Oct 20, 2011 Disney Dream

[pearlieq]

We just signed up for this cruise! Our DS (almost 14) has a short fall break from school, and we decided to spend it on the Disney Dream! In addition to DS14 it will be myself (DW48) and DH52.

Let the countdown begin!

Welcome! Is my memory playing tricks on me or were we once on the same cruise before? What are the odds?!?

 

[buick86]

Hello to all!!! Does anyone know if there is a fe list started yet? and yes we did move our room to 5046.

 

[jaimesgold]

Our daughters have the same name but mine is spelled Layla! Our sons will be the same age on this cruise!

 

[PiperG]

Welcome! Is my memory playing tricks on me or were we once on the same cruise before? What are the odds?!?

We might have been on the same cruise! This will be our 10th. Take a look at my signature and see if you can find the one that you sailed on with us. We definitely see many repeat cruisers on board.

We have not sailed Disney since October 2008, so we are overdue! We did a NCL cruise in 2009 and hit Walt Disney World (Ft. Wilderness Cabins) in 2010. We are counting down the days until our cruise on the Dream. I just watched the webcast of the christening ceremony and I was crying my eyes out.

 

[Scotty69]

Ok everyone I have not seen anyone else Volunteer to be in charge of the FE for our cruise. My wife has started to keep a FE list (so that she knows how much to make) LOL so I guess that we are volunteering. we have never been in charge of the Fe list and this will be our first attempt at it so please have patience.

Ok I have created an e mail account for our fe list the address is OctoberDreamers20th@gmail.com. If you wish to participate in the F/E please send me all of your information. Please send it to me in the following format. Here is my information.


stateroom: 6174
Disname: Scotty69
First name: Dave (DH)
Age: Kid at Heart

Disname: Lurker
First name: Kathy (DW)
Age: Kid at heart

Children: Nick (DS- 21)
Katelyn (DD-13)
Emily (DD-9)

Also let us know if anyone has any food allergies. In our case there are no allergies

 

[buick86]

Ok everyone I have not seen anyone else Volunteer to be in charge of the FE for our cruise. My wife has started to keep a FE list (so that she knows how much to make) LOL so I guess that we are volunteering. we have never been in charge of the Fe list and this will be our first attempt at it so please have patience.

Ok I have created an e mail account for our fe list the address is OctoberDreamers20th@gmail.com. If you wish to participate in the F/E please send me all of your information. Please send it to me in the following format. Here is my information.


stateroom: 6174
Disname: Scotty69
First name: Dave (DH)
Age: Kid at Heart

Disname: Lurker
First name: Kathy (DW)
Age: Kid at heart

Children: Nick (DS- 21)
Katelyn (DD-13)
Emily (DD-9)

Let us know if you need any help We have done these on our previous cruises

 

[Deffenm]

Well my dd is so excited about this trip but also a little upset. She really wants to ride the Aquaduck but is not 48" yet. The poor girl keeps measuring herself at least once a week. She is small for her age. She is 7 years old and is only about 44". I hope she grows over the summer. Well it looks like it will only be me, DD 7, and DS11 (will be 12). DS 10 plays hockey and doesn't want to miss practice so DH is staying home with him and the Dog.

We think we are going to come in a day or two early and stay at WDW. Has anyone ever done that? Do we just take DME from airport to hotel and then is there a way to request DCL transport from WDW hotel to Cruise ship? We also hope that it works out that we can attend MNSSHP while there. We can't wait for the trip and look forward to joining in on the fun here.

 

[Scotty69]

Well my dd is so excited about this trip but also a little upset. She really wants to ride the Aquaduck but is not 48" yet. The poor girl keeps measuring herself at least once a week. She is small for her age. She is 7 years old and is only about 44". I hope she grows over the summer. Well it looks like it will only be me, DD 7, and DS11 (will be 12). DS 10 plays hockey and doesn't want to miss practice so DH is staying home with him and the Dog.

We think we are going to come in a day or two early and stay at WDW. Has anyone ever done that? Do we just take DME from airport to hotel and then is there a way to request DCL transport from WDW hotel to Cruise ship? We also hope that it works out that we can attend MNSSHP while there. We can't wait for the trip and look forward to joining in on the fun here.

Welcome Aboard We look forward to meeting you. Tell your DD that we will all try and help smuggle her on the Aquaduck. Of course growing over the summer would be the best out come. Sounds to me that you have a good excuse to get her to eat her veggies. Also are you in for the FE. we are going to have a great deal of fun with it.

