September 19, 2010 - anyone?

[JRose48]

Hey Guys. I know we are all excited about our trip coming up real soon. I was just wondering though if anyone is worried about the weather? There are already 3 hurricanes happening this week near bermuda and coming up from the atlantic and there may be one more behind it! I'm starting to get really nervous.

We sailed last year at about the same time. At one point the boat was re-routed to avoid a storm. They are really good about watching the weather patterns and avoiding trouble.

 

[jameyh9479]

i'm not the only one who's worried. Its our first disney cruise so i'm keeping my fingers crossed for safe travels!

 

[jameyh9479]

Hi guys, this will be our first disney cruise and i am trying to decide about joining in on the FE's. are ya'll giving gifts to each cruiser or to each room?
don't want to spend tons of money but would love to participate.
thanks for any info.

 

[Jey12]

Hey Guys. I know we are all excited about our trip coming up real soon. I was just wondering though if anyone is worried about the weather? There are already 3 hurricanes happening this week near bermuda and coming up from the atlantic and there may be one more behind it! I'm starting to get really nervous.

Nope not us. Honestly not worried in the least. Two main reasons we're not...

I've read where cruise ships are the safest to be on because they can actually move out of the way of a storm. On land you're kinda stuck. Since we're on a 4 day cruise if there's bad weather there's an extra day to play with to get us to castaway cay.

The last reason, gdaneowner and my family are from the midwest. The weather here changes drastically every 12 hours normally. If we're lucky we'll get a 5 minute warning for a tornado. Unless we see a tornado with our own eyes we stay outside and enjoy. 60 plus mile an hour winds can just be a normal day. So if something should come up we'll probably be the ones trying to walk around on the deck saying "what weather?"

This is our first cruise as well and I hope others don't stress too much over the weather. The worst chance of storms is usually around the first part of Sept. Even though our cruise seems so close but yet so far away, weather wise it is very far away. We can't control the weather, it seems the ship and Disney will do whatever they can to keep us safe first, and then continue to have a great time! The normal things I've heard is the ship needs to be rerouted to another port in the cases of bad weather and that Disney is more than accomodating to get guests to their original destination.


I'm sure it will be just fine my fellow cruisers. We're going to have a great time, come calm or high water!

 

[bellaprincess98]

Nope not us. Honestly not worried in the least. Two main reasons we're not...

I've read where cruise ships are the safest to be on because they can actually move out of the way of a storm. On land you're kinda stuck. Since we're on a 4 day cruise if there's bad weather there's an extra day to play with to get us to castaway cay.

The last reason, gdaneowner and my family are from the midwest. The weather here changes drastically every 12 hours normally. If we're lucky we'll get a 5 minute warning for a tornado. Unless we see a tornado with our own eyes we stay outside and enjoy. 60 plus mile an hour winds can just be a normal day. So if something should come up we'll probably be the ones trying to walk around on the deck saying "what weather?"

This is our first cruise as well and I hope others don't stress too much over the weather. The worst chance of storms is usually around the first part of Sept. Even though our cruise seems so close but yet so far away, weather wise it is very far away. We can't control the weather, it seems the ship and Disney will do whatever they can to keep us safe first, and then continue to have a great time! The normal things I've heard is the ship needs to be rerouted to another port in the cases of bad weather and that Disney is more than accomodating to get guests to their original destination.


I'm sure it will be just fine my fellow cruisers. We're going to have a great time, come calm or high water!

Thanks for the words of wisdom. I'm starting to feel better about it. I'm not neccesarily scared of the weather, just scared of it ruining our trip! This is our first Disney cruise and I want it to be special so that we can keep coming back.

 

[UGAFan0829]

Jey12-That is a great perspective. Thanks for posting that!! Definitely helps to make me feel better!

