October 11, 2012 Disney Dream 3 Night

[tappiefaye]

Jbwork,

Very excited to see you here too! Maybe you could give the rest of us a few tips, tricks or secrets about Disney cruising!

 

[jbwork]

I am so excited to have so many responses already! This is going to be so much fun! My girls will also be very excited to hear how many kids are in the group, especially other girls. I've never done this before, but I think what we need is the first names of everyone in your group and the age and gender of the kids. If anyone is uncomfortable giving names, I'm sure just age and gender of the kids would be fine. I will get a list started. Jbwork, since you have participated in this before, do you have any other suggestions?

I will start:
Tappie, Brant, Ava - girl 7, Audrey - girl 3

The last couple of cruises we did were pretty simple. If you want to do the fish extender game, you start compiling a list of who wants to participate, and their party, and their room. Usually the day of the cruise we would all meet around 1pm to meet and greet and get our list for the Fish Extender games. Thats about it! Some people coordinate excursions together or kid play times etc, but honestly, there is so much to do on the boats, we've never done that, Some people coordinate sharing cabana's on Castaway Cay, as well.

You will pretty much NOT see your kids during the day, The last cruise we went on, last year mine were both 4, and they literally would wake up, and ask to go to the kids area, and wouldn't want to leave anytime we went to get them. With that said, I'd recommend checking out the Spa rooms, or some of the non-kid events.

 

[jbwork]

Oh and I'm Jason, the wife is Robyn, and (at time of sailing) my son is Matt(5) and daughter is Ying(5). We will be in room 5156, unless we upgrade at the port,


We've never been on this particular cruise, so we've never been to Nassau, but we can't wait to go back to Castaway Cay.

 

[tappiefaye]

The beginning of the list (listed by room #)

5156
jbwork
Jason - Adult
Robyn - Adult
Matt - 5 - M
Ying - 5 - F

10598
tappiefaye
Brant - Adult
Tappie - Adult
Ava - 7 - F
Audrey - 3 - F

 

[mickeyinthehouse]

Add us to the list

mickeyinthehouse
No room number yet
Kris
Jason
Kellan - 10 - M
Jaden - 6 - F

 

[weswife]

2 rooms

8588 and 8586

me Sheila
DH Wesley
DD Katelyn 24 yrs.
DD Shavonne 19 yrs. ( she uses a wheelchair )
DS Austin 13 yrs
DC Natalie 22 yrs.

This is my group!

Super excited!!!!!!

 

[tappiefaye]

5156
jbwork
Jason - Adult
Robyn - Adult
Matt - 5 - M
Ying - 5 - F

8588/8586
weswife
Sheila - Adult
Wesley - Adult
Katelyn - 24 - F
Shavonne - 19 - F
Austin - 13 - M
Natalie - 22 - F

10598
tappiefaye
Tappie - Adult
Brant - Adult
Ava - 7 - F
Audrey - 3 - F

(no room yet)
mickeyinthehouse
Kris - Adult
Jason - Adult
Kellan - 10 - M
Jaden - 6 - F

Still hoping for more families!

 

[sweetiee]

Our family is attending this cruise and we are all so excited. DH and I have only been on one other cruise so this is a first in 10 years and with two kids! We are taking our DD8 and DS4. We are part of the CCAI reunion and are looking so forward to going on this cruise!

 

[sweetiee]

Anyone on here a part of the CCAI anniversary?

We are part of the CCAI anniversary. I wonder how many will be on the boat participating.

 

[tappiefaye]

Sweetiee,
Welcome to the group! So excited to have another family! Are you guys interested in doing a fish extender exchange? Just curious, what is CCAI?

 

[jbwork]

Sweetiee,
Welcome to the group! So excited to have another family! Are you guys interested in doing a fish extender exchange? Just curious, what is CCAI?

Heh, its an adoption agency that specializes in Chinese adoptions. They are having a 20 year reunion onboard, so there will be a lot of adoptive families on this particular cruise,

So if your kids/family has never seen this before, or has any questions about it upi can prep them now,

 

[princesskayla]

delete

 

[jbwork]

No deletes!

delete

 

[princesskayla]

Haha. I deleted because my friend and I were trying to figure out how to get on a 7 day cruise. I really think 3 days will be too short!

However, we will most likely be on this boat. I will update later....when we finally make up our minds.

 

[jbwork]

Ha, yes, I agree, this is our 1st 3-day cruise, and it doesn't seem like it will be long enough. You could always do a back-to-back cruise,

Haha. I deleted because my friend and I were trying to figure out how to get on a 7 day cruise. I really think 3 days will be too short!

However, we will most likely be on this boat. I will update later....when we finally make up our minds.

 

[princesskayla]

It is official - you can place us on your FE rosters. I am in that state of bliss when I have just made new Disney cruise reservations. It is like a really nice hit of (insert drug of choice).

Rm 10602
Joni - disney cruise addict
Troy - poor DH who has to put up with above mentioned addict
Kyler - 10
Kayla - 9
Kennedy - 3

Rm - TBD
Ginger
Daniel
Hunter - 10
Autumn - 6

We have made peace with the fact that we are going on a three day cruise and going to love every minute of it. Then we will celebrate our good times with even more good times at WDW. My 9 yo is super excited that we get to go "on a cruise annnnddd to DisneyWorld?!?!" Especially because we are going with their friends. To make times even more fun. Ginger and I know Tappie and their family.

Only 100 more days. Kayla was tasked with job of making a countdown calendar. Can't wait to see what she comes up with.

 

[tappiefaye]

I am super excited that y'all are coming! You are going to have to give me all your cruise tips! We are thinking about doing the MNSSHP on 10/14. Do you think that's crazy? Will we be exhausted from the cruise or just super excited for a few hours in the MK? I'm pretty much thinking the second option!

 

[tappiefaye]

FE List


5156
jbwork
Jason - Adult
Robyn - Adult
Matt - 5 - M
Ying - 5 - F

8588/8586
weswife
Sheila - Adult
Wesley - Adult
Katelyn - 24 - F
Shavonne - 19 - F
Austin - 13 - M
Natalie - 22 - F

10598
tappiefaye
Tappie - Adult
Brant - Adult
Ava - 7 - F
Audrey - 3 - F

10602
princesskayla
Joni - Adult
Troy - Adult
Kyler - 10 - M
Kayla - 9 - F
Kennedy - 3 - F

(no room yet)
mickeyinthehouse
Kris - Adult
Jason - Adult
Kellan - 10 - M
Jaden - 6 - F

(no room yet)
Ginger - Adult
Daniel - Adult
Hunter - 10 - M
Autumn - 6 - F

 

[princesskayla]

We are going to MNSSHP on the 10/14. Getting off the ship is very easy. We plan on getting to WDW, checking in, swimming at the hotel - then have just enough time to change and head to the parks at 4:00pm. Of course, we will have costumes. We are brainstorming on what costumes to make.

There will plently of time to take a nap at the hotel before the party that night.

 

[princesskayla]

My favorite cruise tip is to get the rainforest room pass. I loved the rainforest room and spent alot of time in the hot tub on the balcony. It was better than the couple choice in the spa villa and cost a lot less!