May 13.2006 Eastern

[MomsPeanut]

Hello, fellow May 13 '06 cruisers! We just got back from the Western cruise last weekend, where we booked our next cruise on the Eastern! We are so excited to be going again- and to be trying this itinerary for the first time. The people in our party- so far- are:

George and Wanda Smith (my parents)
Frank (my husband)
DD (3-1/2 on cruise)
Baby (8 months on cruise)
Sarah (me!)

We have two cabins close to each other on deck 6. We are trying to talk Frank's parents into coming, and his brother might come as well. They've never cruised before, so we're hoping they'll try it this time!

Looking forward to getting to know all of you better over the next SEVERAL months!

Sarah

 

[SQUIGGLE]

Welcome MomsPeanut. Glad to have you sailing with us. Sounds like you are trying to get a nice party together.
DeeCeeSW - have only cruised on DCL so can't help you with other lines. Have heard good things about RCCL though.

One more month gone!

All you folks up north keep warm - Spring is almost here.
fran

 

[SQUIGGLE]

Hey! Only 402 more days!
fran

 

[Verandah Man]

I just sent an e-mail of this thread to my niece and her family, as they are booked for this cruise. I'm not sure if she has signed up on the DIS or not, but maybe she might lurk and read this. She is a very busy mother with two young DD's.

Teri, if you read this from Uncle Andy. I'm so happy you and Eric decided to take a cruise on Mickey's "ship" the Magic!!!

 

[Tericplus2]

Hi everyone!
My husband & myself will be on this cruise in stateroom 6040 & our daughter, her husband & their daughter (by then, 2 and 1/2 year old) will be across from us in 6041. This will be the 6th cruise for all of us on Disney. My husband & I were on the 10 day Christmas cruise in the same stateroom.Had a wonderful time! It does seem like a LONG way off!

Hello There Neighbor!
My family and I and my parents are cruising on the May 13th cruise also. We are in cabins 6036 and 6038. We're really excited. My mom was on the cruise before with her brother (The Verandah Man) and she loved it. My husband and I have a two year old and a 7 month old. They will be 3 1/2 and 20 months by the time of the cruise. My friends are also coming with thier two kids and her parents but they are more mid ship on the 6th deck. She will have a 3 1/2 year old and a 15 month old. We can't wait!

 

[Verandah Man]

Hey Teri--I see you found your way to the thread!!! Great, now you will be able to meet some other DIS'ers that you will be cruising with!!!

Love Ya Kid,

Uncle Andy

 

[Tericplus2]

Hello, fellow May 13 '06 cruisers! We just got back from the Western cruise last weekend, where we booked our next cruise on the Eastern! We are so excited to be going again- and to be trying this itinerary for the first time. The people in our party- so far- are:

George and Wanda Smith (my parents)
Frank (my husband)
DD (3-1/2 on cruise)
Baby (8 months on cruise)
Sarah (me!)

We have two cabins close to each other on deck 6. We are trying to talk Frank's parents into coming, and his brother might come as well. They've never cruised before, so we're hoping they'll try it this time!

Looking forward to getting to know all of you better over the next SEVERAL months!

Sarah

Hello Sarah! My family and I are also cruising the May 13th cruise and we can't wait. Our party will be on deck six also. We are in rooms 6036 and 6038. We're celebrating my 30th and our first time on a cruise (or any vacation for that matter)!! Our party consists of:

Larry and Vicki (my parents)
Eric (my husband) and I
Lella (3 1/2 on cruise)
Lyse (20 months on cruise)

We can't wait!!!! Do you know your cabin numbers yet? KIT

 

[huey duey & luey]

Hi everyone,This is the cruise we are planning to do.So far it is myself, dh and my 3 kids (they will be 4 then), and my mom. ALso my friend her dh and their 4 year old dd and my friend's mom. We are waiting for 2 other families to decide. This is our first disney cruise and I am so excited
Tara

 

[Tericplus2]

Hi Tara! You have to let us know where you will be. So far, from just visiting today, I've found a lot of other families on deck six from the middle to the front of the ship. I'm in 6036 and 6038. We can't wait.

 

[agotta]

No longer going. Saving for a house instead! Have a great time everyone!

