October 2, 2011 Disney Wonder Mexican Riviera-"Mickey's Mexican Mouseketeers!"

[Bareacuda]

You are soooooo welcome Michelle!


Ann

 

[dolphingirl47]

We have never been on a disney cruise! Should be fun, looks like a lote of repeat customers! That is a great sign

Welcome on board. You are in for a real treat. We went on our first Disney cruise in 2008 and just completed our 6th Disney cruise. It is seriously addictive.

Corinna

 

[disneydiva16]

Welcome Skipster!!! Glad to have you join us. The Disney cruise is addicting so you will also become a repeat customer real quick!!

I am just hoping more people join the thread. I know the violence in Mexico has scared lots of people away, but hopefully not too many Actually, we were (maybe still are) considering jumping ship and going with Royal to the southern caribbean. I just would hate to miss out on cruising with all you guys again...and the girls do soooo love DISNEY!!! Sigh....

 

[ForTheLoveOfDCL]

Robin--Oh no you don't!! You got me to come back...you have to stay!! 2013 is Royal Southern!!! I will haunt you long time if you leave me!

 

[disneydiva16]

YIKES!!! I forgot that Michelle would be able to see what I was writing. (Note to self...PM everybody next time!!!) Just kidding Michelle.

We havent cancelled this cruise~we were just LOOKING that's all! You know how bad I wanna go to Barbados and St. Lucia!!! But we will wait til 2013. I just would like if they added another port to our cruise instead of 2 days at Cabo (if that is what they end up doing). Perhaps Manzanillo. That is really nice and not to out of the way. I guess we shall see.

 

[dolphingirl47]

YIKES!!! I forgot that Michelle would be able to see what I was writing. (Note to self...PM everybody next time!!!) Just kidding Michelle.

We havent cancelled this cruise~we were just LOOKING that's all! You know how bad I wanna go to Barbados and St. Lucia!!! But we will wait til 2013. I just would like if they added another port to our cruise instead of 2 days at Cabo (if that is what they end up doing). Perhaps Manzanillo. That is really nice and not to out of the way. I guess we shall see.

If we do end up going to Manzanillo, then it will be kind of a do over of some of the Panama Canal Cruise for us. We did Manzanillo, Puerto Vallerta and Cabo.

By the way, I have started the trip report for this one. If you are interested, you can find this here:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=39720418&posted=1#post39720418

I am just putting photos for the next installment on Photobucket, 75 of them and that is just embarkation day.

Robin, I agree that you have to stay.

Corinna

 

[ForTheLoveOfDCL]

Corinna--looking forward to reading the trip report.

Yesterday was Nelia's birthday. She turned 7. She asks " Are we going on the Nexican Riviera now, cause you said once I was 7" LOL I was like I so feel your anticipation, and then I said " Remember Sydney has to turn 11 first" So June -hurry and get here!!!
My SIL who went on the Dreamers cruise with us is hoping to go MR too. Her and her DH are seperated and she's praying that her and the girls get to go. She doesn't want to screw with the girls hopes of going. Plus after all that's gooing on she coould use relaxation and no worries on the Mickey boat!!! I am hoping she can , cause of course I want my nieces happy!!

I set up for a character call yesterday for Nelia, forgot it was friday and set it up for 11am. So I got to hear Mickey Say" Hiya pal, can't wait to see you on the MR. We'll be waiting, See ya real soon" I just love that Mouse!

Anyone think that people will bail on MR cruises because of everything going on there? I hope so! I mean none of you of course but hey, maybe if they bail, they will run Kids free and then I can save.

 

[dolphingirl47]

I think there is a distinct possibility that people will jump ship for the MR cruises either because they are concerned for their safety or because they are not happy that they will potentially only have two ports. I hope nobody from here will leave.

Our plans for fall are probably changing as well. The cruise is set in stone, even though I have to admit that I checked briefly what the Magic is up to that week just in case we end up being Johnny No Mates for this cruise if everybody jumps ship.