 

[ChipDaleLover]

We are ready to sign up for the FE - woohoo
4 rooms - 11 people (10 adults & 1 kid)
#1041 My daughter Stacy (she is turning 30 while onboard), her husband Jeff & Gracie(4)

#1067 My mom and dad Phyllis & Gene and our good friend Erik (who happens to be a disney cast member)

#2601 Susie & Sheila (both first time cruisers and in their 70's)

#1069 Tina (me) and Karen (her b-day is also while we are on the cruise)

Is that all the info you need?

 

[Crystal_27]

I was just wondering though if anyone is worried about the weather? There are already 3 hurricanes happening this week near bermuda and coming up from the atlantic and there may be one more behind it! I'm starting to get really nervous.

We cruised for the first time in hurricane season last September and I was sooooo worried about it. I was on the hurricane tracking website a couple times each day and was obsessed about it. However, I have to say that the weather during our September cruise couldn't have been more perfect and awesome. We ran into a little rain on our Castaway Cay day, but even that just ended up cooling everyone down a little bit. Since DD will likely have a week off in September for the foreseeable future, we'll just enjoy cruising "on the cheap" and let the weather gods work everything else out.

Hi guys, this will be our first disney cruise and i am trying to decide about joining in on the FE's. are ya'll giving gifts to each cruiser or to each room?
don't want to spend tons of money but would love to participate.
thanks for any info.

People do it either way...sometimes one gift per stateroom, sometimes one per person. Sometimes only the kids, sometimes only the adults. There really is no right or wrong. If you do want to participate, please let me know and I'll get you added to the list. We're cutting off the "sign up" on September 1st.

We are ready to sign up for the FE - woohoo
4 rooms - 11 people (10 adults & 1 kid)
#1041 My daughter Stacy (she is turning 30 while onboard), her husband Jeff & Gracie(4)

#1067 My mom and dad Phyllis & Gene and our good friend Erik (who happens to be a disney cast member)

#2601 Susie & Sheila (both first time cruisers and in their 70's)

#1069 Tina (me) and Karen (her b-day is also while we are on the cruise)

Is that all the info you need?

Awesome - here is the updated list:

Fish Extender Participants (updated):

Belle402 - Marianne with DM, Sue - 7627
cgstretch - Cecile, Terry, Dan(33) - 7136
ChipDaleLover - (4 staterooms): 1041 (DD Stacy, SIL Jeff, DGD Gracie(4); 1067 - DMom and DDad Phyllis & Gene and friend Erik; 2601 (Susie & Sheila - in their 70's); 1069 (Tina (me) and Karen)
Crystal_27 - Crystal, Randy, Ansley(6) - 6083
Emsabems - Rodney, Emily, Aiden(5), Jacob(3) - 7104
FairyGrandmother/ibmickey - Michelle, Chris, Magie - 7505
gdaneowner - Lisa, Rob, Eli(3), Lucas(8 mos.) - 2030
Jey12 - Jen, Jason and Jordyn(4) - 2032
thamar58 - w/ DH, Genesis(10), Marc(9), Michael(5), Isabella(4) - 2602
Tngrl78 - Brandi, Scott, Connor(6) - 6647
UGAFan0829 - Missy, Mike - 1036
verygfy - Angela, Mitch, Scott(12), Haley(4) - 6551
vmedisneymom - Michelle, Stephen, Hayden(7) - 2544

 

[pierresgirl]

Nope not us. Honestly not worried in the least. Two main reasons we're not...

I've read where cruise ships are the safest to be on because they can actually move out of the way of a storm. On land you're kinda stuck. Since we're on a 4 day cruise if there's bad weather there's an extra day to play with to get us to castaway cay.

The last reason, gdaneowner and my family are from the midwest. The weather here changes drastically every 12 hours normally. If we're lucky we'll get a 5 minute warning for a tornado. Unless we see a tornado with our own eyes we stay outside and enjoy. 60 plus mile an hour winds can just be a normal day. So if something should come up we'll probably be the ones trying to walk around on the deck saying "what weather?"

