September 22nd 4 day wonder

[tltjet]

Scottie,

I typed before I thought. Is that $110.00 for the whole family? That would be a much better deal.

 

[cruisnfamily]

Ok, I'm done with excursion planning!

Nassau
No excursions...shopping at Del Sol and possibly hair braiding for Amanda

Freeport
Dolphin Encounter for DH and DD at 9:30am. Billy and I stay on the ship or possibly he will go to the club and I may wander about Freeport on my own(that would be safe to do right? Freeport wouldn't be dangerous would it).

Castaway Cay
Booked the Bannana boat for DD and me at 9:40am. Rented 1 adult and 1 child snorkel set. Fun in the sun!


Now, I had inquired...on another post as to whether or not the "art of entertaining" or "navigator" adult activities are on the 4 day and apparently they are not . Major bummer! Anyway, I hear that there will probably be a wine tasting on Wed around 3pm for about $13 a person and we definitely plan to do that.

Scottie: Did you book the actual "land/sea" vacation or did you do it yourself? I would think that with your DVC membership you would stay longer at Disney World. Are you going to DW before or after the cruise?

 

[scottie]

Below is what the website says for the special. I guess this would include two adults then you can add up to two more adults (or children I think) at 30.00 each.

The official excursion to the resort thru Disney is Adult Price: $49 (ages 10 and above)
Child Price: $39 (ages 3-9)

$109.00*
ISLAND FUN @ REEF VILLAGE ISLAND/GARDEN VIEW

Island Fun Package There is no better place to get away and unwind than Our Lucaya Beach & Golf Resort. Join us for our Island Fun package and enjoy the following: - Room Accommodation - $50 Resort Credit, per room, per stay - Complimentary Entrance to our Senses Spa Fitness Center - Complimentary Non-Motorized Water Sports - 2 for 1 Golf This promotion is valid to book May 31, 2002 through January 31, 2002 for travel between September 2, 2002 and January 31, 2003. Travel must be completed by January 31, 2003. Rate is per night based on single/double occupancy and does not include room tax of 12% or $7.20 per person, per night service charge. Extra person charge is $30 per night plus tax and service charge, maximum of 4 persons per room. This promotion is for new bookings only

 

[scottie]

We will be staying in Cocoa Beach the night before the cruise then off to the Beach Club Villas and the Poly after the cruise for a few nights. My wife is limited on vacation time this year so we cant stay at WDW longer. Plus we sucked up a TON of points by booking the cruise on them.

We will wonder around Freeport too Sonya...and I guess have to catch a taxi to some part of it??

 

[Disneyfan37]

Hi all. My wife and I are going on our first cruise Sept 22. We have talked to our neighbors who have been on many cruises. Sonya...my wife and I are both from Sarasota. I was born and raised there. It would be a pleasure to meet you. Let us know if your interested. My parents will also be on the cruise. And this is their first cruise as well. We talked them into it back in April.

Charlie and Maria

Gainesville FL

 

[Disneyfan37]

Hi!We are getting so excited.What did you dislike and like of the Atlantis excursion?We are considering on booking it,but we aren't sure yet if we should or not.Mainly,we are want to look around Atlantis,gamble a little bit,look at their shops,and do the aquarium.We aren't interested in their water slides.I also want to go shopping while in Nassau.I saw another note from you about Del Sol.Is that a good shopping place to shop?Mind you this is our first time in Nassau and cruising,so we are looking for suggestions!I assume we can go ahead and start booking these excursions if we decide to.I know for sure we are going to rent a water bike at Castaway Cay.Thanks!

Maria

 

[WorknFires]

Hello All,
We too are booked on your cruise. We went on the 4 day Wonder in 2000 the 3 day Wonder last year and now the 4 day Wonder again this year. Next year we're going to the to Western 7 day on the Magic.

There are 5 of us listed on the unofficial list:
Disneyfan37, scottie, Sonya Francisco, tarynsmom, WorknFires
with tltjet (who isn't listed) that makes 6 DIS members.

I'm Cheryl (35) w/ DH Robbie (35), DM Gloria (58), DMIL Juanita (50) and DFIL George (52) in 2 Cat 9 rooms on Deck 2.

Scottie, we bought a resale for more points and decided to use the exra points to take the parents on a cruise. (We were already owners and already had a 9 day OKW vacation planned)
Luckily, we closed while DVC was offering the DCL dicount points. Were you able to take advantage of the points savings?

PS here's the unofficial list if you haven't seen it:

http://www.makeabook.com/CruiseListDate.html

and here's the link for tltjet is you'd like to have your name added:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?threadid=169108&goto=newpost

See ya'll in another 49 days,
Cheryl

 

[Disneyfan37]

Time is going by so fast!I can't believe it is only 49 days till cruise.Have you taken any of the excursions on the four day cruise?We are considering on taking the Atlantis one.Thanks!

Maria

 

[cruisnfamily]

Welcome WorknFires!!

OK, Who is Tarynsmom? Do you think that there is any chance at all that Taryn is a 10-12 year old girl who would like to email Amanda? I'm going to PM her right now!

Disney Fan: The discover atlantis Excursion sounds like just what you are looking for! You ferry over and then hike through the streets to get to Atlantis(I remember the guide going very quicklyon the way to the resort). Once there, you tour around the resort briefly and then are given a tour of "the dig" which is the Aquarium. We really enjoyed this! Afterwards, we wandered around a bit and could have gambled if we didn't have the kids with us. We didn't get to use pools or slides(we knew we wouldn't) and couldn't see too much of that area if I recall. After the excursion we wandered around the tacky souvenier shops in town...I don't recall any "straw Market" that everybody talks about...we were in actual shops. They didn't sell anything particullarly wonderful but it was fun. We bought a beach bag and an ashtray or something.

