May 4, 2008 4 Day--- Official Cruise Meet--- Anyone out there???

[Honeibee]

Oh how wonderful! I was going to figure ours out today too! I've been checking but nothing was posted on AirTran yet. But we were away for a week - at WDW YAY - so let me look again now.

I CAN NOT WAIT TO GO!!!

 

[Junior]

Hello All,

This will be our 2nd Disney cruise. There will be 4 adults in our party. We are really looking forward to the cruise because we had such a good time last time. It will be different this time however because we are paying for this one (we won the last one).

 

[CSwan1]

SO EXCITED!! I can't wait to meet all of you! Juior, how did you get so lucky to win a cruise?!? This is our second cruise as well an can not wait!

 

[kcatplay]

hi me and my family (me,hubby,daughter(15),son(8))will also be doing the land and sea package for the may 4th cruise plus staying 1 extra day afterward.we are all excited but it is taking way to long.looking forward to talking to other people who are going on the cruise too.first cruise but second time at disney with kids.any tips

 

[CSwan1]

I am so glad you found our thread and I see it was your first post! WARNING!! This forum is addicting! But it is a good addiction! I love all the great info and tips. I only wish I knew about this site before our first cruise last year. If I had to give you one tip right now it would be to get the Passporter books for DCL and WDW. I love them and have so much fun reading thru them and planning and planning and planning some more! The new WDW Passporter comes out this month and the new DCL one comes out in either January or February. We have 3 children traveling with us, my daughter age 6, nephew age 9 and niece age 12 (1 month shy of 13 at cruise time). A few of the other who have joined our cruise meet have kids as well. This is so exciting; getting to know our fellow cruisers. Lets just hope the next few months fly by!

 

[brack]

I was looking to see if a friend had signed onto the DISBoard yet. Their family is doing this cruise as a Land & Sea. I know they have been "lurking"

Maybe I can "shame" them into coming out into the open.

 

[Frequent Flyer]

Ok "Brack", here I am!! Hello May 4th cruisers. I will be joining you with my husband, 5 year old daughter and 11 year old nephew. Can't wait!!

 

[CSwan1]

Welcome Frequent Flyer! I am looking forward to meeting all of you in 5 MONTHS!!! It's really getting close now!! Honeibee, are all the Christmas details worked out to tell your husband? You must be getting really excited!! Hope all are well. Let's hope the time flies by!

 

[Honeibee]

Welcome Frequent Flyer! I am looking forward to meeting all of you in 5 MONTHS!!! It's really getting close now!! Honeibee, are all the Christmas details worked out to tell your husband? You must be getting really excited!! Hope all are well. Let's hope the time flies by!

Oh thanks for asking. Almost everything is done. I have to finish a few more pages in the scrapbook, then just wrap it up. I decided not to book the flights until after I give it to him because we may want to spend a few more days at WDW before the cruise. Right now I have just one night (5/3) at CBR booked. We are running the Minnie Marathon the next morning then heading to PC. I mean, after we shower and change. But we might go down earlier, like maybe Wednesday. He keeps mentioning the Wilderness Segway Tour, but we'll see.

And you're right! I can not wait to give this to him!

 

[CSwan1]

Judy, this is so exciting! You have to post as soon as possiable after you give it to him. We will be at WDW on the 1st and we are staying 2 days after the cruise, too. I am getting my husband a gift certificate for Christmas to do the Richard Petty driving experience the day we disembark from the ship. Then I think I will take my daughter to the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique in DTD. I haven't called yet so I don't know if I can get her an appointment or not. Has anyone read the 2008 Passporter for WDW yet? It is awesome! Now I'm just waiting for the new DCL passporter to come out!

 

[brack]

Ok "Brack", here I am!! Hello May 4th cruisers. I will be joining you with my husband, 5 year old daughter and 11 year old nephew. Can't wait!!

Welcome to the crazy world of the DISBoard

I hope that you enjoy it as much as I have ..... not to mention the cruise.

PS: Cool handle.

 

[DisneyMomma1]

Hi folks! This is my very first post on DIS! My family and I are doing a land/sea vacation sailing on the wonder May 4, 2008 and staying at the Beach Club for a few days before. I have been a "lurker" for quite a while on these boards and I love DIS!!

 

[CSwan1]

DisneyMomma1,
Welcome to our cruise meet and to the DIS! I am very happy you joined us! The vacation is getting close! Yesterday, we received our planning booklet in the mail with all the date reminders. Only another month and a half until we can book shore excursions! Now all I have to do is figure out how to stick to my cruise diet thru the holiday season Hope all are well and have very happy holidays!

