September 15 Wonder Roll Call

[Lowe6]

Yea I was wondering about that clock thing myself. We are also doing the cruise first & then WDW for 6 nites. We have friends that are driving down with us to do Disney only. They cruised 2 yrs ago at Christmas time & said it was incredible except that they missed CC. I'm hoping that this doesn't happen to us & that all those hurricanes stay away this yr. It's hard getting too excited yet since school is already a complete drag. 1 of my profs assigned us a 90 page reading assignment & 8 pages of written crap on our first nite & it's on the topic of communication. What a waste of time. 15 yrs in Retail Management, hiring & firing, I think I know how to communicate pretty well. O well it helps to know that at the end of this semester there will be Disney waiting for me

 

[Gillian]

I keep trying to go back to school, but after 1 class I always say forget it! I've go 4 classes total, 6 years after graduation I really don't need an advanced degree to be a stay at home mom, which it what I'll be for at least a few years anyway.

I'm hoping for no hurricanes or tropical storms! We went on a windjammer cruise once in october, before baby, and we had 1 really rainy afternoon & evening, but the rest of the week was clear. It was a little hairy getting back on the boat during the storm. Windjammer ships (?) are pretty small and the boats they use to get you back & forth from the islands are tiny! Still, it was a great time & we'll go again when we get a chance.

 

[Lowe6]

So does anyone know what are chances of upgrades are going to be. I keep chking the websites to see if the price has gone down & how full they are. From what I can tell they are not very full yet so I kinda expect a sell but I'm not seeing anything yet. i was hoping I could get into a handicapp room but there are none available.

 

[Katesdad]

I've been doing the same thing and keep finding lots of cabin space available. I'm waiting for the Florida sales to start in order for them to fill up the ship. We will make our final payment next week. Any one received any docs yet? The only thing we recieved so far was a welcome from the WL where we will be staying on the 19th for one night. Can't come home too soon.

 

[cmraman]

Motherhen17404 and I got our excursion paperwork yesterday.

 

[vllygrrl]

We got our paperwork a couple days ago, too! Now it's starting to seem real....

 

[Katesdad]

I guess that's one advantage of paying off early, you get to get excited sooner.

Camraman, welcome. I haven't seen your name on this post before so I haven't had the opportunity to say HI!

 

[cmraman]

Thanks for the welcome. I figured that I would create my own ID rather than using the DW's.

 

[Katesdad]

Got to figure Florida is getting all the bad weather right now so that when we get there in September it will be SUNNY AND WARM! But, if the ship wants to divert to Aruba instead of Nassau, that will be fine with me, just don't make me miss my CC.

Group of DISers as I see it right now,

Katesdad & DW (Keith & Sharon) from Cincinnati OH, 2nd seating
VllyGrrl & DH (Pam & Tom) from Middletown NJ, 2nd seating
CamraMan & MotherHen17404 + DS11 (Bill & Dee + Alec) from York PA, 2nd seating
Lowe6 & DH + 2 12yr B + 2 10yr G + 1 6yr G
Gillian & DH + DS2 from NJ, 1st seating
IDontKnow & DH from NE Indiana, 2nd seating
Toad from Toronto Ontario + 3 cousins from CA, 1st seating

Let me know of any additions, deletions, changes. Any lurkers out there that want to join in?

Lowe6, hope the school work is getting easier now that you have a couple of classes out of the way.

VllyGrrl, any more big winnings in AC?

 

[cmraman]

Additional information for your list:
cmraman=Bill
motherhen17404=Dee
DS=Alec
2nd seating

 

[cmraman]

Additional information for your list:
cmraman=Bill
motherhen17404=Dee
DS=Alec
2nd seating

 

[vllygrrl]

Giggle....not big winnings, but DH and I did come back $200 richer on the 4th of July. The way I see it, they keep paying us to have mini-vacations until it's time to visit The Mouse!

 

[Katesdad]

Finally got our shore excursion document. Guess since AAA booked the trip they get the information and then send it on to us. I'm going to have to talk with the TA and let her know to call me when the docs arrive. I definately don't want to have to wait for her to mail them to us. Heck, I'll take an hour off of work to go over and pick them up.

VllyGrrl, you keep up the winnings and you'll have your next cruise paid off too!

Gillian, I was wondering about that grey area too on the ship layouts. We're in 6594 which I now find out is two rooms down from the laundry area. Guess we'll be having the traffic on our side of the ship.

 

[Lowe6]

Wow I want my paperwork too..........

 

[Gillian]

Katesdad/Keith, it looks like you are across the ship from us. Now if there was a little window in the gray area, we could wave hello! If you are really worried about the laundry, I'm sure you could switch cabins. The ship didn't fill up with floridians yet, did it?

We decided not to do any shore excursions in Nassau. I just have to figure out if we should rent stuff on castaway cay ahead of time. The baby is too young for anything exciting, so it's probaby not a big deal.

Griffin says hiy34vvv233xa (& some other stuff) 3 333 xxx3332z333

 

[Katesdad]

Lowe6, I thought you had enough paperwork already with that summer class. Guess you can always handle that little bit extra though, huh?

Gillian, I thought it was interesting to see that we are right across from each other with that grey mass in the middle. We're not too worried about the noise and heat from the washers and dryers. But, if I upgrade, it would be to something like a Cat 3 or above. Don't necessarily want to move up higher on the ship with out getting a nicer room. Looks to me like Cat 4, 5 & 6 are pretty much the same. Right now, the Disney reservation board doesn't show a Cat 3 available. Thought I'd wait until we check in. We're staying at the Hyatt the night before and I'm planning on being on the first bus over on Sunday.

 

[Gillian]

We're driving over from WDW. I still want to get there early, but I guess it won't be as early as you!

I'm not worried about noise at all - I always travel with ear plugs! If anyone has a noisy cabin, just stop over to 6094 (I think) for a pair. I used to go to concerts a lot & bought a case of 500 pairs. I'm still using them

 

[Lowe6]

hey girl you should just sign up to be the cruise director with all that funniness your putting out for us to enjoy :0 )

From the paperwork girl

 

[Lowe6]

Ok here's an interesting ???? If I order something from the perfect gift & e get upgraded does the stuff move tooooooo
or what exactly happens to it

 

[Katesdad]

Lowe6, that's a very good question. I would imagine that they have to drop the baskets off with a CM since they are no longer allowed on board and the CM would be the one responsible for "finding" the correct room to deliver the goods. I have read that when you upgrade you need to go to your old room to collect your bags from the hallway. However, with all the other items that could be delivered to your room (i.e., shore excursion tickets, gift items from the Disney store) I would think that whoever delivers the baskets must check first to find out where you are. Maybe this would be a good subject to post as a seperate thread so that Barb or Shirley could answer.