November 12, 2011 - Magical Double Dip!

[disneydreamer82]

Well, I'd been thinking about re-booking onboard while on this trip, and it looks like I have some dates now!

Our adoption agency is having a 20th Anniversary party on the Dream next October,

Haven't even been on this one and already looking at B2B combinations for next year,

Nice!!! I hope to do a B2B one day!! Nothing wrong with planning ahead....I already have my next 2 planned and already working on 2013 and 2014 possibilities

 

[LindaBabe]

We did a B2B in 2008 or 2009 - can't remember which. Eastern then western. It was great - we stayed in the same cabin and had one member of the same serving team (the head server was the assistant server on the second cruise) which worked out FABULOUS because he already knew our preferences. This year, I did the Panama Canal crossing which was the same number of days, but a totally different experience because instead of the dining pattern being repeated, it was 14 different menus. Must say I liked the longer cruise even better that the B2B.

 

[rescuetink]

Spoke to CM via ressie line....

Monday - Formal
Wed - Pirate
Thurs - Semi Formal

When I called to get the rotations I was told Pirate night was night 5, which is Thursday!?!?!?

 

[disneydreamer82]

When I called to get the rotations I was told Pirate night was night 5, which is Thursday!?!?!?

Pirate night has been scheduled for Wednesday (Cozumel day) on both our previous cruises, however on both of them it was switched to Tuesday to accommodate for a longer stay in Cozumel. So on each of our Westerns it was on Tuesday night after leaving Grand Cayman. Well except the first cruise b/c we didn't stop at Grand Cayman due to rough seas, but it was still Pirate night.

So no matter what, you can't really plan for it to be on any particular night!

 

[HELPDESKGUY]

When I called to get the rotations I was told Pirate night was night 5, which is Thursday!?!?!?

Night 5 is Wednesday.

 

[disneydreamer82]

Don't know if anybody is interested or what you all paid for your cruise but there are actually some 11C's available now, they have been sold out for a while. Hope someone can benefit from this

 

[collectoraholic]

When I booked this cruise just yesterday, this is what I was told as far as attire for each night:

1st Nt.: Cruise Casual/Port Canaveral & Sea
2nd Nt.: Cruise Casual/Castaway Cay
3rd Nt.: Formal/Sea
4th Nt.: Cruise Casual/Grand Cayman
5th Nt.: Cruise Casual/Pirate/Cozumel
6th Nt.: Semi-Formal/Sea
7th Nt.: Cruise Casual

Hope this helps!

& I did confirm that at least Dining Rotation #3 is: APLLAPL

 

[rescuetink]

Night 5 is Wednesday.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Odd!! I KNOW that's what they told me, but I see your point!!

When I booked this cruise just yesterday, this is what I was told as far as attire for each night:

1st Nt.: Cruise Casual/Port Canaveral & Sea
2nd Nt.: Cruise Casual/Castaway Cay
3rd Nt.: Formal/Sea
4th Nt.: Cruise Casual/Grand Cayman
5th Nt.: Cruise Casual/Pirate/Cozumel
6th Nt.: Semi-Formal/Sea
7th Nt.: Cruise Casual

Hope this helps!

& I did confirm that at least Dining Rotation #3 is: APLLAPL

This looks like it may be accurate, but we're at Castaway Cay on day 6, not at sea!!!!!! Thanks for the info!!!

 

[7DwarfsFanNY]

Hello all!

A friend of mine lives in the Grand Cayman and will will be seeing her when we are down there and she sent me this link that it is Pirate Week while we are down there. Check it out!

http://www.piratesweekfestival.com/

 

[collectoraholic]

When I booked this cruise just yesterday, this is what I was told as far as attire for each night:

1st Nt.: Cruise Casual/Port Canaveral & Sea
2nd Nt.: Cruise Casual/Castaway Cay
3rd Nt.: Formal/Sea
4th Nt.: Cruise Casual/Grand Cayman
5th Nt.: Cruise Casual/Pirate/Cozumel
6th Nt.: Semi-Formal/Sea
7th Nt.: Cruise Casual/Castaway Cay

Hope this helps!

& I did confirm that at least Dining Rotation #3 is: APLLAPL

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Odd!! I KNOW that's what they told me, but I see your point!!



This looks like it may be accurate, but we're at Castaway Cay on day 6, not at sea!!!!!! Thanks for the info!!!

Per the Disney Travel Agents Website (I'm a travel agent) & the DCL Website, this is the itinerary they have listed, which is what I posted above. Castaway Cay is Day 7 (Friday), not Day 6 (Thursday) like you said:

7-Night Western Caribbean Cruise on Disney Magic - Itinerary B

November 12 to November 19
Disney Magic

Day Port Ashore Onboard
1 Port Canaveral, Florida — 4:00 p.m.
2 Castaway Cay 8:30 a.m. 2:30 p.m.
3 At Sea — —
4 Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands 8:45 a.m. 4:30 p.m.*
5 Cozumel, Mexico 9:45 a.m. 6:30 p.m.
6 At Sea — —
7 Castaway Cay 9:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m.
8 Port Canaveral, Florida 7:30 a.m. —

Guest ashore times and onboard times are subject to change without notice.

