OCTOBER 23RD 2005 - 4-Day Wonder - 102305 - 10232005 - 20051023

[3boysmomma]

Kris, no we have never stayed at PoR. We stayed at POFQ for our honeymoon 10 years ago and loved it. We love the idea of taking to boat to DTD especially since my parents will be with us and not going into the parks everyday with us the resort gives them a lot of options to keep themselves busy. Plus, with allowing 5 in a room it is perfect for our family

 

[Admiral Boom]

What do you all think about meeting at Grills for dinner around 4pm on 10/22 ? That way we can see the magic off and meet each other

 

[keef22]

We actually have plans for dinner the night before. We're spending our first night at "home" at SSR and we're meeting an old high school friend of mine at the new Irish Pub at DTD. Hopefully, they have some good tunes going on that night!

...but we should definitely have a meet on board, sometime.

 

[lissisuarez]

when we book online for excursions, do we pay before our trip or do they put it in our cruise bill to be pay at the end of the cruise?

 

[Henlady]

Admiral
I wish I could shout a resounding "YES", however I'm planning on going to Mass at 4:00pm so we can be sure to be at port early on Sunday morning and I know DH and our friends B & S won't be ready to eat until around 6:30 or 7:00. I will definately be on the lookout for you and your DW at Port. I will give you all a description of me and what I'll be wearing closer to that time, that way hopefully you'll be able to "recognize" me (it won't be difficult - I'm 6ft tall)and feel free to come up and say "HI". I will look forward to it. Maybe we could all get away for a few minutes on Sunday evening for a get together after meals and shows are out of the way, because I'm sure everyone will be busy before that.

Kris

50 days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary Tour - 4 night Wonder cruise and a few days at PO-R

 

[Admiral Boom]

when we book online for excursions, do we pay before our trip or do they put it in our cruise bill to be pay at the end of the cruise?

As long as it's a *Disney* excursion, you pay for it at the end of (or during if you make payments as you go like we do sometimes in cash) your cruise.

 

[Admiral Boom]

Admiral
I wish I could shout a resounding "YES", however I'm planning on going to Mass at 4:00pm so we can be sure to be at port early on Sunday morning

No problem. Well it's an open invitation to everyone then. DW and I are having dinner at Grills at 4pm on the 22nd so we can see the Magic off! Anyone wants to join us, please do!

What night has everyone booked for PALO? DW and I are on the first night (sofar) at 8:00pm. What about everyone else?

 

[Henlady]

Hi All
Just a little Info on "our cruise". I've been checking out the DCL site to see just how crowded the cruise will be. As of yesterday, there are: 9 open category 4 rooms, 22 in category 5, Cat 6 and 7 have been GTY for about a month, 15 in category 8, 26 in category 9, 26 in category 10, category 11 has been GTY for about 2 weeks.
I know, by now you all think I am totally nuts, and have nothing better to do, but I just get curious about things like that.

See you all in 45 days.

Kris

43 days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary Tour - 4 nights on the Wonder and a few days at PO-R

 

[Admiral Boom]

Cat's 1-2-3 are sold out.

 

[Henlady]

I didn't know about Category 1, 2 & 3 being booked up. They are not listed on the DCL site. Oh well, as long as they don't "upgrade" me to a Category 9 from my SPH room I'll be happy where I am.

Kris


42 days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary Tour - 4 nights on the Wonder and a few days at PO-R

 

[lissisuarez]

I don't know about all of you, but I am getting worry about all these Hurricanes. We have 6 more weeks to go and I am getting very nervious about having a Hurricane when we leave.

Anybody else concerned?

 

[Henlady]

Hi Lissisuarez,
I know what you mean about being concerned about the possibility of hurricanes. But take comfort in knowing that the time "we" are all going is toward the end of the Hurricane season. Late August and September are usually highly active times for hurricanes. Disney Cruise Line as well as other cruise lines do not put their passangers in danger. If there is a chance of a hurricane, they will divert the scheduled cruise path to keep us out of harms way. We may end up with an altered schedule, but we'll still have fun. On the outside chance that there would be bad weather, we can all get together somewhere on the ship and keep each other company. Fear is easier to conquor in the company of others.

A favorite pastor once expressed that "worry is a non-productive and destructive pass time. If you do not have control over a situation, worry does not help or change things. If you do have control of a situation, don't worry about it, do something to change or rectify it". I have tried to follow this bit of advice and found that it is very true and comforting.

