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

[Clari]

Hi Clari

Yes alot of us put labels on our gifts, that way you know who they are from. And in case their is something you just especially like, you can thank them personally.

But their we're some gifts that I got this last time that had no names on them

I personally put a label on them with my user name from the DIS. It just makes it a little more personel.

The only gifts I didn't put names on, was the kids

It's going to be alot of fun!!

Thanks and I think you're right you can personalize the thank yous if you know who it's from. Thanks.
Now I'll add a page or two to the scrapbook I've started for the trip for this . I can't wait.

 

[rkwier]

Hi Everyone!

I just wanted to say hello and let everyone know that we are still breathing. We have been up in Michigan visiting our families. It was so pretty there and we got a nice little break from the Texas heat. It was fun to see everyone, but now we are exhausted! We are looking forward to a little relaxation over the long holiday weekend coming up.

I have been making a nice little list of ideas that would make nice FE gifts. (Most of the ideas I ran across from other DISers. I am so glad that people are willing to share their ideas since I am creatively challenged. ) I am glad that we decided to have a FE exchange so early so that it gives us time to plan and gather items a little bit at a time. (I love planning vacations almost as much as taking them.) This is going to be fun! The only thing that eludes me is the fish extender itself. I think that I will need to join the camp of ordering one.

We haven't even begun to think about shore excursions. That will probably happen closer to the end of the year. We have been to Cozumel and Grand Cayman before, so we may just explore on our own. We will be going to CC next week on a 3-day, so we may just want to be slugs there, but I am guessing that a cabana massage will definitely make the list! Too early to tell right now.

 

[wegs3000]

I know we want to do the stingrays in Grand Cayman so that means dolphins in Cozumel. Captain Marvins and Native Way in GC get raves on the DIS boards and they are book it yourself so there is a big cost savings. I haven't figured out which one we will do yet. My DD is a fish but has never been snorkeling so that will be fun also. I will book the dolphin encounter in Cozumel if I can't get it through DCL. The 75 day wait makes me nervous that everything we want to do will be gone by then but I will figure it out.

I'm with Christina on Key West; we will probably go for a walk but will try to use that day for less crowding in the ship pools and exploring the boat. And if I can catch a first run movie in the theater I am definitely on it.

I'm still struggling with the early vs. late dining but the only day we are after 5 on all aboard is in Key West and I will be ready for a good meal after the excursions! My dad and are beer hounds also (curse of the Irish!) and I've got my soft sided cooler to bring on board so we can just enjoy a cold beer on the verandah. Could we leave now???

 

[Bellamickey]

I know we want to do the stingrays in Grand Cayman so that means dolphins in Cozumel. Captain Marvins and Native Way in GC get raves on the DIS boards and they are book it yourself so there is a big cost savings. I haven't figured out which one we will do yet. My DD is a fish but has never been snorkeling so that will be fun also. I will book the dolphin encounter in Cozumel if I can't get it through DCL. The 75 day wait makes me nervous that everything we want to do will be gone by then but I will figure it out.

I'm with Christina on Key West; we will probably go for a walk but will try to use that day for less crowding in the ship pools and exploring the boat. And if I can catch a first run movie in the theater I am definitely on it.

I'm still struggling with the early vs. late dining but the only day we are after 5 on all aboard is in Key West and I will be ready for a good meal after the excursions! My dad and are beer hounds also (curse of the Irish!) and I've got my soft sided cooler to bring on board so we can just enjoy a cold beer on the verandah. Could we leave now???

Ahhhhh.......a cold beer on the Magic!!! I'm with you, lets GO NOW!!!!

The new refillable beer mugs are great!!!

Try not to stress to much about the 75 day mark . We used to book at that time frame, but now we book at 105 days. But, we NEVER had a problem. I worried on our first cruise that everything would be booked too, but they really do reserve alot of space, yes the chance is their of something being full, but I'm sure you'll be just fine and the good thing is, like you mentioned, they do have independent excursions that you could always book too

Don't forget to try that ice-cream shop I mentioned in a previous post, You'll love it! It's so yummy!!!

I hope everyone is having a great week! It's almost Friday, WOO-HOO!

I booked my pre and post WDW stays for the cruise!! Before the cruise we will be at AKL and after the cruise we will be at CBR!! Now, I'm really wanting to GO NOW!!!

Anyone else doing a pre or post night WDW stay?

 

[mommyofthreeboys]

Anyone else doing a pre or post night WDW stay?

No. booo!

Since we are going during the kids Spring Break, if we do a pre or post stay, we would have to take the kids out of school.

We do plan on going to DTD Friday night but that's about it.



Have a great day!