Hope this helps!

 

[disneydreamer82]

Hello all!

A friend of mine lives in the Grand Cayman and will will be seeing her when we are down there and she sent me this link that it is Pirate Week while we are down there. Check it out!

http://www.piratesweekfestival.com/

Awesome!!!!!!!! And double awesome that you have a friend living there!!

 

[jbwork]

Anyone ever done any of the private charters in Grand Cayman?

We did one last time because our submarine tour was cancelled due to some issue.

So we randomly happened across one of the million 'people with signs' and picked one. It was a stingray city tour, but it was on a small-ish boat, and there were only 9 people, crew included. We completely lucked out as it was really amazing, especially when we saw some of the huge boats with tons of people onboard. One of the reasons I don't like the DCL offered excursions, too many people, And Disney is super-cautious on a lot of their excursions as far as age requirements too, so I tend to have to look at alternatives unless I want to do a beach or sightseeing thing. Our little boy was 19 months when we did the independent stingray city tour and he LOVED it.

Just curious if anyone had a company/person they would recommend, as I have no idea who we used last time,

 

[rescuetink]

Anyone ever done any of the private charters in Grand Cayman?

We did one last time because our submarine tour was cancelled due to some issue.

So we randomly happened across one of the million 'people with signs' and picked one. It was a stingray city tour, but it was on a small-ish boat, and there were only 9 people, crew included. We completely lucked out as it was really amazing, especially when we saw some of the huge boats with tons of people onboard. One of the reasons I don't like the DCL offered excursions, too many people, And Disney is super-cautious on a lot of their excursions as far as age requirements too, so I tend to have to look at alternatives unless I want to do a beach or sightseeing thing. Our little boy was 19 months when we did the independent stingray city tour and he LOVED it.

Just curious if anyone had a company/person they would recommend, as I have no idea who we used last time,

We did the DCL one on our last trip:

http://disneycruise.disney.go.com/c...grand-cayman-cayman-islands/pirate-encounter/

My son loved it, he was 5 at the time, and I thought the crew did a good job with it!! They were great and it was fun!! The kids swabbed the deck, we stopped in the water and anyone who wanted to walk the plank, or dive in could jump in and have a swim!! I did, and it was beautiful!! We may do it again, if we don't do a submarine excursion!!!

 

[jgillfamilymtairymd]

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)

Stateroom #2606

Jim
Maureen
Griffin (11)
Teaghan (3)

Have not read all the threads, but wanted to update...

 

[HELPDESKGUY]

I noticed today that "VGT" is available. This could of put us in a Verandah and saved my family about $500. DCL will not allow us to switch from Port Hole room to VGT without paying the 20% penalty since we are 67 days out..


Arrgh the pirates stole me booty.....

Any way around it?

 

[jgillfamilymtairymd]

Just to get everyone excited, let me tell a little story...

In 2007, when we were set to go on our 4 DC, my wife and I were expecting. I got a call on my cell phone a few weeks prior to the cruise. It was a 407 number so I knew it was important. The person on the other end said, Congratulations, you have been upgraded. We went from Cat. 9 to a Cat 6...

Wow, what a great surprise.

Why did I tell this story? Just to get you all excited and let you know, if you get a call from 407 area code...don't ignore it.



My son will be 11 for this cruise. Anyone else have anyone going into Ocean Quest?

 

[jgillfamilymtairymd]

More time to settle in before the meet and greet, sailing and the safety drill!!!

The kids can start enjoying the pool too I believe!!

If you play your cards right and get on early, it's like having another full day. Get there, eat lunch then head to the pool.

 

[jgillfamilymtairymd]

I just stumbled across this thread while browsing the internet. My family will also be on this cruise. This will be our very first cruise ever. We always said if we ever went on a cruise, it would have to be a Disney Cruise, and, voila. My only concern is that it will be so wonderful we'll have to go every year.


My daughter is 18 and a huge Disney fan. I'm hoping that there are things for her to do, since she's in that "in between" age group.

We started in 04 and have been on 5 since. Your right...that is the problem. We want to go every year now.

And now our beloved Magic going to TX

 

[jgillfamilymtairymd]

I'm out of the loop...

I am caught up with the gift exchange...do we have to register for that? If so, I think we are in.

Also, how about door magnets? Anyone doing them. On our last two, we had the same guy hook us up with door magnet images. Grumpy gramps something like that. We decorate our door anyway, but it would be fun to have a Dis magnet.

 

[HELPDESKGUY]

I'm out of the loop...

I am caught up with the gift exchange...do we have to register for that? If so, I think we are in.

Also, how about door magnets? Anyone doing them. On our last two, we had the same guy hook us up with door magnet images. Grumpy gramps something like that. We decorate our door anyway, but it would be fun to have a Dis magnet.

here are a few:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2172891
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2714631