 

[buick86]

Well my dd is so excited about this trip but also a little upset. She really wants to ride the Aquaduck but is not 48" yet. The poor girl keeps measuring herself at least once a week. She is small for her age. She is 7 years old and is only about 44". I hope she grows over the summer. Well it looks like it will only be me, DD 7, and DS11 (will be 12). DS 10 plays hockey and doesn't want to miss practice so DH is staying home with him and the Dog.

We think we are going to come in a day or two early and stay at WDW. Has anyone ever done that? Do we just take DME from airport to hotel and then is there a way to request DCL transport from WDW hotel to Cruise ship? We also hope that it works out that we can attend MNSSHP while there. We can't wait for the trip and look forward to joining in on the fun here.

Welcome aboardYes Disney has DCL that will take you to the cruise terminal but not all hotels has this opition you will have to see which ones do. I think you have to call Disney Cruise line to arrange this or your hotel before you get there. I know the prices was too steep for us, but with out a car your options are few. Hope it helps

 

[Otimon]

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[buick86]

Where is everyone's excitement about the cruise The cruise before this that we are going on we have 20 pages and almost 300 replys. We need to turn it up a notch

 

[Deffenm]

We are very excited here just a little pre-occupied with freezing rain and snow. I don't mind the snow but the freezing rain makes driving to work a pain. I am trying to think of items I can give the kids for Valentines day and Easter for the trip. I was thinking of things like pirate tattoos for DS, lip gloss and jewlery for my dd. Maybe some new flip flops?

I need to submit my information yet for the FE. I will state now I am not a crafty person at all and I have looked at the FE picture thread and I am a little worried. There are some really crafty folks on the boards.

We can't wait for the cold weather to go away and to board the DREAM.

 

[Karen Mouse]

Hi Folks

I agree we all need to get a little more chatty so we get to know each other better before cruising. I'm guilty for not posting enough too.... so lets all try to make an effort to caht

I transferred a chunk of money this morning into our "holiday" account so now have the flights and villa covered... just need to find the $ for the car hire, cruises and hotel now!

I think I remember someone on here saying they were doing b2b from the 4 day before this cruise? Thats what we're doing too - never done a b2b before so we're hoping to get the ship to ourselves for a couple of hours when get back onboard before everyone else gets on

Is anyone planning on a Dis meet? Last cruise we all met up and said hi to each other at the sailaway party. It was a nice ice breaker, gave the kids a chance to say hi and helped us recognise each other whilst wandering around the ship. We all made little pins or stickers so we could recognise each other and met at a specific point on deck. Whats everyone think?

 

[buick86]

Hi Folks

I agree we all need to get a little more chatty so we get to know each other better before cruising. I'm guilty for not posting enough too.... so lets all try to make an effort to caht

I transferred a chunk of money this morning into our "holiday" account so now have the flights and villa covered... just need to find the $ for the car hire, cruises and hotel now!

I think I remember someone on here saying they were doing b2b from the 4 day before this cruise? Thats what we're doing too - never done a b2b before so we're hoping to get the ship to ourselves for a couple of hours when get back onboard before everyone else gets on

Is anyone planning on a Dis meet? Last cruise we all met up and said hi to each other at the sailaway party. It was a nice ice breaker, gave the kids a chance to say hi and helped us recognise each other whilst wandering around the ship. We all made little pins or stickers so we could recognise each other and met at a specific point on deck. Whats everyone think?

Yes we are doing the b2b to i agree be nice to have the ship to ourselfs just wonder how quick they will let us back on? Yes we are planning on a meet and greet I'm thinking just before the life jacket drill in main lobby in front of Donald Duck would make a nice picture. Any thoughts of anywhere else or different time? Maybe I'll work on the button or sticker ideal

 

[buick86]

We are very excited here just a little pre-occupied with freezing rain and snow. I don't mind the snow but the freezing rain makes driving to work a pain. I am trying to think of items I can give the kids for Valentines day and Easter for the trip. I was thinking of things like pirate tattoos for DS, lip gloss and jewlery for my dd. Maybe some new flip flops?

I need to submit my information yet for the FE. I will state now I am not a crafty person at all and I have looked at the FE picture thread and I am a little worried. There are some really crafty folks on the boards.

We can't wait for the cold weather to go away and to board the DREAM.

Yes we have the freezing rain coming down now still have powerAbout the fe gifts some just get stuff from where they live. On the last few cruises I've learned some stuff about other states and countries by doing the fe gifts.