The Del Sol store is one I haven't been to but plan to hit it this time. Supposedly they sell color changing Tshirts, nail polish, hats, etc which are black and white indoors but multi colored outdoors when the sun hits them. I have see one of their Tshirts and it is soooo cool.

Disneyfan....I think we talked once before about both being from Sarasota...Small world isn't it??

 

[Disneyfan37]

Yes,it is a small world!It is amazing that you are in Sarasota, and I and DH are from there.
Del Sol sounds like an interesting store.Pretty cool!Did you get locations on the net?We would like to check it out ourselves.
Yes,it sounds like the Discover Atlantis Excursion is the one that we will do.We aren't wanting to do the beach or slides at Altantis either.

Thanks,
Maria

 

[tarynsmom]

Sorry Sonya,Taryn is a 4 yr old darling girl (will be celebrating her 5th birthday on board the last night of the cruise) she will actually turn 5 on the 30th,but ecery year we celebrate it on board. This is our 3rd. DC and they even remembered her birthday and booked it for us!! This year we are taking my DH parents on their first cruise,with the extra points we got when we bought into the DVC last year. So there are 5 of us Helen (me) Tim (DH) Taryn (DD) Sharon (MIL) Frank (FIL) I don't remember where we are,is there anyway to find that on-line?? I know they will send us documents soon but as it stands I don't remember. We are doing 3 days at the Villa's at Wilderness Lodge from the 19th to the 22nd. We have PS for the new royal breakfast in EPCOT on the 20th at 8:30 AM (if anyones going?) and ALICE's TEAPARTY at 1PM at the GRANDFLORIDIAN on the 19th. We have yet to book any excursions,we usually just take in the sights. Taryn LOVES the Oceaneer Club and has talked of nothing else for weeks !! I'm very unorganized and hope we can pull this off!! I have never done this without a travel agent before and am sooooooooo overwhelmed !!! What with purchasing the parkhopper passes and arranging own transport from the airport and to the ship is driving me insane !!! *LOL* I hope we can all meet,I just got your PM~ Sonya,and will check back tomorrow as I have to get up for work at 4AM and need to wind down and sleep now. Nice to meet you all and this is going to be a GREAT CRUISE !!!

 

[tarynsmom]

The Del Sol store is one I haven't been to but plan to hit it this time. Supposedly they sell color changing Tshirts, nail polish, hats, etc which are black and white indoors but multi colored outdoors when the sun hits them. I have see one of their Tshirts and it is soooo cool.

This store is the best !! I use the color changing bag for work and Taryn was wearing her shirt today and we play with the polish all the time !!! Everybody got color changing glass bears in their Christmas stockings last year !!! You HAVE to check out this store!!! Now I really have to get to bed!! *LOL*

 

[scottie]

You can count us in for the Del Sol store too! DCL Here we come!!
DD (Meghan) just got finished crossing another day off her count down calendar, Im not sure who is the most excited in our house for our first Disney Cruise

 

[Disneyfan37]

DH and I can't wait either!It is so exciting.It will be our first too and hopefully to many more.
Do you know where the Del Sol store is actually at?

Thanks!
Maria

 

[cruisnfamily]

I had inquired about where the Del Sol store is and was told that it is on the shopping map that you get on board and that it is only a few blocks and very walkable to get to. If anybody has more definite directions, I'd be interested in the exact location....otherwise, we'll just wander off and find it I guess.

Will Taryn be in the 3-4 group or the 5-7 group in the club? My DS6(Billy) and Scotties DD5(Meghan) will be in the 5-7 group. I would guess you will put her in the 5-7 group since she will be celebrating that birthday that week. Perhaps Taryn could PM Meghan and Billy. They were PMing each other daily until summer came and Billy lost interest. It's hard to hold him down now to find out what he wants to say.

Amanda is upset that everybody that we know of on this cruise is either an adult or age 6 & under....Anybody know of any 10-12 year olds cruising with us?

Dining Times
Do you guys think our dining times will change? We have early seating which I was very happy with but 5:30 sounds just a little too early so I hope our times don't change!

 

[Disneyfan37]

Great!I look forward to going to the Del Sol Store.Yes,there is nothing against wandering off and shopping<G>.
Our dinner time may change?oh no!I surely hope not as we were also scheduled for 6PM.5:30PM would be too early for dinner.Hopefully,this won't happen.

Maria

 

[scottie]

I posted late last night asking about the "trial" dinner times being extended until our cruise. Below is a link to the thread...I think it sounds like thre is a 50/50 chance at the point??? I also emailed DCL this morning to ask them about it. Feel free to check the link to my posting and see what you think. and I will letr you know what DCL had to say in a couple of days when they reply

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=2161827#post2161827

 

[Disneyfan37]

Yes,please let us know if they change the dinner times.I am curious as to what DCL will reply back.I surely do hope they don't as 5:30PM is too early.

Maria

 

[scottie]

We are scheduled for the late seating so I dont think we would mind the change in time, but with the early seating I can understand the worry!

 

[scottie]

We are scheduled for the late seating so I dont think we would mind the change in time, but with the early seating I can understand the worry!