Sept 10 2009 "Wonder-ful" Cruise

[natale1980]

I just booked us!! eek!
I'm not 100% sure we have baby sitters so we may have to change the date. But for now we are booked in a cat 11. We are celebrating our 10 year anniversary on Sept 12th!
The price is reasonable because of hurricane season I believe. If we do get to go I just hope we make it to Castaway!! Going to Castaway on our anniversary would be amazing!

-nat

 

[CrystalS]

Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend. We are very excited about the trip, but the guilt of not taking my four year old is starting to kick in. I know mom and dad deserve a weekend away, but she desperately wants to go back on the cruise.

Still not sure what to do in Naussau. Not sure it is worth hitting the water park at Atlantis. We may just go check it out since we have never been there before. Anyone have any suggestions?

I have no idea what we'll be doing either. I'd LOVE to go to Atlantis and visit the water park but there is no way we can afford it for 4 people (and a toddler).....

We'll probably wander around the shops a bit and maybe see if we can find a public beach area to hang out

 

[CrystalS]

I just booked us!! eek!
I'm not 100% sure we have baby sitters so we may have to change the date. But for now we are booked in a cat 11. We are celebrating our 10 year anniversary on Sept 12th!
The price is reasonable because of hurricane season I believe. If we do get to go I just hope we make it to Castaway!! Going to Castaway on our anniversary would be amazing!

-nat

Congrats on your 10yr anniversary!

 

[Evan&Kimberly]

Just stop n in to say hello and hope that all of you have a great weekend, its my birthday so I hope Saturday will be good to me lol, but guys I am having second thoughts about the 3 day trip I really was looking forward to the Pirates menu and the Palo brunch, I mean the trip is pretty much paid for but 3 days is so short, I will be doing the parks before and after the cruise and then I will be on RCCL's enchantment of the seas, maybe I am being greedy well 3 days on the Wonder is better than no days on the Wonder Sept cant get here fast enough!

 

[bullsmom7]

Just stop n in to say hello and hope that all of you have a great weekend, its my birthday so I hope Saturday will be good to me lol, but guys I am having second thoughts about the 3 day trip I really was looking forward to the Pirates menu and the Palo brunch, I mean the trip is pretty much paid for but 3 days is so short, I will be doing the parks before and after the cruise and then I will be on RCCL's enchantment of the seas, maybe I am being greedy well 3 days on the Wonder is better than no days on the Wonder Sept cant get here fast enough!

Sounds like you have a busy vacation! But FUN!!! 3 days will not be enough. We did a 7-day in April and it wasn't enough. We were just getting used to the ship by day 3-4. But Something is better than nothing. We said that we would never do the 3-day, but since we are leaving the kids at home, the days worked out best. We are looking (and hoping for "cheap" rates) for another cruise for the family. It won't be less than 7-days unless there is some promotion to do less. But no matter how long you are on that ship, it is such a wonderful and special time. One that you will never forget and will soon become addicted to and want to do it again and again.

 

[Evan&Kimberly]

Sounds like you have a busy vacation! But FUN!!! 3 days will not be enough. We did a 7-day in April and it wasn't enough. We were just getting used to the ship by day 3-4. But Something is better than nothing. We said that we would never do the 3-day, but since we are leaving the kids at home, the days worked out best. We are looking (and hoping for "cheap" rates) for another cruise for the family. It won't be less than 7-days unless there is some promotion to do less. But no matter how long you are on that ship, it is such a wonderful and special time. One that you will never forget and will soon become addicted to and want to do it again and again.

Hi, well I just booked the 4 day Wonder for September , but I will be honest I am having second thoughts about my Disney Cruise, I am one that cruises for the food and I am not happy with what I am hearing, I may cancel one of them! Maybe the 3 day one not sure!

 

[acourtwdw]

only 100 days left until we cruise!!!!

 

[bullsmom7]

Hi, well I just booked the 4 day Wonder for September , but I will be honest I am having second thoughts about my Disney Cruise, I am one that cruises for the food and I am not happy with what I am hearing, I may cancel one of them! Maybe the 3 day one not sure!

