October 7-10th three day Fall Getaway on the Disney Wonder!

[Dicecatt]

I suspect we will be a small group since there is no cruise thread yet! I volunteer to control this one...please join me!

I'll keep a current list of sailors, and I'd love to put together an FE for this cruise.

About me...Mom of 4, I own a travel agency, I love Disney like it is one of my kids, and I am surprising my husband with this cruise! I told him we are going somewhere for "two days" (because that is what he needs to know to take off work) and he has no idea what we are doing. If all goes well, he won't know until we get to Orlando! We had such a magical time in the Mediterranean on the Magic that I thought a quick one before the craziness of the holidays (he gets super busy at work) would be nice, plus he can go scuba diving which he loves.

*update* I spilled the beans, DH knows and is very excited, especially about the shark dive! He is very glad I told him, because now he has something to look forward to




Dicecatt (Erin) & Dicedawg (Steve), Cat 12GTY
CarolAnnC, John, Kristen & Elaine 2 Cat 11 cabins
Chellealistic: Michelle & Hubby, Honeymoon!
Riskysmom (Debbie) and fellow celebrants!
Suzib, daughter and Mom
FrigulattoEA, mother, dd13, dd10, and ds6
Nikki'sMommy, DH and DD4, Anniversary!
DisneyFanTX: Connie, DH and 3 little ones
DD's Prince: DD9, DS7
LosChavez2K: Venita Chavez and family
WDWCP96 and family
Vminick: DW, DH and 3 year old princess

 

[IrishCowboy]

I have added your thread to the cruise meet list

 

[Dicecatt]

Thank you! Hopefully I won't be sailing all by my lonesome

 

[CarolAnnC]

We will be joining you!

We have booked this recently as a birthday celebration trip for my mom. There will be myself, my DH John, DD Kristen (DD Jen has to work) and my mom Elaine. We will spend the night after the cruise at Vero Beach for a little beach add on day.

We have two category 11's in the forward area. Nice to see at least one other family will be on board from the DIS!

 

[Dicecatt]

Yay, how exciting! There are now 6 of us sailing

I wonder why this one doesn't have much action yet? It is actually during our school fall break.

How old is your daughter? I was tempted to bring my oldest, she turns 16 on October 16th. She would live on a Disney cruise if possible. Although heck, so would I.

 

[CarolAnnC]

Kristen is 27. Jen (the one not going) is 24. Kristen is a high school english teacher. We always brought the girls when they were teens and they enjoyed the Teen Club immensely. Though they did love it when they were old enough to go to the adult pool, lol.

I am thinking we may get more people on board here as time draws near. I suspect the 3 day is one that many book close to sail date. Could be wrong, but time will tell.

Have a nice weekend! Raining and t-storms here in the Chicagoland area.

 

[Dicecatt]

We are in St. Louis! Funny that we live so close. I love Chicago...we usually spend a couple of weekends a year there.

I think I've decided to keep this one just adults...not that DH knows what we are doing . The kids are doing the Mexican Riviera sailing in March so it isn't as if they will be hurting for Disney cruising.

Have a great weekend!

 

[chellealistic]

My husband and I will be on the three day cruise as part of our Honeymoon (we were married July 3rd 2010, but had to wait until Oct for our Florida Honeymoon due to work vacation scheduling x.x)

This will be our very first cruise and we are super excited!

I'm just now scheduling some of our excursions!

~Michelle~

 

[Dicecatt]

My husband and I will be on the three day cruise as part of our Honeymoon (we were married July 3rd 2010, but had to wait until Oct for our Florida Honeymoon due to work vacation scheduling x.x)

This will be our very first cruise and we are super excited!

I'm just now scheduling some of our excursions!

~Michelle~

Hi Michelle, welcome, and congratulations! You will have a spectacular time!

Ask questions if you'd like...I know the ships and DCL scarily well, and CarolAnnC is a moderator, so this thread might be small so far but you have a wealth of knowledge to utilize

 

[chellealistic]

Thank you! I appreciate it

The only question I can think of right now is...which night of the cruise is the pirate theme night? I imagine it's probably the 2nd night (because that seems to make the most logical sense) but I just want to be sure. We'd planned on dining at Palo on the second night, but I don't want to miss any of the piratey goodness!

Michelle

 

[Dicecatt]

Thank you! I appreciate it

The only question I can think of right now is...which night of the cruise is the pirate theme night? I imagine it's probably the 2nd night (because that seems to make the most logical sense) but I just want to be sure. We'd planned on dining at Palo on the second night, but I don't want to miss any of the piratey goodness!

Michelle

Pirate night is Nassau night, the second night. We will also be in Palo that night! What time will you be there? The party doesn't start until after the second dining seating is over, so you should be good as long as your seating at Palo isn't too late.

