**Mickey's Merry Cruisers** 12/13/09 4 night Wonder

[miztigg]

shadowryter
DCL will give you a free cake for your annaversary . Everyone tells me to order in advance however as long as it is not the first night just tell your head server or your waiter and they will take care of everything. unless you want something really special but im sure they can take care of that too.if you want to pm me i think i can send you a pic from my sons bday i only have it on my snapfish not this computer or i would post it

 

[bwkwpw]

Hi everyone!

Great to see this roll call get going. We are so exited and cannot wait until December

I have a few questions.

What is MVMCP?

I saw where pmama got her Cruise Travel Kit. At what point do you normally receive this? It has been 3 years since we last cruised DCL and I don't remember.

miztigg asked about if we should do Fish Extenders. I have never done this. What kind of stuff do you put in others FE's or get in yours? I am game

I saw somewhere on this board where DCL puts the DIS'ers tables near one another in the dining rooms. How does this work?

Looking foward to meeting you all.

Brian

 

[bwkwpw]

i know we have a little while yet is anyone making any other plans yet i think im gonna came a day early to watch the magic leave on sat. thurs when i get off the ship i would like to stay at the cabins in fort wildreness just rent a golf cart for the day do MVMCP and stay 2 nites at the nick hotel my niece and my mother in law are now gonna come and my niece has never stayed at the nick hotel so i guess ill do 2 nights there. i normally dont do any excurisions i may just rent the tubes at CC anyone thinking about any plans

We are planning on going to MK for 1 day after the cruise just to see it all decorated for Christmas.

I am sure we will watch Magic leave on Sat. Where are you planning on watching it from? I have heard a lot about "Fish Lips" on the Cruise Critic board.

Brian

 

[shadowryter]

Hi everyone!

Great to see this roll call get going. We are so exited and cannot wait until December

I have a few questions.

What is MVMCP?

I saw where pmama got her Cruise Travel Kit. At what point do you normally receive this? It has been 3 years since we last cruised DCL and I don't remember.

miztigg asked about if we should do Fish Extenders. I have never done this. What kind of stuff do you put in others FE's or get in yours? I am game

I saw somewhere on this board where DCL puts the DIS'ers tables near one another in the dining rooms. How does this work?

Looking foward to meeting you all.

Brian

Hi Brian, I can answer at least one of these for you. Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party is a hard ticketed event. You get to stay 5 hours after the park closes for parades, fireworks, free cookies and hot chocolate. All kinds of shows and of course ride the rides until your hearts content. It's done on certain nights at Magic Kingdom and is a lot of fun. We atteneded in '04 and plan on going this year.

 

[miztigg]

the fish extenders well they hang from the fish outside your stateroom door. and any one who wants to do this get little treats and puts them in there they can be anything from candy to glow sticks for the pirate party. it is always fun to get back to the room and find goodies in your FE . so if 10 people wanna do this you just get 10 small gifts have your list of room #s and i had fun going around putting the stuff in. we also did a magnet exchange one cruise that was really fun
and with MVMCP dont forget you get to see snow on main street . i was very lucky the last 2 times i did MVMCP and MNNSHP, i just got my tix in advance (they are cheaper that way) and had no problems. im hoping they have it on thursday night, during the week seems less crowded.
as for sat nite before the cruise i havent decided what im doing if i get there on friday im gonna stay at the nick hotel, my niece is now going and she has never stayed there and sat ill go over and stay at the raddison so i can see the magic go out. I have heard that fish lips is fun so we may do that , thursday we got that 40% off deal so we are headed to the cabins in FW.
shadowryder worked nights last night. im not awake yet later this after noon ill tryand figure out that pic to either put on here or i will send it to you

 

[miztigg]

heres a link for the FE
http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1219607&page=39

 

[Carol G]

Hello miztigg,

So happy to finally find some cruisers here. I've been on this thread for a while and haven't heard a peep until now. Tried to introduce myself to the original poster of this thread but no answer. Anyway, this wil be our first cruise and I'm so excited. We will be celebrating our 20th anniversary and I have so many plans. Hope to see you and Brian and many others there.

Hi Linda,

Wow, look at all these people going on the cruise with us - unbelieveable. Can you imagine if all of us got together - what a blast we would have! ! !

Carol

 

[pmama]

Hi everyone!

Great to see this roll call get going. We are so exited and cannot wait until December

I have a few questions.


