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

[ForTheLoveOfDCL]

Hey Mouseketeers!! Anyone out there....Woohoo! Well unfortunately we lost Terri to a cruise with Andrea on the Dream B2B. I hope Terri and Andrea have a ball but they will be missed!!

So anything new with everyone? We work work work here. Nelia has been ill since before Xmas. Sinus infection but unfortunately being allergic to penicillan makes treating infection hard and limits your normal med choices! So now she's on a strong med and we hope it kicks the sinus infections butt.

Well after calling Disney to ask about our vacation insurance and how long I had to cancel it, I asked a few other questions. It seems that excursions for the Mexican Rviera should be available sometime this summer. I am excited to research and decide on something good and then research and see what others have said about that excursion. I am hoping we can do a dolphin excursion but looking on other cruise lines and on the dolphin places personal sites..It seems that they are more expensive then the places on the western cruise. I guess we'll see.
I found some clearance tops for dinner that I may save for the cruise, depends cause I like them. Usually if I hide them in a tote--outta site outta mind, which is how I end up with a whole new wardrobe for all 4 of us! Already found stuff for the girls too!

Well I am off to figure out what I making for 4 little girls. Nelia has her best friends who happen to be twins over so it's girl girl girls in this house right now

Have a wonderful day!!
Michelle

 

[BigRed1]

Hey Y'all!! What's going on?!?!? I know it's still early, but I need something to divert my attention from Facebook!! Finally past Christmas, been winding down for a few weeks. February is a big month again for us with Valentines and several family birthdays. We were thinking of going to Key West for spring break, but the friends we were going with decide to go to Vegas. I'm saving my Vegas trip for October & hopefully a Jimmy Buffett concert @ MGM!!(yes, I'm a Parrothead!) We may just hang around here this spring, maybe a long weekend to the mountains or maybe the Gulf coast....haven't been to Seaside lately... hummmmm.... Don't know what it is, I'm just drawn to water. The local lakes just don't cut it either, gotta be blue water!!

 

[disneydiva16]

Hello everyone! Just checking in myself. Not much of anything new and exciting going on with me. Just waiting for our cruise to hurry up and get here.

Anything new with anyone else? Michelle how about you? Do you have anything you want to share with the group? Ya know....like anything you've been DREAMing of? OK just checking lol.

Well, I guess I will chat with you all later!!!

 

[ForTheLoveOfDCL]

OK Robin is a tatal(SP) tale!!!!! I was slightly swayed to look and maybe book the Dream and go with Andrea, Teri, and Laura for aB2B. I was a bit worried about the air to CA....So anyhow after weighing the pros/cons we have decided that we are staying on this cruise. All of you were definately a PRO!!! I mean Kim I couldn't get a better neighbor!!! Also it is so nice for the girls that they have "friends" on the cruise already!!
So Robin stop narking on me!! Nitches get stitches!!!

Today is Nelia's birthday BIG 6!!! Well she's excited cause she got a DS lite so her birthday is the best ever...well that's what she said...LOL until next yr!!
Off to get the kids on the bus...TTFN
Michelle

 

[kpflillirpf]

Hi everyone! I certainly hope everyone is doing well. I wanted to share some bad news. We will not be going on this cruise with you all now. Our lives are kinda up in the air right now. Our financial status is not good and Richard is probably going to lose his job soon. We are in the process of tightening up our budget in a huge way and we're trying to prepare for a job change for him (which will most likely mean a major move). In tightening up our budget we had to let go of the cruise. We can't afford to pay even $10 a month toward the cruise right now and to also have to pay airfare to California and hotel for at least one night it just wasn't remotely possible.

I am certainly going to miss each and every one of you and believe me when I say that I've been crying over this. But I have to look at the reality of life right now and I have to make the right decision. We aren't even going to reschedule right now. We're going to wait and see what comes our way over the next year.

I do hope I can continue to keep up with those of you who are on Facebook as you have become great friends. I'm glad to have had the opportunity to meet you all. I pray that we will sail together again sometime!

Your Pal!!! Kristi

 

[ForTheLoveOfDCL]

Kristi....OMG I am so sad!! In my debate of doing the dream over doing the Mexican Riviera , you were one of my reasons to stay on the Wonder!! I am so sorry you won't be joining us!!!! I hope that that may change in the next year and a half!! I will be thinking of your family and hope everything works out for Richard and Ur family!!

 

[kpflillirpf]

Michelle - I'm so incredibly bummed. But I knew I had to be smart and make the right choices (as much as I hated them). There was nothing I could remove/stop spending $$ on to be able to put toward the cruise. Unfortunately a few things just truly hit us hard and fast. And, with Richard's job up in the air it just didn't seem a smart move at this time. If things change and life gets to where we have the extra funds you can bet we'll be back! Thanks for caring! Me

 

[kpflillirpf]

Hey all. I forgot to mention to those of you who are on Facebook with me to please be careful. If you wish to chat with me regarding anything that I've shared here I'd appreciate it if you did so in a private message to me. Thanks so much! With all the junk going on it just would add misery to my poor husband if he had to deal with his job on a different level. Better to have the upper hand than not at all. Take care! Kristi

 

[dolphingirl47]

Hi everyone! I certainly hope everyone is doing well. I wanted to share some bad news. We will not be going on this cruise with you all now. Our lives are kinda up in the air right now. Our financial status is not good and Richard is probably going to lose his job soon. We are in the process of tightening up our budget in a huge way and we're trying to prepare for a job change for him (which will most likely mean a major move). In tightening up our budget we had to let go of the cruise. We can't afford to pay even $10 a month toward the cruise right now and to also have to pay airfare to California and hotel for at least one night it just wasn't remotely possible.