 

[CSwan1]

Happy Holidays To Everyone on our Cruise Meet I hope everyone had a fabulous day! All my family just left my house and I didn't do too bad with my diet (except my grandmothers peanut butter fudge.... THE BEST! ) Anyway, now I have my daughters 6th birthday on Sunday and then smooth sailing until vacation time!! Judy, I cannot wait to hear what your husband said!! Don't keep me in suspence too long. We had a great day even though our daughter was up at 6 AM! Hope ya'll had a Very Merry Christmas!

 

[Honeibee]

Crystal - Thanks for asking. He was totally stunned! I wish I had pictures but we had trouble downloading them so he took the camera to work to do it so I'll have them in a few days. My dad and his g/f and my nephew were there and it was so much fun! I gave him the scrapbook and told him he had to read it out loud so he did as he turned the pages but when he got to the PC page he just stopped. He was too shocked. OMG it was great fun!

And now I don't have to be quiet about it anymore! YAY! I can talk and talk and talk about it for the next five months, like I usually do about my WDW vacations! Whoooo hooooo! I can't wait! We watched the DVD last night - twice! I played the CC Survival Guide music for him! OMG what a total blast!

 

[mindy327]

Hi guys,
our cruise is getting close. Now its starting to feel real. Christmas is over and now its time to plan and focus. Just thought I would drop a message and say hello and introduce myself.

I am Mindy and yes I am a DCL addict. Well Disney addict. I live close to Disneyland and make countless trips a year there. I became really obsessed with DCL when we took our so to speak second honeymoon. It was my dream vacation and DH surprised me with it. I ve wanted to go back ever since, but felt my DS was too small. So we have waited for 2 years for him to be pottytrained to go. Yeah.!!!

Cyrstal- my daughter Cecily turns 6 on March 1st. Maybe they could play together in the club. She wont know anyone. My son is 3 but he'll have my niece to play with in the little group.

Everyone have their cruise lists printed and checked off? Are you going on the land and sea? We are and added an additional day to our trip, so well be leaving here from arizona pretty early in the morning on April 30th. Were going to be staying at the POR hotel. Anyhow-hope everyone has fun planning and counting down the days!!! Mindy.

 

[Frequent Flyer]

Hello all!! I bought material for my fish extender today. It will be fun to make that while I am counting down the days.

 

[CSwan1]

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!I hope everyone had a great holiday season! I have been extremely busy lately (my DD turned 6 December 30 ) but now it is just vacation planning and waiting! I have started to get things together slowly but DD is already packed! We did quite a bit of shopping at the end of the summer season so she is all set!

Mindy, I saw your door decorations and I absolutely love them! SO CUTE! I am going to try to get everyone in my party together for a craft night before we go to make door decorations. We are doing a land and sea as well but will be staying at AKL. My brother and his family will be at POR, though! I can't wait to tell my daughter that she will already have a little friend to play with in the lab! She will be so excited! I'm going to call her as soon as I am done with this message. No school for her today; we got 12+ inches of snow in the last 2 days!

Frequent Flyer, I can't wait to see your fish extender! I do not sew so I'm either going to attempt to make one with the iron on binding or bribe my crafty niece into making me one!
I am trying my best to check for new posts. For some reason, I am not receiving emails anymore when there are new posts to threads I am subscribed to Has this happened to anyone else?
119 Days and Counting! Yippee!!

 

[kcatplay]

yes,I am having the same problem.last night my son asked me how many more months till we get on the cruise.I told him 4 months but 3 months and 27 days till we get to disney,were doing the land and sea package.All he cared about was that it was 4 months till we get on the cruise and celebrate his birthday.he will turn 8yrs old the day we board the cruise.he is so excited its all he talks about.I think he is more excited about the cruise then about going to disney world.he doesn't know it yet but I am buying the birthday celebration package from disney so when we walk into are cabin there will be banners and a cake saying happy birthday.It will be a wonderful surprise for him.can't wait to get this trip started.

 

[CSwan1]

We are doing the countdown at our house, too. Kcatplay, my nephew that is going will have just turned 9 when we cruise! He will be very excited to meet someone on the ship! We are having our pre-cruise celebration on March 30. I have some little gifts for my family and then we are going to make door signs and decorations and maybe have some konk koolers to get us in the cruising mode! (not that I need much help getting into the cruise mode)

Do you guys think we should come up with a catchy name for our cruise meet group? You know how some of the cruise meets are titled (i.e. the Nana-Heads, Bash on the Boat, and Captain Jack's repo). Maybe we could have a contest on our cruise meet to pick a name and I will give a gift to the winner at our cruise meet on the ship? We could all pick a name and then everyone can vote for their favorite... What does everyone think? Any takers? This could be fun and then we can add the group name to our door decorations!