October 27, 2007 - Cruising around the Moon - A Magical All Hallows Eve Part 2

[tsoccer5]

we actually will be bringing our Disney spinny things with us!
I scored two of them for $1.99 each 4+ years ago!!! and they actually still work and take $1 store AA batteries.... call me cheap, but I will force my kids to reuse the ones we have! I also bring disney stickers, coloring books, etc for the drive down and back all from the $1 store and dis store clearance! I even bring our mickey, minnie, etc stuffed animals from home! call me frugal

I am sure i will do soemthing like that, not sure what yet Dh and i have not discussed it..........BUT i just hate those things, yes hate is a strong word..............but i do i do despise that junk stuff...........

I dont even want them to get that stuff with their money.

We have spinny things that of course are not touched any more form several trips to WDW, and i just cant stand to see them laying around unused!!!!

I guess i willhave to coem up with a plan on money spending for the kids very soon!!!!!!!!!

 

[Kimmielee]

Hi all! I just wanted to introduce myself since my family and I will be with you all cruising around the moon. Cruising will be my DD (6) and my DS (4 turns 5 on oct 30) and myself in one stateroom; my parents and my brother (19) in another stateroom, and my aunt, uncle and cousin in another stateroom. We are really excited about the cruise. We booked cat 12 gty in July and got our stateroom assignments a couple of days ago. We were upgraded to deck 2 side by side mid ship cat 10's, so we are pleased! It will be fun to discuss our cruise excitement together!!

Welcome!!!

Click below for the cruise roster! I've added you and your loverly family!

 

[Kimmielee]

I will also be sailing with you guys. I have a couple questions, what info is there on Halloween activities put on by the ship. Is there a T or T scheduled? Are there costume contests? How about wearing our costumes to dinner?

By the way I will be joined by me wife and our son (10).

Frank

We'll be joining you! Just booked today - sooo last minute, but got a great deal - couldn't resist. This is our 1st cruise. Cruising will be me, my DH, DS(7) and DS(6). We have no reservations for anything, so we'll just wing it! I just have a few questions for now - please help:
What night is formal night?
What night is pirate night?
I heard there was a separate trick or treat for the DISers? Do I need to bring treats?
Can you really bring in a soft sided cooler filled with beer, wine, etc.. as long as there is no ice?
I only have a month to plan and am soooo stressed

More Moonies!!! Yeah!!!! I've added y'all as well!! Click on the Cruising Around the Moon Roster in my siggie!

 

[dizzi]

we actually will be bringing our Disney spinny things with us!
I scored two of them for $1.99 each 4+ years ago!!! and they actually still work and take $1 store AA batteries.... call me cheap, but I will force my kids to reuse the ones we have! I also bring disney stickers, coloring books, etc for the drive down and back all from the $1 store and dis store clearance! I even bring our mickey, minnie, etc stuffed animals from home! call me frugal

LOVE it LOVE it LOVE it!!!!!!

Definitley soemthign iw oudl do!!!!!
And i have doen with the spinny things many times over!!!!!!

BUT this time around i am going to be pushing it to fit all our stuff in the suitcases without all of that!

 

[dizzi]

WELCOME!
WELCOME !
WELCOME!

GLAD to have you aboard!!!!!!

 

[jns]

Welcome to all the new comers

 

[jns]

Cruise roll call here

Cruise Discussions here

Link to cruise tips

Packing guide
Ok here is what we have so far
please PM me if you would like any changes made

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Jackie (JNS) DH DS9 DS16
Leaving from AKL Flying in the night before
Cat 12 GTY free upgrade to a Cat 9
Second dinner seating
Palo , second gathering I hope
Dinner @ 8.30 Monday
Me and DS9 Excursions Golden Eagle Catamaran DH and DS16 Mountain Bike Adventure St Maarten early start @ 7.45 Hoping to take a taxi to the airport beach to see the big planes landing
Whole family Kayak, Hike and Snorkel of Cas Cay @ 8.45 St Thomas ,Sky Ride to Paradise
spa Thursaday @ 2pm, Castaway Cay- rent bikes and lots of beach time
scrapbooking/girlie martini tasting/chatting meet
spending a week at SSR after or BCV if we get the waitlist then a 3 day shopover in NY on the way home



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Kim (Kimmielee) and DS Noah, 8
Leaving from AllStar Movies w/ Vital and her son!
Cat 9
Second dinner seating
Excursions ?????

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Melanie (Disneygrl36) & Eric
Leaving from Wilderness Lodge
Cat 6
Second dinner seating
Excursions---probably Under 2 Flags Tour-St Marteen & Eco hike or St John tour-St John

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Pam (Dreamcruiser 100),DH,DD8
Leaving from some unknown location between Orlando and Port Canaveral
Cat 9 but hoping to maybe upgrade at port
Second dinner seating
Possibly Doubloon and dolphins??

