November 12, 2011 - Magical Double Dip!

[DindelsPA]

Hello everyone!

We just put a deposit down last night for this cruise. It's our first on DCL and our first as a family (we did an adults only eastern Med on RCCL this past summer) so we are very excited. We are big WDW fans and DVC owners, so we are way overdue for a Disney cruise!

We're a family of four - I just turned 30, my husband will be 32, and our two kids Katie (will be 7) and Kieran (will be 6). The kids are VERY social so I expect that I'll have to drag them away from the kids clubs.

Brandy

You are in for one of the best vacations you can ever take! I can practically guarantee that you are going to be a DCL addict!!!

 

[disneydreamer82]

I will be more than happy to re-organize the list of cruisers! As to FEs I'll do my best with that one as well. I've not 'headed up' such a thing before but have a few good fellow friends and DISers who I can turn to for advice. Sooo exciting!

Hooray!!!!! Thanks so much for offering to do that!!!!

I'll save you a bit of back-searching We don't have cabin numbers as of yet but right now we will be 5 cabins:
My DSis ruley3 will likely be the only participant in the FE's as she is the only one traveling with children

Cabin 1
Me(Holley)
DH (Chris).

Cabin 2 & 3
Ruley3 is my DSis and as of now has 2 cabins consisting of:
Her(April)
DH (Robert)
DS16 (Layne)
DS7 (Lance)
DD4 (Layla)
She will most likely be participating in the FE's and will pop on and confirm this soon I am sure

Cabin 4
smashan (Ashley) is my very dear friend and will be traveling solo so just her in a cabin

Cabin 5
Tentatively my Dad & stepmother may also be cruising with us and maybe my other DSis Sarah, won't know for sure about those 3 for a while still so you can include them or not no biggie either way

All I know is I am going FOR SURE!

Thanks again for volunteering!!!!!!

 

[DindelsPA]

Happy February!!! Hope Pux Phil can see something tomorrow!

Working on the updated "Roll Call" for everyone. Feel free to either PM or post dining times too if you wish. If you really want to do the FEs I MUST have the stateroom #s too. As to the FEs...it's not just for kids. The adults seem to have a lot of fun with it too. Or if the FEs don't work we could always do a Secret Mickey. (Just think Santa with a wizard hat and big black ears.)

Hope all are warm and safe!

 

[aseyrick]

Karen - thank you soooo much for organizing the FE list!! Am PM'ing you now ...

Brandy - Welcome aboard! I agree w/ Holly, you & your family are in for a treat!!

Holly - Wish we could join you early, but w/ a will-be-4 yo in tow, the less travel scramble we do, the better, so we'll be flying out the day of. I know. We like to walk on the wild side.

This is my last weather update ... blizzard, white-out conditions in the Midwest ... but, I got to stay at home w/ the fam. Nice trade-off.

 

[DindelsPA]

WHEW!!! It's been awhile since I've been on the DIS!!

I was looking at flights and hotels tonight as we're planning on flying down on Friday and staying at a hotel and getting on board early this time!!!

I just booked the hotel, and it looks like Spirit Air has some reasonable prices, so that may be next!!

PS. Are we doing fish extenders on this trip? We've never done them, but we want to if it's being done!!!

Have you thought about AirTran? I've found them to be cheaper in the past with better service. JetBlue is another good way to go too. And even if their fare is a little more $ it usually includes one checked bag.

 

[DindelsPA]

Here's the list of cruisers as best as I can make out. If no stateroom number was known or posted then I put a ???? there. Please let me know if you want to participate in the FEs or the Gift Exchange and I'll mark it by your DIS username. Remember: it's NOT just for kids! I realize some have already 'signed up' to participate but I want to be sure.

FE Participant
Not handy with a needle and thread? Check out this thread for instructions on how to make a no-sew Fish Extender.
Gift exchange / Meet & Greet: Info can be found here.

