November 7, 2009 ~~~~ AHOY ST.CROIX ~~~~

[TiggerzFan]

Shauna, hope DD is feeling better soon! (and you get time to do the things you need to!)

Vickie, we all hope your tooth is fixed before we leave!

Linda, hope your scan goes well, and you are ok!
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Ditto on everything Melody said here. We need to get everyone fixed up and healthy before we get on this cruise.

I'n not normally paranoid about flus and such, but with the Swine Flu circling around me (neighbors, school) I'm a bit more worried about keeping the family healthy on the cruise, and in these days leading up to it. I'm hoping to at least get the kids vaccinated but supplies are still scarce.

 

[GoofyTraci]

Good morning everyone. Hope everyone that is not feeling well gets feeling better soon. Vicki good luck with getting your tooth fixed in time for the cruise. Linda hope your cat scan goes well.

Tim and I have gotten lots of stuff done and packages and surprises for Nathan have all come in. Tim and I are going away for the weekend to get some us time. Its been a crazy stessful time for us since we got married and want to spend some time together. I am excited about it.

Nathan asked me last night what we were going to do for this b-day. I told him we were going to stay home and play skip-bo. He looked so sad. So everytime he asked I said yes that is what we r doing. Then he asked well can I at least invite some friends? He said he wanted his 10th b-day to be special. My thoughts were yes it sure will be special Nate.

Can't wait to tell him. It's killing me.

Have a good day everyone I will check back later.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Howdy all,

Its dumping buckets of rain today with thunder and lightning too.

Oh well tomorrow is suppose to be drier. I hope they are right.

We finished the door signs last night, so tonight hopefully we will get the shirt transfers printed off. Then tomorrow or the next day I hope to finish the shirts.
11 days until we leave!! Gotta keep with it!!


I know people have said but i have forgotton who will be at WDW before the cruise?

I know Traci is at CBR friday night.

Someone else was going to be at AK either thursday ro friday I think??

Just want to know who to keep my eyes open for.

We dont have an exact schedule but may wind up running into someone, if iz know who to watch for.
Best chance would be if someone is going to Downtown Disney in the evening. We may do that towards the end of the week.

Gotta run,
i have 2 more large suitcases to go through this morning then wash the clothes i keep out. Tomorrow is dedicated to iron all of them. Think i will sleep all day tomorrow. I hate to iron. Going without clothes is sounding better all the time


Kathy

 

[stampinshauna]

Linda, hope your insurance meeting goes well. DH's open enrollment is right now so we need to sit down and figure things out for next year. No fun to see that we pay more for less every year.

Kathy, we are going to be at the new Kidani Village at AK Thurs and Fri night. Going into AK on Thurs and EPCOT on Fri. You may be able to spot the bright pink umbrella stroller with DD--that will be my hint.

Had a stamping class last night. A few didn't show so I have some extra birthday calendars to stamp. I want to get those done while the supplies are all still out, so I'll probably be finishing those up today instead of FEs. Bummer, I really wanted to work on the FEs but I want one more thing done and out of the way.

Hope everyone is feeling better. DD's birthday is next week, but I think we might postpone the party until after the trip. With everything going around, I don't want someone to come and make her (or us) sick just before we go. Especially right after she got over this.

Hope everyone has a good Wednesday. In 2 weeks I'll be doing the last minute packing. 2 weeks isn't very long.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Shauna, I will keep an eye out for you. Not sure which parks we will do on those days but i do think Epcot will be towards the end of the week, so I may see you.

Are you taking the DCL bus from AK to the port saturday?

We are catching it at noon on saturday at AK.

Kathy

 

[Mel0215]

Relax? I suppose I could. We have some nice weather. I'd rather put off packing, and leave things for last minute, so I can freak-out then! It's fun though.

I knew I shouldn't have cleaned the house... I leave, and everyone posts. Just another reason to not have to do it. haha.

I don't know if we are going to Disney before the cruise. We might, but it's up to him. We will probably be at the port around 8am though. We'll have our bracelets.

 

[GoofyTraci]

Shauna, I will keep an eye out for you. Not sure which parks we will do on those days but i do think Epcot will be towards the end of the week, so I may see you.

Are you taking the DCL bus from AK to the port saturday?

We are catching it at noon on saturday at AK.

Kathy

Kathy you know I will be looking for you on the bus. Hope there are some seats around ya. I will be looking for the wrist bands. Did you decide which logo you are going to use? I still have no idea and feel kinda nervous about things as the time gets closer.

 

[GoofyTraci]

Sorry I am a pest I know it but I have a couple of questions.

Where do you put your passports/birth certificates when you leave the ship in port? Do you take it with you or leave it in the safe? Do you need it while in port?

And what do people wear to dinner not semi formal or formal?

TIA

 

[sshaw10060]

We are at BLT for 2 days before the cruise and my in-laws are at POFQ. I still have a lot of work to do for the FE and T-Shirts. Designs are done, but there is still a long way to go.

