October 25, 2008 Western DD

[shrpgrl]

Hi, back from my Alaska cruise and Disneyland. Great trip and got to relax. Really needed it after the last few weeks at work. Rained most of the trip but hey.. I like rain. I put on my Mickey poncho and away I went. Of course it did not rain in Disneyland. That was the just about the only sun we had.
When I get time next week I will backtrack and catch up on all the posts I've missed. Next trip is Mousefest and then this cruise (unless I can work another in).

 

[NewfieMom]

Hey guys, where is everyone? I'm betting that this time next year we won't be this quiet!

Question - I remember somewhere last year (I believe) seeing excursions for Costa Maya and for the DD stop at Castaway Cay - ie: deals for snorkeling/float rentals for the two days. Does anyone have those? Gee - only have a little over a year left - need to get organized

Valerie

 

[AbbyAnder]

Hi Valerie,

I've been wondering where everyone was - I think it will start to get busy early in the new year...

I can't answer the question about Castaway Cay special rates, but I did want to mention that we might not get to Costa Maya. The port has been severely damaged by Hurricane Dean and it won't be back online until at least mid next year...fingers crossed it is available, we were really looking forward to going (plus I can imagine how the local businesses are suffering not having cruise ships coming in).

 

[michelle9343]

Hey guys, where is everyone? I'm betting that this time next year we won't be this quiet!

Question - I remember somewhere last year (I believe) seeing excursions for Costa Maya and for the DD stop at Castaway Cay - ie: deals for snorkeling/float rentals for the two days. Does anyone have those? Gee - only have a little over a year left - need to get organized

Valerie

We were on the DD last Nov and there were special rates for 2 day rentals on CC. It saved you just a little bit of $. I will see if I can find them. It will be very interesting to see what happens with our cruise. I really hope that Costa Maya will be our port but having already been there I can not imagine them being able to rebuild the pier in 12 months.It took longer then that for Cozumel to rebuild .

 

[NewfieMom]

I realize that Costa Maya probably won't be up and running as a port again by the time we sail next year - but am living in hope - for us and for the people who live in the area . Any idea of what port(s) they are using, or will use, to replace Costa Maya?

Valerie

 

[TotallyAngelic]

HI again!

Not long now (8 days in fact - not like I'm counting) until we can say we
have less than a year until our cruise!

Now I know we will all be celebrating next halloween in a really special way - but what are we all doing THIS halloween - is anyone having a party, attending a party, trick and treating, decorating their homes etc etc?

We are having a party / BBQ at home and inviting lots of family and friends, and I hope to decorate the house with some Halloween decor.

I would love to hear about what everyone else is up to?

 

[Aneille]

I came here to check in. We are looking forward to our trip next October very much.

How are the plans for the group Palo ressies going?

This Halloween we will be in WDW! My Kindergartner is kind of bummed she just realised she will miss the school activities. They have been practicing songs etc.

Just a few more days and we can say we only have 1 year left!

 

[PaDisneyCouple]

HI again!

Not long now (8 days in fact - not like I'm counting) until we can say we
have less than a year until our cruise!

Now I know we will all be celebrating next halloween in a really special way - but what are we all doing THIS halloween - is anyone having a party, attending a party, trick and treating, decorating their homes etc etc?

We are having a party / BBQ at home and inviting lots of family and friends, and I hope to decorate the house with some Halloween decor.

I would love to hear about what everyone else is up to?

We're in full packing mode for our Halloween Magic cruise. Several of our DIS group have started trip reports already. We plan on doing one, but only have a title so far. With some help from DW, we'll try to post pictures in our report. Having this cruise already booked will help with our post-cruise blues.
I did write a poem about getting ready for a cruise. Its on the main board.
Here is the link, if you're interested:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1608784

Sean

 

[TotallyAngelic]

We're in full packing mode for our Halloween Magic cruise. Several of our DIS group have started trip reports already. We plan on doing one, but only have a title so far. With some help from DW, we'll try to post pictures in our report. Having this cruise already booked will help with our post-cruise blues.
I did write a poem about getting ready for a cruise. Its on the main board.
Here is the link, if you're interested:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1608784

Sean

Thats a brilliant poem by the way! I am very impressed! I am looking forward to reading all the trip reports from this year's Halloween cruisers, and after reading the pre-trip reports it looks like they are going to make great reading - something to help me throught the gloomy and dismal British winter!

Only 1 year and 5 days until we are on board the Magic! Now that's giving me a warm fuzzy feeling already!!!!

