November 25, 2009 ~ Gobble~Gobble~ 4 Day WONDER Thanksgiving Cruise

[lucas]

Hi,

My husband and 12 year old son are booked for this cruise. Still debating if son should go to teen area for the child area at 12?

We booked using our voucher, so have a undetermined cabin in category 9.

Have only sailed on Carnival (military veteran discount is great!) but did go to their private island and loved it. Looking forward to Castaway Cay.

Glad to be aboard.

Amy, Ray, and our ds D'Morea

Hi! Welcome aboard! You're gonna love, love, love sailing with Disney.

 

[genmasjoy]

DH and I are booked. We are a married couple, traveling without kids, but we love Disney. Have timeshare points at Old Key West and have cruised on Disney Wonder before, including Thanksgiving 2005. Decided it was time to go again.

 

[lucas]

DH and I are booked. We are a married couple, traveling without kids, but we love Disney. Have timeshare points at Old Key West and have cruised on Disney Wonder before, including Thanksgiving 2005. Decided it was time to go again.

Dh and I don't have kids but we love Disney. We've sailed on a 3-day Wonder cruise and for a week on the Magic.

How was it sailing at Thanksgiving?

 

[buckeyejennifer]

Hi All! I'm cruising over Thanksgiving with my DH and almost 3-year old DD. We've been to WDW many times, but this is our first cruise of any kind! I can't wait. I'm totally open to any tips/suggestions and have loved reading the boards to get helpful hints!!

 

[lincolnsparents]

i am glad to see that so many people are booked for the cruise. we had a ball last time we went and our son will have just turned eight. we are going for his birthday. so i hope that if you have any questions just ask

 

[alady89]

This is our first DCL cruise, our second cruse ever and son's first. We are very excited.

Still confused about when to book Palo? As I understand it, on 4 night you will repeat restaurant at least once. Would like to book on a repeat night as not miss all the different venues.

So looking forward to meeting all the people, we had a blast last time. Cruisers are so friendly.

Wondering if a day at Atlantis is worth cost? We did a speed boat/ blackbeard island thing last time and dh was bored after a few hours of being stuck on the little island with the sand fleas. (itchy for days)

Hoping son will make freinds easy since he is going solo after his freind bailed on him, the joys of being the only child.

Looking forward to meeting everyone

 

[Princess Runner]

Hello to all we are a family of four myself (DW), DH, DS 16 and DD 5, wandering how good a Thanksgiving celebration will be at the cruise, this our tdird one and loving it! closer to the date let's start with Fish extenders information, it's going to be fun! blessings,

 

[lucas]

Hello to all we are a family of four myself (DW), DH, DS 16 and DD 5, wandering how good a Thanksgiving celebration will be at the cruise, this our tdird one and loving it! closer to the date let's start with Fish extenders information, it's going to be fun! blessings,

Hi neighbor!

What are Fish extenders?

 

[Princess Runner]

Hi neighbor!

What are Fish extenders?

I wish I knew how to post pics, I don't have one yet but you hang them in the fish ouside the cabin, they have pockets so we all can put little gifts and welcome notes or correspondence in it, wait let me give you a link so you can see them http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1219607
I'm in the process of getting/making myself one for my July cruise, let me know what you think!

 

[lucas]

I wish I knew how to post pics, I don't have one yet but you hang them in the fish ouside the cabin, they have pockets so we all can put little gifts and welcome notes or correspondence in it, wait let me give you a link so you can see them http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1219607
I'm in the process of getting/making myself one for my July cruise, let me know what you think!

Thanks for the link, now I see! Fish......... extenders!! Makes sense!

They are very cute. So many talented DISers out there!

And, lucky you - cruising in July, too!

 

[Princess Runner]

I spent Sunday researching FE, I emailed a couple of people that sells them via EBAY and private web sites, finally I decided for this lady, she has samples posted on EBAY store and has been super cooperative answering my multiple requests. It's so worth it to get a FE I was sorry I didn't know about them the first time, because they add so much fun to the whole experience! if you do a general online search for "custom fish extenders" you'll get to her EBAY store, Gradysmommy is her screen name, if you have not luck this way e-mail me and I'll get you her e-mail address. Hope this can help guys!