 

[apcall]

Hiya all...just booked the may 13th cruise (our first cruise ever) for my 2 daughters (9 & 13 at the time of the cruise) and myself....were staying in 6090...we can't wait (1 yr, 21 days, 13.5 hours)!.....my x-wife and her husband are booked in 6022, but they may have to cancel (long story) ...

be talking at ya later
Alan

PS: kinda new to the boards...what does Dh mean (I assume it is husband but what is the 'D')?

10/04 - CBR/WDW
05/03 - CBR/WDW
05/01 - Poly/WDW
05/99 - shades of green/WDW
04/96 - Poly/WDW

 

[SQUIGGLE]

Hey, welcome to all our added May 13 cruisers. It looks like we will be filling Deck 6 with DISers. Good Deal!
Looking forward to getting to know you over the coming months.

fran

 

[SQUIGGLE]

One year from right now we will be in the middle of the ocean heading for St Maarten! Yes, we have less than a year to go folks!

fran

 

[DrCavin]

WOW I just found this thread, glad to see so many responses. I have a Yahoo group setup for anyone on this cruise. We did this last year & it worked out really well. Everyone got to know each other & which rooms they were in, etc. So feel free to join the group & hope to see you on board!! Less than a year to go!!!!

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DisMay2006

 

[DrCavin]

Hiya all...just booked the may 13th cruise (our first cruise ever) for my 2 daughters (9 & 13 at the time of the cruise) and myself....were staying in 6090...we can't wait (1 yr, 21 days, 13.5 hours)!.....my x-wife and her husband are booked in 6022, but they may have to cancel (long story) ...

be talking at ya later
Alan

PS: kinda new to the boards...what does Dh mean (I assume it is husband but what is the 'D')?

10/04 - CBR/WDW
05/03 - CBR/WDW
05/01 - Poly/WDW
05/99 - shades of green/WDW
04/96 - Poly/WDW

Alan: D means Darling or anything else that you would like D to stand for as in D-EX wife....

 

[Hanover]

Thanks for forwarding this thread Dr. Cavin!
We are really looking forward to spending a week on the Magic. We went on the Wonder 4 day (6546) this past February and loved every second of it. We have 2 boys...they'll be 5 and turning 9 (the day we leave). It will be a surprise for our birthday boy. He thinks we are going when he's 10. We went over his brother's birthday this year so we didn't want him to feel too left out.
We are trying to get 6514 (we had it reserved with Disney but switched to Dreams Unlimited which was by far cheaper for same category, and got deck 7, can't remember the room).
Can anyone recommend excursions our kids would enjoy? They loved the dolphin blue lagoon trip in Nassau and were hoping to do something similar.

 

[DrCavin]

Hanover, regarding upgrades yes people using Dreams or any other TA do receive upgrades... they are very rare & random... Here is a really good thread on eastern excursions: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=801058 We did the butterfly farm on St Marteen & went to the beach on St Thomas.. we did these all on our own.

Deck 6 is certainly going to be the DIS-Deck.. We will be in room 6550, we had this room in May '04 & it worked out great for getting the kids to the clubs... Our DD will be almost 9 & DS will 6 1/2 at cruise time.

Did everyone see the upgrades that will be happening on the Magic during dry-dock in Oct??

Here is the scoop from the President of the cruise line:

The spa area will be remodelled and pushed all the way to the front of the ship and windows will look out over the front of the ship they will add special private rooms for couples massages.

On the upper deck of the ship they are adding a jumbo tron type display so that they can show movies under the stars and also enhance the sailaway parties will be 24 feet wide and I think 15 feet tall.

The conference rooms are being eliminated and replaced with more childrens areas, they will be computer simulations and actually allow the kids to pretend to dock the ship.

On Castaway Cay they are adding swimming with the stingrays

More ships are coming as soon as the exchange rates are better

2007 should see new ports of call mainly from the United States, no plans yet for Hawaii or Foreign Ports.

 

[DeeCeeSW]

It looks like we're going to be lonely all the way down on Deck 2....

 

[SQUIGGLE]

Glad to see our group is growing. Have to check out that yahoo site.
EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY!!

Fran

 

[DeeCeeSW]

C'mon guys, people cruising the week before us and the week after are really chatting it up, let's get this thread going again!!!