Sept. 26, 2009 Magic

[goofieslonglostsis]

Whohoo! As of this weekend, my cruise is officially payed off. Let the count down go fast!

 

[ebony]

Hello everyone.
Lokks like from reading the loast two pages there are lots of us in Cat 6. Just DH (Carl) and me (Jan) on this cruise cabin 6596.
Well done Goofielonglostsis for paying off yours this early. We are still getting the last lot of money together for our Xmas disney trip !!.
Nice to see so many posters on this thread.

 

[Crystal_27]

Whohoo! As of this weekend, my cruise is officially payed off. Let the count down go fast!

Woo-Hoo - you go girl! We always wait until the very last minute to pay ours off. I figure that Disney gets enough of our money that we should try and hold on to as much of it for as long as possible. Have a great day, everyone!

 

[goofieslonglostsis]

Sure sounds like it, Jan! It'll be a blast on deck 6.

Lol, this is even paying it off 'late'. Overhere if you book anything? You pay in full for it, that same minute. (also no more changing anything, can you imagine? ) So Disneys and DCL's policy is like, well, financial heaven or something? Having it payed off makes me feel more at ease, especially with still enough things that'll need to be payed for, for the cruise. I'm living on a sort of disability pay so still having 15 months to safe up for the rest is very welcome.

And besides; the sooner everything is payed off, the sooner I can start saving for a next trip!

 

[sftnslky]

Hello everyone.
Lokks like from reading the loast two pages there are lots of us in Cat 6. Just DH (Carl) and me (Jan) on this cruise cabin 6596.
Well done Goofielonglostsis for paying off yours this early. We are still getting the last lot of money together for our Xmas disney trip !!.
Nice to see so many posters on this thread.

Hi, everyone I'm so excited I went to transfer our reservations to DU and noticed they were offering double obc so I decided to see just how much DCL would charge us to upgrade... We originally booked connecting cabins 2122 & 2124, and orginally when I called DCL they came back with a pretty steep increase.. But I asked them if I could still get my castaway member discount, and if I could also keep my 10% discount for on-board booking AND figuring I had nothing to loose I told them when we booked on board their was also a speical that the per person deposit was half off...another words $125 per person and I didn't want to pay an additional $125 to make it the normal $250 and last but not least, I WANTED/NEEDED to keep my $200 per cabin stateroom credit.

After a long pause..he said "ok, let me check". After about 4 minutes he came back on the line and said "Ok, you got it all!!" Oh gosh that is super exciting. So in a nut shell, we still get to keep all we had, but now we have connecting verandah staterooms 6620 & 6622 for only an additional $126 per person from what we were already paying. And the best part of all, I transferd my reservations to DU and they are giving us an additional $200 per stateroom credit, for a grand total of $800 for the two cabins. We have never ever had verandah staterooms before and I can't wait. I am super excited, not only about the extra $$$ to spend, but being able to have fresh air, and sit outside and just watch the world/ocean go by in private. Hope you all have a great Thursday.

 

[Crystal_27]

So in a nut shell, we still get to keep all we had, but now we have connecting verandah staterooms 6620 & 6622 for only an additional $126 per person from what we were already paying. And the best part of all, I transferd my reservations to DU and they are giving us an additional $200 per stateroom credit, for a grand total of $800 for the two cabins.

That's absolutely terrific - congrats! You will definitely love your verandah!

I hope everyone in the States had a great 4th of July. We just cooked out with some friends and blew off some fireworks. Tonight we'll be headed to one of our local parks to get more firework action (although it's hard to even view other fireworks that are not Wishes fireworks). Anyway, I hope everyone is having a great weekend!

 

[maleficent esq.]

DH and I decorate our door for every day of the cruise. I'm not too creative so I keep it simple if you check out my pics at the bottom it may give you some ideas. Fish extender gifts, I have already started buying some small dollar items for kids. Love the idea ... Hope everyone has been well, welcome to all the new comers - This should be a wonderful time What's not to enjoy
TTFN
Mal

 

[goofieslonglostsis]

How's everybody been? No news is good news I hope?

