September 2 2007 Wonder Early Check In

[m&m's mom]

Technically, yes, I am a Dr. However, mine is Doctor of Education (in Higher Education Leadership).

Gayle

I will have to watch my grammer . My Mom who is going to be on the cruise has enough hours for a PhD but has them in many disciplines. She was a teacher for 15 years.

 

[m&m's mom]

We're staying at the Radisson the night before. We cruised last year at the same time and to tell you the truth I didn't notice how full the ship was. It was our first cruise with our best friends from Texas (Hey M&M - we used to live in Keller). The weather was overcast and it rained a little bit. We got sunburnt on CC even wearing sunscreen. The water was warm and relaxing. I am bringing watershoes this time. The bottom hurt our feet.

Happy 4th of July !!

Hello prior Metroplexer.

 

[damiel]

We will be crusing with you and our DS just turned 10 last week. It would be nice to meet up and introduce the boys. My DS always likes it when he "knows" someone else in the Oceaneer Lab.
We have the Dolphin encounter on Naussa on our to do list. I hope it all it is billed to be.
We will be at DW for 12 days prior to the cruise. I am sure we will be ready to sit back and relax.
See you on board!
Misty

 

[sherrlon]

We will be crusing with you and our DS just turned 10 last week. It would be nice to meet up and introduce the boys. My DS always likes it when he "knows" someone else in the Oceaneer Lab.
We have the Dolphin encounter on Naussa on our to do list. I hope it all it is billed to be.
We will be at DW for 12 days prior to the cruise. I am sure we will be ready to sit back and relax.
See you on board!
Misty

That would be great. We are just doing the beach day at Atlantis. Our DS is very excited to go on the cruise. Our DS is autistic so he is shy and doesn't yet know if he wants to do the Lab yet.
Keep in touch

 

[sherrlon]

We will be crusing with you and our DS just turned 10 last week. It would be nice to meet up and introduce the boys. My DS always likes it when he "knows" someone else in the Oceaneer Lab.
We have the Dolphin encounter on Naussa on our to do list. I hope it all it is billed to be.
We will be at DW for 12 days prior to the cruise. I am sure we will be ready to sit back and relax.
See you on board!
Misty

That would be great. We are just doing the beach day at Atlantis. Our DS is very excited to go on the cruise. Our DS is autistic so he is shy and doesn't yet know if he wants to do the Lab yet.
Keep in touch

 

[lbgraves]

Just going through the forum today and found that there were two threads. I have merged them for you since it was questioned on 7/3. Have a great cruise!

 

[GuardMusic]

Welcome to 7.5 weeks out!

Well, I delayed buying my airfare longer than ever before. I was disappointed that there seemed to be no sales during the July 4th holiday. (Yes, I am one of those people that will check every single days for weeks!)

So Sunday I gave in and purchased one-way tickets on 2 different airlines. This trip wasn't originally "planned", so I wanted to keep costs low. Begrudingly I booked IND-MCO direct on Southwest. I haven't flown SWA in nearly 7 years. I was never really excited about them, but the big thing was this: It means I was giving up SkyTeam (Delta, NWA, Continental) frequent flyer miles. Miles are HUGE to me because they've allowed me two free trips to Hawaii & I'm now saving for Europe.

I booked our usual return flight direct on NWA. As you can imagine, I really wanted the round-trip on NWA.

Now I supposed I shouldn't really complain as both are direct and the total cost was only $178.80pp, but this the most I've paid to go to FL since 1998 (no joke). It's a decent price with current gas prices, but then I did what I always do... I checked the prices again yesterday. Yes, Tuesday. The day most of us know airfare goes on sale. No change in SWA, AirTran, etc. So I was feeling satisfied.

Then last night... round-trip direct on NWA: $149! Now I realize it's only $30 difference, but that could have paid for gas to the airport!!! Does $30 even impact me - not hardly. But my self-esteem of being a "travel guru" is now completly shot.

Since, I haven't flown SWA is such a long time, is there anything I should know? Suggestions? Do they still board by order of check-in? When you arrive at airport?

I've also got a car booked for us to zip over to the Beach Club for lunch and Downtown Disney shopping the night before the cruise.

Any others getting more things checked off your lists?
Thanks for letting me rant!
Gayle

P.S. The $149 rate is now gone, so it's probably a fluke that I even saw it in the first place.

 

[disneyfanatic60]

Hello everyone! We just booked our first cruise two days ago for 9/2 on the Wonder. We are extremely excited. My DH planned the trip as a 25th wedding anniversary gift (our anniversary was in June). As well, my birthday is just two days before we set sail so can you say "party!"

We are both still shocked we are finally getting to take this cruise. It's been a dream of mine for a very long time. Having just been in WDW in mid-June, I'm still very much in the "Disney state of mind" making the excitement that much more!

We are flying in from Buffalo the night before. The flight we intended to take on Southwest the morning of the cruise is not available (they consider 9/2 to be a holiday and they cancel certain non-busy flights). My DH works at the airport here and has to work that Saturday until 1:00 pm so we have a very small window of opportunity to grab a flight. Hopefully, we'll book something in the next few days. Totally hoping SW has a "ding" available and then we'll grab that.

It's great to see so many other Dis'ers on the same cruise. If anyone has any tips to share, please do. Can't say I have ever wanted a summer to fly by so quickly as this one!!!!!! LOL!

