Sept 25, 2011 Wonder - Mexican Riviera

[LimoFam5]

My kids met and loved ALL youth counselors when we brought the wonder over from Florida...... My prayers go out and I hope they find her.

"LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A search is underway for a Disney cruise ship crew member feared to be lost on the high seas.

The woman was last seen on Tuesday, hours before the Disney Wonder docked in Puerto Vallarta. According to passengers on the cruise ship, the missing woman works in the ships youth program."

 

[DVC_Corrys]

HELLO!!!!!!!

After not being able to get our infant on the 5 night repo cruise we decided to go on the 7 night MR and not have to fly!!!!!!!!!! We live in Irvine and it will be Me, my wife and new baby!

I am not in love with any MR ports but I have wanted to sail on DCL for years!

 

[australiankaren]

hi again,

[Karen-43, Tony-42]
just thought i'd check in to say hi, & see if there is any news re itinerary change etc. as we are in Australia I cant just call dcl to find out.

Also we have booked the transfers from LAX rtn to the boat with Disney, does anyone have info on this???we just know to meet in delta baggage terminal 5.

I was just reading thru this thread and realise we may be the only "couple " on board......hope we dont stand out too much...
btw we are in cabin 6580, we'll be the ones with the aussie flag on our door

have a great day
K

 

[Super*Mum]

Forgot to post a couple weeks ago but wanted to mention, for all you locals, that the gallery in Disneyland is featuring boat and ship themed artwork. Mostly art related to the Dream but there were a couple Wonder pieces. We happened to walk in there on our last day at the park and it was completely meant to be. Normally when we leave Disneyland (even when we went every couple months) we be bummed. This time, when we left, we were excited about experiencing DCL for the first time!

It was an excellent (and BUSY) spring break. Didn't realize that there were a ton of schools with the first week of April off. Keeping that in mind for next year!


Welcome DVC Corrys!


australiankaren - No new news on the itinerary. My reservation still shows Mazatlan (in multiple places online). However, based on the increasing violence (don't Google... it will only make you want to cling to the ship in fear) I can't imagine Disney stopping there any time soon. If the Wonder does stop there, I would imagine there will be quite the party on board that day!

 

[australiankaren]

Hi again,

When do you think they will change the itin?I'd rather go to the same place twice than stay on the boat if its not safe.
Is there an email address we can write to ,to ask for the change???Who do we talk to??
As this is the first cruise after alaska are we going to be the "guinea pigs"???

K

 

[Johngar]

Hi Karen.

No, you will not be the only couple on board. My DW and I will be there as well and we will be bringing the ship down from Vancouver first and then staying on for the MR. After sailing with Disney on two 15-day cruises, a five-day cruise was too short.

According to the website (I just looked) they have us listed on Itinerary C, which is: Board, sea day, sea day, Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, Cabo San Lucas, sea day, Los Angeles.

The change they have been making is to remove Mazatlan and have another day in Cabo San Lucas. However, since the ship tenders in Cabo San Lucas, you cannot get off and on during the night. (We were able to, however, in Aruba, on the PC cruise and the crew loved that more than the guests did since many do not work at night.)

 

[7evans]

Just found out that our school board decided to change the dates of our fall break, back a week ... so my kids won't be out of school until Oct.1
We have 2 weeks, but originally fall break was supposed to start on Sept 25, so this cruise was going to be perfect.
Now, i am looking at the Oct 2 or Oct 9 cruise, and the prices have gone up! Boo!
Also, I am sad that we won't be sailing with this group, as there were so many other kids that were going to match up with my kids' ages.
Anyway, you will have to remove the 7evans from the FE and we will have to figure out when we can go.
so sorry, but at least glad that we found out now, and not later.
Have a great cruise, and I look forward to hearing all about it, as we will probably be getting on as you are all getting off!
Adios!

 

[swx72]

This will be myself, husband and 3 year old daughter. It will be our first cruise as well as our first Disney Cruise, but I'm reading a lot about the Fish Extenders and this sounds like a really cool idea.

I'd like any hints/tips etc to make the most out of this trip.

OK just reread through the full feed and would definitely like to participate in the Fish Extender. Information.

Swx72 (Wilcox 3)
Cabin number #6632
Me
DH (John)
DD (Kirsten - She will be just turned 4)

 

[OtherEvans]

Just found out that our school board decided to change the dates of our fall break, back a week ... so my kids won't be out of school until Oct.1
We have 2 weeks, but originally fall break was supposed to start on Sept 25, so this cruise was going to be perfect.
Now, i am looking at the Oct 2 or Oct 9 cruise, and the prices have gone up! Boo!
Also, I am sad that we won't be sailing with this group, as there were so many other kids that were going to match up with my kids' ages.
Anyway, you will have to remove the 7evans from the FE and we will have to figure out when we can go.
so sorry, but at least glad that we found out now, and not later.
Have a great cruise, and I look forward to hearing all about it, as we will probably be getting on as you are all getting off!
Adios!

This obviously affects us as well. We are sad to miss out on the obvious party you will all be having! So you can remove the OtherEvans from the FE too. Best wishes for your cruise on the 25th!!!!

 

[swx72]

Just to let you know I put a request in to join the facebook page yesterday. Looking forward to getting to know you all better before and during the cruise.

 

[australiankaren]

Hi Karen.

No, you will not be the only couple on board. My DW and I will be there as well and we will be bringing the ship down from Vancouver first and then staying on for the MR. After sailing with Disney on two 15-day cruises, a five-day cruise was too short.

