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

[Kimmielee]

OK, I think I'm going to do the Doubloon sailing/snorkling tour with DS. He's really into pirates right now and with the next POTC coming out next summer, I think he'd really enjoy this. The boat looks really cool, like the black pearl, only not black. Can you tell the Benadryl is kicking in?

Noah is so into the whole pirate thing too! I managed to find all of the characters for POTC2 and disneyshopping.com has a TON of cool stuff out. I'm going to redo his bedroom with all the pirate bedding, lamp, etc... to get rid of the Buzz Lightyear stuff he's outgrown.

 

[vital]

Noah is so into the whole pirate thing too! I managed to find all of the characters for POTC2 and disneyshopping.com has a TON of cool stuff out. I'm going to redo his bedroom with all the pirate bedding, lamp, etc... to get rid of the Buzz Lightyear stuff he's outgrown.

I did Ethan's room in sports after I changed it from his nursery. It's painted a football brown and has a sports border with sports bedding. I wish I hadn't put that border up, I could easily do pirates with the brown. Oh well. I just figured he wouldn't outgrow sports anytime soon!

What a good idea about the coloring book and invitation! I'll have to keep that in mind. We are only staying one night at POFQ for now due to cost . I was hoping to stay at a value but the DCL doesn't pick up there and it'd be a pain in the rump to lug all the luggage to POFQ to be picked up. Maybe I'll win the 86million powerball tonight and not have to worry anymore! Hmm, I wonder if I could rent the entire boat for a DIS cruise if I won? Now THAT would be cool!

I'm off to shop for school supplies and have to clean this wreck of a house today. If y'all haven't tried those Mr Clean erasers to clean with, they do a good job. I clean my grout on my tile floor with them! All you do is add water and rinse everynow and then. Very easy.

See ya later!

 

[vital]

Holy Cow Batman! We were almost on the second page!

Could someone explain to me the customs protocol in St Martin? I've been reading that it is horrible and begins at 0600! GASP! I like to get up early on cruises, but that is rediculous! I wonder if they'll give out complimentary bloody marys to calm everyone's nerves

 

[Babs417]

Does everyone have to be their at 6:00?

 

[Kimmielee]

I've not heard about this, however... I have heard that Non U.S. Citizens do have to do things differently with customs, at times. Not sure why...

 

[pjpoohbear]

Holy Cow Batman! We were almost on the second page!

Could someone explain to me the customs protocol in St Martin? I've been reading that it is horrible and begins at 0600! GASP! I like to get up early on cruises, but that is rediculous! I wonder if they'll give out complimentary bloody marys to calm everyone's nerves

St. Thomas, and yeah I think it is like 6:30 am for most of us. The US citizens generally head to Walt Disney theatre and the rest of us to Rockin D bar. They do put out coffee, juice and pastries, lol.

Pj

 

[vital]

Is it b/c we went to St Martin first and that is considered a foreign country and then we are going to St Thomas which is considered "american" and we have to re-enter? Does that mean on day of departure we don't have to go through customs or do we have to do it again in PC?
Shew, that's a lot of customizing!

By the way, I have made my mind up about the doubloon sail/snorkel trip. When can we start booking excursions?

And what about the brunch? How do we go about doing that?

I read about a character breakfast! I was unaware of it until I read it last night. Is it free? Do you have a set day or do you have to schedule it also?

I know, a lot of questions, but it rained all day yesterday and I sat right here reading all I can about the cruise!

I think since i'm officially booked, I'm a "little" more excited~

 

[Hockeychic]

Hey everyone!!!!!!

Yup we cleared customs in Rockin Bar D after St Martin and then at the end of the cruise we cleared customs again in the Disney Theater but this is for NON US citizens.

Character Breaky is free.....you will get your assigned time and day when you get on the ship.

If you have cruised with DCL before you can book at 90 days out if this is your first it is 75 days out.and I suggest doing it as soon as the time and day opens up... which is 3:00AM EST...

Any other questions as away I think quite a few of us have cruised DCL before so should be able to answer your questions.

DD's party went very well....glad it is over for another year.

Off to watch the news.....have a great night all.

Kim

 

[Kimmielee]

I think since i'm officially booked, I'm a "little" more excited~

Paula, just wait until you book your airfare! Then... when you pay in full... then ... when you get to book your excursions! It just keeps getting better!

Kim2 and I will work on booking Palo for a Ladies Brunch (and anyone else that has cruised before)... we are hoping to have all of us Ladies enjoy a brunch together!

Well, I got MOST of my cleaning done. I left the floors for next weekend but did a lot of chucking of junk just sitting around... I love when I can purge the useless things from my house!

Hope everyone had a GREAT weekend... a week from Thursday and my Dad comes into town and three weeks from Friday and I'm off to Chicago!

 

[Babs417]

Hi. Well today was KimSues B-Day and her DD B-Day party. We all had a good time.How many more days till our cruise?

