September 22nd 4 day wonder

[tltjet]

WorknFires,

My husband and I will be staying at the French Quarters. Since we are only going to be there two days I thought that the French Quarter would be better since it is smaller.

 

[jeleann]

Scottie thanks that packing info was great and I'm about to go to the site you recommended.
What is a KTTW Card?
This our first disney cruise, well first cruise ever. how many disney cruises has everyone been on?

Jennifer

 

[cruisnfamily]

Jeleann: This is our 2nd Disney Cruise...the first was a 3 day...and our 3rd cruise overall. (the other cruise was 12 years ago on Royal Carribbean for our honeymoon).

Your KTTW card is your room key which is also used for onboard purchases. KTTW stands for Key to The World.

By the way....Downy Wrinkle releaser is magical stuff! You spray it on your wrinkled garment, tug the garment once and Voila! All wrinkles are magically removed. Plus, it has a really nice fresh scent. We will be packing some but I am looking to find a smaller bottle of it or a small bottle to transfer it into because the regular bottle I have is huge(about the size of a windex sprayer bottle).

So, I can't believe that no one from our cruise is staying at the raddison.. guess we'll have the pool to ourselves.

 

[Disneyfan37]

This is our first ever cruise.We thought we would go on Disney as we would have it no other way.DH was telling me that he will be very surprised if we don't book another cruise while we are on board.We will see how it all goes the first time around.

Maria

 

[Disneyfan37]

Thanks for your suggestion on downy.I will go and get some before we leave on cruise.I can always use that as I am not the ironing type<G>.
No,we aren't staying at the Radisson.We got a good deal at the Disney All Star Music,so we are staying there Saturday night.We will town early,relax at WDW as we aren't going to any parks,and swim at the pool at the All Stars.The next morning we plan to leave early from there as we want to be one of the first to go onboard.
Let me ask you this once you get back how long does it take to get off the ship.My friend told me the other crusie liners take forever to get you off.I just need to let someone here at the house know when to expect us back as I run a business here at the house.Thanks!

Maria

 

[jeleann]

Sonya- I thought it was probably the room key, but was unsure.

I'm diffently going to have to go get some downy wrinkle releaser. Does it work on everything? If you have a Wal-Mart or Target over in the hair priducts they normally have travel sze products. You might look there; I have seen the travel size spray bottles before.

I was wondering if my husbands cell phone would get reception on the ship. Our carrier is AT&T Wireless. We have our on business, and he'll need to keep in contact accassionly. I'm suprised that I have been able to brag him away for the cruise. All he does is work, work, work.

Scottie-My computer will not let pull up that site. It says that document is unavailable.

Jennifer

 

[scottie]

Tltjet-

I would have to say that the Port Orleans French Quarter is truly my families favorite resort in all of WDW…and I think we have stayed at all of them! There is just something magical at that resort that takes all of my worries away and the size and location are just perfect. The kids really love the cool pool they have there too.

Jeleann-

This will be the first cruise for my family too and of course we decided to go with the best and stick with Disney! Somehow all of our vacations surround Disney in some way or another, so much that I have decided to force us off that track next year and head to Canada instead, though I am sure we will end up on Disney property at some point during the year


Sonya-

I think we will be all alone at the Hilton too!

 

[jeleann]

What excursions are people taking? We have booked the Atlantis in Nassau, my dh is playing golf in Freeport, and I think that my and dmil, dh, and I might go snorkeling at Castaway Cay.
Does anyone have experiences with these?

 

[scottie]

We have decided against excursions for the most part. Having a youngster that wont yet be 2 it was hard to find anything for the most part that she could be a part of. With that said…we booed a few excursions for Castaway Cay:

-2 adults for the Banana Boat ride
-1 adult and 1 child for the castaway cay getaway package (this include snorkel rental, tube rental, and an hour bike rental)
-1 extra adult tube/float rental

 

[jeleann]

I just got back form my daughter's first day at Head Start. She was really excited. I guess everyone must be busy. I didn't know that threads could move pages.
Jennifer

 

[WorknFires]

All 5 of us are taking the Discover Atlantis tour. Two times of wandering thru Nassau's filthy street were enough. Although I may go out to buy some booze & have a braid put in my hair.

 

[scottie]

Im keeping my fingers crossed that we get sprinkled with some of this "upgrade dust" that has been going around recently!!

 

[jeleann]

Worknfires-Which one of the Atlantis tours are you going on? We are on the 11:00.
I was wanting to get braids in my daughter's hair, but her hair is so long that I think it will take hours. Plus I don't think she would sit there and let them do it. She hates people messing with her hair.
We are hoping to find the shop that sells things that change colors in the sun.

Scottie-What do you mean? Are they upgrading people for free or for an additional fee. And how do you get it?

Does anyone know of any good shops or things to do in Freeport that isn't on the excursions list?

Our friends that our leaving for their cruise the first week in September still hasn't got their documents. She keeps calling dcl and they say it's in the mail and should be there anytime.

