March 22-29, 2008 - Here Before You Know It!

[whamma]

Hi all! We're getting REALLY close now! Help! DS is sick today--fever & sore throat!! I guess the good news is we have a few days for him to get better but now the trick is keeping the other 3 of us well!! Hope you all are HEALTHY!!

Looking at the bright side, I get this "unplanned day at home" to work on packing!

Does anyone else find themselves at random times throughout the day (and night!) thinking "oh, I have to remember that for the cruise!" I try to write the thought down when it pops into my head but sometimes its not possible (like when I'm driving--or in the shower--or on a phone call at work-- ) Hope I don't forget anything!!

 

[MN Dis Fans]

We should be landing in Orlando!

Two weeks from Today: Castaway Cay

 

[DisneyMom92]

For those who care....

The movies that will be showing during our cruise (subject to change without notice of course) include: College Road Trip, Dan in Real Life, Enchanted, National Treasure 2, Ratatouille, Game Plan, Wild Hogs and Underdog.

See everyone in a few days!!!

 

[dlf246]

MarkRG posted this on a trip thread (he is one of the DisBoard moderators):

"Conjecture about the status of the ship. I went to serious efforts to find what was the real story. The following is confirmed information, and is not open to discussion.

The ship had a failure of one engine en route to St. Maarten. When they left Port Canaveral all were up. This is as much a random act as the weather, there isn't a way to predict it. And under normal circumstances wouldn't have affected the cruise, but combined with the severe winds you were sailing into forced the Captain to reduce speed and made you late for St. Maarten. Engine repairs were complete by the time you sailed for CC, and had no bearing at all on your missing the island there. I know that's a minor point, but still needs to be made, as the Wonder also aborted docking at CC in that timeframe due to the same conditions you were trying to dock in. Ship staus had nothing to do with missing CC, it was simply double bad luck"

 

[llp479]

DisneyMom92 thanks for the movie listing. My dds are thrilled.

6 more sleeps until we leave. I really should start packing. Not going to happen tonight as I've got 4 extra girls here for a slumber party.

 

[whamma]

DisneyMom92 thanks for the movie listing. My dds are thrilled.

6 more sleeps until we leave. I really should start packing. Not going to happen tonight as I've got 4 extra girls here for a slumber party.

Ditto on the thanks to DisneyMom92--I've been wondering about the movies too!

llp479 you are one brave soul to have a slumber party the weekend of cruise packing! I'm struggling with the fact that tomorrow we have to leave the house in the middle of the day for haircuts--once I get distracted, it's hard to get back in the packing mood! Like I think I've mentioned before, I've packed many times--in my mind!

I went to Kohl's tonight and came across some women's t-shirts that were on sale for $4.99. One of them says "Cayman Islands" --so I bought it and figured I just saved myself some money since I won't have to buy a t-shirt in Grand Cayman now. So if you see me wearing it--let's just keep it our little secret where the shirt REALLY came from (and I have to try not to wear it until after we go to GC, to complete the illusion!! )

 

[JerseyBelle]

Just wanted to let everyone know that there have not been any changes since I PM the participants. The list is complete. If anyone needs the list again, let me know.

Those of you leaving for pre-cruise activities have a great time.

 

[whamma]

Meet you on Deck 10 at 3:00 p.m.!!

Black Strappy Sandal update: I purchased a new pair yesterday (sshhh, don't tell DH)--with just the correct height heel, of course--since all my others aren't right. Figured this gives me a new option or may force the missing black strappy sandal out of hiding.

 

[JerseyBelle]

We decided today to add another excursion for Grand Cayman. We have the Seaworld Semi-Submarine booked for 8:00 - 10:10. I read the post below about the Pirate Encounter and decided to check to see if we could fit it in too. Turns out we can. If you look at the post, go to item #9. cdndizzylizzy describes the activity so well, I was sold.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=23804389#post23804389&highlight=

 

[stellamb]

Hi
Just made changes again . We desided to go to Palo's .You can again make reservation online . mounday is Formal night , Wednesday is Pirate night & thursday i s semi Formal night. So so we made it for tuesday night see ya soon

 

[HFC1969]

Well just returned from the mall..