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Sean & Christine
leaving from AKL
Cat 7
First dinner seating
Palo brunch on Sunday
Palo dinner on Monday
Excursions: does shopping count??? Kayak, Hike, and Snorkel of Cas Cay on St Thomas
Stingrays on CC in the morning
Personal Training on Monday morning


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Paula and Ethan (aka vital)
Leaving from ASMOvies with Kim and her son!
Cat 9
Excursions Eco excursion on CC

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howleyfamily
Arrive MCO on 24th, Seaworld on 25th, Discovery cove on 26thMagic on 27th
Cat.#6
...early seating.. Palo on our 22nd annivesary
excursions on st. Marteens Bubbas Fishing for guys...unknown for ladies
excursions on St. Thomas Coral world and tram to top of hill
excursion for Castaway Cay..parasailing

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Penny (Pjpoohbear) DM 59
Leaving from SSR
Cat 11 HCP
First Dinning
Excursions; Paradise Point Tram ~ St. Thomas

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A fat english gent;
Leaving from suite 8034 AND returning to suite 8034...
Cat 3Second dinner seating
Excursions: she who must be obeyed is yet to make up her mind......

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kchartsf (Kimberly) and DH and DD7
Undetermined if we are staying at port or WDW yet on Oct 26
Category 9
Main Seating
Excursions still undetermined due to the fact that we are traveling with a full scale three ring circus of family.
Also sailing with us are:
Mother in Law and Father in Law
Category 9
Main Seating
Sister in Law and Fiance with DS4
Category 9
Main Seating
And Fiance's
Dad and Stepmother
Category 9
Main Seating

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Babs417 Their are 15 of us My daughter Kim3 DS6 DD4 daughter Michi DD12 DS8 DS4
mother-in-law and her sister-in-law her DS12, DD19, herBoyfriend 19
cat.9
Main seating
Leaving from the Raddison.
Going to the beaches & shopping

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Colleen (jordgubben) and Steve
Leaving from a hotel near the airport (we get in at midnight that Friday)
Cat 11
Second dinner seating
Excursions: Golden Eagle Catamaran, St. John Trunk Bay Beach and Snorkel, Serenity Bay on our 5th Anniversary!

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Dizzi LYNN, MIKE
JOE, (DS AGE 14)ALLIE (DD AGE 11)
Driving to Orlando OCTOBER 25thDoing Shamu Dinner OCTOBER 25th
MNSSHP October 26th
reservations for Extended Stay Suites hope to change this!!!!!!!!
Driving self to port and hope to arrive at9:45AM!
CAT6
SECOND SEATING
EXCURSIONS Under 2 Flags tour, St Thomas Island Tour, Sky Ride to Paradise, Castaway Cay Getaway Package, Banana Boat Ride




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ohsodisney Maria, Barry & the girls Mom & Dad
arriving at All Star Movies Wednesday going to sea world on thursday, leaving from ALK.
Early dining
Cat, 9
Palo , first gathering I hope
Excurisions, not to sure yet, but I am thinking
St M, beach or Rhino Riders AGAIN , LOVED them !!!
St Thomas, EchoHike for DH and DAD & Megans Bay for Mom myself and the girls.
Castaway , possibally Parasailing.

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Kathy (kath1210), Denis, Denny (16), Katie (13)
Category 6
Second Seating
Excursions: undecided

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tsoccer5 (aka Trish) - with her DH Tom, DS (J.T. - 6) and DD (Kerry - 5)
Leaving from some hotel between NC and Port Canaveral Saturday morning
Cat 9
Main Seating
St Martin - probably just hitting the beach (might consider a pirate type sail, not sure)
St John - thinking catamaran sail with the kids this time, did it without them last time
Castaway Cay- rent bikes and lots of beach time
Definitely trying to hit Palo twice, brunch Day 2 and dinner last night of cruise maybe(not sure yet),

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Lori aka LoriLuvsDisney (46)
I'm traveling with my husband Mike (47), my daughter Caitlin (that's turns 12 on Halloween) and my son Patrick (10). We're celebrating our 25th Wedding Anniversary!
staying at a hotel near the airport but staying 3 additional nights after at Beach Club Villas.

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Tara (Twicks aka)and soon to be DH (Eric) and soon to be DD (Lauren) from NC
Category: Cheap aka best fare - hehe
First Seating
Excursions: Parasailing; Butterfly Tour; Submarine voyage
Traveling from NC night before and staying at a local hotel with free cruise parking

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Lennie & Al (101DalmFan)
Leaving from Country Inn & Suites
Cat. 9
Main dinner seating
Palo, Sunday night (Oct 28th) -- our 29th wedding anniversary!
Excursions: Under 2 Flags, St. Martin

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Simon UK and girlfriend.
Arrive mco 11pm 24th (flying from Seattle but leaving from Vancouver)
2 days at parks (staying with friends near Bahama Breeze)
Leaving 9:30ish for port- not sure how getting there yet- anyone wanna share a limo/transfer???
Cat 12 room
No Palo at the mo- fully booked ;(
Snorkle at St Maarten
Lots of overindulgence!
Fly home 3rd @6pm.

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Mike (Cheshire Figment)I am at the CM "space available" rate so I will be in a room somewhere between Category 4 and Category 7;
I will find out when I get to the port.
late seating ; once I get to the ship I can then ask to be changed.
St Maarten - Island Drive and Explorer Cruise (SM-05)
St Thomas - Coral World Marine Park land and Sea (ST-34)
I am the "Official Dirty Old Man" on DisMates because I am 67, but I neither look nor act my age.
I would like, if possible, to be added to events, especially meals, where there may be unattached women who would like to meet an older man.

