September 22nd 4 day wonder

[Disneyfan37]

I just mentioned this to DH,and he was like well I guess we will have to deal with it if it comes to that.I hope it doesn't as it is awfully early to eat dinner.That is good though that you don't have to worry about it.

Maria

 

[scottie]

I emailed DCL Excursion desk last night with our requests for Castaway Cay!!

-Castaway Cay Getaway Package
(includes 1 snorkle rental, 1 float rental and 1 hour bike rental)
1 adult
1 child

-Float/Tube Rentals
1 adult

-Banana Boat Ride
2 adults (myself and MIL)

 

[Disneyfan37]

Can we go ahead an email them as DH and I want to rent some stuff also at Castaway Cay?What is their email?Thanks!

Maria

 

[cruisnfamily]

I didn't use email for my excursions...I phoned it in and that worked out fine too. I don't know the email address but I bet it is on the disney cruise website.

 

[Disneyfan37]

I tired to call today,and I had to leave a voice message with some voice mail.We will see when they call back.

 

[scottie]

I emailed the shore excursion address late last night and had a confirmation email back this afternoon! Way to go DCL with a quick reply!! If you go to the official DCL site and look up the excursions at each port of call there is a link on the page that explains how to do it via email. I think the email address that came up was dcl.shore.excursions@disney.com.

 

[scottie]

Ok I recieved an offical reply email back from DCL today in regards to the new seating times...Have at it

"Beginning with the Disney Wonder August 8th sailing, Main dining will begin at 5:30 pm and Second Dining with begin at 7:45 pm. The revised dining time will be for 10 sailings through September 8th.

Therefore, at this time the dining for your September 22 sailing aboard the Disney Wonder is second dining at 8:30 p.m. This is subject to change based on the dining time testing period.

We look forward to the chance to sail with you.

Sincerely,

Disney Cruise Line Guest Communications"

 

[Disneyfan37]

Thanks!I will go ahead and email them if I don't hear anything tomorrow from them.

Maria

 

[cruisnfamily]

It sounds like our dining times remain unchanged ! Yeah! If I had the later seating, I wouldn't have minded switching to 7:45 but having the early seating, I'm glad I won't be eating ridiculously early!

Everybody keep us posted if you hear something different.

 

[tgj]

Good morning everyone....

Just found this board the other day, and wanted to let you know that my son and I will be sailing on 9/22 also. This is our first cruise ever. We're doing 3 days at WDW beforehand. My son is 6 years old - sorry Amanda - and can't wait!


These boards are very helpful - the internet at its best...thanks for your good advice and info!

 

[cruisnfamily]

TGJ: My DS Billy is also 6...he'll turn 7 in Dec and is going into 1st grade this year. What is your son's name? Will he be in the Club with Billy, Meghan, and Taryn? Sounds like there will be quite a crowd for their age group.

Hey Everybody-What is your seating for dinner? I know we are early(hopefully 6pm) and Scottie is late(8:30) When is everybody else eating?

TGJ: Is it just the 2 of you cruising? Have you planned any excursions?

DisneyFan: Did you get those excursions booked? Which ones did you go with?

Is anyone doing the Dolphin Encounter in Freeport?

Is anyone staying at the Radisson the night before? We plan to do Kennedy Space Center on Sat and spend the night at the Radisson the night before.

 

[tgj]

My son's name is Ben, and he's going into 1st grade this fall also....he's almost ready for summer to end. At first I thought it was because of going into 1st grade, but now I'm pretty sure it's because of this trip!! Yes, we're planning on the Oceaneer's club. I'm hoping he enjoys it and that I'll get a little time for myself too.

We're also doing the Dolphin encounter on Freeport. He's really excited about it. Thought about the other one - the included beach time is supposed to be great, but it also means almost all day off the ship...since it's our first time and it's only for 4 days, thought we'd like to spend more time on the ship than off, if that makes sense.

Yes, it will be just Ben and I...I'm a little nervous about doing this as a single dad....but I'm sure it will be a great adventure!

We're on the waiting list for early dining....don't know about eating at 8:30, but I've read there can be some advantages to the late seating.

 

[Disneyfan37]

We probably would of changed to the later one also as we don't want to be rushed when we are doing something off the boat.Lets keep our fingers crossed that they leave it at 6.