We are the proud new owners of two more bikinis... totaling 9 now..


I'm still just bringing my one pair of board shorts.. and a shorty wet suit in case weather goes cold on us anywhere..

Tomorrow it all gets loaded into the suitcase!

 

[whamma]

Hi
Just made changes again . We desided to go to Palo's .You can again make reservation online . mounday is Formal night , Wednesday is Pirate night & thursday i s semi Formal night. So so we made it for tuesday night see ya soon

Thanks for the tip Stellamb. I just booked Palo too! The main forum has an interesting new post that says that the dining rotations have changed. Unless I completely misunderstood, the post says that formal night has now moved from Monday to Sunday night. FYI.

I've been packing and am getting a bit loopy and stressed out. DS is still sick---which is making me nervous!

 

[stellamb]

I called disney and they said that it may change from cruise to cruise. but I talked to three different people. and they told me the same thing .
they also said that for the westeren and they do this when your at sea so people can have there hair done.FYI

 

[JerseyBelle]

I called disney and they said that it may change from cruise to cruise. but I talked to three different people. and they told me the same thing .
they also said that for the westeren and they do this when your at sea so people can have there hair done.FYI

If this is the case, how can they change formal night to Sunday as stated in Whamma's post? Sunday is Key West. They are really messing things up for me. We made it a point of picking Palo on Semi Formal night so that we wouldn't have a 3rd really dressed up day so I hope Thursday is still Semi-formal.

 

[JerseyBelle]

I called DCL. Here what I was told for our cruise sailing:

Formal Night is still night 3 (Monday)
Pirate Night is still night 5 (Wednesday)
Semi Formal is still Thursday

 

[stellamb]

hi
they told me the same thing
also that thursday night is lobster night we were going to do thursday at palo but ds said he wanted lobster to so we picked tuesday
that day they also have a seafood buffet for lunch thursday

 

[dlf246]

DW has been laughing at me, seeing me react to the change in dining rotation, feverishly investigate, etc. Even I realize I need to just chill out and get ready for a fun cruise!!!!

 

[llp479]

OK all of the clothes are now packed! Down to packing the sundries, etc. With school and work, Thursday will be here before we know it! Anything we forget can be picked up Saturday at Target on the way to the ship.

whamma - hope your DS is feeling better. My one dd's allergies are so bad I may have to take her in to get her some different nose spray. Hoping that when we get to FL she'll be better once she's away from the mold.

 

[JerseyBelle]

All are packed but the dh. "Yes dear there are a couple of inches at the top of each suitcase for you."

 

[whamma]

Hi all, I have spent the weekend being really stressed out! I made, then canceled Palo reservations based on what I thought were the changes in dining rotation. It's all new for us so if we don't see Palo this trip, oh well--maybe next time! (Plus I'd really rather do brunch there anyway--maybe I'll get lucky and there will still be room when we get to the ship!) So I'm done stressing about dinner!

Next stress. Packing. I got two suit cases packed--and both are overweight! I keep reading all the advice to "take half of what you think you need" but it goes against everything in my being to do so!! One suitcase and a garment bag to go--plus misc. carry-ons. Wish me luck!

DS who is ill. Very stressful. He has had a fever since Thursday night (102.7--while on fever reducing meds!). Yesterday was a really rough day for him but last night he seemed better. Hopefully this morning the fever will be gone and one more day home from school will get him in cruise-ready health!

dlf246 your comment about your DW laughing at you for "feverishly investigating" after reading about the dining changes on the DisBoards made me chuckle. Yesterday, DH asked me, "Are you sure those boards are helping you or are they making you more stressed out?" I had to assure him that they are helping me! (Although I might have had to give a different answer if he'd asked me at 11:30 Sat nite when I was "feverishly" making Palo reservations!)

We leave for FL in THREE days! (Okay, now I'm suddenly stressed again!!)