 

[wegs3000]

We are in the same boat as Christina - can't take extra time off from school so no WDW this trip. Although, our spring break starts on Friday, March 19 for some reason. Me and DD are flying from Oregon that day, meeting my dad who is coming down from New York at MCO at 4pm and we are renting a car and driving to PC so that we be at the terminal at 10am on Saturday. I booked a room at the Radisson in PC. We are all flying home on the afternoon of the 27th so we can take our time getting back to MCO with another rental car.

Belinda, thanks for the reassurance on the excursion booking. I am only mildly worried about having to book my own as my Spanish stinks but if that's how it works out we will be just fine.

I have just about worn the ink off my PassPorter. I love that book!

 

[Bellamickey]

Hey girlys!

I hope everyone is having a great week! Thank goodness, it's almost Friday. This is my weekend off, so I'm looking foward to tomorrow!!


Ok, so, I'd like to make a magnet for our group so we can put it on our door with the rest of our magnets!! WOO-HOO

BUUUUUUTTTTTTT, we need to think of a name for our group and a color?

(The reason for the color is so that we can make mickey heads, in that color and put them on our doors and put one on our bags, lanyards, ect so we can easily recongnize that we're in the same group! and DIS buddies!

Any ideas? Let me know what you guys think of. Once we decide on a name and color, I will put a magnet design together and email it to all of you to print out


Ok girls, give me your name and color thoughts?

Heres mine : Mickey's Magic Matey's Cruise the Western!
Color - Hot Pink

Hope you guys have a great nite! Can't wait to meet everyone!!

P.S. You can go to home depot and get the mickey head paint chips and cut them out and laminate them. It works perfect for the lanyards, bags, door and stuff!

 

[Clari]

Ok girls, give me your name and color thoughts?

Heres mine : Mickey's Magic Matey's Cruise the Western!
Color - Hot Pink

I like the name and my two colors are Hot Pink and Teal.

 

[Bellamickey]

I like the name and my two colors are Hot Pink and Teal.

Here is another color that I acutally like better than my hot pink. How about bright orange? Thats a good "mexico" color. Teal is a good choice too.


Suggested Group Name choices "so far" :

MICKEY'S MAGIC MATEY'S CRUISE THE WESTERN


Suggested group colors "so far" :

hot pink

Teal (blue)

bright orange

Let's keep the ideas coming so we can name our group!!!


Let the planning begin!!!!! Only 8 more months!!!!

 

[mommyofthreeboys]

Love the name!

I vote for bright orange! Pink won't go with my 3 boys

 

[Bellamickey]

Love the name!

I vote for bright orange! Pink won't go with my 3 boys

Thats funny!! Shawn said the same thing, "oh Belinda, you and your PINK"!!!

I LOVE the orange too!! I think thats a good Mexico color!!

I'm gonna try and work on some of my magnet designs this weekend since I'm off!

The last time we cruised, 8 months out went by so fast!

 

[wegs3000]

Love orange! Perfect choice. My daughter hates pink (did not get that from me!). I love the name also.

Is anyone else going to dress up for Pirate Night? I really want to but I do not want to be the only dorks doing it. And I don't mean that I'm going to trot out looking like I lost my ticket to the Renaissance Fair - I'm thinking pretty simple and easily packable.

Happy Friday, everyone!

 

[Bellamickey]

Happy Saturday Everyone

Well, It seems like "bright orange" is the color of choice! and everyone seems to love the name, "Mickey's Magic Matey's Cruise the Western!!!

We're official now!!!

Mickey's Magic Matey's Cruise the Western!!!!

Don't forget, you can get bright orange mickey head paint chips at Home Depot to help with your planning!!!

Shawn and I will have one on our lanyards and all over our door around our other magnets, oh and also on my beach bag on excursion and sea days!
That way my DIS friends can spot me! You girls do the same so we can spot eachtother

Christine- Feel free to edit the name of our post with March 20, 2010 Mickey's Magic Matey's Cruise the Western!
I'm so excited about your scavenger hunt. Just PM me and let me know if you would like to use the "little" surprise. I am more than happy to share them with you! You should feel special, I wouldn't share with anyone else! I love my DIS FRIENDS!!!

Is anyone else going to dress up for Pirate Night? I really want to but I do not want to be the only dorks doing it. And I don't mean that I'm going to trot out looking like I lost my ticket to the Renaissance Fair - I'm thinking pretty simple and easily packable.

Happy Friday, everyone!

Angela - Hey girly! We dressed up for pirate night this last month. Nothing to extravagent, just a shirt, do-rag, and some pirate jewerly. Just enought to fit in with the theme and it still looked great in photos! Believe me hunny, you won't look like a dork. Some people went WAAAAAAYYY out and some did just as we did. It was still alot of fun and the good thing was, I was comfortable. I even wore black flip flops. Here's our pic from pirate night, thought I'd share with you to give you an idea of what we wore:

Either way, your going to look great and no matter what you dress up in, your going to have a blast!!!!