 

[chellealistic]

Pirate night is Nassau night, the second night. We will also be in Palo that night! What time will you be there? The party doesn't start until after the second dining seating is over, so you should be good as long as your seating at Palo isn't too late.

I booked it for 8pm. I think the second seating starts around that time, correct? So we should be good! I am looking forward to that night so much!

Another question (I may get annoying ): On the Nassau day, can we go on and off the ship or is it a once you leave you have to be there until everyone boards again thing? You can totally tell I've never been on a cruise!

Michelle

 

[Dicecatt]

I booked it for 8pm. I think the second seating starts around that time, correct? So we should be good! I am looking forward to that night so much!

Another question (I may get annoying ): On the Nassau day, can we go on and off the ship or is it a once you leave you have to be there until everyone boards again thing? You can totally tell I've never been on a cruise!

Michelle

You should be fine with 8 PM. The party won't even get going until about 9:45.

Not annoying, ask away! Yes, you can go on and off. People can get off whenever they'd like after they clear the ship to allow passengers off, and you can get back on whenever you want...and go back out too! What are you planning to do in Nassau?

 

[chellealistic]

You should be fine with 8 PM. The party won't even get going until about 9:45.

Not annoying, ask away! Yes, you can go on and off. People can get off whenever they'd like after they clear the ship to allow passengers off, and you can get back on whenever you want...and go back out too! What are you planning to do in Nassau?

We aren't doing any Port Adventures there, just at CC. I think so far we plan to wander around, go to the pirate museum and then maybe to Cabbage Beach. We don't want to spend a ton of money on the extras, as we are going to be honeymooning for two weeks in Florida (including WDW), so we just sort of want to get a feel for what it's like to cruise to see if we'd like to try a longer one at a different time

What do you do there?

Michelle

 

[Dicecatt]

We aren't doing any Port Adventures there, just at CC. I think so far we plan to wander around, go to the pirate museum and then maybe to Cabbage Beach. We don't want to spend a ton of money on the extras, as we are going to be honeymooning for two weeks in Florida (including WDW), so we just sort of want to get a feel for what it's like to cruise to see if we'd like to try a longer one at a different time

What do you do there?

Michelle

A couple of times we've wandered around. Last time we did a three stop snorkel trip with the three older kids. This time I am surprising DH with shark scuba diving, we've done it before when we stayed at Atlantis (on our honeymoon years ago) so I know he'll love it.

I think I also might surprise him with Parasailing on Castaway Cay!

 

[chellealistic]

A couple of times we've wandered around. Last time we did a three stop snorkel trip with the three older kids. This time I am surprising DH with shark scuba diving, we've done it before when we stayed at Atlantis (on our honeymoon years ago) so I know he'll love it.

I think I also might surprise him with Parasailing on Castaway Cay!

We've never really taken any trips together in the 6ish years we've been together, so we are trying to ease our way into it. We have booked one of the snorkel excursions at CC and then also doing the jet ski tour.

Thought about the parasailing, but I'm a little too nervous for that just yet!

I hear that Atlantis is a lot of fun, but it just seems so expensive. I may look into it more the closer we get. Scuba diving sounds fun! I would like to get certified at some point so I can do cool things like shark scuba diving. Maybe by our next trip

Michelle

 

[CarolAnnC]

We have taken a taxi over to Atlantis before, and may decide to do that again on this trip. They have a nice casino there and it is a beautiful place to shop and just enjoy looking around.

We have done the Straw Market enough times in the past, so I don't think we will be heading there. Though if you have never been, it is an interesting take in. Just watch your wallets, lol.

 

[Crissup]

We have done the Straw Market enough times in the past, so I don't think we will be heading there.

But, what if I want to look for a woman?!? LOL!!

Explanation... On our last cruise to Nassau, CarolAnnC and I were wandering through the straw market with everyone trying to sell me cuban cigars. So, as we'd pass by, I'd just keep shaking my head no and continue on. Finally, we passed one guy who asked if I wanted to buy some cuban cigars, and when I shook my head no and continued on, he yell after me, "How about woman? You want a woman?". LOL! CarolAnnC was standing about 10 feet away from me. I just laughed, shook my head no and continued on.

 

[riskysmom]

hi...i'm debbie and i'll be joining you along with my husband and a bunch of celebrations. it's our first anniversary, my son's 16th bday, my daughter's 21st bday, my aunt and uncles 35th anniversary and my mother are all coming along..7 all together and many first time cruisers. we are so exciting and it is coming along here fast.

 

[Dicecatt]

hi...i'm debbie and i'll be joining you along with my husband and a bunch of celebrations. it's our first anniversary, my son's 16th bday, my daughter's 21st bday, my aunt and uncles 35th anniversary and my mother are all coming along..7 all together and many first time cruisers. we are so exciting and it is coming along here fast.

WOW! That is a lot of celebratios! Every October must be a party for you Glad to see you join us!