 

[Karen Mouse]

Yes we are doing the b2b to i agree be nice to have the ship to ourselfs just wonder how quick they will let us back on? Yes we are planning on a meet and greet I'm thinking just before the life jacket drill in main lobby in front of Donald Duck would make a nice picture. Any thoughts of anywhere else or different time? Maybe I'll work on the button or sticker ideal

From what others have said in the past you just get off (you dont need to pack and bring your luggage off), go through check in in the terminal and then are allowed back on to certain parts of the ship. I'll be queuing for the aquaduck if its open or lounging by the pool if its not!

Last time someone designed a cool logo for us all and we all printed that off with our names on. I'm not very good at that sort of thing so anyone fancy volunteering to make our cruise logo?

 

[dsnydaddy]

Hi Folks

I agree we all need to get a little more chatty so we get to know each other better before cruising. I'm guilty for not posting enough too.... so lets all try to make an effort to caht

I transferred a chunk of money this morning into our "holiday" account so now have the flights and villa covered... just need to find the $ for the car hire, cruises and hotel now!

I think I remember someone on here saying they were doing b2b from the 4 day before this cruise? Thats what we're doing too - never done a b2b before so we're hoping to get the ship to ourselves for a couple of hours when get back onboard before everyone else gets on

Is anyone planning on a Dis meet? Last cruise we all met up and said hi to each other at the sailaway party. It was a nice ice breaker, gave the kids a chance to say hi and helped us recognise each other whilst wandering around the ship. We all made little pins or stickers so we could recognise each other and met at a specific point on deck. Whats everyone think?

I'm all for the DISmeet by the family pools. I'm thinking just before the sailaway party like before. You'll be all rested from a 4 night cruise while I'll still be shrugging off the effects of cross country flight!

From what others have said in the past you just get off (you dont need to pack and bring your luggage off), go through check in in the terminal and then are allowed back on to certain parts of the ship. I'll be queuing for the aquaduck if its open or lounging by the pool if its not!

Last time someone designed a cool logo for us all and we all printed that off with our names on. I'm not very good at that sort of thing so anyone fancy volunteering to make our cruise logo?

I'm thinking that the AquaDuck will probably be down during the boarding process, but I've been scouring the boards looking for others who can confirm of deny that hypothesis. Still, I'll bet that shortly after boarding commences, it'll be up and running. That interim will be a good time to queue up.

I'm working on a logo but I haven't got it put together yet. I'll post as soon as I have it done. I did the one in my signature line while I was avoiding doing my taxes. So now I need to find something else to avoid doing and I'll be motivated to do a graphic for this cruise!

 

[Karen Mouse]

I'm all for the DISmeet by the family pools. I'm thinking just before the sailaway party like before. You'll be all rested from a 4 night cruise while I'll still be shrugging off the effects of cross country flight!



I'm thinking that the AquaDuck will probably be down during the boarding process, but I've been scouring the boards looking for others who can confirm of deny that hypothesis. Still, I'll bet that shortly after boarding commences, it'll be up and running. That interim will be a good time to queue up.

I'm working on a logo but I haven't got it put together yet. I'll post as soon as I have it done. I did the one in my signature line while I was avoiding doing my taxes. So now I need to find something else to avoid doing and I'll be motivated to do a graphic for this cruise!

I agree, I think the aqua duck will be closed but they might open it once boarding officially starts maybe? We'll soon find out when people start posting their experiences of a b2b. I think its a good idea for a dismeet by the pools too so the kids can have a dip if they want to before dinner. Are you on early on late dinner Steve?

Love your other logo... seems like you're the man for the job... you just volunteered yourself

 

[buick86]

From what others have said in the past you just get off (you dont need to pack and bring your luggage off), go through check in in the terminal and then are allowed back on to certain parts of the ship. I'll be queuing for the aquaduck if its open or lounging by the pool if its not!

Last time someone designed a cool logo for us all and we all printed that off with our names on. I'm not very good at that sort of thing so anyone fancy volunteering to make our cruise logo?

You must have the same room we have different rooms so as the time gets closer we'll call the cruise line. I agree that would be a great time to ride the Aqua Duck I can imagine the line for it once we are sailing

 

[buick86]

I'm all for the DISmeet by the family pools. I'm thinking just before the sailaway party like before. You'll be all rested from a 4 night cruise while I'll still be shrugging off the effects of cross country flight!



I'm thinking that the AquaDuck will probably be down during the boarding process, but I've been scouring the boards looking for others who can confirm of deny that hypothesis. Still, I'll bet that shortly after boarding commences, it'll be up and running. That interim will be a good time to queue up.

I'm working on a logo but I haven't got it put together yet. I'll post as soon as I have it done. I did the one in my signature line while I was avoiding doing my taxes. So now I need to find something else to avoid doing and I'll be motivated to do a graphic for this cruise!

I agree your being nominated for our cruise logo thats 2 votes