This is our first cruise as well and I hope others don't stress too much over the weather. The worst chance of storms is usually around the first part of Sept. Even though our cruise seems so close but yet so far away, weather wise it is very far away. We can't control the weather, it seems the ship and Disney will do whatever they can to keep us safe first, and then continue to have a great time! The normal things I've heard is the ship needs to be rerouted to another port in the cases of bad weather and that Disney is more than accomodating to get guests to their original destination.


I'm sure it will be just fine my fellow cruisers. We're going to have a great time, come calm or high water!

Great perspective! When I did the DCL before Tropical Storm Faye caused us o have to get on the boat in Fort Lauderdale. we checked in at the port but were bussed to F.L. It rained on and off in WDW and was stormy and dark thw whole 4 hour drive down. when we pulled into F.L. the sun came out and it was beautiful the whole cruise!

I'm not too worried either!

 

[UGAFan0829]

Hi everyone, please don't shoot, but the DH and I have decided to bow out of the FE exchange. I've gotten in over my head, and with everything that's going on, there is no way that I can get everything finished before the cruise. Time has just flown by so fast, it's unbelieveable. We are going to be out of town next weekend, and then the weekend after that is the cruise. So that really only leaves us this weekend, and there's just no way that I can get it done along with everything else. I had every intention of particpating, as I'd even gotten a custom made FE off e-Bay. I'm really sorry, and I hope everyone understands.

 

[ChipDaleLover]

We need to add our friend Marcy to room 1069 for the FE participants...

Thanks!

 

[ChipDaleLover]

Hi guys, this will be our first disney cruise and i am trying to decide about joining in on the FE's. are ya'll giving gifts to each cruiser or to each room?
don't want to spend tons of money but would love to participate.
thanks for any info.

We've been on 5 other Disney cruises, but first time FE participants! This is what I've been told - you can do something for every person, the family as a unit, something everyday, every other or pretty much whatever makes you happy. No rules.

There are 4 rooms in our group - 1 room is going to do 1 goodie bag for each person, just 1 time,another room is doing 1 goodie bag 1 time & a separate goodie one or two other days, the other 2 rooms are doing something every day for every person in that room - age & in some cases male/female appropriate. It's completely up to you & your budget - have fun - we are!
Sign up is by Sept 1st!

 

[Crystal_27]

Hi everyone, please don't shoot, but the DH and I have decided to bow out of the FE exchange.

I still haven't started on ours yet so I totally understand about time flying by. What's worse is that DH is super super busy trying to get work projects done by our cruise, so I'll be "going it alone" regarding the FE stuff so he can work the next upteen days before our cruise. I'll remove you from the list.

We need to add our friend Marcy to room 1069 for the FE participants...

Thanks!

Will do.

Here is the updated list. Tomorrow is the cut-off, so please sign up today if you are interested.

Fish Extender Participants (updated):

Belle402 - Marianne with DM, Sue - 7627
cgstretch - Cecile, Terry, Dan(33) - 7136
ChipDaleLover - (4 staterooms): 1041 (DD Stacy, SIL Jeff, DGD Gracie(4); 1067 - DMom and DDad Phyllis & Gene and friend Erik; 2601 (Susie & Sheila - in their 70's); 1069 (Tina (me), Karen, and Marcy)
Crystal_27 - Crystal, Randy, Ansley(6) - 6083
Emsabems - Rodney, Emily, Aiden(5), Jacob(3) - 7104
FairyGrandmother/ibmickey - Michelle, Chris, Magie - 7505
gdaneowner - Lisa, Rob, Eli(3), Lucas(8 mos.) - 2030
Jey12 - Jen, Jason and Jordyn(4) - 2032
thamar58 - w/ DH, Genesis(10), Marc(9), Michael(5), Isabella(4) - 2602
Tngrl78 - Brandi, Scott, Connor(6) - 6647
verygfy - Angela, Mitch, Scott(12), Haley(4) - 6551
vmedisneymom - Michelle, Stephen, Hayden(7) - 2544

 

[UGAFan0829]

Did anyone else here not purchase insurance for this cruise? This is the first time that I've ever NOT gotten it, and now I'm scared to death. I kept meaning to call and add it, but just never did! I don't know what I was thinking!!!

