October 13, 2002 - Wonder Roll Call!

[aperfecttrip]

Larry, No I have travel agency and offered a great rate and alot of people responded. Our school system has a Fall break and this just worked out perfectly!!!! The kids range from 4-17 in our group. I ended up with 13 cabins, a few had to drop out just yesterday. We are all very excited!!!!!!!!!!

 

[timswoman]

Hi y'all,
Add 9 more first time cruisers to the list. We are so excited. We will have DM, DF, DMIL, DW (me), DH, DN(6), DN(10), DD(6) & DD (4). I am still watching these boards for all the info I can get. You guys are great! You are a wealth of info.

I'm concerned about what to do give as regional gifts. Being from KY.......I'm just not sure what would be appropriate. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Also I read about $2 dollar bills. Who do you give these to?

Looking forward to hearing from everyone.

Your Cruise Buddy,
Timswoman

 

[MandM]

We haven't booked yet but are real close to reserving for Oct 13th. I'm new to the board so I don't really understand the codes DD, DW etc. We have a 10year old girl and 8 year old boy. We've been on a 4 day before as well as the 7 day. Anybody have the early seating. Maybe we can get hooked up?

 

[LarryGadget]

MandM - I had the same questions about the codes as you when I first logged in (not long ago). Check out this thread to answer your question.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=219463

Hope to meet you and your family - we have early seating, too. I will be traveling with my DW, DD4 & DD6. We can't wait!

 

[LarryGadget]

Can you believe we have less than 3 months to go!!!!!!!!

 

[LarryGadget]

BUMP!!!

 

[bennytobunny]

We are cruising too on the 10/13, we are a family of three Dean, Bernie and Ryan aged 4, we are in stateroom 8510, and we can't wait!!!!!

This is our second DCL cruise the first was last year, but the 7 night one, eastern, it was fab, was saving to do 14 night western and eastern back to back couldn't wait that long so thought we would have a quick fix.

We have just brought a villa in Florida so will be back to there, we are over for 6 weeks and the cruise is in our second week. Of all we are doing it is the cruise I am looking forward to most it is fantastic. Ryan is only 4 and has not stopped talking about it since last year.

Can't wait to meet up, see you there!!!!!

 

[KennyK]

Hi Dean, Bernie & little Ryan

Welcome aboard, The list is growing with less than three months to go. So far it looks like we have 9 family's from these boards going this cruise.

We are also on deck 8, in room 8554. It will be myself, Ken, DW, Mary; DD, Cindy: DGS, Alex; DD's friend. Ann.

This will be mine and DW's second cruise, 1st on the Grand Princess. This will be the 1st for DCL.

We'll be spending 3 days after the cruise at the VWL in Disney.

Maybe we can have a mini DIS meet. Wear those green ribbons.

See you all soon,

KennyK

 

[LarryGadget]

Anyone get their docs yet? The time is drawing near. We're just a little bit excited.

 

[timswoman]

We have not received our docs yet. We are so excited. My DD (6&4) are just as excited as we are.

I have a question for those of you who have cruised before with Disney. What time do you think we will get off of the ship on Thursday? We have some plans for that afternoon and now I'm wondering if I need to do some shuffling.

Gotta Go,
Timswoman

 

[KennyK]

Tinswomen

I guess this will also serve as a bump.

Even though I have not sailed on DCL before, from all reports and these boards it seems you can probably be off the ship no later than 9-9:30 am on Thursday.

I all depends on the ship clearing customs and how you plan on having breakfast.

I hope that helps.



Lets all wear lime green ribbons and someone want to set a meet on the ship for all of us dis's.


KennyK

 

[KennyK]

Bump Bump

With only 43 more days to go before we sail out into the sunset. Is anyone else going with us on this cruise? I know being on an empty ship must be a lot of fun. No fighting of deck chairs, the pools empty and etc. But there must be more than the 8 DIS members that have posted so far.

Does anyone want to have a meet somewhere on deck 9 for the sailaway party?

This is our 1st DCL cruise so not really familiar with the ship lay out.

KennyK

 

[KennyK]

Cruise Doc's are in.

Spoke to my TA today and she received our cruise docs today. I'll be picking them uo tomorrow. I can't wait.

Anyone else on this cruise get theirs.

KennyK

 

[phxjj05]

Kenny - ours came in yesterday as well, picking them up today.

see you on board

JJ

 

[LarryGadget]

I am so jealous! I have Disney air so it will take a little longer.
Any interesting tidbits?

 

[phxjj05]

Larry,

Just looked them over - nothing we don't already know from participating on these boards. However there is something official about seeing all of our names in black and white.

One thing I did notice is that the booklet they give you is outdated - They still talk about early entry and the soda program as being a sticker on your KTTW card rather than a refillable mug.

Hope you get yours soon, see on the 13th!

JJ

 

[mareka]

I'm with KennyK - (litterally ) I'm his wife.

And we only have 33 days left.
HawiianGirl - We are also going to MNSSHP that first night off the ship.
Never did that before - It should be fun. We've done E-Nights before though.

My grandson's teacher was very good about the whole thing. Although I think she's going to expect a written report.

I'm at the point of opening up the suitcase to start packing.

Make a list - Then you don't forget anything. Suntan lotion - Shoe rack for door of bathroom - phone cards for gifts etc.

 

[LarryGadget]

Why a shoe rack?

 

[KennyK]

Hi Larry,

I'll post the answer for my DW,

The shoe rack she is referring to is the hanging cloth/plastic bag type or what ever you want to call it the hangs from a door with a bunch of pockets in it. Its used according to other posts on these boards to put items like shampoo, sun screen, two way radios, spare batteries shaving gear, tooth brush holders, tooth paste and deoderant, hair brushes etc. The reason for this is that the shelving space in the bathrooms in VERY limited.

I also looked at the doc's when I got home and didn't see anything really abnormal. The only question so far is return trip vouches back to WDW after the cruise. It wasn't very clear in the paper work so on Monday will call DCL and ask.

I will mention that since I used a ta the booklet with the embarkation gifts offered by DCL was not in the package we received as was previously mentioned that it was for TA to order you a thank you gift for your trip.

My daughter also saw the statement about the stickers for the drink program but indicated this was for the children program. I did not see any mention of adults in that section, but then I have not finished reading the booklet entirely.

I guess thats all for now. Tomorrow when it's day light out and I'm not so tired I go over those docs in more detail.

KennyK

 

[KennyK]

Bump, Bump

This is getting frustrating, that no other DIS members are going on this cruise. Has anyone else gotten their Doc's yet.

Picked up ours on Friday. Saw that some of the info in the info books is confusing so called MS today to get clarification.

One was on the drink program. According to the CM I spoke to you get both a sticker for your KTTW card and the mug. When you get a refill you need to show your KTTW card besides having the mug. If you don't have your mug you can get a glass of soda without the mug because of the sticker. No sticker no drink even if you have a mug.

The other was on Paid DCL transfers. It says that a voucher is needed for your trip if you are going to the resorts. NO voucher in booklets. The CM answer to this questions was the one transfer doc is all that is needed. They have the transfer info in the computer, which she verified and will be taken care of.

See you all on the boat.

KennyK