which restaurant we are in. We have had formal night in Parrot Cay--it just was strange but we dressed formal. Kathy