I have some pics of the deck party pirate buffet also, if any of you want me to post them so you can get a peek!

Have a great day everyone

 

[wegs3000]

Great pic! I was thinking along those lines also and Belinda, your husband is obviously a good sport. I'm already thinking about overpacking...

 

[Clari]

Was there a specific (NAME) orange paint chip anyone got at Home Depot??

 

[dytx]

Was there a specific (NAME) orange paint chip anyone got at Home Depot??

Clari; at our home depot; you go to the paint department and there is a large display with all of the Mickey heads in all the colors.

on the orange chip; it reads DC1B-50-5 (orange blast). it also has 1B-50 on the paint chip card. I have found that the mickey head will come off the cardboard with careful peeling. (that works better for me than trying to trim it with sissors. I have scanned several of the peeled mickeys on to my pc and placed them in "my pictures" where I can get to them.

Dee

 

[Clari]

Clari; at our home depot; you go to the paint department and there is a large display with all of the Mickey heads in all the colors.

on the orange chip; it reads DC1B-50-5 (orange blast). it also has 1B-50 on the paint chip card. I have found that the mickey head will come off the cardboard with careful peeling. (that works better for me than trying to trim it with sissors. I have scanned several of the peeled mickeys on to my pc and placed them in "my pictures" where I can get to them.

Dee

Thank you

 

[rkwier]

Hi Everyone!

Long time, no post. We just got back Sunday from a 3-day on the Wonder. All I can say is - WOW! This was our first DCL cruise and truly it was a wonderful experience. I admit that I had VERY high expectations and I am more than pleased to tell you that they were both met AND exceeded! Embarkation was sooo smooth and effortless. It took ~30 minutes to go through security, check in and get our key to the world cards, get our pictures taken and board the ship - and about 15 of those were spent taking pictures of the terminal! We knew from then on that this was going to be a great cruise, and we were not disappointed! I am also pleased to tell you that I was not in the least bit seasick - yippee! It was truly one of the best vacations that we have ever taken. The only thing that was slightly disappointing to me was that we did not see even one fish extender. Not only that, but we were the only ones who put magnets on our door. DVC put magnets on all of the member doors, but that was it. DH said that someone asked if DCL had given us the magnets. I said "did you tell them, no, my crazy wife made them?" He just laughed. I also came home with a nasty cold. I swear that I cannot come within a 10-mile radius of Orlando without getting sick. Oh well, vacations that good are soooo worth it.

While we were on board, we went ahead and re-booked our March cruise to receive the 10% discount and OBC. We switched rooms because we wanted to try the starboard side of the ship, so now we are in cabin #6596. We also switched to late dining so that we are not rushed to get ready for dinner after a busy day in port. Sorry to throw a wrench into the planning!

 

[mommyofthreeboys]

Hi Everyone!

Long time, no post. We just got back Sunday from a 3-day on the Wonder. All I can say is - WOW! This was our first DCL cruise and truly it was a wonderful experience. I admit that I had VERY high expectations and I am more than pleased to tell you that they were both met AND exceeded! Embarkation was sooo smooth and effortless. It took ~30 minutes to go through security, check in and get our key to the world cards, get our pictures taken and board the ship - and about 15 of those were spent taking pictures of the terminal! We knew from then on that this was going to be a great cruise, and we were not disappointed! I am also pleased to tell you that I was not in the least bit seasick - yippee! It was truly one of the best vacations that we have ever taken. The only thing that was slightly disappointing to me was that we did not see even one fish extender. Not only that, but we were the only ones who put magnets on our door. DVC put magnets on all of the member doors, but that was it. DH said that someone asked if DCL had given us the magnets. I said "did you tell them, no, my crazy wife made them?" He just laughed. I also came home with a nasty cold. I swear that I cannot come within a 10-mile radius of Orlando without getting sick. Oh well, vacations that good are soooo worth it.

While we were on board, we went ahead and re-booked our March cruise to receive the 10% discount and OBC. We switched rooms because we wanted to try the starboard side of the ship, so now we are in cabin #6596. We also switched to late dining so that we are not rushed to get ready for dinner after a busy day in port. Sorry to throw a wrench into the planning!

Welcome home!!! So glad to hear you had a great time!!!

 

[rkwier]

Welcome home!!! So glad to hear you had a great time!!!

Thanks so much! We really had an amazing time. When we were leaving port, RCL Freedom of the Seas was docked next to the Wonder. I told DH that I might like to try that ship sometime. He just looks at me and says "really???" I think he is dead hooked on DCL.