Sept. 26, 2009 Magic

[haileyboo]

Want to check the list to see who cruising with this group has any kids in the 3-5 year old range. I know there are some. I'm so worried that my 3 year old especially is not going to want to do the kid's club so hoping to introduce her to another youngster to get her into it. Lemme know!!

I have a 4 y/o son traveling with us & my sister has a 3 y/o son as well, so maybe we can hook them up!

 

[haileyboo]

I think that I missed one or two orders for the wristbands (I am sorry). Here is what I have currently:

Dis Name Adults/Kids
Aristocats lover 2
BananasTwo 2/2
Crystal_27 2/1
haileyboo 2/2
KimmySue's Sister 2
kpadalik 2/1
thepanmanman 2
Paul2003 2
Fire_14 & fires_grumpy 3
Fourgonefishn 3 2
hal001 3/2
Disney Sweetie 4
lexiconjoe 4
Frankiesmom 5
KimmySue 6
Sftnslky 7
Spectrum-Turbo 8

Please let me know if you would like to order wrisbands. Although, we still have some time before I am going to place the order. I would like to start the final research so that we can decide which design to order and get a final estimate on the price per band.

Please add my sister "Saoirse" for 2 adults/1 child. Thanks!

 

[goofieslonglostsis]

DONE!!!!! YAY...we are officially going!!

Congrats!

 

[thepanmanman]

I suppose I should pay for this cruise soon.

Using my Disney Visa so 0.0% interest for 6 months. So waiting for 75 day mark vs. 90 day mark.

With the money you save we all can have free drinks on you. Look forward to seeing you this fall. I hope we can get together for a drink. See you soon.

thepanman

 

[DisneyMom2008]

Today is a GREAT day! Just paid off the cruise!! Now I can save for my fruity drinks!!

 

[hal001]

DONE!!!!! YAY...we are officially going!!

So glad you guys are gonna make it!! I know so many people have had employment scares, including us. So I know it feels so good to have it resolved and have this to look forward to. Congrats!

Want to check the list to see who cruising with this group has any kids in the 3-5 year old range. I know there are some. I'm so worried that my 3 year old especially is not going to want to do the kid's club so hoping to introduce her to another youngster to get her into it. Lemme know!!

Okay, time to go pay off the cruise that I was sure was never going to happen!! And then time to start looking for FE gifts.

We have a DD5 coming with us who will be more than proud to show a "kid" around the club PM me if you would like her to send an email.

Today is a GREAT day! Just paid off the cruise!! Now I can save for my fruity drinks!!

Great news! hopefully you won't need too much $ for drinks since FatCat is saving so much in interest I hear he intends to lavish us with liquid refreshment! Thanks FatCat!

 

[hal001]

just some housekeepin....i noticed that ann (barecuda) is on the lists of cruisers but i thought they had to change cruises? anyone know for sure?

 

[goofieslonglostsis]

Today is a GREAT day! Just paid off the cruise!! Now I can save for my fruity drinks!!

Congrats!

 

[spectrum-turbo]

Please add my sister "Saoirse" for 2 adults/1 child. Thanks!

Got it!

 

[Disney Sweetie]

just some housekeepin....i noticed that ann (barecuda) is on the lists of cruisers but i thought they had to change cruises? anyone know for sure?

I know she is doing the WBTransAtlantic next Sept. with me, but I dont remember if she cancelled this one or not. I will see what I can find out. Thanks for being such a good "housekeeper"....

 

[bigferrell]

St Maarten ATV Excursion Participants

Just wanted to get a roster for all of us going on the ATV Excursion in St. Maarten:

Group 1
3 ATVs, 4 people: Bigferrell, Nutzaboutdisney, Daughter (age 14, ride along), & Sister

Group 2
4 ATVs 4 Adults: Disney Sweetie - Pam, DH - Mike, DD - Leissa, DS - Charlie

I know that there are more that have signed up. If you have please PM me and I will update the list.

