Sept 17, 2009 - Wonder

[ToodlesRN]

we are FL residents... booked on Monday (8/24), all they had left were Cat 7 and above... we booked a Cat 7. Got our cruise docs yesterday (8/26)... we are in a Cat 5. yay!

My wife looked up some pictures of Fish Extenders, and got inspired to make her own.... so we'll have an FE on our door, too. I pm'd ShoppingStaceysMom to get our room number on the list, but haven't heard back yet. We have a 7-yr old boy who will really enjoy the little surprises.

A nice upgrade! Were already in a cat 5 so it's a slim chance we would get upgrade.

 

[thatgrrl]

OK guys... let's get excited! Our cruise is right around the corner...

Are we doing a meet and greet? I personally wouldn't mind one at a bar...

Also... there is an impromptu "little kids" FE exchange being organized. Contact me if you want to spread the magic or have a little one who can benefit. I know a lot of people get stressed by FE --- but this one is in addition to the real one and just for the little kids.

 

[KSandbergFL]

OK guys... let's get excited! Our cruise is right around the corner...
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We are extremely excited... this cruise is "impromptu", we booked at the "last minute". Our son has been asking for a cruise for his birthday, and we keep telling him "No, not this year". It will be a huge surprise for him - we're not telling him, we're just driving to the port on the 17th. He turns 8 on Sept 28th, so he is getting his surprise a little early. We would love to be part of a kids-only FE exchange, count us "in". I PM'd you with our room #.

 

[thatgrrl]

OK guys... let's get excited! Our cruise is right around the corner...
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We are extremely excited... this cruise is "impromptu", we booked at the "last minute". Our son has been asking for a cruise for his birthday, and we keep telling him "No, not this year". It will be a huge surprise for him - we're not telling him, we're just driving to the port on the 17th. He turns 8 on Sept 28th, so he is getting his surprise a little early. We would love to be part of a kids-only FE exchange, count us "in". I PM'd you with our room #.

My daughter has no idea either. We will be staying on-site at WDW the first part of the week to celebrate my birthday. But I have no plans to tell her anything until we get to the port. So when you see a little girl squealing in the port -- that will be us!

She has been asking for a cruise too.... but she has no idea that there is a "Disney Cruise". When she realizes her two favorite trips can be thrown in a blender together she is not going to know what to do with herself. i can't wait.

 

[ToodlesRN]

I've sent a few PMs to people with smaller children about doing a kids exchange. It seems that some PMs aren't going through? If your interested let me know. So far there are 3 kids.

 

[camarks]

I just pmed you Tierre so I hope you get it, if not our room # is 2612.

I would love to meet everyone. It would be great at a bar but makes it hard for people with kids. Or we could setup a couple of different times and places. One that is kid-friendly and one in a bar.

 

[camarks]

something else that is not working for me is the subscription thingy. I have mine setup to send me email alerts and I got on today and there is a whole page of talk and I didn't get one alert. Hrmph.

 

[camarks1234]

Ok, just realized what a doofus I am. I have 2 different logins. I must have forgotten that I registered long ago as camarks and logged in like that. What a wierdo! LOL

 

[Nette]

We got an upgrade from a cat 12 GTY to a cat 9 on deck 2!!

Two weeks from now we'll all be getting ready to board!

I think I mentioned before that we plan on being at the front of the ship on deck 10 when we leave port to see if we can spot any dolphins. So if anyone wants to meet us that's where we'll be. (I won't commit to anything else as I am notorious for missing planned things on vacation...)

 

[camarks1234]

here is a picture to share with my fellow cruisers!

 

[KSandbergFL]

Only 7 more days - yay!

We live in Melbourne, so we can drive up to the port at anytime, on the 17th... we're gonna try to be there by 11, and on the Wonder before 12pm. We're carrying our swimsuits with us, so if it's warm enough (and it should be) we'll be playing in the pool after we get some lunch at the buffet. We'll worry about getting into our room later!

We have alll our clothes picked out, waiting to get stuffed into our carry-on suitcases.

Keep your fingers and toes crossed for no hurricanes... the day at Castaway Cay is always the best day of the trip (for us, at least), and you don't want to miss it. IF there is a weather problem in the Atlantic, we'll probably end up getting re-routed to Key West and up the west coast of Florida.. not a "bad" cruise, but without Castaway Cay it won't be "as special".

 

[camarks1234]

I know! I'm so praying we have good weather and are able to make CC. We had crappy weather there the last time and everything was cancelled so the boys are really hopin'. O'well, it is what it is and will still be a great trip anyway it works out.

 

[thatgrrl]

looks like we are going to be ok with the tropical storms....although i would LOVE LOVE LOVE to be diverted to key west.

I just finished all our fish extender gifts. very exited!

 

[ToodlesRN]

I am hoping the same as Christy we were on the same cruise and the weather wasn't the best for us. I just want some sun and warmth! Looking forward on leaving on Tuesday!! Hopefully we will get to meet and put a face some people names!

 

[brcriss]

I just found this board...lots of cruises...esp disney. Ok, 1 day at animal kingdom lodge..then the boat. It's my wife and I and Jenna...6 years old. We are all cruise veterans. This is our second Wonder trip. We've been on the Magic a couple of times too.

 

[KSandbergFL]

Hi everybody, just got back. Wasn't the weather awesome? We had our best cruise ever. We did Cabbage Beach on the 1st day, and it was terrific... Castaway Cay day was perfect too, our 7-yr old snorkeled all the way out to the sunken Mickey and back, we were so proud of him. Lotsa great family memories.

Thanks to those of you who participated in the FE exchange... It was fun!

 

[micandkay]

We're back and in love with cruising. We booked the 7 night Western Halloween cruise for next year and may actually book the Alaskan cruise asap. Thanks for all the great FE gifts.

 

[camarks1234]

Just wanted to thank everyone as well for the FE gifts. It was a blissful time and I want to go back.

 

[ToodlesRN]

We got back on Tuesday evening and I've been not feeling well since the cruise I got the sea legs feeling and it wont go away! Went to the Dr and got some nausea meds hope that does the trick.

It was a great cruise, and the weather shall I say more!

 

[KSandbergFL]

We got back on Tuesday evening and I've been not feeling well since the cruise I got the sea legs feeling and it wont go away! Went to the Dr and got some nausea meds hope that does the trick.

My wife gets the "sea legs" thing too... she is perfectly fine on the boat (never been sea-sick) - but for days after the cruise, she feels dizzy and complains that the ground is still swaying

Only today, she is finally starting to feel back to normal (it's been 6 days since the cruise). This time it lasted longer, I wonder if it had to do with being higher (7th deck) than before (we're usually on deck 2).