 

[Kimmielee]

Happy Belated Birthday KimSue and DD!!!

 

[LoriLuvsDisney]

Just checking in! I had to go back to about page 19 to read everything I missed. I see we dropped one cruiser and got another. Welcome Vital!

It's been so hot here that I haven't dared stayed inside long enough to check messages etc. on the pc, because the room my desk is in is very cozy during the winter but hot as H-E double toothpicks this past week. And I live right out side of San Francisco where as Mark Twain is quoted as saying (but apparently he didn't) "the coldest winter I ever spent was the July I spent in San Francisco!"

Anyhow, I keep googling and finding things to add to my piles of things to look at for this cruise. I sure wish it was 4 months away instead of 15! At least I can truly pay it off before I go!

I've got Disneyland to go to in 4 weeks. I'm looking forward to the POTC. It'll be my 3rd trip to a disney park in their 50 year celebration. I did DL last November, WDW in April and now DL again.

Take care everyone!

 

[Babs417]

Hi Lori Welcome Im glad someone else is up late everyone goes to bed early its hard to keep this on page one. I guess its not really late in the West. How many people are going with you on the cruise?

 

[LoriLuvsDisney]

Hi Lori Welcome Im glad someone else is up late everyone goes to bed early its hard to keep this on page one. I guess its not really late in the West. How many people are going with you on the cruise?

I'm on the list, but I'll give you some more. There's me, I'm 45 now and since you start counting backwards, I'll be 44 when we go on the cruise (LOL). My hubby is 46, my DD is 10 and will turn 12 on Halloween on the cruise. My son will be 10 by cruise time. We are celebrating my 25th wedding anniversary while on the cruise (it's actually on the 23rd, but close enough) and my DD's birthday. This will also be our first cruise! Don't know if I'll get to visit wdw on this trip, since I'm already taking the kids out of school for at least 6 days having to come from the west coast on Friday just in case....

But I've got Disneyland in a few weeks! I'll probably do DL next summer too!

 

[vital]

I got the cruise planning dvd in mail today and DS almost had a stroke when we were watching it. He was begging to go on the cruise. I'm still trying to keep it a secret! It's killing me, but I'm going to try dadgummit! The only thing is I've reserved a CAT 11 and he really wants a window. I'd like to have a window also. When is the last time you can change rooms? Is it worth it to spend the extra $$$ on a window? All of my other cruises have had windows and I'm getting a little anxious about not having one. Someone help me

 

[Kimmielee]

I got the cruise planning dvd in mail today and DS almost had a stroke when we were watching it. He was begging to go on the cruise. I'm still trying to keep it a secret! It's killing me, but I'm going to try dadgummit! The only thing is I've reserved a CAT 11 and he really wants a window. I'd like to have a window also. When is the last time you can change rooms? Is it worth it to spend the extra $$$ on a window? All of my other cruises have had windows and I'm getting a little anxious about not having one. Someone help me

Paula, if you can afford to upgrade do it... Figure out the difference in price... and how much more between now and payoff time do you have to save to get a window? We have almost 12 months between now and final payment... Hmmmmmm.... does that tempt you?

 

[Babs417]

window window window

 

[Hockeychic]

Hey everyone....sorry I have been MIA did ya miss me.....no didn't think so

I will have to go back and read all that I have missed.

Got my stitches out last night...only 1 of them hurt.....no patholagy report but DR doesn't think it is anything.

Well you may have noticed my tickers...one is missing. I decided to cancell my March 07 cruise to Turks and Caicos. From what I understand it is still a new port and not alot there so decided not to go. We will probably do something else in Feb without the kids....

Hope you are all doing great, and hope we haven't lost any people. Do we have any newbies if we do WELCOME

Kim

 

[LoriLuvsDisney]

Hockychic,

Hope you are feeling better and we will all cross our fingers for good news on the pathology report.

And back to the cruise. I'm trying to get an idea of flights, etc., even though the airline computers don't go that far into the future. Delta stopped their red eye flight from SF to Orlando in May with no plans on restarting it. (even though it's 80 percent filled most of the time.) So that leaves the only non-stop from SFO a United that leaves at 2:00 p.m. and doesn't get intil 10:00 p.m. I'm looking for a non-stop or a direct that takes less that 8 hours of travel time. I see that Melbourne International is near Cape Canaveral. Has anyone flown in there?

 

[Kimmielee]

Kim2 - oh so sorry to hear about your cancelling the Turks cruise... my friend that was going on the RCCL cruise is now chickening out due to the listing problem on the Princess Crown last week... so... we are thinking of an all inclusive instead in Turks or Fiji.... Please come let us know when you get the pathology report too! I'll say a prayer for you to get good results.

Lori - I've only flown into Orlando. We are coming in the night before the cruise, staying at the airport (we'll be coming in late) and then taking a limo to the port the next morning.... or the bus... but my DS LOVES the limo's.