October 5, 2008 Wonder Cruise!

[Coach]

A few days late but my DW and I hope that everyone had a great Independence Day.

Well I was up at 4:30 this morning to make our Palo brunch and dinner reservations. I was a little concerned because I was able to log into the web site but I was not able to make our reservations. I logged out and went back at around 4:55. This time I was able to make the reservations. This happened to us last year and I had to wait until 9:00 a.m. and call DCL to have them straighten out my “log-in” problem. They said everything looked fine and it was just that the system was “very busy”.

Anyway these 90 days will go by very fast and before we know it we’ll be sailing out of Port Canaveral with the Sun setting at our backs.

By the way, has anyone set up a location on the ship we could all meet and introduce ourselves?
On our 3rd cruise we were lucky enough to be upgraded to a concierge room at the back of the ship, I believe it was 8102, (BIG ROOM). When we found out we were being upgraded we invited everyone who was a “DIS” member to join us on our veranda, (yeah, it’s also got a BIG veranda!). We had about 26 people stop by our cabin. It was fun to try and guess who was who and then finally be able to place a face to their name.

My DW and I are looking forward to meeting all of you…. See ya in 90 days….

 

[BCVOwner2002]

A few days late but my DW and I hope that everyone had a great Independence Day.

Well I was up at 4:30 this morning to make our Palo brunch and dinner reservations. I was a little concerned because I was able to log into the web site but I was not able to make our reservations. I logged out and went back at around 4:55. This time I was able to make the reservations. This happened to us last year and I had to wait until 9:00 a.m. and call DCL to have them straighten out my “log-in” problem. They said everything looked fine and it was just that the system was “very busy”.

Anyway these 90 days will go by very fast and before we know it we’ll be sailing out of Port Canaveral with the Sun setting at our backs.

By the way, has anyone set up a location on the ship we could all meet and introduce ourselves?
On our 3rd cruise we were lucky enough to be upgraded to a concierge room at the back of the ship, I believe it was 8102, (BIG ROOM). When we found out we were being upgraded we invited everyone who was a “DIS” member to join us on our veranda, (yeah, it’s also got a BIG veranda!). We had about 26 people stop by our cabin. It was fun to try and guess who was who and then finally be able to place a face to their name.

My DW and I are looking forward to meeting all of you…. See ya in 90 days….

I was going to ask about a meet onboard too. We did this on our last two cruises and it was nice to put faces with names (or at least DIS names).

I tried to make our reservations very early this morning (1:30AM) but since DH won the cruise, someone forgot to list that we did not owe any money for this. Luckily, it was all cleared up by dinner time and I was able to register my DGS for Oceaneers Lab and Palo Brunch for Tom and I on the day at sea. We did this on our last cruise and really enjoyed it.

I can't believe we are less than 90 days away from our cruise! I am hopeful that I will be feeling better by then. If not, I'll just use one of those electric scooters to get around. Does everyone have their passports yet? Due to my back surgery, we held off on doing this and now DH would like to get this done fairly soon.

Is anyone getting dressed up for night? We did it last time we cruised.

 

[lisaradz]

Double digits!!!! Yippeee!

This is my first DCL cruise. Made final payment today so I'm looking forward to 7/22 when I can make ressies!

Quick question, do you need to sign up for the snorkel rental for CC or can you just do that when you get there? At this point I'm not sure if my ds 5 & 8 will want to snorkel.

One more, when you register your kids for Oceaneer Club/Lab, are you registering for individual activities or just to be in the club?

Anyone ever sailed in Oct before, how hot will it be at CC?

Can't wait to meet everyone...I'm so excited I can't contain myself and were not telling the kiddos until Sept!

 

[pls5286]

When you sign the kids up it is for the club/lab itself. You dont have to sign them up for each activity. If there is something they want to do, they just go.

You can rent stuff for snorkeling at CC, you dont have to reserve it.

