Mexican Riviera Cruise 03/27/2011

[Mommy22Cuties]

Safe travels!

 

[penguinaddict]

Beautiful weather in Long Beach today!! Sunny - windy - but sunny!! Just walked out of Downtown Disney. It's filling up fast because of some event at the House of Blues.

48 hours!!!

 

[merrygirl]

So excited, with only 2 days to go. Wondering if anyone has heard about any delays with sailing?

 

[penguinaddict]

So excited, with only 2 days to go. Wondering if anyone has heard about any delays with sailing?

Hi! I haven't heard anything directly but there was a thread started about a missing CM and it's our ship. When it docks, perhaps there will be delays but not entirely certain. If there's been no communication to the family, I read they intend to be there with the news media (I saw that on the same thread but also on another news site).

Here's the thread: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2684898

We plan to get there around 10:00am because we are sooooooo excited and cannot stand the thought of sitting in a hotel room when I could be sitting close to the ship.

Otherwise, hoping for smooth boarding, and smooth sailing!

Lori

 

[merrygirl]

Us too, I am ready to go now. My daughter is dreading sitting around but I told her she will probably meet other kids right away and she wont even notice. Thanks for the link

 

[CalDisfans]

Great to hear Lori! We are doing the last packing tomorrow.

FErs:
Reminder to be at the meet to receive your FE assignment list. It'll be great to meet everyone! There may be delays, and media there, so let's make the best of the wait time! Less than 48 hrs, WOO HOO!!

 

[Evita_W]

Hi there!!! This is cmwade's DW!! We are getting soooooo excited and there is so much to do in the 24 HOURS till we arrive....

You can't tell we are excited...but BELIEVE ME....WE ARE!!

Hope everybody has a good trip over there!

 

[penguinaddict]

It's bedtime! Bags all re-organized. Documents in order. Took draminine tonight to get started... just in case.

Looking forwarding to meeting everyone tomorrow! Good night!

 

[cmwade77]

Time to double check everything, then we wait for our ride.

 

[penguinaddict]

Alarm clock went off at 6:30A. It's Disney Cruise Day!!! So excited!!

What time is everyone planning to get to the port? Check in for us is 10:30 but thinking we'd get there around 9-9:30a. Doesn't matter to us if we have to wait around.

See you all soon!!!

 

[cmwade77]

We are checked in, got our lanyards and are waiting for boarding. We are group 3.

 

[penguinaddict]

We're here! Big group if Dis'ers in the southeast corner waiting for numbers to be announced for boarding! Stop by and introduce yourself!

 

[penguinaddict]

Thank you fellow DIS'ers and now friends!!!

Just put all our luggage outside the cabin door and feel California getting closer every minute.

If we didn't get the chance to say so personally, it was a true pleasure to meet everyone!! Thank you for helping to make our first Disney cruise fantastic!!

Lori, Bryce, Hannah and Skyler

 

[lilbug13]

I just want to send a HUGE THANK YOU to Omasgirls for the pens & stickers left on our door for our daughters. We were next door to them & did not participate in the FE (it was our first cruise and I was worried about being overwhelmed). Again, thanks a million, Ainsley & Allie were so tickled by your generosity.

I hope you enjoyed the cruise as much as we did!!

 

[MyLove4Disney]

Hello everyone, it was great meeting many of you. We had a wonderful cruise, but it just always seems to go by so fast. So one to the next planning of vacation.

Thank you, Thank you to everyone in the FE group, everything was wonderful and we enjoyed seeing every day.


I hope that everyone that is not home yet, has a very safe journey.

Susan and Monica

 

[CalDisfans]

Hello Everyone!
Well, back home from the fantastic cruise! I wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone for the wonderful FE gifts. We loved them all. Thank yous to everyone fo helping me along my first time coordinating a FE. I'm grateful for your patience with me in all the little mistakes and blunders, please accept my appologies. I think it went well though, and I was happy to step up and do it.
We are "sea-leggy", and tired, but had a great time. Many of you may not know, but our son Shane has severe ADHD, and some Asperger tendencies, and we were unsure of bringing him. He had a meltdown on the morning before the cruise, and we were concerned it would just be too much for him, but several of you really made him feel welcome and accepted, and he had a great time, the Vibe counselors worked great with him, so with only a few things bothering him the whole cruise long, it was nice to see him engaging so much, and enjoying himself.
Thank you Chris with helping with lots of the technical aspects, and many tips & suggestions!, much thanks to Lawrence for designing our web page, it was fantastic!, and great thanks to Lori for organizing our meet and making the great tags!. Most of all, thanks to all of you for your tips, encouragement, and excitement! And, for your friendships here on DIS! It was great to meet so many wonderful people from all over the globe, you made our cruise experience even more special!
We hope to see many of you again on our future DCL cruising! This may have been our first, but DEFINITELY not our last Disney Cruise...We're hooked! I'll be here on the DIS board, awaiting our next DCL adventure.

 

[jrask]

Hope you all had a great time. Want to share any highlights?

 

[penguinaddict]

Top ten reasons we had a fantastic Disney Cruise experience:

10. Getting a big close-up of Mickey Mouse wiggling his nose in our video camera
9. Lori was a Bingo verifier..... can you say “jealous!”?
8, Speaking of Bingo, Hannah and Bryce each one a game!
7. Skyler up on stage for Friendship Rocks
6. Exotic Rasul and Palo.. nothing more to say
5. Zip-lining at Los Veranos Canopy Tours. Memorable!!
4. We were Disney’s Magical Family - twice!
3. Sitting on the front of the ship as it was pulling away from Puerto Vallarta watching the gorgeous sunset.
2. Re-booking our next Disney Cruise

and drum roll please......

1. Meeting DIS’ers before the cruise, waving to everyone during the cruise, sitting and enjoying events with DIS’ers and making life-long friendships with our DIS families.

 

[Mindyjoy]

Going on this cruise in less than a week! Would love to hear about your excursions!!!

 

[penguinaddict]

Going on this cruise in less than a week! Would love to hear about your excursions!!!

We loved zip-lining in Puerto Vallarta with Los Veranos Canopy Tours. We booked direct online. Got to their office at 10:45a , drove about 30 mins to the site and our team included Armando, David, etc. Fun, fun, fun!!!!! Did I mention it was fun? Steep hiking hills, lots of steps, but I'm a big gal and didn't really have a problem and never, ever felt rushed. We took our 12 yo DD and 6 yo DS. They had a blast!!! Finished and we were back on the boat around 4p. Cost about $240 for four, plus we bought 4 pics and cd of pics for $40 and the DVD was $40. Take cash!!! They say they take crdit cards but not really. They add extra for cc. And we tipped $20 in the bucket. It was fantastic! I even went with one of they guys and be videoed me going across upside down! Oh, there are 14 lines. PM me if you have other questions.

We didn't get off the boat either Cabo day and enjoyed nearly empty pools.

Have a great trip!!