Headrickx5:
#6612: Missy, Greg, DD16 - Chappel DIS: i<3castawaycay123, DD13 Chloe, DS9 Cole
#6614: Wilmer, Elmer (Mom and Dad of Headrickx5)
#6610: Stefanie, Codi and DD6 Anna Rae (SIL, BIL and DN of Headrickx5)

TheM&MBoys:
#5520: Jeanne, Jon, DS8 Matthew, DS7 Michael

mickeymick1967:
#6542: Jackie, Harry, DD13 Justine DS9 Braeden 9

rescuetink:
#2094 and 2096: David, DW, DS(6), DD (2)
#2092: MIL and her husband
????: DW's best friend and her daughter

davisdenyel:
#5129 and 5131: Denyel, Scott, DS12 Brandon, DD7 Hailey, DD5 Julia
#5127: DMom Gwen, DH Shorty and DSis10 Bethany
#5139: DSis Candice and her DD6 Caidence

jenkh:
#6134: Jen, DMom

officereg:
#6111: Sara, TJ, DS13 Collin, DD2 Peyton

lisalisalisa:
????: Lisa, Andy, DS9 Josh, DS7 Charlie, DS3 Zachary

babybun:
#7003: Lisa, Paul, DD16 Kelly

7DwarfsFanNY:
#7004: MaryJo, DF
#7006: DF, DF, DF

DisneyMissy318:
#7122: Melissa, Kevin, DD13.5 Madison

Homemom:
????: DW, DH and DD

Tlynk:
????: DW and DH

Jgillfamilymtairymd:
????: Jim, Maureen, Griffin, Teaghan

Disneydreamer82:
????: Holley and DH Chris
????: DDad, DStep, DSis Sarah

Ruley3: (DSis of Disneydreamer82 aka Holley)
???? and ????: April , Robert, DS16 Layne, DS7 Lance, DD4 Layla

Smashan: (BF of Disneydreamer82 aka Holley)
????: Ashley

Scottjm:
????: DH, DW, DS13, DD10

KCB911:
????: Kristi, Jake, DD5 Lauren, DS3 Lane

Japeer1980:
????: Jill 30, Chris, DD4.5 Emily, DD2.5 Allison

Aseyrick:
1076: Annabel, Todd, DS4 Baron

Scarlett24:
#2638 and 2640: Mary, Jamie, DS8 James, DD5 Sienna, DD2 Lilah

Disneystowaway:
????: ??

Splashmommy:
2116: DW, DH and DS9

~Brandy~:
????: Brandy, Brad, DD7 Katie, DD Kieran 6

LindaBabe:
7063: Linda, Bruce

DindelsPA:
#7631: Karen, Ed, DD12.5 Patricia
#7629: Missy, Danielle (DStepDs of DindelsPA)

 

[officereg]

officereg:
#6111: Sara, TJ, DS13 Collin, DD2 Peyton

We changed our cabin assignment. (but I am at work and do not have it with me)

 

[DindelsPA]

We changed our cabin assignment. (but I am at work and do not have it with me)

It's okay. Let me know the update when you can as well as your dining time. Also, do you want to participate in FEs?

 

[disneydreamer82]

Here's the list of cruisers as best as I can make out. If no stateroom number was known or posted then I put a ???? there. Please let me know if you want to participate in the FEs and I'll place a by your DIS username. Remember: it's NOT just for kids! I realize some have already 'signed up' to participate but I want to be sure. :

Your rock!!!! All of our travel party will have late dining (ruley3, smashan, and the rest of the clan ) As for our cabin assignments, we all have GTY's booked so we will not know our actual cabin numbers til about a month out, if that soon That won't be an issue for my DSis with the FE's will it Anyway thank you so much for taking charge of it!

What about a DIS meet? On our last cruise we had one in the Promenade lounge at 3:00pm and did a gift exchange, which I thought was really neat. All we did was whoever wanted to participate in the gift part just brought a little something from where they were from to represent their hometown/state, and we wrote down the names of who brought something and then drew names, that way everyone who brought a gift received one as well and there was no pressure to participate in that part of the meet, it was just some added fun What do you guys think of that? I would be happy to organize that if everyone would be interested in at least a meet & greet, the gift exchange would be a total bonus It was nice to meet everyone and chat for a bit before the muster drill and sail-away, let me know, as I said I would be more than happy to take care of that Only 280 days til we leave for Florida!!!!

Karen - thank you soooo much for organizing the FE list!! Am PM'ing you now ...

Brandy - Welcome aboard! I agree w/ Holley, you & your family are in for a treat!!

Holley - Wish we could join you early, but w/ a will-be-4 yo in tow, the less travel scramble we do, the better, so we'll be flying out the day of. I know. We like to walk on the wild side.

This is my last weather update ... blizzard, white-out conditions in the Midwest ... but, I got to stay at home w/ the fam. Nice trade-off.

Completely understand and about the blizzard!!! Send me some snow!

 

[disneydreamer82]

Did I mention it's only 282 days til we actually cruise!!!!