I am not sure about the menus. Since Disney was my first cruise I don't have anything to compare it to. When we were on the Magic, I don't think I had 1 meal that was to die for. Now the lava cake, that was INCREDIBLE. I enjoyed all of my meals and it was great to try new things. I think what made it so special was the service. I loved being waited on hand and foot. And the fact that my kids could get whatever they wanted and I didn't have to attend to them was great. So I guess we will see how this new menu compares.

 

[CrystalS]

98 now!

 

[CrystalS]

Boy its quite here..... we need to get more people on our cruise, lol

 

[bullsmom7]

I was thinking the same thing!

Hey Annette....can you edit your post 1 to include everyone that is on the cruise. Anyone interested in doing fish extender? i have never done one before, but it may be a nice introduction since it is a 3-day with only a few people.

Anyone have any specific plans for the cruise or excursions that you are going to book?

 

[natale1980]

So Far so good - we're still on the boat.
I would be interested in being part of a FE. We did it last time and it was a lot of fun!

The guilt is really starting to set in cause we're not bringing the kids. I told my DH that I need us to decide that we are for sure NOT going OR - I need June 27th to be over with so that we can't cancel!

-nat

 

[LisaRN97]

Add us to the list!!! Just found my way over here... It will be our first family vacation, hmmm, not really... we have gone away before but to visit my DH's family in Spain..so our vacations have always involved extended family. This will be our first time away, just the four of us. Me who is 36, DH is 45, DD#1 is 4 (almost 5 when we cruise), and DD#2 who will be 3.5.

Orginally we were just going to cruise but we keep changing our mind and adding more days prior at WDW. We became DVC members this year so changing the ressies at WDW are okay.

Don't know which one of us is more excited!!!! Looking forward to counting down the days with all of you!!

Lisa

 

[LisaRN97]

BTW, what is a fish extender??

 

[natale1980]

A Fish Extender is kinda like a mail box that other cruise members put gifts in if you sign up for a 'gift exchange'.

Here is a picture of all our gifts from our last cruise. (some were because we were DVC guests & castaway club guests)

Here is a picture of our FE

 

[LisaRN97]

Wow!! I have been reading about sending welcome packages, but this idea looks like something fun!!!

 

[bullsmom7]

Welcome Lisa! You are going to have so much fun! Our cruise in April was the first vacation for US since our honeymoon. All of our other vacations were family related. So I can relate! My daughter (4) LOVED the cruise and asks everyday when we are going back. Since this will be our adult only cruise she will never know that we went on the cruise without her. She would be devastated. We are hoping to take another family cruise sometime soon. But the rates seem like they keep going higher and higher.

 

[acourtwdw]

Due to popular demand I edited the first post to list everyone that is cruising with us so far. If I have any errors or omissions, please let me know.

Annette

 

[kcashner]

I'm booked on this cruise with a friend. I got it as part of the "bounceback" offer, and really thought I wouldn't use it because 3 days is just too short. However, my DD is starting college, and I'm doing it as sort of a "try out" for sailing with a friend vs. sailing by myself later. We are also doing 4 nights at WDW first with the free dining. No transportation arrangements yet.

Fish extenders are fun. We've done 19 cruises on the Magic, and 2 (back to back) on the Wonder. My only caution would be that a 3 day cruise is SOOOOO short. They really try to pack all the "best" activities into the 3 days, and it almost leaves you spinning. I'm not sure I'd want to add a "something else" knowing how full the schedule is already. I do realize that you can't do everything in one cruise (is that why I've done so many?????), but there are things you won't want to miss!

 

[dhdozier]

Enjoyed the Disney cruise so much in April that I jumped at the chance to go again for Sept 10! Especially at such a steal of a deal (cat 12 gty for my 4) Cruising will be:
Me - Dixie
DH - Chris
DD,10 - Savannah
DS, 7 - Rhett
and also
My Mom - Dean
Step dad - Robert

One thing that I really want to try this time is Palo's- I have heard such wonderful reviews that it makes my mouth water I also would like to sneak back over to nassau for another Tortugua Rum Cake - MMMMMM!! I am not considering going to Atlantis on this cruise, there are other lines that go there that I am considering just to do this and I don't want to waste precious time away from the Disney boat (other than for the rum cake run, lol) Hope to meet you guys on board!

PS I forgot to mention that we are going to WDW for 3 nights too after the cruise to enjoy the free dining. And, also to go to our first MNSSHP Sept 15th! I heard that Tue. nights were a great night as far as crowds so we will see