First we had to reschedule in so far that we will have a longer pre-cruise stay and only 4 nights after the cruise. They managed to mess up my vacation time yet again, but I am fine with this.

Now we have found out that there will be direct flights from Manchester to Las Vegas starting from April. If we were to fly to Los Angeles, we would either have to go via London or indirect via another European hub or via New York or Chicago. If we go for the Las Vegas flight, Graham wants to do the Grand Canyon again.

I had a look at how this could work. The flights are only on Sundays and Thursdays for now. So we would leave a week before the cruise and spend one night in Las Vegas. As soon as we are awake the next morning, we would drive to the Grand Canyon for two nights, then drive back to Las Vegas to get a flight to Los Angeles. I found some pretty good fares on United. Southwest has so far only released their fares until the middle of August, but that is likely another option. After the cruise, we would stay in Los Angeles for a few more days, fly to Las Vegas and then back to the UK the same day.

Corinna

 

[Bareacuda]

Anyone think that people will bail on MR cruises because of everything going on there? I hope so! I mean none of you of course but hey, maybe if they bail, they will run Kids free and then I can save.

I hope so too. we have 4 of those little buggers!

Ann

 

[ForTheLoveOfDCL]

Good Morning everyone. We are buried in snow!! It has to get nasty before our schools closed and they have closed tues and today. The worst is the snow/ice falling and winds blowing. Alot of people have lost power, thank you Lord for leaving mine on!!! So yesterday my friend and I took the 5 kids swimming at one of our local resorts. It was nice to have them swim for 3 hrs and forget how AWFUL it was. During this time my friend says to me " I wanna book a Disney Cruise" Well what is a girl to do....well a Disney nut as myself says" well let me assist you" So she is thinking of joining us here. Won't believe it till its pd. Her DH told her""He doesn't wanna be "stuck" on a boat ;he doesn't wanna deal with someone elses awful children....but he will go to make his kids happy but he will be miserable." I said "oh so your not gonna go?" she said "no I told him ok, so we'll go" They were supposed to go back in 2009 with us and didn't so I am hoping cause her kids would be sooo excited , especially to share the experience with my kids....they are REALLY close. So I am hoping I will be making them magnets for their door to surprise them.

Anyway...how is everyone doing...Mindi leaves I think today or this week on the Dream...hopefully she comes back with info and photos for us! Well off to pack my stuff I sold on ebay. TTFN

 

[australiankaren]

hi there

we were booked on the 2 Oct cruise but due to work we have to pull our cruise forward a week......so we sail 25th sept 2011.

hope you all have a great cruise

 

[dolphingirl47]

hi there

we were booked on the 2 Oct cruise but due to work we have to pull our cruise forward a week......so we sail 25th sept 2011.

hope you all have a great cruise

I am sorry that you won't be able to join us. Have fun on your cruise.

Corinna

 

[Bareacuda]

Good Morning everyone. We are buried in snow!! It has to get nasty before our schools closed and they have closed tues and today. The worst is the snow/ice falling and winds blowing. Alot of people have lost power, thank you Lord for leaving mine on!!! So yesterday my friend and I took the 5 kids swimming at one of our local resorts. It was nice to have them swim for 3 hrs and forget how AWFUL it was. During this time my friend says to me " I wanna book a Disney Cruise" Well what is a girl to do....well a Disney nut as myself says" well let me assist you" So she is thinking of joining us here. Won't believe it till its pd. Her DH told her""He doesn't wanna be "stuck" on a boat ;he doesn't wanna deal with someone elses awful children....but he will go to make his kids happy but he will be miserable." I said "oh so your not gonna go?" she said "no I told him ok, so we'll go" They were supposed to go back in 2009 with us and didn't so I am hoping cause her kids would be sooo excited , especially to share the experience with my kids....they are REALLY close. So I am hoping I will be making them magnets for their door to surprise them.

