Oct 13, 2012 Fantasy who's going

[MommaBerd]

Hi all!

I'm so glad to join this little community.

Stateroom: 6146
DIS Name: MommaBerd
Names/Age(s): Robin (40) DH Josh (38)
Where From: 'Burbs of Atlanta
Dining - late or early: Late
Celebrating: Belated 40th Birthday for me (September) and 10 year anniversary (on the 19th)
Participating in the Fish Extender: Not sure yet...sounds like fun, though!

This will be our first cruise and we are *so* excited. We have four DS's ages 13, 8, 5, 4 - and though we love them lots, we love our time together without them, too! Like many other adults, I'm sure, we're getting the "Why are you going on a *Disney* cruise by yourselves?!?" But, we know that the level of service Disney provides is heads and shoulders above everyone.

Take care and I look forward to sailing with you all!

(I need to work on my signature! Hopefully this weekend...)

 

[trinibjill]

Hi all!

I'm so glad to join this little community.

Stateroom: 6146
DIS Name: MommaBerd
Names/Age(s): Robin (40) DH Josh (38)
Where From: 'Burbs of Atlanta
Dining - late or early: Late
Celebrating: Belated 40th Birthday for me (September) and 10 year anniversary (on the 19th)
Participating in the Fish Extender: Not sure yet...sounds like fun, though!

This will be our first cruise and we are *so* excited. We have four DS's ages 13, 8, 5, 4 - and though we love them lots, we love our time together without them, too! Like many other adults, I'm sure, we're getting the "Why are you going on a *Disney* cruise by yourselves?!?" But, we know that the level of service Disney provides is heads and shoulders above everyone.

Take care and I look forward to sailing with you all!

(I need to work on my signature! Hopefully this weekend...)

Welcome aboard - your info is posted on the 1st page

 

[trinibjill]

Check this out - it is a video of Disney Cruise Line top five: Kid activities on a Disney ship

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fe0B-WXorU&sns=fb

 

[babyburrito]

I remember from my last Disney cruise that there used to be a 5k that you could run on Castaway Cay but I haven't seen any info about it. Has anyone run it before or know if they are still doing it? I am thinking about attempting it and it would be good incentive to get in shape for the cruise.

 

[trinibjill]

I remember from my last Disney cruise that there used to be a 5k that you could run on Castaway Cay but I haven't seen any info about it. Has anyone run it before or know if they are still doing it? I am thinking about attempting it and it would be good incentive to get in shape for the cruise.

this was posted on Oct 2011 - it should answer your question
http://blog.oregonlive.com/runoregon/2011/10/race_recap_castaway_cay_5k.html

 

[babyburrito]

Thank you Jill that info answered all of my questions. You are a wealth of information! I'm sad that I will not get to meet you on our cruise but very happy that you are staying close to our thread.

 

[trinibjill]

Thank you Jill that info answered all of my questions. You are a wealth of information! I'm sad that I will not get to meet you on our cruise but very happy that you are staying close to our thread.

Thank you, thank you, thank you very much

 

[babyburrito]

Thank you, thank you, thank you very much

lol

 

[oienfam5]

I remember from my last Disney cruise that there used to be a 5k that you could run on Castaway Cay but I haven't seen any info about it. Has anyone run it before or know if they are still doing it? I am thinking about attempting it and it would be good incentive to get in shape for the cruise.

I did the 5K on our last cruise and it was very fun. We started at 9:30am. I will say with the humididty it was tougher than most of my runs and also i learned not to run in my swim trunks. had a little chaffing in the wrong areas, if you know what I mean. The next mornign in my FE I received a certifiacte and a water bottle for participatiing. The runs is not timed, just out to have some fun. This was my second time to castaway cay and i did not realize how big it was until I did the run. Later my wife and i walked it again since they have an observation tower you can go up and see the whole island.

 

[babyburrito]

I did the 5K on our last cruise and it was very fun. We started at 9:30am. I will say with the humididty it was tougher than most of my runs and also i learned not to run in my swim trunks. had a little chaffing in the wrong areas, if you know what I mean. The next mornign in my FE I received a certifiacte and a water bottle for participatiing. The runs is not timed, just out to have some fun. This was my second time to castaway cay and i did not realize how big it was until I did the run. Later my wife and i walked it again since they have an observation tower you can go up and see the whole island.

Sounds like fun! Thanks for the tip about the swimsuit that is exactly what I intended on doing. I will have to rethink that now. Did you sign up for the run with the excursions or did you just show up?

 

[oienfam5]

Sounds like fun! Thanks for the tip about the swimsuit that is exactly what I intended on doing. I will have to rethink that now. Did you sign up for the run with the excursions or did you just show up?

Just show up at the starting point and sign your name. Easy as that.

 

[oienfam5]

Here is a GPS of the 5k route on Castaway Cay

 

[FarnMor]

Anyone else in the fam running this with you ? .

 

[oienfam5]

Anyone else in the fam running this with you ? .

I highly doubt it, unless you are?

 

[oienfam5]

Found a cool link to aerial/map of castaway cay.

http://www.findlatitudeandlongitude.com/?loc=Castaway+Cay

in the upper right hand corner if you change it form map to satellite you get a much better picture and you can zoom in quite a bit with some pretty good quality still.

 

[babyburrito]

Anyone else in the fam running this with you ? .

Just me running with all of you. It will be really nice to see these parts of the island that I haven't seen before.

 

[Big Ole Disney Fan]

State Room: Don't have assigned yet.
Evan the Dad, Karen the Mom, Brenden the Son 17, Presley the Niece 7.
Woods Cross, UT
Early Dining
Celebrating Brenden's 18th Birthday on Oct 19!
FE for us please!

Thank You

 

[trinibjill]

State Room: Don't have assigned yet.
Evan the Dad, Karen the Mom, Brenden the Son 17, Presley the Niece 7.
Woods Cross, UT
Early Dining
Celebrating Brenden's 18th Birthday on Oct 19!
FE for us please!

Thank You

Welcome aboard - your info is posted on the 1st page

 

[oienfam5]

State Room: Don't have assigned yet.
Evan the Dad, Karen the Mom, Brenden the Son 17, Presley the Niece 7.
Woods Cross, UT
Early Dining
Celebrating Brenden's 18th Birthday on Oct 19!
FE for us please!

Thank You

Welcome Aboard. Excited to have more on the boards. I am also celebrating my birthday, although I will twice Brenden's age

 

[trinibjill]

Disney sees big year ahead for cruise ships. Latest from the Orlando Sentinel
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/the-...m-disney-cruise-0813-20120212,0,5362282.story