 

[splashmommy]

Here's the list of cruisers as best as I can make out. If no stateroom number was known or posted then I put a ???? there. Please let me know if you want to participate in the FEs and I'll place a by your DIS username. Remember: it's NOT just for kids! I realize some have already 'signed up' to participate but I want to be sure.


Headrickx5:
#6612: Missy, Greg, DD16 - Chappel DIS: i<3castawaycay123, DD13 Chloe, DS9 Cole
#6614: Wilmer, Elmer (Mom and Dad of Headrickx5)
#6610: Stefanie, Codi and DD6 Anna Rae (SIL, BIL and DN of Headrickx5)

TheM&MBoys:
#5520: Jeanne, Jon, DS8 Matthew, DS7 Michael

mickeymick1967:
#6542: Jackie, Harry, DD13 Justine DS9 Braeden 9

rescuetink:
#2094 and 2096: David, DW, DS(6), DD (2)
#2092: MIL and her husband
????: DW's best friend and her daughter

davisdenyel:
#5129 and 5131: Denyel, Scott, DS12 Brandon, DD7 Hailey, DD5 Julia
#5127: DMom Gwen, DH Shorty and DSis10 Bethany
#5139: DSis Candice and her DD6 Caidence

jenkh:
#6134: Jen, DMom

officereg:
#6111: Sara, TJ, DS13 Collin, DD2 Peyton

lisalisalisa:
????: Lisa, Andy, DS9 Josh, DS7 Charlie, DS3 Zachary

babybun:
#7003: Lisa, Paul, DD16 Kelly

7DwarfsFanNY:
#7004: MaryJo, DF
#7006: DF, DF, DF

DisneyMissy318:
#7122: Melissa, Kevin, DD13.5 Madison

Homemom:
????: DW, DH and DD

Tlynk:
????: DW and DH

Jgillfamilymtairymd:
????: Jim, Maureen, Griffin, Teaghan

Disneydreamer82:
????: Holley and DH Chris
????: DDad, DStep, DSis Sarah

Ruley3: (DSis of Disneydreamer82 aka Holley)
???? and ????: April , Robert, DS16 Layne, DS7 Lance, DD4 Layla

Smashan: (BF of Disneydreamer82 aka Holley)
????: Ashley

Scottjm:
????: DH, DW, DS13, DD10

KCB911:
????: Kristi, Jake, DD5 Lauren, DS3 Lane

Japeer1980:
????: Jill 30, Chris, DD4.5 Emily, DD2.5 Allison

Aseyrick:
????: Annabel, Todd, DS4 Baron

Scarlett24:
#2638 and 2640: Mary, Jamie, DS8 James, DD5 Sienna, DD2 Lilah

Disneystowaway:
????: ??

Splashmommy:
????: DW, DH and DS9

~Brandy~:
????: Brandy, DH, DD7 Katie, DD Kieran 6

DindelsPA:
#7631: Karen, Ed, DD12.5 Patricia
#7629: Missy, Danielle (DStepDs of DindelsPA)

Splashmommy cabin #2116

 

[~Brandy~]

We'll be in 7537, and my husband's name is Brad.

My husband is an airline employee, so if they come out with an interline rate for this cruise, we might be able to upgrade... fingers crossed!

 

[disneydreamer82]

We'll be in 7537, and my husband's name is Brad.

My husband is an airline employee, so if they come out with an interline rate for this cruise, we might be able to upgrade... fingers crossed!

I'll keep mine crossed for ya!

 

[aseyrick]

Holly - the Cruise Meet gift swap sounds great! We had a cruise meet on our last cruise and it was a little awkward to go up to strangers and say "Hi! I'm so and so - uh ... are you with us?" The gift swap would be a great ice breaker!

 

[disneydreamer82]

Holly - the Cruise Meet gift swap sounds great! We had a cruise meet on our last cruise and it was a little awkward to go up to strangers and say "Hi! I'm so and so - uh ... are you with us?" The gift swap would be a great ice breaker!

It was ALOT of fun!!!! My DSis (ruley3) was more involved with it than I was then, but I know she would be more than happy to help teach me some of her tricks It really was a blast!!! I hope others are interested in it as well, it was really neat to see what people brought from where they lived! I do recommend it be just a simple gift, it wasn't really about what you brought, it was just a really fun way to get to know each otherI also suggest that you pack it in your carry-on since you never know when you will get your luggage!

Holley

 

[LindaBabe]

Hi all!

