Mexico Lindo 10/23/2011 MR Cruise!!!

[1DCL11]

Ok, one more question... do any of you do pin trading... not sure how popular that is on the boat vs the park. Wondering wether or not to get lanyards and pins for the kids

 

[kristin7462]

So do adults dress up for the Halloween party too or mostly just the kiddos?

 

[chrisrunty]

We will be on this cruise as well !!! It will be me ,DH, DD (9) and DS (4). We are so excited. Thinking about possibly doing the FE ... but not sure yet. I do think that would be exciting for the kids, but not sure about having to pack all that (we fly in to LAX). I am sooo excited about TOT and the Halloween Party ! I knew about pirate night, but not the halloween party ! This is the second cruise for DH and I and the first for the kiddos ! Cant wait to meet you all ! Happy Sailing !!!!

Welcome aboard! We also fly into LAX... And I'm just crazy for holidays so the Halloween party has me super excited. When doing FE and flying do take into account size/weight. Our last cruise I almost didn't fit all the gifts in our bag. ;-)

 

[chrisrunty]

So what excursions is everyone planning? I think we are doing the Pirate Boat Sail & Snorkel Adventure in Puerta Villarta ... but nothing planned for Cabo. I was hoping there was stuff to do in port.. and I read that "downtown" shopping is only a 15 minute walk... I think we will just do that.. and maybe find a public beach. DH wants to see Sammy Hagar's bar. Has anyone sailed to Cabo ? What is there to do?

We did this exact same cruise in April. The walk to shopping/food from the tender is like a 2 minute walk. I even went back after our excursion and walked around with a margarita and shopped while the boys went to the ship and took a nap.

 

[chrisrunty]

Excursion I posted this awhile ago about what we did in April.

Luvit I can tell you what excursions we did since at the time we had a 2 1/2 year old. (he just turned 3 last week) What you do probably will depend on who you are with... Couple, or if your kids are older... We were a bit more limited due to our sons age. One in particular was soooo much fun, and everyone we talked to on the ship also loved it. It was the beach/ pool resort one in puerto vallarta. The best location, awesome pools, huge water slide, beach access, really really good buffet lunch (all others were kinda yuk) and they had servers walking around giving you free alcohol drinks all day, I mean all day... DH was in heaven. We booked that one again. I'll try to post more later...

We also did the pool/beach one in Cabo. The location was incredible and so beautiful (food just ok) the waves were strong so we didn't let go of our sons hand but he loved jumping the waves. One of the pools had a pirate ship right in the middle of it.

 

[chrisrunty]

So what excursions is everyone planning? I think we are doing the Pirate Boat Sail & Snorkel Adventure in Puerta Villarta ... but nothing planned for Cabo. I was hoping there was stuff to do in port.. and I read that "downtown" shopping is only a 15 minute walk... I think we will just do that.. and maybe find a public beach. DH wants to see Sammy Hagar's bar. Has anyone sailed to Cabo ? What is there to do?

We wanted to do the pirate boat but with a 2 1/2 year old there would be lots of sitting. He didn't sit still for shows much then. (now 3 he's getting a bit better )

DH went to Cabo Wabo..... Had a great time, good food, bought some tequila, got the tshirt this time I want to go to. It was a short 10 minute walk from the tender I believe.

 

[chrisrunty]

So do adults dress up for the Halloween party too or mostly just the kiddos?

What I heard some kids do, but if I have room in my suitcase I'm bringing one! I bet other adults will too.... They dress up for pirate night.

 

[chrisrunty]

Hope you are doing well and getting excited for our trip!! To answer this question...in short, no we don't have an official count yet because as it appears we have more and more people joining everyday. I made the cut off for joining October 14th so as to allow approx one week to make/purchase gifts for the last minute stragglers. If this seems too liberal we can tighten up that date. Just let me know and we can change the date. You can check out post 159 but we have had two other families that have expressed interest but have not officially PM'd me yet so have not put them on the list. Hope this helps.

Tara

Thanks soooooooo much Tara for setting up the FE. I think for stateroom count and getting stuff planned Oct. 1st deadline is still generous..... What do others think?

 

[1DCL11]

What I heard some kids do, but if I have room in my suitcase I'm bringing one! I bet other adults will too.... They dress up for pirate night.

I LOVE Halloween.. may have to find room for a costume for me too !!

 

[1DCL11]

Thanks soooooooo much Tara for setting up the FE. I think for stateroom count and getting stuff planned Oct. 1st deadline is still generous..... What do others think?

Honestly I think so too ! I think a final cout by 10-1 is better... just for planning / buying / making things.. along with packing and planning for the trip itself

 

[1DCL11]

We did this exact same cruise in April. The walk to shopping/food from the tender is like a 2 minute walk. I even went back after our excursion and walked around with a margarita and shopped while the boys went to the ship and took a nap.

That is GREAT ! Glad its easy/quick to get to !