Anyway...how is everyone doing...Mindi leaves I think today or this week on the Dream...hopefully she comes back with info and photos for us! Well off to pack my stuff I sold on ebay. TTFN

For being in the middle of a desert... it cold here too! Today's hi was 46 ..low is 33 last night.
Too bad we dont have "snow days" cause I want one Stay inside with the fireplace going and several good movies to watch... Im a happy camper

Looks like I'll be making some mags for all of us... cant wait. But first... get my licence! Im hoping for August. Ive done a few chair massages since Tuesday. Wait till next week
Gotta go and study

Ann

 

[beckinoz]

Hi everyone,
Well thanks for all the comments on the photos, Jetta our beagle is 14 weeks. Both the girls are at school and now I have another baby in the house!! She is a super friendly dog and she enjoys people after a long day at work you can just imagine the excitement when everyone comes home.
I'm not sure if you have heard about all the flooding in Brisbane, but my sister's place had 2 foot of water go through it as did my work. While we didn't flood we were house bound for a few days. Lucky hubby does his research so we knew the safest places to buy. Hubby was born in the 1974 floods and his mum has some great tales to tell, my mum however was in Alaska while her family went through the '74 floods so you can imagine her amazement at the whole thing. Brisbane wasn't supposed to flood again after they built the dam.
Hannah has enjoyed her first 2 weeks at school and now thinks we should be at Disney or at least on the cruise...we are doing this trip in her first year of school and school has started....
Good to see more families joining. Skipster you will have a FANTASTIC time. That's why we are coming back.

Counting down
Becky

 

[ForTheLoveOfDCL]

Well our friends are officially booked!! Their kids are really excited. I am sure my friends DH will of course have something to complain about. He's one of those kinda guys. I just hope he doesn't ruin hers and the kids vacation.

Anyhow, I have been selling stuff on ebay the last week. We decided to use it to get Sydney a new bed. Now to make some money for her dance competition trip to Chicago the weekend after Easter. Ok so only 239 days till we board!!! woohoo!!

 

[dolphingirl47]

Well our friends are officially booked!! Their kids are really excited. I am sure my friends DH will of course have something to complain about. He's one of those kinda guys. I just hope he doesn't ruin hers and the kids vacation.

Anyhow, I have been selling stuff on ebay the last week. We decided to use it to get Sydney a new bed. Now to make some money for her dance competition trip to Chicago the weekend after Easter. Ok so only 239 days till we board!!! woohoo!!

I am so glad that your friends can join us.

Corinna

 

[homeboycartel]

After contemplating it for months, we have booked it!

11-B GTY, so we can be excited once again when we find out in Sept where on the boat we are sleeping.

I cannot wait, our 1st cruise!!!!

 

[ForTheLoveOfDCL]

Homeboycartel!!! So excited you are joining us! Thought u fell off the earth. I am always excited when it works out that people can join us. You picked the right crowd to join for your first cruise and first FE. I have cruised with 5 of the families on this thread in 2009 and I have to say we are an awesome crew( tooting our own horn ) I will add you to the FE. I will add you to the bottom of the sheet and when you are assigned your room number I can put you on my list where your stateroom falls.
All I need to know is...names anf ages of the kids at time of sailing. Also since you are joining the FE..let me know allergies if any. That way people don't give people things they are allergic to. I sent you a PM in response to your PM.

Again Welcome aboard the Mexican Mouseketeers cruise!!!!

 

[dolphingirl47]

After contemplating it for months, we have booked it!

11-B GTY, so we can be excited once again when we find out in Sept where on the boat we are sleeping.

I cannot wait, our 1st cruise!!!!

Welcome on board. I am glad that you can join us.

Corinna

 

[disneydiva16]

Welcome Homeboycartel. Glad you can join us!

I have not booked my airfare yet, but looks like I will be going with South West. They are the cheapest so far. We will have to drive to Buffalo from Syracuse but to save all the money we will be saving, we wiil do it. It's about a 2 and a half hour drive. And we will save $800.00.

Now to think of of what I am making for FE gifts. Hmm.....