September 1, 2007 Eastern Magic! Early but Excited!

[PrettyInTink]

Hi everyone! I'm changing cruises! We are going on the western the week after you all. This is my official drop out post. Have fun on your eastern!

 

[Tigger&Bubba]

HI...I will be on this cruise along with my sister. I am getting her this trip for her Christmas present this year. I just got off of the 11 night Southern Caribbean. It was my first cruise so this will be my second. My sister has never been on a cruise and we have always wanted to go on a Disney Cruise together. This will be a big surprise for her. I am so excited to be going again. Can't wait to meet everyone else!!

Pam
aka Disney Sweetie

Hi Pam,

It was really nice to meet you on the 11 day. For all of you cruising with Pam, she really is a "sweetie".

Best regards,
Dianna

 

[Kimberly815]

Hi everyone! I'm changing cruises! We are going on the western the week after you all. This is my official drop out post. Have fun on your eastern!

Aww! We will miss you! Have fun on your cruise!!! And think of all of us, who will sadly be at home when you are on the boat!!

 

[Jennifer48]

Hi everyone! I'm changing cruises! We are going on the western the week after you all. This is my official drop out post. Have fun on your eastern!

Have a Magical time on your cruise and I'll make sure we keep the ship in prestine condition for you!

 

[ReallyFunMom]

Just a bump so we don't roll off.

 

[Jennifer48]

Anyone have any meet ideas?

 

[Kimberly815]

Anyone have any meet ideas?

Hmm. .. .we should definitely plan something!!

I like the idea of a meet for the Sailaway party. That way we can recognize all our fellow DISers for the rest of the week. It would be a shame to be walking by DISers for days without even knowing it!

We could also do a DIS meet for breakfast one day at sea, maybe even the Palo Breakfast.

I was looking around at other meet threads and I like the idea of a DIS Tag Game: Make a couple of Mickey shaped door magnets that will get passed around the ship. Each person who receives the magnet will sign it, then go "tag" another participant's cabin door. See how far it can get and how many signatures it ends up with, how many times it can make a few rounds.

I also like the idea of a Secret Mickey, kinda like Secret Santa, and we could plan a meet to exchange the presents!

What do y'all think?

 

[ReallyFunMom]

Anybody have any excursions to recommend with 7 & 8 year old boys?

 

[nluvwithmickey]

Hello All!


Well it's official! We are cruising with you guys...just booked thru DU a couple of minutes ago...This is my third Disney cruise and I am addicted to all things Disney. However, this will be DD11's first cruise. She is sooo looking forward to this but for now, it seems pretty far away. Let's hope time flies quickly!

DD 15 will be staying home so it will be just me, DH and DD11. DD15 absolutely does not want to miss out on school and friends so I guess we will be spoiling youngest DD rotten. Now if I could just convince her to join the Oceaneer Lab..I guess being french speaking does not help.

In the meantime, gotta get me a new ticker!

 

[rkandmjsmommy]

HI All
We will be joining you
It will be Me(32) Dh(48), DD(8) and DS(5), anyone have excurisions in mind? This will be the first cruise for DD and DS, and the first Disney for DH and I. We are BEYOND excited, havent told the kids yet, may wait

I wanted to rent jet skis but DS is too young. Has anyone cruised on the Eastern before ANY and ALL advice, info would be WONDERFUL!!!!!

Looking forward to getting to Know EVERYONE

 

[Kimberly815]

Hello All!


Well it's official! We are cruising with you guys...just booked thru DU a couple of minutes ago...This is my third Disney cruise and I am addicted to all things Disney. However, this will be DD11's first cruise. She is sooo looking forward to this but for now, it seems pretty far away. Let's hope time flies quickly!

DD 15 will be staying home so it will be just me, DH and DD11. DD15 absolutely does not want to miss out on school and friends so I guess we will be spoiling youngest DD rotten. Now if I could just convince her to join the Oceaneer Lab..I guess being french speaking does not help.

In the meantime, gotta get me a new ticker!

Welocome!! Glad to have you joining us!! Your third Disney cruise? That's great! I bet speaking french does make it harder for your DD, but hopefully she will love her first cruise!! I am sure that time will fly by between now and then! Bring on the cruise!!


