Oct 9-12, 2008...3 Day "Wonder"ous Spin!

[slappy1974]

We are coming along. I convinced DW that it was a good idea since she has a conference on-board the ship, and it was cheaper to get a 7 day land & sea than booking separately.

We booked a while ago, but I just found this thread.

Our group is me, DW, DD - 3 1/2, and other DD 7 months.

Looking forward to meeting everyone.

 

[LilLisaLou]

We're just about a month out...

I'm going to start making door signs this weekend. I haven't made the fish extender yet but I did coerce a coworker into helping me when it's that time.

I'm slowly wading through all of the advice about what to bring since we've never been on a cruise before... oh, I can't wait!!!!

 

[kiddoc]

Hi all! We will be joining in on this cruise, also! This will be our first cruise ever, though we are veterans of WDW. The line-up for us is as follows: Me, DH, DD9, and DD6. We will also have some friends from home traveling with us who have DD10 and DS8. We can hardly wait! As I said above, I'm totally new to this whole DCL thing. Can anyone give me pointers on the fish extenders with, perhaps, links to pictures? Thanks and hope to meet some DISers on board!

 

[slappy1974]

Welcome kiddoc.
Has everyone received their cabin assignments yet?
We are in a GTY, and I thought they would be assigning
a cabin by now...

 

[LilLisaLou]

Welcome kiddoc.
Has everyone received their cabin assignments yet?
We are in a GTY, and I thought they would be assigning
a cabin by now...

What is a GTY? As far as cabin assignments, does that mean which room we are in? When I booked I was told what room I was in. As you can tell, this is my first cruise and I am SUCH a newbie!!

 

[LilLisaLou]

Bzzelady (addicted to Mickey and all things Disney)
Bzzelady's DH (loves firefighting, Penn State football, his Mustang, and listens to a wide variety of music)
Bzzelady's DD9 (current interests this week include Littlest Pet Shop, horses, all other kinds of animals, and being a beach bum)


lillisalou --> Disney lover and teacher
lillisalou's mom --> Disney "liker" as opposed to lover and also a teacher, who has issues with claustrophobia
DD-11 --> Disney lover, and American Girls, webkinz, and Mulan (she's hard of hearing, but with hearing aids does REALLY well)

Love2driveinct -- my third cruise, not a huge Disney fan but coming around
DH -- his second cruise & like me, willing to do Disney for the kids
DD10 -- big fan of DC shows, LPS, horses, being active, Webkinz
DS7 -- happy-go-lucky, loves cars, trains, legos, Cars movie, Webkinz
DD3 -- my little fiery redhead who loves whatever big bro & sis are into
Mom -- coming along for the ride after joining us at WDW to help out

castleeto - 27 (28 by trip time), Disney lover, esp Disneyland
DH - 38, loves aviation and sailing, used to be quite the Disney cynic, but has warmed up over the years (having a daughter and moving to the OC helped)
DD - 4, loves Disney, especially Mickey, Pirates and HSM.

Slappy1974
DW
DD - 3 ½
DD 7 months

Kiddoc
DH
DD9
DD6
Kiddoc’s friends
Kiddoc’s friends’ DD10
Kiddoc’s friends’ DS8


I've picked up a few little fish extender treats. Oh, I can't wait, I'm so excited!!!!!

 

[LilLisaLou]

We sure are a quiet group! Only 19 more days!!!!!

 

[love2driveinct]

I was thinking the same thing!

I guess we're all busy making preparations... newspaper, mail, kennel, packing, autograph matte/pens, lanyards... oh, and trying not to eat out or spend any $ on anything unnecessary, LOL. My kids are probably already tired of me saying "no, we're not getting Chinese food/buying that whatever/going out to dinner/etc, we're saving money for Disney"!

 

[love2driveinct]

We did!

Although we are still recovering from our whirlwind Disney trip (seriously, I feel like I have a newborn in the house -- I'm a total walking zombie, maybe I am getting too old for this, lol), we had an absolutely fantastic trip.

I was very happy with the weather, what did y'all think?

Castaway Cay was even more incredible than I imagined. Even my hard-to-impress DH was amazed at how smoothly and easily they fed all of us lunch (and it was quite tasty, too!). DH and DD10 did parasailing at 9am and that is her #1 Highlight of our whole vacation. DS7 and I did the Sting Ray encounter and although he was hesitant (nice word for AFRAID, lol) at first, he ended up loving the whole experience and definitely considers it his #1 Highlight as well. DD3 had a great time at Scuttle's Cove and at the beach (and also took a nap in the complimentary all-terrain stroller).

We spent the Nassau day doing Atlantis on our own. It was a little trickier getting a taxi and finding our way around the place than it would have been with DCL, but we saved A LOT of money so it was worth it. I was impressed with Atlantis overall, but it was funny how we had gotten used to DISNEY service after 5 days in the parks and then the cruise -- the people at Atlantis are "nice", but they are not "Disney nice", y'know??

Did any of you get to see any of the shows? We missed the first one (Palo dinner), but we really enjoyed Toy Story and Disney Dreams. DD10 actually missed those as well, she was having so much fun in the Oceaneer Lab.

What did your kids think of the clubs? It was a big hit with DD10. DS7 seemed to like it a lot, but was happy to come with us to see shows, etc. DD3 was great and didn't mind being dropped off, but she wasn't exactly begging to go, either. But I think that's to be expected since she's so little.

That was our first DCL cruise, and I have to say that another DCL cruise is definitely in our future, but probably not for awhile. Our next cruise will probably be on CCL or RCCI, since they leave out of NY and airfare puts a big dent in our budget.

Overall, we LOVED IT!!!!