May 30, 2009 - Western Cruise Magic

[Pooh_Friend#1]

I pre-paid gratuities, if you are interested in doing that, you can have your TA do it for you or call DCL.

 

[chccatfish]

CarolinaBlue,

Your credit card and some money can fit in your lanyard and it's sealed. I saw a lot of people in the water with theirs on. We left our belongings at our chairs in a bag when we were on CC. Not sure what to do on the dolphin excursions. I'm sure there has got to be something close to the same thing. Maybe someone else has been on an excursion with the dolphins and can tell you more about what to do there.

 

[chccatfish]

Ladies,

Go online and grab the infinite dress it's on sell for $9.99. It's a $199 dress. It would be perfect for formal night.

 

[loveysbydesign]

Ladies,

Go online and grab the infinite dress it's on sell for $9.99. It's a $199 dress. It would be perfect for formal night.

where????

 

[Pooh_Friend#1]

graveyardmall.com

It is a deal of the day site just like woot.com

where????

I think the site is what Carloyn posted above.

 

[chccatfish]

I found it today on sale when I went to google and it's on e-bay. Look at the size first before you purchase. Some are different sizes.

 

[loveysbydesign]

Hiya, I need to make an FE...do I do 1 pocket for each member of our family??
Also are there specific rules to follow...do we give out 1 gift each night or once or what? also how do I get thoses neat magnets I've seen in pics. of others doors on the FE thread?? Thanks for your help!

 

[mrpawn]

There are about 8 doing the trolley in KW. I can get everyone on a list for that too.

Hey Bruce -

Please put our group of 5 families on the trolley list.

BTW, great jog organizing. If you ever move to Louisiana, I could put you to work in a heartbeat!!

Mia

 

[loveysbydesign]

Anyoen else going over to Dolphin Discovery not via DCL?? I think we're going to book DD Encounter for our family as my younger 2 are free.

 

[homespun]

Anyoen else going over to Dolphin Discovery not via DCL?? I think we're going to book DD Encounter for our family as my younger 2 are free.

We are! We're doing the Dolphin Swim Adventure at 1 PM. This is the one at Chankanaab Natural Park. Are you doing the Swim or the Encounter or the Royal Swim?

We're going to have to cab over, but that's how Disney handles their excursions too, so it shouldn't be a big deal. They told me at the park Cabs are available, just ask at the main gate.

Karen

 

[mrpawn]

Just curious- do we ALL on this list have cat 12 gty rooms? If so.. we're going to have a lot of upgrades! How many cat 11 rooms are there? LOL
auntlynne
Bama4Disney
Bamabornnemonut
Bibbidybobbidyboo
brucechase
CarolinaBlue
cruisefanz
dawne577
Family#1
Family#2
Francisa64
Hmurry
Homespun
Jennymouse
kcashner
Keggy
klcason
liliagm
loveysbydesign
luvdmouse57
mmmagic7754
mrpawn
MRS RMM
MRS RMM DSIS
Paula13
pclair
pooh.kim
PoohFriend#1
sebamt
stlkeeler
Suzepoo

Our group has 9 cat 12 rooms. I did a quick check of the boat & there are 13 cat 12 rooms & about 140 - 150 cat 11 rooms. (The diagram is tiny & my eyes are almost 40, so I'm not quite sure which number is accurate - but, that's close.) So, we probably won't go higher than 11, but when we booked the reservation specialist told us at the time that we had a real good chance of ending up on deck 6 or 7. Many of you booked before us, so you may go has high as 5!!

Love the lime green mickey paint chip idea!!

Also, love the meeting in the port idea. I was getting a bit worried about missing out on meeting people as my family will likely want to explore the ship the minute we board. I seriously doubt I'll get them to commit to specific deck for any length of time.

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

Do they do upgrades in order that you booked? I know many say it's totally random- but then others said that thru asking others on here they've figured out you have a better chance if it's your first cruise (it's our 3rd) and ofcourse if you're in a cat 12 gty with 4 ppl you're definitely moving up to cat 11.
I didn't know there were THAT many cat 11's though! I thought there were less and that more would be upgraded higher up than 11. LOL
I don't care what cat we're in- I'm just hoping against hope that we're close to one another or atleast the rooms are on the same deck! Please Lord... that's all I ask. LOL

Please don't feel obligated to go out and purchase a lime green t-shirt unless you already have one. We will probably be wearing the lime green mickey ears on our shirts. It doesn't cost you anything but a trip to Home Depot. You can get them in the paint section. It's even better if you have something else lime green like the rubber braclets BibbidyBobbidyBoo talks about. Regardless of what you wear lime green, we will still be able to look for you. I know I will be looking around like a lost puppy looking for you.

