May 30, 2009 - Western Cruise Magic

[luvdmouse57]

We leave 6 months from today! I am so excited! We jjust got home from a weekend at my sister's in OKC & couldn't wait to get on the computer to remind everyone even though I should be headed for bed (4:30 comes WAY too early).

See everyone in 6 months!

Karla in Kansas

 

[liliagm]

Well I just booked for this cruise, Its me and DH (34) and DD2, we got a great rate at a cat 12 gty($1581, no ins no transfers and no fuel surcharge!!) and just had to do a $250 deposit! could not let it pass.... now I will surprise DH on christmas with this, right after we comeback from our 3 night prechristmas cruise (12-21 to 12/24 wich by the way costed us almost the same than this one for May) so hopefully he will say yes to 7 days!

So I will let you all know if he "approves", if any one has any suggestions of stuff that is great at the 7 day cruises let me know so that I can overwhelm him with the goods and convince him!

 

[mmmagic7754]

We had no plans for a cruise this year but couldn't pass up the Cat 12 deal.Looking foward to seeing everyone onboard.This will be our 6th Disney cruise(me,wife and 15yr son) Glad to help if anyone has ?s about cruising with Mickey

 

[MRS_RMM]

We're booked for this cruise too!! We also weren't planning on cruising so soon after our last one, but we couldn't pass up the Cat 12 deal. It'll be me, DH and DD4. It'll be our 5th Disney cruise.

I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone in the coming months!

 

[klcason]

We changed to this cruise today, had the 4 nite in SPH rooms booked for the week before, we are saving a whopping $800 and moving to 7 nites. We have 2 gty 12 rooms myself, & DD9 (but 1 week from 10) in one room and DH and DS7 in the other! I am so darn excited about the rate.

Anyway, we sailed on the 4 nite in May 2008 and are looking forward to another trip!

Kayla

 

[Bama4Disney]

Hey all:

We are so excited. We found the great rate for 2 adults and 2 boys ( 5 &8) for May 30th. $2460.60. Couldn't believe it. We where booked for WDW but will be switching as this is the lowest rate I have ever seen on DCL for this time a year. This will be our 4th cruise on Disney and our first since 2005. We first sailed the same weekend May 30th, 5 years ago. Our first child wasn't even born then!. We can't wait!

See you all there

 

[dawne577]

After a roller coaster of vacation plans we booked this cruise for $1338 for 2(just DH & I.) I never would have believed a price like that on a Disney ship.
This is our 4th time sailing Disney - 8 total.

 

[luvdmouse57]

We just paid off our cruise today. I'm so excited! Having the cruise paid for makes it seem like more of a reality. We're really going on a Disney cruise!!!

Karla in Kansas

 

[Pooh_Friend#1]

Good morning everyone. I just booked this cruise last night!!! Got the great Cat. 12 price for $2460.60 for me(28), DH(38), and my twin DD's(11 now but will be turning 12 in May).

We were booked to go on a 4 day over Thanksgiving in 2009, but when I saw this price I had to switch. Now we get to cruise 6 months earlier then planned and 3 more days for cheaper!

Me - Heidi
DH - Chris
DD - Emily
DD - Amanda

On this Cruise we will be celebrating my birthday, May 29th; the girls Birthday, May 23rd; and Chris and my first year wedding anniversary, June 6th.

This will be my 9th DCL cruise (3rd for the Western), Chris's 3rd DCL cruise, and the girls first cruise ever. For our Honeymoon we went on the 15 day EB PC cruise and the girls have been begging us to take them ever since!

This is going to be a suprise cruise for them. On their birthday we are going to suprise them and tell them they are going to WDW but they will not know about the cruise. Then when we pull up to the port we will see if they figure it out and then suprise them that they are going on the cruise!

I am up for fish extenders. I already have mine that a very nice diser made for me for one of my other cruises. It is a lot of fun to do if we can get a bunch of people to do it.

 

[brucechase]

Like many others, I never thought I would be going on this one. I just got back from our first ever - a 3 night on Oct 16. It was a blast, but way too short. There are 4 of us (ages are at the time of the cruise - all of us have birthdays in Dec and Jan)

ME44
DW42
DD12
DD10

No one knows about this yet and I am debating about telling any of them. I don't know if I should keep this a surprise or at least let my wife in on it. Any opinions on this from you guys?

Definately OK for the FE. I probably won't go overboard like last time due to luggage restrictions. 7 days is a lot more than 3 and we had way too much for luggage. Now with dress-up nights and stuff, I'm not sure how much we will have to take. I don't even have any real dress-up clothes so I might have to eat somewhere else because there seems to be quite a few people on the ship that are mortally offended in anything casual. Not sure what I'll do. I usually don't worry about it but I saw where many people said topsiders has great porterhouse steaks and this might be an excuse to try there.

On the last cruise my DD11 loved the kids club, but my DD9 did not. There was no one there that she "clicked" with and she is kinda shy. I hope this isn't a problem on this cruise.

Oh well, enough rambling - for now.

 

[Pooh_Friend#1]

On the last cruise my DD11 loved the kids club, but my DD9 did not. There was no one there that she "clicked" with and she is kinda shy. I hope this isn't a problem on this cruise.

