The lanyard is very cool. I am up for any price structure, sharing or paying their own way.
I think this cruise is going to be the best Halloween ever for my girls and that is mostly due to the folks we are sailing with.
Let me know where to send my money and it is as good as done.
Thanks all, especially nenner1
Those are adorable! I'd be in for 3
Great idea. We will need two. I would be willing to give up to $5.00 per lanyard. You know we only have one year to get ready now. Where does the time go?!! Lois
LOL, did I just volunteer myself?
I don't mind doing lanyards, unless someone else wants to do it.
So I've already started a rough list. Anyone who is interested in the idea go ahead and post (I've got those down who already posted) send me a PM or email at nenner1 at yahoo dotcom. Let me know how many you would like. We'll go from there. I don't think we need to worry about how to do the money yet. We can see how many are interested after a few months and how the price is looking and then we'll throw ideas around.
Okay - you know we are total newbies! Tell me about excursions you have done - or want to do this go round. Do you pick something from Disney's website - or strike out on your own?
We have done it both ways, through Disney and on our own. We mostly do our own thing now since we are more comfortable with it after going through Disney a couple of times. In Grand Cayman last time (and we plan on doing it again) we did the Stingray City/Half-Day snorkel excursion on our own through Captain Marvin's. We had a wonderful time and the price was very reasonable too- way cheaper than Disney, no age restrictions (we could have brought our baby), and more options for a longer trip (the Disney excursion was just Stingray City I think, and we got two more snorkel stops). I thought it was great.
In Cozumel last time we did our own thing too, we rented a car and drove to the East side of the island. That was also a great experience but we did not care for the agressiveness of the shopkeepers in town. Of course it was quite different once we got out of the port area and we had no problems, we just weren't prepared for it. We saw some lovely sights on our road trip though. Next time in Cozumel some things we have in mind are Xcaret on the mainland and Chankanaab. Xcaret is a very LONG excursion far away so we will probably eat the extra cost and go through Disney for the comfort of knowing we won't be left behind if something should happen.
Chankanaab we may or may not do on our own. Last I read the Dolphin excursions (Chankanaab and Dolphinairis) were not allowing cruise passengers to book on their own. Of course there are ways around that but I'm not sure we would bother with it. There is something to be said for the convenience of how Disney runs their excursions.
If you want to read about what we did in more detail and with a lot of pics, check out my TR, click on the black mouse ears with the red square on it in my sig and that will take you there.
In Key West for sure we will do our own thing. It can be a rather raucous atmosphere and since we will be there during Fantasy Fest I would expect that to be enhanced. Strolling down Duval isn't too terrible (under normal circumstances all bets may be off due to FF)..Margaritaville is still family friendly enough and there are some fun things to do as far as sightseeing, we love the Conch Train which takes you around town and shows you the historical sights (Hemingway House, Southernmost Point, etc.) I personally am not a huge fan of the beaches in KW...but that is partly because we live near gorgeous beaches so take that for what its' worth ....LOL
Sunset at Mallory Square is not to be missed (again can be racy but mostly family friendly entertainment such as oven balancing (you read that right), cats that jump through fire hoops, Iguana men and the like. Very eclectic and not boring for sure!!!
Of course there are our personal must do's in KW which besides Margaritaville include the Kino shoe factory, the chocolate covered key lime pie on a stick (available in lots of places), the shell shop in Mallory Square, and the craft "booths" at sunset. Key West is a lot of fun!
Hope that helps you a little bit!!!
I have spent the better part of the day reading this thread - and after hearing back from our TA - I can finally post and say we're coming too!
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The price of a week long cruise combined with one full week at WDW at Halloween was STILL cheaper than JUST the Christmas cruise by itself. 
