Sept 17, 2009 - Wonder

[Nette]

I can't believe *I* am starting the meet thread for this cruise!

This will be our very first parents-only cruise and we're pretty excited.

Who else is cruising w/ us? Or will we have the whole ship to ourselves?

 

[micandkay]

We're sailing too! This is our first cruise and we're sooooooooo excited.
It's our Mother/Daughter birthday cruise.

 

[LuvDisney09]

We are also sailing....Hi everyone I am new to the boards. This will be my daughters first cruise. We are so excited and can't wait. I hope she loves it.

 

[WhitGB]

Hi-

We too are sailing, it will just be the adults. My first cruise and I wanted to make sure I liked it before adding the kids into the mix. It will also be our 10 year anniversary "gift" to each other.

 

[Nette]

Oh good... I was beginning to think it was going to be me and micandkay having the whole boat to ourselves....

 

[Nette]

Hi-

We too are sailing, it will just be the adults. My first cruise and I wanted to make sure I liked it before adding the kids into the mix. It will also be our 10 year anniversary "gift" to each other.

Oh wow!! It's our 10 year anniversary gift too!

 

[WhitGB]

Has anyone tried to do this yet? I was thinking this length of cruise would be great to get my feet wet and see if I can do it in the future with the kids. I believe my husband will think I am crazy if I make him travel the ship to deliver items, when we get so little time without the kids as it is... oh well!

 

[WhitGB]

Nette-

Congratulations on your 10 years, ours is truly in June but to get someone to watch the kids we choose Sept, it is easier when they are in school during the day.

 

[WhitGB]

Well, after going to look at previous threads it seems like they give a little more information on themselves, so let me start.

Me - DW 36 and DH 35
Location: Green Bay, WI
1st cruise for me, second for DH - but first time in a larger ship.
Reason: 10 Year anniversary celebration (truly the date is June 12)
Staying a POP before the trip, hoping to get FD bounceback for a trip in 2010
Renting a car and driving to the port.
Room: Cat 7 - secret verahanda (sp) room

Hopefully we will get a few more people joining us...then again, I am all for an empty ship...More for us.

 

[micandkay]

It's just the two of us. DM (dis mom) 50 and DD who turns 18 on cruise. We're from AZ. We're in a cat 12 (but hoping to upgrade). First cruise for both of us but many trips to WDW.

We're all for Fish Extenders if we can get it organized.

 

[Nette]

Nette-

Congratulations on your 10 years, ours is truly in June but to get someone to watch the kids we choose Sept, it is easier when they are in school during the day.

Yep, ours is the week after yours June 19.

We are Nette/dday2021
Austin tx
This is our 5th cruise on DCL
Cat 11 (for now)
First parents only vacation!! (We had a trip once w/o kiddo, but it was for a tournament, so not really vacation)
Staying DVC somewhere the night before the cruise. Will probably use DCL transportation to the port. (Hoping for a night at AKV...)

I still need to make sure my mom will sit while we're gone. I'm sure it will be fine, but I'm chicken to tell her we're gonna spend money during this economy...

 

[AuntMinnie12]

Hi all--

Just got off the 3/22 4-day Wonder......and we're joining you on the 9/17 3-day as our Bounceback.

It's a "girls" trip for us.....all mom's and ready for some fun! There will be 6 of us in two rooms.

Looking forward to meeting all of you!

Take care--
Missy

 

[OurOhana]

Hi Everyone - We are also joining you - and we are so excited!!!

This is our second Disney cruise. It's also our bounceback. And because we loved our 7-night cruise on Jan. 31, we decided to add a 4-night cruise at the end of this cruise.

I was wondering if anyone here has done the fish extenders before. I was also curious if it would seem a little rushed on a shorter cruise. But I really do love the idea of trying it. We booked our last cruise just six weeks prior to boarding, and I was concerned about being too late to add our names to the list. But I'll be honest, I really wish we had done it on the last cruise. It just sounded like a ton of fun.