I am certainly going to miss each and every one of you and believe me when I say that I've been crying over this. But I have to look at the reality of life right now and I have to make the right decision. We aren't even going to reschedule right now. We're going to wait and see what comes our way over the next year.

I do hope I can continue to keep up with those of you who are on Facebook as you have become great friends. I'm glad to have had the opportunity to meet you all. I pray that we will sail together again sometime!

Your Pal!!! Kristi

Hi Kristi,
I am so sorry to hear that you are probably not joining us. I am not willing to completely give up on you yet, though. The cruise is still nearly two years away. You never know, the job change might actually work out for the better and you might be able to rejoin us at a later stage. You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.

Well, I am still here even though I rarely have time for the DISBoards nowadays, but I am always with you in spirit. The last few months have been interesting to say the least.

We are considering booking the first Med cruise this year. They have a very good price for category 12 cabins for that cruise and of course Barcelona is not too far away for us. I have the vacation time booked, but something is stopping me from emailing DU to transfer our February 2011 Eastern Caribbean Cruise, which we definitely will not be going on to this one. I don't really know why I am even hesitating.

I also still have not got around to adding DH to this cruise. I am teasing him mercilessly that I will be going by myself. He does not see the funny side of this at all.

Corinna

 

[ForTheLoveOfDCL]

I too have bad news to report....most of you have been told due to FB contact but for those that are not on FB. WE will not be taking this cruise. When booking onboard we didn't consider the outrageous costs in airfare. And I have done alot of research and basically I can save 600-1200 in air by going to Florida instead. We have decided to do just that and are gonna join a few other dreamers by doing a B2B on the dream this same week. The kids are excited cause they have seen photos of the clubs, and aqua duck, plus really wanted to go to MNSSHP again and it's definately not the same in CA. So I hope you all have a great time and I will so miss my Dreamers!! Maybe our paths will cross again on another Disney cruise and we have FB =)

Michelle

 

[BigRed1]

Happy March cruise fans!! And bring on the spring! We have had an unusually snowy and cold winter this year and we are ready for spring! It was the 11th coldest winter on record and the coldest in 30 years. Before I get in trouble, it's on to cruise business! It's sad to see some our cruise friends leaving for various reasons. I wish you the best and hopefully things will turn around for everyone & the country as a whole. It would appear we need a new list-keeper since Michelle had the website with the list on it. I am willing if no one else is interested. If I keep the list, I would use email instead of a website. I have a list template I have used on other cruise threads. I can make it either a Word document or an Excel file. Excel is easier but, most everyone has Word now, and if you don't have either one, I can save it as a pdf so you can see it using Adobe Reader. How this would work is, anyone wanting to be on the list can send me an email, (details later) and I add them to the list, then email an updated list to everyone periodically. I would be delighted to keep the list, or if someone else would rather do it on a website, that's OK too!! SO, what is everyone's preference?

 

[ForTheLoveOfDCL]

Have fun being list keeper! But just to let you know the cruise has lost 2 other cruisers Robin (disneydiva) and Norma(2pirates&princess) couldn't bear to cruise without me so they have bailed as well!! Dreamers stick together.....Kim u coming too???? Carol?....wedding on the Dream...hmmmmm sounds good!!

 

[dolphingirl47]

Happy March cruise fans!! And bring on the spring! We have had an unusually snowy and cold winter this year and we are ready for spring! It was the 11th coldest winter on record and the coldest in 30 years. Before I get in trouble, it's on to cruise business! It's sad to see some our cruise friends leaving for various reasons. I wish you the best and hopefully things will turn around for everyone & the country as a whole. It would appear we need a new list-keeper since Michelle had the website with the list on it. I am willing if no one else is interested. If I keep the list, I would use email instead of a website. I have a list template I have used on other cruise threads. I can make it either a Word document or an Excel file. Excel is easier but, most everyone has Word now, and if you don't have either one, I can save it as a pdf so you can see it using Adobe Reader. How this would work is, anyone wanting to be on the list can send me an email, (details later) and I add them to the list, then email an updated list to everyone periodically. I would be delighted to keep the list, or if someone else would rather do it on a website, that's OK too!! SO, what is everyone's preference?

Thanks for offering to keep the list. This cruise seems so far away as we have two cruises in between.

Have fun being list keeper! But just to let you know the cruise has lost 2 other cruisers Robin (disneydiva) and Norma(2pirates&princess) couldn't bear to cruise without me so they have bailed as well!! Dreamers stick together.....Kim u coming too???? Carol?....wedding on the Dream...hmmmmm sounds good!!

