October 17, 2009 Western

[doberlady]

We are also going to fly in the day before and stay at a hotel at the port. We cruised once and fly in the same day and it was horrible. Our best friends and their 2 kids booked too. I am so excited about that. Our kids are best friends too.

We are headed to WDW in 5 months for the 8th time. I don't know how I will get through the next 17 months till the cruise. I already have full intestions of booking another while on the ship.

Chris- Did you book with Dreams?

What shall we call our cruise??

 

[frndofpooh]

Looks like our thread has become more active in the last few days while I've been absent!

Like everyone else, I wouldn't consider flying in on the same day as the cruise. Fortunately for us, we'll be driving. We'll drive down to my parents' house in SC the day before, then leave early the morning of the cruise for the last 5 hours on the road. We did it the same way last time, and we were able to pull into the port not long after they started letting people in. We got No. 3 for boarding and hopped on the boat long before noon.

 

[firefighter chris]

Yes I did book though dreams. Will post more later. Just got home from work after working fourteen hours, and I have to be back in 5 hours from now. See you all soon.

 

[yazee1]

Hi, Everyone,

I'm glad to see the thread reviving. I started this thread but I have NO problem with someone else renaming it or being the ringleader. I've had my turn at the wheel on our last cruise.

First cruise-We booked with AAA and it was a fine arrangement.
Second cruise-We booked onboard for the 10% discount and OBC from DCL and then transfered the reservation to AAA to take advantage of their OBC.
Third cruise - coming up in September -We booked through the DCL website. It's a four-day. There isn't much OBC for those but DCL gives 25.00 OBC and we opened up a Disney Visa account and paid it off in full in order to get additional OBC and a 50.00 rebate. Since we really didn't want a second credit card, I paid for the cruise with the card, paid the Visa bill immediately afterward and shredded up the card after that.
Fourth cruise- this one - Booked through DU for the double OBC special at the time.

We haven't arranged our transportation yet. We'll probably take the Autotrain. We'll definitely arrive a day early. I would like to hear the story of the horrible day-of-the-cruise arrival. Care to share it or is the memory too unpleasant to rehash?

Well, it's technically Mother's Day. Happy Mother's Day to all the moms!

 

[firefighter chris]

Happy Wednesday everyone. Sorry I have not been posting too much. Been a super busy week at my job, with working fifteen to eighteen hour days. Well all of my family has transferred their reservations to dreams unlimited now. It looks like we will have five rooms onboard this cruise. One room will be my aunt and uncle. Another room will be two of my cousins. They are both in Category 10. My wife, daughter, son, and myself will be in one room. My cousin, her boyfriend, and their two kids will be in another room. Both of these will be Category 9. Last byt not least, my dad, uncle, and grandma will be in another oom. This will be a category 11, because we needed a handicap accesible room for my grandma. We have rooms 6647, 2606, 2607, 2608, and 2609. Thats the only update for today. Have a great day everyone.

 

[Goofy4Ever]

Happy Wednesday everyone. Sorry I have not been posting too much. Been a super busy week at my job, with working fifteen to eighteen hour days. Well all of my family has transferred their reservations to dreams unlimited now. It looks like we will have five rooms onboard this cruise. One room will be my aunt and uncle. Another room will be two of my cousins. They are both in Category 10. My wife, daughter, son, and myself will be in one room. My cousin, her boyfriend, and their two kids will be in another room. Both of these will be Category 9. Last byt not least, my dad, uncle, and grandma will be in another oom. This will be a category 11, because we needed a handicap accesible room for my grandma. We have rooms 6647, 2606, 2607, 2608, and 2609. Thats the only update for today. Have a great day everyone.

geez Chris...I see you put all of our family business out there

Hello Everyone - I am Chris' cousin and will be on that cruise.

 

[firefighter chris]

Welcome to the board goofy4ever. Do I know you? I see you are from nearby Milwaukee. Lol. Oh. I see u are my cousin. Lol. How do you have more postings than me? Are you cheating?

 

[Goofy4Ever]

Welcome to the board goofy4ever. Do I know you? I see you are from nearby Milwaukee. Lol. Oh. I see u are my cousin. Lol. How do you have more postings than me? Are you cheating?

Because I have been doing it longer than you.....remember I didn't cancel last year. LOL.

 

[Goofy4Ever]

What happened to everyone???

 

[doberlady]

weird- I posted something early this morning and it's not here.

Anyway- Do you all spend a lot of time looking for new pics from the cruise reports board? I DO

 

[yazee1]

weird- I posted something early this morning and it's not here.

What was it?

Anyway- Do you all spend a lot of time looking for new pics from the cruise reports board? I DO

Yes and no, when I have the time to get online, Disboard's DCL forums are the first place I go after checking my email. Lately though, my time online is limited. So, no I don't spend a lot of time looking for new pictures from the cruise reports boards.

I love to read trip reports (if they're well-written) and look at people's pictures (even if they're not well taken). It's been a while since I've been to the trip report board, I might head over right now.

 

[Goofy4Ever]

weird- I posted something early this morning and it's not here.

Anyway- Do you all spend a lot of time looking for new pics from the cruise reports board? I DO

I do. I have been enjoying the Repo reports right now. They included some great pictures of the Magic going through the Panama Canal. IT looks so cool....maybe one day.....

 

[firefighter chris]

Just writing a friendly hello. Had a super busy weekend with a wedding on saturday, and my sons baptism on Sunday. After some discussion between my wife and I, it was decided that it would be best to leave my son home. He would be 23 months at the time of the cruise, and my daughter will be eight. So my mother in law and father in law will be watching him, while my wife, daughter, and I go on the cruise with the rest of the family. Have a great Monday all.

 

[Goofy4Ever]

Just writing a friendly hello. Had a super busy weekend with a wedding on saturday, and my sons baptism on Sunday. After some discussion between my wife and I, it was decided that it would be best to leave my son home. He would be 23 months at the time of the cruise, and my daughter will be eight. So my mother in law and father in law will be watching him, while my wife, daughter, and I go on the cruise with the rest of the family. Have a great Monday all.

I think you made a great decision Chris. This way you and your wife can have a wonderful time...

 

[Goofy4Ever]

Have we decided on a name for our group yet? Let's throw some ideas around.....

 

[bourgie]

Okay, so we are going as well. We are the BF's of doberlady and are SO excited!!! I talk about it more than my children do.

I have two girls one will be 13 and the other 10.........

This is our first ever cruise, but we have been to DW before.

 

[bourgie]

I am new to the "board lingo", so bear with me

doberlady got me hooked onto this board, so this is all I do

 

[doberlady]

join the club

I check the board when I am feeding the baby at 2am

 

[yazee1]

Welcome to the thread and congratulations on booking your cruise! It is very exciting, and the excitement of going doesn't wear off after the first time. Trust me. This trip will be our fourth Disney Cruise ( number 3 will be a four-day cruise this September for just my husband and me).

We booked our first cruise about 3 months out and I spent probably 2 months on this board reading and posting and learning. I also bought a Passporter and read it over and over. Dh didn't appreciate the value of all this until we left for the cruise and I was prepared for a thousand things he knew nothing about.

You will be an expert by the time we leave and speak fluent DCL lingo.

 

[Goofy4Ever]

Okay, so we are going as well. We are the BF's of doberlady and are SO excited!!! I talk about it more than my children do.

I have two girls one will be 13 and the other 10.........

This is our first ever cruise, but we have been to DW before.

Welcome Bourgie I know about being addicted to this board. All I did was read this before our last cruise. I am back at it again after a few months off