 

[bjkjoy]

I read in some of the information regarding the cruise that we should bring copies of our passports to bring on shore with us but leave the originals on the ship. Did anyone else see that also?

Bonnie

 

[LindaBabe]

We leave them on the ship. I suppose it couldn't hurt to bring copies to take ashore. Your photo id and key to the world are sufficient for re-entry, even to the pier in cases where it also is guarded.

 

[stampinshauna]

We are renting a car and driving ourselves to the port.

I have heard that it is good to take copies of your passport ashore in case you miss the ship or something happens. You don't need them to get back on the ship, but if you have to fly home you'll need them, and even though you don't have the original, it makes things easier than not having anything. We leave the originals in our room safe. DH even suggested that we scan and email ourselves a copy of our travel docs so that we have them accessible in our email in case we need them.

Traci--I wear tropical skirts or capris to dinner on non-formal/semi-formal night. I have a few skirts that I call my cruise skirts and I hardly wear them at home, but they are fun to dress up in on the cruise. Then I just wear a plain t-shirt with them. To save on some luggage space, I decide what skirt I'm going to wear that night and I wear the shirt that goes with it during the day with shorts. DH usually wears khakis and a button up plaid shirt or tropical shirt or polo shirt.

 

[stampinshauna]

Are any of you purchasing travel insurance not through DCL? We still need to. We want to have the medical coverage at least in case anything happens. I wish I could remember the company we bought it from last year. I went to insuremytrip dot com but there are so many choices it is overwhelming.

 

[GoofyTraci]

I did not get travel ins and did go to insure my trip but also was overwhelmed.

Does everyone have travel ins? I told Tim we needed to get some!!

thanks shauna for the info. I wasnt sure if it was ok for Tim to wear nice jeans to dinner. Or Nate....do the kids have to get all fancy for dinner to?

 

[TiggerzFan]

I generally use InsureMyTrip.com to get quotes on the medical coverage - always worth the peace of mind to me. I don't trust that our health insurance will cover and DH is accident prone. We once had an ER visit right after a cruise (while at Downtown Disney) and the Hospital accepted the policy without any payment...and we never got a bill. It was awesome!

As for passports, yes generally a good idea to have copies but also keep in mind that on this cruise, we don't leave US Territory, except for Castaway. So, probably a much safer bet in not needing more than a standard ID to get back onboard. The regular Eastern cruises do leave the US - for St. Maarten. We're lucky with St. Croix because we won't even need to clear customs as they normally do.

Formal/Semi-Formal Nights - You will see everything on the ladies from pants to long gowns on Formal Night. For the men, everything from Dockers (khakis) to tuxes. In our travel party, we're split. I think 2 guys will be in tuxes; 2 in suits. For the ladies, we're all in fancy dresses, some short, perhaps some long. All the little girls will be in Princess dresses, the little boys will be some sort of suit. But, keep in mind, we're all going for some nice Holiday photos - and a RARE moment of everyone looking pretty!
Semi-Formal Nights are all over the board.
Always wear what makes you comfy and happy! It would be hard to be out of place with such a variety from all the guests.

 

[SplashMountainManiac]

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[SplashMountainManiac]

Hope everyone is doing well. We got our docs last week and just noticed that we received our wait list request for main dining. We had talked ourselves into late dining so we might actually switch back just to try something new. So far we are 2-2 receiving the waitlist requests, go Disney . Sorry I haven't been posting much but school is driving me crazy. These professors seem to enjoy torturing us, lol. Can't believe its only two weeks from Saturday.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Traci,
we didnt decide for sure about the shirts last night. we got busy with finishing door signs and then it got really late. So we will deicde tonight.

I want to make them tomorrow so we do need to decide.

We also put all important papers and ID in the safe and leave it there. I know they do recommend taking a copy with you but we have never done that.


We usually dont purcahse their insurance. But if we wanted insurance I would shop around first because i have read many time how there are much better policies out here and less costly too.

Hi Mike, good to hear form you. I was beginning to wonder about you.

Kathy

 

[GoofyTraci]

So do some of you not get ins at all?

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Relax? I suppose I could. We have some nice weather. I'd rather put off packing, and leave things for last minute, so I can freak-out then! It's fun though.

I knew I shouldn't have cleaned the house... I leave, and everyone posts. Just another reason to not have to do it. haha.

I don't know if we are going to Disney before the cruise. We might, but it's up to him. We will probably be at the port around 8am though. We'll have our bracelets.

just so you know the port doesnt open up until 10 a.m. so if you arrive at 8 you'll have no place to go! Maybe go to Cocoa beach for breakfast?

They do have an extra lot they use for early arrivals to sit and wait but that isnt open until 9:30 or close to that.


Traci, I don't think we have ever used their insurance but I think Greg got insurance on our 14 day TA cruise in 2010 because alot can happen on that long a trip, especially since we have to fly to Spain to board.

Traci, I will look for you on the bus too but i know there is more than one bus. We should arrive within 10 to 15 minutes of each other at the port so we should be in the terminal at the same time.
Kathy