May 21, 2006 4 night Wonder

[3sons]

damiel, the good thing is you will be so tired after your journey, that you'll probabaly want to go straight to bed! Your sleep schedule will be on Eastern time right away.
When we travel west we can adjust to the sleep, but my stomach never adjusts!
28 days till we leave!

 

[Cdn Castaway]

BY THE WAY, DID I TELL YOU HOW EXCITED I AM

We start our long drive on May 11th at 3:00 AM, we stop for one night, last year we made it to Perry, Georgia, slept and headed out early and arrived in Orlando about noon....I have a few countdowns going......19 more days until our departure, we will spend 9 nights in Orlando and do all Disney Parks.......29 more days until the Cruise . After the cruise we will spend another 9 nights in Orlando and we are thinking of exploring Universal Studios, my kids have never been, my dh and I went about 14 years ago.

AND 12 MORE DAYS OF WORK!!!!

Dinner rotation is in 3 restaurants: Triton's, Parrot Cay and Animator's Palate. One restaurant you will eat in twice and last year the repeated night was the last night. My dh and I ate in Palo's for dinner the last night, the repeated night, so we wouldn't miss eating in any of the restaurants, but if the last night is pirate night I definately do not want to miss that. Does anyone know if the last night is still the repeated night or did this change?

 

[DISNEYMAN36]

We Received our flight info today. We went through a t/a and purchased a disney package (flight/tranportation/cruise).

Im not happy with the fligt disney set us up with . Leave harrisiburg, pa 8:30 am arrive atlanta at 10:00 leave atlanta 12:005pm arrive Orlando 1:45PM then take the next availiable disney bus to the port. The way it looks we will be lucky to be on the wonder by 3:00. Looks like alot of rushing that day.

I checked all flights and connecting for that day and there is about 4 availiable for that day that would get us there by 10:00- noon. I had my t/a check + I called disney. They will not change the flight plans. they advised me they do this to control traffic comming into the port. I know thats a crock but Ill keep trying. Next cruise Ill handle my own flight plans.

I know it will all work out and we will have a great time, I just was under the impression we would be in port alot eairlier. Guess we will eat lunch at the airport because food shuts down on the wonder at 3:30 to prepare for the muster drill at 4.

28 days till we sail away

 

[3sons]

disneyman, is it possible to leave Sat. and pay for a hotel that night? It might be worth the $$$ to avoid the frustration. Which airline?
In the south we say you can't get to heaven without going through Atlanta. Which is normally fine.
Just remember, you and your family has planned this for months and ya'll will enjoy it so much! Just relax and know that it will work out.

 

[3sons]

cdn castaway, I think the 2nd and 3rd nights are repeated and pirate is #3.

 

[DISNEYMAN36]

3sons,
we are flying delta. I will talk to the t/a about flying in on Sat. but the way im understanding it is I will loose $1,800.00 in airfair I paid to Disney for 5 people round trip. Most likely we will stick to flying down sunday and hope for the best.

 

[3sons]

disneyman, don't blame you about the cost, but I will say I'm glad it's delta. They should be ontime, and you may need 2 hours in Atlanta to get to your terminal. Its huge!!

 

[damiel]

CND Castaway - I don't know how correct this info still might be but I called Disney back in November and I was told that Pirate Night is Nassau day. That would be day two. Who knows how much it has changed but if you want to know I would call Disney and see what they say.

 

[creature teacher]

Hey everyone! Add me to the thread, we are crusing on the Wonder (May 21) as well.
I have my family, dh, ds (7), dd (3), and another family identical to ours.
I have cruised before, no one else in my group has.
I am extremely excited because school will be out on May 18 and we are flying down on May 20. Then after we get back, I have the rest of the summer to be with my kids and rest up for next years kinders.
(they certainly are a handful, especially in the beginning )

See you all there.

 

[damiel]

WOW!!! you are out of school May 18th! We get out June 16th, when do you start school? We start the Wednesday after Labor Day. Welcome aboard!

 

[3sons]

Welcome creature teacher! You probably start the first week of August like we do. (our last full day is May 18) Which is not to smart in my opinion considering it is between 90 & 100 degrees at that time!

 

[creature teacher]

Thanks for welcoming me. Are you going to be on the Wonder May 21?
We start school on Aug. 2 this coming year. It's so hot in Tennessee in August.

 

[3sons]

Yes!! May 21!!
We are spending the night in Port Canaveral, on the 20th.
Did ya'll recently book the cruise, or have you known for a while. My poor DH has had to listen to me since January. He actually thinks I'm crazy for talking to strangers about it on the internet. But at least it gives him a break.
24 days until we leave

 

[ckphila]

I start my vacation on May 18 staying at pofq for 3 nites then off to the cruise!! Can't wait to meet you all!! :jumping1

booked my cruise in dec my kids think I'm really nuts cause I'm going solo I love the time to myself!!:

 

[3sons]

Great for you Ckphilia! Do you know which parks you'll go to?

I've got another question. I've been reading some of the threads about "dress up" night. What do you all think that means? These days "church clothes " could mean anything.
My boys have sports coats because I only have to buy one every couple of years and we keep passing them down! Great thing about boys, navy sports coats never go out of style!
What about ladies?
I appreciate your thoughts.

 

[ckphila]

I planned on all the parks! two on friday and two on saturday! with ee! I can only do certain rides I'd love to do the new one in AK but I'm not allowed to do roller coasters! bummer I love them too! I was also there in Oct so just gonna take my time this time only like 3 or 4 rides to go on.

I know I am wearing a long sundress one nite, my pirate outfit another nite and either capris and a top or a skirt and top on the other nite, I'm not getting real dressed up. Nothing formal! though I was thinking about it but decided not to dress that formal I hear alot of people don't really dress formal on the wonder but on the magic they do! Also on a 7 day I would dress formal. But you can dress in just about anything except shorts, tank tops bathing suits that sort of stuff from what I gather.

 

[3sons]

chphilia, I may just take the trusty black dress for the night I dress the boys up (don't tell anyone its my summer funeral dress!)We'll get good pics.

If you haven't seen it (even if you have) my favorite show in all WDW is the Lion King in AK.

 

[creature teacher]

Hey everyone. I haven't felt well, so I am behind on checking the board.
I am wearing a sundress type dress for dress up night, I may wear one to dinner several nights.
Hey 3sons, tell me the ages of your boys. My son is 7 and my daughter is 3.
We have door signs, do you?
I booked in Jan. also. I have been through periods of where all I do is look and read info. about the cruise, and I have been through periods where I just had to put it all away to stay sane.
I just know this is going to be a great vacation.!

 

[ckphila]

3sons can't go wrong with a black dress! I may bring one myself!



hey creature teacher I have 2 door signs I guess we'll see how everyone likes them huh?

Is anyone dressing for pirate nite?

 

[3sons]

The boys are 12, 9 (on May 20th) and 3.
I think they put 8 & 9 year olds together. But our 3 year olds will be in the same club.
We're working on the door sign. I'm not satisified with it, its a work in progress.
Get well creature teacher, just a little over 3 weeks!