I would love to meet up with everyone on Sun to put faces with name. What time will you be getting to port? We will be getting there early!

Patty

 

[yellowfish78]

You can sign up for snorkel rental in advance if you'd like too. I believe there is a package that also includes a float and bike rentals too...

I don't know on the Oceaneers Club...

I sailed two years ago October. It was nice - shorts and tanks/t-shirts. Castaway Cay was WINDY. But we still went swimming once it warmed up. The wind was still there, but it was really nice on the adult beach. Onboard, I was thankful for a sweater at dinner and during shows.

We aren't going to do Pirate Night...I'd love to but I don't think we'll have room to pack outfits for us.

I'd love to meet up too! We'll have to set up a time one day!

Is anyone doing any door signs for the cruise??

 

[JanDave]

Hello 10-5-08 Wonder Cruisers!!!!!

DH and I are on the 10-4-08 Magic. If any of you plan to be at Grills in Cocoa Beach for dinner around 5pm or at the park, please wave to us as we sail by. We'll be looking for you. We're usually on deck 4 as we are pulling out of Cocoa Beach.

Have fun on your cruise! I'm also going on the 9-14-08 Wonder with 4 grandkids!

Jan

 

[BCVOwner2002]

We sailed in October 2006 and the weather was beautiful. I wore shorts or sun dresses every day. I did bring a sweater into the dining rooms and theaters at night because they tended to be a little chilly. We had two days at CC for that trip and one day was perfect and the other was very windy and they cancelled some of the excursions. I know we did the Eco Tour (jet skis) but we were unable to go to one of the locations they usually take you to and they cancelled parasailing for safety reasons.

We hope to get to the port as early as possible but are spending the night before at airport Hyatt and don't remember what time the first bus heads to the port. I haven't decided about door magnets yet. I don't have a fish extender and not sure if I'll purchase one. Things have been crazy since my surgery and since I'm still not even close to 100% at this point, I need to focus more on getting healthy (and of course checking in here from time to time)

We have always reserved our CC stuff in advance because I want to make sure I have a float on CC. I have read on other boards that people bring their own floats that they purchase at Walmart/Target rather than pay $6 per person. I'm not sure if I'll be able to ride a bike by then so I think I'll wait til I get onboard to do that. Otherwise, I'll probably be at the

Annmarie

 

[yellowfish78]

When you sign the kids up it is for the club/lab itself. You dont have to sign them up for each activity. If there is something they want to do, they just go.

You can rent stuff for snorkeling at CC, you dont have to reserve it.

I would love to meet up with everyone on Sun to put faces with name. What time will you be getting to port? We will be getting there early!

Patty

Well, that depends on when the airlines quit changing our flight. (Yes, we are flying in the day of - I couldn't make Bob wait a week for a cruise...) When we booked, we were arriving around noon. Now, we are arriving around 10am. Tomorrow, who knows.

We sailed in October 2006 and the weather was beautiful. I wore shorts or sun dresses every day. I did bring a sweater into the dining rooms and theaters at night because they tended to be a little chilly. We had two days at CC for that trip and one day was perfect and the other was very windy and they cancelled some of the excursions. I know we did the Eco Tour (jet skis) but we were unable to go to one of the locations they usually take you to and they cancelled parasailing for safety reasons.

We hope to get to the port as early as possible but are spending the night before at airport Hyatt and don't remember what time the first bus heads to the port. I haven't decided about door magnets yet. I don't have a fish extender and not sure if I'll purchase one. Things have been crazy since my surgery and since I'm still not even close to 100% at this point, I need to focus more on getting healthy (and of course checking in here from time to time)

We have always reserved our CC stuff in advance because I want to make sure I have a float on CC. I have read on other boards that people bring their own floats that they purchase at Walmart/Target rather than pay $6 per person. I'm not sure if I'll be able to ride a bike by then so I think I'll wait til I get onboard to do that. Otherwise, I'll probably be at the

Annmarie

We don't plan on doing Fish Extenders either - just more to pack. Though we are doing door signs. Those will pack nicely in the carryon bag!
You'll be 100% in time for the cruise! If not, that's what the Cabana Boys are for - bringing drinks!

