NEW March 3-10, 2012 - Western Caribbean with the Magic!

[jessrose18]

i cant see your picture (on my work computer photobucket is blocked website and all pics) but to resize there is a header on the top of the photo when you are on the page where you can see just the one you chose that says resize and then percentages and then you can resave or save as a copy and post that one...sorry if that sounds confusing

cant wait to see your fe!

 

[jessrose18]

23 Weeks until we Set Sail!!!!

 

[aberrydisneygirl]

I really like the "Minnie Mouse" fabric I used for the FE. I got another design I will try, but I think I will make another one like this first one but longer, and need to figure out what to do with the pockets. It will be nice to have a few to choose from though once I get finished with them all. Then I can have extras to maybe put in the room to hand for organizers.

 

[jessrose18]

saw you fe picture! looks great, yup just needs something on the pockets and longer like you said. Even though you have 2 people, sometimes it's nice to have more than 2 pockets because they get filled up fast.

 

[aberrydisneygirl]

Good to know. I will try the next one with 3 pockets. Thanks. I made the first one small to make sure I could actually make one and have it look nice.

 

[Luckycruising]

Wow, nice job on the FE, and did i read correctly that it was your first time sewing something???

You`re good!

 

[aberrydisneygirl]

Thanks. And yes, my first time sewing something. But if you were to look close you would see the imperfections. I have seen other people sew, and just tried to do what I saw them do. I borrowed a friends sewing machine, read all the directions, and went to work. I did break one of her needles, but at least those are easy to replace.

 

[jessrose18]

just saw lion king in 3d there was a poster in the lobby for a disney movie coming out on march 9th called john carter ... that means we will get a premier on the ship thurs at midnight and they will play new movie in theater on friday as well, if history proves correct. I was on ship last time they premiered tron. Looked up the story, could be interesting. Just a heads up if anybody is looking forward to this movie.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carter_(film)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rf55GTEZ_E

I think we are going to add a day at harry potter world to our trip. Friday the 2nd we will be at islands of adventure! berrydisneygirl-what day are you going to the park? maybe i will see you at the butterbeer cart !!!! cant wait!

 

[Engteach]

Jessrose18 my DH was very happy when I told him about the movie John Carter coming out while we will be on the ship, he's a huge sci-fi fan.

Luckycruising we should arrange for our daugters to be in the club at the same time so they have someone to speak French too. We really hope she will enjoy the club, it was one of the main reasons we picked Disney over other cruise lines. I looked at the activities they have for kids and they look awesome, I guess it wouldn't be that bad to spend time there with her if she won't stay by herself

 

[aberrydisneygirl]

Jessrose18, we will be at IOA on friday the 2nd. Yay butterbeer!!!! We just might run into you there. Still trying to decide where to stay, we would like a hotel close to IOA. And still waiting for flights to go down. I sure hope they do.

Oh. and that movie looks good too. That would be nice to see it on the ship

 

[jessrose18]

i booked a cheap hotel just to have an option, seems like spring break prices are in effect at that time.... i booked redroof inn orlando west for 50 a night, for 2 nights and reserved a thrifty car rental pickup thur pm and drop off in port canaveral sat am for only 50 bucks for the 2 days. Red roof inn not my first choice, but it honestly has pretty good reviews, especially compared to some of the hotels in orlando. We usually stay at value resorts but prices jacked up too high this time of year, ow well.

Glad someone else will be at harry potter on the 2nd. Last time I went I took bonine and still felt pretty naucious after the forbidden journey ride so i never made it on dueling dragons, cant wait to try that one as well.

 

[aberrydisneygirl]

Ooohh, I need to check out car rentals. That is a good deal you got. I have read that some people get sick on the Harry Potter rides. My husband does not do large roller coasters/rides, so I will have to see how some of these are and might have to go on some by myself.

 

[aberrydisneygirl]

Just finished making some door magnets. They look ok but my printer is starting to run out of ink. Need to get more ink cartridges. Then will make more. This is so much fun!!

 

[aberrydisneygirl]

5 more months

 

[jessrose18]

5 more months

 

[aberrydisneygirl]

Hurray, Hotel for before cruise is booked. Got the Best Western Plus for $68 a night promotional offer, normally $112. Not bad and it looks really nice. Only about a mile from IOA. Now I just have to keep looking for flights and rental car.

 

[jessrose18]

good for you! i love a deal....

 

[kungaloosh]

Well, now that end of quarter is over at work and some other things that were going on have settled down I can finally relax a bit and concentrate on the important things in life like this cruise!!!! I'm getting so excited.

This is really a budget trip for us as our son's wedding is next year so I wasn't planning on doing shore excursions since we've been to all of the ports at least once or twice before. Thanks to the folks here on the board though instead of spending money shopping in Cozumel I think we are going to book the inclusive Nachi Cocom beach day. I hadn't even heard of that before until I saw it mentioned here and we've been to Cozumel on 3 other cruises. I've got the site bookmarked to show my DH tonight. Key West is the one port that we've only been to once so I'm planning on pre-buying tickets for the City Trolley after reading some reviews on Cruise Critic. That way we can see some of the sights outside of walking distance and be able to hop on and off at will. Still not sure about Grand Caymen. We've been swimming with the sting rays before so I wasn't planning on doing anything but now I'm thinking the Turtle Farm looks interesting. Funny how I told DH we wouldn't spend any money on excursions but now I've kind of got things planned for every port.

Anyone else thinking about the Turtle Farm or is everyone going swimming with the Sting Rays? I think that is one I would probably book thru the ship since it's 8 miles from the pier.

Cathy

 

[aberrydisneygirl]

We are planning on doing the non disney trolley in Key West; the Island tour in Grand Cayman that goes to the turtle farm, stingrays, and hell and thought it would be nice to get to do all of that in one tour; just some shopping and maybe a beach in Cozumel. Wanted to do the dolphins in cozumel but decided that was too expensive. Should be a fun cruise, can't wait.

Now I am just getting my FE ready, getting FE gifts together, booking pre-cruise day stuff (car rental/hotel etc). Just waiting to see if flights will go down.

So exciting!!! It will be nice to get away from the cold in March to some warm weather.

 

[kungaloosh]

Hi aberrydisneygirl,
Is the Grand Cayman Tour one of the Disney tours? How do you view the excursions offered by the cruise? I have not found the Disney cruise line site to be very user friendly. I'm a pro at Royal Caribbean's website but the last time I cruised with Disney it was 10 years ago and we didn't do anything on line. Back then everything had to be done onboard so I feel like a newbie.

I'm all set with my flights. We were at a scholarship benefit a few weeks ago and I won the grand prize raffle which was 2 United airline tickets. That's what enabled us to fit in this vacation even though all our $ are going to my son's wedding next year. We had our DVC points which covered the cruise and once I won the airline tickets it was a no brainer. The only thing I still need to do is figure out what transportation we want to use from the airport to the port.

Thanks,
Cathy