For those even poundering the idea of upgrading to a suite; there is an offer in the latest Mousesavers newsletter that would mean one gets a lot more OBC when booking a suite. Might be interesting for some people.

 

[Crystal_27]

How's everybody been? No news is good news I hope?

Things are just rolling along here. We're really starting to gear up for our trip in September - - making shirts, scrapbook autograph pages, a countdown calendar, etc. We also are doing some minor home improvements projects, so that's keeping us busy. Oh, and I also came down with a cold yesterday and have been so sick and achy and miserable (especially since I job-share and only work part time so I have to be at work). UG - - send me some healthy vibes, guys. Take care!

 

[goofieslonglostsis]

Hope you're feeling better by now, Crystal?

 

[Crystal_27]

Hope you're feeling better by now, Crystal?

Oh, yes, I am - - finally! Thank you so much for asking, Hon! I hope all is well with you!!

 

[goofieslonglostsis]

Great, good to hear you got rid of the cold. Colds should be forbidden in summer! They should be forbidden in winter also, but first let's start with summer. How's the planning for september going?

Overhere things are a tad bit crazy. I'm trying to hold down the fort for both of my volunteer jobs. Seems like I'm the only one not going on a holiday during the summer. Normally not a problem, but somehow this year clients are coming out of everywhere to book our theatre for upcoming season(job1) and ofcourse want to know everything about all the things I normally know nothing about . And even weirder; it is summer, almost all of political and legislative (spelling) stuff is in recess but we somehow keep getting new reports to read up on and respond to asap (job 2).

And to make things worse on myself, I'm going back and forth about the cruise. I don't know what happened, but ever since I discovered WDW and the DIS I've become infected with changeritus. Right now the planning is the 7-day St Maarten cruise started of with a day or 2 (perhaps 3 if budget is really friendly this year?) at WDW in a deluxe. Great! But a longer stay at WDW and combine two deluxes I've allways been drooling over is also great. If I did a 4-day cruise instead of the 7-day, I could stay at a deluxe for almost a week. I keep coming up with pros and cons of the both, so it'll be interesting to see what I decide.

 

[Crystal_27]

Great, good to hear you got rid of the cold. Colds should be forbidden in summer! They should be forbidden in winter also, but first let's start with summer. How's the planning for september going?

Overhere things are a tad bit crazy. I'm trying to hold down the fort for both of my volunteer jobs. Seems like I'm the only one not going on a holiday during the summer. Normally not a problem, but somehow this year clients are coming out of everywhere to book our theatre for upcoming season(job1) and ofcourse want to know everything about all the things I normally know nothing about . And even weirder; it is summer, almost all of political and legislative (spelling) stuff is in recess but we somehow keep getting new reports to read up on and respond to asap (job 2).

And to make things worse on myself, I'm going back and forth about the cruise. I don't know what happened, but ever since I discovered WDW and the DIS I've become infected with changeritus. Right now the planning is the 7-day St Maarten cruise started of with a day or 2 (perhaps 3 if budget is really friendly this year?) at WDW in a deluxe. Great! But a longer stay at WDW and combine two deluxes I've allways been drooling over is also great. If I did a 4-day cruise instead of the 7-day, I could stay at a deluxe for almost a week. I keep coming up with pros and cons of the both, so it'll be interesting to see what I decide.

Totally agree with you about summer colds - - I'm just thankful that my 4 year old DD didn't contract whatever I had (though she probably gave it to me in the first place - LOL).

I just have to say: your jobs sound very interesting, especially the theatre - - of course, anything beats suing people for a living - LOL!

About your cruise, I understand what you are going through. We did the 3 day land/4 day sea last year and, although we did have a wonderful vacation, we vowed we'd never do a "split" vacation again. However, since you can't very well hop in the car and drive to Disney World, your situation is certainly a bit different than ours.

Really, for me, the only drawback to doing another 4 day (or 3 day) cruise is Nassau - what a dump that place was. However, if you were doing a long Disney parks vacation with a cruise added for fun, I think that a 3 or 4 day would be ideal. What is the price difference if you opt for a Moderate hotel and an inside stateroom? Could you do the 7 day cruise *and* 7 days at the parks then? Now, to me, THAT would be an ideal vacation.