 

[SplashMountainManiac]

Hey everyone. We're on the September 2nd cruise. I will be 17 when we sail and I am sailing with my parents and my aunt and uncle. This will be our fourth cruise, first for my aunt and uncle. We're from the Orlando area and my aunt and uncle are from Michigan. It's going to be an aweseome cruise. Can't wait. Mike

 

[angipoo]

So glad my year old thread has survived! We are looking forward to going on our cruise!

 

[IncredibleboysMom]

Hi all! Just wanted to chime in that we will be on the Wonder Sept. 2. My DH, myself and 3 ds's, age 7, almost 4 and 2 are traveling with my sister, BIL and her dd's, ages 9 and 13. Grandma and Grandpa are tagging along too!

We have booked two rooms at Comfort Suites for Atlantis access and plan to just hang on the beach at CC. My family will be following up the cruise with 3 days at the Poly with free dining.

40 days to go!!!

 

[angipoo]

Please PM me if you are going - I'd like to get a comprehensive list of everyone - just put username, who is in your party, what cruise this is for you.

For example:

angipoo - DH(38), me (36), DD (7) 1st time cruiser


Also, do we want to do a meet on the cruise? I have read about that - just throwing that out.

Thanks to everyone and looking forward to the cruise!

 

[angipoo]

Anyone else going to this event Aug 31st (Friday night before the cruise)? We have our tickets and are looking forward to this!

 

[angipoo]

disneyfanatic60, was that your question about calling from the ship that was answered in the Passporter newsletter this past week???

 

[angipoo]

As of 7/30/07:

angipoo - me (36), DH(38), DD (7) - 1st time cruiser

m&m's mom - me(42) DSis (45) DMom (67) - 1st time cruiser

Mama8 - me, my SIL , DS’s (15, 9, 5) DD’s 13, 8, 6, 2, 1)- 2nd cruise

Sherrlon - me, 34, DH (33) DS (9) - 1st time cruiser

IncredibleboysMom - me, DH, DS’s (7, almost 4, 2 ), sister, BIL and her DD’s (13,9), Grandma and Grandpa

SplashMountainManiac -me (17), my parents, my aunt and uncle. 4th cruise for us, 1st for aunt & uncle.

disneyfanatic60 - me and DH - 1st cruise

tampadisneyfan - me (29) DH (31) - 2nd cruise

CastawayCayAllTheWay - me, DH DD’s (7, 4) - 4th cruise

HLAuburn - me, DH, and DD(3)

blessedbyfour- Me(31), DH(35), DD(14), DS(12), DD(Turning 5), DS(3), DM & DMIL - 1st cruise

If you don't see your name or info here please PM me - I will try to update regularly - we are cruising in less than a month, y'all!!!

 

[blessedbyfour]

HI angipoo,
I attempted to PM you, but it was rejected since this is my first post ever on the Disboards. I have been lurking for over a year and thought it would be nice to finally join the boards and be added to the list.

blessedbyfour- Me(31), DH(35), DD(14), DS(12), DD(Turning 5-her birthday is the day before we cruise), DS(3) and my DM and DMIL. All first time Disney cruisers.

We will also be attending the Pirates and Princess Party on the 31st. This was an unexpected surprise because we won tickets at a Radio Disney event at Bealls and this event also falls on the eve of my youngest daughter birthday. We are all so excited.

We look forward to cruising with everyone!!

Kathy and Allan

 

[jwann]

HI!
I'd like to jump in and say that my family is going on this cruise as well. It will be me40, dh44, ds9, and ds12. This will be our fourth cruise with DCL and our first in almost 3 years. We are psyched!!!! I look forward to meeting the other DISers on our cruise.
Jennifer

 

[angipoo]

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As of 8/02/07:

angipoo - me (36), DH(38), DD (7) - 1st time cruiser

m&m's mom - me(42) DSis (45) DMom (67) - 1st time cruiser

Mama8 - me, my SIL , DS’s (15, 9, 5) DD’s 13, 8, 6, 2, 1)- 2nd cruise

Sherrlon - me, 34, DH (33) DS (9) - 1st time cruiser

IncredibleboysMom - me, DH, DS’s (7, almost 4, 2 ), sister, BIL and her DD’s (13,9), Grandma and Grandpa

SplashMountainManiac -me (17), my parents, my aunt and uncle. 4th cruise for us, 1st for aunt & uncle.

disneyfanatic60 - me and DH - 1st cruise

tampadisneyfan - me (29) DH (31) - 2nd cruise

CastawayCayAllTheWay - me, DH DD’s (7, 4) - 4th cruise

HLAuburn - me, DH, and DD(3)

blessedbyfour- Me(31), DH(35), DD(14), DS(12), DD(Turning 5), DS(3), DM & DMIL - 1st cruise

jwann - me40, dh44, ds9, and ds12 - 4th cruise

Damiel - me, DH and DS (10) - 3rd cruise

If you don't see your name or info here please PM me - I will try to update regularly - we are cruising in less than a month, y'all!!!

 

[angipoo]

I have a Dis buddy who has been on 14 Disney cruises and she says that they always enjoy meeting at the beginning of the cruise. I would like to meet because I would love for DD to know someone in the Kids Club and it would be nice to meet people from other areas of the country (or world). So, if anyone wants to meet, please post so we can arrange it. Not trying to push anything on anyone, just a suggestion

 

[angipoo]

So far I've gotten one taker on the meet - anyone else? BTW, we are getting a pretty nice list of Dis'ers for this cruise! I am continuing to update.