May 31, 2009- 4 Wonderful nights

[TampaFamilyof4]

Hi Tampa. We too have reservations for Palo on Tuesday. Ours are at 7 PM.

We choose Tuesday for Pirate night so we could hit all three restaurants since have haven't been to any of them, including Palo.

You'll have to swing by the table when you arrive for your reservation. We can give you our recommendations.

See everyone in 11 days!

We will definately take your recommendations... though, i am planning to finish dinner fast so I can make it to the Pirate party with the kids. Is anyone dressing up for pirates in the caribbean night? I am tempted to.

 

[legs22]

Well I sure am glad I was not on the May 17 Wonder. The weather has been terrible here all week.

No Palo dinner for me because I prefer to have dinner with my daughter every night. What I love the most is the Palo brunch. I've done that twice. The dinner, only once. I am considering the brunch again.

 

[CruzDirectorKaren]

Hi Everyone! Just stopping by to say "Hi"!

I forgot about pirate night. Does that mean I need to pack my costume? This will be our first trip on a four day cruise with Disney. We usually do 14 or more days on special itins so all this will be new for us.

Clean house, clean pantry now onto bigger and badder projects!

 

[FLORIDA_DAD]

We are doing the same thing - suits on, and ready. We will be at the terminal early, and once we get a fairly quick bite at Parrot Cay we will be playing in the Mickey Pool as well (before it gets too busy). We will keep a look out for a little Princess with a lot of hairspray and glitter. Hope to see you!

Chris

 

[TampaFamilyof4]

We are doing the same thing - suits on, and ready. We will be at the terminal early, and once we get a fairly quick bite at Parrot Cay we will be playing in the Mickey Pool as well (before it gets too busy). We will keep a look out for a little Princess with a lot of hairspray and glitter. Hope to see you!

Chris

Great! Closer to the date we can give us hints what to look for and probably meet by Mickey's pool, maybe the port-side ear.

 

[TampaFamilyof4]

We are officially in the single digit count down to the date, i can't wait!!/
Does anyone have specific things they will be doing during cruise, maybe you didn't get to do it before or looking forward to?
I got into this fitness kick a month ago and looking forward the fitness classes, especially cycling... hopefully i don't get off the wagon during the cruise. Anyone exercising during the cruise?
I would exercise only in the morning if wake up early, don't want to miss the fun...

 

[legs22]

I go to the gym every week but I haven't decided if I will on the cruise.

 

[elderfam]

I called to see what movies will be showing and this is the list they gave me...
UP 3D, HSM3, Bolt 3D, Hannah Montana the Movie, and the Concert, Bedtime Stories, Confession of a Shopaholic, Jonus Brothers 3D concert, Race to Witch Mountain, and Earth (the nature movie).

Pirate night is still set for the 3rd night which is always lots of fun!!

We leave in one week and YES we are Excited!!!!!!

See you real soon!

 

[FLORIDA_DAD]

I will probably be running deck 4 a few times, but other than that I will not be doing much else in the way of normal exercising. Well I may take a long swim at Castaway.

I am shocked they will be showing UP on the ship. Make sure you get there early, as we were on the ship a few weeks after Bolt came out and it was packed, got the last few seats at the very top of the theater.

 

[TampaFamilyof4]

Ok, this is too cute... my kids are playing "pretend going to the cruise". They have their dolls for kids and little luggage.
All those Disney movie sound great, i want to watch them all.

 

[TampaFamilyof4]

I will probably be running deck 4 a few times, but other than that I will not be doing much else in the way of normal exercising. Well I may take a long swim at Castaway.

I am shocked they will be showing UP on the ship. Make sure you get there early, as we were on the ship a few weeks after Bolt came out and it was packed, got the last few seats at the very top of the theater.

Do they let others save seats? b/c with little kids we should send the DH get the seats.

 

[TampaFamilyof4]

what are Fish Extenders? I saw the fish hangers but what are they used for? is it a gift exchange? I have tried looking it up but the threads are too long and i don't find the links i am supposed to read.

Ok, this should be my post #10 so now I am able to send PM.

 

[FLORIDA_DAD]

TampaFmailyof4 and others,

We just learned what fish extenders were this week and are in the process of making our own. Essentially you have a decorative cloth that has pockets in it (I am sure you have seen these). The fun part is, other folks can leave you messages, and/or little trinkets (i.e. bubbles, pencils, notepads, glow bracelets, etc., party favors).

Our last minute fish extender will be made from small colored bags, pinned together and all decorated by the kids. This works since my wife can't sew.

We are also going to be decorating our door with some of the images posted on DisBoard by others. The kids will like it, and it should be fun.

Who else is interested in bringing their fish extenders?