According to the website (I just looked) they have us listed on Itinerary C, which is: Board, sea day, sea day, Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, Cabo San Lucas, sea day, Los Angeles.

The change they have been making is to remove Mazatlan and have another day in Cabo San Lucas. However, since the ship tenders in Cabo San Lucas, you cannot get off and on during the night. (We were able to, however, in Aruba, on the PC cruise and the crew loved that more than the guests did since many do not work at night.)

hi there,

good to see that there will be a few DINK's on board....we love to chat to people, but it can be a bit awkward sometimes if they have kids as we dont want to give off "that" vibe.....

looking forward to hanging out at the adult pool, doing the spa, sipping cocktails at the bar by the pool and trying to master running on the treadmill whilst at sea

this cruise we intend to NOT get every morning breakfast room service and surface before midday from our cabin [ok, maybe thats a bit too much].

re itin, i dont know whether to book excursions for mazatlan, as everyone is saying how dangerous it is, may not be worth the risk...so another day by the pool

counting down the days til we fly out, so i only have, according to my calculations 53 days to sort my excursions......PANIC

have a great day

 

[AussieFan]

Hi

Please add some more Aussies to the list for this cruise.

Travelling will be me - Cathy
DH - David
DD - Brittany(14)
DD - Sarah(11)
Cabin # 7562

This will be our second cruise on the Wonder and we are really looking forward to it. We're spending the week before the cruise at Disneyland which is also exciting.

We'll participate in the FE although I have no idea what to do yet!

 

[australiankaren]

hey cathy
welcome to the cruise meet.......the more aussies the merrier

 

[swx72]

Hey Cathy

I have no idea about the FE either. I keep searching all over the internet. I think I've worked out how to make my FE although I've discovered them for sale both on Etsy and Ebay but think I'd like the challenge of attempting to make one myself. Then with regards to the gifts I'm not sure if we provide one or one for each person in the cabin based on the information we have. I think my countdown now says 156 days. I can't wait.

 

[yukongirl123]

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2068966

Hi! Info for making a Fish extender are in this link-even instructions on how to make a no sew one. Not being at all crafty, I did order one from ebay....

We did this cruise in March during spring break-there were two stops at Cabo and one in PV. We felt safe in both those ports. Did a city tour in PV and really enjoyed it, however, I probably would avoid going during spring break again. Next time in PV, we hope to do the Pirate Ship excursion.

In Cabo, we did a catamaran excursion-it was just okay. However, some of our table mates did the Dolphin Swim and really enjoyed it. On our second stop, we just got off the ship, and wandered about on our own.

Sorry, haven't been on this thread for a very long time.....so I'm Janice and will be sailing with my DS Trevor.

 

[AussieFan]

Hey Cathy

I have no idea about the FE either. I keep searching all over the internet. I think I've worked out how to make my FE although I've discovered them for sale both on Etsy and Ebay but think I'd like the challenge of attempting to make one myself. Then with regards to the gifts I'm not sure if we provide one or one for each person in the cabin based on the information we have. I think my countdown now says 156 days. I can't wait.

I've been doing a bit of research too and I think I'll try making my own FE.
I'm looking forward to getting my sewing machine out of mothballs.

 

[AussieFan]

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2068966

Hi! Info for making a Fish extender are in this link-even instructions on how to make a no sew one. Not being at all crafty, I did order one from ebay....

We did this cruise in March during spring break-there were two stops at Cabo and one in PV. We felt safe in both those ports. Did a city tour in PV and really enjoyed it, however, I probably would avoid going during spring break again. Next time in PV, we hope to do the Pirate Ship excursion.

In Cabo, we did a catamaran excursion-it was just okay. However, some of our table mates did the Dolphin Swim and really enjoyed it. On our second stop, we just got off the ship, and wandered about on our own.

Sorry, haven't been on this thread for a very long time.....so I'm Janice and will be sailing with my DS Trevor.

Hi

Thanks for the FE link.

We're looking at doing the city tour in PV. We are more interested in tours that include culture, art and sightseeing than beaches and swimming. We are lucky we get to go to the beach any time we want in Australia.

 

[yukongirl123]

We live pretty far north, so the few beaches we have are for the very hardy-they don't get warm enough for me.

I like the city tours also, it's the best way to see an area when your time there is limited.

Janice

 

[swx72]

Thanks for the link on the no sew FE. I'm going to use it as a help to try and sew one too. How do the gifts work. Do you provide one gift suitable for everyone or try and provide a gift for each person in each cabin?

As for trips we will have our 4 year old daughter so we really just want to be able to get an idea of each port.

 

[yukongirl123]

Thanks for the link on the no sew FE. I'm going to use it as a help to try and sew one too. How do the gifts work. Do you provide one gift suitable for everyone or try and provide a gift for each person in each cabin?

As for trips we will have our 4 year old daughter so we really just want to be able to get an idea of each port.

There really are no rules for FE gifts. Some people give a gift for the entire cabin, some will give gifts for each individual, some people give just to the kids. It's really what you're comfortable doing.

On our last cruise I gave out a cabin gift earlt in the cruise, then later in the week, we gave out age appropriate 'little treasures' to teens and kids.

If there are a lot of cabins, some of these FE lists can be a 100 cabins or more, you probably won't want to spend all your free time wandering the ship to deliver them.

If the list is smaller 10-20 cabins, I don't mind delivering gifts more than once. Sometimes, I'll do a floor per day. We do enjoy walking around and looking at how other folks decorate their doors.

It's all meant to be just a bit of fun...

Janice