 

[ch10dad]

St Maarten ATV Excursion Participants

Just wanted to get a roster for all of us going on the ATV Excursion in St. Maarten:

Group 1
3 ATVs, 4 people: Bigferrell, Nutzaboutdisney, Daughter (age 14, ride along), & Sister

Group 2
4 ATVs 4 Adults: Disney Sweetie - Pam, DH - Mike, DD - Leissa, DS - Charlie

I know that there are more that have signed up. If you have please PM me and I will update the list.

I'd like to know more. I didn't see this on the DCL excursions, where/who/how much? Age limits? How long?

 

[Disney Sweetie]

Hi everyone....I was just wondering if any one in our group is on Facebook or MySpace? I have tons of friends from the WBTA cruise in Sept. 2010 on my Facebook page. It is a great way to get to know them before the cruise. Also helps to see the face so when you get to the ship you will know that they are part of your group.

It would be great to know your face before the cruise so I could recognize you when I see you at the Sailaway Party!!!

 

[Disney Sweetie]

Fellow DISers,
For those of you interested in the ATV/Orient Beach Excursion I received a very prompt reply regarding questions I had about the excursion. I have attached portions of the email below, omitting email addys which are in violation of DIS, but if you would like a copy of the complete email with all addy's please pm me with your personal email address and I will be happy to forward you the entire email.

In a nutshell:

1 1/2 hours of riding with 1 hour beach break.
Pick up is at 8:40am at port, drop off 11:40am at port
Tour is in groups of 10(ten) ATV's.
30% downpayment due at sign up and remainder due in cash or travelor's checks at time of excursion.

Let me know if you are interested so we can get one or two groups together!!!!

Greetings from St. Maarten,

We show current availability on the ATV Island Tour & Orient Beach tour on your arrival date. We take groups of ten riders.

The ATV Island Tour & Orient Beach Tour provides an exciting guided tour via ATV sports quadbikes around the French Side of St Maarten.

Its an absolutely unique way to "sightsee" and tour the island in the fresh air and outside the confines of buses and vans. The 2.5hr tour travels by public road for around 50% of the trip and on "Offroad" dirt tracks and beach for the other 50% of the excursion.

After being picked up at the cruise terminal, you will head to Point Blanch, for your safety briefing and departure. There is adequate storage under the seat for any bags or valuables.

The Quadbikes are all new, well maintained, and are "automatic", with no gears to worry about, so they are easy and safe for beginners. Helmets (provided free of charge) are compulsory. You will ride along palm lined public roads, off road dirt tracks, and sections of the beach.

There are a couple of stops for photo opportunities, and a highlight of this tour is the stunning panoramas of Orient Bay and Pinel Island on the French side of the Island. You will also enjoy great views of St. Barths, and the deserted Tintemare Island, which all provide great photo opportunities. The tour then heads down from the hills and onto Orient Beach, where you will spend an hour or so, at our Orient Beach club. There are bar, restaurant, shower, and toilet facilities. Swimming at Orient Bay is great, and a wonderful way to freshen up after your "dirtbiking". (Please note that free sunloungers are no longer available at this location but are available for rent on the beach). Then, its back onboard, for the return ride to Philipsburg.

Finally you will climb a steep mountain road way above the cruise terminal, where you can get great photos looking down on your cruise ship from high above the bay of Philipsburg.

Pickup Time at the cruise Ship Terminal is 8:40am / 11.40am (transfer time is under 10 mins).

The excursion is $69usd single riders, $55usd double riders, $33usd under 12yrs.

Riders must be 18yrs or older and we do not recommend the tour for under 7yrs.


Tour Specifications:

*
Transport is included in the cost of the excursion.
*
There is a combined 350lb weight limit per bike. Single and Double rider options are available.
*
The day consists of 2.5hrs Quadbiking and Beach Break.
*
Sunloungers, Drinks and Food are not provided on this excursion, but are available at extra cost at the Beach Club
*
You may opt to bring along your own snacks & drinks.
*
If you have additional questions not covered in this e-mail or not covered in our Website please contact our Live Help Dept. by visiting our Website Mon-Fri 9:00am to 5:00pm.

A 30% Deposit is required in order to secure your reservation (fully refunded in case of inclement weather cancellations or Ships not calling Port, please refer to our Terms of Reservation by visiting our website
The balance is due at time of excursion in cash or travelers check only.

