Oct. 2nd 4 night Wonder

[jacksmom]

This is our first cruise! We are soooo excited! Anyone else with us? Would love some tips from experienced cruisers!

 

[spectrum-turbo]

Hey there. We are cuising on the Wonder 10/2 through 10/6 and guess what?!?! I am a Jack's mom too!!!! How old is your Jack? Mine will be just a couple of weeks shy of 8 whe we set sail. We have a second son who will be 4. My DH's folks will be traveling with us to round out our group.

We are first time Disney cruisers but have been to "The World" several times. My inlaws are quite experienced cuisers but never with Disney.

 

[ruffles]

I am very excited! This is our first cruise, too.

FYI - There is another thread for this cruise just a little ahead of this one with a few other families on it.

 

[becobscot]

Is this the cruise with Ebert and Roeper? The film festival at sea? I would love to do this cruise!

 

[jacksmom]

Hi spectrum-turbo! My ds is 8, and I'm sure he would love to meet someone to play with! I am hoping he will try the kids club, but he is rather shy! We are really getting excited! We have been booked for several moths,and its seems like the time is dragging!

 

[lunsusie]

Hi, Folks!

DS(17 by then) and I will be sailing with you on the 10/2/2005 Wonder! This will be our third DCL cruise, and we are counting the weeks!

If this is your first DCL cruise, you may want to get the Passporter to help with your planning. It contains lots of great information and is a fun read! Also, there are many knowledgeable veteran cruisers on these boards who will be happy to answer any questions you have.

 

[jacksmom]

Hi, lunsusie! This will be our first cruise and I do have soooo many questions! I do have a Passporter and am reading and highlighting it every night! My main questions thus far are: (1) which shore excursion to do in the Bahamas, and (2) what do the women wear to dinner? (I have found a lot about mens attire, but very little about womens! ) I would also love any tips or advise you might have! We are soooo excited! I talk about this continually to anyone that will listen!

 

[ck99c02]

Hi, We are going on the Wonder in October. I will be traveling with my husband, our 6 year old twin daughters, our three year old daughter, my parents, my sister, her 14 year old son and 15 year old daughter. I am so excited!!!

Miranda

 

[lunsusie]

Hi, jacksmom!

Sorry for the delay in responding, but I just made it back to this board today.

We have done both the Discover Atlantis tour and the Nassau Historic City tour. If you have never been to Atlantis, you may want to try this tour once, since you would have an opportunity to see this beautiful resort and tour "The Dig" (acquarium).

However, both DS16 and I really enjoyed the Nassau historic tour more. You ride in an airconditioned van (filled to capacity, but plenty of room for everyone) and made several stops along the way to see Fort Fincastle, the Queen's Staircase, and Fort Charlotte. You also have the opportunity to see much of the city, both business, resort and residential areas. This is fun, particularly if this is your first visit to Nassau.

As far as dinner attire, resort casual is in order. Dress however you will be comfortable (other than shorts or swim wear). A sundress, nice jeans, nice capris or slacks and a nice top work great. If you want to dress up a little more, that is OK too.

Hope this helps! Please ask away if you have any more questions and I'll try to help.

Susie

 

[jacksmom]

Thanks for the reply! We are soooo excited! I am thinking about doing some cruise shopping this W/E!

 

[spectrum-turbo]

All right sailors we are coming up on the 3 month mark.

I am getting pretty excited, soon it will be time to get the kids registered online for the kids club and make Palo/Spa ressies.

Still not sure what to do at Nassua. I pick up my Cruise Passporter today. That should help us decide.

If you are going to WDW before hand when will you be arriving? We will get to MCO late afternoon of 9/28.

 

[jacksmom]

spectrum-turbo, We are arriving on 9/29 for 4 nights at BCV beforehand! We are really getting excited!

 

[ebmouse]

Hi everyone, I'm one of those lurker-types that you read about on these threads but I can't stand to be quiet anymore cuz our first Disney cruise is coming up on Oct. 2, also! It's my DH, DD14 and myself. It's nice to see that there will be a few other Dis-cruisers there with us. I have my DD posting on the teen boards to see if any other kids her age will be going. Still, it seems like the ship might be pretty empty since the whole world seems to post on these boards and the small bunch of us are the only ones going at that time. Don't we all wish!

 

[lunsusie]

Hi everyone, I'm one of those lurker-types that you read about on these threads but I can't stand to be quiet anymore cuz our first Disney cruise is coming up on Oct. 2, also! It's my DH, DD14 and myself. It's nice to see that there will be a few other Dis-cruisers there with us. I have my DD posting on the teen boards to see if any other kids her age will be going. Still, it seems like the ship might be pretty empty since the whole world seems to post on these boards and the small bunch of us are the only ones going at that time. Don't we all wish!

Hi, ebmouse!

Welcome to the board! It will be good to get this board more active as our cruise gets closer!

3 more months! We are doing the happy banana dance here. Just paid off the cruise this morning! Now it's time to start planning shore excursions!

 

[Buckeye 218]

Hi guys--this is my first time posting, although I've been reading these boards for some time now. This will be our second Disney cruise, both in Hurricane season. Our first was last year's 10/9/2004 7-day Magic. Although it rained on our Castaway Cay day, there was no other rough weather to speak of. I'll be cruising with my DW, DD (10) and DS (7).

 

[jacksmom]

Hi all! We are still having difficulty deciding on shore excursions! Wondering what everyone else is planning?? Also, is anyone else planning to dress up for Pirate night??? We will be going to MNSSHP beforehand, so we are thinking of dressing ds up as a pirate for that as well! I would love to hear all your planning sugesstions! It is really getting close!

 

[lunsusie]

Hi all! We are still having difficulty deciding on shore excursions! Wondering what everyone else is planning?? Also, is anyone else planning to dress up for Pirate night??? We will be going to MNSSHP beforehand, so we are thinking of dressing ds up as a pirate for that as well! I would love to hear all your planning sugesstions! It is really getting close!

We just booked the Thriller power boat excursion for Nassau day. This was DS(17)'s suggestions, and I figured, why not! I haven't found many reviews of this excursion. It looks like it is fairly new for DCL's list of shore excursions.

88 more days and counting!!

 

[jacksmom]

Thanks for the response lunsusie! Where is everyone else???

 

[jacksmom]

Just checking in! We sure don't seem to have many joining us so far!

 

[lunsusie]

Hi, jacksmom!

In what part of North Carolina is Mooresville located? DS is in NC this week visiting his DGM in Mars Hill.