May 5, 2012 Fantasy

[kristieseem1]

Last night we booked a room for my sister inlaw and her husband and daughter. We will let them know about this site. they have never been on a Disney cruise. We will have a total of 10 people on this cruise. It is going to be so much fun...

 

[wdwpirates]

Last night we booked a room for my sister inlaw and her husband and daughter. We will let them know about this site. they have never been on a Disney cruise. We will have a total of 10 people on this cruise. It is going to be so much fun...

Cool!!! With such a big group, you guys are going to have a blast!!!

 

[kristieseem1]

Cool!!! With such a big group, you guys are going to have a blast!!!

You have no idea... just watch out for us having a GREAT time

 

[kristieseem1]

Would anyone be interested in joining a FB group if I created one? My hubby gets on the disboards often but I rarely have time to sit down on here. I'm on FB pretty much 24/7 because it's available quickly on my phone, so it would be nice to be able to chat on there as well. If you're interested, send me a message on FB (Kristie Schoenly Seem).

 

[Bareacuda]

Calling all Cruisers!!!

We are getting down to the 9 month date... and was thinking about FE gifts.
I'd be more then happy to do the lists of all who want to join!

On our last cruise we were divided into groups so none of us were overwhelmed with 400 Disers.

What would be a safe and non dollar busting number of people would like to give to?

We did about 10 rooms, about 40 people. Give me your opinion please!

If you are intrested.... please PM me and I'll start the list.

Just give me your Dis name
All names in your room
Ages of kids.... ie: Terry(DD5) Terry(DS5)
And your room number


With the FE list... I wouldnt mind doing the "Room Tour" list.
If you are intrested in us viewing your room:

Send me a PM
with your Room number and category... anything special about it.

Our's is a cat 6A handicap room. A regular room??? With so many cats now..no one has a regular room!
Date for the room tour can be picked closer to the cruise

Annie

 

[kristieseem1]

Calling all Cruisers!!!

We are getting down to the 9 month date... and was thinking about FE gifts.
I'd be more then happy to do the lists of all who want to join!

On our last cruise we were divided into groups so none of us were overwhelmed with 400 Disers.

What would be a safe and non dollar busting number of people would like to give to?

We did about 10 rooms, about 40 people. Give me your opinion please!

If you are intrested.... please PM me and I'll start the list.

Just give me your Dis name
All names in your room
Ages of kids.... ie: Terry(DD5) Terry(DS5)
And your room number


With the FE list... I wouldnt mind doing the "Room Tour" list.
If you are intrested in us viewing your room:

Send me a PM
with your Room number and category... anything special about it.

Our's is a cat 6A handicap room. A regular room??? With so many cats now..no one has a regular room!
Date for the room tour can be picked closer to the cruise

Annie

I think that is a GREAT idea. It will make the cost a bit more acceptable.

 

[Bareacuda]

And alot less weight to pack. More room for suvvies!

Annie

 

[kristieseem1]

We are buying our plane tickets today. $200 round trip from Philly is cheap. It will be here before we know it...

 

[Bareacuda]

Im not the kind to search out all the best prices on everything... so all our cruise and flight was taken care of by DCL.

My one stop shop


Annie

 

[kristieseem1]

I wish we could have done that. BUT we are what the airlines call "customer of size". so we had to book thru our TA.

 

[Bareacuda]

Alot of people like the thrill of the hunt for best price tickets too.

 

[ukintheus]

Hi everyone! We just booked this cruise the past couple of days We just got back off the 7/5 5 day on the Dream, and the new ship was so great that we couldn't resist to see what the Fantasy will hold in store! I just bet it is going to be wonderful

It's just the 2 of us - DH & I - and this will be our 3rd cruise. We did the Magic Western last year and really enjoyed it, but really would have liked to do the Eastern, but the dates didn't work out. Don't know much about the ports on this one so will have to do some research. Looking forward to getting to know everyone - need to go back and read the previous posts.

 

[ukintheus]

1. Name of all who are traveling with you?
Me: Jenny 46, DH: Scott 41 when we sail
2. What's your occupation?
Me: Admin Assistant DH: Engineer
3.What are you looking foward to about this cruise? someone ELSE doing the cooking and the dishes - pure luxury of NOTHING to do!
4. We are going to try and tie this in with a couple of days at the Flower & Garden, Contemporary or Boardwalk, not sure yet.
5. We live in Magnolia, a small town Northwest of Houston.
6. Don't know about excursions yet. Still looking into it and looking forward to hearing what others are doing.
7. Dining. Our first cruise our table mates were nice, but we didn't have much in common. On this last cruise we really got along well and exchanged contact info etc,. plus did some stuff other than dinner while onboard. I agree though, it's one of those things that you just wonder how it will pan out We've only ever sat at a table with 2 other people, not sure how I would feel if we were put with a "group".

I may have missed some questions, but I'm chatty, so I'm sure I'll fill you in even if you don't ask!