Kris

42 days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary Tour - 4 nights on the Wonder and a few days at PO-R

 

[Dwingate]

Hey, first time on a cruise, it's actually a honeymoon trip. We are doing the Land and Sea trip so we are flying in on 10-20-05. I went to WDW 2 yrs ago and had a great time. My future wife is a little worried if I have made the right choice. She has never been there been and I have been talking it up alot. She was thinking Vegas or something more adult driven, but she has all the Disney movies, so I hope she like it.

We are staying in Cat.7 somewhere, they said we would not know exactly till we board, which scares me. Its been fun to read everything on these boards, and hope the weather works with us.

 

[Henlady]

Welcome Dwingate!

We're looking forward to our first cruise too. It should be a fun time.
Congratulations on your upcoming marriage. I believe we have another newly wed couple on this cruise too.

Kris


40 days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary Tour - 4 nights on the Wonder and a few days at PO-R

 

[Dwingate]

Hey,

1. Where did you find the web site saying how full the ship was?

2. What does 'GTY" stand for? I'm new, took me an hour to figure out "MNSHHP" was! Will there be any type of Halloween paty on the ship?

3. "full of questions aren't I?" Just one more i promise, for now. I thought I saw some where that "certified birth certificate" was amble. Did i read wrong?

I cant want to go, we just got our "GF resort" suite locked in I think according to our TA.

Dave

 

[Henlady]

Dwingate:
There is no site that specifically states that a ship is full or not, you just have to do some research on your cruise and the different categories on the Disney Cruise Line Site. I started checking a month or so ago and kept a list of the rooms available and removed them as they "disappeared" from the DCL site.

GTY means a Guarantee stateroom. You book a specific category, but not a specific stateroom. If they "oversell" a category they will upgrade people who booked to a higher category. Say I book a GTY Category 6 and they oversell the number of category 6's, so either I or another cruiser will be given a category 3, 4, or 5 stateroom. You will definately have a stateroom, and the "lowest" category stateroom you are assigned will be the category you booked, you may get lucky and get bumped up to a higher category. Hopefully that isn't too confusing.

A certified birth certificate (one issued by the state you were born in) along with a state/government issued picture ID (ie...drivers license) is what is needed for the cruise. Make sure that the Birth Certificate is official, and not one issued by a hospital - those won't work. Also, from what I have read on these boards since your new wife probably won't have a drivers license issued in her married name yet, you may want to take along the marriage license if she was booked under her "married" name for the cruise.

DH & I got passports so I wouldn't have to worry about original birth certificates, etc....

Good luck with all those wedding plans.

Kris

39 days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary Tour - 4 nights on the Wonder and a few days at PO-R

 

[Dwingate]

Henlady,

Thanks for your reply, was just wondering.

On a personal note: This is both of ours second go around, and neither of us wish to have another big wedding, "been there, done that".

I have not been to WDW for two years and I'm really looking for to it. I'm self-employed and I'm driving my fiance crazy too with all my looking up stuff on the web. Everyday I'm telling her something new, and I just booked last week, in another month or so, she will be like "alright all ready".

I did not see your room number but would love to meet up with you and have a "coke" or something together if you would like. If not, that is fine as well.

Dave

 

[Henlady]

Hey Dwingate (Dave) - DH and I are in 5024 and our "bestest" friends are next door to us. I'm sure we would enjoy getting together, for a "coke" (I'll probably have a little rum in mine). I know that Admiral Boom(a fellow Diser) and his DW would like to meet up also. We will definately have to get something planned.

DH is used to my planning after 30 years. He loves going to WDW and when I suggested a cruise he jumped at the idea. He's always asking "what's new on your boards". Actually, Disney World was the first major trip we took together(besides the honeymoon).

Kris

39 days till we leave for our 30th Anniversary Tour - 4 nights on the Wonder and a few days at PO-R

 

[keef22]

Hey Henlady, We're just down the hall (okay, we're WAY DOWN beyond the clubs) from you! Stateroom 5134...

One month, one week!

 

[lissisuarez]

does anyone knows how long is the Golden Mickey Show? We will be attending the show at 8.30 since we have early seating, are we going to have enough time to make it to the pirate party? 5 more weeks to go but who is counting