 

[shrpgrl]

Well this Halloween I have to work 7pm-7am. Bummer. I bought candy for my family to give out but I can bet they say we don't have any trick-or -treaters.Probably my fault for getting Reeses p-butter cups since it is their favorite

 

[TotallyAngelic]

Well this Halloween I have to work 7pm-7am. Bummer. I bought candy for my family to give out but I can bet they say we don't have any trick-or -treaters.Probably my fault for getting Reeses p-butter cups since it is their favorite

I adore Reece's Peanut Butter cups - and particularly the Nutrageous bar! I would say these are my favourite American confectionery and we always grab some of these when we go to Florida. It's a good job we don't have access to them all the time or I would have serious problems resisting them !!!

 

[Midwest Cruisers]

We just returned recently from our first Disney Cruise which set sail 10-06-07-Keys/Cayman/Cozumel/CC. This will be my 4th cruise but 2nd with Disney! We were so impressed with Disney that we booked another cruise onboard. Loved Castaway Cay so wanted to double dip. We were surprised our 2yr old did so well on the cruise. We are VERY happy that she will be 3 at the time of this cruise and will be able to be in the club and not the nursery- hated having to reserve the time- would have been nice to drop off when we wanted!

Cruising will be my DH- Rob, myself- Laura, DS- Ryan 5(at cruise time), DD-Kara 3. We are CAT 6 Cabin 7552 second dining. Hopefully 2nd dining will work out this time- we were 1st seating last time and hated the shows being so late.

Our last DIS group met at the Promenade Lounge wearing buttons ordered from Zazzle- copyright issues so very plain. We also gathered for a breakfast in Luminiers and gathered as a group for margarita tasting.

The best thing we did was organize a cabin tour. Between all of us we had each category except 1 and 3 available. The Cat 2 was amazing! Maybe we could organize something like this - would love to see a cat 3! It is much better than just seeing pictures!

Palos was great and such a bargain at $10 versus the prices of other cruiselines for their specialty restaurants! We ate dinner 2x's there and one brunch- all spectacular!

I will PM Janice and Virginia -cant wait to see the webpage!

 

[Spotdude]

We are going on this cruise also. We were on the Nov. 11 2006 dd. We renwed our vows. on that cruise. We had such a good time going twice to cc that we want to do it again.
Devin

 

[TotallyAngelic]

Welcome to SpotDude and Midwest Cruisers -
I can see this rebooking thing is going to be hard to resist!

 

[suziemva]

Welcome to you both! Glad you both could join the cruise!

 

[Midwest Cruisers]

I cannot believe how many pages you have all accumulated! When I booked a cruise a year from now I didnt expect to have as many pages to navigate through! Great job!

ulittletinker- great job on the logo- I have already printed it as a door magnet and it came out great! We are interested in Tshirts as well if you are still doing those.

dznyacct
disneybride96
shrpgrl- I lived in Indianapolis for over 14 years! Loved it there! Go Colts!!

slindamood- My husband and I grew up in Ohio and currently live in Toledo. My brother graduated from Ohio State and still lives in Columbus. Forever and always- Go Buckeyes!!!!

Cant wait to meet you all! Hopefully there will be some more meeting areas as I am sure by now the Palo's group has already booked their 20 something group. (Cant believe we have come across something that is already booked 1year in advance )

 

[dizney-cruiser]

We are going on this cruise also. We were on the Nov. 11 2007 dd. We renwed our vows. on that cruise. We had such a good time going twice to cc that we want to do it again.
Devin

S P O T D U D E !!!

Check your calendar! You renewed your vows on the 11/11/2006 cruise! I remember cuz everytime I saw you on the ship I yelled "SPOTDUDE!"

I'm hoping that wasn't a bad memory for you and you now change your date

See you on board!

 

[michelle9343]

We are going on this cruise also. We were on the Nov. 11 2007 dd. We renwed our vows. on that cruise. We had such a good time going twice to cc that we want to do it again.
Devin

WELCOME SPOTDUDE AND FAMILY!!!! We are so happy to be cruising with you all again!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[miztigg]

hi everyone
me and my DH are currently booked on the EB repo but we are talking about switching to this cruise
our kids werent booked with us on the repo and we were felling guilty leaving them home for 15 days and with that cruise being sold out we couldnt get a room big enough and it is a small fortune for that trip
my TA is away till 11/8 so i prob be booking then
it will be me DH my DS12 and my DD,s both 5 at the time of the trip
i sailed with stewy on my last cruise and she was awesome she really help mr out booking ressies for palos
looking forward to meeting everyone!!!
rita

 

[disneybride96]

disneybride96
shrpgrl- I lived in Indianapolis for over 14 years! Loved it there! Go Colts!!

I like the Colts, but I have to say that we are watching "Dancing With The Stars" tonight before turning to the football game. We love our Indy racer Helio! Oh...and sorry about the Buckeye connection , but glad to see ya one the cruise!