 

[1DCL11]

We wanted to do the pirate boat but with a 2 1/2 year old there would be lots of sitting. He didn't sit still for shows much then. (now 3 he's getting a bit better )

DH went to Cabo Wabo..... Had a great time, good food, bought some tequila, got the tshirt this time I want to go to. It was a short 10 minute walk from the tender I believe.

I wanna go too ! I read that in October Sammy Hagar is in residence in Cabo.. maybe we will get lucky and get to meet him...

 

[chrisrunty]

I wanna go too ! I read that in October Sammy Hagar is in residence in Cabo.. maybe we will get lucky and get to meet him...

That would make DH day! Such a fan!

 

[kristin7462]

Excursion I posted this awhile ago about what we did in April.

Luvit I can tell you what excursions we did since at the time we had a 2 1/2 year old. (he just turned 3 last week) What you do probably will depend on who you are with... Couple, or if your kids are older... We were a bit more limited due to our sons age. One in particular was soooo much fun, and everyone we talked to on the ship also loved it. It was the beach/ pool resort one in puerto vallarta. The best location, awesome pools, huge water slide, beach access, really really good buffet lunch (all others were kinda yuk) and they had servers walking around giving you free alcohol drinks all day, I mean all day... DH was in heaven. We booked that one again. I'll try to post more later...

We also did the pool/beach one in Cabo. The location was incredible and so beautiful (food just ok) the waves were strong so we didn't let go of our sons hand but he loved jumping the waves. One of the pools had a pirate ship right in the middle of it.

Is it the Paradise beach one that you went on in Puerto Vallarta?

 

[chrisrunty]

Is it the Paradise beach one that you went on in Puerto Vallarta?

Yep. That is the one. Since they usually say 1 drink on the excursions we were surprise they did free drinks the whole visit. This time we will remember to bring more ones for tipping.... We ran out too early.

 

[globerunner]

Honestly I think so too ! I think a final cout by 10-1 is better... just for planning / buying / making things.. along with packing and planning for the trip itself

I third the Oct 1st cut off. I actually pretty much finished making my FE gifts but will be happy to make more for the new families that joined. It does take a while to make so having the extra cut off time will allow for a better looking final product! I am not at all crafty and got talked into by my crafty younger sis to try it.

 

[globerunner]

Quote:
Originally Posted by chrisrunty
What I heard some kids do, but if I have room in my suitcase I'm bringing one! I bet other adults will too.... They dress up for pirate night.

I LOVE Halloween.. may have to find room for a costume for me too !!

I think I will be dressing up for pirate night. I actually have a tavern girl costume I bought I few years ago that I think it go with the pirate theme. The last S. Carib cruise I went on the adults were really dressed up. Maybe because it was a longer cruise but they were movie set quality costumes. I got mine at Target. I got my 3 year old DD a princess dress in the same theme too. I'm doing this all for her.

Any others dressing up for halloween or pirate night? What are your costumes like?

 

[1DCL11]

Quote:
Originally Posted by chrisrunty
What I heard some kids do, but if I have room in my suitcase I'm bringing one! I bet other adults will too.... They dress up for pirate night.




I think I will be dressing up for pirate night. I actually have a tavern girl costume I bought I few years ago that I think it go with the pirate theme. The last S. Carib cruise I went on the adults were really dressed up. Maybe because it was a longer cruise but they were movie set quality costumes. I got mine at Target. I got my 3 year old DD a princess dress in the same theme too. I'm doing this all for her.

Any others dressing up for halloween or pirate night? What are your costumes like?

HMMM.. I hadnt really planned on going "all out" for pirate night.. just eye patches, earrings, hats etc... but maybe I should re think that...

 

[LuvIt]

We can now say we are sailing NEXT MONTH! that sounds great to me!

I'm fine with the earlier FE cutoff date. If another family or 2 want to join in after cutoff, maybe our FE coordinator could make an "executive decision" to add them to the list. If some of you are making personalized gifts the late joiners might not get those but I'm thinking participants could still make up a bags of candy or trinkets for the kids so they could still be part of the FE. Just a thought.

I'm really anxious to see daily Navigators from the first MR cruise later this month. I would love to see Disney add more Mexican themed on board ship activities. Salsa dance lessons anyone?! LOL

DH and I won't be dressing up for Halloween stuff on board. DS might bring a simple costume. For pirates night, I got pirate themed tshirts for both of them, still need to get one for me maybe, and will bring bandanas and an eye patch for DS. We're going pretty lowkey on costumes.....I feel like Scrooge so maybe I should put more effort in it. LOL

I'm trying to really streamline packing and luggage volume. Only doing nice shirts, ties and pants for the guys (no suit) for formal night and hope we don't regret that decision. Nice pants and collared shirts for the guys for other dinners. Plan to do laundry once while on the trip to wash our gym clothes
and whatever else might need it so that I can pack less clothes.

 

[chrisrunty]

For those with younger kids we just got this Melissa & Doug pirate costume in the mail via amazon. It is beautiful and well made for only $22.


http://www.amazon.com/Melissa-Doug-...DRRM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1314904554&sr=8-1