Jennifer

 

[WorknFires]

We are on the 11:00 one too. It won't take the ladies very long to braid her hair. They are very fast. Of couse my hair is not that long and I only have maybe 5 braids put in but it didn't take her more than 2 or 3 mins. The bigger problem would be letting someone touch your hair if you didn't like it. Try starting now talking with her about it and see how receptive she will be. Bring up the subject every day and talk about how cute she'll be and that all the other little girls will be doing it (and they will I promise) maybe by the time it rolls around she'll really be looking forward to it.

 

[cruisnfamily]

We upgraded again today....never satisfied I guess....to a Category 5. I am so thrilled. The difference was $400 but we still had the $140 credit on our credit card so it only cost us $260! We're doing the happy dance over here. I've always really, really, wanted a veranda and now we've got one. The kids don't know about the veranda....but I think they will be thrilled!

Anyway, we're now in 7550.

Ok, just spent the last hour playing around with this and I've got to go grocery shopping now or there won't be any dinner tonight.

I'll check in later.

 

[scottie]

jeleann-

I have read posts recently about several people getting upgraded for FREE on their soon be cruise dates. So I am keeping fingers crossed somone at DCL/DVC will be so kind as to surprise us with a cat 3 or 2 or even 1 for our Disney Dedication!!
I have found some good info on shopping etc at Freeport and Nassau on both Daves and Barbs site, check them out and enjoy!

Sonya-

Too bad you didnt up it to a cat 4 and then you could be close to us so Meghan and Billy could play all night long!!

I am still awaiting that FedEx man to drop the magic pack off on our doorstep...dont make me wait much longer, the excitment is really getting to me and the family (including Cherry the new hamster)

 

[cruisnfamily]

Scottie:
I would have settled for a Cat 6 ( figured the price difference would be less) but the only Categories that still had FL Res rates were 5 and 9. If they had offered the Cat 4 for the same price I would have taken it though. All I can say is that these FL Res rates are really, really good deals! We had priced the upgrades for a Cat 9 and Cat 6 previously and it would have cost $400 to go to the 9(and instead we got a $140 credit for going to the 9 as FL Res's) and it would have cost somewhere around $800 or $900 to go to the Cat 6 (and now it was only $260 for a Cat 5). It pays to live in FL I guess. This is our reward for putting up with heat and humidity for about 11 Months of the year I guess.

Excursions:
We are doing nothing in Nassau. Want to do some hair braiding and the Del Sol Shop

Hubby and DD are doing Dolphin Encounter in Freeport

DD and I are doing Bannana Boat at Castaway Cay

We have also rented 1 adult and 1 child snorkel set for CC

 

[jeleann]

Scottie-do you have to call DCL for the upgrades and request them or do they just call and offer it to you? And do you have to be more than first time cruisers to get it?

Sonya-That is great! I'm glad you are going to get a veranda since you want one so bad.
I also wanted a veranda, but I was to afraid. With my kids being so small, able to open sliding glass doors, and little monkeys. My husband says I'm being overly protective and worring about it to much. This from the man who has our kids outside in 45 degree weather in shorts.

Worknfires-Good idea I'll try to talk it up to her, maybe it will work.
Her her is almost to the top of her pants though, and she as thick hair. LOTS OF IT! I'm hping she will be up for it. She would look so cute.

Jennifer,

 

[scottie]

Sonya-
What time is your banana boat excursion at, we are at 10:55? I think Meghan will get some braids done too at Nassau.

Jeleann-
From what I have read it appears no one has actually asked for an upgrade…they basically just received their docs or checked their reservation online and saw that they received an upgrade!

 

[cruisnfamily]

Our Bananna Boat thing is 9:40ish I think. I have the confirmation in the other room. I just realized that I have not received a confirmation for the Dolphin Encounter excursion or snorkel equipment though. I made these ressies after the Bananna Boat ressies. Do you think I should call? Did you get confirmations on all of your excursions?

For everybody that is doing the discover atlantis excursion. We did this excursion last time and really enjoyed it. The "Dig" is fabulous. The kids enjoyed it as well. There is some walking(at a rather fast pace) from the ferry to the Atlantis. You kind of run through the streets after your guide. Kind of weird I thought. But anyway, once at the Atlantis is was quite organized and very worthwhile we thought. We just didn't want to do the same thing again. Of course there was no use of the pools, slides, etc but that was OK with us. We just wanted to see the place. On the ride over on the ferry the narrator was talking about how expensive the suites in the middle of the top floor there rent for. Many thousands of dollars per night it was but I don't recall the exact number. Anyway, it was a great excursion!

Last time we went to CC it was too cold for us to enjoy the water much(early March). DD who was 7 at the time made a valiant effort to snorkel but was too cold. DH did some snorkeling but not as much as he would have liked. We're hoping both kids can give it a try this time. DD did play in the water and on the play equipment in the water but was really chilled to the bone. Last time DS who was 4 opted to stay with the kids program on CC and didn't even see the water. They play in a sandy area which is not on the beach. We went to try to get him twice but he was happy where he was. I think this time he will spend the day on the beach with us though.

Ok, that's all I can think of for now.

Still doing the happy dance about my Category 5. Wohoo!