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

[kungaloosh]

Hi,
I don't remember what my packet had. I only quickly flipped through it but it seems that would have caught my attention. I will take a look when I get home tonight. Key West is one of the main reasons we chose this cruise.

I'm already in the window for when I can book excursions so I just logged into DCL and it still has the Key West excursions list to book from.

Cathy

 

[aberrydisneygirl]

Yay, I get to book our excersions/palo tonight!!!! Hope the website works ok.

 

[bledsoedoc]

I am suppose to be able to book shore excursions tonight but have not received any email telling me how to. Nor have I received a packet for the cruise. The cruise is paid in full. Should I be nervous and what should my next step be? Thanks!

 

[bledsoedoc]

I spoke with the cruise line directly today. They assured me that I will be all set at midnight to book my excursions. Very excited for our trip. It is a complete secret for our son. We are not going to tell him until we show up to the terminal at Port Canerveral. I can't wait to see his eyes!

 

[bledsoedoc]

So I am a little new at this thread...I put my name on the excel sheet of passengers. Does that automatically sign us up for the fish extender fun? Thanks for being patient and Happy Holidays!

 

[aberrydisneygirl]

Welcome!! There is another page/tab of the spreadsheet for the FE exchange. On the bottom left are the other tabs. This tab allows you to put names and ages of those paticipating in the FE. Will be lots of fun!!

 

[Engteach]

Tomorrow is the day we can do online check-in
After reading some of the posts, I'm a little worried that we are not going to Key West anymore. It was one of the reasons we chose this cruise... I guess we'll find out tomorrow if you can book excursions there or not. Anyone has more information about that???

 

[Engteach]

Kungaloosh, I just read your post, I guess we are still going to Key West

 

[bledsoedoc]

Does anyone know what time tomorrow we can book excursions? Midnight or like when you book meals at the parks, 7am?

 

[aberrydisneygirl]

Kungaloosh,
I was able to book everything I wanted. Yay!!! However, I wanted the Island tour with the stingrays. Did you book just the Island tour? I took the 9:15 Island tour with swimming with stingrays, since we have never done that before. I also booked Palo brunch on day 3 at 10:30 and decided since I did not want to miss any of the other dinner rotations I booked Palo dinner on the last night. Everything seemed pretty much open, I wonder if our cruise is just not filling up since the new Fantasy will be sailing a month later. Oh well, Better for us.

Yay!!! So exciting!!!

 

[aberrydisneygirl]

Anyone doing the FE exchange remember to sign up on the FE tab on the spreadsheet. That way we know how many will be in your family/party and how many families to plan for. This planning is so exciting!!!

 

[bledsoedoc]

Easier than I thought. For Cozumel we have the 11:20am dolphin swim at the dolphinaris. For Grand Cayman we are doing Stingray City snorkle tour at 12:45pm, no town tour. The last time we were in Grand Cayman we rented mopeds after we got back from Sting Ray City and that was fun. And for Key West we have a 12:45p Snorkle, Dolphin Watch, Kayak adventure. Does anyone know when we pay for these? I would like that taken care of before we cruise...one less worry.

 

[bledsoedoc]

Anyone doing the FE exchange remember to sign up on the FE tab on the spreadsheet. That way we know how many will be in your family/party and how many families to plan for. This planning is so exciting!!!

Can you just double check that I put my family on correctly? I am getting really excited. Ordered my fish extender today. Now to decide on gifts...
My five year old does not have a clue. This whole trip was a surprise for my hubby for our anniversary. I had gifts of a lifetime set up a scavenger hunt at epcot. My DS received small gifts at each stop and my DH received the announcement for this cruise at the end. We aren't telling him we are doing this until we go to the port terminal to get on our ship...I hope I can keep a secret that long!!!
If our cruise is not full b/c of the new ship leaving the next month, the better for us! I think this is going to be so much fun!!!

 

[aberrydisneygirl]

bledsoedoc,
FE sign up looks great. And for paying the excersions from what I have read it is added to your bill at the end of the cruise (if you are doing it through DCL).

 

[FoxFMX22]

Cruise is finally paid for and online check in is done! Now time to start booking excursions and reservations. This is going to be the best honeymoon ever! We're so excited for our first cruise.

 

[kungaloosh]

Hi Everyone,
So I finally went back and took a look at the booklet that I had been sent and it did also have Mexico instead of Key West. That must be because that's where the majority of the Western Caribbean itineraries go. They probably don't publish special booklets for the rare cruises that stop at Key West.

Aberrydisneygirl,
Yes, I did book just the Island tour. We swam with the sting rays last time we are in Grand Cayman so we decided to skip it this time. You will have such a good time. It was a pretty incredible experience.

Cathy

 

[devonsmommy]

Didn't book any excursions because we still don't know what we want to do!

But did book Palo Tea for Thursday at 11 a.m.

 

[Shoopdeedoo]

Hi everyone!
We just paid our final balance, so I guess we are going on this cruise! It will be me, dh, and our kids, ds(12) and dd (8). Count us in on the FE....so glad I finally learned what that one was about! We will be ordering ours online - thanks for that ebay link!

Love all your ideas on the excursions as well. Lots to think about!

 

[FoxFMX22]

Booked our first reservation. Couples massage at the spa on our first at sea day. Now to figure out what excursions to book.

 

[M&M mom]

Only 70 days until our cruise!
The diet starts January 2!
Happy Holidays!