 

[ChipDaleLover]

We never purchase it....that said...one of our fellow group travelers can't fly, so her husband is driving her down & then she's taking the bus back home - which even if we bought insurance would NOT have been covered! Go figure!

Relax & enjoy!

 

[gdaneowner]

I still haven't started on ours yet so I totally understand about time flying by. What's worse is that DH is super super busy trying to get work projects done by our cruise, so I'll be "going it alone" regarding the FE stuff so he can work the next upteen days before our cruise. I'll remove you from the list.



Will do.

Here is the updated list. Tomorrow is the cut-off, so please sign up today if you are interested.

Fish Extender Participants (updated):

Belle402 - Marianne with DM, Sue - 7627
cgstretch - Cecile, Terry, Dan(33) - 7136
ChipDaleLover - (4 staterooms): 1041 (DD Stacy, SIL Jeff, DGD Gracie(4); 1067 - DMom and DDad Phyllis & Gene and friend Erik; 2601 (Susie & Sheila - in their 70's); 1069 (Tina (me), Karen, and Marcy)
Crystal_27 - Crystal, Randy, Ansley(6) - 6083
Emsabems - Rodney, Emily, Aiden(5), Jacob(3) - 7104
FairyGrandmother/ibmickey - Michelle, Chris, Magie - 7505
gdaneowner - Lisa, Rob, Eli(3), Lucas(8 mos.) - 2030
Jey12 - Jen, Jason and Jordyn(4) - 2032
thamar58 - w/ DH, Genesis(10), Marc(9), Michael(5), Isabella(4) - 2602
Tngrl78 - Brandi, Scott, Connor(6) - 6647
verygfy - Angela, Mitch, Scott(12), Haley(4) - 6551
vmedisneymom - Michelle, Stephen, Hayden(7) - 2544

Can you please break this down by deck number, room number, then by how many kids and how many girls and how many boys and their ages.. And how many adults...

Just kidding... Not like you haven't done enough~!.... Thank you for organizing the FE and keeping it updated!

 

[UGAFan0829]

We never purchase it....that said...one of our fellow group travelers can't fly, so her husband is driving her down & then she's taking the bus back home - which even if we bought insurance would NOT have been covered! Go figure!

Relax & enjoy!

Thank you!!! I knew someone here could make me feel better!!

 

[verygfy]

Did anyone else here not purchase insurance for this cruise? This is the first time that I've ever NOT gotten it, and now I'm scared to death. I kept meaning to call and add it, but just never did! I don't know what I was thinking!!!

When I purchased my trip insurance from insuremytrip.com, I literally did it the day the final payment was due. My first call was to them and my next call was to TA to make final payment. When I asked the woman was this ok, she said you can actually purchase insurance up to 1 week before your departure date. So you may want to check into it if you are nervous.

 

[UGAFan0829]

When I purchased my trip insurance from insuremytrip.com, I literally did it the day the final payment was due. My first call was to them and my next call was to TA to make final payment. When I asked the woman was this ok, she said you can actually purchase insurance up to 1 week before your departure date. So you may want to check into it if you are nervous.

I actually went to the same website this morning, and when I looked the the plans, none of them covered cancellations or trip interruptions. Maybe I wasn't looking at the right thing?

 

[Jey12]

Can you please break this down by deck number, room number, then by how many kids and how many girls and how many boys and their ages.. And how many adults...

Just kidding... Not like you haven't done enough~!.... Thank you for organizing the FE and keeping it updated!

OMG Lisa I thought you were serious! I was going to drive down the street and slap you for her.