March 20, 2010*** Mickey's Magic Matey's Cruise the Western!***

[Vegaslover]

Angela, don't forget Thanksgiving and Christmas. You can't really start obsessing until after that.

 

[MrsPMC00]

I believe Patti (MrsPMC00) has a 4 year old daughter. My daughters are a little older. One will just be shy of 8 and the other is 9, so I plan on them both being in the lab together (they should let my 7 year old move up). This is our first cruise, so I figured that they would like being together better

You are right! At the time of the cruise, I will have a 4 year old and a 7 1/2 year old - both girls.

 

[Vegaslover]

Great Patti! Elsa would probably love to meet them.

 

[disney-akj]

Kary glad you are sailing with us! It is our first Disney cruise as well : )

I agree that the holidays have been giving me less time to plan too but the time is flying : ) I am sure I will be full of more questions as Jan. 4th approaches.

 

[MrsPMC00]

Great Patti! Elsa would probably love to meet them.

They would love it too! They are very social little things! They love meeting new kids and finding new people to play with!

 

[Vegaslover]

Hello all!
For the FE exchange, just wondering if we decided to do exchange for kids only. Or, are we including adults? I truly don't care either way. On our last cruise we did kids only because they are easier and fun to shop for. Personally, I don't need any gifts. But, I am up for anything!!!

 

[disney-akj]

I don't believe there are specific rules, but if I am wrong someone please correct me. I do know that there are some cabins participating in our FE gift exchange that have only adults though, so I don't think the kids only idea would work. Lots of adults enjoy the fun too : ) Personally, I am giving one gift per cabin, and then if it is a cabin with children- a gift for each child. I know others may only give a gift for each individual or a gift for each cabin??

Wow! Time is flying by! Halloween has passed and Thanksgiving/Christmas will be here before we know it! Hope everyone is well since it has been so quiet here lately! I am sure it is just lack of time and holiday craziness like our hectic lives has been! Still keeping my fingers crossed that Pelican Plunge will open early

 

[Vegaslover]

I already have some gift ideas for adults. Should be fun!

 

[dytx]

we have booked the aug 2011 5 day double castaway cay cruise. although it is a long way off; that particular cruise is selling out pretty quick.

dee and don

 

[Clari]

That should be a great trip. We were thinking of waiting until the Fastasy was ready that way the Dream wouldn't be as full.but who knows maybe we wont wait so long.

we have booked the aug 2011 5 day double castaway cay cruise. although it is a long way off; that particular cruise is selling out pretty quick.

dee and don

 

[Vegaslover]

I just bought a whole bunch of stuff for the FE exchange! I'm so excited.

 

[wegs3000]

I'm slowly working on my FE stuff also. Halloween was a great time to go pirate. We are busy with school and all the holiday stuff which is good because it keeps my mind off of "are we there yet?" I'm ready now...mentally anyway. I can't even begin to think about packing!

 

[disney-akj]

Was busy yesterday so I didn't get to post this so it is a day late : )
4 MONTHS TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[wegs3000]

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

 

[dytx]

happy turkey day everyone

dee and don

 

[wegs3000]

Just thought I'd be a sap and say that among the many things I am grateful for this cruise is on the list. This is a big deal for us and I am so excited to share this experience with my daughter and my dad -- and then all of you! I can't wait to see you all sunning, funning and regularly applying sunscreening. Can you believe it is almost Christmas and then us first timers can finally book our excursions! Me neither.

Happy Holidays, everyone. And if you didn't see Disney's A Christmas Carol yet I highly recommend it (not for the littlest kids). It will make you feel the holiday spirit!

 

[disney-akj]

I agree with you Angela about everything you said! I can't believe Thanksgiving weekend is almost over and Christmas is right around the corner! Did you decide for sure on the dolphin excursion you are going to try to book? We are going to try for the dolphin extreme swim at Grand Cayman because we want to do the turtle farm too. This way we can do both. Plus in Cozumel we want to do one of the Mayan excursions?? Not sure which one yet. In Key West we thought about getting an electric car through an outside company, but since everything is in walking distance from port that we want to see (southern most point, mallory square, etc.) We are going to save the money and hoof it I believe. Now we just have to keep our fingers crossed that everything we decided on is opened for the first timers.
Has anyone else made anymore decisions regarding excursions yet? Getting more excited : ) Hope everyone enjoyed Thanksgiving and enjoys this holiday season!

 

[wegs3000]

I think we've decided we are doing dolphins at Dolphinarius in Cozumel because it comes first and waiting another day is too torturous; we are doing the full Boatswain's park in Grand Cayman so we can snorkle, play and see turtles; and we will do Castaway Rays on Friday so I can play with rays. I think we are going to get off and walk around for an hour in Key West so we can say we saw it and then go back and enjoy the ship since this is our first time cruising.

I will trade my chance at Palo ressies for you all letting me have dolphin time in Cozumel!

 

[disney-akj]

I am very excited that our countdown cruise calendars have left the triple digit numbers and are down to double digit numbers! 98 days to go : )

 

[IrishCowboy]

Have a great cruise!