Please remember that prices quoted on reservation requests or as show on our website at time of reservation request are not guaranteed until a reservation deposit is submitted for the excursion. To make sure you receive the quoted price please reserve the excursion within 24hrs of reservation request.

Please feel free to e-mail us or to contact our Live Help Dept. by visiting our Website. You may contact one of our live Operators for reservations as well as answers to any further questions before your confirmed reservation.

A confirmation e-mail will be sent to you with directions as well as additional relevant reservation instructions following your reservation submittal.

Please ensure to prebook your ATV adventure in order to avoid disappointment due to un-availability. This tour does sell out well in advance.

Thank you,

Monique

I'd like to know more. I didn't see this on the DCL excursions, where/who/how much? Age limits? How long?

Hope this helps ya.....we would love to have you join us.

 

[Fire14]

Hi everyone....I was just wondering if any one in our group is on Facebook or MySpace? I have tons of friends from the WBTA cruise in Sept. 2010 on my Facebook page. It is a great way to get to know them before the cruise. Also helps to see the face so when you get to the ship you will know that they are part of your group.

It would be great to know your face before the cruise so I could recognize you when I see you at the Sailaway Party!!!

I'm on facebook and so is Jodi.

 

[Disney Sweetie]

Not sure what I am doing...but I made a group page for our cruise on Facebook...Disney Cruise Lines Sept. 26, 2009.....see if you can find it and we can go from there.....

 

[bigferrell]

I'd like to know more. I didn't see this on the DCL excursions, where/who/how much? Age limits? How long?

CH10Dad Glad you are interested! The more the merrier!


Just so everyone is clear this is not a DCL sponsored excursion. Other cruise lines do sponsor this one and it is open to anyone. Also be advised that it goes to the French side Orient Beach where they do not have tan lines if you know what I mean.

Here is the info about the excursion which is available at stmaartencruiseexcursions dotcom:


Fellow DISers,
For those of you interested in the ATV/Orient Beach Excursion I received a very prompt reply regarding questions I had about the excursion. I have attached portions of the email below, omitting email addys which are in violation of DIS, but if you would like a copy of the complete email with all addy's please pm me with your personal email address and I will be happy to forward you the entire email.

In a nutshell:1 1/2 hours of riding with 1 hour beach break.
Pick up is at 8:40am at port, drop off 11:40am at port
Tour is in groups of 10(ten) ATV's.
30% downpayment due at sign up and remainder due in cash or travelor's checks at time of excursion.

Let me know if you are interested so we can get one or two groups together!!!!

Greetings from St. Maarten,

We show current availability on the ATV Island Tour & Orient Beach tour on your arrival date. We take groups of ten riders.

The ATV Island Tour & Orient Beach Tour provides an exciting guided tour via ATV sports quadbikes around the French Side of St Maarten.

Its an absolutely unique way to "sightsee" and tour the island in the fresh air and outside the confines of buses and vans. The 2.5hr tour travels by public road for around 50% of the trip and on "Offroad" dirt tracks and beach for the other 50% of the excursion.

After being picked up at the cruise terminal, you will head to Point Blanch, for your safety briefing and departure. There is adequate storage under the seat for any bags or valuables.

The Quadbikes are all new, well maintained, and are "automatic", with no gears to worry about, so they are easy and safe for beginners. Helmets (provided free of charge) are compulsory. You will ride along palm lined public roads, off road dirt tracks, and sections of the beach.

There are a couple of stops for photo opportunities, and a highlight of this tour is the stunning panoramas of Orient Bay and Pinel Island on the French side of the Island. You will also enjoy great views of St. Barths, and the deserted Tintemare Island, which all provide great photo opportunities. The tour then heads down from the hills and onto Orient Beach, where you will spend an hour or so, at our Orient Beach club. There are bar, restaurant, shower, and toilet facilities. Swimming at Orient Bay is great, and a wonderful way to freshen up after your "dirtbiking". (Please note that free sunloungers are no longer available at this location but are available for rent on the beach). Then, its back onboard, for the return ride to Philipsburg.

Finally you will climb a steep mountain road way above the cruise terminal, where you can get great photos looking down on your cruise ship from high above the bay of Philipsburg.