ReallyFunMom- Sorry, this is my first cruise, so I don't have any recommendations for anything! I hope someone does though!

 

[ReallyFunMom]

HI All
We will be joining you
It will be Me(32) Dh(48), DD(8) and DS(5), anyone have excurisions in mind? This will be the first cruise for DD and DS, and the first Disney for DH and I. We are BEYOND excited, havent told the kids yet, may wait

I wanted to rent jet skis but DS is too young. Has anyone cruised on the Eastern before ANY and ALL advice, info would be WONDERFUL!!!!!

Looking forward to getting to Know EVERYONE

Looks like we'll need to do some searches to find good eastern excursions for the kids, I'll post whatever I find out and you can do the same.

I'd hold off on telling the kids til 3 months out, waiting can be agony for them! We've done 3 night and 4 night Disney cruises and its so much more fun that cruising another line with kids. Our opinion, at this age anyway. My kids loved the kids clubs and you'll love that there is a beeper to page you if they want out. My 6 year old will have just turned 7 two months before the cruise and feels quite comfortable going on his own. If your 5 year old needs a buddy we can pair them up for a meeting if you'd like. Our 8 year olds will be in the older kids club. What is really nice about the clubs is they rotate around so kids get to go to "older" kids clubs for a visit. My kids loved the Oceaneer's Club but it was neat for them to go the the Oceaneer's Lab sometimes too. The older kids aren't there at the time, they are bumped up to the next age group. I guess the oldest group is bumped onto the sports deck or something. My kids were together in the 5-7 group this time so being seperated will be different for me but I don't think they will care, they did their own thing there anyway. This shows the age groupings. fyi

http://cruises.about.com/cs/cruisingwithkids/a/disneycruise.htm

 

[ReallyFunMom]

Wow, just went to the excursions list and there are a lot of things to look thru. If anyone reads of a MUST DO or MUST MISS, post here so we all can know! I know, its all subjective. I'll probably submit a post asking for advice and see what comes up. So many experts here on the disboards!

 

[vossjemi]

Well, I'm on maternity leave now. Had the baby Oct 16. WE named her Sienna. Now to get her info to DU for the cruise! Ha ha. WE booked her for a cruise before she was even born! Isn't that funny? ha ha! Yeah, we booked 2 cat 8's the day they opened up. I thought that cruising over Labor DAy weekend would have the other 2 kids missing the least amount of school. I'm still contemplating adding grandma, but not sure. We'll see.

 

[rkandmjsmommy]

congrats Vossjemi on the baby How exciting!!!

 

[ReallyFunMom]

I'm thinking about the Golden Eagle and Doubloon Sail excursions. I really want to book excursions for each day in St Maarten and St Thomas and take it easy on CC. But some say stingray thing is a must for kids. We'll see. I may hit CC again on a Western but may never get back to Maarten/Thomas so want to make excursions there priority.

 

[Jennifer48]

Well, I'm on maternity leave now. Had the baby Oct 16. WE named her Sienna. Now to get her info to DU for the cruise! Ha ha. WE booked her for a cruise before she was even born! Isn't that funny? ha ha! Yeah, we booked 2 cat 8's the day they opened up. I thought that cruising over Labor DAy weekend would have the other 2 kids missing the least amount of school. I'm still contemplating adding grandma, but not sure. We'll see.

Congratulations!!

 

[Jennifer48]

I like the idea of a meet for the Sailaway party. That way we can recognize all our fellow DISers for the rest of the week. It would be a shame to be walking by DISers for days without even knowing it!

I was looking around at other meet threads and I like the idea of a DIS Tag Game: Make a couple of Mickey shaped door magnets that will get passed around the ship. Each person who receives the magnet will sign it, then go "tag" another participant's cabin door. See how far it can get and how many signatures it ends up with, how many times it can make a few rounds.

What do y'all think?

I like these two ideas. We can meet before the Sailaway party right after the Lifeboat drill. Can't miss the Sailaway party!

 

[ReallyFunMom]

Just trying to make sure thread doesn't roll right off..........

 

[Kimberly815]

Come on! There has to be more Disers joining us!!