I saw where pmama got her Cruise Travel Kit. At what point do you normally receive this? It has been 3 years since we last cruised DCL and I don't remember.


Brian

I may have gotten my Cruise Travel kit a little early because we originally booked for May then changed to December.


I have a cute story, my DD4 has been watching videos of the Wonder on youtube. She is so excited. Well, over the weekend she was watching a video someone took of the farewell song. All the characters were lined up on both sides of the stairs. All the sudden she gasps and says, "Captain Hook I can't go there." Then she was so said she ran out of the office all the way upstairs to her room crying. It took me about 10 minutes to calm her down. She was so disappointed. I'm still trying to convince her that Captain Hook will be nice.

 

[miztigg]

Hi Linda,

Wow, look at all these people going on the cruise with us - unbelieveable. Can you imagine if all of us got together - what a blast we would have! ! !

Carol

sounds like a meet in planning

 

[shadowryter]

Hi Linda,

Wow, look at all these people going on the cruise with us - unbelieveable. Can you imagine if all of us got together - what a blast we would have! ! !

Carol

Hi Carol,
to the DISboards. This thread is growing and I couldn't be happier.

 

[bwkwpw]

My son on Pirate Night 3 years ago.

Just wanted a reason to post something

Brian

 

[shadowryter]

Great picture. Your son looks like he was having a wonderful time. Can't wait for this. Post more if you'd like. I'd love to see them.

 

[miztigg]

your son is adorable!! keep the pics comming
anyone decide if they are flying or driving yet? I still havent figured out what day im leaving yet i wish it was today its freazing here . I hate the cold . Im ready for CC and my tropical depression. i know people are partial to the knok koolers however my fave is when they do the 2 for 1 drink specials and i get my tropical depressions they are yummy

 

[shadowryter]

We always drive but this time we're considering the AutoTrain. 5 hours maybe more to Lorton ,VA. Board the train along with our SUV then arrive in Sanford, FL around 9am. I think we'll stay at a local hotel overnight and start fresh the next day. I can't imagine riding and sleeping on a train for 20 some odd hours and going to WDW from there. Yuck.

 

[miztigg]

I think im gonna take the autotrain too!!! I drive a stick and my mother in law can drive it she just dosent like to so since i dont wanna do all the driving it seems eaiser. we usually fly however my niece is now going to buy 5 round trip plane tix plus rent a car its alot. I never took the train last month when we went to disney me and DH drove and the rest of the family flew because we bought our puppy down there and i didnt wanna put her underneath in the cold weather. i did look up the prices and it was 400 something for 5 people including the car.

 

[pmama]

Adorable picture. I'd love to see more too. We've never cruised before. I wish we lived close enough to drive. That would be a huge money saver.


I ordered some things from disneyoutlet.com the other day specifically for the cruise.

A soft sided rolling cooler!! (I've read the tip about bringing your own drinks onboard in a soft sided cooler.)
http://disneyshopping.go.com/disney...d=-1&categoryId=14743&catalogFromSearch=10003

Pop up hamper.
http://disneyshopping.go.com/disney...d=-1&categoryId=13843&catalogFromSearch=10003

Hooded fleece ponchos for the girls on chilly nights on the deck.
http://disneyshopping.go.com/disney...d=-1&categoryId=13846&catalogFromSearch=10003

 

[bwkwpw]

Thanks for all the comments on the picture. I will dig up some more to post. I have some great pics of the big white boxes (RCL) but those would not go over well here

I had never heard of the Auto Train. I just googled it. That is a cool concept but it is non-stop from DC so we will be driving from Raleigh. We always drive when going to PC.

Brian

 

[Carol G]

Hi Brian, Justhe8ofus, miztigg, pmama and Linda,

Geeeez, what a beginning of a wonderful Christmas cruise

We're going to party! ! !

We should plan on meeting on deck and celebrating as we leave the port - wouldn't that be a blast?

Brian I was on a 4 night cruise in Nov '06. We had a blast. It was my very first cruise and I became addicted to DCL ever since.


Carol

 

[pmama]

MVMCP dates out http://www.wdwinfo.com/holidays/mvmcp.htm

There is one the Thursday we disembark. The last one for the season is that Friday.

 

[Carol G]

I've been having trouble responding the the thread re: way of traveling to cruise line.

We'll be traveling by air. We booked through Disney at AAA. It's safer with Disney - they'll be responsible getting you there on time.

Can anyone give us ideas about what to do after we get off the airline? We are soooo Confused. Any ideas...........

Carol G