Maria

 

[WorknFires]

Hi tgj! Welcome to the DIS!

Go to http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=169108&perpage=15&pagenumber=1 to add your name to the cruise list. The cruise list currently shows 5, you'll make 6 and someone else that posted on this topic should make the 7th DIS'er on our cruise.

Ben will love the Kids club. We took my 7 yr old cousin last year and it was a real effort to drag her from the yellow people (that's the name of the caregivers that work in the kids club)

I think DMIL & DFIL will be doing the Dophin Encounter in Freeport. They haven't quite made up their minds.

I think the only excursion, I'm interested in is the Discover Atlantis

And we're all in the late seating for dinner.

Cheryl

 

[scottie]

We are staying at the Hilton on the Beach the night before the cruise. We got the room on HotWire for 50.00. I guess the kids will likely swim in the ocean when we arrive then we can relax before we set sail the on Sunday. I think the hotel is about 10 miles or so from port.

My wife was going to do the Dolphin Encounter but we all did a 180% turn on our original plans and decided not to do any excursions except for a few things at Castaway Cay. And this will give us a good deal of time to spend just looking around Freeport and Nassau and some fun time on the ship while at the ports.

We are happy with our choice for the late seating at dinner. After a careful review of the pros and cons of each seating time and we decided that the late time would fit us best. We will probably gab some pizza and chicken fingers around 4 or so and then we will be set until the official dinnertime. We figured the late seating would give us enough time to enjoy the afternoon without feeling rushed at all.

Meghan (and Morgan, though she cant talk yet) are really looking forward to the cruise along with the three Adults!! This will be our first Disney Cruise and we have high expectations for it. I think the Family Suite will be a nice size for the 5 of us, and the verandah will be a great place to relax late at night with some cookies and milk (yes for me)

DCL watch out here we come!!

 

[Disneyfan37]

We are going to leave town early on Saturday,and we will stay the night at Disney All Star Music.We got the room for 59 dollars a night.We will leave WDW property Sunday morning around 9am and head over to the port.We can't wait!

 

[cruisnfamily]

Hi all,

If any of you are FL Residents, call and get them to send you a refund! Fl Res rates apply to our cruise.

We just upgraded from a Cat 10 to Cat 9 and are getting a check back for $140. Can't beat that! The discount wasn't offered on the Cat 10 we had booked so we had to upgrade in order to get a refund. I figure it was worth it....get a room with a view and $140 sent back to me. The only negative is that we are now on deck 2 whereas before we were on deck 7 but we were on deck 2 last time we went and we were fine so we went for it.

 

[tltjet]

Hello all Sept. 22 cruisers!!

My plans have changed so much since the last payment was made. We decided to fly into Orlando on Friday night. I had reservations at the Raddison but decided to change them and stay at Disney for the 2 night prior to our cruise.

After doing all of the research to rent a car my DH informs me that he has absolutely no desire to drive on vacation, so I did some more research and we are now using Happy Limo. The price is almost the same.

We have second seating for dinner and I just booked Blue Lagoon for Nassau. I still have not decided what to do in Freeport. I went to the library yesterday and found Frommer Bahanas 2001 (they didn't have 2002) and it has a lot of great information in it.

After the cruise we will be staying at the Wilderness Lodge for 4 days. I originally had the Swan booked but then the codes came out and I got a great deal on the Wilderness Lodge.

Hope to see you all on board!

Jenifer

 

[Disneyfan37]

Thanks!I tried calling,and they said my travel agent needs to call.I will her up tomorrow morning.I appreciate you letting us know about this.

Maria

 

[Disneyfan37]

Originally posted by Sonya Francisco
Hi all,

If any of you are FL Residents, call and get them to send you a refund! Fl Res rates apply to our cruise.

We just upgraded from a Cat 10 to Cat 9 and are getting a check back for $140. Can't beat that! The discount wasn't offered on the Cat 10 we had booked so we had to upgrade in order to get a refund. I figure it was worth it....get a room with a view and $140 sent back to me. The only negative is that we are now on deck 2 whereas before we were on deck 7 but we were on deck 2 last time we went and we were fine so we went for it.