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My DS (11) and I (41) Linda & Evan (aka gizimoto)
second seating for the dining.
Category 12 GTY (hoping/wishing for an upgrade)
Excursions: Plan to do the Sea Trek adventure on St. Thomas.

 

[jns]

Been looking back over some of this thread and came acoss some of our photos so decided to put them all together so we know what we all look like sorry if I missed anyone anyone else like to share
jns OK here we all are at last years MNSSHP

twicks here we are on last year's cruise

dizzi okay here it is thought i would go ahead and ahsare soem i dont think i have put on here! this is the very best picture of us!

Disneygrl36 Our welcome aboard photo from Dec 2006 4 night cruise.

tsoccer5 I will go ahead and post one of the 4 of us

pjpoohbear Me and DM Terry

vital Here we are at Senor Frogs in San Juan (only beer I had) and his drink is a virgin daquiri!

And here we are at the captain's party on formal night. We love to make faces when we get our pics taken!

Kimmielee

DreamCruiser100

Me and DH taking a picture of ourselves

Our Moroccan princess at Epcot

LoriLuvsDisney Here's us: (hopefully)

jordgubben Us strutting the official lime green on our last cruise.

 

[Kimmielee]

Aren't we a great looking bunch of Moonies!!!

 

[dizzi]

I think this may be the picture of My DDs bouquet i made for her while in st louis

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u218/dizzi4disney/100_2724.jpg?t=1190936893

 

[dizzi]

well i wanted to post the picture itself but couldnt get it to work

 

[Disneygrl36]

Wow we are growing by leaps & bounds.........

to all the new cruisers.......come join our arty:

Jackie..........thanks for doing that with the pictures. A great way to see us all together. Hey, in 29 days we will all be together!!!!!!!!!

Love the bouqets Lynn. Beautiful.

for you Cheshire Figment.

 

[jordgubben]

Us strutting the official lime green on our last cruise.

FYI - This is me after two weeks of visiting the tanning salon every other day while DH got his color riding the monorail to baggage claim at the Orlando Airport.

 

[pjpoohbear]

I am still looking for room #s, I have a surprise to leave on all the doors that can get #'s for.

Please PM me your room# and DIS Name. Thanks.

 

[jordgubben]

Since we have so many new folks (not to mention for everyone else's sanity), I thought it might be helpful to post the events for the cruise in one location. PJ had started something in her profile and I'll add this there as well.

For those new folks, pjpoohbear's public profile has become one stop shop for details regarding events on board. As you may have noticed, this is a chatty group so sometimes the who, where, when gets a little hard to follow. You can view a public profile by clicking on someone's username and selecting "View Public Profile".

You'll note that some times and location are missing. If you have the missing information, or notice something is incorrect, please let me know so that I can update it.

Here's what I have:

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DISer Events on Board

Current as of 9/27/07.

Saturday, October 27 - Port Canaveral
DIS Event: 3:00p @ Goofy Pool - DISmeet and group photo

Sunday, October 28 - At Sea
Formal Night
DIS Event: 10:30a @ Palo - Group #2 Brunch (still unconfirmed per jordgubben)
DIS Event: 3:00/3:30p? in Divisions - Scrapbook Swap and/or Martini Tasting

Monday, October 29 - At Sea
DIS Event: 10:30a @ Palo - Group #1 Brunch (still unconfirmed per pjpoohbear)
DIS Event: ??:??p @ ???? - DIS Trick or Treating Scavenger Hunt (please PM DreamCruiser100 to sign up)

Tuesday, October 30 - St. Maarten
Pirate Night
DIS Event: ??:??p in the Atrium - Group Photo of the DIS Pirates

Wednesday, October 31 - St. Thomas
Halloween

Thursday, November 1 - At Sea
Semi-formal Night
DIS Event: ??:?? @ ???? - DISer (Pajamas welcome) Breakfast (just an idea at this point. See pjpoohbears public profile if you're interested)

Friday, November 2 - Castaway Cay
DIS Event: ??:?? at Mount Rustmore (the character heads) - Group Photo

Saturday, November 3 - Port Canaveral
DIS Event: Immediately following debarkation @ Teminal Exit - Friends of Capt. Mickey (DCL Separation Anxiety Support Group)

 

[pjpoohbear]

Can I copy and paste this to the discussion in my profile, that way others can see it when this post slides out of sight?

Ps, the PJ breakfast is not set, yet. Is it something that people really want to do, or it can just be a breakfast meet, Pj's not required.

I have never had breakfast in a dinning room except for the last day and that has always been rushed and so very sad, thought it might be interesting to have a happy breakfast there.

 

[Babs417]

Here we goagain everyone have a great weekend

 

[dizzi]

I think this will be a picture of our new bike

 

[dizzi]

this is a picture of my son being crazy at the Marlins game

 

[dizzi]

this is some of the large ones i did , small ones in back ground