Oh, this is a real shame. I was really looking forward to having loads of familiar faces around for our vow renewal. Oh well, it simply was not meant to be. We are definitely sticking with the Wonder. The Magic is my favourite ship, but DH prefers to Wonder. So after 3 cruises in a row on the Magic, he has deserved to spend a week on his favourite ship. I am curious about the Dream, but we both hate Nassau with a passion so nothing would possess us to go there twice again (we did this in 2008 when we did the 5 Night Special Cruise on the Magic followed by a 4 night cruise on the Wonder). I am expecting that the Dream will switch to 7 night cruises in 2012 and then we will be first in line for a cruise on the Dream.

Corinna

 

[kimmcbee]

Ok just checkin in with everyone. We have added Mom to our cruise, booked her yesterday. She is very excited.
We are in full swing between baseball and soccer. DSKyle playes baseball for his high school, DSHunter is playing soccer for his school, and DSMichael will be playing rec baseball this year. guess we will have a busy spring.
Hope everyone is doing well. Will check in later
Kim

 

[dolphingirl47]

Hi Kim,
nice to know that at least some familiar faces are still on this cruise. Has your mum cruised before?

I am trying to get organized for two cruises this year. Once they are over, I will spend some more time on here.

Corinna

 

[kimmcbee]

Corinna-
Yes, mom has crfuised several times, but like us this will be the first Mexician Riveria. She is very excited. She has been on the Magic 2 of the 3 times with us. None of us have been on the wonder. Glad to see you will be joining us again!
Off to get boys up for school, and then off to work. Have a great day.
Kim

 

[dolphingirl47]

Corinna-
Yes, mom has crfuised several times, but like us this will be the first Mexician Riveria. She is very excited. She has been on the Magic 2 of the 3 times with us. None of us have been on the wonder. Glad to see you will be joining us again!
Off to get boys up for school, and then off to work. Have a great day.
Kim

We have only been on the Wonder once. The cruise on the Wonder was the first cruise that we booked, but ended up the second cruise that we went on. Although we both love both ships, I have a slight preference for the Magic and DH for the Wonder. After doing three cruises in a row on the Magic, it is only fair that he will get a cruise on the Wonder.

It will also be nice to spend some time in Southern California hopefully both before and after the cruise. We have not been there since 2006.

Corinna

 

[BigRed1]

Hey All!
Good to see some life on the board! I know it's still early, so I haven't been in a hurry to get the list started. BUT, to get it started, I need a little info from y'all!!
This is how the list thing works….. You may provide any, all or part of the following:

Dis Name-
Email address-
Adults name, age, occupation & pirate name- If you don’t have a pirate name, click here if you want one: (http://www.piratequiz.com/)
Kids first names & ages- (so they will know of others their age)
Early or late dinner seating-
Stateroom number-
Hometown-
Where you are staying night before the cruise – (in case we have several people @ same place, we can have a dis-meet or pool party the night before)
Any special occasion while cruising-

And I will put it on the list! It is up to you how much information you choose to provide. The list in MS Word format. If you don’t have MS Word, I can send it so you can view it in Adobe Reader. It will be a jumbled up mess if you try to open it in Notepad or Wordpad. If you would like to be on the list, PM me your info, or use the email link in my signature and put “Cruise List” in the subject line. Once the list is made, I will send it as an attachment to the email address you provide for the list. The list will be updated as I receive changes or additions. (once a week or so as needed) If I get something wrong, please don’t hesitate to let me know. I will try to fix it on the next update. If after you see the list, and you have any ideas or suggestions, let me know.

 

[dolphingirl47]

Hey All!
Good to see some life on the board! I know it's still early, so I haven't been in a hurry to get the list started. BUT, to get it started, I need a little info from y'all!!
This is how the list thing works….. You may provide any, all or part of the following:

Dis Name-
Email address-
Adults name, age, occupation & pirate name- If you don’t have a pirate name, click here if you want one: (http://www.piratequiz.com/)
Kids first names & ages- (so they will know of others their age)
Early or late dinner seating-
Stateroom number-
Hometown-
Where you are staying night before the cruise – (in case we have several people @ same place, we can have a dis-meet or pool party the night before)
Any special occasion while cruising-

And I will put it on the list! It is up to you how much information you choose to provide. The list in MS Word format. If you don’t have MS Word, I can send it so you can view it in Adobe Reader. It will be a jumbled up mess if you try to open it in Notepad or Wordpad. If you would like to be on the list, PM me your info, or use the email link in my signature and put “Cruise List” in the subject line. Once the list is made, I will send it as an attachment to the email address you provide for the list. The list will be updated as I receive changes or additions. (once a week or so as needed) If I get something wrong, please don’t hesitate to let me know. I will try to fix it on the next update. If after you see the list, and you have any ideas or suggestions, let me know.

Again thanks for doing this. I have to go to work in a minute, but I will send you the information over the weekend.

Corinna

 

[BigRed1]

Again thanks for doing this. I have to go to work in a minute, but I will send you the information over the weekend.

Corinna

No problem, and no rush! Going to the mountains this weekend anyway!