 

[Bareacuda]

1. Name of all who are traveling with you?
Me: Jenny 46, DH: Scott 41 when we sail
2. What's your occupation?
Me: Admin Assistant DH: Engineer
3.What are you looking foward to about this cruise? someone ELSE doing the cooking and the dishes - pure luxury of NOTHING to do!
4. We are going to try and tie this in with a couple of days at the Flower & Garden, Contemporary or Boardwalk, not sure yet.
5. We live in Magnolia, a small town Northwest of Houston.
6. Don't know about excursions yet. Still looking into it and looking forward to hearing what others are doing.
7. Dining. Our first cruise our table mates were nice, but we didn't have much in common. On this last cruise we really got along well and exchanged contact info etc,. plus did some stuff other than dinner while onboard. I agree though, it's one of those things that you just wonder how it will pan out We've only ever sat at a table with 2 other people, not sure how I would feel if we were put with a "group".

I may have missed some questions, but I'm chatty, so I'm sure I'll fill you in even if you don't ask!

Welcome to the cruise!

We done the flower and garden a couple of times... LOVED it.
Our biggest table we've had was 8 of us... alot of fun. Hearing where everyone is from and what plans they have... One of my favorites... sharing a dessert. Pick your favorite and order one more for everyone else to take a bite worth. Just to try something different. Oh and ask for several more forks

Dont forget to sign up for the FE's or room tour... or the postcard exchange

Ann

 

[ukintheus]

Welcome to the cruise!

We done the flower and garden a couple of times... LOVED it.
Our biggest table we've had was 8 of us... alot of fun. Hearing where everyone is from and what plans they have... One of my favorites... sharing a dessert. Pick your favorite and order one more for everyone else to take a bite worth. Just to try something different. Oh and ask for several more forks

Dont forget to sign up for the FE's or room tour... or the postcard exchange

Ann

Thanks for the welcome. Good idea about the dessert I'm always up for more dessert. I think we are room cat 5B, deck 8 - not sure that there's much difference between some of these new room cats except location???

 

[cmhand30]

Just stopping in to say HI!

I am home all day now. My job was "restructured/downsized." No complaining here. Gives me time to be with the family. Might just miss the Mall $$$.

DS18 goes off to college in 30 days. (40 whopping miles from WDW). Poor kid! Thankfully he has an annual pass.

Patiently waiting for that vacation.

 

[Kimlee]

Hi everyone,

I am just interested to know how 'formal' you are all planning to be on formal and semi formal nights? I love dresssing up and don't get to do it very often but formal wear for DH will be his kilt and he will not be happy if I make him bring it (the whole outfit is quite heavy) and everyone else turns out to be a lot more casual. Haven't cruised before so really don't know what to expect.

 

[ukintheus]

Hi everyone,

I am just interested to know how 'formal' you are all planning to be on formal and semi formal nights? I love dresssing up and don't get to do it very often but formal wear for DH will be his kilt and he will not be happy if I make him bring it (the whole outfit is quite heavy) and everyone else turns out to be a lot more casual. Haven't cruised before so really don't know what to expect.

From what we've seen a lot of men wear trousers (khakis for the most part), shirt, tie..or, trousers (again khakis for the most part), shirt, sports jacket on semi formal. Formal really seemed to have an even wider range, everything from a combo of the above to tuxedos. DH wore a suit to formal night.

That said, you'll also always have those that don't really dress up - polo shirt and khakis was also among the mix.

A kilt would be fun - he'd get a LOT of attention, Really it comes down to it being whatever he's most comfortable with that you can get squeezed in your suitcase. We had talked about renting a tuxedo on the ship to avoid packing everything, but I'm very glad we didn't, DH said he would have felt out of place - he's just not into being THAT dressed up/formal - so bringing a suit was the best for him.

 

[my2princessgirls]

Hi everyone,

I am just interested to know how 'formal' you are all planning to be on formal and semi formal nights? I love dresssing up and don't get to do it very often but formal wear for DH will be his kilt and he will not be happy if I make him bring it (the whole outfit is quite heavy) and everyone else turns out to be a lot more casual. Haven't cruised before so really don't know what to expect.

I think a kilt would be great!

DH is active duty Air Force and wears his Mess Dress (military version of a tux) for formal night and I wear a long dress. He wears a suite for semi-formal night and I wear a cocktail dress. I tried to find pics, but the only ones I have from Formal night are the ones we purchased from DCL and I can't get my scanner to work.

ETA: Got my scanner to work!

Semi-Formal 2007 (ACK!! My hair!!):

Formal night 2007:

Semi-Formal 2009:

Formal 2009:

Palo 2009:

ETA again: I resized these suckers over and over and they just aren't getting any smaller. Photobucket makes me bonkers sometimes!! Sorry for the huge pics!

 

[Kimlee]

From what we've seen a lot of men wear trousers (khakis for the most part), shirt, tie..or, trousers (again khakis for the most part), shirt, sports jacket on semi formal. Formal really seemed to have an even wider range, everything from a combo of the above to tuxedos. DH wore a suit to formal night.

That said, you'll also always have those that don't really dress up - polo shirt and khakis was also among the mix.

A kilt would be fun - he'd get a LOT of attention, Really it comes down to it being whatever he's most comfortable with that you can get squeezed in your suitcase. We had talked about renting a tuxedo on the ship to avoid packing everything, but I'm very glad we didn't, DH said he would have felt out of place - he's just not into being THAT dressed up/formal - so bringing a suit was the best for him.

Thanks Jenny. Sounds like it's a real mix and that we should dress however we choose (as long as it's appropriate!) DH might really enjoy the attention! Think I might have to go and weigh the kilt though.........