Hi, I'm Margo, my husband is Pat. This will be our first cruise, and we are bringing along our two youngest children. Blake is turning 17 tomorrow (happy birthday!) and Duncan is 12.
We are Disney fanatics and have been to WDW 10 times, and DL 5 times. We rarely vacation anywhere else (and when we do it's usually to see family). We've been DVC members since 1997 and love it.
We're really looking forward to having fun on this cruise, but at the same time I am just a little bit worried. Blake and Duncan both have Asperger's, a form of high-functioning autism. I just hope that this cruise can be all the fun for them that we're hoping it can be. We've planned to bring along stuff they can do in the room, just in case the pre-teen/teen areas prove to be too much for them at times.
Pat and I are both into Boy Scouts/Cub Scouts, and he works at Intel. I love to scrapbook, crochet, and sew, and I work at Walgreens. The boys are "into" computer games and the internet, and video games--we have trouble getting them into anything else.
I'm going to try to get through this whole thread, but I'm not making any promises as I have a full-time job and only discovered this thread 2 weeks before we go! LOL I've already learned a lot about door decorating, the fuel surcharge on-board credit and what you can order from room service, from this board! I need to find out if people dress up for Pirate Night (I'm working on simple pirate costumes for all of us), and anything else I can learn ahead of time! Thanks for this thread and all the others!
Margo
Portland, OR
Sailing on the Disney Magic 7-Night Western Caribbean Cruise Oct. 16-23