I'm so excited I can hardly stand myself!!

Carolyn

Hey you pm'd me but my inbox was full. Do you want to pm again?

Ladies,

Go online and grab the infinite dress it's on sell for $9.99. It's a $199 dress. It would be perfect for formal night.

Well, I must not have the "body" for these or something. I bought several sizes (because I don't know what weight I"ll be by the time of the cruise- plus my DD15 is almost the same size as me -except with less fatty areas LOL- and I thought she might wear the smalls) -so I know I didn't get the wrong size because I tried all 3- and um.. she won't be wearing it and I probably won't either. None of the styles I tried out of the book looked good on me and OMG the v-neck is really low v-neck. I tried to make it not so low but then it's all bunched up around under my arms and/or around my neck and such. I think it might be great for people with model bodies or something though. LOL Some of the styles looked good on the booklet but when I did it- it looked like I was twisting/etc. a towel around me or something. Not glamorous looking at all.

 

[Tinkmom]

Our group has 9 cat 12 rooms. I did a quick check of the boat & there are 13 cat 12 rooms & about 140 - 150 cat 11 rooms. . .

Okay, now I am really curious as to how many category 12 rooms Disney has booked. Can we get a count of how many cat 12s on this cruise have been booked just by us disboarders?

Mrpawn's group - 9
Tinkmom - 2

Anyone else who wants to add the number of cat 12s they have booked? (Just something else for us to obsess over )

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

LOL I was wondering too!
Add us
BIP- 2

and right now to keep me busy in my excitement for the cruise (and nervousness over finding out if our rooms are near one another) I've just discovered how gosh awful easy it is to do iron on transfers and I'm gonna go hog wild with that! Me loves saving money and it's fun! LOL So far I've made Fort Wilderness shirts- I'm going to work on more soon. Just having a bit of trouble finding shirts that fit me and DD15. Would help if I tried them on at that store and had her with me to try them on too huh? Ya think? LOL Why are fitted tees so golly gee tight on our chest and yet the regular tees are so big/boxy that they look ridiculously huge on us even in the smaller sizes? arghhhhhh (the problem with that is we're short- so to fit our "top" the shirt ends up coming down to our knees. I don't like shirts like that! LOL)


Anywho... that and all the kids activities keeping me busy. Time to leave for vacation will come fast- I hope. hehe

 

[Pooh_Friend#1]

Cat 12 rooms:

Mrpawn's group - 9
Tinkmom - 2
BIP- 2
PoohFriend - 1

 

[loveysbydesign]

We are! We're doing the Dolphin Swim Adventure at 1 PM. This is the one at Chankanaab Natural Park. Are you doing the Swim or the Encounter or the Royal Swim?

We're going to have to cab over, but that's how Disney handles their excursions too, so it shouldn't be a big deal. They told me at the park Cabs are available, just ask at the main gate.

Karen

I just booked the Encounter for all of us last night, as our 2 youngest kids will be free! woo-hoo-can't wait!

 

[loveysbydesign]

Cat 12 rooms:

Mrpawn's group - 9
Tinkmom - 2
BIP- 2
PoohFriend - 1

loveysbydesign- 2

 

[liliagm]

Okay, now I am really curious as to how many category 12 rooms Disney has booked. Can we get a count of how many cat 12s on this cruise have been booked just by us disboarders?

Mrpawn's group - 9
Tinkmom - 2

Anyone else who wants to add the number of cat 12s they have booked? (Just something else for us to obsess over )

we have one!

I think if we go back and look at prev. posts we had like 18 cat 12's so far but I think we have much more now!

and I almost forget, I went ahead and got "the dress" (actually got 2 M and L) will let you know how it looks!

 

[Tinkmom]

Okay, so far we have these cat 12s:

Mrpawn - 9
Tinkmom - 2
BIP- 2
PoohFriend - 1
loveysbydesign- 2
liliagm - 1

 

[brucechase]

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 had 8 then but went down to 4. I posted this back on post #39. I have a count on the meet list of cat12 if anyone is interested.