 

[BCVOwner2002]

Well, that depends on when the airlines quit changing our flight. (Yes, we are flying in the day of - I couldn't make Bob wait a week for a cruise...) When we booked, we were arriving around noon. Now, we are arriving around 10am. Tomorrow, who knows.



We don't plan on doing Fish Extenders either - just more to pack. Though we are doing door signs. Those will pack nicely in the carryon bag!
You'll be 100% in time for the cruise! If not, that's what the Cabana Boys are for - bringing drinks!

I hope to be off all pain meds by October so that I can enjoy myself and have a or two or . . . . . . . . afterall, I won't be the Wonder.

 

[Mom2k4w]

OOO!! Annmarie- Cabana Boys?? How can we get rid of the guys??

 

[lisaradz]

When you sign the kids up it is for the club/lab itself. You dont have to sign them up for each activity. If there is something they want to do, they just go.

You can rent stuff for snorkeling at CC, you dont have to reserve it.

I would love to meet up with everyone on Sun to put faces with name. What time will you be getting to port? We will be getting there early!

Patty

Thanks for the info Patty!

We are doing a land/sea so I'm not sure how early we will get to port. We are taking the bus from BC.

I'm thinking of doing magnets just to make it easier for my kids to find grandma's cabin.

Can't wait to be there!

 

[BCVOwner2002]

OOO!! Annmarie- Cabana Boys?? How can we get rid of the guys??

Ummmm! Kate - just one problem. DH is reading over my shoulder and said we can have all the cabana boys we want because he & your DH can surely find some cabana girls


All I can say to that is if the Red Sox are still playing in October, we know where we can find our guys . . .

 

[yellowfish78]

Ummmm! Kate - just one problem. DH is reading over my shoulder and said we can have all the cabana boys we want because he & your DH can surely find some cabana girls


All I can say to that is if the Red Sox are still playing in October, we know where we can find our guys . . .

You can say the same thing about the White Sox for my fiance!

If anyone is looking for some magnet disigns, let me know. I'm attempting to try a few on my own - but some of them are are from the creative disigners from the DISign thread.

Here's one I attempted today:

...and in red:

...and here is one that one of the girls from the DISign threads made for us:

...and here is the blank cover from our cruise docs..

Feel free to scraplift and personalize your own. (Just don't share too far and wide on the boards until after we get back! )

 

[BCVOwner2002]

Thanks for the clip art. I was thinking about checking out the thread on the DIS to see what is posted there too. Annmarie

 

[Big Papa Vol]

Do any of you guys know the port times for Nassau? I'm thinking of taking the family to Atlantis and just want to know what time frame I'll have. Thanks.

 

[Coach]

Nassau times are, as posted from the May Navigator...

Ashore: Approx. 9:45 a.m.
All Aboard: 7:00 p.m.

You should have plenty of time to visit Atlantis.

If you get up early, 6:00 a.m., you should go up on deck to see how the Wonder "turns around" before it docks. It's pretty amazing. The sunrise is also something you don't want to miss.

 

[Big Papa Vol]

Thanks. I've seen on other threads about the all aboard around 4:30 or 5:00. I wanted to make sure that wasn't the case for our trip.

 

[BCVOwner2002]

Twelve weeks to go! Is everybody packed and ready to go?

 

[pls5286]

I wish...i am having such a hard time with my dd...she wants to go to Mickey Mouse Beach now...course I wouldnt mind either...but anyway...are we there yet?

 

[BCVOwner2002]

I wish...i am having such a hard time with my dd...she wants to go to Mickey Mouse Beach now...course I wouldnt mind either...but anyway...are we there yet?

I want to go to! I'm ready for rest and relaxation!