Oh well, enough rambling - for now.

Hopefully all of our DD's will click with each other. My DD's will be 12 at the time, but they have no problem hanging out with younger kids.

To me, it doesn't really matter how you dress on Formal night so I won't be offended. Not sure if I want to get dressed up or not, depends on if I can figure out a way to secretly get my DD's a nice dress or outfit! Maybe I will see you in Topsiders!

 

[brucechase]

Just on this thread alone there are 10 Cat12 booked (maybe more that is all that said what category they had). With only 13 rooms available, there is a great chance for all of us to have upgrades. Last cruise, I had 2 cat12 booked and got upgraded to connecting cat9's. If anyone is interested, here is my trip report.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1993791


I still want to do the FE. When do we want to start making a list? I will volunteer to keep track if no one else wants to do that. Let me know what everyone wants.

 

[Pooh_Friend#1]

Just on this thread alone there are 10 Cat12 booked (maybe more that is all that said what category they had). With only 13 rooms available, there is a great chance for all of us to have upgrades. Last cruise, I had 2 cat12 booked and got upgraded to connecting cat9's. If anyone is interested, here is my trip report.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1993791


I still want to do the FE. When do we want to start making a list? I will volunteer to keep track if no one else wants to do that. Let me know what everyone wants.

I look forward to reading your trip report at home in my spare time. Thanks for the link.

 

[brucechase]

What is everyone considering for shore excursions? I've done a 3 day and saved a ton of money because of this board. I've looked at some things that DCL offer, but I am not afraid to strike out on our own for a $ savings.

Does anyone have a must see or must do? I've seen some threads and the cooking thing looks like a neat thing and so does the jeep tour. Anyone else looking at things?

 

[Pooh_Friend#1]

For sure we are going to do the Dolphin Swim in Cozumel on our own. I was hoping to do horseback riding in Grand Cayman but I cannot really find any info on that.

My husband was born and raised in Key West, so his family is going to meet us down there for the day and we are going to tour the island and see where he was born, where my MIL grew up, the cemetary that my DH's grandpa was buried at, and eat at the favorite local cuban restaurants.

 

[brucechase]

For sure we are going to do the Dolphin Swim in Cozumel on our own. I was hoping to do horseback riding in Grand Cayman but I cannot really find any info on that.

My husband was born and raised in Key West, so his family is going to meet us down there for the day and we are going to tour the island and see where he was born, where my MIL grew up, the cemetary that my DH's grandpa was buried at, and eat at the favorite local cuban restaurants.

I didn't really have any plans for us for KW, but I would love to try some authentic Cuban food. If you could find any recommendations, I might try to go find some new and exciting food.

 

[BamaBornNemoNut]

Glad to find this thread. I know that so far our group has eight cabins booked and keeping a watch for more Cat12's to be available at the discount rate. This will be the first 7 night Disney Cruise for us and we are so pumped. My DSIS has all the details and is making the plans for excursions and such. We haven't seen the FE before, so you've peaked my curiosity.

 

[luvdmouse57]

DH & I plan to do the Cozumel Highlights & Mayan Ruins in Cozumel. ( I've heard that the ruins on the mainland, can't think of the name of them right now are much better but DH doesn't want to spend that much for it) In Grand Cayman, we plan to do one of the Island tours. In Key West, we plan to just walk around the island on our own & maybe do the tram.

The first thing we want to try to do on Key West is try to make it to mass. I figure if the ship gets to Key West on time & we can be first in line to get off the ship, we should be able to make it.

Karla in Kansas

 

[brucechase]

Glad to find this thread. I know that so far our group has eight cabins booked and keeping a watch for more Cat12's to be available at the discount rate. This will be the first 7 night Disney Cruise for us and we are so pumped. My DSIS has all the details and is making the plans for excursions and such. We haven't seen the FE before, so you've peaked my curiosity.

Eight cabins in your group alone . That would make 18-20 for this thread and the other great deals thread.

The FE is a great thing. Check out my trip report that I posted a link to earlier and it will explain a little about it. I'm hoping we can get a good group together to do this. It was a blast last time.

 

[Suzepoo]

Hi everyone!! I am Suzanne, DSIS to BamaBornNemoNut.... .....we will most likely be going snorkeling/diving in Cozumel as I have a friend who owns Eagle Ray Divers and we always snorkel with them and have an INCREDIBLE day!!! In Grand Cayman, I have another friend who owns Native Way Water Sports, and we most likely will book with them and go to Sting Ray City and then snorkeling. As we have never been to Key West, we are hoping to just see the town and maybe find a beach club for the day. Anyone else want to join in, feel free as our motto is THE MORE THE MERRIER

Yes, we booked 8 Cat 12 cabins on Monday, and keep watching to try and grab more!!! What a DEAL!!! I am SO excited because we love cruising, and even though we have cruised on Disney 2 times before, NEVER have we felt that a 7-night was affordable, much less in MAY!!! WOO HOO cannot WAIT to be boarding the Beautiful Magic again!!! I look forward to getting to know you all better!!

Also...these boards are almost identical to CruiseCritic...I started a Roll Call there, too, so I'll be coming back and forth....