Anyway, good luck with planning. I'll tell you what: I never realized that planning a vacation could be so much fun. We leave for Disney in a mere 47 days and I can't wait!!!!

 

[goofieslonglostsis]

Suing people could be fun I guess. Especially people that deserve it. Probably The Big has given the bug to you but has become resistant herself with all of the colds etc. kids catch.

The theatre sounds 'more' than it is. It's a combination of a community center and a local theatre. Pretty big and 'wow' when it comes to the techniques we use compared to other volunteer theatres, but nothing compared to the real deals. We have about 30/40 nights per year filled with shows and stuff, varying from an occational pretty big name to the 'graduationshow' at the end of the kids theatre course. But it is fun, especially the shows for kids.

The land-sea package has always sounded like 'nothing of either' to me. Too short at WDW and too short of a cruise to totally relax from the buzzing at WDW and really enjoy the cruise. Nassau doesn't attract me either, but the cruising itself would make up for it.

I must warn you, I'm a snob. I've decided that whatever I will do for the 2009 trip, I want it to have something big 'wow'. I've done mod. before, we're doing it again this december (14 days ), I'm afraid it would feel a bit like 'nice, but been here, done this, doesn't blow me away'. Same thing with an inside cabin. Somehow now that I've got the ressie for a cat 6, it feels like I would be picking a 'second best' when going for the inside. And the price difference between cat 6 and cat 8 is so relatively little, it's not really worth it.

Mainly the choices (haha, might change again!) are narrowed down to;
- the sept 26th cruise + 2 day (maybe 3 if lucky??) at AKL beforehand
- a week at AKV followed by a 4-day DCL
- a week at AKV followed by a week at BWV (or other way around) and perhaps one/two nights really splurging it something big somewhere (concierge or monorail??)

As you said; with flying in from this distance it does influence choices. And with me having just gotten an AP as a present (whohoo!), it would be smarter money wise to do a longer WDW-trip in 2009 and cruise on a later date than vice versa. Basically I'm having the toddler-problem; I don't wanna pick, I want them all! (well, just option one and three are ok also )

Planning for disney is always fun but I've never had so many doubts and 'oh, want to do that also'.

When you check in in less then 7 weeks, wave to Kona for me and tell them they'ld better still have the crabcakes on the menu when we get there in december!

 

[backtoTX]

Hey folks, I'll be paying my deposit in the morning (whoops it's already the morning! What am I doing up this late?)

We are at cruise date:
Me (34)
DW (33)
DD1 (10)
DD2 (8)
DD3 (5)

We're booked for cabin #8036. I don't know if that's a good thing or not, but my TA said it was so...

I was curious if anyone's kids wanted to exchange a few emails with one of my DD's. It'd be neat if they could have a friend or two or three to look forward to meeting before they even got on board. My oldest recently got her own (heavily monitored) email address, but she really only has people like me to email so it isn't as exciting for her right now. PM me if you think that's a good idea. Of course, that would mean telling them about it much sooner than expected, but why should I be the only one to suffer with so much anticipation?


Lastly, how can I change my user name to something more disneyish? I used the log-on I usually use for boards, but now I feel out of place.

Anyway, looking forward to the cruise. Now lets hope that my annual bonus isn't affected by the economy too much so I can actually go.

Later,
Adam

 

[goofieslonglostsis]

Welcome to the bunch, Adam! And also welcome to the DIS!!

Did you check out the deckplans yet? 8036 is midship. Have a look at; http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/cruise-new/cr-deckplans.htm# (you can click on the desired deck and it'll give you a bigger pop up)

As far as changing your username, I think it's best to ask one of the moderators. On most boards you're not able to do it yourself, only the webmaster. You'll need a minimum amount of posts (I think 10 or 15) to be able to sent a PM, so an other option is to check out the WelcomeToTheDis-board ( http://www.disboards.com/forumdisplay.php?f=83 ) or the TechnicalSupport-board. ( http://www.disboards.com/forumdisplay.php?f=43 )

 

[backtoTX]

Thanks, I found the answer to the name change thing. Says you must create new account. (TGM let me do it last year.) I guess it's not really that big-a-deal.