A little about us -
It'll be me, the hubby and our daughter, who will be 4 (going on 24) at time of cruise. We're from Northeast Florida, and quickly became addicted to Disney cruises (We've also done Holland America before, and loved that too - but Disney was definitely more child-friendly and perfect for our family). The weather was pretty chilly on our Jan. 31 cruise (which was somewhat of a fluke) so we're really hoping for nice weather this time around.

Can't wait to learn about all of you, and see who else will be joining us. (Our tablemates from our first Disney cruise have already booked, which is why we chose this date for our 3-night. Our daughters became really close on the first cruise, so we thought it would be nice to get together again.)

 

[camarks1234]

We're going to be cruising again on the 9/17 as our bb. We are very excited and LOVE the Wonder. Can't wait!!!!!!

 

[scrapgirl3]

We'll be on this one too. It's also our bounceback, we've never been on the Wonder. Last time we did a 7 day on the Magic.
We are
myself- Lisa
husband- Jeff
Allie-9
Samantha-9
Joey-5

and my brother in law and sister in law are also joining us this time, as well as our college roommates and their children. Should be fun, hopefully no hurricanes!

 

[Bekkilin]

We are: Becky (39), Dave (41), DS Aiden (6) and DD Fallon (3)
Location: Western Massachusetts
2nd cruise for me, 1st for DH and the kids.
Reason: 7 day Land & Sea for our family vacation
Staying at Poly and using Magical Express
Room: Cat 5 on the 7th deck

I have been planning this trip for 2 years and it's been booked since last July! I can't wait! Hoping to find someone with kids of around the same age who would be interested in getting them together.

 

[jd1mom]

We are bouncing back with you and our college roomies (see previous post)
Brigette
Jim
JD 11
Kayelin 8
We are stopping at DW for free dining for a few days prior to our cruise!

 

[Nette]

Not a very chatty group are we? That's new for me. Every cruise we've been on has had a wild long meet thread that I've barely participated in. I'm just a lurker at heart I guess.

I'm getting very excited for this cruise. It's the first time in YEARS that DH and I will be getting away sans kiddo (though, I'm slightly worried about that too). What the heck is a vacation w/o kids for? I suspect I'll be in the Cadillac Lounge for the entire cruise.

 

[lillasmom]

Hello,

I'm would like to join the group. I am sailing on 9/17, and I can't tell you how excited I am. This is my third DCL adventure, and my first solo! The first was with a group of four, my husband and another couple. The second was a family reunion, with my then 18 month old daughter. We had fun on both, but we are now a family of four and this is a trip for me.

My husband is active duty Navy and has been deployed a lot since the kids were born. I really need a get away vacation and decided to book the cruise last year. I have cat 12 (for now) because we didn't really spend much time in the room and I can justify it by myself. I arrive on the day the ship departs and when it returns I have four days at the Beach Club DVC side. I look forward to relaxing and sleeping in and doing all the things I like to do.

Thanks Nette for starting this thread. I look forward to checking in before we sail.

 

[OurOhana]

Not a very chatty group are we? That's new for me. Every cruise we've been on has had a wild long meet thread that I've barely participated in. I'm just a lurker at heart I guess.

I'm getting very excited for this cruise. It's the first time in YEARS that DH and I will be getting away sans kiddo (though, I'm slightly worried about that too). What the heck is a vacation w/o kids for? I suspect I'll be in the Cadillac Lounge for the entire cruise.

A cruise without the little one sounds great. We'll hopefully do that one day ourselves. But I will say, sometimes our dd loved the club so much, it felt like we had a ton of time to ourselves.

It is kind of quiet here - and I'm not usually quiet. The last time around we booked our cruise just six weeks prior to the cruise - so it all happened so fast. I never got involved in the meet thread. It just seems so far away this time. But I am hoping people will want to do a fish extender. I was searching for one on ebay, but I'm waiting to see if people are interested before we buy it. I thought there might be more talk of this as we get closer to the sailing date.