May 23, 2009 (5/23/09) E. Caribbean w/Tortola

[Mel0215]

So for the FE we need to bring something for everyone participating (according to our limits) and either deliver a gift every night, or make little gift bags with a few gifts and deliver once.? And do something separate for the kids/ teens??
Sorry for all the questions, I"m new to this.

 

[Disneyfalcon]

So for the FE we need to bring something for everyone participating (according to our limits) and either deliver a gift every night, or make little gift bags with a few gifts and deliver once.? And do something separate for the kids/ teens??
Sorry for all the questions, I"m new to this.

Someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but you do not need to feel like you need to get a gift for every person, and certainly not every day.

One gift per stateroom, once per cruise is perfectly acceptable! It's supposed to be fun!! It's not supposed to cost you a fortune or take up too much time. You want to be enjoying your cruise, not delivering goodies every single day.

 

[StillVibration]

Ok so goofy question, but has anyone ever booked a disney cruise through Orbitz? We've always used a travel agent but were considering trying ourselves this time? We appreciate any thoughts.

 

[justmestace]

Someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but you do not need to feel like you need to get a gift for every person, and certainly not every day.

One gift per stateroom, once per cruise is perfectly acceptable! It's supposed to be fun!! It's not supposed to cost you a fortune or take up too much time. You want to be enjoying your cruise, not delivering goodies every single day.

I totally agree

 

[justmestace]

Ok so goofy question, but has anyone ever booked a disney cruise through Orbitz? We've always used a travel agent but were considering trying ourselves this time? We appreciate any thoughts.

I've never tried it, but if you can get a price without being instantly "locked in"....so that you could check it against DCL's price....and if the room is guaranteed, then I guess it would work okay.

 

[justmestace]

Where is the meet & Greet?

Nothing set in stone yet, but we were thinking about right after the lifeboat drill, Deck 10, Starboard.

 

[justmestace]

I have to find something that is eas to get my mother to do, she is not wheel chair bound, but walking is not as easy as it used to be!!

The tour to St John is doable for someone with limited mobility.
Also a taxi tour of St Thomas or Tortola. The taxi drivers love to showcase their islands and are safe.
Or you could still taxi to Coral World...both my parents have trouble walking and we still thought it was a good place to take them.

The reason I say taxi is so that you wouldn't have to wait for an excursion bus, or walk a long way to get to the excursion busses.

 

[JOANNEL]

The tour to St John is doable for someone with limited mobility.
Also a taxi tour of St Thomas or Tortola. The taxi drivers love to showcase their islands and are safe.
Or you could still taxi to Coral World...both my parents have trouble walking and we still thought it was a good place to take them.

The reason I say taxi is so that you wouldn't have to wait for an excursion bus, or walk a long way to get to the excursion busses.

Are most easy to spot? We found a great one in Grand cayman one time. What is the normal charge?

 

[justmestace]

Are most easy to spot? We found a great one in Grand cayman one time. What is the normal charge?

There should be quite a line of them as you exit the port terminal. Most of the time you can get a great tour of the island for about $20-25. Sometimes as much as $50, if there's a lot to see and stops to make. If you taxi to Coral World, it shouldn't be more than $15.

 

[tripodjw]

We booked onto this cruise yesterday

Thanks to Tracy at DU!!

I'm hoping it's not too late to join up to the FE list etc. If its still ok, please sign us up for meet n greet and FE.


Me: Jane (31 at time of sailing) - Dis name: tripodjw
DH: Heath (41)

Nottingham, England

1st Disney Cruise (i've cruised non-DCL but DH is a cruise-newbie)

Celebrating 5th wedding anniversary a week late (actual date is 16 May but i'm flying to US on business and missing the actual day so DH is flying out to meet me and we're coming on this cruise to celebrate)

Room: GTY - will update as soon as we have it

No excursions booked yet

Late dinner seating

VERY EXCITED NOW!!!!

 

[winotracy]

Hi Jane

I was so close to telling you yesterday that I'm on this sailing too but didn't. I look forward to meeting you!

 

[JOANNEL]

We booked onto this cruise yesterday

Thanks to Tracy at DU!!

I'm hoping it's not too late to join up to the FE list etc. If its still ok, please sign us up for meet n greet and FE.


Me: Jane (31 at time of sailing) - Dis name: tripodjw
DH: Heath (41)

Nottingham, England

1st Disney Cruise (i've cruised non-DCL but DH is a cruise-newbie)

Celebrating 5th wedding anniversary a week late (actual date is 16 May but i'm flying to US on business and missing the actual day so DH is flying out to meet me and we're coming on this cruise to celebrate)

Room: GTY - will update as soon as we have it

No excursions booked yet

Late dinner seating

VERY EXCITED NOW!!!!

Welcome Jane, we bookde yesterday also. I spent a lot of time checking out Tortola on the internet last night.

 

[tripodjw]

Hi Jane

I was so close to telling you yesterday that I'm on this sailing too but didn't. I look forward to meeting you!

I'd read this thread before booking and wondered if this was your alter-ego (with the DU link in your sig etc) but wimped out of asking in case i was making a massive assumption.

Looking forward to meeting everyone.

 

[StillVibration]

Anyone looked into excursions/activities (involving sand and water!!) not sanctioned by the ship? Never been to these islands and wondering if there are things to do on your own.

 

[justmestace]

Welcome Jane and Heath!!!

 

[justmestace]

Anyone looked into excursions/activities (involving sand and water!!) not sanctioned by the ship? Never been to these islands and wondering if there are things to do on your own.

Here's a link to St Thomas beaches. Magen's Bay is popular, and there's Coki and Sapphire, plus a lot of others. You can taxi to these and arrange for the driver to come back for you, but there are also always taxi's waiting at these beaches when ships are in port.

http://www.vinow.com/stthomas/beaches_stt/


In Tortola, we're taking a taxi to Brewer's Bay.

 

[justmestace]

HELP!!!

My son (15) is going to Europe this summer and he needs an International Calling card....one that goes from other countries TO the U.S. I've looked everywhere and all I can find are ones to use in the U.S. to call other countries. Any ideas???

 

[beachbratt]

Hello...My name is Renee and my hubby is Ron and we just booked this cruise....this is our 4th cruise but 1st Eastern any good suggestions for the ports.....

 

[StillVibration]

WoooHooo!! Booked today!!!

 

[ehagerty]

Welcome Jane, we bookde yesterday also. I spent a lot of time checking out Tortola on the internet last night.

Hey - Joanne - I think you're the same Joanne from the DVC member cruise - Tom & Ellen, here!! We booked this cruise while on the member cruise last Sept (also going on NEXT member cruise, Sept 2009) - only for this cruise (May 23-20) we are bringing our two boys. I noticed a lot of recent cruisers for this cruise coming from FL - I presume y'all are taking advantage of favorable FL Residents' rates?