 

[MaggieAtSea]

Hello Alady89... my son, he will be one month past his 7 y.o. birthday and is an only as well, will be on his second cruise. How old is yours? It would be great to give our only's a running start if their ages are in sync.
A frequent cruiser, I know only too well that while it feels far away on one hand, November 25th will be here before you know it!!

 

[alady89]

Hi Maggieatsea,

Unfortunately, our son will be 12. Otherwise it would be very cool to allow them to hook up for trip. Which there lies my issue, he doesn't want to go to kids club but the teen club. However, he will only be 12 on cruise, still 4 months away from birthday and DCL says must be in one month of birthday. However he will be in junior high. Most cruise lines are groupingng the 12-14 year olds together but not Disney.

I don't know what to to do? Any suggestions?

 

[Princess Runner]

Hi Maggieatsea,

Unfortunately, our son will be 12. Otherwise it would be very cool to allow them to hook up for trip. Which there lies my issue, he doesn't want to go to kids club but the teen club. However, he will only be 12 on cruise, still 4 months away from birthday and DCL says must be in one month of birthday. However he will be in junior high. Most cruise lines are groupingng the 12-14 year olds together but not Disney.

I don't know what to to do? Any suggestions?

I feel your pain, my DS is 16 and at the time of the trip he'll be fifteen days away from his 17 birthday, and very concern about the whole teen club idea, I guess waiting until you are a officially a teen is part of the magic, much rather have a different group of 12 - 14 and then 15 - 18, there is a huge personality difference between 13 and 17... but yet rest assure Disney do things so right that by the time your DS is in the ship he'll forget about the whole issue, that is what I am hoping for my DS too!!! blessings

 

[shari2shop]

Is everyone getting excited about planning their cruise????

It looks like we have a few people on the DIS going on this trip. Maybe more will join us before the big day. I have updated the roll call list on page one.

This is my first Disney cruise (I've cruise to Mexico and Hawaii before). This will also be the first cruise for my kids.

I see that there are several people who have cruised on Disney before... and it looks like we even have some that have been on this Thinksgiving time cruise before!!! I hope they will become our experts and help us newby DClers.

Shari

 

[MaggieAtSea]

Thanks for updating the roll call as we go! I just got a notice that a new person hopped aboard the cruise meet for this sailing over at cruisecritic.com. I placed a link to this board there so that folks know where we are. I'm sure as the sail date draws closer we'll see our ranks grow over the weeks and months ahead!

 

[lucas]

Is everyone getting excited about planning their cruise????

It looks like we have a few people on the DIS going on this trip. Maybe more will join us before the big day. I have updated the roll call list on page one.

This is my first Disney cruise (I've cruise to Mexico and Hawaii before). This will also be the first cruise for my kids.

I see that there are several people who have cruised on Disney before... and it looks like we even have some that have been on this Thinksgiving time cruise before!!! I hope they will become our experts and help us newby DClers.

Shari

Thanks for updating the list. Could you add this for me? Sailing will be dh and myself. It is our 3rd Disney cruise and we don't have any kids.

 

[shari2shop]

When we are in Nassau we were planning on doing the Sea Lion encounter on Blue Lagoon Island. I received our planning pack form Disney the other day and it was not listed. I didn't think much of it, just thought that maybe Disney only listed some of the excursions. Last night when I was reading some excursion reviews someone posted that Blue Lagoon Island was closed on Monday and Thursday. And of course we are going to be there on Thursday!

Now Im not sure what we should do. I'm afraid that might daughter will have a hard time getting goggles to fit so I don't think snorkling will be an option. I have thought about buying her own goggles but not sure about that. The Atlantis stuff sounds neat but for the 4 of us it will be over $600. I'm not sure it will be worth that. I know we can do cheaper stuff there but I'm afraid if my kids see the water slides they will bbe disappointed we didnt do that part.

Shopping and city tours aren't our thing.

So.... What is everyone doing??

Shari

 

[lucas]

Shari, Thanks for updating me on the list.

We just received our planning calendar today. Haven't decided anything yet.

We are driving up to the Cocoa Beach area the day before. Any suggestions for a hotel for 1 night?

 

[shari2shop]

Hey guys! I'm still wondering what we will do for an excursion in Nassua.

What is eveyone else thinking about doing???

If you have been over Thanksgiving, what was the weather like? Is it warm enough to swim?

Thanks,
Shari