My husband and I are joining your happy band! I booked on the Panama Canal Cruise

Info:
Room 7063 Linda (63) Bruce (63)

Two cabins of friends will be joining us - as soon as they sign up

IS there a list of DIS activities anywhere? Didn't see it on the first page.

Happy Day, all!

 

[LindaBabe]

We just booked for East-West Caribbean B2B cruises! We were on the East Bound Trans-Atlantic (2nd time), but decided to stay in this hemisphere. We could not think of going for "only" 1 week, so are doing both! The thing is, the kids (DS13 and DD10 at that time) do not know that we have the 2nd cruise. That will be our surprise for them when we get back to port on 11/12.

There are four of us: myself, DW, DS13 and DD10 at the time of the cruise.

We did a B2B Eastern/Western in 2008. It was WONDERFUL! I just got off the 15 day Panama Canal Cruise and signed up for the 14 day Westbound TA. Y'all KNOW I wish this was a B2B cruise too!

Okay so I didn't book on board and I am kicking myself!! Oh well I need to get over it. We are going on this cruise though. And I am very excited about it. I was torn between this one and a b2b on the dream. My kids are still pretty young, they will be 2.5 and 4.5 at the time of the cruise, so they won't care about being on a new ship. I think my husband is pretty bummed that we won't be going on the new ship, but with 2 stops at Castaway Cay and Grand Cayman and Cozumuel he can deal with it.

So we haven't booked yet, waiting on my TA to get back to me and I'm not going to put the deposit down until January anyways so it will be a couple weeks before it's official.

I noticed on the itinerary that the 1st day we are at castaway cay we need to be back on the boat by 2:30pm. Did anyone else notice this??? I wish we had a few extra hours there.

On the cruise will be me Jill (30) oh Gee I guess I will be 31 when we cruise!!!
DH Chris (33) Not a big Disney fan but a huge fan of his wife and kids having a good time!!!!
DD Emily (4.5)
DD Allison (2.5)

Obviously we do not have a room assignment yet as we are not booked!! We are very interested in doing the FE. I plan on upgrading our room at the port if rooms are available or doing it for the actual full price if the rooms start to disappear. I'm hoping I can do it at the port to save some money as that time of year it is not as crowded. Here's hoping

Looking forward to hearing from others on this cruise!!!

My guess is the 2:30 on board time has to do with the distance to Grand Cayman. Key west is a few hours closer to GC hence the earlier departure from Castaway Cay.

Has anyone thought about updating the sailing list? I'm in for the FE! Our stateroom is #7631 and we have early dining. Cannot wait...it's been almost 5 years since we sailed on the Magic.

If the original poster is no longer visiting this thread, no one can update that post (except possibly a moderater, who of course won't have the time). We'd have to have a new thread started by someone who is committed to maintaining the first post.

FE and Gift exchange will need a volunteer each to keep the list of participants / set the groundrules.

BTW, does anyone speak Spanish? One family of my friends and the husband of the other family are native Spanish speakers.

 

[aseyrick]

LindaBabe - Welcome!

And to your question re: Spanish, muy poquito aqui.

 

[DindelsPA]

Hi all!

My husband and I are joining your happy band! I booked on the Panama Canal Cruise

Info:
Room 7063 Linda (63) Bruce (63)

Two cabins of friends will be joining us - as soon as they sign up

IS there a list of DIS activities anywhere? Didn't see it on the first page.

Happy Day, all!

Glad to have you join us!!!
I believe the OP of the thread is still 'with us' but hasn't been around for quite some time. I reorganized the "Roll Call" and it can be found on post #146 http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=39789596&postcount=146

For the time being, a next to the ID means participating in FEs. I loooove Holley's idea about a meet at the Promenade for a gift exchange as well. Will use a to mark those participants.

 

[disneydreamer82]

Hi all!

My husband and I are joining your happy band! I booked on the Panama Canal Cruise

Info:
Room 7063 Linda (63) Bruce (63)

Two cabins of friends will be joining us - as soon as they sign up

IS there a list of DIS activities anywhere? Didn't see it on the first page.

Happy Day, all!

from us as well!!

Glad to have you join us!!!
I believe the OP of the thread is still 'with us' but hasn't been around for quite some time. I reorganized the "Roll Call" and it can be found on post #146 http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=39789596&postcount=146

For the time being, a next to the ID means participating in FEs. I loooove Holley's idea about a meet at the Promenade for a gift exchange as well. Will use a to mark those participants.

Awesome!!!! Just remember everyone is more than welcome to come even if you don't want to participate in the gift exchange, it's still a great way to meet everyone from our group!!