Adam

 

[Crystal_27]

I must warn you, I'm a snob. I've decided that whatever I will do for the 2009 trip, I want it to have something big 'wow'. I've done mod. before, we're doing it again this december (14 days ), I'm afraid it would feel a bit like 'nice, but been here, done this, doesn't blow me away'. Same thing with an inside cabin. Somehow now that I've got the ressie for a cat 6, it feels like I would be picking a 'second best' when going for the inside. And the price difference between cat 6 and cat 8 is so relatively little, it's not really worth it.

Mainly the choices (haha, might change again!) are narrowed down to;
- the sept 26th cruise + 2 day (maybe 3 if lucky??) at AKL beforehand
- a week at AKV followed by a 4-day DCL
- a week at AKV followed by a week at BWV (or other way around) and perhaps one/two nights really splurging it something big somewhere (concierge or monorail??)

Well, let me just tell you that starting with a Deluxe for our first onsite trip is exactly our problem too. We stayed at the Poly last year and fell.in.love with the convenience of the Monorail. DH wouldn't even consider a non-Monorail resort for our September trip. So, I understand what you are saying about feeling like you were stepping down - I know I would feel the same way (although I'm trying, trying, trying to get DH to agree to a cheapie February, 2009 trip and stay at a Value. Same thing with the cruise: DH said he'd rather not cruise than to not have a verandah (which is silly because we spent so little time on our verandah in December).

If I were in your shoes, I'd keep this cruise and just hope for a room discount code for AKL and hopefully save enough to do 4+ days there.

Hey folks, I'll be paying my deposit in the morning (whoops it's already the morning! What am I doing up this late?)

We are at cruise date:
Me (34)
DW (33)
DD1 (10)
DD2 (8)
DD3 (5)

Welcome, Adam! My DD (and also the DD of the friends who are joining us on the cruise) will also be 5 when we sail, so I'm sure they'll rock the Kids Club together. I believe that our friends' oldest DD will be 10 too. I'm trying to get our friends logged into The DIS so *hopefully* one day she'll be posting to our thread too and maybe then the oldest girls can exchange email addresses.

It's a bummer that you can't change your login. I wish that I would have chosen Crystal_Ga instead of Crystal_27 because obviously age 27 has come and gone for me. Oh well.

 

[goofieslonglostsis]

Adam, I'll be calling you Adam anyway so who minds your username, right?


Crystal, one day your username will be one of those 'sweet memories of the younger days'.

I must admit, I was just a tad bit surprised to read that you guys are bouncing back to the Poly. After reading your trip report (and how you mentioned mwah about the darkness of the decor of the rooms) I was assuming you might have wanted to try out another mono-resort. But than again, having Kona right at your doorstep.... what a luxery that is!!!



I think I have made up my mind. I think. I'm going to bug you guys around on the cruise and do 5 or 6 days at WDW. I'm going to look into renting points, that way a 5 or 6 day stay at the BWV would be doable. (and cheaper than the 30% bounceback offer)

 

[Crystal_27]

I must admit, I was just a tad bit surprised to read that you guys are bouncing back to the Poly. After reading your trip report (and how you mentioned mwah about the darkness of the decor of the rooms) I was assuming you might have wanted to try out another mono-resort. But than again, having Kona right at your doorstep.... what a luxery that is!!!

Well, the only reason we re-booked the Poly was because the Contemporary was only $30.00 (or maybe $50.00) cheaper than the Poly and I *really* wasn't a fan of the decor at the Contemporary. We didn't even inquire about how much it would be to stay at the GF, and I kick myself around the BLOCK for not even asking the CM. I think that we could have probably gotten into the GF for just a few hundred more, and that would have made me one happy girl. Of course, to be fair, we were soooooo rushed during our Land/Sea that I really didn't have a chance to *really* experience the Poly. I'm hoping with this trip, I'll see what the die-hard Poly fans see.

Oh, forgot to add: glad you've decided on keeping the cruise. I think that your plan of renting points will work out VERY well!