Pickup Time at the cruise Ship Terminal is 8:40am / 11.40am (transfer time is under 10 mins).

The excursion is $69usd single riders, $55usd double riders, $33usd under 12yrs.

Riders must be 18yrs or older and we do not recommend the tour for under 7yrs.


Tour Specifications:

*
Transport is included in the cost of the excursion.
*
There is a combined 350lb weight limit per bike. Single and Double rider options are available.
*
The day consists of 2.5hrs Quadbiking and Beach Break.
*
Sunloungers, Drinks and Food are not provided on this excursion, but are available at extra cost at the Beach Club
*
You may opt to bring along your own snacks & drinks.
*
If you have additional questions not covered in this e-mail or not covered in our Website please contact our Live Help Dept. by visiting our Website Mon-Fri 9:00am to 5:00pm.

A 30% Deposit is required in order to secure your reservation (fully refunded in case of inclement weather cancellations or Ships not calling Port, please refer to our Terms of Reservation by visiting our website
The balance is due at time of excursion in cash or travelers check only.

Please remember that prices quoted on reservation requests or as show on our website at time of reservation request are not guaranteed until a reservation deposit is submitted for the excursion. To make sure you receive the quoted price please reserve the excursion within 24hrs of reservation request.

Please feel free to e-mail us or to contact our Live Help Dept. by visiting our Website. You may contact one of our live Operators for reservations as well as answers to any further questions before your confirmed reservation.

A confirmation e-mail will be sent to you with directions as well as additional relevant reservation instructions following your reservation submittal.

Please ensure to prebook your ATV adventure in order to avoid disappointment due to un-availability. This tour does sell out well in advance.

 

[BananasTwo]

I could have sworn I posted a reply yesterday to a bunch of this stuff, but I guess not. So here we go again.

YAY FOR SO MANY OF US PAYING OFF THE CRUISE!! Now some questions for you pros...

1. Fish Extenders: Did most of you buy these on ebay or make them?

2. Autograph books: Do they sell them on the ship? Do they do this on cruises like they do in Disney? Should I bother?

3. Do you have to sign up for the character breakfast? Or is that just something that you are assigned to.

You sound like me...I was unsure if I was going to get to go on this trip up until 2 days ago...we are all paid in full and now it is on to catching up and planning.

I have a list of everyone going and the ages of the kids on page 9. The link is in my signature line. Maybe it will help with finding someone for your daughter to be friends with.

See ya soon....

Yay for you guys too!!! Will check out the page and see if I can't send some PMs.

I have a 4 y/o son traveling with us & my sister has a 3 y/o son as well, so maybe we can hook them up!

DEFINITELY!!! Thanks. I think for my 5 year old this will be a piece of cake. But my 3 year old will be a tough one to sell. We'll definitely have to hook up that first night when they go check everything out in the club.

So glad you guys are gonna make it!! I know so many people have had employment scares, including us. So I know it feels so good to have it resolved and have this to look forward to. Congrats!

We have a DD5 coming with us who will be more than proud to show a "kid" around the club PM me if you would like her to send an email.

That would be wonderful. He'd get a real kick out of that. PM me and I can exchange email addresses with you.


Hope everyone had a fabulous 4th of July weekend. It was crazy beautiful here after a month and a half of rain every day.

 

[BananasTwo]

Not sure what I am doing...but I made a group page for our cruise on Facebook...Disney Cruise Lines Sept. 26, 2009.....see if you can find it and we can go from there.....

I couldn't find it. Can you tell me how to search for it. I searched in groups and friends and couldn't find that name.

 

[goofieslonglostsis]

I could have sworn I posted a reply yesterday to a bunch of this stuff, but I guess not. So here we go again.

YAY FOR SO MANY OF US PAYING OFF THE CRUISE!! Now some questions for you pros...

1. Fish Extenders: Did most of you buy these on ebay or make them?

I'm lazy and not 'homy' what so ever, so bought one on ebay.

I'm no help about the rest.

Not sure what I am doing...but I made a group page for our cruise on Facebook...Disney Cruise Lines Sept. 26, 2009.....see if you can find it and we can go from there.....

Enlighten me; what is facebook?