We are in room 5513.

TampaFamilyof4 - in reference to your question if you can save seats. You can, but I would still get the whole family their at least 15 minutes before he start, just as a courtesy to others.

 

[TampaFamilyof4]

FE sound fun... I will see if i can put one together this week, so we are a maybe (I am taking a summer course and need to spend extra hours this week since I will be missing 2 classes next week)... but it is worth it


Ana

 

[elderfam]

http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1219607

Hi guys,
This is the link to a thread with lots of photos and directions on how to make a fish extender.

We will also have a FE hanging as well as other door decorations. Hope this helps!
Cynthia

 

[CruzDirectorKaren]

Hi Everyone,

Can you believe in less than 5 days we will be on-board? We are sooo excited to get on that ship, especially since this will be our first time on the Wonder.

I am just finished packing and was putting the list of everyone. Please look it over and let me know if I am missing anyone, especially you lurkers out there. There are two things I am missing, stateroom numbers and first names.
I understand if you don't want to put on here but I need you to then PM me ASAP with your stateroom numbers. I am also missing first names for everyone to put on the roll call. You can also PM me that information and I won't post either stateroom number or name here if you prefer, just let me know.



CruzDirectorKaren, Karen adult , late dining, 2605
Elderfam, Cynthia adult, Jonathan child, late dining, 2605

Remlap, 2 adults late dining

Starsr4me, 2 adults

FLORIDA_DAD, 2 adults, 2 children 5513

Rikersmom, 2 adults

Legs22, 1 adult, 1 child

Sunnyw, 2 adults

OrlandoDisneyFan, 2 adults, 2 children

OfChorus, 2 adults, 1 child

TampaFamilyof4, 2 adults, 2 children


MEETING LOCATION:
is at sailaway, dockside, at the top of the stairs, come by to say Hi and meet everyone, and anyone that wants to dance downstairs can for dancing during the sailaway celebration. Is anyone wearing their grass skirt to sailaway?

Cynthia and I will be wearing our lime green lanyards from the Panama Cruise last year.

One suggestion for the children that we did on the Panama Cruise was that we did a post card exchange. I got a post card from Utah that had some interesting facts on it. It was a great learning tool for the kids and a great show tell at school.

Also let me know if you want to participate in the gift exchange or not. If you don't have a fish extender that is OK, you can use a "gift" bag around your fish.

I was wondering who is staying the night before in Port Canaveral. We are staying the night before in Port Canaveral and it's looking like we will be at the Residence Inn. My waitlist for the Best Western hasn't come through yet.

If I think of anymore questions or suggestions I will post.

Looking forward to meeting everyone and getting on that darn ship!

Greetings from Utah,
Karen

 

[TampaFamilyof4]

Hello Everyone,
We will be participating in the FE, even if i just get a brown bag to hang
Our stateroom is 6545 and our names are
DH: Hehisler (we'll work on the pronounciation later )
Me: Ana
DS 5: Bryan
DD 3.999: Vanesa (birthday girl on June 1st)
We are soooo excited! my son woke yesterday morning and woke us up and asked if he should use his Buzz Lightyear backpack or his Lightning McQueen roller bag for the trip? Of course our answer was, go back to sleep and strongly considering keeping next vacation plans a secret.
I will not be wearing a grass skirt, sorry it doesn't look good on me, but we'll definitely meet you at the sailaway party. 4 days can't come any faster for us!

 

[TampaFamilyof4]

We have late dining and Palo 8pm reservation on Tuesday.

 

[CruzDirectorKaren]

Hello Everyone,
We will be participating in the FE, even if i just get a brown bag to hang
Our stateroom is 6545 and our names are
DH: Hehisler (we'll work on the pronounciation later )
Me: Ana
DS 5: Bryan
DD 3.999: Vanesa (birthday girl on June 1st)
We are soooo excited! my son woke yesterday morning and woke us up and asked if he should use his Buzz Lightyear backpack or his Lightning McQueen roller bag for the trip? Of course our answer was, go back to sleep and strongly considering keeping next vacation plans a secret.
I will not be wearing a grass skirt, sorry it doesn't look good on me, but we'll definitely meet you at the sailaway party. 4 days can't come any faster for us!

Thank you so much! I have updated my spreadsheet. I am sooo excited is it here yet!?

 

[remlap]

It's Thursday. I can't believe the cruise booked 11 months ago is finally here.

I'm looking forward to meeting everyone at the Sail Away Party. I'll be the 6'4" tall guy, so easy to find in the crowd.

We're staying at the DIS board recommend Raddison. However, factoring in left coast time, we booked the 11 AM shuttle, not the first 10 AM departure.

See you at the party!